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How One Entrepreneur Is Making Rotary Evaporators Cool Again
May 11, 2020 /in News /by edna
Rotary evaporators, which chemists fondly refer to as rotovaps, are used to swirl a sample in a round-bottom flask like a wine connoisseur swirls an expensive glass of Bordeaux. But instead of trying to draw out the bouquet and taste as a connoisseur would for wine, chemists use rotovaps to remove solvents from a completed organic reaction, leaving the desired product behind.
Commercialized in 1957 by the Swiss company Büchi, the vacuum-assisted devices turn sample flasks in heated baths to draw out solvent vapors through a series of tubes. The condensed solvents can be disposed of or reused, and the samples left behind go on for further analysis.
Rotovaps populate the benches in academic, life sciences, forensic, and materials research labs. Dependable workhorses of organic chemistry, they haven't changed much in the past half-century. But now George Adjabeng, a medicinal chemist from Ghana with an entrepreneurial flair, has developed a rotovap accessory called the EcoChyll that he says will make rotovaps more efficient and ultimately less costly to operate.
The EcoChyll is a refrigerated cooling device that attaches to a rotovap and is meant to condense solvent vapors removed from a sample. Plug in the unit and set it up in place of a traditional water-cooled or dry-ice condenser, and the unit can cool down to –20 °C in less than one minute. It also doesn't need constant monitoring, Adjabeng says.
"It's always available and ready to go," says Adjabeng, who recently got a degree from the Kenan-Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. He started his firm, called Ecodyst, two years ago with his friend Kwabena Williams, a manufacturing executive.
Many labs depend on glass condensers filled with dry ice to liquefy solvent vapors. In other cases, labs use a spiral-wound glass tube filled with water drawn from the tap to cool down the condenser. Once used, the water goes down the drain.
Current refrigeration-based systems cool down a mixture of antifreeze and water externally and circulate it through a spiral glass tube chiller. They go only as low as –10 °C, Adjabeng says, and take as much as a half-hour to cool.
What's different about the EcoChyll is that the unit's condenser contains a refrigerant-filled copper coil surrounded by a proprietary metallic alloy to prevent solvent attack. By putting refrigerant-filled coils inside, the EcoChyll condenser cools more efficiently and rapidly than does a water-based system, according to Ecodyst, and can go as low as –40 °C.
"No one thought of doing that before," Adjabeng says. Ecodyst now has one patent issued on its approach and three more pending, he says.
Adjabeng points to additional advantages of the condenser he has developed. Condensers that cool with a continuous flow of tap water are wasteful. Labs dependent on dry-ice-cooled condensers require a dependable source of dry ice and constant monitoring. "Dry ice evaporates very quickly," he says. And because glass is a poor conductor of heat, "you don't get the full benefit of the dry ice," he adds.
Adjabeng's experience with rotovaps started at Ghana's University of Cape Coast. After graduating in 2001, he received an M.S. degree in organic chemistry from Ontario's Brock University and went to work for Roche in California. From 2004 to 2011, he worked for GlaxoSmithKline in North Carolina where he was a discoverer of Tafinlar, a drug that treats advanced melanoma.
"I used rotovaps while I was in school and at work," Adjabeng says. At times, he says, "I'd spend all day going back and forth getting dry ice to recharge the rotovap condenser."
He left GSK to get a business degree because, he says, "I didn't want to be in the lab for the rest of my career." During his studies, he was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug. "I met people who had started up university-research-based spin-outs," he says.
Seeking a technology of his own, Adjabeng recalled his experience in the lab and conceived of the EcoChyll. He also sought out people familiar with refrigeration technology and worked with the department of mechanical and aerospace engineering at North Carolina State University to develop the prototype he is now testing with potential users.
Adjabeng and his friend initially funded development of the EcoChyll out of their own pockets. More recently, an angel investor kicked in $100,000.
Planning to test the EcoChyll in his lab is University of California, Berkeley, chemistry professor Richmond Sarpong. Given California's water shortage, Sarpong notes, tap water cooling is rarely used. "But we use a lot of dry ice. It's expensive and not the most sustainable thing," he says.
Bruce Pitner, chief scientific officer at Nirvana Sciences, a near-infrared diagnostic dye start-up in Research Triangle Park, N.C., has already tried the EcoChyll. The unit is more efficient than refrigerated recirculating water-antifreeze chillers and takes up less space, he says.
Depending on the price, Pitner, who spends more than $50 per week to pick up dry ice from a local supplier, says he'd be interested in buying the unit. "At a small firm, efficiency counts, and every dollar is important," he says.
At large academic labs where dry ice is readily available, not everyone resents the fetching chores. Kevin A. Robb, who is working on a Ph.D. in organic chemistry at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, says, "Dry ice is incredibly easy to use." As he sees it, "unless the university realizes cost savings, I don't think refrigerated condensers would make all that much difference."
Adjabeng says he hasn't settled on a price for the EcoChyll unit yet. But given that traditional rotovaps consume $3,000 or more of dry ice per year, he figures he could charge three to four times that amount for the EcoChyll. With the 10-year life expectancy he predicts for the tool, Adjabeng suggests labs will get a bargain.
For rotovap users, he says, buying an EcoChyll will be like going from a flip phone to a smartphone. "I figure it's worth a premium," he says.
Source: https://cen.acs.org/articles/94/i5/One-Entrepreneur-Making-Rotary-Evaporators.html
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'Further And Further' offers up a collaboration with J-pop producer LLLL that sees singer Makota's sugar-sweet breathy vocals drifting against a chilly backdrop of wafting synths as house-centred kickdrums inject a sense of midtempo propulsion against clattering percussive tones. If the aforementioned track calls to mind associations with the likes of Washed Out's soft-focus chillwave explorations, 'Flood Of My Eyes' kicks the pace up a few notches, sending hypnotic chiming tones floating against rattling broken-house rhythms and dark analogue bass tones, Makota's soul-tinged vocals getting cut-up and reassembled as the entire track descends into a moody breakdown section filled with eerie delayed-out shakers and handclaps, its dense layering of rolling polyrhythms particularly giving away the Caribou link.
'Nikko' meanwhile offers up what's easily one of the most gleamingly optimistic moment here, as spiraling synth arpeggios build into a dense rippling web against shuffling snares and wandering analogue bass tones, the background synth drones building into a majestic wall of sound against clicking woodblock percussion. Elsewhere, 'January Feels Lost' sees the hypnotically chiming percussion loops shifting back to the foreground as a melancholic muted trumpet solos against gauzy layers of electronic treatment and slowly phased synth trails, the sense of underlying weariness undercutting the rattling momentum. All up, 'Distance' represents a memorable progression in sound for Pick A Piper.


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Kemoko Turay's Improbable Journey to the Senior Bowl
By Jayson Love Dec 3, 2017, 8:58am EST
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Kemoko Turay burst onto the scene for the Scarlet Knights with a scintillating 7.5 sacks as a true freshman; he has a chance to go out with a bang at the Senior Bowl.
The Senior defensive end and potential hybrid type defender can use the Senior Bowl as his last opportunity to show his abilities. Although he never approached those sack numbers again as a Scarlet Knight, he is a better football player than the raw talent he was out of high school.
Turay came to Rutgers as an under-recruited, under the radar defensive end whose only other scholarship offer (according to Rivals.com) came from James Madison, an FCS program.
Turay, who immigrated to the United States at the age of 3, learned football by watching YouTube videos and practicing in his bedroom.
He switched from basketball to football as a senior at Barringer's after transferring from Newark Tech which did not have a football team.
All of the switching, and lack of much organized football made Turay an unknown talent and Rutgers took advantage.
In 2013, then R.U. defensive coordinator Joe Rossi offered Turay based on his potential, which he flashed as a freshman when he was almost strictly utilized to rush the passer on obvious passing downs.
The Senior Bowl marks the culmination of an improbable journey for Turay, one that could end up in the NFL.
There is precedent of course for the Senior Bowl as an opportunity for players who haven't garnered much national attention.
Last year's Senior Bowl was the breakout for possible New York Giants future quarterback Davis Webb who earned MVP honors.
East Carolina product Zay Jones put himself on the NFL radar as well with his performance in the game. Although Jones had put up immense numbers, there was the concern about the level of competition he faced in the AAC. His display in the postseason game helped him get drafted by the Buffalo Bills.
Two years back, Dak Prescott put himself in the quarterback draft conversation with his play in the Senior Bowl upping his stake in the NFL draft.
Most notably, current Kansas City Chief's electrifying rookie running back Kareem Hunt got his name on the map with an 100+ yard game at the Senior Bowl.
So for Turay, even if he isn't drafted, or doesn't up his stock, the opportunity to play a post season game is the culmination of an amazing journey for a guy who had exactly two options when being recruited out of high school. However, should he have a great performance, what a story it would be for a man who learned football by watching YouTube.
I am very grateful for this big opportunity to showcase my self to 32 NFL scouts and the coaches that are going coach me up .. #NFLCombine #NFLDraft pic.twitter.com/dA0QVnlZsl
— Kemoko Turay (@Kturay_58) December 1, 2017
Underdogs: Thoughts on the 65-45 Dismantling of Penn State Another dominant home win for the Scarlet Knights.
Rutgers stifles Penn State during 65-45 victory to keep pace in Big Ten race The Scarlet Knights were strong defensively all night.

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Q: Reading image using datareader class through socket stream i am creating an applicaiton in Windows mobile and on Android to establish a data transfer between them through socket stream. i finished coding in Android. i converted the image into byte array in android and send it stream.
i do not know how to read it in DataReader class in Windows 10 mobile. if any good examples are there, please let me know

A: This is the link for MSFT UWP samples having many code samples which will be helpful.
https://github.com/Microsoft/Windows-universal-samples/tree/master/Samples/DataReaderWriter
code snippet for  DataReader i used:
var reader = new DataReader(socket.InputStream);
while (true)
{
 uint readLength = await reader.LoadAsync(sizeof(uint));
if (readLength < sizeof(uint))
{
break;
}
uint currentLength = reader.ReadUInt32();
readLength = await reader.LoadAsync(currentLength);
if (readLength < currentLength)
{
break;
}
string message = reader.ReadString(currentLength);
}

reader.DetachStream();

However, do check at android end since it is different than the normal read and write of stream. Data reader expects the length of message before the message. Make sure to check for the endiannes too. here is the snippet i used in C# which might be useful.
try
{
    int len = data.Length;
    byte[] lenByte = BitConverter.GetBytes(data.Length);
                if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
                {
                    Array.Reverse(lenByte);
                }
               foreach (byte b in lenByte)
                { outStream.WriteByte(b); }

               foreach (byte b in data) outStream.WriteByte(b);
                 Console.WriteLine("Message sent");
                }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
               Console.WriteLine(e.Message) ;
            }

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text: Q: Show that $\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty}x_n^{1/n}=\inf_{n\in\mathbb{N}}x_n^{1/n}$ holds for a certain sequence $(x_n)_n$ I want to show, that the equation in the headline is given, if $(x_n)_n$ is a real, non-negative sequence with $0\leq x_{n+m}\leq x_n x_m\quad \forall n,m\in\mathbb{N}.$


Which tea blogs or YouTube channels do you follow?
Re: What are the best tea blogs?
Tea DB and Mei Leaf on youtube.
Simon_Qc wrote: Tea DB and Mei Leaf on youtube.
Mei leaf has some pretty controversial information on their site though... for example Chaozhou clay being less porous than Yixing.


Journalism and Mass Media have become extremely popular career choices amongst students these days because of the dynamism and the constant challenges that these subjects offer. But a mass communication course from any college is certainly not a wise decision; you have to choose prudently so that the institution as well as the knowledge provided by its course proves to be an advantage to you. Take a look at some of the best mass communication colleges in India.
IIMC, Delhi:This institute was set up by the government of India in the year 1965 on the recommendation of a group of internationally acclaimed mass media personalities. The IIMC is considered to be one of the most premier institutions for Mass Media training as well as research. The faculty included eminent personalities from the fields of art, culture and newspaper and radio. This institute provides post graduate diploma courses in Journalism as well as Advertising and Public relations.
Asian College of Journalism, Chennai : Established in the year 1994, the Asian College of Journalism is committed towards producing some of the best journalists in the country today. Their course includes a series of lectures and workshops and the assignments that the students work on enable them to have a clear idea of how to find information and place it in front of the mass. A premier institution of mass communication and journalism, the Asian College of Journalism has the required infrastructure and the fine faculty to help you excel in this field.
Film and Television Institute of India, Pune : Also known as FTII, this institute was established in 1960 and has been churning out since then some of best filmmakers and production heads in the field of television and cinema in Asia. It is an autonomous body under the wings of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. The institute has all the required equipments for successfully training its students.
AJK Mass Communication Research Centre, Delhi : Considered to be one of the most prestigious institutions in the field of mass media and journalism, was set up in the year 1982 and started operations a year later. It offers post graduate degree and diploma programs to its students in mass communication, broadcast technology, journalism, development communication, still photography as well as animation and graphics.
Symbiosis Institute of Media and Communication, Pune : Renowned for its superior quality training techniques, this institution knows how to blend theory and practice in a homogenous manner. Set up in 1990, the institute has come a long way to becoming one of the most sought after establishment for media ad journalism courses.
Xavier Institute of Communication, Mumbai : The institute began its journey in the year 1969 and provides superior quality curriculum in Photography, Creative Writing, Radio Jockeying, Journalism and Mass Communication, and Advertising and Marketing Communications.
Indian Institute of Journalism and New Media, Bangalore : The IIJNM was established in the year 2001 by a non-profit trust. Apart from their good faculty and their training techniques, the institution is also famous for providing placements to its students to some of the most well known news and media houses.
Times School of Journalism, New Delhi : Founded by the Times Group in the year 1985, this institution has one of the best in-house as well as external faculty, thanks to the leading position it occupies in the field of media and journalism.
Mudra Institute of Communication, Ahmedabad : Widely known for its post graduate courses, Mica was established in the year 1991. The curriculum that it covers is contemporary as well as dynamic. The institute has provided the industry with some of the most competitive and creative minds in the fields of advertising, media and communications.
Manorama School of Communication, Kottayam : Launched in the year 2002, this institute has been able to make a mark within a very short span of time. It provides state-of-the-art training facilities and the course lasts for a period of ten months. Practical training is given more importance than the theoretical aspect.


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Now, you can build your own indicoin files on all systems with docker and do it easy without installing depends on your system.

## How:

### Build docker image

```
sudo docker build .
```

### Run docker container

Builder will return HASH of image
Example:
Successfully built 9bbff825d50f

```
sudo docker run -it -v ~/path/to/indicoin/folder:/indicoin 9bbff825d50f
```

If your system uses SELINUX you may use --privileged=true key

```
sudo docker run --privileged=true -it -v ~/development/indicoin:/indicoin 9bbff825d50f
```

See indicoin-qt file in used indicoin folder and indicoind file in src subfolder.

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The Queen Trumps the World-III
Khalid Hussain –
We are going through a critical juncture in history. The United States of America is out of control. Being the supreme hegemon in our world today, it has no equal in military terms. As a matter of fact, it is so powerful that it has adversarial engagements going on with Russia, China, Iran and the European Union simultaneously. These are in addition to its military and economic warfare in Latin America, Africa, middle East, south, west and central Asia. However, it remains economically vulnerable.
That is why it is out to undo the European Union (EU) with active support from the United Kingdom (UK) through Brexit. The EU is fighting for its survival. China is also trying to stay afloat with the Societies evolved with expanding trade. As a matter of fact, the US is so powerful that Russia, China, Iran and the EU are evolving economic and strategic alliances just to survive a relentless onslaught on their economies.
In all likelihood, it appears the Americans will have their way in asserting their hegemony for all to suffer well into the next century. However, if it fails, that doesn't mean the world will be rid of the US anytime soon. That is why a lot is at stake in the ongoing struggle by the EU to survive. In the process, there is a chance for the rest of the world to negotiate a better deal for themselves in the future comity of nations that will need to have a new multilateral system in place if global trade is to continue.
To understand this better, we need to digress a little.
Besides a sharing of knowledge and technology, human beings learnt the value of cooperation through mutually beneficial trade. This all happened over the last few millennia. However, more than religious beliefs or spiritual ties or notion in imagination of all people being brothers or friend, it was the consensus on the container of value made this possible.
This container of value is gold: a useless substance that won the trust of all people. Else, it has no intrinsic worth or use to command value. The universal acceptance f gold gave it an intrinsic value so much so all other goods and services derived their value in reference it. Money and gold became synonyms which is why even today, most people imagine the money they use derive its value from gold.
US and Israel backed scholars assert money has no material reality. But that is patently false for it has and throughout history—that is until the Nixon Shock in 1970—forced the world to accept a hegemonic divorce from gold and a coerced acceptance of the US dollar. It is, therefore, pertinent to recall each time the world departed from the gold standard, it led to war. It is no secret that the first and the second world wars were essentially conflicts around the value of who owes whom what.
Money is not a mental construct. It evolved overtime with the subscription of all the people all over the world who bestowed upon gold the unique quality of having intrinsic value. The US dollar cannot replace gold for it has no intrinsic value subscription by the people anywhere in the world. It works by fraud and tenders with coercion. It succeeds because it has not been challenged by anyone in the world.
This, however, is not an argument legitimizing the dollar as having intrinsic value. Fact is, it has none. Rather, this is my assertion that the absence of challenge to the coercive continuation of dollar as the global reserve currency is proof we all live in the American empire. And at the level of the common imagination, it operates with patent falsehood perpetuating a fraud all over the world. Why most people willingly exchange goods and services for dollars is because they are led to believe currency has intrinsic value derived from gold for people do not exert for a fictional currency. They only work when they trust their collective imagination.
Trust is at stake in global politics today. The formation of the EU and the launching of the Euro currency were all in pursuit of a system of mutual trust. And not just any system of mutual trust but a gold-backed trust in currency for money is the universal system of mutual trust ever evolved. It was created in a complex network of political, social, and economic relations over a long time.
People believe in dollar bill only because no one has yet challenged their belief. The poor countries believe in them because the rich countries insist on continuing with the system wherein dollar remains the global reserve currency. And the whole world believes in the dollar because no one dares challenge the might of the United States of America that has manifestly shown it has no mercy. The dollar is now a fiction because it has no intrinsic value and because the ponzy scheme that has kept it afloat is now coming to its logical end. This is why the Americans are now desperately trying to uproot all opposition to their economic hegemony.
The EU knows it has to survive for giving in to American desires means they will soon be joining the trash heap of history along with the so called other poor countries of our world. The catch remains that they refuse to challenge the departure from gold standard fearing it will unleash the poor countries from their own hegemonic control. Hence the vicious melee in Europe goes on unabated like two strong wrestlers trying to defeat each other silently at night so that the neighbourhood does not wake up from its slumber.
China, of course is not the real competition for the United States because it poses no real threat to their hegemony. And in order to bring it down, all America needs to do is to stop buying from them and they will be crushed down in their own economic collapse. It is also no secret that the Chinese are no military threat to the Americans. Same goes for the Russians too. And the EU has no military of its own to speak of. That is why when Trump asks the Europeans time and again to spend more on NATO, it is not as much a shake up as it is a bullish reminder that they cannot protect themselves militarily!
American propaganda trumpets often the world is living in the most peaceful era in history as international wars have dropped to an historic low. No state has conquered another or swallowed up a country, they point out by way of proof. Conquests had been the standard fare in history since time immemorial. That is how all empires were established in the past including our own American Empire that took control of the world after winning World War II.
And that is why it is not an argument illustrating peace but a proof of American hegemony that campaigns of conquest like those of the Romans, Mongols and Ottomans cannot take place today anywhere in the world. Since 1945, no independent country recognized by the UN has been conquered and wiped off the map.
Limited international wars that did occur were sub-empire conflicts allowed by the hegemons. Millions still die in wars but that is because the hegemons seeks economic growth through the production, sale and purchase of arms and not because wars can actually take place.
It is in this context of realpolitik that the United States have chosen an offensive racist individual to be their President and the Establishment in the United Kingdom has made sure people voted for Brexit. As for their future of transatlantic relations, it is safe to assume their cultural, religious and blood ties will persevere.
However, that is no reason for the stronger political players to allow the EU to continue competing with the US—nay the Five Eyes with whom Japan and the Netherlands remain firmly allied—as a federation of economic interests. Also, the debt crisis in Europe and the United States obliges them to seek another agreement with each other for future cooperation in economics underpinning transatlantic commerce and trade. And like all negotiations, power and capacity will determine the outcome.
However, it is worth remembering the military might of the United States of America is the only reason people have been safe from the devastating effects of major superpower confrontations.
ICAO, IATA launch legal guidelines to prevent disruptive passengers


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'Kimchibilly' rock and rollers to stage
By Nie Xin | April 7, 2012, Saturday | Print Edition
WHAT do you get when you mix Korean ethnic vibe, Seoul pop, 1950s rock and roll and American hillbilly country?
Simple: it's kimchibilly, And The RockTigers, a five-piece South Korean band, will perform kimchibilly at its best next weekend (April 14 and 15) at O'Malley's and Mao Livehouse.
The band formed in 2001 and has toured Japan and the United States. It recently released albums in English, Korean and Japanese. Lead singer Velvet Geena sings and records her songs in her native Korean, as well as English and Japanese.
The RockTigers perform at O'Malley's on Saturday in the opening of Rock-a-Bop Carnival, a series of rock and roll performances.
"It's a big festival and the first in the town all around rockabilly, which is very exciting," says DJ B.O. (Brian Offenther), who is based in Shanghai and was one of the directors of the now-concluded Trash A Go-Go series. He will stage with the band as a supporting performer.
There will be food, bands and vendors. Hundreds of people are expected to attend.
On Sunday, The RockTigers will support Five Dollar Shake ($5hake), Shanghai's original garage rock series, at Mao Livehouse. The concert marks the return of $5hake, featuring Banana Monkey, Boys Climbing Ropes and Battle Cattle, plus The RockTigers.
Five Dollar Shake got started in 2006 as a vehicle for local legends Banana Monkey, Shanghai's first garage rock band.
Lead guitarist Misuzu was a founder of Trash A Go-Go, the garage rock series that succeeded $5hake.
Featuring vocalist Little Punk, who is also on keyboard, and guitarist and vocalist Jordan Small, the band Boys Climbing Ropes has played rousing music at festivals around China and has toured the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
Young dance punk band Battle Cattle is in the style of The Jam and Gang of Four. They formed last year.
? Rock-a-Bop Carnival
Date: April 14, noon to late
Venue: O'Malley's, 42 Taojiang Rd (near Wulumuqi Rd)
Tickets: 50 yuan
? $5hake
Date: April 15, 8:30pm
Venue: Mao Livehouse, 308 Chongqing Rd S.


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Obama to the Left: Wham, Bam Thank you Ma'am – Change you can't believe in!
You can't look at Obama's appointment list of Clinton era retreads, Bush administration carryovers, and of course 'I haven't renounced my Iraq war vote' Hilary herself, without indulging in one very guarded, but nonetheless deep belly laugh!
The current cry of the moonbat is "Change?! What change?! Where?! Where's my change?!!!"
And in fact if this is a sign of how President-elect Obama is planning to 'rule', it does much to temper fears such as those I had, that this would be an overtly anti-constitutional and socialist regime – not allay – but temper.
The reason why my concerns are only tempered, is because he did express his thoughts about the constitution and its role in government – and they were anti-constitutional thoughts and intents. He did express his belief in the socialist sentiment of 'spreadin' the wealth around', he has helped community organizations such as Acorn in their efforts to force institutions to yield to their wishes over their and their shareholders best interests, such as banks, to make loans which made no financial sense in order to promote homeownership (and future financial crisis).
But to think that what Obama said has any direct relation to what he'll do, is to make the mistake which people with principles are prone to make – we assume that others use words to convey meaning. In fact, those without principles use words only as a means to control others, to get them to do what they want them to do, which they otherwise wouldn't have done except for having thought they heard in what the person speaking said but never meant – saves having to resort to a gun.
If you look at Obama's own reminiscences of why he began to seek out Marxist professors in college, and the more radical students in the student body, it was because they had power – power of glamour, power of clique, power to command attention. He joined the pacific Rev. Wright's church because it could help him gain power in the Chicago power structure, same with his Alinsky based community organization efforts, as with William Ayers, Tony Rezko, accepting public financing, and so on.
I made the old mistake of assuming that he did this because he wanted power to promote his ideas… when in fact it now seems more likely that he wanted power for the more common reason that most power luster's want power… because they want to be powerful. Sure, if things aligned well, I'm sure he'd use that power to promote those ideas which he has verbally aligned himself with, doubtless he has a certain fondness for them. But with the economy in an uncertain position, he is more than willing to take the positions needed to keep everyone happy with his keeping his power – but as the moonbat's are finding out, 'everyone' doesn't mean those who voted for 'change they could believe in!', it means 'everyone' who has power to help him keep power.
This shouldn't come as a surprise to myself or the moonbats; the left, as they well know, have no principles, they only have positions and passions, and those are only held because they are things which they want, and they will do whatever it takes to get what they want, hence Power being what the left reveres, over Principle. It's not as if they think that their policies are actually good policies, that they are right and true, only that they want them.
By the way, I'm not letting the Republicans off that hook either, they only hide their lack of principles from themselves better than the Democrats do. Any 'free marketer' who claims to believe in property rights and capitalism, but promotes appropriating trillions of dollars (or even one) in order 'to fix the market', never held any real belief in property rights and capitalism in the first place – they certainly didn't understand it's principles. As with Bush the 1st, who promised 'Read my lips, no new taxes' and then signed on to huge new taxes because he thought it would fix things and make them better 'for the good of the country', shows that he had no principled grasp or understanding of principles to begin with; the reason why a principled person would say 'no new taxes' is because the good of the country is served by no new taxes, and even more so by repealing taxes and divesting the government of powers it has improperly grabbed… argh.
Back to the future - as long as events make it expedient to promote middle-of-the-road people and policies, then Obama will likely do so and govern very much as did Clinton. On the other hand, as soon as events make it expedient to use a heavy hand to promote his preferences, those sitting back in comfort with his current selections will find themselves flat on their backs with the air knocked out of them, just as the moonbats are feeling it now.
The change we can believe in is that the Obama administration will change as it needs to and wishes to, in order not to let power change hands. It is after all a principle of those who seek power: be unprincipled on principle.
And that is Change! that forever remains the same.
Happy Birthday and Semper Fi!
When I first met Sam, we were still new to Missouri, and he and his family were neighbors of ours in a condo development that was starting to slide downhill. Sam, at that time, always had a spit cup at hand for his chewing tobacco, and had a deep rural drawl, that made his larger than normal vocabulary almost sound humorous. He had just joined our Condo board, as did my wife, and though I privately called him 'burp' (he did, alot), he was surprisingly sharp and diligent, surprising to me anyway - at that time, that his being in the Marines didn't really lend much of a plus in my eyes, not that it was a minus, but I still had a touch of the old 'people join the military because they don't have ambition' view, and it played into the rural air about him (hey, this was nearly 20 yrs ago, after playing in a band for ten years on the west coast, gimme a break - Sam did).
As we began to spend more time together, our wives had become best friends and our boys prickly friends, politics and history began to crop up often in our conversations, and something I wasn't much used to began to happen, something that I wasn't used to happening at all, let alone frequently - I was being not only corrected, but shown some wide gaps in what I thought I knew, regarding the Constitution, the Supreme Court, American History in general, and the Civil War in particular, and even about Edmund Burke.
WTF!? How was this jarhead more knowledgeable than... than me?!
It turned out that Sam was a fast rising Sgt. (I had no idea how many grades of Sgt. there could be!) in the Marines, a top recruiter in his office, then managing the office, then top in St. Louis, then the district and then over the entire region. He took his job, and the young men his job was about, very seriously. He showed me the recommended reading list for "Riflemen" recruits, and the list he augmented that with, and my jaw dropped. He also was not an unusual character for the Marines, and he saw to it that his recruits followed suit as well. So much for there being any 'poorly edum'icated' meaning to having a rural drawl or any of the other jarhead caricatures. He was a plain spoken man, yet not to be trifled with. A few years later, after we'd both moved out of the condo's to a nicer neighborhood, some poor carload of teen rowdies decided to drive down and up the lawns on Sam's street in the dark of the a.m... their fun met an abrupt end as Sam, clad only in his shorts, flew out of his house with a baseball bat and charged their car, bashing in the windshield, drivers side and rear windows, before their terror could carry them off into the night. Double LOL.
Sgt. Sam was very capable, well informed, widely read, and a damn good guy.
I had the pleasure of being invited to a few of the 'wet downs' after his promotions and to spend time with he and his Marines over the years, and it was always a blast; but not only that, it went a long way towards showing me that my jaded musicians view of the world was the view that was the real oddity, and that a view that saw 'normal' as more likely being that of the solid and trustworthy person, willing and eager to serve and defend their country, that was far more normal and justified a view than I had dreamed - and that was reaching several years back before 9/11 - and what a pleasure it was to be rid of the immature view of the world I'd gathered 'on the road'.
Sam and his family were transferred out of state about 6 yrs ago, and what with another move or two, I guess we haven't seen them in about 3 yrs now, but no matter - come Nov. 10th, it's time once again to wish the United States Marine Corps. a hearty Happy Birthday, and to Sam...wherever you and your family are, a fond
Semper Fi!
The Concord Hymn - for the 44th President of the United States of America
The Concord Hymn -Ralph Waldo Emerson (1837)
Their flag to April's breeze unfurled;
Here once the embattled farmers stood;
Alike the conqueror silent sleeps,
Down the dark stream that seaward creeps.
We place with joy a votive stone,
That memory may their deeds redeem,
O Thou who made those heroes dare
The shaft we raised to them and Thee.
Looks like Barrack H. Obama has been elected 44th President of the United States of America - I would emphasise the word elected. Clearly and uncontested. Agree with or disagree with it, wise or unwise, the American people have chosen a new President, and that is that.
As President, he is due the respect of the office, the support of the citizenry, and the best wishes of the people.
I will do my best to oppose, as far as I can see, all of his policies, but I will not sink, and I hope no one else I know will either, to the sickening, juvenile, destructive vitriol heaped upon the 43rd President of the United States of America, George W. Bush.
Lets work to clean house in the Republican Party, kick out the stinking rectum's of all the Rino and big Gov't types still standing, work to make it a party of Conservatives and Classical Liberals, and move America forward.
Best wishes and luck to President elect Obama, and the people of the United States of America!
BTW -Senator John McCain, though I disagree with most of his policies, he fought hard for what he believed in, a damn good effort - thank you for fighting for what you believed in.
Burke and reflecting the future forward
I watched a C-Span show about Edmund Burke this weekend by Gertrude Himmelfarb, and one thing she pointed out was how the German philosophers saw a problem between "Das problem of Adam Smith and The Wealth of Nations" and she felt that people had the same issue with Burke, that they seemed to think that his prophetic denunciations of the French Revolution, the utter breakdown of civilized society, were somehow in opposition to his earlier writings upon philosophy. But as with Smith, if you pay attention, if you are not opposed to principles, if you don't deny the reality you see before you, if you are not so flatly modern, you will see that regarding their latter positions, not only are they not in opposition to their earlier works, but the later flowed seamlessly from the former.
My favorite from Burke is his "A Philosophical inquiry into the origin of our ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful", and I'm going to excerpt a couple key passages here. I think they bear greatly upon our current world views, and which lacking his insights, indicate why we are so ... separated, in large part because of the perils of Wit without Judgment.
"But in the imagination, besides the pain or pleasure arising from the properties of the natural object, a pleasure is perceived from the resemblance which the imitation has to the original: the imagination, I conceive, can have no pleasure but what results from one or other of these causes. And these causes operate pretty uniformly upon all men, because they operate by principles in nature, and which are not derived from any particular habits or advantages. Mr. Locke very justly and finely observes of wit, that it is chiefly conversant in tracing resemblances; he remarks, at the same time, that the business of judgment is rather in finding differences. It may perhaps appear, on this supposition, that there is no material distinction between the wit and the judgment, as they both seem to result from different operations of the same faculty of comparing. But in reality, whether they are or are not dependent on the same power of the mind, they differ so very materially in many respects, that a perfect union of wit and judgment is one of the rarest things in the world. When two distinct objects are unlike to each other, it is only what we expect; things are in their common way; and therefore they make no impression on the imagination: but when two distinct objects have a resemblance, we are struck, we attend to them, and we are pleased. The mind of man has naturally a far greater alacrity and satisfaction in tracing resemblances than in searching for differences; because by making resemblances we produce new images; we unite, we create, we enlarge our stock; but in making distinctions we offer no food at all to the imagination; the task itself is more severe and irksome, and what pleasure we derive from it is something of a negative and indirect nature. A piece of news is told me in the morning; this, merely as a piece of news, as a fact added to my stock, gives me some pleasure. In the evening I find there was nothing in it. What do I gain by this, but the dissatisfaction to find that I had been imposed upon? Hence it is that men are much more naturally inclined to belief than to incredulity. And it is upon this principle, that the most ignorant and barbarous nations have frequently excelled in similitudes, comparisons, metaphors, and allegories, who have been weak and backward in distinguishing and sorting their ideas. And it is for a reason of this kind, that Homer and the oriental writers, though very fond of similitudes, and though they often strike out such as are truly admirable, seldom take care to have them exact; that is, they are taken with the general resemblance, they paint it strongly, and they take no notice of the difference which may be found between the things compared.
Now as the pleasure of resemblance is that which principally flatters the imagination, all men are nearly equal in this point, as far as their knowledge of the things represented or compared extends. The principle of this knowledge is very much accidental, as it depends upon experience and observation, and not on the strength or weakness of any natural faculty; and it is from this difference in knowledge, that what we commonly, though with no great exactness, call a difference in taste proceeds. A man to whom sculpture is new, sees a barber's block, or some ordinary piece of statuary; he is immediately struck and pleased, because he sees something like a human figure; and, entirely taken up with this likeness, he does not at all attend to its defects. No person, I believe, at the first time of seeing a piece of imitation ever did. Some time after, we suppose that this novice lights upon a more artificial work of the same nature; he now begins to look with contempt on what he admired at first; not that he admired it even then for its unlikeness to a man, but for that general though inaccurate resemblance which it bore to the human figure. What he admired at different times in these so different figures, is strictly the same; and though his knowledge is improved, his taste is not altered. Hitherto his mistake was from a want of knowledge in art, and this arose from his inexperience; but he may be still deficient from a want of knowledge in nature. For it is possible that the man in question may stop here, and that the masterpiece of a great hand may please him no more than the middling performance of a vulgar artist; and this not for want of better or higher relish, but because all men do not observe with sufficient accuracy on the human figure to enable them to judge properly of an imitation of it. And that the critical taste does not depend upon a superior principle in men, but upon superior knowledge, may appear from several instances. The story of the ancient painter and the shoemaker is very well known. The shoemaker set the painter right with regard to some mistakes he had made in the shoe of one of his figures, which the painter, who had not made such accurate observations on shoes, and was content with a general resemblance, had never observed. But this was no impeachment to the taste of the painter; it only showed some want of knowledge in the art of making shoes. Let us imagine, that an anatomist had come into the painter's working-room. His piece is in general well done, the figure in question in a good attitude, and the parts well adjusted to their various movements; yet the anatomist, critical in his art, may observe the swell of some muscle not quite just in the peculiar action of the figure. Here the anatomist observes what the painter had not observed; and he passes by what the shoemaker had remarked. But a want of the last critical knowledge in anatomy no more reflected on the natural good taste of the painter, or of any common observer of his piece, than the want of an exact knowledge in the formation of a shoe. A fine piece of a decollated head of St. John the Baptist was shown to a Turkish emperor: he praised many things, but he observed one defect: he observed that the skin did not shrink from the wounded part of the neck. The sultan on this occasion, though his observation was very just, discovered no more natural taste than the painter who executed this piece, or than a thousand European connoisseurs, who probably never would have made the same observation. His Turkish majesty had indeed been well acquainted with that terrible spectacle, which the others could only have represented in their imagination. On the subject of their dislike there is a difference between all these people, arising from the different kinds and degrees of their knowledge; but there is something in common to the painter, the shoemaker, the anatomist, and the Turkish emperor, the pleasure arising from a natural object, so far as each perceives it justly imitated; the satisfaction in seeing an agreeable figure; the sympathy proceeding from a striking and affecting incident. So far as taste is natural, it is nearly common to all."
, and a short distance further,
"So long as we are conversant with the sensible qualities of things, hardly any more than the imagination seems concerned; little more also than the imagination seems concerned when the passions are represented, because by the force of natural sympathy they are felt in all men without any recourse to reasoning, and their justness recognized in every breast. Love, grief, fear, anger, joy, all these passions have, in their turns, affected every mind; and they do not affect it in an arbitrary or casual manner, but upon certain, natural, and uniform principles. But as many of the works of imagination are not confined to the representation of sensible objects, nor to efforts upon the passions, but extend themselves to the manners, the characters, the actions, and designs of men, their relations, their virtues and vices, they come within the province of the judgment, which is improved by attention, and by the habit of reasoning. All these make a very considerable part of what are considered as the objects of taste; and Horace sends us to the schools of philosophy and the world for our instruction in them. Whatever certainty is to be acquired in morality and the science of life; just the same degree of certainty have we in what relates to them in works of imitation. Indeed it is for the most part in our skill in manners, and in the observances of time and place, and of decency in general, which is only to be learned in those schools to which Horace recommends us, that what is called taste, by way of distinction, consists: and which is in reality no other than a more refined judgment. On the whole, it appears to me, that what is called taste, in its most general acceptation, is not a simple idea, but is partly made up of a perception of the primary pleasures of sense, of the secondary pleasures of the imagination, and of the conclusions of the reasoning faculty, concerning the various relations of these, and concerning the human passions, manners, and actions. All this is requisite to form taste, and the groundwork of all these is the same in the human mind; for as the senses are the great originals of all our ideas, and consequently of all our pleasures, if they are not uncertain and arbitrary, the whole groundwork of taste is common to all, and therefore there is a sufficient foundation for a conclusive reasoning on these matters."
So what we find, is that as with the men judging the smoothness of a marble block, the first is "Smooth!", until a second and third, each smoother is presented to him. As a clear measure of distinction is made known, and makes finer judgments possible, it is the system of similarities and differences approached in a systematic way, which makes ever clearer thought possible. The person who never becomes aware of the second and third marble block, is quite content from a distance to call them no better than his own, and wave off their claims of finer quality.
It was through elemental observations such as these, an understanding of how the basics of thought occurs, the methods and principles by which we make our lives in this world, that Burke, 218 years ago, was able to see the horrors that must come, the Terror that would be, where others who presumed to look farther without first learning to look closer, and declared that they saw Change! as being nothing but change for the better, saw all as being good and for the best.
Look carefully at the things you find similar, observe the distinctions which separate them, take care to judge whether those distinctions enhance what they have in common, or make the commonality but the thinnest of illusions.
To have great wit, coupled with lesser judgment, is to have a powerful vehicle but without the means of braking or steering it, a fact I think our MSM and 'intellectuals' who clamor for 'The One' demonstrate loudly and often. Such intelligence is worse than useless, it is careless, reckless, and supremely self satisfied - as was Thomas Paine, some 200+ years ago. Luckily for him, he escaped, just barely, with his head, from the French prisons and Guilotine of those he helped give the power to imprison him.
Intelligence isn't enough. You must do the hard work of using your judgment.
When you look at the two candidates running for president, remember that that the one who seems smooth, may be rougher beyond measure. Remember that at one time the French Revolution was seen as something to be embraced and spread around the world, and the person opposing it was sharply denounced for his positions as anti-reason, and in opposition to all of the common fashion and wisdom of the day. If you look at surfaces only, if you don't do the sometimes distasteful work of examining the differences from the position of principles which you know first hand to follow from reality, there may be severed heads in your future as well.
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Written by the inventors of the technology, The Java® Virtual Machine Specification, Java SE 7 Edition, is the definitive technical reference for the Java Virtual Machine.
The book provides complete, accurate, and detailed coverage of the Java Virtual Machine. It fully describes the invokedynamic instruction and method handle mechanism added in Java SE 7, and gives the formal Prolog specification of the type-checking verifier introduced in Java SE 6. The book also includes the class file extensions for generics and annotations defined in Java SE 5.0, and aligns the instruction set and initialization rules with the Java Memory Model.


Despite its many crises in the past few years, tourism is booming in Greece. Most travellers, however, still rarely venture beyond the more famous islands – and a little exploration is all that is needed to take you to some lesser-known gems. Here are 20 of our favourites.
All accommodation prices are for a double room in low season and include breakfast, unless stated otherwise. In most Greek tavernas you can eat and drink well for €15-20pp, but if a place is more expensive, I have indicated this.
What to do Perched on a headland above the capital is a large, 13th-century Venetian castle, now inhabited by wild deer. The spectacular view stretches as far as the monks' republic of Mount Athos on the mainland.
Where to stay The Arxontiko (€70, ) was Lemnos' first hotel and is still one of its best, mixing a traditional guesthouse with modern boutique style. It is in the centre of Myrina, but on a quiet side street and a short walk to the beach.
Where to eat Grammofono (on Facebook), on the main square by a taxi rank, is not in the best location, but this little meze bar takes its food seriously and is great value. Try a seafood pikilia, or mixed plate – calamari, shrimps, mussels and various small fried fish. There is often live music in the evenings.
The island owes its existence to Icarus's plunge into the sea after the wax of his wings melted. Ill-fated people have been visiting ever since – it was a place of exile for left-wingers during the civil war and the Colonels' dictatorship. Don't let this put you off; the locals revel in their quirky reputation and the varied landscape rewards exploration.
What to do Talking of quirky, how about bathing in radioactive hot springs? Apparently, this is actually beneficial to the health – researchers are exploring whether this is the reason for the islanders' legendary longevity – and can be experienced at several bathhouses.
Where to stay Toxotis Villas (from €110) is a group of seven gorgeous villas, which combine a fantastic location with luxury, privacy and a traditional style.
Where to eat Thea's Inn is a proper Greek taverna in the pretty village of Nas, focusing on local food, including meat and vegetables from the owners' organic farm.
What to do Boat trips around Mount Athos can be arranged, which is the closest most of us will get to this male-only monks' republic. It is well worth having a peek – the cliff-hanging monasteries are spectacular.
Where to stay If you are young and/or adventurous it is perfectly possible to bring a tent over to Greece and camp – nights are warm, campsites are well-equipped, and most sites are right on the beach. Try Alikes Camping (pitches from €5 per tent, plus €5 each per adult).
This small island consists of only three villages and a population of just over 1,000. Just across from popular Lefkada, it's not usually considered a destination in its own right, and is mainly visited on day trips. Staying on the island means you can explore its many "hidden" coves at your leisure.
What to do There is much debate as to which beach is Meganisi's best. Most can only be reached by foot or by boat, so it will take you a while to review them all. Limonari, with its isolated clean sands, would be in most people's top five.
Where to stay Tucked away in the winding alleys of Spartochori, The Teacher's House (studio from €65, family apartment from €100) has been expertly renovated, and split into a studio and two apartments that share a small pool. The contemporary interior design gives a light and airy feel.
Where to eat Lakis Taverna is a solid, family taverna at the heart of the village. Its "Greek Night" on Thursdays is great fun, but may not be everyone's shot of tsipouro.
Where to stay On its own sandy and sheltered cove, Beach House (€80) is a stylish little hotel, with good-value small rooms for couples, but try to splash out for their larger rooms, including family suites. It also has a great restaurant, lots of family-friendly beach activities and a massage service.
Its proximity to Athens, fabulous beaches and famous thermal springs mean that this island gets rammed with visitors – mainly Greek – in August. Come out of season, however, and it can be perfect.
Where to stay Due to its popularity, Kythnos is not the cheapest, but Xenonas Afroditi (€70) is a more reasonable option in the spa town of Loutra. And it is exactly what you expect from a Greek hotel: whitewashed, simple rooms, and by the beach.
Where to eat Chartino Karavi (+30 22 8103 3004) is a reliable little tavern on the backstreets of Dryopida, a pretty inland settlement. When it's not too hot there is a footpath that winds the 2km up to here from the island's capital, Hora.


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Le qualificazioni del singolare  dello Shenzhen Open 2016 sono state un torneo di tennis preliminare per accedere alla fase finale della manifestazione. I vincitori dell'ultimo turno sono entrati di diritto nel tabellone principale. In caso di ritiro di uno o più giocatori aventi diritto a questi sono subentrati i lucky loser, ossia i giocatori che hanno perso nell'ultimo turno ma che avevano una classifica più alta rispetto agli altri partecipanti che avevano comunque perso nel turno finale.

Teste di serie

  Tim Smyczek (spostato nel tabellone principale)
  Jason Jung (qualificato)
  Ramkumar Ramanathan (qualificato)
  Yoshihito Nishioka (qualificato)

  Tatsuma Itō (qualificato)
  Filip Peliwo (ultimo turno)
  Gō Soeda (primo turno)
  Mohamed Safwat (primo turno, ritirato)

Qualificati

  Tatsuma Itō
  Jason Jung

 Ramkumar Ramanathan
 Yoshihito Nishioka

Tabellone

Sezione 1

Sezione 2

Sezione 3

Sezione 4

Collegamenti esterni

Shenzhen Open 2018 (ATP)

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Василий Яковлевич Чебаник (род. 5 августа 1933, Клишковцы) — каллиграф, шрифтовик, художник-график, профессор (1980), член-корреспондент Национальной академии искусств Украины (2013). Заслуженный деятель искусств Украинской ССР (1979). Лауреат Национальнoй премии Украины имени Тараса Шевченко (2019). Создатель шрифта «Рутения» Шрифты Василия Чебаника используются, к примеру, Офисом президента Украины (без разрешения автора).

Биография
Василий Яковлевич Чебаник родился 5 августа 1933 в селе Клишковцы. В 1963 году окончил Киевский государственный художественный институт, учился у В. Касияна, И. Плещинского.

В 2002 году награждён Почётной грамотой Верховной Рады Украины.

Произведения
 Иллюстрации сборников стихов — «Голосеевская осень» М. Рыльского (1985), «Так никто не любил» Сосюры (1987), «Примерно на дне моего сердца» П. Тычины (1991), серия открыток-портретов «Классики украинской литературы» (1966).

Ссылки
 Василий Яковлевич ЧЕБАНИК

Примечания

Художники Украины
Шрифтовики
Преподаватели Киевского государственного художественного института
Заслуженные деятели искусств Украины
Лауреаты Национальной премии Украины имени Тараса Шевченко
Члены Национального союза художников Украины


The NEC Invitational begins on Thursday in my home town of Akron, Ohio at Firestone Country Club. After the conclusion of the PGA Championship, the NEC Invitational field has been determined. In order to be eligible for the NEC Invitational, a player needs to be in the top 50 in the World Golf Rankings after August 8th or August 15th, or a player needs to be on the 2004 Ryder Cup team or 2005 President's Cup team, or a player needs to win one of many selected tournaments. For a list of players eligible before the world rankings came out after the PGA, click here.
Others who made it Monday include: Steve Elkington, who after finishing T2 at the PGA, jumped from 129 to 48 in the World Golf Rankings, making him eligible; Geoff Ogilvy jumped from 52nd to 45th and became eligible for the NEC, after finishing T6 at the PGA; Trevor Immelman, who was selected by Gary Player today to play for the International President's Cup team, needs to go out and buy Player dinner, because Player's selection of Immelman makes Immelman eligible for the cut-less NEC Invitational.
check back to thegolfblog.com for more updates regarding the NEC Invitational or see the official website of the NEC Invitational here.


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R Sankar statue hullabaloo in Kerala's clandestine politics
by C I Issac on 17 Dec 2015 0 Comment
Kerala's political affairs for the last two decades are controversies, mysteries and scams. This is an unending and enduring phenomenon of the political contours of 'God's Own Country'. The tent managers of Kerala Political Circus effectively shift the attention of the masses (voters) from vital issues of the state. That political front becomes victorious wh...
Qatar Unplugged
When Qatar received its independence from Britain in 1971, its population was a meagre 100,000. Fifty years or so later, its population has ballooned to nearly 2.2 million, but only 275,000 are actual Qataris. The rest are not migrants, they are not going to be integrated in the population as fully fledged citizens, they are simply hired expats on contracts,...
National Herald: A Gandhi Nemesis
Congress president Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi's attempt to portray a court summons in a case of dubious takeover of the properties of a public limited company has failed the first test of sycophancy. The cloying media acolytes and intellectuals who spared no effort to promote the Amethi MP as legitimate future ruler of India and attacked Pr...
What Stinks in Saudi Ain't the Camel Dung
In recent weeks, one nation after another is falling over themselves, literally, to join the turkey shoot known, erroneously, as the war in Syria, ostensibly against the Islamic State or Daesh. The most wanted but most feared question is where will this war frenzy lead, and how can it be stopped short of dragging the entire planet into a world war of destruc...
The unavowable project for a pseudo-Kurdistan
Paris and London are multiplying their categorical declarations against Daesh, its programme of ethnic cleansing and its terrorist attacks. And yet they are preparing in secret for the ethnic cleansing of Northern Syria with a view to creating a pseudo-Kurdistan, and the re-localisation of Daesh to Al-Anbar in order to create a "Sunnistan" there. Thierry Mey...
Independent Kurdistan as a Factor of Stability in the Middle East
by Viktor Titov on 12 Dec 2015 0 Comment
While the events in Syria, Iraq and Turkey related to the combatants of the local Kurdish armed opposition (Peshmerga) fighting ISIL [also known as ISIS] and other terrorist organisations in the region develop at a swift pace, the question has been raised yet again about the right of the Kurdish people to self-determination (the total population of the Kurds...
When US military aircraft smuggled gold into India
by Atul Bhardwaj on 11 Dec 2015 2 Comments
In the 1950s, India, a gold guzzler had banned import of gold. In sharp contrast, the bullion markets in Hong Kong and Macau were free of government controls, incentivising the Chinese syndicates to smuggle gold into India where the price of the yellow metal was the highest in Asia. Normally, gold entered India hidden in boats and the bulkheads of ships and ...
The Anti-Empire Report #141
by William Blum on 10 Dec 2015 1 Comment
Questions to ask President Obama the next time (also the last time) you're invited to one of his press conferences: Which is most important to you – destroying ISIS, overthrowing Syrian president Assad, or scoring points against Russia? Do you think that if you pointed out to the American people that Assad has done much more to aid and rescue Christians in ...
Clarity and Decisiveness Define Russia's Success in Syria
by Salman Rafi Sheikh on 09 Dec 2015 0 Comment
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Climate Justice: Unity in Third World approach needed
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by Jim Dean on 04 Dec 2015 1 Comment
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Archaeological Museum of Rhodes
The permanent collection of the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes is composed of the Italian rule excavations mainly Rhodes and the other Dodecanese islands. Mycenaean jewelry, vases and small objects from burial ensembles of Ialyssos and Kamiros of the Geometric to the Classical period (9th-4th century BC), sculptures of Classical and Hellenistic periods and coins Rhodian Hellenistic are the main exhibits. The exhibition aims to highlight the major findings from Rhodes to help illustrate the ancient history of the place.
The Archaeological Museum is housed in the medieval building of the great hospital of the Knights.
According to the Ministry of. Culture its construction began in 1440 by Grand Master de Lastic (de Lastic), with money left by the death of his predecessor Fluvian (Flouvianos), but it was completed 49 years later by Master D 'Aubusson . This Gothic building with Renaissance elements. A pointed door is the entrance of the Museum covered with vaults. The building includes an interior courtyard flanked by two-story gallery, which opened in the halls and warehouses of the Museum.
In the courtyard, opposite the entrance, dominates a recumbent lion with a bull's head to his feet, from Late Hellenistic period and ahead it is exposed a mosaic floor of the basilica of Arkasa in Karpathos. A second inlay, also from Arkasa of Karpathos, is fitted in the inner courtyard, in front of the stores of the Museum, which has opened in the gallery of the ground floor. Upstairs are the large hall of the patients, the dining room and the halls of the archaeological collection. In the great hall of patients exposed sculpted tombstones of knights, chivalry badges and Roman sarcophagus used as a tomb of the Grand Master Kornegian. In the dining room are placed relief tombstones of Late Antiquity from Nissyros.
In the halls of the southern side of the portico samples out of Rhodian sculpture from the Archaic to the Roman period. The two kouros and perirrhanterion from Kamiros are the main exhibits of Archaic hall, which originally served as the hospital's kitchen knights. Below the room Timarista the headstone of critics and Timarista 5th century. BC by Kamiros and column Kalliaristas from Rhodes 4th century. BC. In the museum's garden sculptures have been exposed as the Niki's statue and carved columns Hellenistic period. In southern alcove of the atrium has been erected representation funerary chapel with trophy and coated floor mosaic from Arkasa of Karpathos. In the next three halls Hellenistic sculptures are presented, like Venus statue, oversized, the colossal head Sun, representative work of the Rhodian baroque statuette of Aphrodite, transformation of the famous work of Doidalsas, the Roman portrait of the poet of New Comedy Menander.
The fifteen rooms of the north and west side of the floor, burial sets (vases and small objects) from the 9th to the 4th century. BC, the Italian excavations in the necropolis of ancient Ialysos and Kamiros. In rooms 14 and 15 have been exposed black and red pottery of the 6th, 5th and 4th century. BC In room eight out jewelry Mycenaean period and treasure of silver coins Rhodian Hellenistic era.


The clock is ticking down on IMSA's 2019 season opener at Daytona International Speedway and Dylan Murry for one can't wait for the green flag to fly.
Murry, along with co-drivers Jim Cox and Jeroen Bleekemolen, will be at the wheel of a Mercedes-AMG GT4 for Riley Motorsports when the four-hour BMW Endurance Challenge at Daytona takes place on Friday, January 25, at 12:15 p.m.
After posting a solid rookie campaign last year, Murry will clearly be looking for improvement in a brand new race car.
Murry and Cox got a good flavor of what the car was like at the recent Roar Before the Rolex 24 test days.
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Londonderry Town Primary to take place on September 13, 2022
Alisha Khalil, Online Chief|September 12, 2022
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Londonderry Town Primary is scheduled for tomorrow, September 13, 2022.
Polls are open from 6:00am to 8:00pm in the Londonderry High School Gym.
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The horse's joint is the second most common site of lameness in the horse, after the foot or hoof. As owners, you often spend a great deal of time at the veterinarian either having a joint lameness diagnosed or managed with various injections or other therapies. Considering the importance of all the joints in your horse's body, and how much money is often spent trying to keep them from breaking down, it just makes sense to come at the problem from a preventative point of view. If you can do this successfully, the approach may reduce the increased wear, tear, cartilage loss, and bone remodeling that comes over time due to the stresses of life, conformation, and competition. Once that damage begins, with evident bone remodeling and cartilage loss, you often find yourself chasing your own tail. Promote joint and bone health from the onset, and in the long-term, the benefits can be real and often, dramatic.
There are numerous joints in your horse's body, but we tend to just associate with the ones in the front and rear legs. Aside from these, there are joints in the jaw, the vertebra that run down the neck and back, and the pelvis. These joints are also 'big-hitters' in the world of horse pain and lameness, associated with TMJ issues, cervical and lumbar pain, kissing spine lesions, and sacroiliac (SI) conditions. The most commonly affected joints in the limbs include the carpal joints, fetlock, pastern, coffin joint, stifle joint, and tarsal (hock) joints.
The horse's joint is just as susceptible to injury as our own joints, but potentially on a higher level considering their body size and amount of force applied during some movements and competition. When you factor in that no horse is perfect in their conformation, this adds additional stress to those joints.
Over time, with repetitive forces, your horse's joints become stressed as does the soft tissue structures surrounding the joint. This ongoing trauma and stress to the region often first impacts the soft tissue structures, including supporting ligaments and the joint capsule, with resulting discomfort, swelling, and in many cases an increased fluid production, termed an effusion. This effusion can be seen within the joint, but can also be evident in the tendon sheath on the back of the lower leg in the horse, above the fetlock.
These soft tissue structures become irritated, inflamed and over time, begin to degenerate and change in response to the stress. In many cases, there is ongoing pain and discomfort, while in others there can be a thickening to the region due to scar tissue deposition. These are often the early stages of osteoarthritis and joint degeneration in the horse, and more often than not, despite being lame, there are no radiographic changes noted when x-rays are performed. Injections using corticosteroids with or without hyaluronic acid are usually the first line therapy chosen, along with rest. Despite these therapies, many horses respond in the short-term, but in the long-term, the lameness becomes a problem once again.
Over time, if the primary joint strain is not controlled or better managed, this inflammatory process will move inwards, and now impacts the joint articular cartilage and bone. This is where your horse will experience cartilage loss and even bone remodeling. This is often the stage of no return for many horses, as once this bone degeneration stage sets in, it often cannot be reversed. Again, the chosen therapy for most horses is joint injections using corticosteroids and hyaluronic acid. Many horses improve clinically in the short-term, but again, the long-term effect is less than optimal.
It can become a vicious cycle for many horses, especially those that are competing. They are lame, then inject, rest, become sound, then lame again, and re-inject. This is often ongoing, repeating the process as often as every 3 months for some horses. Considering the high cost to joint injections, the risk that comes with them, and the fact that a very high percentage of horses suffer joint degeneration, it begs to wonder if you can do better? Ideally, as with any disease process, it is far better and easier to try to prevent than it is to 'cure', which is rarely done.
For most horse owners, the use of typical joint supplements containing glucosamine or chondroitin are high on their list. These supplements are often used as part of a therapy route, more than prevention, to be honest. For some reason, we have the mindset that all is well with our horse, until he becomes lame, then we intervene. I understand this philosophy, but in reality, it puts us back into the defensive mode, trying to play catch-up with a joint condition that is now much harder to manage.
In either case, whether if you are being 'reactive' or 'proactive', there are many things to consider.
Glucosamine and chondroitin supplements can and do improve joint health, based on horse research, but there are two things to consider. First, in most cases, the doses or volumes used of the two ingredients do not equate to those provided in traditional supplements. This would imply that failure for some horses to respond may be simply due to under-dosing, as compared to research. Second, there is the question of bioavailability in the horse and impact on clinical results. In one study, using 10 grams of glucosamine (20 mg/kg) in adult horses, there was a failure to achieve clinically relevant serum and synovial fluid levels to modify chondrocyte (cartilage) health and activities. It was theorized that if improvements were noted, likely these were due to the glucosamine impact on the intestinal lining, liver, or kidney health. (1) Many horses do appear to benefit from Glucosamine supplements, but if you choose this route, keep in mind that in research, the average supplemented daily dose is between 10-15 grams, and bioavailability is questioned. I, personally, have not received great results with glucosamine usage in my equine patients, either as a preventative therapy or treatment in joint conditions.
Polysulfated Glycosaminoglycans (PSGAGs) are another route chosen for joint health and preventative health in the horse. These supplements generally come in the form of injections, usually given intra-muscularly in the horse at set intervals. These therapy options can benefit many horses, but the timing of the injections, and the stage of joint degeneration present at the time, can dictate the results. In one study, the use of 500 mg of PSGAG injected every 4 days for 7 treatments was determined to be more efficacious at reducing carpal pain and lameness, as compared to the control group.(2) In my personal veterinary experience, PSGAGs do offer hope in regards to joint health from a preventive point of view, but are rarely used for that purpose. More so, this therapy option is often chosen once joint degeneration is present, and thus the clinical outcomes are highly variable and often at a very high price for the owner.
Collagen is becoming a high priority ingredient for myself, not just for maintaining joint health in the horse, but also helping to control conditions once they are evident. Type I collagen has been shown to be chondroprotective and demonstrate anti-inflammatory properties in a clinical study of post-traumatic osteoarthritis.(3) In another study using Standardbred horses, administration of 90 grams of hydrolyzed collagen demonstrated marked improvements in inflammatory markers in a synovitis-induced model.(4) Most research in the horse, using collagen, has an average dose of around 50 grams for most models. Again, dosing is critical for some horses, while depending on the circumstances and synergism with other supplements, the dose possibly could be lowered. I, personally, have found great value in the use of Type-I collagen (Cur-OST® EQ Collamend) in our equine patients, both as a proactive approach, and one to help support joint health once it has begun to decline.
Poor joint health and lameness is a very common condition seen in my equine patients. For many, the joints have already begun to show signs of deterioration on radiographs, while for a small percentage, the problem is still in the soft-tissue stage. When I personally look at these cases, the affected joint is high on my priority list, but I make sure there are not other contributors such as foot imbalance, saddle fit, or rider imbalance which may be playing a role. If these factors are present, I try my best to address them, as any improvement in those areas can help lessen the strain on the impacted joint.
Inflammation: The first area that I address in all joint cases is the inflammatory process, which is not just relating to pain or discomfort for the horse, but is really what is behind the bone and cartilage degenerative process. I do not use joint injections any longer in my patients, as for most, they had become an expensive 'bad' habit, providing short-term benefits but often leading to more problems down the road. Some horses simply could not be injected any longer due to scar tissue fibrosis of the joint capsule or significantly reduced joint space due to the condition progression. So, joint injections are not my friend, and thus, I have to seek other options.
As a result of seeking solutions many years ago for my equine patients with joint pain and degeneration, we began to implement herbal options adapted from human research. In our first research paper, using a curcumin blend (Cur-OST® EQ Pure), not only did the horses in the study clinically improve in the 30-day period, but joint inflammatory cytokines (PGE-2 and MMP's) were also reduced. What was interesting in this study, was the fact that several of these horses had relied on intra-articular injections or daily usage of NSAIDs to maintain comfort. These therapies were discontinued during the course of the study and the owners did not have a need to resume them after the study.
While those herbal approaches do assist me with managing inflammation in the equine patient with joint conditions, there are new options that we have explored that add further support, not just in assisting to balance the inflammatory response, but to provide help on another level.
Joint Bone and Cartilage Health: The second area of focus for myself in all of my horses with joint ailments is to target the health of that tissue. Through modification of the inflammatory response, I can reduce or slow the process potentially, but it is always beneficial to 'feed' that cartilage and bone to reach higher levels of success. Diet is extremely important, but in many cases, additional support can be of real value for the horse.
In many of our equine patients, especially if they have concurrent tendon, ligament, or hoof ailments, type-1 collagen has become a very valuable asset. The Cur-OST® EQ Collamend has become very popular in many of our competitive equine athletes to assist in support of the joint, tendons, ligaments, and aid in building a solid hoof. Type-1 collagen is very prominent in the body, and supplementation on a daily basis can greatly assist us in helping that horse. Given the high bioavailability of the Naticol Type-1 collagen in this formula and the high prevalence of collagen in an around the equine joint, the EQ Collamend can potentially provide higher levels of benefit than traditional glucosamine supplements.
In many of those horses, another avenue or approach I will take is to 'nourish' those cells through specific herbs that provide a heavy mineral base but also appear to modify gene translation on the level of the bone and muscle. In reality, if we can modify gene translation, potentially turning off active genes that are contributing to joint degeneration and turn on more protective genes, this could be a real asset. This is one area of promising research with the heavy mineral herb, Shijait. Most of our horses with joint conditions are on the Cur-OST® EQ Bone Support formula, which contains the patented 50% fulvic acid Shilajit called Primavie®. I have had some very interesting results using this blend in horses as a part of an ongoing support measure. These findings were noted in my article on Equine Arthritis.
When you assist these horses with joint conditions over a period of time, what you begin to realize is that it is all about the diet and modification of the internal inflammatory process. If you can manage these two things, most horses actually do quite well, even in some advanced cases. However, many of the approaches, as mentioned above, that I take with the horse all address the inflammatory process. Over time, there is an additive type of effect. Initially, we may need a heavier 3-tiered type of approach, but once that horse begins to stabilize and recover, often we can back down, either reducing doses or in some cases, relying on just 1 or 2 of those formulas. I have several joint ailment conditions in horses that are being managed currently with the EQ Bone Support and the EQ Collamend, as an example, after an initial 60-day induction period using all 3 formulas. This is pretty neat to see and witness, but takes into consideration that other factors are also managed all along, including hoof balance and diet. This opens the discussion on inflammation, realizing what we are doing with each patient, and when to cut back. This is an important topic because the inflammatory process is not something you wish to completely abolish or terminate. It is a vital part to health and soundness, and sometimes too much of a 'good' thing can create potential problems for the patient.
Joint Dysfunction in the Horse; Proactive or Reactive?
In the end, it is far better to make attempts to prevent something than it is to try to manage it after the fact. Joints are extremely important to every horse, especially those that are competing or performing. Considering the high degree of joint ailments in the horse, and the high level of stress that these joints are under on an almost daily basis, it just makes sense to put forth some sound efforts to keep those areas as healthy as possible.
There are many options available to you, as the owner, to keep your horse sound and moving with as little discomfort as possible. The ultimate question is what you are seeking and on what level? To me, as a veterinarian, it is far cheaper to put some measures in place now and into the future to help maintain health and soundness, than it is to chase the problems once they become evident with a needle. Often, once that needle is implemented, it can become an expensive and bad habit that often leaves the horse debilitated on a different level 'after the fact', with repetitive usage.
Seek a higher level of soundness and joint support for your horse and he will thank you for it!
Joint Dysfunction in the Horse; Are Injections the Only Solution?
Qurratul-Ain D et al. Daily consumption of hydrolyzed type-1 collagen is chondroprotective and anti-inflammatory in murine post-traumatic osteoarthritis. PLoS One, April 2017.
Van de Water, E et al. The preventative effects of two nutraceuticals on experimentally induced synovitis. EVJ. 49(2017) 532-538.


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June Milne (22 June 1920 – 7 May 2018) was a British historian and publisher particularly known for her association with Kwame Nkrumah whose literary executor she was.
June Milne died in Norwich on 5th NOT 7th, 2018.

Selected publications
 The Oak Tree Histories. A primary school course, &c. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1959 [1960]-61.
 British History, 1485-1714. Hamish Hamilton, London, 1964.
 Forward Ever: The Life of Kwame Nkrumah. Panaf, London, c.1977.
 Kwame Nkrumah: The Conakry Years. His Life and Letters. Panaf, London, 1990.  (2nd, 2006)
 Sékou Touré. Panaf, 2009.

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1920 births
2018 deaths
British pan-Africanists
British women historians