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Why Does Alzheimer's Affect More Women than Men?
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The validity of this concept is supported by a wealth of evidence and is well accepted within the scientific community.
There's bad news and good news: Women suffer disproportionately from Alzheimers—almost two-thirds of Alzheimer's patients are women—but researchers are working to identify measures we might take to prevent and/or treat it. Chances are, Alzheimer's disease has touched your life in one way or another—whether you're related to someone with the disease, you're a caregiver for someone who has it (it should be noted that most caregivers are also women), or you, or someone close to you, is currently coping with it.
Richard Isaacson, M.D., director of the NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center (and its patient, family, and caregiver support site, Alzheimer's Universe), is pioneering critical research on the underlying roots of Alzheimer's in women. He is also leading new ways to prevent the disease in the first place, to reduce risk and delay onset, and to improve the symptoms of those currently living with the disease. When it comes to brain health, Isaacson explains that there is a lot we can do to make a difference—diet is at the top of the list of lifestyle changes he recommends, and the subject of his book, The Alzheimer's Prevention & Treatment Diet. Here, he breaks down the signs of Alzheimer's (vs. brain fog and other more benign memory slips), outlines the (modifiable) risk factors all women should know, and shares his recommendations for what everyone can do today to optimize the way our brains age.
A Q&A with Richard Isaacson, M.D.
What are the signs of Alzheimer's?
Alzheimer's is most commonly characterized by progressive short-term memory loss, along with other changes in thinking skills. Some specific examples may include misplacing objects, forgetting appointments, and not recalling specific details of recent conversations. (Of course, many people who do not have Alzheimer's have similar experiences—see below.) It is also common for people with Alzheimer's to develop changes in mood (such as expressing symptoms of depression, irritability, and anger) and have trouble with, or changes in, sleep.
How do you distinguish Alzheimer's symptoms from unrelated poor memory or brain fog?
There are several reasons a person can have changes in their memory or thinking skills, and it's important for a physician to do a thorough evaluation. For example, medical conditions such as thyroid disease, low vitamin B12, and depression can cause similar changes in cognition. Hormone changes through the menopause transition, lack of sleep, and high levels of stress can also contribute. A physician can review these potential causes, check some labs, and sometimes perform cognitive testing, a depression screen, or a brain scan to get more information to help differentiate potential causes.
What kind and how much cognitive decline, if any, is normal? At what age?
This is a tough question—science has not entirely come to an exact conclusion. As we age, the brain ages too. Certain chemical and structural changes can be related to the usual aging process: This is called "cognitive aging," and it can manifest as occasional trouble with spoken language—like a word being on the "tip of the tongue," which the person can remember later. Thoughts or memories may be recalled less quickly than in the past, or, if a person learns something new, it may take him/her longer to fully learn that information. These types of brain changes can occur as early as in your thirties and forties, but are more commonly seen in the fifties, sixties, and beyond. Whether or not these types of changes should be called "normal" or "age-related" or something else is still a hazy area of brain science that is actively being studied.
Who do you recommend testing for (or when), and what kind of tests?
When a person has progressive short-term memory loss, confusion with the time or date, difficulty with keeping up in a conversation, or other, more subtle, cognitive changes, it is never too early to talk to a doctor and get an evaluation. Many times, people avoid seeing a doctor out of fear, or even embarrassment—and family members also delay suggesting an evaluation for a loved one out of fear, or even denial. I encourage people to realize that changes in cognitive function as we age are so common—there is nothing at all to be ashamed about. The earlier an evaluation is performed, the earlier a diagnosis can be made, and the better a person's health will be for it.
I believe that in the future, every person above the age of fifty or so should be screened with some sort of cognitive assessment, or have a baseline assessment done—especially if there's a family history of Alzheimer's disease. At this time, we have a few at-home tests (including the SAGE test); a variety of computer-based tests available on AlzU.org (like the Face Name matching test); as well as tests that can be administered in a doctor's office that assess cognitive function. It's still unclear, though, which are the "best" tests to use. There are also new types of brain scans that can detect changes in the brain that may be consistent with Alzheimer's disease many years before symptoms, but these are still mostly used for research purposes. When it comes to testing for Alzheimer's, there isn't a one-size-fits-all answer; every person is different and the types of tests and age to start screening depends on your particular medical and family history.
"I encourage people to realize that changes in cognitive function as we age are so common—there is nothing at all to be ashamed about. The earlier an evaluation is performed, the earlier a diagnosis can be made, and the better a person's health will be for it."
For this reason, it's a good idea to talk to your doctor about any concerns. In an effort to proactively take control of your brain health, it's particularly important to ask questions and get educated about potential modifiable risk factors if you: have a relative (or multiple relatives) with Alzheimer's; have multiple cardiovascular risk factors (like high blood pressure, diabetes, or high cholesterol); and/or are African American or Hispanic (ethnicities at a higher risk for Alzheimer's).
Why does Alzheimer's disproportionately affect women?
Two thirds of the brains affected by AD are women. In the past, we thought this was because women live longer than men (age is the #1 risk factor for AD). However, it's not that simple. For example, women over the age of sixty-five who also have an APOE4 gene may be at higher risk (meaning there is an age by gene interaction). Also, menopause transition causes complex changes in the brain, so hormones may be a factor of the increased risk.
When it comes to African Americans and Latinos, it is unclear exactly why these communities are at higher risk, but it may be due to the higher incidence of vascular risk factors (like diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol). These factors (among many others, like stress and sleep deprivation) may press the "fast forward" button toward Alzheimer's. We have a lot more to learn about what causes Alzheimer's to develop, specifically in women, but it seems that a person can take many different roads to Alzheimer's—and women may be more likely to be in the "express lane" whereas men are sitting in traffic.
What's important to know about how a woman's brain changes with hormonal shifts?
Science is still unclear as to when the optimal "window of opportunity" to consider using hormones to help protect against Alzheimer's might be. Some believe that hormone replacement therapy may be beneficial when used earlier on during the perimenopause transition, for a short duration of time (e.g., five to ten years). However, when hormones are taken later in life, they may not be helpful, and even perhaps harmful. These decisions need to be made on an individual basis with the advice of the treating physician who considers the overall picture (e.g., medical conditions, family history of breast cancer, etc.)
There has not been much research on "younger women" per se, but a recent study we published has helped to shed some light. We used the imaging test positron emission tomography (PET) to measure the use of glucose—a principal fuel source for cellular activity—in the brains of forty-three healthy women ages forty to sixty. Of those, fifteen were pre-menopausal, fourteen were transitioning to menopause (perimenopause), and fourteen were menopausal.
"Two thirds of the brains affected by AD are women. In the past, we thought this was because women live longer than men. However, it's not that simple."
The tests revealed the women who had undergone menopause or were perimenopausal had markedly lower levels of glucose metabolism in several key brain regions than those who were pre-menopausal. Scientists in prior studies have seen a similar pattern of "hypometabolism" in the brains of patients in the earliest stages of Alzheimer's—and even in mice that model the disease. In addition, menopausal and perimenopausal patients showed lower levels of activity for an important metabolic enzyme called mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase, as well as lower scores on standard memory tests. These differences were not explained by age alone; even when accounting for the fact that the menopausal and perimenopausal women were older, there was a strong contrast with the premenopausal patients.
Our findings showed that the loss of estrogen in menopause also means the loss of a key neuroprotective element in the female brain and a higher vulnerability to brain aging and Alzheimer's disease. The findings add to mounting evidence that there is a physiological connection between menopause and Alzheimer's.
Menopause has long been known to cause brain-related symptoms, including depression, anxiety, insomnia, and cognitive deficits. Scientists widely believe these symptoms are caused largely by declines in estrogen levels. Estrogen receptors are found on cells throughout the brain; and evidence suggests that reduced signaling through these receptors—due to low estrogen levels—can leave brain cells generally more vulnerable to disease and dysfunction.
What's known about preventing Alzheimer's/cognitive decline? What are the important lifestyle changes to make, and at what age can it make a difference?
There is no one "magic pill" to prevent Alzheimer's or cognitive decline. But the combination of lifestyle changes (like regular exercise, diet, stress reduction, and sleep; and cognitive activities such as learning a new language or playing a musical instrument), plus in some cases pharmacologic interventions (e.g., specific drugs, vitamins, and supplements) may yield the biggest potential health benefit. It's important to note that one out of every three cases of Alzheimer's may be preventable if that person does everything right. In the other two out of three cases, it may be possible to at least delay the onset of symptoms for a period of time, through lifestyle changes and other approaches. Promising Alzheimer's prevention clinical trials are also ongoing right now.
Genes are not our destiny, and it is possible in some cases, to win the "tug of war" against our genes. There are many different types of "Alzheimer's genes." Only a very small minority of cases (less than 5 percent) are caused by an early-onset Alzheimer's gene (meaning if you have that gene, you get the disease). In over 95 percent of cases, having a gene can increase risk somewhat, but is not definitive. The most common gene is called APOE4, which can increase the chance of developing late-onset Alzheimer's. The good news here is that lifestyle changes may work particularly well for people with the APOE4 gene, based on the landmark FINGER study. Positive lifestyle changes can include: the combination of a brain-healthy, Mediterranean-style diet with regular exercise, cognitive activities, and regular follow-up with a healthcare provider to manage vascular risk factors.
"Genes are not our destiny, and it is possible in some cases, to win the 'tug of war' against our genes."
Some of the more common supplements that I may recommend include omega-3 fatty acids and B-complex vitamins, among a few others. But, again, these decisions are made on an individual basis for each patient evaluated. Also, when it comes to omega-3's (specifically DHA and EPA), its always best to try to get these brain-healthy fats from food, especially certain types of fatty fish (e.g., wild salmon, mackerel, sardines, lake trout, etc.) a few times each week. However, when dietary intake is not enough, taking DHA and EPA supplements may be an option in some cases. To underscore: There is no one size fits all approach toward Alzheimer's prevention, but these lifestyle changes are a terrific way to start to take better control of one's brain health.
After a diagnosis, what can influence the way Alzheimer's progresses? Does anything have the potential to stop or reverse cognitive decline?
While I don't believe we have anything currently able to stop or reverse Alzheimer's today, there are four FDA-approved drugs that can help marginally with symptoms, and there are exciting clinical trials ongoing now with new agents. Living a healthy lifestyle, and controlling vascular risk factors can help slow decline. Caregiver support and education is also essential. There is a free caregiving course on AlzU.org, and the Alzheimer's Association website also has plentiful resources, plus a 24-hour support hotline.
Can you tell us more about the approach at the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic and Alzheimer's Universe?
In our Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, we craft a multi-modal comprehensive plan for each individual patient based on their genes, biology risk factors, lifestyle, etc. Ms. Smith may need therapies A, B, and C because of her genes and risk factors, but Ms. Jones may need therapies X, Y, and Z. We developed a free online course (available on AlzU.org) that summarizes this information to help educate people about what is—and what is not—in our control when it comes to Alzheimer's prevention. It's been shown to make a significant impact on behaviors like these related to protecting brain health.
You can find more resources on Alzheimer's Universe: lessons that work on all devices (computer, tablet, and cell phone), cognitive screening assessments, and links to ongoing clinical trials and registries.
What research are you working on and what challenges do you encounter—is it difficult to get funding?
We are working on two general areas of research. Our women's research program is currently funded to study seventy-five women from the ages of forty to sixty-five over the next four years, in an effort to better understand the earliest time when Alzheimer's-related brain changes occur. As soon as we can identify these changes, we will be better able to intervene. Alzheimer's disease starts in the brain twenty to thirty years before the first symptom of memory loss—we need to find the optimal tools to detect this, so we can intervene early.
Unfortunately, there are no funding mechanisms on a broad scale to study women under the age of forty, and limited opportunities to do this type of groundbreaking work on women over sixty-five—the concept and approach is just too new. Ideally, we should be including women from thirty to forty and women sixty-five and over, and include more than just the seventy-five women we are funded for. Hopefully, private funding sources, philanthropic organizations, and foundations will pay more attention to this unmet need and help us to fast-forward these studies and make a big impact sooner rather than later.
Additional Alzheimer's Resources
We'll be digging more into mental health with varied experts on goop. In the meantime, below is a roundup of places to go for more info and a few ideas if you're looking to make a difference.
The Women's Alzheimer's Movement
The Women's Alzheimer's Movement–WAM—was started by Maria Shriver to collaborate the efforts of researchers across the country, increase awareness about women's increased risk for AD, educate about a brain-healthy lifestyle, and raise funds for gender-based Alzheimer's research. With Equinox, WAM cofounded Move for Minds—a global event dedicated to engaging people in the fight against Alzheimer's.
The Alzheimer's Association
One of the biggest nonprofits in the Alzheimer's field, the Alzheimer's Association is a global organization dedicated to advancing research and providing support to all of those affected. With chapters across the nation, a hotline that's staffed 24/7, and tons of educational programs, this is site fits many needs. Become an advocate (for federal and state initiatives), join the Walk to End Alzheimer's, find a local support group, or donate.
Hilarity for Charity
Comedian Seth Rogan started Hilarity for Charity with his wife, Lauren Miller Rogan, whose mom suffered from Alzheimer's. The charity promotes awareness and research funding, and works to engage millennials. They host comedy charity events, gathering top comedians from around the world to raise funds that directly help those most in need through their care relief grant program, which gives in-home care to Alzheimer's patients.
The Ann Romney Center for Neurologic Diseases focuses on promoting research for five of the most complex neurological disorders—Alzheimer's, multiple sclerosis, ALS, Parkinson's disease, and brain tumors. The center brings together researchers and scientists from different fields to generate new therapies and breakthroughs in the treatment of brain disorders.
Richard S. Isaacson, M.D. is a specialist in the prevention and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, with an emphasis on risk reduction and mitigation of the disease through early personalized interventions. He is the director of the Alzheimer's Prevention Clinic at New York-Weill Cornell Medical Center, and has devoted much of his time to his educational and outreach site, AlzU.org, which offers extensive information regarding Alzheimer's prevention and treatment, caregiving support, clinical trials, memory activities, and publications of his research. He is the author of two bestselling books—The Alzheimer's Prevention & Treatment Diet and Alzheimer's Treatment Alzheimer's Prevention: A Patient & Family Guide—and has garnered international recognition for his pioneering research on the diet upon the progression of this disease.
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Screencasts Online Tutor For Lion Review
I was delighted to get the new app SCO Tutor for Lion to review from Don McAllister on account of the fact that I have met the bloke a couple of times and he is a really good guy. He does some really excellent tutorials for screencast for Mac users that he produces every week. Most tutorials go to members because Don does this for a living, but he does make one tutorial available to the great unwashed of the Mac community each month. The SCO Tutor for Lion is a video series which highlights all the new things in Mac OS X Lion. Well done Don! What a super idea.
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I have been using Lion on a daily basis for a few months already and after only a few minutes using Don's SCO tutor for Lion, I had already learned two new things. I was able to pause the video and I went into Safari browser and also had a try in the Chrome browser of a double tap with three fingers. I really hadn't realised before that doing that sort of tapping on my Apple Magic Trackpad with the cursor over a word, would give me direct access to the dictionary and thesaurus. I can see that I will have to make one or two notes as I watch these videos of all the new things as I discover them. Of course the other good thing about having tuition like this in a video is the fact that you can watch a video more than once. In fact in the video controls there is a button you can click to take you back 30 seconds for a quick repeat. How handy is that, then? In the bottom right-hand corner of these video viewing controls you may also change the speed of the playback of the video. You can go from half speed, three-quarter speed on through to double speed. Personally I think it is more useful to use the go back 30 seconds and to use that in conjunction with the pause button. It would have been good if the pitch of Don's voice could have been changed to suit the faster or slower speeds.
Don gets a universal translator or a Rosetta Stone
In Screencasts Online Tutor, Don speaks very clearly in his Liverpool accent, although he must come from the posh part of Liverpool. He doesn't have the accent of Cilla Black or John Bishop. In any case for those that English is not the first language, there are choices available for subtitles in five different languages. You have subtitles in English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and Chinese. Don is obviously going for world domination here. I can imagine him sitting in his large leather office chair with a large white cat on his lap. He is stroking the large white cat and saying things like "No Mr Bond I expect you to die. – Now, now then… " Followed by a typical arch-villain evil laugh. Just joking Don, honest…
Screencasts Online Tutor is a very good video tutorial product about OXS Lion. I learned a few things about screencasting from Don. Hope you got something from this screencastsonline review which is only one of many screencastsonline reviews.
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So, I'm looking at the Grazelanders and note they worship solar gods, albeit under different names. Now, in RQ III a merchant occupation was clumsily shoe-horned into the Grazeland occupation table. It didn't work that well - the Grazelanders are Nomads and the merchant occupation was Civilised and didn't gel too well - but the fact that it was done shows that trade is important to the Grazelanders, as does the fact that all their towns seem to be trading posts (or the fact that nomads have towns at all).
Now, my take on this was that a bunch of refugees from Pent had emigrated to Dragon Pass and took over the Grazelands, which nobody else particularly wanted. Then Dragon Pass opens up and suddenly they're sitting on top of one of the most profitable trading routes in the world. And, no doubt after a period of raiding, they take advantage of this, guarantee caravans protection (for a price), set up all the trading posts, etc. And this leads to the creation and growth of a merchant class. And probably corrupts their culture, making them soft.
Assuming this to be true, the merchant class would probably worship Lokarnos, no doubt under another name. And I could foresee conflict between the worshippers of Yu-Kargzant, who want to uphold the old ways and resent not being able to raid all these foreigners who pass through and also resent the loss of influence that the warrior class has suffered, and those of Lokarnos, who are making a pile of money from having total control over one of the busiest trade routes on the continent and want that to carry on. In fact, I figured this might have played a role in the Feathered Horse Queen coup.
But then I discovered the vendref and wondered if that's the way it went after all. The vendref are more used to the idea of trade and settled communities, so presumably they set up the trade posts, no doubt under the patronage of a Grazelander clan. And perhaps they form the bulk of the merchants, worshipping Issaries instead of Lokarnos. This would have gained the vendref considerable power (or at least money) and it's possible the Grazelanders wouldn't notice this. They'd leave all the technical stuff to the vendref in return for high-quality weapons, thoroughbred horse stock to replenish their herds, finely crafted goods and other luxuries. Their life becomes much easier (and softer) and the vendref accumulate money, power and influence. And, again, this probably played a part in the Feathered Horse Queen coup.
So, what does everyone think? Is merchant activity in the Grazelands mainly a vendref occupation or is there a Grazelander merchant class also, presumably worshipping Lokarnos and probably finding out it has more in common with the vendref in the trading posts than it does with the old-school Grazelanders?
Lokarnos is the god of wagons and caravans (and wheels) and carries the trade goods across the continent. Issaries is the god of trade. They will likely work in concert in the Grazelands.
King of Sartar doesn't mention a trade god for the grazers, but does mention among the vendref deities "Kanestal One‑hand, called "The Counter," who is the loyal treasurer for his overlords." I think of Kanestal as a sub-cult of Issaries. I don't think Lokarnos is a well known cult among the Grazers, they are rider people not wagon (or chariot) people, and warriors not merchants. So I'm going with the merchant class in the Grazelands being a vendref activity, and worshipping Issaries.
From what I can see, that's a vendref god or hero-cult, not anyone worshipped by the Grazelanders. I'm inclining to the idea that all trade in the Grazelands is done by the vendref, with the Grazelanders looking on disinterestedly (as long as the vendref keep giving them high-quality weapons, horses and luxuries).
Kanestol One-Hand, I'm guessing, was probably the first vendref to convince the Grazelanders to allow them to set up trade posts and let merchant caravans travel through unmolested, in return for the aforementioned benefits. As he was probably a vendref, he's more likely to be Issaries than Lokarnos.
All of this seems to point to some sort of vendref revolt between the years.1455 and 1470, a revolt in which the Feathered Horse Queen and the vendref were successful and changed Grazeland society from a Nomadic culture to a mercantile culture. The remaining Pure Horse People (probably very much outnumbered by the vendref) were kept on as theoretical overlords in a theoretically equal partnership with the Feathered Horse Queen but, in reality, are used to guard caravans, raid those who don't pay the tolls and hire out as mercenaries. The real power - certainly the money - seems to be with the vendref and the Feathered Horse Queen.
Heroquest Voices says that the Feather Horse Queen appoints the leaders of the trading posts and (I think) says that these are run by Vendref. Pure Horse people are enjoined never to worship Vendref gods. In my Glorantha, Grazelander women worship a version of Ekarna (from Six Ages) and do the bargaining for escorting merchant caravans.
Heroquest Voices says that the Feather Horse Queen appoints the leaders of the trading posts and (I think) says that these are run by Vendref.
Thanks for that. It basically confirms what I thought - that the vendref were the ones who exploited being on one of the biggest trade routes in the world, not the Pure Horse People. I'm guessing the Feathered Horse Queen came along at a time when these changes in vendref society were starting to make themselves felt and there was an attempt by the Pure Horse People to "turn back the clock", go back to the old ways. The vendref supported the Feathered Horse Queen and helped her win in her 15-year struggle with the Luminous Stallion King. In return they got to run the Trading Posts and get hugely rich.
So we have essentially a mercantile culture where the vendref run the towns, probably fortify and garrison them and make huge amounts of money. They pass on some of this to the Pure Horse People, who believe that they run the place. But real power seems to have passed to the vendref, who supply the Feathered Horse Queen's elite guard and control all of the towns and trade routes and have most of the money. The vendref are content with letting the Pure Horse People play at ruling the country as long as they submit to the Feathered Horse Queen and don't try to interfere with the towns. The Pure Horse People are content with the trappings of power and to believe themselves superior to the vendref, but are careful not to put that to the test. Cognitive Dissonance at its best.
The Grazers may not be, but the caravans between Esrolia and Tarsh go through these lands and the wagon drivers worship Lokarnos, so he'll be known (and is one of the planets after all).
my take on this was that a bunch of refugees from Pent had emigrated to Dragon Pass and took over the Grazelands, which nobody else particularly wanted.
Only after a detour into the more fertile parts of Prax as allies of Orlanthland, then the EWF.
In Prax, those who would follow Issaries got their horses striped and became kings of the city of Pavis. The remaining True Horse folk may have been less inclined to trading.
Then Dragon Pass opens up and suddenly they're sitting on top of one of the most profitable trading routes in the world. And, no doubt after a period of raiding, they take advantage of this, guarantee caravans protection (for a price), set up all the trading posts, etc.
It took the contest of Sartar (founder of the kingdom of the same name) with the emerging Feathered Horse Queen to set up the three trade posts in their territory. The Grazers had a terrible conflict between conservatives and progressives around that time, and Sartar and the FHQ helped the progressives to emerge victorious. Ironically, the traditionalists then join the newly founded Pol Joni tribe and return to Prax, but herding cattle.
And this leads to the creation and growth of a merchant class. And probably corrupts their culture, making them soft.
It makes them soft and almost sedentary, relying strongly on grain as horse fodder rather than pasture. They still delegate the actual trading to Vendref stewards.
I'm kinda not digging the enslaved vendref in cities vis-a-vis the Oasis folk of Prax, each embedded in a raiding tribal culture of riding overlords.
The similarities seem too many; too much "lather, rinse, repeat."
I don't see it that way. The vendref have power, certainly economic power but also political power (via the Feathered Horse Queen) and military power (via her elite guard and my hypothesised garrisons at the trading posts). The Oasis Folk have nothing like that.
I see it as the vendref being the real power in Grazeland Society with the Pure Horse People only having the trappings of overlordship. The Pure Horse People know that if they try to exert their theoretical overlordship in ways the vendref don't like then, at the very least, all the imported goodies stop coming in. If, as Joerg says, they're now reliant on grain for their horse herds instead of pasture, this alone would cripple them. And worse could happen. The Feathered Horse Queen would stop things before they got that bad, of course, and is probably the reason the Pure Horse People still survive.
Perhaps I've gone too far the other way. But I see huge differences between the Oasis people and the vendref.
The Vendref are very different from the Oasis people though. The Vendref moved into Dragon pass relatively recently. They have a permanent relationship with the Feathered Horse Queen, and possibly with 'local' Pure-horse Clans who habitually overwinter at their trading post/ farming valley. They also have cultural ties to more recently arrived free societies. They are probably aware of themselves as part of a wider world and historical process, and have more opportunities to specialise and 'better themselves' within the limitation that Grazelanders still rule their area. As has been noted the Grazers have become co-dependent with the Vendref, and probably could not hold their area against Tarsh/ Sartar/ Esrolia without them. The Vendref are a low caste but part of a society that includes both horse lords and standers.
The Oasis folk don't care about anything outside of their oasis, there is no other world as far as they are concerned, random savages turn up, sometimes fight each other, and behave weirdly, but there is enough to go around thanks to the ways of the ancestors and the oasis so the important ceremonies of life go on as they should regardless of who is taking levies. Oasis society doesn't take much interest in the ways of Nomads, but harks back to Genert's garden.
Kanestal is the PHP title for Issaries (remember that Pure Horse People is a Pentan language and its roots are not even distantly related to Theyalan). And the vendref are not slaves. Their ancestors were enslaved, and they are bonded to the ground by the Pure Horse Folk. But Orlanth Thunderous is known to them, as is Orlanth Adventurous. Orlanth Rex is not there at all.
But more than any deity, the Grazelanders are ruled by ERNALDA. Yelm survives in the Grazelands by being part of the Earth Pantheon (as one of Ernalda's husband-protectors).
The Pure Horse people outnumbered the initial settlers, and forced them to accept the arrangement. Of course the peasants would sometimes rebel, and then the Pure Horse People would kill the peasants. That was the context in which the FHQ arrived. The Yelm cult was determined to massacre the Orlanth cult among the settlers. Meanwhile, the Orlanthi kingdom of Tarsh was powerful, and the Orlanthi settlers were quickly growing to outnumber the Pure Horse People.
The FHQ defeated Yelm's representative and forced a compromise. The settlers would continue to exist but under the FHQ's protection. The settlers would give a portion of their harvest to the PHP, pay tribute, and not use the grazelands of the horse herds, plus a bunch of other rules. The Yelm cult would hold the positions of status and authority, but the peasants would not be molested as long as they followed the FHQ's rules.
The FHQ married Sartar and the cults of Issaries and Lhankor Mhy spread in the Grazelands. Issaries proved much more popular, but all of the Lightbringer deities are well-known in the Grazelands. The solar pantheon is marginally more prevalent than the Lightbringer pantheon in the Grazelands at about 58% to 52%. But the Earth pantheon is clearly dominant with 73% of the population worshiping an Earth cult or one of the husband-protectors. That's about the same as Old Tarsh.
I'm sure there's no validity to it, because as far as I know Kanestal has been written up long before Ekarna, but it's kind of funny how Kanestal sounds a bit like Ekarna's thrall. Not that Hyaloring Ekarna would keep slaves other than as trade commodities, but the Pure-horse people seem to have a dash more Wheel / Starlight-Ancestor to them.
But Orlanth Thunderous is known to them, as is Orlanth Adventurous. Orlanth Rex is not there at all.
Hmmm... I was sure that I read somewhere that the vendref weren't allowed to worship Orlanth and so had taken up Barntar (and, in RQG, he and Issaries are mentioned as the main gods of the vendref, Orlanth isn't mentioned). Should this be retroactively corrected to not being able to worship Orlanth Rex?
The solar pantheon is marginally more prevalent than the Lightbringer pantheon in the Grazelands at about 58% to 52%.
From various sources, there seems to be about the same number of vendref as Pure Horse People. But, I imagine it could be 52:48, and a few vendref worshipping a solar cult would make the proportion 58% Solar, 52% Lightbringer. From what I understand of the Pure Horse People, a member adopting a Lightbringer deity would be thrown out of the tribe.
As pretty much all women of both peoples worship an Earth Goddess, that's not too unusual. Orlanth and Yelm are both Husband-Protectors, so it seems a little low if anything.
RQG P116 says The Vendref worship Ernalda and Barntar as well as Maran Gor... Issaries often called Kanestal the Counter... Lhankor Mhy.... Hiia Swordsman (a local sub-cult of Humakt) There's no mention of Orlanth. In Sartar Rising 3 (Gathering Thunder) the Vendref are said to have transferred from Orlanth to Barntar or Lodril depending on where in the Grazelands they live. The same sort of thing happens in the Lunar Provinces where Barntar gets the festivals, tithes and shrine in the village and Orlanth may sometimes be worshiped impromtu on a hilltop.
The vendref worship Barntar and Ernalda, but are forbidden by the Pure Horse People to worship Orlanth.
So, like I say, should we retroactively correct this to mean only Orlanth Rex?
Which never really made much sense -- why would the Pure Horse People adopt a Lightbriger God? Looks like it's been retroactively changed into being a vendref cult. That the vendref are allowed to join a warrior cult (and supply the FHQ's personal bodyguard) shows how much has changed since the FHQ took control.
Storm Tribe is wrong on this as it is on lots of things. There's a reason I tell our authors to no even read TR or ST, but to use the documents Greg and I put together.
In my Glorantha, Grazelander women worship a version of Ekarna (from Six Ages) and do the bargaining for escorting merchant caravans.
YGWV, but I don't think Ekarna (at least as a cult) survives the death of trade during the Great Darkness. And the Pure Horse Clan of the Storm Age Hyalorings was clearly not mainstream back then.


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Laurrie Brannigan-Onato is an emerging Asian-First Nation producer who was born and raised in Sydney's Greater West suburbs and has been immersed in the visual arts sector from as young as four years old. With a Bachelor of Arts in Communication: Media, Arts and Production (2013) from the University of Technology Sydney, as well as, an Advanced Diploma in Screenwriting from AFTRS (2017), Laurrie now works at Screen Australia as a Development and Investment Manager within the Indigenous Department, managing a range of projects and programs.
Laurrie also has developed and produced their own content, hoping to tell diverse and difficult stories in entertaining and accessible ways. Laurrie's independent shorts have screened both locally and internationally, at a variety of film festivals including, but not limited to Flickerfest, Sydney Underground Film Festival, Melbourne Underground Film Festival and the Byron Bay International Film Festival.
Laurrie's claim to fame is having won the North Sydney Art Prize in the adults division at age four in 1996. Laurrie worries they may have peaked too soon...
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Palantir: An Open Source Development Success Story
"Along with the improved scaling properties, PostGIS [and open source] offers simplified licensing, meaning we can deploy PostGIS indexes on as many servers as necessary for the customer's data. These reasons, among others, are why we decided to engage with OpenGeo to develop on PostGIS and migrate to it as our sole platform"
—Eli Bingham, Technical Lead, Palantir Technologies
In late 2007 Palantir launched Gotham, a new geospatial and comprehensive analytics platform designed to meet the challenges of their vast array of customers. Gotham enabled data integration, search and discovery, knowledge management, secure collaboration, and algorithmic analysis across a wide variety of data sources. This data could include many attributes, geospatial properties among them. The enterprise software company aimed to provide a way to perform geospatial searches—defined by radius, route, polygon, or map layer—and then deliver results as layers of points on top of a tiled map visualization. Palantir built a map application (Gotham Map) on top of the Gotham platform to provide this information.
Figure 1. Extensive customer research indicated that meter-level accuracy was a critical factor for adoption. For some customers (such as those in the defense or humanitarian aid industries), this could literally be a matter of life or death. Customers in this space often use Gotham to find the safest options available for those in dangerous situations. For instance, if they had to plan a convoy route in an area that was often under fire, they could search for incidents that had occured within the last two weeks within 200m of the desired transportation route.
The above image shows how Gotham Map is being used to aid in Hurricane Sandy relief efforts. You can read more about this project on Palantir's website.
Building a Platform
When evaluating databases, Palantir kept these requirements in mind and opted to build the platform on top of Oracle Spatial. One key reason for this decision was the fact that Oracle Spatial supported the WGS84 coordinate system and geodetic coordinates. Projected coordinates would simply not be flexible and accurate enough for a global spatial query tool. Palantir also had ample internal expertise and understanding of the database itself, making it a natural fit.
After Gotham's successful launch, Palantir expanded the platform to support additional geospatial features broadly used in intelligence, federal and local law enforcement, regulation and oversight, cyber defense, fraud prevention, and other areas within the public and private sectors. With so many new users and supported industries, the continues to invest in the system to keep it up to date and effective. In this vein, Palantir's Eli Bingham looked to expand support to other databases.
While not tied to any particular technology, Eli had previous positive experiences with open source technologies and looked to PostGIS. Unfortunately, at that time PostGIS was at version 1.4 and lacked the geodetic coordinate model that could provide the global flexibility and accuracy required. At the same time, Palantir lacked the in-house expertise to extend PostGIS, but decided to make the investment in hiring a developer to extend PostGIS to meet their needs. Eli reached out to his network and was introduced to Paul Ramsey and OpenGeo who were keen to find out how and in what way Palantir was interested in extending PostGIS. After probing the issues, Paul reported back to Palantir explaining what work would need to be completed to add this important functionality to PostGIS—functionality that Paul and others already wanted to build into the project.
Extending PostGIS
PostGIS has long supported a planar "geometry" type, which models geometry edges as straights lines on a plane. For small areas, planar geometry is sufficient, but for global data that crosses the date lines and poles planar geometry fails; polygons that circle the pole can't even be represented and objects that cross the dateline get badly misinterpreted. Palantir required a new type, a "geography" type, that could model edges as great circles on a sphere. Along with the geography type, Palantir needed calculations that worked against a spheroid and provided meter-level accuracy in its results.
Figure 2. Above are examples of where the geometry type fails. On the first line is a polygon covering a pole. On the second line a polygon that crosses the dateline, which is projected across the entire world. For more information on these projections, please see Paul Ramsey's Introduction to PostGIS slide deck from FOSS4G-NA 2012; the slides specific to these projections are at the end of the presentation.
Adding spheroidal geography support to PostGIS was especially interesting to OpenGeo, as it affects and benefits such a wide range of geospatial developers and users—most notably those developers who are new to geospatial and may find geography useful because they aren't very familiar with GIS or map projections. Geography allows them to work with latitude and longitude data without having to worry about specific projections. It also benefits large organizations like Palantir who have truly global data, which covers the poles, datelines, and everything in between, allowing them to model their data simply and correctly.
To make the geography development happen, OpenGeo engaged with Palantir to work on a few major enhancements. The first enhancement set was released with PostGIS 1.5 and included:
the new "geography" type;
new spheroidal algorithms for indexes, distance calculations and point-in-polygon;
a new disk storage format; and,
a new system-based column metadata storage.
Supporting Open Source Development
While the 1.5 release satisfied Palantir's needs, they were interested to hear Paul's opinion on how they could leverage PostGIS in the future. After analyzing their use-cases, Paul suggested that high speed "nearest-neighbor" searching could help them build more useful applications. In a second enhancement set, Palantir also funded the development of index-assisted nearest-neighbor searching for PostgreSQL, which debuted in PostgreSQL 9.1 and PostGIS 2.0.
Eli and the other Gotham developers were happy to fund this open source development and were especially impressed with the network effects of community bug testing and further feature development. To them it seemed only fair that others would be able to benefit from their investment, since they had benefited so greatly from what was already built by others and would similarly benefit from what others built in the future. Their assumption has proved correct; since Palantir's original investment, many users have funded or developed new functions and performance enhancements for geography calculations.
Palantir's early intention was to use PostGIS integration along with a starter pack on top of the Gotham platform, but after validation and performance testing they found the PostGIS solution exceeded their other offering's scaling properties. When asked about the benefits of using PostGIS for Gotham, Eli Bingham said:
"Along with the improved scaling properties, PostGIS [and open source] offers the lack of license issues, meaning we can deploy PostGIS indexes on as many servers as necessary for the customer's data. These reasons, among others, are why we've decided to migrate to PostGIS as our sole platform [for Gotham]..."
This freedom means they are no longer concerned with how many servers they deploy on, as is so often the case with proprietary closed-source solutions. Palantir not only discovered that open source can offer a superior solution, they also found additional benefits in engaging with the open source community, both directly and through a commercial open source company. Using the work they did with OpenGeo as a model, Palantir has gone on to support open source in a variety of ways, and they've even open sourced some of their projects, on their GitHub page.
© 2013 OpenGeo. Reprinted (source) under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike license.
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Home Articles Gourmet Which Restaurants Starred in the Michelin Guide 2019?
The Michelin Guide, which awards the most excellent restaurants, awarded this year a record number of restaurants in France with a star – 75 establishments. However, 2019 also brings shocking losses of the prestigious awards.
Decision making is now subject to the new International Director. Gwendal Poullennec promises to focus more on female chefs, which are most of the time forgotten, and young talents. 2019 brought about 11 stars more than the previous one. The first star was given to 68 restaurants, and the second one pleased five chefs. France has recently acquired two three-star Michelin restaurants. The lake restaurant Le Clos des Sens is led by Chef Laurent Petit, while Maura Colagreca enchants the coastal gourmet establishment Mirazur.
Mr. Petit has over twenty years of experience. The French mountain area Bauges and Lake Annecy are his base, which is reflected in creative gastronomy with fish in the lead role. Le Clos des Sens has its own garden with over 40 herb species. The restaurant boasts an ecological approach – everything comes from local farmers, and the fish and vegetables are always entirely processed. We recommend the tasting menu consisting of five, eight or ten courses. The most complex one will cost you 198 euros. The lunch menu is served from Wednesday to Friday, and one of the four meals is a crayfish tea from Geneva Lake. If you prefer vegetables instead of crayfish, try roasted fennel.
In the port of Menton on the Riviera, among rocks with breathtaking ocean views, there is a rotunda from the thirties, in which the Mirazur Restaurant anchored. The seaside establishment, as well as the previous restaurants, focuses mainly on fish and seafood enriched with herbs, vegetables or citrus fruits from their garden. This is where the chef Mauro Colagreco draws his inspiration from. He blends his Italian-Argentinian roots with the local environment to create a simple gourmet menu that changes along with his ideas, seasons and current fresh products. From Thursday to Saturday, you can have a 160 euro lunch. If you want to try Mirazur Universe as lunch or dinner, then this gourmet experience will cost you 260 euros.
The new Michelin Guide, in addition to joyful celebrations, has also brought shocking losses of the stars. The three iconic restaurants lost their third star. One of them is the Auberge de L'Ill, a family-run restaurant in Alaska, which has proudly had three stars for 51 years. The chef Marc Haeberlin suffered massive loss, and the same felt Marc Veyrat, owner of the Maison des Bois alpine restaurant. A lover of mountain ingredients got the third star only last year. Pascal Barbot and his l'Astrance restaurant have lost their most important star after 11 years.
Don't miss Dani García, the new 3-star restaurant in Spain. The tasting menu offers innovative local specialties such as white gazpacho with plum sauce or Marbella apricots with mussels juice. The new Michelin restaurants can also be found in Switzerland, Focus and Pavillon gained two stars.
The Bib Gourmand list also includes the vegetarian establishment Marktküche. The Dutch didn't reach the three new stars, but the Dutch restaurants have had great success this year – two of them won two stars, and another 12 were celebrating their first one.


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Q: Kubernetes: Nginx Ingress not providing external IP address I'm trying to create an Ingress for my Kubernetes cluster on Google Compute Engine. It was working fine while I was using the gke controller class. But I had to change it to nginx controller to be able to specify the back end timeout. The problem is that my Ingress is not being provided with an external IP address.
This is my Ingress manifest:
apiVersion: extensions/v1beta1
kind: Ingress
metadata:
  name: ingress-router
  annotations:
    kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "nginx"
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-connect-timeout: "1200"
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-read-timeout: "1200"
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/proxy-send-timeout: "1200"
    nginx.ingress.kubernetes.io/upstream-fail-timeout: "1200"
    kubernetes.io/ingress.global-static-ip-name: my-ip
spec:
  tls:
  - secretName: nginxsecret
  rules:
  - http:
      paths:
      - path: /*
        backend:
          serviceName: frontend
          servicePort: 8000
      - path: /cron/*
        backend:
          serviceName: esg
          servicePort: 8000

      - path: /task/*
        backend:
          serviceName: esg
          servicePort: 8000

      - path: /api/connections/update/*
        backend:
          serviceName: esg
          servicePort: 8000

      - path: /api/drive/scansheet/*
        backend:
          serviceName: esg
          servicePort: 8000

Is there any configuration missing?

A: Found the issue. It was due to the fact I had not configured the Nginx controller for the Ingress.

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You expect to put on a little weight at Christmas. But here in Germany you'll start piling on the pounds right from the start of the month, and this plate of delicious badness is the reason why.
The Weihnachtsteller is a bowl or plate full of chocolates, cookies, sweets and maybe the odd nut – that's put in the living room, waiting area, office table, and generally anywhere where people might congregate from the start of December through to Christmas Eve.
Forget your diet – forget your will power. Even if at first sight there's nothing on there that tickles your fancy – or even anything you vaguely recognize because this stuff only turns up at Christmas; before long you'll discover something on that plate that you cannot get enough of. Marzipan potatoes? Don't turn your nose up till you've tried them. Almonds covered in cinnamon flavored chocolate – bring 'em on! And Vanilla kipferl? Get in my belly!
The Weihnachtsteller is evil – and delicious – and it's never empty, so get stuck in.


PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — An IOC member expelled from the Pyeongchang Olympics over a run-in with a security guard is also one of the only members openly critical of President Thomas Bach's move to allow Russian athletes to compete at the games.
Adam Pengilly, a vice president of the International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation, apologized and acknowledged running through the security checkpoint at his hotel and using coarse language on Thursday. He denied accusations that he pushed the guard in the incident.
Pengilly, who is British, didn't support the decision allowing Russians to compete in Pyeongchang in the wake of a massive doping scandal.
Pressed to explain why the British official was expelled while other IOC members facing investigations are allowed to take part in activities in Pyeongchang, International Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Adams on Friday said it was because the incident happened during the games and because Pengilly had acknowledged his behavior.
"Because this involved ... security during the games," Adams said. "It's obviously very important for the operations. All the other cases are in process, being discussed."
Adams repeatedly described the security guard involved as a volunteer, but officials later said it involved a paid security guard.
Bach declined to speak to The Associated Press on Friday about the decision.
Pengilly, who competed in skeleton at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, has apologized to the organizers and written an apology to the guard.
The International Bobsled and Skeleton Federation issued an apology to Pyeongchang officials for Pengilly's behavior.
While Pengilly has denied making physical contact with the guard, Adams and Pyeongchang spokesman Sung Baik-you said he did.
Both men said they had not seen closed-circuit evidence of the incident, and that footage has not been made public.
Adams said Bach made an "unreserved apology" to local South Korean organizers and had asked to meet with the guard.
The IOC has been much slower to act on other ethics cases involving Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad as-Sabah of Kuwait and Alex Gilady of Israel.
Sheikh Ahmad has been identified as a co-conspirator in a United States corruption investigation. He is also the subject of an investigation by FIFA, the international governing body for soccer.
Sheikh Ahmad heads the powerful Association of Olympic Committees, a grouping of more than 200 national Olympic federations.
Adams said "our ethics commission is aware of this case" but Adams added that Sheik Ahmad "hasn't been charged."
Gilady has faced accusations of sexual harassment and assault. He denies the charges but has stepped away from business positions in Israel.
Adams said "we are aware of that (Gilady) situation. We take note there is on-going legal action at the moment."
Adams said both cases were being investigated by the IOC's chief ethics and compliance officer Paquerette Girard Zappelli, who handled the expulsion of Pengilly.
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, IOC member Patrick Hickey was arrested by Brazilian authorities on charges of ticket scalping. He denies the charges.
Carlos Nuzman, the president of the Rio organizing committee, quit last year as an honorary IOC member after being charged by Brazilian prosecutors with corruption, money laundering, tax evasion and running a criminal organization.
He was held in prison for several weeks and is fighting the charges.


The largest of British wrasses and somewhat heavily built too. Highly variable in colour but the red ones make the best photo subjects.
A big ballan wrasse (Labrus bergylta) from Drawana rocks, Porthkerris, Cornwall.


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# IAuthenticationPlugin.Name property

Gets the authentication plugin name.

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* interface [IAuthenticationPlugin](../../IAuthenticationPluginType/)
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This semester has been the lightest so far with just 3 modules. Of course, including FYP on top of the 3 modules evens everything out.
Here are the module reviews for CS4236, EC1301 and HR2002.
CS4236 focuses on the various forms of ciphers and also on cryptanalysis. I took this module as a technical elective (depth). Basically you will learn deep into how messages can be encrypted and how we can break encrypted messages. I must say it is a pretty interesting module, albeit a rather difficult one.
I was surprised there are no tutorials, but it seems that some level 4000 modules have no tutorials. Rather, the lecturer goes through some past year questions when he gets the time. There is certainly some math required for this module. The notes are comprehensive enough but remember to read them over and over again. I found myself learning different tidbits each time I went through them.
I really liked the assignments as they were hands-on (beware: the first 2 took some considerable time as well). The mid-term test was easy. The group project was incredibly time-consuming in which we built a mock-up of a smart contract system modelled after Ethereum.
The final exam was easy as well. Practicing past year papers is key to be able to do well as the final paper is generally more about application of the techniques/concepts. Both the mid-terms and final exams were open book which was of great help!
I took EC1301 to satisfy my University Level Requirements (ULR) and I am glad I took it. Since I have taken Economics in JC (and forgotten all about it), it was more of a refresher. I like Economics and I think it is pretty useful as well.
Before a lecture, there will be a short MCQ-based pre-lecture quiz on IVLE. Similarly, after lecture there is a post-lecture quiz. During lecture (for purposes of attendance taking), there is a in-lecture qSMS quiz. This, in total, accounts for 15% of the grade. Pretty easy to capture this I guess.
Similarly, tutorial attendance and participation gives you another 10%. Midterm was MCQ-based. The questions look easy, but some are really tricky and hence, makes it easy for careless mistakes.
The final exam consists majorly of MCQs, followed by some short, structured questions as well.
The module is taught by 2 professors: Dr Kelvin and Prof Mun. I particularly liked Dr Kelvin's lectures. He really made micro-economics interesting and his notes are perfect with just the necessary amount of information.
Overall, a great module. Pretty easy for those with A-Level Economics background.
HR2002 is a compulsory module for all Engineering students and is worth 3MCs. It basically talks about topics such as globalisation, industrial relations, organisational structure and culture, career etc.
The lecture notes are short and might seem obvious at times too. But going to the lecture reveals what the lecturer actually wants to convey which goes beyond the notes. Lectures are pretty interesting as, Senior Lecturer Lowe Joo Yong often shares his personal experiences, stories etc.
Learning contributions comes from tutorial participation. Group project is based on one of the lecture topics, where you interview industry professionals, gather insights and then write a short paper on the findings and your analysis. The project also involves a 20-30 mins classroom presentation.
Final exam involves writing 2 essays which are reflective in nature. See the past year papers for examples.
Overall a very manageable module, though I didn't score as expected. Had to S/U this one. I'm suspecting a steep bell-curve.


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Occupy Cleveland intends to break the law and remain on Public Square
Published: Oct. 20, 2011, 2:00 a.m.
Olivera Perkins, The Plain Dealer
View full sizeChuck Crow, The Plain DealerA pedestrian walks by the Occupy Cleveland encampment on Public Square on Wednesday. The protest group's permits for the location expire at midnight Friday. Demonstrators say they will not leave Public Square even if the city doesn't renew the group's permits.
CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Organizers of Occupy Cleveland say they will remain encamped on Public Square until at least the end of year, with or without permission.
Their permits to be there expire beginning at midnight Friday, and it is unclear whether the city will renew them.
What is clear is that the Downtown Cleveland Alliance already has permission to begin setting up holiday displays. Demonstrators would be in the way.
Any resistance would set the stage for a confrontation with the city, which has kept a mostly cooperative relationship with the group.
"There are pretty much two choices: Go home or participate in civil disobedience, " Erin McCardle, an Occupy Cleveland facilitator, said Wednesday. "I think it is pretty obvious. We are not going home."
Occupy Cleveland is part of a movement in cities worldwide against what participants consider social and economic inequality. The Cleveland group began its protest Oct. 6 at Willard Park, near City Hall. It moved to Public Square a few days later.
Hundreds of demonstrators have been arrested around the world but none so far in Cleveland. Up to 65 people, mostly in their 20s and 30s, have camped out on Public Square most weeknights, though the numbers nearly double on the weekends, said McCardle, a stage manager, production manager and theatrical artist. Demonstrations have drawn a few hundred people.
Demonstrators could be considered law-breakers if they remain camped at Public Square without permits.
Rebecka Hawkins, a student at Case Western Reserve University, said Public Square is the closest thing to a crossroads in Cleveland.
"Public Square is where the people are, and we do interact with the community on a day-to-day basis," she said. "In Public Square you have working class folks -- those who ride the buses every day -- who have been hit by forces in the economy, including the banks and governmental officials. Those are the people we are trying to contact.
"We're trying to educate the people, learn from the people and create a good civic discourse on the issues and how we move forward. How do we change the policies and the influence of corporation on our society?"
Ken Silliman, chief of staff to Mayor Frank Jackson, said he will recommend to the mayor whether to extend the group's permits. One permit expires at midnight Friday and the other at at 6 a.m. Saturday. One allows Occupy Cleveland to erect temporary canopies encroaching into the sidewalk of West Roadway in the northwest quadrant of Public Square, where many participants have camped out. The other allows the group to assemble for rallies in the southwest quadrant near Tower City.
Silliman more-than-hinted Wednesday about what his recommendation will be.
"The porta Johns will be gone by 6 a.m. Saturday," he said.
City Councilman Brian Cummins, an Occupy Cleveland supporter, said he has recommended that the group's facilitators "continue trying to utilize the sidewalk encroachment permits for their needs." He also urged demonstrators to consider public parks, such as Willard Park, near Lakeside Avenue and East 9th Street, he said.
Hawkins said most demonstrators have no interest in returning to Willard Park.
"The wind off of the lake is very cold, and it will be inhospitable in the winter time," she said.
Cummins said he is trying to bring Occupy Cleveland and the Jackson administration together to work out a compromise before the permits expire.
"I cannot condone illegal activities," Cummins said. "If they decide not to [leave], then there is only so much we can do to bridge the law and the realities of their movement."
Organizers of Occupy Cleveland sent out a news release Wednesday announcing their plans, including a rally at 1 p.m. Friday when they will move to the northwest quadrant of the square.
"We aren't doing this to get arrested or in order to create a hassle," McCardle said. "We are reclaiming a space that is public. We are exercising our rights to assemble there."
Joseph Marinucci, president and chief executive of the Downtown Cleveland Alliance, said his organization will arrive about 6 a.m. Saturday to begin putting up Christmas lights and other holiday displays around Public Square. The group will need unrestricted access to the decorations until the beginning of the year, he said.
Demonstrators are willing to help decorate.
"They don't have to pay us," McCardle said.
Responded Marinucci: "We already use volunteers."