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Q: Mail Merge IF Statement works but I have to manually "Update the Merge Field" I run my mail merge and the output in the Word Document appears to be blank. I right click where the output should be and select Update Field. I can then see the result so the IF Statement is working but is hiding the result from view.
Any thoughts on how I can make it automatically update?
There's no issue with the other merge fields
IF Statement is:
{IF "{MERGEFIELD OPPORTUNITY_PREFIX}"="1300" "YES" "NO"}

Cheers John

A: Upon further investigation it looks like MS Word does not automatically update all merge fields. :-(
"Remember that Word is a word processor and not a spreadsheet. Unlike Excel and other spreadsheet applications, most fields used in Word will not be updated automatically simply by changing a variable. In fact, some fields don't update at all without specific user action. "
Looks like it's back to the drawing board.
Cheers John


What if the government installed surveillance cameras on various streets in a municipality and then made it a crime to walk along a route that skirted those cameras?
Why Is Structuring the Crime With Which Dennis Hastert Was Charged? – The Atlantic.
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A life motivator - Adding chaos to the world, one thought at a time.
After poking around Chaotic Shiny's NaNoWriMo motivator for a few minutes, I moved on to the life motivator. (Seriously, give the NaNo one a try next month.) What exactly the purpose of the life motivator is, I'm not sure. Let's see what it spits out.
Do the hardest tasks first.
I'm a fan of doing the easy ones first. It gives me a sense of productivity to check the things off my to-do list.
Pretty good advice on the whole. If you're lucky, you can leave earlier. If not, then at least you're chopping away at what needs to be done and get stuff done. Besides, it's better than procrastinating.
I like this one. I'm actually devoting most of my November commute to writing instead of reading, simply because it's a significant chunk of time and let's face it, I can get some good writing done.
I have a mug of water next to me right now. Good job, self. In fact, that's my beverage of choice these days.
This one's hard for me to do. I'm not an optimist by nature, though I certainly try. It's usually a balancing act. "Yes, this could happen! Or this really bad thing could happen."
Wouldn't that be great? Too bad my mind won't let me.
NaNo starts in almost 24 hours? Who's excited? I'm excited.
i like those motivator sites. I will definately be using those next month, I think they will both actually help a lot with my Nano writing , productivity and such.
I can't actually believe it's only 24 hours till NaNoWriMo...I'm getting excited, but still mostly nervous.


Heather's legal issues won't get her down as long as she has strong girlfriends and Don Julio on her side!
There is a shift going on between Sonja and Ramona. And there is no toaster!!!!
Sometimes you just have to move on from trying to actually help someone and just support them from the sidelines -- whatever their journey may be. I am glad Ramona finally sat down to talk to Sonja face-to-face about her concerns -- instead of to everyone else.
Sonja isn't bankrupt. She's in a Chapter 11 and a trustee oversees it. Ramona should likely let the trustee do their job and focus on doing hers, which is to be a friend. That's really what Sonja needs more than unsolicited advice.
That's what I needed from Carole. After an exhausting day spent with my lawyers, I needed comfort in my good friend Don Julio! And Carole and Tripp didn't hurt either! I am so glad Tripp and Rocky -- I mean Scout! -- stayed. I really needed the distraction.
Since I launched my business in 2008, I have been have forced to protect my intellectual properties from bigger companies who think they can just take them. Today, I hold 12 US patents plus a comparable number in Europe. There are a handful of infringers I can't mention because the settlement agreements we reached outlined anonymity in these cases, but the most arduous was with Maidenform. In 2010 -- the giant house began selling a tank top that I felt looked eerily similar to my patented design. I ended up in an extensive litigation with Maidenform. It took a few years and much more than a few dollars, but in 2011 we settled with Maidenform and they paid us $6.75 million.
Sadly, I'm engaged in this once again and I am in yet another lawsuit. This time with Spanx -- the biggest name of them all. The lawsuit has cleverly been referred to in the press as "The Battle of the Bulge," but to me it is another battle of fair play. I was gobsmacked when others knocked off my protected designs and I am incensed at the fact that it keeps happening. But this time around with Spanx, I feel more disbelief and disappointment.
Carole had it right, "The highest form of flattery isn't imitation. The highest form of flattery IS FLATTERY."
And the bottom line is this -- even though inventors shouldn't have to fight a battle in order to defend the products we've created and protected as a result of our ideas and passions, at the end of the day, sometimes we do. And it's okay to be frustrated and tired of it all and take comfort on a school night with Don Julio, but then, you've got to always keep-it-movin'!
Let go of those that bring you down and surround yourself with those that bring out the best in you! It's really important to have support along the way. . .and yes, in my case or Sonja's, legal support is helpful, but I also mean the support of your sisterhood.
A girlfriend's shoulder is a really special place -- don't forget that!
I believe a refresh, (not a facelift!) is exactly what Carole needs! After a breakup, it's a great idea for Carole to take her mind off of what's not important, and put it on what is -- which is HER! And there's nothing more therapeutic and refreshing than updating your home, your sanctuary! And picking fabrics and finishings and okay, gilded ceilings -- well, that's my kinda thing! And Carole has great taste! I can't wait to see what she does!
A good spa day can do the trick for a good refresh, too! But I guess that depends on who you go with! Our room was more in keeping with my idea of a spa day with girlfriends than the other room. Or, should I call it the boxing ring? Kristen should have been with us!
And, why does Ramona keep throwing things at her? I am getting the sense that she may just be jealous of Kristen, because I can't explain this reflex-sort-of outrage from Ramona! It's recurring (just you wait), and it's just not right.
Boy, some of these ladies really get ruffled around opinions that differ from theirs! And who goes to a spa with a fresh blow dry!? Honey, that's supposed to be the swan song of the day. . .a refresh!
Keep on watchin' and I'll see you next week! Holla!
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Electro / techno / IDM on threads* radio
cooliofranco posted a topic in WATMMixes
Hey I'm doing a monthly hour long slot on threads* radio (they have two streams, i'm on the one with the asterisk). It's going to be electro / techno / idm and maybe some noise mixed in occasionally. First show is tomorrow, July 3 20-21 CET. I already recorded it, so here's the tracklisting for this month. And definitely message me if you want me hear your stuff and maybe play it ? Tin Man - Falling Acid 4rd - 4rd J1 1C2 Tysk Raider - XOS Cool and Frank - 2 Live All in C B and R Saviero Celestri - Mental Box Thomas Heckmann - Shipwrecked Aux 88 - Time and Space XY0815 - Tool Matter Patricia - Spotting Carl Finlow - Blue Reedale Rise - And the Rain Fell Legowelt - Dumtoestand I'll follow up with mixcloud links too
NTS Radio, the thread
markedone posted a topic in Music Discussion
https://www.nts.live/ has come up a lot here with their Warp collaborations, and bearing the name and debut of Autechre's mega-release. But as far as I can find NTS doesnt have a general discussion thread. I have shifted to using it almost exclusively for work and occasional home listening. The amount of quality radio shows archived and streaming live is pretty staggering, IMO. So it would be good to have a thread where we can share our latest favorite shows, or discuss if you think they are great/overrated/whatever.
https://www.nts.live
Radio show for WATMMers and beyond.... We Are The Dreamers Podcast
phudoshin posted a topic in Music Discussion
Hey folks..... Emerging out of the WATMM #massive #meetup back in Houston, Texas at Day for Night festival... myself, Kattin2, and WhitleyStriber are now doing a weekly hour-long radio show using the Discord app, in the original dfn channel, no less! (After all, this is how we met, too!) WhitleyStriber's awesome tech skills allow us three, as admin users, to play tracks in the #snareup voice channel and talk about them. Watmmers can listen live, comment in the lobby, and even contribute/join in the waffling if that suits the flow of the show... we can unmute you and allow you on to contribute in a free-flowing harmonious we-are-all-in-it-together vibe WE ARE THE DREAMERS RADIO SHOW WHAT: We waffle on about all things electronica/idm and play tracks - usually about 3 or 4 each based on the theme of the show. We have a theme every week. Unlike many other podcasts we play old stuff and well as new, live exerpts, long tracks, bootlegs etc. We mention gigs attended and upcoming too, new releases etc.. in "braindance news" WHERE: * www.snareup.com takes you to the discord lobby channel * Locate the discord voice-channel "radio-show" and join in to listen to the show * We will monitor the lobby channel chat for allowing interested listeners to contribute tracks or join in the chat. * we can unmute you if you want to add something - but you will have to put a youtube/sc link in the lobby text channel so we as admins can queue it up WHEN: 6pm Eastern Saturdays = 11pm Greenwhich Mean Time Archive:
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Snareup on discord,special Qebrus hommage radio show
fxbip posted a topic in Music Discussion
Saturday, February the 24th, in homage to his music and to honor his life and artistic achievements i will be co-hosting a special edition of the Snareup radio show dedicated to the memory of Thomas Denis aka Qebrus. Tune in with us on discord,and let's enjoy and celebrate together the unique music of this remarkable musician and sound artist. Times: 3p PT, 5p CT, 6p CT, 11p GMT, 1a EEST tune into twitch.tv/snareup or join our Discord server via snareup.com. Thank you RIP Thomas http://www.snareup.com/ https://www.twitch.tv/snareup
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WANNAMARCHI.CLUB - CLEAR CHANNEL
Guest posted a topic in WATMMixes
The second episode of CLEAR CHANNEL, the new monthly wannamarchi.club show on CAMP Radio is now available to stream and download https://soundcloud.com/wannamarchi-club/clear-channel-ii Popol Vuh - On The Way (Spalax) Deathprod - Treetop Drive 3 (Smalltown Supersound) Saturn and the Sun - The Central, Sick and Forbidden (iDEAL Recordings) Non - Fire In The Organism (Mute) Boëthius - Marble Floors (Unreleased) Verge - Transient (Avian) Marcus Fjellström - Something Comes From Nothing (Miasmah) Phurpa - Puja Offering and Praises (Ideologic Organ) Robert Turman & Aaron Dilloway - Untitled (Fabrica) Radiante Pourpre - II (Antinote) Coil - The Golden Section (Threshold House) Ravenmaster - Poppy Appeal (Broken Britain Cassettes) Drew McDowall - Convulse (Dais) Black Zone Myth Chant - Orbit Slut (Editions Gravats) SHALT - Hypermalthusian (Astral Plane Recordings) Psychic TV - Part IV (Cold Spring) Mike Cooper - The Ordeal (Sacred Summits) Evan Albam - Begotten (Worthless Recordings) Angel Dust - Excavatum (Dinzu Artefacts) Michael Abels - Surgery Prep (Back Lot Music) Nokuit - Patterns Of Instability (NKT) Cristobal Tapia De Veer - Standing Dead (Death Waltz Recording Company) Dead Can Dance - Dawn Of The Iconoclast (4AD) Scuba Death - Mortality Salience (Further Records) Arca - Immortal (Not on label) British Murder Boys - First (Downwards) Ron Morelli - Cross Waters (Hospital Productions) Ray Harman - Vision (Not on label)
90's hip hop shows, mixtape rips etc
Bought a second hand cassette deck recently and been ripping some old cassette's to mp3 for my mixcloud account. From mixtapes I bought in my local record store to radio show recordings, mostly 90's hip hop; Listen to more here; https://www.mixcloud.com/plugexpert/
Skirmish antics
Guest posted a topic in Music Discussion
Thought I'd start a thread in the hopes of sharing what we get up to at Skirmish. The latest in our off-kilter mix series Autnote is an audio visual excursion through drone, ambient and all things Sci Fi. Created by Gary Fitz, this is a change from his usual mix of eclectic electronic and techno. It's an experience created by a well thought out idea inspired by Sci Fi soundtracks. Check it out here: http://skirmishblog.net/autnote-5-gary-fitz-grey-skys/
Ae Interview
Kavinsky posted a topic in Autechre
I´ve recorded an 1 hour Ae special from the Austrian radiostation Ö1. sadly most of the talk is overdubbed but i will translate some parts. they spoke about their beginnings, production techniques and their thoughts about current electronic music also Sean has 2 kids. http://www.filedropper.com/aeinterview03092015
IDM/Eletronica Radio Show
Allize posted a topic in WATMMixes
So yeah, I've been doing this radio show since july, check it out. The first one: The one from last week:
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Alpharaver | reboot.fm
guenter posted a topic in WATMMixes
Alpharaver N°43 feat. tracks by Privacy, Exaltics, Labyrinthine, Fah and others Tracklist in soundcloud comments. https://soundcloud.com/rebootfm/alpharaver0515 http://reboot.fm
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New podcast: Hank Bull on Boredom, the HP Dinner Show and radio art
RWM posted a topic in Music Discussion
Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/extra/hank-bull/capsula The HP Dinner Show' was a weekly radio show broadcast on Vancouver Cooperative Radio from 1975 to 1983. A mix of experimental radio, a platform for sarcasm, and a hangout for the local scene, the project by Hank Bull and Patrick Ready operated under the premise that the radio medium could and should fall within our notion of art. With a personal style packed with humour and a far cry from the mannerisms of European radio art, the show earned its place as a small underground phenomenon in the Vancouver area. In this programme, Hank Bull takes the idea of boredom as a springboard to fire off some interesting ideas about entertainment and archives. Enjoy!
hank bull
William S. Braintree Live on Heritage Radio Bwick
hayhook posted a topic in Music Discussion
Not sure if anyone has posted this yet, but our own William S. Braintree was featured on my buddy Jack's "FULL SERVICE RADIO" show on the Heritage Radio Network out of Bushwick, Brooklyn. Live Set. Really Tight. Sorry, if this is Jazz. http://www.heritageradionetwork.org/episodes/7164-Full-Service-Radio-Episode-88-William-S-Braintree http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/s3.amazonaws.com/hrn/audios/7164/11_13_14_Full_Service_Radio.mp3
Idiotiste Records Mixlr
chim posted a topic in Music Discussion
I spin various music genres on this mixlr channel. I play everything from bass music, funk, drone, old IDM tunes, my own unreleased tunes and doing live impromptu ambient and experimental performances. I will post in here when I'm live and what genre's going on. http://mixlr.com/idiotiste-records/ Currently playing various bass music for 3 hours
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The Japanese Red Army fraction reconstructed by Eric Baudelaire
RWM posted a topic in General Banter
New podcast: FONS ÀUDIO #21. Eric Baudelaire Born in Salt Lake City but based in Paris, Eric Baudelaire uses various formats to explore politically-charged historical events and documents. In FONS ÀUDIO #21 he discusses the background and context of the ideas and procedures behind 'The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images'. Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/specials/fons_eric_baudelaire/capsula More info: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20130827/Fons21_eng.pdf In 'The Anabasis of May and Fusako Shigenobu, Masao Adachi, and 27 Years Without Images' Baudelaire creates a transmedia piece (a film shot on Super 8, but also photographs and printed documents) that brings to light the personal stories, the political intrigue and the life journeys of these three iconic figures linked to the Japanese Red Army in the course of almost three decades living underground in Lebanon. Like other works by Baudelaire, this piece emphasises multiple tensions, between yesterday and today, between the real and the fictitious, the absent and the present, over-documentation and oblivion, actual events and memory. Always focusing particularly on Masao Adachi, the Japanese filmmaker and political activist who, in the sixties, developed a methodology for critical analysis based on the observation of the landscape. Baudelaire's work thus stems from an experimental approach, almost in the scientific sense: what happens when you apply a theory that is virtually an unexplored mystery to the person who created it? An experiment that, Baudelaire claims, raises other interesting questions, regardless of the end result. Is it possible to reconstruct those twenty-seven years of exile in Beirut through the study of the day-to-day surroundings of its protagonists? What narratives can we deduce from the remains of certain architectural and power structures? How do we, in general, reconstruct history through fragmented and terribly subjective fragments? What role do images play in this reconstruction? Timeline 00:20 Introduction to the work 01:33 The characters and their journey 03:22 Masao Adachi's Landscape Theory 08:36 Anabasis as analogy 12:03 Adachi and the permanent revolution 13:56 The revolutionary potential of a camera You can find other features related to cinema and filmmaking here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/cinema
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radio web macba
New podcast: PROBES #8, curated by Chris Cutler
New podcast: PROBES #8, curated by Chris Cutler In this eighth instalment, Chris Cutler presents modifications of string instruments that seek to move away from tonality while maintaining coherence. Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/probes8-1-chris-cutler/capsula Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20140710/Probes8_eng.pdf Transcript: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20140619/08probes_transcript_eng.pdf In the late nineteenth century two facts conspired to change the face of music: the collapse of common-practice tonality (which overturned the certainties underpinning the world of art music), and the invention of a revolutionary new form of memory, sound recording (which redefined and greatly empowered the world of popular music). A tidal wave of probes and experiments into new musical resources and new organisational practices ploughed through both disciplines, bringing parts of each onto shared terrain before rolling on to underpin a new aesthetics able to follow sound and its manipulations beyond the narrow confines of 'music'. This series tries analytically to trace and explain these developments, and to show how, and why, both musical and post-musical genres take the forms they do. This programme explores ways to coax some highly unusual sounds out of strings. You can find the complete series here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag
Chris Cutler
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Check out my BASSPORT.FM Guest Show on March 15!
On saturday March 15th , I will be performing a 1 hour DJ set of some sick bass music on the online radiostation BASSPORT.FM at 20:00 GMT, 1:00 PM PST. Expect lots of dubstep, trap and twerk stuff to get the night started! When the show starts, just head on over to http://bassport.fm/listen.html . I will be doing shoutouts to the WATMM crew as well so don't miss it!
we global now
New podcast: MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Andy Votel. Part I
MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Andy Votel. Part I Produced by Matías Rossi Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/memorabilia-andy-votel/capsula PDF: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20131212/Memorabilia_Andy_Votel_eng.pdf Andy Votel's first musical passion was hip-hop, which intrigued as well as attracted him: he wanted to find out how that music was made. Thanks to his resourceful father, he discovered that it was based on loops, and that many of them were samples from other songs. That was the start of his obsession with discovering sources, and of his scouring of records that were probably not earmarked for him at the time (the late eighties) given his age, 14, and location, Manchester. While his friends got excited over Stone Roses and Happy Mondays, Andy explored jazz recordings released on labels such as CTI Records and soundtracks by composers like John Cameron and Krzysztof Komeda. Over the past twenty years, Andy Votel has travelled far and wide in a quest to buy as many records as he could. Some have ended up making it into his works or DJ sessions, and others have found their way into the catalogue of Finders Keepers, the cult label he co-founded with Dominic Thomas and Doug Shipton. His personal collection of vinyls, which he admits to measuring in cubic metres rather than numbers, makes him an acclaimed "archaeologist" of unusual records, even though he refers to himself as the world's worst archivists and admits that he can spend hours looking for a particular vinyl at home, sometimes even buying a second or third copy because it's quicker. Andy's main obsession is pop, particularly of the twisted and psychedelic kind. He feels an affinity for artists who have been sidelined by mainstream culture, and is particularly drawn to records that are written on, personalised or dedicated, because they tell a story. An unusual case worthy of study, in spite of everything, he doesn't consider himself a fetishist. His main motivation is to listen to music, and the only way to get the music he likes is generally to buy and collect it. You can find the complete MEMORABILIA. Colllecting sound with... podcast series here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/memorabilia_tag/
andy votel
New podcast: PROBES #6, curated by Chris Cutler There's no end of things that have been laid on, tied to, screwed into or otherwise attached to alter the sound of conventional instruments. This sixth programme draws a map and explores some of the outer reaches of string and wind preparations. Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/probes6_chris_cutler_/capsula Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20130909/Probes6_eng.pdf Transcript: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20130909/06probes_transcript_eng.pdf In the late nineteenth century two facts conspired to change the face of music: the collapse of common practice tonality (which overturned the certainties underpinning the world of art music), and the invention of a revolutionary new form of memory, sound recording (which redefined and greatly empowered the world of popular music). A tidal wave of probes and experiments into new musical resources and new organisational practices ploughed through both disciplines, bringing parts of each onto shared terrain before rolling on to underpin a new aesthetics able to follow sound and its manipulations beyond the narrow confines of 'music'. This series tries analytically to trace and explain these developments, and to show how, and why, both musical and post-musical genres take the forms they do. This sixth programme continues to explore probes into pitch through the preparation and modification of conventional instruments – looking at the many tapings, wrappings, clampings, clippings, attachments and impairments applied across the family of strings, before moving on to the less familiar territory of prepared winds. Some people get up to some pretty strange behaviour in the pursuit of unusual sounds. You can find the complete series here: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/probes_tag
Podcast: MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Brian Shimkovitz. Part II
New Podcast: MEMORABILIA. COLLECTING SOUNDS WITH... Brian Shimkovitz. Part II Islamic, Christian and traditional praise music, all have a place in the market stalls across Africa, and are widely represented in Brian Shimkovitz's tape collection. Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/research/memorabilia_brian_shimkovitz_collection/capsula Info: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20130903/Memorabilia_brian_shimkovitz_partII_eng.pdf Mp3: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/memorabilia/07_memorabilia_brian_shimkovitz_music_selection.mp3 From different regions and in different ways, praise music in all its forms has a big impact on both the cultural economy and local music industries. In the context of many African countries, major religions from the West like Pentacostalism and Sufi Islam have been incorporated into more local, animist religious traditions. The music that results from these diffusions is often quite popular regionally and distinct-sounding to my ears. My collection has many threads that could thematically link some of the tapes. One of the aspects I have always loved exploring, and I think it is due much more attention, is the array of gospel, spiritual and religious music of all stripes from across the continent. From praise music from Islamic chants by Ethiopia's Oromo-speaking Sufi Muslims to syrupy Tanzanian gospel choir lilt to DIY Kenya spiritual reggae, to chart-topping mainstream Ghanaian gospel, to Ethiopian Orthodox praise music by an elderly monk playing a massive begena harp, this selection touches on many of the religious recordings that have a place in market stalls in African cities. Praise music can extend to the patronage important to musical practice in many locales. In northern Ghana, Dagomba traditional donno drummers (talking drum) sing praise to important people in the community and supporters, as with track six, by Alhassan Ibrahim. Traditional religion plays a big role in varying degrees, both in spirituality and music-laden ceremonies. Vodun praise singers from Benin, alongside the incredible drum ensembles accompanying their work, transform their adherents through the worlds they create in their music, as with track two by Alèkpéhanou. This selection is by no means exhaustive but I really learned a lot more about the breadth of practice, aesthetics and social agency associated with spiritual music in Africa. Brian Shimkovitz, Summer 2013 Enjoy!
Brian Shimkovitz
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New podcast: PROBES #5.2. Curated by Chris Cutler
New podcast: PROBES #5.2. Auxiliaries Curated by Chris Cutler This music selection investigates further ways of piano preparations: will the torture never end? Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/probes5-2_chris_cutler_/capsula Info: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20130813/Probes5_2_eng.pdf Mp3: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/probes/probes5_2.mp3 The PROBES Auxiliaries collect materials related to each episode that try to give a broader – and more immediate – impression of the field. They are a scan, not a deep listening vehicle; an indication of what further investigation might uncover and, for that reason, most are edited snapshots of longer pieces. We have tried to light the corners as well as the central arena, and to not privilege so-called serious over so-called popular genres. Enjoy!
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Ràdio Web Macba
Transmission 13 - Anklepants, Lazer Vision & Milieu
Macca posted a topic in WATMMixes
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For those that like mid' 90's hip hop..
Since 2008 there is a torrent floating around featuring tons of mid 90's hip hop filled Dutch radio shows (http://kuiken.co/search/dutch%20mastaz/0/99/0), today I've uploaded the content of this torrent to mixcloud for ease of streaming, listening.. ..although there is the obvious Dutch chatter in between tracks, freestyles and what not, there is still enough gold to wade through for non-Dutchies imo :) Check all the collected Dutch Mastaz shows from the torrent here: http://www.mixcloud.com/plugexpert/ Big respect to Solo11 for recording and digitizing all his cassette tapes & theboombap.nl for sharing the .torrent! (read more about the origins here: Read this (Dutch): http://www.theboombap.nl/theBoards/read.php?1,1205439)) Random example show:
New podcast: INTERRUPTIONS #10. Radio Maghreb. Curated by Alan Bishop
New podcast: INTERRUPTIONS #10. Radio Maghreb. Curated by Alan Bishop In this project Alan Bishop vindicates the use of radio as an electronic instrument in a journey through time and space that unearths old recordings from the AM and FM airwaves made during his first trip to Spain and Morocco in 1983. Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/curatorial/interruptions_10_alan_bishop_radio_maghreb/capsula Playlist: http://rwm.macba.cat/uploads/20130211/10Interruptions_eng.pdf It all began for me in Saginaw, Michigan, where radio was the primary portal to instantaneous information in the world. A decade before satellite TV emerged and approximately thirty years before the internet transformed the way people receive their news and entertainment, my father bought me a cheap portable radio with shortwave, weather, police, and AM/FM bands. I was nine years old. I had other radios to listen to, but this one was different. It offered me more than the standard AM medium-wave frequencies which dominated the device in the sixties (FM was insignificant at the time). I was captivated with the possibilities of shortwave reception and so began my obsession with the radio. For me it was an explosive, vital source of an almost endless variety of sounds. Combine this fact with the ever-changing reception possibilities of geographic movement and it could be argued that the radio is the most unique and resourceful electronic sound instrument ever devised. By 1980, I was experimenting with sound collage, utilizing snippets of television and radio sounds incorporated with my original music and field recordings. In May of 1983, I traveled to Marbella, Spain, with my brother and a friend. The plan was to spend a few weeks in a flat owned by a cousin and then move south to Morocco. We spent the days busking the streets with guitars to support our food and drink. In the evenings I would scan the local radio. I began to record snippets of music from Radio Tangier International from Morocco, which I was receiving in Spain on a portable cassette radio recorder. The variety of music they were programming was astounding: jazz and be-bop, Egyptian and Lebanese orchestral classics, Moroccan folk music, Indian film soundtracks, late sixties psychedelic rock, French chanteuse, etc. I had never heard anything so diverse transmitting from one source. After recording selected songs, I began capturing the commercials, bumper music spots, station IDs and news broadcasts. This process continued as I crossed the strait of Gibraltar and landed in Morocco where I spent the next two months. Listening to local radio stations is a logical and effective way to immediately tap into the possibilities of what music styles exist in a country or region. My original intention of recording radio was to capture a snippet of a song so that I could play it for a clerk at a local record store to find out the artist name and song title and then purchase that album or cassette. As I began to record radio segments consecutively onto cassette, I noticed there was a strange, yet beautiful and informal sound collage being formed. Then I began manipulating the radio for this effect intentionally. My aim was to create audio collage in real time, although I eventually became quite adept at editing segments together (Radio Algeria has more than 70 cuts, Radio Sumatra over 100 edits). Radio Morocco was the first collage I assembled in the regional/national radio source format. After recording many hours of meticulously selected audio, I simply sequenced my favorite segments together to form an hour long mix which I felt represented the most satisfying listening experience for me. I had no idea that, 21 years later, it would become the first commercially released locale-specific radio collage. I employed a combination of AM, FM and shortwave broadcasts which featured everything from local Berber music to popular Moroccan and Egyptian songs and international news stations like the BBC, Radio France, and Radio China. You can find the previous installments of this series here
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Transmission Nine - Lakker
The 9th Broadcast, this time with very special guests Lakker(KilleKill, Blueprint, Love Love Records). Live on http://future-music.co.uk/ from 10 pm til midnight GMT http://lakker.wordpress.com/ https://soundcloud.com/lakker http://loveloverecords.net/lovwax01/lovwax01larger.html http://www.killekill.com/ http://blueprintrecords.blogspot.co.uk/ Previous Transmissions: http://www.mixcloud.com/UpstandingMonk/
New podcast: interview with minimalist composer Tom Johnson
New podcast: Tom Johnson talks about his compositional methods, and the influence that John Cage and Morton Feldman had upon it. Link: http://rwm.macba.cat/en/sonia/tom_johnson/capsula Tom Johnson is an American minimalist composer. A former student of Morton Feldman, his music is mainly based on the application of numerical and logical systems. His approach is unique, quite different from the free wanderings of Feldman, or the repetitions and gradual processes of other American minimalist of his generation, such as Terry Riley or Steve Reich. His music is often called conceptual but in many cases it depends strongly on the special tempo and sound qualities of the performance with traditional instruments. Such is the case of the "Chord Catalogue", a 1985 piece in which the pianist plays, without omission or repetition, all possible 8178 chords within one octave. Tom Johnson's music has a special relationship not only with numbers, but also with words. In his operas, such as the well-known "The Four-Note Opera", or in the program notes that he often writes for his music, he uses words not to tell a story, but to make the listener aware of the formal structure of the piece, as well as the evolution of the performance and the process of hearing it.
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British rock 'n' roll musician Jeff Beck, known as one of the world's top three guitarists, died on Jan. 10, at the age of 78.
Jeff Beck died of acute bacterial meningitis. A message on his official social media platform said: "On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck's passing. After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away yesterday."
Beck was born in Warrington, England in 1944. In 1965, he joined the English rock band, The Yardbirds and successively founded two other bands, The Jeff Beck Group, and Beck, Bogert & Appice. Eminent releases include "Heart Full of Soul," "I'm A Man," and many others.
The news of Beck's death caused a stir in the music industry, with many people posting condolences on social media.
What Is Bacterial Meningitis?
Acute bacterial meningitis is a rapidly progressive inflammation of the layers of tissue surrounding the brain and spinal cord (the meninges) and the fluid-filled space between the meninges (the subarachnoid space), caused by infection with bacteria.
The brain and spinal cord are covered by three layers of tissue called the "meninges." The subarachnoid space is located between the middle and inner layers of the meninges that cover the brain and spinal cord. This space contains cerebrospinal fluid, which flows through the layers of the meninges and fills the space in the brain, providing a cushion for the brain and spinal cord.
When bacteria invade the meninges and subarachnoid space, the immune system will respond, which would lead to inflammation during the face-off between the immune cells and the invading bacteria.
Causes of Meningitis
According to the World Health Organization, meningitis is a devastating and highly fatal disease that can lead to serious long-term complications (sequelae). Many organisms can cause meningitis, including bacteria, viruses, fungi, and parasites.
Bacterial meningitis is of particular concern, among others. About one in 10 people who suffer bacterial meningitis die, while one in five has serious complications.
Acute bacterial meningitis has four main causative pathogens, Neisseria meningitidis (meningococcus), Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus), Haemophilus influenzae, Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus ).
These bacteria are responsible for more than half of meningitis deaths worldwide and can also cause other serious illnesses such as sepsis and pneumonia.
Transmission routes vary from organism to organism and the incubation period is also different for each organism. For bacterial meningitis, it is usually between two to 10 days.
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Zheng Jie, a Doctor of Medicine at the University of Tokyo in Japan, said in an interview with The Epoch Times on January 22 that bacterial meningitis is a medical emergency and needs to be treated immediately. Prompt antibiotic treatment is usually effective, and dexamethasone, a corticosteroid, is often used to reduce brain edema.
Zheng said, "Symptoms of acute bacterial meningitis vary by age. Adults can become seriously ill within 24 hours, children even sooner. Meningitis can cause coma and death within hours. Bacterial meningitis is one of the rare diseases that cause death while the patient is sleeping. The patients may even be healthy young people with mild symptoms, but once fallen asleep may never wake up again. Such sudden and rapid death is often the result of cerebral edema."
Early symptoms of meningitis include fever, headache, stiff neck (most common), confusion or decreased consciousness, and sensitivity to light.
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6471 Collins eller 1983 EB1 är en asteroid i huvudbältet som upptäcktes den 4 mars 1983 av den tjeckiske astronomen Antonín Mrkos vid Kleť-observatoriet i Tjeckien. Den är uppkallad efter den amerikanske astronauten Michael Collins.

Asteroiden har en diameter på ungefär 8 kilometer och den tillhör asteroidgruppen Nysa.

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'Why The Self-Righteousness?' — Tucker, Mark Steyn Tackle 'False Piety' Of Pelosi, Democrats On Impeachment
Fox News host Tucker Carlson and conservative commentator Mark Steyn poked a little fun at the "false piety" coming from Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats when commenting on the ongoing impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
Pelosi has often said she prays for Trump, and lashed out at a reporter who wondered during a Thursday press conference if she hated the president. Carlson played clips from Pelosi's comments during Thursday night's edition of "Tucker Carlson Tonight."
"I don't hate anybody," Pelosi insisted. "I was raised in a Catholic house, and don't hate anybody, not anybody in the world. As a Catholic, I resent you using the word hate in a sentence that addresses me. I don't hate anyone. I was raised in a way that is a heart full of love and always prayed for the president and I still pray for the president. I pray for the president all the time. So don't mess with me when it comes to words like that."
"Yeah, 'don't mess with me when it comes to holiness,'" Tucker quipped, giving his own version of Pelosi's words. "'Just because I accused him of working for Vladimir Putin doesn't mean I hate him. I'm a Catholic.' What is this?"
"She is praying for the president, Tucker," said Steyn. "We all know that. I know that observing the ritual niceties of American Politics requires stomaching a boat load of industrial strength hokum, but you and I and 300 million people across the country know that Nancy Pelosi isn't praying for the president."
Carlson told Steyn he prefers former President Barack Obama's approach, "where you say 'we won the election, we're doing what we want.'" (RELATED: Tucker Carlson: Trump's Lies Are Not The Reason The Left Despises Him. It's The Key Truths He Tells)
"I prefer that strongly to the false piety, to the kind of Christian left 'I'm actually praying for you even as I try to destroy you' routine," he added. "Why the self-righteousness? That makes it unbearable."
Stein insisted it is a "conscious strategy" by the left, but that "this fake religiosity is one of the reasons why you know this whole thing is a scam."
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Champions League 2019/20 season preview: Everything you need to know
By Eurosport
18/09/2019 at 16:03Updated 18/09/2019 at 17:03
A comprehensive guide to every group and every club in the 2019/20 Champions League.
GROUP A GROUP B GROUP C GROUP D GROUP E GROUP F GROUP G GROUP H
Paris Saint-Germain FC Bayern Munich Manchester City Juventus Liverpool FC Barcelona FC Zenit Chelsea
Real Madrid Tottenham Hotspur Shakhtar Donetsk Atlético Madrid Napoli Borussia Dortmund Benfica Ajax
Club Brugge Olympiacos Dinamo Zagreb Bayer 04 Leverkusen Red Bull Salzburg Internazionale Olympique Lyonnais Valencia CF
Galatasaray Crvena Zvezda Atalanta Lokomotiv Moscow KRC Genk Slavia Prague RB Leipzig Lille OSC
MATCHDAY 1 MATCHDAY 2 MATCHDAY 3 MATCHDAY 4 MATCHDAY 5 MATCHDAY 6
17–18 September 2019 1–2 October 2019 22–23 October 2019 5–6 November 2019 26–27 November 2019 10–11 December 2019
Manager: Thomas Tuchel
Most important player: Neymar. If he can rediscover his best form then he could be the difference between topping the group and failing to make it out into the knockouts.
How did they qualify: French League winners
Champions League pedigree: They have never won the competition and they have a recent history of choking, most recently against Manchester United but before that Barcelona.
Odds*: 10/1
Manager: Zinedine Zidane
Most important player: Eden Hazard. Making his return to football after injury it has been a slow start to Hazard's Real career. He is essentially the replacement for Cristiano Ronaldo a year too late.
How did they qualify: Third in La Liga.
Champions League pedigree: They are the most successful club in the tournament, having won it 13 times and three times consecutively under Zidane.
Odds: 9/1
Manager: Philippe Clement
Most important player: Hans Vanaken, their creative attacking midfielder.
How did they qualify: Runners-up in Belgian First Division A
Champions League pedigree: They reached their peak in the seventies, when they reached the quarter-final in 1977 and were defeated finalists the following season.
Odds: 1000/1
Manager: Fatih Terim
Most important player: Ryan Babel. The resurgent Dutch forward is the spearhead of the national side and could play his way back into the major European leagues with an impressive performance in the Champions League.
How did they qualify: Super Lig champions
Champions League pedigree: They've never won the Champions League, but they have had European success with the 2000 UEFA Cup.
Odds: 250/1
Manager: Niko Kovac
Most important player: Robert Lewandowski. Lewandowski has been linked with a move away from Bayern for the past two years but in the absence of Franck Ribery and Arjen Robben he is now the undisputed figurehead.
How did they qualify: Bundesliga winners
Champions League pedigree: Bayern have won the Champions League five times, the UEFA Cup once and the Cup Winners' Cup once to be the most successful German team in European competition.
Odds: 12/1
Manager: Mauricio Pochettino
Most important player: Harry Kane. Perhaps England's best player. His goals have given Pochettino the chance to develop younger players, and could give Tanguy Ndombele and others the chance to settle into the side.
How did they qualify: Fourth in the Premier League
Champions League pedigree: Spurs have won the UEFA Cup twice and the Cup Winners' Cup once, but the closest they have come to winning the Champions League was last season's defeat to Liverpool.
Manager: Pedro Martins
Most important player: Ruben Semedo. Now out of jail he has the chance to put his career back on track at 25.
How did they qualify: Runners-up in the Greek Superleague
Champions League pedigree: The closest they have come to European success is winning the Balkans Cup in 1963, and have never got past the UCL quarter-finals.
Manager: Vladan Milojevic
Most important player: Marko Marin. Unable to break through into the Chelsea side he moved to Olympiacos after several loan spells before moving to Red Star where he has impressed with his goalscoring as a midfielder.
How did they qualify: Champions of Serbian SuperLiga.
Champions League pedigree: They famously won the 1991 European Cup but have never challenged since.
Manager: Pep Guardiola
Most important player: Kevin De Bruyne. If he can stay injury free then he can unlock any defence. However Raheem Sterling could probably claim to be the exceptional player right now, and appears more physically resilient too.
How did they qualify: Premier League winners
Champions League pedigree: City have little European pedigree but as they have almost limitless financial resources that will likely change in the near future.
Manager: Luis Castro
Most important player: Taison. The experienced Brazilian is at the heart of the Donetsk side, and has played 237 games for the club while scoring 42 goals.
How did they qualify: Ukrainian Premier League champions
Champions League pedigree: They've barely dented the competition, but were UEFA Cup winners in 2009.
Manager: Nenad Bjelica
Most important player: Dani Olmo. The Spanish under-21 winger has impressed in Croatia since his surprise move from the Barcelona youth team.
How did they qualify: Croatian First League champions
Champions League pedigree: Dinamo's most successful showing in Europe came in 1961, when they reached the semi-finals of the European Cup Winners' Cup.
Manager: Gian Piero Gasperini
Most important player: Marten de Roon. The midfielder is at the heart of recent improvements with the Dutch national side.
How did they qualify: Third in Serie A
Champions League pedigree: This is their first season in the Champions League
Manager: Maurizio Sarri
Most important player: Cristiano Ronaldo. If he keeps up his ridiculous form into his 35th year then few other teams will stand a chance.
How did they qualify: Serie A winners
Champions League pedigree: They have won the Champions League twice, but the last win came in 1996. This is the best team they have had since their demotion, so could be the year to complete a hat-trick.
Manager: Diego Simeone
Most important player: Joao Felix. The Portuguese youngster will be considered Antoine Griezmann's talismanic replacement already.
How did they qualify: Second in La Liga
Champions League pedigree: They've won the Europa League three times and the Cup Winners Cup once. However they have been beaten finalists in the Champions League three times, and have never won it.
Manager: Peter Bosz
Most important player: Kai Havertz. The 20-year-old midfielder has already been capped five times by the German national side.
How did they qualify: Fourth in the Bundesliga
Champions League pedigree: They were runners-up in 2002, and won the UEFA Cup in 1988.
Manager: Yuri Semin
Most important player: Joao Mario - The midfielder on loan from Inter Milan could add the quality to make it awkward for the better known teams in the group.
How did they qualify: Second in the Russian Premier League.
Champions League pedigree: Cup Winners' Cup semi-finalists in 1998 and 1999.
Manager: Jurgen Klopp
Most important player: Mo Salah. If the Egyptian repeats his form of last season there is every chance that he can blow away any opposition in front of Liverpool.
How did they qualify: Champions League winners, Premier League runners-up
Champions League pedigree: The most successful English side in Europe, with six European Cups/Champions League to their name.
Manager: Carlo Ancelotti
Most important player: Kalidou Koulibaly. The excellent central defender could be on the cusp of a huge move at the end of the season if he is a rock at the back yet again.
How did they qualify: Serie A runners-up
Champions League pedigree: Despite being regulars in the competition over the past decade, Napoli have yet to make it past the last-16.
Manager: Jesse Marsch
Most important player: Smail Prevljak. The 24-year-old Bosnian midfielder grabbed 12 goals from 32 appearances last season.
How did they qualify: Austrian Champions
Champions League pedigree: They have never won the tournament but were runners-up in the UEFA Cup in 1994.
Manager: Felice Mazzu
Most important player: Bryan Heynen. The 22-year-old defensive midfielder could break into the national side this season.
How did they qualify: Belgian First Division A winners
Champions League pedigree: The domestic league trophy last season is the club's first and only major honour.
Manager: Ernesto Valverde
Most important player: Lionel Messi. The rumours are growing that Messi may leave on a free transfer at the end of the season, and what better way to go out than with a Champions League.
How did they qualify: La Liga champions
Champions League pedigree: Barcelona are the team that redefined football and dominated the Champions League as a result.
Manager: Lucien Favre
Most important player: Jadon Sancho. Far from their only talented player, Sancho is on track to become a world class forward and is thriving in Gemany.
How did they qualify: Bundesliga runners-up
Champions League pedigree: Champions in 1997, and they were defeated by rivals Bayern in the final in 2013.
Manager: Antonio Conte
Most important player: Alexis Sanchez. Sanchez was a disaster at Manchester United but is back in Italy where he played some of his best football.
How did they qualify: Fourth in Serie A
Champions League pedigree: They last won with Jose Mourinho in 2010, but Rafael Benitez undid much of his good work and the club is yet to recover.
Manager: Jindrich Trpisovsky
Most important player: Peter Olayinka. The young Nigerian striker has scored goals wherever he has played.
How did they qualify: Czech First League winners
Champions League pedigree: Their greatest European triumph was finishing as runners-up in the Coupe des Nations in 1930.
Manager: Sergei Semak
Most important player: Malcom. He failed to break through at Barcelona but a loan spell in Russia could attract attention from the continent's major clubs.
How did they qualify: Russian Premier League winners
Champions League pedigree: They won the Europa League in 2008, but their best finish in the Champions League has been the round of 16.
Manager: Bruno Lage
Most important player: Ruben Dias. Dias has been linked with a move to the Premier League and is a promising central defender.
How did they qualify: Primeira Liga champions
Champions League pedigree: Benfica are without a European title since Bela Guttmann's infamous curse in 1962 - played eight finals, lost eight finals, including five European Cups
Manager: Sylvinho
Most important player: Memphis. The ex-Manchester United forward has settled in at Lyon to demonstrate the best of his attacking threat.
How did they qualify: Third in Ligue 1
Champions League pedigree: Champions League, Europa League and Cup Winners' Cup semi-finalists
Manager: Julian Nagelsmann
Most important player: Timo Werner. Perhaps in his last season in Germany after being linked with a move to Liverpool, though he is just one of many promising players at RB.
How did they qualify: Third in the Bundesliga
Champions League pedigree: RB Leipzig's synthetic nature means they have no pedigree in Europe as of yet.
Manager: Frank Lampard
Most important player: Tammy Abraham. Now that the youngsters are in charge, Abraham will be looking to keep his goalscoring form intact on the biggest stage.
How did they qualify: Europa League winners, third in the Premier League.
Champions League pedigree: Chelsea won the Champions League in 2012 and have won two Europa League titles since then.
Manager: Erik ten Hag
Most important player: David Neres. The Brazilian midfielder remained while others left, and with Noussair Mazraoui, Dusan Tadic and Hakim Ziyech still at the club, this is a strong Ajax side.
How did they qualify: Dutch champions
Champions League pedigree: They won the European Cup in 1971, 1972 and 1973, and again in 1995, but could not find their way past Spurs in the semi-finals last season.
Manager: Albert Celades
Most important player: Dani Parejo. In uncertain times for Valencia, the experienced captain will need to be a calming presence for his side.
How did they qualify: Fourth in La Liga
Champions League pedigree: Valencia almost tasted success a little under two decades ago, but were runners-up in 2000 and 2001.
Manager: Christophe Galtier
Most important player: Jonathan Ikone - The young French forward is now an international squad regular and could soon be on the move to a bigger club
How did they qualify: Ligue 1 runners-up
Champions League pedigree: Lille do not have any European pedigree, but they did win the Intertoto Cup in 2004.
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*All odds were taken ahead of the first matchday on September 17/18.


Easily measure the radon levels accumulated in your home from soil and building materials with easy to use new technology digital alpha particle monitors. Which measuring devices we recommend.
Not the type of meter you are looking for? Please check our guides on low frequency meters (measure radiation from power lines, cables, transformers, electric devices laptops etc), high frequency meters (measure radiation from cordless phones, wireless modems (Wi-Fi), cell phone masts etc), radioactivity meters (measure beta, gamma, X ray radiation from subsoil, food, building materials, tiles, granite counters, nuclear accidents, ionization smoke detectors, medical equipment etc) or check the frequently asked questions about electromagnetic field meters!
We advise you to read all the following information about how to use a radioactivity meter and which are the important features to look for, but if you are in a hurry to see the recommended meters go straight to the radiation meters comparison table at the end of the article.
What do radon monitors measure?
Radon meters, alpha particle counters, detectors, dosimeters and monitors measure the concentration of the radioactive radon gas which is emitted from the soil, enters buildings by pipes and cracks and is the main source of population exposure to ionizing radiation.
Why is measuring radon important?
Radon is, after smoking, the second most important cause of lung cancer in many countries.
Causes of between 3% and 14% of all lung cancers.
It is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers.
The lower the concentration of radon in a home, the lower the risk.
There is no threshold below which radon exposures carries no risk.
The likelihood of lung cancer increases by 16% for each 100 Bq / m3 increase in the concentration of radon!
In the European Union, lung cancer is the most common cause (about 20%) of cancer death (Radon Prevention and Remediation (RADPAR) funded from the European Commission DG SANCO Second Public Health Programme).
Based on epidemiological investigations in nine EU countries it was estimated that approximately 9% of deaths from lung cancer may be due to exposure to radon in the home.
Read more about radioactivity and its effects..
Where are higher levels of radon recorded?
Higher radon values are recorded in the lower floors of buildings in places with poor ventilation, caves, hot springs, mines and other underground spaces and near high or medium voltage cables (the elevated electric field values increase up to 18 times the accumulation of radon particles (Henshaw DL, Ross AN, Fews AP, Preece AW., Enhanced deposition of radon daughter nuclei in the vicinity of power frequency electromagnetic fields., Physics Laboratory, University of Bristol).
Some areas have more elevated radon levels than others due to subsoil or due the building materials used in the area. Radon maps of various areas are available online.
The current energy saving practice of using air-tight doors, windows and other building materials for thermal insulation purposes increases the concentration of radon in modern homes.
A reputable company or country of manufacture could mean better quality and extended operating life. Being more geographically close might be helpful if there is a malfunction of the meter or you need to send it back for recalibration.
This is the average price of the meter sold by the various online sellers shown on the bottom of each table.
The main types of radon detectors are active and passive.
Passive radon detectors such as cheap charcoal canisters accumulate gas over a specified period of type (usually over one month) and then are shipped to a laboratory for analysis.
The problem with such detectors is that they are disposable and their supply must be constantly replenished, they require extra handling to ship the dosimeter to a laboratory and thus require additional wait times to receive analysis results.
On the other hand active radon testing devices such as radon monitors are a better choice today since they continuously display average radon concentration and can give us an estimation of radon concentration more quickly (at least after 5 days).
"The detection of radon is based on the principle that radon gas diffuses into a detection chamber. When the radon atoms decay they emit energetic alpha particles. The alpha particles are detected by a silicon photo diode.
Every alpha particle generates a small signal current when it hits the photo diode. By the use of a low-power amplifier stage the signal current is converted into a larger voltage signal. The maximum amplitude of the voltage signal is detected and sampled by an analog to digital converter (ADC). The amplitude is proportional to the energy of the alpha particle that hit the photo diode.
The brain of the monitor is a micro-controller that registers the time and energy of every detected particle. This information is used to calculate the mean radon gas concentration for daily, weekly and yearly periods."
Radon monitors record the radon concentration per cubic meter in Bq / m3 where Becquerel (Bq) is the number of radioactive disintegrations per second or in pCi/lt (pico-curie per liter), where 1 pCi/lt = 37 Bq/m3.
We recommend the radon monitor to be able to measure up to 1000 Bq / m3 or 27 pCi/lt (most recommended safety levels are <400 Bq / m3 or 10 pCi/lt).
What are the safe levels of exposure to radon?
According to the World Health Organization (WHO, Radon and cancer) there is no threshold below which radon exposures carries no risk and the likelihood of lung cancer increases by 16% per 100 Bq/m3 or 2.7 pCi/lt increase in radon concentration!
The average radon concentration values differ from region to region and are higher indoors! In USA the average values are 15 Bq / m3 or 0.4 pCi/lt outdoors and 50 Bq / m3 or 1.3 pCi/lt indoors (US Environmental Protection Agency, A Citizen's Guide to Radon).
Most radon monitors do not offer data logging but continually store measurements and show us the daily, weekly or yearly averages.
A digital display gives you more accurate readings and has a more modern and professional look.
Audio alarm warns you when the set alarm threshold has been exceeded.
Higher accuracy is good but it is more important for professional users and not for amateurs.
If you plan to use the meter a lot then you should definitely take into account the battery type and life of the batteries used, because changing batteries frequently could elevate the operating cost significantly. Some meters are rechargeable or come with their own power cord so you don't have to purchase new batteries every little while.
A good quality plastic case is very helpful for professionals or for those who frequently measurements in various locations.
If you need to check that everything works well in the future you might consider sending it for calibration (or recalibration if the meter was originally calibrated). This is especially important for professional users. In that case you should choose a manufacturer that offers this service. Also it would be better if the manufacturer is geographically close to you.
The longer the warranty the better, especially if the meter is expensive.
We try to we recommend reputable companies, with good customer service, that can ship the meters worldwide.
Being more geographically close might be helpful if there is a malfunction of the meter, so we usually recommend one seller from the USA and one from Europe.
Also, buying from an overseas company means there will be some extra shipping costs and possible tax charges in the customs office.
Finally, please be sure to check all the mentioned features (warranty, prices etc) also in the sellers page, because they could be different from those mentioned in the following comparison tables or have changed since the time this article was written.
Monitors which continuously display the levels of the proven carcinogen radioactive radon gas which is accumulated in your home from soil and building materials.
Great device with technologically advanced internal architecture normally used in commercial-type detectors. Continuous display of daily, weekly and long term average radon concentrations.
The Canary preserves measurement reliability under normal conditions of home use for many years without requiring an annual external calibration. Without annual calibration, the estimated life of the device is 10 years or more.
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Kitesurfing off the top of the Great House on Necker
Adrenaline and anticipation was running high on Necker Island yesterday, as professional kitesurfer, Nick Jacobsen pushed the boundaries of work and play.
As you can see from the spectacular video above, Nick launched himself from 131 feet above sea level, from the roof of the Great House. Everyone held their breath as he cleared more than 300 feet of land – including a zip line and jungle – and travelled 500 feet to land upright in the water on his board. A huge cheer broke out as he hit the water and kited on across the blue BVI sea.
Image by John Dill
What an experience! As a keen kitesurfer myself, I was in awe – blown away by Nick's courage and style. The jump was filmed for what is set to be biggest kitesurfing film ever, Chapter One, directed by Bob van de Gronde, and was performed during a Mai Tai Global gathering.
There's no such thing as a conventional networking session on Necker Island. Instead we like to mix things up, and challenge what's expected. Taking this philosophy to heart, twice a year Mai Tai – a community of extreme innovators, entrepreneurs and athletes – gather on Necker to share their passion for networking, tech and kitesurfing.
This gathering, we were thrilled to be joined by Nick, who is known as the daredevil among the community. Nick has previously jumped off the top of a crane in South Africa, and is now looking to take on the 1000 foot drop of the world-famous Burj Al Arab in Dubai.
Successfully completing the jump off the top of the Great House on Necker, Nick turned to me and said: "That was fun, so what's next?!" Never one to shy away from a challenge and a bit of fun, I welcomed Nick to try another jump, this time off our new property on neighbouring island, Moskito Island.
Stay tuned for the results…
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[![Golang Documentation](https://godoc.org/github.com/alecthomas/chroma?status.svg)](https://godoc.org/github.com/alecthomas/chroma) [![CI](https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma/actions/workflows/ci.yml) [![Slack chat](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?logo=slack&style=flat&label=slack&color=green&message=gophers)](https://invite.slack.golangbridge.org/)

> **NOTE:** As Chroma has just been released, its API is still in flux. That said, the high-level interface should not change significantly.

Chroma takes source code and other structured text and converts it into syntax
highlighted HTML, ANSI-coloured text, etc.

Chroma is based heavily on [Pygments](http://pygments.org/), and includes
translators for Pygments lexers and styles.

## Table of Contents

1. [Table of Contents](#table-of-contents)
2. [Supported languages](#supported-languages)
3. [Try it](#try-it)
4. [Using the library](#using-the-library)
    1. [Quick start](#quick-start)
    2. [Identifying the language](#identifying-the-language)
    3. [Formatting the output](#formatting-the-output)
    4. [The HTML formatter](#the-html-formatter)
5. [More detail](#more-detail)
    1. [Lexers](#lexers)
    2. [Formatters](#formatters)
    3. [Styles](#styles)
6. [Command-line interface](#command-line-interface)
7. [What's missing compared to Pygments?](#whats-missing-compared-to-pygments)

## Supported languages

Prefix | Language
:----: | --------
A | ABAP, ABNF, ActionScript, ActionScript 3, Ada, Angular2, ANTLR, ApacheConf, APL, AppleScript, Arduino, Awk
B | Ballerina, Bash, Batchfile, BibTeX, Bicep, BlitzBasic, BNF, Brainfuck, BQN
C | C, C#, C++, Caddyfile, Caddyfile Directives, Cap'n Proto, Cassandra CQL, Ceylon, CFEngine3, cfstatement, ChaiScript, Chapel, Cheetah, Clojure, CMake, COBOL, CoffeeScript, Common Lisp, Coq, Crystal, CSS, Cython
D | D, Dart, Diff, Django/Jinja, Docker, DTD, Dylan
E | EBNF, Elixir, Elm, EmacsLisp, Erlang
F | Factor, Fish, Forth, Fortran, FSharp
G | GAS, GDScript, Genshi, Genshi HTML, Genshi Text, Gherkin, GLSL, Gnuplot, Go, Go HTML Template, Go Text Template, GraphQL, Groff, Groovy
H | Handlebars, Haskell, Haxe, HCL, Hexdump, HLB, HLSL, HTML, HTTP, Hy
I | Idris, Igor, INI, Io
J | J, Java, JavaScript, JSON, Julia, Jungle
K | Kotlin
L | Lighttpd configuration file, LLVM, Lua
M | Makefile, Mako, markdown, Mason, Mathematica, Matlab, MiniZinc, MLIR, Modula-2, MonkeyC, MorrowindScript, Myghty, MySQL
N | NASM, Newspeak, Nginx configuration file, Nim, Nix
O | Objective-C, OCaml, Octave, OnesEnterprise, OpenEdge ABL, OpenSCAD, Org Mode
P | PacmanConf, Perl, PHP, PHTML, Pig, PkgConfig, PL/pgSQL, plaintext, Pony, PostgreSQL SQL dialect, PostScript, POVRay, PowerShell, Prolog, PromQL, Properties, Protocol Buffer, PSL, Puppet, Python 2, Python
Q | QBasic
R | R, Racket, Ragel, Raku, react, ReasonML, reg, reStructuredText, Rexx, Ruby, Rust
S | SAS, Sass, Scala, Scheme, Scilab, SCSS, Sed, Smalltalk, Smarty, Snobol, Solidity, SPARQL, SQL, SquidConf, Standard ML, stas, Stylus, Svelte, Swift, SYSTEMD, systemverilog
T | TableGen, TASM, Tcl, Tcsh, Termcap, Terminfo, Terraform, TeX, Thrift, TOML, TradingView, Transact-SQL, Turing, Turtle, Twig, TypeScript, TypoScript, TypoScriptCssData, TypoScriptHtmlData
V | VB.net, verilog, VHDL, VHS, VimL, vue
W | WDTE
X | XML, Xorg
Y | YAML, YANG
Z | Zig

_I will attempt to keep this section up to date, but an authoritative list can be
displayed with `chroma --list`._

## Try it

Try out various languages and styles on the [Chroma Playground](https://swapoff.org/chroma/playground/).

## Using the library

Chroma, like Pygments, has the concepts of
[lexers](https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma/tree/master/lexers),
[formatters](https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma/tree/master/formatters) and
[styles](https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma/tree/master/styles).

Lexers convert source text into a stream of tokens, styles specify how token
types are mapped to colours, and formatters convert tokens and styles into
formatted output.

A package exists for each of these, containing a global `Registry` variable
with all of the registered implementations. There are also helper functions
for using the registry in each package, such as looking up lexers by name or
matching filenames, etc.

In all cases, if a lexer, formatter or style can not be determined, `nil` will
be returned. In this situation you may want to default to the `Fallback`
value in each respective package, which provides sane defaults.

### Quick start

A convenience function exists that can be used to simply format some source
text, without any effort:

```go
err := quick.Highlight(os.Stdout, someSourceCode, "go", "html", "monokai")
```

### Identifying the language

To highlight code, you'll first have to identify what language the code is
written in. There are three primary ways to do that:

1. Detect the language from its filename.

    ```go
    lexer := lexers.Match("foo.go")
    ```

3. Explicitly specify the language by its Chroma syntax ID (a full list is available from `lexers.Names()`).

    ```go
    lexer := lexers.Get("go")
    ```

3. Detect the language from its content.

    ```go
    lexer := lexers.Analyse("package main\n\nfunc main()\n{\n}\n")
    ```

In all cases, `nil` will be returned if the language can not be identified.

```go
if lexer == nil {
  lexer = lexers.Fallback
}
```

At this point, it should be noted that some lexers can be extremely chatty. To
mitigate this, you can use the coalescing lexer to coalesce runs of identical
token types into a single token:

```go
lexer = chroma.Coalesce(lexer)
```

### Formatting the output

Once a language is identified you will need to pick a formatter and a style (theme).

```go
style := styles.Get("swapoff")
if style == nil {
  style = styles.Fallback
}
formatter := formatters.Get("html")
if formatter == nil {
  formatter = formatters.Fallback
}
```

Then obtain an iterator over the tokens:

```go
contents, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r)
iterator, err := lexer.Tokenise(nil, string(contents))
```

And finally, format the tokens from the iterator:

```go
err := formatter.Format(w, style, iterator)
```

### The HTML formatter

By default the `html` registered formatter generates standalone HTML with
embedded CSS. More flexibility is available through the `formatters/html` package.

Firstly, the output generated by the formatter can be customised with the
following constructor options:

- `Standalone()` - generate standalone HTML with embedded CSS.
- `WithClasses()` - use classes rather than inlined style attributes.
- `ClassPrefix(prefix)` - prefix each generated CSS class.
- `TabWidth(width)` - Set the rendered tab width, in characters.
- `WithLineNumbers()` - Render line numbers (style with `LineNumbers`).
- `WithLinkableLineNumbers()` - Make the line numbers linkable and be a link to themselves.
- `HighlightLines(ranges)` - Highlight lines in these ranges (style with `LineHighlight`).
- `LineNumbersInTable()` - Use a table for formatting line numbers and code, rather than spans.

If `WithClasses()` is used, the corresponding CSS can be obtained from the formatter with:

```go
formatter := html.New(html.WithClasses(true))
err := formatter.WriteCSS(w, style)
```

## More detail

### Lexers

See the [Pygments documentation](http://pygments.org/docs/lexerdevelopment/)
for details on implementing lexers. Most concepts apply directly to Chroma,
but see existing lexer implementations for real examples.

In many cases lexers can be automatically converted directly from Pygments by
using the included Python 3 script `pygments2chroma_xml.py`. I use something like
the following:

```sh
python3 _tools/pygments2chroma_xml.py \
  pygments.lexers.jvm.KotlinLexer \
  > lexers/embedded/kotlin.xml
```

See notes in [pygments-lexers.txt](https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma/blob/master/pygments-lexers.txt)
for a list of lexers, and notes on some of the issues importing them.

### Formatters

Chroma supports HTML output, as well as terminal output in 8 colour, 256 colour, and true-colour.

A `noop` formatter is included that outputs the token text only, and a `tokens`
formatter outputs raw tokens. The latter is useful for debugging lexers.

### Styles

Chroma styles are defined in XML. The style entries use the
[same syntax](http://pygments.org/docs/styles/) as Pygments.

All Pygments styles have been converted to Chroma using the `_tools/style.py`
script.

When you work with one of [Chroma's styles](https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma/tree/master/styles),
know that the `Background` token type provides the default style for tokens. It does so
by defining a foreground color and background color.

For example, this gives each token name not defined in the style a default color
of `#f8f8f8` and uses `#000000` for the highlighted code block's background:

```xml
<entry type="Background" style="#f8f8f2 bg:#000000"/>
```

Also, token types in a style file are hierarchical. For instance, when `CommentSpecial` is not defined, Chroma uses the token style from `Comment`. So when several comment tokens use the same color, you'll only need to define `Comment` and override the one that has a different color.

For a quick overview of the available styles and how they look, check out the [Chroma Style Gallery](https://xyproto.github.io/splash/docs/).

## Command-line interface

A command-line interface to Chroma is included.

Binaries are available to install from [the releases page](https://github.com/alecthomas/chroma/releases).

The CLI can be used as a preprocessor to colorise output of `less(1)`,
see documentation for the `LESSOPEN` environment variable.

The `--fail` flag can be used to suppress output and return with exit status
1 to facilitate falling back to some other preprocessor in case chroma
does not resolve a specific lexer to use for the given file. For example:

```shell
export LESSOPEN='| p() { chroma --fail "$1" || cat "$1"; }; p "%s"'
```

Replace `cat` with your favourite fallback preprocessor.

When invoked as `.lessfilter`, the `--fail` flag is automatically turned
on under the hood for easy integration with [lesspipe shipping with
Debian and derivatives](https://manpages.debian.org/lesspipe#USER_DEFINED_FILTERS);
for that setup the `chroma` executable can be just symlinked to `~/.lessfilter`.

## What's missing compared to Pygments?

- Quite a few lexers, for various reasons (pull-requests welcome):
    - Pygments lexers for complex languages often include custom code to
      handle certain aspects, such as Raku's ability to nest code inside
      regular expressions. These require time and effort to convert.
    - I mostly only converted languages I had heard of, to reduce the porting cost.
- Some more esoteric features of Pygments are omitted for simplicity.
- Though the Chroma API supports content detection, very few languages support them.
  I have plans to implement a statistical analyser at some point, but not enough time.

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Torture report revives CIA's rogue image
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Cuban-born ex-CIA agent Luis Posada Carriles hospitalized after crash
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Luis Posada Carriles speaks to AFP on May 19, 2003 at the maximum security prison El Renacer, in Gamboa, Panama. (Teresita Chavarría/AFP)
MIAMI – Former CIA agent and anti-Communist activist Luis Posada Carriles was hospitalized after he crashed his car into a lamp post and flipped the vehicle, the El Nuevo Herald reported Wednesday.
A fierce opponent of Cuba's Communist regime, Posada Carriles broke his collar bone and cracked several ribs in the accident, his attorney told the Spanish-language newspaper.
"He's not seriously injured, but at the age of 87 any type of accident or incident could be dangerous," attorney Arturo Hernández told the newspaper.
Cuban officials accuse Posada Carriles of masterminding the downing of a Cuban jet off Barbados in 1976 that killed 73 people.
Havana also says that he was behind several assassination plots against former President Fidel Castro, and was involved in a 1997 Havana hotel bombing that killed an Italian tourist.
In the accident, Posada Carriles said he drove off the highway to avoid an oncoming car, then crashed into the lamp post and flipped his vehicle.
The aged former asset, who according to declassified U.S. documents worked for the CIA from 1965 to 1976, has been in the hospital since Aug. 27.
A Cuban-born Venezuelan national, Posada Carriles was jailed in Venezuela in 1976 for his alleged role in the Cuban jet crash, but escaped in 1985. He was then sentenced to eight years in jail in Panama for a 2000 bomb plot to assassinate Castro. He served four years before being pardoned.
U.S. officials have refused to extradite Posada Carriles to either Cuba or Venezuela, despite extradition requests, on grounds that he could be tortured.
White House finalizing plan to close Guantanamo prison
Prosecutor who accused Argentine president is found dead
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China should strive to boost agricultural modernisation and protect farmers' rights to improve its rural development, Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday (Dec 27).
As a country with a large population, agricultural modernisation is equally important as urbanisation and industrialisation to China, Wen said at the annual central conference on rural work that opened on Tuesday in Beijing.
"Any slight failure in agriculture will hamper the country's economic development and social stability," he said.
Agricultural work is of particular significance next year, faced with the complicated macroeconomic condition and the dual pressures of an economic slowdown and rising inflation, Wen said.
He said more efforts should be done to protect farmers' rights in land properties, income distribution, employment, social security and public services.
The construction of new socialist rural areas remains a significant task, and there is still a lot work to be done to bridge the development gap between rural and urban regions and boost overall agricultural production capacity, Wen said.
Wen said China should stick to the "most strict" protection of farmland and water resource management while constantly promoting agricultural science and technology.
Rapid urbanisation is not likely to result in relatively fast change in rural areas, and rural construction should maintain its own features instead of bringing urban designs to the countryside, he said.
Moreover, farmers enjoy the legal rights of land contracts, land use and collective income distribution as basic protections, no matter if they have moved into the cities or stayed in the countryside, he said.
"No one is empowered to deprive such rights," Wen said.
Wen's remarks came after illegal land grabs and other regulatory issues caused mass protests in China.
A dispute over land use, financing and elections in Wukan village in the southern province of Guangdong led to villagers' large-scale protests against local authorities since September.
Wen said it's necessary to significantly improve farmers' gains from land value increment revenue, and the country's current economic condition has allowed this to occur, Wen said.
"We can no longer sacrifice farmers' land property rights to reduce costs of urbanisation and industrialisation," he added.
Speaking of farmers' migration into cities, Wen urged more measures to help migrant workers settle down in places where they are employed, while transferring industries to central and western regions, as well as smaller cities and towns, to allow more farmers to find jobs near their hometowns.
The central conference on rural work is set to map out policies for next year's agricultural and rural development, specifying policies such as boosting grain production, raising the minimum state purchasing prices of grain, and increasing subsidies to grain growers in 2012.
Despite natural disasters that frequently hit the country this year, China's grain output reported an eighth consecutive year of growth. Its national grain production totalled 571.21 million tonnes in 2011, up 4.5% from a year earlier.
Meanwhile, farmers' incomes also posted relatively fast expansion over eight straight years, which is expected to top RMB6,900 (US$1,093) this year.


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How can we expect to start eliminating gun violence if we can't even start a dialogue about solutions? Gun control is necessary. No matter what you believe in, death by assault rifle is unacceptable and it means there is something that needs to be done.
Two days ago in Florida, a 19 year old gunman decided to take the 17 lives of students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School. The nation is grieving, and the families and loved ones of those who have passed are grieving and suffering the most.
There is no silver lining in this situation and the best we can hope for is prevention for the future. These students that organized in solidarity are trying to do just that. They gathered on the street coming together to promote gun control and school safety.
So if there is anything we can all learn from this situation it is that, it is in the people's hands to urge lawmakers and policymakers to act on our behalf, for our own safety, to protect and preserve our communities. And silence and inaction when it comes to issues like this one are unacceptable.


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Keep your furry pal on a set schedule for meals and walks. Take away your pet's bowl after he has finished eating. This will help keep his digestive system on-schedule.
You'll want to walk little Fido first thing in the morning, just before bed, and after every meal. You'll also need to take him out every few hours in between. Puppies have small bladders, so your pet won't be able to hold it very long. Generally, baby dogs can hold it about an hour for every month of age.
Crate training tends to work very well in conjunction with puppy potty training. This is because dogs naturally try to avoid soiling the area they sleep in. Just be sure not to keep your puppy in his crate too long.
Always reward your four-legged buddy for going outdoors. Treats are of course a great motivation for our canine pals! Be sure to heap praise on little Fido as well.
There are several different tactics you can use when potty training. For instance, some people swear by puppy pads, while others advise skipping that step. Do some research, and ask your vet for advice.
If you see your dog about to go, immediately take him outside. However, if your canine pal has an accident, don't punish him. This may just confuse your pooch, as he won't understand what he did wrong.
If little Fido has an accident, use a paper towel to clean the mess, and then put the waste into a plastic baggie. (We know, this is gross, but it's just for training purposes.) When you walk your furry friend, empty the baggie onto the ground, and stay near that same spot.
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Larry Davis probably won't finish the third-annual Miles For Meso Race Sunday in Boca Raton, Florida, but he will be at the starting line bright and early with everyone else.
His latest hospital stay will not keep him away. The event means too much to him now.
Davis, who was diagnosed with mesothelioma in 2006, continues to battle the same cancer that killed his father many years before, inspiring others now with his determination to work toward a cure.
Davis, 65, helped start the Florida event in 2010, one of several Miles for Meso fund raisers around the country now that benefit the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation (MARF). With a good turnout this weekend, Davis hopes the three-year total will top the $100,000 mark.
The event this year will include a Mesothelioma Symposium Saturday at the Hilton Hotel in Deerfield Beach (3-7 p.m) with Raja Flores, M.D., from the Mt. Sianai Medical Center in New York.
On Sunday along A1A in Boca Raton, there will be both an 8 K Race, and a two-mile Tribute Walk, in which Davis will start. In the previous two years, Davis ran in the timed race. And just eight months ago, he ran a Father's Day Triathlon with his daughter Courtney, only a few days before one of his many surgeries.
Since his original diagnosis, Davis has followed an unconventional path, shunning much of the chemotherapy and radiation treatments that many patients choose to endure. His focus, and the research money he continues to raise, has been on alternative treatments.
He has been a strong advocate pushing for a complete ban of asbestos, the cause of mesothelioma, which currently has no cure. He still is irked at the lack of government leadership in pushing for that ban in the United States, which already exists in more than 50 other countries around the world.
Davis, who lives in South Florida where he still owns an eyewear and sunglass business, is scheduled to be in California next month to be honored at the Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) Conference for his fund raising efforts.
The Miles for Meso Race this weekend is the first of four similar events in the next three months that will be used by MARF as it moves through Pennsylvania, New York and Connecticut.


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I've never been good at playing games. Just ask my exes. Yes, I have many layers, but I'm direct, honest and what you see is what you get. I don't hold much close to my chest — in relationships and business, I reveal my hand a little too soon. So imagine my surprise when I took an interest in poker.
This year has been, among other things, a revelation. I've discovered a lot about myself during lockdown, including that my depression wasn't under control as much as I thought.
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When the Chips are Down
When we were in the Tiger King-phase of lockdown, I felt like many people did — relieved that we were forced to press pause. However, a couple of months later, this relief gave way to grief, and I spiraled. The days blurred into one another. I forgot friends' birthdays, missed bill payments, and unless I looked at my phone, I did not know what day it was. Late one night, I was scrolling through Instagram and commented on my friend Phil's story. He responded, and I reckon that my answer was more than he bargained for when he asked how I was doing.
I was brutally forthcoming and told him how dark my days and nights were. He asked if I was communicating with friends. I said no. Phil began telling me about how he, too, was feeling disconnected from the world and started a weekly Zoom poker game so that he could see and hang out with his friends. I immediately ditched that idea, thinking it was too much work.
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Loneliness and isolation are significant contributors to depression in men, and loneliness is the biggest threat to men's health, more so than smoking and obesity. But when Phil mentioned that he looks forward to the games each week, a lightbulb went on. Anticipation was a sensation that I was no longer familiar with, and I wanted to hear more.
Phil's Weekly Game
Phil started playing poker in 2004 when he was in college. Two years later, he entered and won a 110-man tournament at the Great Blue Heron Casino in Port Perry, Ontario. The casino has since closed its poker room. Phil's poker playing skills have not only netted him some cash and bragging rights but also allowed him to create a tightly-knit group of friends.
Each week between seven and 12 friends from across the United States and Canada join in on the fun. Not only do the games give him and his friends an activity that they can bank on weekly, but they also get to "talk as men about their issues." The men in the group are between 30 and 40. Many find it difficult to speak to their partners as they feel as if they have to be the ones who are leaned upon. Some, too, find it difficult to talk to their parents as mom and dad rely upon them for advice.
Over six million men in the United States suffer from depression. And according to the National Institute of Mental Health, in the past year, men were "less likely to have received mental health treatment than women." And, according to the CDC, "Men are more likely to die by suicide than women." Yikes.
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This reality is not because there are fewer resources for men. But rather, we are reluctant to openly discuss depression and seek treatment due to society's erroneous masculinity notions. Gruffness, rigidity, and aggression are often praised traits of manhood. When some men feel overwhelming sadness, they quickly blame tiredness, work-related stress, or family life instead of talking it out.
Phil's group not only sees which of them catches the eye of Lady Luck but has a weekly "real talk," which has been vital with managing stress and lockdown. Playing poker gives these men a safe space to discuss their feelings and normalize doing so.
Deal Me In
Research shows that card games like poker "provide several benefits to our emotional and mental health." Besides providing a social outlet, even if it's via Zoom, playing poker keeps our brains dynamic and supports thinking — critical factors in creating happiness.
Additionally, playing poker reduces stress. The best poker players are adept at coping under pressure. They are used to taking long deep breaths, are adept at identifying triggers, and immediately deal with them head-on. There is even strong evidence that an area in the brain used in playing card games that require strategy stimulates the immune system. "Researchers suggest that is because players must use memory, visualization, and sequencing." Staying sharp is the new turmeric.
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I am now in a great place mentally — poker has proven to be a useful tool in managing my anxiety and depression. According to National Institute for Play founder Stuart Brown, "Play is a basic human need as essential to our well-being as sleep, so when we're low on play, our minds and bodies notice." In the same way, poor sleeping habits can worsen mental health problems, so can a lack of play. Look at that!
Going beyond the surface, we see that the camaraderie provided by communal activities like poker playing is, in a word, healing. The stories of Phil's weekly game inspired me to learn the game and start playing. Although I suck at it (for now), I am more focused on the game fertilizing my emotional well-being. And, I can proudly state that right now, I'm all in.
Vaughn Stafford Gray
Vaughn Stafford Gray is a Jamaican-Canadian lifestyle and culture writer, professional ex-pat, and Malcolm Gladwell super fan. He recently took up playing poker and pretends that his tells aren't obvious.
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