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Q: How does sodium-23 manage to form a Bose Einstein condensate with 11 protons and 11 electrons? As asked in How is a Bose-Einstein condensate produced from sodium atoms that do not have an integer spin? , Sodium 23 has been used experimentally to form a Bose Einstein condensate.
Sodium 23 is the only naturally occurring sodium isotope. Its components are:

11 protons

12 neutrons

11 electrons

Since fermion pairings are only possible for even number of fermions presumably of the same type, I don't understand how the odd 1 proton and odd 1 electron can be reduced, such that all fermions are paired, which is a necessary condition for the measurements taken on the lump to reflect Bose Einstein statistics?
I don't fully understand the answer given in the ref: "Sodium-23 has nuclear spin of 3/2, making it a fermion. There are 12 paired neutrons, 10 paired protons, and one leftover unpaired proton. The unpaired proton sits in a shell state which contributes the spin of 3/2. But the Bose-Einstein condensate is formed by atomic sodium, not nuclear sodium. The 11 electrons in a neutral sodium atom contribute an unpaired spin of 1/2 to the total. The full sodium atom is a composite boson, so it can form a Bose-Einstein condensate."
What has happened to the odd 1 proton and odd 1 electron which has enabled all present fermions to reduce to bosons in this lump of matter?

A: The simples case is hydrogen, which consists of a single proton and a single electron. Both are fermions, but the hydrogen atom is a boson. The hydrogen atom has different properties then its components. It's a composite entity, and it makes sense to think of the hydrogen atom as a particle -- although it is not an elementary particle. Personally, I feel it is natural to talk about the hydrogen wave function in atomic physics, and I rarely have to stress that it is a composite particle. At "low energy" the hydrogen atom can be described as a single particle.
The spin-statistics theorem now tells us, that if we take two hydrogen atoms and interchange their position, that we and up with the same wave function. This leads to the "bunching" effect at low temperatures, which is called Bose-Einstein condensation.


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RJ Harris 2010
Tom Cole Personally Attacks RJ Harris Through Okie Pundit?
Having completely defeated Cole on the issues, supporters of my opponent have decided to "dig for dirt" rather than win in the arena of ideas. Okie Pundit (OP), which openly supports Cole and has taken every opportunity to attack me personally, has now launched a new personal attack about my former name— Jason S. Barnes –and my status as a former resident of Arizona. As most of you already know my mother and father split up when I was very young and my mother settled in Arizona while my dad remained in Oklahoma; after traveling a bit due to being in the military. My mom took a new husband, had my name changed, and allowed my stepdad to adopt me. Later, I discovered what had been done…that I had been taken away from my real dad; my state and my tribe, the Kiowa, and I then took action to repair the damage thirty years in the making.
I am a native son of Oklahoma. My ancestors were both Boomer Sooners and Kiowa and neither my dad moving about due to his service in the military, nor my mother's action to allow the erasure of my heritage, changes that fact. I have a certificate of live birth from March AFB, where my dad was stationed at the time, which proves that my name change was a change BACK to the birth name taken from me by my step father. I also have a Certificate of Indian Blood from the BIA in Anadarko which establishes my native heritage, and I have my father, who is a card-carrying member of the Kiowa Nation and the physician at the Indian Health Services clinic in Carnegie OK for our tribe, who can personally vouch for my Oklahoma and Kiowa heritage. As the final act of my reclamation of that heritage, I have petitioned the State of California to release my adoption records and my sealed birth certificate so that I can finally and fully "come home." Having restored my name to that at my birth, it then became necessary for my wife and children to have their names changed as well. This is something Jennifer did with dignity and aplomb, and OP should be ashamed of itself for insinuating otherwise.
Growing up, I have lived back and forth between Arizona and Oklahoma and have always thought of them as my two homes. However, such was my horror upon discovering what had been done to me that I fixed everything about my recorded identity so as to restore that which had been taken from me, my dad, my tribe and my children. It is then absolutely despicable of OP to make an issue of such a massive personal tragedy over which I had no control of at the time it occurred.
It is not surprising at all that OP would try and make a connection between all of this and my failed Game Stores business— given their record of subpar reporting, analysis and research – except that I have never hid from that failure. I have openly stated on my Facebook page, as well as my biography on my main website, that my small chain of game stores did not survive the economic downturn of 2001 which was brought on by the attacks on 911. I included this, against advice from consultants, because I am proud of my attempt at achieving the American Dream of business ownership even if that venture did not turn out as successful as I had hoped. Of course OP wants you all to think that businesses failing are extraordinary occurrences when those of us that have had to sign a pay roll check and risk our entire personal fortunes on our small businesses know that it is a fact that businesses fail; even good ones.
Additionally, my personal Facebook page has my old name in parenthesis next to my original name so that my old classmates and Army buddies can find me on Facebook if they are looking for me, which is more proof that I am NOT hiding from any past, as OP claims, but am in fact reestablishing my birthright as RJ Harris just as I assert here.
Even worse of OP is its claim that I received some kind of bailout when the fact is that we repaid all of our vendors AND our tax debts. The biggest debts that were discharged, and the only reasons I had to file in the first place, were the un-paid leases on the business properties. The owners of those properties had those returned to them in good order and they were re-leased shortly thereafter.
One of the greatest things about the United States, and our capitalist system, is the opportunity for common people like me to work hard, take risks and rebound after a failure. This is nothing to hide from and nothing to be ashamed of. Unfortunately, politicians like Cole would rather manipulate the system and bailout companies with public money than allow for the healthy restructuring that I and many other small business owners have had to go through. The re-allocation of capital through bankruptcy is a central piece of a free-market economy. Yes my business failed, yes I have had financial difficulties chasing my dreams just as have millions of other American entrepreneurs…but I never asked for or received any bailout. I took my lumps along with the rest and now I am happy to be fighting to restore our federalist system which will halt governmental manipulations of the markets and make it easier and more profitable for other small business owners to stay in business and for those who want to take their shot in the arena to do so.
The biggest thing to take away from all this ugliness is that we must really have Cole on the ropes if his supporters at OP are willing to make such vicious and personal attacks even before having all their facts in order. However, don't expect Cole to distance himself from any of this as it is highly likely that it came from him to begin with. Isn't it tiring watching politicians trying to hold onto power by personally attacking their opponents rather than defeating them through honest debate?
Patriots, this is where the steel meets the steel and Liberty hangs in the balance. Will you fall for these same old tricks or will you show OP and Cole that you want your Liberty back and that you are ready to vote for a real Liberty Candidate to make that happen? The Spirit of the Founders is counting on you to choose in the affirmative.
FOR LIBERTY!
RJ Harris
PS: My deepest apologies to my mother for having to air our family laundry in public like this. It should be noted that I have forgiven her for her role in all this and we are happily reconciled.
PSS: I encourage you all to think very carefully about voting for a man who would attempt to personally destroy a decorated veteran and esteemed son of our state JUST so he can hold on to the last vestiges of his power.
RJ HARRIS FUNDRAISER FINALE
12pm Wednesday (July 21) – 11pm Friday (July 23)
Time is zeroing in on the election to send Constitutional Conservative Republican, RJ Harris, to the U.S. Congress to represent the people of Oklahoma's 4th Congressional district. There is less than one week left and RJ needs just $2,000 to complete his message dissemination to the Republican voters of Oklahoma's 4th district.
We ask of all of you to make just one more small sacrifice to help send RJ Harris to D.C. Harris's incumbent and Liberal Republican Opponent, Tom Cole, has launched a series of television and radio advertisements to try and trick the constituents of the 4th district into thinking that he is a Constitutional Conservative who listens to the people. All around the district there are grassroots organizers and supporters canvassing and spreading RJ's message loud and clear. Every single voter who hears the message turns in favor of RJ Harris. The message is winning, and the people are waking up to the truth about their current Representative. RJ needs to complete this delivery to combat Tom Cole's misinformation and to ensure a strong victory on July 27th.
We ask of you again to help us raise just that $2,000 to help finish RJ's message dissemination over the airwaves and the like, so that we can send one more Constitutional Conservative Republican to U.S. Congress.
Please make your most generous donation at http://www.rjharris2010.com . This fundraiser will last from 12pm on Wednesday July 21 until 11pm on Friday July 23. It is absolutely critical that RJ receives this last $2,000 to ensure complete message delivery.
Let's do it for Liberty – the RJ Harris Finale Fundraiser! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zicL3fUYxEk
RJ Harris has received the endorsements of the following Liberty Candidates:
John Dennis http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKkNby7nYdI
Debra Medina http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83l0ycE41Pc
Howard Houchen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kkVx-XmmmJo
An advertisement RJ Harris will be airing to the Republican Voters of Oklahoma's 4th Congressional District http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOXPhWSGh6w .
Nancy Pelosi Challenger, John Dennis, Endorses Tom Cole's Opponent RJ Harris
"RJ is a unique candidate in the Republican Liberty Movement in that he is a serviceman, he has done two tours of duty in Iraq, he is currently being called up again, and he actually understands what it means to put your life on the line to preserve, protect, and defend the constitution." John Dennis, Republican Challenger to Nancy Pelosi
You may watch John Dennis' endorsement on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKkNby7nYdI
RJ Harris has provided an endorsement for John Dennis as well.
"I am pleased to announce my endorsement for fellow Liberty Candidate and Constitutional Conservative Republican John Dennis against Democrat bailout voter Nancy Pelosi for California's 8th U.S. Congressional District. John has proven his commitment to restoring the Constitution and the Republic, and it will be my honor to serve in Congress beside him. Together, and with the help of other Liberty Candidates who are currently winning their own elections around the nation, we will build a caucus to take on the big spenders in both parties, fight the current progressive-socialist agenda and restore constitutional governance to our Republic."
Debra Medina will speak on behalf of RJ Harris
Former Candidate for Texas Governor, Debra Medina, will speak for RJ Harris on Saturday, July 10
Former GOP primary candidate for Texas Governor, Debra Medina, will be making a guest speaking appearance for RJ Harris at Saturday's "Meet Your Candidates" event. The event will be held at the Great Plains Technology Center, Bldg 100 (4500 SW Lee Blvd. Lawton, Oklahoma) from 10A.M. – 2P.M. this Saturday, July 10. RJ Harris has provided the following comment about the event.
"It is quite an honor to have a liberty candidate of Debra's stature come to Oklahoma to speak on my behalf, while I am away training for my upcoming Afghanistan Deployment."
Debra Medina has been described as a self-made businesswoman and nurse who learned self-reliance early on a South Texas ranch. Debra has dedicated a considerable amount of her adult life to the pursuit of public policy that promotes limited government and the protection of the freedoms and prosperity envisioned by our nation's founders. Most recently, Debra ran as a candidate for governor in the Texas Republican Primary. She manages a healthcare consulting firm and serves as the chairman of We Texans, promoting public policy and legislation that advances and protects private property, personal and economic liberty, and the legitimate role of the states and their citizens within the framework of constitutional government. Debra stands in strong support of RJ Harris as the next U.S. Congressman from Oklahoma's 4th district. While she's a strong advocate of state sovereignty, she also understands the extreme importance of electing Congressmen who will weigh every decision according to the guidelines of the U.S. Constitution.
Tom Cole – a democrat in disguise?
Tom Cole voted for the 700,000,000,000 Bailout Vote
Proof of Tom Cole's Vote – HR 3997 http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=22428&can_id=46034
Tom Cole voted to give Taxpayers Money to Planned Parenthood
Proof of Tom Cole's Vote – HR 4818 http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=8197&can_id=46034
This was part of an $821.9 billion spending bill; even higher than TARP! Under Title II – "Department of Health and Human Services" this bill provided $288,283,000 for family planning projects which funded Planned Parenthood. Tom Cole claims to be pro-life but how can he be pro-life if he has voted to fund Planned Parenthood? This bill, enacted in 2005, the same year that Planned Parenthood performed more than 264,000 abortions (The Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission), was clearly a great friend of the democrats and pro-choice advocacy groups. Read the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commissions article on this bill for more information http://erlc.com/article/planned-parenthood-indictment-fuels-efforts-to-defund-abortion-providers/
Tom Cole voted for the Nancy Pelosi Sponsored Stimulus Package
This was not only a spending bill, but it also perpetuated the coming mortgage crisis in the fall of 2008 by increasing mortgage limits for federal lenders (i.e. granted more credit for subprime borrowers). This bill was fully sponsored and co-sponsored by Democrats.
Tom Cole supports Federal Intrusion into Oklahoma's Education – Support for Jimmy Carter's "Dept. of Ed"
"I'd like to see No Child Left Behind get re-authorized. Many people are critical of it. But it's been broadly successful. Test scores are up," Tom Cole. This quote can be found here http://duncanbanner.com/local/x2138916023/07-political-reflections
HR 1388 – OBAMA's GIVE ACT – http://www.votesmart.org/issue_keyvote_detail.php?cs_id=24251
Another bill sponsored and co-sponsored completely by Democrats.
It is clear from studying just the few votes above, that Tom Cole is only a Republican in name and behaves as a Democrat. In fact, it is clear that Tom Cole has been a staunch ally to the Democrats since beginning his service in 2003. It only gets worse when you analyze Tom Cole's financial sources http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/contrib.php?cycle=2010&cid=N00025726&type=I
"Republican" Tom Cole Attacks Steele and Defends Obama's War in Afghanistan?
Challenger to Tom Cole, a 19yr Veteran— who has been activated for the Afghanistan Surge – RJ Harris, has issued the following response to Cole's call for Steele's resignation and Cole's support for Obama's Afghanistan Strategy.
"We should not be surprised when Tom Cole, one of the Democrat's staunchest allies in the Congress, comes to Obama's aid as the President's inability to perform as Commander-in-Chief is called into question by GOP Chair Michael Steele. Clearly, the Chairman's comments have been taken out of context by the Left and its liberal/progressive allies in the GOP, to deflect from their collective lack of foreign policy leadership over the last decade. Putting conventional forces directly in harm's way and making them easy targets for terrorists, who can now walk-to-work rather than expose themselves, has NOT made the Republic safer and has in-fact stretched the military, and the Republic's, limited resources past the breaking point. In all things, elected officials need to be good stewards of the people's resources; Chairman Steele was right to point out that what is going on in Afghanistan today is a giant example of Obama's waste of our blood and treasure due to political inexperience and lack of effective leadership. Of course, having voted for bailouts, stimulus and funding for Planned Parenthood, Tom Cole would know a thing or 'three' about government waste."
RJ Harris has written extensively on constitutional foreign policy, the War on Terror, and the Battle in Afghanistan. Harris's blog "What Would General George Washington do in Afghanistan; Lose the Battle, Win the War?" more fully addresses this issue and was published well before this current grandstanding attempt by Tom Cole. You can read this blog here http://www.rjharris2010.com/whatwouldwashingtondo.asp.
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India Cotton output is estimated at 28.7 million 480-pound bales by USDA for the MY 2018/19, down by 1 percent from 2017. Area is estimated at 12.3 million hectares, up by 3 percent from last month and down slightly from last year.
The 3-percent increase in area is due to favorable prices during planting. Yield is estimated to drop to 508 kilograms per hectare, down by 3 percent from last month and down slightly from last year. The yield adjustment is due to the rainfall deficits in the major Cotton producing areas of Gujarat and Maharashtra.
The India Meteorological Department estimated that monsoon rainfall was 9 percent below the long-term average. In Gujarat and Maharashtra, the top two Cotton producing states, cumulative rainfall was down 33 percent and 8 percent, respectively, from the long-term average.
Precipitation was adequate during emergence, but the cumulative rainfall dropped to 50 percent of normal during flowering. Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) indicated that crop vigor is below average in the major Cotton producing areas of Maharashtra and Gujarat.


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Center Awards and Recognitions, 2016-2017
Marcella Middleton, our youth partner trainer, won the University's Award for Excellence at the college level. Nominees for these awards demonstrate excellence in their work for the university or in their communities. Marcella epitomizes this excellence, having been nominated for both her exceptional skills as a center trainer as well as her invaluable advocacy work with North Carolina foster youth. Of Marcella, center Director Joan Pennell said:
Left to Right: Betty Byrum, Marcella Middleton, Chancellor Randy Woodson
"The combination of her personal experience and educational background in social work offer credibility to training audiences. Her ability to blend these two roles is part of what makes her impact on professional and community members so powerful…Marcella is a creative, compassionate, and savvy team member who represents so well our center and the university in the community."
Living the Legacy Award
Marcella Middleton, our youth partner trainer, was awarded WRAL's Living The Legacy award for 2016. She appeared on WRAL news on Friday, February 26 at 5:55 pm and on FOX 50 at 10:55 pm. She spoke about her journey and commitment to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Gary Ander Making a Difference Award for Family-Driven Care
Center Director Dr. Joan Pennell received the 2016 Gary Ander Making A Difference Award for Family-Driven Care. This annual award is given to a North Carolina family member, agency staff, or state leader who exemplifies supporting and recognizing the importance of family voice in a Family-Driven System of Care environment as part of the annual System of Care State Conference.
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Incidents of forecourt crime recorded by BOSS (British Oil Security Syndicate) fell by 4% during the final quarter (Q4) of 2018, according to the latest results from the BOSS Forecourt Crime Index.
Interesting to see that BOSS (the British Oil Security Syndicate) has launched a 'forecourt crime index' to help retailers gauge their own experience against a national benchmark. It's a good idea, and one not to be dismissed, however, the real limitation is that the index appears to relate specifically to drive-offs and NMoP (no means of payment) incidents as if they were the only elements of forecourt crime. Some with long experience in the industry might beg to differ. That's not to suggest that these two problems are insignificant. Assuming that the estimated £30m-a-year cost of these incidents is accurate, that works out at an average of around £3,500 per site nationally.
Any losses from forecourt crime are unacceptable. We fully understand the pressure this type of crime places on retailers, police and government agencies but by developing new and improved ways of working between police and retailers we will reduce losses and increase recovery rates.
Police forces across the country are under pressure and forecourt retailers have a responsibility to help the police to use their limited resources effectively.


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The Generation
By Hernan Diaz
Photography by Lauren Coleman for The Atlantic
Editor's Note: Read an interview with Hernan Diaz about his writing process.
We're gathered around Victor's body. I can't look at his face and don't want to look down like the others. Find myself staring at the glass of water on the counter. The nervous little ripples. This is why I know the hum is there, although I can't hear it. None of us has ever heard the hum, because we were born into it. But the surface of the water, a crumb dancing on the table, or, sometimes, my face trembling in the mirror reminds me of it. Even if I plug my ears or listen to music, the hum is in my body. From the floor and the walls to my skin and my bones. So I look at the rippling water and think that with Victor, we've lost silence. It was only in his head, of course. A memory. But now we don't even have that. Now there's only the hum.
When all lights are out, darkness is total and loneliness absolute. An infinite cage. That's why they're seldom turned off. And that's why we all giggled with relief when Victor came in, holding the cake in one hand and a small flashlight in the other. It was pointed at the ceiling, like a candle. Everyone started to sing. As Victor walked toward me, the light under his chin magnified different parts of his face with each step. The blood vessels glowing in his nostrils. The confusion of his white beard. During the last "happy," the entire cavern of his mouth was lit. One of his molars was blue. Who knows what he'd recast to make it. I closed my eyes, made a wish, and blew on the flashlight, which Victor switched off just in time. They all cheered. The lights were immediately turned back on.
"What did you wish for?" Fei asked.
"To see real fire one day."
This made everybody uncomfortable for a second.
"That's beautiful," Victor whispered in my ear.
Of course, that wasn't my real wish. I felt bad lying to Victor, but everyone knows that wishes won't come true if you say them out loud.
Nan gave me a new game she'd made especially for me. In it, I was a centaur and had to explore a valley looking for data and things that'd allow me to become either a human or a horse. The graphics were amazing. Lu's gift was to take over my full cleaning shift whenever I chose. Nefti promised to repair the loose wall paneling behind my bunk. Fei had made me a much-needed new shirt, and Victor gave me a book. My first actual book. He'd printed it, cut the pages to the right size, and bound it between cardboard covers. I could tell the others thought it was wasteful.
"You have to read Amanda Gibbons on the page. At least once," he told me. And then, to the others, "She can recycle it when she's done."
"I'll never recycle it," I said, leafing through the book and then putting my nose into it.
"Incredible," Victor said. "That's exactly what many of us used to do. How did you know to smell the book?"
"How could you not?" Don't know what I was expecting, but it had no smell at all.
Then we all had cake. Except for Sam, who'd just been reclicked. She had that face, shut against the stench that hits you when you come back. And sort of looking inward, figuring it all out again.
I couldn't fall asleep after the party. Above me, in her bunk, Lu kept turning. The loose wall panel made noise every time she moved. That's not what kept me awake, though. Thirteen years old. The real work began now, they said. But I'd also have more freedom. I'd be attending all the meetings. Thirteen. Something about the number itself, and not just because of the whole "teen" thing. There was a hardness, a seriousness to it that I couldn't explain but could only feel. The youngest here but no longer a child, as everyone kept reminding me. Tried to read my book but couldn't focus. Kept turning it in my hands, flipping through the pages. Thirteen. I opened Nan's game. There I was, half human, half horse. Our bodies blended perfectly. Why did I have to choose? I trotted around a forest, thinking about Victor. He looked worried. Old.
He was old. After me came Nan (15) then Lu (17) then Fei (19) then Sam (22) then Dit (25) then Delia (28?) then Nefti (31?) then Bibi (33?) then Robin (37). Then Victor (68).
Lu kept turning. And across the aisle, Delia started snoring. I galloped through a meadow, toward a waterfall.
The following morning Nan, Lu, and I had class. The lessons kept getting shorter. Bibi seemed to have given up. Didn't really teach anymore—barely made sure we were reading instead of playing games. Lessons used to be so much fun. Especially history. We'd argue about the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Cortés and Montezuma, the Beijing campaign, the Canadian War. But something had changed. Now we just sat there. Nan and Lu often got away with playing games. Out of the blue, they'd have sudden laughing fits together. Bibi didn't care. Seemed gone. Truth is we were all too old for school.
After class, on my way to the bridge, I saw Sam. She was looking out, her forehead resting on the glass. Perhaps I upset the air as I approached her. She retched.
"You should drink a lot of water," I said. "Really helps."
"It smells here. I smell."
"You'll get used to it. They told you that, right?"
She turned toward me.
"Have you ever been reclicked?" she asked.
Her voice was raspy. It was probably her first time talking after the procedure.
"Many times."
"Is it always like this?"
"Always. But you'll feel better by tomorrow. And then you should enjoy the novelty of it all, while it lasts."
"I don't understand. I remember everyone here. Remember you. But can't say exactly from where. Or who you are, really." She coughed. "And I remember myself. My name. My face. But not where I come from. And can't remember this place. Just went to the kitchen. Had never been there. But knew exactly where the plates and cups were."
"You're meant to forget most things about this place, but not who you are. They told you that, right? And it's not perfect, what's left in or out."
"Have I been reclicked before?"
Her eyes demanded more.
"Every two years or so," I said. "Depends."
"On what?"
"How stir-crazy we're going. Nobody's made it for more than five years."
"Was I born here?"
"We all were. Except for Victor. He's the last from the previous generation."
"Who are my parents?"
Had no one given Sam the tutorial after reclicking her?
"We come from the nursery. If it makes you feel better, I also come from the nursery. We all do. Except for Victor."
"I'm 22 years old."
I waited to see what she'd say next. But that was it. She put her forehead back on the glass.
"Come with me to the bridge. The view is even better from there. And it'll be like the first time for you."
"Nice shirt," Victor said when he met me at the nursery a little later.
"Fei is the best. Sorry I haven't started reading the book yet."
"Ah, you have to find the right time."
The work at the nursery is boring but requires full attention. No room for mistakes. That's why people work in pairs. To check on each other. I was assigned my first shift there the day after my birthday. A rite of passage, everyone called it at the party. I'd work with Victor, who'd teach me all about the place.
"The code changes every week," he said as he punched in a number and opened the door. "We want to make sure only the two people in charge get in. Here, want to set the new code?"
I put in four digits.
"French Revolution?" Victor chuckled. "Love it."
We went in. I'd visited the nursery countless times before. It's the only place on board that's spotless and new. Nothing's ever taken away from there to be recycled or repurposed. Perhaps I wouldn't notice how run-down the rest of the place is if it weren't for how pristine the nursery looks. Still, I'd always found the long rows of drawers and cabinets unremarkable, despite knowing what was in them. But now it was different. The sense of responsibility was breathtaking. Almost suffocating.
"Multitudes," I said.
"Hey, that's my line!" Victor said, jokingly bumping into my shoulder.
True. It was his line. Whenever we visited the nursery, usually with Bibi for some school assignment, Victor would point to the middle section and say, "These drawers contain multitudes. These are our descendants." And then, gesturing to different cabinets, he'd continue, "And here's every tree and every bird. Over there, every flower and every bee. And there, every fish and the fish it'll feed and the fish it'll feed." And so on. A bit in jest but also serious.
"All right, let's get to work," Victor said. "I know this is weird, but I must ask you to recite the protocols into the camera. For the record. Everyone has to do it on their first day. And we all have to do it after being reclicked. We need to make sure people understand and remember the importance of this task and know every step when they begin."
I looked up at the camera in the corner where two walls met the ceiling and recited the passage I'd spent days memorizing:
"The nursery is the core of this ship and its mission. The nursery is life itself: the most extensive collection of flora and fauna, including humans in their widest genetic diversity. To preserve this core is the crew's main duty. No other task or circumstance may ever come before this one central mission: ensuring that the seeds in this ship be sown in new ground." After this, I quoted the description of each of the 21 protocols, including vitals, inspection of the gestation chambers, power and safety controls, all six backup checks, and evacuation and rescue procedures.
"Flawless," Victor said. "Now let's actually make sure everything's okay."
We went through every screen on every drawer, testing the systems and reading the numbers out loud to each other—and for the camera.
Halfway into this mind-numbing process, I asked for a break.
"Nope. Can't waste their time," Victor said, waving at the camera. "In fact, in a couple of weeks it'll be your turn to be on the other side, supervising the next pair as they read the numbers. Isn't it fun to finally be a grown-up?"
Nan, Lu, and Fei were by the recycling chute talking in excited whispers but stopped when they saw me come over with my chair and a bag full of cutlery. They weren't that much older, but they treated me like a baby. For a short time, the four of us were close friends. But as they got older, one by one they left the kids' group. In the end, it was just Nan and me. Then she also joined the others and never spoke to me the same way again.
Nefti had told me we needed a new aluminum part for one of the generators. We'd be recasting half our cutlery. And they'd asked me to hand over my chair.
Things seemed to be breaking more than ever. We constantly had to recycle all sorts of materials to make all kinds of parts. I knew the grown-ups had always been taking one thing from one place, breaking down its materials, recasting them into something else, and then recycling that again once they were done, sometimes turning it back into its original form. "What we have is what we have." We'd been repeating this ever since I could remember. We kept reusing the stuff on board, which explained why the whole place looked so shabby and the passageways were always cluttered with half-dismantled gear. Of course I'd noticed it before, but I guess I only really got it now that it affected me. They'd never taken away my stuff when I was a kid.
I put the chair down by the chute.
"We'll make you a new one as soon as we have some spare material to recast," Fei said.
I shrugged. I liked not being babied anymore. Having fewer things, like the others. Not caring.
"How are you holding up?" asked Nan, concerned.
Unsure of what she meant, I smiled.
"We were watching you on the monitors when you were at the nursery," Lu said. "Good job."
"Really great," said Nan. "I hear you're getting your badge today. How does it feel to finally be part of the crew?"
I hated their condescension.
"Listen," Fei cut in, creating a heavy pause. "Just wanted to say … So sorry about Victor. I know how close you guys are."
"What do you mean?" I asked.
The three of them exchanged glances.
"Oh … Just that … Now that you're a full crew member, you'll be much busier, and both of you probably won't be able to spend so much time together."
Like an idiot, I said Victor and I were working together and we'd still be close.
Since it was my first crew meeting, they let me sit in the command chair. I felt embarrassed and would have preferred to stand or sit on the floor, like the others.
Robin and Nefti did most of the talking. They welcomed me to the crew. Gave me that badge I'd always wanted and that nobody ever wears. I immediately knew I wouldn't wear it either. A short speech about honor and responsibility. Then they said the time had come for me to learn about the true nature of our trip. Everyone looked down.
Best to be direct, they said. None of us would ever make it to our destination. The trip was simply too long. Just as we'd been born on the ship, we'd die on the ship. But our descendants would make it. This had always been the plan, since the first generation left Earth. And just as we'd gradually replaced them over the years, we in turn would be replaced by the next crew. In fact, we'd be activating human material in the nursery soon. Very soon. One child now, and then one every two or three years until we reached a total of 11. A full new crew.
They let this sink in and then asked me if I had questions.
I looked out. Nothing ever seemed to move.
I felt I had to ask something. Talk like a grown-up. But I was stunned.
"Do we remember this after being reclicked?" I didn't recognize my own voice. "That we'll never arrive. Do we remember that?"
Sam got up and ran out, sobbing. Nobody went after her.
"Depends," Nefti said. "Some of us do. Some of us have to be reminded of this difficult truth."
I turned to Victor. I must have looked hurt or angry.
"I'm so sorry," he said. "We never tell children until they're ready. Everyone here learned when they turned 13 and got their badges. Why burden …" He couldn't finish the sentence.
A long time went by, it felt like.
"You'll have many questions later on," Nefti said. "Please come to us." She paused and then turned to the whole group. "Now, about that reactor."
Nefti was right. Once I was on my own, all I had was questions. Never arrive? Was my only purpose in life to follow the protocols and take care of the nursery? Ensuring that the seeds in this ship be sown in new ground? Would I be expected to parent one of our successors, just like each of us had been parented by one previous crew member—just like Victor had parented me? How could he have lied to me all these years, telling me those stories about how we'd populate our new home with multitudes and birds and fish feeding fish feeding fish? But had he really lied to me? I tried to look back and remember. Had I ever been part of his stories about that new world?
I looked out.
Shut my eyes.
Compared the blackness outside with the blackness inside.
Thought of the nursery. Destroying it.
"Forgive me," I heard Victor say.
I opened my eyes as he was withdrawing his hand, which had almost reached my shoulder. He sat on the floor, leaning against a wall, and invited me to do the same by gesturing to the opposite side of the corridor. I didn't sit down.
"I deserve your anger," he said, looking up at me. "But maybe I can show you how to hate me in a gentle sort of way. In a way that doesn't hurt you."
This was all very awkward.
"I won't be around for much longer. Your generation will take over now. I wish you'd been in the next one. I wish you'd been among those who landed." He shook his head. "Whenever anger builds up in your heart, please make sure it's always pointed at me and those who, like me, brought you into this. Make sure your anger is never pointed inward." He held his forehead for a moment. "In time, you'll look after one of our descendants. I know you'll be much, much better at it than I ever was."
He got up slowly, in stages, and left.
After this, I avoided being alone with Victor, fearing another intense moment with him. And I was right: He kept trying to find a chance to talk to me. At the nursery, he skipped his usual jokes and went straight to work, reading the numbers on the screens. But he'd often pause, take a breath, and look at me. Before he could start speaking, I'd begin with the next sequence of numbers. Soon he stopped trying. The rest of the day, I made sure to be surrounded by other people. For once, I was glad there's so little privacy here.
I spent most of my time with Nan and Lu. Finally learned why they laughed so hard in class: They kept swapping retouched little clips of Bibi—against absurd backgrounds, with her face disfigured by acid, with screwdrivers stabbing her eyeballs, with a saw ripping up her belly. I was glad to be included but didn't find it funny. Not because of the gore and the guts. Just didn't find it funny. Pretended to laugh. After class, once our shifts were over, the three of us would watch movies or play games. It was great to be one of them again. Still, I always left before we were done and was the first to bed, lying with eyes closed so no one would talk to me.
At the next crew meeting, a week after my birthday, Robin made the announcement. A new person had been activated in the nursery. In nine months, we'd be welcoming our new little crew member—and first lander. I'd never heard that word before. Lander.
That night, when I was facing my detached wall panel, pretending to be asleep, Victor came over to my bunk.
"I know you're awake," he whispered.
I didn't turn to face him. Didn't even open my eyes.
"It's okay. This way you won't have to feel like you have to respond. I came to say goodbye. I'm leaving tomorrow, you see."
At this point I had to fight the urge to turn around. Leave where? How?
"It was always meant to be this way, so there's no reason to be sad. Please remain as stubborn and kind and strong as you are today. And if you can't forgive me, I hope you can forget me."
He kissed my head. Didn't hear him leave.
I turn from the rippling water to look at Victor one last time. A line has formed as everyone gets ready to leave. I am last, but Robin holds me back as she covers Victor's face with the sheet.
"Are you all right?" she asks.
My anger has lifted. But I fail to be as sad as I think I should be.
I shrug.
"Now that we have a full crew and we've begun to activate the next one, I think it's time for you to turn the page. A clean slate. You'll be reclicked today. Now, in fact. You could use a fresh start."
The first thing that crosses my mind is that I'll have to memorize all those stupid nursery protocols again after the reclicking. Then I think of the foul stench that first hits you. Bodies. Piss. Recycled air. But immediately after, I remember Sam staring out the window. It'll be nice to look out for the first time.
"Why don't you go and get ready. Label the things you don't want to forget. We'll be waiting for you."
I go to my bunk and look through my stuff. There isn't much I really need to remember. I make a few notes for myself. A doll that has made it through all my reclickings gets a label. So does the loose wall paneling. "Nefti promised to fix!" I also write a reminder of the cleaning shift Lu owes me. Impossible to keep ignoring Victor's book. I write "Don't recycle!" on a label, attach it to the cover, and leave. But after taking a few steps, I turn around, go back, take the note off, rip it up, and put it in the recycling bin. The book, I put under my pillow.


Many disciples of Jesus struggle with distracted, neglected, and boring prayer lives.
The problem of prayer is not the content or the recipient – it's the method.
In this episode, discover some tips to stop boring prayer times.
Lack of Faith – Relying on a God we cannot see with requests we cannot handle requires faith.
Lack of Familiarity – We talk awkwardly if we don't know the person to whom we are talking.
Lack of Focus – Conflicts, concerns, and chores fill our minds and hinder our prayers.
Lack of Form – The problem of prayer is not the content or the recipient – it's the method.
Pray Out Loud – Praying out loud keeps your mind focused on the conversation rather than going back and forth between praying and daydreaming.
Pray on Your Knees – A reverent posture like kneeling can help awaken your soul to the power and privilege of prayer.
Pray with a Guide – Develop a guide that helps direct your prayers rather than depending upon the alertness of your mind.
Pray with Variations – If you do the same thing and say the same thing everyday, prayer will get monotonous and boring. Change it up.
Prayer List – Keep a list of requests and mark them when answered.
Prayer Basket – Collect a basket of pictures and Christmas cards to pray for different people at mealtimes.
Prayer Schedule – Have alerts at different times of the day to pray for specific requests.
Prayer Triggers – Train your mind to see different triggers as being a catalyst to pray.
Prayer Weekly Calendar – Vary the categories of who you pray for on intentional days.
Prayer Psalms – Use the Psalm order with the calendar day of the month to pray through the Word.


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In an article titled "The Robot as Radiologist," Dr. Douglas Green from Univ. of Washington acknowledges the rapid advances in computational image recognition and advent of IBM's Watson. He concludes the commentary by taking solace in the fact that, at least for the time being, artificial intelligence is complementary rather than substitutional to human radiologists. I wholeheartedly agree. However, Harvard Business Schools gurus do not.
The problem of "can robots replace humans" is very much like the "P ?= NP" problem in mathematics. Tasks that can be remarkably simple for a human to perform actually have no easy solution computationally: Facial recognition and speech are the prime examples. Extracting features from radiology images falls under the same category. In fact, radiologists use the phrase "Aunt Minnie" to describe diagnoses that can be instantly identified like one might recognize the face of one's relative in a crowd.
The field of machine learning tries to tackle these hard problems by simplifying the task into patterns and by approximating a solution. Although the actual solution may be NP-hard, both facial and speech are recognition can now be solved using polynomial-time heuristics as long as you are willing to tolerate some error – i.e. a good answer most of the time rather than the best answer all the time.
Radiology interpretation could go the same way. Radiology informatics is laden with approaches using segmentation, pattern recognition, and Markov chains. The disagreement lies in (1) whether machines are capable of performing these tasks, and (2) whether the value-add of a radiologist ends at interpretation.
The "smartest" robots are already capable of performing at a level of IQ=115.
Whenever new technology (i.e. robots) gets installed, workers get laid off.
An emerging field in radiology is computer-aided diagnosis (CADx). And a recent study published by the Royal Society showed that computers performed more consistently in identifying radiolucency (the appearance of dark images) than radiologists almost by a factor of ten.
There should be no doubt that algorithms will achieve some level of success. The underlying problem doesn't lie in the robotics of it all so much as replacement and decoupling in the value chain.
Radiologists are not alone in the value chain of radiology. Christensen's classic disruption theory posits that technological advances tend to decouple tasks ordinarily performed by highly trained professionals. The theory would suggest that as tasks of imaging processing, analysis, and interpretation become standardized, those same tasks can then be completed to the same level of quality either by outsourcing or by less-trained professionals.
The same reason why standardization yields more predictable outcomes is the same reason why standardization tends to be a precursor to commoditization. And it is the reason why modern radiology's seemingly paradoxical approach of simultaneously pursuing standardized protocol and reporting (every exam should look the same!) and personalizing imaging to the unique individual patient (every exam is different!) makes sense.
Every protocol in radiology should have an option for real-time modification based on the individual needs. Every "standardized" diagnostic report should leave room for a radiologist's free text.
Davidow and Malone might consider these added flexibility a way that radiologists "up the ante" by taking ownership of tasks of increasing complexity that cannot be fully emulated by an algorithm.
But we just call it patient-centered care. It's in our job description, and this job is robot-proof, at least until Baymax becomes real.
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Hi everyone, have there been any list of when members have contributed to a Beach Boys song or maybe even a concert after they left the group?
I know David Marks was on Little Saint Nick, some songs from Shut Down Vol II, and maybe Don't Worry Baby.
Bruce was on occasional backing vocals and piano on Holland, 15 Big Ones, and Love You.
Blondie doesn't have any as far as I know except through the unreleased tracks on Made In California.
Ricky was on some songs on 15 Big Ones and KTSA.
Does anyone know any particular songs?
Ricky appeared on the Dave Clark 1974 NYE show that wasn't actually taped on NYE.
David Marks appeared in Boston in 1971 around the time Mike asked him to rejoin as a bassist and for the Baywatch appearance when Carl couldn't make it.
Bruce appeared at a couple of shows in around 1973 and 1974.
Bruce has said he was on every studio album after he left EXCEPT MIU. He sang backup on "Marcella", "California Saga (Part Three), and "I'll Bet He's Nice".
On KTSA, Ricky plays drums on "Sunshine" and the title track.
Blondie sang "Sail on Sailor" at a BB show in the 90s.
Dave appeared with the BBs and Mike's side band a few times in the 80s and 90s.
Al did the one-shot Reagan gig with Mike's BBs in February 2011 and also did one gig with Mike's BBs for a private gig in April 2012 right before the C50 tour started.
One could maybe also count Al's bass and vocals on things like the "Surfer Girl" sessions.
Bruce's first live gigs back around September 1978 may have been before he was fully, officially back in the band full time. He was already working on the LA album of course. Not sure if they considered him full time and full fledged at that early date.
Ricky played drums on "Just Once In My Life".
Percussion, actually - along with Carl. Drums were Denny.
I guess you should count Brian in the list. He subbed for Carl on tour when he went solo early 80s as they were contractually required to have 5 Beach Boys on stage as I recall reading somewhere.
But Brian hadn't been out of the band prior to Carl's departure in 1981. Brian was more or less full time on the road from mid-late 1976 to 1982. He only started missing more substantial amounts of shows later in 1982 after Carl returned.
He did fill in some of Carl's lead vocals on that 1981 tour, but Brian had been full time in 1980 and early 81 when Carl was still there.
Edit - sorry, thought you wrote "late 80s" - as, after Dennis' passing. I believe you're actually correct regarding the early 80s contractual requirement - even though they played plenty of shows in '82 and '83 with only 4 principals - probably for a reduced rate!
Thanks c-man. Confused the two of them because I didn't have the album or Wikipedia at hand when I was typing that. Will edit that later.
Wasn't all of It's Ok completed in 1974, or just the basic track?
Basic track and maybe some overdubs - I do believe Ricky's drums were overdubbed, at the time...then Dennis' drums and the remaining stuff were probably added in '76.
Hey it's Christmas already for me so my timeline is out probably.
I don't remember the article but I do remember the mention of numbers of Beach Boys contractually required early 80s. It may have been 4.
I could be wrong, but I thought the contractual requirement was that there be at least 1 Wilson on stage. I remember a handful of shows when Carl left in 81 where there weren't any Wilson's on stage when Brian and Dennis didn't show up, fairly regular for Dennis at that point...I think that was where the requirement came from, and was the main reason they dragged Brian back out on the road when Carl left in 81. Poor Brian trying to sing those pristine Carl leads like Good Vibes and Don't Worry Baby. Not his best efforts for sure.
Actually, was the 'contractually required' mention from the Brian (Landy) Book?
Not sure what the literal contractual requirements were, but Brian wasn't dragged *back* when Carl left in 1981. Brian was already there. He hadn't left and he had been back more or less full time since mid-late 1976.
Carl being gone and Dennis missing an increasing number of shows may have meant they emphasized to Brian that he couldn't miss gigs. But it's not like they dragged Brian out of bed in early 1981. He basically did the same thing he had been doing in 1980, only with several more lead vocals, namely GV, GOK, and Don't Worry Baby. They dropped most other Carl-centric songs like Good Timin' and Darlin' (the latter returning in early 1982 when Foskett joined).
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Aberdeen City Council unanimously adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism
Board and JLC thank officials for backing the international definition, joining 170 local authorities in doing so
By Jewish News Reporter	June 25, 2019, 10:57 am 2 Edit
The Lord Provost of Aberdeen, Barney Crockett
Aberdeen City Council has unanimously passed a motion to adopt the internationally recognised definition of antisemitism.
Jewish leaders welcomed the local authority's decision to back the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance) definition of Jew-hate on Monday.
The Lord Provost of Aberdeen, Barney Crockett, said in his motion to the full council meeting, that he is "proud of its efforts to tackle discrimination in all its forms."
He said "we resolve to join with the UK and Scottish Governments and the major political parties in the UK in signing up" to IHRA. He added that the local authority "underlines its condemnation of all forms of racism in all its manifestations and adopts the IHRA definition of antisemitism as the working model for challenging and confronting incidents of this form of racism."
Speaking to Jewish News, The Lord Provost said he's "very pleased we've underscored our support for the local Jewish community."
Adding that Aberdeen has had a Jewish presence for 125-years and boasts one of the most northerly shuls in the world, he "hopes that any Jewish person is supported and protected, and encouraged to come and visit."
With one elected official overseas, the motion was backed by all 44 representatives at the full council meeting.
The Jewish Leadership Council's Scotland manager, Danielle Bett, said: "We want to thank Aberdeen city councillors", adding that "they join a growing number of Scottish councils who have passed the definition, committing to tackling anti-Jewish racism and sending a message of solidarity to the local Jewish community."
A Board of Deputies spokesperson also thanked them, adding it "is truly appreciated by the UK's Jewish community."
The council follows 170 local authorities across the UK in adopting IHRA, including all London councils, in addition to the Church in Wales and Church of England.
The definition is non-legally binding, and is guided by 11 examples to illustrate how antisemitism manifests.
Lord Provost of Aberdeen
Barney Crockett


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Мария Петровна Воротынская (урожденная Буйносова-Ростовская) — русская княгиня из рода Воротынских (ум. 1628). Жена князя Ивана Воротынского, сестра жены царя Василия Шуйского — царицы Марии Буйносовой-Ростовской, которая стала её тезкой после переименования при заключении брака.

Биография
Княжна Мария Буйносова-Ростовская происходила из рода князей Ростовских. Её отец — боярин Пётр Буйносов-Ростовский, мать носила имя Марии Ивановны.

Была выдана замуж за князя Ивана Воротынского - сына полководца «государева слуги» Михаила Воротынского. В 1610 году он стал членом временного правительства Семибоярщины. После изгнания польской интервенции, Иван Воротынский стал одним из кандидатов на царский престол.

От Ивана Мария имела сына Алексея (1610-1642) и дочь Екатерину Черкасскую.

В 1620-х годах жила с семьёй в селе Тихонова слобода при Успенской Тихоновой пустыни, вдали от политических дел.

21 июня 1627 года умер ее муж Иван (в схиме Иона), а 3 мая 1628 года Мария Воротынская скончалась в Тихоновой пустыни. О её погребении свидетельствовала плита в монастырском некрополе, которая не сохранилась из-за частых перестроек.

Сестра-тёзка
Её сестра — вторая жена царя Василия Шуйского царица Мария Буйносова-Ростовская. Согласно исследованиям Федора Успенского, княжна получила личное имя «Мария» в часть праздника «Собор пресвятой Богородицы и святого Иосифа Обручника» (26 декабря), в то время, как её сестра-царица изначально носила имя «Екатерина», и была переименована в «Марию», только став царицей.

То, что у Петра Буйносова-Ростовского оказалось две дочери по имени Мария, вызывает различные гипотезы, например, Таймасова считает, что царь Василий Шуйский был женат на обеих сестрах по очереди.

Семья

 Супруг — князь Воротынский, Иван Михайлович
 Сын — князь Воротынский, Алексей Иванович
 Дочь —княгиня Черкасская, Екатерина Ивановна

В культуре
Мария Воротынская является одним из персонажей историко-фантастического романа А. Кейна и И. Сагана «Дотянуться до престола».

Примечания

Литература
 Архимандрит Леонид (Кавелин). Историческое описание Тихоновой Калужской пустыни. — М.: Русская типолитография, 1892.

Ссылки
 https://rosgenea.ru/familiya/vorotynskaya
 https://ru.rodovid.org/wk/Запись:797253
 http://deduhova.ru/statesman/boyarin-ivan-mihaylovich-vorotyinskiy-mladshiy/

Воротынские
Буйносовы-Ростовские
Похороненные в Тихоновой Успенской пустыни
Умершие в 1628 году
Умершие 3 мая

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Cafeteria, situated in a spacious building, cools down both staffs and students with soft drinks, enacts them with the hot beverages and relaxes them with snacks and pastries About 800 students staying in boys' hostel within the college campus find their leisure and relaxation even at odd hours at night in the midst of their studies, particularly during exam days at the cafeteria.
We have an Automated Central Library that is equipped with huge number of domestic international books, magazines and journals.
With the conviction that the students' residential atmosphere should be conducive for study and development of their personality and physical traits, management has provided hostel facilities for both boys and girls.
The boys are accommodated in six blocks of buildings adjacent to the college and the girl students are provided with a separate hostel, which is kept under continuous vigil by a tight security system.
Good quality food is provided to the students at a reasonable cost. We have a fully automatic Domestic Mineral Water Plant that provides hygienic drinking water for the students.
For the convenience of students and staff, there is an ATM counter of the ICICI Bank within the College premises. This makes it easy for them to meet routine expenses as well as contingencies.
The College ensures that students and staff have easy access to medical facilities at any point of time. There is a Dispensary and Doctor on call 24X7 to attend to any kind of medical emergency.


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Eric Schneiderman. | Courtesy of Schneiderman for Attorney General.
'Crude word searches': Schneiderman suggests he saw the I.R.S. scandal coming
By REID PILLIFANT
Attorney general Eric Schneiderman says he wasn't exactly shocked by the news that the Internal Revenue Service tried to identify political groups using "clumsy" methods that ended up targeting Tea Party and other conservative non-profit organizations.
"I never knew anything about this ... but I could have predicted that bad things were going to come to light just based on our own experience," he said yesterday at a Brennan Center breakfast.
Schneiderman criticized the I.R.S. for failing to clarify what it means to be a "social welfare" organizations, which are granted tax-exempt status on the premise that their work is not primarily political.
"The I.R.S.'s failure to define any coherent standards is what underlies all of the chaos that is now coming to light, efforts to do crude word searches to try to find groups that are doing politics," he said. "And if our friends on Capitol Hill are honest about pursuing this inquiry, I think they're going to find a lot of other crude word searches and other clumsy efforts to deal with the problem that was really created by their own incoherent interpretation of the law."
Last year, Schneiderman drew ire on Capitol Hill for pursuing some of the larger 501(c)4 organizations, and yesterday he announced that his office was imposing new regulations on New York nonprofits that spend more than $10,000 on elections.


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Q: DAL design: handling access to 2 or more tables in a database? I'm developing on php at the moment, but this question should be language independent.
For DB access, I have always heard people promoting the "one class per table" practice, so I'm wondering where to put access methods that accesses 2 or more tables at the same time (using JOIN, for example). I can think of 3 ways to deal with this:

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*Create a separate class for the combination of the 2 tables

*Put the access methods in the class for both tables

*Have the BLL call each db class separately and write custom logic to get what you need (i.e. do the join outside of SQL)

What is the best practice and why?
Thanks!

A: Of your three options 1 like one the best.  As long as there isn't too much business logic in it.  "Too" much is subjective, mind you.
Another option is to create a database view that combines the 2 tables.  You then create a class for that as if it was a table.


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Why the media's 2016 Clinton debacle hangs over today's 'electability' debate
Journalists need to come clean about double standards
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Supporters of Elizabeth Warren are upset that she's being erased by the media in recent weeks, as the Democratic primary campaign heads to its third contest in Nevada. Admirers point to some pretty clear-cut examples where the press simply leapfrogged right over Warren, the highest-polling woman in the race, in order to focus on the candidates polling both in front of her and behind her.
For many, the sense of déjà vu is palpable. There's a feeling that little was learned by the press following the 2016 campaign, when the first woman nominee was held a higher standard than her bullying Republican counterpart, while she was tarred with sexist coverage.
Over and over this season we've seen reports about how women voters in particular are nervous about sending up another woman nominee to battle Trump. "I think against Trump any woman is going to have difficulty with electability, that's just kind of a reality we have to contend with," one Iowa voter told NBC News last year.
Thankfully, there's not much debate about whether a woman would be qualified to serve in the Oval Office. Instead the running voter conversation is about "electability" — can a woman actually win. That deep pragmatic streak comes from the overwhelming desire among Democrats to seize the country back from Trump and dangerous Republican rule. In truth though, electability now hovers over the Democratic campaign because of what the press did in 2016.
From the Daily Beast last week:
[Warren's] campaign is being hampered, ever so slightly, by a quintessentially Democratic paranoia: a stubbornly persistent belief that Hillary Clinton's loss in 2016 is proof that misogyny remains a latent but potent force in American politics and that, in an election all about beating Donald Trump, resurfacing that might not be worth the risk.
In reality, the electability debate is, in large part, about the media. It's about nervous Democrats saying, 'Will the campaign press try to eviscerate a woman nominee the way they did to Clinton as she tried to make history? Will the press give Trump a pass against another woman nominee by regurgitating his crude, sexist insults?'
The umbrella topic of electability can't be discussed honestly if journalists aren't going to address what they did to the last woman nominee, and how that spectacle likely not only shred the faith in the press for lots of Democrats, but it also damaged the idea that a woman can get a fair shake, and ever be elected president.
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Example: The campaign press corps essentially eliminated policy coverage in 2016, which benefited the political neophyte, Trump. One study found that "In just six days, The New York Times ran as many cover stories about Hillary Clinton's emails as they did about all policy issues combined in the 69 days leading up to the election."
Institutionally, the Beltway press has maintained a weirdly personal grudge against Hillary Clinton, and her husband, since they arrived in Washington, D.C., in 1993. During the 2008 campaign, that animosity flared up constantly. At the time, Salon's Rebecca Traister detected "a nearly pornographic investment in Clinton's demise" among male pundits. And it only seemed to intensify in 2016. Assuming Clinton would defeat Trump, the press moved to make her campaign as unpleasant as possible and to make sure she limped across the finish line (Hacked emails! Email servers!), so there would be no historic victory lap for breaking the glass ceiling.
I firmly believe that was the plan, as the media gorged on months worth of pointless email and Clinton Foundation coverage, as she ran against the most openly corrupt candidate in American history. In the end though, the press helped elect Trump. And instead of trying to just dent Clinton's victory, the press may have pushed back the dream of electing a woman president in the United States. And that's what we're watching unfold under the headline of an "electability" debate.
Given that unfair treatment four years ago, are anxious Democrats today supposed to cross their fingers and hope that journalists won't repeat the mistakes in 2020? That's a large leap to make since there has been a near-universal refusal from news outlets to acknowledge clear failures in the 2016 coverage. Indeed, the Clinton coverage represented a gender fiasco. (She shouts! She's angry! She doesn't smile enough!) Yet to this day, most journalists don't want to admit to the deeply sexist media behavior, which created a raging double standard.
To a large degree, today's concerns aren't because certain voters don't want a woman president. It's because they don't trust the press to be fair, because the press wasn't fair in 2016. Bottom line: You can't discuss electability in 2020 without acknowledging what the press did to the last women nominee.
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Recently from the opinion pages of the Washington Post: "Mass propaganda used to be difficult, but Facebook made it easy"
It's an excellent overview regarding the looming dangers Facebook poses to our political culture, by both allowing blatantly false political ads to run rampant on the social media giant, and Facebook's refusal to limit microtargeting capability for political ads. Professors Dannagal Young and Shannon McGregor detail the historical significance of that in terms of American propaganda campaigns.
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DarrenFeb 20, 2020
Eric, why does the media push the narrative that the definition of a good debate or a good debate performance rests on the number of insults or jabs administered? It seems to me that may be good for ratings or selling the "show", but for me a good debate depends on how well a candidate explains their ideas and answers challenging questions about their proposed plans. CNN often advertises the debates like an MMA fight, and all of the networks go on about insults hurled as definitive of leadership potential.
I worry that pushing this as the standard for effective debate performance will most likely favor shameless bullies like Trump than thoughtful intellects. I can not help but believe that money plays a significant in driving this agenda, the objective being to up viewership and increase ratings which equates to more ad dollars.
What do you think? And mind you, debaters can disagree, but some of what happened in yesterday's debate seemed gratuitous and counterproductive.
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Hello Eric, Just want to say that I've really appreciated your work at Daily Kos, glad to find that I can follow you here. And I'm amazed at your sweetness in giving us the most modest sales pitch imaginable in this frantic age!
I Want to support you, I understand I have to pay for good journalism these days and I'm up around to $250 a year; Sorry, I'm still in shock from some major emergency house repairs, so no big promises here. Yet my local community radio station lets people sign up for a $5 month minimum bank charge, it's painless, and I do think you are just as important to our culture as they are..
I'll never be on Twitter, I'd still like to say to the world that I subscribed because you an excellent writer who understands the deep problems of modern media and citizen involvement.


As a former Texas state trooper, now retired, I can see no great benefit or useful purpose to continue with the red light cameras. All they do is serve to confuse, antagonize and aggravate otherwise law-abiding citizens like me and thousands of other folks. Let's turn out at the polls and trash the cameras.
They do provide our city with mega-dollars to increase employee salaries and provide more equipment. But what do they do with it? In my humble opinion, police not watching red light intersections should have more time to bring down our major crime rate. But I haven't seen that happening, have you?
Auto theft, burglary, murders, thefts, rapes, assaults and major crimes, as far as I can tell, haven't shown anything other than increase the last four years. Oh, I suppose DWI-DUID cases have shown some decrease. But, those are the easy ones, also involving drivers, where the most police effort has been placed.
Be very careful and not get a camera ticket on the way to the polls; or any other time for that matter. Early voting is next week at Conroe City Hall, starting Monday. Election day is May 10.
The camera tickets are a sneaky, unfair and underhanded way for a driver to get a ticket. It deprives a good officer from making a personal contact with the violator, where many times the officer can make a very impressive and severely needed good public image for police.
Red light cameras make it strongly appear to me that police are trying to avoid, or shy away from, this opportunity to shine. Thus improve their badly needed public image. A good "violator contact" can result in a smile and a thank you from the driver; no hurt feelings and everybody is happy.
An idea worth a look: Put your public camera system to work behind warehouses; on isolated dead end streets; club and beer joint parking lots; in front of businesses where armored-car trucks frequent; plus city public parks and places where the major crimes are occurring. Thus not having to rely solely, by chance, on other people's and businesses' private camera system to help solve those major crimes.
The red light cameras have helped the problem of people running red lights. Some folks only obey the law when they know they are being watched and will be punished for doing wrong. Honest people will sometimes just need to be more aware of their timing to get stopped in time for light to change. The people who want the lights removed are the ones who run the lights and get tickets.
Red light cameras don't infringe on our liberty; they support our right to safe streets. The police cannot sit at every corner to monitor the lights. And I don't care who makes what money from it. What I really care about is not having the intersections be like a game of Russian roulette. Please get out and vote "against" removing the cameras.
Being versed in city business, I am impressed with the fact that Guy Martin has become a strong leader on the issues confronting our city. He has made himself well aware of all the issues but his interest in infrastructure, mobility and water are of vital importance.
Other members of the council have shown confidence in Guy's leadership by appointing him to these various committees. I am convinced that it is in the best interest of our city to re-elect Guy to another four-year term to allow him to continue the fine job he is doing.


Stress Reducer. The Only Effective Way to End Stress.
1. Get pen and paper. This process will not work if you only read the instructions or capture your response on your computer.
It is very hard for the mind to hold onto your current interpretation of reality. That is why it is important that you WRITE DOWN THE THOUGHT at first. It's too slippery to hold in your mind and do this process at the same time.
IMPORTANT TIP: Don't be kind or spiritual or professional with this process (finally---permission to judge and be honest!). You will get better results if you share your REAL THOUGHT. Don't use the cleaned-up-for-company or professional thought or PC thought.
"I am stressed because my boss should acknowledge my contribution and never does."
"I am stressed because my boss doesn't see or appreciate my contribution. And this means that I'm not viewed as a vital part of the team."
"And this means that.." is a very useful phrase to add in this process, as it typically gets you to the REAL thought vs. the surface, externally expressed one.
3. Take the core thought and isolate it on the page.
"MY BOSS DOESN'T SEE OR APPRECIATE MY CONTRIBUTION.
I AM NOT VIEWED AS A VITAL PART OF THE TEAM."
Is this really, truly, absolutely, without a shadow of a doubt---TRUE? How do you know? Have you had access to every thought of your boss? Do you know what she says about you when you aren't there? Have you ever heard even ONE thing that was contrary to this? Has your boss EVER complimented or thanked you?
If you were in front of a firing squad, and you would be shot if someone came forward with information that your boss DID see you as a vital part of the team...would you take the risk?
And you will find the answer is, "No. I can't be 100% sure this is what my boss thinks of me."
What you just read/went through, is the process that you will use, every time you feel stressed. Eventually, you will come to the (correct) conclusion, that if you are feeling stressed, you have a thought that is skewed, exaggerated, dramatic, or only partially informed through your own filters and paradigms.
In other words---it's not completely true. If it were? You wouldn't be stressed.
Again, this is why you must write down the thought. Your brain will alter the original thought, modify it, tweak it..so that it keeps being right as you engage in the process. Your brain will start to "catch on" and will keep making your thought true as you begin to realize it isn't by slightly changing the wording or adding modifiers.
This is why people say, "You can be right, or you can be happy." Your brain's job is to make you right. It is YOUR job to make you happy.
"MY BOSS DOES SEE AND APPRECIATE MY CONTRIBUTION.
I AM VIEWED AS A VITAL PART OF THE TEAM."
Is this as possible? Can you find three genuine, sincere examples of where this has been true? Write them down.
"I DON'T SEE AND APPRECIATE MY BOSS' CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEPARTMENT.
I DO NOT VIEW MY BOSS AS A VITAL PART OF THE TEAM."
Is that true? Is that even truer than your original thought? Have YOU complimented your boss? Have you told her what you feel she contributes? Or spoken highly of her to others when she is not present?
If you just had the thought, "That's not my job" I'd run THAT thought through this process too. I know that can't be true!
Lastly, and this one may sting a little, but it's almost always true as well.
"I DON'T SEE AND APPRECIATE MY OWN CONTRIBUTION.
I DON'T VIEW MYSELF AS A VITAL PART OF THE TEAM."
This must be true. How? You seem to need your boss to confirm it. You can't see it yourself, so you need outside proof. And when your boss didn't give you that assurance, you blamed her for your need for validation.
You may be thinking, "Well, hey! I'm the one who is stressed. The least she could do is relieve it!" And again...I am going to ask you, "Is that true?" Who is in charge of relieving your stress? YOU are in charge of relieving your stress.
Congratulations on being one of the few who read this page through in its entirety and tried the technique. It's free, it's easy, it works...and hardly anyone does it. Use it for ANY topic not just work-related stress.
Now that you have this tool, you will find that you sleep better, you eat better...hey...you may even try that yoga class. When your THOUGHTS are in alignment with reality, stress goes away.
Is that true? Yes. It really is that simple.
Back to "How to Relieve Stress (Part I)"
"Stress Reducer" to "More Work Stress Solutions"


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Drug: Dificid
DIFICID (fidaxomicin) is a macrolide antibacterial drug for oral administration. Its CAS chemical name is Oxacyclooctadeca-3,5,9,13,15-pentaen-2-one, 3-[[[6-deoxy-4-O-(3,5dichloro-2-ethyl-4,6-dihydroxybenzoyl)-2-O-methyl-β-D-mannopyranosyl]oxy]methyl]-12[[6-deoxy-5-C-methyl-4-O-(2-methyl-1-oxopropyl)-β-D-lyxo-hexopyranosyl]oxy]-11-ethyl8-hydroxy-18-[(1R)-1-hydroxyethyl]-9,13,15-trimethyl-, (3E,5E,8S,9E,11S,12R,13E,15E,18S)-. The structural formula of fidaxomicin is shown in Figure 1. Figure 1: Structural Formula of Fidaxomicin
DIFICID tablets (200 mg) are film-coated and contain the following inactive ingredients: microcrystalline cellulose, pregelatinized starch, hydroxypropyl cellulose, butylated hydroxytoluene, sodium starch glycolate, magnesium stearate, polyvinyl alcohol, titanium dioxide, talc, polyethylene glycol, and lecithin (soy).
Clinical Trials Experience Because clinical trials are conducted under widely varying conditions, adverse event rates observed in the clinical trials of a drug cannot be directly compared to rates in the clinical trials of any other drug and may not reflect the rates observed in practice. The safety of DIFICID 200 mg tablets taken twice a day for 10 days was evaluated in 564 patients with CDAD in two active-comparator controlled trials with 86.7% of patients receiving a full course of treatment. Thirty-three patients receiving DIFICID (5.9%) withdrew from trials as a result of adverse reactions (AR). The types of AR resulting in withdrawal from the study varied considerably. Vomiting was the primary adverse reaction leading to discontinuation of dosing; this occurred at an incidence of 0.5% in both the fidaxomicin and vancomycin patients in Phase 3 studies. Table 1: Selected Adverse Reactions with an Incidence of ≥ 2% Reported in DIFICID Patients in Controlled Trials
DIFICID (N=564) Vancomycin (N=583) System Organ Class Preferred Term n (%) n (%) Blood and Lymphatic System Disorders Anemia 14 (2%) 12 (2%) Neutropenia 14 (2%) 6 (1%) Gastrointestinal Disorders Nausea 62 (11%) 66 (11%) Vomiting 41 (7%) 37 (6%) Abdominal Pain 33 (6%) 23 (4%) Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage 20 (4%) 12 (2%) The following adverse reactions were reported in < 2% of patients taking DIFICID tablets in controlled trials: Gastrointestinal Disorders: abdominal distension, abdominal tenderness, dyspepsia, dysphagia, flatulence, intestinal obstruction, megacolon Investigations: increased blood alkaline phosphatase, decreased blood bicarbonate, increased hepatic enzymes, decreased platelet count Metabolism and Nutrition Disorders: hyperglycemia, metabolic acidosis Skin and Subcutaneous Tissue Disorders: drug eruption, pruritus, rash Post Marketing Experience Adverse reactions reported in the post marketing setting arise from a population of unknown size and are voluntary in nature. As such, reliability in estimating their frequency or in establishing a causal relationship to drug exposure is not always possible. Hypersensitivity reactions (dyspnea, angioedema, rash, and pruritus) have been reported. Read the Dificid (fidaxomicin tablets for oral administration) Side Effects Center for a complete guide to possible side effectsLearn More »
The recommended dose is one 200 mg DIFICID tablet orally twice daily for 10 days with or without food.
Fidaxomicin and its main metabolite, OP-1118, are substrates of the efflux transporter, P-glycoprotein (P-gp), which is expressed in the gastrointestinal tract. Cyclosporine Cyclosporine is an inhibitor of multiple transporters, including P-gp. When cyclosporine was co-administered with DIFICID, plasma concentrations of fidaxomicin and OP-1118 were significantly increased but remained in the ng/mL range [see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY]. Concentrations of fidaxomicin and OP-1118 may also be decreased at the site of action (i.e., gastrointestinal tract) via P-gp inhibition; however, concomitant P-gp inhibitor use had no attributable effect on safety or treatment outcome of fidaxomicin-treated patients in controlled clinical trials. Based on these results, fidaxomicin may be co-administered with P-gp inhibitors and no dose adjustment is recommended. Last reviewed on RxList: 4/18/2013
To reduce the development of drug-resistant bacteria and maintain the effectiveness of DIFICID and other antibacterial drugs, DIFICID should be used only to treat infections that are proven or strongly suspected to be caused by Clostridium difficile. Clostridium difficile-Associated Diarrhea DIFICID is a macrolide antibacterial drug indicated in adults ( ≥ 18 years of age) for treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD).
Hypersensitivity to fidaxomicin. Last reviewed on RxList: 4/18/2013
No cases of acute overdose have been reported in humans. No drug-related adverse effects were seen in dogs dosed with fidaxomicin tablets at 9600 mg/day (over 100 times the human dose, scaled by weight) for 3 months.
Dosage Forms And Strengths 200 mg white to off-white film-coated, oblong tablets; each tablet is debossed with "FDX" on one side and "200" on the other side. Storage And Handling DIFICID tablets are white to off-white film-coated, oblong tablets containing 200 mg of fidaxomicin; each tablet is debossed with "FDX" on one side and "200" on the other side. DIFICID tablets are supplied as: Bottles of 20 tablets, (NDC 52015-080-01)
Bottles of 60 tablets, (NDC 52015-080-02)
10 tablet aluminum blister cards, with 10 cards per carton, (NDC 52015-080-12) Storage Store at 20°C-25°C (68°F-77°F); excursions permitted between 15°C and 30°C (59°F and 86°F). See USP Controlled Room Temperature. Manufactured for Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego CA 92121 by Patheon, Inc., Optimer Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 10110 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite C San Diego, CA 92121. Revised: 2011 Last reviewed on RxList: 4/18/2013
Not for Systemic Infections Since there is minimal systemic absorption of fidaxomicin, DIFICID is not effective for treatment of systemic infections. Hypersensitivity Reactions Acute hypersensitivity reactions, including dyspnea, rash, pruritus, and angioedema of the mouth, throat, and face have been reported with fidaxomicin. If a severe hypersensitivity reaction occurs, DIFICID should be discontinued and appropriate therapy should be instituted. Some patients with hypersensitivity reactions also reported a history of allergy to other macrolides. Physicians prescribing DIFICID to patients with a known macrolide allergy should be aware of the possibility of hypersensitivity reactions. Development of Drug-Resistant Bacteria Prescribing DIFICID in the absence of a proven or strongly suspected C. difficile infection is unlikely to provide benefit to the patient and increases the risk of the development of drug resistant bacteria. Nonclinical Toxicology Carcinogenesis, Mutagenesis, and Impairment of Fertility Long-term carcinogenicity studies have not been conducted to evaluate the carcinogenic potential of fidaxomicin. Neither fidaxomicin nor OP-1118 was mutagenic in the Ames assay. Fidaxomicin was also negative in the rat micronucleus assay. However, fidaxomicin was clastogenic in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Fidaxomicin did not affect the fertility of male and female rats at intravenous doses of 6.3 mg/kg. The exposure (AUC0-t) was approximately 100 times that in humans. Use In Specific Populations Pregnancy Pregnancy Category B Reproduction studies have been performed in rats and rabbits by the intravenous route at doses up to 12.6 and 7 mg/kg, respectively. The plasma exposures (AUC0-t) at these doses were approximately 200- and 66-fold that in humans, respectively, and have revealed no evidence of harm to the fetus due to fidaxomicin. There are, however, no adequate and well-controlled studies in pregnant women. Because animal reproduction studies are not always predictive of human response, this drug should be used during pregnancy only if clearly needed. Nursing Mothers It is not known whether fidaxomicin is excreted in human milk. Because many drugs are excreted in human milk, caution should be exercised when DIFICID is administered to a nursing woman. Pediatric Use The safety and effectiveness of DIFICID in patients < 18 years of age have not been established. Geriatric Use Of the total number of patients in controlled trials of DIFICID, 50% were 65 years of age and over, while 31% were 75 and over. No overall differences in safety or effectiveness of fidaxomicin compared to vancomycin were observed between these subjects and younger subjects. In controlled trials, elderly patients ( ≥ 65 years of age) had higher plasma concentrations of fidaxomicin and its main metabolite, OP-1118, versus non-elderly patients ( < 65 years of age) [see CLINICAL PHARMACOLOGY]. However, greater exposures in elderly patients were not considered to be clinically significant. No dose adjustment is recommended for elderly patients. Last reviewed on RxList: 4/18/2013
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Friends of the Arts Annual Craft Show Sat. and Sunday March 2 & 3, 2019, 10am till 4 pm both days in the OJR Middle School. Enjoy over 75 talented artisans displaying, demonstrating and selling their works of art. We will have elementary art on display from all 5 of our elementary schools. Bause Catered Events joins us providing gourmet delectables!