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Q: Making a more efficient SP based on parameter I have the following stored procs and I want to make it more efficient. When p_training is not null I get more records.
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].GetAssets
    @p_language VARVHAR(1) = 'E',
    @p_training BIT = NULL

AS
  IF (@p_training IS NOT NULL)
    SELECT Asset_Key AS CodeId,
           CASE WHEN @p_language = 'E' THEN HRMS_Desc_Eng
                WHEN @p_language = 'F' THEN HRMS_Desc_Fre
           END AS CodeName
    FROM Assets
    WHERE Asset_Type NOT IN ('C')
    ORDER BY CodeName
  ELSE
    SELECT Asset_Key AS CodeId,
           CASE WHEN @p_language = 'E' THEN HRMS_Desc_Eng
                WHEN @p_language = 'F' THEN HRMS_Desc_Fre
           END AS CodeName
    FROM Assets
    WHERE Asset_Type NOT IN ('C')
    AND (LocationId < 2000 OR LocationId > 2030)
    ORDER BY CodeName

How can I make it more efficient or remove the if statement if possible?
Thanks for your suggestions.

A: If performance is truly a concern, the best way is to split your original Stored Procedure into 2:
First SP:
CREATE PROCEDURE GetAssetsNotNull
@p_language VARVHAR(1) = 'E'

AS
SELECT Asset_Key AS CodeId,
       CASE WHEN @p_language = 'E' THEN HRMS_Desc_Eng
            WHEN @p_language = 'F' THEN HRMS_Desc_Fre
       END AS CodeName
FROM Assets
WHERE Asset_Type NOT IN ('C')
ORDER BY CodeName

Second SP:
CREATE PROCEDURE GetAssetsNull
@p_language VARVHAR(1) = 'E'
AS
SELECT Asset_Key AS CodeId,
       CASE WHEN @p_language = 'E' THEN HRMS_Desc_Eng
            WHEN @p_language = 'F' THEN HRMS_Desc_Fre
       END AS CodeName
FROM Assets
WHERE Asset_Type NOT IN ('C')
AND (LocationId < 2000 OR LocationId > 2030)
ORDER BY CodeName

Then finally, you only call the SP based on the parameter:
IF @p_training IS NOT NULL
EXEC GetAssetsNotNull
ELSE
EXEC GetAssetsNull

Edited: The last part can be done either on the Application side or the SP itself.

A: I think the code duplication can be reduced by checking whether @p_training is not null in the where clause instead of using IF
ALTER PROCEDURE [dbo].GetAssets
    @p_language VARVHAR(1) = 'E',
    @p_training BIT NULL
AS
    SELECT Asset_Key AS CodeId,
           CASE WHEN @p_language = 'E' THEN HRMS_Desc_Eng
                WHEN @p_language = 'F' THEN HRMS_Desc_Fre
           END AS CodeName
    FROM Assets
    WHERE Asset_Type NOT IN ('C')
    AND (LocationId < 2000 OR LocationId > 2030 OR @p_training IS NOT NULL)
    ORDER BY CodeName

But this won't make the query more efficient.


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Five out of eight precinct election results were not turned in on time, leading the state party to order a do-over.
LAS CRUCES - The first order of business for Doña Ana County Democrats when they gather at the Las Cruces Convention Center Saturday morning will be a redo of precinct elections for five county districts.
On March 21, precinct meetings organized under the county's eight state House districts took place with elections to elect precinct leaders.
County Chairman Christopher Schaljo confirmed to the Sun-News that the Democratic Party of New Mexico will oversee new elections for districts 34, 35, 36, 37 and 39, after the party's Judicial Council determined those elections were "done improperly."
The other three districts that voted on March 21 were not affected.
Schaljo said the problem arose from election results not being turned in at the appropriate time, whereupon the council determined the best course of action, to assure trust in the integrity of the vote, was for representatives from the state party to conduct the do-over.
The meeting is then expected to move on to the scheduled business of electing county officers, district directors and members of the party's central committee.
The committee meeting is scheduled to open at 8:45 a.m. on Saturday, March 30, at the Las Cruces Convention Center, 680 E. University Avenue.


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Easter is just two days away but chances are you've been too busy to think about chocolate eggs.
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Tokyo Executives would like to thank all of the participated in the Tokyo Executives Golf Day 2013.
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Brand Takes Center Stage – Sleep Solutions Becomes NovaSom
March 25, 2011 SleepDT	Leave a comment
Sleep Solutions may have changed its name to NovaSom and moved the company from California to Delaware, but the company's intense focus remains the same.
More than a year after taking the reins at the largest national service provider of home sleep tests, Richard Hassett, MD, believes the time is ripe for a change. Specifically, the CEO of Sleep Solutions has decided to switch the company's name to NovaSom®, a move designed to build on the familiar home sleep testing brand.
Changing a well-known moniker is no small decision, but Hassett believes the new name better reflects the company's commitment to providing accurate and cost effective home tests. Factoring in some annoying name similarities to competitors and the change became a no-brainer. "Other entities had the name 'Sleep Solutions' as some part of their name, and that could potentially be confusing," says Hassett. "If we were ever going to make a change, now was the time. At the same time, we reincorporated the company from California to Delaware."
Recent years have seen a steady climb for the NovaSom® brand in its role as a full-service model for home sleep testing. The actual unit is a small device used in the home and typically shipped to patients via overnight carrier. After that, it is returned to the company when the patient completes testing, ideally for three nights. Upon return of the device the data are downloaded and the results are interpreted by a qualified or board-certified sleep physician. Results are provided to the prescribing physician within 48 hours.
The NovaSom Home Sleep Test is a Type III portable cardio-respiratory monitor with FDA clearance for diagnostic evaluation of adults with possible sleep apnea. Predictive accuracy of the test, night for night, has been established in two peer-reviewed publications comparing the device to PSG.¹,²
Three sensors record the same five physiological parameters that sleep labs use to diagnose OSA: respiratory effort, oxygen saturation, heart rate, airflow (oral & nasal), and snoring. The first sensor is a belt that goes around the chest to determine respiratory excursions. The second is an oxygen sensor on the finger, and finally a sensor beneath the nose detects the snoring sound and air flow. This acoustic airflow sensor is a patented device utilizing noise cancellation technology, which has demonstrated a highly linear relationship to the Hans Rudolph pneumotachograph – a standard of airflow measurement used by pulmonologists.
Clinicians appreciate the unit's capacity to store data for three nights, and users benefit from the device's ability to literally speak via mechanical voice. "Similarly to a GPS, the NovaSom device talks patients through the procedure," explains Hassett. "Even if patients have not had access to the Web site or seen the instruction materials that come with the test, the device will actually talk them through the set up and operation." The company also provides technical and clinical services 24⁄7 by credentialed sleep technologist.
The consumer friendly nature of the test can mean the difference between diagnosis and failure. After all, says Hassett, potential patients often shy away from sleep labs, preferring the comfort and privacy of their own home. Factor in NovaSom's lower price and it all points to more patients with proper diagnoses.
"Clinicians are starting to realize that we have a massive public health epidemic on our hands with OSA, and the sleep lab community can't handle all the patients," says Hassett. "The fact that the device has the capacity for three nights of data eliminates the high false negative rate which is a problem with any one-night test, whether it is home or lab based. This turns out to be an advantage for providers and patients."
Hassett and NovaSom's customers believe the secret lies in the product's ability to overcome the inevitable night-to-night variability that can hamper sleep testing results. "It's been known for a long time that there was a burden of false negatives with one-night tests, perhaps even more so with labs than at home because of how daunting, unfamiliar, and uncomfortable it is to achieve natural sleep in the lab environment," says Hassett. "With the 3-night test, we pick up a significant number of patients after the first night that would have been missed. With the high false negatives after one night tests, it just makes more sense."
Provider education teams from NovaSom are dedicating time and energy to increasing awareness among primary care physicians (PCPs), ENTs, and pulmonologists. Since there are so many more PCPs out there, they have so far naturally benefitted a bit more from these educational efforts.
Particularly for uncomplicated patients at the primary level, PCPs are the main portal for a variety of patients with many different apnea severities. "We read statistics that say 7 out of 8 people with OSA are undiagnosed and unaware," says Hassett. "Most providers in America do not have the level of vigilance for this condition that its public health implications would warrant."
By now the statistics are familiar, but no less staggering. The costs and co-morbidities seem to multiply every year, and Hassett believes medical research will continue to confirm these findings. "We provide the resources that primary care physicians need to identify people at risk for OSA and determine appropriate candidates for both in-home and laboratory tests," says Hassett. "We have a field-based medical education force and have made significant investments in CME and non-CME educational programs, aimed at primary care."
The NovaSom home sleep test is offered as a turnkey service. There is no capital investment required of physicians. NovaSom provides rigorous infection controls, biomedical inspection, testing and calibration for each device in between patient uses, ensuring that every test sent to a patient will function accurately. Physicians view detailed study results through the online MediTrack® system.
"NovaSom has a large client care team and offers live clinical/technical support, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, to patients undergoing the home sleep test," adds Roger Richardson, vice president, Operations, for NovaSom. "We try to make testing as easy as possible, and are committed to raising consumer awareness of OSA through http://www.apnea.com."
NovaSom, Inc. is fully accredited by The Joint Commission's Ambulatory Care Program, is a Medicare-approved Independent Diagnostic Testing Facility (IDTF), and is registered with the Food and Drug Administration.
Claman D, et al; Otolaryng Head Neck Surg 2001; 125: 227–230.
Reichert JA, et al; Sleep Med 2003; 4: 213–218.
Richard Hassett, MD CEO NovaSom, Inc. http://www.novasom.com.
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CPAP, Sleep Centers
February 23, 2011 SleepDT	Leave a comment
Officials at the Orange County, Calif-based Judy & Richard Voltmer Sleep Center make sleep health a priority throughout the many specialties at Hoag Memorial Hospital.
Even in the population-dense region of Southern California, sleep labs used to be rare. When compared to 2011, sleep apnea awareness in the 1980s significantly trailed other conditions.
Officials at Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Orange County, Calif, recognized early on that there was a need for a specialized center to evaluate and treat sleep disorders. The Judy & Richard Voltmer Sleep Center, backed by the resources at Hoag, filled this void back in 1987 in Newport Beach, Calif. More recently, the center moved to gleaming new quarters in an effort to modernize and accommodate more patients.
With considerable resources, expertise, and referrals flowing from Hoag, the state-of-the-art 8-bed facility never lacks for patients. Paul Selecky, MD, FACP, FCCP, FAASM, long-time medical director of the Voltmer Sleep Center, has tirelessly spread the message of sleep health among his colleagues. The result is that clinicians from diverse specialties appreciate the value of healthy sleep, and they don't hesitate to ask for help when they need it.
Under the umbrella of Hoag Neurosciences Institute, the Voltmer Sleep Center is seamlessly integrated within the continuum of care. Sleep is not an afterthought. Neurologists, ENTs, pulmonologists, endocrinologists, and primary care physicians all readily send patients to the center.
Colleagues on Board
The evidence for the sleep/health connection seems to build each year, with ever-more co-morbidities related to poor sleep. The more apt question these days is what is not affected by sleep.
When the American Society of Anesthesiology (ASA) came out with its 2006 guidelines on peri-operative management of patients with known or suspected sleep apnea, clinicians at Voltmer Sleep Center were ready. "Our anesthesiologists asked if we could help them develop a program to screen patients who were coming in for elective surgery," says Selecky. "That protocol has now grown, and nearly every admission coming into Hoag is evaluated for the risk factors of sleep apnea."
Hoag has taken a proactive approach, and patients who come in for other ailments benefit from the extra attention. "About 70% of stroke patients have sleep apnea," says Selecky. "It's a chicken-egg type of thing, but at least they get sent here to lower that risk. Others who come in for total knee, hip, chest pain—we ask them about sleep and the patient is educated about serious breathing problems."
Not surprisingly, about 90% of all referrals to Voltmer Sleep Center come from Hoag, but outside referrals are growing. If a patient is referred by a Hoag neurologist for sleep problems related to that neurologic problem, a neurologist working on staff at Voltmer Sleep Center is the one to see that patient.
If COPD was the primary problem, a pulmonologist would visit with the patient. "This is not just an independent sleep center," explains Trish Stiger, BBA, RPSGT, CRT, manager of the Voltmer Sleep Center. "It is part of Hoag, and they refer from the Diabetes Center, the Cardiovascular Institute, and more. Even obstetricians are reminded that a snoring pregnant woman should not be ignored as if she merely has nasal congestion, as this can lead to complications of pregnancy."
In line with the large body of evidence linking sleep apnea and congestive heart failure, Voltmer Sleep Center clinicians provide information and education to all Hoag cardiologists. "A lot of them have gotten the message," says Selecky. "They ask every congestive heart patient, 'Do you snore?' If the patient snores, and has other features of sleep apnea, he comes to us." Cardiologists will also send patients whom they are treating for resistant hypertension, as is recommended by the American College of Cardiology and American Heart Association because of the link with untreated obstructive sleep apnea.
Much the same can be said for diabetes management. Endocrinologists who prescribe several different medications for diabetes have referred their patients to the Center, again because of the link between diabetes management and sleep apnea . "The first thing that should be done is to rule out sleep apnea," says Selecky.
Education and Follow-up
Every physician takes patients to the lab bedrooms to explain the diagnostic tests and procedures, and these in-person consultations provide vital information. Despite all the media attention on sleep, Selecky admits that some convincing is often part of the job. "Sometimes there is too much negative information out there," laments Selecky. "People come in and say, 'I don't want that breathing machine. I know somebody that hated it.' It gets a bad rap, so we must provide a lot of education."
When it comes time to dispensing the actual CPAP machine, Selecky and Stiger work closely with trusted durable medical equipment (DME) providers who are known for their good service. "If they don't provide good service, we don't refer to them—it's that simple," says Selecky. "That means excellent follow-up, because if patients don't have a positive experience in the first few weeks of CPAP use, they are more likely to abandon it. Nationally, the average for CPAP users is that 50% drop it by the end of the first year. We have several of the DME RTs spend time in the Center so patients can try a dozen different masks. It's like buying a pair of shoes. If it doesn't fit well, you are not going to use it."
In addition to the familiar sleep apnea/CPAP combination, officials at Voltmer are keen to address all sleep disorders and treatments. "Insomnia is not a huge percentage of our patient population at this point, but it's significant enough and our physicians treat it," says Stiger. "Patients may need extensive cognitive behavioral therapy, sometimes with the aid of psychologists.
In addition to CPAP for apnea, we embrace dental sleep medicine as a valid option. "Oral corrective devices have been used throughout our history with the help of local dentists who started treating some of our milder patients, or those who could not tolerate CPAP," adds Selecky.
Unlike the 1980s, Selecky says it seems as though these days there is a sleep lab on every corner. Favorable demographic trends suggest that won't change, despite the furor caused last year when Medicare approved home sleep studies—much to the chagrin of lab owners. "People said that might be the end of all sleep centers," says Selecky. "But as time has gone on, that has not occurred at all. Part of it is that reimbursement for home sleep studies is low. However, it has made every lab consider whether it should be involved in home sleep studies. The answer is yes for certain populations."
In 2011, Selecky believes the keys to success looks a lot like the keys of the past. Education, clinical excellence, follow-up, and compliance must be the driving forces. As understanding of sleep medicine grows and physicians know more about it, they will inevitably order more sleep studies.
Those who have worked to be a full service center will remain in the black as they gain the trust of physicians and patients alike. "There is a difference between establishing yourself as a sleep center vs a sleep lab," adds Stiger. "A center deals with everything. You educate, go out and teach the community, and work with all the other specialties to care for patients—which should always be the number one goal."
Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditations of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO), and home to Centers of Excellence in cancer, heart, orthopedics and women's health services. Orange County residents named Hoag the "Hospital of Choice" in a National Research Corporation poll, as well as the county's top hospital in a a local newspaper survey.
The Voltmer Sleep Center is an accredited member of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, and features a Web site (http://www.hoag.org/services/neurosciences-institute/voltmer-sleep-center) where potential patients can view online sleep assessments, photos of the sleep center, and information about the physicians. "Many people simply don't realize that an adequate night's sleep is needed to maintain good health and stay fully alert throughout the day," says Selecky. "We are excited about the opportunity to use the Internet to educate the public and to let them know there is help nearby."
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SleepView: The Smallest, Lightest, Type III Sleep Monitor
January 28, 2011 SleepDT	Leave a comment
The ultra light SleepView type 3 home sleep monitor from CleveMed is designed to be simple for patients, and cost effective for sleep labs.
Just shy of a year on the market, the SleepView from CleveMed has managed to carve a growing niche in the highly competitive world of home sleep monitoring. Sarah Weimer, director of Sleep Products at the Cleveland-based manufacturer, touts the device as the smallest and lightest home sleep monitor within the AASM-recommended Type 3 channel-set guidelines.
At a weight of approximately 2 ounces, the equipment is ergonomically designed for patients to perform a self test at home, while also working hand in hand with CleveMed's eCrystal PSG Web Portal.
The eCrystal PSG web service is offered at three different service tiers to meet the needs of various customers. We offer a full service with use of our eCrystal PSG web portal, scoring and interpretation for customer who are not affiliated with a sleep center. Our mid tier service includes use of eCrystal PSG and scoring. With this service a registered sleep technologist verifies the scoring and creates a draft of the report to be completed by a sleep physician. We also offer web portal use only. This service is used by centers that have personal for scoring and interpretation but wish to take advantage of easy web access to the data. Sleep studies can be uploaded from the point of patient care.
Easy for Patients
While Medicare approved home sleep testing last year, reimbursement still stands at just over $200. At that rate, Weimer points out that it is not cost effective for sleep labs, especially if sleep professionals must be involved with the setup every step of the way. "With that in mind, the goal with the SleepView was to make a device that fulfilled the channel set asked for by AASM, with the types of sensors that they like to see as well," says Weimer. "At the same time, we wanted it to be very easy for patients to do a self hook up with minimal instruction."
Clevemed was uniquely suited to do an incredibly small Type III device due to the company's long history of producing wireless electrophysiology monitors. Working within the diminutive design parameters, engineers sought to avoid the more complex harness systems used by competitors. "We wanted it to be small and light enough that it could be supported by a traditional respiratory effort belt," reveals Weimer. "It is easier for patients to hook themselves up. They don't have to worry about extra mounting straps or the discomfort of having the device worn elsewhere on the body."
Not surprisingly, patients appreciate how easy it is to put on the SleepView. For patients who think it may be too easy and question the procedure, engineers went an additional step with LED light indicators on the front that let patients know if they have hooked themselves up properly. "If they turn the device on, but they don't have sensors on, there is a little light on the front of the device by each channel name that will light up red to let them know that they are not hooked up properly," explains Weimer. "As they get each channel hooked up correctly, those lights will turn green to indicate that it is collecting a good signal. When the patient first turns the device on, those lights will stay on for 90 seconds, and then anytime during the night the patient can hit the 'on' button again to get another 30 seconds of feedback about whether the device is collecting good signals or not."
Feedback on usability and success rates tabulated from sponsored tests have consistently shown that patients come back with valid data. "Other customers have been using our other product, the Sleep Scout, which is a little bit more traditional and a little bit more complicated for the patient to put on," says Weimer. "It [the Scout] does not have the feedback, and we would have an increased number of unsuccessful studies with that product compared to this product. The immediate patient feedback on the SleepView lets patients know that they may not have a sensor in place properly, and they can fix it right away."
Expanding the Market
Weimer agrees that the SleepView, and home testing in general, will likely expand the market for sleep labs by increasing access and awareness to potential patients. The undiagnosed masses will get into the treatment cycle, benefitting all parties throughout the continuum of care.
As more clinicians learn about the importance of sleep, referrals will also increase the flow of patients. "Patients are typically seeing their dentists or primary care physicians, and if those health care professionals are asking the right questions about sleep, it is just going to increase the number of people who are aware and getting tested," says Weimer.
SleepView at a Glance
Hardware Dimensions: 3" × 2.6" × 0.7" (7.6 cm × 6.6 cm × 1.8 cm) Weight: 2 oz (57 g) (approx.) with batteries Power: 1 AAA battery Memory: 1G internal memory
7 Dedicated Channels
Airflow (pressure based)
Airflow (thermistor)
Snore (derived from airflow)
Respiratory Effort Belt (RIP)
SleepView works with the eCrystal PSG Web Portal, allowing treating physicians to initiate home sleep tests directly from their practices. Data from the SleepView is uploaded through the web portal to a network of professional technologists and sleep physicians for timely scoring and study interpretation.
Later reports with recommended treatment or follow-up are retrieved by the treating physician. This patient monitoring system allows physicians to provide a continuum of care.
For more information, visit http://www.clevemed.com
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Dar Radfar DDS Teaches Medical Reimbursement Best Practices, for Dentists
Dr. Dar Radfar took a few courses in dental sleep medicine by the so-called experts of industry. Like so many others, he burst onto the scene and in his first month, he sent Gergen's Orthodontic Lab eight cases. However, of those eight cases he was only paid on two due to the lack of knowledge … Continue reading Dar Radfar DDS Teaches Medical Reimbursement Best Practices, for Dentists →
Time Magazine Tackles "Best Time to Go to Sleep"
The fundamental question of what is the best time to go to bed has long been a conundrum and Read More
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Objective Testing Can Determine Whether Sleep Quality Matches Quantity
Compromised health affects Americans in countless ways, not the least of which is sleep deprivation. The price tag in lost Read More
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Don't Forget About The ASBA Study Club And Diplomate Exam/Review Coming In One Month!
The American Sleep and Breathing Academy is an organization dedicated to enriching our members' knowledge and skill in the treatment of sleep disordered breathing. Our goal is to provide current evidence based information to our members and enable them to provide optimal treatment for their patients. The Academy offers certification to its members as a … Continue reading Don't Forget About The ASBA Study Club And Diplomate Exam/Review Coming In One Month! →
Free Market Medicine in the Pacific Northwest
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Islamic State car bombing against Al-Sinaa prison in Syria, 20 January 2022 [image source]
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The Haqqani Network, Al-Qaeda, and Pakistan's Jihad in Afghanistan
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 7 September 2021
Anti-Taliban fighters watch U.S. airstrikes at Tora Bora, 16 December 2001 || REUTERS/Erik de Castro
The State Department spokesman Ned Price said, on 27 August, "The Taliban and the Haqqani Network are separate entities". The next day, the Pentagon Press Secretary John Kirby slightly modulated this, having first tried to dismiss the question, by conceding there was "a certain amount of … commingling … there's a marbling … of Taliban and Haqqani", before saying he was "pushing back … [on] the relevance of that discussion".
What these officials were trying to do was two-fold: (1) to refute press reports that U.S. officials in Kabul had shared "a list of names of American citizens, green card holders, and Afghan allies" with the Taliban, amounting to having "put all those Afghans on a kill list", as one "defense official" put it; and (2) to deny that the U.S. coordination with the Taliban to evacuate people the jihadists wanted to kill—a surreal enough situation—had involved the additional political and legal problems of coordinating with a formally registered Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO), as the Haqqani Network is. Continue reading →
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Signs of Improvement in the Media Coverage of Pakistan's Role in Afghanistan
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 26 August 2021
Taliban patrol in Wazir Akbar Khan, Kabul, 18 August 2021 [image source]
Having recently complained about the lack of emphasis in the media coverage of Afghanistan on the fact that Pakistan controls the Taliban, it is only right to note that there have been some recent signs of improvement. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Afghanistan and tagged al-Qaeda, Central Intelligence Agency, CIA, Haqqani Network, Intelligence, Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI, jihadism, Khalil al-Rahman Haqqani, Khalil Haqqani, MI6, NATO, Pakistan, propaganda, Secret Intelligence Service, SIS, Taliban on August 26, 2021 by KyleWOrton.
New Speech Does Not Provide Proof of Life for Al-Qaeda's Leader
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 March 2021
A nearly-22-minute video was released by As-Sahab, the media wing of Al-Qaeda, on 12 March 2021, entitled, "The Wound of the Rohingya is the Wound of the Umma" or "The Wound of the Rohingya is the Wound of the Islamic Nation". More than anything actually said or presented, the video itself was the story since it comes after credible reports in November 2020 that Al-Qaeda's emir, Ayman al-Zawahiri, had died a month earlier. The only question was whether the video would provide proof-of-life for Al-Zawahiri, and it pointedly did not. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Al-Qaeda Speeches, Jihadi Output and tagged al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bangladesh, Burma, China, Christianity, genocide, Mullah Muhammad Omar, Mullah Muhammad Umar, Osama bin Laden, propaganda, Rohingya, Syria, Taliban, terrorism, Usama bin Ladin, Uyghur on March 12, 2021 by KyleWOrton.
The Munster Millenarians: Anabaptism and the Radical Reformation
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 21 February 2021
Execution of Jan Beuckelszoon // Illustration in a book by Lambertus Hortensius
In 1534, shortly after the onset of the Protestant Reformation, a radical sect from this new movement, the Anabaptists, seized the city of Munster in Germany and governed it for sixteen months as a millenarian cult in a manner so alarming it managed to bring together Catholic and Lutheran forces to put it down. The experience had a profound influence not only on the development of Anabaptism thereafter, but on the manner in which the Reformation more generally unfolded. Continue reading →
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Turkey Increases the Pressure on the PKK Headquarters in Iraq
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 12 June 2020
Ismail Nazlikul (Kasim Engin) [image source]
The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) announced earlier this week that one of its senior commanders, Ismail Nazlikul (who used the codename "Kasim Engin") had been killed on 27 May in a Turkish airstrike in Iraqi Kurdistan. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in PKK and tagged Abdullah Ocalan, al-Qaeda, Cemil Bayik, Civil Defence Units, Cold War, Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine, Democratic Union Party, DFLP, drones, Hafez al-Assad, Iran, Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Ismail Özden, Ismail Nazlikul, Kasim Engin, Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, Kurdistan Freedom Hawks, Kurdistan Regional Government, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Lebanon, organised crime, Pakistan, Palestinian Liberation Organization, People's Protection Forces, PKK, PLO, propaganda, purges, PYD, Qandil Mountains, Russia, Saddam Hussein, SDF, Soviet Union, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, TAK, terrorism, Turkey, Waziristan, YPG, YPS, Zaki Shingali on June 12, 2020 by KyleWOrton.
State Department Offers Bounty for Islamic State Propaganda Official
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 29 May 2020
Last night the State Department's Rewards for Justice Program announced that it would pay $3 million for information leading to the capture or killing of Muhammad Khadr Musa Ramadan, described as "a senior leader of and key propagandist for the Islamic State". Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Jihadi Biographies and tagged Abu Bakr al-Ghareeb, Abu Muhammad al-Adnani, Abu Muhammad al-Furqan, Abu Yaqub al-Maqdisi, al-Hazimiyya, Amaq News Agency, Baraa Kadek, Hazimi faction, ISIS, Islamic State, Muhammad Khadir Musa Ramadan, Muhammad Khadr Musa Ramadan, propaganda, propagandist-recruiter, Riyan Meshal, Taha Falaha, terrorism, Turki al-Bin'ali, Wael Adel Hasan Salman al-Fayad, Wael Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad, Wael al-Fayad, Yusuf ibn Ahmad Samreen, Yusuf ibn Ahmad Simrin on May 29, 2020 by KyleWOrton.
The Darker Side of the Western Enthusiasm for "The Kurds"
A version of this article was published in The Arab Weekly
By Kyle Orton (@KyleWOrton) on 24 November 2019
Solider from the Syrian regime holds up a portrait of Bashar al-Asad and a Syrian national flag, another stands by the Kurdish YPG/PKK flag, in Kobani, 18 October 2019. (AFP)
Mustafa Bali, head of the press office for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), the coalition partner against the Islamic State (ISIS) in Syria, sent a tweet on November 14 showing Turkey's Arab proxies engaged in "ISIS chants." By this, he meant the takbir, "God is Great," an expression used by Muslims every day. When criticised, Bali doubled down and blocked many critics. This was a microcosm of one of the darker threads in an SDF messaging strategy that is among the most effective propaganda campaigns on record. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, PKK, Syria, Turkey and tagged active measures, al-Qaeda, anti-Muslim prejudice, Bashar al-Assad, Democratic Union Party, Iran, ISIS, Islamic State, Islamism, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Kurds, media, People's Protection Forces, People's Protection Units, PKK, propaganda, PYD, Russia, SDF, Syria Civil Defence, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian National Army, Syrian rebellion, Turkey, war crimes, White Helmets, YPG on November 24, 2019 by KyleWOrton.
Trump's Middle East Failure Was Made By Obama
President Barack Obama meeting President-elect Donald Trump, 10 November 2016 [image source]
October 2019 may well remain in the popular memory as the inflection point marking the collapse of America's — and by extension, the West's — position in at least the northern Middle East. Having been thwarted twice before in efforts to leave Syria, in March and December 2018, President Donald Trump made one more try. For many, 'Trump betrayed the Kurds' will be the summary of the events that followed as Turkey made a swift move into the vacuum. The reality is a lot more complicated, and in truth the amount of blame that Trump can take for the events of the last month is rather limited. This catastrophe was baked into the policy of Barack Obama, and Trump's main fault is to have followed the policy track laid down by his predecessor. Continue reading →
This entry was posted in Foreign Policy, Iran Deal, PKK, Syria and tagged Abdullah Ocalan, al-Qaeda, ARAMCO attack, authoritarianism, Baathism, Barack Obama, Bashar al-Assad, CENTCOM, Democratic Confederalism, Democratic Union Party, Deraa, Donald Trump, Ferhat Abdi Sahin, Ferhat Abdi Shahin, General Mazlum, Hafez al-Assad, Hezbollah, Hizballah, information operations, Iran, Iran nuclear deal, Iraq, IRGC, ISIS, Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, Islamic State, Israel, JCPOA, Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, KCK, KDP, Kirkuk, Kobani, Kurdistan Communities Union, Kurdistan Democratic Party, Kurdistan Democratic Solution Party, Kurdistan Free Life Party, Kurdistan Workers' Party, Mazloum Abdi, media, Operation BARIS PINARI, Operation BARISH PINARI, Operation PEACE SPRING, PCDK, Pentagon, People's Protection Units, PJAK, PKK, propaganda, PYD, Qandil Mountain, Qassem Sulaymani, Qassem Suleimani, Qatar, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Russia, Sahin Cilo, Sanctions, Saudi Arabia, SDF, Soviet Union, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian National Army, Syrian rebellion, Tanf, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, war crimes, YPG on November 19, 2019 by KyleWOrton.
Coalition Partner in Syria Represses Dissent
Ahmad al-Hashlum, Hasan Qassab, Hamza al-Malla, Mazen al-Harami
There has been a renewed crackdown on dissent in the areas of Syria run by the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK). While on Syrian soil, the PKK uses the name Democratic Union Party (PYD), and its armed wing is called the People's Protection Units (YPG). The YPG/PKK is the dominant force in the "Syrian Democratic Forces" (SDF), the U.S.-led international Coalition's ground partner in Syria against the Islamic State (ISIS). Continue reading →
This entry was posted in PKK and tagged Ahmad al-Hashloum, Ahmad Mousa al-Hashloum, arbitrary detention, Asayesh, Asayish, assassination, Democratic Union Party, ISIS, Islamic State, Kurdistan Workers' Party, People's Protection Forces, PKK, propaganda, PYD, Raqqa, repression, Rojava, SDF, Syria, Syrian Democratic Forces on November 12, 2019 by KyleWOrton.


This guide will give you step-by-step instructions on how to replace your display assembly. Make sure you have a clean, dry, uncluttered, and roomy work space that has good lighting before you start. Also, make sure that your display assembly actually needs to be replaced by consulting our troubleshooting guide.
Remove the two 2mm Phillips #00 screws from the fan.
Using minimal force, disconnect both WiFi antennae cables.
Remove the single Phillips #00 screw that secures the WiFi card.
Slide the WiFi card up until it is completely removed.
Do not pull up on the wireless module while it is still seated. You may inadvertently damage it.
Remove the four hinge screw with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
Grip the black tape and pull up to unplug.
Separate the display assembly from the body of the computer.
As a result of the orientation of the hinges, you may need to rotate open the laptop to around 270 degrees to clear them.


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AFL took a knee for Black Lives Matter as the finishing touches were added to an Adam Goodes mural
opinion: AFL took a knee for Black Lives Matter as the finishing touches were added to an Adam Goodes mural
By Offsiders columnist Richard Hinds
Posted Thu 11 Jun 2020 at 7:06pm Thursday 11 Jun 2020 at 7:06pm Thu 11 Jun 2020 at 7:06pm , updated Fri 12 Jun 2020 at 10:45am Friday 12 Jun 2020 at 10:45am Fri 12 Jun 2020 at 10:45am
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The AFL-approved gesture of support for the Black Lives Matter movement was poignant and, no doubt, heartfelt.(Photo: AAP/Michael Dodge)
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If the return of the AFL season was supposed to be symbolic, it might be remembered instead for its symbolism.
Before a strangely anticlimactic draw between Richmond and Collingwood, players from both teams took a knee in an empty MCG.
This was an AFL-approved gesture of support for the Black Lives Matter cause that was poignant and, no doubt, heartfelt.
Or it might have been if, just a few hours earlier, artists had not put the finishing touches to a mural of Adam Goodes on a building in Sydney's Surry Hills, which provided a potent, perhaps even inconvenient reminder of one of the AFL's most shameful episodes.
Adam Goodes has been memorialised in a Sydney mural. (Supplied: Sydney Swans)
Accordingly, on a day we had expected to celebrate the return of the innocent joy of going to the footy — well, until crowds are allowed in, at least watching the footy — we were confronted by its still uneasy racial history and an obvious question.
Was the very public gesture of taking a knee — that will be repeated across the weekend — an indication the AFL is now ready to confront instances of crowd and on-field racism that have included the vilification of Nicky Winmar, Michael Long and Goodes' as they occur, not just in the rear vision mirror of history?
Or was the AFL's much-anticipated return after the COVID-19 shutdown being used for yet more corporate window-dressing and the sentiments no more resilient than the cardboard cut-outs who watched the game?
There was no-one there to boo the Richmond and Collingwood players for taking the knee. (AAP: Michael Dodge)
Climactic moments disguised constipated encounter
As it is, the game played on Thursday night between the well-fancied Tigers and Magpies only lived up to its billing in its finish, the climactic moments of the low-scoring 5.6 (36) - 5.6 (36) draw disguising a painfully constipated encounter.
Quarters shortened to 16 minutes would, we had been promised, create a ballistic new game with energised teams hitting the scoreboard at will.
Instead we got a scrappy contest after which both teams will feel they should have won but neither really deserved the four points.
Instead of free-flowing football befitting two highly-rated teams, the most significant sign of AFL-as-usual was the controversy surrounding a goal late in the third quarter when the ball appeared to have crossed the line for a behind before it was marked by Richmond's Jack Higgins.
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The mark was awarded after video intervention, the goal kicked and, alas, the Collingwood throng was not there to abuse the officials in person and had to rely on an unsatisfying synthetic version of crowd noise to imitate their frustration.
Following the lead of NRL broadcasters Nine and Fox Sports, Seven had chosen to use their own fake crowd noise which landed somewhere between Nine's quiet NRL murmur and Fox Sports' heavy-handed attempts at "authentic" reactions.
After a few early misfires, the AFL producers managed to get the fake reaction loosely synchronised with the action and, until the discordant cheers upon the final siren — a draw is always met with confused silence — the major failure was that the virtual crowd was not loud enough to drown out the most hysterical of Seven's commentators.
Seven, we were very quickly reminded, has long been the home of the megawall — a multiscreen abomination where viewers are confronted by images on as many as nine screens.
This presumably saves the producers the tiresome task of doing their job by screening just one compelling image.
So it was inevitable the dreaded megawall would be the vehicle used by Seven to show public reaction with the sight of not just one but nine manic families cavorting in their living rooms subbed in for an actual crowd.
While you might applaud any effort to add a semblance of normality to the coverage of a game that would have usually been played before 90,000 fans pre-COVID, the megawall was only a slightly more convincing injection of "fan involvement" than an interview with the cardboard cut-outs.
If taking a knee was the signature moment of the AFL's return, signing a new media rights contract has now become the real ceremonial moment in any sport's return to the field.
Just like the NRL's re-start two weeks ago, it was the AFL's last minute negotiation of its contract with Seven and Fox Sports that excited the commentators before the bounce.
However, despite the chest-beating about whether the NRL or AFL had signed and played first, the media rights game in the post-COVID era should be called the Biggest Loser — which game loses the most projected revenue due to the diminished appeal of a truncated season or the desperation to gain financial security by prolonging its deal?
The Broncos' shameful loss at an empty Lang Park is a warning for AFL clubs ahead of restart
Surely the mere thought of that walk of shame back to the sheds with the jeers of the hometown fans in their faces would have been enough to ensure a far more respectable defeat for the Broncos, writes Richard Hinds.
Early projections suggest that by holding out the AFL has done marginally better than the NRL in cash savings, but it has not yet secured its deal with Fox Sports beyond the current contract.
Although, as unfashionable as it might be to say, we will only know which competition has done better when we find out how well they have protected grass roots competitions that are their lifeblood, not how much they protect the salaries of players and administrators.
Meanwhile, if the Richmond, Collingwood arm wrestle was a somewhat unsatisfying way to start again more will be learnt from the remaining games that are the subject of even more COVID-era quirks and tweaks.
On Friday night, Geelong plays Hawthorn in a match that would normally attract 80,000 to the MCG but will instead be contested at the Cats' relatively claustrophobic Kardinia Park.
On the weekend the hub-dwellers West Coast and Fremantle begin their lives as Queensland's third and fourth teams while in Sydney and Adelaide there will be a now rare sight — small groups of non-recyclable fans.
Real flesh and blood supporters in the AFL stands will be reassuring.
Although, as some will have noted, when the Richmond and Collingwood players kneeled none of the cardboard cut-outs booed.
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Amazon has quietly launched Amazon Music in which the music streaming service allows users to choose their music preferences in 12 different languages including Punjabi and Hindi.
"we bring a global service that's been truly localised in its selection and curation"
Amazon has unveiled its music streaming service Amazon Music in India, 18 months after launching its popular Prime package in July 2016.
In an expanding market that includes Apple Music, Times Internet's Gaana, Jio Music, Wynk Music and Saavn, Amazon Music brings another addition to the Indian music streaming industry.
The American e-commerce giant, in particular, has been making a serious investment over the past couple of years in India, contributing more than $5 billion (approx. £3.63 billion) to date.
At the time, Amazon Prime lacked the free music and video streaming services compared to its competitors in the market.
Since 2017, however, Amazon Video has been steadily building up its presence, also launching a dedicated Bollywood channel to challenge its rival Netflix.
While it has taken some time for Prime Music to release and be ready for current users who subscribe to Prime, Amazon appears confident that it will be just as successful as its other services.
Similar to some of the other streaming platforms available, Amazon Music has tailored itself for Indian users. When the app is launched, users will have the option to choose their music language preferences.
These range from Hindi, English, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati and Rajasthani. In addition, they have also added more specialised genres of music such as Carnatic Classical, Devotional, Ghazals, Hindustani Classical, Rabindra Sangeet, and Sufi and Qawwali.
At present, five music labels have already signed up for the service, including T-Series, Venus Music, Sony Music, Saregama and Zee Music Company.
However, with online music piracy being an ongoing issue in India, there are still potential concerns over how successful Amazon's new service will be in attracting users.
It is thought that over half of internet users in the country access unlicensed services on a monthly basis despite the Indian music industry being heavily reliant on Bollywood over international artists.
A report by KPMG estimates that India's recorded music industry will almost double by 2019 to Rs. 18.9bn (approx. $300 million and £218.4 million).
Bollywood music has a 60% share of music streaming services despite the genre declining due to the transition to digital.
India's music streaming market is reportedly now gearing towards 'search and discovery' for music directors and Bollywood actors, rather than recommendation-orientated streaming. Perhaps, Amazon Music can cater to this new trend?
Previously, Prime Music was limited to consumers who had owned Amazon's smart speaker 'Echo' on a preview basis.
Indian Prime subscribers can access the service via the internet and via mobile devices through apps for IOS and Android. Also, the app can be synced with the company's personal assistant 'Alexa'.
Saavn, Gaana and Apple cost Rs 1,050 (£11), Rs 1,020 (£11) and Rs 1,200 (£13) per month respectively for their services. Meanwhile, with Prime Music, it is the cheapest available service at Rs 999 (£11).
Sahas Malhotra, Director of Amazon Music India says: "We believe music listeners are going to love Amazon Prime Music as we bring a global service that's been truly localised in its selection and curation.
With the quiet launch of Amazon Music in India, it remains to be seen if Spotify will enter an already competitive Indian music streaming marketplace after opening an office in Mumbai in 2017.
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Owner of the Pythodd from 1965 to 1973
Stanley Thomas, Sr, 1984.
Stanley Thomas Sr, who owned the Pythodd from 1965 until it closed in 1973, was a musician himself before becoming the owner of the popular jazz establishment. Thomas taught himself to play the horn at age 14. Upon a visit to the Eastman Theater in 1922 for a music competition, Thomas was recommended to study at the Ithaca Conservatory. He was the only black student in the band school at the time.
In 1930, Thomas came to Rochester with Bill Geeder's Penn-York group, which he had been a part of throughout his time at the Ithaca Conservatory. He later organized his own band, and eventually joined the Johnny Hartzog group. Along with about 60 black musicians who were active in Rochester, Thomas helped create an organization called the Rochester Negro Musicians. Thomas was elected the leader, and wanted to push for the group to organize a union for the musicians. Ironically, Thomas' idea, once put to vote, was knocked down by the group. Many couldn't read music and feared that a union would put them out of jobs. Though the local union was white, in 1945, Stanley Thomas, Sr. and Johnny Hartzog became the first black musicians to join.
Thomas was active in a number of organizations in the 1950s, and at one point was the president of the NAACP Branch, Flower City Elks Lodge, and Eureka Lodge (Prince Hall Masons) concurrently. Thomas was also a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. In 1982 and 1984, he was elected Grand Esteemed Leading Knight in the Elks.
In 1965, Stanley Thomas, Sr. and his wife, Dolores Thomas, took over ownership of the Pythodd Room. The establishment, in the subsequent years, was managed by the couple's son, Stanley Thomas, Jr. The Thomas family owned the Pythodd until it closed in 1973.


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Social capital pertains to the social relations between humans, and since these social relations have a spatial dimension, so too does social capital. However, the spatial dimension of social capital has received little attention in the literature so far. Even in a globalizing world where electronic and virtual communication have the potential to defeat the need for geographical proximity, it is still relevant to consider the spatial dimension of social capital. After all, human beings exist most prominently in real rather than in virtual space. This special issue undertakes an inquiry into the spatial dimension of social capital from an explorative perspective. It aims to further theoretical and empirical understanding of the spatial dimension of social capital. As editors we recognize that the debate on social capital is still ongoing in the literature and that it is fed from different, sometimes conflicting perspectives. Therefore, the spatial dimension of social capital can only be conceptualized in the light of these different perspectives, which necessitates an explorative approach. Nonetheless, the various contributions of this special issue allow several conclusions that are valuable to the ongoing discussion on social capital and its spatial dimension.
In the first part of this introductory paper, we discuss social capital from a conceptual angle, as we distinguish between two key approaches (the "structuralist" and "interactionist" approaches). We then argue how these approaches may be helpful to the understanding of the spatial dimension of social capital. In the second part, we introduce the various contributions and explain how they contribute to the aim of this special issue.
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Planetarium Zuylenburgh home
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French Pendules
Hague Clocks & Religieuses
Longcase Clocks
Bracketclocks Dutch/English
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Renaissance Clocks
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Barometers & Thermometers
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Globes of Valk
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The Blaeu Dynastie
Vanitas Panel with Saint Jerome, first half 16th century
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Objects from the top collection of Bert Degenaar in the Boerhaave museum
On 15 October 2021, Rijksmuseum Boerhaave opened the newly furnished rooms of Mighty Collections. Here, some of the objects from the extensive Zuylenburgh collection have been given a prominent and permanent place in the display. The museum and 'gentleman dealer' and collector Bert Degenaar have already signed up for this special collaboration, whereby it is arranged that the collection of scientific instruments is transferred to the museum after his death. Bert Degenaar's collection is one of the largest private collection of scientific instruments in the world.
Scientific instruments from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries differ from later instruments because they are all art objects. The Zuylenburgh collection covers the breadth of this period, with a strong focus on optical instruments, chronometers, navigation instruments, meteorology and mathematical instruments. The instruments have a mainly Dutch or English background, and are representative of the cross-border character of early modern science. These qualities are the result of the connoisseurship and selectivity with which the collection has been assembled. We explain a number of the instruments in more detail here.
An air pump by Francis Hauksbee (1709)
Hauksbee, who initially worked in the textile trade, started making air pumps in 1701 to participate in physics experiments. In 1703 he became an assistant to Isaac Newton and a member of the London Royal Society, the leading scientific society of the time.
Hauksbee's air pumps contain clever improvements over previous versions of the air pump: they had two cylinders, making the vacuum pumping of the glass bell jar twice as fast. In addition, the force of one piston partially offsets the back pressure of the other, making operating the pump less arduous. As a bonus, the Hauksbee pump has a built-in barometer that measures the air pressure in the bell jar, so that the experimenter knew when the bell jar had been evacuated.
Eight Hauksbee pumps have survived, but some were made by his successors, who continued Hauksbee's business after his death. However, Degenaar's copy so closely resembles an illustration in a booklet that Hauksbee published in 1709, that we are probably dealing here with an inventor's own product.
A microscope attributed to John Marshall (c. 1710)
John Marshall was an important maker of optical instruments (microscopes and telescopes) in London around 1700. Rijksmuseum Boerhaave owns a collection of microscopes that documents the development of the instrument from the mid-seventeenth century to the present. However, a representative microscope from Marshall is missing.
Marshall's microscopes are usually of the compound type – i.e. with three lenses – and are characterized by the richly decorated tube (the microscope tube) in gold stamped leather and by the single stand with a provision to adjust the distance between the specimen and the objective of the microscope. to accurately adjust the microscope. These microscopes rarely come on the market, and when they do, it's for amounts that usually exceed the museum's purchase budget. However, the Zuylenburgh collection contains two Marshall microscopes. Boerhaave now exhibits both of them.
Clock with balance spring, Isaac Thuret (c. 1675)
In 1656 Christiaan Huygens invented the pendulum clock. The regular back and forth movement of a pendulum was used therein to regulate the mechanism of a clockwork. The result was a clock that ran many times more reliably than all timepieces up to that point. Thanks to Huygens, time measurement had become many times more accurate.
But the story didn't end there. A pendulum clock cannot withstand sudden movements or shocks, making Huygens' invention unsuitable for use in, for example, pocket watches or ship clocks. And the latter was certainly important. In fact, having a reliable onboard timer was essential for determining the ship's longitude, and governments offered high rewards to anyone who would invent such a seaworthy timer.
Christiaan Huygens has devised several alternatives to the pendulum clock, all of which turned out to be unable to withstand the pitching movements of a ship on the high seas. But in 1675 he made an invention that brought him close to the solution: the balance spring. This is a spiral spring, which, coupled with the clock mechanism, has the same function as a pendulum, but which is hardly sensitive to disturbance by the movement of a ship. The Parisian clockmaker Isaac Thuret had already worked with Huygens around 1670, among other things on a clock that could be used for astronomical observations. Now Huygens contacted Thuret to build a clock with a balance spring.
This clock from the Zuylenburgh collection is probably a very early prototype of such a spring-balanced clock, made by Thuret in close collaboration with Huygens. It also seems to be a demonstration model: the housing is largely made of glass, so that the clock mechanism – with balance spring – is clearly visible.
The earliest pendulum clock by Huygens can already be seen in the permanent display of the Rijksmuseum Boerhaave, as well as the astronomical clock from 1670 and Huygens' clock-driven planetarium from 1682. The Thuret clock from the Zuylenburgh collection is a valuable addition to the story.
Planetarium Zuylenburgh in Oud-Zuilen was completed in 2009. It is the second planetarium in Holland. The planetarium of Eise Eisinga in Franeker was set as example, although some new insights have let to a unique example of Planetarium Zuylenburgh tot een uniek voorbeeld van contemporary artisan work. The creation of Planetarium Zuylenburgh took three years to complete and is entirely built by hand.
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Royal Eise Eijsenga Planetarium in Franeker receives Orrery Planetarium Zuylen Burgh Old Pillars. The Eise Eisinga Planetarium in Franeker is from the collection of Planetarium Zuylen Burgh received a beautiful contemporary version of the Orrery James Ferguson (1710-1776). This planetarium instruments were made for educational reasons. The movements of the sun, earth and moon can […]


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Zoë Kravitz Says She'd Do Over Criticism Of Will Smith's Oscars Slap
She noted that 'It's a scary time to have an opinion.'
By Paul Meara
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Zoë Kravitz is reflecting on how she reacted to Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Academy Awards in March.
Speaking with The Wall Street Journal, the actress said she wishes that the social media post she made a few days after the shocking incident happened was more nuanced.
Via Instagram at the time, Kravitz shared a photo of herself from the Oscars red carpet and wrote, "Here's a picture of my dress at the show where we are apparently assaulting people on stage now." She also responded "nope" when a commenter asked if she supported Smith's actions.
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"I'm torn about what to say right now, because I'm supposed to just talk about it; I have very complicated feelings around it," Kravitz told the newspaper about her initial comments on the Oscars slap. "I wish I had handled that differently. And that's okay."
She continued, "It's a scary time to have an opinion or to say the wrong thing or to make controversial art or statements or thoughts or anything. It's mostly scary because art is about conversation. That should, in my opinion, always be the point. The internet is the opposite of conversation. The internet is people putting things out and not taking anything in."
Kravitz also added, "I was reminded that I'm an artist. Being an artist is not about everybody loving you or everyone thinking you're hot. It's about expressing something that will hopefully spark a conversation or inspire people or make them feel seen. I think I'm in a place right now where I don't want to express myself through a caption or a tweet. I want to express myself through art."
During the Oscars, Chris Rock joked about Jada Pinkett Smith just before presenting the award for the documentary feature category. In reaction, Smith walked on stage and slapped Rock. Smith later won the Oscar for best actor for his portrayal of Venus and Serena Williams' father Richard Williams in King Richard.
Last month, Will Smith apologized to Rock and his family in a five-minute social media video.
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To drive any off-road vehicle in Québec, users must comply to specific requirements depending on age or vehicle.
The minimal age required to drive an ATV is 16, and users aged 16 or 17 must have a Certificate of competence and knowledge, delivered by the FQCQ or by the Fédération des clubs de motoneigistes du Québec, on the exception that the driver has a valid license delivered by a recognized instance other than the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (i.e.: a driver's license from Ontario).
In addition to procuring the necessary registrations, the driver must hold a minimum of $500,000 of third-party liability insurance covering any property and/or bodily damage causes by the use of an off-road vehicle.
Lastly, a trail permit must be purchased from a club, a dealership, authorized retailers or online. The permit allows the buyer to circulate in provincial trails throughout Québec and New-Brunswick, in accordance with inter-provincial reciprocal agreements.
To make the most of your off-road trip, make sure your vehicle is in good working order and that you have the right equipment. Avoid bad surprises by planning your itinerary and inquirer to your local club about trail conditions.
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Court halts highway plan to connect Istanbul, İzmir
April 05 2012 00:01:00
ANKARA - Anatolia News Agency
Transport Minister Binali Yıldırım (R) is seen speaking to the press in this Sept 27 photo while annonucing details of a vast highway project to connect İzmir and Istanbul.
The largest build-operate-transfer project, Gebze-Orhangazi-İzmir Highway has been put on hold by the State Council, repealing a Prime Ministry notice exempting the project from environmental impact assessments (ÇED).
Following the court decision, the Prime Minister's office has a right to appeal to the Plenary Session of Administrative Law Divisions, but it must carry out the court decision within 30 days.
An environmental impact assessment process should be still conducted regarding the highway project, even if the Prime Ministry appeals, according to Arif Ali Cangı, the lawyer of the Chamber of the Landscapes and the Aegean Environment and Culture Platform, which challenged the highway project and the Prime Ministry's notice at the court. Turkish laws require proof of a positive environmental impact before construction projects start.
The groundbreaking ceremony of the project, including the construction of the Gulf Bridge in the İzmit Gulf, was held October 2010. The estimated cost of the project is $6.5 billion. The highway will reduce the distance between Istanbul and İzmir in the Aegean province to less than 4 hours, compared to the current eight. "This court ruling shows that the order of the Prime Minister to finish the project in five years, even at the expense of the environment, is nothing but over-ambitiousness. The Ministry of the Environment and Urban Planning can no longer insist on ÇED exemptions due to this decision," said Emre Baturay, a lawyer of the Chamber of the Landscapes.


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It is made of high quality stainless steel and it will enjoy the natural scent of drinks. In addition, electrolytic polishing is applied to the inside of the bottle and the surface is smoothly finished, so it is difficult for stains such as smell and tea to be attached, and it can be used cleanly.
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Imperial pigeons are large forest dwelling pigeons. The 'pied' imperial pigeon is named for its black and white colouring.
The pied imperial pigeon is found in forests and plantations on the coasts or small islands of Southeast Asia.
Pied imperial pigeons are fruit eaters feeding on a variety of fruits including nutmeg and figs. They feed in the trees, sometimes hanging upside down to get the ripe fruits.
Loose stick nests are built high in the trees and a single white egg is laid, which is incubated for around 25 days.
These pigeons are not classed as endangered as they have a large population and range, however their numbers are believed to be decreasing due to persecution as a pest in plantations.


Daft: adj. silly or foolish.
I am officially on a staycation at the in laws' place in the Hills and cannot be more thrilled. While my home office now has the best view of the city, it is making it a bit distracting to actually get anything done. The only way to ensure I stay focused is by balancing work and play; 2 hours of work and a 45 minute hike, followed by another 3 hours of work, and a quick coffee break, and so on. While on the subject of being silly/foolish, this Be Daft tee by Daftbird makes for the perfect throw-on-and-go top since it can be worn as shown in my normal everyday attire or possibly even more dressed up with leather. You might also catch me at Runyon sporting this tee since the open back allows for some good ventilation.


The new term is finally here and we are so excited to see all students in school on Monday. We hope you have had a wonderful summer holidays but are now ready to return to IESV or to join our school for the first time. There are 14 new staff members starting this term and they are so excited to meet everyone. Lets make this another fantastic year together.