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Posted on December 3, 2021 December 6, 2021 by Psychedelics Today
The Wild World of 19th Century Psychedelics
By Zeus Tipado
Our understanding of the brain in the 1800s was quite different from what we know today – and pretty weird, too.
You can't throw a tab of LSD without hitting a story about psychedelics these days. While psychedelics are going through a scientific renaissance, 150 years ago, the field was a circus of misinformation and racism. Occasionally though, through that potpourri of misguided madness, it nailed some concepts that still hold up today. Granted, future scientists will most likely write an article clowning the state of psychedelics in the early 2000s to today, but let me be the first to start that vicious cycle by highlighting some of the more ridiculous concepts people believed in the 19th Century.
While there may have been many ethnographic studies of psychedelics dating back to the Bronze Age, the concept of modern neuroscience is a fairly new field. In the 1880s, the interest in neuroscience formed from humanity's attempt to explain mental illness and addiction through scientific terms as opposed to supernatural spirits possessing bodies. Some neuroscientists in the 19th century believed a person's cognition, along with predisposition of behavioral traits was rooted in neuroanatomy, which some believed was reflected in the physical structure of the skull. The idea that chemistry played a role in brain functionality was a novel concept that didn't have much support in the scientific community in the early 1880s. In fact, the closest thing science got to neurochemistry was in 1809, when Johann Christian Reil soaked a brain in pure alcohol for a week just to see what would happen (if you're wondering, it got really hard and took on the texture of shoe leather).
To first understand the state of neuroscience in the 1800s, we must first comprehend the state of science at the time, and it was bonkers.
Cell Theory, Darwin, and Phrenology
The idea that all living organisms consisted of cells and that all cells originated from pre-existing cells (cell theory) proposed by German physiologist Theodor Schwann in 1839 was revolutionary. It shifted the deeply-held religious belief that life originated supernaturally, and instead, emerged from biological means. It sounds trivial now, but society took a collective seat and came to the realization that each person was a community of cells working in unison to create a 'Bob,' Connie,' or 'Karen' (and of course, all those Karen cells wanted to see the manager shortly after being created).
Twenty years after the world recovered from Schwann's cell theory, Darwin dropped The Origin of a Species, giving birth to the concept of evolution, a radical idea that once again shifted humanity's focus away from divine creation and more closely towards the modern worldview we hold today.
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Science in the 1800s was also notoriously racist. Many people used Darwin's evolutionary theory to justify hateful pseudoscience that revealed the most vile aspects of humanity. While he was able to consciously remove himself from the 19th century racism that prevailed in science at the time, most could not. Franz Joseph Gall constructed the basic ideologies of phrenology in 1808, which was a belief that a person's mental aptitude could be determined by bumps and ridges in a person's skull — evidence Gall believed was the pressure of the neuroanatomy of the brain on the skull. More specifically, he believed a person's behavior was localized in different compartments in the brain — a total of 28 areas to be exact. Things like 'the firmness of purpose,' 'love of poetry,' and even a place in the brain that's responsible for a person's tendency to murder, Gall insisted, could be determined through cranial anatomy.
When phrenology emerged in Europe in the 1800s, most scientists discarded the idea since its foundations were based on faulty neuroanatomical information. Gall was tossed out of Austria for proposing such an obviously absurd idea and eventually ended up in France, where even Napoleon Bonaparte ridiculed his concept of phrenology. When the rest of the world seemed to collectively reject phrenology as the pseudoscience it truly was, it found a home in America — because at that conflicted time, obviously it would.
With abolitionist movements spreading across the country along with the social underpinnings of what would be known as the Civil War, phrenology was used as a "scientific" reason to justify slavery in America and the overall disgusting treatment of Indigenous people as land continued to be removed from tribal territories. However, phrenology did have its fierce opponents, like John P. Harrison, editor of the Western Lancet, a peer-reviewed medical journal that caught the attention of Southern political leaders when it was introduced to America (and is still in print today). With the assistance of books like Phrenology Vindicated by Charles Caldwell and Crania Americana by Samuel Morton, political leaders had the "scientific" backing to make absurd claims like Africans were neurologically designed to be enslaved and Indigenous Americans were biologically a different species than white people — which made stealing their land a natural process ordained by God.
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Louis Lewin's Phantastica
Amongst the incendiary nature of science during the 19th century, the unlikely emergence of psychedelic neuroscience occurred — and like all things in the 1800s, it was undoubtedly a product of its time. That's a nice way to say it was sometimes wrong and mostly racist, but interestingly enough, it got some things right.
Neuroscience can be defined as the objective study of the brain and the central nervous system. The first neuroscientist to analyze the effects of psychedelics was Germany's Louis Lewin in his book, Phantastica. Although it was officially released in 1924 when Lewin was 74, it contained his collected psychedelic research that took place in the late 1800s. Among the many drugs he categorized, he decided not to call psychedelics "hallucinogens" since not all substances elicit a hallucinatory response. "Phantastica" was the word he decided on, along with other equally interesting names like "Inebriantia" for drugs like alcohol, and my personal favorite, "Excitantia" for substances like caffeine and nicotine.
Lewin was never really a scientific rock star in his time though, mostly because he refused to renounce his Jewish heritage in 19th-century Germany – racism and anti-Semitism in the scientific community at this time went hand-in-hand. However, Lewin did get the props he deserved in psychedelics when Paul Henning of the Berlin Botanical Museum named peyote Anhalonium Lewinii in Lewin's honor.
Around the time Lewin came on the scene, most people were describing psychedelics in a subjective manner, wrapped up in pseudo-science and religious mysticism. People weren't tripping because of psychedelic-induced neurological activity — evil spirits possessed the taker of the psychedelic, which meant evil behavior was soon to follow. Metaphysics, with its focus on the nature of human consciousness and existence, was rapidly growing in the 1800s. Lewin believed that describing psychedelics in metaphysical terms would ruin what we could potentially learn from them. His research was wholly focused on dispelling the pseudoscience that surrounded psychedelics, yet Lewin fell into the trap of anointing psychedelics with otherworldliness with his idea that an invisible force called 'vital energy' surrounded all living things. Lewin believed this vital energy governed all chemical, mechanical, and physical properties of each person and that psychedelics had the ability to interrupt this energy. He also believed a person's resistance to psychedelics was dependent on the strength of their vital energy.
This wasn't the first time Lewin would take an L in his neuroscientific research of psychedelics. When assessing the capability of certain psychedelics on the brain, he assumed (1924, p. 8) that black people naturally had a higher recovery rate than whites:
"We may take it as a fact that Negroes have greater recuperation powers than white people. This is due not to climatic conditions but to certain innate qualities possessed by them."
In his writings, he didn't seek to prove this theory — it was just taken as matter-of-fact; another symptom of the 19th century. Lewin also insisted Indigenous people knew of their own racial inferiority, which is why they self-medicated with psychedelics:
"The Indians of South America are said to have an intuitive appreciation of their own defectiveness, and to be ever ready to rid themselves of such melancholy feelings by intense excitement, i.e. through kola and similar drugs" (p. 2).
Still somehow, Lewin believed psychedelics 'form bonds in people of all walks of life' (p. 7). He realized the diversity of people was so great that a one-size-fits-all explanation of human physiology and psychology in regards to psychedelics wouldn't suffice. Likely influenced by Darwin's The Origin of Species, Lewin made a strong case for the adaptations of organisms to a variety of external influences like psychedelics. He believed a skilled anthropologist could trace the development of culture directly to the availability of psychedelics, an idea shared 100 years later in Terence McKenna's Food of the Gods. Lewin was also one of the first scientists to see the health benefits of psychedelics, mostly based on accounts of Indigenous people taking them for mental health.
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In the 1800s, a small but prevailing idea amongst scientists was that psychedelics created a "trip" by activating ductless glands in the body to secrete hormones into the endocrine system. Lewin thought the theory was BS and instead theorized that psychedelics excite certain "brain centers" to "transmit agreeable sensations" (p. 3) through the chemistry of the substance. He basically described what we now know as psychedelics acting as serotonergic agonists that bind to mostly 5-HT2A receptors in the brain — an original theory Lewin established nearly 50 years before the discovery of serotonin.
Lewin's assumption that psychedelics hit specific cortical regions through something like the serotonin system was remarkable, but only because he made other successful guesses like recognizing that every chemical study on the brain up to that point was conducted ex vivo, or on a dead brain, and that in vivo neuro research conducted on a living brain may have chemicals that were not present or didn't transform into something else upon death. He also knew about the brain's need for oxygenated blood and suggested that psychedelics may affect this process. Neuroscience had to wait 100 years for Lewin's idea to be tested with BOLD (Blood Oxygen Level Dependent) brain imaging through MRI.
When it came to theoreticals, Lewin had a few. One of his notable ones was the idea of a toxic equation, which is a loose formula that dictates everyone has a certain resistance to the effects of psychedelics based on their neurophysiology and overall physiology. On the surface, it sounds like a reasonable idea, but digging deeper, it gets a bit irrational. His general belief was that people built up a resistance to psychedelics due to parts of the brain weakening and not being able to process these substances. There's still no proof of this over a century later though, and in 2021, Dr. Ling-Xiao Shao conducted research that pointed to the opposite. Psilocybin actually strengthens dendritic density in the brain and repairs neurons that have atrophied due to stress and depression. Lewin also believed cells had 'will-power' and when a person takes a psychedelic after not taking it for a long time, the memory of the 'agreeable sensation' is just too strong to resist and that's how people become addicted again (p. 18).
Learning From the History of Psychedelics
Unfortunately, psychedelic neuroscience research didn't really catch on in the 19th century, mostly because civilization almost collapsed due to a global opioid addiction that crippled nearly every economy and led to prohibition in the early 1900s. The bigotry and racism of the 19th century confined Louis Lewin's research of psychedelics into a box that takes a lot of ethical unpacking to fully absorb.
The origin of neuroscience is shrouded in poorly constructed science and whacky ideas which were specifically designed to marginalize groups of people from the discussion of who could be considered human. It has a dark past, but with a more defined scientific method and newer ideas, the future of psychedelic neuroscience is whatever we make it. In every natural system, diversity is the key defining factor for the progression of that system. These ideas aren't mine or even new — Darwin wrote several books on this. This same need for diversity also applies to psychedelic neuroscientific research. History shouldn't serve as an obstacle for the exponential amount of discovery that can be revealed if we all work together. We will get there.
Zeus Tipado is a neuroscientist based out of Los Angeles, California. He's the founder of Stonedgamer and Middleeasy, and co-producer/host of DoubleBlind Mag's 'How To Use Psychedelics' course. His published work has appeared in High Times Magazine, MERRY JANE, and DoubleBlind Magazine. He received his Mphil from the University of South Wales and will start his PhD in Neuroscience with a focus in psychedelics in 2022. You can reach him on Twitter, Instagram, and Twitch.
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Excellent communication creates competitive advantage for any type of business, so choosing the right phone system for your company plays a crucial role in how well you compete – in particular how efficiently you communicate internally with your team, and externally with your clients and business partners.
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We offer a wide variety of VoIP, cloud-based and hosted phone solutions from the very best brands on the market, all carefully chosen for technological innovation, proven reliability and real world results. We work closely with you and your team to find the exact right phone service that works best for your business today - and allows you room to grow in the future.
A business phone system is an advanced calling network designed to improve communications for any size business. They are designed to handle a company's complex like call routing to get calls to the right person, conference calls or automated features like auto attendant, with functionality beyond what you would find on a typical residential telephone service.
There are a few different types of phone systems suitable for small office or business use: multi-line, VoIP, PBX, and Cloud-based phone systems, differentiated primarily by the technology used, the cost, and the service provider. Most of the communications functions of one type of system can be replicated on the other systems, but the cost to do so can vary drastically.


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Vivint Solar raises US$545m to boost liquidity amid talk of Q2 slowdown
By José Rojo Martín
Jun 03, 2020 10:30 AM BST
Image credit: Vivint Solar
Vivint Solar has secured a hundred-million-dollar liquidity boost in the midst of a quarter where it expects a temporary stalling of installations, enlisting an asset management giant as sponsor.
On Tuesday, the firm said it has tapped existing and new facilities to line up US$545 million of fresh debt, in a bid to strengthen its finances against the COVID-19 headwinds that have dampened growth prospects for US residential solar players.
According to Vivint Solar's statement, the US$545 million capital boost includes a new US$300 million hold-co loan facility. The package, featuring an 8% interest rate and set to mature in three years, was supplied by a credit fund run by financier Brookfield Asset Management.
In addition, the residential specialist is raising an extra US$245 million by beefing up a pre-existing revolving warehouse facility, provided by various lenders. Boosted now with the US$245 million, the facility now boasts total commitments of US$570 million.
The trust from investors – including new relationship Brookfield – underscore Vivint Solar's "ability to access capital markets" at the time of COVID-19, said Thomas Plagemann, the firm's chief commercial officer and head of capital markets.
"Given the continued uncertainty in the capital markets, we feel the approach we have taken provides an excellent combination of all-in cost of capital and advance rate, with flexibility to access the securitization markets as they fully recover," Plagemann added.
Digital shift pays off amid hopes for Q3 rebound
Vivint Solar's debt injection comes as the firm nears the end of a quarter where installs are expected to stall, even if temporarily.
In forecasts that echoed those by SunPower and Sunrun, the firm said in mid-May it expects its buoyant roll-out rates of Q1 2020 (56MW) to slip in Q2 2020 (35-38MW). Should it materialise, the Q2 2020 prediction would see installs drop to levels not recorded since at least 2017.
Based on statements to analysts, Vivint Solar does not believe the slowdown will extend to Q3 2020. "We're seeing good signs," CFO Dana Russell said at a conference call after the Q1 2020 results. "But it's a little early to tell in terms of what the possibilities are."
The talk of a rebound echoes expert predictions for the US residential segment more broadly. As reported by PV Tech, a webinar arranged by investment bank Roth Capital noted sales have already returned to February 2020 levels, amid claims that a V-shaped recovery is possible.
Vivint Solar's Q1 2020 update showed its revenues surged 31% year-on-year to reach US$91.2 million, while gross profit climbed 37% to US$16.3 million. Overall, however, the firm remained in the red, posting Q1 2020 losses of US$40.3 million.
Like Sunrun and other residential players, Vivint Solar has ramped up its shift to online sales in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. In mid-May, CEO David Bywater said the transition has already yielded results, with April as a "banner month" for digital leads.
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PRS For Music has confirmed that an email alerting some of the UK collecting society's members that they have been overpaid is genuine.
PRS represents the performing rights of its members' songs and collects whenever those rights are exploited, including from live performances of said works. The society then passes the collected royalties onto its members each quarter.
It's not known why royalties linked to the Gigs And Clubs Scheme – which covers small shows in grassroots venues – were miscalculated on the latest distribution run, in some cases paying out sums ten times higher than intended.
It was reported by Glasgow Live that PRS members who also work for the society spotted the error at the last minute, after noticing over-payments on their own accounts. Although a PRS spokesperson told CMU that this was not the case. Either way, once the error was noticed, it was too late to stop the royalty distribution from going out, so emails were sent to affected members to coincide with payments arriving in their bank accounts.
The apologetic email told affected members that an error had resulted in overpayment and then requested that the sum that had been overpaid be returned. A number of PRS members took to social media to question whether the email was genuine or if it was scam designed to defraud money out of grassroots songwriters. The society's verified Twitter account stated numerous times "we can confirm that we did email you yesterday".
PRS has also confirmed to CMU that the emails about over-payments are genuine. A spokesperson said: "We recently highlighted an issue to a small number of our members regarding the calculation of their live performance royalties, taking immediate steps to inform them as soon as we were able to. Unfortunately, the discovery of the issue happened at a point in our distribution process where we were unable to recall it. Our membership team were in contact with the affected members to explain the situation ahead of royalties arriving in their accounts, and we are sincerely sorry for and regret the inconvenience this has caused them".
Meanwhile Vick Bain, CEO of the British Academy Of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, said to CMU about the error: "This is a pain for writers and I would be disappointed if this error had affected me personally. PRS For Music technically have one job to do, and that is to make timely and accurate royalty payments to its members. However we live in an imperfect world and sometimes mistakes happen, especially given the sheer complexity of the job PRS increasingly have to do".
She goes on: "How they go about communicating with members when such occurrences happen is critical. The letters that went out to the affected writers requested that they transfer the money back to PRS, which they are perfectly entitled to do – it is in their membership rules that they can reclaim monies given in error. However these letters appear to have caused suspicion because nowadays anyone asking for money and giving bank account details makes people immediately think it is a scam".
Bain concludes: "I hope PRS can reassure writers this has been a genuine error and resolve this issue with the writers concerned quickly and compassionately. And then they need to build up trust again in ensuring and delivering to the high standards demanded of them".


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Q: Variables within an object I was reading a script and noticed that the programmer who wrote it had declared all their variables within an object. Example:
var variables = {
    height : window.innerHeight,
    width : window.innerWidth,
    image : 'img/image.png'
}

Why would one set their variables out like this instead of the traditional method (as seen below)?
var height = window.innerHeight,
    width = window.innerWidth,
    image = 'img/image.png';

A: It depends on the usage.
Perhaps the programmer wants to pass the fields height, width and image into a function, so he placed these variables inside an object to pass it as one parameter.
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function doSomething(height, width, image) {
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Interview of Stacy Lynn Mar
— by Carol Smallwood
Stacy Lynn Mar is a thirty-something American poet. She has published four chapbooks of poetry, the latest titled Mannequin Rivalry. Her poetry has been showcased in over 40 online (and print) literary journals/magazines. Her previous work was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and Best of the Web. Stacy is editor and founder of the small, independent press Pink.Girl.Ink. She obtained her undergraduate studies in psychology at Lindsey Wilson College, then concluded her education endeavors with several graduate degrees (and Certification) in Mental Health Counseling from Capella University. Her formal undergraduate studies in English Literature were conducted at Ellis NYIT. She currently lives and writes in Kentucky.
1. Please describe your website and your duties as editor/writer:
Pink.Girl.Ink. was created with the intent to provide a platform for creative women to share their work, voices, and experiences. The press actually serves a three-fold purpose. We aim to inspire, encourage, and inform our readers via weekly posts that teach various elements of creative writing and personal development. Our quarterly journal Think Pink showcases a plethora of talented writings and art by women from all four corners. Likewise, our independent press thrives on publishing unique voices and diverse writings of talented women from all walks of life. We also offer weekly writing prompts on Saturdays, and monthly posts, The Inspirational Almanac, which is designed to keep writers inspired.
Although a very small group of four women work to make Pink.Girl.Ink. happen, a great deal of the work falls upon me. It is quite a lot of work to juggle manuscripts, weekly posts, and the quarterly issue but it is a labor of love and I enjoy the vocation. I have met so many wonderful women writers and am grateful for the opportunity to publish their work.
2. Tell us about your career:
I have worked in various professional helping settings. Most of my work has pertained to case management and adult counseling in an outpatient setting. I have over five years of experience, but currently am taking a brief sabbatical in hopes of getting my press, and my own writing projects, off the ground. As far as my career aspirations, in the near future I hope to attain my state licensure for mental health counseling. My primary goal is to work in group therapy settings, I wish to implement journal writing, art, and creative writing into the therapeutic process for recovering addicts and within those currently incarcerated.
3. Which recognition/achievements have encouraged you the most?
I have attained a total of five degrees, three of which are graduate degrees. Being a long-time student (well into my late twenties), it takes a great amount of perseverance and self-discipline to attain that much education and to well as maintain a 3.6 GPA. Education has always been important to me, I earned my degrees as a single mother and was driven not only to be educated and independent, but to set a thriving example for my own daughter, and for other women.
Having my work published, anywhere, always feels like a grand achievement. I believe it's quite a feat to have another person read your work and feel it's worthy of sharing with the world. I think, to some degree, every writer thrives on their publications (no matter how small or big) as it allows the advantage to have your work (and your name) known.
4. What writers have influenced you the most?
I would have to say Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Sharon Olds, and Erica Jong. I feel that each of these women, in some fantastic way, helped pave the path for women writers to gain notoriety for their hard work, and their outstanding talents. Anne Sexton's poetry was raw, confessional…she sort of slapped you with the truth but left you in awe with the way she said it. Sylvia Plath also came into the poetic scene back when women were really struggling against societal norms and expectations. Both Sharon Olds and Erica Jong are brilliant in the way they have braved taboo subject matter, have said the things we all wished to say…they have made it okay to say those things, to make poetry with those experiences. I am filled with admiration for these women.
5. How has the Internet benefited you?
The internet is an amazing tool for networking. I have met so many amazing writers, and fostered friendships with talented women for whom I stand a common ground. Many of these people I would not have met otherwise. The world wide web also allows me the opportunity to share my work, my views, my writings with the world…literally! I am always astounded to find blogs from creative people from all the way across the world. I love the insight and experiences that I can share with other people (and vise versa). It's almost like traveling from your desk chair! The internet is also an invaluable tool for finding publications, (and a publishing home for one's work) as many journals and magazines are only available via the internet these days.
6. What classes have helped you the most?
I believe that college courses in multiculturalism, religion, philosophy, psychology and sociology really opened my eyes to the opportunities and diversity that's out there. Growing up in a small town, as endearing and beautiful as the Appalachian is, did not ready me with the skills or knowledge of just how grand, how colorful, the world could be. I feel that these classes, coupled with Literature (Greek, American, English, Mythology & Folklore, Poetry Writing Workshop, Creative Writing Workshop) fostered within me the knowledge of opportunity and the beginning seeds of creativity. I am forever in debt to amazing Art, English, and Psychology professors (as well as my own mother) for instilling in me an indelible curiosity.
7. What advice would you give others?
Become a voracious reader. The more you read, the better you write! This applies to any style of writing (novels, poetry, etc). If you can't even properly read it, you sure aren't going to be able to write it. I would also tell writers not to take rejection letters personally.Rather, try to utilize them as learning experiences.Take them into consideration, allow them to inspire you to do better, and then go write some more. Be original, persevere, and keep working. I believe that good writing is 10% talent and 90% passion!
8. What is your favorite quotation?
Try as I may, I cannot pick only one. So, I have compromised with five:
"Blessed are the weird people: poets, misfits, writers, mystics, painters, troubadours. For they teach us to see the world through different eyes." -Jacob Nordby
"Not all who wonder are lost." -J.R.R. Tolkien
"Set your life on fire, seek those who fan your flames." -Rumi
"Be humble, for you are made of earth. Be noble, for you are made of stars." –Serbian Proverb
"She's mad but she's magic. There's no lie in her fire." -Charles Bukowski
You can find Stacy Lynn Mar's personal blog here. She is the founder of Pink.Girl.Ink. Press, which you can check out here. She also does Gothic Romance Reviews.
Carol Smallwood's over four dozen books include Women on Poetry: Writing, Revising, Publishing and Teaching on Poets & Writers Magazine list of Best Books for Writers. Her most recent books include Water, Earth, Air, Fire, and Picket Fences (Lamar University Press, 2014); Divining the Prime Meridian (WordTech Communications, 2015); and Writing After Retirement (Rowman & Littlefield, 2014).
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This collection consists of one series containing commencement programs and graduation information; student wages, class schedules, and TA applications; miscellaneous correspondence within the Department; monthly financial transactions for various projects within the Department; purchase order information; and course materials for Computer Science 133.
It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Department of Computer Science records must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
Initial citation: UA 1295; Department of Computer Science records; University Archives; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: UA 1295, LTPSC.
Found in the Stacks, August 2006.
The Computer Science Department was organized in 1970 with C. Edwin Dean as chairman. In February 1971, the Department was moved into the newly finished James E. Talmage Mathematical Sciences-Computer Building. Later, in 1972, the Computer Science Department became part of the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences.


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Farm Bureau to honor two women tonight at awards gala
By Gianna Volpe
COURTESY PHOTO | Long Island Farm Bureau's 2012 honorees, Randi Dresner of Island Harvest (left) and Debbie Schmitt of Schmitt Family Farms.
For the first time in its 95-year history, the Long Island Farm Bureau will honor two women at its annual awards gala celebrating the achievements of prominent members of the local agricultural community.
This year, the bureau will recognize the efforts of Riverhead farmer Debbie Schmitt of Schmitt Family Farms and Randi Dresner, head of the Island Harvest anti-hunger group, during tonight's gathering at the Hyatt East End in Riverhead.
"Their service to agriculture has been tremendous," said Natasha Beccaria, farm bureau promotions coordinator.
Ms. Schmitt will receive the Amherst Davis Memorial Farmer Citizen Award. She's one of only 16 women in the country who participated in an April leadership seminar funded by American Agri-Women, a national agriculture organization.
Once the farm bureau's education coordinator, Ms. Schmitt has worked to get farmers into North Fork classrooms to teach children more about the origins of the food they eat.
In addition to helping found her family's Sound Avenue farmstead, which produces a full line of vegetables, Ms. Schmitt also sells fresh-cut flowers.
Randi Dresner, whose organization supports Long Island food banks with fresh produce from local farms, will receive the farm bureau's Citizen of the Year Award for her charitable work with Island Harvest.
"They're like a food bank for Long Island," Ms. Beccaria said. "They are our largest hunger relief organization. They work closely with the farmers, who receive tax credits for donated produce. That produce is then distributed to places across Long Island that provide food for the needy."
Ms. Dresner has visited Washington, D.C., with LIFB executive director Joe Gergela to share information on the program's efforts.
Tonight's event starts with a cocktail hour at 6:30 p.m. followed by an awards reception at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $90 and can be purchased online at www.lifb.com or by calling 727-3777.
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A Quiet Place: The Most Republican Film Hollywood Has Made In Years
by Joshua Gibbs · April 18, 2018
"You can't say anything anymore without someone jumping down your throat," so claim both social conservatives tired of political correctness and everyone in A Quiet Place, John Krasinski's new sci-fi horror film. And what happens if you do try to say something anymore? So far as conservatives are concerned, a social media mob comes to harang you for not knowing what the current appropriate vocab for queer or poor is, and in Krasinski's film, that mob is simply a toothy and brutal alien which patiently listens for anything vaguely human, then pounces.
While I have occasionally seen films which are more pro-life than A Quiet Place, I have never seen a film which more accurately gives shape to the frustration and fear of conservative Americans at the prospect of speaking their minds in public settings. A Quiet Place is set in the aftermath of an alien invasion, wherein a brutal and blind species walks the earth, waiting with keen ears for sounds of sentience, then races with breakneck speed when alerted to anything north of a whisper. The film follows just a single family, five persons, in the months and years after the monsters come. While never named in the film, the credits reveal Krasinski and wife Emily Blunt are Evelyn and Lee Abbott, a farming family who pointedly pray for their food and homeschool their children by necessity. They keep to themselves, do not bother anyone, and spend their days fishing, doing the laundry, and preparing to be attacked. The key characters in the film are named for cultural figures in our own word who are similarly under attack: Evelyn is a cipher for Eve, the first woman, Lee is a cipher for Robert E Lee (because the film is just that brazen), and their eldest child, who ultimately proves the genius of the story, is (I swear I am not making this up) named Regan. How exactly a film with so much Republican goodwill is sitting at an 82 on Metacritic is beyond me.
If you're squeamish about spoilers you shouldn't read articles about movies you intend to see.
In the first several minutes of the film, the Abbotts lose a child who makes a sound. This loss occurs around three months after the invasion. Then the film jumps forward more than a year, and a series of establishing shots and pointed images show the Abbott farm and their daily routines. When we cut forward, Evelyn is many months pregnant, which, after thinking on this for a moment or two, obviously means trouble is brewing. In a world wherein making a sound means monsters arrive moments later, an infant is pure liability. Not deterred, the Abbotts do some sound proof nesting, and when the child is finally born, it is safely laid in a basket which the plot contrives to float (a la Moses) only a few minutes later. The fact that the child spells certain death for the family does not trouble the parents. If they killed the child in utero, they would be no better than the monsters out to get them. Krasinski contrives a situation in which, "I couldn't imagine bringing a child into this world" makes perfect sense, but then brings a child into the world anyway.
The conclusion of the film involves turning a radio or a microphone into a weapon which disorients the demons; once the political mood of the film is discerned, this plot device is no less loaded than the shotgun Evelyn cocks in the finale. I don't intend for this to be a genuine review of the film, which is by turns thrilling and limp, though I am intrigued that Hollywood can yet produce something so far to the right and no one seems to notice. I am still waiting for the sharply pro-life angles of Children of Men, Blade Runner 2049, or Arrival to be discerned by the standard bearers at Rotten Tomatoes, though too many critics today have their eyes peeled for, say, cultural appropriation in Isle of Dogs. Krasinski's A Quiet Place is a barely coded missive, a hearty hail from a Hollywood player to everyone out there defiantly standing on the wrong side of history.
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Joshua Gibbs teaches great books, collects records and jogs to work. He and his wife have two children, both of whom have seven names. He tweets at @joshgibbs and blogs for the CiRCE Institute.
3 Responses to A Quiet Place: The Most Republican Film Hollywood Has Made In Years
Scott said on	 April 18, 2018 at 7:22 pm
From my understanding, the Celtic meaning behind the name Lee is "healer," so that coincides with AQP's narrative in a pretty obvious way (the cochlear implants). Though your connection with Robert E. Lee and the rest of the Republican namesakes is intriguing.
Reagan's origin is Irish and it means "little ruler," which also flows with the story, especially when you take into account the ending and what is insinuated in the last moments of the film.
Interesting thoughts, once again. Keep up the great work!
Lindsay said on	 July 15, 2018 at 8:44 am
I would appreciate hearing more from the author about his use of the word "Republican" in this context.
Rocketto said on	 January 11, 2020 at 8:13 pm
One of the most powerful and inspiring film I have ever seen.
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Tarnaka is a major residential and industrial locality in Hyderabad, Telangana, India. Tarnaka literally translates as "wired checkpost". In the local language (Urdu) Tar means wire/cable and naka means check post. Tarnaka used to have a vineyard during the Nizams period. An area called Kimtee colony got its name from the vineyards called Keemthi Gardens.

Another explanation for the naming of area lies in fact that there used to be old telegraph office where people came to telegraph from far so people used to refer to the area as "Tar" (which also means telegram) "Naka". There is still a BSNL office at the junction. The former chief minister of Andhra Pradesh Chenna Reddy was a resident of Tarnaka. St. Ann's school was a landmark few decades back; it was a white building, hence the area was also called "White House". Osmania university is located in this area.

History

The area was predominantly inhabited by Tamils (primarily Mudaliars) a few decades back. As time passed they moved out and the Mudaliars, who were camp followers of the British, made immense contributions for the growth of education and health care. This explained the growth of the Secunderabad Club from a public room, as stated by Narendra Luther, who is an authority in Hyderabad history. This area had big vineyards and every nook and corner was checkered with large trees.

Until the IT boom hit Hyderabad, this place was one of the most serene ones to reside, with large bungalows and villas. The huge mango, gulmohar, Ashoka and tamarind trees spread over the roads provided huge shadows and an extremely pleasant feel in hot summer. Tarnaka was a well planned and organized place which old timers would swear. At turn of the new millennium — with IT revolution hitting hard with large influx of population and settlers — the area swelled with many more apartments and commercial buildings giving a complete new look. The tree canopy was so dense that people never needed to bother about shade in summer. Even today the area does have its trees and vegetation which may not be as dense but still has the glimpses of past. South Lallaguda is a nearby area, which together with the area around Mettuguda used to be known as Little England, due to cluster of an Anglo Indian community that primarily consisted of employees at the Secunderabad Railway carriage workshop.

Commercial area

The shopping area has big shopping malls like Reliance Smart and corner grocery stores. Tarnaka has shops which cater to all possible needs. There is a cinema theater called Aradhana 70 mm, which is visited by Osmania University students and residents.

Transport
Tarnaka is well connected by TSRTC and the Hyderabad Metro.

Schools

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Sunrise Kindergarten School
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IICT ZM High School
Sandeepam Vidyalaya high school
St. Ann's High School for Girls
St. Jude's High School
David Memorial High School
Sacred Heart High School (Hyderabad)
Narayana Concept School
AL.Hira. Arabic Academy
St. Dominic Savio Model High School

Institutions
National Institute of Nutrition
Indian Institute of Chemical Technology
Osmania University
The English and Foreign Languages University
Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology
Andhra Pradesh State Archives and Research Institute
Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies

Hospitals
Innova Children's Hospital for Heart
Suraksha Children's Hospital
Tarnaka Eye Care Center
Chandamama Clinic

References

Neighbourhoods in Hyderabad, India

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The Associated Press reports that Donald "Duck" Dunn (pictured above far right), the legendary bassist for Booker T. & the MGs, the Blues Brothers band, and several others, has died. He passed in his sleep in Tokyo, where he was touring with longtime collaborator and friend Steve Cropper. He was 70.
Dunn was a mainstay of Memphis's soul scene. In 1961 at the age of 20, he became a member of the Mar-Keys, an early all-instrumental Stax band. In 1965, he joined Cropper, Al Jackson, and Booker T. Jones to become the bassist for Booker T. & the MGs, Stax's house band. In addition to backing records by Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Wilson Pickett, the Staple Singers, and many others, the band had hits with instrumentals like "Soul Limbo", "Time is Tight", and before Dunn joined the band, "Green Onions". In 1970, they released McLemore Avenue, an all-instrumental album covering the Beatles' Abbey Road.
In the 1970s, after Booker T. & the MG's disbanded, Dunn was a sideman on records by Levon Helm, Tom Petty, Jerry Lee Lewis, Muddy Waters, Eric Clapton, and others. In 1978, Dan Aykroyd, John Belushi, and Paul Shaffer invited Dunn and Cropper to play in the Blues Brothers band. Dunn appeared in the 1980 movie playing bass and smoking a pipe.
Dunn reunited with Booker T. & the MG's (minus Jackson, who was murdered in 1975) several times over the years. In recent years, he played bass for Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Clapton. He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992, and in 2007, he received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy.
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calendar icon Mar 17, 2022 1:21:19 PM
Alternative Building Systems Rising
In part two of our four-part series on the state of the industry, we explore how shortages of lumber and other construction materials offer a golden opportunity for other ways to build a home.
For the construction sector, the past year can be summed up with two modified statements: If you don't have it, you can't build it. If you don't build it, they won't come. Thanks to the pandemic, builders have seen a lot of the former en route to the latter: Higher prices, materials shortages, and workforce problems have the industry searching for other ways to get the job done.
Structural insulated panels (SIPs) offer higher true R-values in the same thickness of a wall assembly. And, when the lumber prices are high, SIPs can be installed for the same cost as a stick-framed wall. Credit: istock/brizmaker
The effort has given insulated concrete forms (ICFs), structural insulated panels (SIPs), and other energy-efficient structural systems a tremendous boost. But not every material shift moves the needle toward greater sustainability. Replacing wood with steel framing, for example, infers the need for additional, CO2-intensive insulation or other methods to achieve a thermal break, to compensate for steel's extremely high thermal transfer characteristics. It's not just an easy swap.
It's a complicated situation, one that's going to be a headache for a while longer. Data indicates that some construction supplies will remain tight until at least next summer. Meanwhile, all anyone can do is plan carefully.
The Construction Sector: Challenges to Overcome
Going into 2020, experts presented a familiar slate of problems facing builders. These included:
Lumber costs, which were expected to rise (again).
Materials that were harder to find
A workforce that would continue to shrink.
More than 80 percent of builders surveyed by COGNITION Smart Data cited these challenges as being the items they have been and will be struggling with while doing business.
In a survey by the National Association of Home Builders conducted last May, 90 percent of respondents reported shortages of appliances, framing lumber, oriented strand board (OSB), and plywood. Eighty-seven percent also cited shortages of doors and windows; 50 percent reported shortages of steel beams, insulation, roofing materials, vinyl siding, copper wiring, and plumbing fixtures, among other materials.
Deepa Raghavan, a housing market analyst for Wells Fargo & Company, doesn't find the numbers surprising. But they are frustrating. "It used to be like Whac-A-Mole, where you would whack one thing and another one would pop up," Raghavan said in a report from the Wall Street Journal. "This is like six of them coming out and you can only whack two at a time."
Builders have been forced to seek new suppliers or alternative products, sometimes with mixed results. Delivery times have been delayed, with many builders being forced to place orders without concrete dates or prices. These delays disrupt construction schedules, which costs builders time and money, leading to increased costs for consumers. That, in turn, has priced 2.1 million U.S. consumers out of homeownership.
Straub Construction in Shawnee, Kan., changed insulation materials when its usual supplier couldn't fill the order. The switch added $20,000 to the project's cost, but it was better than delaying things by six to nine months before the original product arrived. "It's unprecedented," company president Parker Young said in a report from the Wall Street Journal. "I've been in the business for 30 years and never seen anything like this."
Nor has Greg Sizemore, vice president of workforce development at Associated Builders and Contractors in Washington, D.C. He acknowledges that every project has a start date and an end date. But these days, it's harder than ever to stick to those, which often means negotiating what gets done when. "Maybe you were planning to install a refrigerator one day, but the wood for the floor gets delayed," he notes in a report at Marketplace.org. "You can't install the refrigerator. So, we do something else—like the countertops, which might be marble if granite's not available."
On its website, officials at modular home contractor Vesta Modular in Southfield, Michigan notes that many people may find the situation "disheartening." But there are alternatives to traditional building. The materials shortage, the company advises, "doesn't have to be the end of the story."
Alphabetical Envelope: ICP, ICF, SIP, and VIP
When searching for an alternative building envelope system, insulated concrete panels (ICPs), Insulated Concrete Forms (ICFs), and SIPs have advantages.
In terms of moisture management, ICP, ICF, and factory-built SIP wall panels are nearly completely moisture impermeable. They also have the advantage of being equally impermeable from the outside-in and the inside-out, giving them multi-climate, all-season resistance to condensation issues.
With ICPs, ICFs, and SIPs, the insulation is already in the wall when assembled, so one less trade is required. The required framing crew is about the same in terms of the number of people, but there is less handwork involved, meaning the job goes quicker.
"What makes ICFs so attractive is that they are cost-competitive with wood frame, steel frame, and masonry construction," notes Lionel Lemay, executive vice president of structures and sustainability for the National Ready Mixed Concrete Association. "A building owner gets a building that is more disaster resilient and energy-efficient, at or nearly at, the same cost."
BASF Neopor and other graphite-infused foams are already impacting the ICP, ICF, and SIP industry by offering higher true R-values in the same thickness of wall assembly. When the cost of lumber is high, SIPs can be installed for the same cost as a stick-framed wall.
Most stick-frame builders fail to calculate more than the cost of the framing and insulation, leaving out the value of time savings and other intangibles. For example, being able to build six homes in the time it would otherwise take to build five with the same size crew and the same group of sub-contractors yields a substantial economic advantage.
Advocates of ICPs, ICFs, and SIPs are also keeping their eye on vacuum insulated panels (VIPs), especially for existing home applications and when space is tight. VIPs are comprised of rigid panels with a microporous core that has been evacuated, encased, and sealed in a thin, gas-tight envelope to give outstanding R-values and an ultra-thin insulation solution.
Manufacturers tout that VIPs have a high level of thermal efficiency (up to five times better than other commonly available building insulation materials) with minimal thickness. VIPs are also more than 90 percent (by weight) recyclable and therefore make for a very sustainable option, according to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
Modular and Prefabs: Instant Achievements
Projected to gain momentum and market adoption over time due to the resource and labor efficiencies that the process can achieve, modular and prefabricated construction makes it possible to take advantage of economies of scale, faster speed, and improved quality control, making it an increasingly attractive option. Modular construction also exhibits a substantial decrease in waste generation when compared to traditional building methods—up to 90 percent, according to the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
"Green building efforts for site-built construction focus on reuse, recycling or diversion of waste that is generated on site," notes the Modular Building Institute. "With off-site construction, however, the materials can be managed prior to leaving the factory, offering a much more efficient process to reduce the amount of waste sent to landfills."
The global modular construction market size is projected to grow from $85.4 billion in 2020 to USD $107.9 billion by 2025, according to COGNITION. This market growth is attributed to increased concern about labor shortages, work-zone safety, environmental impact, ongoing investment in residential housing development, renewed focus on upgrading healthcare infrastructure, and government incentives.
Quality Control's Top Ally: Panelization
Quality insulation, windows, and other building envelope systems are paramount for home performance. Experts note that poor insulation installation can cut a building's energy performance by up to 28 percent. This is a growing concern, particularly as energy performance targets continue to ratchet up. Enter panelization, which solves for quality issues because the wall framing is so precise that insulation installation can be exact.
Panelization, or prefabricated wall panels, can also solve water and moisture management concerns. Fiberglass and other "soft fill" insulation materials are the most common failure points in wood-frame construction, according to COGNITION data. They are prone to trapping moisture, leading to mold, fungus, and rot.
States recognize the method's importance to quality control in housing. For example, California's Quality Installation Inspection (QII) sets specific standards for panelization in residential dwellings and offers incentives to builders who meet the standards. It has also become a key factor when a builder seeks Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification for a home.
There's a labor-friendly aspect as well. Prefabricated wall systems can be installed with smaller crew sizes—typically six to eight people—which is a 60 percent or greater reduction in jobsite workforce compared to on-site construction, according to a report in Walls & Ceilings.
"Throughout the pandemic, the construction industry has witnessed how a controlled manufacturing environment has allowed fabrication and construction to stay on schedule," the report notes. "In a post-pandemic world, these benefits will remain important."
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Insulation Imperfect
The Alexandria, Virginia-based Insulation Institute and Plano, Texas-headquartered construction consulting firm Burgess Construction Consultants conducted a survey of more than 100 of the nation's top production builders to identify the five most common insulation install flaws. The study also asked builders to identify their biggest challenges in working with insulation contractors. Most responses pointed toward use of incorrect materials and improper installation.
According to the results, the top five areas in which insulation flaws can compromise a building's energy performance are:
Improper sealing around windows, doors, and rough openings.
No sealing of plate penetrations and chases.
Improperly installed air barriers around double walls, tubs, and showers.
Drywall not sealed to top plates.
Misalignment of insulation.
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By Sara Gutterman
As cofounder and CEO of Green Builder Media, Sara is a visionary thought leader and passionate advocate for sustainability. A former venture capitalist, she has participated in the life cycle (from funding to exit) of over 20 companies, with an emphasis on combining sustainability and profitability. She lives in Lake City, Colo., with her husband, where she is an avid long-distance runner, snowboarder, and Crossfit trainer. She is also on the Board of Directors at Dvele, runs the Rural Segment for Energize Colorado, and is a former County Commissioner.


A Chinese Christian, Reverend Bob Fu, Founder of China Aid has stated that the Chinese government is mulling over incorporation of Buddhist and Confucian teachings into a new version of the Bible. On September 27, he said that a five year plan has been chalked out so that the Chinese government can control growth of Christianity.
He said that this plan was finalized in March earlier this year. The State Administration for Religious Affairs will be supervising this plan. For this purpose, state-sanctioned Protestant bodies Three Self Patriotic Movement (TSPM) and the Chinese Christian Council (CCC) have joined hands with the government in order to Sinicize Christianity.
Further explaining the sinister plan, he said that the government is also planning to "retranslate" the Old Testament of the Bible, besmirching it with some Buddhist scripture and Confucian teachings and adding new commentary for the . Rev. Fu stated: "There are outlines that the new Bible should not look Westernized and should look Chinese and reflect Chinese ethics of Confucianism and socialism".
In February, new regulations were enacted, these regulations require all religious activity to be conducted under "the guidance, supervision, and inspection of relevant departments of the local people's government regarding the management of personnel, finances, assets, accounting, security, fire protection, protection of relics, health and disease prevent and so forth," Christian Post reported.


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The 16 Biggest Benefits Of Influencer Marketing
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The 16 Benefits Of Influencer Marketing All Marketing Pros Should Know
UPDATE January 28, 2019 — The average person spends up to two hours on social media each day with certain demographics spending nearly every waking moment on their phones. In light of this, it's no wonder that influencer marketing, which leverages the popularity of social media stars to promote brands and their products, has emerged as one of the fastest-growing segments of advertising.
Today, businesses from almost every conceivable category leverage the power of influencer marketing. According to a recent survey, 86% of marketers used influencer marketing in 2017, and of those, 92% found it to be effective. Further, 70% of marketers reportedly agreed that influencer marketing budgets would increase in 2018. Fast forward to 2019, 80% of marketers find influencer marketing effective and nearly two-thirds plan to up their spend.
Below, we've compiled a list of the top benefits of influencer marketing that illustrate its effectiveness as a robust advertising strategy.
1. Return On Investment (ROI)
From large corporations to newly minted startups, all varieties of businesses are seeing positive returns from influencer marketing campaigns. Influencer marketing has been shown to produce up to $11.69 in earned media value (EMV) per $1 spent.
Its proven ability to generate enormous returns on investment has helped turn influencer marketing into a $1 billion industry on Instagram alone, and led nearly half of marketers surveyed to say they'd increase their influencer marketing budgets in 2018. Heading into 2019, a reported 65% of brands plan to up their investment in influencer marketing.
2. Influencers Impact Purchase Decisions
Numerous studies show that influencers have the power to impact the purchase decisions of consumers of all ages. In a joint survey conducted by Twitter and Annalect, 40% of respondents reported that they've purchased an item online after seeing a social media influencer use it. In an analysis of the effects of online video on purchase behavior, more than 50% of shoppers claim online video has helped them decide which brand or product to buy, with more than 90% saying they discover new brands or products on YouTube specifically.
Furthermore, 22% of marketers cite influencer marketing as the fastest growing customer acquisition channel, and more than 50% say they acquire higher quality customers through influencer marketing compared to other acquisition channels.
The results of these studies indicate that influencer marketing is a successful tool for attracting consumers with high purchase intent, and thus, is an effective method for driving sales.
3. Access To Millennial & Gen Z Consumers
As young audiences leave TV behind in favor of digital media, influencer marketing is now a mandatory channel for reaching critical Millennial and Gen Z audiences.
85% of Gen Z uses social media to learn about new products, indicating that young consumers, in particular, are highly receptive to receiving specific product information through social platforms.
Furthermore, 40% of millennial YouTube subscribers believe their favorite influencer understands them better than their friends, illustrating the trust, credibility, and deep personal connections social media influencers forge with their young followers.
4. Influencers Are Trendsetters
Influencers are often a go-to source of information about new products within their industry (beauty, fashion, tech, fitness, etc.). Influencers' followers respect and sometimes even idolize their opinions within their categories of expertise.
As a result, a product often gains "cool factor" when an influencer recommends it. In this way, influencers are trendsetters that social media users trust to identify and comment on the hottest products and trends.
Often, influencers are given access to new products before they are even available to the general public. For example, Huawei Mobile gifted top tech influencer Judner Aura (UrAvgConsumer) the new Mate 10 Pro smartphone prior to its U.S. launch. Aura created a 13-minute YouTube video that provided viewers with an in-depth review of the phone, getting them excited about the new tech product in advance of its U.S. release.
5. Authentic Messaging & Endorsements
Most large influencers are highly selective when choosing brand partnerships, adding a level of authenticity to sponsored influencer content. In an analysis of more than 50 responses from exclusive influencer interviews, we found that relevance, trust, and brand affinity are the most important factors when influencers decide which brands to partner with.
By selecting sponsorship opportunities that are a good fit for their image and audience, influencers are able to partner with brands they genuinely love and deliver relevant and organic sponsored messages.
6. Relatability & Credibility From Beloved Peers
Influencers are trusted by their followers, and their opinions have high value and reliability. On YouTube, 75% of viewers say it's important that YouTube feature people who are genuine, authentic, and relatable. Fortunately, 70% of teenage subscribers say they relate more to the platform's influencers than traditional celebrities.
Moreover, 60% of subscribers say they're more apt to follow purchase advice from their favorite YouTube creator over traditional TV or movie stars. These statistics illustrate that many consumers perceive influencer endorsements to be substantially more credible than celebrity endorsements, likely due to the ability of influencers to relate with consumers.
7. Audience & Demographic Targeting
Influencer marketing campaigns can be as broad or niche as a brand desires and a variety of different methods can be used to find the right influencers to reach a desired audience.
Brands can work with influencers who specialize in a particular category of content, such as fashion, travel, or cooking. Additionally, when selecting influencers for a campaign, businesses can request access to information on their follower demographics. These factors can be instrumental in helping brands optimize their campaign to reach a specific target audience.
8. Optimization & Economies Of Scale
Proper strategy and planning of an influencer marketing campaign help brands achieve the largest reach and highest engagement rates. Qualified professionals like influencer marketing agencies can also monitor and manage influencer marketing efforts from beginning to end, helping to optimize the entire resource-intensive process.
After the data from a campaign has been analyzed properly, brands can relaunch or repurpose content with messaging tweaks—or have other influencers promote—to further optimize KPIs and ROI.
9. Versatility Across The Most Popular Social Platforms
Influencer marketing allows brands to reach audiences on both web and mobile. Additionally, many influencers are active on multiple popular social platforms.
Depending on the influencer and campaign, sponsored content can be cross-promoted on a variety of platforms, including Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and blogs in order to maximize campaign reach.
10. Shareability Across Both Web & Social
In comparison to native advertisements, social media users are more likely to share influencer marketing content with their own followers, expanding the reach of a brand's message to even wider audiences.
Because influencers are experts at creating content their followers love, influencer marketing campaigns often achieve a level of virality that many traditional advertisements lack.
11. Custom Tailored To Each Brand & Campaign
Influencer marketing is a fully-customizable. Campaign elements such as budget, number and type of influencers used, creative messaging, post frequency and scheduling, key performance indicators (KPIs), and a host of other variables, can all be tailored to fit an individual brand's campaign needs.
12. Licensability Of Sponsored Influencer Content
Depending on the terms of the agreement between the brand and the influencer, sponsored content from influencer marketing campaigns can be reused to further a brand's marketing goals.
When pitted against the costs of content associated with a production company or traditional ad agency, influencer content presents marketers with immense value, and, if licensed, can be amplified on a brand's social platforms or even used in traditional advertising formats such as print or television.
13. Long-Term Influencer Relationships
Embarking on an influencer marketing campaign isn't just about metrics—it's about building positive relationships. By establishing rapport with influencers, brands can create strong and lasting partnerships that drive long-term results.
About half of marketers engage in influencer partnerships lasting six months or longer, while 37% of influencers say they're working with brands for longer periods as opposed to one-off campaigns.
14. Actionable Insights & Data
Influencer marketing campaigns can yield invaluable data for brands. From engagement information such as views, likes, comments, and shares, to clickthrough rate (CTR), conversions, social sentiment, and other important KPIs, brands can derive customer insights to optimize future campaigns.
15. Flexible Pricing
In contrast to celebrity endorsements, television commercials, and other forms of traditional advertising, influencer marketing is a highly accessible word-of-mouth method that can meet the needs of both large and small businesses. Due to its flexible pricing structure, campaigns can be designed to fit a wide range of goals and budgets. Not to mention, brands have access to different influencer tiers to determine which influencers fit within their budget.
16. Immense Reach & Visibility
Many social media influencers have audiences in the millions, with the 50 most followed Instagram influencer accounts totaling more than 2.5 billion followers. While influencer marketing certainly isn't about blindly following alluring numbers, marketers can build highly effective campaigns that reach millions of consumers by properly vetting influencers based on both qualitative and quantitative factors.
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Why Podcast Listening Won't Ever Return To Normal
Sobering opinion: The habits people formed around podcast listening are changing and will be forever changed. This isn't the new normal. Just new. Normal is -- and always has been -- an illusion. #thisisthenew
Listenership is down across the board in podcasting. At least according to the podcasters who responded to James Cridland's request for evidence. No, it's not a scientific study. And no, not every podcaster who responded is seeing a drop. But generally speaking, podcast listening is down.
That is to be expected. People are changing their habits. We humans are habitual creatures, It was our pattern-recognizing and habit-forming brain that allowed our species to get to where we are today.
Recently, our habits and routines have been disrupted. Your routines and habits have been disrupted. And yes, your listener's routines have been disrupted. In a big way. Some much worse than others, obviously. But rest assured that just about every listener you have is having their routine and habits impacted in some way. And it's that disruption in habits that is the root cause of decreased listening that your show is likely experiencing.
People aren't going to the gym nearly as often as they used to, which means they aren't listening on a treadmill, StairMaster, whatever else people do at a gym.
People aren't commuting as often as they used to. If you take a drive or check the traffic cameras in just about any town, there are fewer cars -- a lot fewer cars -- on the roads. Less windshield time means less time spent listening to podcasts and all other forms of audio.
But with all these people now staying home, why hasn't podcast listenership increased? If you read some of the studies that rely on calling people and asking them to self-report where they listen, a rather large number say "at home".
Assuming that's true (and I have my doubts, as I have doubts about any survey that asks people to self-report rather than looking at actual data about what they really do), then it means that even at-home habits have changed. If they're working from home, maybe they're expanding work to fit the less-limited time allowed. If your listeners had kids at school, now they have kids at home and are busy trying to keep them from burning the house down.
Habits have changed.
This is the part of the article where you'd expect me to talk about how this is just temporary and that everything will go back to normal as soon as this pandemic is over.
But I'm not going to tell you that. Because that's not true.
I hate the phrase "this is the new normal". I love the sentiment, but the wording is wrong. What we're all living through right now is new and certainly is becoming normal. But normal is fleeting. What's normal today won't be normal next week. Or maybe tomorrow. But it sure is new, and every day brings something new that disrupts the previous normal. So "this is the new" is much better. That needs a hashtag: #thisisthenew
Yes, the restrictions currently in place will (eventually) cease. And when that happens, of course people will return to the gym, commute to and fro, and put their kids back in school.
But not exactly in the same fashion as they did before.
Your listeners are forming new habits. Your listeners are learning new routines. And here's the kicker: Businesses are learning too.
Employers forced to find ways to let their employees work from home for a few months might discover that they don't need to have some of those people be at the office every day taking up valuable resources. They might learn that WFH - work from home - is a huge cost-cutter. That means some of your listeners might never again have a daily commute.
New habits. New routines.
The longer we live in this new world, the more these new routines will become new habits. And the less likely we are to go back to old habits that no longer fit our new routines.
Are you, the working podcaster, considering waiting until life returns to normal before you put out a new episode? Are you waiting for everyone to go back to their old routines before starting your podcast?
There is no "normal" for us to return to. The old habits of the past are just that: in the past.
Please don't take my words as a doom-and-gloom prediction. Yes, things will get better for most of your listeners. Yes, we will see overall podcast listenership increase to where it was and then beyond that. Podcasting will survive this pandemic.
But podcasting on the other side will be different if only because the habits people formed around podcast listening have changed and will never mirror the way they were before.
That means you, the podcast creator, need to think about what that means to your reality. What does your content look, sound, and feel like to listeners with new habits? Do you need to adjust your release date? The frequency and cadence of new episodes? Episode length? Content?
All of the habits you've formed and the routines you've learned with your podcast for the years or months you've been doing it were all outdated the moment people started changing their habits and adopting new routines.
As you sit and ponder what this means to your podcast, I'd like for you to do me a favor. You probably know someone who was, prior to the pandemic, considering starting a podcast. Or maybe you know someone who is thinking about using this downtime to launch a podcast. (A lot of creative endeavors were launched during the financial crisis of 2008-09).
If you know someone like that, would you send them this article? Because while you, the working podcaster, might have been dismayed by what you read, a brand new person will likely get more positive vibes out of it, since new things tend to thrive during disruption. The budding podcaster needs to understand that they should just get started on their podcast now and work on forming new habits with listeners right away.
Thanks for reading. I wish I offering up non-pandemic stuff, but it's probably a topic I'm going to orbit for a while since this show is all about helping you think about the big questions faced by all of us in podcasting. And this is where we live now. #thisisthenew
I shall be back tomorrow with yet another Podcast Pontifications.
Here's a sobering opinion. The habits people formed around podcasts listening are changing and will for forever be changed. This isn't the new normal. This is just new. Normal is and always has been an illusion.
Hello and welcome to another podcast. Pontifications with me, Evo. Tara. So listenership is down across the board in podcasting. That was the latest information provided by at least those who responded to James Cridland of pod news. Dot net apostrophe S a pod news that met asked people to share evidence of changes in listenership during pandemic, and surprise is down.
Not everybody, but by and large, it's down in a big way and I think that is to be expected. Okay. And the reason that I think it's to be expected is that people are changing their habits. We are habitual creatures, okay. It is our pattern and recognizing brain and habit forming brain that let us as a species get to where we are today.
Habits are important. We form them all the time, and our routines have been disrupted. Your listener's routines have been disrupted in a big way, some way worse than others, but nonetheless, just about everyone, just about every listener you have is having their routine impacted in some way. That's what's causing listenership to go down.
Right now. People aren't going to the gym nearly as often as they used to and listening on a treadmill or a StairMaster or just doing whatever else. It's a great way to listen to podcasts. People aren't commuting. As often as they used to. Did you drive this weekend at all? Did you drive last week at all?
Have you seen how the streets are largely empty? Less windshield time means less listenership to everything. Spotify and as I think it was Spotify. Yeah, Spotify announced last week that they're seeing a 20% reduction in overall music listening again, people's habits have changed. That's it. That's the reality of life, right?
We see these surveys that tell us that a lot of listenership happens at home. People say when they ask, when they're asked on surveys, where do you listen at home? Well, a, I'm not sure that's true, but B, even if it is true, your home life has changed. If you, especially if you're working from home now, or especially if your listeners have kids and now suddenly have to be teachers as well, habits have changed.
Now, the good news you think I'm about to say is that, but it won't happen forever and everybody's going to go back to normal as soon as this pandemic is over only that's not what I'm going to tell you because that's not true. There's a myth out there about the new normal, and I hate that term. I really hate that to him because it's wrong.
What we're seeing right now is definitely new and is becoming normal, but normalcy is an illusion. Things change in flux all the time, but more importantly than that, the old way of listening to podcasts that the majority of people did, it's not coming back. It's just not even when we get past this.
Pandemic, you sure people will return to the gym? I totally get that. Yes. People will still be in their cars doing windshield time listening. Those habits are, yeah, those things people did in the past will return. However, however, understand that we're learning new things as people about what we do during our normal days.
We're learning new habits. Here's the important part. Businesses. Where we spend a lot of our time either as employees or frequenting as consumers, are also learning new habits. We might discover as a large, let me change what I say that employers might discover after having their people work from home for two or three months.
If they don't necessarily need those gigantic buildings to hold everyone when they're doing jobs that they really don't need to be in the office for. Maybe this work from home thing, maybe working from alternate locations, at least on a, if not a forever basis, but on a regular basis, might become a reality as a cost saving measure for these people.
These are the sorts of habits that we're actually seeing changed drastically. And because this isn't a hunker down for a couple of weeks and things will get better at is a longterm thing, the more this new world is imposing itself on us, the more those new habits will be ingrained. So I say this to my working podcast or friends and clients and family out there.
If you are doing something like waiting until all of this returns to normal, it's not going to, at least not the normal that you were used to. Will it get better? Of course. Will podcasts listenership increase? It will. It'll definitely increase. It'll go back to and above levels that we had today. That's not what I'm saying.
What I'm saying is that the habits people have around listening have changed. And will forever be changed. That means you, they podcast create, tore need to think about what that means. What does your content look like, sound like, feel like to these people with their new habits? When does it come out? How often does it come out?
What's the length of time you do? All of those things that you have been banking on for the years or months you've been doing your podcast are. All changing for the good for the bad. Doesn't matter. That's anthropomorphizing change. No, it's just changing and how we come on the other side of this will look different than it looks like today.
So habits, habits are changing. Your habits are changing as a podcast, or most importantly, our listeners, habits are changing.
So now something I would like for you to do for me. As you, as you sit and ponder those changes, you probably know someone, one person at least, that you have talked to, who is not in podcasting yet, who knows? You're in podcasting, who has said to you something like, well, I could use this downtime. To launch a podcast.
By the way, that happened a lot during the financial crisis of 2008 2009 and afterwards, a huge number of people jumped into the creative spaces or did things that they didn't normally do with their job. We might see that happen again and podcasting, and I see that as a good thing. So if you right now have one person who has told you, Hey, I'm thinking about starting a podcast, send them this show because I want them to understand that, and you want them to understand that.
The reality of the way we're podcasting yesterday isn't the way we're going to podcast tomorrow, simply because of listenership changes. Think they need to hear this episode so that they understand that they should just get started and work on their own new normal work on the habits that people have right now and just deal with them as they go forward.
So that's it. I wish I wasn't here talking about the pandemic stuff, but we're probably going to for awhile because this is about making you, helping you think about the big changes, the big things in podcasting, the things you should be thinking about. You need to be thinking about as a working podcast, or guess where we live.
This is my new, is it normal? I don't know where we're at today. One thing I do know, I shall be back tomorrow with yet another podcast on vacations. Cheers.


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Newtons Second Law Experiment Essays
1067 Words Mar 31st, 2013 5 Pages
Newton's Second Law
How does a cart change its motion when you push and pull on it? You might think that the harder you push on a cart, the faster it goes. Is the cart's velocity related to the force you apply? Or does the force just change the velocity? Also, what does the mass of the cart have to do with how the motion changes? We know that it takes a much harder push to get a heavy cart moving than a lighter one.
A Force Sensor and an Accelerometer will let you measure the force on a cart simultaneously with the cart's acceleration. The total mass of the cart is easy to vary by adding masses. Using these tools, you can determine how the net force on the cart, its mass, and its acceleration are related. This relationship is …show more content…
Vary the motion so that both small and large forces are applied. Make sure that your hand is only touching the hook on the Force Sensor and not the Force Sensor or cart body.
8. Note the shape of the force vs. time and acceleration vs. time graphs. Click the Examine button, [pic], and move the mouse across the force vs. time graph. When the force is maximum, is the acceleration maximum or minimum? To turn off Examine mode, click on the Examine button, [pic].
9. The graph of force vs. acceleration should appear to be a straight line. To fit a straight line to the data, click the graph, then click the Regression Line button, [pic]. Record the equation for the regression line in the data table.
10.	Using the graphs, estimate the acceleration of the cart when a force of 1.0 N has acted upon it. Select Interpolate from the Analyze menu. Move the mouse across the graph and determine the acceleration (x) when the force (y) is nearly 1.0 N. Record the force and acceleration in the data table.
11.	Repeat Step 10 using a force of –1.0 N.
12.	Attach the 0.500-kg mass to the cart. Record the mass of the cart, sensors, and additional mass in the data table.
13.	Repeat Steps 7 – 12.
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