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The Story of Denim: From Gold to Green
Almost everyone knows the famous story of Levi Strauss arriving in the Wild West, now known as California. When he saw miners on the gold rush working he gave them a pair of pants made from canvas. The durability of the canvas material was a huge hit for the workers in heavy physical labor jobs. The story soon ends with Strauss switching from canvas material to denim... and the classic American jean was born. The story seems simple. However, Levi Strauss does not claim full responsibility for the invention of denim, even though the US Patent and Trademark Office issued a patent number 139121 to Levi Strauss and Co. There is an open discussion if denim was originally created in France or England. However, the process was perfected in America. We may never know all the specifics of Levi's story as company records and inventory was lost in the San Fransisco earthquake of 1906.
What we do know is that today your favorite pair of blue jeans are not made out of canvas such as Levi's original myth and they are not made of silk and wool like the French's original version of denim. So what are your favorite pair of denim pants made of? Believe it or not cotton. Yes! Denim is cotton woven into a strong twill! And the jean fabric is different from the denim textile. Jeans are made with two threads of the same color. Denim is made from one white thread and a thread of another color.
So how is a brand that is so rooted in the past also so rooted in the future? How is this brand that has been loved by so many past generations still so current? Levi's has been able to stay grounded in their roots while still looking into the future of fashion. Levi's sees that the consumer is becoming more aware and curious with how the supply chain impacts the environment and the community making the clothing.
Levi's partners with The Better Cotton Initiative, an organization that exists to make global cotton production better for the people who produce it, better for the environment it grows in and better for the sector's future. The organization works with farmers to take specific measurable actions to reduce the impact on the environment and communities. One clear example on the organization's website is banning pesticides listed in the Rotterdam Convention.
Water 42 liters is the amount of water used to make one pair of jeans. Not to mention the amount of water used to wash them and CO2 to dry them. Levi's found a way to re-use water when making their jeans; a technique they call Water<Less which decreases water usage during production by 96%. This new process has saved over 1 billion liters of water during production with the hope of saving at least 50 billion liters by 2020. They have publicly shared this process as a way to inspire other denim companies to follow suit. Other Sustainable Denim Brands DL 1961
They believe that the denim production process can cut back on it's pollution
significantly and have set out to prove this. From responsibly sourced raw materials to partnering with some of the world's most socially responsible vendors, every step in their supply chain is optimized to save a significant amount of water, energy and dye. Dyes that are natural pigments derived from plants, to boot.
Unlike typical manufacturers, their LEED-certified facility recycles 98% of its water, relies on alternative energy sources, and repurposes byproducts to create premium jeans—minus the waste. Solar panels throughout the facility further reduce their factory's impact on the environment.
Their jeans are made from deadstock and super sustainable fabrics and compared to the average pair of jeans, a Reformation pair saves 1,468 gallons of water by eliminating traditional
production techniques, such as the use of toxic dyes. The brand is also working to bring its water footprint to 0 for all its merchandise. They are launching The Wet Program which means for every pair of jeans you buy, Reformation will will donate 1,000 gallons of credits to the National Forest Foundation's clean water projects.
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Nikola Tesla (c. 1890)
Nikola Tesla (1856–1943) was an American inventor (born in Austria-Hungary) who revolutionized electrical science by developing the alternating current electrical system; invented wireless radio and power transmission systems, the Tesla coil and various generators and transformers; and created man-made lightning.
Tesla's discovery of the rotating magnetic field is basis of most alternating-current machinery today. According to one of his biographers, "when he was given the vision of the rotating magnetic field, there had come with it an illumination that revealed to him the whole cosmos, in its infinite variations as a symphony of alternating current. For him, the harmonies were played on a scale of electrical vibrations of a vast range in octaves. In one of the lower octaves was a single note, the 60-cycle-per-second alternating current, and on one of the highest octaves was visible light with its frequency of billions of cycles per second."
In 1898, Tesla announced his invention of a teleautomatic boat guided by remote control. In 1899–1900, he discovered terrestrial stationary waves, proving that the earth could be used as a conductor and would be responsive to electrical vibrations of a certain pitch. Using this technology he lighted 200 lamps without wires from a distance of 25 miles.
The technology of Nikola Tesla is applicable to weather modification, national defense and geological exploration. According to weapons analyst Thomas Bearden, his research enabled Soviet scientists to draw power directly from the core of the earth to produce the effect of a "thermonuclear fireball" without detonating a nuclear weapon.[1]
Tesla offered his discoveries to the United States government for military purposes, but the War Department declined to use them. When Tesla died, his papers and laboratory notes were inherited by a nephew in Yugoslavia and later placed in the Nikola Tesla Museum in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. It was there that the Soviets reportedly obtained Tesla's records and began to develop his theories.
It has been reported that Tesla was involved in bizarre practices that could be considered occult, bordering on Satanism and black magic. It seems that he was on the left-handed path, like many of the reincarnated Atlantean scientists. He was using the science of God, but he had discovered also the methods of its misuse.
Pearls of Wisdom, vol. 31, no. 32, June 26, 1988.
Pearls of Wisdom, vol. 24, no. 6, February 8, 1981.
Elizabeth Clare Prophet, April 5, 1987.
↑ For an analysis of the use of Tesla's technology for military purposes by the Soviet Union, see Thomas E. Bearden, Excalibur Briefing (San Francisco: Strawberry Hill Press, 1980).
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The Middling Mavs.
Central Track Contributor December 12, 2012
Hey, Three Wins In a Row is Something.
A three-game win streak? Who of the doubters out there thought that this Mavericks team could rattle off three wins in a row?
Can't be too many of you, can there? This team hasn't had a streak like this since early in the season.
And yet, here we are, and the Mavericks are back over .500 as they head to Boston tonight to play the Celtics and former Mav Jason Terry, who Mark Cuban would like to hire to a front office position when he retires.
It helps that the teams Dallas played over this recent three-game span are the Suns, the Rockets and the Kings. These are, make no mistake, teams that the Mavericks should beat. None of them are particularly good. This is especially true of Phoenix and Sacramento.
Phoenix is giving up 103.1 points per game and have a defensive efficiency rating (the number of points a team gives up in 100 possessions) of 106.7. Both of these numbers are towards the very bottom of the NBA. Houston has Linsanity, James Harden and his beard, Omer Asik (the fourth leading rebounder in the league) and Chandler Parsons leading their charge, but it seems as though they're barreling head-first into windmills at times. As for the Kings, Dallas has had their number for some time. The Mavericks, with their 119-96 trouncing of the Kings on Monday night, have now beaten Sactown 17 consecutive times at home in the regular season. And this most recent Mavs-King games wasn't pretty, either.
The Kings, more than any other team in the NBA, have issues — and these aren't solely related to DeMarcus Cousins' nut punch of O.J. Mayo the other night. They are just a bad offensive team and even more suspect on defense. Dallas' offense ran rip-shot through the Kings with a run of 31-3 and, later, an 11-4 burst to close out the third quarter when the Kings were looking to crawl back into the game. But the Kings were finished after that point.
Listen: Sacramento has ownership problems that I could go into at length, as I have multiple times before, but Tom Ziller over at SB Nation sums up their dysfunction best. Basically, they're in a bad spot.
The Mavs' situation, thankfully, isn't nearly that bad. Actually, their situation is pretty decent at the moment, with particular thanks to Mayo. The Juiceman dropped 40 points on the Rockets, 10 of which came in the last three minutes of the game. It was the second time in his career that he has scored 40 points. The previous time he hit that mark was on November 1, 2009 during his second season in the NBA.
Of course, Mayo has had his issues this season. At this point, his 40-point outburst on the road is an outlier, but don't call Malcolm Gladwell just yet. Mayo is averaging just 17.8 points on the road. And it's been on the road where the Mavericks have suffered seven of their 10 losses. In losses, he's averaging only 16 points on 40.7 percent shooting.
In other words: As Mayo goes, the Mavs go.
And, while Mayo has been the offensive punch that the Mavericks have needed in the absence of Dirk Nowitzki, the team is slowly adjusting to fit its pieces around him into a functioning on-court presence.
Derek Fisher, who has been and will continue to be torched by younger, quicker guards, has played serviceable minutes. Though, as Andy Tobolowsky pointed out earlier in the week on Mavs Moneyball, Fisher's time with the Mavs offers an extremely small sample size, the results haven't been terrible. Rick Carlisle seems to like pairing Fisher with the faster — and at times turnover prone — Darren Collison at the end of games. Along with Mayo, the Mavs have rolled out this three-guard lineup a few times now down the stretch. This translates into a faster pace and Dallas is currently second in the NBA with a pace factor of 94.7, behind only the Rockets, according to Basketball-Reference.com.
Recently, Brandan Wright has been seen on the court, too, having apparently being taken out of Carlisle's doghouse for the time being. In his last three games (he's started the most recent two), Wright has averaged 10.6 points and 4.6 rebounds. Obviously, getting more boards from Wright would be ideal — they're the reason he has received his share of DNP-CDs this season — but his offensive presence coupled with his athleticism are why he has remained in the NBA despite injury issues plaguing his early career.
Shawn Marion is expected to rejoin the Mavericks soon, too , after having been out the previous two games with a strained groin. It may be a game-time decision whether he will play against the Celtics. With Marion's impending return, Jared Cunningham was sent down to the D-League to play on the Texas Legends, where he will see much more playing time than with the Mavericks
Regardless, with this Mavericks team, small sample sizes should not be taken too seriously. The Mavs have proved that they can beat the sub-.500 teams in the league.
I seem to finish off each of my posts with similar sentiments, but that is what you can expect: Over a quarter of the way through the season, the Mavericks are solidly lodged in the middle of the pack. Certain players have shown flashes of brilliance we can all revel in — especially when a friend is a Rockets' fan — but a sustained effort each night has failed to surface.
So, for now, let's enjoy the small successes.
Photo via the NBA's official Mavericks page.
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ArtsXchange opened its first home in Grant Park in 1984. It reopened in a renovated elementary school in East Park in January.
Rediscovering the ArtsXchange, cultivating "art for people's sake" for 30-plus years
TK Smith October 21, 2019
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One recent Saturday, Atlanta's ArtsXchange held a costume celebration called Renaissance: Harlem South. The fundraiser celebrated the cultural contributions of artists past and present as well as the institution itself. The ArtsXchange, which moved to a new home in East Point 10 months ago, is experiencing its own renaissance. It's transforming as it's being rediscovered by a new community and a new generation of artists.
Ebon Dooley and Alice Loveless founded the Arts Exchange, as it was called then, in 1983.
Poet, performance artist and administrator Alice Lovelace helped found the original ArtsXchange — more formally known as the Southeast Community Cultural Center — in the 1980s with poet, activist and scholar Ebon Dooley, now deceased. It opened its first home in 1984, in what had been Grant Park Elementary School, a 33,000-square-foot building on four acres. It held a theater, 18 artist studios, classes and space for lease, and became an incubator for both art and social justice activism.
The facility — then called the Arts Exchange — reshaped metro Atlanta's arts landscape. The inner-city artist colony/community center was an intentional effort to create a multicultural, multidisciplinary and intergenerational space. It became a hub where individual artists could find performance or rehearsal space and where artists and community members could find a wide range of classes.
Arts Exchange took a two-year break while renovating the new East Point space, formerly the 20,000-square-foot Jere Wells Elementary School, about nine miles from its original home. It emerged as the newly rechristened ArtsXchange in a sprawling building that still has an elementary-school feel, evoking all the hopes and fears of engaged learning. Just inside the front doors, you see a large photograph of art icon Romare Bearden (1911–88). It shows him descending a staircase at what was once Atlanta's Neighborhood Arts Center. He interacts with a young girl who's gazing up at him open-eyed. Thus, an image from Atlanta's past anchors its present and its future.
The change from "Arts Exchange" to "ArtsXchange" is a return to the founding mission. "The X means 'multiplies change,'" says Lovelace. "From the beginning, the institution was a social-activist center for transformative art. Art for people's sake."
"It's all about creating a culture of safety," says executive director Leslie D. Posey, "allowing space for people to be creative and find creativity within themselves."
Atlanta artist Brandon Sadler (and assistant) work on ArtsXchange's garden mural. Sadler has a studio at the East Point center.
If you were to visit the new center on East Point's Newnan Street, you'd find an art gallery, a library, the 115-seat Paul Robeson Theatre, 13 artist studios for lease, a music studio and an office for the National Organization of Black Lesbians on Aging.
The Sinclair Gallery is named for Jack Sinclair, a onetime Atlanta artist known for his letterpresses (and a bit of sculpture). Its current exhibition, Atlanta Collects: 10 Notable Fine Art Collections, continues through October 26.
The library is named for Jikki Riley, a Vietnam War veteran, filmmaker, activist and reggae musician. Visitors can sign up for free programs (writing groups, open-mic nights, Scrabble club) and tap into the center's professional development resources, health services and array of events.
Lovelace, as board chair, remains an indispensable part of ArtsXchange, which gets its energy from the concentration of talent working there. Atlanta artist/activist Charmaine Minniefield has a studio there, as do actor Victor Love (Broadway's A Few Good Men, the feature film Native Son), muralist Brandon Sadler and visual/performance artist Kenneth Zakee.
The Sinclair Gallery hosted artist/activist Charmaine Minniefield's "RITUAL: The birth of new freedom" in July and August. Minniefield also has an ArtsXchange studio.
The ArtsXchange's 2019 artists in residence include visual artist Rick Washington, spoken-word artist/community organizer Theresa Davis and music artist Ken J Martin. In addition to working, each artist contributes by volunteering to give public talks, teach classes and help with the community garden.
Since opening in January, the center has been in "the process of actualizing," says L. Nyrobi N. Moss, director of operations, "living in the possibilities of what we can do and how we can grow."
The move, she says, gives ArtsXchange the chance to pioneer art on the south side of Fulton County and build a thriving arts community in an area that's been underserved and underdeveloped. Of the organization's longevity, Lovelace says, "We've had 36 years. We want 36 more."
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Is your metal watch bracelet not as loose and fluid as you would like? Maybe it squeaks on your wrist? Good news, there is a simple fix that will make your bracelet smooth as butter and is good for your skin to boot!
That's right, we're going to soak that watch bracelet in Baby Oil (or mineral oil if you prefer).
If you like the smell of baby oil head on over to the childcare section of your favorite pharmacy, or if you prefer you can get it on Amazon as well. Baby oil is just mineral oil with a pleasant scent added, so if you don't want the added scent, no problem! You can find 100% mineral oil in the isle alongside the laxatives, or you can find it on Amazon too.
You do not want to soak the entire watch in mineral oil, only the bracelet, so the first step will be to use a spring bar tool to remove the bracelet from the watch head.
With that done I usually take this opportunity to wash the bracelet with my ultrasonic cleaner. If you don't have an ultrasonic cleaner you can use a soft toothbrush with a mild detergent instead. Dish soap works well to clean out any gunk that might have gathered within the links or under the clasp. This is assuming this isn't a brand new watch, in which case you can skip this step.
Next you'll want to put your bracelet in a zip-lock bag and pour a small amount of baby oil in. You'll want just enough to completely submerge the entire bracelet.
Work the baby oil into the bracelet by rolling the bag around in your hand and manipulating the bracelet inside the bag. You want to work the baby oil into all of the small crevices in the bracelet. Once you are satisfied that you've got it all worked in you can set the bag aside and let it sit overnight.
When you are ready to take the bracelet out make sure you have paper towels nearby! This stuff gets everywhere. Remove the bracelet and lay it on the paper towels. Let it sit for a few minutes while the excess oil seeps out. Once that is done grab a fresh paper towel and dry the bracelet, end links, and spring bars as best as you can.
Next I usually let the bracelet sit in a sunny window for a couple hours. This will help to draw the excess baby oil out which can then be dabbed away with a fresh paper towel.
With that done I suggest taking this opportunity to polish the links with a jeweler's cloth. With the bracelet detached from the watch head you should be able to polish every little corner to a beautiful shine.
All that's left now is to reattach the bracelet to the watch head and enjoy your hard work. Small amounts of baby oil may leak out for the next day or two, but don't worry, it's good for your skin and smells great!


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Q: coincidence of $L^2$ and probability-closure of a Gaussian space A vectorial subspace $\mathcal{H} \subset L^2(\Omega,\mathcal{F},\mathcal{P})$ is called Gaussian space if every element is a gaussian distributed random variable.
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*Taken $X_1,\ldots,X_n \in \mathcal H \Rightarrow (X_1,\cdots,X_n)$ is gaussian.

*Prove that the closure of a Gaussian space is a Gaussian space.
I'd like to proof the following : If $\mathcal{H}$ is a Gaussian space the closure of $\mathcal{H}$ with respect to the convergence in probability and $L^2$ are the same.
My proof goes and interrupts as follows : We already know that if $X_n \overset{L^2}{\longmapsto} X$ then $X_n \overset{P}{\longmapsto} X$ which implies thanks to the previous points that $\overline{\mathcal{H}}^{L^2} \subset \overline{\mathcal{H}}^{P}$.
Conversely suppose that $X_n \overset{P}{\longmapsto} X$, using that $E[\lvert X \rvert ^p] = \int_0^{+\infty} P(X > t)pt^{p-1} dt$
We have that $$\lvert \lvert {X_n - X}\rvert \rvert_{2}^{2} = E[\lvert {X_n - X}\rvert^2] = 2 \int_0^{+\infty} t P(\lvert X_n - X \rvert > t)dt$$
Noting that the integrand goes pointly to $0$ I'd like to pass the limit under the integral sign.
From here I don't how to find inequalities to bound $t P(\lvert X_n - X \rvert > t)$ and applying dominated convergence theorem (or other limit under integral sign-theorems), to use the fact that $X_n \overset{P}{\longmapsto} X$.
I could also use a strengthening of dominated convergence theorem which says :  $X_n \overset{P}{\longmapsto} X$ and $Y \in L^p (p \in [1,+\infty)) : \lvert X_n \rvert \leq Y a.e \Rightarrow X_n \overset{L^p}{\longmapsto} X$ and $X \in L^P$ but the problem remains how to bound $X_n$ for me.
I'm noting that the hypothesis of $X_n,X$ being gaussian, i.e. $X_n, X \in \mathcal{H}$ hasn't been used yet.
Any help or hint would be appreciated, thanks.

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