With regards to the progress that has been made in anatomy, neurobiology, physiology, imaging, and behavioral studies, computational neuroscience offers a unique interdisciplinary cooperation between experimental and clinical neuroscientists, physicists, mathematicians and computer scientists. It combines experiments with data analysis and functional models with computer simulation on the basis of strong theoretical concepts and aims at understanding mechanisms that underlie neural processes such as perception, action, learning, memory or cognition.
Today, computational models are able to offer new approaches of the complex relations between the structural and the functional level of the brain thanks to models built at several levels of description. In very precise models, a neuron can be divided in several compartments and its dynamics can be described by a system of differential equations. The spiking neuron approach proposes to define simpler models concentrated on the prediction of the most important events for neurons, the emission of spikes. This allows to compute networks of neurons and to study the neural code with event-driven computations.
Larger neuronal systems can be considered when the unit of computation is defined at the level of the population of neurons and when rate coding is supposed to bring enough information. Studying Dynamic Neural Fields consequently lays emphasis on information flows between populations of neurons (feedforward, feed-back, lateral connectivity) and is well adapted to defining high-level behavioral capabilities related for example to visuomotor coordination.
Furthermore, these computational models and methods have strong implications for other sciences (e.g. computer science, cognitive science, neuroscience) and applications (e.g. robots) as well . In computer science, they promote original modes of distributed computation; in cognitive science, they have to be related to current theories of cognition; in neuroscience, their predictions have to be related to observed behaviors and measured brain signals.
Computational neuroscience is also interested in having more precise and realistic models of the neuron and especially of its dynamics. We consider that the latter aspect can not be treated at the single unit level only; it is also necessary to consider interactions between neurons at the microscopic scale.
On one hand, compartmental models describe the neuron at the inner scale, through various compartments (axon, synapse, cellular body) and coupled differential equations, allowing to numerically predict the neural activity at a high degree of accuracy. This, however, is intractable if analytic properties are to be derived, or if neural assemblies are considered. We thus focus on phenomenological punctual models of spiking neurons, in order to capture the dynamic behavior of the neuron isolated or inside a network. Generalized conductance based leaky integrated and fire neurons (emitting action potential, i.e. spike, from input integration) or simplified instantiations are considered in our group.
On the other hand, one central issue is to better understand the precise nature of the neural code. From rate coding (the classical assumption that information is mainly conveyed by the firing frequency of neurons) to less explored assumptions such as high-order statistics, time coding (the idea that information is encoded in the firing time of neurons) or synchronization aspects. At the biological level, a fundamental example is the synchronization of neural activities, which seems to play a role in olfactory perception: it has been observed that abolishing synchronization suppresses the odor discrimination capability. At the computational level, recent theoretical results show that the neural code is embedded in periodic firing patterns, while, more generally, we focus on tractable mathematical analysis methods coming from the theory of nonlinear dynamical systems.
For both biological simulations and computer science emerging paradigms, the rigorous simulation of large neural assemblies is a central issue. Our group is at the origin, up to our best knowledge, of the most efficient even-based neural network simulator, based on well-founded discrete event dynamic systems theory, and now extended to other simulation paradigms, thus offering the capability to push the state of the art on this topic.
Our research activities in the domain of computational neurosciences are also interested in the understanding of higher brain functions using both computational models and robotics. These models are grounded on a computational paradigm that is directly inspired by several brain studies converging on a distributed, asynchronous, numerical and adaptive processing of information and the continuum neural field theory (CNFT) provides the theoretical framework to design models of population of neurons.
This mesoscopic approach underlines that the number of neurons is very high, even in a small part of tissue, and proposes to study neuronal models in a continuum limit where space is continuous and main variables correspond to synaptic activity or firing rates in population of neurons. This formalism is particularly interesting because the dynamic behavior of a large piece of neuronal tissue can be studied with differential equations that can integrate spatial (lateral connectivity) and temporal (speed of propagation) characteristics and display such interesting behavior as pattern formation, travelling waves, bumps, etc.
The main cognitive tasks we are currently interested in are related to the autonomous navigation of a robot in an unknown environment (perception, sensorimotor coordination, planning). The corresponding neuronal structures we are modeling are part of the cortex (perceptive, associative, frontal maps) and the limbic system (hippocampus, amygdala, basal ganglia). Corresponding models of these neuronal structures are defined at the level of the population of neurons and functioning and learning rules are built from neuroscience data to emulate the corresponding information processing (filtering in perceptive maps, multimodal association in associative maps, temporal organization of behavior in frontal maps, episodic memory in hippocampus, emotional conditioning in amygdala, selection of action in basal ganglia). Our goal is to iteratively refine these models, implement them on autonomous robots and make them cooperate and exchange information, toward a completely adaptive, integrated and autonomous behavior.
Connectionist models, such as neural networks, are the first models of parallel computing. Artificial neural networks now stand as a possible alternative with respect to the standard computing model of current computers. The computing power of these connectionist models is based on their distributed properties: a very fine-grain massive parallelism with densely interconnected computation units.
The connectionist paradigm is the foundation of the robust, adaptive, embeddable and autonomous processings that we develop in our team. Therefore their specific massive parallelism has to be fully exploited. Furthermore, we use this intrinsic parallelism as a guideline to develop new models and algorithms for which parallel implementations are naturally made easier.
Our approach claims that the parallelism of connectionist models makes them able to deal with strong implementation and application constraints. This claim is based on both theoretical and practical properties of neural networks. It is related to a very fine parallelism grain that fits parallel hardware devices, as well as to the emergence of very large reconfigurable systems that become able to handle both adaptability and massive parallelism of neural networks. More particularly, digital reconfigurable circuits (e.g. FPGA, Field Programmable Gate Arrays) stand as the most suitable and flexible device for fully parallel implementations of neural models, according to numerous recent studies in the connectionist community. We carry out various arithmetical and topological studies that are required by the implementation of several neural models onto FPGAs, as well as the definition of hardware-targetted neural models of parallel computation.
This research field has evolved within our team by merging with our activities in behavioral computational neuroscience. Taking advantage of the ability of the neural paradigm to cope with strong constraints, as well as taking advantage of the highly complex cognitive tasks that our behavioral models may perform, a new research line has emerged that aims at defining a specific kind of brain-inspired hardware based on modular and extensive resources that are capable of self-organization and self-recruitment through learning when they are assembled within a perception-action loop.
Recent theories from cognitive science stress that human cognition emerges from the interactions of the body with the world. Through motor actions, the body can orient toward objects to better perceive and analyze them. The analysis is performed on the basis of physical measurements and more or less elaborated emotional reactions of the body, generated by the stimuli. This will elicit other orientation activities of the body (approach and grasping or avoidance). This elementary behavior is made possible by the capacity, at the cerebral level, to coordinate the perceptive representation of the outer world (including the perception of the body itself) with the behavioral repertoire that it generates either on the physical body (external actions) or on a more internal aspect (emotions, motivations, decisions). In both cases, this capacity of coordination is acquired from experience and interaction with the world.
The theory of the situatedness of cognition proposes to minimize representational contents (opposite to complex and hierarchical representations) and privileges simple strategies, more directly coupling perception and action and more efficient to react quickly in the changing environment.
A key aspect of this theory of intelligence is the Gibsonian notion of affordance: perception is not a passive process and, depending on the current task, objects are discriminated as possible �tools� that could be used to act in the environment. Whereas a scene full of details can be memorized in very different and costly ways, a task-dependent description is a very economical way that implies minimal storage requirements. Hence, remembering becomes a constructive process.
For example with such a strategy, the organism can keep track of relevant visual targets in the environment by only storing the movement of the eye necessary to foveate them.We do not memorize details of the objects but we know which eye movement to perform to get them: The world itself is considered as an external memory.
Our agreement to this theory has several implications for our methodology of work. In this view, learning emerges from sensorimotor loops and a real body interacting with a real environment are important characteristics for a learning protocol. Also, in this view, the quality of memory (a flexible representation) is preferred to the quantity of memory.


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Dr. John V. Marymont is vice president for medical affairs and dean of the College of Medicine at the University of South Alabama. In these positions, he oversees USA Health, which includes the USA College of Medicine, University Hospital, Children's & Women's Hospital, the Mitchell Cancer Institute, the academic clinical practice plan and the USA Healthcare Authority.
Dr. Marymont came to USA in 2016. Dr. Marymont has led a number of major initiatives. These include restructuring the University's health system, developing the USA Healthcare Authority and expanding the clinical enterprise. He provided leadership on the construction of the new Fanny Meisler Level I trauma center and the expansion of University Hospital. With his direction, USA Health has increased its development program, developed a new website and initiated a new branding campaign.
During his tenure as dean of the USA College of Medicine, student performance continues to excel. The Class of 2018 scored among the top 10 percent of all medical students on their Step 2-CK exam. Dr. Marymont, in collaboration with the Mitchell College of Business, started a M.B.A. program with a concentration in health care. In addition, in collaboration with the College of Education, he started a Master of Education program with a concentration in healthcare education. In 2018, the College of Medicine received the full eight-year accreditation by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education.
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Dr. Marymont graduated Phi Beta Kappa from Northwestern University and obtained his medical degree from Vanderbilt University. He completed an orthopedic surgery residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, a sports medicine fellowship at the Cleveland Clinic, and a foot and ankle fellowship at the New England Baptist Hospital in Boston. Dr. Marymont earned a certificate in medical and healthcare management as well as a Master of Business Administration from the Jones School of Business at Rice University, where he was selected by the MBA faculty to receive the distinction of a "Jones Scholar" for his accomplishments.
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A mirror is an additional part of the interior that brings a special atmosphere to the apartment. It always seems that choosing this attribute in the hallway, bathroom, room is very simple. In fact, everything happens completely differently when you find yourself in a store.
Almost immediately, when choosing, our attention falls on the mirrors in the frame, especially for the golden frame. This design is very attractive, but it is also suitable only for certain types of interiors, namely, modern, fusion, baroque, rococo. A light-sized gilded frame will look good in a classic or vintage room interior. A huge selection of various goods is offered in the online store. You can make a purchase based on your main preferences.
Plastic frames are successfully combined with high-tech style or minimalism. In addition, there are models with a painted wooden frame that will look good in retro, country style. Here it should be borne in mind that its color should go well with other elements of the room, so as not to get strong contrasts. Therefore, remember the rule regarding the fact that we choose a bright palette for more modern designs, and a pastel one for classics.
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Combined. In addition to the reflection function, it is used as a storage place for hygiene products. It can be a mirror with a shelf, a wardrobe, a cabinet;
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The Romans in the New Testament were portrayed as something of a "universal evil" towards Christians. But it must not be forgotten that they are also the people who have "gifted" modern civilization with some of its most practical innovations. For example, everyone who uses a public sewer system should thank the Romans for this. Here are 10 reasons why the Roman Empire deserves careful study
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The womb and tomb are the only authorized entrance and exit, respectively, into the condition of a slave. In particular, no manner of self-initiated egress is recognized. Which in plain language means: you are not to run away, and if you attempt it, punishment will be severe. Furthermore, Canada does not exist and in any case it's too cold. You won't like it there. Trust us on this one.
Great writing. Punchy with the perfect pace.
Ah, I should confess that one of my previous lives included technical writing, though thankfully not this sort of thing.
The "Career Guide for Slaves" thread in The Reincarnations of Miss Anne began with the resonance between present-day jobs from hell and historical first-person narratives of slavery (the "exit interviews" in William Still's Underground Railroad, Harriet Jacobs. Incidents in the LIfe of a Slave Girl, Frederick Douglass's two autobiographies and many speeches and essays, Sojourner Truth's oratory). The horror of slavery is that there is no way out; its legacy… far more complex than anyone really acknowledges. I think all of this was sparked by a former workmate's reference to a friend's low-wage coffee-shop employees as "her slaves." Got me thinking, in a serious way.
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I had so much fun writing this, too–unfortunately 'Canada doesn't exist' for altogether too many in the USA.
I found you're first line to be thought provoking and the line about Canada being too cold both funny and true. Very nice job.
Actually, the runaway slaves found it so as well. See Catherine Clinton's recent biography of Harriet Tubman for some wonderful period details. I've gotten quite interested in the Canadian role in the Underground Railroad, and hope to make a research trip to those parts some time in the next year or so.
Interesting dichotomy you're setting up here between the topic matter and the tone. Looking forward to more.
Exits–unfortunately yes, for the American South. Entrances depends on the exact period–kidnaping from Africa, or even of free blacks, also existed.
Reincarnations has six different temporal tracks, including Maryland in the 1850s (after the passage of the Fugitive Slave Law). The Career Guide for Slaves represents the official view, but you're absolutely correct here, even for the 1850s. Nominally the African slave trade had been abolished (see W. E. B. DuBois, Abolition of the African Slave Trade for the unedifying details) but that didn't mean that it had stopped.


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Day 1 : Valletta, Malta | Embark
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This strategically important location has always attracted foreign conquerors. Inhabited for more than 7,000 years, Malta is now home to multiple UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Jean Parisot de la Valette, Grand Master of the Order of St John, founded a modern fortified city on a rock in 1566, between the two splendid natural ports of Marsamxett and Grand Harbor. Long rows of facades made from golden-yellow blocks of chalk stretch along the straight streets. Splendid Renaissance and Baroque buildings are evidence of riches and power, such as the Palace of the Grand Master and the impressive St. John's Co-Cathedral. Explore the city before boarding your ship.
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The municipal area of Syracuse boasts relics from cultural history going back more than three millennia. In ancient times, the city was the most powerful in the known world and was famed for its splendor. The island of Ortigia, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was where Syracuse began its rise as an ancient city. The huge cathedral is at the heart of the old town, magnificent palaces line the piazza and wide promenades invite you to take a stroll. The archaeological park brings ancient Greek and Roman history back to life.
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Rhys Wakefield is an Australian actor and director. Wakefield starred in season 3 of HBO's True Detective as Freddy Burns after starting out on the Australian TV series Home and Away where he starred in 363 episodes. Wakefield has played the lead in Andrew Wight's thriller Sanctum, the Polite Leader in The Purge franchise and was nominated for Best Actor in a Feature Film by the Australian Film Institute and the Film Critics Circle of Australia for his performance in The Black Balloon. TVLine listed him as one of their 'Breakout Stars to Watch' for his leading performance in Reprisal on Hulu. Wakefield's first directed feature film, Berserk, was released in American cinemas on 5 April 2019. It stars Nick Cannon, James Roday, Nora Arnezeder, Erin Moriarty, and Jack Falahee. It was executive produced by Brian Kavanaugh-Jones.


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#include "config.h"

#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
#    include <curl/curl.h>

#    include "papertrail_proc.hh"
#    include "yajl/api/yajl_parse.h"
#    include "yajlpp/yajlpp_def.hh"

const char* papertrail_proc::PT_SEARCH_URL
    = "https://papertrailapp.com/api/v1/events/search.json?min_id=%s&";

static int
read_max_id(yajlpp_parse_context* ypc, const unsigned char* str, size_t len)
{
    papertrail_proc* ptp = (papertrail_proc*) ypc->ypc_userdata;

    ptp->ptp_last_max_id = std::string((const char*) str, len);

    return 1;
}

static int
read_partial(yajlpp_parse_context* ypc, int val)
{
    papertrail_proc* ptp = (papertrail_proc*) ypc->ypc_userdata;

    if (val) {
        ptp->ptp_partial_read = true;
    }

    return 1;
}

static int
read_limit(yajlpp_parse_context* ypc, int val)
{
    papertrail_proc* ptp = (papertrail_proc*) ypc->ypc_userdata;

    if (val) {
        ptp->ptp_partial_read = true;
    }

    return 1;
}

static int
ignore_bool(yajlpp_parse_context* ypc, int val)
{
    return 1;
}

static int
ignore_str(yajlpp_parse_context* ypc, const unsigned char* str, size_t len)
{
    return 1;
}

static int
read_event_int(yajlpp_parse_context* ypc, long long val)
{
    papertrail_proc* ptp = (papertrail_proc*) ypc->ypc_userdata;

    yajl_gen_string(ptp->ptp_gen, ypc->get_path_fragment(2));
    yajl_gen_integer(ptp->ptp_gen, val);

    return 1;
}

static int
read_event_field(yajlpp_parse_context* ypc,
                 const unsigned char* str,
                 size_t len)
{
    papertrail_proc* ptp = (papertrail_proc*) ypc->ypc_userdata;

    yajl_gen_string(ptp->ptp_gen, ypc->get_path_fragment(2));
    yajl_gen_string(ptp->ptp_gen, str, len);

    return 1;
}

int
papertrail_proc::json_map_start(void* ctx)
{
    yajlpp_parse_context* ypc = (yajlpp_parse_context*) ctx;
    papertrail_proc* ptp = (papertrail_proc*) ypc->ypc_userdata;

    if (ypc->ypc_path_index_stack.size() == 3) {
        yajl_gen_map_open(ptp->ptp_gen);
    }

    return 1;
}

int
papertrail_proc::json_map_end(void* ctx)
{
    yajlpp_parse_context* ypc = (yajlpp_parse_context*) ctx;
    papertrail_proc* ptp = (papertrail_proc*) ypc->ypc_userdata;

    if (ypc->ypc_path_index_stack.size() == 2) {
        yajl_gen_map_close(ptp->ptp_gen);
        yajl_gen_reset(ptp->ptp_gen, "\n");
    }

    return 1;
}

struct json_path_container papertrail_proc::FORMAT_HANDLERS
    = json_path_container{
        json_path_handler("/max_id", read_max_id),
        json_path_handler("/(partial_results)", read_partial),
        json_path_handler("/(reached_record_limit|reached_time_limit)",
                          read_limit),
        json_path_handler("/(min_id|min_time_at|max_time_at|"
                          "reached_beginning|reached_end|tail|no_events)")
            .add_cb(ignore_bool)
            .add_cb(ignore_str),
        json_path_handler("/events#/\\w+")
            .add_cb(read_event_field)
            .add_cb(read_event_int)};

size_t
papertrail_proc::write_cb(void* contents,
                          size_t size,
                          size_t nmemb,
                          void* userp)
{
    yajl_handle handle = (yajl_handle) userp;
    size_t realsize = size * nmemb;

    if (yajl_parse(handle, (const unsigned char*) contents, realsize)
        != yajl_status_ok)
    {
        return -1;
    }

    return realsize;
}

void
papertrail_proc::yajl_writer(void* context, const char* str, size_t len)
{
    papertrail_proc* ptp = (papertrail_proc*) context;

    write(ptp->ptp_fd, str, len);
}

long
papertrail_proc::complete(CURLcode result)
{
    curl_request::complete(result);

    yajl_reset(this->ptp_jhandle.in());

    if (result != CURLE_OK) {
        static const char* err_msg = "Unable to execute papertrail search -- ";

        write(this->ptp_fd, err_msg, strlen(err_msg));
        write(
            this->ptp_fd, this->cr_error_buffer, strlen(this->cr_error_buffer));
        return -1;
    }

    if (this->ptp_max_time) {
        return -1;
    }

    this->set_url();
    if (this->ptp_partial_read) {
        this->ptp_partial_read = false;
        return 1;
    }

    return 3000;
}

#endif

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Q: Where do you find city emergency alert info?
A: All emergency alert information such as trash pick-up reminders, annual
water reports, boil water notices, snow emergencies, etc., can be found on the city website, news stations or through the city's emergency alert notification system introduced October 30, 2013.
*FOR FURTHER QUESTIONS ABOUT BOIL WATER NOTICES SEE LINK BELOW FOR NYS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FAQ'S
Q: How do you sign up for the city emergency alert system?
A: The emergency alert system can be found on the Rensselaer City Homepage
to the left of the "news" column. You will find a link located above the "First Call" emblem which will bring you to the sign up page where you may enter your contact information.
Q: What identification is required to obtain a certificate of residence?
A: For a certificate of residence (Hudson Valley Community College ONLY)
Student must have proof that they reside in the City of Rensselaer and Photo I.D.
-National Grid Bill
-Lease Agreement
-Piece of Mail
-Telephone Bill
Q: What is required to obtain a marriage license?
A: In order to get a marriage license both parties must come to The Clerk's
office with proof of identity and proof of age.
Proof of Identity Proof Of Age
1. Driver's License 1. Birth Certificate
2. Passport 2. Baptismal Record
3. Employment Picture I.D. 3. Naturalization Record
4. Immigration Record 4. Census Record
*If either party was previously married information was be furnished in the application for a marriage license. This includes whether or not the former spouse or spouses are living, and whether the applicants are divorced and, if so, when, where and against whom the divorce or divorces were granted. A certified copy of the Decree of Divorce or a Certificate of Dissolution of Marriage is required by the clerk issuing the marriage license.


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				Allen Ding and Luke Redpath

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Tasks

Properties

messagePattern

returnValueTimes

returnedValueTimes

secondValue

value

Class Methods

stubWithMessagePattern:

stubWithMessagePattern:block:

stubWithMessagePattern:value:

stubWithMessagePattern:value:times:afterThatReturn:

Instance Methods

initWithMessagePattern:

initWithMessagePattern:block:

initWithMessagePattern:value:

initWithMessagePattern:value:times:afterThatReturn:

processInvocation:

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KWStub Class Reference

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	Declared in
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Tasks

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		– initWithMessagePattern:value:

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		  messagePattern

	property

		  value

	property

		  returnValueTimes

	property

		  returnedValueTimes

	property

		  secondValue

	property

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Properties

messagePattern

@property (nonatomic, readonly) KWMessagePattern *messagePattern

returnValueTimes

@property (nonatomic, readonly) id returnValueTimes

returnedValueTimes

@property (nonatomic, readonly) int returnedValueTimes

secondValue

@property (nonatomic, readonly) id secondValue

value

@property (nonatomic, readonly) id value

Class Methods

stubWithMessagePattern:

+ (id)stubWithMessagePattern:(KWMessagePattern *)aMessagePattern

stubWithMessagePattern:block:

+ (id)stubWithMessagePattern:(KWMessagePattern *)aMessagePattern block:(id ( ^ ) ( NSArray *params ))aBlock

stubWithMessagePattern:value:

+ (id)stubWithMessagePattern:(KWMessagePattern *)aMessagePattern value:(id)aValue

stubWithMessagePattern:value:times:afterThatReturn:

+ (id)stubWithMessagePattern:(KWMessagePattern *)aMessagePattern value:(id)aValue times:(id)times afterThatReturn:(id)aSecondValue

Instance Methods

initWithMessagePattern:

- (id)initWithMessagePattern:(KWMessagePattern *)aMessagePattern

initWithMessagePattern:block:

- (id)initWithMessagePattern:(KWMessagePattern *)aMessagePattern block:(id ( ^ ) ( NSArray *params ))aBlock

initWithMessagePattern:value:

- (id)initWithMessagePattern:(KWMessagePattern *)aMessagePattern value:(id)aValue

initWithMessagePattern:value:times:afterThatReturn:

- (id)initWithMessagePattern:(KWMessagePattern *)aMessagePattern value:(id)aValue times:(id)times afterThatReturn:(id)aSecondValue

processInvocation:

- (BOOL)processInvocation:(NSInvocation *)anInvocation

Index

Hierarchy

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At MICH, we use the dialogue method developed by quantum physicist David Bohm. This dialogue method has proven itself to be an effective way to ensure good communication and "activate" students, as well as develop collaboration and a wholistic model for inquiry. Dialogue facilitates coming to the image totality in case discussions. It is the basis of all communication at MICH.
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MICH Students are required to see a graduate homeopath on a regular basis in order to appreciate the role of the client, understand the action of remedies, and have the direct experience of case taking.
It is easy to see why homeopathy, the best researched, most widely used, individualized and immaterial form of Western Medicine, is the key modality and method of intervention at MICH. Homeopathy has a long, well-documented scientific history, and a long list of masterful homeopaths.
In our endeavour to understand and effectively apply the insights of the successful masters of homeopathy, we discovered they shared an immaterial understanding of life, suffering and dis-ease that led to the development of such practical tools as the repertory, and the principles of direction of cure.
Central to their guiding philosophy was the concept of the cosmos as a single dynamic entity created through successive emanations from a unitary and infinitely vast source: a constant, unceasing influx that is both creation and the source of all power to act and exist. This view of infinite emanation is not unique to homeopaths; it is a feature of Neoplatonic thought, the European Hermetic tradition, and both the Jewish and Christian Kabbalah, and quantum physics. David Bohm called this cosmic movement the "holomovement", which, although expressed through physical reality, exists in an "implicate order" that underlies the material world.
A corollary to this concept of the cosmos is the idea of "soul" as first described by Plato and Aristotle and subsequently by generations of philosophers as the spiritual organ, the receptive vessel, receiving life flowing in from the infinite creative force of the cosmos, and channelling it into the organism. This subtle level of the immaterial source of life is also the basis of unique expression in every individual.
Thus, Homeopathy is the perfect vehicle to address the dynamic movement of the vital force and its effects on all dimensions of well-being: physical, mental-emotional and spiritual, wholeness, happiness, meaningfulness, adaptability and vitality.
In order to utilize homeopathy to its fullest potential, it is necessary to see the individual and his or her disease as a totality. It is in this way that we can faithfully follow Hahnemann's directive to find and address the "Totality of Symptoms" in every case, rather than prescribing on individual symptoms that are not connected. Our goal for each case is to find the core that connects the collection of symptoms as a complete whole. To do so, neither analysis nor synthesis are effective. This requires something beyond a mechanical gathering of information and problem solving methods. Each case requires insight, and the process of coming to this insight is unique for every case. Of course! What else could it be? The "essence" of each individual is unique, each individual requires a unique process, and each individual disease has a unique pathway to a return to health. It logically follows that the holistic diagnostic process and the perception required is also unique to every case. No protocols are allowed if we follow Hahnemann's instructions!
It becomes clear when we examine follow-ups years later, how this quality of perception is central to successful homeopathic prescribing. The best results come from those cases where the totality was clear to everyone. In other words, the more complete and unanimous the understanding, the better the results.
This involves opening using the Bohm method of dialogue to explore wholeness in a way that is difficult for a single brain to do on its own. It is a means to higher levels of consciousness, which is also the natural direction of evolution! Thus, the human who engages in dialogue facilitates the evolutionary movement of the vital force for all of humanity.
In short, what both the Masters of homeopathy and MICH have realized is that a personal transformation is required on the part of the practitioner of an immaterial modality such as homeopathy.
Developed as a way to come to the Totality of Symptoms and to come to the core of a case that connects the collection of symptoms and the individual as a complete whole, the MICH Method™ is the principal method of case taking at MICH.
The MICH Method™ goes beyond analysis and synthesis, it provides a way to perceive the client from a holistic perspective and requires a way of perceiving that goes beyond the usual mechanical gathering of information and problem solving. It respects the fact that each case requires insight, and supports the process of coming to this insight that is unique for every case.
All of our students use the MICH Method™ at the core of their case taking through experiencing nonjudgmental, encouraging ways and means of helping each other and ourselves to be more self aware and to get out of the way of the process throughout their training. They understand how easily the natural unfolding of a case can be seriously hampered by the homeopath and use group work and collaboration to see beyond what could be their limited point of view about the case.
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Thanksgiving, Football, Pumpkins, Shopping, a Little Time Out! It is not so much being thankful for what makes us happy; being thankful is the root of happiness. Being thankful comes first, if we listen to our poets, and we should! Listen! W.S. Merwin's "Thanks", Marvin Bell, e.e. cummings, Rachel Hurt, Walt Whitman. . .
We're ready for a Time Out, aren't we, just finishing Thanksgiving, and I'm pondering how poetry is like a holiday, it's a different pace and kind of activity, it slows us down from the ordinary pulse of life, when we read or write it, it stops the action, like the slo mo or freeze frame of a football play (I've been watching a lot of football lately), it puts the present moment into focus, it intensifies it, so that we focus on this one train of thought, this one consideration, this one kind of happening thought, like a mind event, and perhaps like a Yoga pose, it strengthens us, as we are holding the position, perhaps it's a lot like strength training, a core workout, for the mind and spirit. And at the same time we travel during it, it moves us, not just emotionally, but takes us on a journey, begins us with a line, and our eyes and ears enter this experience; so that it happens to us, we are not just spectators. It becomes part of our way of thinking, the tradition of our being.
One of my colleagues, also a poet, Geoffrey O'Brien, had a broken rib. Another colleague, Celeste Langan, a Wordsworth scholar, got dragged across the grass by her hair when she presented herself for arrest. . .
The next night the students put the tents back up. Students filled the plaza again with a festive atmosphere. And lots of signs. (The one from the English Department contingent read "Beat Poets, not beat poets.") . . . On Thursday afternoon when I returned toward sundown to the steps to see how the students had responded, the air was full of balloons, helium balloons to which tents had been attached, and attached to the tents was kite string. And they hovered over the plaza, large and awkward, almost lyrical, occupying the air. [You can actually see these images, Poetry Slow Down, an imaginative action, flying and floating tents, making sky a habitat of hope for national conversation, and The New York Timesarticle concludes, Robert Hass is a professor of poetry and poetics at the University of California, Berkeley, and former poet laureate of the United States.
In an earlier poem he had written that he is amazed he has lived to a venerable old age, with miraculous escapes, for which he has gratitude to God . . . .
So today, let's think of this saying, how gratitude does not come from being happy, but being happy comes from being grateful. Let's explore the connection between gratitude and happiness through poetry. So we're going for a mind workout, holding a Yogic pose of attention, into slow mo, the mind in flight, catching the image, holding onto it, with all these forces trying to wrest it from the conscious mind– and then what to do with the image, take it farther, farther down the field, and score, get us somewhere to cheer about . . .
And Ruth Stone—we honor her today—she was born in 1915, and just died at age 96 in Vermont—I knew her as a poet at Indiana University in the early 1970s. The Ruth Stone Poetry Prize was won last year by Rochelle Hurt, "Third Surgery," with all the pain and worry and fear invoking a spirit, perhaps a helpless spirit, perhaps a fierce, fiercely held spirit, of gratitude.
So here is a question. Merwin is piling on images of things we think, of course, we are thankful for: but he's also including hospitals and funerals, all the things you and I are worried about, and feel sorrow about, personal and national and global, immediate and historical wrongs and injustice and tragedies, to earth and each other. In his poem animals are dying, the forests are disappearing, there are beatings, there is the 1 percent who he says will never change, and nobody is listening, and yet, he includes us in this, we are saying thank you, as dark is coming down, we are saying thank you and waving dark though it is. So the question is what being thankful means, when, where, what, why, how, at what point we say thank you, given our suffering, our awareness of suffering—do we have to have blinders to say thank you, to have gratitude, do we turn a blind eye to wrong and sorrow? What quality of mind and of thinking go into gratitude?Listen, he says: asking us to open to what he has to say. Listen, with the night falling we are saying thank you, well, listen up, this is remarkable! So he describes us in mid-stream of our lives, maybe Dante's dark wood in midlife, building up a sense of momentum of all of this, piled, layered in consciousness, for thanks for every darn thing. Thankyouthankyouthankyou. Does this make us idiots? Gratitude for dummies?
This accumulation by Merwin, of wounds to earth and humanity, things we endure that make for unhappiness, makes it moving and shocking then to hear, in spite of all this going wrong, "We go on saying thank you thank you. . . we are saying thank you. . . .faster and faster with nobody listening we are saying thank you we are saying thank you and waving dark though it is." We say it even though it is Simon and Garfunkle's "people talking without listening," and yet, we, WE, listen to the poet, who years after he wrote this was named Poet Laureate of the U.S. Library of Congress, formed out of Thomas Jefferson's library, to advise Congress and our whole country. To say thank you, to express gratitude: this is an act of magnitude, of complexity, perhaps simplicity, of power of mind, of submission of mind, what is required to go on, or, a signal grace? And what does it mean that in our civic culture, a national holiday is given over to thanks. Yet thanksgiving goes on year round in poetry, this holiday of the mind, this bringing to our consciousness something intrinsic about our day, inextricable from our being. What is the connection between poetry, the taking time to write a poem and reflect on something about living, and thanks-giving? Nietzsche says the essence of all art, all beauty, is gratitude.
So in this case, we make a list of those things that come into consciousness. What if we each made such a list Poetry Slow Down, of the things for which we are grateful, if we take it down to the nano level, the smallest things . . .
Nothing is too small to notice and be grateful for (See "Dusting" by Marilyn Nelson, "Wild Gratitude" by Edward Hirsch.) We hear Rumi's "What Was Told, That," and Eleanor Lerman's "Starfish." We hear Charles Bernstein, Thank you for saying thank you and excerpts from Naomi Shihab Nye. We hear Hilarie Jones's "The Teacher," and then poems of gratitude wisdom by poets in old age, Stanley Kunitz and Walt Whitman.
This hour, this moment: we don't put it off any longer, we pay attention now; we say thanks; we have gratitude; it is all consciousness! And so, speaking of gratitude and saying thanks as a way of being, we discuss Mary Oliver's way of gratitude through her poetry, telling us the questions that will open us to gratitude, and about her work as a "Messenger:" "My work is loving the world." I know that I read it to you often, but check out Gerald Stern's "Grapefruit." It is a great gratitude poem.
So we start with football as a way of being present in the moment, in slo mo, the pause, the freeze frame, a way of holiday, of taking time OUT, making time be known and lived; of paying attention; and gratitude, thanks-giving . . . and the poems expressing thanks, are a way of happiness. A poem is this moment, making the morning last, as our poet Paul Simon says. It seems, from e.e. cummings' poem, beginning with i thank You God for most this amazing [day], and ending with, and now the ears of my ears are awake AND NOW the eyes of my eyes are open—or the other way, I always mix it up, my eyes of my eyes are awake and my ears of my ears are open—it is that giving thanks, thanks-giving, BEGINS the process, readying us, preparing us to receive the benefits of the day, by being awake and open, to what there is to see and hear, from inside out: because if it is the ears of our ears and the eyes of our eyes, it is the interior capacity we have to process our world, to take it in, to make of it something, as the poet, which means "maker" in Greek, the origin of the word, makes the poem: the poem, like the football game on a holiday weekend, devoted to slowing down, to give thanks, to enjoy our time and be conscious of it, of all that nourishes us, of all that we can find good. To say thanks in this way expresses the spirit and begins what I believe is our human duty of gratitude, of living purposely with joy and reverence and awe for the gift of consciousness of being alive on this earth, now, in this form.
To say thanks is to bring our moment to NOW, and like the football game, which is one extended metaphor, we stop and watch; and like a poem, it is organized into a beginning, middle, and end, divided up, like a sonnet, into quatrains, with a march and velocity and rhthym, and ebb and flow, tides of passion and striving and earnest effort. And I thought of a way that football and our thanksgiving holiday slow down poetry all go together in one metaphorical gaphlomb! We are thankful for the people who catch our passes even when our throw is not that accurate, the people who pass to us even if we don't always catch it, the people who get it to us and let us run for the glory, the people who make that run for us, the people who have our back, and protect and block for us, and tackle and bring down obstacles in our path, and the people who give us advice, and cheer us on, and challenge us, and the people who teach us and ready us for the strength and endurance and resilience we need to be on this field, playing with all our hearts, the people who say to us, as Coach Eric Taylor says in Friday Night Lights which for me will never end, play always with the philosophy of clear eyes, full hearts, can't lose. Buddha says we become what we think. Just thinking with gratitude—this consciousness–opens us to the poem that can be made of our lives, and the way it slows us down to see what is happening, what is there, to think metaphorically. Einstein is anticipated by Ralph Waldo Emerson, our own national philosopher of everyday genius, who says wisdom is expressing gratitude for the ordinary as extraordinary; so it is a feat of imagination, of artistry really, being grateful as creative thinking, expressing it as the heart of creativity which has become religion and philosophy and culture. We can read these poems as a way to open us, as e.e. cummings would say, to the gratitude of our gratitude. Dr. Masuru Emoto's work with water crystals—did you see What the Bleep Do We Know? –He put the words love and thanks for us to see as we gaze on water and photograph the effects of these words. There is science on the power of words to affect our minds, on the power of words in how we see and think . . .
And as we begin a season of festivals of light and birth of civic and community cultures around the world, with thanksgiving, I am thinking of a phenomenon which is so wonderful in transforming what we might think of as our everyday quotidian lives . . . the Flash Mob, in which, we might be standing in line at the bank, or pulling our roll-ey at the airport, or crossing a city plaza, and so we're not thinking of anything, just stressed, pressed for time, in a hurry, not happy, on your way to, not "there" yet, wherever you are, and something hap-pens: the person next to you bursts into song, or a dance step, or a line, and then someone else, who was acting and looking quite ordinary, invisible, you didn't even notice, suddenly in this public space of no man's land, is Shakespeare, Gershwin, Michael Jackson on the public mind, and the next thing you know, it's a scene, literally, it's a stage, and you're on the stage, you're part of it, it's all around you, song and dance and poetry, and it's contagious, people are putting down their suitcases and stopping, and watching, and then joining in, and it's a community celebration of the human imagination and capacity for joy, for rhythm and making something beautiful in the day, in our life . . . like how I think of our Poetry Slow Down, how you, in your busy day today, in the middle of everything, literally stop, make time for, slowing down, to listen to poetry. And like the Flash Mob, so exhilarating, transforming the moment into something so special and extraordinary, with expressive arts, we realize that this capacity in us to enjoy, to behold, to gaze and ponder and wonder and simply be happy, is there all the time.
And I saw the film Elf last night as part of network tv movie offering for the holiday, and it ends with someone singing a song in Central Park and people everywhere, in the park and watching the tv news, start joining in, making the moment last. So I am going to be bringing some Flash Mob action to the Central Coast of California, KRXA 540AM terrain, in the coming weeks, so be on the lookout for ordinary people quoting poetry in public places, I'll be giving you some clues next week and on my website atBarbaraMossberg.com, and on Facebook, and on our show . . .
and I want to invite you also, if you are on this Coast, to come to my annual reading of Emily Dickinson's poetry in celebration of her birthday, December 10, at the Cherry Center, Carmel's theater since 1948, and I will be baking gingerbread from her recipe and using 19th century baking technology, and we'll sing, and I'll tell you more about it next week on our show as well, and I love doing this show, I started doing in wherever I was in the world, in 1976, 35 years ago! And it came from waking up on the day of her birthday, many years ago, and feeling this sense of such gratitude for her poetry. I would get up early and I would think about her poetry and the immensity of my gratitude for this in my life, her words, giving profound beauty and wisdom to how I see the world and my life. So on this day of concluding our show on thanksgiving, and concluding this civic holiday, I would like to end with lines from a poem for which I give thanks, and in so doing, open myself for happiness: I'll tell you how the sun rose, a ribbon at a time. These late November mornings have orange and pink ribbons in them: what a way to begin the day, with thanks for words that point our attention to the day's promise, a gift-wrapped, ribbon festooned gift, and opening it, opening ourselves to it, is cause for happiness. Poetry Slow Down, thank you for your ears, joining me on this journey, thank you Producer Sara Hughes and KRXA 540AM, I am Professor Barbara Mossberg, and I have enjoyed slowing down with you. Thank you!


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Consumer Advocates, State Regulators and Financial Industry Organizations Join Senate Fiduciary Champions in Calling on Congress to Require Financial Professionals to "Act in the Best Interests" of Investors
WASHINGTON, DC — With the financial reform bill entering into final negotiations, a unique group of consumer advocates, regulators and industry organizations join with U.S. Senators Daniel Akaka and Robert Menendez to call on the U.S. Congress to provide a fiduciary standard that provides critical protections to Main Street investors.
"Imposing a fiduciary duty on brokers when they are giving personalized investment advice will ensure that all financial professionals have the same duty to act in the best interests of their clients," said U.S. Senator Akaka (D-Hawaii) in adding his voice of support for the group and its efforts. "Investors must be able to trust that their broker is acting in their best interest."
Senator Menendez (D-New Jersey) dubbed the fiduciary standard as the "honest broker provision," adding that: "Consumers should be given the peace of mind that their brokers are managing their hard-earned money honestly. The saying goes, 'The customer is always right,' not 'The customer is an afterthought,' and that is why we think keeping this provision in the final bill is so important."
The conference committee is resolving differences between the House and Senate financial regulatory reform bills. It is scheduled to take up the issue Wednesday (June 16).
In a letter to the conferees, the group stated: "Financial regulatory reform presents an historic opportunity to improve investor protection for Americans and restore confidence in the market. Requiring all financial professionals to act in the best interests of their customers when they provide investment advice is the single most important protection needed by the average Main Street investors."
The group urged the House and Senate conferees to adopt the House-passed legislation that extends the fiduciary standard of care to all financial professionals who give investment advice.
"The House bill represents a clear and sensible compromise that imposes a fiduciary duty on brokers but does so in a way that accommodates industry concerns," said Barbara Roper, Director of Investor Protection for the Consumer Federation of America. "In contrast, the Senate bill requires the SEC to study the issue, then denies it the authority it would need to solve the problem. At best, it would delay reform for years; at worst it would kill it completely. In the meantime, vulnerable investors will continue to be victimized by brokers masquerading as advisers, and billions of dollars that could have gone toward retirement savings, college savings, or the purchase of a new home will go instead to line the pockets of these deceptive brokers."
In its letter the group noted that without the requirement of a clear and unambiguous fiduciary standard, most Americans, assuming that those they turn to for advice are acting in their best interests, will continue to be victimized by those selling high-margin products designed to benefit their own bottom line rather than truly build wealth for their customers.
Polls show that Americans overwhelmingly believe that the professionals they turn to for advice are required to act in their best interest. Tragically, under current law, broker-dealers are free to call themselves financial advisors and offer extensive advisory services without meeting the same fiduciary standard to act in the best interest of their customers to which all other investment advisers are held.
"Ensuring that brokers who give personalized investment advice about securities are held to the same 'customer first' standard as investment advisers would arm regulators on a state and federal level with new tools to better protect investors," said Denise Voigt Crawford, Texas Securities Commissioner and President of the North American Securities Administrators Association.
The groups called industry arguments that the fiduciary standard was unclear or could not be applied in a manner consistent with current brokerage business practices a smokescreen designed to perpetuate the lack of broker fiduciary responsibility.
"Investment advisers have been subject to a fiduciary duty under the Investment Advisers Act for decades," said David Tittsworth, Executive Director of the Investment Adviser Association. "Under this federal fiduciary standard, investment advisers must act in the best interests of their clients and place their clients' interests above their own. This well-established standard has been consistently interpreted and applied by the SEC and the courts to require advisers to serve their clients with the highest duty of loyalty and care."
"Broker-dealers or their representatives can easily provide investment advice under a variety of different business models – including receipt of commissions or the sale of proprietary products – and still adhere to a fiduciary standard of care. In fact, our financial planners, who have voluntarily agreed to adhere to the fiduciary standard, have found that putting the clients' interests first and fully disclosing conflicts of interests, is not only good for the clients but good for business," said Bob Glovsky, spokesperson for the Financial Planning Coalition, which is comprised of Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, Inc., Financial Planning Association® and National Association of Personal Financial Advisors.
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Robert B. Parker's Spenser Series to Continue with 'Someone to Watch Over Me' by Ace Atkins
Spenser, America's favorite Boston-based PI, returns on November 17th in Robert B. Parker's Someone to Watch Over Me by Ace Atkins.
The thirty-third novel overall, Someone to Watch Over Me is Atkins's ninth contribution to the series and will follow last year's Angel Eyes, which followed Spenser to the City of Angels where he took on a peculiar missing person case that turned out to be anything but straightforward. This time around, the beloved Private Investigator is set to tangle with a powerful billionaire who runs an international crime ring—and as always, readers should expect a few surprises along the way.
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In this next thriller in the New York Times bestselling Parker series, Spenser and his new apprentice trace the murder of a young woman to an international crime ring that has been operating with impunity because of the powerful and highly connected billionaire at its helm.
Ten years ago, Spenser helped a teenage girl named Mattie Sullivan find her mother's killer and take down an infamous Southie crime boss. Now Mattie–a college student with a side job working for the iconic private eye–dreams of being an investigator herself. When Mattie's childhood friend from the South Boston housing projects, Chloe Turner, is found dead, she decides to take on the case for the family. Taking a cue from her boss, Mattie has a knack for asking the right questions to the wrong people.
Soon, Spenser and Mattie find ties between Turner and dozens of other girls from poor families to an eccentric billionaire with a massive home along Commonwealth Avenue. The man owns properties and business throughout the Massachusetts with connections to local politicians, the state house, and beyond. As a bleak winter bears down on Boston, Spenser and trusted ally Hawk must again watch out for Mattie as she unravels a massive sex trafficking ring that will take them from Boston to the Bahamas, crossing paths with local toughs and an old enemy of Spenser's–The Gray Man–for a final epic showdown.
Robert B. Parker was the author of seventy books, including the legendary Spenser detective series, the novels featuring police chief Jesse Stone, and the acclaimed Virgil Cole-Everett Hitch westerns, as well as the Sunny Randall novels. Winner of the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award and long considered the undisputed dean of American crime fiction, he died in January 2010.
Ace Atkins is the Edgar-nominated author of twenty-five books, including nine books in his Quinn Colson series. Selected by the Robert B. Parker estate, he has written several New York Times-bestselling novels in continuation of Robert B. Parker's Spenser series. Atkins lives in Oxford, Mississippi.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Michelin Americas Truck Tires has initiated a service, called Michelin Auto Inflate, that will oversee the installation and maintenance of the wheel-mounted "Halo" automatic tire inflation device for fleet customers.
The launch of the Michelin Auto Inflate program is being undertaken in association with Aperia Technologies Inc., the developer and supplier of the Halo device, which uses a self-contained pump that generates pressure when rotated, providing a virtual maintenance-free source of air pressure that's used to keep tires inflated to the optimal pressure.
Michelin and Aperia claim fleets that install Halo devices can save an estimated $2,400 annually per tractor-trailer by reducing tire-related downtime events, extending tire life, improving fuel economy and increasing safety.
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