According to Bhagavad Gita, a soul reincarnates again and again on earth until it becomes perfect and reunites with its source. During this process the soul enters into many bodies, assumes many forms and passes through many births and deaths.
According to Bhagavad Gita, a being has to live many lives and experiences before it attains perfection and Goes back to home, Back to Godhead.
At the time of death, the physical body return to the elements of the earth. Part of it accompanies the soul to the next world. Depending on the nature of their Past karma the Jivas (living being) Get new body in next life. The spirit in it's core stays in these worlds until the fruits of it's actions are are fully exhausted. The repeated cycle of birth and death continues until one completely gets rid of reaction of all good and bad karma and surrenders to Supreme Lord.
Vedas speaks of the existence of multiple heavens above and hells below. Hell is not a permanent place but a consequence of action before they are reborn all over again.
The Hindu concept of reincarnation is based upon the logical notion that life on earth did not emerge suddenly, but evolved gradually, involving vast time and multitude of beings. Life is considered a cyclical.


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"She didn't know how to go back" - School attendance problems in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic: A multiple stakeholder qualitative study with parents and professionals
McDonald Bronte, Kathryn J. Lester, Daniel Michelson
British Journal of Educational Psychology
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Background: The Covid-19 pandemic resulted in school closures worldwide and unexcused absences have increased since schools reopened.
Aims: Drawing on multiple stakeholders' perspectives, we aimed to (i) develop a detailed understanding of how school attendance problems (SAPs) have manifested for primary school-aged children in the context of Covid-19; and (ii) identify promising community-based intervention strategies.
Methods: We used a qualitative design with two sequential phases of data collection. Phase 1 involved insight generation using qualitative surveys with parents and professionals working in primary education settings. These results were used to guide in-depth stakeholder interviews in Phase 2.
Sample: Phase 1 included 29 parents of primary-school children experiencing SAPs and 19 professionals. Phase 2 included 10 parents and 12 professionals. Parents were recruited through social media; professionals were identified through schools and associated networks in Southern England.
Results: Attendance was particularly challenging for children with special educational needs and pre-existing anxiety problems. Compounding factors included Covid-related anxiety, difficulties adapting to new school routines, poor home-school communication and collaboration, and concerns about academic catch-up. Effective support was characterised by schools and families working closely together. Recommendations for practice improvements centred on early intervention, re-building parent-school relationships, peer support for parents, and improving special educational provision.
Conclusion: New interventions for SAPs must be sensitive to the ongoing Covid-19 context. Help should be easily accessible in the community and address modifiable risk and protective factors for individual children, in family systems and at the home-school interface.
By the same authors
A systematic review and lived experience synthesis of self-disclosure as an active ingredient in interventions for adolescents and young adults with anxiety and depression
Gonsalves, P., Nair, R., Roy, M., Pal, S. & Michelson, D., 16 Jan 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research.
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Remote Stepped Care Mental Health Programme for Adolescents during the COVID-19 Pandemic in India
Malik, K., Shetty, T., Mathur, S., Jose, J. E., Mathews, R., Sahay, M., Chauhan, P., Nair, P., Patel, V. & Michelson, D., 13 Jan 2023, (Accepted/In press) In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
Pilot randomised controlled trial of a remotely delivered online intervention for adolescent mental health problems in India: Lessons learned about low acceptability and feasibility during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gonsalves, P., Bhat, B., Sharma, R., Jambhale, A., Chodankar, B., Verma, M., Hodgson, E., Weiss, H. A., Leurent, B., Cavanagh, K., Fairburn, C., Cuijpers, P., Michelson, D. & Patel, V., 29 Dec 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: BJPsych Open.
A qualitative analysis of collaborative efforts to build a school-based intervention for multiple common adolescent mental health difficulties in India.
Gellatly, R., Knudsen, K., Boustani, M. M., Michelson, D., Malik, K., Mathur, S., Nair, P., Patel, V. & Chorpita, B. F., 24 Nov 2022, In: Frontiers in Psychiatry.
"If there is a tension about something, I can solve it": A qualitative investigation of change processes in a trial of brief problem-solving interventions for common adolescent mental health problems in India
Malik, K., Parikh, R., Sahu, R., Sudhir, P., Fairburn, C., Patel, V. & Michelson, D., 9 Nov 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice.
With some of the same researchers
Whatever will bore, will bore: The mere anticipation of boredom exacerbates its occurrence in lectures
Tam, K. Y. Y., Van Tilburg, W. A. P. & Chan, C. S., 22 Sep 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Educational Psychology.
Boredom begets boredom: An experience sampling study on the impact of teacher boredom on student boredom and motivation
Tam, K. Y. Y., Poon, C. Y. S., Hui, V. K. Y., Wong, C. Y. F., Kwong, V. W. Y., Yuen, G. W. C. & Chan, C. S., 1 Jun 2020, In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. 90, S1, p. 124-137 14 p.
Teachers' perceptions of the impact of the Incredible Years® Teacher Classroom Management programme on their practice and on the social and emotional development of their pupils
Allen, K., Hansford, L., Hayes, R., Allwood, M., Byford, S., Longdon, B., Price, A. & Ford, T., 11 Jul 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Educational Psychology.
The Incredible Years® Teacher Classroom Management programme and its impact on teachers' professional self-efficacy, work-related stress, and general well-being: Results from the STARS randomized controlled trial
Hayes, R., Titheradge, D., Allen, K., Allwood, M., Byford, S., Edwards, V., Hansford, L., Longdon, B., Norman, S., Norwich, B., Russell, A. E., Price, A., Ukoumunne, O. C. & Ford, T., 13 Apr 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Educational Psychology. p. 1-18 18 p.
Reflections on the 'Learning beyond the Classroom' conference
Godec, S., Hammond, J. M., Moss, A. & Ylagan-Nicanor, R. H., 2015, British Journal of Educational Psychology, Monograph Series II, 11, p. 97-107.

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We are thrilled that our 2016 grant from Raise Your Hands is going towards supporting our 8th annual support camp this August and we've been flat out with preparations.
Children aged 11- 16 with HIV from around the UK and Ireland, will attend the week long camp. This year we're heading to the Peak District in Derbyshire. Participants will take part in workshops helping them better understand their HIV. They'll learn about new medicines and research. And they'll take part in outward bound activities, creative arts and performance sessions, exploring their experiences and feelings around HIV through art, drama, music and poetry.
8 years ago we ran our first support camp and our youth committee named it 'Freedom to Be' - reflecting the unique opportunity to be open and free around living with HIV.
Thank you to all the Raise Your Hands members for enabling us to deliver our camp. Many children come having never met another young person who lives with HIV and the experience of meeting other young people who share their experiences can be truly transformative. They build friendships and support networks that continue well beyond camp and lay foundations for a more positive future.


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Q: How to calculate the viscous damping coefficient of a viscous layer between an inner sphere and an enclosing outer sphere? In this article by Rahn and Barba, a flat-spin transition manoeuvre is investigated. For this it is assumed that a rigid spacecraft contains a spherical, dissipative fuel slug of inertia $\boldsymbol{J}$, which is surrounded by a viscous layer. The coupled equations of motion are given as:
$$\mu \boldsymbol{\sigma} + {\boldsymbol{T}} = \left( \boldsymbol{I} - \boldsymbol{J} \right) \dot{\boldsymbol{\omega}} + \boldsymbol{\omega}  \times \boldsymbol{I} \boldsymbol{\omega}$$
$$\dot{\boldsymbol{\sigma}} = -\dot{\boldsymbol{\omega}} - \boldsymbol{J}^{-1}\left(\mu \boldsymbol{\sigma}\right) - \boldsymbol{\omega} \times \boldsymbol{\sigma}$$
where $\boldsymbol{I}$ is the inertia tensor of the spacecraft including the slug, $\boldsymbol{T}$ is the torque about the principal axes, $\boldsymbol{\omega}$ is the angular velocity of the spacecraft, $\boldsymbol{\sigma}$ is the angular velocity of the slug relative to the spacecraft, and finally, $\mu$ is the so-called viscous damping coefficient of the fuel slug in [Nms]. This is also the unit of angular impulse.
NB: I'm not sure as to whether this definition is actually accurate, as in for example this article, the viscous damping coefficient is measured in [Ns/m].
In the article, $\mu=30$ [Nms]. However, no explanation is provided about how this coefficient was determined. Hopefully someone here has a clue.
Question: How does one calculate the viscous damping coefficient of a viscous layer between an inner solid sphere and an enclosing outer hollow sphere (see cross-section below)?

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This year's Italian Contemporary Film Festival (ICFF) opens Thursday night in Toronto and Vaughan with L'Oriana, a biopic about Oriana Fallaci, one of the most fearless and celebrated journalists of the 20th century.
The Florence-born Fallaci was known as a formidable interviewer, getting heavyweights such as Henry Kissinger to admit Vietnam was a "useless war" and having the gall to calls Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini a "tyrant" to his face.
Fallaci was a passionate personality who survived war zones and covered world politics with an intensity that this film, directed by Marco Turco, succeeds in capturing. Fallaci is a natural subject for the silver screen. Her words spring to life on screen and its through her words that her fiery intellect shines like a laser beam. Vittoria Puccini nicely balances Fallaci's ferocious drive and compassion.
L'Oriana is not a perfect film. It suffers from moments of melodrama and the Vietnam war sequence look too glossy and not gritty enough. Also, a subplot involving a worshipping, young journalist who meets her idol, the aging Fallaci, feels unncessary in telling her life story.
It needn't. The film belongs solely to Ms. Fallaci, and L'Oriana is a good choice to open this year's ICFF.
ICFF runs June 11-19 in downtown Toronto, Vaughan, Montreal and Quebec City. Check here this week for more film reviews.


We at BasicSafe are proud to introduce our new sales representative, Mel Smith. Mel just began his sales representative position in August, but he brings decades of experience in safety, insurance and heavy industry.
The job of a safety manager is never complete. From accident prevention to investigations to training, your plate is always full – and documentation is always looming over your head. For companies large and small, keeping track of incident reports, Job Safety Analyses and all of OSHA's required forms is a job in itself.
Between regulatory changes, organizational growth and ever-increasing pressure to reduce incident rates, safety managers certainly have their hands full. Fortunately, the last decade has seen a tremendous boom in the popularity of safety management software. There are plenty of solutions available that assist safety personnel in their day-to-day roles, from accident tracking to training to document management.
Nearly 50 years ago, the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 was passed with the goal of helping workers return home safe and sound. While employers have made significant strides since then, there is still plenty of room for improvement, and OSHA auditors are keeping a close eye on companies' adherence to safety regulations.
Legal obligations aside, it's in every employer's best interest to provide the safest possible workplace to their employees. Safer workers are happier and more productive, and reducing incidents leads to lower costs across the board.
Of course, providing for a safer workplace is easier said than done, particularly when managing mountains of related paperwork or multiple different softwares. Here are a few of the most important ways you can use BasicSafe safety software to digitize your efforts and consistently send employees home safe.
While safety has always been a priority in the workplace, the way businesses are approaching this topic has changed. Instead of waiting to respond to injuries, workplaces are being more proactive in locating and fixing potential hazards before they lead to employee injuries.
At the heart of these efforts is an effective safety program. These syst ems allow businesses to better train their employees on workplace safety, ensure compliance with OSHA standards and track data that pinpoints issues and fuels improvement.
While different types of safety programs share similar goals, some offer clear advantages over others. Here, we'll compare two types — canned and custom — and see what sets them apart.
With 2017 behind us, OSHA released its list of the top 10 health and safety violations based on inspections conducted throughout the year. More than 4,500 workers are killed on the job every year, making this an important reference in the effort to curb workplace deaths, amputations and hospitalizations.
Maintaining compliance with process safety management standards requires a strategic approach. Businesses not only need to be proactive in their communications and actions but they also have to accurately track information.
Thanks to PSM software, all of the important process safety management documents can be housed in one system and easily accessed as required.
But what if there was a way to customize forms to better meet your company's needs? The new 109 Form Module allows you to do just that.
Every year, millions of workers suffer non-fatal workplace injuries — 6 million to be exact. This results in an annual cost of $125 billion for U.S. businesses, a good chunk of which goes to employee hospital stays.
To save on costs and improve workplace safety, it's important to first understand which job hazards are leading to hospitalizations. Here are some common sources.
*As of December 5, 2017, OSHA has again delayed the deadline to December 15, 2017.
It was just a few months ago that we first reported on OSHA's final rule for improving the tracking of workplace injuries and illnesses. As you may recall, this rule required that employers record workers' injuries and illnesses electronically.


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← The Island at Sea
A Drive Through West India Docks in the 1960s →
Posted on December 9, 2017	by Mick Lemmerman
The earliest recorded camera photographs were taken in the 1830s, with the first generally-accepted photograph to include people taken in 1838 ("Boulevard du Temple", a daguerreotype made by Louis Daguerre in Paris). In the next couple of decades the technology improved rapidly, and by 1850, cameras – although bulky – were mobile enough to transport to different locations to take photos of street and city scenes.
The very first photo of the Isle of Dogs that I'm aware of was taken from the Royal Observatory in Greenwich around 1855. Actually, it wasn't intended as a photo of the Island – the main subject was the Royal Naval College and Hospital at the foot of the hill – but I was fascinated by what I could see in the background: a largely empty Isle of Dogs with just a few buildings along the riverfront.
1855 photo background – click for large version.
1855 photo – zoomed in and enhanced
A few buildings were immediately recognisable: the recently constructed Christ Church and Newcastle Arms (later Watermans Arms) on the left, and Cumberland Oil Mills and Newcastle Draw Dock to their right. However, the angle of the shot and the lack of other recognisable landmarks made it difficult at first to work out what was what. This was, after all, just a short few years after the construction of Manchester Road, which had virtually no buildings along it at the time. With much head scratching and Googling, however, things fell into place.
1855 photo, annotated
Two or three years later, the spectacle that was the construction of the Great Eastern at J. Scott-Russell's yard, north of the later Burrell's Wharf (see From Millwall to the Kop) attracted numerous photographers to the area, many working on behalf of journals or newspapers of the time.
1858. Isambard Kingdom Brunel posing in front of Great Eastern's chains, built by Island firm Brown, Lenox & Co.
1858. The Great Eastern under construction.
1860. Samuda's Wharf.
1863. John Stewart's, Blackwall Ironworks
1863. Millwall Ironworks. This is likely the still-existing building now known as The Forge!
1865. James Ash & Co. North of Pier Street, which once extended to the river
1867. Construction of Millwall Dock's entrance lock gates.
1870. Yarrow's yard, off Folly Wall, including the building that was the former Folly House Tavern.
1870s. West India South Dock
1878. North Greenwich Railway Station (the rowing club is now on the site)
1880. West India South Dock
1885. The 'Cocoa Nut Fibre Manufactory', Elizabeth Place (west of Cahir Street)
1885. Ceremonial closure of Westferry Rd toll gate (north of Cuba Street)
1885. Ceremonial closure of East Ferry Rd toll gate (at corner with Manchester Road)
1888. Manchester Road, looking north just this side of Billson Street.
1888. Manchester Road, looking east (Stebondale Street on the left)
1890s (estimate), a steam train travels over the arches.
1890s. Brockley's Brass Works, Chipka Street.
1890s. Ferry House
1890s. Greenwich Ferry. Island on the left.
1890s. Island Gardens
1893. Reconstruction of Blackwall Entrance Lock.
1894. Millwall Athletic FC.
1895. Fishing Smack public house, Cold Harbour.
1895. Island Rovers (I've not heard of a team of that name at that time, but that's what the original caption said).
1895. Prince of Wales public house, Folly Wall, and the original pumping house.
1899. Millwall St. John's football team (photo: Island History Trust)
c1899. The Lord Nelson
c1899. The original fire station, with the Lord Nelson in the background.
5 Responses to The Oldest Photos of the Isle of Dogs (a Selection)
Richard Debenham says:
Brilliant Pics Mick
The Nelson reminded me of the time I used to go to the Docklands Settlement in the early 1960s when I was a member of the sea cadet unit there that was known as
TS Havock
Janet Hill says:
Great photos, Mick! Re the Lord Nelson, do you know which year that impressive statue was removed?
No I don't, sorry.
Silvia Colloseus says:
Terrific selection of photographs. Some familiar, some less so. I wonder what happened to the Lord Nelson statue?
Geoff Cosson says:
I enjoyed seeing these photos. My dad was born in Stebondale Street. My first job was as a teacher at George Green's, then in Poplar, 1969. For Games, I took the school kids on the bus to play hockey near the rope walk. Our kit was locked in a big shed in one of the railway arches.
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Susceptibility to disease limits quality of life and longevity. A significant health inequality in the U.S. is that children are not equally susceptible to disease. Stress in childhood can enhance disease susceptibility across the lifespan. And yet, while some individuals are susceptible to the effects of early stress, some thrive despite this early disadvantage. We seek to identify the mechanisms of vulnerability and resilience to help people to live longer and healthier lives.
Kinnally E. L., Martinez, S.J., Chun, K., Capitanio, J.P., Ceniceros, L. Early Social Stress Promotes Inflammation and Adverse Health Outcomes in Rhesus Monkeys. In review.
Kinnally, E.L. (2014) Epigenetic Plasticity Following Early Stress Predicts Long-Term Health Outcomes in Rhesus Macaques. American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 55(2):192-9.
Chromatin remodeling, or epigenomic reprogramming, has emerged as an instrumental component of the long-term effects of stress on disease. Epigenetic marks, which shape how and when genes are expressed, are malleable to early life exposures. We are interested in the role of epigenetics on the long-term effects of early stress on health in humans and non-human primates.
Kinnally, E.L. Feinberg, C., Kim, D., Ferguson, K., Leibel, R., Coplan, J.D., and Mann, J.J. (2011) DNA Methylation as a Risk Factor in the Effects of Early Life Stress. Brain, Behavior and Immunity, 25 (8): 1548-53.
Kinnally, E.L., Capitanio, J.P, Leibel, R Deng, L., LeDuc, C., Haghighi, F., and Mann, J.J. (2010) Epigenetic Regulation of Serotonin Transporter Expression and Behavior in Infant Rhesus Macaques. Genes, Brain and Behavior, 9, 575-582.
Vertical transmission of traits across generations likely relies on a variety of mechanisms, from genetic to prenatal and social. Recently, it has become clear that non-social mechanisms may also play a role. Our lab examines the effects of ancestral exposures on development.
Kinnally, E.L., Gonzalez, M.N., Capitanio, J.P. Three Generations of Paternal Line Transgenerational Effects of Early Experience in Rhesus Macaques. In press, Developmental Psychobiology.
Kinnally, E.L., Ceniceros, L., Martinez, S.J. Intergenerational Transmission of Maternal Care in Rhesus Macaques. In review.
Kinnally, E.L. and Capitanio, J.P. (2015) Paternal Early Experiences Influence Infant Development through Non-Social Mechanisms in Rhesus Macaques. Frontiers in Zoology, 12, S14.
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Even walkers can take workout selfies, just like runners.
I finally live in a town with sidewalks, and I have plenty of extra time during the summer, so, naturally, I have taken up the practice of walking 2-4 times a week. In the last month, I have walked a total of 30.4 miles over 8 hours and 19 minutes, burning 3,109 calories. You guys, I'm so pumped. I feel really good about this. I bought new clothes and everything.
The problem is that I can't brag about it because I'm walking, not running. If I was a runner, it would go all, "Oh hey, I'm thinking of going for a run later. Do you think this rain will let up in time?" "Oh, you're a runner? No kidding! Me, too. Are you doing the 5K for the Fourth of July? Let's exchange routes and our favorite warm-up stretches." And we would be great friends and have mutual respect for one another.
So in this world, the only work-outs worth bragging about are yoga, running, and weight lifting. (Don't believe me? Check Instagram.) Everyone else is not cool and pregnant.
I want to live in a world where walkers and runners get mutual respect. I want to live in a world where I can say, "I'm getting my walk on. #workout #fitspo #business" and I will be the envy of everyone sitting on his or her couch instead of moving. I want to inspire, and proudly brag about my workouts without reserve. I want that world! And so I say to all you walkers out there: Rise up! Stand proud and declare your love of walking and that this is a totally legitimate and serious exercise. Spread the word! And get stepping! You are just as worthy as those runners. Don't ever look down at your feet, moving at a pace of 4 mph or slower. Walk on, little feet. Walk on.
Just to drive home my point that walking is just as good as running, let's do a little side-by-side.
So, runners do tend to lose weight faster, and can get a medal for running a marathon (There are also a lot of reasons not to run a marathon.). But is that really worth it? Is that really enough to totally make us walkers feel like lame losers? At least walkers have something in common with their grandparents! So that's all I need. Running is painful and stupid. And you get cramps and want to throw up. Walking is beautiful and it rocks!
Start the movement! Walkers, arise!
WALKED to the Elementary school yesterday from Gpa's house! Yeah me! Respect the WALK-ON!


Enjoy a night out under the starry sky Saturday, May 20 at the Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument's Spring Star Party. Programs begin at 7:30 p.m. with park ranger lead presentations about the cosmos at the Alibates Visitor Center located just outside of Fritch. This event is part of the Night Skies Program for children seeking to earn their Junior Ranger Night Explorer patch. At. 9:00 p.m., park rangers will have a theater presentation. At 9:30 p.m., outdoor viewing of the night sky begins.
The event is free and open to the public. Visitors are asked to bring outdoor clothing, lawn chairs and insect repellent to make the evening more enjoyable.
For additional information, please contact the Alibates Visitor Center at (806) 857-3151 during normal business hours.


There are many things you can do to facilitate communication with a hard-of-hearing person. Get their attention before you speak and face them so they can see you as they will instinctively do some lip reading. Remember to speak clearly, not just loudly, and slow down! Rephrasing is always better than just repeating the same word over and over, and don't be afraid to manipulate your environment, like moving to a quieter place, or turning off the TV. But, most important, BE PATIENT! Remember that communication can be very frustrating and exhausting for someone with hearing loss.


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Q: C++: Static and Dynamic libraries ( compiling and running) I'm working on a library project which is pretty much finished. So I'm giving it a test run now. I have no problem running my test project. However I'm not entirely sure if I'm doing it right. Mainly because I don't really understand what is happening exactly( at least im not entirely sure).
I've compiled both the DLL and Static library(.a). For my test project i'm using the Headers from my library and linking against the static library. I'm able to compile. But then It seems that I also need the DLL where the executable resides in order for it to run.
So to my understanding, I compile using the static library but I don't exactly embed it into my executable, therefor at runtime it's looking for the DLL?
My confusion comes from the fact that I read that static libraries are usually embedded into the executable. But doesn't that only happen if you specify that in the compiler options?
I'm rather confused about the relationship in my sittuation. Can someone clarify this?
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I'm using GCC.
Codelite as my IDE.

A: lib is static (cannot be dynamically linked at run time) at compile time. So you are correct that the lib is "embedded" in the executable. More precisely, the lib is linked to other object files that the compiler has produced to build the exe file. A lib cannot link to another lib, only an exe or a dll can link to a lib.
dll is dynamically linked by the exe while the exe is run. dll is like another exe, but its entry function is "dllmain" instead of "main". dll can be built with lib's just like exe. dll can also link to other dll's at runtime to interface with these dlls' functionalities. The interface to dll is defined by a def file.
As to why your project would need the dll, you might want to check the calls of LoadLibrary in your project.


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A uniform framework for modelling nondeterministic, probabilistic, stochastic, or mixed processes and their behavioral equivalences
Bernardo, Marco and De Nicola, Rocco and Loreti, Michele A uniform framework for modelling nondeterministic, probabilistic, stochastic, or mixed processes and their behavioral equivalences. CSA Technical Report #02/2012 IMT Institute for Advanced Studies Lucca
Labeled transition systems are typically used as behavioral models of concurrent processes, and the labeled transitions define the a one-step state-to-state reachability relation. This model can be made generalized by modifying the transition relation to associate a state reachability distribution, rather than a single target state, with any pair of source state and transition label. The state reachability distribution becomes a function mapping each possible target state to a value that expresses the degree of one-step reachability of that state. Values are taken from a preordered set equipped with a minimum that denotes unreachability. By selecting suitable preordered sets, the resulting model, called ULTraS from Uniform Labeled Transition System, can be specialized to capture well-known models of fully nondeterministic processes (LTS), fully probabilistic processes (ADTMC), fully stochastic processes (ACTMC), and of nondeterministic and probabilistic (MDP) or nondeterministic and stochastic (CTMDP) processes. This uniform treatment of different behavioral models extends to behavioral equivalences. These can be defined on ULTraS by relying on appropriate measure functions that expresses the degree of reachability of a set of states when performing single-step or multi-step computations. It is shown that the specializations of bisimulation, trace, and testing equivalences for the different classes of ULTraS coincide with the behavioral equivalences defined in the literature over traditional models.
Working Paper (CSA Technical Report)
Preprint submitted to Information and Computation, August 3, 2012
labeled transition systems, discrete-time and continuous-time Markov chains, discrete-time and continuous-time Markov decision processes, bisimulation equivalences, trace equivalences, testing equivalences
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Computer Science and Applications
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http://eprints.imtlucca.it/id/eprint/1323


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Something in Between Belief and Action
Sunyoung Lee (Art Critic) 2016
The sparkling atmosphere of Cho Hyunik's exhibition in which the artist had used metal as the main material, suits with China town which is where the exhibition space is located. The golden wallpaper often used in the interiors of Chinese restaurants where there are lots of fancy and oily menus was also used under the same context as the iron plates or brass sheets. Although metal is a material that is heavy and hard to handle, it also seems like a light and easy method. When metal is hit by light, it minimizes its own materialness. The metal reacting to light demonstrates the 'duty of faith' that is in between belief and action, oscillating between the material and the nonmaterial. However, after humans have far broken off from nature, light has also become various things. Light is the source of life but it can also become the means of delusion. Whether it be actual metal or simulation, the ones in Cho's artworks possess an irony which elicits lightness within the heaviness, and heaviness within the lightness. The complex process of photography + painting + sculpture, in which the artist colors or carves with a grinder after transcribing a photograph onto the metal plate, enables us to approach the images installed in the space in a theatrical way.
In this exhibition, in particular, the artist has even provided an empty stage for the viewers. Dividing the exhibition room, where its height up to the ridge of the ceiling is approximately 7.5m, into symbolic territories of lightness and darkness is also a stage device used to reveal the irony inherent within dichotomy. The candles installed along the second floor railing and the mural-scale artworks beneath them transform the place which had been a warehouse during the modern period into an art exhibition space which has come to play the role of religion of the secular world. Due to the solemn presentment, the space was reborn. Appropriated space, which is being compared to white cubes, is appropriate for showing postmodern artworks. Appropriation of place informs us that the distance between products and artworks are not far from each other. Including the piece decorated with golden wallpapers which we can frequently see in Chinatown, things like the loss leaders posted on flyers are one of them. For instance, in Attached Leaflets, in all sorts of religious bills hung on the metal mirror inside a golden frame, there are also coffee or candies hanging, and, although they are very modest in form, here, we can see the relationship between religion, art and products.
These three terms phylongenetically repeat the things of the past, staggering, going through its ups and downs, over time in history. In products of today, there are religion and art, and in art of the modern times, there was religion. The artist presents things that look like art, religion and products jumbled up into fetish objects. The candles surrounding the second floor railing, a metallic sound from somewhere endless coming into hearing, or somewhat dark parts in exhibition space, etc, elevates the religious atmosphere. Of course, we are unsure what that religion is. It is because the various materials collected from reality themselves are pan-religious. The exhibition is satirical and violational, and such attitude itself also possesses a religious, yet somewhat ironical atmosphere. Although it cannot be called a certain religion, lets just put it this way: those that are religious are a religion on life. To the artist, there must be a religion on art. It is because like religion, it gives meaning and form to life, and it communicates with others. Communication today includes from the generalized mechanical communication to awkward persuasion, intense seduction, oppressive ways, etc.
Even the main icons are ironical. It is identical to that of the female figure(or love), which used to appear as the main icon in the past artworks, possessing codes of sanctity and lowliness at the same time. Sanctity is above reality and lowliness is below reality. It is because humans are too weak to face the reality as it is. The image of the artist's son appearing as the main character of the works instead of the woman which used to fill the picture in the past is adorable, however, it cannot help but become a grave existence that makes us dwell on the 'duties' of father and husband. When thinking about the relationship between lightness and heaviness, to the artist, sincerity must be the motivation that enable his work to continue. Sincerity is a requisite in the art work process, another hardship added to the hardship of the so-called 'life.' It is because artists work as they live, not work within the time and space of zero gravity. The bitterly passing time, which automatically enlightens us the fact that there is not much given time left, enables us to feel the force of gravity even stronger.
However, sincerity is not the only thing that makes art. Nietzsche, who said art is the lightness that fights against the heaviness of life, was one of few philosophers who had put art at the center of life. However, in order to become light, we must first become sincere, and the incoherent lightness of the so-called 'sincerity' merely drifts away with lightness. The territories distinguished by the angel statue, in which light and shade coexist, found at a corner in New York, as the starting point, have simply been separated in order to be mixed. Originally, angels are existences of the above-boundaries that cross over heaven and earth. Nowadays, instead of angels, information carried by all sorts of electromagnetic waves are being distributed. The leaflets, which started these works, is the primordial form of information. Leaflets inserted inside the apartment's metal mailboxes en bloc are mostly information that will be thrown away without ever being seen, and they are born into a subject which enables us to think about the lightness/heaviness of life/art through artworks. The flyers in question, which created the exhibition title, 'duty of faith,' most likely were a practice of a devoted believer, doing his/her best for his/her own 'duty of faith.'
Faith creates not only conscience, but also action. It may become a false awareness, and action, too, can become blind, willing to even die; however, humans live within such ideology and ideological devices. The artist translates one of the keywords of the exhibition, 'Tao', as 'duty.' I would also like to add an ideology (of broad meaning) to this as 'duty' is not the reality itself, but a certain aim and Sollen. In aim and Sollen, there comes matters of ideology. Although in this exhibition, superficially, religious ideology is made into its subject matter, it can be interpreted in various dimensions of art, politics, etc. Terry Eagleton, a British literary critic, in his 「Ideology: An Introduction」(1991) which he wrote around the time when ideological wall between east and west collapsed, diagnosed that ideology had never disappeared. The situation, lately, where there arises conflicts in parts of the world, also puts the problem of 'the end of ideology'(Daniel Bell) into the shade.
Therefore, whether it be simple conservatism, or discourse equipped with forms of refined theory, 'the end of ideology' itself is being criticized as an ideology. We can immediately see it is so when we look at North Korea. Those addicted to a dictator and the ruling ideology decorates the evening news due to the ideological needs of South Korea. These serious laughing stock is immanent all around. Absolute power or rival forces each criticizes each other's thoughts and actions for being ideological, but they never regard the thoughts and actions of themselves as an ideology. In a 'liberal' society, ideology reveals not its true face. They operate since the stage of the subject's formation through desire, rather than plain doctrine. Terry Eagleton says that the most efficient suppressor is the one who persuades his perpetrator to love and desire his power, and identify themselves with it. Ideology which rationalizes and justifies the thoughts and actions of humans applies not only to the ruling ideology but even to the resisting ideology.
Ideology can be compared with culture or the outlook on the world, rather than being a certain biased thought. It forms common sense and doxa within the everyday lives, widely used as something natural and obvious. In case of religious ideology, it reaches from the highly abstruse metaphysical principles to moral prescriptions in meticulous detail that rule the customs of the everyday life. According to Terry Eagleton, religion is one way to raise the most original question of human existence on the peculiar life of individuals. It also rationalizes the gap between the two; in other words, it explains why I cannot live in accordance to such universal truth, and it includes the doctrine and conscience for tuning in my everyday actions to those needs. As faith creates solid actions, it cannot be simply a false matter. A British sociologist, Abercrombie, in his 「Class, Structure, Knowledge: Problems in the Sociology of Knowing」, writes that had ideology be purely a false belief, it will not be as powerful. Ideology is realistic and, at the same time, deceptive.
Terry Eagleton, also, denies the stance of ideology being simply unrealistic and a fantasy completely divorced from social reality. According to his words, rather than being a reflective theological system, ideology is a series of action-oriented belief, providing goals, motivation, prescription, orders, etc, to the followers. Just like the action of a passionate believer who had persistently put the flyers inside the mailboxes in the apartment of where the artist lives. Even whilst coming to the place of this exhibition, I saw an elderly man wearing a hat inscribed with a cross in the middle and red letters written 'eradication communism' on the left and right sides. The bag was converted into a megaphone, and he was probably on his way to the Jayu Park in Incheon where similar types of people frequently gather at. Even last year, I once saw a poster offering 3kg of sugar on participating in a seminar of a certain conservative commentator. Infantile and lame, yet, because it is so, things that seem to be forms of innocent phenomenon, all the more, catches our attention. However, such noticeable actions are a tip of an iceberg; what is more omnipresent may perhaps be the ocean of the so-called 'commodity fetishism.'
In Cho's exhibition, the golden surfaces, which unfold spectacularly, represent commodity fetishism. As it is shown in the image of a child sitting on a golden king's chair in the piece, Duty of Faith-Birth, fetishism forms a series of environments from the moment you are born. Fetishism implies that behind what shines, there is something that does not. Abercrombie saw that the fetish thinking is not peculiar to just capitalist form of production, but the capitalist form of production promotes fetish thinking more than any other form of production in the history of mankind. Fetish thinking is the result of the laborer losing the relationship with his own products. Because it cannot possess an organic unity which is necessary within the fulfilling lives of humans through the increase of division of labor for the sake of rationalization and specialization, it prevails. Here, commodities are not simple fantasies but a reality that act as concealment. Abercrombie states that such materialized world shows to be of something natural and permanent rather than it being constructed socially. Naturalization and generalization of something is an act of ideology.
Here, society it shows to rule humans and be of something outside human control. Materialization and mystification is not of two separate processes but two aspects of the same process. People draw their own social relations as though they are objects and see them as something natural. The golden light in Cho's exhibition enables us to think about the problem of exchange that mediate by means of abstract object of the so-called "money." During the gold standard, money was regarded as something equivalent to gold, but today, where common use of money puts its basis of value, is unclear. Ideology is not the truth because it is real, but it demonstrates its powers when problems of manipulation and modification becomes significant. The various phenomena of society which seem to be absurd are usually results of conflicting interests. In Cho's work, due to the mission of the janitor who must get rid of them before the residents of the apartment sees them, the 'duty of faith' of a religious man had gone straight into the trash bin. And this event, which, all of a sudden, had given enlightenment to the artist/resident, appears in another territory through works of art.
The process of going through numerous stages-from a believer to the artist- informs that in human society, there exists more than one duty and that each of the duties, at times, conflict with each other. The awareness on reality where the method of resolving such conflicts conforms with the principle of power rather than reason would create the black-humoristic manner that can be found in the Cho's works. Some faiths are false and some are true, and when they become difficult to follow, they get thrown away. The word 'One Mind', inscribed with embroidery in the piece The Abandoned Family Precepts II, hung at the entrance of the exhibition room, is a family precept made by the artist's mother herself which, although it used to hang inside the house when the artist was a little boy, it had been abandoned in the family storage for decades. The calligraphy written 'Perseverance, Sincerity and Diligence' which the artist had picked up from a street was probably a precious value which someone had once tried to follow. 'Duty of Faith' that appear in a grandiose writing, surrounded by two phoenixes, has made the artist to summon the things that had been thrown away. The artist had not made any corrections to it, however, the choice itself has a certain message and he had presented in a way that looks worn.
Whether "one mind" or "perseverance, sincerity and diligence", values that are hard to follow, or rather, seem to have been made into things that have disappeared now that it is hard to follow any more, stand alongside with artworks that must be noticed. Like the many ironies that penetrate this exhibition, to enshrine means it had disappeared. Mailboxes and urns, appearing after the abandoned family mottos, notifies us of the receivers of which the messages are being delivered to and their absence. The image of the work Duty of Faith-Mailbox, where 'duty of faith' leaflets are stuck inside each mailboxes, seems to have reduced the standardized collective residential area into a small scale. It is the same with the message that is being spread indiscriminately here. The piece also symbolizes the atomization and, at the same time, also the product/message that is being transmitted to the standardized families. The urns next to it, similar to the mailboxes's method, are, one by one, put to rest inside a grid structure. Even in death, the product/message delivery path is alike. From life till death, within the gridified space, what is coordinated is consistent.
Ideology is omnipresent within such abstract structure as much as concrete actions of someone that deliver his own beliefs through leaflets. Structure today demonstrates a power bigger than any other subject. Structures, to some extent, foreshadow the lives determined uniformly. The metal plates, where reduction model of life and death have been inscribed, do not hide the trace of time such as the corrosions or scratches. Like dominos made to stand in order to be knocked down, the firm plates were used ironically to not to be that way. The piece Duty of Faith and Condolence Wreath, unfolding throughout 3 planes in an altarpiece style, inscribed things that were lying on the ground on the firm plates like flyers inscribed with those words. However, the condolence flowers on both sides inform the fact that this set-up is simultaneously a collapse. The metal plates that have naturally been marbled due to humidity and pressure doubles the condolence atmosphere. The process of carving the plate in order to inscribe an image is a process of reordering the chaos; however, this, too, must endure the test of time.
In this exhibition, the artist had delivered the message by adding artificial scratches, besides natural contaminations. The piece Duty of Faith left its center empty. Traces of corrosion dripping down from the sacred icon, the phoenixes, cross over the blank center. In this piece where was frequently used as a photo zone to the viewers during the whole exhibition period, the artist leaves it to the imagination of each person what had disappeared and collapsed. Of course, the artist, who is the deliverer of the message, did leave something dropped on the ground, where it is not very noticeable. They are a certain type of flower that usually show up with the phoenixes. The grave yet satirical atmosphere that fill half of the exhibition space becomes light and cheerful from the point of Guardian Angel, in which lightness and darkness coexist. It is probably because it is a territory which a young life, having been born recently, leads. Here, even the leaflets that get spread in the streets are attached onto a golden frame or mirror. Messages, like mirrors, reflect humans, and thereby, form humans.
The mirror which shows imagination and not reality, develops the ego as much as it symbolizes. Because it is difficult to face reality, imagination and symbols demonstrate power. Likewise, rewards for great actions are also messages that form humans. The award certificates over-issued to a child who would probably not even know the meaning of it, express the authority or power of the transactor giving out those awards. The pieces Words and Search are in forms of award certificates given to a baby who is just starting to learn how to speak. In case of native language and not the foreign one, we learn naturally, not knowing how we had learned them. Language possesses a status of unconsciousness, deriving from others. Of course, parents would treat their child from an educator's position, however, the child learns to speak through listening and imitating. The piece Search, where there are images relevant to the weird words inside the award certificates such as Gukgung(Doogung-lid), gyereung(gyeran-egg), eemabang(sunpooggi-fan), are arranged in the form identical to Words, at the opposite side. Like the recognitive process of a child, words and objects aim for proximity but they do not completely overlap each other. Such discordance creates an incorrect perception. However, at the same time, such immatureness is also the hope that can renew the relationship between words and objects.
Duty of Faith-Birth II, where there is an image of a child inscribed on a brass sheet that is 3m in height, is a monumental portrait of the artist's 17 months old son, and with a spoon and a rice bowl grabbed in his hands, he seems to be ambitiously heading forth. The naive child holding a rice bowl and a spoon seems to be bearing hopes to become like the in-word of today, 'the golden spoon,' within the modern society harsh to the extent that the old saying, 'each are born with their own rice bowls', sounds like hope. As in another piece, Duty of Faith-Birth, this also applies to the image of a child that is sitting on a king's chair. In Cho's works, such wishful thinking is atavistic because the spoon and rice bowls used in the work Mother and Me-Prayer at the front were ones used when the artist was a child. The childhood spoon descending on a gold chain from a high ceiling continuously strikes the bowls on top of the dining table, which is circling round and round by a motor device. Life to humans, who must resolve three meals everyday as though Earth revolves, is serious. When humans dwelled upon problems of life and death, that is, the limits of humans, religion was born; it is a matter that cannot be solved solely with economy.
The spoon-striking sound resonating the whole exhibition space, in artist's words, reaches us 'in different ways according to who is hearing it; like the wind chime of temples; like the jingling sound of biers; like the peal of catholic church bells.' Although religion as a unilateral message, carried on leaflets, are satirical, when considering the big and small miracles that must follow all the process of life reaching from birth until death, it spreads, resonating as the Truth which no one dares to deny. The piece Eternal Light, which hangs at the last point of the viewer's movement line, is covered with chrysanthemums, surrounded by candles, exuding a ritualistic atmosphere. There is an affiliation of elements reaching from sticky material to luminosity. A woman lying as if dead is also the image of death that exists at the peak of sexual ecstasy which many male artists had enjoyed using as an expression, including Bataille. It takes the form of ritualistic ways that represent the drama of life and death. Reaching from a single page of flyer to religion that takes the solemn form of altar style, the artist brings in various methods, ruminating over the fundamental forms of life. Even though Cho is not a believer, he is assumed to be a religious man.
Because art had inherited a certain aspect from religion, to those indulging in the works of art, religious sentiments can be detected. However, the ironical expressions which he makes use of are at the inside of religion, but then, they will also take forms of the outside. He arouses sanctity through blasphemy, crossing over the boundary. Religion, which had become blunt due to system, is shown better through such negative ways. This also applies to art. For instance, the over extravagant presentment shown in the piece My Mother and Me-Prayer rings an alarm on all kinds of serious hypocritical forms including art, which, in the end, can be generalized into 'matters of livelihood', had we taken out the autobiographical story. A series of 'duties'(the artist) inherent within the chosen exhibition subtitle, the so-called 'Duty of Faith,' shows the disjunction between the aim of value and the reality. Besides icons that have strong symbolic meanings, emptiness, excessiveness, scratches, dripping, etc. are forms that correspond to these disjunctions. Although reality is busy trying to hide such disjunction through ideology, in art, it is revealed candidly because art is a territory of the mind that emerge when body and existence called 'material' strike against each other.


I wonder what those monolithic structures in the child's drawing are? Buildings / arcologies?
Linna's dilemma is an interesting one. On the one hand, the narrative pretty much requires her to help out the party. On the other, the quasi immortality of the Limbo basically fulfills her desire to survive at all costs. I'm just spitballing, but I imagine that the solution will have to do with a conspicuous lack of Pizza in the limbo. The smells, and their respective tastes, will not be denied?
And those are the buildings Corvus and the other live in. They're also shown back on the very first page.


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Dog DNA tests find owners who don't pick up poop
By: Rikki Mitchell, Photojournalist Dan Selan
No one likes to step in the "you-know-what" that dogs leave behind. Thanks to science, some Wisconsin apartment complexes are finding out exactly what dog, and what owner is responsible for those unattended piles.
"It resolved issues immediately," said Ed Muisenga, the property manager at Prairie Grass Living in Pewaukee.
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He says they implemented the dog DNA policy from the beginning. It's built into their pet policy so when dogs move in, their cheeks are swabbed and their DNA stored in a registry through the company PooPrints Wisconsin.
Then if Muisenga finds any waste that hasn't been picked up, they can send it to a lab to be tested, and eventually matched to one of the resident's dogs.
"A lot of people thought it was a cool idea, I do too," he said. "It was kind of something I thought was funny in the beginning but it made a lot of sense."
Diane and Frank Busateri don't live in a complex with this policy but nearby. They said most dog owners in their community are responsible.
"It's kind of weird," said Diane. "I think it's unnecessary if people are willing to cooperate with each other," added Frank.
If the DNA test proves an owner didn't pick up their dog's poop, the Prairie Grass Living complex imposes a fee that's between $200 and $300.
But for the most part, the policy leads to more accountability, according to Anna Schloesser, the owner of PooPrints Wisconsin.
She says they have 60 properties in the state using this service and most property owners have reported very little issue with waste left behind.
"You have 'he said she said' and you can't figure out who did it," she said. "This is just an easy way to pinpoint where it came from and solve the problem."
The company says some municipalities are even considering implementing a similar policy, so waste left behind in parks or other public places could also be tracked.


Marni Mercado De Paloquemao // MILANTRACE2015.
During Milan Design Week & Salone del Mobile 2015, showroom at Viale Umbria 42, turned into a colourful fruit market, the . Inspired by the market of Bogotá in Colombia, Marni executed an installation where the main protagonists were the bold colours of the exotic fruits from a faraway land, their shapes becoming the platform for the interpretation of the product.
This installation presented unique home-ware pieces released in several colours – the fruits became sculptures in metal and plastic, used as either containers or decorative items. The convivial set-up around large and long tables was enriched by the shapes of exotic fruits (which smelled absolutely amazing) displayed on tin plates hand-painted with Marni's archival motifs. Around the tables were Marni chairs made of metal and colourful PVC weavings. Stools of various shapes, colours and woven patterns complete the collection.
This limited edition of objects and furnishings, was entirely handmade in Colombia, involving a group of women who have found their independence and emancipation through their work.
The installation Marni Mercado de Paloquemao won the "Best Impact" prize of Milan Design Award 2015.
Casa da Severa by Jose Adriao Arquitectos // Lisbon, Portugal.


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Because we haven't quite managed to work out a way for us to consume ALL the entertainment yet: to keep us from emerging haggard and zombie like after regular all night box set marathons, book splurges and music overload we've set up this monthly space where we can express our pure fannish glee at the fact that so many projects of awesome potential are continually being made. All of our past wants and desires can be found in the We Want It! tag.Unless otherwise stated any blurbs for books have come from GoodReads.
projects: collaborations: we want it!
Because we haven't quite managed to work out a way for us to consume ALL the entertainment yet: to keep us from emerging haggard and zombie like after regular all night box set marathons, book splurges and music overload we've set up this monthly space where we can express our pure fannish glee at the fact that so many projects of awesome potential are continually being made. All of our past wants and desires can be found in the We Want It! tag. Unless otherwise stated any blurbs for books have come from GoodReads.
Because we haven't quite managed to work out a way for us to consume ALL the entertainment yet: to keep us from emerging haggard and zombie like after regular all night box set marathons, book splurges and music overload we've set up this monthly space where we can express our pure fannish glee at the fact that so many projects of awesome potential are continually being made. All of our past wants and desires can be found in the We Want It! tag.


Brazil is launching an e-Visa program that will help streamline previous visa issues and jumpstart tourism to the South American nation.
The initiative taken by the Brazilian Government eases the process of obtaining a Brazilian visa, making the consular services more efficient. Travelers will be able to request and obtain an e-Visa remotely from their home or office by simply going online to vfsglobal.com/brazil-evisa.
On the way out, one simply presents to the airline a printed, electronic or digitalized copy of the e-Visa for travel authorization.
Upon arrival to Brazil, the traveler then shows the e-Visa to the Federal Police—who are now integrated with the system—and will be granted automatic access to the nation. Brazil is working on having electronic e-gates at a later stage, such as APC or Global Entry Systems, which are currently only available to Brazilian citizens.
The e-Visa will cost $40 U.S. and is valid for two years, thereby reducing the cost of travel to Brazil and making visa application far more efficient: Within 72 hours of accessing the visa application, you will be able to travel to Brazil.
Travelers who still wish to visit the Embassy and Consulate can do so, where traditional visa applications will still continue.


Fact: I don't usually say yes to photographing the weddings of my friends. I'm frequently given the option, but, at this point in my career, I usually opt for celebrating (and drinking!) with my friends, over working a wedding where I know people in attendance. But. It's not every day someone as awesome as Jen gets married, and I just couldn't pass up the opportunity to shoot it (plus, she claimed me back in the day - blood promise). (Just kidding).
Jen and I have been art-ing together since college at this point, and I knew the level of her craftiness, so I couldn't wait to see what she cooked up. Plus, Mike is a great pair of her, and a total goofball, so, you can pretty much say they're just my kind of peeps.
Jen and Mike got hitched at an airfield/golf course in Barto, PA called Butter Valley. Randomass golf course in PA?? Are you kidding??
Well. Let me tell you. Mike just so happens to a pilot with the Air Force and loooves him some planes, and Butter Valley was where he first learned how to do this thang. We actually did their family portraits in front of the first plane he ever flew.
Plus. Jen loves golf. So. What could be better?
Gotta get the girls up.
You do know I make people make faces like this, even if we're not previously friends, right?
So, these little cake-toppy-guys - Jen made these. She made the form (I can't remember from what - clay or wood, or something that I was just generally like, "Whaaaaa...!?"), and then painted them herself. The dud even has a little Wagner name tag on it.
And this was a first for me: the DJ actually Rick-rolled their first dance. (For those of you who haven't experienced the Rick-roll). I figure, most couples might go berzerk that their romantic and emotionally significant day was busted upon by a Rick Rolling DJ, but Mike just grabbed the mic and rocked out, serenading Jen (quite impressively) to the 80s classic, "Never Gonna Give You Up."
But don't worry. They got to their own dance eventually.
And! More surprises. Rocky Bullwinkle, Mascot of the Wilmington DE Blue Rocks baseball team, made an appearance!
Actually, it was Mike's tallest brother, Ed, dressed up, but I don't think their mom knew that when he approached her.
Finally, you know, fun with lights and bubble sticks. Because, who doesn't love a little Star Wars reference and bubbles and amazing light?


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The New Republic: The Kindle, America's Decline Because America couldn't manufacture the Kindle, the locus of future related innovation has potentially shifted abroad. Mark Muro from The New Republic explains the costs of that could be grave.
The New Republic: The Kindle, America's Decline
February 26, 20107:24 AM ET
Mark Muro
While Amazon.com's Kindle has dominated the ebook market, much of the manufacturing and innovation behind its technology rests abroad — leading some consumers to invest in the Apple's iPad. Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images hide caption
Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty Images
While Amazon.com's Kindle has dominated the ebook market, much of the manufacturing and innovation behind its technology rests abroad — leading some consumers to invest in the Apple's iPad.
Apple's iPad is dominating the gadget buzz this winter, but a few years ago, we and others made a big deal about the "polyglot" iPod, turning it into a talisman of the globalized supply-chain. The point was to accent the global context in which U.S. prosperity must be maintained. Then we managed to find a mildly affirmative story of Apple's superior ability to capture value by creatively managing seven suppliers located in four different nations with manufacturing dispersed across five different countries.
That was then, though. More salient today as an insight into America's standing in a globalized production system may be the backstory of another consumer electronics sensation — Amazon's Kindle e-reader — yet here the story has a darker hue.
This I learned reading an excellent forthcoming paper by Gregory Tassey, which referenced a very troubling blog post by the Harvard Business School professor Willy Shih, entitled "The U.S. Can't Manufacture the Kindle and That's Problem." What's the problem here? Well, according to Shih, the global distribution of Amazon's production sources for the Kindle betrays a far less benign story of out-sourcing than did the iPod and one that suggests that it does indeed matter how and where U.S. firms locate their production.
Here's the deal, according to Shih's component-by-component teardown:
"Amazon designed the Kindle in California and one of its key components, its "ink" (the tiny microcapsule beads used in its electrophoretic display), was designed and are being manufactured by E Ink, a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. But the majority of the value added in manufacturing the rest of the unit is being captured in Asia. The market research firm iSuppli estimates that the Kindle's total manufacturing cost is $185. The most expensive single component is the $60 display, which Taiwan's Prime View International is manufacturing. How is the $60 value of the display divided among the electronic ink, the glass/silicon substrate, and all the processing? That information is not public, so I don't really know. But I do know that a sheet of low-temperature polysilicon with transistors costs $20 to $30, and other processing steps, including the application of the beads to the glass, cost something as well. All this suggests that E Ink's beads account for no more than half of the value of the display, which raises the question of whether E ink could earn a sufficient profit from manufacturing just the beads to cover its R&D costs for developing the whole display. E Ink's ongoing effort to sell itself to Prime View suggest that the answer is no. The next most valuable component of the Kindle is the wireless broadband data module, which is supplied by San Diego-based Novatel Wireless and is made in Korea. iSuppli estimates its value is $39.50, an amount that includes a $13 Qualcomm CDMA chip that is also manufactured in Asia. Though chips like this are still designed in the U.S., the vast majority of them are manufactured in chip foundries in Taiwan, Singapore, and China, and then packaged somewhere in the region. Probably about $20 of the $39.50 goes to the U.S. companies. The Kindle [also] contains a microprocessor chip supplied by Austin, Texas-based Freescale Semiconductor whose cost is $8.64, according to iSuppli. I don't know where that chip is being made, but all the other electronic components, including the lithium-polymer battery, were designed and are being manufactured in Asia, where the capabilities reside thanks to its strong consumer-electronics industry. Of the total cost of $185, then, perhaps $40 to $50 [of Kindle's manufacturing costs] is captured in the U.S."
So again, what's the problem here? After all, $40 to $50 in manufacturing value made off of every one of the 700,000 or so Kindles so far sold isn't bad, and Amazon seems well-positioned to capture the retail mark-up on the device and sell a ton of e-books, while Kindle's wireless data service, which uses Sprint's data network, resides in the U.S. Well, here's the problem: Because E-Ink could not control the low-temperature polysilicon and the fabrication of the display, it could not perform the system integration required for it to capture the majority of the value-add at that stage. And because it could not manufacture the display, as Shih notes, the U.S. will likely miss out on the future industries that may spring from shop-floor tinkering with the display and its production--"things like large flexible displays, future generations of electronic signage, and plastic electronics."
In this way, if the iPod embodies a largely reassuring story of American creativity, severed from the details of production, the Kindle should prompt real concern. Because America couldn't manufacture the Kindle, the locus of future related innovation has potentially shifted abroad. And the costs of that could be grave. As Shih writes: "Sometimes when you let your capabilities get away, you give up not only one industry, but all its progeny."
Now It's Time for Democrats to Pass Health Care Alone, By Jonathan Cohn
The Washington Power Couple That's Totally Googly-Eyed for Ahmadinejad, By Michael Crowley
The Kindle: Symbol of American Decline? By Mark Muro
Why Conservatives Refuse to See America's Flaws, By Damon Linker
When Abbey Lincoln Transformed That Beautiful Voice of Hers (VIDEO), By David Hajdu
From THE BOOK: China's New Road Tripping Culture, By Emily Parker
Wal-Mart's Gone Green. Should We Trust It? By Bradford Plumer
Is Packing the Supreme Court Such an Atrocity? By Richard Posner
You Can't Discuss Health Care With the GOP, By Jonathan Chait


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Q: C++ whats the difference between uint64 and *uint64? Why does:
const char example;

(uint64*)example have a value of 140734799798420
and
*(uint64*)example have a value of 7004431430466964258
p.s. dont worry about the type cast, I am interested why the second * increases the value.
Thanks

A: Your code gives undefined behaviour. Your second line illegally casts a character to a pointer to a uint64 (most likely an invalid pointer). Your third line attempts to dereference this invalid pointer.
Asking why it does what it does is pointless - it could do different things on different machines and the behaviour could change in the next version of the compiler.
Just don't do it.

A: As others have said, you've invoked undefined behavior.  No particular behavior is guaranteed.
That said, you see different values because you are printing different locations in memory -- the first prints data from the memory location where example is stored, and the second prints data from the memory location stored as the value of example.
const char example

Defines a char variable on the stack without initializing it, so its value will be garbage; probably whatever was last stored in the location on the stack where it was allocated.
(uint64 *)example

Interprets the value of example as a pointer to (the address of) a uint64.  This prints out the value stored in example as if it were a pointer.
*(uint64 *)example

Dereferences that pointer.  It interprets the value of example as a pointer to (the address of) a uint64, then prints what is at that address as if it were a uint64.


It's the Message, not the Messenger.
This is the "physical man" of 1 Cor. 2:14 at his most elemental. He focuses only on what he wants to see, not what is. This carpenter did not have the credentials these men expected of the Messiah. He was not mysterious, unknowable. He was the lowly carpenter's son they'd known all their lives. He just didn't fit the bill of what they envisioned the Messiah would be like.
In Jesus they had the whole package. The best message by the most outstanding messenger the world has ever heard. Those who followed had the same message, but as messengers, they could not hold a candle to Jesus. Still, it's the message not the messenger. It is no different today. It's the message, not the messenger.
The scriptural message is that "the spiritual man examines all things". Therefore, the spiritual man does not surrender his reasoning to other men. 'He examines all things." No one examines things for him. He does not allow other men to tell him right from wrong. He has God's own word for that. He has the message from the greatest messenger God ever sent forth to instruct him, and he listens to that one.
The physical man, being physical, follows the flesh. He puts confidence in men. The spiritual man, being spiritual, follows the spirit. He puts confidence in the Christ.
You hit the nail on the head with this topic!
Very good points Meleti. In response to the idea of "examining all things" we have more tightening of the screws coming down the pipeline. The July 15th WT again uses the example of Korah and his pals extensively, and puts the congregation members on high alert against any who dissent with official teachings. Responding to blogs is outlawed also.
Responding to apostate blogs is outlawed. Jw.org has no blog so we should be fine!
In the last couple WT's the GB has expanded their definition of Apostasy. A couple months back we are encouraged to stop associating with those who are even leaning toward apostasy by asking questions.In the July 15 WT those who disagree with the GB are accused of "practicing sin in secret".
I have always loved the scripture at 1 Cor. 2:11-16 that you referenced Meleti Vivlon. I often use this in my defense when some of my long time friends try to discredit my personal viewpoint as it contains very powerful reasoning. Although I have to say that I find a growing number of dissent and free thinkers within the walls of the organization that are also starting to express their viewpoint. Thank you again for your very informative and encouraging articles!
(Matthew 12:30) 30 Whoever is not on my side is against me, and whoever does not gather with me scatters.
I had a discussion with my mother last night regarding 1914 and who will survive God's judgement and during the discussion she asked me " Who have you been talking to." Its the default question when others do not want to listen or they are overwhelmed with information.
It can not be that i just read the bible.
I cannot even tell you how much I can relate to this comment. My mother thinks that I must be practicing some secret sin because the only possible way I am not coming to the same conclusions as the Governing Body is that the Holy Spirit must be blocked from me.
There is a dangerous lack of Bible reading and study among JWs.


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By mayonewsreleases
Red Tape a Major Barrier to the Use of Telemedicine, Study Shows
PHOENIX, Ariz. — Administrative burdens and limits on reimbursement are among the obstacles keeping hospitals from choosing to implement potentially lifesaving telemedicine programs, according to a study published in the January/February issue of Telemedicine and e-Health. The study by researchers from Mayo Clinic in Arizona, C3O Medical Group in Ojai, Calif., and UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, surveyed emergency and critical care telemedicine users to determine factors that motivate and barriers that impede development of a robotic telemedicine program.
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Telemedicine provides timely medical expertise to patients who have medical emergencies but do not have ready access to specialized medical centers. For instance, in Arizona, Mayo Clinic operates a telestroke program featuring a robot that allows a stroke patient in a rural emergency department the opportunity to be seen in real time by a specialized stroke neurologist at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix.
The study results are not surprising, says Bart Demaerschalk, M.D., a neurologist and professor of neurology, director of the Mayo Clinic Telestroke Program and co-author of the study. He says the study revealed that the primary impediments to continued success in telemedicine are:
Licensing restrictions
The administrative burden of giving physicians privileges and credentials to engage in telemedicine and lining up malpractice insurance
Limitations in ability for billing and reimbursement
"Fortunately, the majority of respondents indicated that the technology itself, obtaining buy-in from health care administrators and the culture were not barriers to telemedicine," Dr. Demaerschalk says.
And the primary motivators for providing telemedicine?
"The ability to deliver timely clinical expertise, overcoming service gaps, improving quality of care, improving adherence to guidelines of practice and patient satisfaction," Dr. Demaerschalk adds.
The researchers applauded the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services for a new policy that allows credentialing by proxy which, they say, has tremendously reduced the administrative burden for credentialing providers in remote areas. They also urged the development and use of interstate and national telemedicine licenses for providers and the continued lifting of reimbursement restrictions.
"The researchers in the study encourage those government and nongovernment insurers to more liberally reimburse for telemedicine consultations the same as they would for face-to-face care — particularly for acute robotic telemedicine consultations where there is proven reliability, validity, safety, clinical efficacy and cost-effectiveness," Dr. Demaerschalk says.
Mayo Clinic first used telemedicine technology with the stroke telemedicine program in 2007, when statistics revealed that 40 percent of Arizona residents lived outside areas with stroke expertise. Mayo Clinic was the first medical center in Arizona to study telemedicine to serve rural patients with strokes and today serves as the hub in a network of 10 "spoke" centers. Since the stroke program began, nearly 1,000 emergency consultations for stroke between Mayo neurologists and physicians at the spoke centers in Arizona have taken place. Beyond Arizona, Mayo Clinic Telestroke is represented nationally, with hub-and-spoke networks in Florida and in development in Minnesota and the Mayo Clinic Health System.
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TV ReviewsTimelessSeason 1
Timeless remembers the Alamo and forgets to be kind of dull
TimelessSeason 1
"The Alamo"
It's a satisfying thing, watching a show grow into itself. With last week's "Party at Castle Valar," Timeless seemed to hit its stride. With "The Alamo," it feels settled, confident, and if still a little silly, unembarrassed about the vein of earnestness that runs through its stories. It's always been there, sometimes masked, others not, but in this episode at least, the show finds a way to balance that big, bloody heart on its sleeve with smart, efficient storytelling and character-building.
With this episode, at least, they've got an assist from the rest of the world. Sometimes, timing is everything, and as we approach the end of a tough year and a nasty election, a story about the importance of courage and honor, to say nothing of the value of the written word, feels like a breath of fresh air. To quote the guy currently occupying the Oval Office, "Don't tell me words don't matter."
They do, of course—in politics, in print, in war. They also matter in storytelling. Let's not elevate this thing too much; after all, it's still a time-travel procedural with a silly premise and plot-holes bigger than a softball-sized entrance to an aqueduct buried under three feet of stone. But "The Alamo" tells a simple story so well, so earnestly and honestly, that its shortcomings don't seem to matter much. It may not be surprising—gee, I wonder how they'll finish that letter, and boy, there's no way that Chekhov's grenades will come in handy—but it's stirring all the same.
There's one thing about it that's surprising, however: it's the first Wyatt-centric episode of the series that packs the biggest punch. That's not a slight against Matt Lanter, who's been fine thus far. But to this point, Wyatt's been the least interesting of the show's three leads, and it isn't close. The character felt like he was pulled off of the TV drama assembly line, a soldier with guilt issues and a general melange of angst barely masked by a tough guy exterior. That's still what we've got, but writer Kent Rotherham gives Lanter something of real substance to do, and lets his personal struggle emerge organically from his overall objective. Just like that, Wyatt works.
It's such a reversal from previous episodes that there's a risk of whiplash. The character becomes so much more compelling and defined, he borders on unrecognizable. Lanter anchors the episode from almost moment one, and gives an unexpectedly solid and emotive performance. Not everything works perfectly. The whole "mid-battle PTSD flashbacks to a war of the future" thing was handled much better on an episode of Outlander earlier this year, and the show still has a tendency to do just a little too much when restraint would serve them much better—the old acting tip that the audience cries when the performer doesn't would really come in handy. Still, it's Lanter's episode to lead, and he and Rotherham succeed in transforming Wyatt from G.I. Joe to three-dimensional character. No small feat.
By the episode's end, Wyatt seems to have cemented himself as the team's cornerstone—and that's in spite of the fact that he tried to die, rather than go back to the present. When viewed through the lens of his backstory, it's an emotionally satisfying conclusion, but more importantly, it feels like it emerges organically from the events of the preceding episodes. Timeless has pressed the "we're a team!" button a few times before now, and it's always felt a little hollow. God love Rufus, but he barely knows these people, and his angst about trust never quite rang true. Not so anymore—these people have literally been through a war together, and the moment in which Lucy and Rufus refuse to continue without Wyatt proves far more emotionally potent than one might have expected. If Timeless was missing a key ingredient, it was emotional investment. It's got that now, or at least it does from me.
Now, not everything's been cleaned up overnight. Flynn remains a cipher, and not necessarily in a good way, though his three brief scenes in "The Alamo" provide more tantalizing tidbits of character-building than all the previous episodes combined. Lucy's family mystery also remains not as interesting as the show seems to think it is, and it's unlikely that whatever name is written on that paper could suddenly make it compelling. Last, the general vibe of the show—an odd blend of Alias and Wishbone with a Lost-esque mystery organiztion stirred in—still feels a bit silly at times, and rarely does that silliness seem intentional.
Still, at the moment, it's difficult to care. Timeless tackle some timeless themes here. It unblushingly tells a story of heroism and sacrifice, of the power of words and the importance of inspiration, at a time when that kind of earnestness could earn some serious eye-rolls. Bowie and Crockett, Wyatt and Lucy and Rufus, the people of Texas and those sitting at home and watching television—for all of these people, words and stories matter. Inspiration matters. Crockett tells Rufus that sometimes people need a leader who's wrestled a bear. Lucy writes, not Travis's letter, but her own, realizing that it's the passion behind the words that counts. Wyatt tells Bowie about the bloodshed ahead of him not out of cynicism, but instead because of his desperate desire to save lives. Bowie refuses him, not because he's a stubborn fool, but because he knows the importance of hope.
Together, Bowie and Lucy give Wyatt a reason to keep going. They give him a reason to protect his team. And with his arrival as a character, Wyatt gives Timeless a chance to get much, much better.
Solid guest performances from Jeff Kober and Chris Browning, both of Sons of Anarchy. Might be my favorite on-screen depiction of Davy Crockett. Loved that tiny grimace when he readied his rifle before the big charge.
I know basically the whole review was about Lanter, but he really did a great job. My favorite moment: "Said it was fate, like that's a thing."
"How'd you get fired? How do I get fired?"
There's not much of that show that's reminiscent of Doctor Who, but the little moments where the team (in this episode, Rufus and Lucy) geek out about meeting a historical figure are very Tennant.
"Psycho-what?"
"You're, like, macho at a level I can't even deal with."
"Outmanned. Outgunned." Outplanned, outnumbered?


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My dearly beloved daughter, My Kingdom on earth is about to become a reality.
For so long promised by My beloved Eternal Father, the New Kingdom, the New Paradise is the greatest gift.
The secret to understanding My New Kingdom lies in the mystery of My suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane. When I fell prostrate before My Father, weeping with grief, it was because of the loss of souls in the future who would burn in the fires of Hell, despite My Sacrifice on the Cross.
My humiliation at the hand of Pontius Pilate was not painful to Me because of the public scorn, but because I knew that those same souls would be lost to Me. And so I wept tears of sadness as I watched them deceived by Satan, an evil force they could not see but who infested every fibre of their being.
When you see Me, My daughter, worried it is for good reason. For those souls who pour scorn on these messages do I also weep. They are not in the full state of being in union with Me. Because of their sin of pride, arrogance, lack of knowledge and humility, they insult My word.
They then try to prevent the hearts of those, I wish to reach, from embracing My Holy Word.
For them do I also weep for they do not know the serious consequences of their actions as they betray My True Word, as it is being presented to every one of God's children, at this time.
So many souls, deprived of My Word, because of the actions of those who say they represent Me in the world, will be lost.
Just as I suffered a terrible agony, when facing the jeers of those who stood next to the golden throne of Pontius Pilate, I suffer today. The pain I suffer, through you My daughter, is not different today than it was then.
Those who humiliate My Word, given to you My daughter, cut Me through to the bone in agonising pain.
They have driven the final nails, through My suffering soul as I try, once again, to salvage the human race from destruction.
Pray that My Father, through His Mercy, will be tolerant of such souls who strive, by the hand of the deceiver, to render the Word of God impotent.
Be wary My children of those who vehemently oppose My word, through these messages. You must pray for their souls.


Rev Neurol. 2014 Mar 1;58(5):207-12.
1Hospital Donostia, 20014 San Sebastian, Espana.
Musical hallucinations are a kind of auditory hallucination that are prevalent among the non-psychiatric population, but which have rarely been reported in the neurological literature. They occur most frequently in the elderly, in females and when there is a loss of hearing, but their pathophysiology has still to be unravelled.
We report here six cases (five females and one male) of musical hallucinations diagnosed in a general neurology clinic over a time-span of five years. In five cases there was also concurrent hypoacusis, to a greater or lesser extent, and one had been triggered by pentoxifylline. In most instances, the musical content of the hallucinations had its origins in music experienced in childhood and early youth. In the cases submitted to pharmacological treatment, the response was poor. Yet, after explaining to the patients that the condition was benign and had no connection with a psychotic pathology, the degree of acceptance of the symptoms was good.
Musical hallucinations are a little-known pathology lying on the borderline between neurology, otorhinolaryngology and psychiatry which are often wrongly linked to mental disease. It is essential to explain to patients and relatives that these symptoms are not necessarily of a psychiatric nature, and to be aware of the potential capacity of some commonly used drugs to generate them.


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Pakistani Man Who Stopped Norway Mosque Shooting is Being Hailed as a Hero
Posted 5 months ago by Ambreen Shabbir
It's only been a few months since the Muslim community of New Zealand faced a massacre in Christchurch. The fate of Norway's Muslims would not have been any different on August 10 if it was not for an unarmed 65-year-old former Pakistan Air Force officer, Mohammad Rafiq.
The man has emerged as a hero for single-handedly stopping a gunman who came to attack the Muslim worshippers in a mosque in the suburb of the Norwegian capital, Oslo.
"Rafiq's sheer act of heroism saved a number of Muslims residing in Oslo," says Pakistan's ambassador to Norway, Zaheer Pervaiz Khan. He also had a meeting with the brave officer at Pakistan's embassy.
Rafiq was a former chief warrant officer employed at the PAF. He tackled the heavily armed attacker, Philip Manshaus, who barged into the premises of the mosque. He held the attacker until the police arrived at the location. The incident took place at al-Noor Islamic center in Baerum.
Rafiq has been praised for his bravery and courage, as he tackled an armed man way younger than him while defying the limitations of his age. "This reiterates Pakistan's message for peace and shows how Pakistanis world-over contend for love and tranquility while opposing terrorism," says Ambassador Zaheer.
Speaking about the incident, Rafiq said that he was reciting the Quran after Zuhar prayers when he saw a heavily armed man wearing a bulletproof jacket and carrying heavy weaponry. He was carrying two guns and a pistol with other ammunition. The man had broken into the mosque through an emergency exit.
"As soon as he opened fire, I rushed towards him while trying to take a jab at him. This made him drop both guns to the floor after which I asked a fellow worshipper, Mohammad Iqbal, to take the other weapon away from him. Iqbal did as I instructed, hitting the attacker with the back of the gun, while I held him firmly in my grasp," Rafiq told.
Up until the police arrived at the scene, Philip had been constantly trying to release himself from the old man's grasp. He even scratched Rafiq on the face because of which the man received minor injuries near his eyes.
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Ambreen Shabbir
ImranG says:
Hats off to this brave man. Pakistanis are the bravest nation without a doubt. Only if we were more honest things could have been way different.
Haroon Rashid says:
Appreciate t, the brave Pakistani who showed courage, and will to save the prayers. May Allah bless .
Haroon Rashid