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I purchased all the brass sheet and rounds required, plus a main-spring, brass bolts, and screws of the various sizes needed.
Now where to start on the clock?
I carefully read and followed the order and instructions of the book. If the instructions are not adhered to, many anxious moments and frustrations will follow.
Building a hobbing machine and Lyre and Strutt skeleton clocks
By Brian Wiffin
The Strutt's epicyclic skeleton clock
Brian Wiffin in his current workshop with his newfound passion—clocks
Brian's workshop in Dannevirke
Unique mechanics
The Strutt skeleton clock is one of the most interesting of all single-train skeleton clocks ever conceived. First made by Englishman William Strutt, it has a number of interesting and extremely unusual features not found in other clocks.
Its eight-day run, spring-driven train is epicyclical (planetary gearing) and involves a ring wheel of 4½ inch (114 mm) ID and 5½ inch (138 mm) OD teeth. The motion work is based on the Ferguson Mechanical Paradox Orrery instead of the normal 12 to 1 gear train. The collets are unusually designed to allow the individual setting of the hands. This clock is an excellent timekeeper as well as being beautiful and unusual.
The centre arbour carries the minute hand and is driven by a fusee/ great-wheel assembly. Fixed to the centre arbour is a planet arm with a counterweight on one end and a planet wheel and pinion on the other end. A sun wheel is fixed to the dial and cannot rotate. The planet pinion engages this wheel and is forced to rotate while being moved around it by the planet arm. The planet wheel drives the internal teeth of the ring wheel, which is free to rotate on the centre arbour. The external teeth of the ring wheel drive the escape wheel pinion. A conventional recoil escapement drives the pendulum.
William Strutt designed his epicyclical geared clock in the late 1820s and his friend William Wigston built it. Because of the difficulties involved in making epicyclical gears, very few were made by Strutt and Wigston. The visual fascination of epicyclical gearing (also more commonly referred to as "sun and planet gearing") has subsequently inspired many copies of the clock. Epicyclical gearing has been used in orreries and is extensively used in transmissions for all sorts of machinery, including cars.
How To Make A Strutt Epicyclic Train Clock by master clockmaker W.R. Smith demystifies the logistics of how these clocks work and how to build one.
Making a clock had never been on my "to do" list.
My retirement project was to build a 7¼ inch gauge steam locomotive and join the Palmerston North Model Engineers' Club members on their lovely track. However, selling my engineering workshop and house in Dannevirke in 2007 and retiring to Matamata to a lifestyle village put paid to these plans. I had no inkling at the time that I would embark on a major learning curve making a clock and that it would be just the start of my journey exploring the intricacies of building them.
Over the years before I retired I built up a very good engineering business, even though all my skills have been self-taught. I never served any apprenticeship nor had any engineering qualifications but I managed to get a lot of outside work. I was born on a farm in the southern Hawke's Bay and was 15 years old when I went to work for my grandfather in his concrete products business.
When the demand for concrete products waned I worked for a time as a carpenter and then as a rural mail delivery contractor and I began to think seriously of my future. I started to put together an engineering workshop while my wife Margaret and I operated the mail run for 23 years. I had my first taste of engineering when I was in the concrete business and found no firms wanted to make strainer moulds, so I said I would.
I bought a Young Arc Welder, purchased the steel, a Palmerston North firm did all the pressing I needed and I did the rest. It took me 12 months of my spare time to make nine moulds but they worked superbly. While I was still working as a postie, I bought an old Wilson metal lathe which I used for 10 years. In 1981 I took the plunge and bought a brand new English Colchester Master 2500 lathe. It arrived on 31 August and was the best birthday present I'd ever received—even if I did buy it myself!
I used this lathe for 25 years and it was just as good when I sold my business in 2007. Over the years, I purchased several old machines which I enjoyed pulling to pieces, doing up, and repainting. I bought an old 18-inch (457 mm) shaper, a large milling machine, a surface grinder, a cylindrical grinder, a drill sharpening machine, and a tool and cutter grinder. I made my own hydraulic press, a gear hobbing machine, and tooling for my machines.
The hobbing machine Brian built himself
The hob cutting a gear
Gearing for the hobbing machine demonstrating the variety of gears that can be cut
A selection of hobs
Mould & castings for the hobbing machine
Building a hobbing machine
In June 1999 my copy of the Model Engineer's Workshop arrived and on the cover was a picture of a small Jacobs Gear Hobbing Machine made from castings.
I read this article and thought it would be an interesting project to make and be handy in my workshop. I had been a member of the Palmerston North Model Engineering club for 10 years and at their next meeting I mentioned that I was going to make the machine that was described in the latest magazine.
Two of my friends at the club, Finn Mason and Bill Morris, said they would also be keen to join in this project so I sent to England for the plans and priced the castings. The cost to send the castings to New Zealand was prohibitive so Finn, who was a draughtsman, told me to only get the plans and he would make a set of patterns which we could then get cast at the local foundry.
We discussed what each of us could do. Finn made the patterns, Bill would machine the worm and pinions, feed screws, and nuts. I would machine all the castings, etc, as I had all the necessary machines. Once the patterns were made, we got four sets of castings done, with one extra to sell to defray expenses.
When the foundry in Palmerston North had made the castings, the 40 pieces of grey cast iron came out beautifully and were lovely to work with.
Fitting the clock spring into the spring winder—another tool Brian has built for himself
Attaching the spring winder
Adding the keeper
Gear wheels
Over the next 12 months, I machined all these pieces.
First I did the large base castings in the shaping machine, then milled, turned, and surface ground all the other castings as per the plans. By this time Bill had made all his parts so it was getting close to fitting and assembly time. I chose to work on and finish my machine first so that if there were any teething problems they would be sorted and make the assembly of the other three machines easier.
There are lots of gear wheels that have to be made for this machine and the gears were based on Myford lathe change-wheels, 20DP x inch (16 mm) bore. So when my machine was nearly finished, I borrowed Finn's Myford lathe change-wheels and put them on my hobbing machine. I made my first hob 20DP and backed off the teeth nearly to the cutting edge. I could not make a form-relieved hob so this backing off was done so that the teeth of the hob did not rub.
Next to make was lots of cast-iron gear blanks for all the different-sized gear wheels needed—about 20 for each machine. By this time 18 months had passed since we had started the project and, with the lathe change gears in place, it was time to cut my first gear.
Pushing the spring into its barrel with the mill drill and custom-made die
Fixing the end caps to the spring barrel
Winding the spring to engage the main spring hook
The completed spring barrel
Attaching the clock face mounting bolt that can't be placed after the barrel is positioned
Greasing the bearings for the barrel
Mounting the main spring
First cut
The instructions for setting up were first class.
I set up the gear train for the correct number of teeth required and mounted the blank on an arbor. I started the machine and lowered the blank very slowly until it just touched the hob, set the dial at zero, wound back the blank from the hob, and lowered the blank one-third of the required tooth depth.
I made three passes lowering the blank, the same each time until the required depth was reached. The first time was a little scary but it worked fine and as I cut more gears I quickly got used to the noise and action. As the machine drives the blank across the hob, all one really needs to do is watch the teeth being generated. I cut all the gears required for the four hobbing machines at this stage of the project and returned the lathe change-wheels to Finn.
The four hobbing machines were nearly finished with only the assembly of the other three to be completed.
Mounting the fuse
Mounting the central arbour and pinion
Attaching the rear frame
The epicyclical gear train
No hobs
There was only one aspect of making this machine that worried me and that was I would have a machine but no hobs.
I had been looking around the world for hobs but they were expensive. One hob will cut any number of teeth in the pitch for which it was made. A model engineer friend who had his own engineering business had built a similar hobbing machine and on a visit to Japan brought home two small hobs to cut the timing gears for a small model petrol engine. I had no idea how I could get any of these hobs but another model engineer had seen an advertisement in an English magazine for a set of nine module hobs from .3 to 1.25 pitch. I ordered a set and they arrived six days later.
They are of Chinese origin, are high-speed steel, and are beautifully made. I have used most of them and they have not yet lost their cutting edges. The actual article was a Ces Gear Hobbing Machine based on the original Jacobs Gear Hobbing Machine.
The College of Engineering, England, put out the plans and castings for the Ces machine and this is the machine I built. This was a very interesting machine to build and I still have the plans, patterns, and instructions for setting and cutting the first gear.
The ring wheel is slid onto the central shaft
The clock face with the epicyclic gear train and the paradox movement for the hour hand
Making a lyre skeleton clock
After I retired and went to live in Matamata, I missed my machines and, as I like to potter and need something to do, I set up a small workshop in half of the garage. I fitted it out with two long benches complete with drawers. I had W.R. Smith's How to Make a Lyre Skeleton Clock book and the clock looked nice so I decided to make one. I knew absolutely nothing about clocks but I like a challenge. If I finished it, there would be a nice clock to grace our lounge. Little did I know what I was letting myself in for or I may never have started the project. Bill Morris, who had made two clocks, said I would have problems as clocks have to be loose, with no friction, etc. How right he was.
I bought a small lathe, drill mill and a band saw. I brought my hobbing machine and tool and cutter grinder to Matamata so I was able to keep my cutters and drills sharp. Now where to start on the clock?
The two plates were made first as everything else is attached to them. After the plates, I machined the feet, the pillars, and the decorative washers. All are then brought to what I call half-finished. I leave the final fine sanding and polishing till after the clock is completed and running as this saves being scratched if it has to be disassembled.
I have made two Lyre clocks successfully now and having recently bought a book on How to Build the Epicyclic Train Strutt Skeleton Clock, also by W.R. Smith, I have begun making the new design. The assembly of this clock is documented here. I had built and tested this version and taken it apart for final polishing.
Fitting the face
Tightening the collars on the central arbour.
Assembling a Strutt skeleton clock
First I laid out all the clock parts in the order of assembly. I bolted one mainframe to the four pillars.
One of the clock-face holding bolts was placed in the frame facing out. This bolt is behind the mainspring barrel and cannot be put in place later. The small stop spring is now bolted on inside the mainframe, as is the small stop-arm bracket.
The barrel—complete with arbour and spring and the fuse assembly— are now placed in their respective pivot holes. The other clock frame is now fitted over the protruding axles and pillar ends. At this time the centre arbour and its pinion are placed in position, making sure that it is in mesh with the great wheel.
When all is in order, the frame bolts and decorative washers may be fitted and both sides tightened up securely.
The next stage is to slide the small and large collars on to the centre shaft. This is followed by sliding the ring wheel onto the centre shaft. The large collar is slid onto the ring wheel boss. These bosses will be locked in place later. It is now time to fit the clock face.
Four spacers had already been fitted, along with the paradox movement for the hour hand and the epicyclic gear train and pinion. This unit is now carefully fed onto the end of the centre shaft and the gear wheel is put into mesh with the inside teeth of the ring wheel. The bolt already in the frame and three others hold all this assembly in the correct place. As these bolts are done up, it's important to make sure that everything turns nice and freely. If there are any binding or tight spots, now is the time to sort out these problems.
Checking everything runs freely
Fitting the escape wheel and pinion
Checking the escape wheel arbour is square
The anchor and pendulum crutch arbour
Winding the fusee
The end of the fusee wire fixed to the spring barrel
Escape wheel
With this part of the gear train all running nice and freely the next stage is to fit the escape wheel and pinion arbour.
This shaft fits high in the frame and a small adjustment bracket is bolted to support the small pinion end. This pinion meshes with the outside teeth of the ring wheel and must be very carefully adjusted so it runs very freely and smoothly. Lock up the screws in adjusting the bracket.
The last arbour to be fitted holds the anchor and pendulum crutch. This is mounted in the top pivot hole and the pendulum end has a bolt-on bracket with a small cam for the pivot. This will allow a small adjustment between the anchor and escape wheel.
The clock is now placed on its wooden base and fixed with four nuts. The pendulum and rod are then bolted to the small bracket, making sure both are perpendicular.
Fit the two hands on their respective arbours. Now it is time to set the clock going. First, the fusee wire is carefully wound onto the fusee and the other end is placed in its mounting hole on the main-spring barrel. The main-spring is now fully wound and then backed off 1½ turns.
Set the pendulum in beat and make any adjustments to the anchor and escape wheel depth by the small cam to get the clock running properly. This may be a trial and error session, especially on your first clock. If the clock is running fast, adjust the pendulum screw down. If it is running slow, screw it up.
Happy clock making.
Setting the pendulum…
…and setting the hands
The finished clock
One of the most fraught processes in clock making is fitting the main-spring into its barrel.
The spring for the Strutt clock is around 8 feet (2.5 metres) long. It fits in a barrel of only about 3 inches (76 mm) diameter.
You need a clock spring winder to get it into the barrel. The spring is first cleaned, then greased and the inner end is fitted to the clock spring arbour. This, in turn, is fitted into the winder and the spring is compressed to the point where the mainspring hook can be engaged.
The spring is then carefully wound to the point where the keeper can be placed around the spring. The keepers are made to accommodate the main-spring barrel you are using.
The spring is then released carefully until it fills the keeper and both the spring with its arbour and the keeper are detached from the winder. The keeper is set over the barrel. Brian uses the quill of a mill drill to push the spring into the barrel using a custom-fitted die.
Once in place, the end caps are fitted and the spring can be rotated to engage a hook set into the barrel with the holes in the mainspring.
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Crested Barbet - Trachyphonus vailantii - Largest barbet in Southern Africa. Head and upperparts mottled red and black. Common resident.
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Black Crake - Amauromis flavirostris - Black plumage, bright yellow bill, red legs. A common resident.
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Brown-hooded Kingfisher – Halcyon albiventris – Streaked Brown head, red bill, streaked buffy breast and flanks, female has brown wings and shoulders. A common resident. This kingfisher can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
Photographed by P. Sievers
Sabota Lark - Calendulauda sabota - Back and chest boldly marked,conspicuous white eyebrow, upperparts reddish brown, throat white, underparts buffy white. A common resident. This bird can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris: -
Blue Waxbill – Uraeginthus angolensis – Brown upperparts, powder blue face, chest and flanks. Bill black, legs pinkish brown. A very common resident. This beautiful bird can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
European Roller – Coracias garrulus – Blue under-parts, head, tail, rump and wings. Back brown with square tail. A common summer visitor. This striking bird can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
Southern Boubou – Laniarius ferrugineus – Endemic – Cinnamon belly, white breast and neck. White wing-bar. A common resident. . This striking bird can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
Southern Pied Babbler – Turdoides bicolor – Endemic - Entirely white bird except for black wings and tail. A common resident. This striking babbler can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
Bronze-winged Courser – Rhinoptilus chalcopterus – Distinctive head markings, red eye-ring, red legs, and plain upperparts. An uncommon visitor and resident. This beautiful courser can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
Ant-eating Chat – Myrmecocichla formicivora – Endemic – A dull brown chat with white windows in wings in flight. Males may have a white shoulder patch. Erect stance. A common resident. This chat can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
Bateleur – Terathopius ecaudatus – Red legs and facial skin, chestnut brown back, tawny wing covert's. Short tail. A common resident in conservation areas. This striking bird can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
Kurrichane Thrush – Turdus libonyanus – Orange bill, black and white throat markings, white belly and orange flanks. A common resident. This beautiful thrush can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
White-fronted Bee-eater – Merops bullockoides – White forehead and chin, red lower throat and dark blue vent. Cinnamon brown underparts. A common resident. This beautiful bee-eater can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
White-faced Duck – Dendrocygna viduata – White face with black head, rufous neck, scaled upperparts and barred flanks. A common resident. This beautiful duck can be seen on the following Aves Birding Tours / Safaris : -
Grey-headed Kingfisher – Halcyon leucocephala – Grey head and mantle with bright red bill and chestnut belly. Uncommon to locally common resident. This beautiful kingfisher can be seen on the following Aves Birding Tours / Safaris : -
White-fronted Bee-eater – Merops bullockoides – White forehead and upper throat, red lower throat, cinnamon-brown underparts and a dark blue vent. Back green. A common resident. This beautiful bee-eater can be seen on the following Aves Birding Tours / Safaris : -
Karoo Thrush – Turdus smithi – Endemic – Common Garden Bird in Gauteng. Plain orange/yellow bill, orange eye-ring, lower belly orange and vent greyish. A common resident. This thrush can be seen on the following Aves Birding Tours / Safaris : -
Little Bee-eater – Merops pusillus – A small bee-eater, yellow throat, black collar, yellow-brown underparts and a square tail. A common resident. This beautiful small bee-eater can be seen on the following Aves Birding Tours / Safaris : -
Laughing Dove – Streptopelia senegalensis – A medium sized dove with pinkish head, cinnamon neck with black spots, rusty coloured back. White outer tail feathers. A common to abundant resident. This dove can be seen on the following Aves Birding Tours / Safaris / Adventures: -
Aves Arid Birding Tour / Safari / Adventures.
The Hamerkop - Scopus umbretta - is the sole member of its family and
is so different that it is one of the really iconic species of Africa south of the Sahara. In terms of taxonomic uniqueness the Hamerkop is equal in rank to the Shoebill! The shape of its head with a black, long, flat, and slightly hooked bill, a crest at the back of the head is reminiscent of a hammer. Its plumage is a drab brown with purple iridescence on the back. Its tail is short and its wings are big, wide, and round-tipped.
The Hamerkop occurs in Africa south of the Sahara, Madagascar and coastal southwest Arabia in wetland habitats, including irrigated land, as well as in savannas and forests. Most Hamerkop remain sedentary in their territories.
Vocalizations include cackles and a shrill call given in flight. Hamerkops are mostly silent except when in groups.
Hamerkop feed during the day and normally feed alone. They feed mainly on amphibians such as Platanna frogs and other frogs. Other food consists of small fish, shrimp, rodents and insects. Hamerkop use a variety of foraging techniques, such as wading through the water and stabbing/grabbing prey, still-hunting at the water's edge or pouncing on prey from the air.
The Hamerkop's behavior is unlike any other bird. One unusual feature is that up to ten birds join in "ceremonies" in which they run circles around each other, all calling loudly, raising their crests, fluttering their wings. Another is "false mounting", in which one bird stands on top of another and appears to mount it, but they may not be mates and do not copulate.
There are many legends about the Hamerkop. It is known in some cultures as the lightening bird, and the Bushman believe that being hit by lightning resulted from trying to rob a Hamerkop's nest. They also believe that the inimical god Khauna would not like anyone to kill a Hamerkop. According to an old Malagasy belief, anyone who destroys its nest will get Leprosy and a Malagasy poem calls it an "evil bird". Such beliefs have given the bird some protection.
The strangest aspect of Hamerkop behavior is the huge nest it builds. When possible, they build the nest in the fork of a tree, often over water. A pair starts by making a platform of sticks held together with mud, then builds walls and a domed roof. A mud-plastered entrance 13 to 18 cm wide in the bottom leads through a tunnel up to 60 cm long to a nesting chamber big enough for the parents and young. The nest is usually built by both sexes, with construction taking anything from 40-43 days to several months. Other animals often usurp the nest of the Hamerkop, such as bees, reptiles and other birds, including Owls and Egyptian Geese.
These birds are compulsive nest builders, constructing 3 to 5 nests per year whether they are breeding or not. At the finished nest, a pair gives displays similar to those of the group ceremonies and mates, often on top of the nest.
The breeding season is almost year-round, peaking from July to January in South Africa. The clutch consists of 3 to 7 white eggs and are incubated for between 26 and 30 days by both sexes. Both parents feed the young, often leaving them alone for long periods. The young hatch covered with gray down. By 17 days after hatching, their head and crest plumage is developed, and in a month, their body plumage. They leave the nest at 44 to 50 days but roost in it at night until about two months after hatching.
The status of the Hamerkop has changed dramatically in the past two decades, and is now a species of real conservation concern.
These Iconic birds can be seen on the following Aves Birding Tours/Safaris/Adventures: -
Aves Arid Birding Tour / Safari /Adventure.
Aves Eastern Cape Birding Tour / Safari /Adventure.
The Common Swift - Apus apus - is special in many ways, the body is the perfect development for flying in the air. It does everything in the air, except breeding. It finds its prey there and feeds on the wing. It preens and plays in the air. It sleeps there most of the time. It mates and collects nesting material on the wing. It drinks while flying or takes showers when its bill dives and splashes water.
The Common Swift is blackish-brown except for a small white or pale grey patch on the chin. They have a short forked tail and very long swept-back wings. These birds have very short legs which they use only for clinging to vertical surfaces.
Common Swifts are migratory and in midsummer they are found in the UK and Europe and winter in Southern Africa. These swifts have been known to live for as long as 21 years and can survive bad weather by entering what is called torpor, a coma-like condition in which its metabolism slows to almost nothing.
The call is a loud scream in two different tone pitches, of which the higher one is from the female and the lower one from the male. They often form 'screaming parties' during summer evenings where about 10-15 gather and fly around in circles calling.
Common Swifts spend most of their lives in the air, living on the insects they catch in their beaks. It feeds exclusively on arthropods, especially insects, foraging at much higher altitudes than local-breeding swifts, often reaching heights of 1500-3000 m above ground. It usually flies at 36-90 km/hr, but it has been known to reach 216 km/hr in certain conditions! If it is cold and wet it descends lower, often feeding on termite alate emergences. Interestingly, it is permanently airborne in its non-breeding grounds, roosting on the wing.
Common Swifts fly at least 560 miles per day during the nesting season.
It is faithful to its breeding place arriving around the 1st May in Central Europe. It's the last to arrive at its northern breeding grounds and the first to leave. They build their nests in all suitable hollows in buildings, under window sills, in the corner rafters of wooden buildings, in chimneys, and in smokestacks. They also breed in holes of caves or hollows of trees. Nowadays they mostly use holes in walls or a free space under the eves of houses. They accept nest boxes too and don't fear humans. A swift will return to the same nesting site year after year, rebuilding its nest when necessary. Swifts lay 2-3 eggs and incubate and hatch the chicks together. Young swifts in the nest can drop their body temperature and become torpid if bad weather prevents their parents from catching insects nearby. At the end of July the young will leave the nest. Around the 1st of August the parents will leave Central Europe for Africa.
Common Swift nests commonly support populations of the Chewing Louse and the Louse fly.
Conservation Status: - Least concern.
Not threatened, in fact has a stable estimated population of 25 million individuals.
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Barn Owl – Tyto alba – A medium sized owl, pale/whitish underparts, pale brown patches in upperparts and a white shaped facial disc. A common resident. This slim built owl can be seen on the following Aves Tours / Safaris : -
The African Jacana - Actophilornis Africana – are conspicuous and unmistakable birds and are found in sub-Saharan Africa. In Southern Africa it is locally abundant in northern Botswana, the Caprivi Strip, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and eastern South Africa, while more scarce elsewhere in Namibia and South Africa.
Females are larger than the males. They have chestnut upperparts with black wingtips, rear neck and eye stripe. The underparts are white, with a chestnut belly patch in adult birds. The blue bill extends up as a Coot-like head shield and the legs and very long toes are grey.
Jacanas are quite vocal, the call being a screeching "kooworr" as well as a variety of other sounds.
It mainly eats insects, doing most of its foraging on floating vegetation, walking or running with its large feet while plucking prey from plants and the water surface.
Sequentially polyandrous, meaning that one female mates with multiple males over the course of one breeding season. It is highly territorial, as males fight each other for control of prime breeding territory, displaying and calling from a calling post made by pulling a few plant stems together. Egg-laying season is year-round, peaking from November-March. The female lays four black-marked brown eggs in a floating nest. The male alone cares for the chicks. The male African Jacana has the ability to pick up and carry his chicks underneath his wings as well, a remarkable adaptation for parental care.
Not threatened, as its distribution has remained largely unchanged for the past century.
The African Fish Eagle - Haliaeetus vocifer- is a large species of eagle that is found throughout sub-Saharan Africa. They are found wherever large bodies of open water occur that have an abundant food supply. The African Fish Eagle is usually seen in pairs and they evenly share the kills. It is the national bird of Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The African Fish Eagle is a large bird, and the female is larger than the male. The adult is very distinctive in appearance with a mostly brown body and large, powerful, black wings. The head, breast, and tail of African Fish Eagles are snow white, with the exception of the featherless face, which is yellow. The eyes are dark brown in colour. The hook-shaped beak, ideal for a carnivorous lifestyle, is yellow with a black tip. The plumage of the juvenile is brown and the eyes are paler compared to the adult. The feet have rough soles and are equipped with powerful talons in order to enable the eagle to grasp slippery aquatic prey.
Its distinctive cry has become synonymous with the sound of Africa. It has two distinct calls - in flight or perched, the sound is something like the American Bald Eagle. When near the nest, its call is more of a 'quock' sound - the female is a little shriller and less mellow than the male. The call is a weee-ah, hyo-hyo or a heee-ah, heeah-heeah.
The African Fish Eagle feeds mainly on fish. It is an opportunistic feeder and may take a wider variety of prey such as water-birds, reptiles and carrion. They may also raid colonies of nesting waterbirds for young and eggs.
Breeding season for African Fish Eagles is during the dry season when water levels are low. African Fish Eagles are believed to mate for life. Pairs will often maintain two or more nests, which they will frequently re-use.
The female lays 1 to 3 eggs, which are primarily white with a few reddish speckles. Incubation is mostly done by the female, but the male will incubate when the female leaves to hunt. Incubation lasts for 42 to 45 days before the chicks hatch. The eggs will often hatch a few days apart, and the eldest chick will usually kill any younger chicks. Fledging lasts for 70 to 75 days and after about 8 weeks the chick is capable of feeding itself and will usually begin to venture outside of the nest 2 weeks later.
The estimated population size is about 300,000 individuals
Widespread in Southern Africa, its habitat is usually limited to larger rivers, lakes, pans and dams, with enough large trees for it to perch on. These eagles are also found near coastal lagoons and estuaries. It is most frequently seen sitting high in a tall tree from where it has a good view of the stretch of river, lakeshore or coastline, which is its territory.
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Magpie Shrike
The Magpie Shrike - Corvinella melanoleuca - is found in Central, Eastern and Southern Africa. Its natural habitats are dry savanna, moist savanna, and subtropical or tropical dry shrubland. It favours open savanna woodland with short grass clumps and bare ground, also occurring in broad-leaved woodland and disturbed areas with Acacia tree stands, such as in suburban gardens and town parks.
The adult male has black and white plumage with very long, graduated tail. Head and mantle are glossy black. The scapulars are white. The rump is V-shaped and greyish-white, conspicuous in flight. On the black upperwing, tertials, secondaries, some primaries and the greater upperwing-coverts are black with white tips. In flight, the white patch near the primary bases is well visible. The long tail is black. The bill, legs and feet are black, the eyes are brown. The female is very similar, but she has white patches on flanks. The immature is browner and duller, with rather buffy-white areas than pure white. The underparts are dark brown with white-tipped feathers.
It utters loud, melancholy whistles "kee-oo, kee-oo" as territorial calls. The alarm call is a scolding "chack" or "tchzzrrr". A breeding pair often calls in duet, "teeloo" by the male, and a higher-pitched "tleeu" by the female.
It mainly eats insects, spiders, ticks and small reptiles. It often perches in a prominent position, searching for a food item. Once it spots something it dives to the ground and catches it. It also gleans prey from leaves and branches, and sometimes searches for them at ground level.
A cooperative breeder. The nest is constructed by both sexes and consists of an untidy cup made of twigs, grass stems and roots, typically placed in the upper branches of an Acacia tree. The breeding season peaks from October to January with the female laying 2 to 6 eggs. They are incubated solely by the female for about 16 days, the male and group members providing her with food. The chicks are cared for both parents and group members, leaving the nest after about 15 to 19 days.
This species is not threatened. It has an extremely large range and hence does not approach the thresholds for Vulnerable under the range size criterion. The global population size has not been quantified, but the species is described as uncommon to locally common.
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Short-clawed Lark
The Short-clawed Lark - Certhilauda chuana - is endemic to Southern Africa, occurring from south-eastern Botswana to the North-west Province, Free State and Limpopo Province. It prefers open habitat, sparsely vegetated with short grass and scattered trees or bushes, particularly where grass has been severely grazed.
The head is cream while the bill is black. It has a white throat, brown legs and a brown coloured back. The eyes are brown. The long, broad, creamy eyebrow is conspicuous. It has buff-fringed feathers on its back with broad blackish centres.
The call is a loud descending peeeeuuuu.
Food consists of insects, mainly termites and ants.
The nest is built solely by the female, consisting of open cup built of grass and lined with finer plant material. It is typically placed in a scrape in the ground beneath a grass tuft or small shrub. The egg-laying season is between September and March, with 2 to 3 eggs in a clutch. They are incubated by the female for between 14 to 16 days. They are fed by both parents, leaving the nest after about 11 to 12 days. They remain dependent on their parents for food up to about 4 weeks of age, only dispersing about another 4-12 weeks later.
It has two disjunct populations. The one on the Pietersburg Plateau in the Limpopo Province,South Africa, and a larger population in south-eastern Botswana and the North-west Province, South Africa. The South African population numbers 500 to 5,000 individuals, and there may be over 20,000 pairs in Botswana. The species currently appears to be stable.
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Black-chested Snake-Eagle
The Black-chested Snake-Eagle - Circaetus pectoralis - is an African bird of prey found in Africa from Ethiopia and southern DRC to South Africa. It inhabits different habitats, ranging from semi desert and open grassland to Karoo scrub and closed deciduous woodland.
The main identification character of this bird is its dark brown head and chest, to which it owes its name. In flight the dark head contrasts with the underparts and underwings, which are white apart from dark barring on the flight feathers and tail. The upperparts are dark brown, and the eye is yellow.
The female is similar to, but larger than the male, and the juvenile is rufous.
The call is a whistled kwo kwo kwo kweeoo.
They feed mostly on snakes, but will also prey on lizards, small mammals and frogs.
A territorial solitary nester, the nest is built by both sexes, consisting of a saucer-shaped structure of sticks, lined with green leaves and placed in the canopy of a flat-topped Acacia. The egg-laying season in South Africa is from June-August. The female will lay only one egg per clutch, which is incubated for between 50 to 52 days, mainly by the female. The chick is brooded and fed by the female, with food provided by the male. It eventually leaves the nest at between 90 to 113 days and usually fully independent six months later.
Due to its wide distribution this species is not endangered.
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Eileen Gu, Skier Who Represented China, Reveals US Winter Olympic Bid Ambassador Role
June 9, 2022 by SportsActionZone
Four months after winning two gold medals for China, freestyle skier Eileen Gu once again became a hot topic on the country's social media after she announced her decision to support Salt Lake City's bid to host the Winter Olympics.
At the Time100 Summit on June 7, Gu said she would serve as an ambassador for Salt Lake City's bid for the Winter Olympics in 2030 or 2034.
"I think that's this beautiful example of globalism and of the capacity that we can use skiing and… we can use winter sport to connect people," she said at the event in New York. "Salt Lake specifically wants to become a global destination for athletes everywhere to come train there and they want to incorporate 15 new countries into the Winter Olympics," she added.
Her announcement won praise from China's state-controlled media and her fans, with some quoting her comments saying she didn't regret representing China at the Beijing Games.
The San Francisco-born athlete has won overwhelming adulation in the country, especially after winning two golds and a silver for team China during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics earlier this year.
The news was among the hottest topics on the microblogging platform Weibo and the topic had been viewed more than 400 million times by Wednesday afternoon.
Most comments were supportive of her decision, claiming it reflects the international influence of "China's athletes."
But not everyone was positive. Her decision di lei to help the US bid was criticized by some netizens, who questioned her intentions di lei in competing for China.
"Which country is she from?" One user wrote. "Lei She is Chinese when she makes money in China. Then she becomes American when she lives in the United States, "another user commented, referring to her di lei lucrative commercial deals di lei.
Ailing Eileen Gu of Team China reacts after their run during the Women's Freestyle Skiing Freeski Big Air Qualification on Day 3 of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at Big Air Shougang in Beijing, China, on Feb. 07, 2022. (Harry How / Getty Images)
The 18-year-old's nationality has already drawn scrutiny. Gu repeatedly dodged questions about whether she gave up her US passport to represent China at the Olympics.
"When I'm in the US, I'm American. When I'm in China, I'm Chinese, "Gu told reporters at a news conference earlier this year.
China doesn't allow dual nationality. Official media never raised the issue while welcoming the medals Gu earned for the country. Beijing finished the Games with a record nine golds in February, though the lead-up to the event was overshadowed by a diplomatic boycott over the regime's human rights records.
The skier's success prompted the leader of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping to single Gu out during an April awards ceremony in Beijing.
Unlike the overwhelmingly positive coverage in China, opinion on Gu, who is due to attend Stanford this fall, is mixed in the United States. She has faced backlash for representing the Chinese regime, which HBO host Bill Maher described as "an authoritarian surveillance state" that can make people "disappear for a few months" and has "basically jailed an ethnic minority," referring to Beijing's expansive repression of ethnic Muslim minorities in the Xinjiang region.
"Is that cool now, to choose to represent a totalitarian police state over America?" the host said in an episode of "Real Time with Bill Maher" in February. "And by choosing Team China, Eileen Gu became a living symbol of China's triumph over the West, which wouldn't bother me so much if I thought China had triumphed over us in the ways that really matter. But they haven't. "
Dorothy Li is a reporter for The Epoch Times based in Europe.
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Q: Error dynamically updating an array list in ReactJs I am learning reactJS and so I am trying my hands on an example. This example has a form textfield that can add an item to an existing array on click of a button. I am having errors here as when I enter a text and click on the button, the array list is not updated except I try to make changes to the text entered in the textfield. This is what I am doing:
import React, { Component } from 'react';

class App extends Component {
  constructor(props){
    super(props);
    this.state = {
      currentName : '',
      arrays : ['john', 'james', 'timothy']
    }
  }
  render() {
    const showNames =   this.state.arrays.map((thisName) => {
        const values =
{thisName}
;
        return values;
     });
    const getText = (e) => {
        let value = e.target.value;
        this.setState({
          currentName : value
        })
    }
    const addToUsers =  () => {
      this.state.arrays.push(this.state.currentName)
    }

    return (

Add new name to List

        <form>
          <input type="text"  onChange={getText}/>
          <button type="button" onClick={addToUsers}>Add User</button>

        </form>

          {showNames}

    );
  }
}

export default App;

A: There are a host of things wrong with this, but your issue is likely that you need to use setState to modify state.
import React, { Component } from 'react';

class App extends Component {
  constructor(){
    super();

    this.state = {
      names: ['john', 'james', 'timothy']
    }
  }

  addToUsers = () => {
    this.setState(
      prevState => ({
        names: [...prevState.names, this.input.value]
      })
    )
  }

  render() {
    const names = this.state.names.map(
      (name, index) =>
{name}

    )

    return (

Add new name to List

        <form>
          <input type="text" ref={e => this.input = e} />
          <button type="button" onClick={this.addToUsers}>Add User</button>
        </form>

          {names}

    )
  }
}

export default App;

This quick edit changes a few things:

*

*Uses setState for the addToUsers method

*Eliminate onChange tracking and pull the name directly from the input when the button is clicked

*Move the addToUsers method out to the component class rather than defining it on render

*Rename this.state.arrays to this.state.names

*Simplify conversion of this.state.names into list items

*Set key on array elements (name list items)

*Use prevState in setState to avoid race conditions

A: You need to make sure you update state using the setState method.
When you update arrays you are reaching into the state object and manipulating the data directly instead of using the method.
Instead try something like:
const addToUsers =  () => {
  const newArray = this.state.arrays.concat([this.state.currentName]);
  this.setState({
    arrays: newArray
  });
}

A: You probably must add
onChange={getText}.bind(this)

to your functions.
Also change this
const addToUsers =  () => {
      this.state.arrays.push(this.state.currentName)
    }

to this
const addToUsers =  () => {
      this.setState({here put your variable})
    }

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Interviewing potential customers is a major component of building a startup from an idea. Startups are all about finding customers, not building and pushing something you've dreamed up. It's important that you are providing a solution to someone's problem–a problem they are willing to pay someone to solve. Building a product is the easy part. Providing a service is the easy part. Getting people to commit and pay for it is the hard part. People don't care how cool your product is–they want to know if it solves a problem they have.
Before you go off building anything, we suggest you conduct a series of interviews with potential customers and parties related to your company's industry–at least 100. Yes, 100 people! Although that may seem like a lot, it's really reasonable considering the amount of time, money, and resources that must go into building a company. Wouldn't you like to start with a clear understanding of the customers and industry you seek to serve?
First and foremost, know that it's a VERY BAD thing to do in the customer discovery process. Secondly, it's very easy to do if you don't prepare for customer conversations in advance. Thirdly, the key to avoiding it is asking non-leading, open-ended questions during customer interviews.
Basically, leading the witness means that you use trigger language to get the person you're interviewing to say what you want them to say in your attempt to feed into your confirmation bias.
To avoid this MAJOR problem, you must prepare and practice what you're going to say in advance.
The only way to become a pro at interviewing customers is to practice doing it. Don't worry, it's not all in vain. You'll need this same skill set to do business development and sales for your startup. Sales start with a conversation, a conversation that is typically led by you asking questions.
•What has been your biggest challenge?
•What are you using to help you with that challenge?
•What would be your ideal solution to that challenge?
•How would that help you?
Use as many open-ended questions as possible. Get them talking to you more than you're talking to them. You want the customer interviews to result in them stating the service you're planning to provide as a solution they need. The tricky part is this occurring without them having any idea of what you're planning to build. There will be another blog post about this (this post is getting kinda long huh?) because we believe this is one of the main reasons startups fail…they don't do customer discovery properly!
If they're just not buying what you're selling, you can always have a do-over. You can do-over your prospect list, your sales script, your interview questions, your target customer avatar, and even your product. As with every business, you're in permanent beta–things are always changing. Although it will be uncomfortable at first, it allows room for innovation and reinvention.
Keep in mind, you're a startup! You're doing something that you've never done before–creating something from nothing. No one gets through this journey unscathed. There's going to be some bumps and bruises and failures along the way. In fact, these "failures" are not really failures at all; they were tests. Testing is meant to confirm or deny your hypothesis for your business idea. So, let's say your hypothesis was found to be incorrect; just create another one and go test that! It's just that simple. Don't waste time debating your hypothesis, just test it and the results will provide the proof everyone is seeking.
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A Public Disease: Sam Twyford-Moore's 'The Rapids'
A Public Disease
New Critic: At once a cultural, academic and personal unpacking of bipolar disorder and the messy ethics of mania, Sam Twyford-Moore's The Rapids is a valuable addition to the growing list of books exploring what it is to live with an unruly mind.
By Kylie Maslen
5th Nov, 2018
Editorial (Issue 9)
Rebecca Starford
A Car Fire in Suburbia: Malicious Property Damage
Zoë Barron
A Prize of One's Own: Flares, Cock-forests and Dreams of a Common Language
Sophie Cunningham
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In the last few years Australian publishing has seen an increasing body of work by writers looking to illustrate what it is to live with an unruly mind. Fiona Wright's Small Acts of Disappearance addresses her history with disordered eating, Jessica Friedmann's Things That Helped charts her post-natal depression, and Jenny Valentish's Woman of Substances reports on the treatment of her own addiction in a misogynistic health system. In The Rapids (NewSouth Books), writer and critic Sam Twyford-Moore charts the history of bipolar disorder – a chronic mental illness characterised by strong changes in mood and energy, from depressive periods to manic or hypomanic episodes – from its diagnostic history, to portrayals in culture including literature and film, to present-day examples including in celebrities through digital media. There are, of course, two sides to manic depression (as Twyford-Moore prefers to refer to bipolar); while recent education and awareness campaigns around mental health have broadened the public's understanding of depression, the upswings of mania remain largely misunderstood. The Rapids, then, seeks to correct this: not only as an exploration of 'ways of looking at mania' in cultural settings, but also a broader philosophical discussion around the ethics of mental illness.
Mania, Twyford-Moore writes, is a public disease: 'A private disease must be quietly endured on hospital beds and at home, whereas a public disease cannot be suppressed. It often spills onto the streets.' The most interesting of portraits in this collection explore the ways we have come to see mania in the most public forum of all: online. The book opens with the story of Jason Russell, whose highly public breakdown at the height of his Kony 2012 campaign was published by the tabloid website TMZ; initially laughed at, and subsequently interrogated around the world. 'For the manic depressive,' Twyford-Moore writes, 'once public, and in crisis, there is no option for self-control.'
While awareness campaigns have broadened the public's understanding of depression, the upswings of mania remain largely misunderstood.
And of course there is Kanye West, whose mental health remains the subject of endless public debate – much of it incredibly harmful and irresponsible – and whose mania (which remained speculative until only recently) is live-streamed through his Twitter account for the rest of us to pick at like seagulls. From the outset, Twyford-Moore aims not to project or speculate, but to weave in his own experiences with mania with a dry self-deprecation:
I do not claim to know the mental states of anyone I write about other than myself and, even then, I hardly know what's going on in my mind. I do not speak for others. I barely speak for myself.
Twyford-Moore is a studious cultural critic across a breadth of forms, but this dark comedy prevents The Rapids from becoming overly bookish. From Saul Bellow to Paul Thomas Anderson, Twyford-Moore sees himself reflected, and in doing so addresses what it is to be manic. In throwing the spotlight back on the ways in which mania is seen in culture he confronts how we as humans treat each other.
Where The Rapids succeeds most is in attempting to disentangle the burden of mania from its perceived advantages of creative output and endless energy. Twyford-Moore looks often to Carrie Fisher, the late actress who spoke often of her experience with bipolar, and includes this quote from the Author's Note of Fisher's memoir Wishful Drinking to capture the blame that society can throw with careless abandon:
One of the things that baffles me (and there are quite a few) is how there can be so much lingering stigma with regards to mental illness, specifically bipolar disorder. In my opinion, living with manic depression takes a tremendous amount of balls… At times, being bipolar can be an all-consuming challenge, requiring a lot of stamina, and a lot more courage, so if you're living with this illness and functioning at all, it's something to be proud of, not ashamed of.
In this way, The Rapids often shifts between memoir and advocacy; 'The history of the psychiatrically ill,' he writes, 'has been one of a dispossession of voice.' The chapter 'A short tour through the cultural history of manic depression' looks deeply at the seminal work of Jay Redfield Jamison, whose books Manic Depressive Illness and Unquiet Mind have brought greater clarity to the disorder. Redfield Jamison, as both a psychologist and a sufferer of bipolar herself, has made a great contribution to our understanding of mania, and Twyford-Moore acknowledges her writing not only as an important addition to the world of medicine, but also as an incredible act of power: 'Part of living with manic depression means fighting for its legitimacy'.
Where The Rapids succeeds most is in attempting to disentangle the burden of mania from its perceived advantages of creative output and endless energy.
Twyford-Moore does not shy away from the restricted ability to censor, despite seeing and recognising the hurt that goes with it, speaking of the 'murky ongoing questions of ethics for those who encounter manic depression'. Mania, he writes, 'is humiliating'. This moves both ways, like waves moving with and against the tide. Twyford-Moore points deliberately towards incidents within his own episodes of mania – breaking and entering, driving dangerously, thoughts of grandiosity, acts of aggression and rage towards those around him – these are presented not without regret, but also as a call and response in the ways his own mania has been seen, to those who answer these cries for help and those who ignore the illness behind the actions. I am reminded of a meme that keeps being shared among my peers online:
mentally ill person: *displays clear symptoms specific to their disorder(s)*
non mentally ill people: pic.twitter.com/NZqJP6NjE9
— 𝑭𝑹𝑬𝑼𝑫𝑰𝑨𝑵 𝑵𝑰𝑷 𝑺𝑳𝑰𝑷 (@verygayrae) September 25, 2018
The importance of this validity can be found time and time again in our attitudes towards these public acts of mania. Twyford-Moore cites an incident in 2015 where Andrew Johns was removed from the Nine Network's coverage of the NRL after a woman came forward alleging that the former Newcastle Knights captain had harassed her in an airport. Johns, reportedly heavily intoxicated at the time, has publicly spoken of his bipolar since 2007. Twyford-Moore writes:
What I wanted to say on the night the news broke was something about what it means in practical terms for someone who grapples with mania: if I drink, I drink a lot. If I want to have sex, I want to have sex a lot. If I get angry, I get really fucking mad. If I get sad, I can't get out of bed. If I get happy, I may very well end up stealing your car and driving it across state lines.
Twyford-Moore does not shy away from the 'murky ongoing questions of ethics for those who encounter manic depression'.
Twyford-Moore appears to deliberately draw upon a polarising example of the effects of mania to further tease out the ethics of its results, and the ways in which the public portray it, in all its messy morality. In publishing and discussing acts of mania without adherence to guidelines for responsible reportage of mental illness, the media perpetuate dangerous stereotypes and incite harm. Like Kanye West's tweets or his recent political decisions, Johns' actions on the night in question require more analysis than tabloid media allows for. 'Psychological illnesses of this kind', Twyford-Moore writes, 'are hard to explain, hard to excuse, hard to parse, just plain hardcore.'
The height of mania, Twyford-Moore writes, is an amplification of the senses; 'Noises, smells and the general presence of others are enough to set you off.' This speaks to the form of The Rapids: short, sharp paragraphs in a collage, an homage to Wayne Koestenbaum's Humiliation – besides which, he writes, 'this is how my mind works most of the time'. But it also carries meaning to the reader: first as a signifier to the author's state of mind, but also to Twyford-Moore's capacity to consume. At first glance it may seem a distraction, but in reading further it becomes clear that there is a voraciousness to the way in which Twyford-Moore appreciates all forms of culture, from the literary and cinematic to the popular. 'Music seeps into your ears with more clarity and assumed meaning', he writes. 'So there were soundtracks to my manias – songs which I would listen to over and over again – which I believed spoke directly to me. It's like being a teenager again.'
It's a sentiment that also feels true of Twyford-Moore's devouring of the work of film director Paul Thomas Anderson, of poet Robert Lowell, and of writer and actor Spalding Gray, all of whom are interwoven throughout The Rapids. Their work, as well as their relationship to mania, ebb and flow, as does Twyford-Moore's own.
Towards the end of The Rapids Twyford-Moore speaks of the tattoo he got during his second sustained manic episode. The image, described as 'A definition of now' by the Amsterdam design collective metahaven, appears in a noughts-and-crosses pattern where LOL and SOS are overlaid across each other. It remains perpetually unclear which is more prominent. In the words of Carrie Fisher's most quoted line: 'If my life wasn't funny, it would just be true, and that's unacceptable.' But as Twyford-Moore writes, every episode has its clean-up: 'A reckoning with this self, and what one has done, must take place to get things back in order, and it's very hard not to fall into a depression when surveying the damage.' LOL/SOS might just be the perfect image for manic depression.
The Rapids is an important cultural history of a mental illness misunderstood and often misrepresented, and an incredibly necessary book about mental health. It is also a compelling work of cultural criticism, with a particularly pioneering view of celebrity culture in a digital age. The Rapids is the story of a writer making sense of mania, the world, and mania within the world. It is innovative, intelligent and sensitive; an important work of criticism, and a critical work of importance.
The Rapids: Ways of Looking at Mania is available now at Readings.
Kylie Maslen is a writer, critic, and author of the essay collection Show Me Where It Hurts: Living with Invisible Illness (Text Publishing). Her work has appeared in the Guardian, Meanjin, Kill Your Darlings, Adelaide Review, Crikey and Junkee, among other outlets. She was the 2018 KYD New Critic Award winner, and her essay 'I'm Trying to Tell You I'm Not Okay' was longlisted for the Lifted Brow & RMIT non/fictionLab Prize for Experimental Non-fiction. She lives in Adelaide on Kaurna Country.
More from Kylie Maslen
Manipulation by Machine: The Uncanny Valley
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Leaps of Faith: The resentful optimism of Catastrophe
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New Australian Fiction 2019: 'The Weather'
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OVERLAND PARK, Kan. – After serving one year as NAA Vice President, John Nicholls, AARE, AMM, officially took office as National Auctioneers Association President on Thursday, July 21, during the NAA International Auctioneers Conference and Show, being held in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Nicholls' term is effective from now until the 2017 Conference and Show next July. He succeeds Spanky Assiter, CAI, AARE, who becomes Past President for the same upcoming term.
"Last year when you honored me and elected me as Vice President, I talked about the simple, basic values that lie at the heart of the cowboy way," Nicholls said to Conference and Show attendees. "I told you that while I am in the sales business, some things are not for sale: integrity, principles, honesty, fair dealings, equal treatment and the best interest of the auction industry and the NAA.
Nicholls also is President of Nicholls Auction Marketing Group, in Fredericksburg, Virginia, which means his schedule will be tightly packed for the next year as he attends NAA events and meetings, attends and speaks at various state auction association conferences, and helps lead directional thinking for both NAA and the auction industry.
Nicholls ascended to the role during Thursday's NAA Annual Business Meeting, and then was the focus of the evening's President's Gala.
The National Auctioneers Association represents thousands of auction professionals from the U.S. and across the world. The mission of the NAA is to provide critical resources to auction professionals that will enhance their skills and successes. The NAA's headquarters are in Overland Park, Kan. The association was founded in 1949. To learn more about the auction method of marketing, or to find an auction or NAA auction professional in your area, please visit www.auctioneers.org.


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6A-6.0960: Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: The purpose of the rule development is to include the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation as an entity to receive a list of organizations determined to be eligible by the Department to be listed as a nonprofit scholarship-funding organization for participation in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program. The effect is consistency with changes made in Chapter 2010-24, Laws of Florida by the 2010 Legislature.
SUBJECT AREA TO BE ADDRESSED: Reporting of nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations eligible for participation in the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship Program.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 1002.395(9)(i), (13)(d) FS.
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Governor Compares New State Superintendent To Nick Saban
by Larry Lee | Sep 24, 2016 | General Education News | 1 comment
So we all know that politicians take liberty with facts and truth (Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump being great examples) but when Governor Robert Bentley told a meeting of Manufacture Alabama that hiring Michael Sentance to be state school chief is, "like hiring
Saban" he managed to trump Trump in outlandish statements.
Of course he was referring to University of Alabama football Coach Nick Saban who most consider the most successful coach in college ranks these days.
No governor, your comparison is nowhere close to being accurate. Coach Saban has been a head football coach five times (Toledo, Michigan State, LSU, Miami Dolphins, Alabama)
Michael Sentance has never headed any state's K-12 education program at any time.
Nick Saban played football in college. Let's say being a player for a college team is the same as being a teacher in a school. Sentance never was a teacher either.
Saban was an assistant coach in both the college and pro ranks. Let's say this is like being a principal or a local school superintendent. Again, Sentance never did either.
Saban has lead college teams to five national championships. Sentance has nothing in his background even remotely comparable.
The governor's fascination with Sentance is that he worked in Massachusetts 15 years ago and that the state now has the top National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) scores in the country. But what about their scores when Sentance worked as Senior Education Advisor to the Governor from 1996-2001?
Eighth grade NAEP scores are available for 1998. At that time, three states outscored Massachusetts in Reading and 37 outranked them in Math. Fourth grade scores are available for 2000. Massachusetts ranked No. Three in Math and No. One in Reading. So the governor is giving him credit for things that happened long after he was gone? Apparently.
(Before being appointed by the governor as Senior Education Advisor, Sentence served for one year in 1995-96 as Secretary of Education. This is a purely policy position with no administrative duties relating to managing state schools. The person who is over schools in Massachusetts is the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education.)
(My comments about Michael Sentance are in no way meant to demean him. He has not mis-represented his background and record. It is what it is. It is the governor and members of our state school board who are doing the mis-representing.)
And the governor's continual harping about NAEP scores is proof positive that he does not understand what education is really all about and the challenges faced by schools in Alabama.
He would benefit from taking a few moments to read this article by Demopolis Superintendent Kyle Kallhoff who explains that education is much more than just a test score.
Juliet Easlick	on September 24, 2016 at 12:00 pm
Thank you for writing this. The governor's comparison is a strategic calculated propaganda targeting people who have not read anything yet on education policy in Alabama.


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Q: Erro:Edge vector must be monotonically non-decreasing My issue is with MCsolutionupdated() function in that I am unable to run it for 20,000+ iterations as I obtain the error "Edge vector must be monotonically non-decreasing.". Sometimes, I even obtain Inf elements (when I do not get this error) for final_matrix which does not make sense either. When I run Nielsennewupdated(casechoice, no_iterations) I am able to run it for as many simulations and I do not ever obtain Inf elements. So, I think there must be a problem with MCsolutionupdated().
function [final_matrix, thresh_strain] = MCsolutionupdated()

no_iterations = input('No. of iterations?:');

thresh_strain = zeros(1,no_iterations*16);

casechoice =input('Enter 1 for 1st Layup and 2 for 2nd layup:');

 J = Nielsennewupdated(casechoice, no_iterations);
 thresh_strain = J;

roundedValues = round(thresh_strain/.0001)*0.0001;
myUniqueValues = unique(roundedValues);
i = numel(myUniqueValues);
nelements  = hist(thresh_strain(:),myUniqueValues);

for i=1:i
    percent(i)  = (nelements(1,i)/numel(thresh_strain))*100;
end

final_matrix = [myUniqueValues' percent'];

% uniqueValues,~,uniqueIndex] = unique(ans);
% frequency = accumarray(uniqueIndex(:),1)./numel(ans);

header = {'Threshold Strain' 'Probability of occurrence'};
xlswrite('results.xlsx', header)
xlswrite('results.xlsx', final_matrix,'A2')

Thanks

A: Your error is on this line (the error message probably even says as much):
nelements  = hist(thresh_strain(:),myUniqueValues);

The problem is that myUniqueValues is not "monotonically non-decreasing." This example produces the same error:
n  = hist(randi(3,[1 10]),[3 2 1]);

which results in
Error using histc
Edge vector must be monotonically non-decreasing.

Error in hist (line 92)
    nn = histc(y,edges,1);

I'm not sure what this is happening as unique is supposed to sort it's output. So I can't replicate your error exactly in R2013b. Perhaps you're running an older version of Matlab. I'd look at what the value of myUniqueValues is.

A: This type of errors is mainly due to the second argument of hist function not being monotonically non-decreasing

A: Change your unique line to:
myUniqueValues = unique(roundedValues,'sorted');

You probably have an old version that does not sort by default, but rather uses "stable" ordering.


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TACKLING TALIBAN TERROR
By Crusader Staff
We are all connected. For some reason, people don't seem to understand this. After 20 years of U.S. engagement in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has kept his promise about withdrawing from that beleaguered nation. The evacuation of all embassy personnel is now complete, and others are attempting to flee Kabul while they still have the opportunity. Biden's goal is to get Americans out and to also protect those individuals who have helped the U.S.
Admittedly, Biden inherited a deal cut by his predecessors, and it is believed that Afghanistan's security forces may not be able to protect the civilians. The Pentagon is sending an additional 1,000 troops to Kabul to help evacuate more people.
Actually, this is a big mess and has been for a long time. This skirmish started as a reaction to what happened regarding 9-11, wherein the U.S. sought what it said were the perpetrators of that debacle in Afghanistan. Al-Qaida is no longer a threat, and Osama bin Laden has been killed, so the only engagement the U.S. would have if it remained would be interactions with the Taliban, which would be a losing proposition.
Some Americans harbor the opinion that Biden's withdrawal from Afghanistan is a botched attempt. This may be true, but there is no easy way out of this mess. We had no viable political partners in Kabul, and the battle is said to be unwinnable because a counterinsurgency will have to generate its own will in order to win. Over the course of 20 years and trillions of dollars, the U.S. has no partners there and our involvement is futile.
The United States served honorably and valiantly in Afghanistan for those years, but the decision to pull out is inevitable due to the need to end a "forever war." The White House has faced significant backlash as GOP leaders criticize the current actions. It's ironic because the initial engagement happened under the GOP administrations. Biden was left with a series of bad options and has decided not to carry this losing situation further.
One of the huge problems is the collateral damage that stands to be endured by Afghani women and girls. The thinking is that they will be in dire straits, especially in the Kabul region, with the pull-out. At press time, the Taliban is advancing and will soon have full control over the region. So far it appears that this will represent a lot of misery to a lot of people, especially to women and girls, who fear being thrown back into the dark ages of oppression by the Taliban.
The Taliban holds all of the cards at this time and this has resulted in a tricky and dangerous situation. President Biden is doing whatever he can to get as many people out as he can without too much damage. Long term, the only leverage the U.S. has in dealing with the Taliban, according to some pundits, is said to be money. It is also thought that the Taliban would seek to have a better profile in the eyes of the world, but the thinking of others is that they don't really care about being perceived as international pariahs.
Basically, President Biden is doing the most prudent thing by pulling out of an area that we had no business being in, in the first place, according to some pundits. As said previously, there is no easy way out.
The biggest danger and loss will be endured by the women who appear helpless in the face of Taliban rule. It's possible that the direction the country takes could be influenced by them, however, because they have the most to lose. As the saying goes, "It's hard to keep 'em down on the farm once they've seen gay Paree." Hopefully, that taste of freedom will serve as a liberating mindset for them that could fuel a freedom movement, though it will certainly not happen without a struggle.
In the meantime, it would be prudent if the Biden administration could figure out a way to help offset the damage that has left its imprint in Afghanistan. We can't just leave the women and girls at the mercy of a formidable oppressive force. A lot of people have lost their lives due to our involvement in that 20-year war, and it stands to reason that we don't want to see a continuation of that situation.
Perhaps a U.S. task force can be created stateside that can work to identify an exit strategy from that troubled region that could address some of the challenges faced by Afghani women and girls. Of course, this would be no easy task, but it warrants an attempt. A Luta Continua!
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Community Events & Newsletter – July 27, 2021 to August 3, 2021
Next Meeting: (Note Date change)
Sunday 8/8/21, 3-4;30 PM. At Bishop Harrison Center.
Agenda: Activating our membership to engage in the final Rte. 81 process: specific actions we can all take now.
Upcoming Meetings:9/12/21, 10/3/21, 10/17/21, 10/31/21, 11/14/21.
Committees will meet on their own for July and August.
Announcements from our Committees:
To sign up for the mailing lists of each of the committees, email your request to the contact person listed.
Indivisible NY24: Contact: Deborah Rose: dcurryrose@gmail.com Our principal focus remains on supporting the democracy reform efforts in Congress: S.1: For the People Act, the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act, etc.
Climate Justice: Contact: Kitty Burns – otiscohills@yahoo.com
SLAT (State/Local Action Team) Contact: Peter McCarthy – pmccar1100@gmail.com Current priority: Rt 81/Community Grid. See below.
Rt. 81 Project Update:
CNY Solidarity Coalition's August 8 meeting will address how to take specific actions to support the community's needs: submitting comments live and online, public forum, letters and phone calls, etc.
On July 18, we heard Lanessa Chaplin of NYCLU present current news on the Rt. 81/Community Grid project.
(watch it Here).
Sign up for alerts from UJTF here: DEIS action alert sign-up form
And save the date: UJTF/NYCLU Press Conference/March for Justice in the Rt. 81 Project
August 14 at Noon; Location TBA
CURRENT INFORMATION ON the Rt. 81/Community Grid PROJECT:
NEW: visual simulation overview of a drive entering the city from the south and then an aerial view of the changes. 5 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wDdDmJYym6g&t=2s
NEW: Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS): dot.ny.gov/i81opportunities,
Individuals may submit comments until September 14, 2021. Responses to substantive comments will be included in the Final Environmental Impact Statement.
FHWA (Federal Highway Administration) and NYSDOT will hold virtual and in-person hearings.
Virtual hearing sessions via Zoom:
Tuesday, August 17, 2021, 11 AM & 5 PM: To submit oral comments, please register here. You will be given a link to the Zoom hearing where you can make a public comment.
In-person hearing sessions:
What: Public hearings and open house (this is newly added)
When: 4 and 6 p.m. for the public hearings. The open house will run from 3:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Where: Oncenter, 800 S. State St., Syracuse
To submit comments, you may submit publicly or dictate to a stenographer. This event will also be live-streamed.
The Oncenter, 800 South State Street, Syracuse
To learn more about the project and the public hearings: https://www.dot.ny.gov/i81opportunities [dot.ny.gov]
And here is a recent presentation from Newhouse at SU with some good history: Revisiting and Revisualizing Syracuse's 15th Ward. http://visualizing81.thenewshouse.com/#story-intro
Articles of the Week:
How America lost its commitment to the right to vote
The Supreme Court isn't even pretending that it's bound by legal texts in its voting rights cases.
The Supreme Court, Justice Elena Kagan lamented in a dissenting opinion earlier this month, "has treated no statute worse" than the Voting Rights Act. Read the article on Vox
The Authoritarian Instincts of Police Unions
They condition their members to see themselves as soldiers at war with the public they are meant to serve, and above the laws they are meant to enforce. Read it in The Atlantic
Black Syracuse Officer Who Went Viral for Working with Neighborhood Kids Was Up for Promotion by His Supervisor. He Says Seven White Officers Have Since Taken 'Extraordinary Steps' to Prevent It. Read the Article in The Atlanta Black Star
Two articles on a disturbing new technology in policing:
https://romesentinel.com/stories/sheriff-unveils-bola-wrap-device-to-restrain-individuals,118087
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7kvxqe/this-high-tech-police-lasso-is-being-condemned-by-mental-health-experts
Republicans' vaccine refusal is about more than just sabotaging Joe Biden
The GOP has a long history of undermining Democratic presidents at precisely the worst moments for the nation. Read it on Salon
One of the Republican Party's go-to strategies to counter a Democratic president's campaign promise to bring the country together is to obstruct everything the president attempts to do, working night and day to keep their people as angry and unhappy as possible so they can call the Democrats a failure for being unable to fulfill their promise. Such a promise is a bit of a sucker's play by the Democrats, to begin with, but it's a natural impulse since Republican administrations so often leave office having put the country through an overwhelming trauma with the nation yearning for healing.
Have you been reading Heather Cox Richardson's Letters from an American?
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EVENTS/ACTIONS CALENDAR.
Climate Change Awareness & Action Call to Action re. Support for Solar Farms in Town of Manlius!
Wed., July 28 at 6:30pm, 301 Brooklea Drive, Fayetteville
The Town of Manlius (which includes the village of Manlius, Minoa and Fayetteville), is looking to set a six month moratorium on new solar projects. There is a public hearing on Wed., July 28 at 6:30pm, 301 Brooklea Drive, Fayetteville to discuss the proposed moratorium.
CCAA, www.climatechange-action.com is looking for residents from the Town of Manlius who would be willing to speak in support of solar farm development. At previous meetings those opposed to solar development have voiced their opposition with the goal of delaying and defeating two proposed new projects. Projects previously approved are also at risk.
Teenagers are also encouraged to participate. Contact Elena Pacheco <elpaccamon@gmail.com> for more information.
Potential speakers should contact Gavin Landless at <gavinvolunteer@protonmail.ch> or Peter Wirth, pwirth2@verizon.netIf you live in the Town of Manlius help us hit our goal of 100 signatures. Please sign our petition at https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/support-for-solar-townofmanlius
Flip the Leg with Pam Hunter, Bill Magnarelli and Al Stirpe!
WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 2021 AT 6 PM EDT – 9 PM EDT
Beer Belly Deli & Pub 510 Westcott St, Syracuse, NY
Event by Flip the County Legislature
Join Onondaga County's Assembly Delegation in a special event with a purpose: Put the Democrats in the Majority in the Onondaga County Legislature!
Live music by: Colin Aberdeen, William Nicholson, and Joe Driscoll
VIP TICKET: $. Onondaga County Democratic Committee Ticket: $50. Sponsor: $250
Rally to Support Democracy Reform
Saturday July 31, 2021. 11AM
InivisibleNY24's weekly #DeadlineForDemocracy action is on for July 31 at 11am on the public sidewalk outside Wegmans Dewitt:
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The Onondaga Nation's Walk for Justice is also that morning, so many of us will be heading downtown to Columbus Circle after we rally for democracy reform:
Every Child Matters: Walk for Justice for Our Ancestors
SATURDAY, JULY 31, 2021 AT 10 AM EDT
Rally at 2 pm with speakers and singers at Columbus Circle
Starting at 10am from the Onondaga Nation, and walking to Columbus Circle.
(Gather at the parking lot at Tsha' hoñnoñ yeñh dahkwa' at)
Please wear orange and bring child's shoes or an item to place on or around the statue
Wear comfortable foot wear, bring water bottles.
Within the last couple of months over 2500 unmarked graves of Indigenous children have been located on the grounds of the Institutions of Genocide aka "Residential schools " throughout Canada and the United States.
We will walk in honor of them and the thousands of survivors who endured unspeakable inhumane treatment by hand of priests, nuns and anyone else who were mandated by the United States Government to "kill the Indian and Save the man ".
The dark untold history of these two countries aren't Isolated from the rest of the world. Every single Indigenous/ Aboriginal person can share the painful truth of what the Catholic church has done to native children for generations.
Donations needed and greatly appreciated
SAVE THE DATES:
NY Independent Redistricting Commission Public Hearings
Aug. 5 and Aug. 9
Last Monday, the NY Independent Redistricting Commission announced a series of 8 virtual public hearings, each focused on a specific region. The hearings begin July 20th and conclude on August 12th; the dates for each region's hearing are below as well as on the IRC website:
Thursday August 5th: North Country/Mohawk Valley regions at 2pm
Monday August 9th: Southern Tier/Central NY regions at 2pm
From https://nyirc.gov/meetings: The Independent Redistricting Commission of New York State is holding a virtual public hearing to solicit input from your community. As the IRC embarks on the process of drawing the future district lines of New York State, feedback and guidance from the residents of New York is of the utmost importance and at the core of the Commission's goal to fairly and equitably redraw Congressional and State Legislature lines.
These hearings are the best opportunity for residents to participate in this process. By submitting your community of interest to the IRC, and presenting it at your local hearing, New Yorkers have the chance to contribute to the redistricting process.It's critical that we get as many NYIC (New York Immigration Coalition) members as possible to testify. If you can help, please contact Kayla at kkelechian@nyic.org
UJTF/NYCLU Press Conference/March for Justice in the Rt. 81 Project
The revised Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) is out, and hearings and comment schedules have been announced. CNY Solidarity Coalition will support this effort. More info to come!
Westcott St. Cultural Festival
Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021 Info here
STAND FOR PALESTINE — expose IDF terrorism, Occupation and apartheid in Gaza and West Bank…
intersection of Erie Blvd E and E Genesee in De Witt…
4:15 to 5 p.m EVERY TUESDAY AND FRIDAY
BRING YOUR OWN JUSTICE OR ANTINUCLEAR, KILLER DRONES etc. SIGN*…
Park St. opposite the Regional Market main entrance… every SATURDAY 9 to 9:45 a.m.
*or use one of ours. (Ann or Ed 315 478-4571 home)
***Social distancing***Legal***No meetings, no obligation, no cost***Easy parking***Rain or shine***
CNY Solidarity Coalition: Today and every day, be sure to follow us online and on social media. Check out our Website and our Instagram. Follow us on Twitter: @CNYSolidarity and @IndivisibleNY24 and Facebook: www.facebook.com/cnysolidarity/ and
Action Alerts – Week of July 26, 2021
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package joseangelpardo.volleyandroidstudyjam;

import android.content.Context;
import android.graphics.Bitmap;
import android.util.LruCache;

import com.android.volley.Request;
import com.android.volley.RequestQueue;
import com.android.volley.toolbox.ImageLoader;
import com.android.volley.toolbox.Volley;

/**
 * Created by josea on 10/11/2015.
 */
public final class MySocialMediaSingleton {
    // Atributos
    private static MySocialMediaSingleton singleton;
    private RequestQueue requestQueue;
    private static Context context;
    private ImageLoader imageLoader;

    private MySocialMediaSingleton(Context context) {
        MySocialMediaSingleton.context = context;
        requestQueue = getRequestQueue();

        imageLoader = new ImageLoader(requestQueue,
                new ImageLoader.ImageCache() {
                    private final LruCache<String, Bitmap>
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                    @Override
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                        return cache.get(url);
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                        cache.put(url, bitmap);
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    public static synchronized MySocialMediaSingleton getInstance(Context context) {
        if (singleton == null) {
            singleton = new MySocialMediaSingleton(context);
        }
        return singleton;
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        if (requestQueue == null) {
            requestQueue = Volley.newRequestQueue(context.getApplicationContext());
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        getRequestQueue().add(req);
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    public ImageLoader getImageLoader() {
        return imageLoader;
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LITTLE ROCK — A move to upgrade the football schedules of Big Ten schools by eliminating Football Championship Subdivision schools has the attention of the athletics director at the University of Central Arkansas.
For one road trip per year to a BCS school from 2012-2014, UCA will bank about $1.2 million, a significant amount for an FCS school. If the Big Ten proceeds with the exclusion and other conferences follow suit, UCA and other FCS schools — formerly Division I-AA — would have to find other revenue streams.
UCA banked $375,000 for playing at Ole Miss last year, said UCA athletics director Brad Teague. This Sept. 7, a trip to Colorado is worth $390,000. In 2014, Texas Tech is paying UCA $425,000.
The Big Ten is moving toward a nine- or 10-game conference schedule, partly to accommodate new members Rutgers and Maryland and maybe others, but also to improve the strength of schedule of conference members. Wisconsin athletics director Barry Alvarez has described the non-conference schedules in the league as ridiculous.
Repeatedly, those involved in the four-team playoff that begins after the 2014 season have said strength of schedule will be a major factor in the selection process. With unbeaten Ohio State ineligible for the BCS standings last year, the Big Ten's highest ranked team was Nebraska — No. 16 before losing to Wisconsin in the conference championship game. The last time a Big Ten team ranked in the top four was in 2007 when Ohio State was No. 1.
Already, the Pac-12 and the Big 12 play nine-game conference schedules and expansion of the Big Ten schedule might prompt the Southeastern Conference to adopt a nine-game league schedule. SEC schedules for 2014 and beyond will be discussed this spring.
This fall, each of the 14 teams in the SEC has an FCS opponent. Arkansas plays FCS member Samford in the second game of the season. Other teams in the Western Division have Western Carolina, Furman, Alcorn, Southeast Missouri, Sam Houston, and Tennessee-Chattanooga.
" … I can assure you as long as one FCS game counts toward bowl eligibility, the majority of coaches in every league will want to play FCS contests …," Teague said.
The 2013 schedules back him up. Pac-12 schools have more than a half-dozen games against FCS teams in September and scheduling is similar in the Big 12 where more than half of the 10 teams in the league play FCS schools during the first two weeks of the season.
Sure, Teague said, expansion of conference schedules could squeeze the number of opportunities for FCS schools. "We will just have to see … but the other side of the coin could say that coaches want FCS games, and there are fewer non-conference opportunities due to more conference games, we have to pay FCS schools more," he said. "We are certainly paying attention."
If FCS schools are off-limits for schools in the Big Ten and other major conferences, UCA and other FCS schools might wind up playing teams from mid-major conferences. The going rate for an FCS team to play at at mid-major is $200,000-$300,000.
"I would anticipate these opportunities to become more available as BCS conferences would have fewer non-conference opportunities for these mid-majors," he said. "Games have to be played. So FCS would play guarantee games for fewer dollars yet the gap wouldn't be insurmountable."
Although there is the once-a-decade Appalachian State over Michigan, the FCS schools travel for a check and the FBS schools are in a no-win situation since they are expected to name the score. Arkansas 49, Jacksonville State 24 last year was typical. Five of the other six teams in the Western Division of the SEC scored at least 47 against their FCS opponent. Erratic on offense all year, LSU managed only 38 vs. Towson.


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Q: What are some practical applications of mathematical/formal logic to science and humanities? I am studying a bit of this and so far it seems that, apart from math and computer science, the discipline of Logic is very self facing, with logicians proving things for other logicians. It left me wondering about interdiscipliary work. Specifically, can classical(propositional and first order predicate) and/or non-classical (i.e., fuzzy, intuitionist, relevant etc) logics provide unique insights or analysis in the following domains:

*

*History,

*Law,

*Psychology,

*Engineering?

I know this is a bit broad, just looking for  smattering of concrete examples indexed to these domains.
Thanks

A: I think that Mathematical Logic is not the "foundation" of Mathematics; refer to Y.Manin, A Course in Mathematical Logic for Mathematicians (2nd ed, Springer - 2010; pag.xi) :

Foundational problems are for the most part passed over in silence. Most likely, logic is capable of justifying mathematics to no greater extent than biology is capable of justifying life.

Math Logic is Mathematics : Proof Theory, Model Theory, Computability Theory. But ML is a "strange" branch of Math because it has as his object of study Math itself.
The impressive success of Math is with application (through physics, engineering, economy) to the understanding of the external world.
ML has its application in the study of a particular "human activity" : the mathematician's one and its "products" : mathematical theories.


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Tel-Aviv has burst onto the world stage as a center for forward thinkign electronic music as of late, due in no small part to Red Axes.
After their 2014 debut "Ballad of the Ice," the duo return with their sophomore follow up album "The Beach Goths," due for release via their own Garzen Records. Inspired from unique moments and significant experiences over the past year, Red Axes channeled their world traveling experiences into deep mental inspiration for the 12 track long player.
The album is a diverse affair, equally at home banging out post punk as it is chruning the dancefloor power, all with elements of live drums, jangling guitars, fuzzy synths and an overtly psychedelic exposure, resulting in a truly unique listening experience. Check out a sample cut below and make sure you check the album. Also, if you're in Amsterdam, remember Red Axes (live featuring Abrão ) Curates with DJ Tennis, Barnt, Manfredas, Asaf Samuel, and a very special guest on 6 May at De Marktkantine.