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We're not Wizards, Tabletop and Board Games Podcast
We discuss board games, card games all things Tabletop.We have guest Game Designers and Kickstarter creators. We are many things. But We're Not Wizards
From Cardboard to Shiny Paper - Matt Jarvis - Tabletop Gaming Magazine
Richard is joined by Matt Jarvis, the Editor of Tabletop Gaming Magazine and owner of the cutest cat in a box ever ever.
We delve into Matt's gaming history before talking about what's exciting him about 2017 with the scene and what we can expect to see in the magazine in the next couple of issues.
He's another fan of Eclipse, and apparently has a garage full of Orcs and Hobbits
He was a fantastic guest, we were really grateful he took the time out to speak with us.
As we say at the top of the show, the opinions expressed by Matt are his alone, and not those of Tabletop Gaming Magazine or Warners Group.
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Annual subscriptions to the print mag are £29.99, and you can also get it digitally through the mobile and browser app. You can also buy single issues on the website, or in all good retailers. The latest issue (February) is already out with Evil Dead 2 on the cover - the next magazine, with Dark Souls on the cover and a bumper preview of UK Games Expo, will be released in the first week of April.
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Work in Progress - Let's Go West To The City of Kings (Properly this time) - Frank West
Richard is joined by Frank West, the creator of The City of Kings. A new game scheduled to be hitting Kickstarter in the next couple of months.
You may remember we spoke to Frank towards the end of last year and at that point we managed to talk about pretty much everything. Except the game. (Oops)
The City of Kings is a big box game, filled to the brim with components and ideas and sounds very interesting indeed.
Eclipse - http://www.lautapelit.fi/Eclipse
Terraforming Mars - http://strongholdgames.com/store/board-games/terraforming-mars/
Latest news and for info on the game: http://thecityofkings.com/
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EPISODE IX - The Big Happy Anniversary Show - WITH US BOTH
It's our anniversary and we'll do what we want to. So that means NO INTRO MUSIC AND RICHARD SINGING THE ENDING.
Richard and Colin talk games and games and more games and completely forget to talk about Scythe. Which we promise to do soon.
BUT WE HAVE PLAYED LOADS...!!!
Got These to the Table
Tzolk'in http://czechgames.com/en/tzolkin-the-mayan-calendar/
Victory or Death http://theplasticsoldiercompany.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=163_164&products_id=1264
San Allies https://www.pastgo.net/product-page/sans-alli%C3%A9s
Star Wars Destiny https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/products/star-wars-destiny/
Get These Off the Shelf
Viticulture http://stonemaiergames.com/games/viticulture/
Escape from Colditz https://ospreypublishing.com/escape-from-colditz
Give Them a Kick
Elemenz https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdee/elemenz-the-dice-game-of-battling-alien-shamans
ORE-some https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1707132801/ore-some-a-wild-west-strategy-game-for-families-an
http://www.fileunderwater.net/ File Under Water
http://www.expandeduniverse.online/002 - Expanded Universe
http://www.polyhedroncollider.com/ - Polyhedron Collider
http://www.dontgiveupskeleton.com/
http://www.darkinsight.net/
http://www.monsteroftheweek.cool/ Supernatural
http://rank-everything.com/
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http://littleshopofheroes.co.uk/ Dunfermline Comic Con
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Quick Start on the KickStart FINAL CHAT :'(- SubTerra - Peter Blenkharn - Inside The Box Boardgames
This is our FINAL chat with Peter from Inside The Box Boardgames.
DEMAND THAT WE GET A BEARDED MEEPLE FROM PETER.
Over the next 5 weeks, we'll be having some Quick Starts on the SubTerra campaign. The idea being to allow you to find out what's on the mind of a project creator mid campaign in short sharp episodes.
Peter is happy to answer any questions you have so feel free to direct them through our twitter account.
Otherwise, I hope this will be an interesting short series that will give an insight into what goes through a creator's mind mid campaign.
Subterra Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/itbboardgames/sub-terra-a-cooperative-survival-horror-game-for-1/description
Sub Terra BGG Link - https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/204472/sub-terra/mentions/podcasts
Statecraft BGG Link - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/193500/statecraft-political-card-game
http://itbboardgames.com/
https://www.facebook.com/itbboardgames
https://twitter.com/itbboardgames
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Work in Progress - Nothing More ORE-some than One Free Elephant - Sarah Kennington
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1707132801/ore-some-a-wild-west-strategy-game-for-families-an/description
Richard is joined by Sarah Kennington of One Free Elephant.
Sarah is launching her first Kickstarter Game ORE-some TODAY.
So us nosey parkers decided to have a chat and find out about her history with cardboard, her love of Alchemists and Mythos Tales and why you should keep an eye on Nigel when it comes to Great ones and HP Lovecraft.
She was a fabulous guest and we wish her all the best with her campaign.
Facebook page www.facebook.com/onefreeelephant
Twitter www.twitter.com/onefreeelephant
contact: sarah@onefreeelephant.co.uk
Kickstarter runs from 14/2/17 - 14/3/17
KICKSTARTER LINK https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1707132801/ore-some-a-wild-west-strategy-game-for-families-an/description
Work in Progress - Keep out of the Elemenz you Bad Cat. - Justin Morgan Davies - Bad Cat Games
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdee/elemenz-the-dice-game-of-battling-alien-shamans
Richard spoke to Justin Morgan-Davies, the driving force behind Bad Cat Games who will be bringing his dice rolling, outer space deity fighting game Elemenz to Kickstarter in February.
We have a chat about Eclispe, before talking about boardgames in an educational environment before bringing the main talking point to the floor.
It was throughly interesting chat and we had a lot of fun talking to him and we will be posting the Kickstarter link as soon as we have it.
We would like to thank Justin and wish him all the best for his campaign.
website: www.badcatgames.eu
Facebook: www.facebook.com/badcatgames
Twitter: www.twitter.com/badcatgames
Youtube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCVcMVhaR81XW2j2ql5crIRw
Instagram: www.instagram.com/badcatgames
KICKSTARTER LINK http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/jdee/elemenz-the-dice-game-of-battling-alien-shamans
Friends Of The Show - David Newton - Temp Worker Assassins
PLEASE NOTE THERE ARE SOME AUDIO ISSUES WITH THIS SHOW.
Richard is joined by David Newton who has probably had more shout outs than Bryan Wade and all because of his wonderful card/ worker placement game Temp Worker Assassins.
It seemed fit for us to find out where the inspiration came for the game so David takes us on a journey that involves Dominion all the way through Magic and beyond.
There was an audio issue on David's side that we have done our best with and we hope it doesn't detract too much from the show.
Website: www.tempworkerassassins.com
Amazon:https://www.amazon.co.uk/David-Newton-Games-Worker-Assassins/dp/B01LZ6JUS6
Twitter: @TWAssassins
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TempWorkerAssassins/
Adam Bolton's Website: http://www.adambolton.co.uk/
Friends of the Show - Come Out of the Cold and DIVE DIVE DIVE! - Andy Benford
Richard is joined by Andy Benford, who after serving in the Navy on various Submarines for twenty one years, took a game idea that he developed originally in the 1970s and worked with Osprey Games to make it a reality in the form of They Come Unseen.
It's a rare thing indeed that a designer takes their real world experiences and places it into their boardgame. Andy's story is fascinating from the very beginning from the original idea to the final product. He was a total delightful guest and we loved having him on the show.
https://ospreypublishing.com/they-come-unseen
https://www.facebook.com/theycomeunseen/
https://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/177725/they-come-unseen
www.twitter.com/TheyComeUnseen
www.twitter.com/Perisher80
theycomeunseen@gmail.com
Quick Start on the KickStart PART 4- SubTerra - Peter Blenkharn - Inside The Box Boardgames
This is our fourth chat with Peter from Inside The Box Boardgames.
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La neuroendocrinologia è la branca della biologia (in particolare della fisiologia) che studia l'interazione tra il sistema nervoso e il sistema endocrino, cioè come il cervello regola l'attività ormonale nel corpo. I sistemi nervoso ed endocrino spesso agiscono insieme in un processo chiamato integrazione neuroendocrina, per regolare i processi fisiologici del corpo umano. La neuroendocrinologia è nata dalla scoperta che il cervello, in particolare l'ipotalamo, controlla la secrezione degli ormoni dell'ipofisi e si è successivamente espansa per studiare numerose interconnessioni tra sistema endocrino e nervoso.

Il sistema neuroendocrino controlla, attraverso l'ipotalamo, l'omeostasi, regola la riproduzione, il metabolismo, il comportamento di assunzione del cibo e dei liquidi, l'utilizzo dell'energia, l'osmolarità e la pressione sanguigna.

Sistema neuroendocrino

Principali sistemi neuroendocrini

 Asse ipotalamo-ipofisi-surrene (asse HPA)
 Asse ipotalamo-ipofisi-tiroide (asse HPT)
 Asse ipotalamo-ipofisi-gonadi (asse HPG)
 Sistema ipotalamo-neuroipofisario

Ipotalamo
Il sistema endocrino è costituito da numerose ghiandole in tutto il corpo che producono e secernono ormoni di diversa struttura chimica, inclusi peptidi, steroidi e neuroammine. In generale, gli ormoni regolano molti processi fisiologici.

L'ossitocina e la vasopressina (chiamato anche ormone antidiuretico), i due ormoni neuroipofisari dell'ipofisi posteriore (o neuroipofisi), vengono secreti dalle terminazioni nervose delle cellule neurosecretorie magnocellulari ipotalamiche nella circolazione sistemica. I corpi cellulari dei neuroni secernenti ossitocina e vasopressina sono localizzati nel nucleo paraventricolare e nucleo sopraottico, rispettivamente, e l'attività elettrica di questi neuroni è regolata da input sinaptici afferenti da altre regioni del cervello. Al contrario, gli ormoni della ipofisi anteriore (o adenoipofisi) sono secreti da cellule endocrine che, nei mammiferi, non sono direttamente innervate, ma la secrezione di questi ormoni (ormone adrenocorticotropo, ACTH ormone luteinizzante LH, ormone follicolo-stimolante FSH, ormone tiroide stimolante TSH, prolattina e ormone della crescita GH) rimane sotto il controllo dell'ipotalamo. L'ipotalamo controlla l'ipofisi anteriore tramite fattori di rilascio e fattori di inibizione del rilascio; queste sono sostanze veicolate attraverso il flusso sanguigno rilasciate dai neuroni ipotalamici nei capillari dell'eminenza mediana (una porzione del peduncolo che unisce l'ipofisi all'ipotalamo). Questi vasi, i vasi portali ipotalamo-ipofisari, trasportano i fattori ipotalamici all'ipofisi anteriore, dove si legano a recettori specifici sulla superficie delle cellule produttrici di ormoni.

Ad esempio, la secrezione dell'ormone della crescita è controllata da due sistemi neuroendocrini: i neuroni che producono l'ormone di rilascio dell'ormone della crescita (GHRH) e i neuroni che producono somatostatina, che stimolano e inibiscono rispettivamente la secrezione di . I neuroni a GHRH si trovano nel nucleo arcuato dell'ipotalamo, mentre le cellule a somatostatina coinvolte nella regolazione dell'ormone della crescita si trovano nel nucleo periventricolare. Questi due sistemi neuronali proiettano gli assoni verso l'eminenza mediana, dove rilasciano i loro peptidi nei vasi sanguigni portali per il trasporto all'ipofisi anteriore.

I sistemi neuroendocrini controllano tutti gli aspetti della riproduzione dalla formazione della coppia al comportamento sessuale. Controllano la spermatogenesi e il ciclo ovarico, il parto, l'allattamento e il comportamento materno. Controllano la risposta del corpo allo stress e alle infezioni. Regolano il metabolismo del corpo, influenzano l'assunzione di cibo e liquidi e influenzano il modo in cui viene utilizzato l'apporto energetico, cioè il modo in cui i grassi vengono metabolizzati. Influenzano e regolano l'umore, l'omeostasi dei liquidi corporei e degli elettroliti e la pressione sanguigna.

Ipofisi
La ghiandola pituitaria è divisa in due sezioni: l'ipofisi anteriore e l'ipofisi posteriore. L'ipotalamo controlla la secrezione degli ormoni dell'ipofisi anteriore inviando "releasing hormones" (o fattori di rilascio) attraverso il sistema portale ipotalamo-ipofisario. Ad esempio, l'ormone di rilascio della tireotropina (TRH) stimola la secrezione dell'ormone stimolante la tiroide (TSH) da parte dell'ipofisi anteriore.

L'ipofisi posteriore è innervata dall'ipotalamo; gli ormoni ossitocina e vasopressina sono sintetizzati dalle cellule neuroendocrine nell'ipotalamo e immagazzinati alla terminazione dei neuriti nell'ipofisi posteriore. Sono secreti direttamente nella circolazione sistemica dai neuroni ipotalamici.

Storia
Ernst e Berta Scharrer, dell'Università di Monaco dell'Albert Einstein College of Medicine sono accreditati come co-fondatori del campo della neuroendocrinologia con le loro prime osservazioni e proposte nel 1945 sulla neurosecrezione.

Geoffrey Harris è considerato da molti il "padre" della neuroendocrinologia. Harris, professore di anatomia del Dr. Lee all'Università di Oxford, ha dimostrato che l'ipofisi anteriore dei mammiferi è regolata dagli ormoni secreti dai neuroni ipotalamici nella circolazione portale ipotalamo-ipofisaria. Al contrario, gli ormoni della ipofisi posteriore vengono secreti nella circolazione sistemica direttamente dalle terminazioni nervose dei neuroni ipotalamici. Questo lavoro fondamentale è stato svolto in collaborazione con Dora Jacobsohn dell'Università di Lund.

I primi di questi fattori che sono stati identificati sono l'ormone di rilascio della tirotropina (TRH) e l'ormone di rilascio della gonadotropina (GnRH). TRH è un piccolo tri-peptide che stimola la secrezione del TSH; Il GnRH (chiamato anche ormone di rilascio dell'ormone luteinizzante) stimola la secrezione dell'ormone luteinizzante e dell'ormone follicolo-stimolante.

Roger Guillemin, uno studente di medicina della Faculté de Médecine di Lione, e Andrew W. Schally dell'Università di Tulane hanno isolato questi fattori dall'ipotalamo di pecore e maiali, e poi hanno identificato le loro strutture. Guillemin e Schally sono stati insigniti del Premio Nobel per la Fisiologia e la Medicina nel 1977 per i loro contributi alla comprensione della "produzione di ormoni peptidici del cervello".

Nel 1952, Andor Szentivanyi, dell'Università della Florida del sud, e Geza Filipp scrissero il primo documento di ricerca al mondo che mostra come il controllo neurale dell'immunità avvenga attraverso l'ipotalamo.

La neuroendocrinologia oggi
Oggi, la neuroendocrinologia abbraccia un'ampia gamma di argomenti che derivano direttamente o indirettamente dall'azione dei neuroni neuroendocrini. I neuroni neuroendocrini controllano le gonadi, i cui steroidi, a loro volta, influenzano il cervello, così come i corticosteroidi secreti dalla ghiandola surrenale sotto l'influenza dell'ormone adrenocorticotropo. Lo studio di questi feedback è diventato ll campo di studio dei neuroendocrinologi. I peptidi secreti dai neuroni neuroendocrini ipotalamici nel sangue si sono rivelati rilasciati anche nel cervello e le azioni centrali sembravano spesso completare le azioni periferiche. Quindi la comprensione di queste azioni centrali è diventata anche competenza dei neuroendocrinologi, a volte anche quando questi peptidi sono secreti in parti del cervello abbastanza diverse che sembravano svolgere funzioni non correlate alla regolazione endocrina. I neuroni neuroendocrini sono stati scoperti nel sistema nervoso periferico, regolando, ad esempio, la digestione. Le cellule della midollare surrenale che rilasciano adrenalina e noradrenalina hanno dimostrato di possedere proprietà intermedie tra cellule endocrine e neuroni e si sono rivelate eccezionali sistemi modello per esempio per lo studio dei meccanismi molecolari dell'esocitosi. E anche questi sono diventati, per estensione, sistemi neuroendocrini.

I sistemi neuroendocrini sono stati importanti per la nostra comprensione di molti principi di base in neuroscienza e fisiologia, ad esempio, la nostra comprensione dell'accoppiamento stimolo-secrezione. Le origini e il significato del patterning nella secrezione neuroendocrina sono ancora oggi temi dominanti nella neuroendocrinologia.

La neuroendocrinologia è anche utilizzata come parte integrante della comprensione e del trattamento dei disturbi neurobiologici del cervello. Un esempio è l'aumento del trattamento dei sintomi dell'umore con l'ormone tiroideo. Un altro è la scoperta di un problema di transtiretina (trasporto della tiroxina) nel liquido cerebrospinale di alcuni pazienti con diagnosi di schizofrenia.

Note

Bibliografia

Voci correlate
 Tumore neuroendocrino
 Neuroscienze

Endocrinologia
Neuroscienze
Ipotalamo

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Q: python telegram bot совет Прошу совета сообщества с таким вопросом.
Есть задача написать Телеграмм бота на python.
Он должен выводить заранее заготовленные сообщения из базы\файла при вводе определенных фраз (с этими этапами все понятно)
Вопрос в том каким образом обойти проблему если пользователь напишет слово касса, кассу, кассы, кассой и по разному засклоняем слово или вообще ошибется в написании?
Не хотелось бы смотреть в сторону машинного обучения и тяжелых алгоритмов.
Можно ли обойтись решением попроще?
Заранее благодарю, за любые советы!

A: Накидал пример токенизации слов, нормализации и исправления опечаток:

*

*Для токенизации и нормализации используется сторонний модуль pymorphy2

*Для исправления опечаток используется встроенные модуль difflib
** Суть в сравнении двух слов на схожесть и при определенном значении коэффициента (подобрал опытным путем), два слова считаем достаточно похожими
** И возвращаем то слово, что наиболее похоже

Пример:
from typing import Optional, List
from difflib import SequenceMatcher

# pip install pymorphy2
import pymorphy2
from pymorphy2.tokenizers import simple_word_tokenize

morph = pymorphy2.MorphAnalyzer()

def get_tokens(text: str) -> List[pymorphy2.analyzer.Parse]:
    return [morph.parse(word)[0] for word in simple_word_tokenize(text)]

ALL_WORDS = ['замена', 'заменить', 'касса']

def fix_command(word: str) -> Optional[str]:
    rations = [
        (word2, SequenceMatcher(None, word, word2).ratio())
        for word2 in ALL_WORDS
    ]
    rations = [(word, ratio) for word, ratio in rations if ratio >= 0.7]
    if not rations:
        return

    return max(rations, key=lambda x: x[1])[0]

commands = [
    'замена кассы',
    'заменить кассs',
    'замени кассу',
]
for command in commands:
    words = get_tokens(command)
    norm_words = [fix_command(word.normal_form) for word in words]
    print(command, norm_words)

Результат:
замена кассы ['замена', 'касса']
заменить кассs ['заменить', 'касса']
замени кассу ['заменить', 'касса']

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The Rapidian
Place Matters
Late discovery adoptee finds her true self by opening up to past, making connections for future
Adoptees Connect
culture nonprofits
Adoptees Connect ~ Grand Rapids is part of a national movement with chapters across the country and beyond. This is an oasis for all adult adoptees to come and share their version of adoption. Jillian Blair writes about her journey here.
Article writer and adoptee, Jillian Blair /Courtesy of Jillian Blair
Underwriting support from:
Jillian Blair is a late discovery adoptee (LDA). She graduated from Davenport University, and started her career in the petroleum industry, moving later into HVAC.
This successful career has spanned over 30 years. While she thrives in her work life, her heart is at home with her family. In her free time, she enjoys boating, camping, and reading. All things pure Michigan.
Sometime in October of 1966, a woman found herself pregnant under not the best of circumstances. She was on a break from her marriage where she had four other children. Her boss, whom she had been staying with, was not that into her. Soon afterwards, she decided to return home and shares news of a baby. Her family assembles at the hospital in April,1967, anticipating the birth. However, her husband relays to the family that the baby did not survive. A sad time, one would presume.
The behind- the-scenes story is different, however. This woman, who had met someone at her new job after she'd become pregnant, shared her story with her coworker. Her coworker, who had recently lost a baby with her second husband, and with whom she was yet to have a child, became her sounding board. They collectively decided the baby would be "transferred" from the pregnant woman's family to her coworker's family after birth. This transfer was to stay a forever secret from everyone, including the child.
While these women's stories have many more twists, I'll leave them for another day. I'll tell you my story now.
I'm the baby. And I'm the adoptee that grew up wondering why her mother didn't like her. I was, however, very close to my dad. But I had to be exceptional for Mom to be anything this side of tolerating.
I had cousins that were adopted. We talked about that often, all the while my parents sat in silence about me. That is until Mom, after being upset by my sneaking to see a boy at age 16, decided to tell me in a fit of rage that "You are just like your REAL mother."
Now, she was always good at finding words that cut like a knife, so I wasn't sure if I should believe her. Was this just her dreaming that she didn't give birth to what she felt was such a disappointing, incapable, unworthy and ungrateful child? After prodding at my sister and grandmother, the truth was exposed. I should have known by the paleness of my father's face and anger towards her when she said it.
A life of feeling like an outsider and never feeling liked enough, loved enough, just never ENOUGH.
It's a common story among adoptees. At first, I found myself telling people my story and saying that I was fine. I was on purpose where many others may have been accidents. While that may have been true, it was always in my head that they were kept, cared for and loved accidents. I was a cast away.
My life took many turns. I made MANY mistakes, including marrying at a young age. I was always seeking commitment from others. I would often test relationships, all types of relationships. Did they truly care? Would they stay no matter what? I believed deep down that everyone would leave. It was sometimes easier to screw it up just to get it over with sooner. It would hurt less that way.
I developed a strong shield. I wore an invisible cloak of armor that no one could penetrate. It was easier to have relationships with people who truly weren't available to be in a relationship.
I threw myself into work, losing all sight of boundaries between work and life. It was always easier to play a role than risk getting to know someone new and have them see through me. Being at work required professionalism which required distance. And I have always lived inside of my own mind. All of this while feeling very alone, even when surrounded by loved ones.
My story is much deeper and longer but as I've become a bit older, I realized that I wasn't okay with it. Any of it. Some say that is called "coming out of the fog". I wanted to share with those close to me but when I would, my friends, who love me and want me to be okay, would tell me that either it was in the past or mention how far I'd come. Some would talk about the wonderful relationship that I've formed with my own daughter.
Some, knowing the whole story would tell me how lucky I was to be adopted. That statement is the kiss of death with many adoptees. Even if it could have been worse, I assure you that feeling lost and empty as a result of wondering who you are, who you look like, and why you do what you do never feels like luck. The point is, no one understood.
And no one can unless they too are an adoptee. I decided to search on Facebook. They have groups for everything, right? And this would provide anonymity. Wow, what could be better for an introvert wearing an extrovert's clothes? Jackpot, I found online support! It was nice to share and listen to these people talk about things that I had thought were exclusive to my situation.
Then one day a meeting notice, a new group was being formed in MY area! Wow, this could be great. But then I realized, this would be in person, face to face. Could I do that? Would I be able to share my awfulness with strangers?
Well, I marked the date on the calendar and with nervous anticipation I attended that first Adoptees Connect meeting in Grand Rapids, Michigan. In one night, I felt like my life changed. There were people there who had similar stories, similar feelings, similar experiences to mine. They talked, shared, cried, and showed the gamut of emotions. In this group of people, I have found my tribe. They get me. They don't ask why I do what I do, why I tolerate people being less than I deserve, why I shut down or disappear sometimes. They get it. They do these things too. I can share, I can listen, I can be me.
I have a long way to go in my journey of self-acceptance and forgiveness but I now have the tools to get me there.
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Early funding from the School enabled the University of Manchester to rapidly develop their work on multimorbidity, and to establish their reputation in this area. In particular a number of publications have contrinuted to evidence and guidance reported in health policy documents, such as Bower et al., (2011) in the systematic review for NICE Guidelines for Multimorbidity: clinical assessment and management (NG56)[1].
Roberts et al., (2012) in The Australian Health Policy Collaboration document 'Beyond the fragments: preventing the costs and consequences of chronic physical and mental diseases'[2]; and Blakemore et al., (2014) in the NICE 'Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in over 16s: diagnosis and management' guidance. [3]
School funding also led to the generation of external funding income:
The Multimorbidity programme of the National Institute for Health Research Greater Manchester Primary Care Patient Safety Translational Research Centre (NIHR GM PSTRC)(Daker-White et al., 2014).
The 'Collaborative Interventions for Circulation and Depression (COINCIDE) trial', funded by the Greater Manchester (GM) Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care (CLAHRC). The trial found that collaborative care incorporating brief low intensity psychological therapy in partnership with practice nurses in primary care can reduce depression and improve self-management of chronic disease in people with mental and physical multimorbidity.
The 'Comprehensive Longitudinal Assessment of Salford Integrated Care (CLASSIC): a study of the implementation and effectiveness of a new model of care for long-term conditions' funded by the NIHR Health Services and Delivery Research (HSDR) Programme. This study is designed to evaluate the ability of the Salford Integrated Care Programme (SICP) to deliver improvements in experience, health outcomes and cost effectiveness in older patients. This research also led to the University of Bristol's NIHR HSDR award for 'Improving the management of patients with multimorbidity in general practice (3D) Trial'.
Equally, early School funding for recruitment research supported the Medical Research Council (MRC) Methodology Research Programme (MRP) 'Systematic Techniques for Assessing Recruitment to Trials (START)' which is a programme of research designed to test recruitment interventions. In turn this has led to a NIHR Doctoral Research Fellowship, NIHR HSDR 'TRials Engagement in Children and Adolescents (TRECA) study, and supporting the University of Manchester's membership of the North West Hub for Trials Methodology Research.
[1] https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/ng56/evidence/appendices-aq-pdf-2615543104
[2] https://www.vu.edu.au/sites/default/files/AHPC/pdfs/beyond-the-fragments.pdf
[3] https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg101/evidence


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The Tourist's Guide to Antisemitism
by Mindy Schwartz
"You're not a member of a minority group in America — you're white."
"You should let others take the lead in the fight against white supremacy — their pain is worse than yours."
"You can't be victims of racism — Judaism isn't a race."
American Jews hear these words frequently, but unfortunately we know they aren't true, though we certainly wish they were. Recent events have shown these words to be mere platitudes, repeated by people who don't know or understand or who refuse to acknowledge the lessons of history. Hate crimes against Jews are on the rise in the United States. We have seen synagogues vandalized and people beaten in Los Angeles and New York, just because they were Jewish, and the Department of Justice states that 63% of religious hate crimes in 2019 were acts of antisemitism.
Of course, this is not a new problem in the United States. During World War II Jewish refugees seeking asylum boarded ships bound for the U.S. but they were turned away because of antisemitic immigration policies. More recently, in 2018 an antisemitic white nationalist murdered 11 Jews at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and in 2019 a domestic terrorist killed a woman at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in California. World history teaches us that for thousands of years Jews have been targeted for discrimination and violence.
When my husband and I travel we always make it a point to explore the history of our Jewish ancestors. For us that means visiting synagogues, historical Jewish sites and Jewish museums. What we have found on these excursions has often been disturbing. Here's some of what we learned …
During a visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome, we found the building surrounded by armed carabinieri, or Italian police. This historic synagogue is always guarded; it was the target of a terrorist attack in 1982 in which two men sprayed rounds of bullets, killing a 2-year-old and injuring another 34 people. Such measures are not unusual in Italy. On a later visit to Milan we had to make reservations, show ID and pass through a metal detector to enter a synagogue. Milan's Jews were exiled in 1597, not to return until the early 1800s.
We also learned that Rome has had a Jewish presence dating back to 200 B.C., long before the diaspora (the dispersion of Jews outside of their historic homeland) sent them traveling around the known world looking for a home. In 1555 a Papal bull ordered all Roman Jews to reside in a crowded ghetto, surrounded by walls the Jewish community was forced to fund, and revoked all the rights of the Jewish community. Since Jews were only permitted one synagogue in the ghetto, the five existing temples, which followed different cultural traditions, merged into one. Further prohibitions against Jews included being forbidden to own property and being restricted to professions in the rag trade, except for a few trained doctors who were not permitted to treat Christians. Such discrimination continued until Rome became part of Italy in 1870. Italy initially refused to round up Jews during World War II, but the Italian Jews became victims of the Nazis when Germany occupied Italy in 1943.
Venice's ghetto, highlighted in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," had certain commonalities, like being locked behind walls every night and restrictions on profession. We walked the streets of Venice's historic Jewish section with a guide who gave us an understanding of how Jews lived in this city of canals. Venice's ghetto was established in 1516, and the two bridges connecting it to the rest of the city were guarded at night. The word "ghetto" actually originated in Venice and meant the "section of the city where Jews are forced to live." Jews had to wear yellow badges or hats and were locked in behind the walls every night. Venetian laws restricted Jews from certain occupations, like manufacturing, while their success as doctors, merchants and bankers resulted in increased prejudice against them, especially since moneylenders played a key role in the Venetian economy.
On a trip to France we discovered that the history of Jews there traces back to the Middle Ages and that persecution came in waves. While Jews were emancipated during the French Revolution, in 1894, the "Dreyfus Affair" led to another rise in antisemitism. Captain Alfred Dreyfus was an artillery officer of Jewish descent who was unjustly convicted of treason and spent more than a decade in prison, including being deported to the notorious Devil's Island. His innocence was not officially established until 1906.
The Nazis invaded France in 1940, and by October persecution of the Jewish residents began. By the end of World War II, 25% of the Jewish population in France had been killed, mostly in concentration camps. The older people we met in the hotels, shops and restaurants of Paris were lovely, but I couldn't help but wonder if they had been among the cheering crowd when the Nazis marched into the city.
In Spain we learned about the country's long history of discrimination against Jews. The "Massacre of 1391" resulted in the slaughter of thousands of Jews by their neighbors when they refused to convert. In 1478 King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella established the Spanish Inquisition to consolidate their power as the heads of a strictly Catholic nation. In 1492 — the year that Columbus sailed from Spain and found a "new world" — Ferdinand and Isabella issued the Edict of Expulsion which ordered all Jews in Spain to either leave, convert or be executed. The Inquisition remained the law in Spain until 1808, when Napoleon abolished it.
We also took an illuminating tour of Jewish sites in Barcelona including Montjuic (Jewish Mountain), whose name likely comes from the location of the ancient Jewish cemetery. The guide pointed out the outer walls of certain buildings included stones bearing Hebrew writing. During the Inquisition, the tombstones in the Jewish cemetery had been removed and recycled as building materials. While the Inquisition is long over, these walls serve as a permanent reminder of hundreds of years of persecution of Spain's Jewish population. The image of the tombstones in the walls of the city haunts me. The thought that people hated the Jews enough to want to erase them so completely is chilling.
Before Jews were expelled from Spain, or forced into ghettos in Italy, they were subjected to centuries of persecution in England. Jews were not allowed to hold land, and Jewish children could not inherit their parents' money. When a Jew died, his money reverted to the Crown.
The Magna Carta was signed in 1215, but the freedoms granted in that document did not apply to Jews. Instead, 75 years later, King Edward I of England issued an Edict of Expulsion banning Jews from the country. Centuries passed before Oliver Cromwell, in 1656, arranged for Jews to be allowed to return to England and practice their religion. Since then they have been accepted into British society. During a visit to a synagogue in London, followed by lunch at an authentic deli, someone asked my husband if he could take part in a minyan, the traditional group of 10 Jewish men needed for prayers. At the time, it was refreshing to be in a place in Europe where Jews had been safe during the Holocaust, but in recent years, London has seen a terrifying increase in antisemitic actions.
On a visit to Botswana, we took a short side trip to Capetown, South Africa. At a local museum we discovered Jews were among the early settlers when the Dutch East India Company founded this city. During the 1800s a steady flow of Jewish immigrants arrived from Central and Eastern Europe and England. Our group was pleased to view an exhibit at the Jewish museum that showed many Jews were allies in the fight against apartheid. Even Nelson Mandela said, "I have found Jews to be more broad-minded than most whites on the issues of race and politics, perhaps because they themselves have historically been victims of prejudice." Despite these strong words, the fear of antisemitic terrorism meant that we had to show IDs and pass through a metal detector to enter the museum and synagogue.
The Bible tells of the enslavement of Jews in Egypt, and as we have learned on our travels, Jews have been the targets of persecution throughout recorded history. Even in the Middle Ages, though church policy was to protect Jews (because Jesus was Jewish), they were tortured and killed because they were blamed for the Black Plague. At the time there was no understanding of how disease spread, so Jews became scapegoats.
Today, we are facing a rise in antisemitism in the United States and around the world. History has been twisted once again. Some groups have claimed that Jesus wasn't Jewish in an effort to turn Christian groups against Jews, and Jews throughout the diaspora are being blamed for the actions of Israel. When you look at our history, it should come as no surprise that we are frightened. Many of the allies who we marched with against racism and AAPI hate, and for social justice, seem to have turned their backs on us.
I feel blessed to have had the opportunity to travel to so many countries. The people are almost always friendly and welcoming, and I love learning about the history and culture of each place. It saddens me to realize that everywhere we've gone we've found evidence of the persecution of Jews throughout history. Our visits to these historic and often tragic Jewish sites explain why I and my friends in the American Jewish community feel unsafe as we see antisemitism rise in this country. History teaches that even the most civilized countries can swiftly turn into places where Jews are threatened, even by those with whom we have recently been friends.
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Mindy Schwartz
Mindy Schwartz is a blogger, life-long political activist, wife, daughter, dogmom, DemCast USA Content Director and Jew. She is equally proud of all of those roles.
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Hesperia woman, 26, arrested on DUI after pursuit ends in crash
VICTORVILLE, Calif. (VVNG.com) – A 26-year-old Hesperia woman was arrested for DUI after nearly crashing with a sheriff's deputy and leading officers on a pursuit, officials said.
On January 21, 2018, at about 7:43 pm, Deputy C. Olivas with the Victorville Police Department initiated a traffic stop on Amargosa Road, after the driver of a 2014 Buick pulled out of a business and drove on the wrong side of the roadway, nearly colliding with the deputy.
Deputy Olivas made contact with the driver, later identified as Britney Flowers. Smelling a strong odor of alcohol, Olivas asked her to exit the vehicle. Flowers chose not to comply and drove away leading deputies on a pursuit for approximately 4-miles.
"During the pursuit, Flowers failed to yield to red lights, drove at excessive speeds and violated several vehicle codes. As Flowers approached Bear Valley Road, she collided with a guardrail and rear-ended a 2010 Chevrolet. The collision sent Flowers' vehicle down an embankment on the northwest corner of Amargosa Road and Bear Valley Road, where the pursuit ended," sheriff's officials said in a news release.
Flower's car came just a few feet away from striking the El Tio Pepe Restaurant but was stopped by the landscaping of the restaurant near the front door.
Deputies arrested Flowers at the scene and after being checked out at a nearby hospital she was booked at West Valley Detention Center for hit and run causing injuries, driving under the influence of alcohol, and evading a Peace Officer. Flowers is scheduled to appear in Victorville Superior Court on January 23, 2018, and is being held in lieu of $100,000.00.
The driver of the Chevrolet complained of neck pain but refused medical treatment at the scene.
Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact the Victorville Police Department at (760) 241-2911. Callers wishing to remain anonymous are urged to call the We-Tip Hotline at 1-800-78CRIME (27463), or you may leave information on the We-Tip website at www.wetip.com.
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This definitely shouldn't be a meal you have every night but if you are craving something yummy and feel like takeaway this is the perfect meal for you! Everything just works with this dish and you will be glad that you tried it.
Mix lamb mince with fresh herbs, onion and cumin powder.
Shape your lamb mixture into roughly 8cm long sausages. Push your metal skewer over the lamb and shape it around the skewer then place onto a baking tray and refrigerate for around 30 minutes until firm.
Roughly dice your cauliflower into smaller florets and place in your food processor. Blend this until it is the consistency of couscous. Once finished transfer to a larger bowl.
Add all remaining ingredients and mix well with the cauliflower. If you like you can also add some salt and pepper.
Notes: If you leave this for a few hours in the fridge it will allow for the flavours to infuse.
Get two large mixing bowls in one bowl separate and place your egg whites and the other bowl your egg yolks.
In your other mixing bowl whisk your egg yolks and cream cheese together, then add in your Psyllium husk and baking soda.
Line a baking tray with baking paper and then pour the mixture onto the tray spread your mixture out to the size you want (as you can see from our photo we made ours pretty large to make it like a kebab.
Place in the oven for 15-20 minutes on 160 Degrees Celsius – Keep checking the oopsie bread as all ovens are different. You want to pull it out when it is a nice golden brown.
Place yoghurt into a small mixing bowl.
Dice mint leaves until fine and place them with the yoghurt.
Peel cucumber and cut it in half, removing the core. Then finely dice and add it with the remaining ingredients to the yoghurt & thoroughly mix together.
Once you have all the components together, place the oppsie bread down on a plate, spread your tabouli in the center, place your kofta on top of the tabouli, and remove the skewer. Drizzle the Raita Sauce over it all.
Wrap it together and dig in for an awesome feed.
Hope you give this one a try its well worth it, please let us know what you think!


Rose Feeding: Roses are heavy feeders and thrive on frequent but light applications of fertilizer. For a basic fertilizing program, during the regular growing season, from March through October, feed every two weeks with a complete rose fertilizer giving each bush 1/4 to 1/2 cup spread evenly around the bush from the shank to out past the drip line. (I do not recommend one that contains a systemic insecticide). An alternate, more organic method of fertilizing is given below.
MY BASIC FEEDING PLAN — First and foremost make sure your pH is in the desired range (5.7 – 6.5) and adjust if necessary. If the pH is not in the proper range, fertilizers will not be absorbed correctly by the rose bushes. Some elements may be too available, others not available in adequate quanti- ties. My current fertilizer program is based on 10 years of soil reports. The basic program is outlined below. This calls for feeding the roses two times each month – March thru October – and one time each month the rest of the year. The start date is based on the spring pruning date – (below is based on pruning around the end of February/beginning of March).


Enjoy the breathtaking majestic red rock views and create memorable moments that will last a lifetime. The front of the home has magnificent red rock views with all the activity that Sedona has to offer. Sit and relax in the newly remodeled home with new cabinetry, stainless appliances, and luxurious granite counters. There is also new flooring and interior paint. This beautiful home is perfect for family gatherings. Pamper yourself in this immaculate, non-smoking home, minutes to the heart of Sedona's restaurants, art galleries, golfing or hiking in its world famous red rocks. The open concept floor plan makes the living area feel spacious. A fun game of billards is also at your fingertips.
Master bedroom suite: King-sized bed. Includes a flat screen TV and full bath.
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There are 2 memory foam rollaway beds for extra sleeping space.
The home has everything needed for your stay including linens and towels as well as a washer and dryer and 2-car garage. This home is perfect for anyone wanting to escape to the beauty and majesty of Sedona!
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Weather and climate in Sedona is relatively pleasant all year depending upon desired type of vacation adventure. Day time highs are most ideal during spring and autumn when high temperatures range in the low to high 70 degrees F and nighttime temperatures can drop by as much as 25-30 degrees.
High temperatures during the summer months range in the 90s and could reach 100 degrees. But evenings cool quickly and reach low temperatures in the 60s. The Fall months of October and November bring "Spring-Like" highs in the 60s and 70s. It is simply beautiful in Oak Creek Canyon when the golden colors of Autumn arrive. Light dusting of snow can occur during the winter months.


A 32-year-old male presents to the Sydney podiatrist clinic, for a detailed running assessment and footwear recommendation. This patient does not present with any pain or biomechanical problems. He boasts good foot health and has been free from injury for the last 12 months. He reports to the practitioner at Sydney podiatrist that he would like to have a detailed running assessment in order to reduce the likelihood of developing any injuries further down the track. He would also like to discuss with the practitioner, running style and running efficiency. This patient has never seen a podiatrist before but does occasionally visit a massage therapist in order to assist recovery. He pays close attention to calf muscle, quadricep muscle and hamstrings massage. He reports to the practitioner that he takes daily doses of magnesium tablets. He informs the podiatrist that he takes sound advice from the staff at athlete's foot, and is committed to wearing the correct functional running shoes. He has been running wit He informs the podiatrist that he takes sound advice from the staff at athlete's foot, and is committed to wearing the correct functional running shoes.h the Asics gel Kayano for approximately three years. He decided to visit the practitioner at Sydney podiatrist prior to the Canberra Marathon to discuss any biomechanical anomalies.
The practitioner at Sydney podiatrist, Martin Place, prepares the runner for a treadmill assessment whereby his running style would be captured and recorded. The patient was prepared with bisection lines which were placed on his lower limb and foot. This would allow the practitioner to observe pronation, supination, heel lift, foot placement, tibial torsion, lower limb rotation, and other biomechanical factors. The patient was asked to walk, jog, and run at his normal speed while his running style was captured using digital software on an iPad.
The Sydney podiatrist was able to observe significant over pronation bilaterally, through the subtalar joint when running at the patient's usual pace. During walking, pronation was minimal. During over pronation, excessive internal rotation through the tibia could be noted. The patient demonstrated an externally rotated foot position causing lateral heel strike. There was a matching wear pattern on the patient's running shoes, at the lateral side of both heels. The podiatrist explained to the patient that the lateral foot strike creates a pronation moment around the subtalar joint. The podiatrist was also able to observe early heel lift on the right side, which may indicate a short leg. The patient demonstrated a long stride, with a relatively low cadence. He had a heavy heel strike which is also something which increases the pronation moment around the subtalar joint. The practitioner explained to the patient that a heavy heel strike creates a larger ground reaction force, which increases fatigue and also increases the likelihood of injury.
The practitioner at Sydney podiatrist carried out some measurements with the patient lying down. He also carried out some muscle testing and joint range of motion. The calf muscle on the right leg, with the early heel lift, was found to have a more restricted range of motion compared to the left. The patient was advised that he needed to stretch the right calf muscle more diligently, but that further investigation should be carried out in order to determine the cause of the early heel lift. The podiatrist carried out a series of leg length measurement testing with the patient lying prone and supine. A short right leg was suspected, and to this and the patient was referred for a CT scannogram for clarification. The patient was also found to demonstrate extreme tightness in both gluteal muscles, which would tie in with the externally placed foot position during heel strike.
Following the CT scannogram, the patient returned to see the practitioner at the Sydney podiatrist rooms, to discuss the findings. The report concluded that the patient demonstrated a 7 mm shortening of his right tibia.
The practitioner at Sydney podiatrist explained to the patient that a 7 mm short right leg should only be considered a minor concern. Quite often, the body is able to compensate for up to 8 mm without the patient reporting a problem. It was likely though, that the increased stiffness through the right calf muscle was a result of this leg length discrepancy. The patient was advised to be mindful of his short right leg, and to work diligently on the calf range through the right lower leg. He was advised that he could be issued with a two or 3 mm heel lift to place inside his shoe if he developed symptoms. Symptoms could arise in the lower leg, knee, hip or lower back. The sports podiatrist demonstrated and the patient followed, calf stretching techniques. The patient was advised that his running shoes were appropriate and that there was no need to change the make and model of shoe. The podiatrist also demonstrated gluteal stretches.
The practitioner at Sydney podiatrist discussed running style with the patient in order to improve efficiency and reduce fatigue / injury. He was advised to shorten his stride and therefore increase his cadence. This would reduce the ground reaction force and remove his heavy heel strike, which can be seen as applying the brakes. By shortening his stride, he would naturally develop more of a midfoot strike. The podiatrist also suggested that the patient be mindful of his externally rotated foot position. He would be able to reduce the amount of pronation if his feet pointed closer to 12 o'clock when making contact with the ground.
The Sydney podiatrist advised the patient in summary that he would be fine to continue as a runner and would be less likely to develop injuries if he followed the stretching program and running style advice. He was informed that some patients with over pronation resort to the use of a prescription orthotic, but at this stage this would not be necessary. The podiatrist advised the patient to return the clinic if he needed further advice on running style or if he felt that he was developing an acute or chronic condition, relating to his biomechanical anomalies.
Please note that the information contained in this article is not general advice but is specific to one particular patient at the Sydney podiatrist clinic, Martin Place.


Best advice to new authors: Learn to think like a MARKETER!
For the next 8 days, we'll be taking a little detour from the traditional marketing posts you've come to know and love on the Marcie Brock blog as I lead by example and follow my own writing prompts for the Author Blog Challenge.
About 9 years ago, I met a man to whom I owe a huge debt of gratitude for the success I've had in my business. I don't even recall how we met, but he took an interest in me and took me under his eccentric wing to teach me everything he knew about marketing – which was considerable. He'd made a name for himself in the tech industry, building and selling a few companies from his base in Cincinnati, Ohio.
When he and his then-fiancée decided to move to Phoenix, he did his research. He jumped online and began exploring all the science, technology, and marketing groups and organizations in the Valley. He was looking, specifically, at their officers and boards of directors, paying particular note to the names that reappeared across multiple organizations. Those, he figured, were the people he'd most like to get to know once he moved here. So he called them up and set up meetings with them the week he arrived. Guess what? Instant network! Sure, he still had to do the happy hours and rubber-chicken lunches, too – but he arrived already "knowing" a few key players in his field. Smart guy? You bet.
And when it came to marketing, he was equally sharp. I used to tell people this guy could take a blank sheet of paper and see 27 marketing opportunities in it, where all I saw was a blank sheet of paper. The thing is, he had trained himself to think like a marketer. Eventually, after hanging out with him for a while, spending 3 days a week with my rock-star personal trainer, and joining a business development group called Shared Vision Network, I began to learn to think like a marketer, too.
I even borrowed a tagline to that effect from James Malinchak, a prolific (and profitable) speaker on the college circuit. When people ask for my USP or what makes me different from all the other editors and self-publishing consultants out there, I tell them that I specialize in teaching my authors to think like marketers.
And that's the best advice I can offer any author – either a newbie or one who's been around for a while but is not selling as many books as they'd like.
LEARN TO THINK LIKE A MARKETER.
When I started this blog, I did a number of pieces about mindset – because if we're to succeed at any venture, the most important thing is having a success mindset. So first we've got to give ourselves permission to market our books! Then, we have to embrace marketing and study it like a scientist in a lab.
That means watching the TV ads instead of flipping past them. It means engaging the phone solicitors and door-to-door folks who still go around the neighborhoods. It means noticing Internet ads and listening to radio ads and reading the ads in magazines and newspapers. It means tuning in to the marketing messages that surround us daily, instead of tuning them out.
The reason for this is very simple: you will only become good at marketing when you become well-versed at it and know what works and what doesn't work.
Ask my husband what a critic I am of TV commercials. But I'm an equal-opportunity critic: I will cheer a great ad as quickly as I boo a bad one. I saw a great print ad in a magazine during my accidental computer hiatus a couple weeks ago and made him stop what he was doing to listen while I read it to him. "So do you want me to go get you some mayonnaise now?" he asked at the end of it.
The good and bad news is that once you learn to think like a marketer, your marketer's brain is always going. Sometimes you've got remind yourself to simply be in a situation, without sizing up the marketing potential for your community theatre group or the PTA at your kids' school.
How good are you at thinking like a marketer?
Do you see the natural product or industry tie-ins for your book? Are you making a list of the groups and organizations that might be a natural fit? How about the holidays – are you paying attention to which seasons or specific holidays might lend themselves to special book promotions or contests?
Please understand, however, that thinking like a marketer does not give you carte-blanche to be that guy or that gal who does the Business Card Shuffle at networking events or tries to ply their book at every turn. If the opportunity arises, certainly you will mention your book. But you won't go out of your way to create artificial (i.e., obnoxious) reasons to bring it up in every conversation.
Learn to think like a marketer. If you're not there yet, have no fear. Go back and read Marcie's blog from the beginning (OK, skip the ones that just aren't for you … but I guarantee that it's all quite scintillating material)! And begin paying attention. Notice when ads speak to you. What about them catches your attention? Pay attention to the products you purchase. Do you know why you buy the things you buy at the grocery store or why you purchase a particular brand of gasoline (petrol for you UK types) or clothing? Which blog headlines grab you? What do they have that others don't? Which websites do you visit? Look for product placement in TV shows and movies. Ask yourselves how those products got there and let your mind wander to the ways you could create tie-ins for your book.
Book marketing is not rocket science. It requires creativity, patience, and a willingness to dive in. What are you waiting for?
No matter what we do for a living, if we have any sort of balance in our lives, we cannot be that person 100 percent of the time, living around the clock in whatever role we've adopted. Sure, we probably perform certain roles like wife and mother 24/7, but I'm talking more about professional roles, like banker, personal shopper, chef. This includes the role of Book Marketing Maven.
Creativity is making, inventing, or designing something – or seeing the old in a new way.
Creativity requires openness and the ability to tune into your intuition. It requires that you let go of pre-conceived ideas.
Creativity must be infused with joy, delight, bliss, happiness – emotions that happen naturally as a result of our well-being, success, or good fortune.
Creativity is about viewing world through a prism of possibilities. Sometimes, though, even the most creative among us just need some down time to rest, relax, and reboot. Or perhaps we've never perceived ourselves as particularly creative.
First, thank your gremlin – for the only way to silence the gremlin is to acknowledge it. Then in no uncertain terms, tell it that just for today you're going to approach things a little differently.
Once you've sated the gremlin – however temporarily – take a look at the list of suggestions below for ways to reboot your dormant or fatigued creative neurons. Try any or all of them. Use them as a jumping off point for your own list of ways to rekindle the childlike creativity that was once so readily accessible.
Personalize your work space, making it colorful and fun. Use plants, pictures, your kids' drawings, vacation souvenirs, etc.
Take a different route home from work tomorrow.
Lie down on the grass and look for shapes in the clouds.
Go browse in a toy store – without the kids.
Watch TV with the volume off and make up your own dialogue.
Read a book or watch a movie from a genre you usually avoid.
Go shopping for cute socks, new earrings, a bright new tie.
Test drive a car just for the fun/experience of it.
Go to a playground and listen to the sound of children's laughter.
Plant sunflowers in your front yard.
Get some crayons and color in a coloring book.
Visit a thrift store or yard sale and, spending no more than $2, buy the first object that inspires you.
Hit the bargain rack at a record store and test out a new kind of music.
Take a walk in your neighborhood and observe something you've never noticed before.
Rearrange the furniture in one room of your house.
Visit a costume shop and try on something outrageous. Bonus points if you rent it and wear it out.
Go to your favorite restaurant and order something you've never ordered before.
Write a letter to yourself using your nondominant hand.
Buy a sketch pad and carry it with you wherever you go. Use it – even if you think you can't draw.
Learn a new language. There are great CDs and programs available at the library.
Buy or build a bird feeder and hang it in your yard. Watch the birds congregate around it.
What do any of these things have to do with marketing your book? Nothing, necessarily. But if they coax a sleepy brain cell or two into stretching enough to consider a new idea, they've done their job. Whatever you do, realize that all of life is a choice. You have a brain, so you are a creative person – and an SBM*, if only a fledgling one.
Enjoy your Sunday creativity reboot. And come Monday, get out there and start thinking like a marketer!
Years ago, I met a gal at a networking group I belonged to who, when asked about her BHAG (big, hairy audacious goal), publicly declared that she intended to be the first Mary Kay distributor to build a million-dollar business. Later in the same meeting, she publicly stated that she fast-forwarded through commercials, had signed up for the Do Not Call List, and pretty much eschewed any attempt by anyone to market to her.
I haven't seen her since then, but I don't have to guess whether she ever reached her goal.
If you're an author who hopes to sell books, it might be a worthwhile exercise to take a personal inventory of your attitude toward salespeople. If you deliberately skip commercials, hate telemarketers with a venom, and reject all attempts to sell or market to you, you may be experiencing Role Rejection – and inadvertently jeopardizing your book sales success.
This is not, however, meant to be an indictment – just an opportunity to reframe your thoughts about sales and marketing. I'll admit that some marketers are devious, and not all salespeople are scrupulous, but no one is suggesting that you ally with those types of folks. I am suggesting that you consider your sales goals for your book and look for ways to see marketing as a positive – perhaps even fun – enterprise. Trust me, if you view it as a chore you hate, you'll be a lot less successful at it.
One thing I enjoy is watching and critiquing TV commercials. Some of them are absolutely fantastic; in other cases, I wonder whether the creative departments at certain ad agencies even watched their commercials before airing them. In either event, though, I am honing my marketing skills by noticing what works, what attracts me, and what makes me cringe.
You can do this too, whether it's with TV ads, radio commercials, banner ads on the Web, or calls from telemarketers. One man Connie recently interviewed for the book she's writing told her, "Those calls certainly don't irritate me, because, at the end of the day, I'm a conversationalist. … So if someone wants to call me and open the door to a conversation, I'm willing to have that conversation with them." What a refreshing way to view a phenomenon most of us see as an irritating intrusion.
We spoke a long time ago about learning to think like a marketer. In order to do that, it might just be time to retire your inner Role Rejecter and instead embrace your marketer within.
Give yourself PERMISSION to market your books.
I know, I know – the title on this post sounds somewhat ridiculous. Why would authors have to give themselves permission to market their own books? The books are THEIR books, aren't they? Who's going to stop them from marketing those books? Aha – now we're getting somewhere. Who IS going to stop you, the author, from marketing your own book? Would you believe me if I told you that YOU are the most likely culprit?
It's all about a little thing my good friend Therese Skelly likes to call mindset. And if you mean to become an SBM* and get really good at marketing your books, you must first master your mindset. This means embracing the role of marketer and salesperson, confident that you have an excellent product (your book) to sell to your very hungry market (your potential readers).
In all my years participating in the Phoenix networking and business development circle, one thing that still amazes me is how difficult it is for many people to promote themselves and their businesses. They just have a huge hesitation to say, "Here's what I do, and you should hire/buy from me because I'm pretty good at it." Unfortunately, many authors struggle from the same challenges.
What's behind this fear of self-promotion? Lots of things, most likely – but the biggest one appears to be a hugely emotional fear of rejection. "What if they don't like my book?" Last post, I encouraged you to develop a thick skin. Now I'm STRONGLY encouraging you to give yourself permission to promote your book. Take a page out of Debbie Allen's playbook and become a shameless self-promoter.
If it's a good book that can help people, you owe it to them to let them know about it. If it's a fictional work that will truly move your readers, don't you think they want the opportunity to read it? Get over your fear, false humility, or whatever is holding you back and get out there to toot your own horn! Because here's the deal – it will be difficult to impossible to get anyone else to promote your book for you or with you if you don't take the lead by passionately promoting it yourself.


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Can MIT's AI Make You Disappear?
The eggheads at MIT's Media Lab are at it again. This time, they have mixed some artificial intelligence with some image editing tech and named the result "Deep Angel." They claim it can make people, animals, and other objects disappear. Let's see what the Deep Angel actually does and decide if it's worth getting excited over it.
What is Deep Angel?
"Deep Angel is an artificial intelligence that erases objects from photographs," says the first sentence on the AI's page. That's it; that's all Deep Angel does. It has the nice feature that enables anyone to link a public Instagram account to Deep Angel. That enables you to "erase" objects from someone else's photos or videos.
I wonder how the owners of those copyright-protected images feel about Deep Angel. Their work is copied, the originals are not manipulated by Deep Angel. They have given the public license to copy their works (for "non-commercial" uses, I suppose) But did they anticipate that large and/or numerous objects including people would be erased from their works? Erasing a living being is a highly emotion-charged act, as Deep Angel can literally show you.
Watch the video embedded in this page. First, a brave and gay flotilla of sailboats wink out of existence on the sun-drenched bay. That's spooky but not very scary. But then a dog vanishes while being petted by its master; many dog lovers will no doubt gasp in angst at that poignant sight. And when cars and people start disappearing, it gets pretty unsettling for even the most pragmatic realist.
"Deep Angel enables you to uncover the aesthetics of absence," the MIT gang says. My brain hurts just trying to uncover the meaning of that sentence. And "What happens when we can remove things from the world around us?" ask the creators of the Deep Angel software.
If you're trying to eliminate an anonymous face from the background of a vacation photo, then fine. But what if the intent is to deceive, or revise history by making someone effectively disappear?
Buddhists and Hinduists will appreciate Deep Angel's dramatic demonstration of reality's impermanence. Both philosophical systems (they are religions only for instructional and motivational purposes) exhort devotees to release their attachments to impermanent objects, animals, and people. In Hinduism's most famous and honored sacred text, the Bhagavad-Gita, the Supreme Personality of Godhood, Krishna, teaches his most ardent devotee, the warrior Arjuna: "He who wherever he goes is attached to no person or place by ties of flesh… take it that such a one has attained Perfection."
What more effective way to practice non-attachment could there be than Deep Angel? Over and over again, one can experience the sudden loss of a closely-held delight; a favorite hat, a pet, a loving spouse, a child or grandchild. Practice makes perfect, does it not?
Christianity holds that the physical world to which we are so attached is as meaningless as dry grass that is cast into a fire. "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?" asks Mark 8:36, rhetorically. Deep Angel can help you see the whole world vanish one piece or class of pieces at a time, while you, the observer, remain unaffected by catastrophe.
Can Deep Angel Help You Fight a Parking Ticket?
But perhaps I've gotten too philosophical here. Deep Angel lets you select the type of object you want to remove from a photo. Some of the options are Person, Cat, Dog, Car, Bicycle, Airplane, Bus, Traffic Light, Fire Hydrant, Parking Meter, Stop Sign, Bird, Horse, Cow, Umbrella, Tie, Frisbee, Baseball Bat, Wine Glass, Fork, Knife, Banana, Hot Dog, Toilet, TV, Cell Phone, and Scissors.
I only wish I had this tool available yesterday, when I was submitting my evidence photos to fight a parking ticket in New York City. I could have removed the parking meter from the photo! Maybe you can think of something you'd like to make disappear, too. But alas, in my testing, the technology does not work nearly as well as shown in the demonstration video. In the first photo below, I asked Deep Angel to remove the umbrella. It did a fair job of recreating the pond in the background, but the poor girl went missing too. And in the second, the little girl survived, but the dog removal looks like it was done with a brown crayon.
From a technological standpoint, Deep Angel is merely an image editing tool in which AI does the tricky work of identifying objects, guessing at what was behind them, and precisely specifying the pixels to be replaced. Or, tracking a virtual object's virtual movements and erasing pixels exactly where they would be if the object was real and really moving. Anyone who has done such editing manually will approve of this time-saving use of AI! But the wonder is not in the tech; it's in absence.
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Can MIT's AI Make You Disappear? (Ask Bob Rankin)
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Van Bodegon
In the usual manner of "The Latest Thing" in the computer world it is too flawed to be useful.
In *1984* George Orwell had an entire building of workers carefully remove proof of the existence of people from present and past. We have arrived.
Roger Whewell
I anticipate that after the excitement has cooled down I'll still be left with telephone poles and wires or their void. So, what good is that.
Richard Alan Dengrove
Forget 1984. A friend of mine who works with photos was told by his boss he wanted someone who was out of favor to disappear from a photo.
Doug W.
I see absolutely no use for this software as applied to videos. And the ability to remove objects (manually) from still photos has been around a long time. I'm not excited!
This would have saved huge amounts of time for the party photo editors in the USSR as they purged formerly important people out of photos as they fell from the grace of the new powerful people.
Remember, this is the group that 1984 and Animal Farm was written about after Orwell recognized their frame of mind.
Mac 'n' Cheese
This time you've made a mountain from a molehill, Bob. It's not philosophical. It's just automated PhotoShopping.
EDITOR'S NOTE: I thought that at first, too. But it's the AI component that enables the software to recognize different types of objects in a photo, and to guess at what was behind them.
One word: Photoshop. It became the first 'Telephone-power wire filter' I could use with my camera. And it works!
My Master worked on both the Alpha and Beta testing, has used it in her work for more than 25 years, and says "There is no group of five people anywhere on Earth who knows everything it can do." I believe her. Ask ANY PS forum how to do a certain task, and there are never less than 5-10 ways to do it.
That tool is already here - and has been. As with many things (software for example) making it 'better' often, usually, makes it worse.
Craig Beard
As much as I enjoy and benefit from your newsletter, I must say that I was surprised to see you make such a sweeping statement as "Christianity holds that the physical world to which we are so attached is as meaningless as dry grass that is cast into a fire." Such a statement regarding Christian belief about the creation is at best simplistic, at worst wrong. I know religion is not the focal point of your articles, but accuracy counts.
Re: "He who wherever he goes is attached to no person or place by ties of flesh… take it that such a one has attained Perfection."
That allows cell phones, doesn't it?
AZPJ
Ahhhh but here's the beauty of technology... the 2.0 version is always better, and 3, and 4. Can't wait to the the Angel 10 version of this!
A better trick is in making things appear.
Profoundly unimpressive...
perhaps, being intelligent by definition, you would see better results by asking it to remove the lady's blouse.
R.S. Elam
I'd have thought that since removing Gary Sinese's legs in "Forest Gump" that this kind of thing would not be so flawed.
Your comment surely made my chuckle!!!
One can get s similar effect with some skill with a "Clone brush" in Paintshop Pro. I don't know if Photoshop has it.....probably.
I'm not concerned, I disappeared a long time ago!
Removing things from photos has been around since the start of photography. For a good history, see the book "Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before PhotoShop" by Mia Fineman. My son has a book on Soviet photographic manipulation. I don't know the title.
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Q: Oauth2 Invalid Grant with doorkeeper When I try to get a resource from my api, I get an invalid grant.
invalid_grant: The provided authorization grant is invalid, expired, revoked, does not match the redirection URI used in the authorization request,or was issued to another client.
what could be the issue?
  require 'sinatra'
  require 'httparty'
  require 'oauth2'

  enable :sessions

  configure do
    set :callback, 'http://localhost:4567/auth/doorkeeper/callback'
    set :app_id, '7cd423ef68bdc938372d8e290475ea5a85feb550004b77481f99ff0dcba133b1'
    set :app_secret, '46bafd07b5a485240d7fdaedbdbac2a675afabe470f5433b13395f8dcff4e473'
  end

  get '/' do
    oauth_client.auth_code.authorize_url(redirect_uri: settings.callback)
  end

  get '/auth/doorkeeper/callback' do
    if params[:code].nil?
      redirect to('/')
    end

    session[:code] = params[:code]

    redirect to('/get_token')
  end

  get '/get_token' do
    access = oauth_client.auth_code.get_token session[:code], :redirect_uri => settings.callback
    # session[:code]
    access.get('/api/v1/me')
  end

  def oauth_client
    @oauth_client ||= OAuth2::Client.new(settings.app_id, settings.app_secret, site: "http://localhost:3000")
  end

A: If the authorization works already for the first time, then suddenly the error appears, it just means that the token has expired or revoked.
When you have received a valid token before and the error re-appears, just go to your Documents folder, remove the .credentials folder (where your previous token resides), then run the application again to receive a new token.


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The Global Legal Hackathon is all set to go and is now signing up any remaining entrants that have not contacted their local 'nodes' yet. The worldwide event will take place over the weekend of the 22 to 24 February and already has a wide range of cities and backers in this its second year.
The nodes that will be holding the hackathon range from locations in Brazil to the USA, and from Singapore to China, and merry England will also be taking part.
Terrar said he wanted to point out the success of last year, which he also helped run the London node for, highlighting the case of one Fraser Matcham, who was in a team focused on a GDPR app last year.
'He has since started Legal Utopia, and is in the process of commercialising the idea from last year, hopefully it will get to market this year. As well as that his company is doing an AI joint venture project with the University of Westminster, and in conjunction with that he has just been made their non-academic Director of Innovation. It is he who has talked the University into being our host this year,' said Terrar, by way of example to show the positive outcomes from the hackathon.
That said, no-one is under any pressure to make something that will go to market. The majority of teams will simply have a lot of fun, learn and share with their peers in the legal/legal tech community and hopefully come away with some new insights into the challenges and opportunities that relate to designing new software applications.
Artificial Lawyer's advice is simple: go with the intention of having fun, if something more comes from this, then that's a bonus.
The other key aspect of the hackathon this year is the GROWL initiative (see story in Artificial Lawyer), which is promoting women in legal tech. Wavelength Law's Morgane Van Ermengem will be leading the initiative for the London node.
If you haven't signed up yet to take part (and there are different ways you can get involved) then check out the main site and then find your nearest node using the handy graphic.
And, if you'd like to know more, you can check out this video with the human dynamo who started the whole thing – David Fisher, the boss of Integra Ledger and the Global Legal Blockchain Consortium.
Helpers – We need volunteers over the weekend of February 22-24 to make it happen and keep everyone happy.
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Which one should be used to get higher numebr of Results in FB?
What effects it will have if we use all three values in FB Pixel and Conversion API?
Thanks