A RALLYING CRY FOR THE LEFT: "DOWN WITH 'CORPORATE FEUDALISM'"
I finally have a "bumper sticker" that offers a better description for the corporate "new world order".
Perhaps it is unfortunate, but the reality is that political agendas must frequently be expressed in slogans. The truth is that the left's positions are more complex, because reality is more complex than the neat slogans and rhetoric of the right. We are not very good at "PR", because we mostly detest the deliberate manipulation of corporate huxters -- including the huxters that have crafted the Republican "message". So we are rightly distrustful of the politics of image and oversimplfication. Which makes it a challenge to come up with a slogan that is accurate, meaningful and short. Nevertheless, I believe I have discovered one.
The central slogan of the right is "less government". The right has literally built an entire political movement out of these two words. Every thing you read from right wing activists is an interpretation of reality through the "lens" of these two words. In fact, this slogan is contradictory, as used by conservatives. Conservatives are the "punishers". They are the believers in military action abroad, and retributive justice at home. They want to increase of the power of the police, not reduce it. "Less government" really means less government for the corporate interests they represent. It means a world where you are controlled, while your corporate boss runs wild.
Those two words -- "less government" -- accomplish what any really effective communication accomplishes. The phrase has levels of sophistication. The least sophisticated conservative activist understands it, and the think-tank academic likewise understands it. The only difference is the level of understanding. It is a phrase that actually has intellectual content, and you can probe its meaning as deeply as you like. In fact, this is the strength of the phrase. It is accessible to abolutely everyone. It is a theme that furnishes the basis for every sort of particular application imaginable. You can literally find "yet another example" to give you something rant about in five minutes.
We on the left have a similarly simple formulation. It is instantly recognizable to anyone who hears it. And the level of understanding of its meaning is as deep as you care to probe. You can delve into the very bowels of historical, economic or socialogical scholarship and see its continued relevance. It doesn't, like so many other slogans, dissolve into meaninglessness upon closer scrutiny. It has power, because while simple it identifies something both complex and real. What is the simple phrase that sums up our opponent, and unites every progressive in common cause against the right?
Corporate feudalism. Variants include industrial feudalism or "neo-feudalism". In fact, it is a new name -- a more accurate name -- for "less government". It enables you to re-define conservatives -- virtually anywhere you go. Whenever you hear the words "less government", it is a simple matter to correct the speaker. "Oh, you mean 'corporate feudalism'".
Because that is exactly what the conservative is talking about. Feudalism -- the original version -- divided control of the land of a nation among a noble elite. A handful of such elites governed as landlords over a peasantry who owned nothing "but their bellies", but worked in service to the lord of the manor. Feudal serfs were "bound to the land" and considered an "appurtenance" to the land, like its streams, timber and minerals. Not unlike today's industrial workforce, they were nothing more than assets to be exploited. "Freedom" was for "freed men" or "gentlemen" as they came to be known. It wasn't -- and isn't -- for serfs.
Today's conservative sees things much the same way. His corporate neo-feudalism is about a new world of "privitized tyranny". He is talking about a world where the government is the agent for private corporate power. The "public good"or "public interest" have no place in this new world of "corporate feudalism". Private ambition, private profit, private fortunes, and of course "pivate property" are the only legitimate concerns of government. Even the uses of the US military have been subverted to the uses of "corporate feudalism". What else is the coming "oil war" but a war to allow the US to distribute the oil wealth of Iraq to private oil companies to exploit for profit? Do you really believe that the US government is going to establish any sort of democracy that doesn't "know its place"? In fact, you can look around the third world and see a consistent pattern. American foreign policy makers talk about "democracy" but what they set up are corporate client states.
Corporate feudalism isn't new at all. Capitalism -- especially before the emergence of soical democracies -- has always had a feudal character. In foreign affairs, we've been propping up governments who see their job as making the world safe for corporations since at least the end of World War II. What are the World Bank and International Monetary Fund but tools of transnational corporations to force sovereign nations to serve the interests of the corporate lords?
Everyone on the left understands these realities. The people in the middle -- those who concern themselves with their own business, and don't pay much attention to the larger political and economic world -- do not. Oh, they have heard complaints of "US imperialism" from time to time, but that phrase creates no understanding, and in fact alienates the American moderate. He hears in that phrase an attack on "America", which he translates into an attack on himself. He accepts the "heroic" view of America in the world, and disbelieves the stories he hears of "American imperialism", because to believe them is to denigrate, in his mind, the character and virtues of the America he was taught to revere.
The phrase "corporate feudalism" solves his problem of understanding. It is a phrase he can understand. It is as simple to comprehend as the old "company store". Many middle Americans who work for corporations are well aware of the feudal hierarchy in place where he works. Many more have the nagging sense that they are little better than serfs. It is also a more substantive description of "American imperialism". "Imperialism" suggests military conquest, but "corporate feudalism" doesn't quite fit that model. "Economic conquest" is more accurate, and its subjugation and oppression is much more subtle.
Not only that, while it was done by "Americans" -- such as they are -- it does not reflect American values, American institutions or American freedom. Corporate feudalism is decidedly "unAmerican", and is a gross departure from American values. It represents the seizure of American government to serve a new purpose -- the promotion of corporate wealth and power. Opposing this corrosive new form of "privitized tyranny" is not "unAmerican". Neither is publicizing the abuses of the corporate lords around the world in Guatemala, Chile, Brazil, Iran or Vietnam. America didn't do those things. You didn't do those things. An American government subverted by corporate oligarchs did those things, and lied to you about their true purpose.
The "traitors" are the corporate "feudal lords" who stole our government and committed oppression and exploitation in our name. The 'traitors" are the one's who now seek to use debt and "free trade" to do to the US, what they have already done to Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico. The traitors are the one's -- in the name of "liberty" no less -- who seek a government they say can do nothing for the people who live under it, but can only serve the interests of corporate fiefdoms. Patriots expose these corporate potentates. Patriots seek to restore democracy, subverted by corporate feudalism.
Just as it did for the conservatives, two simple words define this reality. Two simple words explain to the average American the forces at work against him. Two words explain the subversion of American democracy by a new power never before seen, namely the power of the transnational corporation -- a force grown so large that only a democratic govenrment can possibly control such potential monsters. Two words sum up the gradual growth of the "global economy". Two words explain the gradual corruption of American institutions. Two words explain the subverion of the press and media -- once the sentinels of democracy, now the mouthpieces for corporate PR.
Those two simple words are "corporate feudalism". People need to hear those words, You, as a progressive activist, need to use those words. You need to listen to conservative propaganda, listen to the media's corporate propaganda, and learn to translate their euphemisms for the reality of "corporate feudalism". You need to become the spokesmen for this new interpretation, and use these two simple words, until the last person in America understands how his government has been stolen from him by people who do not believe in American democracy, but who worship before a very different altar, the alter of corporate power.
Now you can see the opposition between left and right in stark relief. While the left believes in equality, democracy, social justice and genuine liberty, the right believes in the wealth, power and privilege of a corporate neo-feudal elite. And now you have a simple way to illustrate that fundamental difference.


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Suzanne Clauser (geb. von Adler, * 16. Mai 1898 in Wien; † 11. September 1981 in Paris) war eine österreichische Übersetzerin, die vor allem durch ihre innige Freundschaft und Zusammenarbeit mit Arthur Schnitzler in Erinnerung bleibt.

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Clauser war die Tochter des Bankiers Wilhelm Ritter von Adler (1863–1928), mit dem sie bis 1918 in Paris lebte. Neben ihrer Ehe mit Clauser und der Erziehung ihrer zwei Kinder betätigte sie sich als Autorin und autodidaktisch als Übersetzerin, ohne zunächst zu veröffentlichen. Anfang November 1929 schrieb sie einen Brief an Schnitzler, in dem sie den Autor bat, ihm die Übersetzung seiner Erzählung "Blumen"  vorstellen zu dürfen. Aus der Begegnung entstand eine Freundschaft und Arbeitsbeziehung, die bis zu Schnitzlers Tod im Jahr 1931 anhielt.

Clauser übersetzte zunächst seine Novellen, die in französischen Zeitschrift Gringoire erschienen. 1930 übersetzte sie Die Schwestern oder Casanova in Spa (1919) und Im Spiel der Sommerlüfte (1929), außerdem die Erzählungen "Die Hirtenflöte" und "Die griechische Tänzerin". Der von ihr übersetzte Novellenband La Pénombre des âmes erschien beim Pariser Verlag Stock, der Einakter Die letzten Masken in der Revue d'Allemagne.

Die Tatsache, dass Suzanne Clauser seine Übersetzerin war, gab der Beziehung nach außen hin so etwas wie einen offiziellen Anstrich, und einmal veranstaltet Schnitzler sogar ein Abendessen mit den Clausers. So sind die letzten drei Lebensjahre von der Beziehung zu seiner Übersetzerin geprägt, der ersten weitgehend glücklichen Liebe Schnitzlers seit dreißig, vierzig Jahren.

In Paris agierte Clauser auch als Schnitzlers Agentin bei Verhandlungen mit dortigen Verlegern und Theaterleuten. Kurz vor Schnitzlers Tod übertrug sie noch die Novelle Flucht in die Finsternis; sie erschien unter dem Titel L'appel des ténèbres als Vorabdruck in La revue de France 1932. In seinem Testament übertrug Schnitzler (in einem noch kurz vor seinem Tod hinzugefügten Teil) Suzanne Clauser das Exklusivrecht für die französischen Übersetzungen. In späteren Jahren veröffentlichte sie diese unter dem Pseudonym Dominique Auclère.

Clausers Übersetzungen zeichnen sich generell durch einen sehr "freien Stil" aus, schrieb Julia Rotter (2015). "Sie sind stark am französischen Publikum orientiert. Oft verändert sie die Syntax, fügt zusätzliche Erklärungen ein oder lässt teils sogar Passagen, die "unverständlich für das französische Publikum" seien, aus. Diese Interventionen häufen sich in den Übersetzungen, die nach 1931 unter ihrem Pseudonym Dominique Auclères erschienen."

Suzanne Clauser war die wichtigste Vertraute des Schriftstellers in seinen letzten Jahren; in seinen Tagebüchern hat Schnitzler seine "verworrenen erotischen Beziehungen" in den letzten Lebensjahren dargestellt. Während ihn die schwierige Beziehung zu Clara Katharina Pollaczek (die ihn mit ihren Eifersuchtsszenen zur Verzweiflung brachte) depressiv gestimmt hat, war die Beziehung zu Suzanne Clauser ein "Lichtblick", der ihn ein letztes Mal beflügelte.

Schnitzlers Korrespondenz mit Suzanne Clauser wurde bei S. Fischer in dem Band Briefe 1913–1931 veröffentlicht.

Publikationen (Auswahl)

Übersetzungen

 Der Ehrentag (L'apothéose, 1929)
 Ein  Abschied (L'adieu 1930)
 Die letzten Masken (Les derniers masques, 1930)
 Die griechische Tänzerin (La danseuse grecque, 1930)
 Die Fremde (L'etrangere, 1930)
 Die Weissagung (La prédiction, 1931)
 Reigen (La ronde, 1931)
 Lieutenant Gustl (Le lieutenant Gustel, 1932)
 Flucht in die Finsternis  (L'appel des ténèbres; 1932)
 Die Hirtenflöte (La flûte dupâtre, 1932)
 Liebelei (Amourette, 1933)

Literatur
 Giuseppe Farese: Arthur Schnitzler. Ein Leben in Wien 1862–1931. C. H. Beck, München 1999, ISBN 3-406-45292-2.
 Dietmar Grieser: Das späte Glück: Große Lieben großer Künstler. Amalthea 2003

Weblinks

 Arthur Schnitzler und Suzanne Clauser (Fotografie) im Bildarchiv Austria

Einzelnachweise

Arthur Schnitzler
Übersetzer aus dem Deutschen
Übersetzer ins Französische
Österreicher
Geboren 1898
Gestorben 1981
Frau

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Draft clinical practice guidelines for PSA testing released at World Cancer Congress
2014 World Cancer Congress. Melbourne, Australia: Leading Australian cancer agencies are seeking community and professional input into draft clinical practice guidelines aimed at maximising the benefits and minimising the harms of use of the Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer.
Released today for public consultation, the Australian draft guidelines have been developed by a broad based Expert Advisory Panel, which included general practitioners, public health experts, urologists, pathologists and allied health professionals. This is the first time globally that an expert advisory panel with all key stakeholders and varying perspectives has come together for the development of draft guidelines focused on PSA testing. Cancer Council Australia's guidelines unit undertook the required evidence reviews and coordinated expert input into guideline drafting with funding from Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia (PCFA).
The draft guidelines are now available on a wiki platform for the public consultation process. Representative draft recommendations include:
For men without a prostate cancer diagnosis or symptoms that might indicate prostate cancer
For men informed of the benefits and harms of screening who wish to undergo regular testing, offer PSA testing every two years from age 50 to age 69, and offer further investigation if the PSA is greater than 3.0 ng/mL.
In asymptomatic men interested in undergoing testing for early diagnosis of prostate cancer, digital rectal examination is not recommended as a routine test in the primary care setting.
Do not offer PSA testing to a man who is unlikely to live another seven years.
Offer evidence-based decisional support to men considering whether or not to have a PSA test, including the opportunity to discuss the potential benefits and risks of PSA testing before the decision to test is confirmed.
For men undergoing an initial prostate biopsy
Take 21–24 cores in initial biopsies for the diagnosis of prostate cancer. In addition to the sextant biopsies, direct 15–18 additional biopsies to the peripheral zones of the prostate.
Offer active surveillance to men with prostate cancer who meet all the following criteria:
– PSA ≤ 20 ng/mL, clinical stage T1-2 and Gleason score 6.
Advise men with potentially curable prostate cancer considering watchful waiting that their risk of developing more advanced prostate cancer and dying from it will be higher with watchful waiting than with immediate definitive treatment but that, in the medium to long term, watchful waiting is unlikely to diminish their wellbeing and quality of life.
According to the Expert Advisory Panel Chair, Emeritus Professor Villis Marshall AC, the lack of consensus on PSA testing confuses men and their health advisers. Notwithstanding the confusion, every year about 20 percent of Australian men aged 45 to 74 have a PSA test.
"Prostate cancer is the second most common cause of cancer deaths in Australian men and the fourth most common cause of men's deaths overall. We simply cannot afford to ignore this important health issue," said Professor Marshall AC.
"These are draft guidelines and the committee welcomes and encourages submissions through the consultation process. They have been developed according to the National Health and Medical Research Council procedures and requirements. Following the consultation phase, the draft guidelines will be submitted to NHMRC for approval."
Panel member and leading cancer epidemiologist Emeritus Professor Bruce Armstrong AM said the draft guidelines did not recommend a national screening program, in keeping with health policy worldwide.
"The draft guidelines are intended to inform the interactions between men and their doctors, when a man might request a PSA test or his doctor might offer one," said Professor Armstrong AM.
"The guidelines are intended to provide clarity and help men and their doctors to make better informed choices about prostate cancer testing based on the latest available evidence."
PCFA and Cancer Council Australia jointly sponsored and facilitated the process.
"We are delighted to be working with all the stakeholders in such a collaborative way on such an important public health project – it's all about building consensus," said PCFA CEO, Associate Professor Anthony Lowe.
Cancer Council Australia emphasised the importance of clarity for Australian men and their doctors.
CEO of Cancer Council Australia, Professor Ian Olver, said the PSA test was not accurate enough for population screening yet it remained in widespread use.
"So it's important to assist patients and practitioners with guidelines that could help maximise the benefits of the test and minimise the harms," Professor Olver said.
Professor Mark Frydenberg, who is Head of Urology at Monash Medical Centre and Vice President of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, said the new recommendations will help to improve the outcomes derived from prostate cancer testing in the future.
"These draft recommendations will help define which men specifically will benefit the most from testing. Once finalised they will provide clarity about age brackets and how we deal with different types and stages of prostate cancers in different circumstances," said Professor Frydenberg.
The Union of International Cancer Control (UICC) welcomed the draft guidelines and has commended the collaborative approach taken by PCFA, Cancer Council Australia and leading experts.
"We applaud this initiative internationally as a leading example in the development of guidelines of this kind. We encourage other countries to consider this truly multi-sectoral approach as a model that could be adapted to their own settings," said UICC President, Professor Mary Gospodarowicz.
Approximately 22,000 Australian men are diagnosed with prostate cancer annually, joining close to 120,000 Australian men who are already living with the disease. Close to 3,300 Australian men will die each year of prostate cancer, and every man has a one in five chance of being diagnosed with prostate cancer by the time they are 85i
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Discussion in 'Beginners' started by Charlie Crocker, 27 Feb 2008.
I want GPS receiver that can tell me my route, speed, altitude and distance. I dont want to spend too much money - a mate told me he got one which does the above for about £20 (via ebay). Which should I consider?
You might be able to get lucky on a non-cycling specific Garmin eTrex or Geko, but otherwise you'll be looking at the Garmin Edge range (205/305)which you might find for £50+ secondhand. If you look Stateside they are slightly cheaper.
I've noticed that even new bike computers with altitude are at least £50.
another - admittedly inferior option is to get a phone with a GPS or a GPS addition to your phone.
I have a Nokia N95 with GPS and their sportstracker software is pretty cool.
I can "broadcast" myself live when riding so my wife can keep an eye on me.
How does that work will? Do you have to pay for that service?
My Geko 301 has been great for nearly 3 years, until the week before last It may just be a coincidence but I put narrower tyres on (25c had 28c), two weeks later it failed .
there is some gizmo that attaches to an ipod that has gps facility and looging; it is made by either nike or adidas and works with their running shoes so can log the distance you run or something like that.
This forum has cost me a fortune!
Also, I have an old Geko 301 which is my favourite for navigating me around. I leave my Edge 305 to do the data for me i.e. heart, cadence, altitude, sweat rate, internet shopping, etc. With the Geko, I upload my route via Memory Map and it gets around there no fuss.
Oh nice. I've set that up and will try recording my first route this weekend.
Just to clarify on the Nokia Sportstracker.
It is free and you can use it on your phone as a fitness tracke/ log, etc with the GPS for free. You only need a data plan if you want to upload it or to have a live broadcast pf your position.
Set this up on my Nokia and tried it on the commute to work, great little gadget!
One thing, how do you get a background map? At the moment it plots the route on a blank background, why doesn't it find the nokia or google (or whatever) maps to use?
I have a Forerunner 205. It's a marvellous little gadget, if only they had been around during my running "heyday". I simply put it on the handlebars and it works a treat. I went fir that as I do adventure races as well, and it's useful to have just one unit. It is great to see routes on the sattelite mapping on MotionBased as well. Although I do admit, if I did not already have a HRM I would go for the 305 as it includes one.


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Examine these characteristics of infatuation and love with your students. Make the point that infatuation is more concerned with self, true love is more concerned with the other. Infatuation comes suddenly and goes quickly. It is oven regretted. It's hard to pinpoint the beginning of love. Even if love ends, it is valued. Infatuation is insecure, distrustful, and jealous. It dies with distance.
Provided below is the sad reality of the anti-Church i. Change of Creed Long ago the Lord's Prayer was supplemented by a closing phrase for the use of various Protestant sects. Then, during the summer of , the Methodist Protestant church in general conference in Kansas City voted to strike out the word "Catholic" from the Apostles' Creed, because it needed frequent explanation to distinguish it from Roman Catholic. Already, the conciliar, robber church of Rome has supplemented the Lord's Prayer, a phrase similiar to the Protestant's.
We wonder what else will be changed in the Lord's Prayer since ongoing change of doctrine has become the thing to do most in the conciliar church. Already it has denounced the Faith and the Catholic Church. The conciliar church in Rome was founded by Roncalli in They are mere modern inventions, no more founded by Christ than Mohammedanism was.


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Bachmann Endorsed By Iowa State Senator
By Eric Kleefeld
March 11, 2011 9:08 a.m.
Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), the national Tea Party star who is eyeing a possible run for president, now already meets one requirement to mount a primary campaign: An endorsement in Iowa.
As CNN reports, Tea Party figure and Republican state Sen. Kent Sorenson now says he will support Bachmann if she runs.
"There is a void out there that needs to be filled," Sorenson said. "I hope she decides to run. She is somebody that has the credentials to fire up the grassroots. She would be someone who could unite different factions of the party. She is a strong fiscal and social conservative."
(Hat tip to Iowa Independent.)


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Mount Hood last erupted more than 200 years ago, but at Crater Rock, not far from the summit, the signs of volcanic activity are unmistakable. Gas vents and hot springs emit sulfur fumes. Vapors rising from deep under the mountain carve snow caves, which can seem like sanctuaries for climbers but often hold deadly concentrations of CO2 and other gases. Rocks fall frequently from the steep unstable cliffs of the partially collapsed crater.
Mount Hood's crater is rimmed with unstable cliffs, which can collapse and send an avalanche of rock down the mountain. Timberline Lodge is located on the remnants of one such event. (Photo: Adam Kent)
Odds are low that Oregon's tallest mountain will erupt any time soon, but when it does, scientists have a pretty good idea of what will happen. Driven by the grinding of tectonic plates deep in the planet's crust, hot magma will infuse cooler lava chambers closer to the surface (an event geologists call "recharge"). Pressure will build. Rocks will begin to crack.
In some volcanoes, not much happens after recharge. The lava chambers may be hotter and ready to burst, but the lid stays on, and the molten rock gradually cools. It takes quite a punch to force a mass the consistency of oatmeal up through miles of tortuous fractures.
Hood, however, is impatient. Within weeks of recharge, lava starts moving and gases start bubbling out through the crater. Melting snow and ice generate debris flows down the mountain's flanks sweeping away forests and filling rivers with sand and rock. (In the distant past, such events have careened down the Hood River valley and across the Columbia River.) Eventually, lava emerges and snakes down the mountainsides, adding to Hood's bulk and remaking its classic profile.
Researcher profile: Adam Kent
A native of Australia, Adam Kent is an associate professor in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences. He has studied volcanoes in Greenland, Japan and North America and has climbed mountains (Mount Shasta in California, the Three Sisters in Oregon). Now that he has a child, he says, his climbing days are behind him. His research has been supported by the National Science Foundation.
That's been the story for more than a half-million years, says Adam Kent, Oregon State University geologist. When he first arrived in Oregon in 2003, the Australia native learned that while scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascade Volcano Observatory knew a lot about hazards posed by eruptions, Hood's underground plumbing remained largely a mystery.
Since then, Kent has analyzed the remnants of old lava flows to learn how the mountain behaves. He and post-doctoral researcher Alison Koleszar have climbed to the crater, brought samples back to their labs and squeezed clues from rocks. The chemical composition of Hood's lava flows has remained amazingly uniform over the centuries, and they have found that the mountain may represent an extreme end of volcanic systems and may in fact be unique in the Cascades. Unlike Mount St. Helens, Mount Jefferson and others in this spectacular range, Hood doesn't explode; it oozes.
Crystal Visions
Kent keeps a piece of Mount Hood in his office. This flat gray rock looks like some kind of exotic concrete. It sparkles with crystals. Irregular, coffee-colored spots about the size of a quarter dot its surface. Dark flecks of hornblende (composed of iron, calcium, silicon and magnesium) are scattered across its surface like pepper on a fried egg.
"When this rock came to the surface," Kent says, "it was partly liquid. It records information about the last stage of the eruption. But if you want to know more about the long-term conditions in the crust where this magma was being stored, you need to look at the crystals."
Like tree rings, crystals grow from the inside out over time, says Kent. At their heart are the original minerals — formed out of common elements such as calcium, iron, silicon, magnesium and aluminum. As hot rock pulses up from below, crystals go through warming and cooling phases. Mineral layers form on the outside edges and create a record of temperature, pressure and chemistry. Each ring tells a story about a new pulse of melted rock that cycled the crystal through heating and cooling.
This false color image of a feldspar crystal embedded in a rock from Mount Hood shows the rings generated by pulses of magma from deep in the crust. The outer edge was created during the event that caused the mountain to erupt. (Photo: Adam Kent)
Crystals also trap tiny remnants of some of the original parent material, melted rock that is created as tectonic plates grind against each other. Analysis of these trapped particles — what geologists call "melt inclusions" — provides a picture of the minerals and volatile gases (water, carbon dioxide, sulfur, chlorine and fluorine) that emerge from deep in the crust and can give a mountain shape and personality. When concentrations of those gases are high, explosive eruptions are more likely.
To find out what distinguishes Hood from its neighbors, Kent, Koleszar and their team separate crystals from surrounding rock. In the Oregon State geology lab, they subject samples of the mountain to diamond-tipped saws, acids and devices that pound stones into dust or polish them to a fine sheen (Polishing can be pricey. Grinding pastes that contain diamond particles can cost upwards of $300 for half an ounce). They separate crystals further by exposing rock fragments to magnetic fields or dropping them in dense liquids.
"Some samples are crumbly and fall apart easily," says Koleszar. "Those are harder to work with. Nice clean pure volcanic glass is great. It polishes like butter. It's so soft compared to some of the minerals we use."
Researcher profile: Alison Koleszar
As an undergraduate at Colgate University, Alison Koleszar wanted to study astronomy and physics, but her first geology course turned her toward planetary sciences and geology. Eventually, she decided to focus on her home planet. Now a post-doctoral scientist, she came to Oregon State in 2007 and regularly uses the laser ablation lab in OSU's Keck Collaboratory to study trace elements in volcanic systems.
Once separated, sliced and mounted on slides, crystals undergo analysis by electron beam that reveals fine structural details or laser and mass spectrometry that tell scientists what trace elements are present in each crystal ring. The result is an accumulation of evidence that allows geologists to explain Hood's eruption process and compare the mountain to other volcanoes.
More Fizz, No Pop
In a paper published in the Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research in 2012, Koleszar and co-authors Kent, William Scott of the USGS and Paul Wallace of the University of Oregon described their findings. They reported that Hood's magma contains the ingredients for explosive eruptions: magma pumped regularly into the mountain from below, a chemical profile similar to that of other explosive volcanoes and high levels of volatile gases. However, at Hood, those gases tend to escape readily like fizz from an open can of soda. That's because a 100 degree increase in temperature — an increase that happens as hot rock flows into magma chambers under the mountain — makes the flowing rock five to 10 times less thick.
"Imagine you are blowing into a straw in a milkshake," says Koleszar. "It's so thick that the bubbles don't come out right away, but when they do, they burst and throw stuff up in the air. Compare that to blowing into a straw in a glass of milk. Bubbles just come easily to the surface. That's more like what we see at Mount Hood."
Alison Koleszar, left, and Tyler Lomax, a junior from Albany, Oregon, collected rock samples from the 590,000-year-old Cloud Cap lava flow on the eastern side of Mount Hood. Composition of the rocks there is thought to reflect the original parent magma. Koleszar and Lomax also trekked through lava fields on the southern flank where flows are less than 30,000 years old. (Photo: Jeff Basinger)
Mount Hood may be unique in the Cascades, but it joins a select group of volcanoes worldwide (Mount Unzen in Japan, Soufriére Hills Volcano in Montserrat, Mount Dutton in Alaska) that tend to ooze instead of explode. Nevertheless, volcanoes can also demonstrate both types of behavior, and there's no guarantee that Hood will always operate as it has in the past. Two well-known explosive volcanoes — Mount Pelée in the Caribbean and Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines — have exhibited both types of eruptions. Moreover, geologists know that pulses of hot magma, which occur at Mount Hood, can cause explosions such as the 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption.
"We're still trying to figure out why Hood only erupts right after a recharge event," says Koleszar. "It may be that it just doesn't have the oomph to erupt at other times.
"It seems like such a boring volcano," she adds. "It erupts the same thing all the time; it doesn't seem to do anything interesting. It's an icon, it's a beautiful volcano and it's Oregon's volcano. But when you start to tease things apart a little bit, it does get interesting, exactly because it is so boring."
See a February 17, 2014 OSU news story about Adam Kent's research. The time from an infusion of hot magma into Mount Hood's magma chamber to an eruption could be as little as a few months.
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February 12, 2013 Taiwo Akinlami
Between Ownership and Stewardship: Sharing An Awesomely Inspiring Story of Selfless Service to Humanity
Welcome to Social Works Watch™ (SW2) this week. Sure your week is going on well. I must thank you for the warm reception you gave to this segment of my blog.
This week, I will take a short break from the story I began last week: 'MATERNITY PRACTICES IN GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS IN LAGOS STATE.' I will like to share with you an awesomely inspiring story of a man, who decided to be his brother's keep in an unusual manner.
It is an unusual story of Personal Social Responsibility. It is my well-considered opinion that the best of our society will come forth when we replace ownership of private property with stewardship of private property. Ownership of private property insists that the husbandman must be the first and preferential partaker of the harvest of his farm. Stewardship says, the husbandman may be the first partaker but may not necessarily be the lion partaker of his harvest. Therefore while ownership thinks 'winner takes all,' stewardship thinks trusteeship. Stewardship concludes that whatever he has in his possession is held in trust to the community and must be judiciously distributed. The lion share in stewardship does not necessarily go to the custodian. It goes to any one in the community, who may needs it more.
I agree with the recent submission of Dr Myles Monroe that the source of poverty in the word today is the spirit of ownership. Ghandi saw it many years ago and he said, 'nature has enough to satisfy everyone's need but has not enough to satisfy man's greed.' The number one evidence of greed is hording, which means to keep to yourself something you do not need, which will make all the difference for others. Many today have stolen from nature and kept in their vault what belongs to many. The greed of men is the reason for poverty. Ghandi also said, 'there are people in the world so hungry, that God cannot appear to them except in the form of bread.' The irony is that this bread is not with God. It has been released to fellow human beings, who are hoarding same.
It is difficult for us to think of stewardship in the Third World, particularly Africa, where survival is the name of the game of daily living. Our survival mentality has made our societies modern jungles, where on the fittest survives. We have all the paraphernalia of civilization; yet we lack the characteristics and the social pillars of civilized states. The anthem of the jungle is, 'everyone for himself and God for us all.' There is no society that can survive and maximize its collective potential and destiny with this kind of selfish equation.
I understand perfectly that the failure of the states is the major reason, why there is survival mentality in Africa. Our states have failed in performing their parts of the social contract, which provides that the welfare and the security of the people shall be the primary aim of government. The teeming majority of the citizens of African state are stateless in the sense that they do not have any power or rights of citizenship. They are treated as slaves in their own lands. They are more vulnerable in their own country than some privileged foreigners, who even oppress them with the active support of their own states for the foreigners in the name of encouraging foreign investments or investors.
Most of our people carry on their shoulders the loads meant to be carried by the states. There are no social support services for the people. In Africa, governments do not create opportunities, they shrink them. In this kind of situation of social and economic chaos, self preservation becomes the primary aim of the citizen as he knows that if he is not thinking for himself, nobody is thinking for him.
That is why the privileged few in Africa must delink from the whole idea of ownership and sign up for stewardship. Our social and religious structures must begin to think more in terms of stewardship than ownership. We must begin to train our children to think in terms of stewardship and not ownership.
I share this story this story, which I culled from http://www.yahoo.com. It is a bright demonstration of the spirit of stewardship over the damned spirit of ownership. Most importantly, it answers for us the question of who is really a privileged citizen. It tell us that we do not need to control millions to be our brother's keepers. We just need to have a heart for it.
At this point, permit me to the story of Tony Tolbert, a 51-year-old lawyer from Los Angeles, who offered to strangers his furnished home for a full year…I am sure you will find it interesting.
Tony Tolbert, a 51-year-old lawyer from Los Angeles, proves you don't have to be a millionaire to make a huge difference. Last week, Tolbert began lending his house to a formerly homeless family for a year while he moves back in with his parents.
Tolbert's story was profiled on "CBS This Morning." The Harvard-educated attorney explained that he was inspired by his father's generosity when he was younger. As a boy, Tolbert's father frequently let strangers with no place to go stay in their house. Years later, Tolbert decided to expand on the idea.
When Tolbert told his mother, Marie, about the idea, she said, "Have you lost it?" Tolbert insisted he hadn't. "You don't have to be Bill Gates or Warren Buffett or Oprah," he said to CBS News. "We can do it wherever we are, with whatever we have, and for me, I have a home that I can make available."
Tolbert hasn't met the people who are moving into his home. He told officials at the Alexandria House, a homeless shelter for women and children, that he wanted to loan his home to a family in need. Felicia Dukes and her four children were the lucky recipients. Before moving into their new home, Dukes and three of her kids were sharing one room in a shelter. A fourth child wasn't eligible to join them. Now, they are all together. "My heart just fills up and stuff. … I'm just really happy," Dukes said.
Tolbert believes that, in his words, "Kindness creates kindness. Generosity creates generosity. Love creates love. And if we can share some of that and have more stories about people doing nice things for other people and fewer stories about people doing horrible things to other people, that's a better world."
Thank you for reading, I await your comments. Have an INSPIRED week.
See you next week as I share with with you another story of a woman, who lost her child to the negligence of medical practitioners and support staff of a Government Maternity Hospital in Lagos State.
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namespace operationaltests
{
using namespace operational::strategy;

using namespace Microsoft::VisualStudio::CppUnitTestFramework;

TEST_CLASS(StrategyTest)
{
	public:
	StrategyTest() { }

	~StrategyTest() { }

	TEST_METHOD(ShouldRunSimpleCompositorStrategy)
	{
		//GIVEN
		auto expected_break_count = 0;
		auto quick = new Composition(new SimpleCompositor);

		//WHEN
		quick->Repair();

		//THEN
		auto break_count = quick->break_count();
		Assert::AreEqual(expected_break_count, break_count);

		delete quick;
	}

	TEST_METHOD(ShouldRunTexCompositorStrategy)
	{
		//GIVEN
		auto expected_break_count = 1;
		auto slick = new Composition(new TexCompositor);

		//WHEN
		slick->Repair();

		//THEN
		auto break_count = slick->break_count();
		Assert::AreEqual(expected_break_count, break_count);

		delete slick;
	}

	TEST_METHOD(ShouldRunArrayCompositorStrategy)
	{
		//GIVEN
		auto expected_break_count = 6;
		auto iconic = new Composition(new ArrayCompositor(100));

		//WHEN
		iconic->Repair();

		//THEN
		auto break_count = iconic->break_count();
		Assert::AreEqual(expected_break_count, break_count);

		delete iconic;
	}

	TEST_METHOD(ShouldRunTemplateStrategy)
	{
		//GIVEN
		std::string expected_result = "<MyStrategy>";

		StrategyContext<MyStrategy> context;

		//WHEN
		context.Operation();

		//THEN
		auto result = context.result();

		Assert::AreEqual(0, expected_result.compare(result));
	}
};
}

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We have really enjoyed our stay in Camp Verde, it's a good central location for exploring the area. Here are a few hiking pictures from our Sedona outings. We love Sedona for all the hiking and jeeping trails...amazing red rocks and scenery. This was one of our first hikes to Fay Canyon, a fairly easy hike.
This day we hiked the Little Horse Trail to Chicken Point. The trail took us within viewing distance of the Chapel of the Holy Cross. On the way back we took a side trail which took us over to the Chapel. It's a very peaceful place to visit. Visitors are welcome to go inside and have a quiet time to reflect or a time of prayer.
Inside the chapel with the cross forefront to amazing views.
Hiking Cathedral Rock. This hike was a bit more challenging in places, had to do a little boulder crawling.
Met up with this seasoned hiker on Cathedral trail. He lives in the area and hikes here a lot. He pointed out many different rock formations and their names. Showed us other trails and ended up leading us down a back trail to Oak Creek which runs thru Sedona. Great day.
Quite the vantage point, yes, that's Tom out there.
I was standing in what they call the saddle of Cathedral where a vortex is located. There are several known vortex locations around Sedona which are said to have energy fields that many people believe can be felt within. The vortexes are a very popular attraction in Sedona, spiritual to many.
On our way down from the saddle.
El Nino has produced colder than normal temperatures in AZ this winter. Sedona has had a couple snowfalls, we wanted to see a little winter and get in the Christmas spirit.
The snow and the red rocks created such beautiful scenes.
Jeeping with our family. Soldiers Pass Trail and Mushroom Rocks.
I can't believe we've been in this area 2 months, there are so many more trails we wanted to check out. Guess we'll have to come back.
Am catching up with our travels in Oregon, what a beautiful state, I'm sure we will return.
We traveled north thru central Oregon to the city of The Dalles on the Columbia River. Here we turned due west heading for the coast. We drove the historic Columbia River Scenic Byway, also known as Hwy 30. The highway runs along the Columbia River and the Columbia gorge. (The Columbia River forms the border between Oregon and Washington.) The scenery and history beyond any of our expectations, it was beautiful. The highway was designed and built in the early 1900's for the emerging auto travelers. It's a narrow winding road with beautiful views of the river, the gorge, spectacular waterfalls, architectural designed bridges and the most beautiful rest stop we've ever seen. It's a highway meant to enjoy, the speed limit only 45mph.
Crater Lake was formed by a volcanic eruption that occurred thousands of years ago. At 1,943 feet deep, it is the deepest lake in United States. It is fed only by rain and snow. It has no river inlets, no boat ramps, only one steep hiking trail to the bottom, making it one of the cleanest large bodies of water in the world. It is famous for it's exceptional clarity and intense blue color.
the water was the bluest water I've ever seen.
at times it looked like a watercolor painting.
Odell, Oregon, Along the Columbia Gorge near Mt Hood.
Our fresh berries, we were in berry heaven.
So many beautiful waterfalls along this highway. Multnomah Falls being one of the most famous. It's height of 620 ft makes it the tallest falls in the state. A short climb up to the Benson bridge is a great place to enjoy the view or feel the mist of the falls. There are more than 90 waterfalls along the Columbia Gorge.
Along the scenic byway...can you believe this is a rest stop? The Vista House, the most beautiful rest stop ever. Completed in 1918 as an observatory and rest stop with majestic views up and down the Columbia River.
Inside the rest stop, stained glass windows and beautifully tiled floors.
A view of the Columbia River from the Vista House Rest Stop.
Next post we'll be on the coast.


In my units I do a lot of triggered randomisation and I wonder if it would be cheaper CPU wise to do this in Lua.
All I do it's the classic NoiseGenerator into S&H and Rectify, then encapsulate the whole thing and duplicate it anywhere I need it, but I would love to see this done with some additional properties like "Random NoRepeat" and "Avoid Repeating the last N values".
Anybody wants to take this on??
Pingable Scaled Random in Accents ticks the box on a lot of what you're asking for. Have you looked at it? Rectification is accomplished by adjusting gain and offset (I think each set to 0.5, but would have to load it up and look again to make sure).
I'll have a think on the no repeat stuff. My gut tells me it would be difficult to pull off in the middle layer and would better be done once the lower level sdk is available. But my gut has been initially wrong about that before, and some revelation occurred to me later. Like for example the Motion Sensor.
Even if the no repeat stuff is possible, I think it would definitely work against your wish of cheaper CPU.
If I'm correct Pinged Scaled Random takes 2% cpu? About the same as my own implementation (before I know of this) done on the ER-301 (no middle layer).
This should be doable with less than 2% cpu usage. Obviously I'm fine with "control rate" (is there even such a thing in the ER-310?) and also that the cpu usage rising if pinged extensively.
The lua layer is a patching layer. Far as I know it's not possible to generate or process signals in the ER-301 with lua code. But even if you could, I'd think the white noise object that's being used from the c++ layer would be more efficient since it's compiled rather than interpreted.
The Pingable Scaled Random does include the GridQuantizer, which probably takes some CPU (whether you engage it or not, via the menu). Having a version that doesn't include it could be a possible CPU reduction. I guess it would be similar to building it into the UI layer except you'd shed whatever overhead is taken up by the extra unit containers for white noise, S&H, offset, and a VCA.
I'll add it to my list of things to try and see if it makes a difference. Outside of that, it sounds like more of a c++ layer thing that Brian would have to address at this point in time.
I'm excited for the c++ layer as well. But I do think the middle layer is worth learning. You'll still need to know the middle layer in order to make use of anything you might develop in the lower layer. Or at least that's my understanding.
You'll still need to know the middle layer in order to make use of anything you might develop in the lower layer. Or at least that's my understanding.
Yep - it's virtually impossible for me to imagine how you would code in C++ and not use the middle layer on the ER-301 - I may of course be wrong, but I am pretty certain this is how it works because the Lua Middle Layer is what connects the DSP components together; this is essential for some parts of the process, you're not going to be able to bypass the channel ins and outs for example.
I also think there's still a pretty limitless supply of fun, useful things that could be built in the middle layer alone. The set of DSP objects Brian has out there to work with is pretty extensive. Just my opinion.
To compare the two random units (Accents and mine) I inserted 10 copies and measured the rise in CPU from the "floor" of 3% that the ER-301 uses when doing nothing.
That seems like a good way to measure to me. It's probably accurate enough. Do the UI level units you build include a grid quantizer? If I made a version that doesn't have a grid quantizer, and it lightened the CPU load by a few 0.x%, do you feel it is worth doing?
I'm trying to strike a good balance with Accents. I don't want to fill the insert screen with 500 units just because I can. I try to make sure each unit is useful/valuable enough to merit taking up real estate on the insert screen. That's pretty subjective, of course.
Probably not the correct thread Joe, but thanks for the efforts you have made in this regard…it took me a good while to get to 0.4 and then to the movement from Joe's Bespoke to Accents…so I've not said thank you up until now, but it's really very generous of you and much appreciated.
You are welcome, @sixnon! I enjoy building these units and it always makes me happy to hear that others are getting some use out of them. Glad you made your way to 0.4. It's splendid isn't it?
It is indeed, quite a bit of newness to find my way around and a lot on with work elsewhere, hence my tardy thanks.


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Q: Connector for maven deployment? I have created a working maven archetype for a Vaadin/Hibernate/Spring project.  I am able to install this archetype to my local repository and use it to generate new maven projects.
Now I want to deploy the archetype to my companies internal repository, so it might be used by other developers.  However, when I run mvn deploy I recieve the following error message:
[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:
maven-deploy-plugin:2.7:deploy (default-deploy) on project
vaadin-hibernate-archetype: Failed to deploy artifacts/metadata:
No connector available to access repository maven.planet-ic.de
(maven.planet-ic.de/planet-ic-releases) of type default using the
available factories WagonRepositoryConnectorFactory -> [Help 1]

What is the connector that I am missing?
EDIT: I am not asking for someone to solve my problem, just some insight as to what the 'connector' is.
Here is my pom.xml if it should be of interest:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">

    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
    <properties>
        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
    </properties>
    <groupId>de.planetic.maven.archetype.vaadin</groupId>
    <artifactId>vaadin-hibernate-archetype</artifactId>
    <version>1.1.0</version>
    <packaging>jar</packaging>
    <inceptionYear>2013</inceptionYear>
    <description>
        This archetype generates a Vaadin application for use with Hibernate, and to be deployed to a Tomcat 7 server.  It may also work with other Tomcat versions and other servers.
    </description>
    <developers>
        <developer>
            <name>Maximilian Friedersdorff</name>
            <email>max.friedersdorff@planet-ic.de</email>
        </developer>
    </developers>
    <scm>
        <connection>scm:svn:http://subversion.planet-ic.de/internal/maven/archetype/pinnwand-webapp/tags/pinnwand-webapp-archetype-1.1.0</connection>
        <developerConnection>scm:svn:http://subversion.planet-ic.de/internal/maven/archetype/pinnwand-webapp/tags/pinnwand-webapp-archetype-1.1.0</developerConnection>
        <url>http://subversion.planet-ic.de/internal/maven/archetype/pinnwand-webapp/tags/pinnwand-webapp-archetype-1.1.0</url>
    </scm>
    <distributionManagement>
        <repository>
            <id>maven.planet-ic.de</id>
            <name>planet-ic-releases</name>
            <url>maven.planet-ic.de/planet-ic-releases</url>
        </repository>
        <snapshotRepository>
            <id>maven.planet-ic.de</id>
            <name>planet-ic-snapshots</name>
            <url>http://maven.planet-ic.de/planet-ic-snapshots</url>
        </snapshotRepository>
    </distributionManagement>

    <build>
        <pluginManagement>
            <plugins>
                <plugin>
                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                    <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
                    <version>2.7</version>
                </plugin>
            </plugins>
        </pluginManagement>

        <extensions>
            <extension>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
                <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
                <version>2.4</version>
            </extension>
        </extensions>
    </build>
</project>

A: In the following line:
<url>maven.planet-ic.de/planet-ic-releases</url>

You need to add prefix of "file://", because you need to tell maven you are using file connector not ftp, http or something else.
And you'd better to use relative path there. For example:
<url>file://${project.basedir}/maven.planet-ic.de/planet-ic-releases/</url>

A: Depending on the maven repository you are trying to deploy to there are various methods available to upload your artifacts.
These methods are implemented using Maven Wagon connectors for different transport protocols (e.g. ssh,dav etc.), this is the term you are looking for.
Apache Maven Guide to using Extensions gives you an introduction on how to add connectors to your setup.

A:  <build>
 <extensions>
    <extension>
        <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
        <artifactId>wagon-ssh</artifactId>
        <version>2.4</version>
    </extension>
 </extensions>
 </build>

 <distributionManagement>
 <repository>
  <id>remoteserver</id>
  <name>MyCompany Repository</name>
  <url>scp://server/path/repo</url>
</repository>

A: In case it helps others, adding the following to the pom.xml got it working for me
<build>
  <extensions>
    <extension>
      <groupId>org.springframework.build</groupId>
      <artifactId>aws-maven</artifactId>
      <version>5.0.0.RELEASE</version>
    </extension>
  </extensions>
</build>

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Q: Fit Squares of x area in rectangular area of m*n I am looking for a formula to fit squares of fix area (say $a$) into a given area of $M$ x $N$
I have some data with me for instance say $a = 324$

*

*20 squares fit an area of $120^2$

*42 squares fit an area of $150^2$

What will be the formula to fit $a = 324$ squares in $M$x$N$

A: Your data makes zero sense, so I shall ignore it.

What will be the formula to fit [area] a=324 squares in MxN

You can fit
$$\left\lfloor\frac{M}{x}\right\rfloor\left\lfloor\frac{N}{x}\right\rfloor$$
squares of size $x$ by $x$ into a rectangle of size $M$ by $N$, where $\lfloor\rfloor$ denotes the floor operation (rounding down), and the squares are aligned to the rectangle (not rotated).
If the area of the square is $a$, then $x = \sqrt{a}$. Therefore, the number $n$ of squares of area $a$ that fit, aligned (without rotating), within a rectangle of size $M$ by $N$, is
$$n = \left\lfloor\frac{M}{\sqrt{a}}\right\rfloor\left\lfloor\frac{N}{\sqrt{a}}\right\rfloor$$


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Q: Python-Twisted Reactor Starting too Early I have an application that uses PyQt4 and python-twisted to maintain a connection to another program.  I am using "qt4reactor.py" as found here.  This is all packaged up using py2exe.  The application works wonderfully for 99% of users, but one user has reported that networking is failing completely on his Windows system.  No other users report the issue, and I cannot replicate it on my own Windows VM.  The user reports no abnormal configuration.
The debugging logs show that the reactor.connectTCP() call is executing immediately, even though the reactor hasn't been started yet! There's no mistaking run order because this is a single-threaded process with 60 sec of computation and multiple log messages between this line and when the reactor is supposed to start.
There's a lot of code, so I am only putting in pseudo-code, hoping that there is a general solution for this issue.  I will link to the actual code below it.
import qt4reactor
qt4reactor.install()

# Start setting up main window
# ...

from twisted.internet import reactor

# Separate listener for detecting/processing multiple instances
self.InstanceListener = ListenerFactory(...)
reactor.listenTCP(LISTEN_PORT, self.InstanceListener)

# The active/main connection
self.NetworkingFactory = ClientFactory(...)
reactor.connectTCP(ACTIVE_IP, ACTIVE_PORT, self.NetworkingFactory)

# Finish setting up main window
# ...

from twisted.internet import reactor
reactor.runReturn()

The code is nested throughout the Armory project files. ArmoryQt.py (containing the above code) and armoryengine.py (containing the ReconnectingClientFactory subclass used for this connection).
So, the reactor.connectTCP() call executes immediately.  The client code executes the send command and then immediately connectionLost() gets called.  It does not appear to try to reconnect.  It also doesn't throw any errors other than connectionLost().  Even more mysteriously, it receives messages from the remote node later on, and this app even processes them! But it believes it's not connected (and handshake never finished, so the remote node shouldn't be sending messages, but might be a bug/oversight in that program).
What on earth is going on!?  How could the reactor get started before I tell it to start?  I searched the code and found no other code that (I believe) could start the reactor.

A: The API that you're looking for is twisted.internet.reactor.callWhenRunning.
However, it wouldn't hurt to have less than 60 seconds of computation at startup, either :).  Perhaps you should spread that out, or delegate it to a thread, if it's relatively independent?


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Not Going To Let That Go: US On India's Nuke Club NSG Membership
HomeAll IndiaNot Going To Let That Go: US On India's Nuke Club NSG Membership
This Article is From Jul 01, 2016
All IndiaIndo-Asian News ServiceUpdated: July 01, 2016 10:29 am IST
The statement comes after China stymied international consensus to include India in the 48-member group. (File Photo)
Washington: The US has made it clear that it will not let go of India's membership in the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG), an official said.
"India has a strong record and we believe deserves to be included in the NSG," US State Department spokesman John Kirby said in a media briefing on Thursday.
The statement comes after China, at the NSG plenary in Seoul in June, stymied international consensus to include India in the 48-member group on the ground that a country needed to be a signatory of the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) for this.
India had formally applied for membership in the NSG on May 12.
Mr Kirby said that the US administration, "including senior White House and State Department officials, made a concerted effort" to secure India's membership in the NSG plenary.
The spokesman was responding to a question on how China did not speak much about India's entry into the Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) earlier this week while opposing New Delhi's bid for the NSG membership.
"We're obviously disappointed that India was not admitted during this recent (NSG) session, but I can tell you that we're going to continue to work constructively with India and all the other NSG members on India's accession in the months ahead," he said.
"We're not going to let that go. Okay?" he added.
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