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Lach (left) and Para Park member Russell Kremser with the hog deer they harvested on the first morning of the hunt.
Hog deer stag
A hog deer for Lachy
By Editor's son hunts and shoots his first hog deer. | 24 June 2015
In the slowly gathering light of dawn we could just make out a fallow buck as it pranced in a typically ungainly fashion across the salt marsh flats that separated us from our hunting block. Disturbed by our approach, the buck was making for the safety of some tea tree scrub, carrying his reasonable rack high and proud. On another day he may have drawn closer attention from at least one of my companions. For today, though, he was safe. We had much smaller game on our minds: the diminutive hog deer.
I was only along on this hunt as an observer. The hunter was my 16 year old son, Lachlan, while our guide was experienced deer man and Para Park Co-operative member Russell Kremser. Lachy had been lucky enough to be drawn in the Co-operative's junior hog deer ballot. The ballot is held each year on one of Sunday Island's designated hunting blocks that is set aside specifically for the junior hunt. The successful hunters are allowed to hunt one antlerless hog deer each, preferably a female. Lachy had drawn one weekend in April to claim his prize.
Before bumping the abovementioned fallow buck, we had all been out of the sack early, having overnighted in Russell's aluminium 'tent' (actually a semi-permanent hut). Island rules demand that hunters must walk to their allocated hunting block, and we had a good 30 minutes to reach ours. Luckily Russell knows the island like the back of his hand and navigating our way to the block's boundary was no problem even in the pre-dawn murk.
Now, just as the light became bright enough, it was time to hunt. We headed for some clearings that Russell knew of not far beyond the start of the impenetrable tea tree. I let Russell and Lachy lead the way, following along about 30 metres behind to reduce noise and the chance of being seen. The hunt was on!
I'd love to relate to you a long, tense story of how Lachy and Russell hunted hard through the tea tree and bracken all day, stalking several deer but having frustratingly bad luck until persistence finally paid off and they prevailed, sweaty and exhausted, at last light on the final day. Sometimes, though, plans just work out much better than that!
Our small group had travelled only a few hundred metres, slowly skirting the tea tree while painstakingly glassing the grassy edges of the clearings. Suddenly Russell and Lachy dropped to their haunches, Russell's binoculars glued to his eyes as he intently studied something on the far side of the clearing. Eventually I saw Russell lower the glassware, then he and Lachy engaged in a whispered conversation. Then they both looked at me, and motioned me over. On hands and knees, I covered the 30 metres to them, careful not to show myself above the sparse grass and bracken that served as our only cover. When I got there, I received the 'sitrep' from Russell. There was a small antlerless deer casually grazing about 10 m out from the sanctuary of the tea tree on the far side. Russell's quandary was that, although it was definitely antlerless, he couldn't say for sure that it was a female. Seeing I was on my very first hog deer hunt I was little use in progressing the decision, but together we studied the small deer for several minutes. The deer was completely unaware of the six human eyes now transfixed on it, glancing up and around only occasionally to check for danger. "If I was the shooter, I'd shoot it," was Russell's eventual judgement. "Well let's shoot it!", I replied.
Once the decision had been made, things happened quickly. Russell spread the shooting sticks before Lachy, while he unlimbered the Sako .270 with which he had practiced so much for this very occasion. Getting as steady a rest as is possible over sticks, the junior Nimrod readied the rifle and slowly squeezed the trigger with a confidence borne of many practice sessions on a life-sized hog deer silhouette in the vacant paddock of a farm near home.
At the familiar report from the Sako, the deer simply collapsed to the ground, barely moving a muscle as it transitioned from this world to the next. Having executed a perfect one shot kill, Lachy had ended his first ever hog deer hunt barely twenty minutes after it had begun. Together, the three of us headed over to inspect Lachy's fallen prize, pacing out the distance as we went. Eighty long strides had separated hunter from quarry, which on a small target over shooting sticks was definitely no 'gimme'. I was proud of the efficiency with which Lachy had effected the shot.
The beautiful deer was a young animal in great condition, and the prospect of some delicious meals of tender venison was making my mouth water as we had a closer look. A tiny set of testicles belied the fact that the deer was actually a male – but I told Russ I wouldn't mention that. Lachy, for his part, couldn't be happier; he had one more hog deer than his Dad. Pictures taken, Russell and I tied the deer's legs up so that Lachy could sling it over his shoulder for a the walk back to camp.
We strolled back at the Island's meat house to prepare the venison, Lachy also keepingt the skin as a souvenir. As we entered the details of the kill into the log book, we happened to notice an entry by Col Allison from not long prior. He had been successful in taking a very good hog deer stag, the story of which has also been related in this publication (www.sportingshootermag.com.au/news/april-fools-day-stag).
Hard work done, we whiled away the rest of the day in the very pleasant Sunday Island environs, and Lachy attempted catching flathead by casting soft plastic lures over the mudflats near the jetty. According to Russell this is a very productive technique, but April is a little too late in the season and the water is too cold. Lachy certainly agreed!
After a relaxed night during which Russell and I partook of a few celebratory beverages, we pack up our gear – and the venison, of course – and caught the ferry back to the mainland. It had been an awesome weekend in which Lachy and I both learnt heaps about hog deer. I can't thank the Para Park members enough for all their hard work in getting the junior hunters organised. Out of the six hunters that participated, five were successful in taking deer. It's such a great opportunity for the kids and I'm sure they are now all hooked for life.
The Junior Ballot
The Para Park Junior Hog Deer Ballot is open to all hunters between the ages of 13 and 17, provided they hold a Junior Firearms Permit and a Victorian game permit endorsed for deer. You do not have to be a member of Para Park to enter the junior ballot. Juniors that are successful in drawing a place in the ballot will be offered the opportunity to hunt on an allocated weekend during the hog deer season. An experienced Para Park member will be assigned to each junior to guide them on their allocated weekend. Prior to hunting, all juniors must attend an orientation day on Sunday Island. On that day they must also pass a shooting test and firearms safety assessment at the Island's rifle range, using the rifle they will hunt with. An application for the junior ballot can be found HERE.
Sunday Island and the Para Park Co-operative
Sunday Island is located in Corner Inlet about 4 km southwest of Port Albert, in the Gippsland region of Victoria. The sandy island is about 8 km long and 3 km wide, and is owned and managed by the Para Park Co-operative. The island was purchased by the Co-operative in 1965 for the conservation, study and sustainable hunting of hog deer. Harvest quotas are determined each year and hunting is carried out by members according to a ballot system. Most hunting is conducted during the state-wide prescribed season of April, but the Co-operative has the authority to extend their season to ensure their quota is harvested. Fallow deer are also present and hunted. Membership of the Co-operative is capped at 210 members, but vacancies come up regularly. For further information about Sunday Island and the Para Park Co-operative, go to www.parapark.com.au


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From: james flannigan 7/18/2012 10:24:25 AM
From: james flannigan 7/18/2012 8:43:25 AM
I spoke to Richard Whittall of Newstrike Capital.He told me mining majors from all over the world are very interested in NES. This is a very special deposit and likely one of the richest in the world.I think this company is in play as Lukas Lundin was buying large blocks of stock @$3.11 and now owns 40% of the company.A buy out will happen not too far from now:
Updated July 17, 2012, 8:50 p.m. ET
In Mexico, Gold Mines Beckon Once More
By NICHOLAS CASEY
MESCALA, Mexico—Here in Mexico, a new gold rush is under way.
High gold prices are compelling companies to start mining more aggressively in the difficult terrain in Mexico's mountainous areas. Video and reporting by WSJ's Nicholas Casey.
The metal's long cycle of high prices, surpassing $1,500 an ounce, has allowed big outfits like Canada's Goldcorp Inc. to set up operations in areas where, in the past, gold wasn't concentrated enough in the soil for mines to make a profit after sifting it out. This year, Goldcorp's Peñasquito site, a massive, low-concentration mine in the deserts of Zacatecas state, is set to produce 500,000 ounces of gold, making it Mexico's biggest gold mine and Goldcorp's most prolific.
Elsewhere in Mexico, discoveries of more highly concentrated deposits have led a host of exploration companies to increase investments and land purchases. These high-grade discoveries include the find late last year of an underground deposit the size of a high-rise building in the mountains of Guerrero—a strike nearly a thousand feet deep and 500 feet wide that mining companies believe to be one of the most highly concentrated discoveries in Mexico in the last 50 years.
"People had said everything had been discovered in Mexico. Now you're seeing a renaissance," said Richard Whittall, chief executive of Canada's Newstrike Capital Inc., which discovered the Guerrero site, still under exploration.
Silver has long been the cash cow of Mexico's mining industry. But last year the country joined the top 10 gold producers, mining more than 86 metric tons of the yellow metal, three times what it produced 10 years ago and more than other heavyweights in the region like Chile and Argentina.
Mining companies attribute this growth in part to the commodity's surge after a 20-year cycle of low prices of around $400 per ounce. As financial crises struck the U.S. and Europe, gold prices rose as many people pulled money from more risky investments and bought gold instead. In Mexico, this allowed miners to reap big profits in regions where gold wasn't as concentrated.
Goldcorp's operation here at the Los Filos mine in Guerrero offers a glimpse of where high prices are taking gold-producing countries like Mexico. People had mined in these mountains since colonial times on a small scale, leaving behind networks of underground shafts and even a few ghost towns.
Los Filos, by contrast, is a vast, open-pit mine the size of its neighboring village in Mescala. Some 2,000 employees work here. More than 70,000 metric tons of earth daily are removed with explosives and bulldozers, then trucked to a nearby site where cyanide pools are used to extract the mineral. The chemicals are recycled by pipes and the process begins again.
After a $500 million investment, the mine went into commercial operation in 2008. Last year miners extracted 330,000 ounces of gold—a record for the mine, which is expected to remain operational for another dozen years.
Success at Los Filos led the company to make an even bigger investment in Mexico when it bought and began developing the Peñasquito site in Zacatecas in 2010 at a cost of $1.7 billion, Goldcorp's largest foreign investment anywhere. In addition to an average 500,000 ounces of gold a year, the site will also expected to produce an annual average of 28 million ounces of silver, along with high quantities of lead and zinc.
"The open-pit volume has exploded there," said Salvador García, head of Goldcorp's Latin America operation.
Companies say they are drawn to Mexico by its mining laws, which allow foreign firms to reap much of the profits from their investments. Under federal law, companies must apply for a mineral-rights concession through the Mexican government and operate there through a Mexican company. But the local company may be fully owned by foreigners.
The arrangement allows foreign investors full ownership over their operation and the Mexican government the ability to tax them under local law. Taxes include a 34% income tax on profits along with mining duties, which vary by the mine.
This creates a sizable windfall for the government—in 2011, Goldcorp paid $218.5 million in taxes just for its Peñasquito mine, the company said.
Peter Schulhof, whose company Westridge Resources Inc. operates a new gold mine in Mexico's Sinaloa state, said Westridge had been sorting through plans for mines in 60 other countries but eventually opted for Mexico because of its political and legal stability.
While many firms want to explore countries like Venezuela, where mineral quality may be higher, the risks of nationalization are high, too, he says. "The colors of the Rubik's cube lined up in Mexico," he says.
Mexico presents real dangers for investors, however. Authorities have accused crime groups of stealing municipal electricity lines to melt down and sell as copper prices have risen; Mexico's state-run oil monopoly Petróleos Mexicanos says the Zetas gang has made off with large quantities its of oil annually—a commodity seemingly more difficult to steal than gold bars.
Goldcorp says it hasn't had any problems with drug gangs, but is still taking precautions, such as building an airstrip in Los Filos which will allow gold bars to be flown out of the site to refineries rather than pass through Mexican highways.
Another risk relates to the price of gold itself: While buoyed now as an investment safe haven, prices could fall during the life spans of the new Mexican mines. Companies argue that most major Mexican projects were planned before gold prices hit their peak and therefore protected from a dip in price. But they still warn about the need to keep production costs low in the event of a price change.
"If you are a miner that wants to stay, you need to plan to be not just a part of this cycle, but others cycles too," said Armando Ortega, who heads the Latin America division of Canadian firm Newgold Inc.
Write to Nicholas Casey at nicholas.casey@wsj.com
A version of this article appeared July 18, 2012, on page B1 in the U.S. edition of The Wall Street Journal, with the headline: In Mexico, Gold Mines Beckon

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Coldtainers are new portable cooling containers from Coldtainer USA that provide temperature-controlled transportation. They are available in 2 models of either front opening or top loading and they provide different cooling, freezing and heating options. The portable containers all feature an integrated battery monitor and a digital display for viewing temperature and status. Coldtainers also can record temperatures and they have Bluetooth capabilities for downloading data.
Coldtainer USA, providers of portable containers that can be used for precise temperature control in any transportation application, today announced the availability of a new highly versatile and reliable solution for temperature-controlled transportation.
"Coldtainers are a very flexible and convenient solution for professionals who have to transport perishable goods while still maintaining health and safety standards," said Terry Koerner, general manager of Coldtainer USA. "The direct expansion refrigerated containers are a portable and cost effective technology for transporting food, medical and pharmaceutical supplies when precise temperature control and freeze protection capabilities are needed.
Available in front opening or top loading models in a range of capacities and with numerous cooling, freezing and heating options, Coldtainers can use battery, shore and solar power sources on vehicles and at facilities to operate on AC or DC power. Equipped with refrigeration units designed to withstand vibrations related to vehicle use, the stand-alone containers are made from highly durable molded polyethylene and food-grade materials, are easy to clean and are in compliance with health and safety standards.
All Coldtainer temperature controlled container models feature an integrated battery monitor and a user-friendly digital display to view temperature and status, and for precise temperature set point control. The portable cooling containers also record temperatures and have a mobile Bluetooth capability for downloading data to meet recordkeeping requirements.
Reusable Container protects eggs during transport.


ARIA Award-winner and multi-platinum singer, songwriter and producer Guy Sebastian will be the fourth coach on the next season of The Voice Australia in 2018, levelling the playing field with two Australian superstar coaches.
After capturing the hearts of Australians with his amazing vocal talent in 2003, Sebastian became the first winner of Australian Idol. He shot to fame with his first solo single, Angels Brought Me Here, which debuted at number one and was the fastest selling Australian single in ARIA chart history.
Guy Sebastian joins returning coaches Kelly Rowland, Boy George and fellow Aussie Delta Goodrem to complete the lineup of superstar coaches on Season 8 of The Voice. This will be the first time since season one that the famous red chairs have been home to two Australian coaches.
"I'm really pumped to join the panel of coaches on the new season of The Voice," Sebastian said. "Being a musician over the last 15 years has been an extremely fulfilling time. I love that I can share my experience with some new aspiring artists so we can inject some fresh talent into the music industry.
Nine's Director of Television, Michael Healy said: "Guy Sebastian is one of Australia's biggest hitmakers and a hugely accomplished musician. We would like to welcome him to The Voice family to join fellow Aussie Delta, Kelly Rowland and Boy George in competing to coach a new crop of the best new singers in the land".
Sebastian has had a big impact on the Australian and international music scene. He is the only Australian male artist in chart history to have six number one singles and two number one albums, as well as becoming the first Australian to perform at the Eurovision Song Contest, in 2015.
Sebastian has released 11 top 10 singles and three top 15 singles, six of which have achieved multi-platinum certification, including the 11-time platinum Battle Scars. It featured Lupe Fiasco and spent 20 weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, as well as going platinum in the USA – making Guy one of the few Australian artists with this achievement.
Along with collaborations with a range of Australian and international stars, Sebastian has firsthand knowledge and experience as an artist wanting to break into the music industry on a show like The Voice, which makes him a great asset for the famous red chairs and the coaching team.
The Voice Australia, hosted by Sonia Kruger, will return to Nine in 2019. The program is produced by ITV Australia on behalf of Nine.


They're back! And more are coming back as we speak. On Sunday, 09 March 2014, I observed my first noticeable wave of returning Ring-billeds at Whiting Beach in Indiana. I sensed an increase at the Lake County Fairgrounds the day before and so I visited the lakefront to see what changes were taking place. Sure enough, some 250 littered the beach at Whiting, all mostly adults with only one 1st cycle and a handful of 2nd cycles. Compare this to just 50 reported the day before.
Adult Ring-billed Gull. Whiting, IN. 09 March 2014.
Ring-billed Gull is found in northern Illinois year-round, but decreases in the winter when, presumably, the breeding residents move south and are replaced by populations from northern latitudes. It's not unusual to only see 15-20 Ring-billeds in an entire day of winter gulling at some sites, with 30-50 being average.
I'm always amazed by how my perception of this species' size varies depending on the season. When observing these birds on Sunday, I made a mental note of just how small they are when compared to the larger gulls such as Herring, Lesser Black-backed and Thayer's. After a month or so when our larger gulls move out, this species goes back to looking "big" again, to my mind.
At the time, most of the adults have pristine white heads and are in full breeding condition. A small percentage of adults do show light to moderate head streaking. All the 2nd cycles still show head streaking and so their prealternate molts may be later than adults. Why very few 1st and 2nd cycles are around is somewhat of a mystery to me. Are these ages still farther south on the wintering grounds with no urgent need to hurry back to the breeding grounds?
1st Cycle Ring-billed Gull. Whiting, IN. 09 March 2014.
One observation I made while watching them feed at my feet is just how similar to Laughing Gull some can sound when "laughing", especially as they land to feed among other feeding birds.
Wing structure can look considerably different in flight depending on the bird's thrust and speed.
Finally, I got out the next evening to listen for migrating birds, having read reports that they were moving north along major lakes and river-ways south of me. Sure enough, around 8:00 p.m., I began hearing their soft barks and yelps as they flew relatively low over the I-80 and I-57 corridor near the Will-Cook county line. It's said that spring migrants are rarely detected en route and just suddenly appear. I think it takes a little effort, but observable. The migrating flocks seemed to be flying in loose flocks of 2-3 birds and did not seem to be flying unusually fast. It was obvious that their calls were used to communicate with one another as they pushed through.
1st Cycle Ring-billed. Tinley Park, IL. 10 March 2014.
2nd Cycle Ring-billed. Tinley Park, IL. 10 March 2014.


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The Basics of Dominoes
Originally known as a cape worn by priests, the domino was used in a game that was first spotted in Italy and France in the mid-18th century. The game was then introduced to England by French prisoners of war. By the 1860s dominoes had appeared in American literature.
Dominoes can be used in a number of games, including solitaire games, trick-taking games, and scoring games. These games are generally played by a number of players, and each player draws seven tiles from a pile of stock. The player with the fewest pips wins.
Dominoes are typically made of rigid materials, such as wood or plastic. They are usually twice as long as they are wide. The pieces are generally marked on one side with a line down the middle, and are also marked with a set of pips that form an arrangement. The piece that has the highest total pip count is the lead piece.
The most basic domino game is a double-six set. This set includes 28 pieces, with each piece being unique to the set. Each piece has a numbered pips on one end, and the other end is blank. When playing a domino, you can line them up in a long row or stack them on one end. Then, you flick them forward with a rolling motion. This causes them to fall, and the next domino will fall after the first one. You can also use other objects as dominoes. The advantage of using other objects is that you can make up your own course.
There are many variants of the game. In the most basic version, each player draws seven tiles from the stock. The first player plays the lead piece, which has the most pips. The second player then plays a domino with a number of pips that matches the first.
In the most popular variant of the game, two to four players line up a long row of dominoes, and each player chooses seven tiles from the stock. The tiles are then shuffled face down on the table. Each player chooses a lead piece, which has the most pips. Once all the tiles have been played, the next player then plays the domino with the highest pips. This is referred to as a "trick." During each trick, you score one point.
The double-six set is the most common type of domino set. This set has a total of 28 pieces, and each piece has a unique number of pips on one end, and the second end is blank. When playing a domino, players can place them face down on the table in a row or stack them on the end of a row. Then, they can flick them, or tip them, and cause them to fall. This leads to a chain reaction that ends with the dominoes all falling.
Some traditional Chinese domino games include Pai Gow, Che Deng, and Tien Gow. Unlike Western dominoes, Chinese dominoes don't require matching. Rather, the tile with a number on it belongs to the suit of the number.
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Rachel Papo: Homeschooled by Aline SmithsonDecember 3, 2016
For some time, I have been meaning to share Rachel Papo's excellent exploration of raising children outside of the traditional norms. Her book, Homeschooled, was recently published by Kehrer Verlag and is available at a holiday discount for a limited time (here). The book includes essays by Ariel Shanberg, the Executive Director of the Center for Photography at Woodstock and Holly Graff, an unschooling mom and former public school science teacher.
This project began by photographing one family in her community of Woodstock, New York, but the series expanded as she became intrigued by her subjects and subject matter. Initially, the idea of homeschooling has been met with charged opinions, but as these images reflect, there is a beauty to keeping loved ones close to home, engaged in the natural world and enjoying childhood without societal pressures. In the wake of so much on campus violence, homeschooling may become a much more accepted approach to schooling. Though Rachel's own children attend traditional schools, her curiosity about this community continues, and she hopes to expand the reach of her project.
Holly Graff writes about the homeschool experience: And here we see the greatest asset of childhood: an ardent, almost fanatical belief in one's own potential. All children rule the world—at least until they're told otherwise. We are unschoolers. I was once a high school teacher, but two years ago I quit that job and removed my daughter from the public school system. Neither of us has set foot inside a school since. So that morning, as every morning, instead of bidding each other farewell and going our separate ways, we set out together to explore our own sort of classroom: that of the world around us, an open and inviting setting full of surprises and possibilities.
Rachel Papo – Homeschooled from Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg on Vimeo.
Born in Ohio and raised in Israel, Rachel Papo began working as a photojournalist in the late 1990s and received her MFA in Photography from the School of Visual Arts in 2005. Her works have been exhibited worldwide, including at ClampArt Gallery (New York, NY); Griffin Museum of Photography (Winchester, MA); Paul Kopeikin Gallery, (Los Angeles, CA); and Photographic Center Northwest (Seattle, WA). Since 2005 Papo's photographs have been published in nearly 20 countries.
She has received numerous awards including an NYFA Fellowship and being a finalist for the Santa Fe Prize for Photography in 2006. Rachel was selected in 2009 and 2012 as a Critical Mass Top 50 winner. In 2009 she received the "Deeper Perspective Photographer of the Year" award from the Lucie Foundation and was featured in the "Discoveries of the Meeting Place" exhibition as part of the 2010 Fotofest Biennial. A monograph of her series Serial No. 3817131, documenting female soldiers in Israel, was published by powerHouse Books in 2008. In 2011 photographs from that body of work were selected to be included in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston's acclaimed traveling exhibition WAR/PHOTOGRAPHY: Images of Armed Conflict and Its Aftermath. The monograph Homeschooled was published by Kehrer in 2016.
Papo's works are included in several public and private collections, including those of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago and the Griffin Museum of Photography. She currently lives with her husband and two children in Brooklyn, New York.
©Rachel Papo, Morgan's new microscope, 2012
HOMESCHOOLED
As criticism of the U.S. education system grows among parents, so does the appeal of homeschooling. In 2010, shortly after moving to Woodstock, New York, with my husband and baby daughter, I met a mother who was homeschooling her 5-year-old daughter – True. I never heard about homeschooling before and, being a new mother, naturally I was intrigued. I began to photograph True and soon I was connected to a small number of families living in the region who follow this path, and started documenting them as well. While much of the discussion about the subject tends to revolve around parents and their beliefs, I chose to focus particularly on the lives and routines of the children, in an attempt to capture their spirit, and the meaning of growing up outside the conventional four classroom walls. I devoted two years to my photographic research and the result is a quiet meditation on the home education movement, from the children's perspective. With this body of work I hope to encapsulate a cultural movement in a distinct time in history. As I continued to photograph these children I was constantly forced to re-examine my initial opinion of this phenomenon and, for a few hours each time, I allowed myself to follow them into their mysterious, magical world.
©Rachel Papo, Homework, 2012
©Rachel Papo, Snickerdoodle cookies, 2012
©Rachel Papo, Roan with Kilda and April, 2011
©Rachel Papo, Grisha with a sheet of ice, 2012
©Rachel Papo, Wildlife spotting in the pond, 2013
©Rachel Papo, Jake as Minecraft Steve, 2013
©Rachel Papo, Zephyr and Lucia after theater rehearsal, 2013
©Rachel Papo, On The Sinking Bridge, 2011
©Rachel Papo, "Saint Francis and the Wolf," 2011
©Rachel Papo, Three Weeks After Roscoe Went to Sleep, 2013
©Rachel Papo, Fairy wings, 2013
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In 2018 I got to teach at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp Elementary School session. The camp groups students by age and rotates four sections of each age group through four different classes, in music, theater, visual art, and dance.
This year I had the 5th grade group, kids going into 6th grade, who came in for I think around 50 minutes each. Each group had around a dozen kids, and we had to set up, work, and clean up in that time before the next group came in. The camp was one week, so five mornings total.
The cleaning up is an important part of the process – young people actually like knowing what's going on and they actually like cleaning up, especially sponging off the tables.
The first day I gave them watercolors, and had them try various techniques, with nice watercolor paints (they are Cotman travel sets, and over the years we have replaced the paint as it was used up with Daniel Smith watercolors) on 80# drawing paper. First we looked at some slides of the work of Helen Frankenthaler and Vasili Kandinsky, and told a little about those artists and periods.
Tuesday, we did observational drawing, of a wooden stool, doing fast draw, blind contour, then a longer drawing, then, if they had time, a smaller object of their choice. In this one I showed them basic drawing tricks, using angles, proportions, overlap, scale, and the trick of using the back ground, and the angles of the box the stool was on, to give their drawing depth.
Wednesday we drew the counselor, with the same drawing instruction, with the addition of learning to show the model respect.
Thursday we drew a still life of at least two objects, on the table near them. We didn't do any warmups, but instead sketched on newsprint, then drew with pencil and outlined with pen or drew with a pen, then watercolor, on 80# drawing paper, using the various watercolor techniques from Monday.
On Friday, I set up lights and pushed the tables together, with the lights at one end, and kids sitting on the long sides of the tables. They did a quick draw then shaded (modeled) drawing of white styrofoam balls. Then, had them gather all their art, and put their favorite piece on top, and we did a little art walk, where each said something they liked about (someone else's) picture.
One more thing was to have each kid at the end of each session put his or her work in a stack. I didn't have any drying racks, so we arranged the stacks of pictures all around the edges of the room on the floor.
I had the chance this year to teach two classes at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp Middle School session: Printmaking, and Natural History Drawing and Watercolor. This is an outstanding camp in every way, with some of the best instructors in the country – practicing artists who have also figured out how to bring young people on that ride. The students are also remarkable, in how they support each other. It was fun to get students to the next level in their art work, but just as neat to see them making connections with each other.
These are some pictures, from the final show, from the Natural History Drawing and Watercolor class. I had 18 middle school students – which is a big group, but they were a good group, and all worked hard.
The first day we did drawing exercises, to get into drawing what you see. Some very effective exercises including blind contour drawing (not looking at your paper) and very fast, timed sketches.
with the idea of using light and shadow to do what they wanted it to. All this was from observation, I set up clamp lights for the shading exercises. First we did strips of various kinds of shading.
The idea I had was to show how to make art starting from observation – but with the idea of making a picture.
Our last exercise session was to copy a watercolor landscape, The Blue Boat, by Winslow Homer, in watercolor. I helped them with color mixing, and pointed out the techniques used to create the illusion of space and depth. In this first photo (these are all taken at the final show, looking down at a table), you can see the picture we were copying.
So this was an experiment but it worked really well. You can talk all day but it's much better to just do it. I had them try mixing three different greens.
We went outside two more times, once drawing in pen, trying to convey some sense of writing pieces we'd been given by the Writing and the Visual Arts class. The last time, we painted our own landscape in watercolor. That was where I was really impressed with the students. I think most of us would be a bit intimidated by the task but they went for it.
Also by this point, the last day of a 2-week camp, they were exhausted.
In one class we drew and painted objects we brought in from outside, as well as still life things in the room, in various sizes, and one day we drew some live 5-week-old chickens I brought from home. The chickens seemed to enjoy it as much as the students. Chickens are curious creatures and seem to like outings.
Did I mention Dr. Who was popular at camp.
At the end, we made tiny books, with hard covers covered with paper they'd decorated, and pockets to hold the tiny pieces of art they'd made.
Anyway, good work, guys! The one thing is I wish I'd taken the time to look at our work. It went so fast, and everyone was gone, I was in serious, serious withdrawal the next day. It's intense, and I really enjoyed all the kids – bright and just plain interesting to talk to. So the next day, when I saw some of the students downtown, I was asking them how they liked camp, though – being a shy person – one girl I ran into but was too shy to talk to. I'm still kicking myself. Because she did really well, I really enjoyed her, and I never got to tell her so. Well ok Amelia you rock. There now!
I'd love to teach again, maybe just landscape, or people – in a landscape – and I have an idea for drawing a graphic novel. I did that with elementary school kids last fall, I think it would be really cool.
In June I taught at the Sitka Fine Arts Camp mini camp elementary school session. Sixty children rotated through in groups of 15. The kids I had were going into third through 6th grades. This is what we did on day one – we had under an hour, and some ace parent helpers – we had no running water, so used five-gallon buckets.
The first day I showed them some slides of Kandkinsky. We worked on color complements – the colors that are opposite each other on the color wheel. When you put them next to each other, each makes the other look more intense. We didn't have time for all the kids, but we had different children tell what they liked about the picture in the slide, or find where complementary colors were next to each other. I demonstrated color mixing, mainly to show how you rinse and blot the brush between dipping into colors.
The kids were instructed to mix at least one new color, and encouraged, as they went along, to try color complements.
We used big paper, and each kid got a palette with primary colors and white, two brushes (large and small), and water and folded paper towels for blotting. They got a second paper plate for mixing.
A trick for cutting a lot of (institutional) paper towels off a roll: use a utility knife to cut the roll on opposite sides.
This went really well. It also helps to have the kids get their brushes, apron, and paper as they come in the door.


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Russian intervention in Syria: significant, but not a 'game changer'
Posted on October 29, 2015 by jonathanspyer
The Strategist, Australian Strategic Policy Institute, 29/10
http://www.aspistrategist.org.au/russian-intervention-in-syria-significant-but-not-a-game-changer/
On September 30th, Russian aircraft began the bombardment of rebel and Islamic State targets in Syria, heralding a new phase in Syria's long and bloody civil war. The Russian attacks were accompanied by an assembling of pro-regime ground forces for a renewed offensive to reverse recent rebel gains in the north west of the country.
The Russian air intervention and the ground offensive by Syrian, Iranian, and Iraqi and Lebanese Shia forces has removed any immediate threat to the regime enclave in Syria's western coastal area. Yet these latest developments do not appear close to bringing the war to a conclusion. Rather, the variety of inter-locking conflicts which now constitute the Syrian war appear far from resolution, with some movement on the ground but nothing suggesting a final coup de grace, or indeed a political process which could bring the conflict to an end.
The civil war in Syria, it should be remembered, is no longer a single conflict. Rather, there are no fewer than five separate but interlocking wars taking place on the soil of the country. These are: the 'original' war between the Assad regime and the largely Sunni Arab rebellion against it, the war between the Kurdish YPG (Peoples' Protection Units) and the Islamic State organization, conflict between the rebels and Islamic State in the north and south of the country, clashes between the Islamic State and the Assad regime in Homs and Aleppo provinces, and finally Turkish attacks on the Kurdish YPG (most recently in the town of Tel Abyad) because of that organization's links with the PKK (Kurdish Workers Party).
The Russian intervention is of direct relevance to only one of these conflicts – that between the regime and the Sunni Arab rebellion.
The regime/Russian/Iranian offensive against the rebels is currently making some progress in the southern Aleppo countryside. While Russian and regime bombing in the Ghab plain area prevents any further significant move forward by rebels, pro-regime forces are seeking to encircle Aleppo city, and eventually to link up with two Shia villages north west of it, Nubl and Zahra. If the encirclement is completed, this would be of high significance, because it would serve to cut off the rebels in Aleppo from their supply lines across the Syrian-Turkish border. Aleppo, Syria's second city, has been contested between the rebels and the regime since summer, 2012.
The Russian intervention was an emergency response to rebel advances in north west Syria in the preceding months. A new rebel alliance, the Jaish al-Fatah (Army of Conquest), declared in March 2015, had made considerable gains in the months prior to the intervention. This new bloc brought together a number of the most powerful rebel militias in Syria's north, including the Syrian franchise of al-Qaeda, Jabhat al-Nusra and the Salafi Ahrar al-Sham.
These forces captured Idleb city and the strategic town of Jisr al-Shughur in the spring of this year. This left the way open for a rebel push into the regime controlled Latakia province on the western coast. Latakia contains the Russian naval depot at Tartus, the only Russian naval facility outside of the former Soviet Union.
This would have spelt potential disaster both for the Assad regime and its Russian patron. The Russian intervention was intended first and foremost to prevent this. This is clear despite the hollow claim by Moscow that its intervention was intended to help the regime in its fight against Islamic State.
This is confirmed by the pattern of Russian bombing in Syria – overwhelmingly directed not against IS, but rather against rebel targets adjoining regime controlled areas at vulnerable points. While Russian spokesmen have claimed from the outset of the bombing campaign on September 30th that Moscow was targeting IS positions as well as those of the rebels, it is observable fact that the great bulk of the attacks have targeted Idleb, Hama, Latakia and Homs provinces. These are the areas immediately adjoining the regime's vulnerable western coastal enclave. The IS presence in them is minimal to non existent. So the goals of the Russian offensive are clear.
But while Moscow can save its client from immediate destruction, it cannot resolve the key strategic dilemma facing the regime. From the outset of the war, Assad's problem has been an insufficient number of men willing to engage in the fighting on his behalf. This derived from the narrow sectarian basis of the regime. Assad's own Alawi sect accounted for only about 12% of Syria's population (compared with around 60% for the Sunni Arabs who formed the core of the rebellion against him). This absence of manpower is what lies behind the retreats from large swathes of territory which the regime has undertaken in the course of the last three years. The regime has sought to reduce the area under its control in order to govern it effectively.
But what this means is that the air assistance of the Russians can do little but preserve the regime enclave. Assad can not afford to advance far from his current area of control, because the acquisition of new areas to rule would then revive the original problem of manpower shortages which made the retreat necessary in the first place.
The Iranians, of course, are providing the manpower for the current regime offensive. But unless Teheran envisages placing Sunni areas of northern Syria under permanent occupation, this is only a temporary solution.
The Russian intervention has been accompanied by diplomatic moves from Moscow, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov saying after a surprise visit by Assad to Moscow that Russia supports preparations for 'parliamentary and presidential elections' in Syria, and would even be willing to offer sir support to rebels in combat against Islamic State.
Given that Moscow envisages a continued role for Assad throughout this projected political process, however, it is unlikely to have much purchase with rebels, who have been fighting for four years to bring down his dictatorship.
What all this means is that the Russian intervention into Syria, while undoubtedly significant, does not appear to be a 'game changer' in the Syrian war, presaging its early conclusion. Rather, Moscow took the decision to double down on its support for the Assad regime at a time when it was experiencing extreme difficulty. But the Russian intervention is not of a type and scale which can deliver victory to Assad. Nor will it impact significantly on the other conflict systems currently under way in the land area that was once Syria.
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Yonatan Karmi says:
The main question now is how long Russia, Iran and Hizballah will be prepared to prop up the regime and the Syrian Army. As JS says, expanding the area under regime control is pointless. Eventually, I think Assad will have little choice but to relinquish Damascus, Aleppo and the other cities in order to fall back into Latakia and Tartous provinces. The main fight will then be over who controls the rest of Syria, ie. the great bulk of it.
It is perceptive, the brothers-at-arms of Assad, Iran and Russia have been keeping the world on its toes, surely, these "helps" won't come free, they are self-serving. Don't you think so ?


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Q: "allowDefinition='MachineToApplication'" error occurs when setting a host name for an ASP.NET MVC 4.0 site in IIS 7.5 I'm trying to configure a host header for an ASP.NET MVC 4.0 site in IIS. If I don't set the host name in the http binding I can browse to the site without issue. However, once I set the host name I get the following error:

Server Error in '/' Application.
Configuration Error
  Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.
Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond the application level.  This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.
Source Error:
Line 53:     <compilation targetFramework="4.5" />
Line 54:     <httpRuntime targetFramework="4.5" />
Line 55:     <authentication mode="Windows" />
Line 56:     <authorization>
Line 57:       <deny users="?" />

Source File: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\oms\web.config    Line: 55
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.17929

I researched this issue and saw that most who encountered it usually had a web.config file in a sub-directory that included authentication settings. I tried performing Clean operations in Debug and Release modes, deleting the obj folder, and ensuring I had no backup folders. The only other web.config I have is the one in my Views folder. I haven't added anything to that file, but it's possible there could be something in it causing a problem. Here's my Views web.config:
<?xml version="1.0"?>

<configuration>
  <configSections>
    <sectionGroup name="system.web.webPages.razor" type="System.Web.WebPages.Razor.Configuration.RazorWebSectionGroup, System.Web.WebPages.Razor, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">

    </sectionGroup>
  </configSections>

  <system.web.webPages.razor>
    <host factoryType="System.Web.Mvc.MvcWebRazorHostFactory, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
    <pages pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.WebViewPage">
      <namespaces>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
        <add namespace="System.Web.Optimization"/>
        <add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
      </namespaces>
    </pages>
  </system.web.webPages.razor>

  <appSettings>
    <add key="webpages:Enabled" value="false" />
  </appSettings>

  <system.web>
    <httpHandlers>
      <add path="*" verb="*" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler"/>
    </httpHandlers>

    <pages
        validateRequest="false"
        pageParserFilterType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewTypeParserFilter, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
        pageBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewPage, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35"
        userControlBaseType="System.Web.Mvc.ViewUserControl, System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35">
      <controls>
        <add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" namespace="System.Web.Mvc" tagPrefix="mvc" />
      </controls>
    </pages>
  </system.web>

  <system.webServer>
    <validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />

    <handlers>
      <remove name="BlockViewHandler"/>
      <add name="BlockViewHandler" path="*" verb="*" preCondition="integratedMode" type="System.Web.HttpNotFoundHandler" />
    </handlers>
  </system.webServer>
</configuration>

I'm unsure about it being a configuration issue since the site works when I don't set the host name.
How do I correctly host an ASP.NET MVC 4.0 site with a host header?

A: I wasn't able to publish my site with a host header without getting this error message when publishing to a dedicated site in IIS. However, I was able to get it working by publishing to the Default Web Site via Web Deploy in Visual Studio 2012.
I used the following in the web deploy connection configuration:
Service URL: http://ServerName
Site name: Default Web Site/SiteName
Destination URL: www.SiteName.com
Reference: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd465337(v=vs.110).aspx
The site can now be accessed by browsing to http://ServerName/SiteName.

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Where Does Parkinson Come From
What Are The Surgical Treatments For Parkinsons Disease
Where does Dystonia come from? What causes Dystonia in Parkinson's?
Most patients with Parkinsons disease can maintain a good quality of life with medications. However, as the disease worsens, medications may no longer be effective in some patients. In these patients, the effectiveness of medications becomes unpredictable reducing symptoms during on periods and no longer controlling symptoms during off periods, which usually occur when the medication is wearing off and just before the next dose is to be taken. Sometimes these variations can be managed with changes in medications. However, sometimes they cant. Based on the type and severity of your symptoms, the failure of adjustments in your medications, the decline in your quality of life and your overall health, your doctor may discuss some of the available surgical options.
The Trouble With Levodopa
One of the most common treatments for Parkinsonâs is Levodopa. Often referred to as L-DOPA, it was the medication featured in the Robert DeNiro-Robin Williams film âAwakenings,â based on Oliver Sacksâ account of âwaking upâ patients permanently asleep from encephalitis lethargica.
Levodopa can be produced in a lab but it already occurs widely in nature across animals, plants and humans. In our brains, it serves as the precursor for the production of adrenaline, noradrenaline and dopamine. When administering an IV drip to human patients in the early â60s showed dramatic results, levodopa rose to become the prominent treatment of the last 30 years.
One advantage of the drugâs delivery is that, unlike dopamine, levodopa crosses the blood-brain to be converted in the midbrain. The drugâs ability to reduce early motor symptoms of the disease became one of the key tools in deciding on a diagnosis of Parkinsonâs.
Robert started his treatments and responded well to the first line of levodopa.
Parkinsonâs is often broken down into two stages: The first, where levodopa gives anywhere from some relief to almost complete reduction of symptoms, and a second, where the levodopa itself causes motor complications .
More accurately, Helen later observed, the smoked cannabis didnât seem to present any additional relief over the still reasonably effective levodopa in their early experiments.
Drug Therapy And Research
If the disease progresses beyond minor symptoms, drug treatment may be indicated. Drug therapy for Parkinsonâs typically provides relief for 10â15 years or more. The most commonly prescribed medication is L-dopa , and this helps replenish some of the depleted dopamine in the brain. Sinemet, a combination of levodopa and carbidopa, is the drug most doctors use to treat Parkinsonâs disease. Recent clinical studies have suggested, in the younger person, the class of drugs called âdopamine agonistsâ should be used prior to levodopa-carpidopa except in patients with cognitive problems or hallucinations. In those older than 75, dopamine agonists should be used cautiously because of an added risk of hallucinations.
Other drugs are also used, and new drugs are continually being tested. It is common for multiple drugs to be prescribed because many of them work well together to control symptoms and reduce side effects. Contrary to past beliefs, starting Sinemet in newly diagnosed people does not lead to early symptoms of dyskinesia . Current knowledge is that the disease progression causes dyskinesias, not a âresistanceâ to the drug.
Quality of life studies show that early treatment with dopaminergic medications improves daily functioning, prevents falls, and improves a personâs sense of well-being.
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What Is Parkinsonism Is It Different From Parkinsons
Parkinsons disease is the most common cause of parkinsonism, a category of neurological diseases that cause slowed movement.
No quick or easy diagnostic tests exist for Parkinsons disease, so a patient may receive an initial diagnosis of parkinsonism without a more specific condition being confirmed.
Classic Parkinsons disease referred to as idiopathic because it has no known cause is the most common and most treatable parkinsonism.
About 15 percent of people with parkinsonism have atypical variants, which are also known as Parkinsons plus syndromes.
The Neural Mysteries Of Parkinsons
It began in the early â90s. Robert, Helenâs husband, felt his hands begin to tremble slightly, evidence of the die-off of the neurons in his midbrain responsible for producing dopamine, the neurotransmitter essential for voluntary motion.
This telltale degeneration can first manifest as tremors, slowness of movement, gait problems and/or rigidity, but the underlying causes of cell death are poorly understood, despite the fact that descriptions of the symptoms date back to Egyptian papyrus, Ayruvedic medical treatises and the writings of Galen. Modern dopamine replacement medicine often helps extend the golden years, but the medication is nearly as poorly-understood as the diseaseâs origin.
Still, much knowledge has been collected since 1817, when Dr. James Parkinson published his essay on six cases of âthe shaking palsy.â The motor symptoms, collectively called a âparkinsonian syndrome,â are further broken down into four subtypes.
Secondary parkinsonism arises from known causes such as stroke, head trauma, brain infections and exposure to toxins. Factors associated with an increased risk of developing this subtype include farming or living in the country â perhaps because of rural exposure to pesticides in the air and well-water.
âIronically, Rotenone, an âorganicâ pesticide is probably a big culprit,â said Helen. âRobert rubbed it on the cow when he lived on the commune in the 70âs to control flies. It worked great. Only he got Parkinsonâs.â
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What Are Lewy Bodies
The affected neurons of people with Parkinsons disease have been found to contain clumped proteins called Lewy bodies, but researchers arent yet sure why Lewy bodies form or what role they play in the disease.
Lewy bodies are clumps of a protein called alpha-synuclein . Neurons cant break down these protein clumps, which may lead to the death of these cells.
Some other theories about what causes the death of brain cells in people with Parkinsons disease include free radical damage, inflammation, or toxins.
Migration Of The Parkinson Family To Ireland
Some of the Parkinson family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.Another 59 words about their life in Ireland is included in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Parkinson Settlers in United States in the 17th Century
Dorothie Parkinson, who landed in Virginia in 1622
Dorothy Parkinson and her husband, who arrived in Virginia in 1623
Dorothy Parkinson, who arrived in Maryland in 1674
Anne Parkinson and her husband, who settled in Virginia in 1682
William Parkinson, who landed in New England in 1744
John Parkinson, who settled in Maryland in 1774
Robert Parkinson, who arrived in New York in 1803
Alexander Parkinson, who arrived in South Carolina in 1808
Willis Parkinson, who arrived in San Francisco, California in 1851
Richard Parkinson, aged 57, who landed in New York in 1868
George Parkinson, who landed in Allegany County, Pennsylvania in 1872
Parkinson Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century
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When To Worry About Signs Of Parkinsons Disease
No single one of these signs means that you should worry, but if you have more than one sign you should consider making an appointment to talk to your doctor. Have you noticed a slight shaking or tremor in your finger, thumb, hand or chin? A tremor while at rest is a common early sign of Parkinsons disease. What is normal?
How Is Parkinson's Disease Managed
What is a Parkinson's tremor?
Your doctors will tailor your treatment based on your individual circumstances. You will manage your condition best if you have the support of a team, which may include a general practitioner, neurologist, physiotherapist, occupational therapist, psychologist, specialist nurse and dietitian.
While there is no cure for Parkinson's disease, symptoms can be treated with a combination of the following.
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Does Parkinsons Affect Your Lifespan
Parkinsons research and treatments have come a long way, so much so that the average life span of a person with Parkinsons is the same or near the same as someone without Parkinsons disease. However, the lifespan of a person can vary widely based upon that persons health choices, such as their diet, exercise routine, if they have a history of smoking and many other factors. So, for most people with Parkinsons, as long as you focus on managing your Parkinsons disease and make healthy choices your lifespan should not be shortened.
How Is A Diagnosis Made
Because other conditions and medications mimic the symptoms of PD, getting an accurate diagnosis from a physician is important. No single test can confirm a diagnosis of PD, because the symptoms vary from person to person. A thorough history and physical exam should be enough for a diagnosis to be made. Other conditions that have Parkinsons-like symptoms include Parkinsons plus, essential tremor, progressive supranuclear palsy, multi-system atrophy, dystonia, and normal pressure hydrocephalus.
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What Are The Primary Motor Symptoms Of Parkinsons Disease
There are four primary motor symptoms of Parkinsons disease: tremor, rigidity, bradykinesia and postural instability . Observing two or more of these symptoms is the main way that physicians diagnose Parkinsons.
It is important to know that not all of these symptoms must be present for a diagnosis of Parkinsons disease to be considered. In fact, younger people may only notice one or two of these motor symptoms, especially in the early stages of the disease. Not everyone with Parkinsons disease has a tremor, nor is a tremor proof of Parkinsons. If you suspect Parkinsons, see a neurologist or movement disorders specialist.
Bradykinesia
Postural Instability
Walking or Gait Difficulties
Vocal Symptoms
Foster A Good Relationship
Lastly, maintaining your relationship and communication with the person with Parkinsonâs can be the most challenging and rewarding aspect of caregiving. As Parkinsonâs disease progresses, the roles change and the person with Parkinsonâs may go from being an independent head of the household to a very dependent person requiring a significant level of care. However, research shows that despite high levels of strain, caregivers with good quality relationships have reduced depression and better physical health. Remember, as a caregiver your service to your loved one is beyond measure in terms of love, depth of care, and concern.
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Tremor can be unpredictable. Some experts say itâs the toughest symptom to treat with medication. Your doctor may prescribe medication for your tremors:
Levodopa/carbidopa combination medicines . This treatment is a type of medication called a dopamine agonist. Itâs usually the first treatment for Parkinsonâs.
When Do You Get Young Onset Parkinsons Disease
About 10 to 20 percent of people with Parkinsons experience symptoms before age 50, which is called young onset. While treatments are the same, younger people may experience the disease differently. Scientists are working to understand the causes behind young-onset Parkinsons.
A tremor while at rest is a common early sign of Parkinsons disease. What is normal? Shaking can be normal after lots of exercise, if you are stressed or if you have been injured. Shaking could also be caused by a medicine you take. Read more about tremor.
Sometimes stiffness goes away as you move. If it does not, it can be a sign of Parkinsons disease. An early sign might be stiffness or pain in your shoulder or hips. People sometimes say their feet seem stuck to the floor.
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What Does Kill People With Parkinsons
While no one dies directly from Parkinsons, you may be asking yourself what does typically cause death in Parkinsons patients. The two of the biggest causes of death for people with Parkinsons are Falls and Pneumonia:
Falls Parkinsons patients are typically at an increased risk of falls due to postural instability and other symptoms of Parkinsons. This poses a great risk to those with PD because falls are the leading cause of injury-related deaths among those 65 years or older according to the CDC. It is important to take precautions to limit the risk of falling in your home. This can be done by wearing special grip socks to prevent slipping or installing handrails in high-risk areas like the shower or staircase. In addition, you should talk with your doctor about getting a physical therapy evaluation periodically to strengthen your balance reflexes and help you develop other strategies to keep you safe in the home.
What Is The Prognosis And Life Expectancy For Parkinson's Disease
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The severity of Parkinson's disease symptoms and signs vary greatly from person to peson, and it is not possible to predict how quickly the disease will progress. Parkinson's disease itself is not a fatal disease, and the average life expectancy is similar to that of people without the disease. Secondary complications, such as pneumonia, falling-related injuries, and choking can lead to death. Many treatment options can reduce some of the symptoms and prolong the quality of life.
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Trouble Moving Or Walking
Do you feel stiff in your body, arms or legs? Have others noticed that your arms dont swing like they used to when you walk? Sometimes stiffness goes away as you move. If it does not, it can be a sign of Parkinson's disease. An early sign might be stiffness or pain in your shoulder or hips. People sometimes say their feet seem stuck to the floor.
What is normal?If you have injured your arm or shoulder, you may not be able to use it as well until it is healed, or another illness like arthritis might cause the same symptom.
History Of Parkinsons Disease
Symptoms and possible treatments for Parkinsons were discussed in texts related to Ayurveda, an ancient Indian medical practice thats been around since as early as 5,000 B.C. A Parkinsons-like condition was also mentioned in the first Chinese medical text, Huang Di Nei Jing Su Wen, more than 2,500 years ago.
Parkinsons disease was formally recognized in an 1817 paper, An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, by James Parkinson, MD, a London doctor and member of the Royal College of Surgeons.
Dr. Parkinson observed what are now known as the classic symptoms of Parkinsons disease, including tremors, rigidity, and postural instability. He theorized that the disease developed because of a problem in the brains medulla region.
Parkinsons essay received little attention until 1861, when French neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot and his colleagues distinguished the disease from other neurological conditions and termed it Parkinsons disease.
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The Genetics Of Parkinsons
A 2020 study including 1,676 people with Parkinsons in mainland China suggested that genes play a role in the development of the condition. An estimated 10 to 15 percent of people with Parkinsons have a family history of the condition.
In fact, a number of specific genes have been linked to the development of Parkinsons.
How do genetics factor into Parkinsons in some families? According to Genetics Home Reference, one possible way is through the mutation of genes responsible for producing dopamine and certain proteins essential for brain function.
Signs Of Parkinsons Disease
In 1817, Dr. James Parkinson published An Essay on the Shaking Palsy describing non-motor, as well as, motor symptoms of the illness that bears his name. Parkinsons is not just a movement disorder, explained Dr. Shprecher. Constipation, impaired sense of smell, and dream enactment can occur years before motor symptoms of Parkinsons. The latter, caused by a condition called REM sleep behavior disorder, is a very strong risk factor for both Parkinsons and dementia . This has prompted us to join a consortium of centers studying REM sleep behavior disorder.
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Exposure to pesticides and a history of head injury have each been linked with PD, but the risks are modest. Never drinking caffeinated beverages, are also associated with small increases in risk of developing PD. Although smokers are at a reduced risk of developing PD, tobacco smoking has overwhelmingly negative effects on health and as many as half of people who use tobacco die from complications of tobacco use.
Prevention Of Parkinsons Disease
Researchers dont know of any proven ways to prevent Parkinsons disease, but avoiding certain risk factors and adopting a healthy lifestyle may help reduce your risk.
Some studies have shown a diet high in antioxidants along with regular exercise may play a role in preventing Parkinsons. Other findings have suggested that compounds like caffeine, niacin, and nicotine may have a protective effect against Parkinsons disease.
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What Is Parkinsons Disease
Parkinsons disease is a nervous system disease that affects your ability to control movement. The disease usually starts out slowly and worsens over time. If you have Parkinsons disease, you may shake, have muscle stiffness, and have trouble walking and maintaining your balance and coordination. As the disease worsens, you may have trouble talking, sleeping, have mental and memory problems, experience behavioral changes and have other symptoms.
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Modern humans almost never have the opportunity to experience something like this. We have grown so dependent on fossil fuels and machines that do this kind of work that we have forgotten the most important lessons of trust, forgiveness, community, slow time, and craft. As Wendel Berry writes about in the Unsettling of America, the point isn't to do something quickly. It is to do it well. This is especially and poignantly true of building sacred spaces. Fossil fueled powered heavy machinery could never, ever compare to what we experienced here as a tribe.
I'll be honest; I'm opening this post with the words of others because much of the experience of Stones Rising defies capture by the written word. Very few other festivals or gatherings in my life as an animist prepared me for the work—physical, emotional, spiritual- of pulling a stone a half a mile up and down a gravel road, putting my shoulder and back and heart to a rope with a group of (largely) strangers. People had told me it was a powerful weekend. Some had told me that the event had changed them. But before the actual experience of raising a stone at Four Quarters myself, I didn't—couldn't—really get it.
Labor Day weekend 2017 was the 23rd Stones Rising celebration. The enormous "Flame Stone," a 4-ton and 22-foot slab of red, brown, and gray sand stone, is the 53rd stone to be raised at Four Quarters. Set in the North, the Flame Stone is the first stone of a larger interior circle that will take another ten years to build. The original stone circle of Four Quarters has been the ongoing vision of Orren Whiddon, who established the sanctuary, often called "the Farm," in the early 90's and led the first pull and raising in 1995. (You can read the history of the stones, which is (and is not) the history of "the Farm," here.
People who have helped raise stones in the circle often take on an uncanny radiance when they talk about the experience. Members grant a reverent attention to the stones that they helped to raise. Some leave offerings. Some simply sit in the quiet with a certain stone or the circle itself. It is not uncommon to see people standing with their forehead pressed to or finger tips lightly tracing the crazing of the stone. Spend an evening with those who have been around a while and it won't take long before the stories flow like mead—the year the tip of a stone snapped off, the hole cut into the stone because of a crack, the stone that is held together with a strap, the year it was 90 degrees in the shade and they pulled through it, the year of the hurricane and they pulled through it. People return to the raising, the circle, this gathering of community year after year after year.
On Saturday, in a break between rain showers, we pull.
We are standing in the field, waiting. Elbow to elbow, the rope people. Our gloved fists are staggered on the florescent yellow line.
This is why we came. To make a story of our labor.
Though we are not moving, the rope is rigid—held taut by so many eager hands. When we are still, we are sharing breath. A hawk is making wide turns in the gray sky, high above us.
The stones crew are conferring about the working parts—sled, ropes, roller logs, levers. I keep stepping away from the rope line to look at the stone on the sled—so fascinating—the straps that hold the enormous stone in place. How can wood hold all that weight? And, the stone, too, such a deep, rusty hue.
Orren has made a bet with Mike that we won't be able to move the stone on the first pull. My ears and eyes are open—I am so very bad at waiting, at listening—I cannot help but drink it all in—the grass, the ropes, my boots, the smell of the morning's rain still rising up from the field. My breath is so shallow.
And, finally, the command: Pull.
Moine Michelle is a contemplative Druid (AODA, OBOD), Scottish Gaelic learner, and writer living in the DC-area. For her day-job, she teaches writers to love every aspect of the writing process. In her free-time, she hangs out with an ancient, black lab and a feisty fat Chihuahua.
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Interview #62
Chiara Terraneo
* The following text is an excerpt from an interview made in 2016. The original version is published in PANORAMA (DIORAMA editions).
Chiara Terraneo (Cantù, 1984) studied at NABA (Milan), WDKA (Rotterdam), CFP R. Bauer (Milan) and Magnum Photos (New York). Her work has been exhibited at Inchiostro (Alessandria), Gason Lisak (Barcellona), I Never Read (Basel), Pelagica, Spazio Florida and SPRINT (Milan).
Your work is divided in illustrations, photography, video, production of ceramics and publications. Where did you start from, and how did you develop your work in various media?
At first I started with drawing, then graphics, then photography. Then came the return to drawing, which was difficult but necessary and pressing. A drawing goes somewhere where the photography does not, and I use photography for other purposes. Drawing is physical, photography is ocular although it involves the movement of the body. Ceramics, is… I needed to build something physical, and then here's the clay. The publications are meant to sort the ideas and to give them a body and a direction, and then putting them out into the world.
You have a very personal style, almost childlike: how did it develop?
I think it was an evolution of the hand. I'm not interested in realistic drawings, although I appreciate the value. For that I have photography. At some point I needed to simplify, wipe clean the marks and go faster than the head. The thoughts can do good and do wrong.
What is your educational background?
Art school, Graphic Design studies at NABA and Erasmus at WDKA in Rotterdam: it was my first approach to an international situation and where I encountered photography. I worked as a graphic designer for print publishing. Then I enrolled in photography at CFP. R. Bauer in Milan. Then I worked in London as an assistant photographer for a study that deals with still life, where I refined my lighting technique. I started to draw again. Various workshops, Sarah Jones, Alec Soth… And an experience at Magnum Photo in New York as an archivist.
In your work there are several references to the Romanesque and medieval iconography, to bestiaries and botanical books. Where do you get your inspiration?
I keep a notebook in my pocket, my backpack or purse, in which I make sketches of the people around me. Fast sketches, black bic, preferably. On the public transports, in coffee shops, while I eat. Movements, gestures, postures, sentences that say something, or the impressions that my mind creates suddenly, my emotional state at the time. Then there are the exotic trips I do around the world. I am fascinated by medieval European bestiaries, by ancient Indian figures, by herbaria with imaginary herbs, those with stylized herbs. Medical tests, anatomical studies on paper, forms of Alchemy. They are like Chinese boxes that lead to other Chinese boxes. Then there's my love for Romanesque wall paintings… For its childish and didactic tone: I need to explain, I need to indoctrinate, and you need to understand well. Each object, person and plant, all sizes, in those panels in the ambos of churches, serves a specific cause, there are no extra things. I'm interested in their resolution of space. Then there's the African-American art from the beginning of the century, such as that of Clementine Hunter; but I'm an insatiable researcher.
Traveling is ofter the core of your work. In 2015 you did a residence in Barcelona in the space of Gaston Lisak, where you started a research on the Greek myth of the foundation of the city.
Gaston invited me for an artist-in-residence program at his studio, and I wanted to go back to the origins of the town that hosted me. I discovered this Greek myth for which it is believed that, during the voyage of the Argonauts, Heracles and Hermes recovered the ninth lost ship near the Montjuic, the Hill of Barcelona where the Botanical Garden now stands; they fell in love with the place so they founded the city, Barca Nona. Online research first and then in the physical city. Every place has its own colours, buildings, nature that vary with the lights. My palette was inspired by waking up in the early morning to seeing the sun on the sea, the gardens, the parks, which flowers in the parks, which beasts. I asked myself: "What would I have seen, arriving from the sea, as the first on land?" I made myself permeable to Barcelona: black almost disappeared and everything became a perceptual pattern.
You also realized a project on the topic of bullfighting: how did you develop this research and into which works has it been translated?
Succeeding Barcelona, I was asked to do some drawings for Bullfighting in the Mediterranean area. I decided on the myth of the labyrinth of Crete's Island. Each project is an opportunity to experiment. I tried the largest sizes, I picked up a pencil and brushes, unknown for some time. Each instrument implies a new way of moving and a different approach. The colors are delivered from the Palace of Knossos; the pencil line is slimmed down, cleaned up after having meet the Greek vases with black and red figures. And then the minotaurs appeared, made in metal as a votive, with Greek bodies and the head stolen from the Egyptian parietal art.
Lately then, you have approached the ceramic and fabric; These practices provide an articulated process and a very direct and profound relationship with the matter. What are the origins of this interest?
I needed something useful, I needed to produce something tangible and usable. Besides, the fabric fascinates me, and this is just the beginning.


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Q: My script returns an error when the test isn't corresponding to the Regex: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group' My script down here is supposed to return a result in this format
[ {'heure':xxxx,'mid': xxxx,'type message': "e.g SMS.Message ", "Origine":xxx,"Destination":xxxx}]

Well it works but without the Type message I've just added this so I think that the regex isn't correct. :/ It also doesn't work when I add a data that doesn't have something that looks like the regex so I think I have to do a try: - except: but I don't know how. :/
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

import re
################################_Function EXTRACT_###############################################

def extraire(data):
    ms = re.match(r'(\S+).*mid:(\d+).*(R:NVS:\w+)', data) # heure & mid
    k = re.findall(r"/\S+", data ) # source & destination extracte
    return {'Heure':ms.group(1), 'mid':ms.group(2),'Type Message':ms.group(3),"Origine":k[0],"Destination":k[1]}

#################################################################################################

tableau = []
data3 = "12:07:32.546 mta         Messages       I Doc O:TCARVAL (NVS:SMTP/jack.reacher@example.de) R:NVS:VOICE/+45154245 mid:6500"
data4 = "12:07:41.391 mta         Messages       I Rep O:TCARVAL (NVS:SMTP/brad.alison@yow.en) R:NVS:**SMS.Message**/+39872422 mid:6500"
data5 = "12:07:32.546 mta         Messages       I Doc O:TCARVAL (NVS:VOICE/+69517412carval@ifremer.no) R:NVS:SMS.Message/+34659879 mid:6500"
data6 = "12:07:32.545 mta     Messages   I Doc O:TCARVAL Example@whitout-slash.com        R:NVS:VOICE/01020150405 mid:9797"
data_list = [ data3, data4,data5, data6]
tableau = [extraire(data) for data in data_list]
print tableau

A: Change your extraire function to this, as you are trying to access properties on ms even when
there are no matches. And when there are no matches, ms is None :
def extraire(data):
    ms = re.match(r'(\S+).*mid:(\d+).*(R:NVS:\w+)', data) # heure & mid
    print(str(ms))
    if(ms is not None):
        k = re.findall(r"/\S+", data ) # source & destination extracte
        return {'Heure':ms.group(1), 'mid':ms.group(2),'Type Message':ms.group(3),"Origine":k[0],"Desti\
nation":k[1]}
    else:
        return {}

Btw, your regex does not seem to match the text you intend to match.
You may get List index out of range error as well if  k does not contain the number of elements you are seeking.

A: "mid" is coming after "R:NVS" so your pattern has it in the wrong order
12:07:32.546 mta         Messages       I Doc O:TCARVAL (NVS:SMTP/jack.reacher@example.de) R:NVS:VOICE/+45154245 mid:6500
                                                                                1                     2

So, you need to change the order in your pattern into something like this
(\S+).*(R:NVS:\w+).*mid:(\d+)

Btw. what do you \S+ expect to match? Here it will match the first series of non whitespace characters in the string.


I was stopped for driving without a license. I had priors of the same charge. I knew it was highly possible I was facing jail time. I hired Wallin & Klarich to handle my case. My attorney went to court and fought for me. He was able to get me no jail time at all. My Wallin & Klarich attorney was very professional and acted quickly on my case. I highly recommend Wallin & Klarich to any one in need of a great attorney.
I was charged with driving on a suspended license as a misdemeanor, facing up to six months in jail and $1,000 in fines. Then I hired Wallin & Klarich. My attorney knew the courthouse very well when he found out which judge would be hearing my case, he acted quickly. He was able to convince the judge to reduce the charges down to an infraction with minimal fines. I never even had to go to court or do any probation.


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Thierry Henry at a loss to explain Arsenal situation
Thierry Henry discusses Arsenal's inconsistent form this season under Arsene Wenger
By The Sport Review staff Thursday 15 February 2018, 04:30 UK @thesportreview
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry Photo: Sky Sports
Thierry Henry has admitted that he is struggling to pinpoint why Arsenal have been so inconsistent this season.
The Gunners have struggled to find consistent form in the top flight this season and currently find themselves significantly off the pace in the race for Champions League qualification.
Indeed, Arsenal are currently in sixth place in the table and eight points behind fourth-placed Chelsea FC, leaving them with a significant uphill struggle if they want to finish in the Champions League spots.
Arsenal's best hope of qualifying for next season's Champions League may come by winning the Europa League this season.
And Gunners legend Henry has admitted that he is not sure why the north London side have struggled to find consistent form this term.
Speaking on Sky Sports' Monday Night Football, Henry said: "It's a weird one. It's difficult to pinpoint.
"In some games they show us that they can do it but the consistency [is missing]. We go back to the same thing."
Arsenal have not won the Premier League title since their famous unbeaten triumph under Arsene Wenger back in 2003-04, when Henry was still playing for the Gunners.
The north London side have won the FA Cup in three of the last four seasons, however.
The Gunners will take on Swedish side Ostersunds in the last 32 of the Europa League on Thursday night as they bid to progress in Europe's second tier club competition.
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The people who have worked to become successful TV writers come from many different places and backgrounds. Many did not even start out to work in the entertainment industry- they were just everyday people with an idea. Most successful TV writers started at the bottom, worked odd jobs at some point, and overcame some sort of obstacle or hardship to get where they are today.
With many of his projects achieving cult status, Joss Whedon is best known for his work as the creator and showrunner of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer. He has been described as the world's first third-generation TV writer, being the son and grandson of TV writers.
Joss Whedon was born Joseph Hill Whedon on June 23, 1964 in New York City. He attended Riverdale Country School in New York City as a child. He spent two years at Winchester College in England before graduating from Wesleyan University in 1987. Following a move to Los Angeles, Whedon got his start writing for the TV series Roseanne in 1989. He went on to write and produce several episodes for the TV series Parenthood from 1990 until 1991, before becoming a "script doctor" for several films. He notably worked on the film Buffy the Vampire Slayer in 1992 and helped with Toy Story in 1995. Years after Buffy the film was produced, Whedon revived the concept as a television series of the same name.
Buffy the Vampire Slayer ran for five seasons on The WB Television Network before being relocated to UPN for its final two seasons. The show was a critical success and a cult hit; it received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series in 2000. Angel, which debuted in 1999, was a spin-off that focused on Buffy's ex-boyfriend. For the first two seasons, episodes of Angel were broadcast immediately following episodes of Buffy. The series would run for five seasons, receiving general critical approval and good ratings, though in two of the four seasons when both Angel and Buffy were in production, Buffy's overall yearly ratings were higher. Angel details the trials of the titular vampire, whose human soul was restored to him by gypsies as a punishment for his murder of one of their own. Because he has been murdering and torturing innocents for over a century, Angel's restored soul torments him with guilt, and the first four seasons of the show he works as a private detective in the attempt to "help the helpless" and to restore the faith of those who have lost their way.
In 2002, Whedon created the groundbreaking television series Firefly, fusing elements of space-based science fiction and old-time Westerns. The series was canceled after 11 of the 14 episodes were aired, many of them out of the intended order; the show simply had not generated enough interest during the time of its airing. After the cancelation, however, Whedon wrote the script for a movie to follow the series, called Serenity, and by 2004 the production had been given the green light by Universal Studios. It was released in September of 2005 and the canceled show, along with the film, have attained massive critical acclaim along with a very dedicated cult following.
In 2007, Whedon was approached by one of the regular actors for both Buffy and Angel, Eliza Dushku, to discuss possible ideas for a series in which she could star. The resulting show was Dollhouse, which was announced by Fox in 2008 and began airing in 2009. The show focuses on a corporation running numerous underground establishments known as "dollhouses" which program individuals with temporary personalities and skills. Wealthy clients are able to hire the "dolls" at great expense for various purposes; the show primarily followed Echo on her journey towards self-awareness. Unfortunately, due to low ratings, Dollhouse was canceled after two seasons.
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New Show Studios can help you take action and pursue your TV show, movie or webisode idea. The company has a unique method of creating show concept packages that give network and movie studio executives a professional quality view of your idea. They can take your idea, develop and package it into a demonstration video and send it off to executives in the entertainment industry.
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Bayonne is a city and commune in south-western France at the confluence of the Nive and Adour rivers, in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, of which it is a sub-prefecture. Together with nearby Anglet, Biarritz, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, and several smaller communes, Bayonne forms an urban area with 178,965 inhabitants at the 1999 census, 40,078 of whom lived in the city of Bayonne proper (44,300 as of 2004 estimates). The communes of Bayonne, Biarritz, and Anglet have joined into an intercommunal entity called the Communauté d'agglomération de Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz. Bayonne is the main town of Labourd and it is part of the French Basque Country.


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package pool

import (
	"runtime"
	"sync"
)

type Pool struct {
	wg         *sync.WaitGroup
	completion chan bool
	m          sync.Mutex
}

const (
	MaxConcurrencyLimit = -1
)

func New(concurrencyLimit int) *Pool {
	if concurrencyLimit == MaxConcurrencyLimit {
		concurrencyLimit = runtime.NumCPU()
	}

	wg := sync.WaitGroup{}
	completionChan := make(chan bool, concurrencyLimit)

	for i := 0; i < concurrencyLimit; i++ {
		completionChan <- true
	}

	return &Pool{&wg, completionChan, sync.Mutex{}}
}

func (pool *Pool) Spawn(job func()) {
	<-pool.completion
	pool.wg.Add(1)

	go func() {
		defer func() {
			pool.completion <- true
			pool.wg.Done()
		}()

		job()
	}()
}

func (pool *Pool) Lock() {
	pool.m.Lock()
}

func (pool *Pool) Unlock() {
	pool.m.Unlock()
}

func (pool *Pool) Wait() {
	pool.wg.Wait()
}


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