Approximately 30 yachts are currently participating in the Tioman to Anambas leg of the Sail Anambas 2017 festival. The festival, which has been running for three years, will have as its Anambas dates 6 - 15 June in 2017.
The Anambas days of Sail Anambas 2017 will include a number of special events, including cultural activities, a Gala Dinner, lots of snorkeling, diving and exploring the countless breathtaking bounty islands in Anambas.
Sail Anambas 2017 has already been hailed a success in part due to immigration procedures for yachties having been simplified drastically in recent years. Traditionally rather cumbersome, immigration clearance has been whittled down to a minimum of forms and chops, all of which can be attained from Tarempa, on the island of Siantan.
Apart from being great fun for all participants, Sail Anambas 2017 will undoubtedly leave ripples of interest in the world of exotic island destinations and in the realm of ocean yachting, given that Anambas has already shown immense potential to become a world class hospitality, leisure and yachting destination.
Indeed, a number of Maldives-style resorts have already opened for business in Anambas in the current year, 2017, and additional resorts are poised to follow. In addition, a full-capacity airport has been completed on the island of Jemaja, a quick hop from Tarempa.
Sail Anambas 2017 might well provide the spark for the wholesale discovery of Anambas and its subsequent international breakthrough.


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The GrainFind module
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The GrainFind module is an important step towards precise object recognition in µCT images for accurate grain detection. With GeoDict 's GrainFind module, individual grains can be identified in structures where the grain boundaries are previously unknown. For each identified grain, an individual best-fit shape is computed and its orientation in the structure is obtained.
In this way, simulations on the structure are possible which were impossible before, such as simulations of mechanical properties which depend on grain orientation. Furthermore, the structural information gained can be used to generate similar microstructures using the GrainGeo module, i.e. modeling the Digital Twin of the microstructure.
3D models of a material are obtained after importing and segmenting computer tomography or FIB/SEM scans of the material, and two processes are available in GrainFind:
Identification and analysis of individual grains: grain volume, surface, surface-to-volume ratio, sphericity (shape), orientation, etc.
Estimation of grain diameter distribution
The grain identification process in GrainFind is based on a specialization of the Watershed algorithm (widely used for the segmentation of image data) that has been developed by Math2Market. The image is converted into a distance map using the Euclidean Distance Transform (EDT). Only the parameterization of the watershed algorithm transform (choosing a minimal grain diameter) and the post-processing (reconnection of grain fragments, boundary grain handling etc.) require user input. The complexity of the algorithm – such as the EDT - is hidden "under the hood".
A tutorial showing the possibilities of GrainFind is available:
Building a Digital Twin of a cathode material with GrainFind and GrainGeo. Download
Unzipping the tutorial requires a password. Click here to request it by email
GrainFind features
The grain identification process finds individual grains using a watershed algorithm that was specialized to find grains by the developers at Math2Market, and a subsequent grain reconnection built up by Math2Market. For convenience, grains stemming from grains that have only been partly captured in a 3D scan, may be optionally removed on the domain boundary. These boundary grains may distort the statistics of the identified grains. Finally, a grain-shape analysis fits ellipsoids, boxes, or short fibers onto the found grains, and hence creates an analytic model for the grains.
The grain identification also provides many possibilities for post processing, such as histograms for various assessed parameters for the grains like volume, surface, and various diameters measurements.
The identified grains can be thresholded by several of the computed measurements (e.g. volume, volume-equivalent sphere diameter, inscribed-sphere diameter, sphericity, surface, or surface-to-volume ratio). This results in a grain structure with different material phases. For example, using two thresholds for the grain volume, the user is able to obtain one material for the small grains, one one material for the intermediate-sized grains, and one material for the large grains.
Furthermore, volume, surface, diameter, and various grain measures can be visualized in 3D. 3D-diameter distributions, 3D-sphericity distributions and many more results can be viewed.
The grain orientations shown in the result files are computed per voxel and stored as a 3D-orientation field. This can be used as input in ConductoDict or in ElastoDict. Furthermore, the grain identification also provides the orientation tensor, which resembles the orientation statistics and can be used in GrainGeo to reproduce such microstructures.
The grain identification statistics obtained by GrainFind and contained in the grain-identification result file (such as the diameter distribution, the orientation tensor, and others) can be directly loaded into GrainGeo's "Create Grains" with one click.
The grain-diameter estimation process computes the average grain diameter for a chosen number of different grain types, as well as its standard deviation which can be sufficient for unimodal distributions. More detailed results are provided in the form of a diameter histogram plotting the grain diameter vs. the volume fraction of grains of that diameter. Grain diameter distributions (discrete or continuous) can then be entered in the GrainGeo module to reproduce microstructure models with matching distributions.
3D-microstructure model created from segmented µCT scan of a cathode
Identified grains are shown as index image on the 3D-model
Grain diameter distribution of the 3D-model
Examples of GrainFind applications
In battery materials development, to identify grains in battery electrodes. Together with the GrainGeo module, to create microstructure models matching a physical sample which are used for the prediction of material properties in material optimization. This combination enables a considerable reduction in experimental costs by assessing the predicted effects of a change of material properties before manufacturing material prototypes.
In Digital Rock Physics, to obtain information about individual grains and to gain a deeper understanding of the rock microstructure.
In filtration applications, to characterize filtration particles.
In the field of structural materials, to detect and characterize unwanted granular particles in composite materials.
In material quality control, for the study of heterogeneities and deviations in the shape, orientation, and size distribution of grains.
Additional modules needed?
The GeoDict Base package is needed for basic functionality.
The ImportGeo-Vol module is needed to import and segment µCT images and create the microstructure models for analysis.
The GrainGeo module can be used to model granular structures that (statistically) match the analyzed µCT images and, in this way, create Digital Twins.
The granular structures (statistically) matching analyzed µCT images of battery electrodes can be used for charging simulations with BatteryDict and in the development of novel electrode materials.
The grain orientation field computed by GrainFind can be used in other modules, such as ElastoDict and ConductoDict, to carry out simulations of deformation and damage or thermal and electrical conductivity for transverse isotropic materials.

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The word IFAK (Individual First Aid Kit) often makes us reminisce of that high strung neighbor that is preparing for an apocalypse scenario. In reality, we believe that all people who have first aid training should have one, and at the minimum, keep it in their car. You never know when an emergency could happen and it is best to have an IFAK at least available, especially when lives could be on the line. Leaving your IFAK at home will be a decision you may regret for the rest of your life if it was all you needed to save a life. Next, we run into the largest question of IFAKs on the internet: What exactly do I put in it? This question has plagued entire forums with hundreds of folks arguing over what is necessary and what is not, but in reality, that question is just as subjective as the answer. Are you in a war zone and need to patch up puncture wounds? A good samaritan helping people in an automobile accident? Or are you going on a weekend hiking/camping trip with some friends, and want to be prepared? These questions will ultimately aid you in deciding for yourself what you need or what you don't, so let's get to building one.
Tourniquet. I recommend a tourniquet in every IFAK. The reason is simple; when a casualty has a major arterial bleed that is too large to patch up and stop the bleeding, they can be at risk for loss of life within minutes if they are not transported to an emergency medical center. We recommend the Combat Application Tourniquet (CAT) style of tourniquet, because it can be applied with one hand, comes with a place to right the time of application, and are technically reusable, although if you actually needed to use one, I don't think you are going to want it back.
QuikClot or Celox. These puppies are typically used for arterial or venous bleeds, and they do a great and fast job. Make no mistake, these aren't meant to be a substitute for trauma dressings or tourniquets, and they have received some criticism from the medical community for being extremely hard to clean out of a wound, especially deep lacerations. However, they have their role in helping stop major bleeding that cannot quickly be stopped by otherwise using trauma dressings or gauze and a good pressure, and are a necessary component to your IFAK. As a last resort, they are also an option for arterial bleeds where a tourniquet is needed, but cannot be applied effectively, such as a puncture wound in the armpit.
Trauma Dressings/Gauze. Here is where the community on IFAKs likes to shake things up. Personally, I prefer to carry one or two 6" emergency trauma dressings or Israeli bandages. Others, opting for a little more versatility, will opt for a roll or two of gauze, and apply pressure using medical tape, which will then most likely require you to carry a pair of shears. The versatility comes in the aspect of being able to tape chunks of gauze in places that trauma dressings don't do as good of job, such as on the jawline or foot (with shoes on). It is ultimately up to you, but I personally think things get a little messy with the tape/gauze method. If you are backpacking or rock climbing, you may want to opt for more of the versatility that comes with the gauze/tape/shears for isolated lacerations and punctures.
PPE/Wound Cleansing. Everyone likes to do it differently. I have a CPR mask primarily because I am a germaphobe and don't want to go mouth to mouth with possibly a complete stranger, and that does have some medical implications as well (Diseases transmissible through skin contact/bodily fluids such as HIV). Nitrile gloves are a must, and I recommend at least two pairs. Do not use latex; some people have allergies to latex and you don't want to make a situation worse. You may also opt for some saline solution if you aren't near a clean water source or in an area that the casualty would be more prone to infection. I have about 5 alcohol pads that I keep in my IFAK to sanitize wounds, and Neosporin wipes for disinfecting smaller scratches and cuts.
A Bag. Find a bag that suits your needs. You won't want a large one, just one that will snugly hold all your goodies inside. My only point of recommendation on these is that you get something that is waterproof, or have the content on the inside the bag in a waterproof container. I see many people overlooking this aspect, but feel it is very important. When I was in the U.S. Navy performing operations with search and rescue, we had these medical kits that were issued we carried in the small boats with us. Over time, water soaked into things, and made things nasty, moldy, and unsanitary. Avoid that situation by waterproofing the bag or the contents.
Other Accessories. I also have a couple of cravats I keep in my IFAK. They are probably one of the most simple, yet multifunctional items in the IFAK, because they can be used for splinting, arm slings, putting more pressure on bandages, and even a last resort, improvised tourniquet. A small light is also very handy to have for checking pupils and signaling rescue teams. Lastly, something I learned from an ultralight backpacking forum a while ago, is that you can use an empty Altoids tin for containing band-aids, moleskin, alcohol wipes, antibacterial gel or wipes, and all of your anti-allergy/pain relieving medication. For pills, we always grabbed a couple extra straws from a restaurant, and cut the straw into 3 inch sections, and placed our pills into them, pinching the ends with a pair of needle nose pliers while heat sealing the ends with a lighter or other heat source. As a bonus, it even works for storing small amount of petroleum jelly if you want to throw some of that along in there as well.
A lot of these items are the bare minimums for an IFAK, and there is certainly much more you can add in there, but the idea is that you don't want to be carrying a mobile hospital around with you. Stop the bleeding, start the breathing, and get 'em to the hospital. What do you put in your IFAK? Let us know in the comments!
Blayne Nation is a military veteran who served as a U.S. Navy Search and Rescue Swimmer. During his service, he trained other service members in advanced first aid, emergency patient transport, CPR/AED, aircraft crash recovery, and waterborne parachute disentanglement. Upon completion of his naval service, Blayne moved to Denver, Colorado to pursue a master's degree in business. He enjoys climbing mountains, hiking/traveling, and trains in MMA in his spare time.


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Climate action: 4 shifts the UN chief encourages Governments to make
Speaking to young Māoris and people of the Pacific islands in New Zealand on Monday, UN Secretary-General António Guterres said "nature does not negotiate" and emphasized four key measures that Governments should prioritize in order to reach carbon neutrality by 2050.
UNDP Comoros/James Stapley
Climate change: 'A moral, ethical and economic imperative' to slow global warming say UN leaders, calling for more action
It is nothing less than a "moral, ethical and economic imperative" to take more action to mitigate the existential threat posed by climate change, said top executives from across the United Nations system on Thursday.
FROM THE FIELD: 'Race is on' to halt biodiversity loss in Indonesia
The "race is on" in Indonesia to halt the illegal trade in wildlife and the loss of biodiversity according to the UN Development Programme (UNDP).
New SDG Advocates sign up for 'peace, prosperity, people' and planet, on the road to 2030
As the UN and partners around the world push towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030, six new influential public figures came on board as official SDG Advocates on Thursday, committing themselves to the pursuit of the 17 goals on behalf of "peace, prosperity, people, planet, and partnerships."
World Bank/Dana Smillie
UN and African Union in 'common battle' for development and climate change financing
UN Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a "quantum leap" in funding for development and climate change for Africa, speaking to journalists on Monday, following the plenary meeting of the latest United Nations-African Union (AU) Conference, which took place in New York.
UNDP Ecuador
World is 'on notice' as major UN report shows one million species face extinction
A hard-hitting report into the impact of humans on nature shows that nearly one million species risk becoming extinct within decades, while current efforts to conserve the earth's resources will likely fail without radical action, UN biodiversity experts said on Monday.
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FROM THE FIELD: New sensors protect vulnerable Malawians against deadly lightning
The deadly threat of lightning strikes, as well as their damaging impact on a country's development, has been recognized in a new project supported by the UN Development Programme (UNDP).


Welcome to all readers. Thank you for your visit. I will take a short break from this poetry blog, returning one week from today.
Feel free to catch up with me in these other places!
Have a blessed Thanksgiving week.
Thank you so much. Praying He blesses you this very hour.
Thanks dear friend. I need your valuable prayers. Thanks for praying.
I love these words Julie. Honoring God is the real reason for true Thanksgiving. And in finding gratitude we will open our hearts to those around us to share His mercy. I love your thoughts about that! Oh, and I like the dusting of confectioners sugar also! 🙂 Blessings and love to you Dear Sister!
Oh Bettie, I must admit I snooped around on the internet to find out more about that colonial Thanksgiving. I pray people today can let go of the wrongs and blood that was shed. For God's grace brought them together when there was a physical and a spiritual need. It is all about Him always. I am learning this deep down in my soul. Love to you my sister.
Why thank you for stopping by and these wonderful words, dear Wendy.


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Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania
Republican Party of Pennsylvania
Lawrence Tabas
Mike Turzai
(Speaker)
Bryan Cutler
(Majority Leader)
Joe Scarnati
(President pro tempore)
Fiscal conservatism
National affiliation
Unofficial color
Seats in the U.S. Senate
Seats in the U.S. House
Seats in the State Senate
Seats in the State House
Justices on the Supreme Court
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Politics of Pennsylvania
The Republican Party of Pennsylvania, commonly known as the PA GOP, is based in Harrisburg in the United States state of Pennsylvania. It is affiliated with the Republican Party of the United States.[2]
1.1 Founding
1.3 Governorship
1.4 Recent political history
1.4.1 Presidential elections
1.4.2 State and congressional elections
1.4.3 2006 general election
1.4.5 2009 municipal election
2 Current elected officials
2.1 Members of Congress
2.1.1 U.S. Senate
2.1.2 U.S. House of Representatives
2.2 Statewide offices
2.3 Legislative leadership
3 Party leadership
3.2 Previous
4 Current membership by county
David Wilmot, Party Founder
Founding[edit]
The party was founded on November 27, 1854, in Towanda (Bradford County) by former Congressman David Wilmot. Wilmot invited a small group of friends and political leaders to the organization's first meeting, which took place in his home. Among the attendees were Senator Simon Cameron, Congressman Thaddeus Stevens, Colonel Alexander McClure and future Governor Andrew Curtin. Wilmot convinced the group to form local Republican Clubs in their home counties. George Bloom made the Republican Party a statewide organization in 1959. He had the headquarters located in Harrisburg, where it remains to this day.[2]
Pennsylvania was dominated politically by the Democratic Party until around 1856. This is at least partially attributed to the desire of many in the state to promote its growing industries by raising taxes. From the period immediately preceding the Civil until the mid-1930s, political dominance in the state largely rested with the Republican Party. The party was led by a series of bosses, including Simon Cameron, J. Donald Cameron, Matthew Quay, and Boies Penrose.[3] Quay in particular was one of the dominant political figures of his era, as he served as chairman of the Republican National Committee and helped place Theodore Roosevelt on the 1900 Republican ticket.[4] During the period from the Civil War until the start of the Great Depression, Republican gubernatorial administrations outnumbered Democratic administrations by a margin of sixteen to two. Republican dominance was ended by the growing influence of labor and urbanization, and the implementation of the New Deal.[5] However, even after the New Deal, Republicans continued to control the governorship until George M. Leader's election in 1954,[3] and Republicans remain competitive in the state.
Flag of the Governor of Pennsylvania
Governorship[edit]
The first Republican governor was elected in 1861, and there was a Republican governor until 1883. The governorship alternated between Democrat and Republican every term until 1895. From 1895 until 1935, the GOP held an unbroken grip on the governor's office. Democrat George Howard Earle held the governorship for one term, from 1935 to 1939, after which time Republicans held the governorship until the 1954 election of state senator George Leader. Democrats continued to hold the governorship into 1963, following the 1958 election of Pittsburgh Mayor David Lawrence to succeed Leader.[6]
Republicans Bill Scranton and Ray Shafer followed Lawrence. In 1968, state law was changed to allow governors to run for a second four-year term. However, in the 1970 election (the first which allowed the winner the opportunity to run for a second term), Democrat Milton Shapp defeated Shafer's Lieutenant Governor, Ray Broderick. Shapp was re-elected over GOP nominee Drew Lewis in 1974.[7]
Recent political history[edit]
Presidential elections[edit]
After Democrat Jimmy Carter's victory in 1976 (in which he carried the state), Pennsylvania was carried by the Republican presidential nominee in three consecutive elections. In 1980, Ronald Reagan won 49.6% of the popular vote and Carter received 42.5%. In 1984 Reagan acquired 53% of the votes. In 1988 George Bush won with 50.7% of the popular vote against Michael Dukakis who obtained 48.4%. In 1992, Pennsylvania was carried by Democrat Bill Clinton, who received 45.1% of the popular vote and Republican Bush got 36.1%. In 1996 Clinton again carried the state with 49.2% of the vote against Bob Dole's 40%. Al Gore carried the state with 50.6% of the vote in 2000 and Bush only received 46.4%. Democrat John Kerry became the fourth straight Democratic presidential nominee to carry the state in 2004 receiving 51% and Bush obtained 48.3% of the votes.[7]
State and congressional elections[edit]
Republicans held both US Senate seats from 1968 to 1991. In 1991, after the death of Senator John Heinz, a special election was held. In the election, former Kennedy administration official and Democrat Harris Wofford defeated former governor Dick Thornburgh, who resigned as President Bush's Attorney General to run in the election. The Republican defeat was considered to be a major upset. Wofford went on to be defeated in his bid for a full six-year term in 1994 by Congressman Rick Santorum. Republicans would hold both of Pennsylvania's Senate seats until Santorum was defeated in his bid for a third term in 2006.[5]
In 1992, Democrats had the majorities in both houses of the General Assembly for the first time since 1978.[5] Following the 1994 state and federal elections, Republicans regained the majority in both houses of the General Assembly, as well as a majority of the state's Congressional seats.[8]
In 1998, 42% of Pennsylvania's registered voters were Republican, 48% were Democrats, and the other 9% were either unaffiliated or with other parties.[8]
By 2003, there were 12 Republicans and seven Democrats in the state's U.S. House delegation, as well as 29 Republicans and 21 Democrats in the state Senate, and 109 Republicans and 94 Democrats in the state House.[8]
2006 general election[edit]
Two statewide elections took place in 2006. In the U.S. Senate race, State Treasurer Bob Casey, Jr., son of former Governor Bob Casey, Sr., won nearly 59% of the vote, defeating incumbent Republican Rick Santorum. Santorum's margin of defeat was 18 points—the largest for an incumbent Republican Senator in state history. Casey also became the first Democrat elected to a full Senate term from Pennsylvania since Joseph Clark was re-elected in 1962. In the gubernatorial election, incumbent Democratic Governor Ed Rendell won a comfortable re-election over Republican challenger Lynn Swann. Rendell took 60% of the votes cast, while Swann took the remaining 40%.[7]
Democrats also retook the majority in the State House this year, though the balance-of-power in the State Senate remained the same.[7]
In 2008, Democrat Barack Obama won Pennsylvania's 21 electoral votes with a total of about 3.2 million votes (54.7%). The Republican nominee, John McCain, won about 2.7 million votes (44.3%).[9]
There were also three other statewide elections that year. Republican State Attorney General Tom Corbett was re-elected with 52.4% of the vote, defeating Democrat John Morganelli. Republicans have held the office of Attorney General since it became an elected one in 1980. The State Auditor General, Democrat Jack Wagner, was re-elected with 59% of the vote, while Democrat Rob McCord was elected State Treasurer with 55% of the vote.[9]
2009 municipal election[edit]
There were three major statewide judicial contests in 2009. In the election for Justice of the State Supreme Court, Republican Joan Orie Melvin garnered about 900,000 votes (53.2%), defeating Democrat Jack Panella, who garnered about 800,000 votes (46.8%).[9]
The other two elections were for the state's two intermediate appellate courts. In the election for four judges to the State Superior Court, there were nine candidates. Of the winners, three were Republicans and one Democrat. Additionally, in the election for two judges to the Commonwealth Court, Republicans Patricia McCullough and Kevin Broboson came-out on top of a four-candidate field.[9]
There were two statewide elections held in Pennsylvania in 2010. In the election for United States Senate, Republican nominee Pat Toomey garnered about 2.2 million votes (51%), defeating Democrat Joe Sestak, who garnered about 1.9 million votes (49%). Sestak had defeated incumbent Senator Arlen Specter in the Democratic primary after Specter, who had been a Republican since his election to the Senate in 1980, switched his partisan affiliation to Democratic. Specter's partisan defection had briefly given Democrats control of both of Pennsylvania's Senate seats for the first time since before the Civil War. In the gubernatorial election, Tom Corbett garnered about 2.1 million votes (54.5%), defeating Democrat Dan Onorato, who garnered about 1.8 million votes (45.5%).[9]
Republicans also retook the majority in the State House, which was captured by Democrats in 2006.[9] The party maintained its majority in the State Senate, which it has held since 1994.
Main article: Pennsylvania gubernatorial election, 2014
Incumbent Republican Governor Tom Corbett ran for re-election to a second term but was defeated by Democrat Tom Wolf. This marked the first time an incumbent Governor running for re-election in Pennsylvania lost.[10]
Current elected officials[edit]
The Pennsylvania Republican Party control none of the five statewide offices and holds a majority in both the Pennsylvania State Senate and the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Republicans also hold one of the state's U.S. Senate seats and 9 of the state's 18 House seats.[2]
Members of Congress[edit]
U.S. Senate[edit]
Pat Toomey, 112th Congress
U.S. House of Representatives[edit]
Mike Kelly, 112th Congress
Glenn Thompson, 111th Congress
Brian Fitzpatrick, 1st District
Dan Meuser, 9th District
Scott Perry, 10th District
Lloyd Smucker, 11th District
Tom Marino, 12th District
John Joyce, 13th District
Guy Reschenthaler, 14th District
Glenn Thompson, 15th District
Mike Kelly, 16th District
Statewide offices[edit]
Legislative leadership[edit]
Joe Scarnati, Senate President pro tempore
President pro tempore of the Senate: Joe Scarnati
Senate Majority Leader: Jake Corman
Speaker of the House: Mike Turzai
House Majority Leader: Bryan Cutler[11]
Party leadership[edit]
Current[edit]
Lawrence Tabas, Chair
Bernie Comfort, Vice Chair
Mike Stoll, Executive Director
Bob Asher, National Committeeman
Christine Toretti, National Committeewoman
Renee Amoore, Deputy Chairwoman
D. Raja, Treasurer
Andy Reilly, Secretary
Peg Ferraro, Assistant Secretary
Previous[edit]
Robert Gleason, Chairman, 2006-2017
Eileen Melvin, Chairwoman, 2004-2006
Alan Novak, Chairman, 1996-2004
Anne Anstine, Chairwoman, 1990-1996
Earl Baker, Chairman, 1986-1990
Bob Asher, Chairman, 1983-1986
Current membership by county[edit]
Most members are elected every four years in the Republican primary election by county. Each county party chairman is a state committee member by virtue of office.
The breakdown of members per county, along with caucus of county is as follows:[2]
County Members Caucus
Adams 3 Central
Allegheny 21 Southwest
Armstrong 3 Southwest
Beaver 4 Southwest
Bedford 3 Central
Berks 9 Central
Blair 4 Central
Bradford 3 Northeast
Bucks 18 Southeast
Butler 6 Northwest
Cambria 3 Southwest
Cameron 2 Northwest
Carbon 2 NECRA
Clarion 2 Northwest
Centre 4 Central
Chester 15 Southeast
Clearfield 3 Northwest
Clinton 2 Central
Columbia 3 Central
Crawford 3 Northwest
Cumberland 8 Central
Dauphin 8 Central
Delaware 20 Southeast
Elk 2 Northwest
Erie 7 Northwest
Fayette 3 Southwest
Forest 2 Northwest
Franklin 5 Central
Fulton 2 Central
Greene 2 Southwest
Huntingdon 3 Central
Indiana 3 Southwest
Jefferson 2 Northwest
Juniata 2 Central
Lackawanna 4 Northeast
Lancaster 16 Central
Lawrence 3 Northwest
Lebanon 4 Central
Lehigh 8 NECRA
Luzerne 7 Northeast
Lycoming 5 Central
McKean 3 Northwest
Mercer 3 Northwest
Mifflin 2 Central
Monroe 4 Northeast
Montgomery 20 Southeast
Montour 2 Central
Northampton 7 NECRA
Northumberland 3 Central
Perry 3 Central
Philadelphia 16 Southeast
Pike 3 Northeast
Potter 2 Northwest
Schuylkill 5 NECRA
Snyder 2 Central
Somerset 3 Southwest
Sullivan 2 Central
Susquehanna 3 Northeast
Tioga 3 Northeast
Union 2 Central
Venango 3 Northwest
Warren 2 Northwest
Washington 4 Southwest
Wayne 3 Northeast
Westmoreland 8 Southwest
Wyoming 2 Northeast
York 12 Central
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Green Party of Pennsylvania
Libertarian Party of Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Democratic Party
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1856 (Philadelphia): Frémont/Dayton
1860 (Chicago): Lincoln/Hamlin
1864 (Baltimore): Lincoln/Johnson
1868 (Chicago): Grant/Colfax
1872 (Philadelphia): Grant/Wilson
1876 (Cincinnati): Hayes/Wheeler
1880 (Chicago): Garfield/Arthur
1884 (Chicago): Blaine/Logan
1888 (Chicago): Harrison/Morton
1892 (Minneapolis): Harrison/Reid
1896 (Saint Louis): McKinley/Hobart
1900 (Philadelphia): McKinley/Roosevelt
1904 (Chicago): Roosevelt/Fairbanks
1908 (Chicago): Taft/Sherman
1912 (Chicago): Taft/Sherman/Butler
1916 (Chicago): Hughes/Fairbanks
1920 (Chicago): Harding/Coolidge
1924 (Cleveland): Coolidge/Dawes
1928 (Kansas City): Hoover/Curtis
1932 (Chicago): Hoover/Curtis
1936 (Cleveland): Landon/Knox
1940 (Philadelphia): Willkie/McNary
1944 (Chicago): Dewey/Bricker
1948 (Philadelphia): Dewey/Warren
1952 (Chicago): Eisenhower/Nixon
1956 (San Francisco): Eisenhower/Nixon
1960 (Chicago): Nixon/Lodge
1964 (San Francisco): Goldwater/Miller
1968 (Miami Beach): Nixon/Agnew
1976 (Kansas City): Ford/Dole
1980 (Detroit): Reagan/G. H. W. Bush
1984 (Dallas): Reagan/G. H. W. Bush
1988 (New Orleans): G. H. W. Bush/Quayle
1992 (Houston): G. H. W. Bush/Quayle
1996 (San Diego): Dole/Kemp
2000 (Philadelphia): G. W. Bush/Cheney
2004 (New York): G. W. Bush/Cheney
2008 (St. Paul): McCain/Palin
2012 (Tampa): Romney/Ryan
2016 (Cleveland): Trump/Pence
2020 (Charlotte)
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import pytz
import logging
from modularodm import Q
from dateutil.parser import parse
from datetime import datetime, timedelta

from website.models import User
from website.app import init_app
from framework.mongo.utils import paginated
from scripts.analytics.base import EventAnalytics

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)

class UserDomainEvents(EventAnalytics):

    @property
    def collection_name(self):
        return 'user_domain_events'

    def get_events(self, date):
        """ Get all node logs from a given date for a 24 hour period,
        ending at the date given.
        """
        super(UserDomainEvents, self).get_events(date)

        # In the end, turn the date back into a datetime at midnight for queries
        date = datetime(date.year, date.month, date.day).replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC)

        logger.info('Gathering user domains between {} and {}'.format(
            date, (date + timedelta(1)).isoformat()
        ))

        user_query = Q('date_confirmed', 'lt', date + timedelta(1)) & Q('date_confirmed', 'gte', date)
        users = paginated(User, query=user_query)
        user_domain_events = []
        for user in users:
            user_date = user.date_confirmed.replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC)
            event = {
                'keen': {'timestamp': user_date.isoformat()},
                'date': user_date.isoformat(),
                'domain': user.username.split('@')[-1]
            }
            user_domain_events.append(event)

        logger.info('User domains collected. {} users and their email domains.'.format(len(user_domain_events)))
        return user_domain_events

def get_class():
    return UserDomainEvents

if __name__ == '__main__':
    init_app()
    user_domain_events = UserDomainEvents()
    args = user_domain_events.parse_args()
    date = parse(args.date).date() if args.date else None
    events = user_domain_events.get_events(date)
    user_domain_events.send_events(events)

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Teacher and former president of the Mathematical Association of Tasmania, Helen Prochazka, has an enduring love for mathematics that has seen her author a series of high school maths textbooks, as well as her latest book for adults, The Mathematics Book.
Prochazka spoke with Australian Self-Publisher about her self-publishing journey.
Describe your latest book in under 50 words.
The Mathematics Book is a lavishly illustrated 'how-to' coffee-table book created for adults who 'can't do maths'. It gives readers the opportunity to improve mathematical skills while also showing them the wonders of mathematics and a global perspective of the role it plays in our society.
Why self-publish?
The book is a large format one with 376 pages that weighs in at 1.7 kg. It has over a hundred full-colour photographs and several hundred diagrams. The costs for a traditional publisher to do what I wanted would be prohibitive. I realised that the only way to make my vision happen was to give up full-time work, finish writing the book and self-publish.
What year did you start and where are you based?
I began writing the book in 2010, in a tiny almost sea-side bungalow on the Mornington Peninsula. The deprivation and the romance of several months of living like that made me feel like a 'real' writer! But most of the six years it took to complete the book were spent in my home state, Tasmania.
How many people did you contract on your book and what did you do yourself?
The only person I contracted was a great Hobart graphic designer, Clare Bradley. She created the overall book design and cover and then worked as a consultant, helping to turn my rather crazy dream into a reality!
Excellent editing is essential for any book, and the recognised wisdom is to not rely on family or friends. However, I was lucky enough to have four people amongst my family and friends who had the expertise to carry out the various types of editing. One even had the maths knowledge and fortitude to check the answers to more than 2000 problems contained in the book!
Everything else, from drawing the diagrams to indexing, I did myself.
What makes your book unique?
The book has been structured in layers, with each layer telling a different 'story' about mathematics. The theory and exercises layer is the most important one but is made as unobtrusive as possible, given that the target audience is inclined to be maths-phobic!
Other layers include the history and context, quotes expressing the views of others, and images to illustrate the amazing nature of mathematics. The final layer is a sequence of 14 poems which give an overview of the book's contents in rhyme.
This has all been packaged up into a big glossy book that models the essence of mathematics—patterns, harmony, beauty and applications. There is no other book like it.
What has been your biggest success?
Without a doubt, the biggest success is hearing that The Mathematics Book has made a difference to someone's life in some way.
However, running a close second was seeing the book in the number one nonfiction spot in a major Tasmanian bookshop for almost three months. It was quite surreal to see books by famous authors occupying the same shelf, unable to knock a maths book from the prime position!
What has been your biggest challenge?
The page layout was a major challenge. It took a month to roughly work out what would fit where and almost two years to fine-tune the contents. This stage was punctuated by periods of utter joy and times of deep frustration.
A word would be deleted or a sentence added to make the typography more aesthetic. Diagrams would be altered to better fill spaces. And if the maths itself did not look good on the page, it was changed. The process was organic and the manuscript was very much a work in progress until almost the very end of the layout.
What would be your top tip for those starting out in self-publishing?
My top tip is to join ALLi—the Alliance of Independent Authors. As a member you will have access to numerous resources and the combined knowledge of more than a thousand fellow indie authors that will assist you to produce an industry standard book and learn the skills to market it. ALLi support will help you get through the tough times and when you succeed, they will be there to help you celebrate!
What will you publish next?
Another part of my maths vision has already been produced—a music album, More than Numbers, based on the poetry from The Mathematics Book.
The next goal is to publish some smaller books that complement the book. The first two in the series will be titled The Pure Mathematics Book and The Applied Mathematics Book.
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Edo State is not testing the competence of Public Servants, Says Obaseki
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The Governor of Edo State, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has dismissed the fear looming in some quarters that the ongoing assessment of senior civil servants in the state was designed to fish out incompetent workers for sack, assuring that such fears are baseless.
Obaseki who was at Imaguero College, Benin City, venue of the assessment, on Wednesday, said that the exercise was in good faith and not a competency test as being rumoured.
He explained that Edo civil servants are competent and do not require any further competency test. "Before they were employed, their competency was tested and that is why they are working in the Civil Service. But before promotions are made in the Civil Service, senior civil servants go through assessments to fill vacant positions in the directorate cadre,"
He added that the exercise was part of the strategy to strengthen the Civil Service for effective service delivery and assured that no employee writing the examination will be sacked.
The governor disclosed that the recent examination conducted for staff members on levels 16 and 17 in the state was an eye opener as some civil servants were discovered to be very good and were appointed Permanent Secretaries.
"We are not sacking anybody, but want to strengthen the service so that it can deliver quality services to the state. The assessment is not compulsory but necessary for promotion as those who need to be promoted would have to be assessed. If you refuse, then there may be no basis for your promotion," Obaseki said.
For teachers who kicked against the assessment, the governor said it was unfortunate as his administration did not intend to exclude teachers from the resulting promotion exercise and added that the two teachers that performed very well in the last exercise were appointed Permanent Secretaries.
"We want to give everyone the opportunity to participate but if teachers say they don't want to be part of the process, no one will force them, we would have no basis to promote their senior colleagues," he added.
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April 3, 2020 to April 5, 2020
African History / Studies, Atlantic History / Studies, Colonial and Post-Colonial History / Studies, Cultural History / Studies, Ethnic History / Studies
20th Annual Africa Conference at The University of Texas at Austin
Department of History, UT Austin
NATIONALISMS
Africa's histories and politics reveal trends of nationalism in response to colonial conquest, anti-colonial resistance, movements of liberation, neo-colonialism, and post-colonial developments, as well as the emergence of African nationalist theories. Used in social, political, and economic spheres, nationalism and its effect augment dimensions of heightened complexity. The 2020 Africa Conference intends to critically examine the highly intricate and contested processes of nationalism and its significance for African societies and for African diaspora across the Atlantic, the Mediterranean, and the Indian Ocean.
The primary aim of the conference is to reflect on the varying and varied forms of nationalism and the manner in which they have developed. Simultaneously, the conference intends to create an intellectual space for examining the politics and economics of nationalism that marginalize, exclude, disempower, and denude certain groups, while giving privilege, authority, and power to others. Beyond the specific emphasis on Africa, the overarching focus of the conference is to engage with different theoretical inflections that have emerged in the existing scholarship on nationalism as well as to probe the ways in which they have been challenged and reformulated within the circles of academic and policy discourses.
Scholars are invited to examine diverse aspects of nationalism in Africa, at the level of the state and communities, as well as within the African diaspora. The conference intends to address core questions of how nationalism and its theories developed, their postcolonial and global significance, and their connection to other movements, with attention to the specific practices of diverse social, linguistic, religious, and ethnic nationalisms that can be observed in the African continent and diaspora today. Participants are invited to critically analyzed the hidden texts of nationalist narratives, analyzing the role of women and other minorities and intersectional identities in nationalist formations. The conference will address the impacts of nationalism on economics and foreign policy, as well as its influence on social relations and interactions within the African context. Contemporary issues such as those citizenship, identity politics, refugees and conflicts caused by movements of nationalism will also be foregrounded. Furthermore, the conference will engage with how emergent and resurgent nationalisms in other world regions such as Europe and the Americas shape the discourses and movements of contemporary African nationalism. The objective of such dialogues is to pluralize the narratives on certain assumed and ambiguous positionalities in African societies.
Following the tradition of past years, the conference will provide a platform for scholars from various disciplines and geographical locations to interact, exchange ideas, and receive feedback. Submitted papers will be assigned to various panels according to the similarities in theme, topic, discipline, or geographical focus. Thematically focused panel proposals (with 3-5 participants) are highly encouraged. Graduate students are encouraged to attend and present paper. The broader goal of the conference is to publish selected papers in a series of book volumes.
We invite submissions on the following sub-themes, in addition to other ideas that the participants may have:
Ethnic nationalist politics in Africa
Precolonial nationalist formations
Nineteenth century state formations (e.g., the jihads, Mfecane, Yoruba wars, etc.)
Citizenship, nationality, and migrant workers in Africa
Minoritarian nationalism in Africa
Migration, xenophobia, and nationalism in Africa
Conflicts, refugees, and national identities in Africa
Borderland, migration, and citizenship in Africa
Linguistic identities and nation-state in Africa
Interactions of nationalist movements
Histories of nationalist movements in Africa
Movements of African nationalism
Cosmopolitanism, hybridity, and African pluriversalism
Globalization, Afropolitanism, African futures
Religious expressions of nationalism in Africa
Post-colonial and liberation nationalism in Africa
Movements of Pan-Africanism
Women in African nationalism
Nationalism, Gender, and Power in Africa
LGBTQ+ Identities and Movements
Intersectionality and National Identity
Nationalist movements by countries
African theories of nationalism
Contemporary understandings of liberalism and nationalism
Economic nationalism and processes of development
Africa and European nationalisms
Africa and American nationalisms
Africa and the global resurgence of populist-nationalist movements
Nationalism and its intersections with Sports, Entertainment, and Leisure
Cyber-nationalisms
Artistic expressions of nationalism
Theorists (e.g., Frantz Fanon)
Each individual proposal must include: (1) title of the work, and an abstract of 200 words (2) name of the presenter (with surname underlined) (3)mailing address (4) phone number (5) email (6) institutional affiliation (7) three to five keywords that best characterize the themes and topics relevant to your submission. Participants are expected to follow these guidelines.
Proposals for panels (3-5 presenters) must include: (1) title of the panel and a collective summary of 250 words on the panel's theme, including the title of each individual work (2) a 200 word abstract of each individual speaker (3) mailing address (4) phone number (5) email (6) institutional affiliation of each presenter.
Proposals will be accepted by email: toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu, the conference email: africaconference2020@gmail.com, and on the official conference website from mid-June to 15th December 2019 (http://www.utexas.edu/cola/africa-conference). Participants who require visa to enter the United States must submit abstracts and register early as it may take six months to book visa appointments.
A mandatory non-refundable registration fee of $150 for scholars and $100 for graduate students must be paid immediately upon acceptance of abstract. This conference fee includes conference t-shirt and bag, admission to the panels, workshops, and special events, as well as transportation to and from the hotel and conference events. Registration also includes breakfast for all three days, dinner on Friday night, lunch on Saturday, a banquet with DJ and open bar Saturday evening, and a closing celebration at Dr. Falola's house including dinner and DJ. All participants must raise the funding to attend the conference, including registration fee, transportation, and accommodation.
The conference and the University of Texas at Austin do not provide any form of sponsorship or financial support. However, the Holiday Inn Austin Town Lake will have a special rate for conference participants, and transportation between the hotel and the university is included.
If you have questions, contact Toyin Falola or the Conference Coordinator: Chukwuemeka Agbo. All correspondence including submission of abstracts, panel proposals, completed papers, and all kinds of inquiries must go through designated emails as listed below:
Submission of Abstracts and Panel Proposals: africaconference2020@gmail.com, toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu, and on the conference website http://www.utexas.edu/cola/africa-conference
For all inquiries: inquiries.africaconference2020@gmail.com
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Wilderness Travel offers a 14-day vacation beginning and ending in Ecuador's capital, Quito. The tour combines an eight-day yacht cruise around the Galapagos Islands with four nights in Quito and two nights in Hacienda Zuleta, a rural ranch in the Ecuadorian highlands. After a day exploring the Old Town of Quito independently, embark on the Galapagos cruise. Hike on the islands of North Seymour, Santa Cruz, Espanola and Bartolomé, see lava lizards and marine iguanas, snorkel with Galapagos penguins, marbled rays and sea turtles and explore mangroves and volcanic craters on small-boat trips. The visit to the Darwin Research Station on Santa Cruz, followed by a hike to the highlands to see Galapago tortoises in the wild, is a major highlight. After returning to the mainland you'll head to Hacienda Zuleta, which serves as a base for visiting a condor rehabilitation center and the mountain town of Otavalo with its famous market. The hikes during this vacation are reasonably gentle and range from two to three hours. All meals except for four dinners and one lunch are included, along with all your accommodations and transportation in Ecuador. Wilderness Travel 1102 Ninth St. Berkeley, CA 94710 800-368-2784 wildernesstravel.com
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Zadkiel's magazine, or Record and review of astrology, phrenology, mesmerism ...
edited by Richard James Morrison
ASTROLOGY AND THE PRESS.
must they conclude of the poor Editor's integrity and critical acumen ? Will they be satisfied that, instead of so "refuting astrology," the Editor displays the weakness of handing over his opponent to the law; and intimates that astrology, instead of a GRAND TRUTH, should be treated as "roguery and vagabondage?" Even if, for the argument's sake, the law be admitted to have forbidden its practice—which, as a fact, is utterly denied—that cannot in anywise disprove the truth of its doctrines or the reality of its principles, but only proves that if these be true, the said law is a very wicked law, and both cruel and tyrannical. Might not these readers of the Atheneum quote the Editor's own words, page 1207, and say, " No amount of negative reasoning can upset a single well-observed fact?" and may they not think that if Zadkiel have observed facts for a quarter of a century in confirmation of astrology, as he has declared, and the Editor has observed no facts to disprove them, he has no right to assert that he "believes that Zadkiel imposed on himself before he tried to impose on others ?" May they not add, moreover, that the Editor is the person who imposed on himself, by treating astrology as false, and denying astral influence, without any such process of induction as would be for a moment received by himself, as a critic, in any other matter of science or philosophy, or, indeed, in any thing else under the sun ?
As the hieroglyphic for 1848 has been mentioned by these editors, we here reprint it for examination by the reader.
The reader will judge whether the tri-color flag in the hand of a crowned skeleton, and the Gallic cock exulting, standing on
REVIEW_THE POETRY OF SCIENCE.
the hour-glass, a type of the king's time of power being run out, be "a glance" at the event. Also, whether the armed man, holding the scroll shewing the Sun and Moon in Libra, pointing the sword to his own person, shewed that the armed men would turn their swords against each other. And whether the Pope's tiara being placed on the earth foreshewed that the Pope's power should come to an end. These events are those which will mark 1848 in the page of history; and we submit that they were very distinctly pointed at many months in advance. Let it be remembered, too, that a hieroglyphic does not profess to be a picture of future events, but merely a type to indicate their features.
The Poetry of SCIENCE, or Studies of the Physical Phenomena
of Nature. By RoberT HUNT. Reeve & Co.
This work comes very à propos to the commencement of our critical labours; and, as it may be regarded as a fair and lucid exposé of the results of the achievements of modern science, we shall refer to it extensively; and if out of their own mouths we are forced to condemn our professed " lovers of truth," why the fault lies not with us, but is to be discovered in the one-sided principle upon which our men of science choose to make their researches. If they will explore the recesses of Nature's secrets, guided by the deceitful glare of prejudice, they must take the consequences. They cannot complain if we expose their fallacies, for they are considered as the salt of the earth; and we have a right, therefore, to shew that they have, for want of the light of truth, mistaken for genuine brilliants the mere rubbish of crystallized liquids, which dissolve into vapours on the first exposure to the test of examination. Let them adopt the fair and honest course that Bacon recommends ; let them experiments;" but, at the same time, cast out of the alembics of their minds all their preconceived notions that the philosophers of old knew nothing, because they had not formed acquaintance with the jumble of geological phraseology and the barbarous lists of jaw-breaking terms now mis-called "science." examine fairly and honestly the doctrines of the immortal Ptolemy (adopted as they have been by the oriental philosophers of all nations), which teach that there is a certain and never failing connexion between the angles under which the sun, moon,
Let them 22
REVIEW-THE POETRY OF SCIENCE.
planets, are observed, and the state of the atmosphere. Let them examine whether, or not, vast earthquakes and extensive pestilences do really follow on the heels of great eclipses, if at the time there be also conjunctions or oppositions of the superior planets. And if they find that, when the planets are stationary, the flux of light from them, being more permanent on this globe, produces a derangement of the magnetic action universally, let them honestly confess that they have scoffed at the idea of such planetary action without once having thought of examining into the facts—to the eternal disgrace of the present race of philosophers.
But to our author. This work of Mr. Hunt's is written in a free and familiar style, and with as much of religious reverence as we might expect to find from a mind too prone, by habit, to refer every thing to natural laws, and, therefore, to doubt as to any thing like spiritual interference in the phenomena of nature. There is, however, an apparent honesty of intention about Mr. Hunt, which, if he were free from the shackles of office, might qualify him to shake off his early prejudices and enter on an examination of astral influences. We do not despair, in fact, some day, of hearing that Mr. Hunt has examined astrology, and, if he do, he must adopt its principles, which alone can satisfy the craving he evinces for a farther acquaintance with causes. The author's introductory observations mention "some great universal principle beyond our knowledge;" which must, therefore, extend to the stars, or how could it be "universal ?" "Our knowledge" signifies the knowledge of Mr. Hunt's colabourers in the dark caves of philosophy; for we can tell him that this "principle" is not beyond the knowledge of the astral philosopher, who by its aid reads in the motions of the stars those wondrous effects which by this principle they produce.
Speaking of motion, gravitation, heat, light, electricity, and chemical force, the author is compelled to cry out as follows:
"These powers are only known to us by their effects; we only detect their action by their operations upon matter; and although we regard the several phenomena which we bave discovered as the manifestations of different principles, it is possible they may be but modifications of some one universal power, of which these are but a few of its modes of action."
As regards electricity this is not strictly true, for we can both see and feel the electric fluid when it is excited up to the point of luminous appearance; and we may say as much of light, for there is no reason to believe that light flows from the sun as such; but there is A SUBSTANCE which flows from the sun, and which, when it impinges on a planet, affects the eyes of animals
in such a manner as to render them conscious of its existence, and which effect has been termed Light. If this substance, when it flows from the sun, were already in a luminous condition, we should perceive it in its passage through the fields of space.
What Mr. Hunt means by one universal power" is what we conceive to be the bond that combines all the bodies of a solar system, and compels them to operate one on another; so that if a straight line can be drawn from the earth to the sun and the planet Saturn, the fluxes of this "universal power," or ethereal fluid, as we prefer to name it, are returned directly back from the two planets to the source of those fluxes in the sun. Thus must they needs produce a different effect on each planet's atmosphere in going and returning from what they would if carried off at an angle of reflection equal to that of incidence. We say that the particles, or molecules, of this fluid, so thrown back on others like themselves, must derange the atmosphere of both planets. And thus we see the reason why the electrical condition of our atmosphere on such occasions is abnormal, and why the magnets shew that the magnetic currents cease to flow in their usual manner. And thus it is that the temperature and pressure of the atmosphere become affected, and that vapours arise, rain abounds, and tempests are let loose upon the earth and ocean.
In speaking, in his 8th chapter, on the effects of the sun's rays, termed actinism, our author says,—
"We now know that it is impossible to expose any body, simple or compound, to the sun's rays without its being influenced by this chemical and molecular-disturbing power. To take our examples from inorganic nature, the granite rock, which presents its uplifted head in firmness to the driving storm, the stones which genius has framed into forms of architectural beauty, or the metal which is intended to commemorate the great acts of man, and which, in the human form, proclaim the hero's deeds and the artist's talents, are all alike destructively acted upon during the hours of sunshine; and, but for provisions of Nature no less wonderful, would soon perish under the delicate touch of the most subtile of the agencies of the universe." We ask Mr. Hunt whether these same solar
ese same solar rays, that produce so much powerful influence when they fall direct upon any body whatever, are likely to lose all their power when reflected? If rays from the sun fall
upon the planet Mars when at its nearest position to the earth, 34,700,000 miles, they must be reflected to this earth in three minutes. Are we to suppose that they lose all their wondrous power, and that they fall upon the same bodies which were before so "destructively acted upon" quite innocuously? A very small portion of a solar ray, passed through a prism, is found to magnetize a needle when placed within its direction; yet millions of rays from the same sun
fall upon
Mars * Blackwood's Magazine for December 1848 says, that Lady Hester Stanhope foretold Lamartine's recent elevation and the Revolution in France by "cabalistic" and astronomical processes. Now she made these predictions merely, as Mr. Oxley would, by the mathematics of astral science.
REVIEW-GEM OF THE ASTRAL SCIENCES.
every instant of time, and are constantly returned to this earth in a very few minutes; and millions of rays fall
the moon and come thence to us in one second of time; and is it reasonable to doubt that they do affect this earth? Those from the moon, we know, do act upon the salts of silver; and why should we hesitate to believe that those from each of the planets have their several missions to perform ? This, however, constitutes that PLANETARY INFLUENCE so much dreaded by our philosophers, who have committed themselves to its denial before they investigated the facts. Alas! they are destined to be defeated, for O magna vis veritatis !
We shall return to Mr. Hunt's work.
The GEM OF THE ASTRAL SCIENCES, or Mathematics of Ce
lestial Philosophy. By Thomas OXLEY, Esq., C.E. Simpkin and Marshall.
We are glad to see a new edition, and a much improved one, of Mr. Oxley's celebrated work on Planispheres. This work will do much for the science of genethliacal astrology, as it will enable many sterling young minds to examine for themselves the doctrines of astral influence, without so much labour as has hitherto been necessary.
It may even lead some of the editors of the day to see whether there be not more in our philosophy than their day dreams of " cabalistic"* folly have led them to imagine. This work contains every thing required, (and, indeed, perhaps more than the young student can require) for working out a nativity by projection; and we cordially recommend it to the attention of our readers, as a masterly production. cannot, however, allow Mr. Oxley's doctrine as to the anticipating and retarding of primary directions to pass current, without our most decided condemnation. Our author says, p. 177,
" If he (the student) comes within six months, or even a year in some cases, he ought to be satisfied, seeing that there are many secondary causes which will produce an anticipation or retarding of the primary direction."
The result of a quarter of a century of rigid examination of nativities, during which many thousands have gone through our


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Isn't it odd that so many young people find it necessary to compromise their health to get ahead and make money, only to spend that money to restore their health once they grow older? Of all the social ills and imbalances that percolate in today's world, this one is the most perplexing for me to absorb. And, whenever anyone cites the CDC stat that over 75% of healthcare costs in the U.S. are caused by chronic conditions that are largely preventable, all I can think of is the urgent need to re-frame this all-important relationship between taking care of your health and making money.
Overwork and burnout are at the core of it all: unhealthy, misguided behaviors that have been pumped into the cultural bloodstream as badges of honor, but which actually run the risk of ruining careers and lives. Like so many young people, I can attest to the physical, mental and emotional toll that can come with overwork and burnout.
When I was in business school, I spent countless late nights going through emails, spreadsheets and presentations on my laptop, usually for group projects with tight deadlines. Sometimes, staying up until 1 or 2am in the morning would not cut it, and so I would have to throw in the proverbial all-nighter. The strain on my eyes from the high-energy visible (HEV) blue light of the laptop screen was bad enough—not to mention the dark circles, eye twitching, headaches, neck pain, and back posture problems caused by me lying in bed with my laptop. However, the most serious damage was to my eyelids: because of the stress of these late nights, I ended up suffering from recurring lumps within my eyelids called chalazia, caused by blockages in the oil glands. These required a whole series of ophthalmologist visits, steroid injections, surgeries, and medications over the course of an entire year, which came at a significant personal cost of time and money.
Medical research has not yet established the direct linkage between digital eye strain, or stress, and these eyelid blockages; but plenty of anecdotal support exists from cases such as my own. My experience served as a huge wake-up call for me: assignments can and will pile up, but managing the time spent in front of the screen is critical for physical health as well as for being able to deliver on those assignments.
When I was out in the workforce, the prevailing attitude among friends in other companies was that sleepless nights and addiction to laptops and smartphones, though indeed bad for physical health, are par for the course. These feelings of resignation were concerning to me, given my experience. But it was not until I started seeing some of these friends drop off the radar and succumb to otherwise-inexplicable feelings of helplessness, isolation, and depression, that I began to see this issue not just from a physical lens but from a mental and emotional lens. The problem with my eyelids was a highly-visible problem; feelings of isolation, stemming from the burdens of corporate life and being "always on," are tougher to understand because they are hidden from the eye.
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WBSC, Tokyo 2020 reveal Olympic Baseball groups and schedule
The national teams of the Dominican Republic (visitors) and Japan (home) will officially open the competition at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, 28 July, at 12:00 p.m. JST.
PULLY, Switzerland -- The World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), in collaboration with Tokyo 2020 organizers, today revealed the official groups and six-game opening round schedule of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic baseball tournament, following the latest update of the WBSC Baseball World Rankings and conclusion of the WBSC Baseball Final Qualifier in Puebla, Mexico.
World No. 1 Japan, No. 5 Mexico and No. 7 Dominican Republic will start the Tokyo 2020 tournament in Group A.
A1 Japan
A2 Mexico
A3 Dominican Republic
The 2008 defending Olympic gold medallists, world No. 3 Korea, as well as No. 4 USA and No. 24 Israel will compete in Group B.
B1 Korea
B2 USA
B3 Israel
"With less than 30 days to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, the six national teams now know their road to gold and their path to realise their Olympic dreams," said WBSC President Riccardo Fraccari. "The return of Olympic baseball, and that in a baseball capital like Japan, promises to shine a spectacular spotlight on these Olympic Games, our sport and our talented athletes."
TOKYO 2020 BASEBALL SCHEDULE
The national teams of the Dominican Republic (visitors) and Japan (home) will officially open the competition at Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium on Wednesday, 28 July, at 12:00 p.m. JST. The tournament will then shift to the main venue, Yokohama Stadium, which is home to the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
DATE Game Time Venue
Wed, 28 Jul: DOM vs. JPN at 12:00 p.m. - Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium
Thu, 29 Jul: ISR vs. KOR at 7:00 p.m. - Yokohama Stadium
Fri, 30 Jul: MEX vs. DOM at 12:00 p.m. - Yokohama Stadium
Fri, 30 Jul USA vs ISR at 7:00 p.m. - Yokohama Stadium
Sat, 31 Jul: JPN vs. MEX at 12:00 p.m. - Yokohama Stadium
Sat, 31 Jul: KOR vs. USA at 7:00 p.m. - Yokohama Stadium
The group stage results will only determine the seeding for the knockout stage.
Knockout Stage
The knockout stage will take place from 1-4 August and have a double-elimination format. The first-place teams from the group stage will advance directly into what is essentially a quarterfinal on Monday, 2 August. The two second-place finishers from the opening round and the two third-place finishers will play each other on Sunday, 1 August, to open the knockout stage, with the winners of those two contests advancing to the other quarterfinal. The losers' bracket will give another chance for teams to advance.
Winners of the two quarterfinals will meet in the first semifinal game on Wednesday, 4 August, which will send one team to the gold medal game, while the loser will be placed in the second semifinal on Thursday, 5 August. The teams advancing from losers' bracket will determine the other semifinalist.
The medal games are scheduled for Saturday, 7 August.
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Stranger than fiction: Can real life in NYC compare to Hollywood's fantasies?
Posted June 27th, 2013 by stephanie.mlot@gmail.com. 0 Comments
Everyone knows New York City. Even those who have criminally never visited have seen photos of Coney Island or the backdrop of Times Square, can pinpoint Central Park and undoubtedly recognize Radio City Music Hall.
Hollywood has leaned on the Big Apple since the turn of the 20th century — Hanging the city up like a white linen sheet on a backyard laundry line, letting it blow in the breeze. Every inch of this town has been combed through for the purpose of entertainment. And sure, it's easy to believe that love stories really do come true at the top of the Empire State Building, but for most New Yorkers, life isn't quite what it seems on screen.
"In my imagination, your life is just like Girls," a friend wrote in an email about seven months after I moved.
For the record: it's not. (My roommates, actually, are better versed in the telling of questionably legal empty-warehouse raves.) Though, according to my highly unscientific calculations, Lena Dunham's dirty-sexy HBO comedy is one of the most accurate presentations of life in New York that you ever will, or ever did, find on television — premium cable or otherwise.
Filmed and set in Brooklyn (and occasionally outside of my Flatiron District office building), Girls tells the often horrid tale of being a 20-something navigating life in New York. Been there, screwed that, right? Not this time. Dunham's polarizing show about a pack of formerly privileged young females trying to make ends meet without their parents' ATM pin numbers has taken heat for everything from a lack of color (Donald Glover to the rescue!), an over-ripe sex drive, and a certain first-world-problems flavoring.
But when you manage to look past the half-baked relationships and the barista aprons, Girls feels real. It may not always feel right, but it certainly feels real. Television executives don't seem to actually care to strive for a sense of reality, though. They just want spacious accommodations with plenty of room to hang a boom mic out of the frame. Inaccuracies be damned, be it real estate, transportation, or the volume of pizza joints on every corner.
I'm not the only one holding a grudge against Hollywood for lying to the world about this fair city. Complex's Brenden Gallagher compiled a list 25-deep of movies and TV shows that got New York City wrong. Sprinkled among the entire Spiderman trilogy, beloved classics, and every NYC-based action-adventure flick are obvious exaggerations, like Sex and the City.
In this particular episode ["Ring a Ding Ding," season four, episode 16], Carrie states that she paid $750 for her Upper East Side studio in 2000. Though the apartment is rent controlled, it was also pretty big. (And by "pretty big," Gallagher actually means the size of a small Starbucks, with a walk-thru closet and a designated den, not to mention room to run laps around a queen-sized bed.) The most conservative estimates put her apartment in the neighborhood of at least double that.
But the famed Manhattan foursome was produced to be the dream-sequence to real New Yorkers' struggles with love and friendship; they embodied women's (and gay men's) greatest fears, most extravagant happinesses, and all of those embarrassing topics we'd never dare bring up over Sunday brunch. They were never meant to serve as a mirror, reflecting back your dingy apartment and two-train daily commute. Come to think of it, when was the last time you saw a TV character climb into a crowded subway car, or even mention the 4-5-6 or A-C-E line?
Public transit rules this city, and I know that Joey, Monica, Rachel, and Chandler could not afford to pay their respective rents AND catch a cab to Central Perk every day. Friends actually does a spectacularly good job of eschewing the transportation discussion completely (before Phoebe inherits her grandmother's taxi). Do they walk to the coffee shop? Take a train to the office? Does it really matter, though, when they come home to outlandishly lavish adjacent, top-floor apartments — one of which has a balcony the size of my bedroom? Nah.
How I Met Your Mother suffers from the same afflictions as the '90s hit: Overly endowed living quarters (hardwood floors?!), too much time and money spent in an eatery, inconceivably empty and clean city sidewalks. Not even in a Fringe-like alternate universe could architect-Ted, pre-school-teacher-Lily, and law-school-student-Marshall afford their spacious, two-bedroom apartment in Manhattan, from which they seemingly travel by taxi cab only to visit their broadcast newscaster friend Robin in her beautiful, fireplace-boasting, equally unrealistic Brooklyn rental.
Of course, from a two-bedroom Frederick apartment, with a balcony overlooking a crowded parking lot and community pool, it was easy to turn a blind eye to even the most obvious Hollywood misnomers. (Does it bother anyone else that at least three-fifths of the Big Bang Theory gang dresses for every day as if it's a crisp October evening on the east coast, instead of any given moment in Southern California?) But a year of life in the big city has changed me; my skin crawls every time Marshall struts down the bare street, greeting friendly shop owners and helping a delivery man fix his bike.
You'll still find me curled up in bed, laughing at Seinfeld and 30 Rock reruns, lustily dreaming of the day my city apartment resembles something other than a crowded closet with a bathroom.
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Javier Fuentes August 31, 2015
Sealion, Bludded Head and Def Rain Played A Sweaty Show That The City of Dallas Paid To Record.
Plastered. That's how many left the fourth and final live recording session for Vice Palace's live cassette tape series on Saturday night. Tough to blame them: The Aqua Lab Sound Recordings-hosted effort included sets from Vulgar Fashion (which hadn't performed live since Halloween '14), Def Rain, Bludded Head and Sealion, and it doused its at-capacity crowd in sound, grime and sweat.
Right after the night's stated 9 p.m. start, Vulgar Fashion's electronic pulses began sinking into the audience. Many watched in awe of the balance before them, while others embraced the tape-grinding rhythms and danced within. The set, barely 17 minutes long and shrouded in mystery, was an excellent entry back into the scene that so proudly adored the Denton-based duo.
Welcoming a more swelled audience, Def Rain followed, starting its set with a warped take on the theme for the '70s television show Taxi, confusing the younger audience members in the space before inviting them back in with more usual rounds of the band's deep electronic harmony. With soaring, angelic vocals, Ashley Cromeens bobbed and weaved through endless bursts of flash from the many photographers crammed into the tight confines and eased the audience into a tantalizing groove.
With a far heavier and more vile sound of its own, Bludded Head then immediately derailed the night's early electronic direction. Fronted by acclaimed visual artist Nevada Hill, with Pinkish Black's Jon Teague on drums, Donovan Ford (New Science Projects, Joy Sores, etc.) on bass and Tamara Cauble Brown (Telegraph Canyon) on violin, this particular Bludded Head lineup brought on feelings of a violent purging; you could feel, for a moment, your body start to shut down as it simultaneously roared along to the down-tempo prime.
Crazy stuff, considering this whole tape venture from Vice Palace is financially backed the City of Dallas and all.
That, at least, was a fact not lost on Sealion frontman Hunter Moehring, who, during his band's close-out set for both this night and the live Vice Palace tape recording process as a whole, noted as much to his crowd.
"This is going to be in the Dallas Public Library, you know," he said at one point during his band's remarkably house show- feeling set. Bodies couldn't help but slam back and forth into one another. Playing songs both new and old, the band roared through its set much to the delight of those on-hand, but probably to the detriment of those who might one day hear this performance in the future. No matter: Vice Palace's tape series was conceived with the idea of capturing an energy more than a sound.
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From the start Leo Hart and Thomas Williams built a club that helped bring people together. Through it all, there's been one person who is responsible for the heartaches suffered by the subs of the club. When that person finds his final judgment, how will everyone handle it?
At the same time, a new Dom, Darren, comes onto the scene, and he's taken by the club's bartender, JJ. The problem? No one knows about the secret that JJ harbors. One that, if learned, could tear the club apart.
To every beginning, there must be an ending.
In all his relationships, Darren Fielding never found the level of intimacy he witnessed between Thomas Williams and his sub, Peter, the day of Peter's "rebirth". Not only that, he never realized such intimacy was possible. For two years, Thomas's business card has been burning a hole in his wallet. When Darren's lover moves on, maybe it's finally time to see where that card takes him.
Collars & Cuffs' new barman, JJ Taylor, is really conflicted right now. He went to the club with a very specific purpose, already convinced of what he'd find there. Except it's not what he expected at all. He certainly didn't anticipate finding himself drawn to the new wannabe dom. Nor could he have guessed the direction that attraction would lead him.
Old love, new love, vows, pain, rage, moving in, moving on….The members of Collars & Cuffs face an event that touches some of them deeply, but it will only reinforce what they already know: together they are stronger, and some bonds cannot be broken.
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