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Wert: This is a surname which in its some forty national spellings from Fox, Foxe & Foxman (English & Irish), Foch, Fochs, Fuchs, Fuchsel, Voske, Vossgen and Voss (German), to Voss, De Vos & Focks (Dutch & Flemish) and Fucks, Fucksman and Fuxman (Askenasic) is recorded throughout Europe. The derivation is from the pre 7th century Olde English and German Fox or Fock, or the Irish Sionnaigh. All mean 'fox' and all were originally a personal name of great antiquity or a medieval complimentary nickname for a person admired for his speed and cunning, the attributes of the animal. Examples of early recordings taken from authentic rolls, registers and charters in different countries include: Daniel Fuhs, given as being a burger of Koln, Germany, in the year 1198, Hugo le Foxe, in the accounts of the Duchy of Cornwall for the year 1297, and Johannes Fox, 'a smyth', noted in the 1379 Poll Tax Returns of Yorkshire. In Ireland in the provinces of Connacht, Leinster and Ulster, the surname Fox is an anglicized form of the Old Gaelic 'Mac a'tSionnaigh' meaning the son of the Fox. Sir Patrick Fox of Moyvore, County Westmeath, Ireland, was the state interpreter of Irish in 1568, whilst John Fox, aged 35 yrs., who embarked from London on the ship 'Abigall' bound for New England in June 1635, was one of the first emigrants to the New World. Throughout the centuries surnames in every country have continued to 'develop', often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.
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Inner Sanctum - Legions Awake
Hailing from India, a country not known for extreme metal or metal at all, Inner Sanctum come riding a hurricane of heavy riffs, strong drums, and insane power. The album is thrashy and allows for some serious moshing that could rival even the heaviest of metal heavyweights. From start to finish, the record displays furious aggression and talented musicianship. Inner Sanctum may very well be the best extreme metal band in their country and they show no signs of slowing down with their latest release; Legions Awake.
Each track blazes past you, the listener, at a scorching speed that leaves you breathless but invigorated. It's the kind of album that you can listen to again and again due to the sheer solidness of it as a whole. While the album may not have too many definitive tracks that really stand out as "single worthy", it's still a very fetch release that warrants at least one spin on your music player.
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PACER test (Progressive Aerobic Cardiovascular Endurance Run)
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Luc Léger's test is a physical test designed to calculate the maximum aerobic speed, more commonly known as the VMA, as well as to estimate the maximum oxygen consumption, also known as VO2Max, of a person. Used extensively by the army to test its new recruits, Luc Léger's test is also part of the selection tests imposed on future firefighters.
The principle of Luc Léger's test is rather simple since it is a question, within the framework of a continuous race, of working on your endurance while increasing your running speed by 0.5km/h every minute. It is therefore necessary to be extremely regular in your training to be able to hope to progress in cardio-training quickly.
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To carry out Luc Léger's test in good conditions, it is necessary to have at your disposal a 400m track, enough pads to place one every 20m as well as a tape recorder with a test cassette or, if necessary, a stopwatch with a whistle to indicate the sound signals to the participants.
Luc Léger's test is done continuously around an athletics track
Conduct of Luc Léger's test
To be able to submit to Luc Léger's test, it is essential to know, even if only approximately, his VMA, by doing a Cooper test for example, to be able to determine his initial speed which corresponds to his VMA – 4km/h. The first step is to maintain this speed for 2 minutes, then gradually accelerate every two minutes to the rhythm of the increasingly close sound signals. When the subject can no longer accelerate fast enough to reach the marker before the signal, he has reached his VMA.
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"Finding Nemo" (2004): Retrospective Realizations
Ash has a bachelor's in English Lit. She loves analyzing fiction and obsessing over books, film, and television.
Finding Nemo is a computer animated children's film released by Pixar and Disney in the wake of such beloved films as Toy Story and A Bug's Life.
It was hugely popular at the time of its release, and I recall that no one could shut up about it. Everyone at my high school was quoting the film, and even I occasionally found myself singing, "Just keep swimming . . . Just keep swimming . . ." Now, about sixteen years later, I find myself reflecting on some things I hadn't really noticed before.
Here they are.
Nemo's Mom Was Dumb
Yeah. You read that right. Coral (Elizabeth Perkins) was really dumb.
Most Disney films will have the mother die in a horrific way (dammit, Bambi's mom!!!), but Coral's death, on top of being horrific, was also really . . . . pointless.
Think about it. A barracuda comes to eat Coral and Marlon's eggs. Coral has zero way of protecting said eggs. There is no booby-trap rigged over the nest (which would have been clever, since these are talking fish and all). She has no razor-sharp fins and teeth. She can't pick up a weapon and beat the barracuda to death. Essentially, all she can do is blow bubbles at it. Oh, and she's tiny.
And yet, what does Coral do? She senselessly throws herself in front of the eggs! But why? This action was neither heroic nor brave. It was just dumb.
Marlon warns Coral to get "back in the house" because he knows how senseless it would be to try and save the eggs. The two of them could just make more eggs. Why throw their lives away as well? The eggs aren't sentient and I doubt they feel pain. Coral throwing away her life to save them was crazy and irrational.
Worst of all, I remember my chemistry teacher using this film to lecture us teenagers about abortion being "murder." He was a misogynist who hated women (most of our chemistry classes were spent listening to him rant angrily about his ex-wife. He also made fun of me a lot – mimicking me in a shrill voice, etc -- to the point that I quit his computer building class. It was an early 101 about why most women don't go into STEM), so I wasn't surprised when he made his unfortunate speech. He ruined the film for me for years.
(To be clear, I'm not saying all men are "pro-life" just because my bitter chemistry teacher was. Most men are pro-choice because they don't want to pay child support (not because they actually give a sh*t about women). The men who are "pro-life" are usually the hardcore woman-haters.)
I won't go into the specifics of an embryo versus a fetus versus a fully developed baby. Let's just say, there's a huge difference between fully-developed Child Nemo and underdeveloped Egg Nemo.
That Coral placed value on Egg Nemo was her right – but it was her individual right, and not every clownfish should be expected to throw herself at a barracuda for her oblivious, undeveloped eggs.
Hint, hint.
Also, Marlon only put value on Egg Nemo because the egg was all he had left of his family. Just a minute before, he was telling Coral to abandon the eggs and protect her own life. His values changed when Coral threw her life away. (Because values can do that. Values can change.)
We aren't talking about the choice to place a value on life here. We're talking about the choice of placing a value on potential life. How ironic would it have been had Coral thrown her life away for an egg that turned out to be a dud?
It's also hella amusing in hindsight that my chemistry teacher would use this movie for an abortion analogy. In real life, clownfish will put a great amount of value on their eggs. As a snack. They guard the eggs until they hatch . . . and then they start eating their own young. I'm not even joking.
So yeah. In real life, Marlon would have eaten Nemo (or turned into a female clownfish and mated with his own son – again, not even joking). Clownfish don't care about the egg once it's hatched. After they are born, little clownfish are left to fend for themselves.
Hmm. On second thought, it's actually a very good analogy. It's exactly how Pro-lifers behave.
Clownfish Are Actually Tiny
I was standing in the pet store last week when I noticed a tank full of clownfish, and I realized that, man . . . Clownfish are tiny. The ones I saw were a little bit shorter than my pinky finger!
I raised my hand to the glass and the clownfish all darted away, startled by what I had done. They seemed terrified that I would reach through and grab them somehow, and it reminded me of frightened, neurotic Marlon.
There were also some beautiful blue "Dory" fish in the next tank, and they, too, were tiny.
Realizing just how small the fish are in the film makes you appreciate this movie even more. It shows how brave they were to head into the big, wide ocean in search of Nemo. Marlon, a tiny clownfish, faced down sharks, jellyfish, and human divers for the love of his son.
The Villain Wasn't That Great
This isn't something that I just noticed. I always felt Darla was a hand-me-down Sid. Watching the film again just reinforces this belief.
Darla was a little girl who obliviously killed fish by shaking them to death. She is the typical Early-Pixar-Era villain in that she doesn't know she's a villain. Just like Sid in Toy Story didn't know he was killing sentient beings and the bird in A Bug's Life didn't notice that the grasshoppers could talk, Darla is oblivious to the terror she imposes on the tiny creatures that live in her shadow.
I dunno. I just didn't find her that memorable. At least Sid was interesting as a character ("That ain't no happy child!"), being a black-clad psycho who mutilates toys for fun. Darla was just an annoying little girl with braces.
Still, her annoying behavior led to some funny and memorable lines:
"Find a happy place, find a happy place, FIND A HAPPY PLACE!"
Dory Has Been to the Surface
I realize that non-human fantasy characters frequently make references we humans would understand for comedic effect (Marlon mentions Moby Dick at one point), but . . . If we want to look at this from an in-universe perspective, Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) makes a lot of references to things on the surface she shouldn't even know about.
Within about five minutes of her introduction, for instance, she makes a reference to party balloons. But . . . how does she know what a balloon is unless she's been to the surface?
And for some hilariously bizarre reason, Dory can read English. Yes, she's technically speaking English, but we-the-audience are supposed to pretend that she is really speaking some weird fish language that has been translated into English for our benefit.
No, I'm totally not a dork.
Gill Was a Foil for Marlon
For those that don't speak Nerd, a foil is a character that exists to highlight the strengths and weaknesses of another character. For example, Melonie Hamilton from Gone with the Wind was the exact opposite of Scarlett O'Hara. Melonie was truly kindhearted, was honorable, and put the needs of others before her own, while Scarlett was mean, selfish, and a bully.
Gill (Willem Dafoe) existed to highlight Marlon's strengths and weaknesses as a character.
Like Marlon, Gill had seen the terrors of ocean life. But instead of becoming terrorized and cowardly, he becomes fearless and hard – a little too hard.
He teaches Nemo (Alexander Gould) to be self-sufficient, encouraging him to free himself from the filter pipe when he gets stuck. At the same time, however, he doesn't take care to caution Nemo against danger. Instead, he deliberately puts him in danger for his own selfish ends.
In an attempt to escape the dentist's office, Gill has Nemo plug the filter. When the plan backfires, Nemo is almost sucked into the fan and killed. He barely escapes with his life. It's here that Gill realizes that he has been short-sighted and selfish: he was willing to risk a child's life to escape back to the ocean.
Marlon (Albert Brooks), on the other hand, is just the opposite. He's a neurotic, terrified mess who deeply fears the ocean. This seems to have happened as a result of Coral's death, though we don't see enough of him before the event to really know.
He tells his son that he isn't strong and that he can't do anything, to the point that Nemo underestimates himself and his own strengths and even comes to resent his father, telling him that he hates him.
Arguably, what Marlon does to Nemo is emotional abuse. He's smothering his son to the point that he won't let him live, while crippling his confidence by telling him over and over that his little fin makes him too weak to do anything on his own.
Of course, Marlon isn't abusing Nemo from a place of malice. He's abusing from a place of fear. It's the same way Gill isn't taking advantage of Nemo from a place of malice but more from a place of fear – the fear that he will live the rest of his life in a dentist's fish tank.
Being Nemo's father, however, Marlon also has a healthy concern for his safety. Unlike Gill, he would never put Nemo in deliberate danger nor ask him to risk his life.
Gill exists to help the audience understand that Marlon means well. He's just damaged by the death of his wife. It's the same way that Gill means well, he's just damaged by a life of captivity.
It's the Journey, Not the Destination
During his travels, Marlon goes through a transformation. To me, this is why the film is called Finding Nemo. It's about Marlon and Nemo both developing as characters through their adventures. Marlon becomes braver, while Nemo becomes more self-sufficient and strong.
Marlon learns from Dory how to lighten up and have fun, that life doesn't have to be all fear and hiding from danger. During the jellyfish sequence, he is shown laughing and smiling outside his sea anemone for the first time in the film. He has finally learned to relax, rather than letting fear rule his life.
Immediately after the jellyfish sequence, Marlon meets a sea turtle named Crush who is also a parent ("Whoa, whoa, whoa. 'Mr. Turtle' is my father."). Marlon is shocked to learn that sea turtles abandon their young on the beach, allowing them to find their own way back to the ocean.
As they are riding the current to Sydney, Crush's son gets blown out. Marlon panics, but Crush cautions him to wait and see what happens.
Instead of needing to be rescued, the baby sea turtle learns to fend for himself .He struggles until he breaks back into the current on his own and is praised by his proud father.
Watching the turtles interact, Marlon realizes that there comes a time when a parent has to let go.
Dory Follows Taoist Philosophy
Taoist philosophy is basically about going with the flow. Whatever happens, happens, and it's ultimately best to just go along with it and choose to be happy, believing and knowing that things will get better.
When Dory and Marlon are swallowed by a whale, it's a truly character defining moment. Dory has fun, laughing and shouting as the water in the whale's mouth spins her back and forth. In sharp contrast, Marlon completely panics and has a breakdown. He tries to escape the situation by desperately beating himself against the inside of the whale's mouth, only to slowly sink to its tongue in defeat.
An ever-positive Dory comforts Marlon, telling him that everything will be all right. Marlon insists on seeing the bad side of things, but Dory insists on seeing the beauty of the situation, of living in the moment and enjoying it for its possibilities. She literally goes with the flow (floating along inside the whale's mouth) and chooses not to worry – this is Taoist philosophy.
This is further underscored as the scene progresses.
When the water in the whale's mouth starts going down, Marlon says it's half-empty, while Dory insists it's half-full. It's the writers' funny, clever way of highlighting the personalities of both characters.
The whale instructs them to let go of her tongue. Marlon is convinced she's trying to eat them, but Dory trustingly lets go. She is caught by Marlon, who demands to know how she doesn't know something bad will happen. Dory looks at Marlon and shouts, "I don't!"
Bad things happen. We can choose to live in terror or we can choose to live. This is what Marlon must learn while, ahem, finding Nemo.
As it turns out, the whale was friendly and had carried them to Sydney. The water was leaving her mouth because she was spitting them out at their destination.
So Marlon did all that worrying and stressing for nothing, while Dory knew the pleasure of being happy always, regardless of circumstance.
Dory speaking "whale" is the funniest thing, possibly, ever.
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O'Brien: Obama, McCain should debate in Silicon Valley
By Mercury News | themerc@bayareanewsgroup.com and Chris O'Brien |
Earlier this month, I called on the presidential primary campaigns to spend more time talking about technology. And I asked you, dear readers, to help me build a list of tech topics the candidates should be addressing.
Since then, the primary season has mercifully ended. And along the way, many of you wrote back with some great thoughts. I'll list the most popular at the end of this column.
But one reader, Edwin Sayre, 82, of Los Gatos, brought to my attention a bigger, better idea that we should embrace: a presidential debate that would focus on issues of science and technology. It's a grand notion, and there would be no better place for such an event than right here in Silicon Valley.
Sayre, a retired rocket engineer, is part of a groundswell of engineers and scientists who were trying to make this happen during the primary season. Under the name of Science Debate 2008, they issued a "Call for a Presidential Debate on Science & Technology."
They posted an online petition at www.sciencedebate2008.com that's been signed by thousands of individuals, organizations, businesses and government officials.
Science Debate 2008 is being led by Shawn Lawrence Otto, a Minnesota resident whose Wikipedia entry describes him as a "filmmaker, political strategist, speaker and writer, and screenwriter." The list of organizations co-sponsoring the effort is impressive: the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, the Institute of Medicine, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 170 major American universities, 100 university presidents and dozens of Nobel laureates.
After failing to hold such a debate during the primaries, Otto said in an e-mail last week that the group is retooling its efforts to focus on the general election. Otto said the group "will be opening discussions with the campaigns in the next few days" about holding such a debate.
Let's help them.
There are enough nerds, big shots and moneybags from Silicon Valley who are connected to the campaigns to make this happen.
Stanford University's Lawrence Lessig is a tech adviser for Democratic Sen. Barack Obama. Cisco Systems Chief Executive John Chambers is advising Republican Sen. John McCain on tech, while former eBay CEO Meg Whitman is raising money for the Republican candidate.
Here's what Chambers said about the idea in an e-mail:
"Silicon Valley represents the heart of innovation and economic opportunity and is the logical place to host a presidential town hall meeting. Here in the valley, we are building new collaborative technologies such as TelePresence which would give the candidates a unique ability to engage citizens from across the country on key policies, innovation, job growth and our competitiveness as a nation."
The November general election may seem far away, but now is the time to act. The Commission of Presidential Debates has already proposed the dates and locations for three debates in the fall (though these are always subject to change under pressure from the candidates): Oxford, Miss.; Nashville, Tenn.; and Hempstead, N.Y.
Beyond that, both campaigns have proposed holding town hall meetings before the conventions, though they disagree on the number and the formats (McCain wants 10; Obama wants two).
Here's what you can do: Sign the Science Debate petition. If your company has a political action committee – Oracle, Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Cisco all do – get it on board. And let's get some of the big civic organizations involved (Hello, Silicon Valley Leadership Group, Joint Venture: Silicon Valley Network and the San Jose Silicon Valley Chamber of Commerce).
Once the candidates get here for the debate, what do we want them to discuss?
Otto said the Science Debate group is crafting a list of questions, with the topic of innovation being high on the list. My three issues laid out in that prior column: lifelong worker training, e-waste and patent reform.
Here are the most popular ones suggested by readers:
• H-1B visa/immigration reform: Not a huge surprise. Besides patent reform, this seems to be the topic that elicits the most passion.
• Net neutrality: This was a popular one, with several folks worried that telecommunications companies might hinder the growth of an open Internet.
• Green/clean technology: This actually included a broad range of related issues, including tax credits, support for research and environmental policies that would encourage adoption of such products.
Contact Chris O'Brien at cobrien@mercurynews.com or (415) 298-0207 or follow him on Twitter at sjcobrien.
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Any one know that Nokia 6.1 support OTG?
According to Nokai help chat, yes it does, although that information is not "yet" on their website. Here's their answer in German.
Wir können bestätigen, dass Nokia 6.1 USB On the Go untersützt. Leider ist das auf unserer Seite immer noch nicht angegeben.
It does support OTG. Not sure about joystick but at least you can connect a thumb drive or even HDD as I have done many times!


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Beit Midrash Family and Society Operation Protective Edge
A Stiff-Necked People
Rabbi Berel Wein
Operation Protective EdgeThe Value of the Nation of Israel
The Jewish nation is described in the Torah as being a stiff- necked people. In the context of that particular Torah discussion this description of the people of Israel is not necessarily a complimentary one. It refers to the stubbornness of the generation of the desert of Sinai and their rebellious nature in constantly refusing to abide by God's will and to accept Moshe's authority and rule. Neither plagues nor wars, natural disasters such as serpents and poisonous snakes and supernatural punishments, seem to break their stubborn nature. That generation of the desert of Sinai, those who left Egypt, stood at the revelation of Torah at Mount Sinai, survived on manna from heaven and water from the rock, still never lost their attachment to the culture and slavery of Egypt. At every turn in the desert we read that they complained and said: "Let us turn our heads round and travel back to Egypt." Part of the nature of stubbornness is the inability to admit past error and to recalculate decisions, attitudes and policies. In the case of the generation of the desert of Sinai this trait of stubbornness led to tragic consequences. This generation, which possessed such greatness – the rabbis characterized that generation of the desert of Sinai as being a generation of great knowledge and superior potential wisdom – somehow doomed itself to destruction because of its stiff-necked stubbornness and preconceived negative attitudes. Because of this history of Jewish stubbornness, the phrase "a stiff-necked people" has entered the Jewish lexicon as a very negative trait.
Yet, in the long view of Jewish history over the millennia of its troubles and travails, exiles and persecutions, it is clear that it is his very nature of Jewish stubbornness that has preserved us until this day. Only a stiff-necked people could have survived and retained its identity, its faith, its culture and its vision of eventual destiny over so many years and obstacles. We are alive simply because of the fact that we are a very stubborn people. Only a stubborn people would have survived the destruction of its Temple and exile from its land and still somehow return to it and build it anew after so many years of absence and distance. A stiff-necked people refuses to succumb to passing fads and imagined political correctness. A stiff-necked people realizes that a small minority can hold correct views and beliefs while more often than not overwhelming majorities are wrong in their policies and faiths. The great rebbe of Kotzk phrased it correctly and pithily: "Truth can never be outvoted." So the trait of stubbornness and being stiff-necked has enabled the Jewish people to survive long and bitter centuries of exile and to restore itself to its land, independence and influence. It certainly has served us well through our travels in world history.
The Jewish people, especially here in Israel have exhibited tremendous fortitude, determination and resolute stubbornness over the past few weeks of our struggle with Hamas. Innumerable rockets have fallen on the Jewish population in the Land of Israel without breaking our spirit or crippling our justified response. It is not only the Iron Dome antimissile system that has protected us, though one should be awestruck at its efficiency and abilities, but it is the iron will and stubbornness of the Jewish people that has also protected us in this hour of need. Other civilian populations have succumbed to such bombardments. In World War II, Poland and the Netherlands were broken by the Luftwaffe. However, Great Britain survived the Blitz and later the V1 and V2 rocket attacks even though it suffered more than sixty thousand civilian casualties therefrom. But this ability is currently doubtful, at least in the eyes of this observer of the current world. Little such fortitude remains in Western society today. There are very few stubborn people left on the globe generally. But the trait of stubbornness has survived well and healthy within the people of Israel. It is undoubtedly part of our DNA makeup. Applied correctly and in proper measure and fitting circumstances, stubbornness and being stiff-necked can be a great virtue, a most positive character and national trait. The world looks at us as being too stubborn and unreasonable. In a culture where moral equivalency prevails and there is no right or wrong, the world is disturbed by our stubbornness and by our refusing to somehow just let things be, even when our very existence is challenged by the actions of a murderous enemy. If our enemies and our friends as well would but look at our history and our accomplishments they would realize the positive nature of our stubbornness and respect us for it instead of criticizing us. So we will undoubtedly continue to be a stiff-necked people.
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– Editor's note: Due to an overwhelming reader response, we are reprinting this Remember When column, which was originally published in the Nov. 19, 2006, edition of The Lancaster News.
For grown-up women in the South, the highlight of the summer months were those afternoon tea parties.
Both Aunt Bess (a staunch Presbyterian) and Mama who was a double dipper (sprinkled as a Methodist and baptized as a Baptist) were right in the middle of them.
The menu for most of these high-society daylight soirées was just about the same.
The Presbyterians were partial to pimento cheese sandwiches, while the Baptists liked chicken salad.
Someone recently asked if all of my "Remember When" ideas come from the Internet.
The answer is no. Since the first column in 2003, the stuff I write every Sunday is solely based on my memories of growing up along Chesterfield Avenue in downtown Lancaster.
I catch a fit trying to spell plagiarism, let alone trying to do it.
Now, if by chance, you see more than one reference to the washing of my dog, Tiger, well, bless your heart. That means you're keeping up. After all, I gave my favorite all-time dog more than one bath.
Fall has arrived. The leaves are turning colors and my sweater feels just right during my morning walks to school.
Leaves and cooler days are fairly obvious signs that summer is slipping away.
What's happening downtown is another visible reminder, and that's what has gotten the attention of boys of all ages.
Mr. Burns, whose Chevrolet place is across the road from the courthouse, and Mr. Brigman's Ford dealership at the corner of Catawba and Arch streets are getting ready for the new 1940 models.
I was in a Saturday afternoon rut. Me and my buddies had done about everything there was to be done.
Of course, the recent battle I waged against the Rogers' boys on Market Street didn't help. Mama had me on a short leash.
What started as a mud ball fight ended up in full-blown warfare after somebody put a rock inside a mud ball.
And it found its mark, too. I took a direct hit; the mud ball popped me square in the mouth, drawing blood from one lip and chipping a front tooth.
You know, some things never change.
There are always some folks sitting around thinking of stuff to confuse the rest of us.
This time of the year some of us call the season fall, 'cause leaves are beginning to fall from the trees.
Others refer to the changing season as autumn which sounds more uppity to me.
Regardless of what you call the season, I know it's on its way. The persimmons falling are sweet and I am trying my level best to keep the possums away.
It never fails. If you are a happily (or unhappily) married man and have been for a number of years, your bride will initiate this conversation during a road trip.
And if she hasn't done it yet, don't worry. It's coming.
It goes something like this: "Say something. We've gone 200 miles and you haven't said a single word to me. And don't tell me you're quiet from driving and paying attention to the road, either.
Times were tough, but not tough enough for us to give up.
We were doing without a bunch of stuff at our house, but so were all our neighbors here and across the nation.
We had been at war for right at four years.
Some folks griped, but a lot of smart folks on the "Colossus of the South" with Mr. Grady Cole were telling us that things were going to be better than ever. It was about time, I thought.
It's been a long time since I jockeyed an infant through busy shopping center or pushed a stroller along a neighborhood sidewalk.
But it has caused a recent stir.
I'm amazed at the number of unlikely shoppers who stop and speak to our great-granddaughter and pass the time with a kind word or two.
At first, neighbors just glanced away as I nodded my head when we walked past. Now, we get a few waves and smiles. Sometimes, they'll even walk over to speak.
If downtown Concord, N.C., would have been Lancaster some years ago, we'd have been in trouble. Uncle Harry would have been standing before a judge trying to keep us from getting fined.
I don't know if you heard, but they announced Friday morning on the TV news that the elected folks in Concord voted down allowing chickens inside its city limits.
You know, there was a time when chickens and doughnuts shared a common bond in downtown Lancaster.
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Al-Jadaan: After reopening the Saudi economy showed strong performance:
September 5, 2020 by Sheik Sulthan
Minister of Finance Mohammed Al-Jadán said that the country is developing economically. He said that 2020 is maybe the toughest year in the world, which began with positive anticipation, and Saudi Arabia, which started the year with a good dynamic in the previous year. He said the region is getting better.
Al-Jadaan made those remarks in a webinar during the 15th edition of the Euromoney conference which was basically opened on Thursday. Euromoney organized several webinars with Saudi ministers, consultants on finance, and researchers, in conjunction with the Finance Ministry and Center for Coordination and Funding Information (CFKC).
Al-Jadaan observed that 2020 was potentially the most difficult year for not only economies or economically, but also humanely, for the last 100 years, when almost everybody in the world was hit by the pandemic. In the first season, while maintaining that the Saudi economy is improving.
He also stated that the world economy and the Saudi market clearly began the year in another direction. The planet was pessimistic in 2020, but hopeful because of sluggish demand and trade and global uncertainties. However, hope remained. However, as foreign organizations say, progress is underway.
Al-Jadaan found out that in Saudi Arabia it was a little different when 2019 came to a close. The implementation of Vision 2030 begins. The economy of non-oil has begun to see growth.
Throughout 2019, solid growth has taken place between 3 and 8 percent in sectors focused on, such as travel, leisure, sports, and financial technology. Saudi Arabia takes over the leadership of the G20 in 2020.
A solid strategy has been developed to help Saudi Arabia play its part by partnering in a balanced and inclusive development with leading G20 and other partners. In Quarter 1, COVID-19 came like a train through the world.
As a consequence, the economy has almost hibernated due to the lockdown that, especially among the most vulnerable countries and individuals, has had major consequences.
"According to COVID-19, the Saudi economy was adversely affected. It almost hibernated economically. Energy markets have been affected adversely. Oil sales declined considerably. The effects of countries reporting their GDP can clearly be seen.
"Foreign countries worldwide have declined by 5 %, 10%, 15%, and some countries have recorded a downturn of 20%. In reality, this is ten years away in terms of growth in many regions. They lost their GDP for ten years, "said the minister.
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The Danone yogurt company of France, including it's US subsidiary Dannon, announced it is moving toward reducing and eliminating genetically modified ingredients in its products in a three year programme.
About the same time Dannon released its first non-GMO products this summer, it also bought the WhiteWave company which produces a very successful soy milk, along with a range of organic foods including milk, yogurt, and salads. Although the purchase was not directly related to the non-GMO programme, it will help push the move.
Dannon USA Chief Executive Officer Mariano Lozano also said it will begin labelling its products that still contain GMO's while moving forward on the plan to eliminate as many GMO's from its product line as possible, but especially in its three leading brands, Dannon, Oikos, and Danimals.
To do this, Dannon has begun working to to ensure that cows supplying milk will get non-GM feed. This will require conversion of about 32,000 hectares (80,000 acres) of land to non-GM grain to feed some 45,000 cows.
The world's leading processor of pulse products, AGT Foods and Ingredients, says the anti-GMO movement has been benefitting that industry. Murad Al-Katib, president of AGT says of the movement, ""That's the global trend and that's the trend that we sell into because pulses are non-GM, so it's a big opportunity".
However, that plan is now getting some backlash from American food producers.
A coalition of producers including ranchers, sugar beet, soybean, corn, and dairy farmers claims Danone's marketing as "sustainable agriculture" is misleading. Most of these crops in the US and Canada have been genetically engineered to resist insects and or pesticide use.The group says GMO's are safe and enable more sustainable farming practices, through such things reduced pesticide and water use adding that Dannon's plan is a "step backward in truly sustainable food production".
The coalition sent an angry letter to Dannon saying in part, "We are writing to express our deep concern and great dismay with your company's attack on the livelihood and integrity of our farmers".
Randy Mooney is a dairy farmer in Missouri and chairman of the National Milk Producers Federation one of the coalition signing the letter said, "This is just marketing puffery, not any true innovation that improves the actual product offered to consumers".
Dannon responded in a press statement saying it was "surprised to receive a divisive and misinformed letter" about their efforts, adding that it believes currently approved GMO's to be safe. The response by the company says there is consumer demand for non-GMO products and that it wants to fill the consumer demand.
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Q: Looking for algorithm: skeleton generation for raster images I am doing some work (too complicated to explain), and one of the tasks I have is I need to convert raster image of a smoothed polygon into a skeleton. So I need to do something like this:

I have raster image (on the left), and I want to have a graph consisting of points and edges (on the right) that represents the image.
I've read about algorithms, especially a book by Steven Skiena, where he tells to use "Brush fire" algorithm, which he explains as "each cycle, go through every point that is on the edge, for edges that collide add a point to the skeleton and remove the remaining points, move on to next cycle until only skeleton is left" but all info I could find on this algorithm online is about some pathfinding algorithms for robots, I don't understand how to apply it here (basically how do I know "edges" if all I have is coordinates of filled/vacant pixels).
I've looked up CGAL library and it's skeleton demonstration, but it doesn't do well when polygon has many vertixes, so just converting each vertex on the border into a vertex of a polygon and then feeding it to the algorithm won't produce good results.
I expect this must be a common algorithm as the task seems to be quite basic, but I don't want to invent the wheel and I couldn't find anything on the topic (perhaps because I don't know the correct keywords)

A: The better term for your search is digital thinning, the digital version of the medial axis. For example, this paper cites 15 such algorithms:

"Note on fifteen 2D parallel thinning algorithms."
  M. Couprie (PDF download link)

Here is a little piece of Figure 16, showing the results of two such algorithms:

A: This was our school project! It is based on Schlesinger's corners and skeletonization algorithms. The corners are a way of representing the binary image in a compressed form, which allows much faster operations than it is possible on the raster image. For more information see our paper:
Corners toolbox allowing processing binary images in a compressed form
Skeletonization was actually my part and I described it in high detail :-)
I think the code in C++ is still free and available somewhere.

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\section{Introduction and background}\label{sec:intro}
Perturbation fields outside a spherically symmetric black hole die off
in time in a way that has been well understood for more than 35
years\cite{1972PhRvD}.  This understanding is closely tied to
the fact that the spherical background allows the fields
to be decomposed into multipoles, each of which evolves from initial
data independently and can be studied with a relatively simple 1+1
computer code.  The evolved radiation field starts with oscillations
characteristic of the details of the initial data, then undergoes an
epoch of quasinormal ringing, and lastly falls off in time $t$ in the
form of a late-time ``tail'' $t^{-2\ell-3}$, where $\ell$ is the
multipole index\cite{moregeneral}.

\smallskip For the nonspherical Kerr black hole the situation has been
anything but clear since Kerr perturbations cannot be separated into
independently evolving multipoles\cite{notind}.  Certain symmetries do
apply, however. Perturbations can be separated into nonmixing
azimuthal Fourier modes $e^{im\phi}$
and into modes even or odd with respect to
reflection through the equatorial plane.  This has given
rise to what we shall call a ``common sense'' viewpoint in which
approximate spherical symmetry applies to the distant radiation field,
and the late-time behavior of the evolution of initial data is
dominated by the lowest multipole index (i.e.\,, the most slowly dying
tail) compatible with the azimuthal and equatorial symmetries of the
initial data. Thus, for example, a scalar perturbation field whose
initial data has $m=0 $ and that is symmetric with respect to the equator
will, at late time, be predominately a monopole and will have the
$t^{-3}$ tail of a monopole.

Supporting this viewpoint is the fact that, without spherical symmetry
in the background, there are no preferred angular coordinates. The
radial $r$ and polar $\theta$ coordinates are mixed differently in
different systems of coordinates used to describe the Kerr spacetime,
such as Boyer-Lindquist (BL) coordinates\cite{BL} or Kerr
coordinates\cite{Kcoords}. A ``multipole'' is specific to the
coordinate choice, and therefore cannot determine a physical effect,
like the rate of decrease of the field.

Theoretical work has argued against the common sense viewpoint, and
claims have appeared of numerical results to support both sides of the
argument.  The argument for something other than ``common sense,'' was
first given by
Hod\cite{hod1998prd,hod1999hiorder,hod2000prdscalar,hod2000prl,hod2000prde+g},
(see also  Barack and Ori\cite{barackoriprl1999,barackprd2000}).  Hod
considered initial data that has only a single multipole $Y_{\ell m} $
in BL coordinates.  By looking at the zero frequency limit of a
Fourier transform, Hod argued that the tails of a massless scalar
function would have the following dependence on time and on
multipolarity of the initial data:
\begin{equation}\label{Hodrules}
\Psi\propto\left\{
\begin{array}{ll}
Y_{\ell m}/t^{2\ell+3}\quad&\ell=m\  \mbox{ or}\ \ell=m+1\\
Y_{m m}/t^{\ell+m+1}\quad&\ell-m\geq2\ \ \mbox{(even)}\\
Y_{m\!+\!1\ m}/t^{\ell+m+2}\quad&\ell-m\geq2\ \ \mbox{(odd)}\,.
\end{array}
\right.
\end{equation}
The common sense results seemed so compelling, that numerical work was
immediately sought that would settle the issue, but numerical tests
required rather delicate 2+1 codes.  Krivan\cite{krivanprd1999} was
the first to attempt this work, using a scalar field with an initial
outgoing pulse with BL multipole indices $\ell,m=4,0$. The
Eq.~(\ref{Hodrules}) prediction for this case is a $t^{-5}$ monopole
tail while the common sense prediction is a $t^{-3}$ monopole. (This
$\ell,m=4,0$ case is the simplest scalar case for which there are
controversial predications, and we will consider it here as the
primary test case.)  Krivan's results weakly suggested a $t^{-5.5}$
law, but Krivan pointed out serious numerical problems caused by
angular differencing.  Subsequent studies of the $\ell,m=4,0$ case, by
Burko and Khanna\cite{burkokhannaprd2003}, and by
Scheel {\em et
al.}\cite{scheeletalprd2004} both found the common
sense $t^{-3}$ result. But
in reference \cite{burkokhannaprd2003} penetrating Kerr coordinates
were used and in \cite{scheeletalprd2004} Kerr--Schild coordinates were
used. A constant time initial hypersurface in either of these systems is
different from a hypersurface of constant BL time, and therefore
neither of these studies represented the same problem as that to which
Eq.~(\ref{Hodrules}) and Krivan's results apply.

A new element was added to the unresolved issues when Poisson
published a careful analysis\cite{poissonprd2002} of tail behavior
within linearized general relativity.  Since tails appear to develop
in the weakly curved background far from a central black hole, and to
be insensitive to the details of the strongly curved inner
region\cite{1994PhRvD..49..890G}, it seemed reasonable that Poisson's
analysis would be relevant to the question of tails in Kerr spacetime,
at least as an approximation for tails that evolve from initially
outoing pulses that start far from a central hole.  Poisson's
analysis, fundamentally different from Hod's, led to
precisely the results in
Eq.~(\ref{Hodrules}).

We present here a new approach for computationally probing the late
time evolution of tails in the Kerr spacetime and, in principle, in
other nonspherical spacetimes. The advantages of this approach are:
(i)~it gives a clear meaning to ``multipoles'' since it uses a
spherical operator for evolution; (ii)~there is no angular
differencing, and hence it avoids the errors  pointed out by
Krivan; (iii)~the
method gives convergent, clear numerical answers to the controversies
of tails in the Kerr spacetime.  The new approach expands fields and
the equations that govern them in powers of the spin parameter $a$, of
the Kerr metric.

We show here the approach as
applied to a scalar field $\psi$, both
for simplicity, and because previous numerical work has all been
for a scalar field.  We make a further, minor simplification by
choosing the scalar field to have no $\phi$ (azimuthal) dependence.
More details and the case for more general fields will be published
elsewhere\cite{elsewhere}.

In Boyer-Lindquist coordinates,
the Teukolsky equation for this case
(equivalent to $\psi_{,\alpha}^{\ ;\alpha}
=0$)  takes the explicit form
\begin{equation}\label{Teukeq}
L[\psi]\equiv\left[\frac{
(r^2+a^2)^2}
{\Delta}-a^2\sin^2\theta
\right]\frac{\partial^2\psi}{\partial t^2}
-\Delta\frac{\partial^2\psi}{\partial r^2
}-2(r-M)\frac{\partial\psi}{\partial r}-\frac{1}{
\sin{\theta}}\,\frac{\partial}{\partial\theta}\left(
\sin\theta\frac{\partial\psi}{\partial\theta}
\right)=0
\end{equation}
where $\Delta$ has the usual meaning $r^2-2Mr+a^2$, with $M
$ the mass and $a=J/M
$ the angular momentum parameter. Units are used in which $c=G=1.
$

For any initial data, the field $\psi $ that evolves will depend on the
spin parameter $a $ and we expand both $\psi $
and the operator of Eq.~(\ref{Teukeq}) in powers of $a/M$:
\begin{equation}
\psi=\psi^{(0)}+{a}/{M}\,\psi^{(1)}
+\left({a}/{M}\right)^2
\,\psi^{(2)}
+\cdots
\quad\quad L=L^{(0)}+\left({a}/{M}\right)^2L^{(2)}+\cdots
\end{equation}
Here
the $\psi^{(n)}$ are functions of $t,r$ and $\theta$.
The equations that result
for the even powers of $a/M
$ are
\begin{eqnarray}
L^{(0)}[\psi^{(0)}]&=&0\label{cascade1}  \\
L^{(0)}[\psi^{(2)}]&=&-L^{(2)}[\psi^{(0)}]\label{cascade2}\\
L^{(0)}[\psi^{(4)}]&=&-L^{(4)}[\psi^{(0)}]-L^{(2)}[\psi^{(2)}]\label{cascade3}
\end{eqnarray}
and so forth.

The evolved fields can  be solved order by order.  Since the
right hand sides in the above sequence are treated as known driving
terms, only the operator $L^{(0)}$ need be inverted, but $L^{(0)}$
is just the spherically symmetric Schwarzchild operator, so the
multipoles contained in the solutions will only be those that appear
in the driving terms.

We focus now on the primary test case $\ell=4$, and on the question of
the exponent  for the late time tail.  Since the initial data
has $\ell=4 $  there will be an evolved field that is zero order
in $a/M$, i.e., the purely $\ell=4$ field that is evolved by the
Schwarzschild operator $L^{(0)}$.  The $\ell=4$ zeroth order field
$\psi^{(0)}$ will provide a source term on the right hand side of
Eq.~(\ref{cascade2}). But $L^{(2)}$ (the only term in the full set of $L^{(n)}
$ that is not spherically symmetric) contains a term
$-M^2\sin^2\theta\partial^2_t$, and
\begin{displaymath}
\sin^2\theta P_4(\cos\theta)=
-(10/33)\,P_6(\cos\theta)+
(38/77)\,P_4(\cos\theta)-(4/21)\,P_2(\cos\theta)\,.
\end{displaymath}
The driving term in Eq.~(\ref{cascade2}) will then have a quadrupole piece,
and hence $\psi^{(2)}
$, the solution of
Eq.~(\ref{cascade2}),
 will contain a quadrupole.
In a similar manner, the second-order quadrupole will provide
a fourth-order  (in $a/M$) monopole source term in
Eq.~(\ref{cascade3}). The fourth-order field $\psi^{(4)}$ will therefore
have a monopole, and hence a monopole late-time tail.

Paying attention only to the multipoles of interest for this late-time tail,
we write the relevant multipoles of the relevant orders as follows:
\begin{equation}
\psi^{(0)}(t,r,\theta)=r^{-1}f^{(0)}_{4}(t,r)P_4(\cos\theta) \quad
\psi^{(2)}(t,r,\theta)=r^{-1}f^{(2)}_{2}(t,r)P_2(\cos\theta) \quad
\psi^{(4)}(t,r,\theta)=r^{-1}f^{(4)}_{0}(t,r)P_0(\cos\theta)
\end{equation}
and the order-by-order 1+1 wave equations of interest become
\begin{eqnarray}
\partial^2_tf^{(0)}_{4}-\partial^2_{r*}f^{(0)}_{4}
+\frac{1-2M/r}{r^2}\left(20+\frac{2M}{r}\right)f^{(0)}_{4}&=&0\label{feq1}  \\
\partial^2_tf^{(2)}_{2}-\partial^2_{r*}f^{(2)}_{2}
+\frac{1-2M/r}{r^2}\left(6+\frac{2M}{r}\right)f^{(2)}_{2}&=&-\frac{4}{21}\,
\frac{M^2}{r^2}\,\left(1-\frac{2M}{r}\right)\partial^2_tf^{(0)}_{4} \label{feq2}\\
\partial^2_tf^{(4)}_{0}-\partial^2_{r*}f^{(4)}_{0}
+\frac{1-2M/r}{r^2}\left(\frac{2M}{r}\right)f^{(4)}_{0}&=&-\frac{2}{15}\,
\frac{M^2}{r^2}\,\left(1-\frac{2M}{r}\right)\partial^2_tf^{(2)}_{2}\,.\label{feq3}
\end{eqnarray}

The numerical computations were carried out on a $t,r*$ characteristic
grid, where $r^*$ is the standard Schwarzschild tortoise coordinate,
with $\Delta t=\Delta r^*$, and with no boundary
conditions. (Computations were carried out only in the domain of
dependence of the initial spatial grid.) All three fields
$f^{(0)}_{4}, f^{(2)}_{2}, f^{(4)}_{0}$ were evolved simultaneously.
Initial data for $f^{(0)}_{4}$, at $t=0$, was chosen to be a Gaussian
pulse and was made (approximately) outgoing by taking the initial
value at grid point $r^* $ to be replicated after a time step $\Delta
t$, at the spatial grid point $r^*+\Delta t$. Initial data were taken to be
zero for $f^{(2)}_{2}$ and for $f^{(4)}_{0}$, so that the final
fourth-order monopole was only the result of the initial pure $\ell=4
$ data.

Typical results are shown in Fig.~\ref{fig:L=4all}.
At earliest times these curves show the nonzero starting
value of the zeroth order field $f^{(0)}_{4}$, the field for which
there is nonzero initial data. This field then ``ignites'' the
second-order quadrupole which in turn ignites the fourth-order
monopole. All fields go through periods of quasinormal ringing (each
with a different frequency) around $t/2M=100$ and settle into the
power-law tails $1/t^n$ that show up as straight lines in the log-log
plots.  With better than 1\% accuracy, we find that $f^{(0)}_{4}$ has
an exponent $n=11$, and $f^{(2)}_{2}$ has $n=7$, values that are in
excellent agreement with the $n=2\ell+3 $ rule and that demonstrate
that each tail is evolving without significant influence from the
lower-order tail that, at earlier times, ``ignited'' it.

Of particular interest, of course, is the exponent of the monopole
tail, which we found to be $n=5$ to high accuracy (better than
1\%).  We ran this case for several grid sizes. For $\Delta r^*$ less
than ~0.025(2M) we found some differences of as much as 5\% in the
early waveform details, but negligible difference in the computed
value of $n$.  The major source of error lay in determining the
asymptotic value of the exponent.  To do this we ran until times of
about $t=4000(2M)$ with runs that required around a day on a
workstation.  Exponent $n $ was computed for segments of the late-time
tail, and was found to be $5.0495$ for the latest segment. The results showed clear
evidence that the value of $n$ was slowly asymptoting to a slightly smaller value.
We do not consider it plausible that at sufficiently late times it
would decrease to $n=3$.

From a numerical point of view this is truly remarkable.
Since the fields at late time are evolving without source (as shown by
the success of the $2\ell+3$ rule for the lower order multipoles), the
monopole {\em should} have the exponent $n=3.$ Indeed, modifications in the
computation do change the exponent from $n=5$ to $n=3$. We see
this change if we put in nonzero initial data for $f^{(4)}_{0}$, or
for $f^{(2)}_{2}$. We see this change also if we arbitrarily turn off
the evolution of the $f^{(0)}_{4}$ field at some intermediate time and
let the $f^{(2)}_{2}$ and $f^{(4)}_{0}$ fields continue to evolve.
The overwhelming tendency for the exponent to be 3 rather than 5
convinces us that there is no error we have overlooked in our program;
any error would almost surely lead to $n=3$.

The delicacy of the  the $n=5$ result
underscores the numerical advantages of the 1+1 computations
in Eqs.~(\ref{feq1}) -- (\ref{feq3}) over 2+1 codes, even though the
set of equations contains second time derivatives applied twice on the
right hand source terms. The method turns out to be accurate enough
that we have been able to go one step further, and treat the initial
$\ell,m=6,0$ case for which the common sense monopole exponent is $n=3
$, while Eqs.~(\ref{Hodrules}) predicts $n=7$. We have found
$n=7$, again to within about 1\%.

There remains the possibility that the $n=5 $ result is a consequence of
cancellation of contributions to the $1/t^3$ tail, and that these
cancellations only occur to lowest order in $a/M $ (that is, to order
$(a/M)^4$).  In a forthcoming paper\cite{elsewhere} we shall present
the results carried out to higher order.  We shall also provide
further details of the method used, and a wider set of numerical
examples, including those for nonaxisymmetric initial data and for
gravitational perturbations, and tests of Poisson's
approximation\cite{poissonprd2002}.

\begin{figure}[ht]
\includegraphics[width=.35\textwidth]{L=4all.eps}
\caption{Evolution of
the zeroth-order $\ell=4$ multipole $f^{(0)}_4$,
the second-order $\ell=2$ multipole $f^{(2)}_2$,
and the
the zeroth-order monopole  $f^{(4)}_0$
for a scalar field in a Kerr spacetime.
}
\label{fig:L=4all}
\end{figure}

We gratefully acknowledge support by the National Science Foundation
under grants PHY0554367 (RHP) and PHY0545837 (JP). The work of RJG is
supported by CONICET (Argentina) and by grants from CONICET and
Universidad Nacional de C\'ordoba.  We also acknowledge the support of
the NASA Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy at University of
Texas at Brownsville, the Horace Hearne Jr.\ Institute for Theoretical
Physics, and CCT-LSU.  For useful suggestions and discussions of this
problem we thank Eric Poisson, Leor Barack, Lior Burko, Gaurav Khanna,
William Krivan, Luis Lehner, Amos Ori, Manuel Tiglio, and the members of the
relativity group at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee.

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Wesley Hill (PhD, Durham University, UK) is Assistant Professor of Biblical Studies at Trinity School for Ministry in Ambridge, Pennsylvania.
He is the author of Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality , and Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian .
He has written for Books & Culture, Christianity Today, and First Things. He co-founded and writes regularly for SpiritualFriendship.org.


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This is what 5 years of social lending looks like
Written by lending8 on March 15, 2014 .
Five years ago, we never could have imagined releasing this publication. When MAF first started it's social lending program, Lending Circles, we had no idea where it would go. We were just trying out a new idea. But then that idea grew its own legs. It growing and expanding – all the way from one neighborhood in San Francisco to five U.S. states.
We're excited to release this online magazine taking you through a tour of five years.
You can read for the first time our founder's story. Jose Quinonez, our CEO, has an amazing story in this booklet about a young boy's journey of opportunity and growth starting with a job at a flea market.
You'll also find inspiring stories of lives that were changed by social lending. Read about one of our members, Christina Ruiz, who runs the amazing fashion truck in San Francisco called TopShelf Boutique (and be sure to visit her when you're near San Francisco's Crocker Galleria). Isa Hopkins wrote about her in the Grist Magazine article "Peer to Peer Lending Cuts out the Wall Street Middlemen". For Christina, her first career as a bartender meant her finances were "cash-only".
But what happens when a cash-only bartender wants to launch a fashion truck and needs a business loan from a bank?
You can also read about Aquilina Soriano-Versoza, the dynamic Executive Director of the Pilipino Worker's Center in Los Angeles. Everyday she helps low-income live-in domestic workers find ways to save money from their paychecks so they'll be OK if a job ends unexpectedly. The staff PWC is a tight-knit community who gets serious stuff done. They are our only partner who runs all of our social loan programs: Lending Circles, Lending Circles for Dreamers, Lending Circles for Citizenship and Security Deposit Loans. Their members affectionately call "Lending Circles" by its Filipino name, "Paluwagan".
But as everyone knows, great stories aren't everything. Results matter, too.
That's why you'll also find great infographics showing how many millions people are saving by reducing high-cost debt. You'll see average credit score increases and see what kind of a growth trajectory we've been on.
Where do you think we will go next?


I cover a piece by Brice Shirback in Pinkbike about Fayetteville's up and coming mountain bike scene. And I break down the recent groundbreaking free solo climb of El Capitan by Alex Honnold.
Brice's article on the New River Gorge in WV.
Today I clarify my advice on elbow position, dismiss accusations that clip in pedals are cheating, and relate a somewhat crazy story from high school. The second half of this episode may not be suitable for younger listeners.


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Every paragraph has a structure. It is not just a random collection of sentences. The parts that make up the text are related in meaningful ways to each other.
It is the responsibility of the writer in English to make it clear to the reader how various parts of the paragraph are connected. These connections can be made explicit grammatically and lexically by the use of different reference words. Every text has a structure. It is not just a random collection of sentences. The parts that make up the text are related in a meaningful way to each other. In order to make these relationships in the text clear, it is necessary to show how the sentences are related. Words like "it", "this", "that", "here", "there" etc. refer to other parts of the text. You need to understand how to use these connections or links.
The scientific study of memory began in the early 1870s when a German philosopher, Hermann Ebbinghaus, came up with the revolutionary idea that memory could be studied experimentally. In doing so he broke away from a 2000-year-old tradition that firmly assigned the study of memory to the philosopher rather than to the scientist.He argued that the philosophers had come up with a wide range of possible interpretations of memory but had produced no way of deciding which amongst these theories offered the best explanation of memory. He aimed to collect objective experimental evidence of the way in which memory worked in the hope that this would allow him to choose between the various theories.
In this text "he" and "him" refers to "Hermann Ebbinghaus". In order to create such a text, you need to us these words correctly in the text.
The scientific study of memory began in the early 1870s when a German philosopher, Hermann Ebbinghaus, came up with the revolutionary idea that memory could bestudied experimentally. In doing so he broke away from a 2000-year-old tradition that firmly assigned the study of memory to the philosopher rather than to the scientist. He argued that the philosophers had come up with a wide range of possible interpretations of memory but had produced no way of deciding which amongst these theories offered the best explanation of memory. He aimed to collect objective experimental evidence of the way in which memory worked in the hope that this would allow him to choose between the various theories.
Patients who repeatedly take overdoses pose considerable management difficulties. The problem-orientated approach is not usually effective with such patients. When apatient seems to be developing a pattern of chronic repeats, it is recommended that all staff engaged in his or her care meet to reconstruct each attempt in order to determine whether there appears to be a motive common to each act.
Anaphoric nouns
Another useful way to show the connection between the ideas in a paragraph is what Gill Francis (1986) calls anaphoric nouns. Look at the following text:
Moulds do not usually grow fast, and conditions had to be found in which large quantities of Penicillium notatum could be produced as quickly as they were wanted. The solution to this problem was helped by N. G. Heatley, a young biochemist also from Hopkins's laboratory in Cambridge, who had been prevented by the outbreak of war from going to work in the Carlsberg laboratories in Copenhagen.
The phrase "this problem" summarises the text in the first sentence and thus provides the connection between the two sentences.
Reports of original work, headed often by the names of many joint authors, became too full of jargon to be understood even by trained scientists who were not working in the particular field. This situation persists today, though strong movements towards interdisciplinary research help to avoid total fragmentation of scientific understanding.
Again, the phrase "This situation" summarises the first sentence.
This led many later Greek thinkers to regard musical theory as a branch of mathematics (together with geometry, arithmetic, and astronomy it constituted what eventually came to be called the quadrivium). This view, however, was not universally accepted, the most influential of those who rejected it being Aristoxenus of Tarentum (fourth century BC).
Again "This view" summarises the information in the first sentence, the view (opinion) that music was a branch of mathematics.
Genetics deals with how genes are passed on from parents to their offspring. A great deal is known about the mechanisms governing this process.
The phrase "this process" summarises the first sentence.
In seeking to research other persons' 'worlds' (their views, behaviour, etc), 'we start with the experiencing person and try to share his or her subjective view. Our task is objective in the sense that we try to describe it with depth and detail. In doing so we try to represent the person's View fairly and to portray it as consistent with his or her meanings' (Charmaz 1995, p.54).
In this case "our task" refers to our research of other people's worlds, though interviews.
Another example from Halliday and Martin (1996, p. 242)
Between 1937 and 1945, the value of industrial production almost doubled. This increase was faster than otherwise would have occurred. The momentum was maintained in the postwar years and by 1954-5 the value of manufacturing output was three times that of 1944-5. The enlargement of Australia's steel-making capacity and of chemicals, rubber, metal good s and motor vehicles all owed something to the demands of war.
The phrase:
noun(s)
is very useful in showing the connection between sentences and therefore in making sure that the paragraph flows. Other nouns typically used in this way are: "account, advice, answer, argument, assertion, assumption, claim, comment, conclusion, criticism, description, difficultly, discussion, distinction, emphasis, estimate, example, explanation, fall, finding, idea, improvement, increase, observation, proof, proposal, reference, rejection, report, rise, situation, suggestion, view, warning".
Look at some of the cohesive links in the following paragraph.
Correlation is a statistical technique that is used to measure and describe a relationship between two variables. Usually the two variables are simply observed as they exist naturally in the environment - there is no attempt to control or manipulate the variables. For example, a researcher interested in the relationship between nutrition and IQ could observe (and record) the dietary patterns for a group of preschool children and then measure IQ scores for the same group. Notice that the researcher is not trying to manipulate the children's diet or IQ, but is simply observing what occurs naturally. You also should notice that a correlation requires two scores for each individual (one score from each of the two variables). These scores normally are identified as X and Y. The pairs of scores can be listed in a table, or they can be presented graphically in a scatterplot. In the scatterplot, the X values are placed on the horizontal axis of a graph, and the V values are placed on the vertical axis. Each individual is then identified by a single point on the graph so that the coordinates of the point (the X and V values) match the individual's X score and Y score. The value of the scatterplot is that it allows you to see the nature of the relationship.
(F. J. Gravetter and L. B. Wallnau (1996). Statistics for the behavioral sciences.)
Correlation is a statistical technique that is used to measure and describe a relationship between two variables. Usually the two variables are simply observed as they exist naturally in the environment — there is no attempt to control or manipulate the variables. For example, a researcher interested in the relationship between nutrition and IQ could observe (and record) the dietary patterns for a group of preschool children and then measure IQ scores for the same group. Notice that the researcher is not trying to manipulate the children's diet or IQ, but is simply observing what occurs naturally. You also should notice that a correlation requires two scores for each individual (one score from each of the two variables). These scores normally are identified as X and Y. The pairs of scores can be listed in a table, or they can be presented graphically in a scatterplot. In the scatterplot, the X values are placed on the horizontal axis of a graph, and the V values are placed on the vertical axis. Each individual is then identified by a single point on the graph so that the coordinates of the point (the X and V values) match the individual's X score and Y score. The value of the scatterplot is that it allows you to see the nature of the relationship.
Correlation is a statistical technique that is used to measure and describe a relationship between two variables. Usually the two variables are simply observed as they exist naturally in the environment - there is no attempt [for the researcher] to control or manipulate the variables. For example, a researcher interested in the relationship between nutrition and IQ could observe (and record) the dietary patterns for a group of preschool children and then [the researcher could] measure IQ scores for the same group [of children]. Notice that the researcher is not trying to manipulate the children's diet or [the children's] IQ, but is simply observing what occurs naturally. You also should notice that a correlation requires two scores for each individual (one score from each of the two variables). These scores normally are identified as X and Y. The pairs of scores can be listed in a table, or they can be presented graphically in a scatterplot. In the scatterplot, the X values are placed on the horizontal axis of a graph, and the V values are placed on the vertical axis [of the graph]. Each individual is then identified by a single point on the graph so that the coordinates of the point (the X and V values) match the individual's X score and Y score. The value of the scatterplot is that it allows you to see the nature of the relationship [between diet and IQ].
Cohesion, however, is not enough by itself to create a well-structure paragraph (Halliday and Hasan, 1976, p. 298). A good paragraph is a product of the interaction between cohesion and other textual features (p. 326). See: Flow; Topic; Signalling


Oklahoma Water Law: Law governing 1926(b) protection "has changed significantly"
Law governing 1926(b) protection "has changed significantly"
On February 7, 2007, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma entered an Opinion and Order vacating the July 3, 1979 injunction in Rural Water Dist. No. 3 v. Owasso Utilities Authority. This is the same injunction that was entered based upon the published opinion found at 530 F. Supp. 818 (N.D. Okla. 1979). In vacating the 1979 injunction, the District Court found that "[t]he law governing Section 1926(b) protection has changed significantly during the twenty-seven years that have passed since entry of the July 3, 1979 Judgment." The February 7, 2007 Opinion and Order can be found at Rural Water Dist. No. 3 v. Owasso Public Works Authority, No. 06-CV-231-JHP-FMH, 2007 WL 464697 (N.D. Okla., Feb. 7, 2007). You may also review this decision here.


This refractory metal composite materials are a combination of tungsten combined with copper or silver. The manufacturing process is to press the refractory, sinter the pressed compact at a high temperature, and infiltrate with copper or silver. All this is done under very closely controlled conditions. The result is a relatively hard materials with superior arc and wear resistance, high physical properties at elevated temperatures, and good electrical and thermal conductivity.


Nadiya...Loving Every Moment: Hello North Carolina..
Where you love is home.
work while there, but as Arvid said, "it will only take a couple of hours".
"has Arvid's favorite Italian draft beer". Arvid's favorite spot right here.
always go home to mom and day. Looking forward to hugging my parents.
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Grand Caverns attendance on the rise
Laura Peters
lpeters@newsleader.com
Barbara Loflin steps down deeper into the cave as a drop of water hits her arm from above.
"Oh, I just got a cave kiss," said Loflin, a Grand Caverns senior lead staff member.
Grand Caverns has a way of turning anyone into a child when they enter. One must allow their imagination to reign in order to get the full experience of the cave.
The caverns have been owned by the Town of Grottoes for almost five years. In that time, revenue has almost tripled, according to Lettie Stickley of Grottoes Parks and Recreation.
Stickley said it was a "big deal" when the town took ownership of Grand Caverns.
"They had become neglected and needed improvements," she said of the cave. "Since the town's taken it over we've received good feedback."
Previously, the caverns were owned by the Upper Valley Regional Park Authority, which Staunton, Harrisonburg and Augusta and Rockingham counties controlled.
But when the the authority disbanded, Grottoes was awarded control of the caverns and park area.
Each year, with just over $450,000 budgeted, the revenues from the caverns have steadily increased. This year, the park has had a total of 33,000 visitors, which is up 2,000 from 2013, Stickley said.
For fiscal 2013 through 2014, Loflin said the caverns have broken attendance and revenue records every single month.
"Last year was so crazy busy," Loflin said. Even during the winter months, the caverns were breaking records, which is unusual, she said.
For the Saturday of Fourth of July weekend, Loflin said they were doing tours every half hour.
The cave was discovered in 1804 and was opened up in 1806, becoming one of the oldest show caves in America, Loflin said.
Bernard Weyers, a trapper in the area, discovered the cave when one of his traps went missing. Searching for the trap, he stumbled upon a hole which led to a what is now Grand Caverns.
Grand Caverns is one of three caves along the same hillside. Fountain Cave, also owned by Grottoes, is an adventure cave which is accessible by appointment only and requires equipment for a more arduous journey — like actual spelunking. Madison Cave is privately owned, which was first surveyed by Thomas Jefferson in 1787.
The tour takes about an hour for a mile and a half trek, where you circle-back through the same part upon your exit.
At one point the cave is more than 200 feet below ground. The cave remains a cool 54 degrees, even in winter.
Going through the tour, each section of the cavern has a specific name and certain figures can be seen in the stalactites or stalagmites.
According to state law, there's no eating or drinking in the caves and no touching of the formations, which Loflin said, had happened before laws came into effect in the 1960s.
The effects of people touching the cave or even carving into it can still be seen throughout the tour. What the staff calls the "ghost of George Washington" had been touched so much in the past it is covered in a oily-like casing, preventing the formation from growing, Loflin said.
In 2004, a new portion of the cave was discovered by a dog named Rosie. She was being trained for a search and rescue group when she noticed the air had changed in one section of the cave.
Exploring further, almost three miles of cave were found. It is not open to the public, due to preservation, Loflin said. Also, it's a 15-foot drop down and a 45-minute crawl to get inside, she said.
The cave has three different colors that fill the walls which mask the topography of limestone — iron oxide, which is a brown color, magnesium oxide, which is a gray color, and calcite, which is white.
Keeping history alive
To go back in time, Grand Caverns hosts a Heritage Day.
One of the rooms within the cave is what the tour calls the grand ballroom. During Heritage Day, a dance is held in the cave, much like what was held in the mid-1800s. For the fourth year this past June, everyone dressed up in 17th century garb and danced by candlelight.
Even remnants of the past can be seen in the stone. When the cave was first opened to the public, owners tried to make it into an amphitheater. So, they carved out seating, which now looks like a staircase to nowhere, but soon discovered there wasn't enough room to hold everyone.
Signatures from the early 1800s also can be found on the walls of the cave, including 200 signatures from the Civil War era.
Moving forward, Stickley said she's impressed with how attendance has been growing.
"It's a lot of word of mouth," Loflin said.
5 Grand Caverns Drive, Grottoes VA 24441
GrandCaverns.com
April 1 through October 31: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
November 1 through March 31: 10 a.m to 4 p.m.


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We have been operating since 2003, back when techno was anything but booming in New York. We started as a very small party in NYC and organically grew into something much larger. We often feature artists from out of town, but always strive to showcase local NYC in everything we do. This includes not just our events, but a record label, booking agency, podcast series, and radio show.
What can we see, hear and experience at your parties?
The Bunker has always been strongly community driven. Many people have been coming to our parties for more than 15 years! We strive to present techno and related psychedelic musics that kind of defy categorization, on a killer sound system. After many years of existing in intentionally very dark rooms with almost no lights, we have turned to Kip Davis to help us realize a vision of club lighting that does not make us feel like we're having a seizure, and he's done an amazing job.
Tell us some DJs / artists you're digging at the moment?
As usual, feeling very inspired by the crew around The Bunker. During the pandemic we started streaming and we've seen incredible marathon DJ set performances from Mike Servito, Patrick Russell, Erika, Derek Plaslaiko, Lauren Flax, Gunnar Haslam, Tin Man & LDY OSC, Justin Cudmore and Mike Swells. Also more amazing performances than I can even list from our epic No Way Back and Pride streams.
We also started a sub-label in June and have been spending a lot of time with those releases from Leisure Muffin, Blacklauren, Österholm, Carl Ritger, and Ryan Crosson. Going In is a sub-label of The Bunker New York, dedicated to long-form musical compositions geared towards meditation, psychedelic ceremonies, yoga, massage, or simply spacing out and going inside yourself.
What do you think will become of the music industry & the underground music scene post-pandemic?
I think where there is a will there is a way, and there are many communities of people around the world who will want to gather and celebrate with the music we all love, so that will continue to happen, one way or another. I do worry about the venues, especially in the US, who are being expected to somehow pay rent for a very long time with literally no income. NYC in particular has come so far in recent years with so many great venues and I hope the people who opened those places will be able to stay in business.
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The Menace of Overeager Cub Scouts
By Jacob Sullum, | Fox News
Newark, Delaware, 6-year-old Zachary Christie was so excited about the all-in-one eating tool he got when he joined the Cub Scouts that he brought it to school so he could use it at lunch. Anyone familiar with the "zero tolerance" idiocy that has swept the nation in the last decade can guess what happened after that. The only real question is whether Zachary was expelled or merely suspended. Answer: He was suspended for 45 days. But he might have been better off if he had been expelled, because a new state law gives school officials some discretion in expulsion cases involving students who unknowingly violate rules against weapons and drugs. The legislators neglected to address suspensions. The front-page New York Times story about the incident quotes "zero tolerance" defenders who say distinguishing among offenders based on intent can be dangerous:
Some school administrators argue that it is difficult to distinguish innocent pranks and mistakes from more serious threats, and that the policies must be strict to protect students.
"There is no parent who wants to get a phone call where they hear that their child no longer has two good seeing eyes because there was a scuffle and someone pulled out a knife," said George Evans, the president of the Christina district's school board....
Charles P. Ewing, a professor of law and psychology at the University at Buffalo Law School who has written about school safety issues, said he favored a strict zero-tolerance approach.
"There are still serious threats every day in schools," Dr. Ewing said, adding that giving school officials discretion holds the potential for discrimination and requires the kind of threat assessments that only law enforcement is equipped to make.
Evans' concern might be grounds for a uniform rule against knives, but it does not justify treating all violators the same, regardless of age or intent. And contrary to Ewing, you don't need police training to tell the difference between an overeager Cub Scout with a nifty camping tool and a budding thug who brings a switchblade to school in anticipation of a fight.
Jacob Sullum is a Senior Editor at Reason magazine. Read more at reason.com.
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