When my kids were little, we used to read bedtime stories. We had a number of favorites. The classics of course were always in demand - books like Goodnight Moon were perennial favorites. Another set of books that has really stuck with me were also favorites, and they've been in my mind lately because they illustrate issues with innovation so well that are so often overlooked.
You may be familiar with the book If you give a mouse a cookie, or perhaps If you give a moose a muffin. These books open with farcical but funny conundrums. For example, if a mouse were to show up in your kitchen and ask for a cookie, you might be inclined to give him one. That's just kindness. However, that act of kindness will lead to unexpected consequences. Because, as the book points out, if you give a mouse a cookie, he'll want a glass of milk to wash it down. And, being the kind individual you are, once you give the mouse a glass of milk and he finishes it, he may want to check his appearance in the mirror to ensure he doesn't have a milk mustache. But when he views his visage in the mirror, he decides he needs to trim his mustache, and so on. The book is filled with these If, Then statements that lead on to more or less logical next actions.
For example, if your management instructs you to innovate, you are going to want some scope, instruction and definition of goals or outcomes. Lacking those you'll create your own, or wait for someone to provide them. Once you have defined the goals or scope or had them offered to you, you'll want to ensure your skills are adequate to the effort. You'll acquire skills or hire them, or attempt innovation with the skills you have. If you generate ideas, you'll want to know how to evaluate them. You'll seek input on what matters, how to evaluate and measure ideas and what ideas matter most. Once you have good ideas that you are happy with you'll want to know how to commercialize them. That means getting the best ideas in front of people who can make decisions about product development, prioritization and funding. If you can't get your ideas in front of these people with a really compelling argument, all your previous work is for naught. Even if you can get your ideas in front of these people with a compelling argument, it won't matter unless there are available resources to implement the ideas. And even if there are available resources all the capabilities or technologies may not reside internally, so you'll need help to find and acquire the intellectual property or technologies and bring them in house.
Like my relatives in the small rural community where I grew up, all the aspects of innovation are related. Some of the relationships are strong and evident - to get new products I need new ideas. Some of the relationships and interconnections are less obvious - to get new ideas I need to do good research to understand customer needs. Some of the obvious relationships and actions aren't comfortable conversations - to move new ideas into production, something else has to be removed from production, or we need more production capabilities or assets.
The real problem is that the individual acts are all easy to define, and somewhat easy to conduct. The "magic" in the innovation process is defining and understanding all the strong and weak interactions, dependencies and decisions and building a - wait for it, here comes the MBA consulting word - holistic innovation approach that recognizes and understands all of the interrelationships, consequences and dependencies. If I build the best idea generation facility in the world in a large corporation but neglect to consider and rework the means of getting ideas into a product or service development process then all I create is cynicism. But idea generation tools and techniques are easy, and rethinking priorities and product portfolios and rejiggering priorities for existing products and services to make way for new product development is risky and difficult.
This isn't really a mystery - everyone knows how interconnected and tightly woven an efficient, effective organization is. What most managers and executives recoil from is the work necessary to unwind 20 years of ever-increasing efficiency and capability to make room and recognize the consequences of incorporating more innovation into these processes. Introducing innovation tools like brainstorming or idea management software solutions is easy. Incorporating them into end to end processes that recognize the knock-on effects, decisions and consequences is difficult, time consuming and introduces a tremendous amount of risk. In the old song about the skeletal system we learn that bones are connected to other bones, but sometimes we forget that it is muscle that holds the bones together in the joints. Skeletons hold together through tension created by tendons and muscles that make up the joints. In a similar way we need more muscle and better design around innovation process, so that good ideas have a workflow that makes sense and considers the knock-on effects and consequences. We can't simply string the right bones in the right sequence and expect a skeleton to stand without the muscles that link the bones together, anymore than we can introduce a lot of innovation tools or techniques and neglect to link them together to lead to logical outcomes.
Too many firms introduce interesting, powerful innovation tools but fail to create the linkages between the tools, and the bridges between innovation phases and product development phases. These bridges, and more importantly the consequences of the decisions within those bridges, are perhaps the most difficult component of innovation. That's because it is in these bridges that real trade-offs and resource allocations are made.


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British Columbia Takes Wooden High Rises to the Next Level
Wooden sky scrapers just got a boost as British Columbia doubles their height limits. Buoyed by sustainable architects and engineers, the idea of the wooden skyscraper has garnered more support in BC as sustainability takes center stage.
Vancouver was first to build a wooden sky scraper with the 18-floor Brock Commons Building which is not only more sustainable, but was also built cheaper and faster than conventional high-rise buildings. The building offset 2,432 metric tonnes of carbon by using wood instead of steel and concrete.
When it was built, it was granted an exception from the existing building codes. Now British Columbia has changed those codes to allow for buildings of 12 floors to be constructed from wood and these codes are expected to be instituted throughout Canada.
Vancouver is planning to push the envelope with the Canada Earth Tower which is a 40-floor wood building that will contain 200 apartments, retail and office spaces.
"[British Columbia's] actions have created a ripple effect around the world," Vancouver-based architect Michael Green told The Guardian. "The United States has changed its code effectively because of Canada. China is changing its code effectively because of Canada."
Wooden skyscrapers are not constructed from old-growth forests. Instead, the beams and columns that form the structure are created from second-growth forests to created engineered wood components. This provides a sustainable, renewable source of building materials that actually protect old growth forests.
Engineered wood construction made with Cross-Laminated Timber (CLT) is strong enough to support high rise buildings and is less prone to fire than is commonly thought. CLT is widely utilized throughout Europe and Canada is hoping to not only catch up with European building codes, but surpass them.
"This is the first new way of building a skyscraper in a century," Green told The Guardian, whose firm recently completed the seven floor T3 building in Minneapolis. "It challenges so many conventions in the construction industry."
The challenge that lies ahead is for the Canadian transition to wood to be coupled with improvements in forestry management. The BC government has already invested heavily into research as forest fires and insects have hampered forestry in the area over the last couple of years.
"The truth is, there is no such thing as sustainable building. Everything we do in building includes taking a cost out of something," said Green.
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: There is generally no agreed doctrinal definition of universal jurisdiction in customary and conventional international law. However, this does not preclude any definition, which embodies the essence of the concept as the ability to exercise jurisdiction irrespective of territoriality or nationality. Therefore, the concept of universal jurisdiction applies to a situation where "the nature of (an) act entitles a State to exercise its jurisdiction to apply its laws, even if the act has occurred outside its territory, has been perpetrated by a non-national, and even if (its) nationals have not been harmed by the acts." "Universal jurisdiction" refers to the competence of a national court to try a person suspected of a serious international crime-such as genocide, war crimes, crimes against humanity or torture-even if neither the suspect nor the victim are nationals of the country where the court is located ("the forum state"), and the crime took place outside that country. Universal jurisdiction is a legal principle which has evolved in order to overcome jurisdictional gaps in the international legal order. It is intended to ensure that those responsible for international crimes - which include genocide, crimes against humanity, grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, and torture - are brought to justice. Universal jurisdiction is primarily enacted when States with a more traditional jurisdictional nexus to the crime (related, inter alia, to the place of commission, or the perpetrator's nationality) prove unable or unwilling to genuinely investigate and prosecute: when their legal system is inadequate, or when it is used to shield the accused from justice.


application: WB. dilution: 1 : 1000, sample: nuclear extracts from unstimulated and 12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate (TPA) stimulated HELA cells.
The c-FOS antibody from Proteintech is a rabbit polyclonal antibody to a fusion protein of human c-FOS. This antibody recognizes human, mouse antigen. The c-FOS antibody has been validated for the following applications: ELISA, WB analysis.
Immunofluorescent analysis of c-FOS (green) in untreated HeLa cells. Formalin fixed cells were permeabilized with 0.1% Triton X-100 in TBS for 15 minutes at room temperature. Cells were then blocked with 5% normal goat serum (Product #31873) for 15 minutes at room temperature. Cells were probed with a rabbit polyclonal antibody recognizing c-FOS (Product # PA1-830), at a dilution of 1:500 for at least 1 hour at room temperature. Cells were washed with PBS and incubated with DyLight 488 goat-anti-rabbit secondary antibody at a dilution of 1:400 for 30 minutes at room temperature. Nuclei were stained with Hoechst 33342 dye (Product# 62249). Images were taken on a Thermo Scientific ArrayScan at 20X magnification.
Western blot analysis of c-Fos (Pierce Product # PA1-830) was performed by loading 50ug of Serum (20% Serum, 2hours following 0.25% serum starvation, 36hours) treated HeLa and 293Twhole cell lysate, respectively, onto a 4-20% Tris-HCl polyacrylamide gel. Proteins were transferred to a PVDF membrane and blocked with 5% Milk/TBST for at least 1 hour. Membranes were probed with a rabbit polyclonal antibody recognizing c-Fos at a dilution of 1:500 overnight at 4°C on a rocking platform. Membranes were washed in TBS-0.1%Tween 20 and probed with a goat anti-rabbit-HRP secondary antibody (Pierce Product # 31460) at a dilution of 1:20,000 for at least one hour. Membranes were washed and chemiluminescent detection performed using Pierce Super Signal West Pico (Product #34077).
Immunohistochemistry analysis of human hepatoma tissue with phospho c-Fos mAb (34E4).
Western blot analysis of control (1) and serum -starved cancer cells treated with 10ng/ml EGF for 5 min (2), 15 min (3), 30 min (4), 1 hr (5), 2 hrs (6), 4 hrs (7) and 8 hrs (9), probed with c -Fos (pSer374) mAb (34E4).
Western blot analysis of serum -starved cancer cells A431 (1), A549 (2), SKOV3 (3), OVCAR5 (4), HaCaT (5), PC3 (6), HeLa (7) and HepG2 (8), probed with c-Fos mAb (8B5).
Immunohistochemistry analysis of human hepatoma tissue with c-Fos mAb (8B5).
Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence: c-Fos Antibody [NB110-75039] - Rat trigeminal using Rabbit antibody to cFos: whole serum at a 1:500 dilution.
Immunohistochemistry-Paraffin: c-Fos Antibody [NB110-75039] - IHC on rat brain (paraffin section) using Rabbit antibody to cFos (c-fos): whole serum at 1: 300 dilution incubated overnight at 4C and developed with ABC/DAB/Ni.
Immunohistochemistry: c-Fos Antibody [NB110-75039] - IHC on rat brain (free floating sections) using Rabbit antibody to cFos (c-fos): whole serum at 1: 300 dilution incubated overnight at 4C and developed with ABC/DAB/Ni.
Knockout Validated: c-Fos Antibody (2H2) [NBP2-50037] - Western blot shows lysates of HeLa human cervical epithelial carcinoma parental cell line and c-Fox knockout (KO) HeLa cell line. PVDF membrane was probed with 1:1000 of Mouse Anti-Human c-Fox Monoclonal Antibody (Catalog # NBP2-50037) followed by HRP-conjugated Anti-Mouse IgG Secondary Antibody (Catalog #HAF018). Specific band was detected for c-Fox at approximately 52 kDa (as indicated) in the parental HeLa cell line, but is not detectable in the knockout HeLa cell line. This experiment was conducted under reducing conditions.
Immunocytochemistry/Immunofluorescence: c-Fos Antibody [NBP1-89065] - Immunofluorescent staining of human cell line A-431 shows localization to nucleoplasm. Antibody staining is shown in green.
Detection of Human c-Fos by Western Blot. Western blot shows lysates of HeLa human cervical epithelial carcinoma cell line untreated (-) or treated (+) with 200 nM PMA for 4 hours. PVDF membrane was probed with 0.2 ╡g/mL of Sheep Anti-Human c-Fos Antigen Affinity-purified Polyclonal Antibody (Catalog # AF7254) followed by HRP-conjugated Anti-Sheep IgG Secondary Antibody (Catalog # HAF016 ). A specific band was detected for c-Fos at approximately 62 kDa (as indicated). This experiment was conducted under reducing conditions and using Immunoblot Buffer Group 1 .
Western Blot analysis of Human Serum starved HeLa cells treated with PMA showing detection of 41 kDa c-fos protein using Mouse Anti-c-fos Monoclonal Antibody, Clone 3G11 (SMC-542). Lane 1: Molecular Weight Ladder (MW). Lane 2: Serum starved HeLa cell lysates. Lane 3: Serum starved HeLa cells treated with PMA (Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate). Load: 10 µg. Block: 5% Skim Milk powder in TBST. Primary Antibody: Mouse Anti-c-fos Monoclonal Antibody (SMC-542) at 1:1000 for 2 hours at RT. Secondary Antibody: Goat Anti-Mouse IgG:HRP at 1:3000 for 1 hour at RT. Color Development: ECL solution for 5 min in RT. Predicted/Observed Size: 41 kDa. Other Band(s): 62 kDa. Observed molecular weight of band is higher than predicted 41 kDa band due to post translational modifications.
Western Blot analysis of Human Serum starved HeLa cells treated with PMA showing detection of 41 kDa c-fos protein using Mouse Anti-c-fos Monoclonal Antibody, Clone 4A3 (SMC-543). Lane 1: Molecular Weight Ladder (MW). Lane 2: Serum starved HeLa cell lysates. Lane 3: Serum starved HeLa cells treated with PMA (Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate). Load: 10 µg. Block: 5% Skim Milk powder in TBST. Primary Antibody: Mouse Anti-c-fos Monoclonal Antibody (SMC-543) at 1:1000 for 2 hours at RT. Secondary Antibody: Goat Anti-Mouse IgG:HRP at 1:3000 for 1 hour at RT. Color Development: ECL solution for 5 min in RT. Predicted/Observed Size: 41 kDa. Other Band(s): 62 kDa. Observed molecular weight of band is higher than predicted 41 kDa band due to post translational modifications.
Western Blot analysis of Human Serum starved HeLa cells treated with PMA showing detection of 41 kDa c-fos protein using Mouse Anti-c-fos Monoclonal Antibody, Clone 5B10 (SMC-544). Lane 1: Molecular Weight Ladder (MW). Lane 2: Serum starved HeLa cell lysates. Lane 3: Serum starved HeLa cells treated with PMA (Phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate). Load: 10 µg. Block: 5% Skim Milk powder in TBST. Primary Antibody: Mouse Anti-c-fos Monoclonal Antibody (SMC-544) at 1:1000 for 2 hours at RT. Secondary Antibody: Goat Anti-Mouse IgG:HRP at 1:3000 for 1 hour at RT. Color Development: ECL solution for 5 min in RT. Predicted/Observed Size: 41 kDa. Other Band(s): 62 kDa. Observed molecular weight of band is higher than predicted 41 kDa band due to post translational modifications.


How are we through the first full week of the New 2016 Year?? I swore yesterday was Wednesday…but alas, it was not… Time for a Friday Favorites link up!
As a solo runner (most days), this is SO true!
This makes me rethink my mason jar meals! This looks yummy…and I think I will try and make these!
While I am a fan of my Honey Stinger gels, I wouldn't mind trying my hand at making my own sometime!
I always enjoy readying what everyone suggests to do before a big run or race day.
I feel like I need to run with this shirt ALL THE TIME.
I really do not enjoy the treadmill and the boredom makes me crazy – at least having a workout lined up, this might be able to keep me from losing my mind!
I have made these before – and I have a few bananas on the counter that need to be cooked this weekend – this is a great idea!
I made a similar, single ravioli layer, bake last week – this is a good, easy recipe that I can get together without the little guy fussing too long!
I could really eat eggs all day…no lies! These are some great ideas to mix it up!
This would be a great recipe to set it and forget it this weekend!
I am all about a morning breakfast smoothie – I could always use new ideas!
I am totally game for home remedies and these look like a fun test…I will be trying this recipe this weekend!
I love green smoothies J This looks yummy!
I am always looking for more meal prep ideas – these look yummy!
What are your favorites for the week??
Check out these link-ups for more Friday Favorites!
Great round up of favorites!
Thanks for sharing with friends at Fitness Health & Happiness Lindsey! Have a great weekend.
SO many good links! I love the abs workout. Thanks for linking up to High 5 Friday!
My faves for the week for sure 🙂 I always love your Instagram posts – I aspire to your yoga shots 🙂 Have a great week!


Apple will offer support for the News Literacy Project and Common Sense in the US as well as the Italy-based Osservatorio Permanente Giovani-Editori across Europe as part of the new initiative.
Through this initiative, the News Literacy Project will receive a significant contribution and ongoing support from Apple. This will enable us to scale up our programs and resources — specifically, the Checkology® virtual classroom, our signature e-learning platform; The Sift, our free weekly newsletter for educators; and our Newsroom to Classroom program, which will connect journalists and educators registered to use Checkology Premium and starts later this year.
Another detail not mentioned in the announcement: Tim Cook has joined the board to the Osservatorio's International Advisory Council.


Adil Nouri, a Kurdistan Islamic Union (KIU) MP and head of the parliament's Committee of Truth Inquiry, said 13 more officials of Iraq's high electoral commission should be sacked ahead of the manual recount of votes.
"There are 13 officials, ranging from the positions of director general to head of section in the commission accused of rigging election results. These need to be ousted before the manual recount of results," Nouri told journalists.
The third amendment of the electoral law paved the way for the sacking of commissioners and their replacement with appointed judges. It also set in motion the 100 percent manual recount of votes.
"Sacking the commissioners of the electoral commission isn't enough. Even with the presence of appointed judges to manage the manual recount process, the employees of the commission accused of fraud can manipulate the results," Nouri said.
The Committee of Truth Inquiry will meet with members of the judiciary and the government to make the case of their dismissal, he added.
It comes amid calls to extending the current parliament's term to oversee the recount.
Speaking to al-Sumaria news, Nouri said extending the parliament's term is a violation of the constitution, but he said the parliament remaining to oversee the manual recount is essential and does not constitute a term extension.
"This is a dangerous precedent. I believe political will tries to dominate the constitution and law. This is unacceptable. We await the formation of a government founded on serving the homeland and its people," Fatih al-Sari of the Fatih coalition told Rudaw.
Sixty MPs, many of whom did not succeed in the last election, are trying to garner 166 votes on Thursday to extend the parliament's term.
Six months ago, the federal court ruled it was unconstitutional for the parliament to extend its term.
The National Wisdom Movement (Hikma Front) of the influential Shiite cleric Ammar al-Hakeem has completely rejected the extension.
"Believing in the fixed constitutional framework and in conjunction of the wishes of our dear people and their wish to revive their reality, the Hikma Front announces its thorough rejection for all calls, suggestions and ideas that seek to extend the current term of the parliament," the Hikma Front said in a statement on Monday.


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The 1953 Logy Bay Helicopter Rescue, Part 2
Posted by Planecrashgirl on June 30, 2017
Posted in: Folklore and History, Helicopters.	Tagged: Aviation, Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove, Newfoundland, RCAF, USAF.	Leave a Comment
Also posted on the Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum blog.
Last week's post was about a helicopter rescue off Logy Bay where three men were lost on the ice. Two of the men were rescued, one by local fisherman and the other by the combined effort of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), United States Air Force (USAF), Canadian Coast Guard and the United States Navy. At the end of last week's post, William Dunn, was still missing.
Dunn had gone out sealing with two others on the evening of March 28th, 1953. The two other sealers came back around 11pm, but Dunn went missing. His companions said he had become ill at some point. After the adventures of March 29th, Dunn was still missing, although his brother and another sealer, Frank Olsen, were safely off the ice. The USAF helicopter brought in from Harmon Field, Stephenville, had to call off the search when it got dark.
Logy Bay, spring 2017. Photo by Lisa M. Daly.
On March 30th, the search continued. The helicopter was piloted by Captain Lamar Willis of Springfield, Ohio, and Lieutenant James Stevenson of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Early on the 30th, the helicopter made an attempt to search, but the morning fog off the coast sent them back to Torbay. Later in the morning, Willis made a second attempt and searched the area from Red Cliff north to Red Head and ten miles out to sea. That afternoon, the helicopter went out again and searched from Red Head South to Sprigg's Point on the south side of Freshwater Bay. Overall, the helicopter spent 5 hours searching the ice at a height of about 250 feet. They found no trace of Dunn.
The pilots who took part in the search. Left to right: USAF pilots Willis and Stevenson, RCAF pilots Vincer and Hinton. From The Evening Telegram
That afternoon, the helicopter was joined by two RCAF Cansos. Canso 9830 and Canso 11024 flown by First Officer Jack Vincer and First Officer Hal Hinton flew the two aircraft. Along with the USAF helicopter, a combined time of 9 hours and 5 minutes were spent searching that day.
Canso at the North Atlantic Aviation Museum in Gander. Photo by Lisa M. Daly
While the air search was happening, reports were coming in of a man being sighted on the since some distance off the shore. These areas were check by air, and also by an RCMP team who were searching the ice from the land.
On March 31st, the weather was poor and no flying was done out of Torbay. By this point, Flight Lieutenant Carl R. Ensom of 103 Search and Rescue Squadron Torbay (SAR) determined that any further search would be futile.
Dunn, from Tunis Court in St. John's, was 31 at the time, and the father of either 5 or 6 children (the newspapers give conflicting reports). He was known to the RCMP as we himself was a former member of the police force, and he served with the Navy in the Second World War. His current employment was at the Car Shop of the Canadian National Railroad.
Ice at Middle Cove, spring 2017. Photo by Lisa M. Daly.
Ensom also issued a statement that "the air rescue service was not provided for the purpose of picking up people who are foolhardy enough to take a chance on dangerous ice". This statement was not in relation to the Dunn brothers and Olsen, but rather in reaction to children playing "copying" in St. John's Harbour. This is a game where kids would jump to a pan of loose ice and leap to another before the first one sinks under their weight. This is a particularly important warning seeing as SAR was having difficulty searching for the missing sealers due to weather conditions.
Enson, C.R.
1953 130 "R" Unit Det Torybay Nfld. RCAF Base Diary, 24 March 1953 – 31 March 1953. On file: LBMCOC Museum.
1953 Cancel Search for W. Dunn. The Evening Telegram, 31 March 1953, p. 1.
1953 Find No Trace of William Dunn On Drifting Ice. The Daily News, 30 March 1953, p. 3.
1953 Search and Rescue Official Warns the Foolhardy. The Daily News, 31 March 1953, p. 1.
Thank you to Darrell Hillier for passing on the relevant page from the base diary. It is now on file at the museum. I happened to be at the library when it was sent, and decided to look for the results of the search in the local papers.
The 1953 Logy Bay Helicopter Rescue
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In the 1950s, helicopters were still a relatively new sight around Newfoundland and Labrador. The first helicopter rescue in Newfoundland was in 1946 with the rescue of the survivors from the crash of Sabena OOCBG near Gander. In 1953, helicopters were much more reliable and safer, but their use in any sort of rescue operation, like today, makes for an exciting and dramatic story.
This past spring the island saw a lot of pack ice. Middle Cove and Outer Cove became popular destinations for folks who wanted to see the ice, and some who decided to go out on the ice. In 1953, William Dunn of Tunis Court in St. John's, took to the ice with two unnamed companions to hunt seals. When Dunn didn't return that evening, a search started. His brother, John Dunn, set off at 5am on Saturday, March 29 from Logy Bay, and within an hour was marooned by slob ice about 150 yards offshore.
Ice at Middle Cove Beach this past spring. Photo from bitstop-nfld.
At the same time that John Dunn was leaving to try to find his brother, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) Rescue Unit, the United States Air Force (USAF) and Coast Guard were putting a search and rescue plan into motion. Flight Lieutenant Ensom of the 103rd Rescue Unit Detachment of the RCAF at Torbay, was contacted by the RCMP to help rescue a man stranded on the ice near Logy Bay. Ensom checked the weather and determined that it was too poor to attempt to fly a Canso to the area. A while later, Major Rich, Operations Officer of the 6th Air Rescue Unit at Fort Pepperrell offered his assistance. He had gotten the story from other sources. Ensom passed on the offer to Inspector Porter of the RCMP who said there were now others caught on the ice in the same area.
By 11am, the weather was still too poor for the Cansos, so Ensom contacted Rich who ordered a helicopter from Harmon Air Force Base in Stephenville. Added to the order was a line-throwing rifle from the US Coast Guard in Argentia.
One of the buildings left in Stephenville from the Harmon Field days. Photo by Shannon K. Green, 2013.
All of the equipment arrived by 2pm and a rescue party was formed to rescue John Dunn. The crew consisted of Porter, Ensom, two RCAF Para-Rescue personnel, Trent and Courtourier (who had parachuted to the B-36 crash in Burgoyne's Cove), Lieutenant Carmichael of the Coast Guard and a Navy seaman who could use the line-throwing equipment.
While this was happening, fishermen from Logy Bay determined that there was too much ice and the swells were too high to put out dories to reach John Dunn. Instead, Pat Malone, a veteran sealer, lead Frank, Dan and Coleman Cadigan's efforts to rescue Dunn. The fishermen used a system of planks, gaffs, and ropes to reach from pan to pan and guided Dunn to the shore. John was just making it to the shore as the large rescue team arrived in Logy Bay.
The rescue crew and John Dunn. From left corner clockwise: Dan Cadigan, John Dunn, Paddy Malone, Uncle James, Tim Malone, Willie Cadigan, Francis Cadigan. From The Daily News, 30 March 1953, p.1. (note the caption reads Jack Dunn, but the article in The Daily News and The Evening Telegram say John Dunn).
Gaffs in the Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove Museum. One was donated by Francis Cadigan, could it have been used in this rescue?
While these rescue efforts were going on, the RCMP received word that another sealer, Frank Olson, was stranded off Sugar Loaf Rock, off Small Point, about two miles south of Logy Bay. RCMP and civilians had tried reaching Olson with a line, but to no avail. At one point, Olson caught the line, but dropped it in the water where it was immediately caked in ice and broke.
At 6:15, the helicopter arrived piloted by Captain Wills of the 52nd Air Rescue Squadron. Wills picked up Enson, who showed him where Olson was located. The helicopter hovered over Olson and lowered a harness. Olson fitted the harness under his arms and was lifted off the ice and hauled on board the helicopter. He was then let off at Small Point where the RCMP took care of him. The helicopter then left to search for William Dunn.
Sugarloaf Path, part of the East Coast Trail, takes hikers past Sugar Loaf Rock and Small Point. From Hiking the East Coast Trail (and Beyond).
By 7:15, the weather was poor again. While it was nice on shore, the ice was shrouded in fog and made it unsafe. The Evening Telegram reported that, weather permitting, the search would resume the following day and the helicopter search would be joined by at least one Canso from Torbay. Further research is needed to see if William Dunn was found.
The Canso outside the North Atlantic Aviation Museum in Gander. Photo by Lisa M. Daly, 2013.
In an interview, Ensom did warn sealers that if they go out on the ice, they do so at their own risk. Search and rescue operations can pose a risk to the aircrews and aircraft and that the air rescue service was not designed with "the purpose of picking up people who are foolhardy enough to take a chance on dangerous ice."
'Tell them,' F.Lt. Ensom said, 'that they are completely on their own when they go out on the ice.' –The Evening Telegram, 30 March 1953.
Ice at Middle Cove Beach this past spring. Photo from bitstop-nfld.ca
1953 Back from the Rescue. The Daily News, 30 March 1953, p1.
1953 'Copter Pulls Man to Safety. The Evening Telegram, 30 March 1953, p.1.
1953 Two Men Rescued From Ice; Third is Still Missing. The Daily News, 30 March 1953, p.3.


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10 Games Every Dark Soul Fans Must Try
by Akshat Jaiswal | May 25, 2020 | General | 0 comments
From Software's Dark Souls is clearly one of the most popular games of the last decade. It built an entire genre and is still held in great regard as a modern classic. In 2011, Dark Souls shook the gaming industry, with a game that not only challenged the ability and tenacity of the player but also enticed them into a magical and well-crafted interconnected system. Dark Souls used difficulty as a way of attracting players in, not pushing them away, and the genuine sense of achievement after beating a challenging rival was something many players had not felt for years.
With remasters holding it in the public awareness, it's also simpler to play now than it ever has been. Yet, possibly you're a bit bored of playing the bells and linking the fire, rising the cycle anew. Maybe you've struggled your way through its solid sequels, Dark Souls 2 and 3, and nothing more will quite do it for you. Well, we've got a great list of 10 Games like Dark Souls every Fan Should Play, so let's get started!
1 The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing
2 Ashen
3 Blasphemous
4 God OF War
5 The Surge 2
6 Neverwinter
7 Titan Soul
8 The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
9 Dark Maus
10 Rain World
The Incredible Adventures Of Van Helsing
The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing has its own twist in the ARPG genre by picking a rather inexperienced time period. Instead of medieval fantasy, it takes players to a place in a Victorian fantasy era where the game lets you play the famous Van Helsing back in his older days when he was young.
It also swaps the Big Bad Demon for a vampire since the game is based on a novel called Dracula by Bram Stoker. Despite the lack of character choice (you only get to play as Van Helsing), the gameplay yet successfully offers enough variety for multiple playthroughs and difficulties. It's worth trying alone for a unique setting.
In Ashen, you are a traveler who is seeking for something to call home. Light has been returned by the 'Ashen's' rebirth and you must defend that light as well as help rebuild the community by developing contacts and rescuing survivors from the blasted plains you travel. While Ashen reflects the classic stamina-based gameplay of Dark Souls, it has its separate charm and style that fixes it apart.
While this battle will feel similar, the openness of the world is very diverse from the interconnected worlds of the Souls games. You are free to travel this world as you please, find survivors and capture caverns.
One of the main attractions of the game is 'The Town' which, firstly works as your hub, but more importantly, reflects your improvement and the choices that you will make. As you save characters and invite them to join your community, dwellings will be built, and it will become a community of light in the twilight. That is the true magic of Ashen.
Blasphemous
The game with pixel-based graphics, Blasphemous is quite dark. There is blood, there are bizarre finishers and dangerous enemy designs. It owes a part of its style to Spanish artists, by developers' own demand, and the world arrangement, a 2D, fight and exploration-heavy game has simple Castlevania fame. But, of course, there are also some points for Souls fans.
For example, your supply of medicinal items is limited and only renews at checkpoints. Similarly, the rivals once dead come back to life, so as it is. There are stories to uncover off the hidden path which will provide more depth and backstory to the mysterious world you slay your move through as The Penitent One.
God of War is a hardcore ARPG style game since its earlier installments, just like the Diablo franchise. The game revolves around the protagonist, Kratos, a Spartan warrior who kills several Greek gods to avenge the demise of his family.
The hack-n-slash gameplay is strong and responsive in all the games of the franchise. A clever upgrade system avoids combat from becoming repetitive whereas, the gameplay offers a good challenge.
The latest installment, God of War (Reboot), which was awarded multiple Title of the Year awards for the same reason I am recommending this to you; it's one of the best ARPG games I've ever played.
Surge 2, developed by Deck13, released last year is a science fiction Souls-like game. It also has mechanics, which makes it different from other games. The main element about Surge 2 is your protagonist, who is wearing a hi-tech exo-suit that can be upgraded as you advance through the game or you get parts for that by killing your enemies.
The story deals with the Nanite scourge which has been accidentally released and while it is serviceable, and that it is not the main point of the game. Jericho itself is an exciting city, as each area and district feel different and will surely keep you occupied. Much like Dark Souls, the game's environment is fun to explore, with shortcuts and mysteries around every corner.
The combat is the main attraction of the game. The common lock on stamina-based combat is enlarged by a large variety of sci-fi gadgets and the severing operation. The latter lets you target specific body parts and earn armor schematics. The bleeding fast-paced combat and the unique environment make the Surge 2 a worthy addition to your wishlist.
Remember those good-old classic Dungeons & Dragons games? The comics? The cartoons? Well, now you don't have to remember any of those books, comics, etc to enjoy the amazing Neverwinter that takes part in the Dungeons & Dragons world. You can pick any one of the 8 different classes in this game. Each class holds different abilities and powers that you can upgrade with character progression.
Team up with your friends in a party and raid dungeons and slay monsters. Steal powerful weapons and artifacts and indulge in the brilliant story of Neverwinter that keeps growing better with each new update. It feels like playing World of Warcraft on your Xbox.
Titan Soul
Titan Souls is a different genre on its own, but like every other game on this list, it still holds its own uniqueness. The protagonist appears small and delicate in-game, creating the vast, old world and large-scale rivals much more striking and imposing in contrast.
In this 2D game, great timing and knowledge of your enemy's patterns is the only way to succeed. Picking up a bad time to hold your ground to shoot, and you're dead in a flash. You also need to hold one place to call your arrow back, which also reveals you to opponent attacks. In all, Titan Souls is a game that makes use of tactics and reflexes. The game has neat, easily readable visuals, and the rivals you're going to battle all have pretty unique designs that work really well with this art style.
As one of the best fiction fantasy RPGs in recent thought, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a complete must. In the shoes of ghoul-slayer Geralt of Rivia, you are tasked with finding Ciri who appears to be the successor to the Cintra throne. In the race to find her before the Wild Hunt, you'll be forced into monster combats, political unrest, and so much more. Like Skyrim, you can choose how you play out your adventure in the rich world with narrative quests and areas to explore.
The scope and depth of Witcher 3 make for one hell-a experience, with fantastical monster battles and gorgeous vistas to soak up. Seriously, there's so much more to discover, you can easily wind up playing for hours exploring the vast environment without the main story-line. There are endless hours of adventuring to be had.
Dark Maus
Dark Maus is one of the best Dark-Souls-Like game and its complete reincarnation. The purpose is to involve cats, mice, evil animals and other rivals instead of typical beasts and monsters.
The gameplay is difficult and top-notch. You begin as a lonely little mouse, and throughout the game, you encounter different enemies such as cats. The fight is authentic, and your fast reaction is required to survive the killing from your bigger enemies.
There is a variety of storylines that you have to follow that lie down in the dark world, and your plan is to figure out why everyone became wicked and feral.
There's a lot more in Dark Souls than its combat, so obviously, that isn't the only thing Dark Souls fans ask for when they (including me) want to play a similar game. mystery, tension, Exploration, the feeling of overcoming challenges in an aggressive world and the reward from every small progress at a time, all elements Dark Souls and Rain World have in common.
Rain World is dangerous and scary, and it denies to hold your hand, delivering every discovery that much more exciting. As you go through a toxic, post-apocalyptic environment, you'll face new creatures and obstacles (some hostile, some not) and must discover how to fight with them, or at least die trying. Rain World will surely test the patience of players who don't like that kind of experience, but for those who love the excitement of getting lost in a critical, but the gorgeous game world, Rain World is for you.
NOTE: The games are not listed in ranking orders & are selected as per my experience which may vary from players to players.
So I hope you loved the list of Games like Dark Souls every Fan Must Try! If you want more such Lists for other Series like Call Of Duty, Assassin's Creed, Grand Theft Auto, etc, do let us know in the comments. If anyhow you disagree or agree with me, then do let me know in the comments. That's all for this list, GG!


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Fifty or so days ago (who's counting?) Sally submitted her resume and associated materials for a new position with her agency. The announcement stated that the position would be filled 45 days from the application deadline of August 16th. That works out to September 30th, and makes today Day 44.
Sally was aware of this possible position two years ago. It is both a job and a location that would suit her well. Should she be selected, we would be relocating to Portland, Oregon. Thus our life and our future seems to hang in the balance. Are we moving? Are we staying? Who knows? After all, it is only Day 44.
It's good that we were busy this summer, which kept our minds and hands occupied while we awaited this moment. There was painfully little information provided us by the HR center in Fort Worth. Several weeks after the closing date we finally learned that Sally had made the panel of qualified applicants. A couple weeks later we heard that her references were being contacted. Now we wait, checking her email regularly (which would reveal a negative outcome) and waiting for the phone to ring. It is excruciating.
In the midst of this process we have come to the conclusion that we will be very excited if Sally gets the Portland job, and totally relieved if she doesn't. We have a good life in Spokane, and aren't chomping at the bit to leave. Still, being chosen for the new position would represent a crowning achievement for a woman who entered professional life in her 40's after being a stay at home mom for so long.
So we wait. I often say that the future is exploding into possibility with every decision and action in every present moment. That is true for EVERY moment, and yet some moments seem weightier than others. Whatever the ultimate outcome, I know we will look back on Day 45 as being a watershed moment for us and for our family. On Day 44 we simply don't know which side of the watershed we're on.
Exciting on either end. I would love to see you two in Portland. And Sally is a fabulous example for all of us!


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International Study Uncovers Three Molecules with Potential for Treating Epilepsy
Featuring the work of former CURE Grantee Dr. David Henshall
Summary, published by the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
The findings are an important step towards discovering new drugs for people with epilepsy whose seizures cannot be controlled with current treatments.
The study was led by researchers at FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases and RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences. It is the result of seven years of research, involving contributions from 35 scientists, based in eight different European countries, across the fields of neuroscience, genetics, computer science and synthetic chemistry. The research is published in the current issue of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
In one of the largest sequencing projects of its kind, researchers identified and measured levels of over a billion strands of microRNAs – small molecules that control gene activity in the brain – to investigate if they were changed in epilepsy. They discovered a small set of microRNAs which were always elevated in epilepsy and designed drug-like molecules, synthesized by chemists from the group, to target these. Three of the synthetic molecules were found to stop seizures in preclinical tests.
Computer simulations demonstrated how the potential treatments influenced molecule networks inside brain cells by changing the inflammatory response, part of the brain's immune system which is thought to contribute to seizures.
"Our approach to drug discovery has led us to new types of molecules that can be targeted to prevent seizures with hopefully fewer side effects," said Dr Cristina Reschke, FutureNeuro Research Fellow and Honorary Lecturer at RCSI, and Co-Lead Author. "Currently, most drugs used to treat epilepsy work by blocking the signals brain cells use to communicate. This results in many of the side effects experienced by people with epilepsy."


Figure 2.2b below depicts the decay of polarization (shown also on e-page 189).
[e-page 32] Figure 2.2: (a) A single atom interacting with a magnetic field. All degrees of freedom are frozen, but its spin. The effect of the interaction is the precession of the spin about the magnetic field. In the real world the atom cannot be completely isolated from its environment. The spin will interact with this environment resulting in effects such as the sudden change in its precession phase. (b) An ensemble of atoms interacting with the same magnetic field as in (a). Here all degrees of freedom of the atoms are unfrozen. Thus in addition to interacting with the magnetic field B, the atoms move within the cell, collide and interact with each other and with the cell walls, which in turn causes the dephasing of the precession in the spin ensemble.
A figure relevant to the above is found on e-page 187 (print page 170).
"Measurement of the 129Xe free-induction decay (FID) in each chamber (...) we estimate the corresponding 129Xe polarization."
where ∆Φ is the absorbed photon flux, ´ is the Rb-noble gas spin-exchange efficiency, V is the cell volume, and [X] is the noble gas density.
where Γ is the alkali relaxation rate, Rp is the pumping rate, and [A] is the alkali density.
From equations 2.1 and 2.2 it is apparent that in order to maximize ∆Φ and dPHe dt , one desires Rp À Γ.
The pumping rate is given by RP = Z ∞ 0 I (º)¾(º)dº ' P¼refc A∆º ; (2.3) where I (º) is the intensity of the pumping laser per unit frequency, ¾(º) = ¼refcg(º), which is the Rb absorption cross section. Here f is the oscillator strength, r e = 2:82 × 10−13 cm is the classical electron radius and g(º) is a normalized Lorenzian. A is the cross sectional area of the cell being pumped and P ¢ν is the power per unit frequency or spectral power which is the figure of merit for attaining high polarization in spin-exchange optical pumping (3)."


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Páskovka hajní (Cepaea nemoralis), někdy také hlemýžď hajní, je typickým zástupcem svého rodu páskovka a je jedním z nejčastějších druhů zemních šneků v Evropě. Vyskytuje se v Evropě, ale i v Severní Americe. Živí se především rozkládajícími se a stárnoucími rostlinami. Jedná se o hermafrodita, nicméně k produkci oplodněných vajíček se musí spářit. Je také využíván jako modelový organismus v občanské vědě.

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Druh je podobný páskovce keřové. Často také dochází k vzájemnému křížení páskovky keřové a hajní. Výška ulity je přibližně 18 mm, délka kolem 23 mm. Ulita je zbarvena žlutě z několika hnědými pruhy.

Výskyt
Je to jeden z nejčastějších druhů zemních šneků v Evropě. Byl také zavlečen do Severní Ameriky.

V České republice se souvisle vyskytuje v Čechách, rozšířena je ale po celém území. Původní je v severních Čechách a na jižní Moravě. Jedná se o synantropní druh.

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An explosion outside of Paris' Stade de France could be heard inside the stadium after attackers launched what appeared to be a coordinated terrorist attack around the stadium and in different parts of the city on Friday. The explosion can be heard in the above video during a broadcast of the game. Television announcers mistakenly attribute the explosions to firecrackers around the stadium, but the BBC reports that at least three explosions happened outside a bar near the stadium that appear to have been part of the start of an attack that has killed at least 18 people.
The stadium scoreboard described the reason for the evacuation as an incident outside the stadium and asked everyone to use the same specific exit.


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Bill Tyre is the Executive Director and Curator at Glessner House Museum. He's one of just three full-time staff members who manage and maintain one of Chicago's most famous homes—now a historic museum. Completed in 1887, Glessner House was saved thanks to preservation efforts that resulted in the formation of both the museum and Chicago Architecture Center in 1966. In 2016, Glessner House Museum and CAC will both be celebrating their 50th anniversary.
The house is large—more than 17,000 square feet of space—yet it feels very intimate. Frances Glessner asked the house's architect, H. H. Richardson, to create a cozy interior, and he did exactly that, through the arrangement and proportions of the spaces.
We often hear from visitors that they can imagine themselves living in the house—whether curled up with a book on the window seat in the library, or settling in for the night in one of the guest rooms. The best photographs in the world can't convey that special sense that you feel when you experience Glessner House firsthand.
I never cease to be amazed at how many people visit during OHC, stating they've lived in Chicago all their lives and never knew about Glessner House! Open House Chicago makes us so keenly aware of the incredible architectural treasures that can be found in every corner of the city.
An elderly gentleman came up to me at the front door and said that in the early 1940s, when he was in high school, he used to wash the windows when the Glessner House was owned by Armour Institute [now Illinois Institute of Technology]. It was the first time he had been back to Glessner in 70 years!


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