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The British Guild of Agricultural Journalists Charitable Trust is a major asset for members and one of the Guild's hidden gems – carrying out invaluable work quietly in the background.
The Trust was founded by a small band of professional journalists more than 25 years ago. They saw a need for an independent charity to help BGAJ members, former members and their dependents who may have fallen upon hard times or into poor health.
Your Trust has spent its limited funds wisely over its lifetime to benefit many. Indeed, in the past couple of years it has provided:
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Just as vital, the number of communications and conversations the Trust has had keeping in touch with retired colleagues and providing help and reassurance to troubled members and their families.
You never know what the future holds and just in case you or your family fall on hard times, or you hear of a fellow BGAJ member who has, please do contact your Trust. Any approach will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Of course, the Charitable Trust can spend only the money raised each year from the interest its assets earn and the financial support it receives from members and friends of the Guild.
There are many ways you can help the trust.
Fundraising activities include the Trust's annual raffle, its 200 Club, auctions and sponsored walks or rides. You can also help by setting up a legacy or suggesting a new fundraising activity.
And of course, the Trust is here to help you too – as explained here.
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Guild members raise £210 for charitable trust
Members and friends at the 2019 Bangers 'n' Beer reception raised £208.27 for the British Guild of Agricultural Journalists Charitable Trust. It came after Guild chaplain Geoff Dodgson – also a trustee of the BGAJ Charitable Trust – took up a…
A 'year of consolidation' for charitable trust
Grants paid out by the BGAJ Charitable Trust to Guild members reduced by 58% during the financial year ending 31 December 2018. Delivering his annual report to the Guild's 2019 AGM, BGAJ trust representative Clive Rainbird said the past year was…
Notice of Guild's Charitable Trust AGM
Trustees who look after the Guild's Charitable Trust will meet on Tuesday, 19 March, to consider applications for support and assistance. It will be followed by the 2019 Annual General Meeting of the Trust, which Members and Friends of the Guild…
Harvest Lunch raises more than £2000 for charitable trust
More than £2000 was raised for the Guild's Charitable Trust by members, friends and guests at the 2018 Harvest Lunch. The trust provides financial assistance and assurance to Guild members, former members and their dependents who find themselves…
Can you fill our chairman's boots for charity?
Members, friends and guests at this year's Harvest Lunch will be asked to help "fill the chairman's boots" to raise money for the Guild's Charitable Trust. The trust provides financial assistance and assurance to members, former members of the…
Guild's Charitable Trust earns timely fund boost
The discrete but enormously valued work of the Members and Honorary Members of the Guild who manage the Charitable Trust to the benefit of those who face financial and other difficulties received an encouraging boost at the Harvest Service and Lunch…
Bid for charity tickets to Goodwood Revival!
Fascinated by vintage cars, and bikes? Enjoy the smell and noise of old engines? Would welcome the opportunity to see some old airplanes at the same time? Love to see them race on one of the country's oldest and picturesque race tracks? Well now…
Charitable Trust - an inside view
Following his election to the Guild's management Council earlier this year, Clive Rainbird, former marketing communications manager at Bayer CropScience and now a freelance, was asked to become liaison officer to the Guild's Charitable Trust.…
Charitable Trust draw winners
Five Guild members who subscribe to the Guild's Charitable Trust 200 Club were lucky enough to win cash prizes in the first of two draws being held this year. New member, PR specialist Mike Humphrey, drew the top prize of £250 at the Guild's annual…
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The original 1993 start-up sum of £3000 has grown considerably over the years thanks to the fund-raising efforts of members, friends and colleagues. The late Peter Bullen, Guild Chairman 1993-94, who originally conceived the idea of the Trust, ran the London Marathon on six occasions and former Trust committee chairman Arthur Anderson undertook a 180-mile sponsored walk from the Thames Barrier to the source of the Thames.
Former Charitable Trust chairman Arthur Anderson at the Thames Barrier about to start his sponsored walk to the source of the river.
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Q: Cannot find module '@babel/runtime-corejs2/core-js/reflect/construct' Current behavior
After upgrading from babel 6 to 7, Error occurred in PR deploy phrase. It was working normally in local build.
This is what I see on pm2 log on K8s
Cannot find module '@babel/runtime-corejs2/core-js/reflect/construct'
at Function.Module._resolveFilename (internal/modules/cjs/loader.js:636:15)
at Module.Hook._require.Module.require (/home/y/lib/node_modules/pm2/node_modules/require-in-the-middle/index.js:61:29)
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      "@babel/plugin-proposal-optional-chaining",
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*OS: [macOS 10.15.7]

*Monorepo: [no]

*How you are using Babel: [webpack]

I've been banging my head for days to try to fix this. Please suggest how to fix this problem. Thank you.

A: Because this config
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        "@babel/plugin-transform-runtime",
        {
          "corejs": 2, //here
          "regenerator": true
        }
      ],

npm install --save @babel/runtime-corejs2 according to babel document

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UK Climate Fair Share
This technical paper describes the calculations behind an infographic (2020) that describes the UK's 'Fair Share' of emissions reduction to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement. It includes a memo provided by the Climate Equity Reference Project, which carried out the fair shares analysis based on the Climate Equity Reference Framework. The memo describes the global mitigation pathway and the effort sharing framework used, and shows results for the UK. It also describes the assumptions and judgements taken by the UK groups that jointly produced the infographic, for making conclusions about financial resources required for the UK to implement its fair share.
Giving Hope to People in Conflict
Christian Aid Blanket Supplementary Feeding Program (BSFP) project provided immediate life-saving food and nutrition assistance to breast-feeding and children under the age of five years.
LPRR: Philippines case study policy recommendations
In 2009, typhoon Ketsana hit the Philippines. Metro Manila was faced with a rapid onset flood from the typhoon rains and flooding of the Marikina and Nangka rivers. 455 mm of rainwater fell in 24 hours, killing 747 people and displacing hundreds of thousands of people. In 2013, Typhoon Haiyan hit the central part of the Philippines affecting 14.1 million people, killing 6000 people and destroying more than 1 million homes. Linking Preparedness Resilience and Response in Emergency Contexts (LPRR) is a START DEPP DFID-funded three-year, consortium-led project which is aimed at strengthening humanitarian programming for more resilient communities. For this paper the communities include those living in the two study site areas: Taytay and Mahayag. The consortium is led by Christian Aid and includes Action Aid, Concern Worldwide, Help Age, Kings College London, Muslim Aid, Oxfam, Saferworld and World Vision. The countries of focus include Kenya, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Democratic Republic Congo, Colombia, Indonesia and the Philippines and cover a multi-risk profile.
BRACED building financial resilience case study from Ethiopia
As part of the global Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters (BRACED) programme, Christian Aid is leading the consortium through its Climate Information and Assets for Resilience in Ethiopia (CIARE) project. CIARE, aims to help communities in Ethiopia become more resilient to climate extremes.
BRACED building the resilience of vulnerable communities in Ethiopia
In Ethiopia, Christian Aid is implementing BRACED (Building Resilience and Adaptation to Climate Extremes and Disasters) through a three-year multi-stakeholder and multidisciplinary initiative called Climate Information and Assets for Resilience in Ethiopia (CIARE). Working with the National Meteorological Agency (NMA), the UK Met Office, BBC Media Action and Action for Development (AFD), the project aims at bringing climate information services to vulnerable communities using 'woreda' or vernacular level weather forecasts.
The Climate Challenge
Case study on community adaptation and women's empowerment in Bangladesh.
Resilience case studies
The following nine case studies illustrate how we interpret resilience – as a means of putting communities and individuals at the centre of their own development.
Climate-Resilient Agriculture: what small-scale producers need to adapt to climate change
Agriculture is the economic sector most vulnerable to climate change and it is directly responsible for about 25% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.
Partnering for Resilience: Reducing disaster risks through effective partnerships
Case studies from Christian Aid's Building Disaster Resilient Communities programme and preparedness projects in Asia, Africa and Central America.
ECRP resilience video: helping people help themselves
A case study video from Malawi showing how people are being enabled to move beyond survival and subsistence, to enjoy thriving and dignified lives. YouTube video

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RNS Research Grant Award: coin hoards from Palermo
rebeccardarley November 5, 2017
by Antonino Crisà
In February 2016 I made an application to the Royal Numismatic Society to request funds in order to study two coin hoards found in Palermo province during the second half of the nineteenth century. The first eighteenth-century Sicilian coin hoard, discovered at the railway construction site in Cerda (Palermo) (1869), was supposed to be preserved at the Archaeological Museum 'A. Salinas'. Following an accurate survey in the museum storehouse, the hoard has not been found there. However, I have already published archival records on the Cerda hoard (A. Crisà, 'An eighteenth-century Sicilian coin hoard from the Termini-Cerda railway construction site (Palermo, 1869)', American Journal of Numismatics, 26 (2014): 339-62).
I therefore focused all of my research on the second hoard, found at 'Via Maqueda' in Palermo (1872). The hoard currently includes 76 silver coins, dated to the sixteenth century and minted in Sicily (scudi, tarì, etc.), Spain (8 reales, 4 reales, etc.) and Malta. Issuers are mostly Charles V (1516-56), Philippus II (1556-98), Jean de la Vallette (1557-68) and Jean Levesque de la Cassiere (1572-81). Antonino Salinas (1841-1914), who was the Museum Director at that time, had supervised the huge construction site at Via Maqueda. He finally acquired the hoard in 1872 and performed preliminary cataloguing, although the hoard is still entirely unpublished.
The hoard is extremely interesting and is certainly worthy of publication. In fact, it sheds new light on the archaeological context, the history of Sicilian archaeology, and coin circulation and hoarding trends in sixteenth-century Sicily.
Philippus II (1556-98), AR 10 tarì, Messina (1571) (inv. 68331, Museo 'Salinas', Palermo)
I carried out my work in Palermo in stages in September 2016 and 2017, as follows:
04-05/09/2016:
1. Palermo Museum: preliminary coin cataloguing: all coins measured, weighed and analysed.
2. Palermo Museum: further coin analysis: all coins studied accurately.
3. Palermo Museum (Archive): archival research: I found 15 crucial records relevant to the hoard discovery.
4. Palermo City Council: archival research at the local historical archive. The institution holds 10 records on the construction site at Via Maqueda.
5. Palermo Museum: lastly, after having obtained a special authorization by the Museum Director Francesca Spatafora, I photographed all of the coin hoard.
Following this promising research, I am currently working on a paper regarding the Via Maqueda Hoard (1872) and all relevant archival records, to be published in an international journal. Documents offer crucial data to reconstruct the hoard's discovery, its acquisition by the Palermo Museum and the interaction between museum and state authorities dealing with casual archaeological discoveries.
Lastly, I want to thank the Royal Numismatic Society for granting this award, which allowed me to perform my research in Sicily successfully.
RNS President's Lecture and Annual Summer Party, 19 June
Society Lecture, 22 May: Sophytes: Reappraisal of an enigmatic ruler and the Sophytes coins
Society Lecture, 17 Apr: The Iconography of the Coinage of the Valerianic Dynasty
Society Lecture, 20 Mar: Kingship, Court Rituals and Coinage in the Mughal Empire
Society Student Lectures, 20 Feb: Coins of the Eleusinian Mysteries and Roman lead tokens
RNS Lecture, 16 Jan: Money and the Viking Great Army


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Media Mysteries Explained
News, Extras, Handguns, Rifles, Shotguns
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According to a poll by the Media Insight Project, only 6 percent of Americans have faith in the news media. Among readers of American Rifleman, that figure is likely even lower. We've learned that, in all probability, anything we read or hear about guns will be either biased or factually wrong, or both. How come?
Reason One:
Lack of accountability. When I broke into the magazine business in 1964, I had some basic rules drummed into my crew-cut head. If you edited a piece, you were responsible for everything in it: spelling, punctuation, facts, everything—especially facts.
If you were wrong, God help you. The least you would get was a serious public tongue-lashing. As a result of this process I can tell you to this day that it's the Smithsonian Institution, not Institute, and that "prairie" is not spelled "prarie." A cousin of mine, who worked at one of the big New York City daily newspapers, had exactly the same experience.
This seems to have gone by the wayside. A small example: On Jan. 5, in The New York Times, there was an article on "ballistics vests." What's wrong with this? It's "ballistic vests." "Ballistics" is the science of projectile behavior and is a noun, while "ballistic" means relating to ballistics, and is an adjective. No one at The Times appears to know the difference. If I had made that mistake, or my cousin had, we would have been screamed at for 10 minutes with no regard for our "safe space."
Reason Two:
People in the same profession tend to think alike. Among the news media, the collective wisdom regarding guns runs as follows:
1. They believe guns are inherently evil.
2. They think gun owners are, at the least, disturbed and, at the worst, dangerous.
3. They believe the National Rifle Association has, since its founding in 1871, done nothing worthwhile, has never been right about anything and is nothing more than a shill for the firearm industry.
4. They believe the Second Amendment has no relevance in today's United States, and if only we could institute reasonable gun controls there would be no more gun violence.
5. It is their opinion that guns in the home lead only to tragedy, and self-protection is a myth.
Now, let's assume that you're a student in journalism school, and the subject of guns comes up, and you venture the fact that you own guns, and use them, and that your family has always had guns in the home, and that there's never been an accident, and that you don't even know of any accidents. How do you think that statement would be received?
Most likely, you would shortly receive a summons from the dean of students and probably the college psychiatrist to come in and chat, not that there's anything wrong, you understand, but … .
Or let's say that you work in a newsroom and the subject of guns used in self-defense comes up and you point out that, every month, you can cite half a dozen or more cases in "The Armed Citizen" where someone who had a gun prevented a crime or saved themselves or someone else and, in many instances, did it without firing a shot. Imagine the look you're going to get from the news director. It will not be the kind of look that says your career will prosper here.
Reason Three:
Good old-fashioned ignorance. I got my first exposure to this in the mid-1960s when the armed forces began issuing M16s. The 5.56 mm bullets, we were told by reporters, created terrible wounds because "they tumbled through the air and hit people like little buzz saws."
"Golly gee," I said, (or words to that effect), "that's just not possible. Anything that tumbles through the air isn't going to go where it's aimed. Just look at a football that doesn't spiral."
But there it was, and there was more to come.
When the first Glocks were imported they were denounced as "all plastic," and therefore undetectable at airports. The media, knowing nothing of how guns work, and not understanding such concepts as mass and resistance, printed the nonsense verbatim.
When the great "cop-killer-bullet" brouhaha erupted, the media also neglected to check the facts. If they had, they would have learned that Teflon-coated ammunition was very expensive, made in limited amounts, sold to police agencies only and had never been used to kill a cop.
Journalists are ignorant about guns because being knowledgeable about guns requires at least a smattering of understanding regarding physics, how machinery works, metallurgy and so on. It also involves a considerable technical vocabulary. The average reporter, reading American Rifleman, would not understand most of it, any more than he or she would understand Road & Track or the Isothermal Transformation Quarterly Progress Report.
And let us not forget our old friend, that statistic which claims that "80 [or 90, or any number you please] percent of Americans favor universal background checks." Friends, I've been around a long time, and my experience is that when 80 or 90 percent of us want something, we get it. But by diddling with where and how you ask the questions, you can get a survey to say anything you want it to.
Reason Four:
Journalists, some of them, are flat-out terrified of firearms. I first ran into this in 1967, when Smith & Wesson came out with the Model 76 submachine gun, a modification of the Swedish Carl Gustav. To display its wonderfulness, S&W found an underground range in Manhattan that would let the company stage a demonstration, and it invited the press, among which was myself.
At the end of his pep talk on how the Model 76 was going to revolutionize small arms, the S&W spokesman laid the gun on the counter and asked if anyone in the press would like to fire a few bursts. If he had dropped a saw-scaled viper on the counter and asked if anyone wanted to give it a kiss on the head the reaction would have been about the same—sheer horror.
I was the only one who took up the offer. Free ammunition, a full-automatic gun—how could any decent person refuse? I seem to recall that as the news conference broke up, my colleagues were looking at me quite oddly.
Needless to say, a person who is terrified of guns is not going to do an impartial job of reporting on them.
And so, you ask, is it going to get better?
The graduates our colleges are churning out are, with far too few exceptions, breathtakingly ignorant, and more closed-minded than ever before. This does not bode well for the media, or for anyone else, gun owner or not.
But what can we do?
Tell the truth. As George Orwell said, "In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act." So be it. Long live the revolution.
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Cal Fire begins 2016 fire season early
400 seasonal firefighters brought on-board
Updated: 7:09 AM PDT Mar 25, 2016
Vicki Gonzalez
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Twenty-three seasonal workers are currently working at Empire Mine Historic State Park in Grass Valley.
SOURCE: Vicki Gonzalez/KCRA
Cal Fire has called in 400 seasonal firefighters, including dozens in Northern California, for an early start to the 2016 season."We see vegetation fires occurring even in the month of January," Cal Fire Cpt. John Hotchkiss said. "So compared to years ago, those seasons where we are not having vegetation fires are getting shorter and shorter every year."Hotchkiss is responsible for the Nevada/Yuba/Placer County Cal Fire unit. Twenty-three seasonal workers are currently working at Empire Mine Historic State Park in Grass Valley.His unit normally starts hiring seasonal firefighters in late April or May, but he was able to start six weeks early thanks to drought funding from the state."This was determined to be one of the areas which was a very high-severity zone," Hotchkiss said. "And not only endanger the state park, but all of the communities that we have back here behind us."This year is promising. Compared to 2015 and the average fire destruction over the last five years, 2016 has been mild:-- This year, 239 fires have burned 105 acres.-- In 2015, 325 fires burned 7,254 acres.-- The 5-year average is 398 fires burning 2,554 acres."So far this year has been a relief, but it's one that we are approaching with caution," Hotchkiss said.He credits residents' increased awareness with the decrease in fires.But the rain and snow has been instrumental this year, as well.However, it's a Catch-22."Because of the precipitation, of course we have these huge grass crops which are starting to come up," says Hotchkiss. "Eventually when the precipitation stops, those are a very receptive fuel bed when they dry out."The resurgence of green can also be deceiving, masking dead plants that are fuel for fires."Any kind of a spark, any kind of an ember has the ability to spark -- literally -- a fast-moving wildfire that could very quickly endanger communities," Hotchkiss said.Cal Fire engineer Nolan Hail said the fire-prone landscape at Empire Mine has also developed over 50 to 100 years. The seasonal work is valuable."Oh, they are extremely important. They almost double our workforce every year," he said.The Cal Fire unit has been working 8- to 9-hour shifts over the course of seven days at Empire Mine, and still has a lot more work to do."It's slow going, but we have a project to do and we're looking to finish it," Hail said.Each year, the fire season becomes seemingly more year-round."Having earlier starts and later end dates for all of our crews, the fires are more explosive than we've seen in the past," Hail said.The fire agency hopes this year's sweat-equity will pay off."As we start to progress later on in the year, of course what we are going to start seeing? These crews are going to be committed to having to fight fires," Hotchkiss said.The early start will hopefully put the flames out before the spark.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (KCRA) —
Cal Fire has called in 400 seasonal firefighters, including dozens in Northern California, for an early start to the 2016 season.
"We see vegetation fires occurring even in the month of January," Cal Fire Cpt. John Hotchkiss said. "So compared to years ago, those seasons where we are not having vegetation fires are getting shorter and shorter every year."
Hotchkiss is responsible for the Nevada/Yuba/Placer County Cal Fire unit. Twenty-three seasonal workers are currently working at Empire Mine Historic State Park in Grass Valley.
His unit normally starts hiring seasonal firefighters in late April or May, but he was able to start six weeks early thanks to drought funding from the state.
"This was determined to be one of the areas which was a very high-severity zone," Hotchkiss said. "And not only endanger the state park, but all of the communities that we have back here behind us."
This year is promising. Compared to 2015 and the average fire destruction over the last five years, 2016 has been mild:
-- This year, 239 fires have burned 105 acres.
-- In 2015, 325 fires burned 7,254 acres.
-- The 5-year average is 398 fires burning 2,554 acres.
"So far this year has been a relief, but it's one that we are approaching with caution," Hotchkiss said.
He credits residents' increased awareness with the decrease in fires.
But the rain and snow has been instrumental this year, as well.
However, it's a Catch-22.
"Because of the precipitation, of course we have these huge grass crops which are starting to come up," says Hotchkiss. "Eventually when the precipitation stops, those are a very receptive fuel bed when they dry out."
The resurgence of green can also be deceiving, masking dead plants that are fuel for fires.
"Any kind of a spark, any kind of an ember has the ability to spark -- literally -- a fast-moving wildfire that could very quickly endanger communities," Hotchkiss said.
Cal Fire engineer Nolan Hail said the fire-prone landscape at Empire Mine has also developed over 50 to 100 years. The seasonal work is valuable.
"Oh, they are extremely important. They almost double our workforce every year," he said.
The Cal Fire unit has been working 8- to 9-hour shifts over the course of seven days at Empire Mine, and still has a lot more work to do.
"It's slow going, but we have a project to do and we're looking to finish it," Hail said.
Each year, the fire season becomes seemingly more year-round.
"Having earlier starts and later end dates for all of our crews, the fires are more explosive than we've seen in the past," Hail said.
The fire agency hopes this year's sweat-equity will pay off.
"As we start to progress later on in the year, of course what we are going to start seeing? These crews are going to be committed to having to fight fires," Hotchkiss said.
The early start will hopefully put the flames out before the spark.


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Mikael Noguchi (né en ) est un artiste visuel norvégien qui travaille pour l'animation, le jeu vidéo l'illustration et la bande dessinée.

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 2013 : Prix Sproing de la meilleure bande dessinée norvégienne pour Drabant t. 1 (avec Øyvind Holen)

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Naissance en 1976
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Lawsuit Seeks Reform Of Conn. Mental Health System; Thousands of Calif. Nurses Protest Contract Plan
News on hospitals and health systems comes out of Connecticut, California, D.C., Tennessee, Massachusetts and Minnesota.
The CT Mirror: Lawsuit Charges State Hospitals Hold Committed Patients Too Long
After months of scrutiny over an egregious patient-abuse case, the Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services is now facing a class action lawsuit that alleges committed patients are languishing in state hospitals long after they have been deemed stable because the state has failed to create an adequate system of community-based care. ...The suit is being filed in Superior Court on behalf of patients who have been civilly committed to state mental health facilities and names the mental health department and its inpatient facilities as defendants. (Rigg, 1/26)
Sacramento Bee: UC Hospital Leaders, Nurses Clash Over Contract
Amid an impasse in negotiations, registered nurses all around the University California system rallied Thursday at hospitals and on campuses to protest contract proposals that they say would impede their ability to provide quality patient care and undermine their well-being in retirement. ...Roughly 14,000 RNs at the five major UC medical centers, 10 student health centers, and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory are represented by the California Nurses Association in these contract negotiations. (Anderson, 1/27)
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The board of the District's troubled public hospital voted Friday to hire a national business consulting firm to help rescue the facility from organizational and financial turmoil, setting the stage for new leadership at a hospital plagued by allegations of mismanagement and questions about patient safety. Mazars USA, an accounting and financial consulting firm that is headquartered in New York and has offices in nine states, is the board's unanimous choice to run United Medical Center in Southeast Washington. If approved by the D.C. council, Mazars would take the reins from Veritas of Washington, whose contract the council terminated in November. (Jamison, 1/26)
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Nashville's cash-strapped public hospital would get $13.2 million in emergency funds to keep it afloat until the end of its fiscal year under a proposal unveiled Friday by Mayor Megan Barry's administration, but the plan comes with some strings attached. Barry's plan for the first time ties the funding for the hospital to cuts in other Metro programs. The administration is proposing $2.4 million in cuts to Metro programs and an across-the-board hiring freeze for all Metro Departments. (Boucher and Wadhwani, 1/26)
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Partners HealthCare, the state's largest health system, is poised to get even bigger, after two state regulators said they wouldn't block its acquisition of Massachusetts Eye and Ear despite concerns the deal could raise health care costs for consumers. The blessings from regulators are a welcome victory for Partners, which has faced intense scrutiny in its efforts to expand within the state. (Dayal McCluskey, 1/26)
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Q: Powershell commands/scripts not actually running I am trying to install Emscripten on my computer, and I have run into trouble getting Emscripten actually installed.
I am using the same commands as can be found on the project webpage, but when I try to run
emsdk install latest

Powershell (which is what I am using, but the basic command prompt is behaving the same way) doesn't do anything at all - it just returns without installing anything.
For reference, I have installed Emscripten on this same computer before, but decided to try and do a fresh install of Emscripten after running emsdk activate latest decided to "stop working" as well (whereas it worked just fine last week) - running the command, Powershell simply returned without actually doing anything.
Any ideas on what to check to see why these commands don't seem to run?

A: I think I solved it. When running the install command in Powershell ISE, it threw the error "Python was not found but can be installed from the Microsoft Store: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink?linkID=2082640"
despite me having Python installed. Changing the order of my PATH variables to set my Python install directory above the Winapps directory solved the issue with running the install command.


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Tributes are continuing to flood in for actor Bill Paxton, who has passed away at the age of 61.
Film-maker James Cameron, who directed Paxton in blockbuster movies such as Aliens, True Lies and Titanic, said in a statement to Vanity Fair that he was "reeling" after hearing that Paxton had died after complications from surgery, calling the actor "a creative dynamo".
"The world is a lesser place for his passing and I will profoundly miss him," he said.
Paxton's Big Love co-star Chloe Sevigny said in a statement that he was "a big-hearted, thoughtful and honourable person".
"He always had a smile on his face and could entertain any room with his wonderful stories of his many amazing years in Hollywood," she said.
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amur honeysuckle fruit
Know also as Bush Honeysuckle. [5][8][9][10][6] The species is named "invasive, banned" in Connecticut, "prohibited" in Massachusetts, as an invasive species in Tennessee, as an invasive species in Ohio, as a "Class B noxious weed" in Vermont, and as an invasive species in Wisconsin. Bright color typically signals superior health, and females tend to choose these individuals as mates. Amur, morrow and tatarian honeysuckles can be found throughout eastern and central United States, as well as Canada. Roots. Viburnum dilatatum, Viburnum opulus At one time, it was widely planted for erosion control and for ornamental purposes. 1997a). It does not naturalize, it invades. This leggy, deciduous shrub grows up to 15 feet (5 m) tall, with ascending and arching branches. The species known as "bush honeysuckle" are upright deciduous shrubs with long arching branches, are commonly 6 to 20 feet tall, and have shallow root systems. Birds primarily disperse the small, red berries of Amur honeysuckle. It is twiggy by nature and grows in what we refer to as a vase-shaped habit, the same general outline as an American elm but considerably smaller. The opposite leaves a 2-3 inches (5-8 cm) long and taper into a narrow tip. My advice is that you pull it up if possible. & Vankat J.L., 1997, Invasibility and effects of Amur honeysuckle in Southwestern Ohio forests. eastern North America. ). (6 mm) in diameter. [12], Because of its well-documented invasiveness, propagation of this plant is illegal or controlled in some of the United States, where it is an alien species. They can grow up to 17 feet and form large stands that prevent native shrubs and other understory plants to persist. The tips of the leaves are acuminate. The leaves are dark green, with a variety of Amur honeysuckle is a problem in fence rows, abandoned pastures, fields, roadsides, roadside margins, forests, and open woodlands. Tartarian honeysuckle is typically pink but may vary from red to white. The berries are a treat to native birds which love them (NC Fish/Game). Last updated October 2018 / Privacy, Leslie J. Mehrhoff, University of Connecticut, Bugwood.org, Chuck Bargeron, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org, David J. Moorhead, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org, James H. Miller, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org, Chris Evans, University of Illinois, Bugwood.org, John M. Randall, The Nature Conservancy, Bugwood.org, Annemarie Smith, ODNR Division of Forestry, Bugwood.org, This map is incomplete and is based only on current site and county level The leaves are oppositely arranged, 5–9 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, with an entire margin, and with at least some rough pubescence. It readily self-propagates via birds dispersing its seeds, and quickly spreads into habitats for which it has no community connectivity. The flowers are produced in pairs, and commonly several pairs are produced together in clusters; they are 2 cm long, have two lips, begin white and later turn yellow or pale orange in color; they bloom from middle of spring to early summer. Habitat. Fruits are red or yellow, situated in pairs in the leaf axils. It tolerates wet soils for brief periods of time, such as at the edge of streams and creek banks that occasionally overflow. Reichard, Sarah. Madison, Wisconsin. Fruit ripen in October but may persist until February or March. The stems are hollow with stringy tan bark. Amur honeysuckle Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) eating Amur honeysuckle fruit, but were not captured in the study. Although bush honeysuckle has semi-attractive flowers and fruit, birds scatter the seed far and wide. For many plants, the website displays maps showing physiographic provinces within the Carolinas and Georgia where the plant has been documented. [19], "The Plant List: A working list of all plant species", "Annotated bibliography of primary research on invasive qualities of, "Does removal of invasives restore ecological networks? In the springtime, Amur Honeysuckles are the first to leaf out and can bear fruit as young as 3 years old. Herder About This Subject View Images Details View Images Overview Appearance Lonicera maackii is a woody perennial shrub that can grow up to 16.5 ft. (5 m) in height. The fruit are dark red in color, spherical in shape and measure 0.25 in. Add to Likebox #140020608 - Lilium is a genus of herbaceous flowering plants growing from.. Amur Honeysuckle negatively impacts wildlife as well as plants. Latin: Lonicera maackii Amur honeysuckle is a deciduous shrub growing 8 to 10-feet tall with numerous branches arising from a central crown. Blooms in May and June. The fruit are spherical red to orange-red berries, developing in late summer and ofte… (All photos via VCG) [7] Abundant red berries, 1/4 inch in diameter, appear in late summer and often persist throughout winter. Amur honeysuckle is an erect, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub that can grow to 15- 20 feet in height. Viburnum prunifolium The leaves are ovate, opposite, lightly pubescent, and 2- 3 inches long. An experimental approach", "Invasive honeysuckle eradication reduces tick-borne disease risk by altering host dynamics", "Native birds exploit leaf-mining moth larvae using a new North American host, non-native Lonicera maackii", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lonicera_maackii&oldid=992273339, Taxonbars with automatically added basionyms, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 4 December 2020, at 12:20. It can be easily confused with similar species like Morrow's, Tatarian or Bell's honeysuckles, all distinguished by slight differences in flower color and leaf pubescence. Cornus mas The plant is a large, deciduous shrub that grows a maximum of 6 m tall with stems of a maximum of 10 cm in diameter. Cornus sericea It is absent in Minnesota. In the springtime, Amur Honeysuckles are the first to leaf out and can bear fruit as young as 3 years old. Hydrangea species, Syringa vulgaris It is a deciduous multi-stemmed There are four invasive species of bush honeysuckle that invade Vermont forests. The recommendation for Amur honeysuckle was based upon this literature review [PDF] developed by the department. Jil M. Swearingen, Survey of invasive plants occurring on National Park Service lands, 2000-2007, Jil Swearingen, personal communication, 2009-2017. First off, Amur honeysuckle is a large, spreading shrub that hails from the Amur River region that forms the border between northern China and eastern Russia. Herder Native Origin: Native to eastern Asia; introduced into North America in 1896 for use as ornamentals, for wildlife cover and for soil erosion control. Amur Honeysuckle thrives in our region. Cape honeysuckle is another option you can grow that has brightly colored flowers, attracting hummingbirds and butterflies. While its fruit is attractive to many species of birds (birds are the primary disperser), A. Honeysuckle berries lack the fat and nutrients that mi-grating species require. Amur honeysuckle is a deciduous shrub growing 8 to 10-feet tall with numerous branches arising from a … Asian Bush Honeysuckle is among one of the fastest growing invasive species in Indianapolis. The Amur honeysuckle will take over your yard and crowd out other plants, negating any ornamental value. Foliage. Amur honeysuckle, which has dark green leaves and garnet red berries, was first cultivated outside its native range by a German botanist working in a St. Petersburg's imperial garden. (5) 2. It can also be controlled by annual applications of glyphosate that thoroughly saturate the foliage, or by grubbing the shallowly rooted juvenile plants, but these two methods increase labor cost and disrupt the soil. [6], In the understories of deciduous woodlands of the eastern United States it forms dense thickets, the shade of whose canopies prevent the growth of native shrubs, juvenile trees, and wild flowers. copious red berries, allelopathic effects, and morphological plasticity provide Amur honeysuckle with a competitive advantage over native plants (Ingold and Craycraft 1983; Luken and Thieret 1996; McEwan et al. It reproduces both vegetatively and by seeds. It had largely Amur honeysuckle (L. maackii) leaves come to a long, sharp point. Website developed by The University of Georgia - Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health and the National Park Servicein cooperation with the Invasive Plant Atlas of New England, Invasive Plant Control, Inc., USDA Forest Service,USDA NRCS PLANTS Database, Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center, National Association of Exotic Pest Plant Councils,Plant Conservation Alliance, and Biota of North America Program. giving it a competitive advantage to & Vankat J.L., 1998, Landscape structure and spread of the exotic shrub Lonicera maackii (Amur honeysuckle) in Southwestern Ohio Forests. This species has been found to be a host for the leaf-mining moth Phyllonorycter emberizaepenella in North America. Amur honeysuckle is a densely-branched, deciduous shrub that typically grows to 15' tall (sometimes more). Conversely, Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) and bella honeysuckle (Lonicera x bella) are considered by most states as noxious, invasive plants that should be avoided. Conservation Biology. On NameThatPlant.net, plants are shown in different seasons (not just in flower), and you can hear Latin … Assessing the potential of invasiveness in woody plants introduced in North America. 2010). A warbling white-eye is spotted gleefully feasting on the juicy red fruit of an Amur honeysuckle tree at Beijing's Temple of Heaven. It has attractive flowers and red fruit, but the bush takes over the garden and crowds out the other plants. Fruit The fruit are dark red in color, spherical in shape and measure 0.25 in. Because of the invasive nature of this species, regardless of whether it is banned locally, it may be imprudent to cultivate Amur honeysuckle in climates similar to those where the species has invaded, e.g. It can grow in full sun or full shade and can be found in fencerows, thickets, woodlands, roadsides, pastures, old fields, neglected areas and lawns. [17], A study conducted in the vicinity of St. Louis, Missouri in 2010 indicated that the plant increases the risk of tick-borne diseases such as Erlichiosis and Lyme disease in suburban natural areas by attracting deer and consequently increasing the presence of infected ticks. Wild turkey, ruffed grouse, northern bobwhite, and ring-necked pheasant also use Amur honeysuckle for food. Amur Honeysuckle is a deciduous shrub that is a listed invasive in central and eastern U.S.A. Amur honeysuckle is an erect, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub that can grow to 15- 20 feet in height. Amur honeysuckle is a densely-branched, deciduous shrub that typically grows to 15' tall (sometimes more). States Counties Points List Species Info. Amur honeysuckle is highly adaptable, forming dense stands that crowd and shade out native plants, greatly reducing biodiversity. Ecological Threat Lonicera maackii can form large stands that prevent native shrubs and herbaceous understory plants from growing. Identification. Similar Images . To ensure eradication, herbicide may be applied to freshly cut stumps. It can form very dense thickets.[7][8][11]. Bush honeysuckles are one of the first plants to green up in the spring and easily dominate this woodland understory. Belle honeysuckle may vary between the character of both parents. It is aggressively invasive and has become a serious problem in many areas. The fruit become ripe on the plant in the late fall. The American Midland Naturalist. Viburnum trilobum They were first introduced into the United States in the mid to late 1800s from Europe and Asia for use as ornamentals, wildlife food and cover, and erosion control. Forsythia hybrids It features tapered, ovate to lanceolate, medium to dark green leaves (to 3" long) and tubular, two-lipped, very fragrant summer white flowers (1" wide at throat) that age to … The leaves are oppositely arranged, 5–9 cm long and 2–4 cm broad, with an entire margin, and with at least some rough pubescence. Leaf Color - Deep green, quality decreases in late summer. It is aggressively invasive and has become a serious problem in many areas. The plant has been seen in the mountains, piedmont and coastal plains of North Carolina. It is as invasive as privet. Description: An erect multi-stemmed erect deciduous shrub with arching branches that grows up to 30 feet tall. One particularly worrisome study showed that male cardinals that ingest the red fruits of the very invasive and widespread Amur honeysuckle become strikingly colored. If the invasive plants in your landscape are already in fruit, and you don't have time to remove and replace the entire plant, cut off or strip the fruits from the branches. The berries are a treat to native birds which love them (NC Fish/Game). Weigela florida, More native shrubs for use the Midwestern United States are listed in the pamphlet Curse of the Bush Honeysuckles!. Fruit and seeds. Amur honeysuckle (also known as bush honey-suckle, tree honeysuckle, or Maack's honey-suckle) is an upright, multistemmed, deciduous shrub that can achieve heights of twenty feet. Viburnum cassinoides Their fruit is consumed by birds, allowing seeds to be distributed long distances. Wisconsin Dept. Amur honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii) Amur honeysuckle is a native of central and northeastern China, Korea and parts of Japan. Similar Images . About This Subject; View Images Details; View Images; Overview. Fruit Type - Berry. [13], It has been suggested that plants growing outside their native range, in eastern Asia, should be removed and replaced by non-invasive alternatives. 1997a). Spread: 15 feet. Amur and Morrow's honeysuckle flowers are white, changing to yellow. Bush honeysuckle is a spreading shrub that can grow up to 20 feet high with flowers that change from white to yellow and red berries. Flowers. The opposite leaves a 2-3 inches (5-8 cm) long and taper into a narrow tip. Wisconsin manual of control recommendations for ecologically invasive plants. 2003. Native to East Asia, the bird is a highly sociable species that will even form flocks with other species outside of its breeding season. Leaves: Dark green and elliptical to oblong. Amur honeysuckle Lonicera maackii (Rupr.) Amur honeysuckle (L. maackii) is a native of eastern Asia introduced widely for erosion control, as a hedge or screen, and for ornamental purposes through the mid-1980s, when its invasive potential was first realized. 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That Time Steve Zahn Almost Died While Shooting That Thing You Do
By Mike Reyes published 18 April 20
Almost 25 years after writer/director Tom Hanks gave the world a music movie classic with That Thing You Do, the world has given the movie the love it truly deserves. A comedy about the ups and downs of becoming a one hit wonder, the men involved in The Wonders recently reunited for a charitable cause by providing a watch party commentary for the ages. And without this blessed reunion, we'd have never learned how Steve Zahn literally almost died while making the film.
Zahn took part in the That Thing You Do watch party, along with bandmates Tom Everett Scott, Ethan Embry (Tobias Player himself), and Johnathon Schaech. During the discussion, the group discussed a harrowing, but still kind of funny story, in great detail. What you're about to read is a back and forth that took place between Scott and Zahn, as they recalled the event:
Tom Everett Scott: That was the day that started out with a Swiss crane crashing and almost killing Steve Zahn. Steve Zahn: That was insane. That almost landed on my head. Scott: I got to work, and they were like, 'Did you hear about the crane?' Zahn: I was plugged into the sound booth, and I had headphones on. I was playing my part, practicing, and I look up and I see fluorescent lights falling, and I see this crane coming right towards me. And I jumped out of the way, and it lands on the cart. I bit my lower lip, and it was bleeding, and I first thought 'I don't want to get it on my costume'. So I was over a trash can, and Tom [Everett Scott] walks in, he doesn't know what's going on, and he looks at me and sees the blood, and he starts laughing like I'm pulling a joke on him, and I'm like 'No, dude, this is real.' And we actually had to shoot the scene differently so that I had an explanation for a cut lip or something like that. Scott: I actually thought the crane hit just your lip.
This particular moment happened during the shooting of the State Fair sequences that saw That Thing You Do's cast playing deep cuts like "Dance With Me Tonight" to a huge crowd of extras, and making movie history in the process. But thankfully, that history didn't include Steve Zahn getting taken out by a crane and instead, saw Zahn fighting through a 103 degree fever to perform one-liners about pigging competitions and how his "first boy-girl thing" happened to be connected to Diane Dane.
During their reunion, the men known as The Wonders also paid charitable tribute to the late Adam Schelsinger, the songwriter who gave the film its titular hit. His recent passing was the catalyst behind getting the film's cast together again, leading to a night of reverent tribute and hysterical commentary.
With the recent trend of watch parties in isolation taking off, there are sure to be more reunions that divulge such interesting behind-the-scenes stories as the ones the That Thing You Do cast shared. But none of them are going to involve Steve Zahn, a Swiss crane crash, and a hit song that's still melting hearts to this very day. Advantage: The Wonders.
That Thing You Do is available to stream through Cinemax and can be purchased or rented on Digital HD, Blu-ray, and DVD. A MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund has also been established. Those interested can also donate through a high roller bid on a first pressing for the future Mondo vinyl release of the soundtrack.
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New scientific article on violin making - anyone else see this?
By Dimitri Musafia
May 13, 2021 in The Pegbox
Dimitri Musafia
A data-driven approach to violin making | Scientific Reports (nature.com)
Dimitri Musafia 10 posts
Violadamore 6 posts
Carl Stross 5 posts
GeorgeH 5 posts
Plate tuning again? More pretend science?
37 minutes ago, sospiri said:
Well at least they're not talking about the varnish! :-)
7 minutes ago, Dimitri Musafia said:
Not yet, that's the next revolutionary scientific discovery : -)
Jim Bress
Location: Maryland, USA
I thought it was a decent article. No grand statements, just taking the first steps in analyzing the violin based geometry (arching and thickness).
uncle duke
Locationkaw valley
So are they violin makers or not? I can't tell.
What does "profile" mean?
Marty Kasprzyk
LocationOlcott, NY, USA
The article's conclusion says:
" The final, and probably the most important conclusion of this study, is the fact that variations in the material parameters23 can only be compensated by changes in the outline of the violin,"
That's not very helpful because the only outline changes that can be done are the ones to make the violin's outline smaller. The resultant violin still has to fit into a standard size case.
Don Noon
LocationCarlsbad, CA
As a technical paper, it's good. Well written.
As a guide to how to make a great violin, I think this approach has no chance of being useful in my lifetime, if ever.
Evan Smith
There are probably a lot of non-violin makers that will thoroughly enjoy it. The most intriguing thing about it for me is why would some one spend this much time out of their life doing this. Is there really a market for this type of thing? At least they acknowledged that free plate Hz. do not correlate into a finished instruments success.
I am not dissing it at all, by any means, total respect for them from me,, this is their contribution to mankind, it is their interest, but personally, only for me,, I just don't get it. From my perspective they wasted a lot of time.
I have never been told or shown anything scientific,,to my knowledge,, that made a bucket-o-worms bit of difference in making a violin. The exception being varnish making. After the early catgut info., then working with it and applying it, then realizing that it was only the beginning, it soon becomes apparent that it is also the end. The catgut info. is basically just basic fundamental structural knowledge, a great place to start, as are several other methods, but,, you can't stop there, that land is enchanted, everything beyond that is a land of experience and developed intuition, as far as I've seen, I stand to be corrected.
To me this stuff is usually non-violin makers that need something to do, and I'm sure some find it quite interesting, but not particularity useful.
But I'll freely admit, just start showing formulas and numbers and long lines of equations and I'm done, cross-eyed, headache,, gone Johnson,, 2+2 is difficult enough,,,,,you've burned the toast, scorched the coffee and tossed the biscuits out the window. If it could ever be explained what a person is to do with all that mess, how to apply it in real time it would be nice. I respect people a lot with that type of knowledge, I was so bored with school, could never sit still long enough to learn any of that,,, to my regret. I personally don't believe that science and violin making mix very well. Common sense and experience seem to produce good results.
But then,, I'm just an ol' crust,,,,,gimme the granddaughter yanking on the beard, shoving the fingers up the nose, a cup of coffee, sharp tools wood glue and varnish, a set of strings,,,I get that, I'm good to go,,,
evan with a cross-eyed headache, and pie is not square, it are round.
GeorgeH
I wonder if it can or will be applied to making better violins from carbon-fiber or other synthetic materials where you can control material uniformity.
ctanzio
LocationPhiladelphia, PA USA
This was covered in some detail in an earlier post:
Paper: A Data-Driven Approach to Violin Making - The Pegbox - Maestronet Forums
Bodacious Cowboy
LocationHigh in the Custerdome
48 minutes ago, Evan Smith said:
lI am not dissing it at all, by any means, total respect for them from me,, this is their contribution to mankind, it is their interest, but personally, only for me,, I just don't get it. From my perspective they wasted a lot of time..
I'd think that for a scientist, getting a paper published in Nature is never a waste of time.
3 hours ago, Evan Smith said:
Hi Evan, Good research tends to have a fairly narrow focus to limit confounding variables. One of the goals of a scientist is to add to the body of knowledge that exists. This is done in an iterative process, not in a single comprehensive tome. The basic formula is to ask a specific question (hypothesis), develop a method to answer (test) the hypothesis, then discuss what you conclude from the results which are only applicable to the question asked a priori. In other words, you're not ever likely to see the equivalent the Chilton's manual (for all makes and models) version on the science and application of violin making. You may however get a nugget of information that helps you put a couple of ideas together that you may have been pondering for the last decade, or not.
Violadamore
LocationIn a double-wide castle with gators in the moat
3 hours ago, ctanzio said:
"Some detail" is a major understatement. The topic was posted by one of the paper's authors, Sebastian Gonzalez, and, IMHO, the resulting, often technical, discussion is a valuable read.
violguy
If a better mouse trap is sought, perhaps a better mouse is the answer. Watch for paper coming soon.
Mik Kyklo
Interesting reading. Thank you
Davide Sora
LocationCremona, Italy
7 hours ago, Don Noon said:
I have heard some speeches on the web where it was presented and talked about this research project, it seemed interesting and rather original, but also according to the author still in the development phase and that it would have required a lot of work to reach any conclusions. But the press reports seem like they can't do without sensationalism and I don't see all this great fallout on the work of modern luthiers. So I have to agree with Don, this approach has no chance of being useful in my lifetime, and I still see very far the day when violin making will be based on algorithms and artificial intelligence.
The timescales and physics are different, but to me it is a bit like trying to analyze a hummingbird. You might figure out a few little things, but you can't beat experience and trial-and-error (over millions of years in this case) for making ones that work really well.
Andreas Preuss
Location….at my bench
Thats just a 'modern' disease to believe that 'data driven approach' is the solution to everything.
I had a quick look into it and thought 'using this, it might take a year to complete a violin.'
IMO the thing we really need to learn from makers of the golden age is how to build instruments with a sound-calibrating-concept. Otherwise their success rate of instruments with over average to exceptional sound potential wouldn't have been that high.
21 hours ago, GeorgeH said:
I would agree. Wood has too many variables...each cell of which its composed is unique.
Carl Stross
10 hours ago, Don Noon said:
Bit of a problem might be that no experience has been transmitted and that somehow, nobody knows how, the errored one either managed to fix themselves or where in small enough, again nobody knows why, number to allow marching forward.
The evolution of the hummingbird from a small aquatic marsupial millions and millions of years ago, is still a mystery.
Humming birds took millions of years to develop, but how long did it take humans to design, build, and deploy the helicopter that is now flying around Mars?
By using AI design algorithms (such as evolutionary algorithms) and reproducible synthetic materials, I am quite certain that violins and bows that work "really well" could be designed and manufactured in a fairly short time frame. They might not look like violins that we are used to, however. They might not even be wholly acoustic.
The primary problem is human: there is no agreement on what the specifications for "really well" should be. If a goal cannot be defined, then the neither can the criteria for achieving it. Furthermore, who would fund the research?
I'd propose a "Turing Test" for violins. If audiences of human beings cannot distinguish between an artificial violin and a conventional violin, then it will have succeeded.
1 hour ago, GeorgeH said:
1. Humming birds took millions of years to develop, but
2. how long did it take humans to design, build, and deploy the helicopter that is now flying around Mars?
3. By using AI design algorithms (such as evolutionary algorithms) and reproducible synthetic materials, I am quite certain that violins and bows that work "really well" could be designed and manufactured in a fairly short time frame. They might not look like violins that we are used to, however. They might not even be wholly acoustic.
4. The primary problem is human: there is no agreement on what the specifications for "really well" should be.
5. If a goal cannot be defined, then the neither can the criteria for achieving it.
6. Furthermore, who would fund the research?
7. I'd propose a "Turing Test" for violins. If audiences of human beings cannot distinguish between an artificial violin and a conventional violin, then it will have succeeded.
1. How do you know that ?
2. Millions of years. The first couple of millions was used to learn counting to three.
3. Possible.
4. This is at the core of the problem. My observations seem to indicate there is a pretty good agreement on what a good violin should do. But that might not involve "everybody".
5. True. Worth reading a couple of times.
6. I'm sure funding can be found. I'd be more concerned with who would do the research. Some horrible examples around...
7. Sure, that should work. But what's "audiences" ??? Audiences at large can't tell a violin from a clarinet or one "song" from another one. Audiences have become ever more de-sensitized to quality of tone or voice.
2 hours ago, GeorgeH said:
What you say reminds me of when the Honda NSX came out against the Ferrari 348 in the 1990s. Critics came out of the woodwork to state that Honda had mastered Ferrari's game for a third less cost. And yet, which of the two would virtually anyone prefer in their driveway?
1 hour ago, Carl Stross said:
1. The modern hummingbird has evolved at least over 30 million years.
"The world's oldest known modern hummingbird fossils have been discovered in Germany. The tiny skeletons are also the first modern-type hummingbird fossils ever found in the Old World. These creatures, with strikingly similar resemblances to today's hummingbirds, lived in present-day Germany more than 30 million year ago."
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-05/aaft-wom043004.php
2. No, according to NASA, it took 6 years to develop and build the Mars helicopter Ingenuity.


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Why does user experience matter to you? It matters because your web site is representing your business in the online world. For increasing numbers of businesses the web is the first place people get sight of them. If your web site fails to give first time visitors a positive experience you are simply not going to get chance to do business with a very high percentage of people who find you on the web. It therefore follows that user experience is really important.
Looking at user experience is akin to peeling the layers of an onion. The outer layer is the very first impression and first impressions count, a lot!
Let me give you one example, and this is very common. By nature many web site owners make decisions about deciding or changing visual aspects of a web site when they're viewing their site using a desktop or laptop. The problem is that this view is likely to ignore how 30%+ of your visitors are viewing your site. Today it's not uncommon to find sites where more than 50% of visitors are using smart phones or tablets. These broad stats relate to the UK by the way. In the US the percentages are higher.
As you can see from the above snapshot taken from a Google Analytics account, more than 50% of visitors are using either a mobile phone or a tablet. The bounce rate for mobile phone visitors is nearly 14 percentage points higher than the same stat for desktop users. This should be a concern for this web site owner. The web site in question is not mobile adaptive.
The message is loud and clear. If you ignore how a significant number of your site visitors look at your site you risk seeing a higher percentage of them move on to your competitors. The advice is therefore, make sure you check what your analytics are telling you about what your visitors do when they first reach your site on different devices. Most sites have Google Analytics script installed so to find this information select Audience>Mobile>Overview.
If you don't have a mobile adaptive website or a mobile version of your web site you are likely to find that a higher percentage of people exit your site after visiting only one page, if they're using a mobile phone or tablet. The other tell tail sign is they're likely to be spending less time on your site. This will be because they're unimpressed with the mobile experience your site gives. Your site may look great on a desktop or laptop but this will count for nothing if your site looks dated or unappealing on a mobile device. A higher percentage of your visitors will simply move on, to your competitors.
This layer of the user experience onion is a challenge for a very high number of web site owners, not least because there are still web sites being created that are not mobile adaptive. It has to be a serious frustration for these web site owners and owners of sites that are perhaps only 12-18 months old. The solution is rarely going to be cheap so before you snap decisions you must arm yourself with the answer to another question. The question is "what will be my commercial gain if I do make my site work equally well across multiple types of device?". Working out the answer to this question may save you money.
Let me clear, just because your site isn't mobile adaptive doesn't mean you should take immediate action. First of all check your site stats for different device users. You'll see from the following stats that the visitors to this businesses web site are desktop users.
Although the bounce rate for mobile phone users is very high and time spent on the site is measured in seconds there is no commercial case for investing in an adaptive version of their site, at this point in time. This demonstrates that just because the majority of internet users are turning to mobile devices for browsing content it is not necessarily going to be the case for your target audience.
Time for one more real example of what your device stats can reveal to you. The following business does have a mobile version of their site, as well as an adptive site for devices larger than mobile phones.
It's pretty evident that the mobile version isn't giving visitors as good an experience as the tablet and desktop versions. However, the percentage of mobile visitors is much lower so at this time it's not worth trying to fix. What the stats do suggest is that this business needs to do more to increase the number of new visitors.
The outer layer of the customer experience onion isn't always about device types but at this particular time in the evolution of the web it is something that a great number of businesses do need to pay attention to. The stats are there to check to see if your site is failing to give enough visitors a positive experience. If it isn't you should determine what your commercial return will be if you implement changes to you site to address user experience weaknesses.
If you already have an adaptive web site, or a mobile version of your site, you should still check the stats. If your design approach was still focused on a desktop experience it's very likely that your mobile phone and tablet stats are not as positive as your desktop stats.