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David Robert Grimes, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Oxford, UK, is an adamant defender of science, but the blog post he wrote in August caused quite a stir, even for him. Troubled by an upcoming vote by Dublin City Council on whether to stop fluoridating the city's water supply, in his post he implored councillors to heed evidence that fluoridated water helps to prevent and slow tooth decay. His contention that claims to the contrary are inflammatory, invalid and dishonest prompted critics around the world to call for his resignation, he says.
Grimes's experience may be extreme, but it serves as a reminder that publicly presenting controversial findings or opinions — even if they are factually sound — can leave one open to hostility. When it comes to speaking up, the uncomfortable reality is that sometimes scientists, especially those at trainee and junior levels, face a difficult choice: courting controversy can exact a career toll, but staying mute can lead to harmful policy decisions uninformed by science.
Early-career researchers who want to speak out must learn how best to communicate science and how to respond productively to criticism, experts say. Yet many young researchers engage the public armed with little communications or media training (see Nature 468, 465–467; 2010), and when wading into combustible topics such as climate change, evolution and public health, they quickly learn that science often runs counter to strongly held ideology. Industrial factions with vested interests may mount a campaign to debunk the science — and sometimes even scientific colleagues can come out swinging if they hold opposing views or feel that an outspoken colleague is crassly seeking the spotlight.
Grimes knows all about the negative consequences of putting one's head above the parapet. He has written evidence-backed opinion articles on provocative topics such as climate change and abortion rights, and in return he has received angry e-mails and several threats of bodily harm. On a couple of occasions, he had to take out a restraining order against harassers. For his efforts in standing up for science, in October 2014 he was one of two recipients of the John Maddox Prize, an initiative of Nature, the philanthropic Kohn Foundation and the UK-based charity Sense about Science that recognizes efforts to promote evidence on matters of public interest.
Most researchers will not be as willing as Grimes to put themselves in the firing line, but at some point many scientists will have to present findings that are deemed controversial, or they might feel the need to stand up for the evidence, as Grimes did. At this point they need an adviser who can provide support when they engage with the media — and there are also several approaches that can be used to head off hostility before it has time to gain strength.
Height of condescension
When Grimes first began to write opinion pieces three years ago, he admits that he was slightly naive. "I thought the public suffered from an information deficit and all I needed to do was simply inform them what the science says on matters of policy," he says. He quickly learned that expecting people to make decisions based solely on evidence is presumptuous at best. Worse, scientists who take that approach may sound condescending. "Scientists have a highly technical voice that can come across as talking down to the audience, even if they don't mean to," says Kathleen Hall Jamieson, director of the Annenberg Public Policy Center at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Likewise, if scientists seem self-interested or partisan, they risk undermining their credibility.
Jamieson decided to test whether scientists could improve the acceptance of their message. In September 2014, she published a model science-communication strategy1 that she tested using the particularly divisive topic of Arctic sea-ice trends. The model assumes that showing respect for an audience — such as avoiding technical language or jargon that could be perceived as 'talking down' — is key to making a strong case for the science. She found that researchers can boost acceptance of their message when they rely on highly regarded, apolitical sources of information and visually present statistics that invite the audience to draw their own conclusions (see 'Tough sell').
Box 1: Tough sell: How to speak out on controversial topics
If you want to get your message across, it pays to know the most effective ways to engage. Here are a few tips from researchers, including communication expert Kathleen Hall Jamieson of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Leverage your scientific persona. Viewers and listeners will believe that a scientific source is credible if they also believe that the scientist is respectful and is not trying to 'sell' or persuade them.
Walk the audience through the logic behind your conclusions.
Show the audience the clear and irrefutable data trends. Include all data — omissions allow critics to call your motives into question.
Translate the science into familiar concepts for all audiences.
Anticipate tough questions and be prepared with answers.
Set aside time to respond to media and critics.
Create a website with frequently asked questions and responses.
Embrace valid criticism and respond to it unemotionally.
Consider reaching out to the opposition.
Boris Worm, a marine ecologist at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, agrees that evidence is key to maintaining one's voice even when under attack. In 2006, he published a controversial paper2 that suggested that declines in global fisheries were impairing the ocean's ability to provide food and maintain water quality. Established fisheries biologists began to criticize his work.
He remained impassive. "When paradigms are challenged, it can get really heated emotionally, but while it can come across as a personal attack, it's not," he says. "It's about the results." If anything, severe scrutiny can be seen as a sign that the pursuit really matters, he argues.
"There is blood, sweat and tears, but ultimately we reward people that make science stronger."
But Worm adds that it is crucial to embrace criticism if it is valid and not simply mud-slinging. "Don't try to run from the criticism; instead, directly engage it," he says. In his case, that meant writing a paper with his critics3. He is as proud of that paper as he is of the initial work. "There is blood, sweat and tears, but ultimately we reward people that make science stronger and better and give them our respect," he says.
Nancy Baron is director of science outreach at COMPASS, an organization based in Portland, Oregon, that provides media training to scientists. She advises her clients to consider sharing bits of pending publications with known critics to get their reactions beforehand — that way they can prepare for potentially acerbic push back, or possibly circumvent it. "This acknowledgement is often seen as a sign of respect, which can take some vehemence away and lead to a much more cordial discussion," she says.
Embrace the critics
Evolutionary biologist Kevin Laland at the University of St Andrews, UK, took this tack. He had grown weary of fending off sceptics who, he felt, were misrepresenting his theory on how organisms can change their environment to produce evolutionary and ecological consequences. So he invited them to co-write a paper with him. After 26 rounds of editing, they produced an article that laid out the nature of the dispute, including where the two camps agreed and where they did not4. "I think this approach is far more helpful than attacking one another and throwing smoke," he says.
In retrospect, Martin Krkosek, now a population ecologist at the University of Toronto in Canada, wishes that he had taken a similar approach and had let colleagues know of his provocative findings as a doctoral student in 2005. Instead, he foundered on the release of a paper5 that linked aquaculture operations to sea-lice infections in wild salmon. Colleagues in his field found themselves in the middle of a media storm that they had no idea was brewing. "I worry, now, that when I put out a grant proposal it lands on the desk of someone whom I made life hard for," he says. "Letting them know this paper was coming would have been a nice olive branch."
The experience was a learning process for him, and he came to realize that it is important to address all manner of negative feedback. When the paper came out, he and his co-authors chose to respond only to criticisms raised formally in the scientific literature, not in the popular media. "We just didn't respond to all the stuff that came out in the press — and we realized that our lack of follow-up may have diminished the work's impact," he says, because for one thing, it was easier for industry voices in the press to question whether aquaculture was truly to blame.
When it came to releasing two follow-up papers, Krkosek and his co-authors were better prepared. "The first thing we did was create time to deal with it," he says of the media onslaught. They engaged in lengthy e-mail correspondences with critics, responded to media requests for interviews and developed a web page where they could post answers to frequently asked questions. The website, he says, was helpful because it gave them a venue to explain results in more detail and to supplement their findings with new analyses.
Ultimately, the evidence in the three papers, corroborated and further explained in press interviews, on the web page and in individual correspondence, helped to compel changes in management and policies by the British Columbia government that benefited wild salmon: changes that included a moratorium on further aquaculture development.
Weather Geeks
Meteorologist J. Marshall Shepherd, host of Weather Geeks, is comfortable advocating for science.
"I had a great sense of satisfaction that we had a real impact on the ground," says Krkosek. And that is what Baron counsels young scientists to do — to take the long view. "Dealing with backlash is no fun, but in the end the result is often worth it," she says. And there can be unforeseen benefits: Krkosek says that he has become more adept at separating his emotional and intellectual responses — a skill that has been useful in both his career and his personal life.
Kathie Dello, associate director of the Oregon Climate Change Research Institute in Corvallis, has also learned how to deal with criticism. She gives public talks that highlight the regional impacts of climate change, and she has had some harrowing in-person and e-mail encounters with the public and researchers, in which her understanding of the science behind her assertions has been questioned. After a negative encounter, she allows herself only a short amount of time to process it and to salvage any lessons from the experience. (She has learned, for example, to request a moderator at public forums.) Then she moves on. She has also learned that a game of dodgeball can be cathartic.
Valued opinions
There is little doubt that the greater a scientist's standing, the greater the impact their words will have — and, conversely, the lower a scientist's standing, the more potentially devastating any fallout from their words will be for their career. Perhaps not surprisingly, many scientists wait until they are in senior positions to use their voices.
J. Marshall Shepherd, a meteorologist at the University of Georgia in Athens, had published dozens of papers and had received a presidential award of excellence, but becoming president of the American Meteorological Society gave him a platform to amplify his voice. He now writes opinion pieces, is active on social media and hosts a television show called Weather Geeks. He advises younger scientists to do two things when deciding whether to speak up for science — establish scientific credibility and carefully evaluate whether they have the unshakeable temperament that is necessary for times when they may be challenged.
Wildlife biologist Chris Darimont at the University of Victoria in Canada frequently speaks out on trophy hunting and other controversial issues that he has studied, and has engaged in live radio and television debates with trophy-hunting advocates. But before he secured his tenure-track position, he worried about the backlash he could receive for such public speaking, and the long fingerprints it would leave on the web. "When people are assessing you for a job, it's not just your CV they are reviewing, it's any controversy online as well," he says. He eventually concluded that efforts to engage constructively in the public sphere could shine through, too. "I accepted that I would take the good with the bad," he says. He also finds it productive to engage with policy-makers. "Thinking some decision makers are going to find your paper in a journal, understand it and use it to make evidence-based decisions borders on absurd," he says.
Ultimately, scientists who speak out create room at the table for evidence, say those who have found their voice. "If we aren't there speaking on the science," says Shepherd, "people skilled in messaging, such as attorneys and lawyers, will fill the gaps."
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Innovation sometimes happens in the places you least expect. Thief River Falls, a smaller town tucked up in northwestern Minnesota, is home to Digi-Key Electronics, one of the largest distributors of electronic components in the world. With approximately 4,200 employees, $3.2 billion in annual sales, and 880 different suppliers that provide six million parts, the company serves hundreds of thousands of customers every year.
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A biosafety cabinet (BSC) is not a chemical fume hood. Fume hoods are designed to remove chemical fumes and aerosols away from the work area. BSCs are designed to provide both a clean work environment and protection for employees who work with biological hazards. BSCs use vertical laminar airflow to create a barrier to airborne particles, such as microorganisms. They use High Efficiency Particulate Air (HEPA) filters to clean air going into the work area and out to the environment. The air in most BSCs is recirculated over the work area through the HEPA filter. The HEPA filter removes airborne particles from the air, but does not remove chemical fumes.
When Should I Use a Biosafety Cabinet?
Use a BSC for manipulations of human pathogens or antineoplastics that are likely to create aerosols (such as vortexing open tubes, pipetting, opening caps after centrifuging, sonicating, aspirating with a syringe, etc.). Use for all manipulation of airborne transmitted pathogens (such as Brucella abortus, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, etc.).
Using open flames, such as Bunsen burners, in a BSC disrupts the air flow, compromising protection of both the worker and the work. In addition, if the flame of the burner is too large, or ignites a wash bottle of ethanol (often found in a BSC), the excessive heat may melt the adhesive holding the HEPA filter together or burn holes in the filter media. Alternative methods such as electric incinerators or disposable inoculating loops are recommended.
Remember that the ultraviolet (UV) light in your BSC is only useful as an extra precaution in keeping the work area decontaminated between uses, because UV light has very little power to penetrate even through a dust particle. Always clean and decontaminate the work area thoroughly using a chemical disinfectant, such as an iodophor, after each use.
Improper airflow or filter leaks in a BSC could expose laboratory personnel to biohazardous materials. To ensure that BSCs on campus are providing necessary protection to workers and the environment, it is essential that the BSCs be routinely inspected. EH&S coordinates this service annually for all BSCs on campus that are used to contain biological hazards, and will notify you when annual testing will be performed. To schedule your BSC for testing you will need to submit an account number to EH&S for the certification testing charge. Testing is done according to the nationally accepted standards of NSF International*. Your BSC should have a label on it stating the date it was last tested (see example below).
In addition to annual testing, BSCs must also be re-tested whenever they are moved or have filters changed. Filter changes and repairs must be done by a qualified servicing company. Call EH&S at 294-5359 to schedule testing or for a referral for a qualified repair company.
The BSC should be certified by an NSF accredited technician according to NSF Standard 49. Work with any infectious agents or recombinant DNA classified as requiring Biosafety Level 2 or higher containment will not be permitted in a BSC that does not pass certification testing for containment.
If the BSC is a Class II Type A2, the connection to the exhaust must be a thimble connection and not a gas tight connection.
Top of cabinet must be far enough below the ceiling (at least 18") to allow field testing of exhaust flow according to NSF Standard 49.
Any connections to exhaust ductwork must allow access for field testing of exhaust flow according to NSF Standard 49.
Any outlets inside the work area of the BSC should be ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI) outlets.


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How to show Wi-Fi passwords on Android
More often than not, we forget passwords that we infrequently use. One annoying feature of the Android devices is that they won't be able to show Wi-Fi passwords once connected and hence makes it difficult to reconnect or add a different device on the network. Here are a few simple steps that can save you the frustration and help recover a password on Android devices.
See also: How to get free Wi-Fi for Android anywhere
How to show Wi-Fi passwords
Using the Android ES File Explorer
Almost all Android devices come with this application pre-installed which is pretty convenient. This is probably the simplest way to getting your Wi-Fi password for sharing with friends or anything.
Simply navigate to the app on your phone and open it. If the phone did not come with the app already installed then get on Google Play, download and install a compatible version of the app.
Scroll down the menu panel and usually close to the bottom there is a Local Storage option and click on that. A dropdown menu should appear, click on the 'Device' option and it will open up more options.
Look for a folder that says 'System' and select it for more options. Inside the system folder, there should be a subfolder marked 'etc.', click on that.
Inside the subfolder is the targeted Wi-Fi data folder, open it to view its contents. There is a file inside the Wi-Fi folder named wpa_supplicant.conf file, select to open it.
On some devices, a popup will appear asking how the user wants to open the selected file. In this instance, the default HTML or TEXT file reader is OK to use.
Inside the file, there will be details of all the Wi-Fi connections that the device has made including the passkeys or passwords.
Admin Access
This method is an alternative for Android devices that do not display the Wi-Fi details in the ES file explorer. It's important to point out however that this method is only possible on 'rooted' devices which permit admin access and modifications. This is because some manufacturers prefer to prevent tampering with the device setup which is actually a safety feature for the user to protect their device. If the device is rooted, however, admin access is possible.
Navigate to the ES File Explorer and open the data folder.
Inside that, find the 'misc' folder and inside it, there is a subfolder named Wi-Fi which stores the connectivity data.
Once again, open the wpa_supplicant.conf file for the Wi-Fi details.
Network Key Apps
There is however a much less complicated way to retrieve Wi-Fi passwords. In this modern-day of technological errors, there's an app for every action that can be done on a device and password recovery is definitely not an exception. Simply get an app from your trusted online store or share with friends and install it. Most of the apps come with a very user-friendly interface and can recover the passwords with a few keystrokes. Make sure that the app is really from a trusted source and read reviews to get an insight before installation. Also, keep in mind that such apps consume a lot of memory and can actually not be technically legal to use in some areas. Also, most of them only work on rooted devices.
For all methods, the desired network can be searched by name and the details of the security keys. Do not edit any details in the wpa_supplicant.conf file or else there will be problems with connectivity on any other saved networks. Hopefully, the network key would have remained unchanged and hence giving access to the network once again.


My name is Christian Peeters and I am currently a Computer Engineering PhD. student at the University of Florida. I work as a research assistant at the Florida Institute for Cyber Security under the advisory of professor Patrick Traynor. Since I began working at FICS, I've published multiple papers that involve securing telecommunications networks and digital payments. The most exciting research I've done at UF so far, was getting to design the hardware for a skimmer detection device called the Skim Reaper, which recently received a lot of press coverage. I have a wide range of skills in Computer Engineering, but my specialties are embedded hardware design, signal processing techniques, and security.


With constantly evolving TV know-how, TVs with a medium to entry-level take pleasure in steadily improved image high quality, together with a rising record of superior options, together with 4K decision and HDR. Within the midst of this variation, we've made an inventory of Best Gaming TVs Under $500 to squeeze your final dime out of your finances so you'll be able to pay for the essential issues in life – like a goosebumps-inducing soundbar, for example. The newest decisions in our record are greater, clearer and higher than ever. All our choices supply 4K UHD decision.
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Recreation gear could be costly, however the 43-inch TCL 49S305 is proof that this doesn't should be the case. At 1080p the picture high quality won't disturb your socks in comparison with costlier choices. But it's fairly respectable for the worth. The refresh fee is 60 Hz, which is completely fitted to gaming since console video video games are anyhow capped at 60 fps. Colours appear considerably unsaturated, though you get good shadow particulars.
With the usual, the Sensible LED TV measures 38.three x 24.four x 7.5 inches and weighs 16.eight kg. With a earlier model, the connection ports appeared awkward down on the again of the TV, however this mannequin solves that, so the three HDMI ports, three.5 mm headphone jack, cable/antenna connector, USB port, and optical audio output take up much less maneuvering area. to realize. General, it is likely one of the greatest gaming TVs underneath $500.
The Hearth TV Version Toshiba tv has a 50-inch display with 4K Extremely HD decision that gives superior colour, distinction, and readability. The tv is provided with a quad-core CPU and a multi-core GPU for seamless operation. The sensible LED gadget provides you entry to numerous Alexa expertise, apps and channels similar to HBO, Netflix, Showtime, Prime Video and extra. It additionally lets you stream numerous channels and combine reside over-the-air TV packages on the house display utilizing an HD antenna. You'll be able to join your favourite recreation console to the tv by way of one of many many ports or join the TV to dual-band Wi-Fi.
As well as, you'll be able to modify the image settings individually for every system you hook up with with the system. The black body tv has two matching legs hooked up to it for flat mounting. It comes with a voice distant management with Alexa help. The TV has many enter/output choices, corresponding to a composite enter, a USB, three HDMI inputs (one with ARC), a digital optical output, an audio output, a cable/antenna output and an Ethernet port. General, this is among the greatest gaming TVs underneath 500 dollars.
That is the age of 4k and should you're in search of the identical, the Vizio E50x-E1 is the last word selection. This is among the greatest gaming TVs underneath $500 you should purchase this yr and that's full of nice options. With the picture high quality and distinction ratio, you'll be able to take pleasure in each element of the movies completely. The viewing angle can also be ok to make sure you can see every little thing from all sides completely. In different phrases, this 50 inch TV is full of all sensible features to work completely properly.
With the discharge of Sony's PS4 Professional and the Xbox One X, it's lastly protected to say that 4K gaming has arrived. However all of that high-resolution goodness is wasted on the fallacious TV, so we examined and reviewed dozens of 4K units to succeed in these prime decisions. Our record of Best Gaming TVs Under $500 gives you the 10 of one of the best gaming TVs which you could purchase proper now beneath 500 USD. We hope our record will make it easier to discover the perfect gaming TV for you.


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Must have QT's to be eligible.
Limited to 5 events for the meet, with no more than 3 individual events (including time trials) per day.
If a swimmer qualifies in the 800, he/she may qualify for the bonus QT in the 1500, and vice versa.
If a swimmer qualifies for the 100 or 200 of a stroke, he/she also qualifies in the 50 of that stroke.


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#include <aws/polly/Polly_EXPORTS.h>
#include <aws/core/utils/memory/stl/AWSString.h>
#include <utility>

namespace Aws
{
namespace Utils
{
namespace Json
{
  class JsonValue;
  class JsonView;
} // namespace Json
} // namespace Utils
namespace Polly
{
namespace Model
{

  /**
   *
Provides lexicon name and lexicon content in string format. For more
   * information, see Pronunciation Lexicon
   * Specification (PLS) Version 1.0.

See Also:
   AWS API
   * Reference

   */
  class AWS_POLLY_API Lexicon
  {
  public:
    Lexicon();
    Lexicon(Aws::Utils::Json::JsonView jsonValue);
    Lexicon& operator=(Aws::Utils::Json::JsonView jsonValue);
    Aws::Utils::Json::JsonValue Jsonize() const;

    /**
     *
Lexicon content in string format. The content of a lexicon must be in PLS
     * format.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetContent() const{ return m_content; }

    /**
     *
Lexicon content in string format. The content of a lexicon must be in PLS
     * format.

     */
    inline bool ContentHasBeenSet() const { return m_contentHasBeenSet; }

    /**
     *
Lexicon content in string format. The content of a lexicon must be in PLS
     * format.

     */
    inline void SetContent(const Aws::String& value) { m_contentHasBeenSet = true; m_content = value; }

    /**
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Lexicon content in string format. The content of a lexicon must be in PLS
     * format.

     */
    inline void SetContent(Aws::String&& value) { m_contentHasBeenSet = true; m_content = std::move(value); }

    /**
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Lexicon content in string format. The content of a lexicon must be in PLS
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     */
    inline void SetContent(const char* value) { m_contentHasBeenSet = true; m_content.assign(value); }

    /**
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Lexicon content in string format. The content of a lexicon must be in PLS
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     */
    inline Lexicon& WithContent(const Aws::String& value) { SetContent(value); return *this;}

    /**
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Lexicon content in string format. The content of a lexicon must be in PLS
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     */
    inline Lexicon& WithContent(Aws::String&& value) { SetContent(std::move(value)); return *this;}

    /**
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Lexicon content in string format. The content of a lexicon must be in PLS
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     */
    inline Lexicon& WithContent(const char* value) { SetContent(value); return *this;}

    /**
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Name of the lexicon.

     */
    inline const Aws::String& GetName() const{ return m_name; }

    /**
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Name of the lexicon.

     */
    inline bool NameHasBeenSet() const { return m_nameHasBeenSet; }

    /**
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Name of the lexicon.

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    inline void SetName(const Aws::String& value) { m_nameHasBeenSet = true; m_name = value; }

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Name of the lexicon.

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Name of the lexicon.

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    inline void SetName(const char* value) { m_nameHasBeenSet = true; m_name.assign(value); }

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Name of the lexicon.

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Name of the lexicon.

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Name of the lexicon.

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    inline Lexicon& WithName(const char* value) { SetName(value); return *this;}

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    Aws::String m_content;
    bool m_contentHasBeenSet;

    Aws::String m_name;
    bool m_nameHasBeenSet;
  };

} // namespace Model
} // namespace Polly
} // namespace Aws

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I was watching The Today Show this morning and caught Martha Stewart's segment on making Dutch Babies. It looked pretty easy and is a fun alternative to regular pancakes.
Preheat oven to 425°. In a medium cast-iron or ovenproof nonstick skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter over medium; set aside.
In a blender, combine eggs, milk, flour, salt, vanilla and 1/4 cup sugar. Blend until foamy, about 1 minute. Pour batter into skillet (at this point, you can add cut fruit or chocolate chips in the batter); bake until pancake is puffed and lightly browned, about 20 minutes.
Working quickly, dot pancake with 1 tablespoon butter, and sprinkle with 1 tablespoon sugar and lemon juice. Slice into wedges, and serve immediately.
I wonder if this would work in a regular glass square baking pan. There's a good chance I'm making these tomorrow for my boy's 3rd birthday breakfast!
Yes, you can make these in a regular glass pan. That's the way our family does it all the time!
My uneducated guess is that the blender adds air to the batter which makes it fluffy and pretty.
I'm gonna have to give this recipe a try, looks delicious.
I did a blog post this last summer on Dutch Babies as well. I've been making this recipe for as long as I can remember. It's SOOOOOOOO easy.
And they are so pretty.
I usually make personal pans for each serving, but I've made them in a glass rectangle baking pan too.
Here's a link to my post in case you want to check it out.
Happy 3rd birthday to your son!
you can do it in a 9×13 and it will curl up the sides, or a 8×8 and you will get more curling. Michelle's mom used to make these all the time growing up. Lemon and powdered sugar is the best or a small bit of jam.
I make these a lot – my kids have grown up with them and call them "Monster Pancakes" because they are so big.
They work fine in a glass pan- I usually put the butter in the pan and put it in the oven while I'm mixing the batter. It's melted when I'm done.
We usually dust each of our pieces with powdered sugar and then squeeze a lemon slice over- yum. Plus the kids love to do their own.
I bet they'll become a new tradition for you!


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Jobless Economy Caused by AI – What Should We Do?
In our first article earlier this year featuring our interview with Doug Heintzman, we discussed the most imminent problems related to artificial intelligence. In this article, we revisit our interview with Heintzman and discuss the social and economic impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution driven by artificial intelligence and automation is different from previous economic and social revolutions and what it means to our society.
Source: The Independent
The speed and magnitude of this disruption driven by artificial intelligence and automation is unprecedented in history.
The fruits of artificial intelligence and automation will not be distributed equally around the world.
This growing inequality imposes a global threat as social distress increases.
Heintzman suggested the leaders (of today and tomorrow) need to focus on the following:
Making more people "literate" in the positives and negatives of AI and automation so that we can all work on finding solutions.
Working on a new social contract that includes corrective guidelines to offset inequality at large.
Rethinking education to create a more agile, adaptive workforce
Thinking beyond term-based and interest-controlled policy formulation.
An Industrial Revolution Unlike the Others
"AI is thought of as a key part of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and with reason," Heintzman said. "Vast computing power, digital and mobile connectivity, and instant access to the world's collective knowledge has caused technology to become deeply integrated into our economies, societies, and governments. Disruptive technologies such as AI, IoT, robotics, blockchain, quantum computing, and 3D printing are reinforcing each other and advancing at an unprecedented pace across almost all industries."
This revolution has the potential to dramatically improve the quality of life, but it will inevitably set off a chain reaction with significant consequences to labour markets worldwide. A key consequence, as identified by the World Economic Forum, is inequality.
Heintzman concurred, "The economic benefits of AI will likely be unevenly distributed, leading to inequality."
Inequality has also been a feature of previous technology disruptions. However, Heintzman argues that this disruption will be different in both speed and magnitude. This will lead to unrest due to widespread fear that humans will be replaced by automation and AI-controlled machines and services resulting in a "jobless economy."
"Here's how vulnerable to automation your job is" - World Economic Forum
We are already seeing fear manifest around the world in anti-immigration and anti-globalization populist political movements.
Heintzman noted, "Most participants in these movements fail to understand that automation, and not low cost labour, is the real driver of the disruption they are reacting to."
"You need to consider the historical context," he cautioned. "When we look back at previous industrial revolutions, the world order changed quite radically. But every time, both capital and labour were liberated to do more productive and innovative things leading to greater wealth and greater employment. For example, as automation and improved agriculture productivity reduced the labour intensity of farming, labour and capital were redeployed to higher value pursuits."
He thinks the notion of fixed labour displacement is a "lump of labour fallacy." He explained, "Labour markets will ultimately naturally realign themselves and find a new equilibrium. If history is a guide, we will ultimately be more productive and wealthier as a collective."
Heintzman argued that the speed and magnitude of this disruption "will make it especially hard for policy makers to navigate troubled waters as unemployment, at least in the short to medium term, increases across large swaths of the population, and social and political unrest, magnified by digital media, make it difficult to form stable political coalitions."
"The World Economic Forum pointed out that the fruits of automation will not be distributed equally around the world. It will especially disrupt developing economies. "
"These economies will no longer be able monetize their once-valuable low-cost labour force as corporations in developed economies leverage AI and other automation technologies to move production and services onshore," says Heintzman.
Source: World inequality report 2018
As the inequality in labour markets and economies manifest, the gap between the rich and poor will widen according to the 2018 World Inequality Report. This growing inequality will breed social distress and feed the growth of extreme nationalist, populist, and anti-authority parties.
"This phenomenon poses a global threat as disaffected groups and individuals can express their displeasure not only through terrorist activities, but also through cyber warfare and opinion manipulation by digital means," Heintzman added.
Cure for the Negative Consequences of AI: Forming a New Social Contract
How do we deal with some of these disruptive consequences of AI?
Heintzman has some ideas: "The Second Industrial Revolution, the war that followed it, along with the economic realignment of the 1920s and 1930s brought upon the need for a new social contract. In this contract, Western democracies introduced reforms in public works, social insurance programs, and universal education and healthcare. In a similar vein, we are going to need a new social contract for the Fourth Industrial Revolution that puts forth corrective guidelines to offset inequality at large, and promotes constant retraining and lifelong education."
The idea of a new social contract has many advocates, including the Global Future Council on Technology, Values and Policy. It has preliminarily proposed two changes in the contract:
Establishment of a new Licence to Operate to enforce companies to take on social and environmental responsibilities; and
Creation of national and global Citizens Wealth Funds to finance social services and infrastructure.
Under a proposed EU law, humanoid robot Paolo Pepper, created by Italy's Luca Vescovi, could eventually be considered an "electronic person."
Source:gizmodo
Progress in this area will be difficult. It will take some extraordinary leadership. As the World Economic Forum makes clear, there are many powerful forces, such as large corporations, that have advantageous stakes in the existing system and have considerable influence over policy makers. These forces will resist changes to the existing social contract and, in some situations, have been working diligently to dismantle it.
The new social contract needs to recognize that in a world with AI and related technologies, no person is an island. The benefits of technology-driven productivity cannot exclusively flow to a small elite. As Heintzman told us, "If it does, societies and our global economy will be disastrously destabilized. The cost of that destabilization, both in terms of wealth and human welfare, will be enormous."
So, what do governments need to do to prepare our society to be AI-ready and protect the revolution's left-behinds?
"We must chart a very careful path from the current era to the promise of the next," said Heintzman. "The future is inevitable. The road ahead will be bumpy. We are on the cusp of a .very exciting future. We have choices ahead of us and it is up to us to make the sensible one."
He hopes that policy visionaries and advisors, as opposed to term-based and interest-controlled policy makers, will emerge to get us through this transition period without ripping the fabric of society apart. And we should begin by designing and testing parts of a new social contract that will ideally address a majority of the problems to come.
Heintzman adds, "While Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) will be incredibly important, we need to promote life-long learning with a strong emphasis on the three Cs: communication, collaboration, and critical thinking. We need to transition from thinking in terms of unemployment insurance to thinking about transition insurance and retraining. We also need to give serious thought to stabilizing mechanisms such as guaranteed minimum incomes and a fundamental restructuring of the taxation system."
We concluded our conversation with Heintzman where we began, talking about the impact that specialized and generalized AI will have on our lives. Heintzman believes that AI in many forms will pervade almost all aspect of our lives; however, true generalized AI is still a ways off.
"It's time for a new social contract" - World Economic Forum
He did concede that we are starting to see global AI networks like SingularityNET emerge. "SingularityNET use swarms of AI engines powered by a blockchain reputation engine to tackle more complex compound problems." Due to the pervasiveness and the pace of development of AI, Heintzman believes that "we need to think through the many ethical issues including bias and accountability before it is too late." He foresees heavier investments in the near future to better address the way machines should handle user/self-preservation priorities and ethical ambiguities.
The Final Thoughts Heintzman Left Us With
"We need to engage in a formal and informed dialogue. The topic of the exciting future that we are heading toward, and its many implications on business and society, need to become a core part of our political and policy discourse. As many people as possible need to become literate in this area so that discourse is productive and impactful."
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The more uninteresting a letter the more interesting it is to the typographer.
In our curriculum the upper-level classes focus on the macros of typography and graphic design – the big idea, big picture. The sophomore classes must focus on the micro – all the typographic details – it is expected that the students know type identification, rules and details before they are in the upper-level classes. Also, it is apparent to design professionals if the student knows the rules/ details of typography or not. When a professional looks at a student project, they can immediately tell if the student has an understanding of typographic details. Getting and keeping a job requires that the young designer has a mastery of the rules/terms.
The type workbook is a series of outlined investigations. They are all brought together in one document – a book that is then sent to a digital printer to be printed and hardbound. The end result is an artifact that a student can take with them to their future classes and future jobs. They are creating their own resource.
Graphic design students are visual learners, they have SEE and DO to remember. I started an iteration of this project 10 years ago, each week – on top of the regular homework – a student had recreate a different type/ rule study.
Last year, I decided to group all the weekly assignments into one, three week project. The benefits of not spreading the work through the semester have been remarkable. Before students were doing the assignment just to get it done. The "chapters" of the book – assignments – are outlined on my class website. The students work at their own pace, and I can check their work as they go. When the book is completed the student uploads his/her file to an online digital printer and it produced as a hardbound book. I planned for the books to be around 40+ pages and printed in black and white. The student's embraced the project. I was amazed and impressed with the time and effort they put into it. It truly is a piece that can help them land an internship or even be part of their graduating portfolio.


And don't ask them to talk to their doctor because they probably don't have one, says @NightshiftMD.
The influenza season is just beginning and that means many Canadians are rolling up their sleeves to get their flu shot. But there's a growing chorus of doubt about the benefit and safety of vaccines — and some of it comes from a surprising new source.
The latest skeptics are young people. That's the main conclusion of a 2018 report entitled The State of Vaccine Confidence in the EU: 2018. It's put out by the Vaccine Confidence Project, a website created by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to (among other things) "monitor public confidence in immunisation programmes."
The 2018 report measured vaccine confidence among 28 EU nations. Between 2015 and 2018, confidence in vaccines decreased in Poland, Czech Republic, Finland and Sweden.
Overall, young people surveyed were less confident and more skeptical of both seasonal flu shots and MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccines than older people. Those aged 18 to 24 were 28 per cent less likely than those aged 65 and older to agree that vaccine are safe. Those aged 25 to 34 were 39 per cent less likely than seniors to believe in the safety of vaccines.
Researchers think younger people are less confident in the safety of vaccines for several reasons. One factor, paradoxically, has to do with the level of education. Compared to older citizens, younger people tend to be better educated.
The survey found that those with the greatest education were less likely to agree that vaccines are important for children, that the MMR vaccine is important for children, that vaccines are safe and that vaccines are effective.
This is speculative, but it's possible that younger people are less confident in vaccines because they favour social media over mainstream media sources of information. Social media tends to be more skeptical about the safety and efficacy of vaccines.
Another factor is that some doctors themselves aren't confident about the safety and efficacy of vaccines. Where GPs were less confident, the public was less likely to feel positive about rolling up their sleeves.
The survey found that 36 per cent of GPs surveyed in the Czech Republic and 25 per cent in Slovakia did not agree that the MMR vaccine is safe. A majority of GPs surveyed in these countries said they were not likely to recommend the seasonal influenza vaccine. Another factor is level of education.
The 2016 survey of vaccine confidence looked at 67 countries including Canada. Overall, Canada and the U.S. had higher levels of confidence and lower levels of vaccine skepticism compared to eastern and southern European countries. However, Canada, the U.S. and Mexico had higher levels of concern about vaccine safety than countries in South America.
New mothers are by definition younger patients. A 2018 study of mothers of newborn infants at four maternity wards in Quebec found just over 56 per cent of mothers had a low level of vaccine hesitancy. However, nearly 29 per cent had a moderate level, and 15 per cent had a high level of vaccine hesitancy. The higher the level of hesitancy in the mother, the less likely she was to have her baby vaccinated.
This is a growing problem with implications for public health. If vaccine confidence is on a downward trajectory among young people, then we'll likely see falling rates of people getting the MMR vaccine as well as immunizations against pertussis (whooping cough), chicken pox and other infectious diseases.
It means that herd immunity will drop. That will put Canada at risk of large outbreaks of measles, mumps, whooping cough and other diseases that we've been close to eradicating.
Europe is in the midst of a major outbreak of measles. The same thing could happen in Canada and the U.S.
We would also likely see lower rates of immunization against seasonal flu. That would mean more Canadians would get the flu, and more would suffer complications such as pneumonia.
Lower immunization rates would make it more likely that frail seniors and others with chronic illnesses would be at higher risk of contracting the flu, being hospitalized because of complications, and dying.
Researchers and public health experts are trying to find ways to increase levels of immunization among young adults.
On U.S. college campuses, flu vaccination rates range between eight and 39 per cent, far below the recommended figure targeted by experts, according to a report by the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases..
So what are the best ways to get college students to think differently about flu shots?
It likely won't happen through family doctors because many young people don't have one. That means finding new ways to reach them.
In Michigan, just nine per cent of people ages 18 to 24 were getting annual flu shots. Authorities in Michigan designed a program for college students. They created an audio ad called "I Never Get the Flu," and put the ad on Spotify, the preferred music streaming service at Michigan colleges. They also ran a TV PSA entitled "Protect Yourself, Protect Your Family."
The ads on Spotify earned over one million impressions, and as many as two million impressions for the TV ad. The program resulted in a 60 per cent increase in flu shots given on campuses in Michigan Other states have copied the Michigan campaign.
Getting creative in trying to reach young adults got results. Let's hope public health officials in Canada get the message.


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How is work going with next version?
Forget it. Windows 98 will never handle this hardware. Install in VM or build 98-compatible one.
Nice, I missed it. Well I never really worked with browser extensions, so I won't be much help here.
I was thinking, maybe there should be a catalog with old browser addons like adblock, menu editor etc like Chrome Web Store or Firefox Addons site? I could build, host and oversee such website. It would be of course lightweight and minimalistic. Two things: There would have to be a link in browser that would open this catalog, otherwise there would be no sense in making it, and how installing addons is handled in old Mozilla builds? Is it just download with certain file extension? What do you think?
I just want to ask: In readme.md you say it's because of HTML5 browsers etc. that searching for apps is pain in the... and I agree (although Retrozilla makes this much better experience than some old Firefox or God forbid IE). So why not just create IE4 friendly website with download?
I bought Netgear WG511v2 and it works like a charm, well maybe except not getting along with my DHCP, but after setting static IP it works.
I'm glad you're back I think the best way would be release the browser and put a website with compatible addons somewhere. If you don't have hosting, I could share a bit of mine.
And I think the browser is dead. Shame, it was looking good.
Are you doing anything with it, or project is dead?
All right. I fixed it. I wrote small program (.NET 4.0, so it won't work on 9X) which adds fixed background to all images in theme. You can download theme for default windows 95 colors, or use my program to put your color to background (use original classic theme, not modified one). Theme: http://pionner.org/other/classic.jar Program: http://pionner.org/other/bg.exe Source: http://pionner.org/other/bg.zip I suggest adding my "fixed" theme into program as one of default themes (named eg. Classic for 256 colors).
I really like your browser, but there is one problem. On my W95C in 256 colors it look like this: Original browser did look like it too. Can you fix it/add another theme for 256 colors? Also I'm using .zip version, cause installer won't work on my PC.


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Максим Владленович Кривошеев (род. ; Москва) — советский и российский актёр, чтец, музыкант, бард, исследователь авторской и фольклорной песни, лауреат 1-го конкурса имени Андрея Миронова (1991).

Биография
Родился 4 декабря 1961 года в Москве. Несколько лет жил в Праге, где отец работал журналистом. Учился в театрально-литературном классе московской спецшколы № 232. В 1983 году окончил Высшее театральное училище им. Щепкина. С 1983 по 1984 год работал в Ногинском Драматическом театре, с 1984 по 1988 год работал в Московском театре имени Ленинского комсомола (ныне «Ленком»).

Участник радио- и телепередачи «В нашу гавань заходили корабли».

Отец — Кривошеев Владлен Михайлович (род. 1930) — журналист, кандидат экономических наук.  В 1968 году, работая собственным корреспондентом газеты «Известия» в Праге, отказался представлять в своих репортажах введение советских войск в Чехословакию в русле политики партии и правительства. После этого Кривошеевы были вынуждены вернуться в Москву.

Ссылки
 Персональный сайт
 Страница на сайте Московского Центра авторской песни

Выпускники Театрального училища им. М. Щепкина


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Monument: Sir Henry Wilson at Liverpool Street Station
{In the bronze below the portrait:}
B. 1864 D. 1922
{Inscribed, bottom left:}
C. Hartwell, ARA
{Incised in the marble below the bronze portrait:}
To the memory of Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson Bart. GCB, DSO, MP, whose death occurred on Thursday 22nd June 1922, within two hours of his unveiling the adjoining memorial.
The memorial he had just unveiled before his death is the main war memorial, not the one to Fryatt.
Site: WW1, Fryatt and Wilson (3 memorials)
EC2, Liverpool Street Station
Prior to the restoration of the station these memorials stood elsewhere. The war memorial was originally erected in the booking hall. One can see that the arrangement has been rather cobbled together - the lift would not have been part of any original design. The stone frieze, "Great Eastern Railway", was salvaged from Harwich House.
Sir Henry Wilson at Liverpool Street Station
Field Marshal Sir Henry Wilson
Prominent General in WW1 who visited Northern Ireland in March 1922 and spoke...
Charles Leonard Hartwell
Member of the RA. The picture is a self-portrait. 'The Goatherd's Daughter'...
Fryatt at Liverpool Street Station
{Incised in the marble below the medallion:} To the memory of Captain Charles...
WW1 at Liverpool Street Station
An error in one of the names (Cleathers / Cleathero) has been pointed out to ...
This section lists some other interesting Monuments
Information Other Monuments
Theatre Royal - Harris
The cherubs hold theatrical masks. Musical instruments adorn the outer pilla...
St Saviour's Dock
St Saviour's Dock In the 18th century the Thames was so busy that cargo...
Tottenham Green war memorial
The statue is named 'Victory'. While the form of the monument is very differe...
King's Cross war memorial - 3. post-renovations
{On the left side of the rusty information panel:}The war memorial at King&rs...
Lynch Green Martyrs
This stone was erected in 1955 in memory of Robert Smith, John Denley & P...


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April Jobs Report Shows Impact Of COVID-19 On State's Economy
The COVID-19 pandemic caused a severe downturn in the nation's labor market in April 2020. In Missouri, seasonally adjusted employment decreased by 305,100 jobs over the month, and by 327,800 jobs over the year, the largest one-month and one-year decreases since the current data series began in 1990. The state's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased to 9.7 percent over the month, more than doubling the previous month, and tripling over the year.
Missouri's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate had its largest monthly and yearly increases ever in April 2020. The April 2020 rate of 9.7 percent was up by nearly six percentage points from the March 2020 rate of 3.9 percent and 6.5 percentage points from the April 2019 rate of 3.2 percent.
Missouri's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was below the national rate, which was 14.7 percent in April 2020.
The estimated number of unemployed Missourians was 292,690 in April 2020, up by 171,103 from March's 109,616.
Under normal circumstances, an increase in the unadjusted rate from March to April would be highly unusual, but COVID-19 resulted in unprecedented economic fluctuations. The rapidly changing economic situation will likely continue to evolve and be reflected in next month's jobs report.
Missouri's seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment was 2,574,000 in April 2020, down by 305,100 from the revised March figure. Federal government (+200) and mining & logging (unchanged) saw less change than most sectors. Goods-producing industries lost 46,000 jobs over the month, and service-providing industries lost 259,100 jobs. Among goods-producing industries, durable goods manufacturing was hit the hardest, losing 26,700 jobs. Employment in construction decreased by 11,000, while non-durable manufacturing had a loss of 8,300 jobs.
Among service-providing industries, accommodation & food services had the largest decrease, losing 110,700 jobs. Trade, transportation & utilities lost 42,600 jobs over the month. Professional & business services lost 29,500 jobs, and educational & health services lost 18,400 jobs. In the public sector, local government employment was down by 11,100, and state government lost 2,600 jobs.
Payroll employment decreased by 327,800 jobs from April 2019 to April 2020. Only federal government (+1,100) saw an increase, helped in part by hiring for the federal census. Goods-producing industries lost 47,100 jobs over the year, and service-providing industries lost 280,700 jobs. Manufacturing employment was down by 38,000 (-13.7 percent), while construction, less severely affected because most work was outside, lost 9,000 jobs (-7.1 percent).
Among service-providing industries, leisure & hospitality lost 152,100 jobs (-49.4 percent) over the year, shedding nearly half its employment. Trade, transportation & utilities lost 45,000 jobs (-8.3 percent), while employment in professional & business services was down by 27,800 (-7.3 percent). Educational & health services lost 21,500 jobs (-4.5 percent). Government employment decreased by 12,900 jobs, (-3.0 percent), with losses of 12,400 jobs in local government and 1,600 jobs in state government.


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All clear after bomb threat forces evacuation of CNN offices
Updated: 1:39 AM
NEW YORK (AP) — Police have given the all-clear after a phoned in bomb threat forced the evacuation of CNN's offices in New York.
Police said a man with a southern accent called CNN just after 10 p.m. Thursday and said five bombs had been placed throughout the facility inside the Time Warner building at Columbus Circle.
Police said the building was evacuated and building security did a preliminary search. Police units then swept the building with the NYPD bomb squad on standby.
Outside the building, CNN's Brian Stelter and Don Lemon continued to broadcast. Lemon said fire alarms rang and a loudspeaker told them they needed to evacuate during his live show.
In October, the building was partially evacuated after a suspicious package containing a crude pipe bomb was delivered to the company.


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De Muziekberg is een getuigenheuvel met een hoogte van 148 meter in de Vlaamse Ardennen, ten zuiden van het dorpje Louise-Marie in de Belgische provincie Oost-Vlaanderen en is voor een groot deel bedekt door het Muziekbos en het Sint-Pietersbos. Deze beboste "berg" maakte ooit deel uit van een heuvelkam die de natuurlijke grens vormt tussen noord en zuid. Deze heuvelkam strekt zich uit van de Kluisberg in het westen tot de Pottelberg in het oosten.

De Muziekberg maakt deel uit van de getuigenheuvels die vijf miljoen jaar geleden ontstonden als duinen.  Deze strekken zich uit van het zuiden van West-Vlaanderen tot aan het Hageland.  Toen bevond de kustlijn zich aan de huidige taalgrens en was het noorden van het land een tropische zee. De Vlaamse Overheid wil van het hele gebied een aaneengesloten, bosrijke natuurzone maken. Op de top staat de Geuzentoren en werd de naaldboombeplanting van na de Eerste Wereldoorlog weggehaald om de oorspronkelijke heide te herstellen.

Op de berg (waar ook een tumulus ligt) zijn vondsten gedaan uit de periode 10.500 - 8.000 voor Christus, te weten stekers en klingfragmenten. Daarnaast zijn er in 1836 Romeinse munten gevonden. Op de zuidflank staat kapel Lorette.

Wielrennen
De Muziekberg kan via drie routes beklommen worden met de fiets. Vanuit het noorden start de helling 'Muziekberg' vanuit het plaatsje Louise-Marie en vanuit het zuiden van de heuvel komen de hellingen 'Fortuinberg' en 'Kanarieberg' omhoog. Op de westflank van de heuvel ligt de helling 'Statieberg'.

Helling 'Muziekberg'

In de wielersport is de helling eenmaal (1956) opgenomen geweest in de Ronde van Vlaanderen. In dat jaar week Karel van Wijnendaele af van het traditionele parcours van de Ronde en zocht kleinere secundaire wegen op waardoor hellingen als Statieberg, Eikenberg en Kattenberg hun intrede deden, dit om het wedstrijdverloop spannender te maken. De Muziekberg is niet officieel in het wedstrijdboek opgenomen. Ze werd gesitueerd tussen de Statieberg en de Eikenberg. In die tijd was het een kasseiweg, nu is het een asfaltweg.

De helling is tweemaal (2002, 2003) opgenomen geweest in de Omloop Het Volk.

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Externe link
 Traject Muziekberg op Google Maps

Ronse
Beklimming in de wielersport in Vlaanderen
Heuvel in de Vlaamse Ardennen
Bos in Oost-Vlaanderen
Heide in Oost-Vlaanderen
Mesolithische vindplaats in België