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Edmund Gregory
(1925-06-23)June 23, 1925
Savannah, Georgia, U.S.
October 24, 1989(1989-10-24) (aged 64)
Nashville, Tennessee, U.S.
Baritone, soprano and alto saxophone, Flute and alto flute
Gene Quill, Phil Woods, Hal Stein, Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Sahib Shihab (born Edmund Gregory; June 23, 1925 – October 24, 1989) was an American jazz and hard bop saxophonist (baritone, alto, and soprano) and flautist. He variously worked with Luther Henderson, Thelonious Monk, Fletcher Henderson, Tadd Dameron, Dizzy Gillespie, Kenny Clarke, John Coltrane and Quincy Jones among others.[1]
2.1 As leader
2.2 As sideman
He was born in Savannah, Georgia, United States.[2] Edmund Gregory first played alto saxophone professionally for Luther Henderson aged 13,[3] and studied at the Boston Conservatory,[4] and to perform with trumpeter Roy Eldridge.[2] He played lead alto with Fletcher Henderson in the mid-1940s.[2]
He was one of the first jazz musicians to convert to Islam and changed his name in 1947.[2] During the late 1940s, Shihab played with Thelonious Monk,[2] and on July 23, 1951 he recorded with Monk (later issued on the album Genius of Modern Music: Volume 2).[5] During this period, he also appeared on recordings by Art Blakey, Kenny Dorham and Benny Golson.[2] The invitation to play with Dizzy Gillespie's big band in the early 1950s was of particular significance, as it marked Shihab's switch to baritone.[2]
On August 12, 1958, Shihab was one of the musicians photographed by Art Kane in his photograph known as "A Great Day in Harlem". In 1959, he toured Europe with Quincy Jones,[2] after becoming disillusioned with racial politics in United States and ultimately settled in Scandinavia, first in Stockholm, Sweden and from 1964 in Copenhagen, Denmark.[4] He worked for Copenhagen Polytechnic and wrote scores for television, cinema and theatre. He wrote a ballet based on the Danish writer Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale, The Red Shoes.[2]
In Denmark, Shihab performed with local musicians such as the bass player Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen amongst others. Together with pianist Kenny Drew, he ran a publishing firm and record company.
In 1961, he joined the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band and remained a member of the band for the 12 years it existed.[2] He married a Danish woman and raised a family in Europe.
In the Eurovision Song Contest 1966, Shihab accompanied Lill Lindfors and Svante Thuresson on stage for the Swedish entry "Nygammal Vals".
In 1973, Shihab returned to the United States for a three-year hiatus, working as a session musician for rock and pop artists and undertaking work as a copyist for local musicians. He spent his remaining years between New York and Copenhagen and played in a partnership with Art Farmer.[6] He also led his own jazz combo called Dues.
From 1986, Shihab was a visiting artist at Rutgers University.[7]
Shihab died from liver cancer on October 24, 1989, in Nashville, Tennessee, United States, aged 64.[1]
As leader[edit]
1957: The Jazz We Heard Last Summer (Savoy) split album shared with Herbie Mann
1957: Jazz Sahib (Savoy)
1963: Sahib's Jazz Party (Debut) also released as Conversations
1964: Summer Dawn (Argo)
1965: Sahib Shihab and the Danish Radio Jazz Group (Oktav)
1968: Seeds (Vogue Schallplatten)
1964-70: Companionship (Vogue Schallplatten)
1972: Sentiments (Storyville)
1972: La Marche dans le Désert - Sahib Shihab + Gilson Unit (Futura)
1973: Flute Summit (Atlantic) with Jeremy Steig, James Moody and Chris Hinze
1988: Soul Mates (Uptown) with Charlie Rouse
1998: And All Those Cats (compilation)
As sideman[edit]
With Art Blakey
Theory of Art (1957)
Art Blakey Big Band (Bethlehem, 1957)
With Brass Fever
Time Is Running Out (Impulse!, 1976)
With Donald Byrd
Jazz Lab (Columbia, 1957) with Gigi Gryce
Modern Jazz Perspective (Columbia, 1957) with Gigi Gryce
With Betty Carter
Out There (1958)
I Can't Help It (1992)
With the Kenny Clarke/Francy Boland Big Band
Jazz Is Universal (Atlantic, 1962)
Handle with Care (Atlantic, 1963)
Now Hear Our Meanin' (Columbia, 1963 [1965])
Swing, Waltz, Swing (Philips, 1966)
Sax No End (SABA, 1967)
Out of the Folk Bag (Columbia, 1967)
17 Men and Their Music (Campi, 1967)
All Smiles (MPS, 1968)
Faces (MPS, 1969)
Latin Kaleidoscope (MPS, 1968)
Fellini 712 (MPS, 1969)
All Blues (MPS, 1969)
More Smiles (MPS, 1969)
Clarke Boland Big Band en Concert avec Europe 1 (Tréma, 1969 [1992])
Off Limits (Polydor, 1970)
November Girl (Black Lion, 1970 [1975]) with Carmen McRae
Change of Scenes (Verve, 1971) with Stan Getz
With John Coltrane
Coltrane (1957)
With Tadd Dameron
Fontainebleau (1956)
With Art Farmer
Manhattan (Soul Note, 1981)
With Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes
Curtis Fuller and Hampton Hawes with French Horns (Status, 1957 [1962]) - also released as Baritones and French Horns (Prestige, 1957)
With Dizzy Gillespie
Jazz Recital (Norgran, 1955)
The Dizzy Gillespie Reunion Big Band (MPS, 1968)
Benny Golson's New York Scene (Contemporary, 1957)
With Johnny Griffin
Lady Heavy Bottom's Waltz (1968)
Griff 'N Bags
With George Gruntz
Noon in Tunisia (1967)
With Roy Haynes
Jazz Abroad (Emarcy, 1955)
With Milt Jackson
Plenty, Plenty Soul (Atlantic, 1957)
With Philly Joe Jones
Drums Around the World (Riverside, 1959)
With Quincy Jones
The Birth of a Band! (Mercury, 1959)
The Great Wide World of Quincy Jones (Mercury, 1959)
I Dig Dancers (Mercury, 1960)
Quincy Plays for Pussycats (Mercury, 1959-65 [1965])
With Abbey Lincoln
It's Magic (Riverside, 1958)
With Howard McGhee
The Return of Howard McGhee (Bethlehem, 1955)
With Thelonious Monk
Genius of Modern Music: Volume 1 (Blue Note, 1947)
With Phineas Newborn, Jr.
Phineas Newborn, Jr. Plays Harold Arlen's Music from Jamaica (RCA Victor, 1957)
With Oscar Pettiford
The Oscar Pettiford Orchestra in Hi-Fi Volume Two (ABC-Paramount, 1957)
With Specs Powell
Movin' In (Roulette, 1957)
With A. K. Salim
Blues Suite (Savoy, 1958)
With Tony Scott
The Modern Art of Jazz (1957, Seeco) - with Bill Evans, Paul Motian
Free Blown Jazz (1957, Carlton) - with Bill Evans, Paul Motian
With Mal Waldron
Mal-2 (1957)
With Julius Watkins and Charlie Rouse
The Jazz Modes (Atlantic, 1959)
With Randy Weston
Uhuru Afrika (Roulette, 1960)
With Gene Quill, Hal Stein and Phil Woods
Four Altos (Prestige, 1957)]
With Phil Woods
Rights of Swing (Candid, 1961)
With Idrees Sulieman
The Camel (Columbia, 1964)
^ a b Doc Rock. "The Dead Rock Stars Club : 1980s". Thedeadrockstarsclub.com. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
^ a b c d e f g h i j Colin Larkin, ed. (1992). The Guinness Who's Who of Jazz (First ed.). Guinness Publishing. p. 362. ISBN 0-85112-580-8.
^ "Artist Profiles : Sahib Shihab: Seeds And Sentiments". Allaboutjazz.com. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
^ a b "Sahib Shihab | Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
^ "Genius of Modern Music, Vol. 2 - Thelonious Monk | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
^ "Sahib Shihab: Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved September 1, 2014.
^ "JazzWax". Jazzwax.com. Retrieved August 1, 2021.
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Month: October, 2019
My Daily Advertiser Op Ed column for tis week
Time for a Media Freedom Act
"When the government keeps the truth from you, what are they covering up?" asked the front page of last Monday's Daily Advertiser. It went on to say that "Is this really Australia? Where the government imposes news restrictions, secrecy, jail time for journalists and whistle blowers".
The short answer is of course that it really is Australia. In my column today I'll explore why Australia is frighteningly aping George Orwell's 1984 dystopian nightmare, and what we need to do to rectify sorry state of affairs.
But first, a quick comment that points out the enormity of the problem we face. It takes a real emergency to unite the right-wing Murdoch press; the mainstream centrist media such as the ABC, the Sydney Morning Herald and the Daily Advertiser; the slightly progressive such as the Guardian Australia; and the leftists, such as Crikey.com. But united they are, and justifiably so.
So last Monday they joined forces to rally for press freedom, taking the campaign to their front pages and the airwaves.
Their Right to Know coalition, of which the ABC is a member, is behind the campaign, calling for the decriminalisation of public interest journalism, and greater protection for the media and whistleblowers.
It follows the Australian Federal Police (AFP) raiding the Canberra home of News Corp political journalist Annika Smethurst and the ABC's Sydney headquarters earlier this year.
The police investigations were sparked by separate stories published by Smethurst and the ABC's Dan Oakes and Sam Clark, based on leaked classified information.
The Right to Know coalition's campaign argues that without a free press, issues such as the serious allegations of misconduct and abuse that led to royal commissions into the banking and aged care sectors would never have been brought to light.
Adding to the media concern were recent comments from Attorney-General Christian Porter, who issued a ministerial directive that any prosecutions of journalists would have to be signed off by him first.
More recently he told the ABC's Insiders program he could not guarantee Smethurst, Oakes and Clark would not be pursued in the courts. More on this later in the column.
To which Senator Hanson-Young, who is chairing one of two parliamentary investigations looking in to press freedom said "A free press and protection for whistleblowers who speak truth to power is essential for a robust and healthy democracy. Journalism is not a crime and legislation should protect them, not criminalise them."
Truth is, "Concrete action rather than nice words are needed on press freedom", as the Guardian Australia noted.
Paradoxically one day Australians might come to thank the AFP for their raids on the ABC and the News Corp journalist, the public integrity professor AJ Brown suggested during the Senate inquiry last week. For even though the raids were condemned as outrageous and heavy-handed Brown was observing that they have also finally focused national attention on the rising tide of laws inhibiting press freedom and public interest whistleblowing.
For now, though, his optimism is premature, for the journalists do not know whether they will be prosecuted, and their employers are still challenging the warrants in the high court.
Australia's major media organisations are therefore joining forces to demand a minimum set of changes. Their Right to Know campaign has six core demands: the right to challenge the government's application for warrants against journalists and media organisations, before they are issued; exemptions for journalists from laws that would put them in jail for doing their jobs, including the security laws enacted over the last seven years; adequate legislated protections for public sector whistleblowers; a new regime to limit which documents can be stamped secret; reform of the freedom of information regime, and reform to laws that make Australia the defamation capital of the world.
The former Al Jazeera journalist Peter Greste, who heads the Alliance for Journalists' Freedom, thankfully goes further by advocating a Media Freedom Act to enshrine press freedom in legislation and more clearly define its democratic role.
That seems a straightforward proposal that even the most dunder-headed politician could get their head around. Given that many of our politicians, from the PM down, seem to be aping President Trump's contempt for serious journalism it's a campaign we should all be endorsing.
My Daily Advertiser Op Ed column for Tuesday 22 October 2019
NSW using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut
During a period of epidemic of illegal land clearing, criminal animal cruelty and concern about mining operations, the NSW Government has stepped in with a proposed "Right to Farm" law to protect corporate agribusiness from protest and scrutiny.
The TV series Yes Minister' would probably say that criticising the new NSW Right to Farm bill in a regional newspaper is a 'courageous' thing to do, but as this bill is both a major crackdown on the right to protest and also the "erosion of a fundamental human right" (Greens NSW MP David Shoebridge), this criticism is necessary.
The criticism is doubly necessary as the proposed NSW bill comes at a time of increasing calls from elsewhere to clamp down on our right to protest, as shown by Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton's appalling call to punish social welfare recipients who take part in protests, the Queensland Labor government' introduction of new police powers in answer to Extinction Rebellion protests, and the WA government's plan to increase penalties for trespass, aimed at animal welfare protesters.
The proposed laws will quadruple the penalty for aggravated unlawful entry on inclosed lands from $5,500 to $22,000. They will impose a prison term of up to three years on people who "hinder" a business while trespassing, and will create a new offence of 'direct, incite, counsel, procure or induce aggravated unlawful entry' which means individuals who encourage someone to peacefully protest could face an $11,000 fine or 12 months imprisonment.
Inclosed lands are defined by the act as "any land, either public or private, inclosed or surrounded by any fence, wall or other erection, or by some natural feature …including the whole or part of any building".
The New South Wales farm trespass bill has been criticised by civil liberties organisations, environment groups and unions for turning into "a crackdown on people's rights to protest". It would outlaw civil protest on any enclosed space, including schools, hospitals, mine sites or banks.
Chris Gambian, the chief executive of the Nature Conservation Council of NSW, said the threat to protest was "hidden within this bill".
"It includes farmers and knitting nanas protesting coal seam gas, unions on worksites, people staging a sit-in in corporate headquarters of a company, and more.
Pauline Wright, the president of the NSW Civil Liberties Council, said "I can't see the purpose of these new laws. The existing laws already criminalise the behaviour that is targeted by this. It seems to just be grandstanding on the part of the politicians."
The bill has been referred by the Animal Justice Party to an inquiry, and the Greens have amendments in the pipeline.
Unions NSW said it was examining the bill closely but was concerned it could inhibit the ability for unions to do their work.
Thomas Costa, the assistant secretary of Unions NSW, said it was an attempt to legislate against people's rights to protest.
"The Liberals have a track record of trying to criminalise dissent. They think they can legislate against it and frustrate our very legitimate right to protest," he said.
Ironically those affected by these laws will likely include many farmers who have been at the forefront of campaigns, including those against coal seam gas and to protect farmland and water supplies.
Greens MP and Justice Spokesperson David Shoebridge said "These laws are directly aimed at criminalising protest and those exposing serious environmental breaches and animal cruelty.
"Trespass is already illegal in NSW and in 2016 the Government imposed a large number of additional penalties to target protesters. These laws don't just apply to farms – they cover supermarkets and even banks.
"The Greens will be moving amendments to protect the right to freedom of speech and political expression by adding a defence if the person was engaged in identifying, investigating or preventing serious criminal breaches of environmental or animal cruelty laws.
"We will never abandon the brave forest activists, land and water protectors, and animal lovers who are taking action for the environment and creatures who have no vote.
And as Mr Shoebridge said, the bill needs to be renamed to accurately reflect its intention as the 'Right to Farm (Limiting Protest and Transparency) Bill'. Or better still, abandon it.
This government trying to stifle dissent
The current and very necessary protests about our lack of action to combat climate change by Extinction Rebellion ('Dozens arrested as protests kick off', DA 8 October) brought about a change in my planned topic for this week's column.
I had thought to focus on discussing PM Morrison's very worrying tendency to increasingly channel Donald Trump, but after Peter Dutton's appalling call to punish social welfare recipients who take part in protests, I thought best to focus on that more topical issue, as I imagine the Morrison/Trump love-in will be, unfortunately, ongoing.
Dutton was "sounding 'like a dictator' after urging welfare cuts for protesters" reported the Guardian Australia.
Protesters who disrupt traffic should have their welfare payments cut and be subject to mandatory jail sentences, he has declared, as conservative MPs continue to lash out against climate change protests.
Dutton also accused the Queensland government for not going far enough in deterring the protests.
"Community expectation is these people be heavily fined or jailed and they should be jailed until their behaviour changes because they are putting lives at risk," he told Sydney radio 2GB, one of his favoured media outlets on which to spout his divisive and dangerous diatribes.
"They're diverting police and emergency service resources from tasks that they should be undertaking otherwise and they keep turning up week after week because they know a slap on the wrist is just not working.
"The premier needs to come out and explain why this is acceptable. If there needs to be mandatory or minimum sentences imposed, that can happen overnight in a Queensland parliament."
Dutton's condemnation of the Queensland Labor government is remarkable, for its introduction of new police powers last month in answer to Extinction Rebellion protests, after peak hour traffic was disrupted by participants gluing themselves to roads itself outraged many of us who saw it for what it was: a calculated attempt to silence dissent.
Dutton also called for protesters to be publicly shamed.
"People should take these names and the photos of these people and distribute them as far and wide as they can so that we shame these people.
"Let their families know what you think of their behaviour."
The Greens leader, Richard Di Natale, said legislation was already in place to deal with protesters who broke the law, but the government was going too far in suggesting peaceful protesters have their income stripped.
"Peter Dutton doesn't know what living in a democracy means," he told the ABC.
"One of the most fundamental rights in any democracy is the right to speak up and to protest against those in power … It's starting to sound more like a dictator than he is an elected politician. Because somebody says something that he doesn't like, that he doesn't support, he's saying we're going to strip away income support."
Dutton's comments were the latest in a string of statements from Coalition MPs and ministers urging punitive welfare measures.
Not surprisingly, Michaelia Cash backed the withdrawal of Centrelink benefits from what she described as full-time protesters for failing to meet mutual obligation responsibilities.
"You're not giving up a lot if you are attending a protest when you don't have a job" she told, no surprise here, 2GB.
The Labor MP Stephen Jones said these comments were an attempt to distract from the debate about raising the rate of Newstart and the unchanging jobless rate.
To add insult to injury, I have just learnt that an access agreement being negotiated with the US could grant Australian law enforcement agencies access to messages sent using US-owned platforms such as Google and Facebook.
Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton and US Attorney-General William Barr are negotiating a bilateral agreement under which Australian police would have the same powers as US police under the CLOUD Act, which compels US tech companies to hand over data on their servers when presented with a warrant.
Stifling dissent isn't limited to our shores, as we can see it happening in Hong Kong, Europe, the UK and the USA.
But here these are yet more examples of how the current Liberal/Nationals coalition government are seriously frightened of criticism, to the extent they are serious about preventing us, the people, from speaking out against their machinations. It is a calculated attempt to silence the voice of the people.
My Daily Advertiser Op Ed column for Tuesday 8 October 2019
Australia denying climate change
At the recent UN climate summit the Australian government was seen as a climate 'denialist', observers said. Australia is perceived as using accounting tricks to meet targets and is not serious about finding a global climate solution. It uses "greenwash" to meet its emissions commitments according to analysts and former diplomats
Morrison's failure to attend the UN climate action summit despite being in the US at the time further has eroded goodwill for Australia.
Having deliberately avoided the UN climate summit our PM did front up to the Leaders' session, and in a voice sounding frighteningly similar to President Trump's 'fake news' defence of any criticism likely to actually be true, our overly defensive PM said Australia's record on climate change has been misrepresented by media.
More recently came news of the US President asking our PM to help discredit the Mueller probe into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, to which Mr Morrison agreed. However, as there is not room in today's column to analyse the 'titanium' man's chumminess with the Donald it could perhaps be a topic for another week.
So back to the main topic. Mr Morrison suggested that negative media coverage fuelled criticism that was "completely false and completely misleading". People expressed "prejudiced" views about Australia's climate policy, he said. "Now where do they get their information from? Who knows, maybe they read it," he said, worryingly echoing Mr Trump.
Our PM's overly defensive and very antagonistic approach contrasted sharply with the address to the UN climate summit by young Greta Thunberg, so let's have a closer look at what she said.
Thunberg's achievement was to present the climate change issue as a battle for power. In doing so she spoke with the authority of the millions who marched only a few days before. For this Donald Trump trolled her. He saw her power and tried to destroy it through mockery.
In her speech Thunberg sets up an opposition between the plural 'we', those who want action on climate change, and an interesting use of the word 'you', that is, those who don't.
So though she was speaking to an audience largely composed of those with power, her audience was not only the assembled global leaders but everyone, and her 'we', while directly referring to the young and Friday's three million marchers on 20 September, was a we open to all, infinitely expandable.
For the 'you' is not just Trump, Scott Morrison or fossil fuel company executives. Her 'you' is for all of us who fail to recognise the necessity to act now, or will 'you' say nothing, do nothing, condemning yourself to the ranks of those who the future will, as Greta "never forgive?"
Now back to Mr Morrison, our coal fancier-in-chief, for he criticised Thunberg for similar reasons to Trump, patronisingly saying, "I think we've got to caution against raising the anxieties of children in our country."
Since 1996 the Liberal party has been working assiduously to advance the cause of fossil fuel companies at the expense of our future. Morrison's paternalistic waffle is yet another example of the Liberal record of lying, scheming and wrecking at every step for over two decades.
The Lib/Nats coalition has now clearly defined itself as the government for coal, and a craven Labor party, after its defeat in the most recent election, is now following its lead.
If the world continues on its trajectory, much of mainland Australia is predicted to be uninhabitable within 80 years
Our leaders have been keen to criminalise those who actively campaign for our future. Queensland, the epicentre for major new coalmines, has significantly strengthened its laws against environmental protesters, while lawyers for the Adani mine have publicly stated that they will seek to bankrupt any opponents of their new coalmine. They have already busted the W &J peoples financially and over land.
Meanwhile here we are once more busily trying to 'drought-proof' Australia yet again with simplistic solutions that will destroy Australia if we don't address the real problem exacerbating the underlying cause of our ever-worsening droughts: climate change brought about by human activity.
Australia is already living the grim consequences of climate change. If the world continues on its present trajectory, much of mainland Australia is predicted to be uninhabitable within a lifetime. The climate collapse is here.
Budget surplus comes at too high a price
Last Tuesday's editorial in the Daily Advertiser, which was headlined 'Ease the burden on strugglers', took my mind back to an overly boastful Josh Frydenberg crowing that the 2019-19 budget was virtually in balance.
I'll tease out why Mr Frydenberg's boast was way off the mark later, but first, let's look at the editorial. "There are two views on a budget surplus: one is that it is bad and the other is that it is good. The government believes that balancing the books is virtuous. Prime Minister Scott Morrison has the view that a government is like a household and a prudent family does not spend more than it gets in.
But there is another view, one held by many mainstream economists, and that is governments should spend when times are bad to pump up the economy and tax when the economy heats up to cool it down".
Now to the budget. It was a little over a week ago that treasurer Josh Frydenberg announced the final budget outcome for the 2018-19 year, revealing a deficit of approximately 700m. This was $13.8bn better than forecast in the budget only a few short months ago. Because it is less than .01% of GDP, it can be called "balanced".
Apart from raising the question about the credibility of the government's forecasting in particular and the more generic difficulty of accuracy in any such forecasts, this near as dammit surplus raises two questions worth of examination.
The first question that needs an answer relates to how this near surplus was achieved, and the second one is whether budget surpluses are valuable, or even necessary, as the DA's editorial asked.
It came about because of two things. Firstly, there was $10.5bn more in income tax revenue (individual and company) than was predicted in last year's budget. The company tax revenue was 5% more than expected, thanks to iron ore exports, and coal prices going up, while the individual income tax revenue was 3% above what was budgeted.
And on the other side of the ledger, there was $4.6bn less in spending on the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) than was budgeted.
The government would have you believe that this occurred because there is less demand for the NDIS than they expected. The key word used ad infinitum was that the NDIS was 'demand driven' and demand had been less than anticipated.
The truth is that the NDIS is massively behind schedule, so clients are not getting the money they need and deserve. Many are getting no help at all. It is yet another example of an initiative by the progressive side of politics being stuffed up by the Liberal/Nationals coalition, just as the National Broadband scheme was.
But over and above the questions of paying off net debt, the real question is why are we so concerned about getting back to surplus, especially as the economy is not performing well?
As the DA editorial noted, when times are tough governments need to prime the pump to get the economy moving and people into real full-time jobs.
At this point we need a dose of figures. A good measure of economic performance is "adjusted nominal GDP growth", which combines real GDP growth and the annual growth of inflation. Given we aim for between 2.75% and 3.25% annual GDP growth and inflation growth of within 2% and 3%, this suggests a nominal GDP growth of between 4.75% and 6.25% is the level to aim for.
And right now, we are well below it. We have been for most of the past five years. This also raises the issue of the danger of striving for endless growth in a finite world.
During the mining boom the economy was growing well. In such times running a budget surplus is sensible, as it helps take some of the heat out of the economy. But we are not in such times now. The economy is crying out for stimulus, which comes from government spending and if needs be, deficits.
Now is not a time for engaging in chest beating about predicted surpluses and net debt levels in years to come, but rather for worrying about what is to be done to improve the economy now, and therefore the well-being of our society.


CSI Old School is a callback to the days before the glamor, when investigators got their hands dirty, and one trailblazing woman's journey into the oftentimes dark world of crime scene investigation.
Jodi Barth has over 30 years of experience in law enforcement and investigations throughout the United States and Canada. After her start as the first female crime scene investigator for the Illinois Department of Law Enforcement, she rose through the sworn ranks of law enforcement to Detective Sergeant and ultimately Detective Division Commander. She eventually transitioned to the private sector as a licensed private investigator and an internal fraud investigator for a global commercial insurance company. Now retired from law enforcement and investigations, Jodi lives with her husband in North Carolina.


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Press release: Samsung PL100/PL150
Samsung Digital Imaging Company Inc., a market leader and award-winning innovator in consumer electronics, today extended its renowned 2View family of digital cameras with the introduction of two new models, the PL150 and PL100. Offering Samsung's dual screen LCD technology, the new mega-pixel (PL150-12.2, PL100-12.2) PL150 and PL100 offer a variety of updated features which will make it even easier for consumers to capture their most precious memories with family and friends, both from behind and in front of the camera.
"The introduction of the Samsung 2View camera in 2009 was one of the most successful digital camera introductions in Samsung's history," said Steve Mitchell, General Manager, Marketing, Samsung Digital Imaging. "The ST550 and the ST500 broke new ground and surpassed industry expectations thanks to a combination of technologies that directly addressed how families and consumers take pictures today. We're proud to add to the momentum generated by the launch of these cameras by extending the 2View family with the PL150 and PL100 that will bring new features to the table and be available at a competitive price to accommodate a wide range of budgets."
Updated Front LCD Screen
The new Samsung 2View PL150 and PL100 feature a 1.5-inch color LCD screen located on the front of the camera. This 1.5-inch display gives consumers the ability to perfect their self-portraits or join their friends and family in the shot. New for the Samsung 2View PL150 and PL100, consumers can now use the 1.5-inch front LCD to frame video in addition to digital stills. With the PL150, consumers can enjoy 720p HD video recording at 30 frames per second (fps). An optional HDMI adaptor is also available for the PL150, so that consumers can enjoy their HD video, as well as digital still images, on an HDTV or HD monitor. The new 2View cameras also allow users to have more fun with the dual LCD screens thanks to the addition of the Couple Shot feature and the updated children Mode with music.
Enhancing Samsung 2View's Renowned Features
Enhancements have been made to some of Samsung 2View's most celebrated features on the PL150 and PL100, including updates to the cameras' children Mode and Self-Timer. In addition to playing a fun animation on the front LCD screen, the PL150's and PL100's Child Mode will also play a musical tune to better help capture a child's attention in order to snap the perfect picture (additional animations are available for download at www.samsung.com). The self timer function of the original 2View cameras perfected the group shot because it displayed a preview of the image and a visual countdown timer in the front LCD screen, giving everyone in front of the camera an indication of exactly when the photo would be taken. Taking the self-timer to a new level, the new PL150 and PL100 now extend that same functionality when recording video, so that the entire group will know exactly when the camera is rolling.
When it comes to capturing the perfect shot, the Samsung 2View PL150 and PL100 include the popular Smile Shot feature, which will automatically trigger the cameras to take a photo when a smile is detected, but the addition of Couple Shot allows users to set the camera to snap a picture when the subjects in the frame tilt their heads toward one another.
12 Mega-Pixel Resolution, Large Displays and Advanced Optics
The new Samsung 2View PL150 and PL100 come fully equipped with a true colour-filtered 12.2 mega-pixel CCD, providing sharp and detailed images. Whether taking pictures indoors or out, shooting a landscape or friends around a table, the PL150's 5x optical zoom, 27mm-wide angle lens gives you a wider shooting range from a shorter distance. The PL150 is also paired with Samsung's Advanced Dual Image Stabilisation (IS) technology to help consumers capture crystal clear, blur-free images. The PL150's true Dual IS combines both Optical and Digital Image stabilisers to produce sharp images without the confusion commonly found in other cameras. The Optical IS intelligently compensates for hand trembling by shifting the lens in the opposite direction. When Optical IS isn't quite enough, the Digital IS automatically takes over to ensure blur-free images. The PL100 features a standard 35mm lens with 3x optical zoom, and is paired with Digital Image Stabilization. Both the PL150 and PL100 feature large, rear LCD screens with resolutions of 230K-pixels. The PL150 features a larger 3.0-inch rear LCD while the PL100 features a 2.7-inch LCD.
Better Portraits Every Time
Both cameras feature Samsung's advanced scene recognition technology, Smart Auto (Still & Movie of PL150), which has been upgraded for use with video as well as with still images. Designed to simplify the way consumers take a photograph, Smart Auto (Still & Movie) ensures that users never have to worry about their photos being washed out, too dark or out of focus. Smart Auto (Still & Movie) analyses key elements of the composition of the image such as colour, brightness, motion and subject and then selects the appropriate scene mode which will produce the best results possible. Similar to the way the technology analyses the composition of an image when capturing digital stills, the technology will do the same for video, automatically choosing between one of four pre-programmed settings and selecting that which will yield the best footage with proper exposure and colour balance.
The PL150 and PL100 also feature Samsung's Perfect Portrait System – a series of automatic technologies which take the guess work out of shooting beautiful portraits. Key features of this system are Samsung's Smile Shot, Blink Detection, Red-eye Fix, and Beauty Shot technologies which allow consumers to capture their subjects looking their best.
Stylish Design Makes 2View Stand Out
The new Samsung's 2View PL150 boasts the company's elegant Touch of Colour (ToC) finish. First introduced in Samsung's line of flat panel HDTVs in 2008 and brought to digital imaging in 2009 with the SMX-C14 and SMX-C10 camcorders, the ToC design incorporates a hint of colour which is naturally blended into the deep black body of the cameras for an attractive crystalline appearance, making the new PL150 as stylish as it is advanced.
The PL150 and PL100 also feature a slanted design, which places the back of the camera at a seven degree angle. This subtle design accent provides users with further options for taking impressive self-portraits and group shots. The issue that many consumers face when taking self-portraits or group shots with traditional digital cameras is the camera must be positioned much higher than the subjects in order to capture the complete image. Thanks to the seven degree angling of the PL150 and PL100, the lenses will always be pointed at the subjects' faces even if the camera is positioned at a lower angle.


With the extended focus on on-the-job learning, there is an ever increasing demand on the training and development professionals to provide managers and employees with the necessary tools to embed recommendations for on-the-job learning into existing processes and activities and thereby play the role of an architect to devise on-the-job learning methodologies to enhance the learning capabilities of employees – effectively teaching them how to learn.
To meet the long felt need for a basic qualification in Training & Development , a focused correspondence course, Diploma in Training & Development, was introduced in April, 1979. This is the only Professional course for Training of Trainers in the country and is designed to meet today's training / HRD challenges. To know more about programmes.
ISTD Diploma in Training and Development is a distance learning programmes of 18 months duration. The medium of course is English only. A Students of this programme is entitled to suffix 'Dip TD' on successful completion of all the Eight Theory Papers & the Internship. Today many of the Dip TD holders are occupying senior positions in various work organizations.
Annual Convocation' Ceremony for the award of the Diploma was held on 14th June, 2018 at "Auditorium", Scope Convention Center, Scope Complex, Lodhi Road, New Delhi. Shri Pranab Mukherjee, Hon'ble Former President of India for the function addressed the Convocation and distributed Awards to meritorious students. The address was highly impressive and appreciated by all present. A total of 268 students were conferred Diploma in Training & Development during the Convocation.


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Хочу это сделать на C#, наверное используя Winapi

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Event: 4th Circuit Impact Decisions, with Remarks by Judge Harris
The Maryland State Bar Association Section of Litigation and the Maryland Chapter of the Federal Bar Association proudly present
"Fourth Circuit Impact Decisions"
with introductory remarks by
The Honorable Pamela A. Harris
A panel of leading federal appellate practitioners will provide an overview of recent key civil and criminal decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
The Honorable Pamela A. Harris will provide introductory remarks on her transition from private practice to the federal bench. Before joining the Fourth Circuit in July 2014, Judge Harris served as visiting professor at Georgetown University Law Center, as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Legal Policy at the U.S. Department of Justice, as an appellate and Supreme Court litigator with O'Melveny & Myers LLP, and as a law clerk for Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens and D.C. Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards.
Ezra Gollogly, a principal with Kramon & Graham, P.A. and a member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference, will then moderate a panel of three appellate attorneys: Matthew Kaiser, Samantha Chaifetz, and Steven Klepper.
Matt Kaiser is the founder of Kaiser, LeGrand & Dillon, PLLC, a litigation boutique in Washington, D.C. He represents individual and small business clients in commercial litigation, government investigations, and white-collar cases. Matt has written extensively on a number of topics – particularly in federal criminal law and procedure. He is the author of the Federal Criminal Appeals Blog, which the ABA Law Journal recognized as one of the 100 best law-related blogs in the United States for 2011, 2012, and 2013. Matt teaches professional responsibility at Georgetown University Law Center and is a member of the Fourth Circuit Judicial Conference. He clerked for Chief U.S. District Judge Catherine C. Blake.
Samantha Chaifetz is an Appellate Staff attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division. Sam has served as lead counsel in over 40 appeals, including constitutional, statutory, and administrative challenges, involving a wide range of issues, from privacy law to health care reform. She has drafted successful Supreme Court filings for the Office of the Solicitor General and argued in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the D.C., Federal, First, Fourth, Seventh, Ninth, and Eleventh Circuits. In 2013, Sam received the Attorney General's Exceptional Service Award and Civil Division Special Commendation for defense of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. She clerked for U.S. District Judge Louis H. Pollak (E.D. Pa.) and for Ninth Circuit Judge Betty B. Fletcher.
Steve Klepper is a principal with Kramon & Graham, P.A. He has argued civil and criminal appeals before the Fourth Circuit, D.C. Circuit, and both Maryland appellate courts. He has briefed cases in the U.S. Supreme Court and in the Third, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits. Steve founded the Maryland Appellate Blog of the MSBA Litigation Section, which awarded him the Chair's Award for Exceptional Service in 2014. He serves as an outside advisor for the U. Va. Appellate Practice Clinic, and as president of the Alumnae & Alumni of Goucher College.
The program will take place on Friday, November 14, 2014 at 4:00 p.m. in the Ceremonial Courtroom at the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, 6500 Cherrywood Lane, Greenbelt, Maryland 20770.
The panel discussion will be followed by a reception. Admission to the program is free. Please RSVP by November 7, 2014 to AHumes@kg-law.com.
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When a child has a life-limiting condition, many parents take on the role of primary carer and prefer to care for their child at home when possible. We aim to provide access to a range of regular and reliable respite, both in and away from home.
LauraLynn@HOME provides Family Support, Symptom Management, End-of-Life Care, Bereavement Support and Direct Care to children and families in the comfort of their own home. Our hands on care is provided by a team of experienced children's nurses and healthcare assistants.
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Reindeer Farm Spreads Christmas Cheer
By Renee Elder
Photography by Robert Hendricks
Cards and letters addressed to Cupid, Comet, or any of Santa's reindeer invariably make their way every Christmas season to local post offices across the country, and mail carriers undoubtedly enjoy the notes scrawled by holiday- bedazzled children.
But Pewamo, Mich., postal workers know just where to deliver these letters of love and appreciation: to the real- life residents of Rooftop Landing Reindeer Farm.
"Each Christmas, without fail, we get cards from kids, and they're usually addressed to Comet or Cupid or Blizzard or Goose," says Dave Aldrich, owner of the central Michigan farm.
Comet, Cupid, and 18 other reindeer make their home on Aldrich's 10-acre farm. While the animals live a life of relative leisure much of the year, the weeks leading up to Christmas send them on a rigorous schedule of school visits, shopping mall appearances, parades, and more - anywhere the spirit of Christmas beckons.
It's rewarding work, says Aldrich, who fell in love with the animals after a friend brought some down from Alaska 14 years ago.
"I'd always been big on the Christmas season, so I had to have some reindeer as soon as I saw them," he says.
Holiday public appearances have led to a legion of fans. "Everybody gets a smile on their face when they see a reindeer," Aldrich says.
"We seem to get the biggest response from adults, because many of them don't believe there is such a thing as real reindeer. They'll ask us, 'Are they elk? Are they caribou?' And when we tell them they are truly reindeer, sometimes they don't believe us."
Reindeer are a cousin to caribou and are native to the northernmost regions of Europe and Asia, an area also known as Lapland. For more than 2,000 years, they have been kept as working animals, as well as for their hides and meat.
"It's too cold in Lapland for horses to live, so they use reindeer just like horses," Aldrich says.
Although the holiday season accounts for most of the farm's activity and income, caring for the reindeer is a year- round job. Several weeks in the summer are devoted to training calves born each spring, Aldrich says.
"Unlike true deer, reindeer are domesticated animals; they can be tamed," Aldrich says. They're also docile by nature, so they're ideally suited for visits with children.
"If we tell them to load, they'll walk right into the trailer. No other kind of deer in the world can you train like this."
Reindeer calves are trained on a reward system - "Reindeer love apples so that's what we train them with" - that requires at least three hours of work daily until they are between four and six months old and ready to sell.
"The calves go to people who want to do the same things I do - public displays," Aldrich says.
Remarkable Reindeer
Aldrich has affection for all his reindeer, but he admits to a few favorites. One is Blizzard, a 6-year-old reindeer who he describes as the farm's "star."
"He is big and beautiful and snow white, which is very, very rare. He gets lots of 'ooohs' and 'aaahs.'"
Another standout is 2-year-old Noel. "She's our new photo animal," Aldrich says. "She'll stand for extended periods of time and allow a photo to be taken. That takes a little extra training because you have flashes going off and people standing right next to her."
And then there's Goose. "He's our biggest reindeer, a little over 400 pounds," Aldrich says. "He got his name Goose because his mother rejected him when he was born and wouldn't feed him. I had to put him on a bottle, and every time he was ready to eat he made a honking noise that sounded like a goose. Everybody would say: 'Dave, the goose is calling you.' That name kind of stuck."
Goose still sticks by his foster father.
"He's so incredibly tame that it can be a nuisance," Aldrich says. "When I'm cleaning out the barn or working in the pasture, he stays about 6 inches away from me the whole time."
Caring for reindeer requires proper fencing to keep wild deer from mingling with the herd. White tail deer carry diseases that may be deadly to reindeer. Six-foot fencing is required by federal law, but most reindeer farmers choose an 8-foot fence for greater security.
The animals also need shelter from rain and the hot summer sun.
"They can only take 80- or 90-degree heat for relatively short periods of time," Aldrich says. "We have fans we turn on for them, and if it gets really hot we put sprinklers out."
The reindeer seem to embrace cold weather, running, kicking, and playing when temperatures tumble.
Although most historical accounts indicate reindeer have been part of the tradition only since the early 1800s, when poet Clement Clark Moore included them in his famous poem, The Night Before Christmas, they are considered an inseparable part of Santa's entourage today.
That's just fine with Aldrich. "I wish Christmas came twice a year.
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"Broward LPS Foundation" by RIchard Louis, Richard Pulido et al.
The Broward Louis-Pulido-Stevens (LPS) Foundation was founded in 2016 by Richard Louis, Richard Pulido, and Kenisha Stevens in Broward County, Florida. The foundation was established to assist families in Broward County, Florida with housing and employment needs as part of the rehabilitation journey. The rehabilitation journey can be the need to achieve completed housing status when there is a transition point in one's housing status as well as achieve optimal employment status when one with a criminal justice history is seeking to fully reintegrate into mainstream society. The foundation serves as a funding source for coordinated entry housing providers in Broward County, Florida and is the direct service provider of career development programs designed to optimize employment opportunities for ex-offenders. The following handbook outlines the foundation's coordinated entry and referral processes to alleviate homelessness, the foundation's career development program designed to optimize employment and employment opportunities for ex-offenders, and its comprehensive advancement plan to ensure the sustainment of its current and future success.
Louis, RIchard; Pulido, Richard; and Stevens, Kenisha, "Broward LPS Foundation" (2017). Fischler College of Education: Student Articles. 17.


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Raining on Bethel's parade
News-Times, The (Danbury, CT), John Pirro THE NEWS-TIMES
May 22, 2006 Updated: Nov. 18, 2009 10:35 a.m.
BETHEL - Speaking publicly for five or six minutes sounded "like an eternity" last month when William Holland learned he would be delivering the keynote address during Bethel's Memorial Day ceremony.
But the local police officer and Iraq war veteran was more than up to the challenge Sunday, and he didn't even need all the time he was allotted to get his message across.
Holland, a sergeant with the U.S. Army Reserve , modestly declined to discuss his experiences during the nine months he spent in Iraq in 2003. Instead, after some brief and humorous introductory comments, he directed the attention of his audience to the other military veterans in their midst.
Jeep seeks local heroes' to enter national contest
"What I've seen and done pales in comparison to what they did," Holland said. "Have a safe Memorial Day, and remember what it's all about."
What it was all about, other speakers reminded the crowd, was honoring those who sacrificed their lives in the service of their country.
"This is a day we show our appreciation to the men and women who fought and died so we might remain free," said Bethel Middle School student Zachery Retalis.
A light, steady rain forced those attending the ceremony into the gymnasium at the Bethel Municipal Center and resulted in the elimination of parts of the observance, including the placing of the wreath on the veteran's memorial and the rifle salute by an honor guard of American Legion and VFW members.
But the inclement weather did nothing to dampen the spirits of the hundreds of residents who lined downtown streets for the annual parade preceding the speeches, cheering the marching bands, veterans' groups, public officials, scout troops and emergency services personnel as they passed by.
Those who weren't holding umbrellas, or cameras, applauded.
But when it came time for the post-parade ceremonies, parade organizers decided to seek out a drier locale.
"It's wet outside. It's not wet in here," said Skip Clapp , president of the Bethel Patriotic Association .
High school student Joseph Marchwinski , who like Retalis, earned the right to address the crowd by virtue of an essay submitted to the Patriotic Association, said there was a simple way for everyone to honor the fallen service men and women.
"To live as a freedom-loving American is the best tribute that can be paid," Marchwinski said.
Contact John Pirro
at jpirro@newstimes.com
or at (203) 731-3342.


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package br.com.globalcode.aj3.teste;

import java.util.Collection;
import java.util.HashSet;

import br.com.globalcode.aj3.beans.Cliente;

public class TesteSetComGenerics {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		Cliente c1 = new Cliente("Cliente1", "1111", "cpf1");
		Cliente c2 = new Cliente("Cliente2", "2222", "cpf2");
		Cliente c3 = new Cliente("Cliente3", "3333", "cpf3");
		Cliente c4 = new Cliente("Cliente4", "4444", "cpf4");

		//a. Definição de uma coleção de tipo HashSet usando Generics
		Collection <Cliente>clientes = new HashSet<Cliente>();
		//b. Adição dos clientes na coleção
        clientes.add(c1);
        clientes.add(c2);
        clientes.add(c3);
        clientes.add(c4);

		//c. Impressão do nome dos clientes da coleção

         for(Cliente print: clientes){
        	System.out.println(print);

        }
	}
}

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Howard County pursuing shelter license
by George Berkheimer, Senior Writer February 16, 2021 February 16, 2021
The Howard County Council is considering legislation to establish a license for privately run domestic animal shelters.
The new license would improve the Animal Control Division's ability to inspect facilities and ensure animals are cared for properly.
While shelter and care providers think inspections are a good idea in general, some say that even a modest license fee could cause a financial burden for their operations. They also question the bill's reach and the appropriateness of proposed regulations for certain small animals.
Lisa Myers, Howard County chief of police, provided a letter of testimony to the County Executive's Chief Administrative Officer in December 2020 detailing the need for the new license.
The Animal Control Division can only inspect private shelters when and if they receive citizen complaints, Myers said, which can prevent or delay intervention to correct substandard conditions and allow them to deteriorate to conditions of extreme cruelty.
"Situations such as this have resulted in a large and sudden impound of animals in poor physical and mental condition," Myers said, exhausting Animal Control resources. "The costs to the county are in the thousands of dollars."
A January 2020 complaint against Pinky's Playhouse, a cat welfare organization, resulted in multiple cruelty violation and a May 2019 warrant executed at the Animal Welfare Society of Howard County resulted in the impoundment of 165 animals.
Small Fee
Myers is recommending a nonrefundable $50 application fee and a $50 annual license fee, both of which would likely be waived in the program's first year.
Given the county's small number of private shelters, the fees are not intended to raise revenue but rather offset the costs of administering the license program.
"The forgone fee revenue in the first year is about $1,000," Myers said. "We expect the license fee in subsequent years to generate about $500 annually [and] anticipate handling inspection services with existing personnel."
While $50 isn't much, it's enough to constitute a hardship for Animal Safe Haven & Adoptions (ASHA) in Columbia.
"Our budget and the shelters we partner with operate with very thin margins, if not negative margins, with volunteers sometimes using their own money to provide care for the animals," said Jessica Kratz, ASHA's founder and president. "It costs $50 to $80 just for one emergency room visit."
"I don't think it's a legislative problem, I think it's an enforcement problem," said Tabitha Drum, ASHA's vice president.
Aside from struggling operationally to facilitate adoptions and find foster homes, Kratz said ASHA also provides services to fill in some gaps that Animal Control does not cover, which includes controlling feral cat populations throughout the county.
"Howard County does not have any legislation that addresses feral cat colonies," she said.
Rules Questioned
The new legislation prohibits shelters from accepting strays unless the animals are reported to Animal Control, scanned for microchips, and held for 30 days before release for adoption.
"Very few rabbits are microchipped, so we can't be expected to comply with that," said Mara Hurwitt, vice president of Friends of Rabbits, which operates a residential shelter in Columbia.
She also said that sanitation practices and animal enclosures specifically addressed in the legislation are primarily dog specific and don't make sense for herbivorous small animals like rabbits.
"Right now, it's too soon to clearly say if we'll be affected," said Peggy Stover-Catha, director of Frisky's Wildlife & Primate Sanctuary in Woodstock. "We don't take dogs or cats but we do have some farm animals so I'm looking at some of the rules to see how broad the regulations are. I think some management of those kinds of facilities is good, as long as they don't make it too burdensome that it creates a problem with the good they do for animals that otherwise would be euthanized."
Laurie Wallace, president of Animal Advocates of Howard County, said the bill is long overdue and should have the support of all reputable shelters
"The bill spells out minimum standards and is in line with state municipal shelter standards," Wallace said, with the added oversight providing a legitimate means to address concerns with the way animals are housed and treated in the county.
"The fact that [disreputable] shelters have been allowed to operate unimpeded hurts not only the animals in their care but risks eroding public trust in all shelters, even the ethical ones," she said. "It's a win for everybody except the bad guys."
Still, Kratz said the paperwork adds another layer of frustrations that reputable shelters and rescue operations need to deal with.
"We don't know how it's going to affect us because we're a foster system and not a shelter," she said. "Will I have to give out a foster's information? I want to say it's a good thing to increase the ability to inspect, but they should already have that ability. It's conflicting and a struggle, we're trying to do right by the animal and ensure the letter of the law is followed."
By George Berkheimer | Senior Writer | The Business Monthly | February 2021 Issue


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Introduction to Abstract Function
了解大脑:日常生活中的神经生物学
Learn how the nervous system produces behavior, how we use our brain every day, and how neuroscience can explain the common problems afflicting people today. We will study functional human neuroanatomy and neuronal communication, and then use this information to understand how we perceive the outside world, move our bodies voluntarily, stay alive, and play well with others.
Brain, Neurological Disorders, Neurobiology, Neurology
Excellent course for understanding the extent to which human neurobiology is complex and fascinating, with multiple opportunities to compare findings with other species and get a better understanding.
This course has been an eye-opener for me and has helped me to better understand the brain from a perspective of empathy towards those suffering from debilitating disorders, thanks to Professor Mason.
Abstract Function
You've now learned an incredible amount about the way the brain functions to perceive and act upon the world we live in. You've gained an understanding of neurobiology on a cellular level, and how many diseases and disorders of the nervous system can affect our bodies and minds. In our final module, we will journey into the realms of emotion, attention, memory, and language. By the end of this module, you will have a greater understanding of the more abstract cognitive functions the brain.
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Bauby and Emotion3:47
Thalamic Attention5:48
Mushroom Hunting4:51
Peggy Mason
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[MUSIC] Okay. In this final unit, we're going to talk about cognition and, and the results, the output from the cerebral cortex. And everything that the cerebral cortex does, we're going to call cognition. Remember that the cerebral cortex, all of this, is what dominates the human brain. And from the cerebral cortex comes action, our voluntary movements, perception, the way we interpret the world. Our emotion, our motivation, our executive function, which is an umbrella term for how we arrange our priorities and what we act on, how we interact with others, how we play well, hopefully, with others and thought. And we're going to focus on a few of these not all of them. Here is a, a really moving book by Howard Dully who as a child, without his own, without, him providing permission, underwent a lobotomy. In a and this was a a procedure that happened in a, in a, just in a regular medical office, not in a hospital. And he, interestingly, because he got it so young, he was actually able to recover a great deal of function. But the way in which this lobotomy affected him has everything to do with executive function. I, I recommend this book. It's, it's fascinating and it's moving. Fascinating and moving. Okay, but what we're going to do is start with emotion and move on we're going to spend a long time on memory, which I didn't list, but which is another part of cognition. We're going to spend a lot, long time on memory and we're going to touch on attention. And we're going to talk to you at the end on a form of executive function, playing well with others. Okay, so let's get started with emotion. [MUSIC]


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Saturday before football Sunday: What to watch for in Texans-Cardinals
A reunion game for Cardinals' DeAndre Hopkins, J.J. Watt, and Texans' David Johnson
By Andy Kwong@akwong31 Oct 23, 2021, 11:25am MDT
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This Texans-Cardinals matchup will be quite a reunion game for a few of their players.
Texans' running back David Johnson will return to State Farm Stadium for the first time since being traded by the Cardinals in a blockbuster highway robbery deal for All-Pro wide receiver DeAndre Hopkins last year.
Cardinals' defensive end J.J. Watt spent the first 10 seasons of his career with the Houston Texans before the team granted his release request this past offseason. Watt is the Texans' franchise record holder in career sacks (101).
The Texans are currently on a five-game losing streak where as the Cardinals remain perfect with a 6-0 record. Hopkins and Watt will look to keep the Cardinals hot streak going against their former team in this highly anticipated matchup for the two All-Pro players.
Here are five things to watch for in Week 7:
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1. A potential feast for the Cardinals secondary
With no Tyrod Taylor yet again due to a serious hamstring injury he suffered in Week 2, rookie quarterback Davis Mills will draw his fifth consecutive start for the Houston Texans. Mills is currently tied for the fourth-most interceptions (7) thrown this season. He will face a Cardinals' secondary that has the sixth-most interceptions (6) and their defense has the third-most turnovers (13) in the NFL. To make matters worse for Mills, his team has been outscored 120-31 in his four-career starts. Budda Baker, Byron Murphy, and the rest of the Cardinals' secondary could be in for a huge day.
2. Texans to "Chase" Edmonds and Conner
When teams run away with the game early, the run game gets an even bigger dose of usage to burn out the clock. In this Texans-Cardinals game where Arizona is an 18-point favorite to win in a blowout fashion, expect Chase Edmonds to receive more touches against a Texans' run defense that has allowed the second-most rushing yards (141.3 YPG) and the most rushing touchdowns (11) in the NFL. He had 84 total yards from scrimmage the last two games combined but I expect a huge rebound game for Edmonds especially if the Cardinals jump out to an early lead. James Conner has received double-digit carries in five out of the last six games and that trend should continue on Sunday.
3. DeAndre Hopkins will have his best game of the season
There is nothing like a good ol' revenge game in the NFL so do not be surprised to see Kyler Murray primarily target DeAndre Hopkins on Sunday as the All-Pro receiver hopes to obliterate his former team from existence. Texans' cornerback Desmond King is still adjusting to the move to outside cornerback having played in the nickel for most of his career. Opposite King is Terrance Mitchell. Charles "Peanut" Tillman would be proud of Mitchell's three forced fumbles this season but his cover skills leaves a lot to be desired. Hopkins has already tied his touchdown mark of last season with six with a strong possibility to add to his season total tomorrow against a struggling Texans' cornerback duo.
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4. Texans' starting offensive tackles out could mean plenty of sack opportunities for J.J. Watt and Cardinals front seven in reunion game
With Laremy Tunsil and Marcus Cannon on injured reserve, the Texans have no choice but to start Geron Christian in place of Tunsil at left tackle and Charlie Heck will continue to start on the right side with Cannon out. Heck has been an adequate right tackle for the Texans the last two games, having allowed only one sack in 82 pass block snaps in those starts. For a backup, Christian has been serviceable as a pass blocker the last two games. However their biggest challenge of the season will be on Sunday when they are tasked to block J.J. Watt, Chandler Jones, Markus Golden, and the rest of the Cardinals' front seven. Last week, Golden and Watt feasted on the Browns' backup offensive tackles with 11 combined pressures, three sacks, and two forced fumbles.
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5. Texans are struggling but they do have some bright spots
The Texans may be a struggling football team but they have shown quite a few good things this season. For one, they have the fourth-most forced fumbles (8) and are tied with the Cardinals plus two other teams with the sixth-most interceptions (6) on defense in the NFL. Of course the Cardinals are king in the forced fumble category with 10. Brandin Cooks is 12th in the NFL in receiving yards (481) and is tied for fifth in receptions (40). Jonathan Greenard leads the Texans with four sacks as Justin Reid leads them in interceptions (2) as one of the better safeties in the NFL.
This matchup features two teams going in completely opposite directions. The Cardinals are the best team in the NFL as the only unbeaten team remaining. The Texans are one of the worst teams in the NFL having lost five consecutive games. Struggling teams are often the hungriest teams but that does usually translate to success. In my honest opinion, the Texans are not necessarily a poorly coached team. They just lack the talent to win games or be competitive against quality opponents. Tomorrow, I expect the Cardinals to be the very dominant team in this matchup but I would not be surprised to see some good plays by the Texans here and there.
This Cardinals team is confident but not overconfident to the point where they will underestimate their opponents. A three-headed running back committee with Mark Ingram, David Johnson, and Phillip Lindsay could be interesting against the Cardinals' 24th-ranked run defense. Can never be too sure about a opponent no matter what their record is. The Cardinals are level headed and it has been evident with their leadership on display through all six wins.
Let's make it a fun weekend everybody!
Wrapping up the College Football Playoffs, talking 2022 NFL Draft declarations and looking ahead to the 2023 NFL Draft


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Q: Retaining and writing String values C program
I am trying to get user input strings
store them and then write them to a text file
I first prompt user for input the user enters 1 to input information.
user input are as follows
q1,q2,q3
q1
q3
q1,0,q2
y to save to file
type file name
program saves file.
However the inputs doesn't seem to be retained when trying to print or write later on in the program.
#include
#include
#include
int main() {
FILE * fpointer;
int createOrLoad;
char states[149];
char initialState[1];
char finalState[1];
char countinue = 'y';
char savePath[100];
char save;
printf("1 - Enter DFA 2 - Read DFA\n");
scanf("%d", &createOrLoad);
getchar();

if (createOrLoad == 1){
printf("Enter States (comma separated list):\n");
scanf("%s", &states);
getchar();
printf("%s\n", states);

printf("Enter initial state\n");
   scanf("%s", &initialState);
   getchar();
   printf("%s\n", initialState);

   printf("Enter final states\n");
scanf("%s", &finalState);
getchar();
printf("%s\n", finalState);

printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n", states, initialState, finalState);

char *transitions[25][7];
int transPosition = 0;
printf("Enter its transitions\n");
while(countinue == 'y') {
   scanf("%s", &transitions[transPosition]);
   getchar();
       transPosition++;
       printf("Another transition (y or n)?\n");
           scanf("%s", &countinue);
       }
       int i;
   for(i=0;i<1;i++) {
       printf("%s\n", transitions[i]);
       }
   printf("Would you like to save this DFA (y or n)?\n");
scanf("%s", &save);

printf("%s\n%s\n%s\n", states, initialState, finalState);

   if(save == 'y') {
printf("What file path name:\n");
scanf("%s", &savePath);
getchar();
fpointer = fopen(savePath, "w");
fprintf(fpointer, "%s\n", states);
fprintf(fpointer, "%s\n", initialState);
fprintf(fpointer, "%s\n", finalState);
fclose(fpointer);

   }
   }
   else{

   /*char fileName;

printf("file name to load\n");
scanf("%s", &fileName);
fpointer = fopen(fileName, "r");
char singleLine[100];

while(!feof(fpointer)){
fgets(singleLine, 100, fpointer);
puts(singleLine);

}*/
}
return 0;


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Hand-knitted scarves, hats, mittens gifted to needy in Grass Valley
Local News | December 8, 2017
Liz Kellar
LKellar@theunion.com
Hand-knitted scarves, mittens and hats were tied to lamp posts and placed on top of signal boxes and planters across downtown Grass Valley Friday morning as part of Random Acts of Warmth.
Photo by Liz Kellar/lizk@theunion.com |
"Keep Nevada County warm. And kind."
"If you can use this, it's yours!"
These were some of the messages pinned to a plethora of hand-knitted scarves, mittens and hats tied to lamp posts and placed on top of signal boxes and planters across downtown Grass Valley Friday morning.
It was all the work of the members of Nevada County Random Acts of Warmth as part of its third annual "warmth bombing."
Nevada County Random Acts of Warmth, which has a Facebook page, is a loosely structured, mostly anonymous group of individuals who leave hand-knitted scarves and hats in random public places as a gift to the community. The items, about 40 this year, are intended to be taken by anyone who can use them. Most of them were left on Mill Street and Main streets, between South Church and South Auburn streets.
"This is done in the spirit of the many holidays that are celebrated at this time of year," said a group member, who asked to remain anonymous. "These random acts of warmth are intended as gifts for anyone in the community — they are not directed at any particular demographic."
Contact reporter Liz Kellar at 530-477-4236 or by email at lizk@theunion.com.
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Greenpeace India's reactive to the PM's statement on N-power and GM
'Our demand for debates have been falling to deaf ears'
Press release - January 7, 2013
New Delhi: Jan 4, 2013: The Prime Minister in his address to the 100th Science Congress had urged everyone to engage in a structured debate analysis and enlightenment instead of faith, emotion and fear on the matters like genetically modified (GM) food, nuclear energy and exploration of outer space.
Disapproving the statements made, Karuna Raina, Nuclear Energy Campaigner, Greenpeace India said, "The PM's statement comes in as an attempt to discredit the anti-GM and anti-nuclear movement which for long has been asking for a national debate. Peoples Movement Against Nuclear Energy, earlier this year, challenged the Govt to organise a national debate on nuclear power. They promised to withdraw their agitation if the majority of the people of India vote in favor of nuclear power. Considering that such debates have been requested time and again by the civil society, both pre and post Fukushima the PM should facilitate such debate and hold consultations around the country on relevance and role of this dangerous, risky and expensive energy option."
The Prime Minister's statement comes at a time when there is a growing opposition from across the society on GM crops. Last year, 2012, marked a decade of approval of Bt cotton, the only GM crop commercially cultivated in India. The last decade has also seen a growing opposition to GM crops in the country. The ensuing debate has also raised serious concerns on the complete failure of the GM regulatory systems, an issue also highlighted by the Parliamentary standing committee on Agriculture in its report on GM crops tabled in the last Monsoon session of Parliament1. The committee comprising of Members of Parliament from across party lines, including 11 from the ruling Congress party, recommended the government against any haste in embracing GM crops and putting in place an all encompassing biosafety protection regime that has the main mandate to safeguard human health, biodiversity and our farm livelihoods from the potential impacts of GM crops. The committee also strongly recommended against any open release of GM crops, including for field trials, until then.
This was followed by the Technical Expert Committee set up by Supreme Court on the issue of GM crops coming out with a report which talks about a precautionary principle based approach towards GM crops owing to their potential to impact human health and biodiversity 2. The committee which had eminent scientists from the fields of molecular biology, nutrition science, biodiversity, toxicology etc. highlighted the various deficiencies in our regulatory system on GMOs and recommended for a moratorium on BT crops and Herbicide tolerant crops and a complete ban on those GM crops for which India is a centre of origin. In a never before instance of scientific solidarity on concerns with GM crops hundreds of scientists had written tot eh supreme court endorsing the TEC report.
"This is another classic case of the Prime Minister saying something while his government does the opposite," said Rajesh Krishnan, Sustainable Agriculture campaigner, Greenpeace India.
The only instance where there was a structured public and scientific debate on GM crops in our country was in the case of Bt brinjal and that resulted in the then Union Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh putting an indefinite moratorium on Bt brinjal. But ever since the Central government has been trying to circumvent the opposition to GM crops, the Biotechnology Regulatory Authority of India (BRAI) Bill through which the govt wants to set up a centralised, non-transparent, undemocratic and unscientific regulatory system for lowering the bar for GM crop approvals is a one such significant effort. "It's a pity that the government is not ready to hold a pre-legislation public consultation and debate on BRAI like in the case of Bt brinjal," added Rajesh. He further stated, "If the government prioritises the health of the citizens, our environment, nation's food security and the livelihoods of our farming communities, then instead of pushing forward the corporate agenda to take control of our seeds through such risky technologies like GM crops the government should focus on the promotion of ecological agriculture which has a triple bottom line of social, economical and ecological sustainability."
Notes to the Editor:
1. The report on GM crops by the parliamentary standing committee on Agriculture can be accessed at http://164.100.47.134/committee/committee_informations.aspx
2. Letter from scientists to the supreme court
http://indiagminfo.org/?p=492
3. TEC report
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Floyd Mayweather Lied When He Said There's No Pictures Of His Crimes
By Joseph Milord
The most common answer Floyd Mayweather gives when asked about his past as a serial abuser of women is never actually an answer. Usually, it's a question: "Where are the pictures?".
Unlike his guard in the ring, that defense always seems weak and hollow, and Deadspin's Diana Moskovitz has proved it to be so.
In a lengthy report that details her unsuccessful yet perfectly legal, done-by-the-book efforts to obtain photos from official record holders in Nevada, Moskovitz came to one conclusion: Las Vegas officials protect Floyd Mayweather from being exposed.
She didn't arrive at that conclusion, though, without making a mockery of Mayweather's favorite excuse.
In one case against Mayweather, for instance, six photos were submitted to the court.
From Deadspin's Moskovitz,
What was on the photos isn't said, but they're from the case brought by prosecutors after Josie Harris told police Mayweather kicked and punched her inside his Bentley, then dragged her out by her hair. By the time the trial came around, Harris told a different story, saying she lied in her police report, and Mayweather was acquitted.
It'd be irresponsible, however, to not mention that Harris has publicly stated she has lied for Floyd Mayweather, and even held on to pictures of her abuse at his hands to "protect" him.
In any event, Mayweather was soon able to have these photos destroyed by applying for an order for the exhibits to be disposed by the state of Nevada.
Then, there's another case brought against Mayweather by Harris, regarding a September 2010 incident during which the boxer visited her in the early hours of the morning and beat her in front of their son after learning she was dating NBA player C.J. Watson.
In that case, Moskovitz found photos were taken that night as well. According to Moskovitz, the police report for that incident noted,
Schmidt also took digital photographs of Harris' injuries and downloaded them into the LVMPD on-base system.
There's also the account of his own son, who submitted a written testimony about what happened that night. This is page one of two:
The problem with all of this is, because of different rules and regulations in Nevada that deem certain pieces of evidence disposable or non-public information, the photos in question are hard to get a hold of.
How those rules work in Mayweather's favor is all detailed in Moskovitz' article. But there's one thing she (and many others in the lead up to the big fight) made clear.
Floyd Mayweather's favorite defense against questions of his character, particularly when it comes to domestic violence, is a boldface lie.
Citations: This Is How Las Vegas Protects Floyd Mayweather (Deadspin)


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