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Music at work: good or bad?
The Infographic answer to one of the burning issues of our time
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Few workplace issues divide opinion quite so much as listening to music in the office. Back in the days before noise-cancelling headphones, normally laid back copywriters could threaten to turn into psychopaths if somebody turned the radio on. Art directors and designers would start emitting steam from their ears if anybody had the temerity to turn that same radio off. Even today, there are those who tut disapprovingly at anybody sat with their headphones in, moving to an invisible rhythm as they type. Can these people really be working as hard as they should be?
Is listening to music evidence that you're just not concentrating? Or is it an essential to helping you concentrate? Does it distract? Or drown out other rival distractions? The world needed an answer to these burning diplomatic issues. Thank goodness the good people at the internet marketing company WebpageFX have seen fit to provide one. Their infographic Whistle while you work: Impact of music on productivity is one of the best sourced infographics you're likely to come across – and it summons a wealth of different research to answer one of the most serious questions of our time. Does music really make us more productive?
I've got a lot of love for this Infographic, not just because it's about a subject very close to my heart, but because it shows just how fantastic this format can be at bringing together disparate information to make sense of an issue. There's not just one set of research represented here – there are at least ten; everything from neuroscience on how different parts of the brain respond to a good tune, to surveys about who listens to what, and whether it helps them perform tasks faster or slower. When this classic office argument next erupts, you can't say they haven't given you plenty of ammunition to help settle it.
As you might expect, for two such complex things as music and productivity – there's no simple relationship between the two. It all depends on the type of music you are listening to, and the type of task you're attempting to be productive at. Employees and SMB business owners alike are very confident that music delivers happier and more productive workplaces (which is great news for music lovers everywhere), but they need to keep an ear out for those employees who need the sounds of silence as well.
Scroll down for the full infographic (it's well worth it) – and then scroll down further for more detail of the science behind some of the key stats. It will give you authority to settle that in-office rap battle on whether music is for slackers or seriously productive folk:
Where do these dance-stepping data come from? Here's a quick summary:
Research from neuropsychologists at Mindlab International last year found that nine out of ten workers produced more accurate test results when listening to music than when surrounded by silence – evidence that music in general has a generally positive impact on mental alertness.
That same research suggests different types of music are better suited to different tasks: classical music if you're making calculations and need attention to detail, pop music for entering data, dance music for proof-reading.
Earlier research from a collection of music licensing companies found that business owners (in particular smaller business owners) have a lot of faith in music boosting morale and productivity. In fact, 40% went so far to claim that the music they played actually increased sales.
The neuroscience as to how music affects different parts of the brain comes from experiments conducted at McGill college in 2001 – and the impact on wellbeing of dopamine, which music helps to release, has been frequently studied.
That all adds up to a lot of positive evidence for the impact of music on productivity – but the nuances of how music affects the brain also mean that it's very bad news for certain tasks. If your work requires linguistic processing (if you're writing something for example) then music with lyrics can interfere with your mental processes. The same applies when you are trying to learn new information.
If music can have such a powerful influence on people's productivity and wellbeing at work, do we maybe need to plan around it more proactively rather than just leaving people to stick on whichever tunes they fancy? Looking through this infographic and the research behind it leaves me imagining offices with carefully crafted soundscapes for people doing different kinds of work: a Classical music room for the number crunchers, a pop-fuelled space for account management, maybe, and a soundproofed booth for the writers. One thing seems clear: get music in the workplace right and you could be unlocking some serious competitive advantage.
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What if we could erase violence, pain and discord? Could a society regularize emotions, eliminate suffering and end war? What if reproduction and sexuality could be completely divorced from the messiness of family life? Wouldn't it be lovely? In the soon-to-be released movie-from–a-book, "The Giver," an ideal community is based on this premise. There is a price, of course.


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Celer IM is integrating with Rubic
byAzzital • May 04, 2022
With the launch of the Celer Inter-chain Message (Celer IM) framework on April 25th, they also announced a list of their launch partners. Recently, they are excited to talk about one of them in a little more detail. Rubic, a multi-chain swap protocol, will be integrating the Celer IM framework to facilitate cross-chain swapping of various tokens!
In combination with cBridge's cross-chain asset ability, Rubic's use of Celer IM will provide Rubic users with more efficient, faster, and lower-cost options for multi-chain swaps, where the best token swap options can be aggregated and executed with the single click of a button.
The Celer Inter-chain Message (IM) framework creates a new way for multi-chain dApps to operate in conjunction with each other. Current multi-chain dApps typically deploy isolated copies of their underlying smart contracts on each new blockchain that they want to connect with. Despite sharing the same code, their application logic and shared states differ radically according to the protocol on which they are based. Often they only share the same user interface and native token.
Cross-chain compatibility is mostly a universally agreed-upon goal throughout the corners of the cryptocurrency space. Rubic has been working towards this goal since they began aiming to deliver a complete ONE-STOP decentralized trading platform that features multi-chain swaps, on-chain swaps, and much more. The implementation and integration of Celer IM with Rubic will open even more opportunities for multiple cross-chain expansions in the future!
Rubic founder Vladimir Tikhomirov celebrated the integration with Celer IM, adding that he was excited by the combination of Rubic with Celer's cross-chain tools.
Tikhomirov said "One of Rubic's goals is to provide the best rates, swap routes, and intuitive UIs for all kinds of swaps, across all networks, with the help of the most progressive and reliable services. In simple terms, Rubic is planning to create a Stripe for all networks and tokens across the industry.
Our Service must include in it providers which are shown to be trustworthy and reliable throughout their history. The integrated providers must function in a stable manner and be capable of processing a massive amount of information, while also providing the best user experience. We have found all of this in Celer's inter-chain message framework. Rubic and myself are happy that Celer will be one of the major providers for our service.
This cooperation will mark the beginning of a new path in Rubic's development, which will have a hugely positive impact on our ability to provide the best experience for our users. We are looking forward to continuing to work on creating the most convenient cross-chain experience for our users, and we're happy that Celer is assisting us in achieving that."
Celer IM can currently be integrated with any number of multi-chain dApps with ease and requires no modifications to existing code. Popular DEXes such as UniSwap or SushiSwap can be made compatible with Celer IM by using a simple plugin.
About Rubic
Rubic is a multichain DeFi ecosystem, which features multi-chain swaps, on-chain swaps, and much more. Our aim is to deliver a complete ONE-STOP decentralized trading platform. The Rubic platform is a place where users can complete multi-chain swaps utilizing different solutions, where users will get the best rates from all the leading swap protocols (thanks to a DEX aggregator implementation), as well as our unique multi-chain feature which gives the opportunity to swap all supported tokens on 1 click!
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About Celer Network
Celer is a multi-chain operating system that allows the various application logic, liquidity, and states, normally segregated across different chains, to communicate with one another and enables seamless cross-chain composability for dApp developers and projects. Developers can build cross-chain-native dApps using the Celer cross-chain Message SDK with efficient liquidity utilization, coherent application logic, and shared states. Users of Celer-enabled dApps will enjoy the benefits of a diverse multi-blockchain ecosystem with the simplicity of a single-transaction UX from a single chain.
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The consequences of identity theft can be staggering. Victims spend extensive time closing bad accounts and fixing credit records. Clearing your name could be an expensive and lengthy process. You could be denied loans and jobs—and, though unlikely, you could even be mistakenly arrested as a result of crimes committed in your name.
How can an identity thief get your personal information?
Removing mail from your mailbox or fraudulently redirecting your mail.
Stealing personal and private information from wallets, purses, mail, your home, vehicle, computer and websites you've visited or e-mails you've sent.
Retrieving personal information in your garbage or recycling bin.
Posing as a creditor, landlord or employer to get a copy of your credit report or access to your personal information from other confidential sources.
Tampering with automated banking machines and point of sale terminals, enabling thieves to read your debit or credit card number and Personal Identification Number.
Searching public sources, such as newspapers (obituaries), telephone books, and records open to the public (professional certifications).
Buying the information from a dishonest employee working where personal and/or financial information is stored.
Bills and statements don't arrive when they are supposed to—they may have been stolen from the mailbox or someone has changed the mailing address.
Sign all credit cards when you receive them and never lend them to anyone. Cancel and destroy credit cards you do not use and password protect your back account, credit card and other online accounts. Never keep a written record of your PIN numbers in your purse or wallet.
Carry only the identification information and credit cards that you actually need. Do not carry your social insurance card; leave it in a secure place. This applies also to your passport unless you need it for traveling out of country.
Shred or destroy paperwork you no longer need, such as bank machine receipts, receipts from electronic and credit card purchases, utility bills, and any document that contains personal and/or financial information.
What should you do if you're a victim of identity theft?
Contact your bank or credit card company if you have had your cheques or credit cards stolen or wrongfully obtained.
Report the matter to your local police even if the crime ultimately may be investigated by a law enforcement agency from a different jurisdiction. In addition, a creditor may want to see a copy of a police report regarding the fraudulent transaction prior to correcting your credit account or credit report.
Report your identity theft case immediately to the appropriate government and private-sector organizations. Keep copies of correspondence and documents related to the theft.


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The morning of June 27th, 2215 was clear and sunny with the heavy heat of a summer's day after the Apocalypse. Hibiscus blossomed profusely, as they grew around office building ruins. Palm trees were richly green. Despite the initial feral chaos after the nuclear bombs, new tribal communities formed. Human nature is to work together—whether it be towards good or evil. Survivors of the village of Los Angeles had found their path. They began to gather in Plummer Park. Between the bombed out community center and gutted playground. Around ten o'clock. In some towns, there were so many people that the Loteria took two days and had to begin on June 2nd. But in the hamlet of Los Angeles, where there were only around three hundred survivors left after the initial nuclear cleansing, the entire affair took less than two hours. It could begin at ten in the morning and finish in time to allow villagers to be home for dinner at noon.
The children with their radiation deformations assembled first, of course. Sporadic tutoring took place over the summer. A feeling of liberty lingered uneasily with the children—as it did with the adults as well, for the bombs destroyed the jobs. The children gathered quietly before they broke into boisterous play. Their talk was full of the nomadic tutor Matias Viegener and CalArts legend—of books, zines and reprimands. Bobby Martin had already stuffed his pockets full of twigs and matches. Other boys soon followed his example, selecting the finest and lightest tinder under the fig trees. Bobby, Harry Jones and Dickie Delacroix—survivors pronounced his name "Delaquwah"—eventually made a large pile of branches in one corner of the playground and guarded it against the raids of other boys. The girls stood aside talking amongst themselves, looking over their shoulders, rolling in overgrown grass or clinging to the hands of their older half-brothers or stepsisters.
Soon the cis men, butches and trans men gathered, surveying their own or shared custody children, speaking of fallen fruit harvests and rain, bicycles and bartering. They stood together—away from the branch pile on the corner. Their jokes were quieter, and they smiled rather than laughed. Hearty wallops on shoulders and handshakes were things of the past on the most serious of days. The enbies, intersex and gender fluid entered next in all-purpose midnight blue smocks. Between male and female—doing the work of both. The cis women, trans women and drag queens, wearing faded pre-empire dresses cut and sewn to new shapes, repurposed for greater practicality, came shortly after their folk. They greeted one another and exchanged gossip as they joined their poly partners. Gender had already become a construct in pre-Apocalypse America. In this Brave New World that the bombs created, all were free to choose which direction on the spectrum would now be theirs. If even for a day. Soon, mothers called to their children, and stepchildren reluctantly followed—needing to be called four or five times. Bobby Martin ducked under his stepmother's grasping hand and ran, laughing, back to the pile of branches. His father spoke up sharply, and Bobby came quick and positioned himself between his father and oldest brother.
The Loteria was conducted—as was the Lithia picnic, Yule caroling and Samhain ritual—by Mr. Summers, who devoted his time and energy to tribal activities. He was a round-faced, jovial man who ran the solar panel business. People felt sorry for him because he had no children, and his second wife was a scold. When he arrived to Plummer Park, carrying the big pink furry box, there were conversational murmurs among the urban tribe, and he waved and called, "little late today, folks." The carrier pigeon keeper, Mr. Graves, followed him, carrying a milk crate. The milk crate was placed in the center of the park's nearby parking lot. Mr. Summers set the big pink furry box on top of it. Villagers kept their distance, leaving space between themselves and the milk crate. When Mr. Summers suggested, "Some of you fellows want to give me a hand," there was hesitation between the two men. Mr. Martin and his oldest son Baxter came forward to hold the box steady on the crate while Mr. Summers stirred up the pre-empire newsprint scraps inside of it.
The Loteria's original paraphernalia had been lost long ago. The pink box now resting on the milk crate had been put into use even before old man Warner, the oldest man in Los Angeles, had been born. Mr. Summers spoke frequently to villagers about making a new box, but no one liked to upset as much tradition as there was about the big pink furry box. There was a story that the present box had been on the television show "RuPaul's Drag Race"—before the Apocalypse, when television was still around. Now we just watch each other. It's like reality television. Every sun cycle, after the Loteria, Mr. Summers discussed the possibility of getting a new box, but every sun cycle, the subject again subsided, and nothing was resolved.
The big pink furry box grew shabbier each year. By now, it was no longer solidly pink but faded by the sun. The upholstery was ripped along its side exposing naked wood beneath, and it was stained in certain places.
Mr. Martin and his oldest son, Baxter, held the big pink furry box on the milk crate until Mr. Summers stirred the newsprint scraps with his hand. Because so much of the ritual had been forgotten, Mr. Summers had been successful at having the newsprint substituted for squirrel hides that had been used for generations. Squirrel hides, Mr. Summers argued, were all very good when Los Angeles was tiny, but now that the population was more than three hundred and likely to keep growing due to immigration and breeding, it was necessary to use something that would fit easier into the pink box. The night before the Loteria, Mr. Summers and Mr. Graves made the newsprint scraps and placed them into the box. It was then taken to the lockbox at Mr. Summers's solar panel business and protected until Mr. Summers was ready to transport it to Plummer Park the next morning. The rest of the sun cycle, the box was stashed way—sometimes one place, sometimes another. The box spent one year in Mr. Grave's bike kitchen and another year underfoot at the carrier pigeon rookery. Sometimes, it was set on a shelf at the Martin booth on Saturday Market and left there.
There was a great deal of fussing before Mr. Summers declared that the Loteria was open. There were lists to make up—of families, heads of households, members of each family. There was the proper swearing-in of Mr. Summers by the carrier pigeon keeper a.k.a. Capitan of the Loteria. At one time, survivors remembered, there had been a kind of performance by Capitan of the Loteria—a driving, rhythmic chant that rattled off each year. Some people believed that Capitan of the Loteria stood alone while he declared or sang it. Others believed that he promenaded among the people, but sun cycles and sun cycles ago, this detail of the ritual had been allowed to lapse. There had also been a ritual salute with an athame, or ceremonial knife, in which Capitan of the Loteria used to address survivors who approached to draw from the box. This also changed with time; now it only felt necessary for Capitan to speak to each person who came up. Mr. Summers was benevolent during all of this—in his clean white tunic and brown boots, one arm resting on the pink box. He seemed polite yet imposing as he talked endlessly to Mr. Graves and the Martins.
Just as Mr. Summers finally left off talking and turned to the assembled urban tribe, Mrs. Hutchinson came hurriedly along the path to Plummer Park—patchwork sweater thrown over her shoulders—and slid into place in the back of the gathering. "Clean forgot what day it was," she remarked to Mrs. Delacroix, who stood next to her, and they both chuckled and murmured.
Mrs. Hutchinson looked out onto the tribe of survivors. She found her second husband and stepchildren standing near the front. She lightly kissed Mrs. Delacroix on the side of her face in goodbye and made her way through the tattered group. Survivors kindly separated to let her pass. Two or three people commented, in slightly raised voices, "Here comes your wife, Hutchinson," and "Bill, she's here." Mrs. Hutchinson reached her man. Mr. Summers, who had been standing there for a while, pronounced benevolently, "Thought we were going to have to go ahead and start, Tessie." Mrs. Hutchinson mentioned, smiling, "Wouldn't want me to leave my lemon pie in the oven, now would you, Joe?" Light laughter rippled through the amassed survivors as the tribe stirred back into place.
"I will," a woman piped up. Mr. Summers turned to see her. "Wife draws for her husband," Mr. Summers remarked. "Don't you have a teenage son to do it for you, Janey?" Although Mr. Summers and everyone else in Los Angeles knew the answer, it was the business of Capitan of the Loteria to ask personal questions publicly. Everyone knew each other's business the way things are now, living in such small groups. Mr. Summers waited carefully while Mrs. Dunbar responded.
"Here," a man announced. Mr. Summers nodded.
Survivors had done this so many times after the drought that when it became necessary to institute the Loteria, they only half-listened to directions. Most of them were quiet. Wetting their lips. Not looking around. Mr. Summers raised one hand high and declared, "Adams." A man disengaged himself from the crowd and came forward. "Hi, Steve," Mr. Summers greeted, and Mr. Adams replied, "Hi, Joe." They smiled at one another without any real mirth. Mr. Adams reached into the big pink furry box and took out a folded newsprint scrap. He held it firmly at one corner as he turned and went hastily back to his place in the group. He stood somewhat apart from his family—not looking down at his hand.
"Seems like there's no time at all between Loterias anymore," Mrs. Delacroix remarked to Mrs. Graves in the back row.
"Time goes fast," Mrs. Graves observed.
"There goes my partner," Mrs. Delacroix uttered. She inhaled sharply while her husband went forward.
"We're next," Mrs. Graves noted. She watched as Mr. Graves came around from the side of the pink box, greeted Mr. Summers with seriousness and selected a paper slip from the box. By now, in the midst of the crowd were men—butch and trans men holding small folded newsprint scraps in their hands. Turning them over and over nervously. Mrs. Dunbar and her two sons stood together, and Mrs. Dunbar held a paper slip.
"Get up there, Bill," Mrs. Hutchinson prodded. Survivors near her laughed.
"They're almost through," her son noticed.
"You get ready to run and tell Dad," Mrs. Dunbar instructed.
"Go tell your father," Mrs. Dunbar instructed her older son.
"Be a good sport, Tessie," Mrs. Delacroix called.
"Shut up, Tessie," Bill Hutchinson demanded.
"It wasn't fair," Tessie whined.
"How many kids, Bill?" Mr. Summers asked.
Mr. Graves selected the five slips and put them in the box. He dropped all newsprint scraps, except the five, onto the ground. The summer breeze caught them and lifted them off.
"Listen, everybody," Mrs. Hutchinson said to the people around her. The tribe ignored her and shifted uneasily where they stood.
"Ready, Bill?" Mr. Summers asked. Bill Hutchinson, with one quick glance around at his wife and children, nodded.
"Remember," Mr. Summers suggested. "Take the newsprint scraps and keep them folded until each person takes one. Harry, you help little Dave." Mr. Graves grabbed the little boy's hand, who then willingly followed him up to the box. "Take a paper out of the box, Davy." Mr. Summers advised. Davy put his hand into the box and laughed. "Take just one paper." Mr. Summers instructed. "Harry, you hold it for him." Mr. Graves took the child's hand and removed the folded paper from his tight fist and held it. Little Dave stood next to him and looked up at him wonderingly.
"Nancy next," Mr. Summers declared. Nancy was twelve, and her communal tutoring friends breathed heavily as she went forward swishing her skirt, taking a slip daintily from the box.
"Bill, Jr.," Mr. Summers said, and Billy, his face red with his oversized feet, nearly knocked the box over as he retrieved a paper. "Tessie," Mr. Summers remarked. She hesitated for a minute, looking around defiantly, then tight-lipped, she went up to the box. She snatched a paper out and held it behind her.
"Bill," Mr. Summers voiced, and Bill Hutchinson reached into the box and felt around, bringing his hand out at last with the scrap of newsprint on it.
The tribe was quiet. A girl whispered, "I hope it's not Nancy." The sound of whispers reached the group's edge.
"All right," Mr. Summers announced. "Open the papers. Harry, you open little Dave's." Mr. Graves opened the slip of paper. A collective sigh was heard in the crowd as he held it up for everyone to see that it was blank. Nancy and Bill, Jr. opened theirs at the same time. Both beamed and laughed, turned to the crowd and held their paper slips above their heads.
"Tessie," Mr. Summers declared. There was a pause, and then Mr. Summers looked at Bill Hutchinson. Bill unfolded his paper and realized it was blank.
"It's Tessie," Mr. Summers said, and his voice was hushed. "Show us her paper, Bill." Bill Hutchinson went over to his wife and forced the slip of paper from her hand. It had a black spot on it—the same black spot Mr. Summers made the night before with heavy pencil in his solar panel office. Bill Hutchinson held it up. The crowd stirred.
In his hands, Mr. Dunbar held a frayed piece of thick rope and tied Tessie's hands behind the stake. Children threw twigs onto the pyre—amid her skirt. Someone gave little Davy Hutchinson the first match. He held it aloft—first light of an overcast afternoon to begin cleansing by fire.
Mr. Dunbar wound the rope around and around, until Tessie Hutchinson was one with the stake—and her fate. He carefully poured hoarded lighter fluid about her head, shoulders and apron. She held her desperate palms out as villagers moved in on her. "It isn't fair," she begged over and over. Her words drifted away. Ignored. Like smoke from the match her son held high.
For the collective good of the village of Los Angeles, Davy flicked his lit match onto the pyre. Suddenly, quickly, all branches and her womanly body, were aflame. A blazing column lit up the lazy afternoon haze. Old Man Warner chanted, "Come on, come on, everyone." Steve Adams stood in the front of the crowd, with Mrs. Graves beside him. Orange fire flickered and reflected in their eyes, as they watched the traditional blood sacrifice unfold again. Such had always been the punishment for women who stepped out of line. The deed was fitting. To all villagers who watched Tessie die in flames.
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed. Her final words howled upwards into the uncaring toxic air. Her burning body became one long wordless scream—echoing over decaying office buildings and palm trees swaying in the calm breeze. Lips rouged by raspberries the last to burn to cinders. Thus ended her howl of perdition.
"For in blazing fire is the fate of the Scarlet Woman," said Mr. Summers. "All is as it should be once more." Blackened fragments, silent on the stake, blown ashes covering faces of gathered villagers. Blessing them. Cleansing them. Renewing for another year.


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He asked permission to go to the mosque. The lecturer allowed him and his three friends to go. He went tothe mosque but he missed the lecture. This happened every Friday. 18 He became inspired by the idea of having a mosque close to the campus (Naipaul 1981:347) 17 It means the party of Allah, a military unit for the Muslim youth, established by the Japanese at the end of 1944. Ulamas and Muslim leaders also established Sabilillah (the way of Allah) which acted as the main body and protector for Hizbullah.
They must be true Muslims'. He believed that what was needed now was a true Muslim leader, 'who lived according to the Quran, … who could stand in for the Prophet, … who knew the Prophet' s deeds so well that he would order affairs as the Prophet himself might have ordered them' (Naipaul 1981:350–2). For this reason, Imaduddin was concerned with Islamic education for youngsters. During his second time in America, he often met and discussed issues with Muslim intellectuals, such as Nurcholis Madjid, Amin Rais and Syafi'i Ma'arif, who also studied in America.
The need became much greater as the number of Muslim students with strong Islamic backgrounds increased every year. A committee was formed in 1960 to produce a mosque development plan. In 1960, Sukarno approved the plan, and he even named the proposed mosque 'Salman', the name of a Muslim technocrat in the Prophet's era. Three years later, building of the mosque commenced, and Salman Mosque was first used in 1972. In 1965 the management of the mosque was delegated to Yayasan Pembina Mesjid Salman (YPM Salman, Salman Mosque Development Foundation).


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What Is Isostatic Rebound?
There are many things I love about living in Alaska. One of my favorites is isostatic rebound. As the warming planet stares us in the face, our glaciers melt and sea level takes away some northwestern Alaska Native villages that have been there for at least 10,000 thousand years. I live in a different part of Alaska though, which is 1,500 miles southeast of them, but I hear of the changes that cause the people to make plans to move their entire villages. Where I live I see the changes to glaciers and land. I see land recently deglaciated and l live on land that was covered by a glacier a millennia ago. I live on land that had no recent human inhabitants just over 100 years ago. It was a glacial outcrop of only gravel and moisture. The oldest tree in the area is now not even 200 years old. I grew up in New England and areas around there. When one of my father's scientist colleagues said to me when I was 14, "You are but a second in geologic time," I was shocked, but my eyes opened wide from that moment forward. Until I moved to a town on Icy Strait, I was not used to daily thoughts about my life in geologic terms. Here we are quite familiar with isostatic rebound even if not with the term itself. What is isostatic rebound, other than a term I like for how it sounds? Its definition is the rise of a landmass that has been compressed by the weight of glacial ice for centuries if not millennia.
You may not be aware of this if you haven't lived with oceans and glaciers for your neighbors for at least a few decades. Even in coastal New England, I wasn't aware. At least part of Southeast Alaska, the part where I live between Skagway and the Fairweather Fishing Grounds of the Pacific Ocean, our land rises at about an inch to an inch and a half a year. This is due to isostatic rebound, the rebounding or rising of the earth when released from great pressure. About 20,000 years ago, there was a glacier that stretched from northeast of Skagway into the Pacific Ocean, a distance of about 250 miles. It also continued far east to the Rocky Mountains, a distance of about 2,000 miles—2,000 miles of mountain tops and icy glaciers. The sight of nothing but glacier and snow-covered mountains on a sunny flight between Juneau and Seattle is a sight well worth the airfare. In my area, the once-4,000-foot mass of glacial ice has now melted down to hundreds of feet at most. With the weight of tons of ice lifted from Earth's surface, the land now rises.
A cubic foot of ice weighs 57.2 pounds. What does a 4000-vertical cubic foot of ice weigh? The answer is 228,800 pounds. One vertical square foot of ice weighs that much. Four thousand feet was the approximate height of the glacier and its per square foot on each square foot of the land was that 228,800 pounds. Certainly that weight will press land down. I sometimes lie on the Gustavus beach and picture I'm under 4,000 or even 1,000 feet of ice. I am a shell crushed into granules of sand. How broad was that mass of ice? Broad enough to cover almost all of North America, Europe, and the northern half of Russia. This occurred up until about 11,000 years ago.
Then from about 1400 to 1900, there was another Ice Age, this time called the Little Ice Age, which existed in various places including North America and Europe. Brian Fagan's book, The Little Ice Age, gives an excellent description. He calls the land between Glacier Bay National Park and Yakutak the last remnant of this period. Yakutak, 150 miles away, is our closest neighboring town to the northwest. I fly over those 150 miles in awe. While our glaciers were much smaller in the Little Ice Age than in the end of the Wisconsin Age, they are even smaller now. Goodness, the Wisconsin Ice Age lasted from about 75,000 years ago to 11,000 years ago. I can imagine 11,000 years ago because I live on land where others lived then, whether in Alaska or the High Desert of southeastern Oregon. But 75,000 years ago? That is more than I can imagine. There were no residents of Alaska or Oregon's High Desert then. I can picture back to 14,000 years ago when there were residents of Lake County, Oregon, and of Alaska. That's as far as my thoughts stretch. I must learn to take them back further, before there were people in North America. Perhaps I need to imagine being a boulder or a mile-high mountain top in those days.
Why does this Earth-bound information deserve to be in my blog titled Flashbacks? Because the planet is changing whether we like it or not. As snow melts, oceans increase in size. Oceans are warming too. Fish life is changing. The Pacific cod that used to be a local fishery for us are moving farther north to cooler waters for their livelihood and survival. Far south of us, coral reefs are endangered and disappearing partly due to human-caused reasons and partly due to independent world climate change. Renee Cho wrote an article worth reading on coral reefs in 2011, now updated as of 2018 (https://blogs.ei.columbia.edu/2011/06/13/losing-our-coral-reefs/). I live in the largest temperate rainforest on the planet. Coral reefs are the ocean's equivalent to rainforests and they are at least as endangered as rainforests.
Planet Earth cannot speak a language any human directly understands. Couple that with the depths of our oceans that we cannot see. Sub-marine vehicles are not enough for it would be like looking at Kansas and saying that life in the nearby Colorado Rockies is the same. (I choose those two neighboring states because I've lived in both and know their stark differences.) Planet Earth is not panicked, or even worried or concerned about its changes and survival. It does not speak our language, but we must learn to understand it. We are doing a poor job at this. We can ignore all this at our own peril. Let us do better at looking before we and our planet change irrevocably. Our planet is not sentient, at least as far as we know. However, let us not become victims of change while living here.
I never lived anywhere where I can watch the earth around me change, that is, until I moved to Gustavus. Even today I watch the glaciers melt. For last 27 years I've taken the day-boat up-bay and I've taken a flight-see over the area and its glaciers. Every summer I take too many pictures of mountains and glaciers, but I can look at them and compare 1993 print photos to 2019 digital photos. When I now fly to Juneau in summer and see no snow on most of the Chilkat Mountains, I worry.
I watch the shoreline change, but that is probably due more to isostatic rebound than our land in trouble. Jack and Sally's driveway used to flood at our highest tides of 20 feet. Since the land has risen by about a yard in my Gustavus lifetime, their driveway no longer floods. High tides at the beach 30 years ago used to flood the land back from the ocean but not anymore. I see a Gustavus coastline that has a three-foot dune between the dock and the Salmon River. There was no dune there 30 years ago.
I watch winters go from an expected 10- to 12-feet of snow down to a foot and a half for three winters in a row. This winter we are still short, maybe a 16-inch base instead of three feet or more. Winter has always been my favorite season because I love the snow and cold. Some winters now I feel as if I live in rainy Seattle, Eugene, or Edinburgh. I like watching geology in action. I like the isostatic rebound, but where are my cold winters?
When we had our 32-foot well dug, Bruce threw away the shells found at the bottom. Oh no, I wailed to my neighbor, Gary. He later had Bruce dig him a well at the same depth. Thoughtfully, Gary saved three shells from the dig on his land and gave them to me. I saved one and sent the other two to Beta Analytic, a lab for carbon dating analysis. The macoma baltica shell is about 2,400 to 2,550 years old. It cost me $600. My geologist brother thought I was silly to spend that money to analyze shells. Good heavens, Bill, you're a geologist! It was not foolish but for science. I saved one shell to frame some day with a short story. I did it because it is the history of our land. I also wrote a poem about having "beachfront" property.
When fishing for salmon you must consider
the time of year: catch fatty kings in the ocean of cold winter months,
when sensible fish and people gain fat to insulate in northern cold.
Catch sockeye when summer days grow short,
coho close to fall equinox when the moon shines full
and northern lights glimmer.
While you catch sockeye and coho, consider their stream.
Picture their source as they struggle up river against the flow to lay
millions of eggs so a few survive.
When catching fish as you stand on deck or bank,
consider the currents, the channels where they swim.
Consider the water's temperature, the small canyons, rocks, and greens below.
Where do the salmon go these years?
They follow the currents to their food
every year arrive off their origin's coast till,
mature, return to swim back, spawn, and die.
How do they know their way?
The waters of each stream hold a unique taste, smell, and
chemistry imprinted on young fry before they swam
to ocean those four years ago. Now that stream awaits their return.
What makes some swim to a new stream, a manmade ditch alongside
the road that holds pinks and now too cohos?
Why, how, did they change their pattern?
Who was the grandmother fish, who said
Now we will spawn here?
I live on a muskeg, an unromantic glacial outwash plain—
four inches of soil lie atop sand lie atop gravel, lie atop sand till
ten meters below lie macoma baltica shells on yesterday's beach.
Today's beach is three miles south. It is these shells that tell me
2,500 years ago when Socrates orated, Plato wrote, and the first democracy flourished,
this was beachfront property.
I rock on my deck and ponder that,
hear, feel the waves against the shore beneath my feet.
To inhabit the boggy terrain, men dug ditches,
drained the muskeg—sort of. We built houses and a town here.
The land rose because the glaciers retreated—isostatic
rebound they call it…and the ditches turned to streams that
carried the salmon past my cabin in the woods as they
made their ways into new channels into deeper streams holding
the right smells, tastes, and chemistry
until ten years ago I saw pinks in the stream and three years later more
pinks till now I see pinks and cohos every autumn in the stream
alongside the road.
I stop. Admire their struggle to pass even a four-inch terrain change.
I lean over, ask Where did you come from, my glistening silvery friend?
What part of the sea were you in while you were gone?
The waters of Mystic Islands? Cross Sound? The Fairweather Grounds?
The Washing Machine of South Inian Pass?
Why did you choose this tributary? What
is in your skin, flesh, and bones? What is it
you smell and taste that brings your offspring
back to my paths each year?
Last night I dreamed eggs began to hatch.
But it's January! I say. Already you've
grown to four inches for your journey to the sea.
But you should still be fry! You wiggled a look at me
as if I, too, were under water, then continued your life's journey.
I still open the little round Ukrainian box where my macoma baltica shell is and marvel at my once beachfront property and the isostatic rebound that has raised my land to 39 feet above sea level.


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Fund for UFO Research
Founded in the District of Columbia in 1979 to provide grants for UFO research and public education. The chairman since its beginning has been physicist Bruce Maccabee. It reviews research proposals and approves those that promise to advance scientific knowledge and public awareness of UFO phenomena. It grants interviews to news media, bestows awards, and conducts research programs. It is not a membership organization nor does it publish a magazine, although it issues occasional reports. It does not investigate UFO reports, but it works with and funds groups that do. Address: P.O. Box 277, Mt. Rainier, MD 20712.
A Brief History of the Fund for UFO Research. Washington, D.C.: Fund for UFO Research, n.d.
Clark, Jerome. UFOs in the 1980s. Vol. 1 of The UFO Encyclopedia. Detroit: Apogee Books, 1990.
The Government UFO Collection: A Collection of UFO Documents from the Government of the USA and Canada. Mt. Rainier, Md.: Fund for UFO Research, 1981-85.
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Containing eleven essays by Indian and European experts, this volume examines the structural issues and differing worldviews that bedevil Europe's relations with India. It evaluates the approaches of India and the European Union towards multilateralism, a multipolar world order, and the problems and potential of cooperation in peacekeeping. It discusses the convergence and divergence in their approaches and policies towards emerging global norms and climate change.
This book examines India-EU trade and economic relations, EU development cooperation with India, and assesses the perceptions and impact of the Eurozone crisis on China and India.
The study will be of interest to all those engaged in the fields of economics, political science, international relations, and Indian foreign policy.
Rajendra K Jain is Director, Europe Area Studies Programme and Professor of European Studies, School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. He is the first and only Jean Monnet Chair in India and Adjunct Professor (Research), Monash European and EU Studies Centre, Monash University, Melbourne. He was formerly visiting Humboldt Foundation Professor at Constance, Freiburg, Leipzig and Tubingem universities in Germany as well as Visiting Professor, the Maison des Sciences de I'Homme, Paris and the Asia-Europe Institute, University of Malaya.


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"Teachers' Perception of an Integrated Approach" by Laura Ferreira González, Thomas Hennemann et al.
Inclusive education requires that teachers not only teach academic knowledge and skills, but also consider the individual needs of all pupils, especially with respect to their social-emotional status. All teachers (including science and biology teachers) have to promote the well-being of their pupils by helping them develop social-emotional skills. The positive impact of these skills has been widely researched and documented. There is no doubt that academic achievements and social-emotional skills go hand in hand. However, only very little research data are available on how biology lessons and biology teachers can facilitate inclusive education in everyday school. The purpose of this qualitative study is to find out how teachers perceive an integrated approach in biology classes. This study reports on the experiences of five biology teachers with an integrated approach in which learning about the human body was intertwined with socio-emotional learning to address all pupils' needs. Overall, the teachers considered the use and implementation of the approach a success. They observed that the pupils were motivated and showed a high level of active involvement and participation. However, it became obvious that the teachers did not fully realize all elements of the approach—the intertwined biological and emotional learning in particular—although they liked it. Finally, our findings show that a practical way to teach science and emotional learning can be realized in common, but teachers need further support and professional development.
Ferreira González, Laura; Thomas Hennemann; and Kirsten Schlüter (2019) "Teachers' Perception of an Integrated Approach to Biology and Emotional Learning," Journal of Science Education for Students with Disabilities: Vol. 22 : Iss. 1 .


In conjunction with surcharge loading, wick drains are a time- and cost-effective method of consolidating low permeability soft, compressible soils that if left untreated take several years to drain. Suitable material includes soft, saturated fine-grained soils, organics, sludge, mine tailing, and dredge fills. When a wick drain system is installed before the surcharge preload is placed, the drainage path of trapped pore pressure is shortened to the nearest drain, effectively decreasing total overall drainage time to months. The drain itself consists of a filter strip with corrugated drainage channels wrapped in geotextile filter fabric to prevent clogging. Prior to wick drain installation, a sand or gravel blanket is placed across the site to provide a stable working platform for equipment. Wick drains are installed in a grid pattern on spacings ranging from 2.5-8 ft on center. The wick drains are fitted with an anchor plate and advanced to depth by means of a mandrel attached to a track-mounted excavator or crane, depending on installation depth. Where dense interlayered strata are present, vibratory energy can be applied during installation. On potentially contaminated sites, the wick drain system can be designed to collect the pore water for treatment.
Earthquake drains, either alone or in combination with other methods, are an economical and effective method of mitigating liquefaction potential in loose saturated cohesionless soils. The large-capacity flexible vertical drains are advanced to design depth with a vibrating mandrel that also affords some soil densification, further aiding liquefaction mitigation. Drains are wrapped with a geotextile filter fabric that provides free access to the drain while preventing clogging. They are typically installed on 3-6 ft centers and to depths of 85+ ft. Tighter drain spacing can allow more rapid dissipation of pore water pressure during a seismic event.


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Q: Tomcat Servlet Default Datetime Format I'm trying out Endeavour Software Project Management.It's running as a servlet in Tomcat (Catalina). The package came with tomcat and jre configure, got it running quite easily. Everything was fine, except that the Datetime format wasn't as per my machine's configuration. I couldn't find a place to configure the Datetime format. Not in the servlet itself, or any of the configuration file I've dug through. Btw, I'm using a Windows 7 x86 machine. Any idea to change the format without touching the source code?

A: You can at highest change the platform default locale of the server machine. It's unclear what platform the server is using, but if it's Windows, you can do it in the control panel: http://java.com/en/download/help/locale.xml
But you're still dependent on the webapp software whether it picks/uses the correct locale. Maybe it has the locale hardcoded or it should be externally configureable. Refer the webapp's documentation.
Changing the server's platform default locale will however affect all visitors since the webapp doesn't seem to respect the client's default locale (as per the comments on your question).

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Do the clothes maketh the man?
What clothing gives a soldier the appearance of strength and valour? What visual cues on a costume suggest masculinity? During our Hollywood Costume exhibition, we invited film critics and costuming experts to dissect how masculinity is defined on the silver screen.
Guest panel includes Mark Nicholls, Paola Di Trocchio and Jake Wilson.


My Summer In Photos // 2017 – Clara & Co.
Though I can't wait for the cooler weather, I am going to miss summer! I've had a lot of fun during the past couple of months and made some great memories.
I collected a list of some of the things I've done this summer along with some pictures that I have taken over the past few months to share with y'all. 🙂 Enjoy!
Going swimming for hours on end.
Visiting our tiny local library and getting way more books than I have time to read.
Eating quite a few delicious peaches.
Enduring bad country music and enjoying incredible fireworks on the 4th of July.
Going on several long road trips.
Seeing a lot of rainy afternoons and summer storms.
Making ATCs on an airplane with my sister on our flight to Texas.
Exploring the woods with my siblings.
Going on many long walks in the hayfield with my sweet dog.
Listening to hours of NEEDTOBREATHE and Adam Young Scores.
Racing against the heat to finish melting Popsicles.
Learning a ton about fishing thanks to my slightly obsessed younger brother.
Staying up past midnight to help assemble an Ikea bunk bed. (Tip: it's fun to sing Adele at one in the morning).
Watching quite a few episodes of The Andy Griffith Show with my siblings.
Swinging on the amazing rope swing that hangs from an oak tree in our yard.
Picking a ton of delicious wild blackberries in the hayfield and gaining about 10,000 scratches from thorns in the process.
Watching hummingbirds and butterflies visit the zinnias that we planted around the patio in the front yard.
Cleaning, organizing, and re-arranging my brothers' extremely messy bedroom.
Becoming better at using my dSLR and enjoying being able to capture moments like this with my new camera lens.
Seeing quite a few epic sunsets.
Celebrating several birthdays, including my baby brother's fifth birthday.
Learning some new fiddle songs and playing lots of music with my dad and sister.
How has your summer been? I'd love to hear in the comments below!
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Wow, you're learning hieroglyphics! Whaaat?
I love the photos, such a wonderful post!!
I really really love this idea! What a great post!
Sounds like you had a great Summer! I did too, though it went by way too fast. I really enjoyed taking lots of photos with my new camera and reading a lot. I also learned several new songs on the violin. 🙂 Here's a slightly random question: how many fine tuners do you have on your violin? It was a little too hard to tell from the picture. Can you easily tune your violin with the tuning pegs?
I did have a great summer! Yes, I agree – it went by amazingly fast! Ooh, you got a new camera? That's awesome!
I LOVE peaches! Specifically soft, yellow ones. I think I'm going to a NeedtoBreathe concert soon!
OH MY GOSH, ADAM YOUNG IS WONDERFUL. 🙂 And this was a lovely post! Soo sweet.
Also, quick question; what kind of camera do you use? Is it a Canon or Nikon? Thanks!
This post is so wonderful! Your summer looks like one to remember. 😉 Good luck with your college classes!
Thank you, Olivia! It was. 🙂 Thanks!!
I LOVE this post, Clara! It was so beautiful, both the words and the pictures! Now I want to do one… XD I'm so glad you had a great summer, and I hope you have an amazing school year too!
winces at my uncharacteristically short comment BUT I SERIOUSLY LOVED THE POST, I DID.
Aw, thank you so much, Allison! Ooh, you should do one. 😉 Thanks, I hope so too!
Don't worry about the short comment. XD I'm SO glad you enjoyed my post!!
You have a great fall as well!
Lovely posts+amazing pictures, especially the rainy afternoons/storms one!
What a neat idea! (It's raining here now)Also, what is the graphic thingy at the bottom of your picture?
Yay! Sounds like a great summer! Oh, how I LOVE the Andy Griffith show! I still can't believe that little Ezra is five! It just doesn't seem right. He was just born!
Your photography always makes my jaw literally drop, Clara. You summer looked really fun. And good luck on your college classes, I'm taking two this semester too, so I know how you feel ;).
Aw! Thank you so much, Hayley, that made me smile! 🙂 Yours is incredible!
Is that the coty of Atlanta in that photo above? They layout of you post it very clean and fun to read. Smart idea putting a small description under each picture of yours.
Clara, those pics are so amazing!
Can you please sign up for my blog tour?
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package net.powermatcher.integration.concentrator;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.util.zip.DataFormatException;

import net.powermatcher.api.data.MarketBasis;
import net.powermatcher.integration.base.ResilienceTest;
import net.powermatcher.integration.util.ConcentratorWrapper;
import net.powermatcher.integration.util.CsvBidReader;
import net.powermatcher.integration.util.CsvExpectedResultsReader;
import net.powermatcher.mock.MockDeviceAgent;
import net.powermatcher.mock.MockMatcherAgent;
import net.powermatcher.test.helpers.PropertiesBuilder;
import net.powermatcher.test.helpers.TestClusterHelper;

import org.junit.After;

/**
 *
 * @author FAN
 * @version 2.1
 */
public class ConcentratorResilienceTest
    extends ResilienceTest {

    private static final String MATCHERAGENTNAME = "auctioneer";
    private static final String CONCENTRATOR_NAME = "concentrator";

    // The direct upstream matcher for the agents
    protected ConcentratorWrapper concentrator;

    // mock auctioneer
    protected MockMatcherAgent auctioneer;

    protected void prepareTest(String testID, String suffix) throws IOException, DataFormatException {
        // Get the expected results
        resultsReader = new CsvExpectedResultsReader(getExpectedResultsFile(testID, suffix));

        MarketBasis marketBasis = resultsReader.getMarketBasis();
        concentrator = new ConcentratorWrapper();
        concentrator.activate(new PropertiesBuilder().agentId(CONCENTRATOR_NAME)
                                                     .desiredParentId(MATCHERAGENTNAME)
                                                     .minTimeBetweenBidUpdates(1000)
                                                     .build());

        auctioneer = new MockMatcherAgent(MATCHERAGENTNAME, "testCluster", marketBasis);

        cluster = new TestClusterHelper(marketBasis, concentrator);
        cluster.connect(concentrator, auctioneer);

        // Create the bid reader
        bidReader = new CsvBidReader(getBidInputFile(testID, suffix), marketBasis);
    }

    @Override
    protected void sendBidsToMatcher() throws IOException, DataFormatException {
        super.sendBidsToMatcher();
        cluster.performTasks();
    }

    protected void checkEquilibriumPrice() {
        double expPrice = resultsReader.getEquilibriumPrice();

        // Verify the price received by the agents
        for (MockDeviceAgent agent : cluster) {
            assertNotNull("agent " + agent.getAgentId() + " did not receive a price update", agent.getLastPriceUpdate());
            assertEquals(expPrice, agent.getLastPriceUpdate().getPrice().getPriceValue(), 0);
        }
    }

    @After
    public void tearDown() throws IOException {
        bidReader.closeFile();
        cluster.close();
    }
}

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Dmitriy Dolzhnikov, a graduate student in chemistry at the University of Chicago, holds a liquid that, when heated, will turn into semiconductor solder. Dolzhnikov is lead author of an article describing the solder's development that appeared in the Jan. 23, 2015, issue of Science.
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Sports 					February 11, 2000 				Page 22
Women's Ice Hockey Ends Homestand With Topsy-Turvy Weekend
by Cornell Woolridge
The Skidmore Women's Ice Hockey Team faced a physical Clarkson University squad on Friday night, but Clarkson already had Skidmore mentally defeated before the puck dropped. "We were all pretty nervous, following the Men's game," said captain Kaja Kilburn '01.
The first period was played evenly by both teams. If any edge could be given it went to Clarkson, who moved the puck very well on offense, but was turned away by an alert and smart Thoroughbred defense. From the beginning, Clarkson appeared to moving at super-speed in contrast to a Skidmore team that seemed to be skating with lead weights. Despite the defense's best effort, Clarkson went into the second period with a 1-0 lead.
Things would not get any easier for the tired Thoroughbreds as Clarkson came out looking to establish their physical game. Clarkson used speed to get past a worn down  Skidmore defense and scored again to start the period giving them a 2 - 0 lead.
The T-breds finally lit the lamp in the second period when Sarah Edwards '02 took a wrist shot past the Clarkson goalie for the team's only score. The Edwards goal would be the only point of celebration for the Thoroughbreds as Clarkson would finish the game with four unanswered goals.
Skidmore's offense spent the whole game inches from success, either shooting wide of the goal or over-skating passes in transition. "Our play Friday was not indicative of our talent," said Kilburn.
By the end of Skidmore's 6-1 loss to Clarkson, the Thoroughbreds limped off the ice, both physically and mentally defeated.
Last Sunday, the Thoroughbreds sought redemption against a Salve Regina team that they handily defeated 6 - 0 in their last meeting. In contrast to their game on Friday, Skidmore came into this game with the mental edge. "After Clarkson we were definitely ready," said Kilburn.
Skidmore was ready to claim redemption after the painful Clarkson loss and did it by setting a physical tone early. "The ref asked us what we ate, because he said we seemed meaner than usual," said Kilburn. They used a more physically aggressive play to jump out to a 1 - 0 lead, thanks to a goal by Carrie Blackie '03 in the first period.
The Thoroughbreds continued to dominate Salve Regina in the second period with back-to-back scores from Sophie Walker '02. Skidmore goalie Zoe Karafylakis '03 did her part to support the offensive effort with her second shutout over Salve Regina. All of this resulted in another impressive Skidmore win over Salve Regina 3-0, improving their record to 8 - 6. All one had to do is look at Skidmore three penalties (two more than their average) to see that the Thoroughbreds wanted to make a statement with this victory.
"We wanted to take back the game we had against Clarkson," said Kilburn.
Crossing the Line - Emily Bond '02 crosses the blue line in Sunday's game against Salve Regina.
Photograph by: Matthew W. Tebo, Sports Editor
2/4 ST. LAWRENCE 61 - Skidmore 52
2/5 CLARKSON 80 - Skidmore 56
2/8 St. Joseph's 77 - SKIDMORE 70
2/8 MT. ST. MARY 67 - Skidmore 33
2/4 Southern Maine 2 - SKIDMORE 1
2/5 Salem State 7 - SKIDMORE 1
2/4 Clarkson 6 - SKIDMORE 1
2/6 SKIDMORE 3 - Salve Regina 0
1/29 RPI 129 - SKIDMORE 46
Men's Club Hockey
2/3 Union 7 - SKIDMORE 6
2/8 SKIDMORE 4 - RPI 1
Men's Basketball 11-9
Women's Basketball 5-14
Men's Hockey 2-14-2
Women's Hockey 8-6
Men's Club Hockey 1-1
JUST WEAR IT.
Title February 11, 2000
Date February 11 2000
Transcript Sports February 11, 2000 Page 22 Women's Ice Hockey Ends Homestand With Topsy-Turvy Weekend by Cornell Woolridge Sports Editor The Skidmore Women's Ice Hockey Team faced a physical Clarkson University squad on Friday night, but Clarkson already had Skidmore mentally defeated before the puck dropped. "We were all pretty nervous, following the Men's game," said captain Kaja Kilburn '01. The first period was played evenly by both teams. If any edge could be given it went to Clarkson, who moved the puck very well on offense, but was turned away by an alert and smart Thoroughbred defense. From the beginning, Clarkson appeared to moving at super-speed in contrast to a Skidmore team that seemed to be skating with lead weights. Despite the defense's best effort, Clarkson went into the second period with a 1-0 lead. Things would not get any easier for the tired Thoroughbreds as Clarkson came out looking to establish their physical game. Clarkson used speed to get past a worn down Skidmore defense and scored again to start the period giving them a 2 - 0 lead. The T-breds finally lit the lamp in the second period when Sarah Edwards '02 took a wrist shot past the Clarkson goalie for the team's only score. The Edwards goal would be the only point of celebration for the Thoroughbreds as Clarkson would finish the game with four unanswered goals. Skidmore's offense spent the whole game inches from success, either shooting wide of the goal or over-skating passes in transition. "Our play Friday was not indicative of our talent," said Kilburn. By the end of Skidmore's 6-1 loss to Clarkson, the Thoroughbreds limped off the ice, both physically and mentally defeated. Last Sunday, the Thoroughbreds sought redemption against a Salve Regina team that they handily defeated 6 - 0 in their last meeting. In contrast to their game on Friday, Skidmore came into this game with the mental edge. "After Clarkson we were definitely ready," said Kilburn. Skidmore was ready to claim redemption after the painful Clarkson loss and did it by setting a physical tone early. "The ref asked us what we ate, because he said we seemed meaner than usual," said Kilburn. They used a more physically aggressive play to jump out to a 1 - 0 lead, thanks to a goal by Carrie Blackie '03 in the first period. The Thoroughbreds continued to dominate Salve Regina in the second period with back-to-back scores from Sophie Walker '02. Skidmore goalie Zoe Karafylakis '03 did her part to support the offensive effort with her second shutout over Salve Regina. All of this resulted in another impressive Skidmore win over Salve Regina 3-0, improving their record to 8 - 6. All one had to do is look at Skidmore three penalties (two more than their average) to see that the Thoroughbreds wanted to make a statement with this victory. "We wanted to take back the game we had against Clarkson," said Kilburn. Crossing the Line - Emily Bond '02 crosses the blue line in Sunday's game against Salve Regina. Photograph by: Matthew W. Tebo, Sports Editor Scoreboard Men's Basketball 2/4 ST. LAWRENCE 61 - Skidmore 52 2/5 CLARKSON 80 - Skidmore 56 2/8 St. Joseph's 77 - SKIDMORE 70 Women's Basketball 2/4 ST. LAWRENCE 76 - Skidmore 58 2/5 CLARKSON 59 - Skidmore 40 2/8 MT. ST. MARY 67 - Skidmore 33 Men's Hockey 2/4 Southern Maine 2 - SKIDMORE 1 2/5 Salem State 7 - SKIDMORE 1 Women's Hockey 2/4 Clarkson 6 - SKIDMORE 1 2/6 SKIDMORE 3 - Salve Regina 0 Men's Swimming 1/29 RPI 129 - SKIDMORE 46 Women's Swimming 1/29 RPI 132 - SKIDMORE 67 Men's Club Hockey 2/3 Union 7 - SKIDMORE 6 2/8 SKIDMORE 4 - RPI 1 Records Men's Basketball 11-9 Women's Basketball 5-14 Men's Hockey 2-14-2 Women's Hockey 8-6 Men's Club Hockey 1-1 JUST WEAR IT.


Kindergarteners were asked to contemplate the difficult question of, "What is Art?" as they mixed the primary colors to make an abstract painting.
We watched this clip from Daddy Daycare to learn how to "look at abstract art" with our imagination. This helped them dream up a creative title for their piece as they squinted and tilted their heads (you have to see the clip below to understand).
There are two versions of this finished project. One is the paper collage. We printed the photos and our wonderful parent volunteers helped to cut them and glue them onto the masterpieces. The other version was created digitally. I have a tutorial below if you want to see the process. Students posed as if they were looking at their own artwork in front of our green screen. This was then digitally layered on their masterpiece and uploaded to our online art gallery on Artsonia. View all the finished work here.
How to make the "What is Art?" project from Tricia Fuglestad on Vimeo.
Art can be so many things! This AMAZING little Fugleflick is the perfect way to introduce the different forms art can take including Sculpture, Still life, Portrait, Figure Drawing, Landscape, Graphic Design, Abstraction, and Film. See the video or watch the live version performed by a few staff members and myself at last year's District V-Show.
Quiz Question: What 5 art pieces do we reference with our poses at the end of each chorus?
(Please respond in the comments).
Last year a group of talented 5th graders made a super cute music video called I AM ART.
This film was recognized with a first place shortie award in Washington D.C.
When I heard about the District Staff V-Show to raise money for our ABC/25 foundation, I suggested to Dryden teachers that we do our own audio recording and live performance of this song. It ended up being something like a Saturday Night Live musical skit. Come and see for yourself:) Learn more about attending the V-Show here.


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	AVAILABLE, // the event is available and may be booked
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Krabi, Thailand (CNN) Thousands of people were left stranded on Thailand's southern gulf coast as Tropical Storm Pabuk made landfall on Friday.
Authorities had moved to suspend all flights and ferry services ahead of the storm, which officially made landfall in the Pak Panang district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province around 3:30 p.m. local time (3:35 a.m. ET), with maximum, sustained wind speeds of 95 kilometers per hour (59 mph), according to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center.
Some of the country's most popular tourist destinations, including Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao islands, along with islands in the Andaman Sea such as Phuket and Koh Phi Phi — made famous by the movie "The Beach" — are expected to be affected by the storm during what is peak holiday season.
"It's quite scary being here because we don't know what's going to happen and there is no way to leave," American tourist Miranda Abidyer, 26, who is stranded on Koh Samui island, told CNN.
Abidyer, who travelled to the island with her young family to celebrate her husband's 30th birthday, said they had a flight scheduled for Friday but it was cancelled and ferry services have also been suspended. She said they hadn't received any information from local authorities about the storm or what they should do. They now plan to wait it out in their private villa, which is about 1 kilometre (0.6 miles) from the beach.
"We will hide in the bathroom if the storm gets that bad. But all we can do is wait," said Abidyer.


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We had an idea and we knew we could create something that would make a big impact for those who need it most.
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Students at NU win top awards
Shanika Gunaratna
Four Northwestern students and recent graduates were announced as winners of prestigious scholarships for international study on Sunday.
Weinberg seniors Anya Yermakova and Mallory Dwinal were named Rhodes Scholars, according to the scholarship trust. Lauren Parnell Marino, SESP '07, was named a Mitchell Scholar and a yet-unnamed NU student was also awarded the Marshall Scholarship, according to a university press release.
This sweep of scholarship winners was the first for NU since 2003, when the university had Rhodes, Marshall and Mitchell winners, said Sara Vaux, director of the office of scholarships, in a press release.
The Rhodes Scholarship funds two to three years of study at Oxford University in England. The scholarship covers tuition and fees at Oxford and includes a stipend for living expenses and travel. Yermakova and Dwinal are among approximately 80 scholars selected worldwide, a group that includes 32 Americans selected from a pool of 769 applicants endorsed by colleges and universities across the country.
Marino is one of 12 students nationally named Mitchell Scholars. The Mitchell Scholarship funds studies at universities in Ireland and Northern Ireland and drew 300 applicants this year. Marino, who as an undergraduate founded the NU Public Interest Program and the Global Engagement Summit, plans to pursue a master's in Gender, Globalization and Development at the National University of Ireland at Galway, according to the scholarship's Web site.
An NU student also received a Marshall Scholarship, which every year provides for 40 American students to do graduate study in the United Kingdom. The name of the NU Marshall winner is to be announced today.


Energreen Development is to produce bioenergy from a drought tolerant hybrid sorghum that yields high amounts of biomass but requires no irrigation. Energreen is a French company uniting the expertise of Sud Agro S.A., a cooperative involved in development assistance in poor countries, and of FADIA (International federation for industrial and agroalimentary development assistance). It will utilize the proceeds of its green energy sales to finance bioenergy projects in developing countries.
The company will produce energy from biomass in different forms and systems: cogeneration, anaerobic digestion and biogas, liquid biofuels and biohydrogen.
Its first large project is the production of biomethane from the medium-maturing H133 biomass sorghum, a very robust hybrid which requires low amounts of inputs. Sorghum is a genus of many tropical grass species often associated with semi-arid regions. There are grain, sweet, fiber and now hybrid sorghums bred specifically for biomass production. These hybrids have been made to thrive in European conditions. The H133 grows to a height of 4 to 4.5 meters (13-15ft). Contrary to maize, miscanthus, switchgrass or other energy crops, the hybrid sorghum requires no irrigation and less fertilizer but trials show it yields between 30 and 40 tons of dry matter biomass per hectare (12 - 16 tons/acre) (graph, click to enlarge).
In Europe, biogas is being produced increasingly from dedicated energy crops. Most often, silage maize or purpose bred high yielding energy maize is used. But the search is on for crops that thrive in places where maize doesn't do well. Sorghums are candidates, as researchers from the North-Sea Bioenergy Partnership already found out (earlier post). Recently, a German team too launched a project to identify different sorghum varieties for biogas (earlier post).
Energreen found that H133 based biogas production has a very strong energy balance. Given its low inputs, the crop's greenhouse gas balance is excellent as well. This ensures that power companies and natural gas stations can obtain relatively large amounts of carbon credits when buying electricity or biomethane from Energreen. Alternatively, the upgraded fuel can be sold to natural gas filling stations to power fleets.
Energreen is negotiating with Electricité de France (EDF), the large state-run power company, to sell the electricity produced from carbon-neutral biogas within the framework of the country's Agenda 21, focused on supporting renewables.
In Europe, biogas is being developed on a large scale for the production of fuels for stationary power generation (to be used in natural gas plants or in fuel cells), as well as for the transport sector (earlier post and here). It is being fed into the natural gas grid on a large scale (previous post and especially here) or in dedicated pipelines supplying cities, while some are creating real biorefineries around it that deliver green specialty chemicals, fuels and power (earlier post). The green gas can be made by the anaerobic fermentation of biomass, either obtained from dedicated energy crops, or from industrial, municipal or agricultural waste-streams.
Of all biofuels, biogas delivers most useable energy per hectare of crops. It is also the least carbon intensive production path, with some biogas pathways actually delivering carbon-negative bioenergy (earlier post and here). Importantly, biogas can be integrated in carbon capture and storage systems (CCS), in a way that presents advantages over other CCS pathways (earlier post).
Some projections show biogas may replace all of Europe's natural gas imports from Russia by 2020 and yield up to 500 billion cubic meters per year (earlier post).
Campagnes et Environnement: Les atouts du sorgho biomasse - October 19, 2007.
on plant moisture and fibre content", Interactive European Network for Industrial Crops and their Applications, s.d.
Biopact: "North Sea Bioenergy partnership plants sorghum and sudangrass for biogas" - October 25, 2006.
Biopact: "France develops 'super maize' for biogas" - October 04, 2006.
One of the world's largest wind power companies, Germany's Enertrag AG, announces [*German] it will invest €19 ($27) million in the first hybrid power station based on biomass and wind power, the excess electricity of which will be used for the production of hydrogen. The hydrogen fuel provides back-up to the system and helps meet peak demand; excess hydrogen will also be used by third parties as a clean fuel. The complex will thus be capable of supplying both heat, power, and fuel entirely from renewable sources.
Wind power has a large energy potential but its main problem is the fact that it can not supply base load and peak power. Wind power is highly intermittent with electricity output varying from hour to hour and from day to day. Storage technologies are either inefficient or costly. In practise this means that, in Germany (world leader in wind energy), the base load is provided by ordinary fossil fuel plants. Some have used this argument against 'intermittent' wind power, saying the technology actually perpetuates coal based power generation and can not be called 'clean' because its expansion has effectively meant the expansion of fossil fuel use.
However, proponents of wind energy have called this the 'base load fallacy': there are relatively simple techniques to replace coal with other primary energy sources that can guarantee the baseload (earlier post). One of the most obvious solutions is to utilize renewable biomass instead. Biomass is stored solar energy. It can be physically transported, traded, stored and used whenever power or heat is required. The resource can easily cover both base and peak loads. Coupling renewables to each other in principle makes for robust energy systems. This is exactly what Energtrag will be demonstrating.
Near Prenzlau, capital city of the district of Uckermark in the state of Brandenburg, Energtrag will build a high-tech power complex that will supply both heat, power and hydrogen fuel in a variable way. The plant, which will integrate an existing wind farm and biomass plant, will have a combined capacity of 120 MW. The 500 kilowatt hydrogen production unit will be powered by excess electricity from the hybrid plant. Industrial-scale hydrogen production will commence in early 2008.
According to a study [*.pdf] on hybrid power generation by Enertrag, wind power produces 75% of its electricity in a time-frame that covers only 25% of total operational time. This means electricity generated from wind power is highly variable at several different timescales: from hour to hour, daily, and seasonally (map, click to enlarge, shows current output of Enertrag wind farms near Prenzlau - data change continuously). But it also means that - with biomass providing a robust base load - a lot of excess power becomes available that can be utilized for the production of storable hydrogen.
The hybrid power plant's outline was presented at the 4th Prenzlauer Energiemesse, where, from October 19 to 20, more than forty of Germany's most innovative energy companies present their projects which they think will 'power the future'.
The project is being developed in partnership with experts from the University of Stralsund, the Technical University of Braunschweig and the international hydrogen community.
Enertrag already operates an experimental hybrid power plant based on solar and wind power located on the North Sea island of Pellworm. But there the efficiency of the solar plant is limited. The new biomass-wind station coupled to hydrogen production will be the first medium scale, fully operational hybrid plant.
Enertrag is a power company focused on the production of electricity and heat generated entirely from renewable sources, without dependence on fossil fuels. It is one of the world's largest wind power companies, with over 380 wind parks concentrated in Europe producing over a billion kilowatthours of electricity per year. Its portfolio supplies energy that can cover the needs of around one million people. Enertrag employs 230 people. The company's revenues grow at a yearly rate of around 20 percent.
Map courtesy of Enertrag AG.
Enertrag AG: Startschuss für das ENERTRAG-Hybrid-Kraftwerk - October 19, 2007.
Enertrag: Energieversorgung der Zukunft – ganz einfach? [*.pdf] - Dauerthal, - February 20, 2005.
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg: Hybridkraftwerk in der Uckermark - October 19, 2007.
Welt Online: Kraftwerk bei Prenzlau soll Strom aus Wind und Biomasse erzeugen - October 16, 2007.


My top 5 reasons why I am doing 1M1M entrepreneur project with Sramana Mitra.
I was thinking today about the reasons why I am doing this project. And here they are, my 5 personal reasons why I am doing it.
1) What I like about 1M1M project by Sramana Mitra is that it is totally spontaneous and grassroots. There were no grants used to launched it, we didn't have to fill out applications, there are no committees, etc. etc. etc..
2) The strategy is new. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think anyone attempted to do something like this before. I like innovation.
3) The project is quite ambitious: to help 1 mil entrepreneurs worldwide to reach $1 mil in revenue. The goal is spelled out clearly and in dollars. I like that.
4) I love to be around people who stimulate my own strategic thinking and Sramana certainly does.
5) I believe in building value and problem solving. I'd rather do that every day than watch TV. And 1M1M project gives me the infrastructure to do it more efficiently. I love efficiency.
I worked right through today's 1M1M live presentation :-( Will check Sramana's site to see if it's available there.


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Facebook ban: Stop me if you've heard this one before
Paul Brislen | Guest writer
If Facebook's announcement that it'll ban praise and support for white nationalism and separatism sounds familiar, that's because it is, writes Paul Brislen for RNZ.
Nearly two weeks after the terrorist attack in Christchurch was aired live on Facebook, the company has finally responded in public. From next week it will implement a ban on "praise, support and representation of white nationalism and separatism on Facebook and Instagram".
The company will also direct any searches for key terms "associated with white supremacy" to a non-profit organisation Life After Hate that helps pull people out of hate speech groups.
If all this sounds familiar, it's because sadly it is. This is not the first time Facebook has declared it will take action in this way.
In April 2016, Robert Godwin, a 74-year-old grandfather, was shot and killed in Cleveland, Ohio having been chosen at random by a killer who broadcast it live on Facebook.
At the time CEO Mark Zuckerberg told Facebook's annual developer conference, "We have a lot of work [to do], and we will keep doing all we can to prevent tragedies like this from happening". In May of 2017 the company announced plans to add 3000 more staff to review user content to help battle violent videos.
Not much has changed. Thursday's announcement sounds awfully hollow in light of the lack of action since 2016 and does little to assuage anyone's concerns about the company and its ability to self-regulate.
Facebook Live will continue to be unmonitored and unmanaged. Having a room full of content moderators is a good step forward but given the vast amount of video footage that is uploaded every second of the day, Facebook must invest more in machine learning and automated systems that can identify and root out such content before any human sees it.
As digital forensics professor at the University of California, Berkeley Dr Hany Farid told Nine to Noon such systems already exist and are used widely. That Facebook and its ilk do not automatically tag Facebook Live content and remove it as soon as it becomes apparent it is objectionable remains unacceptable. If the killer had used copyright music in his video I am sure Facebook would have blocked the video immediately, but the slaughter of innocents apparently goes unnoticed.
Let's see whether those of us who report extremist views will ever get anything more than an automated response that says "this does not breach our terms and conditions".
Let's see whether Instagram removes Alex Jones and InfoWars from its platform. Let's see whether searching for Ku Klux Klan does indeed redirect to Life After Hate.
Facebook hasn't addressed the company's unwillingness to do what is required under New Zealand law (the Harmful Digital Communications Act in this case, but also the Privacy Act where it's butted heads with the Privacy Commissioner repeatedly) and simply tightening up its own community standards isn't going to make a huge difference at this point.
If the company was serious it would switch off Facebook Live immediately while it worked out how to tag videos. It would implement automated tagging of all videos uploaded to the site so that any which slip through the net can be found and removed swiftly. It would pay attention to local laws and act accordingly – it already does this in Germany for instance and there's no reason why it can't abide by New Zealand law when used by New Zealand users. And it would make it easier and more straightforward for users to report objectionable content.
But of course, all this costs money and doesn't add to shareholder value, which is why it is vital that New Zealand lead the way and introduce regulation that requires Facebook and other tech giants to do the right thing, to abide by New Zealand law and to enable users to report objectionable material as soon as it is posted. To do that, we'll need regulations and probably a huge upweighting in terms of the fines we can issue and, I would suggest, personal liability for senior executives.
Anything less is just a public relations exercise, just like this announcement from Facebook.
*Paul Brislen is a technology commentator
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