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Boeing responds to the public release of the WTO ruling
Boeing has issued the following statement:
Boeing Calls WTO Ruling a Landmark Decision and Sweeping Legal Victory
– Launch aid for every Airbus program deemed illegal and damaging
– 'Prohibited' A380 launch aid must be withdrawn 'without delay'
– Legal principle set: airplane programs must be funded on commercial terms
– Government funding of Airbus infrastructure and R&D programs also ruled illegal
– More information, including excerpts from the decision, will be available later today at www.boeing.com/wto
CHICAGO, June 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Boeing (NYSE: BA) today praised the World Trade Organization's final ruling that billions of dollars in European launch aid subsidies used by Airbus to develop its commercial airplanes are illegal and must end. The decision, which the WTO made public earlier today, also declares that a broad array of government funding for Airbus research and infrastructure development violated international trade agreements.
"This is a landmark decision and sweeping legal victory over the launch aid subsidies that fueled the rise of Airbus and that continue to provide its products a major cost advantage," said Boeing Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer Jim McNerney. "The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative deserves tremendous credit for today's decision. We now join the U.S. government in urging full compliance with the ruling and a permanent restoration of fair competition within our industry," McNerney said.
Boeing Executive Vice President and General Counsel J. Michael Luttig explained the details and implications of the ruling. "Each and every instance of launch aid that the U.S. challenged was held to be illegal," said Luttig. "The panel said that without the illegal subsidies it received, Airbus would not have the aerospace market share it now enjoys. This ruling will alter the competitive landscape in the aerospace industry forever, forcing Airbus to compete in the marketplace on the same terms as Boeing."
Luttig noted that European-provided launch aid for the A380 was found to include prohibited export-contingent subsidies, which WTO rules require be withdrawn "without delay."
"Under today's decision, Airbus must repay the $4 billion in illegal launch aid it received for the A380 or restructure the A380's financing to proven commercial terms. Likewise, Airbus must abandon its plans to finance the A350 through the use of illegal subsidies," he said.
Luttig added that "the WTO rejected all excuses for continuing launch aid, the most pernicious form of subsidy Airbus receives, as well as all other forms of subsidies Airbus and parent EADS use for unfair advantage in the commercial airplane market and in defense markets for military-derivative aircraft. Airbus must now compete on its own, without the assistance of European taxpayers – assistance the U.S. estimates has exceeded $200 billion in value to Airbus."
Airbus has used government-provided launch aid to fund the development of all its commercial airplanes since the entity was formed in 1970. It now commands more than half the commercial airplane market. Launch aid typically comes in the form of no- or low-interest loans with repayment terms so generous that no repayment need occur during the several years it takes to develop a commercial airplane, and not at all in the event a program fails. Launch aid is a unique benefit to Airbus, as the U.S. government does not fund development of commercial products.
"The World Trade Organization has now unequivocally declared that government subsidies to Airbus violate WTO rules, are market-distorting, and have caused significant harm to America's aerospace industry and its workers," Luttig said. "Compliance with the WTO's ruling is essential to establishing a fair and level playing field between Boeing and Airbus. It also is essential to preserving the integrity of the WTO process and, by extension, the integrity of the rules-based trading system that has been a key driver of global economic growth."
Luttig said the WTO's ruling not only makes clear that there can be no new government-subsidized financing for Airbus' future A350 model, but also clarifies rules for other new market participants. "The ruling establishes an overarching principle governing all those entering aerospace markets: Anyone that wants to use government funding arrangements to develop new, competing products must demonstrate that monies are provided on proven commercial terms," he said.
The WTO is an independent, unbiased arbiter of global trade disputes. Today's ruling results from the U.S. government's 2004 decision to file a case with the WTO to end European subsidies to Airbus. While the WTO process allows the European Communities to appeal the ruling, Boeing expects the appeals process to conclude before the end of 2010.
"A successful conclusion to this longstanding dispute is now in sight. Within a year, the U.S. government will have authority to act decisively to ensure compliance if Airbus has not entirely restructured the A380 program so that it is financed and funded on objectively verifiable commercial terms," Luttig said.
"America thrives on competition," said McNerney. "American workers have shown repeatedly they can compete successfully in the global market. But they understandably insist that competition occur on a level playing field, with competitors playing by the agreed-upon rules."
Three Boeing attachments may be downloaded for more information.
What the WTO Held
QA Document
Win Loss Analysis
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Tags: Airbus, Boeing, EADS, WTO
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Well, that kind of blows the EADS "claim" they won 70% of the WTO ruling, when infact, Boeing won on 53% of the ruling, doesn't it?
Or does this ruling actually total up to 123%?
The A-330 is one of the specified government "loans" found to be illegal.
Now, what will the USAF and DOD do?
Have you actually read any of the WTO publications?
As expected, drink the cool-aide and beat the company drum without reading the real facts.
F15Driver
God is on our side!
According to the conclusion the A380 are not illegal – strange conclusion from Boeing!
They should have stick to par 8.1 & 8.2 of the conclusions which are in their favour.
talk about SPIN. AFIK jet engines only turn at about 20,000 rpm, about 1/10th the rate of the PR spin by both sides.
But wait till the afterburners kick in !!!!

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Q: Where can I get FlexUnit Simple question, where do I actually download the FlexUnit binary? I've found:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FLEX/FlexUnit+Getting+Started
and
https://github.com/flexunit/flexunit
The links on the first go to www.flexunit.com which doesn't appear to exist.
The second has all the source code, but no build instructions.

A: FlexUnit donation to Apache Flex is currently in progress and has yet to be formulated into a release. Meanwhile you can find a nightly build at https://builds.apache.org/job/flex-flexunit/ws/ (flexunit-*.zip).
Update
An official release can now be downloaded at:
http://flex.apache.org/download-flexunit.html

A: You can either use Maven to get access to Flexunit like in this question here:
How do I get Flexunit, FlexMojos and Mockolate to work together?
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The latest vessel to hold the title of world's largest container ship, the 19,224 TEU MSC Oscar, has made its maiden call at the Port of Felixstowe, the Port of Britain, the company said in its press release.
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Q: Opening file geodatabase in python I'm new to python and this is my script:
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    getvalue=[row.getValue(field) for row in cursor]
    values=set(getvalue)
    print values
    del cursor
except:
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When its trying to run cursor, the following error appeared:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Users\Erfan\Desktop\Script2.py", line 6, in <module>
    cursor=arcpy.da.SearchCursor(input,field)
RuntimeError: cannot open 'D:\gis\data\network'

By the way, I want to access a feature class inside a feature dataset in gdb.

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'D:/gis/data/network/test.gdb/myFeatureDataset/myFC' # also back slashes will error out interpreted as line returns by python, use forward slashes instead

And as @GISGe commented, getValue() method is for the older cursor type, use row[0] instead (for first field in field variable list or row[1] for second field in field variable list).  See examples here, Search Cursor.


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Mr Dekker had earlier had a request for her to miss two years of school turned down.
Miss Dekker had planned to spend about two years aboard her 26ft (8m) boat, Guppy, to break the record set this week by a 17-year-old UK boy.
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Miss Dekker was reportedly born on a yacht off the coast of New Zealand during a seven-year world trip.
She had a yacht by the age of six and began sailing solo when she was 10.
"Since I was 10 years old, I've known that I would like to sail around the world," she had earlier told Dutch television.
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Travel Guide :: Wales :: Mid and West Wales :: Powys :: Newtown
Founded as it was in the 13th century, Newtown's name is something of a misnomer. A former mill town, Newtown has plenty of history. It was once the centre of Welsh flannel industry and was known throughout the UK for its textile production. Surrounded by beautiful countryside, Newtown is a rather sleepy place " a quiet destination for a relaxing break.
Newtown was built in 1279 by Edward I in the attempt to frustrate Llywelyn's wish to establish a castled town in the area. Founded by the Mortimer family, Newtown was a market town neatly enclosed by the Severn River and surrounded by rolling hills. Idyllic a setting though it was, Newtown stood on land granted to Llywelyn in the Treaty of Montgomery (1267). An earthwork castle, Newtown Castle, was constructed but was never converted to a stone structure as the threat had passed. By now a fine stone castle had already been erected at Montgomery. Furthermore, King Edward I recognized Newtown's status granting Newtown a charter to hold a Tuesday market " a tradition which has been passed down the centuries.
Newtown's heyday came in the 19th century when it developed into a prosperous centre of the textile industry and the capital of the thriving Welsh flannel industry. The tale of this is told in Newtown's Textile Museum on Commercial Street. The exhibits are housed above the six tiny weaver's cottages, the typical accommodation at the time for Newtown's large workforce. Back in the centre of Newtown, you can also visit Robert Owen's birthplace which now houses the Memorial Museum. Robert Owen was one of the first socialists and one of the great social reformers in Wales. Born and buried in Newtown, Owen rose from poverty to the status of mill manager. He went on to organize a cooperative movement to campaign for the rights of workers in the textile industry. Newtown also played host to the first Chartist meeting which was held here in October 1838.
W.H. Smith is another of Newtown's attractions for it was here that the UK-wide newsagents first opened its doors. The original shop now houses a small but interesting museum which details the growth of this company out of Newtown since its establishment in 1927.
Northeast of Newtown are the remains of Dolforwyn Castle, the last castle to be built by a Welsh Prince on native soil. The B4386 will take you on to Montgomery and just slight further east, some of the most impressive remains of Offa's Dyke. Four miles northwest of Newtown on the B4389, lies Gregynog Hall, a superb mock-Tudor mansion.
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Q: Can someone please explain Gyroscopic precession? So I watched this video
It is a fairly popular one by veritasium, and one that confused me. I was wondering if someone can cover the physics behind this in a intutitive and easy to understand manner. I understand torque and angular momentum come into play here, but what I don't get is the vector pointing away from the wheel(the right hand rule). I spent a lot of time thinking but it just doesn't make sense.
Edit: Ok so I realized that this may be confusing. I particularly want to know why the angular momentum vector is perpendicular to the plane of rotation.

A: The intuition about vector is an arrow pointing in a given orientation. It is clear for the position vector $\mathbf r$, pointing from the wheel center to outside, or for linear momentum $\mathbf p$ pointing in the direction of the movement.
In the case of angular momentum $\mathbf L$ it is not intuitive. There is nothing really pointing in a direction perpendicular to the plane of rotation.
But the quantities: $yp_z - zp_y$, $zp_x - xp_z$ and $xp_y - yp_x$ are conserved for an object with no forces applied. Moreover, if we make a coordinate rotation to another orientation , that conserved quantities change as vector components. So, $(L_x, L_y, L_z)$ is a vector.
The advantage of representing it pointing as described in the video is that the rate of change of that vector with an applied torque can be visualized as another arrow, which represent exactly that torque.

A: This answer isn't yet about gyroscopes.
What this answer does do: I support that the concept of vector angular momentum doesn't help with understanding gyroscopes.

About how angular momentum is commonly represented:
Our space has three dimensions of space. In a space with three spatial dimensions each plane has a single line that is perpendicular to that plane. That is, with three spatial dimensions specifying the perpendicular line (in vector form) is sufficient to specify a particular plane (in this case a plane of rotation).  By contrast: in a space with four spatial dimensions a plane has two lines that are perpendicular to each other, and perpendicular to that plane.
Rotation is in a plane.
Let's say that you want to represent rotation in such a way that your method of representation works for any number of spatial dimensions of the space. That narrows things down to representing rotation in terms of the actual plane of rotation.
So:
Representing angular momentum in terms of the line that is perpendicular to the plane of rotation isn't the only choice, and it isn't the best choice. Then again, it's not a particulary bad choice either; changing the representation isn't worthwhile.

A: "what I don't get is the vector pointing away from the wheel(the right hand rule). I spent a lot of time thinking but it just doesn't make sense."
It's fundamentally arbitrary. But it works.
Mathematicians had a way to describe things spinning in two dimensions, with complex numbers. If you have a wheel with a marker on it, you can describe the location of the marker with a complex number to describe its position compared to the center of the wheel. Then you can describe it moved to some other place on the circle by multiplying by another complex number that has length 1. You can rotate to the left or the right.
But in 3 dimensions it's more complicated, and anyway there are questions of mass and force. If you hit a spinning baseball, some of the force goes into changing its linear velocity and some into changing the spin. Lots of stuff to figure out. The first step is deciding how to measure spin.
You can measure the amount of spin by how fast the angles change. Then you want to measure the direction of spin in 3D. If it's a wheel that spins around an axle, you might want to measure the direction of the axle. And then there are two directions it can spin, right and left, just like the complex plane. Since it's completely arbitrary which of them you choose to write which way, they chose the Right Hand Rule. They could have used the Left Hand Rule just as easily, but they didn't. If you use the Left Hand Rule you'll confuse people.
There are lots of other ways to do it. For example you could have a vector to represent a radius around a center, and a second vector to represent the velocity of a point at that distance. The way it gets done generally works.
Except that in some circumstances you can calculate things in the wrong order and have part of the angular motion cancel out wrong and get "gimbal lock". This will not happen in 3D if you use 4D math instead. You can have the space part of the number show an axis, and if it is perpendicular to the orbit you want, it will act just like the complex-number case. But if you multiply the axis by something that isn't perpendicular, it will trace out an elliptical orbit and the time part will show how far ahead or behind in time it will be at that fraction of the cycle. Or you can do a more complicated operation to rotate or revolve a 3D structure as a unit.
This was first worked out as quaternions, but it has been repeated as part of geometric algebra, and it was repeated again as spinor theory.

A: The product of force with distance is work done or energy transfer. It's maximum when force and distance changed are parallel and minimum when they are perpendicular. This product of force and perpendicular distance has no work done but produces a kind of force at the other end of distance which could be fixed but allow particle to move around it. That makes distance fixed or called radius for rotational motion. The force at centre is different for rotational motion because it depends upon force applied and distance from centre or fixed point. As it is given by cross product of distance from centre and force applied instead of work done which is dot product and scalar, this force at centre is torque and vector quantity. The direction of torque is perpendicular to the plane of force and radius. As after force is applied, particle has momentum in direction of applied force, so in rotational motion after torque is applied, particle has angular momentum in direction of torque applied.
Instead of showing expression for angular momentum as $\vec l=\vec r\times \vec p$ and saying that direction of angular momentum is perpendicular to the plane having radius and momentum. It is more logical to explain torque for layman.
Now come to gyroscopic motion in the video. A wheel is rotating with speed, it has angular momentum in horizontal direction. But it weight is pulling downward its centre due to gravity, which is prevented by support. When support is removed, a torque is produced perpendicular to the page if gravity is downward and angular momentum of spinning wheel is horizontal into the plane of page. This torque cause change in angular momentum into the direction of torque due to gravity. This causes spinning wheel to rotate about its point of contact with hanging cord. The direction of rotation is vertically upward against gravity because torque at every point of rotation produces toque at centre upward that counter gravity. The speed of rotation depends upon weight of a wheel and inversely to mass of spinning wheel and its speed of spinning.


Silicone heart transplants are a step closer after Swiss scientists 3D-printed a soft, artificial heart prototype. The researchers ETH Zurich published their findings in the journal Artificial Organs say the silicone heart imitates a human heart "in form and function".
Heart disease remains the number one killer worldwide, causing 17.3 million deaths each year – a problem exacerbated by a global shortage of heart donors. A custom-made artificial heart would be an invaluable medical advancement that could save countless lives.
The researchers behind the artificial heart, are working on further improving the performance of their new invention as the prototype currently lasts for only around 3,000 beats – or 30 to 45 minutes.
Weighing 90 grammes, the silicone heart is slightly heavier but around the same size as a human heart.
It features left and right ventricles or chambers, just like a human heart, as well as an extra chamber that drives the external pump – replacing the muscle contraction of the human heart. Pressurised air inflates and deflates this third chamber, designed to pump blood through the ventricles – during testing, a liquid with the same viscosity of blood was used.
Scientists hope the invention will one day replace mechanical pumps – used while people recover from heart failure or wait for a donated heart to become available – which are at risk of failure or causing complications in patients.
To produce a viable artificial organ that can actually save lives, the life of this artificial heart would need to extend and the strength of its material significantly improved. But the development of a soft, 3D-printed heart beating like a human one is a promising development in the medical world.
"This was simply a feasibility test," says Cohrs.
Anastasios Petrou who was also involved in the research said "I'm now so fascinated by this research. Our goal was not to present a heart ready for implantation but to think about a new direction for the development of artificial hearts. As a mechanical engineer, I would never have thought that I would ever hold a soft heart in my hands".


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"Right after I graduated, I interned with the Arms Control Association. It was terrific."
– George Stephanopolous
U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces Under New START
Fact Sheets & Briefs
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Contact: Shannon Bugos, senior policy analyst, [email protected]
On April 8, 2010, Russia and the United States signed the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START). The treaty requires the sides to limit the number of deployed strategic nuclear warheads to no more than 1,550 and fielded delivery platforms to 700. The treaty also permits the United States and Russia to conduct 18 annual on-site inspections of facilities operated by the other country. Biannual data exchanges indicate the current state of their strategic forces. For a factsheet on Russian nuclear forces, click here.
Both the United States and Russia met these limits by the February 2018 deadline, and the limits will hold until February 2021.
As of March 1, 2022, the United States has 686 deployed strategic delivery systems, 1,515 deployed strategic warheads, and 800 deployed and non-deployed strategic launchers.
Under New START, the United States retains a deployed strategic force of up to 400 ICBMs, 60 nuclear-capable bombers, and 240 SLBMs.
• As of September 2020, the United States deploys 397 Minuteman III ICBMs, with 261 ICBMs in a non-deployed status, all of which have a single warhead. At any given time, an estimated 50 non-deployed silo launchers of ICBMs remain in a warm, operational status.
• Some bombers were converted to conventional-only missions (not accountable under New START), and 48 nuclear-capable bombers were deployed as of September 2020. Bombers are not on alert or loaded with weapons in peacetime, and New START counting rules allow each bomber to be counted as "one" deployed warhead, even though bombers can carry up to 16-20 nuclear weapons.
• The United States retains all 14 of its strategic nuclear submarines (SSBNs), although it reduced the number of SLBM launch tubes per SSBN from 24 to 20, for a total of 280 tubes across the entire fleet. Between two and four submarines are in dry dock at any given time. The United States deployed 230 submarine-launched ballistic missiles as of September 2020.
In addition to the treaty limit of 700 deployed systems, the treaty allows for 800 deployed and non-deployed missile launchers, and bombers. As of September 2020, the United States retains 454 deployed and non-deployed ICBM launchers, 280 deployed and non-deployed SLBM launchers, and 66 deployed and non-deployed heavy bombers.
The strategic forces that remain under the treaty are currently being upgraded or replaced. Over the 30 years, the administration plans to invest an estimated $1.7 trillion to modernize the nuclear weapons complex and nuclear delivery systems. For more on U.S. nuclear modernization, see U.S. Nuclear Modernization Programs.
Under New START, both sides release aggregate data on their stockpiles every six months.
Table 1: Deployed U.S. Strategic Nuclear Forces Under New START
This table shows how the deployed U.S. strategic nuclear stockpile in 2017 and in 2018, when reductions under New START were completed.
All figures are from official sources except for shaded warhead numbers, which are best estimates. New START counts each bomber as one warhead, even though bombers can carry many more.
Delivery Vehicles
Est. Warheads
ICBMs
Minuteman III
(as of Sept. 1, 2017)
(as of Feb. 2018)
SLBMs
Trident II D5
Strategic Bombers
B-52H
B-2A
Total Deployed
(as of Sept. 2018)


I read, listen to, and watch a significant number of media that in some way are about how to live well, how to grapple with life challenges, people's passions, or how amazing the world and universe (universes?) really are. It's one way I keep learning and evolving, hold onto hope and remember the good in humanity (despite the day's headlines), and reignite wonder. Also, I'm just a complete sucker for a great story. And when I find something great, I want to share it.
These "recommended media" blog-posts are one way of sharing. In each, I'll tell you a little bit about the book, article, radio-show, etc. and what about it struck me. But of course, my musings can never replace the full production. "Key take-aways" can never have the emotional impact of the real thing. My hope is that the notes will inspire you to take a look at whatever it is and find what is most meaningful, useful, touching, and funny to you.
Hearing and reading about the return of astronaut Scott Kelly after 340 days in space reminded me of The Moth story "A View of the Earth" by astronaut Michael J. Massimino. I haven't followed Mr. Kelly's Instagram or Twitter posts, so the connection may be tenuous, but Mr. Massimino's story is a good one.
Like many favorite stories, this one made me laugh and cry in the good way (people showing up for each other) and provided good life reminders. I've noted a few of the "life lessons" below, but Mr. Massimino is a wonderful story-teller and presents them much more entertainingly than this list. (Actually, I don't think he's trying to tell a parable; he's sharing an experience and telling a good story about repairing the Hubble Space Telescope—which required dealing with more than 117 screws. I'm playing the part of the English/Literature teacher—finding themes and lessons—but hopefully not ruining the story.) So go ahead, take a few minutes to listen to the story and go on a fun, touching journey with an astronaut. I promise it's worth the 18 minutes.
Despite great planning—years of planning by brilliant people—things may go wrong. But even when things go wrong early and the first several attempted fixes don't work, you can still succeed, especially when you're part of an awesome team, everyone deeply invested in finding a way forward. Go control center and Goddard Space Flight Center (and all the other behind-the-scenes support people whose names we don't know)!
However, I hope you skip the self-flagellation, especially if you're doing something hard that is rarely done, has never before been done, or is rarely done in the way or circumstances you're facing. I'm amazed by Mr. Massimino's response—taking total responsibility for the problem. Amazed and also sympathetic, as I am a "recovering" champ at total self-blame (I'm pretty sure it often comes along with perfectionism). I wonder how many other NASA folks felt responsible—that they should have predicted and prepared for this potential problem? It's so very easy for some of us to beat ourselves up. But Massimino's self-recrimination didn't create the solution.
Do, do, do again. Often, if we do something that scares us again and again, eventually it stops being scary and starts being fun. What matters enough to you that you're willing to climb over the hump (mountain) of fear?
When you succeed, when you reach a major milestone or overcome big challenges and obstacles, don't immediately dive right into the next task. STOP. Breathe deep, relax a bit, enjoy the sunshine and achievement, and take a look around at the larger world. You might be amazed by what you see.
But I will make this suggestion: If someone (or someones) has helped you through a time as dark as a night in space, do they know it? How about sending them a thank you note for helping you to keep your head above water?
If you prefer to read rather than listen to the story, The Moth book collects some of the best stories from the first years of The Moth story-slams, including "A View of the Earth." I recommend the whole book.
[Y]our staying alive means so much more than you really know, or that anyone is aware of at this moment. But we're in it together in this profound way, and you can take some strength from that. . . . And it's funny, because my two arguments, that you owe it to other people and that you owe it to your future self, are both about looking at what the individual means. Because when you look at a person within a group, and all the trends we follow, the clothes, the car, the not-car, all these trends that we follow, you realize the extent to which we're enmeshed. And when you look at yourself and realize that you have fallen in and out of love with the same person, you have fought with friends thinking you'll never speak to them again, and then you love them again . . . we have different moods that profoundly change our outlook, and it's not right to let your worst one murder all the others.
Thanks to "On Being" for providing a transcript of the show. As usual, I recommend listening to the entire program, right to the final poem (which goes straight to my heart each time I read or hear it).


Sumet was excited around 100 people to gathering in front of Fortune Town mall to against the coup. He was arrested while walking in that mall and was detained at the Crime Suppression Devision for 7 days. He was charged with defying the NCPO order No.7/2014. He got a temporally released on bail with 40,000 Baht in the second round.
Sumet has been alleged that on 1 June 2014 around 2.30 PM he had stimulated approximately 100 people to gather in front of the Fortune Town Mall on Ratchadapisek road to anti the coup d'etat. The military requested for reinforcement from the police at Huai Khwang police station to negotiate with the protestors to stop gathering, but, they still continued gathering to anti the coup d'etat. Until 3.00 PM, the military requested the protestors again to stop gathering but no stopping, so the military gave a warning. The warning made the protestors intensify their action by making clamor, showing three fingers which is the symbol of anti-the coup d'etat. After considering that the situation would be worse, the military then captured the people who violated the NCPO's order prohibiting political rally, and brought them into detention at the crime suppression division.
According to the survey, we found that, there was no news report about the gathering of around hundred people at the Fortune Town Mall on that day. Meanwhile, a friend of the accused reported that the accused went to Terminal 21 on Sunday 1 June and only took the photo showing his three fingers. And as well, he posted in the facebook saying that "Bye bye Terminal 21! It's better to go to Fortune…" After that, he took the MRT to Fortune Town Mall and was arrested there.
Sumet said that he took his photo showing three fingers while he was walking inside the Fortune Town Mall, but he did not show as high as the protestors did. Then the plainclothes policemen arrested him and took him into the car. During taking him into the car, they locked his body and put the blindfold on his eyes. Inside the car, Sumet asked them to put the blindfold off because he did not think about fleeing. Then, they put it off and sent him to the crime suppression division.
On 4 June 2014, the inquiry officer of the crime suppression division submitted the request to put Sumet into the temporary detention at the military court Bangkok, and oppose the bail. The Court rejected the request for bail asserting the reason that "considering on the circumstance of the case, in the request asking for temporary detention, the inquiry officer specified the reasons for opposing the temporary release of the accused as the accused was the one who stimulated and incited the people to gather. In case there is a reliable causes that the accused may create any other dangers or any damages on the operation of inquiry officer on investigation after the release. The temporary release is not permitted." Sumet then was detained in the Bangkok Remand Prison.
On 10 June 2014, Sumet submitted a request for bail again. This time the military court allowed him to be temporally released on bail with 40,000 baht cash as a guarantee.


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The role of glycosphingolipid metabolism in the developing brain
Robert K. Yu, Yoshihiko Nakatani, Makoto Yanagisawa
Glycosphingolipids (GSLs) are amphipathic lipids ubiquitously expressed in all vertebrate cells and body fluids, but they are especially abundant in the nervous system. The synthesis of GSLs generally is initiated in the endoplasmic reticulum and completed in the Golgi apparatus, followed by transportation to the plasma membrane surface as an integral component. The amount and expression patterns of GSLs change drastically in brains during the embryonic to postnatal stages. Recent studies have revealed that GSLs are highly localized in cell surface microdomains and function as important components that mediate signal transduction and cell adhesion. Also in developing brains, GSLs are suggested to play important roles in nervous system formation. Disturbance of GSL expression and metabolism affects brain function, resulting in a variety of diseases, particularly lysosomal storage diseases. In this review, we describe some aspects of the roles of GSLs, especially of gangliosides, in brain development.
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Pak Mei (pronounced "Bak Mei" in Cantonese or "Bai Mei" in Mandarin) translates as 'White Eyebrow'.
The style embodies the essence of Chinese Buddhist and Taoist fighting arts. Since the style originated by the Founder, 'Monk Pak Mei' around 1647 (during the reign of Emperor Kang Xi, Qing Dynasty) at the Shaolin Temple, Song Shan, Henan Province.
History and folk stories tells us, that during this time of political tension between the Imperial armies; the Ming revolutionaries that had taken refuge in the Shaolin temple. Monk Pak Mei, was one of the legendary '5 Elders of Shaolin - the remaining four were, Fung Doe Duk, Gee Shim Sim See, Mew Hing and Buddhist nun Ng Mui. These five people were said to be the last survivors and escaped during the 2nd destruction of the Shaolin temple when the Qing army razed it to the ground by fire under the reigning Emperor's decree to slaughter all monks that were associated with the old Ming cause.
An Overview about the System:
Pak Mei Kung Fu, is classified as one of the rare internal / external styles of traditional Chinese martial arts. The style is a very fast, aggressive short to middle range system that is characterised by short explosive movements by combining the 6 powers (teeth, neck, back/shoulders, waist, arms and legs) of the body.
Traditional Pak Mei, teaches the method of correct breathing (t'un, t'olh, fao, chum - inhalation, exhalation, rise and sink), to help motivate each movement while combining the 6 powers. By this combination, you gradually learn to produce fearsome power both internally and externally.
In line with tradition and the lethal nature of the systems techniques, Pak Mei Kung Fu has been taught and passed down unchanged for sporting activities, such as competition, free sparring and tournament fighting. However, within the system, there is plenty of traditional body conditioning exercises, set sparring, partnered application work where the student can learn to 'apply' the essence of the movements in a controlled and safe environment.
Concepts and Principles:
3 Forms:	Round, Flat and Thin.
4 Internal Powers:	Swallow, Spit, Float and Sink (Inhalation, Exhalation, Rise and Fall).
6 External Powers:	Teeth, Neck, Shoulders, Waist, Arms and Legs.
8 Methods:	Whipping, Cutting, Hooking, Smashing, Flicking, Seizing, Gathering, Rushing.
When the student develops a good understanding of the body shape, foundation, footwork and the above concepts they then begin the develop the 'five fundamental principles' that a Pak Mei practitioner must understand when applying the techniques, combinations and forms which are: Speed, Power, Stability, Accuracy and Ferociousness.
Improvise, Modify, Adapt and Overcome:
As you begin your journey into the system, you'll learn the traditional techniques that have been passed down from generation to generation. This all being said, though tradition plays a very important part in white eyebrow kung fu, it is important to learn how to apply the traditional techniques and combinations in a modern situation.
So as the student progresses deeper into the system, he/she will begin to learn to improvise, modify, adapt and overcome the situations at hand. It's fundamental for the student to practice the techniques that they favour most of all. More importantly is for the students to be able to drill those techniques at all speeds, power, angles, not to mention short / middle and long range distances of attack as well as against different training partners, so as to not become used to applying the technique on 'familiar' territory.
This way the student doesn't become fixed to being able to 'use' the technique for one type of situation but they can adapt to the situation by instantly modifying the technique to suit many varied situations.
Whether the original movement has been changed from say a 'tiger claw' to a 'palm or fist' technique, as long as the technique is applied with the principle of Pak Mei (6 powers, 4 dynamics), then the practitioner is still performing Pak Mei.
Live Power verses Dead Strength:
This is one of the fundamental differences within traditional martial arts is the use of live power.
Pak Mei kung fu is a living art, therefore all the solo techniques, combinations and forms are performed with zeal and imagination – by this I mean 'suddenness and urgency' as if the practitioner was actually fighting an imaginary opponent – just the same as a boxer would train, practicing shadow boxing.
There is a constant interchange between softness and hardness combined with stopping points; where for instance as you punch, at the moment of impact everything tightens up (the 6 powers – teeth, neck, shoulders, waist, arms and legs) and 'stops' to help push out the power into a single focal point.
Once the power has been released the practitioner immediately returns back to a state of softness, in readiness for the next technique / combination.
It is from this interchange of softness and hardness that the techniques become 'alive' and the power becomes deeper and more penetrating. Instantly able to change and/or modify from one technique into another and adapt to the situation by being able to 'sense' through the arms, body where the opponent is and anticipate their next move. Instead of using dead strength where the practitioner performs the move and applies only external strength from the larger muscle groups and only causing superficial injury.
Differences in & Types of Combat:
Essentially, the combative tactics and techniques of traditional Chinese martial arts can be divided into three categories:
Duelling with another martial artist
Battlefield combat
This is not entirely relevant to the modern martial artist, not even soldiers, as pre-firearms battle is obsolete and cannot even be simulated for training purposes. The only aspect of battlefield combat that continues to have relevance is weapons training.
Traditional weapons training, is beneficial to the modern martial artist because it improves eye-to-hand co-ordination and develops the strength of the tendons and flexibility of the wrists and shoulders.
Furthermore, some traditional weapons techniques are readily adaptable to the modern scenario, such as:
Cheung Gwan – Long Pole techniques can be utilised using an everyday item such as a broom handle.
Bean – Whip / Short, Walking Stick.
Dung – Bench / Chair.
Dan Dao – Single Broad Knife (Broadsword) techniques can be substituted with Short Stick / Walking Stick.
Cern Gwai – Legs from a broken chair or bar stool.
Dai Pa – Trident techniques can be substituted with a shovel or a broom handle.
Duelling
Duelling (Gor Sau literally means to "Cross Hands" or Tek Gwoon literally means to "Kick the School") is not the same as tournament sparring (regardless of the level of contact).
Duelling in China (as recently as the mid 20th Century) often meant serious injury or death to the loser. 'No rules, no referee to say when to start and when to stop, no gloves, no spectators, no prize money, no ring, no courteous distance between the fighters...' Duelling is not self-defence (even less so is tournament sparring), it is two people choosing to try and beat each other up.
Many martial arts schools equate sparring (watered-down duelling) with self-defence. This would certainly mislead the student with regard to the realities of self-defence, especially if the instructor does not clearly distinguish between the two.
Self-defence is a very different affair. It is not about seeking out opponents so you can prove you are tougher than they are. It is about having to take action because you have no other option. Often your first warning is the fact that you have already been hit or cut.
Self-defence is as much about awareness, attitude and tactics as it is about technique. Indeed, the effectiveness of one system versus another in a self-defence situation; is better measured by its tactics than simply by its techniques.
If one has skill in sparring, it does not necessarily follow that one can defend oneself effectively. The tactics of sparring and self-defence are fundamentally different.
Comprehensive martial arts are not restricted by their "system". A true martial art; teaches the student certain principles of fighting within which the student should stay (for example, the principle of not putting so much brute force into a strike that you throw yourself off balance). Thus a true martial art encourages the student to do whatever it takes to prevail against an assailant, while remaining safe.
This concept was not invented in the 20th century, although it is one that many traditional martial arts instructors seem to have forgotten.
Many people question the effectiveness of blocking in a self-defence situation. Their reasoning is that most attacks are launched from a close distance, leaving the defender no time to raise their arm and swing it towards the incoming attack. In White Eyebrow Kung Fu, however, blocks require a much smaller movement and are launched from wherever the hand happens to be, without any preparatory "wind-up".
There is also the argument that using blocks puts you in a "defensive" and therefore passive, "losing" frame of mind. Pretty much all the blocks in Pak Mei (White Eyebrow), are designed to either destroy the attacking limb, throw the attacker completely off balance or at the very least control the opponent (often all three). In other words, the block stops the attacker, not just the attack. Blocks are reactive, but also pro-active and counter-offensive. Blocking in Pak Mei (White Eyebrow) is very much about 'actively seizing control of the fight'. I contend that those who believe that blocking has absolutely no place in the real world of self-defence simply haven't learned to block properly.
Having said that, pre-emptive strikes are often advisable when you are in a highly threatening situation. It is legally justifiable to strike first as long as you believe yourself to be in imminent danger. Why block when you can prevent the attack by striking first? However, if the attack has already been launched, you'd better be good at blocking, neutralising and evasion!
"Pak Mei Kung Fu can be viewed as a ferocious, no-nonsense, highly effective and practical system of self-defence. The system is based on the science of physics and the economy of motion. For every action in attack and defence, there should be an equal and opposite reaction to help maximise the generation of power."
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Here's How To Choose The Best Milk Alternatives For You And The Planet
By Beth Shelper
There are plenty of reasons that people choose to switch to a vegan milk, ranging from the milk alternatives health benefits, their reduced environmental impact, and even their taste. But when it comes to choosing the best non-dairy milk for you, the healthiest milk alternative, or even the best non-dairy milk for coffee, it can become a bit challenging to choose between the many, many milk alternatives on the market.
We're here to break it down. We're talking taste, sustainability and more. It's the battle of the non-dairy milk alternatives, if you will. But first, as always, let's get the basics out the way.
What are non-dairy milks?
Non-dairy milks are a group of plant-based milks such as oat, cashew and coconut milk, that are made without the need for dairy milk from cows. This means that not only are their environmental impact much lower, but that they are great for those that want to follow a vegan lifestyle and remove animal by-products from their diet. They've also got some pretty sweet health benefits, too.
What are the benefits of non-dairy milks?
Of course, the health benefits of non-dairy milks vary from milk to milk, but broadly, some of the great benefits of dairy milk alternatives include:
Great sources of calcium
Easier to digest
A delicious taste
Fewer calories
Due to the increasing popularity of dairy milk alternatives, too, you're spoilt for choice when it comes to brands, milk types and even flavours. For this reason, here at Innermost we recommend that if you try one dairy milk alternative and don't like it – maybe you don't like the taste or texture, just try another one! You're sure to find one that you love.
It can be pretty overwhelming when selecting the best milk alternative, though. So let's take a look together…
What is the most sustainable milk alternative?
It's a fact that in general, plant-based milks are more sustainable. Their production uses less land, less water and their production leads to far fewer levels of greenhouse gases than dairy milk counterparts.
The two most sustainable milk alternatives are soy milk, who's production requires the least amount of water, and almost milk, who's production leads to the least carbon dioxide. So, if you're looking to make the swap to a dairy-free milk in the hope of making a sustainable dietary choice, soy or almond are the milks for you.
What is the best non-dairy milk for protein shakes?
When it comes to choosing the best non-dairy milk for protein shakes, you're looking for a delicious taste and a creamy texture. Both of which are provided by almond milk.
Almond milk has a similar, creamy consistency to cows milk which is ideal for creating thick and satisfying protein shakes, and the vitamin content of this milk packs a punch, too. Almond milk contains Vitamin A, Vitamin D and Vitamin E, which is a great addition to your protein shake, for sure. For those that love a caffeine boost, almond milk is often considered the best non-dairy milk for coffee, too!
If you're looking for a great tasting dairy milk alternative to add to your shakes, though, we really recommend coconut milk. Sweet and delicious, coconut milk is a firm cult favourite for protein shakes, especially with our pineapple flavoured product The Energy Booster… did someone say Pina Colada?
What is the healthiest milk alternative?
If you're thinking of making the switch from dairy milk to plant milk, it's probably fair to say that one of the biggest motivators behind this choice is the health benefits. Maybe you're lactose intolerant and fed up of the milk-induced bloating, or perhaps you're just conscious of the high fat content that dairy milk can bring…
Whilst these are worthy concerns, when deciding on the healthiest milk alternative, it's important to consider the sugar content of your brand of choice. That's what you should be looking for.
Soy milk is one of the most popular dairy milk alternatives, and it's not hard to see why. As one of the healthiest on the market, soy milk contains just as much protein as cows' milk, and as long as the milks don't contain any added sugars and are unsweetened, soy milk is definitely the healthiest pick.
There are a few really key points to consider when making the switch to a dairy milk alternative. Firstly, non-dairy doesn't mean non-delicious. Many people opt for a dairy milk alternative for the taste and difference that these milks can bring to smoothies and protein shakes as a result, for example.
Secondly, switching to non-dairy milks is a great choice for the environment. The dairy industry has a hugely detrimental affect on the environment, and so switching to one of these delicious alternatives is a great way to reduce your environmental impact.
By the way… why not make the change this World Vegan Day? Whether you opt for oat milk, soy milk, almond milk, or any other of the worthy plant-based milk alternatives, let us know what you think! Head on over to @liveinnermost. We'd love to hear from you.
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