A very special 330 came off the line today for a very special band. Matchbox Twenty will now have a matchless RIC 330 JG to play with. A lefthand guitar but with righthand stringing and Nashville tuning. It is a truly unique instrument especially designed for producing the sounds that can only be made by a Rickenbacker.
Congrats to them for a one of a kind 330.
Hmmm, cool! It makes me me feel like wanting to grab my 360 after I'm done doing my laundry, and start playing "Long Day"!


I was wondering why for some queries I was consistently getting "Email is valid" irrespective of whatever rubbish I was putting to the left of the ampersand.
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Video Blues
Dir. Emma Tusell / Spain / 2019 / 74' / Polish premiere
Director: Emma Tusell
Screenplay: Emma Tusell, Laura Sipán
Cinematography: Javier Cerdá
Editing: Juan Barrero, Emma Tusell
Sound: José Tomé
Producers: Félix Tusell Sánchez, Carmela Martínez
Production: Estela Films
World sales: Agencia Freak
Website: http://www.agenciafreak.com
Suggestive and mysterious images recorded with a domestic camera in the late 1980s. Two voices, one female and the other male, argue about their meaning and do not seem to agree. Emma reviews her family history to try to piece together the lives that are still a mystery to her. In this review she will confront the ghosts of her past and make the viewer a voyeur accomplice in her intimacy. But... who is that voice that confronts her and why will it end up being so important in this story?
Ann Arbor Film Festival (Best Experimental Film), DocPoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival, LA International Film Festival, Festival RIZOMA (RIZOMA de CINE Award), Muestra de Cine Mujeres a Escena (Silver Biznaga Award for Best Documentary), Gijón International Film Festival, IBAFF - Ibn Arabi International Film Festival, D'A Film Festival Barcelona, Directed by Women, Memorimage - Festival Internacional de Cine de Reus, l'Alternativa - Barcelona Independent Film Festival
Emma Tusell
Emma Tusell (*1980) has been working as a film editor for fifteen years. As a director, she made her debut with the feature film "La Habitación de Elías", in which she approaches the figure of her father in a film mixing documentary and fiction. She has also directed the documentary series "Madridcrea" and more than fifteen short films. She has edited numerous documentary films including "Cuando Hollywood Estaba en La Gran Vía" (Javier Rioyo), "Hobby" (Ciro Altabás) and "El Hombre y la Música" (Laura Sipán). She has also edited a number of feature films including "Magical Girl" (Carlos Vermut), the winner of the Golden Shell and the Silver Shell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, "Tiempo Después" by José Luis Cuerda, as well as "La Caja Vacía" by Claudia Sainte Luce. Emma Tusell studied directing at the Institute of Cinema in Madrid. In 2003, she graduated from Madrid's ECAM film school, specializing in editing, and later on completed a workshop on documentary in the EICTV (Cuba). There she discovered the creative documentary in which she would go on to specialise, taking part in seminars given by the most prestigious Spanish directors of that genre: Victor Erice, Jose Luis Guerín and Elías León Siminiani.

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Q: Creating a latitude longitude image The GeoPosition of Eureka, California is:
GeoPosition[{40.7933, -124.155}]

Has anyone ever created an image of the world with latitude and longitude lines? What would be a good way using Mathematica to create an image showing that these GeoPosition numbers make sense for the city of Eureka, California?

A: The following shows an equirectangular projection with geographic gridlines positioned every 10 degrees of latitude and longitude, and starting at the geographic zero reference points for the northern hemisphere.
A marker is also placed at the location of Eureka using your coordinates. One can then approximate the position of the marker by using the gridlines and convince oneself that those coordinates are reasonable for the position of Eureka, CA.
GeoGraphics[
  GeoMarker@GeoPosition[{40.7933, -124.155}],
  GeoGridLines -> {5, 13},
  GeoGridLinesStyle -> Directive[Thick, Red, Opacity[0.5]],
  GeoRange -> {{0, 60}, {-130, 0}}, GeoRangePadding -> None,
  GeoProjection -> "Equirectangular",
  ImageSize -> Full,
  Frame -> True, FrameStyle -> Directive[15, Black, Bold],
  FrameLabel -> (Style[#, 18, FontWeight -> Plain] & /@ {"Longitude", "Latitude"})
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'View of the Cantonments at Berhampore'. Aquatint, drawn and engraved by James Moffat, published Calcutta 1806.
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Aquatint of the cantonments at Berhampore drawn and engraved by James Moffat (1775-1815) and published in Calcutta in 1806. Berhampore is situated several miles from Murshidabad in West Bengal. In 1757, the Battle of Plassey between the Nawab of Bengal and the English East india Company resulted in the rise of English supremacy in Bengal. The military barracks of Berhampore, first established in around 1767, are one of the earliest English cantonments in India. The plan of the cantonment was made up of a grid with a large open square in the centre, which is shown in this view. By the early 19th century, Berhampore had developed into a large brigade station. The troops were withdrawn by Lord Kitchener in 1906.


Elizabeth Holmes accepts The Entrepreneur award at the 25th Annual Glamour Women of the Year Awards at Carnegie Hall in November 2015. Photo via AP.
Blood testing startup Theranos announced Wednesday that it's shutting down its blood testing facilities and laying off more than 40 percent of its staff, the Wall Street Journal reports. The move comes after reports that Theranos' patenting blood-testing technology is, in fact, extremely inaccurate, and after the company's founder Elizabeth Holmes was banned from running a lab for two years.
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The undersigned is directed to refer to the provisions contained in this Ministry's letter No. 17(4)/08(2)/D(Pen/Policy) dated 18.08.2010 as amended vide this Ministry's letter No. 17(4)/2008/D(Pen/Policy) dated 20.09.2012 under which a note below Para 3(v) of the ibid MoD letter dated 18.08.2010 was inserted regarding non-applicability of provisions of letter dated 18.08.2010 to JCOs granted Honorary Commission as Leiutenant and Captain.
2. Further, in supersession of the provision contained in this Ministry's letter No. 17(4)/2008(2)/D(Pen/Policy) dated 20.09.2012, letter No. 1(15)/2012/D(Pen/Policy) dated 17.01.2013 was issued under which it was decided that the provisions of MoD letter dated 18.08.2010 are also applicable to post 01.01.2006 JCOs/Ors granted Honorary Commission as Lieutenant and Captain with effect from 24.09.2012.
7. This issue with the concurrence of the Finance Division of this Ministry vide their ID No. 10(15)/2015/FIN/PEN dated 02.01.2019.
Please explain about this. I retired on 28 Feb 2017 . I will get benefits or not.
You are entitled for arrears in difference of Gratuity, pension, Commutation and encashment value as a retirement benefits from the date of retirement as I know. Please write to Pcda pension Allahabad to issue circular to concerned PSA for issue of corr PPO for settlement of payment immediately. Thanks.
Sir, pads circular will issue or direct order to PDA. Plconferm.
This MoD letter dated 6/2/2019 has been issued as a corrigendum to MoD letter dated 18/8/2010 authorising only JCOs granted honorary commissioned ranks who retired during Jan 2006 and 23 Sep 2012 and did not get the revised pension as admissible in Mod letter dated 17 Jan 2013 under circular No 506 comparing to pre 2006 HCOs and for post 2006 retirees on or after 24/9/2012. Now Govt orders issued to issue suo motto corr ppo with the retirement admissible benefits such as Gratuity, Commutation and encashment value with monthly differences of pay and allowance from date of retirement. But it regretted say that PCDA (Pension) has not yet issued the circular regarding payment instructions with arrears.
Myself also had written to pcda Allahabad through email for issue corrigendum PPO. But, they didn't take response stating that pcda has stop to take complaint through email. Pcda Allahabad has launched a portal for lodging the complaint, which is too tough to lodge the complaint. After entering the required information on this portal carefully, when clicking the submit key, that display appear thatdidn't answered correctly. So, pcda should take action to issue corrigendum PPO and make easy/friendly their portal to lodge the complaint.
what will be the benefit of this ?


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Pneumococcal Vaccination: Optimizing Preventive Strategies and Reducing Disease Burden
Lanae L. Fox, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice
University of Wyoming School of Pharmacy
Laramie, Wyoming
Jaime R. Hornecker, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
US Pharm. 2014;39(4):23-26.
ABSTRACT: Pneumococcal disease caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common medical concern in young children, older adults, and the immunocompromised. Two vaccines, PPSV23 (Pneumovax 23) and PCV13 (Prevnar 13), are available for the prevention of conditions caused by this bacterium and are recommended for routine use and for use in those with high-risk comorbidities. While these vaccines do not cover all serotypes, they have produced a significant reduction in both invasive and noninvasive pneumococcal diseases.
Streptococcus pneumoniae (pneumococcus) is a gram-positive bacterium with more than 90 known serotypes. S pneumoniae, which is spread by airborne droplets, colonizes the nasopharynx in as many as 5% to 70% of healthy adults and 20% to 60% of healthy children.1 S pneumoniae causes a myriad of infections, categorized as either invasive (e.g., meningitis, bacteremia, pneumonia) or noninvasive (e.g., bronchitis, sinusitis, otitis media), and is a leading cause of serious illness among children and adults.2 Invasive disease is seen in both healthy and immunocompromised hosts, but it is most common in adults ≥65 years of age and children <2 years old and in certain immunocompromising conditions, such as HIV infection.2
S pneumoniae is the most common bacterial pathogen in hematologic malignancies, neutropenia, and prior respiratory viral infection, especially influenza. In the United States, pneumococcal disease is also more common in certain ethnic groups such as African Americans and Navajo Indians. This prevalence is thought to reflect genetic and environmental factors.3
Prior to 1990, S pneumoniae was almost uniformly susceptible to penicillin. However, during the 1990s, resistance to penicillin and other classes of antimicrobial agents spread throughout the U.S. Following the introduction of the 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) into the routine childhood immunization program in 2000, the incidence of invasive pneumococcal disease declined substantially among both young children and older persons.4
Reducing the burden of pneumococcal infections has been a significant public health priority. The Healthy People 2010 initiative aimed to reduce invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) cases to 46 per 100,000 in children and 42 per 100,000 in adults.4 These goals were achieved with the introduction of PCV7, with 22 new cases and 41 new cases, respectively. Healthy People 2020 seeks to further reduce IPD rates to 12 and 31 new cases per 100,000 in children and adults, respectively.4 The use of vaccination strategies to decrease the burden of pneumococcal disease will be reviewed here.
In the early 1890s, Felix and Georg Klemperer showed that immunization with killed pneumococci protected animals against subsequent pneumococcal infection.3 In the early 1900s, studies of humoral immunity began in humans, showing a significant reduction in incidence of pneumonia. Lloyd D. Felton prepared the first purified pneumococcal capsular polysaccharides for immunization of human subjects, and a preparation of type 1 polysaccharide was used in an epidemic of pneumonia at a hospital in the winter of 1937-1938. These studies and others showed that a specific bacterial polysaccharide antigen could be used to stimulate humoral antibodies and confer protection against infection. During World War II, Colin M. MacLeod and colleagues found that vaccinating military recruits with material from four serotypes of S pneumoniae greatly reduced the incidence of pneumonia caused by serotypes in the vaccine, but not by other pneumococcal serotypes.3
Pneumococcal Vaccines
There are two commercially available vaccines for the prevention of pneumococcal disease. The pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine is Pneumovax 23 (PPSV23),5 and Prevnar 13 (PCV13) is the conjugate version.6
Pneumococcal Polysaccharide Vaccine (PPSV): The pneumococcal vaccine was the first immunization developed from a bacterial capsular polysaccharide.1 While the introduction of the vaccine was a monumental medical milestone, it coincided with and was overshadowed by the discovery of penicillin, and was not widely utilized because of the efficacy of antibiotics in treating pneumococcal disease.1 Increasing resistance has largely shifted public health efforts to prevention rather than treatment, making immunization with PPSV part of the routine immunization schedule for those at high risk.
Upon immunization, type-specific antibodies are produced, which activate the immune system response. Only a few pneumococcal serotypes are responsible for the majority of IPD; however, the current PPSV provides expanded coverage to target 23 subgroups of the most prevalent serotypes responsible for invasive disease in the U.S.7 Although IPD is most common in children <2 years of age, polysaccharide vaccines are not recommended in this population because of their inability to adequately elicit a T cell–dependent immune response in young children.3
Pneumovax 23 is the only 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine available.5 The 23-valent vaccine replaced the 14-valent vaccine in 1983. PPSV23 is administered as an intramuscular (IM) or subcutaneous (SC) injection of one 0.5-mL dose.5 PPSV23 can be administered concurrently with other immunizations at separate sites of injection, although children completing PCV and PPSV in series may have a decreased immune response to further PCV immuni-zations.8 Additionally, a decreased immune response to the zoster vaccine may be seen when PPSV23 is administered concurrently. Although concurrent administration is not contraindicated and is recommended when accessibility is a concern, consideration could be given to separate administration of PPSV23 and zoster at least 4 weeks apart.5
PPSV23 is indicated in children at high risk of IPD, including immunocompromised children, those with functional or anatomical asplenia, and immunocompetent children with chronic heart or lung disease, diabetes mellitus, or cerebrospinal fluid leaks (TABLE 1).9,10 Children undergoing cochlear implants should also receive PPSV23. In children over the age of 2 years, the first dose of PPSV23 should follow the last indicated dose of PCV13 by 8 weeks. A booster dose of PPSV23 is indicated 5 years after the first dose in children who are immunocompromised, have sickle cell disease, or who have asplenia. A second dose is not recommended for immunocompetent children.9
PPSV23 is recommended for all patients ≥65 years of age, regardless of immune status (TABLE 2).10 For those who received their first dose of PPSV23 prior to age 65, a second dose of PPSV23 is recommended 5 years after the first dose.10
Persons aged 19 to 64 years who are at increased risk of morbidity and mortality associated with pneumococcal disease should also receive PPSV23. Cigarette smoking; chronic heart (excluding hypertension), lung, or liver disease; diabetes mellitus; alcoholism; cerebrospinal fluid leaks; and cochlear implants are all considered risk factors in immunocompetent adults.10
Patients who have functional or anatomical asplenia or who are immunocompromised should also be vaccinated, particularly those with hematologic malignancies, HIV infection, or solid tumors. The Advisory Council on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommends vaccination with PCV13 in addition to PPSV23 in this population.10 When indicated, individuals not previously receiving PCV13 or PPSV23 should receive a single dose of PCV13 followed by a dose of PPSV23 at least 8 weeks later. If one or more doses of PPSV23 have been received, a single dose of PCV13 should be given 1 or more years after the last PPSV23 dose. In those who require additional doses of PPSV23, vaccination should occur at least 8 weeks after the last dose of PCV13, and at least 5 years after the last dose of PPSV23.10
Patients who experience a severe allergic reaction to any component of the PPSV23 formulation should not receive the vaccine. Injection site reactions are frequent and include pain, soreness, tenderness, swelling, and erythema.5 Adverse events outside of injection site reactions such as headache, fatigue, and myalgia have been reported. Although they are much less common than injection site reactions, these adverse effects tend to be more frequent in those who undergo revaccination.6 For any vaccination, suspected adverse events should be reported to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS).5
Overall, more than 80% of adults who receive PPSV23 develop antibodies, usually within 2 to 3 weeks.1 Older adults and those with chronic conditions may not respond as well, if at all. In studies of clinical effectiveness, PPSV23 is about 60% to 70% effective in preventing invasive disease; however, it does not provide reliable protection against pneumococcal pneumonia.1 Referring to PPSV23 as the "pneumonia vaccine" is therefore a misnomer and should be avoided.
Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (PCV): PCV13 was released in 2010 and replaced the former 7-valent version (PCV7), which had been released in 2000.1 These 13 serotypes are most commonly implicated in disease of children. PCV was developed after discovering that children <2 years of age do not respond well to polysaccharide antigens. However, when those polysaccharides are conjugated to carrier proteins, they stimulate good antibody responses in young children.3
In late 2011, PCV13 was approved for the prevention of pneumonia and invasive disease in people aged ≥50 years; however, the effectiveness of the vaccine in this age group has not been demonstrated in controlled clinical studies and therefore it is not recommended in the routine vaccination schedule for adults.1 Children vaccinated with PCV13 were shown to have a reduction in IPD caused by vaccine serotypes of 97% and a reduction of all serotypes by 89%. However, the vaccine is less effective against pneumonia and acute otitis media.1
The ACIP recommends that PCV13 be used for all children <5 years old.1 PCV13 is given IM as an 0.5-mL dose. In order to improve vaccine series completion, it may be administered on the same day as other vaccinations at separate injection sites.6
For routine immunization of infants, PCV13 is recommended as a four-dose series at ages 2, 4, 6, and 12 to 15 months (TABLE 3).9 Infants and children who have received at least one dose of PCV7 should complete the immunization series with PCV13. A single supplemental dose of PCV13 is recommended for all children 14 to 59 months who have received four doses of PCV7 or another age-appropriate complete PCV7 schedule.9
For children who have underlying immunocompromising conditions or anatomical or functional asplenia, or for immunocompetent children with chronic heart or lung disease, a supplemental PCV13 dose is recommended through age 71 months. 8 Children aged 2 to 18 years with underlying medical conditions should also receive PPSV23 after completing all recommended doses of PCV13. Additionally, a single dose of PCV13 may be administered to children aged 6 to 18 years who are at increased risk of IPD due to sickle cell disease, HIV, or other immunocompromising conditions (TABLE 3).9 Routine use of PCV13 is not recommended for healthy children >5 years old.9
In children vaccinated at the recommended intervals, the most common adverse reactions were irritability; injection site tenderness, redness, or swelling; decreased appetite; decreased sleep; and fever. It is recommended that patients be observed for at least 15 minutes after immunization to watch for adverse reactions.6
Pharmacist's Role
The burden of pneumococcal disease has been significantly reduced through immunization strategies targeting both children and adults. Pharmacists should help play a role in identifying patients who are candidates for vaccination, particularly adults who may have indications because of chronic health conditions or who are immunocompromised. Where licensed, pharmacist immunizers are also in a prime position to improve immunization rates for populations that could benefit from protection from pneumococcal disease.
1. CDC. Pneumococcal disease. In: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. 12th ed. Washington, DC: Public Health Foundation; 2012. http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/pinkbook/pneumo.html Accessed January 6, 2014.
2. World Health Organization (WHO). Introduction of Pneumococcal Vaccine PCV13, A Handbook for District and Health Facility Staff. Geneva, Switzerland: WHO; October 2013. http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/90380/1/WHO_IVB_13.10_eng.pdf. Accessed January 14, 2014.
3. Musher D. Streptococcus pneumonia. In: Mandell GL, Bennett JE, Dolin R, eds. Principles and Practice of Infectious Disease. 7th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier;2010:2623-2642.
4. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Pneumococcal disease. In: Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. 5th ed. Atlanta, GA: CDC; 2012. www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/surv-manual/chpt11-pneumo.html. Accessed January 10, 2014.
5. Pneumovax 23 (pneumococcal vaccine polyvalent) package insert. Whitehouse Station, NJ: Merck & Co., Inc; March 2013. www.merck.com/product/usa/pi_circulars/p/pneumovax_23/pneumovax_pi.pdf. Accessed January 6, 2014.
6. Prevnar 13 (pneumococcal 13-valent conjugate vaccine) package insert. Philadelphia, PA: Wyeth Pharmaceuticals (Pfizer); January 2014. http://labeling.pfizer.com/showlabeling.aspx?id=501. Accessed January 6, 2014.
7. Nuorti JP, Whitney CG; CDC. Prevention of pneumococcal disease among infants and children—use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine and 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine—recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR Recomm Rep. 2010;59:1.
8. Sigurdardottir ST, Center KJ, Davidsdottir K, et al. Decreased immune response to pneumococcal conjugate vaccine after 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine in children. Vaccine. 2014;32:417-424.
9. CDC. Recommended immunization schedule for persons age 0 through 18 years. www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/child-adolescent.html. Accessed January 6, 2014.
10. CDC. Recommended adult immunization schedule, by vaccine and age groups. www.cdc.gov/vaccines/schedules/hcp/imz/adult.html. Accessed January 6, 2014.
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Home › Academy › A Complicated History by Elise M. Edwards
A Complicated History by Elise M. Edwards
By Elise M. Edwards on April 14, 2016 • ( 14 )
In my previous post, I wrote about my participation in planning a memorial event for the lynching of a man named Jesse Washington in Waco, Texas one hundred years ago. It prompted me to reflect on the challenge of faithfully remembering a conflicted past. It's important that we don't just remember past events, but that we remember them appropriately.
I'm convinced that when we remember the past, we must avoid oversimplifying the stories of what occurred to suit our present day agendas and sensibilities. We have to acknowledge the complexity, tension and conflict in what occurred, and perhaps even our own guilt and complicity in what is still occurring. As a black feminist Christian ethicist, I face this challenge when one aspect of my identity seeks to address a particular issue through a narrative that implicates or denigrates another aspect of my identity. Uncomfortable as it is, I recognize Christianity's complicity in its defenses of chattel slavery. I recognize women's support of patriarchy.
I went to a lecture a few weeks ago by Walter Brueggemann, a well-respected Old Testament theologian, titled "The Risks of Nostalgia." Brueggemann warned us of the dangers of mis-remembering the past. Pointing to texts from the prophets and Psalms, he demonstrated how the people of Israel remembered a past before exile without remembering the difficulties, the exploitative conditions, and the tensions of that time. Excluding these harsher realities allowed them to gloss over the differences among them to unite in hatred and distrust in a common enemy—the one responsible of their present situation. By misremembering, they lamented a version of past that didn't belong to all of them because it didn't include their diverse histories. But the singular narrative served a purpose—it furthered their cause, their yearning and motivation to return to the way things were before. Did this cause really serve all those who were yearning for it? It's a question that comes to mind when I hear women yearn for a pre-feminist era or Christians yearn for an era of Christendom.
Like the Old Testament people of exile, we are in moral danger when we remember the past with a nostalgia that sweeps over the real stories of what happened in the past. We risk buying into a narrative that harms us in its oversimplifcation. A simple solution will suffice if we believe we have a simple problem.
Lynching was not a simplistic problem and the Waco Horror is not a simplistic story. A black man was lynched for raping and murdering a white woman named Lucy Fryer. I'll admit it. The realities of the story make me uneasy. Jesse Washington confessed to a crime and was found guilty in the court proceedings that preceded his murder. It makes sense to question whether the criminal proceedings were biased and whether his confession was coerced or illegitimate in some other manner. But even if we question his confession or conviction, we shouldn't gloss over them as if they never occurred. To present him as a purely innocent victim would be to distort the past to serve a cause – and even a cause as noble as community unity or racial justice should not be attained through lies. People of integrity must guard against distorting the past for "the good" because the distortions themselves cause pain and harm.
Fryer's family is still experiencing pain over her murder which precipitated the lynching. Sadly, their pain is made worse by the remembrances of Jesse Washington. Their pain does not mean we should not remember, but it does mean we cannot, as people of good conscience, romanticize violence or idealize its victims. Some people might make Washington out to be a hero or a martyr, but the organizers of the memorial service didn't remember him that way. We didn't cast him as a blameless victim. But we remembered him as a victim, nonetheless.
We didn't romanticize the lynching crowds and their pursuit of justice, either. Washington was brutally tortured and killed before a crowd of thousands. If Christians are a people who embrace the love and mercy of a God who forgives the worst of sinners, they have to condemn even those crimes committed in the name of justice; crimes committed against criminals.
Noble causes, if they are just, must stand in the truth – the messy, complicated truth that resists casting all our heroes as saints, all our villains as irredeemable sinners. Real humans aren't characters who wear the white hats and black hats of the old Westerns (or even the white hats of Olivia Pope & Associates on ABC's Scandal).
When we resist remembering simplistic, nostalgic stories, we can begin to grapple with the reality of how difficult it really is to achieve justice. We can see humankind for who we really are. And maybe then we can ask for help.
We can ask victims to help us heal the wounds that persist. We need their help to understand their pain and the underlying causes we seek to solve.
We can ask for the help of those who study the various aspects of our world and culture—the economists, the sociologists, the historians, the artists, the theologians and ethicists, the criminologists, and the scientists. We can be humble enough to learn what we don't know about what's really going on.
And I hope we also ask for divine assistance. Despite their own complicated histories, wrongs, and imperfections, our faith traditions can enable us to do more than merely rightly remember, consider, and observe the problems in the world. They can embolden us with the courage of Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, and Ida B. Wells-Barnett to speak a complicated truth and yet still dare to fight to make this a better world.
Elise M. Edwards, PhD is a Lecturer in Christian Ethics at Baylor University and a graduate of Claremont Graduate University. She is also a registered architect in the State of Florida. Her interdisciplinary work examines issues of civic engagement and how beliefs and commitments are expressed publicly. As a black feminist, she primarily focuses on cultural expressions by, for, and about women and marginalized communities. Follow her on twitter, google+ or academia.edu.
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Elie Wiesel wrote that the annual re-enactment of the Passion Play was followed by violence against Jews in his community. Recently I read a headline stating that annual visits to the Holocaust museum (or memorial?) spark hatred in Israel. How do we remember the wrong that was done without inciting the desire to wrong others? Thanks for reflecting on this so openly with all of us.
Thank you for your support, Carol. I think we have to make spaces for the grief to be expressed and worked through. I know that's a tall order, but I think too often grief merges with rage, which then finds its expression in horrific forms of violence.
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Excellent and thought-provoking essay, Elise.I write mostly fiction, but I've begun writing personal essays. Your caution about memory, about glossing over or reducing complicated issues, about putting folks into "good" and "bad" camps, is so valuable. Thank you for this reminder to aim for the truth.
April 14, 2016 • 11:28 am
Thank you and I wish you success and personal growth in your essay writing!
And we need to talk more about the concept of how we can gift others — that is, the practice of radically generous acts — also Environmentalism, caring about the well-being of other creatures, and in fact all life on our planet. Also it seems to me it always helps to think positively if we want to bring good things into being.
I agree. Thank you for adding that, Sarah.
This part resonates strongly with me, a powerful reminder in our troubled times: "Like the Old Testament people of exile, we are in moral danger when we remember the past with a nostalgia that sweeps over the real stories of what happened in the past. We risk buying into a narrative that harms us in it oversimplifcation. A simple solution will suffice if we believe we have a simple problem."
Gratitude and Blessings to you.
Blessings and gratitude to you, too!
Very thought-provoking post! We do indeed need to, as you so wisely say, "avoid oversimplifying the stories of what occurred to suit our present day agendas and sensibilities. We have to acknowledge the complexity, tension and conflict in what occurred, and perhaps even our own guilt and complicity in what is still occurring."
I think this oversimplification is endemic today, especially among what I call the Trumpercrowd. The Donald seems to want to take us back either to the 1890s (when then Robber Barons ruled the land) or the 1950s (HUAC, Sen. Joe McCarthy, black lists, extreme prejudice). How do we persuade people to think? Really think? We don't have any simple problems.
Thanks for writing this post.
Thank you, Barbara. I suppose it's easier (and more comforting) to appeal to a romanticized past than to face an uncertain future where difficult problems must be confronted. I think many politicians know that a simple message/solution will sell in a sound-bite era. I think spiritual and religious communities have a role to play in giving a counter-narrative to their oversimplified one. Expose the political lie and false hope for what it is, but cultivate a true hope grounded in serious attention to the problems and divine guidance. I'm sure my view comes across as naive to some, but at least it involves a willingness to address issues instead of seeking to return to a time before they ever appeared (which likely didn't exist anyway and had its own problems.)
Ariane David
This is one of the most balanced and valuable posts I've seen in a long time. It addresses the human tendency to rewrite the past, whether it be distant history or an argument we had yesterday, so that it casts us in a good light and "other" in a poor light. Our brains have a seemingly endless capacity to make us right and others wrong.
Thank you, Ariane!
Rebecca Flavin
Beautiful reflection.
Austin Scott
Thank you for this! I have had conversations about the importance of remembering the past accurately with with many of my peers, however I've struggled to voice my point of view as eloquently as you have here. Perhaps it is partially human nature to want to remember the past through rose-tinted glasses or in a way that serves our own agenda, but as you said, twisting the past can be harmful to others and to our own future. As the saying goes; "Those who do not remember the past are doomed to repeat it." I think its worth adding that those who do not remember the past AS IT WAS, are doomed to repeat it. Thanks for a wonderful post!
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Baird's balanced buy- and sell-side practice provides expertise for public and private companies, while the firm's dedicated financial sponsor coverage further expands opportunities and financing resources for the firm's clients. Through close coordination between U.S., European and Asian bankers, and partners in Australia, India and Brazil, Baird works to optimize opportunities and results for clients in the international marketplace. Approximately one-third of Baird's M&A transactions over the past five years have involved an international party.
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How many millions of Zoomers are you missing?
ZOOMERS CONTROL THE MARKETPLACE. HERE ARE 15 CATEGORIES WHERE THERE ARE AT LEAST 2 MILLION ZOOMERS YOU MAY NOT BE REACHING.
Percentages and index numbers are important. But when it comes to determining sales potential, what really matters is tonnage — how many actual people are there, who could be supporting your brand and buying your products?
To get the ball rolling, here are 15 categories of activity or spending in which there are at least 2 million Zoomers (Canada's 45-population). The source in all cases is Vividata Fall 2018.
1. 3,878,000 Zoomers purchased or leased a new vehicle in the past 12 months.
That's more than any other age group, and almost half (48.6%) of all Canadians who bought or leased a new vehicle in the past year. Yet how many car commercials show Zoomers?
2. 2,205,000 Zoomers spent $40,000 or more on their most recently-acquired vehicle.
Zoomers are even more dominant (no surprise) when you get to higher price points. Those 2.2 million Zoomers who spent $40,000 or more represent 54.4% of all Canadians who spent that much.
3. 6,222,000 Zoomers took a vacation trip within Canada over the past 12 months.
The Zoomer dominance of travel is by now widely accepted, but it's important to see the actual numbers. Zoomers represent 56.6% of all Canadians who vacationed in Canada last year.
4. 6,188,000 Zoomers took a vacation trip outside of Canada within the past 12 months.
Zoomer dominance applies equally to those who vacationed outside of Canada. Those 6.2 million Zoomers account for nearly six out of ten (58.2%) of all Canadians who holidayed outside the country last year.
5. 2,496,000 Zoomers took a vacation cruise during the past 3 years.
When it comes to cruises, Zoomers again account for six out of ten (59.5%) Canadians who went on a cruise in the past three years.
Clearly, no matter where you are in the travel industry — destination, hotel, airline, cruise line — you can't hit your numbers without the Zoomers.
6. 2,704,000 Zoomers have a home office.
This is an important number because it demonstrates that Zoomers aren't retiring "on schedule" at age 65. Either before or after that magic (and arbitrary) age, they're looking for other business opportunities. Zoomers represent six out of every ten Canadians (60.5%) with a home office. This makes them a vital market for financial services, computers and related equipment, financial and tax software, commercial banking and insurance services. If you think they're disengaging, the opposite is true.
7. 5,261,000 Zoomers used a financial planner or advisor in the past 12 months.
Zoomers have the wealth, and they're active managers of that wealth, representing 62.4% of all Canadians who used a financial planner or advisor last year.
8. 12,838,000 Zoomers banked online in the past 3 months.
This statistic should demolish the idea that Zoomers are not tech-savvy. In fact, it adds up to more than all the other age groups combined, representing 53.4% of all Canadians who banked online in the past 3 months.
9. 3,288,000 Zoomers have savings and investments — not counting their home — in excess of $250,000.
This represents two out of every three Canadians whose level of savings and investment is that high. Zoomers are the essential market for banking and financial products and services.
10. 6,448,000 Zoomers spend $1,000 or more on their credit cards each month.
This statistic should command the attention of everyone in the consumer marketplace. Zoomers account for six out of every ten (60.1%) Canadians who put this much on their credit cards every month.
11. 13,023,000 Zoomers own their own home.
No surprise here. There are more Zoomer homeowners than all other age groups combined, making Zoomers the biggest market for all home-related products and services.
12. 2,379,000 Zoomers spent $10,000 or more on home renovations and improvements over the past 2 years.
Zoomers represent almost six out of every ten (58.5%) of Canadians who spent this much on home renovations and improvements over the past 2 years.
13. 2,094,000 Zoomers spent $500 or more on home entertainment products over the past 2 years.
Once again, Zoomers outnumber all other age groups combined. They want — can afford — and go out and but the latest in home entertainment.
14. 2,244,000 Zoomers dined out at a restaurant, bar or fast-food outlet 5 times or more in the past 30 days.
Another "six out of ten" category! Zoomers account for 61.8% of Canadians who eat out at a "heavy" level of frequency (5+ times in 30 days). Is this reflected in your media targeting and advertising creative?
15. 3,597,000 Zoomers spend $150 or more on groceries in the average week.
This number should grab the attention of everyone in consumer packaged goods and retail grocery. Once again, Zoomers outnumber all other generations combined.
Of course, these 15 examples are just scratching the surface. Keep checking at ZoomerU — we'll be developing a new list every month.
In category after category, the evidence is overwhelming: sales depend more heavily on Zoomers, than on any combination of other age groups. Does this mean you should ignore those other age groups? Of course not. But it does mean you should take a serious look at rebalancing your spending allocations. There are millions of people you may not be talking to…and they're buying.


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Loading the battery capacity by up to 80 percent – in two minutes – that's the vision of the student project inMotion. And it's pointing the way, not just for electric racing cars. The semiconductor industry is central to the progress being made in the automotive sector - so central, in fact, that people are wondering who is driving who – one of the main talking points at electronica. The key to automated-driving cars is security because cars will communicate between each other and the infrastructure will communicate with cars. Only highly complex technologies can guarantee safety in autonomous traffic. Being able to stay cost-effective at the same time is one of the challenges. The extra cost for a car radar system for example is lower than the extra you have to pay for a metallic paint job.


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30 Fierce Comebacks Waiters And Retail Workers Can Give To Their Rudest Customers
By January Nelson Updated October 22, 2019
Henrique Félix
If you work in the service industry, you NEED to see these clapbacks from Ask Reddit.
1. "Why don't you get a REAL job?"
"Now if I did that, what would you have to bitch and be mad about?"
2. Rude lady to gay cashier: "Sorry I don't speak gay."
Cashier: "Don't worry, I'm fluent in bitch."
3. When they say that they know places that are cheaper, I replied, "I have customers that pay more."
4. Rude customer: "I don't like (insert literally anything here), is Owner in? I know him."
Me: (overly excited) "OMG SAME I know him too! He's not here but I'm the manager on today so I'll help you out."
5. Not me, but my manager. Woman comes in every Sunday… and complains every Sunday. This past time, she said, "I won't be coming back."
And he goes, "Alright, I'll see you next week."
6. I had an older couple once and the husband asked me if I was stupid. I told him I was stupid enough to not come back to his table and walked away. He flagged me down a couple minutes later, apologized and told me he liked that I didn't take his shit.
7. Customer who is angry about something absolutely inconsequential: "I'm never coming back, and I'm gonna tell all my friends!"
Owner of store: "Great, I doubt you have many."
8. Me: "Welcome, how are you two doing tonight?"
Customer: (without even looking at me) "I'll have a beer and appetizer."
Me: "I'm doing great, thank you. What can I get you tonight?"
Guy actually stopped and looked me in the eye and apologized for being rude. This was after almost 10 yrs in customer service when I got bold about being sassy with customers who treated me like a servant.
9. "You'd look better if you smiled."
"You'd look better if you showered."
Dude used to say this to me every God damned time I saw him. Not once after that.
10. "Can I talk to the manager?"
Spin. "I am the manager."
11. Worked at mcd in my teens. Whenever someone complained I just gave them a paper to hire them as they seemed they could really help us.
12. A (female) friend of mine told me that when she was waiting tables, she'd respond to people who clicked their fingers at her for attention with 'the only person who can make me come with their fingers is my boyfriend'.
13. I carded all the women (aged around late 20s – early 30s) at the table except the bitchy one and when she tried handing it to me I said, "Oh don't worry I don't need to see yours."
14. I had a co-worker get a three day suspension for chasing a customer down and handing back their dollar tip and saying, "You obviously need this more than I do."
The check was for ~80$ and she was a consistently good server. She had enough bs that day.
15. Had a customer complaining about arbitrary, unfixable things who said: "I won't be coming back here."
Waitress: "That's what you said last time!"
16. Former bartender. Had a guy whistling to get my attention. I asked him if he lost his dog. "Because you whistle at dogs not people." Maybe not witty but felt amazing at the time.
17. "Italian customer at a steakhouse in the US: My pasta wasn't quite Al Dente."
Me: "You just got off a plane from Italy, ordered pasta at a steakhouse in the US, and you're surprised it was less perfect than you are accustomed to?"
18. I slipped a napkin with a lipstick kiss and the text: "It was great… you were great… let's do it again" in the pocket of a man's jacket.
The same man who openly mocked my colleague (she has down's syndrome) in front of his whole Christian family.
19. Not me, but a friend. He was bartending and got into a tiff with a customer and the customer said he would never be returning. About a year later, that customer walked in and said:
"I can't believe you're still here!"
And John responded, "I can't believe you came back!"
20. My favorite recently was them calling for my supervisor to try and whine and get their way. I say, "Good idea, let's get Jack over here so HE can tell you how you're wrong."
21. I work at a New York style pizza place but it's in North Carolina. A customer came in and ordered a slice of pizza. This is how the conversation went.
Customer: "Is this really a New York slice?"
My manager: "How about you get the fuck out of here, is that New York enough for ya?"
The guy laughed. It was pretty awesome.
22. I had one of those women that complain about their food hoping to get it comped which she did. But then she asked for a to-go box. I said, "I thought you didn't like your meal, are you sure you want to take it home?"
She got pissed. I should have refused to give her the box but I was new so I boxed it for her. No tip of course.
23. I worked at a restaurant in my hometown for years, and the most common rude thing customers would pull was lifting their empty cup with ice in it and shaking it at me, implying they needed a refill. My response was always the same:
"Are you making music or did you need something?" Use your words, asshats. I'm not your dog.
24. "I'm never coming back here again!"
"Great! We don't want you back here."
25. "I'd watch out if I were you, I know your manager."
"I know him too, so what?"
26. Worked part-time at a thrift store.
Got cursed out by a customer yelling, "Why don't you get a REAL job?!"
Replied with: "Why don't you go yell at a real store?" in the most tired, deadpan voice.
This happened a few times.
27. Had a girl ordering a Pina Colada and then complaining about the coconut. She didn't like coconut. So I got her another drink and she goes: "What are you going to do with that one? Will you throw it away?"
I just looked at her, told her that I do like coconut and took a sip.
28. Had a customer harassing me over a product he bought and wanted to return. No receipt, over the return date, claimed he paid for it in cash. I told him that the return policy was within 30 days and he had to have a receipt.
Him: "You're just paid to say that."
Me: "As a matter of fact, I am paid to say that. That's how jobs work."
Never saw his scamming ass again.
29. Lady snapping fingers to student employee: "Tell me where the Marriott Center is."
Employee snapping back: "Try again."
30. Work for a moving company, customers always get mad when we don't have the equipment available for them when they show up last minute with no reservation. 'Well I'll just go to (competitor's name)!'
Would always reply with exact directions: 'Great they are a block north, on the right side. You cant miss em.' Never failed to get a disgusted scoff, but we would always see them again in an hour or so to set up a reservation when competitors didn't have any equipment either.
January Nelson
January Nelson is a writer, editor, and dreamer. She writes about astrology, games, love, relationships, and entertainment. January graduated with an English and Literature degree from Columbia University.
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William Gibson on real vs. virtual and singularity
By Matthew Lombard | Published: December 26, 2011
[From The Washington Post; for more, see a post in Discover magazine's Science Not Fiction blog]
Backyard astronomy and the weird future
By Aaron Leitko, Monday, December 12, 2011
How I learned to stop worrying and love my virtual reality
Chicago Humanities Festival
Between smartphones that answer your casual questions and mass-multiplayer videogames, it's getting more difficult to make a distinction between the real world and the one inside your laptop. But why worry about it? Go to www.chicagohumanities.org and watch William Gibson — who wrote the sci-fi classic "Neuromancer" and coined the term "cyberspace" — talking at the Chicago Humanities Festival about how technology is changing our day-to-day lives and whether we should be self-conscious about it. "Look at the Victorians. For some reason, they had a need to deny that sex existed," he says. "When we're the Victorians, I think that people will say, 'For some reason they had a need to distinguish between what they thought of as the real and the virtual.'?"
The author takes a moment to debunk "singularity" — the theory that man and machine will eventually merge in some kind of climax — calling it "the geek rapture." In Gibson's opinion, the biggest changes will sneak into our lives gradually, the way Walkmans morphed into iPods, then iPhones. "There's not going to be any 'future,' because things are changing too quickly," he says. "It's just going to be .?.?. stranger and stranger, and as it happens to you, you will be in the present moment, and it will be weird."
— Aaron Leitko


When looking to write a personal statement, there are a few types of statement that you have to differentiate between. A personal statement for a CV will be short and to the point, but if you are looking for law school personal statement sample essays for an academic application, then you need to know how to explain yourself in a section of the application that can take a page or more. The personal statement essay examples below will help you do that.
This essay is especially interesting because the writer uses long-form content to really weave his experience into and out of a story. What is most interesting to the reader is that while you quickly find out that this is one of many personal statement sample essays for medical school admission, it starts out by discussing farming. For anyone who is reading hundreds of personal statements per day, this would immediately cause them to take notice, possibly wondering if this application ended up in the wrong admissions office.
After the first paragraph, the writer goes on to weave their story in with the reason that they are practicing medicine in the first place, and how farming has done such a good job at preparing them for the rigors of working long shifts as a doctor. While there are some parts missing from this personal statement essay examples, the fact that it ties a story so tightly into the personal statement, thereby making it more interesting to the reader, merits its use as a sample.
This is a great example of job application personal statement sample essays that just work. This essay actually helped someone get into the college of their choice. Why is it so good? Similarly to the first essay, it weaves a story into something that is both interesting to read and informative. In this case, the story is about how the applicant no longer watches TV (an unusual choice).
What you will notice is that this personal statement essay is focused on the applicant developing themselves as a 'whole person' and one 'not dependent on machines'. This essay, for the liberal arts college, is a great choice because it fits the personality of the college itself: a place that fosters individuality and one with a large population of students who enjoy the outdoors.
No matter what type of program you are applying for, you can learn a lesson from these personal statement sample essays. Each one takes an interesting story and weaves it into a narrative that discusses who the applicant is as a person, while also tailoring their story to the college or university that they are applying to. Make sure you check out our PhD personal statement sample for more great inspiration tips.
Start writing the perfect personal statement sample essays with our useful tips now!


Marketing Managers Need Cover Letters, Too?
The Real Estate Agent Resume: Is Yours Helping You Get More Clients?
This is an interesting twist on a subject Chris brought up awhile back in his blog post about writing articles for specific geographical locations. Here though, Carla has adapted that to her niche and created articles for specific job seekers. This is a great idea and something I think most people could implement to target different groups with their writing. Lastly, I recommend this article Carla has about dealing with writer's block – something we all have faced on occasion.
Carla certainly has us covered. Great stuff, great articles indeed. Excellent.
Great articles, Carla, and a cute photo too. Congratulations on being this week's pick!
When you have a passion to share something with others – something about which you are knowledgable and enjoy – writing is pleasurable.
I enjoy providing these articles and I hope to contribute many more in the weeks, months and years to come.
A tip of the hat to Chris Knight for making this possible. Win-win at it's best.
Admit it You Love It!
So, that is your secret Carla; YOU LOVE IT and IT SHOWS too! Excellent, I knew that, I can tell by your great articles. Keep up the great work.
You know after reading many of your articles I realized why some of our Cover Letters for proposals worked great and others did not. I use to think it was luck. Now I know how important the right cover letter is and how to write it. Great Stuff.
What I thought was interesting is that some of what is written here, I already knew! Why? Well, because I read it in one of Carla's articles and it made me feel smart. Microsoft was confirming what Carla already told me in here very informative articles. HA!


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Pope Francis says the use of the religious symbol the 'Crucifix' (cross) as a fashion statement was abuse of the religious object.
In a speech at St Peter's Square in the Vatican, Pope Francis said that the religious symbol should be "contemplated and understood", and "not be abused".
Highlighting the religious meaning of the cross, he said: "The crucifix is not an ornamental object or a clothing accessory which is sometimes abused, but a religious sign to be contemplated and understood.
"The image of Jesus crucified reveals the mystery of the death of the Son as the supreme act of love, the source of life and salvation for humanity of all times.
His comments mirror those made by the Archbishop of Canterbury in 2013, within the foreword of his first Lent book.
Speaking about how the crucifix is used, Most Revd Justin Welby wrote: "For those early Christians it was a badge of shame. Today it is more commonly seen as a symbol of beauty to hang around your neck.


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Regioselective Diels-Alder Reaction of 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone with Isoprene at Room Temperature ; Tetrahydroanthraquinone
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DOI: 10.1039/SP800
Submitted Oct 13, 2015, published Oct 19, 2015
Jevica Salim (jev340@gmail.com), Andrew J. Smaligo (andrew.smaligo@gmail.com), Steven M. Kennedy (steven.kennedy@millersville.edu)
A contribution from Kennedy Group, Millersville University
Chemicals Used
5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (Alfa Aesar)
Isoprene (Sigma-Aldrich)
Boron triacetate
Dichloromethane (Alfa Aesar)
To a stirred solution of 5-hydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone (2.09 g, 12 mmol) in dichloromethane (160 mL) was added boron triacetate (2.481 g, 13.2 mmol) at room temperature. The reaction mixture was sealed and allowed to stir for approximately fifteen minutes. Isoprene (3.60 mL, 36 mmol) was then added to the flask via syringe. Upon completion (indicated by TLC), the reaction was quenched by addition of saturated aqueous sodium bicarbonate (160 mL). The aqueous layer was extracted with dichloromethane (4 x 100 mL), and the combined organic fractions were washed with water (3 x 100 mL), brine (100 mL), dried over anhydrous magnesium sulfate, and passed through a celite filter. Removal of the solvent by rotary evaporation yielded the product (5-hydroxy-2-methyl-1,4,4a,9a-tetrahydroanthracene-9,10-dione) as a dark-yellow solid (2.48 g, 86%).
The dienophile solution turns a blood-red color upon addition boron triacetate, and changes to a dark-brown color upon addition of isoprene. The color changes described may be instantaneous or delayed.
A small amount of the undesired regioisomer is formed by this reaction. The regioselectivity of this reaction determined by 1H NMR spectrum analysis was 8:1 (see supplementary information). This reaction has been performed from 1 mmol to 12 mmol scale. Each reaction resulted in high yield and good regioselectivity.
1H NMR (400 MHz, CDCl3): 1.72 (s, 3H), 2.15 (d, 1H), 2.32 (d, 1H), 2.42 (d, 1H), 2.56 (d, 1H), 3.27-3.32 (q, 1H), 3.38-3.42 (q, 1H), 5.42 (m, 1H), 12.05 (s, 1H).
13C NMR (100 MHz, CDCl3): 23.46, 25.48, 28.38, 46.02, 46.59, 118.22, 123.91, 136.92, 161.73, 197.24, 205.66.
Melting Point: 110.2-112.1 °C
Lead Reference
Hsu, D.; Huang, J. J Org. Chem. 2012, 77, 2659-2666.
Fringuelli, F.; Pizzo, F.; Taticchi, A.; Halls, T. D. J.; Wenkert, E. J. Org. Chem. 1982, 47, 5056-5065.
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Diels-Alder cycloaddition of juglone derivatives: elucidation of factors influencing regiochemical control Robert K. Boeckman Jr., Terence M. Dolak, Kenneth O. Culos J. Am. Chem. Soc., 1978, 100 (22), pp 7098–7100 DOI: 10.1021/ja00490a070


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South Korean tech giant Samsung has unveiled their latest flagship, the Galaxy Note 8, at an Unpacked Event in New York. The device's success is very important for the South Korean tech company, especially after the debacle of Note 7 last year. Earlier this year, there were even rumors about Samsung considering to stop the Galaxy Note series. But, the tech giant has come forward and launched the Galaxy Note, boasting an enviable spec sheet, as has always been the case. The launch began with a Thank You message for its customers for sticking around with them.
"We appreciate the relentless passion of the Note community. They've been a constant inspiration to us and we designed the new Note for them," said DJ Koh, president of Mobile Communications Business, Samsung Electronics. "From the Infinity Display to the enhanced S Pen and a powerful Dual Camera, the Galaxy Note8 lets people do things they never thought were possible."
Samsung Galaxy Note 8 Launched | Specifications | Price, Colors and Availability
Similar to the previous two Note smartphones, the Galaxy Note 8 provides a few improvements over the latest phones in the S series, the S8 and S8+. Let's break down the specifications and have a detailed look at the Galaxy Note 8.
The Galaxy Note 8 is built very similar to the Galaxy S8 and S8+. Glass panels to the front and back, curved outwards and meeting the outer frame to give it a seamless and symmetrical look. Both the glass are protected by Corning Gorilla Glass 5. It is IP68 certified, which means the device is water-proof and dust-proof. Measuring 162.5 x 74.8 x 8.6 mm, the Note 8 weighs 195 g.
The Super AMOLED display measure 6.3 inches diagonally, with a resolution of 2960 x 1440 (QHD+) resulting in a pixel density of about 521 ppi. The aspect ratio is 18.5:9, and will be called Infinity Display, similar to the S8/S8+ released earlier this year. The Always-On display shows notifications and time all the time, even with the display turned off. The Off-Screen Memo is also supported, which we will discuss later in the article.
Note 8 is the first Samsung phone with dual camera setup. Both the sensors are 12 MP, with the primary one having an aperture of f/1.7 while the secondary telephoto sensor has a narrower f/2.4 aperture, providing 2X optical and 10X digital zoom. All the bells and whistles associated with a flagship camera are present in the Note 8 as well.
Optical Image Stabilization (OIS), dual-pixel auto focus, dual-tone LED flash - all of them are included. Even the telephoto lens has OIS, something that the company used to show that their dual camera setup is better than the one found on iPhone 7 Plus. The front shooter has an 8 MP sensor with f/1.7 aperture and auto-focus.
Processor, Memory and Storage
Samsung has went with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 for US markets and their own Exynos 8895 for other countries. The storage options available are 64, 128 and 256 GB, expandable via microSD slot (hybrid slot in Dual SIM variants) up to another 256 GB, coupled with 6 GB of LPDDR4 RAM.
Out of the box, the Note 8 will be running Android 7.1.1 Nougat and Samsung Experience UI, which has replaced the older Touchwiz UI for good. The device will be one of the first Samsung smartphones to get Android 8.0 Oreo.
S-Pen
With each year, Samsung has managed to introduce slight improvements to the S-Pen, even though practically it doesn't have any real competition. The pressure levels have increased compared to Note 5. It can also be used to animate messages or drawings. The off-screen memo can be used to write up to 100 pages without even turning on the screen. The S-Pen can translate entire sentences (71 languages supported) if you just hover over the text, and also converts measuring units as well as currencies.
Fingerprint and Iris scanner
The fingerprint scanner has been moved to the back of the phone, residing next to the dual cameras. The iris scanner is also present, providing users an additional level of security
Improved Bixby
Samsung's attempt at creating a personal assistant is the Bixby, which debuted with the S8 and S8+. The voice feature was not released till recently, and the polished up assistant accompanies the Note 8. The new Bixby can perform multiple actions even when triggered with relatively simpler phrases like 'Good Night'.
The Samsung Dex, which was first introduced with Galaxy S8/S8+, is improved this time. Offering seamless sync, the Dex offers a desktop experience with the Note 8, enhancing productivity features for its users.
The smartphone is powered by a 3300 mAh battery with support for Quick Charge 2.0 and wireless charging (Qi/PMA). Premium earphones tuned by AKG will be available out of the box. The following features are also present.
Connectivity features: Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n/ac (dual band) MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, ANT+, USB Type-C, NFC, MST, Location (GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou)
Sensors: Accelerometer, Barometer, Fingerprint Sensor, Gyro Sensor, Geomagnetic Sensor, Hall Sensor, Heart Rate Sensor, Proximity Sensor, RGB Light Sensor, Iris Sensor, Pressure Sensor
Price, Colors and Availability
The Galaxy Note 8 will be available from September 15 in the US, priced at $930 (~Rs. 60,000) and the colors offered are Midnight Black, Orchid Gray, Maple Gold and Deepsea Blue. Europe pricing is supposedly set at £869/€1,000. Pricing and availability for other countries were not announced, we will be updating as soon as the information is revealed.
[Update: Indian Pricing - Rs. 67,990]
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Lavinia Goodell
Goodell Family
Supreme Court Battle
"Old Ryan's opinion is a disgrace to the Bench—real smutty!"
Newspapers around the country had published the full text of Lavinia Goodell's petition for admission to the Wisconsin Supreme Court's bar, so she wasn't the only one on pins and needles during the two months leading up to the decision. At last, on February 17, 1876, the press reported that the court had denied her petition. Lavinia came out swinging.
I have not seen the opinion in full of the honorable court, but from the sketches of it in the papers, I should judge that that august body had descended to throw dirt in a way, which the lowest thief and tramp would be ashamed.
If I don't come out and give old Ryan a skinning over this, it will be because I can't, and I think I can. I am anxious to get the opinion in full. Perhaps it will be the best thing that ever happened, as creating thought and discussion, and the very spirit in which the decision is given will help me and hurt the enemy. (Emphasis in original).
Chief Justice Ryan wrote the unanimous opinion, which included a notorious rationale:
This is the first application for admission of a female to the bar of this court. And it is just matter for congratulation that it is made in favor of a lady whose character raises no personal objection: something perhaps not always to be looked for in women who forsake the ways of their sex for the ways of ours . . .
The law of nature destines and qualifies the female sex for the bearing and nurture of the children of our race and for the custody of the homes of the world and their maintenance in love and honor. And all life-long callings of women, inconsistent with these radical and sacred duties of their sex, as is the profession of law, are departures from the order of nature; and when voluntary, treason against it . . .
The peculiar qualities of womanhood, its gentle graces, its quick sensibility, its tender susceptibility, its purity, its delicacy, its emotional impulses, its subordination of hard reason to sympathetic feeling, are surely not qualifications for forensic strife . . .
Discussions are habitually necessary in courts of justice, which are unfit for female ears. The habitual presence of women at these would tend to relax the public sense of decency and propriety. If, as counsel has threatened, these things are to come, we will take no part in bringing them about.
After finally seeing the full opinion, Lavinia told her cousin:
I believe I told you in my last that the Sup. Ct. had refused me admittance. It is too late now to get a bill into the Legislature. I am "mad." Have had several letters of condolence – some from people I never saw sympathizing with me! Old Ryan's opinion is a disgrace to the Bench – real smutty. I think of coming out upon him; but shall wait till after Miss Burrington's case is decided, so he will not revenge himself on me by going against her. (Emphasis in original).
Lavinia wasn't the only one who found the decision infuriating. The Janesville Gazette immediately published this notice:
Thoughts about Ryan's opinion? Share them in the comment section below.
Coming soon: Lavinia's public rebuttal to Ryan's opinion and the press's entertaining coverage of their showdown. CB
Sources consulted: In re Goodell, 39 Wis. 232, 240, 245-246 (1875); Maria Goodell Frost, Life of Lavinia Goodell (unpublished manuscript at Berea College); Lavinia's letter to Sarah Thomas, 2/24/76; Janesville Gazette, February 17, 1876.
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The NCAA men's basketball tournament is one of the most exciting parts of the year for sports fans. Here are five data sources that could shed light on the final outcome.
For basketball fans in the US, the NCAA men's basketball tournament is a pivotal point in the college basketball season. Fanhood is on full display as March Madness descends on college towns across the country.
The 79th NCAA tournament will take place between March and early April 2017, with the championship game closing out the tournament on April 3 at the University of Phoenix Stadium. Back in 2016, it was estimated that some 28 million viewers watched the final game.
The NCAA tournament is very difficult to predict, as every team brings a renewed energy to the court. Upsets and Cinderella stories abound, with underdogs often taking out top teams early on. However, there are some statistics you can rely on to try and figure out who will come out on top. Here are five options for ranking NCAA tournament match ups.
Nate Silver's statistical analysis website FiveThirtyEight has been one of the most looked-to resources to predict everything from the outcome of political elections to the potential effects of snowstorms. The site's March Madness predictions show pre-game win predictions, and also has dynamic live predictions that change as a game is played. The site's own ranking system, Elo, combines with an excitement index and other team rankings to make its picks.
Georgia Tech's H. Milton Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering offers a host of predictions using a computer ranking system called LRMC that examines which two teams played, whose court they played on, and what the margin of victory was. Basketball fans can find a Bayesian model of LRMC predictions, along with more classic LRMC results and an LRMC option with no margin of victory.
SportsLine brings together data scientists, former bookmakers, and analysts to give their predictions on the tournament. The site provides standard statistical approaches alongside looks at major upsets and different possibilities.
Disclaimer: SportsLine is part of CBS Interactive, the parent company of TechRepublic.
Microsoft's Bing search engine has its own predictions for the tournament available as well. According to a Microsoft blog post, the company is using "intelligent machine-learning technology to analyze social and search signals, plus more than a decade of college hoops statistical data" to make its picks. For one thing, Bing is predicting a lot of early upsets.
As part of its yearly March Machine Learning Mania competition, data science community Kaggle is a great resource for tournament data. Community members are encouraged to post external data they are using in the predictive models, and often compare notes on what they are seeing.


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Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00615-2
Title: Cloning and characterization of a novel lipase from Vibrio harveyi strain AP6
Authors: Teo, J.W.P.
Zhang, L.-H.
Poh, C.L.
Keywords: Lipolytic enzyme
p -Nitrophenyl esters
Issue Date: 17-Jul-2003
Citation: Teo, J.W.P., Zhang, L.-H., Poh, C.L. (2003-07-17). Cloning and characterization of a novel lipase from Vibrio harveyi strain AP6. Gene 312 (1-2) : 181-188. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-1119(03)00615-2
Abstract: A lipolytic enzyme designated Vst, was cloned from Vibrio harveyi strain AP6. The vst gene was 1650 bp and was predicted to encode a 549 amino acid precursor with a molecular mass of about 61 kDa. The predicted polypeptide shared about 30% sequence identity with Bacillus esterases. Sequence alignment of Vst and related esterases revealed the presence of an active site serine located in the middle of the GESAG motif, at positions 212-216. This motif resembled the GXSXG consensus motif characteristic of lipolytic enzymes. Vst was expressed as a carboxy-terminal 6×His tagged recombinant enzyme from E. coli TOP10 cells. SDS-PAGE and Western blot analysis using anti-His antibodies confirmed that the size of the mature protein was about 61 kDa. Substrate specificity of Vst was investigated using p -nitrophenyl (p NP) esters with varying carbon chain lengths, from C2 to C18. Vst showed the highest activity with the long chain p -nitrophenyl ester p NPC12 but was able to hydrolyze longer chain esters (p NPC 14-p NPC16) as well as short and medium chain esters (p NPC4 and p NPC8). © 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
Source Title: Gene
URI: http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/100271


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Vivica A. Fox was born in South Bend, Indiana July 30, 1964, and is the daughter of Everlyena, a pharmaceutical technician, and William Fox, a private school administrator. She is of Native American and African American descent and is proud of her heritage. She is a graduate of Arlington High School in Indianapolis, Indiana, and, after graduating, moved to California to attend college. Vivica went to Golden West College and graduated with an Associate Art degree in Social Sciences. While in California, she started acting professionally, first on soap operas such as "Generations" (1989), "Days of Our Lives" (1965) and "The Young and the Restless" (1973). In another early role, she played Patti LaBelle's fashion designer daughter, Charisse Chamberlain, on the NBC TV series "Out All Night" (1992). Her first big break was in the film Independence Day (1996) along with Will Smith and also Set It Off (1996). She has earned critical acclaim for her portrayal of "Maxine" in the 1997 motion picture Soul Food (1997), which netted her MTV Movie Award and NAACP Image Award nominations. In 2000, she was casted in the medical drama "City of Angels" (2000) as Dr. Lillian Price. She has had roles in many other movies ever since such as: Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999), Two Can Play That Game (2001) and Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003). In 2004, Fox was in an episode of "Punk'd" (2003) where her pregnant friend pretended to go into labor, but they became angry when a paramedic appeared to care more about taking pictures than delivering the baby. Vivica also took another television role from 2004 to 2006 as she starred in the drama series, "1-800-Missing" (2003) on the Lifetime Television Network. In 2007, she was a contender in _"Dancing with the Stars' (2005/I)' and stayed until she was voted off in the fourth week. In 1998, Vivica A. Fox married singer Christopher Harvest (aka Sixx-Nine) whom she later divorced in June 2002. She also dated rapper 50 Cent, however this was a brief relationship.
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A Hat (Ahem, Fedora) Tip
Waswo X. Waswo spoke to us about 'The Intruder' – his latest series of interventions on hand-tinted lithographs from George Francklin Atkinson's 'Curry on Rice'
In 1860, just a few years after the Sepoy mutiny that sparked the Indian independence struggle, George Francklin Atkinson released a series of coloured prints titled Curry and Rice on Forty Plates or The Ingredients of Social Life at Our Station in India. In the wake of the Sepoy mutiny, Indians were seen as uncivilised and treacherous and the British colonialists were under added pressure to distance themselves and ascertain their British-ness.
So for Atkinson to put out a work critiquing the lives and behaviours of the British in 1800s India in itself was an act of subversion. But with Curry and Rice, he went a step further and used the fictional town of Kabob to shed light on the underlying tension that dictated the relationship Britishers had with their colonial subjects – all in a humorous way. If you are wondering as to why we are rehashing this now, it is because acclaimed artist, photographer and writer Waswo X. Waswo recently brought this 160-year-old nugget from history back into contemporary cultural reflection with The Intruder – his latest series of works, along with his long-time collaborator R. Vijay, where he intervenes into Atkinson's narrative with, you guessed it, the fedora man! 'So, our fedora man enters Atkinson's world to both mirror his works and alter them. He might fit in, in terms of complexion and costume, but he subverts the image with his genteel, well-groomed, and stereotypically gay poodle held daintily on a leash', said Waswo over and e-mail where we spoke about the project and his experience of travelling visually through time.
What about Atkinson's work drew you first? Why did you decide to work on his representation of India?
I had never looked at Atkinson's work closely until the day my friend Kusum in Mumbai messaged to say that she had a few vintage Curry and Rice prints in her collection and wondered if I had any interest in buying them. These prints had been in her family for a few generations. When I saw them, I detected something familiar about them. Kusum had only five of these prints, but they were enough to give me the feeling that Atkinson was making a satire on Indian/Colonialist interrelations. Soon after, I bought a large number of original Atkinson prints from my friend and dealer Hemant in Udaipur. I've of course been playing with the figure of the 'fedora man' in the miniature paintings that I do with R. Vijay for years. But it seemed to me that it was time for the fedora man to do a bit of time travel, and enter the world of Atkinson's satirical town of Kabob, as both a spectator and a participant.
The new series takes on questions of evolving identities. That certainly is not new to you. But it also takes on questions of history – both political and personal. How do you navigate this – especially at a time when veracity of history is often questioned?
I can be quite political in my opinions, and I'm not afraid to express them, but when it comes to my art I've always tried to focus on the human element; the narratives of human interactions on personal levels. History, of course, will always form a portion of the backdrop against which these interactions take place, and perhaps more so in this new series of interventions than in our previous works, where narratives and symbolisms often play upon the stage of a lush natural environment. In my previous works done with R. Vijay I could argue that the focus was upon the common man, who is often not as aware or concerned with histories and politics as are academics and art critics. It is more difficult to claim this now with The Intruder walking into Curry and Rice. But I still tend to see him as the eternal outsider, just as uncomfortably clueless with the British colonialists as he might be in an Indian village.
In your works, the man with the fedora is visualised as the 'silly man'. In Western popular culture, it is still a characteristic appropriated to Indian characters – what with the tired trope of head shaking and cow worshipping. Why is your appropriation so vital to your art?
I've always wanted the fedora man to be a combination of silly (as in, out-of-place), and clueless… but also poignant and relatable. I see the stereotypes of Indians used in Western comedy shows as way too over-the-top. These stereotypes walk too close to the border of offense, and often cross it. They create more of an inclination to simply laugh at their outsider-ness rather than to empathise with it. Creating empathy for the fedora man is a strong element in our work. Rakesh paints him in a very tender way, as a very gentle character.
Atkinson's book was originally published shortly after the Sepoy mutiny – a highly contested time in history. Now, at least here in India, our adversaries are mostly our own kind, brought on by our own actions/inactions. Would you ever consider culturally acclimatising the fedora man – perhaps giving him a tan?
The problem I see is that people who view my work tend to fall into two very separate camps. There are those who wish to analyse them politically, which of course is natural as there is so much emphasis upon the political in today's contemporary art. Then again there are those who see these works as the continuing adventures and misadventures of the fedora man as a character they have come to know and love over the thirteen years of his existence within our art. I think of art not only within the contemporary, but as a kind of visual messaging through time… So, in ways, the fedora man is a chameleon: at times the gentleman outsider, and at times the man doing his best to be a local. That is the way he has always been, and that is the way I hope to keep him.
Waswo X. Waswo & R. Vijay, 'The Intruder', based on George Francklin Atkinson's 'Curry and Rice'. All Images Courtesy of the Artists and Monsoon Malabar.


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