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Marathon: is it worth the risk?
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"Running a marathon brings a great sense of accomplishment," says the Ohio University psychologist Benjamin Ogles.
Every day at 14:00h the alarm of Alvaro´s iPhone rings/goes off. Without losing a minute, he closes his laptop, gets his bag and goes to the gym. In the car, he explains me why he sacrifices his lunchtime every day and tells me about his "addiction": running.
In recent years, the interest for running and popular racing has suffered dramatically worldwide. According to Runners World more than 550,000 finished marathons in the United States in 2011, up from 300,000 in 2000 and slightly more than 25,000 in 1976.
But why? For what purpose?
"Once you finish any race you want to go for the extra mile," Álvaro says.
The reasons to run long distance races as marathons are varied and often different depending on the person, age or sex, but in the end the human being seems to have an innate need to do things simply for the sake of see if we can do them. According to the Ohio University psychologist Benjamin Ogles, one of the authors of a study of motivation published in the Journal of Sport Behavior of the University of South Alabama, women run marathons in order to control weight and socialize, while men run to compete and achieve goals, either with others or by themselves.
"This need for us to have success at things can be a strong motivational force," says the Ohio University psychologist Benjamin Ogles.
Injuries, addiction to self-improvement, the high price to compete and, of course, the necessity of training everyday are some consequences that runners have to assume when they start running for a race.
According to Dr. María Jesús Núñez Martín, M.D., responsible for the Area of Sports Medicine at Reebok Sports Club Spain, an amateur runner needs from three to six months of physical preparation including at least three or four days of running a week, dedicating at least one of them to perform a long training.
"The number of accumulated kilometres in workouts will condition the behaviour in the race. Therefore, it is necessary to run in different race modes, as continuous or with intervals, and at least in the first months of preparation leg strength trainings", says Dr. Núñez.
During Álvaro's training I ask him about this particular aspect and he totally agrees with Dr. Núñez. "It is not the period of time that you train but the kilometres that you run during that period," he says.
Running and nice weather perform an irresistible combination. By Carlota de Andrés, Bonn
Also crucial is the mental preparation. Most of the times the mental stress is caused by the need to realize a good preparation prior to the competition. "It is almost impossible to simulate the distance and the psychic stress of a marathon on a daily training basis," says the German Physiotherapist Sebastian Sohns.
"If the training is too hard and the body has not enough time to fully recover, micro traumata may accumulate and affect the muscular-skeletal system on the long and short terms. Overtraining may even compromise your psyche and your immune system," Sohns says, who sceptically admits that such a long and demanding discipline is not the healthiest exercise for the human body.
The fact is that, apparently, distances do not only affect the physical and mental preparation of the runners, but they also represent a determining factor when it comes to reducing cardiac damages. In 2006, the assistant professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School, Malissa J. Wood, M.D., led a study called Circulation, that people who run an average of at least 72km a week run a significantly smaller risk of suffering heart injuries than those who run 56 km a week or less.
"Pre competitive stress can alter the heart rate and blood pressure in a physiological manner and normally does not determine cardiac risk. But there are special cases in which they come together along with the stress, the factors of cardiovascular risk or certain cardiac arrhythmias that can provoke a high risk of presenting a coronary isqchemic event", says Dr. Núñez. For that reason, and here is where all the experts agree, it is highly recommended that all running enthusiasts make a visit to the doctor to confirm their good state of health or, in case a problem is detected, thereby can find adequate ways to solve it effectively.
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Head Physician MUDr. Martin Molitor, Ph.D.
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These physicians and specialists are supported by a team of qualified nurses and not just from the perspective of expertise, but also the psychological perspective. YES VISAGE Clinic closely cooperates and it is also closely linked to some other expert workplaces and specialists in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and is strictly adhering to the newest international findings in science and medicine.
We regularly train our medical personnel and physicians on new trends and technologies. We provide our clients with highly expert services and quality service, which goes hand in hand with ample information, required care, individual and discrete approach and consistent communication.


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Established in 1985, we aim to drive growth over the next few years by investing in our most important asset, our people. We want team members who are keen on developing higher levels of service through their own personal development, something we invest heavily in and which is demonstrated by our Investors in People and Chartered Building status. We are also in the process of becoming NHBC registered.
The motivation of Camilleri Construction is simple - to establish and grow a high-end Welsh building services provider with year-on year-growth, delivering building repairs through a team of highly skilled and qualified professionals, within specific market sectors demanding high levels of service.
Responsible for ensuring that the Group has a very clear strategy when purchasing goods, services and employing subcontractors.
Set policies for purchasing that take into account budgets, stock requirements and skills required.
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Established in 1985, Camilleri Construction Ltd is a full service building and maintenance contractor to both commercial and domestic properties with the ability and skills to work in a large variety of sectors, delivered by a team with passion for service and who really care. It has gained experience in the renovation of listed buildings, in conjunction with CADW.
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The motivation of Camilleri Construction is simple - to establish and grow a high end Welsh building services provider with year on year growth, delivering building repairs through a team of highly skilled and qualified professionals, within specific market sectors demanding these higher levels of service such as Insurance, Business and Private Clients.
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Q: Using phpmailer to send a message I'm trying to make a registration page by sending an activation email, but I get this error using phpmailer:
Warning: stream_socket_enable_crypto(): SSL operation failed with code 1. OpenSSL Error messages: error:14090086:SSL routines:ssl3_get_server_certificate:certificate verify failed in C:\xampp\htdocs\Exercicis\M08+M09\phpmailer\class.smtp.php on line 269

I have already searched a lot of information but I have not found anything to solve it
My code:
<?php
$usuario = $_POST['uname'];
$passwrod = $_POST['psw1'];
$correo = $_POST['email'];
include('phpmailer/class.phpmailer.php');
include('phpmailer/class.smtp.php');
$password = rand(1999, 9999);
$mail = new PHPMailer();
$mail->IsSMTP();
$mail->SMTPAuth = true;
$mail->SMTPSecure = 'tls';
$mail->Host = 'smtp.gmail.com';
$mail->Port = 587;
$mail->Username = 'example@gmail.com';
$mail->Password = 'secret';
$mail->From = 'example@gmail.com';
$mail->FromName = 'Administrador PHP';
$mail->Subject = 'Subject del Email';
$mail->AltBody = 'Password: "'. $password .'"';
$mail->AltBody = 'Registrat: http://localhost:3000/Practica/panell_reg.php';
$mail->MsgHTML('Registrat: http://localhost:3000/Practica/panell_reg.php
Password: "'. $password .'"
.');
$mail->AddAddress($correo);
//$mail->SMTPDebug = 4;
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if(!$mail->Send()) {
      echo 'Error: ' . $mail->ErrorInfo;
} else {
      echo 'Mensaje enviado correctamente';
}
?>

A: PHP 5.6 verifies SSL certificates by default, and if there is a problem relating to certificate you will get this error. The correct solution is to fix your SSL config. You can read about this error in the toubleshooting docs for PHPMailer https://github.com/PHPMailer/PHPMailer/wiki/Troubleshooting?

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I've been very fortunate to be able to work with musician DEON on his past two albums. Both projects were helpful in forcing me to learn new techniques and make completed works, which, I can often try and avoid. I think my personal work has benefited immensely from this.
His most recent album, Oceans, was designed as a very short story book telling the story of a travelling, winged lion. I really enjoyed piecing all the images together and fitting everything with the tone of his music as well as lyrics.
Below are images of the cover illustration and some snippets of the album pages. Lyrics are by DEON.
I collaborated with the talented, creative, and hardworking people at Raksasaprint recently.
My design TRUST YOUR GUT is available in their shop as t-shirt and tote bag.
They gave me free reign and I stuck to what I do best: wolves and disembodiment (of sorts).
A recently completed commission of two beautiful dogs. I was provided reference images of said dogs and asked to add a cherry blossom tree in the image, with both dogs interacting somehow.
The initial image was drawn traditionally, then later scanned, refined, and colored digitally.
Fun little slides of the general process, as I always find it interesting to see how illustrations progress from the initial sketch to the final.
I was invited to exhibit some work for a show in San Francisco: Light, Ink, Death, which took place at the lovely ATAK Gallery in the Tenderloin District.
Myself and three other illustrators and artists (Mr. Beaudry, Paul Jackson, and Tltv) where asked to provide illustrations revolving around the idea of light and death.
The exhibition runs from July 5th - August 1st 2014.
It's a bit too early to go into detail, but I am working on a few pieces for an upcoming show in the US, which I am very excited about.
I have one piece just about done, here is an in-progress preview of it: ink on paper with gold details.
It's always exciting and nerve-wracking to work on things that are to be displayed, but the butterflies in my stomach seem to have inspired me (for now).
More can be found via my TUMBLR.


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WeCrashed: The WeWork TV series has a trailer and release date
Daniella Scott
January 20, 2022, 10:55 AM ·2 min read
Photo credit: James Devaney - Getty Images
The scandalous story surrounding the rise and fall of WeWork and founders Adam Neumann and his wife Rebekah Neumann is being made into a series starring Jared Leto and Anne Hathaway. The series, WeCrashed, is based on the Wondery podcast series of the same name and is set to be as dramatic as it gets, with some big names involved in the project both on and off-screen. Here's everything we know about WeCrashed.
Is there a WeCrashed trailer?
Apple TV has released the first official teaser trailer for WeCrashed, and it looks just as gripping as the real-life story.
We can see Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto in character as Rebekah and Adam Neumann, as we get an insight into the origins of WeWork, plus the ensuing drama that unfolded. Watch the trailer here:
When is WeCrashed being released?
There's more good news, as the WeCrashed release date has officially been announced. The show will be available to stream on Apple TV+ from 18 March, so there's not long to wait at all.
In the meantime you can enjoy the original Wondery WeCrashed podcast in preparation.
What is WeCrashed about?
Like the original podcast it's based on, the series will explore the meteoric rise and equally dramatic fall of WeWork, under the leadership of founder and CEO Adam Neumann. The co-working space company famously went from being a hugely successful disruptor valued at $47bn, to a chaotic set-up with a prophet-like CEO and inescapable problems.
Photo credit: Taylor Hill - Getty Images
The eight-part series will follow the greed-filled journey of the company's creators, exploring the hubris and narcissism that destroyed their success.
Who is starring in WeCrashed?
Starring in the lead roles, Jared Leto will play Adam Neumann alongside Anne Hathaway as his wife and co-founder Rebekah Neumann, with both executive producing the series. We also have some exciting pictures of Leto and Hathaway during filming for the show, and it's giving us eerie cult-leader vibes (which we love).
Frankly, we just want to know how they've made Jared Leto look like Tom Hiddleston x Henry Cavill, but that's a question for another day...
Photo credit: Robert Kamau - Getty Images
The series also stars O-T Fagbenle (The Handmaid's Tale) and America Ferrera (Ugly Betty), which is a pretty exciting cast if you ask us.
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The receptor programmed death 1 (PD-1) inhibits T cell proliferation and plays a critical role in suppressing self-reactive T cells, and it also compromises antiviral and antitumor responses. To determine how PD-1 signaling inhibits T cell proliferation, we used human CD4+ T cells to examine the effects of PD-1 signaling on the molecular control of the cell cycle. The ubiquitin ligase SCFSkp2 degrades p27kip1, an inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases (Cdks), and PD-1 blocked cell cycle progression through the G1 phase by suppressing transcription of SKP2, which encodes a component of this ubiquitin ligase. Thus, in T cells stimulated through PD-1, Cdks were not activated, and two critical Cdk substrates were not phosphorylated. Activation of PD-1 inhibited phosphorylation of the retinoblastoma gene product, which suppressed expression of E2F target genes. PD-1 also inhibited phosphorylation of the transcription factor Smad3, which increased its activity. These events induced additional inhibitory checkpoints in the cell cycle by increasing the abundance of the G1 phase inhibitor p15INK4 and repressing the Cdk-activating phosphatase Cdc25A. PD-1 suppressed SKP2 transcription by inhibiting phosphoinositide 3-kinase–Akt and Ras–mitogen-activated and extracellular signal–regulated kinase kinase (MEK)–extracellular signal–regulated kinase (ERK) signaling. Exposure of cells to the proliferation-promoting cytokine interleukin-2 restored activation of MEK-ERK signaling, but not Akt signaling, and only partially restored SKP2 expression. Thus, PD-1 blocks cell cycle progression and proliferation of T lymphocytes by affecting multiple regulators of the cell cycle.


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Community caring extends concept of `family'
By Robert Marquand
Amherst, Mass.
For recent college graduate Michael Wall, community service in college began with a Kurt Vonnegut novel. ``Vonnegut was talking about the idea of extended family,'' says Wall, a burly fellow who graduated from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst last June.
``That simply means learning to find `family' wherever you go. That's what I wanted to find at college.'' That may have made him ``a little different from the average freshman, but I think even that is changing. More students are getting involved outside the classroom today. I think the pendulum is shifting. More students are willing to volunteer and help in the college community.''
Wall found his own extended family as a freshman in 1982 when he pledged Alpha Phi Omega -- a service organization -- instead of going with a traditional fraternity. He says he wasn't ``into'' a social system ``where the biggest pull to join was five kegs of beer.''
Last year, Wall organized ``A Class Act,'' the senior class gift to the college -- a cleanup of the 12th floor of the library that provided much of the momentum for last weekend's ``Mass Transformation,'' the refurbishing of the other 27 floors of the college library.
Doing service work has also helped Wall ``grow up a lot. You see things differently when you help others -- you aren't locked into your own point of view.''
More important, he says, student volunteers come away from school with ``something a little different. My own memories of school aren't going to be of a particular frat party,'' he says. He will remember instead ``the exhilaration'' of building a playground for children, raking lawns in the fall, and giving a Christmas party for some of the needy people in Amherst. ``Those are good memories -- they'll be with me for a lifetime.''
It's not as though college is a waste if students don't do service work, Wall quickly adds. He jokes that he and his friends are careful to check each other's halos often -- to make sure they aren't giving off too self-righteous a glow. Still, there's ``a lot more room'' for student service, he feels.
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I have mentioned the Forte´ timber tower before in the slideshow Wood Construction Scales Up, Gets Gorgeous, and carelessly placed it in New Zealand when it is actually in Australia. Now that it is complete, it's time to have another look at the building and get the story right.
Lend Lease, a giant Australian developer, has built what they call the world's tallest timber apartment building at Victoria Harbour in Melbourne. It's made of Cross Laminated Timber (CLT) which has been touted on TreeHugger a lot. As architect Alex de Rijke put it, the 18th century was about brick, the 19th about steel, the 20th about concrete, and the 21st century is about wood.
Not any timber; not European oak, South American iroko or North American tulipwood, but fast growing softwoods, planted for laminating into large structural profiles.... A ton of steel produces 1,5 tons of carbon in the making. A ton of cement 1,125 tons. And they aren't as interesting, as versatile, as expressive. A tree produces oxygen, and absorbs 1,42 tons of carbon for every ton of timber grown. There is no downside to timber construction; only the obligation to plant three times more trees than are cut in order to mitigate climate change and have something to build with later.
According to Lend Lease, quoted in Building Products News, the building was 30% faster to build, had less construction traffic, caused less disruption and less waste.
Commercially speaking, the biggest thing is speed. With it being pre-fabricated, all of the main penetrations were already taken care of, and fixing into timber is a lot easier than fixing into concrete, so for the electricians, plumbers, plasterers and others, it's a lot easier job [working with a CLT structure] than working with concrete.
There are a lot of other green features going on in this building, in what is perhaps the most thorough presentation of green marketing I have seen yet. You can spend all day going through its sustainability explorer, looking at the neighbourhood, the building and the apartments for all of their features. They don't just talk about carbon either, but get that there is a bigger world of community, economy, health and wellbeing.
When it comes to construction, the 21st Century belongs to Cross-Laminated Timber. Here is a great example of how to build a green building out of wood.


Mr. Miller joined DuPont after earning his Chemical Engineering degree with highest honors from Georgia Tech in 1972. After numerous assignments in chemicals, polymer intermediates and downstream polymer businesses, in 1990 Mr. Miller was named Technology Manager, DuPont Nylon Enterprise. In 1995, Mr. Miller launched SoronaÒ Triexta, which later became the first DuPont polymer platform to use a bio-based raw material. He also initiated joint development programs with Genencor and Tate & Lyle, which led to commercialization of Bio-PDO™. In December 2002, Mr. Miller was appointed Program Director, Biorefinery Development. He led a consortium of partners in a $38MM DOE program which created the technology for the Nevada, Iowa cellulosic ethanol plant. In May 2005, Mr. Miller organized and launched a bio-based performance polyols business, DuPont Cerenol®. In June, 2010, Mr. Miller was named Global Business Development Manager, Biomaterials and Specialties, a position he held until his retirement from DuPont at the end of December, 2011.
On May 14, 2012, Mr. Miller was named Chief Business Officer at Verdeyzne, Inc., a small, innovative biomaterials company located in Carlsbad, California. At the end of 2015, he retired from that position. He launched a sole proprietorship consulting company, Verdecute Consulting, and he continues to serve as a strategic advisor on several boards, including the Delaware Sustainable Chemistry Alliance (DESCA) and the Center for Bioindustrial Renewable Chemicals (CBiRC).
Mr. Miller was inducted into the Georgia Tech Academy of Distinguished Engineering Alumni in 2001. He was part of the joint DuPont/Genencor team that received the 2003 EPA Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge award for "Microbial Production of 1,3-propanediol". He was recognized by DuPont with 5 corporate excellence awards, including the prestigious Bolton-Carothers Award for the development of Sorona® and the Sales and Marketing Excellence Award for successfully petitioning the FTC to obtain a new sub-generic "triexta" for PTT fibers. Mr. Miller is an inventor of 8 issued patents, has published 5 journal articles and has made numerous presentations to conferences on bio-based materials and bio fuels.
Chris Tindal is the Assistant Director for the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI) whose goal is to promote the development and commercialization of alternative jet fuel options that offer equivalent levels of safety and compare favorably on cost with petroleum based jet fuel, while also offering environmental improvement and security of energy supply for aviation. He helps to manage the coalition of CAAFI stakeholders and provide leadership and strategic guidance to CAAFI's Work Teams, Federal government interagency initiatives, State and Regional programs, and International initiatives consistent with CAAFI priorities.
Chris is an Adjunct Professor on the faculty of the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Queensland. In that role, Professor Tindal assists in exploring research and development opportunities for QUT, as well as investigating potential opportunities to establish biorefineries in the State of Queensland.
Chris is also a member of the Board of Directors for Advanced Biofuels USA, a nonprofit educational organization that advocates for the adoption of advanced biofuels as an energy security, military flexibility, economic development and climate change mitigation/pollution control solution. Advanced Biofuels USA encourages public understanding, acceptance, and use of advanced biofuels by promoting research, development and improvement of advanced biofuels technologies.
Chris recently retired as the Director for Operational Energy underneath the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Navy for Energy, where he was in charge of setting energy policy and direction for the Department of the Navy and promoting the adoption of alternative fuels and renewable energy resources. Additionally, he developed intergovernmental, international, and industry relationships throughout the energy field. He was the Navy leader of the pioneering U.S. Department of Agriculture/ U.S. Department of Energy/ U.S. Navy Alternative Fuels Initiative which developed programs to launch the advanced biofuels industry. In his role, Chris successfully led the Great Green Fleet effort, in which the U.S. Navy acquired and used 77 million gallons of F-76 alternative fuel blend for their ships in the Great Green Fleet deployment in 2016.
Chris Tindal was a Navy man for over 40 years. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1980 with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, and served on Active Duty on two ships in Charleston, South Carolina. He retired as a Captain in the Navy Reserves in 2010. Chris is a Professional Engineer and a Certified Energy Manager. Originally from Alabama, Chris currently lives in South Carolina.


So I ended up not running or doing any workout on Saturday. I was not thrilled about it, but it gave my body an extra day. I probably should have done some jump rope or something though, next time I will consider that.
Rob and I got to enjoy a cookout with some friends yesterday too.
This morning I got up and headed out at 7am. I was cloudy, humid, and felt like a storm may come in. I felt very rested and ready for a good run. My left knee was not sore, but only stiff. I would call it a 2. Something I'm aware of, but nothing sharp or worry-some.
I did an ice bath and had a Starbucks Mocha Frap (that actually stats wise is like a low-fat chocolate milk, plus caffeine, yay!) and a Greek Yogurt.
Losing two days of running made my weekly mileage lower. I should have been at 63, but ended up with 48.9 Miles.
I will log all food intake. I think the data will help me figure out ways to improve my nutrition and ensure I am eating the right amounts of protein, carbs, fat.
I will weigh in each Sunday. Not really a weight loss reason, just to keep note of changes. I will note what I see far as body composition.
I will log as much data as possible in my training log. Heart rate, weight, mood, effort, soreness.
I will ice bath after quality workouts. 15 minute investment, each session.
I will trigger point at least once a week. 20 minute investment, each session.
I will do Ab Ripper at least twice a week. 15 minute investment, each session.
I will cross train at least once a week. Bike, jump rope, whatever I can.
I will do drills at least once a week. 45 minute investment, with warm up, each session.
No horseplay. I need to state this one since I made the mistake of playing sand volleyball and aggravating my knee and costing myself some good training.
To some people this may be a duh-list, something not needed to declare, but for me writing it out makes it real. On the days when work makes me tired, or I feel like it's too much, I will remember the promise I made to myself to treat not only running seriously, but the items that keep me healthy to train well.
It all begins again tomorrow!!
Sounds like a good plan ma'am!!! 🙂 so excited to watch you tear up chicago!
I am a firm believer in stating your goals to make them happen. You're on your way, dear! I am glad the knee is feeling better and may you have another successful marathon training cycle.
Like Nicole and Rebecca said…great goals and plan for Chi-town. Take care the knee stays pain free, and you are certainly on your way to a killer fall marathon.
P.S. I too am trying to make Ab Ripper X part of my weekly ritual, and speaking of which I will be doing it tonight.


One of the main attractions in the Famed city of Port Royal, Gloria's 'Rendevous' stands as one of Kingston's most respected restaurants most popular for their steamed fish. With its original venue intact, and an impressive renovation and expansion of its street side 'tavernesque' shop, Gloria's is more than ready to accommodate and satisfy you and yours. Now in the city!
The food is the of the same great quality as the traditional Gloria's with the additional dishes to the menu, the service a lot better. I Like to have my food outside over the water with the breeze flowing throw my hair. Gloria's coming to the city is one of the best things. Now I don't have to drive to Port Royal to enjoy the stunning flavors.
I have been to most of the pre-opening events and I must say, I really enjoy the ambiance, cool sea breeze, music and most of all the food is really good. I had the roast fish with steam bammy. It was well seasoned and roast to perfection. The overall service was good and the staff is friendly. I recommend persons to visit this location.


A new biomolecular quantitation method, nanoparticle-mediated photothermal bioassay, using a common thermometer as the signal reader was developed. Using an immunoassay as a proof of concept, iron oxide nanoparticles (NPs) captured in the sandwich-type assay system were transformed into a near-infrared (NIR) laser-driven photothermal agent, Prussian blue (PB) NPs, which acted as a photothermal probe to convert the assay signal into heat through the photothermal effect, thus allowing sensitive biomolecular quantitation using a thermometer. This is the first report of biomolecular quantitation using a thermometer and also serves as the first attempt to introduce the nanoparticle-mediated photothermal effect for bioassays.


A new report released today by the REMI Partnership, which includes the Colorado Association of REALTORS, the Colorado Bankers Association, Colorado Concern, Common Sense Policy Roundtable, and the Denver South Economic Development Partnership, analyzes the cost and risk of financial insolvency for Senate Bill 188, the paid family leave bill.
While the intentions behind the program may be good, the assumptions that support the measure are questionable, raising the risk of a costly failure of the program.
For this report, we examined the likely cost of SB-188 to taxpayers under a range of higher utilization rates… Under a 7% utilization rate, the premiums charged to employees and employers would have to double, from $957 million to more than $1.9 billion.
This would significantly exceed the amount that could be raised by the maximum .99% payroll premium that can lawfully be charged under SB-188.
These unintended consequences, along with the impacts of questionable cost assumptions, undermine the good intentions behind SB-188.
SB 188 will be heard this afternoon in the Senate Finance Committee. Click here to view the full list of 70+ public and private entities opposed to the bill in its current form.


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package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"gopkg.in/libgit2/git2go.v24"
	"os/exec"
	"strings"
)

func ConfigForCurrentDir() (GitConfig, error) {
	path, e := exec.Command("git", "rev-parse", "--show-toplevel").Output()
	p := strings.TrimRight(string(path), "\n")
	if len(p) < 1 {
		// here is not git directory
		return NewGlobalGitConfig(), e
	}

	return NewLocalGitConfig()
}

type GlobalGitConfig struct{}

func NewGlobalGitConfig() *GlobalGitConfig {
	config := new(GlobalGitConfig)
	return config
}

func (this *GlobalGitConfig) Host() (string, error) {
	path, e := git.ConfigFindGlobal()
	global, e := git.OpenOndisk(nil, path)
	host, e := global.LookupString("gitlab.host")
	return host, e
}

func (this *GlobalGitConfig) Token() (string, error) {
	path, e := git.ConfigFindGlobal()
	global, e := git.OpenOndisk(nil, path)
	token, e := global.LookupString("gitlab.token")
	return token, e
}

func (this *GlobalGitConfig) ApiPath() (string, error) {
	apiPath := fmt.Sprintf("/api/v3")
	return apiPath, nil
}

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5 bed villa on 9000 sq m plot includes 2 building plots with projects - Property for sale.
Full Description: It is difficult to know where to start with this truly exceptional property, located in a semi rural area to the east of Carvoeiro, a short drive from the village centre and nearby beaches.
Built just over 20 years ago to the existing owners specific requirements and incorporating many distinctive architectural and design features this property has potential to be an outstanding family home or one with many commercial opportunities. Electric entrance gates lead into a large paved driveway with a double garage. Through double entrance doors into a tiled hallway with its internal garden feature. Off the hallway is the office/library and a separate sitting room. The split level lounge/dining area is an impressive 120 square metres with patio doors giving access to the large terraces and pool area. The kitchen is fully equipped with its own large larder and separate laundry/utility room. Also on the ground floor are are 2 bedrooms (1 en-suite) and family bathroom. An impressive staircase takes you to the first floor with 2 double bedrooms, bathroom and the master bedroom suite which has en-suite bathroom with sunken Jacuzzi bath and dressing area. Patio doors allow access from the bedrooms to terraces with garden, pool, country and sea views to the West. Outside, the gardens are a mix of mature trees, lawn and flower beds with large paved terraces, BBQ area and traditional Portuguese Summer kitchen. This truly exceptional property offers a number of commercial opportunities such as developing the 2 building plots, rental potential (a nearby property has been converted into a boutique hotel) or remaining as a family home.


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palsies commented on 2021-10-19 01:17
"The strength of the Constitution lies entirely in the determination of each citizen to defend it. Only if every single citizen feels duty bound to do his share in this defense are the constitutional rights secure." -- Albert Einstein
tightropes commented on 2021-10-17 21:08
Mr. DePree also expects a "tremendous social change" in all workplaces. "When I first started working 40 years ago, a factory supervisor was focused on the product. Today it is drastically different, because of the social milieu. It isnt unusual for a worker to arrive on his shift and have some family problem that he doesnt know how to resolve. The example I like to use is a guy who comes in and says this isnt going to be a good day for me, my son is in jail on a drunk-driving charge and I dont know how to raise bail. What that means is that if the supervisor wants productivity, he has to know how to raise bail." -- Max DePree, chairman and CEO of Herman Miller Inc., "Herman Millers Secrets of Corporate Creativity", The Wall Street Journal, May 3, 1988


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"The Half brothers" es un cuento escrito por Elizabeth Gaskell. Publicado en 1859''.

Sinopsis
La Historia ocurre en Cumberland, Alemania en el S. XIX.  El cuento nos narra una historia en primera persona desde la perspectiva de un joven. Comienza a contarnos la historia a través de lo que su tía Fanny le ha dicho y lo que sus experiencias le han brindado.

Todo comienza cuando su madre, Helen, se casa con un hombre de 21 años a los 17 años, pero no logra tener gran felicidad porque su esposo muere 3 años después de casarse y la deja sola con un bebé. Su esposo tenía una granja que rentaba para poder vivir, pero cuando murió, la granja quedó a cargo de Helen por 4 años más. Por más que esto pudiera ser bueno, no lo fue, porque la granja la tenía en muy mal estado con más de la mitad del ganado muerto o vendido, el dinero no le alcanzaba para mantener bien a su hijo y tenía una pequeña en camino. Por la situación que pasaba Helen, su hermana Fanny se fue a vivir con ella para tratar de ayudarla, pero la desgracia en la que vivía Helen se haría más grande por la muerte de su pequeña hija. Aún le quedaba ser fuerte por su primer hijo Gregory.

Para poder mantenerse, Helen y Fanny comenzaron a trabajar haciendo cosidos finos, pero la mala suerte siguió en la vida de Helen y la vista comenzó a fallarle por lo que no pudo seguir con ese trabajo y seguir ganando dinero.

Pero un día su suerte cambia y un soltero dueño de una gran granja llamado William Preston se hace presente en la vida de Helen. Este se convierte en su pretendiente con la intención de casarse con ella y le promete también cuidar de su hijo Gregory, su hermana le dice que acepte casarse con él ya que le estaba ofreciendo estabilidad y seguridad para su hijo.

Tras casarse, no le tomó mucho tiempo a Preston darse cuenta de que el amor de su esposa no le pertenecía a nadie más que a su hijo Gregory. Después del nacimiento del hijo de Preston y su esposa, nos damos cuenta que el hijo de William y Helen es el narrador de la historia, pero su nombre nunca se menciona.

Helen muere con la última petición de ver a sus dos hijos tomados de la mano a su lado. Pronto, el hijo menor se vuelve el objeto de amor de su padre, el predilecto para ser cuidado por su tía Fanny y el "pequeño señor de la casa" para los empleados domésticos. Mientras que Gregory era el hijo no deseado, objeto de burla de todos los que vivían y estaban ahí.

A partir de ese entonces, los hijos se convierten en los encargados de hacer labores para el señor Preston. Llega un día en que el hijo menor termina los deberes encargados por su padre y decide regresar a su casa por su cuenta sin saber qué camino seguir. La nieve y el clima helado estaban comemzando a ser más fuertes y no puede encontrar su camino. Su única esperanza para llegar es su hermano Gregory o alguien que aparezca en el camino y se apiade de él.

Personajes

Helen
Al comienzo de la historia es un personaje joven el cual se desarrolla a la par que su matrimonio. Se describe como una mujer bonita y de buenos modales la cual termina enamorada de alguien 3 años más mayor que ella. Se casa y tiene dos hijos con él. Es una mujer dedicada a sus hijos y en algunas ocasiones a su nuevo marido, ella busca solo ser feliz y estar tranquila.

Lassie
Es la segunda hija de Helen y su primer esposo. Se describe como una niña tierna, pequeña y pálida.

Gregory
Primer hijo de Helen y su primer marido. Es un niño que comienza siendo el interés principal de su madre y antagonista del segundo esposo por haberse apropiado del amor de su madre. Es descrito como un niño y posteriormente un joven de 19 años torpe, extraño y desgarbado.

Tía Fanny
Es la hermana mayor de Helen quien vela por los intereses de su hermana y por el cuidado de sus hijos.Tras el fallecimiento de su hermana se va a vivir con su viudo para cuidar a sus hijos.

William Preston
Segundo esposo de Helen, es visto como un soltero elegible el cual es dueño de una gran granja y buen cristiano al hacerse cargo de una viuda y su hijo.

Lassie
Es la perrita con pelaje blanco de Gregory y usa el nombre de su hermana. Es distraída pero fiel.

Referencias
https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/g/gaskell/elizabeth/brothers/

Obras de Elizabeth Gaskell

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Home/Ask Mario/What are some tips for getting writing done?
This question was originally answered by me on Quora.
Thanks for reaching out to me to answer this question for you.
Self-awareness. Everyone has a preference on what time of day s best for them. Many just haven't stopped to think about it. What time of day do you write the best? We have all a window of a few hours. Block that time of day out everyday. This is a non-negotiable.
Consistency. Write no matter what. You become great at that which you do most often. No every day is going to be great. There's no such thing in any industry. The act itself makes you better. The struggle is what makes it great.
Have fun. What do you enjoy writing about. For me its about business and helping other business owners out. Your interest is the best indicator of effort and where you will spend most of your time.
Patience. If you ever want to get paid as a writer recognize that you will have to spend years mastering your craft, voice, length, and style. Enjoy the process! Write because you love it. Not becuase you think you're going to get rich. If you are patient enough opportunities WILL come.


James: What or which apologist comment?
I take offense to the idea that I am some sort of "Muslim apologist", I have nothing to apologize for in regards to Islam, as my thoughts and beliefs are what I believe are what Islam teaches. These are the conclusions I came up with when I began my study almost seven years ago and they are the same conclusions today.
James: It's funny that you mention this. You do know that the Qu'ran actually puts biblical scripture on the same level with the Qu'ran (see Sura 6:115, Sura 6:34, Sura 10:64, Sura 3:3 and others). If Muslims believe the Qur'an is true in its statement that nobody can change the words of God then errors in the Bible prove that the Qur'an is not from God and / or Muhammad endorsed an erroneous book. Also, everything in the Qu'ran would have to be viewed in light of biblical scripture since obviously the revelation of biblical scripture predates that of the Qu'ran. This is a serious logical problem for Islam and the implications of the above are huge when you consider that the bible and the Qu'ran, substantially, are diametrically opposed to one another.
One of the name of the Quran is the Fuqran which means the Criterion. It's a firmly held belief that the Bible as we know it is corrupted and while there is truth in it, there is much falsehood, we believe the Quran is the only perfect revelation and use it as the measure to weed out truth from falsehood. The reference to the Torah and Injeel (Gospel) only alludes to the fact that there was such a thing revealed, however the Quran often reminds us that there is no such 100% accurate thing in existence today. Hence the mention of the Quran first being revealed over a period of time (23yrs) that confirms what truth is left in the Bible and also pointing out what isn't truth in the Bible. The last part bear witness to the fact that the same Originator Originated the message. The preservation of the earlier was left to man and they failed, the latter God said He would protect Himself, also in the Quran.
So in light of Islamic theology, I don't understand your point. We just bear witness that there were Prophets before and was revelation before, but it's oft repeated in the Quran that much of that message and history has been distorted. It would be foolish for one who is truly Muslim to accept the Bible whatever version you pick, and say it is all true, when the Quran specifically says it was tampered with. Using that reasoning, I might as well have pork chops for dinner tonight!
James: Modern context? Overly simplified? I'm really not sure what you are trying to say here but giving an example of the "…western concept and by it's [sic] design is made to look easy" comment might help me respond intelligently.
Robert: Modern context, is my allusion to the constant chain of revisions. If it was correct the first time, there would be no reason for new versions. Overly simplified is an allusion to pre-set doctrines and dogmas by denominations that pick and choose the scriptures from the church members and tell them how to read the Bible versus actually learning Greek, Latin, Hebrew, etc. and seeking out the original texts and formulating an individual position. What I meant by "western concept" was the allusion to the myriad of differences in Christianity some very stark in contrast to Eastern Churches and philosophies at times.
James: Obviously, your claim of Qu'ranic original preservation is highly controversial; in fact, the Hadiths refutes this claim in many places; if you were interested I could corroborate this statement. Perhaps this is one of the reasons why you are more comfortable with marginalizing the Hadiths than some of your scholarly peers. You imply that the Bible has been "whitewashed" or revised; I would like to think that I'm somewhat knowledgeable about biblical history; can you give examples of this white washing?
Robert: Highly controversial to whom? A: The Hadith by all Islamic Fiqh's are man-made recollections and are not considered holy in any regard. The only true source of Al-Islam is the Quran. No scholar disputes that, so we can play the Hadith game all day, Fiqh normally determines which are acceptable and which are not anyway. Show me in the Quran where preservation is refuted and then we would have a debate. Most scholars only use Hadith to clarify points, there are some collections that are considered "authentic" but what you will find from Muslim to Muslim is that reliance on Hadith is varied. When I say the Bible has been "whitewashed" or revised, I meant exactly that. We can talk Early Christianity and NT all day, but the mere facts and history bear witness to the truth that there was no such thing as Bible in either Jesus (saw) or the disciples time. The first book(s) of the NT didn't even appear in some of their lifetimes. No one knows the authors minus Paul of course and then you have some books thrown in or out depending on the authority of the various Churches of the time until the matter was "settled" of course. There are many Christian scholars like Paula Fredrikson and Bart Ehrman who have wrote extensively on the subject and are considered giants in this field. I'm just a student, however based on research and study, it becomes quite obvious that after about a century of manuscripts being edited, revised, retranslated, thrown in, thrown out, that the only thing that one has left to believe that the original message and history survived is faith. The oldest book Mark wasn't even written until 80-100 CE and some suggest that it's actually a part of a book called "Q". The other synoptic Gospels are based off of the Markan narrative, with the author of Luke actually admitting in the first chapter that he is recounting events as they were told to him ( i.e. not witnessed himself) for emperor Theophilis, if of course I remember correctly….I could have my Christianity Professor contact you for more info if you want, and btw, she's a Christian in case you think I have something up my sleeve….My point is my sources are completely Christian when it comes to the history of the Bible, surely you can't in your study say that the version of the Bible you use is exactly the same as a Christian of another denomination? Last I checked the Catholics (correct me if I'm wrong) have more books than included in say the KJV or NIV. I don't know what version you use, so my statement is broad obviously.
James: Your assertion is loaded so my response will be loaded. There are over 5000 extant manuscript artifacts (also called codecs) of the bible; on the other hand, we don't know how many total manuscripts of the Koran exist or whether they differ from the Qu'ran we have today because any manuscript evidence is hidden for unknown reasons; I mean, what's to hide? If the Qur'an truly is uncorrupted, why does the Muslim world not publish the oldest Qur'an manuscripts? Why not start with the Topkapi and the Taschkent manuscripts? Incidentally, you could destroy every bible on earth and because of the redundancy of manuscripts available, we would still be able to arrive at the bible we have today with little effort so I'm not sure what you mean when you say that the "contextual arguments would be the same." Nothing has changed in the Bible. When I want to understand a verse in the Old Testament or Tenakh, I simply refer to my Hebrew Lexicon since I have the original Hebrew per the manuscripts. Similarly, when I want to exegete any passage in the New Testament, I simply refer to my Greek lexicon.
Robert: I like loaded. 🙂 There are over 5000 manuscripts I agree, which are which? Are they all repetitions of the KJV? Do they include books like the Gospel of Thomas, Philip, etc.? If not why? Better yet, why aren't those in the modern Bible? As far as the Quran your right we don't know who many Qurans exist, but we know where the oldest reside….In Turkey. And all Quran's from the oldest in Turkey to a copy I recently bought a year ago are in the same exact language as has always been: Arabic. There is no difference in any Quran on the globe! Takes alot to say that, but find a Muslim that would say otherwise. That is why it is so easy for little old me to refute say someone in Saudi Arabia, because we have the same scripture letter for letter. Our only difference is of course translation. Arabic doesn't translate into English well, so English translations vary from author to author, but all have the original Arabic on the right or left side of the page and footnotes to explain why they translated the way they did vice another author, however, If I were to learn Arabic completely then there would be no problems from Quran to Quran. Arabic is still a spoken language and the tradition of Hafiz is still alive and well. Now before you go there…certainly there is faith involved, Muslims can only physically prove that what we have as Quran today is the same as the time of Uthman and earliest copies exist from as early as the 640's to 800's, but none deny that every Quran in existence today is an exact copy of those. So that gives skeptics roughly about a period of 50 years (and that's being very generous) to suggest that somehow in the recording process something went wrong. It's interesting to note that all those present in the recording process was actual companions of Muhammad (saw) who were hafiz, i.e. memorized the entire Quran. Furthermore, historians bear witness that the ability to memorize texts was a reliable source of communicating information that Arabs had mastered during that time and many Muslims master even today. Most Mosques won't even hire an Imam unless he is a Hafiz or a least has half the Quran committed to memory and can recite it verbatim.
Now, can any of the same be said of the Bible? Is there such a thing as those that have the Original Greek, Latin, Hebrew, Aramaic, etc. memorized? If so, what texts? From what time(s)? Were any of the compilers of the NT companions of Jesus (saw)? Were any even eyewitnesses? My point is this, the margin of skepticism of the Quran spans at tops 50 yrs, the margin of skepticism for the Bible at minimum, is several centuries. Add to the facts the lack of known authors, no eyewitnesses, no definitive text to compare to, etc….well you get the point… Even if we were to say that the oldest Quran is dated around 1000 CE (and it's not btw) I could still take my 114 Surahs in Arabic and match them against those from 1007 years ago and get a complete match. If you took all the books included in the KJV for example and compared them to ??? 1007 years ago what would you get? Was there even a definitive cannon then? Is there even one now that all Christians around the world accept?
As you can see, I take great "issue" with your "nothing has changed" comment, history bears witness that a great, great, great, deal has changed, while the Quran love it or hate it has not. That is why for the most part when Muslims debate one another we have to interpret and contextualize based of examples of previous Muslim societies including the Prophet (saw) and rely on history to discern between us, because we are reading the exact same scripture. So almost every division in Islam has nothing to do with composition of the Quran, but merely politics and interpretation. That is why Sunni, Shia, and others still pray in mixed congregations because while our views may differ our text is the same. When was the last time a congregation of Baptists attended Mass on the regular?
James: I would argue that you are conveniently attributing historical events to Quranic verses to deflect the arbitrary nature of the verses. Ultimately, you have no rebuttal since unlike the Bible, the Quran fails to identify the historical context for the verses in question or for that matter most of the Quranic text.
Robert: I would argue that is purely an opinion. You are missing the point. The rules of scholarship/readership is different because we are talking about two different animals. There is no deflection, the truth of the matter is, our religion cannot be discerned properly without looking at the Quran and Sunnah. All scholars of Islam have to rely on the original Arabic and contextualize it based on Islamic history, because that is the nature of the revelation. Some verses are allegorical, theological verses, some reference previous revelation and figures, some verses reference present history at the time, and some refer to future events. So in order to decipher the Quran you have to have knowledge of the previous revelation ( i.e. Bible), you have to have knowledge of Islamic history at the time of Muhammad (saw), and the rest is faith i.e. belief in the day of judgment and ideology like God is One, etc. etc. The problem is you keep comparing apples and oranges and calling them the same. Yes, the are both fruit, but apples have their own specific make-up and so do oranges and that's what makes them different. Would you give a chimpanzee an autopsy to learn more about human composition just because they share a great deal of DNA that is similar? Even Christians that rely on the Jewish texts fall into debate with Jews who say the Christians don't understand their text. Go to www.jewsforjudaism.com to see my point in action.
James: The verse you provide seems to convey that we should be able to read the Quran plainly without commentary, but obviously this is not the case. Anyone reading the Quran without any outside influences (with the exception of the social context of that day) would arrive at the same conclusions that I and number of people have. This is the reason why your explanations of the controversial verses are not that evident. It's not that we don't understand to selectively apply historical context; it's that the text does not necessitate that type of exegesis. For example, there is nothing in scripture that tells us we must understand or limit the rules concerning the role of women in the church in terms of the historical context. Therefore, if I were to say that it only applies to the women of Paul's day, this would be called eisegesis, since the text does not call for that. So, while I admire the fact that you have an answer for the controversial verses, the fact that your interpretation is not the most obvious for someone of my educational background is slightly worrisome.
James: I disagree with your assertion here; it's impossible for a Muslim to arrive at your interpretations without extra-Quranic text. How would I know to associate Surah 9:29 to "the time when the early Muslim community was at war with the Pagan Meccans?" I mean, if I have to be a "sahabi" (companion of Prophet Muhammad) to properly understand any of the Surahs (as many Islamic scholars claim) then how can you claim that the context of the book is rooted in the book itself? The bible does not require such prerequisites.
Robert: Well your disagreement is noted. You don't believe me ask any Muslim scholar of your choosing and you would get the same formula: Arabic + Islamic History. That's the course curriculum for Islamic Studies in actuality. How would you know how to associate 9:29? Islamic Studies. No you don't have to be a Sahabbah, but you have to know who they were and about them. How can you claim the context is rooted in the book? Because the book says so itself, see 3:7 again. It clearly states the nature of the book. The Bible doesn't require such prerequisites? Well, that's your opinion, depends on the Christian scholar your talking to. Most I read, say that you have to understand the history, language, and people to discern the Bible properly. If not, there wouldn't exist such Biblical Studies fields, two of which I'm pursuing: NT and Early Christianity. I know your not suggesting that one can simply read the KJV or even the NIV, etc. and fully discern what a people who didn't even speak English meant?
James: Every one of the eight items you listed is not necessarily coherent in the Quran but it is not my intention to go into details unless provoked to do such. My point in saying this is to simply dissent regarding the clarity of such theology in the Quran.
Robert: That's your opinion, but I listed them based off my belief and understand of the actual coherency of the text, maybe that's why I'm a Muslim. But if you can prove otherwise, I would love to see….
James: Your first three sentences are very confusing; what are you trying to say? How is the context relative? What is a "standard of reasoning" and why should it differ unless the author of the Quran is achieving something special by using a non-chronological presentation? Also, you highlight a major weakness in the Quran, namely, its non-chronological presentation. Most literature that is displayed in such a way usually does more to confuse the reader than inform them. Order is essential to facilitate clarity, conversely, disorganization promotes confusion. Even movies directors that use the non-chronological format to mystify a trite plot have to eventually bring everything together in the end otherwise the presentation never truly conveys the intended and entire message. What scriptural method do you apply to the Quran than is different from the scriptural method of the Bible? Your very last sentence does not reinforce your previous sentences; in fact, it is really a "straw man", as to my knowledge, no one in this thread has suggested that you should apply your knowledge of one scriptural domain to ascertain the meaning of another.
Robert: I'm not the one confused about the Book I base my faith off of. What the Author is trying to achieve is best left up to the Author. I have yet to meet a Muslim who didn't think the Quran is clear. We may differ on what that clarity means, but the root is consistent: Belief in One God without partners or associates, submit to His will, live righteously and you will enter into paradise, live otherwise and taste the hellfire. Seems pretty clear to me. See 3:7…theres a part about searching for it's "hidden meanings" what are you looking for? Muslims would some the Quran up as clear as I have just did with the addendum that we are to believe that Muhammad (saw) is the seal of the prophethood and the messenger of God.
James: Unfortunately, I must dissent. In fact, I would suggest that the entire aggregate of Islamic knowledge is fodder for refutation including the fundamentals. No Islamic dogma has gone unscathed. Many skeptics have done so meticulously and I am willing to provide these refutation if asked or provoked to do so.
Robert: Please show me your proof. For every scholar with a "beef" most likely non-Muslim, there is a Muslim scholar with a counter. I would love to see the fundamentals of Islam that are fodder. Show me what's so refutable about belief in the One God of Abraham (saw), belief in Muhammad (saw) as His messenger, belief in prayer, belief in charity, belief in fasting, and belief and pilgrimage? You may dissent our way of doing these things, you may dissent against our Prophet (saw), however these are the fundamentals or pillars of our faith i.e. on these things is the belief of the Muslim held up.
I would love to see you or the scholars you refer prove to me 100% why I shouldn't believe in the One God of Abraham (saw), Muhammad (saw) as His messenger, etc. etc. Should I believe in many gods, not pray, fast, give charity, or go on pilgrimage? Why?
James: You still have not asked the question I recommended. Before providing all the details you have presented, it would have helped (and probably still will) if you asked the skeptic what evidence he/she is willing to accept as proof. What do you mean by "predisposed belief?" I will reiterate that I think our dialogue has been fruitful regardless of whether we know where to go from here or not.
Robert: OK, What evidence are the skeptics in this email willing to accept as proof? What I meant by predisposed belief was the idea that there is much that my never be "proven" to the non-Muslim no matter what I say…it's a form of pessimism. If I weren't somewhat true, you would be Muslim, and we wouldn't be having this dialogue, although you and I both know, our disagreements won't stop us, because this type of thing is like crack to us!


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2019 SCI Summit - Washington, D.C.
Submitted by Amanda Pruitt on Fri, 05/10/2019 - 3:28pm
SCI Summit-DC
How do we keep scientific cyberinfrastructure (SCI), which are the "roads and bridges" for scientific inquiry, healthy and accessible for future generations?
SCI Summit Report (PDF)
SCI Summit in Washington, DC will challenge members of the scientific cyberinfrastructure (SCI) ecosystem to build insight into how funders and researchers are approaching scientific cyberinfrastructureand provide outcomes that can inform national level policy to better support SCI into the future.
Approaching sustainability from the societal perspective, SCI Summit will provide the perfect space to foster the cogeneration of knowledge by sharing experiences, identifying challenges, and noting successes. This will be a unique opportunity to network, listen, and learn from fellow expert funders in the SCI community as we outline the gaps that exist between those who sponsor SCI, those who govern SCI, those who build SCI, and those who use SCI.
Location: Loft at 600F (600 F Street NW, Washington, DC)
June 25 from 9am-5pm: the Summit brings together federal agency partners, government SCI policy-makers, and funders to discuss their definition of and vision for SCI as a component of scientific discovery and engine for innovation and commercialization.
June 26 from 9am-5pm: the Summit brings together those experts who are building SCI including researchers, associations, developers, and users to discuss their conception of SCI, their role in supporting scientific and technological advances, and their vision for SCI.
June 27 from 9am-12pm: we invite all participants to return and learn about the concepts discovered from the previous days and explore what bridges and gaps exist in understandings about definitions, purposes, and long-term goals for SCI.
For more information, contact Dr. Suzie Allard, Chancellor's Professor, CCI Board of Visitors Professor, College of Communication & Information, University of Tennessee-Knoxville
SCI Summit Overview
SCI is "the distributed computer, information and communication technologies combined with the personnel and integrating components that provide a long-term platform to empower the modern scientific research endeavor" (Atkins et al., 2003). Researching and developing SCI expands the capabilities of communication and networking technologies, supports scientific inquiry, and creates new possibilities for scientific discovery, national security, and commerce. SCI projects are facing sustainability challenges as external financial support is finite and economic models for SCI as a public good are not established.
This SCI Summit is unique from other sustainability-focused activities because it uses a modified Delphi study approach in a concentrated time span to build insight into how funders and researchers are approaching SCI and to provide outcomes that can inform national level policy to better support SCI into the future.
Outcomes from the Summit include a report that looks at these gaps and bridges to examine:
existing SCI projects for technological, sociological, and economic uniqueness in order to evaluate projects from computer science, information science, and data governance perspectives. The product of this inquiry is to develop a framework to assess the components within this dynamic SCI environment and better understand how linkages should be fostered.
the role of policy in affecting SCI project sustainability and commercialization. SCI projects face the fundamental challenge of being seen both as R&D projects whose main goal is to develop new technology and knowledge about communications and computing technology, while also being a fundamental support structure of the scientific enterprise. The objective is to inventory policies that impact SCI sustainability and commercialization and develop strategies that build on these policies.
opportunities for sustaining and commercializing contemporary SCI projects and identify the remaining problems and needs of the SCI users including researchers, project managers, and policymakers.
Participation is sponsored by DataONE (National Science Foundation awards #1430508), as part of the project's mission to understand the socio-technical aspects of a healthy SCI ecosystem.
Usability in DataONE
Submitted by Rachel Volentine on Fri, 03/22/2019 - 10:01am
See what the User-eXperience Lab has been up to by checking out the DataONE Spring newsletter!
DataONE; User-eXperience Lab; usability
41st Research Symposium Schedule
Submitted by Rachel Volentine on Thu, 01/31/2019 - 9:17am
The 41st CCI Research Sympoisum schedule can be found here. We hope to see you all there on February 11th! Also, don't forget about the Symposium luncheon in the Scripps Theatre. It is $10/person and will be catered by Brown Bag.
CICS welcomes Carol Tenopir
Submitted by Rachel Volentine on Mon, 01/28/2019 - 3:10pm
Carol Tenopir will serve as CCI Interim Associate Dean for Research for Spring 2019. She is taking over the role from Suzie Allard, who is stepping in as Interim Associate Dean for Academic Programs. An internal search is underway for a new Associate Dean for Academic Programs who will take over the position as early as June 1st but no later than July 1st. Once a new Associate Dean has been selected, Suzie Allard will return to her position as Associate Dean for Research and Carol Tenopir will return to her SIS faculty position.
41st Annual Research Symposium
Join us on Monday, February 11, 2019 for our 41st Annual Research Symposium. This year's symposium focuses on the topic of "Asking Important Questions & Finding Powerful Insights. All research dealing with communication and information issues is welcome. The attached CFP highlights the poster session and our two tracks--one for new results and one to share results that have been presented elsewhere. This approach is back by popular demand based on feedback from the 2018 event.
The submission process is easy and the due date for all submissions is January 18, 2019. We look forward to learning more about your research when we celebrate "Asking Important Questions & Finding Powerful Insights." The research tradition across our college is strong and diverse--let's learn about what we are examing and how we are choosing to discover new insights.
CCI Symposium; Research Symposium; Symposium; Research; College of Communication and Information
CICS Annual Oak Ridge Luncheon
Submitted by Rachel Volentine on Wed, 10/31/2018 - 1:35pm
On October 18th the Center for Information and Communication Studies hosted its second annual Oak Ridge networking luncheon at the UT Arboretum Auditorium. The luncheon connected faculty and staff from the College of Communication and Information with associates, contract employees, and potential collaborators from various Oak Ridge organizations, including Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The group enjoyed trying out the User-eXperience Lab's newest equipment, wearable eye trackers, and participated in a usabiity study for the USGS Community for Data Integration website. Lunch was catered by Holly's Gourmet Market. Everyone is looking forward to next year's event!
User-eXperience Lab is now a Core Facility
Submitted by Rachel Volentine on Mon, 06/18/2018 - 8:56am
For many years the CCI User eXperience and Message Effects Labs have provided services to CCI researchers as well as to researchers and programs across the campus and at federal agencies. This June these labs successfully earned UT's designation of "core facility," which means they have been recognized by the Office of Research Engagement as being important components of the university's research portfolio and visibility. This designation provides access to avenues of funding that can be used to support our lab management and instrumentation. It is exciting to have our CCI lab appear with 13 other high profile UT research labs at https://research.utk.edu/core/current-core-facilities/, and it provides CCI with increased visibility across campus while highlighting CCI research.
In addition, we can now have outside users share in supporting the lab financially, and we can more easily include lab support in proposals for external funding. CCI researchers and students will continue to use the lab as they have in the past by scheduling times for research and learning activities, and CCI researchers and students will not be impacted financially, since CICS will be underwriting the costs of CCI research that is not externally funded.
There will, however, be a few changes in how the labs operate that will be shared later this summer.
User-eXperience Lab; usability; core facility; research
Join Us at the CCI Research Symposium
Submitted by Rachel Volentine on Mon, 02/12/2018 - 11:19am
Join us this Wednesday, February 14th, to celebrate your love of research! The CCI Research Symposium starts at 9am with a poster session in the 3rd floor lobby followed by our keynote speaker, Dr. Robert Heath at 10am in the Patrick Auditorium. Dr. Heath is an internationally renowned scholar on public relations, crisis communication, issues management, risk communication, and business-to-business communication. Presentations continue throughout the day. Stop by any time and for as long as you'd like!
CCI Research Symposium
40th Annual CCI Symposium
Submitted by Rachel Volentine on Wed, 12/20/2017 - 9:05am
In 2018 the Annual CCI Symposium turns 40! Join us in celebrating by sharing your research with colleagues—faculty, students and staff—from across the college. The submission process is easy, and the due date for all submissions is Jan 18, 2018. We look forward to learning more about your research on Valentine's Day when we will all say, "CCI Loves Research!"
We are also fortunate to have a wonderful keynote speaker – Dr. Robert Heath. Dr. Heath, professor-emeritus at the University of Houston, whose work focuses on public relations, crisis and risk communication and business-to-business communication. He is a prolific researcher with more than 100 peer-reviewed articles and many award-winning books.
Thanks to the hard work of the Research Advisory Committee for putting this together.
Faculty: Moonhee Cho (AD/PR), Michael Kent (AD/PR), Joan Rentsch (COM), Vandana Singh (SIS), Erin Whiteside (JEM)
Students: Khaled Alkandari (PhD/AD/PR), Dawn Corwin (PhD/JEM), Jessica Etheridge (Masters/CCI), Tyler Martindale (Masters/SIS), Jamie Osborn(PhD/COM), Iman Tahamtan (PhD/SIS)
CICS Hosts Oak Ridge Luncheon
Submitted by Rachel Volentine on Thu, 11/16/2017 - 1:10pm
On November 9th, 2017 the Center for Information and Communication Studies hosted a networking luncheon for its Oak Ridge community at the UT Arboretum Auditorium. CICS contractors and associates from Y-12, USGS, and ORNL enjoyed learning more about what CICS and the College of Communication and Information has to offer, as well as, trying out some of the User-eXperience Lab equipment. CICS looks forward to many more events and partnerships with the Oak Ridge Community and CCI!
New User-eXperience Lab Equipment
This spring the CICS User-eXperience Lab (UXL) received new equipment: Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Gear and Noldus Face Reader 7. The new equipment increases capacity and expands research opportunities for faculty, researchers, and students in the College of Communication and Information's four schools (Advertising and Public Relations, Communication Studies, Information Sciences, and Journalism and Electronic Media).
The Oculus Rift Virtual Reality Gear provides an environment to study people's information behavior, how people communicate, the effects of communication messages, and information architecture design in virtual environments. Many established CCI research agendas can be extended with use of VR including studies of hate speech, information behavior in a variety of contexts including health care and data intensive environments, data journalism, and countering violent extremism.
The Noldus FaceReader provides researchers with the ability to analyze facial expressions to identify the affect the stimuli are having on an individual. Facial recognition allows researchers to record and analyze how an individual is reacting to a communication or information challenge within a given context. The software recognizes six basic facial expressions (happy, sad, angry, disgusted, scared, and surprised). FaceReader also has the ability to calculate gaze direction, head orientation, and person characteristics. The software has applications in consumer behavior studies, usability studies, market research, psychology, and many other uses.
For more information, a tour of the User-eXperience lab, or demonstration of the equipment please contact the UXL manager, Rachel Volentine, at rvolenti@utk.edu.
FaceReader
UX-A Program
Submitted by Amy Forrester on Tue, 03/14/2017 - 9:17am
Improving systems through user experience (UX) testing and assessing the value of library and information services are essential for new roles for information professionals. With support from the IMLS Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian grant program, the Experience Assessment (UX-A) project will face this challenge of educating our future information professionals in all aspects of performance and measurement in both libraries and information environments. Led by Chancellor's Professor Carol Tenopir, SIS Professor Dania Bilal, SIS Associate Professor Rachel Fleming-May, and UT Libraries Assessment Librarian Regina Mays, UX-A will combine coursework, training, and hands-on experience to equip a diverse cohort of twelve SIS master's students with competences in assessment and user experience testing.
The two-year program began in fall 2016. In addition to required coursework and assistantships, the students participated in nearly 60 hours of curated online training via Lynda.com, face-to-face workshops with OIT, and team meetings. Now in their second semester, the students are divided into research teams to work with real-world stakeholders and gain hands-on experience with survey design, user testing, and data analysis as well as providing actionable information based on the results.
UX-A also includes a team of mentors—highly experienced information practitioners working in Knoxville and Oak Ridge—to support the students and the program. These mentors will serve as the students' practicum advisors for UX-A year 2. The program itself is being evaluated and assessed at every stage in order to foster a sustainable program that will prepare students for an information career in user experience and assessment.
UX-A
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39th Annual CCI Research Symposium
The Center of Information and Communication Studies hosted its 39th CCI Research Symposium on February 1 2017. The CCI community heard presentations from nine CCI faculty members, seven graduate students, one research staff member, and visiting scholars from the University of Sao Paulo (Brazil), UT Institute of Agriculture, and the University of Kentucky. Their presentations covered a variety of diverse topics from scientists' data reuse behaviors to Jimmy Carter to 'mainstream' media. The top poster award went to Cassandra Huang for her poster, "Who talks about cyberbullying? A social network analysis of Facebook." Thank you to everyone who came for all or part of the day, showing that we are all CCI Researchers 4 Life.
Upcoming CCI Research Symposium
Submitted by Rachel Volentine on Tue, 01/24/2017 - 9:06am
The 39th CCI Research Symposium will be held February 1 2017 Patrick Auditorium in the College of Communication and Information. The CICS staff encourages all CCI Researchers 4 Life to come out and celebrate the thriving research culture at CCI. The symposium starts at 8:30 am with breakfast snacks and the poster session in the CCI 3rd floor lobby. After two research sessions in the morning, there will be a buffet lunch in the Scripps Lab from 12:10 pm-1:20 pm. The cost of lunch is $10 for faculty and $5 for students. We're starting a new tradition of a rousing game of CCI Research Trivia during lunch. Come out and test your knowledge and see what you can win! After lunch the research presentations continue with two more research sessions, and the symposium wraps up with closing remarks and award's ceremony at 4 pm. We hope you'll join us for a full day of learning and celebrating!
UT College of Communication and Information Gets $2.73 Million for NSF Project
Submitted by Donna Silvey on Wed, 10/22/2014 - 10:37am
The College of Communication and Information at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, will receive $2.73 million over the next five years as part of a $15 million accomplishment based renewal of the National Science Foundation's DataONE project.
DataONE stands for Data Observation Network for Earth, a National Science Foundation program that seeks to develop the cyber-infrastructure linking research data collected by environmental scientists to libraries and laboratories around the world and see that it's effectively used.
UT researchers include School of Information Sciences Professors Suzie Allard (DataONE co-principal investigator) and Carol Tenopir (DataONE working group co-lead). Bruce Wilson, who holds a joint appointment with UT and Oak Ridge National Laboratory and UT research associate Mike Frame are also part of the Phase II team. The principal investigator for DataONE Phase II is William Michener of the University of New Mexico.
"Having the opportunity to build on what was accomplished during Phase I of DataONE is very exciting," said Allard. "Phase II will allow us to take our work to the next level by exploring important data management sociocultural issues and to share our findings with the scientific community beyond DataONE."
In announcing its decision to renew DataONE, NSF gave the following example of the accomplishments achieved during Phase I of the project:
"As with the proverbial canary in the coal mine, birds serve as an indicator of the health of our environment. Many common species have experienced significant population declines within the last 40 years. Suggested causes include habitat loss and climate change, however to fully understand bird distribution relative to the environment, extensive data are needed.
"Through a collaboration of DataONE and multiple partners, bird occurrence data collected by citizen scientists has been combined with land use data to allow researchers to map over 300 bird species against important environmental factors. With this information, they were able to more accurately assess the degree of protection required for each species and the responsibility of public land agencies."
During Phase II, DataONE will:
significantly expand the volume and diversity of data available to researchers for large-scale scientific discovery;
incorporate innovative features to improve data discovery and further support reproducible and open science; and
establish an openly accessible online education series to support global participation and training in current data techniques and perspectives.
Phase II will continue to engage, educate and grow the DataONE community. It also will seek user input to ensure intuitive, user-friendly products and services and work to ensure the long-term sustainability of DataONE services.
"NSF's decision to provide an accomplishment based renewal of the project is a testament to the outstanding work of everyone involved in DataONE," said CCI Dean Mike Wirth. "Our DataONE team is looking forward to building on their many accomplishments as they move into Phase II of the project."
UT Info Science Faculty Win Grant to Train Science Team Specialists
Submitted by Donna Silvey on Thu, 04/10/2014 - 9:42am
Solving complex scientific problems often requires teams of researchers from different disciplines or even different institutions. And increasingly, information professionals are a part of those teams.
Four faculty members from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville's, College of Communication and Information have received a $438,991 grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to spend two years educating six master's students in the area of scientific data curation, with a special emphasis on organizational communication skills that support team science.
Team members include Associate Professor Suzie Allard, principal investigator, and Chancellor's Professor Carol Tenopir and Assistant Professor Kimberly Douglass, all from the School of Information Sciences; and Associate Professor Ken Levine from the School of Communication Studies. They will also be working with faculty from the University of New Mexico Libraries.
The program will begin in June and run through May 2015, and the team is in the process of recruiting interested students now. To learn more contact Allard at sallard@utk.edu.
The students will be taking courses at UT and participating in hands-on research to learn how to work with interdisciplinary teams. They will be mentored by faculty members who have served on scientific research teams. The students also will travel to New Mexico in May 2015 to visit the Los Alamos National Laboratory and the University of New Mexico Libraries. They also will visit the offices of DataONE (Data Observation Network for Earth), a project that enables new science and knowledge creation through universal access to data about life on earth and the environment that sustains it.
UT Researchers to Study Scholarly Journal Articles "Beyond Downloads"
With more scholarly journals being distributed electronically rather than in print form, Elsevier—a publishing company—has contracted with three University of Tennessee, Knoxville, faculty members to determine how journal articles are used after they are initially downloaded.
Chancellor's Professor Carol Tenopir, Associate Professor Suzie Allard and Adjunct Professor David Nicholas from the College of Communication and Information have received a $244,000 grant from Elsevier to lead a team of international researchers on a one-year project, "Beyond Downloads."
The project will look at how scholarly electronic articles are downloaded, saved and shared by researchers. Sharing in today's digital environment may include links posted on social media, like Twitter, and in blogs or via email. Having a realistic estimate of this secondary use will help provide a more accurate picture of the total use of scholarly articles.
CCI Symposium Explores Communication Convergence
Submitted by Donna Silvey on Wed, 02/27/2013 - 3:19pm
"Communication and Information Research in an Age of Convergence" was the theme of the College of Communication and Information's thirty-fifth annual Research Symposium on February 27 on the UT campus.
August E. "Augie" Grant, the J. Rion McKissick Professor of Journalism at the University of South Carolina, delivered the keynote address. He will speak on "Convergence and Disruption: The New Research Paradigms."
The symposium was held in the Communications Building Auditorium (Room 321), with the poster session located in the foyer outside the auditorium. All events during the symposium were free and open to the public.
"The theme of this year's symposium highlights the changes that are leading to the transformation and convergence of the fields of communication and information," said CCI Dean Mike Wirth.
"Our keynoter, Augie Grant, is an internationally known expert on media convergence and technology. His talk will set the tone for what promises to be an exciting day of paper presentations, posters, and discourse," Wirth said.
The symposium began at 9:00 a.m. with a continental breakfast in the CCI lobby, followed by Grant's keynote address at 9:30 a.m.
Research paper presentations began at 10:30 a.m. in the auditorium on the topic of "New Roles for Media in Society," and the poster session began at 11:30 a.m. in the lobby.
After lunch, the next paper presentation session began at 1:45 p.m. in the auditorium on the topic of "Media's Role in Society."
The final paper presentation session was on the topic of "Science Communication," and the closing comments and awards ceremony were presented 3:30 p.m. Awards were given to all participants due to the high quality of this year's presentations.
For more information about the symposium program, call 865-974-6651 or visit the symposium website.
Augie Grant


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Daniel Eugene "Dan" Butler (nacido el 2 de diciembre de 1954) es un actor estadounidense conocido por su papel como Bob "Bulldog" Briscoe en la serie Frasier.

Vida y carrera
Butler nació en Huntington, Indiana y se crio en Fort Wayne; hijo de Shirley, ama de casa, y Andrew Butler, farmacéutico.

Abiertamente gay, escribió y protagonizó la obra de teatro The Only Thing Worse You Have Told Me..., que deriva del título de un comentario que dijo el padre de Butler cuando Dan le contó que era gay.

Su pareja es un director y profesor de teatro, Richard Waterhouse.

Televisión
 Roseanne como Art (1991–1992).
 Frannie's Turn como Padre Anthony (1992).
 Frasier como Robert "Bulldog" Briscoe (1993–2004).
 Caroline in the City como Kenneth Arabian (1995, 1997).
 Hey, Arnold! - Voz de Mr. Simmons/Papá de Lila (1997–2002).
 From the Earth to the Moon como Director de Vuelo de NASA Eugene Kranz (1998).
 More Tales of the City como Edward Bass Matheson (1998).

Referencias

Actores de cine de Estados Unidos
Actores de televisión de Estados Unidos
Actores de Indiana
Actores LGBT