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Q: Using carriewave-vips with 16-bit tiff I'm using carrierwave-vips (with ruby-vips) to upload and process 16 bit tiff. The 16 bit tiff will get save (not a problem for carrierewave alone), but I also want to process a thumbnail (jpeg). The problem is that the resulting thumbnail is completely blown out. What can I do?

A: The problem is that the 16 bit digtals that represents your band levels aren't getting scaled down. Add the following method to your uploader:
def convert_to_8bit
    manipulate! do |image|
      #vips specific
      image.scale
    end
  end

and then process: :convert_to_8bit in your version.


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Q: If n=15 and the standard deviation is known, do I use the t-test or the z-test or chi-squared test? I am testing my null hypothesis of $\mu=3$ against the alternative of $\mu >3$.  $n=16$ and $\sigma=1$ and $\alpha=0.10$.
I am conflicted because it is a small sample size and I know the standard deviation.  How do I decide which test to use given only this information?  I initially solved with the t-test, but I am reading that you should not use it if you know the standard deviation.

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I always forget that you like HBC in The Wings of the Dove (probably because you don't speak of her that often) but I do love that performance - I actually prefer her incarnation of Kate to the one on Forster's page.
re Melanie Griffith. eh, she's all right but as you point on Sarandon (she and Glenn are so easily my picks that year.) Sarandon needs to do a proper comedy film again.
After watching Huppert in The Piano Teacher, I was hungry for more and decided to watch The Story of Women. It didn't really work for me.
And don't even remind me of Daniel Day-Lewis! One film every 2 or 3 years and he chose Nine (which I didn't dislike but I don't think he offered anything) and has no immediate plans?? I'm not talking to him.
I did 1988 in wikipedia. Maybe tommorow I'll do the rest if nobody has done it by then.
Wait, wait--hold up: Amanda Bynes retired?
@A:EE: Careful! The Wings of the Dove is by Henry James, silly rabbit. Though I understand the misleading principle by which HBC = E.M. Forster, at least until it meant Batty Wife of Tim Burton.
@James: Thanks for uploading those onto Wikipedia!
@Colin: My Left Foot I go back and forth about as a film, but it's hard to argue with the acting. Crimes and Misdemeanors I haven't seen in about a decade, but it definitely had me. Do the Right Thing is impossible not to have a strong reaction to, one way or another or even another. Enjoy! But not without looking for Shohei Imamura's Black Rain, my favorite film of that year.
you make such good use of free time. truly. the only thing i accomplished yesterday was finally watching CLEO FROM 5 TO 7 which i loved.
I always love Varda so i don't know why i haven't seen more.
P.S. that 1989 best actress situation kills me. you don't wanna know how many times i've held on to that "all critics awards" things for Pfeiffer to get me through the bad Oscar night memory.
That Bull Durham pick is classic. Love it! I wasn't aware that the BSFC were that cavalier an organisation but some of these choices are GUTSY.
I actually don't mind that Griffith and Tandy won, since I think that those performances are two that get unfairly criticised as bad when there are parts of both turns that I really like. Gotta agree with everyone else though that Pfeiffer was pretty much robbed, but I guess they figured she was going to be the next Streep, or something.
Out of all those wonderful categories, possibly the one I appreciate the most is the 1988 nod for Joan Cusack. She's literally the only reason I can rewatch Working Girl - well, her and Carly Simon's theme tune - and I think she hardly ever gets her fair dues, so brava, BSFC!
This post was especially cool for me, by the way, because in about two months I'm flying to Boston to live and study there for a year! Not in Harvard, I'm afraid, but in Boston College and I've already bookmarked those critics in the Boston Globe.
@Nathaniel: I haven't managed to watch Cléo yet, so you're ahead of me there. I knew the Sarandon/Griffith and the Tandy/Pfeiffer situations would be hard for you, so I hope you're holding up!
@Cal: Which is not to say that Griffith is bad in Working Girl, but I saw less in the performance on re-watch a year or two ago than I had remembered, and given the abundant options in '88, this seems pretty feeble.
@Catherine: Indeed about Cusack. I'm wondering if her awards campaign got its traction here, because that Oscar nod surprised a lot of people. But more to the point: you'll have such a lovely time at B.C.! A great place. Let me know off board, if you want to, what you're planning on studying.
I haven't picked my courses yet (my major is English though) but once I do, I'll be sure to let you know!
Honestly, as soon as I typed I said, "that doesn't sound write" and alas yes…let's just call that a momentary lapse in judgement (yikes).
"that doesn't sound right" goodness gracious...I am just OFF this week.
@Catherine: I have a friend named Kevin Ohi who teaches in the English Department at Boston College, and I can't say enough about how terrific he is. But I'm sure whomever you wind up working with there will be great. I also know someone who just finished a Master's in Early Modern/Renaissance lit in English and in Italian, so if you wanted recommendations from her, I could pass them on. Enjoy!
@Andrew: You know I'm just ribbing. I make mistakes like that all. the. time. In fact, every single time I get an e-mail about a review, any review, the first thing I always do is go back and re-read that piece and groan about all the run-ons and typo's.
If it's any comfort, Nick, among the many things your writing has taught me is that a run-on or two (or three, or five) never hurt anybody, especially when in service of a glorious insight.
You're insane, and I love you for it.
Had no idea you were such a Bull Durham fan ... hurrah! I'm cheering on the bleachers with you (and Susan, of course).
I know that this is not the point of this, but has Costner or Sarandon ever been sexier than they were in Bull Durham? That is, of course, rhetorical-the picture answers the question.
Thank you for this, Nick! It's nice to see I'm not alone in caring (obsessing?) about film critics awards. About five years ago I spent hours submitting winners of forty years of Kansas City Film Critics Circle awards to IMDB and still remember the excitement I felt when they finally showed up on the site; let's up the missing BSFC winners will eventually find their way there, too.


1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, to the statutes and to the judgments, which I teach you, to do [them], that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you.
2 Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish [aught] from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
4 But ye who adhered to the LORD your God, [are] alive every one of you this day.
5 Behold, I have taught you statutes, and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
6 Keep therefore and do [them]; for this [is] your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which will hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation [is] a wise and understanding people.
7 For what nation [is there so] great, which [hath] God [so] nigh to them, as the LORD our God [is] in all [things that] we call upon him [for]?
8 And what nation [is there so] great, that hath statutes and judgments [so] righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
10 [Specially] the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and [that] they may teach their children.
11 And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire to the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness.
12 And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only [ye heard] a voice.
13 And he declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, [even] ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone.
19 And lest thou shouldst lift up thy eyes to heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, [even] all the host of heaven, shouldst be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided to all nations under the whole heaven.
20 But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, [even] from Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as [ye are] this day.
23 Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing] which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.
24 For the LORD thy God [is] a consuming fire, [even] a jealous God.
26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from the land to which ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong [your] days upon it, but shall be utterly destroyed.
29 But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find [him], if thou shalt seek him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
31 (For the LORD thy God [is] a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which he swore to them.
32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and [ask] from the one side of heaven to the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great thing [is], or hath been heard like it?
33 Did [ever] people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
34 Or hath God essayed to go [and] take him a nation from the midst of [another] nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an out-stretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
35 To thee it was shown, that thou mightest know that the LORD he [is] God; [there is] none besides him.
36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee; and upon earth he showed thee his great fire; and thou heardst his words from the midst of the fire.
37 And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out of Egypt in his sight with his mighty power.
38 To drive out nations from before thee, greater and mightier than thou [art], to bring thee in, to give thee their land [for] an inheritance, as [it is] this day.
39 Know therefore this day, and consider [it] in thy heart, that the LORD he [is] God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: [there is] none else.
40 Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes and his commandments which I command thee this day, that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong [thy] days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.
43 [Namely], Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites.
44 And this [is] the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.
49 And all the plain on the side of Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.


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I am thrilled to serve at USD and hope to share my experiences as a teacher, principal, superintendent, graduate student, adjunct professor, fundraiser, volunteer, baseball umpire and coach locally, statewide, regionally, nationally, and internationally.
My research agenda includes Educational Leadership, Innovations in PreK-12 Education, Mentoring, and Innovations in Technology for Teaching in PreK-20 Education.
Yates, Shawn, and De Jong, David. Factors Influencing Rural Superintendent Tenure in a Midwestern State. Edited by Dr. Kennith Mitchell, 20. Vol. 15, Iss. 2. Purchase, NY: AASA Journal of Scholarship & Practice, 2018.
De Jong, David, and Grundmeyer, Trent. Educational Leadership Simulations: Learning lessons from behind the curtain of educational leadership. In International Journal of Educational Leadership Preparation (IJELP), 1-12. Vol. 13, Iss. 1. N/A: National Council of Professors in Educational Administration (NCPEA), 2018.
Webner, Steven, De Jong, David, Baron, Mark, and Campoli, Ayana. Public School Board Presidents' and Superintendents' Perceptions of the Characteristics of Effective Superintendents in a Midwestern State. Iss. 27.6. Served on Dr. Webner's committee, led the process of converting dissertation to manuscript and then corresponded with editors. Cedar Falls, Iowa: Journal of School Leadership, 2017.
De Jong, David, and von Fischer, Paul. The Relationship Between Teacher Perception of Principal Servant Leadership Behavior and Teacher Job Satisfaction in a Midwest State. Edited by Dr. Phill Bryant. Columbus, Georgia: Servant Leadership: Theory & Practice, 2017.
De Jong, David, Curtin, Susan, Robinson, Derrick, Johnson, Stephen, Schaap, Ben, and Card, Karen. Division of Educational Leadership: Completed Dissertation Research Impacting the Midwest, 13. Vol. 1, Iss. May 2017. Vermillion, South Dakota: University of South Dakota School of Education, 2017.
Mourlam, Daniel, De Jong, David, Shudak, Nicholas J., and Baron, Mark. A phenomenological case study of teacher candidate experiences during a yearlong teacher residency program. The Teacher Educator.
Lehmann, Erin, De Jong, David, and Baron, Mark. Investigating the Relationship of Standards-Based Grades vs. Traditional-Based Grades to Results of the Scholastic Math Inventory at the Middle School Level. Edited by Dr. Jafeth Sanchez. Education Leadership Review of Doctoral Research (ELRDR).
Curtin, Susan, De Jong, David, Robinson, Derrick. Interactive Educational Leadership Simulations: Implications for principal preparation.".
Curtin, Susan, De Jong, David, Robinson, Derrick. A Systematic Comparison of Research Methods Employed in Educational Leadership Journals from 2014 - 2016".
De Jong, David. Interactive Educational Leadership Simulations: A Researchers' Perspective on Comparing How School Leaders Respond to Teacher-to-Teacher Bullying Concerns.


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In the movie THRIVE, I acknowledged that cancer had run through my family like a raging river. Two weeks ago that river found its way back into my life when I got a call from a close friend who was diagnosed with metastasized head and neck cancer. Like so many who are now going outside Western medicine's one-size-fits-all approach of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation, I wanted to figure out the current state of alternative options, and especially the latest with medical marijuana now that it is gaining exposure and funding through its legalization.
I live in California, which has led the nation in medical marijuana legalization dating back to 1992. Specifically, I live in Santa Cruz County, which is home to a collective that is one of few client-service organizations in the US that can assay (determine the specific quantities) of the plant's different components. I also have fact-based knowledge about how pharmaceutical companies have suppressed cures in the past, a knack for research, and a sincere motivation to help my friend. So for the past two weeks I've been immersed in the latest developments, and this is what I have found:
Patenting Nature for Profit
From my previous research for THRIVE, I discovered the role that patenting plays in determining which treatments are sanctioned and which get suppressed. The gist is that naturally-occurring substances cannot be patented in their natural state. Developing a synthetic version of a natural substance is what most pharmaceuticals do to create a patentable product, and that is what allows them to reap such huge profits.
Today cancer treatment represents a 200 billion dollar a year industry and is largely derived from synthetic versions of natural plants. For example, Bristol-Myers Squibb owns the patent for Taxol/Paclitaxle, a chemical discovered in the Pacific Yew tree. It is now the first drug of choice for several tumorous cancers including breast cancer. They also own the patent for Etoposide, a semisynthetic derivative of a plant chemical epipodophyllotoxin, discovered in the Mayapple plant family. Eli Lily owns the patent for Vinblastine, a chemical discovered in the Madagascar Periwinkle in the 1950s. Vinblastine is first on the list for many doctors in treating a variety of forms of leukemia.
This is one of the reasons indigenous rain forests are being decimated. Pharmaceutical companies (often under the guise of environmental protection) team with developers to relocate tribes, steal their knowledge of the indigenous healing plants, modify and make a synthetic version of the plant, and patent the derivative they create. No benefit is awarded the keepers of this knowledge, nor is the land protected from which it is found.
Because natural remedies can't be patented, they are suppressed in favor of patentable (i.e. financially profitable) synthetic treatments. This includes cannabis, a plant that was considered a mainstay of treatment for a wide range of ailments until the late 1930's and early 1940's, at which time it was officially removed from the US Pharmacopeia and National Formulary, the organization that mandates the standards for all prescription and over the counter drugs. In fact, a law was passed in 1937 that made it illegal for any US physician to prescribe cannabis in any form.
Like a lot of people, I used to think of cannabis primarily as simply a remedy for side effects of chemo. However, over the course of the movement to legalize medical marijuana these past few years, a lot of information has resurfaced about its effectiveness as an actual cure for cancer and other diseases.
Sources as varied as the federally-funded National Cancer Institute and MAPS — Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies — conclude that cannabis appears to have anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic and anti-bacterial agents. One remarkable fact is that humans actually have naturally occurring cannabinoid receptors, which seem to respond to cannabis in profoundly healing ways. The plant can be bred to have different ratios of tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), cannabidiol (CBD, non-psychotropic), cannabigerol (CBG) and tetrahydrocannabivarin (THCV), and the effects can be targeted to treat specific ailments depending on the ratios of the ingredient's phytochemical composition.
Because of the suppression of the potential effectiveness of whole plant cannabis, it has been challenging to standardize processes associated with its use. The film Run from the Cure documents the story of Rick Simpson and his success using hemp oil to cure many people of cancer in Nova Scotia.
Fellow Canadian Rick Dwyer was the head of the Maccan Branch of the Royal Canadian Legion when he got exposed to Rick Simpson and experienced for himself the curative properties of cannabis in the form of hemp oil. Mr. Dwyer's father was cured of lung cancer using the oil. When he hosted a meeting for fellow Legionaires about the healing benefits he and others personally experienced from cannabis oil, the branch was shut down by the main office. Stories like this abound, and I have links below to the videos and articles I have found most useful in documenting this.
Mind/Body/Consciousness Connection
In Santa Cruz, the Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana, WAMM collective, offers one of the few places in America that can assay the substance to target specific illnesses with customized proportions. The co-founder and director of WAMM, Valerie Corral, is a dedicated leader who claims to have personally witnessed dozens of people reverse their death sentence and live healthfully after undergoing cannabis treatment.
This includes claims of healing everything from stage 4 metastasized cancer — Stage IV Anaplastic Lymphoma Kinasepositive (ALK+) non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) to myoclonic-astatic epilepsy (MAE or Doose syndrome) in children. Many have utilized combination therapies that include chemotherapies, other have opted not to engage in pharmaceuticals and have experienced success with alternative modalities alone.
According to Valerie,
"The potential for healing is inherent in each of us and requires that we influence and inspire our systems. Our work focuses on the endogenous cannabinoid system and the symbiotic interface with our other systems. Clearly there is no panacea, no magic potion or simple solution that "cures." While cannabis proves to provide extraordinary curative potential, the modality for healing is as complex as each individual and is as interdependent as the systems that reside within us all. We speak of inspiring self-healing through environment, both externally and internally, when we include cannabis and our Milagro Oils as part of the mind-body-consciousness application."
"One of the greatest threats to sustaining the purity of medicine is genetic modification of this ancient plant. As legislation moves forward, the hidden agenda of the early funders of the medical marijuana movement arises; the laws that apply to marijuana will be the laws that apply to all plants. This threatens every aspect of nature, for what has grown unfettered naturally for thousands of years may be subjugated to potential corporate autocracy."
It is my personal understanding that our physical bodies have an innate self-healing/repair intelligence, and that all healing is the result of the body's own self-healing and self-repair abilities getting what they need to do their innate job of restoring wholeness. Given the mind/body/consciousness connection, our belief in the effectiveness of whatever healing modality we choose, and our confidence in our capacity to recover, influence the outcome. I do not believe our confidence, belief and alignment entirely determine the outcome, only that they are major components. As Valerie said, these alternative modalities inspire self-healing through both the external and internal environment, and that includes our sense of the treatment's value and our belief in its power to influence our particular imbalance.
So consider the negative impact of the Western scenario that my friend was offered: The biopsy did not reveal if his head and neck cancer was HPV positive or HPV negative. Only HPV positive responds to chemo and radiation. So what was the oncologist's plan? To go ahead and begin him on an intense chemo/radiation treatment with no diagnostic reason for him to have confidence that it would work. My friend felt that his own immunity and confidence would be forfeited for the benefit of pharmaceutical research.
As it is, whether traditional or alternative, the stage of the cancer, tolerance of the medicine, spiritual perspective, and past treatment all seem to play a role in the effectiveness of any treatment.
Increased Mainstream Acceptance — Opportunity and Danger
Whether I'm talking to people who are traditionally conservative, liberal or those outside the political belief system, when I turn the conversation to cannabis and medical applications of marijuana I have not found anyone who is opposed to exploring the treatment further. The expressed sentiment: If it can work, why not? Well, once again, that is the multi-billion dollar question. Natural cures such as cannabis threaten the pharmaceutical stranglehold on cancer treatment. This is where the danger, and the opportunity, come in.
Having more mainstream participation can add research dollars and credibility to the issue. However, there is a lot of evidence that the goal of the pharmaceuticals is to find a way to patent cannabis and add it to their arsenal of cancer treatment, in a form by which they can maintain their profit machine and squeeze natural growers and individuals out of the process.
Genetically Engineering Cannabis for the Pharmaceuticals
One way this is already happening is in a secret lab in the South of England, GW Pharmaceuticals, which extracts, refines and studies the plant in their six different greenhouses, where they raise 10,000 plants each. At this undisclosed location, GW uses genetic engineering to create modified varieties and then clones each strain. They are already marketing one of their genetically engineered cannabis products in Canada as a sublingual (under the tongue) spray for treating muscle spasms associated with multiple sclerosis.
If the cloned strains were to cross pollinate with naturally-occurring strains, we could easily see the organic cannabis plants compromised and ultimately eliminated. As the story of GMO corn demonstrates, with companies driven by profit and control, this threat to corner the market is not one we should take lightly.
It behooves us to check the funding, motivation, associations and transparency of the mainstream organizations and corporations joining in on cannabis research and dissemination. In our desire to see this plant regain its rightful place in the array of natural treatment modalities, we had better not abdicate our discerning judgment or historical awareness of who runs these pharmaceuticals and what they have revealed their motives to be.
Monsanto merged with Searle, Upjohn, and Pfizer to form Pharmacia, a huge competitor in the pharmaceutical arena. Their egregious history shows no sign of abating. Indeed, their power has only grown, with the Obama administration limiting their liability through the Monsanto Protection Act. In fact, one of the main funders of the legalization movement is George Soros, who is also a major stockholder in Monsanto. This is the kind of alliance we need to watch carefully and take seriously.
Here's why: George Soros is reported to have contributed $3.5 million dollars to the campaign in Uruguay for the legalization of marijuana. Soros sits on the board of the New York-based Drug Policy Alliance (DPA), the world's most influential organization for legalization. His Open Society Foundation is also listed as a major financial supporter of Uruguay's legalization. These efforts were successful and Uruguay now has legalized state controlled use of the plant. Uruguay's President Mujica has made it clear his goal is and has been to create a unique genetic code for cannabis in his country. He says this is to "keep the black market under control." In other words — to stifle the free market in favor of government control. Genetically modified cannabis seeds from Monsanto would grant such control, and more.
Monsanto has been behind Uruguay's GMO-soybean and GM corn for decades. Combined with Uruguay's State regulations and protection, the mega-giant is now poised to partner in the "experimentation" of cultivating a GMO cannabis product to be used as a patented pharmaceutical for medicinal purposes. Follow the money.
Our Right to Heal
Our discerning self-determination is what's called for, and our right to heal is what's at stake. The research ignited by my friend's recent diagnosis further fuels my belief in the exquisite healing powers of nature in supporting our bodies' own healing abilities, and excites me about the potential for cannabis' true, lasting and curative powers in treating cancer and other debilitating and otherwise-fatal diseases. It also sobers me about the insidious ways that mainstream research can be used to corner the market on something nature provided for us all to explore and apply.
I will continue to post further information on how we can protect natural cannabis, and support the transparent research that is needed, as well as other info I find while navigating the challenging and promising field of medical marijuana.
I also encourage you to watch THRIVE and check out our website to review the full picture of how all this fits together with other efforts to consolidate power and control, as well as effective actions people are taking to empower real, lasting solutions all over the world.
Below are links to films and articles that I have found to be informative in the past few weeks. I do not vouch for their factual integrity, only their value to me as resources in my inquiry. Please share your resources and experiences as well. Together we will be unstoppable as we reclaim our right, and our true capacity, to heal.
Medical Marijuana — National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)
Cannabis and Cannabinoids — National Cancer Institute
Overview of results of cannabinoid research including treatment and prevention of tumors. Extensive footnotes to research paper abstracts.
Medical Marijuana 411.com
Medical Marijuana 411 is a resource tool to help you find the answers to questions about the many healing uses of medical cannabis.
Medical Marijuana — Vaults of Erowid
Multiple resource list for medical marijuana, treatments, research abstracts, & legal news.
Medical Marijuana: A Guide To Everything MMj
Institute of Medicine Report Endorsing Medical Marijuana — NORML
What Did the 1999 Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report Say Pro or Con Medical Marijuana? — ProCon.org
Recent Research on Medical Marijuana — NORML
A group that works to reform marijuana laws. Recent research on medical marijuana.
Medical Marijuana: Solutions for Your Medical Needs — Medical Marijuana Blog.com
Plant Based Drugs and Medicines — Leslie Taylor, ND
Table of drugs and the plants they are derived from.
What is Cannabis Oil? — Cure Your Own Cancer
Plant-Based vs. Synthetic Chemical Nutrients — D.C. Products Review
Medical Cannabis Research — Americans for Safe Access
Overview article about medical marijuana.
The Emperor Wears No Clothes by Jack Herer (paid link)
20 Medical Studies That Show Cannabis Can Cure Cancer — Collective-Evolution
The Top 4 Medical Studies That Prove Cannabis Can Cure Brain Cancer — Collective-Evolution
Further evidence that cannabis reduces tumor growth in new study — Medical News Today
Cannabinoids: Potential Anticancer Agents — Nature Reviews
Cannabinoids effective at inhibiting tumor growth.
105 Peer-Reviewed Studies on Marijuana — ProCon.org
Marijuana Treats Young Girl's Severe Seizures — Reality Sandwich
Marijuana stops child's severe seizures — CNN.com
Tourette's Syndrome — NORML
Cannabis for Tourette's treatment.
Marijuana Successfully Treats Tourette's Syndrome, Study Shows
Gliomas/Cancer — NORML
Cancerous tumor treatments with Delta-9 THC.
NBC News Reports that Cannabidiol (CBD) "Turns Off" the Cancer Gene Involved in Metastasis Findings by Scientists at California Pacific Medical Center gives Scientific Support for Cannabis Science Initiatives — The Motley Fool
Cannibidiol turns off gene in breast and other cancers.
Cannabis Shows Great Promise in Treating Autism and its Symptoms — Conscious Life News
Pot Shrinks Tumors; Government Knew in '74 — AlterNet
Cannabinoid receptor as a novel target for the treatment of prostate cancer — PubMed (National Institutes of Health)
Clinical Trials relating to cannabinoids — U.S. National Institutes of Health
List of ongoing studies. This page reflects a search specifically for "cannabinoid", but can be modified to get other information.
Medical Marijuana Research — MAPS (Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies)
Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research — University of California
The purpose of the Center is to coordinate rigorous scientific studies to assess the safety and efficacy of cannabis and cannabis compounds for treating medical conditions.
Humboldt Institute for Interdisciplinary Marijuana Research — Humboldt State University
Humboldt State University Launches Research Institute Devoted To Marijuana — The Huffington Post
Cannabis Research — University of Mississippi
Medical marijuana research stalls after Arizona professor is let go — CNN.com
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I changed my mind on weed — CNN.com
What if Cannabis Cured Cancer — YouTube
Leaf — YouTube
Leaf introduces Dr. William Courtney and Kristen Courtney of Cannabis International; along with the people involved in researching, promoting, regulating and benefiting from raw cannabis.
HOW and WHY Cannabis Cures Cancer – Scientific Explanation — GreenMedTV
Includes long list of cumulative knowledge of health benefits.
Run from the Cure — YouTube
The Science of Medical Cannabis: A Conversation with Donald Abrams, M.D. — YouTube
Dr. Sean McAllister - The Effects of THC and CBD on Cancer — YouTube
The Power of Juicing RAW Cannabis - Dr William Courtney — YouTube
Documentary featuring some of the top researchers on the healing effects of Cannabis (Marijuana) in its raw form, eaten or juiced.
Legality and Policy
"Miracle" Cannabis Oil: May Treat Cancer, But Money and the Law Stand in the Way of Finding Out — SF Weekly
Anecdote of lung cancer treatment and state of medical marijuana research.
23 Legal Medical Marijuana States and DC: Laws, Fees, and Possession Limits — ProCon.org
Legality of cannabis by country — Wikipedia
Legality of cannabis by U.S. state
The Devil Weed and Harry Anslinger — Common Sense for Drug Policy
Harry Anslinger is a main player in US policy around cannabis. He held office as the assistant prohibition commissioner in the Bureau of Prohibition before being appointed as the first commissioner of the US Treasury Department's Federal Bureau of Narcotics and set the tone of suppression that has kept effective research and widespread application at bay.
Cannabis Law Group's Medical Marijuana Legal Blog — Cannabis Law Group
Advocate for collectives, growers, & patient's rights.
Pharmaceutical Companies Rush To Patent Medical Marijuana — The Weed Blog
US Government's medical marijuana patent — Patients for Medical Cannabis
Feds To Grant Exclusive Cannabinoid License To Pharma Firm — Toke of the Town
Analysis of government owned patent 6,630,507 for medical marijuana.
Drug Maker Secures Patent on THC and CBD as Cancer Treatment — High Times
GW Pharmaceuticals patent on cannabinoids.
Medical Cannabis: The REAL Reason the Government Wants to Keep it Banned — Health Impact News
Analysis of history of medical marijuana and patents on treatments.
United States Patent 6,630,507: Cannabinoids as antioxidants and neuroprotectants — United States Patent and Trademark Office
Dr. Gupta Talks about Government's Cannabinoid Patent — Medical Marijuana Inc.
GW Pharmaceuticals plc Announces US Patent Allowance for Use of Cannabinoids in Treating Glioma — GW Pharmaceuticals
GW Pharmaceuticals patents on cannabinoids as well as claim to other plant extractions.
Drug Maker Will Soon Hold Patent On THC, CBD As Cancer Cures — Leaf Science
Analysis of GW Pharmaceticals patents on cannabinoids.
Patented Pot vs. the Herbal Gold Standard — Cannabis Culture
History of cannabis along with good patent info.
Is Monsanto Ready to Enter The Medical Marijuana War? — ChicagoNow
Monsanto getting into the GMO marijuana business.
Monsanto plans to patent genetically modified marijuana in Uruguay — Natural Cures Not Medicine
Monsanto, Big Pharma, Uruguay partner in synthetic cannabis.
Monsanto Poised To Take Over the Weed Industry — KCET (Los Angeles)
Monsanto and impact on marijuana vis a vis GMOs.
Monsanto Plans to Patent Genetically Modified Marijuana Brand in Uruguay — Progressive Radio Network
Why Legalize Marijuana? Because GMO Pot Is On Its Way — Zen Gardner
Frankenpot – Marijuana gone GMO! — Farm Wars
GMO cannabis in Colombia.
BreedIT - Breeding The Next Generation Of Medical Marijuana — Seeking Alpha
New Israeli company in GMO marijuana market.
Monsanto, Frankinpot and GMO Terminator Cannabis — Oregon Medical Marijuana Growers and Patients Association
Analysis of GMO marijuana in Colombia.
Feminized & Autoflowering Marijuana: A Monsanto GMO Plot to Eliminate Natural Marijuana Genetics? — BigBuds Magazine
Analysis of GMO marijuana as a means to terminate other strains.
Proposition 19, Monsanto, and GMO Terminator Cannabis — KPFZ (Lake County Community Radio)
Treating Yourself - Meet Dr. Frankenbeanstein — Cannabis Farmer
Terminator GMOs.
Fighting GMO contamination around the world — GRAIN
Cannabinoid Drugs Already on the Market
Dronabinol — MedlinePlus (National Institutes of Health)
Nabilone — MedlinePlus (National Institutes of Health)
American Medical Marijuana Society
International Association for Cannabis as Medicine
Information about cannabinoids related to science, medicine, law & politics.
Clinical Studies and Case Reports
International Cannabinoid Research Society
The ICRS is a non-political, non-religious organization dedicated to scientific research in all fields of the cannabinoids, ranging from biochemical, chemical and physiological studies of the endogenous cannabinoid system to studies of the abuse potential of recreational Cannabis.
The Sensi Seed Bank
International source for cannabis seeds.
Realm of Caring
The Realm of Caring is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that has been formed to provide a better quality of life for residents of Colorado affected by Cancer, MS, HIV/AIDS, Epilepsy, Parkinson's, among many other debilitating conditions through the use of concentrated medicinal cannabis oil (Realm oil) provided by Indispensary/Stanley family.
Constance Pure Botanical Extracts
Offers cannabis-based treatments for cancer.
WAMM - The Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana (Santa Cruz, CA)
WAMM is a collective of patients and caregivers providing hope, building community and offering medical marijuana on a donation basis.
Medical Marijuana Blog — Arizona Hemp Center
The Arizona Hemp Center seeks to build a community by connecting eligible medical marijuana patients with doctors and dispensaries.
Michigan Medical Marijuana Association
Cure Your Own Cancer
Website for creation and treatment of cancer with cannabis.
Cureyourowncancer.org — Facebook
Constance Finley's formula for cancer-curing cannabis.
We hosted a live event on November 14, 2015 to discuss the healing abilities of cannabis with special guest experts from around the country. ThriveTogether subscribers are able to watch an archive of the event found in the ThriveTogether portal.

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Host, Eric Lesh, talks with Nancy Marcus, co-founder of BiLaw and writer for LegallyBi.
Sept 19-26 is Bisexual Awareness Week, and Septender 23rd is Bi Visibility Day.
On this episode we talk about the nearly five million adults in the U.S. who identify as bisexual. In case you were wondering, bi people actually comprise more than half of the entire LGBT community, yet bi people are often erased from the LGBT movement, our political discourse and even litigation.
So today we are going to talk with THE expext in this area, Nancy Marcus. Nancy is an out bi lawyer and LGBT rights activist. She is a co-founder of BiLaw, the national organization for bi lawyers, law professors, law students, and their allies, and is the author of "Bridging Bisexual Erasure in LGBT-Rights Discourse and Litigation." Nancy is a former colleague of mine at Lambda Legal, and she is also a dear friend.
After our Podcast conversation, Nancy was so inspired by my nudging her that she should be doing even MORE to help bi-inclusion in LGBT-rights advocacy along (because that's what friends do, nudge each other), she asked me to spread the word to any lawyers out there who want help framing strategically effective bi-inclusive arguments (and, possibly, helping with amicus briefing) that she would love to hear from you at LegallyBiNancy@gmail.com.


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De Katelijnestraat is een straat in het centrum van Brugge.

Beschrijving
Het is een lange, geplaveide, licht kronkelende straat in het historische stadscentrum, tussen de Mariastraat en de Bargeweg en de Katelijnepoort. De straatnaam verwijst naar de vroegere parochiekerk van de Heilige Catharina, die tussen 1270 en 1578 even buiten de stadswallen stond.

Vroegere namen van de straat waren Buiten Mariabrug (begin 14de eeuw), Cortrijcxschen weg (15de eeuw) en vanaf circa 1500 Sinte Catherinestraet of Sinte-Kathelijnestraat, in de 20ste eeuw vereenvoudigd tot Katelijnestraat.

De Mariabrug was van 1127 tot 1297 van een poort voorzien. De brug werd in 1856 verlaagd en verbreed.

De Katelijnepoort, die deel uitmaakte van de tweede stadsomwalling, werd in 1297 opgetrokken, in 1401-1402 herbouwd, in 1762 wat betreft het gedeelte buiten de stadswallen afgebroken en in 1782 de poort zelf. Tot in 1862 bleven er resten van de vroegere poort zichtbaar. De plek is in de volksmond tot op heden 'Katelijnepoort' gebleven.

In de Katelijnestraat waren verschillende instellingen gevestigd. Op religieus gebied waren er in de loop van de geschiedenis verschillende kloosterorden gevestigd, zoals de bogarden, de kapucinessen, de alexianen, de Broeders van Liefde en recentelijker de redemptoristinnen. De straat telt verder een aantal godshuizen: Spanooghe, Rooms Convent, Generaliteit, Hertsberge. Van de 14de tot de 18de eeuw bevond zich hier ook de ambachtskapel van de laken- en wolwevers.

Aan het kanaal Gent-Brugge bevond zich een aanlegplaats voor de in 1944 afgeschafte barge voor goederen- en personenvervoer. Tussen 1913 en 1950 liep tramlijn 2 door de straat, richting Steenbrugge en Oostkamp.

Vanaf de 16de eeuw was in de straat een instelling voor kansarme kinderen gevestigd, de Bogardenschool. In de tweede helft van de 19de eeuw kwam in die gebouwen de Stedelijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten. Van 1841 tot rond 1970 was er ook een school van de Broeders van Liefde, naast het bejaardenhuis geleid door deze Congregatie.

Gebouwen
De straat telt vele historische panden, waarvan er verscheidene als monument zijn beschermd:
 Het voormalig godshuis Rooms Convent, dat reeds voor 1330 was gesticht als convent. In de 15de eeuw werd het heropgericht als godshuis voor zeven of acht arme vrouwen.
 Een gedeelte van de Stedelijke Academie en de Bogardenkapel. Het complex gaat in de kern terug tot de 16de eeuw. Reeds in de 13de eeuw waren bogarden op deze plaats aanwezig. Ook een monumentale schoorsteen is hier beschermd.
 Het godshuis Hertsberge, gedateerd 1683, en het godshuis De Generaliteit, gedateerd 1572, dat hier sinds 1873 is van afgesplitst.
 De Bargegebouwen, die aan het kanaal Gent-Brugge lagen
 De kerk en een deel van het klooster van de redemptoristinnen is sinds 2010 beschermd als monument en het volledige voormalig klooster, een aantal woningen en een gedeelte van de kloostertuin als stadsgezicht. Ook de kloostermuren kant Katelijnestraat en kant Vispaanstraat zijn als monument beschermd.

De straat heeft anderzijds ook geleden onder sloop- en bouwwoede. In de jaren 1960 werd een opmerkelijk 19de-eeuws herenhuis gesloopt en vervangen door een appartementsgebouw dat rond 2010 op zijn beurt werd vervangen door een nieuw appartementsgebouw. In de jaren 1980 werden twee ketenhotels gebouwd: Novotel en Ibis.

Afbeeldingen

Literatuur
 Adolphe DUCLOS, Bruges, histoire et souvenirs, Brugge, 1910
 Albert SCHOUTEET, De straatnamen van Brugge. Oorsprong en betekenis, Brugge, 1977, ISBN 9789062675036
 Brigitte BEERNAERT e.a., Katelijnestraat 103, kerk van de Redemptoristinnen, in: 19de-eeuwse architectuur in de binnenstad, Open Monumentendag 1990, Brugge, 1990.
 Brigitte BEERNAERT e.a., Katelijnestraat 86, de Stedelijke Academie, in: Burgerlijke openbare gebouwen, Open Monumentendag 1995, Brugge, 1995.
 Brigitte BEERNAERT e.a., Katelijnestraat 103, kerk van de redemptoristinnen, in: Via Europa, reisverhalen in steen, Open monumentendagen Brugge 1999, Brugge, 1999.
 Brigitte BEERNAERT e.a., Katelijnestraat 9-19, het Rooms Convent, in: Monument en Tijd, Open monumentendagen Brugge 2000, Brugge, 2000.
 Brigitte BEERNAERT e.a., Katelijnestraat 9-19, het Rooms Convent, in: Monument en steen, Open monumentendagen Brugge 2003, Brugge, 2003.
 Frans DEBRABANDERE, Brugse plaatsnamen, in: Brugge die Scone, 2008, blz. 60
 Brigitte BEERNAERT e.a., Katelijnestraat, Bogaerdenschool, in: Zorg, Open monumentendagen 2009, Brugge, 2009.
 Koen ROTSAERT, Honderd dieënzestig jaar Rode Nonnen in Brugge, in: Brugs Ommeland, 2010, 125-137.
 Danny EVERAERT, De redemptoristin Sabine (Schoevaerts) Breydel: 'a nun's story''', in: Brugs Ommeland, 2011, blz. 3-13.
 Brigitte BEERNAERT e.a., Katelijnestraat 86, de Stedelijke Academie, in: Muziek Woord Beeld, Open Monumentendag 2012, Brugge, 2012.
 De 'verkatelinisering' van de Brugse binnenstad, in: Brugge die Scone, 2016.
 Chris WEYMEIS, Brugge, van Academiestraat tot Zwynstraat, Deel 3: J-K, Brugge, Uitgeverij Van de Wiele, 2016, ISBN 978-90-76297-637.
 Thomas PIETERS, Archeologisch onderzoek in de Katelijnestraat'', in: Handelingen van het genootschap voor geschiedenis te Brugge, 2020.

Straat in Brugge

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Q: System.Exception {System.ArgumentException} Value does not fall within the expected range I'm getting this exception whenever i try to access m list picker control in my app.
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Code for my list picker is
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                    <toolkit:ListPickerItem Content="B" />
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If i reduce the no. of items to 4 then it works properly but it crashes on more then 4 items.
I'm trying to create a list of alphabets from which user can choose.

A: It's a known issue.
You must bind the items to be able to use more than 5.
Explanation on Codeplex:

ListPicker as an ItemsControl, gets its Items property set to a list
  of ListPickerItems in your example. ListPickerItems are UIElements,
  and the ListPicker renders them in its presenter. When there are 5 or
  less items, the expanded mode opens on the current page, and you can
  see all the items in the presenter.
But when 6 or more items are present, opening the list picker goes to
  full mode which opens a new page. This new page has a listbox, which
  gets its items property set to the listpicker's items. This is where
  it breaks. By setting the listbox's items to the listpicker's items
  (in this case a list of listpickeritems), the listbox will put those
  UIElements into its view. Now a single listboxitem is included in two
  places on the visual tree.
Because of this issue, ListPicker only supports databinding and
  templating. DO NOT set the ListPicker's items to specific UIElements.


View from Delhi to Leh out of the right side towards the east - Garhwal Himal and Nanda Devi must be somewhere there.
The old fort and monastery of Leh are a reminder of the town's central location in the Silk Route's southern branch.
The only Shakya monastery in Ladakh is situated on a ridge connected to the dark ranges.
In the fertile Indus valley, dozens of monasteries were built on commanding positions.
Mathok monastery stands out against the monsoon clouds that make it over the Ladakh range.
Likir monastery is situated 2 hours west from Leh and my starting point for the easy three day trek.
Assembly hall of Likir monastery.
A few minutes outside of the village, view towards the Zanskar range.
Fox on the way to the first pass.
Woman of Sumdo takes a break from working in the barley field.
Yangtang is a pretty village 4 hours after Likir, and a good place to stay for the night.
Barley is the staple diet in Ladakh, and women work in the fields most of the day.
Inside the village, narrow alleys lead to the center where the monastery forms the middle of the small town.
Prayer wheel in front of the monastery.
Courtyard and meeting point, the dozen houses of Yangtang are built .
Ghost trap over the entrance, a common sight in remote villages.
The morning sun brings out the stunning colours.
Gentle walk between barren hillsides along the creek.
Vegeration along the Wuleh Tokpa surprises with its colours.
Colourful flowers bloom in the the fields.
Two hours south, in a hidden sidevalley, lies the large Gelugpa monastery of Rizong.
Novice monks learn English, math, Tibetan and Buddhist philosophy.
Climbing up the pass, looking back to Rizong valley.
Kids in Hemis Shakpachen who helped me find a place for the night.
Family running the guesthouse in Hemis.
Chorten after Hemis indicates the way.
From top of the unnamed pass, the next (and final pass of Lago La) is already visible.
Tourists on their way up to Lago La, the climb is actually shorter and easier than it looks from a distance.
It's usually easy to make out the trails, this one leading up to the last one before it goes gently downhill to Ang.
Looking back from Lago La towards Hemis and the unnamed pass which I crossed just half an hour earlier.
After the two hour walk in barren landscape, the lush valley of Ang seems like an oasis.
Local farmer in Ang who takes a short break from work in the fields.
A nun from Rizong nunnery is visiting friends in Ang.
The gompa of Timosgang comes in sight first, the village lies at the bottom of the valley between fields and trees of apricot, apples and walnut.
Wide fields of Temisgon are a sign of its prosperity.
The young generation uses motorbikes and cars, their grandparents still live very traditionally - spinning wool is a traditional "past time".


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Social networking sites grab big slice of Web ads
Reuters reports today:
About one of every five Internet display ads in the United States is viewed on a social networking Web site like MySpace and Facebook, according to a new report.
The report by analytics firm comScore underscores the increasing prominence of social media sites in the Internet landscape and broadening acceptance of the sites by brand advertisers.
It also illustrates the increasing competition between social media sites and established Internet companies like Yahoo Inc and Time Warner Inc's AOL which have long billed themselves as the top online destinations for brand advertisers.
The study by comScore, released on Tuesday, said social media sites represented 21.1 percent of U.S. Internet display ads in July, with MySpace and Facebook accounting for more than 80 percent of those ads.
"Because the top social media sites can deliver high reach and frequency against target segments at a low cost, it appears that some advertisers are eager to use social networking sites as a new advertising delivery vehicle," said Jeff Hackett, senior vice president of comScore.
According to comScore, AT&T Inc, Experian Interactive and IAC/Interactive Corp's Ask Network were the top three advertisers on social networking sites in July.
While social media sites have enjoyed a surge in popularity in recent years — Facebook is now the world's fourth-most visited Web site — some observers have questioned whether the sites can be effectively monetized.
Because the content on social media sites is created by users, and could therefore prove racy or offensive, some have questioned the willingness of marketers to place their brands alongside that content.
"They are sensitive to some extent, but nowhere near to the extent you might think," Sanford Bernstein analyst Jeff Lindsay said of advertisers.
The price of placing ads on social networking sites is significantly less than on a Web portal like Yahoo or AOL, said Lindsay. The vast amount of Web pages available on social networks means that advertisers can purchase a massive volume of ad impressions at bargain prices.
The strategy may not be ideally suited to smaller marketers, or advertisers seeking a direct response from their ads, said Lindsay.
"For big, national brands it works just fine, just like TV," said Lindsay. "It's a huge, huge volume game."
(Reporting by Alexei Oreskovic, editing by Matthew Lewis)
The original report (http://tinyurl.com/ny7bf2):
Social Networking Sites Account for More than 20 Percent of All U.S. Online Display Ad Impressions, According to comScore Ad Metrix
MySpace and Facebook Each Represent Nearly 10 Percent of Total U.S. Online Display Ads Delivered
RESTON, VA, September 1, 2009 – comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world today released a study of U.S. online display advertising on social networking sites in June 2009, based on data from the comScore Ad Metrix service. The study showed that social networking sites accounted for more than 20 percent of all display ads viewed online, with MySpace and Facebook combining to deliver more than 80 percent of ads among sites in the social networking category.
Top Online Display Ad Publishers in Social Networking Category
Total U.S. – Home/Work/University Locations
Source: comScore Ad Metrix
Total Display Ad Impressions (MM) Share of Display Ads Ad Exposed Unique Visitors (000)
Total Internet : Total Audience 326,899 100.0 188,589
Social Networking 68,927 21.1 129,620
MySpace Sites 30,004 9.2 64,472
Facebook.com 26,813 8.2 67,389
Tagged.com 1,940 0.6 7,422
MocoSpace.com 496 0.2 1,067
Hi5.com 461 0.1 3,459
Bebo 435 0.1 6,350
Classmates.com Sites 400 0.1 9,181
BlackPlanet.com 345 0.1 2,084
GaiaOnline.com 258 0.1 1,859
DeviantArt.com 204 0.1 3,681
"Over the past few years, social networking has become one of the most popular online activities, accounting for a significant portion of the time Internet users spend online and the pages they consume," said Jeff Hackett, comScore senior vice president. "Social networking sites now account for one out of every five ads people view online. Because the top social media sites can deliver high reach and frequency against target segments at a low cost, it appears that some advertisers are eager to use social networking sites as a new advertising delivery vehicle."
AT&T Top Display Advertiser on Social Networking Sites in June
AT&T ranked as the top display advertiser on social networking sites in June with more than 2 billion ad impressions, which accounted for 30 percent of the company's total number of display ads delivered during the month. Experian Interactive, which delivered a heavy rotation of ads for educational degree programs and credit scores, ranked second with nearly 1.3 billion impressions in the category. Two of the top ten advertisers on social networking sites in June delivered the vast majority of their impressions within the category. Pangea Media, which primarily advertises a variety of love and celebrity quizzes, delivered 90 percent of its ads on social networking sites, while online gaming provider Zynga delivered 97 percent of its ads on these sites.
Top Online Display Advertisers in Social Networking Category
Total Display Ad Impressions (MM) Share of Advertiser Ad Impressions Ad Exposed Unique Visitors (000)
Social Networking Category 68,927 21.1 129,620
AT&T, Inc. 2,067 29.5 87,080
Experian Interactive 1,250 23.9 58,991
Ask Network 950 44.6 41,379
Sprint Nextel Corporation 790 26.3 68,581
Pangea Media 572 89.6 33,079
Microsoft Sites 564 16.8 60,148
Apollo Group, Inc. 510 41.4 51,981
Zynga.com 484 96.8 40,009
GameVance.com 450 33.9 34,762
Verizon Communications Corporation 435 10.5 54,010
"Social media is becoming an increasingly attractive vehicle for major advertisers seeking to optimize campaign reach and frequency and smaller advertisers desiring to reach a highly targeted audience," added Hackett. "As social networking sites innovate on their existing ad offerings, the category should continue to grow in ad volume, while CPMs could also increase if the sites can demonstrate a high campaign ROI."
About comScore
comScore, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCOR) is a global leader in measuring the digital world and preferred source of digital marketing intelligence. For more information, please visit www.comscore.com/companyinfo.
Andrew Lipsman
Director, Marketing Communications
comScore, Inc.
press@comscore.com
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This friday afternoon our Featured Artist is the power duo of Joey and Sabine from the band Disenchanter. Wearing the crown of Portland doom royalty, laying down some of the mightiest rock in many years, Disenchanter are known for their great riffage, lyrics and soaring vocals/guitars. Today we decided to have a very fun conversation interview about old films, comic books, books, video games, D & D and more. So we had a pow wow with Sabine and Joey and had a lot of fun talking about cool things. This weekend is both Joey and Sabine's birthday so we made today an enjoyable talk aside from all things musical and all about the vintage, retro, 80's and more. Check out Disenchanter for their powerhouse music and dig this conversation with Joey and Sabine.
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BOY FROM HEAVEN – Mill Valley Film Festival
US Premiere
TRAILBLAZERS | WORLD
Sweden 2022, 125 min, Director: Tarik Saleh
In the latest from Swedish-Egyptian director Tarik Saleh (The Nile Hilton Incident), Tawfeek Barhom plays a naive religious-scholarship student thrilled to be at Cairo's prestigious Al-Azhar University—until finding himself pulled into a cascade of murders, conspiracies, and paranoia. The ensuing labyrinthine plot lets Saleh explore the tumult of jockeying for influence between religious and ostensibly secular institutions in Egypt, and the insidious corruption that's endemic to both. With a strong cast and a point of view that's somehow at once artfully detached and deeply committed, Boy from Heaven mixes moviemaking styles familiar from the likes of Terry Gilliam's dark comedies and John le Carré's spy dramas, fashioning a film that's as much a biting satire as a political thriller. More than ten years after the Arab Spring, this story is as timely as ever, and relevant no matter where in the world you live. —Zaki Hasan
INVITED GUEST: writer-director Tarik Saleh
In Arabic with English subtitles
PRESENTED WITH SUPPORT FROM
Swedish-Egyptian director Tarik Saleh was a graffiti artist before turning to filmmaking. He began his career with two documentaries, SACRIFICIO: WHO BETRAYED CHE GUEVARA (2001), winner of a Coral Award at the Havana Film Festival, and GITMO (2005). He made his narrative debut with METROPIA (2009), winner of the Future Film Festival Digital Award at the Venice Film Festival. THE NILE HILTON INCIDENT (2017) won the Sundance Film Festival's Word Cinema – Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and five Guldbagge Awards, including Best Film. His other features are TOMMY (2014) and THE CONTRACTOR (2022).
Tarik Saleh
Fredrik Zander, Kristina Åberg
Pierre Aïm
Theis Schmidt
Tawfeek Barhom, Fares Fares
ARGENTINA, 1985
BONNIE BLUE: JAMES COTTON'S LIFE IN THE BLUES BROKER


One in four of us at some stage will suffer from depression and there are few medical problems with which to contend that can be worse than long term serious mental health concerns. For a variety of reasons Horsham has below national average incidence of serious mental health illness and depression. However many constituents do struggle with their mental health and require extra support.
I visited the Adult Mental Health Service team at New Park House in Horsham to discuss how they are supporting local residents. It was great to meet the team and to better understand how they meet the needs of service users as well as the wider challenges the service faces. It was an opportunity to ask specific questions raised by constituents but also to understand the needs of the service. I hugely admire the work of the NHS in this field and the many support organisations with whom they work locally. The Government has made huge strides in establishing "a parity of esteem" within the NHS for mental health and this area is a major focus for incremental funding under the NHS plan.
Photo Credit: Jeremy Quin meeting members of the Adult Mental Health Service team in Horsham.