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Notes Watching Senior Users at the Computer
categories: technical-writing
Sometimes the audience for my help consists of seniors in the range of 60 to 85 years old. The other night I attended an orientation session with users to introduce them to a new application we were releasing. As part of the orientation, I observed first-hand the challenges that seniors have with computers. Here are a few user interface problems:
Calendar picker tools are tough to navigate, since the forward and back links are small. In these situations, make the calendar larger and provide a sample date format so users can type it in manually. Also, many users won't realize they can click the calendar icon to select the date.
Senior users may not be used to scrolling, so if your Next or Continue buttons are at the bottom of the screen, and only visible if you scroll down, the user may be confused as to what to do after finishing a task on the screen.
If the application doesn't immediately respond when you click a button, make sure an hourglass or some other visual indicator promptly appears, because otherwise users may think the button didn't work and will click the button two or three times. Also, in your testing of the app, make sure an error doesn't appear when you double-click a button.
Some senior users tend to focus entirely on the screen, rather than being able to bounce back and forth between documentation and the screen (even when they need to). Try to integrate the help in a context-sensitive way such that it's combined with the task on the screen (much easier said than done).
Error message Documentation
At the orientation I attended, what users really needed, beyond a more helpful UI, was a table listing all possible error messages in the application and the resolution action for each. Error messages are particularly subtle components that we tend to miss when writing documentation. After all, we're documenting how the application works, not so much how it doesn't work.
Also, error messages often don't appear when you're doing things right. Only the QA engineer can probably know all the possible error messages, since he or she actively tries to break the system. You can also find error messages by watching users, particularly novice users who often don't follow standard browsing/navigating/clicking/selecting protocol.
Just because you're in a development environment, don't assume error messages are temporary and will be eliminated when the system is released. Instead, take a guilty-until-proven-innocent approach. Err on the side of assuming the dev environment will match production rather than assuming production will be a magical environment where everything works error-free.
Today I trained another group of users on an application, and being in a computer classroom, I could observe them at the computer. Again, I was stunned by some things. What I considered fairly straightforward and intuitive, they found tricky and frustrating.
Sometimes when I write help, I mistakenly think of myself as the audience, and will write thinking of tips and how-to information that I personally would need on that page. But this is not the case for many audiences.
Although I'm no tech giant, I do consider myself handy with computers. Most users, at least for my applications, are not comfortable with computers. Computers are a temporary means to an end for a brief period of time, rather than something they work with all day long. Because of this disparity of environments, when I write help, I try to simplify the instructions beyond what I need. I'm not advocating that tech authors write idiot instructions (e.g., click the up arrow to move up), but think of the user perhaps as your grandfather or grandmother.
Part of the problem in writing help is that we explore and play around in applications so long, we lose our first perspective. We lose that sense of disorientation and lost-ness that users have the first time they get in the application and click around. If there were a way to wipe our application experience and start fresh, it would be invaluable.
About the only way to regain this "application innocence" is to observe users. See where they get stuck, what they click, what their first inclinations are to do. Anytime you can watch users in your application, the epiphanies fall like snow from a winter sky -- all over the place, and not always pleasant. It can be an awakening to your application and documentation's usability. This eye-opening experience is one that doesn't come any other way except through user observation.


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At KS Wild we steer clear of outrage. We find that cool heads, empathy, science and facts are the best tools for protecting wild places, watersheds and wildlife. Plus, over th past 20 years we've seen everything from illegal clearcutting to forest arson to timber sale collusion - so it takes a lot to surprise and shock us.
But there is no other way to say this: the treatment of public lands during the recent government shutdown was both outrageous and shameful.
While toilets and trash overflowed at our National Parks, the Bureau of Land Management continued to offer oil and gas leases for sale. While all Forest Service fuels reduction and watershed restoration projects came to a halt, old-growth timber sales continued without interruption. While government scientists, law enforcement, and maintenance workers were sent home without pay, government lawyers continued to defend public lands extraction in court.
The Trump administration decided that you should not be able to purchase a fire wood cutting permit, use a public bathroom or purchase a map. Logging slash piles that will increase fire hazard next summer went untreated. But the extraction of large trees, oil and gas for private profit continued.
Now is the time to ensure that this never happens again. Public lands should not be a pawn in political fights. Hard working public employees should not be forced to take short term loans or visit food banks as the price of public service. And the timber, oil and gas, and other extractive industries should not enjoy unfettered access to public lands while restoration, fire safety work, and recreation are shut down.


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Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Needs a Dose of Magical Action
Filed Under:Dan Fogler, Eddie Redmayne, Ezra Miller, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Harry Potter, J.K. Rowling, Johnny Depp, Jude Law, Katherine Waterston, Zoe Kravitz
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures Caption: JUDE LAW as young ALBUS DUMBLEDORE in Warner Bros. Pictures' fantasy adventure "FANTASTIC BEASTS: THE CRIMES OF GRINDELWALD," a Warner Bros. Pictures release.
I was forbidden—or in my mom's words, "strongly discouraged," from reading Harry Potter when I was an impressionable young girl. A devout Christian, my mother disapproved of me reading the popular series because, in her eyes, it promoted witchcraft. Despite her protestations, I read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and guess what? I hated the book and decided I wouldn't read another entry no matter how much I was ridiculed by friends for not partaking in a piece of literary history. All these years later and I still haven't read the books (though I have seen all of the movies). As a non-fan, I was unimpressed with the latest installment in the Potterverse, Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. However, I think diehard fans will enjoy it, especially given that some key revelations are revealed. Unfortunately for us all, these revelations don't take place until the tail end of a very long movie with very little action.
In Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne), along with his non-wizard friend Jacob Kowalski (Dan Fogler) and not so secret crush Tina Goldstein (Katherine Waterston), head to Paris hoping to intercept Credence Barebone (Ezra Miller), a powerful wizard, before Grindelwald (Johnny Depp) can persuade him to the dark side. Magic ensues, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) makes a few brief appearances, and more is revealed about Credence's ancestry.
There are more than two dozen characters in Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald, with most of them having little else to do in the movie other than act either frightened or captivated by Grindelwald's plan for world dominance. As a result, I lost track of how everyone fits into the story. With so many characters on the screen at the same time, it was difficult to hone in on key plot developments or even feel shocked at some of the revelations The Crimes of Grindelwald gives away.
Similar to some of the Harry Potter installments, The Crimes of Grindelwald feels more like a means to an end than a standalone movie that you'll rewatch years later. With a running time of two hours and fourteen minutes, it spends a little less than two hours building to its conclusion, which albeit is worth the wait. Still, we're required to suffer through exposition after exposition after exposition until we're treated to a high stake action-packed scene.
The Crimes of Grindelwald does have its redeeming qualities. Redmayne and Law are particularly charming. Depp's Grindelwald, which is just a reinvention of his most famous character, Captain Jack Sparrow, is effective enough. And Zoë Kravitz's performance as Leta Lestrange is heartbreaking. However, it's J.K. Rowling's imaginative world-building that I found most enchanting. Rowling, who wrote the script, creates a world where spells and one-of-a-kind creatures seem like a reality, making even the biggest Harry Potter naysayer eat her words.

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Chareidim and Their Critics
Israeli Society
Was the EU bilked?
http://www.jewishmediaresources.com/10/was-the-eu-bilked
The European Union has been spreading its largesse liberally with respect to Israel. That largesse has taken two forms: large grants to various "peace" groups in Israel for the purpose of moving the Israeli electorate to the Left and support for groups opposed to all Israeli settlement beyond the 1967 borders.
After eight years of fairly open manipulation of Israeli elections by the Clinton administration, foreign funding to influence internal Israeli politics no longer occasions surprise. When Ramparts magazine revealed in 1967 that the CIA was funding the international activities of the National Student Association, the NSA was instantly discredited and ceased to be a force on American university campuses. Today Israeli groups in the employ of foreign governments, not always suspect of having Israel's best interests at heart, feel no need to either deny or apologize for their sources of funding.
From the EU's point of view, its money has been well spent. MK Roman Bronfman received $320,000 for the purpose of moving the immigrant community into the "peace camp," according to EU documents revealed by Maariv's Yoav Yitzchak. Certainly Bronfman gave his best effort. In the 1999 election, he took the lead in arousing hatred for Sephardim and the religious among new immigrant to attract them to the Left, and after the election he deserted the centrist Yisrael B'Aliyah partywas . If the events of the last ten months have conspired to drive the Russian immigrants back to the Right, it is hardly Bronfman's fault.
And the Four Mother's Movement's campaign for withdrawal from Lebanon was so successful that Israel was out of Lebanon before Four Mothers could collect its $200,000 EU grant.
Other grantees may not have had a large impact on Israeli public opinion, but they have furthered the EU's interest in undermining both Jewish and non-Jewish support for Israel abroad. Gush Shalom, which received $200,000 through its affiliated Israel Committee Against House Demolitions (ICHAD), describes Palestinian violence since October is a "legitimate revolt against colonial oppression." That line does not have many buyers in Israel in Israel today. But when ICHAD's Jeffrey Halper convinced Amnesty International to report that Israel plans to demolish 6,000 illegally built Arab homes, Israel's international standing took another blow. (The July 10 New York Times reported the actual number of demolitions of illegally built homes as less than 14 per annum.)
Henry Siegman of the Council of Foreign Relations has an enviable track record of publishing op-ed pieces in the prestige press critical of the Israeli government, and fully deserved the EU grant for a project he was supervising. And the EU-funded supercomputer containing records of all pre-1948 Arab-owned property in Jerusalem housed at Orient House will prove handy for all Palestinians laying claim to their former holdings or seeking compensation from Israel.
One of the EU's grants, however, does raise questions as to whether the mandarins of the EU were hoodwinked out of a fair piece of change: a $200,000 grant to Tzvia Greenfield's Machon Mifne for the purpose of "encouraging the settlement and religious communities in Israel to change their prevailing negative attitudes towards peace and democracy." The national religious community is variously described in the document as "democracy-suspicious" and "non-educated."
Enlightenment, however, is soon to follow. Greenfield's contract with the EU boasts that "Machon Mifne "enjoys a unique position among the right-wing nationalistic audiences", which have so far been inaccessible to the peace and democracy camp" and has succeeded "penetrat[ing] the uttermost bastion of national-religious education."
Perhaps Greenfield's benefactors were misled into believing that she presently has great influence by virtue of her frequent media appearances. Yet the frequency of those appearances reveal more about the Israeli media's fondness for curiosa than about Greenfield's influence. No doubt there will always be an audience, in Tom Segev's words, of "secular Jews who love to hate the ultra-Orthodox" for a woman wearing a resolutely unstylish wig who is only too happy to confirm all their stereotypes. But the very qualities that endear Greenfield to that audience make her anathema among those she would influence.
An invitation to Greenfield to speak in a national-religious synagogue in Har Nof was quickly rescinded as soon synagogue members found out who she was. And if that was the reaction in her own neighborhood, with a largely English-speaking, university-educated membership, one can surmise her popularity among the larger national-religious community.
In her new book, "They Are Afraid," Greenfield puts both the chareidi and national-religious communities on the psychiatrists couch. Among the former she finds "hysteria" and a tendency towards necrophylia. The latter, she concludes, are not so much moved by the theology of Greater Israel as by the desire run the country and turn the secular population into the "Messiah's Donkey."
The centerpiece of her book is her theory that the ultra-Orthodox world has allied itself with Binyamin Netanyahu, dubbed the Prince of Darkness, out of hatred for the Zionist state, whose failure they crave. To see the Zionist enterprise fail, the chareidim are prepared to engulf us in all-out war. (Here Greenfield is reminiscent of the Israeli playwright who had a chareidi chorus praying for war to provide jobs for the chevra kadisha.)
Greenfield's thesis does not explain the far greater enthusiasm for Netanyahu among those who proclaim the State "to be the first flowering of the Redemption." The point, however, is not the validity of Greenfield's thesis, but rather the likelihood that those described by her as "fascists" or "necrophyliacs" or as "leading spiritually desiccated lives" will be attracted to her banner. Be religious Jews ever so tolerant, modest, and self-critical, it is doubtful that Greenfield will win friends or influence many of them with such epithets.
So was the EU duped? Probably not. They were no more paying Greenfield to dialogue with the religious world than they were paying the Four Mothers to set up a dialogue with Lebanese women, as specified in the latter's grant.
Like many on the post-Zionist Israeli Left, our EU benefactors see religion as the source of Jewish national identity, and that national identity as the only thing preventing peace from breaking out all over. For without that national identity, we will eventually throw in the towel and decide that the price of living is Israel is not worth it.
In short, they paid Greenfield to discredit Judaism. And she delivered.
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Things You Learn Hanging Out With Don CheadleAnd when you tell him you sprained your ankle in broad daylight, he'll joke, "Why were you drinking so early?"
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Don Cheadle Is Electrifying in Miles AheadBut the movie has a power outage.
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Don Cheadle on His Miles Davis Movie, Miles Ahead"This business retires you. You don't retire from the business very often."
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Miles Ahead Trailer: Don Cheadle Is Feeling Kind of BlueCheadle stars in and directs this Miles Davis biopic.
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Don't Call Don Cheadle's New Miles Davis Movie Miles Ahead a Biopic"This needs to have the essence and spirit of Miles, which is … I don't give a shit about facts."
primer 9/25/2015
Understanding Miles Davis, in 9 PartsWhen Miles Ahead, directed by and starring Don Cheadle, premieres in October, it'll mark the first time that the jazz genius has been the subject of a non-documentary film.
crowdfunding 6/4/2014
Don Cheadle Launches Indiegogo for Miles Davis BiopicHe's looking to raise $325,000.
how hip-hop failed america 5/6/2014
Questlove on When Black Loses Its CoolThe third in a weekly series of six essays.
casting couch 11/14/2013
Don Cheadle's Miles Davis Biopic Is Finally HappeningHe'll direct and star in Kill the Trumpet Player.
john lennon 5/18/2012
Watch Footage of John Lennon Playing Basketball With Miles DavisArtists are sissies? Think again.
dates 6/28/2010
Kanye West, Everyone Else Releasing Albums on September 14It's going to be a big day in music, for some reason.
vulture lists 10/15/2009
10 of the Greatest Mentors in MusicWho can you thank for Missy Elliot, Iggy Pop, and Gym Class Heroes? How about Stat Quo and Cilla Black?
10 Best Single-Artist Soundtracks EverThe Beatles were not considered, since they always win everything.
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We The Curious joins UK Science Centres' nationwide campaign calling for Government Emergency Resilience Funding
Monday 8 June | Jen Forster
We The Curious, along with over 40 members of the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC), has today joined the Science Centres For Our Future campaign, which is calling on the government to set up an Emergency Resilience Fund to support the UK's world-class network of regional Science Centres.
We The Curious has been a successful self-sustaining charity since 2000 as Explore At-Bristol, with little or no direct government funding. Due to Covid-19, We The Curious closed its doors to visitors in March, pausing all education programmes and events, cutting off vital revenue streams for the charity.
To highlight the crucial role that UK Science Centres play in making science accessible to all, We The Curious is joining a nationwide campaign which is being supported by some of the UK's leading science advocates including Professor Alice Roberts.
The Science Centres For Our Future campaign (#ScienceCentresForOurFuture) supports ASDC's submission to government, asking it to urgently grant £25 million in Emergency Resilience Funding to secure the future of the whole network of UK Science Centres. Future-focussed Science Centres like We The Curious cannot apply for the Arts Council or Heritage Emergency grants and, without government support, many UK Science Centres are at risk.
At a time when science is so important and with major global challenges ahead from both Covid-19 and climate change, science centres provide our regional cities and towns with crucial opportunities to access science, in an approachable and engaging way, helping to inspire our next generation of scientists and engineers.
Nationally, hands-on Science Centres like We The Curious welcome millions of people in regions outside London and contribute over £200 million per year to local economies.
We The Curious is so important for the South West region. Many will have fond memories of school visits and family days out, learning new things and being inspired by interactive and hands-on experiences such as Animate It, visits to the Planetarium, live science shows and more. Visitors, staff and volunteers have returned and told the team at We The Curious how they have been inspired by their visit to pursue careers in science – and more will follow in their footsteps.
But, in lockdown and without no or reduced revenue streams, Science Centres face a chronic funding gap. As charities, Science Centres like We The Curious cannot take on large debts as, whilst the furlough has been hugely helpful, costs like utility bills, insurance, payroll, site security and rents still need to be paid.
Donna Speed, Chief Executive for We The Curious said:
"Right now, We The Curious should be marking its 20th birthday, celebrating two decades of providing memorable experiences for our communities, inspiring children with science, and hosting some of the Bristol's biggest cultural events, but instead we find ourselves struggling to survive and without financial support for our sector.
The relationship between science and society has never been more important, and science centres play a vital role in the public understanding of science, upon which our economy and resilience depends. As part of the Science Centres for Our Future campaign we are calling on government to provide urgent funding to ensure that we are still here to continue engaging, informing and inspiring the public in the years to come."
Dr Penny Fidler, CEO of ASDC highlights:
"As a nation and as a global society we have some major challenges ahead, especially in relation to climate and coronavirus. To solve these challenges we need an entrepreneurial and scientifically engaged society. Science Centres unlock science for people, making it accessible and interesting to millions of children and adults each year. Without support we will start to lose these popular cultural resources that offer access into science for all."
Alice Roberts, Professor of Public Engagement in Science, University of Birmingham and ASDC Patron, adds:
"From We The Curious, the Glasgow Science Centre and the Eden Project, to the Centre for Alternative Energy and the Centre for Life in Newcastle - our Science Centres and museums are important as places where people can learn about many different branches of science, get inspired, and satisfy their own curiosity. These centres support hands-on learning for children, all the way through to lifelong learning for adults. Like many other cultural institutions, Science Centres are struggling at this time - they need our support. I hope the government can help them survive, so that they can continue their crucial work, making science accessible for everyone."
ASDC and We The Curious are asking the public to support the Science Centres For Our Future campaign in two key ways:
Share your Science Centre photos and why you love them on social media, using the #ScienceCentresForOurFuture
Write to your local MPs asking them to support the creation of this Emergency Fund to secure the future of We The Curious (find a downloadable email on the campaign website)
With one voice championing the Science Centres, ASDC wants to let the government know how important these charitable enterprises are to our regions, and ask the government to save over 40 of these vital cultural and community resources, thousands of jobs, millions of annual visits and billions of individual discoveries.
To find out more about Science Centres For Our Future, check out the campaign landing page here.
To access to Science Centres For Our Future Google Drive with video clips, logos and images please click here.
About the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres
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People of all ages and backgrounds choose to get involved with science at one of the UK's Science and Discovery Centres and Science Museums each year. Together, our vision is for a society where people of all backgrounds and in all parts of the UK are inspired and involved with the sciences.
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Portsmouth council is looking after three times the amount of asylum-seeking children than it should
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MAJOR changes to the parking permit system in Portsmouth have been put on hold after councillors branded plans 'a mess.'
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Sheffield Co-op store brings back milk in glass bottles
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Kentucky Fried Chicken is the first fast food chain in the UK to commit to better chicken welfare standards.
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Comcast NBCUniversal Earns Top Score on 2016 Corporate Equality Index
By Craig Robinson | Nov 20, 2015
Comcast NBCUniversal earned a 100 percent score on the Human Rights Campaign's 2016 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the fourth consecutive year and was named a Best Place to Work for LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) Equality.
The CEI is a national benchmarking survey administered by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation which evaluates more than 1,000 businesses on their LGBT-related policies and practices, including non-discrimination workplace protections, domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care benefits, competency programs, and public engagement with the LGBT community.
OUT@NBCUniversal launched in 1986 and was the nation's first LGBT employee resource group. OUT@Comcast and OUT@NBCUniversal engage people at all levels of the organization, empowering them to drive exceptional business results while providing professional and leadership development opportunities for its members. Earlier this year, OUT@NBCUniversal made history again as the first and only LGBT group to march under its own banner at the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 17, 2015.
We also have a rich history of showcasing groundbreaking LGBT content and talent, including a few historic "firsts" in television history:
Love, Sidney, the first sitcom with a gay lead character in 1981
An Early Frost, the first TV movie about AIDS in 1985
LA Law, the first lesbian kiss on television in 1991
Friends, the first lesbian wedding on TV in 1997
Will & Grace, the first gay-focused sitcom in 1997
XFINITY launched one of the first online programming portals dedicated to curating LGBT content in 2013
That tradition continues with the November 27th premiere of Focus Features' The Danish Girl, the story of Lili Elbe's historic journey as a transgender pioneer.
Congratulations to all of us on achieving a top CEI score again this year.


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Q: How To Create Interface That Uses the Class that Extends It I'm writing some hypothetical code for practice, and I came across a design issue.
Suppose that I have a class GameObject:
public ref class GameObject : GameObjectBluePrint {
public:
    property double health;
    property double damage;
    property double defense;
    property double strideLength;
    property System::Drawing::Point location;

public:
    virtual void Attack(GameObject% enemy) {
        enemy.health -= this->damage;
    }
    virtual void Defend(GameObject% enemy) {
        this->health -= enemy.damage * 0.5;
    }
    virtual void Move(Direction direction) {
        switch (direction) {
        case Direction::up:
            this->location.Y += this->strideLength;
            break;
        case Direction::down:
            this->location.Y -= this->strideLength;;
            break;
        case Direction::right:
            this->location.X += this->strideLength;;
            break;
        case Direction::left:
            this->location.X -= this->strideLength;
            break;
        }
    }
    virtual bool isVisible(GameObject% otherObject) {
        double distance = Math::Sqrt(Math::Pow(this->location.X - otherObject.location.X, 2) + Math::Pow(this->location.Y - otherObject.location.Y, 2));
        return distance <= 2;
    }
};

And I want to make different types of these objects, so I create an interface that this class extends:
public interface class GameObjectBluePrint {
    void Attack(GameObject% enemy);
    void Defend(GameObject% enemy);
    void Move(Direction direction);
    bool isVisible(GameObject% otherObject);
};

The issue is that this interface relies on the GameObject class being defined first. However, for the GameObject class to be defined, I have to extend this interface. Am I going about this interface concept incorrectly, or is there a way to avoid nested messes like this one?

A: How about combine the https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curiously_recurring_template_pattern
https://msdn.microsoft.com/de-de/library/2kb28261.aspx
generic <typename TGameObject>
public interface class class GameObjectBluePrint {
    void Attack(TGameObject% enemy);
    void Defend(TGameObject% enemy);
    void Move(Direction direction);
    bool isVisible(TGameObject% otherObject);
};

public ref class GameObject : GameObjectBluePrint<GameObject> {
...
}

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Bomb radiocarbon and lead-radium disequilibria in otoliths of bocaccio rockfish (Sebastes paucispinis),
Longevity estimates for the bocaccio rockfish (Sebastes paucispinis) using traditional techniques range from less than 20 years to approximately 50 years. Otoliths of bocaccio are difficult to age, and previous attempts to validate ages have been unsuccessful. Because otolith age suggests the bocaccio are reasonably long-lived, lead-radium dating was used in an attempt to independently age bocaccio otoliths. The measured 210Pb and 226Ra activities were among the lowest reported and resulted in poor radiometric age resolution; however, the break-and-burn technique clearly underestimated age in some cases with the longevity of the bocaccio being at least 31 years. To provide better age resolution, the bomb radiocarbon approach was applied to individual otoliths. Based on measured radiocarbon levels relative to a reference time-series, several specimens were aged at approximately 30-40 years. To evaluate these determinations, the remaining otolith of the pair was sectioned and aged blind. The result was an excellent fit to the reference time-series and a validation of the age estimates. The maximum age from growth zone counts was 37 ± 2 years, which is consistent with a reported maximum age of approximately 50 years. © CSIRO 2005., Cited By (since 1996):18, Fish and Fisheries, CODEN: AJMFA, ,
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Bomb radiocarbon and lead-radium disequilibria in otoliths of bocaccio rockfish (Sebastes paucispinis): A determination of age and longevity for a difficult-to-age fish,
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Carla talks about the chameleon in her house.
Todd: Carla, you said you have a chameleon story?
Todd: Actually first of all, just for the listeners, what is a chameleon.
Carla: … to put different colours of things around it and see what colour it would turn into. Then after a while we let the poor little thing go.
Todd: So it didn't mind you picking it up and taking it?
Carla: Actually, it did mind because if you picked it up by about half way… three quarters of the way down it's back, that was safest because it can't swing its upper body around. But it would turn around and hiss at you.
Carla: So you, the first time I just dropped it cause it was scary. And the second time I realised that's about as scary as it got so. That was it.
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On June 16, Fleet Foxes will release Crack-Up (Nonesuch Records), its long awaited and highly anticipated third album. Crack-Up comes six years after the 2011 release of Helplessness Blues and nearly a decade since the band's 2008 self-titled debut. Fleet Foxes has released the album track "Third of May / Ōdaigahara," a nearly nine-minute epic powered by piano and electric twelve-string guitar, string quartet, and the group's trademark sparkling harmonies. In addition, the band has announced new tour dates, including their first North American shows since October 2011.
Fleet Foxes' self-titled debut made a profound impact on the international musical landscape, earning them Uncut's first ever Music Award Prize, and topping numerous "Best of " lists, including Rolling Stone's 100 Best Albums of the 2000's and Pitchfork's 50 Best Albums of 2008. Fleet Foxes is certified Gold in North America and Platinum in both the UK and Australia. The follow-up album Helplessness Blues was met with the same critical praise as its predecessor (MOJO five stars, Rolling Stone four stars, Pitchfork Best New Music); that album debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Top 200, went Gold in the UK, and earned the band a GRAMMY nomination.
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Human Stem Cells May Enhance Quality Of Life In Spinal Injury Patients
Article Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on September 24, 2016 at 2:28 PM
People with spinal cord injuries suffer from paralysis and numbness
Other complications include chronic pain and bladder dysfunction, that can be severe and disabling
Human stem cell implants within the spinal cord may give relief from chronic pain and bladder problems.
Quality of life for spinal injury patients will improve, as a result.
Human stem cell treatment in mice has been shown to alleviate what can be considered the two most crippling effects of spinal cord injury, namely chronic neuropathic pain and bladder dysfunction issues, in a recent study.
Lead Up To The Study
It is believed that some of the complications following spinal cord injury may be due to a deficiency of inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma amino butyric acid (GABA) in the spinal cord. Using human embryonic stem cells capable of differentiating into medial ganglionic eminence (MGE)-like cells, which produce GABA, may help reduce the severe disability caused chronic pain and bladder dysfunction in such patients.
The investigators of this study employed precursors of GABAergic inhibitory neuron called MGE-like cells derived from human embryonic stem cells.
'Stem cell treatment offers new hope for chronic pain relief in spinal cord injury patients.'
This study involved a joint effort between senior authors Arnold Kriegstein, Director of the Developmental and Stem Cell Biology Program at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and Linda Noble-Haeusslein, a professor in the Departments of Neurological Surgery and Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science at UCSF. It addressed the issues of neuropathic pain and bladder dysfunction, both of which are at least partly attributed to overactive spinal cord circuits.
"We reasoned if we could take inhibitory neurons and directly place them into the spinal cord in the regions that are overactive, they might integrate into those circuits and suppress the activity," says Kriegstein.
Details Of The Study
The GABAergic neural precursor cells (MGE-like cells) were placed within the spinal cords of mice two weeks after inducing spinal injury, where they could differentiate into GABA-producing neurons and form synaptic connections.
"Rather than implanting these cells into the site of injury, at the mid-thoracic level, we injected them in the lumbosacral region, where the circuits are known to be overactive," says Thomas Fandel, a research specialist at UCSF and the study's co-first author. "Six months later we could see broad dispersion of the cells in that area. They were integrated into the spinal cord."
Testing The Efficacy Of Human Stem Cells In Mice
The researchers employed several methods to find out whether the stem cells were effective in alleviating neuropathic pain and bladder dysfunction at six months. To test for bladder control, the mice were placed in cages with filter paper to indicate where the mice had urinated. The transplanted mice had lesser, and bigger spots, indicating less leakage. Bladder function was also assessed by estimating bladder volume and tension, which validated the better voiding ability of animals receiving transplants.
Six months after transplant, animals exhibited markedly reduced pain sensitivities. Grooming and scratching behaviors were also evaluated, as decreased GABA in the spinal cord can also lead to a pathological itch (pruritus). The investigators found that mice receiving the stem cell transplants showed a reduced overgrooming compared to controls.
"The fact that these cells were implanted in the spinal cords two weeks after injury is also important to note," says Alpa Trivedi, a researcher at UCSF and co-first author of the study. "Many of the current Phase I trials for spinal cord injury are run in the acute phase, which is right after injury. But the vast majority of people with spinal cord injuries are the chronic patient population, and a treatment that might work for them would capture a larger number of patients who are really in need of better treatments."
About Spinal Injuries
Spinal cord injuries result from a sudden impact to the spine that may result in crushing or compression of the vertebrae.
Spinal injuries are usually characterized by paralysis and loss of sensation or numbness below the level of injury. The extent of injury determines the degree of paralysis and numbness.
Additional features include
Occurrence of a chronic neuropathic pain related to nerve injury and damage,
Loss of bladder and bowel control
Increased vulnerability to respiratory infections
Pain is managed with pain medications such as opioid analgesics, and certain antidepressants. These are only partially effective and may cause many side effects. Bladder dysfunction is managed with anticholinergics, and may lead to dry mouth or dizziness. Botulinum toxin has been tried to overcome bladder spasms, but not found to be very effective.
The quality of life for spinal injury patients thus remains challenging, even with treatment.
Scope Of This Study In Humans
Though more research needs to be done, the employment of human stem cells instead of mouse stem cells in their study is a step forward.
"Chronic pain and bladder dysfunction remain significant quality-of-life issues for many people with spinal cord injuries. Inhibitory cell-based neuro-therapy is a new approach and has shown promise to date in early animal studies, warranting further development," says Cory Nicholas, a co-first author.
In conclusion, the researchers hope that their work would result in a longer lasting or even a permanent solution to spinal injury patients, especially since the presently available modalities of treatment are not very satisfactory.
NINDS Spinal Cord Injury Information Page - (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/sci/sci.htm)
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Its been a while since my last snapshot. I wanted to add this one, as I was blown away with these the other day. Trays and trays of meringues from the Meringue Girls at an event I attended with B&Q. I was given a little bag of pistachio and rose ones to try. Oh they were delicious! I may have snook a passion fruit one too!
I am in good company as Rick Stein and Jamie Oliver are said to be fans of them too.
I'm about to start a long weekend, so have fun everyone.


Filed by Congressmen Kevin Brady (R-TX) and Richard Neal (D-MA), HR711 would repeal the WEP law and create a new national Social Security formula to jointly calculate one's lifetime public and private sector work history. The bill comes as the result of coordinated efforts between Mass Retirees, Texas Retired Teachers Association and the Ohio Retired Teachers Association.
"No group of elected officials knows the WEP better than Richie Neal and the Mass. Delegation. They have been out front on this issue for years and we can't thank them enough for their support," said Association Legislative Director Shawn Duhamel. "In order for HR711 to move beyond the Ways and Means Committee, we need to demonstrate unanimous support for the bill from our delegation, Texas and a few other key states.
As senior members of the House Committee on Ways and Means, Congressmen Brady and Neal are uniquely situated to advance HR711 beyond the Sub Committee on Social Security. What remains to be seen is whether or not a public hearing will be held prior to the bill being favorably released.
Since the WEP's creation in 1985, no bill to repeal or reform the law has advanced beyond the Committee level in either the House or Senate.


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The first trailer has debuted for Cameron Crowe's (Jerry Maguire) new movie Aloha.
Aloha tells the story of a down-on-his-luck military contractor (Bradley Cooper) who is given the opportunity to return to the site of his greatest career triumphs in Hawaii. While he goes in hope of professional redemption, he also seeks closure with a long-ago love (Rachel McAdams) and must deal with unexpected feelings for his partner on the project, a promising young Air Force pilot (Emma Stone).
The cast for the movie includes Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, Jay Baruchel, John Krasinski and Alec Baldwin. Aloha is written by Cameron Crowe and is the writer/director's first movie since 2011's We Bought a Zoo.


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Pulitzer Day!
C. Max Magee April 5, 2004 | 15 books mentioned 2 min read
I'm back from Vegas just in time for the announcement of the winners of the Pulitzer Prize. Here are the winners and finalists in all of the book categories:
The Known World by Edward P. Jones Winner!
American Woman by Susan Choi
Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins
I Am My Own Wife by Doug Wright Winner!
Man from Nebraska by Tracy Letts
Omnium Gatherum by Theresa Rebeck and Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
A Nation under Our Feet : Black Political Struggles in the Rural South from Slavery to the Great Migration by Steven Hahn Winner!
They Marched Into Sunlight: War and Peace Vietnam and America October 1967 by David Maraniss
Great Fortune: The Epic of Rockefeller Center by Daniel Okrent
BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY:
Khrushchev: The Man and his Era by William Taubman Winner!
Isaac Newton by James Gleick
Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work by Hayden Herrera
Walking to Martha's Vineyard by Franz Wright Winner!
Middle Earth by Henri Cole
Eyeshot by Heather McHugh
GENERAL NON-FICTION:
Gulag: A History by Anne Applebaum Winner!
Rembrandt's Jews by Steven Nadler
The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America's Military by Dana Priest
I have to commend the Pulitzer committee; they really got it right this time. I actually started reading The Known World today because it's the selection for my book club. I'll be able to add my two cents at the end of the week, but based on the lavish praise this book received from critics and readers, there's no doubt it was deserving. Also, the more I hear about Jones, the more I like him. Check out this excerpt from an AP story announcing his victory:
The Pulitzer was a shot of energy on an otherwise down day for Jones, author of a previous book, the acclaimed story collection "Lost in the City." He was feeling so ill Monday he didn't bother at first to answer his phone. He also was in the middle of moving from his longtime home in Arlington, Va., because of noisy upstairs neighbors.
"This (award) should give me strength to finish up tomorrow," said Jones, who next week expects to move into Washington, D.C
I think it's a particularly writerly trait to be distracted from the demands of the outside world by your inner concerns. As for the other winners, I was thrilled to see Anne Applebaum lauded for her truly astonishing book, Gulag. I'm glad that the Pulitzer did not stick to its bias of rewarding books with American themes in selecting a book that is of universal importance and that greatly expands our knowledge and understanding of what was until now a hidden part of 20th century history. For similar reasons, I was also happy to see Taubman's biography of Khrushchev get the prize. Daniel Okrent, another favorite author of mine, was named a finalist, as well. All in all, I have no complaints.
C. Max Magee created The Millions and is its publisher. He and his family live in New Jersey.
Bold Prediction: A Mercy Wins the Pulitzer
C. Max Magee March 31, 2009 | 15 books mentioned
By now you've read the result, Toni Morrison's A Mercy edged out Tom Piazza's City of Refuge to win The Tournament of Books. Now, if I were a betting man, and it were possible to bet on the Pulitzer winner, I'd bet on A Mercy. Why? The Tournament of Books has called the Pulitzer winner the last two years running. In 2008, Junot Díaz's The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao took home the Pulitzer on the heels of the Rooster. And in 2007, Cormac McCarthy's The Road saw its Pulitzer win presaged by not just a Rooster, but also its unlikely companion, an Oprah's book club pick. On April 20th, we'll see if the Rooster still has the jump on America's oldest literary prize.
C. Max Magee | 15 books mentioned
NBCC Winners – With Excerpts
C. Max Magee March 8, 2007 | 15 books mentioned
2008's Literary Geniuses
C. Max Magee September 23, 2008 | 15 books mentioned 2 min read
Somehow I didn't get a MacArthur "Genius" Grant this year, but a pair of literary geniuses did (the full list of Geniuses). The MacArthur grant awards $500,000, "no strings attached" to "talented individuals who have shown extraordinary originality and dedication in their creative pursuits and a marked capacity for self-direction." This year's literary geniuses are:Chimamanda Adichie is a Nigerian-American novelist who wowed readers with Half of a Yellow Sun. Kevin reviewed the book here at The Millions, writing "Although Adichie devotes almost equal time to life before the war and life during it, it is the war narrative that drives the book and gives it a residual strength that I still feel more than week after finishing it. Her description of civilian suffering is so direct and real, that it's hard to believe she never experienced it herself (Adichie is only 31, and learned about the civil war from her parents who survived it on the Biafran side)." Adichie won the Orange Prize for Half of a Yellow Sun. Adichie's first novel was Purple Hibiscus.Alex Ross is best known because he brings incredibly accessible prose and a palpable love for music to his job as the New Yorker music critic. (Not as well known: he went to the same high school as me, graduating ten years before I did.) Ross won a Pulitzer this year for his very highly regarded book The Rest is Noise. One of my favorite Ross essays is available on his website. From "Listen to This": "I hate 'classical music': not the thing but the name. It traps a tenaciously living art in a theme park of the past. It cancels out the possibility that music in the spirit of Beethoven could still be created today. It banishes into limbo the work of thousands of active composers who have to explain to otherwise well-informed people what it is they do for a living. The phrase is a masterpiece of negative publicity, a tour de force of anti-hype. I wish there were another name."
C. Max Magee | 15 books mentioned 2 min read
National Book Critics Circle Award Finalists Announced
Carolyn Quimby January 22, 2019 | 15 books mentioned 2 min read
Announcing the 2017 BTBA Longlists for Fiction and Poetry
Editor March 28, 2017 | 15 books mentioned 3 4 min read
Listed below are the 35 titles on this year's Best Translated Book Award longlists for fiction and poetry — the 10th time that these lists have been released. And the sixth year in which, thanks to an Amazon Literary Partnership, the winning authors and translators will each receive $5,000 cash prizes.
Founded in 2008 by Three Percent at the University or Rochester, the award has grown exponentially over the past 10 years. The focus on finding the best books in translation from the past year has been constant, but the pool of eligible titles has expanded from 360 in 2008 to more than 600 for this year's award. For these longlists, the 14 judges — nine for fiction, five for poetry — considered works written by authors from 87 countries in 54 different languages, and published in English by 179 distinct presses.
This increase in the number of books coming out is incredibly impressive, but so is the fact that so many more translators are getting their works published in comparison to a few years back. Reflecting that, of the 40 translators included on these longlists, 29 (73 percent) are receiving this honor for the first time ever.
In short, it's an exciting time for international literature, and the breadth and diversity of these longlists reflect that. From established authors like Javier Marías to new voices like Basma Abdel Aziz, from works of speculative fiction like Wicked Weeds to family sagas from Senegal like Doomi Golo, there's something on here for every type of reader.
To help you find the books that you most want to read, Three Percent will be running short "Why This Book Should Win the BTBA" posts for all 35 titles over the next few weeks as we build up to the announcement of the finalists on Tuesday, April 18. (Also right here at The Millions.)
For more information on the award, it's history, the judges, etc., please visit the official Best Translated Book Award site and the official BTBA Facebook page, and follow the award on Twitter.
Best Translated Book Award 2017: Fiction Longlist
The Queue by Basma Abdel Aziz, translated from the Arabic by Elisabeth Jaquette (Egypt, Melville House) (read Abdel Aziz's Year in Reading)
The Young Bride by Alessandro Baricco, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein (Italy, Europa Editions)
Wicked Weeds by Pedro Cabiya, translated from the Spanish by Jessica Powell (Dominican Republic, Mandel Vilar Press)
Chronicle of the Murdered House by Lúcio Cardoso, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa and Robin Patterson (Brazil, Open Letter Books)
On the Edge by Rafael Chirbes, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa (Spain, New Directions)
Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi, translated from the French by Jeffrey Zuckerman (Mauritius, Deep Vellum)
Zama by Antonio di Benedetto, translated from the Spanish by Esther Allen (Argentina, New York Review Books)
A Spare Life by Lidija Dimkovska, translated from the Macedonian by Christina Kramer (Macedonia, Two Lines Press)
Doomi Golo by Boubacar Boris Diop, translated from the Wolof by Vera Wülfing-Leckie and El Hadji Moustapha Diop (Senegal, Michigan State University Press)
Night Prayers by Santiago Gamboa, translated from the Spanish by Howard Curtis (Colombia, Europa Editions)
Angel of Oblivion by Maja Haderlap, translated from the German by Tess Lewis (Germany, Archipelago Books) (read our review)
War and Turpentine by Stefan Hertmans, translated from the Dutch by David McKay (Belgium, Pantheon)
Umami by Laia Jufresa, translated from the Spanish by Sophie Hughes (Mexico, Oneworld)
Last Wolf and Herman by László Krasznahorkai, translated from the Hungarian by George Szirtes and John Batki (Hungary, New Directions)
Oblivion by Sergi Lebedev, translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis (Russia, New Vessel Press)
Thus Bad Begins by Javier Marías, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa (Spain, Knopf)
In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano, translated from the French by Chris Clarke (France, New York Review Books)
Ladivine by Marie NDiaye, translated from the French by Jordan Stump (France, Knopf)
Among Strange Victims by Daniel Saldaña Paris, translated from the Spanish by Christina MacSweeney (Mexico, Coffee House Press)
Moonstone by Sjón, translated from the Icelandic by Victoria Cribb (Iceland, FSG)
Memoirs of a Polar Bear by Yoko Tawada, translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky (Japan, New Directions)
Vampire in Love by Enrique Vila-Matas, translated from the Spanish by Margaret Jull Costa (Spain, New Directions)
My Marriage by Jakob Wassermann, translated from the German by Michael Hofmann (Germany, New York Review Books)
Moshi Moshi by Banana Yoshimoto, translated from the Japanese by Asa Yoneda (Japan, Counterpoint Press)
Super Extra Grande by Yoss, translated from the Spanish by David Frye (Cuba, Restless Books)
Best Translated Book Award 2017: Poetry Longlist
Berlin-Hamlet by Szilárd Borbély, translated from the Hungarian by Ottilie Mulzet (Hungary, New York Review Books)
Of Things by Michael Donhauser, translated from the German by Nick Hoff and Andrew Joron (Austria, Burning Deck Press)
Instructions Within by Ashraf Fayadh, translated from the Arabic by Mona Kareem, Mona Zaki, and Jonathan Wright (Palestine, The Operating System)
Cheer Up, Femme Fatale by Yideum Kim, translated from the Korean by Ji Yoon Lee, Don Mee Choi, and Johannes Göransson (South Korea, Action Books)
In Praise of Defeat by Abdellatif Laâbi, translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith (Morocco, Archipelago Books)
Extracting the Stone of Madness by Alejandra Pizarnik, translated from the Spanish by Yvette Siegert (Argentina, New Directions) (read our review)
Thief of Talant by Pierre Reverdy, translated from the French by Ian Seed (France, Wakefield Press)
tasks by Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, translated from the Spanish by Katherine M. Hedeen (Cuba, co-im-press)
Building the Barricade by Anna Świrszczyńska, translated from the Polish by Piotr Florczyk (Poland, Tavern Books)
Antígona González by Sara Uribe, translated from the Spanish by John Pluecker (Mexico, Les Figues Press)
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Inaugural Aspen Words Literary Prize Announced
Editor April 10, 2018 | 15 books mentioned
C. Max Magee October 23, 2003 | 15 books mentioned 2 min read
So, they announced the nominees for the National Book Award yesterday. Interesting choices. Here they are with some comments:Drop City by T. C. Boyle: I read this one about a year ago. The book is definitely better than some of the, in my opinion, duds he has produced of late, but it does not come close to surpassing his three best books: The Tortilla Curtain, World's End, and one of my all-time favorites, Water Music.The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard: I haven't read this one, but I have a copy. If you would like to read it and write a little review for this website, I will send the book to you at my expense. Any takers?The Known World by Edward P. Jones: I have not read this one but I hear it's quite good. It was extremely well-reviewed.A Ship Made of Paper by Scott Spencer: This one came out a while back and was also well reviewed, although I only ever seemed to hear Scott Spencer fans talking about it.Evidence of Things Unseen by Marianne Wiggins: this one slipped under my radar because this is the first I've heard of it. I know, not very helpful.My pick to win: The Known World by Edward P. JonesAnd the nominees for non-fiction are…. (drum roll):Gulag by Anne Applebaum: I read this book and was completely floored by it. Applebaum was able to get to the heart of a multi-generational tragedy that affected literally tens of millions of people yet is curiously underrepresented in history books. Bravo to her for braving the horrors and writing an unflinching book.The Big House: A Century in the Life of an American Summer Home by George Howe Colt: this one was very well reviewed, and, though the subject matter is rather quaint and sentimental, it is pretty clever to follow the history of a house across many generations. Apparently, Colt does a good job of it.Lost Prophet: The Life and Times of Bayard Rustin by John D'Emilio: This one pretty much slipped under my radar as well. Rustin is the man responsible for organizing the historical Civil Rights March on Washington.Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy by Carlos Eire: This one came out a while ago to not a whole lot of fanfare. It is pretty highly regarded, and is a must read for folks who are interested in Cuba.The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America by Erik Larson: This one was a huge seller. The book provides a healthy dose of historical true crime excitement as it traces the steps of a serial killer who terrorized the Chicago Worlds Fair at the turn of the century. Would love to read this one.My pick: I hope Applebaum wins, but I think the award will go to Colt.For all the details and author bios as well as the nominees in the childrens and poetry categories go to the National Book Award website.
The Booker's Dozen: The 2016 Booker Longlist
Editor July 27, 2016 | 15 books mentioned


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Quantum Computing Business News
BMW Group and Technical University of Munich Team Up To Create Endowed Chair in Quantum Algorithms and Applications
July 8, 2021 by Goran
BMW Group has made it clear that in the future is going to support the development of quantum technologies at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The president of TUM the Prof. Thomas F.Hoffman, Frank Weber, one of the members of the board of management at BMW AG, and Alexander Buresch, CIO of BMW AG, have signed a mutual agreement for the establishment of an endowed chair in Quantum Algorithms and applications.
Over the next six years, BMW AG will fund TUM with over 5.1 million euros. These funds will be invested into know-how, equipment, and personnel. With this investment, BMW AG hopes to bridge the gap between the outstanding basic research that is carried in Germany and the application of quantum technology in the industry. The chairholder will conduct large-scale research into solving particular problems in the quantum sphere. This collaboration will also serve as an ongoing exchange of knowledge between the two institutions
"It is clear to the BMW Group that quantum computing is a pioneering technology that holds great potential for a multitude of applications – from materials research to battery cell chemistry and the future of automated driving using quantum machine learning. This technology is at an early stage of development and we want to provide the best possible support for cutting-edge research and its transfer into industrial applications."
Frank Weber Member of the Board of Management of BMW AG
The creation of an endowed chair between these two institutions is a big step forward for BMW's plans in achieving greater sustainability and development in the Munich region. This region is one of the strong points of the German economy and most of the high-tech industry is located in Bavaria. This collaboration will also be one of the building blocks of Munich Quantum Valley. These initiatives have already gathered 300 million euros from the Bavarian state authorities.
"Thanks to this collaboration, the BMW-TUM axis is set to further strengthen Munich Quantum Valley's reputation as Germany's leading ecosystem for quantum technologies, Quantum computing could hold the key to solving the sort of complex tasks that are beyond even today's supercomputers. The new endowed chair will focus on developing quantum algorithms for this and on trialling areas of application. The generous funding from the BMW Group will create the leverage needed to transfer the findings of quantum physics to industrial applications."
Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann, Technical University of Munich (TUM)
This isn't the first collaboration between the two institutions and they have already collaborated in the past on a regular basis, most notably on battery research, automated driving, artificial intelligence, and mobility research. BMW has also helped TUM with sharing its know-how by offering some of their engineers to teach the TUM students and perform guest lectures. Read the full article.
Quantum Offers A Great Advantage For Solving Optimization Problems
BMW Group has high-performance computers that handle more than 2000 computing tasks each day, and their computers are used by more than 3,000 R&D engineers. But this isn't enough for a company like BMW, their computations are limited, mostly because they are based on classical computing.
Quantum computing on the other hand enhances the scope of these operations and delivers much more computational power on the table. Namely, because quantum computing is using qubits instead of the classical bit. A bit can be one or zero. But a qubit can be both. All this is achieved by the principles of quantum mechanics.
This technology will give BMW a new scope and endless possibilities of computing. Simulating even the impossible things, like atoms and molecules. This technology will improve the overall sustainability of the company. This means that the R&D process for new cars and technologies will cost a lot less and will bring more modern features to the market.
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HomeMotorsports"MAVTV Select" Brings Premium Motorsports Content to The Roku Channel
"MAVTV Select" Brings Premium Motorsports Content to The Roku Channel
June 25, 2020 Motor Sports NewsWire Motorsports, Powersports, Racing Comments Off on "MAVTV Select" Brings Premium Motorsports Content to The Roku Channel
CORONA, CA – June 25, 2020 – (Motor Sports NewsWire) – Building off the rising demand for streaming entertainment, and in response to the noticeable need for motorsport racing and automotive content on streaming platforms, MAVTV, the only cable television network in the U.S. dedicated solely to motorsports, is pleased to announce the launch of "MAVTV Select" on The Roku Channel, the home for free and premium entertainment on the Roku® platform. MAVTV's new streaming network specializes in broadcasting only the best motorsport content available, including Pro Motocross, Late Model Dirt, Pro Pulling, ARCA Menards, and other racing entertainment. MAVTV Select is available on The Roku Channel, effective immediately.
"The development of Connected TV's and digital streaming players have changed the way we watch television forever. Consumers want content they can stream for hours on end from multiple devices," stated Ed Niemi, Senior Vice President, Content Distribution & Strategic Partnerships, MAVTV Motorsports Network. "By tapping into our vast media library, we've created MAVTV Select, now available through a linear channel on The Roku Channel, to meet the rise in demand for digitally streaming content and expanded our availability to motorsports fans throughout the U.S. and around the world."
Roku pioneered streaming to the TV. The Roku Channel, which launched in 2017, is the home to more than 100,000 titles, including free movies and TV episodes as well as premium entertainment, and is one of the top channels on the Roku platform. In Q1, The Roku Channel reached households with an estimated 36 million people.
"Now more than ever it's important for us to provide Roku users with easy access to free content, such as news and sports, and the ability to access it on-demand," said Ashley Hovey, Director of AVOD Growth, Roku. "We're excited to enhance the streaming experience for motorsport enthusiasts through the updates we've made on The Roku Channel."
MAVTV Select will broadcast content from the enormous Lucas Oil Studios library. Daily programming for MAVTV Select is said to remain independent from the existing linear channel. Therefore, LIVE race event programming will stay exclusively on the MAVTV Motorsports Network.
MAVTV Select is a free 24/7 channel dedicated to all motorsports and designed to complement the existing MAVTV Motorsports Network. From archived race events, to figure 8 racing, to car build shows, MAVTV Select will broadcast nothing but the best motorsports content. To begin streaming premium motorsports content on your television, use your Roku remote to turn on the device or open the smart tv app and The Roku Channel will appear automatically on your home screen.
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Owned and operated by Lucas Oil Products, MAVTV Motorsports Network is the only cable television network in the U.S. dedicated solely to motorsports. MAVTV offers an unparalleled line-up of exclusive and prestigious events. MAVTV goes beyond the national mainstream events to include a multitude of grassroots racing from across the globe: drag racing, pro motocross, sprint boats, rally cars, short course off-road truck racing, sprint cars, pro pulling, drifting, ice racing and everything in between. MAVTV knows you don't have to be a race fan to be an automotive enthusiast, which is why we have developed a package of automotive reality and custom build shows that are truly second-to-none. If it has a motor, it's probably on MAVTV – The Motorsports Network!
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Source: Lucas Oil Products, Inc.
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Johan Henric Palm, född 17 april 1976 på Lidingö, är en svensk filmfotograf. Palm har bland annat fotat julkalendern Tjuvarnas jul (2011) och långfilmen IRL (2013).

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This journal invites users to write one short list a day. Each page features the date, one list topic, and space to jot down three things for three successive years. Easy to do and packed with engaging prompts covering a range of subjects (movies, music, travel, childhood memories, goals, and more), this illustrated journal serves as a delightful time capsule and bucket list in one.


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Rasipuram railway station (station code: RASP) is a railway station situated in Rasipuram, in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The station is an intermediate station on the newly commissioned – line which became operational in  May 2013. The station is operated by the Southern Railway zone of the Indian Railways and comes under the Salem railway division.

Transport
From the railway station, only auto rickshaws are available. Local public transport facility not available from railway station.

Transport connectivity from the New Bustand :Kolli Hills, Kallakuruchi, Caddalore, Trichy, Chennai (towards Namagiripet and Mettala Junction) Tiruchengode, Erode, Coimbatore (towards Andagalore Gate), Salem, Mettur, Dharmapuri (towards Old Bustand, ATC Depot)

Adjacent towns
Block's & Revenue Towns @Rasipuram East: Namagiripet, Mettala, Belukuruchi, Kakkaveri, R.Pudupatti, Mullukuruchi, Mangalapuram

References

Salem railway division
Railway stations in Namakkal district


New Delhi: Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday decried attempts to "create an impression" that the NDA government was anti-Dalit, and assured the Lok Sabha that his Ministry had told the State governments that strict and tough action should be taken against "any anti-social elements, whether in the name of Gau Raksha or any other cause", who try to harm any member of the Dalit community.
He was responding to a debate on the recent incidents of atrocities against Dalits in Gujarat and other places as a result of cow vigilantism.
The government had, after two back-to-back speeches on the issue by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, decided to give in to Opposition demands for a debate in the Lok Sabha, and fielded no less than four Ministers — Mr. Singh, Information and Broadcasting Minister M. Venkaiah Naidu, Minister for Food Ram Vilas Paswan and Minister of State for Finance Arjun Ram Meghwal.
While attendance remained sparse for much of the debate, the government made a strong case against associating specific incidents of violence against Dalits with the BJP-led government at the Centre or the Sangh Parivar.
"I do not want to go into State-wise figures on crimes against Dalits, but overall figures show that in 2013 the cases of violence against Dalits were 39,346, which rose to 40,300 in 2014 and came down again (after the NDA took over) in 2015 to 38,564," Mr. Singh said.


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Martyrdom of Yemen's Al Sammad exposes Saudi, US motives
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By Joaquin Flores On Apr 24, 2018
By Jay Tharappel
The President of Yemen's National Salvation Government Saleh Al Sammad was martyred on the 19th of April, last Thursday, while inspecting the frontline.
Unlike the "President" who Saudi Arabia, the United states, and their wealthy Gulf allies claim to be bombing Yemen on behalf of, Al Sammad actually lived in the Yemeni capital Sana'a, and presided over a national unity government that calls on all Yemeni political parties, including Islah, the Muslim Brotherhood, to unite and resist the genocidal aggression starving millions.
The last we heard of the so-called "President of Yemen" Abdurrab Mansour Hadi was that he was under house arrest in Riyadh, and has been refused the right to leave. It is clear to everyone with a brain and conscience that Saudi Arabia has an imaginary friend when they claim to be helping the "Yemeni government" fight against the "Houthis" who in turn are presented as an alien force backed by Iran.
This is a cruel lie. Getting anything into Yemen is next to impossible because of the Saudi blockade, and more importantly, all factions involved in resisting the aggression are Yemenis. Ansarullah do not want to govern Yemen, their take-over of Sana'a in September 2014 was against the fragmentation of Yemen under a weak non-entity of a President who won an election with only his name on the ballot.
Who helps Saudi Arabia impose this blockade? The Anglo-American alliance, including Australia, which helps Saudi Arabia perform naval exercises that serve to strengthen the genocidal blockade, and sells weapons to Saudi Arabia alongside the other Anglo regimes, namely the UK, and Canada.
The Saudis have never wanted Yemen to become an independent nation because of their own insecurities about the legitimacy (or lack thereof) of their state. "Saudi" Arabia represents the hegemony of Nejd where the Al Saud family hails from, over Hejaz, the eastern provinces where the Shia are ruthlessly persecuted for simply demanding democracy, and Najran, which is northern Yemen, a piece of territory occupied by the Saudis when they established their regime with help from the British.
Saudi Arabia fears that an independent Yemen, because of its strategic position at a choke-point of global trade, free to develop in its own way, will force them to behave themselves instead carrying on their reckless policies of funding extremist death-squads across the region to compensate for the reality that their power, and that of their US imperialist backers is crumbling.
Check out Yemen Resistance Watch for complete news on Yemen.
Jay Tharappel – is a political commentator and activist based in Sydney, Australia. Jay has written, agitated, and spoken publicly against the aggression being waged on Syria, Yemen, among others. He was educated at Usyd.
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Joaquin Flores is Editor-in-Chief of Fort Russ News, as well as the Director of the Belgrade based think-tank, the Center for Syncretic Studies. Educated at California State University, Los Angeles, in the field of International Relations, he previously served as Chief Negotiator and Internal Organizer in several jurisdictions for the SEIU labor union in California. Flores has twenty years experience in community, labor, and anti-war organizing. Flores has appeared regularly on Iran's 'PressTV' and Russia's 'RT' news to share his expert opinion and analysis on current geopolitical matters. As a Thought Leader, he has spoken publicly internationally at numerous forums, published in over 10 languages, his conceptual and ideological frameworks, approaches to branding and aesthetics have influenced others in his field.
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In what may be the new killer app for the Apple iPad, Warner Brothers has deviced a clever way to distribute their home film releases in a way that is similar to DVDs but designed for the new digital world. They are starting off with releases of The Dark Knight and Inception. Get the details after the break.
The two Christopher Nolan films are available as Apps (being called "App Editions"), but the way they work is kind of tricky. The apps themselves are free, but in order to get to the film itself and all the goods, you have to make an in-app purchase. The Dark Knight is $9.99 and Inception is $11.99, but with that 10 or 12 dollars, you get exclusive content like free music, art gallery, behind the scenes video, and more.
While I question the in-app purchase side of the concept (I imagine this is to allow you to preview the app before purchasing), this really could be the new way to distribute home releases of films. iPads and other mobile devices are sweeping the nation and world, and to have a more dynamic copy of your favorite films on the go is very enticing, especially when they are about the same price (if not better) as regular digital copies.
If this catches on, I hope studios make a single app that you can purchase within to avoid clutter on your phone/tablet, but until then, this is a good start.
What do you all think? Watch the video demo of the apps below and click here for the full press release.


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Being a Politician While Black
By Alan Caruba
Privately I have been telling friends that Barack Obama has made it nearly impossible for any black American politician to become president for at least the next two generations, maybe more. He has sealed their fate.
Then I read Walter E. Williams' column, "Can Black Americans Afford Obama?" He wrote, "I am all too fearful that a future black presidential candidate will find himself carrying the heavy baggage of a failed black president." Williams is a distinguished black economist and a syndicated columnist who sometimes sits in for Rush Limbaugh.
Thank you, Walter, for saying what I have been thinking for a very long time. Just how much irony is there that both Carter and Obama are so liberal that they estranged voters so swiftly and so deeply while in office they have become the standard for failure against which others will be measured.
Political failure is neither white, nor black. It's just failure.
Having forced "Obamacare" on America, the President is so tone deaf he thinks, despite having signed it into law, that he must go out and "sell" it again. Somewhere close to two-third of all Americans want it repealed!
The comparison to Carter is accurate. The 1979 Iranian revolution and Carter's inability to secure the release of U.S. diplomats held hostage sealed his fate. Fast forward to Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who literally mocked the latest UN sanctions that took the U.S. sixteen months to fashion and secure.
The Iranians continue to use Obama as a doormat and he continues to think that diplomacy will achieve anything with these fanatical Islamists.
White people have long been accustomed to keeping their opinions to themselves about blacks and for very good reason; the history in America for blacks was one of slavery and the subsequent Jim Crow laws, the KKK, school segregation and violations of their humanity until the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964.
Following the Civil War, the 15th Amendment to the Constitution stated that "The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude. It was passed on February 3, 1870. It took nearly one hundred years before blacks had any real chance of enjoying the American dream.
Forgotten in this history, however, is that a lot of white people also fought very hard to correct the wrongs that had become institutionalized in American society. Barack Obama would not be president if a lot of white people hadn't voted for him. I think they saw an opportunity to say to the world, see, we've changed.
Williams wrote "Early indications suggest that the Barack Obama presidency might turn out to be similar to the failed presidency of Jimmy Carter. That's bad news for the nation but, especially bad news for black Americans."
It is, indeed. It's especially bad news for black Americans running for public office. I am not talking about those from heavily black districts, but those who must compete for white votes. One, Alan West, is a black candidate for Congress in South Florida. He is an articulate and outspoken conservative. He transcends color. He's about real leadership, real ideas, and real change.
Any member of a minority will tell you that they cringe when "one of theirs" screws up because, in the end, it makes them all look bad. Barack Obama is not doing black Americans any favors these days.
© Alan Caruba, 2010
Labels: Afro-Americans, Obamacare, President Obama
Unfortunately, the vast majority of African-Americans have sold their souls to the socialist Democratic Party. I don't think most white Americans care what race a candidate belongs, but they do insist that the candidate obey the U.S. Constitution and not "Kas Kapital."
Ol James said...
Do yall remember Ken Hamblin?? Talk Radio show host. In the 80's, he said on air, (not a direct quote), ..No city, state or nation can survive under a liberal black. Example, Atlanta, Houston.
He predicted that America would probably have a black president around the turn of the century or just after. Why? Because of the liberalization of the Nation. Not bad for a Black, Vegetarian huh?
...man I miss him on the radio...
I don't think of Obama as white or black....He's a red all the way through.
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Reading guides (or sometimes called guided readings) are designed to get students to open a textbook. They are an excellent means to improve student reading comprehension skills, fluency, and word recognition. They force the students to actively interact with the text in a quantifiable manner. And once the students are done with the reading guides, they have a ready-made study guide to look over for the quiz!


The wonderful Doc Dunn will accompany Coca-Cola (that cosmic duo comprised S. Twig and M. Remy - otherwise known as the muscle behind Calico Corporation) in a compliment towards the out-of-body experience the mighty ZA will surely bestow upon us.
We will have records, music, perhaps some candy - and most certainly fun. See you there Torontonians (and Japanese collectors who surely must be flying in specifically for this majestic event)!


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Q: Iterate through first n elements of array - if that many exist I am looking for a more elegant, 'Ruby-ists' way to do the following. Is there any cleaner way to do this?
i=0
array.each do |x|
    break if x.empty?
    puts x
    i+=1
    break if i>4
end

A: I saw that you were calling #empty? on the elements in your array and quitting when you see the first empty element.  If you want to preserve that behavior, you could do:
array.first(4).each do |x|
  break if x.empty?
  puts x
end

A fancier way would be:
array.take_while { |i| !i.empty? }.first(4).each do |i|
  puts i
end

I am not sure how many elements you want to print; please note that my examples will print at most 4 elements, whereas your code was printing up to 5.

A: I'd suggest Array#first as follows:
array.first(4).each do |x|
  puts x
end

If you only want to accept the first so many non-nil entries, then filter them out using Array#compact:
array.compact.first(4).each do |x|
  puts x
end

If you are concerned about empty values then you could still chain the filters using Array#reject:
array.reject(&:empty?).first(4).each do |x|
  puts x
end

A: Another way:
def printem(a,n)
  puts a[0, [a.index(&:empty?) || n, n].min]
end

printem [[], [2],[3],[4],[5],[6]], 4
  # <prints nothing>
printem [[1],[2], [],[4],[5],[6]], 4
  # 1
  # 2
printem [[1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6]], 4
  # 1
  # 2
  # 3
  # 4
printem [[1],[2],[3],[4],[5],[6]], 7
  # 1
  # 2
  # 3
  # 4
  # 5
  # 6


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This is a hard step but a really important one. It's probably the last thing you feel like doing but it can be the point that things start to turn around. Call a crisis line, speak to a school counsellor or talk to a friend or family member you can trust. It's possible that friends and family won't know what to say, or won't believe you. But keep trying until you find someone who does. Seeing a psychologist or psychiatrist can also be a great way to cope with tough times.
Good food and a bit of exercise can greatly improve your mood. It's also important to steer clear of drugs and alcohol, as they can make you more impulsive and put you at risk of making bad decisions. Getting drunk or high might also make you feel better, however the feeling is only temporary and chances are you'll feel a lot worse when you sober up. If you are under the influence of drugs or alcohol and feeling down give us a call and we will listen.
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Subject instructed to feed SCP-634.
0:00:00 Subject enters room and approaches SCP-634.
0:00:24 Subject reaches SCP-634. Subject appears momentarily confused. Subject looks at fish food, nods head.
0:01:43 Subject looks at fish food, nods head.
0:02:41 Subject looks at fish food, nods head.
Experiment halted when D-███ ran out of fish food. SCP-634 shows no signs of discomfort or injury due to the large amount of food eaten. Subject showed no lasting effects of experiment. Subject kept one month for psychological testing, showing no other signs of memory loss or impairment.
Subject instructed to place hand in SCP-634's tank.
0:00:15 Subject becomes mildly confused at a distance of 1.5m from SCP-634, pauses to check his pockets, shrugs, and continues to approach.
0:00:32 Subject reaches SCP-634. Confusion increases, asks what he was supposed to do. Subject prompted to place hand into tank.
0:01:04 Subject places right hand into tank.
0:01:45 SCP-634 bites subject's index finger. Subject curses, removes hand from tank.
0:02:12 Subject complains of burning sensation in finger.
0:02:30 Subject places right hand into tank, appears to feel a decrease in pain.
0:02:55 SCP-634 bites subject's index finger. Subject curses, removes hand from tank.
0:03:23 Subject complains of burning sensation in finger.
0:03:48 Subject places right hand into tank, appears to feel a decrease in pain.
0:04:08 SCP-634 bites subject's index finger. Subject curses, removes hand from tank.
0:25:00 Subject instructed to leave. Subject walks towards door.
0:25:16 Subject reaches a distance of 2m from SCP-634. Pauses, audibly recalls that he was supposed to go do something to SCP-634, and turns to approach SCP-634.
0:25:32 Subject again prompted to leave. Subject continues to be prompted until he reaches door.
Subject treated for injuries to hand. Subject expresses confusion over why he would continue to repeatedly put hand in the tank when the fish kept biting him, but otherwise showed no lasting effects. Subject kept one month for psychological testing, showing no other signs of memory loss or impairment.