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Ralph Genende
Making space for her…
When you think Exodus you think Moses; towering figure, saviour, law-giver, leader. When you think Egyptian story, you think Aharon, high priest, man of compassion. When you think Exodus you may think only of the mighty men of that generation; the princes and leaders. But think again, because without the heroism of women there would have been no Moses, no Exodus, no Torah.
The disastrous story of the 12 spies which led to 40 years wandering in the desert was perhaps a result of who they were: כלם אנשים. The Torah says they were "all men" which prompts the 16th century commentator the Kli Yakar to retort: You know why they failed; there wasn't one woman on the mission. Had they included women they would have had a very different outcome because the women 'knew how to love the land of Israel, much more than the men'. In fact, if you read the Exodus story you realise not only the probable source of the Kli Yakar's statement but also recognise that without six remarkable women (as suggested by Sacks and other scholars) the story wouldn't have been.
Who were the six?
Yocheved: mother of Moshe. A woman whose courage and resourcefulness saves her son. She hides him from Pharaoh's midwives and secret police constructing a safe water-proof cradle on the Nile.
Miriam: sister of Moshe. A woman whose initiative, caring and confidence saves her brother. She literally stands by him. According to the Midrash she actually urges her parents to bring a child into the dangerous world of totalitarian Egypt. And so Moses is born…
Pharaoh's daughter: the princess, Batya, whose compassion and moral determination ensure Moshe's and the people's future. She defies her father's orders and her servants advice. She doesn't take the easy route of least resistance.
The two midwives: Shifra and Puah who refused to take part in crimes against humanity. Their civil disobedience and courage ensure the survival of the Jewish people. They could easily have claimed we are just following orders and killed the first born males.
Tzipporah: wife of Moshe who stands by, challenges and saves the life of her husband and preserves her family.
Last Sunday we celebrated the bat mitzvah of 24 girls at Caulfield Shule — one of our largest groups in years. They were taught by the talented Naomi Rubinstein who once again educated, informed and inspired the group with a wide ranging and experiential program. The program included a moving session with grandmothers, challah baking activity with the Dads under the guidance of grandparents Jeffrey and Sue Appel, a visit to the mikveh and learning sessions on Shabbat and Chagim. At the ceremony I was particularly moved by the mother-daughter introductions and the special bracha each mum chose to impart to their daughters. These were thoughtful and powerful in their simplicity and clarity and a strong message about the potential and possibilities for young Jewish women today.
To all bat mitzvah girls today, I would say: Don't let anyone tell you women don't belong in the great story of Jewish history. They may often be unrecorded, frequently unrecognised, but they are there. And you are lucky to be living in a community and society where women are valued. There may still be a way to go as the Me Too Movement and Handmaid's Tale remind us. There is also still a way to go in the Jewish community and especially our Orthodox world. But look at the amazing global models from Jacinda Ardern to Cheryl Sandberg, Oprah to our Vic Governor Linda Dessau and pay attention to our local Jewish exemplars (including Linda). Go forward with confidence – the future belongs to you too!
In the Jewish world more and more women are becoming leaders. In our community JCCV, Zionism Australia and many other organisations have women at the helm. By happy coincidence this week's Jewish News is dedicated to women in our community and the launch of the NCJW"s #MakeSpace ForHer campaign.
In Israel recently I sat with a group of Modern Orthodox rabbis and women from the Beit Hillel organisation — they were equal in knowledge and ability but the women have not yet been given the status they should be afforded. We need to increase the number of women participating at board and management levels at our shules and Orthodox organisations — we have only two women on our current shule board. We also need to encourage our Chareidi friends to enhance the participation of women.
One of the women at the meeting in Tel Aviv was Rabbanit Dr Chana Friedman. She is not only an educator at the Zeitlin GIirls High School, but also the founder and leader of the Yachad community in Tel Aviv. She deliberately chose to set up this Orthodox community in Tel Aviv as a model for a place of inclusion, the empowerment of women and the welcoming of LGBT individuals and couples. In her words: "The Holy One, blessed be He, can forgive us for our sins against him, but with all his greatness and abilities, he has no authority to make disappear the pain and injuries and sins that we have committed against other people. It doesn't help even if those injuries and sins were done in the name of God."
We are indeed fortunate to live in a time and place where we can recognise the fact that in the past we may have treated women without the respect and recognition they deserved not only as our mothers, wives and daughters but also as our leaders, thinkers and visionaries. Now is the time to make space for them. This will only make us richer and stronger as a community and as shapers of the future.
Rabbi Ralph
Born in Zimbabwe, raised in South Africa, Rabbi Ralph Genende is a well-known and popular Modern Orthodox Rabbi. Ralph was Senior Rabbi to the Auckland, New Zealand Jewish community for ten years. He then became College Rabbi at Mount Scopus College, member of its Executive Team and Rabbi of Beit Aharon congregation. Currently Rabbi Genende is Senior Rabbi of Caulfield Hebrew Congregation, one of Melbourne's largest congregations. He was a senior Reserve Chaplain in the South African Defence Force and is now Principal Rabbi to the Australian Defence Force, Member of the Religious Advisory Council to the Minister of Defence (RACS), board member of AIJAC (Australian Israel Jewish Affairs Council) and member of the Premier's Mulitifaith Advisory Group. He was President of JCMA (Jewish Christian Muslim Association) and a long time executive member of the Rabbinical Association of Victoria. He also oversees Yad BeYad a premarital relationship program, is a member of Swinburne University's Research Ethics Committee and on the Glen Eira City Council's Committee responsible for its Reconciliation Action Plan for recognition and integration of our first peoples. Ralph has a passion for social justice and creating bridges between different cultures and faiths. For him the purpose of religion is to create a better society for all people and to engage with the critical issues facing Australian society. The role of the rabbi is, in his words, to challenge the comfortable and comfort the challenged. In 2018 Rabbi Genende was awarded an OAM for his services to multi-faith relations, and to the Jewish community of Victoria. Rabbi Genende is a trained counsellor with a Masters degree from Auckland University. He is married to Caron, a psychologist and they have three children – Eyal (who is married to Carly), Daniella and Yonatan and a grandson Ezra.
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*We receive multiple requests for many young men to come join Lakeshore Lifeworks. Acceptance into the Lakeshore Lifeworks program will be at the discretion of the board members. Each applicant will be reviewed by the board members.
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First, we will take you on a two-hour tour around the historical center of Prague as you follow in the footsteps of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, a classical music composer and genius who enjoyed visiting Prague and was inspired by the city. We will visit St. Nicholas Church, where Mozart practiced on the organ. You will also learn about other leading classical music figures who either lived in Prague or visited the city. These include composers Bedrich Smetana and Antonin Dvorak. You can either book the Mozart dinner with or without the city tour.
Savor the romantic sounds of arias and duets by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and enjoy a three-course meal by candlelight in the Neo-Baroque ballroom of a five-star hotel. This classical music concert is performed by much acclaimed Czech opera singers. Take a step back into the 18th century, when Mozart lived, as the musicians don period costumes and the food harkens back to Mozart's time. The sounds of pieces from "Don Giovanni," "The Marriage of Figaro" and "The Magic Flute" will soothe you as you whet your appetite with Tyrolean dumplings and Viennese onions plus cake with nougat and apple pie. If those dishes do not appeal to you, why not try beef confit in lard with strong whole-grain mustard sauce? Or stalk celery and apple salad with smoked pork, hok strips and wine vinegar?
Located in the renowned Franz Josef Restaurant in Old Town's Grand Hotel Bohemia, the concerts could not take place in a more superb atmosphere. The Boccaccio Ballroom seeps with Baroque features just as it did when it was built in 1925 due to restorations. Artificial marble, exquisite wall decoration and paintings as well as gilded statues of cherubs make this the perfect place to listen to music by one of the best composers in history. Nearby Mozart's "Don Giovanni" premiered in 1787, at the Estates Theatre, as Mozart conducted the opera himself. Do not forget to look down – the parquet floor is original. Each cassette contains nine different kinds of oriental wood.
Mozart dinner: Dates, starting times, prices, smoking policy, etc.
Concerts are held on Fridays or Saturdays each week when there are 20 people or more interested. They start at 7 pm and last about two and a half hours.
The price of a ticket with a complimentary drink is 1820 CZK / 73 EURO per person at table for eight.
If you want a more romantic atmosphere, reserve a table for two for the price of 1980 CZK /79 EURO per person.
Other prices are: 2490 CZK / 99 EURO per person, exclusive balcony box for 2-4 people and 890 CZK / 35 EURO per child up to 12 years of age.
Drinks are not included (except for the complimentary one), and seating is on a first come, first serve basis.
No smoking is allowed on the premises, and participants must pay in cash for their drinks.
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Dictyostelium discoideum
Dictyostelium discoideum is a cellular slime mold that serves as an important model organism in a variety of fields. Cellular slime molds have an unusual life cycle. They exist as separate amoebae, but after consuming all the bacteria in their area they proceed to stream together to form a multicellular organism. These features make it a valuable tool for studying developmental processes and also for investigating the evolution of multicellularity. Long thought to be a type of fungus, it has recently been shown that slime molds in fact bear no relation to fungi.
Studies of Thalidomide's Effects on Rodent Embryos from 1962-2008
Thalidomide is a sedative drug introduced to European markets on 1 October 1957 after extensive testing on rodent embryos to ensure its safety. Early laboratory tests in rodent populations showed that pregnant rodents could safely use it, so doctors prescribed Thalidomide to treat morning sickness in pregnant women. However, in humans Thalidomide interfered with embryonic and fetal development in ways not observed in rodent tests.
Subject: Organisms, Reproduction, Disorders
Intraspecies Chimeras Produced in Laboratory Settings (1960-1975)
When cells-but not DNA-from two or more genetically distinct individuals combine to form a new individual, the result is called a chimera. Though chimeras occasionally occur in nature, scientists have produced chimeras in a laboratory setting since the 1960s. During the creation of a chimera, the DNA molecules do not exchange genetic material (recombine), unlike in sexual reproduction or in hybrid organisms, which result from genetic material exchanged between two different species. A chimera instead contains discrete cell populations with two unique sets of parental genes.
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Wolbachia
Bacteria of the genus Wolbachia are
bacteria that live within the cells of their hosts. They infect a
wide range of arthropods (insects, arachnids, and crustaceans) and
some nematodes (parasitic roundworms). Scientists estimate that
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arthropods and nematodes. The frequency of the bacteria makes them
one of the most widespread parasites. In general, they are divided
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"How do Embryos Assess Risk? Vibrational Cues in Predator-Induced Hatching of Red-Eyed Treefrogs" (2005), by Karen Warkentin
In 'How do Embryos Assess Risk? Vibrational Cues in Predator-Induced Hatching of Red-Eyed Treefrogs' (2005), Karen Warkentin reported on experiments she conducted to see how red-eyed treefrog embryos, Agalychnis callidryas, can distinguish between vibrations due to predator attacks and other environmental occurrences, such as storms. Though the ability of red-eyed treefrogs to alter their hatch timing had been documented, the specific cues that induce early hatching were not well understood.
The Southern Gastric-Brooding Frog
The Southern Gastric-Brooding Frog (Rheobatrachus silus) was an aquatic frog that lived in south-east Australia. In 2002, the International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List declared the frog extinct, although no wild specimens had been reported since 1981. As the common name alludes to, the R.
Lysogenic Bacteria as an Experimental Model at the Pasteur Institute (1915-1965)
Lysogenic bacteria, or virus-infected bacteria, were the primary experimental models used by scientists working in the laboratories of the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France, during the 1950s and 1960s. Historians of science have noted that the use of lysogenic bacteria as a model in microbiological research influenced the scientific achievements of the Pasteur Institute's scientists.
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A Disease Of Animals That Is Widespread Or Global The Secret Scientific Debate On Global Warming
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The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) made a dire assessment of the impact of global climate change in a new report dated November 17, 2007. According to the latest report of the Commission, the production of carbon dioxide on Earth already destroyed the islands. , beaches, and one-fifth to two-thirds of the world's species.
The IPCC report says global warming is "unnecessary". It is estimated that by the beginning of 2020 between 75 and 250 million people in Africa will suffer from water shortages. He went on to say that the population of the largest cities in Asia will be at greater risk of river and coastal flooding. Europeans can expect extensive species loss. North America will experience longer and hotter heat waves and greater competition for water.
In the best-case scenario, temperatures would rise from carbon already in the atmosphere, the report said. Climate change is here as evidenced by melting snow and glaciers, higher temperatures, and rising sea levels. If left unchecked, global warming will spread hunger and disease, further stress water resources, cause more frequent hurricanes and floods, and could lead to the extinction of 70 percent of plant and animal species. .
"We have already made a global commitment to sea level," said the committee's chairman, Rajendra Pachauri. But if Greenland's ice melts, scientists say, they can't predict how many feet the seas will rise, inundating coastal cities. Climate change harms "our planet's most precious assets," he said, and the impacts are "too severe and far-reaching to require urgent global action." We are all in this together. We must work together."
"International scientists have spoken clearly and with one voice," said UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, "I hope that international policy makers to do the same."
The scientists in the world that the Secretary General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon is referring to are apparently members of the Committee on Climate Change of the United Nations. However, the Nobel prize winning IPCC is a political body appointed by the UN. Most of the 3,000 members of this committee are not scientists, but they are political appointees. A few real scientists who were on the committee in the past disputed the committee's findings and had their comments deleted from the reports. Many of these scientists have even requested that their names be removed from the committee's report. Their requests were rejected. Some scientists have had to sue the committee to have their names removed.
Therefore, have the world's scientists agreed and spoke with one voice on the issue of world light? Is global warming "unfair"? It does not seem that those statements can be attributed to scientists connected with the IPCC. The phrase that all scientists speak with "one voice" on global warming has been heard in Al Gore's global warming presentations and is now used in comments by the Secretary General of the United Nations.
Certainly the comments from early last week from John Coleman (founder of the Weather Channel) do not indicate a consensus of opinion on global warming. His comments are generally not reported by the mainstream media. Coleman said: "It (global warming) is the biggest hoax in history. I was surprised, shocked and very angry by it…. Some scientists motivated by environmental and political reasons manipulate long-term scientific data to create the illusion of global warming. Other scientists of the same type of environmental whacko jumped into the circle to support and expand the "research" to further advance completely ineffective, global warming claims. They recently said that they are a consensus, I have read many scientific books, I have talked with many scientists, I have studied, I have thought about it, I know that I am right, there is no change of face- the day goes by.
Also consider the comments of Colorado State University's Hurricane expert Dr. William Gray: "The only uncomfortable fact about global warming is that a real debate has not really taken place. Hundreds of scientists, many of them famous in the field, agree. They ' has been washing our brains for 20 years," Gray said. "This fear will work its way again. In 15-20 years, we'll look back and see what a fantasy this was." Gray acknowledged that we've had some warming in the last 30 years. "I'm not asking for that," he explained. "And people can has caused some degree of this warming. Very much. But this warming trend will not continue. My belief is that three, four years from now, the earth will begin to cool again, as it did from the mid-'40s to the mid-'70s."
Then came the ideas of highly respected climate scientist, Roger Pielke Sr. at the University of Colorado: Pielke argued that there was not enough intellectual difference in the debate. He claims that each thing is said "over and over" again, when in fact there are a variety of opinions. "I think the media is in a better position to do that. If the media honestly presented the views that are out there, which they don't, things would change."
The skeptical opinions of psychologists Coleman, Gray and Pielke are not exclusive. In fact, 19,000 scientists have signed a petition that says: "There is no scientific evidence that human emissions of carbon dioxide, methane, or other greenhouse gases cause or will, in the foreseeable future ever, it will cause a massive warming of the Earth's atmosphere, Disruption of the Earth's climate. Furthermore, there is overwhelming scientific evidence that increases in atmospheric carbon dioxide are having many beneficial effects on the Earth's natural plant and animal communities."
Global warming may be a major problem recognized in the United Nations report. However, there is an ongoing debate in the scientific community about global warming and its effects. The world's scientists do not speak with "one voice" and do not all agree that long-term global warming is "unfair". The fact that there is a concerted effort to keep the scientific debate on global warming a public secret should make us as uncomfortable as the findings on global warming in the latest United Nations report.
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Q: Proving that a set A in a metric space is bounded iff it belongs to a ball with radius r>0 Let $(X,d)$ be a metric space. Prove that $A\subset X$ is bounded if and only if $A\subset B_r (a)$ for some $a\in X$ and $r>0.$
This is my own proof to the question.
Let $B_r(a)=\{x\in X : d(x_1,a)<r\}$ for some $a$ and $r>0$. Assuming that $A\subset B_r(a)$ implies that for any two points $x,y\in A$ we have that $d(x,a)<r,d(y,a)<r$. It follows that $$d(x,a)+d(y,a)<2r$$ $\forall x,y\in A.$  We also kmow since we have a metric space that $$d(x,a)+d(y,a)\geq d(x,y).$$
Thus we have $$sup\{d(x,y):x,y\in A\}=diamA\leq d(x,a)+d(y,a) <2r<\infty$$ $\forall x,y\in A$ which proves the result.
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Pascal Dumas
Pascal Dumas is a legend in the baton twirling community. He began twirling at five years old in Marseille, France under the coaching of Christine Bel and international juggler, Pierre Bel. He showed immediate promise and at the age of 12 started winning the French National Championships. He also went on to win the European Championships seven years in a row from 1981 to 1987.
In 1980, the World Baton Twirling Federation(WBTF) hosted its first World Championships in Seattle, Washington. Dumas competed and represented his home country France, bringing home a fifth place finish. He won the bronze medal in 1984, 1985, and 1986.
Dumas is a highly regarded clinician and has taught all over the world. His creativity, innovativeness and passion make him one of the most interesting coaches to take from. The Artisports summer camp is so grateful to have Dumas teach here in the United States.
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Lina Carstens (6 December 1892 in Wiesbaden – 22 September 1978 in Munich) was a German film and theater actress. On stage she appeared in plays by Gerhart Hauptmann, Arthur Schnitzler, and August Strindberg, and in her old age she starred in the film Lina Braake directed by Bernhard Sinkel.

Career
Carstens began her career as an actress before the First World War at the Court Theatre in Karlsruhe. It belonged to during the First World War and shortly thereafter the cabaret retort to the writer Ringelnatz to. She was married to the author Otto Ernst Sutter until his death in 1970.

In 1939 she was named a state actor by Joseph Goebbels. She played in Konstanz the first Mother Courage in the eponymous play by Bertolt Brecht on a German stage.

She began her film career 1922. The director Douglas Sirk gave her various leading roles.

After the Second World War she continued her career as a character actress. She also managed to get roles in the New German Cinema.

In the ZDF television series Der Bastian (1973) she had a role alongside Horst Janson and Karin Anselm. In 1972 she won the Film Award for her many years of service, in 1975 she was the same award for their outstanding performance in Lina Braake honored.

She also worked extensively as a voice actor and was dubbed over Margaret Rutherford (Passport to Pimlico), Françoise Rosay (Le Joueur) and Helene Thimig (Decision Before Dawn).

She received a burial at sea in the North Sea .

Selected filmography
 The Girl from the Marsh Croft (1935)
 To New Shores (1937)
 Tango Notturno (1937)
 The Broken Jug (1937)
 Heimat (1938)
 Passion (1940)
 The Eternal Spring (1940)
 My Daughter Doesn't Do That (1940)
 Commissioner Eyck (1940)
 A Gust of Wind (1942)
 The Green Salon (1942)
 Wedding in Barenhof (1942)
 Bluebeard (1951)
 My Name is Niki (1952)
 The Great Temptation (1952)
 Illusion in a Minor Key (1952)
 A Heart Plays False (1953)
 Secretly Still and Quiet (1953)
 Arlette Conquers Paris (1953)
  Fanfare of Marriage (1953)
 The Missing Miniature (1954)
 Fireworks (1954)
 Sky Without Stars (1955)
 Beloved Enemy (1955)
 My Husband's Getting Married Today (1956)
 Wir Wunderkinder (1958)
 I Was All His (1958)
 The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1959)
 Gustav Adolf's Page (1960)
 Das schwarze Schaf (1960)
 He Can't Stop Doing It (1962)
  (1968, TV miniseries)
 Der Bastian (1973, TV series, 13 episodes)
  (1974)
 Three Men in the Snow (1974)
 The Unguarded House (1975, TV film)
 Lina Braake (1975)
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 The Rider on the White Horse (1978)

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1892 births
1978 deaths
People from Wiesbaden
People from Hesse-Nassau
German film actresses
German stage actresses
German television actresses
20th-century German actresses
Best Actress German Film Award winners
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Sokoto commissioner promises restoration
By Adamu Suleiman On Feb 22, 2018
Newly appointed Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education in Sokoto State, Prof Aishatu Madawaki, has vowed to restore the state's lost glory in education.
"We will consolidate on what I met on ground in order to move ahead towards expected results," she said during a brief handing over session in Sokoto.
Madawaki said the state's education sector needed a comprehensive and holistic approach to turn around.
According to her the state of emergency declared in the sector by the Sokoto State government is apt and necessary to achieve quality and standard, especially at the basic and secondary levels.
"These are the foundations on which excellence is built in the sector. We will focus on them to ensure that both teaching and learning are professionally encouraged, as well as provision of adequate facilities.
She said the reports and recommendations of the main and sub committees on the state of emergency were available as documents that would further guide her approach in addressing issues in the sector.
Madawaki, who took over from her predecessor, Dr Muhammadu Jabbi Kilgori, noted that the challenges in the sector were enormous and could not be surmounted within a short time. "Our children, especially the girl child, who is fast disadvantaged will be a primary focus," she assured.
While handing over earlier, Kilgori said the ministry had succeeded in re-modelling the sector towards standards. He, however, acknowledged the fact that there were challenges, which needed comprehensive approach.
Kilgori said: "We have to keep working as a team to reposition the sector in all respects as desired.
We need to harness all the factors to achieve a sound basic and secondary education.
"We were able to initiate a mechanism of massive attack and massive defence, especially in relation to policy implementations. We worked closely with relevant stakeholders to get results particularly on enrolment and retention approach on girl child education,"he stated.
Theme: Rejoice in the Lord always!
State police: This time, FG's right


Five WATR members traveled with Cherokee artisans to harvest the perfect canes that are suitable for traditional weaving projects: mats and baskets.
We joined two Cherokee artisans, Jim Long and Lucille Lossiah, and their six assistants who are learning the craft as we headed down to the Murphy area.
At the Marble Springs Outdoor Education Area we were shown what makes acceptable cane material. The cane must be straight, dark green indicating sufficient age, and no signs of branching for the bottom portion of the culm (the technical name for the stalk). Even a bit of residual branching renders the derived cane split unusable. The crafts people cut the cane and we pulled them out of the brakes and helped collected them for the trip home.
Special thanks go to Beth Johnson for gathering the Cherokee foraging partners. Beth works with the RTCAR (or fully spelled out: Revitalization of Traditional Cherokee Artisan Resources). Tony Ward, a staff member of the Hiwassee River Watershed Coalition, served as host by showing us which canebrakes were available for harvesting. Thanks, Tony!
The WATR group included Shirley Veenstra, Judy Knight, Bill Lee, Ken Brown, and Roger Clapp. Also in the Cherokee artisan group were Fidel Raya, Weylon Long, Jane Wolfe, Nancy Wolfe, and Dorothy Wood – an extension-service intern. We ended up with a warm meal and lively conversation at the Blue Mountain Café.
We will plan more events with Cherokee artisans in the new year, and we will launch the main activity – finding and getting permission for harvesting new river cane brakes in our watershed.
We will be dividing the roads and creeks in Swain and Jackson, where volunteers will look for more cane brakes. When we find them we will encourage landowners to sign simple agreements allowing artisans to occasionally harvest (sustainably!) cane for use in traditional crafts. How cool to be part of this age-old practice! How better to build friendships within the tribe and the watershed community? Call the office if you would like to join in!
Several years ago this effort was started by Adam Griffith, then a student and now a WCU staff member. He mapped cane sources, mostly near Cullowhee, and he generated an online map. Interested? Follow this link.


It's early, but this story on The Atlantic's web site might just be the most inane, half-assed piece of LeBron punditry you'll read today. Here, I'll summarize: LeBron made Ohio angry. Angry people join the Tea Party. The end.


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module PostgresExt::Serializers::ActiveModel
  module ArraySerializer
    def self.prepended(base)
      base.send :include, IncludeMethods
    end

    module IncludeMethods
      def to_json(*)
        root = @options.fetch(:root, self.class.root)
        if ActiveRecord::Relation === object && root != false
          _postgres_serializable_array
        else
          super
        end
      end
    end

    private

    # Provide single_record behavior for original ArraySerializer.
    def _serializable_array
      if @options[:single_record]
        super.first
      else
        super
      end
    end

    def _postgres_serializable_array
      _connection.select_value _serializer_sql
    end

    def _connection
      object.klass.connection
    end

    def _serializer_sql
      _reset_internal_state!
      root_key = _include_relation_in_root(object,
        serializer: @options[:each_serializer],
        root: @options[:root],
        single_record: @options[:single_record]
      )

      singular_resource_key = root_key if @options[:single_record]
      jsons_select_manager = _results_table_arel(singular_resource_key)
      jsons_select_manager.with @_ctes

      _to_sql(jsons_select_manager)
    end

    def _reset_internal_state!
      @_ctes = []
      @_results_tables = {}
      @_embedded = []
      @_cte_names = []
    end

    def _include_relation_in_root(relation, *args)
      local_options = args.extract_options!
      foreign_key_column = args[0]
      constraining_table = args[1]

      relation_query = relation
      relation_query_arel = relation_query.arel_table

      klass = ActiveRecord::Relation === relation ? relation.klass : relation
      if local_options[:serializer].present?
        serializer_class = local_options[:serializer]
      else
        serializer_class = _serializer_class(klass)
      end

      _serializer = serializer_class.new klass.new, options
      root_key = local_options[:root].to_s if local_options[:root]
      root_key ||=  _serializer.root_name.to_s if local_options[:single_record]
      root_key ||=  _serializer.root_name.to_s.pluralize
      @_embedded << root_key

      attributes = serializer_class._attributes.select do |key, value|
        if(_serializer.respond_to?("include_#{key}?"))
          _serializer.send("include_#{key}?")
        else
          true
        end
      end

      attributes.each do |name, key|
        if name.to_s == key.to_s
          if _serializer.respond_to? "#{name}__sql"
            relation_query = relation_query.select Arel::Nodes::As.new Arel.sql(_serializer.send("#{name}__sql")), Arel.sql(name.to_s)
          elsif serializer_class.respond_to? "#{name}__sql"
            warn "[DEPRECATION] postgres_ext-serializer - class serializer sql computed properties is deprecated. Please use instance method instead."
            relation_query = relation_query.select Arel::Nodes::As.new Arel.sql(serializer_class.send("#{name}__sql", options[:scope])), Arel.sql(name.to_s)
          elsif klass.respond_to? "#{name}__sql"
            relation_query = relation_query.select Arel::Nodes::As.new Arel.sql(klass.send("#{name}__sql")), Arel.sql(name.to_s)
          else
            relation_query = relation_query.select(relation_query_arel[name])
          end
        end
      end

      if foreign_key_column && constraining_table
        if local_options[:belongs_to]
          relation_query = relation_query.where(relation_query_arel[:id].in(constraining_table.project(constraining_table[foreign_key_column])))
        else
          relation_query = relation_query.where(relation_query_arel[foreign_key_column].in(constraining_table.project(constraining_table[:id])))
        end
      end

      associations = serializer_class._associations.select do |key, value|
        if(_serializer.respond_to?("include_#{key}?"))
          _serializer.send("include_#{key}?")
        else
          true
        end
      end

      association_sql_tables = []
      ids_table_name = nil
      id_query = nil
      unless associations.empty?
        ids_table_name = "#{relation.table_name}_ids"
        ids_table_arel =  Arel::Table.new ids_table_name
        id_query = relation.dup.select(relation_query_arel[:id])
        if foreign_key_column && constraining_table
          if local_options[:belongs_to]
            id_query.where!(relation_query_arel[:id].in(constraining_table.project(constraining_table[foreign_key_column])))
          else
            id_query.where!(relation_query_arel[foreign_key_column].in(constraining_table.project(constraining_table[:id])))
          end
        end
      end

      associations.each do |key, association_class|
        association = association_class.new key, _serializer, options

        association_reflection = klass.reflect_on_association(key)
        fkey = association_reflection.foreign_key
        if association.embed_ids?
          if association_reflection.macro == :has_many
            unless @_ctes.find { |as| as.left == ids_table_name }
              @_ctes << _postgres_cte_as(ids_table_name, "(#{id_query.to_sql})")
            end
            association_sql_tables << _process_has_many_relation(association.key, association.embed_key, association_reflection, relation_query, ids_table_arel)
          elsif klass.column_names.include?(fkey) && !attributes.include?(fkey.to_sym)
            relation_query = relation_query.select(relation_query_arel[fkey].as(association.key.to_s))
          end
        end
      end

      arel = relation_query.arel.dup

      if arel.orders.empty? && associations.present? && (arel.limit || arel.offset && arel.offset > 0)
        # Join ids CTE to filter CTE to ensure same records are selected in absence of ORDER BY.
        # This is needed because without an explicit ORDER BY record order in postgres is non-deterministic.
        # The record order only matters, if there is a LIMIT or OFFSET present.
        arel.join(ids_table_arel, Arel::Nodes::InnerJoin).on(relation_query_arel[:id].eq(ids_table_arel[:id]))
        arel.limit = nil
        arel.offset = nil
      end

      association_sql_tables.each do |assoc_hash|
        assoc_table = Arel::Table.new assoc_hash[:table]
        arel.join(assoc_table, Arel::Nodes::OuterJoin).on(relation_query_arel[:id].eq(assoc_table[assoc_hash[:foreign_key]]))
        arel.project _coalesce_arrays(assoc_table[assoc_hash[:ids_column]], assoc_hash[:ids_column])
      end

      bind_values = []
      bind_values += relation.arel.bind_values if relation.respond_to?(:arel) && relation.arel.respond_to?(:bind_values)
      bind_values += relation.bind_values if relation.respond_to?(:bind_values)
      relation_table = _arel_to_cte(arel, root_key, bind_values)

      associations.each do |key, association_class|
        association = association_class.new key, _serializer, options
        association_reflection = klass.reflect_on_association(key)

        if association.embed_in_root? && !@_embedded.member?(key.to_s)
          belongs_to = (association_reflection.macro == :belongs_to)
          constraining_table_param = association_reflection.macro == :has_many ? ids_table_arel : relation_table
          association_query = _reflection_scope(association_reflection)

          _include_relation_in_root(association_query, association_reflection.foreign_key,
            constraining_table_param, serializer: association.target_serializer, belongs_to: belongs_to, root: association_class.options[:root])
        end
      end

      root_key
    end

    def _process_has_many_relation(key, embed_key, association_reflection, relation_query, ids_table_arel)
      association_class = association_reflection.klass
      association_arel_table = association_class.arel_table
      association_query = _reflection_scope(association_reflection)
      association_query = association_query.group association_arel_table[association_reflection.foreign_key]
      association_query = association_query.select(association_arel_table[association_reflection.foreign_key])
      id_column_name = key.to_s
      cte_name = "#{id_column_name}_by_#{relation_query.table_name}"
      association_query = association_query.reorder(nil).select(_array_agg(association_arel_table[embed_key.to_sym], association_query.arel.orders, id_column_name))
      association_query = association_query.having(association_arel_table[association_reflection.foreign_key].in(ids_table_arel.project(ids_table_arel[:id])))
      @_ctes << _postgres_cte_as(cte_name, "(#{association_query.to_sql})")
      { table: cte_name, ids_column: id_column_name, foreign_key: association_reflection.foreign_key }
    end

    def _reflection_scope(reflection)
      relation = reflection.klass.all
      if reflection.scope
        relation.instance_exec(&reflection.scope)
      else
        relation
      end
    end

    def _to_sql(arel, bind_values = nil)
      accept = _connection.visitor.method(:accept)
      if accept.arity == 2
        collector = Arel::Collectors::SQLString.new
        collector = accept.call arel, collector
        res = collector.value
        unless bind_values.nil?
          bind_values.each_with_index do |bv, i|
            value = _connection.quote(bv[1])
            res = res.gsub(/\$#{i+1}(\b|\Z)/, value)
          end
        end
        res
      else
        accept.call arel
      end
    end

    def _serializer_class(klass)
      klass.active_model_serializer
    end

    def _coalesce_arrays(column, aliaz = nil)
      _postgres_function_node 'COALESCE', [column, Arel.sql("'{}'")], aliaz
    end

    def _results_table_arel(singular_key = nil)
      tables = []
      @_results_tables.each do |key, array|
        json_table = array
          .map {|t| t.project(Arel.star) }
          .inject {|t1, t2| Arel::Nodes::Union.new(t1, t2) }
        json_table = Arel::Nodes::As.new json_table, Arel.sql("tbl")
        json_table = Arel::Table.new(:t).from(json_table)

        json_select_manager = if singular_key.to_s == key.to_s
          # Single resource is embedded as object instead of array.
          json_table.project("COALESCE(row_to_json(tbl), '{}') as #{key}, 1 as match")
        elsif _connection.send('postgresql_version') >= 90300
          json_table.project("COALESCE(json_agg(tbl), '[]') as #{key}, 1 as match")
        else
          json_table.project("COALESCE(array_to_json(array_agg(row_to_json(tbl))), '[]') as #{key}, 1 as match")
        end

        @_ctes << _postgres_cte_as("#{key}_as_json_array", _to_sql(json_select_manager))
        tables << { table: "#{key}_as_json_array", column: key }
      end

      first = tables.shift
      first_table = Arel::Table.new first[:table]
      jsons_select = first_table.project first_table[first[:column]]

      tables.each do |table_info|
        table = Arel::Table.new table_info[:table]
        jsons_select = jsons_select.project table[table_info[:column]]
        jsons_select.join(table).on(first_table[:match].eq(table[:match]))
      end

      @_ctes << _postgres_cte_as('jsons', _to_sql(jsons_select))

      jsons_table = Arel::Table.new 'jsons'
      jsons_table.project("row_to_json(#{jsons_table.name})")
    end

    def _arel_to_cte(arel, name, bind_values)
      cte_name = _make_cte_name_unique("#{name}_attributes_filter")
      cte_table = Arel::Table.new cte_name
      @_ctes << _postgres_cte_as(cte_table.name, _to_sql(arel, bind_values))
      @_results_tables[name] = [] unless @_results_tables.has_key?(name)
      @_results_tables[name] << cte_table
      cte_table
    end

    def _make_cte_name_unique(orig_name)
      cte_name = orig_name
      idx = 2
      while @_cte_names.include?(cte_name) do
        cte_name = "#{orig_name}#{idx}"
        idx+=1
      end
      @_cte_names << cte_name
      cte_name
    end

    def _postgres_cte_as(name, sql_string)
      Arel::Nodes::As.new Arel.sql(name), Arel.sql(sql_string)
    end

    def _array_agg(column, orders, aliaz = nil)
      if orders.present?
        # Hack to build ORDER BY inside aggregate function
        stmt = Arel::Nodes::SelectStatement.new
        stmt.cores.last.projections << column
        stmt.orders = orders

        sql = stmt.to_sql.sub(/^SELECT /, '')
        column = Arel::Nodes::SqlLiteral.new(sql)
      end

      _postgres_function_node 'array_agg', [column], aliaz
    end

    def _postgres_function_node(name, values, aliaz = nil)
      Arel::Nodes::NamedFunction.new(name, values, aliaz)
    end
  end
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Day 16 & 17 | Mount Sargood (Central Aboriginal Reserve) - Leonora
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August 26th & 27th
As advised by the numerous road signs when entering Aboriginal Land, we used all of our regular gasoline as only Opal fuel is permitted within Aboriginal reserves. This was an effort to combat the sweeping addiction to gasoline sniffing, as Opal fuel is less volatile and therefore less fragrant providing a less addictive alternative. People wishing to complete this stretch of road are recommended to carry extra fuel, which enclosed in bright red jerry cans attract potential thieves; as a result travelers are urged to lock their reserve fuel cans.
Secure it don't lose it!
Day 14-15 | Yulara - Mount Sargood (Central Aboriginal Reserve)
Having come to Yulara with great expectations, we quickly realized that what appeared on the map as a town turned out to be a tourist resort with inflated prices, most notably, the petrol at $2.17 per liter. As is recommended to every visitor, our first stop in Uluru-Kata Tjuta National Park was the cultural center. These natural wonders are of extreme cultural significance to the aboriginal Anangu people. Both Uluru and Kata Tjuta are part of coming of age ceremonies, the details of which are not openly shared by the Anangu people.
Kata Tjuta with its highest peak at Mount Olga (546 m).
Day 10-13|Alice Springs - Finke Gorge NP - Yulara
August 21st-23rd
After a busy day in Alice Springs, we finally had Bertha back in shape and were ready to get back on track. Our next destination was Uluru, the infamous red rock in the middle of Australia. Sixty kilometers south of Alice Springs we headed down a 4 wheel drive only track, which took us to the Owen Springs Reserve. This gave us a better idea of what to expect from Australia's off-roading trails, such as heavy corrugation but also the ability to go where most people can't. Being unimpressed with the reserve itself, we got on the road early and had breakfast by the roadside, as has become quite frequent in our daily routine.
Classic breakfast on the side of the road.
We continued deeper towards Australia's red center through a series of off-roading detours, which lead us to Finke Gorge National Park. We quickly realized how remote we could get in a few hundred kilometers. Although way outside of mobile reception, we came across a diverse landscape, which included wild horses and aboriginal settlements.
Day 8 & 9 |Coondambo - Alice Springs
August 20th-21st
Spending our first night truly in the middle of nowhere gave us a glimpse of what would soon become routine through the more deserted parts of Australia. We got on the road early, excited to see the mining town and self-proclaimed opal capital of the world. With its underground churches, bars and living quarters, Coober Pedy had all the boxes ticked for an interesting and welcome break to the monotonous desert landscape. Numerous mounds of dirt and signs advising not to walk backwards made it impossible to miss the town.
Informative signage on the outskirts of Coober Pedy.
Day 7 & 8 | Adelaide Hills - Coondambo
After a small taste of Adelaide, we quickly realized we weren't quite ready to spend time in a city. Opting for the serenity of the open desert, we started heading towards Alice Springs and, of course Uluru. On August 18th we made it to Mount Remarkable National Park, which offered a campground for $18/night. As has become our usual assessment, we thought this was too hefty, and instead went on the lookout for a sheltered spot we could have all to ourselves. It didn't take too long before we settled in to what seemed to be an almost abandoned dirt road. We had taken out all of the necessities, and had just about relaxed to watch the sunset when a car came to a stop beside us. The driver informed us that we were on her property, and that this seemingly abandoned road was actually her driveway. It turns out we found an even better, more secluded spot for the night; here we enjoyed the sunset and marveled ourselves with the 53.5 meter long road trains shooting by.
Setting up camp for the night near Mount Remarkable National Park
Day 4 & 5 & 6 | Nelson - Coorong National Park - Adelaide Hills
Given we spent the night on private property, we decided to start our day extra early and head towards Mount Gambier. This big, small town was our pit stop for groceries, but also an unpleasant surprise in the form of the realization we had a punctured tire. We continued south towards the coastal town of Port MacDonnell. Once the second largest port in Australia, this town proved to be quite deserted during the winter season. Nonetheless we had breakfast by the sea, and headed inland to find long, straight highways lined with never ending farming plains.
Enjoying the sunny day on the plains of south-east South Australia
Day 3 & 4 - Johanna - Killarney - Nelson
Temperature: 11
After having a leisurely breakfast at our campsite in Johanna, we headed off to complete the most tourist-oriented part of the Great Ocean Road. On August 14th we saw the 12 Apostles, and the Gibson Steps, which were originally carved by hand by Mr. Gibson himself. These allow for a comfortable descent of the steep cliff in order to reach the shore.
After these attractions the highway became surrounded by what seemed to be mostly cattle farms. We even bought some fresh cheese from Cheese World, located across the street from a dairy factory. After experiencing the necessity of a camping lantern the previous nights, we made a pit stop to acquire one. A friendly local suggested a nearby campground, where we reluctantly paid for our first campsite, but also enjoyed our first warm showers since leaving Melbourne. August 15th was our first completely sunny day. We took advantage of this by detouring to the Cape Nelson Lighthouse, which is Victoria's most intact lighthouse complex. Built in 1884 and 32 meters high, this lighthouse provided safe passage for ships traveling through the harsh environment of the Southern Ocean.
Ledge of the Gibson Steps
Day 1 - Melbourne-Lorne-Johanna
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We left Melbourne late in the afternoon on August 12th and headed towards Torquay. We spent the night in the town of Lorne, and woke up early to continue our journey. On the 13th we contoured Cape Otway, which separates the Tasman Sea from the Southern Ocean.
Much of the Great Ocean Road has been deserted so far, so much so, that the 36 km stretch between Lorne and Apollo Bay will be closed for a week.
One of the many lookouts on the Great Ocean Road
Underwater Pyramid Discovered in Azores
Bathymetric image of pyramid. Source: RTP
A large pyramid has been discovered underwater between the islands of Terceira and São Miguel, which are part of the archipelago of the Azores. At an approximate height of 60 meters, the structure boasts an area of 8000 square meters. The finding of a pyramid in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean could reignite the debate around the existence of Atlantis, since there have been numerous postulations that the Azores could be the possible location of the mythical island.
(How) we did it - Europe just banned bee-killing pesticides!!
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Dear amazing Avaaz community,
We did it -- Europe just banned bee-killing pesticides!! Mega-corporations like Bayer threw everything they had at this, but people-power, science and good governance came out on top!!
Bee "die in" at Bayer's headquarters, CologneVanessa Amaral-Rogers from the specialist conservation organisation Buglife, says:
"It was a close vote, but thanks to a massive mobilisation by Avaaz members, beekeepers, and others, we won! I have no doubt that the floods of phonecalls and emails to ministers, the actions in London, Brussels and Cologne, and the giant petition with 2.6 million signers made this result possible. Thank you Avaaz, and everyone who worked so hard to save bees!"Bees pollinate two thirds of all our food -- so when scientists noticed that silently, they were dying at a terrifying rate,Avaaz swung in to action, and we kept on swinging until we won. This week's victory is the result of two years of flooding ministers with messages, organizing media-grabbing protests with beekeepers, funding opinion polls and much, much more. Here's how we did it, together:
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have achieved at least some improvement in the treatment of diabetes; in fact the basic protocols haven't changed much in twenty years.
Is research getting close to a solution? In my opinion as a pharmacist, the answer is no. Diabetes has become a managed disease, although I think the word "managed" is exaggerated, for "managed" would mean the patient is regularly going to the doctor, while being in good health because of the doctor's treatment.
For fifteen years I was the pharmacy manager for a small neighbourhood family-owned business. My position allowed an unusual observation point, where I saw the results of several people over a long term as they were introduced to the "diabetes sugar-med treadmill." It was not evident to me that these people improved from their diabetes treatment. All of the severe diabetics seemed to have the same group of symptoms: they were overweight (you never lose an ounce after the doctor introduces you to hyperinsulinaemia), oedematous, suffered from poor exercise tolerance and had a generally unhealthy appearance. The number of people with peripheral neuropathy was notable.
I would periodically ask people how they were doing. At the time, I wasn't as suspicious as I am now, since I have also been diagnosed with a fairly serious case of type II myself. I wasn't greatly surprised about developing diabetes as it runs in my family (my mother and sister both have the diagnoses), but when I developed severe foot neuropathy symptoms, I started doing my own research.
Due to my job, I was already aware of the poor treatments for the foot neuropathy. Amitriptyline, gabapentin, and lyrica don't have much effect. People usually are introduced to heavy narcotics before they get any real relief.
The drugs dull the pain but there is no real healing going on, because medicine claims they don't know the source of the pain in the first place.
Medicine still considers the HgbA1c (3 monthyl average bloodtest) as the "holy grail" of treatment outcome for diabetes.(3 monthly average) I asked people about their HgbA1c values; it was interesting to note how many of these extraordinarily unhealthy looking people had HgbA1c values in the normal range.
be more permeable and allowing the sugars to be burned intracellularly.
the cell and are metabolized what do you get? Do you get advanced glycated end products (AGEs) that the body views as a threat and decides to do something about?
symptoms that form when there is an acute thiamine deficiency.
How do diabetics develop thiamine deficiency? When a diabetic's sugars start to rise , they start losing thiamine at a rate 16-25 times higher than normal .
called Benfotiamine was approximately 250 mg four times a day. I also added the vitamin B 6 metabolite, pyridoxal 5' phosphate.This vitamin was listed in a LEF article as protecting the kidneys from AGEs. The dose for me is 100 mg/day. I also add in magnesium aspartate, pyridoxine and acetyl l-carnitine, depending on the severity of neuropathy of my feet. My doctor was in disagreement with my choice but I told her I was doing it this way until I was convinced it wasn't working.I started the vitamin regimen and did minimal monitoring of my condition for 2.5 years. I was watching for the supposedly inevitable deterioration of my health due to my elevated blood sugars. Ignoring your elevated blood sugars is at your peril, according to the doctors. You will have kidney issues, your pancreas will stop cooperating and your vision will become blurry as your sugars cause retina damage. When I started this experiment my fasting blood sugars were typically between 160-190 when I woke up in the morning and my HgbA1c was about 8.9. The only sign of some active problem was the neuropathy of my feet. I had all of the symptoms of diabetic neuropathy: numbness of my toe area, shooting pains in my joints. I also had the feeling that the general circulation in my feet was poor as my feet were always cold.
As the months went by my doctor (who was aware of my experiment and a little sceptical) kept asking me when I was going to get sick. Jokingly, I said maybe I'm not going to.
So now after approximately 2.5 years since my last blood tests I got my results. I was actually afraid to look at the results and finding that I had finally outsmarted myself and got hurt.
off thiamine (failure to re-uptake) 16-25 times higher than normal. At a loss rate like this, replenishing body stores through diet alone is probably impossible. Supplementation will be necessary.
As I started absorbing the new thiamine information the association between mainstream medicine's treatment of diabetes and thiamine manipulation was hard to visualize.
don't look very healthy. They tend to be oedematous and overweight. The longer the people are on the sugar-med treadmill the worse these symptoms seem to become.
Within a short time the most overt of the neuropathy symptoms started to subside. The shooting pains with the 'ice-pick in the ankle joint" symptoms were mostly gone in seven days. All of the other symptoms of numbness of the toes and overall pain of the feet including the 'boot effect' the (feeling that you have your boots or socks on) are mostly gone in three weeks. Now this isn't a cure it is a control. The symptoms are held at bay as long as you keep your thiamine levels high. If you quit taking benfotiamine, the symptoms come roaring back . Some other vitamins are involved in keeping the foot pain at bay including 200mg/day of B 6 , and alpha-lipoic acid (600 mg/day). Mainstream medicine tells you to keep your HgbA1c (3monthly Average) values low or your health suffers. My HgbA1c values have been elevated at and my fasting blood sugar levels around 190. (very high) Values like these are supposed to guarantee a poor quality of life, from a health standpoint.
mine" values. The kidneys are supposed to go first when AGEs have started your march to health failure, because you didn't keep your HgbA1c values within range.
I think 2.5 years is long enough for this concept to fester. I have also had my eyes checked for sugar based destruction of my retinas. I have no retinopathy caused by hypercholesterolemia, blood pressure and more importantly no sugar/retina issues of any kind. I am 61 years old and have 20/25 vision in both eyes.
Where is the predicted failure of my health due to hyperglycemia? I have two outlying values. Is it possible the values are unimportant in predicting overall health? It is important to remember that these results did not come from doing nothing. What I did do was substitute several nutritional substances for pharmaceuticals. A question could be, instead of the body destruction from diabetes being an active process from AGEs are the health issues actually nutritional shortages that can be augmented?
I am hoping this simple (and non-toxic) experiment on me will open up some serious discussions about diabetes. Having diabetes is complicated (and expensive). Once someone shows you which ones to take, taking vitamins is relatively simple. It's also cheaper than the other method.
million people died in 2004, as a consequence of the disease. The WHO predicts that the deaths attributable to diabetes will double between 2005 and 2030. 2 With this kind of projection a Manhattan Project kind of response seems necessary.
goes up every year. The obvious lack of improvement in most people's health from being placed on the diabetes-sugar-med treadmill doesn't seem to register on their physicians. The people are oedematous, lethargic, have poor exercise tolerance and are constantly gaining weight. I'm not sure these symptoms qualify as health improvements.
healthier a person became. Instead, there was a 22% increase in mortality from heart failure.This unexpected value caused the FDA to terminate the trial midstream. Is it possible that the HgbA1c value (3 monthly average) is not a relevant value in evaluating diabetes as an illness?
Diabetes Fact Sheet reported that in 2007, the direct medical costs of diabetes nationally was estimated at $116 billion (USD). 4 While feeling overwhelmed by a diagnosis of hyperglycemia, patients often are comforted by the complicated explanations, and the sudden increase in activity and attention.
chemicals liberally applied will allow the patient to lead a relatively normal life. For the truly curious, a large, relatively comprehensive, block of information can be discovered.
three years of looking at the results of the ACCORD trials, there has been no major correction of treatment protocols for type II diabetes that addresses the unexpected mortality issue.
If this argument is even partially correct, the implications for mainstream medicine are staggering. These ideas need discussion in front of the right people. People with diabetes need some new ideas.
Study Group, Gerstein HC, Miller ME, Byington RP, et al: Effects of intensive glucose lowering in type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med, 2008; 358: 2545-2559.


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After that, I stayed in developers track. In the upcoming session, about Semantic MediaWiki (by Jeroen de Dauw), I got a better knowledge of available hooks and classes. I would highlight some interesting guidelines presented about programming taking into account from the very beginning the PHP unit tests to be run afterwards. The next session, by Daniel Kinzler and Tobias Gritschacher, was a very interesting introduction to WikiData programming and about WikiData present possibilities.
During the conference days I could exchange opinions with both academic and business participants and I noticed some of the challenges they face are similar to the ones I normally have in my deployments (such as the need of a more fine-grained access control).
What lessons were learned that could help others in similar events?
Preparing a tutorial is a very recommendable practice. I must tell that by documenting myself, preparing it and presenting it, I gained a better insight of MediaWiki development.
For other people interested in preparing a tutorial I would recommend them to know the location where it's going to take place. For instance, I pre-assumed a larger space with tables so attendees could be organised in groups to design an extension during the last minutes, but the room didn't allow it. This was not a big deal in the end, because I simply adapted to a live coding session with some short-time periods when people with laptops could try themselves what I was showing.
Regarding the conference, specially if you don't present anything, I would encourage anyone to share their concerns during questions time and coffee breaks. That way you can learn more about people in similar situations, which is something that can foster new collaborations in the future.
What impact did your participation have on the Wikimedia Mission goals of Increased Reach, Increased Quality, Increased Credibility, Increased and Diversified Participation?
There were around 25 people in my session. Since I think the level and approach was well-targeted for the participating audience, I'm confident some of the participants may start programming extensions in the upcoming months. I'm actually very proud that many people thanked me for the session. As I commented in previous sections, because of the work involved in preparing the session, I improved my knowledge in MediaWiki. After some necessary cleaning-up, I expect to release some extensions I've been working on during the last months.
On the other hand, during next Catalan Wikipedia community meeting I will raise the point about the interest in a technical-oriented day where the some of materials I presented in SMWCon Fall 2013 could be used.
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"Boats at Rest" by Sorolla, Beautiful River Painting.
Boats at Rest is a painting that shows empty boats moored at the shore. It reflects tranquility, an always welcome feeling. This work of art was painted by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida.


We are now the proud owners of a cement pond. Here are some updates and pictures from the gunite phase of our pool build. Enjoy!
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After months of discussion and deliberation, the NHRA Technical Department on Wednesday announced that the prototype enclosed cockpit canopy for Top Fuel dragsters has been approved for competition use, beginning with this weekend's NHRA Lucas Oil Nationals in Brainerd, Minn. Tony Schumacher, who tested with the canopy extensively in pre-season testing in January on his U.S. Army dragster, will be the first to utilize the newly approved part during qualifying in Brainerd.
The enclosed canopy will be manufactured and distributed by Aerodine Composites Group and will be made available to all Top Fuel teams as an optional, but not mandatory, component.
"We are very, very excited to be able to take NHRA and Top Fuel Dragsters into a new era of safety," said team owner Don Schumacher, a longtime safety innovator since he began driving and owning Funny Cars in the mid-1960s.
Originally conceptualized and designed by James Brendel of Hondo Boats and Brendel Safety Capsules and DSR crew chief Mike Green, the current cockpit canopy is the second-generation design, developed by Brendel and Aerodine Composites and made from Kevlar and carbon fiber.
In the approval process, the NHRA contracted the Purdue University Center for Systems Integrity to perform an aerodynamic competitive analysis assessment using Computer-Aided Design and Computational Fluid Dynamics modeling. Based on the findings, the NHRA instituted the addition of a three-quarter-inch wicker bill affixed to the top rear edge of the canopy to negate possible aerodynamic advantages. Additionally, kick-outs on the lower side panels for fire hose access, reflective canopy fasteners, and a fresh-air breathing system for the driver like that used by Funny Car drivers was mandated by NHRA Technical officials.


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Forest Fringe: Work on a Human Scale
Andy Field on taking the Forest Fringe to China and making work which says 'hello.'
It's getting late and I'm driving through the streets of Shanghai in the back of a taxi. We pass enormous glass towers illuminated by complicated arrays of neon lights. Skeletal concrete skyways rising and dipping like spectacular funfair rides. An unreal landscape of impossible scale.
I am here with Forest Fringe, the community of artists based in the UK of which I am co-director. We are currently on the middle stop of a three city tour, supported by the British Council, in each place creating a miniature festival of unusual performances by Forest Fringe artists. In some ways it is very far from the church hall in Edinburgh where we began during the fringe festival in 2007. In other ways little has changed – the work the artists are presenting is still intimate in scale, playful in character and very low on production costs. We are still between us just about holding it all together.
Here in Shanghai you cannot help but be awed by urban spectacle that surrounds you. Amidst so much wealth, lost in such unhuman scale, how could the work of Forest Fringe possibly have any kind of impact, any kind of purpose? What are we even doing here? But then this is the seductive power of such grandeur, it convinces you that it is what makes up a city rather than the people moving anonymously amongst it. Shanghai is still just a community of people gathered in this particular place at this particular time. People who's everyday lives are not constituted by spectacle but by the kind of intimate, incidental encounters out of which so many Forest Fringe artists weave the material of their work.
Thus far we have been to Shanghai and Guangzhou and in both places I have loved watching the hundreds of tiny interactions that have made up our Microfestivals. The playful absurdity of the Hunt & Darton Cafe, artists Jenny Hunt and Holly Darton's appropriation of all the conventions and structures of a British Cafe as an interactive art installation. The gentle subversiveness of Richard DeDomenici and his team of local volunteer actors recreating scenes from big-budget movies in the exact locations they were originally filmed. Choreographer Simone Kenyon and performer Maria Sideri performing their beautifully simple dance piece Someone, Somewhere, Someone in the dusk light, the intimate stillness of their bodies pressing up against one another juxtaposed with the constantly shifting lights of the busy traffic beyond the glass windows of the gallery.
Saying 'hello'
Perhaps this is precisely the kind of work that can be presented most successfully amidst the enormous edifices of contemporary Chinese cities, or indeed any cities of such magnitude. Work that resists rather than replicates this valorisation of scale and spectacle. Work that disappears into the city and its everyday interactions rather than trying forlornly to stand out from them. Work that concerns itself most fundamentally with encountering at least some of those many people moving amongst the monuments, face to face, eye to eye; work that in its own idiosyncratic way stops them and says 'hello, it's very nice to meet you'.
Details of the Forest Fringe Edinburgh season can be found here.
Andy Field is a theatremaker, curator, and co-director of Forest Fringe.
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The Angel's museum was opened for city residents and guests on September 6, 2014. The non-governmental museum exhibits Rytis Milkintas' private angel collection, which was collected during more than ten years. It all started from childhood with the porcelain angel, given for him as a present by his grandfather. At the moment, that porcelain angel is with the broken winglet but occupying an honourable place in one of the showcases. Currently the exhibition consists of 495 angels from 26 countries of the world: they are given as a present, bought, brought as souvenirs from various countries. The angels are made of clay, glass, porcelain, stone, metal, wood, straws. Visitors can rejoice at angels-dolls. A share of exhibits is counting more than one decade.
The exposition is decorated by works of old craftsmen, accompanied by angels made by M. Gaubas, A. Teresius, A. Vagnorius, R. Pilibavičius, occupying a respectable place. The museum exhibits wood sculptures of the museum founder Rytis Milkintas, who currently is the youngest Lithuanian folk artist. Most of exhibits can both be admired and touched.
The museum offers educational programs adapted for children of all ages, ranging from pre-school learners to senior pupils. At the moment there are 8 educational programs: "Easter Egg", "My Guardian Angel", "National Heritage – Toys from Straws", "Angel of Flax Fiber", "Seasonal Card", "Sculptor's Profession, Realia and Opportunities", "Press Prohibition Period, Formation of National Consciousness"', "Influence of Sociality on the Creator", "Preservation of National Identity in Wood Carving".
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Life, Politics, and Identity through a Social Justice Lens
Tag: #TakeAKnee
It Happens Here Too: #TakeAKnee and Racism in Rider Nation
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When a black man in North America responds to racism by lashing out, justifiably, in anger, he is doing what no black man really wants to do – fulfilling a racist stereotype. Unfortunately for him, the stereotype of the angry black man, then, removes the wind from one of the only sails he may have in this society: his passionate discontent for its horrific racism. For a black man, to be outraged at racism does not draw attention to the problem, but rather only confirms the dominant culture's view that black men are angry, violent, and dangerous – therefore reifying the very racism he seeks to destroy, hardening the very problem he seeks to overcome.
So what, then, when one decides to enact an inherently peaceful protest such as #TakeAKnee? The protests, which started a year ago with the now unemployed superstar Colin Kaepernick and have since spread vastly in reach, have touched even our home, Saskatchewan, where the Roughriders football team linked arms in solidarity with #TakeAKnee protestors during the national anthem before their game on September 24th of this year. Is it possible to imagine a more inherently non-violent protest than this? This silent, sombre, personal reflection on the state of things? Clearly not. Ironically, what is possibly the world's most peaceful protest has been met with bitter outrage from many members of the dominant white group, including its most powerful leader, the president of the United States of America. Prominent black American political commentator Van Jones has referred to this type of reactionary anger as a "whitelash." Yet so far, no one has implicated this anger as an inherent aspect of essential male whiteness.
Quite the contrary, in fact; the outrage targeting those who kneel in protest during the US national anthem serves chiefly to maintain the innocence of those who express it. If the flag is to be a symbol of white American identity (and supremacy) then it must be upheld as infallible, venerable, and great. The stalwart efforts of many conservative Americans to defend it as such solidify its exclusivity, which is the very aspect of it that black NFL players are protesting in the first place. It's no wonder then that the #TakeAKnee protests have caused such a stalemate in the US racial-political sphere, in which only those who defend the flag are allowed to share in its infallibility, veneration, and greatness. After all, they believe it presently represents them well, and they are presently right. They are wrong, however, to believe it represents black America with the same sort of prideful nuance in the current context. For much of black America, to defend the flag as infallible is to erase the terror, inhumanity, and atrocities that the America it represents has perpetrated and continues to perpetrate.
Unlike the country's white ancestors, the ancestors of most black Americans did not come to the United States by choice. They did not choose to "join the union", so to speak. Their interest in saluting the flag of a country to which they've been assigned by ancestral kidnapping ought to be shaky at best. To have such an interest be an admission of forgiving and forgetting, which, it seems, is what people want blacks to do. To forgive and forget is difficult though, in light of the ongoing aftershocks of slavery that the US continues to experience: racism, police brutality and lynching, and the ongoing exploitation of black bodies through physical labour as in, you guessed it, professional sports. Forget that the NFL team "owners" are predominantly white and the players they "own" are predominantly black. Forget that the NFL has been legally implicated for negligence in the repeated traumatic brain injury of its players. Forget that professional athletes in the US can still be victimized by police brutality in cases of mistaken identity (see tennis player James Blake). The "shutup-and-play" mentality held by predominantly white sports fans smacks of an earlier more evil era, in which blacks were to be valued for their physical labour only, and not at all for their personhood.
In our own small, predominantly white province of Saskatchewan, Canada, we're known for our "Rider Pride", referring to our ongoing love affair with our professional football team, aforementioned: the Canadian Football League's Saskatchewan Roughriders. Many of the team's players are black Americans, beloved here in Canada for their incredible athleticism on the field. The enthusiastic people of Saskatchewan come out in the tens of thousands to support their players in live football match-ups in Regina, Saskatchewan. The atmosphere at live games is often celebratory, rowdy, euphoric even. However, when unarmed Roughrider Joe McKnight, who was black, was fatally shot by Ronald Glasser, white, in a road rage incident in Louisiana in 2016, nobody in the province said boo. This, even though police in Louisiana released Glasser from custody despite finding him at the scene of the crime with a gun in his possession. Glasser would not be arrested for manslaughter until four whole days later. Police cited Glasser's cooperative nature as part of the reason for his delayed arrest. Sadly, in Saskatchewan, McKnight seems to remain nothing more than a forgotten footnote on a CFL stats sheet. There was zero public conversation of note, let alone outrage, regarding his death or the implications of race inherent to its circumstances. Zero. It would seem that McKnight's death and the questions of race surrounding it were outside of the local public consciousness. But at the same time that McKnight was killed, the Roughrider flag flew proud in many a man-cave.
In our province, there has been no acknowledgment within professional football circles (and no doubt, few others) of the ongoing effects of anti-black racism in sports and society, save for a new celebratory "Diversity is Strength" campaign, involving no discussion of power or institutional racism. Meanwhile, black quarterbacks and coaches in the province and country often face vehement and racially motivated opposition from the so-called fan base. Here in Saskatchewan, when we fly the Rider flag, we are indeed professing publicly a certain kind of love for our black brethren, but all too often, we risk ignoring, covering up even, any implication of racism in our province. That is what symbols can do. That is the power they have. And so, sometimes, we must take a little of their power away. And redistribute it, as justice would have it.
So power to those who will not just shut up and play. Power to those who protest. Power to those who question. And all power to the people.
– KD
Khodi Dill is a public speaker, writer, educator, and spoken word artist in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Canada. For bookings, or for poetry commissions and hip hop features, and all other inquiries, visit the contact page.