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Acts of Allegiance
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Senior Irish diplomat, Marty Ransom, is torn between duty to his country and loyalty to the Anglo-Irish tradition in which he was raised. In a land divided into north and south, Planter and Gael, Catholic and Protestant, Marty's life has been spent walking a tightrope. When he meets Alison, a Home Office employee now transferred to the British embassy in Dublin, Marty's fidelities are once again split. Lured ever deeper into the lethal world of counter-espionage, he finds himself in fatal conflict with his cousin and childhood friend. As this deadly endgame unfolds, Marty must choose between all which he loves and holds dear, and his allegiance to a past that remains just beyond his reach.
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"I want my moment," I said. I meant it. It mattered. And it mattered to me not only for myself but for all those other women looking, following, and watching my journey as a female leader.
I've been invited to the table of leadership. I'm transitioning from an Executive Director of Advancement to a Vice President of Advancement.
Since encountering Christ, I have always sensed a call upon my life. The road of discovering it has not always been easy. I have fumbled. I have studied. I have taken steps of faith. I have failed forward. I have had times of aching. Of being unsure. Of being refined. Of hitting rock bottom. You know those moments where everything is stripped away? It seems, at least for me, it's in those moments when God still whispers, "Take up your cross and follow me. Not everyone will understand, but you belong to me. Follow me." I choose "yes" to all that God has for me.
In the journey, there have also been moments of intense joy. Of being sure. Of embracing and living in a beautiful moment, and a moment came this week. You see my friends in the MB/NWO District are people with whom I have shared a lot of important moments with. Over the years there have been new appointments in ministry, shared prayers during hard seasons, shouts of joy at a victory, celebrations at ordination services, and strong words of encouragement for all that God was doing in my life and theirs. PAOC is my fellowship. The MB/NWO District are some my people. I feel at home among them. And they blessed me this week in ways that are forever etched upon my heart.
Not only did they announce my new appointment (of which I feel very privileged to steward) they honoured me as a woman in ministry. They encouraged, affirmed, and blessed me. They honoured female leaders, and they invited the women leaders to surround me and pray for me. (My brother in Christ, Andrew, said a moving prayer.) It was my "moment" coming to pass in ways that exceeded my expectations. I felt loved. I felt like I belonged. I felt an even greater measure of courage for the days ahead seep into my soul! I felt hope for all those women watching and wondering if they, too, could be called to steward such responsibility.
I believe with all my heart that God calls men AND women to co-labour together for the advancement of His Kingdom. I believe with all my heart that God gives people gifts (Eph 4:8) and that we are to be who he made us to be for his glory.
Shout out to my husband Albert and all our kids – I love you! Shout out to my HCS colleagues for being a part of my journey and for allowing me to grow up and into my calling these last few years. And shout out to my MB/NWO PAOC family for blessing me with a moment.
To those of you following along on my journey of transformation, blessings in your journey. I pray you embrace Jesus, take up your cross, and wholeheartedly follow him.
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Not so long ago, people in most parts of the world took water for granted. That is no longer possible for two important reasons. The first is the rapid increase in global population and the second is the sharp reduction in the available fresh water resource, thanks to extensive pollution, mismanagement and wastage. As a result, in many places, matters have already reached crisis proportions. Thus it is that in Bangladesh, a country that is supposed to have a lot of water, people have to depend for drinking, upon ground water that is heavily contaminated with arsenic. The time has come for mankind to deal with water and indeed with all aspects related to Creation not merely from a purely scientific point of view but from a higher and nobler perspective. As Baba often reminds, man is himself a product of the five elements that surround him. Hence, as great ones realised, like the Buddha for example, external pollution of the five elements starts with the pollution of the five elements within. In other words, the starting point for the cure must be a return to basic human values. Recognising the importance of this approach, the Sai School in Zambia has launched, with support from UN HABITAT, a very successful programme to impart water education through human values. Impressed with the success of this pilot programme, efforts are now under way to expand the scope of this programme to the entire world [especially the Third World], through the UN Millennium Task Force on Water and Sanitation. Way back, a small seed was planted in Puttaparthi. Today, the branches of the tree that grew out of that tiny seed have spread to all corners of the globe!
Baba's five Human Values have now been accepted by the UN-HABITAT programme on Water Education, as the above Logo shows. On the left may be seen pictures of two books published under this programme.
The Human Values approach to water education in Africa lays great emphasis on the values rooted in African culture, and trainees are encouraged to bring out their cultural values.
The Human Values approach emphasises Five universal core values as their basis. These are: Truth, Love, Right Conduct, Peace and Non-violence, which have numerous practical modes of expression.
S ome time ago, Dr. Victor Kanu of Zambia, well known for his pioneering work on Sai Education in Africa, recorded an interview with Radio Sai. What follows is a digest of the remarks he made then, concerning what he calls Water Education in Africa. Basically, it is a programme to sensitise school children to the importance of water for the survival of humanity, via a special approach based on the five human values that Swami talks about so often. In a later issue, we expect to reproduce the entire transcript of that interview.
The United Nation's Centre for Human Settlement known briefly as UN-HABITAT, has initiated across many countries of Africa, a programme called 'Water Education'. Why such a programme on 'Water Education'? There are many reasons for this. Firstly, one century ago the population of Africa was only about 150 million whereas today it is 875 million. According to an estimate, in about 20 or 25 years, this figure would swell to 1.5 billion people. And all these 1.5 billion people in the African continent would be using the SAME water resources, the same rivers and the same lakes, as did people one hundred years ago. That should give an idea of the water problem that Africa faces. Not only that; the water today is more polluted than ever before.
History reveals that countries sharing the same river basins and same lakes are often at loggerheads; there are also conflicts. There have been water riots, and there also have been water wars in history. There could well be such wars in Africa also in the future, and water usage is threatening to become a major issue for peace and stability in the Continent.
In the view of the crisis that is looming large on the horizon, it is necessary to have a change of attitude, especially with regard to natural resources endowed to us by God. Attitudinal change in this context essentially means a change of Heart. In turn, this change of Heart must lead to a proper management of available water resources, based on traditional human values, which includes revering and caring for Nature's gifts. Attitudinal change must lead to solidarity, cooperation and tolerance, in the midst of scarcity. It is by practising such values that the people of Africa would be able to face water shortage in the future, without fighting and without conflict. This is the essence of the water education project.
Prior to adopting this novel approach, the UN tried many methods, mainly technological. The UN concentrated on improving the supply of water; the UN experts are good at that sort of thing. But this did not remove the water problem because though the supply got better, a lot of water was also getting wasted. There was a lot of indiscipline and inefficiency. There is, for example, illegal connections and tampering with meters. Then there are the rich who use much more water than they used to before. For instance, following increased supply, in Johannesburg, a rich family would use about 200 litres of water a day for washing cars and watering the garden, whereas in a neighbouring slum, an entire family would get hardly 20 litres of water a day. This kind of problem is especially acute in urban areas, where people have lost their traditional values. The United Nations has finally realised that blending human values with water education would help enormously.
It all started with an expert group meeting in April 2001 in Johannesburg, to which many experts from all over Africa were invited. Many papers were presented, and among them was mine whose theme was Water Education - A Human Values Approach. They liked this so much that they unanimously adopted it as a possible solution that would complement existing methods employed by the UN. After that I was asked to present a similar paper to the special session of the United Nations General Assembly in New York on the 6th of June, which I did. This paper too was well received. I was then asked to chair a sub-regional meeting of African countries in Ndola, Zambia, and another one in West Africa. After that, I was appointed by UN-HABITAT as a consultant, for integrating human values in water education in the curriculum of schools of Africa, starting with 6 countries - Ethiopia, Kenya, Zambia, Ghana, Senegal and Ivory Coast.
My task was to revamp the existing syllabi and blend them with water education based on Swami's human values. This is being done all the way from pre-school to primary and secondary school.
The human values approach is really about transformation whereas the subject content is about information. So we are going to blend information and transformation to bring about the desired attitudinal changes in the young, who would become the future utility managers and future leaders. This, in brief, is the programme.
Human values are integrated into the programme by starting first with the existing syllabus and then blending it values. Let us take photo synthesis or how plants transport water. Now the function of the roots is to hold the plant firm and to give it a solid base while it searches for water. The roots will go to great lengths in search of water. If the root comes across a boulder it does not give up; it goes round it - that is endurance, a sense of duty and persistence. While teaching children about the function of roots, these values must be brought out at the same time - persistence, endurance strong sense of duty, cooperation etc. We also bring in traditional values. According to our ancients, spirits were supposed to live in water. Africans believe in the existence of God and the deities. God pervades the entire Universe and that same God is also in water. This is ancient African culture. But that has been forgotten as a result of colonial rule. Baba says education without culture is like a kite without a rope. It is like a dark room that is infested with bats. So what we are trying to do is to harmonise and bring out the positive values in our cultures and traditions in Africa and harmonise those values with the present trends in our school system. This is very well received and that is why the UN HABITAT is so much interested in this. People really want to go back to their roots, which makes our easier.
Currently we are in the process of reviewing the syllabi. We will teach students to Be water wise and water efficient. Eventually we expect this programme to be adopted across the board in Africa. Our approach is very cost effective. It does not require elaborate materials and things like that.
Once we have dealt with water, I believe we can tackle the rest of the environment, besides social problems like early pregnancies, break down of marriages, AIDS, etc. The human values approach will help solve such problems also. In short, we are trying to make people realise that they are human beings.


Who will guard the guardians of neuroscience?
Brain science is big. With the help of politicians, neuroscientists and the media, the brain has captured the public imagination. In late 2006 and early 2007, readers of The New York Times learned the difference between a "tightwad's brain" and a "spendthrift's brain" or how our "neurological circuits stop [us] from buying a George Foreman grill but not a Discovery Channel colour‐changing mood clock" (Tierney, 2007); the link between addictive behaviour and a part of the brain known as the insula (Carey, 2007); and how "mirror neurons"—a sort of "neural WiFi" that alters our physiology by tracking the emotional flow, movement and intentions of the people around us—can promote healing (Goleman, 2006).
The brain is now seen as the seat of our being, the centre of the self, our secular soul, the source of our conscience and our consciousness. Bioethicists have monitored this interest in the brain and are now parsing important ethical questions brought about by neuroscience. What are the implications of neuroscience for notions of the self, agency and responsibility? How will/should neuroscience influence social policy? How will/should neuroscience be used in clinical settings? How will/should the findings of neuroscience be communicated to the public? (Illes & Bird, 2006; Marcus, 2002).
Ethical concerns with aspects of neuroscience together with cultural ideas about the special importance of the brain—Roskies (2002) calls it "neuroessentialism"—have given us a new subspecialty in bioethics: neuroethics. Now complete with its own professional association and journal, it joins two other fledgling specialty fields in bioethics: genethics and nanoethics. This partitioning into smaller, more focused specialties, although sociologically predictable, is not pleasing to all bioethicists. Several believe that bioethics—itself a relatively new profession—is not yet ready for a subdivision: "What remains to be demonstrated is the validity of [the] claim that advances in neuroscience require a wider perspective" (Knoppers, 2005) and "…it is not clear that the conceptual tools used to study 'neuroethics' are really different than those generally used for the study of ethics" (Wilfond & Ravitsky, 2005).
Speaking "against hyphenated ethics", Parens & Johnston (2006) point out that "proceeding as if [neuro‐ethics, gen‐ethics, and nano‐ethics] were discrete arenas of ethical inquiry risks wasting time" and also risks incoherence. Their concern with the balkanization of bioethics is interesting to sociologists—it is revealing that a profession that was recently known as 'bio‐ethics' now wishes to limit the hyphenation of its work—but it does not get to the heart of the matter of neuroethics: what fires the neuroethical imagination?
A more recent and less whimsical example of this problem comes from the USA, where political analysts suggest that the recent fall from grace of the Republican Party resulted from the failure of the systems of checks and balances. The authors of the US Constitution created three branches of government—executive, legislative and judicial—with the express purpose of each checking the others. Between 2001 and 2006, the Republican Party controlled all three branches; with no one 'watching the watchers', the government suffered through an ill‐conceived and mismanaged war, an incompetent response to the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, and several political and sexual scandals.
Although all agree on the importance of watching the watchers, the phrase itself indicates the difficulty of the task: watching the watchers creates the problem of infinite regression. We sociologists of bioethics—whose work it is to describe the emergence, organization and influence, or lack thereof, of a profession whose work it is to watch and to assess the work of doctors and life scientists—find ourselves in an awkward position. If we are watching bioethicists who are watching doctors, who is watching us?
Good question. The goal of a sociology of bioethics—or, in this case, neuroethics—is to understand better the organization of moral life (De Vries et al, 2007). It is not the goal to hoist bioethicists by their own petard, to write an exposé or to otherwise undermine their work. We believe that our research will be useful to those we study, not because that is our intent, but because it will reveal previously unrecognized features and consequences of the social arena in which bioethics operates. The small but growing body of research on the 'regulatory creep' of research ethics committees shows how ethics reviews of research involving humans, which were begun with noble intent, have expanded in predictable ways that have clouded their original mission.
If we are to understand what fires the neuroethical imagination—how the field is organized and the content of its work—we must listen to the stories that neuroethics tells about itself. In particular, it is important to hear neuroethicists describe how their branch of bioethics came to be.
To the layperson there is only one story of the origins of bioethics and its daughters neuroethics, genethics and nanoethics: the technology story. In this account, bioethics emerged in response to new technologies that brought with them unprecedented and complicated ethical questions that were too vexing for the average health practitioner or life scientist to answer without expert guidance. In some cases, this story is elaborated by adding accounts of over‐enthusiastic and/or irresponsible scientists who subjected unknowing patients and 'volunteers' to dangerous therapies and experiments. The main idea of this standard version of the rise of bioethics is that science and technology were growing rapidly, and could no longer be controlled by practitioners and researchers.
Most histories of neuroethics are varieties of the technology story. Illes & Bird (2006) place the history of neuroethics squarely in the standard account of bioethics that runs from the Nuremberg Code in 1947, to the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki, to the Tuskegee Syphilis Study in the mid‐twentieth century, to the Belmont Report in 1979 (Farah, 2005; Bosch, 2006).
It is perhaps too much to expect that neuroethicists are also social historians. However, other accounts of the rise of bioethics do exist. These alternative histories not only provide a richer understanding of the origins of the ethics disciplines, but also point to different directions for the work of these new professionals. For example, Stevens (2000) tells a different, slightly more cynical, story about the technology–bioethics connection, asserting that bioethics is nothing more than the current incarnation of a long‐standing American "ambivalence about technology".
Others have pointed out that the appearance of new technologies cannot, by itself, explain the birth of bioethics. Emanuel (1991) reminds us that questions generated by new technology are not new, rather they "are as old as man and medicine". Medicine has introduced new machines and techniques regularly during the past century, many of which have reframed or created new moral questions. Furthermore, the mere presence of technology did not demand the creation of a bioethical specialty to act as the arbiter of ethical questions. Several existing occupations could have risen to the call: lawyers, the clergy and social workers routinely give counsel in matters of life and death, and were available to advise on the use of new technology in the 1960s and 1970s.
Why is it important for neuroethicists to have a more nuanced understanding of the history of their field? To the extent that they believe the techno‐origin myth of their profession, they fail to see the larger context that gave rise to the specialty of bioethics. They are less inclined to appreciate the way in which funding sources, and the structure of industry and academic research, shape bioethics and neuroethics. Moreover, they ignore insights from the sociology of the professions that call attention to the tendency of occupational groups to become self‐promoting and protective. Understanding both the nature of their social license—to stand in the gap between medicine and its patients—and the ease with which that license can be co‐opted by the "medical–industrial complex" (Relman, 1980) will make neuroethicists more reflective about their roles.
Neuroethicists often compare their work with the bioethics work that accompanied the Human Genome Project, and call for a similar programme that mirrors the funding set aside to study the ethical, legal and social implications of the genome project (Illes & Racine, 2005; Roskies, 2002). Although it might seem wise for neuroethics to make these organizational and intellectual links to the established tradition of bioethics, it diminishes the potential opportunity to rethink the well‐worn and tired ideas of bioethics. A cadre of new thinkers, and a new and unique field of study, should help bioethicists to rethink the way in which the system of principles (principlism) is used and misused. It should also challenge the concepts of the field that are taken for granted, such as the distinction between invasive and non‐invasive procedures or the celebration of autonomy over paternalism. But instead of bringing new insights and breathing fresh life into understanding the ethical problems of the life sciences, neuroethics has saddled itself with mainstream bioethics.
Neuroethics was formally organized into a society in May 2006. The Stanford Report, an online newspaper for the community of Stanford University (CA, USA), offers a brief description of the meeting at which the decision was taken to found the Neuroethics Society: "On a recent foggy day at the Asilomar conference center in Pacific Grove, [CA, USA] 13 experts in ethics, neurology, law and clinical medicine tipped their champagne glasses to celebrate the birth of a new society. The newly minted Neuroethics Society gives some heft to a field that Stanford researchers helped found in 2002… Topics addressed by neuroethics include the use of imaging techniques to predict brain diseases or personality traits, how researchers respond to anomalies found in the scans of healthy patients and the long‐term use of brain altering drugs. The group got funding from the Dana Foundation to form the society" (Stanford Report, 2006).
As the report points out, organized interest in neuroethics pre‐dates the creation of the Neuroethics Society. In 2002, researchers from Stanford University and the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), USA, held a meeting entitled 'Neuroethics: Mapping the Field', which brought together scientists, ethicists, humanists and social‐policy experts to reflect on the implications of current and ongoing work in neuroscience. Several speakers at the conference explained that neuroethics was not new, and offered varied genealogies of the field: one began with Plato (Jonsen, 2002), and another with a meeting of poets and writers including Lord Byron, Percy Shelley and Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin held in a cottage on Lake Geneva in the summer of 1816 (Safire, 2002).
Zach Hall offered a more prosaic version of the birth of neuroethics, describing a trip made by William Safire, New York Times columnist and Chairman of the Dana Foundation (New York, NY, USA), to the Mission Bay Campus of UCSF. Hall, who is a member of the faculty there, recalled showing Safire around: "…we were talking about all the brain research that would be going on there. I said that we also hoped to have a bioethics center. As we were talking about the need for discussion of these issues with respect to the brain, Bill suddenly turned to me and said, neuroethics. It was like that magic moment—'plastics,' in the movie The Graduate. Bill said, 'neuroethics,' and I thought, 'that's it.' It was a recognition that these problems are so serious and have such broad implications that they deserve a special designation" (Hall, 2002).
This transition from an idea to an organization underscores the importance of 'acquiring a past'. As with the link to the history of bioethics, the founding of the Neuroethics Society at Asilomar lends credibility to the new academic enterprise by creating a connection to the well‐known meeting of geneticists that was held there in 1975. One of the participants at the 1975 meeting wryly observes: "testimony to the [Asilomar] conference's success are the frequent calls to resurrect the 'Asilomar Process' to resolve the ethical dilemmas posed by newly emerging ideas and technologies" (Berg, 2004).
The fact that neuroethics is now an 'organized specialty' allows us to see who the key players are, who supports their work and how their interests—and, hence, the interests of the specialty as represented by the Neuroethics Society—are shaped by their social location. Among the six members of the executive committee and the seven members of the governing board of the Neuroethics Society, there are indeed scientists, ethicists and humanists, but nearly all, according to their web descriptions, are promoters of neuroscience and neurotechnology. Nine of these 13 have degrees in a branch of neuroscience such as neurobiology, neuropsychology, cognitive neuroscience or personality; the other four have degrees in philosophy, law or sociology, but at least two of these individuals are widely known for their enthusiasm for science and technology. Of course, close association with the field of neuroscience is a prerequisite for those who would be guardians of the field, but absent among the leaders of the Neuroethics Society are respected academics who have a critical view of neuroscience.
There is another deeper problem with the way neuroethics is funded, which neuroethicists share with other sorts of bioethicists: the obligations of the 'gift'. As Douglas (1990) points out, "A gift that does nothing to enhance solidarity is a contradiction," and her observation is amply supported by the works of Mauss (1990) and Hyde (1983). Clinicians have begun to recognize the hidden costs of gifts, and an increasing number are refusing the free lunches, pens and tickets to sporting events that are proffered by the pharmaceutical sales force—driven in large part by 'No Free Lunch', a not‐for‐profit organization that discourages the acceptance of such gifts.
However, bioethicists and neuroethicists are in a difficult place as, unlike clinicians, they have nothing to sell. Physicians who refuse free lunches are amply supported by their work in the clinic, but ethicists have no one to bill for services rendered. Given this structural problem, ethicists are disinclined to say 'no' to those who seek, and pay for, their advice. Those who do so will not only lose support for their work, but might also find themselves excluded from the conversation.
The work of neuroethicists reflects the ambivalence created by their social location. Neuroethical commentary reveals a 'Jekyll‐and‐Hyde' struggle between technophilia and technophobia: reading this work, we learn that neuroscience is frightening, but we also hear of 'bold new findings', 'remarkable scientific discoveries' and 'potential' that is 'almost beyond comprehension.' In this ambivalence, we see the problem of guarding the guardians—that is, of guards being captured by those they are sent to guard.
Consider the neuroethical work on brain imaging, for example. The ability to 'see' which portions of the brain react to certain stimuli has given rise to research on how humans make economic, ethical and political choices. Which part of the brain 'lights up' when we consider whether to throw a fat man in front of an approaching train? Does another part of the brain respond when asked to throw a switch and send the train down a track where it will kill a—presumably thin—workman (Greene et al, 2001)? Which part of our brain lights up when asked to choose between receiving a $15 gift voucher today or a $20 gift voucher a month from now (Cassidy, 2006)?
The uncritical way in which neuroethicists respond to this research is surprising to a social scientist. Rarely do they comment on the fact that images of the brain are generated when a subject is lying in a functional magnetic resonance imaging machine. Do brains respond in identical ways in the artificial environment of a scanning machine and in natural environments? If researchers discover that those who can defer gratification use the pre‐frontal cortex to deliberate on the gift‐voucher question, whereas those who cannot resist $15 today are using the limbic part of their brain, what does that tell us? Yes, neuroethicists recognize that the "reductionist approach of neuroimaging to human behavior [should] be made compatible and complementary to approaches represented by philosophy, sociology and anthropology" (Illes & Racine, 2005), but most of their work proceeds as if neuroimaging is telling us something real, important and frightening.
A central interest in neuroethics is brain science and social policy. Illes & Bird (2006) describe three areas of this interest: lie detection, cognitive enhancement and direct‐to‐consumer advertising. The authors point to fascinating and frightening possibilities. How will we use the ability to read the brain and detect deception? Does neural enhancement diminish our authenticity? How can personal autonomy be reconciled with the corporate marketing of health products? Notice how the technophilia/technophobia tension shapes neuroethical questions, and also which questions are not asked. Missing from the discussion, for example, is a socio‐economic critique of neuroscience. Little or no neuroethical comment can be found on the behaviour of pharmaceutical and medical device companies that have suppressed clinical trial data that might dampen sales and restrict markets (Dyer, 2004), or on the funding priorities of industries, governments, universities and foundations.
Neuroethics is part of the larger social movement of bioethics. Similarly to bioethics, neuroethics works on the premise of a need for an ethical specialist to oversee the work of scientists and researchers. Bioethics and now neuroethics are replacing an older model of medical ethics that drew on Aristotelian 'virtue ethics', which assumes that ethical behaviour flows from virtuous individuals—who are well‐schooled in the humanities and attentive to the world around them—not from training in the responsible conduct of research, review of conduct by ethics committees and institutional review boards, or oversight by professional ethicists. Beginning in the late 1960s, for reasons briefly mentioned above, this model was turned on its head: rather than ethics guiding action, actions were subject to the review of professional ethicists who were called on to assess and direct the behaviour of clinicians and researchers.
What is the best way to promote a more ethical neuroscience? Although I do not doubt that we need ethical reflection on neuroscience and neurotechnology, I believe that we need to think critically about how to do this.
In her story, 'A Good Man is Hard to Find,' US writer Flannery O'Connor describes a family outing that goes wrong. Two parents and their children, along with the children's grandmother, leave their home in Georgia for a vacation in Florida. Along the way, the grandmother—a demanding and unpleasant woman—insists on a detour to see a plantation that she once visited. Her son reluctantly gives in, and while searching for this elusive destination they land in a ditch. No one is seriously harmed, but in this vulnerable state they encounter 'The Misfit', a prison escapee who, together with his accomplices, systematically begins to kill everyone in the family. The grandmother is the last person alive, and as she pleads with The Misfit for her life, she begins to see him in a new light: "She saw the man's face twisted close to her own as if he were going to cry and she murmured, 'Why you're one of my babies. You're one of my own children!' She reached out and touched him on the shoulder. The Misfit sprang back as if a snake had bitten him and shot her three times through the chest." Walking away, The Misfit said, "She would of been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life" (O'Connor, 1993).
The difficulty, of course, is getting someone to 'shoot us every minute of our lives'. In the case of neuroethics, it is important for its practitioners to remember their role as guardians and to avoid the predictable social processes that require guards for the guardians. Practically speaking, neuroethicists should make room for some misfits among their leadership—academics and lay people who will shoot them every minute of their organizational lives. The presence of a misfit or two will help neuroethicists to benefit from critical perspectives drawn from other disciplines, to generate a more reflexive approach to their work, and to become less self‐protective and more useful in the task of humanizing neuroscience.


Entrepreneur: Greyson MacLean, 13, creator of BrickStix, static-cling decals and stickers for embellishing plastic building blocks such as Lego and Mega Bloks.
"Aha" moment: MacLean, who has built with Lego since he could "put two bricks together," was frustrated with the stickers that came with the sets. If he pulled one off, gooey residue remained on the plastic; if he left it on, the brick was permanently labeled. "I wanted a way to customize my builds without ruining the bricks," says the Hartland, Wisc.-based entrepreneur.
In 2009, the then 9-year-old found the solution on a pair of sunglasses: a UV label that was stuck on the lens without adhesive. He tested it on his bricks, and the static-cling decal worked perfectly. He dubbed the discovery BrickStix. The company was founded in 2010; the cling decals debuted a year later at Toy Fair, the largest toy trade show in the Western Hemisphere.
Building up: BrickStix decals are removable, reusable and work with most plastic blocks. The decals are available in nine themes, including Space (astronaut gear, spaceship décor and aliens); Shops (signs, money and receipts); and Rescue (flames, emergency equipment and police uniforms). In February the company released Mod Stickers, which stick with an adhesive rather than static cling for use on textured bricks and curved pieces. Like BrickStix, the stickers are removable and reusable and, the company promises, "won't leave ick on your brick."
Structural support: "My mom and I started researching different materials for BrickStix, different printing processes, different packages, just different general possibilities for the company," MacLean says. His family initially invested about $20,000 into the business. They were able to keep startup costs low thanks to the team's diverse skill sets: MacLean's father (now the official "legal guy") worked on the BrickStix patent, while his aunt and uncle developed the company's website and product designs, respectively.
Sticky success: Since releasing its flagship product in February 2011, BrickStix has sold more than 30,000 units. The company was profitable within its first year. MacLean appeared on The Martha Stewart Show and Conan O'Brien's talk show ("Big, big, crazy fun," MacLean says) and has earned a stream of accolades, including Young Inventor of the Year from the 2011 Toy and Game Inventor Awards.
Cost: A set of 84 BrickStix decals or Mod Stickers in varying counts is $5.99. The products are sold at more than 300 stores in the U.S. and Canada and via BrickStix.com. Distribution has just begun abroad, in countries including Australia, Sweden, South Korea and Spain.
Up next: BrickStix recently released three new product designs: Pets, Signs and Home. Licensing is a possibility, as companies have expressed interest in putting their names and trademarks on the decals.


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The Burning Soul
A Charlie Parker Mystery by John Connolly
Synopsis (from the publisher): What's the worst thing you've ever done?
"There are some truths so terrible that they should not be spoken aloud, so appalling that even to acknowledge them is to risk sacrificing a crucial part of one's humanity, to exist in a colder, crueler world than before."
Randall Haight has a secret: He is a convicted murderer, a man with the blood of a young girl on his hands. He has built a new life for himself in the small Maine town of Pastor's Bay, but someone has discovered the truth about him. He is being tormented by anonymously sent reminders of his crime. He wants private detective Charlie Parker to make them go away.
But another girl has gone missing, this time from Pastor's Bay itself, and her family has its own secrets to protect. Now, in a town built on blood and shadowed by old ghosts, Parker must unravel a twisted history of violence and deceit involving the police and the FBI, a doomed mobster and his enemies, and Randall Haight himself.
Because Randall is telling lies …
The Burning Soul by John Connolly — A Charlie Parker Mystery


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Sofiane Boufal impressed as Celta Vigo defeated Girona 2-1 in Saturday's Spanish La Liga game between the two sides.
After losing to Atletico Madrid last Saturday, the Sky Blues bounced back to winning ways with the Morocco international playing a key role in the match.
Boufal set up Iago Aspas for the opening goal in the 34th minute before Portu levelled for Eusebio Sacristan's men 14 minutes later.
The 25-year-old was cautioned in the 70th minute before he was substituted for Andrew Hjulsager later in the game.
The victory saw Celta Vigo move to the 14th spot on the table after gathering 35 points from 33 games.
Boufal has now scored three goals in 31 league appearances this season and will hope to continue the form in their next game against Espanyol on Wednesday.
The midfielder, who has six caps for Morocco, will look forward to playing a part in the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations in Egypt.
The Atlas Lions are in Group D along with Ivory Coast, Namibia and South Africa.
Hakim Ziyech has suggested he may not be ready to leave Ajax after this season comes to an end, saying he is "someone who is very picky".
The 26-year-old has been reported to have had admirers in the past thanks to strong seasons in the Eredivisie with FC Twente and later Ajax.
But Ziyech has seemingly taken things to a higher level this term for Ajax during a remarkable campaign for himself individually and the club as a whole.
The Morocco international has scored 19 goals and added 20 assists in all competitions, with Ajax in first place domestically and having sensationally defeated Real Madrid and Juventus in the Champions League knockout stage to advance to the semi-final round, where they will face Tottenham.
That form has led to increased reported transfer interest from around Europe, with Arsenal and Bayern Munich just two of the many teams linked with the 26-year-old.
Though many expect him to move on at season's end, Ziyech has warned he isn't necessarily ready to leave the Johan Cruyff Arena and only will seek an exit if the right situation appeals to him.
"Anything is possible," the attacking midfielder told Inside Ajax.
Ziyech, who joined Ajax from Twente in 2016, has a contract with the club through the 2020-21 season.
He is one of many players who the Dutch club will face a battle to keep past the season, with the likes of Matthijs de Ligt and David Neres among those drawing eyes from Europe's top sides, while Frenkie de Jong has already agreed to a move to Barcelona.
Ajax are currently level on points with PSV atop the Eredivisie table, and will take on Groningen in league play on Saturday.
Their Champions League semi-final with Spurs begins with the first leg on April 30, before the return leg a week later.


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Compulsory testing notice gazetted
The Government has exercised the power under the Prevention and Control of Disease (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulation (Cap. 599J) and published in the Gazette a compulsory testing notice, which requires any person who had been present at seven specified premises (see Annex 1) during the period from November 1 to 23 to undergo a COVID-19 nucleic acid test by November 26.
A spokesman for the Food and Health Bureau said today (November 24), "The local epidemic situation is worsening rapidly. The number of confirmed cases related to group gathering activities in indoor premises continues to rise significantly. As such, the Government published in the Gazette a compulsory testing notice under the Regulation for the first time on November 21, requiring persons who had been to 14 specified dance premises to undergo compulsory testing.
"Upon further contact tracing by the Centre for Health Protection, we found that large group gathering activities in other premises were involved for some recent confirmed cases. Therefore, the Government published another compulsory testing notice, which requires persons who had been to seven other premises to undergo testing."
According to the latest notice, all persons who had been to any of the seven specified premises during the period from November 1 to 23 must undergo a COVID-19 nucleic acid test by November 26 through designated means.
Persons subject to compulsory testing may choose to undergo testing as below:
1. To obtain a deep throat saliva specimen collection pack from any of the 47 designated general outpatient clinics (GOPCs) of the Hospital Authority and return the specimen to designated specimen collection points (see the specimen collection packs distribution time and specimen collection time at www.ha.org.hk/haho/ho/covid-19/GOPC_extend_TC.pdf);
2. To self-arrange testing provided by private laboratories recognised by the Department of Health (see the list at www.coronavirus.gov.hk/pdf/List_of_recognised_laboratories.pdf);
3. To attend any of the four Community Testing Centres (see the list at www.communitytest.gov.hk/en/);
4. To visit any of the seven mobile specimen collection stations/specimen bottle distribution points (see the list at Annex 2) for testing, or obtain and submit specimen bottles; or
5. To undergo testing at any healthcare facilities of the Hospital Authority (including GOPCs and accident and emergency departments) as instructed by a medical professional of the Hospital Authority.
The spokesman said, "We encourage persons who are subject to compulsory testing to obtain deep throat saliva specimen collection packs from designated GOPCs. No reservation is needed. As long as their specimens are submitted on or before November 26, they would be taken to have complied with the requirements set out in the compulsory testing notice."
"If persons who are subject to compulsory testing have symptoms, they should seek medical attention immediately and undergo testing as instructed by a medical professional. They should not attend the Community Testing Centres."
Persons who are subject to compulsory testing must report the result of the test or submit the test report to the Government by phone (6275 6901), fax (2530 5872) or email ([email protected]) by November 29. If persons who are subject to compulsory testing have previously undergone the above mentioned test between November 20 and 23, they would be taken to have complied with the requirements set out in the compulsory testing notice.
The spokesman said, "To reduce transmission risk, persons who underwent testing are advised to stay at home and avoid going out when waiting for test results."
Any enquiries on compulsory testing arrangements may be addressed to the hotline at 6275 6901 which operates daily from 9am to 6pm. If persons who are subject to compulsory testing plan to conduct testing at any of the Community Testing Centres, they can check the centre's appointment status in advance. The hotlines of the Community Testing Centres are as follows:
Quarry Bay Community Hall, Eastern District (Prenetics) 3008 8325
Henry G Leong Yaumatei Community Centre (Kingmed Diagnostics (Hong Kong) Limited) 9869 3603
Lek Yuen Community Hall, Sha Tin (Hong Kong Molecular Pathology Diagnostic Centre Limited) 2986 1272
Yuen Long Town East Community Hall (BGI) 2818 9690
The Government will continue to trace possibly infected persons who had been to the relevant venues, and seriously verify whether they had complied with the testing notice. Any person who fails to comply with the testing notice commits an offence and may be fined a fixed penalty of $2,000. The person would also be issued with a compulsory testing order requiring him/her to undergo testing within a specified timeframe. Failure to comply with the order is an offence and the offender would be liable to a fine at level 4 ($25,000) and imprisonment for six months.
The spokesman said, "The Government urges all individuals who are in doubt about their own health conditions, or individuals with infection risks (such as individuals who visited places with epidemic outbreaks or contacted confirmed cases) to undergo testing promptly for early identification of infected persons. The Food and Health Bureau will publish compulsory testing notices regarding particular groups when necessary taking into account the epidemic development and the testing participation rate."
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As we wind down the 2015 season, we look back on an exciting year and look forward to 2016. With Dave O'Neal's first year under his belt, he can now move forward with a greater understanding of our membership and golf environment which will make 2016 even better!
Please keep us in mind when you book your next golf outing or event. Our experienced team will guide you through the process from start to finish and our steak dinner packages are absolutely the best outing deal in the area! Don't forget, the Open Range Grill restaurant welcomes everyone during the off-season and is available for all of your holiday entertaining.
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Sainyam Telugu Movie Review
Sai Manojna V
Revolution – a term which is in usage in the Indian society and culture context since generations. It is said, the thinking pattern changes from generation to generation. Our previous generations attributed patience and nonviolence as the weapons to fight the British, while our generation is adopting revolutionary thinking to fight the evils which plague our society. Corrupt, power hungry animals and greedy officials are slowing down the progress of our nation. Sainyam depicts the fight against these evils halting our progress.
Movie Details:
Cast: Vikranth Singh, Bhanu Prakash, Sanju Chowdary and others
Director: J. P. Sravan Kumar
Producers: Jamadagni Gotte
Music: Venkatesh Bolla
The story of Sainyam revolves a group of friends who are keen to make short films. A contest brings them to an area called Huzurabad, where people living there are suffering in dire conditions. The group of friends shoot their conditions and project it in their short film, ultimately resulting in them winning the contest. However, the conditions of the people there affect them deeply. They give away the cash prize they win in the contest in order to bring a change in the conditions of the people living in Huzurabad. However, the local leaders of the area find out what these friends are up to and warn them to not interfere in their localities' issues. One of the friends rebels and contests for the position of the MLA of Huzurabad. The local leaders get to know about this and kill his family and him. A close friend of his gets affected by this horrific incident and decides to take matters into his own hands. What he does and how the story goes from hereon is the essence of Sainyam.
The male leads of Sainyam, Vikranth and Bhanu Prakash, did a decent job as first timers.
The director of Sainyam, J. P. Sravan Kumar, took up a unique concept and worked around it pretty well.
The cinematography of Sainyam was good.
A unique and different climax elevates the story and takes it to another level.
The music of Sainyam is good.
Production values of Sainyam are good.
Negatives:
Sainyam was a drag in certain scenes and could have been edited better.
Sainyam is a movie which was created out of the interest and passion of the cast and crew. The lead actors of Sainyam are real life MBBS students who stepped into the film industry out of their passion for cinema. Sainyam is worth watching for all those who believe in idealism and bringing about a change in the society.
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import re

from rdkit.Chem.Draw.canvasbase import CanvasBase
from rdkit.sping import pid

faceMap = {'sans': 'helvetica', 'serif': 'times'}

def convertColor(color):
  color = pid.Color(color[0], color[1], color[2])
  return color

class Canvas(CanvasBase):

  def __init__(self, size, name, imageType='png'):
    if imageType == "pdf":
      from rdkit.sping.PDF.pidPDF import PDFCanvas as _Canvas
    elif imageType == "ps":
      from rdkit.sping.PS.pidPS import PSCanvas as _Canvas
    elif imageType == "svg":
      from rdkit.sping.SVG.pidSVG import SVGCanvas as _Canvas
    elif imageType == "png":
      from rdkit.sping.PIL.pidPIL import PILCanvas as _Canvas
    else:
      raise ValueError('unrecognized format: %s' % imageType)
    self.canvas = _Canvas(size=size, name=name)
    if hasattr(self.canvas, '_image'):
      self._image = self.canvas._image
    else:
      self._image = None
    self.size = size

  def addCanvasLine(self, p1, p2, color=(0, 0, 0), color2=None, **kwargs):
    if color2 and color2 != color:
      mp = (p1[0] + p2[0]) / 2., (p1[1] + p2[1]) / 2.
      color = convertColor(color)
      self.canvas.drawLine(p1[0], p1[1], mp[0], mp[1], color=color,
                           width=int(kwargs.get('linewidth', 1)), dash=kwargs.get('dash', None))
      color2 = convertColor(color2)
      self.canvas.drawLine(mp[0], mp[1], p2[0], p2[1], color=color2,
                           width=int(kwargs.get('linewidth', 1)), dash=kwargs.get('dash', None))
    else:
      color = convertColor(color)
      width = kwargs.get('linewidth', 1)
      self.canvas.drawLine(p1[0], p1[1], p2[0], p2[1], color=color, width=int(width),
                           dash=kwargs.get('dash', None))

  def addCanvasText(self, text, pos, font, color=(0, 0, 0), **kwargs):
    text = re.sub(r'\<.+?\>', '', text)
    font = pid.Font(face=faceMap[font.face], size=font.size)
    txtWidth, txtHeight = self.canvas.stringBox(text, font)
    bw, bh = txtWidth + txtHeight * 0.4, txtHeight * 1.4
    offset = txtWidth * pos[2]
    labelP = pos[0] - txtWidth / 2 + offset, pos[1] + txtHeight / 2
    color = convertColor(color)
    self.canvas.drawString(text, labelP[0], labelP[1], font, color=color)
    return (bw, bh, offset)

  def addCanvasPolygon(self, ps, color=(0, 0, 0), fill=True, stroke=False, **kwargs):
    if not fill and not stroke:
      return
    edgeWidth = kwargs.get('lineWidth', 0)
    edgeColor = pid.transparent
    color = convertColor(color)
    if not stroke:
      edgeWidth = 0
      edgeColor = pid.transparent
    else:
      edgeWidth = kwargs.get('lineWidth', 1)
      edgeColor = color
    if not fill:
      fillColor = pid.transparent
    else:
      fillColor = color
    self.canvas.drawPolygon(ps, edgeColor=edgeColor, edgeWidth=int(edgeWidth), fillColor=fillColor,
                            closed=1)

  def addCanvasDashedWedge(self, p1, p2, p3, dash=(2, 2), color=(0, 0, 0), color2=None, **kwargs):
    color = convertColor(color)
    dash = (4, 4)
    pts1 = self._getLinePoints(p1, p2, dash)
    pts2 = self._getLinePoints(p1, p3, dash)

    if len(pts2) < len(pts1):
      pts2, pts1 = pts1, pts2

    for i in range(len(pts1)):
      self.canvas.drawLine(pts1[i][0], pts1[i][1], pts2[i][0], pts2[i][1], color=color, width=1)

  def flush(self):
    self.canvas.flush()

  def save(self):
    self.canvas.save()

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In the fall of 1916, a new organization, the Alliance of Catholic Women (ACW) of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, was officially founded with the approval of Archbishop Prendergast. The Alliance's constitution stated that it was "organized for the allying of all charitable, educational, civic, and social activities of Catholic women."[1]
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In 1976, Philadelphia hosted a major event unrelated to the bicentennial celebrations. It was the 41st International Eucharistic Congress (IEC), which brought Catholics together from around the world to celebrate and discuss a theme connected to the Eucharist. The history of the event dates back to 1881, when a one
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package org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.sharedcachemanager;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.any;
import static org.mockito.ArgumentMatchers.isA;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.doNothing;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.InetSocketAddress;

import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
import org.apache.hadoop.ipc.RPC;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.SCMAdminProtocol;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskRequest;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskResponse;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.api.protocolrecords.impl.pb.RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskResponsePBImpl;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.client.SCMAdmin;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.conf.YarnConfiguration;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factories.RecordFactory;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.factory.providers.RecordFactoryProvider;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.ipc.YarnRPC;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.sharedcachemanager.store.InMemorySCMStore;
import org.apache.hadoop.yarn.server.sharedcachemanager.store.SCMStore;
import org.junit.After;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Before;
import org.junit.Test;

/**
 * Basic unit tests for the SCM Admin Protocol Service and SCMAdmin.
 */
public class TestSCMAdminProtocolService {

  static SCMAdminProtocolService service;
  static SCMAdminProtocol SCMAdminProxy;
  static SCMAdminProtocol mockAdmin;
  static SCMAdmin adminCLI;
  static SCMStore store;
  static CleanerService cleaner;
  private final RecordFactory recordFactory = RecordFactoryProvider
      .getRecordFactory(null);

  @Before
  public void startUp() {
    Configuration conf = new Configuration();
    conf.set(YarnConfiguration.SCM_STORE_CLASS,
        InMemorySCMStore.class.getName());

    cleaner = mock(CleanerService.class);

    service = spy(new SCMAdminProtocolService(cleaner));
    service.init(conf);
    service.start();

    YarnRPC rpc = YarnRPC.create(new Configuration());

    InetSocketAddress scmAddress =
        conf.getSocketAddr(YarnConfiguration.SCM_ADMIN_ADDRESS,
            YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_SCM_ADMIN_ADDRESS,
            YarnConfiguration.DEFAULT_SCM_ADMIN_PORT);

    SCMAdminProxy =
        (SCMAdminProtocol) rpc.getProxy(SCMAdminProtocol.class, scmAddress,
            conf);

    mockAdmin = mock(SCMAdminProtocol.class);
    adminCLI = new SCMAdmin(new Configuration()) {
      @Override
      protected SCMAdminProtocol createSCMAdminProtocol() throws IOException {
        return mockAdmin;
      }
    };
  }

  @After
  public void cleanUpTest() {
    if (service != null) {
      service.stop();
    }

    if (SCMAdminProxy != null) {
      RPC.stopProxy(SCMAdminProxy);
    }
  }

  @Test
  public void testRunCleanerTask() throws Exception {
    doNothing().when(cleaner).runCleanerTask();
    RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskRequest request =
        recordFactory.newRecordInstance(RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskRequest.class);
    RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskResponse response = SCMAdminProxy.runCleanerTask(request);
    Assert.assertTrue("cleaner task request isn't accepted", response.getAccepted());
    verify(service, times(1)).runCleanerTask(any(RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskRequest.class));
  }

  @Test
  public void testRunCleanerTaskCLI() throws Exception {
    String[] args = { "-runCleanerTask" };
    RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskResponse rp =
        new RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskResponsePBImpl();
    rp.setAccepted(true);
    when(mockAdmin.runCleanerTask(isA(RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskRequest.class)))
        .thenReturn(rp);
    assertEquals(0, adminCLI.run(args));
    rp.setAccepted(false);
    when(mockAdmin.runCleanerTask(isA(RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskRequest.class)))
        .thenReturn(rp);
    assertEquals(1, adminCLI.run(args));
    verify(mockAdmin, times(2)).runCleanerTask(
        any(RunSharedCacheCleanerTaskRequest.class));
  }
}


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Northwestern holds on for close win over Penn State
By Callie Counsellor Apr 4, 2014, 8:40pm CDT
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Yellow cards, timely steals, clutch goals, inclement weather—Northwestern's match against No. 10 Penn State had it all, and the No. 6 Wildcats (7-3, 2-1 ALC) fought through it to grab a 5-4 victory on the road.
NU started April out on a good note after going 3-3 in March, though they did end month with two straight victories, including a win over No. 1 North Carolina. This March was their worst month since March of the 2002-2003 season, when they lost three straight in an eight-loss season.
Despite playing a man down because of a yellow card, the Nittany Lions (7-4, 2-1 ALC) nearly came back to tie the game in the final minute. Senior Lauren Purvis knocked the ball out of the stick of NU's Blake McHugh and picked up the loose ball, successfully passing it upfield back into Penn State offensive zone.
With 35 seconds left, sophomore Madison Cyr cut to her right and lobbed the ball toward the net. But Bridget Bianco made her eighth save of the night and the Cats ran out the clock for the close victory, handed the Nittany Lions their first conference loss of the season.
Senior Kat DeRonda led NU with three goals, two of them in the second half to keep Penn State at least one goal down the whole period.
Sophomore duo Lauren Murray and Kaleigh Craig kicked off the scoring with a goal each in the first 10 minutes to give the Cats the early 2-0 lead.
The teams alternated goals for the rest of the match, with DeRonda tallying the final three scores for NU.
The victory marked the 18th straight win for NU over Penn State. The Cats' last loss to the Nittany Lions was in 2003, Kelly Amonte Hiller's second year as head coach, before the team won any of its seven National Championships.
The Cats hit the road for the last time this regular season, taking on non-conference opponent No. 12 Penn (6-2) on Sunday. NU holds a seven-game winning streak over the Quakers and has won by an average of four goals over that time. The Cats are looking for their fourth straight win which would be their longest winning streak of the season.
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We Were Wondering: a TCEQ Blog
Air monitoring during hurricanes
June 2, 2021 May 25, 2021 by Gary Rasp, posted in Air, Compliance and Enforcement, Emergency Response, Hurricane Preparedness Series, Our People
In August 2020 TCEQ took its stationary air monitors in Beaumont and Houston offline prior to Hurricane Laura's landfall, triggering considerable criticism and a lot of questions. We've asked Cory Chism, Deputy Director of TCEQ's Monitoring Division, to explain.
Before getting into why TCEQ shuts off its air monitors in the path of a storm, explain the role of the stationary monitors, how many of them there are, where they're located, etc.
Texas maintains one of the most extensive air monitoring programs in the nation.
The program relies on a network of stationary monitors that provide data used to measure compliance with federal air quality standards, evaluate trends in regional air quality, and help determine the causes, nature, and behavior of air pollution in Texas, including possible high concentrations of ozone and particulate matter.
The network consists of more than 200 stations across the state, equipped with over 400 individual pollutant samplers. Each air monitoring station can include one or more samplers that measure for ozone, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and lead, as well as air toxics such as benzene, toluene, and 1,3-butadiene.
Meteorological parameters, such as wind speed and direction, temperature, relative humidity, as well as solar and ultraviolet radiation, also help us evaluate air quality.
TCEQ's air monitoring network data can be viewed through the GeoTAM website. In addition, more information can be found on TCEQ's air monitoring network here.
Are the stationary monitors designed to isolate sources of pollution during storms?
No, they're not – that's one of the biggest misconceptions about the monitors. They measure ambient concentrations of pollution but are not intended or equipped to pinpoint emissions from specific sources.
Why do you take the monitors offline?
The monitors are not designed to withstand hurricane-force conditions and can be damaged by winds, flooding, or even electrical power surges. We secure monitors directly in the storm's path so that they will be available once the hurricane has passed.
They don't do us or anyone else any good if they're destroyed.
This equipment isn't cheap. We have nearly $5 million in monitoring assets in the coastal regions of Texas alone. Securing them protects capital assets from loss or damage so that they're there when we need them.
In advance of a hurricane's projected landfall, TCEQ's Regional staff power down all instruments and disconnect them from power sources. They also elevate instruments and equipment from lower shelves, cabinets, or the floor, and lower the meteorological towers. These precautions are taken to reduce potential instrument/equipment damage from electrical power surges, rainwater fouling sampling lines, flooding, and wind damage. In some cases, instruments and equipment are removed from the site and stored in secure locations.
But these storms are extremely powerful, and unpredictable. For example, despite these usual precautions, three of the agency's monitoring stations sustained damage in the Beaumont-Port Arthur area during Hurricane Laura. The air sampling inlets at both the Nederland High School station and Port Arthur West station were dislodged from the station and filled with water. Also, the power lines and station power pole were blown down at the Orange 1st Street station.
We had similar problems during Hurricane Harvey, when our monitors sustained flood damage at the Houston East and Milby Park stations in Houston as well as the Port Arthur City Service Center and Orange 1st Street stations. So, we do our best to protect the monitoring assets, but it's not a guarantee.
Some critics point to a critical period during storms when air monitoring stations are shut down, and TCEQ personnel can't measure pollutants with mobile equipment. What do you say about that?
We bring our stationary network back to full operational status as soon as possible and as soon as it is safe to do so. Hurricane damage following a storm including flooded roads, downed power lines, and other infrastructure damage may limit our ability to respond in some areas. Nevertheless, we do our best to act quickly. For example, following Laura's landfall on Aug. 27, we began bringing monitors back online the same day in Houston and the following day in Beaumont.
Conditions during a hurricane are not optimal for air monitoring and, as strange as it might sound, actually create climate conditions that decrease pollutants in the air, because high winds cause greater dispersion and heavy rains can wash pollutants from the atmosphere.
That said, we recognize that air monitoring is critical following a hurricane as facilities are coming back online. To address this, TCEQ deploys investigators to survey industrial sites and neighborhoods bordering facilities with handheld monitors, as soon as it is safe to do so. We also deploy our mobile monitoring vans and can quickly survey and identify areas of potential concern.
What other equipment or technology does TCEQ deploy to monitor air quality during storms?
We have a variety of tools at our disposal that are deployed depending on specific circumstances and needs. The equipment we use most frequently are handheld monitors. These devices are used as a screening mechanism to take instantaneous readings to help assess air quality.
Following Hurricane Laura, as monitoring stations were being brought back online handheld monitors and optical gas imaging cameras were used to evaluate air quality in neighborhoods near industrial facilities.
EPA staff also deployed its Trace Atmospheric Gas Analyzer mobile monitoring system and Airborne Spectral Photometric Environmental Collection Technology (ASPECT) aircraft to monitor air quality. These tools provided effective ways to quickly identify sources of drifting plumes so that swift action could be taken to address the cause of emissions.
These data are publicly available here.
TCEQ also recently upgraded its fleet of mobile air monitoring vans with mass spectrometers that can sample in real-time for a pollutant list of more than 1,000 compounds, including benzene, toluene, 1,3-butadiene, and styrene, among others. We also purchased a Rapid Assessment Survey van that focuses on a narrower pollutant list and can collect data very quickly while on the move.
The new van allows us to quickly map air concentrations in an area and identify locations for additional sampling. The new survey van instrumentation also has an integrated GPS that, through the instrument software, produces color-coded animations illustrating the concentrations of pollutants measured along the van's survey route.
It's pretty cool stuff, and it helps us do our job better.
Cory Chism
Richard "Cory" Chism has served as Deputy Director of TCEQ's Monitoring Division since 2011, where he oversees the agency's air monitoring programs. After joining TCEQ in 1999 as an environmental specialist in the Air Permits Division, Cory has held in a variety of positions, developing a diverse background in air programs that includes permitting, air quality planning, emissions banking, and air monitoring. Cory graduated from Texas A&M University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Ecology.
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Gary has been a Media Relations Specialist for TCEQ since August 2020. For 20+ years he has provided communications services to private corporations, state agencies, universities, and not-for-profit organizations, with a particular focus on energy and environmental issues. Gary's background as a journalist, spokesperson, public affairs consultant, and media liaison provides him a unique perspective on media outreach and crisis communications. In his spare time, he enjoys bicycling, cooking, and baseball.	View all posts by Gary Rasp
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Steve is the executive director and founder of ABC. He is in charge of overseeing daily operations and setting organizational and program strategy. Previously Steve worked for the investment bank Goldman Sachs for more than seven years in New York, in commercial real estate and as a trader for a proprietary desk. Steve received his Bachelor of Arts in economics from Northwestern University. From Chicago, he currently lives in Beijing.
Andrew is a Beijing-based social entrepreneur who is the CEO and Founder of the NGO Education In Sight, and the Co-Founder of the buy-one-donate-one eyewear brand Mantra. Andrew grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and was educated at Boston College. After graduating in 2010 with a degree in philosophy, he left the U.S. to join Teach For China, then only in its second year. As a teacher in rural Yunnan, he saw the every day struggles of his students, especially those who suffered from poor vision and couldn't see in class. This pushed him to start the non-profit, Education In Sight, whose vision is a world where every student has the eyeglasses they need to see clearly and succeed. He is currently based in Beijing where he leads Education In Sight, and is a Co-Founder of Mantra. Andrew is also a Global Shaper, an initiative of the World Economic Forum, and an advisory board member to the UNDP China Innovation Group.
Scott Rozelle, Ph.s. Cornell University, 1991, holds the Helen Farnsworth Endowed Professorship at Stanford University and is Senior Fellow in the Food Security and Environment Program and the Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, Freeman Spogli Institute (FSI) for International Studies. For the past 30 years, he has worked on the economics of poverty reduction by focusing on issues of agriculture, resources and the environment. Currently, his work on poverty has its full focus on human capital, including issues of rural health, nutrition and education. With his coauthors, Dr. Rozelle has published more than 400 papers and books. Among his publications, he has published papers in Science, Nature, American Economic Review, Journal of Economic Literature, etc.
He is also an adjunct professor at five universities in China and the Chinese Academy of Sciences. For the past 21 year, Rozelle has been the chair of the International Advisory Board of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy. In recent years Rozelle spends most of his time co-directing the Rural Education Action Project (REAP), a research organization with collaborative ties to Peking University, CAS, Renmin University, Tsinghua University and other universities that runs studies to evaluate China's new education and health programs.
In recognition of this work, Dr. Rozelle has received numerous honors and awards. Among them, he became a Yangtse Scholar (Changjiang Xuezhe) in Renmin University of China in 2008. In 2008 he also was awarded the Friendship Award by Premiere Wen Jiabao, the highest honor that can be bestowed on a foreigner. In 2009, Rozelle also received in 2009 the National Science & Technology Research Collaboration Award, a prize given by the State Council.
Professor Ha Wei is currently a Research Professor in Education Policy and Management at the Graduate School of Education and a faculty associate at the Institute of Education Economics at Peking University. Prior to joining the Peking University, he served seven years as economist and senior economist with UNDP and UNICEF in the United States and Africa. During his doctoral study at the Harvard University, he also served as a consultant at the World Bank. He has published more than 20 articles and book chapters in a wide-range of fields including education economics, public health, migration, and development economics. His paper received the best paper award from the China Economic Review in 2016. His current research focuses on the impact evaluation of key national education policies in China such as the Rural Compulsory Education Finance Reform, and China's efforts to build "World Class Universities" through the 211 and 985 Projects. Professor Ha received his dual BA in Economics and Political Science and MA in Education Economics from Peking University and his PhD in Public Policy from Harvard University.
Completing her Bachelor of Economics from Fudan University and Master of Public Administration from Beijing Normal University, Jing Pan currently serves as CEO of Teach Future China, a Beijing-based NGO affiliated to UNESCO's International Research and Training Centre for Rural Education.
With 15 years of experience in the area of market intelligence and consumer insights in Nielsen, Philips and PepsiCo, Jing has also worked part time in the NGO sector for 10 years. She participated in the founding of Teach Future China in 2008 and was a volunteer trainer there from 2009 to 2012. From 2013, Jing served as the head of the alumni network and an advisor for fundraising until she was appointed CEO in June 2016.


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Ein Präparatespender ist ein Gerät, welches Flüssigseife, Desinfektionsmittel oder Lotion dosiert auf die Hände abgibt. Bedient wird ein Spender mit Hilfe eines Hebelarms oder berührungslos über einen Sensor. Viele Spender arbeiten nach dem Prinzip einer Kolbenpumpe.

Bei den meisten Spendern wird Druck auf den Hebelarm per Hand, Ellenbogen oder Unterarm ausgeübt. Durch die verbaute Pumpe wird eine genaue Menge der enthaltenen Lösung freigesetzt. Sogenannte Eurospender sind europäisch genormte Geräte, die entsprechende Einwegbehälter verschiedener Hersteller mit fester Gewindegröße fassen.

Im Gesundheitsbereich werden in Deutschland für Händedesinfektionsmittel Spender eingesetzt, die als Medizinprodukt gelten. Baugleiche Handwaschpräparatespender gelten nicht als Medizinprodukt, sind im Vergleich zu Desinfektionsmittelspendern aber kontaminationsanfälliger. Beide Spenderarten müssen daher in bestimmter Weise aufbereitet werden. Die Kommission für Krankenhaushygiene und Infektionsprävention (KRINKO) empfiehlt, die Spender mit nicht wieder befüllbaren Gebinden (Einmalcontainer) zu bestücken.

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TV THIS WEEK: Stargirl and The 100 premieres; Celebrity Escape Room; Ready or Not on HBO
May 16, 2020, 5:10 PM ET
By Trent Moore
Credit: The CW
The summer is always a weird time for TV, and with a global pandemic underway, it's only getting weirder. So this week is a mix of midseason sci-fi shows, some outside-the-box reality TV fare, and a great movie or two. Let's dig in.
The CW is definitely leading the charge this week when it comes to premieres, dropping the new superhero series Stargirl and the new season of long-running sci-fi saga The 100. Of course, Stargirl is also a DC Universe original (The CW is also set to air fellow DC Universe series Swamp Thing this fall), but it should fit in nicely with the network's lineup.
As for the reality TV stuff, it's a grab bag of genre-adjacent ideas that could actually be kinda fun while we all kick back on the couch to keep on flattening the curve. NBC has Celebrity Escape Room, with Jack Black hosting a who's who of celebs as they try to bust out of a puzzle room. Fox has something with a bit more American Gladiators-style flair in Ultimate Tag, which is basically what it sounds like — an anything-goes game of tag. Which sounds just goofy enough to actually be entertaining.
Digging a bit deeper, there's plenty of other stuff on the docket: HBO has the network premiere of the fantastic thriller Ready or Not; The CW has new episodes of Roswell, New Mexico and DC's Legends of Tomorrow (which is putting its own spin on the zombie apocalypse this week); FX has a new What We Do in the Shadows; DC Universe has a new Harley Quinn; Amazon Prime is dropping the new season of Homecoming; plus a whole lot more.
Check out the full rundown below and let us know what you'll be watching this week.
Stargirl (The CW), Tuesday 8PM - "Pilot"
SERIES PREMIERE: When Courtney's seemingly perfect life in Los Angeles gets upended with a move to Blue Valley, Nebraska with her mother Barbara, stepfather Pat and stepbrother Mike, she finds herself struggling to adapt to her new town and high school. But when Courtney discovers that Pat is harboring a major secret about his past, she ultimately becomes the unlikely inspiration for a new generation of superheroes. Note: The series hits DC Universe a day early.
The 100 (The CW), Wednesday 8PM - "From the Ashes"
SEASON PREMIERE: Clarke and her friends attempt to rebuild Sanctum as a new threat rises in the woods.
The 100 | Season 7 Extended Trailer | The CW
Ultimate Tag (Fox), Wednesday 9PM - "You Better Run!"
SERIES PREMIERE: Competitors must vault, dodge, tumble and dive their way through several different epic, three-dimensional courses. All the while, the contestants will be chased by resident taggers, larger-than-life characters who have a range of incredible and jaw-dropping athletic skills. Meet the first set of contestants and taggers.
Celebrity Escape Room (NBC), Thursday 8PM
SERIES PREMIERE: Ben Stiller brings the phenomenon of escape rooms to television in spectacular style with "Celebrity Escape Room." Jack Black serves as host and all knowing Game Master, putting celebrity players to the test as they all work together under intense pressure to beat the clock, unlocking a series of colorful, themed puzzle rooms.
Introducing Celebrity Escape Room - Red Nose Day 2020
Ready or Not (HBO), Saturday 8PM
NETWORK PREMIERE: Grace couldn't be happier after she marries the man of her dreams at his family's luxurious estate. There's just one catch -- she must now hide from midnight until dawn while her new in-laws hunt her down with guns, crossbows and other weapons.
Roswell, New Mexico (The CW), Monday 9PM - "American Woman"
Alex, Isobel, Max, Michael and Maria set out in search of answers at the reservation where Alex's mother grew up after uncovering a cryptic message from the past. Meanwhile, Cameron encourages Liz to reach out to someone from her past after Auturo gets detained.
Roswell, New Mexico | Season 2 Episode 10 | American Woman Promo | The CW
Creepshow (AMC), Monday 10PM - "All Hallows Eve," "The Man in the Suitcase"
Teens who go trick-or-treating are met with fear instead of smiles and sweets; Justin brings home the wrong suitcase and is shocked to find a living man stuffed inside.
See more in our "Highlights" section above.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow (The CW), Tuesday 9PM - "I Am Legends"
After drinking from Chalice, the Legends have immortality for 24 hours, which gives them time get to the Waverider and use the Loom of Fate. However, they quickly discover that the sisters have stolen the Waverider and they are stuck at Constantine's house in the middle of nowhere in London during a Zombie Apocalypse. Meanwhile, Gary is left on the ship and once he discovers what is going on, he takes something important to the sisters.
DC's Legends of Tomorrow | Season 5 Episode 13 | I Am Legends Promo | The CW
Pacific Rim Uprising (FX), Wednesday 8:30PM
NETWORK PREMIERE: Rebellious pilot Jake Pentecost and his estranged sister must lead a brave new generation of fighters against otherworldly monsters that want to destroy humanity.
Motherland: Fort Salem (Freeform), Wednesday 9PM - "Witchbomb"
Raelle, Abigail, and Tally graduate from basic training; Alder eyes the unit for a rescue mission; and Anacostia and Scylla find common ground.
What We Do in the Shadows (FX), Wednesday 10PM - "The Return"
The vampires offer shelter to an old nemesis who's down on his luck.
Siren (Freeform), Thursday 10PM - "A Voice in the Dark"
Tia attacks Bristol Cove; Ben, Maddie and Ryn look for a cure for Xander's illness; Baby Hope tries to reconnect with Ryn.
Homecoming: Season 2 (Amazon Prime), Friday
SEASON PREMIERE: The critically-acclaimed series Homecoming returns for its second season with new twists and an exciting new star, Janelle Monáe. Her character wakes in a rowboat adrift a lake, with no memory of how she got there — or even who she is. Her ensuing search for identity will lead her into the heart of the Geist Group, the unconventional wellness company behind the Homecoming Initiative.
Harley Quinn (DC Universe), Friday - "Inner (Para) Demons"
The eighth episode of Harley Quinn's second season, streaming on DC Universe.
Red Sparrow (FX), Friday 7PM
NETWORK PREMIERE: Dominika Egorova learns to use her mind and body as a weapon after joining a secret intelligence service. As she comes to terms with her new abilities, Dominika meets a CIA agent who tries to convince her that he is the only person she can trust.
Masters of Illusion (The CW), Friday 8PM - "Alex, I'll Take Pickpockets and Monkeys for $1,000"
Hosted by Dean Cain, "Masters of Illusion" features magic performed by cutting-edge illusionists, escape artists and performers displaying skills ranging from perplexing interactive mind magic to hilarious comedy routines — all in front of a studio audience. Magicians featured in this episode include Michael Turco, Leon Etienne, The Sacred Riana, Chipper Lowell and Jay Jay.
Masters of Illusion | Dial M For Masters | Season Trailer | The CW
Snowpiercer (TNT), Sunday 8PM - "Prepare to Brace"
Layton uses his new position as train detective to investigate the murder while gathering intelligence for the revolution on the side; Melanie faces a resource crisis, with potentially drastic consequences for the entire train.
Killing Eve (AMC), Sunday 9PM - "Beautiful Monster"
Villanelle is a psychopathic assassin, and Eve is the woman charged with hunting her down; the two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other, go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (Showtime), Sunday 10PM - "Children of the Royal Sun"
Josefina confides in Sister Molly, who's shocked to discover Josefina is Tiago's sister; Tiago and Lewis' investigation takes them to the Vega House; Townsend gets a lecture about his personal life; Tiago confronts Mateo.
Harley Quinn (SYFY), Sunday 12AM - "Harley Quinn Highway," "Devil's Snare," "The Final Joke"
SEASON 1 FINALE: Harley must rescue Ivy from the clutches of Scarecrow, who's trying to harvest her pheromones to make a super toxin that turns plants into sentient monsters. Then: Harley thinks the Legion of Doom is behind Ivy's capture and the tree monsters currently ravaging Gotham, but it's a trap. Then: Harley has her final showdown with the Joker.
*TV listing information via networks, TV Guide, Zap2it.
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2000: A commuter plane carrying 17 passengers home from Atlantic City, New Jersey, crashes near the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (Pennsylvania) airport after experiencing engine trouble. All 19 people aboard are killed.
1947: Joe DiMaggio and five of his N.Y. Yankees teammates are fined $100 for not fulfilling contractually-mandated promotional duties.


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Chinese scientists have developed a portable power source that can be woven into materials like cotton.
Scientists at Fudan University in Shanghai have developed battery technology that can be woven into fabrics like cotton.
The researchers, Wei Wang and his colleagues, created a lithium ion battery fiber by designing and developing carbon nanotube (CNT) composite yarns that are wound around a cotton fiber. The fibers have a diameter of about 1mm and can be woven into textiles or fabrics and can be easily integrated into flexible wearable technology products.
According to Wei Wang, the fiber lithium ion battery can be used as a power source for wearable electronics. Creating a good power source that can be directly and seamlessly integrated into wearable tech devices has always been something that developers are interested in and a power source that can be woven into fabrics holds a lot of potential. The fiber lithium-ion battery can become key to developing new wearable electronics that wouldn't require a separate and bulky power source or extra compartments for batteries. The new type of batteries can also be potentially used in other industries and machines – as carpets or seats for automobiles, for example.


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