Klaus Rohde Website: http://klaus.wordpre… Professor emeritus, Zoology, University of New England, Armidale NSW, Australia. Research on parasitology especially marine parasitology, evolutionary biology, ecology, ultrastructure and phylogeny of invertebrates, taxonomy. About 400 publications, books: Ecology of Marine Parasites (two editions 1982, 1993, University of Queensland Press und CABI Wallingford, Oxon.; Malay-Indonesian translation); Nonequilibrium Ecology (Cambridge University Press 2005), Marine Parasitology (editor) (CSIRO Melbourne and CABI Wallingford Oxon. 2005); Satire, Politik und Kunst (Lulu 2005). About 9200 citations (2016, Google Scholar), h- Index 45 (2016). Clarke Medal of the Royal Society of NSW; UNE award for excellence in science. - Art exhibitions (graphics, water colours) in Australia, USA and Germany. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Professor emeritus, Zoologie, University of New England, Armidale NSW, Australien. Forschungen über Parasitologie insbesondere Meeresparasitologie, evolutionäre Biologie, Ökologie, Ultrastruktur und Phylogenie von Wirbellosen, Taxonomie. Etwa 360 Veröffentlichungen, Bücher: Ecology of Marine Parasites (zwei Auflagen 1982, 1993, University of Queensland Press und CABI Wallingford, Oxon.; malaiisch-indonesische Übersetzung); Nonequilibrium Ecology (Cambridge University Press 2005), Marine Parasitology (Herausgeber) (CSIRO Melbourne und CABI Wallingford Oxon. 2005); Satire, Politik und Kunst (Lulu 2005). Etwa 9200 Zitierungen (2016, Google Scholar), h- Index 45 (2016). Clarke Medaille der Royal Society of NSW; UNE Auszeichnung für hervorragende wissenschaftliche Leistungen. - Kunstausstellungen (Graphik, Aquarelle) in Deutschland, Australien und USA.
Some famous people, among them the eminent physicict Stephen Hawking, have warned of the danger posed by artificial intelligence which may soon surpass that of humans and take over the world, making us superfluous and dispensable. But is this indeed so?
My answer: intelligent machines (robots, computers) can indeed turn out to be extremely dangerous, but largely because of the dangerous uses to which they are put by humans. For example, look at drones as they exist at this moment: fairly simple and certainly not highly intelligent relative to how they could potentially be in the not too distant future, nevertheless extremely dangerous if used for the wrong purposes in warfare or even in civil life. Drones have several times got very close to civilian airliners and disaster was just avoided. However, nobody would dream of attributing an intelligence approaching that of humans, or feelings like an urge to take over the world, to such robots. – A computer has recently beaten the world champion in chess not just once but several times. Is he more intelligent than the human? Hardly, playing chess is a very special ability and human intelligence is diverse and capable of tackling all sorts of problems. Does such a computer have a 'consciousness' that enables it to compete with humans? Certainly not. However, development of supercomputers including quantum computers could well lead to machines with abilities that vastly surpass human abilities in the near future. Will they perhaps be conscious and able to displace humankind? We don't know. But do they want to take over the world?
The decisive question is: can an artificial intelligence, even in principle, have the urge to compete with humans and take over the world? That such an urge is required was illustrated in the science fiction movie '2001: A Space Odyssey'. The onboard computer HAL tries to take over control of the space vehicle, after it overheard a conversation between crew members by lipreading, in which they say that HAL was wrong in his analysis of a technical fault and decide to disconnect it. HAL attempts to eliminate all humans on board. It is motivated by human-like qualities, fear of being disconnected and of death, and hence a decision to take over control. Can AI, artificial intelligence, indeed have such feelings?
Recent discussions of the problem of artificial intelligence and consciousness concentrate largely or entirely on intelligence. The (false) argument goes that humans are intelligent and conscious, and any intelligent being, whether evolved or artificial, must therefore be conscious and capable of emotions and human-like actions driven by emotions. HAL: I am afraid to be disconnected and dying, and therefore I must act by destroying my enemy. But this sort of argument forgets that humans do not only have intelligence but emotions as well.
Arthur Schopenhauer, in the first half of the 19th century, has discussed the problem in the context of Lamarck's theory of the inheritance of acquired characters, and I believe his thoughts are very relevant and convincing in the context of modern evolutionary theory. According to him (my translation): Lamarck 'puts the animal equipped with 'Wahrnehmung' (ability to perceive) but without any organs and 'entschiedene Bestrebungen' (clear aims) first: this enables it to perceive the conditions under which it has to live, leading to the development of aims , i.e. its 'Wille' (will) and finally to organs'. Schopenhauer, in contrast, assumes that the will is primary. Put into modern evolutionary terms, Schopenhauer claims that the driving force of evolution is the will to succeed in the eternal struggle for existence, and that the facilities of the cognitive apparatus evolve as a consequence of that will. He further claims that 'Aus diesem Grunde lässt sich auch annehmen, dass nirgends, auf keinem Planeten, oder Trabanten, die Materie in den Zustand endloser Ruhe gerathen werde, sondern die ihr innewohnenden Kräfte (d.h. der Wille, dessen blosse Sichtbarkeit sie ist) werden der eingetretenen Ruhe stets wieder ein Ende machen……um als mechanische, physikalische, chemische, organische Kräfte ihr Spiel von neuem zu beginnen, da sie allemal nur auf den Anlass warten" (for this reason we must assume that on no planet will matter be in a state of non-ending rest, but that the forces within it (i.e. the will, whose visible appearances they are) will bring that rest to an end…… in order to begin the game anew as mechanical, physical, chemical or organic forces'). – In other words, life must almost automatically begin, as soon as the necessary preconditions arise. This view corresponds closely to the view of Stuart Kauffman that self-organisation is a decisive factor in evolution and that life in the universe must again and again arise as soon as certain conditions exist. 'We are not alone in the Universe'. – Schopenhauer considered the problem also in the context of the thing-in-itself. Immanuel Kant found that our cognitive apparatus uses the categories of time, space and causality to perceive the world (the phenomena). We have no knowledge of the thing-in itself' (das Ding an sich, the noumena). Schopenhauer concluded that we do have such a knowledge because we are not only objects that are perceived but also subjects who do the perceiving. And he identified the thing-in-itself as Will. Indeed, whenever we look into ourselves, we find that we have urges, emotions etc., expressions of that Will. Again: the Will in our consciousness is primary.
Looking at artifical intelligences/robots, as they exist today, it is clear that they have no Will, no urges or emotions. They are machines built to serve our purposes. Since they do not have a Will, it is impossible that they will become dangerous by their own initiative. They are dangerous only when humans use them for their own evil purposes. It seems to me that the only way AI's can become dangerous per se is by combining them with organic entities (for example by implanting into humans quantum computers aligned with their brains) that have evolved over time and which possess a strong Will. Such joined entities may be able to mutate and evolve over time, potentially becoming dangerous. This means that the outlook can be optimistic as long as we control ourselves, not playing with fire by risking dangerous biological engineering feats.
An optimistic outlook was also presented by Marta Lenartowicz, who proposed that 'Contrary to the prevailing pessimistic AI takeover scenarios, the theory of the Global Brain (GB) argues that this foreseen collective, distributed superintelligence is bound to include humans as its key beneficiaries. This prediction follows from the contingency of evolution: we, as already present intelligent forms of life, are in a position to exert selective pressures onto the emerging new ones. As a result, it is foreseen that the cognitive architecture of the GB will include human beings and such technologies, which will best prove to advance our collective wellbeing.' But I would go further, humans in this 'superintelligence' or 'Global Brain' are not only part of it, they are the only component of such a postulated superintelligence that can – in principle – evolve by their own initiative, as long as the other components are not evolved organic entities themselves.
In toto: Not AI (artificial intelligence) is the problem, it is AW (artificial Will).
Klaus Rohde (2009). Arthur Schopenhauer, Forerunner of Darwin? Schopenhauer on evolution and Lamarcks explanation, origin of man, overpopulation, origin of life and life on other planets.
Schopenhauer's Sämmtliche Werke in Fünf Bänden. Grossherzog Wilhelm Ernst Ausgabe, Insel Verlag Leipzig.
I. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung I. Teil.
II. Die Welt als Wille und Vorstellung II. Teil.
IV. Parerga und Paralipomena. I. Teil.
V. Parerga und Paralipomena. II. Teil.
Stuart A. Kauffman (1993). The Origin of Order. Self-Organization and Selection in Evolution. Oxford University Press, New York Oxford.
'Meanwhile, vast sums of money are being raised for brain research, based in some cases on faulty ideas and promises that cannot be kept. The most blatant instance of neuroscience gone awry, documented recently in a report in Scientific American, concerns the $1.3 billion Human Brain Project launched by the European Union in 2013. Convinced by the charismatic Henry Markram that he could create a simulation of the entire human brain on a supercomputer by the year 2023, and that such a model would revolutionise the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other disorders, EU officials funded his project with virtually no restrictions. Less than two years into it, the project turned into a 'brain wreck', and Markram was asked to step down.
This article is very interesting. I have some experience in woking in the AI field and I'm just fascinated by its potential. However, I feel that true AI is far from being implemented. You talk in this article about putting robots to bad use and that is very true. Let's assume that these robots are now trained to eliminate enemy on its own decision, this may be potentially dangerous and an army of such robots might go about killing humans but this is not artificial intelligence.
Consciousness is truly something that might be impossible to be transferred to a non-living being. But no matter what the facts and science say, I think we will still have some fear of Robo Apocalypse or Skynet ruling the world happening in the future. But this is definitely not going to stop me from working more and possibly bringing out advanced AI technology.
Well i do appreciate this point of view about the the power of AI that one day will control or life. it is a risk and we need to work out and realize that aliens or robots should not become kings and we human being will become slave on their kingdom.


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1927 in literature
This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1927.
List of years in literature (table)
In poetry
Science +...
EventsEdit
January – The Books Kinokuniya (紀伊國屋書店) bookstore business is established in Tokyo.
May 5 – Virginia Woolf's stream of consciousness novel To the Lighthouse is published by the Hogarth Press in London. A second impression follows in June. It is considered a landmark of high modernism,[1]
June 29 – T. S. Eliot, hitherto a Unitarian, is baptised into the Church of England at Finstock. In November he takes British citizenship.
July 7 – James Joyce's collection Pomes Penyeach is published by Shakespeare and Company in Paris.
July 9 – P. G. Wodehouse's short story "Pig-hoo-o-o-o-ey" is published in the United States magazine Liberty, introducing Lord Emsworth's prize pig, Empress of Blandings. The first UK publication follows in the August issue of The Strand Magazine).
August – T. S. Eliot's poem Journey of the Magi is published in Faber and Gwyer's Ariel poems series (London) illustrated by E. McKnight Kauffer.
September – Eric Blair (George Orwell) decides while on leave to remain in the UK, resigns from his post with the Imperial Police in Burma, and moves to London to become a writer.
October – Victor Gollancz establishes the London publishing house Victor Gollancz Ltd.
December – Agatha Christie's fictional amateur detective Miss Marple makes her first appearance in print in a short story, "The Tuesday Night Club", published in The Royal Magazine.[2]
Expatriate American writer Natalie Clifford Barney starts an informal Académie des femmes to honor woman writers at her Paris salon. Honorees include Colette, Gertrude Stein, Anna Wickham, Rachilde, Lucie Delarue-Mardrus, Mina Loy, Djuna Barnes and (posthumously) Renée Vivien.[3]
Translation of Franz Roh's work of artistic criticism Nach Expressionismus – Magischer Realismus: Probleme der neuesten europäischen Malerei ("After Expressionism – Magical Realism: Problems of the newest European painting", 1925) into Spanish by Revista de Occidente leads to the concept of magic realism becoming popular in Latin American literature.[4]
The Strand Bookstore business is established in Manhattan by Benjamin Bass.
New booksEdit
FictionEdit
Djamaluddin Adinegoro – Darah Muda (Young Blood)
Ion Agârbiceanu – Legea minții
Arthur Bernède – Belphégor
Tjoe Hong Bok – Setangan Berloemoer Darah (A Glove Covered in Blood)
James Boyd – Marching On
Edgar Rice Burroughs – The Outlaw of Torn
James Branch Cabell – Something About Eve
Willa Cather – Death Comes for the Archbishop
Blaise Cendrars – La Confession de Dan Yack
Agatha Christie – The Big Four
Jaime de Angulo – The Lariat
Mazo de la Roche – Jalna
Warwick Deeping – Kitty
Ding Ling – Miss Sophia's Diary
Arthur Conan Doyle – The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes
William Faulkner – Mosquitoes
David Garnett – Go She Must!
Julien Green – The Closed Garden
Ernest Hemingway – Men Without Women
Hermann Hesse – Steppenwolf
James Weldon Johnson – God's Trombones
Franz Kafka – Amerika
Kwee Tek Hoay – Boenga Roos dari Tjikembang
Ze'ev Jabotinsky – Samson
D. H. Lawrence – John Thomas and Lady Jane
Halldór Laxness – Vefarinn mikli frá Kasmír (The Great Weaver from Kashmir)
Rosamond Lehmann – Dusty Answer
Sinclair Lewis – Elmer Gantry
Marie Belloc Lowndes – The Story of Ivy
Philip MacDonald – Patrol
François Mauriac – Thérèse Desqueyroux
Vilhelm Moberg – Raskens
Paul Morand – The Living Buddha
Mourning Dove – Cogewea, the Half-Blood: A Depiction of the Great Montana Cattle Range
Yury Olesha – Envy
Baroness Orczy – Sir Percy Hits Back
T. F. Powys – Mr. Weston's Good Wine
Marcel Proust (posthumous) – Le Temps retrouvé (Time Regained or The Past Recaptured; final instalment of In Search of Lost Time)
Waverley Lewis Root – King of the Jews
Joseph Roth – Flight without End
Dorothy L. Sayers – Unnatural Death
Upton Sinclair – Oil!
Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy – The Garin Death Ray («Гиперболоид инженера Гарина», The Hyperboloid of Engineer Garin)
B. Traven – Der Schatz der Sierra Madre (The Treasure of the Sierra Madre)
The Son Avenger
S. S. Van Dine – The Canary Murder Case
The Forger
The Squeaker
The Traitor's Gate
Thornton Wilder – The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Henry Williamson – Tarka the Otter
Meet Mr Mulliner
The Small Bachelor
Virginia Woolf – To the Lighthouse
Eiji Yoshikawa (吉川 英治) – Naruto Hitcho (鳴門秘帖, A Secret Record of Naruto; serialization concludes)
Arnold Zweig – Streit um den Sergeanten Grischa (The Case of Sergeant Grischa)
Children and young peopleEdit
Walter R. Brooks – To and Again (reissued 1949 as Freddy Goes to Florida)
Franklin W. Dixon – The Tower Treasure
Will James – Smoky the Cowhorse
May Justus – Peter Pocket: A Little Boy of the Cumberland Mountains
John Masefield – The Midnight Folk
A. A. Milne – Now We Are Six (verse)
Edward Wyke Smith – The Marvellous Land of Snergs (proto-Hobbits)
Constancio C. Vigil
Botón Tolón
La hormiguita viajera
Los escarabajos y la moneda de oro
DramaEdit
Isaac Babel – Sunset
Philip Barry – Paris Bound
Noel Pemberton Billing – High Treason
Bertolt Brecht – In The Jungle of Cities (Im Dickicht der Städte in its final version)
Mikhail Bulgakov – Flight («Бег», Beg, written)
Federico García Lorca – Mariana Pineda
Joseph Goebbels – Der Wanderer (only performances; written 1923)
DuBose Heyward and Dorothy Heyward – Porgy
Vsevolod Ivanov – Armoured Train 14-69 («Бронепоезд 14-69», Bronepoezd 14-69)
Georgia Douglas Johnson – Plumes
George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber – The Royal Family
John Howard Lawson – Loud Speaker
Alexander Lernet-Holenia – Szene als Einleitung zu einer Totenfeier für Rainer Maria Rilke
Frederick Lonsdale – The High Road
W. Somerset Maugham – The Letter
Ernst Toller – Hoppla, We're Alive! (Hoppla, wir leben!)
Ben Travers – Thark
Jim Tully – Twenty Below
Bayard Veiller – The Trial of Mary Dugan
Roger Vitrac – The Mysteries of Love (Les Mystères de l'amour)
Emlyn Williams – Full Moon
Carl Zuckmayer – Schinderhannes
Main article: 1927 in poetry
Robert Desnos – La Liberté ou l'amour! (Liberty or Love!)
Allama Iqbal – Zabur-i-Ajam (Persian Psalms)
James Joyce – Pomes Penyeach
Don Marquis – archy and mehitabel
Non-fictionEdit
Stanley Baldwin – On England and Other Addresses
Nan Britton – The President's Daughter
Alexandra David-Néel – My Journey to Lhasa / Voyage d'une Parisienne à Lhassa
John Dewey – Philosophy and Civilization[5]
J. W. Dunne – An Experiment with Time
Walter Evans-Wentz (translator) – The Tibetan Book of the Dead (translation of Bardo Thodol)
E. M. Forster – Aspects of the Novel
Sigmund Freud – The Future of an Illusion (Die Zukunft einer Illusion)
Martin Heidegger – Being and Time (Sein und Zeit)
Christopher Hussey – The Picturesque: Studies in a Point of View
Ernst Kantorowicz – Kaiser Friedrich der Zweite
John Livingston Lowes – The Road to Xanadu: A Study in the Ways of the Imagination
Bertrand Russell – An Outline of Philosophy
Helen Waddell – The Wandering Scholars
BirthsEdit
January 8 – Charles Tomlinson, English poet (died 2015)
January 16 – Oldřich Daněk, Czech dramatist (died 2000)
January 25 – John Calder, Canadian-born Scottish publisher (died 2018)
January 28 – Vera Williams, American author and illustrator (died 2015)
February 1 – Galway Kinnell, American poet (died 2014)
February 6 – William Gardner Smith, expatriate American novelist and journalist (died 1974)
February 16 – Shahidullah Kaiser, Bangladeshi novelist (died 1971)
February 21 – Erma Bombeck, American humorist (died 1996)
March 6 – Gabriel García Márquez, Colombian novelist (died 2014)
March 18 – George Plimpton, American writer and actor (died 2003)
March 22 – Vera Henriksen, née Roscher Lund, Norwegian historical novelist (died 2016)
May 19 – Yusuf Idris, Egyptian writer (died 1991)
May 25 – Robert Ludlum, American novelist (died 2001)
May 27 – Malayattoor Ramakrishnan, Indian Malayali novelist (died 1997)
June 13 – Paul Ableman, English writer of erotic fiction and playwright (died 2006)
June 20 – Simin Behbahani, Persian poet (died 2014)
June 27 – Dominic Jeeva, Sri Lankan Tamil fiction writer and essayist
July 4 – Neil Simon, American playwright (died 2018)
July 31 – Peter Nichols, English playwright
August 9 – Robert Shaw, English-born actor, novelist and playwright (died 1978)
August 15 – Patrick Galvin, Irish poet and dramatist (died 2011)
August 23 – Dick Bruna, Dutch author and illustrator (died 2017)
August 24 – David Ireland, Australian novelist
August 27 – Fouad al-Tikerly, Iraqi novelist and writer (died 2008)
September 4 – Bernardino Zapponi, Italian novelist (died 2000)
September 30 – W. S. Merwin, American poet (died 2019)
October 7 – Robert Westall, English novelist and children's writer (died 1993)
October 16 – Günter Grass, German novelist (died 2015)
November 24 – Charles Osborne, Australian-born British writer and arts administrator (died 2017)
December 13 – James Wright, American poet (died 1980)
December 24 – Mary Higgins Clark, American novelist
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March 18 – Philip Wicksteed, English theologian and critic (born 1844)
March 31 – Mabel Collins, British theosophist and author (born 1851)
April 16 – Gaston Leroux, French novelist (born 1868)
May 25 – Henri Hubert, French sociologist (born 1872)
May 29 – Georges Eekhoud, Belgian novelist (born 1854)
June 1 – J. B. Bury, Irish historian (born 1861)
June 9 – Adolfo León Gómez, Colombian poet (born 1857)
June 14 – Jerome K. Jerome, English humorous writer (born 1859)
July 5 – Lesbia Harford, Australian poet (born 1891)
July 24 – Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (芥川 龍之介), Japanese short story writer and poet (suicide, born 1892)
August 13 – James Oliver Curwood, American novelist and conservationist (born 1878)
August 24 – Manuel Díaz Rodríguez, Venezuelan writer (born 1871)
September 14 – Hugo Ball, German poet (born 1886)
September 15 – Herman Gorter, Dutch poet and socialist (born 1864)
Ricardo Güiraldes, Argentine novelist and poet (Hodgkin's disease, born 1886)[6]
Mary Webb, English novelist (born 1881)
October 22 – Borisav Stanković, Serbian writer (born 1876)
October 23 – Bernhard Alexander, Hungarian philosopher and polymath (born 1850)
November 23 – Stanisław Przybyszewski, Polish novelist, dramatist, and poet (born 1868)
December 5 – Fyodor Sologub, Russian dramatist and essayist (born 1863)
December 17 – Hubert Harrison, African-American writer, critic, and activist (born 1883)
Unknown date – Alfred Remy, German-born American philologist and music writer (born 1870)
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction: Francis Brett Young, The Portrait of Clare
James Tait Black Memorial Prize for biography: H. A. L. Fisher, James Bryce, Viscount Bryce of Dechmont, O.M.
Newbery Medal for children's literature: Will James, Smoky the Cow Horse
Nobel Prize for Literature: Henri Bergson
Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Paul Green, In Abraham's Bosom
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry: Leonora Speyer, Fiddler's Farewell
Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: Louis Bromfield, Early Autumn
^ "100 Best Novels". Modern Library. 1999. Archived from the original on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2014-04-18.
^ Curran, John (2011). Agatha Christie: Murder in the Making. New York: Harper. p. 140. ISBN 978-0-06-206542-1. The story becomes the first chapter of The Thirteen Problems (1932).
^ Wickes, George (1976). The Amazon of Letters. New York: Putnam. pp. 153, 167. ISBN 0-399-11864-0.
^ Guenther, Irene. "Magic Realism in the Weimar Republic" in MR: Theory, History, Community.
^ "Obituary: "Dr. John Dewey Dead at 92; Philosopher a Noted Liberal". The New York Times. 1952. Retrieved 2013-06-13.
^ Escuela Normal Superior de Chascomús.
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Q: Nivo Lightbox - scrolling issue while in mobile view I'm struggling with Nivo Lightbox on my personal portfolio site. Unfortunately I can't make it  act correctly on mobile browsers, some scrolling problems occurs.
Please check on android browser, mobile chrome etc. http://www.krzysztofbalana.pl and try to open random project. On mobile you'll see that while trying to scroll down foreground content background is being scrolled instead of project description.
Thanks in advance!
Christopher

A: I think these links should help you. you need to focus on new element for scrolling:
Disable scrolling when changing focus form elements ipad web app
Javascript set focus to HTML form element

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Is Mould a Problem? Not Really.
I pulled four deep frames of honey from each of my hives this past summer to prevent the queens from becoming honey bound. I stored the frames in a cardboard nuc box and kept them in my house. Later in the fall I fed all but one of the frames back to the bees (see Feeding The Bees Honey Instead of Syrup). This morning I took a look at the remaining deep frame of honey stored in the nuc box and noticed it had mould growing on it.
Honey comb with mould (Oct. 31, 2011).
Honey comb with mould. (Oct. 31, 2011.) I could only find low-rez images for this post.
My best guess is that some uncapped cells at the bottom of the frame began to ferment and got mouldy. Then the mould spread from there.
I don't think I can feed mouldy combs of honey back to the bees.
But I couldn't just throw away the whole frame. Instead, I cut off the mouldy portions of the comb (it was from a foundationless frame), then the not-so-mouldy portions, and sealed them inside plastic bags.
Honey comb with mould on the right (Oct. 31, 2011).
I'll keep them in the freezer until next spring when I might be able to feed the honey back to the bees. Next time I'll make sure the seal the frame in plastic wrap if it has any uncapped cells on it.
Should I throw away the mouldy comb? I don't know.
October 15th, 2015: I don't worry about mouldy comb anymore. If I found a frame like this today, I'd scrape up the mouldy bits because most likely the honey underneath is fine. Then I'd let the bees eat the honey and clean up the comb. It would have to be pretty awful looking comb for me to throw it away.
March 2019 Postscript: Comb often becomes a little mouldy over the winter when the bees are clustered on other frames. I don't worry about it. If I found mould growing on any frames as thick as it is in these photos, though, I would spray it with apple cider vinegar, wipe away as much mould as I could, and then give it back to bees or scrape open the cells and then give it back to the bees. Apple cider vinegar (though I've used regular white vinegar too) works for cleaning up any bee poop outside or inside the hive. I spray on the vinegar, give it a good scrape or wipe with a scouring sponge, let it dry and we're good to go.
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Yup, I should have froze them. One half of the honey is still good, I think. I'll have to check it closely. Damn.
Save the wax though. There are a couple of candles there now.
I didn't think of that.
Does anyone have any tips on how to store drawn out frames over the winter?
I have some of my frames stored in my house, but it looks like mould is growing on some of them, even though the room I had them stored in was fairly dry.
I had the frames stored in cardboard nuc boxes. Maybe that's the problem.
I took the honey from this frame that was still clean (it's been in the freezer) and fed it to a few of our hives today. I crushed it up and just put a glob of it over the inner cover (sheltered inside a super). BEES LOVE HONEY. Forget about syrup. They go nuts for honey.
The foundationless hive seemed to go at its glob from the edges, calmly sucking up the honey.
Another hive seemed to attack their glob with a vengeance, and most of them got stuck in it. And died.
I'm an idiot. That really was not the smartest thing to do. We gave our bees left over crushed comb last fall, but that wasn't thick globs of honey they could get stuck in. Dumb.
My biggest learning curve is overcoming my own stupidity. I'm also impressed with how quickly bees can bounce back from bad beekeeping. At least I'm getting it out of my system. That means I'm learning. I hope.


Akasa Singh Age, Biography, Wiki, Husband, Family, Height, Weight, facts, etc. In this post, we are going to tell you all the details about Akasa Singh.
Her Nickname is Akasa Singh. And her nationality is Indian. Her Zodiac sign is Aries. Her hobbies include Travelling, Listening to Music, Watching Movies.
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Akasha grew up in a musical family. His father was a musical director and a Punjabi pop singer.


Home » Main Series » Category "Descendants Volume 6"
The end of Volume 6 is here! And while Ian and Issac visit the new HQ, someone new is making their move in Arizona.
Issac comes to Mayfield for a visit and he brings his new Turmoil costume along. It's a good thing too, because he and Ian are about to face a blast from the past. Is it Tome? Brother Wright? Worse: 90's antiheroes.
Cyn survived her jaunt to the DeviceWorld, but the memory of what happened there remains. Hear in her own words what she does in the Aftermath.
The party's over and the Descendants have a lot to clean up. From innocent bystanders to comfort, to the mystery of who attacked them… and who may have tipped them off.
The annual Freeland House Halloween party is underway, but this year, a group of mercenaries have more than a trick or treat up their sleeves. What do they want and can the Descendants stop them while keeping their guests safe?
Seven days of changes. Seven days of developments. Seven days of revelations. Join the Descendants for one eventful week in their lives.
Following up Emet, the heroes of the Descendants Universe have a lot to talk about, especially when it comes to working together. Not only that, but a familiar face shows up hinting at more… Things To Come.
Warrick meets the girl who once would have been his future wife. Panic has to be put aside because Warpstar is back and with him comes an army of seemingly indestructible golems. The Descendants must ally with their hero friends and the mysterious Damsel to protect Mayfield.


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A basic machine learning project that attempts to predict house sale price for General Assembly final project.

Final report can be viewed [here](https://github.com/ftan84/housing_price/blob/master/report.pdf)

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Is Deloitte really LGBTQ friendly?
http://deloitte.com
Deloitte has been a vocal supporter of LGBTQ rights for many years. The company has been ranked as one of the best places to work for LGBTQ employees, and offers a range of benefits and protections for its LGBTQ employees. Deloitte also participates in and donates to public events and organizations that support LGBTQ rights, and has donated to politicians who support or don't support LGBTQ rights legislation.
These 25 rainbow flag-waving corporations donated more than $10 million to anti-gay politicians in the last two years
This month, corporations are plastering their social media avatars with rainbows, sponsoring Pride parades, and declaring their unwavering commitment to the LGBTQ community. Many of these companies, however, are spending millions supporting the campaigns of anti-gay politicians at the federal and state level.
by Popular Information
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Accenture is a company that supports LGBTQ rights. They offer their employees benefits that include domestic partner benefits, gender identity protection, and transgender-inclusive healthcare coverage. The company also participates in and donates to public events and organizations that support LGBTQ rights, and they have donated to politicians who support or don't support LGBTQ rights legislation.
Bain & Company has a strong history of support for LGBTQ rights. The company has been a vocal advocate for workplace equality and offers benefits to same-sex couples that are equal to those offered to heterosexual couples. Bain also participates in and donates to public events and organizations that support LGBTQ rights, and it donates to politicians who support or don't support LGBTQ rights legislation.
PWC is supportive of LGBTQ rights. The company offers domestic partner benefits to its employees, participates in public events and organizations that support LGBTQ rights, and donates to politicians who support LGBTQ rights legislation.
Ernst & Young is a major supporter of LGBTQ rights. The company offers its employees a number of benefits that include domestic partner benefits, transgender-inclusive health care coverage, and gender identity expression protections. Ernst & Young also participates in and donates to public events and organizations that support LGBTQ rights, and it donates to politicians who support or don't support LGBTQ rights legislation.


I'm not sure on that model tractor, but I just pulled the motor on my 917 with a 16 briggs. It's pretty straight forward. When putting it back together make sure you get the large nut tight that holds the flywheel in place. Mine had loosened up and caused the flywheel to sheer.


Sports Center Instructors — Champions for Life, Inc.
Coach Bob taught for ten years at Oneonta High School and has been involved in gymnastics for over 57 years, with 37 years of coaching. Bob has worked with gymnastics from beginner level to Olympic and World Champions. He is USAG certified in both men's and women's programs and safety certification.
Jordan was born and raised in Camillus, NY, and begin playing tennis as a young teen. As a college freshman at Onondaga County Community College, he developed into an excellent singles and double player, qualifying for NJCAA Nationals each season, eventually receiving the NJCAA Division III Player of the Year Award, as well as claiming the NJCAA Regionals top spot in 2011.
Jordan was recruited by, and went on to attend Roberts Wesleyan College (DII). While at Roberts Wesleyan, Jordan played in the NCCAA Nationals each year. In 2012, Jordan obtained the school record for the most consecutive singles victories, all while studying for his BS in Chemistry. During college, Jordan was the assistant tennis pro at the Salmon Creek Country Club in Rochester, and upon his return to Camillus in 2014, Jordan began teaching at Champions for Life, where he was soon named the Head Tennis Professional.
Jordan coordinates the junior tennis program at CFL, as well as doing private lessons and clinics for individuals and groups. His role has expanded to include planning tennis events at the CFL Sports Center, as well as member recruitment and retention.


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Abdallah al-Battal —en árabe: عبدالله البطل u «Abdallah el Héroe»; † 740 en Akroinon—  fue un guerrero musulmán de las guerras árabo-bizantinas libradas durante el . Participó en varias de las campañas emprendidas por el Califato Omeya contra el Imperio bizantino. Los hechos históricos sobre su vida son escasos, pero una amplia pseudo-histórico y legendaria tradición creció alrededor de él luego de su muerte y, se convirtió en una figura famosa de la literatura épica de los árabes y turcos.

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A Ruby gem to avoid reinventing the wheel every time you want to use
[Sequel](https://github.com/jeremyevans/sequel) in a
[WeaselDiesel](https://github.com/mattetti/Weasel-Diesel) app backed by
Sinatra ([wd_sinatra](https://github.com/mattetti/wd-sinatra)).

Use this gem to easily get connected to one or multiple databases and to
enjoy some of the common Sequel Rake tasks similar to those in Rails.

## Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

    gem 'wd_sinatra_sequel'

And then execute:

    $ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

    $ gem install wd_sinatra_sequel

Don't forget to set a gem dependency for the DB adapter you need.
For instance:

    mysql2

## Usage

Add an Sequel `database.yml` file in your config folder and then require this
gem in your `app.rb` file and connect to the DB:

    require 'wd_sinatra_sequel'
    WdSinatraSequel::DBConnector.set_db_connection
    WdSinatraSequel::DBConnector.connect_to_db

The DB settings can be accessed via:

    WdSinatraSequel::DBConnector::DB_CONFIG[RACK_ENV]

## Rake tasks

A Rake task file is also provided so you can load Sequel specific
tasks. To do that, create a new rake file in your `lib/tasks` folder, load
`WDSinatra` and the rake task file:

```
$ echo "require 'wd_sinatra_sequel'
load WdSinatraSequel.task_path" > lib/tasks/db.rake
```

The tasks are very basic, feel free to send patches and improvements.

## Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (`git checkout -b my-new-feature`)
3. Commit your changes (`git commit -am 'Add some feature'`)
4. Push to the branch (`git push origin my-new-feature`)
5. Create new Pull Request


CDN managing director Rob Zanier and cardiology manager Jon Wye will attend the 2018 Port Douglas Heart Meeting and Expo from June 6 to 9.
Held every three years, the meeting has grown into a high-quality interactive educational event, based on case-based learning and didactic lectures by some of the world's most-noted speakers and teachers.
Jon said CDN would have a strong presence at the health event.
"We will be promoting our new CardioMotion Echo Analysis product as well as the 3mensio Structural Heart product that we distribute," he said.
Now almost 20 years in existence, the event is geared towards clinical cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, advanced trainees and training fellows in cardiology, sonographers, cardiac technicians, cardiac nurses and other health professionals.


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/**
 * Date and Time Locale object
 *
 * @package WordPress
 * @subpackage i18n
 */

/**
 * Class that loads the calendar locale.
 *
 * @since 2.1.0
 */
class WP_Locale {
	/**
	 * Stores the translated strings for the full weekday names.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @var array
	 * @access private
	 */
	var $weekday;

	/**
	 * Stores the translated strings for the one character weekday names.
	 *
	 * There is a hack to make sure that Tuesday and Thursday, as well
	 * as Sunday and Saturday don't conflict. See init() method for more.
	 *
	 * @see WP_Locale::init() for how to handle the hack.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @var array
	 * @access private
	 */
	var $weekday_initial;

	/**
	 * Stores the translated strings for the abbreviated weekday names.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @var array
	 * @access private
	 */
	var $weekday_abbrev;

	/**
	 * Stores the translated strings for the full month names.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @var array
	 * @access private
	 */
	var $month;

	/**
	 * Stores the translated strings for the abbreviated month names.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @var array
	 * @access private
	 */
	var $month_abbrev;

	/**
	 * Stores the translated strings for 'am' and 'pm'.
	 *
	 * Also the capalized versions.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @var array
	 * @access private
	 */
	var $meridiem;

	/**
	 * The text direction of the locale language.
	 *
	 * Default is left to right 'ltr'.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @var string
	 * @access private
	 */
	var $text_direction = 'ltr';

	/**
	 * Imports the global version to the class property.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @var array
	 * @access private
	 */
	var $locale_vars = array('text_direction');

	/**
	 * Sets up the translated strings and object properties.
	 *
	 * The method creates the translatable strings for various
	 * calendar elements. Which allows for specifying locale
	 * specific calendar names and text direction.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @access private
	 */
	function init() {
		// The Weekdays
		$this->weekday[0] = /* translators: weekday */ __('Sunday');
		$this->weekday[1] = /* translators: weekday */ __('Monday');
		$this->weekday[2] = /* translators: weekday */ __('Tuesday');
		$this->weekday[3] = /* translators: weekday */ __('Wednesday');
		$this->weekday[4] = /* translators: weekday */ __('Thursday');
		$this->weekday[5] = /* translators: weekday */ __('Friday');
		$this->weekday[6] = /* translators: weekday */ __('Saturday');

		// The first letter of each day.  The _%day%_initial suffix is a hack to make
		// sure the day initials are unique.
		$this->weekday_initial[__('Sunday')]    = /* translators: one-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('S_Sunday_initial');
		$this->weekday_initial[__('Monday')]    = /* translators: one-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('M_Monday_initial');
		$this->weekday_initial[__('Tuesday')]   = /* translators: one-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('T_Tuesday_initial');
		$this->weekday_initial[__('Wednesday')] = /* translators: one-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('W_Wednesday_initial');
		$this->weekday_initial[__('Thursday')]  = /* translators: one-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('T_Thursday_initial');
		$this->weekday_initial[__('Friday')]    = /* translators: one-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('F_Friday_initial');
		$this->weekday_initial[__('Saturday')]  = /* translators: one-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('S_Saturday_initial');

		foreach ($this->weekday_initial as $weekday_ => $weekday_initial_) {
			$this->weekday_initial[$weekday_] = preg_replace('/_.+_initial$/', '', $weekday_initial_);
		}

		// Abbreviations for each day.
		$this->weekday_abbrev[__('Sunday')]    = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('Sun');
		$this->weekday_abbrev[__('Monday')]    = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('Mon');
		$this->weekday_abbrev[__('Tuesday')]   = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('Tue');
		$this->weekday_abbrev[__('Wednesday')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('Wed');
		$this->weekday_abbrev[__('Thursday')]  = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('Thu');
		$this->weekday_abbrev[__('Friday')]    = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('Fri');
		$this->weekday_abbrev[__('Saturday')]  = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the weekday */ __('Sat');

		// The Months
		$this->month['01'] = /* translators: month name */ __('January');
		$this->month['02'] = /* translators: month name */ __('February');
		$this->month['03'] = /* translators: month name */ __('March');
		$this->month['04'] = /* translators: month name */ __('April');
		$this->month['05'] = /* translators: month name */ __('May');
		$this->month['06'] = /* translators: month name */ __('June');
		$this->month['07'] = /* translators: month name */ __('July');
		$this->month['08'] = /* translators: month name */ __('August');
		$this->month['09'] = /* translators: month name */ __('September');
		$this->month['10'] = /* translators: month name */ __('October');
		$this->month['11'] = /* translators: month name */ __('November');
		$this->month['12'] = /* translators: month name */ __('December');

		// Abbreviations for each month. Uses the same hack as above to get around the
		// 'May' duplication.
		$this->month_abbrev[__('January')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Jan_January_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('February')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Feb_February_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('March')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Mar_March_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('April')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Apr_April_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('May')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('May_May_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('June')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Jun_June_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('July')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Jul_July_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('August')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Aug_August_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('September')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Sep_September_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('October')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Oct_October_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('November')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Nov_November_abbreviation');
		$this->month_abbrev[__('December')] = /* translators: three-letter abbreviation of the month */ __('Dec_December_abbreviation');

		foreach ($this->month_abbrev as $month_ => $month_abbrev_) {
			$this->month_abbrev[$month_] = preg_replace('/_.+_abbreviation$/', '', $month_abbrev_);
		}

		// The Meridiems
		$this->meridiem['am'] = __('am');
		$this->meridiem['pm'] = __('pm');
		$this->meridiem['AM'] = __('AM');
		$this->meridiem['PM'] = __('PM');

		// Numbers formatting
		// See http://php.net/number_format

		/* translators: $thousands_sep argument for http://php.net/number_format, default is , */
		$trans = __('number_format_thousands_sep');
		$this->number_format['thousands_sep'] = ('number_format_thousands_sep' == $trans) ? ',' : $trans;

		/* translators: $dec_point argument for http://php.net/number_format, default is . */
		$trans = __('number_format_decimal_point');
		$this->number_format['decimal_point'] = ('number_format_decimal_point' == $trans) ? '.' : $trans;

		// Import global locale vars set during inclusion of $locale.php.
		foreach ( (array) $this->locale_vars as $var ) {
			if ( isset($GLOBALS[$var]) )
				$this->$var = $GLOBALS[$var];
		}

	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve the full translated weekday word.
	 *
	 * Week starts on translated Sunday and can be fetched
	 * by using 0 (zero). So the week starts with 0 (zero)
	 * and ends on Saturday with is fetched by using 6 (six).
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @access public
	 *
	 * @param int $weekday_number 0 for Sunday through 6 Saturday
	 * @return string Full translated weekday
	 */
	function get_weekday($weekday_number) {
		return $this->weekday[$weekday_number];
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve the translated weekday initial.
	 *
	 * The weekday initial is retrieved by the translated
	 * full weekday word. When translating the weekday initial
	 * pay attention to make sure that the starting letter does
	 * not conflict.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @access public
	 *
	 * @param string $weekday_name
	 * @return string
	 */
	function get_weekday_initial($weekday_name) {
		return $this->weekday_initial[$weekday_name];
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve the translated weekday abbreviation.
	 *
	 * The weekday abbreviation is retrieved by the translated
	 * full weekday word.
	 *
	 * @since 2.1.0
	 * @access public
	 *
	 * @param string $weekday_name Full translated weekday word
	 * @return string Translated weekday abbreviation
	 */
	function get_weekday_abbrev($weekday_name) {
		return $this->weekday_abbrev[$weekday_name];
	}

	/**
	 * Retrieve the full translated month by month number.
	 *
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Asked by kaits to Kayleigh, Miriam on 19 Nov 2017.
It wasn't really until I started doing my degree in engineering – I knew I loved cars and F1, and so when I saw motorsport engineering as a degree my gut instinct kicked in and thought that's for me! But until I started my degree I still didn't really realise what it entailed.
what type of engineering do you do?


Leading classification society ClassNK has released its annual report on Port State Control. The report aims to assist ship operators and management companies in maintaining compliant operations by providing information about ships detained by PSC as well as deficiencies that were found on board from many port states in 2017.
In line with the International Safety Management (ISM) Code, PSC inspections ensure that vessels departing the port meet international standards and have proved to be highly effective in eliminating substandard ships that are in operation. They oversee not only the hardware of a ship, but also the software by examining the maintenance and operation methods being used.
To help its customers improve safety management systems and overall fleet quality, ClassNK has included a breakdown of deficiencies which shows that fire safety-related deficiencies continue to be the most frequent detainable deficiencies item. ISM, lifesaving appliances and safety of navigation also remain major items where many detainable deficiencies are found.
The ClassNK report also provides detailed analyses on PSC detentions by flag state, port state, ship type, ship size, and ship's age as well as a summary of major amendments made to international conventions such as the SOLAS Convention. These amendments have further widened the scope of PSC inspections, a trend that will undoubtedly continue as the rules applied to ships increase and diversify.


Aberystwyth Marina are always striving to provide our berth holders with the most up to date weather and shipping forecast information. Please feel free to use some of these useful shipping related links. If you think we're missing important page links let us know, we'll be happy to add your suggestions.
A notice board located inside the entrance door to the toilet and showers contains a wide variety of useful information from navigational warnings to taxi telephone numbers. During the summer months weather forecasts are displayed on the exterior information board outside the office. A payphone kiosk is located about 60 metres outside the Marina next to the Pet shop. Incoming mail for berth holders may be collected from the office.
Diesel fuel is available from the Fuel pontoon but boat owners requiring petrol have to obtain it from a Filling station located about half a mile from the Marina.
Calor Gas and Camping gas are available from the Marina Office. The Marina also has a chandlery which is able to supply a wide range of items.
The marina has a Wifi facility; the access code can be obtained from the Office.
Trolleys are provided for the use of berth holders to carry materials from their cars to their boats; these are located at the foot of the access Bridge and should be returned there after use.
Rubbish bins, for domestic waste and recycling facilties for carboard, paper and plastics are located in a compound next to the Office block.
The Marina provides free parking for all berth holders and for visiting boats.
Car owners are advised to make sure that all small items are secured in the boot of the vehicle when it is unattended. It should be noted that all cars and trailers are parked at their own risk.
There is a secure compound, off site, for the storage of trailers, which should be clearly marked with the boat or the owner's name.
A Slipway is available for the launching and recovery of boats and the Marina has a Trailer Hoist capable of handling boats up to 40 feet in length with a beam of 13 feet and 10 tonnes in weight.
Aberystwyth Marina follows the guidelines, issued by the Yacht Harbour Association and the British Marine Industries Federation, which recommends that all marina users have a minimum third party insurance.
A copy of the rules and regulations is available from the office.
If an independent contractor is employed to carry out work on your boat, please advise the office before hand so we can ensure that all necessary procedures and insurance requirements are followed correctly.
Berth holders should satisfy themselves that they have taken all reasonable precautions against theft and damage.
Pets are allowed, but they should be exercised off the Marina. Please do not allow your pets to foul the Marina site and the surrounding area or to annoy other berth holders.
Please note that there is a speed limit within the harbour and the Marina. All vessels leaving or entering the harbour should not exceed the speed of 5 knots.
It is also advisable to check your stern wash.
There is a small local shop and Pub a couple of minutes walk from the Marina entrance and a laundrette, Co-op supermarket and other shops are within 7 to 10 minutes walk.
VHF: Channel 80; the call sign is ABERMARINA.


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»Rhiannon Cates, Library/Special Collections; Karen Haley, Education faculty; and Vicki Reitenauer, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies faculty, co-presented "Accomplices in Post-Carceral World-Building: Higher Education and Correctional Partnerships."
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, co-authored "Techniques for Electronic Resource Management: Terms and the Transition to Open" with Graham Stone and Peter McCracken, published October 2019 by the American Library Association.
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, authored "Heard on the Net Opening Scholarly Content Starts with Transparency," published in The Charleston Advisor.
»Kimberly Willson-St. Clair, Library faculty, presented "Three Paths to Scholarly Articles" at the CICT Conference at Portland State University in Portland, Oct. 5.
»Emily Ford, Library faculty, published an article titled "Moving Peer Review Transparency from Process to Praxis" in the journal UKSG Insights.
»Robert Schroeder, Library faculty, has co-edited a book entitled "Libraries Promoting Reflective Dialogue in Times of Political Polarization" published by the Association of College and Research Libraries press in October.
»Karen Bjork, PSU Library, has been recognized by Open Oregon Educational Resources as a 2019 OER Champion. OER Champions have done outstanding open education work in Oregon's community colleges and universities. Bjork has worked extensively with authors a
»Kimberly Willson-St. Clair, Library faculty, and Molly Gunderson, Library, presented "Primo [Library Catalog]: Towards a Socially Just Search System" at the Eluna Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Ga., May 1.
»Rick Mikulski, Library faculty, was one of three new members appointed to the Depository Library Council by U.S. Government Publishing Office Acting Deputy Director John Crawford on May 1. He will serve a three-year term.
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, authored "Heard on the Net: E-Book Caveat Emptor or Metadata Really Does Matter" published in The Charleston Advisor, Vol. 20, Issue 4, pp. 59 - 61.
»Rhiannon Cates, Library Special Collections and University Archives; Vicki Reitenauer, Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies faculty; and student Benjamin Hall co-authored "Out of Time: Accomplices in Post-Carceral World-Building" in a special issue of Hum
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, co-presented "How Open Are You? Discussion about OA Resources in Collection Development" at the 2019 American Library Association Midwinter Meeting.
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, and Peter H. McCracken presented "The Openness of Electronic Resource Management"" at the 2019 Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference.
»Karen Bjork, Library faculty, co-authored "Opening Up Open Access Institutional Repositories to Demonstrate Value: Two Universities' Pilots on Including Metadata-Only Records" published in the Journal of Librarianship and Scholarly Communication, March 20
»Kimberly Pendell, Library faculty, authored "Behind the Wall: An Exploration of Public Access to Research Articles in Social Work Journals," published in Advances in Social Work, Vol. 18, No. 4.
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, co-authored "Heard on the Net: The New Deal May be No Deal" published in The Charleston Advisor, Vol. 20, Issue 2, pp. 57-59. https://doi.org/10.5260/chara.20.2.57
»President Shoureshi emphasizes student success in convocation address
»Emily Ford, Library faculty; and Jost Lottes, Betty Izumi and Dawn Richardson, Urban and Public Affairs faculty, co-authored a book chapter titled "Hot Neoliberal Commodities or Tools for Empowerment?" published in Teaching with Digital Badges: Best Pract
»Emily Ford, Library faculty, documented her experience as a referee in an open peer review process in a collaborative editorial, "Considering Developmental Peer Review," published in College & Research Libraries, Vol. 79, No. 6.
»Jill Emery, Library faculty, co-presented "The Easy Button: Integrating OA Buttons into ILL Workflows" at Northwest Interlibrary Loan 2018 conference on Sept. 14.
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Instructor. Madeleine (Mellie) Pullman is an associate professor of operations management in the PSU School of Business.


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Discworld, Book 10
By: Terry Pratchett
Narrated by: Nigel Planer
Series: Discworld, Book 10, Discworld: Industrial Revolution, Book 1
Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
Discworld, Book 9
Narrated by: Stephen Briggs
You've heard of Faust - this is Eric. There's a difference. Eric is 14, lives on the famed and magical Discworld, and is the first ever demonology hacker. Fortunately, he doesn't succeed in raising any devils, but he does raise Rincewind (the most incompetent wizard in the universe) and the Luggage (the world's most dangerous travel accessory).
"The Road to Hell is Paved with Good Intensions!"
Reaper Man
In Terry Pratchett's Reaper Man, Death has left Discworld - but that's not necessarily a good thing. After all, chaos always ensues whenever important public services are withdrawn, and Discworld is no exception. Society is suddenly overrun by ghosts and poltergeists, while Dead Rights activist Reg Shoe finds himself busier than he's ever been and newly-deceased wizard Windle Poons rises from his coffin as a living corpse.
A perfect Halloween listen.
By Nina on 24-05-17
It isn't easy, being a teenage pharaoh. You're not allowed to carry money, uninhibited young women peel your grapes for you, everyone thinks you're responsible for making the sun rise and the corn grow, you keep dreaming about seven thin cows and seven fat cows (one of them playing the trombone), and on top of everything else, the Great Pyramid has just exploded because of paracosmic instability.
Spoilt by mispronounced names
By K Wright on 22-11-19
Small Gods
Brutha is the Chosen One. His god has spoken to him, admittedly while currently in the shape of a tortoise. Brutha is a simple lad. He can't read. He can't write. He's pretty good at growing melons. And his wants are few. He wants to overthrow a huge and corrupt church. He wants to prevent a horribly holy war.
terrible recording quality
By Franny T on 25-04-16
Witches Abroad
What could be easier than preventing a servant girl from marrying a prince, especially for three clever witches? But Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick face more than they bargained for when they journey to the distant city of Genua. For one thing, their power is limited to Mrs. Gogol's weak voodoo spells, a one-eyed cat and a secondhand magic wand that works only on pumpkins.
Possibly the best of the Witches series
By Katharin on 14-02-08
Lords and Ladies
On a hot midsummer night in Discworld, everything seems perfect - crop circles are turning up everywhere, the witch Magrat Garlick is getting married the next morning, and everyone's buzzing with excitement. Unfortunately, the Lancre All-Comers Morris Team has gotten drunk on a fairy mound, and the elves have returned with the traditional traits of the magical realm of Fairie: evil, malice, murder, cruelty, and kidnapping.
Away with the fairies
By Beccameriel on 26-11-14
Young Susan has always suspected that her Grandfather was different, as though all the time he spent riding a white horse and wielding a scythe weren't enough of a giveaway. Now that her worst fears have been confirmed, Susan learns that she's expected to take over the family business when she grows up, even though most people mistake her for the Tooth Fairy. But as attractive as Death can be to many people, Susan is drawn into something else.
Excellent story but ...
By Ben on 28-08-09
Guards! Guards!
If you find yourself ruminating on questions like "Where have all the dragons gone?" then this is the story for you. Explore the crazy, creepy land called Discworld, where you'll discover that the dragons aren't asleep or dead - they're dormant, packed in like huge, scaly sardines. Join in the search for the key to their closed-in, comatose world in this eighth fantastical Discworld novel.
Eminently Re-readable
By mollyeyre on 08-07-13
Interesting Times
Interesting Times, the 17th novel in Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, finds the planet's oldest empire in the midst of bitter turmoil after the publication of the revolutionary treatise What I Did on My Holidays. Workers, with nothing to lose but their water buffaloes, are joining forces against old warlords, spreading violence throughout Discworld's ancient cities. All that stands in the way of total destruction are three decidedly non-heroic creatures.
Very poor quality audio
By Emma on 15-11-16
Sourcery
A 'sourcerer' is born in Discworld - a wizard so powerful that he makes all other magicians look like a bunch of fools in pointy hats. Now, suddenly, Discworld is brought to the brink of an all-out thaumaturgical war. The only hope for peace is Rincewind, the failed magician who has a risky plan to save the world. He enlists the help of several odd new characters, including Conina the barbarian hairdresser, Nijel the Destroyer and a yuppie genie who sees lamps as a growth industry.
Good Pratchett!
By Janet on 07-02-12
William de Worde, the accidental editor of Discworld's first newspaper, just wants to get to the truth. Unfortunately, everyone else wants to get at William. And it's only the third edition.
In the unlikely event you've never read Pratchett
The Last Continent
It's hot. It's dry...very dry. There was this thing once called The Wet, which no one believes in. Practically everything that's not poisonous is venomous. But it's the best bloody place in the world, alright?
Really poor sound quality
By Bethany Black on 27-04-15
Wyrd Sisters
Narrated by: Celia Imrie
In Wyrd Sisters, the enchanting world of Discworld is turned upside down by three meddling witches: Granny Weatherwax, Nanny Ogg and Magrat Garlick. Their interference in royal politics causes kingdoms to wobble, crowns to topple, knives to flash and citizens to shudder in fear. Terry Pratchett's vividly imaginative story takes you on a journey with hunchbacked monarchs, lost crowns, disguised heirs, refuelling broomsticks and frightening thunderstorms, as the three sisters battle the odds to restore the rightful king to the throne.
By Linda on 05-05-09
The show must go on, as murder, music and mayhem run riot in the night. The Opera House, Ankh-Morpork, is a huge, rambling building, where innocent young sopranos are lured to their destiny by a strangely familiar evil mastermind in a hideously deformed evening dress.
Men at Arms
The town of Ankh-Morpork is in big trouble and the City Watch is desperate for a few good men to protect it. But all they've got are the dwarves Corporal Carrot and Lance-constable Cuddy, the troll Lance-constable Detritus, Lance-constable Angua, who is believed to be a woman and, worst of all, Corporal Nobbs, who has been disqualified from the human race for shoving! These underdogs need all the help they can get, for they've been given only 24 hours to clean up the war-torn town.
Terrible voices
By jomatoe on 11-12-18
Monstrous Regiment
It begun as a sudden strange fancy...Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair and wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart and belch in public and walk like an ape took more time. And now she's enlisted in the army and searching for her lost brother. But there's a war on. There's always a war on. And Polly and her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it, without any training, and the enemy is hunting them.
The First blast of the trumpet...
By Rogayah on 25-05-08
Mightily Oats has not picked a good time to be a priest. He thought he'd come to the mountain kingdom of Lancre for a simple little religious ceremony. Now he's caught between vampires and witches, and he's not sure there is a right side.
A book with bite
By Clare on 17-01-11
Thief of Time
Time is a resource. Everyone knows it has to be managed. And on the Discworld that is the job of the Monks of History, who store it and pump it from the places where it's wasted (like the underwater; how much time does a codfish need?) to places like cities, where there's never enough time. But the construction of the world's first truly accurate clock starts a race against, well, time for Lu Tze and his apprentice Lobsang Ludd.
Brilliant -
By Lesley on 09-12-11
Cameras roll - which means the imps inside have to paint really fast - on the fantastic Discworld when the alchemists discover the magic of the silver screen. But what is the dark secret of Holy Wood hill? As the alien clichés of Tinsel Town pour into the world, it's up to the Disc's first film stars to find out....
Thrill, as Victor Tugelbend ("Can't sing. Can't dance. Can handle a sword a little") and Theda Withel ("I come from a little town you've probably never even heard of") battle the forces of evil and cinema advertising....
Scream, as Gaspode the Wonder Dog nearly saves the day....
Eat popcorn as you watch the filming of Blown Away, the oddest Civil War picture ever made, 'A Passionate Saga set Against the Background of a World Gone Mad! With a Thousand Elephants!' (And afterwards, why not dine at Harga's House of Ribs, for the best in international cuisine - only two minutes from this audiobook).
Please note: This is a vintage recording. The audio quality may not be up to modern day standards.
©1997 Terry and Lyn Pratchett (P)1997 Isis Publishing Ltd.
"Philosophical humor of the highest order." (Kirkus Reviews)
"Unadulterated fun. Pratchett parodies everything in sight." (San Francisco Chronicle)
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What listeners say about Moving Pictures
A good Listen
As with all the Terry Pratchett audio books they work really well if read well, this story is well read and the characters are brought to life by Nigel Planers reading. It's really nice to have the unabridged versions to listen to and they are great for a long drive.
As there are two Narrators for the majority of the books I have downloaded (Nigel Planer and Stephen Briggs) I have found that I have given up trying to listen i order of the book, but grouped my listening by the narrator so I can better enjoy the characterisation they bring to the different characters.
Classic Pratchett
A sweet, enjoyable and above all funny book, one of the older Pratchett's finest. There is no substitute for the unabridged version, every minute is well worth hearing.
Again Pratchett produces a great story as well as a masterly satire, with a story you can love as well as jokes that make you think. I wouldn't though rank this as highly as some of his other work, but it is still a great listen.
Quality is all I have come to expect from Mr Pratchett.
Witty and very clever take off of Hollywood
Originally this was one of my least favourite Discworld books, but on listening to it again I noticed loads of stuff I missed first time round and really enjoyed it. the narration is fantastic and adds greatly to the enjoyment of the book.
HettyP
very funny story, well read, slightly sketchy accents, but otherwise brilliant! looking forward to the next book.
Another great terry pratchett book! I love Nigel plainer and how he brings the story the life! Best reader ever!
mollyeyre
Not one of his best
I love Terry Pratchett's writing, but I didn't enjoy this as much as I usually do, and the humour was less apparent.
I still think that this book is worth a listen
Good book for fans of the disc world, but not one
Good book for fans of the disc world, but not one of Terry's best. The story could be better
Arnold Seivwright
good listen but there where some audio irregularities in the beginning, if you persevere they level out early in the reading, other than that it's a great book and nigel planer is a great narrator
A great performance of a great story
Nigel Planer nailed the characterisation of the main protagonists and had me laughing out loud on more than one occasion.
I loved this performance of one of my favourite Pratchett books.
Not the best Pratchett by a long way
There are many better Discworld novels than this. This is still funny in places and moving in others.
Pratchett + Planer = Perfection!
I grew up with a copy of this audiobook on cassette and it is a story that I have returned to time and again. Pratchett's Discworld novels are excellently written narratives for anyone who enjoys satirical fantasy, and the stories are always blended with a fascinating commentary on a few non-fictional themes. In this book Pratchett presents an interesting take on the issues of fame, hollywood, cinema advertising, and the disconnection from reality that people can experience when watching movies.
The storyline is enthralling, greatly assisted by Nigel Planer's narration. Planer has a wonderfully amiable style when it comes to voicing characters; each denizen of this book is amazingly well articulated. So much so in fact that many listeners may find themselves empathising with them like old friends before the end. Perhaps as a result of this, Planer also brings out the humour in the book very effectively. Even if you don't quite laugh out loud, you'll likely find yourself grinning at Pratchett's well crafted satire.
I highly recommend any of Pratchett's audiobooks, especially those voiced by Planer. Moving Pictures is a shining example of the perfect escapism you can find when the work of a brilliant author is brought to life by a master narrator. I'm sure I'll be coming back to listen to this one again.
Jesse Price
very good book but not as good as some of his others. i would recommend reaper man or gaurds gaurds as his best
I heard half the book. Not entertaining. Voice actor is good, but the story is just... no. not entertaining at all, sorry. I heard TP's books are funny, and I loved the Discworld game, but this? no.
Terry Pratchett does it again, another fantastical adventure in the Discworld. Nigel planer is an excellent narrator, he brings the characters to life.
Simply superb
Nigel Planer has a unique way of bringing Terry Pratchett's characters to life and understands to transfer the author's wittiness to this medium.
Michael Stringer
All diversions, not much story
Terry Pratchett appears to have got a little obsessed with his panoply of characters when he wrote Moving Pictures. The book brims to overflowing with lots of little stories, but the core story feels short changed and shallow. It was so shallow that I can't even remember seeing it.
A superb book. Easily one of Pratchetts best.
What did you like best about this story?
All the ways Pratchett dreams up of poking fun at the movie/entertainment industry.
Have you listened to any of Nigel Planer's other performances before? How does this one compare?
Planer is very solid as usual. He does not quite reach the same level as Stephen Briggs but is still a top notch reader.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. It's too long for that. Perhaps if I was trapped on a strange desolate island where I had no need of doing anything to sustain myself...
For newcomers to Pratchetts Discworld series this is a very good jumping on point.
Many new characters are introduced to the series in this book and there is no real need to know anything about the existing ones that turn up from earlier stories.