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Facebook's Empty Chair Problem – Spotlight #276
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Good Monday morning. It's December 3rd. #GivingTuesday was a hit last week. Thank you for supporting our friends at SPARC. They reached their goal. Overall, donors gave $320 million to charity, according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy. More than a third of that was on Facebook.
Also, Hanukkah started at sundown local time yesterday. Chag Sameach!
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Marriott's data breach of 500 million records got the headlines, but the USPS also had a slip up that caused them to expose the records of 60 million people. Meanwhile, the EU's Data Protection Commissioner accused LinkedIn of misusing 18 million email addresses to target individuals with ads.
Akami reports that 45,000 older routers have been compromised by a known vulnerability. Those routers connect behind the scenes to millions of devices. The best way to protect yourself is to have new hardware or ask your Internet service provider to help you determine if your router has up-to-date firmware.
Google is now providing answers without any search results in some cases. Google confirmed to Search Engine Roundtable that they would display calculations or information without any links to web pages when they have a "high degree of confidence" that the searcher wants a calculation, unit conversion, or local time. Details and samples here.
Facebook's Empty Chair Problem
We ran down Facebook's latest scandals last week. Although everyone knew that Mark Zuckerberg would not be testifying to Parliament last week the UK Parliament's Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee tweeted out this image of an empty chair with Zuckerberg's name in front.
No one is happy with Zuckerberg, but he is the founder, CEO, and most importantly, controlling shareholder of Facebook. Prominent tech journalist Kara Swisher has been a vocal critic. "He's 33 years old and has two children," she famously said earlier this year. " I think this idea that we sort of juvenilize these men from Silicon Valley as if they don't have responsibility is kind of ridiculous."
Facebook's Black People Problem
That's the subtitle of a 2,500 word memo that black Facebook exec Mark Luckie sent to all Facebook employees on November 8th. Luckie, who was planning to leave his role as Strategic Partner Manager for Global Influencers, wrote that the company's staffing and treatment of many of its black employees is lacking.
Luckie cites data that black employees only make up about 4% of Facebook's employee base. "In some buildings, there are more 'Black Lives Matter' posters than there are actual black people," he writes before describing anecdotal but pain-filled examples like seeing employees tap or hold their wallet or put their hands in their pockets when he passed by.
What Does All This Mean For You?
Inertia exists in any enterprise that serves a double-digit percentage of the planet's population. But Facebook also faces strong opposition from product-oriented tech companies like Apple, the EU and U.S. governments, and a growing chorus of tech voices including Swisher, Jaron Lanier, and Tristan Harris.
We expect there to be data privacy regulations in the next 2-3 years. Facebook execs already support that idea. Getting industry-wide engagement will be more difficult, but we know that the federal government wants to create advertising regulations beyond what the Federal Trade Commission currently manages.
Smart consumer-centric organizations won't leave Facebook, and they shouldn't. Whether business or government-facing organizations leave is a judgment call based on whether a Facebook presence increases the organization's profits.
If you're looking at the issue from a strictly consumer perspective, this is probably the most open your data will be on the site. But even this week, a press release arrived touting new availability for third party data to be used to target you, friendly reader, on Facebook based on your offline purchases.
Spotlighted
Google employees are airing their anger at their employer working with the Chinese government to build a censored search engine called Dragonfly. More than one thousand of them signed an open letter to the company in August. A new open letter to the company says that Google will be complicit in human rights abuses if it allows some features like identifying searchers to be launched. You can read the letter here.
Another letter to a tech company started gaining momentum this weekend when eight Democratic lawmakers wrote to Amazon over concerns about its facial recognition software. Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA) says it's the third time he's asked the company for answers. NBC has details.
Can you tell the difference between a computer generated image and a photograph? I joined nearly 60% of people in failing to get half the answers correct in an online test from software company AutoDesk. Try your hand at their Fake or Foto quiz.
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Consumer Tech & Heath – Spotlight #299
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Abstract The original description as well as illustrations of Onuphis fukianensis Uschakov & Wu, 1962 from the East China Sea is simple and no type material is available. The species is peculiar in the genus Onuphis by having very long ceratophores (40 rings on the lateral antennae) and a late start of branched branchiae (chaetiger 47) and thus transferred to the genus Heptaceras. Examination of newly collected material from the region of the type locality allowed us to demonstrate that the reassignment was incorrect. To clarify the status of the species, we designate a neotype and redescribe O. fukianensis. Our examination of historic material revealed another species of Onuphis, which also has relatively long ceratophores and pectinate branchiae that is described below as Onuphis uschakovi sp. nov. The new species highly resembles O. eremita parva Berkeley & Berkeley, 1941, a subspecies described from the southern coast of California. However, the two taxa can be easily distinguished by the number of ceratophoral rings (27-32 vs. 21), the start of subacicular hooks (chaetigers 12-13 vs. chaetiger 8) and the shape of pectinate chaetae (oblique with 8-10 teeth vs. transverse with 15 teeth).
GB/T 7714 Wu, Xuwen,Xu, Kuidong. Neotypification of Onuphis fukianensis Uschakov & Wu, 1962 and description of a new species of Onuphis (Annelida: Onuphidae) from China seas[J]. ZOOTAXA,2017,4291(2):347-360.
APA Wu, Xuwen,&Xu, Kuidong.(2017).Neotypification of Onuphis fukianensis Uschakov & Wu, 1962 and description of a new species of Onuphis (Annelida: Onuphidae) from China seas.ZOOTAXA,4291(2),347-360.
MLA Wu, Xuwen,et al."Neotypification of Onuphis fukianensis Uschakov & Wu, 1962 and description of a new species of Onuphis (Annelida: Onuphidae) from China seas".ZOOTAXA 4291.2(2017):347-360.


We are constantly suggesting the best meals to eat and the ones to ignore for diabetics as well as suggesting low calorie food options. You can find selected restaurants offering diabetic meals as well as low calorie diet food options. if you are concerned about foods with high sugar or high cholesterol levels. You can also find instructions on picking the right food from the menus while looking for the best restaurants in Spring City, TN.
We heard about Banjos Barbecue at work, and are really glad that we stopped for dinner. We had a Boomer (a huge smoked, baked potato), pulled pork, brisket and chicken, plus sides of ribs. Banjo's-recipe sauces were subtle and flavorful. Everything was tasty and moist, cooked perfectly! The owner thinks the mustard-based Carolina-style sauce is super hot, but our spicy-food devotee thought it was deliciously spicy. Don't pass up Banjo's if you're anywhere near Spring City. It's worth a side trip!
This place is the real deal! I can't believe there is barbecue this good in the state of Tennessee (yea that was a shot at you Memphis), much less in Spring City.
This has become my favorite place to eat...I love the chicken, they have awesome wings, Boomer, ribs and pulled pork. Home made potato salad, smoked green beans and my favorite is the seasoned mixed greens. BEST BBQ EVER!!!!!
This place has tasty fresh food. The salads had crisp lettuce and tasted fresh. The grilled chicken was tasty and the sides were good as well. The place is spotless and the restrooms were very clean. Prices are reasonable and service was quick. The waitress did hold back on telling us all the desserts which were available, not sure why. She told us the only dessert available was banana pudding. When I asked her what was available besides banana pudding she said, "Nothing else." Ten minutes later we overheard another patron asked her what was available for dessert besides banana pudding and she named several other desserts.
Good Mexican food for a small town in Tennessee. We're not in El Paso, folks. However, the food is very good.


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John Wornall & His Family
"He [John Wornall] began farming in Jackson county with comparatively limited means, but through his well directed energies, persistent industry, judicious economy and sterling integrity, he has possessed himself of an ample estate, and worked himself to a place among the foremost financiers and business men of Jackson county."
— Hon. John B. Wornall: What a Correspondent Says of His Fitness for Governor, St. Louis Post Dispatch, May 19, 1874
The Wornall family was known for being early pioneers of Kansas City and Westport. John Wornall's fortunes initially came from farming, but by the late nineteenth century he was largely renting his property to other farmers. He turned to banking, real estate, and politics as new sources of income. He also became involved in philanthropy, particularly for local schools and Baptist churches.
The Wornall family – Richard, his wife Judith, and their sons John and Thomas, arrived in the Kansas City area in 1843. Originally from Kentucky, the family was seeking new financial opportunities on the frontier. After taking out a loan of $2,500, the family purchased 500 acres of land from John C. McCoy, settled in a four-room log cabin, and began to farm. The Wornalls farmed oats, corn, hay, and wheat, and raised horses, cows, pigs, and mules. They sold these goods into the town of Westport. The crops from the first year reportedly paid for the entire purchase price of the farm.
Brothers John and Thomas inherited the farm after their mother died and their father returned to Kentucky to remarry. Thomas set out to find his fortune and died of cholera on the Oregon Trail in 1849, leaving John as the sole owner of the farm.
John married Matilda Polk of Kentucky in 1851, and she died the same year.
He remarried to Eliza Johnson in 1854. Eliza was the daughter of Rev. Thomas Johnson, who founded the Shawnee Methodist Indian Mission and would eventually become the namesake of Johnson County, Kansas. John and Eliza had seven children, but only two lived beyond the age of three: Frank (born 1855) and Thomas "T.J." (born 1865). Eliza passed away a week after the birth of T.J. at 29 years old.
A year later, John married Roma Johnson, Eliza's first cousin. They had three children, one who was stillborn and two sons: John, Jr. (born 1872) and Charles (born 1876).
John's Legacy
John played a major role in the early growth of Kansas City. In 1860, the Kansas City Enquirer and Star listed him as one of the "solid men of Jackson County" – someone who paid taxes on $10,000 or more.
Philanthropy & Religion
A firm believer in the power of education, John contributed over $10,000 to the endowment of William Jewell College and served on the board of trustees for 25 years. He was also active in the Baptist Church, serving as moderator of the General Association of Missouri Baptists and raising funds to build Westport Baptist Church.
In 1870, John was elected to the Missouri State Senate for one term. He served on the Committee on Banks & Corporations and was considered a brilliant public speaker. At the end of his four-year term, he was encouraged to run for governor of Missouri, but he declined, to the dismay of many.
John served as director for the newly incorporated Kansas City National Bank and acted as president for the remainder of its existence. He later helped organize the Bank of Kansas City.
Roma's Legacy
After John's death in 1892, his widow Roma continued to live in the Wornall House for most her life. In 1909, she sold the house and remainder of the original farmstead – about 150 acres – to developer J.C. Nichols, who was developing the upscale Country Club housing district. The house served as the first school building for the Kansas City Country Day School (now The Pembroke Hill School).
Roma repurchased the house in 1911, most likely because utilities finally stretched far enough south to reach the Wornall House. She moved back in and modernized and preserved the house, adding electricity, gas, a garage, and modern plumbing. She was also rumored to be the first woman in Kansas City to own a car. Her granddaughter Roma Virginia Wornall later recalled, "She loved her home and loved to drive her electric car from her home to Westport. She drove her electric until she was 80."
Roma lived in the Wornall House until her death in 1933. The house was inherited by her son, John Jr., who owned the home until his death in 1962.
Other Residents of the Farmstead
The Wornalls were not the only individuals who lived on the property. Other residents included:
Unnamed slaves (six in 1850, four 1860-63)
Harris Manion, an orphan and John's ward (c. 1859-1861)
Silas Dawson & Josiah Bassett, laborers (c. 1860)
Mittie Pigg, an orphan and servant (c. 1862)
Kiziah Johnson, Roma's mother (c. 1870)
Reuben & Walter Johnson, Roma's brothers (c. 1870)
Lucilla Johnson, Roma's sister (c. 1870-1934)
Fleming Collier, farmer (c. 1870)
Rose Barnet & Lizzie Wells, servants (c. 1870)
Louisa Custard, servant and cook (c. 1870)
Cyrus Cook, servant and farm laborer (c. 1870)
Unnamed servants (c. 1880-1910)

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Almonds are a great nut to add to any dish. But did you know that you need to wash them first? Get the details on how to wash almonds here!
I used to just pop open a bag of fresh almonds and toss them into whatever dish I was making. They were delicious, and I really didn't think anything of the practice.
But when we starting making our own almond milk I realized that I had been doing it wrong all along!
You wouldn't think so by just looking at them, but almonds are actually pretty dirty straight out of the bag. Don't feed yourself and your family dirty food when the task of cleaning them is such a simple one.
1. Remove from bag and place in a bowl at least two times larger than the amount of almonds you wish to wash.
2. Start to scrub them together in the water and watch as the dirt comes off easily!
3. To scrub them, simply grab them in a fist and kind of grind them together for a few minutes. This uses the almonds themselves to clean the others!
4. Then rinse the almonds in fresh water until it runs clear.
Just as the washing process is simple, so is the drying process!
Once they are washed, you can use them right away for almond flour, almond milk, homemade granola bars, or any other recipe that will be baked.
If you want to have them around for snacks, or just to put back into storage, just place them on a baking sheet and put them in the oven on 175° until completely dry and crisp again. That way they are not a mold risk from the moisture of washing.
Does this go for ALL almonds?
Since writing this post, I've had quite a few people email me asking if organic almonds also need to be washed.
We have been using almonds of all varieties and from all different places for about a decade now and I can say that ALL of the almonds I have ever purchased (since finding out that they need to be washed) have been dirty.
I am sure that it's having to do with the packing process or something, however, the fact remains that they are dirty. Like, literal DIRT.
The reason I discovered the issue was because out almond milk was grainy the first time I made it from scratch… after some investigation I of course discovered that the culprit was our dirty almonds!
Save yourself the pain (and dirt filled mouth, yuck!) and go ahead and wash your almonds first!
Does this go for ALL nuts?
Another question I have been getting is whether all nuts should be washed.
I'm shaking my head at this article a little but…okay I live in the middle of one of California's largest almond producing regions; I too am a small-scale grower. Almonds are machine-harvested from trees under normal operations and processed by the hundreds of thousands of pounds in large facilities with the machinery needed to accomplish such things. The harvest process as well as the hulling and shelling generates incredible amounts of dust. In summer it's hot and arid in California; it goes with the territory. The industry has gone to great lengths to ensure sanitation in all aspects of harvest. However, whether it is almonds, beans, rice or wheat, there is simply what I think of as "ordinary residues" left on most agricultural products. I would hesitate to call it 'dirt'; I've eaten countless thousands of nuts off the ground and I'm doing just fine. If it makes you happy, go ahead and rinse the nuts, it certainly harms nothing. Just as it harms nothing to consume them as they are. In my opinion we worry a little too much about every last imagined germ, and yet I weigh this against the knowledge that anything that has passed through our commercial food supply chain always has at least a chance of having a serious pathogen that could cause a foodborne illness. Almonds raised under accepted conditions are a safe and wholesome food; the only times almonds have ever sickened people were directly linked to unapproved orchard practices (application of raw manures to an orchard prior to harvest)–something no one in their right mind would do now that there is a far wider awareness of good agricultural practices. Hope this helps a little.
Great insight Deborah! I don't actually think they are germ infested or anything. But the grit we have on our almonds was prohibitive to the enjoyment of the food we were creating with them.
So that's why we wash them :-) You are completely right, our society does obsess over germs far too much. We don't go that way at all! Germs help build a healthy immune system!
I'm so jealous of your trees! I wish we could grow them here! Maybe someday. Thanks for stopping by!
Hey Victoria, I for one appreciate your advice being that at a Sprouts market I witnessed kids and adults poping nuts from barrels of bulk into their mouths and kids furthermore running thier hands through these variety of nuts and spilling them on the floor then tossing them back in.I was researching how to clean and wash. I will wash and dry in the oven. Thanks a bunch lady.
Thank you so much for your comment John Anthony! Though I do have to say I gagged a little at your description of the way people treat food that they don't then buy… Gross. Ha!
Good thing it's so easy to wash them! Enjoy!
It is not safe to assume that this article is being read by only people who live in developed countries where hygiene is a priority in food based industry. India imports almonds from California and are consumed by millions of people here. Store owners receive big sacks and their employees (without wearing gloves and often using their mobile phones in between – which are full of all kinds of germs) shift them to smaller packs and seal them using bare hands. Washing hands with soap is still not a well known phenomenon among the labour class in India.
Washing almonds with water alone is not sufficient in that case. I am thinking of soaking them in soapnut solution which I have just started to use to soak my greens.
I was just wondering how long I keep the almonds in the oven just to dry them for future use & not for roasting?
Hey Tamara, good question! It's hard to give an exact time, because it varies depending on how long you soak the almonds, and how many you are drying at a time. Generally, at such a low temp they are just drying.
Roasting occurs at a higher temperature, like 300°+. Because of that, you don't have to worry about them roasting and can just check them after an hour or so. If they are not completely crisp all the way through, then keep drying until they are!


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How can I install local dependencies with pip?
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Right now I have to install each local library individually manually...

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This is a normal, mid-production, North American Market, "E-Mode" Dino 246 GTS that was ordered new by Knauz Continental Autos of Lake Forrest, Illinois in the Spring of 1973. The order specified a standard production model finished in silver with a black leather interior, power windows, air-conditioning and normal Cromodoro light-alloy, magnesium rims. The vehicle was completed in May of 1973 and delivered shortly thereafter to the Lake Forrest Dealership.
In December of 1985, Rod MacArthur passed away and it took several months for his estate to arrange for the sale via his Bradford Exchange Company which was given formal ownership prior to his death. The car was purchased by Dr. John G. Rana, Prospect Heights, IL (later, Arlington Heights, IL) and his partner in East Hampton, New York, Peter Osborn. The officially recorded sales date was April 10th, 1986. MacArthur had driven the car frequently during his ownership and the mileage at the time of the sale was 65,236 miles. The car was in need of paintwork, chrome, interior and mechanical repairs and this was immediately entrusted to Skip McCabe, McCabe Automotive Restoration in Mundelein, Illinois. The restoration was compressive, taking some 17 years before finally being completed. The most recent major repairs were a complete rebuild of the engine and gearbox which were overhauled by legendary builder, John Hajduk's MotorKraft Ltd of Noblesville, Illinois.
After completion of all work, the car was kept with Dr. Rana in Arlington Heights, IL and essentially underived and stored during that time frame. Over the next six years, the car covered just 747 additional miles prior to our recent purchase in January of this year.
This all matching number, rust and accident free, three-owner from-new Dino is being sold with all services, safety checks completely current and up tod date, including the fitting of new, no mileage tires. Complete records and history going back to new as well as massive amounts of invoices and receipts also accompany this most charming and beautiful Dino 246 GTS.


After a longer break Michèle Noret has now published her tenth catalogue of picture books – and this is right at the time like a christmas-gift! In 2004, after having made herself independent (before she worked together with Thierry Corcelle, where she gained great experience of illustrated children's books in general) she began to publish her catalogues, now mainly concentrated on artists' children's books of the 20th century, each catalogue like a little portable gallery! I do not (and one probably cannot) know how many collectors of this sort of illustrated books exist in the world, but I hope: many! Collecting these books is one of the most adventurous and inspiring book-activities: it does not only confront us with the beauty of book-art and illustration (which, of course, would also be a result of collecting older books!), it also motivates - through the obviously never ending great creativity of artists worldwide in the field of book-making - to believe in the future of the book (inspite of all complaints about its coming "death"). Collecting contemporary picture books (be they children's books or illustrated books in general) means to be aware of the great challenge that every day an hitherto unknown object of beauty might be published. There is no predestination of a repertory, there is only your own decision: are you fascinated or not!
After a longer break Michèle Noret has now published her tenth catalogue of picture books – and this is right at the time like a christmas-gift! In 2004, after having made herself independent (before she worked together with Thierry Corcelle, where she gained great experience of illustrated children's books in general) she began to publish her catalogues, now mainly concentrated on artists' children's books of the 20th century, each catalogue like a little portable gallery! I do not (and one probably cannot) know how many collectors of this sort of illustrated books exist in the world, but I hope: many! Collecting these books is one of the most adventurous and inspiring book-activities: it does not only confront us with the beauty of book-art and illustration (which, of course, would also be a result of collecting older books!), it also motivates - through the obviously never ending great creativity of artists worldwide in the field of book-making - to believe in the future of the book (inspite of all complaints about its coming "death"). Collecting contemporary picture books (be they children's books or illustrated books in general) means to be aware of the great challenge that every day an hitherto unknown object of beauty might be published. There is no predestination of a repertory, there is only your own decision: are you fascinated or not!
There are only a few antiquarian booksellers in the world who are dealing with this sort of books, and Michèle Noret is one of the most important. Her catalogues are endless seductions to look, to study, to decide, to buy. Her series of 10 catalogues has become a "sourcebook" of modern book-art (therefore I would like to have a general index of all of the titels and artists!). This is the result of Michèle's ever increasing competence to find all of these wonderful examples of book-art, even the rarest ones or almost unknown items, and of her more and more refined ability to describe each aesthetic specialty of a book or of an artist's style. The splendid way to illustrate these catalogues makes them so useful, because this visual aid helps us to learn and to remember .
The new catalogue - including 215 items, many of them absolute rarities of international rank along with many "normal", but nevertheless beautiful books - is characterized by an almost unbelievable number of Russian children's books of the Sovjet era, among them very famous ones. A great challenge! Some exhibitions in the last years have made these books renowned – here they are available!
It is difficult to point out certain titles of this wonderful catalogue, each book is worth to be known (and collected). Michèle Noret deals with these books as if she were a collector, and this is, in my opinion, the best prerequisite for such a rich offer. There are the greatest diversities of style and aesthetic attitude – an incomparable chance to widen one's horizon.
I hope that many book-lovers will take this chance!
Catalogue dix (Décembre 2012) – Librairie Michèle Noret.
The ILAB website is updated day by day with the most recent rare book catalogues published by ILAB affiliates from all over the world.


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2016: Five Things to Look Forward To
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2015 was a great year for video games. We saw the release of major titles like The Witcher III: Wild Hunt; Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain; Bloodborne and many more. With 2016 finally upon us, let's talk about the five things I'm most looking forward to in this year of the monkey.
Mortal Kombat X: DLC Kombat Pack #2
You either loathe the addition of guest characters in NetherRealm Studios' latest Mortal Kombat installment or you love them. I fall into the latter category. Last year both Friday the 13th's Jason Vorhees and the Predator made they're much anticipated debut in the series. They'll soon be sharing the spotlight with two more Hollywood icons; Leatherface from The Texas Chainsaw Massacre slasher films; and the Xenomorph alien from Ridley Scott's Alien film. It's a huge bit of fan service that'll have me giddy for months to come. Oh, and there's also two more "regular" characters as well if that's your thing.
Ever since this game was announced I've been fascinated with the idea of exploring unknown planets, cataloging new lifeforms and simply zoning out to the delightful appeal of space travel. The goal of the game is still unclear, but the appeal is in it's promise – infinite discovery in the vast regions of space. Hype has a funny way of derailing some experiences though, and the longer this game stays off the shelves the more likely it is that our journey to the stars will be a mediocre affair and not the grand space opera we're hoping for. With a release date sometime in June 2016, I'm very excited to finally take off in my starship and explore the galaxy to my heart's content.
Fighting games have always been a favorite video game genre of mine. Like many of you I grew up putting (losing?) quarters in the arcade machines to get my fix on whatever the latest fighting game was at the time (Primal Rage anyone?). Thankfully there is a very hardcore niche of elite players that specialize in fighting games and provide some of the best entertainment every year at the EVO Fighting Game Tournament. This year will see the release of several new titles to long running series like Street Fighter V, Tekken 7, and KOF XIV. Several other titles will still be around from last year such as Marvel Vs. Capcom 3 and Mortal Kombat X. With the new generation of consoles allowing developers to continue to update and innovate their titles well past launch, it's interesting to see how players continue to adapt and refine their game.
First Announcement from Kojima Productions
Just last December Sony and Hideo Kojima dropped an awesome bombshell announcing a partnership between the console giant and Kojima's newly created studio Kojima Productions. Ever since the Konami Vs Kojima debacle the video game world waited to see what the brain behind Metal Gear would do next. Well we have our answer, and now I'm very anxious to see what his next announcement regarding what title he's working on will be. I'm expecting something totally left-field from the veteran game developer but something tells me we might see a spiritual successor to 2013's awesome P.T. Only time will tell.
Catching up on Unfinished Games (No, really!)
There was a hardly a month that didn't include one or two major releases last year, resulting in a huge surplus of games that I still need to finish. I'm still plugging away at MGSV: The Phantom Pain, waiting to get back to the The Witcher III: Wild Hunt, and hoping to set aside the time to maybe play Fallout 4. Other than No Man's Sky this year, there won't be a lot of big releases that I'll be waiting in line for, so hopefully I can put the time in to catch up on these awesome blockbusters I haven't yet played or finished the year prior!
Thanks for reading! Let me know in the comments section what big titles and/or announcements you're looking forward to this year!
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20 states join U.S. antitrust probe of Family Dollar merger, (NYSE: DG), (NASDAQ: DLTR), (NYSE: FDO), (NYSE: TWC), (NYSE: TWX)
Some 20 state attorneys general have joined the federal antitrust investigation of competing offers by Dollar General Corp and Dollar Tree Inc to purchase Family Dollar Stores Inc, a development that potentially complicates the companies' efforts to win U.S. approval for a deal. The attorneys general concern focuses on the likelihood that the loss of one of the chains would lead to higher prices for discount store customers, many of whom are poor, said two sources who spoke privately because they were not authorized to speak to reporters.Family Dollar had previously disclosed that state attorneys general were involved in the federal investigation but gave no details.The 20 states looking at this deal are similar in number to those looking at Comcast Corp's plan to buy Time Warner Cable Inc and Sysco Corp's bid for US Foods Inc, both of them high-profile deals.Florida is a member of the multi-state group, which joined the Federal Trade Commission to determine if the deals were legal under antitrust law, according to Whitney Ray, spokesman for Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Dollar General Corporation is a discount retailer in the United States by number of stores, with 9,961 stores located in 39 states as of March 2, 2012, primarily in the southern, southwestern, midwestern and eastern United States. Shares of DG fell by 1.6% or $-1.11/share to $68.40. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $53.00 and as high as $71.78. On average, 4043660 shares of DG exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 5184869.
Dollar Tree, Inc. (Dollar Tree) is an operator of discount variety stores offering merchandise at the fixed price. Shares of DLTR fell by 2.14% or $-1.52/share to $69.59. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $49.59 and as high as $71.53. On average, 2243400 shares of DLTR exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1335462.
Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (Family Dollar) operates a chain of more than 7,900 general merchandise retail discount stores in 46 states, providing consumers with a selection of merchandise in neighborhood stores. Shares of FDO fell by 0.29% or $-0.23/share to $78.28. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $55.64 and as high as $80.97. On average, 1059150 shares of FDO exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1660774.
Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC) is a provider of video, high-speed data and voice services in the United States with systems located in five geographic areas: New York State, the Carolinas, Ohio, Southern California and Texas. Shares of TWC fell by 0.16% or $-0.24/share to $147.49. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $128.78 and as high as $155.95. On average, 2779170 shares of TWC exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 1130770.
Time Warner Inc. (Time Warner) is a media and entertainment company. Shares of TWX fell by 0.97% or $-0.83/share to $84.66. In the past year, the shares have traded as low as $58.22 and as high as $88.13. On average, 4820120 shares of TWX exchange hands on a given day and today's volume is recorded at 2221547.


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Geospatial discovery metadata standards, specifications and profiles recognised by MEDIN
Terms that define standards recognised by MEDIN as being used to generate metadata records with the aim of enabling the discovery of geospatial data through online resources such as portals. Standard in this definition also covers specifications and profiles. Terms include both international and UK standards.
EAMP EAMP {"metadataProfile": "The Environment Agency (EA) Metadata Profile (EAMP) extends UK GEMINI for the Environment Agency, including two additional elements: Approval for Access(AfA) status, which is an additional access constraint element using a controlled vocabulary to define the outcome of an EA legal process decision as to whether data and information within the data source are legally safe to share; and Approval for Access(AfA) code, which is an additional element required alongside AfA Status to indicate the process derived unique identifier associated with the data source. Version information on the EAMP is available at https: //github.com/AstunTechnology/iso19139.eamp/wiki/Version-History and more details on the most recent version can be seen at https: //github.com/AstunTechnology/iso19139.eamp","profileCurrentVersion": "1.1 "} 2020-04-19
ISO19115 ISO 19115DEPRECATED Standard published by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) to provide a structure for describing digital geographic data. ISO 19115 was published in May 2003. This concept also accounts for all subsequent iterations of this standard. 2020-04-19
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MEDIN MEDIN {"metadataProfile":"The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (MEDIN) maintain a discovery metadata standard for marine geospatial data. This is a marine-specific profile of UK GEMINI with elements restricted by marine-oriented controlled vocabularies. Further information on MEDIN and the MEDIN profile is available at www.medin.org.uk","profileCurrentVersion":"3.0"} 2020-04-19
GEMINI UK GEMINI {"metadataProfile": "UK GEMINI (GEo-spatial Metadata Interoperability iNItiative) is a United Kingdom specification for a set of discovery metadata elements for describing geospatial data resources. It uses the EU INSPIRE subset of ISO 19115. The intellectual property of UK GEMINI is owned by the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and further information is available at https://www.agi.org.uk/gemini","profileCurrentVersion": "2.3 "} 2020-04-19


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可扩展性和键值分片
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云可扩展性技术简介:层次结构,存在点迷你数据中心,完整数据中心,(键值)分片和简单的容错技术,使用DHT加通知来实现发布 -订阅消息总线,DDS或消息队列。综合考虑:Akamai CDN和Facebook大规模内容交付基础设施。
1 .CS 5412/Lecture 2 Elasticity and Scalability Ken Birman Spring, 2019 http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 1
2 .Concept of Elastic scalability The sheer size of the cloud requires a lot of resources. These are allocated elastically , meaning "on demand". Size: A company like Facebook needs to run data centers on every continent, and for the United States, has four major ones plus an extra 50 or so "point of presence" locations (mini-datacenters). A single data center might deal with millions of simultaneous users and have many hundreds of thousands of servers. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 2 Not this kind of elastic!
3 .Load swings are inevitable in this model People sleep in Seattle while they are waking up in New York. People work in Mumbia when nobody is working in the USA So any particular datacenter sees huge variation in loads. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 3
4 .Diurnal and seasonal Load Patterns The cloud emerged for tasks like Google search and Amazon eCommerce , but people sleep. So there are periods of heavy human cloud use, but also long periods when many human users are idle. During those periods the cloud wants to reschedule machines for other tasks, like rebuilding indices for tomorrow morning, or finalizing purchases. So the cloud needs a programming model in which we can just give the service more resources (more machines) on demand. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 4
5 .Should these elastic services be built as one big thing , or many smaller things ? Much like our "how to implement a NUMA server topic" Except here, we are scaling across nodes on a data center. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 5
6 .Single big service performs poorly… why? Until 2005 "one server" was able to scale and keep up, like for Amazon's shopping cart . A 2005 server often ran on a small cluster with, perhaps, 2-16 machines in the cluster. This worked well. But suddenly, as the cloud grew, this form of scaling broke. Companies threw unlimited money at the issue but critical services like databases still became hopelessly overloaded and crashed or fell far behind. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 6
8 .How their paper approached it The paper uses a "chalkboard analysis" to think about scaling for a system that behaves like a database. It could be an actual database like SQL Server or Oracle But their "model" also covered any other storage layer where you want strong guarantees of data consistency. Mostly they talk about a single replicated storage instance, but look at structured versions too. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 8
9 .The core issue The paper assumes that your goal is some form of lock-based consistency, which they model as database serializability (in CS5412 we might prefer "state machine replication", but the idea is similar). So applications will be using read locks, and write locks, and because we want to accommodate more and more load by adding more servers, the work spreads over the pool of servers. This is a very common way to think about servers of all kinds. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 9
10 .Their setup, as a picture http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 10 The database Applications using the database: client processes During the run, T concurrent requests are issued. Here, 3 are running right now, but T could be much larger.
11 .Their Basic setup, as a picture http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 11 For scalability, the number of servers (N) can be increased Server 1 Server 2 Server N Applications using the database: client processes During the run, T concurrent requests are issued. Here, 3 are running right now, but T could be much larger.
12 .What should be The goals? A scalable system needs to be able to handle "more T's" by adding to N Instead, they found that the work the servers must do will increase as T 5 Worse, with an even split of work, deadlocks occur as N 3 Example: if 3 servers (N=3) could do 1000 TPS, with 5 servers the rate might drop to 300 TPS, purely because of deadlocks forcing abort/retry. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 12
13 .Why do services slow down at scale? The paper pointed to several main issues: Lock contention. The more concurrent tasks, the more likely that they will try to access the same object (birthday paradox!) and wait for locks. Abort. Many consistency mechanisms have some form of optimistic behavior built in. Now and then, they must back out and retry. Deadlock also causes abort/retry sequences. The paper actually explores multiple options for structuring the data, but ends up with similar negative conclusions except in one specific situation. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 13
14 .What Was that one good option? Back in 1996, they concluded that you are forced to shard the database into a large set of much smaller databases, with distinct data in each. By 2007, Jim was designing scalable sharded databases in which transactions only touched a single shard at a time . In 1996, it wasn't clear that every important service could be sharded . By the 2007 period, Jim was making the case that in fact, this is feasible! http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 14
15 .Sharding : This works… but carefully We will often see this kind of picture. Cloud IoT systems make very heavy use of key-based sharding . A ( key,value ) store holds data in the shards. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 15 Sharded storage - service with 2 servers per shard A shard with 2 replicas handling Hash(key)%K=2 A transaction A read or write to some ( key,value ) tuple. Here, Hash(key)%K=1 K shards
16 .Sharding : This works… but carefully If a transaction does all its work at just one shard, never needing to access two or more, we can use state machine replication to do the work. No locks or 2-phase commit are required. This scales very well. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 16 Storage - service Each transaction accesses just one shard
17 .DefN : State Machine Replication This is a model in which we can read from any replica. To do an update, we use an atomic multicast or a durable Paxos write (multicast if the state is kept in-memory, and durable if on disk). The replicas see the same updates in the same sequence and so we can keep them in a consistent state. We package the transaction into a message so "delivery of the message" performs the transactional action. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 17
18 .Sharding fails for arbitrary transactions Transactions that touch multiple shards need locks and 2-phase commit. Jim Gray's analysis applies: as we scale this case up, performance collapses. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 18 Storage - service These transactions read and write multiple shards and need atomicity.
19 .Example: A -service for caching Let's look closely at the concept of caching as it arises in a cloud, and at how we can make such a service elastic. This is just one example, but in fact is a great example because key-value data structures are very common in the cloud. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 19
20 .Key= Birman Accessing Sharded Storage http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 20 Value= Hash("Birman")%100000 Each machine has a set of ( key,value ) tuples stored in a local "Map" or perhaps on NVMe In effect, two levels of hashing!
21 .Many systems use a second copy as a backup, for higher availability http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 21 Key="Ken" Value= Hash("Ken")%100000 These two machines both store a copy of the ( key,value ) tuple in a local "Map" or perhaps on NVMe In effect, two levels of hashing!
22 .Terminology This is called a "key value store" (KVS) or a "distributed hash table" (DHT) Each replica holds a "shard" of the KVS: a distinct portion of the data. Hashing is actually done using a cryptographic function like SHA 256. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 22
23 .Elasticity Adds a Further dimension If we expect changing patterns of load, the cache may need a way to dynamically change the pattern of sharding . Since a cache "works" even if empty, we could simply shut it down and restart with some other number of servers and some other sharding policy. But cold caches perform very badly. Instead, we would ideally "shuffle" data. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 23
24 .Elastic shuffle Perhaps we initially had data spread over 4 shards. We could drop down to 2 shards during low-load periods. Of course half our items (hopefully, less popular ones) are dropped. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 24 Shard A Shard B Shard C Shard D
25 .Elastic shuffle Here, we shuffle data to map from 4 shards down to 2. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 25 Shard A Shard B Shard C Shard D Shard A' Shard B' … later, we could shuffle it again to elastically expand the cache.
26 .But how would other services know? A second issue now arises: how can applications that use the cache find out that the pattern just changed? Typically, big data centers have a management infrastructure that owns this kind of information and keeps it in files (lists of the processes currently in the cache, and the parameters needed to compute the shard mapping). If the layout changes, applications are told to reread the configuration. Later we will learn about one tool for this (Zookeeper). http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 26
27 .Typical DHT API? The so-called MemCached API was the first widely popular example. Today there are many important DHTs (Cassandra, Dynamo DB, MemCached , and the list just goes on and on). All support some form of ( key,value ) put , get , and (most) offer watch. Some hide these basic operations behind file system APIs, or "computer-to-computer email" APIs (publish-subscribe or queuing), or database APIs. http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 27
28 .Use case: FB Content Delivery Network Facebook's CDN is a cloud-scale infrastructure that runs on point of presence datacenters in which key-value caches are deployed. Role is to serve videos and images for end-users. Weak consistency is fine because videos and images are immutable (each object is written once, then read many times). Requirements include speed, scaling, fault-tolerance, self-management http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 28
29 .The FB BLOB cache is part of A hierarchy deployed at global scale… http://www.cs.cornell.edu/courses/cs5412/2019sp 29 We think of Facebook as havine one core database or knowledge repository… but in fact the data is replicated Point of Presence mini-datacenters Fully Capable datacenters
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GRAB YOUR SAILING BOOTS AND GET YOUR GAME ON!!! Time to register for the 2013 D-12 Laser Championship Regatta in Savannah. Full, Radial, and 4.7s are all invited. Practice and Racing Clinic Friday afternoon. Low Country Boil at the Usher's Friday night. Then we'll run as many races as possible on Saturday, feed you as much as possible Saturday night, and then throw you back on the water again Sunday morning for more great racing. See you on the Starting Line!


In my environment, that constructor is called before my filter hooks are registered, too late to have an effect—could you hook those reads so they happen at the proper time?
No custom code changes—I'm using PHP 7, powering WordPress via PHP-FPM / nginx in an Ubuntu Linux environment. I realize this isn't "standard" WordPress, but a common one for production environments. I tried a number of ways to try and force my filter to register before that constructor executes, but the constructor always won.
Sounds good Matt, I'll be on the lookout. Appreciate it!


Kids love gifts that are surprising, fun and personal, which takes more imagination than money. So here are some creative homemade gifts for kids that offer a big payoff for a very small price.
1. A treasure hunt for kids.
What's more fun than opening gifts? Playing a game to get them! Buy your kids' favorite candy bar. Then write IOUs for special privileges, such as ice cream for dinner or an extra hour of TV on certain days. Wrap each candy bar with an IOU together in wrapping paper and hide the packages in the house -- somewhere that's not too complicated to find. Hand your kids a piece of paper with clues and send them out to find their gifts. The thrill of this homemade adventure will be as fun as any store-bought gift.
Celebrate your kids' individual tastes and personalities with a homemade CD just for them. Using music you already own, create a special playlist for each of your kids and burn it onto a CD. (You can also buy a song or two to add to the mix). Come up with a theme or keep it random, and when you're done, decorate and personalize the CD itself with markers.
3. A homemade poster of memories.
Instead of buying celebrity posters for your kids, make your kids the stars of a homemade poster-sized collage that's all about them. Print out personal photos and downloaded images of things they love and things you love about them. Add thoughts or quotes. Attach artifacts or mementos from places they've been or would like to go.
You don't need to buy DVDs for your kids to enjoy their favorite TV shows or movies. Search online for scripts, print out a scene or two and highlight parts for each family member to read in different colored highlighters. Roll up the scripts and tie them with different colored ribbons or wrap them flat. Then set a time for a dramatic reading with the whole family -- and don't forget the popcorn!
Homemade gifts are often the most valuable to kids, thanks to the extra love and thought that goes into creating them. And that's what gift giving is all about.
Have any more ideas for homemade gifts for kids? Share them below.


Since I'm home all winter taking care of my newborn and getting used to motherhood some of the pecks are having some downtime depending on how much your baby lets you have. I try to joggle between his short naps and take advantage of them to try out some yummy recipes.
In this case, I did some Meat pies and puff puff. These are Nigerian snack and are commonly found on the street before now I have never tried making puff puff but I had done meat pie in the recent past. Even though I am trying to lose the baby weight I prefer a homemade meal or in this case snack and since its winter here I don't have the luxury of going out as much due to the cold so I tend to get creative in the kitchen.
The recipe to this yumminess are all over the internet and on Youtube but if you still want to know what I used and didn't use in mine let me know so I can blog about it. What are some of your favorite snacks to munch on? Do let me know in the comments..


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Zazie Lyrics
Les étoiles ont filé
Je fais le vœu qu'on serait
Heureux puisqu'on ne l'est pas
En vérité
Des lors que je dors en revanche
Je m'arrange
Je fais de nous des anges
Où l'on s'aime
Où personne ne nous dérange
Et je ferme les yeux sur le monde
Tu épouses mes ombres
L'espace d'une seconde
Nos rêves se confondent
Je me fous de ce qu'on en dit
Je rêve donc je suis
A voir les hommes se défiler
Comme les vœux sans se réaliser
Le cœur nous manque et nous pèse
A en crever
Alors j'attends que tombe la nuit
Le désespoir est permis
Je te suis fidèle à l'infini
Ca me suffit
Je sais bien ce que tu en dis
You don't love me
Lyrics © O/B/O APRA AMCOS
Written by: Isabelle Marie Anne de Truchis de Varennes
Zazie
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Zazie (born Isabelle de Truchis de Varennes on 18 April 1964 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French singer and songwriter who also co-produces her own albums.
Zazie's mother was an architect and her father a music teacher. Her songs range from upbeat rock or pop songs to languid downtempo tunes and are characterised by the wit of their lyrics based on puns, alliterations, homophones and double-entendres.
Zazie debuted in 1992 with the album "Je Tu Ils" and the single "Sucré salé". Read Full BioZazie (born Isabelle de Truchis de Varennes on 18 April 1964 in Boulogne-Billancourt) is a French singer and songwriter who also co-produces her own albums.
Zazie debuted in 1992 with the album "Je Tu Ils" and the single "Sucré salé".
In 1995, she released her sophomore album Zen, which was co-written and co-produced with Vincent-Marie Bouvot. It included the singles "Zen" and "Homme Sweet Homme". Her 1996 single "Un point c'est toi" from the same album was discussed on Canada's MuchMusic TV program Too Much 4 Much due to its controversial content. Ultimately, the discussion panel deemed the video okay for audiences. In the video, a group of four smitten women, including Zazie, follow a pair of men down to a lake. There, the two men strip off their clothes and swim in the water. Zazie fantasizes about undressing one of the men and kissing him. To shock of the women, however, the two men kiss each other.
In 1997, Pascal Obispo and Zazie released the single "Les Meilleurs Ennemis".
Her 1998 album Made in Love was co-produced by Ali Staton, Pierre Jaconelli, and herself. The album photos were taken by fashion designer Jean-Baptiste Mondino. The songs "Ça Fait Mal Et Ça Fait Rien", "Tous des anges", and "Tout Le Monde" were released as singles. This album was followed by a live album, Made in Live, the next year. In 1999 she also wrote a song for Jane Birkin in Jane Birkin's album .
In 2001, Zazie dueted with Axel Bauer on the single "A Ma Place". It was her most successful single in France, reaching number four on the French charts.
Zazie once again addressed gay content on her 2002 single "Adam et Yves" from her 2001 album La Zizanie. This album was produced solely by Pierre Jaconelli. Other singles included "Rue de la paix" and "Danse avec les loops". In 2003, she released another live album, Ze Live.
Her 2004 album Rodéo was co-produced and co-written with Jean-Pierre Pilot and Philippe Paradis. A short film "Rodéo indien" was made using songs from the album as a soundtrack. Zazie played the role of an Indian woman who leaves her cheating husband. She followed this album up with a live album, Rodéo Tour in 2006.
In 2007 her sixth studio album "Totem" was released and debuted at number 1. The second single (but first commercially released) was "Je Suis Un Homme" which became Zazie's first solo top ten hit in France. In Winter 2008 a best of album "Zest of Zazie" was released which as well as past hits contained two new songs "Fm Air" and "Un peu beaucoup" and live recordings.
01Des Rails3:32
02Je Suis Un Homme4:11
03L'Ange Blessé4:16
04Jet Lag3:48
05Ça3:17
06Duo3:09
07Na3:20
08Flower Power2:54
09Totem3:47
1007 Dec.4:43
11J'étais Là3:06
12Yin Yang3:12
13Vue Du Ciel3:49
14Frère Jacques3:41
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benjamin Mind Road 07 dec zazie
07 Déc - Zazie (guitar cover)
Zazie "Totem", un disque universel
Zazie Final 07-12-13 Galaxie Amnéville
Zazie Totem preview : "Totem" video
ZAZIE - LIVE 2007 - VIDEO N°7 - "LET IT BE"
Zazie & Paolo Nutini "Duo" video
ZAZIE LIVE 2007 VIDEO N8 "LES GARCONS DANS LES VESTIAIRES"
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Fou de toi - Zazie Zénith 26/10/07
Jet lag - Zazie Zénith 26/10/07


"Defies the confines of a musical category."
Australian singer-songwriter Clairy Browne continues to forge her own path on her debut solo release, Pool, a splash into a new era for the young artist. It's about letting go, detaching, empowering and exploring her love for R&B music and pop music of all styles and eras. Browne's previous project was leading the high drama girl group extravaganza Clairy Browne and the Bangin' Rackettes, whose highly acclaimed album included the hit single Love Letter, featured prominently in three high-profile television commercials. On Pool, Browne collaborated with some of the top producers and songwriters in Los Angeles, notably executive producer and songwriter Amanda Warner, aka MNDR (Mark Ronson, DJ Mustard, Rita Ora, Spank Rock and Charlie XCX) and she channels a lineage of fierce women, inspired by the likes of Grace Jones, Madonna, Nicki Minaj, Beyoncé and Tina Turner.
"The persona I had developed in Clairy Browne and the Bangin' Rackettes was partly me and partly my fear. Being somewhat terrified of performing ... I needed to transform into someone powerful onstage. Now, I am not afraid anymore."


With the approach of senile age, a person can suffer not only memorization processes, but also mental abilities, cognitive reactions. A huge problem with this is the annual increase in the number of patients with Alzheimer's disease - this is the so-called age-related dementia, which not only significantly worsens the quality of life of the patient, but also brings his death closer. Physicians are forced to state that the disease has become "younger", that is, to manifest itself at a younger age. Therefore, every person who cares about his health should imagine what are the stages of Alzheimer's disease, how to recognize them, and how to slow down their further development.
How many stages of Alzheimer's disease exist?
Not so long ago it was discovered that degenerative transformations in the brain tissues begin to form even one and a half to two decades before the first clinical symptoms of Alzheimer's disease. But, even talking about the first painful signs, they are often nonspecific and can go on undetected for a long time. Proceeding from this, it is rather difficult to clearly distinguish the initial stage of Alzheimer's disease.
The stage of a mild form of pathology: the patient is able to serve himself independently, but he periodically has intellectual difficulties: it is difficult for him to plan anything, to orient himself in unfamiliar conditions, to put things in order in papers, etc.
The stage of moderate form: the patient can serve himself in elementary things, but you can not leave him alone, because the ill can behave unpredictably.
The stage of severe Alzheimer's disease: the sufferer needs every minute attention and care.
Stage of preclinical manifestations: there are no visible disorders in this period, however the pathological mechanism in the brain is already started.
Stage of low-grade disorders: patients pay attention to unpleasant shifts in memory and intellectual abilities. The close environment of the ill does not notice any changes.
Initial signs of mild Alzheimer's disease: certain symptoms become noticeable to others.
Some specialists, when describing the early stage of pathology, use the term "prednention" as a conditional period that precedes the early stage of Alzheimer's disease. However, not everyone agrees with this definition, so they are trying not to apply it officially.
Alzheimer's disease, as a rule, is diagnosed in elderly and senile age. Since clear causes of the onset of the disease are not known to date, many specialists are inclined to such an explanation: old age is the main factor of pathology. Appearance of the first painful symptoms in 60-70-year-old people is not uncommon, and especially among those who during their lives paid little attention to intellectual activity, doing mostly manual labor.
It is worth noting that very rarely relatives of the patient begin to sound anxiety in the early stages of Alzheimer's disease. In the overwhelming majority of situations, the first manifestations of pathology are taken as ordinary age signs.
Specialists distinguish two varieties of the disease - senile and presenilnye forms.
Senile disease occurs in people older than 65 years. A similar form is provoked by a specific lipoprotein, a protein substance that is found only in Alzheimer's disease. Brain structures accumulate β-amyloid, which has a certain degree of toxicity. Along with this, mini-structural elements, called neurofibrillary glomeruli, form inside the cells. In turn, the glomeruli are formed by another type of protein substance - it is a tau protein.
Presumably, β-amyloid changes the processes of interconnection of nerve cells, which leads to functional brain failures. Neurons fade, and the condition is aggravated by the presence of neurofibrillary glomeruli.
Such a senile stage can last for 10-20 years, with a progressive sign of deteriorating memory becoming the base sign.
Presenile pathology proceeds more rapidly and begins its development in patients starting from the age of 50-60 years. This form can be found even in relatively young people with hereditary predisposition. The advanced stage of Alzheimer's disease is characterized by speech disorders, deterioration of visual memorization and working capacity. This stage lasts from eight to ten years.
How to navigate in time and see the early stage of Alzheimer's disease? For this it is important not to overlook a number of characteristic features, which many, alas, notice not at once.
The loss of the ability to remember is a disorder of the processes of short-term and long-term memory. The problems develop according to an increasing schedule, gradually worsening during 6-12 months. In addition, the ability to self-criticism, to self-control may suffer: patients often forget about the appointment or the need to make a call, often lose something, etc.
Forgetfulness is also characteristic of normal age-related changes in the central nervous system. But we should not forget that the age-related signs of memory deterioration are formed very slowly, for years. At the same time, memory at an early stage of Alzheimer's disease deteriorates rapidly, over a period of six months.
In addition to memory, the thinking sphere suffers: any intellectual activity of patients wears out, mainly because of the emerging difficulties with concentration of attention, because of the inability to concentrate. Patients may show serious errors in banal calculations, they forget words, begin to form incorrect phrases, etc. Often close people notice a sudden change in priorities in a sick person: for example, if he used to enjoy reading scientific journals, he now prefers to view the unpretentious "Soap" series.
The ability to orientation in space in Alzheimer's disease is almost completely lost. The patient does not just forget the way if he knew her before. There are difficulties with orienting on the map, and even the clues of other people do not solve the situation - a sick person still can not determine the right route.
Sudden mood swings, emotional instability at an early stage indicate the presence of intellectual ill-being. Many patients develop a persistent depressive state, there are excessive anxiety, psychosis, apathy. Such pathologies often have the appearance of peculiar crises caused by a certain cause - for example, changing their place of residence, repairing the apartment, etc. It is possible to form delusions with obsessive ideas of harm or persecution: the sick person does not recognize relatives, accuses them of trying to rob, P.
The clinical picture at an early stage of Alzheimer's disease is almost always noticeable, but many simply do not pay much attention, or connect the symptoms with other diseases or conditions.
There is such a thing as Ribeau's law, or progressive amnesia. The ill person does not remember the recent events, but in details he tells about the incidents that took place decades ago.
In addition, many patients with Alzheimer's disease are not able to orient in the evaluation of the time period - that is, they can not answer how much time ago an event occurred. Gradually, periods of forgetfulness are replaced by confabulation situations: a person makes up "missing" stories, which sometimes has a rather pretentious and implausible appearance.
As the early stage of Alzheimer's disease goes on to subsequent periods, the patient disappears all knowledge obtained during life. Professional skills are lost, foreign languages are forgotten, many information received before the disease is "canceled". The longest remain "fixed" information, which includes knowledge of the native language, hygienic skills, etc.
At an early stage, patients rarely seek medical help. The main reasons for this phenomenon, experts believe, are insufficient awareness of people about the symptoms and consequences of Alzheimer's disease, as well as the reluctance to consult psychiatric practitioners - until the disease goes too far.
The early stage of Alzheimer's disease with its inherent memory impairment, increasing indifference and depression in the patient often causes a standard reaction in others: most people attribute such symptoms to the norm of this age period.
However, for the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease at an early stage, there are special techniques - for example, tests to assess the quality of abstract, logical thinking, and also to trace the mechanisms of memorization.
At the earliest stage, self-criticism and long-term memory suffer less than other processes: the patient recalls what happened many years ago without problems. However, the slowness of thinking is noticeable, the patient hardly chooses the necessary word, or replaces it with another (often inappropriately). Depression of different depths often develops.
The earliest stage of the disease has little effect on self-service capabilities. The patient can still serve himself in everyday life and communicate with relatives. However, the presence of the above, even not particularly pronounced signs should be the reason for contacting the doctor - first, for the diagnosis. The doctor will do everything necessary to timely recognize Alzheimer's disease: he will collect anamnesis, perform the testing, assign laboratory tests and a number of instrumental studies.
After performing all the necessary diagnostic procedures, the doctor will be able to exclude other pathologies similar in clinical manifestations. Only after that he will proceed to medical appointments. If such treatment is adequate and literate, it will significantly prolong the life of the patient, as well as improve its quality - at the moment there are medications that can preserve the functionality of the brain for as long as possible. Thus, the patient will be able to independently service himself and lead a habitual way of life for him.
Of course, relatives and loved ones of the sick person should be prepared for the fact that eventually his brain structures will still be affected: Alzheimer's disease can not be stopped. Physicians are only able to slow down the destructive processes and slow the growth of symptoms.
In the late stages, along with the ongoing medical treatment, the doctor necessarily gives recommendations for caring for the patient, provides feasible psychological support.
At the last stage of Alzheimer's disease, the loss of banal skills associated with self-care is steadfast. The patient can no longer eat, go to the toilet alone: practically all patients in this period suffer from incontinence of feces and urine.
The last stage is manifested by the loss of ability to meaningful communication - the elderly person sometimes utters words or phrases, but they practically do not carry any semantic load. There are gross changes in the gait, most suffering people need help to move around the apartment.
Shortly after the onset of the last stage of Alzheimer's disease, the diseased person mainly lies, the person does not express any emotions, there is muscle rigidity, and swallowing becomes more complicated.
Lethal outcome is especially frequent due to infection: a significant depletion of the body does not allow him to cope with the disease. The most common conditions that lead to the death of people with Alzheimer's disease are septic complications or pneumonia.
How long does the last stage of Alzheimer's disease last?
On average, elderly people diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease at the stage of clinical manifestations can live for about 7-12 years. However, this value does not reflect the full picture: one can not discount the individual characteristics of the organism, as well as many factors that also affect the life expectancy of the ill person. Such factors include: the attitude of people close to the suffering person, the availability of adequate care, the strength of the patient's immunity, living conditions and much more.
Statistics indicate that after a person loses the ability to move and self-control - that is, it is the last stage of the disease that is meant, he lives for about six months. As a rule, the cause of death is infectious complications, thromboembolism, somatic disorders, etc.
How many live in the last stage of Alzheimer's disease?
The duration of the last stage does not depend on one factor. It is difficult to predict the duration of this period, because in most cases it is not possible to determine when the disease "originated" - because the first signs are found much later than the true beginning of the pathology.
the sick women die later than the sick men.
It is worth noting that at any stage of Alzheimer's disease, close people of the ill should show the greatest possible understanding, patience and mercy. Of course, this is sometimes very difficult. But at the moment, medicine can not offer effective treatment of the disease. Medications can only extend the human life a little, increasing its qualitative side.
The disease received its name on behalf of the German psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer, who was engaged in neurobiological research and developed methods of treating brain lesions. Read more..


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I just got back from a lunchtime lecture here at WB with Don Cheadle and John Prendergast about the current genocide in Darfur. It was harrowing but informative. Their main goal is to get people more informed and interested in activism. They kept stressing that everyone's activism, whether it's letters or phone calls or protests or emails, is important and does count. Apparently our President has a bill on his desk at the moment that would call for decisive action on sanctioning those in the Sudanese government who are committing the atrocities in Darfur. It's not a perfect plan, and this is a complex issue, but it would be an acknowledgment of the problem. He will be making a decision on it in the next three weeks. The White House just needs more pressure from the American people to act.
Every time there's a genocide on this planet, there has been rhetoric: "We must never allow this to happen again. Humanity will never allow these kinds of killings again." Well guess what, it's happening again. It happened not too long ago in Rwanda and it's happening right now in Sudan.
So this is my post to say that I acknowledge there is a problem and I want whoever reads this to act. Call the White House, 202.456.1111, and leave a recorded message about ending the genocide in Darfur. Go to some websites and read up and get on mailing lists.
Let's get our priorities straight here.


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I always thought Quran was a poetic masterpiece, whereas Quran itself seems to say that it is no poetry. What I gathered from it is that we should not associate poetic qualities to Quran and Quran is above that, and this was an answer to the non-Muslims who used to call Prophet (sws) a poet. However, should I consider Quranic literary style as a poetic masterpiece, and would it be ok to call it 'poetry'?
My understanding is that Quran incorporates in its text a style that is similar to poetry, but unlike poetry, it is not based on exaggerated statements that have to do with imaginations of the poet. A poet is tempted to go for untrue and exaggerated claims because he has to bring rhyming words in his verses and also to stir emotions of the readers. Quranic verses rhyme as well, but they are free of the limitation of poetry, because has no limitation for expressing ideas, and He his in no need to unnecessarily stir emotions of people. It is because of the rhyming nature of Quranic text that it is amenable to memorizing much more easily than prose.
It is therefore not correct to call the Quran a masterpiece of poetry. It is God's word, which has adopted a style that is close to poetry in appearance, although it doesn't have the weaknesses of poetry. According to some experts the Quranic text is closer to the style of orators who address a large audience, and in the process they address different segments of it, interchanging the focus of address very now and then.


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Chronicle Art Critic Patricia Johnson will present "Quarter Century and Counting"
By Lorena Fernandez on January 21, 2007 at 12:32 PM
Event: Monthly meeting of Women in the Visual and Literary Arts (WIVLA)
Program: Chronicle Art Critic Patricia Johnson will present "Quarter Century and Counting." Johnson, art critic for the Houston Chronicle since 1981, will provide insights into what she does and how she does it. She will include such highlights of the Houston art scene as the opening of the Menil Collection and proliferation of non-profits and commercial galleries.
Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in criticism in 1991 and 1994, Ms. Johnson wrote Contemporary Art in Texas for Craftsman Press, Australia, published in 1994. She also wrote a biography of her late husband , Lucas Johnson, as part of a monograph published last year by the Houston Artists Fund that included essays by Walter Hopps and Edmund Pillsbury.
Ms. Johnson has written articles on Houston and Houston artists for several publications, including Sculpture International ( Washington D.C. ), Artspace (Albuquerque), Southern Living ( Atlanta ) and contributes to ARTnews ( New York ) periodically. She has also presented lectures on a variety of subjects, including regionalism, color-blind criticism, Mexican art and American folk art.
Born in Mexico City , Patricia Covo Johnson earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in art history from the University of California-Santa Barbara. Prior to joining the Chronicle, she was director of Misrachi Art Gallery in Mexico City (1969-71) and owner/director of Covo de Iongh Galley in Houston (1975-78).
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2007, at 6:00 P.M.
Location: Museum of Printing History (713-522-4652)
1324 West Clay St. Houston , TX 77019
The purpose of WIVLA is to offer a stimulating and inspiring forum for women to explore and advance the creative process. WIVLA is a dynamic non-profit organization of creative, professional women that offers networking, programs, exhibitions, and readings for all artistic expressions. Monthly meetings are the third Tuesday of each month at the Museum of Printing History . For information about WIVLA, call 713-684-6548 or check our website at www.wivla.org
Lorena Fernandez | We all can find comfort, clarity and insight by engaging in the arts.


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LAPD continues seeking man who sexually assaulted woman in Santa Monica Mountains
Los Angeles Police Department Det. Joseph Hampton, center, speaks to the media Monday at the West Valley Station in Reseda.
(Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)
By Summer LinStaff Writer
The Los Angeles Police Department is continuing to search for the man who sexually assaulted a female hiker two weeks ago in the Santa Monica Mountains near Encino.
The woman was attacked while she was hiking along the Upper Canyonback Trail in the 17000 block of Mulholland Drive around noon on Nov. 21, police said in a release.
Det. Joseph Hampton said during a Monday news conference that the attack occurred between Tampa Avenue and Reseda Boulevard.
The woman was approached by a white or Latino man, about 30 years old, with a 2-inch scar on his right forearm, and he sexually assaulted her in a secluded area, Hampton said. Further description of the suspect was not available Monday morning.
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"The suspect did have a knife with him at the time the crime was committed, though he didn't use the knife during the commission of the crime," Hampton said.
No security footage of the attack was available; patrols have been increased in the area as police continue their investigation, Hampton said. No sexual assaults have been reported in that area in recent years, police said.
Authorities have urged the public to exercise caution when hiking near that location.
"If you are going to use the hills and the trails in the surrounding areas, I ask that you hike in pairs and let somebody know where exactly you're going," Hampton said. "Bring your cellphone with you. Not only is it a good habit to have so you can make cell phone calls, but you could also send out distress locations with a drop of a pin to to friends and family if something happens to you out in that area."
Summer Lin
Summer Lin is a reporter on the Fast Break Desk, the Los Angeles Times' breaking news team. Before coming to The Times, she covered breaking news for the Mercury News and national politics and California courts for McClatchy's publications, including the Sacramento Bee. An East Coast native, Lin moved to California after graduating from Boston College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. In her free time, she enjoys hikes, skiing and a good Brooklyn bagel.


1. Communication: No matter if you are in a long distance relationship or not, you will need good communication. Because you two will not be able to see each other in person, when you are sad or angry the other person will not be able to pick up on it as easily as if you were in person. There were plenty of days I would get mad at my bf for not caring that I was in a bad mood. Then I realized it wasn't that he didn't care, it was that he didn't know. And how could I expect him to? He is not a mind reader and can't read my thoughts through the phone. Try this: Instead of waiting for your significant other to ask what is wrong, tell them "I've been having a really bad day," or "you'll never guess what happened to me"
2. Romance: Just because you two are apart, it does not mean you have to stop being romantic. Go old school and send them a heart felt letter; send them a care package; email them a link to your favorite song. Just let them know that even though you two are miles apart, he/she is still on your mind.
3.Do things together: A way to feel connected is by doing the same thing at the same time. For example, do you usually go to the movies on Friday nights? Call up him/her and find a movie on TV that you both can watch, get some popcorn and watch it together.
5. Stay positive: Don't dwell on the fact that you two never get to see each other. Use this time to explore new interests, and remember that your relationship will get better.


Arthur Takeshi Komiyama, 91, of Hono-lulu, an accountant and office manager at John Hancock, and an Army veteran who served with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 100th Battalion, died in Kuakini Medical Center. He was born in Honolulu. He is survived by daughter Carol K. Matsunaga, sister Jane T. Shikasho and two grandchildren. Private services.


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Fat Joe: 'Lil Uzi Vert Is a Bad Version of Lil Wayne'
Fat Joe takes on Lil Uzi Vert.
During an interview with Ebro Darden on Beats 1, Joey Crack explained why he feels like today's MCs are taking pages out of Lil Wayne's book. "You hear all these little kids now, who doing hip-hop music, those is all Lil Wayne's flows," he said. "Every last one."
Don Cartagena singled out Lil Uzi Vert after host Ebro Darden brought up "XO TOUR Llif3." "Lil Uzi is a bad version of Lil Wayne," said Joe. "It's not as good as Lil Wayne. Just to be honest with you, and he's good, and I like his songs."
"@LILUZIVERT is a bad version of @LilTunechi." – @fatjoe
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He insisted that he meant no disrespect with the slights. "Lil Uzi, I got nothing but love for you," he added. "He ain't as good as Lil Wayne. That's impossible. Lil Wayne was considered, he's one of the greatest, he's a G.O.A.T. He was lyrically considered the best rapper on earth for a couple of years. Lil Uzi Vert ain't going to get that. And it's with no disrespect because I like Lil Uzi Vert and I like a lot of his records. I cannot front. I actually bought his album. It's a good album. I don't want to take it disrespectful in no way, but Lil Wayne is Lil Wayne. That's different."
To clarify his point, the Terror Squad boss added: "I didn't shit on Lil Uzi. I can't say how much I appreciate him. I'm just saying Lil Wayne inspired generations of music."
Joe is currently promoting his new single "Pick It Up" featuring Dre of Cool & Dre. The veteran MC is also celebrating his new podcast, "Coca Vision," which has featured guests Swizz Beatz, Styles P, and Sheek Louch.