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The more scientific research I am exposed to the less inclined I am to expect simple solutions to complex problems. That said, a report from 2015 highlighted in The Guardian was one of the first accounts of probiotics that turned me on to the potential of gut flora to influence different aspects of health and wellbeing. It was reported that participants in an experiment took a capsule containing Bifidobacterium longum 1714 for a month. As a result they enjoyed lower levels of stress when compared to the control group that took a placebo. Stress was measured in terms of the levels of cortisol (a hormone associated with stress) found in the participants.
A second result of the investigation was that when taking the probiotic, memory function also seemed to be enhanced. The people taking part in the experiment took either the placebo for a month or Bifidobacterium longum 1714, then switched. It was a blind test so the participants didn't know when they were taking the probiotic or the placebo. The effects of the reduced stress and improved memory were described as small but significant, make of that what you will. But the same effects were found in a similar experiment carried out on mice.
I'm not a great fan of experimentation on animals, not because experiments on animals are rarely replicated in a similar way on humans, or that it generally support poor science. Just because its cruel and not very ethical. However as the data exists I will draw your attention to it. Another study from 2015 indicated that B. longum 1714 had a positive impact on mice cognition and an apparent reduction on fear. So one probiotic strain appears to have an influence on both fear and a narrow range of cognitive function (or that both memory and fear/stress have a commonality that can be meditated by B. longum 1714). The fact that both mice and humans appear to have been effected in the same way is interesting. Although these are tentative findings and more studies demonstrating the same effects are necessary (replication).


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All-flash storage array startup WhipTail secures funding
WhipTail, the all-flash storage array vendor tucked away in Whippany, N.J., closed a Series B funding round and revealed a high-profile customer this week.
Although WhipTail failed to disclose the amount of its funding, but industry sources say it was about $9.5 million. That's not in the same ballpark of the $35 million and $40 million funding rounds its rival Violin Memory secured last year, but WhipTail CEO Dan Crain said his company is close to profitable with close to 100 employees and is picking up about 20 customers per quarter.
"We are well-capitalized," Crain said.
WhipTail bills its XLR8r as a cost-effective enterprise all-flash array, using multi-level cell (MLC) memory drives. The vendor goes after customers with a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), but Crain said it serves many types of industries.
AMD's System Optimization Engineering Department said it replaced 480 15,000 RPM Fibre Channel drives with WhipTail's solid-storage arrays for a 50-times improvement in latency and 40% performance increase.
AMD did not say how much flash capacity it bought from WhipTail, but Crain said is average deal is in the 25 TB to 30 TB range.
WhipTail isn't the only all-flash array vendor out there. Nimbus Data, SolidFire, Texas Memory Systems, and Violin have all-SSD systems, Pure Storage is in beta and the large storage vendors will likely follow. Unlike a lot of the all-flash vendors, though, Crain said "We don't compete on price. We solve a myriad of problems around performance.
"The field is still narrow for credible SSD manufacturers. The storage industry inherited NAND, and there is a lot of science and engineering that has to go into making NAND work in the enterprise," he said. "We understand this stuff. We treat NAND and flash memory like flash, we don't treat it like a hard disk."


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Obama's watch 'Gangnam Style' performance at charity concert
THE Obamas attended an annual charity Christmas concert at the weekend which included something non-traditional: a performance by South Korean "Gangnam Style" rapper Psy.
Psy engaged in anti-American protests eight years ago. He issued an apology for the "inflammatory and inappropriate language" he said he used in a rap as "part of a deeply emotional reaction to the war in Iraq and the killing of two Korean schoolgirls".
But the controversy didn't affect Obama's attendance. U.S. presidents traditionally attends this charity event, which is in it's 31st year.
Hosted by comedian Conan O'Brien, other performers included Diana Ross, Demi Lovato, Scotty McCreery, Chris Mann of "The Voice" fame and "Smash" star Megan Hilty.


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Terrance Williams bounces back after rocky start to season
Terrance Williams had five catches on Sunday. All of them were for first downs.
It marked the best game for Williams in what has been a rocky start to the season. He had the infamous gaffe of not running out of bounds in the final seconds of the season opener against the Giants, went catch-less in the second game at Washington and fumbled in Week 3 against the Bears.
"You pick each other up and particularly guys like Terrance who works so hard and it's so important to him," coach Jason Garrett said. "He's so passionate about this team. He's passionate about football and being the best he can be. So guy's make mistakes. We all make mistakes. You learn from them and you move on.
"If you have a team that's truly a team, they're going to pick each other up an dhave each other's back and fight together going forward. Our team has certainly done that with Terrance."
On Sunday against the Bengals, Williams proved to be at the right spot at the right time and rookie quarterback Dak Prescott connected with him for critical first downs.
It's the type of production the Cowboys need out of Williams, particularly with star receiver Dez Bryant sidelined with a knee injury.
"We just don't blink this year," Williams said. "Last year, there was kind of a panic. We're not thinking about who is playing, we're just playing football."
Williams caught an 11-yard pass on second-and-8 for a first down on the Cowboys' opening drive, and then had two more first-down catches on the second drive.
But his biggest catch came on the Cowboys' final drive when he hauled in an 11-yard reception on third-and-7, which essentially closed out the game.
"Whenever you have a coach [Jason Garrett] that's trying to get the mindset that we have to finish games and coach Garrett and coach Scott [Linehan] call on you, you have to be ready," Williams said. "You can't just think of a plan, you have to have a plan ready so the times they do call, you're ready."
In the past two games without Bryant, Williams has combined for eight catches for 114 yards with one TD on 11 targets.
During Bryant's seven-game absence last season, Cowboys quarterbacks targeted Williams 51 times. He caught 25 passes for 468 yards and two touchdowns. Most of his damage was done in the season finale against the Redskins, who pulled most of their starters in the second half, when he caught eight passes for 173 yards.
Williams credits Prescott as the difference between his production this year compared to last when the Cowboys used three backup quarterbacks in place of Tony Romo.
"That's the hardest part about it and most people don't get it," Williams said. "Whenever you have a guy like [Prescott] that knows what's going on and that does all of the play mechanics right and knows what's going on, that makes football fun. That takes the burden off your mind.
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Atlas Sound And IED Announce Merger
New York (November 7, 2007)- Atlas Sound and Innovative Electronic Designs (IED) have merged as of November 1. IED, based in Louisville, KY, creates audio and visual communications management systems and components, while Atlas Sound deals in audio for commercial applications.
"No two companies are closer in culture than IED and Atlas Sound," said Loyd Ivey, founder and CEO of Mitek, parent company of Atlas Sound. "We are merging two dynamic companies, with similar core competencies and similar value systems. The merger will allow us to become a global leader in communications systems. I am happy to join forces with the crew at IED to become modern day 'Davids' against the global Goliaths of today's communications industry. "
Hardy Martin, President of IED stated, "We are very excited to merge IED with Atlas Sound to combine the best practices of both our companies. The manufacturing proficiency of Mitek combined with the integrated audio and visual communications expertise of IED will be an incredible combination. As partners, IED and Atlas Sound can move to the next level of communications systems design."
The two companies will continue to operate independently, with no changes in management, staffing, or daily operations. "It's business as usual," said Martin. "The operation of Mitek matches very well with our philosophies at IED, and we are confident that the merger will be smooth and seamless for our customers."
Pat Brown of Syn-Aud-Con commented, "The combined strengths of these two fine companies will enable them to provide sophisticated solutions to the most challenging sound reinforcement applications. This is a win-win for both IED and Atlas Sound."
NSCA Executive Director Chuck Wilson added, "We work in a people-based industry. The quality people that make up Atlas Sound and IED really make this a great venture. Atlas Sound and IED are well situated to help grow the mass notification section of our industry."
Andy Musci of Altel Systems said, "I am so thrilled for IED, to combine their innovative and technical expertise with the resources of Atlas Sound. IED and Atlas Sound are two great American companies."
Loyd Ivey added, "We are like minds, joining together for a common goal. IED and Mitek go together like peanut butter and chocolate, a real sweet combination."
IED and Atlas Sound will be part of the newly formed Mitek High Performance Communications Group. Mitek Corporation also owns the consumer audio brands MTX, DCM, Coustic, StreetWires, Re-Q and Xtant.
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DALLAS, Circuit Judge. disposition. in these words:
William Crawford's will contains a
"I wlll and devise to my son Matthew and to his children myoId farm, adjoining Mark Kelso's and others', provided, however, at the end of one year after my decease, or when called upon for it, he shall pay to his mother the sum of three hunl1red dollars, in addition to the sum as above bequeathed to her; and he shall pay, also, to my son Oliver's child, when it shall become of age, the sum of two hundred dollars; but, if the said child shall die before it shall become of age, 1 will that he be altogether exonerated from the payment of the said two hundred dollars."
The court below, construing this clause with due reference to the entire will, held that, by virtue thereof, Matthew Crawford took a life estate, and that his children living at the testator's death took an estate in remainder, which opened to let in after-born children. The sole question before this court is as to the correctness of this interpretation, and upon that question we have no doubt whatever. 'l'he learned judge was right in accepting the decisions of the Pennsylvania supreme court as controlling. They are sufficiently referred to in his opinion, his understanding of them accords with our own, and his application of them to the matter in hand is entirely satisfactory. Therefore, the judgment is affirmed.
LICHTY et ux. v. LEWIS et ux. (Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. October 6, 1896.) No. 255.
A judgment in an action against a husband only, to determine adverse claims to land, is a bar to a subsequent action by such husband and his wife against the plaintiff in the former action, involving the same questions adjudicated in the first action, though the land Is communIty property. McKenna, Circuit Judge, dissenting. 63 Fed. 535, affirmed. Leggett v. Ross (Wash.) 44 Pac. 111, followed.
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Division of the District of Washington. Galusha Parsons, for plaintiffs in error. Edward Whitson and Harold Preston, for defendants in error. Before McKENNA, GILBERT, and ROSS, Circuit Judges. ROSS, Circuit Judge. This is an action of ejectment brought in the court below by Lichty and wife against Lewis and wife, in which the defendants in their answer set up, among other defenses, a judgment rendered in a suit brought by Lewis against Lichty and certain heirs of one )Iabry, in one of the courts of the state of Washington, to quiet his alleged title to the lands that are the subject of the present action. In that suit judgment was given in favor of Lewis, and against Lichty, in the trial court, and was, on appeal to the supreme court of the state, affirmed. 3 Wash. St. 213, 28 Pac. 356. In their complaint in the present action, Lichty and wife deraign their alleged title under four of the five heirs of the deceased Mabry, by deed
alleged to have been executed by them on the 17th of May, 1889, to the plaintiff Harvey M. Lichty, foi' a valuable consideration, and at which time plaintiffs allege they were husband and wife. The answer alleges that neither of the plaintiffs ever was a resident of Washington, but that both of them were at the time of the execution of the deed to Harvey M. Lichty, and ever since have been, residents of the state of Nebraska. To the answer of the defendants, the plaintiffs filed a reply, admitting the judgment pleaded in bar of the action, but setting up the fact that, when the suit in which the judgment was rendered was commenced, the plaintiff, Ida B. Lichty was, and ever since has been, the wife of Harvey M. Lichty, and was not made a party to that suit, for which reason it is urged the judgment therein constitutes no bar to the present action. Upon a demurrer to that reply, the ruling of the court below was against the plaintiffs on that question, and the case is brought here by writ of error on that point only. 63 Fed. 535. The court below treated the interest conveyed by the deed made to Harvey M. Lichty as community property of Lichty and wife, which it held could be, and was, properly represented by him alone in the suit involving it, and ihat the wife was not a necessary party thereto. Assuming that, upon the facts as they are made to appeal' by the pleadings, the interest, if any, conveyed to Harvey 1\1. Lichty by the deed of May 17, 1889, constituted community property of himself and wife, we think the judgment of the court below should be affirmed, upon the authority of the case of Leggett v. Ross, 44 Pac. 111, in which case the supreme court of the state of Washington, where the lands in question are situated, administering the laws of that state, in a case involving community real property there situated, held that the wife was not a necessary party to a preceding action concerning it, to which the husband llllly was a party, but is concluded by tb,ejudgment against the husband rendered in the prior action involving the same subject-matter. It is true that the court added to that ruling this statement:
"There Is nothing. to show that said action was commenced and prosecuted without her [the wife's] knowledge" or authority, or against her wishes, or that she sought in any way to interfere therein; and, under the circumstances, she being the wife of the plaintiff, in order t6' avoid the effect of that judgment, and t!l'e presumption that it was brought without her knowledge and consent, it was necessary for her to IIhow facts to the contrary."
Whether any such showing, short of one of fraud, duress, or collusion, would, in the judgment of that court, relieve the wife of the effect. of a judgment against the husband in respect to community realty, we are not advised. Certainly, it is not there so decided; for court states that there was no such proof in that case, nor is there in' the case here anything of that nature. Without expressing or indicating ,our· own views in respect to the point· decided in the case of! Leggett v.Ross,supra,or inrespe'ct to the suggestions contained in the abov:e quotation from the opinion. in that case, but following the ruling there'nilide by the highest. court of the state in respect to· a rule of property within the state, the judgment ofthe court below' illl affirmed.' .
McKENNA, Circuit Judge (dissenting). This action is ejectment, and the controversy between the parties turns on the effect of a judgment obtained by the defendant in error Joseph R. Lewis against plaintiff in error Harvey M. Lichty in the state courts of Washington, their respective wives not being parties to the suit. The suit was to quiet title, and the titles passed on were the same as involved in this action. 3 Wash. St. 213, 28 Pac. 356. It is not necessary to quote the pleadings at length. It is enough to say that to the complaint the former judgment was pleaded as a defense, and to this a reply was madp., and a demurrer to each was also filed. That to the defense of the judgment was overruled, and that to the reply sustained; and, the plaintiffs declining to plead further, judgment was entered for defendants for costs. At the time Lichty and Lewis derived their alleged titles, the rights of married persons to property were provided for in the following sections of the Washington Code (1881):
"Sec. 2400. The property and pecuniary rights of every married woman, at the time of her marriage or afterwards acqUired by gift, devise or inheritance, with the rents, issues and profits thereof, shall not be subject to the debts or contracts of her husband; and she may manage, lease, sell, convey, encumber or devise by will such property to the same extent and in the same manner, as her husband can property belonging to him." "Sec. 2408. Property and pecuniary rights owned by the husband before marriage, and that acquired by him afterwards, by gift, bequest, devise or descent, with the rents, issues and profits thereof, shall not be subject to the debts or contracts of his wife, and he may manage, lease, sell, convey, encumber or devise by will, such property without the wife joining in such management, alienation or encumbrance, as fully and to the same effect as though he were unmarried. "Sec. 2409. Property not acquired or owned as prescribed in sections 2400 and 2408, acquired after marriage by either husband or wife or both, is community property. The husband shall have the management and control ot community personal property, with the like power of disposition, as he has of his separate personal property; except that he shall not devise by will more than one-half thereof. "Sec. 2410. A husband has the management and control of the community real property; but he shall not sell. conveyor encumber the community real estate, unless the wife join with him in executing the deed or other instrument of conveyance, by which the real estatt' is sold, conveyed or encumbered; and Such deed or other instrument of conveyance must be acknowledged by him and his wife. PrOVided, however, that all such community real estate shall be SUbJect to the liens of mechanics and others, for labor and materials furnished in erecting structures and improvements thereon as provided by law in other cases, to liens and judgments recovered for community debts, and to sale on execution issued thereon."
Regarding the letter of these provisions, the conveyance to Lichty made the land community property. But it is urged by defendants that they only apply where both husband and wife are residents of the state; and that Mrs. Lichty is estopped by her conduct in not living with her husband to assert her rights to the property; and that law gives the husband the management and control of the community property, and hence he alone is a necessary party to an action concerning it. The law of community property is not as clearly defined by the decisions of the supreme court of Waghingtonas those seeking precision of views would like,. but I think they establish two proposiv.77F.no.1-8 .
tiona: (1) That the husband has no right to convey community lands; (2) that a wife may be estopped by her conduct from asserting her rights to community property. The first proposition is established by the cases of Isaacs v. Holland, 4 Wash. 54, 29 Pac. 976, and Oolcord v. Leddy, 4 Wash. 791, 31 Pac. 320; and the second proposition by the same cases, and by Sadler v. Niesz, 5 Wash. 182, 31 Pac. 630,1030, and Nuhn v. Miller, 5 Wash. 405, 31 Pac. 1031, and 34 Pac. 152; also, Adamsv. Black, 6 Wash. 528, 33 Pac. 1074. In Colcord v. Leddy, the conveyance passed on was a lease, and it was said that such an instrument might, or might not, be void, according as it was taken, or as not taken, with knowledge of the community; and Holyoke v. Jackson, 3 Wash. T. 235,3 Pac. 841, and Hoover v. Chambers, 3 Wash. T. 26, 13 Pac. 547, were cited. In the other cases supra, the rule is announced that if the record did not disclose the wife's interest in the property, and a reasonable inquiry did not make known her existence, the party who took in ig-norance of her existence and rights would be protected in his purchase. Besides, therefore, the fact that the spouses did not live together, it is necessary to allege and prove an inquiry was made, and the reasonable inability from it to ascertain the existence of the absent spouse. In the case of Hershberger v. Blewett, 46 Fed. 704, Judge Hanford held that, prior to the act of 1876, nonresident married persons were not affected by the community property law of Washington territory. In Gratton v. Weber, 47 Fed. 852, he, however, held that:
"The act of 1879, and all subsequent legislation upon the subject, is general llnd applicable to all subsequent acquisitions of real estate situated within the territory by nonresidents, as well as by inhabitants. Property acquired by purchase by a married person is presumed to be community property. · · ."
The statute of the territory of which this interpretation was given is now the statute of the state. n follows from these views that Mrs. Lichty had an interest in the lands which were the subject of the suit in Lewis v. Lichty, and it must be conceded that she was a necessary party to any suit affecting it, unless her husband was, by the statute, made her representative. This is contended by the defendants in error, and seems to have been decided by the circuit court. Section 2410, supra, provides that:
"A husban.d has the management and control of the community real property; but he shall not sell, conveyor encumber the community real estate. unless the wife join with him in executing the deed ·or other instrument of conveyance, by which the real estate is sold, conveyed or encumbered; and such deed or other instrument of conveya!1ce must be acknowledged by Wm and his wife."
The words "management and control," as used in the statute; have little, if any, difference in meaning; and it would be giving a very extensive meaning to both to interpret them as giving a power to the husband which could be used, and would be used, as a means of alienating the community property. It would, indeed, be strange if the law which, with careful provision, prohibited the selling or incumbering of the community property by the husband alone, should
enable him to do so by the easy circumlocution of an action or suit at law or in equity. In Parke v. City of Seattle, 8 Wash. 78,35 Pac. 594, which was an action for damages for the wrongful taking of community real estate, it was held that the wife was a necessary party. The court, by Justice Scott, said:
"The further point is raised that the plaintiff could not maintain this action for the reason that the real estate damaged was community property of the plaintiff and his wife, and that it was necessary for them to join in an action for damages thereto; and we are of opinion that this point is well taken. The respondent admits that such real estate was community property, but he contends that the husband, in such cases, can maintain an action, and that such actions are customarily brought in the name of the husband only, in tllis state. However tbis may be, it seems to 118 that they are not properly so · brought. The claim of the plaintiff in this case is based upon the fact that the acts of the city in the premises amounted to a wrongful taking of his property; that any damage which destroyed substantial value, and inflicts irreparable and permanent injury to such real estate, is a taking, etc. It would not be contended-at least, it could not be successfully contended-that the husband alone could authorize such a taking or damaging of. the community real estate in the first instance; and to allow him to bring an action for the recovery thereof would be simply permitting him to do indirectly that which he could not do directly. If he has authority to maintain such an action, it follows that he has authority to compromise it, and to release the claims for which the same was brought. A contrary view was entertained by this court in Brotton v. Langert, 1 Wash. St. 73, 23 Pac. 688."
In Manufacturing Co. v. Miller, 3 Wash. St. 480, 28 Pac. 1035, it was decided that a wife was a necessary party to a foreclosure of a mechanic's lien, notwithstanding that the statute gives the power to the husband to incur the debt which the lien secured. See, also, Sagmeister v. Foss, 4 Wash. 320, 30 Pac. 80, 744; Collins v. Snoke, 9 Wash. 566,38 Pac. 161; McDonough v. Craig, 10 Wash. 239,38 Pac. 1034; Douthitt v. MacCulsky (Wash.) 40 Pac. 186. From theSe views it is a necessary deduction that the judgment as pleaded was not binding on Mrs. Lichty, and it seems, from the authority of the case of Stockand v. Bartlett, 4 Wash. 731, 31 Pac. 24, if not binding on her, not even binding on Lichty. The point passed on was the power of a judgment creditor to bell the community property for the individual debts of the husband. It was held that it could not be done. After commenting on the inequality of the rights which would be left, the court said:
"It has been held by us that neither the husband nor wife can alienate or convey his or her interest in the community real estate separately, during the lifetime of the community; and, if neither of them have a right to sell or convey the same to any third person, creditors can have no greater ril"ht therein."
It is decided, however, by my associates, that the case of Legg-ett v. Ross, 44 Pac. 111, is a later declaration of the law of Washington than the cases supra. The case was an action for a specific piece of land, but became limited to a controversy concerning the location of a boundary line. An action to determine such location had been previously brought by the same plaintiffs against the same defendants, and one Alexander Ross, and the line was located so as to give tbe tract in controversy to defendants. The judgment became a final
one, and was offered in evidence, but was received against plaintiffs' objections. Under instructions of the court, the defendants recovered, and plaintiffs appealed. The supreme court, by Justice Scott, said:
"We think the record offered was admissible in evidence, and conclusive of the rights of the parties. It appeared that it was the same subject-matter which was in controversy in both action.s. Conceding that lot 3 aforesaid was the community property of the plaintiffs, we think that appellant Mary Leggett is bound by the judgment in the former action, although she was not a party thereto. There is nothing to show that said action was commenced and prosecuted without her knowledge or authority, or against her wishes, or that she sought in any way to interfere therein; and, under the circumstances, she being the wife of the plaintiff, in order to avoid the effect of that judgment and the presumption that it was brought with her knowledge, and consent, it was necessary for her to show facts to the contrary. Nor does the fact that Alexander Ross was joined as a defendant in that action affect the admissibility of the .record, for it appears that the other defendants were the real claimants and parties in interest."
It will be observed that Justice Scott also delivered the opinion of the court in Parke v. City of Seattle, supra. If my associates have interpreted Leggett v. Ross correctly, it is certainly inconsistent with Parke v. City of Seattle. I am not disposed to assume this inconsistency. I should have to do more, and assume that the court intended, not only to .overrule that case, but a number of cases, in a brief and summary opinion, and without anything to indicate a consideration of them, and to interpret a statute without quoting it, or referring to it in any way, and yet giving it a severe effect upon rights which its language could be claimed to confer by a very natural interpretation. The r:econciliation of the casesmust be in their different subject-matters, and in this difference may be the explanation of the language of Justice Scott which has puzzled my associates, and of which they carefully refuse an indorsement. I might, or might not, consider the difference substantial. At.any rate, the reasoning and analogies of the law seem to urge that a wife's interest in property should be protected by the same safeguards as a husband's interest in property; that hers, no morethan his, should be divested or impaired or affected except by her voluntary act, or, if by law, only in a proceeding in which she is a party. These are times when a wife's interests (as everybody's) is best taken care of by herself; and the law which denies this opportunity is a mocking pretense, whatever the letter of its statutes may give her. To sustain the ruling of the circllit court, the defendants in error urge the noneffect of quitclaim deeds to pass a subsequently acquired title, and that the purchase money of the lands may have been the separate property of Lichty, and hence the lands such property. I do not deem it necessary to consider these contentions. They may be of importance in the case-indeed, determinative of it-when the facts upon which they depend are properly pleaded and proved. I think, therefore, that the judgment of the circuit court should be reversed, and the cause remanded, with directions to take such action as may be necessary from the views herein expressed.
MISSOURI, K. & T. TRUST CO. et aI. v. GERMAN NAT. BANK OF DENVER, OOW. (Circuit Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit. -No.770. 1.
GUi,RANTY INSURANCE-ApPLICATION-REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTY.
November 23, 1896.)
An answer to a question, contained in an application for a bond insuring the Integrity of the applicant. to which application no reference whatever is made in the bond itself, is to be treated as a representation, rather than as a warranty; and it is not error to permit the jury, in an action on the bond, to determine whether such was substantially true or not.
SAME-AcTION ON BOND-PROVINCE OF JURY.
The M. Co. had executed a bond to the G. Bank insuring the fidelity of one G., an employe of the bank. G. was afterwards found to be a defaulter, and, .soon after this discovery, the M. Co. learned .that, In his application to It for the bond, G. had understated his Indebtedness to the bank by some $3,700. Without disclaiming liability on the bond, the M. Co., in conjunction with the bank, proceeded to take security from G., and to attach his property. Afterwards, being sued by the bank on the bond, the M. Co. set up Go's misstatement, as a defense. Held, that it was not error to submit to the jury the question whether the M. Co., by proceeding, after it knew the facts, to take security from G., etc., without notifying the bank that it disclamed liability, had waived the defense. When a witness has testified that he was not in a certain city at a certain time, and that, when in such city, he usually stopped at a certain botel, it is Dot error to exclude the register of such hotel, offered to show that, at the time specified, his name did not appear on it.
It is not error to deny a motion, made by the defendant in an action, to SUbstitute as plaintiff a receiver of the corporation by which the action was brought, appointed since its commencement.
SUBSTl'fU'l'ION OF PARTIES-RECEIVERS.
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. G, A. (J. McD. Trimble and O. A. Braley with him on the brief), for plaintiffs in error. John S. Macbeth (A. E. Pattison and Henry W. Hobson with him on the brief), for defendant in error. Before CALDWELL, SANBORN, and THAYER, Oircuit Judges. THAYER, Oircuit Judge. This suit was brought by the German National Bank of Denver, 0010., the defendant in error, against the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Trust Company and the National Surety Oompany, the plaintiffs in error, who are hereafter termed, respectively, the "Trust Oompany" and the "Surety Company," to compel the defendants below to discharge the liability of the trust company on a certain bond which the trust company had executed on October 4, 1892, in favor of the German National Bank of Denver, hereafter termed the "Bank." The bond was given to insure the bank, for the period of 12 months, against any loss that it might sustain in con-


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Continuing our series of blog posts (day 1, day 2, day 3) this week about unconf 17.
Summary: The goal with the
cityquant project was to build a digital dashboard for sustainable cities.
They also had a "spin-off" project called selfquant to get data from a quantified self google sheets template to keep track of weekly performance in various categories.
Team: Reka Solymosi, Ben Best, Chelsea Ursaner, Tim Phan, Jasmine Dumas
Github: https://github.com/ropenscilabs/cityquant
notary is actually two things:
notary: An R package for signing and verification of R packages. It has functions for installing and verifying packages, validating GitHub releases, sourcing files with verification, and more.
r-security-practices: A bookdown book targeting users, developers, and admins on R security best practices.
Team: Stephanie Locke, Oliver Keyes, Rich FitzJohn, Bob Rudis, Joroen Ooms
Github: https://github.com/ropenscilabs/notary / https://github.com/ropenscilabs/r-security-practices
packagemetrics is a package for helping you choose which package to use. Their tool collects metrics including CRAN downloads, GitHub stars, whether it's tidyverse compatible, whether it has tests and vignettes, number of contributors, and more!
This project combined two ideas from our brainstorming stage: Avoiding redundant / overlapping packages and A framework for reproducible tables.
Team: Erin Grand, Sam Firke, Hannah Frick, Becca Krouse, Lori Shepherd
Github: https://github.com/ropenscilabs/packagemetrics
pegax is a very alpha client for parsing taxonomic names. Taxonomic names are things such as Homo sapiens (human beings) wikispecies, or Ursus americanus (american black bear) wikispecies, or Balaenoptera musculus (blue whale) wikispecies. Taxonomic names can be hard to parse – and thus something called Parsing Expression Grammar (PEG) can be employed to help. We were lucky that Oliver Keyes just started an R package for PEGs in R called piton – which is now used in
pegax to parse taxonomic names.
Scott Chamberlain (with help from Oliver Keyes)
Github: https://github.com/ropenscilabs/pegax
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Who is this chick? And why is she in bare feet? Doesn't she see all the oil spots on the road from all of the dirty, loud cars? Or maybe they're not oil spots at all. No, maybe all those spots are spit, and Chris Brown spit to boot. I can see Chris Brown being a nasty, foul spitter-all-over-the-place(r). That's about par for the course when it comes to him and his disgusting behaviors.
No, but really, Rihanna and Karreuche are probably going to be totally pissed about all this. See, this chick here? This blonde girl? Well, she just happened to be leaving the same club on the same night as Chris Brown, and instead of hopping in her cab, which was parked next to Chris's car (not pictured), she opted for hopping in onto Chris lap, much to his apparent glee. The girl eventually returned to her waiting taxi, but not before angling for a photo opportunity with … well, you-know-who (not Voldemort).
Why, though, will Rihanna and Karreuche be all pissed, like I said? Well, because they're not going to believe that this blonde chick was just a rando, and an innocent rando at that (let me rephrase: an innocent rando with poor, poor taste). No, they're totally going to believe that Chris took this chick home and banged the daylights out of her, because that's what Chris and his schlong do best—bang the daylights out of women. Oh, and his fists, too. His fists do that as well.


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October 23, 2017
You can't see all the way around the world at one time. You can't do everything at once. We are only alive for a little while. We will never be around long enough to impress a big round boulder. (my wife asked me what this meant and I told her we are just old dry grass blowing in the wind.)
A few days ago, I finished my mural for Elevate 2017, with the City of Atlanta.
It was a great experience for me working in south downtown, I saw many extremes in humanity. I made friends with folks and heard many stories. Many people wanted to comment on my work and tell me their opinions. Many asked me if I would paint in their apartment, music studio or children's event. I saw many chicken bones and a lot of used plastic cutlery.
I spent many more days there than I originally planned, but I didn't really mind.
I based my mural on a mix of ideas I have been working through for a while. I took old ideas and some new imagery from public sculptures I saw while in Bogota, Colombia in September. While in South America, we drank little Colombian coffees and I drew out funny simple blue prints on napkins of how I should build my own sculptures on my property. The ideas I painted on the new mural were plans pulled from my napkin doodles.
The mural is located on Trinity between South Broad and Peachtree Streets. I painted on either side of an existing mural that has been n the neighborhood for many years.
Thanks to Emily, Haley, Rob and the rest of the good folks at the Office of Cultural Affairs.
Thanks to Pam and Doug for letting my live in their driveway for a couple weeks. They grow a hearty vegetable garden down there in south downtown.
Thanks to Maria and Pup for helping paint, watching my back, sending me love and bringing me food while I worked.
See a little video the City of Atlanta made about my mural and Elevate 2017 here.
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And I ain't talking about the weather.
Well, that's not entirely true. Part of it has something to do with the weather, and the climate, and the phases of the moon. The Lunar cycle, in particular, has a big influence on what has happened since July 31. But I'm getting ahead of myself.
For starters, visiting the National Center for Mental Health is something I'd rather not recommend. Nay, I will say this for all you weak minded individuals to stay clear of that place, unless you are studying Nursing, forced by parents or being your own personal calling, under no circumstances should you visit a mental institution.
No, it's not about the patients, but the supposed NORMAL people there whom you should be wary of. Try asking a Nurse at the station and you'll know what I mean. Stay clear out of their way and they'll be biding their time. Now, if you want to ask something, say the schedule for the doctor's rounds, and right then and there, the person you are faced with turns into a busybody all in a wink, and will give you that irritated-don't-bug-me look and answer in a non-coherent fashion similar to boxers who got hit twice in the eye. All I want to know was the exact time I can talk to the doctor so I can make plans for my brother [the patient in this story, and will elaborate a little later] who if all went well, that is, the NCMH definition of well, will be free to go and cause pandemonium again in my hometown, including the hapless family he has brought into this world, whom, thank the heavens are very normal and functional.
Just a word of caution. If the you people had the chance to be in the said institution, bring some patience and restraint for yourself. The sane can be very annoying.


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BIATEC LASER TECHNOLOGY s.r.o., based in Bratislava, Slovakia, specializes in customized development of laser cutting machines and industrial laser applications. The company is involved primarily in developing special laser solutions for wood processing but is also active in the automotive and healthcare sectors and other industries where laser applications have so far been little used. BLT WoodCut, which is being premiered at LIGNA 2017, is a revolutionary patented technology specially developed for optimum cutting of wet and dry wood up to 80 millimeters thick and with a maximum moisture content of 80 percent.
This new production line consists of a combination of scanning and X-ray solutions, laser cutting and robot-automated handling of wood materials that is probably unique. The main advantage of the BLT technology is significantly increased production volumes, coupled with minimized waste wood and greatly enhanced product quality. With up to 170 products in a production cycle, the BLT technology offers outstanding versatility and impressive cutting precision with a cutting width of 0.3 millimeters instead of the standard 3-4 millimeters. By supporting cutting in the XY axis in any direction, the BLT technology also opens up new possibilities for optimizing wood processing.


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Most people are already familiar with the superbug MRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, a bacterium that is already resistant to commonly used antibiotics) and C. Difficile (a bacterium that can cause infection in humans after antibiotics have destroyed the good bacteria), but not yet have heard of ESBLs.
ESBL-producing bacteria have joined the growing number of antibiotic resistant pathogens that cause hospital-acquired infections. Washing hands is the most effective way of preventing the spread of ESBL immune factor producing bacteria.
ESBL stands for "extended-spectrum beta lactamase". ESBL bacteria are different from other superbugs, because ESBL does not refer to one specific kind of bacteria. For instance, MRSA refers specifically to methicillin-resistant strains of Staphylococcus Aureus. Instead, EBSL refers to an antibiotic-resistance enabling enzyme that the bacteria are producing, as a means of protecting themselves against attack.
It would seem that bacteria have responded to the worldwide overuse of antibiotics in farming and medicine by creating beta lactamase, an enzyme that can give the bacteria immunity to each new antibiotic they encounter.
ESBL enables resistance not only to penicillin, but to cephalosporin antibiotics also (antibiotics whose names begin with "Cef-").
Many different species of bacteria can produce the ESBL enzymes although the most common ESBL producing bacteria are E. coli and Klebsiella. Both are common culprits in urinary tract infections (UTIs).
Other bacteria that are thought to produce the ESBL enzyme are: K. pneumoniae, Salmonella, Proteus mirabilis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Preventing the spread of hospital acquired and now community infections like the ESBL producers is the best defence against them. Without a route of transmission, the bacteria cannot travel to new hosts and make more people sick. Washing hands frequently and effectively is an obvious way of preventing transmission, as is sterilising equipment and keeping handles and surfaces clean.
It is not rude to remind nurses, care providers, doctors, hospital employees, work colleagues, family and friends to wash their hands frequently. Wash your own hands before eating or touching your face, and of course, thoroughly in hot water after using the toilet. Should you be unlucky enough to develop an ESBL producing bacterial infection, there are options.
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Infamous 85-year-old US jewel thief arrested again
An 85-year-old American jewel thief who has been on a stealing spree for more than 60 years has been charged with theft again.
Doris Payne was arrested for allegedly pocketing $690 (£451) earrings from a Saks Fifth Avenue store in the Atlanta suburbs.
Her lawyer is seeking her release because of unspecified health concerns.
Payne, who was profiled in a 2013 documentary, has served multiple prison stints for her crimes.
Officials say she has used at least 22 aliases since she stole her first diamond when she was 23 years old, and probably got away with far more than she was convicted of.
The Jewelers' Security Alliance, an industry trade group, sent bulletins warning stores about her as early as the 1970s.
The group's president John Kennedy said the length of Payne's criminal activity was "extraordinarily rare".
"Usually they either stop because they have enough money and they don't want the risk anymore, or they're dead," he said.
In a 2005 prison interview with the Associated Press, Payne said it was never about the money,
"I've had regrets, and I've had a good time," she said.


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Training Trainers, Mentoring and Follow-up Coaching
Multipliers Fund exists to channel funds to the front line activities of training trainers, mentoring and follow-up coaching aimed at launching Disciple-Making Movements.
In the process of pioneering in unreached and forgotten places, three key elements stand out as high yield activities: training trainers, mentoring and follow-up coaching.
In the long term perspective of transferring skills and insights to successive generations and developing change agents, these three skills yield the richest results and have the deepest impact in the missionary task of church planting.
Please note that due to the religious nature of the Multipliers Fund it does not qualify for Tax Deductibility in Australia.


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Pop-in Cafe
Pop-in is a get-together on Mondays from 2.30 to 4pm (during school term time), when mainly senior people come together for a friendly chat, tea, homemade cakes and laughter.
Often we have a lighthearted quiz and occasionally we have a guest activities. Everyone is very welcome.
We value the seniors in our community and Buddies is a group for the older people in the church. Each month we arrange various activities including outings to local garden centres, trips to the cinema and theatre, day trips to the seaside...and much more!


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Singing, more singing and a little nosh. Sit at Hazzan's table (tish), sing and enjoy the melodies of Shabbat. Following Shabbat morning services in the Orleans Auditorium.
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Russian plans to boost oil exports to China will not be affected by Western sanctions imposed over Moscow's role in the Ukraine crisis, according to the country's deputy energy minister.
"We have the recourse that we need, we are able to increase production (in eastern Siberia), we have finances for that," Kirill Molodsov said at an energy conference, as quoted by Reuters news agency.
"Russia does not see any risks or dangers that these projects (to increase oil flows to China) would not be put on stream as decided," Molodsov said.
The United States and European Union slapped economic sanctions on Russia after it annexed Crimea from its neighbour in March. Since then, fighting in eastern Ukraine has prompted the allies to impose increasingly severe sanctions on Moscow, accusing Russia of sending weapons and fighters.
The latest round of sanctions, imposed on 12 September, were designed to curtail Russia's oil exploration. Western companies were barred from supporting projects involving Rosneft, Gazprom Neft, and Lukoil.
Previous sanctions had already banned the export of high technology oil equipment to Russia.
Molodsov said Russia would back up the main supplier to China, the state-controlled Rosneft, should it run into any difficulties with finance or technology.
"We are focusing on technologies," he said. "We are able to substitute shortly all (oil production) equipment, included on the sanctions list"
Moscow and Beijing agreed in 2013 to boost Russian oil exports to around 1 million barrels of oil per day after 2018.
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Kristina turned up with an old file of Ashtanga material last night, gave it to me to go through to see if there was anything of interest. Yep, all kinds of treasures buried away. What I loved most though were all these old illustrations, 'cheat sheets', of the Ashtanga series, I love them and couldn't wait to share.
Update: Just got a few notes from Kristina on credits.
|By Liza Lark Story goes, Liz was making a trip to Mysore and Derek asked her to come up with a 3rd series sheet.
This seems to be another version of the one above (different artist though we think), think I like it better, especially the kukkutasana.
This was a nice surprise a sample of Lino Miele's famous poster with a note from Lino to Derek on the back introducing the poster.
Below the first Ashtanga book? This was used at The Practice Place back in the, what, late 80's early 90's.
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My understanding is that Derek Ireland asked John Scott to draw these back when John was working at The Practice Place on Crete, seems many current Ashtanga teachers worked there at some time or other, Hamish Hendry, Gingi Lee, Alex Medin...to name but a few
This is one of my favourites. a mixture of Advanced A and B. I've heard mention before that Advanced A and B were supposedly one series, that doesn't seem to fit as we have Nancy and David's 1973 syllabus which includes Advanced A and B and is supposed to correspond to Pattabhi Jois' original Sanskrit College syllabus from the late 30s, early 40s. Krishnamacharya of course had just the one advanced series or 'Proficient group' but there doesn't seem to be any recognisable order (see my previous post).
This is interesting, I noticed that in Kristina's shala there is no lift included after utkatasana and virabhadrasana. That's curious because it's there in Yoga Mala so as 'old School' as you get. But look below there are the two lifts but crossed out and they don't appear on the John Scott Tripetra sheets above. Strange when you think of Derek's love of handstands/arm balances.
This is Cute ( by Katerina Zougrou) and was in the same sleeve as the sheet above, no idea what it's doing there or what's going on but I love it. Kristina just told me that this was an intro to Ashtanga for her over 60's before moving them on to Sun salutations.
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The next couple show how Iyengar's light on Yoga was used as a resource, found several references to it in the folder. here it was used for translations of all the names of the asana.
At first I thought these were illustrations of a woman practising Ashtanga but I'm currently uploading a video of Derek Ireland teaching a class in Helsinki in 1989 and he has that mane of blond hair of his up in a high ponytail, are these supposed to be illustrations of Derek?
And these are the current 'cheat sheets' At Kristina's Rethymno Shala, it's Apollo practising the Ashtanga series. I believe these may be available to buy if you contact the shala http://www.yogapractice.gr
|Showing just the primary here but there are sheets from Sury's to Intermediate
Posts from Kristina's old Ashtanga file
Early Ashtanga; 1989 Derek Ireland and Radha full Demo of Ashtanga 2nd series ( plus a little of 3rd).
Tuesday, 29 July 2014
1989 Helsinki: Derek Ireland Teaching Ashtanga Primary. "Derek Ireland 'invented the talk through Primary" John Scott


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Maps and graphics mean more to the public than raw numbers
It's impossible to make good decisions without good data, which makes the ability to visualize data crucial, said Dr. John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy. Holdren spoke Feb. 17 as the first speaker in a three-day symposium on the art and technology of data visualization.
Holdren stressed the importance data plays in making sound policy decisions. "That's why the Obama administration has placed such a priority on putting high-quality data in the center of the executive branch," he said.
However, he added, visual data is the most meaningful to decision-makers and the public. That means converting the information into maps, charts and other graphic representations to make its significance clear.
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Geospatial tools offer killer app for Gov 2.0
Is a national GIS on the map?
The backdrop for Holdren's remarks was a national gathering of federal geospatial information systems specialists in Washington, organized by geospatial software giant, ESRI. The event also marked the introduction of a new iteration of ESRI's GIS mapping and data management tool, ArcGIS 10.
The newest release of ArcGIS, due out initially next month, is expected to offer a variety of more robust capabilities than previous systems, including the ability to provide geospatial data bases, ready-made mashup applications and other mapping tools over the Internet, and be capable of working on mobile devices as well as in remote cloud computing centers.
Introducing the new ArcGIS platform — with the choreographed staging and muted star power reminiscent of a more famous California-based technology company — was ESRI founder, patriarch and President Jack Dangermond.
"This is a very big release," Dangermond said, speaking beneath a massive multimedia screen at the Washington Convention Center. "The vision" was to create "a simple and pervasive system for using maps and geographic information and make them accessible everywhere through Web clients, mobile clients, traditional desktop clients," with a system that "simplifies working with GIS by putting maps up front as the user interface."
"We'll see fast displays, intuitive editing, with integrated scientific programming, statistics, python [software tools], GIS, math [modules] and modeling capabilities," he said. It will also integrate imagery dynamically, meaning images will load faster as the user zooms in or out of an image, or moves across multiple images and have the ability to load in photos and data captured from users in the field.
The new ArcGIS 10 will also expand the platform's ability to manage and distribute data over the Internet in cloud computing centers and now be capable of working on Amazon.com's cloud computing system, Dangermond said.
Dangermond, and a succession of ESRI colleagues, demonstrated a sampling of new capabilities promised by Version 10 of the software.
In one vignette, John Calkins illustrated how policy-makers, weighing infrastructure improvements in Yosemite National Park, could quickly search for, access and plot datasets onto a map via tabs along the sides of the map and analyze seasonal search-and-rescue incidents, traffic patterns and other data along with land-use restrictions to help create a snapshot of the pros and cons of building cell phone towers and roads in the park as an alternative to funding search-and-rescue missions.
Another demonstration showed how policy-makers in Galveston, Texas, could assess, report and visually display the availability of federal loans and grants for housing and relief from multiple agencies in the event of hurricane losses, based on a variety of flooding scenarios.
And, in an example of how the public can help shape policy-making, using crowdsourcing techniques, a map was shown identifying the location of hazardous waste sites in Washington, D.C., which was mashed up with an overlay of small images representing individuals who had been found, searching Twitter feeds, who had commented recently about the areas.
ESRI's Damian Spangrud said the new online version, which will debut in March, with added features in May, will offer a worldwide database of imagery, geographic and street maps for users to build on — including Bing maps and imagery -- with 2,000 cities having images available at 1 meter resolution or better.
Dangermond saluted the users in the audience for providing many of the templates and applications that are being shared across the geospatial community
"Your work is making a difference," he said. "Agencies are increasingly serving their geospatial knowledge, creating the foundation for a national GIS and providing a more open and transparent government."
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A collection of notes that I find useful in my practice as an internist / neurointensivist. 'pbrain' is short for "peripheral brain," a term for the little notebooks interns carry in their lab coats, the size of which, it is said, is indirectly proportional to the size of his/her medical knowledge.
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naptown14 avait besoin d'un nouveau design de logo et a lancé un concours sur 99designs.
Un gagnant a été sélectionné de 104 designs proposés par 29 designers freelance.
Smash League
Smash League is a fantasy sports website for the sport of Mixed Martial Arts (e.g. UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator). Fans can assemble fantasy sports teams where success is measured from the results of real fights, or simply guess the winners of an upcoming event.
* The logo should read (in capital letters): SMASH LEAGUE
* The logo should include an additional line of text reading "FANTASY MIXED MARTIAL ARTS" in smaller font. The extra text can be anywhere in the logo.
* MMA fighters wear shorts, 4oz MMA gloves, and no shirt if a male--they do not wear a gi or belt. Example: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-BS8FvGG33…7%2529.jpg
I'm open to logos with fighters on them, if they wear the appropriate attire (shorts and bare knuckles or MMA gloves. no gi, no belt, no socks/shoes, and no shirt).
* Feel free to play around visually with the word "smash," or not!
* Would like the logo to portray professionalism, fearlessness, and power.
* I'm particularly interested in logos in an emblem style or utilizing a pictoral mark that would add to the image branding.
* Would NOT like a logo with a fist, knuckles facing the viewer, in the picture. Quite cliche. (e.g. https://99designs.com/logo-design/s…thumbnail)
* I will need some kind of raw file (like a Photoshop PSD file) so that I can modify the size of the logo to fit my different needs.
* If you can place the logo on top of various background colors (white/black/grey especially) that would be very helpful! I have not yet chosen the background color for the website so I will need a versatile logo.
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Political party platforms stake claims to the policies and positions voters are asked to endorse in electing a party's nominee. A platform that can galvanize voters has to point to a future we actually want. The USDAC is all about envisioning a future animated by empathy, equity, and social imagination. Let's dream together of a platform that actually captures that vision: would you vote for a candidate who supported this plank?
"It's time for a new public service jobs program, putting artists and others to work repairing physical and cultural infrastructure."
Then please sign and share the USDAC's petition to ensure that arts and culture are embedded in all efforts to strengthen our communities and address our social, environmental, and economic problems! If you're part of an organization with a website, newsletter, or social media platform, please spread the word.
It's not that candidates, once elected, always follow their parties' platforms. But some historians have concluded that the wider candidates' margin of victory, the more likely they are to pursue the planks they ran on—and vice versa, a narrow margin equals a watered-down platform. At this writing, Republicans are trailing by quite a bit in the polls. What if the following plank were part of the Democratic platform the next President ran on?
"Democrats support cultural equity—a fair share of resources and power for all communities regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, orientation, geography, or other characteristics—in programs affecting America's cultural life."
If you like that prospect, please sign and share the USDAC's petition to bring us one step closer to true cultural democracy and cultural equity!
The Democratic Party has been calling for input on its platform. (We'd be glad to offer our two cents to the Republicans as well, but they aren't asking.) You can watch hours of Platform Committee hearings and debates on C-SPAN if you'd like to see how it works. It's a negotiation, open till the convention. The party's account of the first platform draft omits details on some key controversies: a vote to oppose the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement failed, climate activists want much stronger language and aggressive policies, and so on. Across the spectrum of issues, activists and policy wonks are working hard to affect the next two rounds of deliberation: a full Platform Committee meeting in Orlando on July 8-9, and a final vote of the entire convention in Philadelphia July 25-28.
Why? A platform can trigger far-reaching action: in 1860, 100 Southern Democrats walked out of their convention when it failed to pass a plank extending slavery, while the Republicans' 1860 platform anti-slavery language was remarkably strong, establishing clear lines of conflict that ended in Civil War.
Why? Even a scrap of language in a party platform can seed future possibility. In 1872, the Republican Party platform referred to "the loyal women of America," declaring that "their demands for additional rights" deserved "respectful consideration." There was a tremendous amount of activism and perseverance to back up that assertion, and by 1920, three quarters of all state legislatures ratified the Nineteenth Amendment, ensuring women the right to vote.
Cultural issues are vitally important to a future shaped by creativity, equity, and belonging, but right now, few aspects of culture are even part of the platform conversation. The Democratic Platform Committee's first draft asserts "moral and legal responsibility to honor the sovereignty of and relationship to Indigenous tribes—and acknowledge previous failures to live up to that responsibility," which is good news. Now it's up to us to get other essential aspects of cultural democracy on the agenda. Imagine a platform that includes this core commitment:
"Democrats commit to invest in community cultural development as part of all public social programs."
Adopting this plank would ensure that "Funding for community cultural infrastructure—for local spaces, skills, and materials—and for the work of artists as an integral part of all public programs related to social well-being—policing, education, health care, environment, and other essential social programs—must be priorities." Wouldn't that be amazing?
Everything created must first be imagined, including social policy. We have to start with a bold, vibrant, and far-reaching vision to inspire each other to take the steps that will make it real.
Citizen Artists and allies, please put your energy on the side of social imagination by signing and sharing the USDAC's petition today!


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Thank you all so very much for making Black Tie a reality! I'm so very excited to get started and get it into your hands. It is going to be awesome!
I believe iconography should have the same level of beauty, variety, and refinement seen in traditional typography. Just as the right typographic font influences the personality of a website, the right set of icons also reinforces that look and feel.
For a time, Museo Slab was one of my favorite header fonts. I designed Font Awesome to sit comfortably next to Museo Slab's friendly style. My goal with Black Tie is to create a clean, minimalist set of icons that will feel right at home next to modern sans-serif fonts like Helvetica and Proxima Nova.
While my plan for Black Tie is to create a commercial icon font (hey, a man's gotta eat!) I am still very committed to maintaining and improving the original Font Awesome. That's why I've built rewards into the Black Tie Kickstarter that are designed to benefit the original Font Awesome, too.
If you've found Font Awesome useful, please consider supporting Black Tie!
-Dave Gandy
- Open source icon font and web toolkit - fontawesome.io
- Cohesive set of scalable vector icons easily styleable with CSS
- On over 700,000 websites (according to meanpath.com)
- #8 on GitHub's most starred projects
- The original Font Awesome will always stay free and open source
Black Tie is the all new commercial icon font and web toolkit by the creator of Font Awesome.
- Completely new design with a clean, minimalist style
- 4 Black Tie styles - Solid, Bold, Medium, and Thin
- Better pixel perfection - I've learned how to design icons even better at small sizes
- Better visual icon size consistency
- Removing sharp angles (< 90°) allows icons to be visually larger and more legible at small sizes
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Great PBS documentary on Jim Jones and the tragedy at Jonestown, Guyana.
Not to make too much light of the situation, but don't Jim Jones and Rod Blagojevich seem to be father and son. I mean, look at those two noggins!


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On Colonoscopies
So. My dad died of cancer. Bowel cancer. He was 64 at the time, and the tumour appeared fairly suddenly. I was having some symptoms that were a little worrying and my GP sent me to see a gastroenterologist, and he suggested a colonoscopy.
I, it needs to be explained, do not like needles. Putting them into others no problem, but putting them into me. No thanks. Terrifies me. Always has. So I googled and found some stories about people who did it without sedation. My mother mentioned that my father did one without sedation and thought it was ok.
So I asked, and my gastroenterologist agreed to do me without sedation. It was an odd feeling, and not one which I would describe as pleasant, but certainly I have had much less pleasant experiences. I could feel the camera moving around inside, especially going across my transverse colon. The gas inflating my bowel felt odd, and when the camera turned corners it felt like someone pulling inward on my belly button, dragging it down towards my back. So uncomfortable and odd, but not particularly painful.
So, colonoscopy without sedation, fine. And I was all clear - which was good news too.
What was a lot less fun was the Moviprep bowel clearing stuff. It tastes vile even chilled. And drinking 1.5 litres at a time of refrigerated liquid made me quite shivery. The super clear out was not very pleasant. Still had to be done, and I'm glad I did it.


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Training Staff in what Matters, Part 2: Framing Expectations, and Building Empathy
This is part 2 in a series on training staff in what really matters by our newest Camp Hacker - James Davis from Summer Camp Revolution. Part 1 dealt with getting counselors to buy in to your camp's mission, and each other. Read that one if you missed it, and then head back here for part 2!
In part 1 of this series, we dealt with a few new ways to get summer staff to buy in to our mission and into one another. Once this buy-in has taken place, and we have a captive audience, we need to deliver teachings that will actually help them execute on their newfound buy-in.
When constructing a staff training schedule, the order in which we do things is absolutely crucial. One day must build upon the teachings of the previous days, hopefully culminating in a staff of lean, mean, life-changing machines by the time your staff training is complete.
But building a killer staff through staff training is a lot more like building a house than putting together a puzzle. While there is some leeway in what should happen when, there are some things that must be in place first for optimal development to occur. Buy-in is easily the most important thing, so we covered that first. This article will deal with the two things that should absolutely happen next: framing your staff's expectations, and helping them build empathy and understanding toward one another.
Framing expectations
Establishing accurate expectations for what will happen during summer camp is the ounce of prevention that could save you the need for a pound of cure later, especially as it pertains to staff resenting doing the hard things that need to be done to keep camp functioning.
I learned about the costs of poorly framing expectations in my first summer as a camp director. I had no idea that summer staff had historically cleaned the lodges here, and didn't mention that this would be a responsibility they'd have during their time here. When my facilities director came to me after the kids had left on that first Saturday to come and get his cleaning staff, everyone was horrified to learn that no one had been given an accurate portrayal of what would be required. My facilities director was grumpy because he didn't have anyone who was ready to clean, I was embarrassed because I had just told the staff they'd be free to go, and the staff was drained by having a responsibility sprung on them unexpectedly.
During interviews for the following summer, I just threw out a quick, "and at the end of the week, all the staff clean the lodges. I'm sure that won't be a problem, right?" Everyone agreed happily, and cleaning was never an issue. When we know what to expect, we can handle. When we don't? Not so much.
So how do we frame expectations as accurately as possible? I'd love to share two activities I've done that have served to get staff in the right frame of mind to tackle the summer, help everyone understand what they'll be doing during the summer, and understand and appreciate what everyone else does at camp as well.
The counselor's speech
The major issue that I've noticed new counselors or new leadership staff having is bringing their old expectations to a new role. Seeing people who've worked for me struggle with this time and time again, I realized that I hadn't been intentional enough in helping these people bring new expectations to both how they need to interact with others at camp, and how I will be interacting with them. Thus, the counselor's speech was born.
The counselor's speech is a term one of my summer staff came up with many moons ago to describe a talk I've now been known to give new staff members. This talk can be given to campers transitioning into becoming LITs, or LITs become junior counselors, all the way up to hiring someone as a summer camp director, and it helps tremendously to help these transitioning staff form new expectations.
I'll give an example of how I relay the counselor's speech to a camper transitioning into being a staff member, which I think is the most pertinent example.
"When you've come here in the past, the camp experience has been all about how we can help you learn to love yourself. How we can help you become a best version of yourself so you can go take on the rest of the world. Our staff's main focus has been on how much fun you're having, how loved you feel, and how well we were preparing you to go out into the world renewed and refreshed.
"This summer, that's all going to change. When you were paying to be here, our goal was to help you. Now that we're paying you to be here, you're part of us, and our goal is to help them. The campers that will be here this summer. I know this is going to seem weird, at first. I never forced you to do anything whatsoever when you were a camper here. But since you've willingly joined our team, there are going to be times when I ask you to do things you may not want to do. There are going to be times when I do things I don't want to do.
"But that doesn't have to be a bad thing. I've noticed in my life that the more I've focused on serving others, and less about worrying if others are serving me, I've become more fulfilled. I've transitioned from camper, to LIT, to counselor, to unit leader, and eventually to Executive Director. Along the way, there have been fewer and fewer people whose job it was to check on me to make sure I'm feeling okay. Sometimes, that's been pretty hard. I know it might be hard for you this summer.
"The good news is: it's still my job to make sure that you have a terrific summer. It just might look a little different than it has in the past. My goal for this summer isn't to create the camp magic for you. My goal for this summer is to help you feel what it's like to create that magic for others.
"My guess? You're going to have the best summer you've ever had. In our interview, you told me you wanted to come back so you could give to kids what your counselors gave to you. Now's your chance. If you have eyes to see and ears to hear and a willingness to use the tools we are going to give you, your life could be changed forever. I know that's what happened to me.
"I mentioned earlier that fewer people focus on giving me a good time than ever before. That can be difficult sometimes, sure, but knowing that also fulfills me. If people don't need to worry about tending to me, I know they can give their efforts to people who do need it. As I've gained more responsibility at camp, camp has also meant so much more to me. I think it can be that for you, too. But that's going to be up to you – are you ready for that metamorphosis from camper to counselor?"
Now, you'll obvious have different variations of this talk based on whom you are speaking to. Saying the words above to your new program director would feel a little condescending, to be sure. But the ideas are the same – if the person you are talking with has bought into why your mission is so important, he or she should take pleasure in accepting greater responsibility in making that happen. The expectation we are framing here is that camp is about serving others. If a staff person is at camp with the expectation that the community is in place primarily to serve them, heartache is inevitable. But if they're ready to serve? All systems are go.
Building understanding and empathy: the Prioritized Fun List
Brace yourselves – the next activity is one of my very favorites to do during staff training. The premise and set up is simple, and the outcomes are often tremendous.
The premise? We divide staff into small groups (figure 4-6 people) and each group is given laminated sheets with a bunch of different jobs that need to get done at camp. We try and think of several responsibilities from every role at camp. So we'll have chopping onions on there, or taking a hook out of a fish's mouth, or calling parents to tell them their child got in a fight, or playing Ga Ga, or dealing with homesickness, or planning an evening activity, etc. You get the idea. Once they have their lists, it's on to the fun.
Step 1: How fun is this?
In these small groups, staff members must order these activities from "most fun" to "least fun," based on nothing but their own subjectivity. Ties are permitted. When the groups have finished this task, they meet back as a large group, and discuss how their lists are different, and how they are the same.
Immediately, groups realize that they have totally different perspectives on what is a good time, and what isn't. This is great – it allows staff and directors to learn where others' interests lie – and really helps us help staff find the roles where they feel most fulfilled and confident.
Another thing that comes to light is the pride different areas take in various tasks that might otherwise seem mundane. Last year, I learned that my kitchen staff love taking out the garbage, because they get to ride the tractor, and they'd developed a little game around it. They shared this with the rest of the staff, who immediately moved up taking out the garbage on their lists.
Perhaps the largest benefit of the initial stage of this activity is the awareness of just how much goes into making camp happen. A lot of times, staff members in different areas struggle with empathizing with people who work in other areas. Working in the kitchen might seem easy when kitchen staff members have the whole night off and you're dealing with a wet bed at 2 AM, but you may not have realized they're up at 5:45 every day to make breakfast happen. Being a counselor might look like fun and games to you, as a kitchen staff person, if you never even considered that counselors deal with homesickness nightly.
When staff understand the hard work that everyone puts in, regardless of their role, staff unity is a lot more possible.
Note: We have a staffing format that means most staff will do most responsibilities over the course of the summer. If your staff has segregated duties, be mindful that people with "less fun" jobs might struggle with this activity at first. The payoff comes later, so stick with it!
Step 2: Making the case
After staff have come to peace with the differences in their respective lists, we allow for staff to make the case that certain activities should be higher or lower on others' lists. The only rule is that you must have performed this task at our camp, or in another working environment. It's okay to speculate on what would be more or less fun for you in the small group setting, but before the large group, we want to hear from people who have done the different jobs.
I love this portion of the activity because it gives people a chance to give voice to their joys and struggles during the summer. It gives me, as a director, a chance to give voice to the struggles I have during the summer. I love listening to a counselor share her passion for leading arts and crafts, even if another group finds it tedious. I love sharing how difficult it is for me to call a parent and share how his or her child is struggling at camp. I love watching people adjusting their lists based on the testimony of others. In those moments, camp staff are really getting what it's like to be in the roles of other members of our community, and deepening the sense of buy-in that we have toward one another.
Step 3: A matter of utmost importance
In this step, staff are charged with grouping the activities based on a different set of criteria. While making it clear that camp couldn't happen without everyone doing all of their specific duties, we are going to discuss how serious it would be if various things didn't get done.
We'll form 4 different buckets, and answer the following sentence by putting each task in a given bucket:
If no one ___________________, camp would be ________________.
In the first blank, you place the activity. In the second blank, staff must answer with one of these four answers: Ruined, Much Worse, A little Worse, Fine.
This is where those of us (and I'm including directors, here!) who perform a lot of tasks that the group declared "un-fun" are given our due. We start at the top of the fun list.
If no one played gaga, camp would be a little worse (be prepared for debate!).
If no one made housing assignments, camp would be much worse.
If no one cooked the food, camp would be ruined.
If no one plunged the toilets, camp would be ruined.
A pattern will begin to emerge. A lot of the activities that are the least amount of fun are among the very most important in helping the camp to function. This step of the activity inevitably creates a feeling of gratitude and understanding toward people who do the difficult or "less-fun" tasks that make camp go.
Step 4: Debrief
This activity, while it can be a lot of fun, can have some serious impact as well. Some people don't like the idea that they spend a lot of time doing things people believe to be "un-fun." This is where the counselor's speech, and framing expectations comes into play.
I'll always note during the debrief that we do our best to help people prepare for exactly what they'll be doing at camp this summer. I'll ask, "Why on earth would anyone sign up to come work someplace where they know they will have to do things that might not be fun?"
I'll then ask, "A lot of the things I do are decidedly in the "un-fun" category on everybody's lists – why do you think I would ever stop being a camp counselor, and start being a director? Why would I even stop being a camper? They get to do all the fun stuff, and none of the un-fun stuff. What am I thinking?"
If I've done a good job with the counselor's speech, they'll chime in with how fulfillment can be more important than "fun." If they're of the mind that they'll be fulfilled by taking on whatever comes down the pipe, I'll know we're ready to go.
I'll know I've got a staff that's in the right mindset to do some seriously important, seriously fulfilling, and hopefully, seriously fun work.


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Fat Transfer to Buttocks
A newer technique using fat grafting or transfer is called a Brazilian Butt Lift (aka BBL). Our Phoenix Brazilian Butt Lift procedure provides very natural looking and feeling results, and has fewer risks and possible complications than implants.
**Individual Results May Vary
During a fat transfer Brazilian Butt Lift, a patient's own fat is removed from areas that have excess deposits using gentle liposuction. These areas can include the abdomen, thighs, back, or similar areas. The harvested fat is then processed to separate and purify the fat cells. The healthiest fat cells are then injected into the buttocks. The injections are made at varying levels to achieve a natural look and feel.
There is a reason that the buttock region is a focus of attention, discussion, commentary and fashion – because it is a main focal point of the human physique. Men and women alike, desire a well-rounded and shapely derriere, but for those who did not "carry it in their genes", the fat transfer butt augmentation can be the perfect solution.
Fat Transfer Butt Augmentation with the Bootydoctors
Buttock enhancement by fat injection is generally less invasive and is preferred by most patients to enhance the body and stay as natural looking as possible. Fat that is removed from the patient during liposuction is injected back into the butt for shaping. Working through virtually invisible incisions in each butt cheek, the surgeon places fat cells at many levels throughout the patient's buttocks. The bootydoctors use a layering method which will create a smooth, more rounded buttock with no irregular places showing through the skin.
Re-absorption or "dying off" occurs in all cases after fat grafting. We cannot make re-absorption go away; we can only reduce how much occurs. Based on the bootydoctor's excellent bbl surgery technique and experience, we typically get 60-70% survival rates of our transferred fat. The bootydoctors use a very advanced method of washing and separating the fat from all other cells so that we are injecting mostly whole stem cells. This greatly increases your chance of a successful procedure. What we can say is: what you have remaining after three months should be yours permanently.
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**Individual Results May Vary
The benefits of Brazilian Butt Lift with fat injection include the achievement of a more natural appearance, as the newly sculpted buttocks use fat from your own body. Smaller incisions are used which result in almost no visible scarring. There is a shorter healing time and a much more natural appearance when compared to buttock implant surgery. The tissue is readily accepted and there is no chance of rejecting your own tissue.
The most important factor in determining if you are a good candidate for a fat transfer butt augmentation to the butt or Brazilian butt lift is that you have adequate fat to take from the rest of your body. The bootydoctors address this during your initial consultation.
This process is fairly sophisticated and requires highly specialized equipment and a trained surgeon in the technique. During your consultation you and the bootydoctors will:
• Determine your health status to qualify you as a candidate for the surgery
• Outline the areas of your body where fat can be removed
• Consider size increase and volume of fat needed for successful augmentation
• Discuss expectations from the procedure
• Tailor a plan for pre and post surgery to ensure the best results
As experienced surgeons, the bootydoctors have mastered techniques and methods to ensure the best results for fat retention, once it is transferred to a new area.
Recovery Process of the Phoenix Brazilian Butt Lift
After the surgery, the patient will receive a list of instructions for hygiene and care and be required to wear an ACE bandage-like body-garment for 7-14 days after the surgery to add support to the area. Each case varies, but the average patient can return to work within a few days. There is very little pain associated with this procedure. It is a less-invasive technique, since there are no prosthetics or implants. In addition, this procedure does not leave scars. The tiny incisions close and heal within a few days.
"It's incredible when we consider the possibility of turning love-handles and unwanted fat into a desirable butt or adding definition and volume to someone's butt to look more like bootylicious," stated one Infini patient.
To schedule a consultation today for your Brazilian Buttlift in Phoenix, call 480-800-4501 and take the first step toward your new image.
Phoenix Brazilian Butt Lift – FAQs
What are the risks of Buttocks Augmentation with Fat Transfers or Grafting?
The risks are very low with fat transfer surgery.
Do the buttocks feel natural to the touch after surgery?
The outcome, appeal and feel are very natural after fat transfer. All our patients report that friends and significant others would never even guess that they had any surgical help. Healing is rapid and the scars disappear in a short amount of time. Patients are left with natural, fuller bottoms.
Will there be any numbness as a result?
Once the swelling subsides, any numb sensation will go away and normal sensation will return.
How soon can I get back to my athletic activities?
Allow yourself 3 weeks to heal and for the body to acclimate to the surgery. Resume activity in increments as you feel more comfortable with activity. Start out with walking and light exercise, then slowly get back to your normal work-out routine.
What is a butt augmentation (Brazilian butt lift)?
Butt augmentation, also known as a Brazilian butt lift, is a cosmetic surgery procedure that can improve the look of the buttocks. Excess fat is removed — using liposuction — from the abdomen, hips, or thighs. This fat is then used to add curves and reshape the buttocks, to provide an uplifted, yet natural appearance.
Who is a good candidate for butt augmentation?
Butt augmentation is a good option for anyone who wants to improve the look of his or her buttocks. You should have realistic expectations, and be in good overall health, with a healthy weight.
What if I don't have enough excess body fat?
This procedure may not be a good option for those who are very slender and have little body fat. It is possible, however, that the surgeon could locate enough fat during an initial consultation. If you are severely underweight, this is probably not a good option for you.
How is the fat transferred into the buttocks?
Fat is liposuctioned from areas around the buttocks, such as the stomach and lower back, and will provide a more contoured look overall. After the fat is collected, it is processed and purified. Only the healthiest fat cells are then transferred into the buttocks using cannulas. The transfer is made into various areas at different depths to allow for the best absorption to achieve a smooth, natural appearance.
What is the difference between a butt augmentation and butt implants?
Butt implants are silicone devices placed into the buttocks; while a butt lift uses natural fat of your own body fat. By using natural fat, it is easier to achieve a more natural look. Additionally, because the patient's own fat is used, it decreases the chances of infection and allows for a quicker recovery.
How long does Brazilian butt lift last?
The results of this procedure should be long lasting. In fact, the majority of patients have seen the results last for up to 20 years. It is natural for some of the fat to be reabsorbed by the body; however, most of it will remain in the buttocks.
How much does it cost?
The cost of this procedure depends on your individual case. The cost of your procedure, as well as possible financing options, will be discussed during your initial consultation.
Any surgery has risks, and these will be discussed during your consultation. Your individual health and lifestyle can increase or lessen your risk. However, choosing a board-certified cosmetic surgeon will greatly reduce the risks. Contact us today for more information about liposuction and more!
Dr. Hall is apart of the World Association of Gluteal Surgeons


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Doctor Fate #4 has hit the stands, some reviews below :) (Also a ComicVine Cover of the Week!)
"The fluidity of [Liew's] style is mesmerizing, with the layouts and characters' points of view always deserving of second looks to observe the care taken in creating this book."
"... I'm loving the more personal approach that Levitz and Liew are taking with it so that it can find its own voice and stand out from that point of view."
"...a lithe and charming monthly read... [a] beautifully rendered artistic display"*
*to be artfully selective :p
"There is a charm and originality to what Levitz and Liew have done reinventing Doctor Fate that for some reason makes this book completely irresistible... Doctor Fate is everything that the DC You relaunch was supposed to be about without any of the garbage that has killed so many other titles before their sixth issues."
"With well defined characters and a special attention to the sacred and mundane, Doctor Fate #4 is an example of what DC is doing right with DCYou."
"... the art has never dropped below beautiful... Interactions between Khalid and the Helm itself are beautifully colored, with huge swirls of power giving weight to the incredible power hidden in both Khalid and the Helm."
Some interiors below! :)


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