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Gordon College News Service
October 18, 2011
(This story appeared October 18, 2011, in the Boston Globe, Danvers site, and October 20, 2011, in the print and online editions of The Salem News.)
DANVERS, MA—When Anna-mary Geist, 35, was pregnant with her second baby, she visited a funeral home. Doctors had said that her unborn son would have only a few hours to live, and she thought she better prepare.
But Sam, who was born on September 1, 2010, with a Congenital Heart Defect (CHD), is today healthy and strong despite the initial diagnosis. After two surgeries Geist is thankful and hopeful for his future.
"We paid our price at the beginning, with one foot in the grave," she said. Now Geist supports others who are still struggling with CHD through an organization known as It's My Heart, a non-profit group that supports and advocates for those dealing with Congenital Health Defects.
Last year, she became president of the group's Boston chapter, and this Saturday, October 22, from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. she'll help in their second annual Craft Fair and Bake Sale at the Onion Town Grill in Danvers to raise money and awareness for CHD patients. Admission to the event is free and there will be face-painting and craft activities for children throughout the day.
"We're going to have someone to greet people with an awareness brochure," said Isabelle Ouimette, 41, the chapter director of It's My Heart.
Ouimette was involved with the first Craft Day last year. "She just met me coming off the street," said Gale Couture, owner of the Onion Town Grill, who has donated the function room to It's My Heart for the second year in a row. "It depends what it's for but I've donated it a couple times to other things too. It's for a good cause."
When: Saturday, October 22
Where: The Onion Town Grill, (Vidalias Function Room), 175 Water Street, Danvers, MA
Time: 10am-3pm
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Before treatment, your cancer doctor and nurse will give you information to prepare you for your treatment and how it is likely to affect you. They'll talk about any options, such as reconstructive surgery, and help you make decisions. They can also:
- tell you about possible side effects and what may help, such as cold cap treatment that may help reduce hair loss
- refer you to other members of the team, for example occupational therapists, physiotherapists or speech and language therapists
- refer you for services such as counselling if you think that would be helpful
- arrange for a second opinion about your treatment if you feel this would be useful.
It's important to let your cancer doctor or nurse know if you have concerns about your body image at any point during or after your treatment. There are different ways they can help and support you.


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Reasons for the Revolution
What Made the Colonists So Mad, Anyway?
You'll find reasons for the Revolution on this web site. Links to important historical documents are listed below. Read Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech, the Resolves of the first Continental Congress, and the Declaration of Independence to understand the colonists' disappointment with British policies. Find more documents on the Politics in Colonial Virginia page and read a summary of the colonists' frustrations and disappointments with King George III and Parliament.
Explore the colonial dateline and historical buildings, visit the Capitol, where many of these documents were debated, and the Raleigh Tavern, where the debates continued after Governor Dunmore dissolved the House of Burgesses.
- William Pitt's Speech against the Stamp Act
- Summary View of the Rights of British America
- Declaration and Resolves of the First Continental Congress
- "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"
- Virginia Declaration of Rights
- Declaration of Independence
The colonists' disappointment began shortly after the French and Indian War ended in 1763, when the British government tried to reduce the debt incurred during the war by collecting additional taxes and gaining more control over the colonies. The Stamp Act of 1765 was one such measure. It created an excise tax on newspapers, customs documents, licenses, college diplomas, and most legal documents.
Although the Stamp Act was widely popular in England where taxes were far higher than they were in the colonies, it was uniformly resented in the colonies. Nine colonial legislatures officially expressed their objections to this British tax, and civil disobedience to this Act was rampant throughout the colonies. The Stamp Act became increasingly unenforceable, and in March 1766 Parliament revoked it.
The colonists were grateful for the repeal of the Stamp Act and were eager to mend their relations with the mother country. At this point, a complete break from England remained unimaginable, but a precedent for colonial defiance had been created.
Despite the repeal of the Stamp Act, underlying philosophical differences remained. The British wanted the colonists to pay the greater part of the cost of royal government in the colonies, whereas the colonists resisted imperial taxation and limits on self-government.
A series of incidents that took place between 1765 and 1775 emphasized these differences. For example, the Townshend Duties of 1767, which taxed imports, led to nonimportation agreements (boycotts of British goods) that injured the British economy and caused the repeal of the Townshend Duties in 1770. Customs racketeering, in which greedy customs officials seized ships and their goods whether or not evidence of smuggling existed, led to widespread violence and to the British occupation of Boston in 1768. The British occupation itself led indirectly to the Boston Massacre of 1770, when an angry mob incited a soldier to fire into the crowd. The ensuing mayhem caused five deaths.
The Boston Tea Party of 1773 and the punitive British response solidified colonial fears that the Crown was attempting to limit traditional English liberties throughout North America. In response to these events, the first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in 1774. (Virginia's representatives to the Continental Congress included two of the original opponents of the Stamp Act, Richard Henry Lee and Patrick Henry. George Washington was the third Virginia representative.) The delegates summarized their principles and demands in the Declaration of Rights, which conceded to Parliament the power to regulate colonial commerce, but argued that parliamentary efforts to impose taxes, enforce laws through admiralty courts, suspend assemblies, and unilaterally revoke charters were unconstitutional.
After these incidents, a break from England had become a distinct possibility (although still not a certainty.)
In Williamsburg in April 1775, on orders from the British ministry, Governor Dunmore directed British marines to remove guns and powder stored at the Magazine. A violent clash between the alarmed city residents and the British almost erupted. Dunmore soon fled to a British ship in the York River. Determined to regain control of the colony, the governor threatened to offer freedom to all slaves who ran away to the British side.
By July 1775, battles in what eventually became known as the American Revolution had already taken place in Massachusetts: Concord and Lexington in April, Bunker Hill in June. Despite this ominous turn of events, not all parties saw the Revolution as inevitable. For example, a majority of the second Continental Congress, which began meeting in May 1775, still opposed independence. Even Samuel Adams, among the most radical of the colonists, described himself as "fond of reconciliation."
In July 1775 the colonists' opinions were divided. Most colonists had hoped that their resistance would either convince the king to dismiss the ministers responsible for the repressive legislation or would jolt Parliament into renouncing its authority over all matters in the colonies except trade regulation. As it became clear that neither course would occur, some loyalist colonists accused their contemporaries of creating a rift, or at least inflaming existing problems. Their Revolutionary counterparts often browbeat clergymen who preached pro-British sermons, pressured their countrymen to boycott British goods, and coerced merchants to burn British imports.
King George III declared the colonies in rebellion on August 23, 1775. In November, Governor Dunmore signed his Emancipation Proclamation placing Virginia under martial law and granting freedom to all slaves and indentured servants who would bear arms for the king. Excerpts from Thomas Paine's Common Sense, which influenced many a fence-sitter, were published in the Virginia Gazette in February 1776, and the Declaration of Independence followed a few months later.


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Blogger Creates New Nail Art Design Each Day For a Year
365 Days of Nail Art: A Look at One Blogger's Challenge
365 Days of Nail Art: A Look at One Blogger's Challenge
Last September, graphic designer Melissa Osburn came up with a challenge: to wear a new polish color and/or nail art design each day for one year. And as her impressive undertaking comes to an end, you might wonder where she gets all of her ideas. "My inspiration comes from everywhere," she said. "I've been inspired by movies and TV, new polish collections, food, my hobbies, my past, etc. Everything!" You can see each and every one of Melissa's creations thus far on her website, The Daily Nail, but for now, check out some of the highlights.


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June 24, 2002
Los Angeles--This July, the J. Paul Getty Museum opens the largest exhibition ever held in the United States of Gustave Le Gray photographs. Le Gray (1820–1884) is considered France's most important 19th-century photographer, acclaimed for his technical innovations, noted as the teacher of other important photographers, and prized for the extraordinary imagination he brought to picture making. Le Gray applied his training as a painter and skills as an inventor to the fledgling art form of photography.
Gustave Le Gray, Photographer will be on view at the Getty Museum, its only U.S. venue, from July 9 through September 29, 2002. The exhibition, selected from a survey of Le Gray's work created by and shown at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in the spring of 2002, presents Le Gray's career through more than 100 rare photographs made between the early 1850s and 1867—many of which have never been shown before in this country. Le Gray's finest works will be featured, including the seascapes and cloud studies that made him famous, atmospheric forest landscapes, portraits of Napoléon III and his wife, French architecture, views of Paris, troops on field maneuvers, Giuseppe Garibaldi and the effects of revolution in Sicily, and powerful photographs from Le Gray's final sojourn in Egypt. The Getty exhibition was organized by Gordon Baldwin, associate curator in the Getty Museum's department of photographs. About one third of the photographs in the California exhibition are from the Getty's collection, with loaned works from 18 other collections.
"The work of Gustave Le Gray laid the groundwork for photographers of his era and ours, and we are proud to bring this exhibition to Los Angeles. It is a unique opportunity to introduce many rare photographs, never before published or exhibited, to a broader public," said Weston Naef, curator of photographs at the Getty Museum.
Le Gray: Artist, Inventor, Teacher, Adventurer
Le Gray lived a colorful life and his work reflects his experiences. The only child of a prosperous business owner, Le Gray joined the studio of painter Paul Delaroche in 1842, after a brief law apprenticeship. He followed his teacher to Rome and while continuing to study painting, began to investigate photography and married his landlady's beautiful daughter. When he returned to Paris in 1847, he started making daguerreotypes and set up a workshop that became an informal academy for many would-be photographers. His skills in chemistry and a penchant for experimentation led to his invention of two negative processes—a wax-coated paper negative and a collodion on glass plate negative. He also published four editions of a treatise on photography.
Le Gray reached the height of his success during the 1850s, beginning with a government commission to document French architectural monuments, and independent expeditions to the Fontainebleau forest to photograph landscapes. He later launched a portrait studio in Paris, which indebted him to backers. In 1857, he was commissioned to document the French army's summer training camp at Châlons, yet was continually drawn to photograph the Normandy and Mediterranean coasts. By 1859, Le Gray's inattention and, perhaps, his distaste for studio portraiture brought his business to the brink of bankruptcy. During this time, he turned to making photographs of Paris that were readily saleable.
Possibly to escape his financial woes, in 1860 Le Gray accepted a proposal to accompany the famous novelist Alexander Dumas on a luxurious Mediterranean yacht cruise that Le Gray would photograph and Dumas describe. When they arrived in Sicily during Garibaldi's liberation of the island, the Italian leader requested photographs that would publicize his exploits. Le Gray's striking scenes of the damaged city of Palermo were published in Paris. The voyage terminated when Dumas decided to run guns for the revolution and abandoned Le Gray on the island of Malta. Le Gray made his way, via Lebanon, to Egypt where, as drawing master for the ruling khedive's sons, he accompanied the princes on a voyage up the Nile. The photographs of ancient temples he made then are among his most distinguished. Le Gray spent the last 23 years of his life in Egypt, and never returned to France. He died in Cairo in 1884 just before his 64th birthday.
Associate Curator Baldwin said, "Le Gray defined many of the possibilities of the medium and helped to establish photography as a fine art. His career and many achievements are remarkable and still stand as landmarks in the history of photography."
Exhibition Overview: From France to Sicily and Egypt
Portraiture and the Studio, the exhibition's opening gallery, features Le Gray's portraits of Napoléon III and the empress Eugénie, an Italian street musician, and close friends and pupils Henri Le Secq and Count Olympe Aguado. Two of only five known Le Gray photographs of nudes will also be on view, along with rare surviving daguerreotypes.
The second gallery includes work from the Mission Héliographique, 1851 and The Forest of Fontainebleau, 1852. The first section is devoted to photographs from a governmental survey of medieval and Renaissance French architecture. He and his former student Mestral were two of six artists selected to carry out the project. Also on display here is a new Getty acquisition, Factory at Terre Noire (between 1851 and 1855), a rare image of early industrialization, which shows a factory amidst clouds of smoke and denuded hillsides.
Le Gray's forest photographs were taken in Fontainebleau, a popular weekend excursion area near Paris. Drawing on his training as a painter, he produced photographs reminiscent of the paintings of Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot as well as those from the Barbizon school of artists. Two works on view, Study of a Tree in a Clearing and Study of Tree Trunks (both 1855–57), were recently discovered at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, and can be seen at the Getty for the first time in the United States.
The Camp at Châlons, 1857 and Seascapes, 1856, 1857 comprise the third gallery and highlight both Le Gray's photographs of a military training camp and studies of breaking waves and clouds. Le Gray's commission to document the camp led to works like Cavalry Maneuvers, October 3, Camp at Châlons (1857), which offers an oddly romantic vision of men practicing for war. The gallery also includes seascapes that are both expressive and technically remarkable. The Great Wave, Sète (1857), for example, is a celebrated picture that he printed from two negatives to equally capture both the sky and the water, an extraordinary achievement at the time.
The final gallery encompasses Paris, 1859; Sicily, 1860; Lebanon, 1861; and Egypt, 1862–1884, and showcases Le Gray's later photographs. From Paris, there are views of monuments, bridges, and buildings such as the Mollien Pavilion, the Louvre (1859) and the Panthéon, Paris (1859). From Sicily, there is an outstanding portrait of Garibaldi and dramatic scenes of destruction. In Lebanon, he photographed the ruins of Baalbek, and in Egypt he made masterful, expansive studies of the ancient monuments along the Nile including Hypostyle Hall, Temple of Amun, Karnak (1867).
Related Programs
All events are free and are held in the Harold M. Williams Auditorium unless otherwise noted. Seating reservations are required. For reservations and information, please call 310-440-7300, or visit www.getty.edu.
Insight into Space
Sunday, July 14, 4:00 p.m.
Linda Connor, photographer and professor, Department of Photography, San Francisco Art Institute, establishes a visual dialogue between Gustave Le Gray's photographs, her own work, and the work of other photographic artists of the 19th and 20th centuries. Her talk explores how vastness has been represented photographically and how space, distance, and scale affect our response to images. This lecture is part of the Artist Series, Frames of Reference: Photographers on Photography.
Gustave Le Gray, A Legendary Life Re-examined
Sunday, July 28, 4:00 p.m.
Gordon Baldwin, associate curator, Department of Photographs, the J. Paul Getty Museum, explores how the circumstances of Le Gray's life directly influenced his work, including his unpremeditated escape into the Islamic world, which liberated him from commercial pressures in France, but circumscribed his artistic production.
Point-of-View Talks
Talks are held at 6:00 and 7:30 p.m. in the Museum galleries. Sign up at the Museum Information Desk beginning at 4:30 p.m.
Friday, August 9
Susan Rankaitis is an artist and photographer who creates abstract photographs and paintings. Her work has been influenced by Le Gray, and her current project relates to the mapping of the human brain.
Gustave Le Gray, 1820–1884, by Sylvie Aubenas, with contributions by Anne Cartier-Bresson, Joachim Bonnemaison, Barthélémy Jobert, Claude Schopp, Mercedes Volait, and Henri Zerner. This 416-page catalogue includes 237 color illustrations and 113 black-and-white illustrations. It was originally published in French to accompany the exhibition Gustave Le Gray, photographe (1820–1884) at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in spring 2002. The English-language edition, edited by Gordon Baldwin, coincides with the abridged version of the same exhibition at the Getty Museum. Available in the Getty Museum Bookstore, online at www.getty.edu, or by calling 800-223-3431. (Hardcover: $100, Paper: $50)
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About the Getty:
The J. Paul Getty Trust is an international cultural and philanthropic institution devoted to the visual arts that features the Getty Conservation Institute, the Getty Foundation, the J. Paul Getty Museum, and the Getty Research Institute. The J. Paul Getty Trust and Getty programs serve a varied audience from two locations: the Getty Center in Los Angeles and the Getty Villa in Malibu.
Sign up for e-Getty at www.getty.edu/subscribe/ to receive free monthly highlights of events at the Getty Center and the Getty Villa via e-mail, or visit our event calendar for a complete calendar of public programs.
The J. Paul Getty Museum collects in seven distinct areas, including Greek and Roman antiquities, European paintings, drawings, manuscripts, sculpture, and decorative arts, and European and American photographs. The Museum's mission is to make the collection meaningful and attractive to a broad audience by presenting and interpreting the works of art through educational programs, special exhibitions, publications, conservation, and research.


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When I was a kid — like 14 — nudity sometimes occurred in PG movies (as in, for example, THE DAY OF THE JACKAL) and violence was sometimes enough to get an R rating.
Now the R rating is routinely given for any movie with any nudity, or any movie with two or more F-words, even if said movie is otherwise harmless. Meanwhile, there is this toothless entity known as the PG-13 rating, which is supposedly to give parents additional warning as to the content of films, but is really there as a catch-all for every film that SHOULD be rated R but has so much money behind it that it CAN'T be rated R. It just can't. Think of all the money they'd lose!
So in FAREWELL MY QUEEN, the sight of the naked Virginie Ledoyen, asleep in bed, is enough to trigger the big bad R. But two and a half hours of slaughter in THE DARK KNIGHT RISES skates by with a PG-13 rating.
It doesn't make sense, does it?
Anyway, here are more examples of R rated movies that should have been rated PG-13, that got the R designation on the basis of a little untoward language, or mild sensuality, or nudity. Cuba Gooding's naked backside in JERRY MAGUIRE is dangerous, according to this score, while snipers aiming at children in JACK REACHER is just another day at the movies.


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Manchester United hand two-week trial to Southport's Andrew Lewis
Manchester United have taken Southport forward Andrew Lewis on trial, sources have told ESPN FC.
Lewis, who was on the books at Tranmere Rovers until the age of 14, has impressed for the Conference club's reserve team this season.
The 19-year-old has scored 38 goals, and his record has alerted a host of sides higher up the football pyramid.
Everton, Burnley and Blackburn have all cast an eye over Lewis and were keen to take the 6ft 1in player on trial in order to have a closer look at him.


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New York museum shuns SAN
New York's Museum of Modern Art claims it saved $50,000 a year on maintenance costs alone by ditching its SAN for DAS and NAS islands.
Centralization of storage may be all the rage, but at least one large enterprise isn't buying it -- the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York City.
Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, MoMA is widely considered the foremost museum of modern and contemporary art in the world. MoMA, which landed in international news in 2004 following a $400 million building redesign, sees between five and 15,000 visitors per day, and its IT environment must support over 100 application servers running Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Macintosh and OS400 operating systems to support over 750 users in six remote sites.
MoMA bought a SAN (storage area network) from "a big three-letter company" about five years ago, according to its chief information officer Steve Peltzman, but quickly abandoned the machine to collect dust and store some noncritical business and test data.
"To be honest with you, I couldn't tell you what's on it right now," Peltzman said. "Nothing critical -- not even any operating data."
At the time the SAN was installed, Peltzman said, it quickly became too costly and unwieldy a proposition to get the SAN to work with the heterogeneous PC and Macintosh environment, and MoMA balked at the management costs.
"I have more of a budget than most nonprofits," Peltzman said, "but maintaining the SAN was too much for us."
Currently, a little over half of MoMA's data -- around 3.5 terabytes -- resides on Apple Computer Inc. servers attached to an Xserve G5 NAS box. Most of the Apple-hosted data is related to a database of more than 30,000 high-quality digital images, which Peltzman said his technicians prefer to store and work with using Apple systems.
"My client support team is largely Mac skilled," he said. "It didn't make sense to try to force them over to Windows. But other applications, like Exchange and PeopleSoft, obviously had to be on WinTel servers."
While the Apple servers are attached to NAS, the WinTel boxes have their own DAS islands, an infrastructure many companies have fought to get rid of in recent years. But MoMA is not only happy that way, it's happier than it was with a top-tier SAN in place, Peltzman said.
"In the end, it just didn't make sense to try to force it all onto one homogeneous storage box. It just wasn't worth the management and training, and maintenance headache," he said.
Peltzman said he is also happier to "not have all our eggs in one big basket," and estimates that the company has saved $50,000 to $100,000 a year on maintenance costs alone by abandoning the SAN.
Currently, the only centralized storage in MoMA's entire IT environment is a 6 terabytes Virtual Storage Engine (VSE) virtual tape system by Neartek Inc., which Peltzman said the company put in earlier this year after data growth and demand for 24-hour uptime for some systems, including ticketing, made disk-based backup a necessity.
Peltzman said MoMA saw the disk backup writing on the wall after an incident in which his Exchange database failed, and backup tapes were also no good. In the end, Museum users had to wait three days while the corrupted database was repaired by hand.
"You can imagine the hysterics with email being down that long," Peltzman said.
The Neartek product "really didn't take much momentum from a budget and integration perspective, since it slides in between our CommVault [Systems Inc.] backup software and our ADIC [Advanced Digital Information Corp.] Scalar tape library," according to Peltzman.
But even in implementing a virtual tape library (VTL), the museum that showcases the most cutting-edge art remained conservative, Peltzman said. At this point, data is kept on the VSE for a week before being shipped off site with Iron Mountain Inc. Despite its success so far with the VTL, MoMA will be treating the VTL as "redundant backup," rather than a replacement for tape, Peltzman said.
"There's still a qualitative issue of being able to hold a tape in your hand and being able to lock it up securely in an off-site facility," he said. "We won't be giving that up any time soon."


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Hi folks,
I have a chemicals class with various instance variables such as chemical name, boiling point, freeze point etc.
I have created a stream input file with a .csv extension where I want the user to specify a process stream (flow rate, temperature, chemicals inside the stream etc.).
I have the following code in the main method:
Chemicals [] chemObject = new Chemicals[2]; //2 chemicals per stream //If i add this line next: System.out.println(inputStream.next()); it prints the name of the chemical I want chemObject[0] = new Chemicals(inputStream.next()); System.out.println(chemObject[0].getName()); //this prints out null meaning that the chemObject[0] did not get created?
I realized I should have provided more info on the actual Chemicals class and its constructors:
public Chemicals(String name) //Overloaded consutrctor { if (name == "toluene") { this.name = "toluene"; this.boilingPoint=110.6; } } public String getName() { return this.name; }
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Sexual abuse of children is not a rare occurrence. It happens at all social levels, in all parts of the country, in all races and cultures. But despite increased public awareness, the true extent of child sexual abuse remains hidden.
Children who have been abused suffer feelings of guilt and shame, which can dramatically affect their lives as adults. They may experience long-term emotional and psychological problems, and difficulties in forming relationships later in life. Many feel little self esteem and often do not know how to show or receive affection without acting sexually. Relieving such trauma can take years of intensive work with the person who was abused as a child.
Sexual abuse facts
- Most abusers are family members or well-known to those they abuse, with the abuse taking place in either the child's home or that of the abuser.
- Research has shown that fewer than 10 per cent of children abused are abused by strangers.
- Studies of adult abusers have revealed averages of up to 380 crimes per offender.
Barnardo's runs projects and schemes across the country supporting children, young people and families where abuse has happened. These may offer therapy and counselling to help children come to terms with what has happened to them and move forward in life, and offer support to non-abusing parents to help them protect their children in future. Many services also help support children through court proceedings when perpetrators are prosecuted.
We also work to increase public awareness of sexual abuse and to help children and young people protect themselves.


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WOODS HOLE, MASS.The microbes and viruses shrouded in darkness below the ocean floor are bound to become much less mysterious, due to a bold research program led by MBL Bay Paul Center Scientist Julie Huber and her colleagues from several institutions. The program has received a $2.25 million award from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
"Microbial communities dominate nearly every corner of our oceans, yet they remain vastly under-sampled and our understanding of them is severely limited," Huber says. This is especially true for microbes that live below the earth's crust, in the subseafloor, one of largest marine realms but also the hardest to access and explore.
Over the next three years, Huber and her colleagues will undertake novel and at times risky experiments some at the bottom of the ocean to understand the microbes and viruses in the subseafloor rocks of Axial Seamount, a deep-sea volcano in the Pacific Ocean about 300 miles west of Oregon.
The scientists aim to "break open the black box of deep-sea microbiology, and take our understanding of subseafloor microbial processes and the carbon cycle to a new level."
Because Axial is a highly active volcano that spews hot fluid from its depths, millions of microbes that are normally buried are pushed up in the vent fluids, where scientists can capture them for study. In 2007, Huber and other MBL scientists discovered an amazing diversity of microbial life in the Axial vent fluids, which were analyzed at the MBL's Josephine Bay Paul Center.
And yet, they have just scratched the surface of understanding this dynamic ecosystem.
Very little is known about how viruses and microbes interact in the subseafloor, Huber says, which is one focus of their research. "Are the viruses infecting the microbes? Are they killing them? Are they transferring genes? We don't know. The field of environmental viral ecology has come a long way in the past decade, and we have a picture of how viruses work in the surface ocean. But there have been very few studies in the deep sea."
The scientists also seek a more detailed "portrait" of the microbial members of the subseafloor community. They want to know who the "producers" are in this unique food chainthe microbes that, like plants on land, can capture energy, synthesize their own food, and in turn serve as food for other organisms. (On land, the producers capture energy through photosynthesis; in the deep ocean, where there is no light, they rely on chemical energy.)
And finally, a major question is how subseafloor microbes alter the flow of carbon and nutrients in the deep ocean.
"The ocean is a huge sink of carbon, and we know very little about how carbon is moving in the deep ocean," Huber says. "We are interested in knowing how much carbon is being controlled by microbes in the deep sea; how much carbon is being fixed, and how much is coming out of the vent ecosystem." This could have important implications, as some nations are considering injecting carbon dioxide from fossil fuel use into the ocean floor, which at present would have completely unknown consequences.
One of the most exciting prospects is how Huber's team will sample and analyze the vent fluids. Typically, on research expeditions to deep-sea vents, the ship lowers a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) down to the vent, nearly a mile below the ocean surface. There, the ROV's robotic arm captures the hot fluid samples and brings them back to the ship for onshore analysis. For the first few years, Huber's team will follow this traditional method.
However, they also plan to develop novel protocols and instruments so they can drop down to Axial, take fluid samples, and carry out experiments on the seafloor.
"Normally, after we take a vent sample, it has to travel all the way back up through the water column to the ship, so it goes through a lot of pressure and temperature changes and there is a big time lag," Huber says. That leads to questions about how well the lab measurements reflect the "reality" in nature. "Here, the idea is to collect the samples on the sea floor, keep them at in situ pressure and temperature, run an experiment, and then stop the experiment on the seafloor. We can then analyze the results back in the lab." This will allow them to compare seafloor and lab experiments and see if they get the same result.
The project is taking place at an exciting time at Axial Seamount, which is one of the best-studied deep-sea volcanoes in the world. By 2013, Axial will be connected to land by live cable for power and communications, through the National Science Foundation's Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The protocols that Huber and her team are developing for seafloor sampling and analysis could be integrated into the Axial Seamount node of the OOI.
Joining Huber, who is the lead scientist on the project, are principal investigators Joseph Vallino of the MBL's Ecosystems Center, who will develop an integrated ecosystem model of subseafloor viral and microbial communities; David A. Butterfield and Giora Proskurowski of University of Washington; James F. Holden of University of Massachusetts, Amherst; and Lisa Zeigler Allen of J. Craig Venter Institute.
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Ellie Goulding on Love: 'I Don't Rely on a Guy for Anything' [Video]
Ellie Goulding writes a lot about love in her music. But how does she navigate love in real life?
The lovely and talented British singer, who dated Skrillex and was linked to Ed Sheeran, in addition to scoring a few looks and compliments from Niall Horan, spoke about love and heartbreak to Cosmopolitan, and her answers were surprisingly refreshing and inspiring.
When asked what she learned from navigating a heartbreak, Goulding responded, "To be in the present moment. A lot of the despair in breaking up with someone is thinking about how you're going to cope in the future. 'What's going to happen to me? Who am I going to find next? What am I going to do without him?'"
Those are all normal emotions and feelings that anyone who has ever been dumped has felt and "gets."
But Goulding reminded us not to dwell because it keeps you stagnant. "But not being completely present prevents you from being happy and alive," she said. "As soon as you stop relying so heavily on what happened in the past, you end up being able to deal."
In essence, you have to move on and look ahead, since that's the direction you are going. What great advice from the gorgeous Goulding.
The singer also admitted that she used to "put men on a pedestal" but has unlearned that behavior, too.
"I decided to remedy that, and that's why I'm single now," she said. "I've realized I don't need a guy. I've got amazing, awesome, stupid friends in the best way possible. I don't rely on a guy for anything."
Good friends are just as worthy of your time as a significant other!
Goulding also shared her prior aspirations, saying that music was not her first career choice. "I wanted to be an actress, which is weird because I come from an absolute non-performing-arts family," she shared. "My mom worked in a supermarket, and my stepdad drove a truck. I've met a lot of American families who are very encouraging and supportive. But my mom was busy thinking about how she was going to afford to pay for everything from rent to school to dinner. Supporting something unrealistic just didn't happen."
And while you're here, check out Ellie during the shoot, doing calisthenics.
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Do herons fly south for the winter?
Bobby – Milwaukee, WI
Herons are migratory birds, and they have no appreciation for cold weather. So if you're located in the cooler northern climes – particularly where ponds tend to freeze during the winter months – you'll usually notice their absence when temperatures start to drop. Like many of us would like to do during winter, herons that choose to migrate will head for Central America and northern South America to warm up and fill up on fish. If you live in warmer portions of the United States, however, you may see herons all year 'round, provided there's enough open water and food to keep them happy.
While they're beautiful to watch, herons are often unpopular with pond keepers – particularly those who have stocked their pond well. Herons consider fish as their favorite snack, and a single bird will happily devour every available fish, leaving the pond empty, and the pond's owner grumpy. Herons aren't picky eaters, though, and they'll also snack on feeder fish, frogs, salamanders, lizards, snakes, grasshoppers and even dragonflies.
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Most turkey hunting injuries happen when one hunter stalks another.Don't stalk turkeys! It doesn't work and it's dangerous.
To safely hunt a turkey:
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They were essentially saying the same thing, Daniel Day-Lewis and Ben Affleck, right? They were appreciating their supportive wives. Ben chose to phrase it so that it was his wife's primary responsibility to "work" on their marriage. DDL acknowledged that his wife had to deal with his artistic eccentricities, and somehow it was charming, while Ben's probably didn't sit well with many of us, right? What's the difference? Is it the accent? Is it that DDL is a more accomplished public speaker? And the way the Miller-Day-Lewises behave on the campaign circuit as opposed to the Afflecks? All of the above? And besides, my God, he is just such an elegant, elegant man. Full Story
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His hair is short. Sigh. LOVE HIM. And you know I worship his wife. So when they're together, the fangirl takes over. Rebecca Miller's The Private Lives of Pippa Lee screened in New York last night and her husband joined her at the event, in town with many of his other Nine co-stars as the Nine junket was this weekend. Full Story


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#ROHvepres Pappano's conducting is inspiring and energetic... Well done...!
— Lola Vicente (@gtltornt) November 4, 2013
#ROHVêpres ended really well. Lianna really warmed up to a nice climax. Hymel hero of the evening.
— Attila (@attilalondon) November 4, 2013
I think @erwinschrott should demand a sparkly ballgown & tiara for all of his roles!! Bravo! #ROHvepres
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#ROHvepres A production worthy to celebrate 200 hundres years of Verdi Congratulations - From London O 2 centre
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Awesome imagery in first aria of Act 3 - Montfort grabbing at tiny skull-masked Henri. Michael Volle superb! Stirring stuff... #ROHvepres
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It's nearly a week into 2008, and the odds still favor that you haven't yet given up on your carefully chosen resolution for the new year. OK, maybe the odds are fifty-fifty. But the odds are better than that that you've resolved to become that lean, muscular beast that you've seen flashing it's pearly whites on the cover of, well, every magazine under the sun. The reason the smart money is on a diet resolution is that according to The Obesity Society (yeah, I didn't know they existed either), fully 64% of Americans between the age of 20 and 74 are obese. And because you're reading this blog, the odds are that you enjoy a good adult beverage and a fine cigar. (Neither key indicators of fitness, sadly.)
The statistic may come as a bit of a shock, but if you think about it, I'm sure you aren't really surprised. Think about your own life. If you're anything like me, you're eating out a lot more than you did a decade ago. You're also eating a lot more often, and larger portions than you did in the past. I can remember way back when eating out was something that almost never happened. It was an event reserved for special occasions like birthdays and some holidays. I can also remember when the largest fountain drink went from around 16 to 18 ounces to 32. (Now you know why all those cup holders in old cars are so maddeningly small.)
I've got another surprise for you. As a chunky monkey in a state full of monkeys that are chunkier than average, my resolution should be to go on a diet. But it's not. I've determined resolutions regarding diet just don't work. Instead, my focus is to find small, beneficial and most importantly, sustainable changes I can permanently incorporate into my life to prevent weight gain, and hopefully, start me on a road toward weight loss. (For example, the Atkins Diet/South Beach Diet/whatever diet isn't sustainable, nor is a blender-heavy turn-everything-to-juice diet.) If you can't do it forever, it will fail. As such, a formalized resolution with a strict begin and end date is irrelevant.
But it occurs to me the tips I've picked up along the way maybe useful to those of you who have committed to a diet for the New Year. Here are somethings that seem to be working for me. What do I mean by working, you ask? While I haven't lost a significant amount of weight recently, I have successfully maintained my current weight for the past year, which is a first for me. Additionally, and more importantly in my opinion, my blood pressure has significantly improved, going from pre-hypertension (on the door step to high blood pressure) to normal. In my book, that ain't too shabby.
Ok, onto the tips.
Buy a Nintendo Wii. I'm not kidding. Hitting the gym is generally boring and sooner or later you'll find a reason to quit. Home exercise equipment, which I've found marginally easier to stick to, take up too much room and will eventually break down. (I was running around 2 and a half months per exercise bike back in the day.) And unless you're lucky, most of your friends don't have the time to meet up for a daily game of tennis. The Wii on the other hand, takes up little space (though you do need some clear area in front of your television), is immensely entertaining, and comes packed with simulated players to play against. And I'm just talking about the Wii Sports game that comes with the console. If you get tired of that game, there is an expanding selection of games available that will help you break a sweat.
The clever guys behind the Wii have noticed this trend toward gaming for fitness, and are coming out with a new one that focuses on fitness called "Wii Fit." Check it out. (Or at least watch the video clip, which is probably more useful than the article.) And while you're at it, check out my analysis of my experience with the Wii.
Eat your meals in two courses, and make that first course a ton of veggies. This tip has been a pretty recent addition to my regimen (if you can call what I do a "regimen"). It's one I've cooked up myself. (Pun accidental, but accepted.) I've been buying those jumbo bags of frozen mixed vegetables, and about half an hour before I plan to eat lunch or dinner, I fill a nuke a full bowl of these guys. The benefit to doing this is that I'm a lot less likely to eat seconds, or go for any sort of a dessert. Not to mention, it's helping me get the 3 to 5 servings the old Food Pyramid advised (2 and a half cups in the new "MyPyramid").
The great thing about this tip is that it works when you go out to eat. Order a house salad with anything you order, and make sure you tell them to bring it out first. Then order whatever you would have normally ordered. Even if it includes a side of those tasty slivers of evil, french fries. You may still eat a few of them, but you're less likely to polish them all off, which is a net gain.
Standercize. Stand up. Get off your butt. As I discussed in a previous post, simply standing up had a dramatic impact on our bodies ability to burn fat. (See original article here.) When we sit for long periods of time, enzymes responsible for keeping that jelly donut off your thighs close up shop. They stop working almost completely. Apparently they figure that if we aren't working physically, neither should they.
From my own experience, I have noticed simply standing instead of sitting in the evening has done wonders for my digestion, and has helped a bit with my sleep. And as a bonus, I've found standing means I'll start doing little chores that need to be done almost without realizing it. While it can be incredibly difficult to pry your backside out of the couch after a long day, if you're already standing, it's surprisingly easy to do the little things that need to be done. And you'll probably find that you'll start to wake out of that evening stupor after you've been standing for a while. Hey, if all your doing at night is watching the boob tube anyway, why not do it standing?
Take a nap. This one is a bit easier for me to do than a lot of people, with my current work at home arrangement. But a well timed nap is hard to beat, even if it is hard to find time for. Why am I bringing this up here? Because being tired and stressed (they tend to work together) leads to overeating. When you're sleep deprived the things (I say "things" because I can't remember if they're chemicals, enzymes or itty bitty martians) in your system that register fullness are substantially depleted. And when you're stressed, your body will have elevated levels of Cortisone which will promote fat storage.
But instead of buying one of those $50 bottles of diet pills with the condescending television ads, you can work on getting a little extra sleep. Run out to your car at lunch time and take five. Or maybe sneak out around three when you're hitting the afternoon lull. (That was always the time I hit the vending machine for a good dose of carbs and fat.) Heck, one article I read advised turning your visit to the restroom stall as an opportunity for a very short "micro" nap. When you're well rested, you'll be surprised at how much food you really need.
Eat at home. Again, this one is pretty easy for me, because my wife is a great cook. As I mentioned earlier, not that long ago, eating out was something that was pretty uncommon for the average person. According to one article I read, "…more than half the average [American] household food budget will be spent on meals bought outside the home…." That wouldn't be a bad thing if the trend at restaurants wasn't to increase the size of portions to justify higher tabs while pushing meal-sized desserts and appetizers at you as if it was normal to eat 5000 calories in one sitting.
It's just easier to eat less at home. Why? Because you have to make it! But beyond that, you have absolute control over the portion sizes. You can do what I advised above and eat a massive bowl of vegetables before your meal. You can tailor your ingredients to maximize health benefits and minimize fat, salt, oil, sugar or whatever you like. And as a bonus, you will save money in the process.
I hope you diet resolvers out there find some of this information helpful. You know, even if you do fall off the wagon, you can always do what I do. Try to find healthy, sustainable habits to incorporate into your life. You never know, if you build up enough of them, you might just lose a little weight without a diet!
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Prayers of a Stranger: A Christmas JourneyDavis BunnThomas Nelson / 2012 / Trade Paperback$14.39 Retail:5 Stars Out Of 5 14 Reviews
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GeorgeColumbia SCAge: Over 65Gender: male5 Stars Out Of 5Prayers of a StrangerDecember 30, 2014GeorgeColumbia SCAge: Over 65Gender: maleI Am not normally an emotional person, but found myself tearing up frequently at this moving tale. Davis Bunn has outdone himself in this book.
Daphne HvizdakAmsterdam, New YorkAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Enjoyed this book!January 4, 2013Daphne HvizdakAmsterdam, New YorkAge: 55-65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This review was written for Prayers of a Stranger: A Christmas Journey - eBook.As usual Davis Bunn came through with a great read for the Christmas season. I found the characters believable and the story line stirring. I liked the way the issues resolved and God used one situation to help in another. He often does that in real life. I identified with the main character as I also lost a child to stillbirth and am a nurse who worked in a maternity unit. I found my grief much quicker to resolve than hers did but understood a lot of the feelings she had.
P.J. WalkerArizonaAge: Over 65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5Loved the bookDecember 22, 2012P.J. WalkerArizonaAge: Over 65Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5This is a great book; short, but deep. I always enjoy reading books by Davis Bunn. He is one of my favorite authors.
Carole JarvisJonesboro, GeorgiaAge: 55-65Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5A great Christmas or any time readDecember 11, 2012Carole JarvisJonesboro, GeorgiaAge: 55-65Gender: femalePrayers of a Stranger: A Christmas Journey by Davis Bunn is a story about forgiveness, healing and the giving of self. While set in Melbourne, Florida and Israel during the Christmas season, it would be good reading for any time of year. The journey of healing after the loss of a baby, opening arms of welcome to a prodigal daughter, and the hope that comes to a struggling business all combine to make this much more than a Christmas story.
At the urging of her husband, Amanda accepts the invitation of their neighbor, Emily, to travel to Israel - and it is on this trip that an unexpected encounter with Miriam at the Wailing Wall helps Amanda to look beyond her year of grief over the loss of her stillborn baby. Back in Melbourne, Florida, Emily's husband, Frank, struggles to accept that their prodigal daughter has truly changed after so many broken promises. And Amanda's husband, Chris, puts his ethical business beliefs on the line in an effort to keep his small electronics business from going bankrupt during an unstable economy.
This is a well-written story with fleshed-out characters, and I enjoyed every minute immersed in its pages. Bunn has the ability to pull you into the story, as if you were seeing Jerusalem's golden walls reflected in the noonday sun, experiencing the sights and smells of Bet Jola's open market, or feeling the raw emotions of a mother's grief. Amanda "had never seen anything like Israel, the startling combination of past and present, divine and intensely earthbound, the eternal and the present problems . . ."
Halfway through their trip, Emily says to Amanda, "I didn't come here to see Israel. I came to grow closer to our Lord. . . . I feel like we're running too fast to see anything at all." Much to their host's displeasure, they decide to leave the tour in order to explore on their own, and it is at this point that their path to healing begins.
One of the book's main strengths is the way prayer is woven throughout the story, uniting both those in Melbourne and in Israel - from prayer groups where Chris and Amanda work, to handwritten prayers pushed into cracks in the Wailing Wall. Miriam prays for Rochele, a child in her care, and then says to Amanda, "You will heal her."
It's often said that God never wastes a hurt, and through an entertaining fictional account, Bunn shows how one person who is open to God can help lift another's sorrow. I highly recommend Prayers of a Stranger to those who enjoy inspirational fiction, but it would be especially meaningful to someone dealing with grief. While marketed as a Christmas story, this book can be enjoyed throughout the year.
For more information on Davis Bunn and his books, go to http://www.davisbunn.com/
This book was provided by Thomas Nelson Publishers through NetGalley in exchange for my honest review.
Heart2HeartVictorville, CAAge: 45-54Gender: female5 Stars Out Of 5A truly inspirational story for Christmas!!!December 8, 2012Heart2HeartVictorville, CAAge: 45-54Gender: femaleQuality: 5Value: 5Meets Expectations: 5I'm starting to sense God's presence in all things, especially in the latest books I've been writing and Prayers of A Stranger by one of my favorite authors, Davis Bunn is certainly no exception. In fact I've highlighted more passages that spoke to me personally than I think I ever had in a book before and to me, that means something.
"It's a shame that life does not give us a time free of other worries when we can heal."
In the novel, Prayers of A Stranger, Davis Bunn accomplishes something more than taking the reader along for a great story. He lets the presence of God speak to your own heart, if you are willing to listen and open yourself up to Him. In fact he does this so well, you feel as if the journey is designed especially with you in mind and I personally feel that is God's anointing on this wonderful novel without being heavy handed on religion that would put most people off when reading a Christian book.
Prayers of A Stranger is a story about healing and seeing the good that often accompanies difficult times we can not understand and may not this side of heaven in our walk on Earth. Amanda Vance works at the local hospital as the administrative assistant under a harsh director, Moira Campbell, who makes work a living hell for those working with her. In fact her day starts out like the ordinary but soon turns into something quite unexpected. All the hospital staff seem to be in good spirits and being close to Christmas is not the reason. It seems that Moira is about to be reassigned, and thus the need for the rejoicing of all the hospital staff. It even puts Amanda in better spirits.
She learns the new director will be starting in the coming days and she is advised to take a few weeks off to think about what direction she wants to take her career in. Seems some of the staff think she will return to her former job as a critical care nurse since she was seen waiting just outside the nursery of the critical care infants. But she can't go back to that. Not yet. It's still too soon and the pain is as fresh as the day it happened. The day she lost their only child, before it had a chance at life. This is the reason she stayed as far away as possible and taken the position of working as an administrative assistant. How will she ever move forward.
When Amanda is given a gift of a trip to Israel with her neighbor Emily, who can't take her husband Frank since he is waiting a double hip replacement and can't endure the trip. Rather than having the trip wasted, Emily invites Amanda to see the Holy Land with her. Amanda isn't sure she should go since her husband Chris is still trying to find a way to save his company Avery Electronics from going bankrupt in this tough economy. Yet even Chris knows that Amanda hasn't been the same wife he married since the loss of their child and thinks this might be the answer to restoring her faith and helping to heal her from this loss. Yet neither of them could prepare for what happens when Amanda places a simple prayer into the Wailing Wall in Jerusalem. It's truly an inspirational story for cold hearts to make them whole again.
I received Prayers of A Stranger compliments of Thomas Nelson Publishers and Net Galley for my honest review. I have read several of Davis Bunn's books and remain amazed at how many different directions his writing has taken him. This is such a great book to share with those that may be questioning their own walk of faith through tough times. I know for me, it has truly been a huge walk up call and has melted my own hardness of heart and restored my prayer life. Thank you to Davis Bunn for sharing God's message to my own soul. For this reason, I personally rate this one a 5 out of 5 stars in my opinion, and I am sure that there is something for everyone is this one. It comes at the perfect time for those looking for a bit more than just a really good Christmas story. Perhaps one with just the perfect message in store to speak to your own heart. Are you will to listen and open your heart?


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I have two questions regarding combinatorics journals. I hope that this is the right place for such questions.
Which combinatorics/DM journals would you consider as the "top tier"? I tried to look for an answer online, and found these two links: http://www.scimagojr.com/journalrank.php?category=2607 and Top specialized journals . These somewhat contradict each other (especially regarding EJC), and I assume that the SJR ranking might not be identical to the general public opinion.
What exactly is the difference between Journal of Combinatorial Theory series A and Journal of Combinatorial Theory series B? Wikipedia states that "Series A is concerned primarily with structures, designs, and applications of combinatorics. Series B is concerned primarily with graph and matroid theory.", but this seems a bit vague. For example, JCTA does contain many papers concerning graph theory. I also heard that the journal split due to a disagreement between its founders (or editors?). Can this disagreement shed some light on the difference?
Many thanks, Adam


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Winter 2011
Art Posi+ive: Freedom by Expression
From painting to video to performance art, Montrealer Shayo Detchema moves beyond the label of HIV-positive artist.
By Laurette Lévy
"The disease had become a painful cry and art was my only way out. As a multidisciplinary artist, my work is a series of evolving self-portraits."
These words from the artist sum up the artistic process of Shayo, a 30-year-old Montreal woman who has been living with HIV and hepatitis C for 16 years. Raised in a family and school environment focused on the arts, she had her first exhibition of oil and acrylic paintings at the age of 21. Since then, she has continued her exploration through installations involving mixed-media sculpture and assemblage. Throughout her varied works, Shayo has tried to come to grips with what has become her daily life — the disease, its symptoms and the medications she takes every day.
Most recently, Shayo has turned to video and performance art to express her frustrations and reflections on life with HIV. She felt a need to break down the isolation caused by having HIV and decided to express herself through her body — a very physical way of reaching out to others. The result of her experimentation was her first film, Elisa+, a series of tableaux of the artist filmed in 2009. By staging her own body, Shayo found she was able to communicate what had otherwise been incommunicable.
The première of Elisa+ took place last fall at the inaugural edition of VIHsion, an HIV/AIDS film festival organized by Shayo and other HIV artists and activists from Montreal. The two-day festival included performances and films from Canada, the United States and Africa. (Read more about VIHsion in "Lights, Camera, Action" in the Winter 2009 Positive Side.)
Following this short film, Shayo was invited to participate in L'Écho d'un fleuve, an urban art event that took place this past June. For the occasion, she produced her first performance piece, "Symptôme #1." Shayo, dressed in white, lied abandoned on a mattress covered with a white quilt (an allusion to the AIDS Memorial Quilt that began in San Francisco in 1987 and now includes additions from more than 35 countries). Viewers were invited to leave a comment or symbol using one of the markers attached to the edge of the quilt by red ribbons of varying lengths.
At the side, a small suitcase lay open with objects symbolizing Shayo's HIV status as well as a headset playing an unusual soundtrack. Photos were hung on a wall, and scattered on the floor were slips of paper with the evocative opening words from a song by the great French singer Barbara (the stage name of Monique Serf): "Dying and falling asleep are definitely not the same thing."
During the evening-long performance, many people wrote or drew messages of hope and tenderness on the fabric as well as on Shayo's clothes and the exposed parts of her body. Some curled up against her on the mattress. It was such an intense experience that it took Shayo more than a half-hour to regain a sense of reality after the performance. By creating such an intimate environment and allowing herself to be vulnerable, she felt the spontaneous comfort and love from audience members.
Until recently, Shayo has presented her work predominantly in the HIV community. "Symptôme #1" allowed her to enter the larger arts world. Shayo does not like to be labelled an "HIV-positive artist," even though her status is central to her art and despite her involvement with different AIDS service organizations since 1994. She does not hide her HIV status, but she doesn't see it as the primary or defining part of who she is. She also rejects the label of "activist artist" although she acknowledges that disclosing her status is a deliberate act. She knows how important it is to get out from the shadows if you want to make a difference.
Encouraged by the success of "Symptôme #1," Shayo plans to continue in this direction. She is working on several projects with another performance artist because, she says, "Performance has become essential for me, as it allows me to fulfil a desire to communicate with my audience."
Shayo invites you to visit her interactive website.
For more info about the VIHsion film festival, go to www.vihsion.com
Photograph: Félix Bowles


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(e): Estimate. (f): Forecast.
- Growing bilateral relations with China and Saudi Arabia
- Growth of tourist activity on uninhabited islands
- Airport infrastructure
- Support from the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank (ADB)
- Dependence on the international economy due to the scale of tourism in the national economy
- Insularity
- Chronic budget deficit and growing public debt
- Chronic and large current account deficit
- Political instability
- Vulnerability to natural disasters; very high exposure to climate change; 80% of the territory at one meter or less above sea level
- Excessive pollution; waste management challenges
Stable growth supported by tourism and infrastructure projects
In 2019, growth is set to remain stable. The tourism sector (over a third of GDP) will remain a major contributor to growth. In the first quarter of 2018, tourist arrivals increased by 10% compared to a year earlier, supported by the expansion of tourism infrastructures. These numbers should continue to grow throughout 2019. China remains the leading national contributor of tourists (25%), and Europe the leading regional contributor (49%). Massive infrastructure and development investments across the tourist islands will also continue to contribute significantly to growth. The expansion of the Velana International Airport will continue, and the construction of a new passenger terminal will facilitate the accommodation of more than 7 million passengers per year, compared to 1.5 million currently. The expansion is financed by Chinese, Saudi, and Emirati investments. China has committed the biggest investment by far: as part of the Maritime Silk Road (MSR) initiative, USD 830 million (20% of the Maldives' GDP) was released for the airport expansion. China has already financed a new airport runway, and a bridge between the airport island and the capital, Malé, both inaugurated in 2018. These ongoing projects mean the construction sector will continue to spur activity, employment and domestic consumption. Although the fishing sector requires modernization, it still accounts for around 20% of employment and around 10% of GDP.
High external public debt and growing dependence on China
The country is still participating in a World Bank programme to improve the management of public sector's finances. Public investments in infrastructure, mainly for the tourism sector but also public housing, are expected to keep the budget deficit high in 2019. In contrast, there will be a decrease from 2018 onwards thanks to growing tax revenues from import tariffs and the airport tax. A new online system for tax administration and payment should also increase revenues on a constant tax base. Public debt is increasing on the back of the ongoing infrastructure investments. The share of Chinese loans for construction investments as part of the MSR is worrisome, as it reaches 70% of total national debt, and annual repayments to China take up around 10% of the government budget.
The current account deficit will be slightly smaller in 2019 as the growth of capital expenditure imports for construction slows. Exports of goods, mainly fish and especially tuna, will continue to increase slightly. However, a lack of a manufacturing industry obliges the country to massively import goods. Tourism revenue, part of the balance of services, constitutes the main positive contribution to the current account balance. The deficit is also under the influence of commodity prices, and will notably be negatively impacted by the increase in oil prices. Even if it is in decline, the current account deficit remains large, especially given the low level of international reserves and the growing exposure to international creditors.
The current account deficit and the level of external public debt induce a risk of pressure on the rufiyaa, and, by extension, a risk from the amount of external debt denominated in foreign currencies, especially in a context of an appreciating US dollar and global monetary tightening.
Amidst an authoritarian climate, the opposition wins the presidential elections
In 2018, the country slid further towards authoritarianism under the presidency of Abdullah Yameen. In February, the President opposed the Supreme Court's decision to free jailed opposition politicians, which led to protests and social unrest. In response, President Yameen imposed a state of emergency for 45 days. This was condemned by the international scene and considered anti-constitutional. In September 2018, the opposition candidate, Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, democratically gained office. This outcome came as a somewhat unexpected but auspicious sign for democracy, stability and transparency. Nevertheless, the business climate and security deteriorated severely during President Yameen's term of office. Instability, corruption, authoritarianism, and Islamic radicalisation remain major sources of concern. In the 2018 World Bank Doing Business rankings, the Maldives was downgraded to the 136th rank in 2018, far from its high point of 49th place in 2006.
The Maldives is a disputed geostrategic partner thanks to its position relative to international trade sea routes in the Indian Ocean. China has anchored its influence through a free trade agreement and major infrastructure investments (over USD 1.2 billion) as part of the MSR initiative. The change of governance in 2018 has dredged up battles of influence, as the new coalition has expressed wishes of reviving historical ties with India.
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What is the best way to deal with exam jitters?
Google, Bing, Duck Duck Go, Ask.com, and other sources will give you common wisdom and anecdotes about various techniques that have worked for other test takers. These may work for you.
But what if you want some no-nonsense, scientifically reliable, double-blind-tested techniques? If so, the best way to find them is to start by carefully selecting a source that contains that kind of material. You may have to try several sources until you find a good one.
I knew I wanted to find an article that contained carefully researched methods of dealing with test-day jitters. I was not interested in studies that simply measured anxiety levels. I wanted articles that would give me reliable advice. I settled on ProQuest eLibrary. I knew this source contained a range of newspapers and magazines that could have articles describing how to deal with exam jitters that would be properly sourced. I found the following tips from Sue Shellenbarger, Toughest Exam Question: What is the Best Way to Study?, WALL ST. J. ONLINE, Oct. 26, 2011.
- If you are taking the exam in an unfamiliar place, visit the room in advance.
- Set aside 10 minutes beforehand to write down your worries. Expressing yourself in writing will unburden you.
- Envision yourself in a situation you find challenging and invigorating. Then switch your mental image to the testing room and imagine yourself feeling the same way. With practice, you'll be able to summon up more confidence on test day.


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Because I mainly work on image processing and computer vision, I post articles on solutions of what might be problems in signal processing, problem solving etc. Image segmentation tasks, most of the time, require a huge amount of computation. In such cases, the image is generally interpreted as a graph of pixels or graphs. One problem might be the shortest path in a given undirected, weighted graph.
At the beginning, my intention wasn't implementing this. Then, I realized that no one has put an implementation of an efficient Dijkstra algorithm for C#, that is suitable for my needs. Especially for a directed, weighted graph, it is hard to find a solution.
To understand this article and to use the code appropriately, one needs to know what Dijkstra's algorithm does and what a heap (priority queue) is. Let's begin with Dijkstra's Algorithm.
For a given source vertex (node) in the graph, the algorithm finds the path with the lowest cost (i.e., the shortest path) between that vertex and every other vertex. It can also be used for finding costs of shortest paths from a single vertex to a single destination vertex, by stopping the algorithm once the shortest path to the destination vertex has been determined. For example, if the vertices of the graph represent cities and edge path costs represent driving distances between pairs of cities connected by a direct road, Dijkstra's algorithm can be used to find the shortest route between one city and all other cities.
The algorithm was invented by Edsger Dijkstra in 1959, and it is still one of the best solutions to the shortest path algorithm.
Here is a simple pseudo-code (it could vary from one implementation to another):
1 function Dijkstra(Graph, source):
2 for each vertex v in Graph: // Initializations
3 dist[v] := infinity // Unknown distance
// function from source to v
4 previous[v] := undefined
5 dist[source] := 0 // Distance from source to source
6 Q := copy(Graph) // All nodes in the graph
// are unoptimized - thus are in Q
7 while Q is not empty: // The main loop
8 u := extract_min(Q) // Remove and return best vertex
// from nodes in two given nodes
// we would use a path finding algorithm
// on the new graph,
// such as depth-first search.
9 for each neighbor v of u: // where v has not yet been removed from Q.
10 alt = dist[u] + length(u, v)
11 if alt < dist[v] // Relax (u,v)
12 dist[v] := alt
13 previous[v] := u
14 return previous[]
As seen, the previous[] array contains the path from one point to another. The bottleneck here is the extract_min function. Given an array, this function returns the minimum value. Naive implementations of the Dijkstra's Algorithm (mostly found on the web) use a linear array search to compute this minimum value. However, this approach yields very bad performance. Here is where the priority queue comes into play.
Priority Queues (Heaps) are very neat data structures allowing to:
A simple way to implement a priority queue data type is to keep a list of elements, and search through the list for the highest priority element for each "minimum" or "peek" operation. This implementation takes an O(1) time to insert an element, and an O(n) time for "minimum" or "peek". There are many more efficient implementations available. The Emde Boas implementation is one of the fastest ones, which has an O(log(log(n)) complexity for every operation.
For my implementation, I used BenDi's code, which is rather straightforward. I also modified it to have lesser complexity and lesser overhead by reducing the generality and using a List structure instead of an ArrayList. The code can be found here.
What I used is a simple modified version of the above pseudo-code. Here is an overview of the pseudo-code:
Take the origin vertex, set the weight of the shortest path to 0 and
push it onto the priority queue.
while the priority queue is not empty, pop an entry <v,w_v,p_v>where
v is the vertex, w_v and p_v are the augmented labels of v.
foreach edge e=(v,u) in G, where u has augmented labels w_u, p_u.
if wt(e) + w_v < w_u then
set p_u to v
set w_u to wt(e) + w_v
add <u,>to the priority queue.
The Dijkstra class is very customizable. The idea is to assume a virtual graph (hypothetically). A graph is composed of a set of nodes, and weights assigned to each node. It is very likely to represent weights as travelling distances and nodes as vertexes. So, we have two arrays, one 2D and one 1D. In such a scenario, one should be able to provide the costs for each node and a neighbor list (the list of nodes that are connected to a given node). One could either pre-compute these values or provide these values at runtime. Pre-computation will yield a faster runtime performance, whereas it will require more memory and bandwidth. To use the code:
public delegate float InternodeTraversalCost(int start, int finish);
This delegate is the pointer to a function that returns a cost value for given start and finish nodes. You have to provide this function. In my case, it is an image, so I compute it by filling a 2D array by costs of pixels and nodes connected to it.
public delegate IEnumerable<int> NearbyNodesHint(int startingNode);
This delegate is the function pointer to a function that returns a list of nodes, given an input node. The list of nodes are simply the neighbors of (the nodes that are connected to) the given node. At the end, this is how we create the instance:
dijkstra = new DijkstraFast(totalNodes,
new DijkstraFast.InternodeTraversalCost(getInternodeTraversalCost),
new DijkstraFast.NearbyNodesHint(GetNearbyNodes));
The resulting code looks like this:
// A struct containing both the minimum distance and minimum path
// to every node from the given <paramref name="start"/> node.
public virtual Results Perform(int start)
// Initialize the distance to every node from the starting node.
float[] d = GetStartingTraversalCost(start);
// Initialize best path to every node as from the starting node.
int[] p = GetStartingBestPath(start);
BasicHeap Q = new BasicHeap();
for (int i = 0; i != TotalNodeCount; i++)
Q.Push(i, d[i]);
while (Q.Count != 0)
int v = Q.Pop();
foreach (int w in Hint(v))
if (w < 0 || w > Q.Count - 1) continue;
float cost = TraversalCost(v, w);
if (cost < float.MaxValue && d[v] + cost < d[w])
// don't let wrap-around negatives slip by
// We have found a better way to get at relative
d[w] = d[v] + cost; // record new distance
p[w] = v;
Q.Push(w, d[w]);
return new Results(p, d);
The above algorithm uses the basic custom heap I have created. If you want to be more generic, I am also putting an implementation using BenDi's code:
// start: The node to use as a starting location.
// A struct containing both the minimum distance and minimum path
// to every node from the given <paramref name="start"/> node.
public virtual Results Perform2(int start)
// Initialize the distance to every node from the starting node.
float[] d = GetStartingTraversalCost(start);
// Initialize best path to every node as from the starting node.
int[] p = GetStartingBestPath(start);
BinaryPriorityQueue Q = new BinaryPriorityQueue();
for (int i = 0; i != TotalNodeCount; i++)
Q.Push(new QueueElement(i,d[i]));
while (Q.Count!=0)
int v = ((QueueElement)Q.Pop()).index;
foreach (int w in Hint(v))
if (w <0 || w > Q.Count-1) continue;
float cost = TraversalCost(v, w);
if (cost < float.MaxValue && d[v] + cost < d[w])
// don't let wrap-around negatives slip by
// We have found a better way to get at relative
d[w] = d[v] + cost; // record new distance
p[w] = v;
Q.Push(new QueueElement(w, d[w]));
return new Results(p, d);
The algorithm is easy to use and easy to upgrade. I will be looking for further implementations, using better heaps.
Have a nice coding...
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We have known for years that breast is best when it comes to feeding our babies, but now, its health benefits are being promoted as a tool in the battle against obesity. According to a recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a baby's risk of becoming an overweight child decreases each month he or she is breastfed.
"Breastfeeding has been shown to be a protectant against childhood obesity," says Maeve Howett, PhD, APRN, CNP-Ped, IBCLC, assistant clinical professor at Emory's Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing and president of the Southeastern Lactation Consultants Association. "When a child is breastfed, he is almost eight times less likely to be obese as a child."
One in five preschoolers is overweight, with half of those being obese. According to recent studies, breastfeeding offers the best protection against obesity when it is practiced exclusively – no formula or solid foods – for three months and then continues for the baby's first year with the addition of appropriate foods at ages four to six months. Though science is not yet conclusive as to exactly why breastfeeding is such a powerful deterrent of obesity, theories abound.
"It may have something to do with satiety influences – that feeling of fullness so that you turn away from the table," says Howett. "When children are breastfed, we don't know what goes in. It is hard for us to measure, so a mom will feed her baby until the baby pulls away and is sleepy and satisfied. The baby gets to determine how full he is. When you're bottle-feeding a baby, you do tend to encourage that last drop. It's really important to understand that if the baby gets to determine satiety, they get to determine their feeling of fullness. That might be a behavior that continues throughout childhood."
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Kingdom Hearts Unchained χ v1.4.2 [Japanese/Mod]
Requirements: 4.0+ ROOT+LP
Overview: Adventure across Disney's magical and wondrous worlds in the first mobile app for the beloved KINGDOM HEARTS series!
KINGDOM HEARTS is a tale about Light and Friendship overcoming the power of Darkness. Over the last 15 years, millions of fans have experienced the epic tale of King Mickey, Donald, Goofy, and more than 100 Disney characters joining forces with Sora, Keyblade warriors, and heroes from Square Enix's popular FINAL FANTASY video game series as they battle to protect their friends and save all worlds from the Heartless.
Become a hero at the very beginning of the KINGDOM HEARTS story in the era of the Lost Masters. Gather LUX—a mysterious form of light—and fight the Heartless as you explore beautiful Disney worlds. Meet familiar faces, strengthen yourself and your Keyblades!
– Battle against the Heartless using your legendary Keyblades. Tap to attack, swipe to hit multiple enemies, and flick medals to unleash their special abilities.
– Strategize to defeat enemies in fewer turns for greater rewards by using your special attacks and finding the right balance of power, magic, and speed medals.
– Customize your hero by changing your avatar's outfits to match your style of fashion. Be on the lookout for outfits based upon popular Disney, FINAL FANTASY and KINGDOM HEARTS characters, as well as seasonal clothing!
– Collect and evolve hundreds of character medals, which contain the harnessed power of popular Disney and FINAL FANTASY heroes and villains.
– Team up with friends to challenge and take down monstrous Heartless raid bosses for even greater rewards!
– Survive the challenges in the Olympus Coliseum, where the strongest heroes can brave additional bosses and unlock the rare medals.
Mod: [.1.] Always Player Turn – Quest Only [.2.] Skills Always Usable
Install Steps: 0. UnInstall your Game then go to step 1 1. Root Your Device 2. Download Lucky Patcher (lastest version) 3. Open it and go to "ToolBox" and scroll down 4. Tap on "Patch to Android" 5. Apply first 3 patches but DESELECT "only patch dalvik-cache" -if needed do 'em separatly 6. Now you can Download & install the UNSIGNED MOD
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