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Small group discussion moderated by Public Agenda | AAAS/David Buller
With foundational work from two focus groups and a nationwide survey of nearly 10,000 people to inform it, DoSER's Perceptions Project took to the road in May, hosting the first of three regional workshops.
Participants in the Pasadena, California, meeting of scientists and evangelical leaders reported benefiting from this unique opportunity for dialogue regarding their perceptions of science and of each other.
"There will always be disagreement that is irreconcilable. There was, however, a gentle middle ground, where discussion could be had," said one scientist.
"I found the pastors and religious leaders more diverse in their views than I had expected. … I was also impressed with the openness most of them showed toward the scientific viewpoint," said another.
The workshops are professionally facilitated conversations about the science/religion interface using discussion guides tested during focus groups hosted by DoSER in collaboration with the National Association of Evangelicals and Public Agenda, a nonpartisan research and public engagement organization.
For the most part, workshop and focus group participants echoed perspectives discussed at DoSER's February 2014 AAAS Annual Meeting symposia, "Religious Communities, Science, Scientists, and Perceptions: A Comprehensive Survey."
Workshop participants visit Caltech | AAAS/David Buller
The nationwide AAAS/Rice University survey yielded a wealth of data that will inform DoSER-facilitated dialogue going forward. The survey found, for example, that evangelicals are only slightly less likely (20%) than other respondents (25%) to report that they would read a news report about a new scientific discovery.
"Evangelicals value scientific writing and draw upon scientific sources for knowledge even if they are suspicious of some forms of science," principal investigator Elaine Howard Ecklund wrote in her preliminary findings summary.
"Evangelical Protestants, however, are more than twice as likely as the overall sample to say they would turn to a religious text, a religious leader, or people at their congregation if they had a question about science," she added.
This is one reason why this round of workshops focuses on engagement with evangelical leaders.
A pastor who attended the Pasadena workshop said he was surprised that academic scientists cared about his perceptions of science. "My subliminal image of scientists was significantly defanged," he said.
One-on-one conversation with a scientist gave another pastor greater respect for that scientist's work. This pastor also said a workshop field trip to science labs at the California Institute of Technology was "a rare and valuable opportunity to see the care and integrity with which hands-on science is done."
DoSER's preliminary work with its project partners has established a strong foundation for future dialogue. It has also revealed areas of continued concern.
On the question of teaching evolution in public schools, the survey found that 42.3% of evangelicals strongly favor teaching only creationism, whereas only 10.3% of respondents who work in scientific or technical fields strongly favored this approach. "Evangelical scientists are closer to their evangelical peers [37.4%] than their scientist peers," wrote Ecklund. These scientists, however, are more likely than their evangelical peers to support the teaching of evolution along with creationism and\or intelligent design, she said.
Warren Brown delivers Neuroscience lecture| AAAS/David Buller
A few religious scientists who attended the Pasadena workshop were surprised by the views of their fellow believers. Areas of concern ranged from what some considered antiscientific views among their peers to what others considered accommodation to a materialistic worldview.
Overall, there was general appreciation among this group of what Ecklund might call "boundary pioneers" for the opportunity to discuss what are, for many of them, dual commitments. A religiously oriented scientist, for example, said the workshop was one of the few times in his 30-year career that he has been able to discuss the science/religion intersection with people whose knowledge and judgment he respects. "For the previous 30 years, I pretty much kept all of this to myself," he said.
Two more workshops will bring together scientists and evangelical leaders in coming months—one in Colorado and the other in Georgia.
Lessons learned from the survey and from DoSER's work with evangelicals will inform three additional workshops later this year geared toward other faith traditions. Those workshops will facilitate dialogue between scientists and leaders from Catholic, Mainline Protestant, and Jewish communities.
The Perceptions Project will conclude in spring 2015 with a national conference in Washington, DC, at which highlights and outcomes from the project will be presented.


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Ali vs Lewis Fight, Croke Park,Dublin.
Ali vs Lewis Fight, Croke Park,Dublin.
19th July 1972.
As part of his built up for a World Championship attempt against the current champion, 'Smokin' Joe Frazier,Muhammad Ali fought Al 'Blue' Lewis at Croke Park,Dublin,Ireland. Muhammad Ali won the fight with a TKO when the fight was stopped in the eleventh round.
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JVC Marshmallow headphones review: JVC Marshmallow headphones
JVC Marshmallow headphones
The first thing you're likely to do upon obtaining a new MP3 player is load it up with all your favorite music. Once that's done, the next best step is to replace the shoddy earbuds that came packaged with it. Of course, not everyone wants to drop a wad of cash on a new pair of headphones, which is where sets like the JVC Marshmallow come in. These comfy and colorful earphones have an MSRP of just $20 and often list for much less than that, and in addition to providing a more secure fit than stock 'buds, the Marshmallows offer a significant improvement in sound quality.
The Good
The Bad
The Bottom Line
The JVC Marshmallow headphones are typical of in-ear models in design. A small earbud features a protruding aperture onto which you attach an eartip. In the case of the Marshmallows, the included sleeves (two sets) are the compressible foam variety, which tend to offer better passive sound isolation and a more comfortable fit for most users. We were able to wear the set for a couple hours without discomfort, and they stayed put with some light tugging on the cable, making them a good choice for gym-goers. (However, because of the sound isolation, these are probably not optimal for runners.)
For Nano owners who are interested in earphones with a hint of style, the JVC Marshmallows should be a good fit. They come in 13 colors that are shaded to match the third- and fourth-generation iPod Nanos, which themselves vary slightly in tint from one generation to the next. For example, there are two shades of green, two shades of blue, and two shades of red. The color coat extends from the earbuds, which have a shiny clear coat, all the way down the 40-inch cord, which terminates in a gold-plated straight-plug. Although the cable is quite thin at the Y, it includes a slider for preventing cables and the bottom section seems pretty durable--certainly more so than most earbuds that list for about $10.
The real shock with the JVC Marshmallow headphones is the sound quality--it's actually decent. In fact, it's downright impressive given the price point. Although the audio isn't as clear and sparkly as what you'd get from a $100 set, bass is thumpy and the midrange is warm and enveloping. Sounds do tend to get muddled together somewhat, but on the whole, we found that every genre of music was more than tolerable during playback. Certainly, the Marshmallow earphones are a huge step up from stock for a very small investment. They're definitely worth checking out.


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Total damages the Indiana State Fair could pay victims of last Saturday's concert tragedy would be capped at $5 million—an amount personal-injury lawyers say is far too low for the injuries and deaths involved.
Because of a state law that limits individual damage claims against the state to $700,000 and overall claims to $5 million per event, several other entities besides the state fair might become targets of negligence lawsuits, legal experts say. They could include the designer and builder of the stage or even the promoter of the concert, according to lawyers.
"I think there will probably be a large number of defendants listed, just because there's a limited pot of money," said local defense lawyer Tom Schultz.
Saturday night's accident happened when a wind gust estimated at 60 to 70 mph toppled the roof of the stage and the metal scaffolding holding lights and other equipment. The stage collapsed onto a crowd of concertgoers awaiting a show by the country act Sugarland at the fair's grandstand. Five people died and more than four dozen were injured, some critically.
Several people are still hospitalized, including at least two victims with brain injuries.
Litigation arising from the deadly accident is likely as several local attorneys already have been contacted by family members considering their legal options.
Dan Chamberlain, a partner at the Indianapolis personal-injury firm of Doehrman Chamberlain, said his firm could file suit on behalf of one victim within the next week.
"You've got 50 people injured, five who have been killed, and you've got $5 million in coverage," Chamberlain said. "It's nowhere close to fairly and adequately compensating the families."
It remains unclear whether anyone had inspected the concert stage that toppled over, or if anyone was supposed to do so.
Fair officials said they have hired New York engineering firm Thornton Tomasetti Inc. to investigate the accident. The firm was involved in a similar investigation of the 2007 collapse of the Interstate 35 bridge over the Mississippi River in Minneapolis.
Indianapolis lawyer Mark Ladendorf, who expects to represent at least two families of the victims, said most firms will launch their own investigations.
"We're going to have to get answers for our clients," he said. "We succinctly can't rely on what the government is going to tell us and what someone hired by the government will tell us."
Under the Indiana Tort Claims Act, lawyers must notify the state entity they intend to sue within 270 days of the accident.
State fair spokesman Andy Klotz said the fair is self insured against such lawsuits under the Indiana State Tort Claims Act.
He acknowledged to WISH-TV Channel 8 on Wednesday that the fair didn't follow its own severe weather procedures by failing to inform concertgoers that the National Weather Service had issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the area.
Indianapolis meteorologist Paul Poteet told WXIN Fox 59 that fair officials disregarded his warning to delay or cancel the show.
Questions about whether the fair did enough to anticipate a storm have loomed over the event. Some fairs hire their own meteorologists for just such a scenario.
The local law firm of Wilson Kehoe & Winingham LLC has retained a meteorologist and a structural engineering consultant in anticipation of representing family members, firm partner Bruce Kehoe said.
"When you have that type of catastrophe and that kind of loss, it would be unusual for folks not to want to get answers that are difficult to obtain," he said.
Schultz, the defense lawyer who is a former president of the Defense Trial Counsel of Indiana, expects numerous claims will be filed.
"The question is, is there fault somewhere?" he asked. "Right now, we don't know."


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Create a Website Account - Manage notification subscriptions, save form progress and more.
Welcome to the Artesia Fire Department website. As Chief, I hope the information contained here provides an understanding of our department and what we do.
Our mission is to serve our community by rapidly responding to all fires, medical emergencies, and hazardous materials incidents with highly trained and appropriately equipped professionals. We strive to minimize the need for future responses by educating our community about fire safety, as well as lifesaving practices and regulations.
To achieve this, the Fire Department is comprised of four divisions, each having a distinct role in support of our mission. These divisions are: Administration, Operations and Emergency Medical Services, Fire Prevention & Education, and Training & Safety. Each of these play a significant role in providing our professionals with the knowledge and skills to successfully mitigate emergency events.
Any organization is only as good as its employees, and I want to give credit to the professional and dedicated men and women of the Artesia Fire Department. They are the ones that make this department exceptional and the individuals that strive for excellence in everything they do.
Thanks to the Mayor and the Artesia City Council, the men and women of the Artesia Fire Department can be progressive and continue to improve on the outstanding service they provide our community.
Thank you for allowing us to serve.
Kevin Hope, Fire ChiefArtesia Fire Department


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Can you please help me find a doctor or pediatrician who doesn't require vaccines? I have been asked to leave two practices and many places say right on their Web site they will not accept a patient who doesn't vaccinate.
Thank you so much,
A Non-Vaccinating Mom in Need of a Doctor
Dear Non-Vaccinating Mom,
So sorry you've had that experience! It's a shame that any parent should be discriminated against for a well-meaning, well-researched choice they are making for their child. Dr. Joseph Malak of Bambini Pediatrics in Poughkeepsie is who we see. He is very natural-minded and so extremely supportive of not vaccinating. I also love that he recommends homeopathy, chiropractic, dietary adjustments, or natural remedies when sickness or behavioral concerns arise.
Coraline's first doctor was Dr. Lauren Vigna at First Care Family Practice in Highland. She is also supportive of not vaccinating and alternative health preferences, and is a super sweet and sunny person to boot. We switched to Dr. Malak only because Dr. Vigna stopped accepting our insurance.
If any mamas out there know of other doctors in the Valley who are supportive of the choice to not vaccinate, let us know. Good luck!
Mama Greenest
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Nov '10 |
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Since 1998, Josh MacPhee has commissioned and produced over one hundred posters by over eighty artists that pay tribute to revolution, racial justice, women's rights, queer liberation, labor struggles, and creative activism and organizing. Celebrate People's History! presents these essential moments—acts of resistance and great events in an often hidden history of human and civil rights struggles—as a visual tour through decades and across continents, from the perspective of some of the most interesting and socially engaged artists working today.
Josh MacPhee, artist and activist, is the founder of the Justseeds Artists' Cooperative, an organization that promotes radical art forms. He is the author of Stencil Pirates: A Global Study of the Street Stencil (2004) and co-edited Realizing the Impossible: Art Against Authority (2007) and Reproduce and Revolt (2008). MacPhee is also the curator of the printmaking exhibition Paper Politics, which has been on tour in the United States since 2004.
Featured Artists in the book who will be at the event, the list is growing!:
John Jennings
Marc Nelson
Damon Locks is a visual artist and a musician here in Chicago. He performs in both The Eternals and The Exploding Star Orchestra. Always up for a good conversation, he was happy to participate in the Celebrate Peoples History book event at Quimby's.
André Pérez, Founder of the Transgender Oral History Project, developer of educational materials about trans issues, and organizer with GenderQueer Chicago.
For more info: justseeds.org


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Your questions - Security checks
Since the deployment of the French government's security programme, Vigipirate, and similar programmes in other countries, security measures have multiplied. Random, supplementary security checks may be performed on your baggage. Hand baggage: all sharp and blunt objects will be confiscated during security checks of your hand baggage. Checked baggage: each checked piece of baggage must carry a label marked with your name and address. Air France will provide you with labels if you do not have any.


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Summertime, and the living is easy. The hot weather settles in heavy on top of us and all we want to do is find shade and cool respite. Baking? The last thing on our minds; the heat emanating from oven or stove is wearying and even the craving of chocolate, peaches, raspberries or melons isn't enough to drag us into the sultry kitchen.
Yet…yet… ice cream and sorbet scream summer in a way that nothing else can! Chilly and refreshing, soothing the temper and cooling the body, ice cream and sorbet are the one happiness of summer. One lick of a cone, one icy spoonful and memories wash over us of beach holidays and camping trips and the stickiness of vanilla or chocolate dripping off chins and running down arms; the streets of Rome and the magic of our first Italian gelato; excitedly, impatiently waiting our turn to work the stiff hand crank on the old ice cream machine at camp long ago. Who doesn't have at least one memory redolent with the sweet goodness of ice cream or the elegance of sorbet? Dreams of ice cream have the power to pull us into the kitchen even at the height of summer and incite us to cook.
Summer is upon us and what better accompaniment to a macaron than ice cream or sorbet? Your challenge this month is concoct a dessert - a simple ice cream sandwich or a more complicated confection – combining your own ice cream or sorbet with your home-baked macarons! Try to make your own ice cream or sorbet, if you can, and pair it with whatever flavor macaron you decide to create. Then use your imaginations to prepare something luscious for summer. And if you are in the deep, dark, cold recesses of winter on your side of the planet? Well, nothing is more delicious than macarons and ice cream for snack or dessert. Are we right?
A simple post, a simple challenge, and you are on your way. Create a favorite family treat or an elegant dessert, fruit, chocolate, vanilla, spiked, spiced or herbed, whatever your desire, whatever your whim, but make sure you make your own macarons and serve it up with ice cream or sorbet! And then we'll all scream for….ice cream!
Now, just follow the rules:
1. Once you have posted your Mac Attack macarons on your blog, make sure that you mention the Mactweets Mac Attack challenge in your post and link back to the Mactweets blog. Please make sure that your Mac Attack #21 macarons are inspired by the theme!
2. Please link back to this challenge on your post.
3. Feel free to promote the Mactweets blog by proudly displaying the Mactweets badge in your Mac Attack post as well as in your sidebar! It isn't mandatory but is a nice way to get the word out!
4. Have your Fruity Macs posted on your own blog by July 31, 2011. And being just a little bit late never hurt anybody...
5. Once your post is up, simply leave the link to the post as a comment to this Mac Attack Challenge post!
The round up will be posted on or about August 5, 2011!


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Ron Briley: Review of Richard Lingeman's "The Noir Forties: The American People from Victory to Cold War" (Nation Books, 2012)
tags: Ron Briley, book reviews, 1940s, The Noir Forties, Richard LingemanRon Briley reviews books for the History News Network and is a history teacher and an assistant headmaster at Sandia Preparatory School, Albuquerque, New Mexico. He is the author of "The Politics of Baseball: Essays on the Pastime and Power at Home and Abroad."
Within American popular culture, the 1950s are viewed with some nostalgic longing for a simpler time as depicted in such television fare as Happy Days, Leave It to Beaver, and Father Knows Best. Yet, this era was anything but a period free from global and domestic turmoil. By 1950, the so-called greatest generation of the Great Depression and World War II journeyed from the euphoria of victory over Germany and Japan to the development of a national security state which supported the Cold War, the manufacture of nuclear arms, and a shooting war in Korea; while perceiving the New Deal, reform movements and dissent in general as a threat to the nation's existence. In the work place and the suburbs, conformity was a cherished value that allowed one to get ahead at the job and mingle with neighbors in the pursuit of consumption. Not everyone, however, shared in the values of the American liberal consensus, which was challenged in the 1960s by alienated youth, women who refused to embrace the feminine mystique, and a civil rights movement that questioned the promise of American life for all its citizens. The veterans returned from the Second World War with the hope that their sacrifice would usher in a world free of totalitarianism, war, and depression. Many would find post-war America disappointing.
Richard Lingeman, a senior editor with the Nation magazine and a literary biographer with books on Sinclair Lewis and Theodore Dreiser, argues that the foundation for post-World War II America was established during the period from 1945 to 1950 as the United States evolved from celebrating the victories over Japan and Germany to a new Cold War military front on the peninsula of Korea. The Noir Forties is a rather eclectic book which employs elements of autobiography, history, and cultural studies to examine the early years of the postwar period, when the insecurities of the American people were often explored in the popular film noir genre; where a dark urban landscape was populated by cynical detectives, strong women usually described as femme fatales, and a darkness of the human soul.
Lingeman maintains that post-war life and culture was reflective of the shadow of death cast by the Second World War. It is estimated that over 405,000 American military personnel perished during the war, while another 600,000 were wounded. To trace the impact of so many dead loved ones on survivors and family members, Lingeman traveled to the small town of Red Oak, Iowa which suffered the highest number of casualties per capita of any community in the United States. Lingeman concludes that the presence of death in the culture was evident in the classic noir D.O.A. (1950) in which Edmund O'Brien learns that he has been administered a fatal but slow acting poison. He wanders the dark urban streets searching for his murderer.
The veteran who survived death returned to a changed nation and encountered challenges adjusting to civilian life. Post-war traumatic stress syndrome was certainly not invented during the Vietnam War. Lingeman asserts that Hollywood and film noirs addressed such veteran readjustment issues as divorce, survivor's guilt, alcoholism, women in the work force, and alienation from civilians who did not share their war experiences. For example, the noir Detour (1946) relates the story of a frustrated New York City piano player Al Roberts (Tom Neal) who decides to relocate to Los Angeles in pursuit of the American dream. While hitchhiking across the country, fate leads Al to become involved with the death of two strangers, and at the film's conclusion he is arrested for murder. Lingeman writes, "Detour evoked the sense of drift millions of returning veterans and redundant war plant workers felt in that first postwar year. Uncertainties loomed: fears of another Depression, of the Soviets, of the A-bomb too. You'd lost agency; fate was in the driver's seat" (66).
Lingeman also suggests that the loner-outsider protagonist of film noir correlates with the plight of organized labor following World War II. During the war union membership exceeded thirty percent of the work force. After making sacrifices during the conflict, a record number of strikes occurred in 1946, but businesses welcomed the opportunity to reduce the clout of organized labor and succeeded in painting labor with the red brush of communism. To document the problems confronting labor, Lingeman focuses upon the Hollywood labor conflict between the Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States (IATSE) led by Roy Brewer and the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU) under the direction of Herbert Sorrell. Although the IATSE was often associated with organized crime, the producers believed they could do business with Brewer, accusing the more democratic CSU of being under the influence of the Communist Party. After a bitter and often violent strike, the CSU was crushed. Lingeman argues that the studios then proceeded to exercise similar control over such craft unions as the Screen Actors Guild, Directors Guild, and Screenwriters Guild by inviting Congressional investigation of communist influence in Hollywood. The ensuing imprisonment of the Hollywood Ten for contempt of Congress and unofficial blacklist silenced dissent and labor unrest in the film industry. Lingeman laments that filmmakers eschewed addressing social problems for fear that they would be labeled as communists. Instead of films on racism or economic inequality, Hollywood sought refuge in Biblical epics and romantic comedy. And to really curry favor with the right wing, the studios produced such forgettable anticommunist propaganda as I Married a Communist (1948). On the other hand, some filmmakers relied upon science fiction or noir to make allegorical statements regarding American life and politics in the 1940s.
Women were also a significant force in the noir universe. Many men were insecure regarding working women and hastily contracted war time marriages. Lingeman observes that Mildred Pierce (1945), featuring Joan Crawford, was a noir mystery in which Mildred demonstrated that she could, indeed, successfully manage a chain of restaurants, but with her attention not focused upon the home, Mildred's daughters are both neglected and pampered with tragic results... Mildred found redemption in returning to her first husband and domestic duties. The femme fatale was also a staple of noir cinema. Lingeman argues, "The rise of the femme fatale in film noirs reflected male ambivalence and anxiety about World War II women, those Amazons unleashed by the war who worked at men's jobs, had sex with whomever they wanted, and rejected home and motherhood" (201). The realities of power in post-war America was certain far from this noir nightmare. Lingeman devotes considerable time and attention to gender during the immediate post-war years, but, similar to the Hollywood cinema, he gives less space to the plight of African Americans in post-war America.
Students of American history may find Lingeman's chronicling of the 1945 to 1950 period to be familiar ground. Although engaging in little primary research, Lingeman demonstrates a good grasp of secondary sources on World War II and its aftermath. In exploring the Cold War and McCarthyism, Lingeman puts forth an interpretation that is not all that different from The Untold History of the United States (2012) by Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick. The Cold War was not inevitable and less bellicose policies and attitudes by the Truman administration might have found some common ground with the Soviets. In fact, as with Stone and Kuznick, Henry Wallace emerges as the voice of an alternative post-war policy for the United States (the validity of this interpretation is still widely contested). Instead, Lingeman observes that American leader began to place their faith in a nuclear solution which deprived his generation of the better world for which they fought and sacrificed. Lingeman concludes his provocative book with an epilogue, describing his military service in the occupation of Japan. He visits Nagasaki, where he achieved an epiphany, "the beginning of the search for understanding of my times. And the beginning of the end of illusion" (377). Indeed, as Tom Engelhardt suggests, the Second World War was the end of victory culture with the unleashing of the atomic bomb. In the shadow of the bomb, American culture was well reflected in the film noir genre; a gray world in which the grasp for security found in the national security state, McCarthyism, and the Cold War trumped post war dreams of greater democracy and social reform.


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LavaSwap is a DeFi platform known as an automated market maker (AMM) that can be used for swapping HRC-20 (HECO) assets easily. After officially launching on January 27th, it surpassed a coveted milestone of $10M TVL (Total Value Locked) in just its first hour.
LAVAswap website: https://lavaswap.com/
Understanding the DeFi Explosion
DeFi, short for Decentralized Finance, is the idea that traditional financial models (banks, loans, mortgages…) can be recreated using blockchain technology, eliminating costly middlemen, making every process simpler, more accessible, and faster.
The core benefit of DeFi is easy access to financial services, especially for those who are isolated from the current financial system. Another potential advantage of DeFi is the modular framework it is built upon — interoperable DeFi applications on public blockchains will potentially create entirely new financial markets, products, and services. (Source1, Source 2)
Traditional finance is built on top of different institutions that perform tasks on every step of every financial service/process. This model is outdated, because in every step of every financial process there's a middleman, making everything more expensive, bureaucratic and difficult.
All of those middlemen rely on taking a cut of every transaction, adding extra steps and costs that could be avoided with the use of technology. According to Defipulse, the leading data & analytics provider for Decentralized Finance applications, there are over $24.6B assets locked in DeFi protocols as of January 27th. The cryptocurrency market has seen an unprecedented explosion of DeFi applications, services and projects. While it's early, DeFi can have a huge impact on many different industries and sectors.
A new wave of financial innovation is upon us. Decentralized Finance (DeFi) provides the solid foundation for new financial services that are so powerful and advantageous that we will soon look back on them and question how we ever operated without them. Decentralized financial instruments make cryptocurrency and the blockchain sector capable of accomplishing what was once only possible in traditional money markets. Services such as borrowing and lending can now take place in a wholly decentralized manner, without ever involving banking institutions.
This produces a multi-frontal, paradigm shifting, natural growth area — one that is fueling the digital currency boom. Decentralization will continue to be the essence of blockchain projects moving forward. With DeFi, there are a lot of new opportunities to explore. When it comes to the DeFi movement, the time is now to create value for the world. (Source 3)
Excessive Ethereum (ETH) Focus
Crypto and DeFi are becoming a new world order. People want flexibility and freedom of assets to do what they want. They are tired of spending crazy gas fees and want to spread their assets across chains and the whole crypto universe.
Crypto is currently too ETH dependent:
Ethereum (ETH) primarily dominates DeFi ~99% dominance (DeFi Pulse, Aug 1, 2020).
- While ETH is truly ground-breaking, public chains designed for generic use will fundamentally achieve scalability issues as they lack dedicated focus to pure finance use cases.
- Issues exist such as governance, Lack of absolute finality of transactions, Identifying investors with no built-in KYC and Custody
The Decentralized Exchange Revolution
- The incredible DeFi growth has been made possible in large part because of decentralized exchanges (DEXs). They are automatic and unstoppable exchanges where people can swap their crypto assets with other users, without the need of control and supervision from a central entity.
- Uniswap changed the game
- On the Ethereum network, Uniswap is the most well-known DEX. Its growth has been spectacular, and it has opened the way to new and exciting DEXs across the crypto space!
- Uniswap even surpassed Coinbase Pro in daily volume! (Source)
- SushiSwap took the same concept and made it more accessible and democratic:
- SushiSwap is a fork of Uniswap with some key differences — most notably, the SUSHI token. The token had two functions at launch: entitling holders to governance rights and a portion of the fees paid to the protocol. In a simplified way, SUSHI holders "own" the protocol. (Source)
- Another important DEX is PancakeSwap, built on the Binance Smart Chain.
- The developers of PancakeSwap cite high fees and slower speeds of the Ethereum blockchain as a driving factor in building on Binance Smart Chain. Ethereum may have kick-started the DeFi trend, but initiatives like PancakeSwap suggest that the wave of innovation is destined to spread to other chains. (Source)
Lava is poised for massive growth built on HECO
- LavaSwap is built on top of Huobi ECO Chain (HECO) for many of the same reasons PancakeSwap was built on top of BSC: lower fess, faster speeds and a huge ecosystem (although HECO is faster and cheaper than BSC). HECO is also created in association with Huobi, leveraginfg the massive community of one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges with an estimated $5B daily trading volume.
About LAVAswap:
LAVAswap is the first interoperable decentralized cross-chain swap protocol powered by Huobi Eco Chain. We envision a world where all crypto assets can come play in our BLAZING DeFi playground, which includes a DEX, liquidity pool, cross-chain bridge and more.
Official Website: www.lavaswap.com
Twitter: https://mobile.twitter.com/LavaSwap
Telegram: https://t.me/LavaSwap
Medium: https://lavaswap.medium.com


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By Mackenzie Weinger:
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus on Monday blasted The New York Times' Ross Douthat's new column as a "rambling piece which reflects his lack of understanding of the diverse Latino community and reaffirms the obvious reasons that Republicans lost Latino support."
CHC chair Charlie Gonzalez took aim at Douthat for writing in his Sunday column "The Liberal Gloat" that one of the major reasons Democrats are winning the support of recent immigrants is "because those immigrants often aren't assimilating successfully — or worse, are assimilating downward, thanks to rising out-of-wedlock birthrates and high dropout rates."
"The Democratic edge among Hispanics depends heavily on these darker trends: the weaker that families and communities are, the more necessary government support inevitably seems," Douthat wrote.
"Hispanics are not a separate part of America," Gonzales said in a statement responding to the op-ed column. "We are engaged in every facet of American society and successful Latinos ensure a more prosperous America. To say that Latinos are assimilating downward is to ignore the obvious facts."
The Texas representative noted that "immigrants do not come to this country out of laziness. They come to work toward a better life and no one can question the work ethic of Latinos."
"Latinos seek assimilation, which requires equality with and inclusion in the dominant and established American community. The Republican agenda and policies offered neither and that's why Latinos voted for the Democratic candidates," the CHC chair added. "The Latino story is the American story. It's a simple lesson, but one that some conservatives, such as Mr. Douthat, are still learning."
Douthat has not yet responded to a request for comment.
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Christian Wulff elected Germany's new president
Thursday, July 1, 2010
German Chancellor Angela Merkel's candidate, Christian Wulff, was elected Germany's new President on Wednesday. Wulff was a candidate of Germany's centre-right coalition.
Wulff won 600 votes in the first round; 615 in the second and 625 in the third and final round, beating Joachim Gauck, who reached 494 votes.
"Ladies and gentlemen, an eventful day has ended and Christian Wulff is the president of the Federal Republic of Germany," Merkel said. "This was our nomination, out of conviction, because we believe that he will represent this country as president in a wonderful way," she added.
Wulff succeeds Horst Koehler, who resigned a month ago, and will be sworn in on Friday the 2nd.
- "Christian Wulff elected German president" — The Guardian, June 30, 2010
- "Merkel candidate Wulff wins presidency on third attempt" — BBC News, June 30, 2010


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AES New York 2013
Product Design Session PD5
Saturday, October 19, 3:15 pm — 4:45 pm (Room 1E09)
PD5 - The Power of the Brand
Presenter:Adrian Weidmann, StoreStream Metrics - USA
This session will define "Brand" and explore its power and importance for the commercial success of your product development and/or service—be it a microphone, audio processing software, or recording studio. Developing, defining, and maintaining your brand and its message may the most important "product" you ever develop. This session will explore the power of Brand and outline seven key components to define your brand. The "Brand as Publisher" concept will be introduced, defined, and examples will be presented that can be used to create a meaningful dialog between your customers and your brand across available customer touchpoints—human, mobile, social media, web, and print. Understanding the power of this customer dialog can provide innovative insights for your product design team as well as propel your Brand.


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Police may have found the kid who punk'd police into thinking there were emergencies at the homes of Ashton Kutcher and Justin Bieber.
The LAPD's Hollywood Division has confirmed the arrest of an unidentified juvenile they believe to be responsible for "swatting" the two celebs, that term coined to describe hackers making calls via TTY machines to report serious crimes that would merit a large response from law-enforcement and other emergency personnel.
"The swatting practice is extremely dangerous and places first responders and citizens in harm's way," the LAPD said in a statement announcing the bust, which went down on Dec. 10 following an investigation also involving the FBI and Long Beach Police Department.
Cops were dispatched to Kutcher's Hollywood Hills home on the morning of Oct. 3 after a call came in via TTY that there had been a shooting at the house. Only after sending out a helicopter and other hostage-rescue resources to the address did officers learn that the call had been a hoax.
A week later, a TTY report came in that an emergency was in progress at Bieber's residence and L.A. County Sheriff's deputies quickly learned upon arrival that there was no situation at the house.
Police said that they have connected the suspect to other swatting incidents, as well, but they didn't name names. Similar incidents occurred at the homes of Miley Cyrus in August and Simon Cowell last month.


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Manley Labs does nothing by halves, and its Massive Passive (aka Massivo) is an amazing piece of engineering that takes a Pultec-style passive EQ as its starting point and runs with it.
The result is a stereo 4-band passive EQ (in a parallel configuration) with high- and low-pass filters, an all-valve gain make-up stage and transformer-balanced outputs.
Each band can be switched to cut or boost (20dB maximum in bell mode) and can work as either a bell or shelf - both can be modified using the bandwidth. Frequency selection is notched (11 frequencies per band), and there's considerable frequency overlap across bands. The parallel EQ design means that if you EQ the same or similar frequencies in two bands (for example), the gain doesn't 'double up'.
This brings us neatly to the bandwidth/gain interaction. In a typical 'constant bandwidth' EQ, gain levels may influence bandwidth, but not vice versa. With this unit, the bandwidth does affect the gain, and you'll only get the maximum 20dB gain when the bandwidth is at its narrowest. At its widest setting, gain will max out at 6dB (2dB for the 22Hz to 1kHz band).
In shelf mode, adjusting the bandwidth takes the slope from a typical shelf to a shape with a reverse bell around the frequency point (called a shelving overshoot). So, boosting in shelf mode with maximum bandwidth produces a marked bell dip (6dB) at the designated frequency.
Mastering option
As well as modelling the standard Massive Passive, Universal Audio has also included the Massive Passive Mastering Version as an extra plug-in. This hardware variation came about in response to demands for a more easily recallable and stereo-friendly unit. So, notched bandwidth and gain controls were added.
Just like the original, gain is dependent on bandwidth, so one notch is not a fixed amount of gain, but the notches do help in like-for-like recall situations.
So why the need for a software version? Well, Manley made some other changes. First up, the maximum gain was reduced to 11dB, allowing for more accurate settings. Next, the filters are at different frequencies (12, 16, 23, 30 and 39Hz high-pass; 15, 20, 27, 40 and 56kHz low-pass) and offer a slightly flatter shape up to the knee point. Finally, the master gain trims offer less gain overall (-2.5dB to +2.5dB) and are also properly detented in 0.5dB steps.
In use
While we wouldn't call the Massive Passive surgical, it's still very powerful, particularly with narrow bandwidths. In use, we particularly liked the bell shape for boosting low and low-mid frequencies and combining these with the high-pass filter worked well on bass guitar and acoustic guitar. Similarly, for top end sparkle the bell shape delivers a classic Pultec-style lift.
What's most surprising is the shelf. The bandwidth control turns this from a gentle, broad enhancer to a more extreme beast altogether, and boosting with maximum bandwidth gives a big scoop with a steep shelf just above. This is great for adding 'air' when set to 16, 12 or even 8.2kHz, but the sharpness can be very obvious at lower frequencies.
In practical terms, there's plenty to commend. Firstly, the cut/boost design means you can seek out undesirable frequencies in 'boost' then simply flip the switch to 'cut' to remove them. Also, the band overlap means you can use two bands to create a smooth, broad lift or cut.
We compared UAD's emulation to the one in Focusrite's Liquid Mix version, called the Huge Tube. On a single band basis, they sound very similar, but the Liquid Mix lacks the parallel topology, so with two or more bands, the UAD behaves much more like the original hardware. Finally, it's worth saying that one stereo instance used 60% of our UAD-2 Solo card - certainly a consideration. And we did also experience some bass 'thuds' when using high gain and switching frequencies.
Overall, though, this is an excellent software version of a superb piece of hardware.
Hear Massive Passive at work:
1. Acoustic piano: A blues piano part - first spinning through all frequencies in top band with bell shape, maximum boost and wide bandwidth. Then backing the other way with narrowest bandwidth. Settling on a broad bell boost at 5.6kHz. Then using a low shelf to boost at 270Hz. Raising the high-pass filter to various settings and picking 39Hz. Finally, boosting the mid range to spot the boxiness at 680Hz then cutting. Bypass to compare.
2. Acoustic guitar: Starting with a broad shelf boost then spinning through various settings. Then increasing the bandwidth setting to produce overshoot effect. Settling on 8.2kHz point. Next, using the low-pass filter to tame excess high frequencies - settling on 18kHz. Boosting with a broad bell in the low frequencies - settling on 82Hz. Using the lowest band to shelve off at 100Hz with a broad shelf. Finally, adding some bite in the mid range with a mid bandwidth at around 2.2kHz. Bypass to compare.


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Teaching parents to be better sports
During a girls' soccer game in Portland, Ore., Sue Mak gaped in horror as the coach for the opposing team screamed at his 9-year-old daughter for playing poorly, and then ripped off her shirt. The girl wrapped her arms around her bare chest and cried.
"I was mortified," says Ms. Mak, a volunteer coach for more than 20 years. "I stopped the game and saw to it that the father never coached again."
While this is an extreme example, it illustrates the intense desire that some of today's parents have for their kids to excel in sports and attract recognition as top athletes as all- stars, heavy hitters, offensive greats, and most-valuable players.
"We have made children's sports comparable to pro sports," says Fred Engh, founder and president of the National Alliance For Youth Sports, in West Palm Beach, Fla.
Too often, he adds, parents fail to focus on the benefits of sports: physical exercise, social interaction, teamwork, and the opportunity to learn discipline and good sportsmanship.
"What sometimes gets lost in sports for children is the basis of it the ethics and sportsmanship in the name of winning at all costs," Mr. Engh says.
The 25 million American children who participate in sports each year generally begin playfully, at the age of 5 or 6, by batting, kicking, and pushing a ball around. But by the time they are 9 years old, competition heats up. Even at that age, many kids try out for all-star teams made up of gifted athletes, or join "traveling" teams that compete across the state and sometimes across the nation.
By the time young athletes are in middle school, some families spend as much as $1,000 or more a year for their children to join private "club" teams that focus on competitive play, says Mak.
Today's youth sports scene no longer resembles the old days of pickup games in the park, says Rick Wolff, chairman of the Center For Sports Parenting and a former professional baseball player in New York.
"Youth sports have changed so dramatically, we are really getting into uncharted territory," he says. "I'm a very strong proponent of parents being proactive in sports, because there are a lot of situations where things aren't run the right way."
In fact, 75 percent of youngsters drop out of athletics by the time they are 13 because taking part in sports is no longer fun, Mr. Wolff says.
When today's parents were kids, sports elicited more smiles. Dressed in T-shirts and shorts, children trotted out to a field or basketball court, chose sides, and played without the aid of or interference of adults.
"When I was a child in the 1950s and 1960s, the park or the basketball court was the place of social justice," says Daniel Doyle, founder and director of the Institute for International Sport, located at the University of Rhode Island in Kingston. "Kids had to learn how to negotiate and compromise. It was not a perfect system; it was Darwinian, but it was Darwinian in a way that did not hurt kids."
But in recent years, kids' sports have become more demanding and more influenced by adults' values. Kids purchase expensive uniforms and attend adult-run practices two to three times a week. Athletic children ages 6 to 13 generally spend about 80 hours each three-month season participating in sports, says Engh.
Many of those youngsters commit Saturdays to playing in games and whole weekends to tournaments, where competition for championship trophies and most- valuable-player awards is overseen by trained referees and officials.
These changes in the youth sports scene are due in part to the growth of Little League baseball, which introduced parents as coaches, says Mr. Doyle.
"Historically, before the Little League was founded in 1938 or 1939, parents did not play ball with kids. It was not part of the sports ethic," he says. "Little League grew and grew, and by the time you were in the mid-1950s, moms and dads were coaching Little League teams."
The popularity of sports has increased dramatically over the years, and so has the nation's preoccupation with superstars like Michael Jordan.
"For some parents, there is the sense that my child is the gifted one who will be the next Michael Jordan," says Wolff, the former ballplayer who has a master's degree in psychology. "Some say, 'Maybe he won't be a pro, but he will get a college scholarship.' Some parents also have a free-floating sense of keeping up with the Jones family."
To ensure that children benefit from their athletic experience, parents must learn to tread a fine line between caring too much about whether their children excel and taking too little interest in their athletic activities, experts say.
That distinction is different for each child, he notes. Some children play basketball or golf eight hours a day in the summer because they love it so much and that's fine if they manage to retain their focus on friends, academics, and other aspects of their lives, he says.
Take the young Tiger Woods as an example.
"His dad was not the pushy parent people thought he was," Doyle says. "He was always encouraging Tiger to play other sports and to have fun on the golf course. He encouraged him to be a fine student, and Tiger went to Stanford University."
When parents are too pushy, they focus too much on their own dreams, he adds.
Barbara Stahl, a sports parent for 15 years and the author of "Parenting, Sportsmom Style," says that she sometimes found herself in that position when her son played youth sports.
For many years, her son's soccer team beat its archrival, a team from a neighboring town. The first time her son's team lost, Mrs. Stahl was upset, and asked her son if he was sorry about the loss.
"I realized, for my son the game had ended 10 minutes before. I was the one who was wrapped up in the emotional rivalry," she says.
Mak, the youth coach, says that she, too, found herself emotionally involved at times in her son's athletic experience. She often yelled if her son was in danger or if referees failed to watch for fouls, she says.
"If someone would jump on my son, I would say, 'Open your eyes. You almost killed my kid.' If I saw a kid fouling another player, I would yell, 'Ref, watch what's going on!' "
When Mak's son, Justin, was about 12, he told her that she embarrassed him when she challenged referees' calls. "I realized I was overzealous, so I tried to tone it down. I tried to back off," she says.
She continued to attend all of Justin's games, but she often sat on the opposing team's side, where she felt more inhibited about yelling.
"I tried to find a way to still be involved in the game, but to be a real positive part of the excitement," Mak says.
Savvy sports parents not only strive for balance, they try to ensure kids take part in baseball, hockey, or soccer for the joy of it.
Parents should let children lead them, says Wolff. Children who excel in sports are those who are passionate about it. And these kids' drive comes from within, he says.
"All you need to do is be supportive," says Engh. "You need to tell your child, 'Win or lose, you are doing a great job; I want you to have fun.' "
To support a child, parents should attend their children's games, whenever possible, and cheer them on, experts say. They should provide positive feedback to coaches, referees, and umpires.
"Good sports parents realize this sport is a tool to teach your child about life," says Mak.
As a rookie soccer coach 20 years ago, Mak struggled to find a balance in how she gave feedback to her team. First, she says, she was too loud on the sidelines and often too negative with the kids. Even though her team won, victory seemed to carry a high price.
After experimenting with a number of styles, she discovered that children benefit most if they receive mainly positive feedback. Her job, she decided, was to be a master cheerleader.
Not all coaches strive for a balance that is appropriate for young team members. For that reason, parents should seek out coaches who are most likely to suit their child's needs.
Parents should inquire about the coach's philosophy, and attend enough practices and games to feel comfortable that the coach's style is compatible with their child's personality.
Parents should also find out if the league has checked the coach's background to ensure that he or she has no police record, says Dan Reidy, a parent and director of recreation services for Lantana Recreation, in Lantana, Fla.
"You don't just take your kid to a doctor's office, or drop them off at school without knowing the doctors or teachers are competent," says Mr. Reidy.
The National Alliance for Youth Sports offers communities nationwide a program, "Time Out," that establishes guidelines and standards for coaches, referees, and parents participating in sports. It also provides a mechanism for reporting bad coaches.
Once parents feel comfortable with a child's coach, they should brush up on the fundamentals of the game. They're more likely to enjoy watching the game and be better equipped to cheer the child on.
They will also be better prepared to discuss with their children the emotional, social, and political lessons that are critical to playing on a team.
"It's really great if you can talk to your kid about ... what's happening out there, if you can understand it when he says, 'I saw Calvin cut for the ball, but I didn't give him the ball and should have,' " says Marshall Pile, a coach in Portland, Ore.
Ultimately, these discussions are about the important rules of life, says Engh. "Lose with grace. Focus on discipline. Abide by the rules," he says.
Parents need to follow one more rule, too, says Stahl: "I think the perfect sports parent is someone who can always remember and never forget: This is the child's experience, not the parent's."
Coaches can either motivate a child to excel or crush a child with negative feedback and too-high expectations, experts say.
That's why it's critical that parents choose a coach who best suits their child's goals and personality.
Before a child begins a season with a new coach, parents should seek out answers to these questions:
What's the coach's philosophy? According to Rick Wolff, chairman of the Center For Sports Parenting and author of "Coaching Kids for Dummies": "If the coach says, 'I'm here to win at all costs,' you have the right to say, 'This isn't the best team for my child to play on.' "
How does the coach divide up kids' playing time? Many recreational leagues require coaches to give each child a minimum amount of playing time during games. In more competitive environments, though, coaches give the most talented players the most playing time.
Is one of the coach's children a team member? Ask the coach how he treats his child. "When I coach my own kid, I make a point to have my kid sit out the first half of a game," says Mr. Wolff. If the coach favors his own child, be sure you are comfortable with this before allowing your child to play on his team.
Ask the coach if and how he gives children constructive feedback. Or watch the coach during a practice. If you discover he yells at or berates the children, consider finding another coach or starting your own team, suggests Wolff.


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WASHINGTON, Aug. 5 (UPI) -- There is too much red tape in Washington to make new discoveries of shale oil and natural gas to stimulate the economy, the American Petroleum Institute said.
API President Jack Gerard said he was supporting a proposal to preserve a state role in regulating oil and natural gas operations. Supporters of the legislation say a one-size-fits-all federal policy would overlook individual cases.
"This legislation recognizes that an unnecessary and duplicative layer of federal restrictions would pose a needless cost to taxpayers, could slow domestic energy production, and interfere with environmental stewardship by the states," Gerard said in a Friday statement.
The bill was introduced by Sens. John Hoeven, R-N.D., and Mary Landrieu, D-La. Similar legislation backed by Hoeven in 2012 never made it to the Senate floor.
Critics of President Obama's energy policies say the federal government is handicapping the energy sector. The administration says oil and natural gas production are at record highs.
API said last week the U.S. oil and natural gas sector supported 8 percent of the U.S. economy in 2011, up from the 7.7 percent reported in a 2009 assessment.


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20 February 2014, 10:21 | Updated: 20 February 2014, 11:02
A 14-year-old boy killed after leaving home to meet an internet friend in Grays has been described as a "gifted and dedicated student''.
Breck Bednar, from Caterham, Surrey, died after suffering a knife wound to the neck in a flat in Roseberry Road, Grays, at about 11am on Monday (17 February).
A post later appeared online saying Breck had left home after arranging to meet somebody through the internet.
Today (Thursday 20 February) his parents, oil futures trader Barry Bednar, 49, from Houston, Texas, and US-born teaching assistant Lorin LaFave, 47, issued a statement through police paying tribute to their son.
It said: "Our family is devastated by the loss of our beloved Breck David LaFave Bednar.
"He was a kind, intelligent, thoughtful boy with a good sense of humour and was a dedicated student at St Bede's School in Redhill and extremely gifted in computing, electronics, and engineering.''
Breck was a member of the Air Cadets with the 135 Squadron in Redhill and a member of St John the Evangelist Church of England Church in Caterham.
"His three younger siblings knew him as a kind and loving older brother who always helped out by looking after them,'' the statement added. "The wider family remember him as a well-mannered, social, and confident boy who was always thoughtful and patient with his younger cousins.
"We are all in shock, and so grateful for the thoughts and prayers of friends and family at this difficult time.''
Chris Curtis, headteacher of St Bede's School, said the school had been devastated by the "awful news'' of the Year 10 pupil's death.
He added: "Breck was a bright and hard working student who teachers describe as a real pleasure to teach."
A message, posted on Facebook after Breck's death by a person claiming to be his cousin, said he had turned to the internet after struggling to make friends.
"He ended up meeting someone who he thought wanted to be his friend. Breck told his father that he was going to his friend's house for a sleepover a couple of streets away, this wasn't a huge concern for his parents,'' it added.
"He ended up taking a train down to Essex, about two hours away to meet the man he had been talking to over the internet.''
Essex Police said it was aware of the post but refused to comment on the circumstances surrounding the killing.
Surrey Police has referred itself to the Independent Police Complaints Commission over a report it received in December last year from a family member relating to online activity.
Lewis Daynes, 18, a computer engineer from Roseberry Road, Grays, has been charged with murder and was due to appear before Chelmsford Crown Court this morning.
The family plans to establish a fund to support computer literacy in Breck's memory. Anyone wishing to contribute should email email@example.com


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Milfs Grab Back,Aubrey Black Jordi El Niño Polla,Brazzers
When Aubrey decided to throw a low key bachelorette party for herself at home, she was assured that her new stepson, Jordi, would keep his distance for the night. When Jordi winds up staying in during her big night, Aubrey is far from pleased – the scamp's caused her nothing but trouble ever since she moved in with her husband-to-be. Jordi ignores Aubrey's pleas to leave her friends alone and decides to play a little grab-ass with them. When Jordi accidentally gets a handful of his new stepmom, she doesn't shy away from giving him a piece of her mind. If he's going to go around grabbing people, he better be able to follow up with a fuck!»


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The subject of human free will has always contrived to set men's mental teeth on edge. The fatalist automatically resigns himself to whatever befalls him, seeing in effects no cause attributable to his own action--or inaction; but resigned always to the working of an inexorable fate., , The Christian counterpart tends to accept his lot as the working of God's Will in which he has no say or part., At the other extreme stands the rebellious independent, determined to exercise his right to free, self-willed action., , This book, as one of its many values, shows the extent to which Hierarchy and other centres of life on the planet are dependent upon the unpredictable and often irresponsible factor of human free will. During the years leading up to the outbreak of World War II, every opportunity and every possible spiritual stimulation was offered to humanity in an effort to avoid precipitation of conflict on to the physical plane. Disciples and aspirants to discipleship were asked to give special cooperation to the Hierarchy, and to make an all-out effort to provide adequate leadership to human thought and decision. All were left free, however, to determine their own limits, if any, and to decide their own actions. According to law, the Hierarchy--even at danger point--could not infringe human free will and dictate or impose a course of action based on their own deeper knowledge and more profound insight., , Many of the spiritual factors surrounding the period of human history from 1919 to 1949 are presented in this book. The energies at work behind the world scene are shown; and the identity revealed of certain great Beings magnetically attracted in service towards this planet at a climaxing moment in the evolution of our planetary life., , These factors are an aid to our understanding of the interrelated energy patterns within the universe which operate according to law. But essentially they provide the esotericist with knowledge of available energy flow responding to planetary purpose and plan which can be contacted and given conscious and intelligent cooperation, particularly by those in whom the selfish, self-centred will has been transcended so that the spiritual will can be given more adequate expression. Some of these energy factors are particularly clear in the special "Messages" given over a period of many years at the time of the Festivals of Easter, Wesak and the Christ., , Many aspects of Hierarchical work, thought and planning are discussed in these Messages, with the Hierarchical effect shown of planetary evolution and initiation and its reflection into humanity. This achieved a climax at the time of the three Festivals in 1945, when a momentous decision was taken involving, among other results, the eventual externalisation of the Hierarchy arid the reappearance of the Christ., , The final section of the book discusses the "Stages in the Externalisation of the Hierarchy". It is often difficult for the human mind to imagine the problems facing those liberated from the restrictions of form. It is even more difficult to contemplate the effects in those so liberated of a free choice to reassume such a limitation., , So we are helped to understand what the interdependence of life on this planet really signifies in terms of love, sacrifice and service by the part to the needs of the whole.
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Ocean plankton sponge up nearly twice the carbon currently assumed
Irvine, Calif. – Models of carbon dioxide in the world's oceans need to be revised, according to new work by UC Irvine and other scientists published online Sunday in Nature Geoscience. Trillions of plankton near the surface of warm waters are far more carbon-rich than has long been thought, they found. Global marine temperature fluctuations could mean that tiny Prochlorococcus and other microbes digest double the carbon previously calculated. Carbon dioxide is the leading driver of disruptive climate change.
In making their findings, the researchers have upended a decades-old core principle of marine science known as the Redfield ratio, named for famed oceanographer Alfred Redfield. He concluded in 1934 that from the top of the world's oceans to their cool, dark depths, both plankton and the materials they excrete contain the same ratio (106:16:1) of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous.
But as any gardener who has done a soil test knows, amounts of those elements can vary widely. The new study's authors found dramatically different ratios at a variety of marine locations. What matters more than depth, they concluded, is latitude. In particular, the researchers detected far higher levels of carbon in warm, nutrient-starved areas (195:28:1) near the equator than in cold, nutrient-rich polar zones (78:13:1).
"The Redfield concept remains a central tenet in ocean biology and chemistry. However, we clearly show that the nutrient content ratio in plankton is not constant and thus reject this longstanding central theory for ocean science," said lead author Adam Martiny, associate professor of Earth system science and ecology & evolutionary biology at UC Irvine. "Instead, we show that plankton follow a strong latitudinal pattern."
He and fellow investigators made seven expeditions to gather big jars of water from the frigid Bering Sea, the North Atlantic near Denmark, mild Caribbean waters and elsewhere. They used a sophisticated $1 million cell sorter aboard the research vessel to analyze samples at the molecular level. They also compared their data to published results from 18 other marine voyages.
Martiny noted that since Redfield first announced his findings, "there have been people over time putting out a flag, saying, 'Hey, wait a minute.'" But for the most part, Redfield's ratio of constant elements is a staple of textbooks and research. In recent years, Martiny said, "a couple of models have suggested otherwise, but they were purely models. This is really the first time it's been shown with observation. That's why it's so important."
Funding for the work was provided by the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy and the UCI Environment Institute. Fellow authors are Chau Pham, Francois Primeau, Jasper Vrugt and Keith Moore of UC Irvine; Simon Levin of Princeton University and UC Irvine; and Michael Lomas of the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences.
About the University of California, Irvine: Founded in 1965, UCI is a top-ranked university dedicated to research, scholarship and community service. Led by Chancellor Michael Drake since 2005, UCI is among the most dynamic campuses in the University of California system, with more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students, 1,100 faculty and 9,400 staff. Orange County's second-largest employer, UCI contributes an annual economic impact of $4.3 billion. For more UCI news, visit wp.communications.uci.edu.
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Acidic Ocean Water Impacts Corals and Other Marine Life
Some of the carbon dioxide that is added to the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels makes its way into the world's oceans. This makes seawater more acidic, which could have a large impact on marine life.
Marine creatures such as corals, clams, snails, and many other types of marine life build their skeletons and shells from calcium carbonate. These creatures get the materials they need to make the calcium carbonate from seawater. As seawater gets more acidic these creatures might have a harder time building their skeletons and shells because calcium carbonate mineral dissolves in acid.
Put a clam shell (one that you don't want to keep) into a container of vinegar and wait. Vinegar is an acid. Within a few hours will notice that your clam shell is disappearing. The calcium carbonate that makes up the shell is dissolving into the acidic vinegar.
Seawater will not become as acidic as vinegar. It has become only slightly more acidic over the past 150 years. It will continue to get more acidic, but very slowly. Scientists suspect that even a small change can make a big difference to the creatures that need to build their shells.
Because corals build reefs from calcium carbonate, and because those reefs become a home to a large amount of marine life, scientists are especially interested in the impact of more acidic water on corals.
Slower growing shells and skeletons can have an impact on the food webs of marine life, possibly changing the number of species of living things in the ocean.
Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. This image shows the link between rising levels of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere with rising CO2 levels in the nearby ocean (at Mauna Loa, Hawaii). As more CO2 builds up in the ocean, the pH of the ocean decreases (gets more acidic).


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Meinl has added a batch of Benny Greb-approved metals for its Byzance Vintage series.
The partnership has yielded a bounty of beautiful cymbals known as the Benny Greb Signature Byzance Vintage Sand Cymbals. The series is made up of the 14" Sand Hat, 18" Sand Thin Crash and a 20" Sand Ride.
"After the huge success of Benny's Sand Rides and Hats, we got together with him and started to develop these new models," explains Meinl's product manager Stefan Mueller.
"We had a clear vision of what we wanted to hear in these new cymbals, and I am proud to say that we were able to come up with these new sounds for him which reflect his unique style perfectly."
For more details head here. We recently caught up with Benny to talk his UK dates with Blue Touch Paper, you can read what we had to say in the new issue of Rhythm.


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Bates, J. J., 1991: High-frequency variability of special sensor microwave/imager derived wind speed and moisture during an intraseasonal oscillation. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3411-3423. [Abstract]
Bates, J. J., and H.F. Diaz, 1991: Evaluation of multichannel sea surface temperature product quality for climate monitoring: 1982-1988. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 20613-20622. [Abstract]
Baumhefner, D., M. Blackmon, E. Kalnay, K. Mo, F. Molteni, J. Roads, P. Sardeshmukh, and S. Tracton, 1991: Summary of a workshop on numerical long-range prediction of 10-90 day time-mean flows. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 72, 1745-1752. [Introduction]
Davidson, K. L., P. J. Boyle, C. Gautier, H. P. Hanson, and S. J. S. Khalsa, 1991: Medium- to large-scale atmospheric variability during the Frontal Air-Sea Interaction Experiment. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 8531-8551. [Abstract]
Diaz, H. F., 1991: Some characteristics of wet and dry regimes in the contiguous United States: Implications for climate change detection efforts. In Greenhouse-Gas-Induced Climate Change: A Critical Appraisal of Simulations and Observations, M. E. Schlesinger (Ed.), Elsevier, 269-296. [Abstract]
Friehe, C. A., W. J. Shaw, D. P. Rogers, K. L. Davidson, W. G. Large, S. A. Stage, G. H. Crescenti, S. J. S. Khalsa, G. K. Greenhut, and F. Li, 1991: Air-sea fluxes and surface layer turbulence around a sea surface temperature front. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 8593-8609. [Abstract]
Garcia, A., and C. Penland, 1991: Fluctuating hydrodynamics and principal oscillation pattern analysis. J. Stat. Phys., 64, 1121-1132. [Abstract]
Hendon, H. H., and B. Liebmann, 1991: The structure and annual variation of antisymmetric fluctuations of tropical convection and their association with Rossby-gravity waves. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 2127-2140. [Abstract]
Joseph, P. V., B. Liebmann, and H. H. Hendon, 1991: Interannual variability of the Australian summer monsoon onset: Possible influence of Indian summer monsoon and El Niño. J. Climate, 4, 529-538. [Abstract]
Penland, C., M. Ghil, and K. M. Weickmann, 1991: Adaptive filtering and maximum entropy spectra with application to changes in atmospheric angular momentum. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 22659-22671. [Abstract]
Quan, X., and K. M. Weickmann, 1991: Characteristics of regional annual variation of the oceanic heating to the atmosphere. Chinese J. Atmos. Sci., 15, 403-412. [Abstract]
Ting, M., 1991: The stationary wave response to a midlatitude SST anomaly in an idealized GCM. J. Atmos. Sci., 48, 1249-1275. [Abstract]
Weickmann, K. M., 1991: El Niño/Southern Oscillation and Madden-Julian (30-60 day) oscillations during 1981-1982. J. Geophys. Res., 96, 3187-3195. [Abstract]


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New York Life Foundation Grants $75,000 to The Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute
Grant Given to Support the Study of Bereavement Resources for Native American Youth
-- the Most At-Risk Population in the United States
NEW YORK, NY, February 11, 2013 — The Center for Native American Youth, a policy program within the Aspen Institute headquartered in Washington, D.C., announced today a $75,000 grant from the New York Life Foundation. The funding will support a convening and a study of resources to determine the current and future needs for bereavement and grief programming for the 2.1 million American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth in the United States.
"American Indian children are too often left behind in this country, with chronically underfunded health care and education systems," commented former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan, founder and chairman of the Center for Native American Youth. "I am excited about the Center's partnership with the New York Life Foundation because it is an example of efforts aimed at improving the lives of youth."
"In our outreach in Indian Country, we hear from youth, parents and teachers that more bereavement programming is needed," said Erin Bailey, director of the Center for Native American Youth at Aspen Institute. "We want to make this issue a priority on the national level."
"The statistics are powerful. The AI/AN youth face a disproportionately large number of losses but lack culturally-sensitive bereavement services and resources to meet the demand," said Maria Collins, senior program officer of the New York Life Foundation. "The New York Life Foundation is pleased to help the Center examine the existing bereavement and grief programming and provide a plan to secure and develop resources to meet the needs of this unique population."
The Center was established with a goal of bringing greater national attention to the issues facing Native American youth and to foster solutions, with special emphasis on youth suicide prevention. According to the Center, average suicide rates among Native American youth have reached 3.5 times the national average, with some tribal communities having rates up to 10 times the national average. The grant will support research into the impact suicides have on youth and communities, and help to determine the bereavement resources and services that are needed to address this specific population.
About The New York Life Foundation
Inspired by New York Life's tradition of service and humanity, the New York Life Foundation has, since its founding in 1979, provided more than $168 million in charitable contributions to national and local nonprofit organizations. Through its focus on "Nurturing the Children," the Foundation supports programs that benefit young people, particularly in the areas of educational enhancement and childhood bereavement. The Foundation also encourages and facilitates the community involvement of employees, agents, and retirees of New York Life through its Volunteers for Good program. To learn more, please visit www.newyorklifefoundation.org.
The Center for Native American Youth is dedicated to improving the health, safety and overall well-being of Native American youth through communication, policy development and advocacy. Founded by former U.S. Sen. Byron Dorgan in February 2011, the Center is a policy program within the Aspen Institute, headquartered in Washington, D.C. The Center works to strengthen and create new connections as well as exchange resources and best practices that address the challenges facing Native youth. Visit the Center's website for a comprehensive list of resources available to young Native Americans, tribes and the general public. For more information, visit www.cnay.org.
The Aspen Institute is an educational and policy studies organization based in Washington, D.C. Its mission is to foster leadership based on enduring values and to provide a nonpartisan venue for dealing with critical issues. The Institute is based in Washington, D.C.; Aspen, Colorado; and on the Wye River on Maryland's Eastern Shore. It also has offices in New York City and an international network of partners. For more information, visit www.aspeninstitute.org.


text: In zanzenkai this morning Jundo mentioned something about yoga exercises in preparation for Rohatsu. I am just wondering then about stretching exercises & I recall that in Bukkokuji temple they practice 'taiso stretching' before zazen. Does anyone know what these stretching exercises are & how useful they are in preparation for long sits?


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Gaston Bachelard
French writer and philosopher (1884-1962)
Gaston Bachelard (June 27, 1884 – October 16, 1962) was a French philosopher of science and literary critic.
Quotes edit
- Man is a creation of desire, not a creation of need.
- The Psychoanalysis of Fire, ch. 2, "Fire and Reverie" (1938)
L'eau et les rêves (Water and Dreams) 1942 edit
- To disappear into deep water or to disappear toward a far horizon, to become part of depth of infinity, such is the destiny of man that finds its image in the destiny of water.
- Introduction
- A man is a man to the extent that he is a superman. A man should be defined by the sum of those tendencies which impel him to surpass the human condition.
- Introduction
- True poetry is a function of awakening. It awakens us, but it must retain the memory of previous dreams.
- Introduction
- The reflected world is the conquest of calm
- "Clear Waters, Springtime Waters"
La poétique de l'espace (The Poetics of Space) (1958) edit
- If I were asked to name the chief benefit of the house, I should say: the house shelters day-dreaming, the house protects the dreamer, the house allows one to dream in peace.
- Ch. 1
- Words … are little houses, each with its cellar and garret. Common sense lives on the ground floor, always ready to engage in 'foreign commerce' on the same level as the others, as the passers-by, who are never dreamers. To go upstairs in the word house is to withdraw step by step; while to go down to the cellar is to dream, it is losing oneself in the distant corridors of an obscure etymology, looking for treasures that cannot be found in words. To mount and descend in the words themselves—this is a poet's life. To mount too high or descend too low is allowed in the case of poets, who bring earth and sky together.
- Ch. 6
- The mollusk's motto would be: one must live to build one's house, and not build one's house to live in.
La poétique de la rêverie (The Poetics of Reverie) (1960) edit
- Poetry is one of the destinies of speech.... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.
- Introduction, sect. 2
- Ideas are refined and multiplied in the commerce of minds. In their splendor, images effect a very simple communion of souls.
- Introduction, sect. 4
- A word is a bud attempting to become a twig. How can one not dream while writing? It is the pen which dreams. The blank page gives the right to dream.
- Introduction, sect. 6
- I am a dreamer of words, of written words. I think I am reading; a word stops me. I leave the page. The syllables of the word begin to move around. Stressed accents begin to invert. The word abandons its meaning like an overload which is too heavy and prevents dreaming. Then words take on other meanings as if they had the right to be young. And the words wander away, looking in the nooks and crannies of vocabulary for new company, bad company.
- Introduction, sect. 6
- Childhood lasts all through life. It returns to animate broad sections of adult life.... Poets will help us to find this living childhood within us, this permanent, durable immobile world.
- Introduction, sect. 6
- The subconscious is ceaselessly murmuring, and it is by listening to these murmurs that one hears the truth.
- Ch. 2, sect. 2
- Reverie is not a mind vacuum. It is rather the gift of an hour which knows the plenitude of the soul.
- Ch. 2, sect. 3
- The repose of sleep refreshes only the body. It rarely sets the soul at rest. The repose of the night does not belong to us. It is not the possession of our being. Sleep opens within us an inn for phantoms. In the morning we must sweep out the shadows.
- Ch. 2, sect. 3
- Man is an imagining being.
- Ch. 2, sect. 10
- The words of the world want to make sentences.
- Ch. 5, sect. 4
Fragments of a Poetics of Fire (1988) edit
- To live life well is to express life poorly; if one expresses life too well, one is living it no longer.
- A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books
- There is no original truth, only original error.
- A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books
- To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
- A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books
- Ideas are invented only as correctives to the past. Through repeated rectifications of this kind one may hope to disengage an idea that is valid.
- A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books
- A special kind of beauty exists which is born in language, of language, and for language.
- A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books
- Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
- A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books
- One must always maintain one's connection to the past and yet ceaselessly pull away from it. To remain in touch with the past requires a love of memory. To remain in touch with the past requires a constant imaginative effort.
- A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books
- Two half philosophers will probably never a whole metaphysician make.
- A Retrospective Glance at the Lifework of a Master of Books
- Even a minor event in the life of a child is an event of that child's world and thus a world event.
- The Phoenix, a Linguistic Phenomenon, ch. 1
Quotes about Bachelard edit
- "Memory is a field full of psychological ruins," wrote French philosopher Gaston Bachelard. For some that may be true, but memory is also a field of healing that has the capacity to restore the world, not only for the one person who recollects, but for cultures as well. When a person says "I remember," all things are possible.
- Linda Hogan (writer) The Woman Who Watches Over the World: A Native Memoir (2001)


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Some leaders seem to think that as long as it is good for business, it is good for everything. Even when it damages people and Nature.
A sustainable future needs leaders with a vision (to respect people and Nature), not leaders with money (to mislead people and buy votes).
Danellandia – Pax 21 was created on 28 March, 2004. It is based on discussions about this world and its many problems with people from different backgrounds, countries, religions and age.
Danellandia defined 25 human values as the basis for its campaign to make this world a better and more just place in many fields of human activities: politics, economics, the media, personal relationships, education, Nature care…
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We always use the finest materials available like marine grade for salt water contact PT pine, stainless steel hardware and PVC composite decking materials. Marine dock construction projects involve many diverse issues such as dock size and location, environmental and regulatory issues, specialized insurance requirements, permitting and governmental compliance.
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SSIS Integration Toolkit for Team Foundation Server is a cost-effective, easy-to-use and high-performance data integration solution for TFS, utilizing Microsoft SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) capabilities.
Current version: v23.2, release date: September 7, 2023 | What's New
To help you get started with the toolkit, we have recorded the following screencast which walks you through the development process of using SSIS Integration Toolkit for Team Foundation Server.
Software Prerequisites
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10 DIY Christmas Ornaments You Can Make Right Now
Why drop a ton of money on holiday ornaments when you can make your own with stuff you probably have lying around the house anyway? Here's 10 DIY holiday ornaments that'll make your friends and family think you should have your own HGTV show and keep your kids busy crafting long enough for you to use the bathroom uninterrupted:
Cupcake Ornament
Take a glass ornament, hot glue it into an aluminum cupcake liner, glue a fake berry (can be found at craft stores) wrapped in fishing wire or string to the top, add a thin layer of white paint to look like frosting and sprinkle with glitter.
Yardstick Ornament
Have an old yard stick lying around? Cut it up, add some Scrabble tiles and you can make multiple ornaments out of it!
Snowman Ornament
This is a good one to make with the kids. Fill a clear, glass ornament with watered down white paint, and then glue felt pieces to the outside of the glass to give it a snowman face. Complete the look by using pom-poms to make earmuffs.
Felt Photo Ornaments
Glue your photo onto a piece of felt cut into the shape desired to hold it in place while you then sew it. Sew the felt onto an identical piece, leaving an opening for stuffing. Stuff, sew and hang.
Start with a white Styrofoam ball. Layer with buttons, held to the ball with pins. Top with a bow.
Strawberry Ornament
Fill a clear glass ornament with red ribbon and then take to the outside with a glitter paint pen. Boom. Strawberry.
LEGO Sphere
Cut down the odds of Santa stepping on a LEGO and bolting right back up the chimney before leaving the gifts by using the LEGO blocks ON the tree. Watch this YouTube video for instructions on how to make a LEGO sphere.
Cork Ball
Put the corks from all those empty wine bottles that have been helping you through the holidays to good use! Cut the corks with a straight razor and hot glue them to a Styrofoam ball. Screw an eye hook into one of the corks and hang it from the tree.
Bright Idea
Paint old lightbulbs and attach string!
Sweet Tooth
Twist and shape clay into lollipops, insert small wooden sticks, insert an eye hook into the top, bake and then hang on your tree!


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Researchers at New York University's Langone Medical Center have identified the communication pathway between hair follicles and melanocyte stem cells that regenerates pigmented hair.
According to the study, published in the June 10, 2011, issue of Cell and led by Mayumi Ito, PhD, melanocyte stem cells (McSCs) intimately interact with epithelial stem cells (EpSCs) in the hair follicle bulge and secondary hair germ (sHG) and undergo activation and differentiation to regenerate pigmented hair. However, the mechanism behind this stem cell behavior was not known.
Using genetic mouse models, researchers found that Wnt signaling is a key pathway that couples the behavior of the stem cells. Specifically, Wnt activation in McSCs reportedly drives their differentiation into pigment-producing melanocytes, while EpSC Wnt signaling not only dictates hair follicle formation, but also regulates McSC proliferation during hair regeneration.
Research also showed that the depletion of, inhibition of, or even abnormal Wnt signaling in the hair follicle stem cells inhibits hair re-growth and prevents the activation of melanocyte stem cells required for producing hair color. Further, the lack of Wnt activation in melanocyte stem cells leads to depigmented or gray hair.
This study suggests that Wnt signaling is a key pathway for the regulation of melanocyte stem cells; it also finds that melanocyte behavior is associated with hair regeneration. Thus, according to this research, manipulating Wnt signaling may be a strategy for addressing pigmentation issues such as graying hair. It may also lead to a model for tissue regeneration or potential treatments to regenerate hair.