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Unlock the Past Roadshow: to be held at the South Tweed Sports Club - 4 Minjungbal Drive, Tweed Heads South. General information session on Unlock the Past from 11:00am till 12:30pm and presentations from 1:30pm to 3:30pm by guest speakers Shauna Hicks and Rosemary Kopittke.
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CHI NEWS: CHI Vice President Provides Testimony on Patient, Physician Notification of Biosimilar Substitution
(LA JOLLA, Calif., April 8, 2013) – California Healthcare Institute (CHI) Vice President of State Government Affairs Eve Bukowski today provided testimony before the Senate Business, Professions and Economic Development Committee on the importance of notifying physicians when a patient's biologic prescription has been substituted with a biosimilar drug. Bukowski, who was diagnosed with stage-four colon cancer, spoke from personal experience and urged the committee to consider patients in the process.
"All of us with diseases treated with biologic medicines understand the instability of our health and the risks of side effects associated with our treatments. It's a risk we are willing to take for the benefits we receive," Bukowski said. "Informing the physician of a substitution is not only consistent with current pharmacist-physician interaction, it's a simple precautionary step."
Unlike their pharmaceutical counterparts, biotech drugs are made from living organisms and derive from more complex manufacturing processes involving sensitive fermentation and purification. Biosimilars are products "highly similar to" or "interchangeable" with a U.S. Food and Drug Administration-licensed biological product.
New legislation known as SB 598 and authored by Sen. Jerry Hill (D-San Mateo) would regulate the dispensing of biosimilars. It would require patient and physician notification of biosimilar substitution and that the full name and manufacturer be indicated on the medicine's label.
"SB 598 recognizes that because biologic medicines are not the same as chemically-based generic medicines they need their own set of rules," Bukowski said.
The committee also heard from Geoffrey Eich, executive director of regulatory affairs at Amgen.
California is known as the "birthplace of biotechnology," where life-saving biologics such as Avastin and Epogen were developed. The state's biopharmaceutical industry employs 42,886 people, more than any other state in the nation. The industry is responsible for producing innovative products for treating heart disease, cancer, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer's disease that serve to benefit millions of patients in the United States and around the world.
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Here's the code for the arduino and processing sketches. The arduino sketch is used by the microcontroller sewn in to´ the mask and the processing sketch is run on the computer controlling the input via the video camera. The arduino code relies on two libraries: the first is the publicly available TimerOne library; the second is a new library written during Science Hack Day SF 2011 called SoftwareTone which allows creation of square wave tones to any (and all) arduino digital pin in software. The SoftwareTone library will be uploaded to github shortly.
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Syneseizure! Unmasking reality!
Our consciousness does not contain reality – there is too much information in reality to handle, our brains would fry. Therefore, our various sensory cortexes have really complex data compression and processing algorithms to present us with the most useful information to help us kill antelopes, run away from lions and find attractive mates. This means we ignore a lot of reality. Perhaps we can see a different aspect of reality by listening to our eyeballs or looking
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Synesthesia is a condition in which one sensation (sight, hearing, etc) gets mixed up with another. This can cause situations in which someone "smells" sounds, or "sees" touches.
For this hack, we designed and built a full head mask that allows the wearer to feel images in real time. The mask is arrayed with 12 speakers that contact the skin of the face. When an image is captured with a webcam and converted into a 12 pixel black-and-white representation. The computer activates arduinos that control the speakers. If the pixel is white, the corresponding speaker is turned on. If the pixel is black, the corresponding speaker is turned off. This allows the wearer to feel (via the vibrations of the speakers) an image on their face.


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Intermediate-Luminosity Red Transients
The past several years have seen discoveries of stellar eruptions belonging to a new class of astrophysical transients. They have maximum luminosities intermediate between those of classical novae and supernovae, and they typically become extremely cool and red as their outbursts proceed over timescales of a few months.
In the Milky Way, members of this class include V838 Monocerotis (which illuminated a spectacular light echo), V4332 Sagittarii, and the recent V1309 Scorpii. Possibly related extragalactic transients include the Andromeda red variable of 1988 (M31 RV), the 2006 optical transient in M85, SN 2008S, the 2008 and 2010 transients in the nearby galaxy NGC 300, and other discoveries being made in synoptic sky surveys. The progenitors of some of these objects were heavily dust-enshrouded massive stars, but others appear to have arisen from old populations. V1309 Sco was a short-period contact binary before its outburst, suggesting that stellar mergers are responsible for the eruptions; but other events may be related to the outbursts of luminous blue variables. It currently appears probable that there are several distinct evolutionary channels that lead to these apparently similar intermediate-luminosity optical transients.
This workshop explored the observational properties of these transient events, along with astrophysical scenarios that may explain their outbursts, and avenues of future observational and theoretical research.
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- Elena Barsukova
- Edo Berger
- Howard E. Bond
- Selma de Mink
- Peter Eggleton
- Vitaly Goranskij
- Roberta Humphreys
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- Mansi Kasliwal
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- Shri Kulkarni
- Margaret Meixner
- Tony Piro
- Jose Prieto
- Maria L. Pumo
- Armin Rest
- Nathan Smith
- Noam Soker
- Todd Thompson
- Romuald Tylenda
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- Howard E. Bond (chair, STScI)
- Roberta Humphreys (Minnesota)
- Mansi Kasliwal (Caltech)
- Christopher Kochanek (Ohio State)
- Shri Kulkarni (Caltech)
- Ulisse Munari (Padova)
- Jose Prieto (Carnegie)
- Nathan Smith (Arizona)
- Noam Soker (Technion)
- Todd Thompson (Ohio State)
- Romuald Tylenda (Torun)
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Local Organizing Committee
- Howard E. Bond (chair)
- Luigi Bedin
- Selma de Mink
- Suvi Gezari
- Armin Rest
- Kailash Sahu
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Tonight, I went behind the scenes, so to speak, and interviewed another gold-maker in the community, Erogroth (@erogroth). What a great guy and down to earth person who is also on the quest to gold-cap. We have several things in common including collecting rare mounts (Erogroth, I still don't think Poseidus exists even though you have it!), casual raiding, in a family/friends guild, and fellow gold makers. It's amazing to see how friendly people are in this community and how everyone, in their own way, helps each other out.
In tonight's midnight episode we discuss a variety of topics including:
- Hobbies/Interests
- Playing Since Vanilla
- Guilds and Raiding
- Factions
- Total Gold-Worth
- Spending Gold on Mounts
- Favorite Class/Race Combo
- External Spreadsheets and Gold Tracking Stats
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- Closing Comments/Shout Outs
Podcast # 3: Behind the Scenes with Erogroth
The Cross-Realm Podcast 3 (MP3) (Play directly with Yahoo's Player)
Again, thanks Erogroth for being the first guest on The Cross-Realm! It was great to get to know you a little better and I look forward to continuing our gaming relationship and partnership in-game. All my best to you and family.
Thanks for listening all and I hope you enjoy this episode.
Travel well.
Editor Comment: AMAZINGLY, like an hour after I publish this podcast and before crashing for the night, I said to myself I'm just going to do a quick route through Vashj'ir for Poseidus....and unbelievably...there he was!!!!!! No one around....(of course NPCScan still scared the hell out of me but what a sweet sound that is). Erogroth!! You're my good luck charm bro!!!
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benleu Posts: 3Hi, I just got my 2006 XR FWD. It seems better from my friend's 2003 XR FWD. It is more quiter and smoother, as I drove both. One thing I want to know is the break-in period. Is it the first 1000km need to below i00km/hr or less?
sharming Posts: 1just got mine a week ago and been told, not to use the cruise and don't drive for long time on same speed (basically not using cruise) and stay on lower RPM below 100 km/h during the break-in period.
luvmbooty Posts: 271What trim is yours and what options does it have? What options were you looking for (ext/int color, stability control, airbags, etc.)? What was the 'out the door price'?0
Hey that's funny: I was thinking the same thing about the '07 XR I just purchased. It is definitely quieter than the '03 I had before, and a bit smoother too. When they did the update on the front bumper and taillights and dumped the GM radio, I wonder if they updated some other stuff behind the scenes as well.
It also cranks more quickly (and quietly) than my old car when I start it, and doesn't rev to oblivion immediately upon start-up like my old one did. It always worried me in my old Matrix that with no oil circulating yet, the engine would instantly rev to 4000 rpm or beyond at start-up. I like the new one better in lots of little ways. :-)
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ar79 Posts: 2I hate it. I bought the 06 XR one year ago and it's already falling apart. The tires have worn excessively due to a manufacturer problem that we are still trying to work with Toyota to have fixed. I only have 15000 miles on it and have kept up with my scheduled maintenance. The rear windshield wiper doesn't work right and will be getting it replaced as well. It only runs at one speed and doesn't return on it's own. Has anyone else had either of these problems?0
ashparvanbc Posts: 1Got a new XR 07 6 months ago and has 4000k on it now.
I noticed a one time "clicking noise" when the car comes out of stop. This is only one "click" coming from the engine or front suspension only when you start moving! There is no noise when you stop and go forward again as long as I don't turn off the engine. But if I turn the engine off and start again and and move forward, it clicks again for only one time again! It's sometimes loud, sometimes not!
The dealer can not figure it out!! They told me to drive it and see what will happen.
Any ideas? Please?0
moontom Posts: 28we're a longtime toyota family...owned 6 of 'em. I strayed last time, getting a mazda 3 because it was fun to drive. which it was, except when it needed to be driven to the gas station, which was a bit too often for me. that 2.3 engine is nice and revvhappy, but not too efficient.
anyway, sought a more fuel efficient ride and found the matrix. I'm 6'1'' and don't fit comfortably in many sedans but love the openness and driving perspective of the matrix. also love the general feel of the seats and the quietness. for a compact car this thing really feels solid.
had quite a time finding the safety stuff I think is necessary. I'm in the Northeast and was told by several dealers that stability control would be hard to find, basically a factory order. also hard to find were side curtain airbags and ABS. when I did locate that configuration, I was surprised to find they didn't all drive the same. some were sluggish. this one felt peppy off the line, and had the RS-A tires, not the Continentals (see the tire forum for that saga...). it's the speedway blue, which won't get lost in a parking lot, at any rate.
my only gripe was with the onboard stereo, the stock 6disc changer sounded weak. hardly any juice at all. replaced the spkrs w/ Polk Audios and that was huge. will likely replace the head unit w/ a pioneer avic D3 (the nav/ipod/cd all in one, w/ a touch screen).
otherwise, great car! my dogs love the back!0
azul07 Posts: 2I'm going to have a year with my 07 XR and so far it has been good (I will explain why only good later). I really enjoy driving my car. I love the model and I especially like all the space it has. I feel really good driving my car. I never was much into small cars but my Matrix does not feel compact at all (i don't feel like I'm driving low).
I actually like many things about my Matrix the whole dashboard and the way the seat can be folded. I think the car has a really good design.
My problem has been with the tires. The little pressure light has been going on too frequently and I have had the tires taken care of 4 times like in 2-3 months. So, I'm taking my car in to see where the problem is.
But overall great car and a goodbuy for me.0
bklynbruce Posts: 1I bought this red matrix a month ago , nice auto. A little expensive i think i got an xr no abs brakes and everything is extra. Ok so i like the auto for its great gas mileage and ability to turn hatchback quick and easy. I returned to dealer 3 times to repair hood prop it keeps coming out of fender well the clip breaks often. gas mi abt 25-27 and on open road 32 not bad!!
My big complaint is its a corrolla seat and it hurts my back after a an hr or so is same problem i had in 2004 corolla i had-i have a camry 2005 much better seating. all in all a nice auto as second vehicle, not happy with service reluctance to find a better solution to repair a cheap clip holding prop for hood0
trefferr Posts: 1Just got a 09 s model. my first Toyota. I am a 6"1" 250 lb guy. I find it to be very comfortable. I have only driven it 100 miles but am pleased so far. My 18 year old son and his twin 12 year old sisters fit comfortably in the back seat. :shades:0
usaf66 Posts: 6Got double-team and bait/switch into buying this. My question is about gas mileage. This is very important issue with me. Dealer swore Toyota's get better than posted-just finished my first tank about 70-30 with hwy being most---only averaged 27 overall---seems to start when cold with a jackrabbit feel. Am I being negative toward the car because of my purchase experience? Or is there a break-in period and it will get better.. Has anyone averaged better than posted figures? I do like the looks of car but it is way over my budget. They sure saw me coming...0
captain2 Posts: 3,971have the base model only because I had to to get the 1.8 engine. Have been seeing just above 30 mpg with the same 70% highway - which I regard as acceptable. Don't believe you can expect much more than the 27 mpg you're getting with the larger engine. Overall the car has been quite satisfactory and economical. Curious though - what did they 'bait and switch' you from - a Yaris?0
circuitsmith Posts: 117"Dealer swore Toyota's get better than posted"
They're blowing smoke. There are many more important factors affecting MPG than how consistent the government test is. Never listen too closely to salesmen. My '06 Matrix Base 5-speed has gotten 25-37 MPG, depending on conditions.0
Don't feel discouraged with the gas mileage. I also have an 09 Matrix S. I have had mine since 10/8/08. I have a couple of thousand miles on it, I have been averaging about 27 MPG. I have posted this a million times before, BUT, I used to have an 07 XR. For about the first 5k miles, I got the same MPG as I am getting right now on my new Matrix...then it went up, DRAMATICALLY. On my 07, I was consistently getting about 35-36 MPG after the break in period. I just took my 09 on a road trip and got about 32 MPG. I expect after 5k miles, it will go up, just like my last Matrix. I am not expecting to get the same numbers on my new Matrix because the engine is bigger, but I think 30-32 MPG is an acceptable number. AND remember this: the Matrix you have purchased is one of the safest cars on the road! Not too many vehicles come standard with ABS, airbags all around...with FWD and some chains on the back tires, your car will go anywhere. I LOVE the Matrix!0
Just a quick note, texas girl, chains should go on the front in a FWD car. Have fun out there!
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ha. you are right! I did put them on the front...thanks for correcting me on that mis type. :shades:0


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"It's a miracle," she told me. "We can now have a baby that won't have Huntington's disease. I thought I'd never be able to have any kids -- because of the disease." Her father had died from this disorder, which results from a gene mutation. She feared that she might have the mutation, too. But she was too scared to undergo testing for it. She also worried that if she had it, she might pass it on to her children.
This disease causes severe neurological and psychiatric problems, and eventual death at around the same age as one's parent died of it -- usually in one's 40s or 50s. If a parent has the disease, each child has a 50% chance of inheriting it.
Woody Guthrie, the singer and songwriter, died of this illness. His children then had to debate whether they wanted to know if they, too, had the lethal mutation. His son, Arlo, for instance, decided not to find out. Many such offspring feel that to undergo this genetic test is to risk "getting a death sentence," i.e., while they may feel fine, they know they have a mutation that will kill them.
The woman with whom I spoke was afraid to learn if she had this gene. But she wanted to make sure that her children did not get it.
Luckily, a relatively new procedure -- pre-implantation genetic diagnosis, or PGD --allows doctors to test an embryo before its implanted in the womb, to help ensure that certain gene mutations are not passed on. Using In Vitro Fertilization, sperm fertilize eggs outside the womb, creating embryos. When the embryos are a few days old, one cell is removed and can be tested for hundreds of genes.
This woman struggled with what to do. She feared she would be playing God. But she decided to undergo the procedure. The doctor told her that embryos without the mutation were implanted inside her. He did not tell her whether he had identified any embryos with the mutation. Thus, she was able to have a child free of the gene mutation that would cause Huntington's disease, tremendously relieving her and her husband of worries. She still does not know if she has the bad gene herself.
But this procedure is raising myriad complex ethical and social issues. It can eliminate gene mutations for untreatable diseases that kill infants and adults. But it can also be used to select embryos based on other genetic factors.
Many parents decide that they want to choose, for instance, their future child's gender, and many doctors now use this technology to do so. At some point in the future, tests will no doubt be marketed for genes that, companies will claim, are associated with behavioral traits such as intelligence, sexual orientation, possibly even perfect musical pitch, or physical characteristics like height, blond hair and blue eyes. Many of these claims will be highly questionable.
Among diseases, Huntington's is rare in that the gene mutation predicts the disorder. But for most people, common diseases and traits result from combinations of both nature and nurture -- multiple genes, along with various environmental and other factors. So, a particular mutation may contribute in some small way toward a disease or trait, but it would not be the sole determinant. A gene mutation might double your chance of getting a particular disease; say your risk may rise from 5% to 10%, but you would still have a 90% chance of never getting the disease.
Profound dilemmas emerge concerning for which genes doctors should use PGD, and who should decide. Most Western European countries ban or heavily restrict use of this technology to serious diseases like Huntington's -- not gender. In contrast, the United States doesn't have laws governing when it can or cannot be used.
For example, the procedure has been used to avoid embryos with the gene that increases the risk of breast cancer, though the disease wouldn't affect the child for perhaps 40 or 50 years. Individuals with one of the breast cancer mutations can have their breasts and ovaries removed to prevent disease. Also, by 2065, treatments may exist. And what about gene mutations that have, say, a 20% or 30% chance of causing disease when the child is in midlife? Should parents discard an embryo based on that percentage?
This technology is expensive -- about $20,000 for each cycle of IVF -- and many insurance companies do not cover most of the cost. Hence, wealthy parents can afford to eliminate certain diseases from their offspring, while poorer and middle-class parents will not be able to do so.
Consequently, over time, certain disease will become relegated to certain social groups, but not others. The gap between the wealthiest 1% and everyone else is already expanding. Should we allow this method to widen it more in the genetic pool? Some people argue yes: Wealthy parents can already afford to send their children to private schools, private tutors, SAT prep classes, while other parents cannot do so. But eliminating diseases is in some ways more extreme.
Others see this technology as raising troubling issues of eugenics, which had horrific results under the Nazis, who sought to "purify" the gene pool in Germany, and eliminate people whom they felt were genetically inferior. The film "Gattaca" and Aldous Huxley's 1932 novel, "Brave New World," depict the dark problems that can ensue.
So far, we have allowed parents to choose when to use this procedure. Government regulations might be cumbersome. The American Society for Reproductive Medicine, the professional organization for physicians working in this area, has issued some guidelines, permitting broad use, but these are not really enforced.
Yet many patients, and even doctors, know little about this technology. More education of both physicians and the public is critical. We also need broad discussion and debate about what is at stake, and where to draw the line.
"How beauteous mankind is," Shakespeare's Miranda exclaims optimistically in "The Tempest." "Oh brave new world, that has such people in it!" Huxley used these words ironically. Between her hope and his pessimism may lie the reality -- depending on how we all now respond.
Robert Klitzman, CNN
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"AUTOMATA" (Read an introduction by Gottfried Beyreuther)
Participating Artists: Manuel Bandelli, Bing Bing 兵冰, Thomas Charvériat, Chen Xiongwei 陈雄伟, Manels Favre, Sheng Jie 盛洁, He Long 何龙, Nick Hersey, Tom Lee Pettersen, Lei Lei 雷雷, Li Lingxi 李翎溪, Liu Dao 六岛, Liu Yannan 刘亚囡, Felix Luque, Zane Mellupe, Alberto Raviglione, Rose Tang 罗丝唐, Wu Yandan 吴艳丹, Xiao Longhua 小龙花, Xu Yiping 徐义平, Yan Wenjiang 阎文江, Yang Longhai 杨龙海, Zhang Deli 张德丽, Zou Susu 邹苏苏
Curators: Zane Mellupe (with the collaboration of Marie Terrieux and Leo de
Art Director: Thomas Charvériat
Organiser: island6 with the participation of ifa gallery
Coordinator: Cai Zhenxing 蔡振兴
Writer: Rajath Suri
Exhibition: December 7th 2008 to January 7th 2009
Venue: ifa-island6, 50 Moganshan Road, Building #6, 2F, Shanghai 200060, PRC
"By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired."
Nikos Kazantzakis
Automata, literally, functional or mechanical device or entity, is the title for the forthcoming exhibition in concert between island6 and ifa Gallery.
Central to the curatorial stance, the examination of a society which has evolved in parallel to the futuristic horizons once envisioned by political and scientific thinkers active at the advent of technological growth and industrialization. The man and machine, the cyborg, the irreal of virtual media and hyper-extenuation of the senses are intuited and given impetus in the creations of over 26 artists.
The earliest traces of mechanism and motion are found in the automata of the turn of the century, comically, the miniatures of animals mass manufactured and thrown into an emergent consumerist market, the mechanical figurines wound with a simple spring devise and turnkey. Turning in circles, hopping or winding along vested with the energy of a few rotations of the key, these figures, reminiscent of children at play, were to herald infinitely more complex application between the human imagination and rampant technological advent. In an era of virtual media, interactive computer generated creations and holographic inventions, to make reference to the earliest and relatively crude devices, which once stunned audiences in amazement acts as a humorous point in our fascination and co-evolution with the machine. The same co-evolution, dependency or perhaps, synthesis, to be more explicit, is at the core of the examination that has become the exhibition itself.
On reflection of our current societal situation, the theme of the exhibition is lent further credibility. Not only do machines and new technology play an irreplaceable and predominant role, we ourselves have come to mimic them in our routine existence. Laborers, office staff, military personnel�mankind seems to have evolved as functioning units within a societal construct in parallel to the advent of technology since the turn of the century. Across the expanse of any identifiable metropolis or great city, we appear as none other than automated denizens whom set about daily affairs in a thoughtless and reactionary manner, neither questioning the cellular components in which we reside, work and continue in accordance to the definitions of societal dictates.
Of the multiple facets by which we now identify and have come to incorporate in our routine existence and which are enacted on our senses, the signifier is best expressed in the voice of eight of the predominant artists, while by no means to discredit any others of this striking artistic collective.
The most in depth exploration is found in the artwork of Felix Luque entitled "A Machine Dreams of White Noise", a sound installation about the limits between the man and the machine, between the human and the artificial. The awakening of the human conscience, when memory is reactivated after a phase where "modulatory neurons" are inactive, is here questioned in application with the machine, which may dream. The act of dreaming epitomizes the complexity of human condition in comparison with artificial simulations unable of conscience. It represents the beginning of technological savagery in which technological others have appropriated themselves the essence of humanity, the awake of conscience. By making a radical statement about the future of human society, it is an expression of our fear of the other, the machine, the robot, the automata or the barbarian. Technology is a vector of development and wellbeing but also one of domination and control.
White Noise is a random and unpredictable signal; it�s a source of chaos. By definition, it is a sound or light signal that contains all frequencies of the spectrum with equal power. "A Machine Dreams of White Noise" formulates the hypothesis that if computers could dream, they will create them by modulating this rough source of data. By shaping this chaotic energy, the artificial intelligence of the machine will put order and create hallucinations, dreams. By applying this idea to sound creation, the work would become sculptural. The chisels of the computer automata are then equalizers, filters, envelopes, and any signal processing that shapes sound. The creation is exceptional as the algorithmic, self-designed software allows for original interface in its' application, housed within an acrylic white cube suspended from the ground, the individual audience "enters" a sensorial experience from beneath, the interaction between the human and the technological exemplified.
In a radically different interpretation of the theme of humanity and machination(s), the Shanghai based conceptual artist Rose Tang has completed a single work in a photographic installation which challenges the degree by which militarized society divests the humane from the individual. An arsenal of soldiers are documented and captured upon individual and bi-planar print images upon paravent surfaces depicting the �violence� of the mechanical in societal form, the individual reduced to an approximate anonymity and submitted to a process of identification beneath the natural condition. The uniform and orientation towards societal service becomes a composite moment reflecting the stratification of mankind in an industrialized netherworld of the artist's own conscious invention.
Another examination translates the unequivocal spheres of sound and visual dimensions in a joint collaboration between Manels Favre, Nick Hersey and Liu Dao with the creation of an interdisciplinary installation. An extended interactive sound panel engineered by Liu Dao lends a stimulating multi-sensorial experience for the audience. A printed ink drawing (Hersey), the hyper-exaggeration of a vertical skyscraper, reacts to light and shadows. Each independent floor of this endless tower hides a unique sample of domestic noise and, by simply pointing a flashlight to it, the virtual inhabitants are awakened and the corresponding sound file (Favre) is then triggered. The effect is that of a large human chorus conducted by the action of a flashlight. The emission of sound is orchestrated in unison to the spatial movement of the beam of light. The question of the fluidity of brush and ink is replaced by that of sequential movement generated by a unique sequencing wherein the individual may actually initiate software of their own creation.
The interaction between the composition and intermittent reflexes of the individual manifest as an automaton itself, one which relies on the active interference, and participation of the audience and born of an artistic synthesis. In response to bridging the spheres of sight, sound, space, Favre, Hersey and Liu Dao have brought to effect a synchronous experiment which surpasses itself, where the sensorial is suggestive of subconscious machinations and impulses as much as cognitive states of intrusion.
Thomas Charvériat and Manuel Bandelli further the collaborative spirit in their interpretation of the theme in the creation of a self-automated vacuum cleaner. A humorous aside from the more serious investigations, addiction weighs against addiction as the mirror image of an artist inhaling matter from a concrete floor is affixed to the top surface of the machine, we rely on one of the oldest household appliances to achieve the simplest cleaning tasks and equally, often prefer to numb or hyper-atrophy our physical senses by way of consuming addictive and volatile narcotic substances. Itself a robot, the vacuum is self-charging, a mechanism which supports itself without human interference while parodying our frailties and our domestic dependency on the machine at its most basic function.
Nick Hersey's conceptual strength delivers an interesting message in the creation of three dimensional stainless steel sculptures, the product of an open collaboration with Zhu Huawei and the island6 direction, which are nothing other than the words and slogans found in popular graffiti art in the cosmopolitan centers internationally. An art most closely tied to the angst and alienation of urban youth culture and later popularized as an art form viable in itself, his transformation from the individualistic and sporadic subversion, which are its� origins, to that of an engineered process and manufactured structure of three dimensions cast in stainless steel weights the themes of ephemerality and permanence, of isolation and subversion with that of the machinations of the art industry and of form which may supercede content in a relative manner of re-interpretation of street culture.
Cai Duobao is part of the collective Liu Dao (island6 Lab), and hence, an artist accustomed to a process orientation in a collective spirit. For Automata, we have two original works nonetheless, each remarkably different. With "Long Live the Crane" the artist has given a stainless steel replica of traditional paper art, similar to Origami, a semi-abstract crane stands in a rigid posture with harsh geometrical planes delineating its form. Immobile and placid, we are able to observe a textual finish that has occurred due to the circular polishing of the sculpture�s surface. Another work, �Revenge at the Hairdressers� in collaboration with Dai Enfu offers a unique piece, one exclaiming death and questioning time and survival. A taxidermist by trade, here, the latter artist reveals a cat mounting a dog in an attempt, however absurd and grotesque, to copulate. The static object affixed to a simple lightbox may not appear to deliver much in the way of an extrapolation of the theme of Automata, until one is able to hear the diffused sounds echoing of the two animals� effort and simultaneous protest. Both the cat and dog are �real�, once alive with flowing blood and cell tissue, now immortalized and static, dead, yet with the appearance of life. It is a poignant and consummate statement, and one of our oldest sciences, of however obscure an origin, is transformed as a medium of artistic expression. The lightbox emits an alternating spectrum of RGB colors, which serves to animate and highlight the otherwise "deadlife".
The collective of Liu Dao is more centered on the questions of the dynamics of life within the intimidating, futuristic horizons of the metropolis of China. A recurrent theme in the mainland, New Urbanization and social alienation or humanitarian sacrifices rebound in his work, LED installations relay video passages of minute figures scrambling quickly to ascend or descend the exteriors of colossal skyscrapers and metallic towers. The visual experience of repetition and thoughtless scaling recalls the orderly yet apparently chaotic movement of termites, a species that reacts to the signals of superiors similar to cadres of a political bureaucracy. Digital apparatchiks are juxtaposed by one sole visual reference asides from the architectural landscape, a video cycle which mirrors scenes from the classic Alfred Hitchcock psycho-thriller, "A Room with a View". Psychedelic, re-iterant and at once suggestive of the loss of the conscious mind in an urban deluge, Liu Dao�s reflection seems Orwellian, with perhaps a lighter sense of humor when reflecting on the human condition.
Yan Wenjiang reaches back to one of the epic films and images which first captured the imaginations of audiences of science fiction. At a time when the literary genre reached its' zenith, the release of Fritz Lang's masterpiece, "Metropolis", broke the frontiers of both animation and film. The concept of an alluring, sensual even sexual female robot was to re-merge in popular culture in America until today, yet few creators were able to achieve the original synthesis of desire and mechanical representation. Objectivization of the female form in popular or mass media being predominant during that era, the female robot which was able to surpass human strength, intelligence and yet arouse male desire has today become an archetype in the collective unconsciousness of male (youth) culture. The artist�s rendering of a similar entity by way of digital composition and paint, reminds us of as to how we now "live" the once futuristic, and are yet prey to the same fascinations beyond the "real".
The artists Bing Bing and Zane Mellupe have merged their creative forces with Liu Dao in the invention of elaborate photomontage which comprise multiple layering of original photographs of factory sites, abandoned lots and former industrial "palaces" (reminiscent of those of the Renaissance) of China at it's zenith of industrial growth. Standard film used in panoramic architectural and landscape studies, digital re-mastering and questions of iconography and portraiture combine in a mesmerizing series which avoids simple classification of any kind.
Xu Yiping delivers new interpretations of his works that used transparent fiberglass molds of robotic females in acts of seduction with normal men with a bolder use of white fiberglass sculptures. Highly detailed and realistic, the work's artificiality is encapsulated in the materials, and the figures that couple on the ground are surrounded by figures, which deride and mock their unison, voyeuristic figures which represent the sensational tendency of the masses in the P.R.C. and the practice of public condemnation. If not for the futuristic reference of the liaison of robot and man, the creation might be misinterpreted as an allegorical invention which would recall the era of the Cultural Revolution, yet anaesthetized by the use of new materials and the prominence of sexual themes which lie beyond our nature, the work distinguishes itself as a boldly curious extenuation of the theme of that which might precipitate a "cyborg" or later generation of flesh and technological fusion. Here, the spectators laugh and ridicule: questions of "advance" and the "old" are given life to and we come to re-doubt our own immediate interpretations.
He Long offers an interesting schemata by adapting commonplace urinals and toilets as the ground for audio/visual installations. The speakers are housed within the confines of the toilets and urinals are suspended above with an independent monitor dividing the two porcelain pieces cemented to the floor. The transformation of the mundane as art is not necessarily immediately identifiable with the theme of man/machine or the reverse, yet the static signals emitted from the sole monitor and the transparent tubes which reach from the basin of the toilets upwards to join the suspended urinals suggest an unnatural flow of things: the sounds emitted from within the confines of the toilets (at first not clearly visible) suggest the artist is at play with organic necessities and non-interactive theories: a correlation which evokes memories of "R. Mutt" by Marcel Duchamp (1917) and a simple merger with technology.
Chen Xiongwei's neo-phosphorescent digital creations create for a multi-layered conceptual work: pixelization and super-imposition using silk screen on paper allow for striking images wherein complex patterning and color schemes interweave over images of insects, masked visage and cartoonesque figures which are subject to the artists� hyper-digital imagery in effect. The central figures of each composition seem immobilized and in relative states of examination, as if topological screens and filters fragment their entirety and reduce them to nothing more than objects to be rendered neutral within a scientific mechanical grid. One work, in particular, "Joyful Toy", offers a clearer visual impact, yet one that starkly depicts militaristic monstrosities in Technicolor, creations that resound with the threat of a futuristic violence.
Jie Sheng (a.k.a. Gogo) has chosen to work with a complex concept in the digital video creation "Push". As an artist whom pursued an academic education abroad in France and whom has exhibited in numerous projects specializing in new media and video creations of an experimental nature, Gogo' reflections on the current Automata of the PRC are acute and insightful. The question of the rampant copyism within the artistic milieu having often either surpassed or obscured the role of a more authentic, sheer creativity is brought to the fore. She cites, "...through technology man has become inundated with multiple copies but such a blind acceptance may lead us into an era of sheer compliance." "Push" is a series of repetition wherein one figure pushes another, another yet another ad infinitum towards a final end where the figures shall fall one by one off of the visual field of the digital panel. At first, the visual tedium and cyclic sequence leads one to boredom, yet the sense of the concept reminds one of the drone-like aspect of our collective experience, and after the "fall", what shall become of us? "Push" is an intelligent and sublimated message that plays on our senses and calls into question the sheepish mind of modern mankind in our technologically driven society.
Automata is an attempt to address some of the most inexhaustible questions of our time. Man, machine, machination, sensorial experience, the real and the imagined converge and manifest in diverse interpretations by artists of different origins and stature. What was once signaled now controls, what we were once greatly proud of has now brought a sense of shame. Subterfuge and innovation are enacted as artistic means of individual catharsis, yet, in a society given to mass consumption and a mindless autocracy at will, the questions remain: Where shall it lead? Shall there be an end? Is mankind able to master its� inventions? The exhibition is not a conclusion, it is a sample drawn from the instance of the "now", a collective experiment housed in an instance in one space at one time amidst the immediacy and rampancy of our technologically inundated society.
R A Suri, November 26th 2008, Shanghai


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This week's Business Beat looks at Evergreen's changing restaurant scene. We look at The Den in Marshdale expanding, the Muddy Buck under new ownership, and Bistro Colorado changing its tipping policy.
Don't forget the Wonderland Café in Where the Books Go, which opened in July and was profiled in Business Beat last month.
A bigger Den
The Den restaurant in Marshdale has gotten bigger — a lot bigger.
The long-awaited return of the Coney Island hot dog stand in Bailey has arrived, but frankfurter fans will now have shorter waits for a fresh dog.
About two months after local businessman John D. Wallace entered into a lease-to-purchase agreement for the iconic eatery, the doors are open — complete with a new menu, plenty of locally sourced goods and the same black-and-white checkerboard floor.
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Evergreen is getting a craftsman's studio in the former Café at The Place space on Meadow Drive.
A craftsman's studio allows woodworkers to pay a fee to use the hand tools and professional-grade woodworking machinery.
Lynn Leach owns Switchback Design, and Mike Seeley is vice president for marketing and operations. They have big plans for the space, and they hope to find woodworking experts and neophytes wanting to learn the craft.
They expect to open in July.
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Carla Boyd swings open the refrigerator door in the commercial kitchen where she works in Kittredge, grabbing a large clear bucket steaming with a mixture of lentils, quinoa and hemp hearts.
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The owners of Evergreen Dental Group have purchased the two-story red-brick office building next door, gutting the interior and partially reconstructing the exterior to make a spacious office with 15 working suites on the ground floor. Completion is scheduled for September.
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Vivian's Gourmet — Evergreen's newest bakery — had a great first weekend after opening March 19.
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- When does freedom of speech cross over to cyberbullying?
- What productive strategies have you used when encountering online bullying?
- Parents/Teachers: Do your school districts have a cyberbullying policy or guidelines which they enforce?
- Psychologists/Therapists: How serious can this kind of trauma be to individuals enduring online attacks?
When does freedom of speech cross over to cyberbullying?
For many people, this threshold is reached shortly after the person being attacked starts complaining. For people on the spectrum however, this threshold may be reached quite some time before they even notice that they're being attacked.
People on the autism spectrum can be extremely naieve and will sometimes not see the difference between a "friendly joke" and an attack. By the time they realise that they're being attacked, the damage is usually already done.
What positive strategies have you used when encountering online bullying?
There are four main responses and I feel that all of them are valid, often in conjuntion with each other;
- Regulation
- Blocking
- Positive Propaganda
- Counselling
Regulation; All systems, societies etc have at least some form of legal protection against harmful activities. Most of these exist primarily to protect the system itself (ie: The school system, the Facebook system etc). That doesn't mean that you can't lean on their legality in the fight against bullying.
Just like normal bullying, you should not let cyberbullying be ignored. You must "stand up to the bullies". One way to do this in the cyberworld is to ensure that the bullies are made aware that they are in breach of regulations. If that means posting a legal warning notice on their facebook page for all to see, then so be it. Perhaps their friends will talk some sense into them.
It's very important for victims of cyberbullying to stay on the correct side of the law. Don't attempt to abuse or bully back. Stay calm and stay legal. Here's a sample message you could use with facebook;
You are being placed on formal notice that your online behavior towards
constitutes a violation of Facebook's anti-bullying behavior and will not be tolerated.
If you continue this behavior, the authorities will be notified and legal steps will be taken.
By doing this, you've alerted the person (and their friends to the cyberbullying issue). You've given them fair warning and you're now in a much better legal position (even if they delete the message).
Also, don't forget to register with your service's anti-bullying support page and do a search on Facebook - there are plenty of anti-bulling groups on there too who are very willing to help.
Blocking; Most systems these days have an unfriending or blocking service. Use it to block those bullies out of your life. In real life, you wouldn't hang around the same areas that your bully does - so don't do it online.
Positive Propaganda; The internet is forever. You can't erase part mistakes but you can rise above them. Find positive things about your life and post them. They may not necessarily overtake the negative but they can cetainly change the tide.
Here's an example; You should remember the Star Wars kid, one of the most famous viral videos on the internet. If not, go to youtube and search for Star Wars Kid to see all the different versions of his video. It doesn't matter how many times the videos are taken down, they just keep popping up again. This poor boy spent a while in a psychiatric ward after this issue but he's now a lawyer - Google: "star wars kid lawyer" to see positive propaganda in action - his "good news" is mentioned on several sites.
Counselling; Everyone who has been through a difficult experience needs counselling. In some cases, good counselling could have made the difference between life and death. Even if your child isn't showing obvious signs of reacting to a bad bullying experience, why take the risk? Send them off to counselling (and parents, don't go with them). Let them get it out of their system and learn their own strategies for dealing with it.
Parents/Teachers: Do your school districts have a cyberbullying policy or guidelines which they enforce?
Like all systems, schools and districts have cyberbullying policies. Unfortunately, they're in place for their own legal protection - not really for the protection of students.
My son's school has every student sign an anti-bullying policy. This is great legal stuff but when a friend was badly cyberbullied, the school did nothing. When it eventually became a police matter, the school was forced to act on their policies. Don't wait for things to become bad. If local cyberbullying occurs, alert the local police.
Psychologists/Therapists: How serious can this kind of trauma be to individuals enduring online attacks?
Every single bit of online (or otherwise) bullying is doing damage. We've all heard about students who snap and take their own lives - or those of their fellow students. These are the stories which get the real publicity.
For every real case of fatal violence, there are hundreds of other cases of kids taking weapons to school (arguably for self-protection). Each of those incidents only needs the right conditions to turn from precautionary to fatal.
Then there are the kids who self harm and the kids who take their bullying experience and internalize them only to bring them out in agressive episodes (often directed at their own children) in later life.
Every single instance of bullying has the potential to be a life-damaging experience.


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Taylor brothers arrived in late 1600s Boxborough, Massachusetts
Looking for information on the three Taylor brothers, John, Ephraim and Phineas, who arrived from England in the late 1600s and settled in Boxborough, MA. I am following the line of John Taylor whose first son was born near Boxborough in 1697, also named John. No wife's name is listed for John Sr. Trying to find where they lived in England and when and where they arrived in America.
John Taylor (brother of Phineas and Ephraim)--wife?
John Taylor(son) -- wife?
Children: John b.1719
Jabe b.1722
Solomon b.1724
Hannah (no. b. date, married Elijah Willis 12/8/1760)
Solomon Taylor (son of John)b.1724 m. Mary McLaughlin (Born at sea)
Children: Molly b.1746 m. Frederick Walcott of Stow 3/29/1761
John b.1748
Tabathy b.11/18/1749
Lydia b.2/10/1752
Oliver b.2/30/1754 m. Bettey Wetherbee
Solomon b.8/19/1756 m. Anna Whitman 3/7/1777
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Children: Oliver m. Betsey Fairbanks Stone 8/12/1800
Hezekiah m. Sally Wetherbee of Harvard
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Betty m. Oliver Mead
Lovell m. Mercy Rand -- lived in Stow
Jonathan Taylor b.1/17/1778(son of Oliver & Betsey)m. Lucy Whitcomb
Children: Lucy m. Gibson Willard, Chesterfield NH
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Moderator: Cartographers
stevkov wrote:kleas wrote:Ποια Μακεδονία βρε ηλίθιοι Σκοπιανοί... Ανιστόριτοι αντε βρειτε καμια χώρα, ζωα
This message insults me, my country and all the Macedonians around the world, i would like the Mods to take some measures against this user.
n.n. wrote:i would like to leave the map unsigned - first because i do not think that is necessary nor i feel the need to sign my name or alias over such a beautiful map image and secondly - i have tried once and did not find the elegant solution to do this although maybe there could be one, i went back to my original feel that this is really not needed
appropriate info about the mapmaker(s) can be found in the map info database ...
MrBenn wrote:oneEyedOldMan wrote:MrBenn wrote:Perhaps you could outline in more detail the nature of your complaint/concern?
the nature of my concern is the illegal use of the name macedonia while the oficial name of this country is still F.Y.R.O.M.
that problem keeps spreading out on the internet and in the common life,and its a rape of the greek history
i would be gratfull if the moderators discuss about this issue which is very sensitive.
Many thanks for adding some clarity regarding your concern.
Maps on this site are community-developed. The mapmaking process is an arduous and lengthy one - and during map development, authors are expected to respond to concerns that the community raise. During the six months or so that the Macedonia map was in development (as far as I recall), nobody raised concerns about the naming of the map, and there was therefore no discussion regarding it. There are many areas of the world where political boundaries and region names are under dispute, and cartography (both int he real-world and for online world-domination games) can be fraught with controversy.
Had any objection to the map name been raised whilst the map was in development, then the author would have been expected to respond to these concerns. However, now that the map has been completed it falls to me (as Foundry Foreman) to act as an arbiter, and to decide whether the mapmaker should be asked to make any changes.
While you are correct in stating that "Macedonia" is not an officially recognised country, as far as i can discern, FYROM was only a provisional name that has generally been superceded by The Republic of Macedonia. While I am aware that there are political sensitivities to consider, map titles are usually designated to help people find any given map, and in this instance, I believe that "Macedonia" is more user-friendly than "Republic of..." or "Former Yugoslav...". I have duly noted your opinion, and will bear it in mind should there be further concerns raised with this regard.
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Sen. Mike Lee to give Tea Party response to Obama
Sen. Mike Lee has been tapped to deliver the Tea Party response to President Obama's State of the Union Address next week.
Lee, a Republican from Utah, is a favorite of the small government, anti-tax movement who helped drive last year's push to defund the national health care law. The senator, first elected in 2010, is sometimes overshadowed by his friend and fellow GOP senator, Ted Cruz of Texas, who is credited with leading the government shutdown over Obamacare.
Obama will deliver the State of the Union speech on Jan. 28.
"For the Tea Party movement, 2014 is not just about taking back the Senate, but it is also about putting forward conservative ideas that will allow for America to prosper," said Amy Kremer, chairwoman of the Tea Party Express. "Senator Mike Lee has been both a Tea Party hero for supporters across the nation, and a conservative leader in the upper chamber."
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I can't sleep, when I interact with a bed, the hero does the animation, but the dialog box does not appear! I've tried all sorts of beds; owned beds, not owned beds, beds that are on the ground, even beds that are just lying around on the ground in the middle of nowhere.
I have darkmysteries installed, and I have the unofficial gothic 1 patch installed too.
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It's been a while. I suppose finals, projects, etc. will do that. Anyway, I figured it was time to get back to posting content on here as much as possible - and I have some neat projects underway that I'm excited to share soon. For now, I'll continue the previous series covering the IO wargame on smashthestack.org.
Analyzing Level 4
In my previous post, I showed how a simple stack-based buffer overflow can allow us to manipulate the program in order to gain a shell, and extract the password for the level4 user. We can use that password to log in as level4.
We can see that we are given both the C source code and an executable binary to work with. Let's start by taking a look at the source:
As you can see, there isn't much to work with. However, that will make it easy for us, because it's clear which line we need to work with. We need to find some way to use the call to system("id"); code to give us a shell (or at least the password!).
So what happens when we call the "system()" command? Looking at the man page, we can see that this function calls /bin/sh -c command, where command is the argument to the function (in this case, "id"). Now, let's consider how /bin/sh knows where to find the given executable file. On the system, there exists an environment variable called PATH. We can see the following from the Wikipedia page:
When a command name is specified by the user or an exec call is made from a program, the system searches through $PATH, examining each directory from left to right in the list, looking for a filename that matches the command name. Once found, the program is executed as a child process of the command shell or program that issued the command.
This means that when system() is called, the shell checks every directory on the PATH (from left to right) looking for a file by the given name. If it finds one, it executes it. The key thing to note is that we can change the PATH environment variable. This is done via the "export" command. Before we move on, really consider how it might be possible to change the PATH variable to force the system to execute a file it didn't intend to.
By using the knowledge that sh reads from left to right on the PATH, if we add a directory we control on the far left, and put in a file called "id", it will be executed when the system() command is called. Let's start by putting the following Python code in a file called "id" in the /tmp directory:
Next, we will manipulate our PATH variable to include the /tmp directory first so that our program is executed:
And now when we execute the program, we get a shell and the password to level5!
We can use this password to move on to Level 5. Pretty simple trick, but requires knowledge of how shells such as "sh" really work.