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Unless you're a nostalgic Gen-Xer or a parent of a small child that likes old cartoons, you probably haven't given much thought to the Care Bears. But since their debut in 1981, they've popped up everywhere. Although they were originally characters created for a line of greeting cards, the Care Bears have since appeared in a TV series, two TV specials, five feature films, several music albums, a video game, and a comic book series. Books in which they've appeared have sold over 45 million copies.
They are also, as philosopher Brandon Watson explains, one of our era's most influential (albeit fictional) group of virtue ethicists.
Whenever I teach virtue ethics, I tell my students that one can see the strengths of virtue ethics in the Care Bears — as well as the things usually criticized. For the Care Bears are virtue ethicists. Each Care Bear, and later each Care Bear cousin, reflects an aspect of the virtuous life, or of institutions or practices that contribute to, or have to be negotiated in, virtuous life. Tenderheart Bear represents sympathy, Friend Bear friendship, Cheer Bear good cheer, Grumpy Bear commiseration, Funshine Bear goodnatured play, Love-A-Lot Bear love, Champ Bear sportsmanship; we get things more indirectly with Bedtime Bear, as Care-A-Lot's night watchbear, makes sure people get a good night's sleep so that they can do good things during the day, Wish Bear helps people work towards making wishes come true, Good Luck Bear helps people take advantage of opportunities, Secret Bear looks after secrets among friends (hence the close link to Friend Bear), etc. The virtues are all related to the kinds of sentiments people express by greeting cards and they are heavily directed to the lives of children, in which birthdays and bedtimes (for instance) are major things and not knowing how to deal with someone who is grumpy, or feeling grumpy oneself, can really seem like it ruins your life. But it's all virtue related. A lot of it comes from the fact that greeting cards get their entire raison d'etre from the importance of communication, and particularly communication of feelings, for maintaining good human relationships.
I always go on to say in class that the Care Bears, like all good virtue ethicists, are cute, cuddly, and preachy; unlike most virtue ethicists, however, they drive cloud cars and shoot rainbows out of symbols on their tummy. That's a highly classified level of virtue technology even Aristotle never managed to discover.


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That was the body of the note from NPR producer Evie Stone, along with a link to an exhibition at the Museum of the Moving Image titled The Reaction GIF: Moving Image as Gesture.
Obviously, Evie and I share a certain sensibility. And just as obviously, I had to go to Astoria, Queens, to check out the exhibit — and report this piece.
Associate curator Jason Eppink was happy to talk about reaching out to Reddit users to ask which GIFs are classics — and how to describe their meaning. So, for example, a GIF of actor Nathan Fillion in the show Castle is used by Reddit responder SmashBoom Pow to express "when someone is so incredibly wrong or stupid that you don't know where or how to respond.
Or a GIF of Larry David in Curb Your Enthusiasm, submitted by GirlWithRed Hair — who noted, "I use this to convey indecisiveness. I value your argument and want to agree with you, but I'm not prepared for the consequences of doing so."
Not all reaction GIFs feature celebrities, although Eppink points out that actors often bring additional layers of meaning, especially when they're in character. Their GIFS will carry extra resonance with fans. AngryGlenn posts a GIF of a hysterical baby "when something particularly startling or unexpected occurs out of nowhere."
The exhibit at the Museum of the Moving Image is scheduled to run through May 15 and contains 37 such GIFs (generally understood to stand for graphic interface format, although other definitions are out there). Eppink finds it fascinating how people are using mass media to bring subtlety and nuance to online communication, and how they're functioning as Internet vernacular. True GIF-ologists are well aware that the format's creator insists on the pronunciation "jif." With respect to Steve Wilhite, and after considerable internal discussion, NPR went with the much more common pronunciation that uses the same hard "g" as "goodbye."
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Chintan Bhikhubhai Kankad, Founder of Aradhana Fashion
November 9: The story of the Aradhana's founder, Chintan Bhikhubhai Kankad, endearingly known as Prem Kumar, is nothing short of the typical Bollywood movie: the underdog dreams; the dreams come true. In fact, one of his many achievements is to have produced a Gujrati film.
Despite coming from a humble background, Prem dreamt of making movies since as early as time, he was in the 8th Standard. As a young cinemagoer, he was fascinated by the art of filmmaking: how the camera pans, the way scenes change, the thrilling jumpcuts, and the breathtaking long shots. Finally, at age 18, in 2016, Prem produced the Gujrati movie "Koi Aane Parnavo" under the banner Prem Kumar Productions. Befitting the dramatic note of his endeavor, his debut as a producer came after a long period of struggle to finance the movie and fill in the gap in knowledge of the film industry.
Before Prem Kumar could embark upon his filmmaking journey, his humble background which compelled him to juggle studies and work since the age of 12, also forced him to pursue the great Indian qualification- an engineering degree. After completing his Civil Engineering degree, Prem followed the entrepreneurial zeal that he harboured since childhood, inspired by the diamond merchants of Surat, He currently runs four businesses: Aradhana Fashion, Aradhana Glow Sign, Aradhana Physiotherapist, and Aradhana Jari.
Launching Aradhana Fashion, Prem's successful textile company was the turning point of his entrepreneurial journey. The company that began with Prem alone, without any financial help from his friends and family, today employs a workforce of above 450. After its fair share of tribulations, Aradhana Fashion has a factory worth 10 crores, churning out a 50 crore-worth turnover.
On being asked about his journey, Prem said, "I had started my textile business, where I was all-in-all: the owner and the employee. Little did I know at the time, that I would come so far. I think what carried me through is the love for my family and my dedication to seeing them out of financial struggles. My family's support has been instrumental in motivating me through the tough days and that is what keeps me going. I strongly believe that the success so far is just the beginning, miles to walk ahead, and many more industries to explore."
In addition to entrepreneurial and filmmaking interests, there is more to Prem. An avid traveler, he is about to embark on his world tour. Further, his love for playing cricket and his expertise in the field has earned him the name "Jhony". Further, to push the limits of his capabilities, Prem has plans to explore several more vistas in the business world.
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WASHINGTON—Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano and Attorney General Eric Holder today met to discuss the shooting by unknown assailants of two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents in the line of duty yesterday while driving in Mexico.
During their meeting, Secretary Napolitano and Attorney General Holder decided to establish a joint task force between the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Justice, which will be led by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and will leverage the investigative capabilities of both agencies to work with Mexico in tracking down the perpetrators and swiftly bring them to justice.
"This joint task force reflects our commitment to bring the investigatory and prosecutorial power of the U.S. Government to bear as we work with the Mexican Government to bring these criminals to justice," said Secretary Napolitano. "Our thoughts and prayers are with the ICE agents' families and loved ones, as we are reminded of the risks and sacrifices undertaken every day by the men and women on the frontlines in protecting the safety and security of the American people."
"The murder of Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the shooting of another ICE agent provide a sad reminder of the dangers American law enforcement officers face every day," Attorney General Eric Holder said. "Working with our Mexican counterparts, we have already launched an aggressive investigation, and this joint task force will ensure that every available resource is used to bring the perpetrators of this terrible crime to justice."
During their meeting, Secretary Napolitano and Attorney General Holder underscored the United States' commitment to work closely with Mexican law enforcement in full support of the ongoing effort. They also reiterated their commitment to the U.S. government's broader support for Mexico's efforts to combat violence within its borders.
Today, Secretary Napolitano also spoke with Mexican Interior Minister Fernando Blake Mora. During the call, Secretary Napolitano emphasized to Minister Blake Mora that violence against DHS personnel in Mexico represents an attack against all those who serve our nation and put their lives at risk for our safety, and will not be tolerated by either country.
In yesterday's attack, one U.S. law enforcement official, ICE Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata, was critically wounded and died from his injuries. The second agent was shot in the leg and has been discharged from the hospital. More information will be released when it is available.


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It's GOOD to be Arnold Schwarzenegger's illegitimate love child -- just ask Joseph Baena, who just got a BRAND NEW JEEP for Christmas ... and TMZ has the pics.
We've learned Ahnald traveled up to Bakersfield on Monday and personally delivered the 16-year-old a brand new 2014 Jeep Wrangler Rubicon ... which, of course, comes with a removable roof (hence the headline, get it?).
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American Airlines Rewards Its Customers with Lucrative Mileage Promotion for 2015
FORT WORTH, Texas, December 15, 2014 – American Airlines will reward its customers with a bonus mile promotion in 2015, making the AAdvantage program the most generous in the industry. The promotion will offer AAdvantage® and Dividend Miles® members more miles based on the distance flown, the fare purchased and the member's elite status level.
President, AAdvantage Loyalty Program Suzanne Rubin said: "As the largest airline in the world, with a global network that spans 54 countries, our frequent flyer program must also be the best in the business. A mile flown continues to be a mile earned in AAdvantage, and now we're going to reward customers even more when they purchase a First or Business Class ticket."
Beginning Jan. 1, American will reward customers that are members of either the AAdvantage or Dividend Miles programs with bonus miles for purchased First or Business Class tickets on all eligible flights marketed or operated by American or US Airways. The promotion applies to all travel between Jan. 1 and Dec. 31, 2015.
Eligible flights for AAdvantage members include all AA and US-marketed and operated flights (including codeshare flights between the two carriers), and AA or US-marketed, partner-operated flights, including British Airways, Iberia, Finnair, Japan Airlines and Qantas. Until the company merges the frequent flyer programs in the second quarter 2015, eligible flights for Dividend Miles members will include all AA and US-marketed and operated flights (including codeshare flights between the two carriers).
The airline's promotion provides bonus miles in addition to base mileage and elite status/class of service bonuses that customers normally earn. The amount of bonus miles earned will depend on the customer's elite status level and the length of the flight.
Bonus Miles Earned Per Flight Segment
Cabin | Purchased Fare Class | Long-Haul Flight (>3,000 miles plus JFKLAX & JFKSFO) | Med/Short-Haul Flight (=<3,000 miles) |
Executive Platinum / Chairman's Preferred | |||
First / Business | F,A,P,C,J,R,D | 12,000 | 1,000 |
Discount Business | Z*,I | 3,500 | 500 |
AAdvantage Platinum / Gold Dividend Miles Platinum / Gold / Silver |
First / Business | F,A,P,C,J,R,D | 6,000 | 500 |
Discount Business | Z*,I | 1,000 | 250 |
Regular Members | |||
First / Business | F,A,P,C,J,R,D | 3,000 | 250 |
Discount Business | Z*,I | – | – |
*Z is only applicable on eligible US Airways-marketed or operated flights.
Registration for the promotion is not necessary, as all bonus miles will be automatically added to members' accounts after the eligible flight is complete. Additional details about the 2015 AAdvantage bonus mile offer are available at aa.com/moremiles.
As previously announced, also beginning Jan. 1, bonus miles for AAdvantage members on Business Class tickets on American and US Airways will increase from 25 to 50 percent to align with what Dividend Miles members receive today.
Over the past year, American has rolled out enhanced benefits to members flying on either airline, including:
- The opportunity to earn and redeem miles on American or US Airways, with all eligible travel on either airline counting toward elite status qualification in the program of that member's choice
- Reciprocal benefits for elite status members when flying either airline, including First and Business Class check-in, complimentary checked bags and priority security and boarding
- More lounge access, with reciprocal club access for Admirals Club® and US Airways Club members
- Easy access to the combined company's expanded network through the codeshare between American and US Airways, which allows the ability to sell seats on both airlines' flights
- Bringing US Airways into the award-winning oneworld® alliance, offering more options across the Atlantic and an easier and more rewarding global travel experience to Europe and beyond
- The ability to easily stay connected while customers fly with Monthly Traveler and Daily Wi-Fi passes, valid on both American and US Airways
Today's announcement follows American's decision to invest $2 billion in customer improvements, including:
- New seats from nose to tail on several aircraft types and fully lie-flat seats on all of American's long-haul, international fleet
- Satellite-based Internet access, providing connectivity for international flights
- A new look and feel to Admirals Club lounges with upgrades to food and furnishings
- Onboard power ports and video screens at every seat on nearly all new delivery aircraft
- Modernized airport experience with improved and updated kiosks to expedite airport check-in
About American Airlines Group
American Airlines Group (NASDAQ: AAL) is the holding company for American Airlines and US Airways. Together with wholly owned and third-party regional carriers operating as American Eagle and US Airways Express, the airlines operate an average of nearly 6,700 flights per day to 339 destinations in 54 countries from its hubs in Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas/Fort Worth, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix and Washington, D.C. The American Airlines AAdvantage and US Airways Dividend Miles programs allow members to earn miles for travel, vacation packages, car rentals, hotel stays and everyday purchases. Members of both programs can redeem miles for tickets as well as upgrades to First Class and Business Class. In addition, AAdvantage members can redeem miles for vacation packages, car rentals, hotel stays and retail products. American is a founding member of the oneworld alliance, whose members and members-elect serve nearly 1,000 destinations with 14,250 daily flights to 150 countries. Connect with American on Twitter @AmericanAir and Facebook.com/AmericanAirlines and follow US Airways on Twitter @USAirways.
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Consider the situation in the 1970s. If you wanted to do a piece of research you did it, no questions asked. But bad things can happen if you let people do just what they want. There are terrible examples of studies where research participants were infected, hurt or humiliated without realising what was happening or giving their consent. For examples, see Rebecca Skloot's book, 'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' and Dominic Streatfeild's 'Brainwash: the Secret History of Mind Control'. The solution was to create a body of people, the regulators, who would scrutinise research and make sure it was ethical. Despite the regulation, every few years something bad still happened. The regulators responded by increasing their numbers and adding more regulations. In general, I've avoided doing studies that require me to go through an NHS ethics committee because the process is so long-winded and bureaucratic that it saps all my enthusiasm and takes up time I'd rather spend doing research. Our University ethics committee can approve studies that don't involve patients and operates a much less complex system. Recently, though, I badly wanted to do a study involving NHS patients, and decided to grit my teeth and go through the process. It's taken literally weeks of form-filling, and what amazed me was the sheer number of regulators I dealt with in the course of applying for approval. Then there was one set of people from the research ethics committee (REC), another set from R&D, yet more from the Comprehensive Clinical Research Network - in fact several sets of those depending on whether you were concerned with local or regional matters. There are people whose job it is to book your application in to a REC via a centralised system, and others whose job it is to do the same thing at local level when the first fail to find you a slot. These people were typically very helpful, but that isn't the point. Why are there so many people whose sole function in life is the ethical scrutiny of researchers? Why are there so many forms to fill in that a recent article raised concerns about the environmental impact of paper use by RECs. And how have we got to the situation described by the Academy of Medical Sciences whereby it takes an average of 621 days from receiving funding to recruiting the first patient for a trial of a cancer drug?
From an evolutionary perspective, a research regulator is a life form with three very interesting characteristics. First, its numbers explode in response to catastrophic events regardless of how rare that event is. Second, it has few natural predators, so its expansion goes unchecked. Third, regulators multiply like bacteria: they spawn more regulations which require more regulators, so there is a rapid increase in population over time. And these three characteristics derive, I submit, from a basic human tendency to focus on emotionally-engaging events while ignoring their probability.
Catastrophe as a driving force in increasing the number of regulators
When something really terrible happens - someone is badly hurt or upset, or even worse, killed - we empathise with the victim and want to do something to prevent it happening again. All of our attention is taken up by the awfulness of the event, and we ignore the costs inherent in a solution. This kind of thinking is described by Dan Gardner in his book 'Risk' as due to System 1, or Gut, as opposed to the more rational System 2, or Head. Gut's supremacy is such that if someone were to draw attention to rarity of the catastrophe or the costs of the proposed solution, they would be criticised for being heartless. It is this way of reasoning that fosters the dramatic rise in regulators.
Consider the case of Dr Harold Shipman, a general practitioner in Greater Manchester, who in 2000 was found guilty of murdering 15 of his patients. According to Wikipedia, his was one of the most prolific known serial killers in global history with 215 murders being positively ascribed to him, although the real number is likely to be higher than this. He had no obvious motive and did not appear mentally ill to his colleagues or patients. This case led to the Shipman enquiry, led by Dame Janet Smith. It was discovered that Shipman had been sent a warning letter by the GMC but allowed to return to practice after a conviction for dishonestly obtaining pethidine in 1976. The enquiry judged, however, that if a harsher punishment had been given, it would not have prevented Shipman from becoming a serial killer. Nevertheless, the committee called for a database to be established containing information about all doctors in the NHS, including disciplinary records, which both patients and NHS bodies could access. They also supported a system of revalidation, whereby doctors would undergo regular checks of their competency to practise. There is no indication that anyone ever discussed the probability of another Harold Shipman occurring. I'm sure there are many doctors who are incompetent, have massive personal problems, and there are no doubt a few who feel like murdering their patients from time to time. But I find it hard to believe that we need to set up regulations to scrutinise apparently sane doctors to prevent them from murdering their patients in cold blood. Nevertheless, in the interests of 'this must never happen again' it's recommended that a whole new posse of regulators be created to check family doctors, whose compliance will no doubt cost time that could be spent with their patients. I suspect one day there will be another doctor who does something really terrible, but I doubt these regulations would prevent this.
A much less dramatic but pertinent example was described on Jenny Rohn's blog. I recommend you read her account of the regulations produced by her research funder that require that staff in the laboratory wear safety glasses at all times. Jenny, a woman after my own heart, took the trouble to get to the bottom of why this regulation had been introduced, and found there had been a small number of accidents, which could have been prevented if the scientist had taken commonsense precautions and worn safety glasses while performing specific hazardous procedures. A reminder to staff to do this should have been sufficient. Instead, a regulation has been introduced which costs time and money.
Regulators have no natural predators
Once regulation is established, it is remarkably difficult to remove it. This is largely a consequence of the same human tendency as discussed above: the attentional focus on catastrophe. Anyone who argues against regulation will be seen as being so cold-hearted or cavalier as to not care about the catastrophe that led to regulation being set up.
A key point here is that individual regulations often appear trivial - especially when considered in relation to the catastrophes they are designed to avert. Filling in a form, or going to an opticians is tedious, but it seems curmudgeonly to complain if someone's life or sight can be saved. However, there are expenses in both time and money, and these can become substantial if large numbers of people are required to adhere to regulations and to administer them. We do need to consider carefully whether the measures that are put in place are effective and proportionate.
Consider another example. On 4th August 2002, 10-year-olds Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman were murdered by their school caretaker Ian Huntley in the village of Soham, Cambridgeshire. Huntley had a string of previous allegations about sexual interest in young girls when previously in the North East of England, as well as a burglary charge, but only the burglary charge was placed on the police national computer, and even this was not picked up by the routine checks that the school did, because Huntley had changed his name. After this case, there has been massive tightening up of police checks for people who work with children. If you plan to work with children or young people, you need a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check. My researcher team works in schools and we all have CRB checks. Recently, though, we've found some head teachers will want a new CRB check, just for their school, even if you have recently obtained one. And the regulations have been extended to individuals such as children's authors who make occasional visits to schools. Everyone is clearly very nervous about letting unvetted adults come into contact with children. But does it work? On 1st October 2009, Plymouth nursery worker Vanessa George admitted 13 charges of sexual abuse of children and making and distributing indecent images of children. She had completed a qualification in child care and passed a Criminal Records Bureau police check to allow her to work with younger children.
I am aware that if I query the usefulness of the CRB check procedures it will look as if I am placing my own personal inconvenience above the welfare of vulnerable children. Regulation is tedious, and sometimes costly, but what monster would refuse to fill in a form or pay a few pounds in order to prevent a child being murdered? I can assure readers that I feel every bit as much rage and grief as anyone else every time I see that photo of Holly and Jessica that is so often reproduced in the media. If something can be done to stop children getting murdered or molested, I would be the first to endorse it. I just query whether this massive bureaucratic exercise is a cost-effective solution, as compared, say, with using resources to teach children how to identify and respond to adults who behave inappropriately.
Ultimately, the only thing that could lead to a mass extinction of regulators would be if government were to decide that the regulation was too expensive. However, in general, governments are nervous of deregulation because it will upset people who see regulation as the path to preventing another catastrophe. I disagree. It's my belief that we can never control life so that there are no catastrophes. So from time to time bad things will happen. Every time they do, more regulators are created, but none are ever removed. Their inexorable rise seems inevitable. But as if this were not enough, there is an additional process at work.
Regulators generate more regulators
In the field of ethical scrutiny of research, a major shake-up was spawned by one rare event, the discovery that a pathologist at Alder Hey Children's Hospital had stored body organs of deceased children without their parents' knowledge or consent. This lead to an explosion of regulation, and a new legal framework for the use of human tissue. But perhaps more surprisingly, it was accompanied by a broadening of the remit of research regulation to apply not just to medical research but to all research involving human participants. I suggest that a driving force here is the regulator mindset. Once you have been set up to prevent catastrophic events, you don't just focus on the original catastrophe that started the ball rolling, you start trying to anticipate catastrophes, so you can set regulations in place to prevent them. This inevitably generates huge amounts of additional regulation. I thoroughly agree with the idea that it is better to anticipate problems than deal with their consequences, but the difficulty here is that the potential catastrophe absorbs all one's attention and once again its probability is never considered.
To take an example, some years ago I was part of a research group who wanted to recruit from a local maternity hospital; we simply wanted to sign up mothers who might potentially be interested in taking part in research when their children was 12 to 36 months of age. At that point, they would be contacted and invited to take part, with no obligation to do so. We did not approach mothers of babies who had any medical problems. One member of the ethics committee was concerned at our procedures. It was suggested that before writing to these parents to invite them to take part in a study, we ought to check with the family doctor whether the child had died. Well, of course, I can imagine it would be awful to receive a letter inviting you to involve your child in a study if the child had died. But what proportion of healthy babies die by 2 or 3 years of age? Is the probability of this happening high enough to justify asking family doctors of some hundred children to check their medical records before we contacted them? According to the Office of National Statistics, the mortality rate for children aged 1 to 14 years was 12 deaths per 100,000 in 2009. Deaths in children under one year of age were more common at 4.5 per 1,000 live births, but most of these were babies who would not have been recruited to our study because they were severely ill in the first week of life, and/or had very low birthweight. I am again uncomfortably aware that I will seem heartless in arguing against adopting a measure to avoid the real but rare possibility of upsetting a bereaved parent. But against this hypothetical risk we need to balance the 100 patients that won't get seen by their family doctor in the 10 minutes it takes them to locate and check the medical records and reply to the researcher.
In case you imagine such scenarios are unique to the UK, let me give one more example, from the USA. A colleague who does brain-scanning studies of children with developmental disorders tells me she was required to conduct a pregnancy test with any girl aged 9 years or over who wished to participate in the study. This is particularly striking because it is protecting against a conjunction of two very rare possibilities: (a) that a 9-year-old girl who volunteers for a research study might be pregnant and (b) that a brain scan of the mother's head might damage a foetus.
When regulators get together with lawyers, there's a catalytic reaction, because lawyers are even better than regulators at thinking of things that need regulating. They go beyond defending us from catastrophes and disasters to protecting against things that have the potential to upset a few people. I was interested to read in the report by the Academy of Medical Sciences that the NHS Litigation Authority had never received a claim relating to research, yet the lawyers insist we put paragraphs in our information sheets about risk, indemnity and how to make a complaint. They've also had a major success defending people's rights not to have their medical records scrutinised by anyone outside the clinical care team. The problem is that if you want to do a medical research study you need to identify suitable people to take part, and that means looking at their medical records. If you insist, as current regulation requires, that no-one outside the clinical care team can look at records, you have two stark options. Either the clinical care team have to spend time not caring for patients, but trawling through records, or the research cannot get done. Richard Doll was one of the first to speak out against this kind of regulation, which makes most epidemiological studies impossible to do. This is one point where the report by the Academy of Medical Sciences has a recommendation to allow bona fide researchers to screen medical records.
Another factor leading to multiplication of regulators is an attitude of trusting no-one. Having required researchers to give a detailed account of what their research involves, down to the last comma in an information sheet, they need squads of highly trained people to scrutinise the forms to identify possible problems. And if this is not enough, they then introduce a further stage of monitoring the research. The implication is that the researchers can't be trusted. Unless they write regular reports to the regulators on the progress of the research, they are likely to go off the rails. Even this is not enough: the regulators also have power to visit researchers to ensure they are doing what they said they would do. This of course all creates more jobs for the regulators. Nobody ever asks whether the money might be better spent on, for instance, doing research.
How can we retrieve the situation?
Having seen the increasing drive for more and more regulation during my lifetime, I am alarmed at its unstoppable progress. I've focused here on those aspects that have impinged on my life as a researcher, but the trend for ever more regulation appears to infest many other areas of life. I have two suggestions for how to improve matters:
a) Before any new regulation is introduced, there should be a cold-blooded cost-benefit analysis that considers (i) the severity of the adverse event that the regulation is designed to avert; (ii) the probability of the adverse event; (iii) the likely impact of the regulation in reducing that probability; (iv) the cost of the regulation both in terms of the salaries of people who implement it, and the time and other costs to those affected by it. I use the word cold-blooded deliberately: our normal human instincts don't lead us to weigh up these different factors rationally. Instead, we focus solely on (i).
b) We should be more imaginative about the type of regulation that is used. For instance, research regulators increasingly play a role in training researchers in ethical conduct of research. Currently one is expected to undertake such training in addition to all the form-filling. But why not treat it more like a driving test? Once trained, researchers could be certified as competent and left to get on with it without having to fill in any forms, and without constant scrutiny and monitoring. It would save huge amounts of everyone's time and money if we could trust people to behave professionally and treat ethical skills more like driving skills. The regulators could then focus on training researchers and offering advice to those who encountered specific ethical issues in their research. Their role would become advisory rather than policing.
I had intended to write a blogpost documenting the many stages I have gone through on the road to seeking ethics approval for my current study, but that procedure, started in December, is continuing, and I cannot tell when it will end.


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Nottingham Country MUD monthly board meeting.
The Board of the Directors meet monthly to discuss and/or take action regarding items on the posted meeting agenda. Regular meetings of the District are held the third Monday of the month at 11:30AM, unless otherwise noted, at the offices of Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP, 3200 Southwest Freeway, Suite 2600, Houston, Texas 77027.
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Hate Crimes Still Has Fighting Chance | Advocate.com
Despite numerous ups and downs, the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Prevention Act remains in tact and stands a reasonable chance of making it to President Barack Obamaâs desk for a signature later this year.
The biggest hurdle to hate crimes becoming law is that while it passed the House as a stand-alone bill, it was not included in the House version of the Department of Defense authorization bill. Because the Senate passed hate crimes as an amendment to DOD legislation, the two versions of that bill must be reconciled in conference during August and September.
A spokesperson for the Human Rights Campaign said all parties involved in that discussion have expressed support for including the hate crimes provision in the final DOD bill.
âWe have strong commitments from the leaders and our allies on the Hill and in the White House that they want to see the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes measure remain in the bill and get to the president's desk for signature,â said Allison Herwitt, legislative director for HRC.
One major roadblock to enacting Hate Crimes was removed Tuesday when the Senate voted 58-40 to strip $1.75 billion in funding for F-22 fighter jets that President Barack Obama vehemently opposed.
The House version of the DOD bill still includes $369 million for advanced purchase of F-22 parts, and White House press secretary Robert Gibbs renewed a veto threat Tuesday if the funding remained in the legislation.
Four amendments to the Senateâs Hate Crimes provision were adopted Monday, but HRCâs Herwitt said none of them significantly alter the integrity of the measure.
âThe core principles of the Matthew Shepard Hate Crimes Act remain in tact,â she said.
Republican Senator Jeff Sessions of Alabama sponsored three of the amendments: one requiring the Attorney General to issue guidelines with âneutral and objective criteria for determining whether a crime was motivated by the status of the victim;â another creating a new federal offense for crimes committed against service members or their families; and a third adding death penalty provisions to the hate crimes measure.
Sessionsâ third amendment was weakened by a fourth measure, sponsored by Senator Edward Kennedy, which outlined restrictions for using the death penalty under hate crimes.
Major LGBT rights groups decried Sessionsâ death penalty amendment as an effort to derail the act.
"Opponents of hate crimes legislation have pushed for a death penalty amendment in the hopes of stopping passage of the hate crimes measure,â said Rea Carey, executive director of the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. âThis tactic is disingenuous, outrageous and immoral.â
The Senate is scheduled to vote Wednesday on one more contentious amendment to hate crimes that would allow licensed gun owners to carry concealed weapons across state lines. The outcome of the measure, sponsored by GOP Senator John Thune of South Dakota, remains far from clear and continues to be hotly debated among Democrats.
While HRC has no official position on the gun amendment, the LGBT conservative group GOProud endorsed it.
âIncluding concealed carry reciprocity language in the hate crimes legislation will empower individuals to lawfully defend themselves from becoming victims of violent crime,â GOProud said in a joint statement with Gun Owners of America.
Ultimately, the fate of hate crimes and all its attendant amendments will be hashed out in the House-Senate conference on the DOD authorization bill. Conferees will informally meet over the August recess, when many of the issues will get worked out by Congressional staffers.
Major sticking points will be finalized by Congressional members when they return in September.
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Webster Bible : John 7
1. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him.
2. Now the Jews' feast of tabernacles was at hand.
3. His brethren therefore said to him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see the works that thou doest.
4. For there is no man that doeth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou doest these things, show thyself to the world.
5. (For neither did his brethren believe in him.)
6. Then Jesus said to them, My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready.
7. The world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify concerning it, that its works are evil.
8. Go ye up to this feast: I go not yet to this feast, for my time is not yet full come.
9. When he had said these words to them, he abode still in Galilee.
10. But when his brethren had gone up, then he went also to the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret.
11. Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, Where is he?
12. And there was much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is a good man: others said, No; but he deceiveth the people.
13. Yet, no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews.
14. Now about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple, and taught.
15. And the Jews marveled, saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never learned?
16. Jesus answered them, and said, My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me.
17. If any man will do his will, he shall know concerning the doctrine, whether it is from God, or whether I speak from myself.
18. He that speaketh from himself, seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in him.
19. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?
20. The people answered and said, Thou hast a demon: who goeth about to kill thee?
21. Jesus answered and said to them, I have done one work, and ye all marvel.
22. Moses therefore gave to you circumcision, (not because it is from Moses, but from the fathers) and ye on the sabbath circumcise a man.
23. If a man on the sabbath receiveth circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have restored a man to sound health on the sabbath?
24. Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.
25. Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he whom they seek to kill?
26. But lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing to him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ?
27. But we know this man, whence he is: whereas when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.
28. Then cried Jesus in the temple, as he taught, saying, Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not.
29. But I know him; for I am from him, and he hath sent me.
30. Then they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come.
31. And many of the people believed on him, and said, When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this man hath done?
32. The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him: and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him.
33. Then said Jesus to them, Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go to him that sent me.
34. Ye will seek me, and will not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come.
35. Then said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go to the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles?
36. What manner of saying is this that he said, Ye will seek me, and will not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come?
37. In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, If any man thirsteth, let him come to me, and drink.
38. He that believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.
39. (But this he spoke of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive, for the Holy Spirit was not yet given, because that Jesus was not yet glorified.)
40. Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, In truth this is the Prophet.
41. Others said, This is the Christ. But some said, Will Christ come out of Galilee?
42. Hath not the scripture said, That Christ cometh from the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was?
43. So there was a division among the people because of him.
44. And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid hands on him.
45. Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said to them, Why have ye not brought him?
46. The officers answered, Never man spoke like this man.
47. Then the Pharisees answered them, Are ye also deceived?
48. Have any of the rulers, or of the Pharisees believed on him?
49. But this people who know not the law are cursed.
50. Nicodemus saith to them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them)
51. Doth our law judge any man before it heareth him, and knoweth what he doeth?
52. They answered and said to him, Art thou also from Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet.
53. And every man went to his own house.
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Natural ways to silence the ringing, roaring, and hissing of tinnitus
Millions of Americans suffer from tinnitus, a condition more descriptively known as "ringing in the ears." People with severe tinnitus may have trouble hearing, working, or even sleeping. Causes include exposure to loud noises or certain medications, particularly Valium-type drugs (benzodiazepines) and non-steroidal anti-inflammatories such as aspirin and ibuprofen. Tinnitus may also be a symptom of other health issues, such as allergies, high or low blood pressure, tumors, and problems in the heart, blood vessels, jaw, or neck.
Treating Tinnitus Naturally
The easiest way to treat tinnitus is to identify and eliminate the cause. However, if the ringing is due to prolonged exposure to loud noises or music, scuba diving, or other irritants that damage the eardrum, it can be difficult. Some studies have shown that supplementing with magnesium may help in these cases (150–250 mg three times daily). Other natural medicines of note include:
Zinc. Supplementation with zinc (20–30 mg per day) can relieve or eliminate tinnitus in those with zinc deficiency— a common occurrence in many cases of tinnitus.
Ginkgo biloba extract (GBE). The results from double-blind studies using GBE to treat tinnitus are contradictory. People with recent-onset tinnitus are more likely to respond than those who have had tinnitus for at least three years. The recommended dosage of GBE for tinnitus is 240–320 mg per day.
Vitamin B12. Nearly half of all tinnitus patients are deficient in this key vitamin. Many people with low B12 levels experience complete resolution of their tinnitus when given the methylcobalamin form of B12 (see sidebar on p. 26). Take 3,000–5,000 mcg daily for one month, then reduce your intake to 1,000 mcg daily as a maintenance dose.
The Promise of Melatonin
Two recent studies have demonstrated that taking 3 mg of melatonin per day at bedtime can significantly improve tinnitus as well as overall sleep quality. The latest research was conducted at The Ohio State University Eye and Ear Institute and published in the July 2011 issue of the Annals of Otology, Rhinology and Laryngology. In the study, 61 adults with chronic tinnitus were randomized to receive 3 mg of melatonin or a placebo nightly for 30 days, followed by a one-month washout period before switching to the other treatment. Results demonstrated convincingly that melatonin was associated with a significant decrease in tinnitus intensity and improved sleep quality in patients with chronic tinnitus. Melatonin was most effective in men with more severe and bilateral tinnitus and/or those with a history of noise exposure. Researchers believe that one of the ways melatonin helps tinnitus is by improving sleep quality, an interesting mechanism of action, since tinnitus is often a side effect of prescription sleeping pills.
Are You Deficient in Vitamin B12?
According to mercola.com, the following symptoms are associated with a deficiency of B12:
- Mental fogginess
- Problems with your memory
- Mood swings
- Lack of motivation
- Feelings of apathy
- Fatigue and a lack of energy
- Muscle weakness
- Tingling in your extremities
Tinnitus isn't the only condition linked to low levels of this important nutrient
The richest sources of vitamin B12 are liver and kidney, followed by eggs, fish, cheese, and meat. However, the absorption of vitamin B12 requires the presence of a digestive factor in the stomach known as intrinsic factor.
Studies have shown that levels of vitamin B12 decline as we get older, with as many as 40 percent of people age 65 and older showing a deficiency. Thisis likely due to a reduced secretion of intrinsic factor as we age. A B12 deficiency can be devastating at any age, but in the elderly it can lead to significant impairment in mental capacity.
One study examined blood levels of vitamin B12 in 100 geriatric outpatients who were seen for various acute and chronic illnesses. It found that 11 of them had serum B12 levels at 148 pmol/L or below (the cut off for vitamin B12 deficiency); 30 had levels between 148 and 295 pmol/L; and 59 had levels above 296 pmol/L.
After the initial assessment, the patients who had acceptable blood levels of B12 were followed for up to three years. (Those who already had a deficiency were removed from the study and treated.) The average annual decline in B12 for patients who had higher initial levels was 18 pmol/L. And among those who had lower initial levels, the average annual decline was a much greater 28 pmol/L. These results indicate that testing for vitamin B12 deficiencies—and appropriate supplementation—are indicated for most seniors.
Methylcobalamin is the active and preferred form of B12; however, many supplements contain cyanocobalamin and hydroxocobalamin, which the body converts into methylcobalamin. Older people may have a reduced ability to make this conversion. While methylcobalamin led to increases in lifespan in animal models, cyanocobalamin had no effect. Methylcobalamin also produced better results in clinical trials, and should be considered the best form for obtaining specific benefits.
I recommend that anyone over the age of 65—or vegetarians at any age—take 1,000–3,000 mcg daily of methylcobalamin. This high dosage bypasses the need for intrinsic factor to aid absorption.
To determine whether a supplement contains methylcobalamin or cyanocobalamin, you'll have to read the label carefully. High-quality products list the form of B12 in parenthesis on the ingredient panel. Many companies also include 'methylcobalamin' or 'methyl B12' on the front of the label.


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Fall is finally here. The leaves are twirling in the air and coating the ground. The mornings are crisp and sweaters are brought out from storage. Personally it feels like pieces of my life are falling into place. I recently started a new job, or more accurately I restarted an old one. I am thrilled to be back with my friend Laura at Roseberries, and delighted to discover that my old skills are still intact. A bit of light dusting should be all that is needed.
A few things on the horizon. The show "nature prints on cloth and paper" is still up at Over the moon bookstore, in Crozet. It will be there until December 6. Next week signals the start of the World of Threads Festival in Toronto/Oakville in Ontario. Two of my pieces are included in the De rerum natura exhibit at the Joshua Creek Heritage Art Center in Oakville. I wish I could travel to see this wonderful textile extravaganza in person! The Artisans Studio Tour, takes place November 10 - 11, in and around Charlottesville, Virginia. I will once again be a guest in Mary Beth Bellah's studio (no. 8), along with master woodworker Brian Rayner. It would be lovely to have you visit one or several of these events!


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statistics, data analysis and related things from Alan Dix
statistics tutorial
including online notes (PDF and HTML) and 7 common errors in statisticsannotated statistics bibliography
originally to support the above
includes description of criteria to apply to books not on listAI and intelligent interfaces:
appropriate intelligence
eco-algorithms / artificial ecologies,
the Monte-Carlo baselineweb forms and scripting
web form - learn how to use web forms and install simple web email response forms on your own site
server side scripting using php - basic tutorial
php syntax check - web-based syntax checker for your PHP scripts
obfuscate email - utility to hide email addresses in html pages
life counter - a counter for your web site counting the seconds since your birth ... or from some other time such as your PhD, first kiss, ...
colour picker - choose web colours or add a colour picker to your web application.
'intelligent' database query - you say what you want, QbB writes the query!
read about the theory in various articles about QbB (some online)
try it out online or download code for web (php/mysql/Unix) or Macintosh demonstrator
online demonstrations of 'randomness'
watch the rain fall in Gheisra
can you tell what is random and what is not?
try two-horse races with virtual coins
coin tossing experiments (which you can do with real coins too)
what would you expect from fair coins?
adjust the fairness of the online coins and see what happens
and more coin tossing experiments
you don't see the coins line up on this page, but can look at the results of multiple coin tossing experiments
download a HyperCard demo (stuffed binhex)
versions of rainfall in Gheisra and coin tossing for those sensible enough to have Macintosh computersvisualising results
see how dancing histograms bring data alive
also read about the principles behind this in my visualisation papersKohonen networks
self-organising neural networks (form of clustering algorithm)
documentation and download of C source code and examplessome other statistics and data mining sites
visit the World-Wide Web Virtual Library pages on statistics
Mathematics About.com pages on statistics and probability
Dartmouth College quantitative literacy course Chance: news, materials and links to other resources and online texts
Southampton Institute's pages on Statistics on the Web (mainly links to places with interesting data)
Andy Pryke's The Data Mine the first site on the web for data mining includes many web links ind bibliography
Data Mining Resources at National Center for Atmospheric Research
QOZI Statistics Resources portal
KDnuggets Data Mining & Knowledge Discovery news
I've been planning for some time to make some online analysis tools, partly to support the large number of visitors to my statistics tutorial site, partly to support the HCI book site and AI book, and partly because it seems like a good idea.
Things that I expect to have here include:
data management (for small experiments)
online statistical analysis of data
online tests including significance levels
online questionnaire management
interesting data mining and AI algorithmsThe difference between 'coming sometime' and 'coming soon' will be related to the level of interest you have. If you are interested in any of the above please tell me!
"the only statistics you can trust are those you falsified yourself" Winston Churchill
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Toronto Fashion Week ran from October 22 to 26, in a large—and stylishly appointed—tent at David Pecaut Square. We're posting full galleries from the buzziest runways. It's time to forget about the chilly weather and imagine what life (or at least fashion) will be like in spring/summer 2013.
Vawk and Vawkkin, by Sunny Fong
IN A SENTENCE Vawk and its sister label Vawkkin (now in its second season) are both helmed by Fong, a Project Runway Canada alum known for his use of diverse models and his belief that fashion is for everyone (according to him, "Vawk brings fantasy and Vawkkin brings reality").
THE SCENE The runway was slick with rain (or, our photographer suspected, a spilled drink), and volunteers' efforts to mop it with T-shirts failed to prevent model mayhem. Several of the models slipped, scaring others into turning halfway down the runway. That made it hard for many guests to see the full collection: though Suzanne Rogers, Glen and David Dixon and The Bay's Nicholas Mellamphy had a great view from their middle-of-the-runway seats, Miss World Canada Tara Teng (who of course wore her sash) may have had a tougher time from her front row spot near the end of the catwalk.
THE COLLECTION The Vawkkin collection was full of office-appropriate staples, including LBDs with peplums, black pantsuits adorned with oversized purple scarves, silk tops and pencil skirts. The line's most (and perhaps only) fashion-forward piece was a sheer black and white blouse. Fong took more chances with Vawk, which had a rather sexy bent. Cut-outs, black leather, corsets, deep reds and thigh-high slits were decidedly office-inappropriate—and made for a more entertaining runway show.
BEST PIECES The most talked-about piece of the collection was a rose gold cone bra (think Madonna) designed by local jewellery company Niki and Lola, but our favourite piece was the short cream strapless dress with black leather accents, which was a perfect balance of naughty and nice.
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Each year, IRDA's R&D Team conducts more than one hundred research projects in sustainable agriculture. What's more, IRDA is working with Quebec's key agricultural stakeholders to find concrete solutions.
To provide information on the fertilizing value and environmental impact of spreading pig manure at different times, the project compared the effect of mineral fertilizer in early fall, late fall, and in the spring.
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The persistent drought is raising questions about how the Mississippi River is managed — both upstream and down.
While cargo traffic upriver has gotten lots of attention, the drought is creating a different set of problems downriver at the mouth of the Mississippi, where saltwater has encroached.
An old-fashioned staff river gauge behind the New Orleans district office of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers shows the Mississippi is running just shy of 6 feet above sea level at the river bend.
"Just about back to normal at this point, but it's only done that really since Christmas," says Mike Stack, chief of emergency management for the corps. He's been dealing with near historic lows on the river here since August. The biggest problem is saltwater from the Gulf of Mexico coming up the mouth of the Mississippi and threatening industrial and municipal water intakes more than 60 miles inland.
During normal flows on the Mississippi, freshwater is pushing down and out of the mouth of the river. But with low flows during drought, the Gulf of Mexico starts to push saltwater up the Mississippi River.
"Saltwater is denser than freshwater and so it travels on the bottom," says Stack. "It travels in what we call a wedge."
To stop the encroaching wedge, the corps built a $5.8 million sill on the bottom of the river. It's like a deep underwater levee designed to hold the saltwater at bay.
The sill has held since September, and the wedge is now receding. But it wasn't enough to prevent the saltwater from reaching the drinking water intakes for Plaquemines Parish, the parish south of New Orleans that stretches all the way to the mouth of the Mississippi.
"We've been through five hurricanes and an oil spill, had a couple of chemical spills, and right before this salt water intrusion, I said, 'What's next?' " says parish President Billy Nungesser.
The parish had to barge in fresh water from upriver and buy drinking water from neighboring Orleans Parish. Nungesser is worried about next time.
"The real challenge will be if we see a worse situation than we saw last year where that wedge reaches New Orleans because you couldn't barge in enough water to satisfy the needs of the city of New Orleans," he says.
'Things Won't Be The Same'
The river is deep and wide here with at least a 45-foot-deep channel. Combine that with the proximity to the Gulf and you have an ideal shipping gateway.
At the busy Port of New Orleans, stevedores use cranes to load crates of chicken onto the Skulptor Tomskiy, a hulking white ship bound for Eastern Europe. Ships come in from the Gulf bringing everything from rubber and steel to coffee and twine. Barges come down river carrying grain, fertilizer and other goods.
"It's a huge convergence point, says Gary LaGrange, president and CEO of the Port of New Orleans.
He says the five ports on the lower Mississippi River from Baton Rouge south to the Gulf of Mexico constitute the largest port system in the world.
"Bigger than Rotterdam, Singapore, Shanghai or any of those," he says.
LaGrange says the drought hasn't hurt the Port of New Orleans yet. But upriver, where the channel gets shallow north of Baton Rouge, barge loads are lighter.
"Anything that's got to transit between [Cairo, Ill.] and St. Louis, we're concerned. But so far so good," says LaGrange.
But the drought does raise more complicated questions for Louisiana's deteriorating coast. The delta depends on high water to bring sediment that helps rebuild coastline. Sediment that is choked off in a drought.
Mark Davis, who heads the Tulane Institute on Water Resources Law and Policy, says with persistent drought and sea level rise, the future of Louisiana's fragile coast is at best uncertain.
"Things won't be the same. We will have to be real clear on what kind of river we need delivered here. We have no idea at this point how big a river we're going to need 20 years from now to maintain the viability of this lower end," says Davis.
Davis says talk of diverting water from the Mississippi system to help arid Western states has officials up and down the river talking about the need for a comprehensive water resources plan for the mighty river.
"It's the sort of thing that the Great Lakes did when they did their compact not so long ago when they essentially declared we're not sure what we need water for but we're pretty sure we're not a mine," he says.
America's Wetland Foundation Director Val Marmillion says the sheer size and scope of issues confronting the river make consensus hard to come by.
"The Mississippi basin is an orphan. It has a lot of users and a lot of interests who have found the Mississippi very beneficial to their various interests but no one is taking care of the whole," he says.
Whether its drought now or flood next year, Marmillion says it's time to treat managing the Mississippi as a legacy issue.
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Prev | Chapter 18. Automating your connections - Creating the connection scripts | Next |
18.4. What a Chat script means...
A chat script is a sequence of expect string, send string pairs. In particular, note that we ALWAYS expect something before we send something.
If we are to send something WITHOUT receiving anything first, we must use an empty expect string (indicated by " ") and similarly for expecting something without sending anything! Also, if a string consists of several words, (e.g. NO CARRIER), you must quote the string so that it is seen as a single entity by chat.
The chat line in our template is:-
exec /usr/sbin/chat -v |
Invoke chat, the -v tells chat to copy ALL its I/O into the system log (usually /var/log/messages). Once you are happy that the chat script is working reliably, edit this line to remove the -v to save unnecessary clutter in your syslog.
ABORT '\nBUSY\r' |
If the string BUSY is received, abort the operation.
ABORT '\nNO ANSWER\r' |
If the string NO ANSWER is received, abort the operation
ABORT '\nRINGING\r\n\r\nRINGING\r' |
If the (repeated) string RINGING is received, abort the operation. This is because someone is ringing your phone line!
\rAT |
Expect nothing from the modem and send the string AT.
OK-+++\c-OK ATH0 |
This one is a bit more complicated as it uses some of chat's error recovery capabilities.
What is says is...Expect OK, if it is NOT received (because the modem is not in command mode) then send +++ (the standard Hayes-compatible modem string that returns the modem to command mode) and expect OK. Then send ATH0 (the modem hang up string). This allows your script to cope with the situation of your modem being stuck on-line!
Set the timeout to 30 seconds for the remainder of the script. If you experience trouble with the chat script aborting due to timeouts, increase this to 45 seconds or more.
Expect OK (the modem's response to the ATH0 command) and dial the number we want to call.
Expect CONNECT (which our modem sends when the remote modem answers) and send nothing in reply.
ogin:--ogin: $ACCOUNT |
Again, we have some error recovery built in here. Expect the login prompt (...ogin:) but if we don't receive it by the timeout, send a return and then look for the login prompt again. When the prompt is received, send the username (stored in the shell variable $ACCOUNT).
assword: $PASSWORD |
Expect the password prompt and send our password (again, stored in a shell variable).
This chat script has reasonable error recovery capability. Chat has considerably more features than demonstrated here. For more information consult the chat manual page (man 8 chat).
18.4.1. Starting PPP at the server end
Whilst the ppp-on-dialer script is fine for servers that automatically start pppd at the server end once you have logged in, some servers require that you explicitly start PPP on the server.
If you need to issue a command to start up PPP on the server, you DO need to edit the ppp-on-dialer script.
At the END of the script (after the password line) add an additional expect send pair - this one would look for your login prompt (beware of characters that have a special meaning in the Bourne shell - such as $ and [ or ] (open and close square brackets).
Once chat has found the shell prompt, chat must issue the ppp start up command required for your ISPs PPP server.
In my case, my PPP server uses the standard Linux Bash prompt
[hartr@kepler hartr]$ |
and requires that I type
ppp |
to start up PPP on the server.
It is a good idea to allow for a bit of error recovery here, so in my case I use
hartr--hartr ppp |
This says, if we don't receive the prompt within the timeout, send a carriage return and looks for the prompt again.
Once the prompt is received, then send the string ppp.
Note: don't forget to add a \ to the end of the previous line so chat still thinks the entire chat script is on one line!
Unfortunately, some servers produce a very variable set of prompts! You may need to log in several times using minicom to understand what is going on and pick the stable "expect" strings.


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by Samuel M. Sherman, 02.18.1998
I am a film producer who is a product of the 1950s: the Saucer Scares, the Cold War, and the beginning of the U.S. Government's official denial of ET visitation of Planet Earth. I guess I have always thought our world was being visited by intelligent beings from elsewhere. When I had a UFO sighting in 1961 and was ridiculed for trying to discuss it, I became determined to probe and study the UFO issue for as long as it took to discover the truth.
As a logical outcome of that long-term goal, I spent years researching and collating data in preparation of the production of a major film documentary on the UFO/ET issue. I finally got to the point of starting production in 1992. However, so strong is our programmed cultural and political denial of ET visitation that even members of my own staff treated me as an object of derision. This only made me more determined than ever to solve the UFO enigma, and I then began going straight to the very institutions which were witholding the truth from us: our own Military and Space agencies. My goal was to somehow obtain legitimate hard data from them that would be virtually impossible to debunk.
Back on the night of October 7, 1965, an event of historic proportions, a true landmark in UFO history, took place - the actual incursion over Edwards Air Force Base in the Palmdale/Lancaster area of California's Mojave Desert of a number of extraterrestrial craft. If this astonishing event is now, finally, gaining any measurable attention, it is a direct result of my efforts. I make that statement in all humility...it is simply the truth. In fact, this unprecedented event is not to be found in any of the major UFO books, and with the exception of a few UFO magazines reviewing my work, and interviews done with me on programs like Jeff Rense's SIGHTINGS, this event still remains virtually unknown.
What makes this historic intrusion and visit so important is that the US Air Force thoroughly documented it and even gave it a code name: "The Incident." During that fall night in 1965, it seems that 12 luminous UFOs came right down low and just over a secure military runway. These craft were all sighted visually by Air Force personnel and by several types of radar. Further, the Air Force scrambled several jet fighters after them and during the event the possible use of nuclear weapons even became an issue. The entire incident was additionally documented with written reports, radar photos, and AUDIO TAPES made by Air Force personnel while they were actually SEEING the objects, FLYING AFTER the objects, and considering taking SERIOUS MILITARY ACTION against what they might imply as a threat.
From my calculations at least 40 hours of recordings were made (a five hour event recording from at least 8 locations). However, only six hours of tapes were de-classified many years ago as a mass of noise and unclear voices, which truly defied interpretation. They had SCRAMBLED the tapes into what they felt was a hopeless jumble of random pieces of conversation utterly out of sequence and logical progression. When I realized what had been done, it presented a challenge which made me determined to find out what was hidden within that chaotic mass of sound.
After many months and countless hours of laborious research, cataloging, and editing the snips and pieces of the audio tape, I was able to organize the sound so the conversations could be understood. I had successfully restored the tapes to their original and correct sequencing. I then added carefully researched narration, which explained what was taking place, so that the listener would clearly understand the unfolding event.
As narrator, I sought out Jackson Beck, the true dean of radio announcers and films commentators - the voice of the Paramount Newsreel, countless original Military films, and even the original narrator of the Superman radio program. Mr. Beck is now heard on many important new national radio and TV commercials. His voice is known to millions, even if his name is not. I felt he would add credibility to the narration of this astonishing historical event. In fact, he told me that he has made a life long study of the UFO field and has had several important sightings himself.
The resulting reconstructed tapes are now ironclad documented proof of the existence of extraterrestrial UFO visitation to this planet. I have sent copies of my finished product directly to a number of major Government Agencies and have received NO NEGATIVE COMMENTS! Not a single Official Agency has tried to debunk or discredit the event, or my presentation of the tapes.
Furthermore, The CSETI organization has used my tape presentation in meetings with members of Congress with the aim of having our government tell the public the truth of ET involvement on the Earth. TSgt Charles Sorrels, heard prominently on the original Edwards recordings of October 7, 1965, and in newly-produced segments confirming the event, made the presentation in Washington which featured my documentary version of the Edwards Tapes. And yes, the plane spotters at Edwards KNEW that UFOs or UFOBs, as they called them then, were not our "black" projects, Soviet bombers, or any known aircraft - they were unknown, fabulously high-tech craft with capabilities beyond any known technology. And... as they said on the old Superman series: "far beyond that of Mortal Man!"


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The terrible and wonderful reasons why I run long distances – The Oatmeal
Category: Geek Girl Runner (page 1 of 34)
The Quest For The Ultimate Workout Headphones – Nice. If I were still running, I'd get these.
A Decision
I'm not going to run the Gold Coast marathon this year. I'm not going to run any marathon this year. I know this sounds stupid, but it feels incredibly FREEING to say that. I know I said I was going to. But as soon as I said it, I felt weighed down by it. The next seven months stretched ahead like the worst homework assignment ever. It wasn't like that last year. I don't know what changed. But lately running is feeling less fun and more like a chore. It feels like something I only do because you guys expect it, and because I've made my running so public. It doesn't help that I keep adding a new injury every six months. I hurt my right knee ten days ago, and it's still not recovered. Every day that I don't run, I feel a terrible guilt knowing that I'm "falling behind" on my goals. Isn't that silly? I went out for a run this morning knowing that I shouldn't, just because I felt ashamed at not getting in any miles this week. (I got plenty of exercise, just not running.) That's just stupid, right? Who am I doing this for, anyway?! So when I got back to the house this morning, wincing as my knee climbed each step, I said to the Snook, "I don't think I want to run the marathon." And he said, "Okay." And I immediately felt SO MUCH BETTER. I feel like that's a big sign that I'm making the right choice. Right now to run would be to force the issue, and I don't feel like forcing it. I want to have some fun. I want to face some new challenges. I will continue to run, but I'm not going to set any expectations on it. That feels good to me.
Week 1: And back to the beginning I go for the third year in a row! The first week of 2012 was an interesting one. I did my first "long" run of marathon training – 7 miles. It was on a very hot day, so I took it nice and slow. I missed my mid-week run in favour of trying to give blood once again, and I'm happy to report that this time it was successful! On Friday I went out for an easy 5K, but it was just awful. My legs and feet hurt and I just didn't want to be out there. In retrospect, I realise what the problem was. I accidentally wore my old running shoes! Unfortunately that mistake resulted in me developing a slight case of runner's knee. I exacerbated it on Saturday with a long bike ride and a strength workout. I've been icing and resting it ever since.
Jan 2: 11.51km
Jan 6: 5.80km
Jan 7: 14.44km (cycling)
Jan 7: strength workout
Total cycling this week: 14.44km (9mi)
Total cycling in 2012: 14.44km (9mi)
Total running this week: 17.31km (10.8mi)
Total running in 2012: 17.31km (10.8mi)
I'm not going to start comparing myself to the necessary goal pace just yet or it'll make resting this knee more difficult. I'll get there once the long runs start extending, I know it.
Aww, neat! Kristen got interviewed about her running experiences and credited me as one of her inspirations. How nice is that! It actually makes me laugh a little, as Kristen kicks my butt all over the place. She bikes! She swims! She runs more than I do! And she has two kids and a big dog too. She is Super Woman. 🙂
Week 52
Another year has come and gone! As you'll recall, last year I pulled out all the stops to hit my goal of 1000km. This year I was aiming for 1100km, and for the first half of the year I was on track to surpass that by far. Unfortunately the second half of the year was a different story. I suffered a couple injuries (rolling my left ankle repeatedly) and then I got sidelined by a virus and cough for several weeks. It sucks that I didn't quite get to 1100, but I'm pretty proud regardless. The final numbers:
Dec. 26: 8.86km
Dec. 28: 6.86km
Dec. 30: 8.02km (cycling)
Dec. 31: 5.16km
Total this week: 20.88km (13.05mi)
Total in 2011: 1043.77km (652mi) – 4% increase from 2010
Goals for 2012: I'm now training in earnest for the July 1 Gold Coast Marathon. I'd love to be able to finish it in 5:30. I'd also like to run the Blackmore's Half-Marathon next September and finish it in under 2:30. I'd like to start my podcast up again. (Anybody want to contribute or co-host?) And I'd like to comment more on DailyMile and Fitocracy to thank everyone who's given me such encouragement this year.
Week 51
It was kind of a crazy week. I had only three full work days to try to finish everything up at the office, and Spudds was cancelled for the holidays. I still managed three runs though so I'm satisfied with that. The one upside to Sydney's cold and grey summer has been how pleasant it is to run!
Dec. 18: 5.02km
Dec. 21: 5.01km
Dec. 23: 2.18km (walking)
Dec. 24: 5.01km
Total this week: 15.04km (9.4mi)
Total in 2011: 1022.89km (639mi)
Only one week to go!
Week 50
Holding steady. Work has been really busy in these last weeks before Christmas, so I haven't been able to squeeze in any training sessions at Spudds. I did still manage my three runs though!
Dec. 11: 7.65km
Dec. 14: 5.17km
Dec. 15: 2.76km (walking)
Dec. 16: 5.86km
Total this week: 18.68km (11.6mi)
Total in 2011: 1007.85km (630mi)
And I've crossed the 1000km mark! There isn't really any chance I'm going to rack up 93km in the next two weeks, so I'm not quite going to reach my goal of 1100km in 2011. But I'm already past last year's total, so I count that as a win. I'm also very happy to see that my fitness is recovering nicely from being sick. I still have a post-viral cough, but my doctor confirmed my lungs are clear and I'm good to run. My speed has been coming back a little more with every workout. Onwards and upwards…
Week 49
I am back on the horse! My cough is nearly gone and I managed three runs this week along with a workout at Spudds. I'm trying to hold back and build up slowly, but it feels so great to be able to exercise again.
Dec. 4: 4.79km
Dec. 6: 5.16km
Dec. 9: 5.20km
Total this week: 15.15km (9.5mi)
Total in 2011: 989.17km (618.2mi)
There's still no chance that I'll meet my goal of running 1100km in 2011, but I'm assured of breaking 1000km. Last year I managed 1002km, so I'll definitely surpass that.
Week 48
This flu has really wrecked my training plans for the end of the year. I'm still coughing a lot at night, but it seems to be easing up during the day a bit. So today I went out for my first run in 2.5 weeks. I took it very easy with five minutes' walk to warm up and then 2:1 run/walk intervals (at a slow pace). I felt pretty good! I didn't feel any need to cough during the running portions, but on the walks I could tell how weak my lungs are. It felt good to be out in the fresh air and sunshine though. I am excited to put November behind me and kick off my training plan for the Gold Coast Marathon!
Nov. 28: 2.81km (walking)
Dec. 1: 2.81km (walking)
Dec. 2: 4.06km
Total this week: 4.06km
Total in 2011: 974.02km (608.7mi)
To meet my goal of running 1100km in 2011, I'd need to run 126km in the next 4 weeks. That's 31.5km a week. I don't think it's gonna happen, folks.


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LOS ANGELES – Thousands of law enforcement agencies are equipping their officers with tiny cameras to record interactions with the public. But the devices are often being rolled out faster than departments can create policies on how they're used.
American Civil Liberties Union general counsel Scott Greenwood says officers in one of every six departments are now patrolling with cameras and their myriad uses are forcing them to examine new policy considerations.
Unlike dashboard cameras, body cameras follow the officer from their cruiser into homes on search warrants, while running after a suspect, or into a bathroom or locker room.
If accidentally left on, they can also capture private conversations between partners. Footage can become evidence in a criminal case and can be used to discipline officers or exonerate officers of false accusations.


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Director Kriv Stenders (Red Dog, Kill Me Three Times) joins the Hyphenates for our August 2016 episode. Lee runs through some of the highlights from the Melbourne International Film Festival, including Pedro Almodovar's Julieta, Ben Wheatley's High-Rise, Sergei Loznitsa's The Event, Kelly Reichardt's Certain Women, Rohan Spong's Winter At Westbeth, Asghar Farhadi's The Salesman, Nicholas Winding Refn's The Neon Demon and Oliver Assayas's Personal Shopper, and Sophie talks about Patricia Rozema's Into the Forest. Then Kriv takes us through the works and career of Australian New Wave pioneer and acclaimed filmmaker Peter Weir.
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