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by LetsRun.com
November 11, 2013
Last week's weekly recap can be found here: LRC Week That Was: Did Mark Wetmore Pull One Over On Everyone At PAC-12s? Wisconsin Men Lose, A Savior For The Providence Women, A 3:49 Miler Runs New York, And Is Indoor Track Faster Than Outdoors?
Last week was incredibly light in terms of action unless you are into high school running and then it was a crazy busy weekend as a slew of states held their state meets.
This week we share with you three quick points, before getting you to eight interesting quotes before sharing with you an awesome, free video, and giving away some incredible, free coaching advice.
Three Quick Thoughts
#1 US Indoors In Portland?!
So what's the first thing that popped into your mind when you heard that the US and Track Town USA /USATF is bidding to have world indoors in Portland in Oregon in 2016?
Our was, "Will it be on an oversized track? Isn't that what indoor track is for people in the Northwest?"
Ok, that's kind of a joke but only kind of. On a more serious note, we think it's a great move. The profile of World Indoors needs to be raised and having it in the US can only help get more marquee US athletes to run it. Additionally, filling the maximum of 8,000 that the Convention Center could hold shouldn't be a problem. Nike alone has more 8,000 employees in Portland.
Except for the obvious fact you can't do the 100 and many of the field events indoors, track and field is a better tv product indoors than out. The weather is always perfect, a small crowd looks big, and there is more contact/falls/randomness – like short track speed skating.
More: USATF Officially Announces Portland As US Bid For 2016 World Indoor Champs The British city of Birmingham is the only other city known to be preparing a bid. If Portland wins, it will only be the second time the US has hosted World Indoors (the first was in Indianapolis in 1987). *USATF Press Release
#2 A 5 Year Old Runs a Half Marathon!?
So did you see that five-year old Anthony Russo ran the Trenton Half-Marathon last weekend? We won't comment on whether a five-year old should or shouldn't be doing that. We'll just comment on his pacing. Someone needs to teach the tyke about even pacing.
A slight negative split is the goal, young man. The kid ran 2:22:25 but he ran 64:03 for the first 10k and then 78:22 for the final 11.1 k. Ouch. That's 10:18.5 per mile for 10k followed by 11:21.9 for the final 11.1. Maybe his mom slowed him down the second half (video of Anthony with his mohawk here)
#3 Strip Clubs for UK Athletes?!
Did you see the article we had up on the homepage about strip clubs and UK lottery funding? Going to a strip club might cause a British athlete to lose lottery funding – it doesn't automatically mean they'd lose funding.
If you are an elite UK athlete and have a little bit of Richie Incognito in you (he reportedly held team meeting in strip clubs), you can breathe a little bit easier.
We took a look at what we think is the UK's guidelines on funding and didn't actually see the strip club language in there at all (perhaps they removed it after the uproar??). What we did find however is interesting.
Basically, the UK only cares about what you do if the media finds out about it and UK Sport is brought into "disrepute". So Brits, knock yourselves out. You can go to strip clubs and tell racist or sexist jokes as long as no one finds out about it:
Telling a [sexist] joke or making a [sexist] remark at a private meeting the contents of which are subsequently disclosed.
If you are a UK elite and are confused, just think about Richie Incognito and ask yourself, "Even though my coach and my mates think this is fine, how will this play out if the media gets wind of it?"
It might be simpler if you just are a good dude or gal and aren't racist, sexist or homophobic.
Quotes of the Week (that weren't quote of the day)
"We were joking that unless a mattress is laid out for them on the course and they take a nap, there's no way they'll get caught,"
–Worku Beyi, husband and coach, describing his reaction to seeing his wife Buzunesh Deba build a three plus minute lead in the women's race at the 2013 ING New York City Marathon, in an article by Sabrina Yohannes on RWorld.
More: NYC Runner-Up Deba Targets Boston
*LRC Archives from January: IN PARTNERSHIP, DEBA AND BEYI REACH TOP OF MARATHON GAME
"One little boy asked me how old I was when I started running cross country and I told him I was 12. He replied with, "Well, I'm only 9 and I've already started, so maybe someday I can become an Olympian too!" It makes me smile again just typing it."
– 2012 US Olympian Lisa Uhl blogging in the Des Moines Register about an interaction she had with a young fan while in New York during marathon weekend.
"I didn't realize how painful running could be (until I went to Ethiopia this summer) We're spoiled here. There: shoes with holes, no gear, limited opportunities. But they run so hard."
– Oklahoma State's Kirubel Erassa talking about what he learned from training in Ethiopia this summer, in a great Running Times article by Noah Gallagher Shannon on the Oklahoma State Cowboys.
The family moved out of aid tents and constructed a small home "of mud and things." They farmed, hunted and collected fruit in the jungle to supplement their meager food rations. At first, school was just English and mathematics meetings under a tree. "But society comes together," (Joseph Manilafasha) says, his words careful and breathy. "Markets and schools popped up."
– an excerpt in Noah Gallagher Shannon Runner's World article on Oklahoma State describing Ok. State's Joseph Manilafasha's life as a refugee in Tanzania.
More: Doubt Comes to Stillwater after the Big 12 Championships
"Beer running combines two actions: running and being social. You have the serious solo runner who needs socialization, and the guy who drinks too much who needs exercise. Being social encourages more people to be consistent."
"It's a reverse causality. Loving beer comes first. Finding something that I like that made me not get fat came next."
– David April (first quote) and Matt Hotz explaining to the New York Times about the appeal of being a member of Philadelphia's running club, the Fishtown Beer Runners, who meet every week and run 3-5 miles to a pub for some beers.
More: Runners Who Love Beer
"Anyone who says being an elite athlete is good for you is nuts."
– women's 60 hurdle world record holder Susanna Kallur talking in a Swedish documentary, The Price of Gold, that documents the amazing sacrifices athletes will make in their pursuit of sporting stardom.
The Price of Gold follows three of Sweden's all-time greatest track and field athletes, Olympic champions Carolina Klüft and Christian Olsson and Kallur, while training with the 2012 Olympics as their focus, and details the huge amount of pain/injuries athletes endure to reach the top.
Kallur's quote comes from The Independent's review of the film.
More: Matt Butler: The price of hope can be a life sentence of surgery and pain
"You give your life in exchane for what you hope to achieve."
– opening line by Kallur to start the film.
"How much is it really worth? How much can you endure for a shot at the gold? How much is a medal really worth?"
-the second line in the film by Kluft which comes after you see Kluft doing a workout up a hill in snow which leads to her vomiting.
Video Of the Week
Because you are a loyal and faithful visitor, LetsRun.com is pleased to bring you the film, the Price of Gold, which is just over 59 minutes long for the amazing price of zero. Yes, that's right zero.
The Price of Gold from Folke Rydén Production on Vimeo.
Disclaimer, that was a joke. The film is available to all for free on Vimeo.
We'll admit we haven't watched the film, The Price of Gold, yet. We've only watch the first two minutes but admit we definitely are going to find an hour later this week to watch it as we had goosebumps from the first two minutes.
Weekly Free Training Advice
Dink a beer or two (just not six or seven (college kids, that's for you)) after your next run. If anyone gives you a hard time, tell them about Dr. Manuel J. Castillo, a professor of medical physiology at the University of Granada School of Medicine in Spain.
"We found that this amount of beer (22.3 ounces) is as effective as water to recovery from exercise," said Dr. Castillo.
More: Study Says That A Moderate Amount Of Beer After Exercise Doesn't Adversely Affect An Athlete's Recovery
Recommended Reads
The Most Popular Article Ever on LRC?
LRC The Time Of My Life: Staten Island Native Mike Cassidy Shares His Experience Finishing The NYC Marathon Hand-In-Hand With His Hero Meb Keflezighi In the span of one hour last Sunday in NYC, Cassidy went from almost dropping out at 10 miles to finishing with the "highest honor of [his] career." A definite recommended read which took the nation by storm and garnered more than 10,000 facebook likes.
Good Article On Runner-Up Buzunesh Deba And Her Training Partner Tigist Tufa, Who Ran Together Out Front In NYC At One Point With A 3-Minute Lead A
A Very Provocative Interview With Anthony Famiglietti By RML: Meet Fam Fam wonders if many in America have passed that grey line into something that at a minimum would have to be considered legalized doping.
*MB: Thyroid drug cocktails = doping?
LRC Going To The Top Of The Empire State Building With Geoffrey Mutai And Priscah Jeptoo
Action of Note
- Alan Webb Dominates Oregon XC Race By More Than A Minute
High School:
- Junior Alexa Efraimson Breaks CR With 17:01 To Win Washington's Class 4A State XC Title By Almost A Minute
*Video Interview With Efraimson *MB Thread
- MB: New England HS XC Champs – 5 guys break Ben True's Course Record! Trevor Hopper won in 15:08 as the first 5 were all sub-15:20.
*DyeStat Coverage
- MB: Matt Tegankamp's Record As Well As Girl's Record Broken At Missouri State Championships Noah Kauppila won the race in 15:22. Teg's old record was 15:26. Taylor Werner won the girl's race in 17:31
*DyeStat Coverage
Quotes Of The Day & Last Week's Homepages:
Note: To see a particular day's homepage, click on the hyperlink of the date. The hyperlink below the date on the quotes will take you to that particular article – not that day's homepage.
"I start breakfast with track results. All I think about is training. My girlfriend would say I lead a boring life."
– Oklahoma State's Tom Farrell talking in the third installment of a Running Times series following the OSU men's XC team through the 2013 season. They have won 3 of the last 4 NCAAs and are the defending champs, but are currently only ranked 3rd behind Colorado and NAU. *Part I and Part II of the RT series.
"There is difficult physical stamina and preparation. Sometimes I've spent months, a year, and sometimes two years preparing for a single film. A sprinter for the Olympics, they only have to run two races a day. When I'm shooting, I could potentially have to run 30, 40 races a day, day after day."
– Tom Cruise comparing acting to training and competing in the Olympics. You would expect more respect from someone who was supposedly a decent runner in high school
"Meb could have easily (dropped out). Most professional athletes would have. Heck, a couple of big names did Sunday. You can't blame them. This is their livelihood. If they're not in the money, it is simple business sense to conserve resources for the next payday. We'd never criticize a trader for selling an unprofitable stock.
In pushing through a compromised calf, a banged up knee, and a very probably damaged quad, Meb may well have brought himself weeks of rehabilitation. Perhaps it will cost him a spring marathon or other lucrative race opportunities.
In a world where sponsors drop athletes at the first sign of struggle, where corporate race organizers cut elite budgets, where the reigning two-time top American at Boston can't get a shoe contract, Meb's character and class brought into stark contrast how callous and shortsighted the running industry can sometimes be.
It would be a lesson in being a good professional – if it wasn't such a lesson in being a good person. Meb understood the power of the day and what he represents to so many people. He sacrificed his body for his fans; he put the good of others before his own.
In so doing, Meb personified the power of running to reach beyond the race course."
– Staten Island native and Olympic Trials qualifier Mike Cassidy writing about finishing the NYC Marathon last Sunday with Meb Keflezighi. The article has taken the nation by storm with more than 5,000 – 6,000 likes in less than 24 hours.
"This is the type of moment you only dream about. The scene had played out in my mind countless times before: me, having the race of my life, gracefully passing Meb in Central Park en route to a stunning victory. It's one of those wild fantasies that get you through the solitary 7 am 10 milers."
"As I eased up on his shoulder, I looked over and said, 'Let's go Meb.' He responded, promptly picking up his pace and we entered Central Park at 90th Street, shoulder to shoulder. The next three miles were the most surreal I have ever experienced. 'Let's finish this together,' he said. …"
"… I couldn't help but feel giddy at the absurdity of it all. I was running with Meb Keflezighi. New York City Champion. Olympic Silver Medalist. Arguably the greatest American marathoner ever. MEB. And I was doing it in the last three miles of the New York City Marathon, with the whole world watching. It was like getting to play basketball with Michael Jordan. Only it was Game 7 of the NBA Finals and he had just passed me the ball."
– Staten Island native and Olympic Trials qualifier Mike Cassidy writing about finishing the NYC Marathon last Sunday with Meb Keflezighi.
"Supposing I don't make any quicker times in the 100, I would love to be able to run 18-something seconds in the 200, even if it was an 18.99 race. Forget making the next Olympics and the medals, breaking that time would be an ever bigger success. I'd love to crack it, knowing that people were sitting in their homes and losing their minds at my achievement … I don't think it's totally out of reach in the next season or so. Seriously, who would be surprised if I did it? Who's going to stop me from going faster? The only man who can bring an end to my status as a star of track and field in the next couple of years is me, and I'm a phenomenon, a serious competitor – a legend for my generation. Believe me, my time isn't up just yet."
– Usain Bolt talking in his autobiography about breaking the 19-second barrier in the 200 in 2014.
"I can't say (if the doping system can be tricked), because obviously I don't do that garbage. I have no desire to whatsoever. That's why I'm running local 5Ks for fun. I could be the hero again. It could be so easy now. I'm not on USADA's [U.S. Anti-Doping Agency] list. I could take anything I want now and they would have no idea. I could have taken anything I wanted to leading up to the Olympic Trials and got off it two to three weeks before to get my qualifier. Run an American record and been the hero. Everyone would pat me on the back and say Fam's the man. I have no desire to do that. I could easily go do that right now. Who is to stop me? …
As far as the top, top guys: You are talking about drugs that were popular in like 1991. You are naming drugs that we know about, because they have been around for decades since they have been discovered. They are doing things far beyond what we will even know. Not only that: they can use stuff that is legal now and they have been so educated on it that it's better than the stuff that's illegal. So let's talk about your thyroid. If you even out your thyroid levels and those endocrine hormones that regulate fatigue from overtraining, you will never crash. You will always continue to train, and you are talking about just one drug. If there's a cocktail of things that do that that are legal and in combination, that work perfect in harmony to make you recover like there is no tomorrow, then what does that make you? You aren't taking anything that's banned. How would you ever protect against anything like that? The only thing that would be able to create something like that is money. You'd have lots of time and lots of money to be able to come up with that.
I can't say what anyone else is doing. I have no idea. All is I can say with experience, is why would this person (Dr. Brown) put me on the medication that I didn't need unless he wanted to kill me or there is some advantage to being on it? It's either one or the other. There is no other answer for it. He was going to kill me, he was a complete quack, or he knows something that everyone else doesn't to benefit."
– Former US Olympian Anthony Famiglietti talking to RML how easy it would be for him to dope today and get away with it and his interactions withDr. Jeffrey S. Brown, the doctor that Alberto Salazar and his group, including Galen Rupp, use.
"I try even to lead or to push it, I tried to continue in the front, but no one was coming. Everyone was waiting me to lead. When I go back, everyone is waiting. So it was all the wind, it was facing me because no one was allowing each other to come to lead. So the wind was tough. I tried to go, but after your step, you lose your step again. It was tough. Actually, I've never won a race as tough as this."
– Geoffrey Mutai talking about his tough win in windy conditions at the NYC Marathon on Sunday.

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Marianne Bellotti, Exversion Alumni Company Data Hacking for The UN1
It's really funny in retrospect, at the time I tended to lump marketers together with recruiters in my mental classification system of lame people who go to technical events for the wrong reasons.
Being on the StartupBus
Infrastructure is not something people enjoy thinking about generally. So in my industry the biggest barrier to a sale is not a competitor having a better product, it's the buyer thinking to themselves "Ehh… well our current setup is good enough isn't it?" Nine times out of ten their current setup is an elaborate network of Excel spreadsheets, dumped from a database ten years out of date, distributed over multiple Dropbox accounts and they don't understand why their new data scientist hire is crying in the corner all the time. But still it's really hard to get the person actually making the buying decision excited about investing in their infrastructure. If I come in and bash Exversion's competition, it doesn't make Exversion look like the best solution it just makes the client more skeptical of any infrastructure improvements. In our space there ends up being a huge difference between the companies that understand that by working together we all make more money, and the companies that think competing in business means competing against everyone else. Right now we're watching one company from the latter having its empire ripped apart by a network of companies in the former.
What Happens After the Bus?
Did you think you'd be doing what you're doing now before you started the bus?
I expected to hack on something stupid for three days and abandon the project as soon as we got back. Two years later I'm still here.
StartupBus isn't an event, it's an investment. Two years, three years down the road you will still be reaping advantages. No matter what you decide to do with your startup once the competition is over.


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We know from the immediately preceding post, "Understanding Beliefs," as well as from earlier healthymemory blog posts, that beliefs are difficult to change. Yet we inhabit an environment in which there is ongoing dynamic change. Moreover, modern technology accelerates the amount of information that is being processed and the amount of change that occurs.
Nils J. Nilsson, a true genius who is one of the founders of artificial intelligence, recommends the scientific method, as the scientific method is the primary reason underlying the progress humans have made in the past several centuries.
I would like to see a survey of what people believe about beliefs. I fear that most would fall short of what Nilsson describes in Understanding Beliefs. I fear that the idea that we do not have direct knowledge of the external world, but rather develop models of the external world based on experience would be alien to most. I fear that even among scientists, engineers, and educators there are those to whom this concept is alien. Moreover, probabilities are likely absent regarding many beliefs being replaced by absolute belief and absolute doubt. People still refuse to believe even given scientific consensus regarding such topics as evolution and global warming. Moreover an understanding of statistics and experimental design by the general public would be necessary. So this lack of sophistication or primitive modes of thinking constitute a considerable obstacle to employing the scientific method.
Nevertheless, just for fun, let's consider how a country might work were it governed according to the scientific method. Let's take the United States for example. Americans would need to accept scientific results even if they conflicted with their personal beliefs. Sometimes scientific results are counterintuitive. For example, research in the arena of public housing has found that it is less expensive to provide public housing initially, rather than having the homeless work their way up in terms of eligibility by freeing themselves from abuse, finding employment, and so forth. The savings that accrue are due to the decrease in emergency room visits, ambulance and related costs that are spent on the homeless. In addition there is also the pride of having a residence that fosters personal development. Of course, there is the option of completely ignoring the homeless and not providing medical services, but instead just sweeping up the bodies and incinerating them. In lieu of this radical option, using data to pursue policies that control costs is the preferred option
A similar option exists with respect to medical costs. The United States has had the highest medical costs in the world that result in third world medical statistics for a long time. The uninsured have gone to emergency rooms for costly care that is passed on to hospital bills. The Affordable Care Act is a first attempt to remedy this problem. Yet it still is receiving stiff resistance from those who think it is wrong to consider medical costs as being a citizen's right. Government involvement is a way of providing better medical services while controlling these costs. Another problem is that the most common means of payment is a fee for service. It is much more rational to compensate physicians for results, normalized by the condition of the patient, as is done in England.
As the United States is divided into states, it would be possible to design experiments in which different policies were followed in different groups of states and then analyze the results in terms of results and costs. Although questionnaires would be one component of the evaluation, the primary measure would be the success of the different programs in terms of objective medical results. Now, in the case of studies regarding health, these results would be normalized with respect to the initial health of the patient. It should be realized that the survey data might conflict with the medical results. That is, people might think that care had deteriorated even thought their health had improved. These people might have been disappointed and felt annoyed because they did not receive treatments that they wanted, even though they would have been ineffective (given an antibiotic for a virus, for example), or had not been given unnecessary medical tests.
This same paradigm could be followed for other issues.
© Douglas Griffith and healthymemory.wordpress.com, 2015. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog's author and/or owner is strictly prohibited. Excerpts and links may be used, provided that full and clear credit is given to Douglas Griffith and healthymemory.wordpress.com with appropriate and specific direction to the original content.
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The compact crossover Ford Escape debuted at the turn of the 21st century. Since then three generations have come and gone, the most recent starting in 2013. On the eve of the fourth generation, hitting dealerships in 2020, the Ford Escape deserves a closer look. Where has the Escape come from? Where has it gone? And which used models are best for buyers hungry for a quality crossover but looking to save a buck?
Luckily, there's plenty on the used lot, since Ford has been selling about a quarter million of these SUVs every year for almost a decade now. Let's review past models so you know what to buy to get the most bang for your buck.
Mazda and Ford teamed up to release the first Escapes. The Escape was one of the first unibody designs, unlike the bigger, brawnier, truck-like large SUVs of the day. So drivers were treated to a larger vehicle with more cargo space and a higher vantage point that still drove like a car. Needless to say, buyers were wowed. The SUV started to become the vehicle of choice for American families.
But the Ford Escape still had roots in a rugged experience, hence the all-wheel drive on offer from year one. The Escape's first base engine was a powerful V6 delivering 130 horsepower and 135 pound-feet of torque.
Watch out for transmission problems, especially on the 2006 model year. Some drivers reported transmission failure or slippage and sticking. The first and last years of the generation (2001 and 2007) seem to be the best model years for avoiding mechanical and hardware issues.
Ford began to feel the heat from its competitors, so they released the second generation in 2008. But the underlying car stayed much the same. The Escape took on a beefier yet more angular look. The Escape sports a bolder grill, taller beltline, higher hood and Edge-ier headlights. Though little else changed from the previous generation, the Escape got a serious makeover that made this SUV more pleasing on the eyes. Though there's plenty of power in the 200-horsepower V6, the four-speed automatic transmission hampered more than helped acceleration.
In terms of which model year was better, we recommend a more recent model year. The 2008 had transmission and steering issues, which lessened as the model years went on.
The current generation began in 2013, and this is when the Escape hit its stride. After 2013, the technical and mechanical issues largely go away. The generation began with a base 168-horsepower 2.5-liter engine and an optional and fantastic turbocharged 1.6-liter that returns 178 horsepower and 33 highway miles per gallon. High-tech features proliferate the upscale cabin. Comfortable seating make the Escape a dream to sit in while nimble handling make it a blast to drive.
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This classical guitar is able to deliver a warm spectrum of tones. The dynamic range and the color palette are wide and very easy to control, with a clear voice that is extraordinarily powerful with lots of sparkle and balanced with excellent separation, as you would expect in a quality Cedar guitar
This is a traditional classical guitar based on the Hauser style, but with dovetail neck joint for serviceability. The Cedar is tight with beautiful medullar rays. The East Indian rosewood is sharp looking, nicely figured, quite straight with a dark purple hue. Some of its features include a sculpted gothic style head, classical rosette inlay with matching soundboard purfling, and a twelve hole bridge that permits a greater angle than traditional bridges, maximizing the transmission of the string's energy.
- Scale lenght 25 5/8″
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- Upper bout 10 1/4″
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Whether you're hosting a fun event such as brunch, an OSCAR party or even a football party with your friends and family this easy recipe will make your menu a hit.
Please see our video to check out how Karen Grete prepares the Potato Cake
♥ Ingredients ♥
- 4 large potatoes, peeled and sliced
- To sprinkle between the potato layers:
- 1 chopped onion
- 1 clove garlic
- 4 tbsp. butter
- Shredded cheese
- Salt
- 1 tablespoon of oil for the pan
- Add potatoes, peeled and sliced, chopped onion and garlic
- Bake covered with foil in oven for approx. 45 min at 425F
- To sprinkle before serving: cheese, chives and/or crumbled bacon


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In our opening programme of 2020, Chamber Choir Ireland presents three titans of 20th/21st century composition, Pärt, Lang, Andriessen, with ancient texts presented in a contemporary context and contemporary texts telling ancient stories.
CCI continues its long association with Arvo Pärt in marking the composer's 85th birthday year with a selection of his choral works including his deeply moving setting of The Deer's Cry.
Moving to another close associate of CCI, David Lang, the upper voices of CCI perform a selection of songs from love, fail – a meditation on the timelessness of love that weaves together details from medieval retellings of the story of Tristan and Isolde with stories from more modern sources.
The programme closes with Louis Andriessen's Flora Tristan. A multi-lingual text by the contemporary Dutch writer Fleur Bourgonje about the French/Peruvian social activist Flora Tristan, known for her defiance of conventional models of womanhood.


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James DILLON
A British composer born October 29, 1950.
James Dillon studied art and design in Glasgow in addition to linguistics, acoustics and mathematics in London. A player of the bagpipes, the Indian zither and the piano, he is a member of traditional Scottish bagpipes ensembles as well as of rock groups. An autodidact in composition, he studied the rhythms of Indian music with the sitar player Punita Gupta in the UK (1972) and took part in the summer classes in Darmstadt (1982) as well as Ircam's summer courses (1984-1985).See complete biography
Isabelle FRAISSE
A French composer born March 17, 1944 in Paris.
A pianist and oboist, Isabelle Fraisse studied music theory and composition with Michel Philippot. She approached composition through the analysis of all kinds of works, both classical and contemporary, with individual and solitary work, considering the works as her veritable masters. She also took part in the summer schools of Darmstadt and the Centre Acanthes, following the seminars led by Luciano Berio and Franco Donatoni.See complete biography
Patrick DEFOSSEZ
A French composer born August 7, 1959.See complete biography
Marco-Antonio PEREZ-RAMIREZ
A French and Chilean composer born October 30, 1964 in Santiago (Chile).
Nurtured with Chilean folk music, Marco-Antonio Pérez-Ramirez studied the classical guitar with Alberto Ponce and composition with Sergio Ortega while following higher studies in mathematics in France. A laureate of the Khachaturian and Boucourechliev foundations as well as of Unesco, he also followed the composition and computer music course of Ircam (1996-1997).See complete biography
Agnès POISSON
A French composer born August 12, 1955 in Pau.
A cellist trained at the Conservatory of Saint Étienne, Agnès Poisson explored composition at the Théâtre de Recherche in Marseilles and the Compagnie de Théâtre Expérimental in Provence. She studied in the class of Guy Maneveau at the University of Pau and worked with the Groupe Musical Universitaire de Pau (GMU Pau), for the performance and diffusion of the new electroacoustic music.See complete biography
Claire SCHAPIRA
A French composer born January 19, 1946 in Paris.
Claire Schapira studied the piano, notably with Marguerite Long, before obtaining a diploma for virtuosity in the harpsichord class of Huguette Dreyfus as well as a diploma in electro-acoustics in that of Jean-Étienne Marie at the Schola Cantorum (1971). In residence at the Villa Medici (1976-1978), she subsequently studied at Ircam.
Schapira is both a self-taught composer and a professional harpsichord player, though this latter career was cut short by an accident.
A multi-facetted artiste, Claire Schapira is a painter, sculptor, multidisciplinary writer and author. She puts her creativity at the service of art in all its forms of expression.See complete biography
Thierry ALLA
A French composer born March 24, 1955 in Algiers.See complete biography
Luca ANTIGNANI
An Italian composer born April 8, 1976 in Alatri (Italy).
Luca Antignani studied the piano, composition, conducting and electronic music. A pupil of Alessandro Solbiati and Azio Corgi, he obtained a diploma in composition from the Scuola Civica in Milan and from the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. He then took advanced classes in Paris in computer music at Ircam (2001-2002).See complete biography
Henry BARRAUD
A French composer born April 23, 1900 in Bordeaux, died December 28, 1997.
Henri Barraud began his music studies with Fernand Vaubourgoin in Bordeaux. He continued with lessons in orchestration with Louis Aubert, at the Paris Conservatory, then in composition with Paul Dukas at the École Normale de Musique.See complete biography
Ivane Béatrice BELLOCQ
A French composer born July 29, 1958 in Saint-Nazaire.
Ivane Bellocq studied the flute with Roger Bourdin, analysis with Max Deutsch and composition with Olivier Greif.
An international performer, she plays and records many works of both the past and the present, notably Bach, Beethoven, Schubert, Debussy, Olivier Greif, Sofia Goubaidoulina, Suzanne Giraud, Patrice Sciortino and Sophie Lacaze.
As a composer she has been invited to numerous residences in the Île de France, in Mayenne and with festivals or ensembles (the chamber choir Les Temperamens Variations, Rencontres Musicales de Haute-Provence, des Hautes-Vosges…).See complete biography
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Sacramento Woman Charged with Intoxication Assault
Police in Sacramento have arrested a woman and charged her of a felony DUI after an accident in which a passenger of her car was killed.
Details about the Fatal DUI Accident
The Sacramento Bee is reporting that Sacramento Police have arrested Antoinette Stewart on Monday on the charges of felony DUI after a two-car accident in North Sacramento in which a passenger in Stewart's car was killed.
The coroner from Sacramento County stated that 28-year-old Tiffany Harris was killed at about 12:45 a.m. on Monday morning. Stewart and two other passengers in the car that Stewart was driving were transported to a local hospital to be treated of injuries that they sustained in the accident. The accident itself happened at about 12 a.m. at the corner of Northgate Boulevard and Tenaya Avenue in North Sacramento.
The other vehicle that was involved in the accident was a Hummer, according to Sergeant Bryce Heinlein of the Sacramento Police Department. The driver of the Hummer was neither cited nor charged. Police officers that responded to the scene of the accident said that Stewart seemed to show signs of intoxication.
When officers arrived at the scene of the accident and became aware of the extent of the injuries, they called the major collision investigative unit and other detectives to come and look at the scene themselves.
At this point, the status of the other individuals that were involved in the accident is unknown.
Ways to Reduce the Rate of Drunk Driving Accidents
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), some of the best ways to reduce drunk driving are:
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Project Description: This project will provide a collaborative regional approach to job development and placement for CTE students within the region. Regional job developers will work together to establish an effective networking group where they will market CTE students and programs in an effort to increase program awareness and enrollment; identify industry needs and connect qualified CTE students, facilitating a match for job placement; and provide CTE students with job readiness support services.
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Only those touched by awe can appreciate just how small they are, how little the petty squabbles and annoyances that so consume the majority of humanity actually matter. If you have risked death knowingly, or seen the unbridled fury of … Continue reading
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Corporate Social Responsibility/ Sustainability Done Responsibly: Identify > Measure > Manage > Change
Case study: How RWE makes its electricity generation more climate friendly
As one of the leading energy utilities in Europe, supplying over 16.4 million customers with electricity, RWE strives to make its electricity generation more climate friendly, reducing the CO2 emissions from its power plants and increasing electricity generation from renewable sources, in line with German and European climate goals.
Climate protection, not least through the low-carbon generation of electricity, is a top priority for both RWE and its stakeholders and a key challenge and area for action for RWE. In order to make its electricity generation more
climate friendly RWE took action to:
• monitor and reduce CO2 emissions
• renew power plants
• transfer lignite-fired power station units to security standby
• increase electricity generation from renewable sources
Using the GRI Standards in order to maintain and increase the value of your company
With each publication in this series the FBRH team will highlight one key impact identified by a company reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards and show how it has taken a structured, systematic approach to improving performance. With such positive action companies build trust, by dealing responsibly and conscientiously with their impact on the environment and on their stakeholders (e.g. clients, suppliers, shareholders, local communities, NGOs or local government). Stakeholders that can hold it back or stop it from reaching its objectives
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Founder Institute starts Houston accelerator program for startups
Founder Institute, based in Palo Alto, Calif., is opening a chapter in Houston, bringing its business accelerator program for entrepreneurs and startups that have not yet received financing.
Founder Institute started in May 2009 in a small classroom at Stanford University. It has since expanded to more than 180 cities, helping 3,724 companies that have raised more than $850 million.
Its opened in Austin several years ago, and in 2010 briefly tried a live online program in Houston in which entrepreneurs met in a room and used video chat technology to remotely participate in Silicon Valley programming. But this didn't work well, and the organization has since focused on in-person programs.
The organization has conducted social science testing since 2009 across more than 180 cities and 50,000 entrepreneurs. The research found Texas entrepreneurs rank highest for emotional stability. They remain balanced and stable in times of stress.
"Not surprisingly we look for this trait in our admissions process," Founder Institute co-founder Jonathan Greechan said in an email, "and have found it to correlate very strongly with entrepreneurial success."
Other accelerator news: Microsoft, Intel to create smart cities accelerator program in Houston
Founder Institute is accepting applications for the reborn Houston program through Sunday. The 14-week program begins May 28. Entrepreneurs will attend weekly sessions to receive training and feedback. There will also be business-building assignments, office hours and group meetings.
Since it accepts early-stage applicants, Founder Institute uses an admissions process that prioritizes people over ideas. Its social science testing identifies high-potential founders through a collection of aptitude and personality tests.
Local leadership: MassChallenge names managing director for new Houston location
When it comes to emotional stability, Texans ranked 12 percent higher than the North American average and 16 percent higher than entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.
Those accepted into Houston's program will contribute 4 percent in warrants to what Founder Institute calls an equity collective. This is managed for 15 years and shared equally across each cohort: 1 percent goes to the alumni, 1 percent to the mentors, 1 percent to the local leaders and 1 percent to the Founder Institute headquarters.
"The idea here is to incentivize everyone to work together," Greechan said, "and create a strong support network for the founders."


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Investigating the Mechanistic Basis of Mutant MutS DNA Repair Protein Malfunction in Lynch Syndrome
Publication Date
April 2018
Manju Hingorani
Molecular Biology&Biochemistry
English (United States)
DNA mismatch repair (MMR) is the highly conserved process responsible for identifying and correcting errors generated during DNA replication and is therefore essential for maintaining genome stability in nearly all living organisms. Consequently, MMR malfunctions result in increased spontaneous mutagenesis and the formation of cancer in mammals, highlighted by Lynch syndrome (LS), a hereditary predisposition to colorectal and other cancers. MMR is initiated by MutS, a protein responsible for recognizing post-replicative errors in DNA and signaling to downstream repair proteins. This study examines cancer-linked single amino acid mutants of the human MutS protein (using Thermus aquaticus MutS as a model system) in order to understand how these changes alter protein structure and function and thereby disrupt MMR. This work focuses on monitoring the timing and conformational dynamics of MutS as it utilizes ATP to work on DNA in order to construct a complete mechanism of action for each mutant protein. Preliminary kinetic analysis of seven T. aquaticus MutS mutants (T113R, G222D, F243S, Y244A, I400G, G434R, and L533R) homologous to human MutS variants commonly found in LS patients was carried out to assess their effect on the MutS mechanism. Subtle changes in activity could impact how well the mutant proteins recognize errors and initiate MMR. Several fluorescence-based assays were utilized to monitor specific steps in the MutS mechanism and identify any dissimilarities between the mutant proteins and wildtype. So far, a few key differences are discernible: Y244A and I400G are compromised in their ability to form the sliding clamp conformation, a critical intermediate in downstream signaling of repair, which indicates the uncoupling of their DNA binding and ATPase activity; T113R exhibits increased non-specific binding to DNA, potentially conferring reduced mismatch specificity; and G434R binds mismatched DNA tighter and with a higher affinity, possibly altering its initiation of MMR. This work advances our proof-of-principle study showing that detailed analysis of the structure, dynamics, and catalytic activities of individual MutS mutants is both feasible and can reveal critical information for understanding the molecular basis of Lynch syndrome.
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Kessler, Emily Anne, "Investigating the Mechanistic Basis of Mutant MutS DNA Repair Protein Malfunction in Lynch Syndrome" (2018). Honors Theses - All. 1920.
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Typing minus touch
Typing minus touch? A PhD student at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Computer Science has developed a method to compose text on an interactive screen using mid-air gestures and a virtual keyboard. The method, already presented on Discovery News, shows promise for the healthcare sector, where bacteria laden keyboards are best avoided. Other potential applications abound.
Anders Markussen, a PhD student at the University of Copenhagen's Department of Computer Science (DIKU) has developed a method to enter text on a screen without direct touch by gesturing word spellings mid-air onto a virtual keyboard. Inspiration for the project comes from the Kinect, a motion sensing input device for Xbox game consoles. The motion-based controller eliminates the need for a handheld controller.
Healthcare sector requires a sterile communications platform
The method is ideal for the healthcare sector, where users could avoid bacteria covered keyboards and tablet screens. Anders Markussen says that the application will also be a valuable addition for those working in sterile environments, where personnel must not come into contact with anything while writing notes or looking up information. He continues:
"One can imagine other areas of application – for example, writing across windows. This might be helpful if a store has a contest where customers communicate across a storefront window after the store has closed. There are many possibilities", concludes Anders.
The method's greatest challenge is to reach an acceptable speed. While text entry speed has improved to a reasonable rate in lab tests, Markussen and research colleagues at DIKU have yet to attain a rate that can compete with classic keyboard or touchscreen text entry.
Project awarded at world's largest HCI conference
Markussen's Vulture project was presented with a Best Paper Award at the world's largest Human Computer Interaction (HCI) conference, CHI 2014 that recently took place in Toronto, Canada. Great applause met Anders Markussen, whose article was considered one of the best among 2000 articles submitted. During the conference, Markussen was interviewed by Discovery Canada. The video below demonstrates the method in action.
Technical description of the Vulture project
Keyboards that allow users to shape letters into words via a virtual keyboard already exist for touch devices, including mobile phones. However, the process has never been adapted for mid-air text entry.
"Vulture: A Mid-Air Word-Gesture Keyboard" deploys a new type of keyboard that is activated by users who draw words, mid-air. Vulture adapts touch based word-gesture algorithms to work in mid-air, projects users' movement onto a display, and uses pinch as a word delimiter. An initial 10-session study delivered text-entry rates of 20.6 Words Per Minute (WPM) and found that hand-movement speed was the primary predictor of WPM.
A second study demonstrated that by training with a few phrases, participants were able to compose 28.1 WPM, 59% of the text-entry rate of direct touch input. Participants' recall of trained gestures in mid-air was low, suggesting that visual feedback was important, but also limited performance.
The Vulture project is an offshoot of the Wallviz project, a four-year project investigating the use of large interactive screens. Wallviz is financed by the Danish Council for Strategic Research and runs through the end of 2014.
On the basis of study data, the research group is investigating ways to improve Vulture, including alternative designs for mid-air text entry. Vulture article co-authors include professor Kasper Hornbæk and Associate Professor Mikkel Rønne Jakobsen.
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Write a program to compare two text files. The names of the files are to be supplied as command line arguments. The program should write a message to the screen indicating that the files are exactly the same or that there are differences. If the files differ, the program should write to the screen the line numbers for the lines that are not the same.
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Marconi Giardiniera.
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Even Centuries ago, folks who had gardens in their homes grew more food than they could consume as it was fresh. And before the days of freezing and refrigeration, other methods had to be used for such preservation. This meant canning the vegetables.
There are a number of different produce canning methods available, but our Marconi Giardiniera is based off the old Sicilian Method of packing vegetables in oil. The term Giardiniera, derived from the Italian word meaning, From The Garden, is a great reminder that simple classics can also mean the best flavor. A few twists and turns aside over the years, we have a process that gives Marconi Giardiniera an impeccable flavor matched with a great texture and bold, crisp colors.
Although the application of Giardiniera has been around over 100's of years, Marconi Giardiniera has been most popularized in the past 30 or so in the Chicago area, and is really picking up steam all across the country with the help of Foodies and Chicago Transplants all over. Mostly known for its use on the Italian Beef Sandwich, Marconi Giardiniera is a product that goes great on everything! Check out our growing list of recipes for some great new ideas. From Eggs to Hot Dogs, to Burgers and Meatloaf, Marconi Giardiniera and all its variations are sure to spruce up your favorite dish. Save the oil to cook with for an infused treat. Bake the peppers in a casserole or pizza. The options are endless.
The best part about Marconi Giardiniera and Pepper products is the freedom they give you to be creative. Marconi Giardiniera isn't just a spicy treat to make your food hot. We are all about the flavor. And while are Hot Version packs a nice punch, we also offer Medium and Mild.
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If the look of your breasts makes you feel unhappy about your appearance and causes you to feel self-conscious when you're in public, then a breast surgery may be the solution to your aesthetic problems.
While breast surgery is a useful and safe way to improve the contours of your breasts, some women feel uneasy about operations like these due to a fear of pain after the surgery is completed. The fear of post-surgery pain is completely understandable, but it is often unnecessary.
If the surgery is performed by a skilled surgeon, patients can feel confident knowing that any discomfort will be minimized. A good surgeon isn't just someone who ensures quality results – it's also someone who pays attention to the smallest of discomforts and makes the patient as comfortable and pain free as possible.
How Dr. Hyman Prevents and Alleviates Pain and Discomfort
Before, during, and after the procedure, we utilize a variety of techniques to ensure maximum patient comfort. Because of these techniques, patients typically only feel a sensation of pressure on the chest after breast augmentation surgery, as opposed to any pain or discomfort. In fact, patients may even be able to leave the house the next day for evening activities like a dinner out.
• Using a long-lasting anesthetic solution to bathe the treatment region before implant insertion is one method we use to help the patient avoid post-surgical pain.
• For breast procedures, we focus on creating the most minimal incision we are able to. The smaller the incision, the less tissue damage there is in the region. This leads to a faster and more comfortable recovery with less bruising and swelling.
• Throughout the entirety of the breast surgery, we focus on making sure the patient is as warm and comfortable as possible. This helps to avoid shivering, which can create stiffness in the tissues.
• It's rare to experience nausea and vomiting after the operation, since we administer steroids and Zofran while the patient is still sleeping in order to avoid these issues. Vomiting can worsen post-operative pain, so reducing the likelihood of vomiting gives our patients a more comfortable experience after their breast surgery.
• Following breast reduction surgery or breast augmentation with implants, some surgeons place drains in the breasts. Because these are often painful to patients during the recovery process, we avoid the use of drains entirely, leading to a more comfortable healing experience.
• Muscle relaxants and narcotics are administered after surgery to reduce any pain and discomfort. Because of our many other pain-reduction techniques, narcotics will no longer be necessary starting the day after the procedure.
• Any soreness is also reduced significantly by breast massages and arm exercises that help improve range of motion; in some cases, these may be performed by the doctor as soon as the day after the procedure.
• Pain medications and antibiotics are usually prescribed to help deal with any soreness and to prevent infections.
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Music and workout goes hand in and had for some people. Apparently, a jogging or a gym session without the iPod and the hands-free set can sound torture to some. However, what you didn't know was that listening to some "Eye of the tiger" or a catchy workout friendly tune can actually increase the productivity and enhance your exercise experience in general. The choice of music when it comes to working out differs from one person to another according to the genre of music they prefer to hear. It does not matter if it is fast or slow paced ... Read More »
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The River Arts District Transportation Improvement Project, aka RAD TIP, aims to improve the transportation infrastructure on a 2.2 mile stretch of roadway which includes Lyman Street and a portion of Riverside Drive on the east bank of the French Broad River as it travels thru the River Arts District.
The project has received $1.5 million in 2013 froth City of Asheville, which completed the design work for this project, making it "shovel ready". Construction funding has also been committed in the COA 5 year CIP.
The project has received $1.5 million in 2013 froth City of Asheville, which completed the design work for this project, making it "shovel ready". Construction funding has also been committed in the COA 5 year CIP.
The final project will improve the transportation infrastructure by upgrading and re-aligning the roadway, adding measures to control stormwater, constructing greenways (multi-use trails), adding sidewalks, constructing turn lanes at intersections (as needed), and possibly adding other amenities such as on-street parking, transit stops, and landscaping.
The project is a 2.2 mile section of the larger Wilma Dykeman RiverWay, a 17-mile corridor along the French Broad River and Swannanoa River. This project focuses on improvements to the public infrastructure in which would support implementation of a portion of the Wilma Dykeman RiverWay Master Plan.
The RAD TIP Phase One was completed in January 2013 and the Phase Two consulting team from CDM/Smith has been awarded a $2.2 million contract to complete the design of this project thru 100% construction drawings. On January 14. 2014, Asheville City Council approved this additional expenditure. Asheville City Council has asked for particular focus on the intersection of Craven Street & Riverside Drive to explore possible configurations that might be able to address neighborhood concerns about truck traffic/travel routes in & out of the New Belgium Brewery.
In September 2014, the City of Asheville received $14.5 million from the US Department of Transportation's Tiger 6 Grant Funding for implementation of the RAD TIP. In addition, $5 million has been earmarked by the NC STP-DA program thru the French Broad River MPO. All totaled, the suite of projects included will cost in the neighborhood of $50 million....
COA contact for RAD TIP is Dan Bechtold.


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Dear Parish Family, Circumstances are changing hour by hour with regard to the COVID-19 situation. Several dioceses have suspended all services in all their Churches, and more and more congregations around the country and here in Florida are doing the same. The reason: to do everything possible to protect the health and well-being […]Find out more »
Worship Service for Sunday, March 22nd, Fourth Sunday in Lent
Dear St. Mark's Parish Family, We miss being able to worship with you face to face dearly. We are happy to share that Sunday morning worship for March 22nd, the Fourth Sunday of Lent, is available for you to view. Access the service by clicking the text link below. Sunday Service, March 22nd The video […]Find out more »


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College is a critical period in a young person's life. It's a critical time to meet lifelong friends, learn new things and figure out your professional goals. But not to be racist.
Here are some tips to avoid getting shunned, shamed and booted off campus like Harley Barber and Natalia Martinez.
Don't be Racist (Duh!)
When you're thinking of letting the word n****r casually slip take a minute and say to yourself, "But it's racist." If you're lit like Harley Barber was at Alabama, say it to yourself repeatedly. If you're a reluctant racist, take a moment and think about your Black friend from childhood. Or conversely your white one. You have one, we all did. Martin Luther King did. He lamented losing his childhood friend, because of his father who didn't want his son to have a Black friend. So, if you skew racist, look deep in your heart and think about those times eating crayons and printer paper with your one Black friend and imagine he was Martin Luther King – and YOU hurt his feelings. Do better.


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Kimberly-Clark: Tubeless Toilet Paper
Ketchum and Kimberly-Clark asked people to #TossTheTube. How? By creating a 1,000-pound, three-story replica of the Empire State Building from TP tubes and installing it within sight of the NYC icon. A national pledge drive asked eco-conscious individuals to #TossTheTube forever with Scott Naturals® Tube-Free. The campaign generated 6.3 million pledges, 18,000 media stories and 113 million impressions over the 10-week campaign. Sales in the NY metro area rose 41% in the weeks following the event. And the giant structure was exhibited in the Children's Museum of Manhattan for months following the event.
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How coders are creating software that's impossible to hack | Kathleen Fisher
HACMS is a program at DARPA that ran for four-and-a-half
years that was focused on using techniques from what is called the 'formal methods community',
so techniques based on math more or less, to produce software for vehicles that came
with proofs that the software had certain desirable properties; that parts of it were
functionally correct, that there were no certain kinds of bugs in the software. And the consequence of those proofs is that
the system is much harder to hack into. So the formal methods community has been promising
for, like, 50 years that they could produce software that provably didn't have certain
kind of vulnerabilities. And for more or less 50 years they have failed
to deliver on that promise. Yes, they could produce proofs of correctness
for code but for ten lines of code or 100 lines of code—not enough code to make a
difference for any kind of practical purpose. But recently there have been advances in a
bunch of different research areas that have changed that equation, and so now formal methods
researchers can prove important properties about code bases that are 10,000 or 100,000
lines of code. And that's still small potatoes compared
to the size of Microsoft Windows or the size of Linux which are millions, hundreds of millions
of lines of code. But when you start to get to 10,000 or 100,000
lines of code there are really interesting software artifacts that fit in that size. Things like compilers and microkernels, and
you can leverage those kinds of exquisite artifacts to build much more complex software
systems where only a small part of the system has to be verified to be functionally correct,
and then you can have lots of software running on top of it that doesn't have that same
level of assurance associated with it but that you can prove: it doesn't matter what
it does, it's not going to affect the operation of the overall system. So, for example, HACMS researchers used the
high-assurance code and put it on a Boeing Unmanned Little Bird which is a helicopter
that can fly completely autonomously or it can fly with two pilots. And this helicopter has two computers on it:
one is the mission control computer that controls things like 'fly over there and take a picture'
or 'fly over there and take a picture', and communicate to the ground station or the operator
who's telling the helicopter what to do. It also has a flight control computer that
controls things like altitude hold and stability, sort of the mechanics of flying the helicopter
at any given time period. So the researchers put seL4 microkernel, which
is a verified microkernel guaranteed to be functionally correct, on the mission control
computer, and they used it to create different software partitions. So one of those partitions was responsible
for communicating with the ground station. Another one of those partitions was responsible
for operating the camera that the helicopter had. The researchers verified that the code in
the 'communicate with the ground station' was functionally correct and isolated from
the software in the 'control the camera' part. So the camera part was all the legacy software
that had previously been on the helicopter to control camera operation. They allowed the red team to additionally
put—the red team is a group of people who are charged with trying to take over control
of the helicopter against the wishes of the legitimate operator—so they're trying
to hack in, take over control, disrupt the operation of the helicopter. So in this setting, the red team was allowed
to have root access, so unfettered access within the camera partition, and was charged
with: break out of this, take over control of the rest of the helicopter, disrupt the
operation of the helicopter in any way, corrupt the messages to the ground station—basically
interfere in any way you can with the legitimate operation of this helicopter. The red team had full access to the source
code. They understood all the design documents. They knew as much about the system as you
could reasonably expect to know. And after six weeks they were not able to
break out. They were not able to disrupt the operation
of the copter at all. All they could do was they could fork-bomb
themselves. They could basically crash their own process
but the rest of the helicopter would then notice that that process was crashed and restart
it again, restoring the operation of the camera. So that's an example of where you could
use the formal methods-based techniques to create this kind of thin level at the bottom,
which was the seL4 microkernel, and then leverage that to produce the full functionality of
the helicopter. The camera functionality might come and go
as hackers break in or don't break in but you're guaranteed that the helicopter will
be still able to communicate to the ground station and fly appropriately.


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2019 Canadian Rifle Silhouette Championships
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Smallbore (3×40 shots/rifle): June 30, July 1, 2; High Power (3×40 shots/rifle):
July 4, 5, 6, 2019
The 2019 Canadian Rifle Silhouette Championships will be hosted by the Prince George Rod and Gun Club at two ranges located west of the city of Prince George, B.C. Smallbore (SB) will be shot at our Hartman Range located at 9444 Hartman Road. High Power (HP) will be shot at our Blackwater range located approximately 25 km from the Hartman range (31755 Blackwater Road). Both ranges are accessible from Highway 16. Tr
Both smallbore and high power competitions will each consist of three 40-shot matches for each rifle with a total of 120 shots for each aggregate.
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Love is the foundation to a successful life. Coaching in the area of love, I am able to provide you with the tools for life without self-judgment. There are four loves to be found within the world and within ourselves; romance, affection, friendship, and unconditional love. When your life is full with Eros (romance), Storge (affection), Philia (friendship), and Agape (unconditional love) you cannot fail. Unconditional love is the highest of loves and partaking in unconditional love for yourself and for others has the ability to bring in the fullness of what life has to offer.
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The Pool, Spin Bike, and Treadmill. If you are a triathlete, cyclist, or runner, you likely make a B-line to these areas of the gym. Stop blazing past the squat racks and dumbbells. A properly designed strength training plan will keep you injury-free and get you to the finish line faster.
Logging miles and laps is essential to your training, but doing this alone leaves massive gaps in your overall fitness and preparation. Swimming, biking, and running occur in one plane of motion (sagittal plane), meaning your body is always moving forward in a straight line. It is important to train the body in all planes of motion to prevent deficiencies and imbalances. Core strength and stability are also key to endurance sports performance. Although, swimming, biking, and running on their own do little, to train the core muscles. A focused strength training regimen will address these gaps and give you an edge on the competition.
2 Important Keys
Specificity: Long gone are the fears that lifting weights will make you bulky and slow you down. If you take your routine straight from Pumping Iron, that may happen. By focusing on movements and energy systems specific to your sport, your plan will be tailored toward achieving added strength and speed, with minimal weight gain. Exercises with body weight or free weights are essential. These functional movements help promote balance, stability, and body-awareness. Machines often isolate muscles and limit or dictate the movement. These exercises are great for body building, but less than ideal for the endurance athlete. Be sure to include several exercises that move outside of the sagittal plane. Whether swimming, cycling, or running: we spend most of our training moving straight ahead in one plane of motion. Including transverse and frontal plane movements in your strength training will help to prevent overuse injuries that are common among endurance athletes. Visit the Functional Movement website to view a huge selection of movements.
Just as your main training calendar is periodized, so should be the strength training element of your program. Remember to view all of your training starting with an entire year Macrocycle. Your strength training periods should be in-line with your main training plan. To simplify, let's say that all of your training can be divided into 3 phases – Base, Build, Maintenance. In a year's time, you may touch on each phase 2 or more times. When to change phases, will be largely dictated by your race schedule.
Base Phase- This often takes place in the off-season. It is a good time to perfect basic movements, address imbalances and weaknesses, and build core stability.
Build Phase – During this phase, your swim, bike, or run training will be focused on power and speed. Your approach in the gym should be the same. Explosive moves and progressively heavier loads will increase your maximum strength.
Maintenance – In the thick of the race season, your strength training plan can be an exceptional tool for warding off overuse injuries. Be sure to include exercises that get the body moving out of the sagittal plane. Moving side to side in the transverse plane will help increase strength in the stabilizer muscles in the legs. Continuing a core stability regimen through this phase will improve overall training and racing performance, particularly at longer distance.
Finding the time to train for a marathon or triathlon can be daunting. You may be thinking, "How am I going to fit lifting into my training schedule too?" But consider this: one hour of properly programmed strength training can yield as much gain as a 3 hour bike ride. It's never a bad idea to visit your local USAT Certified Coach or Personal Trainer for advice and guidance when beginning your strength training plan.


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Anyone interested in helping support the work of the United Nations Association and promoting UN values here in the UK is welcome to join the UNA-UK. If you live in the London and South-East Region you will then be assigned to one of the local branches closest to your home.
If you wish to get involved with your local branch you need to apply to them separately as memberships of local branches are organised independently of membership of the UNA-UK.
Local branches in the London and South-East Region are as follows:-
- Bexhill and Hastings
- Blackheath and Greenwich. Contact: Neville Grant firstname.lastname@example.com, 020 8858 8489.
- Canterbury
- Dartford and District
- Deal – The Deal Branch of the United Nations Association hosts three or four events a year, these will include an annual fundraiser, Hiroshima Day event, public meetings, film showings. Our events often attract local media coverage. And, we try to take part in the United Nations Service for world Peace held annually in Canterbury. Our most recent event, which I would urge other branches to consider, was a showing of "the Calais Children – a case to answer" – about what happened to the children left behind when the Jungle was cleared. Contact: Pam Brivio (co-ordinator), firstname.lastname@example.com, 01304 225078.
- East London and Woodford
- Eastbourne Our branch has a small active membership and a healthy list of local supporters who are prepared to attend meetings, as well as local businesses who support our projects. Our local programme usually consists of talks with invited speakers on a range of environmental and human rights issues. Attendances vary between 25 and 40 on average. All meetings are open to the public and are held usually in the Town Hall, Eastbourne. Human Rights day is celebrated each year in the town centre which gives our branch the opportunity of publicising our presence in the community. Our branch is especially active in environmental work, particularly with respect to climate change, through its links with partners in Uganda. Our work there includes tree planting, workshops for nutrition, first aid training, and the supply of lifejackets for the fishing communities on Lake Victoria.See our website for details and how to support our projects. For general information please contact Ian Elgie (Hon Chair), email@example.com, 07704 178011.
- Enfield and the Barnets. Contact Bill Linton firstname.lastname@example.com 020 3105 1892.
- Finchley Contact: Mrs Anna O'Meara, 020 8445 7119.
- Highgate and Muswell Hill
- Lewisham
- Merton -We have meetings and workshops on UN-related events and developments. In recent years, we have had sessions on the UN Charter and UN Reform; on aspects of Security (Human Security, Sustainable Security, Nuclear and General Disarmament); on aspects of Development (the Millennium Development Goals, the Millennium Villages, the UN Global Compact), on the Environment (Sustainable Development, Biodiversity, Climate Change) and on Human Rights – relevant to every issue.We fund-raise for UN-related causes including UNICEF, Refugees, and victims of man-made and natural disasters. Our chief fund-raising event is a Car Boot Sale in the summer at St Mary's Field, Arthur Road, when the church make the field available.We lobby for political action to support the aims of the UN Charter (peace, justice and democratic governance for all).We co-sponsor a weekly Peace Vigil beside Wimbledon Library from 6:00-7:00 pm on Fridays. For more information please contact: Alison Williams, firstname.lastname@example.com, 020 8944 0574.
- Streatham and Clapham Contact: Sarah Webster, email@example.com, 020 8769 5095.
- Sutton and Croydon Contact: Jas Weir, email@example.com, 020 8647 2462.
- Tunbridge Wells and Wealden Contact Julia Jarrod, email@example.com
- Twickenham and Richmond Members of UNA Twickenham & Richmond (TRUNA) are interested in the whole spectrum of UN concerns, with a current focus on:*The Middle East
*Climate change
*Issues relating to peace and conflict – from conflict prevention to arms control and nuclear weapons – are also major concerns for TRUNA members. While TRUNA does not normally campaign on these issues as a UN Association, individual members are often active in such campaigns. TRUNA also publicises the meetings of its nearest UNA-UK neighbour, UNA Wandsworth.TRUNA has for some time held meetings about three-four times a year at the Adelaide Pub in Teddington, but this pattern is changing. The best source of information is the TRUNA Newsletter (see below) and the TRUNA entry on the UNA-UK website: https://www.una.org.uk/branch/una-twickenham-and-richmond Contact: Rodney Mantle, email@example.com, 020 8892 4628.
- Wandsworth What with three public meetings each year, planning meetings, an annual religious service, summer and winter socials, Wandsworth UNA is usually quite active. Although we advertise our meetings locally by way of emails, the UNA website, our local SW15 website, friends and flyers, expense prohibits us from advertising more widely. That said, we can usually count on perhaps twenty to twenty-five regulars. Bearing in mind that we rely on donations and receive nothing from HQ, we're certain that with more funding, we could do a better job.
As always, the Branch depends on a few elderly stalwarts so the burning question of younger replacements must be answered? Other branches face similar problems but perhaps its something that might be properly addressed by HQ possibly by way of a one-off but not too expensive London-wide adverting campaign. I prefer to be optimistic and there may be no answer in which case the end result (at least for Wandsworth) is obvious. Rob Storey (Chair)Details regarding Wandsworth UNA activities can be found at https://www.una.org.uk/branch/una-wandsworth
Our next public meeting 'Freedom of Speech' is on Tuesday, 2nd October 2018 at 7:30 pm to be held at the Community Church, Werter Road, Putney SW15 2LL. All are welcome and refreshments are available. Contact: Rob Storey (Chair) email@example.com, 020 3072 0087 or 07776 356334; Meena Storey (Secretary), 020 3072 0087.
- Westminster –Westminster UNA flagship events include the conference and Cenotaph ceremony to mark the International Day of UN Peacekeepers; and International Law Lecture and We the Peoples Film Festival. We also have a Young Professionals group, details on the website. To join, please contact David Wardrop, firstname.lastname@example.com, 0207 385 6738.
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