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Graduate Students and De Philosophia Graduate Conference
The Graduate Philosophy Student's Association's facebook account is: www.facebook.com/aedp.gpsa and email address is: firstname.lastname@example.com
Current executive (2012-13):
President: Alex Liepins
Vice-President: Hermann Kuitche
Treasurer: Jared Babin
Secretary: Joe Goski
Archivist: Marco Nehmé
The GPS hosts the De Philosophia annual Graduate Student Conference at the University of Ottawa. Abstracts for this year's conference can be sent to
Call for Abstracts
Contemporary Dialogues with Ancient Thought
10th Annual De Philosophia Graduate Student Conference
University of Ottawa
Saturday, 5 April, 2014
Keynote Speaker: Francisco Gonzalez, University of Ottawa
Throughout the 20th century and continuing into the 21st, many thinkers have sought and are still seeking to articulate new concepts by comparison and/or contrast with older ones from the history of philosophy. Sometimes, this means new concepts emerge out of historical engagements – critical or otherwise – with older ones, and in such cases the latter serve to clarify and/or contextualize the former. Sometimes, however, new concepts can themselves change our way of looking at previous ideas altogether. And sometimes – as is often the case when one of the concepts is an ancient one – the dialogue between new and old ideas has the capacity to alter our understanding of both, reciprocally./
In light of this fascinating rapport between the new and the old, the conference organizers and the Graduate Philosophy Student Association at the University of Ottawa invite submissions relating to any aspect of the contemporary engagement with ancient Greek philosophy. We are particularly interested in papers that seek to interrogate both how an ancient concept can affect our understanding of a contemporary one to which it has been related, and how a contemporary concept can in turn affect our understanding of its ancient counterpart. Taking the terms 'contemporary' and 'ancient' in their broadest senses, our main objective in this conference is to open up a space in which to question the current relationship(s) between philosophy and its own historical beginnings. Accordingly, 'contemporary' can refer to any thinker from the late 19th century onward, in any philosophical tradition whatsoever (analytic, continental, etc.), and 'ancient' to any thinker from the Hellenic, Hellenistic or Neoplatonic periods. Possible topics include, but are by no means limited to, the following:
- Alain Badiou's rehabilitation of Plato's political philosophy
- Graham Harmann's return to Aristotle's 'object-oriented' ontology
- Ernst Cassirer's treatment of Aristotle in Substance and Function
- Gilles Deleuze and the Stoics
- C.S. Peirce and ancient (i.e. Stoic, Epicurean) semiotic theories
- Gilbert Ryle on Plato
- P.F. Strawson on Aristotle
- Michel Foucault's Socratism
- Friedrich Nietzsche on Socrates and/or Plato
- Hannah Arendt on Plato and/or Aristotle
- Generally, any historical engagement between a 20th century hermeneutic and/or deconstructive philosopher (e.g. Martin Heidegger, Hans-Georg Gadamer, Paul Ricoeur, Jacques Derrida etc.) and an ancient philosopher (Plato, Aristotle, Parmenides, Heraclitus, Plotinus etc.)
- Any recent rehabilitation of the ancient Sophists and/or critique thereof (as in e.g. Barbara Cassin, Stanley Cavell etc.)
- French and English submissions are welcome.
- Abstracts should be no longer than 350 words, prepared for blind review in .DOC or .PDF format.
- In a separate document, authors must include their name, institutional affiliation, e-mail address and the title of their submission. Successful applicants must provide their completed essays (12-15 double-spaced pages for a 25-30 minute presentation) no later than 15 March, 2014.
- Deadline for Abstracts: 1 February, 2014. Please send abstracts/inquiries firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Hot on the heels of the awesome new quartet of mini pedals recently announced, TC Electronic and my good pals at ProGuitarShop have teamed up to create a new delay pedal geared towards vintage-style tones, building on the success of their earlier pedal the Alter Ego Delay and incorporating the functionality of the awesome Flashback X4 Delay. Called the Alter Ego X4 Vintage Echo, it gives you four TonePrint slots, three programmable presets, a looper, stereo ins and outs, MIDI programmability and the ability to control any parameter with an expression pedal. Here's the press release…
Risskov, Denmark, June 16th 2014 – TC Electronic and ProGuitarShop team up once again to build upon their former smash hit, the Alter Ego Delay, which with its two exclusive vintage echo sounds made every delay-loving guitarist out there solo their socks off. Now TC Electronic's and ProGuitarShops's unrivaled love for delay has resulted in no less than 12 exclusive delay tones that all hark back to the beautifully lush and saturated delays of yesteryear.
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Fifth-grade students at Brinckerhoff Elementary School have been working on printmaking projects in art class that will be exhibited at the Festival of the Arts. Inspired by the Pop Art Movement and Artist Andy Warhol, students designed images focused on popular fashion and shoes. Their printmaking projects involved the use of multiple repeated images in a variety of printmaking inks and bright color combinations. Their prints will be displayed, along with artwork from all schools in the Wappingers Central School District, at the upcoming 67th Annual Festival of the Arts. The Festival will be held on Saturday, May 13, in Mesier Park in Wappingers Falls from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The inclement weather date is Sunday, May 14. The Festival of the Arts is presented by the Wappingers Central School District's Fine & Performing Arts Department and is free to the public.
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The mission of the Wappingers Central School District is to empower all of our students with the competencies and confidence to challenge themselves, to pursue their passions, and to realize their potential while growing as responsible members of their community.
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High-Quality Early Childhood Education
North Platte, Neb. — More than 400 civic, business, and education leaders from 92 Nebraska communities which included representatives from North Platte Community attended the 2019 Thriving Children, Families and Communities Conference held on September 16 & 17, 2019 at Kearney, Nebraska, to learn more about how providing high-quality early childhood education can support a town's children, its families, and its economy.
Early childhood programs play a key role in community economic development—both because working families seek reliable, quality care in choosing where to live and because research shows that children who have benefited from high-quality early childhood programs become better students, better employees, and more productive citizens.
The North Platte Community for Kids Core Team, Stephaine Morse, Platte River Counseling, LLC, Ron Hanson, NPPS, Monica Carter, NPPS, Raven Jack, NP Kids Academy, Miranda Muirhead, NP Kids Academy, Peggy Romshek, NPPS, Stephanie Phye, All Seasons-Intergenerational Learning Center, Chantel Tonkinson, Ladybug Crossing Childcare, Marnia Hughes, NPPS, attend the conference.
They developed a mission statement and identified three main goals for the North Platte Community plan.
The mission is all children of the North Platte Community will have access and experiences to high-quality childcare and education. The North Platte Public Schools in collaboration with all the private and public childcare & education centers will work to provide high-quality childcare and education so all children are thriving by the age 3, are ready by age 5, and are on their way toward success by age 8. The North Platte Communities for Kids Core Team will meet throughout the year to continue developing an action plan to accomplish its mission and goals. A community survey is currently being developed and will be administered soon.
The conference was held in response to statewide calls to better understand how communities can provide high-quality early childhood education. It offered an opportunity for attendees to share success stories and challenges, learn from each other, and develop action plans for implementing high- quality birth – Grade 3 care and education. Nearly 300 civic, business, and education leaders from 74 Nebraska communities attended the 2018 inaugural conference.
"Much has been done and learned about the importance of early education but so much more still needs to be accomplished," said Helen Raikes, who is delivering the keynote address at the conference. Raikes, Willa Cather Professor of Child, Youth and Family Studies at the University of Nebraska ̶ Lincoln, has been a consistent voice for early childhood education in Nebraska and is a nationally known advocate and researcher in the field. "We need to continue to work to remove barriers, like child abuse, substance abuse and parental stressors, that can often hamper the brain development of young children and set our sights high—focusing on what it takes for every child to thrive in our communities. And we need to pay the early childhood workforce better so early childhood providers can thrive as well," said Raikes. She addressed some of these challenges, and offered possible solutions, in her keynote address.
During the two-day conference, panel discussions and workshops featured community leaders from across the state who shared how they built high-quality early childhood programs and discussed why high-quality early childhood care and education is an economic development tool that can attract and retain a quality workforce and grow the state's economy.
In opening remarks, Samuel Meisels, founding executive director of the Buffett Early Childhood Institute, reminded attendees that the challenges faced by Nebraska are common to other states as well as countries around the world.
"The critical difference here is what we as Nebraskans choose to do in response to the urgent challenge of providing high-quality early childhood education so that parents are able to work and communities are able to thrive," said Meisels. "Clearly there is momentum in the state to come together on behalf of children, families, and communities. Nebraska businesses and economic development agencies are important partners to our getting this right and are with us here today."
Conference workshops included no-cost/low-cost ways employers can help working parents, building school-community partnerships, creating a community fundraising plan, communicating effectively with policymakers about early childhood, and using state economic development funds for early childhood projects.
Leaders from a wide range of diverse communities, including Scottsbluff, McCook, Gothenburg, Wayne, and Omaha, were among the presenters for the 16 community-level sessions. Learning from each other's experiences was a critical component of the conference.
This year's event was sponsored by the Nebraska Department of Education, the Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services, First Five Nebraska, Nebraska Children and Families Foundation, Nebraska Community Foundation, Nebraska Extension, Buffett Early Childhood Fund, and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute.
Partnering organizations are the Nebraska Association for the Education of Young Children, Nebraska Association of School Boards, Nebraska Business Development Center, Nebraska Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, Nebraska Council of School Administrators, Nebraska Early Childhood Collaborative, Nebraska ESU Coordinating Council, Nebraska Head Start Association, Nebraska Hospital Association, Nebraska State Education Association, Panhandle Partnership, Inc., and the Rural Futures Institute.
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As promised earlier here is a post on one of the ruins we have in the area. About 10 kilometres from here, as the crow flys, is the village of Ihuatzio, once capital to the Purépechan empire. The name Ihuatzio comes from the Purépecha meaning "Place of the Coyotes" The village is well know for its reed crafts.
Just north of town are some ruins. Like many of these sites, only a portion is currently restored. Radiocarbon testing on a number of items found has dated the site as being established between 1510 and 1575.
The Main Restoration (click on the picture for a larger view, for scale that dot in front is a person!)
What a fun way to spend an afternoon!
Admittance to the site, is quite cheap, as are all of the sites I have visited. This one was 29 pesos, if I remember correctly. So rather than telling you all cool things I discovered , I think I will just wet your appetite and motivate you to visit. Signs throughout the site, are in Spanish, English and Purépecha and describe the site in detail.
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Sheldon and Sara have setup streetview on their Edmonton Real Estate search site. I heard about Google street view awhile and was looking forward to the day I could take a virtual stroll around Edmonton.
Anyway here are some notable places I visited today.
Garner Andrews, a morning DJ of the nearby Sonic radio station always brags to be broadcasting from Edmonton's used hubcap district. Here it is.
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Next is Edmonton's very own giant bat. Some might think I am posting this ironically, but this is not the case. Edmonton is among the greats in the Giants of the Prairies.
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While trying to get a good view of a more conventional landmark I couldn't help but notice this vintage turquoise mystery building.
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Feel free to link to your favorite Edmonton locations in the comments.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
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- Carioca Canuck said...
The "vintage turquoise" mystery building looks like it is of a 50/60's vintage, judging by the architecture and color scheme that is the same as various 50/60's places we have here in Cowtown that are identical and of that period. IMHO it was either government or medical offices at one time.
- December 4, 2009 at 9:50 AM
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She Wants Us Both 2
One guy's not going to be enough to keep her satisfied! Two cocks are better than one in this tag-team release that fills her mouth and her pussy at the same time for some seriously hot hardcore action! As the song goes, 'Did you ever have to finally decide?' Well, she didn't! She's guzzling on one end and humping with the other. No one goes home lonely because . . . She Wants Us Both!
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Does it get any more Aussie than this?
Does it get any more Aussie than following the tune of an ACDC song with two stock whips? This performance at the Tamworth country music festival has been delighting people all over the world after being uploaded to social media and going viral.
Its hard enough to crack one stock whip, let alone two. World Champion whip cracker Nathan "Whippy" Griggs makes it look easy as he snaps the hand crafted leather stock whips through the sound barrier to the tune of one of Australia's most iconic rock songs.
Showing why he is considered to be one of the best proponents of the Aussie bush craft, he finishes the performance with a flurry of cracks that almost blend into one long noise. The crowd erupts in a loud cheer as Nathan finishes his extraordinary performance.
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Posted: November 4, 2008
Conflicting Reports on VA, PA
Conflicting reports keep issuing from Virginia and Pennsylvania, where voting may or may not be going well. On the one hand, Election Protection claims that there are major problems that could disenfranchise thousands of voters in each state. On the other hand, other reports say that nothing is occurring beyond the ordinary garden-variety polling place snafus.


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A HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR, his daughter and grandchildren have made rather a unique memorial to those who survived the Nazi death camps. Three generations of the family danced to "I Will Survive" at a number of concentration camps in Europe.
At the end of the video a voiceover, presumably that of the elderly man at the centre of the video, says:
"If someone would tell me here, then, that I would come sixty something years later with my grandchildren, so I'd say, "What you talking about?" So here you are. this is really a historical moment."


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Back to school. Surely those high street outfitter window billboards stating "Bak to Skool" etc are setting a bad example, or does it imply low expectations?
Anyway, at school I got a sticker for turning 6 and we missed 2 playtimes because it was so stormy and rainy outside. Supper was 2 kinds of pasta in cheese sauce with extra cheese, and 2 veg. One of the strings of tagliatelle made a bid for freedom: I grabbed at it but somehow the act of grabbing made my plate pirouette through the air like a Level 5 Pops where it made sticky friends with the carpet like a Level 7 Ben.
There was silence as the Magic Cleaning-up Man salvaged the stricken sauté on behalf of the compost heap and the TV remote disappeared forever into the pocket of unforgiveness.
I was desperate, desolate and derelict as well, why not. When Jof got home a motion to starve me to death in punishment was narrowly defeated 2:1 in a tense vote. And what do you know, he made it all again from scratch, shows that Jof's the boss, I guess.
Later I found the jar of those little solidified droplets of coloured glass that seem to be so popular nowadays and created a King's procession on the Lego railway.
Bud has to start work at 0500 from now on so he may go to bed before me. I shall laugh at him.
Bud has to start work at 0500 from now on so he may go to bed before me. I shall laugh at him.


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This 3 1⁄2 hour class will educate you on the basics of childbirth. This class is led by a trained childbirth instructor who will explain relaxation techniques, medical procedures during the labor process, cesarean birth, pain relief options, newborn characteristics and what to expect postpartum. After class, join us for a tour of the Labor and Delivery suites. Refreshments will be served.
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To make our own Nativities provide an unforgettable experience. Let's share the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ with this beautiful workshop. Everything will be made by hand. You will enjoy it!!!
Dated: (2 days worshop) Saturday September 28, 2019 and Sunday September 29, 2019
Time: Saturday September 28 from 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm and Sunday September 29 from 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Place: 6800 14th ST W, Bradenton FL 34207
Cost: $120.00 (all materials included)
Contact: 941- 4476498 & 941-7390506
Hacer nuestros propios pesebres nos brinda una experiencia inolvidable, compartamos la celebracion del nacimiento de Cristo Jesus con este hermoso taller. Todo sera hecho a mano, Usted lo disfrutara.
Duracion: (2 dias) Sabado 28 de Septiembre, 2019 y Domingo 29 de Septiembre, 2019
Hora: Sabado 28 de Septiembre 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm y Domingo 29 de Septiembre 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Lugar: 6800 14th ST W, Bradenton FL 34207
Valor: $120.00 (todos los materiales incluidos)
Contacto: 941-4476498 & 941-7390506
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It is fantastic to create and realize that our imagination has no limits. Our summer programs at St. Stephen's Episcopal School, Palmetto Library and Enith Marin Art Studio were incredible and fun, I will see you next time. Join us to our different creations in my studio and contact me for information at 941-447 6498 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Christmas in July at Palmetto Public Library
During our crafternoons at Palmetto Library we will have "Christmas in July", JOIN US!! on July 30 from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m.
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Why NLP?
NLP provides a set of behavioral patterns, ideas and techniques (like visualization and anchoring) that helps in personal strengthening and removing barriers to performance.
NLP@Work is an outcome of research and applications of NLP in the workplace, which has helped various organizations function with ease. The program has proven transformational on various pain points of organizations such as:
- Lack of self-motivation
- Lack of direction
- Lack of novelty
- Low productivity
By studying these problem-areas, we aim to use NLP in order to create desired programs and patterns of behaviours by altering the neuropathways and linguistics. The result is heightened performance, improved productivity and better work relations.


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The following is information about the 2010 Douglas County Honor Chorus Activities.
Location of Rehearsals and Performance:
Chapel Hill High School
4899 Chapel Hill Rd
Douglasville, GA 30135-4909
(770) 651-6275
November 5, 2010 – Fri.
5:45 pm to 9:00 pm Rehearsal
November 6, 2010 – Sat.
9:00 am to 12:00 noon Rehearsal
12:00 noon to 1:30 pm Lunch Break
1:30 pm to ~ 4:15 pm Rehearsal
6:15 pm Final Rehearsal and Warm-up
7:00 pm Concert
Every effort will be made to ensure that all rehearsals begin and end on time. Please make arrangements for all transportation to and from the rehearsal and performance site. Students should be picked up immediately after rehearsals are concluded. Please note: All students must leave the school at 4:15 p.m. and return at 6:15 p.m. on the day of the performance. No student will be permitted to stay during this break.


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When To Take Them To A Pediatric Dentist?
Toothaches are very common in children. Anything from a tooth eruption to a cavity can cause pain, which children normally find unbearable due to their sensitive nature. As parents, you may be at your wit's end if you do not know what to do when your child has a toothache. Do you call a pediatric dentist? Or do you resort to home remedies? In this blog, we will talk about some of the simple remedies you can try at home to relieve your child's toothache and when to take them for a consultation with our pediatric dentists in Dubai.
Look for the root cause
When your child has a toothache, the best way to deal with it is to find the reason for the pain. If your child is old enough to point out or describe his or her pain, start asking them questions. Ask your child where it hurts and when it started. Examine the area they point out. For smaller children, use your finger to gently touch and look for swelling or redness in the gums or cheeks. Most of the time, toothache in children are caused by loose teeth, cavities and in smaller children, teeth eruption.
Rinse with saltwater
Warm salt water is a good antiseptic wash to kill bacteria in and around the infected area of your child's teeth. Make your child rinse his or her mouth using warm salt water for about 30 seconds and spit it out. For milder toothaches, this is a great remedy for some immediate relief. If the pain returns, take your child to visit our pediatric dentist at the earliest.
Help them floss
Sometimes, children suffer from unexplained toothaches when food particles get stuck in between their teeth. This is mostly seen in toddlers and children wearing braces. As a parent, you can help your child by helping him or her floss between their teeth to take out any remaining food debris. If your child is too young to floss or has serious difficulties to do it, consider investing in a water flosser to help ease the process.
Ice the swelling
If there is visible swelling in your child's gum, along with the pain, a cold compress can help relieve the pain until you schedule your visit with our pediatric dentist. Wrap some ice around a small towel and apply this to your child's outer cheek near the swollen area. Repeat it for 10-15 minutes to help numb the pain.
Temporary medications
Although over the counter medications are available to relieve the pain, we suggest parents not to give your children non-prescription medicines. Painkillers like aspirin are very acidic and can cause burns when you rub it on your child's gums. Ideally, it is best to consult with our pediatric dentists for the best medical solution. In the meantime, you can use clove oil, which is a trusted antimicrobial essential oil to help ease your child's pain.
Children are more prone to dental infections than adults as they are too young to understand the importance of good oral care habits. But as a parent, you can instill good dental care routines in them, which will help avoid such issues to some extent. However, for optimal oral health in children, bring your child in for appointments with our pediatric dentist every six months after the age of one. Schedule your child's dental appointment today at The Dome MedDental Clinic DMCC for a detailed consultation.


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Kait Bickel has been at Cedarhurst of Shiloh for three years. Her first year was spent as a dietary aide, and the last two years she has excelled as a dedicated caregiver! She knew for quite some time that she wanted to move onward and upward with Cedarhurst while working toward her goal of becoming a registered nurse, and then hopefully a nurse practitioner one day.
Kait's favorite part of her job is leaving at the end of the day knowing that she helped others and that she has continued developing her relationships with our residents. Kait is loyal, dependable and always reaching out to those in need of some special attention. She will make a wonderful nurse one day and we all agree that she is on the right path, right here with us at Cedarhurst!
Kait is a second-year nursing major at Southern Illinois University – Edwardsville. This Summer, while putting in many hours here with us, she was able to complete her final Spanish course and receive her minor in Spanish. She has been able to maintain her 4.0 GPA and her spot on the Dean's List. Now, her focus will be back on nursing and helping out her Alpha Phi sorority sisters in her free time. Kait enjoying helping her sorority with their fundraiser efforts, raising money and awareness for Women's Heart Disease. She is also their social media chairman, which allows her to enjoy some of her other hobbies: photography and web design.
Kait loves to spend time with her family, friends and enjoys attending church and bible study. She is very close with her family, especially her sister, and she loves getting to see her dog when she goes home. Fun Facts: Kait has hidden talents on the piano and ukulele.


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We supply drinking water solutions and are specialists in the servicing of mains fed water coolers for a large variety of sectors throughout Northern Ireland. Mains fed water coolers are plumbed into the mains water supply and have an internal filtration system that leaves the customer with an unlimited supply of filtered and chilled water at a very reasonable cost. And even if you have not purchased your cooler from us, we can still maintain the regular servicing of your coolers to keep them working in top condition.
We also supply hot water boilers and water softening equipment for areas that are affected by hard water and as a consequence suffer from limescale. Many of the top restaurants in the North have installed our water softeners to ensure that expensive items such as steam ovens have a greater lifespan and do not suffer from downtime due to breakdowns.
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Microchip ECE1200
ECE1200 - ACPI 6.1 compliant, 1.8V - 3.3V eSPI to LPC Bridge
The ECE1200 is a device designed to implement a Bridge function from an eSPI-configured Intel Chipset to a legacy downstream system, providing Master interfaces for an LPC bus, Serial IRQ and CLKRUN# features.
The ECE1200 is directly powered by two Suspend (S5) supply planes, at 3.3V and 1.8V nominal. The 1.8V supply is provided on two sets of pins: VTR_18 for I/O pins, and VTR_18_CORE for internal logic. The 3.3V supply VTR_33 is for 3.3V I/O pins only.
The ECE1200 senses a Runtime power plane (VCC) using the pin LPC_EN, which is intended to come from the PCH_PWROK signal supplied from the system. It uses this to emulate VCC-powered functionality on the appropriate pins in order to avoid backdrive in the system.
- Detects and Supports Modern Standby State
- ACPI 6.1 Compliant
- Supports LPC-based SIO and EC devices such as SCH311x, SCH322x
- eSPI Peripheral Channel Cycles in 64K I/O Space will pass through as LPC I/O cycles, except for the local Plug-and-Play INDEX/DATA portal registers
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Participate in My Care? Room for Improvement
| May 20, 2010
The Center for Advancing Health, which I direct, just released A Snapshot of People's Engagement in Their Health Care, a study that found that most of us do relatively little to participate in our health care.
To assess our current level of engagement in care, CFAH searched 31 national surveys sponsored by the government, foundations and private organizations to locate data on the specific behaviors that each of us must do in order to effectively participate in our care. For example, I have to make sure that my medical information is conveyed to my various doctors and institutions. I have to ask questions of my doctor when the next steps I have to take are not clear. And I have to talk about recommended tests and treatments with my doctor to make the right choice for me.
For the vast majority of engagement behaviors like this for which data were found, about one-third of us do them regularly, about one-third of us do them occasionally and one-third of us don't do them at all.
While the lack of resources, insurance coverage, low literacy levels and illness present real barriers to participation for some us, lack of engagement is far too common among those who face none of them.
Recently passed health care reform promises to increase our access to care, but without our active, knowledgeable participation from both those of us who are currently insured or newly insured ' that reform will yield only sporadic improvements.
While each of us along with our caregivers and loved ones must take on these responsibilities if we are to benefit optimally from our health care, we cannot do so without the cooperation of every stakeholder in the health care enterprise.
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Signs of Spring
Piles of bunny poop are appearing in the backyard: a clear sign spring has sprung. The cute little buggers are a welcome sight after a long winter.
Two winter's ago we bought this bunny embroidery kit for our daughter. She'd shown an interest in stitching before by habitually coaxing projects out of my hands, mid stitch, into hers. However, fourteen months have passed since we gifted the kit to her and she's yet to take a crack at it.
This winter impatience got the best of me so I asked if she'd like me to make it for her. With a coy smile she replied, "yes please". I happily complied – it was a win win.
If you are learning embroidery, Kiriki Press kits are a fabulous place to start. They are the creation of a local Toronto artist named Michelle Galletta.
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Alright, so you may have noticed that I have been MIA from this blog lately <insert tired "I've been crazy busy" line here> so it isn't all that surprising that I only had one vote for my black sandal poll. However, my devoted reader has spoken (thank you!) and my challenge is now to find a pair of black kitten heeled sandals!
You may have also noticed that it's Wednesday night and you would be correct to assume that I haven't actually started shopping yet…eek! Don't worry though, my Saturday deadline still applies and I have actually been doing some research, aka surfing the net, more specifically ShopStyle for inspiration pieces. So here are some cute shoes that I've come across:
Although there's really no telling what I will actually find in stores within my "$40 or less" price range, my favourites are the Stuart Weitzman Loxleys and the Ralph Lauren Inaras so I will be keeping those styles in mind during my (perhaps hectic) search.
Wish me luck!


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The aim of The Hijama Clinic at Al Ihsaan Health is to bring back the natural healing ability of the human body and support this healing process with wisdom.
Modern Medicine aims not to support the body's own healing ability but to bypass or replace it, this is the meaning of allopathy and it is the foundation of modern medicine. Modern medicine seeks to replace, control, suppress or eliminate body cells, tissues, organs and processes if they are not functioning properly instead of seeking to assist, support, balance or repair body cells, tissues, organs and processes that can result in the healing of the patient.
The fundamental differences between Islamic Medicine and Allopathic medicine(Modern Medicine):
Islamic Medicine seeks to use invasive and strong medications only as a last resort.
First we use safe, simple remedies and lifestyle advice, we take the time to understand what is causing the illness and we take the time to advise the patient of this.
The second is that we believe in creation, not evolution so we understand that every aspect of the body has been created in what Allah Himself refers to as ahsani taqweem, we therefore are reluctant to just remove or cut things from the body with the premise that it will cause no harm, except in the case where there are no alternatives.
The third is that we believe that Allah has created the body with the innate ability to heal itself, so we work to support this function, not to replace it. A confirmation of this is that when a person is sick they will incline to that which is useful for their health. This is the reason that we find the Nabi of Allah (SAW) has said to this effect that give the patient what food they ask for. We know that foods have a certain taste and function and a person will incline towards that taste or that food which has the function of healing their present illness provided that the food or taste is in itself healthy.
The aim of Islamic Medicine is to take the good and use it to the benefit of mankind. The Nabi (SAW) has said in a hadeeth to this effect that a Muslim takes wisdom from wherever he finds it so the principle of taking the good and what is in conformance with nature from what is available to us in western medicine or any other system for that matter applies here as well.
For this reason we adopt and encourage the aspects of allopathic medicine that are effective especially in the case of serious infection, life threatening injuries, cases of chronic degenerative disease that have gone past the point where it can be reversed with natural medicines and cases where surgery is the only option
The best practitioner will always be the one who makes the most duaa for their patients. By doing this you are admitting to Allah that you cannot cure, you are admitting that Allah is the One who cures. Because of this fikr (concern) and duaa Allah will grant cure to the patient Insha'Allah.
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By David Fernandes / October 10th, 2014
Today on their Twitter feed, Koei Tecmo Europe announced that Atelier Ayesha Plus, the enhanced port of the original game Atelier Ayesha for the PlayStation Vita, will be localized for both Europe and North America. It will be a digital only title like its predecessors, as well as have the option of dual audio. It will be released next year for the Western regions.
While not specified, Actill will most likely be behind the localization effort like they have been for the last few Atelier titles.
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To Block or Not: The Ethics and Externalities of Online Discourse
Blocking is an easy way to hide disagreement, but doesn't do much to end it, and scales poorly.
In 2014, Charlie Brooker envisioned a world in which the online ability to 'block' someone was transferred into the real life. Through 'Z‐eye' technology, residents of the Black Mirror Christmas special could avoid ever having to see or hear those they disliked. Viewers, of course, were made painfully aware of the dangers of this ability as the episode progressed.
Despite recognizing Black Mirror's version of blocking as a destructive practice, few seem willing to apply this same distrust to the real‐life equivalent. While we can't permanently erase a person's visage and voice from our view, we can make it very difficult for our digital paths to ever cross again.
Despite this finality, blocking has become both widespread and commonplace on social media, with many discussions and debates on Facebook and Twitter ending with one person simply banishing their opponents. Sometimes, one may even find themselves blocked by a person they've had no direct contact with.
This begs the question; how can productive discourse continue to occur in a world where opposing views can be simply filtered out?
A Distorted Marketplace
Without the presence of any central authority, one would naturally have high‐hopes for the internet as an ideal home for a true marketplace of ideas. The lack of authority and immediate means of coercion implies a space in which ideas must be able to stand on their own. Additionally, the creation of intelligent arguments and fact‐checking should be far easier, given the immediate availability of the whole.
This, however, is all too often not the case. Despite being able to converse with people from quite literally anywhere in the world, we also maintain the ability to personalize our online circle of peers. Users have complete freedom of association, and may thus tailor their exposure to dissenting worldviews as they wish. Yet with this power, as always, comes contingent responsibility; to shape an online atmosphere entirely around your own worldviews is to delude yourself into self‐confirmation, and to be deprived of the opportunity to grow through honest, intelligent debate.
In this scenario, online discourse no longer takes the form of a utopic global forum, but looks more like cloistered clerics preaching to their respective choirs.
Online game developer Nicky Case exemplified this perfectly in her game ' The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds ' (which I wholly recommend taking thirty minutes out of your day to play). In this game, the player controls 'threads' which connect individuals to their respective groups. Connecting these threads in the right (or wrong) ways can result in a group perceiving a false worldview to be true.
For instance, in the first level, the player must create and sever social ties between nine people, in order to convince them all that half of the group are alcoholics. In reality, only one‐third of the group drink heavily, yet in selecting how each individual member links to the rest, it is possible to convince them that this harmful behavior is far more common than it actually is.
By shaping our own social media environments through blocking, we effectively replicate the creation and severance of social ties represented in Case's game; in exposing ourselves to selected information, we become convinced that a greater proportion of society behaves or believes along certain lines. This concern was given new importance following the 2016 Presidential election; the sense of shock that attended Hillary Clinton's defeat can be arguably laid at the feet of social media bubbling.
Of course, this idea of the 'bubble' is an old chestnut going back to the days Reagan and even Nixon . How could social media have brought about the issue of self‐confinement and censorship, when it was being discussed as far back as 1968?
In reality, the modern bubble is far more complicated than the "but I don't know anybody that voted Republican!" model of the past; the results of a 2014 study into the effects of media habits on political polarization were mixed. On the one hand, those with 'consistently liberal views' were more likely to follow a multitude of news sources and expose themselves to varying viewpoints, yet were also more likely to block, unfollow, or unfriend somebody in response to political disagreement. Meanwhile, users who were more consistently conservative were exposed to far more viewpoints and news sources that complemented their own.
Yet, according to the study, a substantial number of people across the political spectrum will still be exposed to opposing viewpoints, suggesting that the infamous echo‐chamber, while present, is perhaps not so damaging to political discourse as first thought. Case certainly presents an interesting argument in her game, and there appears to be some truth to it. Yet the widespread implications are, evidently, rather difficult to pin down. Instead, it may be best to first understand the phenomena of social media, such as blocking or bubbles, from the perspective of individual ethics.
An Issue of Free Speech?
The debate over the ethics of blocking is nothing new. An article from Mary Elizabeth Williams in Salon, for instance, argues that blocking is entirely acceptable behavior, since no‐one has a right to a captive audience . As such, the article argues, blocking does not deprive anyone of their right to free speech, since it does not include a right to a platform, and thus is ethically justifiable.
This is mostly correct; you certainly don't have a right to somebody else's audience, and you are of course able to walk away from a discussion at any point. Naturally, to force somebody not to block their dissenters on social media would be to violate their freedom to associate with whomever they choose, yet the dangers of overzealous blocking on the polity as a whole have already been established.
It's important here to make a distinction between the individual and the societal. While both see the negative effects of blocking, neither does so via the same moral shortcoming. The ethics of blocking can be defined around the two 'victims' of the action; the individuals involved in the block, and the wider society.
Intellectual Self‐Harm
Ultimately, blocking based on disagreement negates the real benefits of a discussion. One forgoes the opportunity to broaden their horizons to think more critically, and instead reinforces their existing perceptions regardless of how factual of viable they may be.
A common philosophical idea used to justify this behavior is Karl Popper's theory of the ' paradox of tolerance ', which contends that intolerance must be practiced against intolerant ideologies, in order to protect the long‐term survival of the tolerant, open society. Following this logic, some may view blocking, no‐platforming, or otherwise shunning those whom they find intolerant as morally justifiable, since allowing these beliefs to be expressed may threaten the rest of tolerant society.
However, this interpretation falls somewhat flat, not least because Popper was discussing policy options against the intolerant. More importantly, Popper advocated first engaging in discussion with the intolerant before other actions is taken, something that blocking makes rather difficult.
In many ways, blockers pay the greatest disservice not only to themselves, but to their ideas, as they deny themselves the opportunity to test them against rival beliefs. Philosopher Nigel Warburton phrases this perfectly , arguing that "Philosophy is an inherently social activity that thrives on the collision of viewpoints and rarely emerges from unchallenged interior monologue." Without being challenged, it is impossible for ideas to grow and improve. The same goes for intolerant beliefs; blocking out an intolerant idea prevents its' advocates from developing their own ideas, thus doing little to combat Popper's fear of the intolerant triumphing over the tolerant.
Naturally, this would assume that rational discussion is possible; deliberate harassment or trolling of other users is not constructive for a discussion, so it's understandable to block someone who is frequently, and deliberately, inflammatory and unconstructive. Second, the effects of an over‐tailored online environment are likely to be influenced by one's social atmosphere in the real world.
Moreover, a person may not become quite as polarized by a homogenous online environment if their offline social life is more diverse. The individual repercussions of blocking may thus be somewhat dependent upon the degree to which a person relies on social media for news and debate.
Taking these factors into consideration, it may therefore make sense to approach blocking as part of a wider, more long‐term process of polarization. While individual cases may represent a moral issue if the above exceptions are not present, the real problem lies in the wider tribalization of society, and the role played by how we choose to use social media.
A Return to Tribalism
While blocking‐out opposing viewpoints may prevent an idea from growing, it may also ensure that the person who believes it will do so more and more fervently. At a societal level, however, we have only seen questionable evidence that this leads to greater polarization.
Where, then, does the danger lie? John Samples of the Cato Institute argues that social media users are not usually deprived of disagreeing viewpoints . On the contrary; research in this area suggests that it is the offline‐demographics which are more likely to experience the effects of polarization. Nonetheless, it would be unwise to shrug off the potential dangers of polarization, given the capacity for separation and long‐term social partitioning built in to the platform internet.
The decisions of individuals to block probably fuel a greater willingness to allow third‐parties to shape our online environments. Between calls for state or platform action to remove unwanted speakers and individual blocking decisions sit block‐lists . Essentially, these lists allow a user to quickly block multiple different accounts based on an algorithm, or trusted third party, which sorts the block‐worthy from the rest. Rather than blocking users one‐by‐one based on a poor experience, a block‐list can block whole swathes of users before you've had the chance of engaging with them.
The danger here should be rather apparent. Whereas blocking someone personally gives plenty of room for nuanced and justified reasons (trolls, for example), using a block‐list relies entirely upon the decision of a computer‐based algorithm or third‐party censors. Users engaging in honest discussion may find themselves blocked without reason, by someone with whom they are yet to speak to. Furthermore, mass blocking may influence which content is algorithmically surfaced for other users, as Twitter draws upon blocking decisions to identify "bad‐faith actors".
More recently we've also seen a more substantial role being played by social media companies in regulating discussion as well. The removal of Alex Jones and InfoWars' presence on Facebook, YouTube, and other social media platforms suggests that such companies are increasingly comfortable standing in for the old media gatekeepers. Like the prevalence of block‐lists, this suggests that the shaping of our online environments may be shifting away from personal decisions to block, and towards detached, potentially algorithmic third‐parties.
But is any of this helpful, or even necessary? Innovations that could effectively advance serious discussion without requiring users to accept widespread harassment or delegate conversation structuring power, are already in the works. For example, Facebook has been trialing Reddit‐esque upvote/downvote buttons for comments in order to allow users to increase the visibility of comments which are more 'useful', rather than those they simply like. While still in early days, this feature may allow for unconstructive or 'troll' comments to be trumped by those engaging in more thoughtful discussion. In this way, those who engage in honest discussion are rewarded with greater visibility, while those who create negative externalities (such as trolls who spur emotionally‐driven polarization and provide higher incentives to block) are relegated to the bottom of the comments section.
New models of social media sites, such as the decentralized social media Mastodon and Urbit represent interesting alternate routes by which top‐down intervention may be avoided by removing any centralized authority. On a personal level, we may consider advocating 'muting' over blocking, as this does not entirely separate the two parties in quite so concretely.
Such measures are still in their infancy, and the efficacy is yet to be determined, but they certainly seem to provide a better alternative to block‐lists of social media gatekeeping, since they empower the individuals involved in the discussion to decide for themselves what is or isn't constructive. In any case, the responsibility currently falls to social media users themselves to promote inter‐ideological discourse, and to prevent online discussion from being organized by faceless third parties. The lessons of Booker's universal block apply to social media; erasure not a solution to disagreement, and may contribute to the wider issue of online echo chambers. Talk to your political opponents — you just might learn something.


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Aquaculture Mod 1.11.2/1.10.2 for Minecraft
Aquaculture Mod 1.11.2/1.10.2 for Minecraft as the name implies, it is designed to enhance the aquaculture aspect of the game. The mod introduces into the game new items that enhance player's fishing experience as well as a new breed of fish that can be obtained from different biomes.
Fishing is highly regarded in Minecraft because of its interesting randomness, as sometimes the reward can be very handsome and worthy of the efforts. But as Minecraft is a survival-oriented sandbox game, the producer Mojang only programmed fishing as a simple side-activity for players to kill their time. Many excellent suggestions have been made in order to improve the fishing system, but Mojang hears none, that's why Aquaculture mod is created.
New fishing rods can be made from many kinds of metals; different biomes' rivers are featuring different fishery species; the loot from the sea is also enhanced, ranging from scrap items like seaweed or tin cans to valuable ones like Treasure Chest or Neptunium Bar (which has x3 durability compares to Diamond). Aquaculture is highly regarded within the Minecraft community as well as the Curse modding community due to its diverse content. Aquaculture requires Forge Mod Loader and Minecraft 1.11.2, 1.10.2.
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- Download Forge Installer, Aquaculture.jar file.
- Right click Forge Installer, Run as Administrator and press OK to install Forge. (You can skip this step if you've installed Minecraft Forge)
- Open Start on desktop > Open Run (Or you can use the Windows + R keyboard shortcut)
- Type %appdata% into Run and press enter.
- Go to folder /.minecraft/mods
- Put jar file of the mod you have downloaded into mods folder and then run Minecraft. Done!
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Poetry was my first literary love, I have to admit. Some people seem to think that poetry's only for the high-minded, those who only read literary fiction. But really, poems are just another means of expressing your innermost thoughts. In grade school, my friends and I wrote poems, shared poems, and collaborated on poems. Yes, most of it was laughable, but at the time, it provided a deep connection between us. More than that, it became the basis for a lifelong love of writing, for me. Playing with words and ideas, putting them together with their own particular cadence and rhythm, was a creative breakthrough. Not surprisingly, we were all also crazy about music. I used to pore over song lyrics, much of which was poetry in its own right.
If you doubt the power of poetry, watch Maya Angelou recite Still I Rise. It will change not only your mind, but it will change you.
Celebrate National Poetry Month! If you're new to poetry, try the Poem In Your Pocket. See if that poem doesn't change the way you look at the world around you. :)


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BEDFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. (NASDAQ:OCUL) a biopharmaceutical company focused on the formulation, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases and conditions of the eye, today announced that Antony Mattessich, President and Chief Executive Officer of Ocular Therapeutix, will present at the 30th Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 28, 2018 at 3:00 PM ET at the Lotte New York Palace Hotel in New York, NY.
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A live webcast of the presentation can be accessed by visiting the Investors section of the Company's website at investors.ocutx.com.
About Ocular Therapeutix, Inc.
Ocular Therapeutix, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the formulation, development, and commercialization of innovative therapies for diseases and conditions of the eye using its proprietary bioresorbable hydrogel-based formulation technology. Ocular Therapeutix's lead product candidate, DEXTENZA® (dexamethasone insert), has completed Phase 3 clinical development for the treatment of ocular pain and inflammation following ophthalmic surgery. OTX-TP (travoprost insert) is an intracanalicular insert in Phase 3 clinical development for the reduction of intraocular pressure in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma and ocular hypertension. The Company's earlier stage assets include OTX-TIC, an extended-delivery travoprost intracameral implant for the reduction of intraocular pressure in patients with glaucoma and ocular hypertension, as well as sustained release intravitreal implants for the treatment of retinal diseases. These intravitreal implants include the development of OTX-TKI, a tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TKI), and, in collaboration with Regeneron, OTX-IVT, an extended-delivery protein-based anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) trap. Ocular Therapeutix's first product, ReSure® Sealant, is FDA-approved to seal corneal incisions following cataract surgery.


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Paul Manafort set himself a delegate deadline of Tuesday, June 7, the day of the final GOP primary in California.
He exceeded expectations by wrapping up Donald Trump's numbers on Thursday, May 26. The presumptive nominee has even surpassed the magic 1,237 with a current total of 1,239 delegates.
Mister 1,237, as the Associated Press (AP) dubs him, is John Trandem, a small business owner. He and his wife live north of Fargo, North Dakota. All of North Dakota's GOP delegates are unbound because the state declined to have a caucus this year. Trandem wanted to commit for Trump, but he also wanted to be the 1,237th delegate. An AP reporter told Trandem that Trump had 1,236 delegates, to which the North Dakotan replied:
Then I'm the one!
Trandem and fellow delegate State Representative Ben Koppelman later met Trump that day in Bismarck, the state capital. Trandem stood behind Trump as he gave a speech about his plans for energy independence in the United States.
Regardless of what British and other media outside the United States are saying, Trump remains the presumptive nominee until the GOP convention in Cleveland in July.
Manafort — the 'strong hand' — deftly managed to avoid a contested convention.
Now the Democrats have all the mess. Although Hillary Clinton has most of the superdelegates, Bernie Sanders is giving her a run for her money in California.
The Guardian summed up Clinton's dismal week nicely. Her poor national polling 'normalises' the prospect of a Trump White House. The email scandal is alive and well, to the extent that Obama refused to take a question in Japan from reporters on his former Secretary of State's trustworthiness. Clinton has had to schedule extra appearances in California in order to stanch the flow of Democrats to Sanders. Is this a storm that will quickly blow over? Or is it an indication that her candidacy will implode?
At this point, anything is possible. Appearing on the late-night Jimmy Kimmel Live a few days ago, Trump said he would consider debating Sanders on national television for charity. Trump later decided against the debate for two main reasons: the Democratic nominee had not yet been chosen and the money proposed was not enough. Trump specified that the recipient would be a women's charity.
Meanwhile, Clinton has refused to debate Sanders. One wonders why, exactly.
The anti-Trump media on both sides of the political spectrum have pushed his amazing delegate victory to the side in favour of spurious or exaggerated news stories. On May 27, The New York Times accused him and his campaign of not wanting to go big-league. The hit piece was woven around the dismissal of national political director Rick Wiley a few days ago. The two reporters who wrote the story asked for Trump's response. He relayed it through his campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks:
You two wouldn't know how to write a good story about me if you tried — dream on.
Real Clear Politics (RCP) has more on Wiley's departure. Corey Lewandowski hired Wiley six weeks ago. As I wrote in April, Wiley is well grounded in the GOP delegate process. So, although he worked for Wisconsin governor Paul Walker's campaign — and recall that Walker turned against Trump during the primary this year — he was seen as a natural to work alongside Manafort. RCP says that Wiley aligned himself with Manafort on the need for a big national campaign. Trump appears to think that doing so now is premature. My take is that Trump does not like spend money until he has to. Wiley also butted heads with Lewandowski in not appointing the latter's hand-picked people to top jobs in battleground states.
Well, Wiley accomplished what he was hired to do. There will be future jobs for him elsewhere, possibly even for Trump at a later date.
After all, look at Stuart Jolly, whom I also covered in the aforementioned April post. Jolly resigned shortly after Wiley came on board. He is now the political director of the pro-Trump Great America PAC.
It is odd that the media are focussing only on the hirings and firings in the Trump camp. Have there been no similar goings-on in either the Sanders or Clinton campaigns? After all, Sanders let a few hundred staffers go several weeks ago. If that had been Trump, we'd still be seeing it all over the media.
In more anti-Trump reporting, on May 28, The Wall Street Journal published an interview with Mitt Romney wherein he repeated his same talking points from March. The Guardian has a summary; he's the self-proclaimed 'last lion' who wanted to set a good example for his grandchildren by opposing Trump. He would have set a better example for them had he done his job running against Obama in 2012, when he pretty much went AWOL in the final weeks before the election.
In a week when violent protests took place at Trump rallies in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and San Diego, California, Trump spokeswoman Katrina Pierson and Democratic strategist Angela Rye went head-to-head on CNN debating who was responsible for the protesters. Pierson blamed Soros and Rye blamed Trump supporters — as well as the candidate himself, citing his 'immaturity'.
It's interesting that the CNN host asked Pierson to send him her evidence that Soros is behind the protestors. The Left won't bother to investigate, preferring to blame Trump's protests on him.
In more positive news, Dilbert's Scott Adams, who maintains he is not a Trump supporter, says that he still expects the Donald to win by a landslide in November. Adams explains:
Essentially he's basically bringing a flamethrower to a stick fight. There's nobody using the same tools that he's using. So his complete ignoring of facts are actually part of the persuasion because he doesn't give you targets.
Marco Rubio has indicated he will 'be helpful' to Trump by attending the GOP convention and releasing his delegates to the billionaire. On May 26, he told CNN's Jake Tapper:
I don't want to be harmful because I don't want Hillary Clinton to be president.
Senator Jeff Sessions, who has been communicating regularly with Trump over the past few months, told The Daily Caller that he would consider the VP slot if asked. However, he added:
"I don't think that's going to happen. And I think he can get a better candidate," he said.
Newt Gingrich believes Trump will 'repaint' the electoral map. On May 28, he told Fox News's Sean Hannity:
… you heard it here for the first time so you can keep this and play it later on the air. Just as there were once Reagan Democrats, I think there are going to be 'Trump Americans' and they're not going to be people who rush in and decide they're Republican the next day. They're going to say, look, to make America great again, I'm going to be for Donald Trump. They're going to be in all 50 states. They're going to be in places you never expected. I think we're going have a new map. As I said, replace red and blue because it's the old order. Replace it with green for Trump and orange for Hillary and you're going to have a very different map by election day.
When Hannity asked about the colour scheme, Gingrich replied:
Green is both for the economy and because it will drive the environmentalists crazy. And we were just looking for an appropriate color for Hillary, and orange somehow seems to fit all the news stories.
Must be all those orange pantsuits!
Trump insider and GOP campaign veteran Roger Stone explained how the property mogul would handle both Clinton and Sanders. Interviewed on Boston Herald Radio, he said:
… if you eventually want to win Bernie Sanders' supporters, you're looking for areas where you have common beliefs: Opposition to NAFTA, opposition to these global trade deals that are destroying our job market, for example. On the other hand, it really does kind of leave Hillary out there looking foolish, so it has some upside.
Clearly, Trump is going to run to… Hillary Clinton's left on trade, and war, and to Hillary's right on everything else.
With apologies to Roger Stone, who is quickly becoming a cult celebrity, Trump is ploughing straight through the middle. Expect more in the weeks to come.


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Around 200 passengers were locked in a Ryanair plane during a snowstorm without any food, water or information for more than six hours.
The plane was grounded on the tarmac at Vaclav Havel Airport in Prague with the same group of passengers experiencing delays again today.
Flight FR2767 to Madrid with 189 passengers on board was grounded at 9 am on Monday. According to reports, the snowstorm was deteriorating, and there was no food or water on board to offer passengers.
A Ryanair passenger who was stranded on the plane shared the details of the incident in his Tweeter account. He said that a few passengers had anxiety attacks while parents tried to calm down their children.
When after six hours the passengers were allowed to leave the plane, they ventured out into the snowstorm. They were reported to have spent the night in the airport and left for Madrid today.
The passengers complained on social media that they had to suffer temperatures of -10 degrees. Others said they felt like Ryanair "kidnapped" them.


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Footage has been shared on the internet which shows how an police officer dares his own life to rescue the life of a child which was hiding in a burning house. The police officer was wearing a Body camera which recorded every step that the police officer made.
It is not regular to see people dare their own life to rescue one another. In the most cases we only see negative footage of police officers and this time, some positive footage has been shared.


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Despite the growing number of data breaches, cyberattacks, privacy issues and other problems associated with technology, Americans remain optimistic on technology and innovation, according to a new report.
Last month, I followed an intriguing link on USA Today's front page as I read top stories online. The headline proclaimed: In Tech We Trust: Exploring American optimism on technology.
The story begins: "In a time when we're more accustomed to being divided than united, Americans have found one thing they can agree upon: Our attitudes about technology show overwhelming consensus and widespread optimism.
In a recent survey conducted on behalf of the Charles Koch Institute, Americans' confidence in technology is one distinct area where the familiar segments of the American population give way to unified expression. This cohesion is best exemplified in the finding that 92% of Americans indicated their belief that innovation is a big part of American culture and history: a near unanimous result."
This article points out that this optimism cuts across life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness:
This interactive version of the study offers a true/false quiz with details (via links) that fact-check American attitudes toward innovation. Here are the questions:
92% of Americans, spanning geographical, generational and party lines, agree, and so do facts.
77% of Americans think so. According to the National Science Foundation,
"Every two years the National Science Foundation publishes a report on the state of U.S. science and engineering enterprise. The 2018 report confirmed that the U.S. continues to rank first globally on a number of key innovation metrics including: most investment in research and development, attracts the most venture capital investment, awards the most advanced degrees, and is the largest producer in high-tech manufacturing sectors.
"Far and away, the most important aspect of technology for Americans is the utility of the product and whether or not it has a tangible benefit on their lives. 91% of all survey respondents said that when considering purchasing new tech products they focus more on the actual use of the product than the perceived popularity or a 'keeping up with the Joneses' mentality. …" Source: Thomas Edison Institute
The study also showed that most Americans are not obsessed with artificial intelligence (AI), but are rather hopeful in AI advances in the coming decade.
The details of the report can be downloaded here. Here are some more of the results:
"A strong majority expect package delivering flying drones (81%) and commercially available self-driving vehicles (71%) to arrive within their lifetime.
Even longer-term technologies such as short-trip flying vehicles (42%) and underground car transport tunnels (33%) are seen as viable lifetime innovations for more than a third of Americans.
In terms of regulation, Americans generally believe that there is too much power and wealth controlled by a few highly innovative companies (77%). Despite this, Americans are in favor of allowing market competition (87%) to drive innovation than using regulation as a means of preventing unforeseen problems in the technological mass market (55%)."
In a previous study conducted by Pew Research in 2017, "four-in-ten Americans credit technology with improving life most in the past 50 years."
Forbes recently offered this article, which describes the rise of the technology infrastructure sector among investors, in areas ranging from smart cities to hardware and software to sensors and apps. This trend shows that there are financial resources behind this optimism.
What About All Those Data Breaches?
Are security pros too negative on technology and innovation?
Yes, if they want to stay in the mainstream — according to the recently released study from the Charles Koch Institute and USA Today.
I experienced this viewpoint last year in my own relationships, as I described in this article for CSO magazine: "Why security pros are addicted to FUD and what you can do about it."
Here's an excerpt:
I was at a Super Bowl party, where I saw a friend that I typically talk to a few times a year in Michigan. He came right up to me and said (in a melancholy tone), "Dan, I see your posts on LinkedIn all the time. I love your writing, but I can't read them anymore."
"Why?" I slowly responded.
"I just get too depressed reading about all that negative security news. It's all problems, hacks, breaches, lawsuits, privacy violations, and worse. No good news. But things can't be that bad — since technology is booming."
(Side note: At this point someone interrupted us with a game update of a touchdown for one team, and we never finished the conversation.)
That exchange stuck in my mind for months. …
I ended that article with these recommendations for security professionals:
I also believe that FUD does have role to play in the industry. Here are a few ideas that can help harness the power of FUD:
As this blogger points out, the opposite of FUD is often security apathy. Passionate security pros can struggle when others neglect, ignore or dismiss cyber-risks as not being relevant or worth addressing in the enterprise. In those cases, FUD is many times used to defeat the nay-sayers.
But FUD becomes a serious long-term concern when overused. The Chicken Little, yelling FUD too often can burn people out.
This "FUD/apathy pendulum" can swing back and forth while pragmatic business people look for a reasonable middle ground. One helpful goal is to become (or maintain the role as) the trusted adviser who, even if you are addicted to FUD, offers your business best practice solutions that can help reduce cyber-risk in reasonable ways — without hype.
Closing Thoughts
I am publishing this blog on Easter Sunday, which is a day of hope offering good news for the millions of Americans who are Christians.
Indeed, surveys still show that more Americans say "In God we trust" than say "In tech we trust." (No doubt, the majority say both.) This writer is a part of the first group with more complicated (mixed) views on technology. As I describe in the CSO piece, I keep going back to FUD, with an ongoing professional skepticism that most cybersecurity professionals share with me about many new innovative products that are part of our new Internet of Things (IoT).
I realize that my entire career has been built on computer science and technology innovation. I am very grateful for that. Yet, I cannot stop worrying about potential "Trojan Horses" being let into our lives with new tech.
Nevertheless, even with all the negative stories in the media headlines and with plenty of data breaches to talk about, I think it is very important to offer pragmatic answers that work. The verifiable survey data shows Americans strongly value technology and innovation in numerous ways.
Despite challenges, most Americans remain optimistic about the future of technology and innovation.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NET-220?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Sebb updated NET-220: --------------------- Component/s: TFTP > TFTPServer is not threadsafe > ---------------------------- > > Key: NET-220 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NET-220 > Project: Commons Net > Issue Type: Bug > Components: TFTP > Affects Versions: 2.0 > Reporter: Sebb > Attachments: TFTPServer.patch, TFTPServerPathTest.patch > > > The TFTPServer class is not threadsafe. > There are several reasons for this: > Ctors call private launch() method which creates a thread and start()s it. > This publishes the instance before it has been fully constructed. > Various instance fields are not thread-safe - e.g. serverReadDirectory_ is neither final nor volatile, and accesses to it are not synchronized. > Although it is only written by the ctors, the lack of synch means that the field may not be visible to other threads. > As far as possible, instance fields should be made final - this guarantees that the field will be visible to other threads. > One of the shutdown_ variables is volatile (so is threadsafe) but the shutdown_ variable in the nested TFTPTransfer class is not, yet is accessed from multiple threads. > The access to the variable serverException is not synch; should probably be volatile. > Patch to follow. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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Suspensions upheld for Clemson DT Dexter Lawrence and two others
The NCAA confirms that Clemson defensive tackle Dexter Lawrence has been suspended for Saturday's CFP semifinal game against Notre Dame in the Cotton Bowl following a failed test for performance-enhancing drugs.
Lawrence was one of three Clemson players who tested positive for ostarine, a substance used to treat osteoporosis that can act like an anabolic steroid.
Lawrence took part in Clemson's media day session on Thursday and said he has no idea what may have led to the failed test.
Clemson coach Dabo Swinney announced earlier in the week the school had been notified by the NCAA about the failed tests by Lawrence, reserve offensive tackle Zach Giella and freshman tight end Braden Galloway.


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6 pairs of knickers every woman owns
Knickers, am I right?
Folks, there's little funnier than referring to a singular pair of underwear as 'a knickers'. I cannot explain the science behind it, you just need to trust me on this one.
Anyway, someone decided at a certain point in history that we all need to wear knickers and to be honest, it wasn't a bad shout. They're warm, fashionable and they get the job done.
I firmly believe that we're all victim to having the same category of knickers, so here's the proof.
1. The Everyday Pair
This is your bog standard knicker, more practical than fancy. You open the knicker drawer in the morning and know exactly where you stand with this pair. There's no tag at the back that's going to irritate your butt for the day and there's no holes that could potentially be mocked if you, God forbid, found yourself in an accident. These reliable smalls will never let you down, nor find themselves up your butt crack. Thank you, everyday pair.
2. The Pair You Remortgaged Your House For
Victoria's Secret
JK nobody owns a house these days!! You ran away with yourself the day you purchased these bad boys, that's for sure. You were in the airport, had about 20 minutes to kill and spent the bones of €5,000 on a pair of admittedly underwhelming knickers. They're dry clean only, were crafted by 35 silent monks over the course of two decades and hold the mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle, or so the sales assistant led you to believe.
3. The Shark Week Pair
The Jan of the knicker family, they are unloved and you have no emotional attachment to them whatsoever. It's hard to look them in the eyes at times because all the love in your relationship has gone away. They know you're only using them and will squash them to the bottom of the drawer for weeks at a time.
4. The ~Sexy~ Pair
Listen, spade a spade, these knickers are the Christina Aguilera 'Dirty' era of the knicker drawer. They know their relevance is vital in the world, strutting around with confidence and somehow always managing to pop themselves to the top of the laundry basket for all to see. They're the type of knickers that you need to say three Hail Marys after wearing, and can't look your parents in the eye for a few weeks after as well.
5. The Pair You've Had Since Birth
Not literally, but they're easily as old as the iPod. Like all of us, they're flawed. They have the beginnings of some detrimental and irreparable fraying going on and are barely fit to hang out on the clothesline for fear that anyone would catch sight of them. But you have this weird attachment to them and know that they will never be replaced in your heart.
6. The Guantanamo Bae Pair
These are absolutely 100% not made for humans to wear. They're so uncomfortable, X Factor tension music plays on a loop each time you wear them. They sit in the knicker drawer tempting you, convincing you that they'll reap serious rewards if you simply give them the opportunity to do so. Alas, you are let down every time and end up readjusting yourself for the entire day due to their haphazard wandering.


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Selective cull cash shift call
Selective cull cash shift call
REDISTRIBUTION of compensation for dairy cattle, moving some of the money away from the selective cull to allow higher payments for over-30-month scheme animals, has been called for by Ayrshire farmer Alastair Love.
He told an Ayr Scottish NFU meeting that cull cows going through the OTMS were now worth a maximum of only about £320. "Yet those with cohorts under the selective cull are getting eight times that level of compensation, and more if the animals are pedigreed," he said.
Mr Love knew of a farmer who had 50 heifers ready to come into his herd. He stood to lose 15 cohorts in the selective cull and expected to get enough compensation for them to buy sufficient milk quota to take all 50 heifers into the herd, rather than just 15 to cover the cohort losses.
"The whole thing is ridiculous and it is high time there was some sort of equalisation between the two schemes. The current level of OTMS compensation is derisory but there are people doing very nicely out of the selective cull. I would like the NFU to press for some equalisation between the schemes," he said.
But Ian Kerr, vice convenor of the SNFUs milk committee said there was no connection between the two schemes and it could be dangerous to suggest that compensation for selective cull animals should be reduced.
He said there had been 700 selective cull cohorts slaughtered in Scotland compared with 58,000 cows destroyed under the OTMS.


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The John Ibbotson fund is once again putting on its Fish and Hits night as it continues to raise money to send young riders racing in Europe.
This year the fund is backing Sam Allen and Alistair Carr, who was backed by the fund for the second part of last season. Allen moves to Brittany at the end of February where he will stay with former pro Tony Mills.
Alistair Carr, who has already speant two seasons racing in France, has had to delay the start of his season due to a knee injury sustained on a pre season team skiing trip.
The popular Fish and Hits night takes place on February 20, in Walton on the Hill, near Boxhill in Surrey. The night features live music from a local band and a top notch fish and chip supper.
Tickets are still available but must be pre-ordered.
The fund's other money raiser is the Ibbo's Cake Quest sportive that takes place in late September. Online entry is now available.


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A family in Juja, Kiambu county survived death narrowly, when a building under construction collapsed.
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According to the Nation, the collapsed building destroyed property of unknown value, including a vehicle that was parked outside.
The family that survived the harrowing incident are said to be the building's owner, wife and young daughter.
A witness said, they heard noise before the building collapsed.
"It is only inhabited by the owner who, together with his wife and daughter, managed to escape with minimal injuries when the tragedy occurred," the witness said.
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According to an officer from the Buildings Inspectorate Department, in the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development, the building sunk due to an addition of two more floors on top of the first floor.
Another major mistake that led to the building to collapse, was the use of substandard materials that were not suitable for high rise buildings.
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Earlier this month, a poorly erected building in Kisii collapsed killing 9 people and injuring 31.
The owner of the building identified as Jeremiah Matoke was arrested and later arraigned in court.
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Watch a video of the Kisii building collapse.
Cover photo: Mary Wambui/Nation Media.