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"Stillness" is an exhibition of recent pastel works by national still-life artist Mary Joan Waid. This group of new pieces presents her traditional, exquisite, and often haunting still-life works with a closeness and intimacy that relates instantly with the viewer. Almost as a "still" these beautifully crafted images depict a moment, perhaps fleeting, of an ongoing narrative happening with the subject. Intense color and minimal background detail focus these subjects in a sense of directness that characterizes Waid's newest works. Waid is one of the foremost still-life artists currently working. She has been included in numerous national exhibitions and has shown in several prestigious museums. This will be her third solo exhibition at Atrium Gallery.
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To be fair, Minecraft is a (surprisingly) quality program that is written in Java. It's also a total memory pig and is much slower than other 3D games, though also to be fair, it's a quite complex 3D environment (infinitely changeable), so it's hard to compare to games with more static worlds. But it does show that it's at least possible to write a good game in Java. It does occasionally freeze up, however, probably doing garbage collection to my son's infinite annoyance.
Now, a fair comparison is comparing the Java version of the Scratch environment to the Flash version, and the Flash version is about 5-10x the speed.
Java can nearly as fast as C for very small pieces of code where the runtime can do straightforward JIT compilation, that is true. If you define that as "where Java is used", then your claim is true. However, for code of any size or complexity, Java slows down tremendously. Why do you think Java is "slow on the desktop"? It's because desktop apps are applications of size and aren't trivial pieces of glue code.
Or, to put it another way, if Java isn't inherently slow and is "as fast as C" as you claim, why would there be an exception around desktop apps or "graphics in general"?
I notice that most (not you, obviously) of the PHP defenders are posting as A/C.
There is no doubt that PHP has some deep flaws, but they give you an escape from a lot of the flaws. It's possible to have a reasonable codebase written in PHP if you have good experience in the language.
The main reason I like PHP is that it's ubiquitous. I learned a long time ago that it SUCKS to work in an unpopular environment, even if it has some sort of theoretical advantage. It's hard to find information, libraries are nonexistent or buggy, programmers are hard to find or expensive, etc, etc.
As I see it, there are only four viable language if you want to stay mainstream: Java, C++, C# and PHP. If you want to avoid Microsoft, you're down to three. If you hate Java's verbosity, slowness and pain, as I do, you're down to two. And if you want quick productivity and rapid development for entrepreneurial reasons, that eliminates C++ and also eliminates Java again, and that leaves one to rule them all: PHP.
I don't particularly like PHP. But it does have a lot of modern language features, and it's really easy to get code written and out. And it's reliable, if you put in the work to establish a framework (E_STRICT, turn on exceptions, etc).
I would love to see a better mainstream language emerge, but PHP just plain wins out for certain purposes. If I was working for a large organization with plenty of time and money, I'd probably pick C++ or Java. But for a small, hungry organization, it's hard to beat PHP, which was forged by necessity. And I wish I could beat it, because it does have some pretty big flaws.
Very few serious programmers will say that they are stupid or awful.
Huh? Have you just fallen off the turnip truck?
C: Unsafe at any speed. Un-bound-checked array, null pointers, etc, etc. Many people HATE C because it's unsafe, though they grudgingly admit that it's sometimes a necessary evil for system programming.
C++: Overly complex, insane learning curve, no garbage collection. There are no shortage of people who hate C++.
And Java is possibly your most absurd point. Overly verbose to the extreme, slow, insane memory requirements, slow, crazy libraries, and slow (please don't bother to claim that isn't slow).
Don't know why you're putting the scare-italics on bacteria. I probably should have said microorganisms to be as general as possible, but are you thinking bacteria requires oxygen? Anaerobic bacteria evolved on Earth, so I would think it could possibly evolve on Mars (assuming there isn't trapped oxygen in the soil, for whatever reason).
Of course our sterilization wasn't perfect, but at least we did it, and there wasn't an easy way for them to grow and spread into the environmental soil. That's a far cry from putting dirty humans there along with hydroponics with literally quadrillions of bacteria actively growing, not to mention the living space located within the ground and tapping the native water supplies.
Like I said in another post, I highly doubt there is native life there. But doubt is not the same as proven, and the fact is that contamination from a colony is a real possibility. The point isn't really about the factual question of life or no life, the question is whether there are sufficient scientists who believe it's likely enough to be an issue, and then it becomes a political issue.
For what it's worth, I agree with you. I highly doubt there is life on Mars, but our opinion doesn't matter to the big picture that there are a lot of people who believe there might be. And really, we're just guessing. The point is that once we have contamination, it might kill off something that was there.
I've always been of the opinion that once a private Mars mission gets close to becoming reality, scientists and the government will go in league to shut it down because of environmental contamination. The question of whether there is life on Mars is still open, and once you have a group setting up a settlement, the planet is potentially contaminated forever with Earth bacteria, which might even kill off native bacteria, if any.
My question is, are you concerned with the contamination question and do you think you might be prevented from going if scientists get the right politicians to listen? You sort-of have a FAQ question about this ("Will the mission be harmful to Mars' environment?"), but you don't really answer it.
Christians today (since Christ's time, actually) are under a new covenant which we call the New Testament. The Old Testament is no longer applicable as law.
You are (sadly) mistaken. There is a reason the OT is included in Christian bibles.
"It is easier for Heaven and Earth to pass away than for the smallest part of the letter of the law to become invalid." (Luke 16:17 NAB)
"Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I say to you, until heaven and earth pass away, not the smallest part or the smallest part of a letter will pass from the law, until all things have taken place." (Matthew 5:17 NAB)
"For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass the law until all is accomplished. Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven." (Matthew 5:18-19 RSV)
Every single word of the OT was commanded by Jesus himself to be obeyed. Why this doesn't tell people that it's all a bunch of mythical hooey I will never understand.
To downgrade the human mind is bad theology. - C. K. Chesterton


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It's the little car that can. The 60's British style icon reborn in the 21st century, the cheeky little MINI can run rings around cars twice its size. The revamped MINI launched in the space year 2001 and has proven to be a resounding success, even winning around some of the committed fans of the original. It's entirely possible that every fifth person driving a car in London is driving a MINI.*
Everyone in their right mind agrees that the MINI is a fun car to drive but not everyone knows how much power the MINI can put out. The MINI mixes a top speed of 140mph with the ability to turn a corner like nobody's business. When you see what a professional driver in a MINI can do, you'll be inspired to experience MINI driving yourself. The Mini is a classic British car, and if you'd like to take one onto a classic British track then take a look at our selection of Mini Goodwood driving experiences.
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Friday, May 21, 2004JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (May 21, 2004) - The Furman Paladins hit five home runs off of East Tennessee State pitching, scoring a season-high 18 runs en route to a 18-7 victory over the Bucs Friday night from Cardinal Park in Johnson City, Tenn. The game began as a slugfest, with Furman (20-32, 10-18 Southern Conference) scoring seven runs in the first two innings, while the Bucs (27-27, 14-14 SoCon) scored seven times over the first five frames. In the top of the first, the Paladins took the lead with four runs on five hits. A.J. Davidiuk led off the game with a solo home run over the left field wall. After a double by Derek Norman, Case Cassedy hit an RBI single to right. With one out, Matthew Betsill hit a towering two-run homer to right. East Tennessee State cut the Paladin lead in half with two runs in the bottom of the first. Sophomore right fielder Shane Byrne (Johnson City, Tenn.) tripled with one out, followed by a RBI double to left-center by junior catcher Caleb Moore (Knoxville, Tenn.). Sophomore center fielder Steven Calicutt (Spartanburg, S.C.) hit a two-out single later in the inning to score Moore. Furman put three more runs on the board in the top of the second. With two outs, Norman singled and Cassedy walked before Sam McLain hit a three-run homer to right. The Bucs scored twice in the bottom of the second, cutting the Paladin advantage to 7-4. With two outs, junior designated hitter Richie Billings (Leesburg, Fla.) singled prior to a two-run homer by senior shortstop Andy Howdeshell (Maryville, Tenn.). ETSU plated single runs in the third and fourth innings, as the Paladins led by just one, 7-6. Calicutt reached on an error in the third, scoring Moore. Howdeshell hit his second home run of the night in the fourth, a solo blast down the left field line. The Paladins widened their lead with three runs in the top of the fifth. Dominic Franchini and William Stembridge hit RBI singles while Andrew Greene drove in a run with a fielder's choice. East Tennessee trimmed the Paladin advantage to 10-7 with a run in the bottom of the fifth. Sophomore first baseman Blake Church (Roswell, Ga.) doubled to lead off the inning and later scored on a sacrifice fly by sophomore third baseman Greg Roberts (Douglas, Ga.). But that was as close as the Bucs would come, as Furman relievers Ryan Hudson and Calvin Hurst held ETSU scoreless over the last four innings. Furman put the game away with two runs in the sixth, four in the eighth and two in the ninth. Franchini drove in two runs with a double in the sixth, while McLain hit his second homer of the night, a two-run shot in the eighth. Greene drove in two runs with a single in the eighth while Cassedy hit a two-run homer in the ninth. It was a milestone evening for Furman's Franchini and ETSU's Moore. With his three RBIs this evening, Franchini broke the Paladin record for most career runs batted in with 168. Moore extended his team-best hitting streak to 17 games and with his two doubles, he broke the SoCon record for doubles in a season (28). Moore also broke the ETSU record for hits in a season tonight with his 89th base hit. Hudson (3-3) earned the win for the Paladins, pitching four innings of relief and allowing one run on five hits. He also walked two and struck out two. ETSU sophomore righty Jeremy Hall (Gray, Tenn.) had a rough outing (9-7), allowing 12 runs on 14 hits in 5.2 innings. Hall walked one and struck out on this evening. McLain led the Paladins at the plate, going 4-for-6 with four runs scored and five RBIs. Cassedy was 3-for-5 with four runs scored and three RBIs. Franchini and Greene also drove in three runs while Norman scored four runs. Howdeshell led the Bucs this evening, going 3-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBIs. Moore went 2-for-4 while Church went 2-for-3. The Buccaneers and Paladins play game two of their three-game weekend series tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. from Cardinal Park in Johnson City, Tenn.
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This was Chris Canetti's idea. This is Marcus Tracy's hometown.
The idea was to bring the beautiful game to a place where, for a day, ugliness knew no bounds. And while no game could ever undo the 26 senseless murders at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, nearly 50 stars of American soccer did their best Monday to put smiles on the faces of the children and the parents of those children who push on from one of the worst tragedies in our nation's history.
If the number of stars from Major League Soccer and the U.S. men's and women national teams and the number of joyful smiles that lit up this early January night are used to quantify that mission, Soccer Night in Newtown was a grand success.
Landon Donovan was at the Newtown Youth Academy Sports & Fitness Center. Cobi Jones and Alexi Lalas were there. Kristine Lilly, Mia Hamm and Christie Rampone were there. More than 30 other MLS stars were there, too.
They signed autographs for more than 1,000 Newtown kids and their families over two sessions. They broke down into soccer games. There were giant inflatables to romp in. Bob Ley, host of ESPN's "Outside the Lines" and one of America's premier sports journalists, was the master of ceremonies. It was fitting, because this was one of the great collections of American soccer players ever assembled in one place.
"Maybe the greatest of all time," Canetti said.
For Tracy, now playing for the San Jose Earthquakes, this was especially emotional.
"Growing up here and having lived 18 years of my life here, I was deeply impacted by it," Tracy said. "Obviously nothing like the families that suffered such great loss.
"This is my town. This is my home. Newtown is and always has been a soccer town. It's great to see the response of the U.S. soccer community. And it's important to see people out here, getting the young kids out here and show them a good time again. Sort of restore that sense of normalcy and see them smile and run around and laugh."
The idea started with Canetti, president of the Houston Dynamo. He grew up in Guilford. He went to Quinnipiac.
"I'm no different than any other American who on the weekend of the tragedy sat around my house terribly saddened and shocked," Canetti said. "I just kept wondering, 'What can we do?' On a whim that next Monday morning driving into work I picked up my cellphone and called Eric Da Costa."
Da Costa is the head coach at Quinnipiac, and Canetti had a question.
"One simple question," Canetti said. "Tell me what type of soccer town Newtown is. I had lost touch. He told me it's a huge soccer town. Big club there, good high school programs, boys and girls, and a facility. I said, well, we should do something. You're grass roots. You're tied to the Connecticut communities. I'm with the pros."
Da Costa told Canetti, "Let's do it."
Da Costa reached out to the Connecticut Football Club, which secured the Newtown facility for the night and sent over a bunch of coaches.
The initial idea was to hold a clinic. Canetti called up a number of his Dynamo players about coming to Newtown. Brian Ching, Brad Davis, Ricardo Clark, Corey Ashe and Tally Hall …
"They all said the same thing," Canettii said. "Yes, yes, yes."
After looking into it more, Canetti and others realized a clinic was not going to impact enough people.
"We might have had 20 kids here, 20 there, it wasn't big enough," Canetti said.
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What is the power behind a shared experience?
In my Bioelectricity class this week, We learned that it is the low resistance pathways between the billions of myocardial cells in the heart that allow this amazing organ to beat in synchrony. We also learned that in a particular study, one subject's EKG could be measured on another person's EEG simply through touch (http://www.reiki.org/Download/electricity_of_touch1.pdf). It's incredible to think that a signal we are not consciously aware of can have a measurable impact on another person's mind and even heart.
Thinking more broadly: Who hasn't felt an urge to yawn within a few minutes of being in the presence of other yawning people? Or burst out laughing over an absurd happening that might not really have been funny? We encounter these types of shared experiences throughout our everyday lives.
Low resistance enables heart cells work together in synchrony. How can we
as species, work together taking advantage of our connected world?
Rhona Pavis
Mar 23 2012: Give and accept more hugs.
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Andrew Kiang
Mar 25 2012: Haha I like this idea.
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According to this article, http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~knutson/ans/kosfeld05.pdf , the stimulus of touch can increase trust and relieve stress between people because of the release of oxytocin.
An experiment, http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~knutson/ans/kosfeld05.pdf, serves to point out that oxytocin does increase trust, but it is context dependent. As in, randomly touching people will not necessarily increase trust.
Mar 26 2012: I recently listened to a talk by Dr. Norm Shealy (energypsychology.com) about the correlation between oxytocin deficiency and various psychological diseases including depression, ADD and schizophrenia. If oxytocin is not established during birth then it becomes harder to do so later on in life.
Oxytocin levels can be increased through pleasant experiences like listening to relaxing music, receiving hugs, etc.
Simon Khuvis
Mar 25 2012: While the sense of unity instilled by a shared experience is a powerful tool for the promotion of positive action, we should remain mindful of its utility in furtherance of ill motives as well. It is no surprise that dictators throughout history have relied on mass spectacle to brainwash the populace.
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A famous, or rather, infamous example of shared experience leading to a less-than-desired outcome is Stockholm Syndrome, a psychological phenomenon in which a hostage begins to empathize with his or her captor, sometimes even acting in the captor's defense. The human brain is hard-wired for survival, and during a traumatic event, it reaches out to others for physical and emotional support. Group cohesion is enforced by this deep-seeded instinct for survival.
Good experiences, bad experiences -- experiences at any extreme of the emotional spectrum are conducive to bonding, but this also means that we have to lend special consideration to any actions we take that are motivated by these instincts.Mar 21 2012: How can we use the feeling of a shared experience to mimic the heart pathways and build lower resistance between people?
My answer: charlie tod's " The no pants subway ride "
George Kong
Mar 26 2012: Shared experiences... are almost like sharing the neural configuration of the brain. Those shared experiences intertwine, if only in small part, the very structure of our brains, providing a point of commonality and understanding between each other.
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In lifelong relationships, we share so many experiences over a span of such a period of time, that the makeup of our brains... begin to mirror each other in some profound ways. As though our essence flows into each other - beyond the vessel of the cells that make up the body and mind of an individual.
Even without direct contact, I share many experiences with my fellow humans. There is a regularity and rhythm to our universe, our specific temporal location that is embedded within the fabric of all our lives. This is simultaneously mundane and profound - language, culture, human emotions, the repeating structures of families, friends, societies.
At many levels we are truly connected to each other - each sharing much more similarity than dissimilarity. The world would be a better place if we could recognize and embrace that simple fact.
Mar 27 2012: I've pondered the deeper question "What am I?" to conclude that, on some level, I am the conscious and subconscious manifestation of myself as an entity, as I occur to myself (circular, sure, but bear with me). But then I ask myself, why stop there? What about the projections of the entity that is me onto the conscious and subconscious of my friends, family, acquaintances, and even to strangers, to whom I am just one infinitesimal unit of the greater entity that is humanity?
Now suppose there were some way to take those projections and read them from someone's mind. Each person's view of me is like a picture from another angle. What makes any one person's angle more valid than another? What makes my own conception of me more important than anyone else's? Is the me in my mind somehow innately more me than the me in their mind? After all, the nature of these different "me's" is ultimately the same: it is the projection of this entity onto a conscious and subconscious. How many times have you been confronted with an experience in which you see that someone else knows you better than you do yourself?
I am at once an entity and a perception of that entity. As a somewhat sentient creature, I invoke Descartes here: cogito ergo sum. By this tenet, I argue that the perception of myself outweighs the reality of being myself. I could depart with these hands, these legs, this torso, this face, and my identity would remain so long as I can perceive and be capable of self-awareness. But then again, what makes my perception of myself superior to the perception of me by others?
I'm not religious, so I'm always surprised when I find myself quoting the Bible. I heard "Esto Les Digo" by Kinley Lange in Spanish before I did in English, and I didn't have any idea it was biblical. Some text from the song:
"Donde dos o tres, se reunen en mi nombre, alli estoy yo en medio de ellos."
"Where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I, in the midst of them."
Mar 27 2012: so eloquent! I ponder these things as well, and find your comment very heartening.Mar 27 2012: We must also realize that everyone can be passionate about something else..Mar 25 2012: I personally think it's amazing how much the environment can physiologically, socially, and even fantastically induce a cascade of shared experiences among a certain group. Sometimes, this induction is regulated, as was stated above through the cardiovascular example. Other times, this induction is randomized, which fascinates me the most. That sense of comfort that may be yielded from a shared experience can be stimulated by another individual's bold first move or an awful experience that leaves one no choice but to take the initiative. These eventually leads to a little dance that involves more than one pair of feet.
Just like the electrical propagation that fuels each pump of our heart, every little experience in our life may be pumped by these shared experiences as well - starting the first day of kindergarten with a group of unfamiliar five-year-olds, helping the passenger sitting next to you on the plane put on his oxygen mask during an emergency, etc.Mar 24 2012: ???
And how about the more visual, auditory and tactile stimuli people experience together, combined with empathy or mirror neurons as an explanation?
I don't see how these effects have been accounted for.
Andrew Tam
Mar 24 2012: Hey Christophe,
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These have not been accounted for, perhaps, because they are legitimate answers to the question at hand; and this is good - thank you bringing them to my knowledge!
I agree with you completely: the visual, auditory and tactile stimuli are all parts of a shared experience, and it is the empathy / mirror neurons that may explain the lowering of resistance between people.
I think the TEDtalk that Maria posted (Charlie Todd: http://www.ted.com/talks/charlie_todd_the_shared_experience_of_absurdity.html) thoroughly demonstrates this.
With the experiments demonstrated in his talk, its difficult to know whether or not people laugh because it is funny individually, or because other people are there and it becomes funny together.
Perhaps two individuals will find it funny, but not show it - only when they acknowledge each other do their empathy / mirror neurons kick in, and they will show each other that they both find it funny, and then more people will tag on, and it becomes contagious.
At least for the Improv All experiments, the shared feeling is one of laughter, and because people are experiencing it together, they feel more connected to one another.
In particular I really liked the high fives up the staircase act, because the initial shared experience of a gloomy, monotonous morning commute to work was changed to one of "alright, I'm gonna get a high five!" and everyone really seemed to be enjoying the experience together as opposed to suffering together.
Mar 24 2012: The whole idea of mirror neurons have fascinated me since I've heard about them a year or two ago. One of the scenarios which I frequently heard in relation to mirror neurons involves newborns which have an instinctual "programming" to lock in on someone's eyes and faces, especially that of his or her mother. Then a smile might fly across the baby's features and the person usually responds in kind. These moments are powerful binding ones in terms of the budding relationship. I would certainly define this as a shared experience since the mother and baby become so in tune with each other but the fact that it seems instinctive is thought provoking in itself.
One, we are born with the ability and drive to implement these moments of "shared experience". Do you think this disappears or becomes more hidden as we grow up?
Second, could we duplicate these pathways or characterize them so that they are reproducible across the board?
Mar 26 2012: I think rather than it disappearing, we tend to hide this ability subconsciously for fear of not being understood, rejected or when trust has been broken.Mar 26 2012: Maria,
I agree. The idea of mirror neurons allowing us to connect on a deeper level is fascinating. In his TED talk, (http://www.ted.com/talks/vs_ramachandran_the_neurons_that_shaped_civilization.html) Vilayanur Ramachandran spoke about how these mirror neurons allowed us to develop as a civilization and begin to learn from each other to create a culture.
I think learning from each other is the ultimate form of shared experience. Not only do the individuals involved experience something together, they learn something that stays with them for the rest of their lives, forever perpetuating that bond.
Amy Stark
Mar 26 2012: This is awesome! So glad to see the TED community talking about Energy Medicine. I'm so excited about all the possibilities of Energy Medicine, and I love reading research about it's possibilities. Thanks for posting!!!Mar 26 2012: Hi Maria, I love that science is studying this impact that you site about the EKG, because I LOVE to tango dance; have not been going enough lately for my well-being. Tango specifically correlates with the power of shared experience because no matter what mood or energy I'm feeling when I arrive, the shared experience of dancing in an embrace leads to a natural, soothing, energizing high that rivals most other states for me. I guess the oxytocin is a big part of it, but the fact that we are moving to music, concentrating on being in careful relaxed synchronized response to each other's every move, heart beat and subtle reaction, it means we almost become one in a trusting, safe state. You pay attention to posture, breath, body and mind to create a beautiful shared experience.
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Every day humans perceive so many things and people as threats unconsciously, but at a milonga (tango party) the intention to have great connections leads to a room filled with positive connection (mostly:)...not sure how to link the tango directly to working together as a species in a more practical achievement sense, although bonding through human physicality, need for touch and sensuality in ways complementary to handshakes, sex, and greeting hugs, is vital to creating joy and positive outcomes. Tango lifts me up and then i can ripple out much better energy to everyone I meet. And when i feel off center, like my nervous vibration is too high, if i dance with a really grounded steady person, we balance each other out. as I keep moving to other partners, I aim to align myself and others within and without. Plus it is fun! It is important work to take time to focus on being in our bodies in cooperation to help each other's hearts. Thank you for your work!! Maybe someone can hook up some people's hearts to monitors while they are tangoing? I'd be up for that:)Mar 26 2012: Shared Experience... This is perhaps the biggest building block of all relationships. It might be a major component of events we deem meaningful. Have you ever been at a conference, event, movie, play, or even perhaps a public address where an entire audience (including yourself) appears to be on the same page about something? This is a shared experience, and perhaps even shared consciousness. It can be a very empowering and transforming instance. In my opinion, one that doesn't happen often enough in today's world.
Shared experience also serves rhetorical functions (to positive or negative ends). Shared experience is a tool of persuasion, perhaps through a narrative pathway, as multiple individuals identify with a larger shared story.
But when it comes to touch (and proximity), an additional factor enters the equation: intimacy. What a basic human need. It's even a "Love Language" (see Gary Chapman's 5lovelanguages.com). Some people prefer to give/receive emotional love through touch more than others. And by the growing research on touch, it appears to have empirically supported ability to have a variety of bioelectric and physiological effects. I find this fascinating.
To tie this all to something current and tangible (pardon the pun), consider the aversion many people have to touch. In media (especially entertainment), we see a reluctance of some characters to express affection through touch. This is especially pronounced between members of the same sex. When touch is a basic human need, is our media influencing some to refrain from touch, which from the references above has the power to help build relationships through shared experience?
Kudos to the "Free Hugs" people http://youtu.be/vr3x_RRJdd4 . The viral nature of this video suggests that the world could use more hugs. It is curious that empirical research is beginning to explain the mechanisms and processes behind the basic transactions of human interaction. Great topic, Maria!
Harnsowl Ko
Mar 27 2012: I'm really glad you brought up the idea of the "Free Hugs" campaign because it was one of those things that showed me that there are people who are willing to go out of their way to create a loving, shared experience for others. I think the power of shared experiences is a result of the feelings evoked in each person given the different situations. These shared experiences can be used to develop stronger bonds between people, and even complete strangers. I think the more people continue to put themselves out into the world and begin to share experiences, people will be able to develop bonds that transcend the petty things that continue to divide us all today.Mar 26 2012: Great observation. I create rapport with a new friend by having lunch together. The shared experience of eating (especially the same dish) creates a bond. Also, a movie is best watched in a crowded theater. Especially if everyone laughs or claps at the same scenes.
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Joanna Cruz
Mar 26 2012: I love how you introduced the shared experience of eating. I think it is oneof the most powerful shared experiences because it can help grow and develop any type of relationship whether the relationship is a professional relationship or a romantic relationship. It can also mend a broken relationship.
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Conversation can be easily made in an environment involving food. Food can become a common denominator or topic of discussion or comedy that breaks the ice: "Where do you want eat?," "Why don't you want to eat there?," and "What foods are you allergic to?." It can lead to other conversation topics.
Eating at a specific restaurant for a special occasion can become a tradition that creates a lifelong bridge between groups of friends or creates an opportunity for friends to catch up after a lack of contact. Any time long distance friends visit, I make a point of it make a food date to renew our friendship.
I always find myself creating the strongest bonds over food because it is so universal and versatile.
Sophie Rand
Mar 27 2012: Love both of your responses! When you think about eating, its the most basic thing that every person needs to do-- you'd think that maybe that means it should be somethign done in private, like a lot of other basic activities....what do you think it is about eating that brings people together? I suspect it has something to do with hunger-- here I'm extending food hunger to the hunger for learning, because I agree with what Nicolette said earlier about learning being an essential shared experience. For some, learning is as essential and basic as eating is, and when we do learning or eating together, the consequences are enhanced because it was done together. It's clearer with learning-- learning with others naturally enhances your understanding of something, but I believe its true for eating too-- it's been shown that eating family meals can significantly improve health, so maybe the metaphor extends all the way through...Mar 26 2012: I see your inquiry as being about how to build relationships among people. Building relationships can be difficult when there is "resistance", e.g. fear, mistrust, suffering etc. And such resistance is usually always present among people to some degree.
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So building relationships, at least the good kind, means reducing the negative emotions that divide people. That's what I believe.
Mar 27 2012: Matthew,
I agree that there is always a certain amount of psychological resistance involved in building new relationships. What I find really interesting, though, is that this psychological resistance is not an obstacle to the shared experience that Maria describes in her question. That is, even if two people are complete strangers, we could see traces of the EKG of the first on the EEG of the second (as long as they're touching, of course). There seem to be two levels of connection between people that are not necessarily dependent on one another – the physical and the psychological. Based on the EKG/EEG example, there is significantly less resistance involved in physical connection than in psychological connection. This result is, of course, what we expect. I wonder, though, whether the level of psychological connection between the subjects in the EKG/EEG example has any effect on the strength of the EKG artifact seen on the EEG. Would the EKG artifact appear stronger if the subjects shared a psychological connection?
Mar 27 2012: Disrupt the connection. Who is to say as to how another person's touch, affects you?
My chapter reading is talking about psychophysical measures of sensory sensitivity. (Mind reading is not in here). The rule of social proof. Electroshock, hmm. Anyway, less pain if a subject experiencing the same electroshocks as you, exhibits a higher tolerance for the pain. Herds? Do you have to be connected to the EKG/ EEG with suction cups? Oh, and you both have to be in the same room.Mar 27 2012: I don't know if the relationship of participants would change the EKG/EEG results. It wouldn't surprise me if a pair's relationship did have a physiological effect.Mar 28 2012: To me common purpose , be it about winning at a sport or coaching in a life coaching setting can result in that bond. And it's as you say a powerful force. I'm seen in at work in people in the armed forces where the bond formed transcends time and can be stronger than marital or family bondsMar 27 2012: At it's essence counselling and coaching are shared experiences, the relationship at the core builds trust between two individuals or groups. Stories are told ,and bring with them new insights and new meanings to past experiences. This is the start of a healing process.
From a coaching perspective the "shared experience" of a problem or situation releases creativity and possibilty beyond the ability of one person.
As this happens on a macro level, I am not surprised that synchronicity occurs at a cellular level. And also that it is a possiblity if not a reality of occuring at a mental and a spiritual level.
If you look at the anatomy of a motor neurone there are two factors at play, one is low resistance and the second is insulation. The second act to produce focus, direction and little loss of energy. When you bring that concept back up to a macro interpersonal level ; this is about commonality of purpose.
So in order to take full effect of synchronicity both low resistance and insulation must be in place.
As someone once said "Friendship multiplies joy and divides sorrow.
Mar 27 2012: Johnson,
I find it very interesting how you discuss coaching, and commonality of purpose. I don't know if this is the "coaching" direction you were trying to take, but, I have been involved in sports all my life, and this is highly applicable. Through working together, and working at a common goal, some powerful bond stays together forever. I still talk about great experiences developed from a basketball team I was part of over 5 years ago with former teammates. Through this sports team I can totally agree with your statement that 'the "shared experience" of a problem or situation releases creativity and possibility beyond the ability of one person.'
In a sense, teamwork takes place at the micro level, as you have discussed in the body. There are so many different processes involved in the body's functions, and to make each bodily function occur, many biophysical or biochemical processes must occur that is behind the scenes.Mar 27 2012: The power behind shared experience lies within the mirror neuron--It is a special type of neuron that reacts to our observation of other people experiencing various sensations that we are familiar with--We are not performing the actions that provide the experiences such as taste and smell and so forth, but as we observe the actions our mirror neurons respond in a way that produces these sensations as if WE were performing these actions. Simply in observing others we are altering our neural pathways. Since everyone is equipped with mirror neurons, these experiences are reciprocal--Which also means that when we produce certain sensations through cognitive thought, we are enabling those observing us to experience the same things, and we are also subtly altering THEIR neural pathways.Mar 26 2012: So in other words, ones subjective experiences of the world affects ones brain states and therefore ones brain state (or state of mind) affects other parts of our body and vice versa?
so you may understand how this happens on biological and physiological level but you want to understand how this could apply to the macro world as well or am I just to ignorant about this issue?
nonetheless its an intriguing question and I'm very interested in the responses and would love to know more about the findings you guys (and girls) find in your researchMar 26 2012: My answer is live together with family.
People of working age who live alone increase their risk of depression by up to 80% compared with people living in families, says a Finnished stud:
Mar 26 2012: Shokrullah,
I think you are on to something. I've seen a number of people living alone go through very tough times, People need people.
Mar 27 2012: Tony; Thank you.
My point is that first we need to maintain shared experience with family-siblings, cousins and parents.
It is really relieving that you have them at hard time.
Anu Mani
Mar 26 2012: Nature cross-pollinates, creates new elements and is continuously evolving. This is the evidence of tremendous power behind nature's shared experience. Humans have a lot to learn from this.Mar 26 2012: This is an underestimated field, and one that is in my opinion, not studied enough. However, I have not studied bioelectricity as a specific course myself, so I would be interested in you elaborating what you mean by 'lower resistances' between people.Mar 26 2012: We as Humans can learn so much about how similar we are to each other .OIt would be of scientific importance to study how and what mechanism allows a cell to share or adopt the heart beat of a neighboring cells. A real fact that living together people tend to have similar body rhythms while living in a dorm or large groups.Mar 26 2012: Intolerance is normally a result of dependencies. Dependencies are experiences. In the formation of dependencies we develop self-consciousness. Self-consciousness works like the circadian rhythm. When exhausted, we have simpler responses to stimulus. Simpler because the human needs to reset to an earlier period in their human development. The learning process is rooted in flexible structures.Mar 26 2012: I think it goes deeper than this.Mar 24 2012: Jesus said the second greatest commandment is that we love one another. I think we need to learn to apply the lesson.
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I like Jewel's song "hands"; In the end, only kindness matters.
Good deeds are contagious; if only we could keep a positive attitude even when the chips are down. I have found that people will come to your aid in crisis when they know that you help others.
Yu-An Chen
Mar 26 2012: Hi Roy,
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I totally agree with you that '' Good deeds are contagious." Here is a paper (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2908235/pdf/main.pdf) that gives experimental supports about how behaviors of an individual human can be affected by observing the people around through social conformity. having positive attitude as a group can have amazing effect to others.
Mar 26 2012: Thanks for the link Yu-An. I will read it when I get time to reflect on it.Mar 27 2012: I definitely also agree that good deeds are contagious. However, I also see sharing experiences with other people and sharing love as another important factor in this question. By being around a certain group of people and experiencing similar circumstances, whether it being food, scenery, etc., feedback which is shared by this group of people is sent back to the brain. The more shared experiences there are, the more comfortable you will feel around these people. By sharing experiences, ideas can be spread and propagated between a group, which can be beneficial to all parties involved.
Mar 27 2012: I also agree with the whole power of the shared experience. What comes to mind is a class I was in where the teacher described individuals as having two types of friends: friends of personality and friends of circumstance. He went on to say how in general people have way more friends of circumstance than personality which is understandable because everyone is different in his or her own way making very similar personalities a rare occurrence. However, the fact that people are able to surround themselves with friends of circumstance shows how strong a shared experience can be. It is something to bond over, to laugh about and to increase the strength of an interpersonal relationship.
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Mar 27 2012: The question in this is how do we learn to refrain from repaying evil for evil? Is there a way that we can revert evil for Good? I choose to live on faith and I will not return an evil deed. I will try to defuse the situation rather than resort to revenge. I see so many people that simply react to situations. Can this mindset be changed?Mar 24 2012: A shared experience brings two people onto common ground and opens a door way for interaction. I think that would automatically lower resistance between people, but I have no knowledge of how it would effect heart pathways...Mar 23 2012: Volunteer.


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Thanks, never claimed it's the best, but the guys that designed it put over 4000 hours into R&D and marketing. Some ideas just don't catch on, but it wasn't even the intent of my post. I appreciate the support, but I was just showcasing a welding project and a bunch of Sally's in here(not you) took it in a tree hugging/hippy type fashion for whatever reason
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03-28-2008, 04:13 AM #41turbo38t Guest
Sally's and tree hugging/hippy type fashion.... I like that....hey Admin can you make Fishies name appear as Sally on my computer ?.....if not can we take a vote to change it to that ?...... At least let us take a vote on it..... I officially cast mine for it....anyone else?George W. Bush was saving your butt whether you liked it or not!
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Mikey, I am not a liberal. I am ex-military, very much anti-crime and will be greeting anyone breaking into my house with a .45 and a very happy trigger finger.
What I don't like is excessive government spending, and I see these boot gimmicks as an encouragement of such. Spending that much money instead of buying a couple extra hammers is what causes officers numbers to be reduced on the streets and less resources to be available to deal with real problems.
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And please don't hammer me guys with the old "you can't sue for being stupid". If you don't beleive me, go buy a new chainsaw, & the "instruction / safety documentation will weigh more than the saw . . . I just got a new Stihl.. The fricking book weighs 2 pounds . . . . For that matter, instructions and warning are now included with a "HAMMER"Millermatic 251
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Like I said, nothin but negative. Apparently you haven't been in too many police cruisers. They have pretty much neccessities to keep an officer safe(and honest). MDT, Camera, rifle(some have a shotgun), snare for animals, cones, flares, fire extinguisher and some first aid stuff. I used to work on them. Sure, some other small things. This tool is designed to ELIMINATE all those money burning tools you mention. Did you read the part where it's supposed to eliminate the 60lb bag filled with tools that a SWAT member carries? Now they would just need this tool and the holster to carry it. That's all, sounds to me like it would be much cheaper than all the other tools they used to carry. One of these per officer is not going to keep a department from hiring another officer. It's a one time expense, not recurring. Oh well, some people may never see the light. Dave (probably had a bad experience in your own business venture at one point in time? Just a guess).
Business is good. My shop isn't even done yet and I'm swamped with work.
Last time I talked with a swat team member, they didn't drive cruisers.
I also don't see how you can replace the camera, computer, shotgun, snare for animals, cones, flares, fire extinguisher and some first aid stuff or anything you mentioned with your boot. That's simply a fallacious response to what I said. Now if you wanted to mention all the stuff in the 60lb bag that this is going to replace, I would welcome that as a viable retort.
Please don't insult us by saying this replaces a lock pic set. It replaces a hammer and a step stool at 500x the cost. There's no regard for the property either. A responsible cop who isn't in hot pursuit (is anyone on foot in hot pursuit going to lug a 24# boot out of the trunk first?) would be better off choosing a more specialized tool for the array of uses your customers video depicts.
A shotgun will breech a door with more speed than your boot. And as you mentioned, they already have one in the car and it's not an ongoing expense either.
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This is part of a series of seven articles describing new bioluminescent substrates to be used for drug screening and assaying enzymatic activity.
Mary Sobol, Dongping Ma and James J. Cali
CYP4A enzymes are cytochromes P450 that catalyze the ω-hydroxylation of fatty acids and the formation of arachidonic acid metabolites(1)
. Genes encoding CYP4A enzymes are induced by agonists of the peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARα) nuclear receptor(2)
. CYP4A assays, including human CYP4A11 and rat CYP4A1, CYP4A2 and CYP4A3, commonly require chromatographic steps or cell lysate preparations that limit ease-of-use and throughput. There is a need for simple, rapid, multiwell plate-based biochemical CYP4A enzyme assays and cell-based CYP4A induction assays.
Luminogenic CYP assays use prosubstrates for the light-generating reaction of firefly luciferase. CYPs convert the prosubstrates to an active luciferin, which makes light in a second reaction with a luciferase reaction mix called Luciferin Detection Reagent (LDR)(3)
. The amount of light generated is proportional to the amount of luciferin produced by the CYP and, therefore, to CYP enzyme activity. Multiple CYP enzymes are encoded by families of genes in humans and other organisms(4)
. The CYP enzyme selectivity for a given luminogenic substrate depends on the nature of the derived luciferin core structure.
Here we demonstrate that a luciferin derivative, 2-(6-methoxyquinolin-2-yl)-4,5-dihydrothiazole-4-carboxylic acid, referred to as Luciferin-4A, is selectively converted to quinolylluciferin, an active alternative to native beetle luciferin(5)
, by the human CYP4A11 enzyme. We describe how this luciferase prosubstrate was used in a luminogenic CYP4A11 biochemical assay and also in a cell-based assay that measures CYP4A basal and induced activity in intact rat hepatocytes.
The CYP4A11 enzyme assay was performed using the instructions in the P450-Glo™ Assay Technical Bulletin TB325 and P450-Glo™ Screening Systems Technical Bulletin TB340. The cell-based CYP4A assay followed the protocol in TB325.
CYP enzymes used were recombinant human forms in microsomes from insect cells that coexpressed a human CYP cDNA with P450 reductase or P450 reductase plus cytochrome b5 (Gentest™ Supersomes™, BD Biosciences).
A 5mM stock solution of Luciferin-4A (molecular weight = 288.3) was prepared in 100mM KPO4 (pH 7.4). Reaction conditions specific to CYP4A11 enzyme assays included: 80μM Luciferin-4A substrate (Cat.# P1621), 100mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.5), 20nM CYP4A11 enzyme (1pmol/50μl reaction), and 1X NADPH Regeneration System (Cat.# V9510).
Biochemical assays were assembled and performed in opaque white 96-well plates (e.g., white polystyrene, 96-well plates [Costar Cat.# 3912]). Reactions were incubated for 10 minutes at 37°C or room temperature (20–23°C), then 50μl of Luciferin Detection Reagent (LDR; Cat.# V8920, V8921) was added to each 50μl CYP sample to terminate the reaction and initiate luminescence. After 20 minutes, luminescence was detected using the GloMax® 96 Microplate Luminometer (Cat.# E6501) and reported as relative light units (RLU).
For convenience, you can prepare a 4X enzyme/buffer/substrate mix (400mM Tris-HCl [pH 7.5], 320µM Luciferin-4A, 80nM CYP4A11), 4X concentrated test compound solution (e.g., for CYP inhibition assays) and 2X concentrated NADPH Regeneration System. For a 50μl reaction in a 96-well plate, combine 12.5μl of the 4X enzyme mixture with 12.5µl of the 4X test compound and initiate the reaction by adding 25μl of the NADPH solution (6)
. The cell-based assay with rat hepatocytes is described in the legend for Figure 6.
The putative luminogenic CYP substrate was screened for activity in the luminescent assay format against 21 recombinant human CYP enzymes (Figure 1). Under the conditions described in the legend for Figure 1, minor activities with CYP1A2, CYP2C8 and CYP2C9 were observed, but the most prominent activity was with CYP4A11.
The anticipated reaction scheme with Luciferin-4A (I) is shown at the top. Luminescence generated by LDR depends on the conversion of I to quinolylluciferin (II). Fifty microliter reactions with 50µM Luciferin-4A and 20nM recombinant human CYP enzymes and a no-CYP control in 96-well plates were incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C. Values are mean ± SD, n = 3.
At both room temperature and 37°C, a time-dependent increase in luminescence was observed that reflected quinolylluciferin accumulation (Figure 2).
Time-dependent changes in net luminescence were monitored at room temperature (20.5°C) and 37°C. Fifty-microliter reactions with 50μM Luciferin-4A and 20nM CYP4A11 were performed in 96-well plates. CYP reactions were initiated by staggered addition of the NADPH Regeneration System. All reactions were simultaneously terminated and luciferase reactions initiated by adding 50μl of LDR. Zero-time values were measured in samples where the NADPH Regeneration System was withheld until after LDR addition. Values are mean ± SD, n = 3.
A saturable hyperbolic Luciferin-4A dose response with CYP4A11 was observed with a Km of 80μM (Figure 3).
Reactions contained 20nM CYP4A11 and were incubated for 30 minutes at 37°C. Luciferin-4A caused partial inhibition of luciferase at the upper end of the concentration range tested. After stopping the reaction with LDR, compensation for the luciferase inhibition was made by adjusting the substrate concentration in all reactions to the highest concentration in the range. Values are mean ± SD, n = 3.
Signals from the reaction at 80μM Luciferin-4A increased in a linear fashion with increasing CYP4A11 enzyme concentration up to 40nM of the enzyme (Figure 4). A significant signal-to-background ratio was measured at the lowest concentration of CYP4A11 tested (20pM). By extrapolation of the linear regression the limit of detection (LOD) is 2pM, when LOD is defined as the background mean plus three times its standard deviation.
Reactions were performed with a range of CYP4A11 concentrations and 80μM Luciferin-4A, and incubated for 10 minutes at 37°C. Values are mean ± SD, n = 3.
We tested CYP4A11 inhibition using the CYP4A11 assay with 80μM Luciferin-4A, the Km concentration (Figure 5). Dose-dependent inhibition by the known CYP4A11 inhibitor, 17-octadecynoic acid (17-ODA), was observed(8)
Using CYP4A11 (10nM), enzyme inhibition was assayed with 80μM Luciferin-4A in the presence of 17-ODA (Cayman Chemicals) at the indicated concentrations. The 17-ODA was diluted from a 50mM stock solution in dimethylformamide, and the concentration of this vehicle was kept constant at 0.2% in all reactions. Reactions were incubated at 37°C for 10 minutes. Values are mean ± SD, n = 3.
Levels of the CYP4A1 and CYP4A3 enzymes, rat orthologues of human CYP4A11, are induced by certain drugs(9)
. An assay was performed to determine if basal and induced CYP4A activity could be measured with Luciferin-4A in intact cells. Luciferin-4A was applied to monolayer cultures of rat hepatocytes that had been exposed to the CYP4A-inducing drug clofibrate and to vehicle controls (Figure 6). Basal luminescence from controls was in substantial excess over the assay background (basal signal:background = 50), activities were increased five-fold by clofibrate, and the basal and induced activities were inhibited by 17-ODA. Induction by a known CYP4A inducer and inhibition by a known CYP4A inhibitor are consistent with selectivity for rat CYP4A activity.
Rat hepatocytes in 96-well plates were treated for 48 hours in a 37°C cell culture incubator with 100µM clofibrate (Sigma-Aldrich) or vehicle (0.1% ethanol) for basal measurements in 100µl/well of InVitroGRO™ HI medium (Celsis). Medium was replaced with 80µM Luciferin-4A in medium (60µl/well), with or without 100µM 17-ODA (vehicle = 0.2% dimethylformamide/5mM Tris-HCl, [pH 8.5]) and returned to the incubator for 1 hour. Fifty microliters from each well was transferred to an opaque white 96-well plate and combined with 50µl of LDR. Luminescence was read after 20 minutes. Relative cell counts were measured by applying the CellTiter-Glo® Luminescent Cell Viability Assay (Cat.# G7570) to the cells left intact in culture wells. Luminescence (left axis, gold bars) is net RLU: total RLU minus the cell-free background (mean background RLU = 833). Luminescence/Cell Count (right axis, blue bars) is net RLU/CellTiter-Glo® Assay values expressed as percent of basal activity where the basal mean was set arbitrarily to 100%. Values are mean ± SD, n = 6.
Luciferin-4A, a novel luciferin derivative, is a luminogenic CYP substrate with excellent selectivity for the human CYP4A11 enzyme. Results also show selectivity for rat CYP4A enzymes in rat hepatocytes. The application of Luciferin-4A to the luminogenic CYP enzyme assay harnesses the exquisite sensitivity, selectivity and simplicity of bioluminescence. This provides for simple, rapid, multiwell plate-based CYP4A enzyme assays, CYP4A inhibition assays and cell-based CYP4A induction assays.
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Sobol, M., Ma, D. and Cali, J. J.
Selective Cytochrome P450 4A11 Enzyme Assay Using a Novel Bioluminescent Probe Substrate.
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Have a problem or concern?Whether you're a property owner with a pending land use case, a concerned neighbor, or appealing a land use decision, Planning staff is here to provide assistance. The land use planning process can be intimidating, but we're not! And we don't "take sides" in an appealed land use case - staff will gladly help anyone participating in our land use process. We understand neighbors can often have different points of view that need to be respected. Our goal is to listen and consider all of the views and interests to help the decision-making body find the right course of action for serving the overall public good.Sometimes it helps to get a different perspective, or perhaps getting an explanation from someone "new" will help? Send us an email at email@example.com. If you send an email regarding an issue or concern and would like to remain anonymous, just include that request in your email. Our customer service coordinator will check into your comments and get back to you as soon as possible. Or, if you prefer, you can send an email to the Building and Planning Manager, Warren Jackson, at email@example.com's your turn to help us!In order to make our website user-friendly, easy to navigate, and contain the information YOU need, we need your feedback. Please consider sending us a quick email - is there information you couldn't find or a page that was helpful? A link or page not working? Thanks, in advance, for taking the time to help us improve. Email us at email@example.com