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Somewhere short of a heat stroke, with a world-class paleontologist coaching him, a Hollywood star squatting nearby mumbling encouragement, anxious aides checking their watches and even more antsy security men on the lookout for rattlesnakes in the scrub brush, Newt Gingrich accomplished his goal: he found a dinosaur bone.
Looking like a pudgy Indiana Jones in jeans, plaid shirt and wide-brimmed hat, lugging a backpack bulging with pickax, chisels and a wisk broom, the Speaker of the House chipped away a crust of brittle stones and dried mud to expose his Jurassic treasure. He grinned broadly and proclaimed, ''I feel like a 9-year-old.''
Mr. Gingrich's bent for animals has long rivaled his passion for politics. Frequent photo sessions in his Capitol Hill office portray him holding assorted critters brought in by zoo keepers from all over the country; he reveled in a moose-watching expedition to New Hampshire two years ago and acted as ringmaster at a circus performance on the Capitol grounds in his earliest days in power. And, Mr. Gingrich said that as an adolescent, he dreamed of becoming a zoo keeper or a paleontologist.
But the Speaker took one of his oddest detours ever from politics on Wednesday, interrupting a two-week-long national tour to fulfill a lifelong fantasy, which he pursued with such dogged determination that he refused to leave the jealously guarded private site just east of Bozeman until he came up with the booty.
That took many long, hot hours, even with the assistance of Dr. John Horner, a renowned paleontologist who served as a consultant on the movie ''Jurassic Park'' and its sequel ''Lost World.'' After three hours of digging, which produced only buckets full of rubble, a slight stir was caused when the actor Peter Fonda and his wife unexpectedly appeared over the crest of a hill while hiking from their nearby ranch. Recognizing Dr. Horner and Mr. Gingrich, the Fondas marched over to greet them and watch the Speaker's uneventful progress.Continue reading the main story
''It's hot, it's windy, there's a lot of dirt, a lot of rock,'' a disappointed Mr. Gingrich told reporters as he took a long-delayed lunch break.
''There were a lot more dinosaurs in the museum,'' he said, referring to the Museum of the Rockies, of which Dr. Horner is the curator.
But Mr. Gingrich's demeanor changed dramatically when he finally hit dinosaur pay-dirt.
''This is sheer pleasure,'' he told reporters after his find, a large dinosaur bone that Dr. Horner said he could not identify precisely until he or his associates complete the laborious task of removing it from the rock and earth where it is encased.
The Speaker sandwiched his excellent adventure between fund-raisers for three politically vulnerable junior Republicans in the House and a three-day Western trip intended to bolster Republicans' positions on several touchy environmental issues.
The night before, he abandoned the polemics of Capitol Hill to debate the feeding habits of Tyrannosaurus rex with Dr. Horner, a professor of paleontology at Montana State University in Bozeman. The Speaker, an ardent fan of T. rex, keeps a massive head of the beast on a shelf in his Capitol Hill offices, a cast on loan from the Smithsonian that is made from the very dinosaur that is the centerpiece exhibit at the Museum of the Rockies.
A crowd of about 200 people paid $100 apiece at a museum fund-raiser on Tuesday night to sip wine, pose for individual pictures with Mr. Gingrich and Dr. Horner and listen to them clash, sometimes tongue-in-cheek but often in serious academic discourse (between swigs of beer), over whether T. rex was a scavenger or a predator.
Dr. Horner is the leading proponent of the idea that T. rex -- the fearsome ''king of the tyrant lizards'' of movie fame and a darling of dinosaur fanciers -- was little more than a scavenger.
''The Speaker has agreed, for some reason, to take the predatory side,'' Dr. Horner opened with an obvious poke at Mr. Gingrich's political reputation. Dr. Horner argued that the vaunted T. rex's arms were too short to be of any use, its legs unsuited for the speed that a predator would need and its head too big and heavy to grab speedy prey as depicted in ''Jurassic Park.''
Mr. Gingrich was undeterred.
''I believe he was a predator because I saw 'Jurassic Park' and he ate a lawyer and it wasn't a dead lawyer,'' he retorted in a dig at Dr. Horner for expounding a theory in academic life that was ignored in the movie scenes he consulted on.
Mr. Gingrich is nearing the end of a two-week national tour that has, among other things, helped fuel speculation that he might be considering testing the political waters for a run at the Republican Presidential nomination in 2000. That thought is dampened on one hand by public approval ratings at or below 30 percent, but encouraged on the other by Mr. Gingrich's undeniable strength as a major political draw and unparalleled fund-raiser among Republicans.
In between the politicking on his trip (which included a stop last weekend at a showcase event in Indianapolis for would-be Republican Presidential contenders), the Speaker has participated in two very public events intended to highlight a decidedly friendlier side: an appearance last week on the ''Tonight'' show with Jay Leno, and the debate with Dr. Horner, which had the crowd in stitches from the moment the two men stepped on stage carrying two bottles of beer apiece.
Whatever political undertones there might be to Mr. Gingrich's visit here, he has a genuine interest in dinosaurs that dates from his childhood and has been honed throughout his adult life. And that fascination was apparent on Wednesday as the Speaker (with a retinue of aides, a security detail and journalists) joined Dr. Horner and Montana's lone member in the House, Rick Hill, a Republican, on the dig.
Dr. Horner began excavating the area about four years ago, discovering parts (including a five-foot-long femur or thighbone) from what he believes is an as-yet-unknown species of sauropod or long-necked dinosaur. He set Mr. Gingrich to work only a few feet away where the dinosaur experts had recently discovered parts of another animal of roughly equal size but another type.
After hours of digging and finding only rocks, the determined Speaker seemed disappointed. But Dr. Horner was much more optimistic about the prospects.
''We're looking for dinosaur bones and haven't found one yet,'' he told reporters. ''But they're in there. I'm just breaking him in. It takes a while to learn the difference between bones and rocks.''
''How's he doing?'' one reporter asked.
''Fair,'' came Dr. Horner's clipped response.
Shortly after 2 P.M., with pressure building under the constant gaze of reporters peering down into the pit at his labors and aides pacing nervously as the normally tight schedule unraveled by the second because of the Speaker's determination to continue, Mr. Gingrich struck dinosaur paydirt.
''Is this a bone?'' he asked expectantly as Dr. Horner, Mr. Hill and Mr. Fonda all leaned in for a closer inspection.
''It is,'' Dr. Mr. Horner confirmed seconds later. ''Hey, everybody, the Speaker has found a bone.''Continue reading the main story


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Does your brain ever feel like it's mired in a thick fog? Have difficulty concentrating? Poor memory? These symptoms may point to an L-Carnitine deficiency.
L-Carnitine is a vital amino acid which promotes healthy neural levels of acetylcholine, an important neurotransmitter that aids memory and proper brain function. Research suggests that an L-Carnitine deficiency may be implicated in a number of conditions, including Fibromyalgia, ME/CFS ('chronic fatigue syndrome'), Lyme disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, dementia, and autism.
The Role of L-Carnitine
L-Carnitine is produced in the liver and kidneys from two essential amino acids, lysine and methionine. It can be found in nearly every cell in the body and is necessary for the proper metabolism of fat.
In addition to helping sharpen mental focus and concentration, L-Carnitine plays a key role in energy production. It transports long-chain fatty acids across the mitochondrial membrane so that they can be burned to produce energy.
Who Needs L-Carnitine?
The average healthy individual does not need to supplement L-Carnitine because the body makes most of what is needed and the rest is provided by a well-balanced diet. The highest concentrations of L-Carnitine are found in red meats. Generally speaking, the redder the meat, the more L-Carnitine it contains. Smaller amounts can be found in poultry and dairy products. However:
• Because vegans do not eat any animal-derived foods, they may need to supplement L-Carnitine.
• Some people's bodies, for genetic or medical reasons, are not able to produce adequate amounts of L-Carnitine and they may need to take an L-Carnitine supplement.
• People with certain conditions, like ME/CFS, mitochondrial disorders and diabetes, are frequently found to be deficient in L-Carnitine.
• L-Carnitine levels are also known to decrease with age and may contribute to the cognitive difficulties found in Alzheimer's and dementia patients.
Which Form of L-Carnitine is Best?
L-Carnitine comes in several different forms, but the acetylated form – known as Acetyl-L-Carnitine – is best for supporting healthy mental and cognitive function while also promoting the generation of energy.
Acetyl-L-Carnitine crosses the blood-brain barrier more readily than other forms of L-Carnitine. The fact that the acetylation of L-Carnitine is a normal event in the human brain may explain why greater activity is found in the brain when using Acetyl-L-Carnitine rather than other forms.
L-Carnitine's Connection to ME/CFS
Several studies have looked at whether an L-Carnitine deficiency could contribute to ME/CFS symptoms, and at its use as a possible therapeutic option.
A 1998 study measured L-Carnitine levels in subjects from Japan and Sweden who had a number of different diseases. They found that ME/CFS patients from both countries were deficient in L-Carnitine, leading them to conclude that an L-Carnitine deficiency might be a characteristic abnormality in ME/CFS.(1)
In a 1997 study, 30 ME/CFS patients were included in a crossover trial comparing supplemental L-Carnitine and amantadine, a medication used to treat fatigue in multiple sclerosis patients. Each therapy was given for two months, with a two-week washout period between. In the L-Carnitine phase, patients took one gram (1,000 mg) of L-Carnitine three times a day.
In the amantadine phase, half of the patients had to quit taking the medication due to side effects. Those who completed the amantadine phase showed no improvement in their symptoms. However, in the L-Carnitine phase, the patients showed significant improvement, with all but one completing the phase. The greatest improvement took place between four and eight weeks of L-Carnitine supplementation.(2)
The most recent study, published in July 2011, analyzed blood samples of 44 ME/CFS patients and 49 healthy controls for L-Carnitine and concentrations of 35 individual essential acylcarnitine compounds in plasma. They found that the patients with ME/CFS exhibited significantly altered levels in eight of the concentrations, with some of the concentrations averaging 30% to 40% lower than controls. In conclusion, the researchers hypothesized that "the administration of omega-3 fatty acids in combination with L-Carnitine would increase carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I activity and improve chronic fatigue syndrome symptomology."(3)
Overall, as medical nutrition pioneer Dr. Melvyn Werbach, MD, states in his classic Nutritional Strategies for Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, "In CFS, serum carnitine levels appear to be a biochemical marker for both symptom severity and ability to function."(4)
L-Carnitine and the Physical & Mental Fatigue of Aging
According to a 2007 study, L-Carnitine supplementation improved both energy levels and cognitive function in centenarians (people 100 years of age and older). A total of 66 individuals between the ages of 100 and 106 who reported fatigue after even slight physical activity were randomized to receive either 2 grams (2,000 mg) of L-Carnitine per day or a placebo for six months.
Compared with the placebo group, the group who took the L-Carnitine demonstrated a significant:
• Reduction of fat mass.
• Gain in total muscle mass.
• Reduction in physical and mental fatigue.
• Reduction of fatigue severity.
• Improvement in cognitive function scores.
• Improvement in walking capacity.(5)br />
L-Carnitine and Autism Research
The first randomized controlled clinical trial studying the use of L-Carnitine as a potential therapy for autism was published in June 2011. Thirty children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) were divided into two groups. One group received 50 mg of L-Carnitine per kilogram of body weight (e.g., a 60-pound child would get 1,364 mg of L-Carnitine a day) and the other group received a placebo.
After three months, the children taking L-Carnitine showed "significant improvements" in the severity of ASD. Some of the areas in which the children improved included their ability to relate to people, body use, adaptation to change, listening response, verbal communication, sociability, sensory/cognitive awareness, and health/physical behavior.(6)
L-Carnitine and Diabetes
Insulin resistance, which plays an important role in the development of type 2 diabetes, may be associated with a defect in fatty-acid oxidation in muscles. Early research suggests that supplementation with L-Carnitine intravenously may improve insulin sensitivity in diabetics by decreasing fat levels in muscle and may lower glucose levels in the blood by supporting its more rapid oxidation in cells.(7)
Diabetic neuropathy is a painful condition that often occurs in diabetics when high blood sugar levels damage nerves in the body – usually in the extremities. In a 2006 study, 333 individuals with diabetic neuropathy were given Acetyl-L-Carnitine or a placebo for one year. The Acetyl-L-Carnitine was administered by IM injection at a dose of 1,000 mg for the first 10 days, followed by an oral dose of 2,000 mg daily for the remaining 355 days.
After 12 months, nerve conduction, amplitude and pain scores were all significantly better. Pain scores were reduced by 39% in the Acetyl-L-Carnitine group but only by 8% in the placebo group. The researchers concluded that Acetyl L-Carnitine is "a promising treatment option in patients with diabetic neuropathy."(8)
Need-to-Know Information
Dosage: The suggested dosage will vary depending on the purpose for supplementing with Acetyl-L-Carnitine. There is no official RDA for L-Carnitine, but a typical dose is 500 mg per day. Where special needs are a possibility, most adult studies use up to 2,000 to 3,000 mg per day in two or three divided doses.
Side effects: At typical doses, there are rarely any side effects. Possible side effects at higher doses may include nausea, vomiting, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, and a "fishy" body odor.
Contraindications: Consult your health care professional before taking Acetyl L-Carnitine if:
You have a history of seizures. L-Carnitine may make seizures more likely in people who have had seizures before.
You have hypothyroidism. L-Carnitine may make your symptoms worse.**
You are pregnant, may become pregnant, or are breastfeeding.
Acetyl-L-Carnitine is an important amino acid that promotes cellular health and energy, aids in mental focus and concentration, and may support improved insulin sensitivity for individuals deficient in L-Carnitine.
* Supplement research writer Karen Lee Richards is the Lead Expert specializing in Fibromyalgia and ME/CFS, for HealthCentral's ChronicPainConnection. Karen is co-founder of the National Fibromyalgia Association (NFA) and was Executive Editor of Fibromyalgia AWARE magazine for four years.
** Not sure about your thyroid function? A preliminary home test might indicate a need for further investigation with your physician. According to research by Dr. Broda Barnes more than 50 years ago, taking your body temperature in the armpit the first 10 minutes after waking in the morning and before you rise can be helpful. For details, click HERE.
1. Kuratsune H, et al. Low levels of serum acylcarnitine in chronic fatigue syndrome and chronic hepatitis type C, but not seen in other diseases. Int J Mol Med. 1998 Jul;2(1):51-6.
2. Plioplys AV, Plioplys S. Amantadine and L-Carnitine treatment of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Neuropsychobiology. 1997;35(1):16-23.
3. Reuter SE, Evans AM. Long-chain acylcarnitine deficiency in patients with chronic fatigue syndrome. Potential involvement of altered carnitine palmitoyltransferase-I activity. J Intern Med. 2011 Jul;270(1):76-84.
4. Werbach M. Nutritional Strategies for Treating Chronic Fatigue Syndrome. Alt Med Rev, 2000;5(2):93-108.
5. Malaguarnera M, et al. L-Carnitine treatment reduces severity of physical and mental fatigue and increases cognitive functions in centenarians: A randomized and controlled clinical trial. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Dec;86(6):1738-44.
6. Geier DA, et al. A prospective double-blind, randomized clinical trial of levocarnitine to treat autism spectrum disorders. Med Sci Monit. 2011 Jun 1;17(6):PI15-23.
7. Mingrone G, et al. L-Carnitine improves glucose disposal in type 2 diabetic patients. J Am Coll Nutr 1999;77-82.
8. De Grandis D, Minardi C. Acetyl-L-Carnitine (levacecarnine) in the treatment of diabetic neuropathy. A long-term, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Drugs R D. 2002;3(4):223-31.
Note: This information has not been evaluated by the FDA. It is general information and is not intended to diagnose, prevent, treat or cure any illness, condition or disease. It is very important that you make no change in your healthcare plan or health support regimen without researching and discussing it in collaboration with your professional healthcare team.

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Members of the Lake Ontario Ordnance Works Community Action Council met Monday to discuss the ongoing technical report phases that the Army Corps of Engineers is pursuing toward a possible remediation of the Interim Waste Containment Structure at LOOW, and to review the recent CAC visit to the Niagara Falls Storage Site and plan for meetings with federal elected officials to discuss the potential of government funding for future IWCS cleanup/remediation efforts.
Leading off discussion was an update on the Corps' ARAR process - otherwise known as Applicable or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements - a complex set of legal standards for cleanup that the Corps would be considering in its overall IWCS remediation plans, and its ramifications. "It's a dense topic," commented LOOW CAC co-chair Dr. Joe Gardella, John and Frances Larkin professor of chemistry at the University at Buffalo. "It's potentially the most confusing and challenging (area) to get across to the community."
Monday's CAC session was part of a planning effort to help the Corps better explain this process to area residents once it's released this fall.
Gardella said the Corps continues to work with its attorneys in Washington in development of the ARAR standards, but that due to its very complex nature, the timeframe could be November or later when the technical documents would be finalized and released to the community. Corps officials had earlier projected release of the ARARs documents this summer and fall.
Once released, what would then follow would be a Corps workshop geared at educating the community on the various legal standards the Corps would be employing in any IWCS cleanup/remediation efforts.
CAC Technical Facilitator Doug Sarno commented the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has an interest in how the ARARs standards are being considered, developed and employed, but that the Corps and its attorneys have the final say-so in the actual creation of the document and its carrying out in remediation. "There could be questions (among the agencies) over application of the laws," he said. "It appears (at times) the Corps lawyers are on opposite pages to that of the EPA; EPA's role is advisory, the Corps is applicable."
Still, both envisioned the two agencies would ultimately work constructively toward ARAR development and the final product would be one that's more understandable to the community. The Corps-EPA dialogue on ARARs would hopefully give the community "a better perspective on positions," (the standards) said Gardella. "It's good for the community; it will help to better understand things."
Discussion turned briefly to the NFSS visit this past summer by CAC members and area elected officials. Gardella and Sarno, who organized the visit with the Corps, called it a positive experience overall for all who attended and said it provided a better perspective on the Corps' current endeavors at IWCS and what it is attempting to accomplish at the site in the future.
That led to the next area of interest - funding elements for any hoped-for remediation/cleanup at NFSS down the road. Both Gardella and Sarno said the outcome of the November elections will definitely influence the possibility of any future work at the site. They noted IWCS falls under the Corps' Formerly Utilized Sites Remediation Action Program for investigative studies to determine what's needed, but not for any actual cleanup work. "The Corps future remedial investigation could end up with recommendations, plans made, but no money to carry out the job," said Gardella.
Both said the IWCS complete cleanup/remediation option - if that plan is ultimately chosen by the Corps (it has not yet been decided) - would require specialized Congressional funding for it to be carried out. Corps' estimates in the past have placed such a cleanup project at IWCS in the $1.3 to $1.5 billion range - far beyond annual Department of Defense annual budget appropriations and such an effort would require an act of Congress for funding.
Both again stressed the elections and who will be elected president, together with the nation's overall economic picture, would greatly determine the IWCS future. That could range from continued Corps' maintenance of the cell and not much else, to a complete cleanup/remediation en route to site closure and eventual transfer back to the Department of Energy, which ultimately owns/controls LOOW/NFSS.
Gardella suggested that CAC members begin to touch base with all federal officials, possibly even those potentially electable candidates this fall, in an attempt to enlighten all on the IWCS problem and the need for the expected massive amount of federal funding required to enable cleanup. "The magnitude of this project requires support of the entire Western New York Congressional delegation to get it addressed," he said.
CAC has set its next session to discuss the matter further for Monday, Oct. 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Lewiston-Porter Community Resource Center alumni room. The session is open to the public.


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Subhas Chandra Bose
Chandra Bose (23 January 1897 – unknown ) was a freedom fighter in the Indian independence movement who believed in violent resistance to British colonial rule, and founded the Indian National Army, an armed Indian nationalist force.
During the Second World War he founded an army of Indian soldiers, previously part of the British Indian Army, imprisoned by the Japanese. Having rallied them from Japanese internment camps as well as other Southeast Asian villages, Bose's Indian National Army, allied and funded by Japan and the Axis powers, fought the British Indian Army. With the defeat of Japan, the Indian National Army was disintegrated.
He coined the nationalist phrase "Jai Hind" which later achieved popularity as a patriotic salutation in independent India. He labeled Mahatma Gandhi the 'father of the nation'. In India, he is widely respected and hailed as a patriot and national hero, who stood against the British colonial forces.
- Reality is, after all, too big for our frail understanding to fully comprehend. Nevertheless, we have to build our life on the theory which contains the maximum truth. We cannot sit still because we cannot, or do not , know the Absolute Truth.
- As quoted in An Indian pilgrim: an unfinished autobiography (1997) by himself, Sisir Kumar Bose, and Sugata Bose, p. 124
- You will readily understand my mental condition as I stand on the threshold of what the man-in-the-street would call a promising career.There is much to be said favour of such a service. It solves once for all what is paramount problem for each of us—the problem of bread and butter.One has not to go face life with risk or uncertainty as to success or failure. But for a man of my temperament who has been feeding on ideas which might be called eccentric—the line of least resistance is not the best to follow. Life loses half its interest if there is no struggle—if there are no risks to be taken. The uncertainties of life are not appalling to one who has not, at heart, worldly ambitions. Moreover , it is not possible to serve one's country in the best and fullest manner if one is chained to the Civil Service . In short , national and spiritual aspirations are not compatible with obedience to Civil Service Examinations.
- In a letter to his elder brother Sarat Chandra Bose on 22 September 1920, as quoted in Life and times of Subhas Chandra Bose, as told in his own words (1978) by himself, p. 83
- It is only on the basis of undiluted Nationalism and of perfect justice and impartiality that the Indian Army of Liberation can be built up.
- In his address to the Indian National Army on becoming its Supreme Commander on 26 August 1943, as quoted in India Calling (1946) by himself and R. I. Paul, p. 52
- When we stand, the Azad Hind Fauz has to be like a wall of granite; when we march, the Azad Hind Fauz has to be like a steamroller.
- In his address to the Indian National Army on becoming its Supreme Commander on 26 August 1943, as quoted in Formation and growth of the Indian National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) (1946) by Durlab Singh, p. 25
- Gird up your loins for the task that now lies ahead. I had asked you for men, money and materials. I have got them in generous measure. Now I demand more of you. Men, money and materials cannot by themselves bring victory or freedom. We must have the motive-power that will inspire us to brave deeds and heroic exploits.
- Speech in Burma (July 1944) as quoted in The Great Speeches of Modern India (2011) by Rudrangshu Mukherjee
- It is blood alone that can pay the price of freedom. Give me blood and I will give you freedom!
- Speech in Burma (July 1944) as quoted in The Great Speeches of Modern India (2011) by Rudrangshu Mukherjee
- India is calling. Blood is calling to blood. Get up, we have no time to lose. Take up your arms ! we shall carve our way through the enemy's ranks, or if God wills, we shall die a martyr's death. And in our last sleep we shall kiss the road that will bring our Army to Delhi. The road to Delhi is the road to Freedom. Chalo Delhi (March to Delhi)."
- As quoted in India Calling (1946) by himself and R. I. Paul, p. 5
- One individual may die for an idea, but that idea will, after his death, incarnate itself in a thousand lives.
- I have no doubt in my mind that our chief national problems relating to the eradication of poverty, illiteracy and disease and the scientific production and distribution can be tackled only along socialistic lines.The Very first thing that our future national government will have to do is to set up a commission for drawing up a comprehensive plan for reconstruction.
- As quoted in The Alternative Leadership 1936-1941 (1996) by Aleander Werth p. 63


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You have a square or rectangular grid of lights, some of which are on and some off. If you press any light, you toggle its state and that of any adjacent light to its left, right, top and bottom. (Diagonal neighbours are not affected.) The idea of the puzzle is to turn off all the lights. So?
Well, if a light is on, it must be toggled an odd number of times to be turned off. If a light is off, it must be toggled an even number of times (including not being toggled at all) for it to remain off. A successful operation is therefore a sequence of presses that toggles all the on lights an odd number of times and all the off lights an even number of times.
Two points may be noted:
The order in which the lights are pressed does not matter. The end result of pressing a given set of lights is always that each light has been toggled a certain number of times. (For example, suppose the lights are numbered #1#25 left to right from top to bottom. Pressing #3, #8 and #14 will toggle #2, #4, #7, #14, #15, #19 exactly once and #3, #8, #9, #13 exactly twice. No matter in what order you press #3, #8 and #14, all the affected lights will be toggled the same way in the end.)
Each light needs to be pressed no more than once. Note that pressing a light twice is equivalent to not pressing it at all (indeed pressing a light an even number of times is equivalent to not touching it while pressing it an odd number of times is equivalent to doing so just once). Since the order in which the lights are pressed does not matter, a sequence in which one light is pressed twice is equivalent to the same sequence with those two presses removed. Hence, the most efficient method of solving any puzzle (one that uses the minimum number of moves) is one in which no light is pressed more than once.
Well, thats my theory. I hope its correct, as Ive actually edited the two Wikipedia articles on Lights Out to contribute this insight of mine!
Then again, since anyone can edit wiki pages, it wouldnt really be a disaster if I am wrong. If my theory is incorrect, someone can always edit it out, and no harm will be done except to my pride and vanity.
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Note that pressing a light twice is equivalent to not pressing it at all (indeed pressing a light an even number of times is equivalent to not touching it while pressing it an odd number of times is equivalent to doing so just once).
I don't think this is so. Pressing a light, then an adjacent light, then that light again will change the puzzle. So it is not the equivalent of just pressing it twice in a row.
"In the real world, this would be a problem. But in mathematics, we can just define a place where this problem doesn't exist. So we'll go ahead and do that now..."
Okay, lets see. Suppose we press the light with co-ordinates (m,n). Then we press an adjacent light, say (m+1,n), and then the light (m,n) again.
Pressing (m,n) toggles the following lights: (m,n), (m+1,n), (m,n+1), (m−1,n), (m,n−1)
Pressing (m+1,n) toggles the following lights: (m,n), (m+1,n), (m+2,n), (m+1,n+1), (m+1,n−1)
Finally pressing (m,n) again toggles the same first five lights.
The upshot of all this is that 8 different lights have been toggled. Of these, (m,n+1), (m−1,n) and (m,n−1) have been toggled exactly twice, so there is no change in their state. Of the others, (m,n) and (m+1,n) have been toggled exactly three times while the rest have been toggled exactly once so these have changed state.
In other words, the lights that have changed state are (m,n), (m+1,n), (m+2,n), (m+1,n+1), (m+1,n−1) which are precisely those lights that would be toggled by pressing just the adjacent light (m+1,n) alone.
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I would agree with both of those statements. With that in mind, it's possible to easily optimise some solutions.
The wikipedia page gives a very sloppy way of solving a board.
Basically, eliminate all rows except the bottom one by pressing all lights directly below 'on' lights and working your way downwards. Then look at a table and press buttons according to what lights are left on in that row.
The worst part is that even then you may not be done, and you'd have to repeat the process until you finished. It's very possible that you might take a far higher number of moves that you need to. But to improve it, you'd just write down all the moves of the 'bad' solution, cross out repeating squares in pairs, and there you have a better solution. Possibly still not the best one, but certainly an improvement.
That's an interesting point actually. Can Lights Out boards have more than one solution that doesn't involve pressing a light twice?
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
my intution says yes, treating it as a long list of simultaenous equations that have to be satisfied, there are probably most deffinately not a single unique solution
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That's an interesting point actually. Can Lights Out boards have more than one solution that doesn't involve pressing a light twice?
Yes indeedy, they can. Consider the following setup:
You can do it the short way by pressing the four corner lights. Or you can do it the long way by pressing all the lights on the edge plus the second-from-left, second-from-right, second-from-top and second-from-bottom middle lights. Neither solution involves pressing a light more than once. If you dont believe it, you can try it yourself here: http://www.guzer.com/games/switchit.php
PS: There is a very interesting corollary to the above. Notice that the short solution is actually contained in the long solution. This means that if the lights are numbered #1#25 left to right from top to bottom, then pressing the following lights (in any order) will leave the entire board unchanged: #2 #3 #4 #6 #8 #10 #11 #12 #14 #15 #16 #18 #20 #22 #23 #24. (Thats all the even-numbered lights plus the midpoints of the four edges of the grid.)
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And after a good nights sleep, Ive found another example:
Short solution: Press #3 #11 #15 #23 (i.e. the midpoints of the edges of the grid)
Long solution: Press all the even-numbered lights
Again neither solution involves pressing a light more than once. This time, however, neither solution is contained in the other! This makes the example wholly non-trivial.
Heres the proof of why the long solution works. Since the even-numbered lights are all either at least two lights apart or diagonally separated, pressing an even-numbered light has no effect on any even-numbered light other than itself. Of the odd-numbered lights, only the ones at the midpoints of the grid edges are adjacent to an odd number of even-numbered lights. All the other odd-numbered lights are adjacent to an even number of even-numbered lights. Hence pressing all the even-numbered lights will change the state all the even-numbered lights plus #3, #11, #15 and #23, and leave the state of all the other lights unchanged in other words, it should turn off all the lights above.
Excellent work! So, as well as crossing out pairs, it's also possible to improve solutions by making a list of sets of buttons that don't affect the board overall and then crossing out any of those that appear. You might not get to use that method as often, but when you do it would improve the solution by a *lot*.
So now that we know that it's possible to have solutions that aren't contained in each other, the next logical question would be whether or not you can have more than one optimal solution.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
Yes, lets work on it. Meanwhile. I believe we can use some mathematical tools to help us in our analysis.
Thus, using this simpler notation, my first board above can be represented by the matrix
and the second board above by
The two statements in my first post can thus be formally stated as theorems.
Theorem 1:
(NB: Ive stated the theorem for only two multipliers; mathematical induction should see to it that it works for any finite number of multipliers.)
Theorem 2:
Theorem 3:
where + is matrix addition. And Theorem 3 proves the other two theorems! Theorem 1 is proved by the fact that matrix addition is commutative and associative, while Theorem 2 is proved by the fact that since the matrices inare over a two-element field, L + L = 0 for all L ∈ .
Let us call the matrix P[sup](m,n)[/sup] in Theorem 3 a pressing matrix (as it represents the pressing of a light). Then this conjecture claims that every board setup L is the sum of finitely many pressing matrices.
Pressing matrices would then thus the fundamental building blocks of the game of Lights Out. It would mean that starting with the zero matrix (the board with all lights off), we could arrive at any arbitrary board configuration by executing a finite series of presses which would mean (working in reverse) that every board setup in Lights Out can be solved.
PS: In the 5×5 case, there are only 25 pressing matrices. Therefore the number of finite combinations of distinct pressing matrices is only finite. It should thus be straightforward to check if between them they yield all the 2[sup]25[/sup] possible board configurations you just need a good program, or a lot of time on your hand.
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Wait a minute. There are 2[sup]25[/sup] board configurations, and there are also 2[sup]25[/sup] non-repeating combinations of buttons.
But in your 2nd example above, you showed that there are distinct non-repeating combinations that change the board in the same way. So then, because the number of configurations is the same as the number of combinations, that must mean that there are some boards that can't be solved. I'd always assumed the opposite.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
Oops, I didnt spot that.
I investigated this a bit further. From the Wikipedia article, every board can be reduced to just one lit line, and then from there you try to do stuff to make the last line go out.
Labelling the last line ABCDE, there are 5 different operations that you can do that affect nothing but the last line. These are BCE, ABC, ABDE, CDE and ACD.
Clearly, all of the board combinations can be reduced to one of the 32 boards that only involve the last line, and from there it's a question of which of those can be solved. Perhaps surprisingly, the only solvable boards other than the ones that are solved by just one of those operations are AE and BD (and of course, the one without any lights).
From there, a bit more poking around reveals that there are 3 sets of unsolvable boards such that each element can be transformed into another element in the set but no other.
Set 1:
Set 2:
Set 3:
Interestingly, each of those sets is just the solvable set but with A, B and C respectively added to each element.
A useful consequence of this is that if you get a randomly generated Lights Out board, then reducing it to one light on the edge of the board is proof that it can't be solved.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
Can some very clever person extend on what we already know and apply it to Lights Out 3D?
I tried briefly, but it seems a lot more complicated.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
I think the basic concepts are the same, only you work with 3D matrices instead of 2D matrices.
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When Barack Obama first took office four years ago, many progressives were on cloud nine. Here was a president pledging to tackle some of the issues closest to the progressive base: climate change, gun control and what he called our "broken immigration system."
That was in 2008. Fast forward to now and these are just a few of the unresolved issues leaving progressives unsatisfied.
With Obama's second term around the corner, some progressives are wondering if President Obama will reboot and follow through with his earlier promises.
'Obama Lost My Vote'
One progressive disappointed in Obama was Shaun Johnson, an assistant professor of elementary education at Towson University in Maryland. Johnson, who also writes for the education blog The Chalk Face, wrote a column in 2011 titled "Obama Lost My Vote."
Johnson tells weekends on All Things Considered host Jacki Lyden that in 2008, he was an ardent Obama supporter who volunteered for the campaign and knocked on doors. But after Obama's first term, the sentiment changed.
"A lot of people, especially in the education community, got all whipped up with anti-Bush and anti-No Child Left Behind sentiment, so they were really looking forward to a shift in education policy," Johnson says. "But there's not a lot of daylight between traditional Democratic and Republican education policies."
Johnson also wrote about his disappointment in things left out of the health care bill that concerned progressives, like single-payer or public-option insurance plans. He also took issue with Obama's foreign policy programs: drone strikes, surveillance and wiretapping.
"He's quite hawkish when it comes to a lot of his foreign policy," he says. "I think he has been painted as this radical leftist by the extreme right, but to me he is more of a center-right president."
Johnson says it's not enough that Obama championed seemingly progressive causes like the repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" and that he passed the health care law and the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act.
"He is looking in progressive directions, but to call him a progressive, or a liberal for that matter, is a bridge too far," he says.
Despite his column and his heavy support for the Green Party's education platform, Johnson says he ultimately did end up voting for Obama in the 2012 election.
The Not-So-New Congress
Some progressives do feel more optimistic about President Obama, however. It seems, after all, like a new day with the election handily won, and Democrats like Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin moving to the Senate.
Molly Ball, a staff writer who covers national politics for The Atlantic, says progressives are about to have their hopes dashed once again.
"It's truer now than it ever was that the math just hasn't really changed in Washington," Ball tells Lyden. "The Congress is still constructed the [same] way the Congress was constructed then."
Even if Obama is feeling newly liberated by his re-election, Ball says the incremental gains made by Democrats in Congress won't be enough to keep policy fights ahead from running up against the same thing they did over the last four years. Obama would still have to turn a lot of votes in order to pass any progressive legislation, such as climate change.
"People in the environmental community ... don't even hope for climate change legislation out of this Congress," Ball says.
Changes to Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid were spared in the fiscal cliff deal finalized this week, but the fact is they were on the table as part of negotiations until the last day of talks. Ball says this shows the president is open to changes on those entitlement programs, and that has some progressives and liberals nervous.
In 2008 and in his 2004 Democratic National Convention speech, Obama's message was one of bridge-building and being all-inclusive. Ball says it was appealing at the time, but in practice it hasn't been ideal for some liberals.
"There's always been these dueling strains of Obama," she says, "on the one hand as a philosophical liberal and on the other hand someone who seeks compromise — some of his allies would argue to a fault [and] that he tends to give away the store because he's so interested in building bridges to the other side."
Progressive Pressure
Bernie Sanders, for one, knows about compromise. The independent senator from Vermont objected to the fiscal deal but voted for it anyway, saying it was better than the alternative.
The co-founder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus and its only Senate member, Sanders says that by his standards, Obama is not a progressive.
"I think he is kind of a centrist, somewhere in the middle of the Democratic Party," Sanders tells Lyden. "[But] no, he's not a progressive."
Sanders says he was disappointed that the president wasn't more aggressive during the budget negotiations in standing up to what he calls a more "right-wing, extremist Republican Party."
Sanders says the president does deserve more credit, however, for the often-maligned stimulus bill. It was important for Vermont and for America, he says, and its "priorities were exactly right."
His advice to the president for his second term is to stand firm on Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, as well as to push for corporations to start paying their fair share in taxes.
"If the president stands firm ... he will have the overwhelming majority of Americans behind him," Sanders says. "And sooner or later the Republicans will catch on that they are in danger of becoming a marginal, fringe party unless they get along with the program and do what the American people want."
It's WEEKENDS on ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Jacki Lyden.
When Barack Obama first took office four years ago, many progressives were on cloud nine. Here was a president pledging to tackle some of the issues closest to the progressive base, like climate change, gun control and what he called our broken immigration system.
PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA: And I will make it a top priority in my first year as president. We understand the gravity of the climate threat. We are determined to act. We can make certain that those who are mentally deranged are not getting hold of handguns.
LYDEN: And those comments came in 2008 and 2009. Today, they're just a few of the unresolved issues leaving progressives unsatisfied. Now, with a second Obama administration soon upon us, some progressives are wondering if President Obama will reboot in this term. That's our cover story today: progressives and the president. Will it always be a glass half full or even just a quarter?
LYDEN: Shaun Johnson is one progressive voter heartily disappointed in President Barack Obama. He's an assistant professor of elementary education at Towson University in Maryland, and he writes for a blog called the Chalk Face. He wrote a column in 2011 called "Obama Lost My Vote," so we asked him to talk about why. He says that when President Obama first ran in 2008, he was an ardent supporter. He even knocked on doors.
SHAUN JOHNSON: I volunteered for the campaign in the state of Indiana, and I was completely elated when he won that state, the first time a Democrat's won it since '64. And so I was really excited by that. And I think at the time, a lot of people, especially within the education community, got all whipped up into anti-Bush sentiment and the anti-No Child Left Behind sentiment, and so they were really looking forward to a shift in education policy. But there's not a lot of daylight between traditional Democratic and Republican educational policies.
LYDEN: What other specific things in this column, "Obama Lost My Vote," disappointed you so deeply?
JOHNSON: There are sort of a lot of other decisions that he's made over his, you know, first term. I know a lot of progressives were upset about the health care negotiations that he came for...
LYDEN: Because you wanted it to be single-payer.
JOHNSON: Single-payer or a public option. And that was immediately negotiated away. I know a lot of people have been raising concerns over foreign policy in terms of drone strikes, in terms of surveillance, wiretapping. A lot of those programs have been continued. He's quite hawkish when it comes to a lot of his foreign policy. And, you know, I think he has been painted as this radical leftist by the extreme right, and he really isn't. I mean, to me, at least, he's more of a center-right president than otherwise.
LYDEN: Would a center-right president have repealed the Don't Ask, Don't Tell law? Would he have campaigned and passed a historic health care reform legislation? Would a center-right president have espoused and passed the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act?
JOHNSON: I think one way you can compare this is with Democrats and Republicans, it's all relative. And I think the conservative right has been pulled so far right that anyone evenly remotely centrist seems extreme left. And so I think he is looking in progressive directions. But to be called a progressive or a liberal for that matter, I think, is a bridge too far.
LYDEN: Shaun Johnson, a professor who blogs for the Chalk Face. Some progressives do, however, feel more optimistic about President Obama. It seems like a new day with the election handily won and Democrats like Elizabeth Warren and Tammy Baldwin moving to the Senate. But Molly Ball, a staff writer who covers national politics for The Atlantic says progressives are about to have their hopes dashed once again.
MOLLY BALL: It's truer now than it ever was that the math just hasn't really changed in Washington. The Congress is still constructed the way the Congress was constructed then. Democrats made incremental gains in the Senate and in the House, but they didn't change the basic math. And that means that these policy fights ahead are going to run up against exactly what they've run up against the last four years. Even if Obama is feeling newly liberated by his re-election, he's going to have to turn a lot of votes to make any of this possible.
And so, for example, climate change, people in the environmental community who lobby for these things, they don't even hope for climate change legislation out of this Congress. They have looked at the Republican House of Representatives, which, when it does anything on the environment, is trying to roll back the EPA or eliminate the EPA. And when they seek changes from Obama, they are seeking regulatory changes. They're seeking executive branch power to make changes. They don't even hope for a renewed push for climate change legislation for the most part.
LYDEN: Let's talk for the moment about Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid. They have been spared in this fiscal cliff deal,, but perhaps not for long. What do you see with those programs?
BALL: What we saw in the fiscal cliff negotiations was that the president was open to changes on Social Security and on Medicare. And this is a way in which liberals are already seeing it come true, that some of their priorities may not be as sacred as they hoped. Now, the changes did not end up getting made, in part because the deal ended up being so much smaller than the negotiations originally were for, but they were definitely on the table.
It was only at the very last minute those - that last day of negotiations between Mitch McConnell and Joe Biden that Social Security was taken off the table and the president had offered changes to Medicare as part of his original offer to John Boehner. So for liberals whose priorities are protecting those entitlements, I think they've got to be very nervous about what lies ahead in future negotiations.
LYDEN: Mm-hmm. You know, when President Obama ran for office prior to his first term, much was made of his roots as a community organizer, and he wrote about that a lot in his own autobiography "The Audacity of Hope." He really comes off in that tone as a progressive thinker. Do you identify him that way?
BALL: That's a really interesting question. I think on the one hand, there's no question that he is a liberal. But on the other hand, you also see, even in his early writing, this strain of pragmatism. And part of what was so appealing about him originally back in 2008 was this bridge-building idea that he had and the speech he gave at the 2004 Democratic Convention about being inclusive and bringing everybody in.
Now, a lot of Republicans may not feel that he's done that in practice, but I think there's always been these dueling strains of Obama, on the one hand as a philosophical liberal, and on the other hand as someone who really seeks compromise. Some of his allies would argue to a fault that he tends to maybe give away the store because he's so interested in building bridges to the other side.
LYDEN: Molly Ball is a staff writer covering national politics for The Atlantic. Thanks very much for being here.
BALL: Thank you.
LYDEN: Bernie Sanders is one who knows about compromise. The independent senator from Vermont objected to the fiscal deal, but he voted for it anyway, saying it was better than the alternative. Sanders is cofounder of the Congressional Progressive Caucus, and he's the only Senate member. So I asked him, what does it mean to be a progressive?
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS: By being a progressive is about, right now, is standing up and fighting for working families, fighting for low-income people, being prepared to take on big oil and big coal to save the planet in terms of global warming, standing up for women and gay folks who are under attack all of the time by an increasingly militant right wing. Those are some of the aspects of being a progressive.
LYDEN: By your own standards, by the convictions to which you've hewn, do you think that President Obama merits the term progressive? Is he progressive?
SANDERS: No. I think he's a pretty honest guy. And the president, as you may recall just a few weeks ago, said that if we were in 1980's, he would have been considered something like a moderate Republican. And I think he's kind of a centrist, somewhere in the middle of the Democratic Party. But, no, I don't think he is a progressive.
LYDEN: How would you say his leadership style has changed since he took office?
SANDERS: Well, I was very disappointed in terms of his unwillingness to be more aggressive in standing up to what has increasingly become a right-wing extremist Republican Party. And we needed the president to really stand up tall against these guys in budget negotiations and in other ways, and he really hasn't, to my mind, done that effectively.
On the other hand, I thought that the much maligned stimulus package was very, very important for Vermont and important for America. I think that the priorities of that legislation were exactly right, rebuilding our infrastructure, helping to transform our energy system, paying attention to children, paying attention to veterans. I thought more money should have gone into that, but I think he deserves more credit than he got.
LYDEN: Would you have any advice - given your own background experience, for the White House and the president on something like compromise when you have, right now, the House Speaker saying no more direct negotiations with the president, we'll see, no president rules alone - any suggestions for how...
SANDERS: Yes.
LYDEN: ...he can hold to his ideals and negotiate at the same time?
SANDERS: If the president stands firm and says, you know what: I ain't going to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, I am going to ask corporations who are not paying any taxes to start paying their fair share, he will have the overwhelming majority of the American people behind him. And sooner or later, the Republicans will catch on that they are in danger of becoming a marginal fringe party, unless they get along with the program here and do what the American people want.
LYDEN: Can I gather that senators like you are going to be pressuring the president to do exactly that?
SANDERS: Oh, I think you can gather that absolutely.
LYDEN: Bernie Sanders is the independent senator from Vermont. Thank you very much for being with us.
SANDERS: Thank you.
LYDEN: Now back to Shaun Johnson, that progressive voter, blogger and teacher who wrote the column "Obama Lost My Vote." We wondered who he did wind up voting for in the last election.
JOHNSON: Ultimately, I did vote for the president. I think in the end, we have to be pragmatic when we go into the voting booth. And even though I'm heavily supportive of the Green Party's educational platform, ultimately, given the choices, I went for the president.
LYDEN: Yeah. But did you publish a comment that said, ultimately, Obama got my vote?
JOHNSON: I did not. And perhaps that's going to be a follow up.
LYDEN: And progressives are still looking for the president to follow up on the liberal agenda that he laid out in 2008. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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Alleged cop killer Lamont Pride got into a fight with two jail guards after the ex-con refused to undergo a routine search, authorities said today. Pride, 27, has been charged in the murder of Officer Peter Figoski after he allegedly shot the cop in the face last week during a robbery attempt in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn. Authorities told The Post that Pride, who has been at Rikers Island since his arrest on Dec. 12, was undergoing a medical exam Monday when he refused to cooperate with a routine search. Read More: New York Post
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He had been a cop for 22 years, but it was only after his death that Peter Figoski's four daughters realized what that truly meant. "We now feel connected to a side of our dad we rarely saw at home — he put us aside from his duties as a police officer and always put us first,'' the grief-stricken girls said in a heartbreaking statement read at their father's funeral yesterday. "When a hero falls, an angel rises. Rest in peace, Daddy.'' Read More: New York Post
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Internet Identity Workshop #11
I sampled the program of the 11th Internet Identity Workshop (unconference) held at the Computer Museum in Mountain View (the 2nd this year, see my notes from IIW10, also in MTV).
OAuth 2.0:
- The spec still needs work on the Security Considerations section before it can be finally approved. Contributors sought
- Some early adopters have voiced issues around endpoints supporting both 1.0 and 2.0 profiles at once
- Mike Jones has taken over part of the spec process (bearer token), which will be packaged as a different profile (and RFC)
- JSON Web Token (JWT) defines a specific token format. The claims in a JWT are encoded as a JSON (digitally signed)
- Are the lessons learned from SAML usage being properly leveraged?
- What would it take for OAuth to be adopted in the enterprise (Kerberos being the obvious benchmark). What's missing in OAuth to pass enterprise or DoD vetting (e.g., what's the minimal entropy for the verification code?)
- Several reports on user experience testing
- PayPal described its experience as OpenID provider. They contribute high-quality identity datapoints like verified/certified shipping address. A client can override shipping address but doing so bears an impact to the risk rating
- There's now an OpenID retail advisory committee (RAC)
- OpenID Connect (OpenID redux atop of OAuth 2.0) is a WIP to extend OpenID by bringing profile, data, etc. (like portable contacts and activity streams) along across sites
Microsoft's U-prove certificates:
- The intellectual properties stem from the credentica.com acquisition 2 years back
- Protocols specification was published in March 2010 (RSA conference). There exists an open source SDK
- It's a new kind of certificate which permits thinning of the claims therein, while preserving the capability to crypto verify
- Value props include: minimal disclosure, derived claims (e.g., from DOB to 21-or-older claims), unlinkable claims (like coins, unlike bills), negation claims (I'm not in that list)
- Proponents anticipate an ecosystem that works for gov agencies (e.g., DMV), enterprises, consumer, devices
Personal data stores (PDS):
- It's the utopian place where I could manage all web data concerning yours truly, whether it's stored by value or by reference
- Example: my search results going back 1 or 3 years
- Value props include: empower consumer to manage data value chain (or purposely delegate the same); centralize and enforce a permission regimen (e.g., mint nonce to access my PDS); find like consumers; data portability and exchange across multiple PDS; high-quality and quicker scoring
Email is not dead just yet:
- Idea: use it as the pervasive, common denominator transport (SMTP) and repository (folders) for seamless federation of social networks
- Key concepts demonstrated in the Mr. Privacy research effort by the MobiSocial team at Stanford
- Webfinger resolves an email address into a set of machine-friendly service endpoints
- Inbound email can result in an extensible set of action handlers (like calendaring or Xobni already leverage)
- Potential use of OAuth for folder-level access


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i had to come up with a good synth shoot out just to simply cure my bordom.
in the BLUE corner we have the OBERHEIM OB12
a very sexy synth indeed with a super interface, people cry it's not a true oberheim because it was made with another company "viscount" but who the f**k cares, so it's not a OBX,OB8! sometimes i think if this synth was called a VISCOUNT OB12 with an oberheim engine like the sledge more people would of got one.
and in the YELLOW corner we have the STUDIOLOGIC SLEDGE
also a very sexy synth with a super hands on interface, and alike the ob12 it too was "tag teamed" with waldorf who supplied the synth engine. although people say it's not as ballsy as a blofeld
so both these synths are nice looking, "tag teamed" to make, have ton's of hands on tweakability with more nobs and faders you can shake a stick at. i believe they are both have 12 polyphony now too and for both the price is around 1000-1200 bucks.
so what one would win in your opinion and why???


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Philanthropic group sponsored the eventWhen it comes to motivation, money may be the queen among
carrots and pain the king among sticks.
Both are increasingly on the side of a more rapid uptake
of integrative medicine into mainstream delivery according to leaders of health
systems and military medicine. Representatives of each spoke on November 10,
2011 at "Integrative Medicine in Action," seminar sponsored by the
Bravewell Collaborative of philanthropists in integrative medicine that
preceded the Bravewell
Physician Leadership Award.
Moderator Jonathan LaPook, MD,
the CBS medical correspondent, set the tone at the educational session. He made
it clear that this year's program at the New
York Palace Hotel would not merely feature opinions on integrative medicine's purportedly
transformational philosophy, vision and mission. LaPook, who also moderated a
previous iteration of the biennial event, scanned the packed parlor room of
individuals who'd paid $250 a person to attend. He declared everyone present a
member of the choir. No more preaching, he said. This year the speakers would
deliver nuts-and-bolts on the state of integrating healing-oriented, whole
person, integrative care within large healthcare systems and into military
Jonathan LaPook, MD: CBS correspondent moderatedThe field of integrative medicine has moved, as LaPook later put it, "from
generalities to the specifics" of implementation. He nodded toward a table
Lt. Colonel Windy
Hendrick sat. The F16 fighter pilot was to later present on the positive impact of her
integrative health coaching for returning veterans. LaPook joked that
if any speaker strayed into philosophizing, he'd pre-arranged with Hendrick to
have the back-slider strafed.
LaPook's jest on such a forceful motivational strategy touched the
day's pervasive theme. Do powerful incentives exist in the nation's $2.6-trillion payment and
delivery system to propel integrative medicine into a leading role in reform?
Close observers know that misaligned incentives are a badgering blues soundtrack
for integrative medicine's brief, 15-year history. The
field's health-oriented approach runs at counter-purpose to the disease-focus
that spawned the $2.6 trillion medical industry.
Tracy Gaudet, MD: from IM to the the VA
The challenge was captured recently Duke University Chancellor Emeritus
Ralph Snyderman, MD, a prior winner of
Bravewell's $100,000 prize. He wrote a column in
the Journal of the American Medical Association about an integrative
outpatient program at Duke University. The program saved $2200 per employee but
was killed by the system. Snyderman explained: "Ironically, because
reimbursement compensates in-hospital patient care at a higher level than
outpatient services, the health system realized a financial disadvantage, and
the program proved economically unsustainable."
In short, getting people healthy is not incentive enough.
Speaker Tracy Gaudet, MD, formerly a co-worker with Snyderman at the Duke's
integrative medicine program and currently the inaugural director of the Veteran's Health
Administration's Office of Patient-Centered Care and Cultural Transformation later put it this way: "The biggest mistake you can make
is to believe that everyone wants to make health better."
A potential for financial alignment?Notably, the rest of Duke's integrative medicine initiative has been sustained in
its first decade only through over $10-million of philanthropy from
John and Christy Mack,
the Bravewell evening's Diamond Benefactors and hosts.
But presenter
Ken Paulus says
this problematic financial climate for integrative medicine is about to be
turned on end. Paulus is president and CEO for Minnesota's dominant delivery
system, Allina Hospitals &
Clinics. He argued that the economic
obstacle to expansion of integrative medicine inside healthcare delivery will
change under the Affordable Care Act. Paulus recounted that Allina has "been in
this business of treating diseases for 100 years and we do it very well."
The system serves roughly a third of Minnesota's population. Then Paulus
referenced the soaring cost of care in the United States: "Being increasingly
broke completely changes the equation."
Ken Paulus, Allina CEOPaulus took a side-journey to underscore his point. He recounted a story he'd
heard that intrigued him about an ancient Chinese form of healthcare payment.
Barefoot doctors, he said, were only paid by communities if the people in their
charge were kept healthy. Fast forward to the new payment forms in Obama's
Accountable Care Organizations and Patient
Centered Medical Homes. "For the first time ever," said Paulus,
"the payment will change toward keeping people healthy." He repeated,
for emphasis: "For the first time in 100 years it will be our job at
Allina to keep the village healthy."
This, Paulus concluded, is where Allina "is
headed." And this shift is "the point of inflection" for
integrative medicine.
"When I first heard of integrative medicine," he
told his audience," I saw you as an expense."
He credited philanthropic support via the Penny George Institute
for Health and Healing with keeping the integrative flame alive at Allina. "We've had benefactors for integrative
medicine. The George's [Family
Foundation] and the Ted and Roberta
Mann Foundation have bridged us to where we are going." But now Paulus
anticipates that when the Affordable Care Act's payment structure "kicks in that
supports keeping people healthy, you will be an asset. Integrative medicine
will be an asset."
Pain drives Army's interest in integrative medicinePresenter Colonel Kevin Galloway turned attention to another well-known
motivator. Pain, he said, has brought the US military to adopt holistic and
integrative approaches. Galloway is chief of staff of the US Army's Pain
Management Task Force and action officer for the
Pain Management Campaign Plan. "In the past," shared Galloway,
"we used to say when you have more pain, give mor-phine."
This changed in a big way under the
and personal experience of Lt. General David Fridovich. Said Galloway: "He made
holistic okay. He redefined pain as a functional issue. He told the specialties
you need to stop fighting among the tribes and focus on what is the best
medicine." Galloway added: "We are rebuilding our system with a
multidisciplinary approach. We have acupuncturists and massage therapists
around our interventionists. We're forcing them to sit together."
Colonel Kevin Galloway: Army initiative has team modelIntegrative medicine's emergence was captured in the
words, and presence, of Gaudet. The former Duke leader in integrative medicine now heads up the Veteran's Health
Administration's Office of Patient-Centered Care and Cultural Transformation. The
integrative medicine experience that informs Gaudet's work also includes an earlier
stint as director of the Arizona
Center for Integrative Medicine, founded by Andrew Weil, MD. Recalling that
pioneering work, Gaudet stated: "In 1996, we had to argue to just have a
conversation" about integrative medicine's potential value.
Gaudet took up LaPook's practical charge: "We need
to define what we mean by a transformed system. What is it that we want? We
need to define a personalized health plan. What is it?" She moved into the
nuts and bolts of the forms we use for gather patient outcomes related to pain. Gaudet suggested that a
pain scale in a health-oriented system would not merely reach from a 10 for intolerable pain to zero for pain free. She suggested that intolerable pain should be a -10 in a scale that stretches not merely to 0 but to a true positive of 10 for happiness. Her suggestion was evidence-based:
"We know that if patients have to fill in different boxes (in forms), behavior
changes." She added: "We have to hard-wire this change" toward a health-orientation.
To 1960s-era Baby Boomers who fostered the growth of the alternative, complementary and now
integrative medicine fields, the idea of military medicine leading the uptake
of soft-belly, integrative practices can seem oxymoronic. Similarly, conventional medical professionals don't much like thinking that in the US system, making money and
focusing on the health of our villages has too often proven an even more awkward fit.
To listen to the speakers brought together by the
Bravewell philanthropists, these cobbled motivators may yet launch integrative
medicine as the transformational agent the Bravewell's founders have advocated
for a decade.
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Silly old bear. It's one of my favorite lines from A.A. Milne tales of the little boy named Christopher Robin whose fluffy companions include a bear called Winnie the Pooh. I've got Pooh on the brain today after reflecting a bit more on the transition to a new blog site. I'm remembering my early days with our oldest son Christopher, whose room as a toddler was decorated with all things primary colors and Pooh.
Christopher has been a part of our lives for more than two decades, and I've been affiliated with Raising Arizona Kids for nearly that long — joining the staff when my three children were still small enough to read Winnie the Pooh tales in lap mode. They're all in college now, so the nature of our relationships is evolving. Still, this will always be their home.
That's how I feel about Raising Arizona Kids. Folks concerned that my new adventures mean their stories won't get shared with RAK audiences needn't fret. I'm continuing to cover Arizona arts and culture for the magazine, but in online article rather than blog mode. Also continuing to write an arts page for each month's print magazine. Your stories are no less near and dear to me now than they were some 1,250 + posts ago when I started blogging.
Like all artists, writers need to explore and grow. We need fresh eyes on new landscapes. I never worry, when seeing associate artists for Childsplay direct or act in other settings, that their love for Childsplay is diminished in any way. I suspect their diverse adventures fuel both their individual creativity and work together as an ensemble. That's how I feel about both writing for RAK and doing my own "Stage Mom Musings" thing.
Similarly, our children's college adventures don't mean they love us any less. It's just that there are more paths for them to travel. And that's as it should be. I fully expect that the road back home will stay well trodden. And so it is for my relationship with Raising Arizona Kids. I'll be sharing arts adventures both there and here, which'll help me champion Arizona arts both locally and beyond our borders.
I hope you'll follow along on my road trip. Covering Arizona arts and culture — and those who nurture and create it — continues to be my great joy and privilege. So no worries, silly old bear.
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