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Modeling Division, Research Department, of the International Monetary
(IMF) gave this one sentence review of The Lost Science of
Money book -
masterful work."
(from page 13 of his IMF working
paper, The Chicago Plan Revisited, which
has swept the economic world by storm)
Here are the keys that unlock
the mystery of the money power - the hidden force secretly exercised by
those holding society's monetary reins.
The Lost Science of Money exposes the mythology created to protect
those who are embezzling from society, under cover of a deceptive
ideology of money. This group has immorally used economic theory as a
tool of class war for the past three hundred years, while screaming
accusations of "class warfare" against those who question their power!
The author provides the weapons needed to protect self, family, nation,
and humanity from the predations of this gang, that has shrouded itself
under cover of "econo-speak" for so long.
These ideas are presented accurately, but in "down-to-earth" language,
without the confusing economic jargon that has usually served to
obfuscate the subject. Historical cases with 119 illustrations help to
convey the author's unique message.
The author at 26, and now. Though a bit
more seasoned, he keeps a youthful attitude.
Zarlenga draws on 35 years of experience in the world of
finance, securities, insurance, mutual funds, real estate, and futures
trading. He has published 20 books on money, banking, politics and
philosophy (including The Anglo American Establishment, by Prof. Carrol
Quigley). While in his mid 20s he incorporated the Athenian branch of
an English life insurance company, earlier opening several European
markets for the parent firm, IOS.
A few years later he built the
distribution network of the then
leading American mutual fund concentrating in gold shares. As a member
of the New York Futures Exchange (a subsidiary of the New York Stock
Exchange) he specialized in trading the complex CRB futures index for
several years. Thus the author is more than familiar with both the
practical and theoretical sides of our market economy.
Yet he calls into question and challenges the
basis, and Achilles'
heel, of American Capitalism: the private control and resulting
misdirection of the nation's monetary system.
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Dr. Michael Kumhof
Deputy Division Chief, Modeling Division, Research Department, of the
International Monetary Fund, from page 13 of his IMF working paper The Chicago Plan Revisited,
gave this one sentence review of The Lost Science of
Money -
masterful work."
From Hugh
"You are right that I have a
long-standing interest in monetary
matters...This book looks marvelously helpful and has some stunning
historical vistas of the whole concept of media of exchange."
- Mr. Hugh Downs,
Former "Tonight
Show" co-star; decades with ABC News, including
co-hosting "The 20/20 Show." Presently affiliated with the Hugh Downs
School of Broadcasting at Arizona State University.
Florence, Italy
"Thank you for the
copy of your
chapter on Rome's money, which I read
with great pleasure. I have learnt a lot from it. And I am glad you
share my approach in perusing Classical texts."
- Prof. Emelio
Author of Money in
Ancient Rome (1984); perhaps the finest book on that
Todd Altman's Reviews
"Stephen Zarlenga's
exhaustively researched book -- The
Lost Science of Money -- explodes various myths surrounding both the
history and nature of money, and proposes what I believe is a
long-overdue reform of our monetary system. Zarlenga makes a compelling
argument that most of the world's economic problems are heavily rooted
in the inherently corrupt nature of debt-based, privately-controlled
money systems. Under these systems, private banks are allowed to
extract enormous amounts of wealth from the global and national
economies in exchange for the nothing out of which they create the
money they loan....The Lost Science of Money is an absolute must-read
for all Americans. Why? Because nothing touches our lives more than
money, yet very few of us know much about either the history or nature
of money -- what little we do know being heavily influenced by the
myths and half-truths propagated by debt-money and/or hard-money
advocates. This book will help change all that. - The Book That Neither
Debt-Money nor Hard-Money Advocates Want You to Read"
- Todd Altman,
Reviewer of books
on money Click here to see
the whole Review
From Chicago
"If Zarlenga's book had
been out there in the 60's and 70's we would have known what to have
done beyond being flower children."
- Steven Walsh,
Chicago Educator
"Many thanks for sending
me a copy of your stimulating book The Lost
Science of Money. I have now managed to work through the volume with
great interest and I certainly appreciate the wealth of historical
research which has gone into its composition. I have learnt a great
- G.K. Shaw,
Emeritus Professor of Economics, University of Buckingham, UK
From ACRES
"A full recitation of...what
happened (monetarily) in America can
be found in Stephen Zarlenga's masterpiece, The Lost Science of
Money.""If the farm organizations...would all invest $50 in Stephen
Zarlenga's Masterpiece, The Lost Science of Money, and a smaller amount
in our Unforgiven, a clear public policy might emerge, and the Union
that Lincoln saved once before might be saved again."
- Charles Walters,
Executive Editor,
The Green Party of England
"This book is timely…The
naïve view that money is merely a neutral
medium-of-exchange is conclusively demolished…The long held belief in
the commodity nature of money is also totally demolished and the
damaging effects of this belief through history are analyzed in great
- Brian Leslie,
Washington DC
Zarlenga's book entitled The
Lost Science of Money, is one of
the most important books published in the world in the past 200 years.
Someday it will be recognized for the classic that it is… reform along
the lines Zarlenga recommends could transform the economy of the world
into a system that would benefit everyone, not just the monetary
plutocrats who preside over the globalistic cannibalism that runs amok
today… Stephen Zarlenga has proven once and for all how wrong their
assumptions are, how rotten and ill-conceived the present system really
is, and how a few basic reforms could make an enormous difference in
the life of the people of our nation and the world."
Richard C. Cook,
U.S. Treasury official and author of "Challenger Revealed"
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"This is an impressive and
comprehensive volume detailing the history
of money and monetary systems from earliest times up to the present.
The Book is chronological and deeply interesting….This history paints a
new canvas."
- John Stoner -
for Groundswell Newsletter (Click to see the
whole Review)
From New
its assault on democratic
institutions, The Lost Science of Money, eagerly-awaited, is here at
last. Stephen Zarlenga's magnum opus promises to give us all the
abundant treasures unearthed by his many years of digging among the
ruins of lost civilizations -- perhaps in timeto rescue our
own...Stephen Zarlenga has broken new ground...He presents his findings
in a style that is understandable to the layperson yet based on
painstaking research. His conclusions, like Henry George's, are radical
the best senses of the word: going to the root;
on behalf of liberty
and community."
- Mark A. Sullivan,
President, Council of Georgist Organizations
the 3,000-year
history of
money, Zarlenga argues that
economic theory has been used as a tool of class warfare and that a
generation has been led astray into market worship."
- University of Chicago Alumni Magazine, December, 03
"I am very impressed
with the amount of research you have done,
and I'm
sure others will be also."
- Robert de Fremery,
Lifelong Monetary Researcher and Reformer, formerly with Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Author of Rights vs. Privileges (1992);
and Money and Freedom (1955).
"Congratulations on publishing
Lost Science of Money…There are
illuminations on the nature of the banking system in the U.S., and the
rest of the world for that matter, which should shock many a lay person
like myself who would then come to the ineluctable conclusion that the
usurpation of the money power by private interests has been a primary
source of world depredation. Once again kudos on this significant
contribution to the universe of discourse on the money power!"
- Francis Peddle,
Educator and
Attorney; Director, Schalkenbach Foundation
Washington DC:
"Stephen Zarlenga's new
book is a popular, uncensored presentation of a
very large subject…not just a technical tome about the nature of money
itself, this is rather a monetary interpretation of history, something
that has never been done before. Instead of starting out with
modern-day assumptions about money, Zarlenga goes back to the earliest
times and lets the story unfold naturally from there.
The book seems
destined to become a classic."
- John Tiffany, American Free Press
"That Saturday afternoon
session on monetary policy & reform was
the first time I felt like I was really understanding the monetary
ideas and argumentsbeing presented; you, and your colleagues on the
panel, did a nice job of keeping things clear."
- Hanno T. Beck, Banneker Center for Economic Justice
"You have written the
book for which I was desperately searching…How
you have managed to unearth so much hidden financial history is a
source of amazement… It reads like a detective novel, and an exciting
one at that! It's wonderful stuff! Reading your book is like drinking
nectar. It remains to be seen if it will light the path to reforms that
might save the present incarnation of Western Civilization from
destruction. That, in my guesstimation, is your motive. Regardless, the
book is excellent. It will become a classic."
- Dr. Lewis Coleman
"Monetary reformer
Stephen Zarlenga has clearly detailed the processes
by which banks control and usurp the natural return to capital, just as
landlords control and usurp the natural return to land. Zarlenga cuts
through the intrigues of banking by going straight to the principles of
an equitable currency system.
His ideas give a clear vision of how money should be issued, how land
and money issues interlock, and how land reformers and money reformers
can work together to free humanity."
- Dan Sullivan,
Director, Center for Local Tax Research
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Received your book
(although "book" sounds far too common, I can't seem
to find the right words to express your work's grandeur). Now I see
that money has been corrupted through private individuals usurping a
public institution for their own benefit. Hats off! First, for your
clear and intelligent exposition,
and secondly, for your courage to
present the truth."
- David Hershey,
Leading Pension Plan Investment Strategist
"Congratulations on the
monumental effort in "The Lost Science of
Money," the completion of which is utterly critical for advancing human
understanding. There are many "new age" individuals who raise hope by
explaining there is a miraculous raising
of the consciousness of the
masses going on...
but consciousness is advanced only with hard mental
work, research, study and perseverance."
- A Financial
From Gramling, South Carolina
"This book ... (is)
Highly provocative and highly recommended."
- Carl Watner,
Editor, The
Voluntaryist Newsletter
"A quick 'read-in'
yesterday night got me hooked quickly... not a book
to read in one gulp... but an enormous resource! We will certainly be
promoting it; we're into alternative currencies, community energy
exchange networks and such..." Congratulations from the underside (or
is it the upperside?) of the world!"
- Jacques Boulet, Manager, Borderlands Co-operative
"It is interesting to
compare this book with Progress and Poverty."
- Chuck Metalitz
Director, Henry George School of Social Science, Chicago
"Dr. C. recommended a
wonderful book called, "The Lost Science of
Money" by Stephen Zarlenga. I loved this book. I inhaled it….Zarlenga
has written a wonderful summary of the economic history of the Western
World…I strongly urge you to read this book."
- George Blackburne III, Blackburne & Brown Investor Letter
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- Douglas Mudd
Smithsonian Institution Numismatic Department
From Zurich's
"Many thanks for your
great book. It looks wonderful.
I brought it to Martin B.... and he just kept it !!!...."
- Dr. Jurg Conzett,
Founder, The MONEYMUSEUM and many other important activities.
From an Australian
"The Lost Science of Money took
a long
while to reach me and I have not
read all of it yet but, Stephen, it is a great contribution to
financial and
economic thinking - indeed, one of the greatest contributions I have
read in
recent times. The people to whom you have been talking seem equally
impressed and I
hope the re-thinking you have stimulated will continue."
- James Cumes,
Ret. Diplomat, active author, thinker, and originator of VOW (Victory
over Want)
"Three cheers for Steve
Zarlenga's The Lost Science of Money. He
performs an incredibly valuable service by cogently detailing and
exploring the writings and the events of one of the most important
issues in any society...(He) makes crystal clear that although long
neglected, it is absolutely critical that many more people understand
the nature of money...(to achieve) a transition to a rational and fair
money system, constituted for the public good and general welfare....He
points out reasonable and proven approaches...and specific suggestions.
The real problem is the will to act from understanding and the
resistance from those benefiting from the current system."
- R.C. Stuart
"Well, having actually
finished The Lost Science of Money, I will be
able to
die a little less frustrated. I am reminded of my experience of many
years ago
wading through Fyodor Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov with this
difference: At least with Dostoevsky I didn't feel compelled to
every other sentence."
- Daniel Bollhoefer, - A reader I am proud to have.
"Mini-Review" From Silicon Valley California:
"Dear Mr Zarlenga,
I have
just finished reading The Lost Science of
Money and am overwhelmed. Your knowledge, your purity of thoughts and
your humanity are only equaled by your courage. It has been a privilege
to read your work and my only regret is that it was still a work in
progress at the time my own humble effort on an adjoining theme was
published. Many of my errors would have been prevented."
from a County
Chair of the Libertarian Party:
"I want to
thank you
for your very
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Have you heard the one about the financial advisor who built up a practice of 350 clients, and then gave away 300 of them? He said he wanted a more "uniform" client base.
And the real punch line: It's no joke.
Ryan Beal, a financial advisor at CME Federal Credit Union in Columbus, Ohio, says that after a couple of years of developing his book of business, he decided he most enjoyed working with active and retired police officers and firefighters. It was members of this very same service community who had founded the credit union some 75 years ago, and who still represent about 30% of the membership of the institution. (CUSO Financial Services is the TPM for CME).
"I had to identify where my business was coming from, and also who I really worked well with," he says. "And about two years ago, it came to me, that it was the cops and the firefighters. So I found another advisor who could focus on my other clients, and shifted them over to him, and I kept about 45 to 50 who were the police and firefighters."
Was it hard to do? Not really, he says. "It was a leap of faith, but it also made sense. About 50% of my business was coming from those people, and I was feeling spread too thin." Besides, he adds, "I really relate to these guys. My personality works well with theirs. These are people with thick skins and blunt senses of humor, and I have a thick skin and a blunt sense of humor too. We get along. We have good conversations, and joke a lot. I've even gotten to ride on their fire trucks."
So even though narrowing his client list so dramatically initially cut his production numbers in half, it gave him a more focused base to build on.
Of course he couldn't just dump clients who had been handed to him when he signed on to take over what had been an existing investment program. "We had to make everyone comfortable. I assured my clients that we were transitioning and that I would still be around," he says. And in the end everyone was comfortable with the move to a new advisor.
Management at the credit union and at CUSO had to be sold on his plan too, of course. Was that hard? "Well, yes and no," Beal says. "I went to them with a 30-page PowerPoint presentation to explain my plan. It was a succinct presentation and I eventually got buy-in from both places. I explained that we could offer our police and firefighters something unique inside the credit union."
Still, he says, two years after the scale-back of his book, "I will say that every time I have a bad month I still get questions like, 'Hey, is this still working out?'"
The numbers say it is. He's already back up to 122 clients-all uniformed services personnel-and is looking to add an operations person to his staff so he can expand further.
In 2011, the year he gave away 85% of his clients and half his income, his production was $321,000. By 2012 it was back to $460,000. Assets under management were $10.5 million in 2011, but were already at $33 million and counting as of the start of October this year.
Beal says firefighters and police make good clients because "while they may not get paid all that well, they get treated very well in retirement." Also, he says his clients have developed a sense of trust in him-something that with this particular group of people doesn't come that easily. "The thing is, I have more respect for these people than any other group of employees," says Beal. "I remember the Sept. 11 media coverage in 2001, where you saw the people pouring out of those burning buildings and the police and firefighters heading in and up the stairs. I tell my clients, 'You do a job I could never do, and I'll do a job that you don't want to do.'"
It turns out that in his particular advisory niche, word-of-mouth referrals are everything. "You know, people don't realize it, but firefighters and cops spend a lot of their working life sitting around and talking, until there is some emergency they have to deal with. So if I have one guy as a client and do a good job, he'll tell other guys about me and that means something. If a battalion chief says, 'I've worked with Ryan, and you should go see him,' they will come and see me. But the other side of that is I cannot afford to drop the ball with anyone. This is a tight-knit group of people. If I do something that makes someone mad, that will get around too."
That's one reason Beal says he's not trying to grow his client book too quickly. "If I grow faster than I can handle it, I won't be able to deal with people as personally as they want, and it would all start crumbling down as fast as it grew."
Interestingly, Beal says that while police and firefighters "take major risks every day, facing people with loaded guns or running into burning buildings," at the same time "they are ridiculously conservative when it comes to their investments."
This can make it hard because they are also people who often end up retiring as early as their 40s because of either the stress or because of injuries on the job. So an advisor has to come up with ways to ensure that they, their often still young children, and their spouses, who often are not working, are financially secure for an unusually long time.
"They're very long-term investors with very short-term views," he says. "They tend to look at how their investments are doing every day, and so I have to do a lot more hand-holding than my colleagues with other kinds of clients have to do. I mean, I've had a retired firefighter come in and say, 'Ryan, I lost $12,000 this week.' And I'll say, 'Yes, that's true, but you have $800,000, and that $12,000 is just 1.5%.' I have to change the perspective, so that they can think in percentages instead of dollars and cents. Then I'll have a retired detective come in and he'll want to know every little detail about his portfolio. So I have to know how to enjoy all of that."
Women cops and firefighters present a different challenge, he says, noting that while there are a number of female cops in his client roster, he has only one female firefighter. "These women are very direct, very blunt," he says. "They want to know everything, and their questions can sometimes even seem offensive."
He says the male cops and firemen tend to go with gut feelings when they are discussing investment plans. "With the women, it's a much more arduous process. They want to know, to every penny, how I get paid. And they'll ask things like, 'What would be the reasons why I would fire you?'"
His answer to that one: "I'll admit the first time I got that, it set me back, but I said, 'I set high standards. If I don't deliver on those, I would expect you to fire me. I would fire me.' That was the answer she wanted. It's not about performance. Performance happens. It's about how we deal with it and with the clients."
He adds that he doesn't bother with social media or even newsletters for communication. "These are people who like things to be face-to-face," he says, "or at least on the phone. "These are not people who shop online or go to AutoTrader.com. They go to a store or a dealer and they shake hands on a deal."
So, how to grow client assets when the clients are so risk-averse? "First of all, I have to see my role as educator," he says. "It's about setting the proper level of expectation. I try not to give an expected return, but I'll say we'll try for 6%. It's below the historical return on bonds. If we do better, or double that, great."
There are, of course, tax considerations to deal with. For example, he says, if someone retires at 45, they have to be careful about avoiding the 10% penalty on early withdrawals from IRA plans. The IRS grants a waiver for uniformed retirees who draw directly from public pensions, he notes, "but you have very little growth if you have your money in those plans." So the idea is to find a "balance point," taking some money for family expenses from the pension without penalty, and some from the IRA, allowing the rest of those latter assets to continue to grow.
Beal says his clients favor conservative portfolios, for example 50/50 or 60/40 equity and income. He will also put a small portion of portfolios into alternatives, including ETFs, investment trusts and especially structured products-things like money management platforms.
"What my clients truly want-the majority of them-is a portfolio that grows steadily and doesn't have dramatic drops," he says. "That's what I try to give them."
Name: Ryan Beal
Bank: CME Federal Credit Union
Location: Columbus, Ohio
TPM: CUSO Financial
2012 production: $460,000
2011 production: $321,000
Current AUM: $33 million
2012 AUM: $24 million
2011 AUM: $10.5 million
No. of branches: 5
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The White River School Board OK'd a three-year superintendent contract with Janel Keating.
"We're excited," Board President Denise Vogel said after the unanimous vote at the board's Dec. 14 meeting. Vogel noted Keating, who has served as the district's deputy superintendent for the past few years, would provide a seamless transition that will help the district continue its work.
Keating takes over the reins from Superintendent Tom Lockyer who will retire July 1.
In the contract, Keating is scheduled to earn $138,000 annually, comparable to leaders in districts of similar size, along with retirement, insurance and a monthly transportation reimbursement. Keating's contract outlines vacation, sick and supplemental responsibility days and holidays.
"As a district, we have always tried to compensate employees somewhere in the middle of the pack for like-size districts," the board noted in talking points from the contract. "We know that if we had to go out and look for a new superintendent, this amount is commensurate with what we would have needed to pay."
Vogel said the board wasn't interested in looking around when it had Keating right here and "knowing full well she's receiving offers left and right." The board was looking for a seamless transition so the progress the district has made could continue. It was not looking for the turmoil and expense of a superintendent search.
Vogel said her talks with administration and staff confirm the board's decision.
"We have made great progress under the leadership of Tom and Janel and are excited to be able to continue with that progress," she said.
The board also noted its expectations for the superintendent including fulfilling community obligations and professional memberships. She is past president of the Washington State Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development.
The contract, like Lockyer's and her own previous agreement, allows Keating to continue to her work as a consultant and speaker.
Keating's work with Professional Learning Communities has earned her and the White River School District national recognition and makes her a popular speaker and author on leadership and school improvement.
Vogel said the relationships Keating has with those outside sources benefit the district.
"It really ends up being a good thing for us," Vogel said.
Keating earned a master's degree in educational leadership from the University of Idaho, a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Carroll College in Helena, Mont., and her superintendent's certificate from Seattle Pacific University.
An elementary and middle school teacher, Keating began her career with the White River School District as principal at Mountain Meadow Elementary School, where she first put PLC concepts into practice. During her leadership, Mountain Meadow was recognized as one of the highest academically performing elementary schools in the state and Keating was honored as Principal of the Year.
District leadership tapped into her knowledge and made her part of its administrative team.
As part of the contract, Keating is subject to board evaluation every year.


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by Dan Greenhaus
From Oysterhead to Radiohead: Bonnaroo Does It Again
As one glances at the artist lineup for the 2006 Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival, I am once again amazed at the ability of the festivals producers to not only consistently book the most eclectic group of musicians, but to also get a diverse array of one offs and reunions, the likes of which ensure a sellout year after year, without succumbing to the sophomore, junior or any other type of jinx one imagines.
One couldve used any number of adjectives to describe Bonnaroo festivals in years gone by, however Bonnaroo has really outdone itself this year, with the addition of arguably the most inspiring, talented, forward looking and progressive band in the world today, Radiohead. Even more so, despite the elementary (and, I might add, completely incorrect) labeling of Bonnaroo has either a hippie or jamband festival, Radiohead and the rest of this years lineup ensure the aforementioned labels can never again be used to describe the festival (or at least one should hope).
Now why is that important? Well, its not really. But what is important, is that Bonnaroo has once again set itself apart from every other festival. Featuring Oysterhead, moe., Phil Lesh, Umphreys McGee, Mike Gordon and The Disco Biscuits, the festival certainly has no shortage of jamband acts. However, with headliners and must-sees such as Tom Petty, Bright Eyes, Bill Frisell, Beck, Elvis Costello, Bonnie Raitt, Ben Folds and Buddy Guy, reducing the festival to a hippie fest does a huge disservice to the vast majority of acts appearing. In fact, a strong case can be made that the jamband acts are clearly the undercard if you will, representing the third or fourth in an individuals list of must-see acts.
Some uninformed individuals might be asking themselves why Bonnaroo would book a band like Radiohead and why Radiohead would agree to play. Well, for those who may not have yet been sucked into the Radiohead vacuum, its hard to describe the band as anything other than a modern day Pink Floyd, even if musically speaking, they are almost nothing alike. But what they have in common is what, underneath, makes Bonnaroo such an incredible festival and Radiohead so appealing to the jamband fan; The desire to look forward, to change and to constantly challenge yourself, and your audience.
And so, not surprisingly, I again must tip my hat to Bonnaroos producers. The number of bands appearing that one MUST see makes the festival a MUST attend. If its not Radiohead, its Stephen Malkus, or Atmosphere (who thrilled fans at Vegoose), or its My Morning Jacket.
Fans are in for a real treat this year. Hopefully, some of them understand exactly how special it really is.


text: 16 April 2013Anyone who still has a stash of Easter eggs stored away around their homes by their children might well use have used the argument that eating it will give them spots as a way of persuading them to go easy. But recent scientific research has implied that threatening that youngsters will suffer an outbreak of spots after tucking into chocolate is on dodgy scientific ground. It suggests that susceptibility to acne depends more on family history, age and possibly stress levels than on the amount of sugary food eaten, the BBC reports.The theoretical link between sugary sweets and acne dates back many years, but the first major doubts were cast on the suggestion in 1969, when a study compared the effects on the skin of acne sufferers of eating an ordinary chocolate bar, and one with extra-high levels of cocoa every day for a month. But several decades on, that research has itself been heavily criticised and little progress made in any direction, until, in 2011, Samantha Block of the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine decided to instigate her own research project. Her research, just published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, involved men aged 18 to 35. Each one ate up to 340 grams (12oz) of chocolate daily for a week, and had their acne assessed on the fourth and seventh days. It found that the amount of acne suffered increased in proportion with the amount of chocolate eaten. However, the argument as to the role chocolate plays in the development of acne still rages, and another researcher, Jennifer Burris, has published findings of her work in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics which examined all links between acne and diet, which suggests that the strength of the link between diet and acne is still unclear. "We're not really sure if diet can cause these acne flares or maybe they just make them more severe," she said. But whatever contributes to an outbreak of acne, it can be treated with the help of a skin peel, a Dermaroller, which is designed to encourage fresh skin growth, or PPX/Isolaz laser treatment, which is the only such method approved by the American Food and Drug Administration.


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I know I already posted about Woody's Team Dream Team shirts last Friday but this weekend, Jesse Carmody got creative with the TDT water bottle photo shoot and I had to share these photos!
"The red, white and blue bobcat t-shirt & purist bottle are here to commemorate Woody's National Masters Championship, his commitment to the US Olympic Cycling program, and to support him for being an all around good guy.
100% of the proceeds from both the red, white & blue bottle and t-shirt will go to assisting him with his medical bills. Look cool and be rad at the same time!"
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Hi, On Thu, 11 Aug 2011, Chris Rankin wrote:
The patch here for VDR (with separate "drop in" files freesat.t1 and freesat.t2) looks interesting, and would seem to allow VDR to read the compressed EPG in a transparent way. However, it has obviously not been merged to VDR in over 2 years, which would suggest that the VDR developers have rejected it for some reason.
I haven't pushed it upstream to Klaus, I think the preferable solution is to do it as a plugin - search for the eepg plugin which incorporates the parsing code.
P.S. Yes, I know that I am assuming that FreeSat and FreeviewHD are using the same proprietary Huffman tables. But I'm also under the impression that this assumption is not a bad one.
Yup, same tables, same PIDs - they're also broadcast on some of the DVB-T muxes as well.
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text: Home A new journal paper has been accepted in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. A new journal paper "Performance Analysis of License Assisted Access LTE with Asymmetric Hidden Terminals" has been accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Mobile Computing. See here for details. Kiyoon Kim's paper has been accepted by AAAI 2018, top conference in the field of artificial intelligence! Kiyoon Kim's paper has been accepted by AAAI 2018, top conference in the field of artificial intelligence! See here for details. AiSLab @ EgoVid presents a demonstration on "deep learning-based activity/face recognition based on extreme low resolution" at CVPR 2017 AiSLab @ EgoVid presents a demonstration on "deep learning-based activity/face recognition based on extreme low resolution" at CVPR 2017. [Read More] A new journal paper has been accepted by MDPI Entropy. A new journal paper, "Optimal Multiuser Diversity in Multi-Cell MIMO Uplink Networks: User Scaling Law and Beamforming Design," has been accepted by MDPI Entropy (IF: 1.821) A new research project on "Research on small cell interference management for ultra dense 5G networks", funded by ETRI. In this project, we study machine learning-based interference management algorithms for interference management in ultra dense network in pursuit of increasing the system throughput while maintaining the signal overhead feasible. A new research project on "Self-powered Miniature Nationwide Mobile Position Tracker System Technology", funded by IITP ITRC. In this project, we study and develop a communication/network system for active mobile trackers working without any extra power source. In the mother project, fundamental technologies underpinning a self-powered miniature nationwide mobile position tracker system are developed. As the third sub-project, we develop wide area sensor communication network systems to support the active trackers. Myeung Un Kim's paper has been accepted for publication from IEEE Wireless Communications Letters. Myeung Un Kim's paper, "Min-SINR Maximization with DL SWIPT and UL WPCN in Multi-Antenna Interference Networks," has been accepted for publication from IEEE Wireless Communications Letters (SCIE, 51/598 of Control and Systems Engineering in SJR Ranking). See here for details. Hyun Jong Yang founds EgoVid Inc. Hyun Jong Yang founds a startup company, EgoVid Inc. EgoVid studies privacy-preserving (safe) machine learning for signal processing and computer vision. See here. A new journal paper has been accepted from IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications A new journal paper has been accepted from IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications (IF: 2.925) [J18] Hyun Jong Yang gives a talk about "Machine learning and its applications in communications" in ETRI on Dec. 2016 Hyun Jong Yang gives a talk about " Machine learning and its applications in communications" in ETRI on Dec. 2016 [T10]. Hyun Jong Yang gives a talk about "Vision and applications of wireless communications" in Postech on Dec. 2016. Hyun Jong Yang gives a talk about "Vision and applications of wireless communications" in Postech on Dec. 2016 [T11]. AiSLab visits U. C. Berkeley to exchange ideas about making a start-up company AiSLab visits U. C. Berkeley during the 2016 winter vacation (about 9 weeks) to exchange ideas about making a start-up company. A new conference paper has been accepted from AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence A new conference paper has been accepted from AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2017 (one of the top AI conferences, acceptance ratio=24.6%) [C27]. A new journal paper has been accepted from IEEE Trans. Mobile Computing A new journal paper has been accepted from IEEE Trans. Mobile Computing (IF: 2.456) [J18]. AiSLab starts a new machine learning project sponsored by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning AiSLab started a new research project on "Learning-Based Asynchronous Communications/Radar Combined Systems", sponsored by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning. AiSLab starts a new research project sponsored by UNIST AiSLab starts a new research project on "Research on Core Technologies for Hyperloop" sponsored by UNIST. AiSLab starts a new research project sponsored by UNIST AiSLab starts a new research project on "Development of Active Wearable Systems for Crime Detection" sponsored by UNIST. AiSLab starts a new research project sponsored by ICT and Future Planning AiSLab starts a new research project on "Development of Core Technologies of Wireless Communications for Real-Time Fog Computing" sponsored by ICT and Future Planning AiSLab draws an MOU contract with G. Fettweis' group at TU Dresden AiSLab draws an MOU contract with G. Fettweis' group (Vodafone Chair/5G Lab) at TU Dresden. They are a pioneer group who started the first research on GFDM. AiSLab starts a new research project sponsored by ETRI AiSLab started a new research project on"Interference Management in LTE Pro Small Cells" sponsored by ETRI. AiSLab attends the 50th Annual Asilomar Conference AiSLab attends the 50th annual Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems, and Computers, held near San Francisco, Nov. 2016. Youjin and Jong Gyu presented their works [C25], [C26] Hyun Jong Yang gives a talk in Postech H. J. Yang gave a talk about "lattice codes and lattice reduction" at Postech on Aug. 2016. Michael Ryoo from Indiana University visits AiSLab Michael Ryoo from Indiana University (also affiliated with Nasa-JPL) visited UNIST on June 2016 for research collaboration on machine learning. AiSLab attends IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference-Spring 2016 AiSLab including all the students attended IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference-Spring 2016 held in Nanjing, China on May 206. Yeongjun and Woojin presented their works [C23], [C24]. AiSLab visits G. Fettweis group at TU Dresden. AiSLab including all the students visited G. Fettweis' group (Vodafone Chair/5G Lab) at TU Dresden on Jan. 2016. We gave a talk about "GFDM and GFDMA for 5G" and they gave a talk introducing their lab and their recent results. After a long discussion, the two groups found themselves at the same page for possible collaboration on GFDM research. Prof. Namyoon Lee from Postech gives an invited talk at UNIST. Prof. Namyoon Lee from Postech gave an invited talk about "advanced interference management techniques with limited CSI" at UNIST on Oct. 8. Yeongjun Kim and Hyunmyung Oh give talks in "The 2016 Fall Conference of The Korean Association of Immunologists" Yeongjun Kim and Hyunmyung Oh gave talks in "The 2016 Fall Conference of The Korean Association of Immunologists" which was held in Seoul National University, Nov. 2015. The 1st IITP-UNIST Low-Latency Network Workshop Held The 1st IITP-UNIST Low-Latency Network Workshop was successfully held in E208 at engineering building, UNIST with about 20 participants. To make this workshop happen, CP (Creative Planner) Yongjae Lim from IITP kindly visited UNIST for the first time and made a presentation on the ICT R&D strategy of Korea. 5 professors (listed on the right-hand side) shared their current progresses on enabling the low-latency network from its architecting to its new protocol designs. Active discussions with the valuable comments from CP Lim, which were right on the mark made the vision of UNIST toward the low-latency network clearer. NI Hands-on seminar and practice for 5G network research At June. 30, the NI technical seminar & practice were held in UNIST. The Software Defined Radios (SDN) is have emerged as a viable prototyping option for next generation wireless research. After introducing about NI SDN, the practice was proceeded using LabVIEW comms/ Universal Software Radio Peripheral (USRP) reconfigurable I/O(RIO) system. The main activities were focused on understanding algorithm for Field-programmable gate array (FPGA), algorithm design and testing with NI hardware and software like the NI USRP RIO. Immersive 5G Near-Zero Latency Network [From left: Kyunghan Lee, Hyun Jong Yang, Hyoil Kim, Changhee Joo] 5G mobile will be here by 2020. Remote surgery, cloud streaming gaming, drones, and robots will be all envisioned in 5G to bring better access and life-changing futuristic services to many. 5G will support 1,000-fold gain in capacity, hyper-connections for billion devices, and a 10Gb/s individual user experience capable of extremely low latency and response time. In particular, the demand for real-time immersive applications such as mission-critical remote control, remote robotic surgery, and interactive cloud gaming service is rapidly increasing. Current communication and network technologies, however, have their innate limits on the latency, which is way-beyond the requirement of immersive applications. The UNIST research team, composed of Changhee Joo, Hyoil Kim, Kyunghan Lee, and Hyun Jong Yang, took a first step toward near-zero end-to-end latency, which propels us to commercialization of 5G, by starting a five-year research project "Research on Near-Zero Latency Network for 5G Immersive Service," funded by the ministry of ICT and future planning, as of May 2015. [End-to-end delay breakdown] For the first time in the world, the UNIST team will shed light on issues in every network hop of the end-to-end network, as shown in the figure above, to achieve a few milliseconds of the total latency. Hyun Jong Yang et al. publish a journal in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology: "Multi-User Overhearing for Cooperative Two-Way Multi-Antenna Relays" "Overhearing at users can increase the total data rate in two-way relay networks" Chunguo Li (Southeast Univ.), Hyun Jong Yang (UNIST), Fan Sun (Stanford Univ.), John M. Cioffi (Stanford Univ.), and Luxi Yang (Southeast Univ.) got acceptance for the paper " Multi-User Overhearing for Cooperative Two-Way Multi-Antenna Relays" in IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (IF: 2.642) on June 2015. In this study, they showed that the data rate of the two-way relay network can be improved by allowing one user to overhear the signal transmitted by the other user. In particular, multiple relays equipped with multiple antennas are considered to further enhance the performance, which constitutes a cooperative multi-antenna relay network. Precoding matrices at the relays are derived in pursuit of minimizing the weighted mean square error. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme shows not only lower MSE but also higher achievable sum-rate than existing cooperative relaying schemes. AiSLab aids KRISO for measurement campaign: "Shallow-water Acoustic Variability Experiment 2015" [Figure: Underwater Acoustic Communication, *WHOI.edu] The Shallow-water Acoustic Variability Experiment 2015 (SAVEX15) is a joint underwater communication measurement campaign led by University of California San Diego and Korea Research Institute of Ships & Ocean Engineering (KRISO). The measurement will be conducted in shallow water (100m deep) in the Northern East Sea, ~100km southwest of Jeju Island, South Korea, over the period 14-29 May, 2015. The goal of SAVEX15 is to obtain acoustic and environmental data appropriate for studying the couple of oceanography, acoustics, and underwater communications in the Northern East Sea. The AiSLab aided the KRISO in designing measurement scenarios and generating transmit signals for several promising technologies, which are cutting-edge state-of-the-arts even in the ground communication, such as orthogonal frequency division multiple-access (OFDMA), multi-directional relaying, multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO), and generalized FDMA (GFDMA). The application of underwater communication ranges from surveillance to resource mining, e.g., storing liquid carbon dioxide, mining methane hydrate, underwater monitoring (military defense, tsunami, earthquake), and etc [Figure]. The design of underwater communication, however, is challenging compared to the ground communication due to highly limited bandwidth (sonar radio), long distances but slow propagation, multi-hop relay network, significant time delay, time-varying frequency offset/Doppler shifts, and so on. Therefore, a careful consideration of these difficulties should be taken in designing transceivers. From this measurement campaign, the AiSLab and KRISO will look into the feasibility of the aforementioned techniques, which are carefully tailored for the underwater environment, and will pursue possible performance improvement. AiSLab Hosts Hyundai Autoever: "Future Vehicular to X (V2X) Communications" [Figure: Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS), *한국지능형교통체계협회] The AiSLab hosted Hyundai Autoever and gave a talk about "Next Generation Wireless Access in Vehicular Environment (WAVE)" on Apr. 28, 2015. The AiSLab group presented a brief summary on the conventional WAVE technologies including IEEE 802.11p and V2X in 3GPP, and overview of the ongoing research projects in the US and Europe. In particular, PHY/MAC details of 802.11p were covered and several potential but critical technical issues that may happen in a very dense future vehicular network were addressed. The AiSLab then shared group's technical vision towards the future Cooperative Intelligent Transport Systems (C-ITS) [Figure], which is the Korea version of the next generation vehicular network being envisioned by the Korea government. In this future network, possible services include not only the broadcasting services regarding public safety or emergency information, but also the two-way transactions such as tolling and internet access. The Hyundai Autoever, the research institute in the Hyundai group studying the infrastructure of the C-ITS, also shared their long-term vision on this project. Hyun Jong Yang and Hyunmyung Oh give a special invited talk: "5G Multiple-Access: Latency vs. Spectral Efficiency" From Apr. 15 to 17, the 25th Joint Conference on Communications and Information (JCCI) was held in Buyeo, Korea. Prof. Hyun Jong Yang and Hyunmyung Oh were invited to give a special talk "5G Multiple-Access: Latency vs. Spectral Efficiency." In this talk, a new mega trend in the mobile communication toward ultra-low latency was introduced with future killer applications. To achieve the ultimate goal of less than 10ms of the end-to-end latency, problems of the current multiple-access technologies were addressed. In particular, one of the promising multiple-access technologies achieving very low latency, the generalized frequency division multiple-access (GFDMA), is analyzed in two aspects: latency and spectral efficiency. Preliminary results showed that there exists a trade-off between the two aspects. AISLab has a kick-off meeting with ETRI: "Small Cell Interference Management" Researchers from one of the core research groups in ETRI (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Daejeon, Korea) visited UNIST on Apr. 10, 2015, to discuss the research project on small cell interference reduction for next generation communication. In this meeting, prof. Yang presented a comprehensive review on past year's achievements and proposed a research plan for the second year. In the precedent project, AiSLab and ETRI achieved 20% enhancement of the system throughput by reducing inter-cell interference in a dense small cell environment. In the successive year, it is expected to achieve 30% higher throughput compared to the previous year, and to study interference management algorithms for further interference mitigation under realistic constraints.


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August 23rd, 2011 by WCBC Radio
Little Orleans families should find out today whether their middle schoolers will be allowed to continue to attend school in Washington County. A two hour hearing was held Monday afternoon in Allegany County Circuit Court for Save Orleans Students vs. the Allegany County Board of Education. A group of about three dozen Little Orleans families filed the lawsuit ten days ago, requesting an injunction to stop the board from requiring middle school students to attend Allegany County public schools this year. A grandfather clause allows about 20 high school students to finish their education in Hancock, but middle school students were not included in the clause in the action taken by the local school board . An injunction would allow those students to continue attending Hancock Middle School until the Maryland State Board of Education decides whether to overturn the Allegany board's decision. Little Orleans families filed an appeal with the state board earlier this summer. Attorney Jason Buckel, is representing the citizens group and he pinned much of his case on other similar cases in Maryland where the courts have agreed to maintain the status quo, pending the state board's action on an appeal. Allegany County School Board Attorney Gary Hanna has filed a motion to dismiss based on a number of procedural issues. Buckel called three Little Orleans parents at witnesses, including the assistant principal at Hancock Middle-High School. He tells WCBC News that acknowledged that Judge Gary Leasure has a tough decision to make in a short time period.


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November 15, 2011
Street Dogs in Bhutan
HSI is working with the government of Bhutan to sterilize and vaccinate 50,000 dogs across the country.
November 11, 2011
Street Dog Welfare in India
HSI works to improve life for street dogs in India and around the world.
November 10, 2011
A Dream Realized: Jaipur Veterinary Training Center
HSI founded a training center in Jaipur, India where vets from around the world can come to learn about catch-neuter-vaccinate-release as a means of dealing with street animal overpopulation.
November 1, 2011
Street Dogs in the Philippines
Street dog welfare gets a new humane approach in the Philippines.
August 4, 2011
Healed in Haiti
In March 2011, HSI and partners joined with local veterinarians to conduct three spay/neuter clinics aimed at improving the situation for street animals in Haiti.
July 21, 2011
Stopping Dog Culls in Bangladesh
HSI and Obhoyaronno, an NGO working for the cause of animal welfare in Bangladesh, are cooperating to end dog culls and curb the spread of rabies in Bangladesh.
July 7, 2011
Making Strides for Street Dogs in Chile
In view of the proliferation of street dogs throughout Chile, HSI made a series of site visits to see field veterinary clinics in action and offer support.
May 27, 2011
HSI Recognizes Dr. S. Chinny Krishna, Blue Cross of India, with a Lifetime Achievement Award
HSI honored Dr. S. Chinny Krishna for a lifetime of dedication to animal welfare in India and a tremendous contribution to the success of The Blue Cross of India.
May 26, 2011
HSI Internship Participants: 2011
Interns from a variety of countries spent time at U.S. host organizations before Animal Expo 2011.
May 19, 2011
On the Mend: An Update on the Survivors of the Dog Meat Trade in China
With support from HSI's local partners, CSAPA and CAWA, hundreds of dogs began their journey to recovery after being rescued from a meat trade truck in China.
April 19, 2011
The 2011 Caribbean Animal Welfare Conference (CAWC)
The 2011 Caribbean Animal Welfare Conference wrapped up after two successful days in Puerto Rico.
April 18, 2011
Surviving the Dog Meat Trade in China
Local animal advocates rescued hundreds of dogs from a truck bound for a meat market in the northeast region of China.
April 15, 2011
Disaster Response Training in Haiti
In April 2011, HSI trained a local veterinary disaster response team, the first of its kind in Haiti.
April 5, 2011
Bolstering Veterinary Training in Haiti
In March 2011, HSI and partners joined with local veterinarians to conduct three spay/neuter clinics aimed at improving the situation for street animals in Haiti.
February 28, 2011
Upheaval in the Middle East
In the days following the initial protests in Egypt, HSI coordinated the first international response to assist companion animals in desperate need of help.
February 17, 2011
HSI Assists Animals Affected by Egyptian Crisis
In the midst of the social and political crisis unfolding in Egypt, HSI was able to communicate with organizations on the ground to identify and meet their needs for supplies and animal care.
January 10, 2011
Street Animal Welfare
Humane Society International, the global arm of The HSUS, has been working proactively in a number of developing countries around the world to extend a humane philosophy of animal control.
January 8, 2011
Haiti: One Year Later
A look at the efforts of HSI and partners to improve the situation for animals in Haiti in the first year after the 2010 earthquake.
December 20, 2010
Making Progress for Dogs in the Philippines
HSI staff visited the Philippines in November 2010 to discuss strategies for making progress for animals.
November 9, 2010
Bhutan Street Dogs Slideshow
A slideshow of HSI's work with street dogs in Bhutan.


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We're excited to share with you the second report in our series on the Impacts of Emerging Mobile Data Services in Developing Countries. The new brief — out today — provides the first large-scale empirical look at what mobile data services people are actually using, and what mobile users think of these services.
As the debate around zero-rated services (like Facebook's Free Basics, Twitter Access, and Wikipedia Zero) and other emerging mobile data models continues, data around who is using these services, how, and why, has remained woefully scarce. The study, "Mobile Data Services: Exploring User Experiences & Perceived Benefits", aims to fill that data gap, by presenting findings from a survey of 8,000 mobile Internet users across the eight countries covered in the series — Bangladesh, Colombia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nigeria, Peru, and the Philippines. The survey was conducted between November 2015 and February 2016 and found:
- Zero-rating did not bring most mobile Internet users online for the first time. Nearly nine in 10 users surveyed report having used the Internet before accessing it through a zero-rated plan. Numbers of people coming online for the first time via zero-rating were slightly higher in India (15%) and Peru (22%). About 10% of users said they had used zero-rating at least once.
- Public WiFi is the primary means of connection for one in five users. Most users surveyed (51%) use a full-cost data plan as their primary means of connecting to the Internet and public WiFi was the second most common method of connection (21%), particularly in countries like Peru (40%) and the Philippines (34%). Women are also more likely to use public WiFi.
- Users typically combine data plans to suit their connectivity needs. In terms of users shifting from use of a zero-rated service to a paid service, 28% of all zero-rating users no longer use a zero-rating plan and are now paying customers (i.e., they now use a full-cost or service-specific plan). In addition, 35% of all zero-rating users continue to use the zero-rated service and a paid plan. 37% continue to use only "no cost" options — that is, their zero-rated service in combination with public WiFi.
- The vast majority of users (82%) prefer access to the full Internet with time or data limitations, if restrictions are imposed. Approximately half (48%) of all users said that the restriction they most preferred was a limitation on time (i.e., the free plan would be only be valid for a short time, with no restriction on the websites/apps that could be accessed), while a third of respondents said they would prefer access to all websites/apps, with a restriction on the amount of data that could be used.
Want more detail? Dive into the full report and survey dataset, and if you haven't done so already, check out the first report in this research series for some background on the different mobile data services offered in each of the eight countries studied.
The survey findings presented here will inform the third and final paper in this series which will, based on consultations with governments, mobile network operators, and civil society organisations, propose a set of guidelines on how mobile data services can improve mobile broadband affordability. Stay tuned and, in the meanwhile, be sure to share your questions, comments and own experiences in the comments below.


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How To Set a Honeytrap: U.S. Defense Contractor Pleads Guilty to Sharing State Secrets with His Chinese Girlfriend
Theirs was an unconventional love story. He was a 59-year-old, married defense contractor with a Top Secret security clearance. She was a 27-year-old Chinese national with a student visa. They met at a defense conference in Hawaii, where he lived, and began an illicit, long-distance romance that lasted nearly three years and saw him give ...
Theirs was an unconventional love story. He was a 59-year-old, married defense contractor with a Top Secret security clearance. She was a 27-year-old Chinese national with a student visa. They met at a defense conference in Hawaii, where he lived, and began an illicit, long-distance romance that lasted nearly three years and saw him give her reams of classified U.S. military secrets.
But like all good love stories, this one ends unhappily. On Thursday, Benjamin Bishop pled guilty in federal court to charges of unlawfully transmitting and retaining classified national defense information.
No charges have been brought against his girlfriend, whose identity has not been made public.
When the couple began the ill-fated love affair, Bishop was working in cyber defense at the U.S. Pacific Command, and the young woman was attending graduate school in the United States on a J-1 visa. Their courtship was unusual from the beginning: According to an FBI affidavit, she repeatedly asked Bishop not to give her classified information, but nevertheless persisted in asking him questions about his work at Pacific Command. At one point, she even asked him to conduct research for her on "what Western nation's [sic] know about the operation of a particular naval asset of the People's Republic of China," according to the affidavit. Bishop, who is a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve, managed to obtain the information she wanted by misrepresenting himself as an active-duty officer to U.S. government personnel.
For obvious reasons, various media have branded her a Chinese "honeytrap," fueling speculation that she's actually a spy who seduced Bishop in order to gain access to sensitive military information. Who needs sophisticated hacker groups, after all, when you have 27-year-old co-eds? FBI Special Agent Scott Freeman acknowledged in an affidavit that that the young woman may have attended the conference in Hawaii "in order to target individuals such as Bishop."
But in court, Bishop's attorney, Birney Bervar, characterized the couple's exchange of secret information as an act of love, not espionage.
Let's hope that's true. Because it seems that Bishop just can't quit this woman. After being arrested and jailed last year, U.S. District Court Judge Leslie Kobayashi released him to a residential halfway house on the condition that he not contact his girlfriend. So, naturally, he wrote her some love letters, sending them by email and post including, according to a court document, the ominous warning, "I take a risk in sending mail to you. Please do not reveal it to anyone." He was soon remanded back to prison.
If Bishop is convicted, he faces up to 10 years in prison. As for his mysterious girlfriend, no charges have been filed against her, and court records indicate that she's cooperating with authorities. No word yet on why she asked her beau to collect classified information for her.
But the romantic in us really wants to believe it's just research for her dissertation.


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Five Steps Lindsay Lohan Can Take To Recover From Alcohol
Lindsay Lohan is given the opportunity to go to a rehab facility again, instead of prison, as sentenced in court for her most recent criminal offenses. Last week Lohan pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to her car accident in June 2012, as well as for violating probation and lying to law enforcement. In exchange for what would have been three months of jail time, she will be enrolled in a 90 day rehab program where she will be treated for addictions to various prescription drugs and abusive behaviors with her drink of choice, vodka. Following, she's required to complete 18 months of therapy and two more years of probation. Here are some ways Lohan can recover from alcohol long-term.
Recover From Alcohol
Just like anyone whose life is plagued by addiction, there are some deal-breakers addicts in recovery must address in order for sobriety to even be plausible. Here are five things that need to happen in order for Lohan to recover from alcohol:
#1 Be Open, Honest, & Willing
The primary hindrance to Lohan's sobriety is her adamant denial of past, or present substance abuse. Even though most of her criminal offenses can be traced back to her problems with addiction, she refuses to acknowledge to herself and others that she has a problem with drugs and alcohol. Denial is not uncommon for most addicts or alcoholics who are too fearful to quit, or simply don't want to give up their current lifestyle. The first signs of real hope are when an addict begins to comes to accept that may be suffering from an addiction or substance abuse problem. Being diligent to practice transparency and honest self-reflection is a crucial part of the recovery process.
#2 Rehab For the Right Reasons
A 90 day rehab program in a comfortable facility while having a opportunity to work on mental health issues obviously beats staring at the inside of a jail cell for days on end. However, neither does much good for her sobriety if she doesn't treat it as a real opportunity to better herself. Keeping in mind she has already gone through numerous court ordered stays in rehab, it seems she only goes to treatment when legally obligated. Lasting sobriety is usually best obtained for those who really work a program of recovery and want it more than they want to use.
#3 Get Rid of Toxic Relationships
This is a crucial action item for anyone moving towards recovery; but it would be especially difficult for celebs, like Lohan, who have such easy access to people willing to encourage their habit by supplying whatever they want. Lohan is notorious for running with the wrong crowd. It's typical for substance abusers to hang around people who support their behavior, and to push away those who make them feel uncomfortable with it. Surely the limelight can feel lonely at times, but if she truly wants to deal with addiction, then finding an alternative source of wholeness and peace is a must.
#4 Twelve Step Fellowship
Once Lohan has rid herself of bad relationships, she can now start to build healthy ones in recovery. Many recovering addicts are initially surprised at how helpful it is to engage in a fellowship with other recovering addicts and alcoholics. Men and woman who are working a true program of recovery are supportive and have built healthy boundaries; they are usually not entangled in a mess of toxic relationships. By focusing on quality relationships rather than quantity, there will be a strong foundation for implementing the final essential element of lasting sobriety.
#5 Put Recovery First
The overall point of this final element is accountability. As someone who is constantly in the public eye (more often than not with negative press), Lohan will constantly need to be in check of emotions, people, and places which would normally trigger desires to use again. Sobriety needs to be put first, so suggestions given by rehab counselors should be followed thoroughly and honestly.
Recover From Alcohol Long-term
With a track record of six failed bouts with rehab, one would think the wayward actress might grow tired of the drug-facilitated lifestyle and the negative publicity it produces. However, the fact of the matter is that getting into recovery can be hard for anyone until they are willing to do something differently. Lohan is no different than any other addict, the only real difference is that we see her life crumble because of her celebrity status. Lohan has clearly dealt with some horrific scrutiny in her 26 years of life, but there are many celebrities in recovery who have faced similar trials and have maintained sobriety for years. We would all do well to remember the insidious nature of addiction, and that nobody is exempt from the possibility of battling similar issues. In the same way, societal status doesn't excuse anyone from taking the necessary steps to achieve lasting sobriety. So, while Lohan was used as an example, these five steps apply to anyone who is ready to commit to change.Tags: alcoholic, celebrities in recovery, Celebrity Addicts, celebrity arrests, Charlie Sheen, Drug Rehab, Lindsay Lohan, prescription drugs, sober celebrities


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Last fall I signed up for two of the hyphen classes: the Machine Learning ml-class (Ng) and the Artificial Intelligence ai-class (Thrun and Norvig). Both were presented by Stanford professors but one of the conditions of taking the courses was that whenever I discuss them I am required to present the disclaimer that THEY WERE NOT ACTUALLY STANFORD COURSES and that I WAS NEVER ACTUALLY A STANFORD STUDENT and that furthermore I AM NOT FIT TO LICK THE BOOTS OF A STANFORD STUDENT and so on. (Caltech is better than Stanford anyway, even if whenever you tell people you're in the economics department they always say, "we have one of those?!")
My background is in math and economics, but I've taught myself quite a bit of computer science over the years, and I consider myself a decent programmer now, to the point where I could probably pass a "code on the chalkboard" job interview if that's what I needed to do in order to support my family and/or drug habit.
I'd worked on some machine learning projects at previous jobs, so I'd picked up some of the basics, but I'd never taken any sort of course in machine learning. At my current job I'm the de facto subject matter expert, so I thought the courses might be a good idea.
The classes ended up being vastly different from one another. Here's kind of a summary of each:
* Every week 5-10 recorded lectures, total 1-2 hours of lecture time. (There was an option to watch the lectures at 1.2x or even 1.5x speed, which I always used, so it might have been more like 3 hours in real-time. This means that if I ever meet Ng in real-life, he will appear to me to be speaking very, very slowly.)
* Most lectures had one or two (ungraded) integrated multiple choice quizzes with the sole purpose of "did you understand the material I just presented?"
* Each week had a set of "review questions" that were graded and were designed to make sure you understood the lectures as a whole. You could retake the review if you missed any (or if you didn't) and they were programmed to slightly vary each time (so that a "which of the following are true" might be replaced with a "which of the following are false" with slightly different choices but covering the same material).
* Each week also had a programming assignment in Octave, for which they provided the bulk of the code, and you just had to code in some functions or algorithms. I probably spent 2-3 hours a week on these, a fair amount of that chasing down syntax-error bugs in my code and/or yelling at Octave for crashing all the time.
* Machine learning is a pretty broad topic, and this course mostly focused on what I'd call "machine learning using gradient descent." There was some amount of calculus involved (although you could probably get by without it) and a *lot* of linear algebra. If you weren't comfortable with linear algebra, the class would have been very hard, and the programming assignments probably would have taken a lot longer than they took me.
* The material was a nice mix of theoretical and practical. I've already used some of what I learned in my work, and if there was a continuation of the class I would definitely take it. As it stands I'm right now signed up for the nlp-class and the pgm-class, which should be starting soon, both of which are relevant to what I do.
* The workload, and the corresponding amount I learned, were substantially less than they would have been in an actual 10-week on-campus university course. This was great for me, since I also have a day job and a baby. If I were a full-time student being offered ml-class instead of a real machine learning class, I might feel a little cheated. (I saw a blog post by some Stanford student whining about this, but he was mostly upset that the hyphen classes were devaluing his degree. Someone should have reminded him about the disclaimer.)
* The class was very solidly prepared. The lectures were smooth and well thought out. The review questions did a good job of making sure you'd learned the right things from the lectures. The programming assignments were good in their focus on the algorithms, although that did insulate you from the real-world messiness of getting programs set up correctly.
* It certainly seemed like Ng really enjoyed teaching, and at the end of the last lecture he thanked everyone in a very heartfelt way for taking the class.
* Every week dozens of lectures, each a couple of minutes long, interspersed with little multiple choice quizzes. This was my first point of frustration, in that the quizzes were frequently about parts of the lecture that hadn't happened yet. Furthermore, they often asked ambiguous questions, or questions that were unanswerable based on the material presented so far.
* Each week had a final quiz that you submitted answers for one time only. Then you waited until the deadline passed to find out if your answers were correct (and then you waited another day, because the site always went down on quiz submission day, and so they always extended the deadline by 24 hours). These quizzes were also ambiguous, which meant that if you wanted to get them correct you had to pester for clarifications (and sometimes for clarifications of the clarifications).
* This resulted in the feeling that the grading in the class was stochastic, and that your final score was more reflective of "can I guess what the quiz-writer really meant" than "did I really understand the material". Although I didn't particularly care about my grade in the class, I was still frustrated and disheartened by the feeling that the quizzes were more interested in *tricking* me than in helping me learn.
* What's more, the quizzes often seemed to focus on what seemed to me tangential or inconsequential parts of the lesson, like making sure that I really, deeply understood step 3 of a 5-step process, but not whether I understood the other four steps or the process itself.
* The material also seemed very grab-bag, almost like an "artifical intelligence for non-majors" survey course.
* Anyway, partly on account of my finding the class frustrating, partly on account of time pressures, and partly because I didn't feel like I was learning a whole lot, I dropped the ai-class after about four weeks.
* There were no programming assignments, but there was a midterm and a final exam, both after I quit the course. From what I could tell, they were longer versions of the quizzes, with the same problems of clarity and ambiguity. (I never unfollowed the @aiclass twitter, and during exam time it was a steady stream of clarifications and allowed assumptions.)
* Compared to the tightly-planned ml-class, the ai-class felt very haphazard. In addition, the ml-class platform I found more pleasant to use than the ai-class platform.
* I quit long before the last lecture, so I have no idea how heartfelt it was.
One thing about both classes: I *hate* lectures. I learn much better reading than I do being lectured at, and I found the lecture aspect of *both* classes frustrating. I have complained about this in many venues, but my prejudice is that if you're using the internet to make me watch *lectures*, you're not really reinventing education, because I still have to watch lectures, and I hate lectures. Did I mention that I hate lectures?
By way of comparison, I have also been doing CodeYear. It is currently below my level (I am plenty familiar with variables and if-then statements and for loops), but I don't know much Javascript, and the current pace makes me hopeful that it will get interesting for me after another month or two.
If you don't know that platform, it gives you a task ("create a variable called myName, assign your name to it, and print it to the console") and a little code window to do it in. Then you click "run" and it runs and tells you if you got it right or not. There is a pre-canned hint for each problem.
What I really like about Codeacademy is that I can do it at my own pace. The lessons are wildly variable in quality, but I'm glad not to have to sit through hours of lectures every week. They also do "badges", which I find more satisfying than I wish I did. That said, I suspect someone with no experience debugging code would find the experience impenetrable and waste hours tracking down simple syntax errors, and indeed I saw on Hacker News a post to this effect a few weeks ago.
In the end, despite all this, the way I learn best is through a combination of reading books and writing actual code. I've had to learn F# over the last month, which I've done by reading a couple of (quite nice) books and writing a lot of actual code. It's hard for me to imagine the course that would have done me any better (or any faster).
Similarly, if I wanted to learn Rails (which some days I think I do and other days I think I don't), I have trouble imagining a course that would do better for me than just working through the Rails Tutorial (which I have skimmed, which has convinced me that I could learn well from it).
Similarly similarly, I suspect that the right Machine Learning book (and some quality time with e.g. Kaggle) would have been much more effective for me than the ml-class was. But if such a book exists, I haven't found it yet.


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The influence of light, stream gradient, and iron on Didymosphenia geminata bloom development in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- By:
- Daniel A. James, Kyle Mosel, and Steven R. Chipps
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AbstractThe aquatic nuisance species Didymosphenia geminata was first documented in Rapid Creek of South Dakota's Black Hills during 2002. Since then, blooms have occurred primarily in a 39-km section of Rapid Creek while blooms were rarely observed in other Black Hills streams. In this study, we evaluated factors related to the presence and development of visible colonies of D. geminata in four streams of the Black Hills. At the watershed scale, stream gradient was negatively associated with the occurrence of D. geminata whereas stream width was positively related to D. geminata presence. At the stream scale, D. geminata coverage was inversely related to canopy coverage and iron concentration. At the local scale, shading by bridges virtually eliminated growth of D. geminata colonies under bridges. At all three scales, proxy measures of light such as stream width, canopy coverage, and bridge shading revealed that light availability was an important factor influencing the presence and coverage of D. geminata colonies. In general, streams that had relatively wide stream reaches (mean = 9.9 m), shallow gradients (mean = 0.22%), and little canopy cover (mean = 13%) were associated with D. geminata blooms. In addition, iron concentrations in streams with D. geminata colonies were lower than in streams without blooms.
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- Publication type:
- Article
- Publication Subtype:
- Journal Article
- Title:
- The influence of light, stream gradient, and iron on Didymosphenia geminata bloom development in the Black Hills, South Dakota
- Series title:
- Hydrobiologia
- 10.1007/s10750-013-1654-y
- Volume:
- 721
- Issue:
- 1
- Year Published:
- 2014
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Springer
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- South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit
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- 11 p.
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- Journal Article
- Larger Work Title:
- Hydrobiologia
- First page:
- 117
- Last page:
- 127
- Country:
- United States
- State:
- South Dakota
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- Black Hills