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SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 07, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR), a leader in secure, AI-driven networks, today announced that the company has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Apstra, a leader in intent-based networking and automated closed loop assurance. Juniper's strategy is to change the way networks are built, operated and secured in the cloud era by using AI-driven automation. Apstra accelerates this by combining next generation network automation based on an open, multivendor architecture with Juniper's Data Center networking portfolio based on Junos, the proven open, programmable and high-scale operating system for next generation data centers and cloud networks. The combined solution helps public and private cloud builders optimize operations for application experience as they accelerate on the path toward the self-driving network™.
The Apstra solution does far more than automate repeated operations steps. With Apstra, architects describe how the data center should behave in terms of outcomes and the system implements and continuously assures that the network operations and experience match the intent. These capabilities make Apstra stand apart in providing proactive insights, along with automated root cause identification and remediation. While safeguarding the network, Apstra also enables self-service delivery, with its advanced automation accelerating time to market along with lowering data center outages and OpEx.
The richness of intent-based operations from design to everyday management relies on the performance and programmability of the underlying infrastructure. Recognized as a leader in the 2020 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Data Center and Cloud Networking and The Forrester Wave™: Open, Programmable Switches for a Businesswide SDN, Q3 2020, Juniper provides the industry's most modern fabrics and 400G scalability with programmable access and real-time telemetry. Juniper switches, differentiated in their EVPN-VXLAN fabric capabilities, integrate to Apstra today to automatically deploy services and safely implement changes, advancing fabric management and simplified operations in the automated data center.
Apstra's multivendor integrations extend its closed loop automation and analytics to customers independently of their underlying infrastructure, including those running SONiC (Software for Open Networking in the Cloud). The acquisition expands Juniper's commitment to open programmability, adding to its portfolio of solutions that includes powerful switching platforms with native SONiC integration and a deployment-hardened, cloud-native routing stack for the SONiC ecosystem.
Juniper does not expect the acquisition of Apstra to materially impact revenue in 2021. While the acquisition is expected to be approximately breakeven to non-GAAP earnings for the full-year 2021, it will likely be dilutive during the first half of the year. The acquisition is expected to be accretive to revenue growth and non-GAAP earnings in 2022.
"Juniper's Data Center portfolio is consistently recognized by both analysts and customers as industry leading, with top marks for performance, scale, security and simplified operations through automation. Adding Apstra's intent-based networking and automated closed loop assurance advances our vision to transform data center operations. With the combination of Juniper and Apstra, customers get the best infrastructure and fabric management with integrated design, deployment and automated root cause identification and remediation to satisfy any Data Center environment. This is networking for the modern cloud era."
"The heart of our business is delivering outstanding customer experiences within the data center. Our success depends on rapidly introducing new services, quickly scaling to new demand and delivering the assured experiences our customers count on every day. Juniper Networks and Apstra joining forces as one company helps T-Systems, a subsidiary of Deutsche Telekom, deliver powerful software solutions for continuous automation, open programmability and AI-driven operations in the multivendor environments we must have – without compromise."
"We founded Apstra to automate the data center as a holistic system from its initial design to all aspects of its operation and maintenance. Our automation allows valuable network engineers to focus on strategic issues and avoid spending time on network configuration and troubleshooting, particularly with the attendant risk of human error. Joining Apstra with Juniper's strong reputation in networking and its commitment to open networking removes the long-standing tradeoff between manageability and vendor lock-in and advances the industry toward the true self-driving network."
"Juniper continues to show strong commitment to the enterprise IT segment through both internal innovation and acquiring technology leaders to deliver powerful solutions and new business outcomes to their customers. As the industry transitions to new IT infrastructure focused on automated operations and optimized user experiences, Juniper has positioned themselves as a leading business and technology partner in the market."
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Fraternity Alpha Sigma Phi plans to make its mark on campus beginning fall 2016. While it may be new to Quinnipiac, it already has a long and progressive history throughout the nation.
Representative of Alpha Sigma Phi L.T. Piver said the fraternity was founded at Yale University in 1845 and expanded from there. Alpha Sigma Phi is currently the tenth oldest collegiate men's fraternity and the fourteenth largest in the nation.
"Over the past seven years, we've been the fastest growing fraternity in America, starting over 70 successful chapters across the country and having currently 7,000 undergraduate members," Piver said. "Coming out to Quinnipiac, we're really excited to join the community here and just get to call Quinnipiac home."
The fraternity will be a new addition to the university, and students who join will have the chance to bring their visions and ideas to Alpha Sigma Phi. They will have the opportunity to shape it into a cumulative organization that will both add to their college experience and benefit them in the future when searching for job opportunities.
"It's something that will always stay with them for the rest of their lives. These men will get to say, 'I started Alpha Sigma Phi, that's something I brought to my campus,'" Piver said.
Junior Adam Berg said he believes, like the current fraternities on campus now, that Alpha Sigma Phi can provide more unity within the student body.
"The more fraternities, the more philanthropic options for students to get involved in, which I think is great for the school," he said. "I have some friends [who are in fraternities]; they seem to enjoy it. They seem to love the fact that they made a lot of new friends because of the fraternities."
Alpha Sigma Phi hopes to gain new members who strive to be leaders and are open to contributing their ideas to the fraternity, according to Piver. The group is looking for growth in terms of size, membership development and alumni engagement.
"When we come in and do expansions, we look for men who want to be involved on campus, who want to be engaged in student life and who are looking for the right things out of a fraternity which are personal, professional, social and academic development," Piver said. "We are looking for leaders, men from all different ages, classes [and] diverse backgrounds."
Senior Aldo Servello believes that although Alpha Sigma Phi has the advantage of being a new fraternity on campus, there still may be risks to adding another fraternity.
"I think it could be an advantage in the sense that it is a new fraternity and people could be the founding fathers of it," Servello said. "Then at the same time, we've also been having a little bit of heat with our fraternities."
Servello's concerns stem from various allegations of hazing over the past few years. Tau Kappa Epsilon was put on cease and desist due to hazing allegations in October 2014 and has not returned to campus. Sigma Phi Epsilon was also put on cease and desist in September 2015 because of hazing allegations, but was then issued a deferred suspension until Dec. 31, 2016. In October 2015, Beta Theta Pi was ordered to cease and desist due to hazing allegations, but was allowed to resume operations after the allegations were proven to be false.
Piver explained that the purpose of Alpha Sigma Phi is to "better the man" through the perpetuation of brotherhood. Its focus is to provide philanthropic and scholastic service opportunities.
The fraternity also works with five philanthropic partners, each partner being aligned with its values of character: silence, charity, purity, honor, and patriotism, according to the Alpha Sigma Phi website. Its partners are The Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network (RAINN), Aware/Awake/Alive, The Humane Society, Big Brother-Big Sister and Homes for Our Troops.
"A lot of people will always [ask] when it comes to Greek life, 'Why this one? Why that one?' I think the biggest opportunity with joining Alpha Sigma Phi is just that: opportunity," Piver said. "It's an opportunity to leave your mark on campus and to create an organization from scratch; you're going to have a lot of support and assistance from the national office and alumni, but it's a clean start."

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Connectome Coding: Discovering the Missing Link between Genotypes and Phenotypes
We propose that the vast majority of brain scientists are studying the wrong thing. The two primary goals in brain sciences is to understand how brains came to be, and how they enable their corresponding bodies to thrive. These two aspects are characterized by the genotype and phenotype of the individual. The missing link connecting the genotype to phenotype is not brain activity, but rather, brain structure. Therefore, we advocate for a shift in focus from neural coding to connectome coding. Specifically, we define connectome coding as the art and practice of discovering the connectotypes that link specific genotypes to specific phenotypes.
A Scientific Model
The goal of this manuscript is to introduce and motivate from first principles an approach to brain science, which we call connectome coding. Our thesis rests on a model of how the brain helps individuals survive and propagate their genes. In our model the goal of the brain is to develop and function in such a way as to maximize the fitness of the individual harboring the brain. We define fitness as a multigenerational cost function, in which the most fit individuals enable their offspring to thrive even under selective pressures. The genome–the set of all genes—is the mechanism by which individuals are able to provide effective strategies to the next generation. The brain—which we will model below—is the mechanism by which the genome is able to provide effective strategies to the body. In other words, for the genome to increase to probability of certain phenotypes, and decrease the probability of other phenotypes, it must include a neurodevelopmental plan that results in a brain whose activities lead to those behaviors with those probabilities. The below figure and caption explain and define our model in greater detail.
Given that the brain is connecting phenotypes to genotypes, the next natural question is which aspects of the brain "store" that information. The genome encodes a developmental plan, and crucial to that plan is axon guidance rules, that stochastically determine (in conjuction with environmental cues from the outside world) the connectivity of the brain. Thus the brain structure, and connectivity in particular, govern the resulting brain activity. Brain structure therefore plays a crucial role in the above model: it is brain structure, rather than brain activity, that is the missing link between the genome and desired behaviors.
Figure 1: Scientific explanations, causal models, and dynamic systems all share a kind of structure. There are (1) parts, those parts have (2) properties and (3) activities which are (4) organized. In the above conceptual model, the parts are the brain, body, and world. The brain properties of interest is its structure (including its connectivity), and its activities include spiking and gene expression. Body properties include limbs, and its activities include both voluntary (such as movements) and involuntary (such as hearbeats and sensations). World properties include the environment in which the body interacts, its activities include other bodies, the rotation of the earth, etc. Brain activity causal impacts bodies, and bodies causally impact brains and world. For each individual, the initial condition is her genome. Image Credits: Julia Kuhl and Brett Mensh
The Connectome as a Model of Brain Structure
Brain structure is a complex multiscale abstraction characterizing many aspects of the brain. The connectome, as elaborated upon below, is our model of brain structure. The word "connectome" was independently coined in 2005 by both Professor Olaf Sporns and Dr. Patric Hagmann. Sporns defined the connectome as "a comprehensive structural description of the network elements and connections forming the human brain" (emphasis added).
The above definition leverages the concept from graph theory of a network, or graph. Any network is defined by two sets: a set of nodes (or vertices, or actors), and a set of edges (or arcs, or connections) between those nodes. Some networks are directed, meaning that edges communicate from one node to another, but not necessarily vice versa. Other networks are undirected, such that communication flows freely in both directions. Also, some networks are weighted, meaning that associated with each edge is a "strength"; otherwise, the network is binary, so edges are only "on" or "off". Loops are allowed in some networks, meaning nodes can have edges with themselves. Finally, the graph, individual nodes, and edges may all have attributes. For examples, nodes may have labels, corresponding to which of several groups they participate in.
The connectome, according to this definition, can incorporate the entirety of brain structure, and it crucially includes connections between the elements. This is in stark contrast to typical discussions of anatomy, in which various morphological and functional properties of individual brain elements may be studied, but rarely connections between those elements. Since the original definitions, over 3000 publications have used the word "connectome", and its meaning has expanded. Below, we provide our definition, which is an attempt to be as clear and concise as possible, while incorporating a wide net of its current usage.
- Definition A connectome is a network of a brain, at a particular spatiotemporal precision and extent. The nodes are biophysical (structrual) entities such as neurons, Brodmann areas, or voxels. The edges are either (1) structural, meaning they are physical objects, or (2) functional, meaning they characterize the statistical and/or causal relationship between the activity of a pair of nodes. The connectome as a whole, as well as each node and edge can have a rich set of attributes comprising its state space. For example, the connectome can have an overall volume, nodes can have complex morphological shapes, and edges can have many different proteins.
This definition implies that a given brain could have many different connectomes at different times, or at different resolutions, or of different types, etc. Given these choices, one can measure the parts of the brain to estimate their properties and activities. Linking back to the above approach to scientific explanation, we can therefore think of a connectome as a kind of explanation of the brain: the parts are the nodes, the activities characterize the kinds of edges, and the organization specifies which edges are present.
Example Connectomes
Figure 2 shows several different connectomes, to illustrate the flexibility of the connectome concept. Each is estimated from a different species spanning from the simplest to most complex animals, with widely disparate definitions of what consistutes nodes and edges.
Figure 2 Connectomes spanning four levels of the phylogenetic tree, each acquired using different experimental modalities and spatial resolutions, ranging from nanoscale (electron microscopy) to macroscale (MRI regions). An adjacency matrix of a network shows the strength of connection between any pair of nodes. The connectomes are depicted as weighted adjacency matrices; for the worm and human, the connectomes are multi-connectomes, with two different edge types, denoted by two different colors. In each case, the nodes are sorted by region. Moreover, along each connectome we provide the degree sequence, that is, the sum of edge weights for each node.
(A) Caenorhabditis elegans The Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) is the only animal that we have a complete connectome where the nodes represent neurons. It is complete in the sense that every neuron in the animal is a node, and every edge has been estimated. In this connectome, there are two types of edges corresponding to two types of neural activities: (1) chemical synapses, which correspond neurochemical release, and (2) gap junctions, which correspond to electrical activity. Each edge's strength (or weight) corresponds to the number of synapses between its parent neurons. There are two sexes of C. elegans, the male and hermaphrodite, with different numbers of neurons (the male has more, most of the neurons are shared between the two sexes, but not all). These connectome estimates are derived by cumbersome manual tracing of axons and dendrites, and identification of synapses, in nanoscale electron micrographs, and were updated by Varshney et al. (2011) and Bentley (2016). The neurons have multiple kinds of labels, including names, side (left vs. right vs. neither) and class (sensory, internal, and motor). Figure 2(B) shows the hermaphrodite weighted multi-connectome, including both chemical (gray) and electrical (red) synapses. Note that chemical synapses are unidirectional, whereas electrical synapses are bidirectional.
(B) Drosophila melanogaster Eichler et al. (2017) published a complete larval Drosophila connectome of both the left and right mushroom body, also derived from serial electron microscopy, using only chemical synapses. These edges are weighted (based on counting the number of synapses between a pair of neurons), and directed. Neurons are categorized into kenyon cells (K), input neurons (I), output neurons (O), and projection neurons (P). Figure 2(B) shows both the left and right mushroom bodies. Edges are both weighted and directed.
(C) Mus musculus Calabrese et al. (2015) generated a high-resolution connectivity estimate using ex vivo diffusion magnetic resonance imaging (dMRI). This network is undirected, as dMRI lacks directional information, and weights correspond to the number of tracts estimated to go from one region to another. Because we do not know the mapping between the absolute magnitude of connection weights to any physical connection, we rescale these weights to be between zero and one, and depict them in Figure 2(C) on a log scale. Regions in the mouse connectome can be partitioned into "superstructures", including frontal (F), hindbrain (H), midbrain (M), and white matter (W).
(D) Homo sapiens The Consortium for Reliability and Reproducibility collects multiple measurements of functional resting-state (F), anatomical (A), and/or diffusion (D) magnetic resonance imaging per individual. The functional connectomes are Pearson correlation matrices, which have been converted to ranks, and then normalized between zero and one, because such a representation has been shown to be more reliable than raw or thresholded correlations. The diffussion connectomes are normalized as described above for the mouse. The above multi-connectome estimate is derived from averaging the entire dataset consisting of 3,067 dMRI and 1,760 fMRI connectomes. Of the many possible brain parcellations, each defining nodes differently, we elected to use the Desikan parellation, assigning each cortical region into lobes including frontal (F), occiptal (O), parietal (P), and temporal (T), as well as sub-cortical structures (S).
What is and what is not, Connectomics?
In classical graph theory, nodes have no labels or other attributes, and neither do edges (including weights). Thus, commonly in connectomics the node labels, edge weights, and other properties are discarded during the analysis. Note, however, that there is no way to estimate a connectome without making decisions about which properties to incorporate, even if one can ignore them in the downstream analysis. However, the existing set of tools commonly used in connectomics does not incorporate these properties, thereby motivating extending the standard network analysis toolbox.
Note that we have not limited the definition of a connectome to be comprehensive set of all nodes and edges, because the concept of being comprehesive is not philosophically tenable. Even given the constraints of a particular spatial resolution and extent, the connectome varies over time, and various attributes could or could not be incorporated into the definition. In this case, referring to it as comprehensive is a bit vacuous, as it is only comprehensive relative to the imposed constraints, and everything is comprehensive with respect to some constraints. Thus, there does not exist a comprehensive connectome, even for an individual at a particular time. This is in stark contrast to an individual's somatic genome, which is the genetic sequence of the mother cell of the individual. In genomics, each person really does have a single genome, and one can, in theory, estimate it with high accuracy. For this reason, calls to measure the "complete connectome" demand further elaboration and justification.
Connectomics differs from both classical anatomical studies and studies of neural circuitry. Typically, anatomical studies do not include studying connections between nodes, rather, they focus on the properties of each individual node. That said, connectomics, as mentioned above, requires some aspect of anatomy to define its nodes. Therefore, while all anatomical studies are not connectomics, all connectomics studies include anatomy. Similarly, it is not the case that all studies of neural circuitry are connectomics. In typical neural circuit investigations, the nodes are not distinct morphological objects, rather, they are abstractions, such as "all pyramidal cells in layer 4". In this sense, not all studies of neural circuitry are connectomics, however, any study of connectomes may hope to reveal statistical principles that govern neural circuits. For example, studies on the somatic ganglion circuit of a crab, or the sound localization circuit of a barn owl were not connectomics. However, one could imagine a connectomics study of the same circuitry would reveal the same underlying principles.
Connectome Coding as an Approach to Learn About Connectomes
Connectome coding, as introduced here, is an approach to studying the brain that leverages connectomic data. To understand what connectome coding is requires understanding what a code is.
- Definition A code is a system of (potentially stochastic) rules that translate from one representation of information into another.
An example is the morse code, which is a system of rules that translate tones, lights, or clicks to alphanumeric characters. The morse code happens to be deterministic and "one-to-one" meaning that each sequence of beeps tranlate into a single character, and vice versa. The genetic code translates nucleotide triplets into amino acids. The genetic code is also deterministic, but it is not one-to-one, because multiple triplets encode the same nucleotide. The neural code translates between neural activity (typically spiking activity) and sensory input or motor output. This code is probabilistic, meaning that many different patterns of activity can encode the same stimulus or behavior, and a stimulus or behavior can elicit many different neural activity patterns. We are interested here in a different kind of code, which probabilistic governs connectomes.
Definition A connectome code is system of (potentially stochastic) rules that translate to and from connectomes.
In this sense, a genome encodes a connectome (and its dynamics via the rules of plasticity), and a connectome at any given time encodes the probability of various self-driven or responsive behaviors. There are therefore two kinds of connectome coding rules:
- connectome encoding rules translate from genomes to probabilities of (potentially dynamic) connectomes, and
- connectome decoding rules translate from connectomes to probabilities of (potentially dynamic) behaviors.
A Statistical Formalization of Connectome Coding
In the language of statistics, a code is a conditional distribution which characterizes the probability of an event conditioned on some other event. Statistical models consist of collections of random variables, each of which has parameters that govern its samples. Linking back to our approach to modeling, we say that each random variable is a "part", its properties are the parameters of its distribution, and its activities are its potential realizations. The organization indicates which random variables are dependent on one another. Let , , and be random variables, their marginal distributions , , and characterize the probability of any particular , , or ; and their joint distribution characterizes the probability of observing and and . The conditional distribution characterizes the probability that takes a particular value given that is some value, and we can define other conditional distributions similarly. Our model will be dynamic, such that each random variable's samples can change over time. Let therefore be the random variable for at time , and then (without a subscript) denotes the set of all 's, . Finally, completely specifying any dynamical system requires also specifying initial conditions, in the form of a distribution characterizing .
In connectome coding, based on the above model, we have the following three random variables:
- brains, denoted by ,
- bodies, denoted by , and
- world, denoted by .
Thus, indicates the activity of the brain at time . Note that is a high dimensional object, because it corresponds to the entire brain at time . Each dimension of therefore represents the activity of a node in the brain network. In this sense, the parameters of the brain corresponds to brain structure, in other words, the connectome. Similarly, the parameters of the body correspond to body structure: bounds on strength, joint directions, etc., and parameters of the world correspond to world structure. The initial conditions for a given brain and body are specified by the somatic genome.
The art and practice of connectome coding therefore concerns estimating the statistical relationships between connectomes and genomes or behaviors. More specifically, connectome encoding is about learning the probability of given the genome. And connectome decoding is about learning the probability of behaviors given brain structure .
The above probabilistic description does not incorporate the concept of causality. However, our conceptual model does assert a causal structure. Specifically, the brain state at any time can impact future brain states, as well as future body states. The body state at any time can impact future brain, body, and world states. And the world state can impact future body states. Note that the world cannot directly impact the brain, without going through the body, and nothing can go backwards in time. The world state also determines, in collaboration with the body state of two individuals, the initial conditions for subsequent generation brain and body states. One of the implications of this causal dependence structure is that for the genome to encode the probabilistic rules of behavior to facilitate the organism winning the evolutionary game, it must go "through" the connectome. In other words, formalizing our conceptual model provides another perspective on the role of connectome codes: the causal mechanism connecting genes to brain activity and behavior requires going through a connectome. Since behavior is ongoing, dynamic, and responsive to the environment, and the somatic genome is static, the genome must essentially encode a blueprint that guides the construction of a vessel whose physical properties are such that they encourage "high value" behaviors. That vessel is the connectome. In other words, to get a desired phenotype, the genotype must specify the development of particular "connectotypes". Note that the parameters of this model can also be time-varying, although that adds a level of complexity beyond the scope of this perspective.
This view of connectomes, connectome coding, and connectotyping, is, to our knowledge, essentially novel. That said, it is a conceptual and formal model that one can use to interpret any previous study of connectomics. Perhaps more important, we hope it will help guide the development and ideation of new connectomic studies, by providing a paradigm within which to ask, formalize, and eventually questions about neural circuit mechanisms, how they work, how they fail, and how they can be improved.
The above notes are based on an invited talk I gave at Baylor, and then a tutorial I gave at the Society for Neuroscience in 2017. More recently, I was asked to write an article for Current Opinion in Neurobology, which will be based largely on this blog post. This content flowed most recently from conversations with Brett Mensh, Carey E. Priebe, and Eric Bridgeford, who will be co-authors on the resulting manuscript. I presented a slide version of these contents at the Functional, Structural, and Molecular Imaging, and Big Data Analysis Short Course at SfN in 2018.


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by Angela Barian
As parents, you may be concerned about your college student's finances, grades, or future career success. You may routinely talk to your student about the risks of taking on debt. You probably have ongoing discussions with your students about their major. You may even check in regularly and ask about their mental health and stress levels. But one area that many parents are reluctant to discuss with their students is intimate relationships.
On the one hand, students themselves may be unenthusiastic about the prospect of talking with their parents about personal matters. On the other hand, parents may think they've long since done their part by giving "the talk" when their students were younger. They're adults now, goes the thinking, so what is there left to say?
Plenty, according to UW experts. "Intimacy is an essential human need," says Linda J. Roberts, Professor Emerita of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) in the School of Human Ecology. "We are 'wired' for connection." And college, with all its transitions and change, may be an especially challenging time for students to navigate intimacy. "We've found that the number one concern new students have here is, will I belong," says Roberts. "Students can feel lonely even if surrounded by other people if they don't have the security that comes from feeling they belong and have close relationships."
"Everyone Has A Role to Play"
But just because the need for intimacy is biological, that doesn't mean we automatically know what to do: "Unfortunately, our culture doesn't provide many 'scripts' about how to do emotional intimacy," says Roberts. "We all long for it yet may not even know what it is!" So, what is intimacy, anyway? "[It's] the experience of being really known, appreciated and cared for by a close other," Roberts says. "We feel free to be vulnerable and reveal feelings and thoughts we hold close to our heart with an intimate other." Roberts says that it's through connection with others that we find meaning.
In fact, all of our UW experts agreed that intimate relationships are shaped by factors well beyond the individuals in that relationship. University Health Services's Molly Zemke, Violence Prevention Manager, and Amanda Jovaag, Director of Prevention and Campus Health Initiatives, say that as public health practitioners, they are especially focused on how relationships, communities, and the systems and institutions we navigate every day shape our lives. "We stress that everyone has a role to play in the public's health," Zemke says. "This is why so much of UHS programming is universal, for all students."
Cabell Hankinson Gathman, Lecturer in the Gender & Women's Studies department, takes a similar approach when she teaches one of the department's most respected (and beloved) courses, "Gender, Women, Bodies & Health." In the course, Gathman stresses that people's most intimate experiences are shaped by social forces: "I try to emphasize to students that there is a wide range… There are certainly common experiences that people don't talk about a lot publicly, and it's helpful to let folks know they're not alone."
"Some Things That Are Common Shouldn't Be"
Gathman stresses, however, that common intimate experiences don't always mean positive ones. In her class, she tells students, "something doesn't have to be common to be okay for you—and some things that are common shouldn't be!" Unfortunately, one of those experiences that is all-too common in colleges across the country is sexual assault, harassment, and intimate-partner violence. Jovaag notes that up to a third of all undergraduate women in the U.S. experience sexual assault. Gathman adds that we also need to remember that boys and men can also be pressured and assaulted. "The way that we talk about sexual violence often communicates either directly or indirectly that only women can be victims," Gathman says. "We need to be clear in everyday conversation that men can and do say no to sexual interactions and their consent matters."
To help UW–Madison students of all genders navigate issues of decision-making, consent, and relationships, Jovaag and Zemke note that UHS provides incoming students with a number of workshops. One of those is GetWIse, which first-year and new transfer students must attend within their first semester on campus. These interactive workshops cover a range of issues and experiences, including healthy sexuality and relationships, how to support a survivor, and bystander intervention. There are also workshops throughout the semester specifically designed for students of color, LGBTQ+ students, transfer students, and student survivors of sexual or relationship violence.
Workshops like these are important, since a major factor that affects students' experiences is simply the social and developmental landscape of the college student: "This age is a risky time," Jovaag says. "Not just the setting, but the time in a person's life. Your network of relationships is expanding. It's also many people's first time experimenting with drinking culture. This is important because we know that alcohol is the number-one 'date rape drug.' That is to say, alcohol plays the most substantial role here and everywhere in terms of sexual assault incidence," says Jovaag.
To that end, UHS offers bystander training, which is designed to increase knowledge of warning signs that something is wrong, corrects common misperceptions in social norms of behavior, and teaches skills to intervene. Called ActWIse, the training takes a community-based approach: "…bystander intervention assumes that everyone has a stake in reducing sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and sexual harassment to make our campus safer." In other words, as Jovaag says, "It's important to have everyone look out for each other."
"Open Up Conversation"
With all of this in mind, how can parents and family members maintain solid communication with their student, while navigating what can sometimes feel like very choppy waters? Our UW experts have a wealth of tips and ideas to help:
Start Early
First, "it's a lot easier to have an ongoing conversation than to suddenly start one when you have a specific concern," Gathman says, "so I would say talk about this sooner rather than later." One tip to begin, offered by Jovaag, is to ask about the GetWIse workshops: "A good conversation starter can be to mention that you heard about the workshop, and simply ask, 'what did you learn there?' This can really open up conversation with your student," Jovaag says.
Be Curious and Open-Minded
"If your student hasn't been very open with you about their relationships yet," Roberts says, "one approach is to get them talking about the general culture of dating on campus: Is 'dating' or 'going out' a thing that you all do these days? How does that go? Tell me more. We used to call it going steady when we became exclusive with a romantic partner—what do students call it these days?" Roberts says that parents can spark curiosity by asking questions about the "scene" and "gently turning" to examples from their life, if students don't do that on their own.
Jovaag agrees: "Be open and curious, ask questions, and listen nonjudgmentally," she says, adding that it's a good idea to try to remember that decision making at this point in your student's life is a partnership: "I'm a parent of a 14-year-old, so in a lot of ways I understand these transitions," says Jovaag. "To go from, put on your shoes, to, I noticed you don't have your shoes. What do you think we should do about that? That itself is a transition!"
Encourage Your Student to Get Educated
In addition to the UHS workshops mentioned above, UW–Madison offers a number of courses students can take that cover issues of intimacy, relationships, bodies, sexuality, and human connection. For example, Roberts mentions Sociology/Psychology 160: Human Sexuality, Human Development and Family Studies 517: Couple Relationships, and the aforementioned Gender & Women's Studies 103: Gender, Women, Bodies, & Health. Roberts says students can search the course search & enroll app for keywords like relationships and sexuality to find something interesting to them.
Make Referrals When Necessary
If you suspect your student may be struggling, or just want to get ahead of any potential issues, you can refer your student to campus resources. "Counseling for example," Roberts says. "Take the stigma away — encourage them to seek counseling, or other support programs on campus. Make it okay. Normal. The services are free, after all. How often does that happen? Take advantage," Roberts says.
Gathman adds, "on campus, Promoting Awareness Victim Empowerment (PAVE) provides resources and education about relationship violence and healthy relationships."
Gathman also encourages her students to check out programming at the Gender & Sexuality Campus Center. "LGBTQ+ students need to see themselves clearly reflected in these materials in order to fully benefit," says Gathman.
And if you have general questions, aren't sure where to go, or just need some help, don't forget the Dean of Students Office. It's staffed with experts whose entire job is to support students. They work directly with students and parents and can connect them to the appropriate resources on campus.
Remember You Are Still Important
Despite all the transition in the parent-student relationship during the college years, our experts say that parents still play a vital role in their student's lives. And you can feel good about sharing your values with your student: "Being honest and sharing values, students take that very well," Jovaag says. "In fact, our research shows parents are actually a stronger part of their college students' lives than ever before. Parents are very much seen by students as a positive resource, well into the college years."
"A Really Good Sign"
Even though it can be awkward at first, all of our UW experts agreed that more conversation is better. With that in mind, UW–Madison is offering more opportunities than ever before to learn, share, and understand together how to build and foster healthier, happier intimate relationships that allow Badgers to thrive: "All the things we offer didn't even exist when I was that age. There were no major conversations around these issues then. But now, we have all these opportunities and conversations on campus, with family, and with friends," Zemke says. "It's a really good sign."


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Saturday, March 18, 2006
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta is a story of revenge and social awareness that really got my attention. The film takes place in 2020 London, and the world has changed. V has been abused by the system, and has a plan for his revenge. To tell too much of the story would be unfair, this film needs to be experienced. The blood and words fly, as the plot unfolds. The writing is tight, and the performances make this film a strong statement about standing up for rights and beliefs, and that government is not always right. But is revenge the answer ...... ?
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NHS executives have warned that the pressures on their organization have become unsustainable, just at the same time that the latest figures have been released showing record waiting lists that hits 6 million patients
The winter of 2021/22 is looking complicated for the NHS, with a lack of staff and resources, staff burnout, combined with the consequences of the pandemic: huge waiting lists.
Indeed, the latest statistics for October have just been published and the figures are extremely alarming:
• Record waiting lists: 6 million patients
• Number of patients waiting more than two years for an operation: 16.225
• The highest number of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E since data collections began, with 7,059 people delayed in October
• Ambulances in England took an average of 53 minutes and 54 seconds in October, which had been the longest average response time since records began in August 2017
• Weekly data on ambulances waiting outside of A&E departments showed last week more than 8,200 patients waiting more than an hour in an ambulance
Data from NHS Stats
Despite multiple warnings from NHS bodies and royal colleges, the pressure on the health system continues to grow. The situation is such that even the Royal College of Emergency Medicine itself has warned that delays in A&E over the past month have led to patient deaths.
Chris Hopson, chief executive of NHS Providers, said: "The single biggest message we are hearing from NHS staff is that they want the government to acknowledge the scale of workforce problems and to show how this level of pressure on them will not become the new normal.
"Staff have been working flat out since before COVID-19 and we are asking them, once more, to 'make an extraordinary effort this winter'. Staff will, of course, provide that extra effort but, they need to see a clear plan for how they get to a reasonable workload on a sustainable basis."
Precisely, this plan must rely on technology and digitalization, tools that continue to prove to be great allies not only for the pandemic, but in all areas of healthcare.
What can technology bring to the equation?
RTLS as the core of our system provides the fundamental, data. Data that provides information that will be key to the transformation and improvement of each process.
However, our technology goes a step further through the orchestration of patients and processes.
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Maple Leaf Harvest by Catherine Anderson is the seventh standalone novel in the Mystic Creek series. Lane Driscoll is having nightmares, and those nightmares are coming true. When she goes into hiding, Jonas Sterling, a local psychologist, may be the only one who believes her. Suspense, romance and small-town charm await you…
Maple Leaf Harvestby Catherine Anderson
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Love and new beginnings blossom in Mystic Creek, Oregon, from the New York Times bestselling author of Huckleberry Lake.
Lane Driscoll has been having nightmares where she's chased by a strange man. When she has a threatening run-in with someone who looks just like the man from her dreams, she decides to leave her hometown until she figures out what's going on. Lane seeks refuge in beautiful Mystic Creek, where she gets a job working at the local perfume shop. Soon after she arrives, a handsome customer seems to think he recognizes Lane, but calls her by the wrong name.
When Jonas Sterling, a local psychologist, encounters his ex-girlfriend, Veneta, in town, he can't believe his eyes. He hasn't seen her for years. Jonas is even more baffled when it turns out the woman is a total stranger to him. There's no way two people could look so similar without being related. Jonas discovers Lane was adopted at the age of three and is now twenty-six years old—the same as the woman he dated.
After initial shock at the idea she could have a twin, something clicks inside Lane—and now she needs to locate her missing sister. A romance blossoms as Jonas agrees to help her. But when the man from Lane's nightmares shows up in her dreams again, Jonas and Lane realize Veneta may be in grave danger, and their search for Lane's sister turns into a heart-pounding race.
I've enjoyed each of the Mystic Creek stories. Each is a standalone set in the same small Oregon town. In Maple Leaf Harvest, Lane Driscoll has nightmares that lead to a violent encounter. Fearing for her safety, her parents help her escape. She takes a six-month lease in the town of Mystic Creek using only cash. For her protection, even her parents don't know where she's gone. While she has the funds to survive, Lane looks for work and finds a help wanted sign in a local storefront. It is here that Jonas Sterling, a local psychologist, sees her for the first time. Only he thinks she is his old girlfriend, Veneta. The girl who dumped him and his small-town. He is annoyed when she pretends not to know him and wonders what she is up to.
Lane's nightmares continue, only now she is hearing voices. Fearing a breakdown, she seeks help and is given the name of a local psychologist. The tale that unfolds dabbles in the unique connections twins have.
The twin connection was interesting and led us to a case involving missing girls as Lane and Jonas hunt for Veneta. They travel up and down the coast and finally to Lane's hometown. Jonas involves college buddy, now turned cop and his girlfriend. Stake outs and a slow building romance develop. The romance hits some snags when Veneta enters the picture, but the author kept the drama to a minimum and focused more on the twin connection and mystery.
This wasn't a favorite in the series. I enjoyed it, but didn't quite feel the romantic connection (though sweet). The mystery and suspense kept me engaged, but the pacing was off and parts dragged.
The characters were solid, and I liked both Lane and Jonas. Once Jonas realized what was happening, he stepped up and offered aid. He was respectful of Lane's wishes, even when it wasn't what he wanted.
Fans of small-town standalone romances in a series will enjoy the Mystic Creek series.
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Stem cell or bone marrow transplants for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)
You might have a transplant with high dose chemotherapy and sometimes radiotherapy. A transplant can also be called stem cell or bone marrow rescue, or intensive treatment.
What is a stem cell or bone marrow transplant?
Stem cells are collected from the bloodstream, or less often from the bone marrow.
A transplant using your own cells for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)
This transplant uses your own stem cells to replace blood cells destroyed by high doses of chemotherapy and other treatments.
A transplant using a donor's stem cells for acute myeloid leukaemia (AML)
When you have a stem cell transplant using another person's stem cells, it is called an allogeneic transplant.
Side effects of a transplant
The side effects of a stem cell or bone marrow transplant include a risk of infection and bleeding and sickness and diarrhoea.
Who can donate stem cells or bone marrow?
To be a donor you need to have stem cells that match the person you are donating to. Find out more.


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The Iowa State women knocked off the Kansas State Wildcats 84-79 on Wednesday evening at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas. With the win, Iowa State (9-3, 1-0) concluded its December with an undefeated record. The Cyclones had four players score in double figures. Seanna Johnson led Iowa State with 20 points. Jadda Buckley had 19 points, and Bridget Carleton added 17 points in her first Big 12 game. The Wildcat zone defense never appeared to give Iowa State much trouble, and Iowa State outscored Kansas State in each of the first three quarters.
Iowa State, sparked by strong defense and a few transition buckets, was able to jump to an early 8-2 lead over Kansas State. A three-point play by Johnson with under four minutes in the 1st quarter maintained the Cyclones' six-point lead. Meredith Burkhall immediately contributed points upon her entry into the game, Iowa State was able to find openings in the Kansas State zone, and the Cyclones shot 56% from the field in the first ten minutes to hold a 22-14 lead.
Despite shooting just 1-6 from three-point range in the 1st quarter, Buckley hit a trey on Iowa State's first possession of the 2nd period to extend the lead to 11 points. Iowa State started to go cold from the field midway through the quarter, and the Wildcats were able to trim the lead to just four points with 2:26 to go in the half. Buckley put through her fourth three-pointer with under a minute to play in the quarter and Iowa State led Kansas State 37-28 after 20 minutes. With her late first-half surge, Buckley led all scorers with 14 points at the break. Johnson added nine points and seven rebounds in the first half.
Buckley continued to find success in the 3rd quarter. She was able to knock down a trey and make several key passes to help Iowa State maintain its double-digit lead. Kansas State found no answer defensively in the halftime locker room, and the Cyclones continued to stay patient with its zone offense. Undoubtedly the story of the 3rd quarter, however, was Emily Durr scoring eight points in the final minute of the period. Durr's burst brought Iowa State to a 64-51 lead with just 10 minutes to play.
In the 4th quarter, the Wildcats quickly got within six points, but the Cyclones answered with four points out of a timeout to hold the home team at bay. Nearly the entire game, Iowa State had an answer every time the Wildcats tried to rally, and it seemed to be a different Cyclone player with every response. Kansas State crept to within three points under two minutes to play in the game. Iowa State had trouble rebounding the ball late and coming up with a final surge. Up just three points, Carleton drove the ball to the basket with 34 seconds to play, and, despite an apparent shift by Kansas State, an offensive foul was called on Carleton. Kansas State had an opportunity down 75-78, but the Wildcats committed an offensive foul on the inbounds. Iowa State was able to hang on and close the game out at the free throw line for the five-point victory.
The Cyclones return to Hilton Coliseum on Saturday at 2pm for the Big 12 home opener against Oklahoma State, which beat No. 4 Baylor in its first conference game.


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Hotel Locarno, Rediscovering Rome in all its glory
The location of Hotel Locarno in central Rome has been a vantage point for tourists to explore the true culture of Rome. The hotel is only a few minutes' walk from Rome's most popular sights like Piazza del Popolo, Navona Square, Trevi Fountain and Saint Peter's Basilica.
Hotel Locarno is best known for the luxurious comfort, it provides. You would get a taste of it as soon as you enter the Hotel lounge.


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Damien Jurado
Damien Jurado
And Now That I'm in Your Shadow (Secretly Canadian;
October 2006)
A Seattle-based singer-songwriter, Damien Jurado launches
into another offering of his
beautifully mournful recorded contemplations and delivers what
is perhaps his most compelling album yet. This is no small
achievement for an artist who has already delivered a collection of
recordings that are as stunning in their reason as they are in
their rawness. In opening the album with the somber
"Hoquiam," Jurado quickly signals his emotive intent for the
ensuing fifty minutes. "I Had No Intention" is a wallowing ballad
about the retribution of adultery. Its meditative acoustic guitar,
plaintive piano, and laconic vocals summon an aura of absolute
Hopelessness is a common thread across And Now That I'm In
Your Shadow, as its title track so compellingly underlines.
Violins wail and cymbals crash in the distance as a mournful
electric guitar line weaves its way through the blustery bleakness.
And Now That I'm In Your Shadow is by no means an easy
recording to navigate. Its tales depict infidelity, murder and lost
love — and Jurado tackles with
honesty and candor that make this recording an unsettling place to
linger. But through coaxing the listener into abandoning their
reservations and diving headlong into the heart and soul of his
ballads, Damien Jurado's languid recital becomes all the more
inflicting — and leaves you wanting more.


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Many people confuse communication as a technique to transmitting and receiving of messages. It is actually a mutual exercise of understanding between transmitter and receiver. Communication plays a very crucial role in business. In business setups precise communication is just like an art. Planning, organizing, staffing, directing and controlling are basic functions of management, but these functions can never be performed without effective and efficient communication. Business communication is continues inflow and outflow of information.
Modern organizations are very big in size; they have large no. of employees who work at different levels and at different locations. It's very important to have proper communication set up between these people so that business can operate smoothly. Right channels and right methods of communication minimize the chances of misunderstandings and wrong decisions. Communication gaps can turn lethal for any organization.
Importance of business communication-
The Business Communication is always objective oriented. All the rules, policies and conduct regulations of an organization are required to be properly communicated to all the concerned people present inside the organization and outside the organization. The Business Communication is always controlled through some norms, rules and regulations. In previous days, the extent of business communication was confined to telephone calls and paper work only. But now with the help of latest technology the scope of business communication has widened to large extents. Now, we do have video conferencing, mobile phones, satellite connections and emails to support and facilitate the business communication. Efficient and effective business communication always participates in building and developing the goodwill of a company.
Business Communication can easily be classified in following two categories:
1. Written Communication– It covers all the written methods of business communication for example- daily, weekly, monthly and annual reports, minutes of meeting, agenda of meting instruction manuals etc.
2. Oral Communication– It covers all the oral methods of business communication. The oral communication can further be classified into formal and informal communication. Under normal situations, business communication is always formal in nature, for example- interviews, conclaves, meetings etc. Informal channels of communication like Grapevine session is also common to use while conducting induction and training programs.


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The person who gave her name ("Anmelderin" / registering an assembly at public order office) for our 5-hour rally on 8 March 2021 in front of the Interior Senate received a penalty order for 40 daily fines last year because she did not announce the assembly requirements in time on that day and because she did not take sufficient care to change the plastic bags over the microphone frequently. A policewoman had reported her. Since we did not accept the absurd and completely exaggerated penalty order, the case went to trial yesterday in the Bremen district court. In and outside the courtroom we claimed that an attack against one of us is an attack against all of us. An attack against our organising and our common struggles for residence papers in Bremen. Up to 100 people stood together with us at times in the rain. After three hours the result came: no acquittal. The verdict: "30 daily sentences at 30 Euros on probation. Condition: 250 euros donation to a refugee organisation". The charge of changing plastic bags was dropped. We document our speech.
We have also decided to go public with supporting this trial of our friend today, because the criminalization of her for putting her name for the rally on March 8 last year is not the only case of attacking our freedom of assembly.
It is not the only case in which petty administrative actions and pseudo-bureaucratic games try to hinder the resistance of those who organize in Together we are Bremen.
Chapter 1: From Social distancing to the fight for birth certificates
As you know, Together we are Bremen was one of the few groups that did not reduce its activities during the Corona lockdown, but had to increase them dramatically.
Since many of our members live in the camps their health was directly affected.
Social distancing fell flat exactly where people were and are in particularly vulnerable situations. Instead of immediately guaranteeing people shelters in individual rooms, flutter tape was tied around the playground and other absurdities were organized.
Who ever cared that many people were again and again locked into quarantine for weeks because another person from the same hallway kept testing positive?
So the Shut down Lindenstraße campaign started...and the name of Lindenstraße got known far beyond the reach of Bremen.
The movement grew, became stronger and in the summer of 2020 the women from Lindenstraße, Friedrich Rauers Straße and Alfred Faust Straße had long since organized themselves.
Together they began to make their anger visible in front of the Bremen registry office. The anger and despair about why they were stuck in the camps for so long in the first place.
It had long been clear by then that the problem of birth certificates not being issued was not a personal problem, but a structural one.
Why are black mothers treated as liars just because they come from Nigeria or Ghana? Why are they accused of being too old to have a child while not yet married? Why is their private sphere poked around? Why are their children, who are just as German as others, sometimes denied a birth certificate for up to 2 years?
It is surely no coincidence that exactly in the place where the persons concerned themselves pointed out the so obvious structural racism, the administrative officials started to counter attack. This is what happened with the criminal case "plastic bag" because of which we are standing before the court today.
But that was not the only one…
Chapter 2: In front of the Migration Office
Two weeks after that rally in front of the Interior Senate we were again on the streets. This time in front of the Migration Office. Here we tried again to point out the entanglements in the defensive actions of those authorities.
We demanded: Legalize now! Papers for all.
The moderator of the rally summed it up:
"What you are preaching, what you write in your constitution, in your papers, are all different from what you are doing. From the way you are treating us. You don't treat us equally."
Shortly after the protest, our moderator, who was formally the leader of the rally, was personally served a letter from the Landeskriminalamt, Department of "Politically Motivated Crime Right-Wing/Left-Wing/Foreign Extremism," in typical intimidation fashion. Preliminary proceedings had been opened. Reproach: insufficient keeping of distance during the assembly.
Chapter 3: Registry office June
When we finally mobilized again to the registry office in June after tough negotiations that led nowhere, the Office of Public Order tried to stop the protest in advance. Weddings, so we learned now, may be disturbed under no circumstances by demonstrations.
And generally our demonstrations were much too loud. After several postponements we finally pushed through our planned protest, but then the cops stood demonstratively the whole time with the volume meter in front of the loudspeaker box.
Chapter 3: Schüsselkorb / SPD
Again one month later, in July 2021 we mobilized in front of the party headquarters of the SPD at Schüsselkorb.
Once again Ordnungsamt was trying to restrict the protest of TWAB. This time it went ridiculous because we should stand behind several transporter vans on the sidewalk/Bürgersteig opposite to the office. As a reaction to this we finally called for a spontaneous demonstration to Domsheide and Marktplatz. When basic rights are restricted and voices are not heard the streets are the only place to make our demands visible: Papers for all. Dignity for all.
Shortly after, the third member of TWAB, the activist who put her name this time received a letter from the police: Preliminary proceedings had been opened. Reproach: not sticking to the orders of Ordnungsamt.
Both preliminary proceedings were dropped relatively shortly afterwards.
Together we are Bremen has not stopped taking to the streets since then.
At the moment we demonstrate every second Thursday in front of the social welfare office and demand to stop the transfers.
Criminal are not those who organize and fight for a safe place to live and a future after having risked and lost so much already.
Criminal are not those who are active for participation, freedom of movement, against all oppression and a safe life for all.
Criminal are those who kill and let die at the borders.
Criminal are those who hide behind decrees and supposed orders and do not fight administrations and systems from the inside.


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Radek Owczarz is one of the best studio and touring drummers in Poland. He has collaborated with some of the top names in Polish popular music, such as Kasia Kowalska, Pilichowski Band, Edyta Bartosiewicz, Patrycja Markowska or Jan Borysewicz. He is the master of groove and feel, a total professional and an all-around nice guy. Very recently, we hooke dup with him to make a test of a few sets of Aquarian heads. The first of those skins is:
Aquarian Response 2 Coated 14″
1. The test
The test was carried out in professional studio conditions, at the CLC recording facility in Piaseczno, Poland. We put the heads on a Ludwig kit (Radek himself does not remember what model it is, maybe you could help?) and a Ludwig Supraphonic LM402 snare. The resonant bass drum head is Aquarian Regulator, while the batter head is Aquarian Force I. The batter heads on the toms (depending on a given shot) are Aquarian Super 2 (both coated and clear) and Aquarian Response 2 Clear. The resonant skins are Aquarian Texture Coated. The bottom head on the snare is Aquarian Classic Clear, while the batter skin is a 14-inch Aquarian Response 2 Coated. The toms and the snare drum were tuned with the help of the Tune Bot device, and in the following fashion:
- Low tuning (pitch E)
- Medium tuning (pitch F#)
- High tuning (pitch A)
2. Basic specification of the Aquarian head tested by us:
- Series: Response 2 Coated
- Size: 14″
- Plies: 2
- Thickness: 14 mil (7 mil + 7 mil)
- Colour: White
- Character: Full, deep, great attack
- Aquarian's Vacuum Process™ technology
- Application: Snare drum, toms
- Size: 6″ through 26″.
3. The product and the sound
The process of manufacturing Aquarian Response 2 Coated heads features the patented Aquarian's Vacuum Process™ technology, which is to eliminate air bubbles and wrinkles between the two plies. The Aquarian Response 2 Coated 14″ is a classic, rather thick, double ply, coated head with a full sound and strong attack. In our opinion, the skin used by Radek Owczarz has truly delivered: it had a lot of "muscle" and focus regardless of the pitch or the level of dynamics applied.
4. Summary
We think we should Radek Owczarz himself sum up the whole experience:
"All you need to do is to put on a pair of good headphones on or use some decent speakers and just listen. This head sounds great in all tunings, with no studio magic. All we did was mic up, use a preamp and…go! Generally speaking, all the Aquarian skins we tested here speak (or rather sing) for themselves and don't need much talking or writing."
Producer: http://www.aquariandrumheads.com/
Distributor in Poland: http://www.musicinfo.pl/
- Very well crafted
- Great dynamics in all tunings
- Air bubbles and wrinkles between the two plies eliminated
- Price
- None
Drummers and Drummerettes! It's time to put the Aquarian Response 2 Coated 14″ head to the most important test of all, i. e. the www.beatit.tv viewers' test! Exclusively for you, we give you Radek Owczarz!


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The Shafer Art Gallery has unveiled its new exhibit "Palimpsest," which will run through June 23 and feature works by 13 members of The Society of Layerists in Multi–Media. The society is a network for artists who express a holistic perspective in any style or medium and the show is celebrating its 40th year. There will be a public reception at 6:30 p.m. May 19 in the Gallery.
According to Founder Mary Carroll Nelson of New Mexico, the Society is always searching for artists who combine levels of experience in a single work of art.
"The layers in layered art are the references and meaning that the artist brings to the work rather than the materials used to create it," she said. "As a society, we are focused on the intentions of the artist."
Shafer Gallery Director Dave Barnes said the show is wildly diverse and vibrant.
"The viewer will see a show featuring 2D and 3D artworks done in a variety of styles and mediums," he said. "They are visually arresting, full of intense color and feature many well-known society members from our Midwest region. So, the name we came up with for this exhibit really helps embody and describe the work that is in it. A palimpsest is something that has a new layer, aspect, or appearance that builds on its past and allows us to see or perceive parts of this past. This expresses the intentions of all the artists in this exhibition."
The Shafer Gallery is open Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is always free. For more information, contact Barnes at firstname.lastname@example.com or 620-792-9342.


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This is a partial transcript from Your World with Neil Cavuto, April 1, 2002. Click here for complete access to all of Neil Cavuto's CEO interviews.
NEIL CAVUTO, HOST: He is only the second CEO in 25 years to run JD Edwards (JDEC). And so far, things are looking pretty good. Check this out. The stock is up nearly 200 percent since its lows in November. What's the secret to keeping up with the big boys in this sluggish tech environment?
Joining me now, the man who probably won the most sought after prize — I remember this was big buzz when he won this — Robert Dutkowsky, JD Edwards CEO. Robert, welcome. Congratulations, by the way.
ROBERT DUTKOWSKY, CEO, JD EDWARDS: Thank you, Neil. It's great to be here.
CAVUTO: Quite a coup. Let me get your take, first of all, on you being an anomaly in the software — you've been making money hand over fist. Your company has been sizzling. What gives?
DUTKOWSKY: Well, I think JD Edwards is well positioned to take advantage of some of the factors that are happening in the marketplace.
First of all, where we're focused is in the mid-range segment. And so, we don't sell to the largest businesses in the world, but we also don't sell to the smallest. And so, when you look at that mid-range, there is lots and lots of opportunities there.
CAVUTO: And we should explain, it is in the mid-range here — this is a little secret that not many know — that is where buying never really precipitously dropped. And it's been stronger certainly than those other sectors.
DUTKOWSKY: Well, also, just the sheer volume, there is lots and lots of prospects for us there. So, you know, if you call out as your focus segment the top 100 companies and they are in trouble, you have nowhere to turn. But in our case, we have tens of thousands of prospects that need JD Edwards enterprise systems, our planning systems and our customer relationship management systems.
CAVUTO: What is the deal with the guys who run your company? You are only the second one, right? So, you are in the job for, what, 30 years, unless you screw up, right? Pretty much.
DUTKOWSKY: Well, you know, our founders run the company for the last 25 years. And, you know, another interesting statistic, think of another technology company that's 25 years old. You can count them on a couple of fingers. And so, Ed McVaney...
CAVUTO: You and Microsoft (MSFT), maybe.
DUTKOWSKY: And IBM (IBM) and a few others. But Ed McVaney, our founder, saw that businesses wanted to buy packaged solutions. They did not want to spend the time and the energy to build the solutions themselves. And that vision he had 25 years ago, we've turned into JD Edwards today.
CAVUTO: Yes, but you know the only thing, and you know your company well enough, I'm not going to try to second-guess you, but, I mean, there are a lot of people saying, you know, the hardware guys are getting into this big time. Your old haunt, IBM, and some of the others are now trying to pool all this sort of stuff together with consulting and anything else with sort of an umbrella package of goodies that you can't hope to offer.
DUTKOWSKY: Oh, we are one of those important piece parts that a company like an IBM or a Sun (SUNW) or Compaq (CPQ) or Hewlett-Packard (HWP), which by the way, are all our partners at this.
CAVUTO: There's a difference between partners and eventually people who look at you as a threat, right?
DUTKOWSKY: Well, an IBM or an HP needs the value that JD Edwards brings, our software. And then they add their services on top of that and install it on their hardware and that is how they make the little Oreo cookie that they sell to their customers.
CAVUTO: So, why do we hear from analysts who say technology, maybe your kind of stock is an anomaly here, just still stinks and will continue to stink for a good chunk of the year?
DUTKOWSKY: Well, I think it's really kind of narrowed down to one reason, and that is most of the customers out there have already bought as much hardware as they need: servers, storage, networking, call that, you know, Sun and IBM and EMC (EMC) and Cisco (CSCO), they have all that technology that they need. What they need to do is they need things that fill up that technology, and that is application software from companies like JD Edwards.
CAVUTO: Do you worry about technology still, again, being in this long rut?
DUTKOWSKY: I do not think we have seen the bottom yet.
CAVUTO: Really?
DUTKOWSKY: I think we have kind of reached a stabilizing point. And now, the question is when are customers going to spend in a robust way.
CAVUTO: When?
DUTKOWSKY: When they see that their business opportunity justifies them investing more.
CAVUTO: A lot of them don't though.
DUTKOWSKY: And that's why I think we have another couple of quarters that feel about like this. If you look at the guidance that JD Edwards has out on the market, it is that the economy is going to stay about like this for the next few quarters.
CAVUTO: All right. Thank you very much, Robert. Again, congratulations.
DUTKOWSKY: Thanks, Neil.
CAVUTO: Rob Dutkowsky, who will, of course, will be on this job, I guess, until he is 80, the way this company goes through people.
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In Sweden there is no Remembrance Day holiday mainly due to the face that Sweden has officially been militarily neutral for almost 200 years. While much of the rest of Europe marked the 91st anniversary of the signing of the armistice in Compiègne ending World War I, Swedes went about their normal business (in fact Catherine visited Uppsala and then flew to UmeÃ¥ for some meetings). In Canada we're used to having a Cenotaph of some sort in just about every city or town, but I can't recall seeing any war memorials in Sweden.
We both feel that Remembrance Day is the most meaningful Canadian holiday; one that should not be treated like a day to party because you have an extra day off from school or work. Although there were no events for us to attend, but we did spend some time to remember those who served and continue to serve our country. Catherine has a stronger family connection to the military than I do, but due to my line of work I do get to a decent amount of exposure to what the Canadian Forces are up to.
We were discussing yesterday some of the recently announced plans for the end of Canadian combat mission in Afghanistan in 2011. We agreed that it seems like the right thing to do; there needs to be a transition to the Afghanis providing their own security as at the end of the day the people will always be suspicious of Westerners patrolling their streets (and rightfully so). Hopefully the Canadians will stay to help rebuild the country on the peacekeeping/humanitarian side as that is where I believe our military's experience and strength lies. In that way maybe we can help to address the root causes of terrorism none of which are solved with guns – poverty, hunger, and lack of education come to mind.


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Jackman Cemetery
Route 170 south of Fredericktown
John Jackman and Jacob Wollam were among organizers of the Christian Baptist Church, later Disciples of Christ Church, at Fredericktown in 1827.
The church was constructed in 1829, and a new building was erected in 1853 in the northwest corner of St. Clair Township Section 14, a mile and a half south of the village. It was moved to Fredericktown in 1877.
John Jackman was an elder and first minister of the congregation which adopted the name of Christian Church.
In 1847, he along with trustees David Figley and Isaac Chamberlin purchased one acre from Solomon and Mary Foulk for $25 to establish a cemetery atop Fredericktown Hill.
First to be buried was Joseph Stockdale, brother-in-law of John Jackman, in 1847. The site was never part of Jackman lands, and was probably named in honor of the church pastor for 35 years who died in 1866.
The cemetery contains more than 200 graves
Columbiana County Memorial
Irish Ridge Rd. and Route 170
The former 96-acre Gaston Farm along old Route 30 near Calcutta was obtained by Columbiana County Memorial Park which was incorporated in 1935.
Planned as a park type burial grounds without headstones, it features stately trees, flower beds and modern roadways. The designer was Albert R. Haenny and George Bloomgren resident engineer.
William J. Powell was president of the first trustees with offices in the Odd Fellows Temple on Sixth St. A perpetual care fund was established with National City Bank as insurance against neglect and decay which sometimes overtake older cemeteries.
After fire destroyed a one-story office building at the grounds in 1943, the stone shell was used for storage until 1973 when it was remodeled into a chapel. Charles Bibbee, resident manager, died suddenly in October 1973, and his was the first burial in the new chapel.
The chapel is named in honor of Earl Roush, a trustee until his death in 1993.
In the 1960s St. Aloysius Catholic Church provided 14 figurines representing the Stations of the Cross. Later brick and stucco cubicles were installed for figurines which had been sent from Italy to the church where they had been displayed on the sanctuary walls for many years.
Outlined with shrubs and lights is a huge cross laid out on the hillside grounds and visible for some distance. A Catholic section has been added along with a Babyland area and angel statue for infant graves. Among various improvements over the years is a fountain at the entrance.
Olive Wright, resident office manager since Mr. Bibbee's death, reports 9,979 graves, with burials averaging 165 annually.
Springhill Cemetery
Tenth St. Heights, Wellsville
The first burial site in Wellsville was a tract owned by William Wells on Main St. in the center of the town at the time, now around 8th St. First buried was a little child around 1800 in a grave unmarked.
Wells' will provided that only blood relatives would be interred there. A stone wall surrounded the grounds, the entrance inscribed "Erected by William Wells in 1842 at a cost of $750."
After 1870 no burials were permitted in the site which contained nearly 300 graves, and 15 years later it was vacated by the heirs, and the ground used for private homes.
In 1825 Wells donated an acre to the town as a "burial place forever." Located near the later railroad shops around 12th St., it served the community until 1865. Then, 20 years later it was condemned, the graves moved and the land sold for "secular purposes".
Some sources suggest another early cemetery was located at 5th and Main, later site of the City Hall.
In 1866 (?) the City of Wellsville purchased 11 acres on a hill west of the community and laid out Springhill Cemetery. In 1890 the city bought 38 more acres. Later additions brought the size to 57 acres?
Among notables buried there are James Reilly, distinguished lawyer and Civil War General who commanded the 104th Ohio Volunteer Regiment.
Many of the early records are incomplete, but the first burial listed is M. William Bye in 1817 relocated from downtown, and Jane Brooks buried Oct. 23, 1866. More than 11,200 graves are on the grounds.
The city-owned cemetery is supervised by a committee of Council. Robert Freeman is the superintendent.
St. Elizabeth Cemetery
10th St. Heights
Wellsville's Catholic Cemetery is St. Elizabeth adjacent to Springhill. More than 1,200 graves are in the site.
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Cole Malone is a Mungo Park Records and Bloc Notes Music Publishing artist.
He is also a skilled live performer, having toured across Canada for the past 20 years. Malone has taken his signature brand of country-rock across the country, performing at small dive bars, acoustic shows, lake parties, cabarets, rodeos, corporate events, and large festivals.
After winning the Calgary Stampede NashviIIe North Star Contest in 2015, his career took off quickly. This resulted in notable performances at the Somewhere in Alberta Showcase and the Royalty Records showcase during Canadian Country Music Week (CCMA).
His debut single,'HaIf the Bottle,' released by Royalty Records in 2016, became a radio staple on Canadian radio. One Man Army, his biggest hit to date, made waves on both local and international radio. Cole's hit song, which he wrote, led to a publishing deal with Bloc Notes Music and the attention of Montreal's Mungo Park Records. His most recent single, 'Day After Day,' serves as the lead single from his upcoming EP. Malone and producer Tino Izzo collaborated on the song's writing. The song is a call to arms for regaining power and balance in one's life, inspired by his years of dealing with anxiety. Cole is a seasoned veteran of the Canadian music scene and one to watch in 2023


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