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DoD Vows to Bring Home Missing Warriors, Carter Says
By Terri Moon Cronk
DoD News, Defense Media Activity
WASHINGTON, Sept. 16, 2016 — The Defense Department today recommitted itself to its solemn pledge to make every effort to bring home all of its missing men and women to their families, Defense Secretary Carter said at the National Prisoner Of War and Missing in Action Recognition Day ceremony on the Pentagon's River Terrace Parade Grounds this morning.
"We're honored to be joined today by former POWs, individuals who endured captivity courageously and honorably during World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam," the secretary said.
"To the families attending today and around the world -- whether you've been reunited or are still waiting for your loved one -- thank you for your patriotism and courage in the face of uncertainty, and thank you for all you've given to this country," Carter said.
*DoD's Dedication*
DoD works hard to meet its commitment to yesterday's personnel to honor their service and their families, Carter said, adding a second reason exists. "We know what it means to the men and women serving today -- those who will serve in the future and their families as they see everything we're doing to provide the fullest possible accounting of those who served before. They know we'll do the same for them."
U.S. service members will stop at nothing to accomplish their missions -- standing with allies and standing up to Russia's aggression in Europe, managing change in the vital Asia-Pacific region, deterring North Korea's provocations, countering Iran's malign activities, and helping accelerate the lasting defeat of the Islamic State of Iraq and The Levant -- because "They know we'll stop at nothing, and make every effort to bring them home to their families," the secretary said.
"Together," the secretary said, "we can meet our sacred commitment -- to the force of yesterday, today and tomorrow."
*Saluting Patriotism, Courage, Bravery*
Air Force Gen. Paul J. Selva, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said to the audience on behalf of Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and every service member, "We salute you for your patriotism, courage and bravery. Thank you for your being here today."
"It is truly an honor to be here today as we pay homage to often unsung heroes," Selva said, noting that former POWs and their families taught today's military the meaning of legacy of honor and duty "[which] we strive to carry out every single day."
To the families of those still missing in action, Selva said their sacrifice is humbling, "and we thank you for your faith and perseverance. You are for us a beacon of hope."
*Selva Recognize Families' Sacrifices*
The vice chairman said it's important to recognize the significance of the sacrifices every family of prisoners of war and those missing in action have made through rebuilding their lives, their hardships of not knowing, and the difficulty of holding out hope.
"The motto that flies on the POW and MIA flag is one that we've internalized to our very core," Selva said of the words, "You Are Not Forgotten" that appear on the flag.
"We will never forget. It is emblazoned on our hearts as is the memory of every member that we have lost in battle, and remains missing in action," the vice chairman said.
Related Sites
Presidential Proclamation [ https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/09/15/proclamation-national-powmia-recognition-day-2016?source=GovDelivery ] Secretary's Flickr Page [ https://www.flickr.com/photos/secdef?source=GovDelivery ]


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The Aldrich Alert
A Publication of the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty
by Gary Aldrich - Volume 1 Issue 8
One of the great mysteries about Bill Clinton is his claim that he's a lover and student of presidential history. We are told that from a very young age, he aspired to the White House. Well, we have all seen the photo of a young Bill Clinton fawning over JFK on the South lawn of the House White. However, what exactly did he admire about JFK?
Presidential historians may have finally figured that out. How disappointing it must be for Clinton to hear the damning verdict from important America's historians about his incredibly flawed presidency.
In a recent C-SPAN survey, the nation's top historians ranked President Clinton as the worst scoundrel among all U.S. presidents, hitting moral rock bottom below Richard Nixon and pro-slavery leader James Buchanan.
In other respects Clinton ranked an average 21st, just ahead of Jimmy Carter (22nd), a one-term president who is widely regarded by scholars as a good man soiled by an unquestionably failed presidency.
Bill Clinton rated 20th in Crisis Leadership; 21st in International Relations; 21st in Administrative Skills; 22nd in Vision/Agenda Setting; and 21st in Performance in the Context of the Times. His lowest scores were in Relations with Congress (36th) and Moral Authority (41st), the lowest possible score.
Historians were not alone in their low assessment. Two other surveys asked the opinion of members of the public. C-SPAN viewers likewise ranked Clinton at the bottom for moral authority, but otherwise rated him even more harshly than historians. Viewers rated Clinton as 36th worst overall, with rankings below average for every category except economic management (19th) and public persuasion (15th). By the way: Ronald Reagan, the president the Clintons love to hate, was ranked in the top 12 of all presidents!
The verdict is in, and for a President so concerned with his legacy, the news is not good. Clinton may have escaped removal from the White House last year, but he will never escape history. Clinton has tarnished the White House in ways previously unimaginable, and time is only likely to further reveal the true extent of the damage done.
To make sure we as citizens get all the truth about the "Clinton legacy," we need to support institutions, authorities and organizations that clearly demonstrate through their words and deeds, a desire to know the truth. A growing number of Americans at last understand that the truth - often quite disturbing and ugly - is something to seek, not a crazy uncle to be hidden away in some closet.
The truth can set you free, but especially ugly truth can help you avoid making the same mistake twice.

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New Zealand has a long association with the Antarctic's Ross Sea region. For more than 100 years explorers and scientists have set off from our ports going via the Ross Sea to reach the southern continent. More recently a few of our own boats have set off each year to catch fish in the Ross Sea to be sold to rich diners overseas. Now we've been given the perfect chance to put a bit more give rather than take into our relationship with what is being described as the world's 'last ocean'.Decisions about the future of the Ross Sea are going to made later this year. It's an opportunity that can't be missed and our Government is in pole position to make sure this stunningly beautiful region, with its rich ecosystem, gets the widespread protection it deserves.For half a century the continent has been protected from exploitation and now it's time to put in similar measures for the waters around it which are home to thousands of species, some of which are found nowhere else on the planet. The Ross Sea's rich biodiversity includes orcas, minke whales, toothfish, Weddell seals, Adélie and Emperor penguins and petrels.The Ross sea is called 'the last ocean' quite simply as it's virtually unspoiled by human activity. If you could go back in time - hundreds, maybe even thousands of years - you'd unlikely see many changes in this marine utopia. Sadly the same can't be said for any other ocean as, in varying degrees, they've all been subjected to overfishing, pollution, invasive species, acidification and increasing marine traffic.The Ross Sea could go the same way which is why it's vital to put in protection measures now. Back in 1996 New Zealand sent the first fishing boat into the Ross Sea and opening the way for others to follow. Now every summer a bunch of dogged vessels defy the odds and conditions crossing by piercing through the Southern Ocean to haul fish out of the Ross Sea. Why? Because they're getting harder and harder to find elsewhere which is making it worth the risk for them.
There are obvious parallels with the oil industry which is trying to force its way into the far northern waters of the Arctic or in oceans so deep and isolated that they've never been previously considered like New Zealand's Raukumara basin. Are we that desperate for fish? No, the fish caught in the Ross Sea are not helping to feed the planet just a few diners and specialty store shoppers with expensive tastebuds in the US and Asia who like to order Antarctic toothfish (although, bizarrely, it's sometimes marketed as Chilean seabass). While the toothfish market may be relatively small it's having a negative impact on the Ross Sea ecosystem. Scientists are sounding alarm bells and are calling for the region to be included in a network of Antarctic marine reserves.Environmental groups agree and have formed the Antarctic Ocean Alliance to encourage Governments to take action immediately. One of the key pressure points is the international body of 25 countries which meets in October with the explicit purpose of talking about the conservation of marine life the Southern Ocean. New Zealand is a significant player in that grouping. It has a proposal to protect some of the region. It's a start but it needs to do better.Again, imagine being a time traveler and returning to New Zealand one thousand years ago. Wouldn't you want to do everything possible to protect the species you discovered there? We can do that for the Ross Sea.
The first step is to encourage our Government to push for the widespread protection of the Ross Sea at the October meeting. You can do that right now by sending a letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Murray McCully here .


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WEST POINT, N.Y. - Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will receive the U.S. Military Academy's annual Thayer Award on Thursday, joining other citizens whose service to the nation illustrates the academy's motto of "Duty, Honor, Country."
The academy's announcement of the award, named for former West Point Superintendent Col. Sylvanus Thayer, describes Albright as a leader on policy and international affairs.
Albright, who served under President Bill Clinton, was the first woman to hold the nation's top diplomatic post.
She will receive the award at the Hudson River academy during a dinner ceremony hosted by West Point's Association of Graduates. Before the dinner, cadets will conduct a review in her honor on the grassy expanse at the center of the academy known as the Plain.
Past recipients of the Thayer Award include Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Bob Hope, Neil Armstrong, Tom Brokaw and Colin Powell.
Albright served as secretary of state from 1997 to 2001 during Clinton's second term. She had previously served as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.
Albright was born in Czechoslovakia in 1937 and was forced to leave after Nazi Germany gained control of it. She spent much of World War II in England.


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PASS SQLSaturday is a free training event for professionals who use the Microsoft data platform. These community events offer content across data management, cloud and hybrid architecture, analytics, business intelligence, AI, and more. This event will be held on Feb 08 2014 at Hyland Software, 28500 Clemens Rd., Cleveland, Ohio, 44145, United States
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So here's Mary Epworth's "Snow Queen" from January last year, when we had none.
In case you missed it, Mary's joining Welcome to Night Vale for another tour, and this time it's a long one, around almost the whole circumference of the USA!
Stay tuned for LOTS of news coming soon from Hand Of Glory. It's going to be a busy year.


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Many think that the idea of the evolution of man is a consequence of Darwin's theories about the evolution of animals. However, the historical order actually runs the other way.
Darwin's theory of natural selection needs to be placed in the context of the history of intellectual thought preceding and contemporary with Darwin.
We often see vigorous attempts in the media and in the church to persuade people to accept evolution. The irony of this is that the attempt appears to be succeeding just as contraty signs emerge.
It is very true that familiarity breeds contempt. Who is not familiar with the story of man's first sin?
Is there any explicit teaching within the Bible itself that suggests its details are not to be pressed in matters of the physical creation? When reference is made to the original creation, the creation narrative is treated as fact without any reservation.
Like any discipline, interpretation methods (hermeneutics) can suffer from being used to solve problems which lie outside its sphere.
Like any discipline, interpretation methods (hermeneutics) can suffer from being used to solve problems which lie outside its sphere.
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Turn On Two-Factor Authentication on Sites You Use
Cloud storage provider Dropbox enabled two-factor authentication on its accounts very recently, and I finally got around to enabling it on my account today. I also decided to see what other cloud services I use support this method of protection and secure my accounts. The list was much longer than expected.
It's increasingly clear that just passwords, no matter how complex and long, are no longer enough. If someone obtains your password, by a keylogger, phishing, looking over your shoulder, finding out it has been reused on insecure sites, or just brute-forcing it, there is nothing keeping that person out of your account. Turning on two-factor authentication throws up barriers to intruders to prevent access even if they have the password.
Security Watch has talked about the importance of two-factor authentication several times in the past, and Neil Rubenking's primer on two-factor clearly lays out the benefits of using this form of authentication. There are three generally recognized factors for authentication: something you know (such as a password), something you have (such as a hardware token or cell phone), and something you are (such as your fingerprint). Two-factor authentication requires the system to use two of these. The most common combination requires a password and a one-time code generated by a token or sent to a cell phone.
After a bored hacker shredded Wired writer Mat Honan's digital life last month, Honan himself said he wish he'd turned on two-factor authentication on his Gmail account, which would have minimized some of the damage.
While you can't use two-factor authentication everywhere yet, I was pleasantly surprised to find out how many places do support it. Here is a short list.
Getting Started
Dropbox: The cloud storage provider rolled out this layer of protection shortly after a spam attack that took advantage of a Dropbox employee's account. Once two-step verification is enabled on Dropbox, users have to enter a six-digit security code in addition to the password whenever they log in to the site.
Gmail: I should have turned it on a long time ago but I kept putting it off. I temporarily lost control of one of my Google Apps accounts last week which finally spurred me to action. It's ridiculously easy to enable this security on Google's email service, and there's an option to set up single-use passwords if the client of your choice doesn't support two-step verification.
Facebook: The social networking giant turned on Login Approvals last year. Login Approvals kicks in only when the site detects a login attempt from an unrecognized computer. Users are prompted to enter a mobile code sent as an SMS to the user's phone in order to complete the login process.
Yahoo! Mail: I was able to turn on sign-in verification through the Yahoo! Account Info page (login required). Like Facebook's Login Approvals, the feature challenges only a "suspicious account sign-in attempt." A verification code is sent as a text message to the mobile phone number saved on the account as only the legitimate user should have access to the code on the phone to complete the challenge question.
Amazon Web Services: Since I'd gone ahead an installed the Google Authenticator app for Android app to use with Gmail, I enabled the extra security on my Amazon Web Services account. The authenticator app is versatile and supports multiple services so that you don't have to manage an app for each account or juggle multiple hardware tokens. It can secure WordPress blogs, Drupal content management systems, and any accounts with hosting provider DreamHost, as well.
Speaking of Google Authenticator, the LastPass password manager, PCMag's Editors' Choice for storing and managing secure passwords, also supports the technology. Considering the manager stores passwords for all your accounts and services, it makes perfect sense to enable two-factor on LastPass even if you don't set it up anywhere else. Google Authenticator is supported on iOS, BlackBerry, Windows Phone, webOS, and even Symbian devices.
Any others I missed?
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Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
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New Brunswick, NJ 08903-2681
New Brunswick, N.J. – Research from Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey shows that the 'first in man' series of vaccine injections given directly into a pancreatic cancer tumor is not only well tolerated, but also suggests an "encouraging" period of stable disease. Results from a Phase I clinical trial conducted at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey are being given as part of a poster presentation at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Pancreatic Cancer: Innovations in Research and Treatment conference being held in New Orleans this week.
Vaccine therapies are designed to strengthen the body's immune defenses and are typically given in the arm or leg. In a previous study, investigators at the Cancer Institute showed that using a vaccine treatment for bladder and breast cancer tumors in laboratory models resulted in a reversal of the traditional immune blockade, as well as the development of tumor specific immunity throughout the body. This tumor specific immunity showed the potential of blocking the growth of the original tumor as well as eliminating small tumor deposits that can cause the cancer to spread. Building on this research, investigators further tested this vaccine in a direct injection method in patients who were not candidates for surgery to remove their cancer. The Cancer Institute's Associate Director for Education and Training Edmund Lattime, PhD, who is also a professor of surgery at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and Elizabeth Poplin, MD, co-director of the Cancer Institute's Gastrointestinal/Hepatobiliary Program and a professor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School are the lead investigators of the study.
The focus of the research is the investigational vaccine known as PANVAC. PANVAC contains gene additives that might stimulate a person's immune system to recognize and develop an immune response to the disease. Two types of PANVAC were utilized in this trial. PANVAC-V, which uses the same virus as the smallpox vaccine, is a live but weakened vaccinia vaccine (meaning the virus can still multiply) that is given in the arm. PANVAC-F (a live Fowlpox virus that cannot multiply) is injected into the tumor itself and subsequently into the arm as a booster. Direct tumor injection takes place through an endoscopic ultrasound, in which a scope is inserted through the mouth and into the stomach so that the tumor in the pancreas can be seen.
During the first phase of the study, patients were evaluated for toxicity, tumor progression and the presence of tumor markers for pancreatic cancer. Two patients were removed from the first part of the study after two weeks due to rapid disease progression; one died six months after first being placed on the trial and the other after one month. The second part of the trial involved giving a higher dosage of PANVAC-F during direct injection of the tumor. During this phase, one patient was removed due to rapid disease progression and died one month after, while a second patient withdrew and died after 16 months.
Of the remaining 10 patients from both dose levels, three were shown to have distant metastatic disease with a survival range of six to 22 months. The other seven patients presented without distant metastasis with a survival range of four to 36 months. Of this latter group, none developed disease that spread beyond the original tumor into other organs but instead died of a secondary condition associated with locally progressive pancreas cancer. All but one of the ten patients transitioned to treatment with gemcitabine, which is a standard therapy for pancreas cancer. A series of genetic analyses for day one and day 14 patient immune responses is currently being examined.
"While the median survival rate for patients without distant metastasis was nearly a year-and-a-half with this treatment, there was one patient whose disease remained clinically stable for nearly three years. When you have a disease that only carries a five-year, six percent survival rate, these findings are very encouraging and will hopefully lead to more effective ways of managing and treating this disease," note the researchers.
Along with Drs. Lattime and Poplin, authors include David August, Cancer Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Tamir Ben-Menachem and Hazar Michael, both Summit Medical Group; Aparna Repaka and Renee Artymyshyn, both Robert Wood Johnson Medical School; Chang Chan, Cancer Institute; James L. Gulley, National Cancer Institute (NCI); and Robert S. DiPaola, Cancer Institute.
The work was supported by the NCI Cancer Therapeutics Evaluation Program and by NCI U01-CA07031 and P30-CA72720.
About Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey
Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey (www.cinj.org) is the state's only National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. As part of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, the Cancer Institute of New Jersey is dedicated to improving the detection, treatment and care of patients with cancer, and to serving as an education resource for cancer prevention. Physician-scientists at the Cancer Institute engage in translational research, transforming their laboratory discoveries into clinical practice, quite literally bringing research to life. To make a tax-deductible gift to support the Cancer Institute of New Jersey, call 732-235-8614 or visit www.cinj.org/giving. Follow us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/TheCINJ.
The Cancer Institute of New Jersey Network is comprised of hospitals throughout the state and provides the highest quality cancer care and rapid dissemination of important discoveries into the community. Flagship Hospital: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital. System Partner: Meridian Health (Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Ocean Medical Center, Riverview Medical Center, Southern Ocean Medical Center, and Bayshore Community Hospital). Major Clinical Research Affiliate Hospitals: Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Morristown Medical Center, Carol G. Simon Cancer Center at Overlook Medical Center, and Cooper University Hospital. Affiliate Hospitals: JFK Medical Center, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton (CINJ Hamilton), Shore Medical Center, Somerset Medical Center, The University Hospital and University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro.


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While pulling up a piece of blackthorn root that you think would make a fine shillelagh, a glimmer of light from below the trunk catches your eye. As you investigate further, you find that there is a hidden hollow beneath the tree. Inside the hollow you find five variously sized chests each filled with gold coins. Suddenly a tiny red-bearded man dressed in green appears. "Ahh! You've come to steal my treasure!" He shouts. "You must think yourself pretty clever to have found my hidey-hole. Not so clever I'll wager." The little man snaps his fingers and suddenly a weighing scale appears at your feet. "Every genuine gold coin in this trove weighs precisely one ounce. But not all that glitters is gold, my friend," he says with a smirk. "A false coin weighs exactly one hundredth of an ounce more or less than a true coin. All the coins in any single chest are identical. This scale will give you an accurate and precise reading. You may weigh whatever coins you like, but you may take only one reading from the scale. If you can correctly tell me the nature of coin in each chest, I'll reward you with a bag of gold. Otherwise, I'll put a curse on you."
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CSU wins CESU award for natural resource stewardship
Colorado State University's Public Lands History Center and Warner College of Natural Resources Associate Dean Peter Newman have been selected as winners of the Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit Network 2012 National Awards for their contributions to natural resource stewardship.
The organization, which includes more than 300 member organizations, gives only two national awards each year.
Newman, who has been part of the Warner College faculty since 2002, was honored for his work in the National Park Service Natural Sounds Program, which works to mitigate noise pollution in national parks.
The Public Lands History Center, which is part of Colorado State's College of Liberal Arts, was cited for "exemplary and innovative participation in the CESU Network." Opened at CSU in 2007, the Public Lands History Center has worked with a number of agencies to ensure the preservation of public areas, including Rocky Mountain National Park, Grand Teton National Park, Zion National Park, Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument and Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic site.


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Our immune system keeps us healthy by fighting organisms from our everyday environment, like bacteria and viruses, which could possibly harm us. However, when we are immunocompromised (have a weakened immune system), common organisms become a threat since our bodies are unable to fight them off.
This is when protective isolation is helpful. Doctors, nurses, and other hospital staff practice protective isolation to make sure that patients with weakened immune systems are not exposed to organisms that could potentially lead to infection and serious complications. If you are admitted to the hospital and are under protective isolation, here are actions that the staff will take to protect you.
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You may be given your own hospital room. The staff will take steps to keep your room clean during your stay. This may include:
- Cleaning surfaces, such as tabletops and doorknobs, with damp cloths and detergent
- Cleaning equipment with alcohol wipes or water and detergent
- Making sure the room is properly ventilated
- Keeping only necessary furniture and equipment in the room
- Stocking the sink with hand hygiene products such as hand sanitizer, soap, paper towels, and gloves
- Changing bed sheets, towels, and other linens daily
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- Keeping the door to your room closed
- Removing fresh flowers and plants from the room
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You may need to follow a special diet while you are in the hospital. Your nurse or dietitian will work with you to provide meals specific for weakened immune systems. For instance, you may only be able to drink bottled water or specially filtered water and pasteurized juices, since these are less likely to have bacteria. Also, you will use eating utensils and dishes that have been properly sanitized, or you may be given disposable utensils and dishes to use.
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Wall Street donors and bundlers plunged hundreds of millions of dollars into the GOP's effort to take back the White House and Senate this year — and now some are threatening to cut off the spigot ahead of 2014 in the face of disappointing results.
New York donors have a list of complaints: Republicans focused too much on social issues, backed too many weak candidates, stalled Hurricane Sandy aid and even let taxes go up for the very rich — in other words, the very people giving the money and their friends.
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That's forced Senate Republicans — led by Sen. Rob Portman (R-Ohio) — to scramble to assuage their top givers so that a moment of frustration doesn't lead to long-term defection.
"There's a lot of disappointment on people that were supporting Romney because of how much he lost New York by, it was like 81 to 19, a tremendous loss," said John Catsimatidis, a billionaire Republican who recently announced he was running for New York City mayor. "If President [Barack] Obama shows that Washington is more the middle of the road, gets away from the blame game, it may be harder to raise Republican money in New York."
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Portman's been busy. He attended 12 meetings in just two days on a swing through New York in January. At one megadonor lunch, he presented a strategic plan for 2014.
Portman said donors are eager to learn about the continually shifting landscape — including recent Democratic retirements in West Virginia and Iowa — as well as how the party intends to win seven Democratic seats in states that Romney won last year. And they want to hear directly from top senators about the lessons learned from the disappointing 2012 cycle — when Wall Street donors cringed alongside other Republicans as not one, but two GOP Senate candidates made controversial comments about rape.
"We've been able to show them an aggressive plan that we're going to be working on," Portman, vice chairman of finance for the National Republican Senatorial Committee, told POLITICO. "Their interest was in ensuring we have a winning team on the field. They are interested in making sure we have a pro-growth agenda and we're able to get this economy back on track and get the debt and deficit under control; those are good key issues."
"They want us to show you how you're going to succeed this time, where we didn't last time," Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.), No. 3 in Senate GOP leadership, told POLITICO. "And there's a lot of frustration from people who contributed to political campaigns, and then we lost a lot of races that they at least thought we should have won."
And getting donors back on board could be harder than some expect.
Republican fundraisers have struggled to find willing donors post-election for lawmakers looking to make the rounds early in the cycle. One fundraiser said multiple companies and executives said not to come up to New York until after Sandy relief was passed.
"Everyone in the financial industry, much like the business world, look at politics as an investment, and they just don't feel like they got much of a return," said one financial services Republican lobbyist. "I think it is going to be tough this time."
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Congressman Greg Walden, taken to task by fellow GOP leaders and others over comments criticizing President Barack Obama for trying to slow the growth of Social Security benefits, isn't backing down.
"Oregonians are the ones who give me a voting card every two years — that's where my responsibility lies," the Republican from Hood River said in an interview with the Mail Tribune.
"First of all, I support comprehensive entitlement reform, but it has to be done correctly," he added. "It should not take benefits away from existing seniors. This is something I believe very strongly."
During an interview with CNN's Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday, Walden accused Obama of "trying to balance this budget on the backs of seniors" by proposing a slower growth in Social Security benefits in exchange for new revenue hikes. He also said Obama's new budget plan "really lays out kind of a shocking attack on seniors."
Walden specifically criticized an item in Obama's budget that would switch tax brackets and Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, which are indexed for inflation, to a "chained CPI," leading to reductions in future benefit increases.
Within 24 hours, Walden's remarks drew a reprimand from House Speaker John Boehner. And the Club for Growth, an ultra-conservative group, announced Thursday it was looking for a primary challenger against Walden.
"We always knew Greg Walden had a liberal record, but he really cemented it with his public opposition to even modest entitlement reform," said club president Chris Chocola, in a prepared statement.
"Greg Walden has voted for bailing out Wall Street, dozens of pork projects, and against cutting the spending from the Obama stimulus," Chocola added. "He even voted against blocking taxpayer subsidies for Viagra. Greg Walden should be held accountable for his anti-growth voting record as well as his anti-growth rhetoric."
After labeling Walden a "RINO" — Republican in name only — the club announced it would back a GOP challenger to Walden in the next primary.
But Walden, the chair of the National Republican Congressional Committee, isn't concerned about the threat from a fellow Republican.
"It's an open process," he said. "Anyone can file and run if they want. If this is what motivates them to run, I don't think they will get much traction."
In his travels across the district, which includes all of Eastern Oregon, as well as Jackson County and a portion of Josephine County, Walden said he often meets financially strapped retirees who are concerned about cuts to Social Security and Medicare.
"We have heard from a lot of folks," he said. "The majority of seniors in the district would side with me on this."
The point, he said, is that the Obama budget is poorly constructed. Walden said his concern is about cuts for those who have already retired or are about to retire.
"I think the president's budget is misguided," he said. "It should not be going after Medicare and Social Security they are already receiving.
"I know it puts me at odds with some in our party, but that is what I believe," he added. "But we don't always agree on everything. We may disagree from time to time."
Walden said he supports a budget proposed by Congressman Paul Ryan, R-Wis.
"It safeguards seniors who are retired or about to retire," he said. "People going into retirement don't have much opportunity to plan if the rules are changed on them."
Meanwhile, Walden, who was chastised also by the Obama administration, said the hoopla over his remarks is par for the course in D.C.
"But it is pretty remarkable what is happening out there now," he observed.
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CHICAGO (Reuters) - An advisory committee for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted on Wednesday to recommend that pregnant women be immunized against pertussis during each pregnancy in hopes of stemming a growing U.S. outbreak of the illness, also known as whooping cough.
Giving a booster shot during pregnancy increases the chances that antibodies from the mother will be passed along to her baby, offering the infant increased protection until the child is old enough be immunized, starting at two months.
According to the CDC, the United States is on track to have the most reported cases of whooping cough since 1959, with more than 32,000 cases reported so far this year, including 16 deaths, most of which occurred in infants.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices favored the expanded use of the whooping cough booster shot given to adolescents and adults, known as Tdap, by a vote of 14-0 with one abstention, the CDC said.
The childhood vaccine, called DTaP, is given in a series of five shots starting at two months.
The recommendation builds on the panel's decision in June 2011 to offer the vaccine during pregnancy only to women who have not previously been immunized.
According to the panel, providers of prenatal care should offer the booster shots regardless of the patient's history of receiving Tdap. If not given during pregnancy, Tdap should be given immediately after delivery, before leaving the hospital or birthing center.
Whooping cough typically begins with cold-like symptoms such as a fever, runny nose and sneezing and is accompanied by a mild cough that grows more severe by the first or second week. A high-pitched whoop, giving the illness its name, can follow violent coughing fits.
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What are the qualities you require a person to have before considering a relationship with them? (employment, education, a pulse, etc.)
What qualities will you NOT accept? (unemployment, illiteracy, room temperature liver, etc.)
(Both questions should be related to what you consider 'show stoppers'.)
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With the exception of Austin, yea, Texas really is that religious. Outing yourself there would be social suicide.
I speak not as a Texan, but have visited on numerous occasions and am from that "general" region of the country. (Kansas)
Austin is a bit of an exception because of the 'Versity (as they say there), but even there you have to be careful who you're talking to.
I was born and raised in Atlanta, GA and know exactly what you mean. What I've seen and experience in GA is nothing short of tragic. I am by no means a flag-flying atheist or an outspoken religious critic, however, I believe the Southern culture needs greater emphasis on humanism and critical thinking. The current state of affairs is truly sad, for lack of a better term.
Thanks for your post.
I hope to find someone who:
-Is intelligent, and possesses some intellectual curiosity.
-Is educated, though it need not be a formal education.
-Loves animals, and has compassion for people as well, AND would even be willing to do volunteer work once in a while.
-Is a non-theist.
-Is open-minded, though not to the point of lacking strong opinions or convictions.
-Enjoys learning and experiencing new things.
-Is physically attractive to me.
I am avoiding people who:
-Are willfully ignorant.
-Believe women are inferior.
-Are selfish.
-Dislike animals.
-Are either too distant or too clingy. (It's hard to find that balance oftentimes.)
-Are theists, though I suppose that is linked to willful ignorance. :D
What does this cover? In general principle, I like animals. Puppies are fun, despite the flesh wounds, and I get along fine with cats.
However, I'm too OCD to have one in my house. I run a low-maintenance life, and pets don't fit into that picture. Children are worth the extra cleanup, but pets are not.
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Winslow Homer first discovered Prouts Neck, Maine, with his parents and two brothers in 1875. The family fell in love with the natural beauty of this small seaside community and began purchasing property and spending summers in Maine in the early 1880s. When Winslow Homer decided to relocate permanently from New York City, where he had lived for more than 20 years, to Prouts Neck, he hired John Calvin Stevens, a Portland architect and leading proponent of the Shingle Style, to convert a carriage house into his residence and studio. Perched on the rocky coast and commanding panoramic vistas of the Atlantic ocean, this 1,500-square-foot structure served as Homer's primary residence and workspace from 1884 until his 1910 death. From the Studio's second-story balcony and from daily walks along the shore, Homer drew inspiration for his celebrated late marine paintings from the crashing surf and ever-changing weather along the Maine coast.
Declared a National Landmark in 1966, the Winslow Homer Studio was purchased by the PMA in 2006 and underwent a monumental restoration project. The Studio is now open to guided tours, which celebrate the artist's life, encourage scholarship on Homer, and offer the opportunity to get in touch with Maine's cultural and natural heritage. On the tours, visitors have the unique opportunity to experience the spaces in which Homer lived and worked, and witness the ever-changing natural drama that inspired some of his greatest works of art.
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Visitors to the Winslow Homer Studio are guided through the property as they learn about the artistic heritage of Winslow Homer and Maine. Tours celebrate the artist's life, encourage scholarship on Homer, and educate audiences in some of the lesser known facts about the artist. The Studio is filled with various types of Homer ephemera, including furniture, artwork, and photographs. Guests leave the Studio not only with a fuller appreciation of Homer the artist, but a deeper understanding of Homer the man—how he saw the world, lived his life, and found his inspiration.
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If you're seeking Maine excursions for a large party, hosting guests, or simply looking to share an afternoon adventure with friends—it's easy to reserve an entire Winslow Homer Studio for a private group. An entire tour of 12 people is $600 total ($50 per person) in the Spring and Fall Seasons, and $720 total ($60 per person) in the Summer Season. To book a whole tour, call (207) 775-6148 with all of the details—the earlier you can make this reservation, the more likely we can accommodate all of your requests.
The Winslow Homer Studio is a member of the Historic Artists' Homes and Studios program (HAHS) of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. HAHS is a coalition of more than 30 museums that were the homes and working studios of American artists.
The PMA purchased the Studio from Charles Homer Willauer, the great grand-nephew of Winslow Homer, in 2006.
The Studio is 2,200 square feet, 44 ft. x 53 ft., and two stories high.
The house to the right of the Studio is the called the "Ark" and was previously owned by Homer's brother Charles. The Homer family lived there during the summer months.
The building was moved 100 feet away from the "Ark" and converted from a carriage house to living quarters in 1883 by architect John Calvin Stevens and his brother-in-law Howard Stevens, of the Portland firm Fassett and Stevens.
The porch or "piazza" and a pergola were added for Homer and a painting room was added in 1890. A kitchen was added after Homer's death in the 1930s (recently removed).
Prouts Neck, located in Scarborough, Maine, 12 miles from the Portland Museum of Art, is a private enclave and summer colony with large shingle-style summer cottages passed down in families for generations. The Neck is 1,500 acres or 2.34 square miles.
Winslow Homer first visited Prouts Neck in 1875 when his brother Arthur was honeymooning at a hotel there.
Homer's oldest brother, Charles, decided to move to Prouts Neck in 1883, buying almost the whole Neck with the hopes of bringing the entire Homer family there and subdividing the property to create a summer resort
There were approximately five to eight hotels at the time that Homer lived there. There is only one hotel there now, The Black Point Inn.
Winslow Homer Studio Tours must be booked through the PMA. Advance registration is required.
The Winslow Homer Studio is only accessible by PMA transportation. Tours depart from and return to Portland via luxury van.
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Tour Duration: 2.5 hours
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The Persistence of Vision Raytracer (POV-Ray).
This is the legacy Bug Tracking System for the POV-Ray project. Bugs listed here are being migrated to our github issue tracker. Please refer to that for new reports or updates to existing ones on this system.
FS#275 - circular area lights exhibit anisotropy
Opened by Christoph Lipka (clipka) - Saturday, 09 March 2013, 02:53 GMT
Last edited by William F Pokorny (wfpokorny) - Saturday, 28 January 2017, 16:01 GMT
circular area lights exhibit some anisotropy, being brighter along the diagonals than on average, as can be demonstrated with the following scene:
//+w800 +h800 #version 3.7; global_settings{assumed_gamma 1} plane{-z,-10 pigment{rgb 1} finish{ambient 0 brilliance 0}} disc{0,z,10000,0.5} camera{orthographic location z look_at 10*z up y*12 right x*12} light_source{-10*z rgb 10 area_light 10*x 10*y 257 257 adaptive 4 circular}
Not surprising, currently the rectangular grid of sample lights is just deformed into a circle, which makes the lights more dense along diagonals (see figure). I see no reason to stick with the rectangular array of lights. The expensive part is testing for shadows, but the sampling lights could be arranged in many ways:
usual polar coordinates (denser at the center, but isotropic)
polar coordinates with uniformly increasing number of lights with radius (best)
Halton-like sub-random sequence for incremental sampling (like radiosity)
All these algorithms have a problem that they are harder to use with adaptive sampling (neighbouring lights are not easy to find, and they are not in fours, so oversampling is difficult). Circular lights would need a separate adaptive algorithm. The easiest solution would probably be to triangulate and subdivide the triangles. Triangulation could also be expanded to the concept of mesh lights.
A lazy solution is to keep current distribution of lights, and calculate dimming factors to make the illumination uniform. However, the lights still have larger resolution at diagonals, and dimming wastes accuracy (optimal sampling solution has equal weights of all the lights).
If I'm not mistaken, the density of lights goes as 1/cos(phi)^2 if phi is the polar angle: tan(phi)=y/x, if abs(x)>abs(y), and 1/sin(phi)^2 if abs(x)<abs(y), making the light density at diagonals precisely double than density at the horizontal and vertical line. A "patch" can therefore be done by multiplying each light intensity by
and normalization of the all the weights, so that the sum of the intensities is still the same as expected.
However, I'm not entirely sure about this, it's a quick calculation.
Thanks for your feedback, Simon. Here are a few more thoughts of mine:
- The non-adaptive non-circular area light is a fixed array of lights, so for consistency the non-adaptive circular version should also be; that rules out Halton sampling.
- The adaptive non-circular area light algorithm is based on systematic subdivision of the area, so for consistency the adaptive circular version should also be; such a systematic subdivision could certainly be used in a non-adaptive manner as well, so I think there's no reason to invest coding time into an independent non-adaptive approach.
- The code for the quadrilaterals-based subdivision approach is well-established, well-tested, and very straightforward; a triangles-based approach would probably be a bit more difficult, and would have to be written from scratch.
My idea would therefore be to just fix the formula that deforms the square into a circle, so that the points in each of the concentric circles end up spaced evenly. I guess this will involve some use of trigonometrics, which may degrade performance, but if it turns out to be too bad we could simply pre-compute the deformation factors (sharing the table among area lights with the same number of subdivisions).
Fixing the formula would be very difficult, if not practically impossible. It probably won't be just simple trigonometry (I had a similar problem before, it wasn't pretty). To make the density uniform, points have to rearrange in both dimensions (lights from the diagonals have to be pushed apart sideways and radialy at the same time), and finding a useful analytical formula is probably not worth the effort.
If you want to keep the quadrilateral adaptive algorithm, there are a few options:
- Subdivision of triangles into 3 quadrilaterals (complicated, and generates more points even before subdivision).
- Merging two triangles into quadrilateral (easier, but for a chosen triangulation, the pairs have to be chosen carefully).
Both solutions would require precomputing the points and arrays of indices for each quadrilateral, because indexing is very difficult (basically you are constructing a mesh). This can be done at parse time (storing around 30 vectors for each light and a couple of integers is not too much).
Personally, I would choose the construction with one point in the middle, N points in the next layer, 2N points in the third layer, 3N, 4N,... like this
http://www.photo-dictionary.com/photofiles/list/1762/2325pasta_strainer.jpg (just not on straight hexagonal lines but on circles)
If you can then group the triangles into quads and store them in an array, it's done (but not easy).
Fixing the formula would be very difficult, if not practically impossible. It probably won't be just simple trigonometry (I had a similar problem before, it wasn't pretty). To make the density uniform, points have to rearrange in both dimensions (lights from the diagonals have to be pushed apart sideways and radialy at the same time), and finding a useful analytical formula is probably not worth the effort.
I'm well aware that achieving equal distances both radially and circumferentially is an absolute impossibility, but I'm just aiming at circumferentially uniform spacing. This should be rather trivial: All you need to do is interpret the square grid not as an array of NxN points, but as N/2 concentric square frames of 4(i-1) points each (for even N), or (N-1)/2 concentric square frames of 4(i-1) points each with one additional point in the center (for odd N); obviously you can arrange the 4(i-1) points of any of the square frames in a circular fashion with equal circumferential distances instead, and this circumferential distance will be the same for all nesting levels; likewise, the radial distance between any such circle and the one immediately nested within will also be the same for all circles (albeit different from the circumferential distance).
If you want to keep the quadrilateral adaptive algorithm, there are a few options:
Those options are far from the current adaptive algorithm, which is based around the property that the mesh formed by the quadrilaterals is topologically equivalent to a simple NxN grid.
Personally, I would choose the construction with one point in the middle, N points in the next layer, 2N points in the third layer, 3N, 4N,...
Actually what my suggestion would result in is exactly that (for odd number of elements squared), with N=4 (instead of N=6 as you probably have in mind).
Perfect, this is excellent (actually it's N=8), I should have seen it before - the merging of triangles is obvious and gives exactly the topology of the grid. And it actually has constant average density (which is more important than equal radial and circumferential spacing, which you get in hexagonal grid).
- Field changed: Status (New → Tracked on GitHub)
Now tracked on github as issue #222.


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