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SelectScience® is delighted to announce the winners of the 2017 Scientists' Choice Awards® for clinical laboratory excellence. Scientists around the world were once again invited to participate by nominating, voting and reviewing online. Winners and nominees were celebrated during a special ceremony held on Tuesday, August 1, at the AACC Annual Scientific Meeting & Clinical Lab Expo 2017 in San Diego, USA. AACC highlights the most exciting clinical developments from institutions all over the world. Read on to discover the winners of these awards and highlights from this prestigious clinical laboratory event.
The Best New Clinical Laboratory Product of 2016
The Best New Clinical Laboratory Product of 2016 was awarded to Agilent Technologies for its IQFISH Panel for Lung Cancer*. The panel enables routine pathology laboratories to easily integrate fast, high-quality FISH (fluorescence in situ hybridisation) into their IHC workflow.
Agilent's Charmian Cher receives the coveted Product of the Year Award at AACC 2017
*IQFISH Panel for Lung Cancer by Agilent Technologies is not available for sale in the USA.
Runners Up
Video of the Year
In the Video of the Year category, this year's winning Clinical Video of the Year highlighted the ADVIA Centaur® XPT Immunoassay System from Siemens Healthineers and its role in improving laboratory efficiency. The video describes the latest updates including reduced maintenance, upgraded software and a new user interface designed to aid those in the lab. Watch it again here.
Siemens Healthineers' President Point of Care Diagnostics, Peter Koerte, with the Video of the Year Award at AACC 2017
Article of the Year
The Clinical Article of the Year was awarded to Giuliana Cangemi, Head of Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry at the Central Laboratory of Analysis, Giannina Gaslini Children's Hospital in Genoa, Italy. The article looks at the many challenges involved in pediatric research and ways of overcoming them with modern technology.
2017's Article of the Year Award accepted by Thermo Fisher Scientific's Suparna Mundodi
Email of the Year
Waters Corporation scooped this year's award for the email Waters Clinical Mass Spec, which was sent in March. The email showcased industry-leading experts using Waters' mass spectrometry equipment.
Michelle Finneran from Waters Corporation accepts the Email of the Year Award
Reviewers' Choice Awards – Clinical Laboratory Product of the Year
The final award was the Reviewers' Choice Award for Clinical Product of the Year, which was picked up by Alere for its i Strep A, a molecular diagnostics kit which can process results in under eight minutes. Reviewer comments described the product as "user friendly and had quality results", and that the "small footprint helps operators to use it almost anywhere."
Alere's Senior Marketing Manager KC McGrath accepts the Clinical Reviewers' Choice Award
Visit the Scientists' Choice Awards website for more information. For news, live updates and interviews from the Expo, visit the AACC 2017 Special Feature.


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Happy International Women's Day! Here's a list of TED-Ed Lessons to watch as you celebrate all of the world's women, past and present.
The genius of Marie Curie: Marie Skłodowska Curie's revolutionary research laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. But what did she actually do? Shohini Ghose expounds on some of Marie Skłodowska Curie's most revolutionary discoveries.
The contributions of female explorers: During the Victorian Age, women were unlikely to become great explorers, but a few intelligent, gritty and brave women made major contributions to the study of previously little-understood territory. Courtney Stephens examines three women – Marianne North, Mary Kingsley and Alexandra David-Néel – who wouldn't take no for an answer (and shows why we should be grateful that they didn't).
Equality, sports and Title IX: In 1972, U.S. Congress passed Title IX, a law which prohibited discrimination against women in schools, colleges, and universities — including school-sponsored sports. Before this law, female athletes were few and far between, and funding was even scarcer. Erin Buzuvis and Kristine Newhall explore the significance and complexity of Title IX.
The true story of Sacajawea: In the early 19th century, a young Agaidika teenager named Sacajawea was enlisted by explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to aid her husband Toussaint Charbonneau as a guide to the Western United States. Karen Mensing debunks some of the myths that surround the familiar image of the heroic woman with a baby strapped to her back and a vast knowledge of the American wilderness.
Why should you read Virginia Woolf?: How best can we understand the internal experience of alienation? In both her essays and her fiction, Virginia Woolf shapes the slippery nature of subjective experience into words, while her characters frequently lead inner lives that are deeply at odds with their external existence. Iseult Gillespie helps make sense of these disparities to prepare you for the next time you read Virgina Woolf.
Rosalind Franklin: DNA's unsung hero: The discovery of the structure of DNA was one of the most important scientific achievements in human history. The now-famous double helix is almost synonymous with Watson and Crick, two of the scientists who won the Nobel prize for figuring it out. But there's another name you may not know: Rosalind Franklin. Cláudio L. Guerra shares the true story of the woman behind the helix.
The pharaoh that wouldn't be forgotten: Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh during the New Kingdom in Egypt. Twenty years after her death, somebody smashed her statues, took a chisel and attempted to erase the pharaoh's name and image from history. But who did it? And why? Kate Green investigates Hatshepsut's history for clues to this ancient puzzle.
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TED-Ed Lessons are really good and comprehensive.
However, listeners like me (who are not residing in US) find the accent of the commentary [along with every Lesson] much difficult to understand.
So, please offer us the commentaries in slow – loud – each word clearly spoken English. Please remember that we are slow learners as compared to learners in US.
Well, I really wished to show the Lessons regarding great women to some Indian women on Women's Day. However, I was discouraged – as I myself couldn't understand the commentary text fully.
Is it possible to translate TED-Ed Lessons in different spoken Indian languages like Marathi, Hindi, Gujarathi etc.?
If you open the videos on youtube, you can add the captions.

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A Brief History of the End of the World
Robinson, 2006 - Armageddon - 310 pages
Most people's concept of the 'end of the world' comes from the book of Revelation. Alternative apocalypses can be found in the Zoroastrianism of ancient Persia, in ancient Hindu scriptures and Norse myths. Today, there are an estimated 25 million Christian fundamentalists in the US who believe it will come with the 'Rapture'; others point to an ecological catastrophe, the AIDS pandemic or nuclear and biological warfare. What happens when, in the grip of apocalyptic prophesy, individuals and groups see themselves as the 'elect' and above conventional mores? As with the Ranters of the English Civil War, it can lead to comedy. But it can also lead to sinister extremism - the Nazis recast it as the Third Reich; latter-day doomsday cults such as the Waco Branch Davidians believed that they too were divinely elected - and could kill in the name of the coming apocalypse. The world today is in the grip of an apocalyptic struggle between the neo-Conservatives in America and a supposed global network of Islamic fundamentalists. For Bush, the war is a 'crusade', for Osama Bin Laden it is a jihad; for both, it is a struggle against absolute evil. From its Biblical beginnings to suicide bombers, via the Vikings, the French Revolution, the Pilgrim Fathers, Hitler's Apocalyptic rhetoric, asteroids and Hollywood, Pearson shows that as long as human beings seek to make sense of the world in which they live, endings will continue to have a future. -- from http://www.amazon.ca (Feb. 3, 2015).
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Authorities say a 34-year-old Canadian man died after falling from a 30-foot (9-meter) cliff in Southern California.
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Bradley, T., Debattista, K., Bashford-Rogers, T., Harvey, C., Doukakis, E. and Chalmers, A., 2016. Selective BRDFs for High Fidelity Rendering. In: Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC), 15-16 September 2016, Bournemouth, England.
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High fidelity rendering systems rely on accurate material representations to produce a realistic visual appearance. However, these accurate models can be slow to evaluate. This work presents an approach for approximating these high accuracy reflectance models with faster, less complicated functions in regions of an image which possess low visual importance. A subjective rating experiment was conducted in which thirty participants were asked to assess the similarity of scenes rendered with low quality reflectance models, a high quality data-driven model and saliency based hybrids of those images. In two out of the three scenes that were evaluated significant differences were not found between the hybrid and reference images. This implies that in less visually salient regions of an image computational gains can be achieved by approximating computationally expensive materials with simpler analytic models.
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St. Louis, Mo., March 7, 2018 – A total of 16 Washington University in St. Louis track & field student-athletes were awarded Midwest All-Region honors by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA), as announced by the association.
The top-5 individuals in each event from each region are awarded All-Region distinction, in addition to each member of the region's top-3 relay teams. A total of 772 honors were handed out to men's athletes, while 781 awards were bestowed to athletes from women's programs.
In the final Midwest Regional rankings, WashU's women rank third while the men took 10th. The women totaled 14 Midwest All-Region honors while the men collected five.
Listed below are the individuals to earn Midwest All-Region honors, the events they earned the honor in, the mark and where it ranked in the region.
Midwest All-Region Honorees
Nicky Althoff – Distance Medley Relay (11:39.39, first)
Julia Dannenbaum – Pole Vault (3.77m, second)
Sophie Grigaux – 800m (2:12.54, second)
Eka Jose – Triple Jump (11.70m, fourth)
Paige Lawler – 5,000m (16:54.24, first)
Alison Lindsay – 3,000m (9:58.48, fourth); Distance Medley Relay (11:39.39, first)
Abby Martin – Distance Medley Relay (11:39.39, first)
Sara Mesiano – 800m (2:15.98, fifth)
Heidi Nassos – Pole Vault (3.81m, first)
Jay Pittman – 60m Hurdles (9.01, tied-fifth)
Annalise Wagner – 800m (2:10.28, first); Distance Medley Relay (11:39.39, first)
Sophie Watterson – 3,000m (10:01.60, fifth)
Ethan Brodeur – Distance Medley Relay (9:48.55, second)
Thomas Gales – Distance Medley Relay (9:48.55, second)
Nick Matteucci – Mile (4:10.09, third); Distance Medley Relay (9:48.55, second)
John Harry Wagner – Distance Medley Relay (9:48.55, second)
The Bears will begin competition at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field National Championships on Friday, March 9 at 11 a.m. in the Birmingham CrossPlex in Alabama. Be sure to stay up to date on all your Bears scores and awards by following @WashUBears on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.


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Friday, June 6, 2008
ON BROADWAY Farmer's Market
I decided to do the On Broadway show here in Green Bay this summer. It is every Wednesday and runs from June 4th through September. The first show was Wednesday and it was a blast! I love being out and doing something DIFFERENT. There was supposed to be rain all night, but it never happened. I still had my husband go to Sam's and get me an EZ up canopy. Every other vendor had one and I knew I would need it eventually. So we put it up about an hour into the show -- funny!!! The other vendors around me were so helpful. The best part was I got to meet a fellow etsian! Laura, from littleorangekitchen!!! What an awesome girl! I'm definately getting one of her gorgeous wallets! They are unbelievable! The craftsmanship is absolutely perfect!!!
Above you will see my very plain little booth. I took a huge easel that I got from my dad and attached a bunch of wooden pegs to it, painted it, and voila! A pendant display! On the table are magnets, barrettes, rings, sale pendants, pocket mirrors, a couple paintings and earrings. The earrings are on the wooden house and are hanging on curly wire I strung across and put on an easel.
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- Krissysart said...
How fun! I love a farmers market. Isn't it so great to get out and show off your hard work? You go, girl!!
- June 7, 2008 at 4:18 PM
- Rebecca said...
I love your earring display! That is such a great idea and really shows them off.
Any plans to add more sculptures?
- June 9, 2008 at 8:02 PM
- Jenn said...
Hi Liz!! I'm finally back from my trip and tryin' to catch up with everyone:) I am so happy you showed pictures of your Farmer's Market spot!! (where's the pic. of you;)) Your table looks wonderful Liz! Love the display you turned into a house:)
I'm with Krissy...good for you for showin' off all your hard work:):)
Happy weekend to you!
- June 14, 2008 at 6:20 AM
- laura said...
Hye, I love your new banner...thank you for the shout-out...I plan to do a post soon to brag about the ring I bought from you! Beautiful!
- June 19, 2008 at 9:10 AM
- Liz said...
Thanks Krissy!
The first two times it was so windy that thankfully I had some jugs that I used as weights or the canopy would have GONE into the sky! :) The last time it was just gorgeous out, though. Did a lot better the last time, too.
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The more I walk down the road of life, the more I become aware of how little I know. It is the unexpected elements that are assuredly present in every person's life that guarantees such a realization for all but the totally ignorant or the innocently naïve. Socrates, a Greek philosopher who lived nearly five-hundred years before the birth of Christ, said it well when he said, "The only true wisdom is in knowing that you know nothing." Socrates did not know Christ; therefore, he was correct in what he said. He never knew the "Truth."
As a Christian, a believer of Christ, the ever-growing experiences garnered through the days, weeks, and years of my existence lead me to two points of understanding. First, it becomes quite easy for me to see that perfectionism is a fallacy. I try with the utmost conviction to "do the right thing" at all times. While I have come to accept that my decisions can sometimes present themselves as impulsive, and often bold, most are extremely thought out and calculated. And usually, my intentions are meant to be "good." Yet, I go astray (Isaiah 53:6). Whether it is the devil or self-idolatry, manifested in the various forms of pride, I make decisions that are not completely "good." As scripture states, "all our righteous deeds are like filthy rags (Isaiah 64:6)." It is my belief, that not one of us can do anything "good" without it being the work of the Holy Spirit. God is the sole source of all that is good; therefore, apart from God we are truly dead. Without God, we are nothing (John 15:5).
This leads me to the second point of understanding reinforced through that which God has revealed to me in the accumulated experiences representing my life—I am completely dependent on God. Just as "apart from God we are nothing," nothing is impossible with Him (Luke 1:37). God created me. I am His. While I may, on occasion, act rebelliously to this reality; nonetheless, that is the reality. There may be atheists reading what I write and thinking, "Perception is reality." I encourage such people to ponder whose perception truly matters if God does exist. Regardless of spiritual beliefs, I would make the case that most people agree with the first point I make within this note. Obviously, atheists will disagree with my second point. And if I further clarify my God as the one true God described in the Holy Bible—who came down from heaven to provide those who believe in Him salvation—then all but Christians (and maybe a few off-shoot cults) will disagree with my second point. What is it, then, that creates this divergence in understanding? Faith is a word that I have begun to view as marginalized by society at large. Some people consider the word "faith" to be synonymous with "belief." Others would suggest that a better synonym for "faith" would be "trust," as demons believe in God, yet do not possess faith. Merriam-Webster Dictionary provides the following definitions:
- a: allegiance to duty or a person: loyalty b (1): fidelity to one's promises (2): sincerity of intentions
- a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God (2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof (2): complete trust
- : something that is believed especially with strong conviction; especially: a system of religious beliefs
The definition to which my note follows most, and to which I will try to extrapolate from, would be "belief and trust in and loyalty to God." I would argue, however, that to say that "faith" is simply "trusting in God," does not go far enough in explaining it. Christians are guilty of stating that "faith" is essential, while keeping its powerful Truth at an arm's length. And while I am attempting to unpack the meaning and importance of "faith" within the remainder of my note, it is not my belief that I can fully achieve what I attempt. My purpose is only to encourage greater investigation and personal exploration to what I truly believe "faith" represents. The faith to which I refer requires belief. It requires trust. It requires action that is promulgated by that belief and trust.
One of those actions is continuous pursuit to know God better. It is an inexhaustible endeavor, as God escapes all boundaries of knowledge other than His own. Though, He will reveal His character to those He loves. And in knowing God, His believers will love Him. And in loving Him, they will obediently serve Him. And in obediently serving Him, they will please Him and glorify Him. Such faith, however, is a gift from God:
Ephesians 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
This is such an important aspect of faith to understand! We cannot earn it. We do not receive it from merit. And because of this, anyone who has truly been blessed by God to possess faith should not treat its presence in their being as a sign of superiority. Conversely, it should encourage the presence of humility and graciousness toward others. While professing Christians often will say that they "came to Christ," it is my view that Christ came to His believers through the gift of faith given to them.
1 Peter 3:18 For Christ also died for sins once for all, the just for the unjust, so that He might bring us to God, having been put to death in the flesh, but made alive in the spirit.
This brings forth the question, "How do we know we possess faith?" Faith bears fruit.
Matthew 7:16 "You will know them by their fruits. Grapes are not gathered from thorn bushes nor figs from thistles, are they?
James 2:14-26 What use is it, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but he has no works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister is without clothing and in need of daily food, and one of you says to them, "Go in peace, be warmed and be filled," and yet you do not give them what is necessary for their body, what use is that? Even so faith, if it has no works, is dead, being by itself.
But someone may well say, "You have faith and I have works; show me your faith without the works, and I will show you my faith by my works." You believe that God is one. You do well; the demons also believe, and shudder. But are you willing to recognize, you foolish fellow, that faith without works is useless? Was not Abraham our father justified by works when he offered up Isaac his son on the altar? You see that faith was working with his works, and as a result of the works, faith was perfected; and the Scripture was fulfilled which says, "AND ABRAHAM BELIEVED GOD, AND IT WAS RECKONED TO HIM AS RIGHTEOUSNESS," and he was called the friend of God. You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. In the same way, was not Rahab the harlot also justified by works when she received the messengers and sent them out by another way? For just as the body without the spirit is dead, so also faith without works is dead.
The book of James reinforces the more modern phrasing, "Talk is cheap." I can say that I have faith, but if I never depend on it to DO SOMETHING that brings forth FRUIT, the opposite is supported. Though, what about all those people who serve others selflessly, but do not believe in God? Is that not faith? Faith has both fruitful works and God-focused intent. If we serve because it makes us feel good, that does not make us "good" in the eyes of God. If we do good deeds in front of others (Matthew 6:5) to be "perceived good," that does not bring glory to God. Those who are consumed by Christ will serve others with the intention of being obedient to God and loving Him. These people are moved by the Holy Spirit and capable of pleasing their Heavenly Father. It is confronting fear with love, out of our convictions in Christ's crucifixion and subsequent resurrection (Hebrews 11:1). It cannot be said enough that faith brings us into relationship with God through Christ.
Christ is the fulfiller of the Covenant of Love, in which Christians are beneficiaries through the faith they did not earn. Christ represents His followers corporately as the Head of the Church. The fact that Christ is without sin, presents His followers to His Father faultless. God, being a just God, knowing that His creation cannot keep the requirements of the covenant designed on their behalf, interceded by making the covenant with Himself for our behalf. As Jesus says, "Greater love has no one than this, that one lay down his life for his friends" (John 15:13). Therefore, it can be said that Christians are loved by Jesus, who views His Followers as friends. What an awesome Lord!
In closing, I want to bring faith back into a "personal reality" scenario. What does faith mean to me? How does it impact my life? Faith is the hope I have in my Lord's life. It is the gift that allows me to engage in His Word, and pursue relationship with Him. It is my greatest teacher of love, grace, hope, and humility.
Faith is the lens through which I look through life and see my Creator's presence everywhere. Faith is the vehicle that I use to journey through my life, with the end destination being my Father's home. Without faith, I am nothing and have nothing. Yet, with Faith, I have everything I need. And for that I am blessed, loved, and thankful. Have faith.


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Summer 2001: The Studio That Would Be King
The billboards have been taken down, the endless parade of TV spots has stopped, the lines around the block are now non-existent, and the summer movie fiasco of 2001 has come to a close. With too much time on our hands and the ugly notion that we can really make a difference, filmcritic.com presents the winners and losers from four painful months of J. Lo's acting, seven sequels, another dinosaur movie, horrible remakes, and Michael Bay's first financial failure.
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The owners of a charity gym in Worthing have spoken of their sadness after a coffee shop set up to support the non-profit business was burgled.
Mike O'Hagan co-owns The Bar Gym in Bath Place and received a call in the early hours of Wednesday morning to tell him his Portland Road café, Supp, had been broken into.
CCTV from the break-in shows masked men smashing through the door, taking a till and returning a further three times to drain the shop of boxing gloves, supplements and cash.
Mike said the thieves had stolen vital income for the gym, which provides free classes for low income members of the community and anybody needing support.
"It was just sadness more than anything else," he said.
"They took everything – the till, the stock, kept coming back for more. We work really hard, as do other businesses, but these people just don't realise how much of an impact it has on small businesses and charities. People contribute to the gym with equipment and things, but then someone comes along and destroys the good work like this.
"We are just trying to survive. You do good things but sometimes people just aren't interested and ruin it.
"I'm not looking for retribution, what's done is done. The community needs to say 'we don't want people like these in our towns doing these things'. These things are cancerous to towns like Worthing."
Mike said the gym was already struggling in the face of increased competition in the town, propped up by side businesses such as Supp.
The boiler had recently broken, he said, leaving members reliant on emersion heating to take showers.
He urged anybody offered cut price supplements or boxing equipment to be wary they may have come from the burglary and said any donations to the charity were always welcome.
The Bar Gym finally received official charity status in February after ten years serving the community. Read more about its inspirational story here: 'It's bigger than all of us': Worthing town centre's hidden gem receives the recognition it deserves
Read other examples of The Bar Gym's charitable activities here:
Watch this Worthing pensioner literally fight his way through cancer treatment
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You can always count on minimalist and chic designs from it-brand Loeffler Randall. But did you know they make pretty rad rain boots, too? Snow is building up on the east coast while rain is pouring on and off out west, so of course a stylish yet sturdy weatherproof boot is on our must-have list. LR's Fenton boot fits the bill perfectly. It's our "Shoes for Tues" pick of the week precisely because we can't wait to snag a pair.
It's a black rubber (waterproof!) bootie with an easy zip closure at the back. But the real star of the show is the strap with gold buckle x 3. It's a cool, moto-inspired design detail that sets the boot apart from so many other standard wellies. It could almost pass as a normal boot after the rainclouds clear, which is pretty much our ideal. Find a few pairs on eBay right here.


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"Zootopia" broke box office records during its first weekend and it slated to be America's top ticket-seller feature again this weekend. Adults are loving the themes, messages and story as much as the kinds and it still sits at 99% "fresh" on Rotten Tomatoes. Expect to see a lot more "Zootopia" toys on store shelves in the near future.
A cynical person might think that just because a film is Disney made, that it will be a huge success. That just isn't true. Ask any animation fan and they will tell you that Disney, like all movie studios, have had their share of ups and downs over the years. It simply comes down to talent and quality. If your film is lacking in either, it will be forgotten quickly.
A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak to one of the animators who was responsible for making "Zootopia" the success that it is. Kira Lehtomaki has been working for Disney for nine years working on such hits as "Frozen," "Wreck-It Ralph," "Tangled" and "Bolt." For "Zootopia," she served as an animation supervisor who oversaw many sequences in the film. But perhaps her most important role was supervising the animation of Judy Hopps, the spunky little rabbit who ventures out from her same family home in the country to become a street cop in the big city of Zootopia.
I met Lehtomaki at a hotel in downtown Seattle, not far from her childhood home in Edmonds, Washington. She greeted me with and a big smile as if I was the only person meeting with her on that day, but I know she has seen a string of people on the press tour. She wore a sweater with little bunnies on it and I commented on it.
"I like to live the characters," she says with a laugh and she's not kidding. When she speaks, she is just as animated as any of her characters. I told her that I appreciated the story that I heard about her after she saw "Sleeping Beauty" for the first time at the age of three and then by the ripe old age of five, she decided that she wanted to become a "draw-er" for Disney. I told her that I wanted to do the same thing when I was little, but obviously she and I ended up on different roads.
"It was kind of a long meandering path because I did have this goal as a child and I stayed very firm in it," says Kira. "In fact, when I got to high school, I was talking to my mom about colleges and where I should go for animation and she was like, 'Wait, you were serious?'"
Fortunately for Kira, one of her father's friends knew a friend who worked at Disney who told her to continue her art studies, but also be open about learning the computer. As it turns out, that friend was Nathan Warner who became the director of cinematography on "Zootopia."
"I saw his name and wondered if he could be the same guy. I still had the email because I save everything and so I printed it out," sounding more like Anna from "Frozen." "The first time I met him I asked him [holding up the printed email], 'Did you write me this?' I think I freaked him out, but we laugh about it now."
Since "Zootopia" is a completely original work not based on any familiar story line, I asked Kira where the concept came from. She said the inspiration came from director Byron Howard who had just finished work on "Tangled."
"He had talked to [John] Lasseter earlier saying how much he loved [the animated] "Robin Hood" as it was one of his favorite movies growing up. We haven't done an anthropomorphic movie in a really long time. And to hear Byron explain it, he said that Lasseter said "Yes" and thenhe lifted him up aloft like baby Simba and said 'go forth and make this movie.'" Talk about high praise. According to Howard is one of her favorite people on the planet. "He is actually from Washington State as well as is our producer Clark Spencer, so we had a good Pacific Northwest representation on the film." Another fun fact about the film is that Byron, John Lassiter and Kira all had their first jobs working at Disneyland. Kira was a cookie artist. Of course she was.
Jennifer Hager is another female supervising animator who worked on the film with Kira, but if you look at the list of credits on the film you'll still see a much longer list of male names. I asked Kira why she thought that was.
"I really think that it's changing. It has been in the past very male dominated, not that they were never inclusive to women. I don't know if women weren't pursuing it or…I really think that the internet has opened things up a whole lot more, because, even before when it was just the hand-drawn medium, it was such a niche group of people – like you really have to be an excellent draftsman and there was really just a small group of people who would teach each other to learn this craft. So, I think that it just naturally came about that way. At Disney, the majority is still men, but we have quite a few women animators and they are all great."
I asked Kira if it helped to have women working in the studio to point out things that the men wouldn't know. For instance, like to point out that "a woman would never do that" – that sort of thing.
"Totally, says Kira. "We often do film reference of ourselves. But often times, if a male animator has a female character in their scene, he will come and ask me to come film reference for him or ask one of the other ladies to do it because we do things differently. We do move differently. I will go ask the guys [for help], especially if I have a big, buff character. I can't do that performance myself, so I will go ask them."
Playing the role of Judy Hopps is Ginnifer Goodwin ("Once Upon a Time's" Snow White) and after watching the film, you can't imagine anyone else for the part. Kira agrees. "I did get to meet with Ginnifer a couple of times and she is so lovely. The thing that I love about her is that she is a huge Disney fan just like I am. So, we connected in that way. She is just a pure delight."
In 2015, two Disney/Pixar films were released: "Inside Out" and "The Good Dinosaur." "Inside Out" was a huge success, was up for two Academy Awards and won for Best Animated Film. Meanwhile, "The Good Dinosaur" has been credited for becoming the least successful Pixar films to date. (Although it did receive generally favorable reviews.) I asked Kira if these stats made her nervous. Without batting a eye said "No. Not at all. The way I feel about it is that awards are really nice. Nobody will deny that they don't love getting that golden statue and putting that on the mantle and seeing that, but, that is not what remains with people. Nobody is concentrated on that, so I think, as long as it touches the audience, we're happy."
A few days later I was invited to a preview screening of "Zootopia" and saw Kira's handiwork up on the screen. She might have been at that screening as well, I don't know. But I do know that a bunch of her friends and family were in attendance that night, because when Kira's name appeared during the end credits, the crowd went crazy. I guess you could say that the audience was touched.


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Re: Solve or LinearSolve or ...?
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- Subject: [mg46382] Re: [mg46347] Solve or LinearSolve or ...?
- From: Daniel Lichtblau <danl at wolfram.com>
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2004 23:42:15 -0500 (EST)
- Sender: owner-wri-mathgroup at wolfram.com
Scott Morrison wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to write a function to calculate coefficients in a basis; > for example > > FindCoefficients[{f[a,a],f[a,b],f[b,a],f[b,b]}, f[a,a]+(1/2)f[b,a], > _f] > > should produce {1,0,1/2,0}. The third argument there means `assuming > all objects matching _f are linearly independent'. More difficult, it > should produce > > FindCoefficients[{f[a]+f[b],f[a]-f[b]},f[a], _f] == {1/2,1/2}. > > And finally, it should work with rational functions as coefficients, > not just numbers, and it should run fast enough to be useful with > bases with thousands of elements. :-) > > I've spent quite some time trying to write something like this, and > I'm finding it really difficult! I can't seem to use LinearSolve in > any way -- it seems to trip up when I use rational functions as > coefficients. I've been trying to work around Solve, but the only > things that work are glacial in pace! > > Any ideas or suggestions? I'd be happy to post some of my attempts if > they'd be helpful in explaining what I'm trying to do, but mostly I'm > too embarrassed by them :-) > > Scott Morrison Here is one method that should be reasonably efficient. findCoefficients[ll_List, expr_, varhead_] := Module[ {cc, coeffs, newexpr, vars, eqns}, coeffs = Array[cc,Length[ll]]; newexpr = coeffs.ll - expr; vars = Cases[Variables[{ll,expr}], varhead]; eqns = Thread[Map[D[newexpr,#]&, vars] == 0]; coeffs /. First[Solve[eqns,coeffs]] ] In[34]:= InputForm[findCoefficients[{f[a,a],f[a,b],f[b,a],f[b,b]}, f[a,a]+(1/2)f[b,a], _f]] Out[34]//InputForm= {1, 0, 1/2, 0} In[35]:= InputForm[findCoefficients[{f[a]+f[b],f[a]-f[b]},f[a], _f]] Out[35]//InputForm= {1/2, 1/2} If this is slow on examples of interest then you may want to post further information describing such examples. Daniel Lichtblau Wolfram Research


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"A scene where guns are silenced by the sound of a crying baby cuts straight to the heart of the matter and lingers afterwards. Like the film on the whole, the surrounding noise can be distracting, but there are deeper truths that strike a chord."
Stella Papamichael, www.bbc.co.uk/films/
I really love this film. I never got round to reviewing it when I saw it at the cinema, but I watched it again recently at home and remembered how much I enjoyed it the first time round. Children of Men is not a relaxing film; if you're looking for something soft and fluffy, something to chuckle at one Sunday afternoon then this is not the film. However, it is definitely worth a watch.
The film is set in 2027 and the world has fallen apart. For some reason - the film doesn't even try to explain - women have become infertile and no children have been born for over 18 years. The film takes a completely different angle to that of most other films about the future; nothing is shiney and new or technologically advanced. The main character Theo (Clive Owen) lives in London and the film opens in the city which is tired and dirty. An explosion a mere few minutes in further underlines the troubled times in which the film is set.
There is a continuing feeling of hope beneath all of the dispair when Theo meets Kee - a young woman who miraculously is 8 months pregnant. However, the hatred towards all non-British people means Kee cannot just go to the government with the news because she fears losing her child. Theo has to help his ex-wife Julian (Julianne Moore) to get Kee out of the country to the Human Project.
The story that follows is dark and intense. I got a very real feeling from the film and it is easy to believe that things could go this way so easily in the future. It shows how children are the embodiment of hope and the future, and their absence results in a world with no care or regard for one another. It is terrible to see the violent nature of humanity without children to nurture and protect.
The story isn't all doom and gloom though. The sound of Kee's baby crying silences hundreds of people and hope returns to peoples faces when they see her. The final scene (which I won't ruin for you) leaves you with the feeling that, in the desperate world of 2027, no-one matters but Kee and her baby - they are the future of the human race.
Reviewed on 07/04/2007 by Angela
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BBC review: http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2006/09/18/children_of_men_2006_review.shtml
IMDB: http://uk.imdb.com/title/tt0206634/ (all photos sourced from IMDB)
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Just watched this again on DVD - a powerful film with excellent acting from Clive Owen.
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Thursday, September 1, 2011
Old school
My old buddy Gary sent me these. He's the tall dark fellow.
Guess which one is me? Click on the image to enlarge.
Just to remind myself that I was once as young as our first years.
Or almost.
Please note, the litter handling technique circa 1983. Hasn't changed much.
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"Blessed is the person who can have fun while being productive." Really, isn't that what it is all about. Enjoying what you do. Some people have fun actually doing their jobs. They get a kick out of creating or solving. Some people create fun while they are doing their job by connecting with the people that they work with. Does … [Read more...] about Have Fun At Work Day – January 30
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Celebrating Take a Walk Outdoors Day and Family Fit Lifestyle Month – January
Is your family plagued with stress or health problems? Does your family proudly claim to be couch potatoes? It is a new year and time to refocus. Two of the most common resolutions made at this time of the year are around fitness and spending more time with loved ones. Family Fit Lifestyle Although this is … [Read more...] about Celebrating Take a Walk Outdoors Day and Family Fit Lifestyle Month – January
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The Hunt For Happiness Happiness, for some can seem like an elusive dream and for others it is a constant reality. The difference is a mindset that looks for the best in a given situation. If we spend our time waiting for life to be perfect...the children are polite and well behaved...there is enough money in our savings account and … [Read more...] about Hunt For Happiness Week – January
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DAMASCUS, Syria, Wednesday, Sept. 13 — Four gunmen attacked the American Embassy here early Tuesday, storming the compound with grenades and automatic weapons before being repelled by Syrian security forces. Three of the gunmen were killed and a fourth was wounded, Syrian and American officials said.
One Syrian security official was killed and about a dozen people were wounded, including three Syrian security officials and a Syrian guard employed by the embassy. No American personnel were injured and the attackers failed to detonate a vehicle packed with explosives.
The wounded attacker was being questioned by Syrian authorities. The identities of the attackers were not disclosed.
The attack, a rare instance of terrorist violence in the tightly controlled Syrian capital, marked the first time the American Embassy had been a target.
Coming a day after the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in the United States and after recent threats by Al Qaeda, the attack sent shudders through a region already reeling from a season of violence. Anger toward the United States has surged in recent weeks over its support for Israel during the war in Lebanon this summer.Continue reading the main story
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said it was too early to say who might have been behind the attack. But she praised Syria for responding quickly. "The Syrians reacted to this attack in a way that helped to secure our people, and we very much appreciate that," Ms. Rice said Tuesday during a visit to Canada.
Syria, however, was quick to blame the United States. "It is regrettable that U.S. policies in the Middle East have fueled extremism, terrorism and anti-U.S. sentiment," said a statement on Tuesday from the Syrian Embassy in Washington. "What has happened recently in Lebanon, the Palestinian territories and Iraq is exacerbating the fight against global terrorism."
Relations between Syria and the United States are strained. The United States recalled its ambassador after the assassination of Prime Minister Rafik Hariri of Lebanon in February 2005, because Washington believes Damascus played a role. United States diplomatic representation has since been downgraded to the level of chargé d'affaires.
More recently, the United States has blamed Syria for helping to arm Hezbollah, whose attack on Israeli soldiers along the Lebanese border set off the war in July.
"I think you have to take a look at who is really responsible for the violence in the region," said Tom Casey, the State Department's acting spokesman, responding Tuesday to Syria's statement. "The violence is the responsibility of those who do believe that the only response to any questions or concerns is to throw bombs, is to shoot bullets, is to assassinate people."
He said Washington continued to consider Syria a sponsor of terrorism, alluding to its support for Hezbollah and the Palestinian group Hamas, both of which are considered terrorist organizations by the United States and many allies.
The attack on the embassy began at 10:10 a.m., when two vehicles approached, one drawing up in front of the compound, the other to an employees' entrance in the rear.
The minister of information, Mohsen Bilal, said in a telephone interview that one man approached embassy guards with a bouquet. The man said "he would like to hand these flowers over to someone from the embassy, to show his solidarity with them and the victims of 9/11," Mr. Bilal said.
He said that when the guards refused him entry, the attack began.
Ayman Abdel Nour, a Syrian political analyst, said he was about 25 yards away when he saw two men running away from the embassy, and heard gunfire and men shouting, "God is great!" He took refuge in another embassy nearby.
The sound of gunfire and explosions continued for about 15 minutes, he said. There was a second exchange of automatic-weapons fire and single gunshots after a few minutes of calm, he said, but it ended quickly.
When he emerged, the attackers' car at the rear of the embassy had been gutted by fire, apparently after having been hit in the gun battle.
Mr. Abdel Nour said friends at the Italian Embassy nearby had seen the attackers lobbing grenades over the high wall surrounding the American Embassy and had seen smoke coming from inside the compound.
Television images from the scene showed pools of blood on the pavement and the remains of the burned-out car. A vehicle with explosives at the front of the embassy was apparently abandoned when one attacker ran to the back to aid other gunmen.
The television also showed Syrian security officials inspecting what appeared to be large propane gas canisters with pipes taped to them.
Mr. Casey, the State Department spokesman, said after the attack "some small unexploded improvised explosive devices" were found, in addition to those in the second vehicle.
"This is a flourishing business today," Mr. Abdel Nour said of the attack. "If you want to open a terrorist cell here, it's an easy business. You'll find a lot of money because of the frustration in the region."
Syria's interior minister, Bassam Abdel Majeed, visited the embassy after the attack and met Tuesday with the new chargé d'affaires, Michael H. Corbin.
By nightfall, residents could see the rear wall scarred by bullets and the roadside blackened by the car fire. Syrian sentry boxes were riddled with shots, as was a window near the employee's entrance.
The Rawda district, where the attack occurred, is one of the most heavily guarded parts of the capital. It houses security installations and the homes of many government officials. A number of foreign embassies are near the American compound, including the Chinese, Italian and the Iraqi missions, while the presidential palace is only about 150 yards away from the Americans.
At least 11 people were wounded in the attack. The local embassy employee wounded was hit by gunfire while checking the attackers' cars when the assault began. The State Department said another embassy guard was slightly injured.
Seven Syrian telephone company employees working in the area were also wounded, as well as an Iraqi man and woman. A senior Chinese diplomat was hit by shrapnel while standing on top of a garage within the Chinese Embassy compound, the New China News Agency reported.
Syria, a strictly secular state, has had trouble with Islamic extremists. In April 2004, four people were killed in a clash between police officers and suspected bombers in the diplomatic quarter of Damascus. Authorities accused Islamic militants of trying to blow up an explosives-laden car near the Canadian Embassy.
The Syrian ambassador to the United States, Imad Moustapha, said Tuesday on CNN that the attackers might have links to a group known as Jund al-Sham, which means Soldiers of the Levant. Last year five of the group's militants were killed in Hama when security agents raided their hideout, uncovering a stash of weapons and explosives.
American intelligence officials in Washington said it was too early to know with confidence who was responsible for the embassy attack, and said there was little evidence yet to support the claim of the Syrian government that Jund al-Sham might have carried it out.
Officials said there was also no evidence linking the attack to the recent message from Al Qaeda's deputy leader, Ayman al-Zawahri, who said in a speech broadcast Monday that Al Qaeda would be carrying out attacks in the Middle East.
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Mount Kinabalu – A Wonderful Challenge
I just like to share my first and formal experience of being mountaineer. I remember when I was in college, there was a mountaineering club in the university that I wanted to join in, but when I tried to talk to my college friends and classmates, they were not into it and not interested in hiking a mountain. Because of


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Prior to joining Gray Plant Mooty, Jesse served as assistant attorney general in the Health Care and Antitrust Division of the Minnesota Attorney General's Office. During that time, he focused on regulatory matters, including enforcement of various laws that govern the operation of health care organizations in Minnesota, as well as providing legal advice to various state agencies, such as the Minnesota Department of Health.
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Every time I go to L'Ultime Atome at St. Boniface, I hear and have reason for mixed reviews of the place. But as the consistent crowds of patrons suggest, I must keep on going over and over to form a final conclusion. What is its charm? What draws us expatriates and foreigners there by the throngs, young and old, single and attached, to mingle among the Belgians?
Perhaps it's the large and friendly atmosphere, with sun through all the windows in place of walls during the day and bright warm lighting at night. It could be the mixed crowd, itself, made of professionals, families, locals, and harried waitstaff. I'd say it's their consistently tasty desserts, myself. I'm partial to their apple pie and ice cream, even though that is such the safe choice here in Brussels.
As good as the atmosphere, crowd, and desserts are, however, I wonder how to excuse other issues. Their main dishes are good but not great. Service often is classically Belgian – slow and frequently involving irritated servers – even on weekend mornings when crowds start thin. We go there group after group, but I can't help but question if social pressure is really causing this.
Is there more to the place than that? I would go there again to think about it, likely over a rich mug of hot milk blessed with spoonfuls of chocolate chips.


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Gucci Mane Launches 1017Eskimo
Gucci Mane has officially announced the signing of Ralo to his brand new label, 1017Eskimo. The announcement came via Gucci's Instagram account with the image and caption below.
Ralo's first project as a 1017Eskimo artist is coming very soon, and it will be a collaboration project with Gucci Mane.
Quickly after the signing announcement, Ralo sent out a warning to any artists dissing Gucci…that's you, Waka Flocka.


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The MainStreet Warner Music, Film and Comedy Festival is the first for the stage at the Jim Mitchell Community Park, pictured. Courtesy photo.
Films in Warner
: Jim Mitchell Community Park, 16 E. Main St., Warner
MainStreet Warner Music, Film and Comedy Festival: Saturday, Aug. 15, 4 to 10 p.m.
Outdoor Documentary Film Series: Dirt! The Movie is Tuesday, Aug. 25, at 7 p.m., and Genetic Roulette is Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 7 p.m.
: All films free; donations accepted
First flicks
MainStreet Warner hosts first film series and festival
By Kelly Sennott
The big screen has hit Warner.
Well, a 10-foot by 10-foot one made from from recycled billboard vinyl material, anyway — since MainStreet Warner finished building the Jim Mitchell Community Park stage last year, the space, located right behind MainStreet BookEnds, has seen a lot of cultural activity. Musical concerts happen every week, and farmers markets every Tuesday, but brand new on the agenda: film.
In addition to its environment-conscious movie series — which kicked off July 28 with
Queen of the Sun: What are the Bees Telling Us?
— the stage will host the organization's first MainStreet Warner Music, Film and Comedy Festival Saturday, Aug. 15.
The summer programming has been very "grassroots," said Ben Dobrowski, who organizes stage events for MainStreet Warner.
"It's kind of been, get the event scheduled and see what happens. This isn't my full-time job; I'm unpaid. It's all volunteerism on my part, and that's the same with everyone involved with the board, until we can come up with some more funding," he said. "But so far it's been a great summer. We've had people come out for all the concerts we've had."
And it's been a very full summer, compared to those in recent years.
"This is the first year any regular events have been happening there since the bookstore hosted Friday Nights in Warner," Dobrowski said.
That was more than 10 years ago, before Jim Mitchell, after whom the park is named, died. Brother of bookstore owner Katharine Nevins, he spearheaded a lot of the downtown Warner activity (and coined the phrase MainStreet Warner regularly quotes, "Something wonderful is happening in Warner.")
"We're basically picking up where he left off, whether it be a concert or a reading," Dobrowski said. "When there's something going on on Friday or Saturday, it gives people a reason to stay in town or come to town."
This is a summer of firsts; in addition to its being the first summer with regular programming, it's also the summer with regular outdoor films. The series, with its theme of sustainability, fits well with the venue; MainStreet BookEnds and the park stage are solar-powered, and the plants lining the grounds are fed through a rainwater irrigation system. Next on the agenda: a community garden, which will most likely happen next year. Upcoming film showings include
Dirt! The Movie
on Tuesday, Aug. 25, and
Genetic Roulette
on Tuesday, Sept. 29.
Initially, the festival this weekend was to be movie-focused, but organizers have expanded it to include a variety of art. From 4 to 8 p.m., there will be music by Delanie Pickering (of Concord) Beechwood (of Henniker) and DoBros (from Warner) and comedy by James Mullan, Paul Landwehr and Joe Mitchel. Just after, indie short films submitted by New England filmmakers will light up the recycled stage screen.
"The venue is just remarkable," said Lindsey Schust, a filmmaker whose flick,
Hippie Hill Music Video,
is one of the six to screen at the festival, complete with pick-up trucks, horseshoe tournaments, plaid shirts and mullet hairdos.
She also says this as a community member — she lives in Andover but often visits the park to attend concerts and the weekly farmers market — and as a musician whose band, The Ragged Mountain Band, performs there Sept. 5. It's top-of-the-line compared to the other local places they play: in town commons with gazebos that require performers to lug their own equipment.
"It's beautifully constructed," Schust said. "And the sound, you can hear it across the street at the ice cream store."
Dobrowski hopes to get a solid turnout.
"It's basically first-come, first-served seating; there's plenty of room and a lovely terrace amphitheater. Audience members are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets," he said. "We're going to be making locally prepared food during [the festival] and the film series ... with prices pay-what-you-can."
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Googlereported both earnings and revenue that beat what Wall Street was expecting, but the results weren't enough to please investors, who pushed the stock lower in late trading.
Google's revenue grew 17 percent, as advertisers and Web surfers turned to the Internet search engine during the holiday shopping season. But Google's revenue came in at the low end of the "whisper numbers" expected by some investors, and its shares fell in after-hours trade Thursday.
Analysts also pointed to signs that Google was ramping up spending as a possible cause for concern, but said that overall the company continued to dominate the Internet search market and delivered a strong quarterly report that fell short of only Wall Street's most bullish forecasts.


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Physics Instructor Helps NASA Study the Outskirts of the Solar System
High Point University physics instructor Jeff Regester and other scientists assisted NASA with stellar occultation observations in preparation for the New Horizons spacecraft's flyby of Pluto in 2015 and Ultima Thule (2014 MU69) on Jan. 1. Regester (back row, second from the right) and other members of the occultation teams attended a special event at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland during the encounter on New Year's Day. Photo courtesy of Ben Regester.
HIGH POINT, N.C., Jan. 4, 2019 – High Point University physics instructor Jeff Regester rang in the New Year celebrating a mission he's been a part of for more than a dozen years.
On Jan. 1, NASA's spacecraft New Horizons made history as it completed the first flyby of an object in the Kuiper Belt in the outstretches of the solar system. Regester was among the large group of scientists gathered at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Maryland during the encounter.
"It was special for me to share the experience of the flyby with my family and for them to be able to meet many of the people with whom I've worked over the years," said Regester.
"The last several days at APL were a celebration mixed with nervous anticipation. The team was confident that New Horizons was healthy, but the margin of error was very slim and there was the possibility of undetected collision hazards," Regester explained. "Even a small pebble hitting the spacecraft at 36,000 miles per hour could kill the probe. So, the cheering that erupted at the post-flyby acquisition of signal on Tuesday morning was unbridled elation."
Regester has assisted NASA with stellar occultation observations for New Horizons since 2006, when he made observations in preparation for the spacecraft's 2015 flyby of Pluto. Since that time, the spacecraft has kept traveling farther away from Earth and Regester has continued to make observations, having traveled on expeditions to South Africa, Tasmania, the Marshall Islands, Reunion Island and New Mexico.
In August 2018, Regester traveled to Senegal to gather data that would help NASA plan this New Year's flyby of Ultima Thule, a space object formally known as 2014 MU69. He and other scientists measured the size, shape, reflectivity and position of the object by observing it pass in front of a distant star. By pinpointing the exact length of time the star's light was blocked, they calculated these figures and collected information about possible moons, rings or debris that could be collision hazards for New Horizons.
As the spacecraft made its closest approach to Ultima Thule, Regester reflected on the significance of the moment.
"Science is about expanding the boundaries of human knowledge, and with New Horizons we are literally exploring the boundaries of our solar system," he said. "The people who built, launched and operate New Horizons are a dedicated and hardworking team. It has been a privilege to contribute."
Regester explains that the data collected during the flyby of such a distant space object – about 4 billion miles away – will lead to a greater understanding of how the planets were formed.
"Ultima Thule is thought to be representative of the building blocks from which the planets formed," he said. "Comets and asteroids are also leftovers from this time, but these have been considerably altered over the 4.5 billion-year history of the solar system. Being on a circular orbit in the outskirts of the solar system, Ultima Thule is thought to be pristine."
HPU students will have the chance to become involved in similar research by participating in a new NASA mission called Lucy, which will launch in 2021.
"This new probe will visit six different asteroids, called Trojans, that orbit the sun near Jupiter," said Regester. "We will be conducting occultation observations that will be crucial for the targeting of the spacecraft flybys. HPU students will be involved in the collection and analysis of these observations."


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Dr. Lewis was a doctor at a hospital in London, who tended to the poisoned victims of the Arthropleura from the London Underground creature incursion.
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After a London Underground pest controller was attacked and poisoned in the Underground and admitted to hospital, he was placed under Dr. Lewis' care, who was confused and awestruck at how the pest controller was dying from venom and believed that he had been assaulted in the Underground. When Nick Cutter and Claudia Brown came to the hospital to investigate the attack on the pest controller, Dr. Lewis explained what she knew about the attack and what was happening to the pest controller.
Later the same day, when Stephen Hart was admitted to the hospital bitten and poisoned by an Arthropleura as the pest controller had been, Dr. Lewis and her staff attempted to care for him and keep his condition stable as long as they could. Dr. Lewis believed that Stephen had no chance of surviving unless the hospital could get a sample of the Arthropleura's venom in its pure form to locate an anti-venom, and instructed Abby to do that.
The Home Office later obtained a pure venom sample from the Arthropleura and sent it to the hospital, where it was used to locate an anti-venom for Stephen and successfully help him survive and recover from the Arthropleura bite.
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XX. "Water Music" - T.C. Boyle
I'm an incredible Boyle fan, so it disturbed me that I wanted to kick the book after reading twenty pages. Recently, I read about these gin vs. beer cartoons (beer was depicted as hearty and healthy, while gin showed depravity and murderous insanity - gin has always done that to me, too). Boyle used nearly all of the information word for word. It made me wonder if reading widely will eventually create frustration for the addicted reader.
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CHAD.co.uk, 14Mar08
THE Stags will not make an announcement on a permanent replacement for manager Billy Dearden until Monday at the earliest, the club confirmed today.
But chief executive Stephen Booth told Chad on Friday that a new manager would definitely be in place before the busy Easter programme - and hopefully a new player or two as well.
He said: "Interviews are continuing today (Friday), then I will make a decision over the weekend.
"But I don't expect an announcement until Monday at the earliest."
Full story here --> http://www.chad.co.uk/stags/No-announcement-on-new-Stags.3880624.jp
He declined to state how many candidates were being interviewed for the post - created a week ago when manager Dearden left the club after the 4-0 home defeat by Rochdale.
But when asked if the result and performance at Bradford tomorrow under caretaker boss Paul Holland would have a bearing, he replied: "It must do.
"Let's hope what is happening on the training pitch can be translated onto the pitch tomorrow."
It is still believed that the front runners for the post are former Derby County coach Billy McEwan, a previous managerial target for the club, and Holland.
Chad spoke to McEwan, who revealed his interest in the vacancy to Chad on Monday, again on Thursday and he confirmed that he was still interested in the job.
Mr Booth also confirmed Chad's earlier report that there would be no new signings today, but remained optimistic that loan players would be signed next week to aid the relegation fight.
Mr Booth added: "The good things is that we have a free week next week to prepare for a busy Easter and April, with plenty of matches against fellow strugglers."
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- Nicholas of Amsterdam: Commentary on the Old Logic by Egbert P. Bos
This is an edition of commentaries on Porphyry's Isagoge and Aristotle's Categories and On Interpretation attributed to Nicholas of Amsterdam (1390–ca. 1438), who taught as magister Erfordiensis at the University of Rostock. Nicholas's own position is what he calls "the position of the moderns" (via moderna), which in this instance means that he adopts and defends [End Page 540] primarily the approach of John Buridan (ca. 1300–1361) and Marsilius of Inghen (ca. 1340–1396), including their conceptualism. As Bos notes (xiii), Nicholas is thus a good source of information about how the works of Marsilius and Buridan were transmitted and studied. Nonetheless, Nicholas often, and frequently sympathetically, discusses Ockham's positions and those of such antiqui as Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas, and John Duns Scotus in considerable detail. He is thus a good source of information about how later generations studied and understood Ockham's views and the ideas of the antiqui. His commentaries also contain references to the views of Boethius, Avicenna, Averroes, Peter of Spain, and a large number of later logicians (xiii).
Although, as Bos points out (xvii), these commentaries are edited versions, not transcripts of actual disputations, they may owe their distinctive structure to their origin as exercises (exercitia), university class sessions based on some prescribed text in which students were expected to play a somewhat active role. A question raised by the text is stated, for example, "[w]hether the definition given by Porphyry, which says, 'a genus is what is predicated with respect to what the thing is, of several things differing in species,' is correct" (64). There follow a series of preliminaries that offer an exposition of the text in question and a discussion of difficulties and related issues. In this case, there is an elaborate re-articulation of Porphyry's text to bring it into more obvious alignment with the "modern" answer to the previous question, namely, that universals have no being whatsoever independent of the intellect; a sympathetic explanation of Albertus Magnus's view that identity statements are not true predications; an argument against Marsilius's reading of "several things differing in species"; and a reinterpretation of his reading that shows how it can be accepted after all. Next, there follows a brief resolution of the original question (conclusio responsialis). Finally, there is a series of objections to the proffered resolution, and answers to these objections, often interconnected.
Central to Nicholas's own approach is the distinction between claims about entities and their relations (realiter) and claims about terms, their significations, and inferential relations. Thus, for example, the property of being able to laugh follows from being human inferentially, not causally (de consecutione non reali, sed logicali), because as soon as "Sortes is man" is true, so is "Sortes is able to laugh" (109). Nicholas often takes the opportunity to discuss controversial questions from physics and metaphysics in these logic commentaries; for example, whether quantity is distinct from substance (realiter, yes, but not suppositionaliter [179]).
For Nicholas, spoken and written terms refer to entities conventionally; they are imposed upon entities outside and inside the mind so as to signify them, that is, to represent them to a cognitive power by way of concepts (299). Singular terms signify individuals by way of singular concepts either actually, on the basis of the experience of the individual, or, as in the case of 'Antichrist,' by way of their capacity (aptitudo) to represent an individual to a cognitive power (302). The logical properties of spoken and written terms are determined by the corresponding concepts understood as mental terms; 'rational animal' and 'the first hour on St. Pantheleon's day, 1453 AD' are non-complex because they correspond to simple concepts in the mind (145).
In his substantial introduction, Bos observes that it is difficult to form a clear estimate of the importance of Nicholas's work, given that not much of his...


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The Men of the Queer Gym
Yes. It's true. We do have a lot of female identified members, but we also have a good amount of guy members as well. So if you're a dude—gay or straight—keep reading because you this might be the gym for you. Alright, let's get to it. So what kind of guys workout at The Queer Gym?
1. The "Not Porn Star Looking" Dudes
Our Queer Gym dudes are not all big and burly and have 6 packs and shit. Those porn looking dudes aren't working out here. Our dudes are athletic looking, really nice and friendly dudes. We're not a gym for "cruising," not to say you can't pick up a date here, but that's not our dudes' main focus. They have a "if it happens, it happens" kinda attitude about it and they're really here to get in better shape and meet other awesome guys that are also trying to stay active.
2. Skinny/Un-Athletic Dudes
If you're the skinny dude that's never been the athletic sporty type, this is the gym for you. See, often people think that just because you're a dude that you know how to lift weights and shit. That's not always the case. "Gymtimidation" is just as much a real thing for unathletic guys as it is for anyone else who's not a "gym buff." So if sports and weight lifting has never been your thing, holler at us.
3. Straight Dudes
Yeah, we have quite a few straight dudes that workout here. Most of them are our female member's husbands, fiances, boyfriends or whatever. They come here because they're cool as fuck, secure, ally dudes who also just want to workout in a welcoming and safe space too.
4. Trans guys, twinks, bears, pet play, gender non-conforming dudes etc.
Basically, my point is that pretty much any dude that is not a gym creeper or a douchebag works out here. So if you know a dude or you are a dude that is looking for a different gym experience, we might just be your next LTR.
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