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The Mitsubishi manufacturer is transcending their most capable SUV into a new generation as 2018 Mitsubishi Pajero for achieving dramatic improvements. Most of the biggest success stories till date have everything to do with taking bold moves. Similarly, the prospect of Mitsubishi abandoning its sedan line-up and focusing more towards SUVs is certainly a daring step, especially considering the level of competition in the respective segment.
2018 Mitsubishi Pajero – Exterior Styling
The exterior styling is where 2018 Mitsubishi Pajero should come in the attention span as the rendered images are too good to be true. Be that as it may, this new-gen Mitsubishi Pajero might dig out a niche for itself with a progressive styling.
Yes, this SUV's contemporary design language involves characteristic body arches creating interesting intersections that strike a counterbalanced stance. To go more specific, the body-embedded headlights will also possess a sleek look for dissolving transparently with the nostalgic chrome grille.
The projector fog lights sitting angular to the headlights will put out a chunky appeal. Down below, the lower fascia will hold trapezoid-shaped air vents that will come in a great contrast with the bumper having a skid plate-like design.
Interior Design
Not much has been known about the interior cabin as of now. However, the experts predict that Mitsubishi will present a bloat-load of tech features that will come on par with a best-in-class sophistication.
The dashboard will sport AC vents and a pop-up infotainment display and even wear chrome emblems. The door panels will also incorporate soft-touch materials and power window/AC controls. Heating and leather upholstery might come standard in the seats and steering wheel.
As heard from Mitsubishi officials themselves, the new-gen Mitsubishi Pajero will be focused more towards utility and new-age styling. However, this new-gen Pajero will be based on the same dynamic platform to cut down production costs.
2018 Mitsubishi Pajero – Improvements on the Powertrain
The 2018 Mitsubishi Pajero will be powered by few engine options. From 2.5-liter and 3.2-liter common rail direct injection diesel units to a 3.5-liter V6 gasoline unit.
A fuel efficient 8-speed automatic transmission and 2WD will come as standard to complete the powertrain setup (4WD will also be available though). The EPA ratings are to see improvements as well and it might stay close to 29/32 mpg on city/highways. The recent reports even hold that this powertrain setup will be altered for the hybrid Pajero.
The performance is the cardinal parameter which will see impressive improvements in new Mitsubishi Pajero. Achieving such will require Mitsubishi to use a tuned up the suspension with a stiffer setup. The front suspension will use Independent MacPherson struts while the rear units will integrate hydraulic dampers.
2018 Mitsubishi Pajero – Price, Competitors and Release Date
The 2018 Mitsubishi Pajero is suspected to come with a starting price of around $32,000. It will compete against Ford Endeavour, Honda CR-V, and Toyota Fortuner. The dealerships might get this SUV during the early onset of 2018.


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Harrison Musicians Show off Their Talents at Live from Graff
Jack Gillespie
On Friday, April 27, the Harrison High School auditorium turned into a concert hall with Live from Graff. The event not only gives students who have a passion for music to show off their talents, but was also an overall great time for the attendant who decided to go to the event.
The lineup of Live from Graff went as follows:
1. The Floors (Aidan Andronicos, Thys Call, Kevin Gartland, Mark Glaser, Aidan Leaird, Patrick Sullivan)
2. The Capital City Kids (Cannon Garner, Ben Pijanowski, Preston Seymour)
3. Ewing Klipspringer
4. Harrison Jazz Choir (Nicole Bayley, Kylie Caroselli, Mikahla Combs, Janelle Davis, Annalise Drake, Grace Donnoe, Kensi Eiler, Brianna Griffin, Olivia McDaniel, Anna Miller, Angie Naranjo, Carolyn O'Neal, Chelsea Shafer, Lilly VanFossen)
5. Jonathon DeGraw
6. The Darts (Jed Caron, Karl Hagen, Sarah Holling, Preston Seymour, Elijah Wood, Shelby Marvin)
7. Jake Armes & Brooklin Morris
8. A blonde, a brunette, and a redhead walk into an auditorium (Jelly Chavez, Shelby Marvin, Ben Pijanowski)
9. Los ConJustos (Aidan Andronicos, Kevin Gartland, Karl Hagen, Justo Mansilla, Ben Pijanowski)
10. Peter Ropp
11. Peter Ropp & Chelsea Shafer
12. Los Nachos (Aidan Andronicos, Karl Hagen, Bryan Holt, Aidan Leaird, Patrick Sullivan)
13. Los Surfistas (Jed Caron, Karl Hagen, Aidan Leaird)
14. Miguel de Cervantes
15. Distortion in Moderation (Fog Man, Funk Master K, Gary Stardust, O.G.)
16. Silvia Lawson-Vilches
17. Frankenstein (Aidan Andronicos, Kevin Gartland, Mark Glaser, Justo Manislla, Ben Pijanowski)
18. Annalise Drake feat. Mama D & Shelby Marvin
19. Peanut Butter and Jelly's (Jelly Chavez, Karl Hagen, Rhianna Ladd, Silvia Lawson-Vilches, Shelby Marvin)
20. Sidewalk Chalk (Aidan Andronicos, Karl Hagen, Aidan Leaird, Patrick Sullivan)
The acts that performed covered quite a large array of genres: Southern Rock, Rock 'n Roll, Folk, Punk, Piano Ballads, and even a couple soul acts.
However, no matter the type of music each group played, they generally brought a good time along with them. For two or so hours, the show rarely hit a lull with the energy level, mainly keeping an upbeat vibe going on.
Even some of the slower, acoustic songs, such as Peter Ropp's interactive performance of The Lumineers' "Ho Hey" got a positive reaction from the audience.
In between these acts, Mrs. Mansilla and Mr. Carlson provided some funny commentary to keep things running smoothly during transitions, including a bunch of gags that went over quite well with the audience.
Some of the biggest successes included Annalise Drake's soulful belting during her act, a performance of The Killers' "Mr. Brightside," and an encore featuring all of the performers leading a sing-a long of The Beatles' "Hey Jude."
Not only is Live from Graff a great time for the students performing and spectating, but the event also is beneficial for those who need help. Much of the money raised with the concert went to charity. To enter the event, people had to bring a can of food alongside $7, the former going to the Food Finders.
Glow Sticks and Glow Necklaces were also sold at the event to help raise money for the Animal Shelter.
The ticket money went to various miscellaneous charities.
Do you feel that performing in Graff was easier once you've done it more than once?
Peter Ropp: I'd say so, yes. It felt more and more like home than a stage with each following year.
Kevin Gartland: The second time around was definitely much easier, I felt much more comfortable this time around.
Ben Pijanowski: The second time was much better than the first.
(Question for Peter Ropp and Chelsea Shafer) I remember you two performed together last year as well. Are you two close friends outside of simply performing together? Do you feel that these collaborations strengthen your friendship?
Ropp: Yeah we've been best friends since sophomore year, and I feel like Graff does help our friendship; I feel like it also strengthens our performance.
Shafer: Yeah, we are pretty much best friends. We have a few classes together and have been really close since we started performing together. I do think that singing together has strengthened our friendship because it makes us both more vulnerable and we can trust each other more.
Who were some of the people who supported you the most when you were practicing and preparing for Graff?
Shafer: Some people who supported me would definitely be Peter (Ropp), Anna Miller, Hodge, Dylan Griffin, Janelle Davis, Annalise Drake, and Mrs. Richardson. I have really great people around me.
Brooklin Morris: My family and Mrs. Mansilla were very supportive.
Ropp: My parents were very supportive of me over the years. They gave me a lot of opportunities, got me my first guitar, and allowed me to go to a music school.
Pijanowski: My band members and especially my parents, who let me use the house for practice even up to 11:30, playing loud music for a lot of the time.
Gartland: A lot of teachers were really supportive, especially Mr. and Mrs. Mansilla, Mr. Overbay, and Dr. Carlson.
Who are some your biggest musical inspirations and influences?
Shafer: I am inspired by Sara Bareilles. Her music is real and her voice is amazing. I love that she can engage a crowd with just her voice and a piano or guitar, but she can also get much more complex.
Morris: I don't really know. I listen to a wide variety of music, so there are a lot of different people.
Ropp: Ed Sheeran, Jason Mraz, and Michael Jackson
Gartland: Some of my biggest inspirations are Sublime, The Beatles, and especially Lynyrd Skynyrd
Pijanowski: I guess my brother, my friends, my parents, and Jimi Hendrix.

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My most memorable day at sea (John's story)
(This article won a writing competition organised by Saga and PBO, and we won a holiday in Egypt, courtesy of Saga holidays).
John Davison
It is a sad fact that many men sail alone. Their wives and girlfriends preferring the comforts of home to life spent at a crazy angle in a boat. That had been my experience. So when, in later life, I had a second chance with a new lady-friend who had never sailed before I was determined to make her first day out in my Elizabethan 29, Rally, a truly memorable occasion. I succeeded beyond my wildest dreams.
I kept Rally on a buoy in the river Mersey where the tides are funnelled in from the Irish Sea, reaching heights of 32 ft. I chose my day carefully and we drove to the slipway in early summer sunshine. The outboard started first time and we set off for the half mile journey to Rally.
Leaving the dinghy on the buoy, I was soon able to hoist sail and take Brenda downriver for a view of the famous waterfront.
Apart from some nervousness as we heeled over, Brenda seemed to be enjoying the sailing, the sunshine and the scenery. I kept my fingers crossed. I did not want her to take any part in the 'work' of sailing on this first occasion. I also wanted to show off my skills, so, returning to the mooring at slack tide I fixed an all round line from the bows to the cockpit and confidently went alongside, leaned over from the cockpit and clipped the line to the buoy. I then nonchalantly walked forward, pulling in the line as I went.
My complacency was shattered by a scream and looking back I saw the dinghy alongside the boat, rapidly filling with water whilst Brenda was leaning over clutching the outboard motor in a frantic attempt to stop it disappearing altogether.
I rushed aft and succeeded in preventing the dinghy from sinking and straightened with a sigh of relief only to find that Rally was no longer attached to the buoy but had drifted along the trot of moorings where she was swept across the bows of another boat.
I had managed to keep my cool throughout this process and Brenda was very quiet. I am not sure whether this was a good or bad sign, and we still had to extricate ourselves. I was reluctant to put the engine in gear as I suspected that the painter might be round the propeller. I discovered later that the cause of our mishap was that the painter had caught on the log propeller, but that was no help to me now.
Our salvation came in the shape of a passing motorboat. An agile young man took our line then leapt onto the foredeck of the other boat and emptied the water from the dinghy and untangled the painter.
I was then able to motor back to the buoy and this time accepted Brenda's help in recovering the pick-up and after a couple of tries she succeeded in getting it aboard. I could see that by this time she was beginning to shake a little and I did speculate about my chances of even seeing her again, let alone getting her aboard a boat, and we still had to get back to shore.
The outboard refused to start. I cleaned the plugs and points without success and by now the tide was changing. My only option was to row, and row hard. The oars were only meant for emergencies and had been little used. They had fitted rowlocks and the fact that one of these didn't fit properly had never been a problem. It was now and the wretched thing came out of its socket as I hastily rowed inshore to get out of the tidal run.
"Put it back! Put it back!" I shouted, forgetting that boats and all things nautical were still a mystery to Brenda.
"Where do I put it?" she asked.
"In the rowlock, woman, where do you think?" I cried, with great forbearance (I thought).
The rowlock was replaced and the rest of my frantic row to the slipway passed in stony silence.
This might have been the end of a beautiful friendship but Brenda was sufficiently bitten by the sailing bug to forgive my outburst and to sail with me again.
We are now married and have another, larger boat in which we have sailed in Britain and abroad. Brenda has gained her International Certificate of Competence and I have gained a sailing partner.


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Kalopanagiotis Village (also known as Kalopanayiotis Village) is located about 3 km from Moutoullas Village in the Marathasa Valley, which is within the the Nicosia district of Cyprus.
This picturesque village has existed since medieval times, and there are many churches in Kalopanagiotis Village.
One of the main sites in the village is the Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery, which will be featured in an upcoming blog post.
Kalopanagiotis Village is a lovely place to explore for locals and tourists, especially for those planning to visit the Agios Ioannis Lampadistis Monastery.
Site: Kalopanagiotis Village.
Category: Village.
Location: About 3 km from Moutoullas Village in the Marathasa Valley, within the Nicosia district of Cyprus.
Phone Number: N/A.
Operating Hours: N/A.
Entrance Fee: Free.
Date of Visit: 2011.


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An outgrowth of Ernest Becker's 1974 Pulitzer-Prize winning tome, The Denial of Death, terror-management theory posits that human beings experience a psychological conflict between wanting to live and realizing death's inevitability. In Becker's view, the world is terrifying and human behavior is motivated by a biological need to cope with anxiety. "This is the terror," Becker writes. "To have emerged from nothing, to have a name, consciousness of self, deep inner feelings, an excruciating inner yearning for life and self-expression—and with all this yet to die." In an uncertain world, death is the only thing that is a given. The "main task of human life is to become heroic and transcend death," Becker writes. So we adopt a hero system that permits us to believe that death is transcended when we participate in something immortal, something that will last beyond us: an empire, a religion, a sports team.
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Time to work on taking a big chunk out of the "finish this" pile.
The Knights Exemplar Errants from Menoth's Warmachine forces has gone from a *meh* unit in Mark I rules a few years back to an absolute powerhouse in Mark II play. With the Officer, Standard Bearer and Seneschal solo...and then run in an Epic Kreoss list, here is the incredible list of abilities they have:
1) Cannot be targeted by spells
2) Immune to continuous effects (e.g. fire, corrosion)
3) Ignore forests when tracing LOS, ignore target cover and concealment when shooting
4) Initial deployment is 6" forward
5) Immune to fear
6) An extra die on melee damage rolls
7) Crossbows are magic and ignore most defence and armor boosting effects
8) Ignore terrain-induced movement penalties
9) They can immediately shoot if they kill an enemy in melee
10) If one is killed, you can pick another unit model within 3" to remove from play instead
Here is the current (half-way) state of the paint jobs. The Menoth white has been sprayed. Cloth has been based with Foundation red, and a few pieces have been taken to the final orange color. Black menofix markings have been blocked in. And the first pass on base metal has been done.
Still to come: gold metal, final steel pass, finished cloth, menofix highlights, scabbards, wood on the crossbows, leather straps and bases. Hmmm, this project is still going to take a while to finish!
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For journal reprints and all other publications, please visit the National Sea Grant Library.
For outreach publications, please visit Digital Commons at Fogler Library.
For journal reprints and all other publications, please visit the National Sea Grant Library.
For outreach publications, please visit Digital Commons at Fogler Library.
The Summer 2017 issue of Friends of Acadia Journal features a story about how researchers, park managers, and conservationists are responding to the effects of sea-level rise in Acadia National Park. One area of focus is salt marshes. Maine Coast Heritage Trust is working with the park to plan for changing marsh size and character, conserving upland areas that will allow for marsh "migration." (Some of this part of the story was covered in Coastal Conversations on WERU last February). Sites of human history are also threatened by rising seas and related erosion. Alice Kelley's Sea Grant-funded project to study shell middens has included National Park sites.
The essay "Why We Love the Ocean," published in Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors 30th anniversary issue, relies on a large and growing literature of the history, science, and philosophy of human connections with the natural environment. Accessible version (PDF) Printable version (PDF) Below is a selected bibliography used for the article.
General Reference
Kaplan, R., and S. Kaplan. 1989. The Experience of Nature: A Psychological Perspective. CUP Archive.
Louv, R. 2016. Vitamin N: The Essential Guide to a Nature-Rich Life. Algonquin Books.
The annual report, featuring impacts, accomplishments, and summary data for the period from 1 February 2016 through January 2017 is now available. Highlights include
More than 60 fishermen from communities across the coast have participated in the Aquaculture in Shared Waters program. To date, 13 have secured leases and a total of 30 are now involved in aquaculture to some degree.
Graduate student Jordan Snyder and Sea Grant Assistant Director for Research Damian Brady and their colleagues have a new paper in the journal Frontiers in Marine Science about their NOAA Sea Grant-funded research on developing tools for siting aquaculture operations. Here's the abstract of the article: "Remote sensing data is useful for selection of aquaculture sites because it can provide water-quality products mapped over large regions at low cost to users. However, the spatial resolution of most ocean color satellites is too coarse to provide usable data within many estuaries. The Landsat 8 satellite, launched February 11, 2013, has both the spatial resolution and the necessary signal to noise ratio to provide temperature, as well as ocean color derived products along complex coastlines.
Between the head of tide above Bangor to where it widens into the bay at Searsport, the Penobscot River shifts from a flowing freshwater waterway banked by cedar and pine to a brackish, wave-lapped marsh with a rocky shoreline. In this estuary, salt concentrations fluctuate as the winds and tides push sea water and sediments back and forth.
Access to Maine's beaches and coastal areas can sometimes be a challenge. According to the latest analysis of property ownership data by the Maine Coastal Program, the public owns just 12 percent of Maine's 5,400-mile shoreline. Public rights to the rest of the coast vary considerably, from submerged areas below low tide through the intertidal zone to upland areas. Unlike most other states, Maine and Massachusetts extend most private property rights to the low-tide mark.


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David Hughes
Teacher Pair- John Sawyer
David is a first year Master's student in computer Science, coming back to Troy after getting his BS in 2010. In the years before grad school, Dave worked as a government consultant in DC, and would like to return to the area when he finishes his degree. He's currently researching social networks, but some of his other areas of interest are machine learning and data mining. In his free time, he likes to hike, read, and watch TV.
Charles Hathaway
Teacher Pair-Leslie Hatfield
After leaving the Rensselaer area in 2010 to attend Vermont Technical College for Software Engineering Charles is returning to enroll in the Computer Science PhD program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Charles' areas of interest include computer networking, software engineering, web application development, and computer graphics. Charles has a background in software automation, web development, hardware-software integration, and computer networking. During his free time, Charles reads books, writes code, and hangs out with friends for the weekly "game night".
Kathryn Bennett
Teacher Pair- Troy Gale
Kathryn Bennett is a first-year Master's student at RPI, pursuing a degree in Computer Science. She is originally from Northfield, Vermont. In 2013, Kathryn received her B.A. in Computer Science from Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where she was a cheerleader at home football and basketball games. Her primary interests in computer science are graphics and visualizations. In her free time, she loves to read (fiction), draw, and watch movies (preferably animated or about Marvel characters). After obtaining her Master's degree, Kathryn would like to go into industry and is currently interested in building web applications.
Kathleen Tully
Teacher Pair- Michael Justice
Kathleen Tully is a second year Master's student in Computer Science. She graduated from SUNY Brockport in 2010 with a BA in French and International Studies and a BS in Mathematics. After graduating, she worked for the New York State Department of Labor where she gained experience in online training and SQL scripting. After three years with the department, she returned to school at RPI. With Triple Helix, she is working on a tool that allows students to use geodata to examine their neighborhoods through the lens of social justice. To relax, Kathleen likes to read comic books, practice Tae Kwon Do, play board games and go to RPI hockey games.
Andrew Ellis
Teacher Pair-Peg Webb, Hackett Middle School, Albany Andrew Ellis earned a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from Howard University, located in Washington, DC. During his time at Howard he was heavily involved with activities associated with STEM initiatives, such as the National Society of Black Engineers and TRUST: A Society for Men. Currently, he is concentrating in Energy Sources and Systems at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute under the advisement of Dr. Shayla Sawyer. Andrew enjoys playing and watching sports, photography, and spending time with family and friends.
Libby Rodriquez
Teacher Pair-Terry Bennett, Hackett Middle School, Albany
Originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, Elizabeth received a B.A. in Computer Science from Maryville College in Maryville, TN. She is currently working on her Master's Degree in Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Computer Science Department. She's interested in security, web programming, and networking. She loves reading and has the entire Stephen King collection of books finished. She loves exploring and trying new things including photography, climbing, and road biking. In the long term, she hopes to find a programming job that allows her to travel and explore as well as largely contribute in an industry career.
Colin Garvey
Teacher Pair-Shannon Stevens, Hackett Middle School, Albany
Colin Garvey just returned from four years in Japan to start his PhD in the STS program at RPI. As a practicing Zen monk, he strives to understand social justice issues in a cosmic way, though he keeps his action local. He is interested in exploring the power of evolution as a unifying narrative, and combating the pernicious myth of genetic determinism.
Michael O'Keefe
Teacher Pair-Paul Dunleavy, Doyle Middle School, Troy
Michael O'Keefe is a first-year Ph.D. student of Computer Science, originally from Hudson, New Hampshire. He received his undergraduate degree from RPI in Bioinformatics & Molecular Biology in 2012. His research interests are in bioinformatics and computational biology. Currently he is working on a biosensor capable of detecting the presence of the small molecule melamine with Dr. Bystroff in the Biology department. In the GK-12 program, Michael is working with the SensorCaching group to develop participatory community sensing resources. When he's not studying, Michael is an EMT with RPI's volunteer ambulance, and likes to hike, bike and enjoy the outdoors.
Ellen Foster
Teacher Pair-Jim Hutchins, Hackett Middle School, Albany
Originally from Michigan, Ellen Foster received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics and Astronomy from Vassar College where she also began to study Science and Technology Studies. She is currently working toward her Ph.D in STS at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, with research interests in the democratization of science and the use of interactive technology in science outreach. Ellen retains an interest in Astronomy and star-gazing. She also enjoys painting, creating music, electronic arts and biking.
Michael Lachney
Teacher Pair-Linda Carey, Hackett Middle School, Albany
Michael Lachney has an MA in media studies, and a background in teaching new media literacies. Before working as a Triple Helix fellow at RPI, he was an after-school media arts mentor for Chicago's Digital Youth Network. During this time Michael taught video production and fan fiction courses to middle school students. He plans to continue work around digital media and learning in RPI's Science and Technology Studies program, through lenses of social justice in math and science classrooms.
Eric Sterner
Teacher Pair-Paul Dunleavy, Doyle Middle School, Troy
Eric Sterner is a Chemical and Biological Engineering major at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. Eric started his undergraduate work at RPI in the fall of 2005 in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering. After completion of his BS in the spring of 2009, he entered the RPI Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering PhD program. Eric's research work focuses primarily on sulfotransferase enzymes and glycosaminoglycan sulfation, primarily in the synthesis of bioengineered heparin. Research areas include, but are not limited to: enzyme immobilization, cofactor regeneration, and substrate affinity studies.
Bill Babbitt
Teacher Pair- Linda Carey, Hackett Middle School, Albany
I am very interested in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education in under-served populations. My research interests focus on inquiry learning in the STEM disciplines and how computer science, especially computer games can increase interest in and retention of basic concepts in STEM related courses. I am an Edyth Mae Sliffe award winner, 2008 Middle School, of the Mathematical Association of America. I have a B.S.B.A. in Finance from Xavier University (1988) in Cincinnati, Ohio. I also have a B.S. with a double major in Mathematics and Computer Science from Empire State College (2010) in Saratoga, New York. I am a co-advisor for Albany Area Math Circle and our weekly math circle meetings are a highlight of my week during the school year. In addition to Math Circle, I coach a home school MATHCOUNTS team with the assistance of some amazing High School students here in the Capital District. I am also an assistant coach for the Upstate New York ARML team. My science related hobbies include organic gardening, reading science magazines, and browsing on eol.org when I have time.
David Banks
Teacher Pair- Shannon Stevenson, Hackett Middle School, Albany
David A. Banks received his bachelor's degree in Urban Studies from New College of Florida and is currently working toward his Ph.D in RPI's Science and Technology Studies Department. His research interests include the culture of transportation and urban design, architecture as a profession, and social justice as it pertains to technology. He is also very interested in comic books and science fiction. He is constantly trying to find ways of connecting the former with the latter.
Tian Gao
Teacher Pair- Julia Dunsmoor, Doyle Middle School, Troy
My name is Tian Gao. I was born in Taiyuan, China, and moved to Boston, U.S, while I was attending middle school. I graduated magna cum laude from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 2009, majored in Electrical Engineering and with a minor in Electronic Art. I used to work in Prof. Badri Roysam's lab to help research on neuron reconstruction and worm detection as part of undergraduate research program. I am currently a graduate student at RPI Intelligent System Laboratory under Prof. Qiang Ji. My research interest lies in areas of computer vision, machine learning, and pattern recognition, especially motion detection and tracking. I love to travel and have lived in three countries: China, Japan, and US. All the beautiful sceneries I have visited, especially color and images, have always fascinated me, which is a main reason that I chose to study electronic art in college and computer vision now. Science-related hobbies include Chess, Go, and …science!
Louis Gutierrez
Teacher Pair- Liz Franklin, Hackett Middle School, Albany
After completing his M.S. at Southern Methodist University, Louis served for two years in Tanzania, East Africa as a Peace Corps Volunteer. He then worked an additional year there as the IT Administrator for the international NGO AfricAid. In both instances, Louis worked to develop IT resources for underserved populations. Additionally, Louis has spent time in Alaska developing Distance Education Resources for students along the Northern Slope. Currently Louis is a PhD student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute where his research areas include using web and mobile technologies to interface with environmental sensors. As part of the Triple Helix Program, Louis is working along side Elizabeth Franklin at Hackett Middle School in Albany, NY to help prepare students for careers in the Sciences and Engineering.
Dan Lyles
Teacher Pair- Terese Bennett, Hackett Middle School, Albany
Daniel A. Lyles holds a bachelors of arts in Sociology from St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas. His research interests include: appropriation of technology in urban communities, Anti-Intellectualism and the Authority of Scientific Expertise. He is a native Texan from Houston and Austin. His personal interests include motorcycle mechanics, baking and politics. He is also a published poet and has a background in music education. He is currently in the process of earning his PhD in Science and Technology studies from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. He hopes to build his own Science and Technology think tank for the development of community centered technologies.
Chris Shing
Teacher Pair- Kerry Welcome, North Albany Academy, Albany
Hi everyone, my name is Chris Shing, Electrical Engineer. I'm from New Hyde Park, New York, a small town about 40 minutes from Manhattan. I completed my B.S. in Electrical Engineering at RPI and am now continuing my graduate studies in the same major at the same school. Growing up, I never really considered what my future would be like. It wasn't until I took a class at Sewanhaka High School, titled Instrumentation and Automation, that I was drawn to the field of electrical engineering. In that class I learned the basics of circuit design and analysis, gained some hands on experience with circuits and eventually developed a few pieces of equipment that I still play around with today. Right now I'm working on developing a remote, water-based biological sensing system using some innovative nanoparticles based detectors and ultraviolet LEDs. Also, I'm working with using these nanoparticles for other sensors as well. Science-Related Hobby: Model Railroad (model trains don't run on steam!)
Jed Williams
Teacher- Pegg Webb, Hackett Middle School, Albany
Jedediyah Williams earned a B.S. in Computer Systems Engineering from UMass Amherst. He then spent four years teaching physics and mathematics at Nantucket High School in Massachusetts, the last two years of which he served as science department head. While at NHS, Williams was honored twice for significant contribution to Nantucket Public Schools by the school district, and was nominated for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching. During his second year teaching, Williams began work as a research scientist at the Maria Mitchell Observatory. While there, he developed and improved upon techniques for recording and analyzing transits of extrasolar planets. Williams is presently studying robotics at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute with Jeff Trinkle Ph.d.
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PSP #549: Red Dead Redemption 2 Review
On today's show, Marc talks about Red Dead Redemption 2 for the last time, reviewing it in an extra rambling kind of way. In addition to all the cowboy talk, Marc also talks about Hitman Sniper Assassin, what it's like playing Call of Duty with their dad, and more Dragon Ball Z nonsense. Anyway, something-something shooty and root and tooty, cheers and enjoy the anime-zing(ly way too long) show.
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The Do's and Don'ts of Hiring Exterminators in Arizona
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This Fl hybrid of Blueberry and White Widow has been created to give flavour, taste and colour. Blue Widow is sometimes also called Berry White, White Berry, and Blue Venom. The intense sweet & sour taste of White Widow and the forest berry aroma of Blueberry, when mixed, create a blend of fruity sweets that smells like chewing gum. Due to its Blueberry heritage, in low outdoor temperatures this plant displays autumnal colours, turning from blue to purple and even reddish colours when the temperature drops even further. It also grows somewhat taller than pure White Widow, displaying larger internodal distance as well.
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It has great upward growth and can double in size as it starts flowering making it a good choice for a SCROG growing. Outdoors it can reach 3m tall which, along with good dry weight production, the precocity of the blue mother and the resin production and sedative power of the White Widow father, guarantees high production. It is a good producer offat purple buds totally coated with trichomes, with a fruit chewing gum taste and a nice strength.
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The taste and aroma of Blue Widow is outstanding, if there was ever to be a candy version of cannabis, this would be it. It is extremely sweet and has a distinctively fruity aroma and taste. It is like an explosion of fruit in your mouth. The high it induces is a potent, clear headed cerebral buzz. It is stronger than both White Widow and Blueberry, but not as heavy. It is a perfect choice for those needing a bit more clarity. Medical users will find that Blue Widow is great at helping to beat back the symptoms of stress, anxiety, headaches, nausea, mild to moderate pain and a lack of appetite.
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This is the first of a few posts celebrating all-American food for the upcoming holiday weekend. Enjoy!
I've made this once before, but I was sent to the emergency room before I got to try a piece. I was racing up the stairs from the basement, camera in hand, thinking that this was the coolest thing I had ever made and thus, definitely photo-worthy (come a long way, huh?). Looped around the banister was a strand of glass lights, one of which was broken. I grabbed the banister at just that spot and sliced my finger open. Fortunately, I managed to get my picture. Unfortunately, even though I was only at the ER for a few hours, the cake was gone by the time I got back.
I had to scan this picture in. I didn't realize how long it's been since I last made a flag cake!
I made this again for Memorial Day this year, and it turned out so well. It would be a perfect dessert for a 4th of July barbecue, especially since we're in the midst of blueberry season here in Central Texas.
You could certainly choose to use boxed cake mix and frosting if you're short on time, but homemade tastes so much better! Make sure you use a white cake (not yellow) to preserve the red, white and blue theme.
Cake recipe from Sara Moulton
For the cake:
- 12 Tbsp. (1-1/2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened, plus more for greasing the pan
- 1-1/2 cups sugar
- 2 c. all purpose flour
- 2 tsp. baking powder
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 6 large egg whites (3/4 c.)
- 3/4 c. milk
- 2 tsp. vanilla extract
For the frosting: (Keep in mind that buttercream should not be left outside in warm weather. I'd use another kind of frosting if you're planning on keeping the cake outside.)
- 16 Tbsp. (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
- ~4 c. confectioner's sugar
For the decoration:
- 2 lb. strawberries, washed, dried and sliced
- 1/2 pint blueberries, washed and dried
- Set rack at the middle level in the oven and preheat to 350 degrees. Butter the bottom of a 13×9″ pan and line the bottom with parchment or wax paper.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, beat the butter for the cake and granulated sugar for about 5 minutes with the paddle attachment until light and fluffy.
- Stir together flour, baking powder and salt and set aside.
- Stir together egg whites, milk and vanilla extract and set aside.
- Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the butter mixture, then add half the milk mixture. Continue to alternate the two, beginning and ending with the flour mixture. Scape the bowl and beater often.
- Pour the batter into the prepared pan and smooth the top with a metal spatula. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center emerges clean.
- Cool in the pan on a rack for 5 minutes, then turn out onto the rack, remove the paper and let cool completely.
- Beat the butter for the frosting in the bowl of a stand mixer with the whisk attachment until light and fluffy (~5 minutes).
- Gradually add the confectioner's sugar until the frosting is stiff.
- When the cake is cooled, using a long slicing knife (or one of these), slice the cake in half to make 2 layers.
- Frost the top of one of the bottom layer with the buttercream, then arrange 1 lb. of the sliced strawberries on top of the frosting.
- Put the second layer on top of the strawberries and frost the rest of the cake with the remaining buttercream.
- In the upper left corner of the cake, arrange the blueberries in a rectangle-ish square to form the stars. If you're feeling extra ambitious, use the remaining buttercream to pipe on the stars. I usually skip that. People know it's the flag without the stars.
- Using the other 1 lb. of strawberries, make horizontal rows across the cake to form the stripes.
This cake is a cross between sheet cake and strawberry shortcake, and in turn, it's got the best of both worlds. The rich flavor of the buttercream is counterbalanced by the freshness of the berries, ensuring that the cake isn't too heavy. The cake is moist and spongy, and a good vehicle for the berries and buttercream (sorry cake fans, I'm the kind of gal that always goes for the corner piece — the one with the most frosting). Although you can make this cake a single layer without the strawberries in the middle, it's much better with it; the juice from the strawberries soaks into the middle of the cake and you get the strawberry taste in every bite.


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Sometimes I wonder why I do Kendo. I mean, I've never questioned whether I should quit or not, that thought hasn't even crossed my mind. I just wonder sometimes. From a neutral standpoint, it seems that I push and push and push to the edge of exhaustion, and then come back and do it again. Over and over. Multiple times a week. I end up tired, sore, sometimes injured, but still I come back to do it again. This can probably explain a lot of sports and martial arts that people decide to take up. But then I remember the feeling I get from hitting a really good Men-uchi, or pushing just that little more beyond what I think I can do and getting that much more satisfaction from training. Or the fact that it helps to make me a better person by applying lessons I learn in Kendo to other areas of my life. So many good points to think about. What was the point of this? Not sure, just some good ol' fashioned pearls of wisdom from a very humble person.
Last night was one of those nights. THOSE nights. That leave me exhausted and sore all over the next day. But it was a great class, and I feel like I kept up a bit of the "advanced" feeling I gained from training last week. But I also found out that the harder I push myself, the faster I get exhausted. I had to sit out a couple of times last night, but each time I jumped back in when I felt I could handle it again. I felt like I pushed myself to the edge, stepped back a bit, and then rushed back at the edge again a few times last night. Even though I felt like passing out last night, looking back on it I think I did a great job, personally, even though I had to step out a few times.
We started off the night with Men drills without our bogu on. Just hitting each other's shinais. The focus was, as it has been, on no wasted movement and fast shinai speed. I've been working on keeping my shinai up so that it doesn't drop below parallel, and I think that my "muscle memory" is beginning to change and remember this. I feel that each training session I have to think about it a little less. When we moved onto hitting Men and pushing through, I tried to remember to do my follow-through steps as fast as possible, while pushing forward with my shinai for that "second cut" that Sinclair Sensei talks about. It feels like my footwork is improving, but I still have to actively think about it. My biggest thought last night was, "GO FASTER," and it helped a lot. I also tried to focus on pushing straight through instead of stepping to the side, as Ando Sensei showed me a few weeks ago. This led to a few run-ins with other people, but he said that it's ok to do that.
After grabbing our Men and Kote we went into Kirikaeshi, as is our normal routine. Sensei pointed out after class that I am doing a great job of hitting and stopping the shinai, but that I should start to focus on speed. He mentioned that I need to have faster shinai movement and that will help my footwork become faster. I've tried this a few times at home and it's definitely hard to do. Be accurate, move faster, and not stop the shinai like I'm used to doing. I'll continue to work on this, in and outside of the dojo.
The next few drills were Men, Kote-Men, and Do, and we were supposed to try and keep the same fast shinai speed that we were working on earlier. While I think I did this, I was also told that A) I drop my shinai tip right before I strike, and B) this happened when I started getting tired, but I bned my knees before I launch forward. Both of these are bad habits to pick up, as they telegraph my intentions. I need to work on striking from a fairly fixed point (relative to what I'm doing).
Debana Kote. Sensei went over this a bit last night, outlining four different techniques for striking them, and telling us that we should experiment with each one to see what feels best for us, or if we already know what feels best to work on that. The ways that he noted were:
After a short break I jumped into Jigeiko. Since I was the lowest ranked person at training last night, I was able to train with the higher kyus and the Yudansha, which felt awesome. I was SO SO tired by this point, but I tried to push on so that I could soak up as much time and training with them as I could. I've been working on my Hiki Waza a lot lately, and actually used it a few times in Jigeiko, even a few times that I think were rather successful. I feel that the weird pause I have is starting to disappear, and there were a few times I struck Hiki Men and moved back so fast I even surprised myself. This is all, of course, from my point-of-view and very well could have seemed faster because I was tired, but it's encouraging to me nonetheless.
After practice, I spoke with Ando Sensei and Sinclair Sensei. Ando Sensei said that my Men strike is very fast, and that I should continue to work on not hesitating during jigeiko. This is definitely a problem for me, especially when going up again the higher Yudansha in our club. It brings to mind a term I've read about a few times. Shikai, the four sicknesses of the mind. They are: Surprise, Fear, Hesitation, and Doubt. I definitely feel Hesitation and Doubt while fighting some of them, and I need to work to clear my mind of such negative thoughts and feelings. Sinclair Sensei said that I have improved my shinai speed and footwork, and to continue working on it, and that I need to start working on making my strikes in Kirikaeshi faster.
A great practice last night, and I'm definitely still feeling the drain it put on me, but I look forward to going back for more this weekend.
A few thoughts:
Men: Don't drop my tip down before I strike, and don't bend my knees down before I strike, either. I need to be able to hit from a static spot, or while moving in jigeiko. I'll work on this, on exploding from a standstill, so to speak.
Kirikaeshi: Again, work on faster shinai speed and faster footwork during jigeiko.
Ashi Sabaki: Continue with my mindset of "Be Faster." It's helping a lot, and helping me push myself even harder than before, which is helping to have a faster shinai and faster footwork.
- Fumikomi with right foot and strike while moving to the right side of the opponent's body. This works just like regular Kote would, but with a much shorter fumikomi since the opponent will be charging in at us.
- Bring the left foot forward and fumikomi with it while moving to the opponent's right side. Some people find this to be faster. It's not one that I've worked on too much, but I want to start working on it a bit more when I have the chance.
- Fumikomi with the right foot, but move to the right side of the opponenet as you strike. The key point here is to turn your hips and body as the opponent moves through, and continue to display zanshin back while facing the opponent. I felt really comfortable with this move, but it seems to require a bit faster shinai speed since it feels, to me, like I have to move across the opponent's body instead of to the side.
- Perform Hiki Kote, and display zanshin while moving backwards. This one works well with opponents that are significantly faster than you, as it gives you a few extra moments to set up and strike.


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Make your own guidebook
I just picked up one of Moleskine's new City Guides (Paris in my case). It's a delightful little affair. It's the usual small Moleskine notebook size with the trademark elastic strap and expanding note pocket in the back. But it has a lot of special features geared toward the active tourist:
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- Sheets of tracing paper with adhesive at the top (like Post-It notes) to place over the maps so you can trace out an itinerary
- Metro/subway map
- Pages for planning Before Going and while-you-are-there itineraries
- Clothing size conversion charts
- Tabbed pages for noting restaurants, people, places, events etc. that you've experienced
- Additional blank tabbed pages that allow you to make your own categories
They also supply a couple of sheets for noting inaccuracies so that you can email Moleskine and let them know. And it has three separate cloth bookmark tags (in 3 shades of gray) to mark different pages. My only complaint, as is the case with most Moleskine books, is there's no way to securely slot in a pen.
Finally, Moleskine has an accompanying website and blogs for each city (Paris, for example). One wonders if in the future they will open it for the general public to contribute to.
All in all a smart move for Moleskine, filling a need and making good use of their brand and legacy in multiple ways.
(As a side note, Moleskine's new Cahier notebooks are my favorite walkaround notebooks - small, flexible, lightweight, good paper, cheap. In kraft brown please. Sold in packs of 3.)


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The Instrumental Justice of Private LawUMKC Law Review (2010)
AbstractInstrumentalists and deontologists have long battled for an exclusive theory of private law. The instrumentalists have argued that private law is merely a means to achieving any number of political or social ends. Deontologists, by contrast, have contended that the law seeks only the moral end of justice and cannot be used for anything else. In this article, I critique these extreme positions and offer an intermediate theory called "instrumental justice." I show that the absolute instrumental view is elusive, illusory, and illiberal, while the absolute deontological view is incoherent, implausible, and in one critical respect, impossible. Instrumental justice avoids these problems by combining the best elements of both perspectives. This composite theory acknowledges the inherent instrumental nature of private law, but establishes justice as its central, organizing idea. So framed, instrumental justice's primary function is to create rights that serve as tools for marking and mapping important interests, and for defending and vindicating those interests when they are threatened or impaired. Rights, in turn, both imbue the law with the moral credibility necessary to perform secondary social functions, and prevent it from pursuing these functions at the expense of its core principles.
- Contracts,
- Torts,
- Law and Economics,
- Instrumentalism,
- Pragmatism,
- Liberalism,
- Deontology,
- Behavioral Science,
- Rights,
- Judge & Jury,
- Rules,
- Standards,
- Principles,
- Deterrence,
- Wrongdoing,
- Probable Cause,
- Justice,
- Corrective Justice,
- Distributive Justice,
- Private Law,
- Balance of Powers,
- Civil Action
Publication Date2010
Citation InformationAlan Calnan. "The Instrumental Justice of Private Law" UMKC Law Review Vol. 78 (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/alan_calnan/7/


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On July 29, 2014, the astronaut Edgar Mitchell, the 6th man to walk on the Moon, has sent an email to John Podesta, the former White House Chief of Staff. In this email, scientist aks to the politician to disclose the files on UFO.
Email published on Wikileaks:
"Dear John Pedestal:
As we move into the last half of 2014, the need for extraterrestrial
disclosure intensifies. Thank you for your kind consideration and response
to my email.
This 4 July weekend I will meet with President Obama's friend, Ambassador Hamamoto, at the US Mission in Geneva during their Independence Day Celebration. While in Geneva I will also speak at the UN and the European Space Agency regarding why we must move forward with disclosure and specific programs such as manned moon missions, since some scientists and others are calling for moon colonization due to what they perceive is happening on Earth.
John, with this email I am requesting a conversation with you and President Obama regarding the next steps in extraterrestrial disclosure for the benefit of our country and our planet.
Fifty years ago Battelle, Brookings and RAND studies on UFOs convinced the government to remove knowledge of the extraterrestrial presence from the citizens of our country. These organizations advised with their best information. However, today much, if not most, of the extraterrestrial reality they examined is known by our citizens. These organizations' resultant strategies and policies of 50 years ago no longer hold credibility or benefit.
Five decades of UFO information have dramatically shifted the public awareness of an extraterrestrial presence. And yet, our government is still operating from outdated beliefs and policies. These are detrimental to trust in government transparency, science, religion, and responsible citizenry embracing the next step in our country's space travel and research.
Three disclosure issues are prominent: 1) planet sustainability via next generation energies such as zero point energy, 2) galactic travel and research undertaken as an advanced species aware of the extraterrestrial presence, not as uninformed explorers who revert to colonialism and destruction and 3) the example of a confident, engaged government who respectfully regards the wisdom and intellect of its citizens as we move into space.
I respectfully receive your response to my request for conversation on disclosure.
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Warmest Regards,
Edgar D. Mitchell, ScD
Chief Science Officer & Founder, Quantrek
Apollo 14 astronaut
6th man to walk on the Moon"


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JayVortex posted a topic in General DiscussionI feel I should take a moment to publicly apologize for something I did to former Legion, current Swarm player MetalChic23. I judged her on an unimportant facet of her personality, and misread her being nice as something else entirely. I messaged her using kind words, while talking down about her to others, with what I thought was a way she would never find out. I have no excuse for my behavior, and apologize sincerely. For those who don't know exactly how badly I spoke of her behind her back, suffice to say I very much insulted her moral character. She did nothing to deserve this, and I was entirely in the wrong. It pains me to admit my behavior publicly, but I should hope this can maybe mend this rift. The way I acted was not the way I've been raised to treat others, and I would go so far as to say it goes against my very moral code. I always say not to judge others, yet there I was doing that exact thing. MetalChic, if you read this, I hope you find it in you to give me a second chance. I'm not just posting this because I got caught, but because looking back I truly regret saying it. It was out of line. I'm sorry.


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Cementos Lemona of Spain has presented a 161-day downsizing programme for its 123 members of staff its plant in Lemona, Biscay province, Finanzas reports. This is in light of a 40 per cent decline in production between 2007 and 2010.
With the readjustments the company hopes to adapt to current market conditions.
In 2011, the company had 166 days of production stoppage due to lower cement demand but to-date had not adjusted its labour. The company said it is not seeking to reduces wages or staff but aims to stop increases in labour costs.Published under Cement News


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Harriet was purchased from a thoroughbred stud's dispersal sale. Harriet is a grand-daughter of At Talaq (USA), who won the Melbourne Cup in 1986, and her own thoroughbred progeny are already making their mark on the racing scene.
Harriet was selected for our stud because of her correct conformation and exceptional good looks. She is a very kind, sweet mare, easy to handle and manage and has a delightful "laid-back" approach to life. Harriet is a big mare with beautiful movement and we expect that her foals by our connemaras will be tall, athletic, good looking and highly trainable.
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India – The epicenter of Yoga
Yoga is a spiritual practice through breathing techniques, asanas (postures), and practice that inculcates stillness in your life. In this stressful life that is heralded with intense competition you will learn coping mechanisms when you start the practice of yoga. Yoga practice deals with the spirit within the body. You will be acquainted with the process of self awareness and self realization when you start practicing yoga.
Yoga has originated in India, and has been a Vedic practice started in pre Vedic period of 5th and 7th BCE. It also prevents many chronic diseases in the body.
Here are some places in India where you can soak into the power of Yoga and benefit in a holistic manner by adopting it as part of your daily life:
- Isha Yoga Center, Tamil Nadu
Founded by Sadhguru, Jaggi Vasudev, Isha is a nonprofit and non religious organization that has attracted visitors from all over the world. Located 18kms away from Coimbatore in the Velliangiri Mountains, Isha has programs to teach intensive yoga and wellness programs for its visitors. This yoga center teaches yoga that leads to knowledge, action, energy, and devotion. This yoga centre has a DhyanaLinga, one of the most powerful Lingas of Lord Shiva that removes all the negativity and energy blockages when you sit and meditate in this place. There is accommodation available for families to stay and enroll into various yoga and wellness programs. You will get a complete holistic healing through these programs at this yoga center. Sadhguru is a mystic and a spiritual leader in our modern times, who provides discourses that embed satire and humor.
He uses scientific approach and blends them with spiritual methods to create life transforming programs. Yoga programs taught in this center do not follow any traditional customs or rituals. Sadhguru has been a spokesperson at most of the international meets and forums. You can visit the Aumkar Diksha and strength your mind, body, and the spirit within. You can also participate in celebrations and volunteer and provide your services for different programs at this yoga center. You will in tune with your inner self when you take up any of the yoga and wellness programs at this center.
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- Paramarth Niketan in Rishikesh
Paramarth Niketan in Rishikesh is one of the best yoga centers in India that is open to teaching yoga for beginners and also advanced practitioners. There are different types of yoga taught in this place. Right from bhakti yoga, kriya yoga, to an intense level of yoga, many yoga practices are taught at this place. All these programs are available throughout the year and you can contact the yoga center to get an admission into a course of your choice. You can also find a yoga center that is close to your city and get a spiritual retreat over the weekend. Regardless of your religion, caste, and nationality, you can visit this yoga centre and get a complete rejuvenation for your life. Under the guidance of Swami Chidanand Saraswati, these programs are designed to provide complete healing and transformation to individuals.
Apart from daily satsang, kirtan, Ganga Aarti is performed in the evenings. This center is located on the bank of sacred river, Ganga. Hatha yoga, Vinyāsa yoga, and yoga nidra are the special kinds of yoga taught at this place. Vinyasa yoga helps placing subtle energies in the right place inside the body and removes energy blockages. There are also various camps conducted at this center to teach pranayam, reiki healing, acupressure, and ayurveda.
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- Himalayan Iyengar Yoga Institute in Dharamshala
You could take a yoga retreat to the Himalayan Iyengar Yoga Institute in Dharamshala. Seated in the best of beauty of nature, this natural habitat to learn yoga has been one of the best places to learn and get into a spiritual practice of yoga. You will get an intensive course in healing and spiritual awareness. No matter what is your health problem, there is a solution for most of the treatable health ailments in these yoga retreats. An individual program is designed to help find the patient relief from their health ailments. You will be able to release all the internal blockages when you take this program.
This center is open from April to October every year. Special yoga to raise the consciousness and clear the energy blockages in seven chakras of human body are taught here. Also, pranic healing programs are also available at this center. You will get complete holistic healing when you visit this place that is amidst Himalayas.
- Osho Meditation Resort, Pune
There are many personal growth and mediation programs that are available here. There are different kinds of meditations that you can learn here, right from kundalini meditation, nataraja meditation, chakra meditation, and many other potent forms of meditation that are meant to activate the subtle energies inside the body and help you get acquainted with stillness. Most of these exercises and meditation techniques are practiced for 15 to 20 minutes. You will learn how to gain inner tranquility when you choose from a variety of programs at this centre. Also, available are meditation programs for working people. The chakra meditation is performed in two stages. The first stage lasts for 45 minutes and the second stage for 15 minutes. When you meditate on the chakra music, you will feel the subtle energy travelling from the base of the spine into higher levels of energy inside the body. This chakra meditation is done to clear energies and bring in new energies at different levels of chakras inside the body.
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So bring out your Yoga mats and gear and set off to one of these places to not just learn Yoga, but let it heal your life in more ways than one!


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A recently published study found that one-year seizure-free rates for epilepsy patients have hovered at 64 percent for 30 years. More than one-third of patients experience epilepsy that is uncontrolled.1 Seizure frequency has not greatly changed. Adding, or substituting, antiepileptic drugs (AED) did not significantly lead to complete seizure control.
For those patients who stayed seizure-free for a year, 87 percent were taking just one AED and 90 percent achieved freedom from seizures with either the first or the second AED. If the initial AED failed, the second and third regimens provided only an additional 12 percent and 4 percent likelihood, respectively, of seizure freedom. Reductions in seizure frequency for treatment-resistant patients on each new AED, however, are not insignificant. But, only 2 percent achieved optimal seizure control with subsequent AEDs.
Current AEDs do not modify the underlying cause, i.e., the pathobiology of epilepsy.
Most patients in the study initially took Carbamazepine (Tegretol), valproate (Depakote) and phenytoin (Dilantin) in the 1980's and 1990's. Later, levetiracetam (Keppra) and lamotrigine (Lamictal) were the initial AEDs. Although some newer drugs have novel anti-seizure mechanisms, they did not improve long-term seizure control.
Worse prognosis for control was associated with: a) the number of seizures that occurred prior to treatment; b) a family history of epilepsy in first-degree relatives and; c) a history of recreational drug use in epilepsy patients.
Research into interfering with or reversing the underlying seizure-inducing process, rather than just suppressing seizures, continues.
The secondary benefits of newer AEDs should be kept in mind compared with older AEDs: these include lower risks for birth defects, improved cognitive profiles and minimal drug interactions.
Newer drugs in the pipeline hold promise. Experience will reveal their efficacy.
Genetic manipulations and immune therapies are exciting research areas to improve or cure epilepsy.
Epilepsy-surgery can be curative in properly selected patients.
- Chen Z, Brodie MJ, Liew D, et. al. Treatment outcomes in patients with newly diagnosed epilepsy treated with established and new antiepileptic drugs. A 30-year longitudinal cohort study. JAMA Neurology 2018; 75 (3): 279-286.
Lance Fogan, M.D. is Clinical Professor of Neurology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. "DINGS" is his first novel. It is a mother's dramatic story that teaches epilepsy, now available in eBook, audiobook and soft cover editions.


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My Sony Bravia LCD crapped out after 8 years. They don't make em like they use to!
I have another 9 year old Vizio I know is on borrowed time.
+1 for CRTs there!
Ziggy587 wrote:I have a 27" flatscreen CRT Samsung that's still kicking. And visually I've always liked it. I had an old Samsung 19" bubble screen that always worked well for me. I only got rid of it because I have too many CRTs, but it still worked fine. My parents had a 27" bubble screen Samsung in their living room until just a few years ago. They had it for quite a few years, and it still worked fine (they upgraded to an HDTV). So as far as reliability goes, I've never had a problem with Samsung.
I hear ya, once you go beyond 27" a CRT gets to be a real pain in the ass. My 27" Samsung is as light as a feather (for a CRT). My 27" Sony Wega is heavy, but I can still move it by myself. My 30-something" bubble screen Trinitron takes two people to move.
Sarge wrote:That's my only gripe about my Trinitron. Maybe I should look for something a little smaller... but having component inputs is awfully nice, even if it doesn't really make a huge difference on a CRT.
Anapan wrote:Nice! That's an awesome setup you have there.
That screen at that size must be really clean and sharp. I've only used larger flat screen trinitrons.
The geometry on them always bugs me enough that I bring out a yard stick and mess with the geometry in the service menu while testing vertical and horizontal scrolling.
What hardware are you using to interface your consoles with the component input?
chuckster wrote: If you look at the picture, the little blue display under the table is a Pelican System Selector Pro, a 6-input component switch.
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A poet , teacher and spiritual director currently based at two theological seminaries, I value the contemplative and "prophetic" dimensions of life. , I use this blog to post thoughts on poetry, spirituality, theology and connections between a thoughtful, prayerful and committed Christian faith and daily living in this challenging world.
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- I work as a teacher, poet and spiritual director at a number of institutions in the DC area. My teaching focuses in various ways on writing, poetry, Spirituality and Christian vocation and ministry - especially from the point of view of the laity. I also offer classes and retreats encouraging people to explore their inner lives, engage their creativity and reflect on their beliefs about God, vocation, and how we can discern and pursue new ways to transform our broken world. I enjoy speaking of faith in the secular academy as well as reminding those preparing for ministry in the Church that our primary purpose is to love and serve the world beyond the church's doors. I love helping people to grow in faith and to find their own voices, and I also love encouraging them to use their minds. I see no contradiction between these impulses, believing as I do that faith, reason and creativity work together.
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Re: "Did the Banks Go Crazy?," by
There is much in Joseph Heath's essay with which one can agree, including the critique of the rationality-efficiency emphasis by certain economists and practitioners of finance, which doubtless played a role in the credit crisis.
Professor Heath also sometimes goes too far, however, as when he writes of the crisis that "many [economists] actively contributed to it by aggressively rationalizing the very practices and institutional arrangements that gave rise to the collapse of the U.S. investment banking system" (p.3).
Many economists have long since qualified the view that markets were rational and efficient from a social point of view. The "new behavioral approach to economics," emphasizing the role of psychology, has certainly challenged ideas of perfect rationality. But the quality of institutions, both public and private, has long been an important aspect of the economics of growth – see, for example, the long-standing publication record of those associated with the he Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.
Professor Heath also says that relevant academic specialists have strongly resisted the common sense view that, in relation to stock options and executive compensation, "CEOs were just ripping off shareholders, taking advantage of information asymmetries and collective action problems that resulted in weak oversight." But institutional economics has long studied the high incidence of opportunistic behavior, information asymmetries, and moral hazard in complex markets such as finance, all leading to excessive risk taking.
Surveys by the American Economic Association (AEA) and others likewise present a picture that does not fit well with Heath's depiction of economists' views. A working paper by Samuel Klein and Charlotta Stein (2006) for the Swedish Institute for Social Research surveys AEA members on their views on 18 specific forms of government activism. They conclude "that a large majority of economists are either generally favorable to or mixed on government intervention, and hence cannot be regarded as supporters of free-market principles" (p.1). There are some problems here, including a relatively low response rate of 27 percent and questions about how one interprets the cut-off point for free-market supporter. But it is of interest that the tariff is the only case of the 18 forms of intervention which economists largely opposed.
Similarly, Professor Heath goes too far when he castigates "most" economists for failing to predict the crisis. I do not know of a study of the proportion of economists who predicted the crash – and Professor Heath does not cite one. But as for the undoubted errors by some (not all) macroeconomists and those in financial economics, it is instructive to consider Robert Lucas's recent piece in the The Economist (8 August, 2009, 67). It appears we will never be able to forecast crises adequately, despite all the evidence available on such collapses – after all, the recession under way in 2008, led by housing, was not very different from many that preceded it. What turned it into something much worse was the collapse of Lehman Brothers, which exposed serious underlying financial problems that had accumulated in the system over time. Nevertheless, one keeps hoping that analysis – theoretical, empirical, historical – will give greater success in such forecasting of very complex phenomena.
(In their recent book, This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly, Carmen Reinhart and Kenneth Rogoff have argued that history and precedent bear very much on issues in current finance.)
And yet, will anyone in power even listen to accurate economic analysis? During the 1990s, a U.S. hedge fund called Long Term Capital Management, based on a formulaic approach to investing with very high leverage and little regulation, had spectacular success for a time, then equally spectacular failure. Because of feared systemics effects, the Federal Reserve led a rescue operation along with various banks. Curiously, some of the financial tactics used and even some of the Federal Reserve and other banks' personnel figured in the more recent crisis. Was there no learning going on at all during this earlier bailout, or do some of those in power not listen well?
Obviously some economists have had a large influence on the ideas of policy-makers and business people, but decision-making power ultimately lies with government and big business groups. Think of the excessive leveraging, poor assessment of risk, and outright dishonesty at the most senior levels of some major firms. Think of the failure of government to regulate the shadow banking system which grew to finance such a large part of economic activity, including ridiculously overpriced mergers and acquisitionsssets now saddled with huge debt and low sales; of the poor timing of the repeal of Glass-Steagall, which had separated commercial from investment banking; of the easy acceptance of potentially explosive financial innovation because of government desire to make housing even more affordable; and the decision to hold interest rates low after the 2001 recession. So while some economists played a part, both business and government contributed mightily to the damage of the last few years.
Ed Safarian
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario
Re: "Benefits of Empire," by
Colin Robertson's review of Matthew Lange's recent book, Lineages of Despotism and Development, takes issue with the rather reasonable view that the illiberal character of every imperial adventure is always unwelcome to those who are colonized. In response, he evokes the grandeur and nobility of sentiment that adorned the British imperial project at its apex. Yet one cannot help suspecting that where Lange sees the reality, Robertson serves up romance. He falls prey to the easy trifecta of self-serving arguments employed by defenders of the British Empire—it was preferable to its vampire empire competitors, it left behind some worthy institutions and, finally, it saved the Natives from themselves (witness the bloodshed when Britain finally left).
Robertson reflects "it sometimes seems that more ink than blood has been spilled by both [the British Empire's] defenders and antagonists." Sadly, this was not the case. The long and grisly catalogue from slave trade to aborigine slaughter, opium wars, murderous collective reprisal massacres from the Sudan, Malaysia and Amritsar, to the Bengal famine of 1770, all tell a much different story of empire than that of the penny post. Rather, one comes to view a state of affairs littered with avarice, cruelty and incompetence only to be justified with the rhetoric of a humanizing and humanitarian ideal. History shows that where freedom and empire are in tension, those who would conquer display a preference for the latter. Robertson approvingly quotes Orwell, but misses a more instructive passage where Orwell notes that "empire is a despotism—benevolent, no doubt, but still a despotism with theft as its final object."
Isn't this debate oh-so-1990s—aren't we all post-colonial now? The consequences of understanding empire and our role in it are real, particularly as former colonies that were at the business end of empire start to play larger global roles and flirt with their own imperial projects (China in Africa). English Canada is still recovering from our own post-colonial hangover, not sure what to be proud of and what to disassociate from. Our response to our own part in imperial history will inform our global relationships in the coming decades. The glories of dominion status and the glamour of association with such a grand global project as empire rightly started to fade in the trenches of World War One and have been thoroughly supplanted by the emergence of modern, post-Pearsonian Canada. In practice, we've fashioned a very 21st-century post-imperial idea of self that, if well told, travels well in the rest of the world. But, as Robertson shows, nostalgia, even amongst keen observers, fades slowly and is deeply wrapped up in our family and institutional memories. Robertson, and the rest of us, would do well to recall Edward Gibbon: "The history of empires is the history of human misery."
Rana Sarkar
Canada-India Business Council
Toronto, Ontario
Re: "Halfway There," by
Les Horswill's review of Open and Shut: Why America Has Barack Obama and Canada Has Stephen Harper, John Ibbitson's strange little book, both totally misses the mark and is bang on.
Horswill ignores the parade of stereotypes and anecdotal claptrap that make the book a right-wing equivalent to Michael Adams's Fire and Ice: The United States, Canada and the Myth of Converging Values, except without the poll results. In 2003 Adams told us that "hot" George W. Bush was America, to smugly reassure "cool" Canadians in their own superiority. Now Ibbitson tells us that "open" Obama is America (and worse, "closed" Stephen Harper is Canada), to needle them with their own inferiority. Neither is right, of course.
Horswill also ignores the fact that Ibbitson's book actually has almost nothing to do with either Obama or Harper. Instead, we have a smorgasbord of policy recommendations (hopes? dreams?) that make some sense to Ibbitson, but are much more difficult for the reader to understand as anything remotely approaching a coherent whole. There is an overwrought demand to "open" the Canadian bureaucracy, something about pushing charter schools, a rant that members of Parliament swear allegiance to the constitution, another bit about having the feds play a larger role in urban affairs, even a call for high speed rail.
Horswill ignores these shortcomings to serve his own purpose, which he correctly understands is the real core of Open and Shut: advocating deep integration with the United States, which Horswill calls "impeccably mainstream." This is probably news to most mainstream Canadians, who might favour free trade but haven't shown a scintilla of interest in deep integration, either by creating a customs union, as Ibbitson suggests, or better yet, in Horswill's view, by allowing Americans to vote in our elections, adopting the U.S. currency or, ultimately, simply joining the United States.
Both Ibbitson and Horswill are providing the one panacea deep integrationists always offer, no matter what the question, crisis or conundrum is. The way for Canadians to get rid of their stiff Harper and get a shiny new Obama is deep integration. Deep integration was also the answer to the plunging dollar. It will be so when the dollar reaches parity, too. Deep integration was the solution after 9/11, and the solution before 9/11. And so on.
Stranger still, while Ibbitson and Horswill think that Obama's ascendance can convince stubborn Canadians of their logic, they both ignore the reality that Obama is probably the greatest obstacle to their dream.
Dimitry Anastakis
Trent University
Peterborough, Ontario
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Which subject in school did you find impossible to master? Did math give you hives? Did English make you scream? Do tell!
Math! Math! No please, I'd rather take a bath!
Numbers and signs are hard on my mind.
Integers and equations cause me such frustration.
Positive or negative it makes my mood volative.
Less than or equal it is torturously medieval!
Math! No, please no, can't I instead take a bath?
English? English you say? No thank you, not today!
Nouns and verbs, my mental health do disturb.
Parsing and syntax all stress me to the max.
Prepositions, put me in a sour disposition.
Participles: active or passive, cause a headache−massive!
English? Grammar you say? No thank you, not on any day.
Science, oh it is a bore! Can't you hear me snore?
Physics and motion, I'd rather be at the ocean.
Tectonic plates and rocks, I'd rather have chicken pox!
Chemistry and astronomy, why can't I just watch TV?
Geology and oceanography? Oh, lucky, lucky me!
Science, oh it's such a chore! I'll just pitch a fit on the floor!
Reading? No not reading! I can feel my brain already bleeding!
All those words, words, words, they really are for the birds.
Poetry with its rhymes, is such a laborious waste of time.
Yes, I've heard of the Bard, but it's just simply too hard!
And what of Tennyson and Shelly? My brain is mush as jelly!
Reading? No please no reading, please and please, I'm pleading!
Government? Seriously? That's what you want me to study?
Civics and polity, that is what you have to offer me?
Senators, branches and houses? I don't care what he espouses!
Votes and elections, these hold none of my affections.
Gerrymandering and vetoes? Who really cares to know?
Government? Are you kidding me? I'd rather eat a big bowl of broccoli!
Subjects, yes one and all; each to me has a flaw,
Why can't we study, things that are interesting to me?
Why not study video games, instead of subjects that are lame?
Why not read about sports, something nice and short?
Why not a class on ice cream, that would make my intellect beam!
Subjects, boring one and all; except PE and break, these are a ball!


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I once considered myself a loner, and even an outcast. The ridiculous thing is I hung out with a group of outcasts and loners. This was my gang, my posse, my squad or whatever the hip kids are calling it now a days. More importantly we were a team. We knew each others strengths and weaknesses and how to work around them. Were we saving the world or promoting a great cause? No, we were mainly just watching terrible movies and eating junk food, but we knew exactly how to make it happen.
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In the Summer of 2014 I'd been married less than a year, had a three year old son and we'd just moved into our first apartment together after previously living with Liz's father. Also that Summer the company that I had worked for the past two years was bought out and by that Fall my office was shut down and I was laid off. I would be unemployed for about a year and a lot would happen in that time.
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Recently I was reading an article about how my generation had been reclassified. Being born in the early 80s people my age don't fully identify with Millennials or Generation X so we've been dubbed Xennials. Generation X were mostly adults before the huge technology boom of almost everyone having internet and cell phones, and Millennials for the most part won't remember a time when they didn't have instant access to their favorite forms of entertainment. Xennials on the other hand grew up in the middle of the technology revolution.
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For the past few weeks I've been considering our options at my church Restoration House as we make plans to reorganize and rebuild our youth ministry. During my 35 years I've been to quite a few different churches and spent many years away from the faith, which is a story for another time. I started thinking back to my early years and my first memories of church.