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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Mainland Chinese stocks plunged in early trading Thursday, also dragging down their Hong Kong counterparts, after the nation's banking regulator moved to curb risks posed by wealth-management products offered by lenders. The Shanghai Composite SHCOMP, +0.29% plunged 2.3% to to 2,352.61, with banks across the board hit hard and some briefly dropping by the day's 10% limit. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index HSI, +0.04% lost 1% to 22,249.08 and the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index shed 1.6%, with the sell-off on Chinese banks adding to the pressure amid worries over Europe. Hong Kong-listed shares of China Minsheng Banking Corp. 1988, -0.37% CMAKY, -3.19% China Merchants Bank Co. 3968, +1.48% CIHKF and China Citic Bank Corp. 0998, -0.36% CHBJF, -1.47% dropped 4% or more. Europe-exposed firms and resource producers were also hit, with heavyweight HSBC Holdings PLC 0005, +0.26% HBC, -1.43% losing 1.2%, while Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd. 2600, -0.65% ACH, -2.15% sank 3.8% after posting a larger-than-expected loss.
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'You should come to the party on Saturday night at The Pit,' Boris says. 'There'll be hundreds of bikers from all over the Balkans, exotic dancers, lots of meat and drink. We will get very messed up, yes. But,' he adds, ominously, 'it's gonna cost you some blood.'
A small price to pay for a night of debauchery Zagreb-biker style, I think, and imagine myself slashing my arm with a broken bottle before rubbing my A-negative against the open wound of a giant, bearded Croat called Ox and thus sealing our union in perpetuity, or at least until one of us forgets the other's birthday and the whole thing descends into an unseemly tiff.
'For the last time, I do not want your blood.' This, not from an ungrateful Ox, but a rather petite nurse at a Zagreb hospital, working through the queue of bikers at their annual donation fest. 'You are British and you might have mad cow disease,' she says. I am left to turn around like the weedy boy not picked for the team and walk past the queue and the red wine and sausages that I will not now get to try because I am horribly diseased, possibly.
'Never mind. They are idiots. Let's go and get wasted. Luverly jubbly,' Boris says. Boris, 29, thinks everyone is an idiot and his speech is peppered with catchphrases from classic British sitcoms, hugely popular in Croatia.
By now he has perhaps drunk enough to not be considering anything more complicated than falling over, but for some reason thinks it's a good idea to jump on a powerful motorcycle and pull a wheelie before slaloming through the Zagreb traffic. 'The cops here are idiots and they never arrest bikers,' he tells me at the next set of lights. 'But if they try, we will make a run for it. Just follow me.'
We get to The Pit and my hosts are a fantastic bunch and there are countless toasts with cherry brandy and glasses, once drained, are smashed on the floor. There is a pig roast, barrels and barrels of beer and the 'exotic dancers' make their appearance and start gyrating around poles, thrusting their thong-clad bums in punters' faces. Now the bikers are ripping off their shirts and joining the girls on the poles. The room is an ocean of smiling faces, a piss-up of Bacchanalian proportions. Everyone seems to be having a blast. Except me.
'Your face has changed shape,' Boris shouts at me. And I know exactly what he means. For since hitting my forties, there's been this bizarre Cinderella thing going on, where, on the stroke of midnight or thereabouts, my face turns into a pumpkin: a crumpled, swollen, fleshy mess.
And always accompanying John Merrick at the witching hour is Victor Meldrew, because now I'm looking at the pole dancers and thinking: 'What is the bloody point of that?' And suddenly everything seems so ridiculous - the bikers, the drinking, the dancing - and, oh, what I wouldn't give right now for a painting of me hanging on a wall back home ...
'I'll take you back to your hotel if you like,' Boris offers, and I want to say: 'No thanks. I'll just pop some E and I'll see you up on the pole in a minute.' But I mutter something about just needing to find my coat.
We leave The Pit and jump on our bikes. But Boris seems to have revised his opinions about the Zagreb police, or maybe me, because this time there are no wheelies or screeching tyres and we ride cautiously across building sites, through industrial estates and along the deserted back streets.


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Open session for the Fans Team!
EVER dreamed of playing for the Clarets? Well now you can! The Burnley Supporters Team are holding an open training session on Wednesday evening for all to come along to.
This is your chance to play for Burnley this season.
After an encouraging return to training on Saturday morning, the Burnley FC Supporters Team invites any fans interested in representing the team to attend the next session.
Training takes place on Wednesday evening (July 16th) at 7.15 on Lower Towneley playing fields- opposite the astro-turf facility. The team are looking to strengthen in several positions in preparation for the first full season in the IFA supporters league. To learn more about the team and the league, click here.
New players will be given the chance to stake their claim for a starting place with two friendlies lined up in the coming weeks beginning with a prestigious charity fixture against a Northern Ireland team, followed by a game against our allies at Rosegrove.
Manager Wayne McIntosh invited prospective players along, stressing that he and coach Andrew greaves will welcome anyone into the squad.
'Any new players are welcome to attend regardless of position, fitness & ability.'
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omputer Centre administers and manages the entire Campus Computer Network which includes Departments, Schools, Centres, Main Administrative Building, Hostels and the Guest House. Network Connectivity is also provided to the remote locations like Institute Hospital, Security Cameras, etc.
We provide Web-based Email GPO that enables all the users to access their mailbox from anywhere (inside or outside IITB) via the Internet, an institute wide directory service LDAP and centralized storage Bighome to every student, faculty and staff for personal use. We encourage use of free and open software like GNU/Linux distributions. We host mirrors of popular GNU/Linux distributions on our FTP Portal. We also provide various advanced and special purpose softwares such as Ansys, Matlab, Mathematica, Maple, Techplot, etc. for all the campus users.
The faculty and staff of computer centre are involved in spreading computer literacy by delivering lectures in other institutions and organizing Continuing Education Programs. They also organize lectures and training sessions for the administrative staff to enable them to get comfortable with the World Wide Web.


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September 12, 2005
LIAI scientists discover cellular switch for controlling immune system function
SAN DIEGO "" (September 12, 2005) A major finding by researchers at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology (LIAI) has identified a previously unknown cellular mechanism that acts as an off switch for immune system function. The discovery could lead to the future development of new treatments for autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and Crohn's disease.
In autoimmune diseases, the immune system, which normally wards off invading viruses and bacteria, instead mistakenly attacks normal body tissues, leading to illness. "By understanding this cellular process for turning off immune system activity, we are hopeful this will lead to new treatments that will stop unwanted immune responses, such as those which occur in autoimmune diseases," said LIAI scientist Carl Ware, Ph.D., who co-led the study with LIAI researcher Chris Benedict, Ph.D. The research team also involved scientists from Rush Medical Center and Northwestern University in Chicago and Washington University in St. Louis.The findings will be published September 13 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) in a paper entitled, "Evolutionarily Divergent Herpesviruses Modulate T cell activation by Targeting the Herpesvirus Entry Mediator (HVEM) Cosignaling Pathway."
Jennifer Gommerman, Ph.D., and Tania Watts, Ph.D., of the University of Toronto's Department of Immunology, who co-wrote a PNAS commentary on the paper scheduled for online publication this week, called the findings a significant advancement. "This discovery underscores the importance of this pathway in immune regulation and advances our knowledge of how to develop effective treatments for certain illnesses."
In the study, the team of scientists looked at two members of the herpes family of viruses, cytomegalovirus and herpes simplex virus, because of their ability to lay dormant in the immune system without causing disease. "These viruses teach us how to manipulate the immune system," Dr. Ware said. "We found that these two very different viruses were attacking the same communication pathway in the immune system." By disrupting that pathway, the viruses were keeping T lymphocytes - which are white blood cells that fight disease - from communicating with other cells in the immune system. "It's kind of like jamming a phone system," Dr. Ware explained. "If communication gets cut off, messages won't get through and nothing is going to get done."
Central in the viruses' ability to manipulate immune system communication was a cellular protein called the Herpesvirus Entry Mediator (HVEM), which the scientists found effectively worked as an "off and on switch" for immune responses. Several cellular proteins -- members of the tumor necrosis factor (TNF) family -- interact with HVEM to enable this immune system communication switch. HVEM is part of a larger TNF family of molecules involved in a wide variety of important immune system functions. The finding is the latest from Dr. Ware's laboratory involving TNF receptors, which he has been studying for more than 20 years. Drugs targeted at the TNF family are prominent treatments against some autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and Crohn's disease.
Mitchell Kronenberg, Ph.D., LIAI President and Scientific Director, said the team's findings are regarded as very exciting by the scientific community. "This research could one day lead to the development of drugs that mimic the action of HVEM," he said. "That could give medical science a new method for reducing or even stopping the inflammation associated with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases."
The findings also have implications beyond autoimmune disease, including possible application in treatments for infectious diseases and cancer. "An important part of our findings is that HVEM can not only switch off immune system response but it can also switch it on," Dr. Ware said. "This may be valuable in fighting infectious disease, where the body needs a stronger immune response. It also could aid in prompting immune cells to attack cancerous cells."
In addition to Ware and Benedict, other researchers participating in the study from the La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology were Timothy Cheung, Ian Humphreys, Karen Potter, Paula Norris, Heather Shumway, Bonnie Tran, Ginelle Patterson, Rochelle Jean-Jacques and Miri Yoon. In Chicago, researchers participating were Patricia Spear from Northwestern University and Nell Lurain from Rush Medical Center, and in St. Louis, Kenneth Murphy from Washington University. The research was supported in part by grants from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health.
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As children move toward adulthood, parents face several milestone decisions. In each case, part of the decision involves a desire to help children become more independent and responsible. But, there is another milestone that parents might not anticipate, even though it will be part of almost every child's growing-up experience and (unlike car keys and credit cards) it is legally required. It's the filing of the first income tax return in a child's name.
As parents should realize, income tax filing is not taught in schools and it's not a subject that captivates teens' attention on TV. Most children have only a dim idea of what income taxes are, let alone the specific rules they are required to meet. Therefore, the parent's role is to initiate this rite of passage by evaluating tax-filing requirements and/or obtaining guidance from tax professionals. This article is designed as a parent's "quick guide" to this subject. It covers the basic rules that you should know for determining when your child must (or should) file. It also offers suggestions for helping children take responsibility for their own tax chores in the future.
A Quick Parental Guide to Taxes
Let's begin by describing three basic reasons why children should file federal income tax returns:
- Filing is required by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), based on the child's income.
- Filing can help to recover taxes that have been withheld by your child's employer.
- Filing helps to educate children and establish good financial habits that will continue into adulthood.
When Children Must File
Children can be claimed as dependents provided that they meet one of the following categories:
- Under age 19 at the end of the year
- Under age 24 at the end of the year and a full-time student
- Permanently disabled at any age
To claim an exemption for a dependent child, the taxpayer must provide at least 50% of the child's support and the child must live with the adult at least half of the year. Parents, step-parents, foster parents, siblings and grandparents may claim children as dependents.
For a qualifying dependent child, there are four basic tests, any one of which requires a federal income tax return to be filed for a given year:
- The child has unearned income (from investment interest, gains, and so on) above $1,000.
- The child has earned income above $6,550.
- Gross income is greater than the larger of $1,000 or earned income (up to $6,200) plus $350.
- Net earnings from self-employment are $400 or more.
In each case, amounts shown are for 2014. For more details, see IRS Publication 929: Tax Rules for Children and Dependents.
Additional rules apply for children who are blind, who owe Social Security and Medicare taxes on tips or wages not reported to or withheld by the employer, or those who receive wages from churches exempt from employer Social Security and Medicare taxes. Consult a qualified tax professional for details.
If filing is required by the first test above and the child has no other income except unearned income, parents can avoid a separate filing for the child by making an election described later in this article.
Example - When to File
Many states have filing requirements for children that parallel federal rules, but you should check with a qualified tax advisor for details regarding your state's filing rules.
When Filing Can Recover Taxes Withheld
When children take jobs that pay taxable wages, some employers may automatically withhold part of pay for income taxes. By filing Form W-4 in advance of withholding, children who do not expect to owe any income tax can request that employers not withhold. But if the employer has already withheld taxes, the child should file a return to get the taxes back from the IRS.
The simplest way to file is to use the one-page IRS Form 1040EZ, which can be found on the IRS website. The child must sign the form, attach a copy of any Form W-2 provided by the employer, and the IRS will process the refund. Even if the amounts withheld are small, parents should sit down with the child and file the Form 1040 EZ to request a refund. It is quick, simple and most importantly, it teaches the child that every tax dollar counts.
When Filing Is Educational
Filing income taxes can teach children how the U.S. tax system works while helping them create sound filing habits early in life. In some cases, it also can help children start saving money or earning benefits for the future.
In the example above, Johnny earned money from mowing lawns, a form of self-employment. While this type of work usually involves cash payments and Johnny is not required to file a tax return unless net profit from self-employment is $400 or more, it might be a good idea to report self-employment income, for two reasons:
- Earning Social Security work credits - Children can begin earnings work credits toward future Social Security and Medicare benefits when they earn a sufficient amount of money, file the appropriate tax returns, and pay Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA) or self-employment tax.
- Start an IRA - By declaring his self-employment income, Johnny becomes eligible to start a Traditional or Roth IRA and contribute up to 100% of net income from self-employment.
Children can file Form 1040EZ and attach a Schedule C-EZ to report business profits.
What Parents Should Understand
When it comes to filing their children's income taxes, parents need to know the following:
- Legally, children bear primary responsibility for filing and signing their own income tax returns. This responsibility can begin at any age, perhaps well before children become eligible to vote. According to IRS Publication 929, "If a child cannot file his or her own return for any reason, such as age, the child's parent or guardian is responsible for filing a return on his or her behalf."
- Children can receive tax deficiency notices and even be audited. If this happens, parents should immediately notify the IRS that the action concerns a child. According to IRS Publication 929, "The IRS will try to resolve the matter with the parent(s) or guardian(s) of the child consistent with their authority."
- If children are otherwise required to file a tax return and their only income consists of interest, dividends and capital gains (unearned income), parents may elect to include the child's income on their own tax returns and avoid a separate filing. Consult a tax professional to determine if this choice is available or the best option.
- Children who earn net self-employment income above the filing threshold are required to pay self-employment tax for Social Security and Medicare, even if no income tax is owed. The tax is assessed at a rate of 13.3% of net self-employment income reported. If this applies to your child, attach Form SE to your child's tax return.
Ideas Parents Should Communicate with Children
Discuss the following information with your children:
- When your children start working, sit down with them and discuss their first paycheck stub. It will show gross earnings, any deductions for income taxes and any deductions for FICA taxes (Social Security and Medicare). Explain that the child probably can receive a refund of any income taxes withheld, but the FICA deductions won't be refunded, and they will continue for every paycheck the child receives, at any age. This is a good time to explain the basics of Social Security and Medicare and the benefits of earning credits in these programs.
- Explain to the child that two pieces of information are required on every income tax form: the taxpayer's name and tax identification number (usually the Social Security number for children). The IRS wants these two items to match the data it has on file, and problems will arise if there is a discrepancy. Remind the child to avoid using nicknames on tax returns.
- Emphasize to children that individual income tax returns are due by April 15, but there is no penalty for filing earlier, and doing so generally is a good habit.
- Explain that tax returns contain confidential information that should be protected from prying eyes. Set a good example by filing away completed returns and copies in a secure place.
- Encourage children to sign their own tax forms, and explain that the signature attests to the form's truth, accuracy and completeness under penalty of perjury. Emphasize that perjury means "telling a lie under oath" to emphasize the need for honesty in filing taxes.
- Reinforce the importance of paying attention to taxes, filing on time and taking IRS obligations seriously.
The Bottom Line
As discussed above, it is up to parents to teach income tax filing to their kids because most children are not being taught how to do this in school. The best way to teach your child about taxes, returns and the value of a dollar is to start teaching early, and walk them through the process the first few times. You must fully explain the reasons for each action they are taking - and if you don't know the answers to their questions, make sure to talk to a financial professional who does.
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Culture And Art
( Originally Published Early 1900's )
Art, in all its phases, is merely a compend of lifelong studies in nature and in human conditions, reported by those with exceptional powers of perception, insight, and inference. If men are to become wise, they must have experience. If they cannot travel and become personally acquainted with different parts of the world, and its inhabitants, they must derive their experience from those who can do so. There is no more efficient way of deriving this than from the pictures, poems, dramas, and novels of great artists. But the effects of art are so subtle, they depend upon so many complex causes, that one can derive comparatively little from it, until he has learned to do so. And when he has learned this, the result is so connected with everything in his whole complex constitution, with both mind and soul, that not only his intellectual but his spiritual experience is enlarged almost beyond measure.—Essay on Teaching in Drawing.
CULTURE, AS RELATED TO SCIENCE vs. ART.
A scientific specialist with any amount of learning, if it be merely learning, may not give any suggestion of what is meant by culture. A man may study science all his life, and never do it—which fact is the one irrefutable argument against an entirely scientific course in our universities. But it is impossible for one to be a student of art—a dabbler is not meant now, but a student—and not begin to have some culture, and this for the simple reason that he is obliged—a statement which cannot be made so absolutely with reference to any other department of study—to experience some of the results of practice. It will be found, too, that the degree of his culture will often depend upon the degree of the thoroughness with which he has studied some art in some of its phases.—The Representative Significance of Form, XV.
CULTURE, AS RELATED TO TASTE (see also TASTE).
The age is scientific, and the country's aims are directed toward material progress. Both facts cause us to emphasize the real rather than the ideal, the substance rather than the suggestion, that which is held in the hand rather than that which is conceived in the brain. In such conditions, the phase of the play-impulse that prompts to art cannot tend to give expression to its highest possibilities. A cowboy of the West could take little pleasure in the Seventh Symphony, the "Excursion," the "Sistine Madonna, " the " Dying Gladiator," or Roslyn Chapel; and, for this reason, no artist of the Western plains would be stimulated to produce its like. But taste in appreciation or production can be cultivated; and, in the degree in which it is cultivated, a new realm of thought will open for a man, and with it a recognition, hitherto not experienced, of those almost infinite correspondences between spiritual and material relationships which every great product of art manifests. Thus gradually the mind will enter a region of thought in which the play-impulse, which, at first, is satisfied to expend its energies upon the merely apparent and superficial, will care for more than a fife and drum, a jingle of rhyme, a dash of color, a trick of chiselling, or an incongruous pile of stone and mortar. The mind will not be satisfied unless, at times and often, music, poetry, painting, sculpture, and architecture suggest the profound and the sublime; in fact, unless the humanities have had their perfect work, and art has become humanizing in all of its relations. To open such a region to the mind, has been the object of the work of which these volumes contain the records. Proportion and Harmony of Line and Color, XXVI.
What, according to the conceptions of men in general, is a man of culture? Does not the following describe him? He is one who has been educated in the sense of having been trained; who has not only a brain but a working brain; who is prepared therefore to deal not only with information but with suggestion ; a man whose aims in study—to express his condition in terms to accord with the general thought presented in this volume—have regarded duly both the conscious and the subconscious powers of mind; a man whose memory is able to recall from his own experience and that of others, from history current and past, from books and life, the scores and hundreds of associated facts and fancies teeming about, and through, and beyond the immediate object of consideration; a man whose sphere of thought belongs, therefore, not to the small but to the great, not to the single but to the universal ; a man whose whole nature is open to the cur-rents of tendency moving in upon him from all directions, and is prepared both to apprehend and to comprehend, to appreciate and to appropriate whatever truth may loom from any quarter.—The Representative Significance of Form, XV.


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Una Sealy's paintings are based on domestic life; interiors, streetscapes, landscapes and portraiture. Painting from observation her work is organic evolving as the various elements in her composition change, appear, disappear. Her work has been described as 'Kitchen Sink Realism' a slice of the everyday; the troubles, thoughts and feelings we're all familiar with. In short it is biographical by nature.
What makes her work stand out is the intimacy she manages to capture on the canvas, a knowingness that can only come from a relationship with the sitter, the subject. There is something of her in every picture, it is a door for us to walk through, an entrance into a world in which we are familiar and are thus able to contemplate and ruminate over. There is a truth in her work, a drama, a narrative we can all relate too. Much of her work is large and if you get the chance to see her work you should grab it.
Here's what she has to say about her work:
My paintings focus on life as observed around me, often depicting family, friends and surroundings in North County Dublin, or further afield while travelling. I work mostly directly from life, preferring to be in the presence of whatever it is I am painting.
She's currently exhibiting her new show 'A Piano in the Kitchen and other stories' until Saturday 23rd February, 2013 at The Draíocht, The Blanchardstown Centre, Blanchardstown, Dublin, Ireland.


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Pirates sink Golden Hurricane
Patrick Pinkney passed for 275 yards with two touchdowns Sunday, as the East Carolina Pirates defeated the Tulsa Golden Hurricane 44-17.
The Pirates were a 4-point underdog in the game. The combined score went OVER the posted over/under total (50.5).
Dominique Lindsay rushed for 172 yards on 31 carries for East Carolina and Darryl Freeney caught eight passes for 150 yards with a touchdown.
G.J. Kinne passed for 235 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions for Tulsa, while Damaris Johnson caught 14 passes for 135 yards and a TD.


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The answer to yesterday's mystery is … DiGeorge Syndrome (AKA 22q11 Deletion Syndrome)! This must have been a hard one for you all this week – only a few readers guessed right – Angelita, O'B1, Rich S, k, Scott, Melissa, and Theresa.
DiGeorge Syndrome is a disease caused by a deletion of a chunk of chromosome 22. The multiple genes that are lost result in different defects, including cleft palate, lack of a thymus gland (part of the immune system), cardiac abnormalities, and hypocalcemia (low calcium). Our patient's abnormal appearing heart on the x-ray, heart murmur, and episodes of turning blue all signal that he has a heart defect (possibly Tetralogy of Fallot). The x-ray also lacked the thymus gland, usually apparent in babies his age. The patient's hand cramping is called Trousseau's sign, and occurs when blood calcium levels are very low. There is no cure for this syndrome, and our patient would need care from a multidisciplinary team of cardiologists, immunologists, and endocrinologists to care for his multiple medical problems.
DiGeorge Syndrome is considered a rare disease – defined as less than 200,000 cases in the United States. One of my readers emailed me to alert me that tomorrow is Rare Disease Day, which serves to raise awareness about these diseases which are often under-researched. Sadly, over 95% of rare disease do not have an available treatment, and many of them affect children. I have featured many rare diseases on Medical Mystery Monday, including Hyper-IgE Syndrome, Niemann-Pick Disease Type C, Wegener's Granulomatosis, and Kartagener Syndrome. (Click here for the complete list.) If you feel moved to support those suffering from rare diseases, find out how here or visit the Facebook page.


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Famous "Real Housewives of New York" Husband Jason Hoppy Bio
In just a few short years, Jason Hoppy has gone from anonymous NY businessman to multimillionaire status and reality TV infamy as Mr. Bethenny Frankel, so read for the details on the man that made a "Real Housewife" of Bethenny Frankel, reality TV veteran on four series and counting. Rare is the quiet, unassuming and unrevealing reality TV star, but Jason Hoppy has managed to keep low profile since Bravo turned his personal life into a TV show.
In 2010, Jason Hoppy arrived on the third season of "The Real Housewives of New York City" as the new boyfriend of sharp-tongued, uber-ambitious Bethenny Frankel. Bethenny has been around the reality TV realm for quite some time, starting in the Martha Stewart version of "The Apprentice" where her natural chef skills took her all the way to the finale, if not the win. Between her culinary skills, natural wit and ability to navigate show biz politics, Frankel became one of "The Real Housewives of New York City," albeit the unmarried, less moneyed gal amongst the ladies. Nonetheless, her way with words led to a best-selling diet book, "Naturally Thin," and an all-important brand, Skinny Girl, that led to more books, DVDs and merchandise, including the best-selling low-calorie cocktails.
However, women cannot live on cocktails alone, so enter Jason Hoppy into a Manhattan nightclub in the Fall of 2008. Few details have been divulged about Jason Hoppy, other than he grew up in the small town of Hazleton, Pennsylvania, where he excelled at high school basketball, becoming the lead scorer in the 1988-89 season, his senior year. He continued his sports skills at the University of Scranton, as in the location of the fictional "The Office," where he was inducted into its Wall of Fame. He moved to New York City, where his professional details have been vaguely described as in real estate, without the specificity of a job title or company name.
Yet, he had something that convinced Frankel and Bravo executives to join the Real Housewives cast, first as Bethenny's date. However, with the wave of a pregnancy test wand, Bethenny was pregnant, engaged and signing up with Jason Hoppy for their own series, "Bethenny Getting Married." After the success of that first series, Bravo has now changed the series title to "Bethenny Ever After" and continued to follow their busy, complicated lives as they welcomed a daughter, Bryn, in May 2010. Their daughter is rumored to be named after his deceased brother, Brian, who tragically died in a car crash as a teenager.
As is the life of a reality TV fixture, rumors and innuendo are parts of the deal. Questions about Hoppy's true sexuality were raised when Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth of "The Apprentice" fame, accused him of being gay and only a PR stunt on "The View." Fox News also questioned his professional stature by finding no record of a real estate license and identified him as a pharmaceutical salesperson and personal trainer. Whatever his background, his resume now includes the three Bravo series, as well as a producing credit for the Bethenny centered series. In March 2011, Bethany Frankel sold her Skinny Girl brand cocktails to Beam Global Spirits & Wine for a very fat $120 million and Jason Hoppy, her partner in marriage, parenthood and business, will share in the proceeds of that good fortune.
Though the details may be few on Jason Hoppy's biography, his future seems very rich indeed.


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After a freezing night during which temperatures dipped to 10F (-12C) in places, a series of accidents led to jams on major road routes, particularly in the West Midlands.
Over-running rail engineering works caused 60-minute rush-hour delays to trains in and out of London's Liverpool Street station.
On London Underground there were part-suspensions on two lines due to signal failures.
People in areas of mid-Wales as well as in Shap in Cumbria experienced the 10F temperatures, with forecasters predicting the extremely cold weather will continue for at least another week.
After battling to clear their vehicles of thick frost, many motorists found themselves caught up in morning congestion.
A vehicle fire closed a section of the M6 in Warwickshire and part of the nearby M42 was also shut, as was the M6 Toll slip road to the southbound M6 in the West Midlands.
An accident closed a section of the A38 in Staffordshire, while broken down vehicles led to congestion on the A2 in Kent, the M1 in Leicestershire and the M5 in the West Midlands.
On the railways, unfinished engineering work at Liverpool Street affected the Stansted Express and services run by National Express East Anglia.
Passengers were also hit by poor weather in Scotland which led to delays to services between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
There were also delays due to a broken down train on the London Overground line in north and east London while passengers on Merseyrail services faced delays of up to 30 minutes.
On London Underground, morning rush hour services were affected by signal failures at Bromley-by-Bow in east London and at Putney Bridge in south-west London.
This meant the District line was suspended between Wimbledon and Parsons Green and the Hammersmith and City line was suspended between Whitechapel and Barking.
Temperatures in central London were only expected to reach 36F (2C) today with the top temperatures for the whole of Britain likely to be only 39F (4C) - in Cornwall.
"We're getting winds from the north and the east at the moment and this is brining in cold air from the Arctic and or Scandinavia," said Brendan Jones, a forecaster with MeteoGroup.
"It's going to stay pretty chilly for the next few days. There are going to be frosts overnight and day-time temperatures are going to struggle to get above freezing.
"It looks like this cold weather is going to to be with us for a while. It's likely to continue for at least a week."
By 8am, the AA had already attended about 6,000 breakdowns since midnight. The motoring organisation said it expected to attend more than 22,000 breakdowns by the end of the day.
This is about two and half times more than the AA would attend on a normal Monday, with today likely to be the busiest 24 hours in the last three weeks.
The AA said a fortnight of freezing temperatures had left thousands of cars stranded on drives with flat batteries and frozen engines. Its patrol teams reported many accidents on slippery roads.
The Highways Agency reported heavy traffic on many routes including the A21 in East Sussex, the A12 in Essex, the M60 in Greater Manchester, the A2 in Kent, the A38 in Devon, the M27 in Hampshire and the A52 in Derbyshire.
Elsewhere on the railways, buses replaced trains between Ormskirk and Preston and between Boston and Skegness in Lincolnshire, while a signalling problem near Dagenham Dock in Essex led to delays on services to and from Fenchurch Street station in London.


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Actress Denise Richards has taken in a new shelter puppy after touring a section of Hurricane Sandy's disaster relief area in New York City.
The former Bond girl, who is in town wrapping up her TV pilot "Socio," headed to Long Island on Saturday to work at the North Shore Animal League America, which was bombarded with an influx of abandoned pets following last month's post-tropical cyclone.
In a post on Twitter.com, she wrote, "Heading to an animal shelter, to help out. Over 600 rescued from the hurricane. My girls are coming to help too."
And the mom of three was so enamored with one particular little pooch, a black Labrador Retriever mix named Tara, Richards adopted the mutt on the spot.
A message on the organization's Facebook.com page reads, "During their visit Denise and her family fell in love with Tara the Labrador Mutt-i-gree puppy and welcomed her into their home!"
The 41-year-old has always been a dog lover, she previously told People.com, "I swear, if there's a dog stranded somewhere, he finds my car, and he finds me. If anyone is looking to get a dog, they ask, 'Can you help me?'"


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Updated: May 6, 2013 8:01 pm
Hey M Girls!
Victorious' Liz Gilies (who plays Jade) just posted a new cover to her YouTube channel. Previously, Liz has done an amazing cover of Lady Gaga's song "You and I." This time, her performance is of "Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman! Check it out below:
Let's dish: - Do you like Liz's performance? What other songs do you think she should cover?
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Fast Track to Elite Bacteria
Helmholtz Association funds spin-off by Jülich biotechnologists
Jülich, 9 December 2013 – Microorganisms are the workhorses of industrial or 'white' biotechnology. They produce active ingredients for drugs, foodstuffs, and chemical substances. The general principle is: the more productive the microorganisms, the more effective the entire industrial process. In order to rapidly find the very best microorganisms, Jülich researchers have developed a procedure that makes highly productive cells glow, thus allowing them to be identified from millions of others. In their spin-off company SenseUp Biotechnology, the researchers now want to bring this technology to market maturity. The project is supported by € 260,000 from the Helmholtz Association in the framework of the funding instrument Helmholtz Enterprise in conjunction with Forschungszentrum Jülich.


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Bullying....something I don't understand.
I'm watching a documentary on Netflix called Bully. One thing I really don't understand is why do teachers, principals, bus drivers, and other administration sit by and do nothing when a child is being bullied right in front of them? The farthest they will go is talking to the bully which obviously does nothing. Kids are sent home for wearing shorts too short and mohawks or other distracting hair but not for verbally or physically attacking another person? Why is nothing done??? The schools say their hands are tied or it's a difficult situation. Bullshit. It seems pretty simple to me. If a child can not keep his hands or hurtful words to himself he should not be allowed in school. Period.
That's horrible! I don't understand why they allow it. I believe all children have a right to an education and one that isn't hindered by distractions or abuse. If a mohawk constitutes as a distraction then shouldn't verbal or physical assault be a distraction as well? There should be absolutely no tolerance for bullying in schools.
Quoting Anonymous:
My DD has been dealing with bullying this entire year by boys in her class. All they do is talk to the kids. DH and I are at our wits end with it! They do the whole Ant-Bullying campaign in schools, but when it comes down to it, they can't/won't do much.
I watched that. They pretty much did nothing. It's ridiculous.
It's pathetic how the schools are regarding bullying, but they jump up like a hot coal was shoved down their pants when a kid is wearing something they deem "inappropriate" or universe forbid if the bullied child fights back, then they act and punish the kid being bullied.
I told my daughter there are three steps to handling a bully.
Ask them to stop.
If it continues, tell a teacher.
If it continues after that and the person is putting their hands on her, knock their ass out and let Mom deal with the school.
I haven't seen the movie yet, but have a few ideas. I am a teacher. When I see kids being bullies, I do first have to talk to them. If (WHEN) it continues, I write them up and send them out of class. I call home. They get office referrals. They get in-school suspension. They get out of school suspension. The process of removing a bully from school is so long and there is so much paperwork, it appears as if nothing is being done. The process needs to be streamlined to remove bullies from the school. The problem is that the bully has all the same rights to an education as the kids being bullied, so we can't just pull them out like we want to.
I grew up in the 70s and was bullied horribly. The schools back then did NOTHING. The schools today do a LOT more than what they did back then, that is a fact. They have anti bullying programs, the children have to sign pledges that they will not bully, etc.. Bullying is not something new and it is definitely NOT worse than it was when I was a child. Because of the horrible experience I had, I taught my dd from a very young age NEVER to put up with anything. It actually worked . She is 16 and has NEVER been picked on.(not saying no one has ever been mean to her, but nothing like I went through). Parents and teachers need to work together. The majority of the schools I know DO get involved.
im the same way i think the kid that is doing the bullying should be send home at least..
1) first to mos of school my son was choked 2 times by the same kid.. what did the school do take away recess.. im sorry that's not good eghough for me at all.. the kid should have bean spend and sent home for trying to fight.. also he was slammed not once but 2 times in the glass doors. in the passed he was thouch by another kid in the privets parts. alot more in the past 3 years has happen in that school..
2) since the fing school wont help my son..i flat out told my son in front of the head guy. if someone hurts you like choking drop the kid.. if you are defending yourself i will not ground you. yes you will have to suffer what the school rules are but you would not be in trouble by me or family... I also said if you start the fight you would be grounded for fighting..
3) i have try to take him out of school and the school board will not let me..the program i wanted to us is called k12 which is the same program they teach in school. and you have to have the school boards ok on that one.. he is on 2 different kind of meds one for ADD and the other is for depression. now not good at all. I wanted to home school him until we could get the depression under control.
why thy wont help anymore i don't know i don't understand.. when i try to get my son out of the place im told i cant home school him. he either can go to this school or one more.. (which the head guy works at both of them). so i keeped him in the same one closes to my juse so if something happens im there in less then 5 mins...they only way to get him out of school is to move. and that wont happen until some time in 2014 which is not good to.. :(
Quoting Pnukey:
I haven't seen the movie yet, but have a few ideas. I am a teacher. When I see kids being bullies, I do first have to talk to them. If (WHEN) it continues, I write them up and send them out of class. I call home. They get office referrals. They get in-school suspension. They get out of school suspension. The process of removing a bully from school is so long and there is so much paperwork, it appears as if nothing is being done. The process needs to be streamlined to remove bullies from the school. The problem is that the bully has all the same rights to an education as the kids being bullied, so we can't just pull them out like we want to.
The reason I say it appears nothing is done is because it generally continues to happen for entire school year or longer. At least it did when I witnessed it. Maybe a better choice of words would be the right thing is not being done? It may be different where you live and you sound very pro-active. :) We need more teachers like you.
I also understand bully's have a right to an education too but maybe that is where we go wrong. If a customer is acting out in a store, the store has a right to remove them. If an employee is going around harassing other employees, the employer has a right to terminate their employment. I think if a child is bullying on a bus, they shouldn't be allowed to ride the bus. If they continually bully in school they should be expelled. If it becomes an inconvenience to the parent's of the bully, perhaps they will actually act on it.


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Hew's Review: Volcano Choir's "Repave"
Matthew Niendorf | Monday, September 2, 2013
When the mastermind and frontman of Bon Iver Justin Vernon announced in late 2012 that the band would be going on hiatus, it seemed the Indie music world was left slightly empty. From 2007 onwards Bon Iver set a new standard for Indie folk, flawlessly weaving tracks of stark simplicity with ones of brutal complexity to make revolutionary albums. The one deficiency in Bon Iver's career is that it only produced two full-length albums, "For Emma, Forever Ago" in 2007 and "Bon Iver, Bon Iver" in 2011. Despite this uncertain future, there is hope for the Indie world: Vernon's band Volcano Choir.
While fans of Bon Iver wait for the reentry of the band into the music scene, they can for the time enjoy Vernon's side project, Volcano Choir, which could in fact turn into his main musical focus. Volcano Choir was formed in 2009 with the release of its first album, "Unmap," which is certainly a sophisticated album relative to the genre but falls short of the lyricism produced by Vernon on "For Emma, Forever Ago." Volcano Choir's newest album, "Repave," overcomes the faults of "Unmap" to become a worthy companion to the heralded works of Bon Iver. "Repave" is simply haunting, beginning with the whirling of an organ that slowly becomes overshadowed by the gentle acoustic guitar of Vernon. And then it begins: Vernon gently sings, "We wake up" as the cadence picks up, then the song becomes awash with the familiar Bon Iver elements: auto-tuning, sporadic flourishes of heavy drums and Vernon's layered back-up vocals. After finishing the first track "Tiderays," listeners can rest assured that although Bon Iver may never make music again, the musical style itself lives on.
While the album does not necessarily reinvent the genre, "Repave" takes risks and pushes pre-existing components to limits even Bon Iver was not willing to try. The electronic manipulation of vocals intertwined with the distortion of guitars provides a sufficient base from which Vernon's unsettling but (mostly) profound lyrics may be cast. The result is an immensely satisfying display of grandiose musicianship. The music of "Repave" is often overwhelming, and the themes at first seem meandering and disjointed. However, the album leaves listeners with perfect contentedness, as it suddenly seems to manage the chaos at its very close. Bon Iver could sadly be finished for good, but after listening to "Repave" solace is found.
When to listen: After we lose our first football game, so probably this month.
Where to listen: On your friend's futon, the one he bought from Target because it was cheap and looked cool, but it has that weird fold in the middle that makes it practically unusable. On second thought, go out and lay on the quad.
What to eat when you listen: Pretzels. Not because they're on the album or anything, but because, hey, who doesn't like pretzels?
Who to talk after you listen: Unless they've listened, the answer is no one, because they probably won't want to hear about how that Pangborn girl they just met at Domerfest is going to break their heart in Alaska.
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Poems sought from Kenai poets
The Texas Poetry Alliance is offering a $1,000 grand prize in its annual poetry contest. There is no entry fee and everyone is invited to submit a poem.
"Our goal is to encourage new talent," says Poetry Director Larrie Green. "In a world where poetry is the Cinderella of the arts, we are helping poets find their glass slipper. Poems may be written on any subject and using any style. I believe Kenai has some outstanding poets."
To enter, send one poem 20 lines or less to Free Poetry Contest, 3412-A Moonlight Ave., El Paso, Texas 79904. Or enter online at www.freecontest.com.
The deadline for entering is April 26. A winner's list will be sent to all entrants. The editors reserve the right to publish the winning poems.
Pratt Museum seeking volunteers
The Pratt Museum is looking for volunteers interested in the history, natural history and arts of Kachemak Bay and the southern Kenai Peninsula to work in a variety of museum departments. Anyone interested in education, public information, retail, museum collections or general office tasks is encouraged to contact the museum for more information about volunteer opportunities this spring and summer.
For more information, contact Michelle Bayes at 235-8635 ext. 25.
Writers' conference scheduled
The Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College will present the statewide Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference on June 23-27 at Land's End Resort in Homer. It will feature award-winning novelist Russell Banks as the keynote presenter as well as more than 30 writers from the Northwest and Alaska.
The conference will offer more than 35 daily workshops, craft talks, panel presentations and evening readings including fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Optional post-conference activities are available.
Advanced registration is required. Registration fee is $175 prior to May 15 and $225 after that. Registration is limited. One University of Alaska Anchorage academic credit is optionally offered for additional tuition of $90. For specific program and registration information, visit http://chinook.kpc.alaska.edu/~conference/.
Visual arts scholarships offered
The Kenai Peninsula Art Guild is offering art scholarships to people 18 or older who are in college or show continual interest in visual arts. The scholarships may be used to defer educational costs or to provide assistance in a private setting.
Applications are available at the art guild in Old Town Kenai. For more information, call 260-7652.
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Oct 17, 2014
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TIME: Fear, Misinformation, and Social Media Complicate Ebola Fight
From TIME
Based on Facebook and Twitter chatter, it can seem like Ebola is everywhere. Following the first diagnosis of an Ebola case in the United States on Sept. 30, mentions of the virus on Twitter leapt from about 100 per minute to more than 6,000. Cautious health officials have tested potential cases in Newark, Miami Beach and Washington D.C., sparking more worry. Though the patients all tested negative, some people are still tweeting as if the disease is running rampant in these cities. In Iowa the Department of Public Health was forced to issue a statement dispelling social media rumors that Ebola had arrived in the state. Meanwhile there have been a constant stream of posts saying that Ebola can be spread through the air, water, or food, which are all inaccurate claims.
Research scientists who study how we communicate on social networks have a name for these people: the "infected."
Oct 12, 2014
MIT Robotic Cheetah
MIT researchers have developed an algorithm for bounding that they've successfully implemented in a robotic cheetah. (Learn more: http://mitsha.re/1uHoltW)
I am not that impressed by the result though.
New Material May Help Us To Breathe Underwater
Scientists in Denmark announced they have developed a substance that absorbs, stores and releases huge amounts of oxygen.
The substance is so effective that just a few grains are capable of storing enough oxygen for a single human breath while a bucket full of the new material could capture an entire room of O2.
With the new material there are hopes those requiring medical oxygen might soon be freed from carrying bulky tanks, while SCUBA divers might also be able to use the material to absorb oxygen from water, allowing them to stay submerged for significantly longer.
The substance was developed by tinkering with the molecular structure of cobalt, a chemical element that when found in meteoric iron, resembles a silver-gray metal.
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New Scientist on new virtual reality headset Oculus Rift
From New Scientist
The latest prototype of virtual reality headset Oculus Rift allows you to step right into the movies you watch and the games you play
AN OLD man sits across the fire from me, telling a story. An inky dome of star-flecked sky arcs overhead as his words mingle with the crackling of the flames. I am entranced.
This isn't really happening, but it feels as if it is. This is a program called Storyteller – Fireside Tales that runs on the latest version of the Oculus Rift headset, unveiled last month. The audiobook software harnesses the headset's virtual reality capabilities to deepen immersion in the story. (See also "Plot bots")
Fireside Tales is just one example of a new kind of entertainment that delivers convincing true-to-life experiences. Soon films will get a similar treatment.
Movie company 8i, based in Wellington, New Zealand, plans to make films specifically for Oculus Rift. These will be more immersive than just mimicking a real screen in virtual reality because viewers will be able to step inside and explore the movie while they are watching it.
"We are able to synthesise photorealistic views in real-time from positions and directions that were not directly captured," says Eugene d'Eon, chief scientist at 8i. "[Viewers] can not only look around a recorded experience, but also walk or fly. You can re-watch something you love from many different perspectives."
The latest generation of games for Oculus Rift are more innovative, too. Black Hat Oculus is a two-player, cooperative game designed by Mark Sullivan and Adalberto Garza, both graduates of MIT's Game Lab. One headset is for the spy, sneaking through guarded buildings on missions where detection means death. The other player is the overseer, with a God-like view of the world, warning the spy of hidden traps, guards and passageways.
Deep immersion is now possible because the latest Oculus Rift prototype – known as Crescent Bay – finally delivers full positional tracking. This means the images that you see in the headset move in sync with your own movements.
This is the key to unlocking the potential of virtual reality, says Hannes Kaufmann at the Technical University of Vienna in Austria. The headset's high-definition display and wraparound field of view are nice additions, he says, but they aren't essential.
The next step, says Kaufmann is to allow people to see their own virtual limbs, not just empty space, in the places where their brain expects them to be. That's why Beijing-based motion capture company Perception, which raised more than $500,000 on Kickstarter in September, is working on a full body suit that gathers body pose estimation and gives haptic feedback – a sense of touch – to the wearer. Software like Fireside Tales will then be able to take your body position into account.
In the future, humans will be able to direct live virtual experiences themselves, says Kaufmann. "Imagine you're meeting an alien in the virtual reality, and you want to shake hands. You could have a real person go in there and shake hands with you, but for you only the alien is present."
Oculus, which was bought by Facebook in July for $2 billion, has not yet announced when the headset will be available to buy.
This article appeared in print under the headline "Deep and meaningful"
Oct 06, 2014
Is the metaverse still alive?
In the last decade, online virtual worlds such as Second Life and alike have become enormously popular. Since their appearance on the technology landscape, many analysts regarded shared 3D virtual spaces as a disruptive innovation, which would have rendered the Web itself obsolete.
This high expectation attracted significant investments from large corporations such as IBM, which started building their virtual spaces and offices in the metaverse. Then, when it became clear that these promises would not be kept, disillusionment set in and virtual worlds started losing their edge. However, this is not a new phenomenon in high-tech, happening over and over again.
The US consulting company Gartner has developed a very popular model to describe this effect, called the "Hype Cycle". The Hype Cycle provides a graphic representation of the maturity and adoption of technologies and applications.
It consists of five phases, which show how emerging technologies will evolve.
In the first, "technology trigger" phase, a new technology is launched which attracts the interest of media. This is followed by the "peak of inflated expectations", characterized by a proliferation of positive articles and comments, which generate overexpectations among users and stakeholders.
In the next, "trough of disillusionment" phase, these exaggerated expectations are not fulfilled, resulting in a growing number of negative comments generally followed by a progressive indifference.
In the "slope of enlightenment" the technology potential for further applications becomes more broadly understood and an increasing number of companies start using it.
In the final, "plateau of productivity" stage, the emerging technology established itself as an effective tool and mainstream adoption takes off.
So what stage in the hype cycle are virtual worlds now?
After the 2006-2007 peak, metaverses entered the downward phase of the hype cycle, progressively loosing media interest, investments and users. Many high-tech analysts still consider this decline an irreversible process.
However, the negative outlook that headed shared virtual worlds into the trough of disillusionment maybe soon reversed. This is thanks to the new interest in virtual reality raised by the Oculus Rift (recently acquired by Facebook for $2 billion), Sony's Project Morpheus and alike immersive displays, which are still at the takeoff stage in the hype cycle.
Oculus Rift's chief scientist Michael Abrash makes no mystery of the fact that his main ambition has always been to build a metaverse such the one described in Neal Stephenson's (1992) cyberpunk novel Snow Crash. As he writes on the Oculus blog
"Sometime in 1993 or 1994, I read Snow Crash and for the first time thought something like the Metaverse might be possible in my lifetime."
Furthermore, despite the negative comments and deluded expectations, the metaverse keeps attracting new users: in its 10th anniversary on June 23rd 2013, an infographic reported that Second Life had over 1 million users visit around the world monthly, more than 400,000 new accounts per month, and 36 million registered users.
So will Michael Abrash's metaverse dream come true? Even if one looks into the crystal ball of the hype cycle, the answer is not easily found.
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Bionic Vision Australia's Bionic Eye Gives New Sight to People Blinded by Retinitis Pigmentosa
Via Medgadget
Bionic Vision Australia, a collaboration between of researchers working on a bionic eye, has announced that its prototype implant has completed a two year trial in patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa. Three patients with profound vision loss received 24-channel suprachoroidal electrode implants that caused no noticeable serious side effects. Moreover, though this was not formally part of the study, the patients were able to see more light and able to distinguish shapes that were invisible to them prior to implantation. The newly gained vision allowed them to improve how they navigated around objects and how well they were able to spot items on a tabletop.
The next step is to try out the latest 44-channel device in a clinical trial slated for next year and then move on to a 98-channel system that is currently in development.
This study is critically important to the continuation of our research efforts and the results exceeded all our expectations," Professor Mark Hargreaves, Chair of the BVA board, said in a statement. "We have demonstrated clearly that our suprachoroidal implants are safe to insert surgically and cause no adverse events once in place. Significantly, we have also been able to observe that our device prototype was able to evoke meaningful visual perception in patients with profound visual loss."
Here's one of the study participants using the bionic eye:
First direct brain-to-brain communication between human subjects
Via KurzweilAI.net
An international team of neuroscientists and robotics engineers have demonstrated the first direct remote brain-to-brain communication between two humans located 5,000 miles away from each other and communicating via the Internet, as reported in a paper recently published in PLOS ONE (open access).
Emitter and receiver subjects with non-invasive devices supporting, respectively, a brain-computer interface (BCI), based on EEG changes, driven by motor imagery (left) and a computer-brain interface (CBI) based on the reception of phosphenes elicited by neuro-navigated TMS (right) (credit: Carles Grau et al./PLoS ONE)
In India, researchers encoded two words ("hola" and "ciao") as binary strings and presented them as a series of cues on a computer monitor. They recorded the subject's EEG signals as the subject was instructed to think about moving his feet (binary 0) or hands (binary 1). They then sent the recorded series of binary values in an email message to researchers in France, 5,000 miles away.
There, the binary strings were converted into a series of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) pulses applied to a hotspot location in the right visual occipital cortex that either produced a phosphene (perceived flash of light) or not.
"We wanted to find out if one could communicate directly between two people by reading out the brain activity from one person and injecting brain activity into the second person, and do so across great physical distances by leveraging existing communication pathways," explains coauthor Alvaro Pascual-Leone, MD, PhD, Director of the Berenson-Allen Center for Noninvasive Brain Stimulation at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School.
A team of researchers from Starlab Barcelona, Spain and Axilum Robotics, Strasbourg, France conducted the experiment. A second similar experiment was conducted between individuals in Spain and France.
"We believe these experiments represent an important first step in exploring the feasibility of complementing or bypassing traditional language-based or other motor/PNS mediated means in interpersonal communication," the researchers say in the paper.
"Although certainly limited in nature (e.g., the bit rates achieved in our experiments were modest even by current BCI (brain-computer interface) standards, mostly due to the dynamics of the precise CBI (computer-brain interface) implementation, these initial results suggest new research directions, including the non-invasive direct transmission of emotions and feelings or the possibility of sense synthesis in humans — that is, the direct interface of arbitrary sensors with the human brain using brain stimulation, as previously demonstrated in animals with invasive methods.
Brain-to-brain (B2B) communication system overview. On the left, the BCI subsystem is shown schematically, including electrodes over the motor cortex and the EEG amplifier/transmitter wireless box in the cap. Motor imagery of the feet codes the bit value 0, of the hands codes bit value 1. On the right, the CBI system is illustrated, highlighting the role of coil orientation for encoding the two bit values. Communication between the BCI and CBI components is mediated by the Internet. (Credit: Carles Grau et al./PLoS ONE)
"The proposed technology could be extended to support a bi-directional dialogue between two or more mind/brains (namely, by the integration of EEG and TMS systems in each subject). In addition, we speculate that future research could explore the use of closed mind-loops in which information associated to voluntary activity from a brain area or network is captured and, after adequate external processing, used to control other brain elements in the same subject. This approach could lead to conscious synthetically mediated modulation of phenomena best detected subjectively by the subject, including emotions, pain and psychotic, depressive or obsessive-compulsive thoughts.
"Finally, we anticipate that computers in the not-so-distant future will interact directly with the human brain in a fluent manner, supporting both computer- and brain-to-brain communication routinely. The widespread use of human brain-to-brain technologically mediated communication will create novel possibilities for human interrelation with broad social implications that will require new ethical and legislative responses."
This work was partly supported by the EU FP7 FET Open HIVE project, the Starlab Kolmogorov project, and the Neurology Department of the Hospital de Bellvitge.
Google Glass can now display captions for hard-of-hearing users
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have created a speech-to-text Android app for Google Glass that displays captions for hard-of-hearing persons when someone is talking to them in person.
"This system allows wearers like me to focus on the speaker's lips and facial gestures, "said School of Interactive Computing Professor Jim Foley.
"If hard-of-hearing people understand the speech, the conversation can continue immediately without waiting for the caption. However, if I miss a word, I can glance at the transcription, get the word or two I need and get back into the conversation."
Captioning on Glass display captions for the hard-of-hearing (credit: Georgia Tech)
The "Captioning on Glass" app is now available to install from MyGlass. More information here.
Foley and the students are working with the Association of Late Deafened Adults in Atlanta to improve the program. An iPhone app is planned.
Sep 25, 2014
With Cyberith's Virtualizer, you can run around wearing an Oculus Rift
Sep 21, 2014
First hands-on: Crescent Bay demo
I just tested the Oculus Crescent Bay prototype at the Oculus Connect event in LA.
I still can't close my mouth.
The demo lasted about 10 min, during which several scenes were presented. The resolution and framerate are astounding, you can turn completely around. I can say this is the first time in my life I can really say I was there.
I believe this is really the begin of a new era for VR, and I am sure I won't sleep tonight thinking about the infinite possibilities and applications of this technology. and I don't think I am exaggerating - if anything, I am underestimating
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Aug 31, 2014
Information Entropy
Information – Entropy by Oliver Reichenstein
Will information technology affect our minds the same way the environment was affected by our analogue technology? Designers hold a key position in dealing with ever increasing data pollution. We are mostly focussed on speeding things up, on making sharing easier, faster, more accessible. But speed, usability, accessibility are not the main issue anymore. The main issues are not technological, they are structural, processual. What we lack is clarity, correctness, depth, time. Are there counter-techniques we can employ to turn data into information, information into knowledge, knowledge into wisdom?
Oliver Reichenstein — Information Entropy (SmashingConf NYC 2014) from Smashing Magazine on Vimeo.
Self-regulation of human brain activity using simultaneous real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback
Self-regulation of human brain activity using simultaneous real-time fMRI and EEG neurofeedback.
Zotev V1,Phillips R, Yuan H, Misaki M, Bodurka J. Neuroimage. 2014 Jan 15;85 Pt 3:985-95. doi: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2013.04.126. Epub 2013 May 11.
Abstract. Neurofeedback is a promising approach for non-invasive modulation of human brain activity with applications for treatment of mental disorders and enhancement of brain performance. Neurofeedback techniques are commonly based on either electroencephalography (EEG) or real-time functional magnetic resonance imaging (rtfMRI). Advances in simultaneous EEG-fMRI have made it possible to combine the two approaches. Here we report the first implementation of simultaneous multimodal rtfMRI and EEG neurofeedback (rtfMRI-EEG-nf). It is based on a novel system for real-time integration of simultaneous rtfMRI and EEG data streams. We applied the rtfMRI-EEG-nf to training of emotional self-regulation in healthy subjects performing a positive emotion induction task based on retrieval of happy autobiographical memories. The participants were able to simultaneously regulate their BOLD fMRI activation in the left amygdala and frontal EEG power asymmetry in the high-beta band using the rtfMRI-EEG-nf. Our proof-of-concept results demonstrate the feasibility of simultaneous self-regulation of both hemodynamic (rtfMRI) and electrophysiological (EEG) activities of the human brain. They suggest potential applications of rtfMRI-EEG-nf in the development of novel cognitive neuroscience research paradigms and enhanced cognitive therapeutic approaches for major neuropsychiatric disorders, particularly depression.
Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study.
Biofeedback-based training for stress management in daily hassles: an intervention study.
Brain Behav. 2014 Jul;4(4):566-579
Authors: Kotozaki Y, Takeuchi H, Sekiguchi A, Yamamoto Y, Shinada T, Araki T, Takahashi K, Taki Y, Ogino T, Kiguchi M, Kawashima R
Abstract. BACKGROUND: The day-to-day causes of stress are called daily hassles. Daily hassles are correlated with ill health. Biofeedback (BF) is one of the tools used for acquiring stress-coping skills. However, the anatomical correlates of the effects of BF with long training periods remain unclear. In this study, we aimed to investigate this. METHODS: PARTICIPANTS WERE ASSIGNED RANDOMLY TO TWO GROUPS: the intervention group and the control group. Participants in the intervention group performed a biofeedback training (BFT) task (a combination task for heart rate and cerebral blood flow control) every day, for about 5 min once a day. The study outcomes included MRI, psychological tests (e.g., Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, and Brief Job Stress Questionnaire), and a stress marker (salivary cortisol levels) before (day 0) and after (day 28) the intervention. RESULTS: We observed significant improvements in the psychological test scores and salivary cortisol levels in the intervention group compared to the control group. Furthermore, voxel-based morphometric analysis revealed that compared to the control group, the intervention group had significantly increased regional gray matter (GM) volume in the right lateral orbitofrontal cortex, which is an anatomical cluster that includes mainly the left hippocampus, and the left subgenual anterior cingulate cortex. The GM regions are associated with the stress response, and, in general, these regions seem to be the most sensitive to the detrimental effects of stress. CONCLUSIONS: Our findings suggest that our BFT is effective against the GM structures vulnerable to stress.
Improving memory with transcranial magnetic stimulation
A new Northwestern Medicine study reports stimulating a particular region in the brain via non-invasive delivery of electrical current using magnetic pulses, called Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, improves memory.
Aug 05, 2014
Life's a beach at work for Japanese company
A Japanese company has recreated a tropical beach in the very reception area they also use as their employee meeting space and staff lounge.
Aug 03, 2014
JIBO: The World's First Family Robot
Jibo is a new robot from MIT roboticist Cynthia Breazeal. It is designed to be a social robot that you interact with like it's another person in your home. The 28-centimetre, 3-kilogram "sociable robot" snaps family photos, handles video calling and acts as a digital concierge. Connected wirelessly to the Internet, Jibo sifts through messages, organizes your itinerary and orders takeout.
What people say about Jibo:
"JIBO's potential extends far beyond engaging in casual conversation and completing daily tasks." - Katie Couric, Yahoo News
"A Robot with a Little Humanity" - John Markoff, New York Times
"JIBO isn't an appliance, it's a companion, one that can interact and react with its human owners in ways that delight instead of disturb." - Lance Ulanoff, Mashable
"Move over, Siri, the JIBO robot is coming" - Maggie Lake, CNN
"This Friendly Robot Could One Day Be Your Family's Personal Assistant" - Christina Bonnington, WIRED
Detecting awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness using a hybrid brain-computer interface
Detecting awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness using a hybrid brain-computer interface.
J Neural Eng. 2014 Aug 1;11(5):056007
Authors: Pan J, Xie Q, He Y, Wang F, Di H, Laureys S, Yu R, Li Y
Abstract. Objective. The bedside detection of potential awareness in patients with disorders of consciousness (DOC) currently relies only on behavioral observations and tests; however, the misdiagnosis rates in this patient group are historically relatively high. In this study, we proposed a visual hybrid brain-computer interface (BCI) combining P300 and steady-state evoked potential (SSVEP) responses to detect awareness in severely brain injured patients. Approach. Four healthy subjects, seven DOC patients who were in a vegetative state (VS, n = 4) or minimally conscious state (MCS, n = 3), and one locked-in syndrome (LIS) patient attempted a command-following experiment. In each experimental trial, two photos were presented to each patient; one was the patient's own photo, and the other photo was unfamiliar. The patients were instructed to focus on their own or the unfamiliar photos. The BCI system determined which photo the patient focused on with both P300 and SSVEP detections. Main results. Four healthy subjects, one of the 4 VS, one of the 3 MCS, and the LIS patient were able to selectively attend to their own or the unfamiliar photos (classification accuracy, 66-100%). Two additional patients (one VS and one MCS) failed to attend the unfamiliar photo (50-52%) but achieved significant accuracies for their own photo (64-68%). All other patients failed to show any significant response to commands (46-55%). Significance. Through the hybrid BCI system, command following was detected in four healthy subjects, two of 7 DOC patients, and one LIS patient. We suggest that the hybrid BCI system could be used as a supportive bedside tool to detect awareness in patients with DOC.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction as a Stress Management Intervention for Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction as a Stress Management Intervention for Healthy Individuals: A Systematic Review.
J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med. 2014 Jul 22; Authors: Sharma M, Rush SE
Stress is a global public health problem with several negative health consequences, including anxiety, depression, cardiovascular disease, and suicide. Mindfulness-based stress reduction offers an effective way of reducing stress by combining mindfulness meditation and yoga in an 8-week training program. The purpose of this study was to look at studies from January 2009 to January 2014 and examine whether mindfulness-based stress reduction is a potentially viable method for managing stress. A systematic search from Medline, CINAHL, and Alt HealthWatch databases was conducted for all types of quantitative articles involving mindfulness-based stress reduction. A total of 17 articles met the inclusion criteria. Of the 17 studies, 16 demonstrated positive changes in psychological or physiological outcomes related to anxiety and/or stress. Despite the limitations of not all studies using randomized controlled design, having smaller sample sizes, and having different outcomes, mindfulness-based stress reduction appears to be a promising modality for stress management.
Modulation of functional network with real-time fMRI feedback training of right premotor cortex activity
Modulation of functional network with real-time fMRI feedback training of right premotor cortex activity.
Neuropsychologia. 2014 Jul 21;
Authors: Hui M, Zhang H, Ge R, Yao L, Long Z
Abstract. Although the neurofeedback of real-time fMRI can reportedly enable people to gain control of the activity in the premotor cortex (PMA) during motor imagery, it is unclear how the neurofeedback training of PMA affect the motor network engaged in the motor execution (ME) and imagery (MI) task. In this study, we investigated the changes in the motor network engaged in both ME and MI task induced by real-time neurofeedback training of the right PMA. The neurofeedback training induced changes in activity of the ME-related motor network as well as alterations in the functional connectivity of both the ME-related and MI-related motor networks. Especially, the percent signal change of the right PMA in the last training run was found to be significantly correlated with the connectivity between the right PMA and the left posterior parietal lobe (PPL) during the pre-training MI run, post-training MI run and the last training run. Moreover, the increase in the tapping frequency was significantly correlated with the increase of connectivity between the right cerebellum and the primary motor area / primary sensory area (M1/S1) of the ME-related motor network after neurofeedback training. These findings show the importance of the connectivity between the right PMA and left PPL of the MI network for the up-regulation of the right PMA as well as the critical role of connectivity between the right cerebellum and M1/S1 of the ME network in improving the behavioral performance.


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Website reviews
100 incredibly useful YouTube channels for teachers
As the title conveys, this website provides links to some stunning video footage, albeit more suited to secondary teachers. The sites are grouped by educational subject areas and range from the Smithsonian Museum to the Royal Opera House.
SCIS no: 1508505
Bill Nye's climate lab
Appealing graphics and video, combined with entertaining missions and activities, offer students an insight into a variety of ways to reduce energy consumption and to further their understanding of climate change.
SCIS no: 1509709
Supporting literacy and learning
Created by the National Library of New Zealand for NZ schools to help develop their school libraries, this website contains information pertinent for all teacher librarians. Comprehensive content is grouped into four areas: Developing your library, Creating readers, Maori learning environments and 21st-century literacy and inquiry.
SCIS no: 1504614
Bringing data to life in the classroom
Focusing on 'bringing data to life in the classroom', this educational website from the Australian Bureau of Statistics achieves this aim by using online video tutorials, student puzzles, wide-ranging library resources and offering specific resources for teachers.
SCIS no: 1414656
Essay writing
James Cook University has formulated an easily understood introduction and checklist for students to enhance their essay writing techniques and structure. The site is applicable to senior secondary students,particularly as a teacher-directed classroom series of lessons.
SCIS no: 1437848
Explore, play, discover: websites and activities
Key science and mathematics concepts are explained on this innovative and absorbing site that encourages students to explore a range of topics. Topics include geometry, navigation, astronomy, sound, seasons and living things.
SCIS no: 1509705
HMAS Sydney: Western Australian Museum
The sinking of HMAS Sydney (II) in 1941 remains Australia's greatest naval tragedy. This award winning site features the history of the ship, a timeline of events, gallery, oral histories and a bibliography. Students are catered for with a series of activities and teachers have material linked to the national curriculum.
SCIS no: 1508561
Information literacy
The University of Idaho has developed a seven-module information literacy course suitable for undergraduates and senior secondary students. Modules include information, topics, searching, locating, evaluating, sharing and the UI Catalog. The online self-marking multiple-choice quizzes at the conclusion of each module are a feature.
SCIS no: 1509713
LibraryThing: catalog your books online
Just the site for teacher librarians and other bibliophiles, this website allows users to catalogue their personal collections online using data supplied by Library of Congress, Amazon and 690 associated libraries. Users can then join over a million members in what has been described as 'Facebook for books'!
SCIS no: 1509781
Microsoft Australia education – teacher tools
The broad range of Microsoft products suitable for teachers to use are explained in depth here using video and documents. Relevant software guides include Bing, Office, Windows 7, OneNote, Windows Live Movie Maker and Office Web Apps.
SCIS no: 1509784
Online books, poems, short stories – read print library
Thousands of public domain classic novels, non fiction, poems and short stories are available free of charge from this searchable website. A personal computer is suitable to read the books, with no special software necessary. The page layout can be a little 'busy' however.
SCIS no: 1470132
Applicable to most internet users, this Australian Government website is a relevant tool in schools to heighten awareness of the steps students, teachers and parents can undertake to help protect financial and personal information in an online world. The Budd:e E-security Education Package modules for primary and secondary students are particularly relevant.
SCIS no: 1354468
Warren McCullough's web stuff – ICT supporting the curriculum
Teachers interested in most aspects of integrating IT into the curriculum will find a plethora of pertinent information on this Australian website. The main subsections feature school technology news, intranet use, servers and network information, software and ICT planning for schools.
SCIS no: 1509813
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The full 2016 Colorado Public Library Standards, along with checklists, trainings, and videos, is available on the Colorado Public Library Standards site.
The standards serve as an important tool in measuring a library's success in fulfilling its stated mission and role in the community. The 2016 Colorado Public Library Standards is intended to spark debate, discussion, evaluation, planning, and action in all public libraries. The following principles guided the update of the 2016 standards:
1. Consider the public library's role in sustaining a civilized society.
2. Value the public library's role as a community learning institution.
3. Understand the public library's role as a reflection of cultural heritage.
4. Recognize the diversity and uniqueness of libraries across the state.
5. Understand the needs of the communities that libraries serve.
6. Value intellectual freedom and access for all to information.
7. Acknowledge the skills, talents, and contributions of library staff.
The goals of the standards are to:
1. Promote quality library service to all Coloradans.
2. Inform community users about what they can expect from their library.
3. Assist library staff in connecting with the communities they serve.
4. Provide an authoritative document to which library administrators and supporters may refer when justifying requests for funds.
5. Assist library leaders in planning, administration, and professional development.
The Colorado public library standards serve as models for services, resources, and information that are available in libraries across the state. They are not meant to stand by themselves; rather, they are intended to enhance local planning efforts crafted to identify service goals that will allow the library to respond to the unique interests and opportunities in its community while achieving a consistent standard of library offerings across the state.
For more information, contact the Colorado State Library, 303-866-6900.