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The trial is over. Rolf Harris has been found guilty on 12 counts of indecent assault and has been sentenced to five years and nine months in prison. Hundreds of thousands, if not millions of words have been written on this matter in the last few months so by now we ought to be very clear about it. As I sit to add a few words of my own I am reminded of his old catch phrase "Can you tell what it is yet?" -- and I'm afraid that I can't.
On the one hand, we know that Rolf Harris spent many years sexually abusing women and girls as young as eight. More and more people, from assaulted women to art critics, are coming forward to testify to his dark side. There are numerous calls for the Attorney General to review the sentence as "unduly lenient".
On the other hand, we have a genial, jolly, quirky, ebullient and apparently sincere entertainer. He has been a tea-time fixture for children for the last 60 years. (I wasn't allowed to watch him though. After one programme my father delivered his judgement – "the music is pap and the art is competent but second rate"). The announcement that he was being questioned on sexual abuse accusations took me by surprise. Jimmy Savile was different - he always sent shivers down my spine, and my father's daughter that I am, I refused to allow any programme featuring "that creep" to be seen in my home.
I never thought of Rolf Harris in that way. I have always seen him as irritating but essentially harmless – if elevating mediocrity to the status of Australian cultural icon can truly be said to be harmless.
Then there are some of the famous quotes.
"I hope that maybe I am on this planet to try and spread a bit of love and affection and to try and help people to warm toward their fellow man instead of all this destruction and misery", or "I draw the line at filth and crude language. It seems to be an excuse for not being funny", or "Try and spread a lot of love and affection around the world. The most important thing is not to 'con' the public. Be real."
Like vast swathes of the population I was taken in.
My "cultural elitism" notwithstanding, the first stirrings of misgiving came when I watched the BBC programme about him painting the Queen's portrait. My leftist leanings made me squirm at his obsequiously deferential manner. His expressions of self-doubt about his ability to paint the portrait left me suspicious. Despite my father's opinion of his skills, Rolf Harris did not seem like the kind of person who would express genuine self-doubt.
So what can we make of this paradox, this absurd enigma, that is what we know of Rolf Harris? "Can you tell what it is yet?" If not, you're not alone. I suspect that the trial and the verdict and the sentence have left many, many people trying to make sense of what they know – know about him, and about what his conviction means for our understanding of why abuse happens and why it has so often been missed, ignored or minimized.
This apparently genial, ebullient man, who has described himself as "a big kid," also has a very dark and repugnant streak. He not only molested many women and girls (and more are coming forward all the time) but his could slip into aggression at the slightest hint of criticism, correction or rejection. Even in the courtroom his demeanour changed. He sang and joked and laughed his way through his reminiscences about his rise to stardom but afterwards he became persistently aggressive when cross-examined by the barrister, to the extent of being rebuked by the judge.
He seems to be a man much conflicted – on the one hand expressing no remorse during his trial and showing no emotion when sentenced; on the other, writing a letter expressing deep regret and considerable self-loathing to the father of one of his victims.
I know nothing of his pre-fame history, of his upbringing, his childhood experiences, but I can see that the facts "on paper" bear very strong hints of a person who was himself traumatised and has suffered the consequent inability to deal with life in a mature and responsible way.
In a July 3 article in The Guardian Simon Hattenstone had this to say:
I have never felt so strongly the presence of two contrasting characters as when I interviewed Harris. For much of the interview he performed, just as he did in court – he sang, he laughed in that exaggerated way, he whispered in that exaggerated way, he drew me a miniature flick cartoon book. Then, when he wasn't performing, he was miserable as sin.
Harris himself has said, "I don't mind how they [people] see me as long as they see me". This is telling: a man who must, whatever the consequences, be seen. His sexually abusive behaviour, which he could not at all afford to be seen, and his manic extroversion appear to be different manifestations of a wider personality disorder.
I think that this interior torture is one of the things that Harris' "it" is. It is present in many abusers. I confess that despite his crimes and his cruelty, I feel compassion, or at least some human recognition of his frailty.
But there is another thing that this trial brings home to me even more strongly.
I very much doubt if there are many woman alive (or dead for that matter) who have not been subjected to the kinds of assaults for which Harris has been tried and convicted. I most certainly do not know a woman who has not been raped, groped, or touched or kissed inappropriately by a man, known or unknown to her. Let me be clear – I am not saying that every man is an offender, but I am saying that virtually every woman is a victim of such offences.
In the past, most women have felt as vulnerable, betrayed and confused as Harris' victims say they were. Mostly they have not known what to do. Either shame or confusion paralyses them. Some question whether what is happening is really happening. In my own case I started experiencing sexual assaults at the age of eight, and yet when at the age of 29 I was groped by an Oxford don during a tutorial I still did not know what to do or say. Like many women, I felt threatened and sullied and deeply confused and even though I was a good scholar and a passionate and articulate advocate for a number of causes, the shock of the assault robbed me of words and I laughed it off. When I finally recovered from the shock and spoke of it to a mentor I was told "Don't make a fuss – we all know he has wandering hands and that he is just a dirty old man but he has the power to destroy your career with a click of his fingers. Just don't wear dresses to his tutorials and try to keep some physical distance between you".
In other words, like many women before and since, I was made to feel that it was somehow my fault and that the offender wasn't that bad. "Wandering hands" implies that he is not responsible – that his hands are autonomous and they go wandering off all on their own. "Just a dirty old man" is a double edged sword. It is both trivialises the offence and the offender but it also reinforces that feeling the victim has already that she too is somehow dirty and complicit.
So now I think I can see what "it" is in the canvas painted by Rolf Harris' coming to justice. On the one hand, it is that I feel compassion for this pathetic old man lost and betrayed by his little boy need to be seen and the compulsions he kept hidden, who has been stripped, by his own actions, of all the admiration and honours that he needed and so assiduously pursued for sixty years, who will spend the next few years of his rapidly shortening life alone in a prison cell. On the other hand, it is another sign we may be reaching a time when girls and women have a clear and available remedy for when they are sexually assaulted. His conviction is one more signal to women that they do not have to endure and laugh off sexual assault, that their complaints will no longer be dismissed as overly imaginative or overly prissy. It is an even clearer signal to men that sexual assault will no longer be winked and nodded at, and passed off as "wandering hands" or "boys being boys".
In the end what "it" is, is not about Rolf Harris. It is about society at last recognising that sexual assault on women and girls, is a crime, and will be treated as such whether you are a celebrity, an Oxford don, a bus driver or the man next door.


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Bill, (and Ugo),Thanks for that pointer. That's exactly what I need. I've translated it to Jython, and it seems to work, but not quite (or maybe I'm missing something): the bars are tied to the values in samples_Precip as symbols through pBarMap, and the bar lengths are tied to the same values with pBarScaleMap. And I get the part about having the pBars.coordinates to be a vertical line of arbitrary length to be controlled by samples_Precip.
Given that the arbitrary lines defined for pBars are (0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0, -0.1, 0.0), and that my precipitation values are always positive, I expect to see vertical lines coming from below the horizontal axis up to my data points. Instead, I see bars floating in mid-air, starting at the data point, and extending a vertical distance upwards that is controlled by the value along the y-axis. I have to change the '-0.1' to '-10.0' in order to see what I describe above. I guess I need a rangewidget to cut off those lines at y=0.0.
Can anyone explain the threshold effect of the negative value for the pBars - shouldn't any negative value cause the desired lines from below y=0 up to the data point?
Apart from that question, the idea is awesome - I think it'll let me do everything I need to do. Too bad it doesn't appear to be in the tutorials anywhere... What's the status of that - is there some way to contribute examples, tutorial material, etc to this project?
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Hi Frank, > I'm trying to create a two-dimensional display of some mass-spectrometry > results (observed and theoretical). For my particular work right now, that > means I'd like to create the following for each data point (x,y): > > 1. a vertical line that runs from (x,0) up to (x,y) > 2. a point somewhere along that vertical line (probably at the > top), indicating the mean value of the signal y for that x-value. > 3. two (or more) horizontal bars, one above the mean point, one > below, to indicate some kind of statistics (standard deviation, percentile > score, ... - basically some kind of error bar) > > From Ugo's excellent tutorial, I can see how to put in the point (in 2. > above) along with the lines. However, it's not clear how I can put in the > vertical lines. I guess I can fulfill 1. and 3. by using subs.drawLine() > function to draw the lines item by item. I'm just wondering if there isn't > a more "built-in" way of doing this for the set as a whole. See Ugo's message about making bar graphs at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/visad-list/1107 You may be able to translate this logic into VisAD-Python. > Also, if I wanted to use a symbol for the point-markers in 2., is there any > way for me to do that? Instead of just a dot, could I put in a 'star' (*), > a cross (+) or some other textual symbol easily? The Shape logic may help you do this. This logic is accessible from VisAD-Python as described at: http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/glimpse/visad-list/3183 Good luck, Bill ---------------------------------------------------------- Bill Hibbard, SSEC, 1225 W. Dayton St., Madison, WI 53706 hibbard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 608-263-4427 fax: 608-263-6738 http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/~billh/vis.html
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The question below concerns the personal character traits necessary for a happy and fulfilling life. What about the character traits of a faith community?
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I see faith communities being paralyzed by their yesterdays. Ways that worked in the 1950s and surely could work again. Memories of a "golden era" that continue to be held up as a standard – and implied judgment. Patterns of institutional life that stopped working decades ago, like the over-focus on Sunday morning worship and trying to keep clergy from being too assertive. Arguments that don't end.
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by Cass DuCharme
As the old saying goes, "the journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step." Highland Hills Baptist Church has been on a journey for almost 59 years. The very first step was taken when five couples met to talk about a new church on "this side of the river." Since those early years, we have continued to take many "first steps" together. Some of those steps have included buying a piece of property and meticulously caring for it, calling pastors who have helped us grow physically and spiritually, becoming a part of the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, becoming one of the first churches to financially support The McAfee School of Theology, ordaining women to the ministry and as deacons of our church, and sending our church members to minister through missions in Macon and all over the world.
One of the greatest steps our church has taken was calling Jim Dant to be our pastor 15 years ago. His leadership took us through many first steps including increasing women's leadership roles in the church, dedicating babies by walking them down the aisle, making our worship services more liturgical, introducing the burning of the Palms and Ash Wednesday services, and his thought provoking twelve-minute sermons. I'm hoping we can stick with the twelve-minute part for years to come. Jim has helped make our church what it is today; a church that truly loves everyone where they are and blesses the gifts that God has bestowed on them.
Jim will surely be missed, but with his leaving, our church must now take the next "first step" on our journey together. Under the leadership of our deacons, led by Jim Netherton, steps are being taken to secure committees who will find for us our interim pastor and the next pastor of our church. This part of the journey may take a little while, but I am confident that the next step in the life of our church will be taken just like the steps before, with much prayer, support, love, and vision of what God wants our church to be.
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FRANKLIN, Tenn. (November 6, 2014) – The following statement can be attributed to David Fowler, the President of The Family Action Council of Tennessee (FACT):
I applaud the Tennessee Court of Appeals for its decision dismissing the lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the Equal Access to Intrastate Commerce Act, also known as House Bill 600. In a day when cultural winds have driven some courts to issue politically correct decisions, the Court of Appeals stuck to the facts and the law.
The Court rightly noted that the state has authority to determine that civil rights laws should apply uniformly across the state. As the Court noted, those who advocate for special legal protections based on their sexual behaviors have not been precluded from persuading the people of this state of their need for those protections. And the court rightly recognized that those kinds of policy decisions are committed under our form of government to the legislature, not the judiciary.
At a time when we needed the economy to grow, our legislators did the right thing in passing the Act. They understood that the creation of desperately needed new jobs required an expansion of existing businesses and that the prospect of a patchwork of different local laws across the state would be a hindrance to that expansion.
The Family Action Council of Tennessee, which Fowler heads, was formed in 2006 by a group of citizens concerned about the growing negative impact of public policies on the family. FACT's mission is to equip Tennesseans and their elected officials to effectively promote and defend a culture that values the traditional family, for the sake of the common good.
Read the Howe v. Haslam Court Case
Read the Related Tennessean Article About the Dismissed Lawsuit


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Approximately what level of severity of restriction of food do you think you'd be willing to adhere to?
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Planning for The Barn, The Parkway, Bolnore Village/
Ever since The Barn, on The Parkway, had ceased to be used as a Sales Office for Bolnore Village the residents have wanted it to be used for good in the community.
In the last month or so planning has been applied for to change its use to that which could house a children's nursery. The planning process is now closed and the residents of Bolnore will have to wait and see what Mid Sussex District Council decide.
Chris Belton, chair of Bolnore Village Community Interest Company, explained their point of view: "The BVCIC along with the Community Partnership want to see The Barn being used for the benefit of the Village and on the surface, a nursery might seem to fit the bill. However both groups objected on the grounds of a significant increase in traffic and all that this would entail.
"It should be stressed that if the issues of traffic, noise, poor road layout and parking for the nursery could be resolved we would support a new application."
A decision is expected on 24th April 2017


text: Eric Shumate August 28, 2010 Uncategorized Ingersoll Live Eric Shumate August 28, 2010 Uncategorized Velo, Pixel, and Tag all worked the Ingersoll Animal Hospital booth at the "Ingersoll Live" event. They (of course) were the highlight for many. They got more petting than a service puppy requires but they worked the crowd for donations and selling Paws & Effect and Guerilladog t-shirts.


text: After dozens of press releases, emails and calls from industry contacts and PR people, it's easy for an analyst to think he knows in advance what's going to happen at SID Display Week. Then, there are the surprises. One of those surprises was encountered in the LG Display booth on the show floor, where a "QuantumRail" quantum-dot optical element from Nanosys (Palo Alto, CA; www.nanosysinc.com) had been incorporated in a developmental LCD LED backlight unit by LG Innotek.


text: This landscape renovation in Nipomo, CA included removal of existing lawn areas in the front and backyard, and a transition to a low-water-use, low-maintenance landscape. A new staggered concrete step pathway was installed to create a more inviting entry, Palomino gravel mulch and accent boulders were brought in, and drought-tolerant succulents, perennials, shrubs and trees were planted to soften up the hardscape and introduce color into the landscape. Synthetic turf was installed in small areas in the front and backyard, low-voltage lighting was put in to illuminate walkways, and a block retaining wall was rebuilt in the backyard. The existing concrete patio in the backyard was refinished, and a new redwood pergola was built over it to create a more usable outdoor space!


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Grimsley High School student, Susan Aboeid is known around the community for her dedication to community service work and volunteering.
Whether it's at international festivals or teaching Arabic to children, Susan is finding news ways to give back to her community. Click here to see how Susan Aboeid is making a difference!


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Sale of blood filter company follows massive $735m disposal of Adapt Pharma by Seamus Mulligan
Galway medtech firm Novate is to be sold in a deal that could reach $150m (€130m). The buyer is London healthcare firm BTG.
Novate makes a "blood filter" known as Sentry. It's designed to tackle blood clots and pulmonary embolisms. The product has received approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
The deal will see Novate's owners paid $20m up front with the potential for another $130m if milestones are met.
"This bolt-on acquisition further enhances BTG's strength in the vascular space," said Louise Makin, BTG's CEO.
"Novate's unique IVC filter offers our existing customers a highly complementary product." BTG said it expected the deal to boost its adjusted earnings per share from the second full year of ownership.
The company was founded by entrepreneurs Chas Taylor and Paul Gilson and has received backing from Seroba Life Sciences, Enterprise Ireland and ACT Venture Capital.
Novate's latest annual return lists around 60 shareholders, including the principals and a mix of private Irish backers and international institutions.
The Sentry product is designed to stop blood clots migrating to the lungs. BTG plans to launch it on the US market in the coming months.
Dr Daniel O'Mahony from Seroba said: "Since Seroba first met with the Novate team, we were confident that the Sentry device would become a truly disruptive product in the protection of patients from PE (pulmonary embolism) and we were excited to help fund the necessary development and clinical trials."
"We are delighted with the BTG acquisition as we believe they have the vision, sales force and infrastructure to bring the Sentry device successfully to market in the USA."
A number of safety issues have arisen with other blood filter devices designed to achieve the same result as Sentry. As part of the process to get FDA approval its clinical trials showed no evidence that these issues occurred with Sentry – something cited yesterday by Seroba and BTG as a key selling point.
At the end of 2016, the company had racked up accumulated losses of almost €37m, according to its most recently filed accounts. It had not generated any revenue at the time as it had not received FDA approval for product sales.
The deal is another win for Irish medtech after the sale of Adapt Pharma, led by entrepreneur Seamus Mulligan, to US business Emergent Biosolutions.
That deal will see as much as $735m paid for Adapt, with $635m up front and the rest dependent on whether it achieves milestones.
Adapt makes an antidote for drug overdoses administered via a nasal spray, making it a much less invasive alternative to other, similar products.
Seroba managing partner Peter Sandys said: "Novate is based in Galway, one of the largest medtech hubs in the world.
"With more than 200,000 patients dying annually from PE in US hospitals alone, we're delighted that the Sentry device, developed in Ireland, is now an option that doctors can use to treat patients at high risk for this condition.
"BTG is a highly synergistic acquirer and a great fit for Sentry," he added.
"The sale to BTG represents another endorsement of the strength and quality of the Irish innovation ecosystem in general and of the medtech cluster in particular."
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Charlottesville Business Exchange meets once a week, every Thursday from 11:30-1pm. CBE currently meets at Burton's Grill at the new Stonefield development in Charlottesville.
CBE welcomes guests and potential new members. Our bylaws allow for two visits before making a committment to membership.
Charlottesville Business Exchange member dues for new members are $280 per year. After the first year, membership fees are $250 per year, due the month of the year that you joined.
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We have found this is the best way to build individual relationships within the group, and greatly increases referral business. We call these sessions "RB"s, or Relationship Builders.
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A little bit about me...
My name is Brian Astell. I'm a professional mountain bike racer and off road triathlete. I compete professionally in many different disciplines including Xterra, cyclocross, endurance racing (100 mile mountain bike races), cross country, short track, enduro and even the occasional obstacle course.
I'm a huge believer in keeping whatever discipline you compete in fun. Having over 17 years of race experience, I've been fortunate enough to compete at the local, national and world level. I started out cross country running in high school and accepted a college scholarship to UNC Charlotte in North Carolina just before starting my career as a professional cyclist. I'm a NESTA certified triathlon coach as well as a NESTA certified fitness nutrition coach. I specializing in off-road competition. Whether you are into Xterra, mountain bike, cyclocross or trail run racing, I have years of experience and knowledge to help hone your passion.
As a young athlete, I made tons of training mistakes. I was a trial & error (and trial & injury) type guy - which led to lots of time lost. I needed to start listening and learning in order to reach my full potential. I made the decision to get certified as a coach. Through coaching, I realized I was just as passionate about sharing knowledge as the sports I was competing in.
As the coach for the Point Arena High School Tri Team, working with the NorCal MTB league, and helping countless others with their riding progression, was the inspiration to start TrailWorks.
Sharing the love of health, fitness, nutrition and the outdoors is what drives me everyday.


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After finding out that a friend of ours would be having a baby in December, I knew I had to make a baby quilt for her and her husband. Since it needed to be done in a timely fashion, I chose to use a quilt pattern instead of messing around with fabric yardage and what design to use.
The quilt pattern is from Fat Quarterly's Shape Workshop for Quilters. If you have ANY interest in quilting you need to check out this book. It has 60 different block patterns, as well as quilt and project patterns. It's pretty awesome. Anywho...onto the pattern review.
Pattern: Cub Crawl Baby Quilt by John Q. Adams
Description: "Cub Crawl combines square-in-square blocks with long rectangles to create a design perfect for highlighting both fussy-cut squares as well as large prints. Although it's a beginner-friendly pattern, the versatility of the design for different color and pattern combinations can appeal to all skill levels.
Finished Size: 48" x 56"
Did it look like the photo when finished? Yes, the overall pattern looked the same.
Were the instructions easy to follow? The instructions were very clear. The yardage that was needed for each block was spot on and the quilt top as a whole came together quickly.
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What did you like or dislike about the pattern? I like how well the design showcased large scale prints and how quickly i was able to sew up the quilt top. I had all the fabric cut on Day 1, on Day 2 I sewed the individual rows, and Day 3 I sewed the rows together to make the full quilt top. I was so happy I'm sure I did a happy dance around the apartment. The actual quilting took me about two weeks. I did free motion quilting in the squares and random straight line quilting in the rectangles. The random straight line quilt was a bit labor intensive, but I love the effect and got a good workout maneuvering that quilt :)
Were any design changes or pattern alterations made? The only changes were color, fabric choice, and the design of the quilting lines.
Would you sew it again? In a heartbeat. This pattern is great if you want to whip up a quick yet beautiful baby quilt.
p.s Our friends LOVED the quilt. Yay!!!!!!!


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Pawprint Series: Little Frensham Pond
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I came across Frensham Little Pond when I was visiting Watts Gallery recently in Surrey. I mentioned it in passing to The Hound and of course, he immediately wanted to visit – well water, trees, undergrowth, other dogs – what's not to love for a friendly doggie? Both Frensham Little Pond and its sister, Frensham Great Pond (see this Thursday's post) were originally created by William de Raleigh, the Bishop of Winchester (King Henry III was on the throne) as a […]
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The arsenal of 'you crazy autism parents are wrong' weaponry needs some attention paid to it. If you start picking the labels off it, there's truly nothing meaningful underneath.
When evidence and science are not being foisted about as reasons why we are all unreliably nuts, we get 'emotion' thrown at us. I'm talking choice arguments like, 'your logic is clouded by emotion', 'you are inventing irrational theories because of your emotions', 'you are just being emotional'… you know, the kinds of statements that make domestic arguments go so very well.
Let's pull it apart a little.
On a purely human level, any parent who has seen their child struggle with anything, gets the emotions we are talking about here to a greater or lesser degree – frustration, grief, desperation, hope, pride, anger, resolve.
On an intellectual level, these are the emotions that provoke thought, rigor, action.
On a historical level, these are the very things that have made invention, innovation and change happen.
So, I'm just not buying that emotion is a counterproductive part of this journey.
Instead, I'm thinking throwing shade over natural processes of human existence is more of a deliberate tactic to divert the need for change.
We are parents (genuinely emotional job).
Our children are struggling (stimulates the odd emotion).
We want to know why and we're being denied answers (tends to provoke responses in the right kind of person).
There's no doubt there are many parents who share a similar journey to mine who do not want answers. Many of them are friends of mine (maybe yours too). They are flat out living. They trust the experts will take care of it. They do not care why their children have autism, they simply care about living the best possible life with it. Some choose to view their autistic children as gifted, some choose to view their autistic children as irritants, some have no view of the autistic part of their children at all. These parents can be vocal about their stance, or not. While I am not one of these parents, it is absolutely not my place to judge their choices. Speculate, privately, maybe a little, but not judge.
My take on the emotions that motivate me in this game?
If I didn't let them be felt, express them, share them, acknowledge them, recognise them in others… I would be denying reality. Plain and simple.
Our personal story is not one of the most extreme, and yet…
We have watched our child be tortured (literally) by the presence of other children and the noise they make.
We have watched our child become paralysed (literally) in front of our eyes by a provoked auto-immune disease.
We have watched as his body has been poked, prodded, drained, infused, monitored, imaged (literally) as doctors pondered and never fully answered what was/is happening to him.
We have watched as trusted professional people who refused to understand him, mishandled him in a variety of settings. We have watched as those same people, under scrutiny, lied about their actions and their understandings.
We have watched our son, through all of this be a human being who values joy, humour, compassion and love over everything else.
It is not surprising we have some emotion tied up in all of that.
It is surprising that 'experts' would use the presence of that emotion to question our credibility.
And we are, again, by no means the most questioned.
I see, again and again, change agents in the autism community torn down by others. It can be other parents doing the tearing, or 'experts' doing the tearing. They do it openly, they do it subtly. It doesn't matter how they do it, to me, though, the fact that they need to do it is the concern to me.
If, as I read this morning on Facebook, autism is not a disability and just a lovely set of accommodate-able quirks, and we should all be happy with that as a standpoint, because our peadiatricians (80% are on the spectrum apparently) agree…
… then, why the need to discredit those who think differently? Especially by using their normal parental emotions as reasons.
If more and more autism is OK with you, why be threatened by those who think it is not?
Forget the numbers (as if you can), forget the future (as though you can) and focus purely on the experience of being a parent and seeing your child unable to cope with normal life. Your child has a condition that makes the simplest things anywhere between troubling and impossible. No one knows why. No-one knows if it will ever go away. You may even suspect your child was once healthy, and they became… not healthy.
The best response strategy is acceptance, right? Put a lid on your emotions and get on with life. Keep Calm and Carry On.
Here's the thing.
Do nothing, is a deliberate social choice.
Socially, economically (in the short term), politically (in a shortsighted kind of way)… do nothing is also much much cheaper.
When your doctor says, 'you are clouded by your emotions and your gut instincts about what caused your child's autism are wrong' – why do they do that? What is the aim there? In the moment, I'm sure they just want you to feel better. But the social aim about the condition called autism is 'do nothing.'
When other parents say, 'it's OK, doesn't Bill Gates have an ASD?', the social message is 'do nothing'.
When autism service providers say, 'we can teach your child to cope', the social strategy on autism is 'do nothing'.
Where the personal meets the social, I get to this – It's not just about me and my family, it's about all of us.
When we normalise the existence of a condition, we are not paying tribute to those who have it, we are condoning the actions of the society that does nothing to stop it.
When we question the credibility of the witnesses to the birth of that condition, we are choosing to condone doing nothing.
If you want to do nothing, do nothing. It's your life. But do not work against doing something.
Because if you do, your children and your children's children's children's children will be paying for that choice – emotionally and literally, in the provision of disability services, housing, welfare, education, medical care.
Know that you are saying it's OK for more and more children to be diagnosed with autism, and if trends maintain, those children will not have the kind of autism that makes them a quirky paediatrician or a sneaker wearing billionaire. They will have the kind that puts them in hospital a lot, on medication a lot, and in the presence of befuddled first responders a lot.
Obviously, that is a choice you are free to make.
I am not OK with that. My baby will not be a medical professional. He is unlikely to be any kind of professional. It is not easy to say that out loud.
I am allowed to be sad. It's OK for me to be disappointed. There is nothing in the world wrong with my being angry. The problem, for me, would come if I did nothing with those emotions.
In my mind, anything that compromises someone you love is worth doing something about.
I love my own child to the moon and back, which is why I can acknowledge that what needs to change it is way way way bigger than even that.


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On October 16, 2011, the life and memory of Martin Luther King, Jr. was honored at the dedication ceremony for his memorial on the National Mall. Five years later, on September 24, 2016, King's legacy and the legacies of other pioneering African Americans were celebrated at the opening of the National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). The NMAAHC and the MLK Memorial are not only linked by standing as "firsts" on the National Mall—the NMAAHC is the first African American museum on this tract of land and the MLK Memorial is the first monument honoring an African American there—but also by the philanthropy that helped to pay for them. In my research on black cultural philanthropy, I find that this museum and monument are connected through common patrons: Half of the major donors to the MLK Memorial also gave million dollar donations to the NMAAHC (1).
When the General Motors Corporation donated $750,000 to support the MLK Memorial in June 2000 they became the first major sponsor of the campaign. Over the years the automaker continued to provide support—for example, they made two separate $1,000,000 gifts in 2002. By the end of the campaign GM had given over $10,000,000 to the cause. In 2013, two years after the MLK Memorial opened, the company made a half-million dollar donation to the NMAAHC that was part of a bigger seven-figure gift.
The NMAAHC's major gifts campaign was kicked off by a million dollar pledge by Aflac in 2002. Over the course of fulfilling this pledge from 2003 to 2006, the company also gave a one million dollar donation to the MLK Memorial in 2005.
While both philanthropic campaigns overlapped, the MLK Memorial donors who supported the NMAAHC generally gave to the King campaign first. Along with GM, other corporations such as The Walt Disney Company, Prudential, and Hyundai followed their million dollar donations to the MLK Memorial with million dollar gifts to the NMAAHC. The gifts of individual donors such as financier Robert F. Smith and filmmaker George Lucas (whose NMAAHC gift was also from his spouse investment manager Mellody Hobson) followed this pattern as well.
Not only did half of the major MLK Memorial donors give million dollar gifts to the NMAAHC, but at least close to 15% of them have also given million dollar donations to other African American museums and related organizations. In particular, there is overlap between major donors for campaigns to build the MLK Memorial, the NMAAHC, and the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio. Corporations such as Hyundai, Toyota, and PepsiCo gave million dollar donations to all three fundraising efforts. Another case of million dollar gifts to the MLK Memorial, the NMAAHC, and another museum focused on black culture is philanthropy by Lucas and Hobson. In 2005 Lucas' donation to the MLK Memorial was announced. In 2013 Lucas and Hobson gave a $1,000,000 gift to the NMAAHC, and the next year in 2014 the couple donated $1,000,000 to the Smithsonian National Museum of African Art.
Identifying the donor links between fundraising campaigns at the MLK Memorial and the NMAAHC (along with other African American museums and related insitutions) offers a richer understanding of these cultural projects. Studying high-impact patrons of black culture (e.g. donors who provide major support for the institutionalization of black culture across multiple sites) is not only important for documenting the history of black monuments and museums, but also for understanding the factors that drive black cultural philanthropy.
Donors Who Gave Million Dollar Gifts to the MLK Memorial and the NMAAHC (2)
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
BET Networks/Viacom
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation*
Coca-Cola Foundation*
Exelon Foundation
The Ford Motor Company Fund*
General Motors
George Lucas*
Hyundai Motor Company
JP Morgan Chase
Macfarlane Partners/Victor and Thaderine MacFarlane and Family
McDonald's Corporation
MetLife Foundation
Michael and Susan Dell
Nationwide Foundation
PepsiCo Foundation*
Prudential Financial Inc.
The Boeing Company*
The J. Willard and Alice S. Marriott Foundation
The Walt Disney Company
United Health Group
Verizon Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Zoelimax Foundation/Robert Frederick Smith
(1) This is based on analysis of the million dollar donors for both building campaigns who are memorialized on donor walls at their respective sites. Documents such as 990-PF's, annual reports, and press releases were also consulted.
(2) See footnote 1. Also, donors designated by an asterisk have not only given million dollar donations to the MLK Memorial and NMAAHC, but also to another African American museum. In cases where the donor name is followed by a forward slash, the name of the associated donor that appears on the NMAAHC donor wall is listed.


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I'm so happy I got to meet this little girl! She is just the most precious. And I have to say this is my first outdoor newborn session. Usually and especially since we live in the Bay Area it is too cold for those little ones outside but out on the farm in Hilmar there is sun! Couldn't resist putting her in a bowl on the grass. Thank you Howie and Erika for having me to your home to capture this new adventure in your life, a lot has changed since last year! xo Jenna
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Sites related to GeogSplace
Spatialworlds blog
Australian Geography Teachers' Association website
Scoop.it sites for the class
Population change as time goes by
Populations, including the demographic variables of total number of people, age breakdown, sex ratios, birth rates, death rates and rate of growth are not static but change over time as the conditions in a country change for the better or worse. In most countries, such change involves development and the associated improvements in health and social conditions as a result of industrialisation and economic improvements in a country. The following sites attempt to explain the modelling of such changes over time and introduces the DemographicTransition Model (DMT). The DMT is a model that describes a predicted and in most cases expected population change over time. It is based on an interpretation begun in 1929 by the American demographer Warren Thompson, of the observed changes, or transitions, in birth and death rates in industrialized societies over the past two hundred years or so. Although not perfect and as always there ar exceptions to the model (rule), the DMT is used by demographers as a way to look at population change over time.
* Videos explaining the impact of development on a countries population and the Demographic Transition Model (DTM)
* A detailed look at the stagesof the DMT
* A good summary of the DMTstages
* A corny but accurate animation
* Worth looking at the Age-Sex Pyramid animation showing the movement through the stages of the DMT (from youthful population to the ageing population).
* Youthful and Ageing populations
* Youthful population video
* Ageing population video
* More animations to aid understanding (simple, a little annoying but useful)


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Knowledge Management 40 years later and where are we now?
The past 40 years have seen radical changes in the knowledge management landscape from a technology viewpoint. From the creation of the printing press over five centuries ago, knowledge management has been shaped by the evolution of technology. Historically viewed as a nebulous term, organizations were somewhat reluctant to embrace knowledge management without a strong ROI or the ability to solve a critical business need. As the industry matured, knowledge management became a formalized practice focusing on strategy, process, and measurement. Today it is still evolving but now discrete business objectives can be achieved through managing content and intellectual assets, resulting in improved information access, compliance, and records management. All of which deliver increased organizational performance, risk management, and competitive advantages.
Digital content is exploding and shows no signs of abating. The crux of the problem is that while content may or may not have value, context is invaluable. Unstructured content in an organization is unique to that organization, rich in industry terms and unique nomenclature that can't be replicated. Today, it doesn't matter if you are a government entity or a business entity the fundamental objectives are the same. The goal is to manage and control unstructured content and at the same time provide the flexibility to address one or more challenges. Critically important is that the technology can adapt to the unique needs of the organization, as opposed to having the organization adapt to the technology.
The age old problem with unstructured content is the inability to capture meaningful metadata. Often placing the burden on the knowledge professional, it is still at best highly subjective, rendering the metadata meaningless and without context. Without the ability to identify and capture 'concepts within content', provide auto-classification and manage the content with powerful taxonomy tools, the improvement of search, records management, data privacy, and compliance cannot be accomplished.
To achieve this ability to manage unstructured content, a framework to incorporate the logical progression of managing these assets needs to be implemented, which Concept Searching calls the Smart Content Framework™. This approach is at its core knowledge management, but is extensible to information governance focusing on unstructured content. An Enterprise Metadata Repository is the center of the framework that enables the proactive management of content. This is an enterprise infrastructure component tightly integrated with the management of the lifecycle of content. From this, enterprise search, compliance, records management, and data privacy issues can be addressed and managed.
It is surprising though, from statistics and surveys, many large organizations still do not manage their unstructured content. How can you not?


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The UGLYS have been a band for nigh on three years, yet they performed live for the first time this February. Just imagine … three years of crafting tunes, exploring the sonic palette, before any stage time. I wish more bands would give their songs that much time to incubate, to evolve, to become. The UGLYS are Zach Kane (guitar, drums, voice), Jared Kane (bass … and brother), and Victor Jadlow (guitar, voice).
Now, things have gotten too legit for The UGLYS and their fans as the band is due to release its "High as Heaven, Drunk as Hell" e.p. on June 26th. It was recorded by former Suicide Squeeze artist Tim Gerak (The Photo Atlas, InnerOceans) at Mammoth Cave Studios in Denver.
The UGLYS are a post hardcore stoner/punk band. I think that distinction is right on. There are too many tempo changes and heavy, heavy riffs to be punk in the Ramones sense of the word. How about this: If The Mars Volta, Screaming Trees, SOAD, Royal Blood and Rancid could somehow all parent one musical child, it might – might – sound a little like The UGLYS. That's my take. I'm happy to hear something this aggressive that's anchored by some theory chops. Keeps it interesting. I'm a fan.
"High as Heaven, Drunk as Hell" is a 20-minute blitzkrieg of styles in four blistering tracks. Zach Kane: "Our style is heavily influenced by the post-hardcore bands of the early 2000s, i.e. The Blood Brothers, At the Drive In, Underoath, etc., balanced with late 80s/early90s post-punk Fugazi, The Talking Heads, Liars. Then we threw in some stoner metal to seal in the mix (Sleep, Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats, Bison BC)." Preview a couple of tracks here.
The Denver release gig is on July 17th at Hi-Dive. This is gonna be a serious knockout event. Whiplash warning: Don't come to mosh without getting limber first. The beat's too hot for your safety.


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Weekday breakfasts are a complicated matter.
I am not the sort of person who can have cereal, oatmeal, or toast every single day of the year, as great as they are for folks like me who are married to their computers. Sure, I'll go through week-long spells of eating one of the aforementioned foods. But then I get bored and move on to the next, and the next, until the cycle repeats itself. Every once in a while (too often, actually), I'll break down and buy a bagel. But alas, one can't do that every single day, especially with the amount of cream cheese New York bagel shops typically slather on.
Lately, I've gotten back into baking. And hopefully this will solve my breakfast dilemma. My goal is to bake at least one new (healthy-ish) breakfast item a week that can last me 3 or 4 mornings. Then maybe cereal and oatmeal won't seem so boring after all.
First up is zucchini bread, something we've adored in the US since the 1960s. I had been craving zucchini bread since Saturday, when my friend Amy told me she made a loaf to get her vegetable-phobic husband to eat something green. (He ended up loving it.) And I had been wanting to try out a bookmarked zucchini bread recipe from The American Century Cookbook. The author got the recipe in the 1970s from an Illinois woman she interviewed for Family Circle magazine. "This was my first encounter with zucchini bread but by no means my last," the author wrote. "I have been offered zucchini bread recipes by cooks from all over the country but have yet to find a finer one."
And it certainly was better than other zucchini bread recipes I've tried. There is a good amount of zucchini here, but it still feels like a solid bread. The ground cinnamon and ginger notes are faint but pleasant, and lemon and orange zest add a nice citrusy scent. (I substituted orange zest for the orange extract in the original recipe.) But mostly it was because the outside developed a perfect crust while the insides stayed moist and light.
Now I'm off to look for more bread ideas for next week. If you have a recommendation, let me know!
Zucchini Bread
Makes 1 loaf
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup vegetable oil
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 cups coarsely grated zucchini, packed (about 2 medium zucchini)
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon orange zest
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup chopped pecans
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Grease and flour a 9″x5″ loaf pan. Set aside.
- In a mixer, beat the eggs at medium speed until foamy on top. Continue beating while you carefully add the oil. Add the sugar and cream the mixer on high speed. Add in the zucchini, lemon zest, orange zest, and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine the flour, salt, cinnamon, ginger, baking powder, and baking soda. Mix the dry ingredients into the batter one cup at a time, stopping the machine once the last cup is well-incorporated so you don't over-mix. Manually fold in the pecans.
- Pour the batter into the loaf pan. Bake for 60 to 70 minutes, checking at the 60 minute mark. The bread is done when the top is brown and a butter knife or toothpick stuck in the middle comes out clean.
- Allow the zucchini bread to cool in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes. (It might fall apart if loosened too soon.) Loosen the bread around the edges with a spatula or butter knife, then turn out onto the rack. Allow it to cool for another 5 to 10 minutes before cutting.
Adapted from The American Century Cookbook by Jean Anderson


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Each Project is unique and the journey to achieving the end result is different. However, they invariably follow the same overriding structure
- Initial Contact
- Face to Face meeting where the Clients' Brief is established along with an initial review of the Project Site
- HONTO undertakes initial investigations to determine what Authority controls apply to the Project Site
- Fee Proposal prepared for Client consideration
- Upon Fee Proposal Acceptance, HONTO will assist in refining the Client Brief into a clear and concise document that accurately describes the Client's very specific spatial requirements. A detailed Site survey plan by a licensed Land Surveyor (engaged by client) will need to be undertaken. HONTO will assist with the calling of quotes and selection process.
- Concept Design - HONTO will use bubble diagrams, loose sketches, rough plans and sections to explore design ideas against the various parameters established by Client, Project Site and Authority Controls.
- Design Development / Townplanning - the Concept Design is further developed by HONTO into a more cohesive set of drawings. Consultant requirements from other disciplines are integrated into what will become a more resolved Project. If required, the relevant documents will be collated and submitted into Council for Townplanning Approval. HONTO will also utilise 3D Computer modeling to assist our Client in understanding the Design.
- Construction Documentation - HONTO will prepare detailed technical drawings, specifications and schedules. These documents will provide a Head Contractor the necessary information to build the Project. The completed Construction Documentation will also comply with the relevant Statutory requirements so that a Building Permit can be issued.
- Contractor Selection - HONTO has access to a considerable list of highly competent and recognised Builders and will manage the Hard-money Tendering, or Negotiated Tender process for the Client. HONTO will thoroughly assess each submission and provide the Client with informed recommendations. HONTO will also undertake final negotiations on behalf of the Client.
- Contract Administration (Construction) - Once a Head Contractor is selected, HONTO will assist with preparing Contract Documents. During the Construction period, HONTO will monitor the progress of the Head Contractor and ensure they are following the Contract Documents as well as keeping the Clients informed. Assessment of Head Contractor's Claims for Payments, Claims for Variations and Claims for Time Extensions will also be undertaken by HONTO who will act as an Impartial Administrator of the Contract between Client and Head Contractor. Any queries from the Head Contractor will also be directed through HONTO.
- Post Construction - Manage Head Contractor during the Defects Liability Period to ensure obligations are being met. At the completion of the Defects Liability Period, HONTO will assess and determine Final completion.
HONTO strongly encourages our Clients to retain our services throughout the entire process - from Concept Design through to Post Construction as it provides the Client with the peace of mind of having an experienced Professional working alongside them to ensure the original Client Brief is met in full and without compromise.
HONTO's Fee Proposals provide detailed descriptions of each of the requisite stages as well as a monetary figure to assist our Potential Clients to decide on what level of service they would require from us.


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on running Sweetwater solo.
For the past two weeks, Matt has been gone M-F. I'm totally fine at the farm alone, I'm not scared or spooked. I talk to Maple a lot & I go to Grain Train for dinner a lot.
When I knew Matt would be leaving for a few weeks I saw it as a challenge. I was excited to be all 'I am woman running this farm hear me roar, see me water, see me harvest." Plus, Matt came home the weekend in between, which was a definite treat to have the extra set of hands here again. Below is 5 things I learned while running Sweetwater Lavender Farm solo.
1.) I could not do this alone. I probably could. But I would resent it. You know how when you're a kid and your mom goes somewhere for like, a day, and your entire family cannot function? Like, shit is hitting the fan, you're wearing a sopping wet slicked back ponytail to school, your dad is feeding you 'olive loaf' bologna slices..... we survived right? My dad is awesome. We had fun. But there is something about when someone leaves, it really makes you realize how much they do. Matt busts his ass to keep this place running. I cannot tell you how many times I thought to myself "oh my god, Matt just probably does that and I have no idea." I love you babe.
2.) I will be a hysterical Mom one day. Speaking of moms. Maple had a small injury last week. On Monday morning I stormed into the vet's office and was saying things like "I need to see the BEST PERSON IN THIS OFFICE." Convinced her puppy life was coming to an end, I was out of control. The Vet walked in, poor woman, she's my age(ish) and I started SOBBING. I told her about how I'm hormonal, about how I'm overwhelmed, about how I don't want Maple to die. She put her hand on my knee and just listened. Oh Sweet sweet Dr. Paige. Regardless, Maple does NOT have Hip Dysplasia. She has a lower back sprain. She is fine. I am crazy. Just imagine when my one day kid has a one day ear infection and I think the sky is falling.... you've been warned.
3.) Not every project will happen this summer. Doing it all solo these 10 days, has shown me just how much we have to do. This doesn't make me sad. Or upset. It just makes me realize, yet again, that this is a process. A really long beautiful process.
4.) I was not cut out to be a 1950's housewife. I'm gross. I'm messy. I'm loud. I have a few things that are musts.... I cannot go to bed with the kitchen dirty. I cannot walk through the living room and leave the blankets in a pile on the couch. But I CAN leave. laundry. everywhere. I CAN let things become penicillin in our fridge. I CAN eat 2 spoonfuls of pumpkin seed butter for dinner and fall asleep with the spoon on the coffee table and my kindle on my chest. I CAN skip a day of vacuuming. A lot of times I say 'we are just so busy outside the two of us make it so messy inside.' Oh alright Kalin. Just admit it 'we are just so busy outside there is ONE OF US WHO MAKES IT MESSY INSIDE.'
5.) Being a woman is badass. This is a really crazy time to be alive, let alone a 28 year old woman. Doing it all the last two weeks was both empowering & defeating at times. But I went to bed each night feeling proud of who I am and what this place is becoming. Who run the world? Girls.


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We welcome all to this fun, sophisticated, and social environment that celebrates and promotes the natural hair community and culture.
The hair show and expo will be held at the University Plaza Waterfront Hotel located on Stockton's Waterfront, next door to the Stockton Arena, Banner Island Ballpark, and the Civic Auditorium. Come check out hair and beauty vendors that offer classes, products, accessories and unique fashions for the natural hair community. The hair show will showcase all of Natural Do's hairstylists and their natural hair talents. You don't want to miss this event!
Expo Vendor booths and show tickets are now on sale. Get your booth and tickets now as they will sell FAST!!! REGISTER HERE


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This BSL PRO lesson describes the hardware and software setup necessary to record smooth muscle from earthworm gut, in vitro.
* This objective is covered in the introductory text and recording template for BSL 4 or above only.
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This lesson requires a Biopac Student Lab (BSL) System and the following hardware. If your BSL System does not include all hardware items, expand your system by selecting required items below. For more details, review the Lesson: L# BSL Lessons - see the Lab Manual or launch BSL; A# and H# BSL PRO Lessons, click the PDF link above to review full setup, recording, and analysis procedures.
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Electrodermal Activity (EDA) is an objective index for understanding emotional states. Researchers measure EDA to gain insights on psychological or physiological response, leading them down the path of scientific discovery. Because EDA is so important to research, BIOPAC has created tools to optimize event-related EDA analysis. Topics include: how to identify skin conductance responses, convert stim events from E-Prime SuperLab, Presentation, Vizard, etc., into AcqKnowledge events that can used for analysis, and score skin conductance responses using the AcqKnowledge automated EDA analysis tool.Register Now
NIRS and CNAP—Pairing great tools for great data Cerebral hemoglobin concentration (blood mass in the brain) is frequently measured in the prefrontal cortex, and systemic arterial blood pressure is known to be a variable factor based on the hemoglobin concentration. A leg pressure cuff was used to constrict and release blood flow to create a […]
BIOPAC's just released Introductory ECG Guide addresses fundamental to advanced concerns to optimize electrocardiography data recording and analysis. Topics include: ECG Complex; Electrical and Mechanical Sequence of a Heartbeat; Systole and Diastole; Configurations for Lead I, Lead II, Lead III, 6-lead ECG, 12-lead ECG, precordial leads; Ventricular Late Potentials (VLPs); ECG Measurement Tools; Automated Analysis Routines […]Read All


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Lithia Springs Marina is the premier boat storage facility on Lake Shelbyville with Slips for rent in a variety of styles to suit every Boater. We offer our slip renters value, service and experience so they can enjoy boat ownership with unlimited water access.
Whether you are fishing for the big catch, cruising with friends through the coves, or tanning on your upper deck, LSM is home-port for rest, relaxation and fun.
We have 344 seasonal Slips spanning 10 concrete floating docks, both covered and uncovered.
Our Slips range in size as follows:
Uncovered: 17' x 8' to 75' x 20'
Covered: 18' x 8' to 44' x 16'
Hoists are individually-owned. Boats with a pump-out system can prearrange a pump-out slip-side or at gas dock (Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays in-season only). There is no charge for pump-outs but gratuities for staff are greatly appreciated. All seasonal slip holders have access to shower and restroom facilities not available to the public. Laundry facilities are also available as is a pavilion with picnic tables that can be reserved for private use by calling the front desk. Large cruiser and houseboat slips are individually metered for electricity.
Please call (217) 774-3221 for specific pricing and terms. Generally, Slips are priced by foot. Finger length and width of the slip as well as boat length all factor in to price-per-foot.
Q: Can you rent slips by the day, week or month?
A: We rent overnight, uncovered Slips by reservation at Nessie's Dock only. Electric is available for these Slips. Our seasonal Slips (Docks A - K) are rented biannually (Summer and Winter).
Q: How do I reserve a seasonal Slip?
A: Please contact (217) 774-3221 to choose an available Slip. Each boat in a seasonal Slip must have a contract for the slip with payment and a Certificate of Insurance.
Q: Do you have any specials on seasonal Slips?
A: LSM offers pre-pay discounts for seasonal Slip Renters. As well as a customer loyalty program. Please call (217) 774-3221 to see if you qualify. Like us on Facebook to be the first to know about more special offers!


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Longtime friend and filmmaker, Ricki Bedenbaugh was recently in a skate related accident, and ended up in the hospital with a skull fracture. Cruise over to the Sheckler Foundation, and pickup one of his "Keep On Pushing" t-shirts. All proceeds go directly to help Ricki's medical costs, getting him back on his feet and behind the lens. Get well soon Ricki, and keep on pushing.
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Asia Pacific Learning Exchange: Strengthening Land Tenure Security for Urban Poverty Reduction in Asia Pacific
LEARNING OUTCOMES REPORT **recently added
The Civil Society Organizations' urban cluster of the Global Land Tool Network (GLTN), in partnership with Habitat for Humanity's Solid Ground Campaign, hosted a two-day learning exchange on Strengthening land tenure security for urban poverty reduction in Asia-Pacific, in the Manila Bay area, Philippines.
The learning exchange brought together 43 participants, from 20 Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) from 11 countries (India, Malaysia, Philippines, Australia, New Zealand, Fiji, Cambodia, Nepal, The Netherlands, United States, Kenya) discussed land-related challenges in the region, explored the strategies that CSOs are currently using to tackle them and identified ways in which shared knowledge and collaboration among the cluster members can advance individual and collective goals. Together, they worked towards:
- Building a common understanding around the range of land tenure options and ways to strengthen security of tenure in urban areas in Asia and the Pacific from the civil society point of view
- Sharing information, experience and perspectives on meeting land-related challenges, including piloting and application of a selection of innovative land tools
- Discussing practical challenges, tactics and lessons learnt from the diverse experience of GLTN's partners in the urban cluster
- Identifying key aspects in which the GLTN secretariat and partners can support and collaborate with each other at the local, national and regional
Participating organizations were introduced to the report on "Land Tenure in Asia and the Pacific: Challenges, Opportunities and Way Forward" by David Mitchell (RMIT) and the he led an engaging discussion around five key thematic areas: security of land tenure and access to other rights, urbanization and rural-urban linkages, climate change and natural disasters in cities, women's tenure security and access to land and limitations in legislation, policy, land administration and management.
The urban CSO cluster includes Action Aid, ACHR, Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development, Habitat International Coalition, Huairou Commission, International Land Coalition, Namati, Norwegian Refugee Council, Oxfam International, Protimos and Slum Dwellers International.
Addressing urban land and poverty issues is more critical now than ever before. In 2018, for the first time, more people in the Asia-Pacific region will be living in cities than in rural areas. Thank you to everyone who participated and to those who were unable to do so — we hope you will engage with us in the future as we continue to work towards change.


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After years of using various debugging tools, I decided to make my own as a labour of love, that eventually became something I though could be useful to the Unity community. This asset is much more than a simple FPS counter, and at a very affordable price!
Graphy is the ultimate, easy to use, stats monitor and debugger for your project.
Main Features:
FPS Counter (Graph and Text)
Memory Counter (Graph and Text)
Audio Spectrum (Graph and Text)
Advanced device information
Debugging tools
With this tool you will be able to visualize and catch when your game has some unexpected hiccup, and act accordingly!
Graphy also includes a debugger script! The debugger allows you to set one or more conditions, that if met will have the consequences you desire, such as taking a screenshot, pausing the editor, printing a message to the console and more! Even call a method from your own code if you want (through Unity Events or C# System.Action)!
Additional features:
Customizable look and feel
Multiple layouts
Custom Inspectors!
Hotkeys (Modify them to your liking)
Easy to use API (accessible from code)
Works on multiple platforms (Tested on PC, Mac and Android, but it should work on almost anything)
Keep Alive (it will survive scene changes)
Background Mode (Negligible impact in performance)
Well documented C# and Shader code included (yes, it uses shaders!)
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Wave Plus wireless EMG
Wave Plus wireless EMG system was released in 2012, as the natural evolution of the Wave technology. Wave Plus introduced several improvements over the previous product, and added some new exclusive features still without comparison in the market:
- ALL of Wave technical features
- Tri-axis accelerometer integrated in all probes, with sensitivity up to 16 g
- Impedance check control for pre-acquisition quality monitoring
- 12 hours battery life
- Improved wireless transmission
- Flexibility to use more than EMG sensors with a firmware update
- Compatible with our new, completely free acquisition software EMG and Motion Tools.
Using the years of experience producing Zerowire and servicing all the units sold, Wave Plus comes with all the improvements needed for an up-to-date wireless EMG system. The most important exclusive features are the following:
- 8, 16 or 32 channels EMG and (2) Footswitches
- 16 new generation accelerometers (3-axis) integrated in the probes with adjustable sensibility (+-2, 4, 8 or 16 g)
- Simultaneous output of all data both via USB and analog interface (total of 66 channels: 16 EMG, 48 accelerometers, 2 FSW).
- Impedance check function on each electrode to assess if the level of impedance is low enough to get high quality data.
- Probe batteries inductively recharged and user-changeable when exhaust.
- Battery life guarantees 12 hours of continuous acquisition.
- Inter-probes latency <5 usec (less than 5 microseconds).
- Analog fixed delay of 14 milliseconds, for any number of channels used and including the accelerometers output.
- Battery status monitoring, probe individual turn on/off, probe identification by led, software accelerometers offset.
Wave Plus EMG is fully compatible with our own EMG and Motion Tools software, which is the only software for EMG acquisition provided FREE of charge with the purchase of any EMG system. This software is simple and yet powerful at the same time, allowing you to:
- Acquire up to 32 channels of EMG or IMU data simultaneously
- Acquire Gyro, Accelerometer and Magnetometer raw data and view it in real time
- View and replay inertial data when used it in combination with WaveTrack IMU units
- Configure the EMG system with .cfg configuration files
- Save the data in .c3d format
- Export all data in ASCII format (.txt)
- Import the data saved on the memory on board of our Mini Wave Infinity probes and format the memory
- EMG and Motion tools is a free installation software, there is no license or dongle required. We can provide you with a copy even if you are not existing customers, together with a number of sample files to test it with. The software is written in .NET code, and it requires a working internet connection to be installed. It is compatible with all Windows operating systems.