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We can make Christa's dreams come true in our generation together.
Pinkerton Academy Students: Be the pride of Alan Shepard's Hometown Region. Do not insult anyone.
Be Respectful When Making Points. Back up Conclusions with Factual Data. Follow "Better Safe Than Sorry" To Protect Humanity.. .
In the Planetary Protection Debate Video above: Watch for this important question at: 1.14.40 seconds =
How many of you would allow a Nurse who has been treating Ebola Patients direct entry into USA no questions asked.?
Quiz Questions :
1. Has your perception of people who function like the mean old lion in this video
changed after taking these lessons?
2. If you encounter someone who speaks like the lion in the video, at school or
in the workplace what do you do?
Watch The Whiz Lion Video then read the answer under it.
To All Students: We are proud of you and wish you the very best in your future adventures!
Positive Reasons to Protect Society
Answer: Use Your Intellectual Courage.
Fact Check Every Word They Say and All Points They Make.Do Your Research. Make A Team .
Bring Security With You, If Needed, And Prevent Decisions From Being Made That Can Cause Harm To Humanity.
Then enjoy this beautiful earth. Swim in the sea, hike, visit with loved ones. Stay balanced.
Plan Ahead- Be Prepared! Print Out And Memorize These Scientist Codes You Will Need Them To Benefit Humanity!
Here's one way to analyze scientific debates: Look up people places and things mentioned in the talk
NASA Office of Planetary Protection SETI INSTITUTE Planetary Protection Read This Look up more for both
The Mars Society Center For Security Policy (Hate Group?) Martin Marietta Aeronautics Lockheed Martin Pioneer Astronautics
OPINION : "A view or judgement formed about something, that is not necessarily based on fact or knowledge. Click this link
Scientific Conclusion: Based on the use of the scientific method, with research, experimentation, analysis of results and conclusion.Click this link:
Scientifiic Method:Click this for the formula: Jackalope: Orthogonal
Examples of Infections spread provided by Spry:Review video from 45.09 sec.
1. Massachusetts Indians - Massive deaths - Settlers spread disease:Link One: Link Two: Link Three:
2. Ebola 3. Black Plague 4.Dutch Elm Disease 5. Bird Flu 6. Ship Fined -dumps bilge water into great lakes
7."Not possible for life to be on the sun"
Watch at: 1:24:15 and at: 1:26:41
RE: Choice: Save people from planetary infections vs saving them from
tropical diseases or cancer research or vaccinations or any other thing?
Students: If you were Asked :Would you rather spend money on this life saving safety protection or that,? Think and Find : What reasons would decision makers have for stopping planetary protection funding? Are those reasons safe and valid.?Does everyonne know all the pros and cons.It's perfectly fine to expect funding for both. Find the courage to say so.
Science Needs For You To Know This:
When you see a person attacking the mental status of anyone, rise up, stand up and demand that they be removed from the room immediately. There is no excuse for such unethical language.
When decsions being made effect the safety of humanity, your response could save lives and the planet.
"Reach for it. Push yourself as far as you can!" Astronaut Christa McAuliffe
Bring a notebook and a package of pens and write down key words, phrases, and example situations that the speakers give to back up their points and then look them all up. (Even if you think you know the meanings, always look them up again. Info. changes from decade to decade.. New info. may have changed the definitions. Review the data below then watch the planetary protections debate video again.
Future generations of shining stars, sing for higher ground:
Lab Technician : Only Survivor On His Team
Humanity Needs For you be be an ethcial and strong leader: As Moderator for Such a Serious Debate:
Set the tone with the following rules or recommend that these rules be included:
1. No Cognitive Attacks or Personal Insults Will Be Tolerated.
No mental status insults allowed.
2. If Rule #1. is violated by a speaker then immediate removal from the debate and the building will occur by security. Recommend that the (scientists/victims) of the mental status attacks file charges with the police dept. Give them a copy of the tape documenting the cognitive attacks for police records.
3. There will be no second chances.
4.The cognitive attacker's colleagues will be allowed to choose one replacement speaker. If this speaker also insults or attacks the mental status of others, the debate will end.
5. The remaining speakers will be allowed to speak for the remainder of the time about their issue.
6. If the remaining speaker uses cognitive attack or personel insult languge they also will be immediately removed and the debate will end.
7. Speakers who have been removed for cognitive attacks/insults
will not recieve payment for their time.
*Although you may see professional debates that are lax in these rules, follow them anyway. These are very traditional debating rules. Members of Science will site the Semmelweiss Example sternly to validate the above expectations. Stay Good. Always.
Precautionary Principle: PDF LONG FORM Short definition
An Educated Guess: Nursesare used in Dr. Spry's Ebola example below in the pink box Planetary Protection Debate video.If Nurses were askedfor their opinion :Should we take away Planetary Precautions and Regulations in a manner that could cause epidemics? A guess as to what they would have to say is shown in the Aretha Video below: With issues as serious as this, it's no time to be timid, Planetary security will, in all probability, appreciate ethical, honest, and courageous advocacay, on the issue: ( No Pushing allowed and stay polite with your words always. Be good role models while you advocate safely.)
Think About It - Would you want to take care of a patient with an epidemic that could have been prevented, knowing you might also contract the disease and die?
The Medical Community has every right to reference the Black Plague and others as reasons to validate spending 5 Billion on contamination prevention.
It would cost alot more to respond to a large planetary plague.
Always Remember: An opinion is not a conclusion
If Unknown Factors are in an equation, there cannot be a full conclusion, only preliminary conclusions can be the result in the math at that time.
We have not fully explored Mars yet, there are many unknowns.
One Math Equation Version Used to Predict and Prevent Harm: Scientific Method + Precautionary Principle + (Add different variables to see how preliminary conclusion changes ) - ( Remove specific factors to see how preliminary conclusion changes) + Unknown Factors - Unknown Factors = Preliminary Conclusion
Example: Zubrin's opinion is that there is no life on Mars. Spry cautions that life may grow on Mars if humans bring moisture to the planet.
Words Of Intellectual Courage:
Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Lakota) -Chief Oren Lyons (Onendonga, Seneca, Six Nations) From His Speech To The United Nations
Leadership Lesson For Seniors On Planetary Protections, Ethics and Intellectual Courage
This box contains links to words and phrases mentioned in the planetary protections debate video that is next to Aretha above ...
RE: Watch Planetary Protection Debate VIdeo Below: 1:26:19 seconds
Consider this point of view as well: Be Safe, Be Smart, Analyze What Science Professionals Say, and Think To Protect Humanity No Pushing Allowed.If Needed, bring Security to keep peace to say what needs to be said. No Health Professional wants to risk death to treat an epidemic especially if it was caused by people who knew better and did it anyway. That is what we believe that healthcare professionals would say, if they were asked. We can explore planets while following planetary protections very well. We did exactly that when we went to the Moon.
Print these Scientific Debate Guidelines out.
Memorize them and keep the copy for future use.
Pinkerton Students: "Let's talk about you for a minute" You are learning in the land of America's first Astronaut, whose intellectual courage helped to pave a path for space exploration. In the video at the top of lesson one, that you have just completed, Alan Shepard talks about planning for each and every possible failure, developing plans to reverse those failures to success, and in so doing, decreasing risks so that the impossible can be possible.
That is a segment of the Precautionary Principle. See this important video below to learn more .
What Does Intellectual Courage Look Like? Why Is It Needed? Read The Garcia Letter to Presdent Clinton and to Dr. J. Wayne Littles
All must face the reality that Dr. Spry is correct - the Practice of Prevention is the best way to protect humanity on this planetary contamination issue
Welcome to LESSON #2 The Code: For Graduating Seniors:
Advocating In Science Using Intellectual Courage
Continued from Lesson #1.
Watch the planetary protections video above at : 1:24:19 sec. Consider the above question the starts: "Think about it" Assess how much averting vs how much risk...which health professionals would say no? Who are they?
What experience does Dr. Zubrin have in Infection control methods of study? His answer: 8th grade science class. find at; 45:58 sec. in video
Always look up a speakers bio. to see what education they have and who they have worked for: Wikipedia Bio NASA BIO VASIMER a Hoax
What experience does Spry have in infection control methods of study? Andy Spry Bio
Do Your Homework and Stay Ethical Particularly when discussing Issues of Planet and Humanity's Safety andnever use cognitive attack words.
Here is an interesting debate. This debate below is also about a planetary infection control issue.
It is not recommended that students respond in the style of Aretha in the video below, while students but you can expect to see workplace debates between professionals that are similar and needed when protecting humanity from harm minus the pushing.Remaining polite does not mean that you do not raise your voice when the safety of earth is at stake. Raising your voice alerts security that a conversation is ocurring that they need to hear to help protect the planet.
Robert Zubrin Mars Society uses cognitive attack words, and Andy Spry of Planetary Protections does not. Dr. Spry wins the debate. .Never forget the Semmelweiss Example...use it when you need it in the future.
Go to lesson #3 when your done with lesson #2 to learn more.
Students: Strive to represent Alan Shepard's School of Pinkerton Academy well in society.
Learn to be excellent and courageous advocates and debaters. These skills will save lives for :
" Caution with microbes is essential to humanity's survival. "
Space/Science Careers Are Competitive- Don't do drugs, don't get drunk, stay polite, protect your privacy, don't post disturbing or embarrassing images or comments online..\
Humanity needs for you to stay good!
Definition of Terms:
Memorize examples in history where such bullying in science occurred so that the solutions used then can be helpful to you now, if you encounter them in your career.
On Writing Scientific Safety Letters To Planet Leaders and System Decisionmakers - The Shuttle/Garcia Example
*Hover mouse over Pinkerton Academy Section to access list of space student favorite topics
*Scroll down for space exploration links and videos about NASA Astronaut Alan Shepard and more:
Visitors! Using this Custom Search Box:
After typing in search words in the box below:
Scroll down past the first few ad results on this Alan Shepard Project custom google search site to find the search results found on this educational website about NASA astronaut Alan Shepard space exploration, and more:
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Take this mini quiz with the Whiz video Below: Then Go To
Lesson #3 It's a Shorter Lesson with Space Career Videos after your done with this page
Students: Do Not use these terms, ever:
"Irrational" " "A bunch of quacks"
"That's Statistical Insanity"
The medical community's responsibility is to expect funding to prevent disease "The Hippocratic Oath they take states:
" I will prevent disease wherever I can for prevention is preferable to cure" Look at the planetary protection debate video below at 1: 26: 19 for this next point RE: "Would the Medical Community Spend A Billion Dollars To Save People from Planetary Infections? "Dr. Zubrin states they would not.Now Think: Was the medical community asked this question? If so who was asked, how many, what is their medical specialty? Who do they work for?
When you attend a debate like the one above, between Dr. Zubrin and Dr. Spry: don't decide who won until you go back home and do your research!
When you become a science professional, the world needs for you to develop the intellectual courage to tell the truth in a report to a President and all who need to know it, just like this Garcia Letter Dear Mr. President: Match your intellectual courage to america's first astronaut to prevent harm, when those more powerful than you are wrong in their decisions. Quote example about organizational intimidation:"When I ask for the budget to be cut, I'm told it's going to impact safety on the space shuttle.I think that's a bunch of (a word for excrement)"NASA Admin. Dan Goldin 1994. at JPL (Remember, we in Derry are here for you to talk to long after graduation if you encounter these things at college, or in a job even after college graduation.. just come find us.. call Pinkerton let them know you need to talk to your former teachers and get some advice from those you know and trust.)
After the loss of Christa, precautions were placed in the organization to prevent further shuttle losses and they worked, until those precautions were reversed.
Your knowledge right now even as students is important to the world, your value is immeasurable, you are our safety plan. After you have your science degree and your in the profession for a few years, situations sometimes require for you to be as vocal as Aretha was in the video ABOVE. Minus the pushing. When you encounter debates (while students) stay and listen to them even in hallways, or workplaces to sharpen your observation skills. Remember to analyze the words being said to decide who the aggressor is and who the protector is. Just because someone is speaking loudly like Aretha doesn't mean that person is the aggressor or being belligerent, or inappropriate, or rude. Usually the Aretha approach is required after a planetary defender has tried possibly 6 -10 times to be polite and the politely said warnings and cautions were ignored, especially if the audience of decision makers do not fact check or analyze to determine who is speaking the truth before making a decision. Study, study, study, look every little detail up always, and analyze.
Alan Shepard Project Reminder: We must follow planetary protections to prevent intentional society destruction - to prevent the use of disease to gain control of countries. It is everyone's responsibility to make absolutely certain that bad history is not repeated to prevent harm to humanity. Look back in history to gain insights and to fact check. We as a planet must always honor and respect the Aggawam of Ipswich Ma. and remind society of the harm caused and precious lives and knowledge lost. Read here of writings from the 1600's where some celebrated the loss of a society so that they could claim the land. https://historicipswich.org/2017/09/01/the-great-dying/ Space scientists have advocacy responsibilities beyond the lab.
Enjoy the Skies for Miles and Miles. We Are One Family On This Earth.
When you become a professional remember to ask artists to assist you in inspiring future generations to protect the planet and Humanity as Derry N.H.'s own Space Art Kids are learning now.
Do not let anyone convince you to slander anyone, or lie about their mental status, you could lose your job!
When encountering a debate such as this, analzye it. Who is the instigator? On the surface in safety debates, in other environments it may appear that the one waving and speaking loudly as Aretha did, is belligerent, rude and inappropriate, but actually what you may be seeing is a planetary protector whose trying to prevent an epidemic. The instigator may be the one speaking more calmly. Remember: Look Everything up, every little thing, analyze, follow the precautionary principle and THINK.


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Axis Giving Away $2,500 In VMS Licenses For Attending 2 Day Training
In a move that is unsettling some VMS manufacturers, Axis is giving ~$2,500 in their own ACS VMS licenses for attending a 2 day class.
Axis Camera Station has always had a difficult existence. A VMS offering from the biggest IP camera manufacturer who encourages and broadly works with many 3rd party VMS developers.
Over the years, Axis Camera Station has slowly improved, but clearly has been held back to reduce conflict with their VMS partners. For example, even though all Axis cameras support ONVIF, Axis Camera Station does not. Furthermore, the pricing has remained ~$100 per channel while open VMS platforms dropped their entry level pricing to the $50 - $75 range.
However, giving away that many licenses (28) undermines their VMS partners plus seeds the market for integrators to use more of ACS.
It's a good deal for integrators, though. Their 2 day Network Video Fundamentals course costs ~$600 and for that you get a high end ~$900 Axis Q1604 and ~$2,500 in ACC VMS licenses. In the past, we only recall them providing a camera or other hardware.
What do you think? Integrators? Manufacturers?
Note: This was first discussed / raised in True Open Platform VMS Alternatives To Milestone
Do you think that Axis is really trying to 'seed the market' with ACS? Do we have any idea what the sales numbers actually are for ACS?
It seems the main idea is just give a dealer free stuff and hope he will sell it sooner or later. And since that free stuff is best used with Axis cameras, it will increase hardware sales. Keep it 'broken' though so VMS partners don't get upset.
Do you think the internal cost of that camera is $600 or much less? Because I didn't see any limit to how many times you could take the class or if you have to pass or even if you have to show up, other than to grab the goodies. An integrator, it would seem, would be allowed to send ten people for ten cameras and 280 licences without a problem...
For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill. - Sun Tzu
Giving away one license per seminar attendee is causing you heartburn? Why? It doesn't scale. It's not like they are giving away licenses to end users. Unless you expect end users to take the class to get the software.
Here is similar offer in Canada from DW Spectrum/HD Witness
- FREE MF21M4TIR IP Camera
- Five DW Spectrum full, non demo licensees
- Seven post-class days project discounts
- Exclusive Projection Registration Discount
- Direct Technical Support Line access
I received a copy of Axis Camera Station with 8 licenses and a P1311 box camera for attending one of their academy training sessions 5 years ago. The licenses were not for resale and I never used them as we didn't have any interest in the ACS platform, just their cameras.
I also received not for resale demo licenses from Genetec and Exacq for attending their training. It's pretty standard for manufacturers to do this. Not sure why this is a big deal. Slow news day?
IMO, ACS is not a very robust product and if using less than 8 cameras, you can download their camera companion product for free and avoid using it altogether.
I think the goal is to have their attendees be able to train with and later show their camera products without the expense of having to buy a demo VMS. 28 cameras seems a little excessive though but might make for a nice office demo.
In all the times I have met with Axis sales reps both as a gold an platinum partner, they never push the ACS product. They are aware of the relationship with VMS manufacturers and walk a tight line. Although the Canon/Milestone acquisition and Avigilon (who makes a VMS and their own line of cameras) probably requires them to keep ACS in their offering basket based on potential future market volatility.
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The En.D is an intense collaborative writing & art project that spans multiple mediums.
Set in a semi-futuristic world where non-humans (fantasy races) have been ousted by a hacker. This prequel project - an ambitious augmented reality series - will introduce the participant to the world of The En.D.
Utilizing the skills of multiple artists, musicians, VA's, writers, and editors, we aim to draw our participants into our world, embroiling them in the story of Elaine '[redacted]' Morgan, a reclusive black hat hacker who is caught in a web of intrigue, socio-political turmoil and the underhanded agenda of an powerful shadow organization.
Through the use of fictional social media accounts, "recordings" of phone & VOIP conversations, narrated/acted slideshows of 'in-person' interaction, fake websites & weblinks, and additional written, spoken and musical media, our intention is to create a tone and experience that brings the fictional world to life.
At current, we are looking for voice actors for the below roles, but would happily consider offers from contemporary artists, GFX designers, photographers, musicians, and anyone with skills that can help bring our vision to life.
PROFIT MOTIVATION/MONETARY COMPENSATION AVAILABLE FOR EXPERIENCED TALENT (TBD during interview)
UPDATE: A MINIMUM REIMBURSEMENT OF $100 CDN (~$75 USD) has been implemented for VA Roles!
Brother of my brothers, son to my mother and father.
World builder, entrepreneur, mad scientist, and social savant all wrapped up in one.
26, Male
A preferential voice actor will be able to replicate a wide range of emotion with the following traits:
Deep, intense, decisive tone.
Slow, thoughtful line pronunciation.
A supporting character for Elaine, and the only male character currently being cast, it is less important that Kyle be presented a particular way, but that his emotion and intensity are captured with realism.
"You seriously need to get out and breath some fresh air – not that recycled crap they keep venting into your little cubby. It's got you saying some pretty funny things… (beat) besides, I know someone you've got to meet."
"I think someone has a crush. It'll be good for you! Impress her with that big brain of yours. You've never slipped up before, and you know what to do if you do end up taking a fall. Worst case scenario, you embarrass yourself and need to clear a few logs off a proxy or two."
"Good going! I'm so proud of you, my little cyber cowgirl! Changing the game once again – fuck the impossible. Fifty points!"
22, Female
A preferential voice actor will be able to replicate a wide range of emotion with the following traits:
Silken, sultry, somewhat haughty tone.
Calculated, intelligent line presentation.
Ability to present harmonious, seductive tones and more sadistic, dangerous, dark voice tones.
As a secondary focus of the prequel project, it is imperative that Morrigan's experience manipulating, seducing, and misleading people be delivered confidently and accurately in her widely varied lines.
Voice actresses/actors applying for this role MUST be comfortable delivering lines with blatantly obvious sexual undertones, and innuendos - and be able to deliver them with confidence.
"Looks like Kyle got a bit distracted on his way to get our drinks. (beat) How about we let the boy have his fun, and we can go get up to some fun of our own. I've got an apartment right nearby; nothing fancy, but very – cozy."
"Holy shit E - if you're too afraid to do it, just say so. No need to get all up in arms about it. Way Kyle put it, you were some goddess of the cyber world; but everyone has their boundaries, no shame in that. Let's just… (beat) take a break, calm down, and put it behind us."
"It's hard to deny something when it's staring you right in the face, hmmn? In all its … - (beat) - … *my* - glory. Now; if you promise not to scream, I can let you go. As much as I like to play with my food…"
24, Female
A preferential voice actor will be able to replicate a wide range of emotion with the following traits:
Warm, vigorous tone.
Vibrant, quick line pronunciation.
Somewhat smoke-deepened voice.
As the primary focus of our prequel series, it is integral that Elaine is represented accurately and that the VA is able to truly sell the emotions of the character as she journeys through her character development and the stresses of the story.
(Playful) "BEHOLD! RIOTBOSS- King of hackers, champion of the 99%, MASTER of the IT Support desk!"
"No, no no no. There's no way I'm getting involved in… (beat) in THIS. You said you needed help getting back at some asshole boss. Do you think I'm an IDIOT? That I have some DEATHWISH or something?! Iris KILLS people."
"I never should have come out of my room! This – (beat) – THIS BULLSHIT, YOU!, THEM! Fucking demons and shit! You're not even supposed to be REAL. And now my best friend… (beat) my best friend (beat) (beat) (beat) Kyle is DEAD because of you."


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J.B. Smoove in "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" Next Episode: Considering Cows Milking Themselves
Thursday is just some hours away. You know what that means: we will get to enjoy a new episode of Comedians In Car Getting Coffee.
In the previous episode which was "Escape From Syosset" with Jude Apatow in a 1968 Pontiac Firebird 400, where the host Jerry Seinfeld, @JerrySeinfeld, and the guest Jude Apatow, @JuddApatow, visited 101 Coffee Shop in Los Angeles. Here is a video just in case if you missed the previous episode.
Now, it's nearly time for another guest comedian to hop inside the 1964 Studebaker Avanti and get some coffee. We are all eager to find out who is the celebrity this time. Let's find out.
Season 8, Episode 4 guest comedian.
So in the new episode, we will be having Jerry Brooks, but this is not as we and everybody know for he is famous with the name of JB Smoove, @ohsnapjbsmoove. JB Smoove is an actor, writer, comedian and also a voice actor.
Cows milking themselves:
We are also as eager as everyone else when we watched the first look of the upcoming episode as it brings out more excitement where Smoove says that he wants to see cows milking themselves which actually sounds funny but has also increased our interest in what will happen.
If you haven't watched the trailer of the new episode yet, then you don't bother to look anywhere else. We have it right here for you.
This trailer only looks so fun. We wonder what the whole episode will be like. According to Entertainment, Smoove and Jerry will be riding to 10 coffee and the title of this episode is "Everybody Respects a Bloody Nose." We will just have to wait until tomorrow to find out and we ponder, it's going to be another great episode as it has always been.
Before the end, we will just like to remind you the special episode with President Barak Obama who also seems to be a slight of a comedian during his speeches. Let's just look at the episode itself.
Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee is a comedy series created, directed and hosted by Jerry Seinfeld. The first episode premiered on July 19, 2012. The show is currently running in its eighth season and has been renewed for a season nine.


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The course contains both theoretical and practical components designed to provide students with oporunities to develop hypnobirthing techniques, knowledge, and skills. The practical component of this course is structured to provide learning experience which complement the theoretical component and assist students to develop competency.
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Just business as usual.
Pick your favorite facial expression.
Dante actually looks like he's dying in the back.
Previous Standings
1) Kirakira Precure A La Mode – 304 Points
2) Aikatsu Stars! – 255 Points
3) Rilu Rilu Fairilu – 243 Points
4) Idol Time PriPara – 162 Points
I never really track the exact point margin across weeks, but it feels like we've more or less reset to where we were before Aikatsu went on a tear.
Weekly Point Distribution
1) Aikatsu Stars! – +9 Points
2) Kirakira Precure A La Mode – +6 Points
3) Rilu Rilu Fairilu – +3 Points
4) Idol Time PriPara – +1 Point
A Word From the Big Man
Much better than last week, but there were still a lot of holes in the bottom two spots.
How to bake a steamy daytime drama.
I really like Yukari as a character, and it's nice to have someone as cunning as she is in the main cast. The problem is I expected Rio/Julio's character to make it at least to the halfway point in the series, very much akin to Dokurokushe in Mahou Tsukai. But, at the rate we're going, it's hard to tell if Julio can remain a villain for more than a few more episodes. In the case Julio isn't defeated, he can no longer maintain his Rio persona, and that severs a lot of his effectiveness as a main villain.
Julio first came off as really cool and cunning, and felt like he could be a real long time burden on Precure. But his identity getting exposed within four or five episodes of his introduction kind of undoes that entire image (no matter how clever you make Yukari out to be). It's obvious they want to do something with his character before the second half of the show begins, but, in hindsight, it might have been worth introducing him at the start of the series to help establish him as a real villain.
The recent approach to writing in Precure is to push out a lot of miniature arcs within one series rather than ultra-focusing on a single struggle. There are definitely series where this kind of thing works, but it does feel a little rushed, to say the least, in the case of A La Mode. This may just be a fault of expanding the cast, whereas a series like Mahou Tsukai started with only two main characters (or three if you want to count Mofurun).
Rola doesn't know how to react to even the smallest of victories.
What I thought was going to be a Kirara centered episode quickly did a one-eighty to Rola. It honestly didn't signal any of it during the first half, but it quickly shifted during the second half of the episode. I didn't know how they had planned to elevate Rola so she could stand on the same stage as everyone else, but the staff finally gave her the boost she needed so she can actually go toe to toe. Overall, I was really happy with this episode, and my only real worry is that Rola will eventually get dragged through the mud (again) once Yume shoves her off the podium (again).
I had talked a lot about how I felt confused by what the staff wanted to do with Tsubasa's character, and I'm fairly certain they didn't plan much of what actually ended up happening. I just can't imagine that they would have had her jump across so many characters, only to have her transfer all her responsibilities and traits to Rola in the following season. Don't get me wrong, I think them deciding to raise Rola as the new Tsubasa position is great, but it would have helped to see Tsubasa have any shred of influence on Rola in the first season.
As it stands, Tsubasa directly had an episode with every character in the main cast except Rola (unless one was erased from my memory). But the character Tsubasa interacted with the most with was Yume, and the senior character that interacted most with Rola was Lily, which was only during Rola's short development arc. I know I said I wanted to see Tsubasa interact more with Ako, but that was coming from the angle of how they could have worked more of Ako's character into the first season. But if they had planned to do this with Rola's character, then it would have been logical for Tsubasa to spend more time by Rola's side over any other character.
Rin sure seems to enjoy the pain of others.
Fairilu experimented this week by doing it's first really off the wall segment during the second half of the episode. And, unfortunately, it kind of fell flat on it's face. Sometimes you can throw a ton of nonsense at a wall and it will stick, and sometimes it just falls flat. This nonsense was definitely the flat falling variety.
Something about shoebills.
PriPara suffers from the exact same problem this week that the Kuma episode suffered from a couple of weeks ago. If you only plan to throw gag characters into an episode, then you reap what you sow.


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By Betsy Natter
The nights are beginning to get crisp and there is a tinge of color to the foliage on the trees. As the bustle of back to school ends and schedules settle in, take some time to relax with the family and enjoy the outdoors at one of these family friendly events.
Upper Perkiomen Bird & Wildlife Festival
2298 Green Lane Rd., Green Lane, PA 18054 • 215-234-4528
Enjoy a full day of outdoor learning at the Upper Perk Bird & Wildlife Festival at Green Lane Park on Sat., Sept. 30 from 11 am to 3 pm. Visit with the animals from the Red Creek Wildlife Center and Aark Wildlife Rehab. Learn about bee hives, taste and buy honey, or stand among hundreds of butterflies in the Monarch enclosure. Hop on the hay wagon for a free ride around the park grounds, enjoy food vendors and listen to the musical sounds of the Lost Local Boys.
Kids will also enjoy the games, activities and puppet show. Purchase natural food and home products from local vendors or pick up a few native plants to add to your garden. There's lots to see and do at this free event. Plenty of parking is available in the amphitheater parking lot.
Apple Butter Frolic
Mennonite Heritage Center • 565 Yoder Rd., Harleysville 19438 • 215-256-3020
Nothing says falls quite like apples. Join in the fun of this local tradition at the 44th annual Apple Butter Frolic at the Mennonite Heritage Center on Sat., Oct. 7 from 9:30 am to 4 pm. Arrive early and enjoy an Apple Sausage Breakfast from 7:30 – 10:30 am priced at $8 with children under age 8 paying only $4. Throughout the day watch farming and folk craft demonstrations and learn about the bake oven and pretzel making. Kids will love the tractor parade, and the variety of activities including butter making, pinch pots, crawling through the straw maze and horseback and wagon rides. Plenty of Pennsylvania Dutch food will be available in the food tent and to take home.
Participate in the apple baking contest by bringing your baked pie or cake and recipe by 10:30 am for judging. Entrants get free admission to the Frolic and the chance to win a gift basket from Bauman's Fruit Butters.
Admission to the event is $8 for adults and youth, $2 for children ages 6 to 12, and children under 6 are free. Parking is available at Indian Valley Middle School, 130 Maple Ave., Harleysville with a shuttle to the Frolic. All proceeds support the work and mission of the Mennonite Heritage Center which is to preserve the stories of Mennonite faith and life in eastern Pennsylvania.
Full Moon Hike
Norristown Farm Park • 2500 Upper Farm Rd., Norristown, PA 19403 • 610-270-0215
Parks typically close after sunset, but on Thursday, Oct. 5th Norristown Farm Park is providing an opportunity to enjoy the woods and meadows into the evening. Join Ranger Dave at 7 pm as he leads a hike to explore the emerging animal night life by the light of the fall's first full moon. Be sure to wear sturdy footwear for the two mile hike. Pre-registration is required and is for adults and children ages 8 and over. Meet in parking lot #5.
By The Light of the Moon
Upper Schuylkill Valley Park • 1615 Black Rock Rd., Royersford, PA 19468 • 610-948-5170
Join the nature center staff on Saturday, Oct. 7th at 6:30 pm for a moonlight tour of the park grounds. Learn about nocturnal animals and listen to the sounds they make as night falls. Bring a flashlight and dress warmly as the entire presentation is outdoors. The program is for all ages and a $2 per person donation is suggested. Call the park to pre-register by Oct. 5th. Light refreshments will be served.


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Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang
VINASA's Vice chairman,
Chairman of member of board of Lien Viet Post Joint Stock Commercial Bank
Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang is Chairman of Member Board of Hong Co Technology Company, Vice Chairman of Vietnam Software & IT Services Association, Vice Chairman of VAIP, Vice Chairman of Lien Viet Post Bank.
He was Head of the Archaeological Department of IBM Vietnam Computer Company from 1984 to 1990. He joined the executive board of Vietnam Association of Computing Informatics, V, VI, VII, VIII; He joined the Vietnam Software Association (VINASA) and has served as Vice President until now.
1979: He graduated from the University of Economics and Planning (National Economics University)
1979-1980: He worked as a lecturer at the University of Planning and Economics
1981-1983: Enlisted – working at BQ 600, QK7 1983-1993: Discharge, Head of the Archaeological Department of IBM Vietnam Computer Company (known as VN 2 Computer Company, Ho Chi Minh City)
1993 to present: Chairman of Hong Co Informatics Company (Hong Co Group)
He is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of Vinh University of Industry, Vice Chairman of Lien Viet PostBank and Chairman of the Board of Directors of many enterprises in the fields of IT, Finance, Education and Training. Mr. Nguyen Dinh Thang is the second generation of IT in Vietnam. He has been an IT specialist since 1883 and is the pioneer in accessing and introducing DOS 1.0, the first Dbase II in Vietnam.


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It's that time again! We're dancing for fun, and funds. Join the throng at the Crown Hotel, Sala Room, on Friday 10 May, 2000-0000, for another fun ceilidh and fundraiser. We'll have the marvellous Wraggle Taggle Ceilidh Band again, with caller (so you don't need to know all the moves).
There will be a brief update on progress with the library (yes, there is some progress to report), but the focus is on the dancing and general merry-making. We've listened to what some of you said last time, and introduced a limited number of family tickets so you can bring the kids without breaking the bank. To get your tickets, click here: http://buytickets.at/cricklewoodlibrary/255138/r/website-24-april
Doors open 1900, bar opens 1930 (with extra staff this year!) and band starts 2000 sharp. Chucking out time midnight. It'll be a blast, do come.


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Le Camion Qui Fume
Like most American Expats in Paris, there are times when I crave things you can only get back home. BBQ, buffalo wings, a corn beef sandwich, and yes…a burger too. Sure, you can find burgers in Paris, you can find them on just about every menu but they're usually average at best and geared towards … Continue reading
Michael's Genuine Food and Drink
(Gen-u-ine) [jen-yoo-in] – adjective: authentic; real; free; free from pretense; affection or hypocrisy; sincerity This is what chef/owner Michael Schwartz envisions at Michael's Genuine Food and Drink; an indoor-outdoor restaurant at the heart of Miami's Design district. For him, it's about food that comes from heart, not haute cuisine. It was also from hearth, that … Continue reading
A taste of home
As a change of lunch scenery, venturing outside school ended up as a good idea with a visit to a little shop called Bagels and Brownies. The small shop had a queue of students outside…No wonder, they served an array of bagels of your choice (plain, sesame, onion, cheese, blueberry among many others) and a … Continue reading


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Deluxe Spa Break for Two
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A short break of pampering at a lavish luxury health spa is one of the most enjoyable and indulgent ways to relax and be treated to some 'me' time. Spend either one or two nights at your chosen health spa with unlimited access to all of the fantastic facilities. Spend your days dipping in and out of a sauna, steam room, hot tub, other heat treatments, swimming pool and fully equipped gymnasium. Receive one or two treatments, and many locations also include meals or allowances towards meals during the stay. With luxury venues all over the country (each offering a slightly different but equally high quality experience), you're guaranteed to feel truly special. There is no better way to completely revitalise.
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- Spend one or two nights relaxing at a top UK spa
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Each luxury spa is open throughout the year and availability varies, so please check individual venues. Weekends fill quickly, we recommend booking several weeks in advance.
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The weather won't affect the stay, but some luxury spas offer outdoor activities that may be cancelled if the weather is very bad.
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Duration varies depending on location. As a guide, spend either one or two nights.
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Numbers at the spa vary. All treatments are conducted in private rooms.
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To enable beamline staff to provide all our users, remote and local, with up to date information about the beamline, we have a new 'Message of the Day' feature in GDA. This will allow us to advertise to all our users (and staff) the kind of message often seen on the whiteboards at the beamline.
Click on the messages icon on the GDA window to open the Beamline notes.
Each day the beamline staff will add notes relevant to the beamline that day.
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Case Discussion Questions
These questions are mainly for class discussion. However, they will also be quite helpful in preparing for the quiz. The possible essay questions for the exam have already been sent in the guidelines for the first exam.
U.S. Divisional Structure in 1955 (Diagram 1)
1. What are the benefits of organizing by product rather than function? By using the product strategy brand managers in the same product division competed in the marketplace but shared access to strong divisional functions. Those transferred best practices and talent across many brands foresting leading edge competencies in the R&D, manufacturing, market research in the rapidly developing consumer product industry.
2. Does it make sense to put brand managers in charge of performance (profit and loss)?Yes, Brand managers in charge of performance is profitable and it has been shown in the article that more consumer focused business decisions could be made and with more pace by brand managers at lower levels in corporate hierarchy. Since also brand managers are given responsibility of profits and strategies
3. Despite being responsible for profits and losses, why do brand managers not have complete control over manufacturing and sales force? Because of strong centralized functions in R&D and Manufacturing.
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4. How is this structure different from the structure shown in Diagram 1? Country managers not brand managers has responsibility of profits and market strategy. Country GM's adapted P&G technology and marketing expertise to local markets 5. What are the reasons for P&G to have adopted a structure different from the one shown in Diagram 1? To suit the...
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Larry Randall Pollard, Sr., 74, of Springfield, passed from this life on Monday April 15, 2019 at NHC Healthcare in Springfield. Graveside services will be conducted Thursday April 18th at 1:00 p.m. in the Hudgins Cemetery in Fairview. The family will receive friends on Thursday from 9:30 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. at the Robertson County Funeral Home.
Mr. Pollard was born February 21, 1945 in Davidson County to the late Henry Newson Pollard and Trula Iona Tidwell Pollard. He worked as a bicycle repairman and was of the Church of Christ faith. Mr. Pollard loved to fish, and he was a gentle man to all that knew him. Mr. Pollard is survived by his wife: Angela Holland Pollard of Springfield, his son: Larry Pollard, Jr., his daughter: Patricia Pollard, his brother: Michael Pollard, his sisters: Judy Lane, Janice Stewart, and Barbara Brooks, and by his grandchildren: Zach, Elissia, Noah, Meagan, and Rachel.
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Data Virtualization: The 13th Commandment
It has been 30 years since Edgar "Ted" Codd published his "12 rules defining a relational database." Those 12 Commandments, as they became known, actually include 13 rules (0 through 12) and describe the need for logical-physical independence in data management systems. But where do modern information architectures -- particularly data virtualization -- fit into the conversation? Here's the answer.
These days, it is virtually impossible not to be familiar with the idea of abstracting lower level resources and exposing them through software as higher level logical resources. We are seeing that approach successfully put in practice every day. Not just in DBMS but in many other areas -- from Java virtual machines to virtual LANs, or from network function virtualization (NFV) to hardware and storage virtualization just to name a few.
But how could Codd's proposition of logical-physical separation in DBMS be transposed to 2015's information architectures? The rule was originally formulated as follows: "application programs should remain logically unimpaired whenever any changes were made in either storage representation or access method." At that time, data was stored in a centralized manner in disk drives, and Codd was mainly concerned about the DBMS isolating applications from things like different underlying storage structures, such as ordered flat files or B-trees, or perhaps from physical changes like table files being moved from one disk drive to another or a reordering of rows in a file.
Today's Approach
Fast forward three decades and we find that enterprise data is more of a polymorphic and disperse asset, and are orders of magnitude larger and of course no longer confined exclusively in a bunch of centralized relational databases. Today's enterprise data is the sum of a complete ecosystem of specialized data systems scattered across the organization, living either on premises or in the cloud, accessible in different ways and each implementing specific and optimized data representation paradigms. Such a level of heterogeneity demands a clear separation from the way applications logically consume it. Even though I have shifted in my argumentation from a single type of storage to a broader data architecture level, the analogy is still pertinent and it's easy to establish a parallelism with Codd's concerns regarding abstraction. Now, the kind of "physical" or "lower level" changes that should not impair consumer applications or processes may be:
- The replacement of a RDB backed ERP system with a cloud based one that might only be accessible through a JSON API.
- The offload of "cold data" from an Enterprise Data Warehouse to a low cost storage system like Hadoop.
- The addition to the data management environment of a live clickstream data feed to enable analysis of customer behavior.
- The introduction of a graph database that models the interactions of your customers on social networks.
This is only the tip of the iceberg as any data architect or CDO can easily add to this list based on their own experience. The need for a certain degree of abstraction has become more acute in today's complex data ecosystem than in the good old relational-only example of 1985.
How organizations provision this logical-physical independence will take them down at least three alternative paths:
- Ad-hoc and Point-to-Point Integration: This hardcodes the interface between producers and consumers, inevitably introducing inconsistencies, huge maintenance costs and leading to "spaghetti style" non-architectures.
- Traditional Data and Application Integration: Solutions like Extract-Transfer-Load (ETL) or Enterprise Service Buses (ESBs), which lack the agility and the flexibility required by the highly dynamic nature of the requirements from both the business and the technology.
- Modern Lightweight Data Integration: Middleware like Data Virtualization that enables not only the required abstraction but also introduces agility, and maximized usage of all enterprise data. Data Virtualization brings in flexibility and efficient usage of the virtualized resources by leveraging existing IT infrastructures and in some cases even repurposing and enhancing them in ways they could not work before. Modernization of legacy apps rather than rip and replace.
Practical Examples
So, what does this mean in a real-world scenario? Take, for instance, a network management division of a mobile operator that is looking to rollout 4G on their mobile networks and upgrade their transmission networks to all-IP. By leveraging Data Virtualization the organization can access and combine:
- Live and historic hourly subscriber usage statistics from their base stations.
- Live performance and status from the routers, switches, leased lines monitoring equipment, etc.
- Live unplanned downtimes in the network due to equipment failures through the event and alarm management system.
- Planning information for ongoing maintenance being regularly carried on their network that could potentially clash with their rollout/upgrade and generating unexpected side effects.
- Public meteorological information.
The operator can come up with the most efficient plan for the installation of the 4G and IP-enabled equipment and change -- or even abort -- in real-time if unexpected failures in the network or severe meteorological conditions require. More importantly, they can also, minimize disruption to their services and the impact to customer experience.
The mere possibility of data-driven planning and operation in such a complex and dynamic scenario is a great example of how Data Virtualization can provide the required abstraction while leveraging the horsepower in existing specialized data management systems and applications. Ultimately, it delivers standardized data services for both analytical and operational purposes. .
Similarly, the fact that the same Data Virtualization platform is also serving data for reporting on the progress of the whole rollout/upgrade process, is a fine example of how Data Virtualization introduces physical/logical separation and decoupling that enables both real time and batch data consumption of the same underlying data assets in a coherent and efficient manner.
Data Virtualization Goes Mainstream
The need for decoupling and physical/logical separation is driving Data Virtualization into the mainstream. Today's modern organization need to leverage live data both for analysis and reporting or even to inject real-time analytics in operational applications. Only those who succeed at capitalizing on all their data assets in this way, will be able to react quickly and insightfully to changes and this will give them competitive advantage. Data Virtualization is becoming a key element in modern data architectures at organizations of any size and in any industry, driving maximized usage and leveraging of all data assets.
If Ted Codd was to add an extra rule to his 12 Commandments for 21st century information architectures, it would be that Data Virtualization is the natural enabler of the logical-physical data independence.


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A new mum has posted to mumsnet seeking advice about whether it's normal to have your partner stay overnight on the maternity ward after you've had a baby.
"Booked in for ELCS for breech baby," she began.
"Just going through this week's post and find a letter from the hospital about what to do/not do prior to the op, what time to arrive etc. At the back is a letter for my "support person", with a list of do's and don'ts for their stay on the ward with me after my section."
It was at this point that the mum, who went under the username Whatthefreakinwhatnow for the purposes of her online inquiry, started to feel uncomfortable.
"Sorry, WTF?!" she wrote.
"I love [my partner] dearly but not a chance do I want him or more importantly a load of other blokes on the ward."
"I was already going to discharge myself the following morning but was realistic about staying a bit longer if needed - bollocks to that, I am definitely leaving as soon as my catheter is out and I can walk again!"
The woman was clearly distressed by the idea of having men on the maternity ward just days after she's given birth, and asked the online forum, "am I the only person who thinks this is really bloody unreasonable?!"
In the comments, she clarified that the letter was about overnight stays, from 10pm til 8am.
Unsurprisingly, responses to the new mum's query were mixed.
Some users thought the woman was "lucky" her partner would be allowed to stay. One mum in particular said when she gave birth, her partner had "no time to even bond with baby before [he was] chucked out."
"If you need privacy just draw the curtain round," she suggested. "Just appreciate the fact that you will actually have time straight after the birth to bond which so many couples don't get."
Another woman asked who the mum thought was "going to pass baby to you and back, help you get comfy, pass you a glass of water/nappies/nipple cream every two mins?"
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"Cos it sure as hell won't be midwives. They're busy," she argued.


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At 8:32 a.m. on May 18, 1980, Mount St. Helens in southern Washington State erupted.
It was also my 15th birthday.
On May 18, 2015, I turned 50, which was also the 35th anniversary of the eruption. I wanted to be at the mountain on my 50th birthday with my wife.
The main road access in to the Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument is about five to six hours south of Vancouver on the I-5. The turnoff is at the town of Castle Rock, which we used as our base to explore the region.
We began by stopping at some of the four interpretive centres on SR504, the access road to the mountain. The first, Silverlake, provides films and exhibits which go over the eruption's scientific and historic aspects. We skipped Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Centre and went on to the third, the Science Learning Centre at Coldwater Lake.
At this point, the mountain was clearly in view and the only trees in sight were small, planted post-eruption. Mount St. Helens' massive eruption consisted of an earthquake triggering the side of the mountain blowing itself apart and the massive energy released by the eruption then triggered a lateral blast. This created a blast zone extending hundreds of square kilometres. Within the closest part of the blast zone, the ground was stripped of trees and any vegetation.
Even today, what was once dense, lush forest still looks like a semi-arid desert. Further away but still within the blast zone, entire forests were levelled and there was kilometre after kilometre of trees broken off and lying on the ground like matchsticks.
At the Science Learning Centre, there were events commemorating the 35th anniversary of the eruption. We caught the tail end of a news conference where local officials and media were present. One volunteer gave us sage advice to proceed to the Johnston Ridge Observatory, where we could get the best and closest views of the mountain and crater.
Johnston Ridge Observatory is named after volcanologist David Johnston, who was killed by the eruption at his observation post near the mountain. In total, 57 people were killed. Within the Johnston Ridge Observatory building are exhibits featuring accounts by survivors.
Outside the observatory are lookouts where the mountain is in front of you. The features of the crater, including the smoke plume rising from the growing dome, are clearly visible. The mountain is still alive and further eruptions are possible.
Another feature of the crater is an expanding glacier, a surprising phenomenon in an era when the vast majority of glaciers in the world are shrinking.
On the way back to town, we stopped at the Hoffstadt Bluffs Visitor Centre. My wife talked me into taking a helicopter ride to top off my birthday. We were able to take in the effects of the eruption over the entire region, along with the smoking, growing dome.
The next day we drove north, then west so we could link up with National Forest roads 25 and 99. The latter is a seasonal paved road that heads south and ends at Windy Ridge Viewpoint on the north side of the mountain.
While the previous access road and its stops provide a more 'manicured' perspective, along NF 99 you turn a corner and are in the blast zone where very little has been done to repair the landscape.
It is a very sobering perspective. All around are jagged tree stumps, hillsides covered with fallen trees and, in some cases, completely stripped dead tree trunks still standing. One of the stops features the remains of a car. Its occupants were killed.
The heat, energy and force of the blast collapsed the car's roof and melted its paint.
Also along NF 99 are lookouts over Spirit Lake. This is where local celebrity Harry R. Truman had a lodge and refused to evacuate before the eruption. He was killed and his lodge completely buried as a result of the energy of the eruption and the ash, debris and mud flows. Spirit Lake was altered and the water level rose about 60 metres. One end remains plugged with a cover of dead tree trunks which look like Mother Nature's log boom.
I'm glad we went to Mount St. Helens on my birthday. The story of the eruption has negatives and positives. It is a story of destruction, death and loss.
It is also a story of regeneration, renewal and hope for the future — just like life itself as I look back at age 50.


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Aberdeen's influence on the events leading up to and the creation of the National Health Service in 1948 was extraordinary.
It's not quite enough to rename it the North-east Health Service, but that's not far off it.
This story remains little known but it begins with Matthew Hay, professor of forensic medicine and public health at Aberdeen University, and also the city's medical officer of health.
His vision led the way in Europe to creating a new medical campus bringing all services, teaching and research, together on one site.
Prof Hay, who died in 1932, lived long enough to see construction start and by 1939 Foresterhill already had a new infirmary, children's and maternity hospitals and a medical school.
Prof Hay also had a wider national outlook as a member of the General Medical Council and the Medical Research Council.
In 1916 he wrote: "A single communal or state health and medical service would give the best results for the health of the community."
The following year he organised the first confidential inquiry into maternal deaths to learn from tragedies and reduce risk of them happening again. This innovation was later to be copied around the world.
Hay also inspired generations of his students such as Leslie Mackenzie. Together, in 1902, they served on a royal commission looking into the health of children which led to the introduction of school medical inspections.
Mackenzie and his wife Helen were also friends of Beatrice and Sidney Webb, social reformers and founders of the Fabian Society.
He was also the key medical figure in the Highlands and Islands Medical Service, a forerunner of the NHS which was set up in 1913 to provide affordable medical and nursing care to people in the crofting counties.
State funding was used to give practical help to doctors and nurses. Unlike the NHS, it wasn't free and didn't have its own administration, but it did figure as a model for the planning of the new national health service.
The Highlands also provided inspiration for the novel and film that helped to shape public attitudes against the existing health system.
Writer AJ Cronin was the JK Rowling of his era. Hollywood fell over itself to turn his novels into cinematic blockbusters. He had worked in Nye Bevan's home town, Tredegar.
But being diagnosed with a duodenal ulcer triggered his career switch from medicine to writing. He moved with his doctor wife Agnes and their young sons to a rented farm cottage at Dalchenna, near Inverary. Money was tight and prospects bleak, but his second novel, The Citadel, in 1937, broke all records in America for publisher Little Brown and for an all-star movie. The film's impact was sufficient to merit a re-release in 1948.
Aberdeen's other major influence was work by John Boyd Orr at the Rowett Research Institute. His 1936 report Food, Health and Income revealed the shocking truth that at least one third of the UK population were so poor they could not afford to buy sufficient food to provide a healthy diet.
By 1938, there was also something of a novelty – a UK health minister who knew what he was talking about. Walter Elliot and Boyd Orr were pals from their medical undergraduate days in Glasgow.
Elliot continued his postgraduate studies in nutrition at the Rowett during his summer holidays away from politics.
Elliot was able to apply this knowledge in his ministerial career, first in Scotland providing free or cheap milk for school children.
The advent of war triggered the practical application of the Rowett's research, with food rationing advice that ensured everyone at least had the basics.
Elliot's successor as minister was Nairn-born Michael MacDonald, (son of the former prime minister Ramsay). He was responsible for a critical appointment, Sir Wilson Jameson as chief medical officer (CMO).
Jameson had previously compared the health department in Whitehall unfavourably to a chaotic girls' school.
But he took the post out of a sense of duty and he went through the place like a dose of salts. His career to date had been in public health, latterly as dean of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, founded in 1899 by another Aberdeen graduate, Sir Patrick Manson.
Jameson also believed public health worked better with the public's involvement.
He instituted monthly press briefings during which he answered journalists' questions. In 1941, he became the first civil servant to broadcast on the BBC, when he promoted diphtheria vaccination, following this up in 1942 with a broadcast on the taboo subject of venereal disease.
His soothing Aberdonian accent and calm delivery was a winning combination.
Then came Bevan in July 1945, with a pledge to launch a National Health Service within three years.
This would have been an ambitious timescale even if Bevan had not promptly binned an existing plan for a health service drawn up by his coalition government predecessor Henry Willink; an action that was to the consternation of his new permanent secretary Sir William Douglas.
Former miner Bevan had little in common with the older Scots, Jameson and Douglas.
However, they overcame initial suspicions to develop an extraordinary bond of mutual trust. It was this, above all, that actually delivered the NHS in July 1948.
They faced an enormous administrative challenge and preparing for an avalanche of unmet needs, such as for free hearing aids. They took the best model available and mass produced it as the Medresco – named after the Medical Research Council which carried out the assessment.
Douglas brought wide experience in the Labour Ministry, Treasury and the Scottish Office as secretary to the health department.
Jameson had impeccable credentials as CMO for more than 30 years working in London. He could float ideas not yet formulated as policy. As relationships with the British Medical Association (BMA) deteriorated, he still held its confidence – in his early career he had set up the BMA's division in Finchley.
Aside from the day job, Jameson also played a leading role in establishing the World Health Organisation (WHO) attending meetings in Paris, New York and leading the UK delegation at the first WHO assembly in Geneva, a month before the NHS launched.
Jameson, Hay and Mackenzie were modest about their own achievements.
The Press and Journal reported Jameson's final press conference on his retiral as CMO in May 1950 where he described himself as "an average boy" from Aberdeen Grammar School and Aberdeen University and a pretty poor golfer.
However, in a speech to Parliament in 1958 to mark the 10th anniversary of the NHS, Bevan took the unprecedented step of breaking the code of civil service anonymity to name both Jameson and Douglas.
Bevan praised the team effort of his civil servants to help create the NHS but singled out Douglas and Jameson for their individual efforts.
"The nation was extremely fortunate in having two eminent civil servants of that calibre at the ministry at that time. I am quite certain that if honourable members and the nation generally knew how much work they did and what a huge task it was, they would feel very grateful indeed," he said.
In other words… without them, it wouldn't have happened; at least on time and in the form it took.
Chris Holme is a former Aberdeen Journals reporter and Reuters Foundation fellow in medical journalism.
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So it's international mens day. I'm very glad it exists because mens issues really need to be talked about, and it seems that cultural conversation is slowly coming to the fore.
Unfortunately, a lot of discussion of the truly important topics around men have been horribly co-opted by the MRA movement who tend to pull everything back to an anti-feminist agenda and misogyny.
But we seem to be moving past that and slowly topics like the extremely high rate of suicide in men, the absence of discussion for male victims of abuse and rape and slowly but surely being properly talked about.
As we as a society continue to interrogate toxic masculinity and name and examine patriarchal power structures it's been nice to see men talk about the fact these structures act as a sort of prison, and crush men under unhealthy expectations and pushing them into self harming behaviour.
Earlier this year I found the mens lib board on Reddit, and to have a space where men are openly trying to construct a positive, healthy masculinity and provide a space for men to openly discuss and heal their trauma has been a great thing. I really hope 2020 will be a year we see real change.Follow me on these sites


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Gnocchi is traditionally made with potatoes. It can, however, be made with sweet potatoes, butternut or even bread crumbs. I've even made spinach and ricotta gnocchi and it was very popular among everyone that tasted it.
I must admit that I find making my own gnocchi quite difficult. It can easily become rubbery, tough and dense. I have made quite a few inedible batches of gnocchi in the past. Here are some tips to make successful gnocchi:
– The potatoes must be dry; for this reason I prefer baking the potatoes rather than boiling them.
– Mash the potatoes with a potato ricer or press the potatoes through a sieve.
– The dough must be soft and pliable, so do not add too much flour.
– Don't handle the dough too much to ensure that the dough will not become chewy. Mix the potatoes, egg and flour until just combined.
If successful, it is very satisfying to make your own gnocchi! If you don't want to make them yourself, most supermarkets sell ready-made gnocchi. You need about 750g of gnocchi. This meal can be prepared in minutes if you use the bought gnocchi.
The nutty sauce can also be served with pasta. The sauce is based on a recipe by one of my food icons – the late Sannie Smit. She served the nut sauce with spaghetti.
This Gnocchi with a nutty sauce is perfect for meatless Mondays.
- For the gnocchi:
- 800g potatoes
- 1 large egg
- 5ml salt
- approximately 375ml cake flour
- For the sauce:
- 100g walnuts
- 20ml pine nuts
- 45ml soft butter
- 40g grated parmesan cheese
- 1 garlic glove, crushed
- Freshly grounded black pepper
- Pinch of salt
- Extra parmesan shavings for garnishing
- Pre-heat the oven to 180⁰C and bake the potatoes until soft.
- Remove the flesh from the skin and mash the potatoes (preferably with a potato ricer). Cool the potatoes down.
- Add the egg, salt and just enough flour to make a soft dough, that can be rolled out.
- Divide the dough into four balls and roll each ball into a 2cm thick log.
- Cut the rolls into 1.5cm pieces and make grooves on each with the back of a fork.
- Cook the gnocchi for a couple of minutes in salted boiling water until the gnocchi floats to the surface. Drain and mix with the nut sauce.
- Fry the nuts in a dry non-stick pan until it is browned, making sure not to burn the nuts.
- Place the nuts with the butter, grated parmesan cheese, garlic, pepper and salt in a food processor and process until it forms a paste.
- Mix the nutty paste with the warm gnocchi and serve topped with extra parmesan shavings.


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Morning Sunrise in Chastain Park
October 25, 2012
This morning after the kids got on the bus I went and spent about 45 minutes shooting pictures of the Buckhead skyline peaking over North Fulton Golf Course. As the sun came up and the fog burned off, I got this shot. This is a combination of 6 images ranging from 1/25th sec to 1/4 sec, at f20, ISO 200; processed using SNS-HDR.
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Lot 17 (Collective Auction, 5th June 2019)
Edward Morgan (B.1933), village scene, signed and dated 1952, watercolour, 39 x 54cm, together with three framed drawings of churches, and a large quantity of unframed work. Also included in the lot is a small easel and arists materials.
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