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Wheel-running and treadmill running physical exercise have been shown to alleviate parkinsonism in both laboratory and clinical studies. MPTP was administered to C57/BL6 mice using two different procedures: (a) administration of a double-dose regime (MPTP 2 × 20 or 2 × 40 mg/kg, separated by a 24-h interval), vehicle (saline 5 ml/kg) or saline (vehicle 2 × 5 ml/kg), and (b) administration of a single-dose weekly regime (MPTP 1 × 40 mg/kg) or saline (vehicle 1 × 5 ml/kg) repeated over 4 consecutive weeks. For each procedure, two different physical exercise regimes were followed: (a) after the double-dose MPTP regime, mice were given daily 30-min periods of wheel-running exercise over 5 consecutive days/week or placed in a cage in close proximity to the running wheels for 3 weeks. (b) Mice were either given wheel-running activity on 4 consecutive days (30-min periods) or placed in a cage nearby for 14 weeks. Behavioral testing was as follows: (a) after 3 weeks of exercise/no exercise, mice were tested for spontaneous motor activity (60 min) and subthreshold l-Dopa (5 mg/kg)-induced activity. (b) Spontaneous motor activity was measured on the fifth day during each of the each of the first 5 weeks (Tests 1–5), about 1 h before injections (first 4 weeks), and continued on the 5th days of the 6th to the 14th weeks (Tests 6–14). Subthreshold l-Dopa (5 mg/kg)-induced activity was tested on the 6th, 8th, 10th, 12th and 14th weeks. (b) Mice from the single-dose MPTP weekly regime were killed during the 15th week and striatal regions taken for dopamine analysis, whereas frontal and parietal cortex and hippocampus were taken for analysis of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF). It was shown that in both experiments, i.e., the double-dose regime and single-dose weekly regime of MPTP administration, physical activity attenuated markedly the MPTP-induced akinesia/hypokinesia in both the spontaneous motor activity and restored motor activity completely in subthreshold l-Dopa tests. Running wheel activity attenuated markedly the loss of dopamine due to repeated administrations of MPTP. BDNF protein level in the parietal cortex was elevated by the MPTP insult and increased further by physical exercise. Physical running wheel exercise alleviated both the functional and biomarker expressions of MPTP-induced parkinsonism.
The purpose of this experiment was to explore whether listening positions (close or distant location from the sound source) in the classroom, and classroom reverberation, influence students' score on a test for second-language (L2) listening comprehension (i.e., comprehension of English in Swedish speaking participants). The listening comprehension test administered was part of a standardized national test of English used in the Swedish school system. A total of 125 high school pupils, 15 years old, participated. Listening position was manipulated within subjects, classroom reverberation between subjects. The results showed that L2 listening comprehension decreased as distance from the sound source increased. The effect of reverberation was qualified by the participants' baseline L2 proficiency. A shorter reverberation was beneficial to participants with high L2 proficiency, while the opposite pattern was found among the participants with low L2 proficiency. The results indicate that listening comprehension scores-and hence students' grade in English-may depend on students' classroom listening position.
Speech perception runs smoothly and automatically when there is silence in the background, but when the speech signal is degraded by background noise or by reverberation, effortful cognitive processing is needed to compensate for the signal distortion. Previous research has typically investigated the effects of signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) and reverberation time in isolation, whilst few have looked at their interaction. In this study, we probed how reverberation time and SNR influence recall of words presented in participants' first- (L1) and second-language (L2). A total of 72 children (10 years old) participated in this study. The to-be-recalled wordlists were played back with two different reverberation times (0.3 and 1.2 s) crossed with two different SNRs (+3 dBA and +12 dBA). Children recalled fewer words when the spoken words were presented in L2 in comparison with recall of spoken words presented in L1. Words that were presented with a high SNR (+12 dBA) improved recall compared to a low SNR (+3 dBA). Reverberation time interacted with SNR to the effect that at +12 dB the shorter reverberation time improved recall, but at +3 dB it impaired recall. The effects of the physical sound variables (SNR and reverberation time) did not interact with language. © 2016 Hurtig, Keus van de Poll, Pekkola, Hygge, Ljung and Sörqvist.
The purpose of this experiment was to investigate whether classroom reverberation influences second-language (L2) listening comprehension. Moreover, we investigated whether individual differences in baseline L2 proficiency and in working memory capacity (WMC) modulate the effect of reverberation time on L2 listening comprehension. The results showed that L2 listening comprehension decreased as reverberation time increased. Participants with higher baseline L2 proficiency were less susceptible to this effect. WMC was also related to the effect of reverberation (although just barely significant), but the effect of WMC was eliminated when baseline L2 proficiency was statistically controlled. Taken together, the results suggest that top-down cognitive capabilities support listening in adverse conditions. Potential implications for the Swedish national tests in English are discussed.


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Just got back from a trip over to Britain. Went to the Orange headqaurters,
and purchased some merchandise from a store that sells it for them next door.
Rhodes Music Co. Ltd. on Denmark St. in London.
Got a Orange ball cap, t-shirt, and "Touque"(wooly hat) a Canadian word!
Lots of great music stores in the area. Everything else was expensive over there.
Can get my gear cheaper here in Canada.
Got the Orange stuff I wanted, was even cheaper than ordering from the web site!!! Cool.
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Many nights aren't what I would consider moments of inspiration. More often they're moments of indecision. My imagination tends to go off on a random streak. I get on a train of thought that becomes a wreck, and I have to pick up the pieces. Maybe it's just from being tired, but my mind starts doing wacky things sometimes.
As I'm often so fond of saying, things are often not as random as they first appear. Even when my thoughts get derailed, there's always a reason as to why. But, I may not be able to rationally explain why at the time. Sometimes, I never figure out what I was thinking. That may be for the best!
Writing Rarely Goes According to Plan
When I'm writing, it's often that nothing goes according to plan. In life, you just have to accept that rarely plans really work out. Sometimes, they do. But, that's the exception, not the rule.
When I set out to write a thing, I can't tell you how.much of the time a topic gets turned around into something I never would have thought of before. Often, I'll work it out. But, there are so many unfinished drafts on the verge of seeing digital oblivion because I don't know what to do with them.
Writing is, by its very nature, a creative activity. It's important to be creative in any way that you can in life. Try to always build on something. Rarely do creative acts ever go according to plan, though. You have to accept that. Life is just that way, too. In fact, the very reason that life rarely goes according to plan is that there are so many effects which have causes you couldn't have imagined.
So many times I don't fully understand my influences behind certain compulsions I'll get. Especially when it comes to writing, there will just be a need to express certain thoughts or ideas. The human mind constantly works on so many different levels. But, it's definitely not as random as it first seems.
It seems I have a certain sort of fascination with needing to understand why I find myself needing to write about certain things. Sometimes I hate my brain for following certain patterns. It's frustrating when my thoughts get seriously disorganized. I find myself staring at the screen and can't compose anything. But the reason often turns out to be I need to be doing something else - just I often have a hard time figuring out what that is.
Rarely Does Anything Go According to Plan, Really
I've come to accept that my writing will rarely go according to plan. I just let the writing come when it does. It's convenient if it's something that will pay well or something I'm passionate enough about that I don't care if I'm ever compensated for it. I realize that I need a balance of both, with the more mundane mixed in. Writing should be an exercise, never forced labor.
As much as people like to organize your life in a clear-cut fashion, for me, trying to do that becomes frustrating and fruitless. I find I just get an idea in your head and try to set a goal or two a day. But I do that when I wake up. And even if I don't get done what I set out to do, at least I've gotten some progress done on those goals. That's really the best I can do. I think that's true for most of us, too.
Things rarely go to plan for me, especially with my writing. But I just have to accept this. Such is life, sometimes.


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Great Art On Screen
The Highlands Performing Arts Center (PAC) and The Bascom: A Center for the Visual Arts have joined forces to bring Great Art on Screen to the Highlands-Cashiers area. Great Art on Screen is a series of four 90 minute documentaries featuring some of the world's greatest artists – Van Gogh, Caravaggio, Klimt & Schiele and Monet – which will be shown at the PAC in February, April, May and June. To bolster the atmosphere of community between like-minded art lovers, The PAC and The Bascom have invited guests to meet together after the show at restaurants around town for art based discussion.
The first screening will be on Friday, February 15 at 5:30pm featuring Van Gogh. There will be an opportunity for discussion following the first screening (around 7:30PM) at Meritage Bistro, on Carolina Way. Call Meritage, 828.526.1019, for personal reservations and mention Great Art on Screen. Tickets to the film are $16 and are available online at www.highlandspac.org or at the door – Highlands PAC, 507 Chestnut Street Highlands, NC.
Future Dates Include:
Caravaggio - Friday, April 5, 2019 at 5:30 PM. Optional dinner discussion at 4118 @7:30PM
Klimt & Schiele - Friday, May 10, 2019 at 5:30 PM. Optional dinner discussion at The Log Cabin @7:30PM
Monet - Friday, June 7, 2019 at 5:30 PM. Optional dinner discussion at El Azteca @7:30PM


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Chemistry class outline from mid 1950s by van Lente. Acc. 1501
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Weight Watchers is an international company that offers diet plans and products to customers, and bases weight loss on the concept of allotting points for food. The system is designed with the idea that each portion of food is assigned points for the types of calories it contains. A meal low in fat and high in protein would be assigned lower points, while one higher in fat would be assigned higher points. The idea is to reach a balance of nutrition while not exceeding daily maximum points.
There's more to weight loss than counting calories – if you make healthy choices that fill you up, you'll eat less. Weight Watchers' new Beyond the Scale Program, launched in late 2015, assigns every food a SmartPoints value, based on its nutition. (Higher amounts of saturated fat and sugar increase the point value; higher amounts of protein bring the point value down.) Choices that fill you up the longest "cost" the least, and nutritionally dense foods cost less than empty calories. So if you're wavering between a 200-calorie fruit smoothie and a 200-calorie iced coffee, the smoothie is the smarter choice. A backbone of the plan is multi-model access to support from people who've lost weight using Weight Watchers and kept it off.
Pasta, steak, cheese, ice cream… You can eat what you want on Weight Watchers. While the popular weight-loss plan has been revamped, the basic principle of eating what you love remains — though the program steers you toward healthier foods with its points system.
In its new program, called Beyond the Scale, fitness also takes a bigger role. You'll be encouraged to move more every day.
Weight Watchers isn't so much a diet as a lifestyle-change program. It can help you learn how to eat healthier and get more physical activity, so you lose the weight for good.
You can follow the plan online on your own. You'll track your food choices and exercise, chart progress, and find recipes and workouts. There's a coaching option if you prefer one-on-one consultations by phone, email, and text. Or you can go to in-person group meetings, where you'll weigh in.
A Consumer Reports survey found that people who went to meetings were more satisfied with the program and lost more weight than people who used only the online tools.
How does Weight Watchers Diet work?
In late 2015, Weight Watchers introduced its new Beyond the Scale program, which emphasizes three components: eating healthier; fitness that fits your life; and "developing the skills and connections to tune in and unlock inner strength."
The new SmartPoints food plan guides members toward an overall eating pattern of foods that are lower in calories, saturated fat and sugar, and higher in protein. However, you can eat whatever you want – provided you stick to your daily SmartPoints target, a number based on your gender, weight, height and age. You can find the points values of more than 287,000 foods on the mobile app or desktop food database. Processed choices like bologna usually have the highest point values (meaning they should be eaten in small amounts or less often) while fresh fruits and most vegetables carry zero points, so you can eat as many as you need to feel full. That's because they're high in fiber and are more filling than, say, a candy bar. (Fruit juice, dried fruit and starchy vegetables don't count as freebies, since they're higher in calories.) Weight Watchers also pushes specially-designated Power Foods, or the best choices among similar foods. If you're mulling 10 types of canned soup, for example, you can quickly see which has the least sugar and sodium, the most fiber and the healthiest types and amounts of fat.
The company offers thousands of recipes, each with a SmartPoints value, to show how it fits into your eating plan. If you're preparing a dish that's not listed in the database, you can calculate the points value ingredient by ingredient, using your mobile app or through the company's website. Vegetarians, gluten-free eaters and people with other dietary preferences can also easily find items and recipes tagged for them – a feature introduced in late 2014.
FitPoints, a new metric to help you track activity, was also introduced in late 2015. Every member has a personalized FitPoints goal based on an initial assessment, and FitPoints can be earned anytime, anywhere – from cleaning the house to walking the dog. Whether you want to get active and don't know where to start or are ready to take it to the next level and run a 5K, the program helps members uncover fun and easy ways to move more. Plus, Weight Watchers syncs with popular activity monitors, including FitBit, Apple Health, Jawbone, Withings and Misfit.
Weight Watchers isn't only about what you eat; support is also a big component. Though you can choose to follow the plan online only, the company says dieters lose about three times more weight if they attend weekly meetings, too. One 2005 study in the Annals of Internal Medicine showed Weight Watchers dieters who attended the most weekly group sessions over a two-year period, rather than routinely skipping the meetings, kept the most weight off. What happens during those 30-minute get-togethers? You'll swap weight-loss tips and recipes with other members and, the company says, discuss both scale and non-scale victories. If in-person meetings don't appeal to you, you can take advantage of personal coaching or a 24/7 expert chat service online.


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ASU Electronic Theses and Dissertations
This collection includes most of the ASU Theses and Dissertations from 2011 to present. ASU Theses and Dissertations are available in downloadable PDF format; however, a small percentage of items are under embargo. Information about the dissertations/theses includes degree information, committee members, an abstract, supporting data or media.
In addition to the electronic theses found in the ASU Digital Repository, ASU Theses and Dissertations can be found in the ASU Library Catalog.
Dissertations and Theses granted by Arizona State University are archived and made available through a joint effort of the ASU Graduate College and the ASU Libraries. For more information or questions about this collection contact or visit the Digital Repository ETD Library Guide or contact the ASU Graduate College at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Rogers, Rodney
- 9 Arizona State University
- 3 Rockmaker, Jody
- 2 Demars, James
- 2 Suzuki, Kotoka
- 1 Bell, Jeremy Edward
- 1 DeMars, James
- more
- 1 Feisst, Sabine
- 1 Feisst, Sabine M
- 1 Finkel, Joseph Christopher
- 1 Gentry, Gregory
- 1 Jones, Zachary William
- 1 Kemp, Tyler
- 1 Knowles, Kristina
- 1 Kocour, Michael
- 1 Levy, Benjamin
- 1 Meyer, Jeffery
- 1 Mitton, Stephen LeRoy
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- 1 Vincent, Katelyn Rae
- 1 Xu, Eric
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- 2 Musical composition
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- 2 Wind Ensemble
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- Mobile Crowd Sensing in Edge Computing Environment
- The Effect of Disability on Subjective Well-Being across the Adult Lifespan: The Moderating Roles of Age at Disability Onset and Disability Type
- Mechanically Active Heterogeneous Polymer Matrix Composites
- Attribute-Based Encryption for Fine-Grained Access Control over Sensitive Data
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A New Home is a multi-movement musical composition written for a chamber orchestra of flute, oboe, clarinet in B-flat, bassoon, horn in F, trumpet in C, trombone, bass trombone, percussion (1), pianoforte, and strings. The duration of the entire piece is approximately fourteen minutes (movement 1: four minutes; mvt. 2: four minutes and thirty seconds; mvt. 3: five minutes and thirty seconds). As an exercise in compositional experimentation, some of the musical techniques explored throughout the piece are harmonic planing or parallelism, ostinati, modality, chromatic dissonance, thematic transformation, mixed meter, and syncopation, as well as issues of orchestral blend, balance, …
- Contributors
- Jones, Zachary William, Rogers, Rodney, Feisst, Sabine, et al.
- Created Date
- 2016
Bruegel is a four movement composition inspired by the paintings and engravings of Flemish artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1525-1569). It is scored for Bass Clarinet in Bb, Electric Guitar, One Percussionist (Glockenspiel, Woodblock, Snare, Kick Drum, and Brake Drums), Piano and String Quartet. Each movement explores a painting or engraving from Bruegel's catalog of works and attempts to embody each piece of art through the use of certain compositional techniques. The Cripples (Movement I) explores layered rhythms and disjunct melodic fragments which play on the idea of Bruegel's painting of crippled men trampling over each other and stumbling. Small …
- Contributors
- Villalta, Kevin Anthony, Rogers, Rodney, Rockmaker, Jody, et al.
- Created Date
- 2016
Delirium is a piece for large wind ensemble that synthesizes compositional techniques to generate unique juxtapositions of contrasting musical elements. The piece is about 8:30 long and uses the full complement of winds, brass, and percussion. Although the composition begins tonally, chromatic alterations gradually shift the melodic content outside of the tonal center. In addition to changes in the melody, octatonic, chromatic, and synthetic scales and quartal and quintal harmonies are progressively introduced throughout the piece to add color and create dissonance. Delirium contains four primary sections that are all related by chromatic mediant. The subdivisions of the first part …
- Contributors
- Bell, Jeremy Edward, Rogers, Rodney, Oldani, Robert, et al.
- Created Date
- 2011
Gloria is a work written for SATB choir and brass quintet that uses the traditional Latin text of the Gloria found in the ordinary of the Mass. The piece is approximately fourteen minutes and explores a variety of textures, colors, and timbres of the brass quintet and choir. The composition uses quartal sonorities mixed with upper tertian structures while avoiding simple triads and stable root position voicings until the most important climactic moments. The Gloria opens with a fanfare presenting the initial rhythmic motive in a call and response between the brass and choir before the irregular meters of the …
- Contributors
- Richard, Nathan Daniel, Rogers, Rodney, Demars, James, et al.
- Created Date
- 2012
This fifteen-minute cyclical mass uses excerpts from the text of the Mass Ordinary and is laid out into five movements and across three different languages: Kyrie (Latin), Gloria (Chinese), Credo (English), Sanctus (Chinese), and Agnus Dei (Latin). Rather than following the tradition of celebrating devotion, this mass tells the story of the abuse of power in political and religious leadership. Movements sung in Latin represent the devout Christian base whose motives and inspiration remain pure and divine. The English movement, Credo, has been altered from the original and represents the manipulation and distortion of scripture, truth, and facts by self-serving …
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- Xu, Eric, Rogers, Rodney, Suzuki, Kotoka, et al.
- Created Date
- 2018
In 1975 the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) invited John Cage to write a composition for the bicentennial birthday of the United States. The result was Lecture on the Weather, a multi-media work for twelve expatriate vocalists and/or players with independent sound systems, magnetic tape, and film. Cage used texts by Henry David Thoreau, recordings of environmental sounds made by American composer Maryanne Amacher and a nature-inspired film by Chilean visual artist Luis Frangella. The composition opens with a spoken Preface and is arguably one of Cage's most overtly political pieces. A year later the National Endowment of the Arts (NEA) …
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- Finkel, Joseph Christopher, Feisst, Sabine M, Rogers, Rodney, et al.
- Created Date
- 2015
Para Mi Alma is a composition for chamber wind ensemble comprised of an Introduction, two dance movements, and a concluding movement featuring the full ensemble in a chorale-like finale. This piece follows the narrative of an abusive relationship, and the emotional rollercoaster that one experiences during the self extrication and consequential rebirth of identity. Para Mi Alma (For My Soul) is scored for chamber wind ensemble with the following instrumentation: piccolo/flute, Bb clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon; soprano, tenor, and baritone saxophone; trumpet, trumpet/flugelhorn, horn in F, tenor and bass trombone; double bass, and three percussionists - marimba/congas, auxiliary percussion (wind …
- Contributors
- Vincent, Katelyn Rae, Rogers, Rodney, Knowles, Kristina, et al.
- Created Date
- 2019
Phantom Sun is a ten-minute piece in three sections, and is composed for flute, clarinet in b-flat, violin, cello, and percussion. The three-part structure for this work is a representation of the atmospheric phenomenon after which the composition is named. A phantom sun, also called a parhelion or sundog, is a weather-related phenomenon caused by the horizontal refraction of sunlight in the upper atmosphere. This refraction creates the illusion of three suns above the horizon, and is often accompanied by a bright halo called the circumzenithal arc. The halo is caused by light bending at 22° as it passes through …
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- Mitton, Stephen LeRoy, DeMars, James, Norton, Kay, et al.
- Created Date
- 2017
Preservation Symphony is a short, multi-movement, orchestral composition that explores the versatility of the [016] pitch class set as the dominant unifying force of this cyclical work. The composition is scored for Piccolo, two Flutes, two Oboes, English Horn, two Clarinets, Bass Clarinet, full complement of Brass, Timpani, two Percussionists, and Strings. Movement one is in sonata form; the [016] set is used in structuring its overall formal scheme. The primary focus of the movement is on the tritone [0 6] as a replacement for the traditional tonic and dominant polarity. The movement features a driving force that alternates between …
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- Kemp, Tyler, Rogers, Rodney, Demars, James, et al.
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Crew of the U.S.S. Constitution reading the Navy's professional reading list recently.
1812: The Navy's War
by George C Daughan
"In 1812: The Navy's War, prizewinning historian George C Daughan tells the thrilling story of how a handful of heroic captains and their stalwart crews overcame spectacular odds to lead the country to victory against the world's greatest imperial power. A stunning contribution to military and national history, "1812: The Navy's War" is the first complete account in more than a century of how the U.S. Navy rescued the fledgling nation and secured America's future. " ...... Perseus Books.
Apr 30, 2013
Cumberland Maine
Dec 3, 2012
The Navy Reading List
The Navy Reading Program posted this picture. The staff at the NEX Southeast Distribution Center in Pensacola are giving Santa's Elves a run for their money. They are now picking and packing the CNO's Navy Reading List Books into 1200 kits for 450 Commands around the word. They should "hit the decks" sometime in December. The photo shows one of the"Essential" catogory books: George C. Daughan's "1812:The Navy's War".
Oct 24, 2012
The Navy Reading List
It's official, The Navy Reading List for 2012 has been published, and 1812: The Navy's War is at the top of the list. Every few years the CNO publishes this list of essential reading for Navy personel and it is a great honor to have 1812: The Navy's War included. For more information about the Navy Reading List go to www.navyreading.navy.mil/
Oct 17, 2012
Maine Historical Society Talk
Aug 25, 2012
Plattsburgh, N.Y.
On Sunday, September 2, I'll be speaking at the War of 1812 Museum in Plattsburgh, NY, during the Commemorative Weekend sponsored by the Battle of Plattsburgh Association. There are many events over that weekend commemorating the Battle of Plattsburgh (also known as the Battle of Lake Champlain), which occurred on Sept 11, 1814. I hope many of you will attend. My talk will be on Sunday at 6:30.
Aug 17, 2012
C SPAN Book TV, Sunday August 19, 2012, 6 PM
Aug 7, 2012
Damariscotta, Maine, Saturday August 11
Photo courtesy of the Portsmouth (N.H.) Athenaeum.
This week I'll be at the Maine Coast Bookstore in Damariscotta, Maine. On Saturday, August 11, David Hanna and I will be discussing our books and the War of 1812 from 11-1. Should be quite interesting. Hope you can attend. We'll be answering any questions you may have.
Jul 10, 2012
Boothbay (Maine) Book Fair
On Saturday, July 14 I'll be participating in the Boothbay (Maine) Book Fair along with 40 other Maine authors. We will all be greeting and talking with interested folks and signing books that will be made available by Sherman's Bookstore (Boothbay Harbor).The event runs from 11:30 to 3:30 at the Railway Museum on Rt 27 in Boothbay. I will also be speaking and answering questions from 3:00 to 3:30 in the chapel building at the museum. If you happen to be in the area I hope you will stop by to enjoy this literary opportunity.
Jul 5, 2012
WCSH Portland, Me interview
On this Saturday, July 7 I'll be on the WCSH Morning Report talking with Jackie Ward about the importance of the War of 1812 and why we are celebrating the bicentennial of that war this year. If you live in the viewing area I hope you'll tune in. You may learn something you did not know before.
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Do you take reservations?
No, we do not take reservations for any day of the week or weekend.
There is one exception to this rule…
If you are a party of 8 or more and would like to make a breakfast reservation from Monday through Thursday (not available Friday-Sunday) we offer a $30 per person set breakfast menu for these reservations. These reservations are available with start times between 8-10am and be finished by 12pm and must be paid for in advance. If this is you, please email us.
Are you open for Christmas or Thanksgiving?
We are open 363 days a year, the only 2 days we close for are Christmas and Thanksgiving. We are open every other day of the year.
Can I buy-out Two Hands for a private event?
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The term 'Attention Economy' made a lot of sense back then. It still does. But this was a advertising-perpetrated concept.
The Attention Economy, as Read Write Web's Richard MacManus sums it up, "is a marketplace where consumers agree to receive services in exchange for their attention. Examples include personalized news, personalized search, alerts and recommendations to buy. Note that the Attention Economy is different from the traditional meaning of an economy, because it isn't about buying and selling – although ultimately those things may occur".
Some of the critical aspects of this assumption/theory are 'choice' and 'relevance'.
It is the information overload that leads to this concept and that is a factor of excessive choice. Relevance comes into the picture since that is the ONLY way to gain attention. It could be done using emotional relevance, gimmicky, eye-catchy relevance… anything…as long as it is able to attract the attention for some purpose.
But, attention economy, in my opinion, is just one small part of it. The beginning alone, if I may add. It helps us understand that human attention is indeed a scarce commodity and leads us to treat that carefully, efficiently.
Going beyond Attention Economy
A bigger, more interesting economy of sorts is shaping up…or has already shaped up, but has not been given as much attention.
We humans now have the biggest, most mature, most democratic set up to harness opinions, with the advent of social media platforms. We consume products and services. We talk about them. We complain about them. We recommend them…heck, we even 'like' them, as Facebook asks us to.
The best examples are the reviews and feedback on Amazon – the equivalent of it in real life would be for all those reviewers to stand near each and every book and speak out their views on it, when someone picks it up from a shelf! That is both impossible and silly.
But, social media platforms have enabled just that.
And, people seem to be opining on things far more than ever. Not all of them are fair. Not all of them are well articulated. Not all of them are even reasonable.
But they are what they are…opinions. And they are mostly out there!
We dig them up via Google. Or join specific online groups to get them to our mail boxes. We trust absolute strangers when deciding on a big-ticket purchase and those strangers have opined on that product online…in droves!
Increasingly, movies' fates are being decided on Twitter. Why? Because, the early movers are opining about what they watched almost impulsively…not necessarily after the film is over, but even mid way. That is being read by millions of people and collectively, it is moving a needle in people's mind.
It could be seen as an opinion overload. Or, it could be summarized as the 'Opinion Economy'.
The Opinion Economy
The trouble with opinions is that people have them!
Opinion Economy is one where consumers volunteer to opine on what they consume – services or products, without necessarily expecting anything in return. The expectation is more in terms of personal branding and personal influence than anything to do with gaining the attention of the brand. Unlike the Attention Economy, selling is not involved directly in Opinion Economy. It is an important consideration, but what is more important for brands is the sentiment behind the opinion. That decides the future course for the product or service.
Sentiment, of course, has to be backed by reach and influence.
Reach is necessary for the opinion to gain wings and spread. Influence is essential in that opinion to be regarded with seriousness.
A person could have 1,000 friends on Facebook or 10,000 followers on Twitter. That is mere reach. That doesn't however mean that all those connections will take his opinion on a new movie seriously. Influence has to be cultivated using consistency of opining and in a way, quality of opining.
Influence is also a factor of the medium. There are opinions floating on Yahoo Answers – they are remote and from strangers. They would influence a bit lesser, when you compare it with your network on Facebook, with whom you have a closer connection.
People have been opining long before the internet happened. It is not as if they've just now found their voices. They used to opine just to a few people earlier – friends, family, colleagues. The more influential ones wrote books or made documentaries. But there was a real limitation on how much such opinions could spread. Till social media platforms came into the picture.
How does Opinion Economy benefit brands?
The Opinion Economy benefits brands in multiple ways.
For high involvement/high engagement brands, the opinion economy is nothing short of a boon. It literally tells them what people think about its products or service in a way that market research agencies do not. But, it is all raw data and is spread all across the web. It is no easy task to accumulate and assimilate. That is one of the reasons why brands are working in droves to create owned media properties so that they can collect and harness opinions in platforms where they have some control.
The scepter of negative opinion always hangs, though. But is that a factor of the medium – the social media? Of course not. It is simply a factor of how good or bad the product or service was, in the eyes of the customer. Can brands change that opinion? Possibly – by making better products or offering better experience around the consumption of the product. But, human mind is highly opinionated and is dictated by each person's unique upbringing and personal influences. That is what makes the Opinion Economy such a fascinating and complex concept.
For high involvement/high engagement brands, there are multiple touch points across the product purchase life-cycle that could lead to opinions. For instance, for an automobile, the opinions could start right from the hype around a new vehicle launch, go on to the experience at the dealer, the first drive, the drive after 1,000 miles, service related experiences and even resale! Harnessing this opinion cycle is limited only by the brand custodian's imagination!
What about low involvement/low engagement brands? What happens when people do not talk of or opine on a product or service? Toothpaste…chewing gum…denim jeans…shoes…mosquito repellents…toilet cleaners…the categories are many!
Do we talk about how awesome that chewing gum was? Not necessarily. Low involvement is not necessarily a factor of the product/service's price alone. Ben and Jerry's does not cost much, but it has enough flavors to have people start talking online. Pizzas do not cost much, but people talk about the experience of going out and consuming the pizza.
That holds the key for brands that fall under the low involvement/low engagement categories – the trick is simply to work out ways where you increase the involvement or engagement. If the product or service, by itself, does not offer possibilities of increasing either engagement or involvement, it is time to look around the product to create newer points of engagement or involvement. So then, people opine about things around the product or service with or without a mention about the actual product or service itself. That is a huge win too, for something that started as something that could not generate opinions!
Each country's evolution in terms of internet penetration is a massive deciding factor on how seriously they should take the Opinion Economy.
The US, which has the most mature social media ecosystem could perhaps take the lead here – brands are harnessing opinions in multiple ways and that is a huge win. For a country like India, the ability to take an online opinion seriously is still some years away, though brands have started the process already.
Working our way through the Opinion Economy – CRM Vs. PR
Harnessing opinions in the Opinion Economy can be done in many ways.
Brands have tried to buy opinions and the US has tried creating new laws to streamline this process and make it more transparent. But, usually, the opinions are generated by a trigger – emotional, annoyance, ecstasy, happiness, connection and so on.
The other part, on what brands could do with opinions is more interesting. For a popular consumer brand, there would be millions of opinions online. Can all them even be read/assimilated?
If yes, that is a factor of a customer relationship management function – CRM. The idea there would be to know and if need be, address every single opinion out there to create a positive impression, wherever appropriate.
The other way is the PR function. It is unfair to consumers, but exists, after all. It simply transposes how media relations is handled – a few influential people with a louder voice (through a print publication or television media) are targeted first so that the brand gains visibility with the largest number of people, in the shortest possible time.
The same thing online would be a targeted outreach with people who opine online, but the outreach is done only on those who seem to have a slightly more influential online presence. In a perfect world, however, brands should address online opinions based on the content and it's criticality. But this is, as I said earlier, a factor of CRM. PR's effort is to perform the same thing in a targeted manner so that it helps brands reach the largest number of people, with the least effort.
But honestly, the effort even here is not ideally 'least'. It still requires a judicious check on opinion creators' backgrounds and social connections and make informed estimates on who is worth an outreach. It is still as 'estimate' or the use of the PR team's discretion.
It is interesting that brands worldwide are doing all of this, but 'opinion economy' as a phrase has still not been coined! Opinion overload is as much a real problem as information overload that created the attention economy. Opinions, in fact, falls within the same information spectrum that is already in an overloaded state.
For brands, this is the other view – while attention economy looked at how to gain attention, opinion economy looks at how to use attention already gained.


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This month it's back to Rigid Industries in Mesa, Arizona, to see how the '08 Yamaha Rhino 700 is progressing for the giveaway. They've done up the suspension plus engine and drivetrain mods, so it's time to add some occupant safety to the build list. And we're getting a step closer to giving this toy away to some lucky reader of our UTV-specific mini-mag SideBySource. In each issue we're detailing a piece of the build up and you can go to Rigid's website (www.rigidindustries.com) to fill out an online entry form. The winner will be drawn at random at Off-Road Magazine headquarters on September 10, 2009. Limit one entry per household address.
Now that this Yamaha is built to go faster and handle the trails much smoother, it was time to turn attention to upgrading the comfort and safety of driver and passenger. You may have noticed in past issues we threw in a little tease photo of a cage install. Well, this month it's on with a Rigid Industries Radius Cage, followed by a cooler rack, and an overhead soft top to keep occupants in the shade on those hot, sunnier days.
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So much great art to see right now at P.S. 1 in LIC
The contemporary art venue, P.S.1, the cooler wing of the Museum of Modern Art, is housed in an enormous old public school building in Long Island City that is seemingly custom made for the presentation of art. There are endless classrooms, wide hallways, soaring ceilings, and unconventional spaces – like the boiler room, where you can see the work of Saul Melman, who covered the now defunct boiler in gold leaf, or a fenced-in stairwell, featuring trudging William Kentridge silhouettes.
The venue delivers a unique, nostalgic institutional atmosphere and a feeling that the structure organically grew out of the once intensely industrial area. Even aside from the successful summer Warm Up sessions, Young Architects Program installations and buzzing new M. Wells Dinette, it's always an adventure to go to P.S.1 to explore its nooks and crannies, and to experience a strong curatorial program of art.
Right now there are no less than nine special exhibitions installed throughout the old building that are distinctly different, engaging, and in some cases, challenging – these, in addition to the singular pieces on view long-term.
Huma Bhabha: Unnatural Histories A substantial exhibition featuring the work of Pakistani American artist Huma Bhabha. Although her sculptures are constructed from decay-signaling materials including styrofoam, chicken wire, bone and matted clay, and may seem unsettling and disjointed, her underlying structure is entirely formal, based in Greek and Buddhist traditions of representation. Especially powerful are the photo-based drawings, which complement the sculptural work but stand quite alone as works of masterful composition and emotion. Through April 1.
Installation view of Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: Tender Love Among the Junk, 2012. Photo: Matthew Septimus
Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt: Tender Love Among the Junk Today we're used to a pairing of the sacred with the profane (think Madonna's Like a Prayer) but in the 1960s, it was shocking. When Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt moved to New York as a young man he was inspired by and used items found in the trash. These he assembled to make dramatic, glittering objects and installations that play off Byzantine altarpieces and objects. He inserts imagery dealing with class, race and homosexuality into traditional religious formats and the result is both aesthetically delightful and bittersweet. Linger at the end of the show to hear the secular narrative sung in the style of a Latin Mass. Through April 1.
Ed Atkins. Warm, Warm, Warm Spring Mouths. 2013. 16:9 HD video with 5.1 surround. Courtesy the artist; Cabinet Gallery, London; and Isabella Bortolozzi Galerie, Berlin. © 2013 Ed Atkins
Ed Atkins While video games quickly surge ahead technologically to give us more realistic representations of the natural world, there isn't a great deal of art being made in this format so it's good to see an artist infiltrating this genre and making it work as art. Two videos, Us Dead Talk Love (2012) and Warm, Warm, Warm Spring Mouths (2013), are on view, and the titles well reflect the surreal environments and narratives presented where technology conflicts with and overcomes humanity. Through April 1.
Installation view of Cyprien Gaillard: The Crystal World at MoMA PS1, January 2013. Photo: Matthew Septimus
Cyprien Gaillard: The Crystal World The dramatically lit cases of grouped polaroids displayed through long hallways, a 2006 series called Geographical Analogies, could alone make this show. Gaillard is interested in drawing links from ancient ruins to modern abandoned spaces – the result is a dull feeling of loss. Touching on the same themes of decay, but created using present-day technology (shot with an iphone), the video Artefacts (2011) shows military ground movements in post-conflict Iraq juxtaposed with shots of the renowned Ishtar Gate. Also stunning are a series of excavation teeth, agents of destruction, presented as art in lovely cases, again, dramatically lit from above. Through March 18.
Lucas Blalock. Strange Loop (detail). 2009. Courtesy the artist and Ramiken Crucible
New Pictures of Common Objects Through a variety of media, five emerging artists play with the notion that images today are democratically accessible and universally manipulated, a reality that has, according to P.S. 1, ". . . flattened hierarchies, fostering a sense of equivalence and ambiguity in which making, consuming, and sharing are all regarded as creative acts." Through March 3.
Betye Saar. Black Girl's Window, 1969. Assemblage in window. 35 3⁄4 x 18 x 1 1⁄2 in. (90.8 x 45.7 x 3.8 cm). Collection of the artist; Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery, LLC, New York
Now Dig This! Art and Black Los Angeles, 1960-1980 Among the well established African American visual artists who began their careers in Los Angeles, connected to vital political, artistic and multi-cultural communities, are David Hammons, John Outterbridge and Betye Saar. The show includes no less than 140 pieces by thirty-two artists. You'll recognize those haunting early Betye Saar works – paintings as well as rustic constructions – such as Black Girl's Window (1969), and the poignant American flag imagery of David Hammons. Through March 11.
Jeff Elrod. Blue Figment. 2012. UV ink on canvas. Courtesy of the artist
Jeff Elrod: Nobody Sees Like Us Whoa! Four "frictionless drawings" by Jeff Elrod are neatly installed in a side room, becoming the exhibition Nobody Sees Like Us. The works are an homage to artist Brion Gysin and William S. Burroughs as they experimented with Gysin's "dream machine," a device that used varying light frequencies to stimulate closed eyes. The results, naturally, were intended as hallucinatory. The visual effects of Elrod's pieces are indeed very powerful, he strenuously manipulates drawings with his computer, rendering extremely blurry images with ink directly on the canvas to dizzying effect. Through April 1.
Metahaven in collaboration with IMMI, Iceland. Data / Saga. 2013. Digital models and sketches
Metahaven: Islands in the Cloud The Dutch design team, Vinca Kruk and Daniel van der Velden, who together formed Metahaven, are interested in using graphic design as a point of departure for exploring notions of statehood, currency and information networks. To this end they conduct research and produce exploratory projects for fictional clients such as WikiLeaks. (What would an identity, logo or advertisement for WikiLeaks look like?) In viewing this show as a global citizen and consumer, everything is instantly recognizable and disturbing all at once. Through April 1.
CONFETTISYSTEM. Stage design for Warm 2012 at MoMA PS1. Courtesy the artists
CONFETTISYSTEM: 100 Arrangements You may recognize the designs of CONFETTISYSTEM as the current in-house set designer for P.S.1's summer Warm Up concert series – those shiny and happy but decidedly lo-tek installations flexibly hung in layers making possible multiple iterations. The firm designs stage sets, installations and objects for musicians, fashion houses, magazines, among others. Enjoy the enormous tropical pineapples and peaches displayed for your viewing pleasure. Through March 31.
MOMA PS1, 22-25 Jackson Ave., Long Island City, NY 11101; (718) 784-2084; momaps1.org (GMAP)
Hours: 12-6pm, Thursday through Monday (Closed Tuesday and Wednesday)
Admission: $10 adults; $5 students and senior citizens; free for MoMA members, MoMA Corporate Members, MoMA admission ticket holders, Long Island City Residents, NYC public school students, Members of the Press, and other Museum Staff with valid ID.


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An archeological viewing window
Integrated into the display room are the windows into the glass studio. There, the visitor can follow the restoration of prehistoric and historic archeological finds, all the way from the condition in which they were found to the level of the object's being ready for exhibition.
The archeological viewing window is a production of the Speyer Office of the State Office for Historic Preservation; it offers exhibitions illustrating particular themes.
The gable walls have classically styled roofs over them along with a so-called portico on the street side. At all of the larger sites in the Roman Empire, the appearance of the main streets was characterised by this style. Columns, roof trusses, and tiled roof have all been modelled after the Roman originals.
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This is the third part of my series on Optical Character Recognition (OCR), and what options are available for .NET applications – particularly low cost options. The first part was about using the open source package Tesseract, and the second part was about using the Windows.Media.Ocr libraries available to applications on the Universal Windows Platform (UWP). This part is about using Microsoft's Project Oxford – this has a component which could be described as 'OCR as a Service'.
Since I started this series, Build 2016 has happened and a few things have changed. Project Oxford has been rebranded as part of a wide suite of API services, known as Microsoft Cognitive Services. These APIs offer functions including:
- Computer Vision
- Speech;
- Language;
- Knowledge;
- Search (better known as Bing services);
Microsoft have open sourced their client SDKs on Github here – this still carries some of the Project Oxford branding.
Getting started with OCR and Cognitive Services
In order to use OCR as a Service, you'll need to get a subscription key from Microsoft. It's pretty easy to get this, and you can sign up at this address, previewed below.
I chose to sign up for the computer vision services (and also for Speech and Speaker Recognition previews). This allows me up to 5,000 transactions per month free of charge.
I'm able to view my subscriptions here, which shows me a screen like the one below.
Let's look at some code next.
Accessing OCR services using C#
In the previous two posts, I've been using a screenshot of one of my other blog posts – I want to keep using the same screenshot (shown below) in each of the three methods to be consistent.
As a reminder, Tesseract performed reasonably well, but wasn't able to interpret the light grey text at the top of the page. The Windows.Media.Ocr library performed very well – it detected the grey text (although didn't translate it very well), but the rest of the text was detected and interpreted perfectly.
I created a new C# console project to test Project Oxford. The next step was to get the necessary client packages from Nuget.
Install-Package Microsoft.ProjectOxford.Vision
Next, I ran the code below – this is a very simple test application. I've created an ImageToTextInterpreter class which basically wraps the asynchronous call to Microsoft's servers. The text results come back as an "OcrResults" object, and I've written a simple static function to output the textual contents of this object to the console.
Remember to enter your own Subscription Key and image file path if you try the code below.
namespace CognitiveServicesConsoleApplication { using Microsoft.ProjectOxford.Vision; using Microsoft.ProjectOxford.Vision.Contract; using System; using System.IO; using System.Linq; using System.Threading.Tasks; class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { Task.Run(async () => { var cognitiveService = new ImageToTextInterpreter { ImageFilePath = @"C:\Users\jeremy\Desktop\sample.png", SubscriptionKey = "<<--[put your secret key here]-->>" }; var results = await cognitiveService.ConvertImageToStreamAndExtractText(); OutputToConsole(results); }).Wait(); } private static void OutputToConsole(OcrResults results) { Console.WriteLine("Interpreted text:"); Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow; foreach (var region in results.Regions) { foreach (var line in region.Lines) { Console.WriteLine(string.Join(" ", line.Words.Select(w => w.Text))); } } Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.White; Console.WriteLine("Done."); Console.ReadLine(); } } public class ImageToTextInterpreter { public string ImageFilePath { get; set; } public string SubscriptionKey { get; set; } const string UNKNOWN_LANGUAGE = "unk"; public async Task<OcrResults> ConvertImageToStreamAndExtractText() { var visionServiceClient = new VisionServiceClient(SubscriptionKey); using (Stream imageFileStream = File.OpenRead(ImageFilePath)) { return await visionServiceClient.RecognizeTextAsync(imageFileStream, UNKNOWN_LANGUAGE); } } } }
I've pasted the results outputted to the console below – predictably, the result quality is almost identical to the results from the Windows.Media.Ocr test in Part #2 of the series (as the online service probably uses the same algorithms as the UWP libraries). The light grey text at the top of the image is interpreted badly, but the rest of the text has been interpreted perfectly.
I've tried three methods of OCR using .NET technology – Tesseract, Windows.Media.Ocr for UWP, and online Cognitive Services. Each of these have different advantages and disadvantages.
Tesseract interprets text reasonably well. Its big advantage is that this is a free and open source solution, which can be integrated into regular C# applications without any need to be online. However, there's some complexity around setting up English language files.
Windows.Media.Ocr interpreted black text very well (although lower contrast text wasn't interpreted quite as well). This can be used offline also. However, this can only be used with Windows Store Apps, which might not be suitable for every application.
Cognitive Services (Project Oxford) also interpreted text very well, and as it's a regular web service, it can be used in any C# application (so both classic C# apps and UWP apps). However, these services require the application to be online to function. This is a commercial application which limits free use to 5,000 transactions per month, and over this limit a purchase plan will apply.


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The World Health Organization (WHO) is cracking down on another popular herbicide used in modern farming, calling it "possibly carcinogenic," and raising concerns about its effects on human health.
In March, WHO released a report concluding that glyphosate, the herbicide used in Roundup, is "probably carcinogenic" to humans. And now the agenct has turned its attention to another popular chemical. A new report released this week is raising similar concerns about 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid, known as 2,4-D citing that it may be "possibly carcinogenic" to humans.
You may have noticed the "possibly" designation which is a step below the "probably" designation given to Roundup. But it's also two steps above the "probably not carcinogenic" ruling that would indicate there are no concerns about its use affecting human health.
The report was issued by WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), a group that lacks regulatory or enforcement muscle, but its reports tend to influence policymakers. The IARC decided upon the "possibly carcinogenic" classification for 2,4-D after reviewing all of the scientific studies and determining that there is "inadequate evidence in humans and limited evidence in experimental animals" when it comes to the link between the herbicide and cancer.
The herbicide 2,4-D was created in 1945 and has since been used to control weeds in farming, forestry and residential settings.
Dow AgroSciences, a unit of The Dow Chemical Co. and the manufacturer of 2,4-D, said in a statement that IARC's classification was flawed and was "inconsistent with government findings in nearly 100 countries" that have claimed that 2,4-D is safe.
But Dana Loomis, a deputy section head for IARC, said the studies in their research indicated — at best — mixed results. Hence the designation.
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- Pesticide maker discredited critics to protect controversial herbicide, court papers show
- The spring purge: Chemical pesticides


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After recording images of towns and cities across the world, Google's Street View service launched on Thursday in a less likely location the vast, sparsely-populated Asian country of Mongolia.
The US technology giant used a horse-drawn sled to carry its image capturing camera to remote locations including Lake Khovsgol, Asia's second-largest body of fresh water.
To capture the expanses of the Gobi desert, a trekker carried the camera in a backpack, Google said as it launched the service in the Mongolian capital Ulan Bator.
At the event held jointly with government officials, the California-based firm unveiled digital representations of 5,500 kilometres of road.
"Google hopes that bringing Street View to Mongolia will raise awareness of the country as an emerging destination for visitors around the world, and support the country's economic growth moving forward," said company representative Susan Pointer.
Slightly larger than a basketball, Google's camera contains 15 individual fixed-focus lenses that simultaneously capture a 360 degree image roughly every three metres.
Local officials said they welcomed the opportunity to preserve vanishing traces of Mongolia's traditional nomadic culture and boost tourism in a country well off the beaten path.
With a population of only three million and a territory over twice the size of France, Mongolia is the least densely populated country in the world.
Many Mongolians still have a nomadic lifestyle with elements inherited from 13th century conqueror Genghis Khan, whose empire was the largest in history by territorial size.
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A lot has been said and written about post-conflict Liberia's broken civil service and capacity void, but—at the risk of sounding self-pitying—I believe that no ministry felt the impact as severely as the Ministry of Finance at the dawn of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's first administration in January 2006.
There we were with the imperative of rapidly obtaining debt relief and quickly delivering tangible improvements in our country's finances and living conditions—with little capacity and debilitating corruption. I had returned to lead a ministry with many ghost workers—people on the payroll in name but not in body—and post-retirement-age employees. A number of senior staff had, at best, a substandard high school education. Some otherwise capable people were appointees of Charles Taylor and the transitional governments whose capacity had previously been directed towards creative means of defrauding the state!
In need of quick fixes across the government, I think it's fair to say that both our administration and our international partners were slow to fully embrace civil service reform and institution-building. The wealth of technical assistance under the Governance and Economic Management Assistance Program (GEMAP)[1] and other programs certainly helped us move our reform efforts forward, but it built little sustained capacity. Progress was made in payroll clean-up and limited organizational restructurings here and there, but we were simply too focused on getting things done in those early years to tackle the difficult business of comprehensive civil service reform and institution-building.
At the Ministry of Finance, we repeatedly stated that these were critical long-term objectives, but we were inevitably constantly consumed with putting out fires. So to create some desperately needed fiscal space, we worked to remove ghosts and staff beyond retirement age from the payroll. As head of the first ministry to wrestle with the latter problem, I was smeared as the "heartless" minister who targeted aged staff who were terrified of facing irregular, measly pensions. To fill critical capacity holes, we pounced on the various donor and philanthropy-financed initiatives, including Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals (TOKTEN); expatriate advisors under GEMAP; an outstanding Mozambican advisor to the minister financed by the World Bank; the Senior Executive Service program; and the Scott Family Liberia Fellows Program and Harvard's Kennedy School MPAID summer interns, both of which provided extremely bright and energetic young expatriate staff.
These last two programs would eventually inspire the development of the President's Young Professionals Program, or PYPP, which continues to help strengthen Liberia's civil service today. Through a transparent and meritocratic process, the PYPP recruits, trains, and places top university graduates throughout the government. Since its establishment in 2009, more than 120 fellows have been recruited into the Liberian civil service through the PYPP, including 19 in the Ministry of Finance and 7 in the Liberia Revenue Authority. More than 90 percent of these fellows remain in government today and the majority of those still serving have risen to positions of greater responsibility.
As Liberia begins its transition to a post-Sirleaf government, the PYPP will no doubt come to be appreciated as one of her noteworthy achievements. The incoming minister of finance will certainly find herself or himself with more capacity at the junior and middle ranks of the ministry than I did in 2006. I have high hopes that this inheritance will convince the new administration to fully own and safeguard the PYPP as an important component of an institution-building strategy for Liberia. As the PYPP model begins to expand to Ghana and Cote d'Ivoire under the banner of the Emerging Public Leaders (EPL) program, I expect that in time other ministers of finance will consider how this promising program can help address their particular capacity development needs.
Yet I can't resist this opportunity to spell out the four reasons why PYPP and EPL-type programs could be especially suited to the evolving capacity needs of ministries of finance in constrained resource environments: attracting young talent; adaptability to digitalized public finance; cost-effectiveness; and building integrity.
With few graduate-level applicants and stiff competition for young talent from commercial banks and other private sector establishments, deliberate efforts to attract the brightest graduates from local universities into ministries of finance are necessary (assuming hiring into the civil service is not frozen). Career-building incentives in the form of opportunities for professional growth, mentorship, and performance management can be valued as attractive supplements to otherwise moderate financial compensation and increase retention.
The ongoing digitalization of public finance[2] underscores the need for skilled staff that adapt comfortably and productively to a more technology-dependent revenue administration and public financial management system. Such staff are more likely to be young people, many of whom are "digital natives" more conversant with technology than current older civil servants.
PYPP and EPL-type programs can render young fellows highly cost-effective when compared to internationally recruited (junior) technical consultants. At an annual cost of $15,000 per fellow in Liberia, these programs can be more cost-effective than other models of technical support and capacity-building.
Last but not least, the meritocratic recruitment process and focus on integrity in PYPP and EPL training can help develop a cohort of young civil servants that contribute to the fight against corruption and increase the credibility of ministries of finance in that connection.
Civil service reform and institution-building will forever remain fraught with political pitfalls and resistance. So when low-cost innovations can help move them a few steps forward, ministers of finance in resource-constrained environments should eagerly embrace them.
[1] GEMAP was international partners' response to the record of corruption and bad governance of the transitional government prior to President Sirleaf's election. It placed financial controllers in key state-owned enterprises, a financial expert in the Central Bank of Liberia, financial experts in the cash management committee at the Ministry of Finance, and a budget adviser at the then-autonomous Bureau of the Budget. With a focus on controls and the co-signing authority given to these experts, GEMAP was very controversial but ultimately helpful ("a necessary intrusion" in the words of the president).
[2] See Gupta, Keen, Shah, and Verdier Digital Revolutions in Public Finance, International Monetary Fund, 2017.
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Endocannabinoids are lipid compounds, produced by all of us, that act on cannabinoid (THC) receptors. Their biological activity is similar to that of cannabinoids such as THC found in marijuana plants (Cannabis sativa and Cannabis indica). Endocannabinoids are lipid metabolites with global homeostatic activities. They regulate all of our body systems. Therefore, we will touch on many aspects of biology including anatomy and physiology, biochemistry, cell biology, immunology, neurology and molecular biology. The thread that will run throughout the course will be far from equilibrium thermodynamics and its applications to biological systems. Using these physical concepts, we will examine life/death, and health/illness and how social, politcal and economic principles all emerge from the underlying physics, and the roles that endocannabinoids and medical marijuana play in these processes.
Prerequisites: Cell Biology or permission of instructor
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Click on the picture to see an video interview with a medical marijuana patient. Viewing these are streaming files that require a free Quicktime Viewer The viewer is available for both Apple and Microsoft operating systems, for free, at on the Apple Quicktime site.
Bipolar Paincancercancer, pain glioma, seizures
Patients Out of Time At 2004 Cannabis Therapeutics Conference
Holistic Biochemistry of Cannabinoids 2004, by Robert Melamede, PhD
Sandra Mann Show 6/13/05 Colorado Springs Public Access show discussing marijuana prohibition
Montel Williams Show 9/21/04 Montel suffers from Multiple Sclerosis. He interviews a variety of medical users and government officials
Retired DEA agent discusses cannabis with HighTimes editior on college campus' around the US (Vermont 1999).
My comments on his scientific ignorance
My testimony before the New Hampshire Health Committee in 2000 when they were considering medical marijuana legislation.
Below are audio files of lectures on Medical Marijuana and Health that I have given to the indicated groups. Listening to these files requires a free Quicktime Viewer that is available for both Apple and Microsoft operating systems, on the Apple Quicktime site.
Biobits InDepth: The Science of Medical Marijuana Listen to this podcast http://gslc.genetics.utah.edu/podcasts/mp3/bbmarijuana060113.mp3
Dean Becker Show Discussion of Marijuana vs THC, use of vaporizers, etc.
Streaming audio of talk given at Hayward Ca., Safe Acess Now 12/2003
Streaming audio Back to the Bluffs UCCS 9/2004. You can play the audio and this Quicktime movie presentation to connect the audio and video.
Excellent Sites
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment is responsible for issuing medical marijuana permits
•W A M M - Wo/Men's Alliance for Medical Marijuana
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Paperback - B Format
December 2010
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Available December 2010.
A Vampire Huntress is born every thousand years - someone to lead the Warriors of Light as they fight against the Dark Realms. Damali Richards, born on to the streets of L.A., brought up in the Projects, is our Huntress.The Hunters and the Vampires are fighting in hell and on our streets and Damali will lead the Hunters in the Final War.L.A Banks' novels are steeped in both vampire lore and hip-hop culture and feature a vivid cast of black heroines and heroes. This is dark fantasy for the hip-hop generation.
L.A Banks is an award-winning and New York Times bestselling author. She has penned more than 35 novels in a wide range of genres and lives in Philadelphia.
Minion is the first of a 12 book series by L. A. Banks called the Vampire Huntress Legends. Leslie Banks gives a strong street-wise and smarts approach to the vampire legend, set in a hip hop music world.
I especially the main character, Damali Richards and her estranged lover-turned-master vampire, Carlos Riviera.
Banks give the vamp genre a fresh approach, along with some strong, interesting, and differing characters. Using some very intersting historical and Biblical characters in this series, such as Adam and Eve and Ganghis Kahn. Banks put a very intersting spin on some of our most intriguing fables, tales and legends.
This book is a very quick paced story, sometimes skipping over the details of the fight scenes to move on to the next stage of the story.
Overall, this is a great first book in the series and convinced me to carry on reading the other eleven books when I get them.


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|They Hunger For Nodes: An e2 Halloween Scary Story Quest
|Oedipus-Schmedipus, as long as he loves his mother
|She wasn't connected to the earth the way the rest of us are
|Beyond whose nearness there is no beyond
|Mozart Requiem
|She tasted like whiskey and blood and cemetery dirt.
|He stretched out his arms but she was not there
|Among the virtues of mirrors is also that of revealing hidden and distant things
|Angels & Dust
|Want (the state of not having her)
|I would have tried, but Charlotte kept Charlotte in the world of Charlotte and she barely heard me
|With dark forgetting of my care return
|October 10, 2012
|June Callwood
|Eloisa to Abelard
|The things we always thought, yet never had the courage to speak
|Plucked turkey
|A hedge maze you can wander in safely
|Winning hearts and minds
|bone scan
|El Goonish Shive