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Harvesting marrows this week lead me to think on the importance of anticipation and deferred gratification. The ability of humans to think ahead and store foodstuffs, to enable them to cross through the lean months of winter, is one of the vital skills we developed in our evolution and possibly, in the opinion of Jordan Peterson, the basis for our understanding of time itself.
"The discovery that gratification could be delayed was simultaneously the discovery of time and, with it, causality (at least the causal force of voluntary human action). " Jordan Peterson. 12 Rules for Life.
The temptation would always be just to eat what we had at hand but our development as a species depended on learning that it was wiser to store foodstuffs for eating (or planting) later. Our overall happiness is much greater than the temporary happiness that we might get through a bout of gluttony. Even today this is an important skill. The Stanford Marshmallow Experiment has shown that children who are able to wait and defer their gratification (one marshmallow now against two marshmallows if you wait 15 minutes) generally do better in life on a variety of fairly robust measures. Deferred gratification is the basis of most planning, it is why we save, it is perhaps why we don't mate with the first attractive person we meet (That may be also be because they don't want to mate with us). If we are as individuals, and as a species, to maximise our happiness it is important, in many things, to forgo the immediate short-term fun for the future prolonged pleasure which is often more satisfying.
However, in addition to this utilitarian advantage of delayed gratification there is another reason we should consider waiting and anticipating. This is really quite simple, anticipation itself can be part of the pleasure, Waiting with the knowledge of future reward can often give as much pleasure as the reward itself. People often wish to know how to get 'happiness' as if it were a thing that could be found. It is much more likely that happiness is the process of creating a good life for ourselves rather than any single thing which brings us temporary pleasure. When we know our striving has been successful, and when we can imagine future success, then we are likely to consider ourselves happy. While I have no doubt want and poverty are the scourge of happiness, I also doubt that a farmer in Africa who tends his fields, sees his herd healthy, and knows his family is cared for feels one iota less happy than I do, despite the massive disparity of material wealth between us. As Peterson again notes, happiness is to be found in the journey rather than being a destination.
"Perhaps happiness is always to be found in the journey uphill, and not in the fleeting sense of satisfaction awaiting at the next peak." Jordan Peterson, ibid
A great deal of pleasure is the anticipation, Through March and April I watched for the Elderflower to bloom knowing that once it arrived we would make Elderflower cordial and champagne. The following month I looked forward to the new potatoes. Last month I waited for the beans and courgettes and this month my wait for the marrows ended. I am now starting my wait for soft fruits and honey. On the small holding our dietary pleasures are seasonal and we have to watch and wait but this adds to the taste of the produce when it finally arrives. New potatoes just pulled out of the patch boiled and served with a knob of butter are a sensational, if plain, meal. The wait I had, the work I put in, the anticipation I experienced, all magnify the taste meaning I will not find anything better in a restaurant no matter how good the chef.
Our supermarkets and farming systems have largely taken this pleasure away from us. There are really very few seasonal foods today. You want strawberries in winter ? no problem. Fresh tomatoes out of season ? likewise no problem. Not only can we have foods from all over the globe we can have them at any time. There is no need to wait or plan and, because of this, nothing is special. Industrial farming keeps our foodstuffs cheap but the hidden costs to our environment are not minor and nor are the costs to our dietary habits inconsequential. We, in the developed world, eat more and have diets Kings and Queens in the past would have envied, However, we can't enjoy simple foods, as we did before, and we need our foods spiced, coloured and made in exotic combinations to pique our appetites. We are no longer happy with the novelty that used to follow seasonal foods. These changes in our diets have lead to us being unhealthier. The strategy of boosting foods' sugar and fat ingredients and increasing portion sizes, to titillate our jaded palates, has lead to worrisome statistics; for example, in Wales more people are overweight and obese than are of normal weight.
I have found that by trying to live in accord with the local seasons I do get more pleasure from my food. This is why, difficult as it may be to believe, I found myself looking forward to the marrow crop. However, there is a possible downside to this. When the seasons decide that the time has come there is no arguing with them. It all comes at once and dealing with gluts of fruit or vegetables is a skill that has be acquired. Next month chutney making will be to the fore in dealing with the excess number of tomatoes I hope we have. This month it is marrows. Not just a lot of marrows but very large marrows as well. Faced with these huge tubers I don't think the local populace has enough appetite for chutneys and jams to cope, so we needed to be more creative. Thankfully marrows are versatile and can be used for both sweat and savoury recipes. Today's way of dealing with half a marrow used both recipes, I hope you enjoy them.
Marrow & Bean Soup
- Cut 1kg of marrow into chunks and season with rosemary. Place in a baking tray and drizzle with olive oil. Roast for 30 – 40 minutes until the marrow is soft.
- Boil runner, any other, bean in 2 pints of stock. Add a generous teaspoon of cumin,
- Add the roast marrow to bean and stock mixture and simmer for 10 minutes
- Blend with a mixer and thicken with cream
This recipe gives a very filling soup, it is easily a meal on its own with some crusty bread. It freezes well which is helpful, as it is a warm hearty soup better suited for autumn and winter.
Marrow Cake
- Beat 3 large eggs and add 400g sugar, 250ml vegetable oil, and two teaspoons of vanilla
- Gradually mix in 350g plain flour, 300g grated marrow, 3 teaspoons baking power, 2 teaspoons cinnamon and 2 teaspoons of nutmeg. Stir fully
- Place the mixture in two greased loaf tins and bake in an oven at 170c for 45 minutes.
These are best buttered when still warm and are like a very moist banana loaf. If you slice these loaves they will also freeze, though to be honest they are so pleasant that they are unlikely to last long enough to see the inside of the freezer.


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Answer by Mira Zaslove, startup and Fortune 500 manager:
Dealing with a co-worker you personally dislike is, sadly, a common problem. The best way to deal with that person is to ignore him or her and keep doing your job. Focus on yourself and your work rather than on people you dislike. A few things to keep in mind:
First, don't talk badly about the person. You may not like somebody, but chances are someone likes him or he would not have been hired. Also, the person you dislike may be good at his job. Some workplaces are more political than others, and some cultures can seem like popularity contests, but stay out of it. Talking bad about someone you dislike will only make you look worse and distract from your work. If you are in management (or want to be), you should be viewed as unbiased and able to get along with people on the team.
Also, people talk, and likely it will get back to the person, which will only make your problem worse.
Second, don't engage with the person. If you can, move teams. Spend as little time with him as possible. It's exhausting and draining trying to work with someone you dislike, so minimize your interactions.
As a manager, a surprising amount of my time was spent dealing with co-workers who did not like each other for petty reasons. It's not a productive use of time or energy, especially if you loop in other people. So be professional, and if you must trash talk, do it with people who aren't your co-workers.
However, if this person crosses the line, engages in harassing or abusive behavior, or is seriously impeding your ability to do your job, document the issues. Go to human resources. Keep your personal dislike out of it and focus on the behavior that is hurting the company. Is this someone you dislike or someone who is a true liability to the company?
Finally, trick yourself into working well with the person. If you cannot get away from him and need to make it work, try to trick yourself. There are a few ways you can do this.
One is to do him a favor. Surprisingly, doing something for someone you dislike actually makes you like the person a bit more due to cognitive dissonance. Basically, we strive for internal consistency and want our thoughts and actions to be consistent. It doesn't make sense to do something nice for someone we dislike, so we trick ourselves into thinking we actually do like the person. I actually tried this once, and it did work—in the short term.
You can also try to focus on the things you do like about this person. Perhaps he has nice kids or likes the same sports team as you. Whatever it is, just steer the conversation toward common interests and getting work done and away from the behavior you dislike.
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1.5 A Well Respected Man
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The episode opens with Nolan arresting a pair of Datak's men and confiscating hidden Votan Weapons from their Roller. Cut to the town council, where Amanda learns of the seizure. Datak arrives and reveals that the council members have arranged an illicit relationship with the Votanis Collective through Datak in order to improve the town's defense. Nolan's actions have ended that business deal. Amanda is incensed that she was left uninformed of the deal, which Rafe characterizes as need-to-know. She leaves to see Nolan and is confronted by a woman whose husband is a client of Kenya's at the Need Want. The woman admonishes Amanda's sister as a whore and Amanda strikes her. We cut briefly of a flashback of a young Amanda placing a St. Christopher's medal around a young Kenya's neck.
After frolicking at the Need Want, Nolan and Kenya agree that their sexual transactions will no longer be on a paying basis, a recognition of a growing relationship between them. Amanda interrupts and chastises Nolan for his actions against Datak, to which Joshua replies that he can't be held responsible for what he isn't told. Amanda and Kenya then engage in a debate about Kenya's vocation. During the debate, one of Kenya's girls flees with another prostitute's money. Kenya pursues her and finds her on Nehi Street. The Bio-Man Ulysses is there, and the two women accidentally spot him in the process of a kidnapping. He seizes and takes them both, and Kenya's medal falls from her neck to the ground.
In the mines, Rafe and Quentin argue about the closure of the L-7 shaft, the mine which Luke used to manage. Quentin feels undervalued and distrusted by his father. Meanwhile, Nolan and Amanda learn that Kenya is missing and find the dropped medal. They interrogate a young street urchin and learn he was taken by a Bio-Man. They also discover that the Bio-Man may be kidnapping victims to create Adreno, a drug harvested from adrenaline.
At a stratocarrier crash site outside of town, Ulysses and a human scientist named Miko prepare Kenya and her fellow prostitute for harvest. The two women are thrust into a maze, hunted by a rogue Volge.
Nolan and Amanda go to Datak's house, but he refuses to help find his renegade Bio-Man, citing a lack of respect on the town's part. Stahma follows Amanda and informs her that Datak will likely relent if granted what he considers a sign of respect: a position on the town council.
Nolan and Datak visit an informant for clues. Nolan correctly discerns that Datak has already sent men to terrify the snitch into non-compliance with Nolan, so that only Datak will receive credit for soliciting useful information. Datak fesses up and the two men learn about the stratocarrier.
At the McCawley house, Rafe reveals to his son that he holds great respect and trust for him. To prove his words, he informs Quentin of a mystery at the bottom of the L-7 shaft.
Kenya continues to be hunted in the maze. As she cowers in the dark, she touches the St. Christopher's medal. She experiences a childhood flashback in which Amanda gives her the medal their mother left her as a parting gift immediately before her death.
Realizing she dropped the medal during her abduction, Kenya discerns that she is dreaming and that the maze is an illusion. She awakens in a laboratory hooked to an adrenal pump. Freeing herself, she kills Miko. Ulysses tries to intervene, but a timely-arriving Nolan guns him down.
Back in town, Kenya confronts Amanda after discovering a small inconsistency in Amanda's story about their mother's death. Amanda reveals to Kenya that their mother did not die as she long told her younger sister. Instead, her mother abandoned both children. The medal was not a keepsake at all, but rather a trinket Amanda found on a dead body while scavenging.
At the bottom of the L-7 shaft, Rafe and Quentin examine a number of strange artifacts and a collection of cave paintings which include imagery similar to the golden talisman found in Luke's desk.
Datak joins the council. As Nolan leaves the meeting, he turns to Stahma and reveals his conviction that between her and her husband, she is the greater danger. Stahma takes this as a compliment and thanks Nolan.


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Who was Henry Buhl, Jr.?
Henry Buhl, Jr. built his fortune in the retail industry with his partner, Russell Boggs. In its day, the Boggs & Buhl Department Store on the Northside of Pittsburgh served the carriage trade of the Western Pennsylvania region. Henry Buhl, Jr. died on June 11, 1927.
How long has the Buhl Foundation been in existence?
Upon his death, as a memorial to "my beloved wife, Louise C. Buhl," Henry Buhl, Jr. created the Buhl Foundation to which he gave the remainder of his estate after bequests to his relatives, friends and a number of charitable organizations. The Buhl Foundation officially began operations on June 1, 1928. As the first multi-purpose foundation in Pittsburgh, the Buhl Foundation was endowed with $11 million, which made it then one of the ten largest of such foundations in the country.
How large is the Foundation today?
The Foundation's assets in recent years have ranged between $75 million to $100 million depending on the volume of grants and financial market conditions over any given period. In a typical year, the Foundation grants between $3 million and $5 million.
Is the Buhl Foundation related in any way to the Buhl Planetarium or Chatham Village in Mt. Washington?
Yes. Two of the earliest projects of the Buhl Foundation were the construction of the Buhl Planetarium and Institute of Popular Science on Pittsburgh's Northside and the construction of the Chatham Village neighborhood. The Buhl Planetarium opened in 1939 as only the fifth planetarium of its kind in the United States. Through the decades, the Foundation provided over $6 million of funding for the Buhl Planetarium until 1991 when the Buhl Planetarium merged with the Carnegie Science Center, also located on Pittsburgh's Northside. Inside the Carnegie Science Center, a new Buhl Digital Dome now amazes patrons with the latest in Digital Dome advanced production technology. For questions about the Buhl Planetarium or the Carnegie Science Center, contact 412-237-3400 or visit www.carnegiesciencecenter.org.
Chatham Village, which was conceived, funded and built by the Buhl Foundation, is an architectural gem in Mt. Washington that is studied and visited to this day by planners and architects from all over the world. Constructed in 1932, Chatham Village offered families the opportunity to "ride out" the Depression until a more buyer-friendly economy emerged. The Chatham Village project was turned into cooperative housing in 1960. In 2005, it was designated a National Historic Landmark, taking its place alongside unique historic treasures such as the Allegheny County Courthouse and Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright's masterpiece. Chatham Village is regularly listed among the top neighborhoods in the United States.
What is the Henry C. Frick Educational Fund?
The fund was established in 1909 by famous industrialist Henry C. Frick for the support of "sound education and useful training" and today grants are made with special concern for strengthening K-12 public school education. The Frick Fund joined the Buhl Family of Funds in 1994. Learn more.
What is the William and Elizabeth Rodgers McCreery Memorial Fund?
Miss Emilie McCreery, the daughter of William and Elizabeth Rodgers McCreery of Pittsburgh, died in the year 1938. Miss McCreery's will provided that, following the death of three beneficiaries, the balance of funds be given to the Buhl Foundation to support musically talented students residing in the Pittsburgh region to further their musical education or to enhance young people's appreciation of music. The McCreery Fund joined the Buhl Family of Funds in 1955. Learn more.
What became of the original Buhl Planetarium building?
The Buhl Planetarium building is now part of the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh and was integrated into that museum as part of an award-winning architectural project undertaken in 2004. The Buhl Foundation provided the Children's Museum a grant of $1.5 million toward that $28 million project. The sky show that used to be shown in the original Planetarium building is now part of the Buhl Digital Dome and is located within the Carnegie Science Center.
What are the principal areas that Buhl funds?
Remembering that Henry Buhl , Jr. lived and worked on the Northside of Pittsburgh, and knowing his love for Pittsburgh and its people, the Buhl Foundation is particularly sensitive to four major areas:
- Education - Initiatives that improve quality of instruction, advance the professional development of teachers, develop effective curriculum with a particular emphasis on science and math, integrate arts and culture into curriculum in partnership with community groups, support environments in which youth can learn, encourage community and higher education partnerships that further science, technology, engineering or math education (STEM), and promote intermediary organizations that improve school quality, governance, leadership and accountability.
- Youth Development - Initiatives, particularly in disadvantaged communities, that support young people in out-of-school time activities, that develop leadership, enhance learning, encourage community service, provide recreational enjoyment or prevent violence.
- Human Services - Efforts that support a thriving and diverse community, encourage citizen volunteers or improve access to services. Support is also provided for special projects that improve the effectiveness of such organizations to reach out and meet these human service needs.
- Economic and Community Development - Programs that encourage innovation and entrepreneurial solutions to improve the quality of life in our region. Preference is given to undertakings that support Downtown and Northside revitalization, enhance neighborhood vitality, or encourage use of our parks and recreational opportunities.
Commencing in 2013, the Foundation embarked on a revisioning effort to determine how these historic themes might be integrated into a more geographically focused effort on the Northside of Pittsburgh. In furtherance of that effort, Buhl has been engaged in an extensive planning effort with the Northside community to find consensus around key needs and the strategies to address them. The results of that undertaking will significantly impact Buhl's granting priorities over the next decade or longer. Until that process is completed, grantees, and prospective grantees are encouraged to learn more about this undertaking by visiting www.northsideconversation.org or by contacting Buhl staff.
The Frick Fund has a focus on public education while the McCreery Fund focuses on musical education and training for young people.
How do I submit a grant request?
A written letter of inquiry, not to exceed three pages, is sent to the President, to be followed by a formal proposal, if invited. When invited, formal proposals may be submitted using the Common Grant Application Format available through Grantmakers of Western Pennsylvania. Electronic inquiries are not accepted.
Staff meets regularly to review letters of inquiry and either a phone call or a letter regarding the inquiry should be expected within 6 weeks, if not sooner. If taken under consideration, an inquiry may be acted upon immediately, followed by a request for a proposal or it may be allowed to percolate over time so as to evaluate its potential impact in relation to other funding options in the face of limited resources. Staff will often meet with potential applicants to discuss feasibility and may work with prospective grantees to develop a proposal that appears to have potential for community impact consistent with Buhl's giving priorities. Expression of interest in a proposal, or work with an applicant to assure best possible presentation, should not be construed as an indication of forthcoming grant approval.
If a proposal is invited, staff will work with the applicant to establish a specific time frame for submission of the proposal and consideration by the Board.
Interviews or site visits may be carried out by arrangement with the staff.
The Board of Directors of the Foundation usually meets five to six times a year to act on grant proposals.
When a grant has been awarded, the grantee and Foundation agree upon a schedule for grant payments. A report on program achievements, including accounting for dollars spent, is required at the conclusion of the program.
All letters of inquiry and proposals are reported to the Board of Directors.
It is important to note that the Foundation receives more good proposals than it can support; worthwhile projects must often be declined.
What types of proposal will not be considered by the Foundation?
Grants are limited to organizations that are located in Southwestern Pennsylvania and are defined as tax-exempt under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and which are not private or operating foundations as defined in section 509(a) of the Code. The Frick Educational Fund giving is limited to Allegheny, Washington, Greene, Fayette and Westmoreland counties.
Grants are not normally made for building funds, overhead costs, accumulated deficits, ordinary operating expenses, general fundraising campaigns, loans, scholarships and fellowships, other foundations, nationally funded organized groups or individuals.
Grants are not made for support of propaganda, sectarian religious activities, or efforts to influence legislation. The Foundation does not contribute to political events.
Support is not provided for charity events or fundraising benefits, nor does the Foundation purchase tables at such events. Conferences or seminars are not normally funded.
When is it appropriate to request a multi-year grant?
The Foundation rarely provides multi-year grants but exceptions occasionally are made depending on the nature and the impact of the particular proposal.
What is an appropriate amount to request?
In order to qualify for funding, a proposal should demonstrate the intersection of all or many of the following considerations which are important to the Buhl Foundation:
- Leadership in education, economic and civic improvement, human services and youth development
- Unique, innovative, timely and creative solutions to meeting community needs
- Collaboration with community partners
- Outreach to diverse populations, especially those who are economically disadvantaged or at-risk
- Preventive solutions that are enduring
The greatest volume of Buhl grants, both in total dollars and in number of proposals funded, fall in the range of $2,500 to $25,000. Buhl's largest grants tend to focus on sustaining regional institutions that play a unique role in our community based on historic relationships with the Foundation and its mission.
The Henry C. Frick Educational Fund supports K-12 public school initiatives and the McCreery Fund focuses on programs that encourage musically gifted and interested students. Grant requests to both of these Funds follow the same guidelines and procedures as the Buhl Foundation.
How long does it take to approve a grant?
The staff meets regularly to review letters of inquiry and either a phone call or a letter regarding the inquiry should be expected within 6 weeks, if not sooner. If taken under consideration, an inquiry may be acted upon immediately or it may be allowed to percolate over time so as to evaluate its potential impact in relation to other funding options in the face of limited resources. If a proposal is invited, the staff will work with the applicant to establish a specific time frame for submission of the proposal and consideration by the Board. The Board of Directors meets regularly six or seven times a year to consider proposals recommended for funding by the staff.
What should I do if I have an idea that is not fully developed?
A letter of inquiry should be sent to the President, to be followed by a formal proposal, if invited. The staff will often meet with potential applicants to discuss feasibility and may work with prospective grantees to develop a proposal that appears to have potential for community impact consistent with Buhl's giving priorities.
Do I have to do anything after I receive the funding?
When a grant has been awarded, the grantee and Foundation agree upon a schedule for grant payments. A report on program achievement, including accounting for dollars spent, is required at the conclusion of the program.
Will you consider a grant that is outside of your funding priorities?
The Buhl Foundation, by will of Henry Buhl, Jr., is focused on Southwestern Pennsylvania with a particular emphasis on Allegheny County, the City of Pittsburgh and the Northside. Letters of inquiry for projects located within this geographic focus will be accepted for comment by the staff. Letters of inquiry within the specified geographic area are considered based upon their alignment with Buhl's mission, core objectives and guiding principles. Requests outside the geographic focus of the Foundation will be declined.
How large is the Buhl Foundation Board?
The Foundation is governed by a Board of Directors that generally has four to six members.
Does the Buhl Foundation make grants to individuals?
No. Grants are made only to tax-exempt organizations classified under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and, on rare occasions, to qualified government units and agencies.
Does the Buhl Foundation award scholarships?
No. The Foundation ceased awarding scholarships in approximately 1970.
Does the Buhl Foundation support fundraising events?
No. The Foundation does not generally support fundraising events, does not purchase tables for fundraising events, does not contribute to general fundraising campaigns and makes no political contributions.
Does the Buhl Foundation accept inquiries electronically?
No. The Buhl Foundation does not accept electronic or faxed inquiries. The granting process is initiated by a written letter of inquiry followed by a proposal, if invited. Details of the application process are contained on this website.


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Cable news has functioned as the harrowing background soundtrack to much of 2015 and 2016. In covering terrorist attacks, protests against the police and a presidential election whose daily antics seem tailor-made for the overheated ethos of cable, Fox News, CNN and MSNBC have all won huge increases in viewership.
But as they say on cable, we've just gotten word of some breaking news — and it's not pretty. If you're watching on mute (which says something by itself, right?), you can consult this helpful Chyron: "Facebook to Swallow TV News, Just as It Has Everything Else."
That, anyway, is the best way to interpret what happened last week, when the biggest story in the country was dominated by live-streaming apps made by Facebook and Twitter.
Historians of television news often cite the 1991 Gulf War as the breakthrough moment for cable — a conflict that proved there was a market for round-the-clock coverage of the sort that CNN was offering. For most humans, last week's police shootings, the subsequent protests and the mass assassination of police officers in Dallas were a tragic commentary on modern American race relations. But for that subspecies of humans known as television executives, the events might also have functioned as an alarming peek at a radically altered future.
What we saw last week was live streaming's Gulf War, a moment that will catapult the technology into the center of the news — and will begin to inexorably alter much of television news as we know it. And that's not a bad thing. Though it will shake up the economics of TV, live streaming is opening up a much more compelling way to watch the news.
Consider the video posted by Diamond Reynolds, who began streaming on Facebook Live right from the car in which her boyfriend, Philando Castile, had just been shot by a police officer. Or the horrific scene as the gunman in Dallas began his rampage, captured and instantly broadcast on Facebook by a photographer named Michael Kevin Bautista. Or the clip by DeRay Mckesson, one of the leaders of the Black Lives Matter movement, who captured his own arrest in Baton Rouge, La., this weekend on Periscope, Twitter's live app.
These scenes suggest that streaming apps don't just have the potential to bring us stories more quickly than TV can. They also greatly expand on the kind of stories you normally see. Streaming news stretches our collective point of view, showing us perspectives from people who might otherwise have been ignored by the news, and from places where television cameras would never have happened to be.
"I think we saw last week that Facebook Live could become the most intelligent cable news network ever built," said Jonathan Klein, a former president of CNN, who now runs a digital media company called Tapp. With more than 1.65 billion users, he said, "Facebook effectively has one and a half billion news bureaus to capture news, and they're capable of doing things that a cable news network could only dream of doing."
Yes, Mr. Klein is speculating about Facebook's potential path. At this point, neither Facebook nor Twitter is anything close to a TV news network. Facebook Live was started just a few months ago in partnership with several news organizations (including The New York Times, which receives payments from Facebook for producing Live videos). Until last week, it was best known for gonzo journalism involving weird tricks with food. Twitter's live service, Periscope, is older, but it too is better thought of as a series of one-off clips than a comprehensive source of news.
But you can bet both services will expand their horizons. Twitter announced this week that it was streaming the Democratic and Republican conventions in partnership with CBS News. It also announced a plan to stream Bloomberg's TV shows, and it has a deal to show National Football League games later this year.
It's not clear yet what shape Facebook's plans for Live will take, especially since the company has been reluctant to think of itself as a news company. Yet it wouldn't take many deals and product changes to turn Facebook into a worthy substitute for one of the cable news networks.
Soon you might log on to Facebook and see, right at the top of your feed, a collection of videos produced by professionals and amateurs and tailored to your interests — breaking news and analysis related to topics you like, all of which load instantly in your feed, ad-free, and without any of the constant, interminable waiting for stuff to happen that characterizes traditional cable news.
As a business matter, this might be a danger for TV. As Matt Rosoff explained last week in Business Insider, live coverage was supposed to be the industry's steadiest bulwark against the internet. Thanks to online networks like Netflix, people are dropping cable subscriptions as if they were toxic; one of the few remaining reasons to keep paying a monthly fee is to watch live news and sports, which are both difficult to get online.
Now that rampart is disappearing. If you turned on one of the cable news networks last week, you would have most likely seen videos lifted straight from streaming apps playing in endless televised loops. If you watched for more than a few minutes, you would have been forgiven for wondering, "Wait, if all this video is coming from Facebook, why am I watching TV?"
Then there's TV news's demographic cliff. People who regularly watch cable news are old. According to statistics compiled at the end of last year, CNN's prime-time audience was the youngest in cable news — with a median age of 59. The median age of Fox News's prime-time audience is 68. (TV news isn't alone here. The median age of a subscriber to The New York Times's digital edition is 54; for print subscribers, it's 60. But of course, we all know that with age comes sophistication.)
In the past, an aged audience might not have raised red flags, because it was generally the case that younger people grew into their parents' news habits. But as online alternatives improve, the less likely that is to happen.
"The next generation just doesn't ever intend to watch the 6 o'clock or 11 o'clock or any other newscast," said Andrew Heyward, a former president of CBS News who is now a visiting researcher at the MIT Media Lab.
It's possible to make too much of the threat that live streaming poses to TV news. "Citizen journalism" has gotten a lot of attention from techno-optimists in the last decade, but blogging, tweeting, podcasting and everything else haven't replaced traditional journalism so much as they have expanded its tone and range. That's likely to happen on TV too; streaming apps won't kill CNN, MSNBC and Fox News, but as the apps become more popular, they will force TV news providers to shift their approach to coverage.
"The more chaotic and unstructured the world of online live video becomes, the more important the curator, analyst or honest broker of information can be," Mr. Heyward said.
In the best situation, TV news could become just such an honest broker: Instead of showing you only the news of the day and the most superficial hot-take debates surrounding it, TV networks could respond to the internet by pumping more resources into in-depth reporting, analysis and explanation, cultivating a wider range of perspectives.
As Mr. Klein put it, "Maybe all these years, the importance of scintillating video has been overblown, and the mission for news outlets could be to help viewers understand what all that video really means."


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Address: Tysjöarna
Tysjöarna is one of the largest marl areas in the world. Apart from the marl fieldes, there are several springs and richfens with calcareous tufa formations. Many rare plants and animals live in the calcium-rich environment.
The southern lake dries up during the summer and is no longer as interesting for birdlife. Therefore, if you want to watch from the bird tower beside the southern lake, it is recommended that you do so early in the season.
During the summer, you should head for the northern lake and its two bird towers if you want to watch the nesting birds.
There is no access to the marl fields from 15 April to 31 July. Please keep to the paths, plankways and towers so you don't disturb the breeding birds.


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Dad and me and Mad
This may be my favorite picture of me and my dad:
I had placed this sometime around 1973, but thanks to the incredible archive at Doug Gilford's Mad Cover Site, I've discovered it's got to be at least early 1975 which would make me 4 years old. I'm reading the March issue, Dad's got Super Special #14, and the December '74 issue is there in the foreground.
I can remember that bedspread and its texture; and the feel and weight of those dark yellow plastic plates that appear to have some bologna sandwiches on them; and the brown plastic bowl, too.
It looks like I've got a kids' book at lower right, but I'd bet I've set it aside in favor of Spy vs. Spy.
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probably p & j sandwiches, his favorite thing to eat before bed. He had worked 11pm to 7:30 am.
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Why Windows Mobile as a Business Platform?
I've said it before that Mobile Developers were going to change the world. I still feel this way. There are a lot of cool technologies changing our lives, but nothing compares to having a little computer in your pocket that can effectively do everything your PC does and more. The players are all out there now and the potential has only increased in scope. iPhone, Android, and Palm Pre have all got their game on. Mobile Operators are drafting new guys and cutting dead weight.
As a Windows Mobile developer, the question I often get (more now than ever) is "why should I choose Windows Mobile"?
I'm not a marketing guy, but I view this question from two sides… consumer and business. Let's put aside the consumer space for a moment and talk about getting work done. Many businesses are still figuring out that mobilizing a workforce is a competitive advantage. It's not just about employees getting email… you have to think about Line of Business (LOB) applications, access to workplace documents, systems integration, use of existing knowledge, security, device management, etc. It's a big powerful mix of possibilities that can only happen when you have the tools in place to execute on all these things. In other words, it's not just about the device… it's about the technologies in place to support business on a device.
So why is Windows Mobile right for your business compared to all these other guys? I see it this way…
1. Windows Mobile offers the widest range of device hardware to meet any type of user preference… or location. If you want a small , low-end phone or a full featured computing device… we have it. If you want a device with a keyboard, we have those. Need a ruggedize device with a barcode scanner that can take abuse, no problem. Flip phones, slide phones, high DPI phones… we have them. You need it to work in multiple countries, no problem. Nobody gives you more options of available devices to mobilize your business and accommodate preferences. Your phone should suite you, not the other way around.
2. A secure platform above all others – We're FIPS compliant. We provide support for IRM secured email, remote wipe of lost devices by user or admin, enforceable password and PIN policies, Storage Card encryption, encrypted SQLCE databases, Crypto APIs for developers, configurable security policies to enforce signed code or lockdown to only corporate signed apps if you want to go that route.
3. Device Management – Talk to any IT shop and they will tell you that if they can't secure it, they will not manage it. Out of the box management support is provided via Exchange to control remote wipe, password policies, etc. This means if you have Exchange as your corporate email platform, you get basic device management capabilities with no extra investment. For more comprehensive device management needs, we offer Systems Center Mobile Device Manager (access your corp resources via VPN, configuration, deployment, disabling of device features like camera, Bluetooth, etc.) .
4. Business Integration – Windows Mobile devices provide out of box support for integration with a variety of Microsoft products like Exchange, SQL Server (merge/RDA data replication), Word/Excel/Powerpoint documents, and Sharepoint. If you are using these products in your organization already, then you extend those capabilities to mobile devices when you equip en employee with a Windows Mobile phone. There is no middle-man in our email model and you don't pay for NOC services. Bottom line… if you are already using Microsoft technologies in your company, you are reaping your investment by taking advantage of key integration features that are already present and waiting for you. Windows Mobile integrates with the systems you already have.
5. Flexible Application Architecture – Some programs run well as web applications (until you lose connectivity). Some application need to run locally on the device (with an option to connect as permissible). Maybe you need multiple apps running at the same time. Whether you need to run concurrent, web, client, or rich internet applications – Windows Mobile supports all the scenarios. We let you decide which architecture is right for you.
6. The best develop tools on the planet – Visual Studio is the best development IDE on the planet for almost any type of application development. If you already use it to write desktop or server apps, guess what? You have what you need to build mobile applications. Just download the free emulators/SDK off the web and go for it… No applications to fill out, no approval process to get started. You don't even need a device to get started… use the emulators with all their amazing features. No need to go through an approval process just to run code on a real device. By the way, the development community rocks. There are samples out there for just about anything you want to do. If you can't find it on MSDN, you can find it in the community sites.
7. Flexible Deployment – Deployment should not be complicated. Once your app is done, just build a CAB (deployment package) and optionally sign it in Visual Studio. You can deploy your application any way you can get that CAB file to a device. Copy it to the device via ActiveSync/WMDC, via Storage Card, deploy over the air (via email or management software), put the CAB on your web site and let users browse to it, etc. You can even install to a desktop via any desktop management software and have the CAB pushed out the next time the device is connected. If you are using SCMDM, you can push out any software updates, remove software, or inventory installed software. Windows Mobile 6.5 brings Marketplace to every device to create an easy sales and deployment channel for ISVs. Don't jump through hoops… Pick the deployment mechanism that makes sense for you.
8. Use what you already know – You can develop Windows Mobile applications using either native (C++) or managed code (.NET/C#/VB.NET). The native API set is basically Win32 (CE OS). The Compact Framework is basically a scaled down version of the full .NET framework (same APIs but fewer to pick from). If you already know how to do Windows develop, then you take all that knowledge to Windows Mobile. You could re-use what you already know and save money/time or you could re-train all your developers some of those other platforms – learning new languages, new tools, buying a new computer/OS's to do it. You already have what you need to develop for Windows Mobile.
9. Bells and Whistles? – Consumers love the "bling" and marketing plays this angle for everything its worth. I still can't help but chuckle a bit when I see out competitors trumpeting *new* features like "Copy & Paste", "Voice Activation", and "Integrated Mapping". He do need to talk about this more… Um, the absence of Cut & Paste should be considered a bug… not a feature. We've had Voice Command for years (just you phone to play music or call your friend by name), and anyone who has not tried Bing Mobile (formerly Live Search) is just missing out. Map your location and find attractions using your *voice*. Have you seen TellMe? My point is that there are so many cool apps out there… take your pick. Windows Mobile device are available with other forms of hardware bling…. accelerometers, light sensors, etc. No, we don't have multi-touch… which critical business app were you using that in? Bling is pretty, but at the end of the day it's about getting the work done and working well with others. Pick from any of thousands of 3rd party products and application to support your efforts.
10. Never Underestimate Synergy –The Windows Mobile model combines Microsoft's CE OS with clever device makers and with strategic mobile operators all over the world to produce a global mobile phone platform. Everyone has different ideas about how to win in this market and it makes for some super tough decisions and creative collaboration. Is it easy? No. Do we have more device options, a rich and accessible platform, and a global model that scales with you as a result? Yes.
Business guys… don't take my word for it. Go shopping and compare all the platforms out there. I hope the list above will make it easier for you to ask the right questions. You will not find a better partner than Windows Mobile to mobilize your business.
Consumer guys… this may need to be another blog post, but I'll just quickly say that we're going to bring some sexy back in Windows Mobile 6.5. You are going to give you some UI love and we're going to make it super easy to locate all those great apps right on the device with Marketplace. Our hardware friends are going to deliver some great new devices and I think you are going to like what you see.


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Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Tuesday Tasting: Gluten Free Beers
Tuesday Tasting is a regular feature of Lyke2Drink that explores some of the best beers, wines and spirits on the market. This week we go barley free.
What would you do if you could not drink beer?
I'm not talking about finding yourself in a dry county on a Sunday afternoon or in the "family section" at a minor league baseball park. I mean, what if having a beer would cause you to have an almost immediate negative physical reaction?
I've received a crash course in this issue because my son-in-law, Mike Wirth, has Celiac Disease. Basically, it means he cannot enjoy anything made with grains. No pasta. No bread. And, sadly, no beer. His body does not tolerate gluten, a protein found in grains. Exposure to wheat, rye, barley and triticale in food and beverages causes a severe allergic reaction in people with celiac disease.
According to the Celiac Disease Foundation, exposure to gluten creates an immune-mediated toxic reaction that causes damage to the small intestine and does not allow food to be properly absorbed. Estimates are that 3 million people in the U.S. have celiac disease, even though more than 90 percent have not been correctly diagnosed.
My son-in-law is a good guy. Mike is the kind of guy you'd enjoy having a beer with at your local. Mike is interested in beer. In fact, Mike was the artistic mind behind the popular GABF medal map that ran here during last year's festival (yes, there will be a new one out shortly). The good news is that some brewers see people who cannot tolerate gluten as an underserved market. Where there is an opportunity to make money, corporate America will usually step up.
For the "Next Beer" column in the current issue of All About Beer magazine I tasted a number of gluten free beers. Most gluten free beer is brewed using sorghum, a cereal grass traditionally used for brewing in many African countries. Sorghum beers tend to have a slightly sweet taste. If your taste in beer favors doppelbocks, gluten free beers are worth a try. If you lean towards imperial IPAs, the gluten free beers we tasted will be too far towards the sweet side.
So, do gluten free beers give Celiac sufferers a real beer experience? Well, on one hand not quite. On the other hand, who is to say? Do wheat beers give barley beer fans a "real beer" experience? Switch the grain bill and any homebrewer will tell you that you are going to taste a difference. Remove the grain altogether and the brewer needs to find balance between sweetness and bitterness.
Bard's Gold: Amber colored with a thin, but persistent head. This sorghum beer beer was on the sweet side with some balancing hops.
Green's Discovery Amber Ale: This ale is made with millet, rice, buckwheat and sorghum. The head looked a bit like soap suds at first pour. Dark amber color, with a medium level of hops that balance the ale overall.
Green's Endeavour Dubbel Dark: This Belgian ale is also made with millet, rice, buckwheat and sorghum. The head lasted throughout and laced the glass. The amber brown color and sweet nose matches nicely to the Belgian style. Nice body and depth of flavor, with some fig and fruit notes in the finish.
Hambleton Toleration: This English brew has a thin head and amber color. The brewery uses challenger, liberty and cascade hops. Overall, the flavor is on the sweet side with some fruity, almost wine-like characteristics in the finish.
New Grist Beer: This Wisconsin-made beer uses a combination of sorghum and rice. Light golden straw color and a clean aroma. The beer starts off with a nice thick head that dissipates gradually. Overall a low hop profile and a sweet flavor.
Redbridge Gluten-Free Beer: This Anheuser-Busch beer was launched in 2006 and won the gold medal in the gluten free category at last year's GABF. The head on this beer goes away pretty quickly. Nice amber color and decent hop bite. Overall balanced flavor that has a refreshing crispness.
Posted by Rick Lyke at 6:51 AM
Labels: Beer, IPA, Tuesday Tasting
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- Unknown said...
Thanks for this posting. Many people gasp in horror when I tell them I can't drink beer. (I also have Celiac Disease). It is nice the breweries are starting to recognize that some of us cannot have gluten. I haven't heard of Hambleton Toleration before so I will have to keep my eyes open for it here in NYC.
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ff. i (modern paper) + I (medieval parchment) + 159 + i (modern paper), the inner and outer bifolia of each quire parchment, the rest paper, with perhaps three or four different watermarks, the only one of which is both clearly visible and distinctive is very close to Briquet no. 4639, dated 1438, foliated i-ii, 1-160 in pencil, complete (collation: i–xii12, xiii16-1 last leaf cancelled without loss of text), catchwords and quire signatures in lower-case roman numerals survive in most quires, written in brown ink in a semi-cursive gothic script, typically on 25-27 long lines (justification: c. 145 x 105 mm.), frame-ruled in plummet, rubrics in red, numerous paraphs, underlinings, and marginal notes and pointing hands in red, each chapter introduced by a three- or four-line initial in red, the first initial six lines high with reserved foliate designs and penwork ornament (worm-holes in the first and last leaves, most leaves cockled and stained by damp, the parchment leaves also shrunk smaller than the paper ones, rarely if ever preventing legibility of the text). Bound in brown leather and faux leather over pasteboards, probably early 20th century, with gilt spine title "Lebensgeschichte / Jesu Christi / Handschrift / von 1443" and with the binder's purple ink stamp on the lower pastedown "G[eor]g. Grob, Köln / Buchbinderei / Rotgerberbach 19," a former pastedown (f. ii) is from a 14th-century manuscript with about 40 lines of partially legible text in German (the binding slightly worn and affected by damp, but generally sound). Dimensions 210 x 145 mm.
A previously unrecorded, precisely dated copy, signed by the unrecorded German scribe Johannes Boikmann, of a highly influential devotional Augustinian text, owned by the Augustinian nunnery of Marienberg, Neuss. The text forms the foundation and core from which the Carthusian Ludolph of Saxony derived his own Vita Christi, the hugely popular later medieval sourcebook for devotional exercises and sermons. No modern critical edition exists, and the work appears to be exceptionally rare at auction, the 34 extant copies located primarily in European libraries.
1. Signed and dated 31 July 1443 by the scribe Johannes Boikman, in an eight-line colophon immediately following the end of the text: "Deo gratias. Et sic est finis de quo deus est benedictus. Obsecro per christum te qui librum legis istum ut sis scriptoris memor in prece cordis et oris. Scriptus est iste liber per manus Iohannis Inder scholen aleas dictus Boickman. Et finitus Anno domini mo cccco xliij in profesto vincula petri.", followed by several words in red, all but the first erased: "Orate ... " (f. 158v), the erased words were transcribed by 19th-century owners as "Pro meis liberis liberalissime" (ff. iiv, 159). Boikman refers to himself as "in der scholen" ("in the schools"), which suggests that he was studying at university when he wrote the text; this is most likely to have been Cologne University (founded in the 14th century), only about 35 kilometers southeast of Neuss. This is supported by the evidence of the distinctive watermark representing a coronet in the first quires of the volume, which is very similar to Briquet, Filigranes, no. 4639, whose date–1438–is very close to that of the present manuscript, and whose localization–Dusseldorf–is immediately adjacent to Neuss.
2. The Augustinian nunnery of Marienberg, Neuss, where it was inscribed in the 15th century, "Liber regularisaru(m) mo(n)tis ui(r)gine intra nussia(m)" (f. iiv). Marienberg was founded in 1462 so this text, written by an Augustinian author, was doubtless acquired as one of their first indispensable books. The monastery was suppressed at the Secularization of 1802
3. Johann Heinrich Küpper (1767-1836), last rector of the Neuss grammar school, with a long inscription immediately beneath the Marienberg inscription, beginning "Gehort itzt Joh. Heinrich Küpper von Neuss" and ending with a transcription of the erased part of the colophon (f. iiv). A note on the back flyleaf, apparently copied from fol. iiv when it was more legible than it is today, refers to Küpper and includes the date 18 November 1826; this is quite possibly the date on which Küpper acquired it. In the years following the Seculariztion Küpper is known to have owned a number of manuscripts from Marienberg: identical Marienberg and Küpper inscriptions occur in the unique manuscript of Geert Grote's treatise Contra turrim Traiectensem, for example. The present manuscript may have had a similar series of owners as the latter, which went after Heinrich Küpper's death to Sibylla Kamper-Küpper (d. 1851); to Josepha Schram-Kamper; to a series of members of the Schram family of Neuss. (On the Schram family and their manuscripts see Rosmarie Siepe, "Das Archiv Schram und die Familie Schram in Neuß," Mitteilungen der Westdeutschen Gesellschaft für Familienkunde, 27 (1975), pp. 47–51). The manuscript was still in the region of Cologne, perhaps in Neuss, when it received its present binding. Inscribed with former shelfmarks "H 3" (f. iiv) and "H 4" (f. ir, in blue pencil).
f. 1, Rubric: "Incipit Vita Ihesu Cristi. Prologus," prologue incipit, "Fundamentum aliud nemo potest ponere preter id quod positum est quod est ihesus christus. Prima Chorinth. tercio. [i.e. I Corinthians 3:11] Cum sicut dicit Augustinus deus sit res summe sufficiens et homo sit res summe deficiens ...," after the prologue the first chapter's rubric is "De quibusdam incarnationem precedentibus" and the last is "Conclusio libri huius," with incipit "Habes ergo ex predictis vitam domini nostri ihesu christi ...," and explicit "... aut si corrumpuntur sanes," followed by the scribal colophon (see Provenance).
Not very much is known of Michael of Massa's life: he was probably born Michael Beccucci de Massa around 1298 at Siena or Massa Maritima; he became an Augustinian; studied and taught at the University of Paris, where he wrote a number of important works of scholastic philosophy and a commentary on the Sentences; and died in 1337, probably at Paris. Schabel (see below, p. 443) notes that Michael's commentary of the Sentences is considered to be one of the "richest unedited, and for the most part unstudied texts of the fourteenth century." The authorship of the present text, which is also unedited, has long been attributed to Massa, and while this has occasionally been called into doubt, because it rests primarily on the colophon of a single manuscript (Leipzig, University Library, MS 800), it has always subsequently been re-affirmed; and no other author has been plausibly proposed.
In a series of recent studies, principally by Karl-Ernst Geith, it has been shown that the primary source for Michael of Massa's Vita Christi was the extremely popular Vita Christi traditionally attributed to Bonaventura (but probably written by an anonymous Franciscan in Tuscany, c. 1300), which consists of 100 chapters meditating on events from Christ's Incarnation to Pentecost and drawing material from the writings of St. Bernard of Clairvaux, St. Anselm of Canterbury, and others. Michael of Massa's Vita includes about seventy percent of the Pseudo-Bonaventura text, but also adds explanatory notes--for example details concerning religious feasts and geographical places as well as additional quotations from the Church Fathers. What makes Michael's Vita especially important, however, is that it was, in its turn, used as the primary source for the Vita Christi of Ludolph of Saxony (written between 1344 and 1368), which became the most widely-read Vita Christi text for the remainder of the Middle Ages. Ludolph quotes Michael word-for-word, but embellishes this source to produce a text about four times longer. Raitt et al. characterize Michael of Massa's Vita Christi as "the most important and immediate source of the influential work by the Carthusian Ludolph of Saxony [which] therefore influenced indirectly the whole of piety of the late Middle Ages and the beginning of the modern era up to the Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola" (1987, p. 67).
While Michael's text was thus highly influential on the rest of the Middle Ages, it was itself fairly quickly eclipsed, and therefore does not survive in anything like the numbers of copies of the Pseudo-Bonaventura and Ludolph versions. Although Geith (2000) cites 34 manuscripts of the Latin text and four early printed editions (including the Nuremberg, 1474/78 edition available in a digital version, see Online Resources), the text appears to be exceptionally rare on the market. Not a single example of the Latin text at auction is cited in the Schoenberg Database with the exception of a manuscript long located at Lambeth Palace Library. The work did, however, enjoy a certain popularity in translation, and two German translations survive in a number of recorded manuscripts (see below, Online Resources, for the Census: 9 complete codices of the second translation and 18 of the first translation, as well as numerous fragments). It was, moreover, translated into French, and six lavishly illuminated copies of the translation survive, showing that it was read and collected by such eminent French and Flemish bibliophiles as Duke Philip the Good and Louis of Gruythuse.
The present manuscript offers a singular opportunity to acquire an important work of late-medieval devotion, one that is prime to receive a modern critical edition. Further study resulting from an edition of Michael of Massa's Vita Christi should ultimately enhance not only our knowledge of this relatively little-known Augustinian author but also our understanding of the Augustinian sources for Carthusian spirituality at the end of the Middle Ages. The fact that the manuscript is signed and dated by a scribe and can be so closely circumscribed to a known Augustinian foundation in the Cologne region increases its not inconsiderable significance.
Fromm, Hans. Verfasserlexikon, VI, cols 503-10, and XI (Nachträge und Korektionen), cols 1004-5.
Geith, Karl-Ernst. "Ludolf von Sachsen und Michael von Massa. Zur Chronologie von zwei Leben Jesu-Texten," Ons Geestelijk Erf 61 (1987), pp. 304-36.
Geith, Karl-Ernst. "Die Vita Jesu Christi des Michael von Massa," Augustiniana 38 (1988), pp. 99-117.
Geith, Karl-Ernst. "Un texte méconnu, un texte reconnu: La traduction française de la vita Jesu Christi de Michael Massa," in Jean R. Scheidegger, et al. (eds), Le Moyen Age dans la Modernité: Mélanges offerts à Roger Dragonetti, Paris, 1996, pp. 237-49.
Geith, Karl-Ernst. "Lateinische und deutschsprachige Leben Jesu-Texte. Bilanz und Perspektiven der Forschung," Jahrbuch der Oswald von Wolkenstein Gesellschaft 12 (2000), pp. 273-89.
Raitt, Jill in collaboration with B. McGinn and John Meyendorff. Christian Spirituality: High Middle Ages and Reformation, vol. 2, New York, Crossroad Publishing Co., 1987.
Schabel, Christopher. "Michael of Massa," in A Companion to Philosophy in the Middle Ages, XXIV (2003), pp. 443-4.
Schulthess, Peter and Ruedi Imbach, Die Philosophie im lateinischen Mittelalter: ein Handbuch mit einem bio-bibliographischen Repertorium, Zurich, 1996, pp. 521-2.
Trapp, Damasus. "Augustinian Theology of the Fourteenth Century," Augustiniana 6 (1956), pp. 146-274.
Digitized incunable edition of the text:
List and descriptions of the surviving German language manuscripts and fragments of the text:
Wikipedia page for Marienberg, Neuss, with photographs (in German):


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solarex12.in : Thin film tandem solar cell
Requires: SSuprem 4/BLAZE/TFT/Luminous
Minimum Versions: Atlas 5.28.1.R
This example demonstrates both IV and EQE simulations of a tandem a-Si:H/uc-Si:H solar cell based on the following reference:
M.Zeman and J.Krc, "Optical and electrical modeling of thin-film silicon solar cells" J. mater. res., Vol 23, No. 4, April 2008
A microphah solar cell with the following structure was used in the simulation: ZnO:Al(500nm)/p-a-Si:H(10nm)/i-a-Si:H(200nm)/n-a-Si:H (15nm)/p-uc-Si:H(10nm)/i-uc-Si:H(2.2um)/p-uc-Si:H(15nm)/ZnO(100nm)/Ag.
The Tauc-Lorentz dielectric function with Urbach Tail model for complex index of refraction was used for a-Si:H material. The model parameters were calibrated to fit the EQE of the top cell. For the bottom cell silicon index of refraction was used except that the imaginary part of the index of refraction was shifted in energy to take into account the band gap difference between silicon and uc-Si:H material. No specific calibration was performed here.
In order to model the interlayer between the two solar cells an original and simple method was used. Note that a more physical approach can be used as well using the NLBBT model as illustrated in solarex03.in. The method used here consists of adding an electrode which exactly overlay the interlayer and attaching a lumped resistance to it using the contact name=com resist=1e16 statement. In doing this, we force the current to flow from Anode to Cathode and prevent any current to flow in the added electrode. Physically it can be justified by the fact the interlayer is acting like a resistor letting current flows without significant limitation. The value of the resistance can be used to adjust the amount of current allowing to flow through the added electrode thus controling the interlayer resistance.
In hydrogenated amorphous silicon (a-Si:H), the effect of dangling-bond states on recombination can be significant. The dangling-bond states are amphoteric and located around the middle of the bandgap. In this example the amphoteric parameter on the defect statement was used to specify amphoteric defects.
While in mechanically stacked Multi Junction cells, the subcells usually have separate contacts, monolithic Multi Junction cells are epitaxilly grown on one substrate, and the subcells are interconnected in series by tunnel diodes, leading to a standard two terminal contact. Thus the subcells are not accessible separately and the spectral response of a certain subcell has to be measured by using the effect of current limitation. In this example we shown how to accurately extract the spectral response in order to compare simulation and measurement in a reliable way.
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Guns are mechanical devices that propel aimed projectiles with more force than you could accurately throw a rock. They are designed for different tasks and, in concert with various types of ammunition, can effectively stop dangerous criminal acts. Guns are effective tools. They are used by police officers as self-defense tools. When law enforcement officers have to apprehend someone, or go after criminals, they take pistols, rifles, and shotguns. Their sidearm, thought, is personal and almost always backed up by another gun (or guns) you can't see.
"Civilians that choose to protect themselves need no less than what the police carry for their personal defense equipment. Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year or 6,849 every day. Often the gun is never fired, and no blood (including the criminal's) is shed." Source: Targeting Guns, Dr. Gary Kleck, Criminologist, Florida State University, Aldine, 1997"
Deciding to carry a concealed firearm does bring with it great responsibility. As a law-abiding citizen, you must consider how you will secure the firearm when carrying it. You must learn the laws where you reside. You must learn when and how to use the firearm you are carrying. It goes beyond basic marksmanship and safe gun handling. A concealed carry holder should understand terms like "reasonable man," and "use of force" that will come up in court if and when you have to use your firearm. That knowledge, or that lack there of, will either exonerate you in court or lead to your conviction, even after you've survived what could have been a lethal encounter. Yet the courts' decisions, for many of us, are not the last judgments we will face. We have to answer to others, and ourselves. This is an extremely personal decision. It will test your understanding of Holy law, or your own moral code. As for me, I believe God has prepared me to act in accordance to my abilities and training.
The ultimate question for someone considering carrying a concealed firearm will always remain unanswered until it is tested. Could you shoot another human being if you or someone you love was being physically harmed? This question isn't just for a citizen that is considering carrying a gun for personal defense either. This question comes up on the battlefield with military personnel, and with law enforcement officers. It is extremely personal and is based on your moral and core values. What does your gut tell you?
One of the differences between citizen law enforcement officers and an armed citizenry is that police officers have a sworn duty to go into bad situations and the rest of us do not. Carrying a concealed gun is a survival option. You can get through life and never carry a gun. In all the states that allow citizens the opportunity to carry, only one in four citizens does. That ratio is sufficient enough to deter an unknown number of crimes. Criminals prefer unarmed victims. After passing their concealed carry law, Florida's homicide rate fell from 36% above the national average to 4% below, and that rate remains below the national average (2005). Source: Shall issue: the new wave of concealed handgun permit laws, Cramer C and Kopel D. Golden CO: Independence Institute Issue Paper. October 17, 1994
The act of carrying a firearm for self-defense does not mean you will have to kill a person when are attacked or confronted. The mere presentation of a firearm has been known to stop the attack. Simply having a firearm, and adequate training for how to handle hazardous situations can help you survive a potentially deadly encounter.
It can happen anywhere. Concealed Carry holders have prevented or curtailed mass public shootings – Pearl, Mississippi (Pearl Junior High School), Edinboro, Pennsylvania (Parker Middle School), Winnemucca, Nevada (Players Bar and Grill), Colorado Springs, Colorado (New Life Church).
In the rare instance you would have to use your sidearm to protect your life or prevent serious bodily harm or rape, the death of your attacker is not a guarantee. Shooting a person does not guarantee death. Each circumstance is different. A person that has been previously shot, or that is under the influence of alcohol or drugs, may not act as if they have been shot. They may continue to advance until the body succumbs from the damage inflicted.
History and data have shown that having a gun will deter criminals.
"Every day 400,000 life- threatening violent crimes are prevented using firearms. 60% of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they knew the victim was armed. 40% of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they thought the victim might be armed. Source: Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and Their Firearms, James Wright and Peter Rossi, Aldine, 1986"
These same criminals may test your martial arts skills. They may be angered by your chemical spray, and be able to fight you although you delivered it technically accurately. Few criminals will tempt the effectiveness of well-placed bullets. Sometimes, making them think twice about their actions is enough.


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Nothing can make a person, male or female, look quite as put together as having your eyebrows in the best shape as possible. However, it can be kind of difficult to know exactly how to get the right shape, volume, and color if you have never taken proper care of your eyebrows before. From getting them professionally waxed to learning how to properly pencil them in, this article will discuss three of the best ways to get the perfect eyebrows possible.
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As mentioned above, fuller and darker brows are all the rage. In order to get the most perfect brows, even all of the movie stars and celebrities use some sort of brow pencil in order to fill them in. Whether you use a pencil or some sort of eyebrow crayon, make sure to choose a shade that is a shade darker than your natural color eyebrow— this will help you to get a more voluminous look.
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