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One sleep or two?
Understanding the debate
over segmented sleep
How are humans supposed to sleep?
For eight uninterrupted hours each night? In two chunks, separated by a late-night break for work, chit-chat and procreative fun? However we effing please, provided we log between six and nine hours in a given 24-hour period?
We know that human sleep has changed over the past few millennia, but we don't know exactly how the changes relate to cognition or social and technological progress or — here's a big one — what the changes say about humans' natural mode of rest.
The "right" way to arrange and enjoy shuteye is the subject of recurring debate in sleep science.
If we discount fringe positions, two main schools of thought control the conversation. In one corner, we have experts arguing that our current concept of "normal" rest — one stretch of sleep, starting in the pm — is a glitchy byproduct of modernity; a wrong turn off evolutionary road. The other side kindly asks that we stop fetishizing "ancestral sleep," contending that it's not clear we'd rediscover biphasic sleep (i.e., two sleep sessions) if we ditched bright lights and big tech.
Researchers use various types of evidence to support their positions. Evolutionary scientists look at differences between sleep in humans and other primates, namely the six other species classified as great apes (aka hominids). Other researchers have tackled the issue by analyzing sleep habits in contemporary hunter-gatherer groups. And then other experts draw heavily on historical records of human sleep, seeking to understand how social and technological advancements have influenced shifts in resting habits. Unsurprisingly, different approaches yield different answers. While both sides boast strong evidence and credible proponents, no one has an airtight case. In a recent review paper, a team of evolutionary anthropologists and psychiatrists at Duke University summarized this debate, among other lingering what-ifs in evolutionary sleep.
An evolutionary explanation of sleep
About two million years ago homo erectus grew too large for his tree-branch bed and started sleeping on the ground, a shift considered a turning point for cognitive and social development. "Freed from the disadvantages of arboreal sleep they could have achieved longer duration and higher quality sleep, which would have improved waking cognition," wrote Charles Nunn, David Samson and Andrew Krystal, who co-authored the Duke paper.
Humans share certain sleep-related behaviors with other great apes, all united by our most recent common ancestor — a term of art in evolutionary anthropology — who lived about 14 million years ago. For example, while we're the only species to doze on pillow-topped mattresses, we're hardly the only species to build elevated sleep environments. All great apes make platforms or nests to sleep on, a practice that probably emerged between 18 and 14 million years ago.
But, in some ways, human sleep is unique: All humans sleep on the ground. In other great-ape species, large males (and large males alone) only hit the floor when risk of predation is low.
Humans also stand out in terms of sleep architecture, a term for the structure and arrangement of sleep stages. Compared to other primate spacies, humans spend the least amount of time sleeping (seven-or-so hours, on average) and spend the greatest proportion of their rest in REM sleep, the phase when most vivid dreaming occurs.
When it comes to sleep, humans are outliers.
While sleep has changed across all great apes, human sleep has evolved disproportionately. We know this because scientists can use statistical modeling to determine whether or not one species in a family (e.g., human beings in the great-ape family) has evolved in a comparable manner to other species in the family. In other words, could we look at changes in the sleep (schedule, environment, architecture, etc.) of chimps & company over the past few millennia and accurately predict the course of human sleep? Nope. When it comes to sleep, humans are outliers. Evolution-based predictions of how humans should sleep in 2016 differ considerably from how we actually sleep.
The debate over dozing "naturally"
So, we know that human sleep has evolved — extensively — in concert with changes in physical size, social structure, living environments and other behaviors and characteristics. Now we're getting to the big questions: Was human sleep supposed to change so much? Can we point to a time in history when humans slept the way we "should?" What's the natural way for homo-homos to hit the sack-sack? Is there one?
Here's one theory, introduced into mainstream thought in 2005 by the historian E. Roger Ekirch: Biphasic (or segmented) sleep is "natural." Artificial light killed humans' natural habit of sleeping in twice-daily segments (just like video killed the radio star). Let's backtrack. At some point, in some civilizations, our ancestors maintained segmented (or biphasic) sleep schedules. They turned in for their "first sleep" around 9pm or so, woke up in the middle of the night, hung out for a few hours, and then went back to bed for a "second sleep." Biphasic sleep got phased out during the industrial revolution, when artificial light became cheap and easily accessible.
"Segmented sleep may have arisen when humans migrated away from the equator and experienced longer periods of darkness."
But, while the demise of biphasic sleep (as a norm) is well-documented, its origins are less clear. It might be hard to refute that segmented sleep was all the rage leading up to the advent of machine tools. But what about before then? Do we have a good reason to believe that early humans slept in shifts? Evolutionary scientists aren't so sure.
Here's another theory, favored by the evolutionary crew and based on contemporary comparisons of "primitive" and "modernized" societies: With or without electrical outlets or augmented reality, humans would sleep a lot like most people do today — in one stretch, every night, for about seven hours. Evidence for this view comes courtesy of a UCLA study published last year. A research team, lead by psychiatrist and sleep researcher Jerome Siegel, compared the sleep habits of three modern-day hunter-gatherer peoples who, despite being around in 2016, maintain a tech-free lifestyle similar to that of pre-industrial humans. Data from actigraphy trackers (i.e. fitbits), the study found, suggested that all three groups slept a lot like today's i-phone toting humans: in one, nightly seven-to-eight hour block, with little daytime napping. The study also showed that bedtimes varied considerably more than wake-times did.
If we accept this theory, what can we make of the pre-industrial biphasic craze? Segmented sleep may have arisen when humans migrated away from the equator and experienced longer periods of darkness, as Siegel told The Atlantic last year: "The long nights caused this pathological sleep pattern and the advent of electric lights and heating restored the primal one."
Monophasic sleep: a necessary step in evolution.
They see adoption of seven-hour monophasic sleep as a necessary step in evolution.Here's more support for this theory: The Duke team came up with the "sleep intensity hypothesis," which says that early humans started to get less, effcient sleep when they moved to the ground. (efficient meaning densely packed with REM and slow-wave sleep). Due to new pressures associated with ground-living (human competition, animal predators), humans needed more waking hours and sharper brains. In turn, denser sleep reinforced social and cognitive development. So, they see ancestral adoption of seven-hour monophasic sleep as a necessary step in evolution.
While researchers who believe modern-day monophasic sleep emerged for a reason may reject the idea that artificial light ruined our natural sleep, they still recognize that external factors, including technology and social progress, have affected how and how well we sleep. In the Duke paper, researchers laid out three premises underlying their work, the second being that we can blame some of the evolved sleep differences on increased acess to electrical lighting (in the developed world) and the use of separate bedrooms, soft beds and "cultural norms against daytime napping."
Finally, there's a middle-ground position that takes into account historical records as well as contemporary sleep patterns across diverse societies and groups within them: Humans are flexible — far more flexible than their primate relatives — when it comes to how and when they sleep. The above-mentioned UCLA findings considered the sleep habits of three modern-day hunter-gatherer societies, but not every technology-rejecting social group boasts the same seven-hour norm. One South-American hunter-gatherer group, the Pirahas, take daytime and nighttime naps, ranging from 15 minutes to two hours, and carry out activities in the central village all night long. Pennsylvania Older Amish are also big on naps, with research suggesting that more than half of the population takes a daytime nap at least once per week.
Regardless of how humans slept 175 years ago, or 175 million years ago, we may have evolved into a species that, when it comes to shuteye, doesn't uniformly beat to the same rhythm, and can go with the flow.


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Brief Annotated BibliographyAnyone seeking to learn about the nature and role of modern journalism can find scores of insightful books, blogs, and other sources on the topic. Below I present a small sample of print and Web works that have directly influenced my thinking on the topic of "Journalism in Hyperpartisan Times."
Books:Rosen, Jay (2001). What Are Journalists For? Yale University Press.
A professor at New York University, Dr. Rosen writes extensively on journalism's relationship to citizenship. The book highlights the shortcomings of modern journalism, especially in relation to politics and civic culture, and suggests ways to fix matters.
McChesney, Robert (2000). RichMedia, Poor Democracy. The New Press.
Dr. McChesney argues that journalism in a democracy should serve three major roles: accounting of people in power, presenting diversity of opinion, and fact checking. In his book he explores the reasons why corporate media fail to fulfill those roles.
Putnam, Robert D. (2000). BowlingAlone: The Collapse and Revival of American Community. Simon & Schuster. (http://bowlingalone.com/)
Though not about journalism per se, Putnam's important book demonstrates in dramatic fashion the breakdown of civic culture in the United States. An invigorated journalism is needed to help restore some sense of civic community.
Lueders, Bill (2010). Watchdog: 25 Years of Muckrakingand Rabblerousing. Jones Books.One of the most valuable players in Wisconsin journalism for many years, Bill Lueders is a champion of freedom of information and transparency. He offers stinging critiques of all public officials who dare withhold information from the public.
On the Web:
ProPublica: Journalism in the Public Interest (http://www.propublica.org/)
Winner of a 2011 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting (for a series of remarkable stories on the role of Wall St. bankers in worsening the financial crisis for their own gain), ProPublica's mission is "To expose abuses of power and betrayals of the public trust by government, business, and other institutions, using the moral force of investigative journalism to spur reform through the sustained spotlighting of wrongdoing."Jay Rosen's PressThink Blog (http://pressthink.org/)
Almost every one of professor Rosen's posts sparks important, thoughtful debate on a range of topics, including the failure of "horse race" coverage of politics and the shortcomings of "he said, she said" journalism. A persistent theme of Rosen's is that journalists should strive not to eliminate bias from their work, but to show good, sound judgment.James Fallows (national correspondent for The Atlantic) (http://www.theatlantic.com/james-fallows/)
Mr. Fallows might be the best working journalist in America today. His writings are always well researched, thoughtful, provocative, and always lead the reader to links that further substantiate his claims.Wisconsin Center For Investigative Journalism (http://www.wisconsinwatch.org/)
Like old time muckrakers, the Center seeks to "Protect the vulnerable. Expose wrongdoing. Seek solutions to problems." With a focus on government integrity and quality of life, the Center produces vital Badger State investigative journalism.Bruce Murphy's Milwaukee Magazine "Murphy's Law" Blog (http://www.insidemilwaukee.com/Blog/murphyslaw)
Bruce Murphy is probably the finest journalist in the state of Wisconsin. He's especially good at exposing lazy journalism as it is often practiced at wide circulation publications like the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel.Jim Romenesko's Blog (http://www.poynter.org/category/latest-news/romenesko/) (In 2012 Romenesko will launch http://jimromenesko.com/
Few deliver the "news about the news" as well as Romenesko. Though now in semi-retirement, he continues to produce an invaluable blog for anyone interested in the "inside" story of American journalism.


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Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to firstname.lastname@example.com. After last week's Artist of the Week set off a firestorm of offensive - and possibly genius - comments ("FUCK BARNUM AND BAILEYS... FUCK KRYLON... FUCK RESALE SHOPS..."), we set off to find a group whose music was capable of subduing the sweaty mass of commenters. Enter the Winter Wallace Band. WWB is, for all intents and purposes, a phenomenally genteel indie band. They've got a certain Ingrid Michaelson/Cat Power-ness to them, with similarities stretch beyond similar song format or quirky clothing accessories or soft colors on their MySpace pages: they are legitimately talented. Collectively, they might be one of the best bands in Houston you've never heard of. After the jump, read how their singer is named Winter Wallace but Winter Wallace is actually a band, the history of "Lisa," and the apparent awesomeness of Dan Workman. Rocks Off: Tell us a bit about how Winter Wallace came to be. And can you clear this up for us: is Winter Wallace a band or is Winter Wallace a person? And if she is a person, is she of any relation to William Wallace? Winter Wallace: First, my name is Winter Wallace. I am the singer of the Winter Wallace Band. We have a few guest musicians here and there, such as violinists and cellists, but the band is comprised of four permanent members: myself, Nolan Burke (guitar, keys), Kris Noland (keys) [and] Asher Pudlo (drums). The reason why we go by the Winter Wallace Band is because it originally just started out as me when I was 17.
I didn't have a band but knew I needed to record all of the musical ideas I have, so my grandmother found Dan Workman from SugarHill Studios in the paper. That was seven years ago. Dan and I worked with a composer named Kevin Ryan to help me get my lyrics and melodies into play, because I don't play an instrument. We actually had a permanent violinist for a while named Sally Tawfik who contributed some really beautiful pieces to our newer songs, but we went to having guest musicians as strings can be so hard to manage live. [And] yes, insanely enough, [William Wallace] is my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great... etc grandfather. At least, that's what a genealogist told my grandmother.RO: Was your song "Lisa" crafted specifically to be used as the background music for one of those SPCA commercials? It seems tailor-made for that sort of thing.
WW: A close friend of my family ended her own life and Nolan and I wrote a song to give to her family. "Lisa" is a dark and sad ballad, but truthful. It has been the most difficult song we've ever done together thus far.RO: "Night Nurse" feels noticeably heavier than your typical stuff, which leads us to believe that it was written more as a reactionary, emotional song, which leads me to believe that there's an interesting backstory behind it. Which is great because we've been waiting for the opportunity to use the term "dish" as an a verb. So, dish.
WW: "Night Nurse" was my second song. We recorded it when I was probably... 18. I was going for a different sound. One of my pet peeves is seeing a band and every song is a continuation of the last one. I love when each song could be an album of its own. We tend to write that way as a band. We like to keep moving in every direction instead of just one.RO: Anything you want to make sure gets mentioned? Now's the time to do it - rather, now's the time to dish.
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Dan Workman has helped us tremendously as our friend and mentor. I thank God sometimes that my grandmother just so happened to read about him in the paper seven years ago. I'm not sure where we would be as a band without him. He has tirelessly worked on our songs and has been my sanity when all of this overwhelms me. All in all, thank God for Dan!
In our band, we all contribute equally, musically and just in general. There are so many things happening for us right now and we're taking each day as it comes. We do the very best we can every day and I love being in a band with three of my closest friends. It's really amazing and makes the experience so much more than I thought it could be.Keep up with Winter Wallace et. al at the band's MySpace page.


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I thought it might be a good idea to explain how I see the series so people will understand my perspective when I do posts about Outlander.
I last read the books through again just before MOBY came out. I haven't cracked one open since. Ok that's not entirely true; I was looking up a specific passage for an earlier blog so found it on my Kindle – but I don't sit with the books open and compare back and forth! Likely I will read the current 8 again when the release date for book 9 is announced. I will own I am a book fan – but I'm also a series fan and they are TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES. I chose going into this whole thing to view them that way – another facet of a beloved story.
This is an ADAPTATION of Outlander….not an exact copy going from page to screen.
adaptation ad·ap·ta·tion (ād'āp-tā'shən) n. The acquisition of modifications in an organism that enable it to adjust to life in a new environment.
synonyms: alteration · modification · redesign · remodeling · revamping · reworking · reconstruction
By the very definition there are going to be differences. That is just fact. The BOOK of Outlander is the base for the series which is a completely different medium.
So far I have really, really enjoyed the differences between the book and the series. It's a new way to see things, new perspective, and deeper ideas. I went in to this understanding that there would be differences and embracing that idea. I also have this perspective and have had since all the hoopla over casting. This is Diana Gabaldon's creation. These are HER characters and HER story. She is very involved in this process and if SHE says Sam IS Jamie – then that is good enough for me. Same with Cait or any of the other casting. Same with the story.
As a writer working on my first novel, I can tell anyone that cares to listen there are volumes of backstory that are in my head or in my notes that are not in the novel itself. As big as the 'Big Books' for Outlander are, I'm sure this is still true. Diana may have events and history in her head which lead the characters to certain places that we as readers know nothing about. She may not, but given how complex and layered this lady tends to be, I think it's a good guess that she does. There is just no way to get it all into a single book – there is so much stuff going on that the reader just doesn't know about.
Given this bit of knowledge, I have to think that if Diana is ok with the changes in the show we should be too. Do we trust her or not? I mean…..while we are fans it IS her story.
Terry, Maril and Matt at least have all read the books. Ron has read up through the third book. Diana is very involved giving input and insight from her perspective. Ron has these people around him to let him know what repercussions certain changes might have on the overall story. I am trusting that they:
a) know what they are doing since they are quite successful in their fields
b) have a vision that will move things forward in a way I might not be able to see yet
c) will give us the very best show they can
So, when I blog or make comments about the show, this is the perspective I'm coming from. I understand that it is not going to follow the books word for word. I also understand that not everyone sees things the same way. Jamie does something in the series that person A thinks is totally out of character while person B thinks it's absolutely in character and C hadn't thought about him ever doing such a thing but are ok with it and thousands of variations. The creative team can't please everyone. Diana doesn't please everyone – she just writes the story as she sees it. When people don't like something she's written she pretty much says 'tough'. I'm ok with that – it's HER story. We can give our input to the creative team via emails and twitter and blogs and such – but they can't please everyone nor should they try to. Watch the show and enjoy it, debate it, compare it to the book where it varies – open dialog and debate is a great thing. I just get sad when people get nasty and they are so busy tearing things apart that they can't enjoy this new and wondrous facet to and old and faithful friend.


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"You should never just keep on delivering a product that's working," steelpan player Dave Reynolds asserts. But the problem with audiences is we often want to keep musicians in little boxes shaped by familiarity.
Probably South Africa's worst example was Sakhile. The group had created a substantial fan-base, which was wonderful for gigs and record sales, but eventually came to be a straitjacket on the imaginations of principals Khaya Mahlangu and the late Sipho Gumede. Every time one of them tried to break free to pursue a new musical direction, commentators (and many fans) would present this as an issue of "fault" or "ego" – instead of acknowledging that it's the player him or herself who is best-placed to decide when a new path or new partners are needed, and that isn't a matter of ego, but of creativity.
But it should be refreshing – good news not bad – when musicians grasp the freedom to bring something new to what we know them best for. The results often surpass expectations.
Take multi-instrumentalist Pops Mohamed, for example. For a long time, the CD-buying public has known him best for explorations of Khoisan sounds, often with infusions of digital mixing. But Mohamed had at least two musical identities before that: first, as an inspired crafter of pop hits (something we were reminded of recently when Matsuli Music reissued Night Express on vinyl: https://matsulimusic.bandcamp.com/track/night-express-2 ); second, as a spiritual kora improviser in the company of jazzmen such as Bruce Cassidy in many live performances and on the astoundingly beautiful 1997 duo album, Timeless. That was a decade ago, and we have not heard anything quite like it from him since.
Or take Reynolds. Before he moved to Cape Town, Reynolds' gigs in Johannesburg were often convivial affairs, memorable for infectiously danceable African rhythms, in the company of players such as guitarist Louis Mhlanga. Then, in 2014, he released The Light of Day, which still had some of that character but was also richly infused with what he called "ambient, meditational moments."
It's perhaps not surprising that musical fate has brought Reynolds and Mohamed together over the past five years; a partnership they have benchmarked with this year's SAMA-nominated album Live in Grahamstown (https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/davereynolds1 ). "We're both committed to a South African musical identity," Reynolds says, "but we also both have ears and souls that search other African sounds – and we both play instruments that we weren't born to – Trinidadian pans and Senegambian kora – but were rather called to."
They are joined by other musical travelers and explorers, Tony Cedras on accordion, drummer Frank Paco, and bassist Sylvain Baloubeta. It's in no sense a solo project, " Reynolds explains. "It's a process of sharing to which we invite other distinctive contributors. We've got a particular interest in creative bass players – Sylvain is certainly one of those. And Tony is just super-talented: having him up on stage was a big moment for me."
The result is an album that both reminds us of the improvising kora master Mohamed of Timeless and the Reynolds of those good-time Joburg jols – and offers several things we haven't heard before: new tunes, and new sonic textures and synergies, particularly in the way pans and kora play off against that husky-voiced accordion. The playing is skilful and empathetic, and the recording draws listeners into the absorbing atmosphere of a live gig: "We're taking people on an emotional, stylistic and instrumental journey," says Reynolds.
The set also reminded me, irresistibly, of the quality that Tananas used to bring to their music: deceptively straightforward, hummable, almost folk-style, melodies that nevertheless serve as vehicles for some very sophisticated, adventurous improvisation. Mohamed is not a 'classical' kora player: he's equally adept at giving the instrument the voice of mbaqanga. Reynolds is explicit about shunning the standard steelpan repertoire of what he calls "ditties" played straight, in favour of jazz improvisation. Cedras makes his accordion literally sing: rhythmic, celebratory and sad by turns.
- Now Reynolds is offering readers of this column the chance to be ahead of the SAMA curve and win a free copy of Live at Grahamstown. If you think you can sum up what South African music means to you in THREE WORDS ONLY. Don't write to me: click this link http://eepurl.com/cPvdtf
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How to Wake Up to Your Favorite Music Each Morning
Waking up in the morning can be tough, but that doesn't have to be the case. With the right song choices, your body can gently be ushered into a more energetic state. Thus, helping you start your day off on the right foot.
In 2015, Spotify joined forces with University of Cambridge PhD candidate David M. Greenberg. The aim was to curate the perfect, science-backed wake-up playlist.
The musical profiles of different songs have different physiological and psychological effects. One of the main bodily effects is the gradual matching of the beats per minute (BPM) of the music, with your heart rate. For instance, when your heart rate matches the BPM of the most relaxing songs The Most Relaxing Songs of All Time, According to Science "The Most Relaxing Tune Ever" is actually a thing, and scientists have determined a Top 10 list of relaxing songs. It's about time we revisited some of those more tranquilizing numbers. Read More , anxiety is reduced, and drowsiness increased.
This effect is also observable when listening to the perfect workout playlist Science Says This Is How You Make a Perfect Workout Playlist The number of beats in a song can change how you feel. Now, use a neat software to make your own workout playlists with the right kind of songs and pump up your exercise sessions. Read More . By finding the optimum heart rate for your workout, you can also find music that matches that BPM. Research shows this helps your heart to find and stick to that rhythm, impacting both lap times, and perceived exertion.
So, when aiming to find music that helps the body to efficiently wake from its slumber you should (according to Business Insider) be looking for a few different things:
- Music that builds — A song that is too vigorous from the start won't help you get out of bed because it's too much too soon. Songs that start more gently (even just for a few seconds) and then build, help you wake up more gradually.
- Positivity — Once alert, you need to become motivated for the day to come; positive lyrics can get you out of a grumpy state and shift towards a feel-good attitude.
- Strong beat — It's not just the lyrics, it's also the sonic elements of the music. Songs that emphasize beats two and four of each measure, usually with the bass and drums, with a BPM of approximately 100–130 will get you moving and further the feel good mood.
A Pre-Made Playlist
If it sounds like too much effort to create your own list of songs that match these requirements, you could just use this playlist developed by Spotify and David M. Greenberg.
This playlist obviously isn't for everyone. Hearing Hit The Quan would only see me diving out of bed to violently punch the Snooze button, before diving back under the covers. But it's not too difficult to create a wake-up playlist based on your own tastes.
Creating Your Own Playlist
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The first song — the one that actually wakes you up — should be pretty gentle. After that, you can gradually increase the tempo and introduce stronger beats. This means effectively leading up to a motivational crescendo.
The playlist put together by Spotify is almost exclusively compiled of songs with positive tone and uplifting lyrics. And this is a strategy you should be copying too. Most of the songs in the above playlist also have a BPM of between 100 and 130.
With this in mind, a few ideas of songs you might want to consider including are:
- Alive by Pearl Jam
- Don't Worry, Be Happy by Bobby McFerrin
- Feeling Good by Michael Bublé
- Rise and Shine by The Cardigans
- Livin' on a Prayer by Bon Jovi
- Every Morning by Sugar Ray
- Sunrise by Norah Jones
- Walking on Sunshine by Katrina & The Waves
- Wake Up by Arcade Fire
- The Morning of Our Lives by Dan Stubbs
- Baby Love by The Supremes
- The Wake Up Bomb by REM
When it comes to finding suitable songs, you could cross check your choices with the SongBPM database. This will tell you the BPM of individual songs. Or you could use AudioKeychain which will suggest songs to you based on their genre, and the precise BPM you're looking for. And if you're struggling to find some new and invigorating music to add to your playlists, check out some of these awesome music discovery websites 7+ Easy Ways to Discover New Music You Will Love The depth and breadth of music to be discovered these days is mind-boggling. The problem is knowing where to look. We're here to help with an incredible list of resources just for you. Read More .
Listening to Your Playlist
Provided the first song on your playlist is saved to your phone's memory card, the easiest option is to simply set that single song as your alarm. This is easily done on most devices using most alarm apps. Once that song has finished, manually press Play on the rest of the playlist (on whichever device you like).
This is because most apps that play entire playlists as alarms cannot work in the background. So as soon as you use your phone for something else the music will stop playing.
If you do want to play an entire playlist as your alarm though, there are a number of options.
Android Users
If you're an Android user, Play Music Alarm and Music Alarm Clock both allow you to play entire playlists from a number of popular music player apps.
Alternatively, if you've arranged your morning playlist as a selection of videos on YouTube, you can set that YouTube playlist as an alarm using Easy Alarm YouTube [No Longer Available].
Finally, another much-loved alarm app is the Alarm Clock by DoubleTwist. Any playlist you have saved to your DoubleTwist player can be set as an alarm.
Apple Music & iTunes Users
If your playlist is located within Apple Music or iTunes (on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod), a great, free app to use is Nightstand Central. This is a fully-featured alarm app that allows you to select any Apple Music or iTunes playlist (or song) as your alarm. Another recommended alternative is Alarm Clock Pro, which works in a similar way.
Spotify Premium Users
If your playlist is saved to Spotify (available to paying customers), try Alarmify [No Longer Available]. The Android and iOS apps are seemingly created by different developers, but work in a similar way. The Android app has fantastic reviews, while the iOS reviews are pretty negative. As an iOS user myself though, as long as you leave the app open, and click the Sleep button, it works fine. An alternative, more powerful Android-only option is Sleep as Android.
Waking Up on the Right Side of the Bed
Introducing a morning playlist to your morning routine 3 Simple Ways Tech Can Help Build Your Morning Routine With a little thought and creativity, you can create the perfect start to your day, your way. If you're still working on your morning routine, here's a little inspiration. Read More is a great way to wake up feeling refreshed 3 Relaxation Techniques to Help You Sleep Better Sometimes it takes too long to fall asleep. Technology can help us sleep better with some help from better sleep habits. Try these suggestions to shut off your brain. Read More , while quickly rousing you from feeling groggy Better Ways to Wake Up: Unique Alarm Clock Apps for Android Wake up! Isn't it great when someone shakes you up in the morning and makes absolutely sure you're up? If you're a serial snoozer like me, you know all about stretching your alarm from five... Read More .
Even if you don't set your morning playlist as an alarm, it's handy to have it on hand to hit Play as soon as you're downstairs preparing your first hit of caffeine.
The psychological and physiological effects which a carefully curated playlist will have are almost guaranteed to help lift your mood, increase your motivation, and improve your productivity.
And now it's over to you to let us know which songs help you to wake up in the morning. So please let us know in the comments below!
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The Islamic Society of Greenville is an independent non-profit organization. It functions to provide a place for Muslims to worship and to spread Islam in the United States by providing religious and educational facilities for members of the society.
The Islamic Center of Greenville (ISG) is located in Greenville, South Carolina. The ISG encompasses a masjid and a multi-purpose hall. The masjid facility hosts the five daily prayers and the weekend school. The multi-purpose facility is known as the Upstate Islamic Center (UIC). The UIC serves as a multi-purpose hall and is used for Friday Prayer, Taraweeh Prayers, Iftars, community dinners, and is open for reservation by the community at large. Future expansions will include a building for a full time Islamic school (As-Sabeel Academy).
Our community is very diverse, with individuals of all nationalities and cultures. The center is open every day of the year for all payers and more and serves as a place of worship, a place of gathering, a host for community events, and interfaith dialogue.
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Tease were a R&B/Funk group formed in 1979 in California. The core members of the band were Kipper Jones (lead vocals), Cornelius Mims (bass), Derek Organ (drums), Rex Salas (keyboards), Thomas Organ (guitar) and Derek Organ (drums).
Tease recorded for the Epic label for the period 1986-1988 and during this time released two albums. The last of these albums was "Remember…." in 1988. The first single off the album was a cover of the classic "I Can't Stand The Rain".
"I Can't Stand the Rain" is a song originally recorded by Ann Peebles in 1973, and written by Peebles, Don Bryant, and Bernard "Bernie" Miller. Other hit versions were later recorded by Eruption and Tina Turner.
The Tease version of the track was produced by James Mtume.
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Yesterday C was explaining that his friend Alex's dad is a pilot.
"What?" says S, "Alex's dad is a pirate?"
"No," we both say. "A pilot. For airplanes!"
"This is just like in the Pirates of Penzance," says C, "when the girl apprentices him to a pirate instead of to a pilot."
Yes! Obscure Gilbert and Sullivan musical reference!
I love my dorky children.
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This time I learn all about the bureaucracy of large software corporations, and how it can stifle the creativeness and initiatives of employees.
This time I learn all about the bureaucracy of large software corporations, and how it can stifle the creativeness and initiatives of employees.
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As usual you got the lesson right :)
however it would have been more fun if you had learnt it by trying to get it done once....
Basically there's a hidden lesson if you had tried to do it i.e. you would have convinced everyone that its worth it to do this, then you would have made a change, and then in the testing phase some tester would have proposed to make the title "Welcome" as it made more sense to the tester and then everyone in Ux, PD, development and server team would have agreed that it makes sense and you as a poor developer would have reverted this change wondering why you ever attempted to think good about the product :)....
Guys, always nice to start the working day by reading your comments!
Dog, I acceidently deleted your comment instead of publishing it
But you make a good point, how could I forgot the translation team?? :-)
Kapara Aleicha
glad you remembered the technical writers :-)
This is so true it hurts.
Crappy enterprise bureaucracy at it's best.
I hear the word "innovation" so many times a day.
words have never been so cheap.
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Behind the Keyframes: Lead & Learn with Greg Stewart
Greg Stewart takes us behind the keyframes to chat about three fantastic motion design projects.
As a School of Motion Alumni, Greg Stewart has worked on projects big and small, showcasing his thoughtful visual communication skills in everything he creates.
Greg recently leaped into full-time freelancing and what a rollercoaster it has been. In this new video format I sat down with Greg to chat about three different animation projects.
All of these projects offered their own unique challenges, from managing a team of motion designers to animating a solo project with complete freedom to being mentored by giants in the industry. If you're ready to get a taste of what the freelance lifestyle is like from one of the kindest people in the industry this commentary is for you. Enjoy!
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Who is Greg Stewart?
Greg Stewart is a Motion Designer based out of Minnesota, but born Canadian. He's taken several School of Motion courses including Animation Bootcamp, Design Bootcamp, Explainer Camp, and is currently in the Advanced Motion Methods Beta. Greg has worked alongside some very well known animation geniuses, such as JR. Canest, and spent time working at Giant Ant. In short, Greg is legit.
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What Videos Are Discussed in the Commentary?
1. CROSS19 - Directing A Team of Animators
Heading up creating a team to complete this motion project is no easy task. In this section Greg talks about his role as a project lead. We chat about how he handled setting up his team with the direction they need, and hiring last minute freelancers to complete deadlines.
Greg pulled in other School of Motion alumni to help build out these motion graphics. In the video Greg talks about how having a common language helped move the projects forward in a smooth manner.
2. Helpshift - Running Solo with a Lot of Freedom
Having creative freedom is a dream for most motion designers. For this project created for Helpshift, Greg had an artistic license to do almost anything he wanted, and the work that came from it was a delight to watch.
There can be a lot of road blocks that you can run into when the client hands off responsibility. In this section we chat about how he navigated meetings, feedback, and how simple techniques used while building his projects saved him a ton of time.
3. GOD - Working with the Big Guns & Being Mentored
What is it like to work under a master? One of the most exciting parts of this commentary is the discussion about working with JR. Canest and Victor Silva. Together this dream team tackled a project commissioned by The Bible Project called "GOD".
The result is a stunning use of simplicity and complex technical animations that leave you asking "how did they do that?" Luckily we got some insight on how they pulled off a few of those moves.
Want to learn more?
Don't stop now, Greg has been an open book when it comes to his motion design workflow. You can check out his interview on minimalistic animation. There you'll find sketches, book references, and sneak peaks into other motion projects.
If you want to see more work he's done you can check out his super awesome website jdgstewart.co!
If you're interested in learning how to speak the language of a motion designer then check out our Animation Bootcamp. There you'll learn the principles of animation, how to wield the dynamic power of After Effects, and get connected to a support network of other motion designers on the same journey. That's all for now, happy animating!


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Miranda Liasson Printable Book List
Mirror Lake: The Rushford Family
This Thing Called Love (Brad's story)
This Love of Mine (Ben's story)
This Loving Feeling (Samantha's story—This book is also the first Spikonos Brothers' book, Lukas's story.)
Mirror Lake: Spikonos Brothers
Can't Stop Loving You (Roman's story)
Can't Fight This Feeling (Drew's story)
Can't Miss Christmas* (a Mirror Lake novella)
(*This is a completely standalone story, but readers familiar with the Mirror Lake world will recognize certain characters and places.)
Angel Falls
Then There Was You
The Way You Love Me
All I Want for Christmas is You (Sept. 24, 2019)
The Kingston Family: Entangled Publishing
Heart and Sole (Madison's story)
A Man of Honor (Cat's story)
The Baby Project (Liz's story)


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Every few days we roam through the streets of Kickstarter because it is there that a lot of the most successful board games have started. In this news message, we listed the campaigns on this website that intrigued us the most this month and the ones we will probably all back.
Kickstarter is a website that helps people with a great idea to make this a reality. You can publish your project on Kickstarter and ask visitors to make a sort of "donation" to be able to finance your project. Of course, nobody does this for nothing, mostly the so-called backers get a copy of the product once it has been successfully produced and available. Kickstarter also houses a lot of board game projects and this is what we are most interested in!
The first game that caught our attention this month is Rise of Tribes. In Rise of Tribes, every player is the leader of a new and starting tribe that explores and settles in the world. Players use dice to perform different actions, but a special forwarding system makes it so that every action has influence on the action of the other players. Every tribe has another way of playing and other win conditions, this makes the game different every time other tribes are in play. More information can be found on the Kicktstarter page for this game.
A second game that looks like it is worth a pledge is Groves. In this game, you try to use your team of elves to expand your forest. This can be done by collecting the elements of nature like earth, water, and light. These elements are used to add new tiles to your forest or to recruit new and stronger elves who can collect even more elements. Ath the start of the game the goals are decided using special cards.
The game uses a special drafting system to get your workers every round. You get them from a bag and return them to the bag at the end of every round. This way you are never sure if you will ever get your best elves. All information about this game is available on their Kickstarter page.
These are the games that looked very interesting to us this month, we will probably back them so we can play them ourselves as fast as possible. Did we forget some important or amazing games? Let us know in the comments below!
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18 July 2014, Singapore - Ten thousand primary and secondary school students are expected to benefit from a new S$2.8 million dollar Robotics & Maker Academy (RMA) collaboration between the Infocomm Development Authority of Singapore (IDA) and Singapore Polytechnic (SP) over the course of three years.
The collaboration will be co-funded by IDA and SP, and will run till June 2017. Over this period, the RMA will target 30 primary and secondary schools. When the RMA is officially launched in the last quarter of 2014, primary and secondary schools with an interest in Robotics and Engineering will be invited to join the programme.
It was announced today by Mr Heng Swee Keat, Minister of Education at the co-opening of the National Engineering Day and Singapore Mini Maker Faire Education Day 2014.
This programme will take students through a knowledge discovery process as they learn to code and programme robots in a guided environment with hands-on activities such as workshops and competitions. Through this process, students will gain the necessary computational thinking skills and basic understanding in coding and robotics - skill sets that are necessary to enable Singapore to gear up as the world's first Smart Nation. It will also allow students to gain an interest in infocomm technologies and take on professional infocomm careers in future.
The programme allows teachers access to a series of teaching and learning packages by RMA that will equip them to provide help to the students in their course of learning about robotics. These packages can also be used to as advanced learning materials for students who have prior experience in robotics programming.
The collaboration taps on SP's knowledge and expertise in the areas of Engineering and Robotics, in particular the usage of Educational Robotics to teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Math to youths. The RMA will also see SP students from various disciplines, participating in the training workshops and development of the teaching and learning packages used.
Mr Steve Leonard, Executive Deputy Chairman, IDA, said, "Getting young people excited about building and experimenting with tech is easy when it involves cool things like robotics. We are focused on developing young Singaporeans to be confident with coding and building technology so as to prepare them for an ever-evolving Smart Nation future."
SP's Principal and Chief Executive Officer, Mr Tan Choon Shian, said, "As a polytechnic, we are glad that we could further contribute towards nurturing and preparing our youths in the areas of science and technology through this unique collaboration."
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Before I go any further have to say I am following the synchronicities unfolding today. And to honor my parents. Jerame music Kate music and Flora are visiting them in Australia and sent these photos back. Remembering and honoring mother's talent as an artist…..me at 15 years or so. Mother is 88 and not as active as once was yet played peek a boo with little Flora.
My father today who will be 92 years young on April 1st. He still works everyday, writing scripts and ad campaigns for clients and to promote his television commercial production company, Gold Coast TV.
First this message, then some other ideas, an interview and message, remembering to move forward.…..the paths so interesting….and for you today!
Re-Evolution of Success 1 3 3 3 5 1 1
A whole Revolution is the completion of what we think of as a circular cycle where the beginning meets the end to become the beginning again. Thus the discovery of the Wheel!
A Revolution is also an uprising of people against something or policies they now believe are unacceptable and/or out of date with the newer view or desires of life. Sadly, the beginning of far too many wars and death and pain of those desiring to change life.
Evolution is taking the perhaps not so circular path to become something else, most hopefully better yet not always. The Evolution of Species.
This morning just after the waking moment "Revolution of Success" came to me along with it the claim "Re-Evolution of Success". I also noticed the use of the word "OF" and not "FOR".
"Of Success" is implying it is already here/there/present, has been in the past and it is to regain the "state of success." Using "For Success" says that it (success) perhaps keeps staying in the theoretical state of Success and never quite feeling it has been achieved.
This, in the message, was followed by the numerological breakdown of the word Success – 1 333511 (each letter has a specific value and quality) Nothing new, go back to Pythagoras, the Egyptians, the Mayans, virtually all ancient wisdom cultures knew and used numerology.
Of course this only applies to the English word for Success yet it says a huge amount if accepted as a pure meaning by anyone.
S = 1 = Self/Individual
U+C+C = 3 = Communication/Expression/Creativity NOW that by 3 = that is POWERFUL!
E = 5 = Change/Freedom/Movement/Center
S+S = 11 = A more powerful Self plus 11 also represents the bringing together of the physical and spiritual worlds as one connected unit like a doorway. Think of a beam of light from heaven to deep in the earth running straight through YOU!
NOW it we look at Success through these eyes:
As I/YOU/WE Communicate and Express who we are/desires/loves/ fears/etc. from heart and truth and Create with Vitality being free to Change and Move off Center to refind and refine ONESELF and our Re-Creation then in the moment heaven and earth join and light US up thus revealing Success no matter what it look like…..a small step, an energizing thought, a risk, a big step, a breakdown just to get out of the way to SEE!
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Nader urges NBA to review officiating
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Consumer advocate Ralph Nader and the League of Fans, a sports-industry watchdog, sent a letter to NBA Commissioner David Stern on Tuesday urging a review of the officiating in the aftermath of the "notorious" refereeing in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals between the Kings and the Lakers in L.A.
"At a time when the public's confidence is shaken by headlines reporting the breach of trust by corporate executives, it is important, during the public's relaxation time, for there to be maintained a sense of impartiality and professionalism in commercial sports performances," the letter said. "That sense was severely broken . . . during Game 6."
The Lakers shot 27 free throws in the fourth quarter and scored 16 of their final 18 points at the foul line in a 106-102 victory. Lakers guard Kobe Bryant's elbow to Mike Bibby's nose that was not called a foul with less than 20 seconds left "prompted many fans to start wondering about what was motivating these officials," the letter said. "Unless the NBA orders a review of this game's officiating, perceptions and suspicions, however presently absent any evidence, will abound," the letter continued.
"Your problem in addressing the pivotal Game 6 situation is that you have too much power. Where else can decision-makers (the referees) escape all responsibility to admit serious and egregious error and have their bosses (you) fine those wronged (the players and coaches) who dare to speak out critically? . . . A review that satisfies the fans' sense of fairness and deters future recurrences would be a salutary contribution to the public trust that the NBA badly needs."


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Who deserves to be called the "Father of History"? Herodotus, who chronicled the defense of Greece by Athens and Sparta against the invading Persians in 480 and 479 BC, is traditionally accorded the title, but Thucydides, the fifth-century BC author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, likely deserves it more. Although Herodotus may have been the first to use on-site investigations to uncover new facts about the past, Donald Kagan writes, he employs "a meandering style full of discursive side trips" and readily accepts "the causal role of the gods in human affairs." Thucydides, says Kagan, a historian at Yale and author of a four-volume history of the Peloponnesian War and the forthcoming Thucydides: The Reinvention of History, "substituted rational, even scientific, thought for myth as a means of understanding and explaining the world and the universe."
Thucydides was uniquely positioned to explicate the Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC), which pitted democratic Athens, the unmatched naval power and ruler of a far-flung Aegean island empire, against oligarchic Sparta, whose legendary prowess in land battles had been amply confirmed during the Persian invasion earlier in the century. Thucydides, born into one of the noblest Athenian families between 460 and 455 BC, was in his twenties when the struggle began, and, although members of his family were bitter rivals of the Athenian leader Pericles, he greatly admired him.
When a plague struck Athens, it claimed Pericles as one of its victims, in 429 BC. Thucydides himself barely survived a bout with the disease, recording its effects with the same meticulous care he later employed to describe the disastrous invasion of Sicily by the Athenians. Without Pericles, and weakened by the loss of a third of its population, Athens abandoned the strategy of attrition that Pericles had employed to drain Sparta's resolve and force it into peace negotiations. Thucydides was placed in charge of a fleet dispatched to guard Thrace, but he was blamed for the loss of a Thracian city and sent into exile. He later wrote that his disgrace allowed him "to know what was being done on both sides . . . and this leisure permitted me to get a better understanding of the course of events."
Just as Sophists during that time tried to understand the role of man in society and followers of Hippocrates studied man's physical being, so Thucydides tried to uncover "the society of man living in the polis," Kagan says. Modern social historians, particularly Fernand Braudel, have dismissed "the elements of politics, diplomacy, and war as mere événements, transient and trivial in comparison with . . . geography, demography, and social and economic developments," but Thucydides championed "the role of the individual in history and his ability to change its course." Thucydides believed Pericles' loss doomed Athens, and though the Athenians were able to fight on for another quarter-century, they were finally undone by the intervention of the Persians, who incited some of Athens's island colonies to rebel; the treachery of the Athenian general Alcibiades; and their own internal conflicts.
Even though Thucydides never finished his History—it leaves off in 411 BC, and does not recount Athens's ultimate surrender in 404 bc—its lessons, equally applicable to the Cold War and the conflicts of the present day, "continue to be inescapably crucial and central in the understanding and conduct of human affairs."
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The Source: "The Student of Political Behavior" by Donald Kagan, in The New Criterion, September 2009.
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Euroleague Basketball, together with La Salle Campus Barcelona-URL, through its business incubator La Salle Technova, has confirmed the launch of an open call to start-ups to apply for the 2019 EB Tech Challenge, with registration open until December 5.
The call is addressed to start-up companies in their early stages or companies with radically innovative and disruptive solutions applicable to the sports industry.
Upon reception of the applications, a distinguished jury will select finalists to participate in Tech Challenge week in Barcelona from January 21 to 25, five days' worth of networking, conferences and panel discussions, amongst other events. The finalists will get full access to the Euroleague Basketball organization through mentoring sessions with members of its management. Professionals in other organizations will also be on hand to help start-ups fine-tune their solutions to satisfy current or future industry needs. The week will culminate with the start-ups pitching their solutions to the jury, which will select the winners of the 2019 edition.
"The 2018 edition of the Tech Challenge delivered results that exceeded expectations both for us as organizers and for the participants," Jordi Bertomeu, President and CEO of Euroleague Basketball, said. "This event allows us to connect with new and upcoming technologies and to tackle existing, concrete challenges, as well, so that we may think beyond now and plan for the EuroLeague of tomorrow."
"From La Salle we have the firm intention of promoting entrepreneurship, especially in the projects developed in our core fields," Josep M. Santos, General Director of La Salle Campus Barcelona-URL, said. "It is a pleasure to celebrate this new edition of the Tech Challenge in collaboration with Euroleague Basketball. After the successful first edition, we are confident that we will receive international and disruptive projects submissions that will bring innovation in the sports management area and specifically in basketball."
The first edition of the EB Tech Challenge saw 63 start-ups from 17 different countries apply to join the competition before 10 finalists were selected to participate in the Tech Challenge week in Barcelona.
Jury members include:
Jordi Bertomeu – President & CEO, Euroleague Basketball
Josep M. Santos – General Director, La Salle Campus Barcelona-URL
Xavier Bidault – Commercial Director, Basketball, IMG Media
David Hopkinson – Global Head of Partnerships, Real Madrid
Didac Lee – Board Member, FC Barcelona and Co-Founder, Galdana Ventures
Sree Varma – Founder & CEO, iSportconnect & iSportconnect Capital
Luis Vicente – Chief Digital Transformation & Innovation Officer at FIFA
Euroleague Basketball experimented with two of the 2018 finalists in real environments last season and two additional start-ups have successfully entered into a business relationship with the company.
Daniel Waiss, Founder & CEO of 2018 overall winner NFC Sound, said of Euroleague Basketball management: "They were sharing their personal thoughts in a friendly, humble way, treating us like colleagues. I would say the experience was just priceless!"
Content Stadium, which specializes in the agile and automatic creation and publishing of visual content on social media platforms, is already working with Euroleague Basketball to provide its fans with a new and upgraded digital experience
"It was a unique opportunity to showcase our product and develop a relationship with the biggest brands in the sports sector," Jasper Swelheim, COE of Content Stadium, said.
NGAGE, another 2018 finalist, will soon launch a project together with Euroleague Basketball based on blockchain technology. Avi Polak, CEO & Co-Founder of NGAGE Sportek, said: "The whole week was an amazing opportunity and an amazing way of getting different messages across."


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Running a service website and making it successful is always tough. And that's why only very few of sites become smash hits while some remain as mediocre for ages and get faded away. When you compare the hit sites with mediocre site, the only difference we would always see is USABILITY coupled with SIMPLENESS.
Forget usability, some site drive away people right from the registration page. Today I thought of placing an advertisement about transferring my JTC. I placed this advertisement with some sites that offer to post free advertisements. I am OK with some sites, even though they required me to get registered at first and showed unclear clumsy highly RSA "look" encrypted Word Verification. But there was one particular site (88DB) and that annoyed and drove me crazy.
See I was there to quickly post an advertisement. If I have to register myself by giving my email-id just in case for verification, I am perfectly alright. But why in the world are you asking me to fill in really un necessary information like age, salary, education etc? And these fields are mandatory. Every time I click register the site was continuously coming up with an error message asking me to fill in some unwanted detail. And there is another laughable mandatory field: what are the services you are interested in? (with numerous check boxes). Really are you aware of current trends in web design and user interaction?
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Welcome to SickKids Psychology.
Sickkids Psychology is an active, vibrant, and intellectually stimulating environment that provides evidence-based clinical care and rich training opportunities at all levels. We provide consultation, assessment, diagnosis, treatment recommendations and interventions for children and adolescents up to the age of 18 who are being treated at SickKids for primary medical and psychiatric conditions.
Our department is a warm, respectful, collegial and collaborative setting that places the child and family at the centre of all that we do and is informed by our developmental expertise. Our clinical, health and neuropsychologists, psychometrists and trainees use evidence-based approaches to provide services and integrate clinical care, research and training into all of our activities. We consider and respect the diversity of the families we serve with respect to language, culture, level of function, gender identity, medical and trauma history.
The depth and breadth of our collective clinical expertise allows us to provide a variety of psychological services to address complex patient needs. Referrals are welcome from our physician and professional colleagues from the many medical programs in the hospital. Examples of specialized psychological services include:
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Pope Francis wants to spur interfaith tolerance during a trip to the Holy Land, but a planned Papal mass at a Jerusalem holy site is stoking the embers of religious rivalry that have plagued the city for centuries.
Just days before the Pope's arrival, hundreds of religious Jews turned out at a demonstration accusing Israel and the Vatican of conspiring to give the Catholic Church control over the Cenacle, a room revered as the spot of the Last Supper that also sits on top of a tomb thought to be that of King David.
"Can we give control over the King David to a gentile?'' asked a speaker at the rally, which was held at the base of the Old City's walls. "We will never give up control over King David.''
Israel and the Vatican are in advanced negotiations to give the church expanded use at the site, but it has sparked rumors among Jewish religious hardliners that Israel's government might cede complete control to the Vatican, claims denied by Israeli government officials.
Pope Francis will hold a service at the Cenacle on Monday, at the tail end of his visit to Israel. The room, located just outside the Old City, has a Gothic vaulted ceiling, stained glass windows with Arabic calligraphy, and an Islamic niche, a reminder that the room once functioned as a mosque. One floor below is a synagogue encompassing a large sarcophagus with a covering that reads, "The King of David is alive and exists.''
Yitzchak Goldstein, the rabbi of the Diaspora Yeshiva, a Jewish religious seminary nearby the Cenacle, alleges that the Pope's visit violates a British Mandate-era "status quo'' on worship that permits individual prayer but forbids the holding of organized group prayer services at the site.
"When one religion is superior above the other, that's when there's a problem,'' said Goldstien. "The trinity is an offense to the essence of Jewish belief.''
Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman denied accusations that the government had plans to hand over control of the Cenacle to the Vatican.
Israeli security officials fear that accusations over the site might spur radical pro-settler activists to carry out attacks aimed at undermining the visit, prompting the military on Wednesday to issue restraining orders against activists — at least two allegedly linked to Rabbi Goldstein's yeshiva — from leaving their home during the visit. Already on Thursday, Special police forces were deployed to the holy site.
"They claim they're the continuation of King David and continuation of Judaism,'' said Ephriam Brus, who said he is frequent visitor to the site. "As a result they want that room. ''
Later on at the demonstration outside the Old City Walls, protestors held prayer services and did circular "horas'' dances to religious rock music. The protest attracted both pro-settler youths and handful of prominent Israeli hardliners such as Michael Ben Ari, a former Israeli legislator who held up a sign reading "Impure Pope: Leave Our Country.'' Mr. Ben Ari, a former follower of the radical Rabbi Meir Kahane, explained, "I want him to stay in Rome. That's his place, this is ours.''


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the new team is good, in different ways," Sato says. Biogen has enjoyed a resurgence the past couple years under CEO George Scangos, who has two other former biotech CEOs on his staff, including Steve Holtzman and Doug Williams. Notable Biogen alumni in top executive roles today include Alnylam Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ALNY) CEO John Maraganore, Cubist Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CBST) CEO Mike Bonney, and Syros Pharmaceuticals CEO Nancy Simonian.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals. Cambridge-based Alnylam was a pick that surprised me, because it's still in the development stage, and doesn't yet have any of its own marketed products, meaning it can't offer a fully integrated set of experiences. Sato also notes that she once served on Alnylam's board of directors. But she stuck with this pick because of the quality of people it has brought together, and the way it is structured to challenge people to grow. "John (Maraganore) has a very distinctive leadership style," Sato says. "His people matter to him, and people come out of there." Notable alumni include Epizyme (NASDAQ: EPZM) president Jason Rhodes.
Infinity Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: INFI). Cambridge-based Infinity, like Alnylam, is a mid-sized public company that has big dreams, but no products on the market. It has spent a lot of money, and insists on building a great company for the long run. Sometimes those facts irritate its shareholder base. But Sato says Infinity, a cancer drug developer, is a great place for people to gain skill in the industry. "[Infinity president and CEO] Adelene Perkins is a very good mentor," Sato says. Notable alumni include: David Grayzel, the managing director of Atlas Venture Development Corp., and Nora Therapeutics CEO Jeffrey Tong.
Celgene (NASDAQ: CELG). The Summit, NJ-based company gets rave remarks from HBS students who have interned there, according to Sato. "They have come away from summer experiences very well trained and curious. Many get hired back. Celgene has been a magnet for HBS students. Students often report back they've had challenging and supportive experiences," she says. Notable alumni: Sarepta Therapeutics (NASDAQ: SRPT) CEO Chris Garabedian.
Gilead Sciences (NASDAQ: GILD). The Foster City, CA-based biotech company has long struggled to diversify beyond its core HIV drug franchise, but it has broken out of that box the past several years through its acquisitions of Pharmasset and Calistoga Pharmaceuticals. Gilead also has three senior managers—CEO John Martin, COO John Milligan, and CSO Norbert Bischofberger—who have worked together so long they can probably read each others' minds. "They are innovative and aggressive in a Gilead sort of way," Sato says. Notable alumni: Garabedian, and Andrew Hindman, CEO of Tobira Therapeutics. [Updated 9/24 to add Hindman]
[Updated 9/23] Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Millennium has always been controversial in certain quarters of biotech as one of the companies that helped inflate the genomics bubble of 2000. But while that was going on, Millennium attracted lots of smart, ambitious people to its science and patient-driven culture. It has spun out many strong industry leaders over the years, and a few readers who have worked there tell me it remains a great "graduate school" for biotech, even five years after its acquisition by Takeda. Notable alumni include: EnVivo Pharmaceuticals CEO Deborah Dunsire; Syros Pharmaceuticals CEO Nancy Simonian; Moderna Therapeutics CSO Joe Bolen; Third Rock Ventures partners Mark Levin, Kevin Starr, and Bob Tepper; Infinity Pharmaceuticals president of R&D Julian Adams; Bluebird Bio CEO Nick Leschly, Alnylam Pharmaceuticals president and COO Barry Greene.
[Updated 5 pm ET 9/24] Alkermes (NASDAQ: ALKS). CEO Richard Pops has been driving for years to get Alkermes into the class of Big Biotechs, and a lot of graduates have gone on to bigger jobs after getting critical early experience at Dublin, Ireland and Waltham, MA-based Alkermes. Notable alumni include: Duncan Higgons, COO of Agios Pharmaceuticals; Katrine Bosley, an entrepreneur-in-residence at the Broad Institute and former CEO of Avila Therapeutics; Jim Wright, chief scientific officer of Bind Therapeutics; Keith Murphy, CEO of Organovo; and Trevor Mundel, president of global health, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
[Updated 2 pm ET 9/30] Cubist Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CBST). Sato wrote a follow-up note to add the Lexington, MA-based antibiotics developer to the list. She recently recommended Cubist to one of her students. "Of midsize companies that do the commercial/regulatory/
South San Francisco-based Genentech: I've heard many comments lamenting the demise of Genentech's famous science-first culture. Others are more sanguine that the best days aren't all in the past. "The jury is still out," Sato says. "I'd like to think Genentech will continue," to be a training ground for biotech leaders. There are a lot of notable GenenExers, but one notable recent grad is David Schenkein, the CEO of Cambridge-based Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AGIO).
Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX). The Cambridge-based biotech company attracted lots of smart, ambitious people when it was getting going in the early 1990s, and quite a few have graduated to leadership roles in other companies. I actually wrote a story about top Vertex alumni in 2010 that you can look to for a list of names. Since then, Vertex has gotten two FDA approvals of new products. "If they're doing it right, it should be an even better place because there are more experiences to get," Sato says. One notable Vertex alum, Eric Olson of Kalydeco fame, has recently moved on to be the chief scientist of Watertown, MA-based Syros Pharmaceuticals.
San Rafael, CA-based BioMarin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: BMRN) and Tarrytown, NY-based Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: REGN) didn't make Sato's list because she said she's not familiar enough with them. But BioMarin has hatched a couple of entrepreneurs recently in Emil Kakkis, the CEO of Novato, CA-based Ultragenyx Pharmaceutical and Matthew Patterson, the CEO of San Francisco-based Audentes Therapeutics. Carlsbad, CA-based Isis Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: ISIS) also gets what you might call an honorable mention from Sato, even though it is more of a training ground for industry scientists than it is for executives. "Excellent science types have come out of Isis to fuel this RNA generation. Everyone looks to Isis to poach talent," Sato says.
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Maybe append the story title "According to an HBS Professor!"
Good to know about that kind of people. That kind of course is really hard especially if you only have a little amount of interest on that kind of course.


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There is a polka dance in heaven now that John Walter "JW" Schmitt, age 87, of Bellville, Texas, passed away on June 28, 2018. He was born and schooled in Frydek, Texas. He worked as a welder and mechanic in Houston until he opened John's Auto Repair in 1962 in Sealy, and then Schmitt Exxon in Sealy in 1968. He married Ruby Schroeder in 1951 in Bellville and together they had four children.
JW is preceded in death by his parents, Walter and Elsie Mieth Schmitt, a sister, Lillie Gibson, and his beloved wife Ruby. He is survived by their four children: John William and wife Allene, Milton and wife Jo, twins Glenda and husband John Dyer, and Linda and husband Don Raabe. Additionally, grandchildren include Matthew Pulos, Emily Pulos, Mandy Raabe, Kristine Moses and husband James, Tara and husband Brent Martin, and Milton and wife Courtney Schmitt. Great grand-children include Jace, Anna, Brandon, and Kayla Martin; Jackson Raabe, and Ivory, Ethan, and Abigail Sanders.
JW led an active life of fishing at the Brazos River, shrimping at Matagorda, trail rides with the Austin County Saddle Club, dancing with many friends, and ranching. His family and friends will greatly miss his humor and storytelling.
Visitation was Sunday, July 8, 2018 at Knesek Bros. Highway 36 Chapel, 1140 Meyer St., Sealy, from 1 to 2 p.m. Funeral service followed at 2 p.m. Interment will follow at Pilgrims Rest Cemetery.
Funeral arrangements entrusted to Knesek Bros. Funeral Chapels located at 768 Fourth St. Sealy, Texas, 77474, 979-885-3535, www.knesekfuneralhome.com.
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In a speech Friday night to the Annual American Association for the Advancement of Science conference, Google co-founder Larry Page let slip with a truth we all suspected:
"We have some people at Google [who] are really trying to build artificial intelligence (AI) and to do it on a large scale…It's not as far off as people think."
Yep, you read that right, Google is trying to build real AI. The worlds most dominant online company, with the largest conglomeration of computing power the world has ever seen, is trying to build artificial intelligence, and according to Page it isn't that far away either. The term Googlebot is about to take on a whole new meaning, and in the not to distant future as well.
But Google is a good company, you may well say, after all Do No Evil is the company mantra. But true artificial intelligence not only has serious ethical and moral implications, self aware intelligence may also not be controllable, after all it thinks for itself and makes decisions based on that reasoning, as we all do. What if Google creates AI with the logical reasoning of Hitler or Stalin? or even George W Bush?
Food for thought…literally :-)
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