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We had a meeting with Festool NL, beside the very interesting meeting in their new Festool / Protool headquater in Waddinxveen they also told us that they will support the bucky lab in the future. Next to a lifetime
service for our tools which is very handy, they will give an introduction and safety course during our first day of the building weeks.
Having a proper knowlegde about their powerful and very sophisticated tools will allow our students to create the best results ever. Having good tools is essential to create the best prototypes, having the best tools available makes the job even better.
Thanks a lot and we are looking forward for a good cooperation.
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There is evil in this world, and there are those who want to serve that evil to the good people in this world. Martial Artist are not afraid, for we prepare, we train and we anticipate. So we walk tall and confident. We walk into a room knowing that if trouble comes, we can handle ourselves. We are not bullies, nor paranoid. We live our lives unafraid, and no one's victim.
Martial Artist train hard, spend hundreds if not thousands of hours training over and over. We get bruised and sometimes break our bones, yet we keep coming back. No matter how hard it is, it does not compare to the difficulties of explaining to someone else how important it is to learn how to protect themselves.
Unfortunately people do not take their personal safety seriously. Many people live their lives in this buble of ignorance safe from the evil of this world. Just like all bubles it does not take much to burst it. When told that they should at least learn something to protect themselves they just don't have the time. Or its just not a priority. Many times I get the question what type of pepper spray should I purchase, what type of knife is legal or what type of weapon I can carry that is legal.
Education is key. The problem with just purchasing a pepper spray or walking around with a knife is that it creates a false sense of security. Many people think that once I walk around with a pepper spray I'll be safer. Pepper spray is intended for good people to use it against bad ones. Unfortunately bad people can use it too. In reality any weapon can be used against you. So training is still neccessary to use them. How fast can you pull and deploy that weapon. Do you practice how to pull it out? Have you tried deploying it in different scenarios? So buying pepper spray is not enough. To think that your safe because your walking around pepper spray or any other type of weapon is just plain ignorant. I wish I could say that its better than nothing, but that is not the case. Weapons in the uneducated person can be more of a danger to you than your assailant. Have you ever been pepper sprayed? As someone who has, getting pepper sprayed hurts to the point where it is debilitating paralyzing effect. Are you ready to keep fighting while under influenced of pepper spray?
Your personal safety is your responsibility. Are you ready to trust a piece of device to protect you? Or your kids? I know I am just a crazy martial artist, but when it comes to my family I'm a freekin lunatic.

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Family, friends, work and education form the basis of Finnish identities. All four were important to more than 80 percent, and merely a few percent of the respondents ignored the significance of all four.
Finns identify strongly with the municipality where they live, but they also esteem their Nordic and European identity. Local attachment does not contradict a cosmopolitan mind.
‒ The uniformness of Finnish identities is often obscured by heated public debate, researcher Ville Pitkänen assesses.
There are, however, some interesting differences between population groups. Social class is significant only to slightly above than 40 percent, but it is more underlined in the highest classes.
– In the upper-middle and upper class, the majority thinks that social class is important for their identity. The significance of social class is lesser among those who identify themselves with the lower-middle or working class, researcher Ville Pitkänen notes.
There are similar differences regarding education. Those with an academic degree more clearly emphasize education as part of their identity.
Only a minority of Finns, 35 percent, hold their political views as significant for their identity.
Parties, however, differ remarkably. For more than 60 percent of the Left Alliance supporters, the political stance is a very important or quite important part of their identity. For the National Coalition Party and the True Finns, the percentage is around 45 and in other parties below 40. At 29 percent, supporters of the Blue Reform party put the least emphasis on political views.
‒ For the Left Alliance, the political dimension of their supporters' identity is a significant resource, Pitkänen assesses.
About half of those with very conservative or very liberal values emphasize that political views are an important part of their identity.
Two out of three Finns identify themselves strongly with their immediate surroundings, the municipality and region where they live. The region is surprisingly important to the young, too. Among those under thirty, 62 percent feel that their current region of residence is important for their identity; the percentage is 71 for those above sixty.
When comparing political parties, regional identities are clearly the most important to supporters of the Centre Party.
‒ This is expressed particularly as an attachment to childhood environment and the area from where the family comes, researcher Ville Pitkänen specifies.
Green League and Left Alliance supporters stand out as global citizens who put the least weight on regional identity.
The importance of regional identity clearly depends on the province. Residents in South and North Carelia, South Ostrobothnia, Ostrobothnia and Lapland give regional identity more than average significance. Päijänne Tavastia, on the other hand, is the most obvious example of a region with weak identity.
A firm regional identity is often linked to how people identify with the historical Finnish tribes. The study shows that in particular the Carelian, Savonian and South Ostrobothnian identities are very strongly felt. Over 70 percent of the South or North Carelians, the South or North Savonians and the South Ostrobothnians identify themselves with the tribe.
The research report Similar after all? A study on Finnish identities is the first out of four publications around the topic. The other three will be published later in 2018.
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Far Cry 3's Citra Is Straight From the Freakshow
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Far Cry 3's Citra Is Straight From the Freakshow
Far Cry 3's "Join Citra" ending has its roots in stereotypes from the 19th century.
Every time I see Far Cry 3's issues with race being discussed, I think of Prey, which somehow manages to sidestep its ridiculously stereotypical depiction of native Americans just by making the protagonist a native American too. Apart from avoiding the whole mightey whitey business, the native American protagonist permitted a lot of satire on the culture. He was this down to earth, modern, and fairly realistic guy who found the talk of "Spiritual ancestors" to be nothing but hokey and irritating. When it turns out he has magical ancestral eagle powers, he comments on how bullshit it all is.
So basically, Prey knew how to have its cake and eat it too. It portrayed noble savage stereotypes, but it did so through the perspective of a contrasting, realistic portrayal of a native American. Imagine how much of Far Cry 3's problems would go away if the protagonist himself was a modernised, every day guy who happened to be an expatriated Rakyat.
Lol, I'm amazed at people who have such a problem with Far Cry 3, ya it uses some well used tropes, of questionable origins. But you must remember the guy who tattoos Jason isn't a Rakyat any more than Jason is, he's an american he just went to live on this island. In fact everyone you end up fighting is a foreigner, except for Vaas. If anything I'd say this game highlights the issues with imperialism more than anything.
After reading through this I don't really understand why is, which I agree is probably racist, origin/trope of the story a problem if the rest of the game is not really about racism, but just a set up for the gameplay? Me thinks you are reading a bit too much into it.
So a person uses a knife -> that's a phallus substitute? I thought knife was used as a blade with a handle which makes sure you don't cut yourself while you kill/cut/carve things, and used by men and women. I guess I'm the one that's weird.
What always strikes me about the intention of Far Cry's narrative being satire is that I never noticed any of that during my playthrough - nor did I pay the racist implications much heed.
It's a video game. I'd start noticing only if the narrative wasn't absolute and utter garbage. Judging by the general standard video gaming has set for itself one finds it hard to believe that writers suddenly are capable enough to imply -anything-.
Racist themes of "mightey whitey" also were softened considerably by gameplay. It gets a lot easier to go along with people wanting you for their army when your biggest redeeming feature isn't that you're white, but that you've been single-handedly slaughtering entire camps of well-armed pirates for the last four hours of gameplay.
As it stands any cliches about the white guy leading the noble savages are far overshadowed by this Rambo on steroids who would genuinely qualify as deity to any straight-thinking semi-tribal society.
I mean, c'mon, I started punching sharks to death whenever I was bored.
"Hipster Racism"
Thanks for the little history lesson Rath!
Oh well. There's always next time I guess.
Meh, sounds like typical liberal BS to me.
Let me be painfully honest here, there is a tendency in the western world to want to portray whites and every aspect of our civilization as negative. Pretty much every historical event or point of view is tainted by the desire to re-interpet every culture or group of people that wound up coming into contact with, or being conquered by, the western world, in some kind of ultra-progressive "noble savage" light when it's hardly true.
Now there is some truth to the fact that stories, especially those told for purposes of entertainment, are exagerrated to make them more entertaining. There is no denying that, but at their core there is usually far more truth than lies. To be honest while racism was more prevelant at the time (and went both ways), the reasons for exagerrating contacts with backwards savages (who were backwards savages in reality) was done for the same reason people exagerrated the exploits of famous outlaws and gunfighters... it makes for a good story. Just like your typical famous gunslinger didn't really kill a thousand men (which would be the case if you believed the stories) and oftentimes had motivations other than just "killing people just because", some of the specifics of what these native tribes did were not accurate. Of course at the same time if you've ever seen many documentaries in many cases what they did was actually WORSE, in a "truth is stranger than fiction" sense.
To be honest showing a group of tribals as the bad guys nowadays is differant, the noble savages turning out not to be the expected trope, but something a bit closer to old school stories. It's no worse than a story where a bunch of quakers turn out to in reality be a Satanic Cult at the end of the third act.
The basic arguement here seems to be that primitive peoples and non-whites should be considered a "sacred cow" beyond criticism or negative portrayal. I disagree with that, and I think a game like "Far Cry 3" creating a sort of contextual satire by doing exactly the opposite of what we have trained ourselves to expect is a good thing.
In a big picture kind of way I'd also point out that a lot of the problems in the third world largely come from the whole "noble savage" mentality and how we've trained ourselves. We basically convinced ourselves that the big thing holding back a lot of countries and Africa and such was the presence of western culture and colonialism. We largely pulled out, helped rebels, and other assorted things, and in 90% of the cases we actually made things worse. We removed what stability (as borked as it might have been) from the regions, and simply saw even more horrors and depravities unleashed as tribal factions and warlords took over and started butchering people non-stop. Even guys like Mandela arguably made things worse, and he's actually in one of the more stable regions.
In making cases like this people tend to avoid looking at the glories of "tribals" with warlords and child soldiers, middle eastern tribals stoning women to death for not marrying their rapists, and one current case where a girl who was raped has been sentenced to 100 lashes for her "crime". "Wierd News" at one point was going on about how in the Pacific Rim they wanted to make (get this) cannibal Tofu, the idea being that they would take cloned or donated human flesh and use it to flavor the tofu for use in pacific rituals and so on due to the importance once placed on "Long Pig". I remember once a while back hearing about how some tribe had a couple of kids in charge of their armies in Africa that they believed were literally divine as well.
The point being is that this crap is out there if you dig for it, it just tends to be forgotten in cases like this when someone wants to make a point. The odd thing here is that if you happened to land on a pacific island chain right now that was engulfed in war, lawless enough where pirates attack ships left and right because there is nobody to stop them, what is a tribe your likely to meet going to be like? A group of progressive new-millenium hippies leading a new age "noble savage" lifestyle, or a bunch of murdering maniacs like everyone else (which also explains how they survive). In reality in situations like this there are no real "good guys", and that's what I think the point being made in "Far Cry 3" is, and why it's a Satire on modern conventions and expectations, this is exactly the opposite of what you'd expect, and also exactly what you might find in a situation like this viewed a bit realistically. Sure, maybe this isn't 100% accurate to Pacific Islanders living peacefully in some of the more civilized US Territories (American Samoa, Hawaii, etc...) but we're turning this into thirld world "warlord ville" and yeah, it's exactly the kind of insane garbage I'd expect under those circumstances. I mean cripes...
In short I find nothing wrong with "Far Cry 3" and I think these kinds of complaints are generally BS nowadays.
This kind of thing is why Critical Intel is probably one of the greatest game-related columns I've ever seen. I wish it could be a daily thing, but given how much research has to be done, I bet that wouldn't be possible without it being a full-time job.
Seriously Robert, every day that the collective gamers of the English-speaking world aren't throwing enough money at you to try and get you to make this your full-time job is gaming's loss.
And all previously-posted "It's just a game, why are you thinking about it?"-type comments... those are really gaming's loss. It's sad that in one of the most fundamentally important media to emerge in our lifetimes, people who don't want to think about deeper ideas don't just avoid discussions, but complain about people having discussions.
In other words, reality.
Really, reading this intelligent and well-sourced article on the nineteenth-century sources of racist narratives involving Pacific Islanders as an attempt "to portray whites and every aspect of our civilization as negative" almost seems like a Colbert-worthy satire on the modern American Know-Nothing movement (look it up, you might learn something - although that's doubtful).
Sorry, I'm a grad student in the heart of liberal academia. This claim is one-hundred percent bollocks. Passing off "acknowledging past wrongdoing" as "portray[ing] whites... as negative" really gives away your agenda.
You're now giving away the fact that you didn't even read the article, as Rath says quite clearly that the stories in question were completely made up.
Rath said nothing of the sort. Please read the article again.
Your arrogance and ignorance are truly astounding to behold. Well done.
Well, they sure sucked the fun out of that poem. Or game, as the case would seem to be here.
Way to over analyse the situation.
At the end of the game, I just thought Citra to be a bit bananas really. After all, if she wanted a child born form the union of her and Jason that badly, wouldn't it have been wise to maybe not kill him until the child was afely born into the world? After all, they are hardly within convenient travelling distance of the nearest hospital on the Rook Islands and if there are any complications along the way. It would be rather hard for her to get Jason to make her another child, given that she'd killed him straight after sex. That is, if she even actually conceived the first time around.
I think it's worth remembering that there is a vaguely supernatural idea that the island just drives people insane anyway. If Vaas and Citra are siblings (which seems pretty confirmed by now), it could be that Citra came and did enough impossible/dangerous things to be made the Rakyat's queen/whatever. She goes mad with power and starts to re-introduce ideas she half-heard once about south pacific islanders, even if the Rakyat themselves might not have done that since a few centuries.
Thing is, even the authentic stuff they used was a fucked up mix of various Polynesian cultures, some Melanesian cultures and even some scraps taken from a couple of indigenous Indonesian tribal cultures.
"We're lynching you ironically."
This. Unfortunate implications are still unfortunate implications, even if it's 'just' a game.
It saddens me. The Escapist used to be a place where intellectual analysis of games wasn't just encouraged, it was almost the norm. Nowadays, it seems like there are more and more users who simply go "Jeez, stop overanalyzing everything. It's totally, like, whatever."
This is an incredibly well done, thoughtful analysis, and it's just one more reason why Far Cry 3 creeps me out a little. The game seems to deliberately and gleefully hop back and forth across the line of good taste, without having anything to say. Good satire has to tell you something. You can't just poke fun at old tropes and expectations, you've got to have something to offer as well. And Far Cry 3 just seems to enjoy poking fun at the White Jesus trope whilst making unfortunate implications about rape and racism.
So how do you subvert AND satire such a thing? I mean you can not satirize it and have respect for the culture and all that but then your not satirizing. Sounds difficult.
also Robert another theory is that he had a story to tell and the racist undercurrents were either there and he did not notice.
or he had a story to tell and the racist undercurrents were in the way but he went ahead and went that route either way.
I wont judge him for that I can understand wanting to tell a story of one yup's fall to baser instincts and then finding that you either keep that and your story is sort of racist. Or you scrap it and then that narrative that you wanted to explore is gone.
Sorry. What. WHAT are you talking about, man?! This entire article made no sense! I never saw the Rakyat as even close to any of the stereotypical tribesmen - neither barbarians nor helpless - I just saw them as thugs. Just like the pirates. Y'know the total lack of difference between Rakyat warriors and Vaas' pirates.
Citra being reminiscent of a 19th century freakshow because of the Tattooed Man's origin stories...? I don't get it. I don't get it at all. Look at Citra's brother. Where are the articles denouncing him as a racist stereotype? Or is it just because Citra stuck with the tribe...? I really don't understand. Dennis was the one tattooing J-Bro without his permission, yes...but Dennis was a Liberian. Not a native. Dennis, from his introduction, was the champion before J-Bro arrived on the island...evidently Citra just wasn't satisfied with him.
But this research? This isn't research. This is "I read an article about tattooed men and it reminded me of Far Cry". Maybe there'd be something in the 'symbolic rape' if actual rape granted superpowers. It doesn't. So there isn't.
The extent to which some of the folks responding to this article don't just miss the point but purposely avoid it is... well, I WANT to say "astounding," but I'm afraid it's far too predictable if I'm being honest. :|
When I realized that particular sex scene was about to end badly for Jason, I didn't start thinking about Pacific Islanders. I know jack-all about human sacrifice in the South Pacific. Instead I started thinking about Theseus and ancient Greece, because I read The King Must Die in high school and it's been my blood magic touchstone ever since. If this particular form of fertility ritual is a universal construct, then there's no harm in showing any culture employing it.
Rook Island drips with imperialism and it is difficult to separate ham-handed satire from genuine ignorance, but that knife in your chest during the "bad" ending is the least of the game's sins.
How could would a better use of these tropes look like?
Frankly, the forest of obscure and insulting racist tropes is extremely thick. To make matters worse, it is densely interwoven with the usual tropes of many adventure stories from the same period of time.
Taking that into account, it always seems kind of unfair to me to criticise this kind of media for racist tropes.
I don't see any way you can tell a story that involves a native population without stepping in anyone of the dozens trope-traps.
My god, there is no satisfying political correctness obsessives like you. Oh noes, sexualized savages - magic negros - token black guy - stereotypical noble savages - dark skinned enemies, how racist - white main characters, racist! You may as well link to TV Tropes and list the hundreds of ways you will never, ever be satisfied.
So a bad ending takes its material from something which was bad, punishing you for revelling in it?
Those who'd have a problem with it could simply look elsewhere, as it's none of their business what games other people choose to enjoy in their spare time and the privacy of their own home. As is, somebody was offended by a fictional game nobody forced them to play, then set out to post that offence on the internet.
Strip away the references to the sins of long dead fathers, anthropology, and cultural relativism which motivated said offence, and that's what remain. I always found this staggering lack of respect for the plurality of available media quite staggering. God forbid there be fictional media targeting audiences with taste quite different from their own, if it offends the delicate sensibilities, or political ambitions for which direction society should move in. And of course players other than themselves won't understand any subtle critique, but fall prey to the surface level archaic racist caricature. God forbid there be games which actually required effort on the part of the player to decipher, and had multiple layers to them, some of which weren't afraid to challenge and play around with established norms!
Okay, here's my problem with this article: The real group he mentions at the end, if used in fiction, sounds MORE RACIST THAN THE FICTION IT'S REPLACING.
Funny how reality works, isnt it?
I also feel bad about chuckling while reading the part about the John Frum religion.
Bah! The only way a game can let someone shoot at other living things and not get called racist is if the people involved are all the same color, or they are quasi-human like Gears or Killzone. They make a skin tone mod for the PC to shade down the pale man and make it ok. Heaven forbid a story about drugged out people acting crazy have more than one skin tone...
and incest and incestious old tribe rites. listen closely what she has to say about her brother at the second ending.
my point was that it undercuts the idea behind the article. He offers it up as an alternative to the unacceptable story, but it's so bizarre that it sounds like something you'd find in a cartoon. from the 1900s
Agreed. If the natives had began worshiping Jason as a messenger from their ancestors and marveling at the splendors of modern technology he brought with him, they would have been accused of being really really racist. But this stuff actually happened!
I never saw the setting of Far Cry 3 as authentic, or anything other than a backdrop for extremely fun stealth/shooting gameplay. You could argue that a game favoring fun over political commentary would call for an unrealistic, overexaggerated setting like Rook Island, but I do understand that some people aren't educated enough to grasp beyond the exoticized view of foreign countries, and I think this game really missed a chance at presenting something unique by subverting the standard tropical-island-tribal tropes.
If the game was going for satire, I think a better satire would be a game where the main character is a native islander stranded in some city representing EVERY worst aspect of the Western world, or a game where the main character comes in thinking that it's going to be another tropical island adventure only to have his perceptions bite him in the ass (i.e. Spec Ops the Line.
Have not played the game, but if that is so, well that's a bit sad too.
"Well, that well be just GREAT."
It is also interesting how people seem to thing Rath also thinks there is nothing good about the game just because it has some racist stuff in it.
So, nobody will be offended as long as we get rid of all the context of what the story means in realtion to real life?
If you want different games we need more people to look at games on deeper levels, ask what they mean, and ask for more attention to be put into the meaning of a game. Also, as I(and more importantly Rath) said before, just because a game has some questionable content (in this case a character made into an old time stereotype), that does not mean the whole game is bad, and it doesn't mean the game shouldn't be aloud to exist if it has such a flaw. Why get so mad at Rath if you want games "which actually required effort on the part of the player to decipher"? That is what he is doing. What we find when we decipher a game won't always be good things.
Also, how is making a character into a sterotype "multi-layered"? Isn't using sterotypes the opposite of being multi-layered?
While not exactly pertaining to the same region, here's a little something that Mr. Rath will no doubt see as racist, because you know...everything is.
Yeah but then they could have given it a Captain Cook ending.
"Hey, you're not a god after all!" *sharktooth club to the head*
The moral being to tell Hawaiians you're not a god no matter how much they insist that you are... also that history hates Yorkshiremen.
Your articles are always well-written and well thought through, so I applaud you for that, even if in this case I beg to differ.
Is it not true that the more modern trope of the 'noble savages' is in its own way just as stereotypical as the earlier 'tattooed man' freak-shows. The 'noble savage' having its own (I find at least) particularly insidious brand of patronizing racism, where people try to hard to apply anthropomorphic qualities onto already human cultures as if they were a different species. That's what Jason sees in the Rakyat, and throws away everything he has to obey them without question. Getting his just desserts in the end for it in that end I don't think should be interpreted as 'Those kooky savages with their human sacrifices eh?' but rather 'all peoples of this earth have the potential to be cruel and manipulative, and you shouldn't be so naive as to believe you're fighting for a higher cause just because a pretty woman can spout some bullshit about warriors and spirituality'.
Also, when it comes to him obeying Citra without question, Far Cry 3 not only satirizes the 'rescue the princess' trope, but also it's peers in the current generation FPS genre, where you obey the voice of authority in your ear as he barks at you to commit war crimes, because you're, like, the good guys right? The fact that he acts like this makes him not the 'mighty whitey' at all (subverting that trope as well) because he willingly relinquishes power over his own situation. He gets raped, and his response to it pretty much is "So... are there any chores you need me to do while I'm here?"
Solid critique, right up until mentioning the cargo cults at the end. While I agree that they are fascinating, they're such a fringe minority that including them in this discussion is pretty odd.
Some of the comments above are breathtakingly stupid, but thanks at least for helping me shade the "typical liberal BS!" "it's satire!" "it's just a game!" and "stop overanalyzing everything!" squares in my Dumbass Internet Comment bingo today.
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ATHENs had long been an object of universal admiration, and consequently of envy. Her navy was invincible, her commerce extensive; Europe and Asia supplied her with wealth; of her citizens, all were intrepid, many virtuous; but some too much infected with principles unfavorable to freedom. Hence an oligarchy was, in great measure, established; crooked counsels were thought supreme wisdom; and the Athenians, having lost their true relish for their own freedom, began to attack that of their colonies, and of the States which they had before protected. Their arrogant claims of unlimited dominion had compelled the Chians, Coans, Rhodians, Lesbians, to join with nine other small communities in the social war, which they began with inconceivable ardor, and continued with industry surpassing all example, and almost surpassing belief.
They were openly assisted by Mausolus, king of Caria, to whose metropolis the united Islands had sent a philosopher, named Eleutherion, eminent for the deepest knowledge of nature, the most solid judgment, most approved virtue, and most ardent zeal for the cause of general liberty. The war had been supported for three years with infinite exertions of valor on both sides, with deliberate firmness on the part of the allies, and with unabated vio
* It will be immediately perceived, on the perusal of this pretended Fragment, that it was an ingenious device on the part of Mr. Jones to bring to Dr. Franklin's notice such terms of conciliation, as might probably at this time have been obtained from the British government. The idea of a direct acknowledgment of independence is carefully excluded. By substituting France for Caria, England for Athens, the United States for the Islands, Dr. Franklin for Eleutherion, and Mr. Jones for an Athenian, the interpretation will be obvious.
lence on the part of the Athenians; who had, nevertheless, der . .
spatched commissioners to Rhodes, with intent to propose terms bf accommodation; but the States (perhaps too pertinaciously) refused to hear any proposal whatever, without a previous recognition of their total independence by the magistrates and the people of Athens. It was not long after this, that an Athenian, who had been a pupil of Isaeus together with Demosthenes, and begun to be known in his country as a pleader of causes, was led by some affairs of his clients to the capital of Caria. He was a man unauthorized, unemployed, unconnected; independent in his circumstances, as much as in his principles; admitting no governor, under Providence, but the laws; and no laws but those, which justice and virtue had dictated, which wisdom approved, which his country had sreely enacted. He had been known at Athens to the sage Eleutherion; and, their acquaintance being renewed, he sometimes took occasion in their conversations to lament the increasing calamities of war, and to express his eager desire of making a general peace on such terms as would produce the greatest good from the greatest evil; for "this," said he, "would be a work not unworthy of the divine attributes; and, if mortals could effect it, they would act like those beneficent beings, whom Socrates believed to be the constant friends and attendants of our species." He added, "As to the united nations, I applaud, admire, and almost envy them; I am even tempted to wish that I had been born a Chian or a Rhodian ; but let them be satisfied with the prize of virtue, which they have already obtained. I will yield to none of your countrymen, my friend, in my love of liberty; but she seems more lovely to my eyes, when she comes hand-in-hand with peace. From that union we can expect nothing but the highest happiness of which our nature is capable; and it is a union, which nothing now obstructs but—a mere word. Let the confederates be contented with the substance of that independence, which they have asserted, and the word will necessarily follow. Let them not hurt the natural, and, perhaps, not reprehensible, pride of Athens, nor demand any concession that may sink in the eyes of Greece a nation, to whom they are and must be united in language, in blood, in manners, in interest, in principles. Glory is to a nation what reputation is to an individual; it is not an empty sound, but important and essential. It will be glorious in Athens to acknowledge her error in attempting to reduce the Islands; but an ac
knowledgment of her inability to reduce them (if she be unable) will be too public a confession of weakness, and her rank among the states of Greece will instantly be lowered. "But, whatever I might advise, if my advice had any chance of being taken, this I know, and positively pronounce, that, while Athens is Athens, her proud but brave citizens will never ezpressly recognise the independence of the Islands; their resources are no doubt exhaustible, but will not be exhausted in the lives of us and of our children. In this resolution all parties agree. I, who am of no party, dissent from them; but what is a single voice in so vast a multitude? Yet the independence of the united States was tacitly acknowledged by the very offer of terms, and it would result in silence from the natural operation of the treaty. An express acknowledgment of it is merely formal with respect to the allies; but the prejudices of mankind have made it substantial with respect to Athens. "Let this obstacle be removed. It is slight, but fatal; and, while it lasts, thousands and tens of thousands will perish. In war much will always depend upon blind chance, and a storm or sudden fall of snow may frustrate all your efforts for liberty; but let commissioners from both sides meet, and the Islanders, by not insisting on a preliminary recognition of independence, will ultimately establish it for ever. "But independence is not disunion. Chios, Cos, Lesbos, Rhodes, are united, but independent on each other; they are connected by a common tie, but have different forms and different constitutions. They are gems of various colors and various properties strung in one bracelet. Such a union can only be made between states, which, how widely soever they differ in form, agree in one common property, freedom. Republics may form alliances, but not a fed. eral union, with arbitrary monarchies. Were Athens governed by the will of a monarch, she could never be coördinate with the free Islands; for such a union would not be dissimilarity, but dissonance. But she is and shall be ruled by laws alone, that is, by the will of the people, which is the only law. Her Archon, even when he was perpetual, had no essential properties of monarchy. The constitution of Athens, if we must define it, was then a republic with a perpetual administrator of its laws. Between Athens, therefore, and the freest states in the world, a union may naturally be formed. "There is a natural union between her and the Islands, which the gods have made, and which the powers of hell cannot dissolve.
Men, speaking the same idiom, educated in the same manner, perhaps in the same place, professing the same principles, sprung from the same ancestors in no very remote degree, and related to each other in a thousand modes of consanguinity, affinity, and friendship, such men, whatever they may say through a temporary resentment, can never in their hearts consider one another as aliens. "Let them meet then with fraternal and pacific dispositions, and let this be the general groundwork and plan of the treaty.
"I. The Carians shall be included in the pacification, and have such advantages as will induce them to consent to the treaty, rather than continue a hazardous war. "II. The archon, senate, and magistrates of Athens shall make a complete recognition of rights of all the Athenian citizens of all orders whatever, and all former laws for that purpose shall be combined in one. There shall not be one slave in Attica. "Note. By making this a preliminary, the Islanders will show their affection for the people of Athens; their friendship will be cemented and fixed on a solid basis; and the greatest good will be extracted, as I at first proposed, from the greatest evil. "III. There shall be a perfect coördination between Athens and the thirteen united Islands, they considering her not as a parent, whom they must obey, but as an elder sister, whom they cannot help loving, and to whom they shall give preeminence of honor and coequality of power. "IV. The new constitutions of the confederate Islands shall remain. "W. On every occasion, requiring acts for the general good, there shall be an assembly of deputies from the senate of Athens, and the congress of the Islands, who shall fairly adjust the whole business, and settle the ratio of the contributions on both sides. This committee shall consist of fifty Islanders and fifty Athenians, or of a smaller number chosen by them. "WI. If it be thought necessary and found convenient, a proportionable number of Athenian citizens shall have seats, and power of debating and voting on questions of common concern, in the great assembly of the Islands, and a proportionable number of Islanders shall sit with the like power in the assembly at Athens. "Note. This reciprocal representation will cement the union. "WII. There shall be no obligation to make war but for the common interest.


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Greece's Economic Trouble
There's a lot of teeth-gnashing going on in Europe about the Greek election. The Hellenic State put the far-left leaning Syriza party in power, which immediately negotiated a ruling coalition with a far-right nationalist party, which would be like the Tea Party joining up with Elizabeth Warren.
What makes the strange pairing work in Greece is that the two have a common enemy — the euro… or more precisely, all the European meddling in the affairs of Greece. Both parties have called for leaving the common currency and repudiating all debts owed to foreigners, which is striking fear into the hearts of European central bankers.
I've got a question. What did they expect?
Greece has been an opaque basket case of half-truths and misdirection since WWII…
The CIA helped install a hardline governrnment immediately after the war to stop Greece from aligning with Russia. This lasted about 20 years until a military junta took power in the late 1960s.
While Greece enjoyed economic growth and increased trade under military rule, the people weren't so crazy about the concentration of power. In 1974, the junta was kicked to the curb and Greece went on a spending spree of social programs.
During the 1980s and early 1990s, the country used devaluation of the drachma as the main tool for dealing with increasing debt. There were only four short years, 1996 to 1999, when the Greeks had a relatively sound fiscal and monetary policy.
They qualified for inclusion in the euro zone in 1999, and officially started using the currency in January of 2001. By that time, all bets were off. Greece was running big budget deficits and telling no one.
Time to Come Clean
It was the era of free money.
Greece was part of the euro zone, so investors mistakenly thought that governrnment bonds issued in euros were somehow safer — and deserved lower interest rates — than old Greek bonds in drachmas. Since Greek banks paid higher interest rates and capital was free to flow across borders, capital flowed into the country at a rapid pace.
Banks with swollen deposits made loans fast and loose, which turnrned out to be a problem when the property craze crashed.
Eurostat, the agency tasked with reporting the condition of all euro zone members, regularly traveled to Athens from 2004 through 2010 in search of good data on Greece's finances, on both the private and the public side. They walked away with nothing but guesses.
Meanwhile, as everyone later found out, the Greek governrnment was busy working with Goldman Sachs to borrow money in such a way that the debt would not show up on its books. By 2009, debt was growing fast and economic activity was stalling.
The 2009 budget deficit was first reported in 2010 at 6% to 8%, but was later revised to 12.7%, which seemed horrible, until it was later revised to an uglier 13.6%. This being Greece, even that terrible number wasn't reality. When Eurostat finally got good data and calculated the real deficit for 2009, it was a massive 15.7%.
Claiming they wanted to solve their financial issues, the Greeks brought in all new people to measure and report their finances. That did not turnrn out well. In 2013 Andreas Georgiou, the new head of statistics in Greece, was charged with inflating the deficit of the country in order to make Greece look bad (this is not a joke!).
Eurostat defended Georgiou, pointing out that his calculations were within the guidelines of euro zone reporting regulations. That didn't matter to the courts. The 2012 deficit was too high, and it was clearly the fault of the messenger!
By this time Greece was already taking bailout funds from the troika, the lending trio of the European Commission, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Internrnational Monetary Fund (IMF). Along the way, Greece defaulted on its governrnment debt that was held by private sector investors.
Oh, strike that. The Internrnational Swaps and Derivatives Association, which gets to decide who defaulted and who didn't, claims that private sector investors "willingly" worked with Greece to lower what would be repaid, therefore no default occurred. This is a story for a different day.
In order to get the bailout bucks from the troika, Greece had to agree to cut governrnment spending on social programs, pensions, and employees, as well as raise taxes and actually go about collecting taxes.
The Greeks cut social programs, as well as governrnment pensions and employees. As for going after huge tax evaders and reforming business dealings that rewarded a small circle of the very rich… not so much.
All of this left Greece with crippling taxes, including a value-added tax of 23.8%, skimpy social safety net programs, falling employment, and shrinking GDP. No wonder they are angry!
The newly elected officials have put a stake in the ground. They've called on the troika to renegotiate (which means lower) the amount of Greek debt that must be repaid.
All Bets Are Off
Leaders of the ECB and the IMF have both said Greece must repay all they owe, as well as stick to their austerity programs. This is fabulous hypocrisy coming from the same people who applauded Greece when it "negotiated" with private investors to reduce the country's debt outstanding.
If Greece doesn't stick with its austerity medicine, the troika has threatened to withhold the next installment of bailout money. The funny part of such a threat is that the next round of bailout money doesn't even go to Greece. It gets counted as more debt for Greece, but the funds actually flow back to the troika as debt payment.
It's like a bank issuing you a loan just big enough to make a payment on a different loan you already have outstanding. The money never gets into your hands, the whole exercise just puts you further in debt.
The Greeks are running a primary budget surplus, which means they have a surplus before they make payments on their outstanding debt. From the point of view of Greece, if they simply stop paying their debt, then everything is fine.
What's not to love about this approach?
I'm not saying Greece should risk exiting the euro by stiffing the troika, but Greece seems to be in a much stronger bargaining position. If Greece leaves the euro zone and doesn't suffer economic collapse, it would be a roadmap for other countries that fall on hard times… like Spain, or Italy.
Why take all that economic pain when you can simply call for a debt "mulligan," leave the euro, and start over?
This would shatter confidence in the euro and leave the economic bloc in limbo. The euro might get stronger as weak countries leave, but who knows? If the euro did shoot higher, it would drag down exports from the remaining countries, which would have the biggest effect on Germany.
It looks like the troika will have to negotiate with its unruly child, Greece. Until they've worked out their family problems, I'd keep my money well clear of the continent.
We're taking hard look at the euro today and Adam has another perspective for you to explore in today's Ahead of the Curve.


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Paul Randal (Blog | Twitter) and Kimberly Tripp (Blog | Twitter) of SQLSkills are hosting an Immersions training event in Dallas. This is not run of the mill training, but it is top tier training targeted to three different audiences. You can read about the event here.
The cool thing about this event is that Paul and Kimberly are hosting a contest and giving away a free seat to their training. In order to enter the contest, one must write a blog post and explain why they should win. Details for entry into the contest can be found here.
While prepping to write my own entry, I browsed some of the other entries and two of them really stuck out to me. The first was by Kendra Little (Blog | Twitter). Kendra did a superb job of demonstrating that she would employ the knowledge she would learn. The second was by Robert Miller (Blog | Twitter). Robert implores Paul and Kimberly to bestow the seat to another person who is more deserving. To me that is the essence of the SQL Community. How could I do any better than that?
Why Choose Me?
I thought about maybe making some witty comments about Paul's accent and needing to get a full week of it. Or maybe promising that I will definitely wear pants unlike Buck Woody. Then I thought maybe I could find a cool sheep video. Those would simply be to hopefully appeal to Paul's sense of humor. None of those options seemed to be the right fit this time around though.
I will share a story though. A few months ago I was speaking at SQLSat54 in SLC. While in the prep room, we talked about some blog posts from Sean McCown (Blog | Twitter) about bad interviews. In short, Sean shared some of his interview experiences. If you read Sean's rant/series on the subject, you should understand that they were very bad experiences. I thought these must of been edge cases.
Recently, I have been conducting interviews for a couple of DBA positions. During those interviews I ask similar questions to what Sean asked. For some reason every candidate I have interviewed has given the same response to the char() v. varchar() question. When I follow up with the nchar/nvarchar question, the answers become even more baffling.
How does this relate? Well, the last candidate that we interviewed happened to be a tenured trainer for SQL Server. I expected him to nail that question out of the park. He taught the certification courses as well as other SQL related courses. He had even taken some of the Certification exams. Lo and behold the answer was that a varchar held unicode data and char held single byte data. He was baffled by the nvarchar question.
I have self taught myself for much of my career due to a lack of trust for training programs. This trainer did not help that cause at all. I am hoping to get some immersion by REAL trainers with heavy duty SQL training. I know that Paul and Kimberly are top notch. I have read many of their blogs and also have listened to some of the MCM prep videos.
In those brief exposures, I know they can restore my faith in organized training. Furthermore, if I can learn something out of the brief MCM Prep videos, then surely I could learn enough in a full day of immersion with them teaching the course. As we know, those readiness videos are just the tip of the iceberg. Brent Ozar (Blog | Twitter) has said that the Immersion courses go deep on multiple occasions (Our sessions go deep. Really deep, can't teach OS in 30 minutes, depth of MCM videos).
Having just a little taste of the wealth and value of information available in the MCM Readiness videos by SQLSkills – I want more. I know that with this kind of training, I can rest easy knowing that there are trainers out there that know there stuff.
There you Have it
I know the content of this training is bar-none the best there is. By attending this training, I am sure to be exposed to mass amounts of data and possibly a bit of overload. I'm good with that. I will definitely put into application and practice the principles I learn. Furthermore, I will take what I learn and impart what I can with others in the community (within reason).


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Former Vice President Al Gore must not have been too surprised when it happened, but a well-known climate skeptic confronted him at the Wall Street Journal's ECO:nomics forum in Santa Monica. The skeptic, Bjorn Lomborg, is a favorite of conservatives who would rather not spend on the environment. David Sassoon introduced us to Lomborg's stock question in July. Earlier, Jason Linkins decried Lomborg's invited appearance on CNN. Here's what the Wall Street Journal had on the confrontation this week:
[Gore] was challenged by Mr. Lomborg, the Danish skeptical environmentalist who thinks the world would be better off spending more money on health and education issues than curbing carbon emissions.
"I don't mean to corner you, or maybe I do mean to corner you, but would you be willing to have a debate with me on that point?" asked the polo-shirt wearing Dane.
"I want to be polite to you," Mr. Gore responded. But, no. "The scientific community has gone through this chapter and verse. We have long since passed the time when we should pretend this is a 'on the one hand, on the other hand' issue," he said. "It's not a matter of theory or conjecture, for goodness sake," he added.
WATCH Gore's other comments -- including his response to an audience question from T. Boone Pickens:


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Adrenaline Rush is a racial skill of Redguards. It restores (1/2/3) Stamina to the player when damaging an enemy with a Melee attack. This can occur no more than once every 3 seconds. As you see it is a benificial ability that will help any melee warrior. It will help you even more if you rely on Weapon skills or if you like to block.
It is a racial ability and can be mastered if you belong to Redguard race.
The passive has 3 ranks. Each rank increases strength of the effects of the ability. You will need a skill point to advance to the next rank. Can be unlocked at 25 Level.
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Garden Decor and Other Items to Complete Your Outdoor Spaces
Make your yard, garden, and patio areas where you want to spend your time. At Living Outdoor Essentials, you can find a large selection of garden decor, garden supplies, and more for stylish and functional outdoor areas. We have a selection of quality outdoor furniture that will make your space more comfortable and habitable. Our garden tools will help you start or maintain a garden so you can grow lush plants and beautiful flowers. You can also find water fountains, statues, and more to give your yard a more dynamic look. We also have many solar options that feature renewable energy to help you save money and the environment.


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Andromeda (club)
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A German SF club. Its clubzine was Andromeda Nachrichten.
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Today, on October 6, 2018, the second session of RCJ-FDZ joint venture 'Henosis':a joyful formative journey" was held at FDZ Covent, Chalikkavattam.
The program started at 4.00pm with the opening prayer dance led by FDZ Aspirants. Sr. Barbara, the delegate Superior then welcomed all to the program and expressed her joy of coming together as Sons and Dauthers of St. Hannibal for this good cause. Fr. Joby Kavungal the major Superior of St. Thomas Quasi Province, we introduced Fr. Jacob Naluparayil MCBS, the resource person to the session. Fr. Jacob quoting from the life and works of Pope Francis challenged all to have better outlook on Holiness as simplified in his apostolic exhortation "Gaudate et Exsultate". At the end of his session, few questions were raised for better clarifications.
The second session started after the Coffee break with the intervention of Sr.Ramya and Sr. Rose May who attempted to have a better link of the previous session with the spirituality of our charism in the light of St.Hannibal's Life. Fr. Saji Puthuparambil and Fr.Saji Kappikuzhy also made their valuable intervention on the same topic and enriched the audience.
At the end of these interventions, all proceeded for the Eucharistic Adoration and thanked the master of the harvest for his great benevolence and care. The program ended with sumptuous dinner at 8.00 and all went back to their own destination thereafter.


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For the past week or so, I've been sharing photos and tapping my way around this new iPhone app called Instagram. It lets you take photos in a square Polaroid format and pass them through a series of throwback filters before sharing. To me, where it stands apart is on the social side of things. Being able to comment, like and even just see the photos your friends take makes it unique, and when paired with seamless integration for flickr, twitter, facebook, tumblr and foursquare, I think this app will be well-loved.
In the future I'd love to be able to comment & like photos from outside my iPhone. I've also noticed that the pull to refresh iphone gesture has now been ingrained in my multi-touch skill-set, so that would be nice as well. You can download Instagram for free at the App Store.


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Record keeping
Record Keeping
Reporting and Documenting
Reporting is oral or written account of patient status; between members of health care team. Report should be clear, concise, and comprehensive.
Documenting: patient record/chart provides written documentation of patient's status and treatment
Purpose: continuity of care, legal document, research, statistics, education, audits
What to document: assessment, plan of care, nursing interventions (care, teaching, safety measures), outcome of care, change in status, health care team communication,
Characteristics of documentation: brief, concise, comprehensive, factual, descriptive, objective, relevant/appropriate, legally prudent
Record Keeping
Health records are the means by which information is communicated about clients and means of ensuring continuity of care. The client's medical record is legal document and can be produced in a court as evidence. Records are used as risk management tools and for research purpose. Often the record is used to remind a witness of events surrounding a lawsuit, because several
months or years usually elapse before the suit goes to trial. The effectiveness of record depends up on accuracy and completeness of the record. Anesthetists Nurses need to keep accurate and complete records of care provided to clients.
Insufficient or inaccurate documentation:
- Can constitute negligence and be the basis for tort liability.
- Hinder proper diagnosis and treatment and result injury to the client.
Accurate Record Keeping
Routine pre-anesthesia assessment and intra and post operative anesthetic intervention should be documented properly.
- Use pen rather than pencil during documentation.
- When making correction do not raise the previous draw one line on an old and add correction so the previous remained legible because correction is not for changing.
- Write legibly.
- Document all information
- Add time, date, name and other important information.
- Document all medically related conditions.
- Use specific terms.
- Statements should not be biased.
The Incident Report
An incident report is an agency record of an accident or incident. Whenever a patient is injured or has a potential injury there exist a possibility of a lawsuit, such a report must be recorded.
An incidental report may be written for situations involving a patient, visitors, or employee.
The incident report used to:
- To make all the facts about an accident available to personnel
- To contribute to statistical data about accidents or incidents.
- To help health personnel to prevent future accidents
N.B. the reports should be completed as soon as possible i.e., Within 24 hours of the incident and filed according to agencies policy.
Information to Include in Incident Report
- Identify the client by name and hospitals.
- Give date and time of the incident. Avoid any conclusions or blame. Describe the incident as you saw it even if you your impressions differ from those of others
- Identify all witnesses to incident
- Identify any equipment by number and any medication by name and number.
- Document any circumstance surrounding the incident. For example, that another client is experiencing cardiac arrest.


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Sacramento is 500 miles away from San Diego. Even in the age of instant information, that distance sometimes seems too great for news from the capital to really reach us. But, of course, it has nothing to do with the space between two points; for whatever reason, the business of state government just seems to be an abstraction for a lot of us here. So, the purpose of this editorial will be more informational, and less persuasive in nature, than it usually is—something of a public service, maybe food for thought as you celebrate Independence Day.
In August 1996, President Bill Clinton signed the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act, known more commonly as welfare reform. Initiated by Republicans under the new leadership of House Speaker Newt Gingrich, the idea behind it was that welfare needed to be more than just a handout; it needed to spur recipients to find work and get off aid. To implement the law in California, the state Legislature in 1997 created the California Work Opportunities and Responsibility to Kids program, better known as CalWORKS.
Under CalWORKS, the states 58 counties set up systems for impoverished parents who were receiving cash aid to get services: help with writing résumés and interviewing, placement in school or vocational training, childcare subsidies, treatment for substance abuse or mental-health problems. These were the carrots; the stick was a new time limit for receiving monthly cash grants—parents would continue to get money for their kids, but the money for the parents themselves would be cut off for good after five years of cumulative assistance. But its not like the state would hand money directly to small children. It would still go to the parents; families would simply get less money to make ends meet.
Thanks to plummeting tax revenues caused by the recession, the state cut the CalWORKS budget significantly between 2009 and 2011—to the tune of $780 million. Cash payments decreased by 12 percent. Employment services, childcare subsidies and mental-health and substance-abuse treatment were slashed. Intensive case management for pregnant or parenting teens was suspended. And the five-year cumulative time limit was reduced to four. Meanwhile, Californias overall caseload rose. More and more people are needing help, but theres less and less help available for them, and the clock on their time limit continues to tick.
This past January, facing another multi-billiondollar state deficit, Gov. Jerry Brown proposed the most dramatic downsizing of welfare in California to date—a $1.4-billion reduction. Cash aid would be further reduced, requirements for receiving aid would be strengthened, funding for subsidized childcare would be slashed and the cumulative time limit for assistance would be cut yet again. According to a February analysis by the Legislative Analysts Office, 74 percent of families on assistance would have seen their aid decreased or eliminated altogether under Browns proposal.
Fortunately, Democrats in the Legislature resisted, and in the final budget deal reached last week, cuts were a lot less severe. Still, the time limit for parents new to CalWORKS to receive cash and services was cut to two years, and funding for subsidized childcare was reduced by 8.7 percent—meaning there will be roughly 10,500 fewer childcare slots available. Subsequently, Brown used his line-item budget-cutting authority to slash even more childcare funding, resulting in a loss of an additional 3,400 childcare slots.
Talk to anyone who works with people in poverty, and theyll tell you that a lack of affordable childcare is one of the biggest barriers to employment. Thats true in the best of times. These arent the best of times. The unemployment rate in the state is high at 10.8 percent and is expected to remain in the double digits until sometime next year, according to the UCLA Anderson Forecast, which predicts that California wont see pre-recession job numbers again until 2015, when the jobless rate is expected to be down to 7.2 percent—still much higher than 2007s 5.3 percent. And even if there were adequate childcare and abundant jobs, a lot of these folks need vocational training if theyre going to earn a salary that will support a family.
All this amounts to increased poverty and its far-reaching attendant problems. Wed love to say that a yes vote on Browns November tax measure will restore the CalWORKS budget, but that money, if it materializes, is already spent. Happy Fourth of July!
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Kyphosis can occur at any age, although it is rare at birth.
A type of kyphosis that occurs in young teens is known as Scheuermann disease. It is caused by the wedging together of several bones of the spine (vertebrae) in a row. The cause of this condition is unknown.
In adults, kyphosis can be caused by:
- Degenerative diseases of the spine (such as arthritis or disk degeneration)
- Fractures caused by osteoporosis (osteoporotic compression fractures)
- Injury (trauma)
- Slipping of one vertebra forward on another (spondylolisthesis)
Other causes of kyphosis include:
- Certain endocrine diseases
- Connective tissue disorders
- Infection (such as tuberculosis)
- Muscular dystrophy
- Neurofibromatosis
- Paget disease
- PolioScoliosis
- Spina bifida
- Tumors
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Lifel1k3 (Lifelike)
From the co-author of the New York Times bestselling Illuminae Files comes the first book in a new series that's part Romeo and Juliet, part Terminator, and all adrenaline.
- Format
- Paperback
- Category
- Children
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin
- Publish Date
- May 2018
On an island junkyard beneath a sky that glows with radiation, a deadly secret lies buried in the scrap. Seventeen-year-old Eve isn't looking for trouble-she's too busy looking over her shoulder. The robot gladiator she spent months building has been reduced to a smoking wreck, she's on the local gangster's wanted list, and the only thing keeping her grandpa alive is the money she just lost to the bookies. Worst of all, she's discovered she can somehow destroy machines with the power of her mind, and a bunch of puritanical fanatics are building a coffin her size because of it. If she's ever had a worse day, Eve can't remember it. The problem is, Eve has had a worse day-one that lingers in her nightmares and the cybernetic implant where her memories used to be. Her discovery of a handsome android named Ezekiel-called a "Lifelike" because they resemble humans--will bring her world crashing down and make her question whether her entire life is a lie. With her best friend Lemon Fresh and her robotic sidekick Cricket in tow, Eve will trek across deserts of glass, battle unkillable bots, and infiltrate towering megacities to save the ones she loves ... and learn the truth about the bloody secrets of her past.
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Jeff Kinney
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Battle of Book Week: Yours Troolie, Alice Toolie, Book 3
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Lian Tanner
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MONTEREY, Calif., April 15 (UPI) -- Carnivorous sponges are the venus flytraps of the ocean floor; they're also exceedingly rare. Scientists have only discovered seven since the first was observed 20 years ago.
But now, marine biologists have found and studied in great depth four new species found off the California coast, from the Pacific Northwest to Baja California: Asbestopluma monticola, Asbestopluma rickettsi, Cladorhiza caillieti and Cladorhiza evae.
The new study was written by marine biologist Lonny Lundsten, of the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute, with the help of two Canadian researchers. It was published this week in the journal Zootaxa.
Sea-floor sponges are typically filter feeders, meaning they subsist off of bacteria and tiny, single-celled organisms sucked up by their cells from the surrounding ocean water. Many sponges wave long tentacle-like branches back and forth, creating a current. The small current draws in nutrient-rich water and nourishes their specialized cells called choancytes.
But carnivorous sponges, like the ones detailed in this latest paper, don't employ choancytes. "To keep beating the whip-like tails of the choancytes takes a lot of energy," explained author Lonny Lundsten. "And food is hard to come by in the deep sea. So these sponges trap larger, more nutrient-dense organisms, like crustaceans, using beautiful and intricate microscopic hooks."
While these various sponges all continue to feed on small bacteria, their tiny hooks are also capable of trapping small sea animals such as shrimp-like amphipods. Once in the grasp of the killer sponge, these crustaceans only take a few hours to be digested. Soon, all that is left is the shell.
[Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute]


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When you think you have seen every type of "super hero" imaginable, I hope my layout brings you a pleasant surprise. My little nephew had the most adorable hick ups (regularly) when he was a newborn and I made this page to honor his cuteness.
1. Select two sheets of cloudy sky paper for the background. Matte the central photo on blue cardstock and then arrange the photos on yellow cardstock.
2. Cut frames for three small photos using red and blue cardstock. Next, fussy cut three comic style exclamations from the hero paper and arrange around the layout.
3. Create a city skyline by making a row of sky scrapers along the lower edge. Adhere clouds and sun to the upper portion of the layout. Incorporate the journaling into the layout by adding it to one of the clouds. When adhering the buildings and clouds, mount some of them on foam tape to create depth.
4. Finally, embellish the layout with an eye-catching scattering of arrows and stars across the two pages. Use a star shaped paper punch to make star embellishments from coordinating paper. Lastly, embellish the layout with additional items like puffy stickers, die cut shapes, and rub on transfers.
Supplies: ColorWays Celestial 12" scrapbook paper (Paper House), Happy Birthday Boy 12" scrapbook paper (Paper House), Baked With Love 12" scrapbook paper (Paper House), Sapphire Accent Pack (Paper House), Be Happy Rub On Transfers (Paper House), Explore Puffy Stickers (Paper House), city buildings paper (Fido #1739 - GCD Studios), chipboard star, mini star paper punch, charm, black permanent pen
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