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Top Things to Do This Weekend: Mar 6–9
Review The Motherf**ker with the Small Fire in the Piazza
Artists Rep, Portland Center Stage, Portland Playhouse
You'd think Valentine's was in March, given the three stories about love that opened last weekend. On the surface, Artists Rep's The Motherf**ker with the Hat, Portland Playhouse's The Light in the Piazza, and Portland Center Stage's A Small Fire—a New York tale of infidelity and addiction, a musical about love across distances (cultural and emotional), and a story of love's perseverance through the loss of sensation, respectively—couldn't be more different. But they all stray from straight-as-Cupid's-arrow love stories in that they revel more in the complications and vagaries of chunky, messy love than in the unblemished sweetness of Hallmark roses and chocolates, to mixed results. Read the reviews.
Loss Machine
Fri–Sun, Artists Rep
Puppeteer Kyle Loven is a Seattle star, having earned accolades and awards, not to mention the attention and a grant from the puppet master himself (or at least his corporation), Jim Henson. Loven performed at the 2010 Risk/Reward new works festival, and now the organization is bringing him back to perform his newest work, Loss Machine—a show involving a fantastical contraption full of characters, magic, and emotion. Watch a video preview.
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King Lear
Thru Mar 30, Shoebox Theatre
Director JoAnn Johnson returns to the Northwest Classical Theatre Company (fans will remember her 2009 all-female production of Richard II) to tackle another of Shakespeare's royal tragedies—this one a tale of a monarch confronting the relentless march of aging—once again drawing from the companies pool of talented actresses.
Thru Mar 23, Venetian Theatre
Once you've seen the traditional version, head out to Bag&Baggage for artistic director Scott Palmer adaptation. It combines inspiration from the Bard's source material, the anonymous play The True Chronicle History of King Leir and His Three Daughters, with text from a number of other sources, both ancient and more modern, "to create a story that focuses on the small, intimate family drama at the heart of Shakespeare's great tragedy," says Palmer. The play was originally performed when Palmer was artistic director of Glasgow Repertory Company and was hailed by the Scotsman Newspaper as "a 21st century Lear to cherish."
Review Stephen Petronio Company
Thurs–Sat, Newmark Theatre
Limbs spin like swords on a roulette wheel in the dark, sexy, and beautiful Like Lazarus Did, the latest work by veteran dance maker Stephen Petronio (this is his sixth White Bird performance). The original score by NPR-darling Son Lux alternates between electronic interpretations of lost slave songs, given soaring life by the Pacific Youth Choir, to trance-inducing, pulsing rhythms that left the audience as breathless as the dancers (one particularly gripping segment, literally, involved three male dancers hoisting and tossing one of the women through the air to a score with clanging pipes). Meanwhile, Petronio himself lays corpse-like on stage, a static compliment to the themes of mourning and loss in the music.
Sallie Ford with Luz Elena Mendoza, Rebecca Gaits, and Swansea
Fri, Mississippi Studios
While Ford's band the Sound Outside is sadly no more, Ford is back with a new all-female band and those same retro vibes and high-energy vocals (but a little more rock 'n' roll, so we hear). She's joined tonight by other local lady luminaries Luz Elena Mendoza (her own Y la Bamba recently disbanded), Rebecca Gaits, and Swansea in a benefit for the Rock 'n' Roll Camp for Girls.
Ticket Sale Alert
Two shows go on sale tomorrow at 10 am that are more than likely to sell out out out.
- The Decemberists' "V is for Victory" show at the Crystal Ballroom on May with Sallie Ford (there she is again). The band will they play 2002's Castaway and Cutouts in its entirety plus other favorites to benefit the Victory Academy, a school dedicated to kids on the autism spectrum. Tickets here.
- Tori Amos at the Oregon Zoo on July 18. Tickets here.
Portland2014 Biennial Opening Party
Sat, Disjecta Center for Contemporary Art
The third iteration of Disjecta's Portland Biennial features works by 15 artists and collaboratives, from emerging names like La Londe to Whitney Biennial veteran Jessica Jackson Hutchins to groups like Publication Studios. With its first out-of-town curator, LA's Amanda Hunt, the Biennial is making a national play. Read more in our Spring Arts Preview.
Buckman Art Show and Sell
Sat–Sun, Buckman Elementary
Score local art pieces while supporting Buckman Elementary, Southeast Portland's arts-focused public elementary school, at their 24th annual Art Show and Sell, featuring the work of more than 140 artists and craftpersons.
Special Events
Blue Man Group
Thurs–Sun, Keller Auditorium
You're probably already familiar with this blue-headed, googly-eyed performance troupe from their Megastar arena rock show, or the relentless ribbing they got from David Cross on cult sitcom Arrested Development. Nevertheless, these azure innovators promise to trot out new tricks in their North American tour. Expect a proscenium-spanning hi-res LED screen, as well as all the usual percussion-and-paint shenanigans.
Bricks Cascades
Sat–Sun, Oregon Convention Center
An unhealthy chunk of my childhood was spent making up stories about the pirates aboard my LEGO ship. Turns out the plastic vessels for imagination aren't just for kids anymore. The Portland Lego Users Group and Bricklandia come together to show off hundreds of builds created by AFOLs (Adult Fans of LEGO), ranging from castles to modern cities to intergalactic voyagers.
POW Fest
Weds–Sun, Hollywood Theatre
The Portland Women's Film Festival celebrates its 7th year of screening works by leading lady filmmakers, both local and international. Highlights:
- Thursday: Local producer Lisa Naito and cinematographer Bradley Sellers, along with director Britta Sjogren and cast members, will be in attendance for opening night's Redemption Trail, a contemporary Western set in California wine country about two deeply troubled women who form an unlikely alliance. The opening night party will follow at Velo Cult.
- Sunday: A retrospective of the fest's guest of honor, Joanna Priestly. The celebrated Portland animator has produced over 27 films, honored with retrospectives from MoMA in New York to the Center for Contemporary Art in Warsaw.
- Sunday: Sundance Film Festival Selection Gideon's Army follows the lives of three public defenders in the Deep South as they slug through staggering cases—three of 15,000 public defendants nationwide living paycheck to paycheckfor the sake of justice for all.
March Music Moderne IV
Various venues, Mar 6–16
This year's festival features 34 events spanning 73 composers, including music performed by oddly tuned, toy, and prepared pianos and . Highlights this weekend include:
- Friday: A screening of Stanley Kubrick's 1971 distopian masterpiece A Clockwork Orange. The film's score, by composer and electronic music pioneer Wendy Carlos, features fantastic reinterpretations of Beethoven's 9th Symphony.
- Saturday: Then catch Beethoven's Ninth Symphony stretched to 24 hours by Norweigan sound artist Leif Inge. Bring your own sleeping bag.
Gongs + Songs: Music for Gamelan and Chorus
Sat at Lewis and Clark & Sun at the Armory
The dynamic local vocal group Resonance Ensemble partners with Venerable Showers of Beauty Gamelan Ensemble for a program combining the sublime sound of the Indonesian percussion ensemble with the soaring chorus. A traditional gamelan performance will set the stage for pieces written specifically for chorus and gamelan by Neil Sorrell and Lou Harrison, among others.
Hillary Hahn with the Oregon Symphony
Sat–Mon, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall
The two-time Grammy-winning violinist returns to put her chops to work in service of Danish great Carl Nielsen's Concerto for Violin.


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FORT COLLINS, Colo. – The last of the baby boomers turn 50 this year, and if they want to cry into their beer about getting older, at least they can now buy it at a discount.
That's because the first of the so-called senior discounts kick in at age 50, generally along with an AARP card.
Sure, there are savings at some chain restaurants and movie theaters, but like everything else with this generation, the boomers have put their own mark on senior savings.
"Some of our discounts would not have existed 10 years ago," said Lynn Mento, a spokeswoman for the Washington, D.C.-based AARP.
Today's cardholders qualify for 33 percent off membership at Zipcar, an auto-sharing site; can buy three concert tickets at Live Nation and get a fourth for free; get 45 percent off a new membership at Angie's List, a website that lets people review local businesses; and qualify for 15 percent off on HP computers.
Plenty of discounts are available for those who aren't among the AARP's 37 million members, though those often don't kick in until closer to retirement age.
For instance, Fred Meyer Senior Discount Days are for those 55 and older, the National Park Service charges just $10 for a lifetime pass for Americans age 62 or older, and Southwest Airlines is one of the few carriers still offering a reduced fare for those 65 or older.
To find discounts, the simplest thing to do is ask, said Jim Miller, of Norman, Oklahoma, who has spent the past 13 years writing the syndicated Savvy Senior column.
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"The best advice is for consumers to compare the different available rates based on what they qualify for, and book the one that works best for them," said Jennifer de la Cruz of Miami, a spokeswoman for Carnival Cruise Lines, which offers senior discounts on some trips.
While many of the senior perks are marketing moves by businesses, it's a win-win as more than half of seniors really need to stretch their dollars.
Financially, a lot of the nation's 76 million baby boomers are in rough shape. More than 23 million Americans over age 60 are financially "insecure," according to the National Council on Aging, based in Washington. That's the term the private nonprofit uses to describe a single senior who make $28,725 or less per year, said Jean Van Ryzin, NCOA spokeswoman.
"A lot of times all it takes is one life event to push them down into poverty," she said. "They fall and break their hip. They lose their job. They have to take in a family member."
The agency offers a free tool on its website, Benefitscheckup.org, that helps those 55 and older find programs for which they might qualify. So far, the group has helped nearly 4 million people find more than $14 billion in benefits, including assistance with food, health care and medications, said Van Ryzin.
"This is beyond discounts of just getting 10 percent off your meal," she said.
Mento offers another piece of advice: The cheapest deal isn't always the best deal.
"The AARP is very interested in offering the best value — sometimes that can mean the lowest prices, sometimes it means that there are safeguards," she said. For example, "Our auto insurance may not be the lowest rate, but you will never be canceled."
Mento, 53, recently used senior discounts for her hotel and rental car in Boston, where she was attending AARP's semi-annual Life@50+ National Event & Expo.
Miller, the columnist, turned 50 this year. He hasn't taken advantage of any senior discounts yet.
"Personally, I'm not too crazy about getting older," he said.

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Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide has signed an agreement with Mase Co LLC, a company managed by Brilliant Role Group, to open a new-build Sheraton hotel in Dohuk, in the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in northern Iraq.
Scheduled to debut early next year, the Sheraton Dohuk Hotel will be the first of four new Starwood hotels to open in Iraq after 20 years, and will be the first internationally-branded hotel in the emerging city of Dohuk.
"We look forward to a long-term partnership with Mase Co as we enter into our first hotel development together with the introduction of the Sheraton brand into Dohuk," said Michael Wale, President, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Europe, Africa and Middle East.
"We are proud to be part of the development of this important region in Iraq as we bring a new level of hospitality to the local community and to international travellers."
Zakaria Abdulla, Chairman of Brilliant Role Group said:
"We are excited to work with Starwood to bring its world-class Sheraton brand to Dohuk. As Dohuk continues to grow as an emerging city in the Middle East, there will be a strong demand for an international hotel brand such as Sheraton. The signing of Sheraton Dohuk Hotel is in line with our vision to support the development of the Kurdistan region as a key business destination."
Situated in Dohuk on the border of Turkey, the 202-room Sheraton Dohuk Hotel will be ideally located at the top of a hill with stunning views overlooking the entire city and nearby mountains. The hotel will feature an all-day dining venue, a signature restaurant, and four lounges. Sheraton Dohuk Hotel is set to become the choice gathering place for business travellers, offering extensive meeting and event space, including three ballrooms for special events.
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"Sheraton continues to be a first-mover into many new markets around the world, and remains a popular choice for owners and developers in both primary and secondary markets," added Bart Carnahan, Senior Vice President, Acquisitions & Development, Starwood Hotels & Resorts, Europe, Africa and Middle East. "As part of our global growth strategy, we seek new frontiers for our brands, and the signing of Sheraton Dohuk Hotel marks a significant milestone as we look for the right expansion opportunities in Iraq and throughout the Middle East."
Sheraton Dohuk will mark Starwood's re-entry into Iraq, which will be followed by the opening of Sheraton Erbil Hotel, Aloft Erbil and Four Points by Sheraton Erbil in the capital of the Kurdistan Autonomous Region in 2015.
Starwood currently operates nearly 50 hotels in the Middle East and continues to strengthen its long-established position as one of the leading luxury hotel operators in the region, with plans to open over 30 hotels in the next few years.
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This feature documentary traces the political career of T.C. (Tommy) Douglas, former premier of Saskatchewan and leader of the New Democratic Party, who was voted the Greatest Canadian in 2004 for his devotion to social causes, his charm and his powers of persuasion. Known as the "Father of Medicare," this one-time champion boxer and fiery preacher entered politics in the 1930s and never looked back.
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There is a slow but steady publication papers that describe new fossil taxa that state or imply that the presence of some new species is evidence for niche partitioning in the animal's ecosystem. This is basically redundant and is akin to the classic 'this new species adds to the known diversity' as if it could do anything else. One of the fundamental ideas of niche theory is that two species will not occupy the exact same niche. If they do, one will go extinct (or be forced out) or will adapt. In other words, for two species to live alongside each other there will be, by definition, niche separation, so pointing it out as some revelation or important insight or gained knowledge from two species being present is really not the case.
Worse, it might be wrong. Most of the time with new finds we don't have very much to go on, so we don't actually know that it truly did occupy a unique niche. Perhaps it was a transient species and so could survive briefly in full competition with another species as it passed through or had only just invaded and in the fullness of time would outcompete (or be outcompeted) by another species. So a statement about two (or more) species with similar biology (perhaps they are close relatives) being evidence for niche partitioning is most likely either redundant or wrong. Either way, as currently reported, it's really not needed as commentary on a lot of papers about palaeoecology.
As a related point, there is an idea floating around (online and in discussions rather than I think in the scientific literature) that large predators can't coexist normally, especially if they are closely related. There's an expectation that ecosystems with say three large theropods in (or even three large tyrannosaurs) would be really weird and somehow not normal or possible. I'm not sure why this idea is out there but I think it's a misunderstanding of the above point about niche separation and is somehow a conflation of the idea that species somehow doing the same thing or eating the same prey means one will inevitably come out on top, but again this isn't really correct.
First off, species can be catching prey in very different ways, but still competing with each other. You only need to see videos of a baitball and any combination of sharks, dolphins, whales, sealions, large fish, diving birds and others all going after the same small fish. Each has its own technique and feeds and processes food very differently, but they are in direct competition for that same resource. So just because birds are flying and have no teeth, doesn't mean they don't compete with the dolphins and there is at least some niche overlap between them. Even very similar and near identical species can still partition successfully depending on quite what they are eating and when. They may be separated by seasonal or daylight cycles, or be targeting different prey species even if they are hunting it in the same manner, they will be likely shifting their niches as they grow, and there could be all kinds of local differences in habitat that are hard enough to spot in living species let alone in the fossil record.
Back in my paper describing Zhuchengtyrannus I made this point and the idea that multiple similar species in ecosystems is not actually that strange. However, some ongoing work on a related issue with theropods has made me look again at this and pull out a couple of relevant examples from modern / recent ecosystems. A quick look at the distribution maps on Wikipedia (hardly the last word in science I know, but sufficient to make the point) shows that the estuarine crocodile C. prorosus overlaps with C. johnstoni in part of Australia, C. mindorensis in the Philippines and C. novaeguinea in New Guinea. C. siamensis and Tomistoma both overlap with it and each other in parts of Indonesia, and there is a similar 3-way overlap with both C. palustris and Gavialis in India. Similarly, in South America, Caiman crocodilus, Melanosuchus and two species of Paleosuchus all overlap with each other. Now, at a very local level in a given pond or a short stretch of river there might be only one or perhaps two species present, and in some cases there are some dramatic differences in skull shape and gross feeding ecology, but these overlaps and the inevitable occasional migrations or transport of individuals means they must be truly sympatric at times and probably under some competition.
For a more terrestrial example, the 2019 paper by Schnitzler and Hermann looking at fairly recent (historical) overlaps of large mammals in Asia (especially lions and tigers) has this wonderful quote [that I have modified a little for clarity] about carnivores in part of Western Asia. "The Western Asian area of the Palearctic Biogeographic Realm includes part of the continental interior of the Near East (the northeastern part of Anatolia in Turkey, and Transcaucasia – Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan), part of the Caspian lowlands and western part of Pakistan. [It] had an impressive assemblage of large mammalian carnivores (Asiatic lion, Caspian tiger, Asiatic cheetah, Anatolian leopard, lynx, brown bear, grey wolf, jackal, and striped hyena)."
That's really quite a set of animals and while jackals were probably not much competing with lions for food, there's a huge amount of overlap here. Even modern India has striped hyena, jackal, dhole, wolves, leopard, lion, tiger and sloth bears in various parts and until recently cheetah too (plus, of course, three large crocodylians) and while their ranges are now much restricted there would have been much greater overlap in the past. In short, while obviously dinosaurs are very different to mammals and crocs, the idea that a Mesozoic ecosystem couldn't support two or three large theropod genera looks like a poor hypothesis against the kind of overlaps we see even in modern depauperate and stressed ecosystems. Multiple large carnivores, even including closely very related species from the game genus, that are known to hunt similar prey in similar ways, are commonly sympatric and there's no clear reason to assume ancient systems were that different.
Schnitzler, A. and Hermann, L., 2019. Chronological distribution of the tiger Panthera tigris and the Asiatic lion Panthera leo persica in their common range in Asia. Mammal Review, 49(4), pp.340-353.


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A good list of resources for Starcraft 2 Beginners at the end of the article.
After playing through the (thoroughly impressive) Starcraft 2 campaign lately I decided that I was ready to give multiplayer a go. So I fired it up, logged into my trusty battle.net account and joined the practise league. The addition of an unranked practise league was a pleasant suprise as I had a sneaking suspicion that my Win/Loss ratio would be well in the negative range after a few games.
I decided to stick with the Terran as I was already familiar with their units from the campaign missions. I was paired up with 'Nathan'. As the timer ticked over and the game began Nathan informed me that this was his first time online and that I should go easy on him. Needless to sayI was wiped off the map in less than 25 minutes by a giant fleet of Motherships. My poor 50 or so strong batallion of Marines didn't stand a chance.
I think Nathan may have been a bit dishonest or maybe he was just an RTS natural or Korean or something. Feeling a bit disgraced I moved on to another game. In an effort to prevent the same thing from happening again I concentrated a bit more on air defense but the next game only lasted 15 minutes after another so-called 'first-timer' sent a column of Siege Tanks through my base.
This brings me to my first piece of advice. Starcraft has a replay feature. Use it! If you get completely annihilated make sure you save the replay and watch it back. This way you can see exactly what your opponent did to get himself in a position to completely trample your inferior efforts. Continue reading "Starcraft 2: The Complete Noob's Guide"


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Pussy Riot inmate 'missing'; Russian officials trying to shut her up?
Pussy Riot's Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, imprisoned in Russia, is "missing," her family says. The member of the punk rock protest group reportedly was being transferred to a new penal colony. But her husband and other family members say it's been days and they still don't know where she is.
According to Russian prison regulations, the Associated Press reports, the family was to be informed within 10 days of her arrival at a new penal colony. That time is up, and there's been no contact, her husband says.
Tolokonnikova, 23, was sentenced to prison after a protest performance by Pussy Riot in 2012 in the main Orthodox cathedral in Moscow. It was a profanity-laced protest against Russian President Vladimir Putin that occurred at the height of the 2012 presidential campaign. She and bandmate Maria Alyokhina were found guilty of inciting religious hatred and sentenced to two years in prison.
But Tolokonnikova hasn't taken her imprisonment quietly.
She complained about working conditions at the camp 300 miles east of Moscow, saying prisoners were forced to work 16 hours a day at a garment factory that produced police uniforms: "Your hands are pierced and scratched by sewing needles, your blood spread across the table." She said the prison sanitary conditions and food were disgusting and that she'd gotten a death threat from a prison official.
She went on a hunger strike for nine days to protest the conditions, then demanded to be transferred to another jail. On Oct. 18, Reuters reported, the federal Prison Service said she would be moved to a different, undisclosed jail. At the time, her husband, Pyotr Verzilov, called it "a great victory."
But now her family is worried.
Her father and husband said the last they knew of her whereabouts was on Oct. 21, according to Buzzfeed. He told the news outlet that Tolokonnikova supporters had protested near the prison colony and hospital, and he believed officials were fed up. He said authorities in Moscow "want to cut her off" from the rest of the world.
Mark Feygin, a former lawyer for Pussy Riot, told the L.A. Times' Sergei Loiko in September that Tolokonnikova's protests might have made her situation worse.
"By coming out against the system, Tolokonnikova is risking sanctions that can make her life much harsher in camp," including being kept from relatives, put into solitary confinement and lengthening her prison term.
For the Record, 1:58 p.m. Nov. 2: An earlier version of this post said Nadezhda Tolokonnikova is 24. She is 23.
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Shadow and Bone is the first book in The Grisha Trilogy, with the sequel set to be released in 2013.
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By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com All photos contained in this article were taken by DefenseReview.com, and are copyrighted. DefenseReview.com owns the copyright on these photos. The photos were shot with a Canon PowerShot S90 10-megapixel digital camera (still camera with video capability). April 18, 2010 While DefenseReview was at the Remington Defense / Remington Military Products Division …Read More »
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Are the FN SCAR Weapons (MK16 and MK17) Necessary? And do we really need to replace the Colt M4/M4A1 Carbine?
By David Crane defrev (at) gmail (dot) com May 20, 2009 According to Army Times magazine, The 75th Ranger Regiment is scheduled to battle test the Special Operations Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR) very soon. The Rangers will reportedly be taking 600 FN SCAR rifle/carbine/subcarbine/SBR (Short-Barreled Rifle) weapons packages into battle, but DefenseReview doesn't know how many of these are the …Read More »
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by David Crane [email protected] DefenseReview is interested to know how the Heckler & Koch HK416 / HK417 system stacks up against the FN SCAR-L (SCAR-Light) / FN SCAR-H (SCAR-Heavy) system with regard to reliability under adverse conditions and high round count, durability/ruggedness under same, and accuracy under same. While the HK416/17 system is closer to the Colt M4/M4A1 Carbine with …Read More »


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Congress likely to give shutdown workers back pay
A partial government shutdown enters its fifth day, with Congress convening for a session that promises no progress in breaking the impasse but will at least offer back pay to furloughed federal workers.
The GOP House is scheduled Saturday to vote on legislation backed by the White House and congressional Democrats that would make sure the 800,000 sidelined government employees would get their pay when the shutdown ends. The Senate is expected to clear that bill later, even as early as Saturday, for President Barack Obama's signature.
In his weekend media address, Obama is urging House Republicans to give a Senate-passed bill reopening all of government a yes-or-no vote.
Republican Sen. John Cornyn of Texas counters that Senate Democrats are refusing to make any changes in the health care law.
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Although Mozilla can't release a true version of Firefox for iPad due to Apple's restrictions on third-party browser engines, it's working on the next best thing: A Webkit-based browser codenamed "Junior."
In a presentation recently posted online, and first spotted by The Verge, Mozilla's Alex Limi ripped into Apple's Safari browser as a "pretty miserable experience." "It feels like it's the one application where they took the desktop version, pulled out the UI and put it into the iPad," he said.
Mozilla gives Junior a unique user interface to help stand out from desktop-like iPad browsers. Instead of putting the address bar on top and tabs immediately below, Junior presents full-screen Web content at all times.
The address bar, bookmarks, and tabs are tucked away on a second screen, accessible through a "+" button that floats near the middle-right side of the display. A back button sits on the opposite side of the screen. Both of these buttons can be expanded to show other options, such as printing, navigating forward, and reloading, but the overall amount of chrome on the page is minimal.
The new tab page shows recently-visited sites as thumbnails on top of the screen, icons for favorite sites in the middle, and a unified search/URL bar below, with the iPad's touch keyboard underneath. The idea is that users have a touch-friendly, visual way to select websites that keeps controls out of the way of the content.
Perhaps the most interesting part of this UI is the list of recently-visited sites on top of the screen. Essentially, Mozilla is combining tabs and history into a single element. Users will be able to see their five most recently-visited sites, and can scroll back in time with a finger swipe. Mozilla hopes this will simplify the process of visiting favorite sites, and eliminate the need to manage tabs. I can't say I'd want that experience on a desktop, but on a tablet, it just might work.
There's no word yet on when Mozilla will release Junior for iPad, but Limi noted that its rivals at Google are "going to ship Chrome for iOS very soon," alluding to previous rumors, so Firefox fans may not have to wait too long for Mozilla's answer.
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Inspired stocking-fillers
We have made a small and inexhaustive selection of homeopathic books that have made a real impression on us; thoroughness, innovation, practicality, humanity, humour are but a few words that come to mind when reviewing them. These books will be perfect 'stocking-fillers' and will bring pleasure to homeopaths and to 'normal' people alike! Browse and enjoy![1]
What a delightful way to spend a morning, or an evening, laughing your way through a whole series of animal portraits in various remedy states. Then, long after that, the images remain – little gems of insight all packed into visual form, conveying the essence of each remedy in a way that only a cartoon can. The book is intended for use in animal homeopathy and is useful for seasoned homeopaths, as well as animal lovers in general, and an excellent text book for homeopathic students. In fact, I suppose it will inspire many to see their well-known remedies in new ways, in humans as well as in animals. The stunned and bruised pig lying on the road, muttering "I'm fine, don't touch me," while a truck rambles off in the distance, is instantly recognised as Arnica, as is the love-sick Antimonium crudum dog, yearning after a butterfly, and on the other hand sulking about, grumbling "don't look at me…" Then, comes the Platina cat, haughty and isolated, spitting and scratching at her own kittens, the Plumbum horse, picturing himself in its full glory of by-gone days yet withered, weak, and decrepit, and the Cocculus mouse, peering in anxiety at her bed-ridden mouselet, with the exhaustion of many sleepless nights etched on her droopy face. And what about the Tarantula dog, who looks as though he has put his nose in an electric socket or the highly emotional Camomilla horse who does not want to be approached or even looked at but … wants to be carried! Every time I turned a page, I thought I had found my favourite, only to be delighted by the next one. The words on the drawings point to the key elements of the remedy, making it easy to commit to memory. The text itself, concise and accurate, presents insights into animal homeopathy gleaned from practice, as well as literature. It is obviously written by someone who knows and loves animals well, and who, through her talentuous pen, is able to show us their world as if we were in their skin, so to speak. It is no less obvious that the author has a tremendous knowledge of her Materia Medica, distilling each remedy to its essential drops with an ease that only comes from an experience steeped in empathy.
In short, this book is delightful, insightful, witty and of course, extremely useful.
My only warning would be "don't put it down to unpack the rest of your Christmas goodies, it is bound to be snapped, passed around, chuckled at, and put to use, before you get the chance to set eyes on it again."
When I first received Frans Kusse's book on children's types, I put it aside for later reading, thinking there would not be much new in it. After all, I had read and reread Douglas Borland's Children's Types until it fell apart in my hands, and kept up on most developments since then. How wrong I was!
The portraits, all 56 of them, are like little jewels scintillating at each turn of the page, highlighting the essence of some of our major remedies, as well as some more recently in use. Frans Kusse's many years of experience and ongoing learning, as well as his natural compassion, shine through when he writes about the children suited to the remedies. For him, seeing the good in everyone is not just a lofty ideal, it seems to be ingrained in his very nature and put into his daily practice, and this is evident in his descriptions.
We all know the disturbed side of our remedies – the jealous Lachesis, the feisty Belladonna, the shy and awkward Baryta. But Frans Kusse seems to go inside each of these types and see the world through their eyes, to sense their struggles and their strengths. One learns to recognise these so-called "common remedies" in new ways and to understand their behaviour better, so that we can perceive them in our patients long before the picture has become a full-blown pathology. The remedies are described not only in an individual sense, but also in their relationship to their origin and the family to which they belong.
For instance, Chamomilla, of the Compositae family (Asteraceae), shares with others of that family the problems of setting boundaries, quickly interpreting things as threats. Many Compositae remedies tend to seek help from others, then let their boundaries be overstepped; Chamomilla children deals with boundaries in their own way: defending themselves by challenging and pre-emptively going into attack, in order to reassure themselves that they are strong enough.
The Hyoscyamus child is portrayed not only as attention-seeking and demanding but, in a healthier state, as being spontaneous and devoid of timidity, charming and cute, singing and dancing to anyone who will listen or watch. The background of the remedy state is made clear: the feeling that they are neglected, for instance after the birth of a sibling, when they can exhibit violent fits of jealousy or rage. The portraits can be helpful for parents struggling with difficult behaviours, providing not only homeopathic relief but also insights into the inner world of their child and how they can help him best.
Newer remedies are also described, such as Lithium, Lithium Phosphoricum and Beryllium, all remedies from the second row of the periodic table, which has to do with childhood states. We know Borax as a remedy for oral thrush in children, and Manganum as a remedy for earaches, but how well do we know the children that need them? Frans' familiarity with Jan Scholten's approach is evident in his work, and he has made it his own.
Many of the remedies are accompanied by photos from the clinic of Ulrich Welte, Herbert Sigwart and Markus Kuntosch in Kandern, Germany. The likeness between children requiring the same remedy is often striking. Many remedies also have case studies, short, clear and convincing.
A small section at the back serves as a handy introduction to some common children's problems: ADHD is mentioned, with a differential between some important remedies, as well as a brief section on ear and eye complaints and skin problems. It by no means serves as a complete guide, nor should it be used as such, but it could give parents an idea of how a consultation works in these cases – looking for the deeper cause rather than merely looking up the symptoms. The book is rounded off by an index of emotional characteristics and remedies that (often) display them.
All in all, this book has been a delight to read, helping me to see these children and their remedies' pictures afresh. It is impossible to give a complete portrait of all remedies applicable to children – after all, every remedy can be used. But it gives a beautiful template for the study of other remedies in future, creating a picture of a whole remedy, and a whole person. It can be useful for both students and practitioners of homeopathy, and for parents, and I am sure it will find its way into many a waiting room. There is, after all, something quite wonderful in having a parent come into the practice, having recognised a remedy, and to find that it is the perfect one.
In 1996, Jan Scholten published his ground-breaking book "Homeopathy and the Elements", translating the periodic table of the elements in such a way that every element and every compound could be utilised in homeopathic practice. This discovery has changed the world of homeopathy and its possibilities for cure. Gradually, homeopaths from every continent have put these insights into practice, with varying degrees of success. Those who have persevered, despite the inevitable difficulties inherent in a new method, have come to hail Scholten's work as an enormous advance in medicine for, indeed, illnesses which could not previously be treated were becoming treatable. Some have cast his work aside in derision, claiming that it is not possible to know the effects of a remedy without thorough proving, while others have recognised the possibilities but have found it too difficult to apply in practice.
After fourteen years of putting these concepts into daily practice, testing them for their validity and their usefulness, Ulrich Welte has written a much- needed and welcomed book: "The Periodic Table in Homeopathy, the Silver Series." Through close contact with Jan Scholten and through his own meticulous approach and intuitive insights, Ulrich Welte has made the system his own, applying it with confidence and flair. What was previously the initial map of a new territory has taken on more detail and contour, and the inhabitants of this land more familiar features.
The book opens with a refreshing recapitulation of general ideas, giving an oversight of the periodic table and its use in homeopathy. It then focuses on the Silver series, illustrating each element with up to four cases. Through a thorough explanation of the developmental stages, following the rise and fall of the Gausse curve as it is inherent in nature, one learns to extrapolate this series to the whole of the periodic table. This differentiation method can also be applied to the plant kingdom, and will prove to be invaluable for finding many hitherto under-utilised remedies as Jan Scholten's map of the plant kingdom comes into use. It is in the extensive differentiation between the various stages that this book shines, for this has often been a stumbling block for those using Scholten's method; a whole chapter is devoted entirely to this topic, giving countless examples of the subtle nuances between one stage and another, and another chapter deals with the differentiation between the series. The ability to discern accurately between the various stages is not only essential when using mineral remedies; it will be increasingly required to differentiate the various members of plant families, as Jan Scholten's map of the plant kingdom comes into use. When using remedies which have incomplete provings or none at all, we are dependent on our ability to discern one state from another by other means of analysis: behaviour patterns, career choices, that which triggers illness or problems, and other personal characteristics. Welte leads us in a masterly way through the process of differentiation, starting with the initial impression (confident or not? trusting? impulsive? conservative?) and then fine-tuning the two or three selected remedies. The situations of the remedies are brought to life through vivid descriptions, as in Indium: "The younger guys are thronging behind you: nowadays, they know their way around better and are already calling the shots. You must cut back, partially withdraw, and restrict yourself to the tried and proven." Having the patients read these pictures can become part of the consultation process, as they recognise themselves in one remedy or the other. Other tools, such as colour preference and hand-writing analysis, as well as a study of facial features and body build, serve to confirm the remedy choice. Ulrich Welte makes use of all available information to find a remedy, from the more traditional proving material to the newer insights. As he says "it is like two sides of one coin, why not use both."
The cases are clear illustrations of the remedies and are convincing in their extensive follow-ups. The book is completed by a history of the development of the periodic table and by easy-to-use charts and oversights. The layout and cover-design are attractive. The patients' words are appropriately left in their colloquial form, which makes it very lively, and here comes my only (minor)criticism: a more formal written style in the text itself would have, perhaps, been more appropriate and have better suited the rigorous approach of this book. Those who are reluctant to apply the element theory in their practice, as well as those who already use it, will have much to gain from the grounded philosophy and expertise of this book.
The co-operation between Christa Gebhardt, journalist, and her husband Jürgen Hansel, homeopathic physician, has led to an extraordinary book. "Whole Again" is a collection of 13 case histories from various homeopaths, documenting life stories, illnesses, homeopathic treatment, and subsequent improvement in severe illnesses. The authors have travelled throughout Europe and to India in order to speak personally with the people involved, and they have succeeded in bringing across not only the life stories but also the surrounding atmosphere in such a way that one can readily relate to each person. The illnesses themselves, often severe pathologies, such as meningioma, auto-immune illness, or deep depression seem almost secondary; a natural manifestation at a physical level of the distress that is played out at a soul level. This is no dry summing up of facts, with tables of rubrics and remedies, but an encounter with real people whose individuality is of utmost importance. The remedy choice is clearly explained and convincing, as are the astounding results, even in cases which would normally be considered incurable. As one would expect of a truly holistic approach, not only the physical amelioration is taken into account but also the person's sense of inner freedom.
The authors make clear that not all homeopathic patients enjoy such spectacular results as those narrated in their book. A realistic view of homeopathic practice is given, with all the ups and downs, and the sometimes lengthy search for the simillimum. The concept of "spontaneous cure", often cited by sceptics as the cause of improvement after homeopathic treatment, is laid to rest.
A wide variety of approaches is offered, with cases presented by well-known and respected homeopaths, such as Jan Scholten, Rajan Sankaran, Ulrich Welte, and Jayesh Shah. The choice of remedies, too, varies from the well-known Carbo animalis and Plumbum metallicum to the lesser known Neodymium Oxydatum and Chonchiolinum, or to the even totally unknown Scorzonera. This variety offers much to the new homeopath and to the experienced practitioner alike. The manner of case-receiving itself serves as a shining example of how the art and science of homeopathy can be practiced in depth, to the fulfilment of both patient and practitioner. The book is complete with a periodic table of the elements and a glossary for those who are unfamiliar with homeopathic terms. The simple and clear narrative style elicits such a sense of proximity that one could be forgiven to think oneself present during the case receiving; a silent but attentive witness. Whole Again is a book which practitioners, after having absorbed the content themselves, would want to put in their waiting rooms, or pass on to family, friends, and all those interested in discovering the depths of healing possible with homeopathy. Whole Again is, indeed, a beautiful work of love.
In her book, "Butterflies", paediatrician Patricia Le Roux explores a whole new family of remedies. Inspired by cases from Jean Pierre Janssen from Holland and Chetna Shukla from India, Patricia and a team of colleagues have undertaken a series of provings of various butterflies and moths, in an attempt to understand more about this fascinating and elusive aspect of the insect realm and its application to homeopathy. In total, thirteen provings are presented and vivid descriptions are given of each of the butterflies' characteristics. The illustrations, in colour, are beautiful and the lay-out is delicate and tasteful.
Specific themes have emerged during this process, which seem to be quite particular to the butterfly/moth realm. These small creatures are known for their ability to transform, to metamorphose from egg to larva (caterpillar), from larva to chrysalis, and finally, to adult butterfly. They live a very short life, flitting from one thing to the next, ethereal, and unsubstantial, before laying their eggs and then dying. Unsurprisingly, these various aspects have surfaced in the provings.
An important theme, which runs through all the butterfly remedies, is the feeling of 'abandonment' and 'lack of guidance'. Important, too, is the 'reduction in mental agility', which often manifests itself by a lack of concentration; the agitation of the "butterfly mind", its lack of concentration, and its tendency to flit from one thing to the next. Consequently, one of the main applications of this family of remedies is in the field of behavioural problems; a whole spectrum of complaints, from memory lapses to hyperactivity, often diagnosed as ADHD. The propensity to dress up in pretty clothes and to wear masks, particularly in children, is another sign which can point to the butterflies. On the physical level, allergies and skin complaints are often observed.
Dr. Le Roux has illustrated each butterfly with a case and has clearly shown the thought process involved in choosing a particular remedy. The cases themselves are striking, both by their likeness to the butterfly that has been prescribed and by the results of the treatment. As Patricia is quick to point out, however, this is only a preliminary study. More research and more clinical experience are needed to deepen and enlarge our knowledge of this numerous and diverse family.
The question is often asked "Why do we need more remedies at all? We already have more than 3,000 remedies and we do not even know them well. Does this search for new remedies not make homeopathy more difficult than it already is?" This book can, perhaps, give an answer to that question for it shows how in learning to recognize the different aspects of Nature, mirrored in our patients, we open ourselves to all the healing possibilities that she has to offer. By observing its inherent patterns, in this case the 'butterfly mind', we are gifted with yet another means to heal.
"Spectrum of Homeopathy", Narayana's now two year old journal, is making its mark in the homeopathic world. Its initial aim to present the rich diversity of homeopathic practice in an open and encompassing way has been achieved and even surpassed. The name Spectrum of Homeopathy beautifully illustrates the aim of combining modern insights and the ancient wisdom of our forefathers. Well-known and respected homeopaths regularly contribute to the three yearly issues of Spectrum, sharing with us their knowledge, experience, and research. Each issue is based on a particular theme, allowing a throrough and comprehensive coverage of the chosen theme. The articles are of high quality, and the photographic work is stunning. With a more than reasonable subscription price, Spectrum will keep you at the edge of homeopathic research and in touch with the homeopathic community worldwide, It is a magazine definitively worth collecting, sharing, and recommending to friends and colleagues.
[1] You can find all these books on Narayana's bookshop site: www.narayana-verlag.com
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This story was based on the first version of the council's discretionary budget released on Thursday, June 18. Therefore, our list does not include member items for aging and youth programs.
Bring on the fat.
Five City Council members have sponsored more than 100 member items each (better known as pork barrel spending) this year, including the City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the Finance Chairman David Weprin.
The items, which are doled out to local community groups thanks to the council's largesse, were released in the latest list of discretionary spending last night -- a day before the council is expected to approve the city's new $59.4 billion budget. In total, the council is proposing to dole out $48.8 million in discretionary spending, a slight increase from the $48.5 million they handed out last year.
The funding includes money specifically for the city's aging and youth departments, funding the speaker distributes for larger initiatives and another pot for each councilmember to do with as he or she sees fit.
This year, Councilmember Inez Dickens is sponsoring the largest number of member items, according to an analysis by Gotham Gazette. Dickens, if the budget is approved today, could receive 149 items that have her name attached to them, ranging from a $100,000 appropriation to the Metropolitan New York Coordinating Council on Jewish Poverty to $3,500 handout for an ice skating program in her Harlem district. This number includes items she is sponsoring with other council members.
Dickens' proposed appropriations far outnumber some of her council colleagues, like Tony Avella (notorious foe of the city's political establishment) who is slated to receive only 15 member items, or Councilmember Larry Seabrook, who also has 15. Seabrook's previous allocations are currently under investigation. On average, a council member has sponsored 51 member items this year.
The amount each member receives often varies, and city council members have said it fluctuates depending on their relationship with the speaker or whether they have a leadership position.
**This chart shows the amount of items each council member is sponsoring. Because it was based on the first version of the council's discretionary budget released on Thursday, June 18, it does not include items for aging and youth programs. It does not reflect the amount of funding a member brought back to his or her district. These items can range from $1,000 to $600,000. Larger items are usually sponsored by several members together. For the full breakdown of member items, click here
The vast majority of the council's funding is given to community organizations and nonprofits, from a Little League to an area after school program.
For instance, if the budget is approved, Councilmember Erik Martin Dilan's $15,000 largesse will give the Brooklyn Ballers Sports, Youth and Educational Corp. uniforms and equipment to shoot hoops this year. Councilmember Darlene Mealy, also of Brooklyn, has proposed to give $20,000 to an after school program at Betsy Head Memorial Park, while the generosity of Councilmember James Sanders might land $12,500 for Lammies Day Care for business services for the "underprivileged."
For these member items, there is always the conventional and the unconventional.
This year, Councilmember Joel Rivera has proposed to appropriate $37,000 to the Friends of Crotona Park in the Bronx for events throughout the year, including a hip-hop festival. Across several boroughs, Councilmember Kenneth Mitchell wants to give $1,000 to the Friends of Abandoned Cemeteries on Staten Island to refurbish abandoned graveyards.
While many community groups rely on the City Council's funding and say they couldn't get by without it, other observers allege it is another way for local officials to spread good deeds, but expect something in return. That return may be even greater in an election year.
In addition to its discretionary spending, the council also released details of funding it plans to direct to city agencies for programming -- largely aimed at making up for cuts proposed by the Bloomberg administration. In total, the council is proposing to inject the budget with $362.3 million, a drop from the $411.3 million it appropriated last year, according to the council.
The largest restoration, according to the council's budget document, was for libraries for approximately $72 million.
In the past, the council's discretionary funding has not had the cleanest of records.
In 2008, the council's dollars became the subject of two separate investigations, after a report in the New York Post revealed there were fake groups within the discretionary funds. The fake organizations acted as holding accounts, and the funding was distributed to legitimate organizations at a later date. Since then, the dollars have been under greater scrutiny, and some misappropriation has been uncovered. Last year, two council employees were indicted for fraud and money laundering.
In the aftermath of the scandal, Quinn implemented new regulations regarding council funding, which requires several city agencies and the council's finance department to review each organization that receives an appropriation.


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God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
God rest ye merry, gentlemen, let nothing you dismay,
Remember Christ our Savior was born on Christmas Day;
To save us all from Satan's power when we were gone astray.
O tidings of comfort and joy, comfort and joy;
O tidings of comfort and joy.
In Bethlehem, in Israel, this blessèd Babe was born,
And laid within a manger upon this blessèd morn;
The which His mother Mary did nothing take in scorn.
From God our heavenly Father a blessèd angel came;
And unto certain shepherds brought tidings of the same;
How that in Bethlehem was born the Son of God by name.
Fear not, then, said the angel,
Let nothing you affright
This day is born a Savior of a pure Virgin bright,
To free all those who trust in Him from Satan's power and might.
The shepherds at those tidings rejoiced much in mind,
And left their flocks a-feeding in tempest, storm and wind,
And went to Bethl'em straightaway this blessèd Babe to find.
But when to Bethlehem they came where our dear Savior lay,
They found Him in a manger where oxen feed on hay;
His mother Mary kneeling unto the Lord did pray.
Now to the Lord sing praises all you within this place,
And with true love and brotherhood each other now embrace;
This holy tide of Christmas all others doth deface.
God bless the ruler of this house, and send him long to reign,
And many a merry Christmas may live to see again;
Among your friends and kindred that live both far and near—
That God send you a happy new year, happy new year,
And God send you a happy new year.


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As the variety of options for online advertising have steadily increased over the years, the reputation of display advertising effectiveness has suffered. Part of this is in the statistics: abysmal clickthrough rates on many online display ads with percentages that trend toward the microscopic.
But another part is just plain intuition. People understand that when folks go online, they're usually on a mission – whether it's information-seeking, looking for products to purchase, or avocational pursuits.
Simply put, the "dynamic" is different than magazines, television or radio — although any advertiser will tell you that those media options also have their share of challenges in getting people to take notice and then to take action.
The perception that online display advertising is a "bad" investment when compared to search engine marketing is what's given Google its stratospheric revenue growth and profits in recent years. And that makes sense; what better time to pop up on the screen than when someone has punched in a search term that relates to your product or service?
In the B-to-B field, the knock against display advertising is even stronger than in the consumer realm. In the business world, people have even less time or inclination to be distracted by advertising that could take them away from their mission at hand.
It doesn't take a swath of eye-tracking studies to prove that most B-to-B practitioners have their blinders on to filter out extraneous "noise" when they're in information-seeking mode.
This isn't to say that B-to-B online display advertising isn't occurring. In fact, in a new study titled Making Online Display Marketing Work for B2B, marketing research and consulting firm Forrester Research, Inc. reports that about seven in ten B-to-B interactive marketers employ online display advertising to some degree in their promotional programs.
And they do so for the same reasons that compelled these comparnies to advertise in print trade magazines in the past. According to the Forrester report, the primary objectives for online display advertising include:
Increase brand awareness: ~49% of respondents
Lead generation: ~46%
Reaching key target audiences: ~46%
Driving direct sales: ~41%
But here's a major rub: Attitudes toward B-to-B online display advertising are pretty negative — and that definitely extends to the ad exchanges and ad networks serving the ads. Moreover, most don't foresee any increased effectiveness in the coming years.
That may explain why Forrester found that fewer than 15% of the participants in its study reported that they have increased their online display advertising budgets in 2011 compared to 2010 – even as advertising budgets have trended upward overall.
When you look closer at display, there's actually some interesting movement. Google has committed to a ~$390 million acquisition of display ad company Admeld. And regardless of the negative perceptions that may be out there, Google's Ad Exchange and Yahoo's Right Media platforms have created the ability for advertisers to bid on ad inventories based on their value to them.
Moreover, new capabilities make it easier to measure and attribute the impact of various media touchpoints — online display as well as others — that ultimately lead to conversion or sales.
But the negative perceptions about online display advertising continue, proving again that attitudes are hard to change — even in the quickly evolving world of digital advertising.


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Breakthrough in El Nino forecasting
Irregular warming of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, dubbed El Niño by Peruvian fishermen, can generate devastating impacts. Being the most important phenomenon of contemporary natural climate variability, it may trigger floods in Latin America, droughts in Australia, and harvest failures in India.
In order to extend forecasting from six months to one year or even more, scientists have now proposed a novel approach based on advanced connectivity analysis applied to the climate system. The scheme builds on high-quality data of air temperatures and clearly outperforms existing methods. The study will be published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"Enhancing the preparedness of people in the affected regions by providing more early-warning time is key to avoiding some of the worst effects of El Niño," says Hans Joachim Schellnhuber, director of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and co-author of the study by Josef Ludescher et al (Justus-Liebig Universität Giessen). The new approach employs network analysis which is a cutting-edge methodology at the crossroads of physics and mathematics. Data from more than 200 measurement points in the Pacific, available from the 1950s on, were crucial for studying the interactions between distant sites that cooperate in bringing about the warming.
Extending the forecasting time but also enhancing the reliability
According to Schellnhuber a new algorithm was developed and tested which does not only extend the forecasting time but also enhances the reliability. In fact, the novel method correctly predicted the absence of an El Niño-event in the last year. This forecast was made in 2011 already, whereas conventional approaches kept on predicting a significant warming far into 2012.
El Niño is part of a more general oscillation of the Pacific ocean-atmosphere system called ENSO, which also embraces anomalous cold episodes dubbed La Niña which can inflict severe damages as well. The present study focuses on the warming events only. However, an El Niño-year is followed by a La Niña-year, as a rough rule.
Climate change: a factor for ENSO changes?
"It is still unclear to which extent global warming caused by humankind's emissions of greenhouse gases will influence the ENSO pattern," says Schellnhuber. "Yet the latter is often counted among the so-called tipping elements in the Earth system, meaning that at some level of climate change it might experience a relatively abrupt transformation." Certain data from the Earth's past suggest that higher mean global temperatures could increase the amplitude of the oscillation, so correct forecasting would become even more important.
More information: Ludescher, J., Gozolchiani, A., Bogachev, M.I., Bunde, A., Havlin, S., Schellnhuber, H.J. (2013): Improved El Niño forecasting by cooperativity detection. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (early online edition) DOI:10.1073/pnas.1309353110
Journal information: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Provided by Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research


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I loved putting together my first collection of Virago cover art, and now I'm going to put together my second.
The covers are lovely, but the paintings come alive when they are released from their green frames. I've learn that sometimes images have been cropped, or recoloured, or altered a little in some other way to fit that frame. And that may be the best way to make a good cover for a book, but it shouldn't be the only way we see the work of these artists.
I had ideas of making a bigger collection in some form, but as a number of images are inaccessible I can't make the work as I would like. And so I'm going to carry on gathering together selections of images and matching them with 'their" books ….
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I've found Stanley Spencer's work on the covers of three Virago authors now
'Interior at Cookham with Spring Flowers' by Stanley Spencer
'Palladian' by Elizabeth Taylor (#184)
"Young Cassandra is alone in the world, her father had just died. When she goes to Cropthorne Manor as a governess, its weary facade and crumbling statues are all that she could hope for. And Marion Vanbrugh is the perfect employer – a widower, austere and distant, with a penchant for Greek. But this is not a ninteenth-century novel and Cassandra's Mr. Rochester isn't the only inhabitant of the Manor. There's Tom, irascible and discontented, Margaret, pregnant and voracious, the ineffectual Tinty and the eccentric, domineering Nanny. Just as Jane Austen wittily contrasted real life with a girl's Gothic fantasies in Northhanger Abbey, so Elizabeth Taylor subtly examines the realities of life for a latter-day Jane Eyre in this sharply observed work, first published in 1946."
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This book seemed impossible to find, until a reissue came along ….
'Along the Shore' by J E Southall
'The Brontes Went to Woolworths' by Rachel Ferguson (#279)
"Pre-war London, and the idea of growing up looms large in the lives of the Carne sisters. Deirdre, Katrine and young Sheil still cannot resist making up stories as they have done since childhood; from their talking nursery toys to their fulsomely imagined friendship with real high-court Judge Toddington. But when Deirdre meets the judge's real-life wife at a charity bazaar the sisters are forced to confront the subject of their imaginings. Will they cast off the fantasies of childhood forever?"
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My pick of Virago's four Margaret Kennedy Covers
'The Arrival of the Jarrow Marchers in London' by Thomas Cantrell Dugdale
'Together and Apart' by Margaret Kennedy (#64)
"Betsy is married to Alec. They have three half-grown children, a Hampstead home, a holiday house in Wales and all the comforts of British middle-class life between the wars. It is 1936 and Betsy is thirty-seven. Alec, she discovers, has been having a desultory affair – one of no importance to him, and at first even Betsy is not too concerned about it. But where, Betsy feels, is the happiness which is her due? And she is tired; houses, servants, children mke eternal demands upon her, family and friends constantly interfere – in this instance just once too often, with startling results…"
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A striking still life covers a collection of short stories
The Dutch Doll by Mark Gertler
The Gipsy's Baby and Other Stories by Rosamond Lehmann (#69)
"In these captivating short stories we find perfect miniatures of Rosamond Lehmann's fictional world. Echoing the themes which permeate her finest fiction, here are delicate portrayals of the world of adults as seen through the eyes of curious children, fascination with different families – their otherness, the romance of separate worlds. Most moving are the stories set against the background of Britain at war: the world of women and children, the minutiae of daily life in rural England – all are recorded with unmatched sensitivity and precision."
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A thoughtful match of writer and artist
'Woman with a Polish Shawl' by Moise Kisling
Deborah by Esther Kreitman (#108)
"All the world has heard of the great Yiddish writer Isacc Bashevis Singer, and of his brother Israel Joshua. Few have heard of their sister Hinde Esther who lived in obscurity and also wrote novels. Published first in Yiddish in 1936 and translated by her son in 1946, Deborah is an autobiographical novel. It takes us back with cinematic immediacy to the world of Polish Jewry in the middle of Europe well before the First World War. Deborah is the daughter of a feckless, unworldy rabbi, Reb Avram Ber, and his wife, Raizela. She is fourteen years old, sensitive, intelligent and romantic; but the two things she longs for are denied her: education and marriage to the man of her choice – a dark-eyed Marzist she meets in Warsaw's Jewish Ghetto. For Deborah is doubly oppressed: there is literally no hope for women in this society if the established order is not accepted. Propelled into an arranged marriage, she escapes her family and her country on the eve of the First World War to dream a terrifying dream of another – a portent of the horror that lay in store for millions of Jews in the decades to follow."
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Another artist who can be found on the covers of more than one Virago author
'Souvenirs' by Thea Proctor
'Painted Clay' by Capel Boake (#231)
"Helen Somerset feels stifled by her loveless home with a repressive father who fears that, like her absent mother, she may be only "painted clay." She wants to know life beyond the confines of Packington, a Melbourne suburb overlooking Port Phillip Bay. And when she is sixteen her father dies, releasing Helen to seek the affection and independence she has been denied. With a clerical job and a room in a lodging house Helen launches herself into the excitement of Bohemian life and free love–only to discover that this liberation has a double edge."
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Lisa named this as a particular favourite last time around
'A Pleasant Corner' by John Callcott Horsley
'The Perpetual Curate' by Margaret Oliphant (#243)
"Frank Wentworth, Perpetual Curate of St Roque's, has basked in the popularity of Carlingford, beloved in the gracious homes of Grange Lane and the slums of Wharfside alike. But there are some among the sober-minded citizens who would see him as a "dilettante Anglican, given over to floral ornaments and ecclesiastical upholstery" – a verdict shared by the new Rcctor who regards the presence of a young and energetic rival as an intolerable encumbrance. Imperceptibly, the tide starts turning against Frank Wentworth: his love for Lucy Wodehouse is threatened by his lack of prospects; his Evangelical aunts, in charge of a family living, disapprove of his high church ways, and rumours about a pretty shopgirl begin circulating. Slowly it dawns on Frank that he may well be doomed to a life of perpetual – and single – curacy. "
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That's the last painting in this little exhibition.
Another one will be along, I hope, before too many months have gone by.


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Third Party Ideas
These articles give other people's philosophical opinions in support of free software, or related issues, and don't speak for the GNU project—but we more or less agree with them.
Many of the Organizations that Work for Freedom in Computer Development and Electronic Communications also have philosophical opinions in support of free software, or related issues.
- You, the Problem TPM2 Solves, by Chao-Kuei Hung.
- Introduction by Lawrence Lessig to Free Software, Free Society: The Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman.
- The Trouble with "Free Riding", by Timothy B. Lee.
- The Future of Copyright, an essay by Rasmus Fleischer.
- The Digital Stockholm Syndrome: reflections over some psychological responses to market forces, by Pedro Rezende, University of Brasilia.
- QuestionCopyright.org is a web site about the history and effects of copyright, dedicated to raise awareness of the harmful consequences of today's copyright system.
- How Vista Lets Microsoft Lock Users In by Cory Doctorow. Note: We think it is a mistake to use the enemy's favorable-sounding propaganda terms such as "trusted computing" to describe a malicious plan.
- movingtofreedom.org, Scott Carpenter's blog with many freedom-related articles.
- A couple of lessons on the hazards of proprietary software.
- Multiple doctors cut off from records by Dr. Notes, an example of how proprietary software gives the developers unjust power over the users.
- Jimmy Wales explains why Free Knowledge requires Free Software and Free File Formats. In this paper, he also exposes why Wikipedia needs to be free software.
- Software patents under the magnifying glass. In this article, the author uses arguments based on lambda calculus to show why software cannot be patented.
- Transcript of a panel presentation, New developments in patent practice: assessing the risks and cost of portfolio licensing and hold-ups, given by Daniel B. Ravicher as the executive director of the Public Patent Foundation on Wednesday, November 10, 2004, at a conference organized by the Foundation for a Free Information Infrastructure (FFII) in Brussels, Belgium. The GNU Project disagrees with the article's assumption that nonfree programs are morally legitimate competitors.
- Free gadgets need free software, an editorial reporting a firmware "upgrade" that removes the ability to record radio broadcasts.
- Lakhani and Wolf's paper on the motivation of free software developers says that a considerable fraction are motivated by the view that software should be free. This was despite the fact that they surveyed the developers on SourceForge, a site that does not support the view that this is an ethical issue.
- Groklaw sends a Dear Darl letter: a group from the free software and open source community has put together a response to SCO CEO Darl McBride's Open Letter to the Open Source Community.
- Hardware Central [Archived Page]. We disagree with one aspect of this article's conclusion: It's not legitimate for Microsoft to help Disney and the RIAA impose Digital Restrictions Management on you, any more than it is legitimate for Disney and the RIAA to try it. The full power of computing should be available to you, not just to the owners of information.
- The SCO Sue Me Petition has overwhelmed its inceptor and the petition is no longer taking votes. The author of the petition, John Everitt, was expecting only several responses but instead he had thousands of participants. In the last available public communication about the petition, he urged people to help FSF in any way possible.
- Senator Alberto Conde's answer to CESSI regarding Bill E-135/02-03 which proposes use of Free Software in the public sector for the province of Buenos Aires. The bill has been submitted by Senator Alberto Conde himself.
- Some economists argue that copyright and patents fail to promote
the progress that they supposedly exist to promote.
This article takes a narrowly economic view of its subject, measuring social alternatives only by what goods are available for what price, assuming that you the citizen are a mere consumer and place no value on your freedom in itself. It also uses the misleading term "intellectual property", which is misleading because it lumps copyrights and patents together. The article also lumps them together, which it can get away with because it ignores the (different) social issues that copyrights and patents raise.
Despite those flaws, it is significant. If one can judge copyright to be harmful even on narrow economic terms, disregarding the ethical wrong of stopping people from sharing, it can only be even more harmful when we consider the ethics as well.
- Two articles by Duncan Campbell describe how NSA backdoors were hidden in proprietary software programs: Only NSA can listen, so that's OK and How NSA access was built into Windows. Both are clear demonstrations of how users of proprietary software can often be unaware of what they are actually running.
- Copyright C.P.U., by Harry Hillman Chartrand, is a good summary of the history of copyright.
- Malla Pollack's What is Congress Supposed to Promote? explains how the United States' government's recent tendencies to provide maximum control to copyright holders defies the justification for establishment of copyright set out in the constitution.
- Peruvian Congressman Dr. Edgar David Villanueva Nuñez wrote a letter to a Microsoft manager after they wrote expressing concern about the country's pending Free Software in Public Administration bill. It does an excellent job of allaying concerns about free software often raised by Microsoft and others. The English translation of the letter is here.
- British historian Thomas Macaulay had ideas about copyright in 1841 which still hold true today.
- openrevolt.org was a site devoted to providing information about the European Copyright Directive and similar legislation. It concentrated on the two principal problems of the EUCD, which make it easier for copyright holders to censor webpages on ISPs and give legal protection to copy-protection measures.
- Chilling Effects is a collection point for cease and desist notices concerning online activity—we invite visitors to enter C&Ds they have received or sent. The website collects the C&Ds in a searchable database and hyperlinks them to explanations of the legal issues.
- Coding is a Crime, by Shannon Cochran, is a commentary on the indictment of Jon Johansen on felony charges for helping write DeCSS.
- The Second Enclosure Movement and the Construction of the Public Domain, by James Boyle.
- Intellectual Property: The Attack on Public Space in Cyberspace, by Howard Besser, describes how various industries are using their leverage with copyright to make fewer locations on the Internet less and less public.
- Locating Copyright Within the First Amendment Skein, by Neil W. Netanel, argues that the United States court system has been wrong in its dated assumption that fair use eliminates the conflict between copyright law and the First Amendment.
- Richard Stallman co-signed a joint statement responding to comments by Craig Mundie of Microsoft [Archived Page].
- In Patent Reform Now!, Don Marti calls for free software supporters to nominate Richard M. Stallman to US Patent and Trademark Office's Patent Public Advisory Committee.
- Stop H.R. 3028, "The Trademark Cyberpiracy Prevention Act of 1999."
- The GNU Project FTP Site: A Digital Collection Supporting a Social Movement [Archived Page], by Michelle Bejian.
- UCLA discriminates against students using GNU/Linux. One part of their justification is supporting the power of software owners. [Archived Page]
- Read Them And Weep [Archived Page], by Simson Garfinkel, talks about the pending bills that would give information owners sweeping new powers, and restrict the activities of users.
- Applying Copyleft To Non-Software Information, by Michael Stutz.
- Only the Free World Can Stand Up to Microsoft, by Tom Hull.
- The Free Music Philosophy, by Ram Samudrala.
- Record companies argue for more copyright power by saying they are the support of the musicians. This article shows how record companies really treat musicians.
The Manifesto:
Piracy is Your Friend by Jaron Lanier.
Note that the GNU Project recommends avoiding the term piracy since it implies that sharing copies is somehow illegitimate.
- A primer on the ethics of "Intellectual property", by Ram Samudrala.
- Is self-interest sufficient to organize a free economy? by Loyd Fueston.
- People, places, things and ideas by Kragen Sitaker
- The Libertarian Case
Against Intellectual Property Rights by Roderick T. Long
The Free Software Movement does not endorse Libertarianism, and we do not agree entirely with that article. But it is useful for refuting one specific argument that is made in favor of proprietary software.
- Anarchism Triumphant: Free Software and the Death of Copyright
- Imagined Electronic Community: Representations of Virtual Community in Contemporary Business Discourse by Chris Werry.
- Does Studying Economics Inhibit Cooperation? by Frank, Gilovich, and Regan.
- Development, Ethical Trading, and Free Software by Danny Yee.
- The Ballad of Dennis Karjala: A political comment in the form of a broadside ballad by Timothy R. Phillips.
- Shaping Collaborative ICT Development and Initiatives for Global Prosperity by Robert J. Chassell.
- Competitive Advantages of Free Software by Alexandre Oliva.
- Patent grant under the GPL by Raph Levien.
- The Concept of Copyright Fights for Internet Survival by John Markoff.
- The Real Purpose of Copyright by John N. Berry III.
- Copyrighting Fire! (Humor) by Ian Clarke.
- The Future Brings "Infirmation Technology" by Andy Oram.
- The Free Protocols Foundation is an independent public forum, dedicated to the support of patent-free protocols.
- Software Libre and Commercial Viability by Alessandro Rubini
- Information liberation by Brian Martin. We urge people to avoid using the term intellectual property and to instead speak about copyrights, patents, and/or trademarks.
- Seat Sale, a satire about copyright.
- A gallery of examples demonstrating how outrageous and absurd the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is.
- A book review of Digital Copyright.
- Piecepack is a set of boardgame pieces which everyone is free to use in creating or playing various types of games.
- Eastern Gianozia has put together a tongue-in-cheek look at Software Patents and DRM.
- Free Software and Scouting
- Patents Are an Economic Absurdity: This article adopts as a premise the popular view that free trade is desirable. We don't always agree—beyond a certain point, free trade gives businesses too much power, allowing them to intimidate democracy. But that is a different matter.
- In Defense of Napster and Against the Second Homesteading Rule
- Against Intellectual Property, Spring 2001, Journal of Libertarian Studies (PDF)
- A Comparative Ethical Assessment of Free Software Licensing Schemes by Samir Chopra and Scott Dexter
- The SIM.ONE hardware project has created free (as in freedom) computer design specifications.
- Viral Code and Vaccination, an article by Robert J. Chassell.
- Why Audio Format matters by Karl Fogel
- Not available online, but as early as 1960 Bernard Galler wrote a
letter to the editor of the Communications of the ACM (vol.3, no.4,
pp.A12-A13), saying in part (mentioning price, but clearly implying
… it is clear that what is being charged for is the development of the program, and while I am particularly unhappy that it comes from a university, I believe it is damaging to the whole profession. There isn't a 704 installation that hasn't directly benefited from the free exchange of programs made possible by the distribution facilities of SHARE. If we start to sell our programs, this will set very undesirable precedents.