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Candy Royalle has recently toured parts of the US and over the years has performed in the UK and parts of Europe with another tour to the US, UK and Europe just announced for 2015. In Australia, Royalle is a festival veteran – from the Woodford Folk Festival to the Tasmanian Poetry Festival, the Sydney Writers Festival to the Adelaide Fringe Festival to name just a small few.
In addition to her performances, Royalle is increasingly being recognised by Australia's literary establishment. She has appeared alongside renowned writers such as David Malouf at the Australian Poetry Festival and has performed and taken part in panel discussions at the iconic Sydney's Writers Festival. She recently helped to launch the anthology "Australian Love Poems" alongside Mark Tredinnick at both the Byron Bay Writers Festival and the Sydney launch at Gleebooks. She has featured on many panel discussions and has been invited to talk at numerous events. She also sits on the Advisory Council for Australian Poetry Limited.
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El Nahuel Huapi May 29, 2011
Timing is always everything, isn't it? And fortunately the timing for us to visit the spectacular scenic area of Argentina's Patagonia, was perfect. Because one week later it is a disaster of volcanic ash, polluted water, closed airports, and empty supermarkets.
So we were lucky to enjoy the clean air and waters, but the people there now, especially those suffering as I do from asthma and bronchitis, are paying big time for living in God's country.
I never worried before about Acts of God or natural disasters such as earthquakes, being used to them in Los Angeles; severe shakes as I'd experienced in '71 and '94 never frightened me.
However, after a severe earthquake I still had clean air to breathe if not any china dishes or antique pottery. Air is the number one ingredient for survival, and in a quake, if a falling building doesn't get you, you are probably ok.
I was always philosophical about Acts of God because, as insurance forms are quick to point out, they can't be helped and are nobody's fault.
One thing about living in Buenos Aires is that there are no earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, floods, or volcanic eruptions. No Acts of God in particular, just lots of acts of people, for better but often for worse.
El Nahuel Huapi from a boat one week laterWhen I saw the videos on the news last night, of cars buried in ash in Bariloche, of day turned into night, of hospitals full of those who couldn't breathe--and with the week-old memory of the pristine skies and waters, I am heartbroken. My mind filled with images of Pompeii.
I believed that scientists could tell when a volcano was about to erupt, and people could be warned to leave the area. I guess not.
For nature, these events are not disasters, just things that happen in the scheme of the natural world. But for man--building his house on sand and damning the mudslides (as they do in Pacific Palisades, California), we need to have more respect. And appreciate when Mother Nature doesn't remind us who is the boss.
El Volcan Lanin, asleep for 3 centuries (it's covered in snow behind the green hill)


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Joel has led the development and financial closing of more than 500 MW of solar projects as well as 150 MWh of battery energy storage systems. During his tenure at Community Energy, Joel led the company to join as a co-founding member of the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA) and served as a Director on the Board of CCSA for four years. Joel also serves as professor of the practice at UNC Kenan-Flagler Business School, where he has taught Renewable Energy Project Development and Finance in Kenan-Flagler's MBA program since 2012. Prior to Community Energy, Joel co-founded and served as the Executive Director of Nourish International, which supports the visions of young leaders committed to creating community impact. Joel holds a BS in Biology from UNC-Chapel Hill and an MBA from UNC Kenan-Flagler.
Brent Beerley will continue as CEO, leading Community Energy on innovation, vision, and growth strategies. Thomas will maintain his current role of EVP of Development on an interim basis until the position is filled.
Founded in 1999, Community Energy's niche is to anticipate, originate and develop competitively advantaged solar + storage projects in the U.S. The company has successfully reached financial closing on over 2,700 MW of solar and wind projects across the county and maintains a pipeline of approximately 10,000 MW. The company is poised to have built 5% of all utility scale solar in the U.S. by 2025.
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"Community Energy is experiencing pivotal growth, and I owe Brent Beerley and our Board an immense amount of gratitude for the opportunity to lead this industry-leading team as we deliver on ambitious clean energy goals," said Thomas. "The future of a 24/7 carbon-free grid is an inspiring and challenging mission – a mission I am proud to be on with this world-class team."
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Community Energy has been a pioneer in renewable energy generation for 22 years, developing and financing 2.7 GW of renewable energy projects across the United States, including 2 GW of solar, and delivering the first solar and wind projects at scale in 12 states. Community Energy is a pure play developer with a 60-person team that anticipates, originates, and develops competitively advantaged solar plus storage projects throughout the country. Community Energy has a large and diverse project pipeline in support of its mission to accelerate the transition to a 24/7 carbon-free grid. Community Energy has offices near Philadelphia, PA and in Boulder, CO. For more information, please visit https://www.communityenergyinc.com.


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The Nexus 7 is an interesting play from Google. At a personal level I'm still unsure if it's the sort of geek toy I would buy, but at a business level, it's going to cause all kinds of headaches for Google's partners and rivals. Why would Google decide to upset key relationships and go ahead with a loss-leading product that has little short to medium term income potential?
I'll be watching the relationship with Samsung - the leading Android tablet maker. The South Korean company is already under pressure from Apple and the US Courts, now it finds out that Google has undercut the prices of their Tab range by deliberately sacrificing profit margin and jumping ahead in terms of software versions with Jelly Bean. How will Samsung compete when Google holds more cards for tablets will be interesting. Samsung is one of the few companies to have made a dent in the Tablet market with a clearly labelled Android device.
What about the Motorola team now under Google? When there's a whole team capable of building quality consumer electronic devices, and they are passed over, what will that do to morale going forward?
Google will likely have looked at these issues around the release of the Nexus 7, and decided that while they may matter, there are bigger concerns.
The Nexus 7 strategy is based around the Google Play store, where apps, music, and media can be purchased and consumed on the new 7 inch tablet. As a launch offer every tablet will come with free credit to spend in the Play Store - once you buy something the hope must be you'll keep on buying with your own money. Does that sound familiar?
The Nexus 7 reveals how Google wants to play the tablet game. They're gunning straight for Amazon, who not only have a huge content store that people are happy to use, but also have their own forked version of Android running on the Kindle Fire... a version of the OS that Google has no control over, and that earns Google no advertising revenue. Every sale of a Nexus 7 is likely one less sale of a Kindle Fire, slowing down Amazon's ecosystem and adding to the momentum behind a Google controlled experience.
Amazon are able to use the sales made through the Kindle Fire to offset the cost of the unit. Perhaps in the future Google will be able to do the same with the Nexus 7 but right now that's unlikely, even without the bonus credit.
Google want to slow down Amazon and get people buying from Google Play and not Jeff Bezos, they want to get their own established presence in the 7" tablet space, and they want to be seen as the market leader on tablets just as much as they are perceived to be in the smartphone space.
And they're ready to burn bridges and budget to do that. Let's hope they've thought this through.


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There is no definite date, but I heard from other moms that by February, the students will be having a school field trip. Since my daughter is only in grade one, parent/s also need to join the trip. My daughter was a transferee in her current school. Old parent I have talked, said field trip in my daughter's school happening every two years. And this is the year of the school field trip. I wonder the places to visit this time, but I heard the last field trip went to Ocean Park, Enchanted Kingdom and I guess other places aside from these two. My daughter wants to join the trip but I will know first the places to be visited and how much to join the school trip.
If my daughter will join the trip, this is her second time to join this activity. The first one when she was in Kinder 1. They went to Hacienda Macalauan in Laguna, Museo Pambata, Manila Zoo and leisure time in one of the malls in Alabang. She was very happy, I think this is the reason why she wants to join the school field trip again.


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I was looking for a new eye cream since the last one I used left my skin dry and irritated. After that bad experience I decided to try a product with fewer and more natural ingredients instead of too many chemicals and came across Puritan's Pride Chamomile Soothing Eye Cream. What attracted me to the brand and this cream in particular was the combination of chamomile herb in a rich cream. The result? An enriched, moisturizing, fragrant eye cream.
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On Friday, Backstreet Boy Nick Carter announced his engagement to his girlfriend of four years, Lauren Kitt.
One less boy bander is available to date now that Nick Carter has officially put a ring on it. On Friday, People exclusively announced that the Backstreet Boy is engaged to his girlfriend of four years, Lauren Kitt.
The couple got engaged on Wednesday in the Florida Keys. Carter took Kitt, along with a few friends and her dad, out to a small island that he frequented as a child.
While on "Engagement Island," the musician got down on one knee and proposed to his fitness trainer/actress girlfriend with a seven-karat diamond ring from XIV Karats.
Carter told People, "I had the ring in my pocket for two weeks. I was like, 'I don't want it anymore!' It was driving me insane. I just wanted to get it out of my hands and on to hers."
The bride-to-be was pretty surprised by the proposal. She said, "I wasn't expecting it. It just felt very surreal. We both are just so happy in love right now and on cloud nine."
Nick Carter gets the world's most ridiculous haircut >>
Before the news was released in the entertainment magazine, the 33-year-old hinted on his Instagram account on Friday that something monumental had happened.
He wrote, "Big question… great answer."
Now for the next big question: When is the wedding?
The Backstreet Boys' schedule seems to be dictating the official date, since they are planning a new album and they have a 20-year anniversary cruise scheduled with fans in October.
Kitt said, "It's not up to us. It's up to the schedule. We're just excited and looking forward to the next chapter of our lives."
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At the end of September, Popular Science Magazine made a bold move on their website. They disabled reader comments.
But what intrigues me most about Popular Science's decision isn't just that they did it, it's that they based their decision on scientific research into the effect reader comments have on public knowledge of science. I'm tickled that an online science magazine is changing gears based on science.
Popular Science based their decision on research that suggests "even a fractious minority wields enough power to skew a reader's perception of a story." In one study led by University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Dominique Brossard, researchers investigated the effect rude comments had on the perceptions of controversial science topics, in this case a product called nanosilver. (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/03/opinion/sunday/this-story-stinks.html?_r=1&) If study participants read rude comments, especially ones that included an ad hominem attack, participants reported more downsides to the reported technology. However, if participants read civil comments, they experienced no polarizing effect.
Another study by Brossard looked at how rude comments affected participants with different levels of internet savvy. Brossard found that infrequent blog readers are more likely to be influenced by the disagreement they encounter in comments; while people who regularly read comments and blogs are less likely to sway from their beliefs when confronted with disagreements.
Now, I'm firmly of the belief that many user comments on news sites can often best be summed up by the October 4, 2013 tweet from@avoidComments:
Science needs public engagement that values debate and disagreement. And while I agree with Popular Science's removal of comments as a way to ward off polarizing attacks that discourage engagement, I wonder if there's a better way. Some sites use moderators who patrol commenting, but that adds another level of "big brother" –esque difficulty to the equation. Popular Scienceadvocates using social media to engage in "vigorous and intelligent discussion" but I wonder how many of us would then struggle with trying to contain that discussion when a rogue uncle or trolling friend takes the conversation down a dangerous path fraught with vaguely disguised ad hominem attacks? Plus, how much deep engagement can we really get when we have limited ourselves only to our closest circle of internet friends (or those who already agree with us)?
Research into public engagement with science is one of my biggest interests professionally. As a PhD student in history, I confront this issue in the period between the two World Wars. I am particularly interested in how different mediums interact with scientific knowledge about "modern" technology. My research looks into the interactions of representations of science and actual science during the 1920s and 1930s in Great Britain and Germany. This period saw an explosion of science and technology that engaged people not just on a national security level of guns, tanks, and aeroplanes, but on a more personal level as new technological innovations entered their work environments, homes, and sometimes their very own bodies. My work seeks to examine how people imagined science in their daily lives and how these imaginations in turn affected public discourse and policy.
Popular Science's decision to shutdown comments aims to educate, rather than polarize, readers about scientific knowledge. I find their decision very similar to H. G. Wells's famous critique of Fritz Lang's film Metropolis in 1927, which railed against the film for its inaccurate depiction of mechanical progress. Both Popular Science and Wells acted from the belief that the public needs as accurate information as possible when it comes to the benefits and risks of science, and polarizing information, whether from comments or inaccurate depictions, only serve to invite fear of science.
So I wanted to pose a few questions to my fellow HASTACers in an effort to engage in "vigorous and intelligent discussion" (again, quote Popular Science). When you think about science and the technology through which you come to learn about it, how does the medium affect the message for you? Where and with whom do you engage in conversations about technology and science? Does HASTAC provide you with the forum you need, or can you imagine a medium that would push the envelope further?
And probably most critically if you're an avid Facebooker, how do you reign in that rogue uncle whose comments put you in a social bind or that well-intentioned best friend who accidentally insulted your aunt?
(By the way, if you're interested in the type of current research that this blog cites, see Dr. Brossard's work at http://lsc.wisc.edu/people/faculty/dominique-brossard/dominique-brossard-2/. If you're interested in historical science and science fiction robots, you can find me on Twitter www.twitter.com/DRPicardHIS or shoot me an email.)
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On Reader Commentary...
Thanks, Dani, for the fascinating read! While I understand Popular Science's (and Wells') stance on the impartiality of information dissemination, I wonder if even the way that information is packaged and presented to the general public could be construed as less than "ideal" in its impartiality. In other words, to what extent can an article's author, medium of presentation, etc. be truly objective? To that end, I'm reminded of recent articles on the Higgs boson being labeled as the "God particle", and then reading in the reader commentary that both gentlemen who were awarded the Nobel Prize for its discovery actually dislike that label.
While reader commentary has, in recent years, leaned toward unfounded shock-value contributions, it seems that it could provide the forum to expose the information presented in an article to other perspectives. Of course, a well curated online journal/magazine/website could structure the presentation of information in a way that includes multiple perspectives, but I wonder how that will affect that particular site's readership. I can already imagine that there will be a decrease in the number of overall hits on Popular Science's website, with those readers who enjoy active engagement spending that time they would spend on PS elsewhere. Also, I wonder where, if anywhere, many readers will go to actively engage with the information furnished by PS (HASTAC, anyone?).
As far as my own reading habits when it comes to science and the technology through which I hear about it, I confess I fall into the trap of online headlines. I often come by this type of information through a news outlet website, click on the tab that covers the field, then skim the headlines. If a headline is particularly interesting, or if it made its way to the website's homepage, then I will read the article. Otherwise, I only hear about science news well after its "moment in the sun", and generally by word of mouth. I come by technology news a little differently -- mostly by Twitter, or certain technology blogs and podcasts, where the nature of the news outlet style online headline is, in my opinion, diminished. It is in techonology news articles where I most appreciate reader commentary, since many can provide first-hand accounts of technological advances or offer troubleshooting for problems.
P.S. The internet meme has ruined Facebook for me, thanks to those "rogue uncle[s]"!
Wonderful post
Thanks, Dani, for bringing this issue to our attention! I too very much enjoyed your post.
When you mentioned controversial science topics, my first thoughts involved debates with very clear political motivations, such as global warming and alternative fuel sources. Whenever I have read either side of these debates, I have found the inevitable, predictable backlash in the comments section. In these cases, the ability to comment provides not a forum for discussion and rational thought but rather a space for opponents to post the same counterarguments as always. I can see why the editors would wish to disable commenting here.
In popular journalism in general, I wonder to what extent many headlines are simply "baiting" commentators. (The familiar term "trolling" would be too harsh in this example.) In Argentine online newspapers, one often finds quotations from politicians taken out of context in order to provoke the users into commenting, which in turn generates more page views, and therefore more advertising revenue. Before reading the comments section on these sites, you already know what you are going to find. "Knee-jerk snippets," indeed. However, like Vivian, I must confess that I fall prey to this tactic as well, if only out of curiosity regarding the comments!
Some final thoughts about the medium and the value of comments. Without naming names, I have seen tweets from respected popular science magazines regarding astronomy (one of my hobbies), which is the only area of science where I have enough knowledge to spot misinformation on basic topics. Every once in a while, one can find stories about "supermoons" or similar phenomena that exaggerate in order to generate attention. The "retweet" option in Twitter and comment sections in the articles proper do provide, in these cases, an excellent space for the public to take the writers to task for their poor decisions or lack of knowledge. Here we have some "vigorous and intelligent discussion" facilitated by open access. The editors often incorporate the commentators' corrections, thus improving the article.
Right place, right time?
Hi Dani,
Great post that touches on a lot of the bigger questions regarding knowledge and power, as well as how knowledge travels, especially in the internet age. As a self-admitted internet lurker, your post immediately reminded me of the site www.foxnewscomments.com. While, I usually dismiss the comments section as internet fooder, your post reminded that there is a power to these words. One thing I think is worth considering if there are better places to look for forums than the comments section, especially for analyzing how people are engaging with scientific knowledge. Spending many hours on reddit, I've seen numerous conversations, some actually quite informative, on the latest scientific discoveries. The great thing about reddit and some comments sections on particular websites is that they allow you to upvote comments. Thus, a type of averaged opinion tends to emerge over time, as well as a fairly robust debate. This is the opposite of what I usually see on normal comments sections or internet forums that provide only a reply model and don't organize comments based on popularity. On the latter type of sites, the conversation usually quickly devolves into name calling and useless tangents. I think regardless of comments sections, if someone wants to distort a latest scientific discovery or government policy *coughs death panels* then they will find a way. Perhaps instead of completing throwing in the towel, Popular Science needs to create a better forum for discussions and engage, as much as possible, with their internet trolls, allowing the reader to witness popular science in action.
Thanks for sharing,
Do websites suffer from "lack of self-esteem?"
This is a very insightful post. I have to say that I am one who sometimes prefers to read the comments first, before he actually reads the article. Why might I do this? I find that the quality of the comments oftentimes leads me to make decisions about the credibility of the source.
Take CNN for example. At one time, CNN was a well-respected news source. Believe what you want about its perceived "slant," it was always considered "credible." I now look at the CNN website as a joke because of the mere fact that they allow hundreds, sometimes of thousands of absolutely crazy comments to be posted after every article. I ask myself, "How can they still consider themselves to be credible when they have a rush of people filing up the comment sections with their rage/bad humor/crazy beliefs?" In fact, I'd even posit that CNN thinks that they deserve that, otherwise they would put an end to it. Hence my statement "lack-of-self-esteem."
As scholars we would never put our ideas out there to be torn apart in that way. Now, they might be torn apart from time to time, but we don't place them in venues where we know that this will happen with 100% certainty. CNN does this on a daily basis, and I would also go one step further in saying that they promote this discourse.
So, I have to say that I do applaud Popular Science's decision. It took away one possible layer of craziness on the Internet. Now, I wonder how they can reopen this dialogue amongst their readers? Is it time to pay for the opportunity to enter into these dialogues? Is it time for monitoring? Is it time for the presentation of credentials? I don't know, but it will be interesting to see what develops!
Importance of commenting on the primary source
Your previous two commenters seem to be conflating subjects: comments on news stories about science and comments on politicial news stories. (If not conflating, at least not making clear distinctions.)
With regard to the former, any science writer worth his or her salt will link to the peer-reviewed research, scholar's website, or PLoS ONE article being written about. In my experience, when the writer fails to provide this direct link or to quote appropriately from the study (especially quotes regarding the study's scope and limitations), that's when the crazy comments fly. Of course, even when the writer links appropriately, crazy comments can still fly. When that happens, it's easy to tell who actually read the research and who didn't. And to me, whether or not people are dealing with the research itself in a comment is more important than whether or not people are being rude or hostile---indeed, to me, "crazy comments" should be defined as those comments which obviously don't make relavant points given the research under discussion, going off on tangents instead. Excellent points can be made uncivily and with lots of profanity, and I get the sense that when people condemn "knee-jerk snippets" in comments sections, they're referring to an agonistic style of discourse they personally don't like, not to the content of said discourse. Some of my favorite scientists could be pretty nasty.
In short: People who have a reaction to research based on whether or not the research is being discussed "civily" or "rudely" are probably not looking at content, and probably don't have much of an interest in the research anyway. The study discussed in the OP seems to admit as much: "infrequent" blog readers are the ones most influenced, whereas frequent readers don't seem to give a s-it.
[With regard to comments on political news stories, well, what more can you expect from them? It's the "barnyard" of human discourse. Are we prepared to say what kind of discourse is allowed in the barnyard? On some days, I am prepared to do so, but then, those are the days when I'm feeling particulalrly elitist. And make no mistake: to enforce norms of "civility" on the human barnyard is an elitist move.]
I support Popular Science's policy wholeheartedly...
When I originally saw the announcenment from Popular Science, I wasn't suprprised or concerned. This has been happening to newspapers all over the country and is due to the fact that trolls, information warfare professionals and various propagandists have learned that they can utilize comment section to do exactly what Popular Science said they were doing. I've seen it before. In fact, I avoid certain websites precisely because of the greater noise to signal ratio that it makes it near impossible to get good information. And I'm not talking about trolls, etc. No, I'm talking about people who have just enough knowledge of a subject to act as if they're an expert, when in fact, they aren't and can easliy promote erroneous and biased information.
As for what affect this has on "public engagement", I mean, really? The public is engaged just by reading the article! They can make up their own minds or share it with friends or people they trust. The idea that there needs to be an immediate commentary doesn't add any creedence to the engagement argument at all. It's just another expression of this century's obsession with personal relevancy, on all levels, within the context of society.
Science is the first place where that assumption is always proved false...
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It's not present when we load the device,>>>>>> but becomes present and online afterwards.>>>>>>>>>>>> Christoph, we used to handle this just fine, your patch broke it.>>>>>>>>>>>> I'll see if I can come up with an appropriate fix.>>>>>>>>>> Can you try the below?>>>>>>>>>>>> It does prevent the crash but it seems that the new CPU is not "used " after the hotplug for mq:>>>>>>>>>>>> output with 2 cpus:>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/cpu0>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/cpu0/completed>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/cpu0/merged>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/cpu0/dispatched>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/cpu0/rq_list>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/active>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/run>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/queued>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/dispatched>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/io_poll>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/sched_tags_bitmap>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/sched_tags>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/tags_bitmap>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/tags>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/ctx_map>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/busy>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/dispatch>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/flags>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/hctx0/state>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/sched>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/sched/dispatch>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/sched/starved>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/sched/batching>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/sched/write_next_rq>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/sched/write_fifo_list>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/sched/read_next_rq>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/sched/read_fifo_list>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/write_hints>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/state>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/requeue_list>>>> /sys/kernel/debug/block/vda/poll_stat>>>>>> Try this, basically just a revert.>>>> Yes, seems to work.>>>> Tested-by: Christian Borntraeger <email@example.com>> > Great, thanks for testing.> >> Do you know why the original commit made it into 4.12 stable? 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Well, I'm here. After five years in New York City, I've finally found my way back home to Nashville!
Moves, major life changes such as this, are almost always difficult to some extent, even when they're exactly what you want. So I assume that the transition will have its rough patches. I assume there will be lonely times and unexpected frustrations.
But right now, I'm pretty blissed out, and I'm not arguing.
On my first night home, I offered to cook dinner for my parents—as a thank you for having me as an interim house guest, and as an excuse to explore and experiment with the local produce.
I didn't plan out specific recipes. Instead, I took what looked good, what felt like the South in late summer, and I just played around in the kitchen.
And I must say, what resulted was divine and perfectly fitting—a modernized, health-supportive version of a Southern classic, Shrimp n' Grits!
My parents and I enjoyed our dinner outside on a perfectly balmy August evening, and there was nothing to do but be completely full…of food, of happiness, of gratitude.
Boy, did this taste good. Welcome to the new Nashville!
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Streamroot has secured funding from premier international venture capital firms for its unique distributed approach to video delivery that is reshaping an industry.
PRESS RELEASE, New York City, NY, Thursday, September 7, 2017
Streamroot, pioneer in distributed over-the-top (OTT) video delivery solutions, announced today that the company has secured an additional $3.2 million in funding, bringing the company's total financing to $6 million. Contributions in this round came from premier international firms including Partech Ventures, Techstars Venture Capital Fund, Verizon Ventures and R/GA.
Founded in early 2014, Streamroot developed the first webRTC-based peer-to-peer delivery technology for online video publishers and has quickly risen to become the frontrunner in distributed OTT delivery solutions.
"Traditional server-based content delivery (CDN) is no longer adapted to colossal worldwide audiences and the demand for ever higher definition," explains Streamroot Co-founder and CEO Pierre-Louis Theron. "Streamroot, meanwhile, scales naturally to audiences anywhere of any size. Using intelligent mesh networks and dynamic multi-sourcing of content, we offer both a more reliable and cost effective solution for broadcasters, and heightened quality for users."
Since its seed round of funding, Streamroot has multiplied the traffic managed on its platform by 500, and now powers over 400 million video sessions every month. The company's revolutionary approach has drawn widespread industry recognition and brisk adoption from high-profile media groups including Dailymotion, Canal+, Eurosport (part of the Discovery Communications group), and Russia Today. Streamroot has also become the first solution of its kind to offer cross-device compatibility across desktop, mobile and a range of set-top boxes.
"Today we are proud to be powering some of the world's largest live and VOD streaming platforms, delivering 50 to 80% of customers' traffic through our distributed delivery infrastructure," Theron adds.
For Dailymotion, a customer since 2016, Streamroot is a crucial component of the service's delivery infrastructure: "Ensuring robust video delivery to millions of users is of paramount importance to Dailymotion," says Pierre-Yves Kerembellec, VP Architecture. "Streamroot offers us this possibility. Their technology scales naturally to exploding audiences and to unpredictable traffic spikes, whilst at the same time keeping our delivery costs down and ensuring excellent quality."
The fast-growing startup has won new support from leading technology and venture firms. Techstars Venture Capital Fund invested in the startup, along with Verizon Ventures and R/GA, which contributed via their newly founded Media Tech Venture Studio.
In addition, Streamroot drew continuing support from existing investor Partech Ventures. "Streamroot has become an indisputable force in its industry," explains Romain Lavault, General Partner at Partech Ventures in Paris. "The company is well on its way to revolutionizing how video is delivered over the internet; we firmly stand behind them in this pursuit."
Armed with fresh capital from global investors, Theron looks towards the future: "Streamroot has laid the groundwork to reshape OTT video delivery as we know it, and we are now working to build the largest and most reliable delivery infrastructure in the world without relying on a single server. These funds will allow us to accelerate our development and tackle the monumental challenge of bringing TV-grade quality to billions of viewers across the world."
About Streamroot
Streamroot is a leading provider of innovative OTT video optimization technologies for content publishers, network service providers and enterprise customers. Its robust, reliable and lightweight distributed network architecture offers improved quality of service, global reach and unique fixed-fee economics. Streamroot technologies are based on open standards such as WebRTC, Media Source Extensions and HTML5, and are widely adopted by broadcasters around the world. Founded in 2013 in France, the company today benefits from VC funding and serves premier media groups from its Paris and New York offices.
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The manuscript describes the randomized, blinded, placebo-controlled Phase 2 clinical trial that evaluated the safety and immunogenicity of two dose levels of the RSV F Vaccine with and without aluminum phosphate adjuvant. The trial enrolled 330 women of childbearing age who received either one or two intramuscular injections of a single-dose (60 or 90 µg) of vaccine or placebo at study days 0 and 28.
The manuscript details the significant antibody response to the RSV F Vaccine including a 6.5-15.6-fold increase in anti-F IgG antibodies across all vaccine doses at day 56, with significantly higher levels in the two-dose adjuvanted regimens. Palivizumab-competing antibody (PCA) levels were undetectable at day 0 but increased up to between 205-325 µg/mL at day 56. Further, a 2.7 and 3.5-fold rise in RSV/A and RSV/B microneutralizing antibodies were detected at day 56, prior to the RSV season. Finally, between days 56 and 112, 21% (12/56) of placebo recipients showed evidence of a recent RSV infection by Western Blot compared to 11% of vaccinees (26/244) (p = 0.04).
"These data are the foundation for our ongoing RSV F Vaccine development program to protect infants via maternal immunization," said
About RSV
Respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract infections and the leading viral cause of severe lower respiratory tract disease in infants and young children worldwide, with estimated annual infection and mortality rates of 64 million and 160,000, respectively1. In the US, RSV is responsible for approximately 57,000 hospitalizations of children under five years of age annually, the vast majority of which occur in infants less than one year old, and especially those under six months of age2-4. Despite the induction of post-infectious immunity, repeat infection and lifelong susceptibility is common5. Currently, there is no approved RSV vaccine available. Palivizumab is a monoclonal antibody, licensed and sold by MedImmune as Synagis®, that targets the RSV F protein and is used for prophylaxis against RSV disease in high risk infants.
1. Nair, H. et al. Global burden of acute lower respiratory infections due to respiratory syncytial virus in young children: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet, 2010; 375: 1545-1555.
2. Stockman, L.J. et al. Respiratory syncytial virus-associated hospitalizations among infants and young children in
4. Boyce, T.G. et al. Rates of hospitalization for respiratory syncytial virus infection among children in
5. Glezen, W.P. et al. Risk of primary infection and reinfection with respiratory syncytial virus. Am J Dis Child, 1986; 140:543-546.
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Europe self-driving car market
A self-driving car also known as the driverless car or an autonomous car, a robotic car uses a combination of, cameras, radars sensor, GPS system and artificial intelligence (AI) to travel between destinations without the need of any human drivers. To quantify self-driving cars must be able to drive to a predetermined destination without human conduction. It is expected that the self-driving car would reduce car crash by 90%. The Europe self-driving car market is expected to expand at a CAGR of 49.9%, leading to global revenue of USD 38.51 Bn by 2024.
Europe self-driving market self-driving market is further segmented based on applications, automation and technology components. The segment applications are also categorized into personal use and commercial use. Most of the self-driving cars on the road are owned for personal usage. 'Robo taxi' i.e. the self-driving taxi is expected to take over the transportation system. It would help to reduce purchasing cost and maintenance cost. It is supposed to encourage share riding concept.
Based on automation, the self-driving automation levels are categorized into semi-autonomous and full autonomous technology. Semi-autonomous cars are dominating the automation segment. Fully autonomous driven vehicles are still a long way to be introduced on the roads. European automakers are working on the manufacturing of semi-automation cars. Companies like Google, Audi and BMW are continuing its autonomous testing to handle safety challenges.
The self-driving Car market segment is based on various technological components that are used in autonomous cars like radar, lidar, automotive vehicle camera, ultrasonic sensor and GPS navigation system. The new car assessment program in Europe encourages the OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) to adopt ADAS (advanced driver assistance system) in all the new cars to promote safety. The European Commission is willing to legalize the use of 79GHZ radar sensor for ADAS applications.
Based on countries, the self-driving car's market is segmented into EU5 and rest of EU5. The EU5 would secure the highest market share because countries like the U.K. and France are progressing with self-driving cars.
Key growth factors
European countries are following the same trend as that of North America toward driving an autonomous vehicle. The British government has already planned to adopt regulation of driverless technology regulation by summer 2017 and working on amending the international law to cover self-driving technology by 2018.
It is projected that there would be 25% of self-driving car penetration in this region by 2035. The countries would not witness a fully automated vehicle but would drive lots of manual cars with computerized features.
Threats and key players
Factor that may restrain the adoption of self-driving cars is lack of skill, strict data protection regulation set by the European Union.
The key players in the Europe self-driving car market are Apple, Microsoft, IBM, Volvo, Nissan and Bosch.
What's covered in the report?
1. Overview of the Europe self-driving car market
2. Market drivers and challenges in the Europe self-driving car market
3. Market trends in the Europe self-driving car market
4. Historical, current and forecasted market size data for the Europe self-driving car market
5. Historical, current and forecasted market size data for the applications of cars in Europe self-driving car market (personal use and commercial use)
6. Historical, current and forecasted market size data for the automation level in the Europe self-driving car market (semi-automation and fully-automation)
7. Historical, current and forecasted market size data for the technological components in the Europe self-driving car market (radar sensors, video cameras, lidar sensors, ultrasound sensors, and GPS navigation systems)
8. Historical, current and the forecasted countries (EU5 and rest of EU5) market size data for the Europe self-driving car market
9. Analysis of the competitive landscape and profiles of major companies operating in the market
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1. To gain insightful analysis of the entire market and have a comprehensive understanding of the Europe self-driving car market
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- Soybean Crop Management
- Insect Scouting Calendar
- Weeds
- Soybean Cyst Nematode
- Soybean References
- Growth Stages
- Control Recommendations
- Corn and Soybean Insecticide Evaluations 2008
- Digital Pocket Guide
Multiple Species
Appearance and Life History
Cutworms can attack crops virtually anywhere in the Midwest. The importance of a particular species of cutworm varies with location and season. Often an infested field will have a mixed population of several species of cutworms. In most cases, the individual species in the field is of little importance with respect to making a control decision. Cutworm controls in soybean are essentially the same regardless of species. Early diagnosis of a cutworm infestation is essential.
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The bodies of cutworms are cylindrical and may vary in length from 1/8 to 1-1/2 inches (3 to 38 mm), texture, and color depending on the species. Often, 3 or 4 different sizes of cutworms will be noted in a typical field collection.
Most cutworms overwinter as pupae in the soil or as young larvae, however some move into the Midwest as moths from southern latitudes. After emerging or arriving in the Midwest, moths mate then deposit eggs on soil, weeds, and/or crops (arriving moths may have already mated). Cutworm damage may be prevalent where soybean is planted or replanted late (e.g., bottom ground wet from spring flooding) and in fields with weedy growth. Cutworm presence may be evident before or after planting on several types of host plants.
Early cutworm feeding may include holes chewed in leaves. Leaf margins may appear ragged. For most cutworms this above ground injury occurs early in the cutworm's developmental stages. At this time, young worms feed above ground at night or on cloudy days. Older, larger worms often cut plants above, at, or below ground level. Larger cutworms tend to remain below the soil surface, especially if the weather is dry and the soil surface has crusted.
Sampling Method
Cutworms remain hidden in the soil during the day, but may feed throughout the day below the soil surface. To find them, examine the top 3 inches (7.6 cm) of soil around damaged plants. Some cutworms may be easily overlooked because their body colors blend in with the soil.
Walk fields as plants emerge to monitor for cutworm damage. Check 20 plants in each of 5 areas of a field (100 plants). Record the number of cut or damaged plants for each area and the field as a whole. Look for leaf feeding that may be due to cutworms too small to cut plants. Check the field again in 24 to 48 hours. Be sure to monitor those areas of the field where cutworms are most likely to be found (wet, weedy areas).
Also, look for live cutworms around damaged plants. Collect 2 cutworms from each sample set for a total of 10 and record the length of each worm. Determine the average length for the worms sampled. Also, determine the species causing the damage.
Management Guidelines
Soybean Insect Control Recommendations: E-series 77-W (PDF)
Damage from all cutworm species should be considered together. If cutworms are threatening the stand to the level that plant population will be a limiting factor for good yields, treatment may be needed. The minimum number of plants per foot normally needed for good yields at different row spacing, if plants are not under stress, is as follows:
The following table may help in making replanting decisions.
If control is necessary, contact your state Cooperative Extension Service or click here for control materials and rates.


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Whenever a dinner party has an awkward pause and could use a horror story to liven it up, I tell my story of shopping for solar panels. My wife and I started in 2008 and spent months finding an installer. Some never returned phone calls. Estimates ranged over a factor of two. It was hard to tell which was worse: their knowledge of physics or of finance. Call me a stickler, but think that anyone asking for $40,000 of your money should know the difference between a kilowatt and a kilowatt-hour. We also kept hearing about how our home equity would increase—highly questionable, from what I've seen of how buyers and appraisers value a house.
In the end, we went with 1st Light Energy, the only company whose sales rep could quote inverter specs from memory and spent hours with us at our dining table going over the numbers. Unfortunately, he knew rather less about organizing work crews and screwed up the installation. It took his replacement months to put things right. In retrospect, we dream of how nice it would have been to have customer ratings and unheroic financial analyses.
Finally, someone has developed a website to provide just that. Launched last month, EnergySage aspires to be the Expedia of solar and eventually of other green technologies such as solar thermal and ground-source heat pumps. A similar service, Solar Choice, operates in Australia, but I believe this is the first in the U.S.
On the site, you set up a profile with your address and either type in your electric bill or upload the PDF. EnergySage automatically emails installers in your area to work up an estimate; a homeowner might expect three or so responses within a few weeks. They come to you—no phone tag required. The service is free to customers; installers pay a commission if they get the job. The site presents the quotes in a standardized format, looks up the government subsidies available in your area, and calculates the payback period rather than accept the installers' analyses.
Already have an array? Then enter it in the site as a case study for others to learn from. I added mine and was gratified to learn that it has an investment return of 17.8%. You can also rate and review installers and equipment suppliers. EnergySage's CEO, Vikram Aggarwal, says the company plans to add other features such as bank loans, discussion forums, independent equipment tests, automatic retrieval of electric bills directly from utilities, and estimates of prevailing market prices—doing for renewable energy what the Blue Book does for used cars.
Not only is this great for homeowners, it hastens the day when solar power will reach parity with fossil fuels. The panels have been getting cheaper and streamlined installation systems are cutting labor costs, so the sales and marketing costs loom ever larger. They now account for a tenth of the total, on average—10 times more than in Germany. By providing a central clearinghouse for referrals, EnergySage should help to reduce these soft costs and fire up installers' competitive spirits. A little less drama in the purchase of a solar array would mean fewer stories to regale your friends with, but more photons knocking electrons into our power grid.
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FRANKFURT, Germany – Highlighting the latest in digital wireless capabilities, HARMAN's AKG DMS70 – a true uncompressed digital wireless system – makes its European debut at Musikmesse 2012. The DMS70 operates with 24bit 48 kHz transmission in the 2.4GHz ISM band, a worldwide license-free frequency range, to ensure top-quality audio for every customer.
"HARMAN's AKG DMS70 system offers exceptional studio-quality sound thanks to its uncompressed digital audio transmission capability," said Thomas Umbauer, Product Manager, AKG. "The DMS70 is designed for the most exacting applications where the highest level of wireless audio performance is required. It is especially recommended for guitar and bass because of its ideal frequency response between 20 Hz to 20 kHz."
DMS70 is ideal for live sound, club sound, conferences, seminars and school and universities – whenever quick and easy setup up is required. The entire DMS70 package includes: AKG's DSR70 Quattro or DSR70 Dual Receiver, DPT70 Digital Pocket Transmitter and DHT70 Digital Handheld Transmitter, available with patented D5 acoustics or DHT70 Perception with standard supercardioid capsule. The DSR70 Quattro includes a rack mount kit, power supply and other accessories. DMS70 systems are fully compatible – able to be customized and combined for any customer's needs.
All DMS70 devices are available separately or in the following prepared packages: The Vocal Set, Instrumental Set and the mixed version of Vocal/Instrumental Set . The Quattro sets include two digital transmitters and the Dual sets, one digital transmitter.
All DMS70 devices feature bidirectional communication between the transmitter and receiver. The dynamic frequency selection provides "intelligent" operation in the crowded 2,4 GHz band, enabled by digital diversity from receiver and transmitter side. Its easy setup functions make the system simple to use, even for less experienced operators, while the AES 128-bit encryption ensures secure 2-way wireless communication.
The DSR70 Quattro receiver can work with up to four channels of audio in parallel, which can be mixed down directly to its balanced XLR sum output. The DHT70 mic employs AKG's patented dynamic D5 capsule to deliver outstanding sound quality with less feedback and handling noise.
Based on the bidirectional communication DMS70 offers a number of additional new and unique features, including power off from receiver side for all connected transmitters, battery status monitoring, adjustable mic/guitar input level (DPT70), high/low level gain switch (DHT70) and more.
For more information about AKG and DMS70, please visit
) designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of audio and infotainment solutions for the automotive, consumer and professional markets — supported by 15 leading brands, including AKG, Harman Kardon, Infinity, JBL, Lexicon and Mark Levinson. The Company is admired by audiophiles across multiple generations and supports leading professional entertainers and the venues where they perform. More than 25 million automobiles on the road today are equipped with HARMAN audio and infotainment systems. HARMAN has a workforce of about 13,000 people across the Americas, Europe and Asia, and reported net sales of $4.2 billion for twelve months ending December 31, 2011.


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|To further complicate the mystery, it turns out that there are two kinds of GRBs: the long ones, which are usually longer than 2 seconds or so, and the short ones, which are, as you'd guess, typically shorter than 2 seconds. During the last 8 years, accumulated evidence indicated that the class of long GRBs (which are the more numerous) come from very massive stars (each one many times more massive than our sun) which, at the end of their short lifetime of but a few million years, explode in a process called a supernova. A small fraction of these supernova explosions of massive stars also make long GRBs.
|The nature of the short class of GRBs remained a mystery for many years, until discoveries last year showed that these explosions are not related to massive stars exploding as supernovae, like their longer relatives. Instead, so it appears, short GRBs may happen when two objects called neutron stars (each one a bit more massive than the sun, but only 10 kilometers (6 miles) or so in size) merge together, to form an even more bizarre object, a black hole. Or perhaps, some thought, a previously-formed black hole swallowed a neutron-star companion.
|Among our group of GRB astrophysicists a debate broke out. It looked like the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) would be the most useful tool to study this puzzling burst. But how should we do it? Caltech's Shri Kulkarni has an approved program to study long GRBs with Hubble - and with a duration of 102 seconds, GRB 060614 was definitely long. But long GRBs have supernovae, and this burst did not ... so maybe it is more related to the short GRBs? Our colleague Derek Fox at Penn State University has an approved program to study short GRBs - maybe this program should be activated? At the end, it was my suggestion that prevailed - we should combine the resources of both HST programs to study this hybrid long/short GRB. Having gained the approval of the managers of the Hubble Space Telescope at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI), located in the Johns Hopkins University campus in Baltimore, we set about to design our observing campaign of GRB 060614.


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Sarah Cooper: Head Banger, Course Designer, Crusher of Souls
I like all bikes, both fat and skinny tires, and any road that will take me someplace cool. I've raced plenty of paved road ultra cycling events (RAW, RAAM, Texas Time Trials, The 508, 24 hours of Sebring, etc.), but gravel races are my favorite. I prefer the long stuff (Trans Iowa, Odin's Revenge, The Alexander, 24 Hours of Cumming, Spotted Horse) to get the best blend of scenery, fun, and abject misery. I believe a free event where you can crush yourself in a weekend and still get to work on Monday has immense value to the cycling community. If you struggle to find time and money to race ultra distance events, Iowa Wind and Rock is my gift to you.
Dennis Grelk: Ultra freak, cat herder, mohair model.
I've been around the gravel racing scene from the beginning. Thrown myself at TI, Kanza, Almanzo, Ragnarock, Gravel Worlds, Land Run, and a few others with varying levels of success. Won TI the first time I managed to actually complete it. I believe that easy events do not make for very memorable events. I'm here to help you remember this one.
Steve Fuller: Spotted Horse Herder, friendly face, deer whisperer
I love riding gravel, racing gravel, and I love the people that come to gravel events. Gravel events have allowed me to race all over the midwest, west and Canada and pushed me to do things I never thought would be possible 10, or even 5, years ago: TransIowa, Dirty Kanza, The Alexander, and Tour Divide among them. My cherished riding memories all come from times that I've needed to push beyond a personal boundary or have helped someone to push beyond theirs. Plenty of people have given to me over the years, so now it's time for me to give back in some small way.