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Nummer: 8279
Titel: Frozen Charlotte
Författare: Alex Bell
Förlag: Stripes publishing
Utgivningsår: 2015
Betyg: 4 av 5
Bokens första mening:
The girls were playing with the Frozen Charlotte dolls again.
Om boken:
Dunvegan School for Girls has been closed for many years. Converted into a family home, the teachers and students are long gone. But they left something behind…
Sophie arrives at the old schoolhouse to spend the summer with her cousins. Brooding Cameron with his scarred hand, strange Lillias with a fear of bones and Piper, who seems just a bit too good to be true. And then there's her other cousin. The girl with a room full of antique dolls. The girl that shouldn't be there. The girl that died.
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Cruisin' on my Bluebird
- May 8, 2008
- 2,705
- SoCal, United States
Bicycle Bones has the BFG sticker and next week will have the other style!This originally had the remnant of a BFG decal of the chain guard but since I couldn't find a new replacement, I put a Schwinn decal on there. This is a Spitfire badged bike.
Mark took the badge off, now badged as Schwinn. Here's what it looks like now. It's a rat for my sister.I gave this bike to a friend, who gave it to another friend. Rob got it back on the road.

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Therapeutic potential of computer to cerebral cortex implantable devices
Therapeutic potential of computer to cerebral cortex implantable devices.
Acta Neurochir Suppl. 2007;97(Pt 2):529-35
Authors: Warwick K, Gasson MN, Spiers AJ
In this article, an overview of some of the latest developments in the field of cerebral cortex to computer interfacing (CCCI) is given. This is posed in the more general context of Brain-Computer Interfaces in order to assess advantages and disadvantages. The emphasis is clearly placed on practical studies that have been undertaken and reported on, as opposed to those speculated, simulated or proposed as future projects. Related areas are discussed briefly only in the context of their contribution to the studies being undertaken. The area of focus is notably the use of invasive implant technology, where a connection is made directly with the cerebral cortex and/or nervous system. Tests and experimentation which do not involve human subjects are invariably carried out a priori to indicate the eventual possibilities before human subjects are themselves involved. Some of the more pertinent animal studies from this area are discussed. The paper goes on to describe human experimentation, in which neural implants have linked the human nervous system bidirectionally with technology and the internet. A view is taken as to the prospects for the future for CCCI, in terms of its broad therapeutic role.
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Very Tough Love
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"Very Tough Love" is a radio documentary and an episode of the show This American Life (TAL), which originally aired on March 25, 2011. The segment described a drug court and program in Georgia that is conducted in a manner different from all other drug courts throughout the United States, and often contrary to drug court philosophy, according to standards set by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals. People with no criminal record or history of drug abuse or addiction, and charged with possession of small drug quantities would wind up under drug court control for five years or more. In most other jurisdictions, the same offenses would result in probation or a drug education class.[1]
New project[edit]
In the spring of 2010, TAL staff took on a different challenge: follow the methods used by Charles Salter in the 1970s when he wrote hundreds of "Georgia Rambler" columns for the Atlanta Journal. Nine diverse counties across Georgia were selected—none with a major city—and teams of reporters and producers fanned out to find an interesting story in each location. Stories from all but one county were broadcast in episode 413: "Georgia Rambler" on July 30, 2010. Two other stories took longer to prepare. "Original Recipe" episode 427 aired February 11, 2011, which reprised a Salter column about a handwritten Coca-Cola recipe. The other, "Very Tough Love", took eight months to research and compile.[2]
The episode followed the show's standard format, telling the stories of several people, recording them speaking from their perspective. What was different was that TAL Producer Ira Glass delegated his regular TAL responsibilities for several weeks to personally research the story. He made several trips to Georgia to interview people for supporting testimony, acquired documents, discovered background information and made repeated requests to get Judge Williams to answer many questions raised.[2][3]
Content of the show[edit]
The episode's name is derived from Judge Amanda Williams' comments that she believes in the use of tough love by families dealing with drug problems. The title is used because Williams' actions far exceed the normal standard of tough love, coming closer to Authoritarian parenting, which is often linked to negative outcomes.[4]
The show begins with Glass providing background on the home town of the person he is about to interview at Lee Arrendale State Prison in northeast Georgia.
The story of Lindsey Dills is the primary focus of the episode. She began playing soccer in the youth league, and by high school, she was outstanding. However, she wasn't coping with her parents separating, and began self-mutilating and smoking pot. Her parents got her into treatment programs several times, but it didn't help. She got a job at a restaurant/bar and started hanging out with older employees after work, doing cocaine. She decided to quit soccer before her senior year, and nobody could talk her out of it.[1] Dills commented,
The coaches were calling the house, telling my dad to 'talk to her.' And part of it was the drugs, part of it was I'd done it so long. And I wanted to be a teenager. I wanted to do stuff on weekends and I wanted not to have to practice at 5 in the morning and I didn't want to have to run 3 miles every other day.[1]
Her parents divorced, her mother moved away, and she lived with her father. One weekend when her dad was out of town, she forged two checks that totalled $100 from her father's account and used the money to buy drugs.
Upon his return, her CPA father quickly found the discrepancy. Her actions scared him and he desperately wanted to help his daughter before she was beyond help.[1] He began taking her for drug tests, and told her if she failed, he would go to the police with the forged checks. She passed several tests using diluted urine or getting a clean sample from someone else, but she finally tested positive. By now, she had stopped going to school, and her parents decided this might be their last opportunity to intervene. Forgery charges were filed, and Lindsey was arrested. Her parents told her that the charges would be dropped if she agreed to check into an out-of-town drug treatment program, away from her friends. But Lindsey didn't want to leave Brunswick and go somewhere chosen by her parents. The prosecutor suggested another option, drug court.[5]
The first drug court was started during 1989 in Miami-Dade County, Florida to deal with a crack cocaine epidemic. These non-violent offenders committed crimes to support their drug addiction. The new system required court-supervised drug treatment which was cheaper than incarceration and helped people end their addiction and become productive members of society. In 2005, there were 1,262 Drug courts in the United States, but the one in Brunswick was run by Judge Amanda Williams and many locals were afraid of her.[5]
Lindsey Dills explained what happened:
So Jason Clarke is my public defender at the time and he's warning me. He's saying, "Lindsey don't take drug court. I'm telling you, you won't make it." He's told me this like three or four times. I'm adamant. I'm saying, "I'm taking drug court." Because all I know is I get to get out of jail. It's all I know. I don't know anything else about it. So I go to plead into drug court. My dad's in the court room. Judge Barton was on the bench that day instead of Judge Williams. She was gone. My dad's done Judge Barton's accounting for probably the past 15 years and they're very good friends. So (Judge Barton) sees me come in and he pulls me up to the bench and he's like, "Don't do this. Don't take drug court. Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked me three or four times. Judge Barton's trying to talk me out of taking drug court. That I would not do well. I wouldn't make it. He didn't think it was what I should do.[6]
She opted to go to drug court and was released from jail. The average duration in drug court in the United States is 15 months; three years is rare.[6] On Friday of the week after her court appearance, she violated the 9 o'clock curfew and got caught, then failed a drug test. According to the National Association of Drug Court Professionals (NADCP), it is not unusual for most people who enter a drug court program to relapse in the beginning, so it is part of the program.
When Dills went before Judge Williams, the judge screamed at Dills, who began to cry. The judge sentenced her to seven days in jail, which was unusually harsh for a first relapse, even for Judge Williams, whose normal punishment for first relapse is three days; seven days for a second relapse; and 28 days for a third occurrence.[7]
West Huddleston is executive director of the NADCP, the primary support organization for the nation's 2,400+ drug courts and 25,000 counselors, lawyers, and judges. He commented:
Any drug court that relies primarily on jail, or punishment generally, is operating way outside our philosophy and just does not understand addiction. They've (addicts) lost their jobs, their income, they've lost their loved ones. I mean, all of those natural consequences which are much more severe than a day or two or three in jail have not stopped them from using drugs and alcohol. Why would we think putting them in jail would do so?".[7]
Judge Williams had a special sanction for people who relapsed four or more times. She would send them away for "indefinite sentences" and make comments like, "They're going to sit their ass over there till they get a better attitude" or "Take them away; you'll come back when I'm ready for you".[8]
When Dills violated drug court rules, she served jail terms of 51 days, 90 days and 104 days. Dills had been in the drug program for 42 months when she went to court on October 8, 2008. The judge took Dills into chambers with the drug court staff and debated terminating Dills from the program, which would require her to serve 20–24 months in prison for the original forgery charges. Finally, Judge Williams told Dills to do 28 days in jail. After Dills was returned to jail, the judge phoned and ordered Dills to have "no further contact", which meant no visitors, phone calls or mail. She was also placed in an isolation cell. When Dills asked if the isolation was for the full 28 days, the guard told her that the order had been changed to an "indefinite sentence".[8]
Twenty-eight days passed, and Dills was still in solitary confinement. She ran out of the two antidepressants prescribed by the drug court doctor, and the guards weren't permitted to talk to her, so her depression returned, causing her to cry constantly. Thanksgiving passed with no contact, but Dills convinced herself that Judge Williams wouldn't leave her in jail through Christmas. She briefly saw a drug counselor on December 8 who informed her that there would be no drug court until January because Judge Williams was on vacation. Dills lost hope, and when an opportunity presented itself, she tried to commit suicide by slitting her wrists. Her attempt was discovered before she bled out, and her life was saved.[9][10][11]
Drug policy[edit]
The drug policy in Glynn County, Georgia was established by Amanda F. Williams, chief judge of the Glynn County Superior Court. She had been on the bench since 1991, and started the drug court in 1998.[12] By almost any standard, the program is draconian. Judges in general have enormous power, and drug court judges wield almost unlimited power because participants are required to waive many of their rights when they choose that option. The sanctions of the judge are viewed as part of "treatment", not the imposition of a sentence. Judge Williams insisted that all defendants have a choice, but the local criminal justice system strongly "encourages" defendants to choose drug court.[13]
In Brunswick, anyone arrested and charged with a non-violent drug crime must appear at the next once-a-week drug court. If the charge is a felony, there is no bail; bail for misdemeanors is $15,000. A former Glynn County Public Defender told Glass that most defendants could not post the hefty bond, so they stay in jail. Judge Williams personally handles all drug cases.[12]
In drug court, there are two choices: plead guilty or go to trial. Judge Williams warns those who choose a trial that if found guilty, they will not receive probation; they will go to prison for a minimum of 20 to 24 months. The only way to get out of jail before trial is to post a minimum $15,000 bond.[12]
Defendants who plead guilty have a choice: immediately begin serving a minimum 10 to 12 months in a probation detention center where inmates are put to work and are ineligible for parole, -or- enter the drug court program and be immediately released on personal recognizance. Given those choices, the vast majority choose drug court.[12][14]
According to the Georgia Department of Audits and Accounts,[15] 378 individuals participated in the Glynn/Camden drug court in 2009, the largest in the state. The population of Glynn and Camden Counties is approximately 100,000. By contrast, Fulton County, which includes Atlanta, had just 330 participants from a population exceeding one million.[14]
Participants in drug court are required to submit to random and weekly drug tests; observe 9:00pm curfews; participate in five drug court group therapy and individual counseling sessions each week; attend at least four Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous meetings each week; refrain from imbibing alcoholic beverages; obey all laws; and appear in court periodically.[6]
Wrong participants[edit]
The experiences of Brandi Byrd illustrate another problematic case. Byrd was out with a friend who was charged with DUI. Byrd gave the police permission to search her purse, and two darvocet pills were found. She explained that her mother had given them to her after minor surgery and she had forgotten about them, but she was charged with two felonies, one for each pill. After sitting in jail for six days, Byrd went to court. The public defender and the drug court counselors told her if she didn't agree to drug court, she would go to prison. Judge Williams told her, "There is no such thing as putting you on probation. If you don't beat the rap, there is no street probation for charges in this county, and hasn't been for seven years, since I've had drug court."[12]
Despite the fact that Byrd had no history of drug addiction or abuse and no criminal record, she felt like she had no choice but to agree to drug court supervision or go to prison. Then came the catch-22; she was told she had to admit to drug use and addiction or she couldn't get into the program. West Huddleston, NADCP executive director, described the individuals to whom drug court programs are targeted: "long histories of addiction...multiple treatment failures...multiple times on probation...served previous jail or prison sentences...driven by their addiction".[16]
When people without addiction and past criminal behavior are placed in an intensive treatment program, they tend to rebel and become defiant because the therapy is of no benefit to them and they feel they don't deserve the restrictions placed on their behavior.[17]
Success stories[edit]
The program does have its supporters and success stories. If a participant follows all the rules, they can complete the program and have their convictions purged in 30 months. The situation of Charlie McCullough should have been a complete success story, but it took a detour. McCullough was caught in a police sting buying drugs, and entered drug court voluntarily, determined to kick drugs. Everything went fine for 22 months; he never missed a meeting or appointment and passed all his drug tests. Then at a random urine screening, the lab technician told him he tested positive for methamphetamine. McCullough insisted that he was clean and asked to take another test, which he passed. A third test was administered, which he also passed, so McCullough was relieved. At his next court appearance, Judge Williams asked why he failed a drug test. He was surprised, and stated that he passed the second test. The judge told him she was going to use the first test; the second one didn't count. No matter how much he professed his innocence, the judge didn't believe him. The judge refused to bring in the lab technician to testify, but asked McCullough if he would take a polygraph, which he agreed, then she changed her mind and sentenced him to three days in jail for a "bad" test and 14 days for questioning the results of the drug screening. From that point on, his drug court experience went downhill.[18]
Lawyer Jim Jenkins, who represented clients in the drug court, concurred: "I don't disagree with the people who tell me she means well, but I think the record in too many cases speaks for itself, that a lot of people have had their constitutional and procedural rights run roughshod over."[9]
The story was well received by listeners, spawning a firestorm of controversy towards Judge Williams, some of which were from other legal professionals, calls for Williams' resignation or impeachment, and death threats against her.[9][19][20]
The subject was discussed on dozens of internet sites, and the website, Impeach Judge Williams was set up. A page on Facebook with the title, Judge Amanda Williams Must Be Stopped was created. One person called her a "monster" and stated, "This woman is the reason the rest of the country thinks Georgia is such a backwater."[21]
Criticism of Williams following the show included claims that at times she imposed indefinite stays in jail and other excessively punitive sentences contrary to principles supported by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals.[22][23] The Association supports the principle that "drug courts are designed to reduce drug use, reduce crime, repair families, hold addicts accountable and restore them to meaningful roles in society."[22]
The NADCP Board of Directors issued a statement in response to the disturbing events reported in the program. They reiterated the contention made by Ira Glass that the Glynn County Drug Court is "run differently than any other Drug Court in the Country". They further stated that 6% of U.S. Drug Courts "have watered down or dropped core ingredients of the Drug Court model, or apply inappropriate practices in contraindication to accepted teachings in the field. And they have paid dearly for it in terms of lower cost savings, lower graduation rates, higher recidivism rates, and a reputation for unfairness and ineffectiveness".[24]
Judge Williams defended her approach explaining, "there's some addiction in my family. My husband has been in recovery for over 15 years. And about the time I started looking to start a drug court around 1996, he had gotten into recovery. So we've lived it as a family. Because all the family members are touched by it."[25]
After the story aired, Williams hired David G. Oedel, a law professor at Mercer University, who published an open letter to This American Life executive producer Ira Glass, claiming that the story was "riddled with falsehoods," and "libel masquerading as journalism."[26]
On April 12, 2011, Glass made a note on the TAL blog that a clarification and a correction had been made to the story on the web. The correction concerned the reason for Kim Spead's 12 months of incarceration after completing the program. After reviewing court documents, Glass concluded that it was for violating the terms and conditions of the Drug Court sentence and contract, and not for failing to pay the $1,500 program costs assessed to drug court participants.[27]
The clarification was made because there is sometimes a legal recourse when the judge imposes a sanction, but only in specialized circumstances.[27]
However, Glass stood by the story's details, especially his characterization of defendants receiving inappropriately harsh treatment in Williams' courtroom.[28]
In response to Oedel's threat to sue TAL for defamation, the show's lawyers defended Glass and the story, asserting that Williams' conduct "is certainly a matter of keen public interest".[29]
Ethics probe[edit]
On November 9, 2011, the Georgia Judicial Qualifications Commission (JQC) filed a 14-count ethics complaint against Williams, alleging she had incarcerated defendants indefinitely, made false statements, and engaged in nepotism and "tyrannical partiality".[30][31] The JQC appointed Leah Ward Sears, a former Georgia Supreme Court Chief Justice who left the court in 2009, to prosecute the ethics charges.[32] A hearing was scheduled to be held in 2012 to determine whether and how Williams should be disciplined.[30] On November 16, 2011, one of the five Superior Court judges in Williams' circuit district stated Judge Williams had stepped down from her drug court position and would stop hearing criminal cases until the investigation has been completed.[30] Williams continued to work on civil cases previously assigned to her but did not accept new case assignments.[30]
Judge Williams sent a letter to Georgia Governor Nathan Deal in mid-December 2011, indicating her intention to step down from the bench effective January 2, 2012.[33] The JQC agreed to drop charges after Williams tendered her resignation. She also signed a consent order prohibiting her from seeking judicial office, effective immediately.[34] Georgia Attorney General Sam Olens appointed a special prosecutor to determine if Williams should face felony criminal charges for allegedly lying to JQC investigators. A conviction would result in forfeiture of an annual $74,000 state pension and disbarment.[35][36]
In February 2012, Long Island University announced that "Very Tough Love" won a 2011 George Polk Award for Radio Reporting.[37]
On February 22, 2012, the woman whose case prompted Glass to investigate and broadcast the "Very Tough Love" episode was released from probation by Glynn County Magistrate Timothy Barton, who replaced Williams. He also purged two forgery convictions from Lindsey Dill's record as per the Georgia conditional discharge statute. When asked to comment, Barton stated, "I thought seven years was long enough."[38]
- ^ a b c d "Show transcript, page 1" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ a b Everhart, Karen: "Georgia ramble turns exposé" Current website, June 13, 2011
- ^ Rassmussen, Sean Paul: "Investigative Journalism Into Storytelling: Ira Glass' Very Tough Love" SPR Media Reviews & Commentary, March 28, 2011
- ^ "Tough love 'is good for children'", BBC News, 8 November 2009
- ^ a b "Show transcript, page 2" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ a b c "Show transcript, page 3" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ a b "Show transcript, page 6" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ a b "Show transcript, page 7" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ a b c Dickson, Terry. "Glynn judge's bench now a hot seat". The Florida Times Union. Retrieved 2011-06-14.
- ^ "This American Life Episode 430" (PDF). This American Life. March 25, 2011. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ "Show transcript, page 9" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ a b c d e "Show transcript, page 13" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ "Show transcript, page 4" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ a b "Show transcript, page 11" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ http://www.audits.ga.gov/PAO/PAOdivision.html
- ^ "Show transcript, pages 11–14" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ "Show transcript, pages 14–15" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ "Show transcript, pages 16–17" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ McDonald, Robin. "Broadcast prompts threats and calls for judge's ouster". ALM Media Properties, LLC. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2011.
- ^ Beavers, Mark (20 April 2011). "Legal battle brewing over broadcast". Tribune & Georgian Online. Archived from the original on 25 April 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2011.
- ^ Rankin, Bill: "Glynn judge's bench now a hot seat" Florida Times-Union, April 30, 2011
- ^ a b Hassinger, Mike (March 31, 2011). "Fly In The Drug Court Ointment". Peach Pundit. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
- ^ "What are Drug Courts?". National Association of Drug Court Professionals. Archived from the original on December 28, 2011. Retrieved December 21, 2011.
- ^ "Public Radio's This American Life 'Very Tough Love'" NADCP Board of Directors Statement
- ^ "Show transcript, page 5" This American Life, Very Tough Love
- ^ Oedel, David G. (April 8, 2011). "Open Letter to Ira Glass" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2011. Retrieved November 7, 2011.
- ^ a b Glass, Ira: "A clarification and a correction" This American Life website, April 12, 2011
- ^ "Ira responds to Judge Williams' press release". This American Life blog. April 15, 2011. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- ^ McDonald, R. Robin: "Judge accused of nepotism and abusing power from bench" Daily Business Review, November 14, 2011
- ^ a b c d Rankin, Bill (November 16, 2011). "Judge relinquishes cases amid ethics probe". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ^ "Notice of Formal Proceedings" (PDF). Judicial Qualifications Commission. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
- ^ McDonald, Robin: "'Tyrannical' judge to be prosecuted" Daily Report, December 24, 2011
- ^ Rankin, Bill (December 20, 2011). "Brunswick judge facing charges to step down from bench". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
- ^ Dickson, Terry: "Judge Amanda Williams quitting before hearing on judicial misconduct charges" Florida Times-Union, December 21, 2011
- ^ Stepzinski, Teresa: "Special prosecutor possible in the Brunswick judge misconduct case" Florida Times-Union, December 22, 2011
- ^ Dickson, Terry: "Special prosecutor named in former Judge Amanda F. Williams misconduct case" Florida Times-Union, January 9, 2012
- ^ "Polk Press Release Feb 20 2012 – Long Island University". Liu.edu. 2012-02-20. Retrieved 2012-03-19.
- ^ Dickson, Terry: "Woman at heart of ethics case against former Glynn County judge released from probation" Florida Times-Union, February 29, 2012


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Following up on our sold-out "Emerging Applications of Blockchain for Supply Chains" event held earlier this fall, we invited one of the speakers, Brigid McDermott, back to do a deeper dive into some of the content presented at this very important session. Brigid is Vice President, Blockchain Business Development & Ecosystem at IBM — and some of the early IBM initiatives around blockchain, which she is leading, are focused specifically on the supply chain as it relates to food, and especially food safety. It is an initiative she talks a lot about in this podcast.
Here's what she said when we asked about IBM's commitment to blockchain in general:
'Our CEO has said that blockchain will transform transactions the way the Internet has transformed communication. This is a fundamental shift in what is possible as we think about interacting with other parties. For IBM, as we started looking at blockchain as a new technology, this ability that it has to really fundamentally shift not just technology but business processes was the driver for our really aggressive investment in it."
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"Lil mama learn game. And learn it young. Get it down so good that niggas can't even shake you wit it. Learn game like you learned to breathe; make it a habit. And never pull your cards. Aces only win when they played right."
This is something a girl I used to run with used to tell me all the time. She was older than me, a big sister of sorts, that took it upon herself to teach me the things I missed out on from not having an older sister. She used to repeat it all the time like scripture, her inflection never changing, the same intent glare always trapping my eyes to hers.
"Learn it like you learned to breathe; make it habit."
I was fairly manipulative in high school. I never outright lied, I was just a master at redirection. She taught me that too. Well, her and some other well placed influences in my life.
"Mystery is like a rope," she used to say. "You give 'em enough and they'll hang themselves. All you gotta do is cut em down when you're through."
I was young and in need of guidance so I listened, mastered her ways and crafted them into techniques that could suit my own needs. I controlled my boyfriend. I ran my mouth and never got into fights over it. I kept a second string of niggas on the roster just in case my man messed up. They went over and above for me even though they knew I had a man. Because I had them like that.
But I didn't like me much.
"Aces lil mama. Pull your aces," she used to tell me and I perfected it. Reading people, watching them, saying the right thing at the right time, watching their confidence waiver. Aces. I always pulled the right card at the right time. They'd be in awe of me. Wondering how I'd read them so well so easily. Who was I to "get them"? Mystery is like rope…
My timing was impeccable.
But I didn't like me very much back then. I wanted someone to do things for me, not because I'd manipulated them into it but because they wanted to. So I stopped. And just started to be me. No subtle manipulations, no subconscious persuasions. I just let me be me and dealt with whoever came on that honest level.
But sometimes I think honesty can only get you so far. Because many times when you're honest, about who you are, about your faults, about your fears, some will hold it against you like a knife at your throat. They'll exploit your fears, blame situations on you that have no bearings on the truth you've presented them. Many times, they'll use this truth against you, convince you that your feelings are void because of your fears, blame their failures on your faults.
Not all, but some.
At least when I had control over things, I wasn't getting hurt. No, not hurt. Devastated. Well timed aces cut cards, never get cut.
"Learn game like you learned to breathe; make it habit."
I'm thinking on it. I'm learning the ways of people.
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Two candidates for village mayor have the same name.
Candidates name poses A fair ballot challenge
Date Posted: 2004-11-26
Election officials are sorting through how to make entries on the Kitanakagusuku Village ballot so voters have a fair chance to make a decision.
Kaoru Kyan, the mayor, is a candidate. So is Kaoru Kyan, the businessman. The Election Administration Committee is weighing options on how to place them on the ballot. One will go as Mayor Kyan while the other is Chairman Kaoru.
The third candidate for mayor, Kunio Arakaki, is already crying foul. He claims all the publicity for the two other candidates has placed him in a terrible position. Hey! It isnt fair. It looks like I already lost and they already one. Using nicknames is wrong. Arakakis calling on the election committee to decide which votes are good, and which ones arent. Already the election is being called a close race.
Kitanakagusuku is a small village which wraps around U.S. Marine Corps headquarters at Camps Foster and Butler, Chatan and the Awase Meadows Golf Course.
The name issue wouldnt be a problem if elections were in Chinese, rather than Japanese. The Chinese characters for the two Kaoru Kyan candidates are different. Officials say elections arent conducted in Chinese characters because of the difficulty. Some people cannot write the Chinese way, and if a name is written wrong, the ballot is voided as spoiled.
Officials say there were various ways of pronunciation, so they opted to have the nicknames.
As the challengers complain, the system chosen Mayor Kyan as the moniker for the incumbent, who also has the real world nickname Mayor Kaoru. Everyone agrees about one thing, though. It is going to be an interesting election.


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What is Driving Climate Change?
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A few weeks ago I got taken to task by a long time Diner (JD) for my position on the underlying cause for Climate Change, which resurfaced again with the launch of our new series on Diner YouTube, Weather Gone Wild ™. The dispute is over what the primary driver for Climate Change is, whether it comes from Anthropogenic Causation driven primarily by the burning of fossil fuels and CO2 emissions, or whether there are Geotectonic Forces at work that are driving the climate change?
That Climate Change is not in fact underway is only denied by the most recalcitrant of Denialists, although there are still a significant number of them. However, currently most Amerikans do accept that climate change is underway.
According to a Study by Yale University:
- There has been an increase in the proportion of Americans who believe global warming is not happening (23%, up 7 percentage points since April 2013).
- But about two in three Americans (63%) believe global warming is happening, a number that has been consistent since spring 2013.
- The proportion of Americans who say they "don't know" whether or not global warming is happening has dropped 6 points – from 20% to 14% – since spring of 2013.
- About half of Americans (51%) say they are "somewhat" (38%) or "very worried" (15%) about global warming.
- Fewer than half of Americans (38%) believe they personally will be harmed a "moderate amount" or a "great deal" by global warming.
- By contrast, majorities believe that global warming will harm future generations of people (65%) and plant and animal species (65%).
- About four in 10 say they feel "helpless" (43%), "disgusted" (42%), or "sad" (40%) when thinking about global warming.
- By contrast, four in ten (42%), say they feel "hopeful" about the subject.
Just about everyone everywhere thse days is experiencing some kind of "Wacky Weather", Floods, Droughts, Snowstorms etc that don't fit the profile of what "normal" was 20 years ago. They don't necessarily accept that their lifestyles are the cause of this though, and even if they do they are generally unwilling or unable to stop burning fossil fuels. If you spent the last 20 years paying on your mortgage on a McMansion 20 miles from where you work (assuming you still have a job), HTF do you stop burning fossil fuels? No other practical way to heat the McMansion, there are not enough trees on your 1/4 acre plot of land to do that, for more than a year anyhow. No other practical way to get to work, since there is generally no Public Transportation from the typical subdivision into the typical work centers. At best, you still need the car to do the Last Mile to the local Light Rail station, but this assumes that your job at the other end is ALSO within a mile of another Light Rail station. Often not the case since many jobs are in Biz Parks that are themselves set up far from the central metro area a light rail system might serve.
Also close to impossible is to stop buying the products of industrialization, from the clothes you wear to the food you eat. To provide these items to a population of 7.2B people with the current infrastructure requires burning tons of fossil fuels, not to mention their use as fertilizers and in fibers like Nylon, Polyester and Rayon. Just about no piece of woven clothing nowadays does not have these fibers in the mix. "All Wool" or "All Cotton' is pretty hard to come by, and quite pricy if you can find it. So it's quite difficult to step off the fossil fuel economy no matter what you think is the primary driver for Climate Change.
Once you grasp this fact of life, precisely what is the Primary Driver here is not really that important, because in either case we can expect that Climate Change will continue unabated, and in fact probably accelerate moving forward here. The issue JD brought up is that by presenting another possible driver for climate change, this will make it less possible to encourage people to "change their ways", burn less fossil fuels and stop pitching so much CO2 up into the atmosphere. That may or may not be true, but it's not a reason to stop investigating the problem and trying to ferret out what is really occurring here.
By pitching out the Geotectonic Ocean Heat Transfer theory, I am calling into question "received wisdom" from the Climate Science community, which is firmly entrenched in the idea that Climate Change is entirely anthropogenic in nature. WTF am I to offer up alternate hypothesis here? I'm no James Hansen of course. I'm just a curious guy with a decent science education looking at the problem from my own perspective. Anyone is free to debate my conclusions here on the Diner, but as of yet nobody has taken up the challenge. Not Jim Hansen, not Guy McPherson, nobody.
The other problem of course with flying in the face of conventional wisdom is that you get labelled as a "Tin Foiler". Particularly if you start to speculate on causation, which is pretty much entirely unprovable. I figure though that Copernicus was probably considered "Tin Foil" in his time, and Giordano Bruno was DEFINITELY considered Tin Foil, in fact he got Burned at the Stake for hs beliefs.
So, I soldier on here, hopefully not to get Burned at the Stake (even just metaphorically) because I present an alternative hypothesis for the primary driver for Climate Change.
At this point though, I do want to REINFORCE that although I believe there are Geotectonic forces at work here, the burning of fossil fuels and ejecting gigatons of carbon into the atmosphere also has a significant effect, and if we expect to keep this from completely spinning out of control, it is imperative to put a LID on carbon emissions. This is not so easy to do of course, considering our entire industrial culture is based on burning as much as we can, as fast as we can.
In both the cases of Geotectonic Causation and Anthropogenic Causation, we are faced with Wicked Problems. In the case of Geotectonics, there is no technology available whatsoever to keep Earthquakes from going off or Volcanoes from blowing, despite what some HAARP conspiracy theorists might argue. In the case of Anthropogenic Causation, there is simply no way to get 1 Billion cars off the road and 1000s of coal fired electric plants offline globally on a voluntary basis. Too much of the infrastructure we have already built to support 7.2 Billion people depend on the transportation and the electric power to run the lights, sewage treatment plants, water pumping stations etc. there is no single Planetary Goobermint that can dictate this by fiat, and even if there was it would probably be deposed if they tried.
On the Upside here as far as Anthropogenic causation is concerned, we WILL stop burning copious quantities of fossil fuels, but not because of a voluntary choice to do so. We'll stop because it is no longer economically feasible to continue to run the system on ever increasing levels of debt. We already see the slowdown occurring here as places like Europe drop precipitously in oil consumption
and considering the implosion of the Chinese markets over the last week, they won't be far behind here either. Already their Steel and Concrete plants are shutting down and their credit fueled Bubble is going the way of the dinosaur. So we can look forward to a day when fossil fuel burning is a fraction of what it is today, and probably in the not too distant future also.
There is however a lag time, and even with a rapid shutdown of the fossil fuel industry and reduced burning of FFs, CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere and AGT will continue to rise for the next 40 years, just on this effect alone. If it is true that there is a Geotectonic component to the rise in AGT, then that is baked in the cake for so long as there continue to be elevated frequency and amplitude of global earthquakes and volcanic eruptions.
So under jst about any plausible scenario for the next 50 years, we will see elevating AGT, unless there is some Negative Feedback Loop that we are as yet unaware of that slows, stops or reverses it. In terms of doing something about this, beyond cutting back as much as possible on burning fossil fuels there really is not much else that can be done. I certainly am not in favor of Geoengineering solutions, given the track record of Homo Sap in terms of applying technological solutions, you're bound to get Blowback that's even worse than the original problem. Creating ever more complex solutions tends to require still more complex solutions later in a never ending upward spiral, all requiring more and more energy to implement. Energy is precisely what we don't have to continue such a process any longer.
What we should be doing is two-fold:
1- Attemp to wean ourselves off of fossil fuels in a controlled descent from a high per capita energy consumption society. An immediate cessation of burning fossil fuels would kill off more people faster and be worse for the environment than a controlled descent. The wars which would result and the disease that would spread will be more catastrophic sooner than the oceans can rise to inundate all the coastal cities.
2- Begin preparing for life in a world with a higher AGT regime. Other mammals have survived during global thermal maxima periods much warmer than 2C above current baseline. I see no reason in principle Homo Sap cannot survive this also, although clearly not in the numbers currently walking the Earth.
For those of you who wish to take me to task for this article, please first review the accompanying vid which should answer many questions and I won't have to repeat myself. There is a comprehensive slide show presentation and explanation of the Geotectonic problems we are faced with acompanying the explanation, which I render in Academuc Style worthy of a lecture at Cambridge or Harvard. OK, maybe not. lol. In any event, it should answer many of the questions that have been put to me over the years since publishing the original Geotectonic Ocean Heat Transfer article.
11 Responses to What is Driving Climate Change?
I think there is a third thing we can (and should) do, and that´s planting trees. Sure, we´d have to plant billions of them, but it would buy us some time. Not only would it sequester carbon without using any energy other than the trees get from the sun, but it would also improve soils, store water, give a lot of creatures a home and probably a whole lot of other positive things that I can´t think of now or don´t know about. I think the cause (of climate change) is anthropogenic because scientists seem to be quite sure on the subject, but I agree that it doesn´t really matter at this point in time.
Excellent Video, RE!
People are getting this constantly Wrong world population as of now is 7.4 Billion not 7.2 billion http://www.worldometers.info/world-population/
Erroneous data will discredit anything you are trying to convey . Please get them right before you are publishing to retain some level of credibility
Hey RE. Thanks for the info. I am digesting and researching and hope to share more in the near future. However, as a quick observation, I don't know who BS is but I do know that I was the Diner who recently took you to task because your alternative theory undermines focused efforts to curb fossil fuel use. (And I have the transcript to prove it..haha).
EtyerePetyere ! You're back! I thought you had scampered off to NBL in humiliation forever! As your anus, I appeal to you that we must reunite for the sake of your health, otherwise your shit filled brain will explode and mess up the Stanley Park bench where you live. I forgive your past acts of self-buggery. Just be gentle next time…
Very interesting new information for me Ralph. I will study your article on GOHT with hopes of a deeper understanding. The world around me is changing in such disquieting ways. Plants blooming in the wrong season, reptiles awake in December and spiders making webs in January are just wrong, even in South Carolina which is the capital of just wrong.


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Poker for Dummies: There are a lot of poker books available online and in the physical format.
It is quite a problem deciding which book to pick when you need to start with.
Poker for Dummies is the book everyone should start with when they decide to play the game of poker.
The book won't make you a professional overnight but it has a lot of tips and insights which can push you in the right direction at least.
There is a tournament going on somewhere or another as we speak.
This culminates in million dollar tournaments; which are not only held in America; but also in the international circuit.
Now before you start thinking of playing the game on a professional level, this book should help you start off with some of the basics.
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This book is another one from the "for Dummies" series and even though the name states something, this book should not be taken lightly and it has something for all.
The book has concise and clear chapters that deal with a range of issues.
The book has 5 chapters and then each chapter has smaller bits. You do not have to read the book from the beginning.
If you have some idea of the game then you can pick up certain parts and read through them, you can pick and choose what you want to read and get the information you require.
Poker for Dummies: The First Part
The first chapter of this book is titled "How to play the games", this is the meatiest part of the book and it provides new players the information on various parts of the poker scene.
It teaches players the rules about betting and basic poker rules and regulations.
There is a part of the chapter which deals with the different kinds of Poker games like Texas Hold'em, Omaha, Seven Card stud to name a few.
The final part of this chapter also has information about some rather unusual games which are played like Pineapple and Razz.
Poker for Dummies: The second part
The second part of the book is "Advanced strategy".
This part of the book deals with bluffing in the game of poker, this is not very detailed so you will be learning a bit but it's just the basics, not much of depth being presented here.
The other part of this section deals with the management of money, keeping records, calculating rates and other details which many books don't cover.
This is a huge plus for most novice players and even seasoned pros.
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The third part
The third part of the book deals with tournaments.
It has a discussion about what should the strategy be when playing in tournaments but again this is very basic, just ensuring that you do not get slaughtered when you do go to play.
This would work in the very small tournaments or if you are playing with friends but probably would be a little short when you come up against the professionals.
This also contains a part about the World Series of Poker and information about online poker and video poker.
There are a few good websites and software's stated here but that's about it.
The fourth part
The fourth part of the book contains a huge list of various poker terminology, this is an extensive list and something that almost everyone should go through just to get an idea of what a "tell" is or what "going all in" means.
Again this book was for the novice. So if you are a professional you might know a lot of the terms already.
There is also a list of books which are recommended, these books range from strategy guides to tournament guides to help for the advanced players.
It recommends certain steps which can increase your knowledge about poker.
The last part
The final part of the book is the same as most of the for dummies books out there.
It is the "Part of tens"; this consists of many chapters which have a detailed top 10 lists.
There is a part about "Ten ways to read your opponent"; similarly there are parts in the chapter which deal with advanced strategies and how to succeed in games.
The only gripe here is that the information is basic.
The information is top notch; but trying to find out the part which you need to pick up on is tough; since many topics repeat.
The final verdict
Overall, Poker for Dummies is a book that the novice player should go for.
If you have experience and you are not new to the game; then this book will be a little too elementary for you.
The various ideas and the detailing are good; so that any player beginning his poker playing days benefits from this book.
This book has a lot of discussions and ideas which are certainly useful for the novice player; sure this book will not make you the greatest poker player in the world; but it is a start in the world of poker.
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The vivid colors of flowers and leaves can be transferred onto paper by pounding them in order to release their natural dyes. Join horticulturists Suzanne French and Amy Bloom-Mountz to learn how to make beautiful botanical cards and prints by using this simple technique.
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Also known as Z bends or Joggles, the Offset punch and die set is able to make two bends in one machine stroke. This is the solution for applications requiring materials to be joined together or when you need to make a second bend that will not interfere with the first bend. Wilson Tool has many stock sizes in the standard catalog, but custom sizes and angles can also be made.
American Precision tooling from Wilson Tool International incorporates a one-of-a-kind design that's faster loading and more versatile than any other American style press brake tooling available today.
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The Fool's Take on the Squirming NAR
"There's nothing funnier or more satisfying than watching the National Association of Realtors change its tune these days. The latest news release from this sunny-Jim industry group finally fesses up to its past fiction, but even when it admits the bubble's going to pop, it can't muster the courage to just come out and say it."
"...the NAR is full of it and will spin the numbers any way it can to keep up the pleasant fiction that all is well....The cracks began to show in subsequent remarks from NAR 'Chief Economist' David Lereah. The head outfit that ridiculed the idea of a housing bubble for years is now crying for Ben Bernanke to bring it back. 'But this is a time for the Fed to pause on rate hikes because we have some interest-sensitive housing markets that have become vulnerable,' Lereah said."
"The real problem here isn't the NAR, of course. You have to expect these people to spin the facts for their industry. No, the real problem here is the uncritical press out there, which is all too happy to pepper every contrary indicator or bearish remark with an NAR official's informed-sounding bubble denial. Never mind if what the NAR folks are saying doesnt seem to make sense (or contradicts what they said just a few months back)."
"It should have been completely obvious to anyone with a loan calculator and a glance at wage increases that those months of industry bubble denials were just wishful thinking."


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Uppsala University is a comprehensive research-intensive university with a strong international standing. Our mission is to pursue top-quality research and education and to interact constructively with society. Our most important assets are all the individuals whose curiosity and dedication make Uppsala University one of Sweden's most exciting workplaces. Uppsala University has 44.000 students, 7.100 employees and a turnover of SEK 7 billion.
We are looking for a PhD student who wants to contribute to the transition to a sustainable transport system. The position is at the division of Electricity, department of Electrical Engineering, at the Ångström laboratory.
Project description: The energy transition in Sweden causes a large change for the transport sector as transports become more and more electrified. This PhD project aims at developing new environmentally friendly electric motors and thus contribute to the electrification of the transport sector. The majority of electric motors used for electromobility have permanent magnets with rare earth metals. This research project aims at designing electric motors without rare earth metals for electromobility with a special focus on Scania's applications in heavy transport such as buses and trucks. Different types of electric motors will be designed and evaluated. Both electromagnetic and mechanical design will be studied.
Swedish Electromobility Centre " http://emobilitycentre.se/ " is a national Centre of Excellence for e-mobility with partners from Swedish universities and Swedish industries. This research project will be performed in close collaboration with Scania CV AB in the framework of the Swedish Electromobility Centre, meaning that the PhD student will belong to a PhD student network with regular meetings, summer schools etc. The research group at Uppsala University has a long experience of research on different types of electrical machines as well as a large laboratory.
Duties: The work will mainly be carried out by FEM-based multiphysics simulations, but also includes design and construction of a prototype motor as well as experiments. The main duties of doctoral students are to devote themselves to their research studies which include participating in research projects and third cycle courses. The work duties can also include teaching and other departmental duties (no more than 20%).
Admission requirements: A person meets the general admission requirements for third-cycle courses and study programs if he or she:
Application: Please use the link below. You should include a brief description of your research interests and relevant experience, a CV, copies of diplomas and certificates, thesis (or a draft thereof) and other relevant documents. You are encouraged to provide letter(s) of recommendation and contact information to reference persons.
Rules governing PhD students are set out in the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5, §§ 1-7 and in Uppsala University's rules and guidelines http://regler.uu.se/?languageId=1.
Salary: According to local agreement for PhD students.
Starting date: As otherwise agreed.
Type of employment: Temporary position according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 7.
Scope of employment: 100 %
For further information about the position please contact: Sandra Eriksson, 018-4715823, firstname.lastname@example.com
Please submit your application by April 6th 2020, UFV-PA 2020/817.
Are you considering moving to Sweden to work at Uppsala University? If so, you will find a lot of information about working and living in Sweden at www.uu.se/joinus. You are also welcome to contact International Faculty and Staff Services at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Placement: Institutionen för elektroteknik
Type of employment: Full time , Temporary position longer than 6 months
Pay: Fixed salary
Number of positions: 1
Working hours: 100 %
Town: Uppsala
County: Uppsala län
Country: Sweden
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Number of reference: UFV-PA 2020/817
Last application date: 2020-04-06
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"What's three and half million words between friends?"
- Steven Erikson
|Wow! What a journey it has been since I struggled to get into Gardens of the Moon over seven years ago. It's been the best literary journey I have undertaken in my life. This series is the benchmark of all literature I have been exposed to (and I have been exposed to more literature than most people). In this last chapter of the Malazan Book of the Fallen Steven Erikson broke my heart in the best way possible. Eucatastrophe Tolkien called it, the good ending that breaks your heart. Steven Erikson is a master storyteller and makes you fall in love with hundreds of characters across the series because he makes almost every character in the series a main character in some way. The series is a tapestry of thousands of lives 'converging' and making up this beautiful epic tale of the fallen.


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Advanced Medical Imaging Technology
Bachelor of Science
Why study Advanced Medical Imaging Technology?
The Advanced Medical Imaging Technology program (AMIT) presents a new concept in the field of diagnostic medical imaging education. Traditionally, students were offered programs enabling them to specialize in a single diagnostic medical imaging modality. Most programs were housed within a certificate or associate degree program that was 12-24 months in length.
Students entering our professional baccalaureate curriculum are educated in multiple diagnostic medical imaging modalities. Currently, magnetic resonance imaging and nuclear medicine technology are taught in the professional curriculum. It is anticipated that additional imaging modalities will be added to program offerings.
Students who complete the baccalaureate program will meet national board eligibility requirements in two diagnostic medical imaging modalities as well as possess research skills that will distinguish them in their fields. Their Bachelor of Science in Advanced Medical Imaging Technology may be used as a point of entry to graduate or medical school, should students seek to further their education.
Admission Requirements
The University of Cincinnati has established academic success criteria for first-year applicants to bachelor's degree programs. All students are encouraged to apply. Please visit High School Student Admissions for more information about first-year student admission requirements.
For information about the admission requirements for the Advanced Medical Imaging Technology professional curriculum, please visit Secondary Admissions
Students entering the program as freshmen are strongly encouraged to work as either an employee or a volunteer in a medical environment -- preferably a hospital or imaging center -- early in their academic career. Should this not be possible, students are expected to arrange shadowing experiences with medical imaging professionals. Journals should kept demonstrating the times, dates and locations of these experiences.
Students contemplating this program should have a better than average aptitude for math and science courses. Grades of A and B in these courses are expected. All diagnostic medical imaging modalities involve direct patient care, so the ability to interact with others and to express a sincere concern for their welfare is a common characteristic of successful graduates.
Most full-time diagnostic medical imaging technologists work about 40 hours a week. They may, however, have evening, weekend or on-call hours. Opportunities for part-time and shift work also are available.
Physical stamina is important, because diagnostic medical imaging technologists are on their feet for long periods and need to assist incapacitated patients. Diagnostic medical imaging technologists work with stationary diagnostic imaging devices, and their duties may include performing some services at the patient's bedside. Some technologists travel to patients' locations, using large vans and trucks equipped with sophisticated diagnostic equipment.
Although some diagnostic medical imaging professionals use radiation as part of their occupation, radiation hazards are minimized by the use of shielding and the application of radiation safety practices. All individuals working with radiation are monitored continuously for radiation exposure.
Advisors will be there to help you at every step of your academic journey. If you have advising related questions, please visit the College of Allied Health Sciences' Academic Advising.
The Advanced Medical Imaging Technology program is unique in that it offers students the opportunity to become credentialed in two diagnostic medical imaging modalities, while awarding a baccalaureate degree. Most diagnostic medical imaging programs offer a single diagnostic imaging modality and award an associate degree. AMIT graduates are in a better position to advance within the profession, accepting positions of greater responsibility, and are prepared for continuing their education with a graduate or professional degree.
Reasons to enroll in AMIT at UC:
- The Advanced Medical Imaging Technology program is the only multi-credentialed medical imaging program in the region.
- Students receive individualized clinical education opportunities.
- Student pass rate of nationally administered board examinations dramatically exceed national averages for all modalities.
If you are student who wishes to transfer from a college or university outside of the University of Cincinnati system, please visit Transfer Admissions for more information.
If you are currently enrolled in an undergraduate program at the University of Cincinnati (including UC Blue Ash and UC Clermont), but want to change your major to one in the College of Allied Health Sciences, please visit Transition Students for more information.
Application Deadlines
First-year application deadlines can be found at Admissions Deadlines.
For information about the Advanced Medical Imaging Technology professional curriculum deadlines, please visit Secondary Admissions.
The Advanced Medical Imaging Technology program is accredited by the Joint Review Committee of Educational Programs in Nuclear Medicine Technology (JRCNMT) and the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technology (JRCERT).
Contact Information
Health Sciences Building
3225 Eden Avenue
Cincinnati, OH 45267
(513) 558-2018
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Celebrate Catholics June 30, 2018 No Comments
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Pavwallas. You've definitely heard of the word a zillion times. However, every Catholic happens to be called a pavwalla here. While you may address any Catholic as a pavwalla for convenience purposes, the truth might be otherwise. The word 'Pavwallas' is not just a word; it has a history of its own. Normally, when you hear the word, it sounds like bread. Well, you're absolutely right. But does that mean, Catholics are referred to as bread? Absolutely not! Here's a little gist about who pavwallas really are and how they happened to acquire the title of one.
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Originally, the 'Goans' were actually called as pavwallas. The name has particularly said to have originated in Bombay. Goans settled here in large numbers. They were initially called 'Macapao' by the local Mumbaikars of the place for over a century. This was because of the staple breakfast of the working class Goans. Goans were the ones who had bread as a uniform meal to their morning diet. In Goa, the bread man roams around in cycles, going door to door, in order to sell the bread in his basket. A lot of goans would purchase this bread almost every day, they still do. The baker would shout the word 'Pavwalla' loudly. To which his buyers would respond with "maka pao di" which means "give me bread". This is how the nickname of 'Macapao' came about. This title sure spread like wildfire that even Goans themselves would find addressing one another the same. In recent years, the word pavwalla has been shortened to just 'Pao'.
However, we have varied misconceptions about this term, a lot of people are often caught calling every Catholic a pavwalla. This is because they're unaware about the fascinating but not so mysterious history behind the term.
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For your information, the Goan bread is marvelous. It is very different compared to the other type of breads you get in and around Bombay and other cities. Well, we can't be shocked, can we? Goans do have a long history with bread. There is a special type of bread called as 'Poee bread' which is sold mostly by the bakers who roam with cycles to sell them. These bakers are called as 'Poders' and sell all the authentic goan loafs, including patties and other treats. A true goan will always be a lover of these delicious treats, irrespective of the place he's settled in.
It's easy to address one another with a stereotype. However, if you ever hear any of your friends addressing just about every Catholic as a pavwalla, you do have a nice short and crisp history to tell. While passing off authentic information, you can also feel proud to know the history of the very famous word. So brace yourself, lovely people! Think of all the great friends you have, every time you dip that bread in your tea and relish it. If it weren't for our dear Goan brothers and sisters, we may not have been feasting on this simple, yet delicious delight. So cheers to all the Pao's, we know they're great people are we're certainly lucky to have them in our lives.
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Fatty Legs: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
- 2013 YRCA-Junior nominee
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The moving memoir of an Inuit girl who emerges from a residential school with her spirit intact.
Eight-year-old Margaret Pokiak has set her sights on learning to read, even though it means leaving her village in the high Arctic. Faced with unceasing pressure, her father finally agrees to let her make the five-day journey to attend school, but he warns Margaret of the terrors of residential schools.
At school Margaret soon encounters the Raven, a black-cloaked nun with a hooked nose and bony fingers that resemble claws. She immediately dislikes the strong-willed young Margaret. Intending to humiliate her, the heartless Raven gives gray stockings to all the girls—all except Margaret, who gets red ones. In an instant Margaret is the laughingstock of the entire school.
In the face of such cruelty, Margaret refuses to be intimidated and bravely gets rid of the stockings. Although a sympathetic…[more]


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Some sectors of the Catalan independence movement focus on tax questions and complain that "we pay too much to Madrid." But the criticism is aimed against the Spanish government and not (except for a small and unrepresentative xenophobic fringe) against the people of Andalusia or Extremadura. In these autonomous communities, GDP per capita is half that of Madrid. This difference has hardly changed over the last 20 years. It is obvious that the taxes collected by the Spanish government don't get spent on "solidarity", on investments to bring economic improvements to the poorer regions.
In fact, the groups that block the measures that would improve conditions in Andalusia and Extremadura — agrarian reform, economic development, social justice… — are the same ones that block the right to decide in Catalonia. And the forces that want a real change to the south — such as the Andalusian Workers' Union, SAT — also support Catalonia's democratic rights.FAQs
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Paris DevOps Meetup
June 28, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm EDT
Want to know more on how to accelerate your DevOps journey?
Join Josh Atwell, DevOps and Open Ecosystem Solutions specialist to learn how to help your organisation to:
* Improve and solve current challenges with agility and reliability
* Prioritize the right services and capabilities to maximize developer productivity
* Understand what impact data has on your DevOps success and how you can shorten the software development lifecycle
Josh Atwell is focused on building a developer community and enabling customers and partner success leveraging code and integrations. Over the last 15 years he has worked very hard to allow little pieces of code to do his work for him through various automation tools. Josh is a contributing author to the popular Mastering vSphere series and the DevOps for VMware Administrators book.
Pizza and Beer provided.
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Brussels may seem calm these days – but it is very far from that. The European Parliament's newly elected MEPs and party groups are leading their internal debates, and it is all about who gets what with whom, who takes which position – and how to get a European Parliament candidate for Commission president (and which one) passed through approval of the Heads of State. The latter promises to be more than difficult and both Council and Parliament are not openly seeking confrontation just yet.
As for internal discussions, we see some interesting moves. First of all, ALDE is not ALDE anymore: in order to satisfy the new French MEPs from Macron's de-facto-liberal-but-not-openly-liberal, the group renamed itself to "Renew Europe". And "Renew Europe" already has a leadership problem: French hopeful and leader of Emmanuel Macron's European Parliament Renaissance list Nathalie Loiseau ousted herself of the leadership race by already insulting her new colleagues, by promising to build a party group with new methods, new centre and new leadership, and comparing Manfred Weber with an ectoplasm (for those who do not know what that is: the slimy stuff that ghosts leave behind and that the Ghostbusters go after).
Another leadership problem was fixed very swiftly: S&D leadership candidate – and S&D leader in the former Parliament – Udo Bullmann pulled out of his leadership bid against the only other candidate, Spanish Iratxe García. A logical decision, as the German Social Democrats suffered huge losses in the elections, whilst the Spanish became significantly stronger. Besides that and despite Udo Bullmann being a fine man, it certainly does not hurt the European institutions' gender balance at all to have a woman leading the S&D party.
Also in trouble is the British Brexit party – for other reasons. The UK's Electoral Commission is sensing fraud in relation to the donations the party received. A visit prior to the elections apparently revealed a more than chaotic structure, even if the Commission's spokespersons used more diplomatic words. Essentially, the Commission asks the party to go back and review all payments, even and especially if below 500 pounds, and especially those via PayPal.
Meanwhile, we may want to get ready to welcome Brexiteer Boris Johnson in the ranks of the European Heads of State – he is the strongest contender in the race for replacing former UK Prime Minister Theresa May that is currently running over several rounds in the UK Parliament.
With all these personnel news, one factual issue also rose over the last days, to the particular joy of the Austrians: the European Court of Justice ruled the German Maut legislation as in breach with European law. The law had caused huge uproar especially in neighbouring Austria, because it was more or less openly aimed at getting drivers who do not reside in Germany to pay for German roads, whilst reimbursing German residents via tax breaks. Rumours are that the Austrians are celebrating their "second Cordoba".
If you want to get closer to these sometimes absurd, sometimes more serious developments, find attached some jobs and as usual more on
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- Party of European Socialists (PES) seeks Trainee (m/f/d) Social and Employment Policy
Brussels | Apply by: 30.06.2019 | Starting date: 01.09.2019 | Full Time
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I can't see the point of not being able to read the answers that are entered from the Rla helpdesk. One of the benefits of the forum is to help members. If an answer is not for public use then I can not see the point of entering it in the Forum, with a 'sorry' you can't read this useful information. Surely, if the member who asks the question does not want the reply to be printed then they should have the anwswer sent directly to themselves. How is the 'default' set? Can the default be that all answers are printed on the forum unless the members raising the question says otherwise. If they say otherwise then a reply goes straight to the members and nothing appears on the Forum. What say you?
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Our 7th or 8th year doing this event – we do the sound and I play each day as well. I really really appreciated being a part of it this year and am very grateful to be able to… Having had my arm broken has renewed my gratitude for being able to be a musician/sound engineer. Everything old is new again! This was a great event this year and I'm already looking forward to next year. It is an interesting way to mark the passage of time, these annual events where you see a lot of the same people that you haven't seen for the whole year. Life is good.
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7/17/10. Cafe Jax, Eureka, MT17 Jul
A hot summer evening in Eureka out on the patio/deck. It felt like somewhere kinda tropical. This was a great evening at Eureka's newest live music venue. It' so nice to be playing a gig so close to home, I love it.
7/8/10. Craggy Range, Whitefish, MT8 Jul
This was another night with the trio – Vinnie on drums and Eric on Bass and 8 string guitar. Linda used the video projector at the Craggy and put awesome visuals on the walls… Lots of bizarre and psychedelic imagery. Cats boxing, orcas floating around the bar, mandalas and robots and…. very cool. Pretty good turnout for a Thursday night in the Fish. Kelly West killed it as the opener – playing hi hat and kick drum while singing and playing guitar.


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CSS is made up of rules consisting of three parts:
- Selector
- HTML element that the style will be applied to
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- Property
- Style attribute of the element
- e.g. color
- Value
- Corresponding value for the property
- e.g. blue
The selector specifies which elements to style, and is followed by a declaration block that begins with a left curly brace { closes with a right curly brace } that contains the property/value pair declarations.
The property/value pair are separated by a colon and end with a semi colon.
h1 { color: blue; font-size: 2em; }
<!DOCTYPE html>   <meta></meta> <link></link> <title>Document Title</title>
A very simple page

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