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Yesterday was the deadline for the #mtt2k contest and I don't have an entry. All summer, I waffled back and forth about doing an entry. I'd have a great idea one evening, start working on it, but by morning I was second guessing myself and the whole idea of the contest in general. Then a conversation on Twitter would spark another idea, only to be discarded the next day. Wash, rinse, repeat.
So before I come to my senses and decide to axe this post, here's a brief description of my #mtt2k ideas that never came to complete fruition:
1. Khan Academy Classroom Mashup
There's a playlist of unlisted videos produced by KA's President and COO Shantanu Sinha that (I assume) is used in training teachers at KA pilot schools. One of the videos is about how to use class time effectively. In it, Mr. Sinha discusses how there's a misconception that KA is about kids sitting in front of computers, but that the real power of KA is that it frees up class time for activities and projects.
However, KA recently had a series of 6 promotional videos produced, each featuring a different pilot school. And in all of those videos, we see kids in front of computers, watching videos and working through exercises. Student-student and student-teacher interaction only happen when a kid has a question about a problem. The only project/activity work that is shown is just one small portion of one video with kids working on some kind of geometry activity with string and drinking straws.
My entry would be a mashup juxtaposing clips from the "effective use of class time" video and the KA promotional videos of kids with laptops. I understand that when the mainstream media does a piece about KA, they tend to focus on the videos and exercises, and that is out of the KA team's control. But if KA says they are really about freeing up the classroom, why do their own promotional videos show kids working through modules on laptops in class?
2. Khan Academy Exercise Module / Student Tweet Mashup
Khan has a video where he gives a tour of the KA exercise modules and discusses its "motivating" point/badge system. However, as the summer winds down, there have been a lot of students tweeting about their dissatisfaction about doing KA work. My entry would be a mashup juxtaposing video clips of Khan's exhalations with frustrated student tweets. I think this speaks volumes about our country's approach to math education and that some computer exercises aren't really helping. I've been collecting the student tweets in a Storify, which you can see here (warning: teenagers using very NSFW language).
3. How I Used To Teach
Before #mtt2k, I was toying with doing a video series aimed at teachers called "How I Used To Teach." The purpose was to help teachers incorporate specific mulitiple representation approaches in physics, like motion graphs, energy bar charts, momentum bar charts, system schema, and color-coded circuit diagrams. For example, for a video about teaching kinematics, I would present a typical textbook problem and how I used to teach it — making a table of knowns and unknowns and then choosing the Big 5 equation that would solve the problem. Then I'd follow up with how I teach it now — drawing a velocity-time graph for the scenario and using slope and area relations to find the answer.
The #mtt2k connection here is that many of Khan's video are perfect examples of how I used to teach, particularly in my first 3 years. So my #mtt2k entry would start with Khan solving a problem the traditional way, and then I would follow-up with solving it the multiple representational way.
4. Limitations of Blackboard-style Videos Mashup
Another mashup of Khan explaining concepts like Hooke's Law and Newton's Third Law with clips of physics demos that beautifully illustrate them. These would also double as a criticism of Khan deferring to authority in his explanations, rather then deferring to experiment.
5. Dr. Seuss Parody
A story about kids struggling to eat gross school food (rotting vegetables, mystery meat, etc.) for lunch. In a Cat-in-the-Hat-like fashion, a man named Al magically appears to coach kids on how to eat, working through different disgusting entrees one at a time. Al also brings over 3,000 different sauces to put on the gross food. He even rewards kids who eat it with energy points and badges. Soon, schools across America are using Al's sauces and badges to transform cafeterias into serving "world-class lunches." In the end, it's a silly approach — the real solution is to serve better food. Swap Al for Sal and swap food for math and you see the crux of my argument.
6. Khan Academy Exercises vs. Wolfram|Alpha
A video showing how many of the exercises can be gamed using Wolfram Alpha. I'm surprised students haven't crowdsourced these tricks and created a Cramster for Khan Academy. (Digitial natives, huh?)
My #mtt2k Picks
A masterlist of all #mtt2k entries are listed here. These are my two favorites:
"Khan Academy Does Angry Birds" by Dan Meyer (@ddmeyer)
"What if Khan Academy Was Make in Japan" by Michael Pershan (@mpershan)
And if you haven't heard, Khan Academy just released a series of interactive computer science modules. They look pretty cool (like this bouncing ball one) and I'm wondering if the platform could be used in my college-prep level physics course. So there's that.
UPDATE Aug 18, 2012: At the request of a friend, I've decided to post the video I created for the first idea above (Khan Academy Classroom Mashup). I don't narrate any commentary, but rather let the words and actions of KA speak for themselves.


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The sale of the RTM322 engine by Rolls-Royce to its French joint-venture partner Turbomeca, part of the Safran Group in which the French government has a 27 percent share holding, came just before the UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) awarded a £367-million contract (around $580 million) for the maintenance of engines used by the Army's Boeing AH-64 Apache and RAF/Royal Navy AgustaWestland AW101 Merlin helicopters.
The MoD's six-year contract was signed with Rolls-Royce/Turbomeca before the engine sale was agreed, although it may have been part of the negotiation for sale. A statement from Turbomeca reads: "As the RTM322 engine is today 100 percent a Turbomeca engine, Turbomeca will supply the maintenance activities. Rolls-Royce will provide full support during a multi-year transition phase."
The MoD announcement stated that "the new contract will deliver savings of more than £300m compared to previous arrangements." It went on to state: "By simplifying the supply chain, improving technical support and increasing the availability of spare parts, the new contract will help to reduce the numbers of major repairs needed on the airframes, keeping them in the air for longer." Presumably the financial savings quoted are still guaranteed by the transfer of ownership to Turbomeca and were factored into the transfer of responsibility.
Work will be carried out at four bases where the Apaches and Merlins operate – RAF Benson, RNAS Culdrose, AAC Wattisham and AAC Middle Wallop and at Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca sites in the UK and France.
Philip Dunne, Minister for Defense Equipment, Support and Technology, said of the contract: "By improving the way we work with industry to maintain our helicopters with contracts like these, we can keep Apache and Merlin helicopters in the air for longer, which also ensures best value for money, saving for the taxpayer £300 million over six years compared with the previous support arrangements."
Maintenance work will be conducted at AAC Wattisham and AAC Middle Wallop for the Apaches, and at RNAS Culdrose for the Merlins, as well as Rolls-Royce and Turbomeca locations in the UK and France.
During an Aug. 30 interview related to Helitech 2013, Turbomeca CEO Olivier Andries told Rotor & Wing that the RTM322 will "bring us increased competencies in the hot box of the engine. This will enable us to accelerate our time-to-market in developing a commercial product line for heavy helicopters, typically for the offshore market, and so the plan is to develop this in the not-too-distant future." The company is targeting a 2,500 hp engine and a 3,000 hp version. The plan, Andries continued, is to offer "an alternative to the T700 and CT7 of GE. So the alternative to the T700 is the RTM322 as it is, and with the 3,000-hp commercial product line that we plan to develop, we want to offer an alternative to the CT7, the engine of the S-92, which is powering the Bell 525 and the AW189."
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Several years ago I read a book on the Tao - I forget the author's name and the name of the book. He mentioned an event he called "The time of the scholars" in which many Taoists and Confucianists and others were killed in a great pogrom.
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|Home > Apache Geronimo v1.1 > Documentation > Apache Geronimo v1.1 - User's Guide > Administration > Administrative tasks > Configuring security > Administering security realms > Certificate Properties File Realm
This realm type allows you to configure Web applications to authenticate users against it. To get to that point, you will need to first configure Geronimo to use a custom SSL port listener and to get to that point you will need to configure SSL keys and keystore. The following sections describe step-by-step how to configure each of these modules.
|This feature is not fully implemented in Geronimo v1.1, for this example you will have to use Geronimo v1.1.1
For this configuration we will create a new keystore, a new private key, a CSR and will import the CA reply
We already mentioned in the Administering Certificates section how to create a keystore and a private key, in this section we will complete the picture by generating a CSR and importing the CA's reply.
The keystores in Geronimo are stored in the <geronimo_home>\var\security\keystores directory, the default keystore already provided with the installation is geronimo-default. For this exercise we will create a new keystore.
From the Geronimo Administration Console click on Keystores to access the Keystore Configuration portlet.
Click on New Keystore, specify a new keystore name and password and then click on Create Keystore. For this example we used My_Keystore and password respectively.
Click on the keystore file you just created, and create a private key by clicking on the appropriate link.
Fill in with the appropriate data and click on Review Key Data.
Once you verified the values are correct click on Generate Key.
Right after you created a new private key, this key is automatically locked. That means that you can only view it or delete it, to create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) you will have to unlock the key. To do that click on Return to keystore list.
Click on the to unlock the private key. You will be prompted with the password for the keystore and for the private key.
Click on Unlock Keystore.
Now that you have the private key unlocked you may now continue to create a CSR. From the Keystore Configuration portlet click on the keystore file you created to display the current content. In this example we only have one private key. Click on either view or the alias links for the current private key to display the details and additional actions.
Click on Generate CSR, the certificate request should be displayed as illustrated in the following figure.
This is a PKCS10 certification request, you should copy this text and paste it into a flat txt file so it can be sent to a CA.
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- MIIBqDCCARECAQAwajESMBAGA1UEAxMJbG9jYWxob3N0MREwDwYDVQQLEwhHZXJvbmltbz EPMA0GA1UEChMGQXBhY2hlMRAwDgYDVQQHDAdNeV9DaXR5MREwDwYDVQQIDAhNeV9TdGF0 ZTELMAkGA1UEBhMCQ0MwgZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGBAIOSt7pc/0OYH+ tFCUai/VU7fnjdQssw15lZ/0k5PBbbvz0D7cK8ZoMNccNbf+TrjWeyEPpmMZcwmOw3xzJ0 lFBa03DMWbcNwUcEkvM7ok1O6O8v+53rVjZLIuizS9VCma4jXj2ThsBWWihgRZ+r2j/Htb 3uNvzdgcjw276SGRvlAgMBAAEwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEEBQADgYEAMRhP1vEgNYBlvAfR9Cid FVcs+iSQJe6d/Ugq34fl/ZIdwOvB72ZbyfaRpRUJJ9YGx6XC93aa811Q0pqSSr09ONRuM0 D8QUTbxyjgl0T9ox404w9P72Lj1mC8VExUfgd0FjQq0wpVSzbG+S/cbH1EPcu/djrAFhta cimNSwy3zXs= -----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----
You can now click Back to return to the private key details portlet.
For this example we used a custom, home made CA so we could sign our own certificates for this test without altering the standard procedure. Assuming that you sent you CSR to a CA, the CA should respond back with another similar file containing the CA signed certificate.
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIICajCCAdOgAwIBAgIEB1vNFTANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBiDELMAkGA1UEBhMCSU4xEDAOBgNV BBETB1pJUENPREUxETAPBgNVBAgTCE15IFN0YXRlMRQwEgYDVQQHEwtNeSBMb2NhbGl0eTEPMA0G A1UEChMGTXkgT3JnMRQwEgYDVQQLEwtNeSBPcmcgVW5pdDEXMBUGA1UEAxMOTXkgT3duIFJvb3Qg Q0EwHhcNMDYwMTAxMDUwMDAwWhcNMDcwMTAxMDUwMDAwWjBqMRIwEAYDVQQDEwlsb2NhbGhvc3Qx ETAPBgNVBAsTCEdlcm9uaW1vMQ8wDQYDVQQKEwZBcGFjaGUxEDAOBgNVBAcMB015X0NpdHkxETAP BgNVBAgMCE15X1N0YXRlMQswCQYDVQQGEwJDQzCBnzANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAAOBjQAwgYkCgYEA g5K3ulz/Q5gf60UJRqL9VTt+eN1CyzDXmVn/STk8Ftu/PQPtwrxmgw1xw1t/5OuNZ7IQ+mYxlzCY 7DfHMnSUUFrTcMxZtw3BRwSS8zuiTU7o7y/7netWNksi6LNL1UKZriNePZOGwFZaKGBFn6vaP8e1 ve42/N2ByPDbvpIZG+UCAwEAATANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFAAOBgQCtpRpkuHrcM8/sRejOgh6Mr2PV gi7cYXEToOtcOnM7vbbHQN1oqfJPOYGsOnEa81/jeYuQldKghCzZxOFp56tXOFWwJyH/NAaot6nu r9kI9m97fxFo1WYQxl7co7QwSsPuNIGdQcqKfDMr9FCVD2+BpW9bdpi/rW9VuuMEnPm5JQ== -----END CERTIFICATE-----
From the private key details portlet click on Import CA reply. Remove any pre-filled text in the certificate reply window and paste the text from the CA reply file and click on Save.
After saving the CA reply you should now notice that the certificate now shows a different Issuer. Click on Back to keystore and then on Return to keystore list.
In order to enable client authentication you will need to import the CA who signed your CSR as a trusted certificate, this process has to be only once. The CA should provide along with the signed CSR a separate certificate for the CA itself. For this example we are using our own CA so we generated the following CA certificate.
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE----- MIIChjCCAe+gAwIBAgIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQUFADCBiDELMAkGA1UEBhMCSU4xEDAOBgNVBBET B1pJUENPREUxETAPBgNVBAgTCE15IFN0YXRlMRQwEgYDVQQHEwtNeSBMb2NhbGl0eTEPMA0GA1UE ChMGTXkgT3JnMRQwEgYDVQQLEwtNeSBPcmcgVW5pdDEXMBUGA1UEAxMOTXkgT3duIFJvb3QgQ0Ew HhcNMDUxMjMxMTgzMDAwWhcNMTkxMjMxMTgzMDAwWjCBiDELMAkGA1UEBhMCSU4xEDAOBgNVBBET B1pJUENPREUxETAPBgNVBAgTCE15IFN0YXRlMRQwEgYDVQQHEwtNeSBMb2NhbGl0eTEPMA0GA1UE ChMGTXkgT3JnMRQwEgYDVQQLEwtNeSBPcmcgVW5pdDEXMBUGA1UEAxMOTXkgT3duIFJvb3QgQ0Ew gZ8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADgY0AMIGJAoGBAOGfnakKJlSw5daLSYAo3dpAqk/HAz9LX0zFZiIi 8m6HiPaiWdkYVoA3WxLzrrzqRDFlDhZUHIRE+nBz/C/DyGkJm3qRT6EJt/h8IPizN2tgcbHEWtmo GvaYoFMcQ8gjPeDPqSMB36ALH8zdlswZ/t0wR/TogCijVEUnQ+1ERmNHAgMBAAEwDQYJKoZIhvcN AQEFBQADgYEAOb/KlJK2nQ5VTgC/wZ3G+3Ft4gRNv8iazjRs0N3CX/zAMGxV1ECkveLunBrCn/SN Mqq9WMVvzJtDbcxU1cE75Ncng893QlfnboShpVsXeH6gTT5saCsIeoD+VoqBaktuS6QuSN1JUz+i NSr1SNzbyoZiPq/UgexQMxFqowA3PDI= -----END CERTIFICATE-----
While in the Keystore Configuration portlet click on the keystore file you created and then click on Add Trust Certificate. Delete any pre-filled content from Trusted Certificate window and paste the content from the CA certificate and add an alias to this certificate.
Click on Review Certificate and then click on Import Certificate. You should now see the trusted certificate you just imported.
Apache Geronimo comes with a predefined HTTPS listener on port 8443 but this listener is not configured for client authentication. In this example we will add a new HTTPS listener and configure it to request client authentication using the certificates we created and imported in the previous steps.
Note that in this example we are using the Tomcat distribution of Geronimo, although the process is the same some names and links may vary slightly if you are using the Jetty distribution.
From the Geronimo Administration Console click on Web Server to access the Network Listener portlet.
From the Network Listener portlet click on Add new HTTPS listener for Tomcat
Fill in the fields with the appropriate data and click Save. For this example we only specified the keystore and not a trustore. When specifying the keystore file path you should add something similar to var/security/keystores/<your_keystore>, this path is relative to Geronimo's installation home directory.
Select the Client Auth Required check box, this tells the HTTPS listener to only establish an encrypted connection with a client that provides a valid client certificate. The client certificates are verified against the CA certificates stored in any of these locations (in order):
Once you saved this HTTPS network listener configuration it will get started automatically as you can see in the status displayed. If you try to access this port with your browser it should fail because at this poing you have not configured your client with a valid certificate.


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This issue of arborvitae, produced in conjunction with IUCN's Commission on Environmental Law and the IUCN Environmental Law Centre, looks at how forest law is impacting local forest management around the world and how reforms are progressing in several countries.
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The topic of the month is scary things, so I sat down and tried to think about some things that frighten me. I had to stop. I got too scared . . .
It's odd, though, that things that terrified people for centuries seem to have morphed into things that are downright attractive. Take the vampire, for example.
I know I'd run screaming if I saw him coming after me.
Anne Rice's vampires are attractive, but they are killers nonetheless. Even Louis, with all his angst, slaughters humans.
Nowadays, though, vampires are depicted as attractive, even relatively harmless. Think Edward Cullen from the Twilight films.
Who wouldn't want him sneaking in through her bedroom window?
[Yeah, I know he's way too young for me, but this is fantasy, OK?]
The werewolf has undergone a similar metamorphosis.
When Lon Chaney transformed beneath the full moon, we knew we'd better run and hide or else he'd tear us
limb from limb. He couldn't help himself.
Neither could Professor Remus Lupin, the werewolf in the Harry Potter films. He, too, is a tragic figure, doomed to turn into a monster every month.
Even a man who is pure of heart
And says his prayers by night
May become a wolf when the wolfbane blooms
And the moon is shining bright.
Jacob Black, on the other hand, is a hunk, no question. Even in wolf form he comes across as a nice guy in the Twilight films - at least, if you are Bella Swan and not a vampire.
[Yes, I have read Breaking Dawn, but let's not go there. That book creeped me out in ways that are neither fun nor even horror. I mean, the Jacob part was just plain icky.]
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In my last post, I discussed the use of odds ratios to characterize the association between edibility and binary mushroom characteristics for the mushrooms characterized in the UCI mushroom dataset. I did not, however, describe those computations in detail, and the purpose of this post is to give a brief discussion of how they were done. That said, I should emphasize that the primary focus of this blog is not R programming per se, but rather the almost limitless number of things that R allows you to do in the realm of exploratory data analysis. For more detailed discussions of the mechanics of R programming, two excellent resources are The R Book by Michael J. Crawley, and Modern Applied Statistics with S (Statistics and Computing) by W.N. Venables and B.D. Ripley.
As a reminder, I discuss the odds ratio in Chapter 13 of Exploring Data in Engineering, the Sciences, and Medicine, which may be viewed as an association measure between binary variables. As I discussed last time, for two binary variables, x and y, each taking the values 0 and 1, the odds ratio is defined on the basis of the following four numbers:
N00 = the number of data records with x = 0 and y = 0
N01 = the number of data records with x = 0 and y = 1
N10 = the number of data records with x = 1 and y = 0
N11 = the number of data records with x = 1 and y = 1
Specifically, the odds ratio is given by the following expression:
Similarly, confidence intervals for the odds ratio are easily constructed by appealing to the asymptotic normality of log OR, which has a limiting variance given by the square root of the sum of the reciprocals of these four numbers. The R procedure oddsratioWald.proc available from the companion website for Exploring Data computes the odds ratio and the upper and lower confidence limits at a specified level alpha from these four values:
oddsratioWald.proc <- function(n00, n01, n10, n11, alpha = 0.05){
# Compute the odds ratio between two binary variables, x and y,
# as defined by the four numbers nij:
# n00 = number of cases where x = 0 and y = 0
# n01 = number of cases where x = 0 and y = 1
# n10 = number of cases where x = 1 and y = 0
# n11 = number of cases where x = 1 and y = 1
OR <- (n00 * n11)/(n01 * n10)
# Compute the Wald confidence intervals:
siglog <- sqrt((1/n00) + (1/n01) + (1/n10) + (1/n11))
zalph <- qnorm(1 - alpha/2)
logOR <- log(OR)
loglo <- logOR - zalph * siglog
loghi <- logOR + zalph * siglog
ORlo <- exp(loglo)
ORhi <- exp(loghi)
oframe <- data.frame(LowerCI =
= OR, UpperCI = ORhi, alpha = alpha) ORlo, OR
Including "alpha = 0.05" in the parameter list fixes the default value for alpha at 0.05, which yields the 95% confidence intervals for the computed odds ratio, based on the Wald approximation described above. An important practical point is that these intervals become infinitely wide if any of the four numbers Nij are equal to zero; also, note that in this case, the computed odds ratio is either zero or infinite. Finally, it is worth noting that if the numbers Nij are large enough, the procedure just described can encounter numerical overflow problems (i.e., the products in either the numerator or the denominator become too large to be represented in machine arithmetic). If this is a possibility, a better alternative is to regroup the computations as follows:
OR = (N00 / N01) x (N11 / N10 )
To use the routine just described, it is necessary to have the four numbers defined above, which form the basis for a two-by-two contingency table. Because contingency tables are widely used in characterizing categorical data, these numbers are easily computed in R using the table command. As a simple example, the following code reads the UCI mushroom dataset and generates the two-by-two contingency table for the EorP and GillSize attributes:
> mushrooms <- read.csv("mushroom.csv")
> table(mushrooms$EorP, mushrooms$GillSize)
b n
e 3920 288
p 1692 2224
(Note that the first line reads the csv file containing the mushroom data; for this command to work as shown, it is necessary for this file to be in the working directory. Alternatively, you can change the working directory using the setwd command.)
To facilitate the computation of odds ratios, the following preliminary procedure combines the table command with the oddsratioWald.proc procedure, allowing you to compute the odds ratio and its level-alpha confidence interval from the two-level variables directly:
TableOR.proc00 <- function(x,y,alpha=0.05){
xtab <- table(x,y)
n00 <- xtab[1,1]
n01 <- xtab[1,2]
n10 <- xtab[2,1]
n11 <- xtab[2,2]
The primary disadvantage of this procedure is that it doesn't tell you which levels of the two variables are being characterized by the computed odds ratio. In fact, this characterization describes the first level of each of these variables, and the following slight modification makes this fact explicit:
TableOR.proc <- function(x,y,alpha=0.05){
xtab <- table(x,y)
n00 <- xtab[1,1]
n01 <- xtab[1,2]
n10 <- xtab[2,1]
n11 <- xtab[2,2]
outList <- vector("list",2)
outList[[1]] <- paste("Odds ratio between the level [",dimnames(xtab)[[1]][1],"] of the first variable and the level [",dimnames(xtab)[[2]][1],"] of the second variable:",sep=" ")
outList[[2]] <- oddsratioWald.proc(n00,n01,n10,n11,alpha)
Specifically, I have used the fact that the dimension names of the 2x2 table xtab correspond to the levels of the variables x and y, and I have used the paste command to include these values in a text string displayed to the user. (I have enclosed the levels in square brackets to make them stand out from the surrounding text, particularly useful here since the levels are coded as single letters.) Applying this procedure to the mushroom characteristics EorP and GillSize yields the following results:
> TableOR.proc(mushrooms$EorP, mushrooms$GillSize)
[1] "Odds ratio between the level [ e ] of the first variable and the level [ b ] of the second variable:"
LowerCI OR UpperCI alpha
1 15.62615 17.89073 20.48349 0.05
Almost certainly, the formatting I have used here could be improved – probably a lot – but the key point is to provide a result that is reasonably complete and easy to interpret.
Finally, I noted in my last post that if we are interested in using odds ratios to compare or rank associations, it is useful to code the levels so that the computed odds ratio is larger than 1. In particular, note that applying the above procedure to characterize the relationship between edibility and the Bruises characteristic yields:
> TableOR.proc(mushrooms$EorP, mushrooms$Bruises)
[1] "Odds ratio between the level [ e ] of the first variable and the level [ f ] of the second variable:"
LowerCI OR UpperCI alpha
1 0.09014769 0.1002854 0.1115632 0.05
It is clear from these results that both Bruises and GillSize exhibit odds ratios with respect to mushroom edibility that are significantly different from the neutral value 1 (i.e., the 95% confidence interval excludes the value 1 in both cases), but it is not obvious which variable has the stronger association, based on the available data. The following procedure automatically restructures the computation so that the computed odds ratio is larger than or equal to 1, allowing us to make this comparison:
AutomaticOR.proc <- function(x,y,alpha=0.05){
xtab <- table(x,y)
n00 <- xtab[1,1]
n01 <- xtab[1,2]
n10 <- xtab[2,1]
n11 <- xtab[2,2]
rawOR <- (n00*n11)/(n01*n10)
if (rawOR < 1){
n01 <- xtab[1,1]
n00 <- xtab[1,2]
n11 <- xtab[2,1]
n10 <- xtab[2,2]
iLevel <- 2
iLevel <- 1
outList <- vector("list",2)
outList[[1]] <- paste("Odds ratio between the level [",dimnames(xtab)[[1]][1],"] of the first variable and the level [",dimnames(xtab)[[2]][iLevel],"] of the second variable:",sep=" ")
outList[[2]] <- oddsratioWald.proc(n00,n01,n10,n11,alpha)
Note that this procedure first constructs the 2x2 table on which everything is based and then computes the odds ratio in the default coding: if this value is smaller than 1, the coding of the second variable (y) is reversed. The odds ratio and its confidence interval are then computed and the levels of the variables used in computing it are presented as before. Applying this procedure to the Bruises characteristic yields the following result, from which we can see that GillSize appears to have the stronger association, as noted last time:
> AutomaticOR.proc(mushrooms$EorP, mushrooms$Bruises)
[1] "Odds ratio between the level [ e ] of the first variable and the level [ t ] of the second variable:"
LowerCI OR UpperCI alpha
1 8.963532 9.971541 11.09291 0.05
Well, that's it for now. Next time, I will come back to the question of how we should expect interestingness measures to be distributed and whether those expectations are met in practice.


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So I've finally gotten around to building my first IO ship, the Light of Sol. At nearly 15 studs long, it's definitely a capital ship, and intended to be the flagship of an eventual fleet.
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Loosely inspired by Starcraft Battlecruisers, the Coriolis-class is designed with both form and function in mind -- aesthetically pleasing yet still fairly imposing to those that might come face to face with it.
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I imagine the Sol as a command and control ship, staying mostly on the back line, directing the rest of the fleet in battle. Operationally, it is not unlike the big Mon Calamari cruisers from Star Wars -- not heavily armed or studded with laser turrets like some ships in its class, but still vital to the function of the fleet as a whole. While it is capable of engaging other ships at assault-range, the Sol must rely on the smaller ships and mobile frame squads in its fleet for close-in defense.
Light of Sol
Heavy Laser Cannons
Main and Forward Bridges
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Of course, while this set up is designed to fit the ship's role as stated above, the physical build allows for flexibility.
For example:
Light of Sol (Assault)
Heavy Laser Cannons
Main Bridge
Dual Shield Generators
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Heavy Laser Cannons
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Oh the world of Social Media. I am trying to be more hip so I finally created a Diary of a Quilter Facebook Page. You can find it here and even "like" it if you want. I tend to have random thoughts from time to time that only other fabri-y/quilty people would "get" (for example: does anyone else out there crack up when they see a fabric collection by Ty Pennington?) but they don't necessarily seem worthy of an entire blog post. So Facebook seems to be a good home for those kinds of things.
(While we're on the subject of FB I do have a personal profile there, but I'm trying to keep these two profiles [lives?] separate. My personal page is where I discuss things like quirky hereditary traits with my relatives or memories with long lost people from my past – totally boring to most of you. And at the same time, I don't think all the people I went to High School with are interested in hearing all the nuances of cutting up fabric. Does anyone else have these issues? Solutions?)


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Liberty News
Alumnus to perform in Lynchburg Regional Airshow
At the Lynchburg Regional Airshow this weekend, Liberty University alumnus Kendal Simpson will have one of the best seats in the house.
Simpson, who graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management and a minor in Aviation, will fly his Pitts Model 12 biplane in the show, scheduled for May 21-22 at Lynchburg Regional Airport.
Simpson said he hasn't been to his alma mater for 10 years and is excited to return.
"It's like a homecoming airshow for me," he said. "I love being in any airshow and obviously this one is special, being a Liberty alumni and the Lynchburg airport being the first airport where I first soloed and I got my private pilot's license … it's going to bring back a lot of good memories."
Simpson, who lives in New Jersey, has been performing in airshows for three seasons, but has been competing in aerobatics competitions for 11 years, winning more than 35 medals and trophies.
He said guests should be prepared for a "high-energy" performance.
"You'll probably be seeing the airplane do things most people don't think an airplane should be able to do," he said, including "a lot of tumbling, a lot of smoke and lots of noise."
Simpson is in the lineup with the U.S. Navy's Blue Angels, whose thunderous sounds surrounded campus this week as they ran practice flights. They will be performing as part of the Centennial of Naval Aviation in 35 locations throughout the U.S. this year. The Blue Angels were last in Lynchburg in 1982.
The airshow will also feature the U.S. Army's Special Operations team, The Black Daggers from Fort Bragg, N.C., and The Flying Circus Airshow from Bealeton, Va., along with a vintage car show, educational displays, children's activities and concessions.
Simpson said he has done a few shows with the Blue Angels and is looking forward to another chance to join them.
"Growing up I always loved going to airshows and watching the Blues as well as a bunch of other performers that I always looked up to, and now to be flying in the same shows as them and walking side by side with them all it's really neat," he said.
Simpson has accumulated more than 6,800 hours in more than 60 different types of aircraft. He has a wide range of aviation experience, including flying freight, charter flights, flight instruction, crop dusting, glider towing, corporate, and airline flying. He currently flies some of the most advanced corporate jets in the world both domestically and internationally, while performing in airshows on the side.
Simpson said he is looking forward to seeing how Liberty's aeronautics program has grown, from offering only a minor in aviation when he was there to a full-scale, accredited program with more than 300 students and a variety of majors.
About 30 Liberty University School of Aeronautics students have been preparing for this weekend's show, including helping to lay out the mile-long tarp for the Blue Angels.
James Mashburn, chief flight instructor at Liberty, said this is a great experience for the students.
"There are a ton of behind-the-scenes activities that have to take place," he said. "It is a part of bringing the community together and serving the community."
About 60 students will also be volunteering with food vendors during the show.
- For details on the airshow, including ticket information and parking, go to www.lynchburgairshow.com.


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SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Everett Golson is out for at least the fall semester at Notre Dame, saying he has been suspended by the university for what he called poor academic judgment.
"I take full responsibility for my poor choices and will do all that is asked of me to regain the trust of my family, friends, teammates, coaches and the entire Notre Dame community," he wrote in a letter released Sunday by the university.
Golson was officially no longer enrolled at Notre Dame as of Friday, university spokesman Dennis Brown said Saturday night.
Golson helped the Irish go 12-0 during the regular season last year, regain the No. 1 ranking for the first time in nearly two decades and get to the national title game against Alabama in January. Coach Brian Kelly was counting on him to play an even bigger role in 2013 after his play steadily improved throughout last season.
Golson did not specify what he did to get suspended, and wrote that he understands his integrity could be in question.
"But I want to reassure my supporters that through this experience I will return a better student athlete as well as a better individual," he said.
He said he chose to attend Notre Dame because of its mission to develop him both on and off the field.
"My parents and the community I grew up in have instilled values in me that have and will continue to allow me to be successful in the future. There have been many lessons learned as I worked to become the starting quarterback at Notre Dame and each was a result of Coach Kelly's belief in me as an athlete and a person," he wrote.
He also thanked the university for the opportunity it already has given him and the opportunity to retain his eligibility in January.
"At this point, I understand how my integrity could be in question but I want to reassure my supporters that through this experience I will return a better student athlete as well as a better individual," Golson said. "Lastly, I want to thank the University of Notre Dame for the opportunity already granted and also the opportunity going forth to regain my eligibility in the winter of 2014."
Golson did not respond to telephone or text messages left by The Associated Press.
Athletic Director Jack Swarbrick declined to elaborate on Golson's situation earlier in the day. Brown said the university would have nothing to add to Golson's statement.
Golson's abrupt exit leaves the Irish unsettled at a position they were hoping would be a strength in 2013. The most likely replacement is Tommy Rees, the 2011 starter who played key roles in four victories last season when Golson either struggled or was injured.
Golson completed 58.8 percent of his passes last year for 2,405 yards with 12 touchdown passes and six interceptions. He also ran for 298 yards and team-high six touchdowns.
Notre Dame also has Andrew Hendrix, a senior with no starts, and freshman Malik Zaire at quarterback.
So now quarterback is question mark for the Irish and Golson's future with Notre Dame is uncertain.
One thing is clear: The good feelings in South Bend produced by the best Notre Dame football season in more than two decades have been muted by everything that has come after 12-0.
It started with an embarrassing 42-14 loss against Alabama in the BCS title game, when the Crimson Tide scored on their first three possessions and jumped to a 35-0 lead.
That was quickly followed by news Kelly had interviewed for the vacant Philadelphia Eagles job the day after the BCS game.
Then the bizarre.
Part Manti Te'o's inspirational story turned out to be the result of an elaborate hoax. The dead girlfriend that supposedly inspired throughout his Heisman Trophy run did not exist. He had been duped and embarrassed.
Since then, it's been a series of smaller setbacks.
In March, Kelly announced Gunner Kiel, one of the top-rated quarterbacks coming out of high school a year ago, was leaving before even trying to challenge Golson for the starter's job during spring practice. Kiel transferred to Cincinnati.
NCAA rules would permit Kiel to return, but texted "I'm a Bearcat" to The (Cincinnati) Enquirer.
Then came reports that standout defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes from Auburn, Calif., a five-star recruit who signed a letter of intent in February with Notre Dame, was having second thoughts about playing for the Irish.
Though none of those problems will affect the Irish this season like not having Golson.


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Normally the drive up the hill to Crane Flat is an unremarkable drive through thick forest that serves as a prelude to an arrival in Yosemite Valley. This time, though, the Dogwood and oaks and wild roses were putting on the ultimate show of color.
The dogwoods are an understory species that sit unnoticed on the forest floor except in spring when the unique "flowers" bloom, and in fall when they provide much of the fall color in the deep forest. I somehow missed their bright red berries in years past.


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CBC (Choice-Based Conjoint) choice simulators predict share of choice for product concepts within competitive market scenarios, but they provide no insights into perceptions—the why's behind the choice. The author (Orme) introduces Perceptual Choice Experiments as an extension of CBC questionnaires for integrating diagnostic perceptual dimensions into CBC analysis and simulators. Experimental design, model estimation, and sample size issues are explicated. Fortunately, perceptual choice experiments leverage the same tools we already employ in CBC studies: orthogonal experiments, MNL estimation, and market simulation via the logit rule (share of preference). The author demonstrates how perceptual choice data may be analyzed using Sawtooth Software's MBC system—though any system that can estimate MNL models is suitable for the task.
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Using Codeless Ajax, you can use drag-and-drop components to visually design rich Web forms and apps that run as fast as desktop apps, but work entirely in the cloud. Professional developers can extend Alpha Five using open JavaScript libraries, the Xbasic or SQL languages, Genies and Xdialogs, the Report Builder, the Security Framework, over 1000 built-in functions, and more programming skills are optional with Alpha Five v10.
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FDA Approves New Tenofovir (Viread) Formulation and Dosing Regimen for HIV+ Children
- Details
- Category: HIV Treatment
- Published on Tuesday, 24 January 2012 00:00
- Written by FDA
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Gilead Sciences last week announced the approval of a new oral powder formulation and new strength tablets of tenofovir (brand name Viread) -- one of the most widely used nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs) in combination antiretroviral regimens -- as well as new dosing recommendations for HIV positive children and adolescents age 2 through 18 years.
Below is an edited excerpt from the FDA announcement describing the changes. Further information is provided in a press release from Gilead, available at http://www.gilead.com/pr_1650180.
HIV/AIDS Update -- Viread: New Formulation, and Pediatric Dosing Update
On January 18, 2012, the Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) labeling was updated to include dosing information in pediatric patients 2 to less than 18 years of age. An oral powder (40 mg per 1 gram of oral powder) formulation and 150 mg, 200 mg and 250 mg tablets were also approved to support dosing in pediatric patients. Listed below are the major changes to the product labeling. In addition the patient labeling was updated to include information on pediatric patients and instruction on how to prepare and give Viread oral powder.
1.1 HIV-1 Infection
Viread is indicated in combination with other antiretroviral agents for the treatment of HIV-1 infection in adults and pediatric patients 2 years of age and older.
2.1 Recommended Dose in Adults
For adults unable to swallow Viread tablets, the oral powder formulation (7.5 scoops) may be used.
2.2 Recommended Dose in Pediatric Patients (2 to Less Than 18 Years of Age)
For the treatment of HIV-1 in pediatric patients 2 years of age and older, the recommended oral dose of Viread is 8 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate per kilogram of body weight (up to a maximum of 300 mg) once daily administered as oral powder or tablets.
Viread oral powder should be measured only with the supplied dosing scoop. One level scoop delivers 1 g of powder which contains 40 mg of tenofovir disoproxil fumarate. Viread oral powder should be mixed in a container with 2 to 4 ounces of soft food not requiring chewing (e.g., applesauce, baby food, yogurt). The entire mixture should be ingested immediately to avoid a bitter taste. Do not administer Viread oral powder in a liquid as the powder may float on top of the liquid even after stirring. Further patient instructions on how to administer Viread oral powder with the supplied dosing scoop are provided in the FDA-approved patient labeling.
Viread is also available as tablets in 150, 200, 250 and 300 mg strengths for pediatric patients who weigh greater than or equal to 17 kg and who are able to reliably swallow intact tablets. The dose is one tablet once daily taken orally, without regard to food.
Tables 1 and 2 of the product labeling contain dosing recommendations for Viread oral powder and tablets based on body weight. Weight should be monitored periodically and the Viread dose adjusted accordingly.
2.3 Dose Adjustment for Renal Impairment in Adults
There are no data to recommend use of Viread tablets 150, 200 or 250 mg or Viread oral powder in patients with renal impairment.
5.6 Decreases in Bone Mineral Density
In clinical trials evaluating Viread in HIV-1 infected pediatric subjects 2 to less than 18 years of age, bone effects were similar to those observed in adult subjects. Under normal circumstances BMD increases rapidly in pediatric patients. In Study 352 (2 to less than 12 years), the mean rate of BMD gain in lumbar spine at Week 48 was similar between the Viread and the d4T or AZT treatment groups. Total body BMD gain was less in the Viread compared to the d4T or AZT treatment group. One Viread-treated subject and none of the d4T or AZT-treated subjects experienced significant (greater than 4%) lumbar spine BMD loss at Week 48. Changes from baseline in BMD Z-scores were -0.012 for lumbar spine and -0.338 for total body in the 64 subjects who were treated with Viread for 96 weeks. In Study 321 (12 to less than 18 years), the mean rate of BMD gain at Week 48 was less in the Viread compared to the placebo treatment group. Six Viread treated subjects and one placebo treated subject had significant (greater than 4%) lumbar spine BMD loss at Week 48. Changes from baseline BMD Z-scores were -0.341 for lumbar spine and -0.458 for total body in the 28 subjects who were treated with Viread for 96 weeks. In both trials, skeletal growth (height) appeared to be unaffected. Markers of bone turnover in Viread-treated pediatric subjects suggest increased bone turnover, consistent with the effects observed in adults.
Clinical Trials in Pediatric Subjects 2 Years of Age and Older with HIV-1 Infection
Assessment of adverse reactions is based on two randomized trials (Studies 352 and 321) in 184 HIV-1 infected pediatric subjects (2 to less than 18 years of age) who received treatment with Viread (N=93) or placebo/active comparator (N=91) in combination with other antiretroviral agents for 48 weeks. The adverse reactions observed in subjects who received treatment with VIREAD were consistent with those observed in clinical trials in adults.
Bone effects observed in pediatric subjects 2 years of age and older were consistent with those observed in adult clinical trials
Eighty-nine pediatric subjects received Viread in Study 352 (48 who were initially randomized to Viread and 41 who were initially randomized to continue stavudine or zidovudine and then received Viread in the extension phase) for a median exposure of 104 weeks. Of these, 4 subjects discontinued from the trial due to adverse reactions consistent with proximal renal tubulopathy. Three of these 4 subjects presented with hypophosphatemia and also had decreases in total body or spine BMD Z score.
8.4 Pediatric Use
The safety of Viread in pediatric patients aged 2 to less than 18 years is supported by data from two randomized trials in which Viread was administered to HIV-1 infected treatment-experienced subjects. In addition, the pharmacokinetic profile of tenofovir in patients 2 to less than 18 years of age at the recommended doses was similar to that found to be safe and effective in adult clinical trials.
In Study 352, 92 treatment-experienced subjects 2 to less than 12 years of age with stable, virologic suppression on stavudine- or zidovudine-containing regimen were randomized to either replace stavudine or zidovudine with Viread (N = 44) or continue their original regimen (N = 48) for 48 weeks. Five additional subjects over the age of 12 were enrolled and randomized (Viread N=4, original regimen N=1) but are not included in the efficacy analysis. After 48 weeks, all eligible subjects were allowed to continue in the study receiving open-label Viread. At Week 48, 89% of subjects in the Viread treatment group and 90% of subjects in the stavudine or zidovudine treatment group had HIV-1 RNA concentrations less than 400 copies/mL. During the 48 week randomized phase of the study, 1 subject in the Viread group discontinued the study prematurely because of virologic failure/lack of efficacy and 3 subjects (2 subjects in the Viread group and 1 subject in the stavudine or zidovudine group) discontinued for other reasons.
12.3 Pharmacokinetics
In a single-dose bioequivalence study conducted under non-fasted conditions (dose administered with 4 oz. applesauce) in healthy adult volunteers, the mean Cmax of tenofovir was 26% lower for the oral powder relative to the tablet formulation. Mean AUC of tenofovir was similar between the oral powder and tablet formulations.
Pediatric Patients 2 Years of Age and Older:Steady-state pharmacokinetics of tenofovir were evaluated in 31 HIV-1 infected pediatric subjects 2 to less than 18 years (see Table 11 of the product labeling). Tenofovir exposure achieved in these pediatric subjects receiving oral once daily doses of Viread 300 mg (tablet) or 8 mg/kg of body weight (powder) up to a maximum dose of 300 mg was similar to exposures achieved in adults receiving once-daily doses of VIREAD 300 mg.
The complete updated labeling will be posted soon to Drugs@FDA, on the FDA web site.
Viread is a nucleotide analog HIV-1 reverse transcriptase inhibitor manufactured by Gilead Sciences.
R Klein and K Struble, U.S. FDA. Viread: New Formulation, and Pediatric Dosing Update. HIV/AIDS Update. January 19, 2012.
Gilead Sciences. U.S. Food and Drug Administration Approves New Formulations of Viread for Use by Children Living With HIV. Press release. January 18, 2011.


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I just arrived in Tennessee for a little sabbatical in the hills where I grew up. As I settled into my old childhood room again for a week or so of rest, I noticed a pile of newspaper articles my mom placed by the toilet. She's gotten into the habit of putting clippings of articles there that she thinks I'll enjoy reading while having my special time in the bathroom.
One of the articles was an extraordinary front-page story in the Knoxville News Sentinel about three peace activists who shut down the Y-12 nuclear plant last month in Oak Ridge for more than weeks.
In the predawn hours of July 28, three unarmed peace activists entered the Y-12 nuclear plant and, over a matter of hours, made their unprecedented way through the layers of security to the very heart of the facility, where they performed a prayerful service, hung "crime-scene" tape and poured human blood as a symbol of the violence of nuclear weapons. One of the intruders was an 82-year-old nun who is now an international celebrity. It's a contemporary story of David and Goliath, the shepherd boy who took on a giant with nothing but a slingshot.
The article makes a spectacle of how these three folks, whose average age was 67, managed to mosey into one of the most highly secure and potentially deadly facilities in the world. But they chose the spot for a reason.
The Oak Ridge Y-12 plant was responsible for the explosives of the Hiroshima bomb. It has been called "the Fort Knox of Uranium." The Y-12 plant is the nation's primary supplier of bomb-grade uranium, and has played a role in the manufacture of every nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal, which now flaunts the capacity of more than 50,000 Hiroshima-size bombs.
The article went on to make some interesting points about national security and international law regarding nuclear arms, raising important questions about what might have happened had the intruders been a group of terrorists instead of the holy rolling trio toting bibles, candles and flowers. And of course it told of the chaos, lawsuits and terminated jobs now eminent at Y-12. It also nodded at the fact that the Y-12 plant was to receive $150 million in federal money this year — as the government continues to dish out $20,000 every second, more than $1.2 million a minute on war, while the country goes bankrupt.
But one of the most important things the author did was relate the peculiar and courageous act of these three folks in July with the tradition of prophetic resistance to injustice that is thousands of years old. These activists are part of the "Plowshares" movement, which has been performing similar acts of peaceful, prophetic imagination for decades, drawing on the prophetic tradition of old.
Their name is derived from the Scriptures in Micah and Isaiah which speak of God's people "beating their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks ... and studying war no more." It is an image of turning things that have brought death into things that bring life — hence, swords to plowshares, or as we say in Philly, "turning guns into farm tools."
It's no coincidence that the Y-12 three had a household hammer that they used on the wall of the building, not so much as an act of substantial transformation, but an act of symbolic action pointing toward a God who wants us to study war no more, and to the Prince of Peace who teaches us to love our enemies.
Before I had finished reading the article, I got a buzz on my phone (because I forgot to turn it off for my restful time here in Tennessee). It was a message from another activist friend of mine, letting me know that today, Sept. 9, was the anniversary of the first Plowshares action in 1980, which was right outside of Philadelphia. Eight faith-based activists went onto the base of General Electric (now Lockheed Martin, the biggest weapons contractor in the world), and performed an action (very similar to the recent one here in Oak Ridge), praying, pouring blood and hammering on the nose cones of nuclear missiles being produced there. That action has inspired more than 95 others all over the world over the past three decades, including the one a few weeks ago here in Tennessee. I thought it Providential that the message came before I had even finished the newspaper article, so here I am writing at 2 a.m.
Certainly not all of us will imitate their actions, or even agree with these wild nuns and sassy seniors (and some young uns, too) — but hopefully they raise the questions, like the prophets of old did: What are we doing to interrupt injustice? What are we doing to get in the way of violence and death and war? What are we doing to transform weapons into farm tools? May they inspire us to do something beautiful to disarm the world.
On that note ... back to my sabbatical.
Shane Claiborne is a Red Letter Christian and a founding partner of The Simple Way community, a radical faith community that lives among and serves the homeless in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia. He is the co-author, with Chris Haw, of Jesus for President.
Photo credits: (Top Row) Left: Archive photo fo the nuclear arms plant in Oak Ridge, Tenn., where the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan was built, via Getty Images. Right: Mushroom cloud over Hiroshima, Japan after nuclear bomb was dropped in 1945. Image via Wiki Commons. (Bottom Row, L-R) The Y-12 Three: Michael R. Walli, 63, Washington, D.C.; Sister Megan Rice, 82, of Nevada; and Greg Boertje-Obed, 57, of Duluth, Minn. Photos via the U.S. Marshal's Service.
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SEASIDE ARTS Council presents Jacob Johnson in concert at 2 p.m. Sept. 22 at Swansboro Town Hall annex. Tickets $10 members; $15 non-members.
SEASIDE ARTS Council presents Jacob Johnson in concert at 2 p.m. Sept. 22 at Swansboro Town Hall annex. Tickets $10 members; $15 non-members.
BLOOD DRIVE from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sept. 22 at Crystal Coast Assembly of God, 1367 Hwy. 58 in Cape Carteret.
MU LAMBDA Zeta Chapter, Zeta Phi Beta Sorority celebrates its 30th anniversary at noon Sept. 21 at St. Julia AME Zion Church fellowship hall. Tickets $20. Call 910-347-5652.
CITY TO THE SEA bike ride at 2 p.m. Sept. 22 beginning at Piney Green Food Lion to Hammocks Beach State Park, Swansboro. Registration at 1:30 p.m. Call 910-347-5332.
ONSLOW Senior Services hosts a Senior yard sale fundraiser from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 5 at 4024 Richlands Hwy. Seniors can reserve a table for $5. Call 910-938-3008.
SEASIDE Lodge No. 429 will hold a Stated Communication at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 with the Onslow Masonic Scholarship Fund dinner at 6:30 p.m.
OPERATION Christmas Child shoebox collection dates begins Nov. 18 through Nov. 24. Collection point will be Hines Baptist Center, 2734 Commerce Road. Call 910-347-3146.
COASTAL Coalition for Substance Abuse Prevention annual celebration from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at Bridgepoint Hotel/Marina, New Bern. Free. Call 252-649-1615. Ccsap.org.
BOWL FOR A CURE bowling tournament fundraiser at 1 and 3 p.m. Oct. 27 at Bowlarena, Western Blvd. Entry forms at bowling center.
NEW BERN Historical Society presents its annual Ghostwalk �The Haunted Housewives of New Bern� from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 24 and 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 25-26. Call 252-638-8558.
AMERICAN Sewing Guild�s Wilmington Neighborhood Group meets from noon to 2 p.m. Sept. 23 at Fran�s Sewing Circle, 5751 Oleander Drive, Wilmington. Asgcapefear.org.
CRAFTSMEN Show fundraiser for Special Olympics seeks area vendors for its upcoming event held Oct. 19 at Fort Benjamin Park, Newport. Deadline Sept. 23. Call 252-504-4263.
JACKSONVILLE Duplicate Bridge Club meets at 9:30 a.m. Mondays and at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays at Jacksonville Commons Senior Center. Information, call 910-346-6000.
STEPHEN Bryant Morton family reunion will be held at 1 p.m. Oct. 6 at Kellum Baptist Church fellowship building. Bring covered dish and mementos to share.
ONSLOW Winds community band will hold a fall concert at 3 p.m. Sept. 22 at Jacksonville High School auditorium. Free and open to the public.
JACKSONVILLE Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Holiday Parade at 9:45 a.m. Nov. 23 on Western Blvd. Registration at 910-347-3141 Ext. 226 or jacksonvilleonline.org.
NORTHEAST-B precinct meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at Spirit of Hope Church, 2405-C North Marine Blvd. Call 910-455-9294.
BLOOD DRIVE from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at Sharon Baptist Church, 2775 Hwy. 41 South in Chinquapin.
DEMOCRATIC Party meets at 7 p.m. Sept. 23 at Jacksonville Commons Recreation Center.
JACKSONVILLE New River Lions Club meets at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at Logan�s, Western Blvd. Call 910-346-4205.