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Platos dialogues will never be treated inside isolation in terms with the reconstruction away from his doctrine; but probably the evaluation and you may comparing off suggestions presented in different dialogues isn’t a sure recipe to own interpreting which elusive thinkers opinions
In other words, contentment otherwise well-are (eudaimonia) ‘s the high reason for ethical consider and you will run, in addition to virtues (arete: ‘excellence) is the required experience and you may dispositions had a need to to obtain they. In the event the Platos conception regarding pleasure is actually evasive and his service to have an effective morality away from delight appears a little subtle, there are some factors. Basic, he nowhere talks of the concept or will make it the fresh new lead address regarding data, however, raises it for the an enthusiastic oblique means on search for other questions. 2nd, the treating of the human a beneficial varies from the more dialogues, to make certain that customers are confronted with the trouble away from exactly what and then make of the inaccuracies in various really works. This meets for the a basic issue with Platos really works namely whether or not to follow a good ‘unitarian, ‘revisionist, otherwise ‘developmentalist method of Platos website. While unitarians value this new dialogues due to the fact bits of one mosaic, and take the scene one to Plato basically preserves a good good doctrine away from their first so you’re able to his most recent really works, revisionists care for that Platos imagine undergone a simple sales later on inside the their lifestyle, when you find yourself ‘developmentalist keep that Platos feedback developed significantly during his field. If you find yourself revisionism has lost their impact recently, developmentalism provides achieved in influence www.datingranking.net/flirthookup-review/. Although there is not any unanimity, couple unitarians refute nowadays the reputation regarding Platos early, center, and later work disagree in vogue, words, scope and you may posts, as it is to get asked inside the an effective philosopher whom struggled to obtain more fifty many years. Very developmentalists, subsequently, concur that it is impossible to help you line up Platos works such as for instance pearls toward a set also to reconstruct their improvements out of discussion so you can discussion; such as for example, where in fact the feedback shown in various dialogues frequently disagree there tends to be complementation otherwise supplementation at your workplace, rather than divergence. Due to the fact Plato never speaks in his very own voice, you should pay attention to whom the fresh new interlocutors was and you may exactly what character is assigned to Socrates, in the event that he could be the main presenter.
Platos so-called ‘Socratic dialogues express specific services while the a team. He or she is short interrogations from the Socrates of your kind conveyed inside the his reasons away from his divine goal throughout the Apology. It take a look built to weaken unquestioned traditional opinions and you will beliefs instead than to create positive accounts, while they possibly consist of indications that seeming dry ends aren’t real lifeless ends. The good profile contained in the middle dialogues new therefore-entitled ‘Platonic dialogues that will be classified in the Republic lose delight inside the various methods while the a state out of excellence. The exact character from the state is not very easy to pinpoint, but not, since it is according to metaphysical presuppositions which can be, about prima-facie, both hazy and you will out from the arena of typical insights. There is not, because there is actually Aristotle, a specific devotion out of delight as the a home-adequate state of effective private. As an alternative, at least in a number of texts, Platos ethical beliefs appear each other old-fashioned and you can notice-abnegating: The fresh heart will be to will still be aloof in the pleasures of your looks about pursuit of higher training, whenever you are communal life requires new subordination off private wants and you will tries towards the preferred good.
So it abstemiousness teaches you brand new generally diverging reconstructions of Platos ethics into the new secondary literature of antiquity even today
The problems from examining Platos moral believe was combined by simple fact that the brand new metaphysical underpinnings seem to have altered while in the their long life. About Socratic dialogues, there are not any evidence that check for virtue together with people an excellent exceeds the human being domain. So it transform towards center dialogues, hence reveal an expanding interest in a virtually all-surrounding metaphysical grounding of knowledge, a news leading on the positing of your ‘Models since the true character of everything, culminating in the form of the great given that transcendent principle of all of the goodness. Even though the principle of the Forms isn’t restricted to help you individual values, however, border the whole from characteristics, Plato between dialogues appears to imagine just about an example ranging from peoples factors and you can cosmic harmony. The fresh new late dialogues, in comparison, display an ever growing habit of imagine a unity between your microcosm from people lives in addition to macrocosmic harmonic order of your own whole world, a tendency which is displayed extremely totally throughout the Philebus and you will the new Timaeus. When you’re these types of alternative tendencies attract the creativeness because they depend to the harmonic relationships expressed when you look at the mathematical size, the newest metaphysical updates of one’s Versions is even more challenging while making in the newest late dialogues than in the middle dialogues. Regardless if Platos late functions do not inform you any desire to reduce the standards of real information as such, Plato acknowledges you to definitely his type of a rational cosmic order are according to conjecture and you may conjecture, an acknowledgement one finds the equivalent within his alot more practical procedures from ethical requirements and you can political associations in the newest politcal performs, the fresh new Laws. Fundamentally, from the zero stage off his viewpoints does Plato get into good scientific treatments for, otherwise and commitment to, tips from ethics at which guidelines and norms out-of person telecommunications will likely be derived and you can justified. As an alternative, Plato mostly boundaries himself with the portrayal of the good heart as well as what is actually best for the newest spirit, towards presumption that the state of your soul ‘s the required and you can enough standing towards good lifetime and its own moral precepts.

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By Evie Andreou
THE consumers’ association KSK warned yesterday that it will take action against IT and telecom companies if they continue to overcharge and deceive consumers.
At a meeting with the Commissioner for the Regulation of Electronic Communications and Post, Giorgos Michaelides and his deputy Petros Galides, the KSK delegation, headed by its president Phryni Michael, informed the regulators of the problems consumers face with IT and telecom companies.
The extra charges they pay during transfers between providers, the delays in provider change, the charges for the use of Internet on mobile phones and the slower Internet speeds consumers get even though they pay for packages advertising faster speeds, were a few of the issues discussed.
Members of the Energy ministry’s competition and consumer protection service, who were also present at the meeting, confirmed that they too had received such complaints.
Michael said that the consumers’ association would provide the regulator with a list of the relevant complaints they received and that they expected the commissioner to make the necessary steps that would prevent unfair practices and unfair terms in contracts so that consumers can freely chose the company they want.
“We do not rule out measures taken against companies if they continue some of these practices toward consumers,” Michael said.

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On this day in 1877, Louis Fead was born. Fead was appointed the 55th Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, by Governor Fred W. Green on February 21, 1928, succeeding Richard Flannigan who had died a few days earlier while still in service to the Court.
Fead is notable for having presided over the trial of “King Ben” of the Israelite House of David on public nuisance charges while he was a judge of the Eleventh Circuit. The Michigan Supreme Court, on hearing the appeal in the case, commended Justice Fead for his handling of a lengthy and complicated trial involving “…51 days of actual trial, 225 witnesses, 500 exhibits, 73 depositions, and 15,000 pages of testimony.” You can read more about this cult here.
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Today’s Flashback Friday (#FBF) is the topic of the legal vignette at the 2009 Annual Membership Luncheon was titled “Road Trip: A Look at the Places and Personalities Made Famous by Sherwood v. Walker” by WMU-Cooley Professor Emeritus Norman Otto Stockmeyer. You can view the slide show here (PowerPoint) and read the text here.
You can read more about Professor Stockmeyer here in his biography and his role in the development of the Court of Appeals’ Research Division here.
Sherwood v. Walker is one of the Society’s top cases, profiled in the Verdict of History and featured in our book The Michigan Supreme Court Historical Reference Guide 2nd edition. You can read about it online here under The Forgotten Years including two poems about the famous cow case.
You can read more about one of the justices involved in the case here — Thomas Sherwood, no relation to the plaintiff of the same name.
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Thomas Sherwood, 27th Michigan Supreme Court justice was born and died on March 28. His birth in 1827 was in Pleasant Valley, New York, where he spent summers on a farm.
He read law in Rochester, NY, and eventually moved to Kalamazoo. He served in private practice until April 1883 when he ran for the remainder of Isaac Marston’s term, as a candidate of the combined Democratic and Greenback Parties. His victory, and that of John Champlin, were shocking as they represented the first Republican losses in a statewide election since 1856.
Sherwood’s term on the Michigan Supreme Court overlapped with Big Four Justices Thomas M. Cooley and James V. Campbell. One of the notable opinions in which he was involved was the famous cow case Sherwood v Walker (although the Sherwood in that case was no relation to the Justice).
Sherwood was defeated by Republican and Civil War veteran Claudius Grant in 1889. He returned to his law practice and died on March 28, 1896, in Chicago, Illinois.
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The house at 334 Evergreen Avenue in East Lansing, Michigan, built in 1909, was the home of Michigan Supreme Court Justice William W. Potter until his death on July 21, 1940. Potter died in an automobile crash while driving himself to his chambers at the Court (then in the Capitol).
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Chevron’s second-quarter profit triples
Chevron Corp. continued what has been a very big week for most of the world’s super-sized oil companies, shattering analyst expectations and tripling its second-quarter profit to $5.4 billion compared with a year earlier.
The industry’s pumped-up profit provides a fresh target for public anguish over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, which has fouled beaches in five states since the deadly April 20 explosion of a rig drilling a well for London oil giant BP.
“They are thriving when a lot of families are out there suffering,” said Tyson Slocum, director of Public Citizen’s energy program.
In light of oil companies’ latest round of moneymaking, the recent $1-billion commitment made by Chevron, Exxon Mobil Corp., ConocoPhillips and Royal Dutch Shell to a rapid-response oil disaster team is “a bad joke,” Slocum said. “It would take at least $5 billion to have a real response unit with the right technical training and equipment.”
San Ramon, Calif.-based Chevron got a boost in its exploration and production business, known in the industry as “upstream” operations, from higher oil and natural gas prices and improved output. Chevron’s refining and marketing section, or “downstream” operations, added a substantial kick to earnings after performing so poorly last year that the company decided to cut its workforce in that segment.
“We had another very successful quarter — both operationally and financially,” Chairman and Chief Executive John Watson said in a statement Friday. “Current-quarter earnings from upstream operations benefited significantly from higher prices for crude oil and natural gas and higher net oil-equivalent production.”
All but one of the world’s giant oil conglomerates had similarly strong results.
Earlier this week, ExxonMobil said second-quarter profit soared to $7.6 billion, or $1.60 a share, from $4 billion, or 81 cents, in the same period a year earlier. ConocoPhillips announced a profit of $4.2 billion, or $2.77 a share, up from $859 million, or 57 cents.
BP was on track to post a hefty profit but ended up reporting a net loss of $15 billion for the quarter because of huge costs associated with the gulf oil disaster.
Westwood-based Occidental Petroleum reported net income of $1.1 billion, or $1.31 a share, up 61% from earnings of $682 million, or 84 cents. Occidental sales climbed to $4.8 billion, up nearly 30% from $3.7 billion.
Among the major oil companies, Chevron was considered one of the most effective of the industry’s profit makers.
Phil Weiss, an energy analyst for Argus Research, said in a note to investors that that Chevron “has the strongest long-term production growth profile among the major integrated oil companies.” Weiss added that Chevron has been successful in following “a balanced strategy of growth through drilling and well-placed acquisitions; its strong record of exploration success also supports our positive view.”
The oil industry’s short-term future is clouded, other analysts warned. After the April explosion of the drilling rig, the industry is facing tougher regulations, closer oversight and significantly higher insurance and production costs.
Fadel Gheit, a senior energy analyst for Oppenheimer & Co., warned that the stronger market for refined petroleum products was unlikely to continue because of slower economic growth and weak demand.
“Global refining overcapacity is expected to exceed demand growth, which is likely to remain anemic because of slower economic growth, improved fuel efficiency and growing use of alternative energy sources, especially in transportation. It appears that the golden age of refining was no more than a brief period of unsustainable record-high profits caused by unusual circumstances,” Gheit said in a recent note to investors.
Chevron posted a second-quarter profit of $5.4 billion, or $2.70 a share — more than triple the $1.75 billion, or 87 cents, it earned a year earlier. It easily beat the estimate of analysts polled by Thomsen Reuters, who on average predicted $2.44 a share.
Chevron’s sales jumped to $51 billion, up 29% from $40 billion a year earlier. The company benefitted from oil prices that averaged $71 a barrel in the quarter, compared with $50 in last year’s second quarter. Chevron’s production increased by 8,000 barrels a day, or about 1%, to 708,000 barrels a day.
The moratorium on new deepwater drilling has halted two exploratory wells in the Gulf of Mexico and delayed plans for two more, but production for the year will be reduced by less than 10,000 barrels a day, Chevron said.
“The Gulf of Mexico and other deepwater basins remain very important in meeting the energy demands of the U.S. and the world,” Chevron Executive Vice President George Kirkland told investors and analysts in a conference call. “We believe the moratorium should be lifted, and we believe that deepwater drilling can be done safely and reliably.”
Chevron’s stock closed at $76.21, up 19 cents.


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Shen Yiren, Oppo’s Vice President recently announced a brand new subdivision titled ‘Reno’. Earlier, Oppo had launched the ‘One Plus’ series and the ‘Real Me’ series as the subdivisions and now ‘Reno’ has also been added to the list. The brand’s logo was unveiled and it is made using vibrant and joyous colours depicting youthfulness and excitement.
The Chinese mobile phone giant has claimed that a new phone will be launched on April 10 and people are speculating that this phone will be the first one under the ‘Reno’ series; however, no official statement regarding this has been made by the makers. Reportedly, the new phone will possess a slightly different and slick design and it will try to target the young audience.
Some revelations were made by Shen, he had told that the new phone will be powered by Qualcomm’s latest and very powerful processor ‘Snapdragon 855’. The phone will be equipped with Oppo’s 10x optical zoom technology, thus making the camera quality extremely palpable. It is reported that the new phone will be graced with a 4,065mAh battery coupled with the powerful fast-charging technology (as used in OnePlus, maybe). The 3.5mm headphone jack is destined to return in the new smartphone as well.
Some people are also suggesting that the new phone could be a sequel of Oppo X but the majority is still inclined towards the fact that the phone will be the first of the ‘Reno’ series. The price of the phone has not been disclosed as of yet and people are eagerly waiting for 10th April to get their hands on the ‘mystery phone’ by OPPO.
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The Beauty of a Red Palette
Red is a very dramatic colour, and is associated with courage, danger, passion, love and joy.
Within the Loxley range of paints we have nine different reds. They are Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Medium, Red Madder, Rose Madder, Carmine Red, English Red, Indian Red, Flame Red and Bright Red.
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Cadmium Red was first made available to artist in the 1830s. It was expensive during this period of time, but was valued for its opacity, permanence and mixing capabilities. These reds will add strength, boldness, brightness and passion to a piece of art. It is a very dominant and dramatic colour, so it is important to use Cadmium Red carefully so the artwork or viewer is not overwhelmed by the amount of red.
Rose Madder goes back as far as 1500 BC, as it was first used as a dye for fabrics. It is distinctive rose coloured which is a modern, lightfast formulation of the traditional rose colour, allowing artists to experience similar properties. Rose Madder is an excellent watercolour pigment, and glazing. It is perfect for painting portraits, as it has a slight hint of brown in the pigment, making it less vivid then any of the pink Quinacridones.
Indian Red is stems from one of the oldest pigments and was found in cave paintings going back as far as 40,000 years. It is a warm red, which can be used for landscapes and portraits making it an essential colour in the artist palette. The pigments opacity allows artists to paint a smooth, flat surface with little brushstrokes. It is known to be a standard colour on an artists’ palette.

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Last week, Baroness announced the departure of longtime guitarist Pete Adams, at the same time also naming Adams’ replacement: Philadelphia’s Gina Gleason. Filling Adams’ shoes in Baroness is no easy feat: Not only is he a superb guitarist, he also displayed ESP-level chemistry with the band’s frontman, John Baizley. The two men’s dueling guitar interplay is some of the very best I’ve heard in the last decade. So Gleason has gotta be pretty fucking incredible to do that particular job.
Today, Baroness share two rehearsal videos with Gleason alongside Baizley, and based on the evidence displayed here, it appears she is indeed pretty fucking incredible. The band run through a couple tracks from their last LP, 2015’s Purple (opener “Morningstar” and lead single “Chlorine & Wine”), and Gleason sounds locked-in and fired-up. Her guitars are nice and high in the mix, so you can get a good idea of how hard she’s shredding. She is shredding hard. Watch.


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This rather strange looking wave picture accompanied the BBC article this morning that entitled
"Hurricane warnings for the sea off northern Scotland" with these local warnings:
I guess that's not too unusual for this time of the year. The article also reports the BBC weather presenter Chris Fawkes described the intense low pressure causing the stormy conditions as "absolute monster" in the video. He also said that winds could gust up to 100 mph and higher at sea with the potential for wave heights of up to 18 m. So this is the time of the year it's better to stay home on land doesn't matter which side of the Atlantic Ocean. Twenty years ago there was that famed early November, 1991 Nor'Easter, the "Perfect Storm" that harrased boats from Nova Scotia down to New Jersy coast, including the 70' longliner Andrea Gail went down in that storm. May God bless all those who have to be out there this time of the year. Happy Thanksgiving to all!The Met Office has issued a warning of hurricane force winds at sea off the Western Isles and violent storm force 11 winds off Shetland's coast.
Severe weather warnings have also been issued for the Western Isles, Orkney, Shetland and the north Highlands, with gales expected over land.


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Upcoming artiste, Moh makes a gigantic debut with “Belinda“, featuring Mr Eazi. Produced by Lexyz, Moh makes a very statement with the catchy pop collaboration which is sure to kick-start a lush career for Moh. Listen to the track below: Download
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A Monster Calls
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- Directed by: JA Bayona
- Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Felicity Jones, Toby Kebbell, Lewis MacDougall, Liam Neeson
- UK release: 6 January 2016
Twelve year old Conor (MacDougall) has a mother (Jones) who's battling cancer and a father (Kebbell) who's walked out; then a yew-tree-shaped monster with Neeson's voice comes into his life. Coming-of-age tearjerker with a sometimes thin story, but fine performances from Jones and MacDougall.
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IronNet, a network detection and response company, recently joined the Space Information Sharing and Analysis Center(ISAC). As a Space ISAC member, IronNet is helping the space community to detect and respond to cyber threats. IronNet’s Collective Defense Platform is being leveraged across the space industry’s vast attack surface in order to detect patterns and new, unidentified, cyberattacks in order to take action. The Collective Defense Platform running on AWS can detect anomalous behavior and then deliver intelligence on it to every other participant on the defense platform in order to serve as an early warning mechanism. It can also leverage the large amounts of data in order to correlate anomalies for improved detection.
This is a great partnership with a lot of opportunity to leverage existing cybersecurity detection for use on space systems. Not only are large chunks of space systems terrestrial computer systems that already match IronNet’s capabilities, where a large swath of attacks occur, but IronNet now has the potential to develop their data collection and detection intelligence on space vehicles themselves as well. The community based approach with data sharing is an important step in order to quickly shutdown threat actors not only in one system, but across the board. Breaches will always exist, no system is perfectly secure, and so detection is as important as prevention. IronNet’s membership in the Space ISAC and the offering of its capabilities to the space community is an important leap forward in threat detection and reaction.

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I see you have the x pro 1 as well as d3s and h4d-40.
I'm currently having the x pro as well as the d700.
More hasselblads are getting available now on ebay as well as the d800 is on the stores. I love my x pro more then the d700, even for studio. Though I hate the focus doesnt always hit where I want, specially if i dont have set up lights.
Then for maximal sharpness raw is needed, where the workflow is not perfect. Lightroom doesnt show the great details of the x pro. So i end up basic settings in silkypix, then give it over as tiff to photoshop or aperture.
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The trade deficit for February is expected to narrow slightly from the previous month. While purchases of petroleum products will add red ink to the balance sheet, a sharp drop in imports from China could provide deficit relief.
The average forecast in a Bloomberg survey of 70 economists put the deficit at $51.6 billion. The trade gap widened more than expected in both December and January, shooting up to the highest level since October 2008.
The United States imported more oil at higher prices in February. Purchases averaged 8.9 million barrels of oil per day, up from 8.56 million in January, according a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. Prices increased from $97.80 at the start of the month to $109.39 on February 24.
At the same time, China’s February trade deficit took observers by surprise, plummeting to $31.5 billion. Exports to the United States were down sharply.
Analysts are still not yet sure what caused the precipitous drop, but it may be due to large one-time purchases.
Recovery in exports to the European Union is unlikely. In January, the trade gap with the 27-member confederation widened to $8.5 billion. Weak demand in Europe may not be a game-changer, as the continent is not as big a source or destination for trade as Asia, said Jonathan Eaton, an economist at Pennsylvania State University.
“Obviously recession in Europe is going to be bad for U.S. exports, but I don’ think it’s really critical,” said Eaton.
Other factors, however, could push up imports.
February’s trade balance report is likely to reflect import trends in January because employment gains were similar. Look for imports of consumer goods and food and beverages to grow or remain steady.
Imports of industrial supplies and materials were also strong in January. This may not hold, as some economists have said businesses may have invested earlier in the year than expected, essentially robbing later months of hiring and purchases.
Last month, car and auto parts imports reached a record $25.3 billion, also due to the improving economy.
Harder to determine is the effect on exports. Exports of capital goods have tracked up steadily over the past two months.
Car and automotive parts exports started the year strong, reaping about $16 billion more in profits than in January last year, according to data from the U.S. Department of Commerce. Sustained growth in February could help the country’s balance sheet.

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In the face of "clear and present danger," the United Nations climate change body is warning that a stepped-up coordinated response is needed to fend off the impacts of climate change after the world's carbon-dioxide concentrations surpassed their highest level in 4 million years.
Representatives from 170 countries have adopted a series of measures to strengthen protections against hazardous chemicals and waste during a United Nations conference in Geneva.
As an estimated 50 billion birds commence their annual migrations, the critical staging areas they need to complete these journeys continue to be degraded or are disappearing completely, the United Nations today warned on this year's World Migratory Bird Day.
A United Nations disaster assessment team has arrived in the Marshall Islands to help the Government respond to a severe drought affecting its northern islands, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said today.
In an increasingly interconnected world where trillions of dollars worth of goods and services are traded annually, the rabidly expanding market for low-carbon and environmentally friendly products will create new opportunities, the United Nations environmental agency today reported.
The head of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has expressed deep concern over the rise of poaching, armed violence and destruction in the Central African Republic's (CAR) Dzanga-Sanga National Park, which is on the agency's World Heritage List.
More than 30 Pacific Rim countries are taking part in a United Nations-backed tsunami warning exercise to improve their ability to respond to alerts and coordinate regional action in the event of a disaster.
Delegates from more than 160 countries have agreed on a set of climate change policy measures as part of an ongoing United Nations-led effort to create a new, universal climate accord by 2015 to limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) from pre- industrial levels.
Preparation, especially by investing in preparedness strategies, is essential to prevent and manage multiple shocks such as natural disasters and economic crises, experts gathered at a United Nations forum in Bangkok told participants today.
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today marked the 27th anniversary of the worst nuclear power plant accident in history by stressing that the impact of the Chernobyl disaster must never be forgotten and calling for continued international assistance for the people and regions affected.


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(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) Hundreds of fishermen in the North staged a protest at sea today against Indian fishermen poaching in Sri Lankan waters.
Some Tamil National Alliance (TNA) Parliamentarians also took part in the protest.
The fishermen flew black flags on the boats as they staged a rally at sea. (Colombo Gazette)
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I'm so in love with Inara George's music. Listen to some song samples here from her debut album "All Rise" which was released at the beginning of this year. Thanks to la-underground for the heads up on this wonderful new talent from Los Angeles, California. From listening to the song samples, I find her music to be very much grounded in the old-school tradition of songwriting. I've read that she's the daughter of legendary Little Feat slide guitarist and songwriter Lowell George(Ok, so I don't know who he is but the I guess the seeds of her talent were there to begin with). There isn't anything remotely trendy about Ms. George's music and that's quite refreshing. Fans of Beth Orton and Sarah Harmer will want to take note. "All Rise" is a very good modern pop record taking on a rustic, folk-pop quality quality on numbers like "Fools Work" but endeavouring to spread it's pop wings on bouncy pop tunes like "Genius" and "What a Number". I really need this album. [photo from http://www.inarageorge.com/]
Listen to or watch Inara George's live session on KCRW from January 18, 2005.
Download a podcast from Zoe's Radio Show from January 24, 2005 which features an interview with Inara George.
One Louder presents his Gigocracy. Indispensible reading for any avid concert goer. How would you rate yourself? I guess I'd classify myself as a 'blogger', but really, "rarely pays to get into a gig"? I wish.
Ok, so the Mississauga Waterfront Festival this year doesn't totally suck. I may go check out Matthew Barber and The Union Dues on Friday June 18th at 8:15pm.
Julie Doiron and Snailhouse will be doing an in-store performance @ Soundscapes Sunday June 26th, 3pm. [info from stillepost.ca]
Buried within Pitchfork's article on The Posies is the information that the band'll be touring North America in September. Their new disc "Every Kind of Light" will be released on June 28 through Rykodisc. The band has a slew of European dates in July and August with more to be added.
As Catbirdseat(June 7, 2005 post) and chromewaves point out, Teenage Fanclub is touring North America in July and August and'll hit Toronto for a show at The Mod Club on July 25th. I am sooooo excited!!!!!!
The not-quite-impressed Brooklynvegan has some comments and photos about Feist's recent performance on May 14th opening for British Sea Power at the Bowery Ballroom.
New Arcade Fire music!!!! Check out an mp3 of their new song "Cold Wind" which will be included with the upcoming "Six Feet Under" soundtrack. [via Between Thought and Expression via daily refill dot com]
New York City blogger and DJ Melody Nelson and her compadre Eamon Harkin have put together a special mix CD with respect to their Atomique DJ night.
PopMatters has an interview with Dave Allen of Gang of Four.
Womenfolk have moved here.
Futureshop sucks for so many reasons but at least they have decent prices on some CD's. I picked up the new Teenage Fanclub and Coldplay CD's["Man-Made" and "X & Y" respectively] today at Futureshop for the unbelievable bargain of $20 for both CD's. It was a one-day only sale, so if you missed it too bad. I also picked up the new "Bebel Gilberto: Remixed" CD for $12.99 while I was there. On a Coldplay note, the Edge played the hidden track "'Til Kingdom Come" which was described as a tribute to Johnny Cash. What could have been a stunning song[had it not been for Mr. Martin's dry vocals], I can only rate as "good". I'm fairly indifferent to Chris' vocals but for the most part feel that his vocals are appropriate for their music. However, Mr. Martin, please stay away from the country songs. 'A' for effort though.


Nuclear-Fusion Firm Hits Funding Record With Plasma Breakthrough
(Bloomberg) -- TAE Technologies Inc., a developer of nuclear fusion technology, raised $280 million to build a demonstration system after the company was able to produce superheated plasma at 50 million degrees Celsius (90 million degrees Fahrenheit), a key milestone in the effort to reproduce the power of stars to generate electricity on Earth.
The company has now raised more than $880 million from backers including Google, Venrock Associates and Kuwait Investment Authority, TAE said in a statement Thursday. That’s more than any other company pursuing fusion, according to Chris Gadomski, nuclear analyst for BloombergNEF.
TAE expects to begin construction this year on its Copernicus demonstration system that will be able to exceed 100 million degrees and will generate more power than it takes to sustain, a critical hurdle that has eluded rivals. The sun’s core, by contrast, is 15 million degrees.
“Our unique approach brings fusion within grasp technologically and, more important, economically,” TAE Chief Executive Officer Michl Binderbauer, said in the statement.
Conventional nuclear power plants are based on fission, which releases energy when atoms break apart. Fusion, the same process seen in stars, unleashes energy when atoms are merged together, but developers have struggled to create a reactor that can actually sustain such a reaction for extended periods of time. TAE expects to complete its demonstration system by 2025.
“None of these fusion approaches are guaranteed,” Gadomski said in an interview. “There are a couple of really strong contenders.
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Tone Generator is a small application designed to generate sounds of a certain frequency with the ability to work simultaneously with 16 channels and export to WAV format. Those who use audio equipment or can create musical instruments will find this program very useful.
The Tone Generator can create tones from a simple sinusoidal wave to a stereo tone, where the audio signals have different frequencies on different channels (binaural rhythms). Also, a wide range of noise tones may produce: white, pink, gray, etc.
According to the user's wishes, there are several ways in which to set the frequency. In the program, you have a choice of manually setting the frequency to the nearest hundredths of an a beat, selecting the ready note (8 octaves are preset in it) or marking it in a special slider on an image of the beat.triangular.
It also allows the changes in pulse length, the relative cutoff amplitudes for all tones in a list, and the volume settings to be achieved. The setup window allows the user to reassigned hot keys in order to improve control over the program.
- With a given frequency, duration and time-frame, generate audio tones of different frequencies and lengths;
- Analyzing various decibel ranges;"; a wide range of noise sources.
- Compile WAV files using the export sounds to WAV files;
- With this video, you can choose from four or 16 additional channels.
- The number of octaves you can select from.
- With the ability to create binaural rhythms.


Improving the utility and value of CAD software for decision-making and design of structural frames
conference contributionposted on 22.12.2014, 09:58 by Robby SoetantoRobby Soetanto, Jacqui Glass, Andrew Dainty, Andrew Price, Tony Thorpe
Three-dimensional modeling and visualization software is increasingly being used by building designers to represent structural frames and communicate design information upstream to their clients and downstream to suppliers/manufacturers. Although design processes and design management have been explored extensively per se, the upstream, heuristic decision-making stages of design in relation to 3D software appear to be underresearched. This is understandable because the human side of the process is complex and therefore less straightforward to map. Nevertheless, decisions made early in the project, such as the choice of structural frame, are critical to the project’s overall success. Studies of current practice indicate that such decisions tend to be based on heuristic decision-making processes rooted in subjectivity and qualitative reasoning. This paper reports the development of an objective, transparent and systematic selection process that operates effectively within a 3D modeling environment. An innovative framework for simultaneously comparing the performance of a range of structural options against agreed criteria was developed, using the two measures, Importance (I) and Performance (P), which can be used to calculate a Performance Weighted Score (PWS). This framework is a means of assessing ‘soft’ factors, alongside the conventional cost and time parameters now used in 4D modeling. It thus provides a useful example of a methodology for integrating ‘soft’ decision making in an otherwise ‘hard’ software environment.
- Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering


New Alicia Keys music is on the way!
Is the pianist going to make another classic Motown-inspired R&B album reminiscent of her debut or is Keys planning to rehash ‘Element of
Boredom Freedom’‘s listlessness into another idle LP?
See what record producer and Keys’ husband Swizz Beatz promises to expect from his wife’s upcoming collection after the jump and sound-off below.
“She’s working on a timeless piece,” Swizz told Angie Martinez of New York City’s Hot 97. “The topics that she’s speaking about are super deep and from the heart, and to me what music has been missing.” Swizz also confirmed the 31 year old will be hitting the studio with longtime collaborator and former alleged beau, Kerry “Krucial” Brothers.
Hopefully this translates into more ‘Fallen’, ‘Diary’, and/or ‘Un-Thinkable (I’m Ready)’ type tracks from the soulful diva and less of the ‘Try Sleeping With A Broken Heart’ schmaltz that dominated the last era. Either way, Keys is a premium R&B artist that has earned the right to take her music wherever she’d like–anything she releases ‘TGJ’ will be anxiously looking forward to, as a talent like hers is rare to come by.


OLATHE, Kan. — As a dangerous winter storm brings snow, ice and strong winds to the Midwest, cities across Johnson County are using GPS technology to track snow plow routes in real time.
For more information on how to track snow plows in your area, check out the links below:
Merriam: The City of Merriam clears snow and ice from about 124 lane miles. Residents can enter their address into the city’s snow removal map to see which roads are in the process of being cleared.
Olathe: With a snow removal plan dubbed “SnOlathe,” city crews are working around the clock to clear snow and ice from the streets. You can follow the route of city snow plows online.
Overland Park: Overland Park’s Public Works Department clears snow from roughly 2,000 lane miles of streets and bridges. You can see when snow plows are expected to clear your neighborhood using the city’s storm operation map.
In Shawnee, residents can enter their address into the city’s snow removal operations map to see what streets in their neighborhood have been cleared in the last 12-24 hours.
Anyone traveling across Kansas can find information on current road conditions using the KanDrive map.


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Mumbai: The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) students satellite ‘Pratham’ that was launched into its orbit in September this year has sent signals from space confirming that it is functional and performing well after being untraceable for around two months.
After being launched into its orbit, the satellite had sent signals for a few weeks indicating that it is operational. Thereafter however, the signals were not being received and it was considered as a setback. The IIT-B team was working around what could have technically gone wrong and cause this problem.
On the night of December 16, a ham group in Netherlands received signals from the satellite and they communicated with the IIT-B team. Since then the IIT-B team too began searching for signals. It was able to receive strong signals thrice on December 17, indicating that the satellite is live and operational. Ham groups in Chicago, Brazil and Indonesia have also received signals from Pratham, confirming its functionality.
“Even when we could not get the signals in between, we were sure that they will come. We were positive since scientists from ISRO had confirmed that there are various examples where this has happened in the past,” said Ratnesh Mishra, from the team that developed Pratham. While the mission life of the satellite was decided to be four months initially, the satellite can last for even a year in space.
Also Read: Pratham, another feather in IIT-B’s cap
The 10 kg Pratham that fits into a 30-cm cube is the first student satellite of IIT-B which was conceptualised in 2008. Students from across departments and batches have worked over it in the period of eight years. The objective of the satellite is to measure the Total Electron Count (TEC) in the Ionosphere. TEC maps are useful in meteorological studies and ionospheric error correction in GPS.
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Good living bacteria and yeasts that naturally exist in your body are used to make probiotics. Both beneficial and harmful bacteria are always present in your body. When you get infected, more harmful germs enter your body, which throws your system out of equilibrium. By removing other harmful bacteria, good bacteria help restore stability. Adding beneficial microorganisms to your body may be done by taking probiotic supplements Australia.
What Are Probiotics?
As explained, probiotics are living microbes that, when consumed in sufficient quantities, may help your health. They may be created and cultivated in a lab and added to pills, powders, or other items. Additionally, certain fermented foods and beverages naturally contain them. Probiotics work as peacekeepers in your gut, helping to maintain order and keep everything running smoothly. Further, researchers are discovering a potential new strategy for maintaining human health by modifying the balance of intestinal bacteria using probiotics.
Now that we’ve covered the basics, let’s go through why prebiotics, probiotics, and postbiotics are essential for excellent health and how to get them.
Bifidobacteria and lactobacillus are two types of probiotics that are often used, whereas lactococcus, streptococcus, and enterococcus are less frequently used. The beneficial yeast strain Saccharomyces is usually included in probiotics supplements.
Probiotic pills and meals with added probiotics often include the following strains:
- L. acidophilus
- L. casei
- L. gasseri
- L. plantarum
- L. reuteri
- L. rhamnosus
- B. bifidum
- B. breve
- B. infantis
- B. longum
- Lactococcus lactis
- Streptococcus thermophilus
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae (boulardii)
These are known as fermented foods, and they may consist of:
- Raw cheese
Postbiotics are the newest kid on the block. Exopolysaccharides (EPS), enzymes, short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs), vitamins, aromatic amino acids, and other substances are examples of postbiotics.
You may get certain postbiotics from your foods, like prebiotics and probiotics. Few foods contain postbiotics (SCFAs), but numerous foods serve as the energy source for probiotics to make postbiotics, particularly SCFAs.
Postbiotic foods include:
- Dairy products, such as cheese and butter, include postbiotics.
- cooled-off cooked oats
- Finished and cooled rice
- Finished and cooled potatoes
- very green or under ripe bananas
Prebiotics are mostly plant foods rich in fibre. We cannot digest these meals due to their high fibre content, but probiotics can. This is why you should understand when someone tells you to increase your fibre intake. You provide fibre to your probiotics, and they produce postbiotics that are good for your health. Let’s look at a few prebiotic foods you may frequently include in your diet.
Delicious and wholesome prebiotic meals consist of:
- Dandelion greens
- Whole grains.
- Chicory root
Maintaining a healthy equilibrium in your body is the primary function of probiotics, often known as beneficial bacteria. Imagine doing that while maintaining bodily neutrality. Harmful bacteria enter your body and multiply while you are ill. Your body becomes out of balance as a result. You feel better because the good bacteria are working to fend off the harmful bacteria and restore balance in your body.
Healthy bacteria help your immune system work properly and reduce inflammation, which keeps you healthy. Some varieties of beneficial bacteria may also:
- Aiding in food digestion.
- Avoid being ill by preventing harmful germs from spreading out of control.
- Construct vitamins.
- Support the gut’s lining cells to stop harmful germs from entering your blood that you may have ingested via food or drink.
- Drug breakdown and absorption.
Your body constantly engages in this balancing task on its own. To do this, you don’t need to take probiotic pills. Your body naturally contains good bacteria. Everyday consumption of a fibre-rich, well-balanced diet contributes to maintaining healthy levels of beneficial bacteria.
Based on the strain and how you react to it, probiotics may cause more gas, bloating, or a change in how often you go to the bathroom.
Probiotics are generally safe to consume, but if you have a digestive condition like celiac disease, see your doctor first. If you have a food or medication allergy, read the ingredient list to reduce your chance of experiencing an adverse reaction.
You have various places in and on your body that contain healthy microorganisms, even though the region is most often associated with beneficial microbes in your gut (mainly the large intestines). You’re in touch with the “outside world” at these places, which also include:
- Urinary tract.
Prebiotics and probiotics are not the same thing. Prebiotics are inedible dietary ingredients that specifically promote the development or activity of advantageous microbes.
When choosing probiotic supplements, look for bacteria strains and accessories targeting your health concerns. Additionally, be sure that research and testing have been done to support the product you purchase.Probiotics are good bacteria that may enhance the condition of the gut flora. They may be obtained as supplements or in a variety of meals. To ensure your safety, talk to a doctor before using probiotic supplements or increasing your probiotic consumption.

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Male Circumcision in Japan (英語) ハードカバー – 2015/10/1
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Male Circumcision in Japan offers an analysis of the surgical procedure based on extensive ethnographic investigation, and is framed within historical and current global debates to highlight the significance of the Japanese case.
"This book delivers excellent insight into the wider debates around circumcision and a deep understanding of the circumstances of circumcision in Japan. It offers a nuanced account of the historical journey and possible social, political, and medical reasons for its emergence and continuance and provides clear, coherent, and cutting insights into the different perspectives on these debates provided by the situation in Japan." - Steve Robertson, Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Men's Health, Leeds Beckett University, UK; Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Men's Health
"In this study of a widely debated practice not normally associated with East Asia, Castro-Vazquez tracks the history, justifications, and changing cultural meanings of adult male circumcision in Japan. It is the first monograph-length examination of an unexpected trend that has largely been ignored by scholars. Wide-ranging and thoughtful, this book is a timely contribution to Japan studies, gender studies, and sexuality studies." - Laura Miller, Eiichi Shibusawa-Seigo Arai Endowed Professor of Japanese Studies and Professor of Anthropology, University of Missouri St. Louis, USA
"Situated in contemporary global theories of sexuality and Japanese studies, Male Circumcision in Japan presents original research on an often neglected medical procedure utilized by a small number of adult men in Japan. Especially welcome is the attention by Castro-Vázquez in his book on the Japanese sexual and gendered self to the range of experience, both among medical practitioners as well as among women, including mothers, each of whom holds a distinct opinion about this elective, cosmetic surgery for Japanese men." - Matthew Gutmann, Professor of Anthropology, Director of the Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BAIRI), and Faculty Fellow at the Watson Institute for International Studies, Brown University, USA商品の説明をすべて表示する
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The book is divided into six chapters, the first two of which focus on establishing context and framework, with subsequent chapters drawing from interviews with a group of Japanese men, Japanese women, Japanese urologists and cosmetic surgeons, and a concluding chapter on parents of “at least one male offspring” (p. 150). In each of these chapters, we hear from a range of informants who speak to and about the penis, often with great difficulty, as noted by Castro-Vázquez: “my conversations with the interviewees were not an easy task because of language availability and a culture of silence and pretense that tends to prevent open discussions about the genitals” (p. 66). The language surrounding the penis and more particularly circumcision is, at times, difficult, complicated, slippery, and uncertain, whether it be the various terms available in Japanese, or reflecting discomfort with speaking about sexual matters.
Unsurprisingly, when we reach a chapter on the medical profession, we are greeted by “polar extremes” in which the debate “was vividly reflected in the interviews because urologists completely opposed the surgical procedure, while cosmetic surgeons supported it” (p. 122). Of course, as readers of this journal may appreciate, debates around circumcision are often at incredible odds—pro or con, and there is hardly room for a middle ground. The opening epigraphs of this chapter speak to this debate. In the opinion of Dr. Ishi, urologist, “circumcision is a form of mutilation of the male body and should be prevented”; contra Dr. Takenaka, cosmetic surgeon: “Having the foreskin removed means, somehow, for some men, happiness, confidence and willingness to live” (p. 121). These opinions, remarkably different, speak to a growing Japanese debate about “penile improvements” and the “perfect penis” (p. 137).
If something is missing, perhaps, from this magnificent book, it is a sustained psychological discussion of circumcision. What are the psychological implications of circumcision, especially in adulthood? While not insisting on a psychoanalytic study, for instance, I am interested in whether or not discussions of this have moved to attend to the psychological wellbeing of patients. However, we are told by a urologist that “psychological therapy is rare and still a stigmatized practice in Japan…. Not many people want to be seen going for mental health services, which on the other hand, are still expensive” (p. 143).
Male Circumcision in Japan is a fascinatingly rich study that continues to reward its reader because of the ways it provides and affords nuance to debates not just over circumcision, but also masculinity, sexuality, and the penis. In many ways, while this study is about Japan, it is also a study that can help to inform methodological and theoretical discussions of the penis, foreskin, and circumcision in a range of contexts precisely because Castro-Vázquez argues that circumcision is not just a medical procedure, but one that affects and informs gender, sexuality, beauty and aesthetics, culture, psychology and the “technology of the self.” A most welcome addition to scholarship on sexuality, men’s studies, and gender, that will hopefully inform debates about circumcision and the penis and remind us to look not just at the known medical correlates but also at the full range of cultural dimensions and intersections.
JONATHAN A. ALLAN
Canada Research Chair in Queer Theory
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