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Purity by Jonathan Franzen – Book

Much has been said about purity in recent years. Food is one
area where claims to purity add retail value for those who feel that eating
healthy is actually now a cultural responsibility. Purity in relation to our energy
sources – that they need to be carbon neutral and simple mechanisms that tame
natural forces for our use (like heat from the sun and wind from earth’s air
currents) – is another way the idea of purity has become an obsession for
those who can choose. One test mentioned often in Republican circles is the
test to determine how closely Conservative politicians adhere to right wing
orthodoxy, or, in other words, a test of purity.
All these ideas of purity and more sit behind this story. And
lots of impurity sits behind this story also. Purity is the birth name of the
main character who leads us into the events Franzen creates for us. What some
may find difficult about this offering is the way Franzen jumps to seemingly
unrelated characters and then shows us the connection when he’s ready. However
it all comes together in the end and I am guessing that the story structure is
very deliberate.
Purity lives in a derelict house with Dreyfuss who is one loan modification away from losing his only possession. Three other people
share the space with Purity and Dreyfuss; Stephen, Marie and Ramon. Purity is a
telemarketer whose main goals in life are to get out from under her student
loans and to have a relationship with Stephen which she cannot have because he
is married to Marie. A strange German visitor, Annagret, offers Purity – known
as Pip right now – an internship with a group called The Sunlight Project,
which has far more humane goals than Pip’s current employer. The Sunlight
Project is headed by a man named Andreas Wolf who is considered a cult hero.
Annagret has Pip complete a weird interview and tells her she is qualified for
the internship.
We jump to the story of Andreas Wolf, the legendary project
leader of this WikiLeaks- style operation designed to expose world actors whose
motives are less than pure. Wolf grew up in East Berlin in the years before the
Berlin Wall came down. Does this tough beginning justify some of the traits we
find in Andreas Wolf? You must decide.
Pip (Purity) spends lots of time talking to her agoraphobic
mom, Anabel, who has every other possible phobia also, but who obviously loves
her daughter, although we wonder who takes care of whom in this relationship. Would Anabel
have had any kind of life if she did not have Pip? Purity has never been
allowed to know who her father is and in fact Anabel says he abused her and
that he is dangerous. Pip still wants to find her father. We eventually hear
about the romance between Pip’s mom and a man named Tom Aberant (emphasis on
the Ab), a relationship which was good for a while and then devolved into spite,
anger, and revenge.
There is also a connection between Tom Aberant and Andreas
Wolf which I will not explain because it is at the heart of this novel and
because it might spoil the book for you.
Franzen wants, perhaps, to prepare us for how very difficult
it is for flawed humans to attain anything approaching purity unless it is a
name you give your child – a name that she is not even allowed to use. It is a
pretty good microcosm of the way the developed world rolls in these early
decades of the 21st century.
Jonathan Franzen is a great storyteller. He’s the kind of
writer with enough craft that we forget to even be bothered by the words on the
page because there are no flaws to distract us. The story is in the foreground,
the writing underlies it, but we don’t notice it. Character development is more
problematic in Purity because at times Franzen almost seems to be writing
separate short stories. We are yanked out of one set of characters and settings
into new characters and settings with little transition. But eventually Franzen
ties his new characters back to the old characters and voila, the plot thickens
and unfolds almost like a mystery story which we solve with the author’s help.
Another difficulty some may find with this story is that the
message does not seem unique or profound enough to justify the length and
complexity of the story or even to turn this into a truly great novel. On the
other hand, it is a good social commentary and it is more substantial than some of the popular novels that are its
contemporaries. Perhaps time will change my take on this. Some novels require a
lengthier digestive period than others. I still recommend Purity by Jonathan Franzen because, although not perfect in my
estimation, it is still a good read.
By Nancy Brisson

April 2016 Book List

(Editor’s Picks for Spring)- these might not all be available yet
Zero K by Don
De Lillo
The Nest by
Cynthis D’Aprix Sweeney
Murder of Mary Russell
by Laurie R. King
by Lyndsay Faye
Sellout: A Novel
by Paul Beatty
Brave is Forgiven
by Chris Cleave

by Richard Russo
A Novel
by Saleem Haddad
Fool Me

by Harlan Coben
by Lisa Scottoline
LaRose by
Louise Erdich
by Anna Quindlen
Stories are Love Stories
by Elizabeth Percer
As Close
as Breathing: A Novel
by Elizabeth Poliner
The 14th
Colony: A Novel
by Cotton Malone
Trials of Apollo Book One The Hidden Oracle
by Rick Riordan
Unashamed by
LaCrae Moore
Midnight (The Dark Artifices)
by Cassandra Clare
Lust and
Wonder: A Memoir
by Augusten Burroughs
Booksellers  – Always report what people
have been buying.
The Nest by
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
to Munich
by Jacqueline Winspear
Summer Before the War
by Helen Simonson
Little Red Chairs
by Edna O’Brien
My Name
is Lucy Barton
by Elizabeth Strout
Fool Me

by Harlan Coben
Murder of Mary Russell
by Laurie R. King
Ancient Minstral
by Jim Harrison
At the
Edge of the Orchard
by Tracy Chevalier
Waters of Eternal Youth
by Donna Leon
by Martha Hall Kelly
Walk: A Novel
by Richard Wagamese
Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry
by Fredrick Backman
by Paul Beatty
by Richard Price
Emma by
Alexander McCall Smith
Uprooted by
Naomi Novak
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
Outline by
Rachel Cush
Sunshine Away
by M. O. Walsh
Turner House
by Angela Flournoy
I Am
by Rief Larsen
A Darker
Shade of Magic
by VE Schwab
Dangerous Place
by Jacqueline Winspear
Swans of Fifth Avenue
by Melanie Benjamin
What is
Yours is Not Yours
by Helen Oyeyemi
Off the

by CJ Box
Other Side of Silence
by Philip Kerr
by Fiona Barton
The 14th
by Steve Berry
Felicity by Mary
Nights in 1980
by Molly Prentiss
The Last
Painting of Sara de Vos
by Domenic Smith
by Lyndsay Faye
by Stuart Woods
For a
Little While
by Rick Bass
The Year
of the Runaways
by Sunjeev Sahota
to the Night Vale
by Joseph Fink
The Passenger by Lisa
Over Everything
by Kathleen Grissom
Story of Kullervo
by J. R. R. Tolkien
All the
Birds in the Sky
by Charlie Jane Anders
Weekly – Some of these titles have not been published here yet
Booked by
Kwame Alexander (Language, Literature and Soccer)
The Wild
by Peter Brown (Robot on rocky island) (YA)
I Will
Find You
by Joanna Connors
A Spirited Manifesto
by Lesley Hazelton (NF)
Girl in
the Blue Coat
by Monica Hesse “riveting Holocaust novel”
Nameless City
by Faith Erin Hicks (Trilogy) (YA)
Golden Condom and Other Essays on Love Lost and Found
Jeanne Safer (NF)
Passion of Dolssa
(1241) by Julie Berry
Boys: A Novel
by Sonya Hartnett
by Justin Tussing
Agony by Mark
Fool Me

by Harlan Coben
Wink Poppy
by April Genevieve
I Will
Miss You Tomorrow
by Heine Bakkeid
Savages, 4th volume
by Sabri Louatah
Affections by
Rodrigo Hasbùn (Bolivian) (not out yet)
Badlands by Arne
Dahl (Swedish) (not out yet)
by Daniela Tully (German) (not out yet)
Substance of Evil
by Luca D’Andrea (Italian) (not out yet)
Now Let’s
by JC Lattés (French) (not out yet)
Yoro by
Marina Perezagua (Spanish) (not out yet)

Compiled by Nancy Brisson

Midnight Sun by Jo Nesbo – Book

Jo Nesbø wanted to write a book unlike his usual noir
detective stories starring the ragged but morally straight Harry Hole. Nesbø
says that he has always admired the Sámi cultural group (we know them as
Laplanders) who occupy the northernmost reaches of Scandinavia including his
home nation of Norway. The Sámi’s are hunters and reindeer herders and
fishermen and, too often, drinkers. Their numbers are small and their towns are
too, so most Sámi’s in a given community know each other well. Strangers do not
visit the Sámi’s often. The climate is harsh; the sun is either low-in- the-sky
and omnipresent, or is totally missing in action. These towns are not normally
tourist destinations.
So when a “southerner” turns up in a Sámi town one day when
the sun is still out at midnight townspeople guess that he may be on the run
from something, but they don’t make a big deal of it. Jon’s first acquaintance
when he gets off the bus in the town of Kasund is a native man called Mattis
who, when asked says he can sleep in the church. Jon is obviously out of place.
Mattis doesn’t even know the half of it, although he suspects. Jon has a gun
tucked in the back of his pants. He is hiding a money belt full of stolen
money. He is not a bad man really, but he is not a good man either. He is from
Oslo and he is running away. He is running away more or less because of what he
has not done than because of what he has done. He has suffered a great loss,
but he is still trying to fight for his own life, although he is not sure why.
He tells the man that his name is Ulf and that he came to hunt and he goes off
to sleep in the church.
Then he meets Knut who is ten and his beautiful mother Lea who
helps him before he even knows her name. She loans him her husband’s hunting
rifle and hunting cabin. She’s a very good person whose father is a preacher in
the very strict Læstadian Christian sect which is common among the Sámi people.
Her husband is fishing but Ulf senses there is more to the story of this
husband and wife than he is hearing.
Jon/Ulf is an unusual character for Nesbø to write about. He
has a reputation as a killer but he has not actually killed anyone. He is a
thief only because when he had to run he ran with a drug dealer’s money because
it was there and it would have been stupid not to take it (although it was also
stupid to take it). Jon worked for a low-life crime boss with a fearful
reputation, called the Fisherman. The Fisherman does not let anyone who works
for him do the things that Jon has done, or not do the things that Jon has not
Jon needed a large sum of money for a good reason, although I
will not tell you what it was. I will tell you that I enjoyed Jon’s sojourn
with the Sámi and the tale is certainly a departure for Jo Nesbø and I can also
say that I think you might enjoy it. His Harry Hole books connect with those of
us who live in modern cities much more than this short novel does, but the book
is a nice tribute to the Sámi people and it is totally fair for an author to
use his clout to bring this isolated group of people into our hearts and minds.
By Nancy Brisson

Brooklyn by Colm Toibin – Book

Colm Tóibín writes about what he knows. He writes about the
village where he was born in Ireland. He writes, in Brooklyn, about the immigrant experience. Eilis Lacey, her sister
Rose, and her Mom live in an all-female household, although there was once a
father and three sons.
Eilis would be happy living her entire life right in this
village which she loves, but her mother’s pension is small and there are few
opportunities in her village for a career or a good marriage. When Father
Flood, who once knew her father, visits his Irish home from America and learns
that Eilis knows how to keep account books, he talks he mother into sending her
to Brooklyn. On the way out of Ireland she visits quickly with the youngest of
her three brothers who all had to move to England to find work.
The author of this book, which was twice short-listed for the
Man Booker Prize, knows how to tell a story. He gently leads us through the
enormity of leaving home alone at such a young age. We are driven forward into
the details of Eilis’s unsought adventure. The Father has strong and
trustworthy connections within his Brooklyn parish, although because of her age
and the times Eilis’s behavior is under constant scrutiny by her landlady, the
other girls who live with her, her employers, and her fellow employees. She
stays on her feet, until she doesn’t.
However the author just as gently portrays her crushing
homesickness. Finally, when Father Flood understands the depths of her despair
he helps her enroll in night school bookkeeping classes so she won’t always
have to work as a retail clerk. Being busier is better. Eilis is also
encouraged to attend the parish dances on Friday nights.
The second half of this novel was more problematic for me
because of the choices that Eilis is required to make. Perhaps the Catholic
Church would help a poor girl find the money to travel again back and forth on
a ship due to a family matter, but it tested the limits of my credulity a bit.
I came from a poor family and, although people were kind, no one handed out
large sums of money and pride would not allow us to take it.
Nevertheless, Eilis is presented with an opportunity, however
complicated, to return to a life in her Irish Village or to return to Brooklyn.
In order to make the choice to stay in Ireland she would have to liberate
herself from every inch of her upbringing, every one of her values, and she
would have to betray church, family, and a person she loves.
The whole situation struck me as a bit contrived, but, since
this author writes about his home maybe he has an actual family or village
story in mind. Part of the problem may be that although the author tells a good
story he is still a man writing about a young woman and he has the reader
viewing her from the outside. This is not a first person story. We care about
Eilis, but we are not privy to much of her inner life. The ending is growing on
me, but the novel doesn’t really speak to my own life and times (except for the
homesickness; that I have experienced).
By Nancy Brisson


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Current configuration with HP Procurve 2848 switch at a colocation facility consists of using the ISP switchport as the default gateway. The current configuration is very basic with only 1 vlan assign to all switch ports. Routing is not currently enabled and the switch only functions at layer2 at the moment. There are 2 HP procurve switches connected together.

However I now need to configure HP switch to do the routing instead of using the ISP switchport as the default gateway.

The commands are similar to cisco commands but I can find the HP commands which relate. However, I just want to confirm I am thinking of this the best way.

I was going to configure a new vlan on an unsued access port and assign that Vlan with the IP of the /30 that is being configured to connect to the ISP switchport.

Then I was going to enable IP routing on the HP switch and assign our current IP subnet as well as new subnets to the current vlan, and statically route it to the new vlan that was configured with the /30 to connect to the ISP.

Which HP or Cisco commands might help achieve the above?

Also just to note, we statically assign private IP addresses to some devices connected to the HP switches. There is no actual gateway or route configured for this /24.

  1. Servers are located in a colocation facility.
  2. Right now HP switch functions only as a switch and utilizes the uplink port from the ISP(colocation facility) as the default gateway. So the ISP does the routing to my network.

  3. In order to obtain new IP's, we need to configure our switch to begin routing. The ISP will assign us public IPs and put it to our HP switch via the /30 IP.

  4. I need to be able to move a cable from any switch port to another switchport and still allow it to communicate on the network. (Meaning the default way a switch works where any network can communicate from any port)

The end result should resemble something similar to this image:

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UPDATE: Working Example Below - Note: Due to time constraints I performed the IP configurations on Vlan 1 since that is the default vlan that exists in both switches. The ISP went into Port 2 of the switch. HP Switch B connected to Port 1 of Switch A.

HP Switch A

ip routing
ip route

vlan 1
ip address
ip address
ip address

vlan 30 name ISP
vlan 30
ip address
untagged 2

HP Switch B

ip default-gateway
vlan 1
ip address
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    Could you please add a diagram with your current topology and the new topology you want to go to? Your description is a bit confusing. – Daniel Yuste Aroca Aug 17 '13 at 11:59
  • I am not sure if this is a bug or not. Enable ip routing on some ProCurve switches requires a reset (erase all existing configurations). Simply use the command to enable IP routing does not do anything. – sdaffa23fdsf Aug 17 '13 at 13:53
  • DanielYusteAroca, I added a diagram. Sorry for the confusion. @realdreams, can you reference where you found that information? – Damainman Aug 18 '13 at 2:56

I tried to upload a visio picture that shows what I think you are trying to accomplish, but I guess I need more reputation! You basically need to enable IP routing on the HP switch that will be the gateway, and add a default route. I definitely recommend using separate VLANs for your different networks. You will also need to make sure that your ISP router has a route back to your HP switch for your network:

ISP Router

Int fa0/0
Ip address X.X.X.1
Ip route X.X.X.2

HP Switch 1

Ip routing
Vlan 10 name ISP
Ip address X.X.X.2
Untagged 1
Vlan 20 name LAN
Ip address
Untagged 2-48
Ip route X.X.X.1

HP Switch 2

Ip default-gateway
Vlan 20 name LAN
Ip address
Untagged 1-48
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  • Thank you for the response and commands. Since my network will only be isolated to my network via my HP switch, is it still necessary for the ISP to put a route for it in their router? I only need my devices which are connected to my HP switch to communicate via that network. In the mean time, I am going to try to figure out the purpose of the "untagged" commands in your example. – Damainman Aug 18 '13 at 2:14
  • You are correct, if the network does not communicate with the outside world then the ISP does not need to put a route in their router. The "untagged" commands have to do with setting the native VLAN for the port. In my example, you would plug the ISP router into port 1 on the HP switch. It's hard to give you actual configurations without all the details, but when I am using XenServer/ESXi, I prefer to setup each network on its own VLAN, and then setup VLAN tagging to my host. This allows you to assign virtual NICs to individual networks. – DanielK Aug 18 '13 at 3:47
  • Thank you for the response again. At the moment, because of time limitations we are attempting to just use two vlans. 1 Vlan assigned to the port which connects to the ISP. The 2nd vlan which we are planning to just keep as the default vlan to be used for all devices connecting to the switch. Is it possible in HP to assign multiple subnets to one vlan? In cisco it is done via ip address x.x.x.x secondary . So for example, in your answer... instead of vlan20 we should just use the default factory vlan and apply all the subnets to that. – Damainman Aug 18 '13 at 4:19
  • Yes, you can assign multiple IP addresses to one VLAN. With HP, you do not need the "secondary" commmand, just add the second IP address with "ip address X.X.X.X", it will not override the first IP address configured. If you need to remove an IP address from the vlan, just use the "no" command. – DanielK Aug 18 '13 at 7:25
  • This isn't completely on topic, but I would also setup redundant connections between your switches with LACP. Its really easy to do with with HP. For example, if you want to connect interfaces 47 & 48 on HP1 to 47 & 48 on HP2, do the following on both switches: "trunk 47-48 trk1 lacp" and then verify the trunk is in the correct vlan. Example: "vlan 20 untagged trk 1" – DanielK Aug 18 '13 at 7:29

Then I was going to enable IP routing on the HP switch and assign our current IP subnet as well as new subnets to the current vlan

Despite this is possible, I would recommend you to use a different VLAN for each subnet. This is considered a best practice as it provides several advantages. For instance: it reduces the amount of broadcast traffic that every network client has to process.

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  • I agree. Although the network is currently not properly organized cable wise and not sure which devices on which subnets are plugged into which ports. Also because of virtualization, one device NIC might send/receive traffic from multiple subnets. I only have a day to do this before flying out of state, so trying to at least accomplish the above and slowly move from forward from there. – Damainman Aug 18 '13 at 2:17

I am guessing you have a /24 given to you by your ISP, you can divide that address space up into several Vlans with no problem, but if you create extra /24 Vlans you either have to get the address space from the provider or if it is your address space ensure that the provider side has static routes configured and redistributed in order to reach you.

As was said above almost on one uses multiple addresses spaces on the same VLAN unless you are doing something like a DHCP scope migration. You might be thinking of publically routeable vs private addresses spaces but your question did not detail that.

In addition you would need static routes on your WAN device pointing to your switch, you only need the default route on your HP switch.

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  • Thank you for the response. The equipment is located in a co-location facility. My ISP which is the colocation facility is assigning me several different subnets, but my switch needs to act as the gateway and do the routing for those subnets. All addresses in my network are statically assigned and the internal network is only used for devices which need to communicate internally so no NAT is implemented. – Damainman Aug 18 '13 at 2:21

Ok then just put both subnet gateways under the same interface vlan 20 name lans ip address ip address you can communicate between the two subnets but do not need to set up trunking to servers or divide ports between vlans

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Top 10 Highest-paid YouTubers in the World

Top 10 Highest-paid YouTubers in the World

YouTube sensation PewDiePie is raking in a massive $A11.2 million dollars each month from his online videos, according to a new report.
The Swedish gamer topped a list of the YouTube's highest earners based on figures collected on merchandise sales and revenue from views on the platform by marketing firm Purple Moon.
The advertising data was compiled using a tool which estimates a YouTuber's ad revenue based on their monthly views and the average ad payout from the platform – usually between $A0.37 to $A6 per 1,000 views.
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Merchandise figures were determined after analysing data from thousands of YouTubers using selling products on the Sellfy online store.

Below is the top-10 list of highest-earning YouTubers in 2019 based on their merchandise and ad revenue (in British pounds):

  1. PewDiePie - 6.5 million per month
  2. Dude Perfect - 2.8 million per month
  3. VanossGaming - 2.1 million per month
  4. DanTDM - 2.1 million per month
  5. JuegaGerman - 1.8 million per month
  6. Markiplier - 1.7 million per month
  7. Collins Key - 1.7million per month
  8. Atta Halilintar - 1.3 million per month
  9. jacksepticeye - 1.3 million per month
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Threatened by the love of would-be friends as well as the hatred of long-established enemies, the Jewish people face a number of critical questions about the future. What matters more: the number of Jewish people, or the qualities of the Jewish soul? Does asking, “Is it good for the Jews?” diminish the more profound question, “Is it good?” Should the Torah be seen as the unchanging anchor of faith or as a starting place for continual reinvention? Does Judaism hold within it a universal and inclusive ethic? These questions take on more and more significance as Jewish neighborhoods continue to fade, as Jewish identity melts in the embrace of intermarriage, and as a new generation of American Jews seeks a universal moral vision in a religion built for a people who once stood apart. Each of the five photographs in this book frames one of these critical questions, generating a dialogue that is as honest and practical as it is spiritual and philosophical. Drawing on history, literature, and his upbringing in the Jewish communities of Brooklyn, Peter S. Temes seeks a new understanding of what it means to be Jewish and what the future holds for the Jewish people. The five photographs at the center of his search hint at the possibilities of that future—possibilities that are at once hopeful and inspiring but also challenging and troubling.
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Diet For A New America 25th Anniversary Edition

Author : John Robbins
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"Anniversary edition of John Robbins's exposâe of inhumane practices in the meat and dairy industry and argument for the ethical, health, and environmental benefits of a vegetarian diet. Includes new epilogue by the author"--
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The Future Of The Public S Health In The 21st Century

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The anthrax incidents following the 9/11 terrorist attacks put the spotlight on the nationâ€™s public health agencies, placing it under an unprecedented scrutiny that added new dimensions to the complex issues considered in this report. The Future of the Publicâ€™s Health in the 21st Century reaffirms the vision of Healthy People 2010, and outlines a systems approach to assuring the nationâ€™s health in practice, research, and policy. This approach focuses on joining the unique resources and perspectives of diverse sectors and entities and challenges these groups to work in a concerted, strategic way to promote and protect the publicâ€™s health. Focusing on diverse partnerships as the framework for public health, the book discusses: The need for a shift from an individual to a population-based approach in practice, research, policy, and community engagement. The status of the governmental public health infrastructure and what needs to be improved, including its interface with the health care delivery system. The roles nongovernment actors, such as academia, business, local communities and the media can play in creating a healthy nation. Providing an accessible analysis, this book will be important to public health policy-makers and practitioners, business and community leaders, health advocates, educators and journalists.
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The Future Of The United Methodist Church

Author : Scott J. Jones
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How can United Methodists fulfill their mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ to transform the world?
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The Future Of The Jews

Author : Stuart E. Eizenstat
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In The Future of the Jews, Stuart E. Eizenstat, a senior diplomat of international reputation, surveys the major geopolitical, economic, and security challenges facing the world in general, and the Jewish world and the United States in particular. These forces include the shift of power and influence from the United States and Europe to the emerging powers in Asia and Latin America; globalization and the new information age; the battle for the direction of the Muslim world; nontraditional security threats; changing demographics, which pose a particular challenge for Jews worldwide and the rise of a new anti-Semitism that seeks to delegitimize Israel as a Jewish state. He also discusses the enduring nature of and challenges to the strategic alliance between the United States and Israel. In an extensive new foreword to the paper edition, Eizenstat addresses crucial developments affecting the Jewish people since the book first appeared in 2012, including increasing tensions in the Middle East, the digital revolution and NSA revelations, declining optimism on the Arab Spring, the Israeli-Palestinian peace process, the revival of anti-Semitism. In addition, he reflects on the changing identify of American Jews as revealed by the Pew Center Survey of U.S. Jews (2013). Eizenstat s provocative analysis will be of interest to everyone concerned about the future of Jews worldwide and in Israel and the United States role in a world that is confronting unprecedented simultaneous, cataclysmic changes."
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Diet For A New America 25th Anniversary Edition

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Originally published in 1987, Diet for a New America awakened the conscience of a nation with its startling examination of the food we buy and eat — and the moral, economic, and medical price we pay for it. Drawing a clear line connecting America’s factory farm system with disease, animal cruelty, and ecological crises, Robbins makes perhaps the most eloquent argument for vegetarianism ever published. Robbins walked away from his family’s business — the Baskin-Robbins ice cream empire — to pursue his dream of promoting a healthy society that practices “compassionate stewardship of a balanced ecosystem.” In Diet for a New America he presents both a disturbing portrait of our current system and a vision for the future that will educate and empower readers to change.
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The Future Of Entrepreneurship In Latin America

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This book examines the outlook for Latin American entrepreneurs in the new global environment. Using case studies from across the region, the book highlights liberalization measures nations are adopting to facilitate small and medium size enterprise (SME) creation and growth, and existing barriers that are threatening SME sector gains.
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New Study Finds Psilocybin To Be A Therapeutic Powerhouse For Advanced Cancer Patients

Written by Alexa Erickson

In the 1950s and ’60s, hallucinogenic drugs like psilocybin, which is found naturally in certain mushrooms, were often used in U.S. biomedical research and in psychotherapy practices. In 1966, however, the U.S. government declared the drugs illegal, halting American research into their potential therapeutic benefits.

But recent years have seen the the conversation stirred up in a less taboo way once again, with American researchers arguing that the prohibition is preventing them from discovering and taking advantage of treatments for psychiatric problems like depression, addiction, and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Two recently published studies revealed that a single moderate-to-large dose of psilocybin has the ability to provide significant and long-lasting relief from overwhelming distress. In fact, of 29 cancer patients who received psilocybin in a trial conducted at New York University’s Langone Medical Center, 20 rated it as “among the most meaningful” events of their life.

“This drug saved my life and changed my life,” explained Dinah Bazer, who was given a single dose of psilocybin at a New York treatment center in 2011.

Dr. George Greer, medical director of the Heffter Research Institute, the nonprofit organization that funded the two trials, called the results “groundbreaking.”

The trials noted that psilocybin’s side effects were pretty tame, with only about 15% of subjects experiencing nausea or vomiting as a result of being administered a high dose of the drug, while roughly 1 in 3 of the subjects experienced impermanent psychological discomfort.

Octavian Mihai is another success story when it comes to psilocybin’s medicinal value. In 2013, after having just finished treatment for Stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma,  he participated in a study looking at whether the drug can reduce anxiety and depression in cancer patients.

A New York Times article reported on his journey:

On a summer morning in 2013, Octavian Mihai entered a softly lit room furnished with a small statue of Buddha, a box of tissues and a single red rose. From an earthenware chalice, he swallowed a capsule of psilocybin, an ingredient found in hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Then he put on an eye mask and headphones and lay down on a couch. Soon, images flew by like shooting stars: a spinning world that looked like a blue-green chessboard; himself on a stretcher in front of a hospital; his parents, gazing at him with aching sadness as he reached out to them, suffused with childlike love.

Cancer-related psychological distress affects up to 40% of patients, and can be resistant to conventional therapy. Mihai’s anxiety arose after doctors told him he was finally in remission. He would continually touch the nodules on his neck where the cancer had been, and found himself afraid of traveling, as it would put him too far away from his oncologists. He ultimately turned to alcohol, drinking hard daily, which in turn jeopardized his already tender state of wellbeing.

Doctors suggested the psilocybin study. The Times reported:

He took the capsule and began tripping. After seeing himself on a hospital stretcher, he recalled: “I had an epiphany.”

“Why are you letting yourself be terrorized by cancer coming back? This is dumb. It’s in your power to get rid of the fear,” he told himself. “That’s when I saw black smoke rising from my body. And it felt great.”

Three years later, Mr. Mihai, now 25 and a physician assistant in Las Vegas, said, “I’m not anxious about cancer anymore. I’m not anxious about dying.” The session, he added, “has made my life richer.”

Between the astounding results of the two trials, and stories like Mihai’s, it’s hard to ignore the necessity for fewer research restrictions. There is far too much potential for new scientific insights and clinical applications, and it’s being bogged down by government control that has been driven by unfounded fear.

Currently, psilocybin trials are underway in the United States and Europe for alcoholism, tobacco addiction, and treatment-resistant depression, and other hallucinogens are being studied for clinical application as well. In fact, recently the Food and Drug Administration granted a large-scale trial investigating MDMA for post-traumatic stress disorder.

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ASHS Drops New Track ‘My Ex’

Over the past few years, Juno award nominated/multi-platinum selling artist Alyssa Reid – aka ASHS – has been honing her craft; becoming the go-to songwriter for artists like Bülow (‘Not A Love Song’) and Virginia to Vegas (‘Selfish’). Now the 26-year-old is recasting her signature smoky vocals to form the foundation of her most ambitious project to date.

Her bouncing new single, ‘My Ex’, goes a bumpy journey of getting over a lover. For most people time heals heartbreak, but ASHS finds solace in songwriting, where she concludes that life goes on just fine after heartache. Have a listen below…

Snotty Nose Rez Kids Gets ‘Real Deadly’ In New Single, Ahead Of EP + Tour

Haisla Nation hip-hop duo, SNOTTY NOSE REZ KIDS (SNRK), have recently announced their new EP, ‘Born Deadly’, set for release 3rd April. To offer some favour of the forthcoming EP, the guys have dropped a blazing a video for lead single, ‘Real Deadly’, which features the pair posing as scientists, experimenting with substances that are proven to be real deadly!

Discussing the lead single, Real Deadly, Quinton “Yung Trybez” Nyce and Darren “Young D” Metz state, “We like to refer to things that are dope as real deadly. We wrote this song about feeling strong and confident in who we are as people and artists and want that to transfer to the listener. Much in the way that our track, Boujee Natives, spoke to the richness of indigenous fashion, style, culture, and identity, we want ‘Real Deadly’ to be a positive affirming song. A lot of the music we wrote for this EP was inspired by the energy we feel at our shows. The tracks are ‘turn up’ tracks and we intended for fans to not only hear them on record, but at our live shows too.”

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Hailing from Kitimat, BC, SNRK formed in 2016 and released back-to-back albums in 2017 – their self-titled debut in January, and ‘The Average Savage’ in September. The latter earned the duo Best Hip Hop Artist at the Western Canadian Music Awards, landed them on the 2018 Polaris Music Prize Short List which earned them a 2019 JUNO Award nomination for Best Indigenous Music Album. The group toured heavily in Canada with select appearances in the U.S. and Australia. They quickly gained notoriety for their energetic, inspiring and thought-provoking shows.

There’ll be no rest for these snotty nose kids as they are set to perform at SXSW in Austin, TX before heading out on their first ever U.S. headlining tour, kicking off April 12 in Portland, OR and wrapping up on June 13 in Detroit, MI. Visit their website for dates.

For now, why not check out the video for ‘Real Deadly.’

Song of the Day: Bankroll – 88GLAM (ft. Lil Keed)

XO & YSL’s rising stars 88GLAM & LIL KEED have teamed up together on their latest single, ‘Bankroll’.

88GLAM have been hard at work on new music following opening label mate NAV’s sold out headline show in London earlier this year.

The Canadian duo’s first North American tour recently included their debut Coachella performance, followed by Juno nominations for Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Rap Recording of the Year. They’ve also celebrated over 250 million streams across their released projects 88GLAM RELOADED, 88GLAM2 and 88GLAM 2.5.

Atlanta based rapper and Young Thug protégé, Lil Keed exploded on to the scene last year with single ‘Nameless’ going on to receive over 27 million streams globally. 2019 Debut album, ‘Long Live Mexico’ hit the US Album chart top 30 and includes features from NAV, Lil Duke, Gunna, Guap Tarantino and Lil Gotit.

88GLAM’s most recent single “Lil Boat” has reached over 57 million global streams on Spotify alone and has seen support from artists including Megan Thee Stallion, Summer Walker and Bella Hadid amongst others.

Check them out below…

Song of the Day: Get Stupid – Bülow

Award winning and multi-platinum pop iconoclast BÜLOW  has graced the blog spotlight with her newest single/video, ‘Get Stupid’. The track is off the JUNO Award winner’s latest EP ‘Crystalline’ released earlier this year and was produced by Mike Wise, who produced several songs on the EP

‘Get Stupid’ follows her last appearance with single, ‘Sweet Little Lies’, which stole the blog’s Song of Week title THREE times and was also named Song of the Month in July (check out more top releases of the week and month on Instagram).

Have a peep at the video for ‘Get Stupid’ below:

New Track: Sweet Little Lies – Bülow

Critically acclaimed German born pop iconoclast BÜLOW has released a brand new single called ‘Sweet Little Lies’, available on all download and streaming sites.

On the meaning behind the song the 19-year-old remarked, “’Sweet Little Lies’ is about creating false realities. When things get real, we find escapes. Sometimes it’s hobbies, and sometimes it’s people. But the degree of it we can’t always control.”

The latest single arrives just after the news that BÜLOW has received four nominations for the 2019 JUNO Awards, including Pop Album of the Year and Breakthrough Artist of the Year. Ahead of performing at the 2019 JUNO Awards on March 17th, BÜLOW will perform at SXSW in Austin, Texas.

The eagerly awaited new single follows the previously released ‘Damaged Vol. 1’ & ‘Damaged Vol. 2’, each instantly resonated with critics and new fans alike. ‘Damaged Vol. 1’ included ‘Not A Love Song’ which to date has clocked over 83 million streams.

‘Damaged Vol. 2’ included singles ‘You & Jennifer,’ ‘Honor Roll’, and buzzworthy ‘SAD AND BORED’,  praised by PAPER as, “the perfect pop study in contrasts, and further confirms bülow as an artist to watch with razor-sharp wit to boot.” HillyDilly called her “one of the brightest new talents in pop.” Last year also saw BÜLOW released much buzzed about ‘Two Punks In Love’.

Although BÜLOW has only just begun her musical journey with these recent releases, the music already stands tall as an impressive flag-bearer for things to come….


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Movie star reaches out to the less-privileged children in Abra

 By Maritess B. Beñas

DOLORES, Abra,Aug. 7 (PIA) — Pupils from barangay Cardona, this town, received school bags filled with school supplies and slippers from movie star, Diether Ocampo, last week.

Aboard a rubber boat, Ocampo and his team dared the heavy rains brought by typhoon Gener and raging rivers in Abra in order to reach the people of Brgy. Cardona where the KIDS Foundation, Inc., which he heads, intends to construct a multi-level school building.

Ocampo wanted to have a look into the actual conditions of the locality in order to be able to make the appropriate program and proposal for the school building requested by the people through Mayor Robert Victor G. Seares, Jr.

The two-story school building will serve at the same time as evacuation center for Brgy. Cardona which is always flooded during the rainy seasons as it is low-level and is surrounded by three rivers and creeks. The place is usually isolated even with just monsoon rains.

The KIDS (Kabataang Inyong Dapat Suportahan) Foundation, Inc., founded by Ocampo in 2006 with three other co-founders, has for its mission to respond to needs of the less-privileged children. According to Teejay Deovilla, Programs Coordinator of KIDS Foundation, Inc., Ocampo, orphaned at 8, was inspired to put up this foundation for children as a way of sharing his blessings to the kids.

Ocampo and his team were supposed to go to Brgy. Cardona on July 31, but they could not cross the Malanas River in Poblacion, Dolores which swelled and that the ordinary bamboo rafts could not cross. Instead, Ocampo spent the day with the people of Dolores and had his birthday party celebration with the children at the Dolores town plaza.

It was also an opportunity where Judith Milagros Zapata, the teacher-adviser of the Drum and Lyre Corps of Dolores Central School requested for a bass drum and trio drums while the pupils requested for a computer unit for the school. Ocampo promised to deliver the said items during his next trip to Dolores.

The following day, soldiers from the 503rd Infantry Brigade of the Philippine Army led by Capt. Regy Go and Capt. Erwin Libnao provided security and helped staff of the local government unit in transporting the school supplies to Brgy. Cardona, despite the rains.

The LGU also thanked Ms. Michelle Seares-Umali for linking up with the ABS-CBN TV program “Ako and Simula”, which works in close coordination with the KIDS Foundation as sponsor of the projects being brought to Dolores. (JDP/MTBB-PIA CAR,Abra)

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26 thoughts on “Movie star reaches out to the less-privileged children in Abra

  1. hahahha election is coming and so pabaitan na naman ang mga candidates pero nun nasa position na sila wala silang ginawa sa term nila pero ngaun labas na ulit mga local officials magpakitang tao para nga naman meron masabi na may ginawa para iboto ulit sila pero pag nanalo na at tapos na election busy ulit sa pera ng bayan para gastusin for their interests. Tama na mga pakitang tao ninyo.pretenders na akala nio mababait lang kayo pag malapit na election .

    Posted by tata j. | August 8, 2012, 3:39 am
  2. ha ha ha, ania ket ni JR aka “mayor sakuting” pakitang tao manen awan met ti pakakitaan nga inaramid mo, maysa ka met a mayor ditoy Abra a puro porma ng porma

    Posted by torogi | August 9, 2012, 10:48 pm
    • False. You’re just refusing to see the progress Dolores has undergone for the past 2 years. Sure, JR may have secrets but I’ll take 2 years of Mayor JR over a hundred years of anybody else na naging Mayor anytime when it comes to the development of Dolores.

      Posted by Dolores4Progress | August 23, 2012, 9:12 pm
  3. I’m urging fellow abrenians who are fed up of abra politics to support our cause revolution

    Posted by Wrath of god | August 10, 2012, 3:18 pm
  4. pare-pareho lang silang lahat. nakaupo na sila sa pwesto ala bigla na silang yumaman lahat. at kung makapagsalita parang andami na nilang itinulong sa mamamayan e kung makanakaw naman sa pondo e kalahati naman yong ibubulsa nila at kalahati para sa proyekto nila at mamaya e may starex na sila kotse ng mga anak at ngayon kala mo nang mayaman kung makaasta. pwe! mahiya kayo!

    Posted by kangkong | August 12, 2012, 11:12 pm
  5. revolutions has a wide scope of meaning friend, and what kind of revolution do you think that fits us,to counter the dirty politics of our beloved province?

    Posted by KARASAKAS | August 12, 2012, 11:18 pm
  6. napintas daguitoy a proyekto ti KIDS foundation maysa nga NGO nga awan ti nakaibiangan ti politika. nasayat met no maikkan ti 2 story nga eskwela ti cardona tapno adda agserbi a kas evacuation center no tiempo ti layus wenno didigra.adu ti maited da a pagsayaatan kadaguiti ub ubbing nga estudyante,depende laeng ti koordinasyon tapno maparaburan ti maysa a lugar ti proyekto.

    Posted by pagalsem | August 13, 2012, 12:07 am
  7. @pagalsem – that project should be still before but why is it only now ? It is due to coming election that is why politicians come out to show some flowery actions to get the trust of voters again and again . If a politician really does his job as an advocate of his area then he could do it under his term and not only for a show up election again. They are only so called’ fair weather’ politicians. Indeed, they are all the great pretenders and traitors.

    Posted by tata j. | August 13, 2012, 3:14 am
  8. you got a point TATA,im not defending the mayor for im not from dolores and hardly knows the fellow,but had you considered the time that the request`had been forwarded to the KIDS foundation?to the time that such requests was studied and granted?to the time and date scheduled delivery of goods?because being the chief executive of the town,perhaps,he is compelled to grace the occasion,for ABRA was a province famous for its hospitality!

    Posted by pagalsem | August 13, 2012, 10:09 pm
  9. Is that what we mean coincidence? me too am not from dolores but only my roots come from bangued. But I am just being annoyed with all politicians of what they are doing . They just come and show up for elections and they do not care anymore of what they had promised when they were still campaigning.

    Posted by tata j. | August 14, 2012, 2:56 am
    • Fyi the purpose of diether going to abra is to help the people of dolores and nothing else,the project is not only the construction of 2 storey building for the students but they will also be donating foot bridge that will cater brgys isit n cardona which are prone to flooding! Be part of the solution and not cause further trouble

      Posted by Po | August 14, 2012, 7:02 am
  10. You mean Peterborough si paking may pakana mga critics sa program mo. Bless ka sa kanya total uncle mo naman sya o di kaya ask your friendly cop tap no agapa da

    Posted by One eye jack | August 14, 2012, 8:24 am
  11. revolution sometimes means pinnatay. saan yo ngata ammo nga ni mayor jr ket isu ti mastermind deydi natay nga kapitan ti maysa nga barangay ti dolores ke nairaman tay ubing nga benedito. isu ti revolution means pinnatay

    Posted by bembol | August 16, 2012, 5:37 pm
    • Dakes man ti apal mon gayyem, usarem pay nagan ti bembol benedito nagsyaat ti pagkatao na deta, sika ngata.. Adda naaramid mo nga para ti umili? Instead nga manginintriga ka kitaem ti kinapudno na nu usto kn siasinno ti makin basol, amo baka naman may balak ka din lumaban kay meyor, subukan mo pero dont hit below the belt para ka naman dirty boxer

      Posted by Po | August 17, 2012, 12:07 am
  12. i hate politics but i also pity my fellow abrenians who believe gossips and reports with no factual basis. isu kastoy province tau because of information gap no media access if there are it only evolves within the province. awan kumamamgan ti ordinary tao isu ada makunkuna nga impunity.

    Posted by wrath of god | August 17, 2012, 5:28 am
  13. mayor sakuting haan ka man agindadalus ta hanka nakamayor no haan immay da jendrix ken lagayan boys ngterrorize dita dolores.

    Posted by jack rubi | August 17, 2012, 1:18 pm
  14. inikan yo manen ti color ti politikan grabe a talagan ti apal dagitoy nga tao awan la ngarod bain grabe nakababain kayo.

    Posted by gerald valera | August 18, 2012, 10:14 am
  15. Bring back paking for good dolores

    Posted by Jack rubi | August 23, 2012, 1:35 am
  16. bring back pistolero for the death of dolores

    Posted by duh | August 23, 2012, 3:14 pm
  17. faking shet is the best amongst the best.

    Posted by duh | August 23, 2012, 3:15 pm
  18. Like it or not, all these moves by JR will benefit Dolores. It’s for his re-election? It doesn’t matter. All mayors and other politicians go through this period. The last few months before the next election. What do you expect them to do? Sit on their fat asses and do nothing?

    and FYI, look around. Look at the roads. Look at the new buildings, and the newly renovated ones. Look at the Municipality. These take time to build. JR has been doing his job since assuming his Office and not just now. If you don’t see these as beneficial to the people of Dolores, you’re blinded by fanaticism for ****** when you should be helping the betterment of Dolores.

    Posted by Dolores4Progress | August 23, 2012, 9:26 pm

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Outbeat: America's First Queer Jazz Festival Announces Two Powerful Tributes To Billy Strayhorn On 9/19 In Partnership With The Philadelphia Jazz Project

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“From Strayhorn to Cecil: Jazz Innovation in America" 3:00PM Panel Discussion @ University of the Arts' Arts Bank

“Lush Life: Philadelphia Celebrates Billy Strayhorn" 8:30PM Exclusive Concert Performance @ Suzanne Roberts Theatre

Duke Ellington might be a more recognizable name than that of Billy Strayhorn, but Strayhorn's influence and genius cannot be discounted. The esteemed pianist, arranger, composer and lyricist was known for writing jazz classic's for Duke Ellington and his Orchestra, with credits on monumental standards such as “Lush Life," “Chelsea Bridge," and “Take the A Train," as well as multiple others. Having met Ellington in 1938, Strayhorn (who was 23 at the time) became one his main musical influences and collaborators - even leading Ellington to state, “Strayhorn does a lot of the work but I get to take the bows." He brought a sense of cohesiveness to Duke Ellington's playing as well as his own style and sound to the band.

However, Strayhorn's acclaim did not come without some struggle. Born in Ohio, Strayhorn's mother moved him to Pittsburgh where they could avoid the alcoholic nature of his father. The pianist's mother and grandparents raised him, and they would become his main source of musical inspiration. This eventually led him to begin compositions of his own. Originally, Strayhorn wanted to write classical compositions but soon realized that the prejudices at the time would not allow him to enter a genre primarily dominated by white musicians. He gave up on classical dreams but not soon after joined Duke Ellington for one of the most prolific collaborations in jazz. Strayhorn, over his 29-year-musical career, was not only known for his pioneering works but also for his forward thinking on human rights. Strayhorn was openly gay during a time when race and sexual orientation in America were highly delicate political and social subjects. Strayhorn's experiences and courage laid the groundwork for future LGBT artists in the jazz community to be out and proud of their identity.

“From Strayhorn to Cecil: Jazz Innovation in America" is a noteworthy roundtable discussion designed to delve further into the lasting and remarkable influence that both Billy Strayhorn and Cecil Taylor have had on modern music, particularly throughout America's less tolerant days. The panel will feature David Hajdu (Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn), John Szwed (Space is the Place: The Lives and Times of Sun Ra), Philadelphia pianist and Pew Fellow Orrin Evans, and will be moderated by JazzTimes' John Murph. It will take place on Friday, September 19 at 3:00pm at University of the Arts Bank. Admission will be free for this event.

“Lush Life: Philadelphia Celebrates Billy Strayhorn," produced by the Philadelphia Jazz Project in collaboration with OutBeat organizers, will honor the musical pioneer. Featuring a group of diverse, multi-dimensional musicians, vocalists and poets from the Philadelphia area, the event will embody exactly what Strayhorn stood for throughout his musical career and personal life. The event will include performances from big bands, a cappella groups, solo acts and ensemble groups as they recreate some of the most important compositions known to jazz, in honor of Strayhorn. The arrangements, prepared by bassist and composer Keith DeStefano, will feature not only Strayhorn's brilliant works but also many other original compositions that his work influenced such as pieces by Thelonious Monk and Charles Mingus. Additional pieces throughout the night will include a piano duet featuring Dena Underwood and Andy Khan, and dueling piano performances; trumpeter Terell Stafford and saxophonist Tim Warfield in a quintet setting; a solo piano performance with Raymond A. King; a trio a cappella poetry suite; and much more. The event will be held on September 19 at 8:30pm at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre. Tickets are $25 for General Admission and $35 for VIP.

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For a long time, it seemed like Pixar was untouchable when it came to critical accolades and box office success. The recent output of Brave, Monsters University, Inside Out, and The Good Dinosaur all have their fans and detractors, but for a good stretch they were putting out seemingly incomparable films. The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., Wall-E, and others all showed not just visual acuity unseen in most animated endeavors, but also a keen understanding of story and characters that simply didn’t exist within most family friendly movies. But what about Pixar films, specifically their scripts, that resonate so well with audiences? A new video essay examines why the works of Pixar are so relatable:

As compiled (and narrated) by Kristian Williams, this video reveals that the fundamental aspects of creating a Pixar film forces writers to contemplate some deep questions. As part of the 22 rules for crafting a story at Pixar, one question stands out to Williams: “Why must you tell THIS story? What’s the belief burning within you that your story feeds off of? That’s the heart of it.” Williams then goes on to discuss the ways that filmmakers proceed to justify not just the story, but also why must it be a film (as opposed to another medium), and what is the larger story being told.

That, to Williams, is the hook for why these films are so relatable. They aren’t just about good vs. evil, or a love story, or some sort of adventure tale (though they may have elements of all of those), but instead are grounded by the characters’ emotions, drives, and goals. By making it so personal, even human despite the characters being toys or fish or robots, the film ends up becoming universal and easily understood on a fundamental level. It’s an interesting look at the ways that Pixar has succeeded with their world building and characterization in manner to which most other studios simply don’t pay enough attention. There’s a reason that these films are emotional rollercoasters of tears and laughter, and it’s because the audience sees themselves, their true selves, reflected on the screens in front of them.

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Mind and Power of Vietnamese Women Increasingly Affirmed

The 27th Global Summit of Women (GSW) is set to take place from May 11 to 13, 2017 in Japan. On this occasion, Vietnam Business Forum has an interview with Vice State President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh, head of the Vietnamese delegation to the GSW. Le Hien reports.

Vietnam has been an active participant at the Global Summit of Women for many years. As a representative of the State of Vietnam and a Vietnamese woman, what message would you send to the international community?
The Global Summit of Women is a premier international forum for women globally, established in the 1990s and rotated annually by its members to promote women’s participation and contribution in socioeconomic life of each nation as well as the entire world, especially in business field. This year, the summit will take place in Tokyo, Japan with many useful programmes and information for female leaders and the women-led business community. After many years of active participation in this summit, we would like to deliver a message to the international community that Vietnamese women are always confident and active in integrating and participating in economic and social development for the nation, for the family and for their own. Many women-led corporations are successful not only in Vietnam but also in the world, for example, Vinamilk, TH True Milk, BRG and VietJet.

Could you tell us the main agenda of this summit?
As far as I am concerned, the GSW Agenda includes Ministerial Roundtable: Doing Business with Japan and some breakout sessions such as Global and Regional Economic Megatrends; Leadership Development Track: Building Your Brand Internally and Externally; Women CEO Forum: Accelerating Women’s Corporate Leadership; Entrepreneurial Track: Stepping from the Brink: Recovering from Business Setbacks; Equalising the Pay Gap: Best Practices; Accelerating Stem for Successful 21st Century Careers; and Reaching Women Effectively as a Market. Besides, there are special sessions that interest women like Business of Fashion and Design; Building Collaboration with Men; and Building Your East-West Cultural Competence.

What is your expectation for business connectivity, trade & investment promotion with Japanese partners through this event? What activities will the Vietnamese delegation take part in during this event?
The Vietnamese delegation is comprised of 50 companies, mainly led by women, attending the 2017 Global Summit of Women. Many are doing business with Japan in various industries. Moreover, Japan has a closely relationship with Vietnam in many fields like economy, commerce and diplomacy. The bilateral relationship is reportedly best since the two countries founded diplomatic relations 45 years. Most recently, in early March 2017, the Japanese Emperor and Empress paid a state visit to Vietnam, marking a historic milestone in the two countries’ friendship and cooperation.

In the economic sphere, Japan continues to be Vietnam’s top economic partner, the second largest foreign investor in Vietnam, the fourth largest trading partner of Vietnam and the third largest tourism partner. By the end of 2016, Japan had more than 3,200 valid investment projects with a total registered investment of over US$42 billion in Vietnam, accounting for 15 per cent of total FDI in the country. The two-way trade value reached nearly US$30 billion 2016 and the two sides have pledged to double it by 2020. In addition, Japan is the largest official development assistance (ODA) donor for Vietnam. Many Japanese projects have been completed and put into very effective operation, thus contributing greatly to Vietnam’s socioeconomic development.

In addition to participating in official issues, the Vietnam business delegation has two Vietnamese – Japanese business forums organised by VCCI and representatives from the Ministry of Planning and Investment, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development jointly held in Tokyo and Fukuoka Prefecture. Apart from meeting with Japanese conglomerates and Chikushino high-tech agricultural zone, I expect this event will attract more investment and trade capital and reaffirm the deep strategic partnership between Vietnam and Japan. Participating companies of Vietnam will have a good opportunity to develop business cooperation and access the Japanese market to expand and increase their business efficiency.

In previous summits, the Vietnamese delegation actively discussed many issues confronting women in an open world. Could you please share your feelings about the integration of Vietnamese women?
By watching previous GSWs and directly attending the event this year, I find that women around the world have increasingly asserted their role and position in building a stable, sustainable society. For its part, Vietnam has sent high-level delegations to previous GSWs and delivered speeches there. Our delegation members actively discussed the role of women in integration period, particularly in economic and social integration in the country and in the world. I feel that Vietnamese women are quite confident and active in integration, evidenced in a growing ratio of women in economic and social activities, their efforts to study, exchange and cooperate to raise knowledge, accumulate experience and take action. They know how to control pressures and challenges in life and career. In addition, they know how to relieve pressures on family affairs to ensure harmony and balance of career and family affairs, pay more attention to the community and reap more success. Last but not least, they have passed on the enthusiasm and passion to the offspring, continued to promote traditional trades and working experience that they undertake. However, frankly, these examples are too little to the Vietnamese women workforce, which accounts for over 50 per cent of the population.

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Duolingo Founder Wins Prestigious MIT Award for Contributions to Cybersecurity and Edtech

By Cait Etherington
September 18, 2018

If you’ve attempted to learn a new language recently, you’ve likely come across Duolingo. The app uses machine-learning to help people develop new language skills and to do so entirely free of charge. TechCrunch recently ranked the company, which was founded in 2011, among the fastest growing edtech companies in the world and with good reason. Since its start, Duolingo has attracted $108 million in funding from some of the biggest players in venture capital, including CapitalG and Kleiner Perkins and more importantly, reached an estimated 300 million learners. But this is not the only reason why Luis von Ahn, Duolingo’s co-founder, was awarded the prestigious Lemelson-MIT Prize last week. The founder of Duolingo is also the genius behind an even more pervasive innovation: the security technology known as CAPTCHA.

Why Every Internet User Owes Luis von Ahn

Forty-year-old von Ahn was born in Guatemala City where he lived and studied until beginning university in the United States. He first arrived to study mathematics at Duke University. After graduating from Duke, von Ahn pursued a PhD in computer science at Carnegie Mellon University. Often described as one of the father’s of crowdsourcing, von Ahn has long been interested in exploring how humans and computers can solve problems together, and this interest led to the development of CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA.

In 2003, when von Ahn was just twenty-five years ago and mobility still meant owning a heavy laptop, he co-published a groundbreaking article. In the article, von Ahn and his co-authors, Manuel Blum (his dissertation supervisor) and John Langford, explained, that CAPTCHA, which stands for “Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart,” “is a test, any test, that can be automatically generated, which most humans can pass, but that current computer programs cannot pass.” However, CAPTCHA is also a paradox. As von Ahn, Blum, and Langford joked at the time, it is “a program that can generate and grade tests that it itself cannot pass (much like some professors).” Why was this important?

CAPTCHA was invented to reduce computer-generated problems, such as spam, by distinguishing humans from computers. It was important that the “test” be generated by a computer so millions of different tests could be easily generated every second, but it was equally important that no computer would be able to easily pass a CAPTCHA test and hence undermine the security system in the future. What CAPTCHA essentially did was find a way to leverage the strengths of both computers and humans to help solve a growing online security problem. Nearly two decades later, Internet users worldwide are still benefiting from von Ahn’s CAPTCHA and reCAPTCHA innovations.

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In recognition of von Ahn’s major contributions to computing, last week, MIT announced that he would be recipient of this year’s Lemelson-MIT prize. The award, which comes with an attractive $500,000 prize, was created by inventor Jerome H. Lemelson and is the biggest cash prize for inventors offered in the United States. The award was announced at EmTech MIT, a conference hosted by the MIT Technology Review.

At the time of the announcement, von Ahn told MIT News, “Throughout my career, I’ve been passionate about using technology and invention to make a positive difference in the world – previously with reCAPTCHA and now with Duolingo. Earning this prize is a great testament to the work that the entire Duolingo team does in creating technology that’s made education free and accessible to millions of people worldwide.”

In a prepared statement quoted by MIT News, Stephanie Couch, executive director of the Lemelson-MIT Program, specifically emphasized the importance of von Ahn’s work on Duolingo: “Luis has created a novel resource for people around the world who need to learn a new language. For some users, Duolingo is key to survival in a new country. Others use Duolingo to learn a language for business, leisure or travel. Luis’ dedication to harnessing the power and promise of technology to engage and empower learners of all types is truly inspiring.”


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Ph.D., physics, University of Pennsylvania

What I’m teaching:

Quantum Theory; Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves

What I study:

“I do condensed-matter physics with a focus on optics. What I really love is looking at how light interacts with materials. I just think that light is the coolest thing because there is what we see every day—white light—but then you can split it up into different colors of the rainbow. It turns out that light interacts with matter and materials in a lot of really interesting ways that have a lot of implications toward devices or technology that we use every day and that we will use in the future. If you think about a screen—a phone screen, TV screen, or computer screen—those are made up of pixels, which are made up of the primary colors of light. The light gets combined in different ways to render all the colors that we see on the screen. In my research, I look at defects in crystals. If you think about a diamond, that’s carbon atoms. If you replace some of those carbon items with some nitrogen atoms, then the diamond looks yellow. Blue diamond has boron atoms. By adding defects, you can change the properties of a material. And I’m interested in that.”

What drew me to Lafayette:

“I went to a liberal-arts school [Lawrence University], so that made Lafayette appealing to me. I’m really excited about being here. I’m thrilled about the big STEM focus and the interdisciplinary opportunities. My research has a lot of applications in engineering, biology, and chemistry. I’m really excited about the idea of collaborating with other departments and incorporating different fields into my work.”

What students can expect:

“I think it’s really important for students to be able to put physics in the broader context. The math is really important, the derivations are really important. You need to know how to derive this stuff, but that’s not enough. You need to know how to apply it—and beyond just physics. You need to know how to apply it to solve a chemistry problem and an engineering problem. So that’s what I hope that students will gain from my classes: The way physics fits into the broader context of what they are studying and the broader context of the world.”

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“This is a diffraction grating. It’s an array of very finely spaced lines that takes light and splits them up into several beams of all the constituent colors. The white light comes in and gets split up—kind of like prism. It’s the mainstay for someone who does research in optics. By looking at the constituent colors that come off an object, it tells me a lot about the electronic structure and the material.”

What’s not on my CV:

“I played soccer in college, and I still like to play when I can. I’ve been playing in adult leagues since college. I also love bright colors and fresh flowers. I often have them in my office and lab.”

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Martens recolonized Isle Royale in the ’90s, showing island’s dynamism

August 23, 2018 By Eric Hamilton

After decades of trapping, the last known American marten was spotted on Isle Royale in 1917. Fifty years later, in 1966, the National Park Service planned to reintroduce martens to the national park situated in Lake Superior, but nobody knows if the agency ever followed through. Then, in 1993, martens were confirmed on the island for the first time in 76 years.

Whether these small, forest-dwelling carnivores — valued historically for their fur — had been hiding there the whole time, found their way back, or were introduced in the 1960s without any records has remained a mystery for the last quarter century.

But in new research published today (Aug. 23, 2018) in the journal Scientific Reports, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers in the Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, collaborating with the National Park Service, traced the recolonization to martens likely arriving in the 1990s, shortly before they were spotted.

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A collared marten scampers back into the woods of Isle Royale in March 2018. Phil Manlick

Genetic studies of martens from Isle Royale and nearby populations in America and Canada showed that the contemporary population came from nearby Ontario, Canada. The animals likely wandered over on an ice bridge in the winter, the researchers speculate.

The results provide much-needed context about the natural history of an island long considered an unspoiled wilderness, but one with a long history of ecological disruptions and recoveries. The island park may be best known for the ebb and flow of its wolf and moose populations, which have been tracked for 60 years.

With additional wolves set to be relocated to Isle Royale in the coming months, the new research provides ecologists and land managers with a fuller picture of how dynamic even seemingly isolated island ecosystems can be.

After all, say the researchers, if the house-cat-sized marten can find its way over, islands like Isle Royale may be less isolated and static than we think.

Jonathan Pauli, a professor of forest and wildlife ecology at UW–Madison, has studied martens for years as part of efforts to understand how communities of wild animals respond to human disturbance. In 2015, his group provided evidence that martens had long escaped detection on islands in southeastern Alaska prior to deliberate reintroduction efforts in the 20th century. And in work published in 2016 with graduate student Phil Manlick, Pauli called into question the effectiveness of periodic augmentations of reintroduced marten populations in Wisconsin, where the once-extirpated carnivore remains an endangered species.

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Phil Manlick releases a collared marten on the west end of Isle Royale in March 2018. Jonathan Pauli

Part of the problem in studying martens: They’re hard as heck to spot in the wild.

“I’ve never seen a Wisconsin marten without trapping one,” says Manlick.

Manlick, Pauli and co-author Mark Romanski of the National Park Service collected marten scat samples on the island from 2006 to 2008 and again from 2012 to 2013. They gathered additional samples from nearby marten populations in Canada, Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. Samples from a different species, the Pacific marten, located in Colorado, served as a comparison. In total, the researchers collected samples from 230 individuals.

They analyzed DNA extracted from the samples to get a genetic fingerprint of the different populations. The team then evaluated three possible colonization scenarios: that an ancient population of martens had escaped detection after presumed extirpation, that the planned 1966 reintroduction actually occurred and was successful, or that a more recent reintroduction took place.

An initial analysis of the martens’ DNA showed that the Isle Royale population was related to martens from Ontario. But the island population’s DNA fingerprint was different, unique enough to suggest that they might have been isolated from the mainland for sufficient time to diverge into their own subpopulation. This distinct pattern supported the idea that a hidden population of martens had escaped detection during the 20th century.

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The populations of martens surveyed for this study surrounded the Lake Superior basin. Colorado martens from a different species served as a comparison. Jonathan Pauli, Phil Manlick

“If something’s been isolated out there for thousands of years, there’s going to be some (genetic) mutations that build up in that population, where they’re going to look distinct from everybody else around them,” says Manlick, explaining how, over generations, genomes slowly accumulate mutations. “And that’s what we anticipated seeing. But we didn’t.”

A closer look at DNA from the mitochondria — the energy-generating part of the cell has its own, tiny genome — revealed that the Isle Royale martens were part of one larger, common population around Lake Superior.

“They actually look just like all the other martens in the region who have come from Ontario and Minnesota and Michigan, and all these groups of martens all kind of look the same” genetically, says Manlick.

The low genetic diversity of the Isle Royale martens indicated that their population had experienced a severe genetic bottleneck. Analysis of the bottleneck estimated that the island’s population began with just two individuals — or even one pregnant female — and that they migrated to the island less than a generation before samples were first collected in the early 2000s.

In other words, Isle Royale’s martens repopulated the island just before they were spotted again, in 1993, after a 76-year absence. Though it’s impossible to prove, the researchers venture that the martens walked 16 miles over an ice bridge from Ontario, a known pathway for other animals. Such connections to land are becoming less common in a warming climate.

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The Isle Royale winter field crew arrives on the island by helicopter, the only way in during the winter. Coutesy of Phil Manlick

“Much of what we understand about the island and its ecosystem evolves as we develop new techniques for analysis. At the onset of the project I was pulling for a remnant population, but to find out that martens just arrived blew my mind,” says Romanski. “I am used to being wrong, but in this instance I certainly don’t mind, as the story is richer.”

“If they naturally colonized the island, it has implications for the management of Isle Royale in general,” says Pauli.

That’s because ongoing management decisions, such as the relocation of more wolves to the island slated for this fall, are based in part on assumptions that the island ecosystem won’t recover from disturbances without human help. But the small marten found its way back. So might other species. The take-home lesson, say the researchers, is that even protected, isolated ecosystems can be resilient and are rarely static.

“This does suggest that these islands are maybe not as insulated as we think,” says Pauli, “and that they are indeed way more dynamic than we give them credit for.”

This research was supported by the National Park Service and in partnership with the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, a Grant-in-Aid of Research from the American Society of Mammalogists, and by the National Science Foundation’s Integrated Graduate Education, Research, and Training (IGERT) program (DGE-1144752).


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Gov Tussle: Tension in Sokoto as police deploy 1,000 officers ahead Supreme Court ruling

The Supreme Court has announced that it would deliver judgment on the petitions against the declaration of Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, as the governor of Sokoto state by the Independent National Electoral Commission on Monday.

No fewer than 1000 police personnel, including plain clothed officials, have been deployed by the Sokoto Police command across Sokoto ahead of Monday’s Supreme Court ruling on the appeal by the Sokoto state governorship candidate on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ahmed Sokoto on the 2019 general and rerun .

The development was disclosed Sunday in Sokoto by the Commissioner of Police Ibrahim Kaoje. He said the measure was to ensure peace reigns before and after the hearing.

Ka’oje explained that the command would focus on the Sokoto metropolis and its environs as well as on some strategic locations within their environs.

” We are on a 24-hour red alert and we are on standby, round the clock, 24/7. We will not waiver in our sustained routine and surprise tactics to keep the peace .

” We will leave no stone upturned in keeping the State safe and secure, for all the law abiding residents to conduct their lawful businesses,” the Police boss assured. He vowed the strategy would be maintained until further notice , in line with the recent directive issued by the Inspector General of Police ( IGP), on a 24-hour, nationwide red alert .

He further expressed delight that zero-violence was witnessed during last Friday’s Congregational prayers across the state .

” The massive deployment of our officers and men has by the special grace of God,  paid off and we will not relent in our efforts .

” This is to ward off any unpatriotic persons from breaching the peace, as well as the unrepentant criminals ,” the CP, added .

Sokoto had dragged Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of the Peoples Democratic Party  ( PDP) before the Supreme Court over his reelection.

He challenged the judgements of the Governorship Election Petition Tribunal and that of the Appeal Court that all dismissed his petitions, for lack of merit.

The Tribunal and Appeal Court had dismissed APC’s petition  for lacking in merits on the 2nd of October and 22 of November, 2019, respectively.

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AT&T expands 4G network in Puerto Rico

José Juan Dávila, general manager of AT&T Puerto Rico. (Credit: © Mauricio Pascual) José Juan Dávila, general manager of AT&T Puerto Rico. (Credit: © Mauricio Pascual)

AT&T de Puerto Rico announced Monday it has activated six new 4G mobile Internet cell sites in five towns to boost coverage for area residents and businesses and provide speeds up to four times faster than 3G.

The areas benefitting from the expanded 4G coverage and speeds include:

  • Orocovis – Along PR Roads 143, 155 and Hayales
  • Vega Baja – Along PR Road 160 in Velomas and Miraflores
  • Aguadilla – Along PR Road 467 in Camaceyes
  • Las Marias – Along PR Road 108 between Mayaguez and Las Marias
  • Quebradillas – In Campamento Guajataca

The Puerto Rico 4G expansion is part of AT&T’s continuing network investment to support the growing demand for mobile devices, apps and faster mobile Internet speeds, company executives said.

“Our expansion of 4G coverage in Puerto Rico demonstrates our continued commitment in delivering the best mobile experience and the largest 4G network,” said Jose Juan Dávila, president of AT&T Mobility Puerto Rico & USVI.

AT&T invested more than $325 million in Puerto Rico from 2010 through 2012 and completed nearly 625 network upgrades last year to enhance speeds, reliability and performance for customers. In addition, AT&T launched 4G LTE in the cities of Guayama, San Germán and Yauco in 2012.

“We know our customers depend on us for fast, reliable mobile Internet connections at home, work and everywhere in between,” said Ray Flores, regional vice president AT&T Puerto Rico & USVI.  “Our goal is to provide a superior mobile Internet experience for our customers, and the ongoing network investment we’re making in Puerto Rico will help us accomplish that goal.”

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