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The Magnificent Seven: Rolling Stone’s 2007 Feature on Arcade Fire

How a small band from Canada became the closest thing that indie rock gets to religion

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Arcade Fire: Will Butler, Win Butler, Regine Chassagne, Sarah Neufeld, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, Richard Reed Parry, circa 2007.

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Fifty thousand dollars in a paper bag.

The Arcade Fire’s dark second album, Neon Bible, had many starting points: the war in Iraq, the church in Montreal that the seven-person band renovated and moved into, the sudden ascent that took the band from obscurity to performances with high-profile fans like David Byrne, David Bowie and U2. But, really, it all began one night in Boston, when Win Butler, the Arcade Fire’s leader, had a paper bag filled with cash.

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It was about two years ago, at the end of the Arcade Fire’s first U.S. tour. Their debut album, Funeral, had received critical raves and become a surprise hit — selling more than 345,000 copies worldwide — and the group was in over its head. It didn’t have a manager; drummer Jeremy Gara had been acting as tour manager but had left town without depositing the tour’s receipts in a bank. Butler and his wife, Régine Chassagne, who write the band’s songs together, spent hours in their hotel room, counting the Arcade Fire’s money.

Late that night, Butler wrote a song. He hadn’t written much on tour, but this one came easily, expressing the alienation he was feeling: the gap between his artistic ambitions and $50,000 in a paper bag, the confusion of being an American who had moved to Canada and now felt like a tourist in his homeland. “Don’t want it faster, don’t want it free,” Butler wrote, and “don’t want to fight in a holy war,” and over and over, “don’t want to live in my father’s house no more.”

This article appeared in the May 31, 2007 issue of Rolling Stone. The issue is available in the online archive.

The resulting song, “Windowsill,” would become the centerpiece of Neon Bible: The album, swelling with strings, horns and anguished rock, is designed to shine a light on the black mirror of American culture (see sidebar, “Bible Studies”). Despite the line “I don’t wanna live in America no more,” Butler now insists, “I’m so American — definitely not Canadian by any stretch of the imagination. Everyone else in the band, if they get shitty food in a restaurant, they’re almost embarrassed about it. Not me: The cornerstones of America are the Pledge of Allegiance and ‘The customer is always right.'”

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The Arcade Fire, ten or more people onstage, have seven official members. They swap instruments seemingly at will, and Butler says “hierarchy” like it’s a dirty word; however, he’s clearly the group’s leader, despite the veneer of communal democracy. Or as his bandmate (and younger brother) Will Butler puts it, “We basically share the same general vision. It’s not quite the Quakers, where you have to be unanimous. I guess we’re a democratic republic, a federal system.”

The parliamentary procedure can be obscure: Violinist Sarah Neufeld and bassist Tim Kingsbury were never told they were members of the band. “I just read it in an article somewhere,” Kingsbury says. “Once it’s in The New York Times, I think it’s official.”

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“Sometimes I Google myself for my status,” Neufeld adds.

Kingsbury laughs, then, slightly alarmed, says, “Not really?”

“No, that was a joke,” Neufeld reassures him.

Asked what the group disagrees over, Will says, “It varies — ‘I don’t think we should play four nights in Phoenix.’ ‘I don’t think we should have the saxophone in that part of the song.’ ‘I want to watch The Magnificent Seven.’ ‘I want to watch Alien vs. Predator.'”

One of the longest-running Arcade Fire arguments concerns whether they should do any publicity at all. Every time they have an interview request, it seems, they debate the issue from first principles. Multi-instrumentalist Richard Reed Parry explains, “We’re trying to navigate a culture where people manufacture a lot of garbage. The goal is not to sell the most records or be the most famous. I think everybody in our band thinks we’re trying to do something that’s real and has some lasting value to it.”

This would all feel painfully earnest if the Arcade Fire didn’t back it up with their work. Their songs, dense in both lyrics and sound, anthemic yet sorrowful, have made them one of the finest young rock bands around. If their ambition occasionally exceeds their ability, that’s a tribute to the scope of their ambition.

Win’s a big believer in community. “Boarding school, the army or church are the only places where people are forced to be in a community with people they wouldn’t choose to be,” he says. (He attended the elite Phillips Exeter prep school.) “I think it’s valuable to be in a community with people you have nothing in common with.”

For the recording of Neon Bible, the Arcade Fire incorporated elements from boarding school, the army and church. They bought a nineteenth-century church in Montreal and put beds in the basement for barracks-style living during the year it took to record the album. “It’s not the takes,” says Neufeld of the extended recording process. “It’s the overdubs.” The resulting music sounds like a particularly vivid nightmare: It’s lush and orchestrated, but still hard-edged. At various points, it evokes Brian Eno, Big Country and the E Street Band. “I may have the same influences as he does,” Win says of the Bruce Springsteen comparison. “Two of my biggest influences are Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan.”

So is having a large band an effort to orchestrate some anthemic sound, or is it an attempt at creating a community? “The band definitely is a community,” Win says. “The bands that last are the ones that realize that and put that priority first. But it’s the same principle with a two-piece band. In a large band, there’s just more relationships to maintain.”

The Arcade Fire are in a church basement — again. This one’s in downtown Manhattan. Upstairs, there’s a sold-out crowd, and an hour from now, the band will play an exuberant show, which will begin with the group members making a surprise entrance by walking through the audience. “Rock performance is one of the most sterile, formulaic modes of expression,” Win observes. “It’s fun fucking with it a little bit — it’s a combination of punk rock and performance art.”

Right now, the Arcade Fire are in their dressing room, eating vegetables, making hot toddies and politely milling about. They seem a bit subdued, but half of them are nursing bad colds and most of them are Canadian. “When I’m tired, I get really bad at English,” Quebec native Chassagne says apologetically. “We have to kill the ambient light upstairs,” Win says. “Last night, I spent my whole show watching the beer guy. He’s doing a great job, selling a lot of beer during the quiet numbers.”

They change into their stage clothes: formal gowns for the women, white shirts and suspenders for the men. They look like an old-fashioned tent-revival show. One side effect of dressing this way is that the Arcade Fire seem a step and a half outside modern culture. Even though Neon Bible debuted at Number Two on the Billboard pop charts, it feels jarring when Win sings about MTV. “The Victorian part of our image is very much not intended by us,” Win insists, not entirely convincingly.

Parry says the wardrobe has another consequence: He can’t dress up for a fancy occasion without feeling like he’s getting ready to do a show. However, he has a solution: “I’ll start wearing velvet and sweat pants.”

A month later, I meet up with Win at Heathrow Airport in London. He’s canceled several previous interviews, saying he’s too sick to do anything other than perform; a few weeks later, he will undergo surgery to correct his persistent sinus problems. Today we’re riding together from the airport to the band’s hotel. Win folds his six-foot-five frame into the back seat of the car, wearing a blue hooded sweat shirt that’s silk-screened with FBI files. Win is bright and well-read, able to converse intelligently about writers like George Orwell (his favorite) and Immanuel Kant. But when he doesn’t like a line of questioning — queries about his wearing eyeliner during a Cure-fan phase as an undergraduate at Sarah Lawrence College, or about the band referring to the song “(Anti-christ Television Blues)” by its original creepy-father title, “Joe Simpson” — a blank look washes over Win’s face and he affects ignorance.

Since Christian themes keep recurring with Arcade Fire, from the churches they frequent to the title Neon Bible, I ask him about his religious background. He grew up in the Houston suburbs. “My dad’s side of the family is really nonreligious and my mom’s side is really religious,” he says. “Both of my mom’s parents are Mormons, but they’re musicians, so they were martini-drinking Mormons.” Win went to Mormon Sunday school, but he also listened to his father’s father, who would cheerfully undermine the church’s dogma.

Now, Win says, “There are things about organized religion that I find interesting. I’d probably have a more interesting conversation with the pope than with Howard Stern. I think that people mistake describing something for understanding it — that happens in religion a lot. There’s a lot of metaphorical language in the Bible, but I think that the human imagination isn’t equipped to deal with the idea of eternal life.”

Our conversation hopscotches from basketball (he tries to play at least once a week, even on tour) to his favorite film genre (science fiction) to the best place to hold band meetings (airports). We arrive at the hotel and continue talking in its cafe; Win orders a pizza. He discusses the reviews for Neon Bible, which have been less enraptured than those for Funeral. “We’re definitely in a situation where people are judging us against ourselves,” Win complains. “If Rolling Stone could give us the same review as Fall Out Boy [three and a half stars], give me a fucking break. It’s definitely a dual standard.”

After eating half his pizza, Win wraps up the remainder in a napkin. He has to head over to the BBC for a radio interview, but he agrees to continue our conversation in the car. The driver steers us past Hyde Park while we talk about the title track of Neon Bible. It has a lyric that feels like a manifesto: “You can’t watch your own image/And also look yourself in the eye.” Win explains, “A lot of art is trying to imitate people, to sell them back an image of themselves.

“Culture’s really important,” he continues. “People spend a lot of time thinking about nothing, and when there’s something meaningful and important, it’s hard for people to be engaged with it.” He’s interrupted by a ringing cell phone — it’s Arcade Fire’s manager on the line. Win asks the car’s driver to pull over and tells me he needs to take the call. It takes a moment to realize what he means: He wants me to get out of the car and take a bus. “Can I catch you on the phone in a few days?” he asks, and his car pulls away, vanishing into the narrow London streets.

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Title: Workload Requirements for Full-Time Faculty
Effective Date: 8/13/2018
Revised Date: 9/25/2018

Purpose, Scope and Applicability
River Parishes Community College has established this workload policy, defining faculty types and providing established workload requirements that allow faculty to fulfill responsibilities  according to position type. The purpose of this document is to publish established guidelines for a faculty member work week and course/work requirements for full-time faculty members
teaching credit courses through River Parishes Community College. Specific requirements, such as course loads, calculation of overload pay, adjunct pay, extended day assignments, supplemental employment and college obligations are outlined in this document. This policy applies to faculty teaching credit courses: 9-Month Faculty; 12-Month Faculty; Temporary Full-time Faculty; and Grant Employees who are in grant positions comparable to full-time faculty teaching credit courses.

Definition and Faculty Types
Faculty: As defined by LA Rev Stat § 17: 3304

Members of the instructional staff of each college and university having the rank of instructor or higher and persons engaged in library, artistic, research and investigative positions of equal
dignity, shall constitute the faculty of each college and university. The head of each college or university and its academic officers shall be members of the faculty.

Full-Time Faculty: refers to faculty placed under contract (or under a letter of appointment) with a designation within the four specified ranks (i.e. Instructor, Associate Professor, Assistant
Professor, Professor). The full-time faculty designation is absent a reference to temporary or adjunct status. Full-time faculty may be reflected within nine-month or twelve-month contracts/ letters of appointment. Only full time faculty members are eligible for promotion in rank. This designation is also referred to by the term “permanent” full-time faculty. Full-time faculty members are hired on a one year (typically fall/spring) contract.

Temporary Faculty: refers to faculty employed on a temporary basis, on a part-time basis, or who are hired with titles outside of the designated faculty ranks and are not eligible for promotion until such time as their contractual status and their designations are changed to become a part of the specified faculty ranks described within the published faculty rank and promotion policy.

  • Part-Time / Adjunct Faculty: refers to faculty members holding contracts (or letters of appointment) to teach less than a full-time course load (i.e. less than 30 hours per week) or to teach less than a full session on a semester-by-semester or summer term basis. Adjunct faculty members’ contracts contain no guarantee of continued employment.

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For each full-time unclassified employee, each appointing authority shall establish administrative work weeks of not less than forty (40) hours per week or pay periods of not less than eighty (80) hours per pay period. The purpose of establishing the 40-hour week/80-hour pay period is to provide appointing authorities a system of accounting for and the taking of leave. A work station normally will be one’s office or elsewhere on the employer’s premises, or at other locations as approved by the appointing authority while representing the employer. For example, it is understood that some faculty work may be done outside the office in places such as the library, in laboratories or in off-campus sites.

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In accordance with Louisiana Community and Technical College System policy, the College has established a 40-hour work week for all full-time faculty members. Of those 40 hours, it is  understood that some faculty work is done outside the office such as in libraries and laboratories, online and off-campus. During fall and spring semesters, the College expects instructional faculty to be on campus (including instructional or clinical/practicum site) at least four days per week. The Director of Human Resources may approve necessary exceptions to the four day a week work schedule with supervisor approval.

Of these 40 hours, a combined total of 25 hours must be devoted to lecture, lab, and posted office hours distributed at time convenient for students. A minimum of 15 credit hours of the total 25 hours must be devoted to classroom and/or laboratory teaching assignments. Full-time faculty members are required to post between 5-10 office hours per week, as determined by teaching load of 15-20 credit hours. These office hours must be at times convenient for students and must be at least 30 minutes in length. Office hours are to be submitted to Academic Studies and posted for students every semester. In a situation where a faculty member teaches more than 15 credit hours, as part of a regular full-time teaching load, the overall combined credit hours and office hours are to total 25 hours with no fewer than 5 office hours.

The remaining 15 hours are flexible hours devoted to fulfilling other College obligations such as, but not limited to, committee work, participation in faculty convocation and other faculty  meetings, registration and advising, serving as faculty sponsor for student organizations, curriculum development and revision, partnership activities with business/industry and secondary partners. All faculty, especially full-time technical faculty, are expected to initiate and participate in business and industry activities, such as advisory groups, plan visits, needs assessments, and training and recruitment activities.

Faculty Obligations to the College Outside of Teaching, Classroom, Lab Responsibilities
Full-time faculty members are expected to participate in college non-teaching activities as part of their faculty duties. Faculty members must seek authorization and take leave for absence of
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Registration and Student Advisement
Registration and student advisement duties are inherent in each full-time faculty member’s responsibilities. Registration duties will be assigned for both regular and late registration, as well as during office hours. Advisement occurs throughout the academic year.

Partnership Activities, Service to the College & Committee Work
Faculty members are to participate in College, divisional, departmental committees, college service assignments and partnership activities with secondary and/or business and industry partners as assigned.

Commencement Exercises
All full-time faculty members are expected to attend commencement exercises.

Calculation of Overload
A. Full-Time Faculty Overload Contract Pay in Fall and Spring Semesters

A full-time faculty member’s annual salary is based on a total of 40 hours: combined total of 25 hours devoted to lecture, lab, and posted office hours and a total of 15 hours of professional development and other college obligations.

Prior authorization is required for reassigned time. Reassigned time may be used to calculate the required 40 hours or be assigned as overload, whereby the result of this reassignment results in some documentable work for the College with supervisor approval. Independent study sections may be set up with supervisor approval for students close to completion of an award in a current or upcoming semester and with other special exception, as approved by supervisor. Faculty will be paid for these independent study options, $49 per student per credit hour enrolled, which is the
assigned per student rate.

Overload or contract pay is paid for work in excess of the 25 hours devoted to lecture, lab, and posted office hours. Full-time faculty are paid overload via contract, by the course, lecture courses are reimbursed at a per credit hour rate of $765. Faculty members are paid overload for laboratories by the course as well at a rate of $765 per work load point based on the lab work load point schedule. Full-time faculty may be approved and contracted to teach up to 40% during a fall and spring semester (i.e. 6 credit hours) over a full-time load. In special circumstances, a faculty member may be approved to teach more than 40% load with supervisor approval.

B. Full-Time Faculty Contract Summer Session Pay

Except for 12-Month faculty, all full-time faculty members are hired on-contract, as adjuncts, for the Summer sessions. Summer faculty are limited to a total of 12 credit hours for the summer term. 9-Month full-time faculty members are paid by the course at the adjunct rate of pay of $765 per credit hour for lecture courses. Lab courses are reimbursed by contact hour at a rate of $765 per contact hour. Full-time faculty members teaching during the summer are not required to post office hours, but are expected to respond to student e-mails as part of the contracted rate for the course.

General Provisions

Full-time faculty members will typically be required to teach part of the full-load during the evening, weekend, or online. When this is necessary, the schedule of classes will be designed so that a faculty member does not have a late evening and early morning classes on consecutive days.

Contract classes, overload pay, and summer teaching contracts are not guaranteed to full-time faculty members. Student demand for courses is necessary for faculty to maintain a full-time  assignment. Should student enrollment or demand for courses become a concern in regard to a full-time faculty member’s annual contract, temporary reassignment of duties may be an option and Human Resources and Academic Studies will provide the faculty member written notice concerning the drop in enrollment pertaining to potential implications for annual contract renewal.

Adjunct, Part-time Faculty, Pay and Status in Regard to Health Care Benefits

Part-time faculty, or adjuncts, are hired on a semester-by semester basis. The total hours assigned to a part-time faculty member is not to exceed a total of 12 credit hours in a given semester. Part-time faculty are not paid by the hour, but rather by the course. Each lecture course will be paid at a rate of $765 per credit hour. Faculty members are paid overload for laboratories by the course at a rate of $765 per work load point based on the lab work load point schedule. For purposes health care eligibility, part-time faculty are defined by the IRS as follows:

26 CFR Parts 1, 54, and 301
An institution of higher education with (a) 2 1/4 hours of service (representing a combination of teaching or classroom time and time performing related tasks such as class preparation and grading of examinations or papers) per week for each hour of teaching or classroom time (in other words, in addition to crediting an hour of service for each hour teaching in the  classroom, this method would credit an additional 1 1/4 hours for activities such as class preparation and grading) and, separately, (b) an hour of service per week for each additional hour outside of the classroom the faculty member spends performing duties he or she is required to perform (such as required office hours or required attendance at faculty meetings). Thus, according to the rule, a college or university could deem an adjunct faculty member who teaches 12 credits as having worked 27 hours a week (12 x 2.25).


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Machine Gun Rentals

As we were driving up to the entrance of Out of Africa, we saw a building to our right with a sign on it. This is what the sign looked like:

We did not investigate the building, but with a quick Google search, I found it is the Copper Star Indoor Shooting Range.

Here’s a map of the area:      Map of Copper Star Indoor Shooting Range

On the map you can see the Copper Star Indoor Shooting Range, Out of Africa Wildlife Park, and the Yavapai County Jail, all snuggled together in the same area. While I’m pretty sure the rented machine guns are only to be used within the shooting range, it’s disturbing to think of someone renting a machine gun and taking it into the wildlife park to shoot up some animals or using it in a jailbreak from the county jail.

But you know how it is in Arizona (or if you don’t know how it is in Arizona, I’ll tell you now): People gotta have their guns!

The Guns & Ammo Network website voted Arizona the #1 best state for gun owners in 2014. Here’s what the Guns & Ammo Network had to say about this honor:

It was a tight race for the top spot, but it came down to the intangibles. The Grand Canyon State takes the top spot again this year, and for good reason. It has the most well-established competitive shooting scene in the nation and a culture that embraces shooters and the shooting sports. Arizona is the home of Gunsite, the nation’s oldest and best known private shooting school; the 1,650-acre Ben Avery shooting facilty [sic]; as well as numerous firearm manufacturers including Ruger. Concealed and open carry are legal without a permit, and the state also issues permits to residents who travel outside the state. CCW permits from all other states are recognized. Arizona does not restrict legally possessed NFA items, magazines or MSRs.

To read the article about the best states for gun owners in 2014, go here:

To learn more about the Copper Star Indoor Shooting Range, go here: http://copperstarisr.com/.


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What are we going to configuration?

(1) Puma server
(2) Nginx serverHello Readers.

Before starting let’s understand what is Puma server and Nginx server, why we use them?

Puma is a simple, fast, threaded, and highly concurrent server for Ruby/Rack applications, which is run our application.

Nginx is a web server that takes a request to your website from a user and does some processing on it. Then, it might give the request to your Rails app.

Let’s configure Puma in our application.

I am using Rails 5.Puma is the default server for Rails 5.+, and should already be included in your Gemfile.
If you are using rails 4 then you have to add it to your gem file. and install the bundle.
“gem  ‘puma’ “
$bundle install

And create a file inside the config folder.

As I told you I am using rails 5 and already have a demo blogging project.

the config/puma.rb file looks like this.

 Nginx and Puma

Right now these all configuration for the development environment.
replace the below code.

application_path="<Application path>"
 directory application_path
 port 3000
 environment "production"
 daemonize true
 pidfile "#{application_path}/config/puma.pid"
state_path 'tmp/pids/puma.state'
 stdout_redirect "#{application_path}/log/puma.log", "#{application_path}/log/puma_err.log"
# # quiet
 threads 1,16
 bind "unix://#{application_path}/puma.sock"
 workers 2
  on_worker_boot do
    puts 'On worker boot...'

and save your file.

and run the server.

$rails s

 Nginx and Puma

Puma server is running in a background process.
because we use “daemonize true”We create it a daemon process that is working in the background.

now you can access it by using and http://<your ip>:3000

To know your IP  use ifconfig command in Linux.
Ex:- 192.168.X.X

One more thing we are using Unix socket.
 < bind “unix://#{application_path}/puma.sock” > in puma configuration .

And we access the socket in Nginx.

Right now we are using the port Number in URL, but we don’t want to use it.

Let’s configure the Nginx:-

 First of all install the Nginx.

$sudo apt-get install Nginx

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Move to the Nginx location.

$cd /etc/nginx/sites-available

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view the default Nginx configuration file.

  $cat default

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 Then Open and edit Nginx configuration file.
   $vi default
   Remove all default configuration, using vi commands.    :1,$d
And add the below code

upstream app {
    # Path to Puma SOCK file, as defined previously
    server unix:///<Application Path>/puma.sock fail_timeout=0;
server {
    listen 80;
    server_name localhost;
    root <Application path>/public;
    try_files $uri/index.html $uri @app;
    location @app {
        proxy_pass http://app;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header Host $http_host;
        proxy_redirect off;
    error_page 500 502 503 504 /500.html;
    client_max_body_size 4G;
    keepalive_timeout 10;

After the edit saves the file and restarts the Nginx.

   $systemctl restart nginx.service
Go back to your Browser type your IP.

http://<your IP>

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It’s working. 🙂
Special thanks to https://runwithcode.blogspot.com/2018/02/installation-and-configuration-of-nginx.html for this Article.

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The Manawatu-Whanganui region has the largest number of sheep and beef cattle of any in New Zealand. The Manawatu-Whanganui region has the largest number of sheep and beef cattle of any in New Zealand.

Primary Industries Minister Nathan Guy recently launched a new scheme to lift the productivity and profitability of sheep and beef farmers in Manawatu-Whanganui.

The Sheep and Beef Land Productivity Programme comes out of the recently released Manawatu-Whanganui Growth Study, which identified the sheep and beef sector as a key opportunity for the region.

“This region has the largest number of sheep and beef cattle of any in New Zealand, so improving the performance of these farms will be an economic boost,” says Guy.

“We know the top 20% of red meat farmers achieve returns about four times more than those of the average red meat farmer, irrespective of land class and location. This shows the potential on offer.

 Guy says a regional working group has begun developing a draft programme structure, looking at how to support farmers to reach their goals and remove barriers to them doing so.

“It will inform and inspire farmers through practical initiatives that make sense and work on the ground,” he adds.

“Of course the Government can’t and shouldn’t do this on our own and this will require involvement and investment by farmers and stakeholders. So it’s great to see there is widespread support from regional leaders to get cracking.”

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    Perhaps not that interesting of a read but it is a very interesting discovery for people with ME. You may recall the metabolomics study of 2017 that found that our profile was the same as dauer - a reduced metabolic (hibernation like) state in nematode worms. Well this research has found that the immune system in these same worms can reduce their metabolism.

    The worms are used as an easy to study model system because the genes present in the worms usually (always?) have a very similar mammalian analogue that form the foundations of our systems.

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    So, I think I understood that if the activity of a FOXO-like gene is reduced, that tells the nematodes that they are in a fasting state/nutrients are scarce. So, the worms conserve energy. And that conservation of energy lowers the innate immune response. And that lowers inflammation.

    @wastwater, I think you are interested in FOXO.

    I've long believed that some cases of diagnosed anorexia nervosa have a primary biochemical cause rather than a psychological one. The idea that lower IGF signalling results in a lower appetite and lower food seeking behaviour in nematodes seems to suggest that is possible.
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Biblio Alpha of Prose Poems is the fourth book of poetry, and the first installment in Ali's trilogy of Prose Poems. On this occasion, the poems are a homage to the most controversial form of the literary art i.e. prose poem. The ekphrases, on this occasion, are inspired by the paintings of an array of classic, modern, postmodern and contemporary artists (European, American, Far Eastern) such as Michelangelo, Munch, Dali, Dix, Chagall, Luzajic, et cetera. The book is also a tribute to the greatest human invention i.e. language itself, and Ali's hallmark apparatuses i.e. contemplation and satire. This florilegium is also an invitation to every human being for an individual and collective reflection on existence and human condition.

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Book One of Ekphrases is the third book of poetry by Saad Ali. It’s the first installment in his anthology of ekphrases. On this occasion, the poems are born out of Ali’s interpretations of the artworks (paintings) of various Western (European and American) artists—from past and present. The poems are not merely descriptions or elaborations of the themes, messages, subjects and objects of and in the paintings, but rather his poetic discourse is much more engaging in that it is an embodiment of the stories within stories of human stories—manifesting as the consequence of an interaction between (the minds of) a philosopher-poet and an artist. Also, the main components of Ali’s poetic discourse i.e. contemplation and satire become prominent—embodying reflections on the fundamental questions of why, what, how, when, where, and who vis-à-vis existence and being (in general) and, more specifically, the human condition(s). Here, the instances of the phenomena of love, hate, fear, courage, nostalgia, remorse, redemption, et cetera have been invoked—even at the subjective level.

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This collection of poems is a testimony
to the quartet of the forces of love, hate, fear and courage
as the begetter and annihilator
of our existence and transformations.
The poems are born as aficionados of the respective quartet.
While reflecting upon why and how this quartet influences our being, the poetic discourses encourage us to embrace life
with all her facets and live as proactive actors
of the dialectical phenomenon that metamorphosis is,
for the manifestation of all - small and big -
is an embodiment of some form of metamorphosis.

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Ephemeral Echoes is an extension of Saad’s passion for poetry:
a manifestation of his philosophy and intellectualism.
The poems reflect on the schema of existence as a personification of sounds, where essence of existence is flux: flowing sounds.
The poems are an expression of being—a testimony to existence regardless of its conditionalities—and relate to various facets of the human condition i.e. illusion, self, dichotomy, subjectivity, objectivity, singularity, multiplicity, morality, etcetera.
The debut is an invitation to all of us
to embark upon a reflective odyssey.

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Dr. Nikolaos Karfakis (PhD) - Associate Prof. in Management Studies (Cyprus)

"This is a very interesting collection of poems. Ali offers very personal and insightful reflections on the human condition and existence through an engagement with issues such as time, the mind, doubt, nature, and death. Ephemeral Echoes is a fine example of a long tradition that could be called 'philosophical poetry'."

Dr. Michael Papaioannou (PhD) - Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Management (UK)

"Ephemeral Echoes is a book that lets you descend into the depths of your soul. It pushes your mind into the unknown regions of the ego, good and evil, existence itself and the nature of the Creator and creation. Saad's poetry deals with the greatest philosophical questions of all ages in the most delicate manner. Life, existence, the choices we have, the purpose of humanity and the role of consciousness, the universe and the divine, all questions that do not have set answers, yet Ali manages to not only immerse your mind into these age old concepts, but provides a reader with a personal understanding that touches your heart. His poetry offers a peek beyond the invisible veil that human condition imposes into the light beyond. This is the light that Rumi has experienced and transferred into his writings. I would highly recommend Ali's book not only to all inquisitive minds, as it also extends into philosophical, psychological and spiritual debates and themes with its beauty and excellent writing style."

Nabila Gul - Senior Pharmacist (USA)

"Saad's poetry makes you appreciate and value life. The verses communicate with your soul. His usage of metaphor and satire to reflect upon various aspects of human nature and human society is simply beautiful and enticing. And his poetic discourse takes you on a philosophical, psychological and sociological odyssey."


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After the CEO has closed 5+ deals, would the first sales reps you hire be someone with a lot of experience or a few younger candidates?

Answer: the first 2 sales reps have to be folks you would buy from.

Later, this does not and should not be true. You will need all sorts of reps as you scale from 5 reps to 500 reps. And as you building better training systems and better processes, and as you have sales engineers and customer success managers and sales ops managers to help … you can even hire reps that really don’t understand the nuances of your product. And folks you personally wouldn’t buy from.

But in the beginning, leads are so precious, and there are no processes and managers.

There’s only one type of rep you can give up your precious leads and opportunities to: one you’d buy from.

So experience is OK, lack of experience may be OK too. But when she talks to you and pitches you … don’t get suckered in by the resume, the slick talk, or the acronyms. Just ask yourself — would I buy from her, if I were one of my few very and precious prospects and customers?

If yes … hire her.

Those folks should be your first few reps, until you have a Director/VP of Sales to broaden the pool.

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SaaStr Podcast Crosses 1,500,000 Downloads: With Box, Trello, Qualtrics, Flexport, Intercom and More

We are up to almost 16o Official SaaStr podcasts and there is a small chance you may have missed one or two 🙂

The Top 10 Most Downloaded of 2017 do sort of map to well known brands, although not entirely.  But they are a great entry point if you haven’t gotten through many of the podcasts or any of them.

The good news is 6 of the top 10 will be speaking at The SaaStr Annual this year!  Harry has simply done a tremendous job building the #1 podcast in the industry — by far.

Who were the top 10?  Let’s take a look!

As an important note, all the Top 10 were men, and of those, perhaps zero were from underrepresented backgrounds (I don’t know / not sure).  This certainly jumped out to me as I put together this post.  We’re proud to have had 60% women and multicultural speakers at the SaaStr Annual this year … but we have much more work on the podcast to achieve our inclusion goals there as well.  We didn’t set any inclusion goals for the podcast.  If you don’t set any goals, you don’t achieve them.  Look for a lot of improvement here in 2018.

#1.   Aaron Levie of Box:  The 3 Stages to Company Scaling in the Enterprise.

Aaron was kind enough to join us for Podcast #100 to mark that milestone.  Hopefully, he will come back for #1000 as well.  Listen here:

2.  David Skok at Matrix Partners:  Which SaaS Metrics Really Matter

David has been writing about scaling SaaS as long or longer than everyone.  He’ll be back at the 2018 SaaStr Annual live again!  Listen here.

3.  David Kellogg, CEO of Host Analytics:  Why CAC/LTV is The Most Important Metric.

David is one of my very favorite bloggers/writers in SaaS.  Everything he writes is great, and he’s done it all from SVP at Salesforce to CEO of Host Analytics.  He’ll be at the Annual this year and listen to his incredibly thoughtful insights here

4. Brad Feld of Foundry Group.

5.  Paul Albright.

6. Scott Chisholm, CEO of Classy.

7.  Michael Pryor, CEO of Trello.

8.  Ryan Smith, CEO of Qualtrics.

9.  Ryan Peterson, CEO of Flexport.

10.  Eoghan McCabe, CEO of Intercom.

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SAN FRANCISCO (#1194) – LOL, do sailing yachts attract "a different kind of charter guest" than do power yachts? Tighter quarters equals more drama? Excerpt from an article earlier this week in the South Florida's SunSentinel newspaper about a new Bravo TV spinoff to be called "Below Deck: Sailing Vessel"....

The new series will be on sailboats which “have smaller galleys, stew stations, and living quarters, which we have a feeling equals more drama,’’ according to Bravo. “We'll also meet a different kind of charter guest, from old money clients to new eco-conscious tech millionaires.”A debut date and cast have not been announced for the new series. But a casting agent with the show has been posting call outs for new crew mates.

Have you watched either of Bravo's current "popular" shows? Your Ed. has tuned in to the original once or twice, and enjoyed it about as much as a dental appointment. Never ceases to amaze that anyone has the time or inclination to watch such "reality TV" shows – as if there is much real about them!

Will this new series be good for the sport? Or just reinforce unkind, and unhelpful, and stereotypes?

Might be fun just to apply, especially if you are an "experienced yachtie" who is "energetic and charismatic"? Will experience in adult films give you, er, a leg up? With thanks to FOSI Mario Schuhmann (GER/USA, St Francis YC) for the link.


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Asim Azhar was behind everyone’s favourite childhood jingles

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Pakistani singer Asim Azhar has just revealed that he was the mystery voice behind some of our favourite childhood jingles. When he was 10 years old, he sang the jingles for Dairy Milk and Cocomo.

The actor and Tera Woh Pyar singer recently took to Twitter to answer a fan query and ended up revealing that he sang both recognisable songs.

He said that he was behind jingles Cocomo mujhe bhi do jingle for Cocomo and the Kitna mazaaaye ray duniya dairy milk ki ban jaye for Dairy Milk.

If you’re a longtime fan, you won’t be surprised by this news: he had revealed it way back in 2013.

Azhar’s  popularity surged following his highly praised performances in Coke Studio. Some of his famous Coke Studio performances include a rendition of Hina ki Khusboo and Tera Wo Pyaar besides Momina Mustehsan. Azhar has recently released his new song Jo Tu Na Mila with Aima Baig.

Earlier, the singer made headlines over his relationship with actor Hania Amir.

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Students, artists, business professionals, empty nesters, and more seeking accessible transportation, attractions, and entertainment.

Chicago’s spirited urban core has a mix of inhabitants as diverse as the spectrum of places to go and things to do in the Loop, making for good company and even better people watching.

What To Expect

Protected lake views, architectural wonders, and public transit.

Living in the Loop turns landmark buildings like the Willis Tower, The Art Institute of Chicago, and Chicago Theatre into your next-door neighbors, public art speckled streets and historic drawbridges become your driveway. And it means forever having Millennium Park and Lake Michigan right outside your door.

The Lifestyle

Endless shopping, dining, and cultural opportunities many with unbeatable views of the park and lake.

More people are choosing to live in the Loop, where walking to work, yachting on the lake, touring architecture, dining along the river, shopping on Michigan Avenue, witnessing a Broadway show, or attending concerts in the park are all possible at a moment’s notice.

Unexpected Appeal

An ever-revolving door to an urban, on your toes lifestyle.

Millions of visitors from all over the world flock to the Loop’s many attractions each year, intrinsically linking the area to tourism. Nearly 300,000 daily Loop workers and a significant saturation of college students also foster a and not so quiet environment for residents.

The Market

From new construction condos to quirky lofts, the high rises lining the park pack a variety of housing options.

Living in the heart of downtown can limit options to high rise apartments and condos. But since the Loop’s residential population has more than doubled in the past decade, real estate business is booming.

You'll Fall In Love With

Convenience whether you’re headed out to see friends around the city or they’re inevitably coming to you for entertainment.

Regional events like Taste of Chicago, Lollapalooza, and the Chicago Marathon draw millions each year. Plus, a plentiful assortment of cuisines and emerging nightlife options give Loop audiences more reasons to linger long after the sun goes down.


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How to Install Pull Up Bar on the Wall - Easy Guide

How to Install Pull Up Bar on the Wall – Easy Guide

The two most basic types of the pull up bars that you can find on the market are the removable and the permanent ones. As their name suggests, the removable ones present a lightweight and an inexpensive solution for the people who’d like to skip all that drilling business. On the other hand, the permanent bars for a pull up are tougher to install, but if they’re placed correctly they will last longer and support more weight than their removable cousins. Check out this easy guide and learn how to do it yourself!

Step 1

The first thing you’ll have to do is to determine where you want to install the device. Remember, there are different types of these permanent pull up bars today, and each type will require a unique set of hardware and brackets. This means that you’ll first have to figure out which one of these types do you want – in most of the cases, the necessary hardware will come together with the bar itself, but in some, it won’t.

Step 2

The next thing to do is to measure the distance on the wall where you’ll need to install the brackets that will support the whole device. The easiest way to do this would be to take a pencil and just mark the locations of the future holes. This is where you will mount the brackets, and it needs to be done as securely as possible, whether your wall is made out of wood, concrete, or metal – if you don’t do this right, issues are sure to arise later.

Step 3

Now it’s time for the drilling. Take the electric drill and make holes at the marked places, doing it slowly in order to avoid making holes that are bigger than needed, which would spoil the entire operation and force you to do it all over again. Depending on the type of wall that you’ll be drilling, select a proper bit and drill the holes so that they can properly accommodate the mounting bolts.

Step 4

The next step would be the installation of the mounting bolts that you got in the package. If they’re of poor quality, we would recommend you to replace them with some proper ones, or you will almost certainly have problems with the stability later. Insert them into the holes, and then tighten them with an adjustable wrench. If the hardware pack that you got includes screws for these mounting brackets, take a driver and fasten them as securely as possible.

Step 5

Fit your new fitness device into the newly installed brackets, and immediately test it out – first try pulling the bar down with your hands, and then try hanging from it in order to ensure that it will support your body’s weight. If everything is ok, you will finally be able to start with your exercises. Check out our article on the six best exercises to do on a pull up bar and start giving your body an attractive shape!

With this easy guide, you should be able to set up your new pull up bar in no time. And once you do that, you will be able to do exercises such as pull-ups, chin-ups, and L-sits, which are sure to help you achieve your fitness goals!


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Skin allergies can haunt you many ways red rashes, races, kill and black spots, stains; these are these all are form of all allergies. If at the right time to have this horrible situation right now on allergies as holds and you may be trouble for now, here we will tell you how to avoid Allergy and Solution.

Skin allergies can be many caused. Right dieting of food, non-pollution and life catering-style you can create allergic. The easiest way to identify an allergy is that if your skin color is red or is it itching or races are to be understood that you have access to on the verge of being victims of allergies are allergic to in the beginning. As per Specialist sometimes does annoying, but if this did not care than this will create problem in a week on two or three times and then looks to be the same every day.
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Allergy incredible: Many people cow's milk, fish or eggs may be allergic to. Many times it happens that the foods you are allergic to it are allergic to foods group has been lost. So, take them as soon as trouble starts. Chemicals found in water can cause your facial wrinkles. Since these are absorbed by the body, so they are more prone to allergic reactions. When chlorine is mixed in water, then it becomes more harmful. It is said that whenever you do so then clear water swimming before taking the course.

Avoid pollution: May also be allergic to air. Water containing air pollution as well as bring into contact with bacteria on the skin which is prone to allergic reactions. Tattoos have been seen bad effects on the skin. Such complaints are common nowadays. Made by youth from the temporary tattoo ink used in skin irritation is bad.

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Life Without Limits

Editor’s note: The following imagined account of life in the near future will, to some, have the ring of science fiction. But such leading thinkers as inventor Ray Kurzweil, Carnegie Mellon robotics professor Hans Moravec, and Google co-founder Larry Page have been making predictions since the 1990s about what the world will be like when computing power exceeds the capacity of the human brain. This inflection point, which some anticipate as the most important human development since spoken language, has come to be known in the scientific community as The Singularity.

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Your brain on silicone: In the not too distant future, technology may allow humans to transfer their brains to a computer, one neuron at a time.

Ahhh, to be young again! Well … not really. The year is 2057, and I just turned 100. But I have the energy, strength, and looks of a 40-year-old. I’m running, playing tennis and golf just as I did decades ago. All those annoying aches and pains that were my constant companions starting in my 60s? Gone! I’ll explain my good fortune a bit later, but first let me explain how we all got here.

Predictions for the timing of The Singularity ranged from 2030 to 2060, though historians will note that it was actually reached in 2045.

As artificial intelligence (AI) got better and better, there was still debate in the scientific community as to whether computers could ever be self-aware. Many argued that machines couldn’t, because they don’t strive for what they desire. Well, now that The Singularity has passed, early experiments indicate that we may indeed be able to create machines with consciousness. Regardless, life has been changing dramatically. Here’s a snapshot of my own experiences.

I have a companion I call Oscar. Back when I was a youngster of 50 something, I owned a popular device known as the iPhone, which came with a crude personal digital assistant called Siri. Oscar is what’s known as an intelligent digital assistant, or IDA. He’s a distant cousin of Siri, but he operates on an entirely different level. Have you ever wondered what it’s like to have a genie do your bidding? That’s what living with Oscar is like. He reads my thoughts — well, just the ones I want him to hear — and he speaks to me via a microscopic device in my ear. I think of him as a person, not a thing, because for all intents and purposes he is nearly human.

Just the other day, I was taking in the Bleimann exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and ran into a woman I had met at a conference a few years ago, but whose name I couldn’t remember. “Jessica,” whispered Oscar, as she approached, smiling. “There’s an 87 percent chance that she finds you attractive and would welcome the opportunity to get to know you better.” As we chatted over lattes, Oscar quickly correlated several data points from her profile that were available on the Web, and ascertained with a high degree of certainty her likes and dislikes. My personal Cyrano prompted me with the conversation topics that were points of compatibility.

As we parted (with plans for dinner arranged) my car was waiting for me as I scampered out of the coffee shop. Take me home, I thought, and silently off we went.

I’m old enough to remember when cars were driven manually, resulting in over 30,000 highway deaths a year in the U.S. Even when self-driving cars became commonplace decades ago, libertarians insisted on continuing to drive themselves, extending the legacy of bloodshed. Once human drivers were finally abolished, highway deaths and traffic jams became things of the past.

On the ride, Oscar briefed me on my work for the following day, set up a slew of virtual meetings, and queued up everything I needed to know in preparation. Intelligent machines perform most job functions these days, leaving only the creative and interpersonal tasks to us humans for whom it still makes sense to work.

Longevity technology became widely available about 20 years ago. The process involves microbots, tiny robots as small as a blood cell, coursing through your bloodstream, cleaning up the debris associated with aging, zapping cancer cells long before they cause symptoms, and removing plaque from arteries just as it forms.

It was a bizarre feeling getting younger as I got older. I had the distinct sensation of time going backwards. Imagine feeling just a little bit more youthful each waking day. This can’t go on forever, of course. My expected lifespan is about 150 years, according to Oscar. You see, even with rejuvenation, eventually the organs will wear out.

Meanwhile, having the extra years makes you infinitely more relaxed about your life. My 5th wife and I recently decided to split up, but we’re still great friends. After 25 years of marriage, we both wanted to explore other interests. Twenty-five to 40 years is the norm for a marriage contract these days — which corresponds roughly to the natural length of marriage in olden times when it was bookended by puberty and death.

In the 2050s, “amicable divorce” is not an oxymoron. With Oscar to help me, I’m never lonely. I think back not forlornly but fondly on my shyness when I was young — a testament to the geekiness that accompanied my technical acumen. Today, I’m no longer a techie. In fact, I’m on my third career. After what used to be a lifetime in the software field, I fulfilled my lifelong ambition to be a musician. That was a rewarding experience, but after a few decades it had run its course. Now, I’m a writer.

Reinvention became a buzzword at the turn of the millennium when the baby boomers suddenly found themselves with decades of “bonus years” following retirement from the workforce. The phrase has even more meaning now, when one is physically hale enough to restart one’s life, study a new field of endeavor, and apply oneself to it. And, of course, there’s plenty of time. As for me, I may move on from writing at some point, but I’ll never go back to a technical occupation — the machines these days design software better than I ever could.

As I mentioned, futurists have predicted The Singularity for decades. At the dawn of the computer age, Intel co-founder Gordon Moore observed that computing power doubled roughly every two years, a phenomenon that became known as Moore’s Law. Decades later, Moore’s Law remained constant and the doubling even speeded up a little. It was a simple matter to extend the lines and determine when computers would match the power of the human brain.

The Singularity represents a confluence of technologies. Brain scanning technology, for example, allows us to communicate with our devices (and occasionally other people), without having to mumble at our devices or touch them. It took a little practice to train my brain to communicate without revealing my deepest, darkest thoughts. Just as you can train specific muscles to perform tasks, you can teach your brain to send instructions while keeping those private thoughts walled off. That technology will eventually allow humans to transfer their brains to a computer, one neuron at a time. In effect, we will soon be able to reverse-engineer the brain, by scanning it and transferring all neural states to a computer, which would then contain the consciousness of the original person, with all memories up to that point intact. There are still some bugs to be worked out; but the potential to live forever as a conscious being, albeit without a body, is now within the realm of possibility.

pullquoteIt wasn’t an easy road to get to The Singularity, and not everyone was as fortunate as I was. Things really took off in the late teens and early ’20s as the amount of data produced exploded. With the growth of social media, people were increasingly willing to sacrifice their privacy for the sake of convenience and connectivity. Since there was so much data out there, it was easier for programs to identify correlations that can be extrapolated to make predictions about future behaviors. It all started innocently enough, when now defunct companies like Amazon started recommending books, movies, and other products based on a consumer’s past preferences. But things got out of hand in the ’20s when this technology was used to manipulate people, such as by requiring consumers to “opt out” if they didn’t want to purchase the computer-generated list of recommended products or by assessing their previous political leanings and then automatically casting votes for them. Soon, it became impossible to “get off the grid,” and, to this day, we leave a trail of data that can be used and manipulated by corporate interests — though we still tell ourselves those uses are benign.

“The Singularity is not something to fear”
—An interview with author Roy Altman

Smarter programming had a huge impact on the workforce. At first, these programs were useful, because they predicted who was likely to leave a job, or who might be successful in a particular role. These systems morphed into IDAs (like early versions of Oscar), which were useful in anticipating problems and offering solutions. But the software had the ability to “learn” from the experiences and quickly became able to master more sophisticated tasks previously done by humans, such as writing an earnings report or analyzing market trends. Employers loved it since they could get reliable work from automation with humans playing mainly supervisory roles. But the result was that the unemployment rate skyrocketed, not only for administrative jobs. The so-called “knowledge workers,” such as doctors, lawyers, accountants, computer programmers, and stockbrokers found themselves replaced by software and joined the chronically unemployable. Eerily, the mass unemployment of the 2030s echoed that decade of the Great Depression a century earlier. However, this era came to be dubbed the Painless Depression, as the increased productivity afforded by an automated workforce created enough value in the economy for a cushy safety net. Food was easy enough to synthesize, and the U.S. government — flush with cash due to the favorable balance of trade — recognized that it had to put some money in people’s pockets in order to maintain demand for the services the automated agents produced. The bottom line was that even the unemployed and the unemployable were afforded a comfortable lifestyle thanks to the government handouts. The psychological toll of feeling unneeded, though, was devastating, and we’re still working that one out.

With so many knowledge worker tasks automated effectively, businesses naturally began placing a high value on the kinds of things software still can’t do well. With science, engineering, and math jobs mostly automated, it’s gotten to the point where if you want to work, you’d better be able to show strength in such areas as intuitive interpretation, interpersonal skills, and good old-fashioned common sense. The high-value degrees are in education and humanities and the arts.

Back in the early part of this century, IBM’s Watson system beat human champions at Jeopardy. As he went down to defeat, Ken Jennings, holder of the longest winning streak in Jeopardy history, wrote: “I for one welcome our new computer overlords.”

He got that one wrong. Fifty years later, humans still rule. Artificial intelligence is approaching human capacity, but we’re not there yet. Which brings me back to Oscar. As I mentioned earlier, he’s a sub-sentient intelligence — sentience being defined as the ability to ask why. He’s magical, amazing, and I can’t imagine living without him, but he’s no threat. Think of him as the best employee imaginable who is not interested in taking your job.

Research continues on creating the right conditions for emergent intelligent digital life. These systems would, in theory, have the ability to learn as humans do but could do so at warp speed, quickly exceeding our capacities. So, what happens when computers can truly outthink us? The issue has been raised: If a machine is as fully intelligent as a human, should it have the same rights as a human? If not, wouldn’t keeping these humanlike machines in submission be akin to slavery? Some would argue that a machine is a machine, no matter how intelligent. But others fear, as Stephen Hawking once warned, “The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.”

Most people today have a more benign view. I myself am coming around to thinking that not only will we have fully intelligent machines in the near future, but they are the next evolutionary step for humanity and a necessary one if the species is to survive.

You see, these new “humans” will need only electricity to live, so they’re free to leave the earth in search of a new home. If we pass the point of no return on climate change or some crazy individual or nation provokes a nuclear holocaust, finding a new home planet may be the only way for the human race to endure. Humanity, freed from the bonds of corporeality can explore the galaxy, powered by the stars. Now that we are entering an age where the very definition of life is changing, my hope and expectation is that we will embrace our new humanity.


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Trends in Crime: Does Perception Match Reality

SAVI Talks - September 2015

The total crime rate in Indianapolis fell 15 percent from 2007-2014. Property crime and simple assault fell 16 percent and 27 percent, but violent crime increased 8 percent.

On September 16, 2015, WFYI hosted SAVI Talks, featuring Dr. Max Felker-Kantor’s report, Trends in Crime: Does Perception Match Reality. The conversation focused on ways for our community to improve the disparity between high-crime and low-crime neighborhoods.

Although we see and hear about the horrible crimes committed every day in both local and national news, crime rates across the United States have decreased dramatically over the past two decades. Overall, crime rates in Marion County are at the lowest level since 2007.

“Although the findings show that crime has decreased in the city, the more interesting finding was the difference in trends between property and violent crime,” Felker-Kantor said. “While property crime decreased, violent crimes have shown a more troubling upward trend with an eight percent growth from 2007 to 2014. Part of what made these trends even more interesting was the disparity in crime rates by geography,” Felker-Kantor said.

“The findings show clear disparities in socio-economic status between high crimes areas and low crime areas,” stated Sharon Kandris, SAVI Director. “The poverty rate is four times higher in the high-crime areas than in low-crime areas, and unemployment is three times higher. We must identify opportunities to improve this situation, which will be the focus of the ‘SAVI Talks’ community conversation involving participants from many sectors.”

Dr. Max Felker-Kantor,
Adjunct Lecturer,
University of Indianapolis

Dr. Max Felker-Kantor,
Adjunct Lecturer,
University of Indianapolis

Tim Nation,
Executive Director of the Peace Learning Center

Spirit & Place

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B-MRS Newsletter. Year 7, issue 4.

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Newsletter of the
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Year 7, issue 4. May 8, 2020.

B-MRS News

– B-MRS Meeting. B-MRS and IUMRS announce a new schedule and the confirmed plenary speakers for the joint event, which, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, was postponed to 2021. Learn more.

– Letter to the Minister of Health. B-MRS and more than 60 scientific entities have endorsed the letter sent to Minister Nelson Teich on April 29 requesting an action plan to combat the COVID-19 pandemic “based on data collected by science and mirrored in attitudes that were successfully implemented by governments in other countries.” Know more.

– Letter to the Minister of STI. B-MRS subscribed, along with about 70 scientific entities, a letter addressed to Minister Marcos Pontes, sent on April 29. The document highlights the importance of basic science and asks for the creation of a work group with representatives of the scientific community to define strategies related to fundamental research. Know more.

– Pact for life and for Brazil. B-MRS and more than 100 entities have endorsed the document, which was forwarded to the presidents of the three branches of Brazilian government on World Health Day, on April 7. The document asks for the coalescing of all of society, solidarity, discipline and ethical and transparent government code, based on the guidelines of science and public health organizations in facing the pandemic. Learn more.

Featured Paper

A team of researchers in the dental and materials fields has developed a coating for titanium, a material widely used in dental implants. The highly rough superhydrophobic coating significantly reduces the accumulation of bacteria on its surface. The material can be a promising strategy to prevent infections around dental implants. The work was recently reported on ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. Learn more.

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Featured Scientist

We interviewed Edson Roberto Leite, professor at UFSCar and scientific director at LNNano-CNPEM. B-MRS awarded Professor Leite the José Arana Varela Award in its first edition. An outstanding scientist in the field of materials, with internationally recognized contributions in the study of the growth of nanocrystals, in the interview Edson Leite talks about his favorite scientific contributions and his taste for science, and shares memories of José Arana Varela, whom he considers his scientific father. See here.

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(Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil,
August 29 – September 2, 2021)

Postponed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

New date: August 29 – September 2, 2021.

Same venue: Rafain Convention Center – Foz do Iguaçu (Iguassu Falls), Brazil.

Symposium proposals submission: May 4 – November 2, 2020.

Abstract submission: February 1 – April 11, 2021.

Plenary sessions: 7 plenary speakers and 1 memorial lecture confirmed.

Event website with new schedule: www.sbpmat.org.br/19encontro/

More information about the call for symposia: https://www.sbpmat.org.br/en/sbpmatb-mrs-e-iumrs-anunciam-novo-cronograma-e-plenaristas-do-evento-conjunto-em-2021/

Reading Tips

– Scientists prepare ultra-thin flexible film of normally brittle oxide and develop a technique to manipulate, stretch and keep it stretched, thereby controlling its electrical conductivity (Science paper). Know more.

– Combination of polymers with a wide range of ionic liquids generates new materials with adjustable properties for use in sensors, environmental remediation, batteries, biomedicine … Materials can be compatible with 3D printing (Advanced Functional Materials). Know more.

– With sophisticated nanoengineering, scientists are able to produce a porous nanometric structure that was theoretically predicted and confirm that this lightweight nanostructure is stronger than diamond (Nature Communications). Know more.

– Scientists manage to find in 8 weeks the best materials for a new battery among 3 million candidates, thanks to a method for training neural networks (ACS Central Science). Know more.

– Call for proposals for transnational and high risk research or innovation in materials, from Fapesp + M-ERA consortium. NET. Know more.

– Researcher position at CNPEM in the area of bioelectronics based on graphene and 2D materials (LNNano). Know more.

– Researcher position at CNPEM in computational methods applied to enzymes (LNNano and LNBR). Know more.

XLI Congresso Brasileiro de Aplicações de Vácuo na Indústria e na Ciência. Foz do Iguaçu, PR (Brazil). October 5 – 7, 2020. Site.

5th International Conference of Surfaces, Coatings and NanoStructured Materials – Americas (NANOSMAT-Americas). Foz do Iguaçu, PR (Brazil). October 7 – 10, 2020. Site.

7th Meeting on Self Assembly Structures in Solution and at Interfaces. Bento Gonçalves, RS (Brazil). November 4 – 6, 2020. Site.

– Pan American Ceramics Congress and Ferroelectrics Meeting of Americas (PACC-FMAs 2020). Panama (Panama). November 15 – 19, 2020. Site.

4th Workshop on Coated Tools & Multifunctional Thin Films. Campinas, SP (Brazil). November 16 – 19, 2020. Site.

XIX B-MRS Meeting + IUMRS ICEM (International Conference on Electronic Materials). Foz do Iguaçu, PR (Brazil). August 29 – September 2, 2021. Site.

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