Wake Up to the Importance of Sleep Health: The Unexpected Alzheimer's Link
In today's fast-paced world, where we are constantly bombarded with distractions and responsibilities, it's easy to overlook the importance of sleep health. However, recent research has uncovered a startling link between sleep deprivation and Alzheimer's disease. Losing just one night of restful sleep can lead to an increase in beta-amyloid, a protein in the brain associated with impaired brain function and Alzheimer's. This revelation highlights the critical role that sleep plays in our overall health and well-being, urging us to prioritize our sleep habits for the sake of our cognitive function and longevity.
The Silent Thief of Sleep: Understanding Beta-Amyloid Build-Up
Our nightly slumber is a vital time for our brains to recuperate and cleanse themselves of the day’s metabolic waste. Central to this process is the removal of beta-amyloid, a protein that, when accumulated, is strongly linked to the development of Alzheimer's disease. Sleep, especially the deep, restorative kind, plays a critical role in ensuring that our bodies can effectively clear this protein from our brains. When sleep eludes us, even for a single night, the delicate balance is disrupted, leading to an increase in beta-amyloid levels.
This increase is not merely a temporary glitch in our brain's health; it signifies a profound disturbance in our body's natural restorative processes. With each restless night, the risk of beta-amyloid build-up grows, stealthily paving the way towards cognitive decline and Alzheimer’s. This connection underscores the significance of sleep as more than just a period of rest. It is a crucial period for brain detoxification, a time when our neural pathways are cleared of potentially harmful substances.
Understanding the role of beta-amyloid build-up brings into sharp focus the silent threat that sleep deprivation poses to our cognitive health. It’s a reminder that behind the closed eyes and the stillness of the night, our brains are bustling with activity, working tirelessly to safeguard our future selves from the shadow of Alzheimer’s. It emphasizes that good sleep health isn't merely about feeling rested—it's about giving our brains the chance to fight against the accumulation of harmful proteins.
The stakes of sleep deprivation, therefore, extend far beyond the immediate consequences of tiredness and irritability. They touch the very core of our brain's health and its ability to function properly as we age. Recognizing this link between sleep and beta-amyloid clearance is a critical step in appreciating the profound impact that our nightly rest has on our long-term cognitive well-being.
The Hidden Costs of Restless Nights: Beyond Feeling Tired
The impact of sleep deprivation stretches far beyond the bleary eyes and yawns that herald a night of tossing and turning. It’s a pervasive issue that burrows deep into our well-being, affecting us in ways we might not immediately recognize. Beyond the fog of fatigue that clouds our mornings, restless nights can lead to a host of long-term health concerns that can quietly compromise our quality of life.
Chronic sleep deprivation is an insidious thief, stealing more from us than just energy and alertness. It has been closely linked with a range of serious health issues, from the silent creep of obesity to the more overt dangers of diabetes. Heart health, too, is not immune, with poor sleep patterns contributing to cardiovascular disease, painting a concerning picture of the broader implications of missed sleep.
But perhaps most alarmingly, the shadow of Alzheimer’s disease looms large in the conversation around sleep health. The connection between insufficient sleep and the risk of Alzheimer’s underscores the profound importance of quality rest. This link serves as a poignant reminder that the consequences of poor sleep extend far beyond what we can see or immediately feel. It’s a wakeup call to consider the less visible, yet equally significant, impacts of our sleep habits on our health.
Understanding these hidden costs is crucial. They remind us that every hour of rest missed is not just a temporary inconvenience but a potential contributor to a more concerning health narrative. It’s a narrative that, thankfully, we have the power to rewrite by making sleep a non-negotiable priority in our lives. As we navigate the complexities of modern life, recognizing and respecting the vital role of sleep is essential. In doing so, we not only enrich our days with energy and vitality but safeguard our health against the silent threats that accompany restless nights.
Listening to What Our Bodies Need: The Significance of Deep REM Sleep
Deep REM sleep is not just a phase we pass through each night; it's a profound healer, a silent guardian of our mental acuity and emotional balance. In this critical stage of sleep, our brains are engaged in a delicate dance of memory consolidation, processing the day's experiences, and forming the neural connections that underpin learning and memory. It's a time when our minds are actively sculpting the architecture of our thoughts and emotions, laying the groundwork for the cognitive resilience that shields us against the tide of time and disease.
When the journey into deep REM sleep is interrupted or cut short, we're not merely missing out on dreams. We're robbing our brains of the chance to perform essential maintenance work. It's akin to leaving the library of our minds in disarray, with books strewn about haphazardly, unable to be referenced or retrieved efficiently. This disorganization can have lasting impacts, not just on our ability to recall information but on the very structure of our cognitive functions.
The quest for deep REM sleep is more than a pursuit of restfulness. It's an act of self-care, a recognition that in the quietest hours of the night, our brains are working diligently to prepare us for the challenges of the coming day. It's about acknowledging that to operate at our best, to feel truly alive and engaged with the world around us, we must listen to what our bodies are telling us they need: uninterrupted, quality sleep.
By fostering conditions conducive to deep REM sleep, we're not just investing in better nights; we're nurturing our minds for the future. We're taking a stand against the encroaching shadows of forgetfulness and cognitive decline. It's a testament to our resilience and a commitment to maintaining our mental vitality, ensuring that each morning, we awaken not just refreshed, but renewed, ready to face the world with clarity and purpose.
The Personal Journey to Better Sleep: Choosing the Right Mattress
Selecting the perfect mattress is a deeply personal endeavor, much like choosing a pair of shoes that must fit just right. Our bodies, each a unique tapestry of curves and contours, demand a sleeping surface that respects and responds to its individual needs. In the quest for enhanced sleep health, this choice transcends mere preference—it becomes a pillar of our nightly journey to restoration and rejuvenation.
Embarking on this journey requires us to step beyond the realm of online testimonials and star ratings. The essence of a mattress, its soul if you will, cannot be fully comprehended through the screen. It beckons for a more intimate interaction, inviting you to experience its support, its embrace, in person. This tactile engagement allows your body to speak, to whisper its needs and comfort preferences, guiding you towards the mattress that feels not just good, but right.
The significance of this choice is magnified when we consider the intricate dance our bodies and minds perform each night. A mattress that aligns with our physicality fosters a deeper, more healing sleep. It becomes a cradle for the precious REM cycles, nurturing our brains’ ability to cleanse itself of toxins and fortify its connections. In this light, a mattress is not merely a sleeping surface but a sanctuary for our cognitive and emotional well-being.
Understanding this, the search for a mattress evolves into a heartfelt commitment to our health. It urges us to approach the decision with patience and mindfulness, to invest in a mattress that harmonizes with our body’s rhythm. Such a choice might require time and reflection, but it is a testament to our dedication to nurturing our sleep health.
In this personal journey, let your intuition guide you, allow your body to lead the way. The right mattress, one that will cradle you into the deep, restorative sleep your body and mind yearn for, is out there waiting for you. It's a journey worth taking, a step towards embracing the night's embrace, and waking up to a life of vitality and clarity.
Practical Tips for Enhancing Sleep Health: Small Changes, Big Difference
Navigating the path to improved sleep health doesn't always require monumental changes; often, it's the small adjustments in our daily routines that can yield significant benefits. One foundational step is establishing a sleep schedule that's as consistent as possible. Our bodies thrive on routine, and by going to bed and waking up at the same times each day, we can reinforce our natural circadian rhythms, enhancing our ability to fall asleep and wake up naturally.
Creating a bedtime ritual can also signal to our minds and bodies that it's time to wind down. This might involve activities like reading a book, taking a warm bath, or practicing relaxation exercises such as gentle yoga or meditation. These activities can help ease the transition from the day's hustle and bustle to a state of restfulness.
In today's digital age, it's also crucial to be mindful of our screen time, especially in the hours leading up to bedtime. The blue light emitted by screens can interfere with our body's production of melatonin, the hormone responsible for regulating sleep. Consider setting a "technology curfew" an hour or two before bed to help your body prepare for sleep.
Moreover, optimizing our sleep environment can play a pivotal role in enhancing sleep quality. This means creating a space that is conducive to rest: cool, dark, and quiet. Consider investing in blackout curtains, a comfortable mattress and pillows, and perhaps a white noise machine if you're sensitive to sound. These elements can transform your bedroom into a sanctuary for sleep.
By integrating these practical tips into our lives, we can make strides towards achieving the restorative sleep our bodies and minds need. Remember, even the smallest of changes can pave the way to a healthier, more vibrant life.
Embracing a Culture of Sleep Awareness: A Call to Action
In our journey towards better health and sharper minds, the significance of sleep cannot be overstated. With the growing understanding of how deeply sleep is intertwined with our cognitive health, specifically in relation to Alzheimer's disease, we find ourselves at a critical juncture. It's time to cultivate a culture where sleep is not seen as a luxury, but as a fundamental pillar of health, akin to nutrition and exercise.
This call to action isn't just about individual change; it's a collective awakening to the pivotal role that sleep plays in our lives. It's about creating an environment that supports sleep—from policies that encourage work-life balance to communities that emphasize the importance of rest. It's in our hands to foster conversations about sleep, breaking down the stigma that associates rest with laziness and instead celebrating it as an act of self-care and intelligence.
Engaging in this cultural shift means looking out for one another, sharing knowledge and resources to help those struggling with sleep challenges. It's about advocating for spaces that accommodate the needs of all sleepers, recognizing the diversity in our sleep patterns and preferences. Let's champion the cause of sleep health, making it as integral to our discussions about well-being as any other aspect of healthy living.
Together, we can spearhead a movement that places sleep at the forefront of our health consciousness. By embracing a culture of sleep awareness, we commit to nurturing our brains, protecting our future, and enriching our lives with the restorative power of sleep. It's a commitment to live more fully, love more deeply, and think more clearly. The night holds the key to a brighter, more vibrant tomorrow. Let's unlock its potential, together.


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Spotlight / Zaska
'It's always about keeping it funky...'
We met up with Max Zaska, bandleader and guitarist of the Irish funk group Zaska, to discuss his compositional processes, creating a powerful, driving sound, and to check out his guitar and setup.
Guitar: Gibson ES-335
Amp: Fender Blues Junior
Pedals: Delay pedal on the Boss ME-50; Ibanez Tube Screamer; Micro Q-Tron envelope filter.
Interviewed and produced by Kilian Carroll.
Filmed and edited by Conor Fleming.
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PROVO — The expanding Hispanic community in Utah could be suffering from depression and sleep disorders related to perceived racism, according to a new study by a Brigham Young University researcher.
Many previous studies have linked depression and sleep disorders, BYU researcher and clinical psychologist Patrick Steffen said, but his new study looks at racism, sleep disorders and depression together.
"We found that perceived racism impacts the quality of their sleep and that disturbed sleep is related to depression," Steffen said. "Individuals who have experienced racism could be thinking about what happened the previous day, feeling stressed about their ability to succeed when being judged by something other than merit — skin tone or a different way of speaking. Sleep is the pathway through which racism affects depression."
As a clinical psychologist, depression and sleep deprivation in relation to perceived racism is something Monroe White at the Mountainlands Community Health Clinic in Provo is familiar with.
"I see that kind of thing frequently," he said.
As with other types of depression, Hispanics feel sad, discouraged, irritable and anxious. They start to lose motivation and have less joy, pleasure and interest in things, White said.
The perceived racism causes depression because those affected have difficulty determining where they fit in with other people.
When a person is a Hispanic moving into a new culture, the people in that culture are not always welcoming, White said. Sometimes people are hesitant to accept others for who they are and what they are.
"So it's a two-sided thing," he said.
Steffen, an assistant professor of clinical psychology, is halfway through a $260,000, 4-year study funded by the American Heart Association. He said the American Heart Association is interested in learning more about heart disease factors in Mexican immigrants in general.
Mexican immigrants, who generally experience low blood pressure and low rates of heart disease in their native country, are experiencing high blood pressure and increased rates of heart disease after immigration.
Although these increases can be attributed to a change in diet and physical activity once they immigrate, a 2003 study done by Steffen showed perceived racism is related to sustained increased blood pressure.
Steffen and BYU graduate student Matthew Bowden gave validated clinical mental health evaluations to 168 Hispanic immigrants who had been in the United States for an average of five years. Among the questions in the evaluations were questions related to racism, sleep quality and depression.
After they ran statistical tests on the answers, they considered the possibility that the three factors interacted in various combinations.
"We've looked at it several ways," Steffen said. "Statistically, the stronger case was for sleep being the link between racism and depression."
Steffen has been working with Spanish-speaking immigrants in Utah dealing with stress and depression. He learned Spanish as a missionary for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Spain. He said immigrants who have more recently arrived in the United States don't experience depression related to racism as often as immigrants who have lived here for a longer period of time. It isn't until after they start learning and understanding English that they perceive racism.
Aside from taking prescribed medications and seeking professional help, White said it is necessary for immigrants suffering from depression to "get active and get into life somehow."

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[b]Discovery Lifts Off On NASA's 50th Anniversary Celebration[/b]
Discovery Communications launches its yearlong commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as Founder and Chairman of Discovery Communications John Hendricks headlines a gala celebration on Thursday, January 31, paying tribute to legendary newsman Walter Cronkite.
At the center of NASA and Discovery's partnership is Discovery Channel's landmark summer 2008 special event series [i]When We Left Earth: The NASA Mission[/i] airing on consecutive Sundays, June 8, 15 and 22. For the first time ever, audiences will see the space age come to life in vivid, completely digitally remastered high-definition television. Discovery painstakingly restored mission and training footage, making these national treasures available for future generations through the NASA archives.
The NASA/Discovery partnership includes these additional events and initiatives: [list][*][b]Science Matter![/b] a nationwide, multifaceted initiative aimed at fostering students' interest in science, presented by Science Channel and Comcast and kicked off in Huntsville this past month
[*]Extensive online offerings of archives and podcasts
[*][b]Science Channel's 2nd annual SPACE WEEK[/b], July 6-11
[*]NASA participation in Discovery's [b]2008 Young Science Challenge[/b][/list] [b]When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions[/b]
For 50 years, America has led the world in space exploration. Yet the boundless void that begins just 62 miles above us has been visited by no more than 500 people. [i]When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions[/i], a stunning high-definition series from Discovery Channel, opens up space like never before. The missions, the people and triumphs of exploration are revealed in a depth of detail previously experienced only by the astronauts themselves.
[b]Project Mercury: Ordinary Supermen[/b]
NASA, formed in 1958, one year after the launch of Sputnik, is leading the search for test pilots who have what it takes to enter the unknown of outer space. The seven men chosen to fly the Mercury capsule each know what it means to risk their lives. On average, one test pilot a week is dying in an air crash -- the danger of riding in a rocket will not faze these men.
Still, the first American in space will face a number of unanswered questions: Will a man in space be able to swallow food or drink? Will he go insane? Will he die from radiation exposure? Faced with fierce Soviet competition, the race is on to answer these and many other important questions. President Kennedy dares America to get to the Moon within 10 years, and early missions are critical steps in a process that will culminate in the ultimate goal of landing a human on the Moon.
[b]Friends and Rivals[/b]
NASA understands that getting to the Moon and back means mastering the art of joining two spaceships in space. With that goal, NASA begins a new program dubbed Gemini and for the first time will launch two men into space in a single spaceship. Gemini is charged with achieving an ambitious set of advanced space travel goals, from long-duration flights to space walks.
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov completes the first human space walk in 1965, and astronaut Ed White becomes the first American to walk in space a few months later. Still, the challenges of rendezvous and docking with another spacecraft have yet to be accomplished by either NASA or their Soviet counterparts. In a bold, complicated mission, NASA plans for Gemini 6 to fly thousands of miles before catching up with an orbiting Gemini 7 in a breath-taking moment of space choreography. The Moon is in their sights.
[b]Landing the Eagle[/b]
In the summer of 1968 -- with the Gemini program having achieved its goals and the Apollo program in full swing -- NASA changes the mission of Apollo 8 to be the first manned flight to the Moon. Commander Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders become the first humans to leave the gravitational pull of Earth and see the far side of the Moon. The astronauts of Apollo 8 had traveled farther than any man had before, at 250,000 miles to the Moon and back.
On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 lifts off for a lunar landing carrying Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins and good wishes from the world. The world awaits the crew's Moon fate: Will the lunar module sink into the dust? Will the crew be attacked by "lunar germs"? Will they be able to blast away from the lunar surface once the mission is completed? Four days later, the astronauts land on the Moon. It is NASA's finest hour and one of the most triumphant moments in world history.
[b]A Home in Space[/b]
As NASA's confidence grows, the tentative steps taken by Armstrong and Aldrin are overshadowed by the feats of Charlie Duke, John Young and Gene Cernan (among others), who race around the Moon on lunar rovers. Lunar missions become more ambitious, culminating in Apollo 17's three-day stay in the Sea of Serenity. But budget worries force the cancellation of the final three missions, and the end of the Apollo program brings a search for new objectives.
Man has orbited the Earth, walked in space, crossed from one spacecraft to another and even visited the Moon. NASA begins taking steps to further space exploration by sending Skylab into orbit along with a team of scientists. The Skylab mission would prove that humans could live and work in space for extended periods. U.S. astronauts are eventually invited to live aboard the Russian Mir space station, developing relationships in orbit long before the Cold War thaws out on Earth.
[b]The Shuttle -- Triumph and Loss[/b]
For 20 years, NASA had launched capsules carrying a maximum of three people -- drawn from an exclusive group of men, nearly all of whom are test pilots. The development of the reusable shuttle leads to a revolutionary approach to space travel. For the first time ever, groups of six or seven astronauts can fly into space at once.
Described as a butterfly on a bullet, the shuttle is first flown by John Young, the man who sat alongside Gus Grissom on the first Gemini flight. The pioneers of NASA's manned programs are leading the way into the modern era of the space age. Yet space travel remains as dangerous as ever, as demonstrated by the 1986 Challenger shuttle disaster and the 2003 Columbia shuttle accident. But the development of the International Space Station -- human beings' boldest collaboration in space hardware to date -- meant that the shuttle could not be abandoned.
[b]A New Space Age[/b]
Billions of dollars over budget and 10 years behind schedule, NASA launches the Hubble Space Telescope aboard the space shuttle Discovery. One of the most complex instruments ever built, and the latest in an illustrious line of unmanned space missions, Hubble is expected to transform our understanding of the universe. But nothing happens. NASA has a serious problem. It is discovered that human error is to blame for a defective main mirror on the orbiting telescope. Hubble, our all-seeing eye into deep space, is short sighted.
NASA decides to send the crew of space shuttle Endeavour to fix the problem. The mission requires months of intense training for the longest, most dangerous series of space walks of all time. It is NASA's greatest and most high-profile mission since the Apollo era. The mission manages to recapture the public's imagination, engaging people in space heroics like nothing since the Moon landings of the Apollo era. Our natural desire to explore and discover is back, and NASA plans to send men back to the Moon, Mars and beyond.
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Chaos theory states that it’s possible for the tiny air disturbance caused by a butterfly flapping its wings in Topeka to cause a tsunami in Tokyo. Could a trifle such as the Calendar Boy page in Vanity Fair change freelance policy for the whole of Time Inc.?
This is how chaos theory works at Time Inc.:
Last December, Vanity Fair had plans to introduce a new calendar page in its back of the book Fanfair section. They approached Jim Mullen, who writes the Hot Sheet page for Entertainment Weekly . Mr. Mullen needed approval to accept a freelance assignment, so he went to E.W. ‘s managing editor Jim Seymore.
“He said, ‘No, that’s competition,'” according to Mr. Mullen.
Vanity Fair still needed someone to do the page, so the next call went to Joel Stein, Time ‘s hairy-legged edgy columnist. Mr. Stein also had to check with his boss, in this case, Time managing editor Walter Isaacson, who also didn’t like the idea of a star of his writing for Vanity Fair , even if Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter is a pal. Mr. Isaacson told Mr. Stein no.
Mr. Carter, though, persisted and made an agreement allowing Mr. Stein to write for three issues of Vanity Fair , beginning with the March issue.
But when the magazine appeared on the stands, the page ran without Mr. Stein’s byline, using instead the pseudonym, “Calendar Boy.” This led the Village Voice , believing it was onto something, to run a column on March 1 stoking speculation on the true identity of Calendar Boy. Two days later, The New York Post ‘s Keith Kelly fingered Joel Stein.
Somewhere, Jim Mullen blew. He was not pleased to learn that a big Vanity Fair assignment so close to his grasp went to another Time Inc. employee after he had been forbidden using the “competition” argument. Mr. Mullen went back to his boss, Jim Seymore to complain. Not pleased to be the bad cop in the Time Inc. family, Mr. Seymore then complained to Mr. Isaacson; one E.W. editor used the word “ballistic” to describe Mr. Seymore’s presentation. Neither Mr. Isaacson nor Mr. Seymore had any comment.
Cut to: 21 West 52nd Street, March 13. As it happened, the managing editors of Time , Entertainment Weekly, People , Fortune , and Sports Illustrated were scheduled to have a summit lunch together, along with Time Inc. editor in chief Norman Pearlstine and editorial director Henry Muller.
So there they were, all the big shots of the entire Time magazine empire at “21” that Monday and the editors’ discussion turned to, of all things, Calendar Boy. “Jim was upset that he had said no to his guy,” Mr. Muller told Off the Record, “and it turned out that it went to another Time Inc. writer.”
The rest of the lunch conversation turned to freelance policy. “At the end of the lunch Norm asked me to draft a policy that reflected the views expressed,” said Mr. Muller. Mr. Muller said that if he wasn’t consumed with finding slots for Life staffers now out of work, the policy would be done, but, he said, he’ll have it done by the end of April.
Back at Vanity Fair , they’re keeping the decision on whether they’ll keep the identity of Mr. Stein’s successor, who’ll debut for the June issue, under wraps.
What exactly is behind The New York Times Sunday Styles section’s fascination with teenagers and sex? The latest: April 2, a lead story, “The Face of Teenage Sex Grows Younger.”
In between the grave, clinical pronouncements of uptown shrinks about the crisis of promiscuity facing the under 17s, Anne Jarrell fit in plenty of naughty bits such as, “groups of seventh and eighth graders rent limousines to take them to clubs in Manhattan, where they get drunk, grind on the dance floor and have oral sex in dim corners.”
But Ms. Jarrell’s investigation is just the latest. Last February, Monique P. Yazigi’s “A Sweet-16-Going-On-25 Party” was illustrated with a photo of two 16-year-old “vixens,” as the caption put it, shimmying on dance floor. This January, Ms. Yazigi reported from Ted Field’s New Year’s Eve party at Studio 54 that the 47-year-old was surrounded by underage women. “At 2 A.M.,” Ms. Yazigi wrote, “he and two young women formed a sandwich, one rubbing up from behind him and another, in a black halter top, wiggling in front of him.”
Next on The Times meets American Beauty beat came Rick Marin. Soon after Ms. Yazigi discovered the Sweet 16 Vixens, Mr. Marin reported that teen movies like American Pie, Cruel Intentions, and The Rage: Carrie 2 , had “become so sexually explicit (in language, if not nudity), so slutty (in male and female promiscuity), that they’re like soft-core porn.”
Up next: fashion writer Ginia Bellafante, who last fall reported on a collection for teen girls called “Heavenly Harlot” under the headline “When Women Dress Girlish and Girls Dress Sultry.”
Styles editor Trip Gabriel said, “I guess I’m surprised to hear you say it comes up at all.” Of the most recent look at teenage sex–which looked a lot like Lucinda Franks’ story on teenage sex for Talk last month–Mr. Gabriel said, “The phenomenon is a legitimate topic for journalism,” emphasizing the number of doctors, psychologists, and school administrators spoken with.
Every year Red Herring includes a spoof article in its April issue in honor of April Fool’s Day. This year, the magazine published a feature about a concocted Silicon Valley literary magazine called Slam .
According to the technology magazine’s little bit of fiction, a video games designer who can’t get published in Grand Street and Ploughshares and his wife, who flacks for Internet startups, are planning to start their magazine using poetry and art submissions from programmers and venture capitalists.
Apparently, the possibility that “Silicon Valley could become a mecca for the arts the way Florence was in the Renaissance,” as one of the fictional founders put it, touched a nerve in the soulless Internet economy. Since the issue hit newsstands, Bonnie Azab Powell, who wrote the bogus piece, has been sent quite a few e-mails looking to get in touch with the non-existent editors and requests for information on how to get subscriptions.
One New York City lawyer who has venture capital and e-commerce clients sent Ms. Powell his own poetry submission, which we hope was his own parody. Titled “All Things Being Equity,” it includes stanzas such as, “‘.’ The new master / of the universe. / Sometimes we click / with the value-added / where seeds / are more like magic beans.” and “The bottom line / is at the bottom of the list /as unregistered, restricted, / locked-up millionaires / wait to piggyback on piggybackers, / or to just tag-along. / Taking it e-asy? / iWish.”
In years past, Red Herring has written about fictional companies that have provoked anger when folks found out it was a prank. For instance, after they wrote about a product that would allow people to send e-mail messages telepathically, Ms. Powell said the magazine got inquiries from Sylvester Stallone’s wife, Jennifer Flavin, who was interested in the technology for their autistic son.
The wrath of duped readers aside, Ms. Powell said the little April Fool’s exercise helps the technology writers let off steam: “When you’re inundated with as many press releases as we are, it’s hard not to satirize them.”


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I took the kids to the library a few weeks ago. We haven’t been in a while and I feel bad about that.
My son loves to read and get read to. Being at the library forces me to read to him, I have no excuses we are at the library what else could I be doing.
My daughter loves to be anywhere that other kids are. She loves to watch them, talk to them, play with them. She also likes to watch adults but she doesn’t want them watching her back.
I also love to read, and I am not here to tell you my New Year’s resolution is to read more, I set monthly goals to tackle bad habits until they are all good habits. I do want to read more but I don’t want to commit to something that I may not see all the way through. What I would like to do is read as much as I can and hopefully share what I have read, why I liked or disliked the book, and what possible message I may have gained from reading that book. I would also like to hear from others out there who have read the same book and may have a different perspective/opinion.
My first review, first book read of the year, is one the adult picture book “You Have to Fucking Eat” by: Adam Mansbach and illustrated by: Ricardo Cortes.
There is another book in this series titled “Go the Fuck to Sleep”. I just love them they are targeted toward parents and I definitely could relate to both about 99% of the time.
“You Have to Fucking Eat” is spot on with our family.
My son never wants to eat, at home anyway, because when my husband and I vent to family that he barely eats they all say he eats a ton with them and he must be growing. I think kids like to make their parents look stupid.
My daughter on the other hand eats anything, anytime, anywhere, but only once a week. One day she loves Barry the next day she won’t even touch them. It is the same with all food that is half way healthy but the snacks she has never turned away. This isn’t a terrible thing it’s good to like and want a variety of food in your diet but when there’s only four of us in the house, someone has to eat it and it is usually me, as was so perfectly said in the book “my whole diet is the shit you won’t eat”.
These books are great. I know that as a parent I feel that I can always do better or am feeling my kids in one way or another and I’m sure other parents feel that way too. But in reality we are all doing the best we can and it is good to laugh at ourselves and learn to not sweat the small stuff, our children will eat eventually and if they’re not getting enough fruits and veggies give them a vitamin until they do.
My son has read both books and he thought they were funny and suggested we write our own about his sister titled “Keep Your Fucking Shoes On,” as soon as we turn our back she takes them off!
My daughter loves the pictures in these book. The one I have is basically hers, she has read it more times than I have.
If you have children especially 7 years and under I would definitely recommend both of these books.

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Leah and Amy may be total opposites, but when it comes to helping animals in danger they make the perfect team!
One of the riders at White Horse Stables, Vanessa, has a new puppy. She invites Leah and Amy to visit her house, but when they see the puppy, it’s clear something is amiss. The poor pup is really sick – and he’s getting worse. It turns out Vanessa’s parents didn’t get the puppy from a qualified breeder, and the girls realize that a rogue operator could be about. With more puppies’ lives at stake, they decide to investigate – but how far will Leah go this time? Animal S.O.S. are the puppies’ only hope!
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|Publication number||US5722463 A|
|Application number||US 08/758,155|
|Publication date||Mar 3, 1998|
|Filing date||Nov 25, 1996|
|Priority date||Nov 25, 1996|
|Publication number||08758155, 758155, US 5722463 A, US 5722463A, US-A-5722463, US5722463 A, US5722463A|
|Inventors||Robert James Smyth, Paul Lelonde, Alcide St. Jean, Michael Alvin Miller, Darcy Evan Miller|
|Original Assignee||Petro-Line Upgrading Services Ltd.|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (14), Referenced by (48), Classifications (8), Legal Events (6)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
The present invention relates to a reinforcing assembly for a pipe, and in particular to an external sleeve for reinforcing or sealing pipes used in the oil and gas industry.
It is well known that pipes in general, and particularly pipes used in the oil and gas industry, are subject to defects such as corrosion, mill defects, stress corrosion cracking, and hydrogen induced cracking. During installation and operation of a pipe, pipe wall defects having the potential to cause failure are identified. The usual methods of preventing such defects from causing a failure are either to remove the defect by cutting out an entire cylindrical section of the pipe, or by significantly reducing the internal pressure in the pipe prior to either welding a pressure containing sleeve onto the pipe or by applying a mechanically tightened or fibre glass sleeve to the pipe.
A disadvantage of these prior methods is that they may require pipe system shut downs and a resultant loss of throughput of product in the pipe. For instance, shut downs are typically required where sleeves are welded directly to a pipe. Such methods also involve occupational hazards, potential metallurgical failures, and costly expenditures. Another disadvantage is that prior art sleeves, if installed while the pipe is under operating pressures, can loosen and separate from the pipe if the operating pressure later drops for any reason. As a result, prior art sleeves require frequent maintenance, repair and replacement, which adds significantly to the operating costs of a pipe.
What is desired therefore is a pipe reinforcing sleeve which overcomes the limitations and disadvantages of these other prior art sleeves. Preferably the sleeve should not be welded to the pipe, and should be capable of being installed whether the pipe is pressurized (i.e. operating) or not. If installed while the pipe is pressurized, the sleeve should remain firmly secured to the pipe upon depressufization or shut down. Further, the sleeve should be capable of relatively quick and efficient installation to reduce installation costs.
In one aspect the present invention provides a method of reinforcing a longitudinal section of hollow pipe comprising:
providing at least two sleeve segments, each sleeve segment having an inside surface adapted to fit onto an outer surface of said pipe;
preparing at least one of said outer surface of the pipe and said inside surface of the sleeve segments for receiving an epoxy;
applying said epoxy to at least one of said outer surface of the pipe and said inside surface of the sleeve segments;
mounting said sleeve segments onto said pipe with said epoxy located therebetween;
applying a clamping force to squeeze said sleeve segments onto said epoxy and said outer surface of the pipe;
heating said sleeve segments to a predetermined temperature above the temperature of said pipe sufficient for thermal expansion of said sleeve segments;
joining said sleeve segments while expanded to form a continuous sleeve circumferentially about said pipe; and
removing said clamping force, and allowing said sleeve to cool to said temperature of the pipe to form an interference fit therebetween and to seal said section of pipe to avoid leakage of product therefrom.
In another aspect the invention a sleeve assembly for reinforcing a longitudinal section of hollow comprising:
an epoxy material; and
first and second sleeve segments adapted to fit onto an outer surface of said pipe so as to substantially circumferentially encompass said pipe;
said sleeve assembly being formed by:
preparing at least one of said outside surface of the pipe and said sleeve segments for contact with said epoxy material;
coating said outside surface of the pipe with said epoxy material and placing said sleeve segments over said epoxy material;
applying a radial clamping force to squeeze said sleeve segments onto said outer surface of the pipe;
heating said sleeve segments to thermally expand said sleeve segments;
joining said sleeve segments together about said pipe while said sleeve segments are thermally expanded; and
forming an interference fit between said sleeve assembly and said pipe upon removal of said clamping force by cooling said sleeve segments.
Embodiments of the invention will now be described, by way of example only, with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein:
FIG. 1 is a perspective view of an external pipe reinforcing sleeve installed onto a longitudinal section of hollow pipe according to a preferred embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 shows the sleeve of FIG. 1 prior to installation over a defect in the pipe; and
FIG. 3 shows the sleeve of FIG. 1 during installation with a hydraulic jack applying a clamping force and heating of the sleeve.
The figures show a sleeve according to a preferred embodiment of the invention (generally indicated by reference numeral 10) and a process of mounting the sleeve onto a hollow pipe 12. The sleeve 10 is mounted over a longitudinal section or portion of pipe 12 which requires reinforcement, for instance to prevent rupture or leakage of an defect or anomaly 14 in the pipe wall 16. The defect may be a stress crack, an area of pipe wall degradation due to corrosion, a dent, and the like. For illustrative purposes, the pipe 12 is one which transports hydrocarbons under pressure, such as a natural gas or oil pipeline. Whether the pipeline is located above or below ground, it is typically subject to internal pressure fluctuations, internal and external temperature fluctuations, and to both internal and external corrosive agents. It will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, however, that the sleeve 10 is not restricted to use on such pipelines but is also suitable for use on various types of pipes as well, such as those used for transporting drinking water, sewage, and a host of other liquids and gases, whether pressurized or not.
Referring now to FIG. 2, the generally cylindrical outer surface 18 of the pipe 12 in the vicinity of the defect 14 (shaded area indicated by 20) should be prepared for receiving a binding agent, referred to herein as an epoxy, as well as first and second sleeve segments 22a and 22b, respectively. Since the pipe 12 is typically constructed of plate steel and has been exposed to the elements for some time, the outer surface 18 should be cleaned of rust and any foreign substances (e.g. oil) to allow the epoxy to bind thereto and to provide good contact with the sleeve segments 22a, 22b. Sand-blasting has provided good results.
The sleeve segments 22a, 22b are shaped and sized to encircle the section of pipe to be reinforced. Each sleeve segment 22a, 22b is formed of plate steel with an outside surface 24a and 24b, respectively, and an inside surface 26a and 26b, respectively, having a radius of curvature generally matching that of the pipe's outer surface 18 so as to fit thereon. The sleeve segments together substantially circumferentially encompass the pipe, leaving a small gap 28, say about 0.25 to 0.50 inches, between facing ends of the sleeve segments on opposed sides of the pipe to accommodate thermal expansion of the sleeve segments as described later. In order to fit onto the pipe, each sleeve segment must not exceed a semi-circular shape in transverse cross-section with an arc of no more than 180 degrees. It will be appreciated that in peculiar circumstances three or more sleeve segments may be provided wherein the segments side-by-side substantially encompass the pipe, but this is not preferred because of the added cost and complexity of welding the segments together, as described later. It will also be appreciated that the outside surfaces 24a, 24b form smooth curved surfaces as shown, although this need not be the case. The sleeve segments may also be formed of material other than plate steel, such a stainless steel which is also easy to weld. It is preferable, however, that the sleeve segments be formed of material which matches or is complementary to that of the carrier pipe 12 to avoid promoting corrosion by setting up a cathodic cell or reaction therebetween. Prior to installation, the inside surfaces 26a, 26b should be cleaned of rust and any foreign substances to allow the epoxy to bind thereto. The preparation may be done on site or in the shop.
A connector plate, or zipper, 30 is welded to the opposed ends of one of the sleeve segments (in the present case to the first sleeve segment 22a) as indicated at 32. Typically such welding is performed prior to installing the sleeve segments onto the pipe, although such welding could be delayed until the sleeve segments and zippers are clamped onto the pipe as discussed below. The latter option is not preferred because of greater handling difficulties. Each zipper 30 must extend beyond the opposed circumferential ends of the sleeve segment 24a so as to overlap with the outside surface of the second sleeve segment 22b as shown in FIGS. 1 & 3. Each zipper may be composed of several plates, if desired. The zipper should be of a complementary or matching material to that of the sleeve segments to minimize or avoid cathodic reaction therebetween. One zipper 30 could also be joined to each sleeve segment, if symmetrical sleeve segments are desired. The zippers may also be formed integrally with the sleeve segment, but production costs may be higher with this option. Although alternate joining means may be used, such as hinges or bolts, this is not preferred because of possible interference with the sleeve's fit onto the pipe, greater difficulties in coating the sleeve once installed, possible corrosion at bolt interfaces, and industry perceptions that such connections are temporary.
The method of forming a sleeve on the pipe 12 according to the present invention will now be described. Having prepared the pipe's outer surface 18 and the inside surfaces 26a, 26b of the sleeve segments as described above, the epoxy is applied around the pipe to the outer surface 18 in the vicinity 20 of the defect. Alternately the epoxy might be applied to the inside surfaces of the sleeve segments, but generally this is not as practical. The sleeve segment 22b and sleeve segment 22a, which has the zippers 30 welded thereto, are then placed onto the outer surface 18 over the epoxy and tightly clamped to the pipe as shown in FIG. 3. Good results have been achieved using a hydraulic jack and chain assembly 34 to provide the necessary radial clamping force for squeezing the sleeve segments onto the epoxy and the pipe's outer surface. More jack assemblies 34 may be used depending on the desired clamping force and the length of the sleeve segments, for example. More clamping force may be required where the pipe is depressurised during installation, for example, because certain pipes which are generally round when pressurized sometimes become slightly oval in shape upon depressurization. It is noted that prior to installation the inside surfaces 26a, 26b of the sleeve segments should also be inspected and cleaned, if necessary, as described earlier for the outer surface 18 of the pipe.
Heat is next applied to the clamped sleeve segments using torches, as at 36, or other suitable means, to thermally expand the sleeve segments 22a, 22b. While in their expanded state, both zippers 30 are welded to the second sleeve segment 22b (as indicated on one side at 38), thereby joining both sleeve segments together to form a continuous sleeve 10 circumferentially about the pipe 12 as shown in FIG. 1. The hydraulic jack 34 and clamping force is then removed and the sleeve is allowed to cool to the same temperature as the pipe 12. As the sleeve cools, the plate steel contracts to form an interference fit with the pipe, thereby reinforcing and sealing that section of pipe with the aid of the epoxy. Immediately following installation and cooling of the sleeve, corrosion inhibiting material may be wrapped or otherwise applied to the sleeve and surrounding area followed by backfilling over the sleeve. The type of material used will depend on clients' requests, and may range from a tar-type material to a spray on inhibitor.
The temperature to which the sleeve is heated depends on the temperature of the pipe at the time of installation and the amount by which the pipe is expanded from its "normal" state with no internal pressure. Such expansion will depend on factors such as the pipe's wall thickness and its internal pressure at the time. In any event, the temperature to which the sleeve segments are heated should provide sufficient thermal expansion so that upon forming the sleeve and subsequent cooling, the sleeve will remain in tension whether the pipe is internally pressurized or depressurized (i.e. at ambient or normal atmospheric pressure). As a result, the portion of pipe beneath the sleeve should remain substantially in compression with respect to the tension in the sleeve whether the pipe is pressurized or not. Good results have been achieved with plate steel sleeves being heated to between 100 and 300 degrees F. above the temperature of the pipe.
It is preferable that the sleeve be installed while the pipe's surface temperature is within the temperature curing range of the epoxy. If not, some heat may continue to be applied to the sleeve after joining of the sleeve segments to properly cure the epoxy. Such situations arise more frequently in cold climates or winter conditions. For example, certain epoxies might require that the sleeve be kept at about 60 degrees F. for 24 hours. Fortunately, some epoxies are now capable of curing below 32 degrees F., which reduces heating costs and installation delays.
Several advantages and benefits of the present invention may now be better appreciated. First, it eliminates the requirement of many prior art sleeves to weld the sleeve to the pipe, thus avoiding the possibility of creating cracking in the welds on the pipe. Second, the sleeve 10 can be installed whether the pipe is pressurized or not, thus avoiding shut down of the pipe and disruption of flow of product for repair work, resulting in significant cost savings to the pipe operator. Similarly, the present invention eliminates the need to cut away and remove an entire cylindrical section of defective pipe, consequently avoiding disruption of flow of product, and occupational and environmental hazards related to product contained in the pipe. Third, the epoxy and plate steel complement one another, namely the epoxy acts as a sealing agent to prevent product leakage from the pipe, while the plate steel prevents cracks in the pipe wall from extending and thin locations in the pipe wall from rupturing. Fourth, significant reductions in operating stress levels in the pipe have been achieved in test installations of the sleeve. Fifth, the pipe and the sleeve have been found to act as one unit during pressurizing and depressurizing of the pipe, namely without any dislocation of the sleeve from the pipe.
The above description is intended in an illustrative rather than a restrictive sense and variations to the specific configurations described may be apparent to skilled persons in adapting the present invention to specific applications. Such variations are intended to form part of the present invention insofar as they are within the spirit and scope of the claims below. For example, the sleeve segments 22a, 22b might be welded together by omitting the zippers 30. This is not desireable, however, due to resultant difficulties in estimating the exact size of gap 28 required so that both sleeve segments are thermally expanded on the pipe into an abutting relationship. It will also be appreciated that if the gap is too small, the sleeve segments will force each other away from the pipe's outer surface 18; and, if the gap is not closed upon expansion between the sleeve segments, then a welding facilitator, such as a thin metal plate, will likely have to be placed in the remaining gap in any event to allow welding between the segments.
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Back on August 31, 1990, two generations of Griffeys suited up for the Seattle Mariners and made history.
At the time, Ken Griffey Jr. and Ken Griffey Sr. were the very first father/son duo in MLB history to play together in the same game. As Michael Clair of MLB.com noted in his CutFour piece celebrating the Griffeys, that's a remarkable achievement that has only happened one other time in league history (2001, when Tim Raines and Tim Raines, Jr. did the same).
Here's a video put together by the Mariners giving proper context to that fateful day back in 1990:
Not only did the simple fact that they played in the same game warrant accolades, but the Griffeys picked up back-to-back singles as well. Talk about making it count!
MLB.com's Clair also mentions that Jr. and Sr. hit back-to-back home runs later in the month, making their time shared with the Mariners even more noteworthy.
August 31 owns a special place in MLB history, as this father/son moment is something that could very well not happen again in the future.

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A new U.S. Army vehicle production facility will have its grand opening on Tuesday in Concord. The facility will be run by a subsidiary of General Motors called GM Defense LLC.
Several U.S. Senators including Thom Tillis, Richard Burr, Richard Hudson, and Ted Budd are scheduled to attend the opening.
The facility will produce Infantry Squad Vehicles known as ISV for the U.S. Army. These vehicles, based on the Chevy Colorado truck, are able to transport nine soldiers at a time. They are described as being agile and easy to transport- fitting inside of a CH-47 helicopter.
What an honor it is to have this facility nearby!


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The Zen 100 from Dovre is a highly advanced inset cassette fire designed to burn wood extremely efficiently. A modern alternative to a free-standing wood burner, the Zen 100 can be fitted into a chimney breast raised up so that the flames are at a perfect eye level for you to enjoy whilst seated.
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Instagram on Tuesday launched a product designed to directly take on emerging rival Snapchat. The product, called "Stories" appears directly inside Instagram's app.
Snapchat, which was recently valued at $22.7 billion in May, is increasingly seen as a viable threat by Facebook — which owns Instagram — because of how the start-up is increasingly dominating the attention of younger users.
The social media giant tried to buy Snapchat more than three years ago for $3 billion, which CEO Evan Spiegel turned down.
That hasn't ended Facebook's attempts to imitate the company, whose app has become extraordinarily popular among young people for its ephemeral videos.
Among Facebook's efforts to imitate Snapchat include "Poke," launched in 2012, which featured disappearing chats an video -- essentially the same sort of experience. Poke didn't take off, and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg later dismissed as "a joke. "
Instagram also launched a Snapchat imitator called "Bolt" in 2014. It too was not a success, and the app was later pulled.
"Our mission has always been to capture and share the world's moments, not just the world's most beautiful moments," Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom told The New York Times. "Stories will alleviate a ton of the pressure people have to post their absolute best stuff."
Stories launches Tuesday on both iOS and Android platforms.

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The US National Aeronautics and Space Agency (Nasa) is re-examining the potential for space-based solar power (SBSP), an official of the agency told the International Space Development Conference of the (US) National Space Society, on Friday. The last time Nasa examined the SBSP concept was about 20 years ago.
The SBSP concept is to use large arrays or multiple satellites in space to collect solar energy and then beam it to Earth, where it would generate electricity. There is more than one technology option for collecting the solar energy, and it could be beamed to Earth either by lasers or microwaves.
“As the technology has evolved, the feasibility of the system has changed over time,” Nasa Office of Technology, Policy and Strategy policy analyst Nikolai Joseph told the conference, reported Space News. “This study is going to assess the degree to which Nasa should support space-based solar power.”
The new study will not seek to design a new architecture for SBSP. Rather, it will look again at existing concepts, which have been developed, refined and updated over the past two decades. It will also compare them with Earth-based power generation systems. The policy and implementation obstacles to the implementation of SBSP will also be studied, as will public perceptions and concerns about SBSP (for example, how would the power transmitting laser or microwave beams affect birds that flew through them?). And the costs of such systems will also be examined.
“It’s going to be a lot of money, but money is not the only driver here. If the number is huge and staggering, that might be OK,” he said. “The elephant in the room is launch costs, and launch has become significantly more accessible. That completely changes the way we look at this.”
There have also been advances in other important and relevant technology areas. These include electronics, materials, solar panels and thermal systems.
Nasa is by no means leading the way on this issue. The European Space Agency held a workshop (attended by Nasa) on SBSP in December. And the British government launched a study into SBSP last year.
Joseph expressed the view that the study would be valuable, even if it concluded that SBSP was simply not feasible. “It’s a wonderful strawman for understanding how we attack big problems like this. It’s also a great way to look at how you build policy around big projects. I feel there’s something of an obligation within Nasa to look at this, because it’s been around for so long and this idea hasn’t been destroyed yet. It’s persisted.”


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So I like to think that I'm pretty smart. I have a college degree and even a master's degree.
Well during my first gluten free food trial (which last 3 weeks) I ended up eating something pretty often that wasn't actually gluten free.
French fries. Yup you got it. One of my favorite foods.
I thought going gluten free would be bearable since I could still eat french fries. Or so I thought.
Some french fries are safe. As long as they are not coated in a flour like powder to help make them crispy and as long as they are not cooked in the same oil as other foods that are not gluten free.
Well I ate french fries at work. Many times.
Not sure why I didn't think about the fact that they were cooked in the same oil as the onion rings, chicken fingers and other gluten foods that sat right next to the fries.
Yup not my smartest moments.
So maybe the reason I didn't feel any different was b/c I wasn't totally gluten free?
Maybe not. But I need to know for sure.
So on Sunday I began a gluten free food trial. . . again!
This time I will be much more careful. I will stick to foods that are for sure gluten free.
Fruit, veggies, salads, chicken, almonds, Luna bars (the gluten free ones), cheese, Chex cereal, white rice and black beans, Skittles, corn chips and salsa, and just to treat myself I'll be sure to treat myself to some "safe" french fries.
I'm mostly wondering if I will feel less exhausted on a gluten free diet. Fatigue comes with MS. And fatigue can come from gluten intolerance. So who knows. I know I am tired all.of.the.time. I'm tired of being tired.
So it is worth trying again (for real this time) just to be sure.
And the good news is I did manage to lose a few pounds the last time. So maybe I'll lose a few more which wouldn't be such a bad thing.
Are you gluten free? And good recipes to share?
What are your favorite gluten free foods?

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Move people not cars.
If a single lane can accommodate 350 to 550 cars per hour, as Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam says, that’s 700 to 1,100 people per hour, assuming two in each car. The same lane could can carry 14,000 cyclists or 19,000 pedestrians each hour based on a standard 3.5 metre-wide city street. That’s a lot more potential customers for business owners while creating a nicer streetscape for all.
The famous Times Square in New York City is now a permanent pedestrian mall. Why not Toronto’s Yonge Street?
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We illustrate patterns of spatial diffusion and churn with unprecedented detail by using data of the full life-cycle of a social media website. We provide empirical evidence of non-trivial problems in spatial diffusion modeling, such as the role of local network structure, settlement size, and geographical distance, which set the directions for correcting the models.
These results lead to a novel understanding of collective behaviour of adopting new online products and on the spatial aspects of how churn becomes collective at the end of their life cycle.
In this paper, we analyze a unique dataset compiled from an online social network (OSN) from Hungary that covers the full life cycle of the OSN. Because the OSN preceded Facebook and became the most visited website in the country by mid 2000s, we look at when geo-located individual users registered profiles and when they logged in for the last time. The dataset enables us to investigate spatial diffusion and churn from a social network perspective in unprecedented detail.
We make important empirical observations regarding the adoption and churn dynamics in the first part of our exercise. Fitting differential equation models to cumulative distribution functions (CDF) of adoption and churn, we analyze the local features of these dynamics by using statistical methods. In the next step, we show that churn happened early in those towns that adopt the OSN early.
We find that diffusion took place across large distances in the early stages of the life-cycle and became more and more local over time.
We also find that users churn, when half of their nearby friends have already churned but distant friends are still active. This latter finding implies that cascades of churn are local phenomena, in which users are more likely to follow spatially close friends than distant ones.
The spatial aspects of an agent-based social contagion model are tested on our network in the second part of the paper. The model describes global diffusion dynamics better than a differential equation model. However, we find that the predictions on when adoption peaks in specific locations fail in the majority of towns and the time range between early and late predictions is quite wide.
By looking at various characteristics of local networks, we illustrate that prediction is late in large towns, where early adopters are only loosely connected to late adopters.
In contrast, prediction is early in small towns where the density and transitivity of the local network are high. Further, we demonstrate that urban scaling of early adopters differs across reality and the model.
Finally, contagion in the early stage of the life cycle occurs easier between two distant locations in reality than in the model. These latter two notions emphasize the nontrivial problems we have to face when correcting spatial diffusion models because, as said, the spatial distribution of early adopters is the main unknown.


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Alongside the Iced VoVo and the Monte Carlo, melting moments are among Australia’s best-loved biscuits. They represent tradition and home cooking, making Melting Moments an apt title for this charming novel.
Anna Goldsworthy tells the story of Ruby’s life from her point of view using a matter-of-fact style. Ruby was born around 1925 and married her boyfriend Arthur in haste during the Second World War, not because she was pregnant but because Arthur wanted her to have the benefit of the pension should he get killed while on active duty. Arthur survived the war, as did his marriage to Ruby.
Goldsworthy has captured the mores of the period after the Second World War to perfection, depicting Ruby as a person who ‘has always got on with the requirements of being a woman… She has cooked and baked and cleaned and laundered and darned and sewn and knitted and gardened’. She has raised two children and given a home to her mother-in-law. But this novel is not a paean to the tradwives movement – rather, it is a sensitive and insightful account of a middle-class woman living in the suburbia of her time. She is neither saint nor villain, just human. Naturally for the time, Arthur features in Ruby’s life as the acknowledged master of the household although Ruby is the power behind the throne, a talent for subtle manipulation being among her strengths.
While this is a serious work, there are some welcome touches of humour at dramatic moments, including an unwelcome travelling companion who unintentionally invokes Ruby’s husband by complaining of ‘Arthur Rightus’, and a daughter whose straying husband says they have different interests. ‘And he’s right’, she responds. ‘I have no interest in his secretary.’
For a novel that covers most of a person’s life, Melting Moments is relatively short. Goldsworthy has managed to do that by recounting some episodes in Ruby’s life in detail and omitting periods of years between episodes. The plot is structured in a way that allows the reader to infer what may have happened in the gaps. For instance, there is not much detailed narrative about the early life of Ruby’s daughter, Eva. We learn ‘the baby comes along’ and then later that ‘Eva starts at the local school’ and later still that ‘Eva is offered a scholarship’. This is done well enough that the intervening years seem like a half-forgotten memory. Even so, one could wish that more of the gaps had been filled in.
Goldsworthy has presented in Ruby and her family, friends and acquaintances a group of well-rounded characters; they are people much like those many readers will have met. Coupled with a compelling plot, Melting Moments makes for enjoyable reading as well as giving a sympathetic insight into a superseded culture. Nature leaves us some choices but not the selection of our ancestors. If we could, most of us would like to have someone like Ruby among our forebears or in our extended family.
4 stars out of 5 ★★★★☆
Melting Moments by Anna Goldsworthy
Publisher: Black Inc.
Categories: Fiction, Australian
Release Date: 3 March 2020


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Author: Karl Ludvigsen
Publisher: Evro Publishing
Winner of the Michael Sedgwick Award 2018. Presented by the Society Of Automotive Historians in Britain for the best motoring book in the English language demonstrating excellence in research and writing, published in the previous 12 months.
2018 review by James Loveridge.
For much of the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s the World Land Speed Record was held by British drivers in British cars and that predominance was in large measure down to an extremely gifted Motor Engineer, Reid Anthony Railton (1895 – 1977).
Railton’s life and achievements are now the subject of a magisterial two-volume book entitled “Reid Railton, Man of Speed” (ISBN 978-1910505250) by SAHB member Karl Ludvigsen, published by Evro Publishing in a slipcase and available at £150.
The story gains immeasurable depth from the close involvement of Railton’s daughter, Sally, who was able to provide a good deal of background information on family history and truly personal details of this quite amazing man. His achievements are all the more remarkable as he suffered from some physical problems, nearly blind without his spectacles and only passing his 1915 Pilot’s Licence tests, which required good sight without glasses, by memorising the Eye chart when the examiner left the room briefly, and being a martyr to crippling migraines.
Educated at Rugby and graduating from the Victoria University of Manchester, now part of the University of Manchester, he entered the Motor business by taking a short apprenticeship with Leyland Motors. There he met Parry Thomas and so started his involvement with high-powered, very fast vehicles in the form of the Leyland Eight.
After WW1, in which Railton was deemed unfit to fly though he did serve in the RNVR for a period, Thomas left Leyland to concentrate on racing cars and on “Babs” with which he set a Land Speed Record. Reid also left and he and a friend did create and sell a handful of very sporty cars, the Arab. When Thomas was killed at Pendine his works at Brooklands were re-named Thompson and Taylor and they needed a good engineer. Railton was asked to join them and so started his very successful association at the forefront of British motor sport.
Railton worked closely with Sir Malcolm Campbell on Bluebird cars 111, 1V and V as well as his similarly named Water Speed Record Boat and with Goldie Gardner on his indecently fast MGs. However, perhaps his most famous achievement is the collaboration with John Cobb on the Railton Mobil Special, all of which Railton designed, as well as his ill-fated “Crusader” boat. Another of his projects, still in full working order, is the Napier Railton, which currently delights, and deafens, visitors to Brooklands. Railton’s versatility is shown by his many other activities such as the design of the immortal Brooklands Riley, the V12 Daimler which fans of Dorothy L Sayers will recall was the car favoured by Lord Peter Wimsey, a major role in the design of the ERA and the Hudson-engined Railton Specials. He worked on these latter cars with Lance Macklin and during WW2 continued that association with the very significant fast Naval “Fairmile” boats.
Living in the USA from 1939 after the war he continued to be involved in engineering, particularly with the Hudson Motor company and with various High Speed boats including some input into Donald Campbell’s Bluebird.
The book is lavishly illustrated to a very high standard and each of Railton’s activities, put into the context of the time, is comprehensively covered in the 842 pages of the book.
This title has now won no less than 5 awards. Its fifth award is the Nicholas-Joseph Cugnot Award (English) 2019 by the Society of Automotive Historians, the premier US-based organisation in its field. The other US award was Best Automotive Heritage Book 2019 presented by the Automotive Heritage Awards. In the UK the book has been awarded the Mercedes-Benz Montagu of Beaulieu Trophy 2018 presented by the Guild of Motoring Writers, the Royal Automobile Club’s Specialist Motoring Book of the Year 2018, and the Michael Sedgwick Award 2018 (sponsored by the Michael Sedgwick Memorial Trust) presented by Society of Automotive Historians in Britain.
In addition to the initial financial support from the MSMT, the author also received the 2018 Michael Sedgwick Award for this book. The award, presented annually to the best book on a motoring subject, is decided by an independent committee, organised by the Society of Automotive Historians in Britain and includes a £250 cheque from the MSMT.
842 pages, 2 hardback volumes in slipcase. This book is available from Evro Publishing


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I went to bed contemplating the words of Daniel Ellsberg on Lateline appealing to those in the defence establishment to come out and tell the truth about the military disaster in Iraq.
I woke this morning to the BBC reporting that the head of the British Army believed the presence of UK armed forces in Iraq “exacerbates the security problems”. It seemed that the wish of the famous whistleblower from the Pentagon had been granted.
No-one will be more pleased than Labor leader Kim Beazley. Pulling Australian troops out of Iraq is a rare example of the Opposition daring to take a different line on foreign policy to Bush booster John Howard. Yesterday Mr Beazley put the case for quitting Iraq strongly in a door stop interview:
The Labor Party has always said this about Iraq: It will not make Australia safer and it has not made Australia safer. Because of the Government’s mistakes in Iraq, we are a less safe country than we would have been otherwise … Now we will withdraw the Australian forces now operating in Southern Iraq, on our election to Office … They should never have been there and they should come out now. And by keeping them there and by putting them there, John Howard made our nation less safe.
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It could have been Sir Richard Dannatt, Chief of the UK General Staff, talking. Sir Richard, who took on his role in August, was quoted as saying that the British should “get out some time soon”. Planning for what happened after the initial successful war military offensive was “poor, probably based more on optimism than sound planning”.
Sir Richard had these other strident criticisms of the Iraq war policy to make in an interview with The Daily Mail:
I don’t say that the difficulties we are experiencing round the world are caused by our presence in Iraq but undoubtedly our presence in Iraq exacerbates them… We are in a Muslim country and Muslims’ views of foreigners in their country are quite clear. As a foreigner, you can be welcomed by being invited in a country, but we weren’t invited certainly by those in Iraq at the time… Whatever consent we may have had in the first place, may have turned to tolerance and has largely turned to intolerance.
In his Lateline interview Daniel Ellsberg, whose release of the Pentagon Papers helped change public attitudes to the Vietnam War, claimed the Iraq was based on lies and those who knew the truth should come out and publicly expose them.
People in the know “have a choice”, he said. “They have a responsibility. If they choose to be silent as the public is lied to, they’re responsible for that and for all the deaths that follow. They’re fully complicit in the wrongful war and Iraq was a wrongful war and indeed Vietnam was a wrongful war and we share — we don’t have only on ourselves — but we share the responsibility of those deaths to a very great extent”.


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DreamWorks have released the first trailer for the Need for Speed movie.
How to Train Your Dragon: Gift of the Night Fury
DreamWorks have released a 22 minute animated spin-off of How to Train Your Dragon, called Gift of the Night Fury.
Moonshine : Artists After Dark
This short documentary gives you a sneak peek into the personal works of artists from Dreamworks.