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Non-fungible tokens (NFTs) have taken a grip on the world over the last year. It seems like nowadays everybody’s minting or buying an NFT of their own. The industry is also finding ways to tap into new demographics. Networks like Axie Infinity (CCC:AXS-USD) are doing well to attract a gamer demographic to blockchain technology. And with today’s news, investors are seeking out Axie Infinity price predictions to see how high the NFT play can go.
Axie Infinity is a game in which players can train and fight with creatures called Axies. These Axies are NFTs, meaning each one is unique to its owner. Additionally, the NFTs vary in rarity and can be made more rare by “breeding” them together to mint new tokens. Think of it as a blockchain version of Pokémon.
Moreover, the network presents an opportunity for its users to generate crypto while playing their game. Users earn a token called Smooth Love Potion (CCC:SLP-USD) in lieu of experience points. SLP is a real token that can be bought and sold for real profits, presenting one of the most entertaining ways to generate passive income.
Axie Infinity Price Predictions Soar on Record High
Axie is drawing big interest from investors today thanks to its airdrop and staking announcement. Just last week, Axie developers airdropped 800,000 AXS tokens to community members, an act worth over $60 million. And today, the network is announcing that 12 million AXS have been staked by holders. Of course, that’s quite the milestone for the relatively new network.
The announcement and the airdrop are combining to create a bullish week for AXS holders. Indeed, transaction volume today is up 244% over the average daily volume for the token. The momentum carried the token to a new all-time high this morning as well. AXS posted a price of $155.08 before faltering. Still, the token stands at a 33% gain on the morning.
Investors are wondering just where the AXS token might be headed with such buzz to its name. Let’s take a look at some Axie Infinity price predictions and see what analysts are thinking:
- WalletInvestor thinks AXS is on the cutting edge of a very lucrative space, judging by its 12-month prediction for the token. By October of 2022, the outlet sees AXS hitting $386.42.
- Gov Capital is on the opposite side of the spectrum completely, posting a bearish 12-month price target. The outlet is eyeing a $124.22 value for Axie Infinity come next October.
- Finishing out 2021, the Economy Forecast Agency says Axie Infinity will climb to a high of $177. By next October, the outlet thinks AXS can push through $250.
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Why did the Anti-Federalists lose?Asked by: Lucie VonRueden | Last update: June 28, 2022
Score: 5/5 (57 votes)
Congress didn't have the power to tax, or to regulate foreign and interstate commerce. There was no executive branch to enforce any acts passed by Congress. There was no national court system. Amendments to the Articles of Confederation required a unanimous vote.
Why did the Federalists win over the Anti-Federalists?
They wanted guaranteed protection for certain basic liberties, such as freedom of speech and trial by jury. A Bill of Rights was added in 1791. In part to gain the support of the Anti-Federalists, the Federalists promised to add a bill of rights if the Anti-Federalists would vote for the Constitution.
What did the Anti-Federalists get wrong?
The Anti-Federalists opposed the ratification of the 1787 U.S. Constitution because they feared that the new national government would be too powerful and thus threaten individual liberties, given the absence of a bill of rights.
Why did the Federalist Party lose?
Ignoring ideological consistency and a traditional commitment to strong national power, they opposed Jefferson's popular Louisiana Purchase of 1803 as too costly and threatening to northern influence in government. Largely as a result, the party continued to lose power at the national level.
Did Anti-Federalists support slavery?
Northern Anti-Federalists criticized the three-fifths compromise and the temporary continuation of the slave trade. Southern Anti-Federalists like Patrick Henry warned their constituents that a more potent national government with a northern majority might abolish slavery altogether.
Constitutional Convention: Federalists v. Anti-Federalists
What did Anti-Federalists want?
Many Anti-Federalists preferred a weak central government because they equated a strong government with British tyranny. Others wanted to encourage democracy and feared a strong government that would be dominated by the wealthy. They felt that the states were giving up too much power to the new federal government.
What was a major concern for the group known as the Anti-Federalists?
The anti-Federalists and their opposition to ratifying the Constitution were a powerful force in the origin of the Bill of Rights to protect Amercians' civil liberties. The anti-Federalists were chiefly concerned with too much power invested in the national government at the expense of states.
What were the major disagreements between the Federalists and the Anti-Federalists?
Those who supported the Constitution and a stronger national republic were known as Federalists. Those who opposed the ratification of the Constitution in favor of small localized government were known as Anti-Federalists.
What did Anti-Federalists fear would happen if the Constitution became law?
What did Anti-Federalists fear would happen if the Constitution became law? Congress would have too much power over states. it was impossible to separate government into equal branches.
Which of the following was a final victory for the Anti-Federalists?
Although Massachusetts was now safely in the Federalist column, the recommendation of a bill of rights was a significant victory for the anti-Federalists. Six of the remaining states later appended similar recommendations.
Which reasons below explain why the Anti-Federalists objected to the Constitution quizlet?
People opposed to the ratification of the Constitution were called the Anti-Federalists. They were concerned that the Constitution gave too much power to the national government at the expense of the state governments.
Why did the Anti-Federalists insist on a bill of rights?
Antifederalists responded that a bill of rights was needed to protect such basic liberties as freedom of speech and religion. Unless these rights were spelled out, they could be too easily ignored or denied by the government.
Did the Anti-Federalists want a bill of rights?
Antifederalists argued that a bill of rights was necessary because, the supremacy clause in combination with the necessary and proper and general welfare clauses would allow implied powers that could endanger rights. Federalists rejected the proposition that a bill of rights was needed.
What kind of government did Anti-Federalists want to develop?
Both the Antifederalists and the Federalists wanted a limited government. Match the following features to either the Articles of Confederation or the Declaration of Independence. How did the Constitution differ from the Articles of Confederation?
How did the Anti-Federalists differ from the Federalists?
Some states wanted a strong, central government. The citizens that shared this idea were called Federalists. The citizens that opposed the idea of one principal government were the Antifederalists, who supported the idea of small, state governments.
What was the greatest fear of the Anti-Federalists during the Constitutional Convention and subsequent debate?
What was the greatest fear of Anti-Federalists during the constitutional convention and subsequent debate? that a strong national government would infringe on the essential liberties of the people.
Do you think the Federalists or the Anti-Federalists had the more valid arguments?
Even though the Antifederalists had a strong argument with there list of reasons possible abuses of powers and Letters from the Federal Farmer, I believe that the Federalists had a more valid argument. This can be seen by the amount of support they receive from highly respected individuals at this time and others.
What did the Anti-Federalists want added to the Constitution?
To accommodate Anti-Federalist concerns of excessive federal power, the Bill of Rights also reserves any power that is not given to the federal government to the states and to the people. Since its adoption, the Bill of Rights has become the most important part of the Constitution for most Americans.
What did Anti-Federalists argue quizlet?
The Anti-Federalists argued that the new Constitution would destroy the liberties won in the American Revolution. They believed the new Constitution would create a national government so powerful that it would ignore the rights of the states.
What is not true about the Anti-Federalists?
Anti-Federalists saw centralized national authority as subversive of American freedom; Federalists did not. Q. Which is not true of Anti-Federalists? They opposed the Constitution because it lacked a Bill of Rights.
Is George Washington a Federalist?
Although Washington made few direct contributions to the text of the new Constitution and never officially joined the Federalist Party, he profoundly supported the philosophy behind the Constitution and was an ardent supporter of its ratification.
Did the Anti-Federalists want checks and balances?
The Constitutional Convention prompted the emergence of two groups—the Federalists and the Anti- Federalists. Both groups wanted to have checks on the power of the government, however they did not agree on how to do so.
Who were the Anti-Federalists '?
The Antifederalists were a diverse coalition of people who opposed ratification of the Constitution. Although less well organized than the Federalists, they also had an impressive group of leaders who were especially prominent in state politics.
Why did the Anti-Federalists insist that the Bill of Rights be added to the Constitution quizlet?
Anti-Federalists feared that without a bill of rights the Constitution would not protect the rights of the people or of the states, making their federal government too powerful.
What were some arguments the Anti-Federalists made against the Constitution quizlet?
3. What arguments did the anti-federalists make against ratifying the Constitution? A argument there were three basic issues, whether the Constitution would maintain the republican government, the national government would have too much power, and the bill of rights was needed in the Constitution.

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While there many advancements all over, for the price-sensitive customers, the launch gives special reasons to celebrate.
First, the Skylake processors bring 4K UHD display support at a silicon price of just $64 (Rs 4,200). This was unthinkable earlier, as 4K support required you to buy an entry-level Core i3 processor that cost $120, or nearly twice as much.
The chip responsible for this is the dual-core Pentium G4400, with a box price of $64 and a thermal envelope (max power consumption) of 47 watt. In fact, even in the power consumption department, the Pentium G4400 is an advancement, as the entry-level Core i3 used to have a thermal envelope of 54 watts.
The good news doesn’t end there for price-sensitive customers.
If desktop is not your thing and you have your focus on a tablet or laptop, here too, there are some substantial advancements.
The biggest advancement is that Intel is bringing its Core M or Y series technology to the Pentium label. And what does that mean? Of course, lower prices.
The last time it had introduced such a chip was back in 2013, when it had the Pentium 3560Y. However, that chip was seriously underpowered, scoring only 30% above the current batch of Airmont (Braswell) cores in single-core performance.
And let’s face it, Intel’s Braswell chips do not exactly blow you away with their performance.
Intel launched a number of Braswell/Airmont based Pentium chips in the beginning of this year intended for laptops and desktops with thermal envelopes of 7.5 watts.
However, these chips (identified with an ‘N’ at the beginning of their model number) cannot be used for general purpose computing due to their poor performance, scoring only 1000 in Geekbench single-core results. These days, even high-end mobile processors (Kirin 950) score double that.
However, the newly launched Pentium 4405Y processor with Skylake Core m technology should double the power of Intel chips meant for cheap tablets and laptops even as it lowers power consumption.
The new Pentium 4405Y comes with a power envelope of just 6 watts and should score about 2,000 Geekbench points on a single core, going by the performance of other Skylake Core m parts unveiled today. That is double the power of Intel’s existing offerings for low-priced laptops and two-in-one convertibles and tablets.
Though the Pentium 4405Y would also have made a nice efficient desktop processor, it unlikely to be available in retail. However, watch out for NUCs and mini-computers with the chip built in soon.
For NUCs and mini-PCs, Intel has also unveiled the ‘U’ version of the chip with Core m technology — Pentium 4405U, which scores about 2200 on Geekbench (single core). The main difference between the 4405Y and the 4405U is not in power, but in power consumption and price.
While both have similar levels of power, the 4405U will be considerably cheaper as it consumes 15 watts at peak compared to 6 watts for 4405Y. However like Pentium 4405Y, 4405U will also only be available to OEMs.
We expect the 4405U to be priced at about $130 and the 4405Y to be priced around $180, excluding partner discounts.
On the other hand, Y series chips that are tagged Core m (m3, m5 and m7 to be precise) will cost between $200 and $300 depending on the exact branding).
So, expect NUCs and cheap laptops and convertibles built with the Pentium 4405Y to have a starting price of just around $280 or about Rs 20,000 in India. In comparison, you get only models with Braswell series chips or AMD processors at that price in India now.
|Core i3-6100 (3M, 3.70 GHz)||2||47 W||530||N/A|
|Core i3-6100H (3M, 2.70 GHz)||2||35 W||530||N/A|
|Core i3-6100T (3M, 3.20 GHz)||2||35 W||530||BOX : $117|
|Core i3-6100U (3M, 2.30 GHz)||2||15 W||520||N/A|
|Core i3-6300 (4M, 3.80 GHz)||2||47 W||530||BOX : $147|
|Core i3-6300T (4M, 3.30 GHz)||2||35 W||530||BOX : $147|
|Core i3-6320 (4M, 3.40 GHz)||2||47 W||530||BOX : $157|
|Core i5-6200U (3M, 2.80 GHz)||2||15 W||520||N/A|
|Core i5-6300HQ (6M, 3.20 GHz)||4||45 W||530||N/A|
|Core i5-6300U (3M, 3 GHz)||2||15 W||520||N/A|
|Core i5-6400 (6M, 3.30 GHz)||4||65 W||530||BOX : $187|
|Core i5-6400T (6M, 2.80 GHz)||4||35 W||530||TRAY: $182|
|Core i5-6440HQ (6M, 3.50 GHz)||4||45 W||530||N/A|
|Core i5-6500 (6M, 3.60 GHz)||4||65 W||530||BOX : $202, TRAY: $192|
|Core i5-6500T (6M, 3.10 GHz)||4||35 W||530||TRAY: $192|
|Core i5-6600 (6M, 3.90 GHz)||4||65 W||530||BOX : $224, TRAY: $213|
|Core i5-6600K (6M, 3.90 GHz)||4||91 W||530||BOX : $243, TRAY: $242|
|Core i5-6600T (6M, 3.50 GHz)||4||35 W||530||TRAY: $213|
|Core i7-6500U (4M, 3.10 GHz)||2||15 W||520||N/A|
|Core i7-6600U (4M, 3.40 GHz)||2||15 W||520||N/A|
|Core i7-6650U (4M, 3.40 GHz)||2||15 W||N/A|
|Core i7-6700 (8M, 4 GHz)||4||65 W||530||TRAY: $303, BOX : $312|
|Core i7-6700HQ (6M, 3.50 GHz)||4||45 W||530||N/A|
|Core i7-6700K (8M, up to 4.20 GHz)||4||91 W||530||BOX : $350, TRAY: $339|
|Core i7-6700T (8M, 3.60 GHz)||4||35 W||530||TRAY: $303|
|Core i7-6820HK (8M, 3.60 GHz)||4||45 W||530||N/A|
|Core i7-6820HQ (8M, 3.60 GHz)||4||45 W||530||N/A|
|Core i7-6920HQ (8M, 3.80 GHz)||4||45 W||530||N/A|
|Core m3-6Y30 (4M, 2.20 GHz)||2||4.5 W||515||N/A|
|Core m5-6Y54 Processor (4M, 2.70 GHz)||2||4.5 W||515||N/A|
|Core m5-6Y57 (4M, 2.80 GHz)||2||4.5 W||515||N/A|
|Core m7-6Y75 (4M, 3.10 GHz)||2||4.5 W||515||N/A|
|Pentium 4405U (2M, 2.10 GHz)||2||15 W||510||N/A|
|Pentium 4405Y (2M, 1.50 GHz)||2||6 W||510||N/A|
|Pentium G4400 (3M, 3.30 GHz)||2||47 W||510||BOX : $64|
|Pentium G4400T (3M, 2.90 GHz)||2||35 W||510||N/A|
|Pentium G4500 (3M, 3.50 GHz)||2||47 W||530||BOX : $82|
|Pentium G4500T (3M, 3 GHz)||2||35 W||530||N/A|
|Pentium G4520 (3M Cache, 3.60 GHz)||2||47 W||530||BOX : $93|
|Xeon E3-1505M v5 (8M, 2.80 GHz)||4||45 W||P530||N/A|
|Xeon E3-1535M v5 (8M, 2.90 GHz)||4||45 W||P530||N/A|


All vessels less than 13 metres in length are banned from putting to sea during the period, Mr Nachapong said plainly in an order issued yesterday (May 8).
All boat operators must strictly follow all order by authorities during the period, he added.
“The Meteorological Department has issued an announcement on the low pressure cell covering the lower Bay of Bengal, which is likely to intensify into a tropical cyclone,” Mr Nachapong explained.
“It is expected to move through the central Bay of Bengal and the upper Andaman Sea. After that, it will move closer to the coast of Myanmar.
“As a result, the southwestern monsoon that blows moisture from the Andaman Sea to cover Thailand is stronger. Such characteristics will cause continuous rain and some heavy to very heavy rain in Thailand during May 11-14,” Mr Nachapong continued.
“Wind waves in the Andaman Sea are getting stronger. The upper Andaman Sea will have waves 2-4 meters high and more than 4 meters in thunderstorm areas, while in the lower Andaman Sea the waves will be about 2 meters high and more than 2 meters in thunderstorm areas,” he warned.
“Therefore, we have issued a warning notice and requested that all ships in the Andaman Sea sail with caution and avoid the risk of sailing in thunderstorm areas.
“Small boats in the upper Andaman Sea should refrain from leaving the shore during the said days, and we ask the public to closely follow announcements from the Meteorological Department in order to comply with the safety measures in navigation,” Mr Nachapong said.
“In addition, the Phuket Regional Harbor Office is emphasising that the ship’s master and the ship’s commander increase caution when at sea, and avoid sailing far from shore and in areas prone to thunderstorms.
“Small boats in the sea in the area of Phuket. with a length of less than 13 meters are not to leave shore to the open sea during May 11-14, and all boat controllers must check the readiness of the hull, boat engine along with providing tools and safety equipment for the ship.
“Life-saving equipment, life vests, fire-fighting equipment and communication devices must be readily available and ship captains must assess the weather along their sea route and keep track of the news and alerts from the Meteorological Department and government agencies that are closely related and strictly follow the instructions of the supervisor and officials for safety,” Mr Nachapong concluded.
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Industrial Telemetry Network Design and Implementation
Telemetry allows industrial companies to monitor their equipment and manage their jobs from a distance, allowing them to analyse data and make necessary changes to run projects more competently. It can be used for heavy equipment, formwork, piling and dewatering; and data that was previously inaccessible is now easy to access and manage.
Companies across Australia, including big corporations like BHP and Rio Tinto, are taking full advantage of this wireless system for various products and services. Radios and other wireless devices such as cellular modems and LoRaWAN transceivers are being applied to allow data management for remote monitoring, gauging flow rates, location tracking, and heavy equipment maintenance, among many others.
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Despite the elevated risk of heart disease associated with HIV, only about a third of those at a major St. Louis HIV clinic who were indicated for use of a cholesterol-lowering statin medication were actually receiving one, the National AIDS Treatment Advocacy Project (NATAP) reports.
This study of January to December 2015 medical records of 1,085 HIV-positive people 40 or older was presented at the IDWeek 2017 conference in San Diego. It follows a study that reached similar findings about low statin use at a Chicago HIV clinic.
The researchers examined statin use according to 2013 guidelines from the American College of Cardiology and the American Heart Association (ACC/AHA). They divided the members of the St. Louis study cohort into four risk categories according to those with:
- Clinical atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD, the buildup of fats, cholesterol and other substances in and on the walls of arteries)
- LDL cholesterol of 190 or greater
- Diabetes and LDL of 70 to 189 with diabetes but without ASCVD who were 40 to 75 years old
- LDL of 70 to 189 without ASCVD or diabetes who had a 10-year estimated risk of developing ASCVD of 7.5 percent or greater and who were 40 to 75 years old.
The cohort members were 62 years old on average. Sixty-eight percent were Black, 31 percent were white and 71 percent were men. Forty-five percent were smokers. Ninety-eight percent were on antiretrovirals (ARVs) and 86 percent had a fully suppressed viral load. Fifty-six percent had high blood pressure, 16 percent had diabetes, 9 percent had chronic kidney disease and 5 percent had coronary artery disease.
Of 449 individuals who were indicated for a statin according to ACA/AHA guidelines, 289 (64 percent) were not on one. The proportions not taking a statin in each of the four risk categories were: group 1) 78 of 121 people (64 percent); group 2) five of nine (56 percent); group 3) 55 of 107 (51 percent); and group 4) 151 of 213 (71 percent). The proportion of those on statins in each of the four risk groups who were taking low-dose statins were a respective 56 percent, 25 percent, 63 percent and 64 percent.
Those with a higher CD4 count and those with an undetectable viral load were more likely to be on a statin. The average CD4 count among those on a statin was 630, compared with 537 among those not on a statin. A respective 93 percent and 88 percent of those on and off a statin had an undetectable viral load.
To read the NATAP report, click here.

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I have been interested in using image-generation tools in a limited way. Basically, I’ve been incorporating them into the workflow. This means we start with ideas, images that we’ve made ourselves, or carvings that Geo has made. Then, uploading the images as a baseline source for the A.I. generator to use, we add text prompts to encourage various modifications. In this way we use our own images in the A.I. system and calibrate them using the wording we input. Obviously, since the models have been trained on images borrowed from the wider world, we’re viewing this as a limited experiment, but I think it’s worth it.
Here’s a sequence of explorations that we’ve done with imagery of the acanthus and my own artwork: first, I used some wording from Geo in the Dream by WOMBO A.I. app, then I loosely drew over the generated images. After making a various edits and selecting one of the versions that I’d drawn, I sent a copy to Geo, who used it as a basis for his carving.
The image above, Living Carve, was built by using words of Geo Weissler in Midjourney, then modified digitally in Procreate on my iPad. I took that result, printed it on a large format Epson printer using Epson Enhanced Matte paper. I then used colored pencils and gouache to develop the image and enhance the richness of color and depth of surface. Below you can see a shot of the piece framed. You can see some of the surface treatment, the sense of the material accumulating to present the image. I like the chiaroscuro and quality of light. There is a subtle feeling of trompe l’oeil to this piece, which is something I’ve only tried to do a few times before. I may try a composition like this once again. If you’d like to inquire about work like this, visit me on Instagram.
I’ve known Michelle for many years now. She’s been a central part of the local art community for all of that time, and a dedicated student of painting as well. Beyond this, Michelle is someone who always has a kind word, and her encouraging, affirming presence is something everyone in our town knows about.
She also used to be my friend Mike, who I drew for this series here. Obviously, I will not try to tell Michelle’s story. It’s not mine to communicate. But I did think it would be appropriate to place a new portrait here in the Becoming the Student group.
Since I’m an educator, I’m sure you can imagine that I come into contact with many LGTBQ+ folx. Particularly in the last decade I’ve worked with trans people in a few different contexts, but most often in the graduate program where I teach. Just like anyone else who is human, the trans people I’ve known have exhibited a wide range of personality and affect.
Everyone comes with their own traumas and triumphs, their own unique inflection on life. And the fact is that simply being human is hard. People have to come to an understanding of themselves for themselves, and my primary obligation to those around me is to be kind. While that strategy hasn’t always worked, I think it’s an important guideline. And it’s framed the way I teach and the way I interact with people. It’s not up to me to define anyone else; it’s up to me to be kind and helpful.
(That’s central to how I see education. My teaching philosophy includes the concepts of “facilitation, encouragement, and tact.” It’s important for my interactions with people – especially students – to function as opportunities to support and enliven them. I want to aid their ability to understand themselves and help them develop strategies for building creative points of contact. Art – or really any form of communication – is worthless if it doesn’t offer access points for others.)
So, I offer up this new portrait of Michelle in celebration of her humanity and her winsome, joyful presence in our community. I did interview her for this entry in the Becoming the Student series, but I have decided to let that conversation stay just between the two of us. There are as many ways of being human as there are humans experiencing being.
…all is transformed, all is sacred, every room is the center of the world, it’s still the first night, and the first day, the world is born when two people kiss, a drop of light from transparent juices, the room cracks half-open like a fruit or explodes in silence like a star, and the laws chewed away by the rats, the iron bars of the banks and jails, the paper bars, the barbed wire, the rubber stamps, the pricks and goads, the droning one-note sermon on war (…)
the invisible walls, the rotten masks that divide one man from another, one man from himself, they crumble for one enormous moment and we glimpse the unity that we lost, the desolation of being man, and all its glories, sharing bread and sun and death, the forgotten astonishment of being alive;
I’ve got a group of works on display at William Woods University in Fulton, Missouri. The show runs through October 6th, and I’ll be giving a talk that evening. For a preview, look below.
This is the third time I’ve shown this body of work, and I’d like to get the chance to show it again. The subject of the work – a “friendly-fire” bombing of a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Kunduz, Afghanistan. If you’d like to see more about this situation, check out my writing about it here.
I’m also pleased to have a small group of my collaborations with Joel T Dugan also on display at the gallery. These Phoneme works are some of my favorites, and there are a number of just finished works included.
A lot of people picked up a new skills and or hobbies during our collective quarantine. Some people got going with a sourdough starter. Some people began learning a new language. Others just worked on their alcoholism.
What I did was decide to watch as many Nicolas Cage movies as I could.
While I didn’t make it through his entire oeuvre, what I did do was see a good mix of older and newer movies, both good and not so good. From that exploration I’ve collected five below that I think demonstrate the recent best of Nicolas Cage. I’ll also rank them from #5 to #1.
I’ve got a lot to say about each of these films but I will constrain myself to just a few sentences, a few tasty bits of weirdness, to get you in the door. Why try to convince you? Because I really think that these are high-quality Nicolas Cage movies. You may have a sense that Nicolas Cage is not the greatest actor of his generation and, sure, there are some reasons why one might think that. He is a polarizing figure. Whether you love him or hate him, you can’t say he’s boring. I think that if you look at specific moments in the Oscar-winning actor’s career, you will see that he has moments of pure transcendence.
Given that, I’m always down for a foray into cinematic ridiculousness with him.
5) Pig (2021)
Nicholas Cage as a grimy, crazy, disaffected former-chief who goes all Fight Club in an attempt to recover his stolen truffle-sniffing pig. What more do you need? Best part: When our pig hunter shames the hell out of the hoity-toity world of fine dining.
4) Mom and Dad (2017)
This genre-bender reverses a lot of what you might expect from where you think it is headed, and that’s good. There are classic one-liners, great Cage rage sequences, and some fun camera work and editing. Best part: Selma Blair (i.e. Mom) in a great match up with Cage in a role that plays off his crazy with some crazy of her own.
3) Between Worlds (2018)
Ok, listen. This is one weird movie. It’s got an interesting sci-fi premise and would have been a much worse movie in less confident hands. Cage and veteran Franka Potente (Run Lola Run, The Borne Identity) anchor the film with seriousness and earnestness, in spite of how ridiculous parts of it are. And parts are really ridiculous. The scene where Cage’s character is being hosed down while dancing is just next level. And then there’s the scene where the character is having sex while READING A BOOK OF POETRY BY NICHOLAS CAGE. Ok? We’re getting meta here. It’s worth the watch just for the water hose thing.
2) Willy’s Wonderland (2021)
Imagine walking into an abandoned, decrepit Chuck-E-Cheese’s and being attacked by animatronic characters that have been possessed by evil forces. That’s the basic idea here. Ok, now imagine you’re Nicholas Cage AND YOU HAVE NO DIALOGUE AT ALL. No words are spoken by the star and top-billed actor in the movie. None. This movie is mostly just campy fun, but half of the tension it carries is found in waiting for and expecting words to come out of Cage’s mouth. This full-on indie project must have been someone’s labor of love that just happened to get Cage behind it. It’s so odd and off-tone in ways, yet it works. Come for the epic death blows to possessed animatronics, stay for Cage’s wordlessness.
1) Mandy (2018)
Mandy is a work of art. Italian-Canadian Director Panos Cosmatos continues in Mandy the qualities that made his epic Beyond the Black Rainbow so strange and powerful. Atmospheric space and light. Intense color. Aural compositions that influence the space and visuals. The use of chiaroscuro to force viewers to complete the dynamics of action and scenic structure. Absolutely one of the best movies I’ve seen a decade, Mandy embraces its heavy-handed narrative and unanswered questions. Yet the emotion that comes through is palpable and so important to how it remains re-watchable. Andrea Riseborough’s subtle and keenly-felt performance is a wonderful foil to the insanity mounting in Cage’s character. If you see only one movie here, see this one.
To conclude, I have to say that the movies Nicholas Cage has made in his mid to late 50s are bending toward a quirky and chaotic quality that can’t be easily dismissed. Yes, there are duds, and perhaps Cage himself is a dolt of a dude. But with roles like the ones I’ve listed above, he’s continuing to show himself to be a capable, if odd, actor more often than not.
Eric L. Sweet left us suddenly on April 6, 2015, at age 44. Sweet was a beloved member of the MU Art faculty, having worked at MU since 2012 as an Adjunct Assistant Professor, teaching Printmaking, Drawing and 2-D Design courses. He was an alumnus of the Art program, having earned both his BFA (1997) and MFA (2011) from the University of Missouri. In 2008, he received an MA in Printmaking from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Sweet was an active member of the Southern Graphics Council International and the College Art Association.
To celebrate Eric’s life and positive role as an educator, Sweet’s wife, Catherine Armbrust, established The Eric Sweet Exhibition & Speaker Series to continue passing on his gift. I have created a series of work celebrating Eric almost every Seize the Sixth, and this year is no different. I will be donating 100% of the sales of these pieces to the Fund. This program was created because he strongly believed in the importance of community accessibility to art and encouraged meaningful conversations about the state of contemporary art. Funding this annual exhibition and speaker series for the gallery is the perfect way to make contemporary work accessible to the MU and Columbia communities, and to honor this special man who made an impact on so many lives. In fact, the initial funding goal was met in 2021 and the very first iteration of The Eric Sweet Exhibition & Speaker Series took place on December 6, 2021. See the exhibition poster here.
Look over my limited series of CNC relief cuts, posted below. If you’d like one, contact me. You’ll get an icon of Eric’s life and students and community members will get to see art because of the donation I make from the sale. As Eric (and his 4th grade teacher) might say, “You don’t HAVE to, you GET to.”
I’ve made eight artworks for Seize The Sixth this year. There is one group of five CNC relief cuts that feature the classic “running devil” icon that Eric had embroidered on one of his work shirts. Below the devil is featured part of Eric’s axiom, “YOU GET TO.” It’s a proclamation of hopefulness and gratefulness. Here’s a detail of the Running Devil carving if you want to see a close up view.
How to get one?
I can take PayPal, CashApp, and Venmo (click each for a link to my info). If you’re local you can give me cash. The cost $50 each for these. Ones with text are 5.25×5.75 inches and those without text are 4.5×5.5 inches. Each piece is made on a PVC sheet and painted in gold spray paint. Each is signed and numbered. The ones with text are numbered 1 through 5 and the ones without text are numbered 1 through 3. First come, first serve. Feel free to email me if you have any questions – balloum (at) missouri (dot) edu.
Why no Sweet Audio this year?
Most of the time I’ve been able to put together a compilation of classic Sweet audio clips. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find any more usable clips this year. There’s a chance I still have some in the depths of my files, but I just couldn’t locate anything for this year. In lieu of that, please head over to SoundCloud and check out the previous years’ offerings!
On February 25, 2022, I had the privilege to meet with students and give a talk over at Missouri Valley College. It’s about an hour away from Columbia where I teach, and the talk was in support of my exhibition at the college, Digital Art: Exploration and Education. I gave a brief overview of my use of digital tools, from nearly 25 years ago through today. If you’d like to watch the talk, I’ve added in all of the visuals I used, but I also worked in supplemental videos and other support information to bring more background to the talk. Many thanks to Mary Linda Pepper Lane, Sarah Fletcher, and Mike McJilton for their hospitality and conversation during my visit.
Below are a number of the works I showed in that exhibition. Left to Right, Top to Bottom: “Young Joe,” “Cardiac ICU,” “Touched Pelvis,” “Color Figure Study,” “Hitt Street Parking Garage,” “Jesse,” “Self Portrait With Neck Girth.”
From a conversation between David Gracie and Matt Ballou on January 15, 2022 in Lincoln, NE. Editing for clarity and length.
Matt: The installation of this exhibition isn’t chronological. What was the idea? That there would be pictorial themes or color themes?
David: That’s right. It’s not chronological, but there are some pieces that are grouped together, you know? There are pictorial themes, and I think that kind of like went with the territory, with the type of painting he was doing at any particular time. So there’s landscapes, still life, portraits, and figures.
This exhibition is a little bit different because there are some older works that are kind of out of context, but I thought they were worth putting in just because of the spirit of the show. So there are two rooms of main, finished works, and then there is also the room of only unfinished work.
David: These two real highlights of his portrait painting. I love these two paintings. If I could have gotten the George Tooker portrait, it would have probably been my favorite one. I remember when I had him as a teacher, he talked about that George Tooker painting as being the best portrait he’d ever done.
I think the different conventions (landscape, portrait, still life), you know, they all kind of add up to the same type of thing. But this (show) is a result of the work that was available. And also, in some ways, this is the way he would have done it (a range of whatever was available at the time). Because, when he had shows, they would be called just, like, “NEW WORK.” And then there would be some thematic shows that the galleries would put on, like Alan Stone Gallery and those 57th street galleries that would do still life or portrait shows. Because this work is all coming from Gretchen, his widow, there are 16 portraits of his son, Rushton.
Some of these works he was doing when I was a student. He was talking about Van Gogh’s boots and that Diamond Dust Shoes essay, the Fredrick Jameson one.
Matt: I love the shadow here.
David: I love the fact that the boots can’t sit there. There’s not enough space. They poke out into our space because like that line doesn’t make room for the heels. The heels couldn’t live there.
Matt: There’s a simultaneous compression and expansion to it.
Matt: I feel like there’s like a luminous opacity in so many of these. It reminds me of some passages in Paul Fenniak’s work. There’s a sense of it being so thick but also almost phosphorescent…
David: You can see that it (Brown’s approach at times) was very much like Lennart Anderson. And then over the years, you know, he would [shift influences and interests], so he went through these different, completely different phases, you know? And he was part of a whole group of artists that were meeting together (in the 70s and 80s), the Alliance of Figurative Artists.
Matt: What’s the timeframe on making these works? Did he have them scattered around the studio and he was working on them over months and years?
David: Yeah, off and on like that. He would work on the paintings for a very long time. That’s how he worked, though; he would do forty paintings at a time. There’s a lot of on these, too.
Matt: I mean, the thickness of that! There’s so many layers of glaze… almost like it’s got the presence of light and flesh at the same time. That quality.
David: He would pile it on and then sand it off – power sand – the surfaces down. He worked in a barn, too. You can see it in the other room (featuring unfinished works), like, different stages of development. Also, on this Gillespie (portrait) in this room.
Importantly, he lived near Gillespiein Massachusetts, and he was really into Hans Holbein and Spanish still life painting. Towards the end of his life, he was really into self-portraits. He also painted a bunch of trees, like these weeping cherry trees.
When I was there (Hartford School of Art) he was the kind of guy who would get up every morning at 5:00 a.m. to play tennis. He was strapping, super energetic, and full of exuberance when I knew him. I knew him from ‘97 to 2002 and then kind of lost touch with him. Then he got sick. Some of the students he had after my time said he taught in a wheelchair.
David: Gretchen told me how sometimes she would go out to his studio and say something about a painting, like, “Oh, I really like this part.” And then she’d go to bed, only to hear the power sander start… he’s just sanding that part off!
So, it’s like these things are so precious, but at the same time he’s so willing to just power sand that shit off! There’s such precision and detail but none of it was safe. On one hand he’s got all of this chaos going on – some of these look like they were laying on the floor and he’s stepping on them, you know? But then you go over into the other room and see some of those perfect portraits with incredible frames, and the contrast is so intense.
Matt: But then you think, did they exist in that (chaotic) state at some point? You know what I mean? I think they probably did.
David: Yeah, I would say they did exist in that state at some point. And you can see some that are almost there but not quite…
Matt: Because it seems to me that the cohesion that the finished ones have – some of these more refined ones – that cohesion is based on it having come through that unsafe process. I do like that a lot of these things require a sitting period. They’re not alla prima at all. The accrual has to happen.
Matt: Is this show kind of like a labor of love for you? The essay you wrote is great, and I especially like the title, the poetry of the title (“The Aching Beauty of It All: Paintings by Stephen Brown”). You know, it’s almost like something that he wouldn’t have done for himself. But that’s the way he talked about painting, right? Like, the feeling in the moment of painting, in the moment of observation.
David: Yeah. I mean, that’s what his painting was about. It was in the painting. He didn’t write shit about it. Writing was too literal. So I was self-conscious about [writing about it] because it is almost like, too much, too earnest or something.
Matt: But that’s kind of the way it all is!
David: Yeah, the whole thing is so earnest. But it’s not like some of the over-the-top, romantic painters out there taking themselves too seriously. He wasn’t self-centered.
Matt: It’s straight. There’s no affectation. That’s the difference. It’s not trying to be something other than what it is.
David: I just wonder if other people see it as if there is too much, of it being on the edge of too earnest. Perhaps there is some affect in that way.
Matt: Well, that’s half my problem over the last 15 years: with all the horrible things going on in the world, can I believe in the earnestness of this act (painting, art making)? But the sense of living in the work is so present here; obviously he’s worked on some of these for hundreds of hours, potentially. So much evidence of time and attention.
David: With the amount of sanding and number of layers going on we have no real idea how he got from A to Z. Maybe I have a closer idea of how they work than someone generally, but still, I’m not quite sure. I think his works are hard to unravel in terms of how they feel.
But that was his thing.
Matt Ballou is an artist and writer who teaches at The School of Visual Studies at the University of Missouri.
David Gracie is a painter and professor at Nebraska Wesleyan University.
“The Aching Beauty of It All: Paintings by Stephen Brown” will remain on view at Elder Gallery in Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Rogers Fine Arts Building at 5000 St. Paul Avenue, Lincoln, NE through January 30, 2022
More than 20 years ago, when I first came to Chicago to study art at The School of The Art Institute of Chicago, the city shocked me. I was constantly in awe of the people, the exchange of pressure between the land and the lake, and the iconic architecture and spaces that mark this quintessentially American city.
I spent a good deal of time at subway stations and riding the L train rails. So much of what I remember about Chicago is from the vantage points the CTA afforded me. A lot changed in the years I spent there, and I witnessed a lot of those changes aboard the L or from the buildings where I took my classes at SAIC. I was always seeing through the modulating weather and variances of sunlight and season. It all kept my attention. Light, glass, rock, water, cloud, steel, snow, or asphalt; they all intrigued me.
My dad’s trusty Minolta was with me during those years, and I took many hundreds of photos. It was an attempt to understand what my eyes were being drawn to, and how my Eye – my aesthetic sense – wanted to see. It’s wonderful now, in looking back, to see how I was being developed (through education) and developing (through instinct and choice) the categories of judgement and intuition that would inform all of my work right up to today.
Among those photos is a series of pictures of empty signboards within subway stations. Often they would be left open for a while when advertisements were being changed out, but many times they stayed vacant for weeks on end. They had an austerity, and seemed to me to speak the language of modernist abstraction and abstract expressionism. What was interesting to me, beyond that formal similarity to intentionally crafted artworks, was that these were the result of the natural environment of the subway. The dust and grease and grime combined with blowing air – almost like a lung or the systolic/diastolic rhythms of the heart – to create strange inflow behind the placards of ads.
In other cases, workers who routinely painted around the frames designed to hold the placards, would inadvertently create dynamic fields of shapes via over-spray. This was a rhythm, too, a movement of maintenance and service reflecting the attempt to keep these arterial passageways operating. The spaces within the ad frames were a different kind of arena, moving at a different pace from the rest of the L train structures.
Thus that area behind the ads became a kind of palimpsest of the subway, but also of the city itself. The deposits of dirt accumulated in swaths of gray scale gradients. Intimately connected to the subway tunnel textures and layers of paint, the dust-fields were allowed to stick, protected behind ad boards for who knows how long.
Once revealed, these delicate, dirty paintings, which had been made by the trains and the people and the detritus of Chicago, held (it seemed to me) beauty. I loved them. I rode the L looking for them at every stop. I took dozens of photos. Perhaps one day I’ll try to publish them in a better form – I still have the original negatives, after all – but for now, I present a few of them here.

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Believe it or not, bearded dragons are actually quite smart! In fact, they are considered to be one of the smartest lizard species. They can learn how to do tricks, and can even recognize their owners. Bearded dragons make great pets for people who want a reptile that is easy to care for and has a personality. If you are thinking about getting a bearded dragon, or if you just want to learn more about these fascinating creatures, keep reading!
What Are Bearded Dragons?
Bearded dragons are a type of lizard that is native to Australia. They are cute reptiles that got their name from the spines on their necks, which resemble a beard. They are popular pets because they are relatively low-maintenance and can be easily trained to do tricks.
Bearded dragons are actually quite intelligent creatures. They have been known to learn simple tricks, like waving or bobbing their heads up and down. Studies have shown that bearded dragons are capable of forming basic memories and can even recognize their owners. In addition, bearded dragons have a good sense of smell and can often be seen sniffing around their enclosure.
Why Are They Considered To Be Smart?
There are a few things that contribute to how smart a bearded dragon is. First, they have a very good memory. They can remember patterns and will often recognize their owner after some time apart. If you have a trained bearded dragon, you will agree that they are quick learners and can figure out how to do new things with some practice.
For example, many owners teach their bearded dragons’ tricks like head movement, waving, or giving a high-five. They also have a good sense of self-awareness. They seem to understand that they are individuals and not just other lizards. This self-awareness is what allows them to bond so well with their owners.
Overall, bearded dragons are considered to be one of the smartest reptiles. They make great pets for people who are looking for an interactive and low-maintenance companion. If you’re thinking of getting a bearded dragon, be sure to do some research ahead of time so that you can provide them with the best possible care.
Are Bearded Dragons Smart?
So, how smart is a bearded dragon? While they may not be as intelligent as some other pets, such as dogs or cats, bearded dragons are smart creatures that can provide their owners with hours of amusement. If you’re thinking of getting one of these intelligent reptiles, be sure to do your research so that you can provide them with the best possible care. They are not as easy to care for as other reptiles.
What Makes Bearded Dragons Great Pets?
Bearded dragons are great pets for a variety of reasons, but one of the things that make them stand out is their intelligence. These reptiles are very active and curious, and they love to explore their environments.
They are also quick to learn new behaviors and how to respond to their owners. A trained dragon can do a variety of tricks, from simple commands like “sit” or “stay” to more complex behaviors like fetching a ball or climbing onto a person’s shoulder.
In addition, bearded dragons are known for their ability to bond with their owners and develop strong relationships. For all these reasons, bearded dragons make great pets for people who are looking for an intelligent and affectionate companion.
How Can Bearded Dragons Learn Tricks?
Many people are surprised to learn that bearded dragons can be trained to perform tricks. While it is true that these reptiles are not as intelligent as some other pets, they can learn a few simple tricks with patience and consistency.
One way to help a bearded dragon learn tricks is to create a positive reinforcement system. This means offering the lizard a treat every time it performs the desired behavior. For example, if you want your bearded dragon to wave, hold a piece of food near its head and wait for it to raise its arm. Once the lizard waves, immediately give it the treat. With enough repetition, the lizard will start to associate waving with getting a reward.
It is also important to make sure that tricks are kept simple at first. Bearded dragons have short attention spans and are easily confused. As your lizard becomes more adept at performing tricks, you can begin to introduce more complex behaviors. With time and patience, you will be amazed at how much your bearded dragon can learn.
Can I Train My Bearded Dragon?
Yes, untrained bearded dragons can be trained. The best way to train your bearded dragon is to use positive reinforcement as mentioned above. They typically learn best when they are young, but adult bearded dragons can still learn new tricks with patience and consistency.
When training your beardie, be sure to keep sessions short and fun so that they don’t get bored or frustrated. With time and effort, you’ll be amazed at how smart your bearded dragon can be!
Can Bearded Dragons Recognize Humans?
As any bearded dragon owner knows, developing a bond with your animal companion is one of the most rewarding aspects of ownership. And while all pets have their own unique personalities, some seem to show more signs of recognition and affection than others. So, can bearded dragons recognize their owners?
Most experts believe that bearded lizards are capable of forming a strong bond with their human caretakers. These lizards are highly social creatures, and they enjoy spending time with their families. They also have a good memory, and they can learn to recognize certain people and patterns. For example, if you regularly feed your bearded dragon at the same time each day, it will probably start to anticipate your arrival. Likewise, if you handle your lizard frequently, it will learn to associate your scent with positive experiences like being petted and scratched. As a result, your lizard friend may eventually come to view you as a close friend or family member.
Of course, every beardie is different, and not all of them will develop such a close bond with their owners. Some lizards may never seem to show much interest in people, preferring to spend their time alone or with other reptiles.
Conclusion: How Smart Are Bearded Dragons?
Bearded dragons are fascinating creatures that make great pets. They are relatively easy to care for and can live for 10-12 years with proper care. Bearded dragons are also intelligent animals that can be trained to perform a variety of tricks.
Many bearded dragon owners enjoy teaching their pets simple tricks like waving, crawling up their arms, or following a finger with their eyes. Some even more ambitious owners have taught their dragons how to fetch and play dead. While there is no scientific evidence to support this, many bearded dragon owners believe that their pets are smarter than the average reptile.

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If you’re like me, and I know I am, you’re excited beyond a level that is considered healthy about the next entry into the Saints Row series – this one entitled Saints Row IV. In this video from our friends at Machinima, they mess around with the character creator mode with one Natalie Lander. Who is she?, you ask? Well, if you’ve played Saints Row: The Third (and, if you haven’t, I’m seriously questioning why in the world you opened this story in the first place), you’ll recognize her as the voice of federal agent and computer hacker Kenzie Kensington (her safeword is “teacup”) .
Saints Row IV hits stores later this month on the 20th. Don’t miss it.


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Rice processing facility rising in Davao del Sur
Subscribe Now February 25, 2011 at 11:36pm
He said the Rice Processing Plant (RPP), funded through a cost-sharing agreement between the Korean International Cooperation Agency (Koica), the Department of Agriculture and the provincial government, will be built on a 1,700-square-meter lot.
He said the facility will feature mechanical driers that would shorten the drying time for palay. This, Cagas said, would translate to lower drying costs.
“Farmers only need to bring their fresh palay to the RPP and avail of the efficient and affordable drying, milling, and processing facilities,” he said.
Cagas said the RPP will also provide better storage to maintain the quality of rice.
“This processing plant will also be equipped with the most advanced technology such as computers, which are able to separate whole grain rice from broken ones, thus farmers can demand higher prices for their rice,” he said.
Ernesto Miro, provincial agriculturist, said the RPP will help reduce post-harvest losses by up to 23 percent or the equivalent of two million tons per year.
Meanwhile, in Davao City, the local government said it was finalizing a deal with a South Korean firm for the development of vegetable production areas.
City agriculturist Leonardo Avila said representatives of the Koregon Seed Co. had met with Mayor Sara Duterte concerning the project.
He said the Koreans had also visited a 40-hectare farm in the Mandug district, which is being eyed for development as vegetable-growing area.
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- Dec 21st, '07, 13:41
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- Topic: [Discussion] Tantei Gakuen Q 2007
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i just finished watching this (took me like 3 days from beg to finished), but a few questions remain... 1) remember the case where there's an inclination in the room. When ryu discovered this, he was knocked unconcious by someone. And then he didn't appear for a short while. When he reappeared, it ...
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- Topic: [TwDrama] Hana Kimi (CTS/GTV, 2006)
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This drama disappoint me....For those who read the manga...you should know wad I mean...the ending was dumb...I had high hopes for it coz the manga is very good...I find that the drama twist the whole story too much...The only thing I like about this drama is actually the gay doctor...his acting ski...

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Drexel University facilities are currently working to eliminate asbestos insulation that was identified around pipes in the office of professor Rachel Reynolds. Her office sits on the eastern side of the Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology building. The building has historically had problems with asbestos, so when Reynolds was talking with a colleague and mentioned she thought the insulation might be degrading, the two thought it best to have the situation checked right away.
“We called facilities and they sent somebody over right away to run a check on it and it is,” Reynolds said.
“Upon hearing about the debris, we sent someone from the Office of Environmental Health and Safety to inspect it, find its source and immediately cleaned the debris up. Air quality tests were also conducted that showed the office was safe for re-occupation,” Jon Chase, Drexel facilities’ executive director of health and safety wrote to The Triangle.
“As an added precaution, the University will have the asbestos insulation on all pipes removed. The abatement will begin after the 10-day notification period that is required by law. During this time, the City and Commonwealth will also inspect the building and the removal plan,” Chase’s statement continued.
The pipes in the PSA building stretch from the building’s floor to ceiling, enclosed in insulation containing asbestos. The building was acquired by Drexel in 1977, when asbestos was a mineral still widely used as a fire-resistant and insulating material. Chase noted that it is common for most buildings that were renovated or built before 1980 to contain forms of asbestos as a building material.
Asbestos is a silicate mineral that that does not pose a health hazard to humans, unless in particulate form. Inhaling asbestos particles can cause diseases such as asbestosis, lung cancer and mesothelioma. When asbestos materials are largely intact, they pose no inherent health hazards. The insulation around the pipes in the PSA only began to pose a hazard as it degraded and released asbestos particles into the air.
“At Drexel, our first priority is a safe and healthy environment for our students, faculty and staff. The debris found in professor Rachel Reynolds’ office came from loose pipes within her office,” Chase wrote. “There is no health risk from asbestos as long as the materials that contain it remain undisturbed.”
The PSA building has faced problems with asbestos in the past. A portion of the basement has been sealed off to contain high asbestos particulate matter. It is also known to be the site of a 1947 radium spill when the building was occupied by the American Oncologic Hospital. Due to poor cleanup efforts on behalf of the hospital, some areas of concrete in the PSA building are still exhibiting signs of radium contamination, though the low levels are less than or equal to Philadelphia’s standards for chemical radiation.
In order to keep the building’s occupants safe and unexposed to any asbestos, all abatement is scheduled to occur on nights and weekends, when the building is vacant. After the abatement is complete, Chase said that the health and safety department will repeat air quality tests to ensure there is no trace of asbestos in the air within the building.
Greg Niedt, a graduate student at the University, goes to the PSA building every day. He saw health and safety workers testing for asbestos a few weeks ago while he was in the building but said it was comforting to know Drexel was taking the matter seriously.
“I was here when they were testing for asbestos one day so while I feel obviously concerned about any potential health risk it’s good to know that they’re at least addressing it. I have confidence in their ability to handle the situation,” Niedt said.
“I’m happy with Drexel’s response they didn’t drag their feet,” Reynolds said on the subject.
Chase indicated that the University is taking every step it can in order that the building can continue to be a safe place to work.


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Washington (CNN) - The United States still intends to send some Yemeni detainees at the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, facility back to Yemen despite a terrorist threat there, President Barack Obama's terrorism czar said Sunday.
John Brennan, the assistant to the president for homeland security and counter-terrorism, said on CNN's "State of the Union" that the failed Christmas Day terror attack on a U.S. airliner doesn't change the plan to close the Guantanamo facility.
On Saturday, Obama linked the airline bombing suspect to an al Qaeda affiliate based in Yemen.
Brennan called the failed attack on a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Detroit, Michigan a "unique incident" that won't affect the process of closing the Guantanamo facility.
"We are making sure that we don't do anything that's going to put Americans at risk," Brennan said.
About half of the roughly 200 detainees still held at Guantanamo Bay would be prosecuted in the United States by federal courts or military tribunals. Some would be sent to third countries, including Yemenis returned to their home nation, Brennan said.
The United States is working with the Yemeni government to make sure "the situation on the ground is taken into account," Brennan said.
"We're going to do this the right way at the right time," he said.
Closing the Guantanamo facility is necessary because al Qaeda and others have used it as a propaganda tool against the United States, Brennan said.
Most congressional Republicans oppose closing the Guantanamo facility, and some Democrats and independents said Sunday that no detainees should be sent to Yemen due to the terrorist network operating there.
"It would be irresponsible to take any of the Yemeni detainees in Guantanamo and send them back to Yemen," Sen. Joseph Lieberman, an independent from Connecticut who belongs to the Democratic caucus, said on the ABC program "This Week."
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Terrorist attacks against the US have been occuring for a while.
Iran hostage crisis 1979 – Carter
Beirut bombing of the USMC baracks in 1983 – Reagan
1990 – Iraq invades US ally Kuwait
1998 President Clinton failed to take action to capture\eliminate Osama Bin Laden
2000 USS Cole bombing – Clinton
September 11, 2001 Al-Qaeda lead by Osama masterminds and pulls off terorist attack on the U.S.
Followed by the dismantling of freedoms granted in the U.S Constitution by the Legislative, Executive and Judicial branches of the U.s> government
You can't lay all the blame on the president of any particular era. With out the backing of the Legislative branch the prsident would not be able to get any thing done. Thank our elected officials for the state our country is in.
Who in their right mind cares what al Queda is "using," whether Guantanamo or whatever, as an "argument" against us? They also use the Jews’ existence as an argument. And the sinful technology of the West. And the fact that some people are still not Muslims.
At the bottom line, they don’t even care about reasons. They just do what they are told. And it’s obvious that the ones doing the telling couldn’t care less about right and wrong.
Senator Obama (now President Obama) campaigned for Raila Odinga of Kenya in their 2007 elections. Odinga lost and there was violent turmoil.
What does this have to do with the current subject of releasing detaininees to Yemen?
Odinga signed an MOU with the Muslim minority (for their support) that contained many objectionable requirements to include one that would not allow Kenyan muslim terrorists to be deported to Guantanamo Bay (Remember they blew up our embassy in Nairobi). While campaigning for Odinga, our President probably knew about this MOU.
So it is not surprising that the administration is willing to send the detainees to anywhere in order to close Guantanamo.
It was his campaign pledge to close Guantanamo to terrorists, however, I believe it goes further back with his close relationship to Raila Odinga and Odinga's pledge to the Muslims regarding Guantanamo Bay. A copy of that MOU signed by Odinga and the Muslim top leader in Kenya is fully available and it's 13 specific requirements chilling and are extremely oppressive to non-muslims given the population of Kenya is 90% Christian and 10% Muslim.
I am for Obama and anyone who wants another Republican must have been in a coma for 8 years BUT I agree those who disagree with this, sending a terrorist to a terrorist country is just not too bright. obama has let me down by not making banks modify loans they have none nothing and his refusal to make e-verify manatory and stop illegals from taking American jobs. I hope he does better and also hope he reverses this decision. Unless of course we plan on bombing Yemen right after we send this idiot there.
Well it is easy to see by these posts that many are doing exactly what the terrorists want and you are giving them what they want. You are playing right into their hands with your racism of the President, you are playing into their game by wanting to kill the detainees. They are not releasing terrorists, they are releasing detainess that they have no evidence to lay charges but many of you just freak out like the terrorists want you to. There are so many hate filled posts on here you would make any terrorist proud.As long as the hate, fear and division is your main goal on here the terrrorists are accomplishing everything they set out to accomplish.The main goal of the terrorists is to bankrupt America financially and morally and you have a few ingredients nedded and that is division, fear, and hate. Congratulations on your goal of degrading and dividing of America as the terrorists have hoped you would. Too bad the American spirit of standing together and fighting the good fight has eroded beyond hope. Great job Republicans and right wingers, you will soon have the terrorists ruling as you have wished for. For you I guess in your mind it is better then a half white half black American as POTUS. Nice job in ruining the country righties
It looks like many of you, have not learned anything about DEBATING. I remember being taught that NAME CALLING is not part of an educated debate. Many of you are full off HATE and NAME CALLING......this is very sad......and does help the United States of America. Please stop the name calling and DEBATE the ISSUE.
President Obama was elected with this as part of his campaign.............. "Close Guantanamo".
"We are making sure that we don't do anything that's going to put Americans at risk," Brennan said. Who does this guy think he is kidding, as if the we he refers to has some crystal ball in determining what people are actually thinking. We has already seen what happens when sending these militant people back to their country. When it happens again, our administration will only say "Oh, we never thought that this would happen"
@ Liberals are worthless
Well now you've shown me your intelligence with the comment "that this administration can't be trusted with the economy." Don't you realize that YOUR last administration., came into office with a SURPLUS and left with a HUGE DEFICIT.and now we have an administration trying to clean it up and you yearn for the last. OMFG
Some detainees will go to Yemen, the reat will be settled in America. That way the terroist in Yemen will have a number of contacts in America to help plan and carry out their attacks.
Great plan Obama!
Sending these guys back to Yemen??? Obama is an idiot. Makes Bush look smart buy comparrison which i did not think possible before now. Change for the better huh? Nice job dummy.
We've already seen what happens when detainees are sent back to their home countries, especially to Yemen.
Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results”.
I full agree with sending GITMO detainees to Yemen. In fact I think it would be a great idea if all the detainees were flown back to whatever their country of origin is and dropped off--I think from about 20,000 feet would be about right.
We Got To Start The Impeachment Process On Obama RIGHT NOW
This is UNBELIEVABLE!!!!
Understand this Obama supporters..........
There are only 10 more months until the elections.........And, the Democrats are going to get clobbered!!!!! The power/control is going to be taken away from Obama, Pelosi, Reid--and the rest of the loony left circus of clowns.
And, I cannot wait until this news begins to hit all media sources!!!!!
The Republicans are going to SUCCESSFULLY campaign on the economy, unemployment rate, and national security.
The Democrats will still be campaigning on "blame Bush"-–good luck with that.
I don't think it really matters where the detainees are sent. They will end up wherever they want anyway after they are set free.
How can Brennan comment on this when his own leader thinks these people are extremists and not terrorists. Obama is all about Obama and his popularity around the world. SICK I have to give Bush some credit he didn't care what people thought of him when he made decisions, and he kept us safe the rest of the time he was in office.
During the election primaries/campaigns---I cannot believe that no media sources researched Raila Odinga and Obama's association with him.
I am very much aware of Raila Odinga---he himself is a terrorist.
They murdered hundreds (maybe thousands)-–as he tried to remove the current government and replace it with one of Sharia Law.
Obama is an agent for Saudi Arabia and he is doing his job. Obama is fooling Americans. Americans will destroy America and they will finally be begging Arabs for help. America is a big show off, they have nothing except Hollywood movies. America will be destroyed by Muslims. You can see it now, Obama is a full supporter of Islamic ideology. Let's see and wait.
It's good to see that the country is united. And that we are having a rational discussion about who we really are and how we deal with threats to our lives and those we love. I guess it's why the world looks up to us. We know how to talk to each other with respect. We understand that WE ARE ALL Americans.
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1000 people were rounded up after 9/11 by the CIA, mostly in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and sent to Gitmo. Since then about 600 have had to be released, because the Bushies were too embarrassed to admit how little reliable evidence there was on them. Of course, conservatives don't believe you need any evidence to throw people down in dungeons and throw away the key. I thought we had a revolution a few years back that prohibited the King from locking people up indefinitely without access to lawyers or judges, and without the right to challenge their detention?
"I like the idea of sending some to the under-utilized prison near chicago. That create jobs and would allow some of the servicemen (heros) to return home."
Do some research on what the terrorists have done in other countries--in order to get their fellow terrorists released from the prisons.
For example...........They have taken schools hostage. One example was in Russia-–they took the elementary kids/teachers/parents hostage (it was the first day of school)--and demanded that their terrorist buddies be relased from the prisons. The Russian's military hands were tied--as the terrorists were packed with explosives--that they threatened to use-–if any rescue attempt was made. Hundreds of kids, parents, teachers ended up dying that day. I forget the name of the place in Russia--or I would post it for you--so that you could research it for yourself.
Well let's not judge this too hastily –
These innocent-till-proven-guilty-so-therefore-innocent Yemeni detainees may return to art therapy classes and thereby get an opportunity to recover from any torture such as belly-slapping or firm-holding that they might have experienced.
We can therefore expect art dealers in New York to have a new supply in art for all of those wall street hedge fund managers who made a killing this year by taking free money from the government and risking it on commodity and credit spread plays – "investments" that create zero jobs.
But those hedge fund managers will need to decorate their apartments overlooking central park, so the stimulus is coming folks! That and new TSA employees to pat your crotch – all good paying union jobs.
America is coming back!
Stupid move to send these terrorist to Yemen. Obama needs to wakeup and answer the phone. Our leadership is making decisions based on a political agenda not the real needs of our Nation.
Excellent decision!!!! Obama you have the courage to make great decisions. Close the death chambers. Fight terrorism on their soil. Clean up the BUSH mess. Great leaders do not react to polls and short term emotions. Successful passage of health care, improve economy in 2010, jobs pick up in 2011, end afgan and Iraq wars in 2011. ---> great acomplishments, considering the last several years. No problem with re-election in 2012. Excellent. !!!!
Are these Obama advisors just plain brain dead? Why don't they get it? Do they just not care? Oh... the party ideology is more important than national security!


ESP Thread border router is a FreeRTOS-based implementation running on a combination of Espressif's Wi-Fi and 802.15.4 SoCs.
Espressif provides an ESP Border Router Board which integrates the host SoC (ESP32-S3) and the RCP (ESP32-H2) into one module.
Set up Repositories
To set up the environment, please follow the official installation guide.
git clone -b v5.1.2 --recursive https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf.git
git clone -b v1.0 --recursive https://github.com/espressif/esp-thread-br.git
Configure the Thread and the Wi-Fi network
The border router will automatically join the Wi-Fi network and create a new Thread network if there is not one in its storage. The network parameters can be configured in the config menu:
The network configuration items are:
- Enable automatic start mode in Thread Border Router: ESP Thread Border Router Example > Enable the automatic start mode in Thread Border Router.
- Wi-Fi SSID and PSK: Example Connection Configuration > connect using Wi-Fi interface
- Thread network parameters: Component config > OpenThread > Thread Operational Dataset
Build and run the border router
esp-idf/examples/openthread/ot_rcp example. The firmware doesn't need to be explicitly flashed to a device. It will be included in the Border Router firmware and flashed to the ESP32-H2 chip upon first boot (or the RCP firmware changed).
idf.py set-target esp32h2
Then go back to the
basic_thread_border_router example folder.
idf.py set-target esp32s3
Now you'll see the border router output in the ESP32S3 monitor. It also provides an interactive OpenThread command line:
- Border agent for external commissioners.
- IPv6 bidirectional connectivity.
- SRP service registration and advertising proxy.
- mDNS discovery proxy.
- Multicast forwarding.
- Web GUI based REST API.
For more using of the ESP Thread Border Router, you can refer to ESP Thread Border Router Codelab


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The history of trams, streetcars or trolleys began in the early nineteenth century. The world's first horse-drawn passenger tramway started operating in 1807, it was the Swansea and Mumbles Railway, in Wales, UK. It was switching to steam in 1877, and then, in 1929, by very large (106-seats) electric tramcars, until closure in 1961. Horse Cars The first streetcar in America, developed by John Stephenson, began service in the year 1832 in New York. Harlem Railroad's Fourth Avenue Line ran along the Bowery and Fourth Avenue in New York City. These trams were a horse- or mule-powered, usually two as a team. It was followed in 1835 by New Orleans, Louisiana, which is the oldest continuously operating street railway system in the world, according to the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Horsecars were largely replaced by electric-powered trams following the improvement of an overhead trolley system on trams for collecting electricity from overhead wires by Frank J. Sprague. Sprague spring-loaded trolley pole used a wheel to travel along the wire. In late 1887 and early 1888, using his trolley system, Sprague installed the first successful large electric street railway system in Richmond, Virginia. By 1889, 110 electric railways incorporating Sprague's equipment had been begun or planned on several continents. Steam Cars Trams were also powered by steam. The most common type had a small steam locomotive (called a tram engine in the UK) at the head of a line of one or more carriages, similar to a small train. Systems with such steam trams included Christchurch, New Zealand; Adelaide, South Australia; Sydney, Australia and other city systems in New South Wales; Munich, Germany (from August 1883 on), British India (Pakistan) (from 1885) and the Dublin & Blessington Steam Tramway (from 1888) in Ireland. Steam tramways also were used on the suburban tramway lines around Milan and Padua; the last Gamba de Legn ("Peg-Leg") tramway ran on the Milan-Magenta-Castano Primo route in late 1958. The other style of steam tram had the steam engine in the body of the tram, referred to as a tram engine (UK) or steam dummy (US). The most notable system to adopt such trams was in Paris. French-designed steam trams also operated in Rockhampton, in the Australian state of Queensland between 1909 and 1939. Stockholm, Sweden, had a steam tram line at the island of Södermalm between 1887 and 1901. Steam tram engines faded out around 1890s to 1900s, being replaced by electric trams. Cable Cars Another system for trams was the cable car, which was pulled along a fixed track by a moving steel cable. The power to move the cable was normally provided at a "powerhouse" site a distance away from the actual vehicle. The London and Blackwall Railway, which opened for passengers in east London, England, in 1840 used such a system. The first practical cable car line was tested in San Francisco, in 1873. Part of its success is attributed to the development of an effective and reliable cable grip mechanism, to grab and release the moving cable without damage. The second city to operate cable trams was Dunedin in New Zealand, from 1881 to 1957. The San Francisco cable cars, though significantly reduced in number, continue to perform a regular transportation function, in addition to being a well-known tourist attraction. A single cable line also survives in Wellington, New Zealand (rebuilt in 1979 as a funicular but still called the "Wellington Cable Car"). Another system, actually two separate cable lines with a shared power station in the middle, operates from the Welsh town of Llandudno up to the top of the Great Orme hill in North Wales, UK. As with all large collections on Picryl, this collection is made in two steps - first, we make a manual dataset, and then, ran 25+ Million public domain images through our neural network image recognition process.