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When Stephen Colbert walked into Platon’s studio, he came face to face with one of the photographer’s most iconic images: Bill Clinton on the December 2000 cover of Esquire.
“[Colbert] looked at it and he came up with one of best lines I’ve ever heard about my work: ‘It looks like the Lincoln Memorial ready to party,’” the photographer says. “That’s Stephen Colbert at his finest.”
Platon has photographed hundreds of world leaders and celebrated actors but, he says, things were different with Colbert, who’s featured on the cover of this week’s issue of TIME. “Most people I photograph start off as playing themselves, playing an authentic person that gradually, as they become more successful, [becomes] a brand,” he says. “In many cases they are imprisoned by their brands. The brand overtakes the human being.”
With Colbert, this process has been turned on its head, as the comedian is still best known for the character he played on Comedy Central for many years. Now, as he gets ready to take the reins at the Late Show on CBS, he is dismantling that brand and becoming more of an authentic person on television. “It’s going in the opposite direction than most people, and I find that very interesting,” says Platon. “My role here was to celebrate that moment where I’m not photographing the Colbert character, I’m photographing Stephen Colbert the human being.”
That moment was an exciting one for the photographer, who was also given unprecedented access backstage as Colbert’s staff prepared for the show’s Sept. 8 start. “I saw the sets being built in the theater as they are transforming it and building it around his persona. It’s his universe,” says Platon. “I had access to the writers’ room as well. I sat through the whole process of how you create one of the most successful TV shows. It’s all about construction. You’ve got a physical construction with all the carpenters literally building the stage. And behind the scenes, in the writers’ room, there’s also construction. There’s sawdust everywhere — in real and in conceptual form.”
Platon is a portrait photographer based in New York City.
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April 21, 2004 – Starting Monday, motorists on St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John will be able to take advantage of new mail-in and drop-off vehicle registration procedures, Police Commissioner Elton Lewis announced on Wednesday.
Lewis had said on Tuesday that the new procedures would initially apply only to St. Thomas. But on Wednesday he said that because of "input from my staff and the motoring public, I have decided to offer this service throughout the territory to eliminate waiting time and long lines."
The new alternatives to spending time waiting in long lines at Motor Vehicle Bureau offices are:
– To mail in motor vehicle registration forms with accompanying documentation.
– To deposit the paperwork in what police described as secure lock boxes to be installed outside the bureau offices on all three islands. (See the St. Thomas Source report "Mail-in, drop-off vehicle registration coming".)
On Tuesday, Sgt. Thomas Hannah, police spokesman, had said the department hoped to set up mail-in and drop-off procedures for St. Croix soon and that mail-in registration was in the works for St. John. (See the St. John Source report "No printer, no new licenses — for months".)
Hannah said on Wednesday that the St. Croix lock box will be located in front of the Police Department's Patrick Sweeney Headquarters, "where we have police officers working at the front desk."
The box on St. John will be outside the Motor Vehicle Bureau offices in Cruz Bay, he said, where it will be secure and easily checked on.
The St. Thomas box will be outside the bureau offices in Sub Base in a well-lighted area, and will be checked by police periodically, Hannah said.
Hannah warned that "if anyone tries to vandalize these boxes, they will go to jail."
Police are aware that tampering with the boxes "could be a problem, and we are hoping and praying nobody does that," Hannah said. "We know we are taking a risk. We are hoping the community cooperates with us. We are trying to alleviate a problem and give people some relief."
He said there are no plans to increase the bureau staff to help with a deluge of registrations, but a system is in place. "It can be done," he said. "We don't have enough personnel, but if we think smart and do it on an assembly-line basis, it will work."
As he had done on Tuesday, Hannah again warned motorists to be meticulous in filling out their paperwork:
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– Include your daytime telephone number so authorities can contact you to clear up any questions.
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Hannah declined to estimate what the turn-around time in the mail-in and drop-off registration processes will be until the department gets some sense in the next week or so of the number of registrations coming in. They will be processed in order by the "received" date stamped on the registration form by the inspecting officer, he said.
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A bag of 1,000 baby oysters, or spat, is put in a mesh bag before being placed in one of seven oyster floats.
This year, 880 million baby oysters came out of the University of Maryland's Horn Point Lab. The bi-valves were raised in giant two-story vats and fed by computer-controlled algae farms.
Around 500 million of the young oysters, called spat, were given to oyster sanctuaries. Another 200 million spat were used to train watermen, who previously caught wild oysters, to grow their own using aquaculture.
It's a tough life for an oyster these days. "About half the oysters we put out, on average, die after the first year," says Michael Roman, director of the Horn Point Lab.
"They're covered by sediment, they're eaten by predators, and they die of these two prolific diseases we have," he says.
The blights, introduced into Chesapeake Bay from abroad and pollution, have kept them from coming back after 200 years of overharvesting.
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CNN recently aired a documentary titled "Gary and Tony Have a Baby," where CNN's Soledad O'Brien followed a same-sex couple in "their struggle against the legal and personal obstacles to become parents" and their quest to achieve a life as mainstream as possible. How do you feel about gay couples having a family? Should they be allowed to adopt and be foster parents? What if you had a gay member of your family and they decided to have a baby through adoption, surrogacy or sperm donor? How would you react to it?
Divine Love is the basis for the desire to bring a new soul into this world.
One of the ways in which we can know the Infinite, is as the perfect expression of Divine Love. God as love sees only the good in the hearts of those who desire a child.
In other words, the principle of Divine Love includes everyone. No one is excluded from the free expression of Divine Love. I'm in favor of same-sex couples raising a child (having a baby through surrogacy, sperm donor or adoption). Also, I am in favor of the single parent (either female or male) who has the desire to raise a child.
In my family, if some relative chose a same-sex union and wanted to raise a child, we would still embrace them as members of our family. We might have many different, human opinions about their lifestyle, but we would do our best to still consider them to be members of our greater family and accept them in love.
•The REV. JERI LINN is pastor of Unity Church of the Valley in Montrose. Reach her at (818) 249-4396.
I want to start with a word of appreciation to Gary and Tony for making the desires of their hearts so public. It is a bridge-building effort to cover the gap between "us" and "them" by naming the yearning that human people hold in common. In some ways, this is a more courageous sort of activism than marching in the street with signs — this exposure of soul to everyone from kindred spirits to harsh evaluators of parental suitability.
In the United Methodist Church, we believe that the family is the most basic human community through which persons are nurtured and sustained in mutual love, responsibility, respect and fidelity. We readily acknowledge that the idea of family embraces a wide range of options, and we welcome and support families in all their beautiful configurations.
I have been particularly touched by the stories of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender families who have adopted children — often special needs children or whole families of siblings. That is truly a calling to the work of raising a family, and as a pastor I understand and support the risk-taking that comes with responding to a calling. As a side note, I was surprised to see how many states have unclear laws on second-parent adoption; in other words, they may allow a "single" parent to adopt, including a single gay parent, but there isn't always a clear path to making the second parent legal. This strikes me as something that we as a nation want to work on as part of our efforts to strengthen families. (California permits single gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender and joint adoption, and second-parent adoption is allowed.)
We are as a society still studying the ethical dimensions of surrogacy and in vitro fertilization, but those explorations are separate from the question of whether or not gay couples should be legally allowed and morally confirmed in using these methods to create a family.
As Gary and Tony (and so many others) reveal, human love takes many forms, just as God's own love takes many forms.
As Jesus-followers, let's stay open, not closed, to what God will do.
•The REV. PAIGE EAVES is pastor of Crescenta Valley United Methodist Church. Reach her at (818) 249-6173, or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.org.
John tells us: If we love one another God dwells in us, and his love is brought to perfection in us. In another place he says: Where there is love there is God, for God is love.
True happiness is found in loving others. When we experience love, we learn how to love. Children, especially, are formed in love when they experience a loving environment. When they grow into a loving family environment, where members truly love one another and show it, the child will blossom and become the happy, psychologically healthy adult who will live the Great Commandment because it has become so much a part of their life.
Foster and adopted children are especially in need of a loving environment. For one reason or another they often feel that they are unlovable because they are often unloved. They develop a poor self image, and as growing children and adolescents they somehow get the feeling that they need to sell themselves to prospective families so that they will be the ones who are "picked" from the group to become fostered or adopted. No child should be made to feel this way. Every child needs and has a right to feel love, feel loveable and become a part of a loving family.
When people — married couples, gay couples or singles — feel the call to love a child, help them to feel lovable and become a part of a loving family, they should be praised for this, not criticized.
Adoption and foster parenting are calls and gifts from God. When they feel this call they should move to contact the proper agencies, submit to their thorough investigations and pray that the discernment moves to a positive conclusion and they receive a child to be raised in the light of God's love.
•The REV. RICHARD ALBARANO is pastor of St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Burbank. Reach him at (818) 504-4400.
I once worked at a church that put out newspaper ads for a contemporary service that said, "We welcome traditional and nontraditional families." It was our fumbling, understated way of inviting gay couples and families to church, without using the actual word "gay" and offending some of our more conservative parishioners.
And from that diffident invitation, a wild beauty was let loose.
For here they came: not just gay couples and families, but single-parent families, interracial and trilingual families, parents and kids with mental and physical challenges, separated-but-shared-custody families, foster families, student exchange families, grandparents-who-parent families, divorced and remarried and reblended families — every configuration of "non-traditional" you could possibly imagine, and some you'd never even thought about.
And we all stood together on Sundays, a messy, happy lot, and belted out our cacophonous songs of grace, and prayed in wondering gratitude for the astounding ways of God, who had brought love into our lives in such surprising and exactly-right turns of life's path.
"Family" has changed. The word has soared beyond the limits of its 1950s profile, and found a new heaven, where love and commitment and the sacrifice of self-interest are the only definitions of what make a house a home.
God's blessing will not be bound. Grace cannot be socially dictated; it goes where it will. If the home of a gay couple overflows with so much love that children can be included in its light, then who's to deny what God has wrought?
•The REV. AMY PRINGLE is rector of St. George's Episcopal Church in La Cañada. Reach her at (818) 790-3323, ext. 11.
The Bible is clear about two things: First, God loves us all, and salvation is necessary because of our sins. Homosexuality is one of those. People who claim to believe the Bible, but say otherwise, overlook passages that speak of it in terms of its condemnation and perversion. They argue to re-categorize homosexuality because the Bible must have gotten it wrong (as if God wasn't aware of supposed gay genes back when he made the rules regarding our sexuality).
Other homosexual proponents object by reminding us that one sin is as much sin as the next. True, but never is that an excuse to just sanctify them all. If behaviors are equally wrong, we don't endorse one because someone engaged the other. God wants our repentance from all sin.
Another red herring is the muddling of cultural and moral laws in the Bible. If it was wrong for the ancient Israelites to consume shellfish and it was also wrong to commit sodomy, it's argued that modern Christians simply pick and choose which sins they will apparently baptize when dining at Red Lobster yet also voting for Proposition 8. But there's a big difference in what God used to make a distinct, historic people group, and what he expects from all mankind indefinitely.
I believe the very fact that procreation is always impossible reveals the incorrect nature of homosexuality, and pretending it's good and natural by granting same-sex couples children is a big mistake. God created our makeup to be complementary, and only a woman can be feminine for her children as only a man can be the masculine influence they need.
While God loves homosexuals, and hurts for them in their desire to have families, he loves them enough to call them out of their sins that he may bless their desire. God extends himself all day long, but in the end there will be no more talk of salvation for those who continue to "call evil good and good evil" (Isaiah 5:20).
The REV. BRYAN GRIEM is pastor of Montrose Community Church. Reach him at (818) 249-0483.
For the longest time, I have believed that gays and lesbians should be granted full citizenship in this country.
Gays should be allowed to marry with all the benefits and responsibilities that pertain to marriage. They should also be allowed to adopt children. As I may have said before in this column, the issue of accepting gays and lesbians fully into our society is similar to the slavery issue and then the civil rights issue with which our country has struggled in the past.
It was once thought that blacks and whites shouldn't mix, and there were those good Christian souls who ran to their Bibles to try to find justification for their prejudices. I'll grant you that there are scripture passages that say homosexuality is an abomination. But there are also scripture passages that say to work on the sabbath is an abomination. Is one right and another wrong?
Being a thinking, compassionate believer is hard in the 21st century — but then it has always been hard to be a thinking, compassionate believer. As I tell my congregation, when in doubt, choose compassion. The prophet Micah in Micah 6 said that the Lord requires of us to do justice, love mercy and to walk humbly with our God.
So be merciful.
•The REV. CLIFFORD L. "SKIP" LINDEMAN is permanent pastor of La Cañada Congregational Church. Reach him at (818) 790-1185.
This documentary's title says much more than CNN possibly intended. It underscores the deception that exists in the hearts of many, and which many wish to foist upon our society.
The fact is, Gary and Tony cannot have a baby. No homosexual union will ever produce a child. This undeniable fact points us to an abiding, universal truth. God established the pattern for marriage and families with Adam and Eve, a man and a woman who were blessed by God to "be fruitful and multiply." Certainly, heterosexual marriage is about much more than procreation, but any society is foolish to reject the only context which God set for these basic family functions. And remember, Jesus never changed this pattern established by God from the very beginning and he never condoned a deviation from it. He in fact reiterated it (Matthew 19:4-5).
How could a person of faith accept or condone a situation that is in opposition to God's will, so clearly expressed in scripture and so undeniably revealed in the natural laws that he has established? If it deviates from and falls short of God's best for someone, why would I agree with a law that encouraged it? If a member of my family chose such a situation, I would react just as I have toward their cohabitation before marriage and their unwed pregnancies. I'd still love them, I'd let them make their own choices, and as best as I could I'd conduct my life in a God-honoring, exemplary way, praying for the opportunity to share God's truth with them lovingly and honestly.
You may ask "Where's the love?" in this way of thinking. It's found in the cross of Jesus Christ, who in the greatest act of love ever "bore our sins in His body on the cross, that we might die to sin and live to righteousness" (1 Peter 2:24).
Jesus didn't deny or redefine our sins. He died for the full payment of them that we might live in a manner that he truly blesses.
•The REV. JON BARTA is pastor of Valley Baptist Church in Burbank. Reach him at (818) 845-7871.


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Harini Ramachandran, expertly known as Megha (conceived 18 March 1987) is a Tamil playback vocalist, singing overwhelmingly in Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada. She is likewise a fellow benefactor of School of Excellence, that offers NLP projects and models.
Megha is an extraordinary stupendous girl of Papanasam Sivan, a Carnatic writer. Brought into the world in Chennai, she migrated to Bangalore where she did the majority of her tutoring. She did her four year college education in Commerce in Chennai and sought after her graduate degree in Human Resources while making an introduction to the field of playback singing in 2007. She has finished grade 8 from Trinity College London in Western traditional music under the direction of famous performer Augustine Paul from Chennai.
Megha is a playback vocalist in the South Indian entertainment world. She was brought into the movie business by music chief Vijay Antony in the movie Naan Avanillai (2007), and has worked with music chiefs including Ilaiyaraaja, A. R. Rahman, Harris Jayaraj, Devi Sri Prasad, Vijay Antony and D. Imman. In the wake of making progress in singing, she fostered an interest in learning neuro-phonetic programming procedures. She got an amazing chance to gain it from John Grinder, the pioneer behind NLP. To seek after her advantage further, in 2011 she helped to establish School of Excellence to offer projects on NLP displaying to beat private matters and miseries. In the wake of displaying NLP meetings and projects for people, she alongside fellow benefactor of School of Excellence began dealing with directing occasions and meetings to cover mass individuals, including NLP meetings for oppressed children of minister schools in Mumbai to help certainty and conquer individual difficulties. During this stage, Megha and his colleague began creating and improving on another innovation for self-awareness called Excellence Installation Technology (EIT). She has been dealing with fostering a group of EIT specialists, prepared by them to give business, wellbeing and heritage speed increase administrations through private change utilizing EIT the nation over.
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|Veröffentlichungsdatum||18. Jan. 2011|
|Eingetragen||6. Aug. 2008|
|Prioritätsdatum||7. Aug. 2007|
|Auch veröffentlicht unter||US20090039881|
|Veröffentlichungsnummer||12186690, 186690, US 7872473 B2, US 7872473B2, US-B2-7872473, US7872473 B2, US7872473B2|
|Erfinder||John Kitching, Elizabeth A. Donley, Eleanor Hodby, Andrei Shkel, Erik Jesper Eklund|
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This patent application claims priority to U.S. Provisional Patent Application Ser. No. 60/954,555, entitled “Compact Atomic Magnetometer and Gyroscope Based on a Diverging Laser Beam,” which was filed on Aug. 7, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
Embodiments are generally related to magnetometers and gyroscope methods and systems. Embodiments are also related to the field of sensing magnetic fields.
Magnetometers are used for sensing magnetic fields. Applications include geophysical surveying, nuclear magnetic resonance (magnetic resonance imaging), magneto-cardiography, magneto-encephalography and perimeter surveillance. Gyroscopes sense rotation. These instruments are used in inertial navigation and platform stabilization (anti-roll systems in cars, for example). The implementations described here allow for high sensitivity and simultaneously inexpensive fabrication, small size and low power consumption. These implementations would be suitable for remote deployment that requires extended operation under battery power and integration into handheld, portable systems.
Considerable prior art has been focused on gyroscopes based on polarization of the alkali and noble gas atoms through optical pumping and spin-exchange collisions, which was initially developed in the 1960s and refined considerably throughout the 1970s and 1980s. The work was largely abandoned in the early 1980s with the invention of the ring laser gyroscope and fiber-optic gyroscope, which promised equivalent sensitivity with reduced complexity. Recently, there has been a resurgence of interest in the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) gyroscope due to the miniaturization possibilities allowed by micro machined alkali atom vapor cells.
There are various types of commercial magnetometers, each with its own application area. These are summarized in Table 1 below (Table 1 is only provided for exemplary purposes and is not meant to limit the scope for the invention):
Comparison of commercial magnetometers.
Expected performance metrics of the diverging beam magnetometer:
For many years, magnetometers based on superconducting quantum interference devices (SQUIDS) had unsurpassed sensitivities in the range of 1-10 fT/√Hz. These instruments require cryogenic cooling and therefore are large, expensive and difficult to operate. Recently, atomic magnetometers similar to the invention described in this disclosure but larger and without the diverging beam geometry, were shown to achieve a sensitivity of below 1 fT/√Hz. Commercial atomic magnetometers based on Cs are approximately a few 100 cm3 in volume, run on 20 W of electrical power and achieve sensitivities in the range of 1 pT/√Hz. The cost of Cs magnetometers is higher than all but SQUID-based sensors. Proton magnetometers, another type of atomic magnetic sensor, are less expensive than Cs magnetometers and are also more accurate, but suffer from considerably worse sensitivity, ˜1 nT/√Hz.
Search coil magnetic sensors can achieve sub-pT sensitivities at high frequencies (>1 MHz) but are largely insensitive to DC magnetic fields. Search coils have been used for many years as the sensors in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) instruments. Flux gate magnetometers typically achieve sensitivities in the range of 1-10 pT/√Hz and are fairly small (a few cm3) but require considerable power (˜1 W). They are also magnetic, which makes them difficult to use in arrays. Commercial magneto-resistive sensors are sensitive to ˜1 nT/√Hz but are very small (4 mm3, packaged), and very inexpensive. Finally, Hall probe magnetometers have very poor sensitivity (100 nT/√Hz) but are inexpensive.
An important distinction between atomic magnetometers and most other sensor types is that atomic magnetometers are scalar sensors, which means they sense the magnitude of the magnetic field, rather than the projection along one spatial direction. This is particularly important for applications on moving platforms since platform motion adds considerable noise to a vector sensor as the angle between the field and the sensor axis changes.
One very high performance commercial gyroscope is the hemispherical resonator gyroscope (HRG), which achieves an exceptional angle-random walk (ARW) and bias drift but is very expensive to manufacture. Ring laser gyros (RLGs) and fiber-optics gyros (FOGs) also achieve navigation-grade performance at somewhat reduced cost. MEMS gyroscopes generally have very poor bias stability.
It is therefore believed that a solution to such drawbacks lies in the development of a magnetic field sensing apparatus, such as a gyroscope, and method as presented in this application.
The following summary of the invention is provided to facilitate an understanding of some of the innovative features unique to the present invention and is not intended to be a full description. A full appreciation of the various aspects of the invention can be gained by taking the entire specification, claims, drawings and abstract as a whole.
It is therefore one aspect of the present invention to provide for improved magnetometer methods and systems.
It is another aspect of the present invention to provide for improved gyroscope methods and systems.
The above and other aspects of the invention can be achieved as will now be briefly described. The innovation the present invention brings to the development of gyroscopes and magnetometers is associated with the diverging beam geometry. This geometry allows a simple, highly compact implementation of the NMR gyroscope that could be fabricated at a much lower cost than gyroscopes of equivalent sensitivity. Additional advantages are the use of differential detection that will reduce the low-frequency noise and improve the angle-random walk, as compared with detection methods that do not allow for differential detection.
In accordance with features of the present invention, a magnetic field sensing device is disclosed that includes a cell adapted for containing alkali atoms at a their vapor pressure so that the alkali atoms can become polarized, a light source producing a spatially diverging or converging light field, a wave plate to circularly polarize light from the light source, at least one photodetector adapted to measure magnetic field strength based on a reaction of the light with the alkali atoms. A flex circuit adapted to provide signals from the at least one photodetector to a computer (adapted as external signal conditioning and detection circuitry facilities) can also be included. A heater can also be included, wherein the heater is used to heat the cell and a thermal sensor is used to stabilize the temperature at a predetermined value. The apparatus can be adapted in a gyroscope implementation that comprises a magnetic shield and an additional gas. Any noble gas with a non-zero nuclear spin can be used, including 129Xe.
In accordance with a method of using the present invention, light emitted from a light source passes through a set of optics adapted to circularly polarize light from the light source, attenuate the light and change its spatial mode. The resulting light field has a spatially converging or diverging profile. The light passes through a cell. An oscillating magnetic field is generated at a Larmor frequency of the alkali atoms in a direction along the average light propagation direction with a component perpendicular to said magnetic field with at least one of a plurality of coil. To adapt the magnetometer for use as an NMR gyroscope, an oscillating magnetic field at the Larmor frequency of the noble gas atoms is also applied to the cell. An atomic polarization is caused to precess at a drive frequency about a magnetic field. A transverse component of the atomic polarization is detected by monitoring the absorption of the edges of a diverging light beam using at least one photodetector. Then the magnitude of the precessing transverse atomic polarization is determined by subtracting signals coming from opposite sides of the light beam.
The accompanying figures, in which like reference numerals refer to identical or functionally-similar elements throughout the separate views and which are incorporated in and form part of the specification, further illustrate embodiments of the present invention.
The particular values and configurations discussed in these non-limiting examples can be varied and are cited merely to illustrate embodiments of the present invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention.
A set of radio-frequency (RF) coils 40, positioned about the cell creates an oscillating magnetic field in the cell. When the frequency of this field is tuned to the Larmor frequency, ωL, of the atoms in the magnetic field, the atomic spins precess coherently about the magnetic field direction. The Larmor frequency of the atoms is related to the magnetic field by ωL=□B0, where □ is the gyromagnetic ratio of the atoms (2□×3.5 Hz/nT in the case of 133Cs and 2□×11.8 mHz/nT in the case of 129Xe). The precessing noble gas spins (if present) create a transverse magnetic field, which affects the alkali spins in a manner that depends on the orientation of the noble gas spin. The precessing alkali spins create a transverse polarization in the atomic vapor, which causes a change in the absorption of the light field that depends on the propagation direction of the light. Because of the circularly symmetric nature of the diverging light beam, the transverse polarization generates a differential absorption. For example, if the atomic polarization has a component along the x direction, light that has a component in the x direction will see reduced absorption, while light that has a component in the −x direction will see increased absorption. As the atomic polarization vector precesses, therefore the spatial profile of the diverging light field will be modified accordingly.
The vapor cell is similar to the cells previously used in chip-scale atomic clocks.
A few other components need to be integrated with the parts shown in
Of course, it can be appreciated that a variety of other types of magnetometers and gyroscopes may be implemented in accordance with alternative embodiments.
The embodiments and examples set forth herein are presented to best explain the present invention and its practical application and to thereby enable those skilled in the art to make and utilize the invention. Those skilled in the art, however, will recognize that the foregoing description and examples have been presented for the purpose of illustration and example only. Other variations and modifications of the present invention will be apparent to those of skill in the art, and it is the intent of the appended claims that such variations and modifications be covered.
The description as set forth is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the scope of the invention. Many modifications and variations are possible in light of the above teaching without departing from the scope of the following claims. It is contemplated that the use of the present invention can involve components having different characteristics. It is intended that the scope of the present invention be defined by the claims appended hereto, giving full cognizance to equivalents in all respects.
The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or right is claimed are defined as follows.
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Hackers allegedly linked to Russian military intelligence are accused of infecting three energy and transport companies in Ukraine and Poland with sophisticated new malware, Reuters reports.
The claims: The companies, which have not been named, were infected with a new type of malicious software called GreyEnergy between 2015 and mid-2018, according to a researchers at Slovakian IT security firm ESET. They believe it was developed by the same group behind a series of high-profile cyberattacks on Ukraine in recent years, called Sandworm, using malware called BlackEnergy. “The important thing is that they are still active,” ESET researcher Robert Lipovsky told Reuters. “This shows that this very dangerous and persistent ‘threat actor’ is still active.”
Attribution: The UK’s spy agency GCHQ said this month that Sandworm and BlackEnergy are both names associated with the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence body (it has recently rebranded to GU). It’s an allegation that has been flatly denied by the Kremlin.
Diplomatic tensions: These claims come during a period of particularly poor relations between Russia and the West, in the aftermath of a nerve attack on former GRU officer Sergei Skripal in England that the UK alleges was carried out by Russian agents.
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State tests fighter fifth-generation Air Force Base Akhtubinsk begin in March-April, said in an interview to RIA Novosti CEO Yuri Tikhomirov NIIP whitewashed.
Air Force Commander Viktor Bondarev said that serial deliveries promising fighters in the army will begin in 2016.
«Tests of the Gromov Flight Research Institute (Zhukovsky) uncrated in Akhtubinsk. According to the plan there should be tests to begin in March-April, but it is dependent on the willingness of the test base, «- said the whitewashed.
According to the director of NIIP, head developer of electronic systems for the T-50, three aircraft with their equipment on board are undergoing flight tests in Zhukovsky, and two more cars to join the end of the year.
In turn, the company «Sukhoi» as the leading developer of a promising aviation complex tactical aircraft (PAK FA) said in late February that the first T-50 arrived at the airfield Municipal Flight Test Center Air Force RF Chkalov Akhtubinsk. Research Institute of Instrument name V.V.Tihomirova — military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation, the developer of weapons control systems (VCS) fighter aircraft, one of the main tasks is the oppression of the enemy air defense systems, as well — the developer of anti-aircraft missiles medium range (SAM SD) defense Land Forces.


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Here we are again as usual like every spring, counting how many extra pounds and remorse we have from the past winter season. We've made sacrifices in the gym, lifting weights, doing yoga, but what do you expect, we're Italians and are extremely attached to our culinary traditions that are linked to the sense and union of family that we love and cannot survive without.
Easter is a holiday built on traditions and there is one city in Italy that conveys these traditions to the highest degree: Naples. A mixture of scents and tastes, where the art from the Bourbon period mixes splendidly in the neighborhoods such as in the housing projects of the Spanish Neighborhood, that is traced back to 1536, when Naples was under Spanish rule. This neighborhood is characterized by its buildings and vast area that expands from Corso Vittorio Emanuele to Via Toledo all the way to the Royal Palace. The neighborhood was constructed for the guests of the royal family, hence it a direct and short distance to the Royal Palace. The Spanish Neighborhood has evolved during the years, creating beautiful, natural scenery that no other city in the world can offer and that represents all that is Naples, spontaneity and tradition. The breathtaking panoramas of the Gulf with Mount Vesuvius as the backdrop, the intense colors of the buildings, especially in the late afternoon when the sun splendidly kisses them and the different shades of blue of the sea, it's no wonder why the poet Goethe once said "vedi Napoli e poi muori," or rather "see Naples and then die."
Experts say that memories etched in one's mind are established by two senses alone: taste and scent. This is the logical reason why the people of Naples are so attached to their city of many scents and tastes. It would be hard to put in words everything that a Neapolitan feels for his city and his fellow citizens, a population that is often tormented and misunderstood. Apart from its vast and intricate history, the splendid city of Naples has also earned its title of world capital of culinary art from pizza to pasta and the many different, imaginative and unique ways to prepare fish. Naples is also famous for its coffee; its taste is unique and binding, thanks to the way and the temperature at which the beans are toasted and the procedure in which the barista prepares the espresso.
A Neapolitan is defined as a person capable of living anywhere in the world. It seems crazy but it's a characteristic that unites every person that lives or has lived in that city. In fact, Neapolitans are found all around the globe and continue to share their culinary traditions that have rendered Naples famous, like the worldwide production of mozzarella di bufala and la pizza napoletana. Neapolitans not only share their culinary culture with the rest of their world but apply their genius, passion and their fantasy to what they do. Case in point, about three years ago, a Neapolitan "genius" ventured to Milan, the economic center of Italy and fashion capital of the world to open "Cioccolati Italiani." You might be asking yourself what is so unique about this place. Well, it was founded by Neapolitan, Giovanni Ferrieri, who lived in Naples all his life. Thanks to the love, dedication and passion he had to interpreting taste and delight, he decided to embark on this challenge and go to a city that he was not familiar with and where the classical "bar" culture and cuisine was without a doubt completely different to that what he knew in Naples. Ferrieri started off with a small foundation based on essentiality, consistency and introduced a new standardized format, something original even in such a big city.
A part from the beautiful esthetics this locale has to offer, its main focus is an ancient component defined as the pleasure of existence that is: chocolate. Here, the act of eating chocolate is an involving experience. From pure chocolate ice cream to chocolate pasta (a truly exotic taste), solid chocolate from the best cocoa plantations in the world, ice cream filled brioche, indulging chocolate cake, chocolate fountains and chocolate filled ice cream cones, this unique mouthwatering eatery is a perfect place for anyone passionate about enjoying food and life. Cioccolati Italiani also features novel and traditional Italian pastries, Sunday brunches and of course coffeeâmade the Neapolitan way. Other than the actual in-house production of the ice cream, pastries and other dishes, there was one thing that was created that is unmistakably genius and innovative for such a locale. Cocoa is sometimes defined as the "black gold" of the Earth, so if gold is guarded in vaults, why not create a vault for chocolate as well? Done deal, as a part of the contemporary interior, vaults were created to hold the precious chocolate, in fact, as soon as you enter in the locale, you are greeted right away by a transparent vault filled with large chocolate ingots placed on sheets of wood just as if it were a vault of real gold ingots; a chocolate kingdom that puts Willy Wonka to shame.
Cioccolati Italiani has been praised by many national Italian newspapers, magazines and blogs thanks to the simple fact that Cioccolati Italiani revalued one of the world's most ancient products, in fact, Ferrieri believes that "chocolate is not only food, it is an experience." An experience indeed enjoyed and acknowledged by countless Italians and tourists all throughout Italy due to its two locations in Milan, one in Naples and one in Gallipoli (Puglia). Ferrieri has yet to bring all that is Naples stateside and conquer the taste buds and hearts of America. Cioccolati Italiani not only brings out the Neapolitan in all of us but teaches us the joy and delight of savoring not only chocolate but also life, the Neapolitan way.


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Decorated with lavish mosaics, Ravenna is a historic Italian City known for its well-preserved Roman and Byzantine architecture. A dazzling mecca of artwork, Ravenna is home to eight UNESCO World Heritage-listed sites.
If you want to see one of the greatest works of Roman art, head to the Basilica San Vitale to find magnificent mosaics commissioned by the Archbishop Maximian. Spend some time in quiet contemplation as you admire vivid scenes from the Old Testament and pieces that commemorate the Byzantine emperor Justinian with San Massimiano and Empress Theodora.
Continue your artistic journey at the Mausoleo di Galla Placidia, located in the same complex as the Basilica San Vitale. Here you can view impressive depictions of the Christian redemption and some of the oldest mosaics in Ravenna.
Need a dose of history? Make the Basilica di Sant'Apollinare Nuovo your next stop. This church was built by King Theodoric the Great in 504 AD and houses prominent mosaics in addition to ancient relics of Saint Apollinaris.
Outdoor enthusiasts should visit the Safari Ravenna for some fun in the sun. Ride a safari car through this combination safari and zoo, taking the opportunity to photograph the resident mammals and birds while observing reptile, primate and domestic animal enclosures.
The Federico Fellini International Airport is the nearest international airport, located about 70 kilometers outside of Ravenna. Ravenna is well-connected by rail, with easy access to nearby cities, such as Bologna, Rimini and Ferrara. The best way of getting around is on foot, but there are also public buses and bicycles for rent.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park
In May of 2002, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg signed a memorandum to develop an 85-acre stretch of land on Brooklyn’s northeast side. The area would include numerous bike paths, gardens, and piers for visitors to enjoy. New Yorkers saw the results of the effort in 2008 with the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge Park.
The waterfront park stretches 1.3 miles along the gently sloping coastline and includes six piers, Fulton Ferry Landing, athletic fields, playgrounds, water and botanical gardens, shopping, dining, and more. The world-class amenities have made it one of the most popular destinations in the city. Here are a couple of events and activities available if you want to plan a visit to the park.
Events at the Brooklyn Bridge Park
See New York as you've never seen it before. You can do that thanks to kayaking events at Pier 2 that run Thursdays through Sundays. Kayakers can glide along the East River, regardless of experience level.
Help make the world a better place by joining the Coastal Cleanup Volunteers. Volunteers from the community come together once a month to pick up hundreds of pounds of trash from the Pier 1 marshes and beaches. Pier 1 is also home to the Green Team 2019, which has volunteers help plant and mulch, as well as remove invasive plants from the gardens.
Learn about the rich biodiversity of the Hudson River Estuary with a visit to a seining class. Local scientists use a seine net to catch and display everything from crabs to carp. Classes take place every three weeks, and each one focuses on a different aspect of the estuary’s biodiversity.
Other events, such as yoga, Zumba, and basketball clinics, among others, frequently occur in the park—the event schedule is far-ranging and changes weekly.
What’s There to Do at Brooklyn Bridge Park at Night?
Enjoy an evening of food and fun at Smorgasburg. The food market pops up at Brooklyn Bridge Park every Thursday at 6 pm until August 29th. Guests can sample a global menu, including Venezuelan street food, locally made ice cream, and your favorite adult beverages.
New York Road Runners offers free Tuesday night runs starting at Pier 6. Beginners and veterans take off at 7:00 pm to run a three-mile course. Best of all, no registration is needed.
Since opening in 2000, Movies with a View has hosted movies for more than half a million moviegoers. Every Thursday evening in July and August, people settle down on Pier 1 and watch some of the most popular and acclaimed films of all time. Upcoming titles include The Big Lebowski, Selma, and It Happened One Night.
Check Out Brooklyn Bridge Park
While 85 acres might not seem like a lot, you will surely find more than enough things to do at the Brooklyn Bridge Park to keep you coming back time and time again. From food festivals to free running groups, there is family-friendly fun for people of all ages. Learn more about the Brooklyn Bridge Park by checking out their website today.

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2,500 needy students in St James to benefit from back-to-school grants
ST JAMES, Jamaica – Approximately 2,500 needy students are to benefit from back-to-school grants, totalling $17 million, from the St James Municipal Corporation.
Vouchers valued over $5,000 each are being provided to youngsters across the parish through a collaboration with the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development.
These will be distributed over a one-week period, starting August 23, at the Montego Bay Cultural Centre.
They can be used to purchase essential school supplies and textbooks for students at the infant, primary and secondary levels.
Addressing parents on day one of the municipal corporation’s annual back-to-school education support presentation on Wednesday, Deputy Mayor of Montego Bay, Councillor Richard Vernon, said the initiative represents a tangible step towards promoting educational equality and helping persons in need.
He noted that the voucher distribution “is just a part of what we do on a larger scale for educational grants”.
“This also marks about six years since we have partnered with the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development to do back-to-school educational grants, and we are looking [at] somewhere about $80 million in terms of… investment in education… over that period,” the deputy mayor said.
Councillor Vernon emphasised the steadfast belief by the citizens of Montego Bay in the transformative power of education, describing it as a catalyst for positive change.
“We believe that education is important. We believe that education still has the capability of moving persons out of a particular situation into a better situation. Therefore, we find it very necessary to invest in our youngsters and help alleviate the economic burden that they experience,” he added.
Hundreds of parents who turned out on day one of the voucher distribution exercise had high praises for the assistance from the municipal corporation.
Garfield Robinson, who resides at Barracks Road, expressed gratitude for the initiative, noting that the support will come in handy as he makes final preparations to send his son back to school.
“The vouchers we are getting will give an extra push for me because doing everything on your own kind of puts a strain on you. But with this, it brings a great impact and help towards what I am doing for my son,” he said.
A grateful Margo Smith said the donation’s impact will be far-reaching.
“We are really appreciative of this venture that the parish council [municipal corporation] is doing for the community,” Smith stated.


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Are Millennials Lost or Enlightened?
A recent Pew poll shows significant gaps between younger and older Americans. Some of those gaps pertain to ethical issues many consider central to Christian faith.
The Pew poll’s primary aim was to gauge political similarities and differences. For instance, polls show the overwhelming majority of Millennials (those coming into adulthood in the new millennium) as supporting the reelection of Barack Obama. The majority of older folks — Baby Boomers and the Silent generation — want change in the US presidency. Polls show that most older Americans would vote for Mitt Romney instead of Obama.
The statistics I thought most interesting pertained to views of same-sex marriage, abortion, war, and the environment.
On the question of whether gays and lesbians should be allowed to marry legally, 59% Millennials and 50% of GenXers were in favor. But only 42% of Boomers and only 33% of the Silent generation were in favor of same-sex marriage, and most were against the practice.
What does this mean? Is there a diminishing of Christian values among younger Americans? Or are younger Americans following a fresh leading of the Holy Spirit?
I was surprised to see that the majority of Americans in all four generational categories believe abortion should remain legal in the United States. I don’t know what this means, but it is not good news for those who want abortions banned.
I was not surprised, however, that the majority in all four generational categories think the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are not worth fighting. I’ve noticed public sentiment largely in opposition to these military conflicts. It will be interesting to see how this issue plays out in the presidential races.
I was also not surprised that younger people in America are largely in favor of environmental regulations and think global warming must be addressed. The gap between younger and older Americans on this set of issues is quite large. Might this mean Christian Millennials are concerned with peripheral issues, or does it mean older Christian Americans need to “get on board” with God’s work to save the planet?
One other particularly interesting set of statistics pertained to the religious affiliation of various generations. The surveys showed that 26% of Millennials responded as religiously unaffiliated, 21% of GenXers, 15% of Boomers, and just 10% of Silents. In other words, the younger a person is, the less likely that person will identify him or herself with a religion.
Does the relative lack of religious affiliation by Millennials mean their views on same-sex marriage and the environment have not been properly nurtured by religious communities? To ask this question a slightly different way, would Millennials think more like Boomers and Silents if they showed up for worship services more often?
Or should we think religious communities have not adapted well to the ethical convictions of Millennials and Xers? Could the views of Millennials represent a new form or authentic religiosity that congregations should be embracing?
I’m still searching for fully satisfying answers to my own questions. At the least, however, I’m more confident than ever the views of my younger university students often differ from views my parents held on Christian ethics issues.

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It's official: Ranveer Singh will play the lead role in Aditya Chopra's upcoming film Befikre.
After announcing the project on the late Yash Chopra's birth anniversary (September 27), production house Yash Raj Films revealed that Singh would play the lead in the Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge director's first film in seven years. This was announced via an intimate selfie video in which Singh speaks frankly about his journey at YRF, who launched his career by casting him in his debut film Band Baaja Baaraat (2010).
In the video, Singh walks on the fourth floor of the YRF office and talks about the time he got his first role and how he reacted, by playing it cool at first and then eventually breaking down. He reacted in the exact same manner, he says, when he was told by Chopra that he'd be playing the lead in Befikre.
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Reminiscent of such colorful personalities as Marcel Proust and Oscar Wilde, Julian Maclaren-Ross, with his teddy-bear fur coat, malacca cane, white corduroy jacket, dark glasses, and lapel carnation, fit well into the bohemian atmosphere of the London literary scene of the 1940’s. More important than the image he may have cut, however, is the fact that he was both a participant in and an observer of that scene, and, although he never fancied himself an official historian, his Memoirs of the Forties may be read as a kind of chronicle of Grub Street during that decade.
In the note at the beginning of Memoirs of the Forties Maclaren-Ross admits that he is not a professional literary man but rather a professional writer, and that anyone seeking scandal or inside accounts of literary politics would do well to seek them elsewhere. His stated goal is to portray as accurately as he can the various writers, publishers, editors, artists, and other personages with whom he came into contact during the 1940’s. More than that, however, he emphasizes that he has tried to elude the trap open to writers of memoirs of falsifying incidents in order to make them more interesting to the reader. To achieve his goal, he presents what first strikes the reader as a random collection of conversations, incidents, and stories. Indeed, Maclaren-Ross readily confesses that he has a weakness regarding dates. Thus, in an exact chronological sense, neither he nor the reader can be sure when a particular conversation or incident took place. Emphasizing his photographic memory for details of such conversations and incidents, however, he assures the reader that they surely did occur as he narrates them and that they are, moreover, accurate. The reader, then, must not be overly concerned by the absence of an orderly chronology of events, situations, or conversations, but rather must take them all as they come and let the overall impressions develop as they may.
The book is divided into four sections—“Prologue,” “The Forties,” “Second Lieutenant Lewis,” and “Some Stories.” The prologue consists of three chapters that focus on Maclaren-Ross’ struggles as a young writer seeking a publisher for his stories—a writer with, as he puts it, no useful connections to smooth the way. Sometimes selling vacuum cleaners, sometimes going on the dole, he makes his rounds among publishers on Grub Street until the British Broadcasting Corporation gives him the assignment of adapting Graham Greene’s A Gun for Sale (1936) for radio. Although he does receive fifteen pounds for his efforts, the impending war and general bureaucratic delays bring the project to naught.
The second section of the book, “The Forties,” consists of eight chapters, the first of which concerns Maclaren-Ross’ meeting with Cyril Connolly, the editor of Horizon, and the latter’s acceptance of the young writer’s story “A Bit of a Smash in Madras” for publication. The second deals with some of Maclaren-Ross’ army experiences and his meeting with Woodrow Wyatt, a young socialist barrister, who with his wife edited English Story and who agreed to publish some of his stories. The remaining chapters of this section are a series of portraits of notable people of the decade, including William Cooper Makins, Arthur Calder-Marshall, Dylan Thomas, J. Meary Tambimuttu, Peter Brooke, John Minton, Gerald Wilde, Robert Colquhoun, Robert Macbryde, Feliks Topolski, and Pablo Picasso.
The section titled “Second Lieutenant Lewis” is a chapter in itself—“A Memoir.” It describes the meeting in the army in 1942 between the author and Alun Lewis. The last section, “Some Stories,” consists of six stories: “Y List,” the story of a soldier who suffers pneumonia and pleurisy; “I Had to Go Sick,” the story of another soldier who becomes enmeshed in army red tape as he tries to get treatment for a bad leg; “A Bit of a Smash in Madras,” the story of an Englishman in India, who hits a native while driving intoxicated and pulls what strings he can to extricate himself from the charges; “Five-Finger Exercise,” the story of a thirty-six-year-old man seducing a sixteen-year-old girl; “Happy As the Day Is Long,” the story of a happy-go-lucky Irishman who tries to bolster the spirits of a down-and-almost-out artist; and “The Swag, the Spy, and the Soldier,” the story of a group of people living a bohemian existence and an unemployed former amusement-park worker who involves them in a case of theft.
Originally, Maclaren-Ross intended two more sections for his book—one titled “Ham” and the second “The Epilogue.” Because of his untimely death in 1964, these were never completed.
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Davenport, John. “Ghosts and Gargoyles,” in The Spectator. October 1, 1965, p. 414.
Pritchett, V.S. “Those Were the Days,” in New Statesman. LXX (September 24, 1965), pp. 446-448.
The Times Literary Supplement. Review. October 21, 1965, p. 937.
Toynbee, Phillip. Review in The Observer. September 12, 1965, p. 26.


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|This map of Colonial North America prior to the defeat of the French in the 18th century shows the high point for Native Americans, when the exercised control of an large part of the American interior and managed to play one power off one another.|
Facing East from Indian Country (2003)
by Daniel Richter
Daniel Richter is the pre-eminent historian in the area of "Early American Studies" or "Native American History," if you will. You could call him a revisionist, but his work is more of a narrative synthesis of existing sources than a radical rethinking of the field. Richter's concern is telling the early history of America from the perspective of Native actors. He is forthright both acknowledging the limits in the existing sources and being creative in terms of re-creating the perspectives of historical figures who lack their own voice.
One of Richter's major themes in this and other books is that the idea that European settlers simply rolled over the helpless Native peoples is simply untrue. The Native peoples suffered hugely from European diseases that arrived before the Europeans themselves, so that when English settlers arrived in North America "history" was already happening. The fact that neither the English or scholars for several centuries afterwards were willfully ignorant about this history doesn't mean that it didn't happen.
Things didn't really start to fall apart for Native tribes east of the Mississippi till the defeat of the French in the French Indian War. Prior to that, after they recovered from the major epidemics of the 17th century, the 18th was a time of relative prosperity and success. Any reader will come away with the strong impression that even if it didn't work, Native peoples tried many different tactics in an attempt to cope with changing conditions brought about contact with Europeans. They were also integrated into the economic system of Europe and its North American colonies in a way that is rarely appreciated.

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Legislative branch closed due to COVID-19 spread
The Navajo Nation’s legislative branch shut down due to the rapid spread of COVID-19, Communications Director Alray Nelson told Navajo Times Friday morning.
Legislative offices in Window Rock will be closed to the public for an indefinite period and buildings will be sanitized.
“Speaker Damon has ordered that all offices under the legislative branch be thoroughly cleaned,” said Nelson. “This is a precaution to keep our staff and their families safe at all times. So we will be working remotely.”
All Navajo Nation Council meetings like the special session today will continue via teleconference.
Council’s winter session is planned for the week starting Jan. 24, said Nelson.
Driven by the Omicron variant, which was identified on the Navajo Nation on Monday, COVID-19 cases jumped to 294 on Thursday – a quadrupling of weekly average cases reported one week prior.
“The Council and Speaker Damon are concerned with the new variant and the rapid spread across Navajo,” said Nelson. “We’ve seen those numbers increase.
“We need to make sure our staff, the delegates and family members are kept safe over the next two weeks as we go into winter session,” he said.


MEN’S BASKETBALL (0-1 OUA, 9-5 OVERALL)
At Brock (1-0 OUA) Friday, November 6, 8:00 p.m. for season-opener game.
Clinton Springer-Williams, 22 - Brock
Josh Gibson-Bascombe, 17; Warren Ward, 16 – uOttawa
It was almost another overtime game Friday evening for the Gee-Gees men’s basketball team, whose game was slightly delayed due to the women’s match-up going into overtime, but the Brock Badgers finished one bucket ahead to finish things off after the fourth quarter, defeating the Gee-Gees 72-70.
It was an even battle for the Gee-Gees and the Badgers. Fifth-year guard Josh Gibson-Bascombe(Toronto, Ont.) attempted to tie things up with 12 seconds left in the game, but was not successful in the shot, and the Gee-Gees would record their first loss of the season.
“It was a close game throughout,” said head coach Dave DeAveiro. “We shot much better in the second half, but we gave a lot of turnovers; that made a difference.”
The Gee-Gees shot 51% in the second half, as opposed to 24% in the first half. Gibson-Bascombe scored 17 points to lead the Gee-Gees in scoring, followed by second-year guard Warren Ward (Brampton, Ont.) with 16 points and 6 rebounds, and fourth-year forward Louis Gauthier (Ottawa, Ont.) with 14 points, 6 rebounds.
The Gee-Gees defeated Brock last season, 81-61.
The Gee-Gees will play their second game of the season tomorrow evening on the road against the Guelph Gryphons (0-1 OUA) at 8:00 p.m.


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- Cogito, a tech startup out of MIT, has raised $US73 million with backing from Goldman Sachs and Salesforce Ventures. It boosts the quality of call centres’ customer service by analysing customers’ voices and flagging when they’re unsatisfied.
- This month, Cogito spun out a new company focused on detecting mental illness based on the sound of your voice.
- A growing cluster of health-tech CEOs, clinicians, and entrepreneurs say voice is the future of healthcare.
For Sub Datta, the fight for better tools to identify severe bouts of depression is deeply personal.
Datta lives with clinical depression. He’s also the first leader of a new company that’s using data collected from smartphones – including the sound of a user’s voice – to detect acute episodes of mental illnesses like his.
Called CompanionMX, the company was recently spun out of MIT enterprise company Cogito, which has raised $US73 million from backers like Goldman Sachs and Salesforce Ventures. Cogito helps increase the quality of call centres’ customer service by analysing customers’ voices and flagging when they’re unsatisfied.
CompanionMX’s current focus is an app called Companion, which analyses the sound of your voice along with data on how much time you spend texting, calling, or using social media.
Every time you send Companion a short recording or voice note, the app analyses how you sound. Together with the data on how you’re using your phone, that information helps create a picture of your mental health. The information can also be shared with a clinician who can offer support.
Datta sees Companion’s continuous stream of data as a critical alternative to the current model, which consists largely of sporadic therapy visits and last-minute emergency room trips. Although depression is currently the leading cause of disability worldwide, as many as two-thirds of people with the disorder go without treatment, according to data from the National Alliance for Mental Illness. Beyond resulting in needless pain and suffering, that also costs US businesses billions in lost productivity every year.
The information that Companion gathers can be thought of as a new “vital sign” for mental health – one that could help clinicians intervene before symptoms worsen or even lead to thoughts of suicide – according to Datta.
“This way people like myself don’t have to rely on intermittent data but rather have continual data,” he told Business Insider.
How Companion works
The Companion tool is available as an app for iPhone and Android users after a healthcare professional recommends you use it.
Once you grant the app permission to collect data on how you use your phone, it looks at four main metrics: physical and social isolation (how much time you spend by yourself vs. with others), your mood, and your energy levels.
After a few days of running in the background, the app can give you a picture of what Datta calls your “overall behavioural stability,” or your baseline. That way when someone suddenly diverts from their regular behaviour – perhaps suddenly spending a lot of time alone, for example – the app can tell.
The app’s key metric, however, is voice.
When Companion prompts you to do so, you leave a short voice note on the app, similar to how you’d send a friend a voice note over iMessage or WhatsApp. You can say anything throughout the course of the voice note, but it’s generally regarded as a kind of short audio diary, Joshua Feast, the CEO of Cogito and a member of CompanionMX’s board of directors, told Business Insider.
“Think of it like a little moment of reflection where you get immediate feedback on how you’re sounding,” said Feast.
Just as the app looks at your overall phone usage to determine your baseline activity patterns, it also analyses your voice over time to give you an idea of your norm based on everything from your pitch and tone to your volume and enunciation. Then it can detect when you diverge from that pattern.
Before becoming available to the general public, researchers tested Companion in a series of clinical trials with medical institutions including Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the US Veterans Administration. Based on those results, the Companion team decided the app could provide patients with clinically meaningful information.
“With voice you get more precision – it’s quite unique and distinctive, like fingerprints,” David K. Ahern, the director of Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s digital behavioural health research program and a co-principal investigator of a recent clinical trial using Companion on a subset of patients, told Business Insider last year.
As a result of that research, the Companion team also discovered that leaving voice notes was something people genuinely enjoyed doing, Feast said.
Is 2019 the year of voice in healthcare?
There’s a growing movement in healthcare to home in on voice as the next big health tool. While some see voice as a way for clinicians to speed up patient visits, others see it more like Datta does, as a means of detecting illness in patients.
“The killer app is going to be voice” as an addition to electronic medical records, said Toby Cosgrove, the former CEO of the leading academic medical center Cleveland Clinic and a new executive advisor to Google Cloud, at a recent health conference in San Francisco called the Rock Health Summit.
Voice is “going to be big in the future,” Markovich said.
He described a pilot program that Blue Shield is currently running with physicians that involves having them record themselves during patient visits. An algorithm translates the relevant information from the recordings into patients’ electronic medical records.
That’s similar to the way Suki, a new AI startup backed by Salesforce chief Marc Benioff, aims to help doctors record medical notes. Augmedix, another startup that helps doctors record notes from patient visits, does so using Google Glass.
On the patient side of healthcare, several companies are also looking at voice as a way to detect when a patient isn’t feeling well.
Amazon recently filed a patent aimed at enabling its voice assistant Alexa to detect when a user is sick with something like a cold or the flu, for example. And Cogito, CompanionMX’s parent company, has been using data collected from the sound of users’ voices to enhance companies’ customer service abilities for the past decade.
“Capturing voice and understanding and translating that meaning is helpful and can be useful clinically,” Markovich said.


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An EXAFS study of rare-earth phosphate glasses in the vicinity of the metaphosphate composition.
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A study of rare-earth phosphate glasses, in the vicinity of the metaphosphate composition, has been undertaken at different temperatures using the extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) facility at the Synchrotron Radiation Source, Daresbury Laboratory, UK. The metaphosphate-like glasses examined contained the rare-earth elements La, Sm. Eu and Gd as R3+ ions. The experiments were carried out at room temperature, 145 and 79 K. The data show that the first shell surrounding rare-earth ions contains only oxygen atoms at a mean distance of similar to 2.2-2.4 Angstrom. The 'Iantfianide contraction' is clearly observed, i.e., the R-O distance decreases with increasing atomic number. The observed R(-O) coordination numbers are in the range 5-7. A second correlation shell was found associated with phosphorus atoms around the central rare-earth atom (similar to 3.5 Angstrom), and another rare-earth:oxygen correlation was also identified (similar to 4 Angstrom). Static disorder dominates the Debye-Waller term, but thermal disorder is not negligible. Within the accuracy of the EXAFS data, no significant structural variations were observed over the temperature range studied. We conclude that the anomalous bulk properties are associated with either subtle structural features or primarily due to rare-earth ion Interactions.
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Arklow Courthouse & ABEC Serviced Offices
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