Maggie, foreground, an African elephant, was just a whisper of her current self when she arrived Sept. 30, 1983, at the Alaska Zoo. She was dwarfed by the zoo's resident Asian elephant, Annabelle. Nowadays Maggie, at 8,000 pounds, is larger than Annabelle was in 1983.
Plan ahead -- very carefully.
"It's very doable," said Carol Buckley, executive director of the Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee. "But there's a lot of work that goes into it."
Buckley said she has moved more than 20 elephants in the past 30 years.
Last week, under mounting public pressure, the Alaska Zoo's board of directors agreed to move Maggie to a warmer climate where she can be around others of her kind, as long as veterinarians determine she is healthy enough to make the trip and zoo staff find a suitable new home.
Possibilities include several elephant sanctuaries such as Buckley's and the roughly 80 elephant facilities accredited by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association, about 40 of which house African elephants like Maggie. Alaska Zoo director Pat Lampi said he and his staff will pare those down to a short list for closer research.
Board members said they would only ship her by air. Experts seem to agree that's best.
An African elephant of Maggie's age and experience -- a 25-year-old who has known little exercise and was last moved as a yearling -- should experience as little travel time as possible, said Randy Rieches, San Diego Zoo Wild Animal Park curator of mammals. "A four- to five-day trip for an elephant that age is concerning," he said.
When Maggie was brought to Alaska in 1983, she was the size of a small pony and weighed just a couple hundred pounds. She was trucked from a game farm in upstate New York to a New York City airport, where the Anchorage zoo's director accompanied her on a plane to Alaska, said Sammye Seawell, who founded the zoo and is a current board member. When the zoo's Asian elephant Annabelle arrived in 1966, she too was just a baby. Transporting such small animals was not the gargantuan task it is today with Maggie.
TOUGH, NOT IMPOSSIBLE
Moving adult elephants is a logistics puzzle but not impossible, experts say. Circuses have done it for years, including international travel, said Jim Rogers, spokesman for the United States Department of Agriculture, which regulates the commercial transport of animals.
Any company hired to transport Maggie will need to be registered with the USDA.
Few airplanes can accommodate a crate tall enough to hold Maggie. A 747 jumbo jet is the most likely option, said Michael Foley, owner of California-based Global Animal Transport.
The zoo may also consider the Russian-made Antonov An-225, another huge cargo plane. And if the zoo can't get Maggie on either of those, it may consider looking to the military, which has the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, Foley said.
The Air Force has helped before with large animals. When a killer whale named Keiko needed a ride from Oregon to Iceland in 1998, a C-17 Globemaster provided the lift.
The most likely scenario is to fly Maggie out on a commercial 747 and truck her from the airport nearest her new home, Foley said.
There's a lot to be done before that happens.
VETS MUST APPROVE
First, she has to get an OK from vets who specialize in treating elephants. The Alaska Zoo will have to hire a couple and bring them up.
Then Maggie will need to be crate-trained, which could take anywhere from a few days to several months, according to the national zoo association. Maggie's handlers likely will get her used to the crate by putting it in her enclosure, feeding her in it and letting her get comfortable.
The crate, which Rieches says could weigh 4,000 pounds, may have to be custom built if the zoo can't get one from another zoo or transport company.
"She could be moved to Florida as long as she's healthy and crate trained," he said. "It shouldn't be an issue."
Airplane noise should be piped into Maggie's Alaska Zoo enclosure to allow her to adjust to the kinds of sounds she'll hear in the belly of a cargo plane, Foley said. All zoos that are near whatever transportation route she takes should be alerted in case something goes wrong and an emergency pit stop is necessary, Rieches said.
Everything needs to be considered.
When the San Diego Zoo transported 11 adult African elephants on a chartered jumbo jet from the Kingdom of Swaziland in 2003, absorbent diaper materials were layered in trays under the rubber floors of the elephant crates.
"An elephant drinks quite a substantial amount of water, and we have to be able to catch everything," Rieches said.
That 10,000-mile trip, made in segments, lasted 60 hours. The animals seemed to fare better than the human vets and handlers who accompanied them, Rieches said. The price tag for the whole trip: $1.5 million.
It is unlikely that shipping Maggie will cost nearly that much, because she probably can be placed with other cargo on one of the many cargo planes that travel through Anchorage, Foley said. How much, though, is not clear.
Foley guesses it could be hundreds of thousands of dollars. Seawell doubts it will top $100,000.
TWO HAVE DIED
Elephants usually travel well, according to the zoo association, but two have died in transit.
In 1992, the Los Angeles Zoo's African elephant, Hannibal, died while sedated as he was being trucked to Mexico. In 2005, the Chicago Lincoln Park Zoo's elephant Wankie, traveling in a chilly trailer, was so sick on arrival at a zoo in Utah that she had to be euthanized.
Sedating a traveling elephant is not recommended nowadays, although the animals may be given mild drugs to calm them down, experts say.
Unconscious, elephants can go down and crush their lungs with their own weight.
The public outcry surrounding Maggie surged when she lay down a month ago and could not hoist herself up. And an elephant needs to be able to keep its balance during takeoffs and landings.
"You really don't want a narced-out elephant in a crate," said Mike Keele, deputy director of the Oregon Zoo and chair of the zoo association's elephant group. "What you want is a healthy, normal, alert elephant in the crate."
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The best-bet method, but expensive.
Cost is $100,000-plus to fly an elephant out of Alaska, and some experts said it could be a lot more than that.
It would be the fastest way to get Maggie to a new home.
BY LAND (REJECTED)
Not a good option.
It's 2,400 miles just to get to Seattle. Maggie's no circus elephant; she's 8,000 pounds of attitude, and she hasn't been moved since she was a baby. The only truck Maggie is likely to see is the one that moves her from the airport to a sanctuary or zoo.
BY SEA (REJECTED)
Probably the worst option.
Shippers say it's a 10-day voyage to Seattle, and they don't like to move live animals.
A CHECKUP: Maggie needs to be examined and cleared for travel by veterinarians specially trained in treating elephants. The Alaska Zoo will have to hire a couple and fly them up here.
A CRATE: She may need a specially built one and time to get comfortable being in it. That could be days, or months, experts say.
NOISES: If Maggie goes by air, she first needs time to adjust to the sounds she'll hear in an airplane cargo hold. Pump some flight noise into her zoo enclosure.


Serial-to-Ethernet Bridge Using MCF51CN Family and FreeRTOS
This document describes a serial-to-Ethernet bridge using the MCF51CN128, the open-source RTOS FreeRTOS’ v5.3.0 and the TCP/IP stack LwIP v1.3.0. Serial interfaces used are UART and SPI. Ethernet connects using a well-known socket implementation.
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Abstract: An asynchronous Adaptive priority round-robin arbiter (APRA) based on four-phase dual-rail protocol is proposed. Combining the advantages of synchronous and asynchronous circuits, it provides the required bandwidth allocation on basis of arbitration fairness and works in synchronous SoC. In the Nonidling and nonpreemptive (NINP) model, simulations and verifications are made. The results show that the speed of the proposed arbiter is improved by 18%-50.4% and the dynamic and static power is reduced by 8.4%-46.2% and 81.8%-90.9% respectively compared with the commonly-used Fixed priority (FP), Round-Robin (RR) and Lottery arbiters. The proposed arbiter is better in output bandwidth allocation and it also has advantages in speed and power. Furthermore, it is easy in reconfiguration, strong in practicability and low in complexity of system integration and suits various extreme communication traffics.
Abstract: The growth of network coding opportunities is considered the unique optimization goal by most current network coding based routing algorithms for wireless mesh networks. This usually results in flows aggregation problem in areas with coding opportunities, and degrades the network performance. This paper proposes a Load balanced coding aware multipath routing (LCMR) for wireless mesh networks. To facilitate the evaluation of discovered multiple paths and the tradeoffs between coding opportunity and load balancing, a novel routing metric, Load balanced coding aware routing metric (LCRM) is presented, which considers the load degree of nodes when detects coding opportunities. LCMR could spread traffic over multipath to further balance load. Simulation results demonstrate that LCMR could evenly spread the traffic over the network with increasing network throughput in a heavy load at the expense of some coding opportunities.
Abstract: Softwares are naturally evolved to cope with various changing system requirements. Software evolution includes a series of activities to analyze, assess, and validate the changes. This paper proposes an integrated software evolution model, namely SE-FCA, to support four core software evolution activities: program comprehension, change impact analysis, regression testing, and fault localization. These four activities are integrated and supported under the formal concept analysis technique, which is efficient to deal with the relation between entities and entity properties to provide a remarkable insight into the structure of the original relation. These activities are evaluated in a unified empirical environment. The empirical study shows the effectiveness of these activities under the SE-FCA model.
Abstract: The appearance based facial tracking methods, such as active appearance models and candide models, are widely used in intelligent user interface and facial expression recognition. This paper proposes a novel method to detect and correct the failures in appearance based facial tracking. A sparse coding strategy is applied to learn an efficient feature representation for the difference between the warped image and the face template. The features are extracted by directly project the difference image to the space spanned by the dictionary of the sparse coding. An iterative regression based method is proposed to detect and correct the failures according to the features. Experimental evaluation on an open dataset shows a global performance improvement of the tracking algorithm.
Abstract: In order to study the amount of bandwidth resource loss caused by flash P2P technique, its influence on network load and its maintenance cost, the characteristic of Internet traffic of flash P2P is studied. On the basis of analysis of features of Real time media flow protocol (RTMFP), the traffic of flash P2P can be identified from the Internet traffic. By extraction and analysis of the traffic of the three largest online video content providers in China (Youku, Iqyi and Sohu Video) and the calculation of probability distribution of the traffic, it is found that the transmission time of flash P2P traffic and the transmission time interval obeys the heavy-tailed distribution. This accounts for the self-similarity of the flash P2P traffic. To better explain the phenomenon, the long-range dependent model is established based on the current traffic. By the established mathematical model, it is strictly proved that flash P2P traffic has self-similar characteristic.
Abstract: Efficient sensor node deployment is extremely important in wireless sensor networks. It earns great practical meanings through using fewer sensor nodes as far as possible to satisfy different requirements such as the requirement on coverage and overcoming the potential sensor node failures and the adverse influence from the environment. We propose an efficient approach for the deployment of sensor nodes in wireless networks, termed as EDSNDA, which is excellent in taking both the requirements of sensor coverage and network connectivity into consideration when minimizing the number of necessary sensor nodes to the best of its ability. We proposed a new coverage model of sensor node. Based on the sensor coverage model, we establish four dynamic programming models in four different practical situations, respectively. The algorithms are then proposed which are used for solving the corresponding dynamic programming models. The validity of the method is justified by simulation studies in which the method is compared with the current representative methods. The simulation results show that our method performs better than the other ones with fewer sensor nodes, better coverage and network connectivity result in the same circumstance.
Abstract: Recent advances in evolutionary test generation greatly facilitate the testing of Object-oriented (OO) software. Existing test generation approaches are still limited when the Software under test (SUT) includes Inherited class hierarchies (ICH) and Non-public methods (NPM). This paper presents an approach to generate test cases for OO software via integrating evolutionary testing with reinforcement learning. For OO software with ICH and NPM, two kinds of particular isomorphous substitution actions are presented and a Q-value matrix is maintained to assist the evolutionary test generation. A prototype called EvoQ is developed based on this approach and is applied to generate test cases for actual Java programs. Empirical results show that EvoQ can efficiently generate test cases for SUT with ICH and NPM and achieves higher branch coverage than two state-of-the-art test generation approaches within the same time budget.
Abstract: Generating test data by genetic algorithms is a promising research direction in software testing, among which path coverage is an important test method. The efficiency of test data generation for multi-path coverage needs to be further improved. We propose a test data generation method for multi-path coverage based on a genetic algorithm with local evolution. The mathematical model is established for all target paths, while in the algorithm the individuals are evolved locally according to different objective functions. We can improve the utilization efficiency of test data. The computation cost can be reduced by using fitness functions of different granularity in different phases of the algorithm.
Abstract: Assessing the trustworthiness of reviews is a key in natural language processing and computational linguistics. Previous work mainly focuses on some heuristic strategies or simple supervised learning methods, which limit the performance of this task. This paper presents a new approach, from the viewpoint of correcting the mislabeled instances, to find deceptive opinion spam. Partition a dataset into several subsets, construct a classifier set for each subset and select the best one to evaluate the whole dataset. Error variables are defined to compute the probability that the instances have been mislabeled. The mislabeled instances are corrected based on two threshold schemes, majority and non-objection. The results display significant improvements in our method in contrast to the existing baselines.
Abstract: In the context of online shopping, commodity information and consumer reviews are main factors that will affect purchasing behavior. Started from the preference of commodity information browsing and the inherent property of online reviews, this paper focuses on the browsing data for statistical analysis and the interval distribution of consumer reviews based on the real data of 360buy which is the domestic large-scale B2C commerce website in China. Researches find that commodity information browsing time distribution on Internet is fragment and can be depicted by the fat tail effect. It also demonstrated that user's browsing patterns are related to the type of information and the displaying of the information, which means that the pieces of the picture and the length of the titles affecting the clicks rate. Reviews on the interval distribution can be depicted by the power-law function and there is a monotonically increasing relationship between power-exponent and the customers' concerns with the corresponding commodity, the higher the exponent, the higher the degree of consumer attention. The finding obtained some basic rules of the browsing mode and review model, which is of important significance for future research.
Abstract: In this paper, we introduce association rules into the event matching process, and propose a matching algorithm based on association rules in ontology-based publish/subscribe system. The algorithm discovers association rules from subscriptions, and then integrates these association rules into the arrived events. These integrated association rules guide the event matching process, which can greatly improve efficiency by reducing unnecessary matching processes. To solve the available problem of integrating the association rules into the ontology-based publish/subscribe system, we also show an approach of transforming the subscriptions into a format that can apply the data mining algorithm and an approach of integrating the association rule into the events. The results show that the algorithm achieves performance improvement of matching efficiency by using comparison.
Abstract: A low-power multi-phase clock 20Gb/s 1:4 Demultiplexer (DEMUX) without inductors is designed in 0.18μm Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) process. The 1:4 DEMUX includes two 1:2 DEMUX cells, one 1/2 frequency divider cell, some data and clock buffers. A dynamic CMOS logic latch is used in the 1:2 DEMUX cell and a single clock dynamic-loading latch is used in the 1/2 frequency divider cell. These two kinds of logical structures not only reduce power dissipation and area, but also have an output rail-to-rail level. The rail-to-rail level can offer high noise margin and implement seamless connection without logic level conversion in system integration. The test results show that when the data rate of the input pseudorandom is 20Gb/s and the sequence length is 231-1, this 1:4 DEMUX can work well at a supply voltage of 2V. The output swing is 450mV with external 50 Ohm load and the die size is 0.475× 0.475 mm2. The chip power dissipation is 86mW, when four pads connect with a four-channel oscillograph.
Abstract: The accuracy of predicates selectivity estimation is one of the important factors affecting query optimization performance. State-of-art selectivity estimation algorithms for string predicates based on Pruned count-suffix tree (PST) often suffer severe underestimating and overestimating problems, thus their average relative errors are not good. We analyze the main causes of the underestimating and overestimating prob-lems, propose a novel Restricted pruned count-suffix tree (RPST) and a new pruning strategy. Based on these, we present the EKVI algorithm and the EMO algorithm which are extended from the KVI algorithm and the MO algorithm respectively. The experiments compare the EKVI algorithm and the EMO algorithm with the traditional KVI algorithm and the MO algorithm, and the results show that the average relative errors of our selectivity estimation algorithms are significantly better than the traditional selectivity estimation algorithms. The EMO algorithm is the best among these algorithms from the overall view.
Abstract: When operating frequency is over several gigahertz, the effect of inductance plays an important role and should be included for accurate and speed crosstalk noise analysis. And for new generation IC (Integrated circuit) design tools, the crosstalk noise analysis tools should consider the influence of process variations. In this paper, we propose coupled RLC crosstalk noise distributed parameter model with capacitive load termination. And we develop the framework that how to use the crosstalk noise model for process variations. Our results show that compare with HSPICE, the critical data errors of proposed model are within 1% and the relative errors occurred between calculated values for process variations and HSPICE Monte Carlo simulation values are less than 5%. The key features of the new model include: (1) The impact of inductance on crosstalk noise is considered; (2) The model can be used for process variations analysis; (3) The model reflect the effects of load capacitance directly; (4) The numerical inversion of Laplace transform is introduced for improving speed. So the proposed model meets the needs of future IC design both in speed and accuracy.
Abstract: Cache has been introduced into many Graphics processing units (GPUs) to decrease the frequency of data transfer between high-performance computing units and low-speed long-latency external memory. The traditional index mapping scheme designed originally for CPU cache exploits only the spatial locality in address space. The access to graphics data always has region locality on the frame buffer: there are high spatial localities in both X and Y directions. It may generate more conflict misses on some limited cache lines, which eventually results in high cache miss ratio and a performance drop. Traditional CPU cache cannot be used directly in GPU. We propose a new conflict-avoiding GPU cache called XY -type cache with a new index mapping scheme, whose cache line indices are computed from both X and Y coordinates of pixels and the cache index distribution is consistent with the region locality on the frame buffer. Our evaluation results show that the proposed XY-type GPU cache can reduce cache miss ratio by 88% at most via scattering the cache accesses to all lines evenly, and can completely avoid the bad effect caused by frame resolution. Since the cache miss ratio in direct-mapped or 2-way set-associative structure is approximate to or even lower than that in fully-associative structure which is the best case in terms of lowering cache line conflicts, XY -type GPU cache can be designed with lower complexity and lower consumption power.
Abstract: Measuring word semantic similarity is a generic problem with a broad range of applications such as ontology mapping, computational linguistics and artificial intelligence. Previous approaches to computing word semantic similarity did not consider concept occurrence frequency and word's sense number. This paper introduced Hyponymy graph, and based on which proposed a novel word semantic similarity model. For two words to be compared, we first retrieve their related concepts; then produce lowest common ancestor matrix and distance matrix between concepts; finally calculate distance-based similarity and information-based similarity, which are integrated to get final semantic similarity. The main contribution of our method is that both concept occurrence frequency and word's sense number are taken into account. This similarity measurement more closely fits with human rating and effectively simulates human thinking process. Our experimental results on benchmark dataset M&C and R&G with WordNet2.1 as platform demonstrate roughly 0.9%-1.2% improvements over existing best approaches.
Abstract: In recent years, the Linear canonical transform (LCT) has been recognized as a powerful tool in signal processing scenarios and optics. In this two-part paper, the issue of unitary and Hermitian operators and their duality concept associated with LCT are addressed. In Part I, based on the proposed operators, three LCT-related topics are derived. Firstly, the definitions of convolution and correlation operations in LCT domain are constructed. Secondly, a new transform which is named as Linear canonical mellin transform (LCMT) is introduced and then convolution and correlation operations in LCMT domain are given. Thirdly, the so-called joint canonical distributions which satisfy the canonical transform marginal are given. Part II concerns two applications of the theory derived in Part I for signal analysis.
Abstract: To reject false alarm, a new detection trial algorithm named motion parameters constraint for Direct sequence spread spectrum (DS-SS) signal is proposed. A mathematical model based on uniform motion between two adjacent detections is established to analyze the overall performance of the proposed trial algorithm. Motion parameters constraint is applied to the conventional variable dwell time Tong trial algorithm. The expressions of the false alarm probability and detection probability are derived. Theoretical analysis and simulation results demonstrate that in comparison with the conventional M of N trial algorithm, Tong trial algorithm and Tong trial algorithm based on near neighbor constraint. The proposed trial algorithm can significantly reduce the false alarm probability and enhance the detection ability without increasing search speed and complexity.
Abstract: S-transform (ST) is an excellent tool for time-frequency filter. There are two factors that influence filtering performance: Inverse s-transform (IST) algorithms and the pass-regions in time-frequency domain. A novel matrix IST algorithm is derived and an adaptive Singular value decomposition (SVD) method for solving the pass-region problem is proposed. The former can avoid reconstructing errors in time-frequency filtering; the latter is effective to distinguish the pass-region of signal from noise. Filter can be realized by removing the smaller singular values and keeping the larger singular values. An additive noise perturbation model is built in ST time-frequency domain and the effective rank of noise perturbation model based on matrix IST is analyzed. Simulation results indicate that the proposed SVD method can provide higher precision than the existing ones at low signal-to-noise ratio and does not need to compute the noise statistics property. Illustrative examples verify the effectiveness of proposed method.
Abstract: Since fractal is widely used in all science domains today, escape time algorithm, which is the most effective algorithm in drawing fractal figures, shows negatively when generation function is complex. In this paper, we improve classic escape time algorithm into cloud environment to improve its performance. At first, we provide a separation method of escape algorithm in cloud environment. Then we calculate complexity of the novel algorithm with a probability model based on allocation policy. At last, we use generalized fractal sets as experimental subjects to validate our conclusion. Experimental results show correctness and rapidness of the novel algorithm.
Abstract: Feature selection is a challenging problem in pattern recognition and machine learning. In real-life applications, feature set in the decision systems may vary over time. There are few studies on feature selection with the variation of feature set. This paper focuses on this issue, an incremental feature selection algorithm in dynamic decision systems is developed based on dependency function. The incremental algorithm avoids some recomputations, rather than retrain the dynamic decision system as new one to compute the feature subset from scratch. We firstly employ an incremental manner to update the new dependency function, then we incorporate the calculated dependency function into the incremental feature selection algorithm. Compared with the direct (non-incremental) algorithm, the computational efficiency of the proposed algorithm is improved. The experimental results on different data sets from UCI show that the proposed algorithm is effective and efficient.
Abstract: For image spam filtering, the Optical character recognition(OCR) based methods often achieve a better performance due to the more complex structure of recognizing corresponding text. However, applying traditional OCR techniques usually introduced shortcomings like the expensive computational cost, vulnerability to image noises and artificial interferences, especially for Chinese image spam filtering. So, by optimizing recognition procedure of traditional OCR, we propose the idea of pseudo-OCR more suitable for Chinese image spam filtering. During which discriminating the potential image spam character features from ham ones is sufficient, instead of recognizing them. What's more, a novel Chinese key-point based character feature specific for pseudo-OCR is also devised and extracted using a carefully designed algorithm, which outperforms classic corner detection methods in finding such key-points. Experiment results show that our proposed system usually has a better performance than traditional OCR based method while maintaining a low false positive rate.
Abstract: This paper focuses on the Direction of arrival (DOA) tracking problem in dynamic environments where each source signal is modeled as a Gaussian process with time-varying mean and unknown covariance. In the presence of highly dynamic environment, benchmark algorithms usually have deteriorated performance. By treating the source signals as a function of the arrival angles, a sequential Bayesian tracking approach named Simultaneous angle-source update (SASU) is proposed based on the Maximum a posteriori (MAP) principle. The key feature of the proposed approach is to simultaneously update the arrival angles and the source signals in the Kalman filter step by converting the update process of the state vector into a joint optimization problem. An iterative Newton method to efficiently solve the joint optimization problem is proposed. The accuracy and robustness of the proposed SASU algorithm is demonstrated via simulations.
Abstract: Quasi-cyclic (QC) Low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes are constructed from combination of weight-0 (null matrix) and Weight-2 (W2) Circulant matrix (CM), which can be seen as a special case of the general type-II QC LDPC codes. The shift matrix of the codes is built on the basis of one integer sequence, called perfect Cyclic difference set (CDS), which guarantees the girth of the code at least six. Simulation results show that the codes can perform well in comparison with a variety of other LDPC codes. They have excellent error floor and decoding convergence characteristics.
Abstract: In this paper, we consider the problem of adaptive multichannel signal detection in the presence of signal mismatch, and introduce a novel tunable detector, which is parameterized by two tunable parameters. It has the Constant false alarm rate (CFAR) property and covers Kelly's generalized likelihood ratio test (KGLRT), Adaptive matched filter (AMF), and Adaptive coherence estimator (ACE) as its three special cases. The novel detector controls the mismatched signal by adjusting two tunable parameters. Remarkably, it can achieve improved detection performance for matched signals, enhanced rejection of seriously mismatched signals, and better robustness to slightly mismatched signals than its natural competitors.
Abstract: This paper proposes an approach of secure communication through the Internet based on the technology of speech information hiding. In this approach, the algorithm of embedding a 2.4Kbps low-bit-rate Mix-excitation linear prediction (MELP) speech into G.729 coding speech is presented by adapting the techniques of covering code and the interleaving. The parameters in G.729 source codec are analyzed in the Capability of noise tolerance (CNT) and selected to carry secret speech data because these parameters have less impact on the quality of being reconstructed speech. Experiment results show that the proposed steganography algorithm not only gained a high data embedding rate up to 2.4Kbps but also achieved better imperceptibility, which indicates that the algorithm can be used for high data embedding capacity hiding and can achieve good effect.
Abstract: The relationship among crosscorrelation functions of arbitrary four generalized Boolean functions is presented. Based on it, some properties of crosscorrelation function and autocorrelation function are given. The relationship between crosscorrelation function and generalized Walsh-Hadamard transform of functions is characterized. In the process we generalized old results and get new characterizations of cryptographic properties.
Abstract: Multicast has become increasingly important in multi-hop wireless networks for such applications which deliver shared media and data to multiple receivers. However, the existing multicast protocols for wireless network have large control overhead, and cannot adequately take the advantage of broadcast communication mode in multicast structure for sharing the forwarding path. This paper proposes a Cluster-based opportunistic multicast (COM) algorithm, which constructs multicast tree structure based on clusters by utilizing a stability greedy algorithm to achieve the minimum total Cluster-based expected transmission count (CETX). In this multicast tree structure, the edge is created between the kernel sets respectively belonging to two clusters for improving the forwarding efficiency and the stability of this structure. In the process of data distribution, our multi-layer solution combines multicast and opportunistic routing to improve the efficiency of transmission. Simulation results show that COM scheme can achieve the less total number of sending packets, and higher stability than other topology-based solutions and opportunistic multicast.
Abstract: The existing edge routers can not assign the link capacities between User datagram protocol (UDP) subscribers and Transmission control protocol (TCP) subscribers to ensure the multiple priorities traffics with Differentiate-Serve (DiffServ). To solve the problem, a new DiffServ edge router with Controlled-UDP (C-UDP) is proposed. The proposed DiffServ edge router can control the data rates of UDP and TCP subscribers according to their priorities. In the proposed edge router, there are multi-queues buffers controlled by TCP Active queue management (AQM) and UDP AQM algorithms to implement fair and stable link capacities. The proposed TCP AQM and UDP AQM algorithms achieve the network congestion control and DiffServ by operating AQM parameters on the stable conditions proposed by us. The dynamic simulation results demonstrate the proposed edge router for DiffServ network to be valid.
Abstract: The malicious computer code immune system and the biological immune system are highly similar: both preserve the stability of the system in real time in a constantly changing environment. This similarity is exploited to design a malicious code immune system to solve the malware active defense problem. The malicious code immunization project is mainly composed of four major components: the immune information collection program, immune information filtering processing program, immunization information discrimination program, and immune response program. An imbalanced support vector machine method was applied to optimize output results of malicious code immunization, thereby removing uncertain malicious code immune outputs. This demonstrates in detail the feasibility of the imbalanced support vector machine method in optimizing the immunization program output data. We showed that an imbalanced support vector machines can optimize the outputs of the malicious code immune system by removing glitches from the outputs. As a result, the machine helps to determine the precise time of the emergence of the immune response.
Abstract: Since security protocols form the cornerstones of modern secure networked systems, it is important to develop informative, accurate, and deployable approach for finding errors and proving that protocols meet their security requirements. We propose a novel approach to check security properties of cryptographic protocols using authentication event logic. Compared with logic of algorithm knowledge, authentication event logic guarantees that any well-typed protocol is robustly safe under attack while reasoning only about the actions of honest principals in the protocol. It puts no bound on the size of the principal and requires no state space enumeration and it is decidable. The types for protocol data provide some intuitive explanation of how the protocol works. Our approach has led us to the independent rediscovery of flaws in existing protocols and to the design of improved protocols.
Abstract: A Dynamic decode-and-forward (DDF) relaying protocol with partial Channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT) for a three-node half-duplex single-antenna network, which consists of a single source-destination pair and a relay, is proposed. A Diversity multiplexing tradeoff (DMT) analysis is presented, in which the DMT of the proposed protocol is derived in a closed-form and an adaptive time allocation strategy is also developed to achieve the optimal performance. It is shown that time allocation with partial CSIT significantly improves the achievable DMT for DDF relaying. Moreover, unlike the existing DDF protocol with CSIT, which is performed with the assumption of long-term power constraint, the proposed protocol can be generalized to the practical scenarios where a strict short-term power constraint is often imposed on, due to the environmental safety and interference prevention.
Abstract: The 3D block cipher is a three-dimensional version of AES(Advanced encryption standard), which use a three-dimensional state and similar round functions. In this paper, we will use the known-key attack model proposed by Knudsen and Rijmen, and propose an improved distinguisher on 15 rounds of 3D, which has 22 rounds in total. The distinguisher is constructed using rebound techniques. In the previous distinguisher, only three inbound phases are merged. Here we propose a method to merge four inbound phases using gradual matching techniques. The improved complexity of this distinguisher is 2128 computations and 264 memory. The computational complexity is significantly reduced from 2200 in the previous attack.
Abstract: The edge and contour details in SAR images are important for subsequent processing tasks. The multiscale geometric analysis method —— Nonsubsampled contourlet transform (NSCT) is able to capture the geometric information of SAR images effectively. Describing the aggregation behavior of the neighborhoods coefficients, the scale mixtures of Gaussians model has exhibited favorable performances. A novel SAR image despeckling method is presented by constructing the scale mixtures of Gaussians model of NSCT. This method models the SAR images using the multiscale and multidirection information in NSCT domain. The dependency relationship of NSCT neighborhoods coefficients are also taken into consideration in our model. The speckle noise coefficients are shrinkaged by statistical prior estimation based on SAR image model constructed. Experimental results demonstrate that our method is advantageous at directional information preservation and the speckle restraint.
Abstract: Dual polarization technology is gradually promoted in our country after Doppler weather radar network. It extends the capabilities of conventional Doppler radar, and can directly detect the differential reflectivity factor and the zero-lag correlation coefficient and so on which are related with the micro-physics characteristics of precipitation. Considering that small error may lead to erroneous judgments when identify the particle phase state with the zero-lag correlation coefficient for its values is close to each other at different phase states and is between 0 and 1, the error mean value and mean square root of the zero-lag correlation coefficient are deduced at alternative transmission mode, and each parameter's effect to the precision is analyzed. It not only provides a useful polarization variable for better identifying hydrometer phase state and clutter recognition, but also provides an practical way to estimate the zero-lag correlation coefficient and relevant.
Abstract: The current electromagnetism environment is fast changing and levity, the methods for evaluation Suppont vector machine (SVM) kernel functions which are used in radar signal recognition can not suit it. So kernel space separate, stability and

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Irish Genealogy Workshop with the Ulster Historical Foundation
March 6, 2020 @ 9:00 am - 5:00 pm| Free
Join experts from the Ulster Historical Foundation as they describe the ins-and-outs of researching your family history this March. No previous genealogy experience is required.
Lecturers Fintan Mullan and Gillian Hunt will lead a day-long workshop in Irish genealogy, covering such topics as church and land records, The Ulster Plantation: Sources for 17th Century Families, The Great Famine and Emigration to America and census substitutes and other sources for the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
The Ulster Historical Foundation is a long-established research and publishing agency that provides resources to those discovering Irish and Scots-Irish ancestors.
Irish Genealogy Workshop with the Ulster Historical Foundation is Friday, March 6, 2020 from 9am-5pm and is free. Registration is required, as this event will sell out. To register, click below or call 773-282-7035, ext. 10.

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The following article was written by JD Heyman and appeared in Us Weekly magazine on December 17, 2001.
Fighting cancer at the end of a rich diverse career, former Beatle and Renaissance man George Harrison says goodbye surrounded by friends and family.
He faced death unafraid. In his final hours, George Harrison was a man at peace, sustained by the deep spirituality that defined life. "His face was full of beauty and love," said musician Anoushka Shankar, the daughter of famed sitar player Ravi Shankar, Harrison's close friend and mentor.
Emaciated and exhausted from battling the cancer that had first attacked his throat, then his lungs and finally his brain, the 58-year-old Harrison retreated behind the 10-foot-high ivy-covered gates of a rambling white villa in Studio City, California, in the last week of November. Harrison had rented the secluded compound-the privacy of which was zealously guarded by his celebrity-security expert and friend Gavin de Becker-to say his goodbyes. "He died with one thought in mind," said de Becker. "Love one another."
On Wednesday, November 28, the eve of Harrison's death, Ravi Shankar, his wife and their daughter paid a last visit, spending the entire day by the former Beatle's bedside, joining Harrison's wife, Olivia Arias Harrison, and their 23-year-old son, Dhani, also a musician. As he faded in and out of consciousness, Harrison was meditating, a practice of the Eastern-religious philosophy that he had embraced after studying the sitar with Shankar in the mid-1960s. "We used to say that Uncle George was more Indian than any Indian," said Anoushka Shankar. "With each breath he took, he was saying 'Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna.'"
It was the end of a long journey that had sent Harrison around the world in search of treatments to extend his life, an odyssey that had taken him to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota; to a world-famous cancer clinic in Switzerland; to the sacred waters of India's Ganges River; and to Staten Island University Hospital in New York, where he had undergone an experimental therapy with cancer specialist Dr. Gil Lederman. But in the end, the youngest Beatle accepted that the disease had beaten him. "He saw death as a part of life," says Lederman. "For him, it was part of a continuum. He was no fearful because he was very religious."
A heavy smoker for most of his adult life, Harrison was diagnosed with cancer in 1997, when a lump was discovered in his throat. It was successfully removed and he underwent two courses of radiation treatment at the Royal Marsden Hospital, near London. "Lucky for me they found [it]," Harrison said at the time. "This nodule was more of a warning than anything else." He quit smoking and began to monitor his health more carefully. For the next four years, he was cancer-free, but his health was dealt a severe blow on December 30, 1999, when he suffered a collapsed lung after being attacked by a knife-wielding intruding at his 120-room mansion outside London. Then, last March, Mayo clinic doctors discovered discovered that Harrison had lung cancer. In May, they removed the growth from one of his lungs in an effort to stop its spread. The operation was pronounced a success, but within a few months, another malignancy was discovered, this time in Harrison's brain.
In July, Harrison decided to undergo grueling cobalt radiation therapy at the Oncology Institute of Southern Switzerland in Bellinzona. "We foresee no need for further treatment," Dr. Franco Cavalli told reporters. Harrison put on a brave face. "I'm feeling fine," he said to reporters in Switzerland. "Please do not worry." But in reality, the cancer continued to spread. Privately, friends say, Harrison had come to accept that his life was nearing its end. Gaunt and pale from the radiation, Harrison traveled with his family by private jet to Varanasi, India, the Hindu holy city on the Ganges River, where he had discovered Eastern mysticism in the 1960s. There, he bathed in the river's waters (according to Hindu practice, to be cleansed of all sin, believers must bathe in the Ganges). Keyboardist, Gary Wright, a friend of Harrison's, says that the musician was always unfazed by death. "We spoke about death a lot [on a trip to India in 1974]," Wright recalls. "He said, 'I want to have my ashes scattered on the Ganges.' He was frightened of it at all."
After his pilgrimage, Harrison returned to his $10 million villa in Montagnola, Switzerland, about 20 miles from Bellinzona. On October 1, British musician Jools Holland and singer Sam Brown visited Harrison to record a song he had cowritten with Dhani called "Horse to Water." The song, released on Holland's new record, Small World Big Band, contains references to Harrison's struggle with cancer and is sardonically credited to "RIP Ltd. 2001" on the album's liner notes. A week after recording the track, Harrison and his family reportedly few to his beachfront estate in Maui, Hawaii, to rest.
By late October, Harrison was again in Switzerland-friends say he was determined not to return to England, to avoid its high estate taxes-because his health was deteriorating rapidly. But Olivia Harrison had not given up. In desperation, she reportedly turned to the Internet to look for alternative therapies. Online, she read about Lederman's work in Staten Island using a nonivasive procedure in which cancerous tumors are blasted with high doses of radiation. Neither Harrison nor his new physician believed that the treatment would save him. "When one is in a final stage, it serves to reduce the pain, stop internal bleeding and relieve pressure caused by the obstruction of a vital organ." Lederman explained after Harrison's death. "Then the patient can be pain-free, which improves their quality of life. They can save time with their family, get off narcotics and enjoy their last moments."
In November, Lederman flew to Switzerland on a private plane and ferried Harrison and his family to the United States. A row of seats on the jet was turned into a makeshift bed. The musician was in excruciating pain and on heavy medications. Once in New York, the Harrisons rented a home near Staten Island University Hospital, and he began therapy. Ten days later, he wsa feeling well enough to sit in a chair, play his guitar and talk to friends and family.
It was then that Harrison was visited by his fellow surviving Beatles, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr. Although Harrison was close to Starr, his relationship with McCartney had long been fractious. From the early days of the band, their personalities had clashed; Harrison was shy and humble, while McCartney was outgoing and a bit of a showboat. But, according to friends, this last meeting was "joyful, tearful and magical." The two men mended fences and laughed about the old days. "He was such a brave lad, he was still cracking jokes," McCartney said shortly after Harrison's death. "He is really just my baby brother."
Soon afterward, Harrison reunited with his older sister, Louise, whom he had not seen in several years. "He was very loving and very kind [during the visit]," she says. "George had no fear. Why be afraid of dying when you know you are going to a better place?"
With his cancer treatment in Staten Island completed. Harrison was determined to spend what time remained in Maui with Olivia and Dhani. But after a cross-country flight to Los Angeles, Harrison's health further declined. At the urging of his doctors and his wife, he decided to remain in L.A. The Harrisons rented the house on Laurel Canyon Boulevard in Studio City and prepared to make a last stand: The former Beatle would undergo an arduous round of chemotherapy at UCLA Medical Center in the hope that would hold off the disease long enough for him to return to New York to undergo more of Ledeman's radiotherapy.
On November 19, Harrison checked into room 948-A on the VIP floor of the medical center using his wife's maiden name as part of the pseudonym Jorge Arias. He was treated by oncologist Dr. Lee Rosen and Dr. H. Phillip Koeffler, a hermatologist who specializes in advanced-cancer casees. After three days, a hospital source says, the UCLA team decided "that pretty much everything that could be done had been done." Unable to eat and nauseated by the chemotherapy, a wraithlike Harrison checked out of the hospital. Despite being in tremendous pain. Lederman says, Harrison was quiet and dignified. "I didn't tell him he was about to die," says the doctor. "But he was smart enough to know that death was near."
Harrison returned to the secluded house in Studio City, which had been decorated with items from his Swiss villa to give it the feel of home. Books on Indian philosophy and pictures of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and other Indian gurus were arranged around the master bedroom alongside family photos. "The atmosphere was filled with love," says Lederman. "His wife made sure that he was surrounded by visitors." These reportedly included the Shankars, comedian and Monty Python star Eric Idle and his family, Harrison's former Traveling Wilburys bandmate Tom Petty and former Warner Bros. Records CEO Mo Ostin.
Four days later, on Thrusday, November 29, at 1:30 p.m., Harrison passed away peacefully, with two Hare Krishna follows chanting softly by his bedside. Twenty minutes later, the phone rang at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. A man identifying himself only as a bodyguard asked the funeral home's staff to come to the Laurel Canyon address to pick up the body, which was placed in a plain wooden casket and taken to the crematorium. Olivia and Dhani Harrison, de Becker and other members of Harrison's security staff followed in a somber procession. "There was no funeral service per se," says Annette Lloyd, the cemetery's production coordinator. "Prayers were said over the body-that was the extent of it."
Olivia and Dhani returned to their rented home, where on November 30 they were visited by John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono. "She wanted to be with them," he spokesman told Us Weekly. "They are like family." A few days later, the Harrisons left Los Angeles for India and were expected to arrive at the banks of the Ganges on December 4 to scatter some of Harrison's ashes, according to Hindu custom, in a private funeral ceremony in Varanasi.
Officials at the London headquarters of the Hare Krishna movement said an urn would be kept at a Krishna temple so that the public can offer its last respects before the ashes are scattered on the Ganges. More of Harrison's ashes will be sprinkled in the Indian city of Allahabad, where the Ganges and Yemuna rivers converge a third, mythical river, the holy Saraswati.
Before this final rite, Olivia and Dhani Harrison plan to say a few final prayers at a local temple, then walk six miles to the rivers, accompanied by a small procession of Hare Krishnas-a final tribute to a soulful man who valued living a holy life far more than being a rock star. "We are deeply touched by the outpouring of love and compassion from people around the world," Olivia and Dhani said in a joint statement. "He longed to be with God. In the pursuit, he was relentless."

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The Constitution was signed on 5 June 1953.
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On Anniversary of Capitol Insurrection, Democracy Remains at Risk
Washington, D.C. – On the anniversary of the insurrection at the United States Capitol, Human Rights First calls for accountability for those responsible for that attack, pursuit of a deeper understanding of the reach of antidemocratic far-right extremism in America today, and concerted government and civil action to safeguard democracy.
“The insurrection at our Capitol on January 6, 2021, was an assault on our democracy, but it was not the high water mark of antidemocratic extremism in the United States. Since that event, extremists have worked to institutionalize election denial at every level of government,” said Michael Breen, President and CEO of Human Rights First. “Across our country today, antidemocratic far-right extremism is being mainstreamed into political discourse and discussion. We must understand and address this extremism as it directly threatens our communities and undercuts our system of government.”
Breen appeared in the feature documentary Against All Enemies, which chronicles the impact of veterans in antidemocratic extremist movements on January 6 and beyond. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in June.
In November, Human Rights First released Mapping the Movement: Election Denialists Recruit Veterans and Threaten 2024 Election. The report tracks election deniers’ efforts to infiltrate local democratic infrastructure since 2020, and details the movement’s tactics, including recruiting U.S. military veterans. The report outlines how pro-democracy advocates can challenge the extremist movement by, among other things, passing election-protection legislation and challenging voter suppression efforts.
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America in Crisis–Voter Fraud, Lockdowns and Harmful Vaccinations
Norbert Link | December 5, 2020
The evidence of voter fraud in the last Presidential election is mounting, while the mass media is unwilling to admit this fact, thereby “damaging trust in America’s democracy.” Lockdowns are on the rise again, even though it has been claimed that they do not work… and that they destroy the physical and spiritual wellbeing of many thousands of people. The new COVID-19 vaccines will produce side-effects which some medical experts declare as being normal, while others call the vaccines a crime against humanity, as they will allegedly cause genetic defects, due to genetic manipulation. We are also speaking about the assassination of Iran’s leading scientist and discuss why this happened now… and who might have been behind it.


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It was announced today that Martin Lewis has sold www.moneysavingexpect.com to the price comparison site www.moneysupermarket.com.
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According to Martin Lewis “MoneySupermarket is superb at technology and it’s an easy-to-use site” and that the aim of the sale “is for them (Moneysupermarket) to use their expertise and investment to help us (MoneySavingExpert) improve in these areas so more people find our content, use it and save cash.” In response to the question of why Moneysupermarket Martin Lewis stated “as I know and trust it and it’s not owned by any product providers”. Other price comparison sites are owned by insurance companies. For example www.confused.com is owned by the Admiral Group and www.comparethemarket.com is owned by the Budget Group Limited.
Working with an independently owned company certainly gives the tie up more legitimacy however will it really be possible for the two companies to be run independently?
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Comparison sites such as www.moneysupermarket.com or www.confused.com are paid a commission by insurers for every policy they sell so by following Martin Lewis’s guide of checking comparison sites and then going to a cashback site to purchase your policy. This in essence goes against the traditional comparison site business model. It will be interesting to see what impact this tie up has on the insurance marketplace going forward.

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Ben & I had an awesome morning together with great conversation. Soon after eating, he left to drop off packages at the post office. I was crawling under our table picking up things that fell off the table from the kids, and as soon as the door closed behind him, I unconsciously burst into tears. I sat underneath our dining room table and cried an ugly cry for twenty whole minutes. What a sight that was. So there I was, alone. Under my table. Hysterical. Clearly, I was doing great at life in this moment. You’d think with all the challenges life brings, I’d learn how to avoid situations like this. Maybe you have, I haven’t.
Honestly, I was glad Ben wasn’t there. Not because I was embarrassed or because he would have judged me or anything like that. But I think the weight of my current to-do list was too heavy that I was just too tired and too overwhelmed to try and explain it in words. I was glad he wasn’t there because I didn’t think I could explain it in a way that he would really understand. In this moment, I was alone—physically alone, but also alone in my challenge. Alone knowing even if I were to try and explain it, it wouldn’t fully be grasped or understood, and it definitely would not be felt the way I was feeling it.
And we have these moments, right? When we feel alone. Literally and/or emotionally. And we are certain that no matter our efforts, there’s no way to properly express to anyone what we’re really feeling. Challenges stink, regardless. But feeling by yourself in them is what makes them even more difficult. As I was crying thinking of deadlines I was about to miss and feeling the reality of a positive pregnancy test I took the night before for our third child, my mind was racing. I really can’t do this. Praying, if we could call it that, but mostly yelling at God for twenty minutes straight, demanding to know how. I started doubting my ability and myself in general. Am I cut out for this? Strong enough? Am I crumbling? What’s life going to look like now? Am I losing myself? Is God really behind all this? Is this God’s path for me—under my table completely weighed down with too many questions about the journey ahead of me? Is His path always going to feel this heavy and lonely?
After venting, I listened. I desperately tried to pay attention to anything that would pop into my head, hoping it was God answering me. And I thought of the man with palsy. But maybe not in the way that you would think.
The man with palsy desperately wanted to get to Jesus to be healed, and we know he does. But he couldn’t get to Christ himself, quite literally. He needed to be carried and physically brought to Him. And what a night he chose!
Jesus was at Peter’s house that day, and apparently it was the place to be, because there were so many people at Peter’s house at this time that they couldn’t all fit inside. There were floods of people even outside sur- rounding it. It was an action-packed night among so many friends that there was little room for movement. Ah, but the man with palsy had a group of choice friends who were so determined for him to get closer to the Savior and receive the comfort he wanted that they carried him in on a stretcher. But when they arrived and still couldn’t get to Christ because of this multitude at the house, they all pulled this man up to the roof of Peter’s house. They then peeled off clay tiles on Peter’s roof to make a hole big enough that a grown man in a stretcher could fit through, and then they lowered him down. How’s that for a visual of love and support from those around you?
Ben came home, and although no longer crying, I was still on the floor with the craziest hair and the reddest eyes and obvious not-quite- dried snot on the sleeve of my sweatshirt. Neither of us said or asked anything. He just . . . crawled under the table next to me. And he rubbed my back. He met me where I was and comforted and lifted me. And then I was reminded of the all too many times when this exact thing has happened. It’s laughable how many times this same thing has happened, maybe not under a table, but him coming to me in my tears. Or how many times it was his sweatshirt that had my snot drying on the sleeve and all the prayers he has said over my challenges. What a cycle.
And then it hit me. Not only did I not need to explain myself, and I wasn’t actually alone, but like the man with Palsy, I got myself a good support system who is determined to see me heal and succeed and move closer to Christ. And perhaps it’s correct he doesn’t know exactly what I’m feeling, but who says that’s a qualifying factor when he, like the man with palsy’s friends, knows where I want to go? Oh, how important it is to have those people there for us when we feel we do not have words to call out for help. Those crippling moments that leave us debilitated in our tracks. Oh, how important it is to seek after and cultivate these determined friendships that will literally lift us up. Even if it feels as though we are dead weight on a stretcher, they carry us. They are determined to see us be healed and succeed and make steps closer to the Savior at those times when we feel we cannot do it ourselves. Do we have people like that in our lives right now? Do adjustments need to be made? Do more efforts need to be made? It is worth the effort.
But sometimes it’s not always like that. I didn’t always have my husband, and there was a long period of time, years and years, I didn’t have any friends at all, let alone close friends. What then? Who then?
And unlike my husband, and unlike those in our lives, no matter how resilient and dedicated they are to us, Jesus actually does know. Exactly and perfectly does He know what we’re going through, and He does know what we’re feeling, without explanation. He knows all of us because He created all of us. xoxAL
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Group ~ Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama
It is well known that college students suffer a significant amount of anxiety and stress. Since March of 2020, COVID-19 has made things substantially worse. For years, Student Counseling & Psychological Services (SCPS) has offered accessible and comprehensive mental health services to Auburn University students at no cost to them. Given the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the wellbeing of all of us, delivering mental health services to Auburn students became more important than ever.
When the COVID crisis exploded in March 2020, SCPS had to rethink how its staff would offer and deliver services to Auburn students. Despite changing conditions and the need to deliver services virtually, SCPS has, from the onset, consistently and creatively provided mental, emotional, and social support without interruption.
SCPS staff had a steep learning curve to be able to offer high-quality services through a virtual medium.
Adapting required a complete overhaul of the intake process, on-call clinician access, scheduling, and so on. In the midst of new learning and operational processes, SCPS was able to keep up with demand and avoided almost all waitlists. SCPS increased outreach efforts by 45%, bringing services proactively to students and student groups.
SCPS created virtual help rooms that students could access three times a day on the internet, including a space to engage in fun fellowship activities (e.g., dance parties, cooking recipes). Students in quarantine could call and speak to a counselor immediately, twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week.
Virtual meeting places were created where students could vent their frustrations associated with online learning, as well as spaces for students who were grieving because they had lost a loved one to COVID-19. Other virtual help rooms were designed to help students to improve motivation, focus, organization, and activity in a virtual environment.
SCPS also hosted “brave spaces” for those in particular need, like Black students dealing with racial injustice and for Resident Assistants who struggled with the unique stresses of enforcing physical distancing and mask-wearing in the residence halls.
Student Counseling and Psychological Services will continue to use virtual counseling and outreach, as the reach to serve students has actually expanded through the use of virtual forms for delivering care. In sum, SCPS worked to discern students’ needs and respond with professional care and will continue to do so long after the pandemic ends.


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J.Y. Park attended Music Bank today to promote his comeback "Fever".
During his interview, he fondly shared that one of his artists helped him with his promotion. He then gestured a finger-heart to which he said TWICE's Sana taught him because this is how current generation idols greet the viewers on music shows.
TWICE's Nayeon and Dahyun revealed on their recent appearance on the variety show Knowing Bros that they talk to JYP freely and they even exchange funny messages and GIFs with their boss.
Since JYP Entertainment's founder hasn't promoted in music shows for a while, Sana adorably gave him a piece of advice.
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An amusing and whimsical look at behavioral finance best practices for investors.
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Share the cost: Say you’ve invited five couples. One gets the seafood, a second the chorizo and rice, and a third, the remaining ingredients. (As host, you get to buy—and keep—the paella pan.) The last two couples handle the rest of the meal (see below).
… while sharing the fun: Once every-one arrives, set teams to work chopping vegetables, prepping seafood, making allioli (the Spanish version of aioli), and taking a turn at the grill. And, of course, mixing drinks.
Grilled Seafood and Chorizo Paella with Allioli
Serves: 12 Time: 2 hours
Assign 4 people to food-prep duty:
- 2 lbs. ripe tomatoes, cut in half
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1 each red and green bell pepper, chopped
- 2 tbsp. minced garlic
- 5 tsp. sweet Spanish paprika*
- 2 tsp. kosher salt
- 4 cups Spanish Valenciano or Arborio rice
- 24 mussels, scrubbed, beards pulled off
- 24 small littleneck clams, scrubbed
- 24 shelled, deveined medium shrimp with tails (3/4 lb.; 36 to 42 per lb.)
- 1¼ lbs. fully cured or semicured Spanish chorizo, cut into thin diagonal slices
- 1 tsp. saffron threads
- 9 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth, divided
- 2 cups dry white wine
- 7 tbsp. olive oil, divided (for grilling)
- Coarsely chopped flat-leaf parsley
Coarsely grate tomatoes into a bowl and discard skins. Put onion and bell peppers in another bowl. Measure garlic, paprika, and salt into a small bowl. Put rice, seafood, and chorizo each in a separate bowl.
Toast saffron in a large saucepan over medium heat, stirring, for 2 minutes. Add 6 cups broth and the wine, cover, bring to a boil, and keep hot. In a small saucepan, boil remaining broth; keep hot.
Meanwhile, 2 people make the allioli:
In a food processor, mince 4 large garlic cloves. Add 1 large egg plus 1 large egg yolk, 2 tbsp. lemon juice, and 1 tsp. kosher salt; whirl to blend. With motor running, pour in 1 cup extra-virgin olive oil and 1/3 cup canola oil. Add more lemon juice and salt if you like. Chill until used. Makes 1 2/3 cups.
Now, cue the grill:
Heat grill to medium (350° to 450°). Bring prepped ingredients to grill, along with a long-handled wooden spoon, a slotted spoon, and oven mitts. For charcoal: Add 15 briquets to fire just before cooking and cook with lid off until adding seafood. For gas: Keep lid closed as you cook.
Heat a 17-in. paella pan on grill. Add 3 tbsp. oil to pan, then brown chorizo, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer chorizo back to bowl.
Sauté onion and peppers in pan until onion is softened, 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and cook, stirring often, until liquid evaporates and paste turns a shade darker, 10 to 12 minutes. Stir in the remaining 1/4 cup oil and the garlic mixture; cook, stirring, for 30 seconds. Stir in rice, then pat it level.
Carefully pour hot saffron liquid over rice and scatter chorizo on top. Adjust position of grill if necessary so grill and liquid in pan are level. Maintain a steady simmer for 12 minutes, reducing heat (for gas) or airflow through vents (for charcoal grill) if needed.
And finally, add the seafood:
Pour enough hot plain broth over paella so rice is just covered. Arrange mussels around rim of pan, almost touching, pushing them into liquid. Distribute remaining seafood over paella.
Cover grill. Cook until clams and mussels open and rice is al punto (al dente), 6 to 10 minutes. Remove paella from grill, drape with paper towels, and let stand about 5 minutes. Scatter parsley on top. Serve with the allioli.
*Find sweet (unsmoked) Spanish paprika in the spice aisle or at spanishtable.com
The right stuff:
You may need to order these paella items from spanishtable.com or a specialty foods store––the results are worth it.
Paella pan: We like enameled or stainless ones best (avoid carbon steel—it’ll react with the tomatoes). These wide, shallow pans come in different sizes; for this recipe, get a 10-serving pan (17 in. or 42 cm.; $34). You may also be able to find one at a cookware store.
Spanish rice: For good paella, you need short- to medium-grain rice that will absorb lots of liquid without getting too soft. Spanish Valenciano fits the bill ($3.99 for 2.2 lbs.). Or you can substitute Italian Arborio.
Spanish chorizo: Smoked paprika gives it a distinctive flavor. Either of the two basic varieties works here. Fully cured is firm; we like smoky Palacios brand ($9 for 7.9 oz.). Semicured is softer; try Chorizo Bilbao by La Española Meats ($10 for 1 lb.), Basque-style with a tart edge.

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Two TAP DANCE PERFORMANCES and an OPEN JAM for dancers and musicians of all styles in Nottingham MON 17 OCT!
18:00 – 19:30 Ephemeral Artifacts with Travis Knights @ iC4C, Nottingham
20:00 – 22:00 KinaeSonic Co Lab, Something Smashing, open jam for dancers and musicians @ Fisher Gate Point Studios
The amazing Canadian tap dance artist and performer TRAVIS KNIGHTS will be performing his solo show Ephemeral Artifacts and talking about how the show was developed with co-creator Brandy Leary. Click to see Travis performing.
Then you can walk around the corner to see tap dancer Jess Murray with breakdancer Nathan Geering, contemporary dancer Maisha Kungu and musicians Joe Egan, Andy Tytherleigh, Hiren Chate and Jack Wolff performing along with dance and music performance group Something Smashing (Edinburgh). You can even get involved in the open jam yourself!
These performances are part of Nottdance 2022 and KinaeSonic Conversations in Motion which includes workshops that you can take part in too.
See the full event programme, ticket links, info about venues and travel from KinaeSonic.


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Unfortunately, the new planning legislation is seriously flawed. The GNCA does not see the need for the proposed changes which are poorly conceived, poorly explained and dangerous. They are unnecessarily complex and will cause confusion and uncertainty. The introduction of discretion in applying “outcomes” has the potential for corruption. To read GNCA’s full submission on pages 25-33, please click here.


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I romanticized storms all my life, until I saw within myself a lightning strike shattering me. The fractals of my psyche flew out of reach. I felt their razor edges dig into the thinnest barriers of my consciousness, forcing me to scream, laugh, weep, rage, and die repeatedly. Those fractals seized my imagination at the most inconvenient of times and also so conveniently, like when I’m in front of a blank canvas or a blank screen or floating in silence and the agony pours from my fingers or my voice and temporarily, I’m relieved. Perhaps that romanticization lingers, but when I remember that lightning strike, I weep over all I’ve gained and all I’ve lost. It’s an endless confusion, an enchanting chaos; it’s a heartbreaking echo of what I know now as my greatest fear: instantaneous and concentrated instability without escape or hope.
“Oft have I thrilled at deeds of high emprise, / And yearned to venture into realms unknown,” Alice Moore Dunbar-Nelson – “To Madame Curie” A powerful force from history greeted me today through The Paris Review: Alice Dunbar-Nelson. I came across this article by Joanna Scutts while looking for magazines that accepted poetry. I was … Continue reading A Remarkable Read – Feminize Your Canon: Alice Dunbar-Nelson – [Artist Recognition / History Study]
I think I just want to drown in poetry for my next creative project. I don’t know about you, dear readers, but November has been transformative for me. I’ve been chaotic and melancholy with mild intervals of maturity due to retrospective divination sessions and meditations. And my Thanksgiving was…I suppose 60% okay. I observe the … Continue reading I Just Want Poetry – [Just Me]
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I’ll allow the video to speak for itself. Please don’t feign ignorance on this day if you’re American. Don’t ignore history. Take time to learn whose land you’re on.
The most ridiculous thing to ask of me is to stop rambling about my passions.
First and foremost, I found classical lofi and I love it. Second, I’ve accepted that my writing and creative career is being accomplished in chaotic baby steps. I make small achievements on a daily basis, I think, but thanks to the mental health issues I have, sometimes I forget that daily progress. There’s a lot … Continue reading Classical Lofi and Honest Chaos – [Just Me/Video]


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A visit to the famous Lake District. From Villa Pehuenia to San Martin de Los Andes. The 7 Lakes route to Villa de Angostura. Crossing to Chile. To the tourist hotspot of Pucón t visit the nearby national parks.
From wine-induced urban life in Mendoza southwards on Ruta 40. Villages and small towns in the desert. Volcanic landscapes near Malargüe and finally on the way to Villa Pehuenia in the Lake District – another world.
We’re about to leave Atacama Desert. A visit to Chile’s most colourful’n’chaotic town: Valparaiso, on to its proud Capital Santiago, then over the Cordillera to Mendoza in Argentina. To taste some Malbec.
Entering the north of Chile to visit San Pedro de Atacama. Then the long and not too spectacular drive thru the Atacama Desert to reach the famous Elqui Valley. The center of Chile’s Pisco production.
Out of Uyuni to the formerly richest town in South America: Potosi. There a visit to 1 of the most infamous mines in the world. On to beautiful Tarija and to Argentina’s Tilcara.
Finally a new country: Bolivia. From Copacabana at Lake Titicaca thru the highland, passing La Paz and Oruro to reach Uyuni. Then a tour of 3 days to visit the salt flats and the desert towards the border with Chile.
A week in Perú’s Valle Sagrado. To visit some more sites of the Incas and other sights. Still in a tourist hotspot. Nevertheless, not as bad s Cusco or Machu Picchu.
The visit to the tourist hotspots Cusco and on to Machu Picchu. A journey thru a world somehow out of Perú.
About 2300km from Huaraz to Cusco, including our side trip to Nasca and the back road via Ayacucho. Some quite long drives, crossing the Cordillera several times, along the Pacific thru the Coastal Desert bypassing Perú’s capital Lima.
The visit to Perú’s most mountainous area. The tourist hotspot of Huaraz, Pastoruri Glaciar, Laguna Churup, the remote Callejón de Conchucos, and finally Laguna 69.

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USING A BLUETOOTH RECEIVER WITH A LAPTOP (or MAC)Because all laptops are set up completely differently, customers do sometimes experience issues with connecting or trying to enable the Bluetooth function (writing this now I myself had a similar initial problem using a brand spanking new Dell Inspiron - the 'Special Edition Multi-Media' model which should have had no issues!).
Each laptop is different, but there are number of things you can do:
- Firstly check your Bluetooth is turned on.
- Second is to check your laptop has found the receiver.
- Third is to actually pair with it - you may have found the device in your Bluetooth list but have you actually paired?
- Some other points of advice: try clearing your Bluetooth list, and turning the Bluetooth on and off; make sure you are not too far away when initially pairing; and lastly go to windows troubleshooting to assess the issue.
- Most times Windows will automatically solve the issue, occasionally you will need to download new drivers which will fix the issue and have you up and running.
- Another thing to try is switching the Wi-Fi on and off then trying to reconnect to the Bluetooth receiver.


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How To Find Out-Of-Print Sheet Music
This the actual first is really about music as being a career. The music activity industry is placed in a regarding flux. Music sales go down as internet streaming goes enhance. That, plus the difficult economy, make music a complicated business to stay in. Are you sure you won’t want to learn some other, more marketable experience?
Over if you pay year, Trap music has actually been the expanding genre of music. The typical music manufacturing of this genre consists of elements stripped away from predominantly Down South Hip Hop, House and Dubstep. This new style of music been recently making amazing buzz in the music industry with new producers, dj’s and artists popping up daily.
Again, you may also go for special Subliminal MUSIC files already put in CDs or DVDs. Such types most often have specific captions that relate with different types of goals. It is simple to glance at their captions in order to discover the type which may suit your purpose.
At first, I wondered why people turn to music, extending its love to that loud rock music among crazy kids, in order to take a vacation from the monotony of a respective everyday lives. We all know that melody brings impact to your human brains. That while others find it noisy as rockers pound their drums, safeguarding deny that through these loud noise they call music, it actually brings from a joyous celebration and connection among all of them.
The first thing that you ought to make sure of, essentially have the rights to be able to the music at all. Garageband for the Mac comes with a library of royalty free music used as find fit. For anyone who is on a PC, or if perhaps you could do with some other kind of music, browse for “royalty free music” and see if you can find something you like.
This one among the vital, so be aware are you ready this is STRUCTURE. If you’d like your lyrics to be absorbing in which situation require a definite structure. This takes place to be true with composing lyrics as well as with coming lets start work on beats.
When you will get one page in you will be good and may also stop your current products want, additionally carry done to can never tell what treasures you could find through your proof by means of.
I literally listen to digital music as I step away from bed each morning and continue listening until I close my eyes at night, even photographs fall asleep (I will have the timer set on 30 minutes). Music will never fade back. It is perpetual and will always exist in a form or any other. If you think about it music merely couple of sound waves that produce one really unique article. Music is in a nature. To be able to the wind blowing with trees, or maybe the waves breaking on the beach. just another type of music streaming (nhac.vn).

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Do you remember still the falling stars
that like swift horses through the heavens raced
and suddenly leaped across the hurdles
of our wishes--do you recall? And we
did make so many! For there were countless numbers
of stars: each time we looked above we were
astounded by the swiftness of their daring play,
while in our hearts we felt safe and secure
watching these brilliant bodies disintegrate,
knowing somehow we had survived their fall.
by Rainer Maria Rilke
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Royston Pike lectures will return in February 2023 at Riverhouse Barn Arts Centre, Manor Road, Walton-on-Thames KT12 2PF and start at 7.30pm on the dates shown below. You can book your seat online and pay at the door on the evening.
Wednesday 19 April
A grandmother's legacy - 170 year old cookbook by Jenny Mallin
An ancient family heirloom of a cookbook leads Jenny on a journey of discovery. This book created by her great grandmother in 1844 in Madras uncovers a story of social life, culture, etiquette and habits. This talk tells us much more than a history book. Drawing out information gathered within the pages of this inanimate object, Jenny brings to life five generations of a family who were living during the days of the British Raj.
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Aston Villa finally confirmed the signing of Philippe Coutinho on a season-long loan after waiting for the 29-year-old to travel to Bodymoor Heath – Villa agreed a deal with Barcelona days ago but had to wait until Coutinho completed a medical and picked up a work permit.
Now the Brazilian international is a Villa player for the remainder of the campaign and supporters on social media are understandably excited. The 29-year-old continues to called up for Brazil and was playing for Barca back in December, so this is a watershed moment.
Coutinho has struggled with inconsistency at the Camp Nou, hence why he’s being granted a departure, but Steven Gerrard may feel he can turn his career around as a former Liverpool teammate. The 29-year-old could be a belated replacement for Jack Grealish while pushing Emiliano Buendia too.
Villa have the option to buy Coutinho permanently should he impress this season, so this is a big statement of intent.


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Patrick Volkerding has announced the release of Slackware Linux 1.0, a Linux operating system for computers coming on 24 floppy disks and featuring Linux kernel 0.99pl10 with PS/2 mouse and normal hard drive support:
"The Slackware Linux distribution (v. 1.00) is now available for anonymous FTP. This is a complete installation system designed for systems with a 3.5" boot floppy. It has been tested extensively with a 386/IDE system. The standard kernel included does not support SCSI, but if there's a great demand, I might be persuaded to compile a few custom kernels to put up for FTP."
More info here