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In Maxwell’s theory, there was only one piece missing for a perfect symmetry between the electric and magnetic forces, the magnetic monopoles. As theoretically demonstrated by Dirac, the existence of this single magnetic monopole would explain quantization of electric charge everywhere in the Universe. Since then, the search of such magnetic monopoles—as real elementary particles or effective quasiparticles—has been a great preoccupation for physicists and it’s of great importance. Their existence or discovery could lead to the unification of the fundamental interactions, another big problem of our century.
Despite the lack of experimental evidence for elementary monopoles in nature, magnetic monopoles can emerge indirectly or mathematically. For example, nuclear rotation of a diatomic molecule can be seen as a charged particle interacting with the field of a magnetic monopole. More recently, it was shown that a magnetic monopole fields could emerge from the angulon, a new quasiparticle concept representing a quantum impurity exchanging orbital angular momentum with a many-particle bath. This angulon serves as a reliable model for the rotation of molecules in superfluids.
The quasiparticle concept allows physicists to describe complex, many-body interactions in terms of the behavior of a single particle-like entity. Usually these particles turn up in condensed-matter systems such as semiconductors, but a new type of quasiparticle known as an angulon has been proposed to describe the rotation of an atomic or molecular impurity within a solvent. First proposed theoretically two years ago, angulons have now been shown to explain the curious behavior of a range of different molecules rotating within liquid helium.
The concept of quasiparticle is a great tool for physicists. Like the polaron used to describe the behavior of an electron traveling through a crystal lattice, describing the process with only one particle help to simplify the problem and thus to solve it without too many complex calculation and simulations. The recent introduction of angulon supported by strong evidence of its existence is of great help. Thanks to this new tool, a team from Austria demonstrated that the “angulon quasiparticle” can be interpreted as a quantum particle on the two-sphere interacting with a field of a magnetic monopole. Intuitively, in the corotating frame, the cloud of bosons rotates around the molecule fast, and this rotation induces a gauge field of a magnetic monopole, similar to the case of electrons orbiting the nuclei. These results pave the way for studying topological phenomena in experiments on molecules trapped in superfluid helium nanodroplets, as well as on other realizations of orbital impurity problems.
The appearance of a magnetic monopole in superfluid helium droplets is very different from the other, previously studied, systems. "The difference is that we are dealing with a chemical solvent. Our magnetic monopoles form in a fluid rather than in a solid crystal, and you can use this system to study magnetic monopoles more easily.
Professor Mikhail Lemeshko, Institute of Science and Technology Austria.


Question: Provide information about Wiedikon, Zurich. Respond in 2 sentences.

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It was formerly a part of Wiedikon municipality, which was incorporated into Zürich in 1893.
The quarter has a population of 20,554 distributed on an area of .


Question: What can you tell me about BHMC? Respond in 4 sentences.

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Bataan Heroes Memorial College (BHMC) is a private non-sectarian, co-educational college, founded in June 1979 in Balanga City, Bataan, Philippines. It is one of the four colleges and one university established by Engr. Sesenio Sanchez Rosales and Dr. Laureana San Pedro Rosales. The college was envisioned by its founders to serve as a monument to the defenders in the Battle of Bataan.


Question: Explain how the BBC is trying to catch TV license evaders.

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The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is set to deploy vans next month across the country which will capture information from private Wi-Fi networks in a bid to catch those not paying their TV license fees, but who are still using iPlayer to watch content.
For those unclear about the rules, the BBC requires people to have a TV license if they want to watch or record live TV. From September 1, 2016, the law in the UK is changing to require users who use iPlayer to watch any TV content to get a license too, even if you’re just catching up.
The BBC is not disclosing its methods about how it will catch license evaders, but one theory is that the new detectors vans will intercept Wi-Fi traffic and use the encrypted packet sizes and timing to work out whether the network is carrying iPlayer traffic. This technique relies on the fact that BBC can introduce non-standard packet timing and size elements of the iPlayer traffic, acting as a fingerprint.
Cord-cutting - doing away with the old forms of watching TV - has seen a big shift towards on-demand content consumption, requiring the BBC to change its methods when it comes to finding those who should be paying for their TV license.


Question: What is Venture?

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Venture is a 1981 fantasy-themed arcade game by Exidy. It was released as a launch title for the ColecoVision in 1982, then later ported to the Atari 2600 and Intellivision. The goal of "Venture" is to collect treasure from a dungeon as a round smiley-face named Winky.


Question: Name a podcast episode from "The Marc Maron Podcast".

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Patrick Stickles, frontman of Titus Andronicus, brings his punk rock style to the garage for a conversation about rules and rule breaking, the Rolling Stones versus Led Zeppelin, and why rock and roll is a dying artform. Marc and Patrick also discuss mental health and how the things that torture us are also the things that allow us to create. This episode is sponsored by Domino Records, featuring Arctic Monkeys’ new album AM, by Hover and by NatureBox.
Episode 461 - Ed Begley, Jr.


Question: "What is Les Chambres?"

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Les Chambres is a former commune in the Manche department in Normandy in north-western France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Le Grippon.


Question: Please explain why people should pay for software.

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The business of software is a bit of a miracle. Properly designed, software isn’t more expensive to create when more people use it. In fact, when network effects are involved, it’s actually more efficient when more people use it.
Businesses need money to make the software in the first place.
Software is complicated, and it breaks. And when it does, you probably want to be the sort of user that gets focused, fast and useful help. And you want ongoing upgrades that make it better still.
I like paying for my software when I’m buying it from a company that’s responsive, fast and focused. I like being the customer (as opposed to a social network, where I’m the product). I spend most of my day working with tools that weren’t even in science fiction novels twenty-five years ago, and the money I spend on software is a bargain–doing this work without it is impossible.
To name a few, I’m glad to use and pay for: Overcast, Feedblitz, Discourse, Zapier, Dropbox, Roon, WavePad, Bench, Nisus, Zoom, Slack, SuperDuper, Mailchimp, Hover, TypeExpander, Tidal, and many others. I wish I could pay for and get great support and development for Keynote. And I’m sorry I ever encountered the one or two rare exceptions in an industry that generally does amazing work with care and responsibility.
In my experience, the great software companies are run by singleminded people who bend the physics of design to their will, creating powerful leverage for those that they serve. They are craftspeople, impatient with the status quo and eager to make things better.
In many ways, software development has plateaued, and part of the reason is that people hesitate to pay for software worth paying for. I’m looking forward to the next golden age of tools that open new doors for creators and organizations.
PS here’s a ten-year old talk on this topic. And a sequel a few years later.


Question: "Do you know anything about the new gag order ban?"

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The president is expected to approve legislation Wednesday that will allow pharmacists to share lower drug prices with patients.
For years, most pharmacists couldn't give customers even a clue about an easy way to save money on prescription drugs. But the restraints are coming off.
President Donald Trump is expected to sign two bills Wednesday that ban "gag order" clauses in contracts between pharmacies and insurance companies or pharmacy benefit managers — those firms that negotiate prices for employers and insurers with drugstores and drugmakers. Such provisions prohibit pharmacists from telling customers when they can save money by paying the pharmacy's lower cash price instead of the price negotiated by their insurance plan.
The bills — one for Medicare and Medicare Advantage beneficiaries and another for commercial employer-based and individual policies— were passed by Congress in nearly unanimous votes last month. A spokesman for Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, said her office had been told that the president would sign the bills Wednesday. The White House declined to comment.
"Americans deserve to know the lowest drug price at their pharmacy, but 'gag clauses' prevent your pharmacist from telling you!" Trump wrote on Twitter three weeks ago, shortly before the Senate voted on the bills. "I support legislation that will remove gag clauses.” The change was one of the proposals included in Trump's blueprint to cut prescription drug prices issued in May.
Ronna Hauser, vice president of payment policy and regulatory affairs at the National Community Pharmacists Association, said many members of her group "say a pharmacy benefit manager will call them with a warning if they are telling patients it's less expensive" without insurance. She said pharmacists could be fined for violating their contracts and even dropped from insurance networks.
Yet some critics say eliminating gag orders doesn't address the causes of high drug prices. "As a country, we're spending about $450 billion on prescription drugs annually," said Steven Knievel, who works on drug price issues for Public Citizen, a consumer advocacy group. The modest savings gained by paying the cash price "is far short of what needs to happen to actually deliver the relief people need."
But there's a catch: Under the new legislation, pharmacists will not be required to tell patients about the lower-cost option. If they don't, it's up to the customer to ask.
The Pharmaceutical Care Management Association, a trade group representing pharmacy benefit managers, said gag orders are increasingly rare. The association supported the legislation. Some insurers have also said their contracts don't include these provisions. Yet at least two members of Congress say they have encountered them at the pharmacy counter.
At a hearing on the gag order ban, Collins said she watched a couple leave a Bangor, Maine, pharmacy without their prescription because they couldn't afford the $111 copayment and the pharmacist did not advise them about saving money by paying directly for the medicine. When she asked him how often that happens, he said every day.
"Banning gag clauses will make it easier for more Americans to afford their prescription drugs because pharmacists will be able to proactively notify consumers if a less expensive option may be available,” she said last week.
When Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., went to a Michigan pharmacy to pick up a prescription recently, she was told that it would cost $1,300. "After you peeled me off the ceiling, I called the doctor and screamed and talked to the pharmacist," she recalled during a hearing last month. "I'm much more aggressive than many in asking questions," she admitted, and ended up saving $1,260 after she learned that she could get an equivalent drug for $40.
While the legislation removes gag orders, it doesn't address how patients who pay the cash price outside their insurance plan can apply that expense toward meeting their policy's deductible.
And beneficiaries don't have to wait until the gag order ban takes effect in two years.
Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., a pharmacist who sponsored the Medicare gag order bill, said he wasn’t surprised by the bipartisan support for the legislation. "High prescription drug costs affect everyone," he said.


Question: Please describe Macau.com.

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Macau.com is a destination marketing and travel company based in Macau, China that focuses on information and trip planning tools for visitors coming to Macau. The company markets accommodation, shows, restaurants, entertainment and attractions in Macau and the Pearl River Delta region. It concentrates its business on the inbound market, primarily coming from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Southeast Asia.
The company was established in 2006 with GoMacau.com as its brand. In June 2007, GoMacau.com relaunched as Macau.com. This acquisition significantly extends GoMacau.com's consumer reach and helps complement two brands together. Macau.com is a web portal and online travel agency for hotel accommodation, shows tickets and packaged tour products. The company is a member of Ignite Media Group, a Macau-based media conglomerate.


Question: Explain the International Criminal Court’s decision to establish public information and outreach activities in Palestine, the reaction to this decision, and what must be done to ensure meaningful implementation of the decision.

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The Court's surprising decision to establish outreach activities in Palestine is a welcomed step in the right direction.
In an extraordinary move, the Pre-Trial Chamber of the International Criminal Court recently issued a decision ordering its registry "to establish, as soon as practicable, a system of public information and outreach activities for the benefit of the victims and affected communities in the situation in Palestine".
It is the first time the court issues an order for outreach at the earliest stages of the process, and before a decision has been reached by the ICC Prosecutor to open a formal investigation.
The decision struck fear in the Israelis, who were yet again confronted with the long reach of the court. It also surprised those closely following the work of the court, including myself. What is to be made of this decision and could it be that the court is attempting to correct its criticized approach to victims and affected communities in general, through the situation in Palestine?
The decision came at a time when state representatives gathered in The Hague to mark twenty years since the adoption of the Court's founding treaty, the so-called Rome Statute. Those participating in the celebrations reminisced at the landmark decision to establish the first permanent international criminal institution capable, in theory, of holding world leaders to account for their role in the commission of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. The novelty of the decision by the Pre-Trial Chamber on the situation in Palestine reminds us, however, of the court's shortcomings in engaging with victims and affected communities in a timely, continuous, and valuable manner as well as ensuring their early participation in the proceedings so that their unique views and concerns are taken into consideration from the beginning until the end.
The Rome Statute put victims at the heart of the court's work and gave them the right to participate in the proceedings and ultimately receive reparations for harm suffered. It also gave them the right to provide information to the court. As is rightly pointed out by the Pre-Trial Chamber, in order to exercise these rights, victims must be made aware of them and the work of the court. It is in this light that the decision on information and outreach for Palestinians should be praised.
The recent decision by the Pre-Trial Chamber pushes the registry to raise awareness about the court and make it accessible to Palestinian victims at an early stage. It is also an opportunity to empower Palestinian victims and affected communities and transmit their views to The Hague. This, of course, hinges on the meaningful implementation of the decision and an unwavering victims-centred approach.
Since the adoption of the Rome Statute two decades ago, it has been clear that the court struggles to translate noble provisions into concrete action. The court often involves victims later in its proceedings, when it is difficult for them to influence the scope of the cases. The current practice is to collect approved participation forms and allow participation when arrests happen. Another valid criticism has been the lack of field presence. The ICC employs more than 900 staff members, but less than 100 of them are based in field offices located in closer proximity to some of the victims and affected communities. Due to, among other things, its limited field presence and strict security guidelines preventing court staff from travelling to certain areas, the court relies heavily on the goodwill of relatively small and often under-resourced domestic human rights organisations that are not protected from consequential violent retaliation.
The meaningful implementation of the decision on the situation in Palestine is dependent on the allocation of adequate human and financial resources to information and outreach activities. It is also dependent on a mindful engagement between the court and civil society. But most importantly, it requires that the court itself directly and immediately interacts with Palestinian victims and affected communities. The responsibility to reach out to victims and include them in the work of the court lies primarily with the organs of the court.
Israel is increasingly hostile towards international organisations, in particular, human rights bodies. Israel frequently denies entry to UN-mandated experts and deports critical human rights defenders and activists. This month Israel denied entry to Swedish peace activist Benjamin Ladraa who walked from Sweden to Palestine to bring attention to the occupation. And, at this moment, Israel seeks to enforce its decision to deport the director of Human Rights Watch.
The court must put its full weight behind a request to enter the occupied Palestinian territory and demand that it be allowed to carry out its mandate in Palestine independently and unhindered.
Nada Kiswanson is a lawyer specialising in international criminal and human rights law.


Question: Describe the services provided by Cultivated Synergy.

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Cultivated Synergy, a marijuana-focused co-working space in Denver’s River North neighborhood, serves as a hub for people starting up in the budding cannabis industry.
By hosting cannabis-infused yoga and dab-and-dine events where industry partners can network, as well as offering a collaborative office space for startups and small businesses, the company helps connect ancillary businesses to others in the industry seeking their products and services.
“Our business model has expanded from us being a good physical space, but now being a huge epicenter for the industry, so to speak, and we’ve just really built up a huge network,” said Connor Lux, co-founder and marketing director for Cultivated Synergy.
It currently has more than 60 members, representing almost 30 companies and brands. While some members don’t occupy actual office space, they’re still part of a bigger networking group that helps sponsor the many events.
One of its members is Ready Cannabis, a company licensing the concept of bowls prepacked with marijuana — think Keurig-type one-serving cups, but filled with pot rather than coffee. Founding member Clifford VanVoorhees rents time in the shared space and said he has made numerous connections at the office and through networking events.


Question: What does Autism Speaks need to do to show that they value and respect Autistic lives?

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Liz Feld may be the President of Autism Speaks, but her recent A Call for Unity letter is not exactly presidential. Unless your idea of a good President is someone unable to take clues from the majority of the people they are supposed to be leading and serving. Ms. Feld's letter is as tone-deaf and wrongheaded as then-President George W. Bush feeling insulted by Kanye West's post-Katrina remarks that Bush "doesn't care about Black people" -- instead of asking himself why Kanye was so outraged.
Feld's letter is an equally clueless, defensive, and dismissive response to NeuroTribes author Steve Silberman's Los Angeles Times op ed Autism Speaks Needs to Do a Lot More Listening, in which Silberman critiques Autism Speaks outright on its leadership, community outreach, and research investment practices.
Feld rarely addresses Silberman's points directly (she doesn't even link to his article), choosing instead to writing a promotional piece about all the good she thinks her organization does -- based on its own yardsticks. And she completely ignores Silberman's observations about exclusion and representation, such as, "Imagine a world in which the leadership of the NAACP was all-white; now consider that not a single autistic person serves on the board of Autism Speaks. This absence makes itself felt."
I am the parent of high-support autistic teenager. And this is what I believe being a supporter of, a loved one to, or a reporter on a community one does not belong to requires: a specific humility mandate to listen to the people in that community, and put them and their concerns first. That doesn't mean ignoring the concerns of parents, supporters, or organization heads. But it does mean letting autistic people themselves lead and guide autism efforts.
Which makes it doubly insulting when Feld goes on to prove Silberman's statement that "The people most often sidelined or excluded from the public discussion are autistic themselves. It is often assumed that the experts, or the parents of people on the autism spectrum, will do the talking in their stead." Feld's Call for Unity completely omits autistic perspectives, while including and prioritizing parents' voices and talking about the importance of "families" -- as though individual autistic adults are incapable of having a real opinion.
"It's not just Steve Silberman's point of view. Actually Autistic people have been saying this for YEARS about your organization. Nice of you to finally listen when it's a non Autistic person speaking. It just shows how much you continue to disrespect us and why there can never be unity as long as you continue to erase our voices."
"I like division. I like what it represents. In the context of discussions about autism, division means the old [negative] view has some competition. And yes, that's going to make some people uncomfortable, but that's okay. You don't need to be comfortable.
"You just need to make space at the table."
"...if you screw up, well, it happens to the best of us. Just apologize, ask what you can do to make it right, and make a conscious effort not to make that mistake again in the future."
I'm not going to hold my breath, though. Autism Speaks has a lot of apologizing to do. A lot. So until they start listening -- something they've shown very little ability to do -- the criticism will continue.
"Autism Speaks wants "unity" without addressing a single criticism of their organization by actually Autistic people.
Unity can only come when Autistic voices are centered, when Autistic lives are valued and when Autistic people are treated with respect and dignity.
Autism Speaks, if you want unity, that's where you start.
In terms of the funding for adult services, let's look at the math. All the numbers come from Liz Feld's blog post.


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Hiya guys, how's it going? Today I'll be picking up from where I left off last week and will be testing another look from the Infinite Ombre Kit by Sephora's Formula X line. As I mentioned previously, I received this kit as part of the Preen.Me VIP program for my reviewing and nail art creation delight. The Infinite Ombre Kit from Sephora's Formula X line consists of five polishes and is designed to help you create manis with no tools. Last week I didn't do so well in that regard and opted for using a sponge. No bueno in my book. I was determined to get the job done without the use of any fancy tools (aka a makeup sponge).
Mission accomplished, totally tools free! I am completely in love with how this turned out and so much more pleased than last weeks results.
I know a few of you asked me last week if this kit came with any instructions. On the inside of the cover you can find three nail looks with brief descriptions, that's about it. But really these are pretty self explanatory and honestly it comes down to playing around with them a bit. One thing I will say loud and clear, thin layers are your friend when it comes to this kit.
You can now watch the full length tutorial on my channel RoselynnMercedes787.
Along with the video tutorial, here's the steps to recreating the look.
- Start off by painting your nails with the silver base Platinum Prime.
- Once it's completely dry paint half your nail with Infinite Indigo.
the whole nail. Make sure you have a lot of sparkle!
- Using very thin coats, paint each side of the nail over the glitter using the matching color.
- Seal off your design with a topcoat for a beautiful shine!
So simple, right?! The mani itself really took almost no time to create, however as some of you may guess the drying time was a bit lengthy. This is another reason why it's super important to use as thin of layers as possible. I opted for using two coats of Seche Vite fast drying topcoat and that seemed to counter balance my ultra layering.
*Make sure you do clean up right away especially with Timeless Teal. It can end up staining your cuticles badly.
Would you guys like to see individual swatches for each of the colors? How about some comparisons with OPI Color Paints? Let me know down in the comments.
I love how shiny this is! I would love to see comparisons with the OPI Color Paints.
So shiny and squishy! Comparisons would be lovely!
I am now deeply regretting that I didnt grab this little set when I was at Sephora last week!
You should definitely go back and pick it up! It's limited edition so it won't be available for long.
I love the shine but any mention of stainers is enough to scare me away.
This is absolutely stunning! Fabulous job from start to finish!
Thanks so much, I'm glad you like it!
Oooo gorgeous! Looks like Galaxy nails to me!
Thank you :) That's what I thought too!
this looks badass! so squishy! love!
Haha thanks! I am so in love with it.
I love what you did here, this looks phenomenal!
Yeah, this is the perfect simple mani!
Lovely, I liked the gloss.
Thanks a lot. I was debating so hard whether or not to matte this.
Honestly this is the prettiest mani I've seen done with this kit. Glorious!!
Beautiful! I just got the OPI paints, can't wait to play with them.
Lovely indeed! You really nailed it!
Oh lawd..this is so gorgeous. I think this would be a beautiful start for a galaxy mani as well!
I just got this kit in the mail - Definitely going to recreate this look!
this is beautiful!! I wouldn't have thought to use the silver polish as a base, but it works so well!
Amazing way to use these tints. Loved the mani.
I've never thought a glitter sandwich could be this gorgeous!!
This is amazing, definitely one of my favourite sandwiches I've ever seen!
Wow, these are gorgeous!! I love these!!
I'm curious to know how they compare to the OPI Color Paints. If these are easier to find, that would be great to know! I love your mani with the hint of sparkle!!
This is beautiful and I love the video! It would be awesome if you could compare these to the OPI Color Paints!
manis like this are the reason why jelly polished were created. very nice!
So pretty! I've been having fun playing with these, but I saw this and want to play some more!
I love how squishy it looks. I would love to see a comparison with the OPI.
I can't stop looking at all that glossyness!!!


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Music Copyright Laws. Using cover song versions legally.
Copyright Protection, Protecting your music for use on the web.
Writing lyrics for a living - can you really?
For many musicians, a considerable amount of "play time" is spent learning other people's songs-either for cover band gigs, wedding performances, or merely to study another artist's work. If this sounds like you, as your repertoire has grown, it's highly likely one or more of those songs has sparked something extra-special inside you. Why not immortalize your efforts by recording some of those magical numbers and putting them on a CD? At the very least, one of those "classic" tracks might be the perfect way to punctuate your next disc!
But before you act, you need to know what steps you need to take to ensure you're protected, and the original songwriter gets his/her due. With this article, we'll take a look at the three primary paths you can take to obtain a mechanical license [a.k.a. Circular 73-Compulsory License For Making and Distributing Phonorecords (PDF)] to legally release your version of another artist's song. For reality's sake, we'll also include a little"story" to go with it-my personal experience releasing an album comprised of covers-to walk you through this somewhat tricky, time-consuming process. Let the games begin!
Well, after playing some of these tracks for some of my (thankfully) enthusiastic friends, I was encouraged to take these songs to the next level-offer them as a full-blown, shrink-wrapped CD, available to "quirky cover song" fans. However, though I went the extra mile trying to conceive of unique ways to present these tunes, I wrote nary a note of this music. In order to legally (and ethically) pull this off, I'd have to find out who to pay, credit, and get permission from. With none of my friends involved in publishing or entertainment law, I hadn't the foggiest idea how to go about this.
Given that I was going the "CD" route, playing someone else's "copyrighted musical composition," this confirmed some of the things that I'd already read online-I needed a MECHANICAL LICENSE!
On the left side of the HFA homepage read the words: "To obtain an HFA Limited Quantity License (less than 2,500 units), use Songfile.com (click here)." Since I was planning on manufacturing 1,000 units-arguably the most common number for an "indie" CD run-HFA's www.songfile.com sounded right for my purposes.
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GW Pharmaceuticals’ cannabis-based epilepsy treatment, Epidiolex, scored a favorable review from FDA staff Tuesday, ahead of an advisory committee meeting scheduled later this week. The company provided “substantial evidence” of the drug’s effectiveness in treating two rare forms of epilepsy.
“Although the review is still ongoing, the risk-benefit profile established by the data in the application appears to support approval of cannabidiol for the treatment of seizures associated with LGS [Lennox-Gastaut syndrome] and DS [Dravet syndrome,]” the agency said in a report. GW was up 10% Tuesday morning on the news.
Both syndromes tend to appear in childhood, have a higher mortality rate than other types of epilepsy and are difficult to treat. They do not respond to many of the drugs typically used to treat epilepsy—for example, patients in GW’s phase 3 LGS trial had previously been treated with an average of nine antiepileptic drugs.
Epidiolex is a purified form of cannabidiol derived from plants. How, exactly, it wards off seizures is unknown, but it does not appear to interact with cannabinoid receptors, and both preclinical and clinical data show it does not look to have abuse potential, the report said.
The drug’s PDUFA date is June 27. Its approval could help smooth the path for other biotechs working on cannabis-based treatments, including Therapix, whose Tourette’s medication succeeded in phase 2, and GB Sciences, which has candidates for Parkinson’s and chronic pain in the works.
GW already markets Sativex outside the U.S. for the treatment of spasticity due to multiple sclerosis. Its pipeline includes candidates for glioblastoma and schizophrenia, as well as one being tested in epilepsy and autism spectrum disorders. The latter, a cannabidivarin dubbed GWP42006, recently failed a midstage trial in focal seizures.


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Prynnsberg was a manor built between 1881 and 1884 in Clocolan, Free State, South Africa by Charles Newberry (1841–1922) who immigrated to South Africa in 1864 as a carpenter to join his older brother John, mining in Greytown and eventually gained enough holdings in the Kimberly diamond mining industry to stop actively mining and build his mansion. Charles's daughter was Winifred Brunton.


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Vatili (; ) is a village in the Famagusta District of Cyprus, near Lysi. "De facto", it is under the control of Northern Cyprus.


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The United States Mint has announced the reverse design selection for the 2013 Native American Dollar. The series of circulating $1 coins has featured a different reverse design each year since 2009, representing contributions and accomplishments of Native Americans.
The latest reverse design is intended to represent the Treaty with the Delawares of 1778. After declaring independence, the United States signed its first formal treaty with an Indian Tribe, the Delaware, on September 17, 1778 at Fort Pitt, Pennsylvania, the site of present-day downtown Pittsburgh. The treaty provided the United States passage through the Delaware Tribe’s land to attack the British at Detroit. The treaty also recognized the Delawares as a sovereign nation and provided the option of joining with other tribes in the Ohio region to form a state.
The reverse design features a turkey, howling wolf, and turtle, which represent clans of the Delaware tribe. A ring of thirteen stars is included to represent the original Colonies. The inscriptions include “United States of America”, “$1”, and “Treaty With the Delawares 1778”. US Mint Artistic Infusion Program Master Designer Susan Gamble designed the reverse, and US Mint Sculptor-Engraver Phebe Hemphill sculpted it.
This design was selected form a field of 13 different design candidates prepared by the United States Mint. The candidates included multiple alternatives incorporating a paper treaty with quill pens, a cloth pattern worn by the Delaware tribe, and multiple alternatives with the animal symbols of the clans of the Delaware tribe. View coverage of the review and recommendations of the Commission of Fine Arts here and of the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee here. The articles also include images of the alternative design candidates not selected.
Previous reverse designs for the Native American $1 Coin program have featured agriculture with the “Three Sisters” method of planting (2009), government with the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy (2010), diplomacy with the first written peace treaty between Native Americans and the European settlers at Plymouth (2011), and trade routes that helped spread the horse in the 17th century (2012).
AWESOME! they totally picked the best design, and arguably the best design yet!
I like the turkey, so did Ben Franklin. Good choice !!!
I am glad you have chosen this design. I think it is the best design of all the years. Keep up the good work, it is a beautiful coin.


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Mar 2 Are Our Memories Like Libraries?
Early on, before cognitive psychologists started researching the processes involved, memory was often described with a “library” analogy. This is the idea that memories are put down in our minds as though they were written down in books, and stored away neatly in organized locations. If we wanted to retrieve a memory, we would go down the relevant aisle and select the appropriate book. If we can’t quite retrieve the memory, the words printed in the books may have faded with time, and if we can’t find the memory at the specified location, perhaps it was like a library book getting misplaced. But is this analogy a good one?
I am going to tell you right now to forget this seemingly innocent metaphor. Many studies have shown that this is not at all the way memory functions. We don’t lay down objective, definitive memory traces that are later retrieved verbatim. Instead, memory is reconstructive (1). This is a key concept in long-term memory: the idea that every time you retrieve a memory, you are actually changing it. Every time you tell the same story, it comes out a little more polished, with a few embellishing details added, or a few boring ones removed. The memory itself – not just the story – is changing, so that the next time you retrieve the memory of that event, it will be more like the story you last told, rather than the way it really was.
Here’s a concrete example of memory reconstruction, first demonstrated almost 100 years ago (2).
In this demonstration, one person was shown an ambiguous drawing (in the top left of the picture). This person was then asked to try to reproduce the drawing from memory. Because we like to classify things into categories rather than dealing with unknown objects (3), the person who was trying to draw the ambiguous original drawing from memory drew it to look kind of like an owl. Their drawing was then shown to another person, who again was asked to reproduce it from memory, and this cycle continued. As you can see, the drawing gradually evolved from an owl to a cat! Each time someone re-drew the picture from memory, they changed it, and eventually even the animal itself changed.
The fact that memory is reconstructive necessarily means that memory is not objective. Our memories are a lot more approximate and less accurate than you might like to believe. In particular, we are prone to having “false” memories – these are memories of things that never happened, or happened quite differently to the way we remember them (4). In addition, since we see the world through our own unique filter – our world view – we tend to remember things in a way that fits our “schema”, or pre-determined categorizations of the world and how objects and people behave (5).
The idea that we can have memories that are “false” gained credibility starting in the 1970s and was a topic of hot debate for decades after that. The leader of this field is Elizabeth Loftus, who demonstrated that eyewitness testimony can be inadvertently affected by information encountered after the event (“misleading post-event information”). Imagine you are a witness to a crime. It was dark, but you think you saw a tall man in a mask, holding something in his hand. After this event, you are questioned repeatedly by the police, and you also discuss the event over and over with your friend who was standing next to you when this happened.
Elizabeth Loftus revolutionized our understanding of how eyewitness testimony works. She demonstrated in numerous experiments that by the time you’ve had all those conversations with the police and your friend, your memory of the crime in the above story will have become a mixture of (a) what you actually saw, (b) what you told people you saw, and (c) what other people told you they saw or think you should have seen. So, for instance, if you were asked over and over about a weapon, you might come to imagine one and believe that the suspect really was carrying a weapon, even if your original memory of the event did not include a weapon. The details from your imagination will become part of the new memory for the event.
Back when I started my PhD in 2005, I was idealistic. I thought that I could figure out a way to distinguish between true and false memories using an implicit test of memory (see this glossary for an explanation of that term).
Me in 2008, when I was just finishing my PhD. Not much has changed, other than my laptop.
Many disappointing experiments later (6), I gave up and moved on to the more promising task of improving education through cognitive psychology research. Meanwhile, the perfect test to distinguish between true and false memories is yet to be found (7). What do you think: Will we one day have a tool to determine whether a memory is true or false?
(1) Schacter, D.L. (2015). Memory: An adaptive constructive process. In D.Nikulin (Ed.). Memory in recollection of itself. New York: Oxford University Press.
(2) Bartlett, Frederic Charles (1995 ). Remembering: A study in experimental and social psychology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
(3) Harnad, S. (2005). To cognize is to categorize: Cognition is categorization. Handbook of Categorization in Cognitive Science, 20-45.
(4) Loftus, E. F., & Pickrell, J. E. (1995). The formation of false memories. Psychiatric Annals, 25, 720-725.
(5) Tversky, B., & Marsh, E. J. (2000). Biased retellings of events yield biased memories. Cognitive Psychology, 40, 1-38.
(6) Weinstein, Y., & Shanks, D. R. (2008). Perceptual representations in false recognition and priming of pictures. Memory & Cognition, 36, 1415-1428.
(7) Bernstein, D. M., & Loftus, E. F. (2009). How to tell if a particular memory is true or false. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 370-374.


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The 5th Marine Regiment (also referred to as "5th Marines") is an infantry regiment of the United States Marine Corps based at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California. It is the most highly decorated regiment in the Marine Corps and falls under the command of the 1st Marine Division and the I Marine Expeditionary Force (I MEF).


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Question: Can you tell me more about WorldNetDaily?

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One of President Trump’s federal judicial nominees was forced during his confirmation hearing today to defend a blog post he wrote that extensively cited the “reporting” of WorldNetDaily, a conservative website that was a primary driver of the birther conspiracy theory about President Obama.
One egregious example of this was an October 2008 post in which Bush wondered if audience members at a presidential debate would ask Obama “about his Kenyan family.” In the post, he extensively block quoted from a WorldNetDaily story, claiming that the Kenyan government had detained WorldNetDaily’s Jerome Corsi after shutting down a “news conference in which he planned to announce the findings of his investigation into Barack Obama’s connections in the country.” He now works for InfoWars, the notorious conspiracy theory outlet led by Alex Jones.
In the exchange, Bush said that he was “certainly not intending to endorse any views of another group as far as birtherism goes,” but the use of WorldNetDaily as a news source was revealing. By the time Bush wrote that blog post citing WorldNetDaily’s coverage of Obama, the site had already distinguished itself as a source of conspiracy theories and wacky misinformation, and not only about the future president. It had published a report claiming that the pair of snipers who terrorized the DC area in 2002 “were homosexual lovers with ties to the al-Qaida terror network”; it spread breaking news on the discovery of the carcass of Bigfoot; it published a column warning that soy is turning children gay.
Needless to say, WorldNetDaily has not gotten any more reliable in the nine years since.
Of course, Bush wasn’t responsible for everything that had ever been posted on WorldNetDaily, but even the casual reader would notice that the site wasn’t exactly a reliable source of information.


Question: What is the current status of West Nile Virus in California in 2019?

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 What is the current status of West Nile Virus in California in 2019?

Data on this website are updated every Friday by 4pm. Due to different reporting schedules, case totals here may not always reflect those reported by local health departments. Updates during the off season (January-April) are less frequent.
April 17 - 23 is West Nile and Mosquito and Vector Control Awareness Week in California! This week highlights the importance of preventing mosquito bites and protecting Californians from mosquito-borne diseases. Stop by the "Fight the Bite" event at the State Capitol in Sacramento on Thursday, April 21st from 1:00 - 4:00pm for more information. Contact your local mosquito and vector control district to learn about events in your area.
No cases of human WNV illness have been reported positive for WNV in 2019.
No horses have tested positive for WNV in 2019.
1 dead bird from 1 county has tested positive for WNV in 2019.
1 mosquito sample from 1 county has tested positive for WNV in 2019.
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1 There were 20 imported human cases. 2 There were 3 imported horse cases. 3 Not monitored this year.


Question: Describe the research performed by William Dichtel and his team at Northwestern University on nanomaterials. Respond in 340 words.

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A team of chemists led by Northwestern University's William Dichtel has cooked up something big: The scientists created an entirely new type of nanomaterial and watched it form in real time—a chemistry first.
"Our work sets the stage for researchers interested in studying the fundamental properties of interesting materials and applied systems, such as solar cells, batteries, sensors, paints and drug delivery systems," said Dichtel, the Robert L. Letsinger Professor of Chemistry at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences. "The findings have enormous implications for how chemists and materials scientists think about nanotechnology and their science in general."
The researchers made covalent organic frameworks (COFs) that are stable—a major advancement. These strong, stiff polymers with an abundance of tiny pores are suitable for storing all kinds of things, including energy, drugs and other cargo. But what limits COFs from realizing these applications is that they are usually prepared as powdery substances that can't be processed into useful forms.
In this study, the nanoparticles stay suspended in a liquid "ink," creating a new nanomaterial called a COF colloid. This structure allows the unique materials to be processed into useful forms, such as films of arbitrary size and thickness.
Also, for the first time, the chemists demonstrated that the "cooking," or heating up, of the ingredients for the nanomaterial can take place inside the imaging tool itself, in this case a powerful microscope called a transmission electron microscope. With this new technique, Dichtel and his team could investigate how molecules come together to form COF colloids.
The study, titled "Colloidal Covalent Organic Frameworks," was published last week in the journal ACS Central Science. Dichtel is a corresponding author of the study.
"This is about as close to useful 'molecular LEGOs' as I've seen," Dichtel said. "Being able to keep these materials stable in solution is a major step forward towards taking advantage of their unique combination of properties."
"This is something that is routine on the macroscale, of course, but has eluded chemists, biologists and physicists at the nanoscale," Gianneschi said.


Question: Respond in 15 sentences. What is the latest update on the border wall issue?

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The president’s plan to build a border wall was part of a contentious budget fight in Congress this year. The administration was seeking $3.6 billion in the 2017 and 2018 budgets for just over 100 miles of wall. But members of Congress — Democrats and Republicans — have so far declined to provide funding for the project and instead expanded funding to increase the use of technology such as sensors at the border.
On Tuesday, though, the House Appropriations Committee approved a spending bill that included $1.6 billion for a wall. The bill would fund 74 miles of fencing along the southwest border.
The Department of Homeland Security has moved $20 million from other programs to pay for the construction of several border wall prototypes. Construction of the prototypes for a border wall is set to begin this summer in the San Diego area.
Homeland Security officials said the prototypes would be added to the existing border walls in San Diego and would allow the agency to evaluate which barriers are most effective in giving Border Patrol agents time to respond to illegal drugs and human smuggling. Officials said they planned to build four to eight prototypes.
Mr. Trump initially spoke of building a “big, beautiful” wall along the entire 2,000-mile border with Mexico. But last week, he scaled back that plan, saying the length of the wall could be as little as 700 miles.
Mr. Trump also said the wall would be partially transparent and could have solar panels to help offset the cost. Mr. Trump has pledged that he would make Mexico pay for the wall, a notion flatly rejected by the Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto.
Significant opposition to a wall has also developed in some communities along the border. In Texas, much of the land needed for a wall is private, and there is bipartisan opposition from most of the state’s congressional delegation.


Question: Respond briefly. What is Saral Rural District?

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Saral Rural District () is a rural district ("dehestan") in Saral District, Divandarreh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 6,869, in 1,336 families. The rural district has 32 villages.


Question: Have you heard about the Oxfam report on global wealth inequality? Respond in 11 sentences.

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 Have you heard about the Oxfam report on global wealth inequality? Respond in 11 sentences.

Four out of every five dollars of wealth generated in 2017 ended up in the pockets of the richest 1%, while the poorest half of humanity got nothing, a report published by Oxfam found on Monday.
As global political and business leaders gather for this week’s World Economic Forum annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, the charity’s report highlights a global system that rewards the super-rich and neglects the poor.
It found that 3.7 billion people who make up the poorest half of the world saw no increase in their wealth in 2017, while 82% of the wealth generated last year went to the richest 1% of the global population.
“(It) reveals how our economies are rewarding wealth rather than the hard work of millions of people,” Winnie Byanyima, Oxfam‘s executive director, told Reuters Television.
Byanyima blamed “tax dodging” as a major cause of global inequality and urged leaders to clamp down on tax havens and plough money into education, healthcare and jobs for young people.
In particular, Byanyima criticised U.S. President Donald Trump, who is attending the World Economic Forum, for creating “a cabinet of billionaires” and implementing tax legislation that she said rewarded the super-rich, not ordinary Americans.
The annual report by Oxfam found that the number of billionaires rose at a rate of one every two days between March 2016 and March 2017, while in the United States the three richest people own the same wealth as the poorest half of the population.
Oxfam said that women workers were worst hit by global inequality as they consistently earn less than men and usually have lower paid and more insecure forms of work.
The World Economic Forum has previously estimated that it would take 217 years before women earn as much as men and have equal representation in the workplace.
According to the 2017 Forbes rich list, the five richest people on the planet are all men – from Microsoft’s Bill Gates, to veteran investor Warren Buffett, Amazon boss Jeff Bezos, Inditex founder Amancio Ortega and Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg.
Oxfam called for all workers to receive a minimum living wage, the elimination of the gender pay gap and tougher rules to crackdown on tax avoidance.


Question: Describe a wild Asian elephant crossing the border between China and Laos.

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 Describe a wild Asian elephant crossing the border between China and Laos.

A wild Asian elephant has caused a stir on the border between China and Laos when it casually flouted immigration control and stepped over the barrier between the two countries.
Taking advantage of the dark, the animal moved out of China’s southwestern Yunnan Province and crossed into neighbouring Luang Matha in Laos in the early hours of Saturday morning.
CCTV footage at a border-crossing checkpoint captured the elephant’s journey.
The elephant could be seen casually stepping over the barrier and continuing up the road as baffled border security looked on.
It returned two hours later to China unharmed.
According to Chahe border-crossing soldier Li Zhifu, seasonal changes and food shortages force the animals closer to civilisation.
“It’s winter now and there’s not a lot of food in the forest areas. We often see wild elephants hunting for food in nearby villages,” he said.


Question: Describe the Democratic debate as it related to Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders.

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LAS VEGAS — Front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton dominated the debate stage Tuesday night.
Clinton appeared to be positioning herself for a general-election campaign against whichever Republican emerges from that party’s nomination brawl.
Memorable quotes from the first Democratic presidential debate.
“I’m a progressive. But I’m a progressive who likes to get things done. And I know how to find common ground, and I know how to stand my ground,” said the former secretary of state, senator and first lady.
“What this campaign is about is whether we can mobilize our people to take back our government from a handful of billionaires and create the vibrant democracy we know we can and should have,” added the Vermont senator, who describes himself as a democratic socialist.
The contrast between Clinton and Sanders crystallized early in the debate over a single word: capitalism.
Clinton began the race as the most formidable non-incumbent front-runner in memory. She was thought to have learned from the mistakes of her first presidential campaign, in 2008. Her dominance was such that virtually the entire Democratic establishment was lining up behind her, and she appeared to have effectively cleared the field.
But the controversy over her use of a private e-mail account and server, rather than a government account and server, while she was secretary of state has deepened public misgivings about her character and honesty.
Meanwhile, Sanders has capitalized on the deep populist discontent within the Democratic base.
One of their sharpest exchanges came on the question of how much government muscle should be applied to reining in Wall Street.
Sanders, along with former Maryland governor Martin O’Malley, blamed the deregulation that took place during Bill Clinton’s presidency for creating the conditions that sparked the financial collapse of 2008. Specifically, they cited Bill Clinton’s role in the repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, a Depression-era banking regulation that limited banks’ financial activities.
“Let us be clear that the greed and recklessness and illegal behavior of Wall Street, where fraud is a business model, helped to destroy this economy and the lives of millions of people,” Sanders said.
Hillary Clinton, who many liberals believe has been too close to Wall Street, said that she had used her influence as a senator from New York to press the banks to quit engaging in irresponsible financial speculation.
“But I’m telling you — I will say it tonight. If only you look at the big banks, you may be missing the forest for the trees,” Clinton said.
The other candidates also revisited the question that had dogged Clinton in her earlier bid for the Democratic nomination: her vote in support of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.
Clinton, who has since said she regretted that decision, cited the man who beat her as validation that it was not a disqualifier.
Clinton maintains a double-digit lead in the national polls, but Sanders is trailing her narrowly in Iowa, where the first caucuses are to be held Feb. 1, and is leading her in New Hampshire, which is set to hold its primary eight days later.
The debate was the first in a series of October events that Clinton hopes will change the trajectory of her struggling presidential campaign. Next week, she will testify before the House Select Committee on Benghazi, whose investigation she and her allies say is politically motivated and aimed at destroying her candidacy.
She did it again during the debate, pointing to a recent comment by House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.).
Three days after her congressional testimony, she and the other Democratic contenders are to make high-profile speeches at an annual Democratic dinner in Iowa that has often been an important moment in the primary season.
The coming days are also likely to bring the resolution of a question that has been hanging over the 2016 Democratic race: Will Vice President Biden jump in?
Clinton’s performance Tuesday night showed that she remains the person to beat.