t afford anything else new!
After Baja the mainland feels massively different, no hot desert so far for a start. High, lush hills with deep verdant valleys abound. The amount of domestic agriculture is considerably more than I ever witnessed riding through Baja. The only domestic planting I saw there was plantations of Cacti, I believe these were for consumption, they looked like prickly pear. But the people here are as friendly as ever, forever smiling, wishing us well. whenever parked up the passing drivers would be waving out their windows, big smiles and lovely attitudes. It made us feel like celebrities!
...Reaching the Tropic of Cancer brought out a bubbling enthusiasm, a photo session at the sign ensued, a sense of achievement flooded through me. And when we pulled away, I was awash with grief! Cai should have been here to share this, that would have made it right. I don't think there was any guilt at feeling full of excitement, it was purely how deeply I would have liked to share this with him. I cried for miles, couldn't stop myself, didn't want to!
... I lost the power supply for my laptop, so this is using the last 20% of available power. I'm going to be lost without it, I've grown so used to it in my weeks on confinement. It's been a lifeline to everyone, and now I feel so distant, so isolated. I keep reminding myself that I'd planned the trip without a computer, that I'd intended to use Internet cafes. Another lesson in how much you take things for granted, only when you lose it do you really appreciate what you had. So take heed, cherish those things that bring you joy, don't take them for granted. I don't really mean material possessions; it was the contact with all those who mean so much to me.
With me and the bike sorted, its full steam ahead; Honduras next stop. An estimated 3,000 miles before Christmas."
Ed. See Les' blog on Horizons Unlimited for the story of the trip so far.
"Alain is a freelance photographer and Calixte is an amateur videographer. Both of us are Living the dream on our Suzuki Dr 350 'Climbing around the world.' We are now in Moab Utah, 2 months on the road now, feels great. Xmas here then south to Mexico. It's nice to be in a home for the moment and organize before the show begins in the 3rd world!
Eden's Garden, Arches National Park, Utah
We had a slow start that day but eventually we made it out of the house and went for a drive in Arches National Park. It' s been snowing non stop for the past 24 hours so it's very different looking landscapes. The snow makes it all the more interesting...
Driving through Arches was a little chill, but being Canadian we can handle it. The big challenge with driving in cold is how long you can with stand the cold air with out stopping. Stopping is good to warm up and it's an opportunity to take pictures. We stop a lot, we're in no rush but this day in particular we were chasing the light. It seem to be running away from us.
Renee, the climbing friend
Renee is our new roommate. We met her three weeks ago and she's invited us to stay with her for the Xmas holidays. We couldn't resist an offer like that so we set base camp #2 in Moab. We've already spent two weeks with her and she's been an enormous help to us. Not only as she welcomed us in to her home but she's been a great friend to us as well."
"The town of Sullana was the closest of any size over the Peru border, so it got the nod for the night. I needed Peruvian currency, so went into the town centre, where I had to contend with SQUILLIONS of little 3-wheeler trike taxis. I couldn't believe that there could be the demand for so many of them! Most of the towns are full of one-way streets, making it difficult to negotiate your way, whene!
A uniformed guy on a 2-wheel bike asked if I needed help, so he took me through many little streets to the bank, watching the bike while I was inside. When I came back out, he'd been joined by a bike policeman, also watching my bike. I asked for a 'good' hotel, so off we went, one in front and one behind me, weaving through all the little tri-taxis, in and out of the traffic and pedestrians at a fast pace. I was horrified - what if I hit someone?? But we reached a hotel, and safety, at last, and it was a decent one, with WiFi, even, and a good restaurant, where I had a luvverly steak.
Margaret (Beemerbird) Peart, by Hubert Kriegel
Strangely, with all the research I'd done for this trip, I'd never actually researched the geography of the countries themselves, nor the roads therein. I had NO IDEA that there were deserts in Peru. I'd always had an image of mountains, the Incas, rainforests, greenness etc. Not deserts, never deserts. I was riding through the deserts. For some unknown reason, I didn't fill up with fuel as I left town next morning. I had plenty, I'd be right till the next town. Yeah, well, the flyspots on the mapping program on the computer weren't actually towns, just 'flyspots' - no fuel! You guessed it - I ran out of fuel, in the middle of nowhere, in the desert, winds blowing, dust swirling, nothingness."
"The ship is full of passengers and is ready to go with the exception of one motorbike and one British guy so they want me to hurry. I stare at the ship which has a loading ramp but can't be deployed as the tide is out and the ship too low to the dockside but a crane with an ominous looking cage hangs over the ship. It is clear the cage is the only way to load Vafa but she is too big to fit in with the door shut. However it must be this way so she is lifted into the cage and I am commanded to sit on her and hold her in the cage with the brakes on and this is where I happily remain for the next 30 or 40 minutes. I feel happy in the cage thinking they can risk dropping a bike in the dock but not a passenger, so will take care of me.
My thoughts are confirmed when someone realises there is a high possibility of me and Vafa sliding out into the dock so they rope us both in after a lot of shouting and discussion among the 20 or so crew, captain and other deck hands. Even more amazing someone quickly measures Vafa and realizes she is too big to go on the rear deck and must go in the roll-on roll-off lower deck. Seven or eight blokes manually push the boat out from the dockside and the ramp is lowered but I, still from my cage, indicate it is impossible for me to ride in as they wish as it is too steep but I'm happy for the cage to be lifted up a little and then down the metre or so to the ramp when it is flat out. This seems to be impossible as the crane reach is not good enough so instead I will be lifted and swung into the hold.
The hook takes the strain and I and Vafa are in the air with no major drama though I hold the front and rear brakes very securely. The crane operator is gentle and edges me to the hold door. But the cage won't go in as the rear edges catches the ramp while the front top hits the ship. So they decide the cage has to be tipped forward at 20-25 degrees. This puts a lot of strain on me to keep Vafa up right and a certain amount of vocalisation escapes from my vocal cords but they continue and I use all my strength to keep Vafa contained and upright. We are edged into the deck and finally all four wheels of the cage touch down and the cage is brought into the hold and unhooked before being wheeled over to the other cages. The crew seemed to think I am going to leave Vafa in the cage and at one point I


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Time allowed: 3 hours Maximum Marks: 70 S. No. Questions/ Expected Value Points Unit/Typo Marks 1. Name the two things that are taken care in a reorder point? 5 (U) 1 Ans. Lead time and Demand during lead time. 2. Deepak Ltd., has been manufacturing cycles since 2010. Their market
share in this field is 35%. They decided to introduce new cycles with advanced gear systems in 2015. For the same they estimated their financial requirements to be 20 crore. They decided to raise the same through a limited number of sophisticated investors. Identify this kind of issue?
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Ans. Private placement 3. Rishabh lives in Vijay Nagar, a residential colony near Delhi University
(DU). Being close to DU this area is a hub for students who come from outside Delhi to study here as they find good accommodation with Tiffin service readily available. Rishabh has a vacant residential building there. He found it to be an attractive economic idea to start a Paying Guest House. He knows that he has a good market because of the location of his building. State the other requirement he has to ensure before opting for this opportunity.
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4. What is meant by ‘private sector enterprise’? 2/ (R) 1 Ans. Private sector enterprises are those which are owned, controlled, and
managed by private individuals, with the main objective of earning profit.
5. State the role of a sales person in personal selling. 3/ (R) 1 Ans. Companies appoint salesperson to contact prospective buyers and create
awareness about the company’s product.
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Ans. 1. Bring out new products in the market 2. Increase employment generation
3. Understand the problems and needs of the market. (Any two) 8. Explain the first two elements in the innovation process? 1/U 2 Ans. 1. Analytical planning: carefully identifying the product or service
features, design as well as the resources that will be needed. 2. Resource organization: obtaining the required resources, materials,
technology, human or capital resources.
9. Sanjiv was developing a business plan for his organization. While working on the financial plan he realised that his financial requirements will be for fixed assets and their installations, preliminary expenses, working capital, expenses on research and development and investment in short-term assets viz. raw material, level of cash, etc. To decide on the sources of funds for the venture, he tried to ensure the selection of the best overall mix of financing for the enterprise. a. Identify the elements of financial plan discussed here. b. Why is it important for an entrepreneur to ensure the selection of the best overall mix of financing for the enterprise?
Ans. a. a) Proforma investment decisions b) Proforma financing decisions b. The entrepreneur's job is to ensure the selection of the best overall mix of financing for the enterprise so that: a) the cost of capital and the financial risk stands minimized, b) return on investment and profitability stands maximized.
10. Rohan a budding musician created a lot of musical notes for his upcoming video. He was extremely thrilled to listen to his compositions. He presented his compositions to his friend Victor. The release of musical video of Rohan was getting delayed for a few months due to shortage of cash. Meanwhile Victor used most of the musical compositions of Rohan in his video. Rohan was extremely upset to know that his friend had cheated him and used all his work. What could have Rohan done to save his work? Identify and explain it.
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11. Bhushan and Vinay were pursuing Electrical Engineering from a prestigious engineering college. During their third year they developed a solar LED bulb which can be used indoors. The bulb had a small panel which had to be charged at a stretch for 10 hours in the sun and it would last for 200 hours of usage. The idea was risky as there was a possibility that the market might not accept such a product, but if they do so, then, there would be a revolution in the power industry as it would lead to saving of power in every household. The prototype was made but to manufacture and distribute the same, they required around 5 crores. Both Bhushan and Vinay approached some affluent individuals who were ready to invest in their business in exchange for a convertible debt. Identify the type of investors and state any two features of the same.
Ans. Angel Investor Features
1. Most angel investors are current or retired executives, business
owners or high net worth individuals who have the knowledge, expertise, and funds that help start-ups match up to industry standards.
3. Apart from investing funds, most angels provide proactive advice, guidance, industry connections and mentoring start-ups in its early days.
4. Their objective is to create great companies by providing value creation, and simultaneously helping investors realize a high return on investments.
12. You have started a beauty parlor business. You spent 5,00,000 to open the parlor of which you invested 3,00,000/- of your own money and borrowed a loan for 2,00,000. Interest rate per annum is 4%. Sales revenue per month is 35,000. Cost of goods sold is 10,000 per month. Fixed expenses per month is 15,000 (salary 7,000, rent and utility 8,000), depreciation 1,000/- and tax @ 8%. Calculate the Return on Equity.
Ans. Amount
Equity = Y 3,00,000
Loan = Z 2,00,000
Total Capital Employed/ Total Investment 5,00,000
Income Statement For One Year
A Sales Revenue (35,000 × 12) 4,20,000
B Less Cost Of Goods Sold (10,000 × 12) 1,20,000
C Gross Margin = ( A-B) 3,00,000
 Salary Etc. (7000 × 12) 84,000
 Rent, Utility Etc. (8000 × 12) 96,000
 Interest (2,00,000 × 4÷100) 8,000
 Depreciation & Amortization 1,000
D Less: Total Fixed Expense 1,89,000
E Profit Before Tax = C - D 1,11,000
Tax @ 8% (1,11,000 × 8÷100) 8,880
F Profit After Tax = E - F 1,02,120
CALCULATION OF ROE
Net Profit after Tax x 100
1,02,120 x 100
13. Explain how the following factors affect idea and opportunity assessment. a. Application and use b. Level of operation c. Competition
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Ans. 1. Application and use Ideas should be examined for their real life use and application. If it already exists in the market, we will have to find out its present use, and then we may think of modifying it for better use. In the above mentioned example, we can clearly see that even though there are many companies manufacturing pen drives, the latest will be in consonance with the upcoming trends. 2. Level of operation This is a crucial test for product/service identification. Depending on the use of the product/service the entrepreneur will produce it in a cottage industry or a small scale–industry or a large–scale industry. 3. Competition Any product or service will face market competition at some stage. So market competition should be assessed through a study of the trends in demand and supply.
14. Sensitivity to environmental factors is crucial for an entrepreneur. With an appropriate example explain the relevance of the statement.


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While football fans up and down the country toast Leicester City’s success in winning the Premier League, homeowners in this area should be hoping AFC Wimbledon can emulate the Midlands club’s achievement.
It’s been calculated that Leicester City will earn £170m from the club’s against-all-odds title triumph.
At the start of the football season, Leicester were 5000/1 outsiders to win the Premier League. But the club’s first top flight title was confirmed on Monday after London rivals Chelsea and Tottenham Hotspur drew 2-2.


It's also more than just jumping into social. Okay, I've got a brand, I need to jump in these 15 channels. No, you don't Step back. Who is your audience?Your customer?What is it that they want?What channel do they want to be in?Or what channel are they not what they want to be in?Yeah, and talk to them in those channels, and create and curate content that is relevant within the channel that they're in?Get some small learnings understand, how you deal with the channel?How the consumers engaging back?What is the content they want as a video?Is it graphics?Is it straight content, test, test, test and grow slowly?And as you evolve and bring in more channels, you understand the resource needs that you have you understand the problems that you're trying to solve?And more importantly, how you measuring all this along the way. So that, at the end of the day, okay, we ran these 10 campaigns?How did they perform?


Sharks Aren't That Bad…Are They?hark attacks on the coasts of the U.S. One man tells of his personal experience of being knocked off his surfboard and attacked by a shark. He actually got an "inside" look of the sharks mouth when the shark tried to bite his head off. He miraculously escaped with a few cuts to his neck and face. What "killed" me about the report was that some shark supporter defended the sharks by saying, "Sharks get a bad rap – they really don't hate humans they're just looking for something to eat." Wow! I'll bet the guy who nearly had his head bitten off was glad to know it wasn't anything personal when the shark tried to "have him for dinner." Who cares why sharks kill people? The fact is they do and people must stay away – or face the consequences.
The devil may be compared to the shark. The Bible describes him as a lion. PeterI Peter 5:8. Peter goes on to warn and exhort these suffering Christians to resist the devil during their trials, and they'll receive the reward of heaven.
Personally, I don't care what motivates the devil to attack our salvation. What concerns me is that he can, and he will, if we don't exercise Christian wisdom regarding every area of life – where we go, what we watch and hear on TV, movies, and the radio, our dress (modesty), our speech, whom we spend time with, how we value our job and possessions;, etc. We are as vulnerable as a man on a surfboard along the beaches if we're not careful.


looks as stiff as hell. Very odd, but great for Florence,” wrote Northern Star.
“Astonished. Not in a good way,” Empress Merel expressed. “It's just plain awful in my opinion. I don't like the hair, nor the styling and I could barely recognize Florence… And the white background? Boring. Lazy effort from Karl Lagerfeld but nice for Florence anyway.”
Even if we can’t let ourselves love Florence’s Vogue Japan cover, we can let ourselves love her newly released first official single, “What The Water Gave Me,” from her upcoming album. Check out the video below to see why I (and lots of other forum members) have fallen under Florence’s. </s> The Players Pack for Kings of War at Call to Arms, the Wellington Warlords' Annual Convention has been posted in the Event Calendar.
Players pack up in the Event Calendar on this site John </s> The Frontiersmen differ significantly from a variety of groups that we would call "sister organizations". We encourage and work closely with "prepper" networks, survivalist groups, and a variety of militia in our area, but our approach is somewhat unique from most of them. While there are exceptions to the rule; the majority of these groups tend to concentrate on one or more aspects of crisis management to the detriment of the rest.
Case Study: “Preppers”
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In times of emergency, they too, like survivalists, may find themselves well-prepared, but still alone. Additionally, preppers on average tend not to put too much emphasis on defense. While owning a firearm may be a good start, it doesn’t help much if the odds are stacked up against you in civil unrest for instance.
Case Study: Militia
Militias are by far the best prepared group for any scenario where there is a threat of violence. Militia are well-stocked when it comes to firepower and tactical equipment & supplies. They also tend to train in vital skills such as first-aid, field craft, communications and the like.
While they are active in training and acquiring vital equipment, too often they do this to the detriment of other areas, such as: food preparation, alternative energy, and off the grid survival skills. An ill-prepared militia in the midst of a crisis may find themselves lacking the provision to carry them very long – which may turn some groups into an armed band looking for supplies.
Frontiersmen Training
The Frontiersmen are a mixture of all these different groups into an entirely new model. We encompass what we believe to be the PROS of each of the above groups while leaving behind stuff we feel may not be beneficial.
By merging the beneficial aspects of each category into one, we have developed an approach with a 360 degree field of view. We learn primitive survival so that we are not dependant upon the system; prepare our families for a variety of emergencies; and then train to defend ourselves in any worst case scenario.
We incorporate the survivalist mindset of security and "living off the land". Our units train in trapping, tracking, farming, building portable sanitation systems, portable energy generators, and more. We do this while maintaining a structure that facilitates a large membership base. This allows us to eliminate the one aspect of survivalism that may be it's Achilles’ Heel - the Lone Wolf mentality.
Finally, none of this would be any good if you couldn't protect it. So the Frontiersmen train our units to defend themselves. In a situation where civil unrest spawns looting - those who have been prepping will be attractive targets. To help assure the families will be safe, we all train not only individuals to defend themselves, but also to work together so that all of us may be able to guard against aggression as one cohesive force.
With our unique approach that incorporates survival, prepping, and tactical defense, you can rest assured our members are quite prepared to meet any challenge that we may face.
Phone support is available from 8am-6pm Eastern. </s> Oh heyyyy, remember me? I know, I know, mental break… even when you don’t have posts in the queue. However, we’re back to business and I’ve had a bit of a love affair with the Pacific Northwest lately. I’ve been to Portland a few times and can’t wait to go back.
The last time I was in Portland, it was for a whirlwind weekend of basketball when Long Beach State played New Mexico in the NCAA tournament. It was super fun, but I definitely did not get to enjoy the city as much as I would have liked. While I was there, I was also able to visit with some family friends and enjoy a quiet couple days in one of the local suburbs of Portland. The city has grown so much from the first time I was there and I really want to be able to explore it as an adult. Lucky for me, I might have a chance to visit later this year, thanks to Long Beach State playing the University of Oregon on the road.
Again, there’s now


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Five-Mast Wind Surf Cruise Yacht to Berth at Dun Laoghaire Harbour Tomorrow
#windsurf – The five-mast Wind Surf cruise yacht will dock at Dun Laoghaire Harbour at 7am on Saturday, 12th July. It will remain docked at the south Dubllin Bay port until 6.30pm when it will depart to the Isle of Man. It also visited Dublin Bay on Wednesday emerging from Dublin Port under sail.
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Biological materials have complex mechanical propertiesm of researchers, led by UNC-Chapel Hill – like chameleon skin. This research also involved and the University of Akron.
Sheiko says s a surrounding biological tissue in order to mitigate inflammatory response.
"Until now, synergistically integrating mechanical and optical performance has been a big material design challenge because we are essentially trying to mimic the skin of James Cameron's Avatar: soft on touch, stiff upon deformation and colored for appeal or camouflage," Sheiko notes.
As outlined in the paper, "Self-assembled elastomers with molecularly encoded tissue-like softness, strain-adaptive stiffening and coloration," the research team has attempted to achieve this by controlling polymer architecture. They synthesized a physically cross-linked elastomer (polymer with elastic properties) weThey succeeded in encoding in this synthetic polymer both mechanical and optical properties of natural systems, a feat which had previously never been achieved. The polymer was found to be biocompatible and does not require the addition of chemical additives, e.g. solvent.
"The design-by-architecture approach reported in our paper will open the door for making materials a soft as brain tissue and as stiff as skin – ideal for direct use as implants for reconstructive surgery and drug delivery," Sheiko adds.


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FROM THE MUSESUM'S ARCHIVES: Change comes to “Jerusalem”
Updated 2:47 pm EDT, Monday, October 5, 2020
This photo is believed to be a partial view of Manistee’s “Jerusalem” circa 1905.
Photo: (Manistee County Historical Museum Photo)
area of Manistee referred to as King’s Addition or “Jerusalem.”
After salt was discovered in Manistee in 1881, its subsequent production meant that more jobs became available which led to the need for more housing. To this end, William King, a local lighthouse keeper who owned an area of land located in the northwestern section of the city (near the Lake Michigan shoreline), had his land platted and made it available to be auctioned off to would-be home/property owners.
However, the main caveat to this land was that it was nearly surrounded by sand dunes making it a challenge to access depending on the way the wind was blowing.
Altogether 78 lots were made available with only roughly 24 homes constructed on the property by immigrants of primarily Polish and German descent. While the area of land was officially known as “King’s Addition” it was eventually referred to by Manisteeans as “Jerusalem” or “Little Jerusalem.”
The neighborhood, located in an area northwest of Fremont Street, counted seven streets among it with the names titled: King Street, Humboldt Street, Bismarck Street, Garfield Street, William Street, John Street and Stanislaus Street.
As time wore on, not much changed in Manistee’s Jerusalem besides the shifting of the sands. However, in the midst of World War I, the city fathers decided to change the name of Bismarck Street.
Sadly, this change was due to the happenings taking place in the country at that point in history. As U.S. soldiers were off fighting Germans in Europe, strict anti-German stances permeated throughout the country. Manistee was no stranger to this as the Manistee News Advocate of the time reported several instances of pioneer German families discriminated against.
To this end it was decided to change the name of Bismarck Street (named after the German statesman, Otto von Bismarck) to Pershing Street (named after John J. Pershing, the U. S. general who commanded American expeditionary forces during the Great War)23, 1918 describes the discriminatory reasons of the city council:
“Gen. Pershing has been honored, if you call it that, by the Manistee council, Germany has been strafed a bit, and the people of a certain street in that section of the city known as ‘Jerusalem’ need no longer blush over the name of their thoroughfare, as the result of action taken in the special session last night, by which the name of Bismarck street was changed to Pershing street.
“‘Do you know,’ queried Commissioner Ramsdell, ‘there’s a street over on the north side named Bismarck Street? Now what do you think of that?’
“‘Raus mit it!’ said Commissioner Hornkohl. ‘We don’t want any of our streets named after any German Dutchman as long as good patriotic American names hold out.’
“‘I think it’s pretty tough on anyone to have to live on a street with such a name,’ declared Commissioner Ramsdell. ‘And I therefore move that an ordinance to cover the action be drawn up and that the name “Bismarck Street” be changed to “Pershing Street.” Commissioner Hornkohl enthusiastically supported the motion, and it carried unanimously with a whoop of approval.
“Pershing Street isn’t quite the finest street in the city, but as it was the best the council had to offer, it is hoped that the illustrious general will not take offense. Also that the street will grow to measure up to its distinction.
“Pershing Street is located in what is known as King’s Addition, at the foot of the northside sand hills. And if, in the future, Manistee is charged with unpatriotic street names, it will not have to plead guilty to one called Bismarck.”
Roughly two years later, Little Jerusalem was described as being nearly derelict with only six houses reported as standing. An examination of the northside neighborhood, which also describes the shifting seasons as well as a few of the minor goings-on that transpired there over the years, was published in the News Advocate on August 28, 1920. Portions of the original follow:
“In winter the blizzards and in summer the lesser winds sweep across the lake and over Jerusalem. Pushed by the winds the sand dunes have shifted through a period of many years until now they are right at the people’s back doorsteps.
“Jerusalem boasted of a main street and one electric street light. It gained some notoriety years ago when the inhabitants threatened to burn a dwelling that was intended for a pest-house. This flare-up was the chief talk here for some time, but with the rise of a new generation the incident and Jerusalem itself were soon forgotten.
“Today it has only a half dozen houses. The others have been either buried or torn down. A sand dune drifting onto their homes was too much for the majority of the dwellers there to tolerate.
Even though the above article describes the area as being nearly desolate in 1920, the streets of Manistee’s Jerusalem continued to be populated by a scant few through the 1950s. The 1959 edition of Polk’s City Directory notes that with the exception of King Street (which counted six residences) and Pershing Street (one residence) there were no longer houses on Humboldt Street, Garfield Street, William Street (which had ceased to exist), John Street and Stanislaus Street.


Islanders draft lottery history: Five years of missed chances
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Taking look back at five pivotal years for the New York Islanders and the NHL Draft Lottery.
For five years between 2010 and 2014, the New York Islanders were regular fixtures of the NHL’s Draft Lottery. For those five years, the Islanders hoped they could get some luck and add another cornerstone talent to their organization through the draft lottery.
They were successful in 2009, landing a star center in John Tavares. But in the five years following the 2009 draft, the Isles still held pretty good odds to move up and never did.
Here’s a recount of what happened in those years including their odds, who they picked, and how that worked out for the Islanders.
I also had a bit of fun. I wanted to see how things could work out with modern draft lottery rules. So, I used rankings from 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2014 and the draft lottery set up from 2019 to see what the Isles could have received. This year’s lottery is way too complicated to replicated a few times.
To do this, I ran Tankathon’s simulator once and superimposed the team’s from that given year to the position that won.
So, for example, in 2010 the bottom five teams were: Edmonton, Toronto, Florida, Columbus, and the Isles. If the lottery simulator came up with 1st, 4th, and 3rd the order would be Edmonton, Columbus, and Florida. Toronto would move back two spots and the Isles would still be 5th.


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Morristown is well known as the place where the dot-and-dash telegraph language was developed, but there is so much more to that story.
Thereafter each entity would have its own boundaries and government, independent of each other.
George’s sister Harriet was a widow. She lived with her brother-in-law, Augustus Cutler, on the neighboring estate. Cutler was the leader of the local Democratic party. George, also a Democrat, had been elected to serve in Congress. Cutler and his wife were passionate supporters of free public education for everyone and George supported their cause.
- The first telegraph changed the world…as well as its birthplace.
He was also quite clever and his funds helped carry out the plans of his friends, who wanted to create a community with opportunities for rich and poor alike.
George Cobb was elected the first mayor of the new Morristown, that same year.
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Posted on 31 Jul 2012 by Claire McCarthy
A few years ago, one of my children got a set of magnetic building toys as a birthday present from a friend. It had rods and little balls that you could build into geometric shapes. They didn’t work very well, mostly because the magnets were so strong that the pieces tended to collapse together into clumps (they would almost fly together if near each other). There was something about them that gave me the heebie-jeebies, so I stored them high out of reach—and after a while, I threw them away.
Small toys (like the Polly Pocket clothes we had and threw out too) aren’t allowed to have magnets anymore for just this reason. But toys for, um, grownups don’t have the same restrictions—enter Buckyballs, which are marketed to adults as a “desk toys.”
Ultimately it will be up to policymakers and the courts to decide if Buckyballs are taken off the market. In the meantime, if you have them or anything like them in your house, do what I did: throw them out.
13 thoughts on “Little magnets: too dangerous for any toy, even one for grownups”
VisChild says:
31 Jul 2012 at 10:08 AM
Now, believe it or not, I am not trying to dismiss the seriousness of the injuries they can cause. I am just asserting that the products are not the problem. Alcohol kills thousands of people every year, and no one has moved to ban it, to name but one example.
So what has changed? People. Common sense. Parenting. Education. Lawyers.
JDoc says:
02 Aug 2012 at 9:01 AM
What do you mean nobody has tried to ban alcohol? Haven’t you ever heard of Prohibition? In the early part of the 20th century, alcohol was banned for a period of time, leading to speakeasies, rumrunners, and federal law enforcement actions that killed many people
Bryan V says:
31 Jul 2012 at 12:33 PM
Nice post, Claire. This is an important issue that needs the full force of the pediatric community to counter the social dialog centered on personal liberties. We should add that NASPGHAN has some unreleased preliminary statistics which will be supported by a more formal survey underway – this issue appears to be really underreported. Hats off to Dr. Bousvarous for rattling the bushes on this one.
31 Jul 2012 at 7:03 PM
DEVO says:
03 Aug 2012 at 3:38 PM
I love to play buckyballs. I would not also throw them out but I would be sure to keep them in a secure place so that children cannot access them easily, I know it is hazardous especially when accidentally eaten.
BigGovernment says:
02 Aug 2012 at 11:48 AM
Two words: Nanny State.
The constant overstepping has grown to epidemic proportions. You simply cannot protect everyone from everything. Banning “sugary drinks”, buckyballs, and guns is not the answer. Who are you to decide everything for everyone?
Is this really “medicine” that you’re practicing?
02 Aug 2012 at 12:44 PM
YoyoBandalore says:
I have to take issue with the statement “Buckyballs don’t really have a purpose. They are toys.” First, I disagree, Buckyballs do have a purpose. Are you saying “toys” in general have no purpose? Toys can be a learning tool and they can be therapeutic Everyone at one time or another needs to relax. We take vacations, we have hobbies which may include playing with a toy … even if we are adults.
Tell me what purpose a “balloon” has? It is my understanding that balloons account for more child deaths than any other child toy. Noticed I said “child toy”, not “adult toy”. Yet the CPSC has not banned balloons. Balloons continue to cause choking deaths, but they are STILL on the market. The CPSC says the warning labels are sufficient. The believe they have sufficiently educated the public to the dangers of ballons. Buckyballs have five warnings … FIVE … on the packaging. Why are Buckyball warning labels so insufficient? Why can’t the CPSC educate the public about Buckyballs? Once I take a balloon out of the package, I don’t see any warnings on the balloon itself.
I’ll be glad to listen to a logical argument for the banning of Buckyballs, if you can come up with one. The CPSC doesn’t seem to be using the same standard for Buckyballs that they are using for other known, dangerous products.
BuckyBalless says:
Thank you for the information. Buckyballs have been on my wish list for awhile now. I just placed my order to be sure I can get my science toy before they’re banned. However, I still need to figure out where to keep my new toys, should it go next to the bleach, gasoline, or NaOH drain cleaner?
I enjoy reading the blogs, but I think caretakers to make adult toys. Banning items from adults is not the answer and walks a really fine line, in my opinion. Adults do not need agenci. This is really rampant in Boston, it seems.
McArthur Third says:
It’s dangerous to just toss high powered magnets into the trash. They can
05 Jun 2013 at 8:51 AM
My kid had neodymium magnets since he was 3 and always loved them. He learned a lot. I should say that even at that age he was not the sort to introduce objects into his mouth, especially not swallow them. He’s now 13, has hundreds of these magnets and has never swallowed one. I’m not saying they are safe for all children (they aren’t), but some kids are just naturally quite smart, and if you explain that they are dangerous to swallow, they just aren’t going to do it


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Patrick Baker is a major in the U.S. military serving as a Healthcare Administrator for the 179th Ohio Air National Guard out of Mansfield, Ohio. He has served in the military for nearly 20 years.
Baker donated a flag that was flown at the 332nd Expeditionary Medical Group Hospital where he is stationed. The flag was flown for one day over the Iraq hospital in honor of Madison County Hospital.
The hospital at the Joint Base Balad where Baker is serving is the largest trauma center in Iraq where most injured service members are brought to the hospital for treatment or evaluation. Baker works with flight doctors, flight line crews and Aero-Evacuation crews to coordinate all of the injured patients’ movement in and out of the hospital. The patients are stabilized in this facility and then moved to a hospital in Germany.
The effects of war are very real at a hospital where personnel in the Iraqi theater of operations carry a weapon. Bunkers, concrete walls and sandbags protect the hospital staff. The hospital roof has three layers and is designed to absorb rocket attacks and the sounds of F-16s and helicopters are constant.
“The threats are real,” wrote Baker, “And rocket attacks do occur on the base. I’m definitely not in Kansas anymore.”
Perhaps even harder to grasp than the threat of attacks are the international laws of humanitarianism. Baker recalled a sobering day at the hospital when a wounded U.S. solider and an injured enemy combatant both entered the emergency room at the same time. The U.S. solider was in critical condition with an injury to his head and the insurgent was in stable condition with a bullet in his leg. Both were rushed to the operating room at the same time.
That day, the U.S. solider didn’t survive while the enemy combatant, who had most likely caused the fatal injury to the American solider, was receiving the best medical care possible and would live. No matter who enters the hospital, the staff treats each patient the same way.


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The most famous legend is the yeti, or migoi to the locals, and despite the likes of Reinhold Messner declaring that what people are really seeing is a Himalayan bear, the creature has a strong hold on local culture. Every villager has a tale about a close encounter with a big, hairy migoi and advice on how to escape one. Indeed, Bhutan has a  yeti, a remote 740-square-mile wilderness in the east of the country called Sakteng Wildlife Sanctuary. Your chances of seeing a yeti are still pretty slim, but, including red pandas, snow leopards and tigers, so there's no shortage of other elusive creatures for you to see.
Bhutan is the gold standard for trekking in the Himalaya. From treks through ancient rhododendron forests to a challenging, 25-day hike that traverses half the country, Bhutan offers something for trekkers of all levels. The Jomolhari Trek is Bhutan’s most popular and follows ancient trade routes through Jigme Dorji National Park to fantastic views of sacred 7,314m Jomolhari Peak on the Tibetan border. The Bumthang Cultural Trek avoids the high peaks and offers instead a timeless succession of picturesque temples, monasteries and traditional villages. And birdwatchers will love the Gangte Trek that focuses on spotting black-necked cranes
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A fas file containing the aligned COI sequences from 406 Matrona basilaris.
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The college water polo team is where the action is.
At school, when I was growing up in Australia, I played football. This was Australian Rules Football — a winter sport, a bit like rugby but more like Gaelic football.
I started playing football as a way of trying to fit in with the other kids. I wasn’t completely terrible at it, I was tall for my age so that was in my favour, but I wasn’t particularly good at it either.
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The focus of discussionearlier this month was about revising the schedule for attaining the total maximum daily loads of fecal coliform bacteria in Newport Bay.
“We believe everyone hasthe regional board’s TMDL [total maximum daily loads] extension impedes that goal for Newport Bay,” said O.C. Coastkeeper’s associate director of programs Ray Hiemstra on Friday. “Unfortunately, this decision is part of a long pattern from this board of granting extensions rather than holding others accountable.
“Now it’ll be over eight years until we see any action on the shellfish contamination issue impacting the bay’s water quality.”
TMDLs define without resulting in violations of water quality standards according to the U.S. Clean Water Act. They are essentially plans to achieve water quality standards through permits and other regulatory actions, said senior engineering geologist Terri Reeder.
The regional water control board was asked to consider at its June 3 meeting whether or not to revise existing TMDLs that were adopted for Newport Harbor in 1999.
Reeder said the loads established for Newport Harbor focused on fecal coliform bacteria, which the board then maintained was the best indicator for protection of human health. Coliforms are generally harmless to human beings, but the presence of them at any concentration typically indicates other pathogeextension approved this month is on top of an extension that had already been given in 2019, when the Santa Ana Water Board staff anticipated a need for three additional years to complete studies to determine if the current water quality objectives for bacteria in shellfish — based on commercial shellfish harvesting regulations — actually correlate with indicator bacteria and pathogens in shellfish.
A letter was submitted to the board by O.C. Coastkeeper objecting to the extension on the grounds it failed to comply with state water code, lacked a schedule for compliance with the already adopted TMDL and does not include interim timelines. Board staff refuted these claims, saying that they did in fact comply with state water code, that they’d included a schedule, and interim timelines were not required by law.
At the meeting, Hiemstra described the extension as “part of a pattern in practice of noncompliance in this and other TMDLs in Orange County” and called for the rejection of the extension as the nonprofit believes two decades should have been enough to determine whether or not judging the cleanliness of the bay by way of fecal coliform bacteria was a proper criteria.
Orange County Environmental Resources deputy director Amanda Carr said that in two studies, the majority of people who collected shellfish in lower Newport Bay were reporting the morsels were used for bait. But, Carr noted the topic at hand was not a matter of attainment.
“That’s why we want to adjust the standard because we want to make sure as regulated entities that our efforts are targeted at things that cause risk to human health, and fecal coliform concentrations in the water don’t do that.”
Board member John Scandura said he lives in Huntington Beach and that his heart went out to O.C. Coastkeeper, but the studies could potentially lead to more stringent standards than already exist.
Board member William Ruh said he agreed with Scandura but added, “I’m a bit dismayed that we have schedules that were to be met and they weren’t met. I can’t do that. I can’t turn around and have a schedule and say I’m due at the office at 7:30 and then decide ‘Well, I want to come in at that time or that time.’
“There’s schedules and standards that have to be met and we need to do that. Twenty-two years is a long time. and I would urge that in the future the entities involved meet those schedules, follow those schedules and do them to the rule. There is no excuse.”
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This is an absolutely amazing prophecy, but most people don’t even know that it exists. Could it be possible that St. Patrick saw a cataclysmic event that will happen in our time?
According to ancient tradition, St. Patrick was shown that “seven years before the judgment” Ireland would be destroyed by the sea. Could it be possible that this is the same giant tsunami that countless others have seen that will utterly destroy the east coast of the United States?


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Adversaries are continuously developing techniques to reduce the detection rate of their malicious activities on an enterprise network; for example, they utilize stenography for data exfiltration, malicious software delivery, and covert C2 communications.
This article provides an overview on detecting and hunting suspicious DNS connections in an enterprise network.
In order to be able to analyze & detect malicious DNS traffic, we need to make some preparations for our environment.
Good hunting requires good insight into the environment, and this includes (host-based logs, command line logs, DNS logs, firewall logs, EDR logs..etc.). For this scenario, the following log types are needed and collected from endpoints by the SIEM agent.
Sysmon event logs
DNS Stager tool
Adversaries may use the DNS protocol as a communication channel for command & control, or data exfiltration. One technique which I found to be interesting is delivering a malicious code in AAAA DNS query responses, this technique is implemented into the tool DNSStager by @mohammadaskar2
The following image shows the process of malicious bytes delivery in DNS AAAA records in chunks after running the DNS Stager agent on a Windows machine. The chunks are composed together to build the full payload, then get executed in memory.
Image-1 Traffic generated by DNS Stager after execution on a Windows machine.
The “DNSStager” tool serves one purpose: Fetch a malicious code from the internet through the DNS protocol and execute it in memory.
It’s composed of two main components: the agent (Windows) and the server (Linux), the server will acts as a DNS server and will serves the malicious code.
The detection of malicious DNS traffic can be performed by querying Sysmon event logs or DNS Server logs.
Our LAB components consists of:
Windows 10
Sysmon driver with DNS logging config installed on Windows hosts
Ubuntu 18 VPS for hosting the DNSStager tool
LAB Goal
The goal is to simulate malicious DNS Traffic using the DNS Stager tool. Then from the analyst & hunter perspective to analyze & determine suspicious traffic.
Communications with unknown DNS Servers.
DNS queries for resolving non-existed host names.
DNS requests with invalid/abnormal response.
Large number of DNS queries in short time
Large number of abnormal DNS queries
Long TXT value in request/response
Assuming we have already DNS requests and responses are monitored, we can analyze logs and look for abnormalities.
Sysmon DNS Events – Event ID 22
Sysmon driver can log various types of events including DNS queries and command lines. I’m using the SwiftOnSecurity Sysmon rules file; it’s updated regularly and available on GitHub.
Using the following search query, we can view DNS logs by process and computer
index=sysmon EventID=22 QueryResults !=- | stats count by _time, QueryName, QueryResults, Computer, user, process_path
Image-2 Querying Sysmon DNS logs on Splunk
Image-3 DNS records show malicious DNS requests to *.dnsstager.zocmail.com
Looking at the above image from Splunk, There are 1,291 DNS log records within the last 45 days. We can manually analyze these records in a short time. However, this number can be hundreds of thousands to millions in real networks which makes it very hard and time-consuming; the threat actors may already reach more locations inside the network while we still analyze the traffic. Therefore, we need to deeper analysis and reduce the analysis time to the minimum; we can do so by writing some code to filter the results.
The process dns_stager.exe has made at least 8 DNS AAAA queries and received different responses. So how we can distinguish if this traffic is legitimate or suspicious?
Image-4 DNS traffic generated by c:\users\sara\desktop\dns_stager.exe
So we have this DNS traffic which looks suspicious but we are not sure yet. Solving the following questions will help in determining wether it’s a legitimate or suspicious traffic:
Check the process hash if it’s listed on IOC; or if there’s useful information about it. VirusTotal; Google, Commercial Threat intel?
When the file “dns_stager.exe” was created on the computer?
How it was attached to the system?
If there’s no information about it, grab a copy for in-depth analysis.
Determine when the file is compiled
Collect meta information if available: .PDB, language, compiler type
Extract strings using the Strings tool
Decompile: .NET Reflector, ILSpy ; Static analysis
Dynamic analysis: Simulate on an isolated VM and observe the behavior.
Check WHOIS & public information about the root & sub domains;
Is the domain recently registered?
What it’s risk score?
Compare historical WHOIS information with the current record
What is the IP Address the domain name resolves IP? Check the IP address for IOC
Reverse IP/domain lookup. Is there any domains linked to the same IP address? What they do?
Is the DNS response a valid response?
Of course, sometimes we may not need to solve all the questions. While analyzing the artifacts; we can side note and calculate some scoring based on our findings and that will provide us with more insight into the traffic and the executable process. This will ultimately help us in deciding whether it’s legitimate or malicious traffic and process.
For instance, some of the malicious indicators may look something like this:
The domain name being queried is registered one month ago.
The DNS responses are invalid or dose not resolve to a valid IP
The Windows process generated the traffic is unsigned and compiled recently using Pyinstaller.
Example Risk Score: 7/10
If we take the DNS responses for the AAAA queries and validate it using IPInfo.io or ; we get invalid IP addresses.
Image-5 IP Query result from ipinfo.io
Image-6 IP Query result from iplocation.io
Using Pandas Library
Pandas is a powerful data analysis library that allows us to easily work and read different types of data. We can use Pandas to analyze CSV, Excel files.
We can take advantage of the features of Pandas and Python to perform complex operations on logs and automate the filtering to detect potential DNS Stager traffic.
I wrote a basic code script to filter suspicious DNS traffic that should be investigated further. The script core logic is to determine possible traffic that the DNS Stager tool generate by analyzing every response of a DNS query and checking if the response is a valid IPv6 or not.
Read DNS logs in CSV format
Filter the Logs based on the following criteria :
AAAA query type
At least 2-3 records
The result of a DNS query contains invalid response
The script used is available on my gist pages:
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Image-7 Function is_valid_ip() for gathering information about a DNS query response
Image-8 Output of the python script used to determine possible DNSStager traffic
Hunt on wide time frame. One of an adversary’s stealthy techniques is to deliver or execute a malicious activity in the long-term; for instance: fetching a payload chunk every one or three days and assembling all parts on day 10.
Enable DNS Logging (request & response) if not enabled.
Restrict connections to external DNS Servers. And allow connections only to internal & whitelisted DNS Server.


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The gwt-appcache library was designed to be easy to integrate into any other
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work required to re-integrate the functionality back into the MGWT framework. This is a good
example of complex integration of `gwt-appcache`.
## How To: Configure the url for the Manifest servlet in web.xml
The above examples assume that annotations are used to configure the url for the manifest servlet. It
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### Why do I get a 404 from the Manifest servlet when I specify a configuration property in .gwt.xml?
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property no longer appears in the permutations.xml file. At this point it is necessary to remove the
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[MGWT](https://github.com/dankurka/mgwt) project by <NAME>. All
inspired by work done by the [rebar](https://github.com/bedatadriven/rebar)
project. Thanks goes out to them as well.
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The Kingsclere trainer will be joined by Roger Charlton, Harry Dunlop, Mike Channon and Hughie Morrison among others tackling the flat racing spectacle, and it is one that racegoers relish.
That view is also held by jockeys, notably the locally based David Probert, who guided Balding's Dancing Star to major success last year and rides the horse in the climax of the week-long festival.
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Today many people logged onto Habbo and to their dismay some or most of their furniture was no where to be seen! Some people have only lost a couple of items, some have lost lots totaling to many thrones and some even earned some!
I first became aware of this when I logged on today, I was bombarded with invites straight away whereby, some Habbo’s were informing me and many
Also if you try to pickall a room then those particular furniture’s will stay until further notice.
Now, Habbo have come out (no, not like that) and displayed a message in the game informing everyone that trading and marketplace had been disabled as they had found ‘some bumps’ which is putting it mildly! Knowing Habbo though, they will not care about the supers you have lost, the Army Plastos, the Purple ICMS or the Thrones, instead they may try to shift blame onto you but give you a pathetic untradable furni for the distress caused!
What do you think of this and what have you lost or gained, I would love to hear your stories. Read more and comment below!


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AMD’s revenue for Q2 FY2013 was $1.16 billion, up 7% sequentially, but down nearly 18% year over year. AMD’s gross margin was 40%, whereas the net loss totaled $74 billion. Operating expenses were $488 million. AMD’s spending on research and development R&D was $308 million, 27% of net revenue, spending on SG&A was $171 million, 15% of net revenue.
Client product revenue increased sequentially primarily due to higher unit shipments in the quarter for notebook and desktop microprocessors.
Client microprocessor ASP decreased sequentially primarily due to product mix in the quarter.
Server microprocessor revenue increased sequentially due to increased unit shipments quarter-over-quarter.
Chipset revenue was flat sequentially.
AMD’s graphics and visual solutions (GVS) segment (which includes consumer and professional GPUs,s) revenue was $320 million, down 5% compared to the prior quarter. Graphics and visual solutions segment operating income was breakeven, down from $16 r game console royalties.
Graphics and visual solutions segment revenue was down 5% sequentialASP was down compared to the prior quarter.
Professional Graphics recorded another record quarter of sales.
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<issue_comment>username_1: This is resolved via the key value height on box widgets to show multiple lines?
username_0: Hello @username_1 ! Thank you for devdash, it is an awesome tool I am incorporating to my daily routine.
I have a question regarding showing in a box the output of a command that expands to multiple lines.The box only outputs the first line, and I cannot find other way in the documentation to solve that. I thought the height option would be enough, but it is not.
I am attaching here an image with an example showing my devdash yaml configuration, the multilines output I am waiting (directly from the scripts) and what I am getting from running on devdash using my configuration.
Is that possible? If not, I would guess that as a new implementation you could do something similar to the table widget and name it to lh.multilines_box, e.g.
That is the only feature I miss from devdash now, and I think it limits its' potential to not be there.
[Here is the image](https://s3.us-west-


With the same code, does the generated application run on all three platforms?S?Wi?Only one for all platforms?


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Q: How can I declare a multi line string in swift 3 which also has html content in it I want to declare a multi line string which also has html content in it and I am passing it as a parameter to compose a mail using MFMailComposeViewDelegate functionality.
How can achieve the same?
A: Seeing the swift 3 tag, I assume you can't use the new triple quotes in swift 4.
You'll have to do it the old-fashioned way:
    "second line\n"
Just create a file called xxx.html in your project and write your html in that file. Then, at the start of the app, you can read that file into a string and then you can use it later.
let htmlString = try! String(contentsOfFile: Bundle.main.path(forResources: "xxx", ofType: "html"!))


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Sometimes, the best way to spark our own creative ideas is to consume and analyze the stories of other authors! Today, I’m sharing my brand new story inspiration journal where I’ll be tracking the stories I watch, play, or listen to and all my thoughts along the way. Setting up my story inspiration journal I’m […]
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A while back, I purchased the book The Brain That Changes Itself. I began reading it, but as I often do, got sidetracked and forgot about it. Recently, I found myself looking for a movie or documentary to watch while I worked around the house. I stumbled across the documentary The Brain That Changes Itself which features the author and some of the research presented in the book. I thought it could provide interesting fodder for my first blog post and I was certainly correct. The Brain That Changes Itself focuses on brain neuroplasticity and the power we have to change how brains function.
In class this past week, we focused on the visual system and how visual information is integrated and processed. Other senses, such as touch and proprioception are integrated similarly, by the routing of af. What’s amazing is how quickly and proficiently our brains can learn to reroute and repurpose incoming signals to compensate for deficiencies. The first two case studies in The Brain That Changes Itself concern this ability of the brain (called sensory substitution) to reassign or create alternate pathways when the primary neural pathway is damaged.
Roger Behm, blind for most of his adult life (38 years, at the time the documentary was filmed), is fitted with a device that is held in his mouth and vibrates on his tongue, allowing him to “see.” I put that in quotes even though Roger explains, “Definitely people think, ‘Well, it’s touch.’ Well, not for me …as soon as I put that on, within a matter of seconds, I am seeing it. It’s drawing pictures in my head.” His brain is able to transform images drawn on his tongue with vibrations into visual images distinct enough that he can navigate his way through a path taped on the floor or point to specific features of shapes mounted on the wall.
Cheryl Schlitz lost 95-100% functionality in her vestibular apparatus as a side effect of a medication she was prescribed. Using the same device as Roger, Cheryl goes from wobbling and nearly falling over to being able to stand upright and completely still within minutes. Incredibly, Cheryl’s case not only demonstrates how quickly the brain adapts, but also that this adaptation is residual and cumulative. After each treatment, Cheryl’s sense of equilibrium was restored for longer until she no longer required use of the device at all.
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