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“Not Fitting In” can be a Good Thing

“I don’t fit in, especially with my family”.” I am an outsider”. Over the years I have heard this phrase many times.

I think great!  Not fitting in makes an authentic life possible...  It is more difficult to be of help, when a client is invested in being like others, and not interested in exploring individual uniqueness.

Most of us are somewhere on the seesaw, with each placement having consequences. At one extreme, we can feel stuck living lives of boredom and sameness but with an illusion of safety and security, while at the other end are those who risked making the choice of breaking free to create a richer tapestry.

What does what fitting in look like?

Where is your position on the path?

Do you buy the illusion that if you are more like “them,” family members, church members or people in our community, somehow you will be safe and secure, with the possibility of happiness.  Illusion is a metaphor for the areas of our lives whereby we substitute something that fits our faulty beliefs, rather than risk reflection, and face the truth. We hold on, or stay stuck, because it offers just that, an illusion of safety and security.

When we fit in we tend to be more like those around us. Our initial sense of self or sense of identity is formed by assimilating the feelings, beliefs, and behaviors of those around us. We come into the world helpless and in our early years we need to assimilate what others provide in order to have a structure to lean on.

I am not suggesting that you desert your family, at the same time realize sometimes our loved ones have trouble supporting change. Problems arise, when we are old enough to question, to explore, to express in order to start our journey, and we opt to stay safe, and asleep.  The soul nudges us to move out of the box, to know that there is more, never the less we are fearful and often deny the prompt.

Create a visual of what your life would look like if you fit in.  I’ve had people, who fit in, describe how bored they are with the everyday sameness of their lives. Boredom is frequently accompanied by a low grade depression, and a loss of pleasure in usual pleasurable activities. Not feeling any joy, courage or freedom, the complaint is that every day is like every other day. If married, the relationship is likely to be a flattened emotional experience. Many families do not welcome the fresh air of diversity, and discourage differences. They may watch the same TV programs, choose the same political party, travel to same locations, and choose certain approved careers, even choosing the same sports or clubs. A tight little box of sameness makes it difficult to break away.

 If you live this way and put it to music, what would you hear? Where is the space for new ideas, taking risks when one continues to be surrounded by people who hold onto the status quo, and do not encourage an adventure?

We cling to the familiarity, rather than examine the true nature of reality. We live in a world where there is no perfection and events are not predictable. The more one tries to control events the more rigid and the smaller that person’s world becomes. So where do we start those of us who want to give up the illusions? To begin, develop a commitment to face the truth.

What then is the truth?

We are conditioned to seek comfort, avoid discomfort... The story goes as follows: It is possible to fit in, to live in an ideal world where things come easily and unpleasant experiences can be avoided. It also suggests if your life is not like this, something wrong with you. The conditioning is very powerful and if not examined, rules the quality of our lives.

The media through powerful marketing portrays others as not having to deal with the adversity of daily living. They are presented as physically perfect, never lacking love or companionship and are confident and secure within themselves. We are pressured to look a certain way, buy certain products so we can be more like this group who seem to have few inconveniences in their life.  What happens when we put our real lives next to this illusion of perfectionism?

Comparison of self to others is a dangerous sport, and when we compare our lives to a snapshot of an ideal, frozen in time, we are bound to come out wanting. An illusion is static.

There are ways to wake up. First we have to accept that life is a process and we learn as we go that there is no time when things will be just right to change, as when we lose that last ten pounds, or retire.  Let’s get real! Whose life works that smoothly?

The real problem is a belief that if we fit in, there is a possibility of a life without pain, suffering, adversities, and all the inherent struggles. To live more authentically we have to be courageous enough to work through and release beliefs that no longer work.  Faulty beliefs keep us from living  our own rich, messy ways.

In “Journey into a Passionate Life, a Transformational System” I assist you in uncovering what holds you back and in the accompanying Workbook,  you are given tools, exercises and strategies to work through the obstacles. I show you how to believe in yourself when times are hard. In every crisis there is an opportunity for us to grow stronger and more authentic.

See life’s struggles through the lens of spiritual expansion and higher meaning. Realize that to be alive is to feel uncertain. Along with the struggles, there are parallel tracks of awe, wonder, joy and curiosity. When you know your authentic self, you will not settle for somebody’s idea of how you should live.  It is often an easier journey when you don’t fit in.

So you do not fit in! Congratulations!

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The other day during a yoga class I found myself in an unfamiliar position. A kind of twist and stretch that had me questioning if the human body is supposed to do that. As I attempted to breathe calmly, I noticed much huffing and puffing in the room as others similarly found this position unfamiliar. The teacher then said: “Now notice if you are forcing or allowing this position”. Some of the huffing and puffing subsided as the class collectively worked to allow the position rather than force it. My breathing slowed and the once new position now had a familiar feel to it.

I realised that in my quest for flexibility and agility I was doing the very thing that works against achieving it – forcing rather than simply allowing.

How often do we do that? Force something to work rather than taking a different approach? In yoga we set intentions – I will reach my foot, I will balance on one leg etc, and we work towards those intentions accepting that we are on a journey of flexibility of body and mind. Just like a personal or professional goal, we set an outcome then work towards it. We know that forcing it has mixed (if any) success, and that applying behavioural flexibility opens up new options for achieving our goals that we may not have considered until we set out.

Many organisations set an intention to ‘be more Agile’, yet are not prepared to be flexible in their approach – the very antithesis of agility. They attempt to force change in the interests of working at pace (or efficiency) only to find their efforts unsuccessful. When we seek to be more Agile, what we are really trying to do is connect our people and teams with their work in a meaningful way. That takes time and space to allow the change. It takes leadership to set the intention and trust in the teams to make those connections themselves (with capability support and coaching of course).

When we try to force it, it doesn’t work. When we allow it to happen, it DOES work.

How to Allow

Some strategies I use in my day to day that create the space to allow change to happen include (but are definitely not limited to):

  • Set the intention or outcome and be open to question it and challenge it. Is it still relevant? I always recommend writing the team goal or outcome on a wall somewhere so people are reminded of it every day. It means we stay on track and make decisions that align to achieving the goal.
  • Ensure the outcome is measurable, and the team is clear on the evidence they need to see, hear and feel in order to know they have achieved the outcome. Visualise it. When measures are set, check in. Are they realistic?
  • Reflect often. Are we doing the most valuable work we could do to achieve the outcome? What other options have we not thought of? One of the best questions we can ask is ‘what else?’

Think of a challenge you are facing – what change are you working to influence? How can asking yourself whether you are forcing it or allowing it make a difference? I would love to hear your strategies for creating space to allow change too!

Take Action

I will be sharing these strategies (and more) in my upcoming workshop on Design Thinking for HR Leaders with Kristyn Haywood in Sydney on the 12th September and Melbourne on the 14th September. I would love to see you there. Follow the links to register, and of course feel free to contact me if you would like more information.


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Endocrine Pancreas

Diabetes Mellitus

Laboratory studies:

- Diabetes is diagnosed by any one of three criteria

2. A fasting glucose concentration of 126 mg/dL or higher on more than one occasion

3. An abnormal oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), in which the glucose levels is 200 mg/dL or higher 2

hours after ingestion of 75 g of glucose.

a. Persons with serum fasting glucose values < 110 mg/dL, or < 140 mg/dL for an OGTT, are considered euglycemic

b. Those with fasting glucose > 110 but < 126 mg/dL or have impaired glucose tolerance(OGTT values of >140 but < 200 mg/dL),, known as prediabetes

1. which is defined as elevated blood sugar that does , not reach the criterion accepted for an outright

diagnosis of diabetes and persons with prediabetes have have a significant risk for progression to overt diabetes over time and 5% to 10% advancing to diabetes mellitus per year. for development of frank diabetes.

2.. And also,they are at risk for cardiovascular disease, due to abnormal carbohydrate metabolism and coexistence of other risk factors

Classification of Diabetes Mellitus

TYPE 1 Diabetes :

- It accounts for 10% of all cases

- Is an autoimmune disease destructing Pancreatic β cell leading to an absolute deficiency of insulin

- Most commonly develops in childhood, becomes manifest at puberty,

- The classic manifestations of the disease occur late in its course, after 90% of the beta cells have been destroyed

- The fundamental immune abnormality in type 1 diabetes is a failure of self-tolerance in T cells that may be due to defective deletion of self-reactive T cells in the thymus, and thus autoreactive T cells survive

- Autoantibodies against β cell antigens, including insulin and enzyme glutamic acid decarboxylase, are detected in the blood of 70% to 80% of patients

I. Genetic factors: 20 susceptibility loci have been identified.

  • The principal susceptibility locus resides in the locus 6p(HLA-D) that encodes the class II MHC molecules
  • 95% of white patients with diabetes have HLA-DR3, or DR4,in contrast with about 40% of normal subjects
  • Despite the high relative risk in persons with particular class II alleles, most people who inherit these alleles do not develop diabetes

b. Polymorphisms in the insulin gene may reduce expression of this protein in the thymus, thus reducing the elimination of T cells reactive with this self protein

II. Additional evidence suggests that infections, may be involved and it has been proposed that certain viruses (mumps, coxsackie B viruses), may be an initiating trigger, perhaps because some viral antigens are antigenically similar to beta cell antigens leading to islets damage , but this idea is not conclusively established.

Type 2 diabetes :

Accounts for 80% to 90% of cases

- Caused by a combination of

a. Peripheral resistance to insulin action and

b. An inadequate compensatory response of insulin secretion by B-cells (relative insulin deficiency)

Pathogenesis :

Is a complex multifactorial disease.

1. Environmental factors, such as a sedentary life style and dietary habits, unequivocally play a role,

2. Genetic factors are also involved , as evidenced by

a. The disease concordance rate is 35% to 60% in monozygotic twins and such concordance is greater than in type 1 diabetes, suggesting an even larger genetic component in type 2 diabetes.

b. Diabetogenic genes have been identified but the but are not linked to genes involved in immune tolerance and evidence of an autoimmune basis is lacking.

Metabolic defects that characterize type 2 DM are:

  • Insulin resistance: :

- Failure of target tissues to respond to insulin and it predates the development of hyperglycemia

- It leads to

  • decreased uptake of glucose in muscle,

b. inability to suppress hepatic gluconeogenesis in the liver

Mechanism of insulin resistance

1. Functional defects in the insulin signaling pathway

  • Reduced tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptors ,thus reduced activation of the insulin receptor and its downstream components, which attenuate signal transduction

2. Obesity and Insulin Resistance :

-Visceral obesity is common in majority of affected patients and insulin resistance is present even with simple obesity

Putative pathways leading to insulin resistance in obesity

  • Role of excess free fatty acids (FFAs):
  • Inpatients with visceral obesity, there willl be increase in lipolysis and excess of circulating FFAs are deposited in liver and muscles
  • Increased intracellular fatty acids overwhelm the fatty acid oxidation leading to accumulation of

intermediates like diacylglycerol (DAG) and these toxic intermediates increase serine –thyroninekinase activity leading to serine phosphorylation of insulin receptor rather than tyrosine phosphorylation of insulin receptor and insulin recepror signaling proteins which attenuates insulin signaling that result in an acquired insulin resistance

b. Role of adipokines:

-Adipose tissue release adipokines such as leptin, resistin and adiponectin

Note: adiponectin and leptin improve insulin sensitivity while resistin decreases sensitivity of insulin receptor

In obesity

  • Release of Adiponectin and leptin is decreased
  • Increase release of resistin

c.RolepfPeroxisomeproliferator-activated receptor-γ (PPARγ):

  • A nuclear receptor in adipose tissue which is important in adipose tissue differentiation

- Normaly its activation leads to secretion of adiponectin that improves insulin sensitvityand shifts the deposition of FFAs in adipose tissue away from liver and skeletal muscle

  • In obesity; there will be decrease in PPARγ.

- An antidiabetic drug known as thiazolidinediones acts as - agonist ligands for PPARγ so improves insulin sensitivity

II. Beta Cell Dysfunction :

  • In states of insulin resistance, insulin secretion initially is higher for each level of glucose than in controls and this state is a compensation for peripheral resistance and can maintain normal plasma glucose for years but eventually, B cell compensation becomes inadequate, leads to hyper-glycemia, accompanied by absolute loss in β cells.

- The molecular mechanisms underlying B-cell dysfunction

a. Excess FFAs and glucose promote secretion of cytokines from β- cells, leading to recruitment of T-cells and macrophages into islets, resulting in β- cell death

b. Amylin, is secreted by the β- cell in conjunction with insulin, and its abnormal aggregation results in amyloid that replaces the islets

b. IAPP also engages the inflammasome and promotes IL-1β secretion, thus sustaining the inflammatory reaction in beta cells

Long term complications of Diabetes :

- There is extreme variability among patients in the time of onset , severity, and the particular organs involved but in persons with tight control of their diabetes, the onset may be delayed.

The pathogenesis of the long-term complications

I.1.Formation of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) :Formed as a result of nonenzymatic reactions between intracellular glucose-derived precursors (glyoxal ,3-deoxyglucosone) with the

amino groups of both intra- and extracellular proteins.

- The natural rate of AGE formation is greatly accelerated in the presence of hyperglycemia.

  • AGEs bind to a specific receptor (RAGE), expressed on macrophages, endothelium and vascular smooth muscle of blood vessels.

1. The effects of the AGE-RAGE signaling within vessels

a. Release of cytokines and growth factors from intimal macrophages

b. Generation of reactive oxygen species in endothelial cells

c. Enhanced proliferation and migration of vascular smooth muscle cells into the intima and increased synthesis of extracellular matrix

d. Can directly cross-link extracellular matrix proteins and AGEs cross-linked proteins can trap

1. Low-density lipoprotein (LDL) gets trapped within intima of large vessel walls, accelerating atherosclerosis

2. Albumin can get trapped within capillaries, accounting in part for the basement membrane thickening that is characteristic of diabetic microangiopathy

II. Activation of intracellular protein kinase C (PKC)

- Intracellular hyperglycemia can stimulate the de novo synthesis of diacyl glycerol (DAG)from glycolytic intermediates causing activation of PKC that leads to production of:

A, Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF ),which causes neovascularization seen in diabetic retinopathy,

.b. Transforming growth factor-β, leading to increased deposition of extracellular matrix and basement membrane material

III. Disturbances in polyol pathways.

- In some tissues that do not require insulin for glucose transport (e.g., nerves, lens, kidneys, blood vessels) hyperglycemia leads to an increase in intracellular glucose that is metabolized by the enzyme aldosereductase to sorbitol, a polyol, and eventually to fructose, in a reaction that uses NADPH as a cofactor.

- NADPH is also required by the enzyme glutathione reductase in a reaction that regenerates reduced glutathione (GSH) which is antioxidant.

- GSH is important antioxidant and any reduction in GSH increases cellular susceptibility to oxidative stress.that may cause damage to certain tissues like the axons of peripheral nerves.

MORPHOLOGY in Pancreas

a. Reduction in the number and size of islets, most often in type 1

  • Leukocytic infiltration of the islets:

- seen in both type 1 and type 2 DM although it is more severe in type 1

- In both types inflammation is often absent ,by the time the disease is clinically evident

c. Amyloid replacement of islets in long-standing type 2 diabetes, appear as deposition of pink, amorphous material beginning in capillaries between cells

d. At advanced stages the islets may undergo fibrosis

e. Increase in the number and size of islets, in nondiabeticnewborns of diabetic mothers, presumably, fetal islets undergo hyperplasia due to maternal hyperglycemia

Morphology and clinical manifesations of complications

1. Diabetic Macrovascular Disease.:

- The hallmark is accelerated atherosclerosis affecting the aorta , large and medium-sized arteries and it is more severe with early onset in diabetics than in nondiabetics

- Myocardial infarction due to Coronary artery athero-sclerosis is the most common cause of death in diabetics and is as common in diabetic women as in diabetic men

Gangrene of the lower extremities is 100 times more common in diabetics than in the general population

2. Hyaline arteriolosclerosis,

- Is the vascular lesion associated with hypertension

  • Is both more prevalent and more severe in diabetics than in nondiabetics,
  • but it is not specific for diabetes and may be seen in elderly persons who do not suffer from either diabetes or hypertension.

- It takes the form of hyaline thickening of the wall of the arterioles, which causes narrowing of the lumen

- In diabetic patients, its severity is related not only to the duration of the disease but also to the presence or absence of hypertension.

  • Hyaline arteriolosclerosis affects not only the afferent but also the efferent arterioles of the kidney and such efferent arteriolosclerosis is rarely if ever encountered in persons who do not have diabetes

3. Diabetic Microangiopathy. :

- Diffuse thickening of basement membranes, is most evident in the capillaries of the skin, skeletal muscle, retina and , renal glomeruli,

- It may be seen in renal tubules, nerves, and placenta.

- Despite the increase in the thickness of basement

membranes, diabetic capillaries are more leaky than normal to plasma proteins.

- It underlies the development of diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy , and some forms of neuropathy

4. Diabetic Nephropathy.:

- Renal failure is second only to myocardial infarction as a cause of death from diabetes lesions encountered are:

1. Glomerular lesions

a. Capillary basement membrane thickening :can be detected by electron microscopy within a few years of onset of diabetes without any change in renal function

b. Diffuse mesangial sclerosis. is found in most individuals with disease than 10 years' duration

c.Nodularglomerulosclerosis (Kimmelstiel-Wilson lesion ) Are ball-like deposits of a laminated matrix situated in the periphery of the glomerulus

3..Pyelonephritis,: - Is inflammation that begins in the interstitial tissue and tubules that occur in nondiabetics as well as in diabetics but are more common and ore severe in diabetics than in the general population;

- One special pattern of acute pyelonephritis, necrotizing papillitis (or papillary necrosis), is much more prevalent in diabetics than in nondiabetics

Clinicaly: Diabetic nephropathy:

  • Is a leading cause of end-stage renal disease in USA

a. The earliest manifestation is the appearance of small amounts of albumin in the urine (> 30 but < 300 mg/day-( microalbuminuria).

- Without specific interventions, approximately 80% of patients with type 1 diabetes and 20% to 40% of those with type 2 diabetes will develop overt nephropathy

with macroalbuminuria (excretion of more than 300 mg/day) over the succeeding 10 to 15 years,.

- 20 years after diagnosis, 75% of persons with type 1 diabetes and 20% of those with type 2 diabetes with overt nephropathy will develop end-stage renal disease,

5. Ocular Complications of Diabetes:

  • Visual impairment, and blindness, is one of the more feared consequences of long-standing DM
  • Diabetes is the fourth leading cause of acquired blindness in USA.

- Retinopathy, the most common pattern, consists of changes that are considered by many ophthalmologists to be virtually diagnostic of the disease .

- About 60% to 80% of patients develop a form of diabetic retinopathy approximately 15 to 20 years after diagnosis and retinopathy is divided into

  • Background retinopathy
  • Proliferative retinopathy

a. Nonproliferative (background) retinopathy includes

1. Intraretinal or preretinal hemorrhages, :

2. Retinal exudates, can be either

a."soft" (microinfarcts) or

b.“ hard" (deposits of plasma proteins and lipids

3. Microaneurysms, are dilated retinal capillaries that appear through the ophthalmoscope as small red dots

4. Venous dilations and retinal edema

b. Proliferative retinopathy:

- Aprocess of neo-vascularization and fibrosis leads to serious consequences , including blindness, especially if it involves the macula

  • Vitreous hemorrhages can result from rupture of newly formedcapillaries; the subsequent firosis of the hemorrhage can cause (retinal detachment)

Note- diabetic patients also have an increased propensity for glaucoma and cataract formation

6. Diabetic Neuropathy.:

  • The most frequent pattern of involvement is

a peripheral, symmetric neuropathy of the lower extremities affecting motor and sensory nerves particularly sensory

b.. Autonomic neuropathy produces disturbances in bowel and bladder function and sometimes sexual impotence,

c.. Mononeuropathy, which may manifest as sudden foot drop or wristdrop

The neurologic changes may be the result of microangiopathy and increased permeability of capillaries that supply the nerves, as well as direct axonal damage by oxidative stress

7. Infections

  • In both types of diabetes patients have enhanced susceptibility to skin infections , tuberculosis, and pyelonephritis
  • and such infections cause about 5% of diabetes-related deaths

.Clinical Features of Type 1 DM

- In the initial 1 or 2 years after manifestation of overt type 1 diabetes ( "honeymoon period"), exogenous insulin requirements may be minimal because of residual ongoing endogenous insulin secretion but thereafter the beta cell reserve is exhausted and insulin requirements increase dramatically

- Although beta cell destruction is a gradual process, the transition from impaired glucose tolerance to overt diabetes may be abrupt, heralded by an event associated with increased insulin requirements

such as infection

- The onset is marked by polyuria, polydipsia, polyphagia,

a. The hyperglycemia exceeds the renal threshold for reabsorption, and glycosuria induces an osmotic diuresis and polyuria,

b. The obligatory renal water loss combined with the hyperosmolarity tends to deplete intracellular water, triggering the thirst centers of the brain and this generates intense thirst (polydipsia).

c. Deficiency of insulin leads to catabolism of proteins and fats which tends to induce a negative energy balance, which in turn leads to increasing appetite (polyphagia)

- Despite the increased appetite, catabolic effects prevail resulting in weight loss s.

- The combination of polyphagia and weight loss should point to the diagnostic possibility of diabetes

Acute complication of type 1is Diabetic ketoacidosis

- Caused by deviations from normal dietary intake, unusual physical activity, infection, or stress

  • The plasma glucose usually is in the range of 500 to 700 mg/dL due to absolute insulin deficiency

And unopposed effects of epinephrine and glucagon

1. The marked hyperglycemia causes diuresis and dehydration characteristic of the ketoacidotic state

2. Insulin deficiency leads to activation of lipoprotein lipase, resulting in excessive breakdown of adipose

stores , giving rise to increased FFAs which are oxidized by the liver to produce ketones so ketogenesis is an adaptive phenomenon in times of starvation, generating ketones as a source of energy for consumption by brain.

- The rate at which ketones are formed may exceed the rate at which they can be used by peripheral tissues, leading to ketonemia and ketonuria and if the urinary excretion of ketones is diminished by dehydration, the accumulating ketones decrease pH, resulting in metabolic ketoacidosis.

Clinical manifestations of Type 2 diabetes mellitus

- Also may manifest with polyuria and polydipsia, but and patients are older than 40 years and obese

- Unfortunately, with the increase in obesity and sedentary life style type 2 diabetes is now seen in children and adolescents with increasing frequency.

  • In some cases, medical attention is sought because of unexplained weakness or weight loss.

- Most frequently, however, the diagnosis is made after routine blood or urine testing in asymptomatic persons

Acute complication

- is called non-ketotichyperosmolar coma

– caused by severe dehydration resulting from sustained diuresis and urinary fluid loss and the affected person is an elderly diabetic who is disabled by a stroke or infection and unable to maintain adequate water intake

- The absence of ketoacidosis and its symptoms (nausea, vomiting, respiratory difficulties) delays recognition of the seriousness of the situation until the onset of severe dehydration and coma.

- Several studies have demonstrated that complications, and the associated morbidity and mortality from diabetes are attenuated by strict glycemic control.

1. For patients with type 1 diabetes, insulin replacement therapy is the mainstay of treatment,

2. Dietary restrictions and exercise (that improves insulin sensitivity) are the "first line of defense" for type 2 diabetes.

- Most patients with type 2 diabetes will eventually

require therapeutic intervention achieved by administration of a number of agents that lower glucose levels

- Glycemic control is assessed clinically by measuring the percentage of glycosylated hemoglobin, also known as HbA1C, which is formed by non-enzymatic addition of glucose moieties to hemoglobin in red cells.

- HbA1C is a measure of glycemic control over long periods of time (2 to 3 months) and is relatively unaffected by day-to-day Variations and an HbA1C below 7% is taken as evidence of tight glycemic control, but patients with HbA1C levels in this range also have an increased risk of potentially life-threatening episodes of therapy-related hypoglycemia,


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The animal world
Showcasing animals from all the corners of the world, Fabel goes beyond the basic Latin A-Z. Each character has it’s own diacritics and language specific characters merge language and habitat into one glyph: The IJ is shaped as a Dutch Keeshond and Scandinavian characters such as the Ø and Å take the form of a Reindeer, and Arctic Fox.

Character and Animal
The punctuation of Fabel merges glyph, context and animal, keeping the theme of an animal font true in all characters: A snail replaces the period, the monster of Loch Ness is a big question mark, the ampersand merges Elephant and Tapir and the lemniscate poses the question: What came first: The chicken or the egg?

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Relearning from the basics to Calculus and beyond.

Assume someone has very limited knowledge of math. (low level high school, 5-6 years ago) How would they learn from the basics of algebra, geometry and trigonometry to a solid foundation for calculus and beyond? I would like to relearn math and eventually go to university for computer science but my math currently lacks significantly.

I am looking for book recommendations, math learning strategies (how to comprehend math text’s mainly), and a brief explanation as to how one knows when they are ready to learn calculus.

However as my math lacks, I have found some books language quite overwhelming, how can I better understand the language?

How essential is geometry for calculus? What about for further math such as linear algebra, discrete math or differential equations? Is it a must learn?

How can I make sure that what I am reading / learning will stick? How can I maximize comprehension of a textbook and rules / definitions? Is note taking out of a textbook effective?

Is it essential to master high-school math before attempting calculus or can holes be patched in the process of learning calculus?

I am not simply looking for youtube videos, though they are useful I want more substance than simply being spoon-fed.

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I would say that you want to focus on what brings you success in your goals for getting a computer science degree.

If you look at a CS program, there are some commonalities, but also differences in how much math they want you to learn. Do you have a specific program in mind? Did you review their prerequisites and the courses you will be required to take? Are you thinking of going to graduate school too as there may be different considerations?

The typical math classes required for a CS major are (check the university/college you are thinking about and make sure you understand their requirements) as follows.

  • Discrete Math: Topics include combinatorics, number theory, and graph theory with an emphasis on creative problem solving and learning to read and write rigorous proofs.
  • Computability and Logic: An introduction to some of the mathematical foundations of computer science, particularly logic, automata, and computability theory.
  • Mathematical Analysis I: Analysis of the real numbers, and an introduction to writing and communicating mathematics well. Topics include properties of the rational and the real number fields, the least upper bound property, induction, countable sets, metric spaces, limit points, compactness, connectedness, careful treatment of sequences and series, functions, differentiation and the mean value theorem, and an introduction to sequences of functions.
  • Numerical Analysis: An introduction to the analysis and computer implementation of basic numerical techniques. Solution of linear equations, eigenvalue problems, local and global methods for non-linear equations, interpolation, approximate integration (quadrature), and numerical solutions to ordinary differential equations.
  • Abstract Algebra I: Groups, rings, fields and additional topics. Topics in group theory include groups, subgroups, quotient groups, Lagrange’s theorem, symmetry groups, and the isomorphism theorems. Topics in Ring theory include Euclidean domains, PIDs, UFDs, fields, polynomial rings, ideal theory, and the isomorphism theorems. In recent years, additional topics have included the Sylow theorems, group actions, modules, representations, and introductory category theory.

Some CS majors are doing dual CS/Math and additional math courses like Probability, Analysis, Complex Variables, Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations may also be required.

As for books, I would recommend perusing some of the wonderful MSE responses, for example:

  • Math from Ground Up
  • Discrete Math and A good introductory discrete mathematics book.
  • Abstract Algebra
  • Algebra
  • Combinatorics
  • Logic
  • Complex Analysis
  • Calculus and What are the recommended textbooks for introductory calculus?
  • Practice-Practice-Practice and then practice some more the skill of problem solving, see my response at Expanding problem solving skill
  • You might also want to get some Schaum’s Outline series for math to practice problems. They also have some CS books
  • You might also consider some of the Dover math book series since the cost is great for review

You mentioned this, but I think it is important. You may want to go through entire courses using opencourseware. For example, MIT. See the OCW Consortium for many more institutions. The goal of this is to gauge where you are with following lectures and testing your understanding.

So, if you look at the specific program you are interested in, I would recommend looking at the math courses in totality (including if you want graduate), checking their required books and looking to see where you stand with all of it. Recall, these programs are also heavy into programming and that is a lot of work, so make sure you are ready for both!

Currently relearning HS Math myself. My current reading list is:

  • Serge Lang – Basic Mathematics

  • I.M. Gelfand – Algebra

  • I.M. Gelfand – Trigonometry

  • George F. Simmons – Precalculus in a Nutshell


Comparing the roaring twenties to today s america

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Hidden Structural Elements: What You Can’t See Can Hurt You (Utah Law)

By: Doug C. Shumway

For those of us that live in or work with a community association, whether it’s a condominium or a traditional P.U.D., sharing the responsibility for maintaining, repairing and replacing structural elements can be a headache—okay, maybe even a migraine. The most hotly debated question whenever there’s damage to an association’s building structure is: “Who’s responsible in paying for that?” Depending on what the association’s governing documents say, the path to finding the correct answer to this question can be fraught with peril.

The answer ultimately depends on what the governing documents (“CC&Rs”) say, and—more specifically—how “common elements” are defined. Associations are most often responsible to pay for damage to the common elements, whereas owners are responsible to repair and maintain everything else. While most CC&Rs attempt to draw a clear line between where the association’s liability ends and the owner’s responsibility begins, many CC&Rs are less than clear. It is common to see documents that assign liability to the association for roofs and exterior walls, and liability to an individual owner for everything “from the drywall in,” i.e. anything within the walls of the unit. However, what about the space between the ceiling and the roof? Or the 2 x 4 wood studs behind the drywall? If your governing documents do not clearly assign responsibility for these elements, you could find yourself being held liable for damage that shouldn’t be your responsibility.

For example, during the winter holiday in 2011, “Adam and Theresa” were away from their condo unit for a week-long honeymoon. Two days into their nuptial celebration, the water line behind the kitchen wall broke, causing flooding and damage to the walls, floor, and the neighboring unit. The association hired an emergency plumbing service to break down the door and open the wall to perform the necessary repairs. When the happy couple returned, not only did they discover the damage to their unit, but the association handed them a repair bill in excess of $5,000. The couple immediately tendered the bill to their homeowner’s insurance carrier, but the carrier refused to pay because all elements within the wall were arguably the responsibility of the association.  Attorneys were hired on both sides and the legal arguments dragged on for several weeks. A close reading of the CC&Rs revealed that, while the main water line was a “common element” and therefore the association’s responsibility, the water line that broke was a “limited common area” sub-line, and was the responsibility of the unit owner. The association’s attorney sent a demand letter to the insurance attorney citing the CC&Rs, and, within a week, the insurance company paid the association in full for the repair.

The best medicine for the liability migraine discussed above is clear and specific language in your CC&Rs. If your current documents do not sufficiently define “common elements,” or do not specifically enumerate the various types of elements and spaces within your building structures, make sure you either amend your documents appropriately or see that the association establishes guidelines for who is responsible for specific kinds of loss.


Classification from strategic data: a game-theoretic perspective

-- Patrick Loiseau (EURECOM)

Time: 14:30 -- Location: LIX

Statistical learning methods developed in the last decades have proved very useful for many applications. However, most algorithms were developed under the assumption that the data is independent from the algorithm. This is no longer true in applications where data is generated or provided by (human) strategic agents. As more and more modern applications indeed learn from data generated by strategic agents, it becomes increasingly crucial to account for the data-generator's incentives in order to design well-performing learning algorithms in practice.

In this talk, we show how game theory can be used to design learning algorithms adapted to strategic data on the example of classification of malicious behavior. In this example, a defender runs a classification algorithm to detect malicious behavior while an attacker chooses his attack strategy to balance the utility of the attack and the probability of being detected. We model explicitly the economic incentives of the learner and of the attacker generating data. Then we obtain analytic results on the Nash equilibrium that show how to optimally perform the classification given the attacker's utility.

Bio: Patrick Loiseau is an Assistant Professor at EURECOM (Sophia-Antipolis, France) since November 2011. He was recently a visiting researcher at UC Berkeley (summer 2012) and at MPI-SWS (summer 2014). He received a Ph.D. in Computer Science (2009) from ENS Lyon and a M.Sc. in Mathematics from UPMC (Paris 6) and Ecole Polytechnique (2010). Patrick Loiseau's research is in the areas of game theory and statistics and their application to security, personal data, and network economics. His main interests are currently in game-theoretic statistical learning for security and economics of personal data; statistical inference in online systems; and resource allocation and pricing for cloud, smart grids and security.

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Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, Athabascan type

Gene : DCLRE1C

What is Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, Athabascan type?

Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) is the most serious primary or congenital human immunodeficiency disorder. It is a group of congenital disorders in which the immune system does not work properly. Children with SCID are vulnerable to recurrent severe infections, retarded growth, and early death. SCID, Athabascan type, is a type of SCID characterized by severe and recurrent infections, diarrhea, failure to grow at the expected rates of height and weight, ulcerating sores, low white blood cell counts, small lymph nodes, and cell sensitivity to ionizing radiation. SCID, Athabascan type, is caused by pathogenic variants in DCLRE1C gene.

How is SCID, Athabascan type inherited?

What does it mean to be a carrier?

There are generally no signs or symptoms associated with being a carrier for SCID, Athabascan type. However, the risk to have a child affected with these disorders is increased. Testing of reproductive partners is recommended for carriers of SCID, Athabascan type.

How common is SCID, Athabascan type?

SCID, Athabascan type, occurs in 1-9 in 1,000,000 newborns, but can be much higher in the descendant of Athabascan-speaking Native Americans (eg, Apache, Navajo).

Family References and Resources
Clinician References
What is Analyzed?
  • Full gene sequencing
Affected Systems

GI Tract

Carrier Rates
Detection Rate
Carrier Frequency
General Population 41% 1 in 500
Northern European Caucasian 41% 1 in 500

©2016 Baylor Miraca Genetics Laboratories


Subversion 1.4 released today

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Subversion 1.4, the popular open-source version control system, was released today. For the technically minded, Subversion can be described as a compelling replacement for CVS released under an Apache/BSD-style open source license. For the not so technically-minded, it is simply a tool allowing multiple developers to work without conflict on a single “repository” of files, tracking and comparing each other’s changes, allowing rollbacks when errors occur.

The not so technically-minded may also feel some empathy with the manner in which I actually use Subversion. Let’s just say that in the great hierarchy of computer programming language developers—a subject so ego-buisingly sensitive it is normally not spoken out loud—were we cooking a meal I would be the one who brought the ranch sauce! (“I picked it up on the way...”)

Read more: Subversion 1.4 released today


Batik – Why I never want to stop traveling

Okay, we all love to travel, but you know those moments that you just can't get close to home? The ones that blow you away and make you question the reality of things. From up in the clouds, captivated by a breathtaking view on a mountaintop, to colourful costumes and wild dances at a traditional ceremony – some experiences just give you butterflies and become unforgettable.

 My unforgettable experience was Batik. Now, in case you’re already getting ready to open a new tab and Google Batik, wondering how something so uncommon could be compared to a mountaintop or a festival – don’t worry, you’re not alone. When I tell people that don’t know about batik, the sparkle in my eye is often met with raised eyebrows and confused looks, while they mouth it back to me “Ba-Tik?”

 Well, in the spirit of exploring, today, I want to share my passion with you, and in the process, probably put Indonesia on your list of places to visit.

surrounded by batik

Storytime - Yogyakarta, Indonesia / February 2017: ´Borobudur’

Situated in the most vibrant, traditional and artsy city that I’ve come across in Indonesia (and also my favorite) is one of the most famous and largest temple complexes the country has to offer. After gazing at the beautiful sunrise in the Borobodur temples, I ended up in the temple museum, where a woman was sitting on the floor, a big cloth covering her lap. In her hand was a small, odd looking, tool. As I approached, I was mesmerised by the way the pen-like utensil was moving over the fabric, creating an impressive pattern as it moved over it. My puzzled yet hypnotised gaze met with a toothless smile and the word “Batik”

As I pulled my eyes away from the old woman’s lap,  I feasted on the finished batiks behind her, and I couldn’t believe my eyes. “Impossible,” I thought to myself, all this with that tiny instrument. “That must take months,” I jokingly said to the woman who had returned to her fabric. “Some take years to complete”, she replied without looking up. I was fascinated, with a mixture of admiration and disbelief I knew, this would never let me go.

batik process by Sagar Cikutra

So what exactly is Batik?

Batik is an ancient wax-resist dyeing technique involving wax, dye and a lot of patience and concentration. To decorate fabrics, a small pen-like instrument called a “tjanting” is used to draw the pattern by hand. When the pattern is finished, the fabric goes into a dye bath, where the wax-covered portions are protected from the dye. Next, the fabric is boiled to take off the wax, materializing the pattern. This produces a single collared Batik and is repeated for each colour. Although the process may sound exhausting to us, it is actually said to be meditative and relaxing.

Slow Fashion – How slow do you wanna go?

Batik takes “slow fashion” quite literal, with some pieces taking several months to complete. The labour intensive and time-consuming process often makes Batik pieces expensive, and therefore, Indonesians usually solely wear them to special occasions, keeping the garments a lifetime.

The ‘for-a-lifetime’ idea behind batik inspired me to use it as one of my slow fashion designs. With many of the traditional patterns unchanged for centuries, each carries a story and personality with it, fitting to all walks of life.

So how long does it take to finish a Batik – Really?

So the exact time it takes to finish a batik depend on a couple of different aspects

  1. The type of Batik technique
    - (hand drawn/tulis or stamp/cap, read more here)
  2. How many colours does the batik have
    - The more colours, the longer the process takes
  3. The type of dye used (synthetic, natural)
    - Chemical dyes allow the colouring to soaks into the fabric directly. hile natural dyes have to be soaked longer and dipped more often.
  4. Pattern
    - The more complicated the design (using small dots, strips, curls in the background) the more time intensive the drawing.

 Batik tulis bungana

As an example, check out the Batik in the picture. It traveler by hand, dyed in blue, brown and off-black with natural dyes. It’s the ‘Bungana’ batik (online end November), a contemporary design made by Ibu Dalmini, and from start to finish, the whole process took about a little over a month.

Got it, now where do I get me some Batik?

Yesss, finally we get to the good stuff. Although I’d love to take you along to my favourite workshops, Ill have to be with you in spirit. Without a doubt, you’ll want to head to Java, Indonesia the homeland of Batik. Nowhere else in the world has the art of batik been developed to the high standards like here. As you travel around Java, you’ll find that every city has its own specific batiks.

Short on time? Decide where you want to visit based on what type of batik you like best. If you fancy the more traditional, darker looking batiks, head inward, toward Yogyakarta and Solo, where the mystical stories and meanings of the individual patterns will captivate you just as much as the batiks themselves.

If colour is more your style, stay on the coastal villages like Pekalongan and Lasem. Here, Chinese and Dutch influences have brought forth more vibrant and lively patterns that you can show off with that beach tan.

I could go on and on about Batik (ask any of my friends), but for now I think that’s enough. I’ll tell you all about my passion, AYO and my journey from traveller to entrepreneur in future blog posts all the while (of course), throwing in some Batik info.

In case you’re already looking up cheap flights to Indonesia, or just want to know a bit more about Batik, feel free to send me a message, and I’ll tell you more!

 natural dyed handwritten and stamped batik

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How Russia Is Courting the Gulf

How Russia Is Courting the Gulf

They’re on opposite sides in Syria—but that’s not stopping Putin.

Since the outbreak of the Syrian Civil War in 2011, relations between Russia and the Gulf Cooperation Council have deteriorated sharply due to disagreements between both actors over the future of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad. Russia has strongly supported Assad, claiming that his Baathist regime is a bulwark against Islamic extremism. By contrast, the Saudi-led GCC has actively supported Assad’s ouster, as his demise would reduce Iran’s regional influence. This discord, combined with a Russian-Saudi oil-price war, has caused many Middle East experts to argue that Russia-GCC relations are at a historic nadir.

A closer examination of geopolitical dynamics in the Middle East reveals that growing perceptions of a crisis in Russia-GCC relations are misplaced. In fact, a credible case can be made that Russia’s geopolitical influence and soft power in the Persian Gulf has increased since the start of President Vladimir Putin’s third term in 2012. Through stronger investment linkages and diplomatic overtures, Russia has attempted to carve out a more prominent geopolitical role in the Persian Gulf. Russia is unlikely to threaten Saudi Arabia’s hegemony over the GCC bloc. But stronger relations between Moscow and Saudi Arabia’s closest allies have caused some GCC countries to be more receptive to Russia’s calls for a political solution in Syria. Saudi Arabia’s fear of being isolated from the Arab world’s consensus could cause Riyadh to eventually soften its belligerent anti-Assad approach and diplomatically reengage with Russia. This scenario differs dramatically from the Russian-Saudi collision course predicted by many regional analysts.

Notwithstanding their disagreements over Syria, Russia has strengthened economic ties with Qatar, the UAE, Oman and Kuwait to balance against Saudi Arabia’s hegemony in the Persian Gulf. These economic linkages have been successful in resolving long-standing disputes that have impeded cooperation between Russia and the Gulf states for decades.

Russia’s economic overtures towards Qatar encapsulate how trade linkages can ameliorate deep-rooted hostilities. The assassination of prominent Chechen politician Zelimkhan Yandarbiyev in Doha in 2004, and Russian ambassador to Qatar Vitaly Churkin’s alleged threat to destroy Qatar in 2012, severely strained Putin’s relationship with the Qatari monarchy.

Yet Russia has attempted to find common ground with Qatar through energy sector cooperation. Russian energy giant Gazprom has expanded its cooperation with Qatargas on liquefied natural gas production.

When asked about the Russian energy minister’s calls for $500 million in annual trade between Moscow and Doha in June, Qatar’s Energy Minister Mohammed bin Saleh al-Sada called for a significant expansion of bilateral economic cooperation at both the governmental and private-sector levels. Qatar’s long-standing strategy of omnibalancing to maximize its regional influence means that expanding economic ties with Russia is a rational move for Doha. Therefore, Russia has an opportunity to carve out an economic foothold in the Gulf country that has historically been the most hostile towards Moscow.

A similar pattern can be observed in Russia’s relationships with other Gulf countries. According to Evgeny Satanovsky, president of the Moscow-based Institute of the Middle East, Oman’s trade linkages are largely detached from broader geopolitical developments in the Middle East. This detachment has allowed Russian-Omani trade relations to grow from $13 million in 2010 to $100 million in 2014.

Investment linkages have strengthened Russia’s relationship with the UAE as well. Emirati businessmen have invested in facilities for the 2014 winter Olympic games in Sochi, assisted in the construction of a major port near St. Petersburg and cooperated with Rosneft in pipeline construction projects. These financial deals, combined with Russia’s historically robust partnership with Kuwait and increasingly close ties with Bahrain, have expanded Russia’s economic presence in Saudi Arabia’s backyard.

Despite a significant uptick in economic cooperation between Russia and the Gulf states, Moscow has struggled to develop reliable security partnerships in the GCC. These alliance-building struggles have caused many Saudi policymakers to view Russia as a marginal player in the Gulf. In a recent interview with GMU Professor Mark Katz, a leading expert on Russia’s Middle East strategy, Katz told me that before the Syrian crisis, Saudi Arabia viewed Russia’s policy in the Gulf as entirely mercenary. Therefore, many Saudi policymakers believed that they would be able to get Russia to comply with Riyadh’s preferences simply by outbidding Iran as a trade partner and purchasing Russian arms.

To demonstrate to Saudi Arabia and the international community that Russian diplomatic activities in the Gulf are not solely motivated by Moscow’s economic interests, Kremlin policymakers have actively engaged GCC countries on achieving a political resolution to the Syrian conflict that aligns with Russian objectives.

Oman and Kuwait are the GCC states that have been most willing to seriously consider Russia’s proposal for a political solution to the Syrian conflict that includes Assad. Oman’s position can be explained by its long-standing use of mediation to maximize its regional influence. Omani foreign minister Yusuf bin Alawi’s October 26 meeting with Assad, and the country’s active support for a U.S.-Iranian thaw during last year’s nuclear-deal negotiations, reveal how Muscat can increase its international status through diplomacy. While Oman remains a peripheral actor in the Gulf, the support of any GCC country is a victory from Russia’s standpoint, as it adds to a growing coalition of Arab League countries favoring a political solution in Syria.

Kuwait has carved out a unique role in the Syrian conflict by adopting a stance that meets both Saudi Arabia and Russia halfway. In line with the GCC consensus, Kuwait has expressed solidarity with Syrian rebel groups. As Daniel DePetris noted in a July 2013 article for the National Interest, Kuwaiti private donors have provided enthusiastic support for anti-Assad forces in Syria. But by mid-2015, Kuwait had also aligned with Russia by supporting an all-inclusive political solution to the Syrian conflict and implicitly criticizing Riyadh’s belligerent anti-Assad approach.

Even though the UAE’s stance on Syria has at times been ambiguous, Russia has made some progress towards achieving a Kuwait- and Oman-style bargain with Abu Dhabi. On June 3, 2016, the UAE’s Federal National Council speaker praised Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov’s active role in promoting peace negotiations in Syria. Senior UAE officials have also expressed openness to a settlement involving all major political actors in Syria, including President Assad. Abu Dhabi’s shift in position differs strikingly from Saudi policy in Syria, and demonstrates Russia’s ability to pry GCC states away from Riyadh’s hegemony.

By diplomatically engaging Oman, Kuwait and the UAE on Syria, Russia has created a coalition to balance against the Saudi-Qatari bloc that dominates the GCC. As escalated Russian diplomatic activity in the Gulf has corresponded with Moscow’s strengthening of ties with Algeria, Iraq and Egypt, Putin has attempted to shift the Arab League consensus in Russia’s favor. Should he succeed, Saudi Arabia and Qatar could risk regional isolation if they do not moderate their intransigent opposition to Assad.

To heighten this perception of Saudi isolation, Russia has attempted to strengthen its diplomatic relationship with Bahrain, even though Manama has effectively become a client state of Saudi Arabia. Bahrain’s willingness to risk reproach from Riyadh by signing arms deals with Russia, and openly negotiating with Putin on counterterrorism, is a powerful symbolic victory for Moscow. It also demonstrates that Saudi Arabia’s hegemony over its GCC allies is more fragile than it appears.

Saudi Arabia’s desire to set, rather than operate outside, the Arab League consensus on Syria could force King Salman to make diplomatic overtures towards Russia and soften his support for a swift overthrow of Assad. The process towards reconciliation between Russia and Saudi Arabia will likely be gradual, as Riyadh still distrusts Russian intentions. Many Saudi policymakers viewed Moscow’s decision to militarily intervene on Assad’s behalf with Iranian support in September 2015, as the ultimate betrayal. Saudi Arabia’s animosity towards Russia can be explained by the fact that Russia’s military actions occurred just weeks after comprehensive negotiations between Moscow and Riyadh. However, if it appears as if the Arab League consensus has swung in favor of an all-inclusive political solution to the Syrian conflict, Saudi Arabia could put these grievances aside and compromise with Moscow.

Should Saudi Arabia be willing to moderate its views on Syria, Russia will likely take steps to thaw its relationship with Riyadh. Instead of the military showdown that has often been predicted, Russian-Saudi relations are likely to transition into a cold peace for two reasons.

First, Russia’s recent dialogue with the United States on joint air strikes against Jabhat al-Nusra risks creating frictions between Moscow and Tehran. Iran is strongly opposed to conducting joint counterterrorism operations with the United States in Syria. Should U.S.-Russian cooperation against Nusra become a reality, Moscow will likely coordinate its military activities closely with Turkey. If Ankara softens its opposition to Assad and compromises with Russia in Syria, Saudi Arabia’s geopolitical position will erode considerably.

As New York-based RIAC expert Nikolay Pakhomov noted in May 2016, Saudi Arabia and Turkey have collaborated so extensively in Syria that they have even worked together in uniting jihadist groups under the Jaish al-Fatah (Army of Conquest) umbrella. As Saudi military efforts in Syria have relied extensively on Turkish assistance, Saudi Arabia is unlikely to retaliate against Turkey’s pivot towards Russia by unilaterally bolstering its financial support for Nusra. Saudi Arabia’s unwillingness to jeopardize its vital partnerships with the United States and Turkey could cause Riyadh to enter a cold peace with Russia by default.

Second, Russia has been less willing than Iran to suffer casualties in Syria and views its intervention on Assad’s behalf as finite. Even though the Russia-Syria alliance has strengthened considerably since the mid-2000s, the partnership has historically been inconsistent. Putin also wants to distance himself from the growing perception that Russia is exclusively backing Shia regimes in the Middle East.

These concerns mean that Russia’s alignment with the Syrian government is largely motivated by Putin’s desire to demonstrate to the Russian people that Russia is a great power with influence extending beyond the former Soviet region. Therefore, Putin is likely to ease tensions with Riyadh, if improving ties with Saudi Arabia will expand Russia’s power-projection capacity in the Middle East.

Saudi Arabia’s arms contract negotiations with Moscow and rhetorical praise for Russia’s “great-power” status earlier this year indicate that Saudi diplomats are open to entering a nonaggression pact with Russia should the Arab League’s position on Syria shift away from Riyadh’s views. Therefore, Saudi Arabia is unlikely to engage in overtly hostile actions like funding jihadist organizations that explicitly target Russia, as Jonathan Schanzer and Boris Zilberman argued in October 2015. Instead, Saudi Arabia will focus its efforts on undermining the Russia-Iran partnership through covert diplomacy and rallying anti-Assad sentiments in the Arab League.

In short, Russia is using closer economic ties and diplomatic overtures towards the GCC countries as a stepping-stone for a diplomatic reengagement of Saudi Arabia on Putin’s terms. Even though Saudi Arabia desires Assad’s overthrow, Riyadh’s overarching agenda is to reduce its security dependence on the United States and maintain Saudi Arabia’s position as the Arab world’s most influential country. Therefore, Saudi Arabia is likely to respond favorably to Russian diplomatic overtures, if Putin can build a broad-based Arab coalition around a political solution to the Syrian crisis that includes Assad. Should Putin’s relationships with the GCC bloc continue to strengthen, Moscow’s relationship with Saudi Arabia is more likely to thaw than to descend into prolonged hostility.

Samuel Ramani is a DPhil candidate in International Relations at St. Antony’s College, University of Oxford specializing in Russia-Middle East relations. He is also a journalist who contributes regularly to the Washington Post, Huffington Post, Diplomat and Russian International Affairs Council. He can be followed on Twitter at samramani2 and on Facebook at Samuel Ramani.

Image: Vladimir Putin with Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.


The DARPA Robotics Challenge
BY MATT WILLIAMS | 6 min read

During the 1980s, Professor Hans Moravec articulated a problem that he believed existed within the field of robotics and computing. The way he saw it, computers could be made to achieve high-level reasoning without much trouble or computation. Low-level sensorimotor skills, on the other hand, were the real challenge - skills that would require enormous computational resources to achieve.

Or as he put it in his book Mind Children (1988): "it is comparatively easy to make computers exhibit adult level performance on intelligence tests or playing checkers, and difficult or impossible to give them the skills of a one-year-old when it comes to perception and mobility."

This problem, known as Moravec's paradox, aptly describes the gap we see in robotics today. Whereas supercomputers are increasingly becoming the norm - i.e. IBM's Watson, Blue Gene, and Titan - today's robots are still rather clumsy and delicate compared to humans. And considering that robots are increasingly being looked to to deal with dirty, dangerous and dreary situations that human beings cannot (or can't be bothered to) deal with, this needs to change.

Towards this end, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has been holding an event where robots undergo a series of trials that test their ability to navigate disaster areas and perform tasks with specialized tools. Known as the DARPA Robotics Challenge (DRC), this competition pits various robot systems and software teams from around the world against each other in a bid to develop robots capable of assisting humans in responding to natural and man-made disasters.

This competition was first announced back in 2012, and over 30 teams assembled to compete in the DRC Trials between December 20th and 21st, 2013 in Florida. At this event, robots were required to make their way through obstacle courses and pass skill-testing scenarios. These included driving a utility vehicle at the site, traveling dismounted across rubble, removing debris from an entryway, opening a door and entering a building, climbing an industrial ladder and traversing and industrial walkway, using a tool to break through a concrete panel, locating and closing a valve near a leaking pipe, and connecting a fire hose to a standpipe and turn on a valve.

The Finals, which will involve 11 teams from all over the world - including Team MIT, NASA's Robosimian and Surrogate, Lockheed Martin's Team Trooper, and Team KAIST from South Korea's Daejeon Metro City - will be taking place between June 5th and 6th at the Fairplex in Pomona, California. Additional teams sponsored by the EU, Japan and South Korea are expected to enter the DRC Finals competition before it officially kicks off.

For the Finals competition, teams will be expected to compete in scenarios similar to what happened at the Trials. However, a number of new elements will be added to challenge the various teams and their designs. For instance, the robots are no longer allowed to be connected to power cords, fall arrestors, or wired communication tethers; humans will not be allowed to physically intervene if their robot falls or gets stuck; speed will more heavily weighed in scoring and test will need to be completed in less time (one hour instead of four); and communications will be further degraded and intermittent.

In short, the Finals will test the absolute limits of the robots' ability to function on their own and without human assistance, and will make room for unexpected interference and connectivity issues. And the team that demonstrates the best human-supervised robot technology for disaster response will be taking home the $2 million prize.

Back in June, Dr. Gill Pratt, the DRC program manager had this to say of the impending Finals:

“Six months ago at the DRC Trials, we began physically testing human-supervised robots against disaster-relevant tasks. Their impressive performance gave us the confidence to raise the bar. A year from now at the DRC Finals we will push the technology even further... For the first time, teams will be empowered to exploit cloud and crowd-augmented robotics, two highly promising research areas that allow onsite operators to leverage remote data, computing, and human resources, These research areas are in their infancy, but after the DRC Finals we hope to see significant innovation.”

Last year, Google’s Schaft humanoid robot took home the top prize after scoring 27 points out of a possible score of 32. IHMC Robotics, based in Florida, grabbed second place, while Carnegie Mellon University’s Team Tartan Rescue placed third. Built by a Japanese start-up – one of Google’s many recent acquisitions – the Schaft is an updated version of the Humanoid Robot Project robot (HRP-2), with hardware and software modifications that include more powerful actuators, a walking/stabilization system, and a capacitor instead of a battery.

Over the course of the trials, the bipedal robot was able to bring stable walking and significant torque power to the fore as it opened doors, wielded hoses, and cut away part of a wall. However, team Schaft lost points when a gust of wind blew a door out of the robot’s hand and the robot was unable to exit a vehicle after navigated a driving course successfully.

At the other end of the spectrum was the Johnson Space Center’s Valkyrie, a biped, anthropomorphic robot that honestly looks like something out of anime or Tony Stark’s lab. This latter aspect is due largely to the fact that it has a glowing chest light, though the builders claim that it’s just a bulge to make room in the torso for linear actuators to move the waist. Officially designated “R5″ by NASA, Val was designed to be a high-powered rescue robot, capable of traversing uneven terrain, climbing ladders, using tools, and even driving.

Unfortunately, the robot failed at Trials last year, scoring 0 points and placing amongst the last three competitors. Luckily, NASA is still in the running thanks to their Robosimian and Surrogate robots. The former, as the name would suggest, was designed with the physical abilities of a simian in mind; the ability to get around on all fours, and use all four limbs as legs and grippers. Surrogate, in contrast, has a twisted spine that connects a set of arms to a wheeled base, and is designed for fast transit and getting into difficult spaces.

Another major contender at the Trials was the Atlas Robot, the humanoid machine created by the robotics company Boston Dynamics. This company, which was acquired by Google last year, is also responsible for the development of the Cheetah robot, the Legged Squad Support System (LS3), Big Dog, RiSe, and Petman. Unfortunately, and despite its anthropogenic appeal, Atlas did not make it to the Finals either.

Still, amongst the remaining 11 teams and robotic systems, there are plenty of interesting designs that are most adept at handling hazardous situations and performing tasks that could mean the difference between life and death for many.

DARPA says that the point of the competition is to provide a baseline from which to develop robotics for disaster response. Events such as the 2011 Fukushima nuclear disaster, which not only damaged the reactors but made it impossible for crews to respond in time, demonstrate that robots have a potential role to play. DARPA believes that robots that could have navigated the ruins and worked in the radioactive environments would have been of great help.

The problem is that current robots simply aren’t up to task. Specialized robots can’t be built to deal with the unpredictable, full telepresence control is neither practical nor desirable, and most robots tend to be a bit on the delicate side. What’s needed is a robot that can work on its own, use the tools and vehicles at hand, deal with the unpredictable, and is durable and agile enough to operate in the ruins of a building or a rubble-strewn environment.

If there’s one thing the challenge has demonstrated so far it is that anthropomorphic designs may not be the most well-suited to the task of handling disaster response. Somehow, the human form seems cumbersome and unreliable when powered by actuators and batteries rather than flesh and blood. An ironic outcome, considering that one of the aims of the challenge is to develop robots capable of performing human tasks, but under conditions considered unsafe for humans.

But until such time as robots can be designed to mimic human biology, and not just their form and function, those most suited to the task of replacing us may have to look nothing like us. And as always, the top prize seems to go to those who can think outside the box!

In the meantime, enjoy these videos of some of the most noteworthy contenders, plus some footage of the robots that made it to the Finals:

NASA Valkyrie Robot:

Atlas Robot performing robo-Karate:

Footage of the DRC Finalists:

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Changes Underway in Sentencing for Non-Violent Drug Cases in the Federal System

Late October saw the start of the largest release of federal prisoners in the history of the United States.  Across the country the federal prison system is releasing convicts from federal penitentiaries who are serving sentences for non-violent drug crimes.

South Carolina Criminal Defense LawyerThese prisoners are being released because of a July 2014 change in sentencing laws that was based on a lengthy and thorough review and report commissioned by the federal government. The changes occurring in the federal prison system rethink decades-long sentences for drug offenders and are the result of a bipartisan effort. Prior to the planned releases, non-violent drug offenders comprised roughly half the federal prison population.  The release of theses prisoners are part of an effort to ease prison overcrowding and to better rehabilitate those convicted of federal drug-related crimes.

How Sentencing Changes Affect South Carolina

South Carolina has four federal prisons: Edgefield, Salters, Estill and Bennettsville.  Over 100 inmates from these institutions were set to be freed in late October. Their release will be the first round of releases.

Well over 400 prisoners will be freed in South Carolina. Once these individuals are set free, they will be supervised and under the control of the U.S. Probation and Pretrial Services Department.  Nearly 70 percent of those scheduled to be freed in South Carolina are already residing in halfway houses and receiving substance abuse treatment. Under the new law, individuals in halfway houses are among those slated to be freed. Once freed the former inmates will be under the supervision of assigned probation officers.  These former inmates will be on probation for the term of probation that was set at their original sentencing and intended to follow their imprisonment.

Prior to the release of these non-violent offenders, the federal prison system housed approximately 94,000 non-violent offenders.  This number is almost three times the number of those imprisoned in the federal system for violent offenses.  The majority of those being released are from the South, with South Carolina releasing more than 400 people.  Many of those imprisoned were guilty of relatively minimal drug offenses and were sent to jail under sentencing guidelines now considered too harsh and now revised.

When granting freedom, reviewers in the federal system considered each case and made individualized decisions regarding sentence reduction. Many of these prisoners slated for release have participated in programs and already bettered their lives while behind bars. Many prisoners who had behavior or further criminal issues while behind bars were often denied release.  Some offenders had already spent 25 years in prison.

If an inmate who is not a citizen is released, that individual will be deported to his native country.

As we look to the future, sentencing for drug-related, non-violent offenses may take a different path than a path straight to prison. Hopefully the services that can be provided to these people will help them lead a healthier, more productive life complete with better choices about drugs.

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Thousands of New Milfordites -and many millions of Americans across the nation - will gather Monday to commemorate Memorial Day. The mood will alternately be reverent, celebrant, somber and thoughtful as our great nation offers its thanks to countless men and women who have died during the past 228 years in military service in defense of the United States' mantle of freedom. There's much cause to be thankful. Thoughts of the ignominities of My Lai, Abu Ghraib and other dark moments in the glorious annals of the American military should be put aside Monday. If you're marching Monday in the traditional parade through New Milford's historic downtown, or in another nearby community, or if you're one of the many thousands who'll grace the occasion, flags waving with pride from the streetside curbs, remember why we're doing this. Remember what seems the ancient history of the Revolutionary War, when American colonists fought off the tyrannical yoke of the British Empire, just as you remember and say a pray for the more than 800 servicemen and women who have died in Iraq in the last 14 months. Our history is so much a part of what we are as Americans. Read about it, learn about it, think about it. Then think of the brave legions of soldiers who died for a cause in the Civil War, in World War I - ironically coined "The War To End All Wars," and other wars in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Many of those who died hailed from the Greater New Milford area. I'm proud my dad, Daniel Cummings, was one of WWI's so-called American Doughboys who fought side by side with the English, French and others in the bloody battles on the Western Front of Europe. He was lucky to come home. Many of his friends and comrades weren't so fortunate. Then World War II came, and with it the horrors of Nazism in Germany and imperialism in Japan. Our soldiers fought and died with valor against all enemies, with pride and with the Stars and Stripes waving. Nearly 60 years ago, on June 6, 1944, one of history's most pivotal military events - D-Day - signalled the beginning of the end for the Third Reich of Adolf Hitler. American troops encountered fierce opposition that day in Normandy, and thousands didn't live to tell their tale. Now, in a new century, and with memories of our sacrifices in Korea and the Vietnam sadly fading all too quickly, a rapidly diminishing number of veterans from WWII are still alive. Let's be sure this Memorial Day, and all those in the near future, to shake the hand of WWII veterans, let them know we care, and pay special tribute to all their fellow servicemen and women who paid the ultimate price for our freedom. While you're at it, think for a few minutes about the thousands who died in the cold, heartless hills of Korea, and amidst the rice paddies and jungles of Vietnam. Visit the gravesites in New Milford's Center Cemetery, call a friend you know served in one of those wars, or just take a few minutes to offer a prayer of thanks. For so many years, our military has been a source of strength and sustenance in the free world. I'm confident it will continue to be, but only as long as we all remember why our past fallen heroes died, and we all cherish and live up to the American values that inspired them to such sacrifice.


Mark and his fellow percussionists will tour the United Kingdom, Belgium, Norway, Finland, Estonia, Denmark, Sweden, and Russia.

Along the way, the group will conduct master classes, clinics, and performances between May and June 2017.

D'Ambrosio is working towards his undergraduate degree at CMU. He has released two critically acclaimed EPs and serves as an educator at a handful of Western Colorado institutions.


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The primordial universe resonated as harmonic vibrations. The men, as part of this universe, has at its essence the thirst for search the beauty. From the Classic Ages, passing by Pythagoras to the present time, the human being was the only creature able to play the harmony of the primordial waves. Music is what we have always done, is what we do now, and what we'll do throughout our existence.


Video bloggers, or vloggers, have mastered audience engagement in a way that most marketers can only dream of.

But what, if any, lessons can professional services marketers take away from vloggers?

Professional services firms have been quick to adopt video - I created my firm 'partner to camera' piece some 15 years ago.  But the format and quality is often questionable.  A partner talking for three minutes on a point of law or tax change is always going to be dull.

The link below offers some enticing ideas.

I would add two further points.

- Try to include clients in your content.  A client used to illustrate a point or the value of the advice given is likely to be visually more interesting, and makes for a powerful narrative.

- Don't do it yourself.  Scripting, filming and editing is a skilful profession and need not be expensive.  Rarely will a marketing team include a talented film-maker, leaving the result looking like an unwatched home movie.


How to Prepare a Theoretical Framework for a Research Paper

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Tip Tuesday: Ms. Moneybags or Broker than a Joker?

That title, my dear, is completely up to you. Yes, most people are on a tight budget during their college years. However, there are ways to be responsible with the money you do have.

I’m more of a spender and one of my close friends is a saver. We make similar amounts of money but she’s always got stacks while my account usually holds about $12.84. How is this possible? It’s because no one taught me how careful I really need to be (when in doubt, always blame the parents lol). So now, I’m taking matters into my own hands, and you should too.

Here are a few tips to get you started.