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What if I told you there was a physical world and a dream world striving to manifest? Deep End is a black lead comedy and music tribe based out of the city of Chicago. More than a comedy show, “A distorted experience” is a house party and celebration of the underground arts scene. All creators are welcome to catch a vibe. Dive in.
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Columbia Engineering, based in New York City, is one of the top engineering schools in the U.S. and one of the oldest in the nation. Also known as The Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, the School expands knowledge and advances technology through the pioneering research of its more than 250 faculty, while educating undergraduate and graduate students in a collaborative environment to become leaders informed by a firm foundation in engineering. Guided by its strategic vision, “Columbia Engineering for Humanity,” the School aims to translate ideas into innovations that foster a sustainable, healthy, secure, connected, and creative humanity.
Columbia engineers build Emo, a silicon-clad robotic face that makes eye contact and uses two AI models to anticipate and replicate a person’s smile before the person actually smiles
Columbia engineers have built a new AI that shatters a long-held belief in forensics–that fingerprints from different fingers of the same person are unique. It turns out they are similar, only we’ve been comparing fingerprints the wrong way!
Columbia Engineers pair vibrating particles, called phonons, with particles of light, called photons, to enhance the nonlinear optical properties of hexagonal boron nitride. The finding could lead to new ways of using light to modify materials. Learn more. |
Ok, you’ve flown to Iceland, landed, got through the airport, picked up your rental car and found the hotel. There’s just one thing left to figure out – where and when do you park the car?
(Updated September 2022)
Where do I have to pay for parking in Reykjavík?
First of all, it’s probably worth looking into whether your hotel or guesthouse has parking lots for guests. The rule of thumb is that the only place that charges for parking is downtown Reykjavík. Basically, if you don’t see a blue “P” sign on the street or parking lot, you don’t have to pay anything.
In the city centre, different zones charge different rates, and generally the closer you get to Laugavegur high street, the more expensive it is.
Red and pink are area P1 and charge 385 ISK an hour at the time of this writing.
Blue is area P2, (except the parts that are water) which charges 200 ISK an hour.
Green is area P3, which charges 200 ISK per hour, 190 for the second hour, and 55 ISK an hour after that.
Orange is area P4 which also charges 200 ISK an hour but is only valid during weekdays.
Multi-storey car parking in Reykjavík
There are also several parking garages right downtown.
Kolaportið parking building on Kalkofnsvegur 1
the Vesturgata lot on the corner of Vesturgata and Mjóstræti
City Hall on Tjarnargata 11
Traðarkot on Hverfisgata 20
Stjörnuport on Laugavegur 94
A large underground parking garage has recently opened up next to Kolaportið. Known simply as Bílastaeðahús, its address is Kalkonsfnvegi 2 – but it is a quick turn-off from Geirsgata, across from Hafnartorg. It actually connects underground with the Harpa parking garage, so there is plenty of spots available.
Vitatorg on the corner of Skúlagata and Vitastígur
UPDATE – There is a LIVE OVERVIEW OF AVAILABLE PARKING SPOTS in Reykjavik’s parking houses on this mobile-friendly website:
The website is currently only available in Icelandic but here’s our guide to navigating it. It should be simple enough!
When do I have to pay for parking in Reykjavík?
It is always free to park after 6 pm and always free on Sundays unless you’re in a multi-storey parking lot.
Areas P1, P2 and P3 all charge from 9 am to 6 pm on weekdays, and from 10 am to 6 pm on Saturdays. Outside those hours, it is free.
Area P4 charges 8 am to 4 pm on weekdays only, after that and on weekends is free.
How do I pay for parking in Reykjavík? Do I need cash?
The old-fashioned coin-operated parking meters have all but disappeared from the city, though you can occasionally still find them around. Typically, there are central pay-and-display machines where you can use a credit card or coins.
If you only have a card, it’s worth keeping in mind that you can still use the pay-and-display ticket when you’re if you happened to come across a coin-operated meter. So if you can just walk around the corner to a pay-and-display machine, that’s one way to solve it. But it’s probably good to have some coins in your pocket just in case.
How do I use the parking pay-and-display machine?
The pay-and-display parking machines can be confusing – but it is really quite simple. Each machine has an English option, so look for the little button with the British flag, and the instructions will appear in English.
The main thing you need to know is the license plate number of your vehicle. Generally, this is a five-digit combination of numbers and letters. This is the first thing you punch in, and this is how the Parking Service workers keep track of how long your car has been parked.
Next, you choose whether you will pay with either coins or with a card. Then you use the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons to choose how long you wish to park. The price will appear. After confirming this, you will be asked to pay. When paying by card, be patient! These machines take some time to complete the transaction.
Once the payment is accepted, you should receive a message that says ‘samþykkt’ which is Icelandic for ‘approved.’ You can then choose whether it should print your receipt. You don’t need to display it in your vehicle, but it could be handy to have just in case.
Remember: Most of Iceland is laid back and chill – but not the parking service. They are known for their punctuality, so double-check your times!
Visit our tour information centres for more tips and info! |
Iran has been suspended from international judo for ordering a judoka to lose at the world championships to avoid facing an Israeli, the International Judo Federation (IJF) said on Wednesday.
Saeid Mollaei, who entered last month’s event in Tokyo as the reigning world champion in the -81kg class, said he was ordered to throw his semi-final rather than risk facing an Israeli in the final.
Mollaei lost to Belgian Matthias Casse who in turn lost to Sagi Muki of Israel in the final.
“The alleged actions are serious enough to consider the application of a protective suspension,” the IJF said in a statement.
It explained that it had “strong reason to believe that the Iran Judo Federation will continue or repeatedly engage in misconduct”.
After finishing fifth in Tokyo last month, Mollaei fled to Berlin.
“I’ve had a German visa and I’m in Germany to stay away from the rumours,” Mollaei told the London-based Persian language channel Iran International.
“God forbid something would happen to my family. But I serve my country and whatever medal I get belongs to Iran, whether it’s under the Iran or IOC flag,” he added.
“I feel sorry that maybe I won’t be able to compete for Iran again. But I didn’t train this hard just to put up this show of losing.”
The Times of Israel quoted the Israeli coach as saying Mollaei’s family had been threatened.
“From what we understand,” said Moshe Fonti. “Iranian intelligence officials came both to his home in Iran and to the judo arena and warned him.”
The statement said the IJF “notes that similar acts have been observed in the past.”
It gave as an example Arash Miresmaeili, Iran’s flag bearer at the 2004 Athens Olympics and a favourite in the 66kg class. He was drawn to face Israeli Ehud Vaks in the first round but was too heavy at the weigh in and was disqualified without fighting. Miresmaeili is now the head of Iran’s judo federation.
There have been examples of Iranian athletes being told to lose to avoid facing Israeli opponents in other sports, most notably wrestler Alireza Karimi at the under-23 World Championships in 2017. His coach was caught yelling “Alireza you must lose, the Israeli won” in a video that went viral in 2017.
Karimi was suspended for six months for throwing his bout, while his coach was banned for two years.
The IJF specifies that the Iranian Federation may appeal this decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) within 21 days. |
May 13, 2015
Find your Haven at Half Moon Yoga Studio pop-up shop one-day event at 221 Second St. in the Langley Village. The Haven Collective pop-up shop will be open from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. on Saturday, May 16.
Haven Collective, a NYC-based company of yoga clothing that is elegant enough to wear from the studio to street, will be offering a chance to view and purchase their Spring collection. Visit Half Moon Yoga studio and meet Tracy Squillante, the yogini and founder of Haven Collective. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Hedgebrook. |
Good morning, fishing along the treasure coast continues to be slow. Yesterday the only report I heard was of some cobias caught scattered in fifty feet of water. The dolphin fishing has been very poor offshore, except for a few people that ventured way offshore. Out in the deep water there have been some schools of dolphin swimming north. The fish i heard about were up to thirty pounds.
As for the inshore fishing, there have been several people fishing and actually doing well despite the warm weather. Trout and snook both have been the focus of many anglers this week, including a few guys throwing flies to snook along the mangrove edges.
Stop by and check out our new fly fishing department and inquiry about our up coming fly casting and fly tying lessons. Enjoy your Friday and have a good weekend! |
Facts about Olivia Rodrigo
Olivia Rodrigo Biography
Olivia Rodrigo’s debut single, “Drivers License” hit the top of the Billboard charts in January of 2021 and stayed there for eight weeks.
Before that, Rodrigo was just another of the young actors in the Disney+ system, a co-star of the TV show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series since 2016.
From southern California, Rodrigo broke into the business by way of commercials and a direct-to-streaming American Girls movie (2015).
Then Rodrigo was one of the two teen music stars of the Disney+ series Bizaardvark (2016-19), where she demonstrated her pop music sensibilities and trained for future Disney comedy roles.
From Rodrigo’s debut album, Sour, “Drivers License” is a supposedly autobiographical pop tune about teenage heartbreak, a ballad that mixes spare and melodramatic verses with a resplendent bridge and chorus. |
A wild cherry tree-hug this morning.
Her dancing tree-spirit blessed by the light.
A tree-man, his face half hidden in the shadows, lifted his powerful trunk-arms high.
Nearby a leafy-hummingbird hovered in the air.
And tiny bud-flower beings peeked out at me. See their little eyes? Nature is leading us to the rebirth of ourselves. Touch the joy of the moment. 💚 Peace
Tree-hug on April 14, 2020. Not posted on Facebook. |
Ring Worm, also known as Tinea Corporis, is a common skin infection that can be transmitted from animals to humans and from person to person. It is usually caused by fungi that live on the dead tissues of your skin, hair, and nails. This infection doesn’t always cause symptoms so it often goes untreated.
Ring worm infections are extremely contagious. You can contract ring worm by coming into contact with an infected animal or person. Even touching something with the fungus on it such as clothing, bedding, or towels can lead to an infection. If you have ring worm you may be able to spread the infection even if you don’t have any visible symptoms!
The first step in treating ring worm is to stop spreading it! Don’t share brushes or combs with others. Wash your hands frequently and avoid sharing items such as clothing or bedding until your infection has completely cleared up. If you find yourself in close contact with someone who has ringworm make sure they know they should see a doctor too!
If you think you have caught ring worm see a doctor right away to get treatment! You doctor will recommend either topical ointments or oral medications depending on the severity of your condition and how far the rash has spread over your body.
Ring worm is a common skin disease that is caused by the Trichophyton, Microsporum and Epidermophyton fungus. These fungi live in dead tissues like hair, nails and the outer layer of skin. When these fungi infect the skin, it causes red rashes that may be scaly or crusty in appearance. These rashes are ring shaped (hence the name ring worm) and can be found on any part of the body. The rashes can be itchy although it may not always itch.
The good news is ring worms are not dangerous and are very easy to treat. Most people simply use over-the-counter antifungal creams to get rid of it and these treatments usually work just fine. If you have moderate or severe infections, your doctor may prescribe antifungal pills for you to take. The treatment usually takes 1-4 weeks depending on how bad your infection is and how well you follow your treatment regimen.
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Ring worm is a skin infection caused by fungus. It can appear on various parts of the body including head, hands, groin, feet and nails. The ring worm rash is characterized by redness and itchy skin in the affected area. The term ringworm is used because it causes a ring-shaped patch on the skin.
Some causes of ring worm are pets, infected soil, fungi and mold that are present in the environment and contaminated objects like hairbrushes and combs. In order to get rid of ringworm, you need to undergo treatment immediately. It can spread easily through direct contact with infected animals or infected people.
It is important to know that ringworm is contagious; hence, it is necessary to take precautions such as washing your hands often and keeping your skin dry. In addition, avoid sharing personal items such as clothing, towels and combs with others to avoid spreading the infection.
Here are some ways to get rid of ring worm:
Apply antifungal cream or lotion on the affected area for a few weeks.
Take antifungal medicines if your doctor prescribes them for you.
Use topical antifungal shampoo if you have ringworm on your scalp or beard area.
Avoid scratching or rubbing the
Ringworm is a common fungal infection caused by mold-like parasites that live on the cells in the outer layer of your skin. The infected area often itches, but not always. The rash may be red and scaly or have a raised ring shape.
Ringworm is not caused by a worm, but rather a fungus. It gets its name because the rash often looks like a worm under the skin, with a red ring around it. Ringworm can affect most areas of the body, including the feet, groin area (jock itch), scalp and nails.
Ringworm is contagious. You can get it through direct contact with an infected person or animal (including household pets), or by touching contaminated objects such as combs, unwashed clothing or shower surfaces in locker rooms.
The good news is that you can easily treat ringworm with an over-the-counter antifungal cream, lotion or ointment (Terbinafine, clotrimazole). If you prefer not to use these products, you can try over-the-counter corticosteroid cream (hydrocortisone). Talk to your health care provider before using any creams if you are pregnant or nursing.
Ringworm is the common name for a highly contagious fungal infection of the skin.
The actual worm has nothing to do with it. The name comes from the characteristic ring-like rash that often appears. Ringworm can affect any part of the body – it’s called athlete’s foot when it affects the feet, and jock itch when it affects the groin area. It is most common in children.
Ringworm is spread by direct skin contact with someone who has ringworm, or by touching items they have touched like combs, towels or bedding. Pets are also a source of ringworm. It is not known how long a person can carry the fungus before symptoms appear, but it seems likely that many people carry it for months or years before developing the rash.
If you think you have ringworm, see your doctor for treatment. Do not share any personal items like hats, combs, towels or pillows until you are free of the rash and no longer contagious!
Ringworm: Not a worm, not contagious. Ringworm is actually a fungus infection of the skin. It is called ringworm because of its characteristic round shape. This type of infection is very common and can spread from person to person. It can also be passed on from pets, such as cats and dogs. Though ringworm is not a worm, it does require treatment to clear up the infection. If you think you may have ringworm, consult your doctor for treatment options.
What does ringworm look like?
Ringworm is characterized by its round shape and red color. The skin may appear scaly or bumpy to the touch and can appear on any part of the body. It is most commonly found on the feet (athlete’s foot), groin area (jock itch) or scalp (scalp ringworm).
Red ring-shaped rash – usually appears within 2 weeks after infection
Itchy or scaly skin – with athletes foot, there may be burning or itching between toes
Dry or cracked skin – especially with athlete’s foot
Hair loss – with scalp ringworm
“Ringworm” is a common skin infection that is caused by a fungus. It can affect any part of the body, but it is most likely to appear in warm, moist areas. These include the groin area and between the toes. The infection can be passed between people.
Fungi thrive in warm, moist environments, so ringworm usually develops in areas where sweat collects. These include:
-Groin (jock itch)
-Feet (athlete’s foot)
The fungi that cause ringworm spread easily and can survive on surfaces for long periods of time. They enter your body through cuts or breaks in your skin. Ringworm may also spread from person to person through direct contact with infected skin or through sharing towels or clothing. |
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Winthrop’s annual Art Show will be held on Saturday beginning at 11 a.m. at the Winthrop Public Library with Alex Jensen as the featured artist.
Jensen said that his father, uncle and cousin are all artists that were impressionists and into landscapes. His mother was artistic as well.
“I really branched out on my own with abstracts,” he said. “I started with art in 2018. Prior to that I never touched it. I never had a conversation with my family about art. It was just something I got into as an adult. It’s spiraled from there in a good way.”
For the complete story, check out the April 3 issue of the Winthrop News. |
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Open the workbook in the above folder, and create the following pivot table based upon it:
Show the average box office takings for films by genre, filtering for films made in France.
Remove the filter by country, and replace it with a slicer by country instead. Use this to show all Australasian films:
The average box office takings by genre for films made in Australia or New Zealand.
Create another pivot table (on a separate sheet) to show average Oscar wins by certificate. Apply the original slicer to this pivot table too to show this for Australia and New Zealand only:
Right-click on your slicer and choose Report connections to apply it to this pivot table also; you should see the results shown above.
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West Orange Board of Education Recognizes 2022-2023 Governor's Educators of the Year
WEST ORANGE, NJ - The West Orange Board of Education recognized its 2022-2023 Governor's Educators of the Year honorees during its meeting, held Jan. 23 in the Library Media Center at West Orange High School.
The Governor's Educator of the Year Program highlights educational innovation, student achievement, exemplary teaching, and important services outside the classroom environment that lead to student success. This celebratory program recognizes the state's best teachers and educational services professionals.
Honorees are exceptionally skilled and dedicated licensed classroom teachers (PK to grade 12 in a public or charter school) where teaching is the primary responsibility, rather than administrative or supervisory responsibilities or educational services professionals (ESP) who are listed as one of the eligible enrollment areas. Among several eligibility criteria, they must also be experts in the field who inspire students of all backgrounds and abilities to learn; actively collaborate with colleagues, students, and families to create a strong culture of respect and success; demonstrate leadership and innovation in educational activities; and have the respect and admiration of students, parents and colleagues.
Executive Director of Personnel and Special Projects Dr. Joseph Vespignani introduced each principal, who then announced their teacher and educational service professional (not all schools have ESPs). The LMC was filled to capacity with family, friends, staff, and fellow educators, who were there to celebrate their friends and co-workers.
See all the photos from the Governor's Educator of the Year recognition HERE.
Betty Maddalena Early Learning Center: ESP Jacqueline Smeragliuolo, Principal Connie Salimbeno, Teacher Lauren Porter
Gregory Elementary School: Teacher Rose Marie Kelly and Principal Makeida Hewitt
Hazel Elementary School: Teacher Nicole Payne-Venezia and Principal Joel Castillo
Kelly Elementary School: ESP Stephanie Ross, Principal David Marion, Teacher Kelly Clancy
Mt. Pleasant Elementary School: Teacher Kim Tawil and Principal Julie Digiacomo
Redwood Elementary School: Teacher Lisa DeMichele and Principal Kimya Jackson
St. Cloud Elementary School: Teacher Gregory Marchesi, Principal Eric Price, ESP Laurie Stecklow
Washington Elementary School: Teacher Amy Jakimas, Principal Marie DeMaio, and ESP Rene Wells
Edison Middle School: Acting Assistant Principal Dr. Keri Orange-Jones, Teacher Chitra Ramchandani (posthumous), award received by her children, Akash and Anjali, and ESP Jeffrey Lafoon
Liberty Middle School: Acting Principal Xavier Fitzgerald, ESP Sara Cabral-Fogarty, Teacher Mary Ann Solimo, Assistant Principal Stephen Olshalsky
Roosevelt Middle School: ESP Michele Blum, Principal Lionel Hush, Teacher Janis Oliver
West Orange High School: Principal Oscar Guerrero and Teacher Dr. William Farley. (Not pictured: ESP Ferdinand Christian III).
Jan. 23, 2023 |
‘gaping and gawping’
Gaze meets gaze: out of the network of colors and shapes that resolve here and there into tubes, seaweed-green stalagmites, coral-red berries or lilac streptococci, eyes suddenly appear. Mesmerized by these gaping eyes, you descry in the canvases – the vehicles of the image – the platter of St Lucy upon which she offers us her own two eyes. According to the legend that has attached itself to Lucy of Syracuse, she tore out her eyes because her betrothed would never stop praising her beauty even though she herself had sworn a vow of chastity. Or alternatively you see the eyes of Medusa fighting their way to the outside world through her serpent locks. True, the spiders, earthworms, snakes, lizards and scorpions are not defined in every detail as they might be in a picture by Peter Paul Rubens – and yet our inner eye precisely paints their image. Eyes unfailingly answer your gaze, and blur the border between viewer and viewed.
The spherical eyeball has escaped from its protective socket, has separated off from the rest of the body, and stands here on its own behalf, and yet at the same time – in its capacity as the central organ of the human body – on behalf of the entire human self. Ever since antiquity the question has been asked as to which of the five senses is the most noble, most active, most ideal, most objective. It has generally been the eye that has been accorded supremacy over the other senses. It is the window to the soul and at the same time its mirror; it is the ‘lux corporis’; our two eyes are the ‘lamps that illumine our body’. The eye is regarded as the symbol of intellectual intuition, of wisdom, of omniscience. Its magnetic power lies in the fact that it can mirror both man from within and the world from without.
In the work of Wolfgang Ellenrieder we do not encounter the eye – as we do in the case of Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer or Michelangelo – as the instrument of an ordering intelligence, and as a mirror held up to individual and universal experience, be it expressed in terms of dispassionate scholarly critique or of lyrical exaltation. The eye does not become – as it does for Redon – the vehicle of subjective-romantic obsession; nor does it become – as it does for Magritte – the ironic and perplexing image of emptiness. Ellenrieder equips his canvas with this particular sense organ in order that it be watcher as well as watched. You feel yourself to be constantly under observation; the eyes follow you through the room, they check your clothes, your hair-style, your hair color, your shoes, the length of your stay. They form their own opinion. Like eyes on a screen they appear to move to left or right depending on where you yourself go. At the same time, however, Ellenrieder’s titles – Marbles, Spheres and such like – serve to turn the observer’s sense of being observed into a ludicrous delusion, into a response thoroughly typical of a society in which we feel that critical eyes are constantly upon us.
The theme here is: see and be seen, observe and be observed, watch and be watched, analyze and be analyzed, notice and be noticed. We are given a reminder of the dependence of the picture on the sheer act of seeing, a reminder of the link between art and subjective perception. The less clear-cut the works are, the more the observer engages his imagination and the more he gives rein to his stream of associations. Wolfgang Ellenrieder operates in the realm of the indistinct and the out-of-focus, for “if by means of our senses even the faintest echo of a memory is offered to our mind, it is at once set in motion, and does not rest until it has recalled every detail connected with it. Therefore if our senses, which are as it were the gateway to our mind, perceive even the smallest particle of anything whatsoever, and communicate this to our mind, then the mind will take in this single particle, and will itself supply whatever is missing.” (after Maximus Tyrius, quoted in Franciscus Junius, The Painting of the Ancients).
The pleasure of looking and the sensation of shame belong closely together. If looking is forbidden, our pleasure is the greater. If someone catches us looking, then we look away. Often, however, it is our own imagination that in effect ‘paints’ pictures we regard as taboo. Thus in the case of some of the works in Ellenrieder’s body check series, we think we see bare skin glinting amongst blades of grass. Skin being the locus of physical contact and erotic encounters, we immediately think of legs, perhaps even of legs entwined with one another in a passionate embrace. In our thoughts we wander at once to the banks of a deserted, romantic lake, the trysting place of a pair of lovers. But then again – so we wonder as we suddenly pause – is this perhaps a piece of pornography, or a scenario heavily steeped in violence? Perhaps others again might also see in it an allusion to Marcel Duchamp‘s work “Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage”? In this piece Duchamp uses crass realism to show us, behind a locked wooden door, a naked woman lying on the grass with her legs spread apart. What the beholder gets to see is deeply perplexing despite its absolute clarity. In order to catch sight of the recumbent woman, he is forced to look through the tiny peep-hole. Her head is invisible. The viewer becomes a voyeur; and yet it is not so much the woman that unmasks and shames him, but rather the person that stands behind him in the queue and asks him “What can you see?”
In the body check works it is the beholder who reveals himself to be a voyeur. The artist washes his hands in innocence, and thrusts upon the beholder the role of foul-minded fantasist. For when you take a second look you discover that the naked legs are actually small sausages tumbling about in the grass. Ellenrieder has managed once again to deceive the viewer, to lead his imagination astray, to steer his associations in a particular direction, and then to give him a nasty jolt with banal objects. Anyone seeing the sausages – their form and surface, and the whole manner in which they are treated within the picture – cannot possibly avoid erotic associations. Given the perspective in which they are shown, even the most chaste of beholders cannot help feeling that they are approaching them in a sneaky, even slimy sort of way.
In both series of pictures the artist deploys surrogates of the human body and thereby produces the effect that the gaze of the beholder, stimulated by these surrogates, spontaneously generates analogies – an essential prerequisite of seeing with truly open eyes ever since the days of André Breton:“I say that the eye is not properly open so long as it is content to play the passive role of a mirror. ... Truly, the eye cannot in the last instance have been created simply in order to take stock, like the eye of the auctioneer, nor in order to flirt with the illusions of false knowledge, like the eye of the madman. It was created in order to throw a lifeline, to create an electric link that connects together the most diverse things. Such a link, possessed of the greatest imaginable conductivity, should enable us, within the shortest possible time and without any obvious continuity, to discover the relationships that exist thanks to the interconnectedness of innumerable physical and spiritual structures. ... The key to our mental prison can only be discovered by breaking once and for all with this ludicrous epistemology. The key lies in the free and unrestrained play of analogy.”
Nude study, love scene, or pornography? – We go blundering into the trap that Ellenrieder has set for us. He laughs and shrugs off all responsibility. With slightly red cheeks – unmasked as voyeurs in our own eyes – we go skulking off to look at another picture. So what do we have here, then, marbles or eyes? We abandon our efforts to constantly monitor our own associations; it is better to let ourselves drift with the tide.
Stephanie Rosenthal in
›Wolfgang Ellenrieder – surrogate‹,
KunstRaum Drochtersen-Hüll, 2000 |
Prince Charles has made an emotional rabble-rousing statement about the wildfires in the homeland of his father, Prince Philip, Greece.
- Prince Charles' call to action to tackle climate change before it's too late.
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Prince Charles has made an emotional plea to fight climate change, before it's too late. In his heartfelt statement, he referred to the wildfires devastating his father's homeland Greece. This comes only weeks after the royal made an incredible personal donation to the Greek Red Cross, a sweet gesture in memory of his father Prince Philip.
He said, "Owing to family connections, I have always felt a particular fascination and affection for Greece. Apart from the allure of her landscapes, history, and culture, both my father and grandfather were born there."
"It has been truly the stuff of nightmares to see the once blue skies above the Peloponnese, Attica and the island of Evia turn a bright orange," he continued. "As mile after mile of the country's famed landscape and over 100,000 hectares of forest and farmland have been swallowed up by ferocious flames, causing the tragic loss of life, injury and the widespread destruction of so many peoples' homes and livelihoods."
In an article written for the Daily Mail, the Prince addresses one of the most pressing issues of our time—the international climate crisis. Although it's not clear where the royal wrote the piece, many members of the firm have decamped to Balmoral, as is tradition over the summer months.
"I have lost count of the number of weather-related disasters that have hit so many countries across the Commonwealth and beyond," he said.
Discussing the weather-related crises that have hit Haiti, the wildfires annihilating parts of Europe, Canada and Australia he added, "Our planet is in crisis and, no matter where you are, no country is immune."
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Prince Charles has made this statement in the run up to COP26, which is the international climate change conference taking place in Glasgow in November 2021.
The royal appealed to the private sector, as well as the NGOs, charities, individuals, and governments battling this ongoing crisis.
"The aim has been to create a 'coalition of the willing' and I have challenged them to see what we could do to overcome endemic obstacles," he said. "In order to accelerate the practical transition to a greener future ahead of COP26 and beyond."
The heir to the British throne has long since dedicated his life and profile to fighting climate change. The cause, clearly very close to his heart, led to him previously discussing his fear of 'broken promises' to grandchildren Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.
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This tasty low calorie recipe is full of flavour and a great one to try if you want something more healthy for dinner tonight.
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On the side This salad has a very Middle Eastern flavour, thanks to the sumac, so green olives, warm pitta bread and stuffed vine leaves all make perfect companions. Look for large, firm olives preserved in oil, not brine, as these retain more of their flavour. It's worth visiting your local ethnic grocery store for fresh flatbreads and great-value large bunches of herbs.The inspiration for this recipe came from one of our favourite chefs, Yotam Ottolenghi. Check out his latest book, Plenty, £25, published by Ebury Press.
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The Montane Dragons Back Race is a 6-day ultra-running adventure that takes participants on a journey spanning 380 km from Conwy Castle in the north of Wales to Cardiff Castle in the south.
“In between, they’ll traverse some of Wales’ most rugged landscapes, taking on iconic mountain peak after iconic mountain peak. All this whilst battling the ever-changeable Welsh elements…” (https://montane.com/blogs/blog/the-story-behind-the-dragon-s-back-race)
The event first popped on my radar back in 2017 at my very first Kendal Mountain Festival Fell Running session where Helene Whitaker (nee Diamantides) was a guest. I was a year into a transition from road running to fell running and the whole world of running off-road; the races, the runners, and the possibilities, were all very new to me.
Aside from Helene’s long list of running accolades, during the interview she recounted her experience on The very first Dragons Back Race back in 1992 in which she won outright with running partner Martin Stone. Her account of her solo Bob Graham Round also left a lasting impression, but that’s a discussion for another day. In short, her approach, composure and general ‘just get out and do it’ attitude really intrigued me.
The original race was dreamt up and organised by Ian Waddell, a former Parachute Regiment Soldier, inspired by the Cambrian Way. Following the first race, the event didn’t take place again until 2012, relaunched by Shane Ohly of Ourea Events. Montane have put together a great blog The Story Behind The Dragons Back Race.
At the point when I heard Helene Whittaker, the prospect of ever taking on something like the DBR felt completely unachievable. A goal that would be absolutely out of reach. I didn’t have the experience, skills or knowledge to quantify the scale of the event, but what I took away from that 30 minutes on the Brewery Arts Centre stage was that, as a female, it could be done. This was a real moment of representation matters.
I am a big advocate for seeking out role models in those around you. Those that are a few steps ahead doing things you can aspire to do too. In recent years, as I’ve built on my own experience, I have seen my peers with the confidence put in the work and turn up at the start line of The Dragons Back Race. Paving the way & sowing the seed of possibility. So here I am, having spent 2023 working towards my own goal, ready to tow that start line.
Read my interview with the DBR Team HERE
I am now at the point where I have done all I can. I’ve worked hard, trained well & it will be what it will be. I am invested and excited to see where the 6 days will take me… & if its not my time to ‘Tame the Dragon’ I will hopefully still be able to continue on the Hatchling Course. My number one aim when I step out on the trails is to enjoy it as much as I can. The good times will make way for bad, but those moments too will pass. Who knows if I can do it but I’m going to give it my best shot.
If the above has peeked an interest…Still to come:
- PREPARING FOR THE DRAGONS BACK RACE, where I will discuss the months leading up to my 2023 DBR attempt, including training & recce weekends.
- THE DRAGONS BACK RACE REPORT, a recap of my experience on the 2023 event. |
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In 1947, WOOK AM was launched in Washington, D.C. as the first U.S. broadcast radio station to feature African-American broadcasters serving African-American audiences. Originally located at 1580 on the AM dial, the station swapped call letters and channels with WINX AM, moving to 1340 AM in 1955. According to the Stepfather of Soul blog, WOOK AM battled with WUST AM and WOL AM during the classic soul era for dominance of D.C.'s airwaves until 1975.
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For most leadership teams working in the back and middle office functions of People (HR and Talent Acquisition) & Procurement, 2024 will finally be the year of change after a stop-start 2023 for most large organisations.
Last year, proactive talent acquisition strategies took a back seat in favour of layoffs and restructuring, with cost-cutting the main concern. Generative AI gets the headlines, but the reality is that most businesses - from fast-growing scaleups to large global multinationals- were - and still likely are - bloated and have been seeing productivity wane since the pandemic. Reducing operating costs to bolster profit margin again this year will bring a need for businesses to really innovate with talent strategies in order to, well, innovate. Not just let people go and hope revenues don’t stagnate or drop.
Here’s the issue, though. Good talent is burnt. Permanent employee talent is grappling with layoffs and burnout from ‘The Big Experiment’, AKA working from home and the consequent return to the office (yep, hybrid working still isn’t ‘solved’). Flexible talent has, and continues to be, burnt from poor decision-making in legal departments, leaving most contractors, it seems, payrolled on zero-hour contracts with 3rd party employment suppliers - leaving a bitter taste from unnecessary taxation. To top it off, it seems you guys and gals in People & Procurement burnt out from firefighting these issues.
Well, that was last year. This year isn’t all doom and gloom. Promise.
Ever the optimist, let’s get focussed on positive change in 2024. Let’s break the cycle and set some intentions.
Here are my three hot takes off the back of the conversations I’ve had so far this year. January has been a mad fortnight of catching up with everyone from senior leadership at client-side HR, Procurement, Talent, MSP teams at strategy and on-the-ground level, tech and staffing supplier head honchos. The comment theme of these discussions is that all are largely relieved at 2023 being over and desperately want to see the light on the horizon in 2024.
#1 Be your hiring manager (get in their shoes)
Get in your hiring teams’ shoes, wear their hats, and you'll see the friction firsthand. See firsthand how slow internal responses, paperwork for approvals, and jumping across various systems all makes for a poor experience for your permanent employees. In recent months, we’ve found that an IT notification for onboarding or a simple enough timesheet integration can cut days of confusion out of the contractor process - ultimately helping hiring teams get productive and generate revenue faster. As People & Procurement, you impact people’s everyday lives, which in the world of back office is better PR than most high-effort initiatives.
#2 Follow the money (leave no stone unturned)
In a world of outsourcing, you’ll find there are hidden layers of friction - and margin - which are actually spoiling the experience for the most important people in your organisation for all workers typing to complete their work - that’s both contractors and permanent employees. A perfect example of this is in the UK and US, where many companies are outsourcing payroll and compliance to their vendors - staffing firms - who in turn use payroll and classification (eg. IR35 tools to assess roles and then outsource it all to umbrellas to payroll. So much visibility was lost, and the experience was ruined. We're seeing a lot of companies coming to us to solve for this right now.
#3 Learn the law (or at least try to)
Keep a close eye on legislative changes, and get advised! UK IR35 offset changes and US DOL Final Rule federal policy on freelancers, platforms and independent workers DOESN'T mean burying your head in the sand, or knee-jerking into putting everyone on payroll, or worse of all, hitting the red button for a hiring freeze. Get informed, use partners – who don't have to be expensive outside law firms – look at your technology and services partners and ask if they have the in-house expertise they'd be glad to share with you.
As we step into 2024, there is a buzz of optimism of positive change for People & Procurement teams. While the talent landscape may seem burnt out, this year presents an opportunity to break the cycle and set new intentions. |
The world has changed in many ways over the past year, with the surge toward vehicle electrification taking many in the industry by storm. In a short time, many OEMs are predicting a full slate of electric vehicle models, with some pushing for all-electric in less than a decade. But before you run, you need to walk, and in the case of EVs, you need to learn how to effectively manage your vehicles as well as your charging infrastructure.
In all, OEMs are either producing or have announced production of more than 119 EV models, an increase of 24% from one year ago, according to the State of Sustainable Fleets 2021 report. The mass production of EVs will inherently bring down costs on not only the vehicles, but the components as well, especially batteries — the lifeblood of the EV movement. Improvements in energy density will also help speed up acceptance, as range anxiety is one of the top concerns for many fleets looking to make the transition.
“Commercial customers are practical,” said Michelle Moody, marketing director for Ford Commercial Solutions, during a session at this year’s Data Driven Experience. “Battery-electric vehicles need to be the right tool to get the job done and they need to provide the lowest total cost of ownership to win at scale.”
EVs have a bit of an advantage over internal combustion engines. With 30% less parts and reduced maintenance time, fleets will get more out of their vehicles and see a drop in TCO (total cost of ownership).
A Surge in Infrastructure
According to the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fueling Station Locator, there are more than 43,000 EV stations with a little over 106,000 chargers in the country, from coast to coast. Of those, approximately 5,200 stations also offer fast chargers — something that more fleets will need to get the EV ball rolling at a faster rate.
“Charging infrastructure is growing,” said Moody. “Charging capacity is growing, the speeds are increasing, and it’s beginning to grow beyond where we've seen a high concentration of interest in places like California, to more cities, as everyone begins to think about how to improve air quality and reduce carbon emissions.”
And with all the smart technology baked into almost all emerging technologies, there is a lot of information available to the fleets that are savvy enough to utilize it.
Understanding the Data and What’s ‘Driving’ It
Electric vehicles offer a wide range of benefits as well as challenges, which can include understanding each vehicle’s state of charge and how your drivers and their behavior can affect this.
“In order to operate a fleet like this you need data and real context around your state of charge, whether the vehicle is in operation, on a charger, or parked for the night,” said Moody. “You need to understand energy consumption and driver behavior so that you can optimize your vehicle range.”
A keen understanding of charging infrastructure is also important: Where are they located? How do you pay for charging? How will drivers be reimbursed? This is much different than fueling a gas- or diesel-powered vehicle, which is why you must properly manage these elements to get the most out of your electrified fleet. The weather can also affect charging schedules, and chargers can be programmed to precondition an EV each morning, such as warming the internal cabin on cold, wintery mornings. This allows the vehicle to get the most out of its overnight charge, as it is still “fueling” while it preps for the day.
The location of the charger can also determine the best time — or times — to recharge the vehicle. Working with your infrastructure solution provider can help when not only planning the installment of chargers, but how to gain better insight into the data that can help develop your charging strategy. Energy usage reports give fleet managers a better understanding of which EVs need the most charging, what times are most effective for charging, and how to maximize each vehicle’s usage and support continual uptime.
Notifications can also be set up so that fleet managers can alert the driver if they need to take certain actions to ensure their vehicle gets a full charge and can support their planned — or unplanned — daily routes. The last thing a fleet manager needs is a call from a driver that his or her EV ran out of “gas.” These alerts can also help drivers locate a charger in an emergency situation.
“Notification alerts will be really a critical part of the user experience,” said Moody. “And then you're going to need to know if the vehicle wasn't plugged in. Did the driver arrive home at night, kids come running out with an exciting story and forget to plug the vehicle in?”
Ford will provide fleets tools to optimize range including alerts when the vehicle is low on charge or not charging when you expect as well as a live map with graphical overlay for the real-time range of the vehicle and Ford Blue Oval charge network locations.
To properly manage and enhance range, fleet managers need a keen understanding of the distance each vehicle drives on a daily basis. For some, this might be easy, since their drivers have dedicated routes each and every day. Or, in terms of last-mile delivery fleets, there is an area they cover that can be used to calculate the routes.
But other factors can impact range, including the temperature and weather, as well as any load a vehicle could be carrying, which in some cases could include towing a trailer. The geography each driver must cover, whether hilly or flat, can also affect vehicle range.
Understanding driver behavior can also influence EV range. For example, an aggressive driver who brakes or accelerates aggressively can further reduce range. And while idling in an EV does not have negative environmental consequences, it can unnecessarily reduce battery range. Monitoring driver behavior through telematics solutions will be an important tool for fleet managers when attempting to optimize vehicle range.
Doing Your Homework
Beginning any fleet-focused program starts with good, solid research, not only in terms of vehicle and infrastructure selection, but vehicle monitoring as well. Before dipping your toes into the vehicle electrification pond, make sure you perform your due diligence and prepare yourself, your drivers, and your fleet for the next steps.
Originally posted on Automotive Fleet |
Dangun Wanggeom (or Tangun) was the legendary founder of Gojoseon (Gochoson or Old Choson), the first Korean state which ruled northern Korea in the second half of the first millennium BCE. Gojoseon possessed the most advanced culture in the Korean peninsula at that time and was an important marker in the progression towards the more centralised states of later periods. According to mythology, Dangun was born on the third day of the tenth month and so the 3rd of October is celebrated as National Foundation Day in modern South Korea.
Hwanung & Ungnyo
According to Korean mythology, as recounted in the 13th-century CE Samguk yusa ('Memorabilia of the Three Kingdoms'), Hwanung, the son of Hwanin, the supreme deity, asked his father if he might be allowed to descend to earth and live there instead of heaven. Hwanin consented and, giving Hwanung three seals of authority, selected Mt. Taebecksan (near Pyongyang) as the best place for his son to arrive and settle. With the god came 3,000 followers, including the Earl of Wind (pungbaek), Master of Rain (ubaek), and Master of Clouds (unsa). Hwanung built a town called Asadal on the slopes beneath a sandalwood tree, hence his other name of 'Lord of the Pakdal tree' or Sandalwood Prince. From the mountain, the god dispensed to his followers such quintessential elements of life as culture, agriculture, good and evil, punishments, illness, and lifespans.
One day both a bear and a tiger came to Hwanung's residence in prayer and asked to be transformed into humans. The god agreed to this gift but on the condition that they remain out of the sun for 100 days and eat only a sacred bunch of mugworts and 20 garlic cloves. To this the animals agreed and followed his advice. The tiger was unable to keep up with the conditions, but the bear – a female called Ungnyo – after only 21 days was transformed into a woman. She longed for a child and so, shortly after the god married her, Dangun was born.
The myth of Dangun's birth may symbolise the arrival of Bronze Age culture in Korea when the metal was brought from Manchuria during the second millennium BCE. The inclusion of a bear in the myth may reference the shamanistic beliefs and animal totems of the nomadic tribes who migrated from the Asian interior in this period and settled in the Korean peninsula. The tiger, on the other hand, was often a subject of Korean folk art and so, perhaps, represents the Korean people. Indeed, in this sense, Dangun may be considered the first Great Shaman who provided a link between the spirit and animal world with humanity. The ruler's divinity was also, no doubt, a useful political tool for later kings to claim, via their direct descent, a divine right of rule.
Dangun & Kija
Dangun is traditionally credited with then creating the entire Korean race and ruling over the kingdom of Gojoseon, ancient Korea's first proper state, which was founded in 2333 BCE. Indeed, Dangun's name means 'mountain-birch ruler' or 'altar ruler' and Choson is sometimes referred to as Dangun Gojoseon/Tangun Choson. Needless to say, there is no archaeological evidence for a unified state at this time and historians agree that the historical Gojoseon only existed from the 7th century BCE at the earliest and may never have achieved a fully centralised control of the region.
Returning to our myth, after Dangun had ruled for over 1,000 years he decided to become a spirit and live in contemplation at the Heavenly Lake on Mt. Paektu. Dangun's role as king of Gojoseon was taken over by the sage Gija (Jizi in Chinese), who had left the Chou dynasty of China with 5,000 followers and settled in Dangun's kingdom. This happened in 1122 BCE, and the legend may represent the arrival of Iron Age culture to Korea and symbolise early relations between China and Korea, especially the passing on of Chinese methods of administration and government which Dangun is credited with introducing in Gojoseon. It is, perhaps, significant that the myth of Dangun's birth takes place during the reign of the (also mythical) Chinese emperor Yao.
The Dangun legend has cropped up several times over the centuries and continues to be a powerful myth even today. During the Goryeo dynasty (or Koryo dynasty, 918-1392 CE) Pyongyang was selected as the capital with one of the reasons being that it was the traditional first capital of Dangun and the Korean people. In the art of the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910 CE) the Shaman Mountain god Sanshin (and later Buddhist bodhisattva) is frequently portrayed in the guise of Dangun wearing a crown. During the Japanese occupation of Korea Dangun was worshipped as a potential returning saviour of the nation by the Taejong-gyo sect. During the Empire period (1895-1910 CE) and again in the Republic of Korea from 1948 to 1961 CE the calendar counted from the Dangun founding date of 2333 BCE. In modern South Korea the 3rd of October, Dangun's birthday, is celebrated as National Foundation Day (Kaechonjol). Finally, evidence that the myth still carries a political resonance is seen in North Korea's claim (unsupported by scholars worldwide) to have actually discovered the tomb of this legendary figure near Pyongyang in 1993 CE and thus considers itself the true home and inheritor of Korea's first cultural hero.
This content was made possible with generous support from the British Korean Society. |
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- 1 What is a Drone?
What is a Drone?
Outer space. Hurricane disaster zones. Antarctica. Your front entryway. One of these goals is somewhat less outrageous than the others, however, that is the point for rambles. Automatons once in a while alluded to as “Unmanned Aerial Vehicles” (UAVs) are intended to complete assignments that range from the commonplace to the ultra-hazardous. These robot-like vehicles can be found helping the salvage of torrential slide exploited people in the Swiss Alps, at your front doorstep dropping off your goods and wherever in the middle.
Initially produced for the military and aviation businesses, rambles have discovered their way into the standard on account of the upgraded degrees of security and proficiency they bring. These mechanical UAVs work without a pilot ready and with various degrees of self-governance. An automaton’s self-sufficiency level can extend from remotely steered (a human controls its developments) to cutting edge self-governance, which implies that it depends on an arrangement of sensors and LIDAR Detectors to compute its development.
Various automatons are equipped for voyaging changing statures and separations. Extremely short proximity rambles, as a rule, can venture out up to three miles and are for the most part utilized by specialists. Short proximity UAVs have a scope of around 30 miles. Short-extend rambles make a trip up to 90 miles and are utilized fundamentally for undercover work and knowledge gathering. Mid-run UAVs have a 400-mile separation run and could be utilized for insight gathering, logical examinations and meteorological research. The longest-go rambles are classified “continuance” UAVs and can go past the 400-mile go and up to 3,000 feet in the air.
Because drones can be controlled remotely and can be flown at different separations and statures, they make ideal possibilities to take on the absolute hardest employments on the planet. They can be found aiding a quest for survivors after a sea tempest, giving law requirement and the military an eye-in-the-sky during fear monger circumstances and progressing logical research is probably the most extraordinary atmospheres on earth. Automatons have even advanced into our homes and fill in as diversion for specialists and an indispensable device for picture takers.
Kinds of Drones
Single Rotor Helicopters
Single rotor helicopters look precisely like modest helicopters and can be gas or electric controlled. The single sharp edge and capacity to run on gas helps its dependability and fly for longer separations. These UAVs are typically used to move heavier items, including LIDAR frameworks, that can be utilized to review land, investigate tempests and guide disintegration brought about by unnatural global warming.
Multi-rotor rambles are typically probably the littlest and lightest automatons available. They have restricted separation, speed and tallness, however, make the ideal flying vehicle for aficionados and aeronautical picture takers. These automatons can, for the most part, go through 20-30 minutes noticeable all around conveying a lightweight payload, for example, a camera.
Fixed Wing Drones
Fixed-wing rambles look like typical planes, where the wings give the lift rather than rotors-production them proficient. These automatons, for the most part, use fuel rather than power, permitting them to coast noticeable all around for over 16 hours. Since these automatons are normally a lot bigger, and in view of their structure, they have to take off and land on runways similarly as planes do. Fixed-wing UAVs are utilized by the military to do strikes, by researchers to convey a lot of hardware and even by charities to convey nourishment and different merchandise to regions that are difficult to reach.
Delivery drones are generally self-sufficient UAVs that are utilized to move nourishment, bundles or merchandise to your front doorstep. These flying vehicles are known as “the last mile” conveyance rambles since they are utilized to make conveyances from stores or distribution centers close by. Retailers and staple chains everywhere throughout the nation are going to rambles as progressively productive conveyance elective, rather than depending on conveyance drivers with wasteful trucks. These automatons can convey a great 55 pounds of merchandise to your front entryway without you ever going out. Amazon, Walmart, Google, FedEx, UPS, and many other big brands are all currently testing out different versions of delivery drones.
Sometimes and then it’s simply undependable enough to send people into a salvage circumstance because of the degree of seriousness of the calamity. That is the place rambles come in. On account of an overturned pontoon or suffocating individual, authorities can toss an Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV) into the water to aid the salvage. In the event that there’s a torrential slide, rambles are conveyed to search for those trapped in the day off. Airplane creator, Kaman, has even built up a pilotless helicopter, called the K-MAX, intended to convey in excess of 6,000 pounds of freight. The K-MAX has just been utilized in China and Australia to help with battling fires.
Wildlife and Historical Conservation
Drones are a less expensive and increasingly productive option in contrast to untamed life protection. Following natural life populaces is about outlandish with people on the ground. Having eye-in-the-sky permits natural life traditionalists to follow meandering gatherings of creatures, running from Orangutans in Borneo to Bison on the Great Plains, to show signs of improvement thought of the wellbeing of their species and environments. Protection rambles additionally make ideal apparatuses in the battle against poaching endeavors in Asia and Africa.
Drones are likewise being utilized for reforestation endeavors everywhere throughout the world. These automatons scour the backwoods floors of woods annihilated by flames and drop seed vessels loaded up with seeds, manures, and supplements that will enable a tree to become alive once again. There have been around 300 million sections of land of deforested land since the mid-1990s. What might take people around 300 years to reforest can be all the more effectively finished through seed-planting ramble technology?
At last, UAVs are getting instrumental in chronicled preservation endeavors. Automatons are being utilized to outline 3D renderings of verifiable destinations like Chernobyl, the old Greek locales of Ephesus, Turkey and Jewish graveyards all over Europe. The vantage point enables verifiable preservationists to discover pieces of information about culture and design while utilizing 3D symbolism to reproduce lost sites.
How would you get medicinal supplies to individuals in difficult to arrive at regions? What instrument would you be able to use to convey organs for transplant patients? Automatons are the response to both of those inquiries. At the present time, unmanned aeronautical vehicles are being utilized to convey crisis therapeutic supplies and freight to off-the-network networks in rustic Alaska. Rather than depending on hound sleds, snowmobiles or ambulances that can’t deal with the day off, are depending on automatons to rapidly get life-sparing therapeutic supplies.
Drones are also being tapped to convey gave organs to transplant patients. Just as of late, history was made when a kidney was moved by a uniquely made automaton starting with one medical clinic in Maryland then onto the next in just shy of five minutes. This could eliminate the alarmingly moderate rate at which gifts typically show up (on the off chance that they land by any stretch of the imagination). For the most part, organs are conveyed by means of contracted or business flights. Postponements and failures to comprehend the issues at hand cause hazardous deferrals of two hours or more for 4% of all organ conveyances. Automatons can chop the time down immensely while offering a more secure and verify strategy for organ transportation. |
What is jQuery?
jQuery was developed by John Resig and exhibited in 2006 at BarCamp NYC gathering. John was searching for an approach to take normal, redundant errand obstructs in JS and comes down all the pointless markup to leave short, shrewd and justifiable ‘plans’ called strategies. Rather than reworking each undertaking square, again and again, engineers need just call their strategy – jQuery takes over from that point!
What are the benefits of learning jQuery?
The jQuery library disentangles an assortment of programming activities, including:
Occasion taking care of—client activities, for example, a mouse click, structure accommodation, or a console keystroke—is diminished to a couple of lines of code that can be embedded pretty much anyplace in the JS rationale of your application.
The DOM, or Document Object Model, is a program interface that takes into consideration the expansion, erasure or update of HTML components. jQuery offers different apparatuses for doing as such in strategies like .replaceAll(), .expel(), .affix().
The jQuery .ajax() strategy disentangles sending nonconcurrent HTTP solicitations to the server without reloading the page. Other helpful AJAX works in the library incorporate .getJSON(), .load(), and .serialize(), which would all be able to be utilized with any stage and program.
Designers can make dynamic impacts all through their application by approaching a few of jQuery’s movement techniques, for example, .stow away()/.appear(), .slideUp()/.slideDown, and .switch(). In the event that the inherent movements don’t do precisely what you need, you can utilize .energize() to make custom activitys of numerous CSS properties.
As web crawlers are extraordinary at perusing content, everything inside jQuery is viewed as content. Along these lines, the dynamic substance is decipherable by most web crawlers!
What are the disadvantages of using jQuery?
The most basic burden of jQuery is that it is an immense library to import. jQuery is a solitary JS record that contains all its DOM, occasions, impacts, and AJAX segments. The document, after some time and improvement, has increased a lot of kilobytes. The principal variant to turn out was 1.2, with a record size of 77.40 kilobytes. The most recent adaptation, 3.3.1, has an uncompressed size of 272 kilobytes!) The client, at the less than desirable end, must download the substantial library which requires more opportunity to open.
Which companies use jQuery to build their products?
As per Stack share, the accompanying organizations use or have utilized jQuery in their items:
What kind of jobs require jQuery skills?
Front-end web software engineers who are amped up for working with new and inheritance frameworks will have no issue discovering positions using their jQuery information. It’s a decent wagered that pre-2015 foundations work over a jQuery-based structure. For speed and proficiency, organizations today are rebasing their applications, fusing further developed advances. Time and cash assume an enormous job in that procedure; the greatest issue there being the advancement groups are commonly given little of both for the task. Talented jQuery software engineers are popular to create interval answers for extension of the old structure to the new.
jQuery has the differentiation of being the absolute first library learned for a huge number of engineers. This is on the grounds that:
Its sentence structure for making AJAX calls is far more straightforward than the local XmlHttpRequest.
It even chips away at the server-side with Node.
There are additionally a ton of different libraries out there you should utilize that have jQuery as a reliance.
How might I begin learning jQuery?
Before you start, it’s ideal to guarantee you:
Have a really strong comprehension of HTML and CSS;
Can set-up a straightforward site and comprehend what CSS selectors are, for example, ids and classes.
Have central learning of JS, particularly factors and information types.
The jQuery Learning Center, a vault of usage, use, and best-practice instructional exercises kept up by the jQuery Foundation, gives an abundance of data to help engineers rapidly get up-to-speed with the library. Code and documentation commitments are welcome! Remember to investigate their PlugIn Registry where you can locate the ideal piece of code to upgrade your application.
jQuery can be coordinated either by downloading the full library legitimately or bringing in it by means of CDN. |
USA FAQ:Unlike many other countries, the United States does not determine eligibility for immigration in its visa categories by use of a points system. Eligibility for a family-based visa is determined by proof of relationship and the willingness of a relative to sponsor you. Eligibility for an employment-based visa is determined by your qualifications, the state of the local labor market, and an employer's willingness to sponsor you.
A “green card” is the common term for a United States Permanent Resident Card, which is a document that identifies you as a Lawful Permanent Resident of the United States. It got the name because an earlier version of the card was green.
USA FAQ: In the United States, permanent resident visas are issued by the State Department. In most cases, before you can apply to the State Department for a permanent visa that allows you to stay in the United States, someone sponsoring you (an employer or relative) must petition U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to establish your eligibility for the visa. USCIS can take several months to complete its work. Even if you have an approved petition from USCIS, you may have to wait a long time for a visa to become available for you. This is because the U.S. limits the number of permanent resident visas it issues every fiscal year (October 1 through September 30) for every category of immigrants except immediate relatives (spouses, minor children, and parents) of U.S. citizens. It also limits the number of visas available to citizens of any one country. If there are more people in your category with approved petitions than there are visas available, you will be put on a wait list. Your place in line (called your “priority date”) is determined by the date your petition process was started. Currently there are many categories in which people who had petitions filed many years ago are still waiting for a permanent resident visa to become available. Employment-based and family-based permanent resident visas are divided into preference categories, with the highest-preference workers and relatives usually experiencing no visa shortage problem, or a shorter wait than persons in other preference categories. Persons from countries with many citizens seeking to immigrate to the U.S., such as mainland China, India, the Philippines, and Mexico, are more likely to face longer waits for a visa to become available. Once the State Department notifies you that a visa is available for you, the application process will take several more months.
USA FAQ: With a “green card” establishing your lawful permanent residence in the United States, you have the right to live and work there. You are generally eligible for state medical care, education, and social welfare assistance. One right a permanent resident does not have is the right to vote – this right is only granted to U.S. citizens. Temporary residents are generally not entitled to medical care or social welfare assistance at any time and are generally unable to vote.
If I can't get permanent residency right away, can I work in the USA temporarily until I get my permanent visa?
The United States has several categories of temporary, non-immigrant visas that allow persons to work there in various capacities. Generally, you will need to have an employer petition for you, and you will have to have certain education and skills to qualify. The employer (or any other) can petition for a permanent resident visa for you while you are in the United States on the temporary work visa. In most cases you will be able to remain working in the U.S. while your application for permanent residency is pending.
USA FAQ: Spouses and minor children of permanent visa applicants can be included in the same application, and can accompany the successful applicant to the United States, join the applicant there within six months, or, upon further application, join the applicant more than six months later.
Will the immigration authorities or Embassy help me to prepare my application and make sure that everything is correct before applying?
No the authorities exist to enforce immigration law, make decisions on residence applications, and to issue residence visas. Although basic information and application forms are available, the authorities are unable to provide independent advice and personalized guidance on your specific case. Only a professional migration consultant can provide this kind of service.
USA FAQ: Yes surprisingly a large number of applicants are unaware how strictly the immigration regulations are enforced. Many applications are refused or delayed due to errors or omissions on the application or by the submission of inadequate supporting documentation. Moreover, the immigration authorities themselves may erroneously or unreasonably interpret the evidence submitted by the applicant, and knowing how to respond is crucial. So the moral of the story is to seek the professional guidance and independent advice of a migration consultant before lodging an application for residence. Consultants exist to help you find the best way through the immigration maze and are highly effective in doing so.
My migration consultant has assessed me as being eligible for one of the visa classes that could potentially enable me to apply for LPR in the United States. If I apply without his or her help, can I be certain of success?
No although you may fundamentally qualify under the immigration policy, you are by no means guaranteed of success. The immigrations laws and regulations of the United States, and the ways in which they are interpreted and applied by the various immigration agencies, are among the most complex in the world. In order to be approved, your application must be prepared in accordance with the constantly changing immigration regulations and procedures, and submitted with the appropriate supporting documentation. The ways in which to do this are not always clearly set out by the immigration authorities and can result in many applicants presenting their cases incorrectly, inevitably leading to lengthy delay or refusal. So you are strongly advised to seek the assistance of a migration consultant for the entire residence visa process.
US citizens do not need a Visa to enter/visit/live temporarily in Canada. They do not need a Temporary Resident Visa. However, one may have to apply for a work permit depending on the job they do. Certain jobs may also require labor market opinion.
USA FAQ: The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) created special economic and trade relationships for the United States, Canada and Mexico. The TN non-immigrant classification permits qualified Canadian and Mexican citizens to seek temporary entry into the United States to engage in business activities at a professional level. Among the types of professionals who are eligible to seek admission as TN non-immigrants are accountants, engineers, lawyers, pharmacists, scientists, and teachers. You may be eligible for TN non-immigrant status, if: You are a citizen of Canada or Mexico; Your profession qualifies under the regulations; The position in the United States requires a NAFTA professional; You have a prearranged full-time or part-time job with a U.S. employer (but not self-employment – see documentation required below); and You have the qualifications to practice in the profession in question. Eligibility Criteria unlike Mexican citizens, Canadian citizens are generally eligible for admission as non-immigrants without a visa. The TN category, a non-immigrant classification, simply reflects this general exemption from the visa requirement. NAFTA governs which evidence is required to prove whether a Canadian or Mexican citizen is a professional in a qualifying profession. Canadian Citizens if you are a Canadian citizen, then you are not required to apply for a TN visa at a U.S. consulate. You may establish eligibility for TN classification at the time you seek admission to the United States by presenting required documentation to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer at certain CBP-designated U.S. ports of entry or at a designated pre-clearance/pre-flight inspection station.
PhD student can also engage in full-time CPT during his /her dissertation and CPT authorization ends when the student defends dissertation. PhD candidate who is registered for PhD Continuous Registration, in which case may be eligible for CPT following completion of all required semester hours but prior to submitting the first deposit of the thesis in the Graduate College.
USA FAQ: CPT is offered in many Universities in USA, based on the course availability in the university. Almost 50%–60% universities in USA offers CPT for F1 Students. Getting admission to a University depends on the pre-requisites (GRE, TOEFL & IELTS).
What are the requirements for doing PhD in Automobile Engineering and which USA Universities offer this study program?
You need to have a Master’s degree in the same field to be eligible for applying for PhD. Universities that offer PhD in Automobile Engineering are: University of Michigan ,Indiana University ,Michigan State University ,Purdue University ,Cornell University ,Kettering University ,Michigan tech University ,University of Texas Austin/Arlington ,Texas A&M ,Virginia Polytechnic Institute ,Virginia State University ,University of California ,California Polytechnic State University ,Clemson University ,Georgia Institute of technology. |
Successful special operation of the Bulgarian special services. The mole was right inside the tallest cabinets! The resident of the Russians tried to escape and hide in the Russian embassy, but did not have time.
Since September 2020, the State National Security Agency has kept a group of six people under a hood, several of whom have had access to top secret documents.
The special services established that the agent network was controlled by the Main Intelligence Directorate of Russia (GU MO General Staff of the Russian Federation) through residency at the Russian Embassy in Bulgaria.
All six people were detained and arrested by the court. One of the suspects confessed and made a deal with the investigation.
Who was in the group?
The resident of the Russians and the leader of the spy group – Ivan Iliev and his wife, a citizen of Russia and Bulgaria, who spoke tied up and regularly went to the embassy under the guise of working visits.
Her husband Iliev is a former high-ranking officer of the Bulgarian Military Information Service. Until 2016 – one of the leaders of the Bulgarian military intelligence. Graduate of the intelligence school of the GRU of the USSR. Subsequently, he taught the Bulgarian intelligence officers “operational orientation” subjects. A highly respected member of the community.
But, as it turned out, Iliev, on the instructions of the Russian GRU, created an agent network in Bulgaria and recruited officials with access to classified information.
– Petr Petrov, Deputy Head of the Budget and Expenditure Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Bulgaria, Colonel (access to all purchases of the Ministry of Defense, the main secrets of the country).
During a search in his office, they found documents with a NATO stamp “top secret”. Moreover, Petrov, according to the Bulgarian media, this top official with access to secrets was in very good standing, earlier he was personally awarded by the Minister of Defense and shook his hand!
– Lubomir Medarov, a former diplomat and intelligence officer, a very respected person! Now he is the head of the secret office of the Bulgarian parliament. Many secrets of the country passed through it.
– An active intelligence officer who was responsible for developing measures to counter “hybrid threats and risks”, including from Russia, was also detained. That is, the Russian mole turned out to be a man who seemed to have to oppose Russia! What a surprise!
– Another intelligence officer who was repeatedly part of the Bulgarian military contingents abroad was also detained. An experienced veteran, dear person!
The decision to detain the group was made by the special services when the Russian group could cause irreparable harm to the national interests of the country, when it became impossible to safely follow and lead them.
The arrests took place in the southern quarters of Sofia and Pernik. When one of the members of the group tried to escape, the Ministry of Internal Affairs closed the roads and imposed massive passport controls.
The role of Iliev’s wife is interesting. That is, here is the Russian resident. And here is his wife. Can a wife not know what her husband is doing? In theory, yes. But not in this case. This is the modern “Radio Operator Cat”, who deliberately played the role of a traitor-spy. I went to the embassy. Transferred data. She worked for Russia. The wife of a traitor to the country also turned out to be a traitor! Wow!
As evidence, the country’s authorities published a wiretap on spies, where they discuss working for the Russians and monetary rewards. The husband and wife are discussing where and how the bribes will be kept.
At the same time, Iliev taught his wards espionage skills, constantly trained them to correctly steal the secrets of their country.
Bulgarian Defense Minister Krasimir Karakachanov said that the Russians were collecting information about projects to modernize the Bulgarian army and transmitting information to Russia.
The spies also collected information about the NATO focal point in Varna (tasks, development plans, funding), information on NATO operations (plans, tasks, funding, results), as well as decisions made in various NATO committees.
The Prime Minister of the country promised to expel Russian diplomats – the curators of the exposed network – in the near future.
Just unbelieveble! Such a group of spies in the heart of the country – in key government bodies with access to secrets.
Everyone considered them decent people, veterans, teachers, colonels, honest wives and husbands. They were given awards, shook hands. But it turned out that they were Russian spies.
Congratulations to the special services of Bulgaria! You must have the courage to look for spies among key individuals. Do not hide your head in the sand, because this is a “respected person”, but do your job. Someone needs to learn.
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West of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, there's a little town called Belle Plaine. The name means "Beautiful Prairie," and it still is. Rolling green hills and wide valleys of rich, fertile land. Add a bit of water, and Belle Plaine is a slice of heaven.
In 1886, a local businessman planned to build a large creamery there, and the city fathers voted to proceed with a major new water source. Little did they know that Old Jumbo was rumbling beneath their feet. Waiting for his moment, Old Jumbo had a song to sing.
Being the frugal city fathers they were, they took bids on the well, and awarded the work to the lowest bidder: Willy Weir. Low Budget Willy lived in Monticello; he and his sons made a good living finding and drilling artesian wells. At a discount.
Willy had drilled many wells and had never run into any trouble. But then, Low Budget Willy had never run into Old Jumbo.
I should tell you about Old Jumbo. Jumbo was an underground river - an aquifer. Centuries earlier, the weight of the Northern glaciers had pressured Old Jumbo into silence. And now, less than 200 feet below Belle Plaine, there was a song pent up in the heart of Old Jumbo...and that boy was ready to sing.
Low Budget Willy met his match when he drilled into Old Jumbo. Called from the darkness into marvelous light, Jumbo cleared his throat and began to sing. That 2" hole blasted water 50 feet into the air, and given Jumbo's enthusiasm, the hole kept eroding. Soon, Jumbo was a gushing geyser erupting out of a 3 foot crater in the earth.
Right there on the corner of 8th and 8th in Belle Plaine Iowa, Low Budget Willy had opened a high velocity aquifer. Old Jumbo was roiling from the ground at about 50,000 gallons per minute.
Jumbo finally had the opportunity to sing his song, and it was a big song. Low Budget Willy had never heard a song quite like it, and had absolutely no idea what to do. The City Fathers of Belle Plaine were understandably concerned about the song, because it was washing their fair city right off the countryside.
News of Old Jumbo quickly spread to the world. Reporters visited Belle Plaine to take pictures of Old Jumbo. They nick-named him the "Eighth Wonder of the World." A newspaper in Paris published cartoons of Belle Plaine submerged in Old Jumbo's water, with small children standing on roof tops calling for help. It was only a minor exaggeration.
Low Budget Willy was plainly out of his league. He loaded his wagon, told people he was getting more equipment and promptly left town. William Weir was never seen in Belle Plaine again.
In the meanwhile, Old Jumbo continued to sing and sing and sing. He was thundering out about 3 million gallons a day, and other wells in the area were shutting down. Every able mind and body in the area labored to silence Old Jumbo. The University of Chicago offered their best engineers. All to no avail. Old Jumbo just kept singing. He sang for 14 months!
A local foundry owner, George Palmer, finally came up with a solution. According to a local historian, here's what it took to silence Jumbo's song:
• A custom iron cone 3 feet in diameter and 24 feet long
• 163 feet of 18-inch pipe
• 77 feet of 16-inch pipe
• 60 feet of 5-inch pipe
• 40 carloads of stone
• 130 barrels of cement
• And more sand and clay than could be measured.
It appeared they'd quieted the old boy down, but the song on Jumbo's heart is still ready to ring today. In 1982, almost a century later, the US Geological Survey revisited the site. They drilled a test hole, and Jumbo starting singing again! It took them four hours to seal him off!
Belle Plaine will never forget Old Jumbo. A bronze plaque stands on the corner of 8th and 8th; it marks the place Old Jumbo and his song entered the history of that town. In September, the people of Belle Plaine still celebrate Jumbo Well Days.
Child of God, like Old Jumbo, you have a song to sing. It's a song of praise for your Maker...that song is welling up in your heart just waiting to be released. I can say that confidently because Scripture says it.
"...You are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people belonging to God, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light. (1 Pet. 2:9 NIV)
Consider the - privilege - the honor - the identity - that God has conferred upon you, Christian. Consider the gift He's woven into the very DNA of who you are.
You belong to God, created to declare His praises as calls you into His marvelous light." |
Saturday, May 20, 2023
The Wrightwood Arts Center (WAC) and community organizers are excited to announce the second annual Wrightwood Arts & Wine Festival to be held on Saturday, May 20th. The Festival exemplifies the Arts Center’s commitment to make Wrightwood a destination for dynamic engagement with the arts in Southern California. This one-day, juried event will feature a wide variety of visual, culinary, literary, musical, textile, and performing arts, along with wine-tasting presented by regional wineries, and capped off with a poetry slam in the evening.
This year’s wine tasting tickets are now available for pre-order! The selection includes five carefully curated wines. Tastings include a a commemorative wine glass and festival bag full of gifts. Order tickets for the full tasting or a single glass.
The festival includes a full music stage with four performances in folk, blues, and jazz, featuring Gina Graham, Kiki Ebsen’s Joni Mitchell Project, and more! Pre-order tickets to access the music area here.
The always-popular Wrightwood Poetry Slam returns featuring International Slam Champion Joaquin Zihuatanejo. Last year’s winner, Alex Clark, will look to defend his title against a more than a dozen competitors. Learn more about Joaquin here.
The all-new author’s booth features ten talented writers share and signing their books, across a wide range of genres and subjects. Find the more information, including the author schedule here.
Organized by the local non-profit Drawing Together, the children’s area features a variety of activities for kids and adults of all ages, including face painting by local artist Chelsea Brummet, student art from Snowline JUSD, and a scavenger hunt at the Friends of the Library info booth. Drawing Together will feature artwork from four LA-based artists from their recent Visitors project presented at Wrightwood and Phelan Elementary schools, as well as a drawing exchange activity for all ages. |
Applications for Playhouse Playmaker are now open!
Playhouse Playmaker is a Writers Attachment Programme for playwrights at any stage of their career, led by award-winning playwright Clare Bayley.
Up to six writers are invited to be a part of this year-long free programme, which runs between November and July 2020/2021.
From November until June, the group will meet one Saturday a month. The sessions will be delivered at Oxford Playhouse (or online, depending on circumstances) and consist of practical writing exercises, discussion and feedback on scripts.
In June 2021, the Playmakers have the opportunity to share an extract of their completed script as part of Offbeat Festival, rehearsed and performed by professional actors. You can listen to audio extracts of the 2019/20 Playmakers’ plays here.
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Good morning. I'm Steve Inskeep. Something about Sears was really attractive to a bear. A young black bear strolled into a Pittsburgh area mall and started browsing at that department store. We do not know if he was interested in fall clothing or Kenmore appliances. But we do know that while shopping, he growled at customers, called them all to be evacuated and finally got stuck between a couple of double doors. It could happen to anybody. He was tranquilized and safely taken away. You're listening to MORNING EDITION. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. |
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Kern Citizens for Energy Director Tracy Leach, who is also a director at BizFed Central Valley, said by email the new campaign will highlight the benefits Californians reap daily from oil production amid increasing foreign petroleum imports.
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Is it a frog? Is it a fish? No, it's a frogfish! These sought after critters don't particularly look like frogs, but they certainly look rather strange. Frogfish come in a mind-blowing variety of sizes, shapes, colours, and even textures, and account for some of the rarest species in the underwater world. Plus, most divers agree - they're so ugly that they're cute!
Whether you're a frogfish fanatic that wants to learn more about these fascinating animals, or a newly minted macro enthusiast hoping to find your very first one, this is your article! Stick around for tonnes of interesting information on these elusive animals, including how they evolved, where in the world to look for them, and how to spot one - despite their incredible camouflage.
Part of the anglerfish family, frogfish are short and stocky, oddly shaped, and sometimes covered in spines, hairs, or other appendages to help them blend in with their surroundings. They also have a lure-like appendage that sprouts out of their foreheads, that they bob and sway in the current - hence the name "angler". This action helps to bring unsuspecting fish in range of the frogfish’s strike, an ideal strategy for this sedentary ambush predator.
Despite its strange and scaleless appearance, the frogfish isn't a reptile or an amphibian - it is a fish, with gills like any other. Unfortunately, few fossil records of frogfish exist - and their closest genetic relatives, handfish, are equally rare - meaning surprisingly little is known about the origin of these unique underwater animals.
Today, there are around 50 known species of frogfish. The smallest species, the dwarf frogfish ranges in size from 1.5 to 5 centimetres, while the largest, the Commerson's or giant frogfish, can grow up to an astonishing 38 centimetres. Between the two are an astounding array of sizes, shapes, and colours, with freckled, hairy, and even ‘psychedelic’ skin.
What makes them special
So, why do scuba divers love frogfish? First of all, they're hard to find. Even though these cryptic critters live in tropical and temperate waters worldwide, their exceptional camouflage makes them a real challenge to spot while scuba diving. Many species can change colour, and others use algae and hydroids to enhance their disguise. They are also slow-moving, preferring to stay perfectly still and blend in with the surroundings.
Frogfish also display a few behaviours that divers and underwater photographers hope to witness. While on the hunt, a hungry frogfish will extend, then wave its lure to attract the attention of a potential meal. Different species have their own unique ‘bait’, with some lures looking like worms and others like fish or shrimp. Once the prey is close enough, the frogfish strikes, swallowing its victim whole in a matter of milliseconds.
Frogfish can also be seen yawning, stretching, and slowly walking, which all add up to a more comical appearance. And when they're trying to move a bit faster, they kick into high gear using jet propulsion, pumping water out through its gill or opercular openings found behind its pectoral fins.
Finding a frogfish
Frogfish can be found in oceans nearly worldwide, with a few notable exceptions like the Mediterranean Sea. But, simply knowing frogfish live in a particular muck diving destination isn't enough to help you find them. Instead, if you want to spot one, you'll have to think like a frogfish!
Like many macro species, these strange bottom dwellers prefer to live on the ocean floor where they can blend into the silt, muck, or rubble bottom composition. You’ll also often find these ambush hunters positioned right on the edge of corals and sponges, allowing them to snatch a meal right out of the blue as it swims past. Vertical environments like piers and pylons are also great spots to look for frogfish. These artificial reefs offer shelter from the current and often attract juvenile reef fish and other easy targets for prey.
Because frogfish are often found in silt and muck environments, they frequently sport multicoloured or mottled skin. And, they might even take on strange textures to try and mimic the soft coral or other formations surrounding them.
Even if you're in an area famous for critters, like Lembeh or Ambon, finding a frogfish can present a challenge. To make it easier, take tips from other divers. Frogfish move slowly and typically have a very small home territory - so if one has been seen on a dive site recently, it probably hasn't wandered too far. You may also have better luck locating frogfish during night dives when they might be more active and responsive to an underwater light source, like your torch.
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Whether you think they're cute or creepy, frogfish are one of the ocean's most photo-worthy subjects and a top pick among macro fanatics. And, thanks to their slow-moving lifestyle and patient behaviour, they make for easy introductory subjects. In fact, so long as you don't disturb them, they're even likely to show off for the camera, yawning or waving their lure.
Just keep in mind that your camera's flash is extremely bright for an animal this size, so repeated photography could stun or even blind your newfound friend. And, be sure to maintain perfect neutral buoyancy while shooting to avoid disturbing your subject or stirring up sediment in the water around you - this is absolutely essential in silty environments! For more tips on getting the perfect shot, check out our full macro photography guide. |
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Mimecast has acknowledged the efforts of its channel partners in Australia and New Zealand at its third annual Mimecast Partner Awards.
The awards were determined on a number of criteria, which included strategic alignment, the delivery of customer outcomes, financial performance and growth.
Brennan IT won the customer excellence award and champion of the year went to the MSP's national SAM and software licensing sales specialist Sonia Vadera.
Dimension Data Australia was awarded the elite and premier partner of the year award for the second year in a row, Data#3 won the certified partner of the year award while Trident Computer Services’ strong year-on-year growth won the MSP the rising star award.
Datacom was acknowledged as the cloud provider’s legendary partner of the year for its customer acquisition efforts.
In the individual awards category, Adam Barker, managing director of SecureWare, won technical champion of the year.
Partners also had the chance to nominate a Mimecast partner advocate of the year, which went to the cloud provider’s Hayden Fenn, business development manager.
Craig McGregor, recently appointed channel director for Mimecast, added the winners and finalists have all helped drive business growth together.
“We’re in a customer-driven industry and our partners have demonstrated great outcomes in the past year. I’m really looking forward to supporting their businesses in the year ahead,” McGregor said. |
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Finals week and break hours
Legends Fitness Center
Dec. 16-17: 6 a.m.-7 p.m.
Dec. 18: 6 a.m.-6 p.m.
Dec. 19-20: 6 a.m.-3 p.m.
Dec. 21-25: Closed
Dec. 26-27: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Dec. 28-29: Closed
Dec. 30-31: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Jan. 1: Closed
Jan. 2-3: 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Jan. 4-5: Closed
Jan. 6: Regular hours resume
Please remember to bring clean shoes to work out.
Dec. 19: 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Dec. 20: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Dec. 21-25: Closed
Dec. 26-27: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Dec. 28-29: Closed
Dec. 30-31: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Jan. 1: Closed
Jan. 2-3: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Jan. 4-5: Closed
Jan. 6: Begin regular J-term hours
The C-Store will be closed during Christmas and J-Term breaks. For your special holiday ice cream cake and coffee deliveries, please contact Kuun Coffee and WW Homestead Dairy directly: Kuun Coffee, 562-9033, and WW Homestead Dairy, 568-4950. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Lisa and the C-Store staff.
One day only sale in Book Shop
On Friday, Dec. 20, take 20 percent off storewide purchases, including clearance (some exclusions may apply). Also, shop for great in-store promotions and 40 percent off Christmas merchandise.
Edible Landscapes: What should we grow in 2014?
It may be chilly, but 'tis the season for garden planning. Did you know that everyone on campus is encouraged to harvest from the edible landscapes near Ylvisaker and Valders? These gardens provide a nice place to go for a morning or afternoon snack, lunchtime salad or supplies for weekend cooking projects. This year Grounds and Sustainability are inviting members of the Luther community to provide feedback as to what you'd like to see grown in the Valders and Ylvisaker gardens during the 2014 growing season. Share your thoughts through the brief online survey.
Flexible spending claims
Flexible spending account dollars deducted from employee paychecks during 2013 may be used for eligible expenses through March 15, 2014. Claims for these dollars must be submitted to Midwest Group Benefits by March 31, 2014. Claim forms are available in human resources and on the hr website: https://www2.luther.edu/hr/
Midwest Group Benefits holiday hours
Midwest Group Benefits will be closed from noon on Tuesday, Dec. 24 thru Wednesday, Dec. 25, for Christmas. Flex checks will be processed on Thursday, Dec. 26 with direct deposit on Friday, Dec. 27. They will also be closed from noon on Tuesday, Dec. 31 thru Wednesday, Jan. 1 for the New Year’s holiday. Flex checks will be processed on Thursday, Jan. 2, with direct deposit on Friday, Jan. 3.
Claims should be at MGB by 5 p.m. on the Monday of each week.
Residence halls, including Farwell Hall, closed for holiday break
The residence halls will close for break at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 19. This means the Farwell Hall elevator will not be available for faculty/staff to use beginning the evening of Dec. 17 through Saturday, Jan. 4. So faculty and staff who normally use the Farwell elevator should plan ahead concerning other parking options on campus.
Vanna White on campus, play Witty Words
Vanna White will be on campus in January to help Luther employees and students on the road to good health. Play Witty Words for the chance to win a wonderful prize. The game runs the month of January and is open to all employees and students. Email Vicky Jaeger <jaegervi> to sign up and for more information.
Cafeteria to Community program
The Center for Sustainable Communities and Dining Services are excited to announce the Cafeteria to Community program. This new program works to get good food into the homes of those who may need it. Volunteers gather on Monday and Wednesday evenings to package the surplus of food produced by the cafeteria into quart-sized containers that then get delivered to the First Lutheran Church Food Pantry. Volunteers are crucial for the success of this program. For more information on available shifts and to sign-up, please visit the website. Shifts take place on Monday and Wednesday evenings starting at 7 p.m. and last less than two hours. The program is currently seeking student, staff, faculty and community member volunteers for J-term and spring semester.
Public reading of a Letter from Birmingham Jail
Luther students, faculty and staff are invited to join in reading Dr. Martin Luther King's Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail." One mass rehearsal for readers will be held at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 9, in the CFA on the Luther campus; pizza will be served. Those interested in being involved in the event should email Lauren Kientz Anderson at <andela10>. Watch for more information to come on the scheduled readings.
Farewell party for Rachel Vagts
The Luther community is invited to join in celebrating Rachel Vagts' 15 years at Luther and wishing her well on her new position at Berea College in Berea, Ky. The farewell party is from 2:30-4:30 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 2, in Peace Dining Room. Light refreshments and beverages will be served and a short program will begin at 3 p.m. Contact Sasha Griffin <grifsa01> or Sarah Wicks <swicks> with any questions.
Biweekly payroll Dec. 31
The Cabinet has approved Dec. 23-25 as holidays. This holiday schedule limits time for processing bi-weekly payroll for the pay period ending Dec. 20 with a pay date of Dec. 31. Therefore, timecards for the pay period ending Dec. 20 are due in the Payroll Office by noon Friday, Dec. 20. Please estimate, based on your normal work schedule, what your Friday work hours will be. Any adjustments to these estimates should be indicated on your next timecard and will be applied to the next pay period.
Hand deliver time cards to payroll by noon Dec. 20
HR and OFS remind supervisors that time cards must be delivered by hand to the Payroll office Friday, Dec. 20, due to the holiday and short processing time. Supervisors, please review and sign all time cards. Contact Korrine in the Payroll Office, 387-1135, or Andrew in the Office for Financial Services, 387-1697, with questions and concerns. Your assistance is greatly appreciated.
27 biweekly paychecks in 2013
Because the biweekly pay date for the pay period ending Dec. 20 would have fallen on Jan. 1, a bank holiday, that payroll will be paid on Dec. 31. This will have two consequences. First, this will be the 27th pay check in 2013 and will show up on employees' 2013 W-2 instead of their 2014 W-2. There will still be 26 paychecks in 2014. Second, this will be the third payroll in December, so flex and health deductions will not come out of this paycheck. To make changes to the Dec. 31 payroll, for instance, to your SRA contributions or W-4s, submit forms to the payroll office as soon as possible, but no later than Dec. 18. Forms are available at https://www2.luther.edu/hr/
Sign up for W-2's online
All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to sign up to receive electronic W-2's using my.luther.edu. The W-2 Electronic Consent option is included in the employee profile section of my.luther.edu. If you chose the electronic option for your 2012 W-2, then you do not need to do it again for 2013. More detailed instructions and additional information can be found by clicking the W-2 Options link on the HR website https://www2.luther.edu/hr/
H drive changes coming in December
For improved data security, on Thursday, Dec. 26, LIS is limiting off-campus access to information on H drives—space for storing electronic files on Luther's servers. For more information, visit H drive Changes Coming.
Chapel this week
No chapel during break.
In their research, Gokhan Savas and Yingyi Ma, associate professor of sociology at Syracuse University, say women can close the income gap with men by pursuing lucrative majors such as science, technology, mathematics and business. Their study shows choosing a lucrative major to study (anywhere) is more important than choosing a prestigious school at which to study. Savas spoke about the research on the Marketplace radio program Tuesday morning, Dec. 10. Inside Higher Ed also discusses the research, which was recently published in The Review of Higher Education (abstract available here). Listen to Savas's Marketplace radio interview here.
Wanda Deifelt has served as advisor and evaluator for the International Master's Program in Theology and HIV/Aids, which comprises four institutions from Latin America: UBL from Costa Rica, Universidad Javeriana from Colombia, ISEDET from Argentina, and Faculdades EST from Brazil. Ten of the master's theses (abridged version) were selected for publication in Spanish/Portuguese and English. Deifelt contributed the opening chapter, titled "The Aids Pandemic and the Vulnerability of God" (A Pandemia da Aids e a Vulnerabilidadede Deus). The book in English is titled "Theology and HIV & AIDS in Latin America" (Oikos, 2013, p.19-26).
To Vanessa and Gary Wiest, on the birth of their son Owen James on Saturday, Nov. 16. He was born at 6:29 p.m. and was 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and 20.25 inches long.
Brenda Ranum has been appointed director of the Career Center after a nomination process and serving as interim director. Brenda will lead a strategic planning process to position the department for success in a swiftly changing environment. We are thankful to Brenda for her wonderful work since she arrived in August; we will benefit greatly from her contributions.
At the staff meeting Christmas party, $206 was collected for ELCA Disaster Relief to help in the Philippines, and several bags of food and $130 in donations were collected for the Food Pantry. Tusen takk!
-Staff meeting committee
Thanks so much for all the kind words, thoughts and prayers in the passing of my mother. I appreciate all the support the Luther community has shared with me and my family during the past few months. Her funeral was a celebration of her life as the church pews were lined with over 40 of her handmade quilts, surrounding her family and friends with her love.
Medical transcriptionist: Health Service is accepting applications for a transcriptionist. This is a nine-month, 30-hour/week, (.56 FTE) position. Position is responsible for medical transcription for providers; billing of services, assisting with the components of college sponsored insurance program, and medical record management. Web page monitoring/updating, clerical and secretarial functions are also a part of this position. Please view the full posting and instructions for applying at https://luthercollege.hiretouc
Burning Bright choruses perform 'Winter's Light'
Burning Bright, a group of Decorah area professional and amateur musicians-featuring several Luther faculty and staff, will offer their 16th annual benefit concert titled "Winter’s Light" at 5 and 7 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 21, at First United Methodist Church, 302 W. Broadway, Decorah. Tickets are on sale at Oneota Community Co-op, Kephart's Music Center and Agora Arts, or at the door. Advance purchase is recommended since performances are consistently sold out. Suggested donation is $12, with a minimum of $6. In the event of inclement weather, please listen to Decorah radio stations for rescheduling or cancellation of concert performances.
Respite Options of NE Iowa is partnering with Luther's social work program to provide foster parents with an in-home care provider enabling them to get away for duration of time.
Providers must be at least 20 years old, fill out an application and certification needs and must be able to commit to the program for a whole year. If interested in volunteering, contact Nancy Magnall, (877) 467-4100, (319) 352-3600 or [email protected].
Lost: I have lost a tiger's-eye pendant (solid stone, brown and gold streaks, with three-dimensional carvings) on a long silver chain. I think it might have fallen on the street or on the Luther campus when I was walking sometime around Dec. 10-12. If anyone finds it please email <weldam01> or call 382-5094 and let me know. It is of great sentimental value. Many thanks, Amy Weldon.
For sale: Two snow tires on rims. 205 75 14. Good condition. Call Dean, 387-0242.
For sale: Untreated cedar lumber: ten-foot 4X4s. Great for fencing, retaining walls and posts. Call Dean, 387-0242.
Free: Used queen mattress and box spring. Used Sauder storage unit. Call 382-8625.
Available: Recent Luther grad available for house-sitting. J-term and/or spring semester. Contact <footco01>.
Wanted: We are looking for an experienced pet sitter for our nine-year-old dog this holiday. We either need someone the evening of Dec. 27-Jan. 4, or someone with a vehicle from Dec. 27-29 in the a.m. and able to transfer him to a local boarding kennel for the duration of the week. Please contact Bobby at <vrtiro01> to discuss details and compensation. Thank you.
For sale: For a limited time at the C-Store pick up Christmas at Luther and Norwegian Blend coffees. See Lisa in the C-Store to pick up or order coffee for your special holiday event. Christmas plants and poinsettias are also available for sale. These beautiful plants make a perfect gift.
For sale: 2012 Toyota Prius hybrid with 14,000 miles. Driven to Ames this weekend and registered 62 mpg on the way down and 54 mpg on the way back. Contact Lyle at 419-2897. Asking $19,000 with extended warranty.
Free books: Dozens of free books, mostly social science, some philosophy and religion, even a little economics and fiction (if that's not a redundancy). None with water damage, none marked up (except for my name), some new. List of titles at http://olin335freebooks.
For sale: ShopVac in good condition for $20. A pump and hose for $75. Christmas holiday dishes, set of eight for $25. Contact Denise Creek, <creema01> or 379-6045.
Wanted: An energetic, creative, competent person to provide daycare in house on Fridays from 7:45 a.m.-4:15 p.m. for two, lovable boys, ages two and five as well as a nine-year-old dog who comes with the territory (although you don't have to worry about him). It would be fantastic if you could provide your own transportation and it's certainly within walking distance from campus. Please call Karen at 419-2926 and we can chat more about the position.
Electronics for sale: PlayStation 3, like new, 500 GB hard drive, two controllers, original box, $120 or best offer; PlayStation 2, like new, slim model, controller, original box, $50 or best offer; Acer 27-inch LED computer monitor, like new, 1920x1080 resolution, $180 or best offer. Contact Travis Huinker at <huintr01> or 387-1417.
Housing needed:: Responsible young family looking to rent a three or more bedroom home in Decorah, Calmar, Waukon or Ossian. Please contact Heather at [email protected]
Seeking: Gently used sheets, blankets and mattress pads. Materials will be used to make quilts that will be donated to World Relief. Email [email protected].
Wanted: Housing is needed for a 2010 Luther grad who will be a visiting faculty member with the voice department from mid-Feb. to May. Please contact Jill Phillips at <philji01> or by phone at (712) 358-2776.
"Our hearts grow tender with childhood memories and love of kindred, and we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmas-time."
-Laura Ingalls Wilder
"My idea of Christmas, whether old-fashioned or modern, is very simple: loving others. Come to think of it, why do we have to wait for Christmas to do that?"
"Christmas, children, is not a date. It is a state of mind."
-Mary Ellen Chase |
August 24, 2020 (Investorideas.com Newswire) American Silver Eagle coins are hailed by collectors as some of the most beautiful coins around. So, it's no surprise that they're the most commonly purchased coins. While the American Silver Eagle coins are marked as one dollar, their .999 pure troy ounce silver makes them worth much more.
The front of the coin portrays Walking Liberty, which is a famous engraving by Adolph A. Weinman, and the back of the coin shows John Mercanti's striking heraldic eagle with 13 stars. So, why should anyone consider investing in these beautiful silver eagle coins, besides the fact that they're a whole lot of fun to stare at, and show off to friends?
Nice Nest Egg For An Economic Collapse
Some folks look ahead to the future and see it marked by the looming threat of an economic collapse. Were we to find ourselves navigating the unfortunate reality of a great depression, with something like paper currency being devalued, these near-pure silver, silver eagle coins could really pull through in the clutch.
The idea of holding on to some fine silver can provide more comfort than banking on paper currency alone. Still, others will invest in these silver coins to get out ahead of the possibility that banks take unexpected holidays, and they're unable to access their funds. Were that to be the case, silver coins would be an accepted currency in that time of emergency.
Keeping Stride With Inflation
There's also always the risk that a steady increase in the money supply will result in the dollar's value being decreased, and effectually encourage inflation. With an unwanted storm of extra bills in rapid circulation, folks could find themselves staring the grim picture of a world that affords us the option to buy less with our hard-earned money. No thank you! By investing in some sweet silver eagle coins, one could set themselves up with a nice cushion that will remain unaffected by the ills of inflation.
The Threat of Deflation
Folks' concerns don't just center on inflation. There's also always the possibility that we could find the world stumbling into a situation involving deflation. With deflation assets that were once valued higher, will decrease in price. These kinds of assets include stocks, bonds, derivatives, and real estate. So, one can see the appeal of some silver coins in the face of such a possibility. Some economic analysts even forecast a situation where we could see the face value of silver eagle coins skyrocket by as much as 15 times their original worth! Talk about a good investment that could make that individual retirement account smile in the future!
Cherished by Collectors
Yes, the silver eagle coins' appeal is not exclusive to the cynical (or realistic) minds of the world that want to plan for the worst possible outcomes. In fact, these coins are coveted by coin collectors. It's no surprise when one takes a quick look at how some of the older coins' face values have appreciated over the years. For instance, a 1998 S Silver Eagle Coin that is in excellent condition can sell for as much as $500, or a 1997-P can sell for as much as $152. Now, that's what we're talking about!
It's easy to see why these beautiful coins have cultivated such a high level of appreciation across the globe. The process of hunting down some American Silver Eagle bullion coins need to start no further than at SD Bullion. At SD Bullion one will be able to lock down their ideal 2020 silver eagle. And they won't have to worry about whether or not it's a good investment!
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Enhancing customer experience is a critical goal for insurance companies today. To that end, insurers are looking for ways to streamline their claims processing. As it stands, integrating digital solutions and automation can help insurance companies in this fast-paced environment. In fact, according to a report by McKinsey, the implementation of automation can result in an approximately 30% cost reduction of a claims journey.
One platform that can help insurers achieve this goal is the ServiceNow FSO Personal Lines Claims Application. This application is designed to modernize the insurance experience and centralize the management of personal insurance claims for various stakeholders, such as First-notice-of-loss (FNOL) representatives, adjusters, processors, special investigation agents, and managers.
As customer experience is a critical factor in the insurance industry, ServiceNow FSO Personal Lines Claims Application can be the solution to better customer service. In this article, we will explore the benefits of the ServiceNow FSO Personal Lines Claims Application and how Xceltrait can help improve customer experience.
The Benefits of ServiceNow FSO Personal Lines Claims Application
Streamlined Claims Process
ServiceNow FSO Personal Lines Claims application ensures a seamless customer journey by facilitating interactions between customers and insurers from policy issuance to claims settlement. With ServiceNow FSO’s automation of business processes, insurers can reduce processing time and eliminate errors, ultimately delivering the desired services to customers promptly, which is essential for a positive customer experience.
Moreover, the platform provides customers with a self-service portal that enables them to access policies, view claims status, and communicate with their agents. This feature empowers customers by offering them flexibility and control over the information they need and when they need it, thereby enhancing their overall experience.
Improved Customer Experience
The application offers a user-friendly interface that makes it easy for customers to file claims. The real-time updates on the status of claims also help reduce customer anxiety and improve satisfaction. By providing customers with access to their claim history, they can track the progress of their claims with ease, leading to increased transparency and trust. Several insurance companies using the platform have seen a 50% reduction in customer complaints related to claims processing.
Real-time Data Analysis
The Personal Lines Claims application offers real-time data analytics, providing insurers with valuable insights into customer behavior and preferences. These insights can be leveraged to make informed decisions quickly, helping to minimize errors and manage risks associated with decision-making. In addition, the platform enables easy and clear report construction, allowing decision-makers to analyze data effectively.
Real-time customer insights also help insurers identify potential bottlenecks in the customer journey and take action to ensure a seamless experience. By continuously monitoring the customer journey with real-time data, insurers can reduce processing time, prevent errors, and enhance customer satisfaction.
The platform allows for enhanced collaboration between claims adjusters and other departments, leading to faster claims processing and improved customer experience. By enabling collaboration, insurers can work more efficiently, alleviate errors, and improve the overall claims process. For instance, insurance companies using the platform have seen a 25% increase in the number of claims processed per adjuster due to improved collaboration.
Related Reading: 6 Reasons Why Insurers Must Adopt ServiceNow FSO Today!
How Xceltrait Can Help Improve Customer Experience Using FSO?
Xceltrait is a ServiceNow partner with extensive expertise in customizing and optimizing the ServiceNow FSO Personal Lines Claims Application to meet the specific needs of insurance companies. Here are some of the ways in which Xceltrait can help improve the customer experience:
- Customization: Xceltrait can customize the application to improve the overall customer experience by streamlining the claims process and providing a more user-friendly interface.
- Expertise: With deep expertise in the ServiceNow platform, Xceltrait can help insurance companies identify areas where the platform can be modified to facilitate better usability.
- Integration: Xceltrait can integrate the ServiceNow FSO Personal Lines Claims Application with other systems used by insurance companies to expedite better integration and unify the otherwise fragmented enterprise infrastructure.
- Analytics and Reporting: Xceltrait can provide advanced analytics and reporting capabilities for the application, which can be used to identify areas where the claims process can be improved.
All in all, by partnering with us, insurance companies can improve their claims process, reduce errors, and provide a better customer experience.
The ServiceNow FSO Personal Lines Claims Application offers insurance companies an efficient and streamlined way to manage personal insurance claims. From managing cases for insurance claims to monitoring performance and visualizing process improvements, the application serves as a robust platform for insurance companies to enhance their customer experience and significantly streamline their claims process.
Our experts have profound expertise in the ServiceNow platform and can provide customized solutions tailored to your specific needs. Talk to our specialists today to learn more about how the ServiceNow FSO Personal Lines Claims application can help your business succeed. |
Finding cheap auto insurance in Oregon can be challenging, despite the fact that it is a crucial investment. Comparing prices from many insurers is the easiest approach to obtain affordable auto insurance.
The most current review of full coverage auto insurance rates in Oregon shows that State Farm has the cheapest rates, with annual average premiums of $954, or $80 per month. Full coverage auto insurance in Oregon currently costs an average of $1,888 annually, or roughly $157 monthly.
The average cost of basic insurance in Oregon is $905 a year, however we discovered that you can probably find a cheap auto insurance in Oregon. State Farm, for instance, has the most affordable rates in Oregon, averaging $436 annually for minimum coverage auto insurance for a 35-year-old motorist with a spotless driving record.
Factors affecting cheap auto insurance in Oregon
Your rate is affected by a number of additional factors in addition to your ZIP code. Here are a few of the most frequent explanations for why insurance in Oregon may cost higher.
Coverage for a teen driver
Teenagers may struggle to acquire inexpensive auto insurance in Oregon because they do not have many years of driving experience. Teenagers really pay some of the highest insurance premiums of any age group. However, it does not follow that you cannot save money. Consider receiving quotes from any of these affordable Oregon auto insurance providers if you’re insuring a young driver. You could be able to discover a rate that works for you there.
Receiving a ticket for speeding
In Oregon, your premium can go up if you were convicted of a speeding violation. Your insurer may conclude that your driving abilities make you more probable to file claims in the future, which would increase the chance of higher rates because your insurer would be taking on more risk. The following insurers, who write some of the most cheapest auto insurance policies in the state, may still be able to help you obtain cheap auto insurance in Oregon.
Having a negligent accident
A single accident when you were at fault may be enough to raise your premium rate if you don’t have accident forgiveness as a choice on your policy. Every insurance provider uses a different set of algorithms to decide how much if at all, your premium will increase after an accident. If your rate rises significantly, take the time to compare quotes from different providers to see if you could find a better deal elsewhere.
Having a high-risk driving record
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Contrary to popular belief, not all insurers will charge you the same amount for the same levels of coverage. Asking for estimates from a variety of carriers may help you obtain a lower cost than you would if you only worked with one business because each one has its own system for calculating rates.
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A higher deductible
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In Oregon, how much does vehicle insurance cost?
The average cost of auto insurance in Oregon is $152 per month for full-coverage insurance and $79 per month for the legally required minimum coverage.
What level of auto insurance is required by law in Oregon?
Drivers in Oregon must carry bodily injury liability insurance with minimum limits of $25,000 per person and $50,000 per accident, as well as the corresponding amounts for uninsured motorist protection, property damage liability, and personal injury protection.
How much does Portland auto insurance cost?
At $186 per month for a full-coverage policy, the average vehicle insurance quotation in Portland is 22% higher than the state average. With a monthly premium of $204, Maywood Park, a Portland neighborhood, has Oregon’s most costly car insurance. |
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Daily sales of NFT tokens had declined 92% from September 2021, and the number of active wallets in the NFT market fell 88% from November 2021. While rising interest rates had impacted risky bets across the financial markets, the Journal said «NFTs are among the most speculative.» The 2017 online game CryptoKitties was made profitable by selling tradable cat NFTs, and its success brought public attention to NFTs. Most of Etheria’s 457 purchasable and tradable hexagonal tiles went unsold for more than five years until March 13, 2021, when renewed interest in NFTs sparked a buying frenzy.
Any fungible entity, in economic terms, refers to its capability for interchangeability with another asset or good for same value. The most common examples of fungible assets refer to currency and money. For instance, the $5 bill in possession of an individual would hold the same value as a $5 bill of another person. Similarly, two $5 bills of one individual would hold the same value as a single $10 bill of another person.
Huntley compared his work to an art project from Pauline Pantsdown, and hoped the site would help educate users on what NFTs are and are not. The ERC-1155 standard offers «semi-fungibility», as well as providing an analogue to ERC-721 functionality (meaning that an ERC-721 asset can be built using ERC-1155). Assets of the same class are interchangeable, and a user can transfer any amount of assets to others.
At the same time, the beneficiary account receives a credit of the same amount. As you must have understood by now, fungible tokens are completely interchangeable with each other. The most notable example of fungible assets refers to fiat currencies. You can transfer fungible assets from one owner to another to make payments for certain things. On the other hand, exchanging fungible assets does not hold any meaning because they hold the same value. Fungible tokens are generally used for making payments and tracking balances.
Right now, non-fungible blockchain standards are still in their infancy. But once the technology truly takes off, it will mean that any type of asset can become tokenized for representation on a blockchain. When you buy fungible tokens such as ERC-20 tokens, two things need to be included in the smart contract.
If you don’t pay back the DAI, your CryptoPunk will be sent to the lender as collateral. This could eventually work https://xcritical.com/ with anything you tokenise as an NFT. There are DeFi applications that let you borrow money by using collateral.
Alternatively, you can stake your non-fungible tokens in various crypto projects. Since most NFTs fall under these two standards, the tokens obtain a high level of interoperability. This means that users can transfer unique assets between different applications almost hassle-free. The market for NFTs grew substantially in the past four years. Nowadays, projects sell almost anything as non-fungible tokens, including memes, tweets, novels, songs, and art.
Certain NFTs can represent unique tributes having provable scarcity. Therefore, NFTs are in high demand, featuring more buyers with more worth in comparison to the ones representing common attributes. In addition, NFTs could support transfer of ownership as well as trading. For example, John having tokens representing a production batch of Scottish whiskey, could trade it for tokens representing a batch of Bordeaux wine.
A process known as «sleepminting» allows a fraudster to mint an NFT in an artist’s wallet and transfer it back to their own account without the artist becoming aware. This allowed a white hat hacker to mint a fraudulent NFT that had seemingly originated from the wallet of the artist Beeple. In 2020, CryptoKitties developer Dapper Labs released the NBA TopShot project, which allowed the purchase of NFTs linked to basketball highlights. In November 2021, film director Quentin Tarantino released seven NFTs based on uncut scenes of Pulp Fiction. In July 2022, after the controversial sale of Michelangelo’s Doni Tondo in Italy, the sale of NFT reproductions of famous artworks was prohibited in Italy. Given the complexity and lack of regulation of the matter, the Ministry of Culture of Italy temporarily requested that its institutions refrain from signing contracts involving NFTs.
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In case of fungible tokens, the most common standard is ERC-20 which is based on Ethereum. As we already mentioned, such tokens are interchangeable and can be exchanged with any other token of the equivalent kind. For example, $50 notes are interchangeable with other $50 notes.
September – The project Maecenas.io creates a tokenized version of an Andy Warhol painting. The event marks the first time a real-world piece of art has a digital version sold on the blockchain. NFT marketplaces are blockchain-based platforms where one can create, mint, buy, sell, and store non-fungible tokens. The market for non-fungible tokens is barely emerging as we speak. Investors are rushing to purchase as many NFTs as they consider valuable.
In reality, Mutant Apes are formed when a Bored Ape is exposed to something known as “Mutant Serum”. This project was developed as a means to reward BAYC holders with something new. We can have several kinds of dollar notes or gold and other assets. They are simply individual tokens with important and unique traits used in the story’s vital information. Ifeyinwa Akerele as a Synergy Partner at OAL is an experienced administrator in the public and private sector. She was the founding / pioneer Director General of the Nigerian Chamber of Shipping .
These include white papers, government data, original reporting, and interviews with industry experts. We also reference original research from other reputable publishers where appropriate. You can learn more about the standards we follow in producing accurate, unbiased content in oureditorial policy. In January 2022, it was reported that some NFTs were Creating a Nonfungible Token being exploited by sellers to unknowingly gather users’ IP addresses. The «exploit» works via the off-chain nature of NFT, as the user’s computer automatically follows a web address in the NFT to display the content. The server at the address can then log the IP address and, in some cases, dynamically alter the returned content to show the result.
This up-and-coming NFT marketplace is keen on reducing OpenSea’s dominion. Nifty Gateway offers a broad range of non-fungible tokens that range from gaming items to digital art pieces and collectibles. This NFT marketplace started as a trading platform for the RARI community users. However, Rarible hosts a wider variety of non-fungible tokens today. NFTs support the decentralization of the traditional financial system.
Full BioPete Rathburn is a freelance writer, copy editor, and fact-checker with expertise in economics and personal finance. Critics compare the structure of the NFT market to a pyramid or Ponzi scheme, in which early adopters profit at the expense of those buying in later. In June 2022, Bill Gates stated his belief that NFTs are «100% based on greater fool theory». This would enable event organizers or performers to garner royalties on resales. In March 2021 an NFT of Twitter founder Jack Dorsey’s first-ever tweet sold for $2.9 million.
So, naturally, you’ll want to know all there is to know about fungible and non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, and how they are applied to gambling and smart contracts. Luckily for you, this blog is here to give you the low-down on all the important buzz terms. There, you can quickly create NFTs from a variety of products, including digital art, music, event tickets, collectibles, and more.
They allow the creation and exposure of digital art, which many consider the next level of creative expression. As is the case with all new markets, being there from the beginning gives you a considerable advantage to trade in the future. Instead, they have all the characteristics of digital collectible items. They are distinguishable by nature, value, and ownership history. Also, they are indivisible, which means that you cannot sell parts of them like you would sell satoshis out of bitcoins.
The transactions that confirm the above need to be added to a block and «immortalized» on the chain. Decentralized meaning you and everyone else can verify you own something. All without trusting or granting custody to a third party who can impose their own rules at will. It also means your NFT is portable across many different products and markets.
Most importantly, they are minted and sold on marketplaces like Opensea to make millions of dollars. Other forms where NFTs can be used include domain names, event tickets, in-game items, profile pictures, and digital and non-digital collectibles. An NFT allows the buyer to own the original item and contains built-in authentication, which serves as proof of ownership. People who buy NFTs are called collectors and their catalogue, collections. Essentially, NFTs are like physical collector’s items, only digital.
OpenSea has a particular vulnerability to this loophole because it allows HTML files to be linked. NFT trading is an unregulated market in which there is no legal recourse for such abuses. Some pornographic works have been sold as NFTs, though hostility from NFT marketplaces towards pornographic material has presented significant drawbacks for creators. In May 2022, The Wall Street Journal reported that the NFT market was «collapsing».
Every NFT exhibits a different kind of functionality or aspect and is not comparable to other NFT’s. NFT’s can be tokens that represent digital art, house/property, or precious gems like diamonds. In the world of crypto, initially tokens represented the cryptocurrency like Bitcoin or Ethereum. Users generally owned tokens in their crypto wallets that represented the digital currency. These tokens could be exchanged with other tokens easily and soon became a medium of payment, exchange etc across the world.
The ERC-1155 standard takes the concept further by reducing the transaction and storage costs required for NFTs and batching multiple types of non-fungible tokens into a single contract. January – The first edition of the Rare Art Festival takes place in New York and showcases many of the blockchain-based projects, including NFTs. During the event, one of the first significant NFT sales takes place, as the Homer Rare Pepe NFT sells on auction for $38,500. Contrary to selling cryptocurrencies on exchanges, NFT marketplaces conduct the transactions.
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Former -division international titleholder Paulie Malignaggi is making a hoop return of sorts more than two years after retiring from boxing after a 16-year profession.
Malignaggi, 38, has signed a two-yr agreement to fight inside the Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship, with his first bout to take location in June, in all likelihood in Manchester, New Hampshire.
BKFC founder and president David Feldman announced the signing on Thursday, giving the fledgling promotion its first call boxer to go over to its shape of the fight, which is primarily fought below standard boxing guidelines; however, as the name says, without gloves and with entirely uncovered knuckles.
“I did not have a whole lot of choice to come back lower back and container, so something had to tickle my fancy. This did,” Malignaggi advised ESPN. “This is thinking outside the field. Before boxing, I changed into a whole lot of road fights. In avenue combat, you’re wearing your bare knuckles. This is a form similar to road combat. However, I can use my boxing talent set.
“When I observe BKFC, there may be a niche there and money to be made and a vacuum in skills, and I feel if I get in there, there’s loads of harm I can do.”
Malignaggi stated he will continue calling boxing fits for Showtime, where he has worked as an analyst for many years, whilst he moves into competing in BKFC. Feldman founded BKFC in 2018, and it is regulated in three states — Wyoming, Mississippi, and New Hampshire — with others in the works.
“BKFC could be very just like boxing, especially boxing policies, and I like my fashion in those fights,” Malignaggi stated. “I sense like I have a variety of blessings. Yeah, you need to fear about your arms, but this sport is gaining popularity and developing little by little. A guy like me is precisely what the health practitioner ordered. They wanted a boxer with a call, and I even have a call, and I can combat. Once people see it and get a look, they may love it, and I can convey extra eyeballs to the game.
“I’ve been signed up to bring greater interest to the game, and I can try this, and I could make a name for myself.”
Feldman said he believes Malignaggi is the sort of call fighter who will draw people to at least sample the game, which has been on pay-in keeping with-view to this point, though Feldman said he is close to a deal with a network for non-pay-in line with-view exposure.
“The organization becomes lacking that legitimate world elegance boxer, and in talking to Paulie, he expressed some hobby, so I reached out to speak to him a little further about it,” Feldman stated. “Paulie is an established boxer, and he has a large personality. He is the perfect healthy for us.”
Malignaggi (36-8, 7 KOs) of Brooklyn, New York, gained junior welterweight and welterweight world titles and confronted numerous big fighters, including Miguel Cotto, Ricky Hatton, Zab Judah, Amir Khan, Adrien Broner, and Danny Garcia. But after an 8-round knockout loss to Sam Eggington in March 2017, he retired.
After he retired, he briefly lowers back to the hoop to assist UFC famous person Conor McGregor prepare for his boxing suit with Floyd Mayweather. They had a infamous sparring consultation wherein McGregor claimed to have knocked Malignaggi down. It brought about Malignaggi’s acrimonious exit from the camp and awful feelings due to the fact. Malignaggi makes no mystery that he would really like to combat McGregor, no longer just in a sparring consultation.
Artem Lobov, a pal and training accomplice of McGregor’s, is making his BKFC debut on April 6. If Lobov is successful, he may want to loom as Malignaggi’s June opponent, giving the fight a integrated storyline. But Feldman stated Lobov won’t always be Malignaggi’s opponent.
“It makes experience to get that fight going, especially because of his situation with McGregor, but we ought to see what takes place with Lobov on April 6,” Feldman stated. “Paulie didn’t signal with us to combat Lobov. He signed with us to bring a few popularity and his persona to us. If it’s Lobov, fine; however, we are also speakme approximately different men.”
Said Malignaggi of the potential Lobov fight: “I do not have time to waste on paupers. He’s not the actual deal. He’s a hanger-on. I don’t want to waste my time with him.”
He said he would like to trap McGregor at BKFC.
“It’s now not MMA, and it is now not boxing,” he stated. “Maybe with two-minute rounds, he may not quit. He quits whilst he fights, so I’m looking to allow him to meet my kind of within the center. He quits all of the time, but with -minute rounds, this is probably extra up his alley, and the thrashing he’s taking will be short and sweet. … I want the real deal. Not that Conor is the real deal, but he does sell a whole lot of tickets.”
Malignaggi will combat within the BKFC’s junior middleweight department, which has a weight limit of 155 kilos (one over the restriction for the boxing division with the identical). The BKFC fights consist of -minute rounds as hostile to 3 in conventional boxing, and fights are 5 rounds, with identifying fights seven.
That Malignaggi is going to compete in fights without gloves may surprise many because he had such a lot of hand injuries in the course of his profession, but he believes he may be best.
“I felt like a whole lot of the one’s issues were solved,” he stated. “I gotta be sincere — I do not see everyone on my stage on this game.”“ |
John Deere 5420 is a popular tractor used by farmers around the world. However, like any machinery, it is prone to problems that can affect its performance and reliability.
So what are the most common John Deere 5420 problems? The problem includes
- Transmission issues
- Engine problems
- Hydraulic problems
- Electrical problems
- PTO problems
- 3-point hitch problems, etc.
In addition to that, you will probably notice some problems with the cooling system as well.
In this article, we will discuss the common problems faced by John Deere 5420 owners, their causes, and solutions.
Quick Problems And Their Solutions For John Deere 5420
The table below shows the common problems associated with your John Deere 5420 with solutions.
|1. Engine problems
|Change the air filter
|Check the fuel system for leaks and use high-quality fuel
|2. Transmission problems
|Change the transmission fluid and replace it with a high-quality one
|Also, check the clutch for any wear
|3. Hydraulic problems
|Change the hydraulic fluid
|Check the hydraulic lines for any leaks and seal them with a sealant
|Replace the hydraulic filter if it is worn or damaged
|4. Electrical problems
|Check the battery for any signs of wear and repair or replace it
|Inspect the wiring harness for any damage and repair it
|Quiz the alternator for proper operation
|5. Cooling system problems
|Change the coolant
|Inspect the radiator for signs of any wear
|Check the water pump for proper operation, if it is faulty, fix it
|6. 3-point hitch problems
|Use the correct hydraulic lubricant
|Replace the hydraulic filters
|Tighten all the hydraulic fittings and holes so that air will not cause the pump to form bubbles
|7. Power take-off problems
|Replace damaged cables
|Charge the battery if the output reads 12.5 volts or less
|Replace the in-line fuse with the exact amperage rating
John Deere 5420 Problems and Solutions
Some of the common problems associated with John Deere 5420 include;
1. Engine Problems
Example of these engine problems includes low engine power, overheating, hard starting, smoke from the exhaust, and strange and unusual noise from the engine.
- A clogged air filter
- Faulty spark plugs
- Faulty injectors
- Dirty fuel
- Blocked radiator and low coolant levels
- Worn piston rings and blown head gasket
- Damaged crankshaft, bearings, or valves
How To Fix The Engine Problems
To solve John Deere 5420 engine problems, it is essential to perform regular maintenance on the tractor, such as
- Changing the air filter
- Using high-quality fuel
- Check the coolant levels and ensure that the radiator is clean and not obstructed by debris
- Charge the battery, check the fuel system for leaks and blockages and fix them
- Replace every damaged crankshaft, valve, bearing, worn piston and blown head gasket
2. Transmission Problems
Transmission issues include clutch problems, issues with the gearbox, fluid leaks, slipping and shifting gears.
- Worn-out clutch plates
- Low transmission fluid levels
- Faulty gearbox
How To Fix The Transmission Problems
Here’s what to do
- Repair or replace every part leaking transmission fluid
- Change the transmission fluid and replace it with a high-quality one
- Check the clutch for any wear and replace or repair it
- If you’re having difficulty in shifting gears or unusual noises, you should have the tractor inspected by an expert
3. Hydraulic Problems
Here are some of the most common hydraulic problems that can occur with John Deere 5420: Low hydraulic fluid, contaminated fluid, leaks in the hydraulic system, weak or slow hydraulic functions.
- Faulty hydraulic pump
- Contamination can occur from dirt, debris, water, or other substances
- Clogged hydraulic filter
- Leaking hydraulic line
How To Fix The Hydraulic Problems
Here’s how to fix it:
- Change the hydraulic fluid
- Check the hydraulic lines for any leaks
- Replace the hydraulic filter
4. Electrical Problems
Some of these electrical issues have to do with battery and wiring harness problems, such as a weak or dead battery, faulty starter, failed charging system, and electrical shorts.
Some of the causes include;
- Damaged wiring harness or worn or damaged wire insulation
- Faulty alternator: This will prevent the battery from charging
How To Fix The Electrical Problems
Here’s how to get it done;
- Check the battery for any signs of wear and repair or replace it
- Inspect the wiring harness for any damage and ensure proper connections to the right terminals
- Test the alternator for proper operation and replace any damaged alternator
If you notice any further signs of electrical problems like dim lights or difficulty starting the tractor, you should have the tractor inspected by a professional.
5. Cooling System Problems
These problems come in the form of radiator malfunction and water pump issues.
Some common causes of cooling system problems include;
- Clogged radiator
- Faulty or defective water pump
- Leaking coolant system
How To Fix The Cooling System Problems
Here’s how to solve it;
- Change the coolant
- Inspect the radiator for signs of any wear and replace it
- Check the water pump for proper operation and repair or replace any defective water pump
If you notice any further signs of cooling system problems like overheating or leaking coolant, you should consult an expert repairer for inspection.
6. 3-Point Hitch Problems
Here are some common problems that can occur with the 3-point hitch: slow or weak lifting, hitch arms won’t stay in one place, hitch won’t lower and won’t attach to the implement.
Some common causes of 3-point hitch problems include;
- Low hydraulic fluid level
- Clogged hydraulic filter
- Low or contaminated hydraulic fluid
- Improper attachment or adjustment of the hitch arms
- Worn or damaged hitch pins and linkage components will cause hitch arms not to stay in one place
How To Fix The 3 Point Hitch Problems
Here’s how to fix the 3-point hitch problems:
- Fill the hydraulic fluid tank with the correct hydraulic lubricant
- Replace the filters
- Thoroughly tidy the tank in-line strainers
- Tighten all the hydraulic connections, fittings, covers, and holes so that air will not cause the pump to form cavities or bubbles
7. PTO Problem
Power Take-Off (PTO) problem is a common issue with the John Deere 5420 tractor. This can range from the installation of the PTO clutch and in-line fuse.
Some common causes of Power take-off problems include;
- Poor electrical installation
- Insufficient voltage in the PTO shaft for proper operation
- Damaged in-line fuse
How To Fix The PTO Problems
Here’s how to fix the PTO problems:
- Replace damaged cables and clean spoiled terminals
- Charge the battery if the output reads 12.5 volts or less
- Replace the in-line fuse with the exact ampere rating as the former
In this article, I have successfully discussed the common problems associated with the John Deere 5420. The John Deere 5420 is a reliable and efficient tractor that is widely used for various agricultural activities.
However, like any other machine, it is prone to problems that can affect its efficiency. It is important you carry out regular maintenance on the tractor and address any issues as soon as they arise. That way you can keep the tractor running smoothly and also avoid the high cost of repair. |
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The situation off your neck pain can be observed. You should browse the right position of spine and several things that cause it. If you should work or have a habit to sit or sleep in some way you may prone to shifted disc t some point. You should also observe your mattress. Comfortable doesn’t always mean soft.
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Is there a way to overcome the crisis with a master who came to Lotte?
Hanwha’s gusty performance is not unusual. Hanwha suffered a complete defeat in its opening game against LG even after pitching “Korean Monster” Ryu Hyun-jin as its starting pitcher, but has since taken the lead by storm by storming seven consecutive wins.
In fact, this year’s Hanwha Eagles was considered a dark horse of the 토토사이트‘s struggle for the top five strongest teams. Hanwha, which entered the postseason in 2018 by ranking third in the regular season, has never been linked to fall baseball since then, and ranked ninth last for three consecutive years between 2020 and 2022. Considering the reality that Hanwha has been at the bottom of the standings for several years, this is a generous evaluation.
Hanwha has shown that it is changing little by little.
Hanwha had jumped into the mid-ranked league by winning eight consecutive games last year, showing that the growth of promising players and the performance of FA players are changing little by little. On top of that, the team also recruited big-fish FA player An Chi-hong after the end of the last season, while actively recruiting veterans such as Kim Kang-min and Lee Jae-won, showing that the rebuilding process has entered the completion stage. The finishing touches were Ryu’s return. As Ryu Hyun-jin, who had played in the Major League for 11 years, returned to the team, the team rapidly emerged as a candidate for the top five.
Manager Kim Tae-hyung, a master of the Lotte Giants, was also a man who predicted Hanwha’s sensation early on. When asked which team is strong this year? at the spring camp held in Guam in February, Kim replied, “KT is still strong. LG is still good and KIA is still good,” adding, “I think Hanwha will get a lot better. First of all, we will get on top of the mood.”
The ‘master’s’ gaze was accurate.
It was not surprising to hear that many considered KT, LG, and KIA as the “three strongest teams,” but it was also evident that Hanwha also mentioned it. It was even before Ryu returned to the Hanwha Eagles. The “master general’s perspective” was accurate. Hanwha has been enjoying the atmosphere by creating a sensation since the beginning of the season.
However, Lotte remains in ninth place with one win and six losses. It had only one win and two losses in three consecutive home games against NC Dinosaurs last weekend.
The problem is that Hanwha is Lotte’s next opponent. Lotte will play three consecutive games against the Hanwha Eagles at Hanwha Life Insurance Park in Daejeon from Friday. For Lotte, which has faced a “crisis” since the beginning of the season, it will inevitably feel uncomfortable to meet with Hanwha, which has been leading the league alone.
Does “Master” have a way to defeat the gusty Hanwha.
If Lotte gets a head start from the beginning of the three consecutive games, the aftermath could continue throughout the three consecutive games, and hence the team should make every effort. Most of all, Lotte had only one game in which it scored the first goal in seven games this year. As the Hanwha Eagles is displaying strong starting pitchers, it is very difficult for Lotte to gain a head start. For now, it is urgent to score points from the beginning of the game somehow. Does the “master general” have any strategy to defeat the gusty Hanwha Eagles. |
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Department of Electronic Systems, Aalborg University (AAU), Denmark
He is a Full Professor of Machine Learning and Speech Processing, a Co-Head of the Centre for Acoustic Signal Processing Research (CASPR), Machine Learning Research Group Leader in the Department of Electronic Systems, and the Head of the Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE) Doctoral Programme at Aalborg University, Denmark. He is a Co-Lead of Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Denmark.
He was a Visiting Scientist/Professor at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, USA (in 2022, 2017 and 2012), an Associate Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, and a postdoctoral fellow at AI Spoken Language Lab, in the Department of Computer Science at KAIST, Korea.
He received the B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from Hunan University, China, in 1990 and 1996, respectively, and the Ph.D. degree in electronic engineering from Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China, in 1999.
His research interests include machine learning, deep learning, pattern recognition, speech and speaker recognition, noise-robust speech processing, multimodal signal processing, and social robotics (developed interactive iSocioBot). He has over 250 referred journal and conference publications. His works have been recognized by the prestigious IEEE Signal Processing Society 2022 Best Paper Award and International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) 2022 Best Research Paper Award.
His teaching has been focusing on machine learning and AI. He established and teaches the Machine Learning PhD course (2007-now), the Deep Learning PhD course (2015-now), the Machine Learning Master course (2009-now), and the Deep Learning Master course (2023-now), all at Aalborg University. He also teaches Reinforcement Learning and Self-Supervised Learning PhD courses. He established and taught the Introduction to AI course to Bachelor students in 1999 at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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He was the elected Chair of the IEEE Machine Learning for Signal Processing Technical Committee (MLSP TC), is a Member of IEEE MLSP TC from 2018-2023 and is a Member of IEEE Speech and Language Processing TC from 2024-2026. He is a member of the IEEE SPS Conferences Board and was a member of the IEEE SPS Technical Directions Board.
He is a TPC Vice-Chair for ICASSP 2024, Seoul, Korea, and a Publicity Co-Chair of the Inaugural IEEE Conference on Artificial Intelligence (CAI), Santa Clara, California. He was the General Chair of IEEE 28th International Workshop on Machine Learning for Signal Processing (MLSP 2018), Aalborg, Denmark, and was a Program Co-Chair for IEEE Workshop on Spoken Language Technology (SLT 2016), San Diego, California, USA. He has served as a Chair, Program Co-chair, Area and Session Chair, and Tutorial Speaker of many international conferences. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE. |
Hey small business owners! At Zipp Printing, we understand the importance of making the most of seasonal trends and events to boost your sales and visibility. Back-to-school season is one such opportunity that should not be missed. It’s a time when families are preparing for the new school year, and businesses can capitalize on the momentum by offering relevant products and engaging advertising campaigns. In this blog post, we’ll share some valuable tips on how to maximize advertising for the back-to-school season and suggest products that fit this theme perfectly.
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Nevis Fisheries Dept. better equipped to safeguard marine environment
Department of Fisheries Director on Nevis Mr. Lemuel Pemberton shows off the underwater camera case.
NEVIS (May 05, 2010) — The Department of Fisheries on Nevis is now better equipped to safeguard the marine environment on Nevis, thanks to a number of gifts received recently from three donors. Director of Fisheries on Nevis Mr. Lemuel Pemberton made the disclosure in an interview with the Department of Information on Friday.
“We received a refurbished laptop from the Nature Conservancy. Presently the Government of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Nature Conservancy are working on implementing a Marine Zoning project in which we will have different uses for different areas around the island in terms of the Marine environment like marine protected areas, marine parks and areas where people could fish only, areas reserved for transportation for instance.
“During this project we have a survey of the fishermen that is going on so a Fishers Survey is going to take place and we are short of a computer here at the office and the Nature Conservancy took note of that and decided that they were going to donate this refurbished laptop to the Department of Fisheries. It will help us a lot in implementing this project,” he said.
The multimedia projector, underwater camera and case and a refurbished computer
The second gift of a multimedia projector and an underwater camera which can also be used on land came from the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA).
The third gift was given to the Department in conjunction with the Nevis Turtle Group.
“The Nevis Turtle Group has received a small grant of 6, ooo pounds sterling (estimated EC$25,000) from the Rufford Small Grants Foundation.
“In 2008 we received 5,000pounds sterling for sea turtle conservation on Nevis and we did a number of things. We produced a sea turtle calendar; we had quizzes, sea turtle camp for two years, sea turtle poster competition, we bus children and adults to the beaches to help in the sea turtle monitoring and tagging programme.
“So we will be better able to continue the sea turtle monitoring and conservation project in 2010/2011 with this small grant from Ruddord Small Grants Foundation. We say thank you to the Foundation for continuing to support sea turtle conservation on Nevis,” he said. |
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art made by Yvonne!
beautiful 4x4, love the rusty wheels!!
Gorgeous - love the ephemera you've added.
Yvonne, this is beautiful. I love the use of the cogs and wheels. Your stamp of the steam engine is wonderful. I remember the mournful sound of the steam engine train in the old days.
I love this Yvonne, another fab creation. Annette x
This is a fabulous card, Yvonne. Gotts keep lovin' your stamp collection!
Wow, I just love all your art. I think I need to add a new punch to my collection *lol* Thanks for sharing.Karyn
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The Ebb & Flow:
I do not know the detail of how the planets and star system are interacting with each other energetically, I can read about the way they are at this time of year from the people who study them and what I have picked up is that we are all being influence by their interaction.
What I do know is how I am feeling… they are affecting every part of our life both physically, mentally and energetically, throwing our heads into a spin, getting very tired some of the time then being awake and full of life at other times.
It’s an ebb and flow of feelings, emotions and sometimes it is hard to cope with and I just lay down and rest, not sleep, these bouts are short lived as we move quickly through them.
More to the point it looks like this is set to keep happening for the next period.
I ask for guidance: What will happen is you will all get used to these changes and be able to adjust to them by adjusting your lifestyle, look at the things that you find hard and disabling, become aware of how they are impacting on your life now in these times of change.
Do a realistic assessment of the things that have to be done and the things that are not so important to your exitance, this will not be easy, letting go of a known lifestyle and recreating a new one takes fortitude and a willingness to change.
The things you love doing you can keep, you do not have to let all things go, decide what to keep and what to change.
As these planetary alignments grow in amplitude you will find that the things that were important lose their energy and the need to keep them going.
Every person is individual and will do what is best for them and their families, what we can say is these emissions and alignments are pushing hard onto the physical mental and emotional fields of all things and it is correct so that the alterations take place as and when they are needed. It will be up to each one of you to decide, no one can advise you on these matters they’re personal to you and only impact you.
The earth is stepping out of the third dimensions, and this is being instigated by these planetary alignments and solar and central energies coming into the solar system.
There is nothing a human can do about it except readjust the personal lifestyle and accommodate it.
Give yourself time to be happy and do things that make you feel good, enjoy these days in ways that were not possible prior to these changes. The beauty of this is you are released from the old embraces of the control dogman and have been given the release so that you can stand alone and think clearly about what is important to you and adapt to it.
The splendour of earth is all around you all the time, take the time to appreciate it by being in it purposeful, being in the photon light of potential in your life and manifest the right way for you.
This year’s alignments have brought about a very positive time, all the things we were worrying about have come into alignment and is showing us a clear path forwards, it is clearing the misty uncertainty that has hung over our life since the pandemic.
There is still a nagging feeling of fear, based on this, the positive move of this time is making all people aware of the transmitting of dis-ease not only physical illness but the dis-harmony of your inner energy that can lead to disease, there has always been sickness in life, all you can do is hope that you are doing the right things to combat it by looking after yourself.
Now is time to start again using the remnants of the old skeletons of what is left of the old ways, these are ready to be rebuilt using the new light formations to bring out the best in everyone and everything.
Be Love: Be Light: Be Happy:
Quantum: the word: The word quantum is banded about all the time linked to the spiritual advancement in the ascension, it can seem to some, that it is something they do not understand and will not pursue info that uses it.
The word quantum is a name used to measure very small things like a photon and an electron which is electricity, it also measures electromagnetic energy, we are made up of this.
The word quantum comes from Latin, meaning an amount or how much, it is used to measure tiny parts of energy that are called packets that all life is made of, they run the very existence of all life on earth and beyond it. It is not ‘quantum’ energy, it is photon light energy, electromagnetic light energy, measured by the name quantum, this energy vibrates, this is called quantum vibration, that means very small waves of energy that vibrates.
we are beings that vibrate at certain frequencies, each vibration is equivalent to a feeling and in the “vibrational” world, there are only two types of vibrations, the positive and the negative.
Every thought, feelings, imagination, intuition, emotion and intelligence are part of these vibrations.
The Dalai Lama believes that the connection between these small packets of energy and spirituality is obvious.
The atoms in our body are the same as the make up the universe, you are stardust, connected biologically to all living creatures.
You’re made of invisible, humming energy, connected to everything that exists, the people around you are directly influenced your vibrational frequency.
Gratitude positively affects your vibrational frequency.
Start to give thanks for everything, for the good things and those that you consider not good, thank them anyway for all the experiences that you have lived, gratitude opens the doors for good things to flow positively in your life. Be Love: be Light: be Happy: |
There are not many pictures that represent a truly positive outlook for the economy, which is to be expected coming out of a major crisis event like we saw in the U.S. and much of the world. However, if we believe that adjustments were necessary to fix what was wrong, then here is a hopeful picture.
The Fed has been wrong about growth lately in their forecasts, and wrong in a very bad way. The Fed forecasts have not yet taken into account fundamental changes in individual behavior. It would not be a surprise that such forecasts were wrong during or in the immediate aftermath of the crisis, but to still be so wrong at this point is worrisome. What is the problem? People are scared. |
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Although distant starlight has been used as an argument against the biblical timescale, we saw previously that the time it takes light to travel on a one-way journey is not a universal or objective value, but depends on how we define ‘simultaneous.’ Under the visual synchrony convention, we are seeing the universe in real-time. And since the Bible apparently uses this ancient convention, there is no starlight problem. If you haven’t read the previous article in the series, be sure to do so before continuing because this article builds on what we covered there. We will here investigate common objections to the conventionality thesis – the principle that the one-way speed of light cannot be measured but is instead stipulated.
By way of review, the average round-trip speed of light in vacuum is always exactly c (186,282.397 miles per second). However, we are free to define the speed of light on a one-way trip, and this constitutes a definition of simultaneity for a given observer. That is, it allows him to judge whether two events at different locations happened at the same time.
In order to measure any one-way speed, we require two clocks separated by some distance. The first clock is at the starting point and records the start time of the object whose speed is to be measured. The second clock is at the finish line and records the arrival time. By subtracting the start time from the arrival time, we obtain the total time of the journey. The distance between the clocks divided by the time yields the one-way speed. However, this technique only works if the two clocks are synchronized (if they read the same time at the same time). But we found previously that “at the same time” is not objective – it depends on the frame of the observer and the one-way speed of light.
Hence, to ensure that two clocks (separated by some distance) are exactly synchronized, we would have to already know the one-way speed of light. And to measure the one-way speed of light would require to clocks separated by some distance that are exactly synchronized. Each question requires knowing the answer to the other one first. Consequently, there can be no objective answer to either question.
Albert Einstein recognized that this situation indicates that the one-way speed of light is not an objective quantity that is determined by nature. Rather, it is conventional. We may actually choose the one-way speed of light in any given direction because the speed of light can only be objectively measured as an average value on a round-trip, as in from A to B and back to A. The speed of light on a one-way trip (as in from A to B) cannot be objectively measured, but is instead stipulated. This is deeply counterintuitive because we tend to think of the passage of time as universal and independent of motion. But Einstein showed that this is not the case. He discovered the relativity of simultaneity, from which we can logically deduce the conventionality thesis, as we saw in the previous article.
Since the conventionality thesis is so contrary to our intuitive expectation of absolute time, many people have proposed hypothetical experiments that they think will objectively measure the one-way speed of light. However, in all cases, these experiments will yield the same result regardless of the one-way speed of light, and therefore cannot actually distinguish different values of one-way speeds. There is always something that has been overlooked.
In fact, some physicists of the early twentieth century invented thought experiments that they believed could objectively measure the one-way speed of light, and published these in the technical literature. Some of these were attempts to disprove Einstein’s newly discovered physics of relativity. However, inevitably, these thought experiments were refuted by other physicists in subsequent publications. The refutations always revealed either a hidden assumption, or the fact that alternate synchrony conventions produce an identical outcome. Indeed, there is a rich body of technical literature on the conventionality thesis. But many laymen do not have easy access to such literature. So, we will here examine the two primary attempts to measure the one-way speed of light, and show why they fail. All thought experiments ever proposed are some variation of these two methods; therefore, if they are disproved then so are all the others. I emphasize that the methods described here have already been disproved (in many cases over a century ago) in the technical literature. So, if someone repeats such a claim today, he reveals that he has not read the literature. But first, some terminology is in order.
Suppose we have two clocks at locations A and B respectively, located along the x axis with B to the right of A. The clock at A emits a light pulse at time t1. The light arrives at the clock at B at time t2, and is reflected back to A. The clock at A records the final arrival time at t3. To make the math easier, let’s suppose the two clocks are separated by a distance of 186,282.397 miles, and that t1 = noon. In such a case, t3 will be exactly two seconds past noon, because the time the light takes to go from A to B and back to A will be exactly two seconds: (t3 – t1 = 2 seconds). This experiment will confirm that indeed the round-trip speed of light (in vacuum) is exactly c, which is 186,282.397 miles per second. The question then is, “what is the time (t2) the light arrived at the clock at B?” That will depend on the chosen synchrony convention and is expressed by this formula:
t2 = t1 + ε(t3 – t1), (0 ≤ ε ≤ 1)
Here, the variable represented by the Greek letter epsilon (ε) is called the Reichenbach epsilon. It represents the chosen synchrony convention and can have a value of anywhere between zero and one. Einstein preferred to set the value to ½, and most physicists also prefer this value because it usually makes the math easier. Setting the Reichenbach epsilon to ½ is equivalent to setting the one-way speed of light to be the same in the positive x direction as in the negative x direction. This is called the Einstein synchrony convention (ESC). Under ESC, you can confirm using the above formula that the light arrives at clock B at time t2 = 12:00:01, exactly one second past noon.
Previously, we discussed the visual synchrony convention in which light traveling directly toward the observer is instantaneous and light traveling directly away travels at ½c. Since the one-way speed of light is different in different directions, this is an anisotropic synchrony convention (ASC). Under ASC, the Reichenbach epsilon can be either zero or one depending on where the observer is. Let’s suppose that the observer is far to the left of clock A. In this case the Reichenbach epsilon is equal to 1. Plugging this value into the above formula (ε = 1), you can see that t2 = t3 under the ASC convention. That is, the light reaches clock B at exactly 12:00:02, and is reflected back to clock A which it reaches immediately at 12:00:02. Therefore, light moves from A to B at ½c (because it is outgoing), and moves instantly from B back to A (because it is incoming relative to the observer).
So, under ESC, clock B is synchronized with clock A if it reads 12:00:01 when the light arrives. But under ASC, clock B is synchronized with clock A if it reads 12:00:02 when the light arrives. Our choice of synchrony convention, and thus our choice of ε will determine how we synchronize these two clocks. Then when we use our synchronized clocks to measure the one-way speed of light, the answer will be whatever we chose at the start. Choosing a synchrony convention is the same as choosing the one-way speed of light. And choosing the one-way speed of light is the same as choosing a synchrony convention.
With this background information, we can begin examining the thought experiments that attempt to objectively measure the one-way speed of light without first stipulating it (or equivalently stipulating the synchrony convention). We will find that in all cases, such methods subtly assume the one-way speed of light as part of their setup, thereby invalidating the results. Virtually all thought experiments that attempt to objectively synchronize two clocks separated by a distance will fall into one of two categories: signal synchronization, and clock transport. We begin with the first.
One of the simplest methods is to use a signal, such as a radio pulse, to synchronize the two clocks. Suppose at exactly noon, a radio transmitter at clock A emits a pulse that travels to B. Upon reception of that signal, clock B is set to noon. Then the two clocks are supposed to be synchronized. But are they?
That would certainly be the case if radio transmissions were instantaneous. But in fact, we know from many experiments that the round-trip speed of radio in vacuum is exactly the speed of light. But we don’t know radio’s one-way speed because we don’t know the one-way speed of light. We could assume that the one-way speed of radio (and therefore the one-way speed of light) is the same (c) in any direction. Then it would take the radio pulse one second to arrive at clock B, and we should set clock B to one second past noon when it receives this light. If we then used these two clocks to measure a light pulse from A to B, we would find it takes one second to traverse the distance, implying that the one-way speed of light from A to B is exactly c. But then again, that is the very thing we assumed when we synchronized clock B with clock A under the assumption that radio (and therefore light) travels at a one-way speed of c. This begs the question. So, this experiment cannot objectively measure the one-way speed of light without first assuming it.
Some people have suggested that placing the radio transmitter exactly in between A and B would solve the problem. The radio transmitter emits a pulse (in both directions) at noon. The pulse travels to A and to B, and they set themselves to noon upon receiving the pulse. Sure, their time may be a bit behind the clock at the radio transmitter, but at least they will apparently be synchronized with each other; and that is all that is required to measure a one-way speed.
But in assuming that the light from the radio transmitter arrives at A at the same time it arrives at B assumes that the one-way speed of radio (and hence the one-way speed of light) is the same in opposite directions. So, this method assumes the Einstein synchrony convention at the start. But suppose we use the ASC system instead. Then light from the radio transmitter will reach A instantly (since it is incoming relative to the observer far to the left), and will reach B one second later (since it travels at ½ c for a distance of ½ of 186,282.397 miles). If the clock at B is set to noon when the light arrives, then it will be one second behind A, and is therefore not synchronized. So, under ASC, we should set the clock at B to one second past noon when it receives the light in order for it to be synchronized with clock A. If we then use these synchronized clocks to measure the one-way speed of light, we will find light takes two seconds to go from A to B, and no time at all to go from B to A. But that of course is what we assumed when we agreed to use the ASC convention.
Clearly, we cannot use light or radio or any electromagnetic radiation to synchronize these two clocks because we would have to first know the one-way speed of light in order to know when the signal arrived at each clock. And that is the very thing we are attempting to objectively measure. What about electricity? We could have a long wire running from A to B, and send an electric pulse when clock A reaches noon. Upon receiving the electric signal, clock B is also set to noon. Are the two clocks now synchronized?
By now you might realize that there is always a catch. And indeed, there is. Electricity actually travels at the speed of light. And so, this suffers the same problem as using a radio pulse. When the electric signal arrives at B, should we set clock B to noon, to 12:00:01, or to 12:00:02? Whatever value we pick amounts to choosing the value for ε, which means we have already assumed the one-way speed of light in synchronizing these clocks. Clearly, we need a signal that does not depend on the speed of light.
Suppose we manufacture a long, rigid, copper rod that is exactly 186,282.397 miles in length. One end of the rod is at A and the other end is at B. When clock A strikes noon, we push on the rod. When the clock at B feels the rod move, it sets itself to noon. Are the two clocks now synchronized? After all, experience tells us that when you push on one end of a rod, the other end moves instantly. Or does it?
In fact, when you push on one end of a rod, you are pushing on the atoms at the end, which then push on the atoms next to them which do the same and so on; it’s essentially a domino effect. This creates a compressional wave that travels down the rod until it reaches the other end. It may seem like the other end moves instantly, but it doesn’t. The compression wave actually travels at the speed of sound in the material, which is generally far slower than the speed of light. At room temperature the speed of sound in copper is 4760 meters per second (about 2.958 miles per second). That’s a snail’s pace compared to light. So, the clock at B would feel the pulse about 17 hours, 30 minutes after noon.
Still, if we knew the exact speed of sound in copper (or whatever material we choose), we could compensate by setting the clock at B forward by the appropriate amount, e.g. 17.5 hours after noon. But that number is approximate. To measure the one-way speed of light, we need the clocks at A and B to be exactly synchronized since even a one second offset is the difference between the one-way speed of light being c and infinity. So we would need to know the exact speed of sound in the material.
In principle, we could measure the speed of sound in copper with extremely high precision using our long copper rod. When clock B feels the pulse at about 17.5 hours after noon, it instantly pushes back on the rod sending a compressional wave toward the clock at A. The clock at A will receive this pulse after another 17.5 hours. Dividing the total distance by the total time gives the speed of sound in copper. For the sake of simplicity, let’s suppose the times are such that this speed turns out to be exactly 4760 m/s. Knowing this speed, we compute how long it takes the pulse to travel from A to B: precisely 17 hours, 29 minutes, 41.6 seconds. Therefore, clock B should set itself to 5:29:41.6 a.m. upon receiving the pulse. And we suppose the two clocks are now exactly synchronized.
But have we made an untested assumption? Our method of measuring the speed of sound in copper actually measured its average speed on a round-trip. In other words, we have assumed that the speed of sound in copper is the same going from A to B as it is from B to A. There is good evidence that the speed of sound in copper is approximately the same in opposite directions. But in order for this method to work, that speed would have to be exactly the same, or at least we would have to know its difference.
The reason sound moves through a substance is because atoms collide with neighboring atoms. But the way atoms “feel” each other is due to electromagnetic forces. Atoms are made of charged particles, including a cloud of surrounding electrons. These electrons repel the electrons of other atoms by their electric force. But that force is not transmitted instantly. Electric forces travel at… (wait for it) … the speed of light. Therefore, if the speed of light is different from A to B than it is from B to A, then the speed of sound in a substance like copper will also be (very slightly) different in different directions. Under ASC, this speed will be very slightly faster in the incoming direction than in the outgoing direction. For example, under ASC, the sound pulse in the rod will take 17 hours, 29 minutes, and 42.6 seconds to go from A to B, but only 17 hours, 29 minutes, and 40.6 seconds to travel back to A.
So, under the ASC convention, the clock at B should be set to 5:29:42.6 a.m. upon receiving the pulse in order to be synchronized with A. If we do this and then measure the one-way speed of light, we will find that it is indeed ½c from A to B, and instantaneous from B to A. So, again, the way in which we synchronize clocks depends on our previous choice of ε, which is the same as choosing the one-way speed of light.
It would seem that the two clocks separated by a distance cannot be exactly synchronized by signal transmission without first assuming the one-way speed of light. This is because all signals depend at least slightly on the one-way speed of light. Approximate synchronization is good enough for measuring the (approximate) one-way speeds of phenomena that are slow compared to light. But for light, the clocks at A and B must be exactly synchronized, since even a one second difference will drastically affect the result. And there is no way to do that by signals since all signals depend in some fashion on the one-way speed of light.
If there were some signaling method that did not depend in any way upon the speed of light, then perhaps synchronization by signal transmission would be possible. Two such methods have been proposed. The first is the use of tachyons. Tachyons are hypothetical particles that travel faster than light. In fact, in the limit as a tachyon’s energy goes to zero, its speed goes to infinity. So, if tachyons can carry information, then in principle tachyons would allow for instantaneous communication in opposite directions. It would seem that we could synchronize two clocks exactly by using instantaneous tachyons.
But there is always a catch. First, tachyons apparently do not exist. In fact, there are good reasons to think that information-bearing tachyons cannot exist – they would violate causality. In other words, tachyons that move forward in time in one reference frame, would be moving backward in time in another reference frame. In principle you could use tachyons to affect the past. This leads to temporal paradoxes. For more details, see the Physics of Einstein.
The second problem is that tachyons that are claimed by one observer to be instantaneous would not appear as instantaneous to another observer in a different velocity frame. This is due to the relativity of simultaneity as discussed in the previous article. Our measurement of the one-way speed of a tachyon will depend on the chosen synchrony convention, and hence our choice of the one-way speed of light.
The second method sometimes proposed is to synchronize two clocks using quantum entanglement. Quantum entanglement is a very strange aspect of quantum physics involving two particles that have interacted with each other in the past. Such interaction causes the particles to become entangled, such that even when the particles are separated by an enormous distance, they can subtly influence each other – and they can do so instantaneously. In particular, there is evidence that unobserved particles behave as waves, extended over a volume of space. Observing the particle “collapses the wavefunction” thereby making the wave behavior cease. But it also collapses the wavefunction of its quantum-entangled partner. And it does so instantaneously, regardless of the distance between the two particles.
The problem is that quantum entanglement cannot be used to send information instantly from A to B. We can’t actually observe a particle’s wavefunction, and therefore we cannot know the exact time that the wavefunction collapsed. We can confirm after the fact that the observation of a particle at A did indeed collapse the wavefunction of the particle at B. But the relative times cannot be known. Therefore, there is no way to use this information to synchronize two clocks at different locations.
Slow Clock Transport
If we cannot synchronize the clocks while they are separated with a signal transmission, perhaps we can synchronize them when they are together, and then move them to separate locations. So, we bring the clock at B to the location of A and synchronize them. We can conclude that they are truly synchronized if they read identical times. This is because however long the light took to reach our eyes from one clock, it took the same time from the other clock since they are at the same position. Therefore, if two clocks at the same location look synchronized then they truly are synchronized.
So, we then move one of the clocks to location B, confident that they are now synchronized. But are they? Einstein discovered that motion affects the passage of time, and hence the rate at which clocks tick. The very act of moving the clock to B causes it to tick at a slightly different rate along its journey than the clock at A ticks. Hence, when the clock reaches B, it is no longer synchronized with the clock at A.
There are two ways we might attempt to alleviate this difficulty. First, Einstein discovered the mathematical formula that describes exactly how time is affected by motion. So, by knowing the exact velocity of the clock as it is moved to B, we can use the formula to compute how much time was affected, and can then adjust the clock at B accordingly. However, the full version of this formula includes the one-way speed of light – the very thing we are attempting to measure. We would have to choose the one-way speed of light in order to use the formula, which obviously begs the question.
Second, the rate at which time is affected by motion is strongly dependent on velocity. Moving a clock very rapidly causes it to rapidly become desynchronized with its stationary counterpart. But moving a clock very slowly causes it to only slowly become desynchronized. What if we moved the clock to B as slowly as possible? Would it then still be synchronized with the clock at A?
Suppose we synchronize the two clocks at location A, then rapidly move one of them to B and then back to A. Einstein’s formula shows that the clock that moved will be behind the clock at A by some amount. The faster you move the clock on its round-trip journey, the more it will lag behind the stationary clock. We don’t notice this effect in our daily lives because it is so small at the slow speeds we normally experience. But it has been measured on high-speed aircraft using atomic clocks. The effect is real.
This effect becomes vanishingly small as the speed (at which we move the clock from A to B and back to A) approaches zero. In other words, if we moved the clock from A to B and then back to A as slowly as possible, it will still be synchronized with the clock at A upon its return.
So, slow speeds seem to be the key to retaining synchronized clocks. Therefore, people have proposed the following method for synchronizing two clocks separated by a distance. First synchronize the two clocks at the same location A. Then move one clock to B as slowly as possible. The assumption is that the two clocks are still synchronized. After all, if we move the clock at B back to A as slowly as possible, it will still be synchronized with A.
This method is called slow clock transport. And it seems reasonable at first. But by now, we know there is always a hidden assumption. Yes, under slow clock transport, you can move a clock slowly to B and back to A and they will still be synchronized upon their reunion. But how do you know that the two clocks remained synchronized throughout the journey? In other words, what if the moving clock loses one second as it is moved to B, and then gains one second as it is moved back to A? In fact, under ASC, this is exactly what happens.
Again, people might ask, “why would the effect of motion on the passage of time be different in different directions?” But the effect of motion on the passage of time is related to the speed of light. Therefore, if the one-way speed of light is different in opposite directions, then so will the effects of motion on the passage of time. The two effects are intimately connected. Thus, to arbitrarily assume that time dilation has no directional dependence is the same as assuming that the one-way speed of light has no directional dependence.
Again, some people think the solution is to put both clocks exactly in between A and B, and synchronize them at that location. Then one clock is moved (very slowly) to A while the other is moved (very slowly) to B at an equal speed. It is assumed that any time dilation they experience would be the same since they moved at the same speed. But that is only the case under ESC. Under ASC, time-dilation has a directional dependence. Therefore, to assume that two clocks are synchronized using slow-clock transport is to assume ESC at the outset – they very thing we are supposed to be testing. Hopefully you can now see why slow clock transport cannot objectively measure the one-way speed of light without first assuming it.
Let’s have a quick look at the mathematics of this. Let t represent the time between two events at the same location as measured by a stationary clock, and t′ (pronounced “tee prime”) represent the time between those same two events as measured by a clock moving in the positive x direction at speed v. As always, c represents the round-trip average speed of light in vacuum. Then the formula for time dilation as listed in most textbooks on relativity is:
So, if the clock moves at 50% the speed of light, then v/c = 0.5, and t′/t = 0.866. At such a speed, the moving clock ticks slower than the stationary clock. It experiences only 0.866 seconds for every one second experienced by the stationary clock. But this formula is simplified; it is based on the Einstein synchrony convention. Since most physicists work almost exclusively in the ESC system, this is the formula they would use. However, if we are attempting to test between different synchrony conventions, then we cannot use this simplified form since it assumes ESC. Fortunately, the full formula for time-dilation without assuming any synchrony convention was derived by John Winnie in 1970., It is the following:
You can see that the full formula is basically the simplified formula multiplied by a term that contains the Reichenbach epsilon in the denominator. Notice that when the Reichenbach epsilon is set to ½ (as it would be in ESC), then the “extra” term on the right reduces to 1, and hence disappears, resulting in the simplified formula found in most textbooks. Under the ASC convention, ε = 1. So, under ASC, a clock moving in the positive x direction at 50% the speed of light would experience time dilation of: t′/t = 0.5774. Apparently, the moving clock ticks substantially slower at a given speed under the ASC convention than it does under the ESC convention. In most situations, time dilation effects are more severe under ASC than under ESC. Also, under ASC, clocks moving toward the observer can actually experience time contraction; they can tick faster than the stationary clock. This effect does not occur under the Einstein synchrony convention.
Under slow clock transport, the speed of the clock is much less than then speed of light. That is v/c is very small. And when you take the square of a number much less than 1, you get an even smaller number. So, v2/c2 is very, very tiny, and hence negligible. Therefore, the left-hand term in the formula reduces to 1 in slow clock transport. But the right-hand term remains. Of course, in the simplified formula based on ESC, there is no right-hand term, and so the entire formula reduces to 1. Therefore, the effects of time-dilation are negligible in slow-clock transport using ESC. But they are not negligible under ASC due to the linear v term in the denominator.
So, if we synchronize both clocks at A, and move one of them to B very slowly, how much time will be gained or lost? Under ESC, the answer is zero. But under ASC, we use the (full) time dilation formula (neglecting the first term since v2/c2 is very nearly zero), setting ε = 1. The moving clock will tick slow by a factor of c/(c+v) and it will do this for the duration of the journey (t). So, the total time ticked by the moving clock will be tc/(c+v). But the duration of the journey (t) is simply the distance divided by the velocity (t = D/v). The distance is 186,282.397 miles, which is the round-trip distance light travels in one second. So, the distance is c seconds. Therefore, t = c/v seconds.
Substituting this into our previous expression, we find that the moving clock will tick a total time of c2/v(c+v) seconds during its journey, which lasts c/v seconds. Therefore, the total time lost by the clock during its journey will be c/v – c2/v(c+v) seconds. After some algebra, this reduces to c/(c+v) seconds. And since v is much smaller than c, this further reduces to c/c seconds, which is 1 second. So, under ASC, moving the clock as slowly as possible from A to B will cause it to lose one second.
Under ESC, the two clocks are still synchronized. Light sent from clock A at noon will arrive at clock B at 12:00:01, confirming that outgoing light travels at exactly c and takes one second to traverse the distance. However, under ASC, clock B is now one second behind clock A. And so clock B indeed reads 12:00:01 when the light from A arrives, but the actual time at B is 12:00:02 since that clock is one second slow. Thus, under ASC, the light actually took two seconds to go from A to B, confirming that the outgoing one-way speed of light is exactly ½c. Both conventions predict the same outcome. Therefore, slow clock transport cannot be used to distinguish ASC from ESC.
Virtually all of the proposed experiments that claim to objectively measure the one-way speed of light are some variation of either signal transmission or clock transport. And we have seen that neither method can measure the one-way speed of light without first assuming it. Indeed, even the first successful measurement of the speed of light by Rømer in A.D. 1676 was actually a version of slow clock transport. It cannot measure the one-way speed of light, but it does establish the round-trip speed. We will examine this method and some other attempts to measure the one-way speed of light in the next article.
The ‘conventionality thesis’ is the shortened name of the Reichenbach-Grunbaum thesis of the conventionality of simultaneity.
The situation is analogous to a “perpetual motion machine” – a hypothetical machine that can run indefinitely without requiring any energy input. We know from the laws of thermodynamics that such a machine is impossible. Nonetheless, every year some engineer attempts to patent the blueprints for a perpetual motion machine that he thinks will actually work. But, of course, there is always a flaw. There is always something that the engineer overlooked that would cause the machine to run down over time. But even if we cannot spot the flaw, we know there must be one because of the laws of thermodynamics. Likewise, any hypothetical experiment to objectively measure the one-way speed of light must fail. This is because there is no objective/universal one-way speed of light, nor can there be in a universe in which simultaneity is relative. However, it is instructive to examine some of the proposals, and see why they fail. Examining such failures can lead to a better understanding of the conventionality thesis, and the relativistic nature of time.
Named in honor of Hans Reichenbach who first used this notation.
Radio and light are both the same substance. Namely, they are both electromagnetic waves that come in discrete energy levels called photons. The only different between the two is wavelength/frequency. Radio has a much longer wavelength and much lower frequency than visible light.
We know, for example, that the clocks at A and B can be approximately synchronized using either the ASC or the ESC system. There is only a one second difference between the two over that distance. Therefore, both ESC and ASC will confirm that the round-trip speed of sound in a substance is approximately the same in both directions. The exact speed will of course differ, but the difference will be a smaller fraction for slower phenomena like sound than for rapid phenomena like light.
This is true under both the ESC and ASC system. In fact, the amount by which the moving clock is behind the stationary one is independent of synchrony convention.
A more precise way to say this is, “In the limit as the speed goes to zero, the two clocks approach perfect synchronization when reunited.”
Winnie, J.A., Special Relativity without One-Way Velocity Assumptions: Part I, Philosophy of Science, Vol. 37, No. 1 (March 1970) pp. 81-99.
There is a sign difference in the formula listed here relative to Winnie’s formula 4-9. This is because Winnie defines velocity v to be in the negative x-direction, whereas we here define it to be in the positive x direction. Hence, our v is Winnie’s -v and vice versa.
In the limit as v goes to zero, v2/c2 will go to zero much “faster.”
This right-hand term does not vanish in the limit as v goes to zero because the time (t) it takes to get from A to B goes to infinity in the limit as v goes to zero. The shrinking of v exactly compensates with the growing of t, and therefore neither term can be neglected until the final step.
It may seem strange to refer to a distance in seconds. But when multiplying 1 second by the speed of light (186,282.397 miles / second), the “seconds” in the numerator cancels the “seconds” in the denominator, leaving the distance in miles. So, 186,282.397 miles does indeed equal c seconds.
If we then move the clock at B very slowly back to A, then its velocity will be negative v. Plugging that value into the formula and repeating the above steps we will find that the clock gains one second on its return journey. It will again become synchronized with the stationary clock upon its reunion. |
I previously explained in a blog post what thin reports are and why we should care about them. I also explained Report Level Measures in another blog post. In this post, I try to raise some real-world challenges we face when developing thin reports. I also provide a solution to those challenges.
Report Level Measure Related Challenges
Creating and using Report Level Measures is relatively easy, but there are some challenges that we face from time to time, such as:
- Distinguishing Report Level Measures from Dataset Level Measures
- Report Level Measure dependencies
Determining Report Level Measures from Dataset Level Measures
One of the challenges that Power BI Developers face is creating many report level measures. Unfortunately, Power BI Desktop currently uses the same iconography for both types of measures, making it hard to distinguish the actual measures created within the dataset from the report level measures. It gets even more challenging if we need to write technical documentation for an existing thin report. We have to open the PBIX file of the thin report in the Power BI Desktop and click every single measure. If the expression bar appears, the selected measure is a report level measure; otherwise, it is a dataset level measure.
So unless we use third-party tools, which I explain in this post, we must go through the manual process.
Report Level Measure dependencies
Another pain point related to the previous challenge is finding the dependencies between the report level measures. It is crucial to be aware of the interdependencies when doing impact analysis. We need to understand how a change in a report level measure impacts other report level measures. Again, Power BI Desktop does not currently have any options supporting that, so we have to click every measure and read through the DAX expressions to identify the dependencies or use the third-party tools to save development time.
Dataset and Thin Reports Dependency Challenges
The other challenges are even more difficult to overcome relate to interdependencies between datasets and thin reports. Power BI Service provides a lineage view that shows the dependencies between a dataset and its connected thin reports. But the challenges can get more complex to overcome manually. The following are some real-world examples of more complex situations:
- What if we need to analyse the impact of changes in a dataset measure on all report level measures of the connected thin reports?
- How do we analyse the impact of changes on a dataset measure on all connected thin reports, including the visuals, filters, etc…?
- What if we need to tune the performance and we want to find a list of all unused tables or unused fields?
As you can see, the situation can get pretty complex, so manual operations are virtually impossible.
But there is a third party tool we can use which provides heaps of capabilities with a couple of clicks.Continue reading “Thin Reports, Real-world Challenges” |
As you all know, many of the games played here at lostbets.com are sold under trademarked names, and to avoid any possibility of confusion that the owners of these marks are in any way associated with us, we assign the games different names. Like Jester and Surgery and Jingo.
Recently, I bought a whole crapload of new games to try out. You've already seen Shockinaw. And then there's... this one. Check out the promo below. The problem is, we haven't thought of the perfect name for this game. And that's what we want you guys to do. Think it over, post your suggestions in the comment thread, and we'll hold a poll to choose the winner. Hurry. We can't publish any clips featuring this game until we have a name for it, and there have already been several very interesting games played.
UPDATE 28 Aug 09: So far, the list of suggestions is:
Slip 'n' Slide
Let's hear some more suggestions! I'll keep nominations open until mid-September. |
ED: It's the worst stereo microphone in the Universe. It's stereo here, and here....and then it's just mono.
SF: It's known as an ash-tray microphone...that's where it belongs!
(The conversation shifts to the "When Worlds Collide" Zappa tribute at LIPA (Feb 2001))
ED: Yeah... I just thought it didn't have any edge to it. It didn't have any kind of Grrrr...errrr
SF: Everything about it was kind of...
SF: Soft at the edges. The Muffin Men decided the repertoire that was played would be instrumental and not sing the words which takes a layer of dirt away from the music. And the orchestra and musicians, I didn't get the impression they were firing on all cylinders. But fine, if someone had said to me "Come to Liverpool and hear a concert of jazz/rock with a very big horn section.", well, I wouldn't have gone, but if I had I'd have thought, fine...that's what this is. It's when you're told this is when worlds collide, the opportunity of a lifetime to hear the ultimate collaboration of rock, jazz and classical music, you think, no, I'm sorry, it's not!
ED: Well, it may have been about thirty years ago.
SF: Well, I don't think it would have been...maybe that's the thing? Most of the music we're talking about is about thirty years old, or a lot of it is anyway and it doesn't compare to Orchestral Favorites, and even a lot of the stuff Zappa wasn't happy with.
ED: London Symphony Orchestra.
SF: I don't know that record, I wish I did.
ED: It's one of the ones I haven't got because all the reviews I read of it say it's a bit dodgey round the edges...more like a posh demo...
SF: One reason it sounds like a good record to me.
SF: It's partly that problem with Zappa: what he wanted to be was not necessary what it would've been best for him to want to be...
ED: I see.
SF: I think there was always that problem with him that he wanted accurate performances, he wanted proper classical musicians and yet when he gets it he realises something's missing...it's like the whole Boulez experience. Here we are with a top flight contemporary music ensemble and one of the worlds great conductors who are giving mercilessly accurate readings of the scores and, of course, it's not very interesting because it hasn't got the ambiguity or the dirt in the cracks which you need for that music.
ED: What's interesting about that album is there are two or three synclavier pieces stuck on there as well, which I don't think gel with the Boulez conducted pieces. They seem more like fillers.
SF: What happens so often with those kind of records, and there are quite a few in the Zappa catalogue, is that you don't really get the pleasures of the synthesis between these two, you just get those two things underlining what the other thing is missing. If you listen to just the Ensemble Intercontemporain and Boulez, and forgot you'd ever heard The Mothers or the Synclavier pieces and just listened to it in it's own right, there's much to be enjoyed. But when you put them next to each other you realise neither is perfect and that what they're setting out to achieve hasn't been realised.
ED: But he did achieve it early on.
SF: Oh, he achieved it with 200 Motels and Orchestral Favorites. He achieved it with Studio Tan.
ED: But why the change of attack? It's like his ideas separated out - or he wanted to pursue the individual issues the projects threw up more.
SF: I think Zappa over-estimated himself as a composer and under-estimated his collaborators. I think he's still a very interesting composer. A rock composer in the tradition that Duke Ellington is a jazz composer. I don't mean their ambitions are limited but that they are working in a tradition where what you do is very definitely and positively enriched by the performers in the process. There is added value in compositions being performed by the right musicians whereas in classical music it isn't part of the process.
ED: Well, your compositions require a lot of input from the performers...does that mean you don't consider yourself a fantastic composer?
SF: It means I don't consider myself a composer in the tradition of Michael Finnissy or James Dillon or Boulez or anybody from the very straight, classical tradition. That doesn't mean I wouldn't like the chance, exactly like Zappa, to write for an orchestra. But I also know that working with a professional orchestra, again as Zappa found, would probably be very frustrating and less fulfilling than working with jazz musicians or as I've often done, student musicians. For that sort of music accuracy is not the only criteria as it is with most classical music performance. I suppose that's why I would consider myself a jazz composer, even if I'm writing for orchestras. Because, actually what I really want is for the musicians to take some responsibility for what they do during the performance, rather than them just saying, "It's the composers fault. He made us do it!".
ED: I always find it really weird when you listen to this sort of music and you have free jazz improv and free improv and the actual distinction between the two. You're in a free jazz group and you play with jazz improvisers...but is it really jazz, or..?
SF: (Chortling to himself)
ED: I'm asking a pig ignorant question to see if I get a pig ignorant answer!
SF: Well, yeah...
ED: I lent one of your CDs to my supervisor and he said to me it seems like free improv hasn't come a long way in the last thirty years.
SF: Well, it depends how much you listen to improvised music, I guess. I'm sure we could find any number of improvisers and you could play them a piece of classical music that was written yesterday and they'd say it hasn't changed much in the last 100 years. So I think it's a question of degree. It's shame. But I suppose if someone played me two bits of folk music fifty years apart I wouldn't notice the dramatic evolution because I'm not tuned into that. But to go back to the more fundamental question "what is jazz?" or "when does it stop being jazz?"...I think it depends on two independent factors. As with rock and classical music there are traditional instrumental groupings and hierarchies which make for something to be classifiable as jazz simply because it has certain instruments. So, if something has sax, bass and drums you're in a situation where it's probably going to be related to jazz, unless it isn't, but it has to be kind of established if it's not, otherwise your assumption would be that it probably is.
ED: always think about my famous interview with Eddie Prévost, him trying to say that the music wasn't jazz, it was coming from nowhere. It was the creation of this new music. But I don't know many people who think of AMM as anything other than a free jazz group.
SF: I think you have to start differentiating between different versions of AMM. When AMM was a duo with Eddie and Lou Gare, then to me that was very definitely jazz, not solely because it was sax and drums, but also because of the way the two were playing in that context. But historically, I think most AMM grouping are not related to jazz but owe more to contemporary classical music.
ED: Can you actually have jazz free improv?
SF: (sigh)...I don't know if there are...(silence)...(pause)...I think you have to say it's not black and white, and that a lot of improvising groups would cross that divide in the course of a performance. If you take a group with a lot of jazz elements there may be ten minutes in the middle which is nothing to do with jazz, and vice-versa.
ED: Do you think you've got into composition as well because you don't want to be stuck to that kind of thing? You want the freedom to explore other parameters of music?
SF: Yes, but I don't think we've finished with the previous question yet! Going back to the jazz/non-jazz thing...it's partly instrumental hierarchies and instrumentation, so if you have sax, bass and drums it suggests it's coming from a jazz tradition. If you have within that a situation where the saxophone player blows a lot and the bass and drums provide a carpet of support for that then you almost certainly have jazz, it might be free jazz, but it's still going to be jazz. If you have a less continuous pattern where things are hurled around the group, but still maybe within conventional playing techniques then you may have something on the cusp of free jazz and improv. Then there was VHF which started off being sax, bass and drums and was never about jazz because none of us had any interest in playing jazz in that context. Particularly because Graham Haliwell is not a jazz player, and can't play jazz and doesn't have any interest in playing jazz...
ED: What do saxophonists do if they don't like jazz?
SF: They play early twentieth century French chamber music, of course! What else! But it's a good point. If you play saxophone at the beginning of the twenty-first century and you're not interested in jazz, maybe you should choose a different instrument. But anyway, within that context it's possible to make a music that's definitely not jazz but still looks like jazz until the music starts. And I think it can work the other way. You can have very unconventional instrumental groupings which end up playing something like free jazz. Not necessarily in sound, but in attitude. I think the attitude of free jazz is much more about continuous self-expression, non-architectural, free flowing, stream of consciousness. Neo-classical free improv is possibly more concerned with structure/architecture and space. Less self-serving playing, in terms that people should be quite happy not to play if they're at the service of the music. AMM had a lot of non-jazz players.
ED: They were accused of being John Cage jazz at one point.
SF: That's the sort of term someone would invent when no-one had invented the genre of improvised music.
ED: When I was speaking to Eddie, he said that members of AMM try not to listen to each other while playing. Is that something you do - or is it a combination of listening and not listening? -because I think that sort of breakdown in communication is strange.
SF: That statement could have a much subtler meaning in that the players don't listen to each other in the way jazz musicians listen to each other. They're happy to listen to the sounds, but not to listen to them as a reflection of some degree of personal, technical investment or skill or ability or expression. I think it's quite interesting to have simultaneous independent things happening - but I think improvisation is a bad medium to do that. That's like taking the one thing improvisation is good at, throwing that away, and doing the one thing composed music is good at through improvisation.
ED: Do you mean when groups try to create finished pieces?
SF: If you set out to improvise and not to listen to anybody else's playing, or anything else that's around you, then you're losing the most interesting aspect of improvised music. Four solo improvisations happening at once is really a composition, but no improvising group could really do that - like in that Gavin Bryar's piece where the musicians are hermetically sealed from each other.
ED: You have that in Compilation III, where you take separate recordings of people playing and put them together in different contexts.
SF: That's mainly what I find interesting about composition...not to try and do things which you can do through improvisation or do the same thing only have control over it, but to actually do things it's very difficult to do through improvisation; one of which is to have simultaneous independent things. Going back to Eddie's point, it's almost impossible to play without listening to other players, and unnatural and pointless to try and play music without taking any information in from outside while you're playing.
ED: It's trying to have your own individuality and not having any autocratic type of thing over you. No leaders.
SF: But that doesn't mean you have to ignore each other. I think a true non-hierarchical, non-autocratic, democratic improvised music would still involve the exchange of ideas. To say you can't have a leader, therefore, nobody must be allowed to put forward anything for other peoples consideration would be quite difficult to follow through.
ED: Do you enjoy being a band leader or do you find it stressful?
SF: Well...I don't enjoy it...
ED: The power over people?
SF: ...no...I'm very bad at power over people because I don't really want to exert power over people. I'd like them to want to do what I want to do. I think being the organiser of something is a completely thankless task. I remember Billy Jenkins telling me how he'd driven himself to a nervous breakdown through trying to run bands. It's very easy to feel like that. And then when it comes to playing you're so stressed out you can't play properly. But for me, if somebody else was there doing the music that I'd want to hear and want to exist then I'd be quite happy to listen to their records and maybe join their band or something. But, that hasn't happened, so I've got to do it.
ED: Yeah - I feel the same.
SF: It's like running a record label...
ED: It's largely you on the record label!
SF: Well that's because no-one else wants to put out my music. It's not because I want to run a record label.
ED: Is it doing well - do you get sales every week or is it sporadic?
SF: Is there a word for something more sporadic than sporadic?! Spo.........radic, maybe? It depends what criteria. In once sense the label has done very well in as much as considering the size of the catalogue, the profile is much higher than one might expect. But in terms of is it worth the amount of money I lose on it, the time I put into it, the labour and materials and so on, then no, definitely not. It's a complete waste of time.
ED: That's reassuring.
SF: But then if you start applying that kind of criteria, then so is improvised music, contemporary classical music and in fact most stuff that's not mainstream culture. I don't know how much running a record label has had an affect on things for me compared to if I hadn't. Things have turned out well, but the label is increasingly doing less and less now that I can persuade other labels to be interested in me.
(batteries run out)
ED: I'm probably wiping over everything we've just done...knowing my luck with this wonderful device.
SF: Do we have to go through all that again then?
SF:Thank God for that.
ED: I was going to ask something else.
SF: Evil Dick...
ED: Yes...why haven't you got a more sensible name?
SF: I don't know...I'm not quite sure what this fashion is for such sensible names amongst the younger members of the fraternity.
ED: Strange isn't it?
SF: Well I can see the attraction...
ED: You can remain anonymous and be incredibly rude at the same time!
SF: That's right. I've thought about pseudonyms for writing reviews. I've done one or two things deemed to be inappropriate for someone.
ED: Is this the recent Wire incident?
SF: (laughs) It would be nice to release a record and people not know it's me - so I could send it to different people without the baggage. Ben's a classic example. He decides on what he hears on the basis of who's doing it. It would be nice to do something without someone going "well, he shouldn't be doing this because it's not what he normally does..." On the other hand, if you start adopting different pseudonyms for different genres you've almost capitulated to the pigeon-holing obsession of the British arts culture. So, that's my reason for not having a sensible name.
ED: Have you had many albums out since Compilation III?
SF: There was a great month in 1998 when I think four albums came out within two weeks of each other...so exactly where Compilation III sits amongst those is debatable. But I suppose between half-a-dozen and ten have been released since.
ED: 1998 - a big year.
SF: Yeah, it was quite a crucial year for me. Compilation III is, to me, quite old stuff now. The idea of the compilation records is to be retrospective because they look back and tie up certain associations and ideas that have been running for a while. I think Compilation III in particular was the end of an era for me. I think there have been quite big changes in the way I write music since then.
ED: In what sense?
SF: I think more recently I've become more interested in not having a kind of temporal division, between improvisation and composition. In a lot of traditional jazz there are composed passages and improvised passages and I think over the last two years I've become more interested in writing music where the two are more blended.
(Batteries run out 2nd time)
ED: Hmm...I don't know.
ED: I just found that highly amusing...the Webern substitution...(sniggers)...I'd have been laughing to myself for days if I'd have thought of that. It's just a cunning scam! It's very good. Was there a reason behind it?
SF: Western classical music and to an extent jazz has become obsessed with pitch to the expense of everything else, and that's why a lot of classical music doesn't have the kind of rhythmic power that you associate with jazz and rock music. The whole ethos of classical performance, composition, the way people are trained, relates around a relationship of pitches, one to another. It's always been my believe that pitch is relatively insignificant, that what people really react to and what generates interest is timbre, rhythm and extremes of pitch. One of the things I've been doing recently is using extremes of pitch a lot more. I remember when I did Compilation II I said something to Ben we used in the sleeve notes about the fact that you could take any tone row, however bizarre, and turn it into jazz just by giving it the right rhythm. Be-bop is about rhythm, it's not about pitches. There was one bit on the record where I took a Schoenberg tone row and used it as a be-bop head. And so, to take my be-bop tone row on Compilation III and slip it into Webern's rhythms was really just the reverse of that. Before we added the rhythm section to it what we had was something which actually sounded like Webern, only not as well played because the students weren't on top of the notes.
ED: But basically, it didn't lose any of its Weberness...
SF: No, not at all.
ED: Which is interesting, I suppose, but not necessarily surprising.
SF: To me that's a fairly obvious point, it's just a little personal crusade I've had for many years about pitch and the way people are obsessed with getting the right notes. I have to spend so much time going "don't worry about the right notes, just give me some balls, or whatever...just play something!" It's that problem which you hit with a classical musician, "I can't play this...it's unplayable", and they give the score back to you.
ED: I've had that as well.
SF: The thing is, if you give that to a jazz musician and say don't worry about that, just go for it...
(batteries run out for good.)
Simon Fell continued to talk about composers like Varèse writing scores which force mistakes to occur simply by pushing the musician into ridiculous scenarios...ffffff |
A brain disorder can affect a child's behavior and ability to learn. Problems with brain function are often caused by a medical condition, developmental issues, or an injury to the brain. Conditions that affect brain health have an impact on memory, problem-solving, and concentration. Your child's pediatrician, pediatric specialist, therapist, or teacher may recommend a pediatric neuropsychological evaluation if your child is having behavioral or learning difficulties.
Conditions that Affect Learning and Behavior
A variety of different conditions can impact a child's ability to learn and interact with their environment and other people. Treating the neuropsychological effects goes hand in hand with treating a child's primary disease or injury. Some common conditions seen in patients referred for pediatric neuropsychological services include:
- Chromosomal disorders such as Down syndrome and Klinefelter syndrome
- Concussions or traumatic brain injury
- Pediatric cancers
- Cerebral palsy
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
- Hearing loss
- Genetic disorders that cause metabolic or muscular diseases
- Encephalitis or other brain infections
Purpose of a Neuropsychological Evaluation
Psychological health care providers perform a neuropsychological evaluation to determine why a child is having learning or behavioral problems. An evaluation identifies cognitive, emotional, neurological, or psychiatric issues that affect a child's behavior and mental abilities. The results of an evaluation can show how problems with brain function impact school performance and relationships with family members and other children. The tests can help providers find treatment options and interventions that are appropriate for each child.
Areas Tested During Evaluation
The parts of the evaluation are determined by a child's individual needs. Evaluations usually include an IQ test, emotional and behavioral assessment, and a test of executive functions such as planning and organizing. Other areas that may be tested include memory, visual perception, fine motor skills, and language. Testing may also include adaptive functioning tests, which assess a child's social skills, basic life skills, and ability to interact with their environment.
What to Expect
Part of the child's evaluation includes gathering information from the parent to provide an accurate history of medical, academic, behavioral, and psychological issues. The child meets with the neuropsychologist or other psychological associates for a few hours of testing. Tests may also be spread over a period of days. Breaks are given throughout the testing period and children are generally encouraged to bring snacks and comfort items with them.
Testing occurs on a one-on-one basis with the provider and the child. Much of the evaluation involves the clinician talking to the child and asking questions. Other tests may include written responses or other kinds of assessment activities. Testing is personalized based on the child's needs.
Results and Follow-Up
Following the evaluation, parents receive feedback from the clinic about their child's results. Providers share how the child performed on the tests and make recommendations for treatment or support the child needs at home or at school. Neuropsychological evaluations can help parents understand what their child needs to become successful while managing their primary health conditions.
For more information on pediatric neuropsychological evaluations, contact a professional near you. |
At the time there was no other power source with a "toaster coefficient" large enough to do the job. (Several defense contractors pointed out that an acceptable power curve could be achieved with several AA size batteries and a designer brand hair dryer, but "Eddy and the boys" at Lawrence-Livermore got the required government backing and pushed ahead with the thermonuclear solution.)
This led to the requirements for the Mil. Spec. Bagel. As previously stated, only bagels made in Brooklyn (it is now believed to have something to do with the water) have the proper "staying power" when nucleated in the X-ray toaster. The hole in the bagel has the proper focusing characteristics for the X-rays and the water used to prepare the bagel has the proper isotope configuration to give the extra punch needed for proper operation.
(At one time Rold Gold® pretzels were considered, but they never posed any serious threat to the homegrown bagel.) There is, however, a very high rejection rate for the Mil. Spec. bagel, and all samples not meeting the stringent requirements must be disposed of, usually by allowing them to be eaten and "reprocessed" in order to render them of little or no military value. This is a job that requires the most vigilant compliance to insure that the bagels do not fall into the hands of enemy aliens. (It would have been highly embarrassing for the Russians to use our own parts to reduce the toaster gap.) This is a highly trained, elite unit with extremely high morale whose motto is "Pass the lox," an update on the old "pass the ammunition" phrase of W. W. II.
The use of nuclear toasters was seen as a way around the SALT treaties. Toasters weren't covered so there were no restrictions on either their deployment or numbers.
(There is still some debate over whether the deployment of nuclear toasters in fact violates the spirit of the SALT treaties, but no serious opposition to the subject has ever taken place.)
Some critics of the nuclear toaster program believe that the first deployment of the devices in space have caused an increase in UFO activity. While the writer does not believe in UFOs, let me say that even if extraterrestrial life-forms were interested in what was going on in our section of the galaxy, no intelligent life-form could possibly mistake the deployment of nuclear toasters in space for purely peaceful use as an act of aggression against some green-skinned, bug-eyed, slimey-tentacled, pig-brained sack of mutant protoplasm better off being toasted than hosted. In fact, if they insist on sticking their snot-gurgle, bulbous, stinking alien noses into our business, then I say it's high time that we give them a good old-fashioned dose of "mind your own stinking business before we kick your big green butts back to Andromeda, or wherever the hell you mutant puss balls come from." Wait a minute, there seems to be a bright, blinding light in the room... The walls are getting all wavy, like some kind of temporal and time distortion is taking place... Oh no, the squinty-eyed, bucktoothed, cross-eyed little sons of cyberian camel jockeys are teleporting through the wall... no, not again, I'm not finished with my expose... you can't stop the truth... you AIIIIIIII
"Hey, what happened to the toaster page?"
Hello, I'm the web master here. I'm not here to create chaos. I'm here to preserve it.
If you're looking for the previous version of this page, it is still available. Just check out that link I left in the previous sentence.
How did we come to have a new toaster page? Let me tell you, it took a lot of nagging.
Some toaster email.
Known links to this page.
A quick plug for The Web Surfers Report.
lies.com - More toaster commentary (would I lie?).
A Public Service Announcement:
I've noticed a few Netscape 2.0 Beta browsers dropping in. The production version is available.
The folks at City.Net can help you keep your browser up to date.
Dave Garaffa at Browser Watch can keep you on the bleeding edge.
It has also come to my attention that the EPA is looking into this matter. There may still be hope.
June 27, 1996
Webmaster: The Web Walker |
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If the cancellation is made after this time the full charge for the ordered items will be made to the full value of the order. When refunding cake orders placed incorrectly ie. interstate delivery addresses instead of Sydney addresses an administration fee will apply.
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