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Why Ford Is Poised to Keep Rallying
Brian D. Pacampara, The Motley Fool, AOL.com
Jan 22nd 2013 5:36PM
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, U.S. auto giant Ford Motor has earned a respected four-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at Ford and see what CAPS investors are saying about the stock right now.
Fordfacts
Headquarters (Founded)
Dearborn, Mich. (1903)
Trailing-12-Month Revenue
CEO Alan Mulally (since 2006)
CFO Robert Shanks (since 2012)
Return on Equity (Average, Past 3 Years)
Cash/Debt
$24.1 billion / $101.0 billion
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 80% of the 12,035 members who have rated Ford believe the stock will outperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last week, one of those Fools, All-Star TMFBlacknGold, touched on the tailwinds working in Ford's favor:
Ford is uniquely positioned to lead the pack in the new [Corporate Average Fuel Economy] (CAFE) standards for vehicles with its Eco-boost engines and its recent deployment of the CMAX line (including an electric CMAX Energi). The CMAX models could really steal some of the Prius' spotlight quite easily. In fact, I think it is entirely possible for the Energi to win the Car of the Year Award for 20<|fim_middle|> and General Motors and owns shares of Ford. Try any of our Foolish newsletter services free for 30 days. We Fools don't all hold the same opinions, but we all believe that considering a diverse range of insights makes us better investors. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. | 13, making it two years in a row for an electric vehicle (Tesla in 2012).
There is still a long way to go between 40 mpg and 54.5 mpg (the current final target), but new advances in materials and body design should shed weight over the next several years. In fact, Ford -- like other car companies -- is heavily invested in carbon fiber car parts, which could drop over 700 lbs from the weight of a vehicle and dramatically increase fuel economy.
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Home News Briefs First Reserve taps Baumann and Wood as senior advisers
First Reserve taps Baumann and Wood as senior advisers
First Reserve has named Barbara Baumann and Paul Wood as senior advisers. Currently, Baumann is founder and president of Cross Creek Energy Corporation while Wood is the ex-CEO and chairman of the board at Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services.
STAMFORD, Conn. and HOUSTON and LONDON, April 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — First Reserve, a leading global private equity investment firm exclusively focused on energy, today announced the addition of two experienced energy executives to its Senior Advisor program, which has been formally active since 2013. First Reserve's Senior Advisor network is comprised of highly respected individuals who possess deep experience and relationships in the global energy industry.
The Senior Advisors are independent professionals that work with First Reserve and our portfolio companies on a non-exclusive basis, providing perspectives and direction often at the Board level. In addition, the Senior Advisors originate new investment opportunities, advise on transactions, contribute to developing sector insights, and provide operational and energy industry-specific expertise, all leveraging a broad base of key relationships. First Reserve believes its association with the Senior Advisors enhances our ability to create value, serving both our investors and our portfolio companies by optimizing opportunities around the world. While not employees of the firm, these professionals have a strong and strategic professional connection with First Reserve.
The two newest members of the program include:
Barbara Baumann, who has extensive experience throughout the energy value chain, as well as driving ESG initiatives. Currently, Ms. Baumann serves as Founder and President of Cross Creek Energy Corporation, an energy investor and a strategic consultant to firms with assets in the energy exploration & production, refining, and logistics businesses. Prior to holding that position, she worked for Amoco Corporation and then its successor, BP Corporation, for 18 years, holding various operating and financial positions including leading one of Amoco's six upstream business units in North America and as CFO of its environmental subsidiary. Ms. Baumann is a director of Devon Energy Corporation and Buckeye Partners, LP and is an independent trustee of the Putnam Mutual Funds. She is active in non-profits in her resident state of Colorado and chairs the Board of Trustees of Mount Holyoke College, her alma mater. Ms. Baumann also has an MBA from the Wh<|fim_middle|> Brand Energy & Infrastructure Services ("Brand") for 12 years, prior to its combination in 2017 with Safway to form Brand/Safway. Brand was a portfolio company of First Reserve Funds X and XI from 2007-2013. Prior to Brand, he held a variety of management roles at General Electric and Textron Lycoming Corporation from 1988-2004. He is also a Director of Combat Marine Outdoors – a charitable organization supporting wounded veterans. Mr. Wood holds a B.S. and M.S. in Engineering, both from The Ohio State University.
Ms. Baumann and Mr. Wood join five other First Reserve Senior Advisors in the program:
Gary Buchler, who joined the program in 2018 and has broad experience in the midstream and midstream-related equipment and services industries. Mr. Buchler most recently served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Gas Pipeline Business Unit for Kinder Morgan after spending approximately 40 years with the company in various roles.
Gary Halverson, who joined the program in 2016 and has extensive experience in the oil and gas industry, particularly in manufacturing, equipment and oilfield and general energy services. Mr. Halverson most recently served as Senior Vice President of Cameron International Corporation and Group President of Drilling and Production Systems after spending 35 years with Cameron in various management roles both in the United States and overseas.
Steve Mueller, who joined the program in 2016 and has extensive operational experience in the U.S. oil and natural gas industries. Mr. Mueller spent 8 years with Southwestern Energy in various management roles including Chairman of the Board, President and CEO, and President and COO, after an over 30-year career in oil and gas.
Tim Probert, who joined the program in 2014 and has broad experience in the global upstream equipment and services industry. Mr. Probert served most recently as Strategic Advisor to the CEO of Halliburton after an 11-year career with the company. Prior to Halliburton, he spent 27 years with various operation units of Baker Hughes Incorporated during which time he was President of Baker Hughes Inteq.
John Yearwood, who joined the program in 2013 and has deep background in energy equipment and services as well as global E&P. Most recently, Mr. Yearwood served as CEO and COO of Smith International Inc., a Fortune 500 company that merged with oilfield services major Schlumberger. Before joining Smith, he spent 27 years with Schlumberger in numerous operations management and staff positions around the globe.
Alex Krueger, President & CEO of First Reserve, commented, "I have always believed that what makes First Reserve a strong energy investor is the combination of our internal expertise with a robust global network of experienced industry participants and management teams. The Senior Advisor program is, in my view, a long-term example of our ability to leverage these partnerships for the benefit of our portfolio and our investors. First Reserve welcomes Barbara and Paul to the network and looks forward to continuing to work together to drive value creation throughout the energy value chain."
About First Reserve
First Reserve is a leading global private equity investment firm exclusively focused on energy. With over 35 years of industry insight, investment expertise and operational excellence, the Firm has cultivated an enduring network of global relationships and raised approximately USD $32 billion of aggregate capital since inception. First Reserve has completed over 650 transactions (including platform investments and add-on acquisitions), creating several notable energy companies throughout the Firm's history. Its portfolio companies have operated on six continents, spanning the energy spectrum from upstream oil and gas to midstream and downstream, including resources, equipment and services, and associated infrastructure. Please visit www.firstreserve.com for further information. | arton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Paul Wood, a former First Reserve portfolio company CEO with broad experience in the downstream services industry. Mr. Wood previously served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board at | 42 |
\section{Introduction} \label{sec:intro}
Natural disasters impacting coastlines have long been some of the most dangerous
and unpredictable of all natural hazards, and among these tsunamis are particularly devastating.
Due to their rarity, it is extremely challenging to accurately understand and predict these events, owing to the
uncertainties in their generation, primarily subduction zone earthquakes, and
evolution, primarily the characterization of physical processes and bathymetric
measurements. Quantifying such uncertainties using
available past event data is
critical to help guide decision making during and after an event and also assists in building more accurate models.
One of the greatest sources of uncertainty in tsunami modeling lies with the
earthquake that generates the tsunami. This is mitigated in the far field by
the nature of the shallow water equations but in the near-field this uncertainty
can lead to significant discrepancies between predicted and actual flooding.
This is particularly troublesome when attempting to forecast tsunami run-up as
the immediately available fault movement is coarse in resolution and highly
uncertain itself. To mitigate this and improve the understanding of these
predictions, we propose an avenue for reconstructing the slip motion based on tsunami
observations immediately available via the DART buoy system.
A number of efforts towards quantification of uncertainty in the context of
tsunamis have been undertaken. Some studies have looked at fitting multiple
earthquake models, attempting to ascertain the best fit to available data while
allowing for simple variation in their initiation \cite{MacInnes:2013cr}, while
others have looked at other types of generation mechanisms such as land-slide
generated tsunamis \cite{Sarri2012}. Similar approaches to other problems
within the context of the ocean have also been presented. Examples of these
include studies examining tidal simulations that employed an adjoint or Kalman
filtering based approach \cite{Das:1992uo, Lardner:1995kn,Verlaan:1997te,
Heemink:2002vt, Mayo:2014}. Recently, the authors also presented an efficient
method for the inversion of Manning's $n$ coefficients that used water surface
elevation data collected during the T\={o}hoku\xspace earthquake and
tsunami~\cite{sraj:2014}. The efficiency of the method stems from using a
Polynomial Chaos (PC) surrogate model that approximated the forward model
{\sc GeoClaw}\xspace simulating the tsunami. The surrogate was constructed using a
non-intrusive spectral projection (NISP) method and was used within a Bayesian
inference formalism to avoid multiple runs of the forward model. We note that
Bayesian inversion of the distribution of fault slip has also been studied using synthetic data of surface displacement~\cite{Fukuda2008}.
The PC method uses polynomials to approximate a forward model (or a function)
and has been employed in the literature in various applications
including large-scale models~\citep{Iskandarani2015,Winokur2013,sraj:2013a,sraj:2013b,MatternFennelDowd2012}.
In those applications, traditional spectral projection methods~\citep{sraj:2013a,Reagan:2003,Alexanderian2012}
to construct the PC model were successfully implemented. In recent
studies, however, the spectral projection technique failed to construct
faithfully a PC expansion that represents the forward model~\citep{wang2015,Sraj2016}.
This was due to the non-linearity of the forward model and
to the internal noise that was present, leading
to PC expansion convergence issues. Instead, a compressed sensing technique called Basis-Pursuit-DeNoising (BPDN) was implemented to determine the PC expansion coefficients~\citep{Doostan:2014}. This technique first estimates the noise in the model (if any) and then solves an optimization problem to determine the PC expansion coefficients by
assuming sparsity in the coefficients and fitting the PC surrogate to a set of random model runs subject to the estimated noise.
BPDN was also recently implemented to build a proxy model for an ocean model with initial and wind forcing uncertainties~\citep{li2015}.
In that application, there was no noise in the model outputs, however, the BPDN method was used
as it does not require simulations at pre-specified sets of parameters which is a requirement by the NISP method.
In this work, we seek to quantify the uncertainties of the generating earthquake by
parameterizing the slip field in space. The basic approach is the same as the one employed in~\cite{sraj:2014}
where a Polynomial Chaos (PC) surrogate is constructed~\citep{MarzoukNajmRahn:2007,MarzoukNajm2009} and used for the inversion process using Bayesian inference~\citep{Malinverno2002}. In the case of the parameterized slip field, however, the specific method of constructing a PC surrogate using the NISP method was not successful. Instead the BDPN method proved more effective and capable of overcoming the convergence issues of the NISP approach and is the primary contribution presented in this paper. We also present results that show the ability of inferring the fault slip distribution using the DART buoys.
The remainder of the article is laid out as follows. In Section~\ref{sec:setup}, the essential setup of the
forward model is briefly described as well as the earthquake parameterization
considered. In Section~\ref{sec:formu}, the formulation of the inverse problem
including the approaches explored for the construction of the polynomial chaos
surrogate are detailed. Section~\ref{sec:results} presents results of the PC construction
using both NISP and BPDN methods in addition to results of the forward and inverse problems. Finally a discussion of the results and some conclusions are outlined in Section~\ref{sec:conc}.
\section{Problem Setup} \label{sec:setup}
The T\={o}hoku\xspace tsunami of 2011 was the most observed tsunami in
history providing us with a wealth of observational data. The earthquake had an
estimated magnitude of 9.0 ($\text{M}_\text{w}$) causing massive damage across
Japan due to the earthquake alone. The epicenter of the earthquake was located
approximately 72 km east of the T\={o}hoku\xspace region as indicated in
Figure~\ref{fig:setup}(Left). This section is devoted to the
description of the forward model used to simulate the tsunami and the
parameterization of the earthquake slip field.
\subsection{Forward Model}
The forward numerical model employed in this study is {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace, a package that has been
used to model a number of geophysical phenomena, mostly notably tsunamis for which it has been validated and approved for hazard mapping projects \cite{GonzalezLeVequeEtAl2011}. It
solves the non-linear, two-dimensional shallow water equations
\begin{equation} \label{eq:swe}
\begin{aligned}
&\pard{}{t} h + \pard{}{x} (hu) + \pard{}{y} (hv) = 0, \\
&\pard{}{t}(hu) + \pard{}{x} \left(hu^2 + \frac{1}{2} g h^2 \right ) + \pard{}{y} (huv) = ~~ fhv - gh \pard{}{x} b - C_f |\vec{u}| hu, \\
&\pard{}{t} (hv) + \pard{}{x} (huv) + \pard{}{y} \left (hv^2 + \frac{1}{2} gh^2 \right) = -fhu - gh \pard{}{y} b - C_f |\vec{u}| hv,
\end{aligned}
\end{equation}
where $h$ is the depth of the water column, $u$ and $v$ the velocities in the
longitudinal and latitudinal directions respectively, $g$ the acceleration due
to gravity, $b$ the bathymetry, $f$ the Coriolis parameter, and $C_f$ the bottom
friction coefficient. The sea-surface anomaly $\eta$, the difference between a
specified datum, such as mean tide level, and the modeled sea-surface, is $\eta
= h + b$.
{\sc GeoClaw}\xspace is an off-shoot of {\sc Clawpack}\xspace that solves systems of hyperbolic
equations in conservative and non-conservative form. The primary computational
kernel is the Riemann solver which determines fluctuations, wave speeds and
strengths. The Riemann solver in {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace contains a number of features
relevant to tsunami modeling including: (1) inundation (flooding at the shore);
(2) well-balanced formulation, providing the ability to handle topographical features
while maintaining steady-states (most notably an ocean at rest); and (3)
inclusion of entropy correction that handle rarefaction of the flow
\cite{George:2008aa}. One of the key components that makes {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace effective
at modeling trans-oceanic tsunamis is its use of adaptive mesh refinement (AMR).
AMR allows resolution of the model to follow features of the solution of
interest, such as the wave height difference from sea-level. {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace
implements these schemes via block-structured AMR as detailed in
\cite{Berger:1984ui, Berger:1998aa}.
Much of the setup for the T\={o}hoku\xspace simulations presented was adapted from the
{\sc GeoClaw}\xspace simulations presented in \cite{MacInnes:2013cr} including the
refinement strategy. This includes resolutions ranging from 1 degree in both
longitude and latitude to 75" resolution. The bathymetry used here is a
combination of ETOPO 1' and 4' resolution data~\cite{Amante:2009ud}; the finer bathymetry used in
\cite{MacInnes:2013cr} to model inundation appropriately was excluded as this
study does not include inundation data in the inversion.
\subsection{Parametric Representation of the Slip Distribution} \label{sec:parameters}
The overall goal of this article is to invert for the source earthquake using
observational data available immediately after the earthquake. In order to
simplify the investigation of the problem formulation, the base geometry of the fault
was assumed fixed while the slip on the fault is assumed to be uncertain.
Based on previous inversions, the slip magnitude was constrained between the
similar slips proposed in \cite{Ammon:2011dm} of $s_{max} = 30~m$ and no-slip
$s_{min} = 0~m$ (see Figure~\ref{fig:setup} right). Additionally the fault was
broken up into 6 sub-regions of which each can have a unique slip value in the
inversion (see Figure~\ref{fig:slips}) and cover the largest area of slip. The
initial uncertainty was represented as a non-informative, uniform distribution
with the limits mentioned above. The uncertainty is then quantified through PC
expansions as in \cite{sraj:2013a,sraj:2013b}.
\section{Formulation} \label{sec:formu}
In this section, we describe the different steps of our method to numerically
solve the inverse problem stated above. In Section~\ref{sec:obs}, we analyze the
available observations used in the Bayesian inference step, outlined in Section~\ref{sec:inference}.
Finally, in Section~\ref{sec:uq}, we provide some details on a key ingredient of
our methodology i.e.\ constructing a surrogate of the forward model for
the sake of accelerating the Bayesian inference.
\subsection{Observations}
\label{sec:obs}
We use observations consisting of water surface elevation
measurements collected for a period of around $4$ hours during the event at four
different gauge locations. These gauges are part of the Deep-ocean
Assessment and Reporting of Tsunamis (DART) buoy system developed and maintained
by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) with the purpose
of providing early-warning detection and forecasting of tsunami propagation in
the Pacific Ocean \cite{Milburn:1996wm}. The four selected gauges are the
closest to the earthquake source of the T\={o}hoku\xspace tsunami denoted by Gauge 21401,
21413, 21418, and 21419. The locations of these buoys are shown in
Figure~\ref{fig:setup} (Left) where the bathymetry and topography of the
numerical domain is also shown. The de-tided water surface elevation data for
the event at the four gauges are shown in Figure~\ref{fig:observations} (Left). The
readers are referred to~\cite{Mungov2013} for details on the data processing
methodologies used for the DART buoy data.
Prior to using these observations for the inference of the fault slip
distribution, we verify the ability of {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace to realistically simulate water
surface elevation during the T\={o}hoku\xspace tsunami. To this end, we ran a single
simulation of {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace with default parameters and fault slip
distribution from Ammon \emph{et al.}
\cite{Ammon:2011dm} to predict the water surface elevation at the four gauges.
We compare these with their DART counterparts and plot them in
Figure~\ref{fig:observations} (Right) as a scatter plot for the gauges 21401, 21413, 21418
and 21419. The data points are colored differently for the different gauges and
the variance of the difference between observations and simulations was
calculated to be $7.99\times 10^{-3}~m^2, 9.65\times 10^{-3}~m^2, 4.62 \times 10^{-2}~m^2$
and $5.86\times 10^{-3}~m^2$, respectively. These variances are consistent with the
distance from the gauges to the epicenter of the earthquake located
approximately 72 kilometers east of Japan. The smallest variance was at gauge
21419 (the farthest gauge from the epicenter) while the higher
variance was at gauge 21418 that can be attributed to its proximity to the
epicenter of the earthquake as well as to the shore region. The scatter plot
along with the calculated variances indicate a reasonable agreement between the
simulations and the observations at the different gauges. The overall
differences between the simulations and observations can likely be attributed to
uncertainties in the input data such as the Manning's $n$
coefficients~\cite{sraj:2014}, fault slip distribution, errors in the earthquake rupture model,
insufficiently accurate bathymetry in the near-shore region, and to model errors,
such as unresolved effects and approximations inherent in the shallow water
model.
\subsection{Inverse problem}
\label{sec:inference}
Bayesian inference is a well-established probabilistic approach to inverse problems in
which all forms of uncertainty are expressed in terms of random variables. This method
provides complete posterior statistics and not just a single value for the
quantity of interest ($QoI$)~\cite{Tarantola:2005}. Consider a set of $N$ water surface
elevation observations $\vec{\eta}_j =\{{\eta}_j^k\}_{k=1}^N$ measured at the
different DART buoy gauges $j=1,2,3$ and $4$, corresponding to gauges 21401,
21413, 21418 and 21419, respectively. Let $\vec{s}=\{s_i\}_{i=1}^{m=6}$ be a
vector of uncertain parameters representing the six fault slip values. We
consider the forward model $\vec{G}_j(\vec s) =\{{G}_j^k(\vec s)\}_{k=1}^N$
represented by {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace that predicts the $N$ data at the $j^{th}$ gauge as a
function of the vector of parameters $\vec{s}$ given observations $\vec{\eta}_j$. Bayes's theorem can be applied
that yields:
\begin{equation} \label{eq:bayes}
\pi(\vec{s}| {\vec \eta}_j) \propto
\pi({\vec \eta}_j | \vec{s}) \ \pi(\vec{s}),
\end{equation}
where $\pi(\vec{s})$ is the prior of $\vec{s}$, $\pi({\vec \eta}_j| \vec s)$ is
the likelihood function and $\pi(\vec{s}| {\vec \eta}_j)$ is the
posterior of $\vec{s}$. The likelihood function $L(\vec{s} | {\vec \eta}_j) =
\pi({\vec \eta}_j| \vec s)$ can be formulated assuming that independent additive
errors account for the discrepancy between the predicted, $\vec{G}_j(\vec s)
=\{{G}_j^k(\vec{s})\}_{k=1}^N$, and observed $\vec{\eta}_j
=\{{\eta}_j^k\}_{k=1}^N$, values of water surface elevation such that:
\[
{\epsilon}_j^k = {G}_j^k(\vec s) - {\eta}_j^k, \quad j=1 \ldots 4 , \quad k=1 \ldots N,
\]
where ${\vec \epsilon}_j = \{{\epsilon}_j^k\}_{k=1}^N$ are assumed to be i.i.d.
random variables with density $p_{\epsilon_j}$. The likelihood function can
then be written as
\begin{equation} \label{eq:likelihood}
L(\vec{s} | {\vec \eta}_j) = \prod_{j=1}^4 \prod_{k=1}^N p_{\epsilon_j} (G_j^k(\vec s) - {\eta}_j^k ).
\end{equation}
In our application, the measurements may vary significantly from
one gauge to another and the observations collected may be exposed to different
measurement errors; therefore, it is reasonable to assume that the errors are normally distributed with
zero mean and a variance that depends on location, i.e. \ $\epsilon_j^k \sim N(0,\sigma_j^2)$
where $\sigma_j^2$ ($j=1 \ldots 4$) is the variance at the different gauges.
Thus the likelihood function can be expressed as
\begin{equation} \label{eq:likelihood2}
L(\vec{s} | {\vec \eta}_j) = \prod_{j=1}^4\prod_{k=1}^N \frac{1}{\sqrt{2
\pi \sigma_j^2}} \exp \left\lbrace \frac{-(G_j^k(\vec s)-\eta^k_j )^2}{2 \sigma_j^2} \right\rbrace,
\end{equation}
and the joint posterior in Equation~\ref{eq:bayes} becomes
\[
\pi(\vec{s}| \eta^k_j) \propto \prod_{j=1}^4 \prod_{k=1}^N \frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi \sigma_j^2}} \exp \left\lbrace \frac{-(G_j^k(\vec s) - \eta^k_j )^2}{2 \sigma_j^2} \right\rbrace \prod_{i=1}^6 \pi(s_i).
\]
The variance $\sigma_j^2$ is not well known \emph{a priori}, thus it is treated as a hyper-parameter
that becomes an additional parameter for Bayesian inference endowed with a prior which is updated based on available observations. In this
case the joint posterior is finally expressed as
\begin{equation} \label{eq:post_coef}
\pi(s_i,\sigma_j^2 | \eta_j^k)
\propto
\prod_{j=1}^4
<|fim_middle|> and
$\vec G = [G(\vec{\xi}_1),...,G(\vec{\xi}_S)]$ be the vector of random model evaluations
at the sampled $\vec{\xi}_s$. We also let $\Psi$ be a matrix whose rows are evaluations
of the PC basis functions $\psi_k(\vec{\xi})$ at the sampled $\vec{\xi}_s$. We therefore
transform Equation~\ref{eq:stochseries} into the following system in matrix
form to solve for:
\[
\vec{G} = \Psi \vec{g}.
\]
The sparsity in the system is exploited by constraining the system and minimizing its "energy", which is its $\ell_1$-norm,
and thus solving the optimization problem
\begin{equation} \label{eq:optim}
{\cal{O}}_{1,\delta} \approx \left\lbrace \arg\!\min_{{\vec g}} || {\vec{g}} ||_1 : || \vec G - \Psi \vec{g} ||_2 \le \delta \right\rbrace.
\end{equation}
In this specific method, we assumed the presence of noise $\delta$ in the signal
that is estimated \emph{a priori} in contrast to the Basis-Pursuit (BP)
technique where no noise is assumed~\cite{Donoho:2006}. The noise $\delta$ is
determined using a cross-validation method that assures the computed PC
coefficients not only fit the random model evaluations but also accurately
approximate the model~\cite{Doostan:2014}. The system ${\cal{O}}_{1,\delta}$ is
then solved using standard $\ell_1$-minimization solvers such as the MATLAB package
SPGL1~\citep{spgl1:2007}, that is based on the spectral projected gradient
algorithm~\citep{BergFriedlander:2008}.
\section{Results} \label{sec:results}
\subsection{PC Expansion Construction and Validation}
The construction of the PC surrogate for the water surface elevation using non-intrusive methods
requires an ensemble of forward model runs. The shape (distribution) of the ensemble and number of
members (model runs) is dictated by the particular method employed. In this work, we employ two different methods that require two different ensembles as follows:
\begin{enumerate}
\item NISP requires a quadrature to compute the PC coefficients~\cite{sraj:2014}. Here, we adopted a sparse nested
Smolyak quadrature~\citep{Petras:2000,Gerstner:2003,Smolyak:1963}. In particular,
Smolyak level 5 grid rule was used requiring a total number of $Q = 1889$
quadrature nodes for the case of $m=6$ uncertain parameters to accurately
approximate PC expansion of order $p = 5$. A two-dimensional projection of the quadrature grid
is shown in Figure~\ref{fig:sample}~(Left) on the $\vec{\xi}_1 - \vec{\xi}_2$ plane.
The evolution of the water surface elevation predicted by {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace at these nodes
is shown in Figure~\ref{fig:quadrature} at the four different gauges.
\vspace{6mm}
\item BPDN accommodates both regular and random sampling to determine the PC coefficients.
Here, we used a Latin-Hyper-Cube (LHS) sample consisting
of 729 {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace realizations whose nodes are shown in
Figure~\ref{fig:sample}~(Right) when projected on the $\vec{\xi}_1 - \vec{\xi}_2$ plane.
The evolution of the water surface elevation predicted by {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace at these nodes
is shown in Figure~\ref{fig:lhs_sample} at the four different gauges.
\end{enumerate}
In both sets of realizations, we notice that the variability in water surface elevation
is significant at all gauges. This variability in the prediction of water surface
elevation persists till the end of the simulations for all gauges as well.
It is noticed that this variability is present in the arrival time in addition to the Maximum Wave Amplitude (MWA).
To confirm, we estimate the arrival time and MWA of the 1889 realizations corresponding to the quadrature sample
and plot them as functions of the different slip values $s_i$ on the subfaults (other values are set to $s_j = 15$) in Figure~\ref{fig:quad_pt} and Figure~\ref{fig:quad_mwa}, respectively. We clearly notice the significant variation of arrival time with the slip values and similarly for the MWA. These variations are expected to be challenging when computing the PC coefficients as it might require
a high order PC expansion~\cite{Alen:2011}.
Finally, we note that the average arrival time and average MWA are both consistent with the distance from the gauge to the epicenter of the earthquake (located approximately 72 kilometer east of Japan). For instance,
gauge 21418 is the closest to the source as shown in Figure~\ref{fig:setup} with the shortest arrival time and largest MWA, while
on the other hand, gauge 21419 is the farthest from the source with the longest arrival time and smallest MWA.
\label{sec:pccs}
\subsubsection{Non-Intrusive Spectral Projection}
\label{sec:pcnisp}
The PC expansion coefficients are first computed using the output of the 1889
quadrature ensemble. The constructed PC surrogate is validated using the normalized
relative error (NRE) that measures the accuracy of predicted values by the PC surrogate
using an independent set of {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace simulations as follows:
\begin{equation}
NRE = \frac{\displaystyle
\left(\sum_{q=1}^S \left|G(\vec{\xi}_s) - \sum_{k = 0}^{R}
g_k\psi_k(\vec{\xi}_q)\right|^2
\right)^{1/2}}
{\displaystyle
\left(\sum_{q=1}^S \left|G(\vec{\xi}_s)\right|^2\right)^{1/2}
},
\label{eq:error}
\end{equation}
where $G(\vec{\xi}_s)$ is the $QoI$ corresponding to the LHS sample
that were not used in the PC construction process.
The evolution of NRE is shown in Figure~\ref{fig:error_lhs_nisp} for different PC orders
as indicated. The horizontal dotted lines are guides to the eye indicating the $5\%$ and $10\%$ errors.
The calculated NRE appears to be larger than $10\%$ for PC order $p=1$ at certain times
that amplifies with increasing PC order. This indicates convergence issues in the PC that leads to inaccuracies in
the representation of the $QoI$. This is noticed for all the gauges.
We conclude that the construction of a converging PC expansion using the NISP method was not successful which promoted us to use an to alternative method. The large errors can be attributed to the large variation in the arrival times
and the MWA that is not tolerated by the NISP method.
One option to overcome this issue is preconditioning the $QoI$.
This idea was proposed in~\cite{Alexanderian2011a,Alexanderian2012}, where appropriate transformations of
the original time-dependent $QoI$ into a new one having a tight sparse PC expansion, thus
requiring less effort to be projected. Instead we resort here to a recent compressed technique as explained above.
\subsubsection{Basis-Pursuit DeNoising}
\label{sec:pcbpdn}
We next applied the BPDN method to estimate the PC
coefficients~\cite{Doostan:2014} using the LHS sample consisting of 729 {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace
realizations. We again quantified the agreement between the PC surrogate and the {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace
realizations where we now calculate the NRE using the Smolyak quadrature sample
(not used in the PC coefficients estimation).
The evolution of error shown in Figure~\ref{fig:error_quad_bpdn} indicate a better agreement (compared to NISP)
whereas the maximum error was found to decrease as the PC order is increased. The average error is less than $5 \%$, indicating that BPDN is successful in constructing a surrogate that yields accurate $QoI$ predictions.
We also computed the empirical CDF of water surface elevation
at the different gauges using samples from the PC surrogate for different orders.
We also computed the CDF using the 1889 {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace model runs and compare them
to the PC-estimated ones and plot them in Figure~\ref{fig:cdfs}.
These different panel show that the CDFs obtained using higher order bases agree with each other
and with the CDF obtained from the full model runs directly.
In conclusion, these tests provide confidence that the PC expansion is a faithful
model surrogate that can be used in both the forward and inverse problems.
\subsection{Statistical Analysis}
\label{sec:sens}
The PC expansion created using an ensemble of {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace simulations
simplifies the calculations of the statistical moments of model output $G$ as
the expectation and variance can be computed from the PC coefficients as follows:
\begin{equation}
\mu_G = \int G \, \rho(\vec{\xi}) \, \mbox{d}\vec{\xi} \approx \left< G,\psi_0\right>_{\cal Q} = G_0,
\label{eq:mean}
\end{equation}
\begin{equation}
\sigma^2_G = \int (G- \mu_G)^2 \, \rho(\vec{\xi}) \, \mbox{d}\vec{\xi} \approx \sum_{k=1}^R G_k^2
\left<\psi_k,\psi_k\right>.
\label{eq:sigma}
\end{equation}
The evolution of the mean of the sea-surface elevation $\mu_G$ along with two
standard deviation bounds ($\pm 2\sigma_G$) are thus computed from the PC
coefficients and plotted in Figure~\ref{fig:ave} at the four gauges.
Note that the evolution shown starts at $t=2 hrs$ when the
uncertainty becomes significant. An interesting observation is that the standard
deviation in water surface elevations waxes and wanes as the tsunami evolves.
The narrowing of the variance at these instances is possibly associated with the
waves that arrive due to reflections from a single source and then move away
from the gauge location imposing no variance in the water surface
elevation.
\subsection{Fault Slip Inference}
\label{sec:infer}
Finally with our PC surrogate in hand we can solve the inverse problem, estimating the fault slip values as well as the variance of the noise in the measured data
using Bayesian inference. For this purpose, we implement an adaptive MCMC method ~\citep{Gareth2009,Haario2001} to sample
the posterior distributions in Equation~\ref{eq:post_coef} and consequently update the uncertain parameters.
The posterior was sampled $10^6$ times after which we find negligible change in the estimated posteriors of the fault slip values: $s_{1} \ldots s_6$ as well as for the noise variance $\sigma^2_1 \ldots \sigma^2_4$ with further iterations.
Figure \ref{fig:chains_p} plots the sample chains for the input parameters for different
iterations of the MCMC algorithm. The different panels show well-mixed chains for all input parameters
where the chains of $s_{1},s_{2},s_{4}$ and $s_{5}$ appear to be concentrated in an area of
the parameter prior range. In contrast, the $s_{3}$ and $s_6$ chains appear to be concentrated in the lower end of
the parameter range. The running mean plotted in Figure~\ref{fig:running_mean} is an indication of the convergence of the MCMC.
The chains for the noise variances ($\sigma^2_1 \ldots \sigma^2_4$)
are shown in Figure~\ref{fig:chains_s} at the different gauges and appear to be well mixed with a well defined
posterior range. The maximum variance appears to be at gauge 21418 and its range lies between 0.025 and 0.045.
We used Kernel Density Estimation (KDE)~\citep{Parzen1962,Silverman1986} to determine the marginalized posterior
probability distribution functions (\emph{pdfs}) using the computed MCMC chains and plot them in Figure~\ref{fig:pdfs_p} for the different parameters.
The first $2\times 10^5$ MCMC iterations were considered as the burn-in period and thus discarded.
The shapes of the marginalized posterior \emph{pdfs} are consistent with the chains shown in Figure~\ref{fig:chains_p}
where the \emph{pdfs} of $s_{1},s_{2},s_{4}$ and $s_{5}$ appear to have a Gaussian-like shape with a well-defined peak;
the Maximum A Posteriori (MAP) values are estimated to be $2.7,~23,~6.5$ and $21.5$ respectively. On the other hand, for $s_3$ and $s_6$ and the \emph{pdfs} exhibit also a well-defined peak,
but with an extended tail towards the smaller slip values; the mean values are
estimated to be $0.3$ for both. The 95\% intervals of high posterior probability
are shown as shaded regions for the inferred parameters.
Regarding the noise variances, their \emph{pdfs} are shown in Figure~\ref{fig:pdfs_s} at the different gauges.
The \emph{pdfs} appear to be well-defined and Gaussian shaped with a clear MAP values.
These MAP values can be used to estimate the maximum water surface elevation standard deviation that was found to
be $\sigma_3=0.182~m$ at gauge 21418. This value is a reflection of the mismatch between the model and
observed data. The $\sigma^2_i$ estimates are noticeably lower than those obtained with {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace default slip distribution (shown in Figure~\ref{fig:observations} (Right)):
$2.27\times 10^{-3}~m^2$ versus $7.99\times 10^{-3}~m^2$, $1.22\times 10^{-2}~m^2$ versus $9.65\times 10^{-3}~m^2$, $3.32 \times 10^{-2}~m^2$ versus $4.62 \times 10^{-2}~m^2$, $2.38\times 10^{-3}~m^2$ versus $5.86\times 10^{-3}~m^2$ at gauges 20401, 21413, 21418 and 21419, respectively.
The scatter plot shown in Figure~\ref{fig:scatter_inf} uses inferred MAP
values. Thus, the parameters MAP values have reduced the discrepancies between
simulated water surface elevation and DART buoy data. This comparison can be
seen as an evaluation of the \emph{a posteriori} goodness-of-fit. Additionally
Figure~\ref{fig:map_inversion} shows the comparison between the MAP values and
the Ammon \emph{et al.} model~\cite{Ammon:2011dm}. Note that the inverted fault leads to a moment
and magnitude of $M_o = 3.43900\times 10^{22}$, $M_w = 8.99095$, respectively, whereas the Ammon \emph{et al.} model yields a moment and magnitude of $M_o = 3.63595\times 10^{22}$ and
$M_w = 9.00708$.
\section{Discussion and Conclusions}
\label{sec:conc}
In this study, we sought to estimate the fault slip distribution that
plays a critical role in earthquake and tsunami modeling, mainly in the
prediction of water surface elevations. To this end, we proposed
a low-dimensional parameterization of the fault slip distribution
in which we assumed the fault consists of six sub-faults that
have different slip magnitudes. The estimation of the fault slip distribution thus boiled down into a six-parameter inverse problem.
A Bayesian inference approach was employed
that sharpens the initial estimates of the six uncertain parameters based on measured observations.
In our test case, the T\={o}hoku\xspace tsunami, we used water surface elevations information collected at four DART buoy gauges.
Discrepancies with measurements were accounted for using a Gaussian noise model, whose variance was treated as a hyper parameter that was inferred along with the uncertain fault parameters.
Bayesian inference was accelerated using a surrogate
model constructed based on the Polynomial Chaos approach where
the output of the forward model {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace was approximated using PC expansions.
The PC expansions were constructed based on a compressed sensing approach that uses basis-pursuit denoising technique,
to produce a faithful surrogate. This PC surrogate model was additionally
used to quantify the uncertainties in the predicted water surface
elevations due to the uncertainties in slip values. This included the mean and standard deviation
of water surface elevations.
The present study focused on formulating and estimating a low-dimensional
representation of the fault slip distribution using UQ techniques, namely
Bayesian inference and PC expansions. A high-dimensional representation of the fault slip distribution
would, however, require a large number of forward runs that is computational prohibitive.
Instead, one could exploit order-reduction techniques to
reduce the dimensionality such as Karhunen-Lo\`eve expansions~\cite{Sraj2016}. This will be the objective of a future study.
\section*{Acknowledgment}
Research reported in this publication was supported by the King Abdullah
University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia grant number CRG3-2156.
The authors would like to thank Dr. Olivier Le Maitre for the helpful discussions of the results.
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| \prod_{k=1}^N
\frac{1}{\sqrt{2 \pi \sigma_j^2}} \exp \left\lbrace \frac{-( G_j^k(\vec s)-\eta^k_j)^2}{2 \sigma_k^2} \right\rbrace
\ \prod_{i=1}^6
\pi(s_i) \prod_{j=1}^4 \pi(\sigma_j^2).
\end{equation}
Finally, proper priors are chosen for the uncertain parameters based on some
\emph{a priori} knowledge about them. In our case, we chose a non-informative
uniform prior for all six fault slip values, with $s_i$ in the range $[s_{min}
- s_{max}]$ so that $\pi(s_i) = \frac{1}{s_{max}-s_{min}}$. Regarding the noise
variance, the only information known is that $\sigma_j^2$ is always positive.
We thus assume a Jeffreys prior \citep{sivia} for $\sigma_j^2$, expressed as:
\begin{equation}
\pi(\sigma_j^2) = \begin{cases}
\displaystyle \frac{1}{\sigma_j^2} &\text{for~} \sigma_j^2 > 0, \\
0 &\text{otherwise}.
\end{cases}
\label{eq:var_pr}
\end{equation}
The described Bayesian formulation requires sampling the resulting posterior
(Equation~\ref{eq:post_coef}) to estimate the joint posterior of the parameters. Markov
Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) methods are convenient and popular sampling strategies
that require a large number of posterior evaluations. We rely on an
adaptive Metropolis MCMC algorithm ~\cite{Haario2001,Gareth2009} to efficiently
sample the posterior distribution. In addition, we build a surrogate model of
the model response for further reduction in computational time as explained below.
\subsection{Surrogate model}
\label{sec:uq}
To accelerate the process of sampling the
posterior~(Equation~\ref{eq:post_coef}) using MCMC, we build a surrogate
model of the $QoIs$, namely the $\vec{\eta}_j$'s using a small ensemble of {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace model runs. For this
purpose, we apply a probabilistic method to express the $QoI$ as a function of
the uncertain model inputs, namely the Polynomial Chaos (PC)
method~\citep{LeMaitreKnio2010,Xiu2004}. As the name indicates, the function
would be in the form of a polynomial expansion~\citep{GhanemSpanos1991,Xiu2004}
that is truncated at a specific order. This approach was adopted
in~\cite{sraj:2014} to build a surrogate model for the water surface elevation
and then used to determine statistical properties (mean and variance) as well as
sensitivities~\citep{Crestaux}. Additionally the surrogate model was used for
efficient sampling of the posteriors. We briefly show here the process of
constructing a PC surrogate for the $QoI$; for more details on the PC method the
reader is referred to~\cite{LeMaitreKnio2010}.
\subsubsection{Polynomial Chaos}
\label{sec:pc}
We denote by $G=G(\vec{\xi})$ our $QoI$ which is the water surface elevation produced by {\sc GeoClaw}\xspace;
$\vec{\xi}=[\xi_1,...,\xi_m]$ denotes the canonical vector of $m$ random variables that parameterize the uncertain fault slip values
as follows:
\[
\xi_{i} = \frac{2s_i-(s_{min}+s_{min})}{(s_{min}-s_{max})}.
\]
The PC method seeks to represent $G$ as a function of the uncertain input
variables $\vec{\xi}$ as
\begin{equation}
G(\vec{\xi}) \approx \sum_{k = 0}^R g_k \psi_k(\vec{\xi}),
\label{eq:stochseries}
\end{equation}
where $g_k$ are the polynomial coefficients to be determined, and
$\psi_k(\vec{\xi})$ are tensor products of the scaled Legendre polynomials~\citep{LeMaitreKnio2010} forming an orthogonal basis
of the space of square integrable functions of the underlying uniform probability
distributions $\rho(\vec{\xi})$ with
\begin{equation}
\left<\psi_i,\psi_j\right> = \int \psi_i(\vec{\xi}) \;\psi_j(\vec{\xi}) \; \rho(\vec{\xi}) \; \mbox{d}\vec{\xi}=\delta_{ij}\ave{\psi_i^2},
\label{eq:inner}
\end{equation}
The PC coefficients $g_k$ can be determined using a number of methods.
In this work, we rely on non-intrusive approaches~\cite
{Berveiller:2006,Reagan:2003}
that use a set of deterministic model runs $G(\vec{\xi})$ evaluated
at particular realizations of $\vec{\xi}$. In particular, we relied on two non-intrusive methods
described in Section~\ref{sec:nisp} and Section~\ref{sec:bpdn} below. The reasoning behind using
these two methods is explained in the results section.
\subsubsection{Non-Intrusive Spectral Projection}
\label{sec:nisp}
The Non-Intrusive Spectral Projection (NISP) method makes use
of the orthogonality of the polynomial basis and applies a Galerkin projection
to find the PC expansion coefficients~\citep{Constantine:2012,Conrad:2013} as
\[
g_k = \frac{\left< G, \psi_k \right>}{\left< \psi_k, \psi_k \right>} =
\frac{1}{\left< \psi_k, \psi_k \right>}
\int G \psi_k(\vec{\xi}) \rho(\vec{\xi}) \mbox{ d}\vec{\xi}.
\]
A numerical quadrature is used to approximate the integrals with
\[
\int G \psi_k(\vec{\xi}) \rho(\vec{\xi}) \mbox{ d}\vec{\xi}
\approx \sum_{q=1}^{Q} G(\vec{\xi}_q) \psi_k(\vec{\xi}_q) \omega_q,
\]
where $\vec{\xi}_q$ and $\omega_q$ are the multi-dimensional quadrature points and weights,
respectively, and $Q$ is the total number of nodes in the multi-dimensional quadrature.
$G(\vec{\xi}_q)$ is the model prediction evaluated at the quadrature values $\vec{\xi}_q$.
We note that the order of quadrature should be commensurated with the PC truncation order,
and should be high enough to avoid aliasing artifacts.
\subsubsection{Basis-Pursuit DeNoising}
\label{sec:bpdn}
Basis-Pursuit DeNoising (BPDN) is a non-intrusive method for finding the PC
coefficients using a number of random model evaluations. BPDN is based on
the compressed sensing methodology that assumes sparsity in a signal, in our case
the PC coefficients, and seeks to determine the non-zero coefficients. using
optimization techniques~\citep{Berveiller:2006,Blatman:2011,Doostan:2014}. Let
${\vec{g}}=[g_0,...,g_R]$ be the vector of PC coefficients to be determined | 1,767 |
It was the shout from my paddling partner Nick that made me realise the first rule of canoeing on the fast-moving upper Thames - always look where you are going. How was I to know that we had inadvertently departed from the river bank? I was still busy following Penny's instructions to make sure I safely stow the painter (=rope, I now know).
Nick and I were rapidly leaving Castle Eaton where we had just stepped into our canoe. Slightly worse was that we were broadside across the stream and heading for the first of many fallen trees. That was the moment I thought that maybe I needed my paddle. That was the moment that Penny realised her Sunday open canoe trip was not going quite the way she had hoped.
Our group of five originally met up at Lechlade for a Sunday run down the Thames from Cricklade to Lechlade. We discovered from another group of canoeists that launching at Cricklade wasn't a great idea because of a fallen tree blocking the river just downstream. So the Red Lion at Castle Eaton, "the first pub on the Thames", became our start and we launched from the pub garden (with permission of course).
The Thames at Castle Eaton doesn't seem very intimidating - it's barely more than a stream - but to someone whose open canoe experience was based on an hour on a lake, things did seem to be moving quite fast. Nick and I missed our first willow tree but not very gracefully. With intensive tuition from Penny and a lot of waiting by Barbara and Philip, Nick and I gradually turned into the dream team as we manoeuvred around countless fallen trees and other obstructions in the narrow twisting river. We continued downstream, crossing from Wiltshire into Gloucestershire, passing the village of Kempsford with its impressive church tower. Just downstream from Kem<|fim_middle|> with hardly a bump. The cruise down to Lechlade became much more Thames-like as the river broadened out and people and boats appeared. Fortified for about an hour by talk of a cream tea in Lechlade we arrived to find that the cream teas had sold out - the only disappointment of a delightful day. | psford we stopped for lunch, sitting at a bench and seats that someone had unaccountably placed in a field by the river.
We reached Hannington Bridge shortly after lunch. Two of the three arches were blocked with guess what, more fallen trees. The remaining arch presented a bit of a challenge with a strong current flowing through it and an awkward approach. After much deliberation, and having watched the others successfully navigate it, Nick and I made our cautious approach. By now, of course, we were quite the accomplished paddling team and slipped through | 112 |
Galaxy Collisions: What Will Ours Look Like?
This fantastic<|fim_middle|>Perhaps we can take this as a lesson. What may seem as chaos now, will naturally flow into its own order in the future. As we awaken to the truth, we may lose certain friends, or we may lose our interest in everyday things -such as politics or TV shows. We might find we disagree with things we used to accept. We might find ourselves changing.
Just remember, you have to actually move forward if you want to take a step higher. Change is a natural consequence of existence. Whether or not if you are a human being, a star, a galaxy, or a Universe (if you believe in the Multiverse). Change is the product of evolution. Where would we be today if we hadn't evolved? Still experimenting with sticks to make fire and stones to make wheels, perhaps. | video, although a simulation, in some way makes us think about all the movement and change we are going through. More and more people are experiencing 'awakenings' as the days go by, and as a society we are facing many whirlwind situations that are triggering a large global shift in consciousness.
And maybe it's all part of something bigger -maybe dramatic changes are only a part of the natural flow of the Cosmos, and we as children of this earth, naturally go through the same thing.
In the end, as shown in this video, change ultimately leads to growth. Although 'time' is a tricky issue – modern science suggesting that time in itself doesn't exist, and the relationship between space-time is even more difficult to grasp -for the sake of this article, we can judge time as something that correlates with 'evolution.' Our galaxy is in constant evolution, and millions of years from now it will morph and evolve into a much bigger galaxy. Along the way, it may lose some stars, but that's just a part of the constant expansion of our Universe.
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It means a lot – LeBron James after going past assists tally of Magic Johnson
Basketball | December 6, 2022
LA Lakers talisman LeBron James was delighted after going past assists<|fim_middle|> teammates be great. I always admired that in him. What's even more humbling and super duper cool is the fact that I'm doing it in a Laker uniform and knowing how much Magic means to the Laker franchise."
Meanwhile, Anthony Davis continued his good show as he top-scored with 44 points. Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers was present in the stands and had met Davis before the game. Davis revealed Rodgers wanted him to score at least 30 points in the game.
"I saw him before the game and he said, 'I need 30 tonight,'" Davis said. "I just saw him and he said, 'I only said 30, not 40.' It's always good for him to come out and watch the Lakers play."
Davis' good form is shaping up well for the Lakers as they have won seven out of their last nine matches. The Lakers would want to continue the winning impetus as they are coming up with collective efforts.
The Lakers will be up against Washington Wizards on Sunday night in Washington. | tally of the legendary Magic Johnson. James scored 11 assists against Milwaukee Bucks on Friday night, taking his tally to 10,144 and leapfrogging Johnson, who had 10,133 assists.
Furthermore, the Lakers won by 133-129 against the Bucks to record their ninth win of the season. Apart from scoring 11 assists, James also scored 28 points and eight rebounds in his team's victory
"It means a lot, obviously," James said as quoted by AP. "The way Magic approached the game, it was very infectious. His teammates loved playing with him because of the joy he played with and the ability to pass the ball and get other guys involved. He was always excited about seeing his | 158 |
I produced this sculpture when thinking of the illusions of "reality" we live in our daily lives. It is easy to assume that we are surrounded with unquestionable objects and true facts only until we start doubting them.
Many people who have been raised in religious conditions carry over the belief in god through out their lives as it has been imprinted in their memory and mind at an early<|fim_middle|> figure I tried to represent the dreaming process and internal calm emptiness.
The figure is made of ceramic material (fired clay model), painted in dark grey from outside and venous blood red inside. In order to protect painted surface it's finished with matt varnish.
Through this emptied abstracted female figure i tried to represent the emotion of sadness and internal emptiness.
Through this emptied abstracted female figure i tried to represent the emotion of despair and elusiveness of emotional fulfilment.
Sculpture: Ceramic, Paint and Plaster on Ceramic.
Inspired by the work of Norwegian painter Ørjan Anmo Moen called 'Standing Wave', I have created this work contrasting organic form of an abstracted leaf shape and inorganic sharp form that is artificial to life nature objects.
This has been created in my Hungarian flat/studio fired there and brought back to london for finishing (polishing, painting, varnishing).
This sculpture is a two-piece composition, - fired ceramics, painted with acrylic and varnished with a professional varnish to protect paint and the sculpture from environmental factors.
Sculpture: Ceramic and Paint on Ceramic.
Three-piece composition expressing parental care, safety and protection via organic forms and abstraction.
Sculpture: Resin and Metal on Iron.
Cold cast iron with micro-crystalline wax finish.
First work in a series of "virgins" that exhibit different emotional states of a fertile woman.
Sculpture: Marble and Resin on Marble.
- White cold cast iron with micro-crystalline wax finish.
It's my second work in a series of "virgins" that exhibit different emotional states of a fertile woman.
- White cold cast marble with micro-crystalline wax finish. | age. Some people later find their way without the inconsistent [with science and real world] truth of religious doctrines and beliefs they have adopted. This process of converting a strong belief (e.g. religion) into a positivist/humanist perspective is usually rather painful and associated with the realisation of time wasted in our short lives. Great mental strength is needed to overcome this agony.
My answer to this metaphysical problem is that it can be found in the strongest emotions we experience in our lives.
It seem that the only time we can be really sure about anything existing in this world, and be very certain about it in philosophical terms, is when we go through the torment of agony.
Can be purchased by contacting me or on my SaatchiArt profile.
This sculpture has been inspired by an ongoing discussion, in both philosophy and some religious practices, on the subject of self. When do we become aware of 'self'? We certainly have little or no sense of self when we are asleep, do we obtain it back when we wake up?
It would certainly be a very different world, rather hard to imagine, if we did not inherit this illusion of self. The boundaries between ourselves and the world around would be nonexistent or very blurred; we would probably feel as an integral part of a bigger universe, bigger and more fluid than inconsistent image of the immediate universe we perceive in our minds. This is all speculation.
Although what is interesting is the reaction we have if we think of losing 'self'. It somehow feels, and the feeling is shared by many other people I discussed this hypothetical scenario, that all is left of us is the shell, container of our body, that acts and reacts but 'I' is no longer there - emptiness and sad reflections on the loss. This is what I tried to represent in my work.
This work has been inspired by two artists of the past: Eadweard Muybridge and Francis Bacon. Initially Myubridge made a series of photos (slow motion) of a child with paralysis that could not walk other than on all fours. This photo series has inspired Francis Bacon to paint two pictures titled "Paralytic child walking on all fours" and "After Muybridge - Woman Emptying a Bowl of Water and Paralytic Child". I could not resist the temptation to continue the story of the child and sculpted the boy.
This is the first sculpture - "Christianity Burial" - in a series dedicated to studying religion, a critical perspective on religion, and its interactions with humanism. The title of the work is self-descriptive, answering the question: "Do we inherit good ethics from Christianity to guide our lives?"
This is the second sculpture - "Judaism Decoupling" - in a series dedicated to studying religion, a critical perspective on religion, and its interactions with humanism. The title of the work is self-descriptive, answering the question: "Do we inherit good ethics from Judaism to guide our lives?"
This sculpture composition has been inspired by an outstanding Sleeping Beauty ballet performance I saw in Budapest Operahaz. Two main fairy characters of the ballet in a fighting action are represented here: Lilac Fairy is being attacked by Carabosse.
This is my third and last work in a series of emptied virgins. Through this emptied abstracted female | 674 |
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Our Askew Road estate agency office, which opened in March 2014, is located in the heart of Askew Village, with Shepherds Bush to the east, Wendell Park to the west and Ravenscourt Park to the south.
Working closely with our neighbouring Brook Green office, the team offers residential sales and lettings services in the Askew<|fim_middle|> Bedford Park, Chiswick, Ravenscourt Park, Wendell Park and Brackenbury Village.
This booming area of west London offers a diverse range of property; from stunning family houses overlooking Wendell Park, to architecturally-designed maisonettes just a hop, skip and a jump from the vibrant Shepherds Bush Market. The boutique shops and culinary delights appeal to all and the largest shopping centre in Europe is on the doorstep. Families are also attracted by the stunning open spaces of Ravenscourt Park, which makes W12 and the surrounding areas one of west London's hot spots. | Road and surrounding area, including Acton, Shepherds Bush, | 14 |
« The Sun's Magnetic Influence Helps Shape a Comet's Tail First Americans "Leap-Frogged"<|fim_middle|> that made the trip survives in the genetic record today.
Researchers collecting sediment for analysis at Lapa do Santo. (Credit: André Strauss-MAE/USP)
It's been difficult to see the comings and goings of ancient peoples in the Americas largely because the archaeological record of their activities is slim. The dearth of data has led to disagreements over things as fundamental as when the Americas were actually settled, and we have still only a piecemeal view of the movements of the First Americans. But, advances in genetic sequencing technologies have given archaeologists another perspective on ancient populations, and the team here has gone far above and beyond previous efforts in this region of the world.
Most Genomes to Date
The researchers assembled 49 genomes from bone fragments found across South and Central America, some up to 11,000 years old. By comparing the DNA to that of people living in the region today, they were able to begin picking out the tracks of ancient migrations across the region. Surprisingly, the researchers uncovered two entirely new large-scale influxes of people to South American thousands of years ago. Genetic evidence of those migrations is now almost totally gone, they say, obscured by more recent entries into the region.
It upends previous theories that South America was colonized just once, and that indigenous people there today are related to these initial settlers. Instead, it appears that the very first South Americans have almost entirely vanished, replaced by new settlers thousands of years later.
An illustration showing how researchers believe ancient humans spread through the Americas. (Credit: Posth et al./Cell)
The first wave of migration came at least 11,000 years ago, when a group of North Americans known as the Clovis moved down into Belize, Brazil and Chile. This first wave of Clovis people were related to a burial known as Anzick-1, a baby found in Montana dated to around 13,000 years ago, and the only known individual from that time. Some of his relatives would go on to move into Central and South America, it appears, but it wouldn't be long before they were replaced.
Another group of migrants entered the continent no earlier than 9,000 years ago, the researchers say, and it is these people whose ancestry shows up in modern inhabitants.
Migration #2
The history of migrations to South America gets more complex, though. The researchers also picked out another, separate influx of people to different regions. Around 4,200 years ago, an entirely different group of ancient Americans moved from the California Channel islands down into southern Peru and northern Chile. Such a migration had never showed up in the archaeological record, meaning that it was previously invisible to researchers. It does align with a sudden increase in the number of archaeological sites discovered from around that time, though, adding weight to the theory.
Researcher Rodrigo Elias uncovering burial 34b at Lapo do Santos. (Credit: André Strauss-MAE/USP)
The findings are helping to fill in the broad brushstrokes of how ancient peoples moved around the Americas, but our understanding of the ways different groups of First Americans spread and intermingled is still quite coarse. The data we have is based on a very small sample of DNA from people at a few locations across Central and South America.
"More ancient genomes before 11,000 [years ago] are going to be useful to time the arrival of those early Central and South American lineages, but additional data from later time periods and other geographic locations is going to be pivotal to provide more precise insights into the population history of different American regions," says study co-author Cosimo Posth, an archaeogenetics researcher at the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
The story of how humans settled the Americas just got more complex. And it's likely only the beginning.
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South America Was Settled More Than Once, New Study Says
By Nathaniel Scharping | November 8, 2018 1:00 pm
Photo of the cranium of Burial 32 at the archaeological site of Lapa do Santo. DNA for the study was extracted from this individual. (Credit: Maurício de Paiva)
When the Americas were first settled, sometime in the past 25,000 years, it happened from the top down. Eurasians made their way across the Beringian land bridge (or followed the coastline, what's known as the Kelp Highway hypothesis) from Siberia to Alaska and spread throughout their new territory.
Once they were here, recent evidence has indicated that it didn't take very long, a few thousand years perhaps, for people to reach the tip of South America, though there's some disagreement as to the routes and timing of the migrations. Other groups ventured east to what is now southern Ontario, and the Americas were well on their way to being truly settled.
A related paper provides additional details about how ancient Americans spread throughout the New World. You can find Discover's coverage of that research here.
The story isn't quite that simple, though. While researchers have previously thought of this process as a single wave, which washed southward through the continents and held fast, a new paper hints that there were multiple migrations from north to south. Successive groups of people made their way out of North America and across the equator, argues a large international team of researchers in the journal Cell, and not every group | 334 |
One night the group, known then as The Sheratons, was playing in a London pub. In the audience were Ken Howard and Alan Blaikley, a very prolific British songwriting team, who later wrote hits for such artists as Lulu, Elvis Presley, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich and Petula Clark. Howard and Blaikley,liked what they saw and suggested the band might like to hear<|fim_middle|> for them. They were especially successful in Sweden and in Japan. The Honeycombs line-up changed in 1966 and the group became known as the New Honeycombs. Further singles were recorded at Joe Meek's studio and were released on the Pye label. | some of their material. The band had an upcoming audition with indie record producer Joe Meek, whom most notably had produced The Tornados and composed their number one hit "Telstar" in 1962 and were eager for some new material. At the audition in Meek's studio in Holloway Road, they played Howard and Blaikley's "Have I the Right?" which Meek recorded. The group's founder Martin Murray had worked as a hairdresser, Honey Lantree being his assistant. They decided to combine his profession with the name of the drummer and changed their name to The Honeycombs. Their most distinguishing mark was their female drummer, Honey Lantree. They were signed to the Pye record label. After proving a 'sleeper' for seven weeks the record took off in summer 1964 reaching the number one spot around the world and selling over 2 million records. It was Meek's final hit in the United States, where it was issued on the Interphon label. The Honeycombs were managed by Howard and Blaikley who went on to write more successes | 233 |
Review<|fim_middle|> between.The temperature was about -4°C. Not as cold... | : Aidan Harding tests Wildcat Gear at Iditabike
Last year, Aidan Harding asked us to provide bikepacking gear for his upcoming Iditarod race.Here, he has written down his experiences of the kit (including our bags) during the 1000 mile extreme-condition race. In February 2014, I set off on the Iditarod Trail Invitational. 1000 miles of racing across Alaska with unknowns in every mile. There was bound to be cold, snow, ice, and emptiness. As for anything else the trail might throw up, I'd just have to figure that out when I got there.It was my second time in the 1000 mile race and third time racing in Alaska...
Review: Ben Rockett tests Wildcat Snow Leopard on Baffin Island in the Arctic Circle
In March 2014 Ben Rockett took a Wildcat Gear Snow Leopard frame bag on a 2-week expedition to become the first person ever to ride a bike across Canada's Baffin Island.Tucked up in the Arctic circle North of Canada, Baffin Island endures extremely low temperatures with an annual average of -10°C and winter temperatures of -30°C. Being equipped for such cold temperatures is essential for survival in those conditions.Upon his triumphant return, we asked Ben to write about his experience with our bag in Arctic conditions. For the expedition on Baffin Island I required a storage solution that would keep...
Bespoked' Best in Show!
Wildcat Gear are really pleased to report that the judges at 2015 Bespoked, Bristol awarded us 'Best in Show' in the category 'Cycling Goods and Design Show'. Bespoked is an amazing show full of the most desirable and finely crafted bikes and accessories, so it's an amazing honour to have been picked out for this award.A big thank you to everyone who helped us get the show stand looking so good and everyone who made the time to visit us and say hello! It was really great to finally meet so many of our customers and put friendly faces...
We're pleased to announce our first ever photo competition!It's time to sift through your back-catalogue of images from past bikepacking trips and send us some of your best images for a chance to win a custom frame bag. Or, if you're feeling inspired enough, get your kit together and head out in the next few weeks to capture that perfect image.The lucky winner will receive a custom Wildcat Gear frame bag to the specification of their choice, up to a value of £175. We have two judges waiting to review your entries; both have an eye for fine detail, expansive views and a passion for...
Last weekend Ian Barrington travelled to Finland to race the Rovaniemi 150 Arctic Winter Race. Here's Ian's report from the race:--The sky above Rovaniemi was streaked with wispy clouds on the morning of the race. At 8:30am, the sun hadn't yet risen above the horizon to inject what little warmth it offers at this latitude. Rovaniemi is on the Arctic circle, and the race I was about to do would take in 150 km of trails north of here on frozen rivers, across ice-covered lakes, and through the endless boreal forest that lay in | 695 |
Prima Games shuts down after three decades of strategy guides
If you played games in the days before easy access to online walkthroughs, the name 'Prima' may hold a special place in your heart. Prima Games was one of the largest of game guide books over the course of its three decade history, but the inevitable march of time has brought us to today's sad truth: as of next year, Prima will be no more.
Publisher Dorling Kindersley will shut down the Prima imprint in spring 2019, and as a result will close offices in Roseville, CA, Indianapolis, IN, and New York, NY. The Roseville office will be the first casualty later this month, but some Prima employees will remain at the Indianapolis office until March to finish out<|fim_middle|> never quite went away. Prima's recent guides have often been more collector's items than practical guides – lavish hardcover editions that often include bonus art and behind-the-scenes material.
A handful of Prima guides remain on the docket – including one alongside the Anthem release date – but you won't see the imprint much longer. Some companies, like Piggyback, remain in the strategy guide business, but the biggest name isn't long for this world. | the imprint's publishing calendar.
Info on the shutdown comes via Publishers Weekly, which reproduced a statement from DK CEO Ian Hudson. "During a year-long extensive review, many new ways were explored to diversify Prima Games publishing; however, the dynamics for us of this fast-paced landscape have continued to prove difficult. This enormously dedicated team has made every effort to turn the business around, but challenging market conditions have unfortunately worked against them."
People have predicted the death of physical game guides for the better part of two decades, but the final end never seemed to happen. Whether those books were up against free information on GameFAQs or the slightly more recent proliferation of video walkthroughs, they | 137 |
I had been doing some research on young adult ministry in the church and this sentence, proclaimed by a young adult with conviction in his voice, clarified everything for me. Youth and young adults today want authentic relationships. Unfortunately, this is a rare commodity in a world thriving on attention rather than authenticity.
To understand that, let's take a closer look at the journey of someone in Generation Z. These are today's teens: born between 1995-2010, 8-22 years old currently. They are about 15 per cent of Canada and 26 per cent of the U.S. population.
They are often referred to as the "iGeneration," "Digital Natives," or my personal favourite, "Screenagers," because smartphones have existed for almost all of their lives. Not to mention their habit of spending an average of four hours a day in front of a screen, and growing up in a world in which most of the people around them are doing the same thing.
This simply means that Gen Z has always felt connected to the entire world and have always been competing for attention—not just on their social media profiles working for likes, comments, shares, and reposts, but at the dinner table, in the living room, out with their friends, in the cafeteria. Everywhere they go it is between their face and the phone you hold. It is no wonder we think they are desperate for attention.
Consider how it feels when you want to talk to someone and they pause to answer a text from someone else, or hear the ping of an email and their attention moves away from you for just a second. It's not the fact that you lost their attention that hurts, it's the apparent lack of authenticity—are you here with me, or are you there with them? Do you even see me?
I'm finding that although it may seem like teens today are striving for attention at any cost, they are in fact seeking authenticity. They are desperate for someone to see them and help them see.
When Jesus was walking through the streets, there were hundreds of people crowding around him. I can almost hear the people shouting, "Jesus! Teacher! Rabbi!! Look here, come here!"<|fim_middle|> response to this culture requires two steps, following in the way of Jesus—pause, then see. Pause, stop what you're doing, put down your phone for long enough to listen. Then see, tell them what you see, and encourage them to step forward in confidence. In a world of addictions, apps, and attention-seeking, may you go and be one of the few authentic people in a teenager's life. | In one particular story, a woman reached out from the crowd and touched just the hem of His robe and was then healed of her 12-year sickness. Jesus could have kept moving, but instead He stopped, looked at her, called her daughter and gave her courage to live in new freedom.
There is a difference between attention and authenticity, and Jesus didn't just give the people attention but shared authentic relational space with them.
When I asked one young adult recently what he meant by authentic relationship he compared it to punk rock and pop music. Top 40 pop music is catchy and has something to offer, but it's made to make money. Punk music is grungy, rough, messy, and can't be manufactured or else it has lost its very essence. In a world of young people seeking authenticity, we are left wondering how to deliver what they need when it can't be reduced to an event, a program, or an app.
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The Cayman Drama Society (CDS) is a vibrant<|fim_middle|> Varying levels of membership and lots of volunteer opportunities. Subscribe to our newsletter, sign up for membership or contact us for more information here. | community theatre, committed to providing quality live theatre to educate, enrich and entertain while also providing lifelong learning opportunities and fostering creative expression. CDS is always looking for enthusiastic thespians, directors, producers, stage managers,lighting and sound technicians and new friends. Our website lists past, current and upcoming productions. Productions are produced at The Prospect Playhouse, a 130 seat theatre with modern lighting and sound equipment and features the Curtain Call Bar where volunteers will greet you with themed beverages at each show. CDS also offers training classes for corporates, private, adult classes and children classes. Each year volunteers form cast and crew to offer up between four and six shows per year, normally including at least one musical theatre show and their annual Playhouse Family Christmas. | 155 |
Exit Albert Hirschman
A great lateral thinker died on December 10th
BusinessDec 22nd 2012 edition
ALBERT HIRSCHMAN knew what he was talking about when he called one of his books "Essays in Trespassing". He was an extraordinarily peripatetic practitioner of the dismal science. Born in Berlin in 1915, he fled the Nazis in 1933, studied in Paris, London and Trieste, joined the anti-Mussolini resistance, fought on the Republican side in the Spanish civil war, served in the French army until France's collapse in 1940, helped to organise an "underground railway" for refugees, emigrated to America, joined the army and was a translator at Nuremberg. He applied the cosmopolitan spirit that he had acquired in these years to everything he wrote.
He made his reputation as a development economist, focusing on Latin America, but he soon found himself trespassing obsessively—not only into other sub-disciplines such as the theory of the firm but also into other disciplines entirely such as political science and the history of thought. Mr Hirschman was never awarded the Nobel prize in economics he so richly deserved, perhaps because his writing was hard to classify. However, as if by way of recompense, Princeton University Press is about to publish a 768-page biography by Jeremy Adelman.
Mr Hirschman's most famous book, "Exit, Voice and Loyalty: Responses to Decline in Firms, Organisations and States", remains as suggestive today as it was when it first appeared in 1970, for managers and policymakers as well as intellectuals. Mr Hirschman argued that people have two different ways of responding to disappointment. They can vote with their feet (exit) or stay put<|fim_middle|> via social media.
Squawk or go
Mr Hirschman wrote so much about so many different subjects that it is easy to see why his biography stretches to 768 pages. He challenged the conventional wisdom among his fellow development economists that poor countries need "balanced growth"; he argued instead that the "disequilibria" generated by unbalanced growth might do a better job of mobilising resources. He also challenged the conventional wisdom among sociologists and historians that the Protestant ethic prepared the way for capitalism. He suggested, rather, that the starring role should be given to a group of thinkers, such as Montesquieu, who argued that the best way to prevent social disorder was to channel people's passions into moneymaking.
The Economist claims to engage in a "severe contest" with "an unworthy, timid ignorance obstructing our progress". Mr Hirschman was an eloquent ally. In "The Rhetoric of Reaction" he wrote that purveyors of "timid ignorance" rely on three types of argument: jeopardy (reforms will cost a lot and endanger previous gains); perversity (reforms will harm the people they are intended to help); and futility (problems are so huge that nothing can be done about them). That certainly describes the current debates about global warming, illegal drugs and countless other topics. With luck, Mr Hirschman's exit will not silence his voice.
Economist.com/blogs/schumpeter
This article appeared in the Business section of the print edition under the headline "Exit Albert Hirschman"
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Can the World Economic Forum keep its mojo? | and complain (voice). Exit has always been the default position in the United States: Americans are known as being quick to up sticks and move. It is also the default position in the economics profession. Indeed, when his book appeared, Milton Friedman and his colleagues in the Chicago School were busy extending the empire of exit to new areas. If public schools or public housing were rotten, they argued, people should be encouraged to escape them.
Mr Hirschman raised some problems with the cult of exit. Sometimes, it entrenches the status quo. Dictators may rule longer if their bravest critics flee abroad (indeed, Cuba uses emigration as a safety valve). Monopolies may have an easier life if their stroppiest customers find an alternative. Mr Hirschman got the idea for his book during a ghastly train journey in Nigeria: he concluded that the country's railways were getting worse because the most vocal customers were shifting to the roads.
Exit may also reinforce the cycle of decline. State schools may get worse if the pushiest parents take their custom elsewhere. Mr Hirschman worried that a moderate amount of exit might produce the worst of all worlds: "an oppression of the weak by the incompetent and an exploitation of the poor by the lazy which is the more durable and stifling as it is both unambitious and escapable." (Mr Hirschman wrote better in his third language than most economists do in their first.) Exit may also entail costs. If you have invested heavily in a company that starts performing badly, then you may be better off agitating for a change in management rather than selling your shares at a loss.
Mr Hirschman overstated his case. Plenty of evidence suggests that choice can act as an energiser, not a soporific. The most comprehensive study of school choice, in Sweden in 1988-2009, by Anders Bohlmark and Mikael Lindahl, found that "free schools" (private schools that are paid for by the state) were not only good for their own pupils but also forced ordinary state schools to shape up. But Mr Hirschman's overall point was not that exit is bad but that exit and "voice" work best together. Reformers are more likely to be able to fix an organisation if there is a danger that their clients will leave. The problem with Friedman et al was that they focused only on exit and not on how exit and voice could be used to reinforce each other.
Modern technology is adding to the power of both exit and voice. Consumers can abandon expensive middlemen for electronic commerce. They can also organise online armies to protest against poor service. But companies are also fighting back—making exit more difficult by persuading people to sign long-term contracts (particularly with teaser rates) and encouraging loyalty by offering rewards such as air miles. They are also adding their own voices to the hubbub | 590 |
The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7) was introduced to prevent invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) in Western Australian (WA) Aboriginal people in 2001. PCV13 replaced PCV7 in July 2011, covering six additional pneumococcal serotypes; however, IPD rates remained high in Aboriginal people in WA. Upper respiratory tract pneumococcal carriage can precede IPD, and PCVs alter serotype distribution.
To assess the impact of PCV13 introduction, identify emerging serotypes, and assess risk factors for carriage, nasopharyngeal swabs and information on demographic characteristics, health, medication and living conditions from Aboriginal children and adults across WA from August 2008 to November 2014 were collected. Bacteria were cultured using selective media and pneumococcal isolates were serotyped by Quellung reaction. Risk factors were analysed by multivariable logistic regression.
One thousand five hundred swabs pre- and 1385 swabs post-PCV13 introduction were collected. Pneumococcal carriage was detected in 66.8% of children <5 years old and 53.2% of 5–14 year-olds post-PCV13, compared with pre-PCV13 prevalence of 72.2% and 49.4%, respectively. The prevalence of PCV13-non-PCV7 serotypes decreased in children <5 years old from 13.5% pre-PCV13 to 5.8% post-PCV13 (p < 0.01), and from 8.4% to 6.1% in children 5–14 years old (p > 0.05). The most common serotypes post-PCV13 were 11A (prevalence 4.0%), 15B (3.5%), 16F (3.5%), and 19F (3.2%).
Risk of detection of pneumococcal carriage increased until age 12 months (odds ratio [OR] 4.19, 95% confidence interval [CI] 2.39–7.33), with nasal discharge (OR 2.49 [95% CI 2.00–3.09]), residence in a remote community (OR 2.21 [95% CI 1.67–2.92]) and household crowding (OR 1.36 [95% CI 1.11–1.67]). Recent antibiotic use was negatively associated with pneumococcal carriage (OR 0.48 [95% CI 0.33–0.69]). Complete resistance to penicillin was present among isolates of serotypes 19A (6.0%), 19F (2.3%) and non-serotypeable isolates (1.9%). Serotype 23F and newly emerged serotype 7B isolates showed high rates of resistance to cotrimoxazole, erythromycin and tetracycline (86.9%, 86.9%, 82.0%, respectively for 23F, 100.0%, 100.0% and 93.3% for 7B).
Since PCV13 replaced PCV7, carriage of PCV13-non-PCV7 serotypes decreased significantly among children <5 years old, those most likely to have received PCV13, and to a lesser extent in older people. Known risk factors for carriage including crowding and young age remain in the Aboriginal population.
Streptococcus pneumoniae is estimated to cause up to a million deaths from invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD) per year, worldwide . While the greatest burden of IPD is concentrated in resource-poor countries, Australian Aboriginal people in central and western regions of Australia experience an almost five-fold greater incidence of IPD than non-Aboriginal Australians . In addition to high rates of IPD, Aboriginal children also experience a high burden of other manifestations of pneumococcal disease, including pneumonia and otitis media (OM) .
Vaccination to prevent IPD is effective against targeted serotypes<|fim_middle|> Services who facilitated our study visits. We are grateful to all the study participants.
Funding for this study was provided by WA Department of Health through the Collaboration for Applied Research and Evaluation (CARE) and NHMRC Project Grant #545232. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.
The datasets from the current study can be shared by the corresponding author on reasonable request.
Conception, generation and design of the research plan: DL, AJL, AH. Data collection: AH, DC, JB, KS, NAS. Data analysis: DC, TS. Drafting of manuscript: DC, TS, DL. All authors performed critical review of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.
Ethical approval was granted by the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Ethics Committee, the Western Australian Country Health Service Board Research Ethics Committee and the Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee. Local approval to approach communities in the Kimberley region was granted by the Kimberley Aboriginal Health Planning Forum. Consent was sought from parents or guardians of children included in the study.
DL has previously been a member of the GSK Australia Pneumococcal-Haemophilus influenzae-Protein D conjugate vaccine ("PhiD-CV") Advisory Panel, has received support from Pfizer Australia and GSK Australia to attend conferences, has received an honorarium from Merck Vaccines to give a seminar at their offices in Pennsylvania and support to attend a conference, and is an investigator on an investigator-initiated research grant funded by Pfizer Australia. AJL has received research funding and support to attend conferences from GlaxoSmithKline and Pfizer Australia. A Hoskins has received support to attend conferences from Pfizer Australia. All other authors have no competing interests.
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance. Coverage estimates - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children NSW: NCIRS; 2017 [updated 20 Apr 2017]. Available from: http://www.ncirs.edu.au/provider-resources/coverage-information/coverage-estimates-indigenous-children/. | , but limited by the existence of at least 93 serotypes of S. pneumoniae, each differentiated by its polysaccharide capsule. The 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7, covering serotypes 4, 6B, 9V, 14, 18C, 19F and 23F) was introduced for Australian Aboriginal children at 2, 4 and 6 months old in 2001 with a booster dose of 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (23vPPV, covering PCV7 serotypes and 1, 2, 3, 5, 7F, 8, 9 N, 10A, 11A, 12F, 15B, 17F, 19A, 20, 22F, and 23F) scheduled at 18 months old. A catch-up schedule was in place for children <2 years old and for children <5 years old with predisposing medical conditions. All Australian children became eligible in 2005 for 3 primary doses of PCV7 with no scheduled booster. Following the introduction of PCV7, IPD rates initially fell in the Aboriginal population in Western Australia (WA) but subsequently increased in adults . The observed increase was accompanied by a rise in IPD caused by non-PCV7 serotypes [4, 5].
On 1 July 2011, PCV7 was recalled and immediately replaced with PCV13 (covering the six additional serotypes 1, 3, 5, 6A, 7F and 19A). For Aboriginal children, a fourth dose of PCV13 at 18 months old replaced the 23vPPV booster over a transition period from September 2011 to October 2012 . Following PCV13 introduction in Australia, IPD rates appeared to decrease; however, rates in IPD caused by non-PCV13 serotypes increased [4, 7].
Nasopharyngeal carriage of S. pneumoniae is generally asymptomatic but is an important precursor to pneumococcal disease. Pneumococcal carriage studies have been used to monitor the prevalence and distribution of S. pneumoniae serotypes in WA, and for surveillance of antibiotic resistant strains. Despite introduction of the PCV program, pneumococcal carriage rates remain high among Aboriginal people [8, 9], and have been observed to be higher in Aboriginal children than in non-Aboriginal children . In WA, carriage rates were 71.9% and 34.6% among Aboriginal children <5 years old and people ≥5 years old, respectively, after introduction of PCV7 . Most pneumococcal carriage serotypes in WA in the PCV7 era were non-PCV7 serotypes, the most common being 19A, 16F and 6C .
Given that the PCV vaccination program does not appear to have reduced overall IPD rates in the Aboriginal population in age groups other than children <5 years , it is important to identify risk factors for carriage of S. pneumoniae to help identify further opportunities for prevention of pneumococcal disease. Previously, household crowding and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) have been identified as risk factors . The authors have monitored pneumococcal carriage in Aboriginal people living in WA since 2008. This study describes the prevalence of overall carriage and that of individual serotypes in the WA Aboriginal population before and after the introduction of PCV13, along with epidemiological risk factors for carriage.
Aboriginal people make up about 3% of the total WA population (total 2.2 million people); 39% live in the Perth metropolitan area, the remainder in regional towns or scattered sparsely across remote areas of WA. The WA climate varies, from tropical in the north to inland deserts and warm temperate southwest coastal regions.
The surveillance study has been described previously . In brief, nasopharyngeal swabs or nose blown samples were collected opportunistically from Aboriginal people of all ages in communities across WA from August 2008 to November 2014. Participants were defined as having participated "pre-PCV13" introduction (from study start until 30 June 2011) or "post-PCV13" (from 1 July 2011 onwards). Demographic, environmental and health data including details on smoking behaviour and exposure, numbers of co-resident household members, recent medication and illness were collected by completing a questionnaire during face-to-face interviews. Swabs were cultured on selective media. S. pneumoniae isolates were confirmed by optochin susceptibility. Two pneumococcal isolates (or more, if morphologically distinct) per positive culture were subcultured and serotyped by the Quellung reaction using antisera from the Statens Serum Institut, Denmark . Isolates that could not be serotyped by Quellung reaction were referred to as "non-serotypeable". Antimicrobial susceptibilities were tested by disc diffusion. E-test (bioMérieux Diagnostics, France) was performed where reduced antimicrobial susceptibility was determined by disc diffusion. Resistance to antimicrobials was classified according to the Clinical and Laboratory Standards Institute guidelines . Breakpoints for intermediate and complete resistance to penicillin (collectively termed "non-susceptibility") were 4 μg/mL and 8 μg/mL, respectively.
The remoteness (metropolitan, regional or remote) of communities was classified using the Australian Statistical Geography Standard Remoteness Structure . Household crowding was defined as ≥5 people sharing accommodation on the night prior to sample collection. Co-residence with a child was defined as sharing with at least one child <5 years old on the previous night. Respiratory symptoms were defined as any cough, sore throat, or blocked or runny nose as reported by the participant or guardian. Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure was considered present if it was reported that any co-resident was a smoker. The immunization status of children was determined from the Australian Childhood Immunization Register (ACIR), accessed using the participant's name and date of birth. Children were classified as vaccinated with PCV7 or PCV13 if they had received at least two doses of the relevant vaccine at least 2 weeks prior to specimen collection.
All descriptive and statistical analyses were performed using SPSS v22.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, New York, United States of America [USA]) and Stata 11 (Stata Corporation, College Station, Texas, USA). Results of culture and serotyping were aggregated according to serotype to calculate the prevalence of individual serotypes among all study participants. Differences in crude proportions were compared using χ2 test; statistical significance was considered if p < 0.05. A multivariable logistic regression model was used to identify independent risk factors for carriage of serotypeable pneumococci. Variables were included, if identified previously in the literature as risk factors for carriage, in a backwards stepwise model, eliminating variables using a cut-off value of p > 0.05. Vaccination status was excluded from the risk factor analysis due to poor recovery of vaccination records and low number of PCV13-vaccinated children (see Results section). The influence of age on carriage risk was modelled using a spline function with knots at age 1 year and at 20 years, based on previous findings of a peak in carriage at 12 months of age in this particular population . The influence of calendar time was modelled as a linear continuous variable, with the influence of the PCV13 program on carriage explored using a simple marginal spline function with a single knot corresponding to 1 July 2011, the date of PCV13 introduction.
Approval was granted by the Princess Margaret Hospital for Children Ethics Committee, the Western Australian Country Health Service Board Research Ethics Committee and the Western Australian Aboriginal Health Ethics Committee. Approval to approach communities in the Kimberley region was granted by the Kimberley Aboriginal Health Planning Forum. Consent was sought from adult participants and from the parents or guardians of child participants.
In total 2885 nasopharyngeal samples (2824 nasopharyngeal swabs; 60 nose blown samples; 1 unknown) were collected: 1500 before the introduction of PCV13 on 1 July 2011, and 1385 afterwards. Most participants reported being healthy on the day of participation, while 31.5% had visible nasal discharge and 8.4% reported respiratory symptoms (Table 1). Most samples were collected among remote residents (78.2%). Crowding (61.7%) and co-residence with children (73.5%) were common across all age groups. Any ETS exposure was reported by 65.3% of participants; 22.9% reported exposure to indoor ETS, and 55.6% of adult respondents reported smoking themselves. Recent antibiotic use was reported by 7.6% of participants. Immunization status could be determined for only 628 (59.1%) participants <5 years old and 488 (51.5%) participants 5–14 years old. Among PCV7 age-eligible children whose immunization status was available, 504 (89.4%) of those <5 years old and 302 (74.6%) of those aged 5–14 years were vaccinated with PCV7 (Table 1). Among children eligible for PCV13 whose immunization status was known, 37 (59.7%) were vaccinated with at least two doses of PCV13 and 64 (98.5%) had received at least one dose. A combination of PCV7 and PCV13 (at least one dose of each) was received by 66 (6.8%) children.
Compared to the pre-PCV13 period, carriage of any pneumococcal serotype was less common in the post-PCV13 period among adults (19.5% versus 9.9%, p < 0.01) and to a lesser extent among children <5 years old (72.2% versus 66.8%, p = 0.054) but not in children 5–14 years old (49.4% versus 53.2%, p = 0.24). Carriage of PCV13-non-PCV7 serotypes was less common post-PCV13 introduction among children <5 years old (13.5% versus 5.8%, p < 0.01; Table 1, Fig. 1). There was also a numerical reduction in carriage of vaccine serotypes in older age groups (Table 1). S. pneumoniae was recovered from 46.8% of nasopharyngeal swabs and 56.7% of nose-blown samples.
Culture identified 1357 pneumococcus-positive specimens (47.0%) giving 1590 distinct pneumococcal isolates, 1374 (86.4%) of which were serotypeable (Table 2). The most common of the 48 serotypes detected were 16F (prevalence 3.8%), 6C (3.6%), 11A (3.3%), 19F (3.0%), 19A (2.9%) and 15B (2.6%). Several PCV13 serotypes decreased in frequency post-PCV13 introduction in children <5 years old: PCV7 type 23F (4.8% versus 1.8%, p < 0.05), PCV13-non-PCV7 types 6A (3.6% versus 1.4%, p < 0.05) and 19A (7.7% versus 3.2%, p < 0.05) (Fig. 2). Reductions in PCV13 types were also observed in participants ≥5 years old, to a lesser extent than that seen in children <5 years (15.5% to 12.1% in 5–14 years, p = 0.12; 4.1% to 2.2% in ≥15 years group, p = 0.10, Table 1).
Carriage of more than one serotype was identified in 131 (4.5%) specimens. Non-serotypeable isolates were detected in addition to a serotypeable isolate in 81 (2.8%) specimens. The prevalence of a non-serotypeable pneumococcus in the absence of serotypeable strains was lower post-PCV13 (4.7% versus 3.9%, p = 0.06).
Among 36 non-PCV13 serotypes identified, the prevalence of 11A (4.8% versus 8.4%, p < 0.05), 15B (2.1% versus 7.0%, p < 0.01) and 21 (0.9% versus 2.6%, p < 0.05) increased significantly among children <5 years old while 7B and 29 were only detected post-PCV13 (2.0% and 1.8% respectively, both p < 0.05). Serotypes 6C and 23B were detected less frequently post-PCV13 introduction in children <5 years old (8.0% versus 3.4%, p < 0.05 and 5.0% versus 1.8%, p < 0.05; Fig. 2).
Non-susceptibility to penicillin was present in 25.2% of isolates, including in 84.9% of serotype 19F isolates. Complete resistance to penicillin was uncommon, found among isolates of serotypes 19A (6.0%), 19F (2.3%) and non-serotypeable isolates (1.9%) only (Table 2). Serotype 23F isolates showed high rates of resistance to cotrimoxazole, erythromycin and tetracycline (86.9%, 86.9% and 82.0%, respectively). Multi-resistance to three or more antibiotics was recorded in 102 serotypeable isolates (7.4%) overall; mainly serotype 15A isolates (68.0%) and serotype 23F isolates (88.5%). Isolates of serotype 7B (n = 15), which were only detected post-PCV13, were all resistant to cotrimoxazole and erythromycin, non-susceptible to penicillin and 93.3% were resistant to tetracycline (Table 2). Overall, susceptibility of strains to antimicrobials did not change significantly after introduction of PCV13, apart from a decrease in cotrimoxazole resistance (26.1% to 21.3%, p < 0.05, Table 2). Multi-resistance was present in 17.6% of non-serotypeable isolates.
Carriage of any serotypeable pneumococcus was more common among males (OR 1.56 [95% CI 1.35–1.81]) and those who were carriers of Haemophilus influenzae (OR 10.29 [95% CI 8.60–12.30]) and Moraxella catarrhalis (OR 7.10 [95% CI 6.01–8.39]) compared with those who were not (Table 3). Pneumococcal carriage was detected more commonly among those reporting respiratory symptoms (OR 1.48 [95% CI 1.14–1.94]), in the presence of nasal discharge (OR 4.84 [95% CI 4.01–5.74]), among those living in a remote community (OR 1.86 [95% CI 1.41–2.35]) and those living in crowded households (OR 1.35 [95% CI 1.15–1.58]). Pneumococcal carriage was detected less commonly among those who reported recent antibiotic use (OR 0.73 [95% CI 0.55–0.98]) and in Staphylococcus aureus carriers (OR 0.56 [95% CI 0.44–0.72]) than among those who were not (Table 3).
In the multivariable analysis, significant independent predictors of carriage of any serotypeable pneumococcus included the presence of nasal discharge (OR 2.49 [95% CI 2.00–3.09]), crowding (OR 1.36 [95% CI 1.11–1.67]) and remote versus urban residence (OR 2.21 [95% CI 1.67–2.92]). Recent receipt of antibiotics was associated with lower odds of detection of pneumococcal carriage (OR 0.48 [95% CI 0.33–0.69]). After modelling for the influence of age using the spline function, there was a significant risk of carriage of pneumococcus up to age 1 year (OR 4.19 [95% CI 2.39–7.33]), which then decreased from 1 year to 19 years (14.7% decline per year; OR 0.85 [95% CI 12.9–16.4], Table 3). Adjusting for other factors, there was no evidence that introduction of PCV13 was associated with an overall reduction in all pneumococcal serotypes (Fig. 1).
The overall prevalence of carriage of pneumococci among WA Aboriginal children and adults remains high following the introduction of PCV13. For children, pneumococcal carriage has remained relatively stable over time, with carriage increasing in infants until around their first birthday and then slowly declining with increasing age to adulthood (Table 3).
IPD rates caused by non-PCV serotypes have increased since the introduction of PCV13 nationwide [4, 7]. In WA, the continuing high rates of carriage despite vaccination indicate an ongoing contribution of environmental factors to acquisition of pneumococcus.
The main factors associated with detection of pneumococcal carriage in our analysis were young age, presence of nasal discharge and household crowding. The age distribution of pneumococcal carriage—increasing each month of the first year and declining slowly thereafter—has been observed previously in Aboriginal children in WA and correlates with the observed age distribution of OM which is hyper-endemic in this population [3, 16]. Nasal discharge was strongly associated with detection of pneumococcal carriage (Table 3). The authors speculate that pneumococcus plays a causative role in nasal discharge; however, it is also possible that nasal discharge merely improves detection of carriage. In either case, reinforcement of hygiene practices would be important for limiting transmission of pneumococcal strains.
The relationship between household crowding and pneumococcal carriage has been reaffirmed in this study. Previously crowding was linked with high carriage in a study conducted in communities surrounding Kalgoorlie in WA and in other indigenous communities including Alaska Native people . While not shown to be an independent risk factor in this analysis, ETS exposure was reported more frequently among those with pneumococcal carriage (univariable OR 1.24 [95% CI 1.06–1.46]) and this has previously been associated with both pneumococcal carriage and OM in Aboriginal children [8, 19, 20]. These associations reinforce the need to promote healthy living conditions for Aboriginal people and the importance of smoking prevention programs.
Recent antibiotic use was strongly negatively associated with detection of pneumococcal carriage (Table 3). There was no appreciable change in rates of antibiotic resistance among carriage isolates over the study, apart from a decrease in resistance to cotrimoxazole in the post-PCV13 period (Table 2). Crude χ2 tests of carriage of non-susceptible strains of pneumococcus or multi-resistant strains versus recent antibiotic use identified no significant differences between the groups (data not shown). Taken together, these findings suggest that recent antibiotic use may be protective against pneumococcal carriage.
After adjusting for age, date, gender, remoteness, and other factors, there was no evidence that the prevalence of carriage of all serotypeable pneumococci across all age groups decreased after introduction of PCV13 (Table 3). Among children <5 years old, those most likely to have been vaccinated with PCV13, the prevalence of carriage across all serotypes did not change significantly (Table 1) but there was evidence of a significant decrease in carriage of both PCV7 and PCV13 serotypes (Table 1, Fig. 2). A similar reduction in vaccine serotypes was previously reported in Alaska Native children . It appears that non-vaccine strains are replacing vaccine-type strains after PCV13 introduction, rather than PCV13 reducing carriage overall. This study was unable to investigate possible herd immunity in more detail, particularly in infants <6 months old, due to low enrolment numbers in this age group. Carriage of PCV13 serotypes was also numerically reduced in the older age groups studied (Table 1), albeit to a lesser extent than in children <5 years old. Post-PCV13 vaccination coverage was estimated at ≥82% among 5–14 year olds (Table 1), and the Australian National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance estimates PCV vaccination coverage in Aboriginal children in WA at >88% . The numerical reduction in PCV serotypes in older study participants is consistent with an indirect effect of PCV13.
There were a number of strengths to this study, chiefly the large sample size, spread over a broad geographic region over several years. However there were also several limitations. The opportunistic nature of sampling meant the study did not achieve similar coverage of inhabitants in all communities, and certain seasons were favoured for visiting certain areas due to easier access by road/air compared to rainy seasons. This meant some regions/seasons may have been comparatively under-represented in some analyses. Immunization status for all children in this study could not be ascertained, due to an inability to identify ACIR records for some participants. This was primarily due to the method used to access immunization data: participants were identified by name and date of birth, as documented on records during interviews. It is common among Aboriginal communities for individuals to be identified by several different names and spellings can vary for the same person; thus the data could not always be matched to a record on the ACIR database.
Because most children <5 years old post-PCV13 appeared to have received at least one dose of PCV13, the reduction in PCV13-non-PCV7 serotypes may have been directly influenced by PCV13 vaccination. However, greater decreases in PCV13 serotype carriage were noted in Alaskan and Massachusetts children following PCV13 introduction. Due to the uncertainty in vaccination status for a large proportion of participants, and the small number of children confirmed as PCV13 vaccinated (n = 37, Table 2), vaccination status was not included as a variable in the risk factor analysis. Another limitation of the study was the lack of detailed information to allow accurate assessment of indirect effects within households. It would be highly informative to analyse carriage and possible transmission between household members, and to assess the impact of vaccination status of children on other household members. However, in the communities studied, movement of family members between houses and communities is often dynamic rather than static, so such an analysis is likely to be imprecise.
Despite observing reduced carriage of 6C and 19A in children, these serotypes remained among the most common serotypes carried following PCV13 introduction. The reduction in carriage of serotypes 6A, 23F and 19A is plausibly attributable to PCV13 as they are vaccine serotypes. The reduction in 6C in children <5 years old may be attributable to cross-protection from 6A which is covered by PCV13 . The increase in non-vaccine types, most notably 11A, 7B and 15B warrants further monitoring. Increases in 11A and serogroup 15 have been reported from other regions and countries. IPD caused by serogroup 15 increased in Norway after PCV13 introduction . Serotype 11A was identified as an emerging serotype in the Northern Territory Aboriginal population following PCV7 introduction , and carriage of 11A also increased in Sweden and Japan following PCV13 introduction [28, 29]. Moreover, high rates of antimicrobial resistance among serotypes 23F, 7B and 9 V are particularly concerning and warrant close surveillance (Table 2).
While PCV13 appears to have influenced the distribution of carriage serotypes among Aboriginal children in WA, the overall rate of pneumococcal carriage remains high across all age groups, with replacement of vaccine serotypes with emerging non-vaccine serotypes. The relevance of emerging carriage serotypes to IPD and more common pneumococcal manifestations of OM and pneumonia needs to be carefully assessed to properly understand the impact of conjugate vaccination.
We thank the communities and the staff of Aboriginal Medical Services and Community Health | 5,588 |
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Brit Gary Hunt sent out a message to his rivals on day one at the fourth stop of the 2018 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series in Sisikon, Switzerland, firing off two brilliant spinning dives to take a lead in the men's competition after two rounds. Reigning champion Jonathan Paredes of Mexico sits in second place, while hat-trick chasing American Steven Lo<|fim_middle|> here, but today I just tried to relax and rely on what I know. The crowd out there really helped and it's just beautiful here. I dived consistently today and tomorrow I've got higher DD (degree of difficulty), so it's time to get some rest and focus on that."
Fans watch on from the lake as Rhiannan Iffland dives into the women's lead in scorching Sisikon. Photo: Dean Treml/ Red Bull Content Pool.
On Sunday afternoon the divers will return to the platforms perched high on the Uri Stone above the beautiful blue waters of Lake Lucerne, and thousands of fans will once again grab every vantage point on land and lake to enjoy the action. | Bue completes the top three as things stand. Two-time Australian champion Rhiannan Iffland, eyeing up a unique treble of her own as she chases a record third title in a row, unsurprisingly leads the women, with Canada's Lysanne Richard in second and the increasingly impressive British wildcard, Jessica Macaulay, in third.
On a scorching day at Lake Lucerne, 5,300 fans turned out to cheer on the world's best cliff divers on boats and inflatables, as well as on land, and they were treated to a resurgent performance from the six-time World Series champion Hunt. The 34-year-old plucked out a pair of excellent triple somersaults from the 27m platform - one forward, one inward - to edge ahead of Paredes, the man who snatched the title from him last season. With his twisting mental block seemingly conquered, Hunt will be hoping a couple of big twisters tomorrow will sweep him to his first victory in 11 months.
"I really like this place," said Hunt. "It's a great cliff, great crowd and we've got the weather on our side as well. I've had good results here and never missed the podium. My easy dives are becoming more stable now, and tomorrow you can expect the old Gary Hunt back. I'm going to be twisting to the fullest."
Beyond the branches a legend might just be re-emerging from the wilderness. Photo: Dean Treml/Red Bull Content Pool.
Only six points separate Hunt, Paredes and LoBue, and the stage looks set for a thrilling final two rounds on Sunday afternoon.
Iffland, who stormed back to winning ways at the last stop in Portugal, imposed herself in the women's with another dominant performance from 21m. A 13 point lead already after two dives means the Aussie's rivals will have their work cut out if they want to reel in the two-time champion in the final rounds.
"To be honest, yesterday was a little scary in training," said Iffland. "It's my first time | 436 |
<|fim_middle|> their futures and how to succeed. Now that PEPY Scholarship students have had the time to adjust to city life and have been at the Learning Center gaining core skills for around 3 months, they are now excited to start attending their classes – in many ways, this is where the paths to their dreams begin! | Choosing a major is one of the most important steps in students' path to their future careers. In order to make the right decision, they need to absorb enough news in advance. To support them in the decision-making process, PEPY conducts exposure visits for our Scholarship students. In January, students went to Regional Polytechnic Institute Techo Sen Siem Reap, Vanda Institute of Account, University of South East Asia and Paññāsāstra University of Cambodia (PUC). Students got to explore schools' facilities and ask questions about the courses they are interested in, the job opportunities they might have after receiving different degrees, and key techniques for succeeding at their coursework.
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We truly appreciate all the institutions for hosting our students and taking the time to speak with them. These visits are an essential step in getting the students to think clearly and practically about | 255 |
Jason Stanley, Know How, Oxford University Press, 2011, 201pp, $45.00 (hbk), ISBN 9780199695362.
It's been more than sixty years since Gilbert Ryle famously argued that knowing-how is different in kind from knowing-that. Philosophers have tended to take this for granted ever since, though without the taint of Ryle's behaviorism. For several decades his dichotomy was challenged in the journals, but that did not keep it from having lasting influence in many areas of philosophy. Whether philosophers accepted it on the basis of his arguments or just because it seemed obvious, most don't seem to have given much thought to what knowing-how is or why it should not be a case of knowing-that. Many may have just confused knowing how to do something with being able to do it. In any case, it took a provocative article by Jason Stanley and Timothy Williamson (2001) to rekindle the debate. They defended the "intellectualist" view that knowing-how is a kind of knowing-that, and many pro- and anti-intellectualist tracts have been published since.
Stanley's rich and insightful new book develops and refines his earlier formulation of intellectualism. Indeed, he does a whole lot more, though not without leaving open some tough questions. He makes a powerful case for the view that knowing how to do something is to know, of a certain way, that one could do that thing in that way. But he says surprisingly little about what ways are, as if this is obvious. He is mainly concerned (in the first chapter) to rebut Ryle's and some recent anti-intellectualist arguments and (in the next four chapters) to refine his earlier strategy (with Williamson) of working from a semantic analysis of ascriptions of knowing-wh (-who, -where, etc., as well as -how). His analysis suggests that knowing-how is indeed a kind of knowing-wh and that knowing-wh in general is knowing-that: what you know when you know-wh is an answer to a wh-question, that is, a proposition that answers the question. So knowing-how is just a case of knowing-that. However, according to Stanley, the sort of knowing-how underlying action does have certain special features. After presenting his account, he replies (in the last three chapters) to a number of objections, based on either linguistic, phenomenological, or cognitive-science considerations.
Stanley's defense of intellectualism is indirect and schematic. That is, he does not directly inquire into the nature of the cognitive states implicated in motor control, performance and performance errors, and practical expertise, all topics of substantial empirical research. Stanley acknowledges that the conclusions he draws from his semantic analysis of ascriptions of knowing-how might not square with findings in cognitive science and that, perhaps, "work [in the cognitive sciences] shows that knowing how is the phlogiston of folk psychology" (p. 149). Assuming his account of knowing-how captures the folk psychological notion, it might turn out that the psychological states we describe as knowing-how either aren't propositional, as Stanley's account requires, or that they are not knowledge states at all.
Ryle used various regress arguments against intellectualism to motivate a dispositionalist account of knowing-how. In Chapter 1, "Ryle on Knowing How," Stanley refutes them. The main one assumes that for knowledge of a fact to play a role in action, it requires the prior performance of the distinct action of bringing that knowledge into consideration. But performing that action requires know-how in its own right, and that knowledge must in turn be actively brought to bear; and so on, ad infinitum. Stanley shows that Ryle in effect overintellectualizes intellectualism. Ryle assumes that factual knowledge (whether or not it includes knowing-how) is inherently "contemplative" and isolated from action until actively brought into play. But why assume that? As Stanley argues, knowledge-that can play a direct role in action, just as it plays a direct role in reasoning (otherwise, something like Lewis Carroll's famous paradox of "What the Tortoise Said to Achilles" would arise). Knowledge does not require action to be activated.
Having debunked Ryle's arguments, Stanley proceeds to implement his strategy for showing that knowing-how is a kind of knowing-that. The first phase, carried out in Chapter 2, "Knowledge-wh," is to show that knowing-wh in general consists in knowing-that. He implements this strategy linguistically, going on an extended excursion into the formal semantics of questions and in the process giving the reader a crash course on its main developments over the past forty years. This presentation is extremely interesting and informative, though I'm not sure how essential most of it is to the book's primary goal of defending intellectualism. Stanley ultimately defends the natural view that (here I oversimplify) to know wh-Q, where "wh-Q" expresses a wh-question, is to know an answer to wh-Q. This is true whether the question is who Professor Irwin Corey is, when the zipper was invented, or how sausage is made. Just as "who" ranges over persons, "when" over times, etc., so "how" ranges over ways (whatever exactly these are). The key point is that on any plausible semantics of questions, answers, and ascriptions of knowing-how, how-questions are no different in kind from other wh-questions, answers to how-questions are no different in kind from answers to other wh-questions, and ascriptions of knowing-how are no different in kind from ascriptions of other sorts of knowing-wh. But there is much more to say about knowing-how and its ascription, as Stanley shows in subsequent chapters.
In Chapter 3, "PRO and the Representation of First-Person Thought," Stanley focuses on those ascriptions of knowing-how that impute knowledge of the sort activated in action. Typically the embedded how-clause in the ascription is infinitival, with no explicit subject, as in "Novak knows how to serve." The same is true of ascriptions with other wh-infinitival complements, such as "Novak knows what to do against Rafa's serve" and "Novak knows when to go for a winner." Notice that all three, not just the knows-how ascription, ascribe practical knowledge. Indeed, as these examples illustrate, knowing-how can involve other sorts of knowing-wh. And in cases where knowing how to do something is to know a procedure, a sequence of actions, we might say that this knowledge consists in knowing what to do when.
Stanley assumes, following standard linguistic practice, that the infinitival clause in such a knows-how ascription has an unpronounced ("understood") subject, represented as "PRO." So the whole ascription takes roughly the form "S knows [how+PRO+to+VP]." He notes that in some constructions, illustrated by "PRO to err is human," PRO is free, corresponding to the generic pronoun "one" (this is the so-called "arbitrary" PRO), and in others it is controlled by a grammatical antecedent, such as the subject of the main verb in "I promise PRO to leave" and its object in "I told you PRO to leave." In ascriptions of knowing-how, it can go either way. For example, in "Karl knows how PRO to apply for a passport," because the knowledge is generic PRO is naturally construed as free. But in cases more pertinent to the intellectualism debate, where specific bodily movements are involved, PRO is understood as controlled by the subject of the main clause, as in "Karl knows how PRO to curl his tongue." This suggests to Stanley that self-knowledge and self-reference are involved in knowing-how to do something: what you know when you know how to do it is, for some way of doing it, that this is a way for you to do it. Knowing merely that this is a way someone, perhaps only other people, could do it isn't knowledge of the right sort. That is, you might know how something can be done without knowing how to do it in that way yourself. If you do know the latter, Stanley claims, you are thinking of yourself in a special "first-person" way, and this is part of what the target knows-how ascriptions impute to the agent.
Well, what is it to think of oneself in a first-person way? Stanley takes a "quasi-Fregean" (p. 72) approach to this question, by addressing the problem of de se thought in particular and the theory of propositions in general. In perhaps the philosophically headiest part of the book, he discusses various approaches to the question of what it is "to think of oneself as oneself" (p. 88), including Lewis's idea that it involves self-ascription of a property, Shoemaker's notion of immunity to error through misidentification, and Evans' contention that explaining the idea of self-reference requires an account of a certain special relation that one has only to oneself (it's not identity!). Stanley wants to answer a "hard question" about the propositional contribution of a use of the word "I": Is it "Frege's 'special and original way in which each of us is presented to himself and not to any other'? Or is it a way of thinking of [oneself] that is publicly accessible?" (p. 83). But why not both? Each of us is presented to himself in a way that he is presented to no other, but everyone is presented to himself in that very way. This makes the way of thinking both special and publicly accessible. We do not have to assume that only Frege (say) is capable of grasping Frege's first-person way of thinking. Anyone can grasp that first-person way of thinking but, of course, can think of only himself in that way. This leaves open whether knowing how to do something always involves thinking of oneself.
In Chapter 4, "Ways of Thinking," Stanley defends his broadly Fregean framework. Wanting to "demystify" ways of thinking, he argues (as have many others) that they are essential to an account of propositional thought and of the ascription of knowledge, and that this helps account for the functional role of propositional knowledge in general. In Chapter 5, "Knowledge How," he takes up the special case of knowing how to do something. Not only, he claims, does one think of oneself in a distinctive first-person way (as agent, presumably), one also thinks in a "practical" way of a way of performing the action. Notice that the word "way" does double duty here, covering both ways of thinking and ways of doing things. In particular, there are ways (including practical ways) of thinking of ways of doing things.
Stanley acknowledges the common complaint that he and Williamson were not very specific about practical ways of thinking (or "practical modes of presentation") of ways of doing things, but instead of getting more specific about them (alluding to their "distinctive functional role" and contrasting them with demonstrative ways of thinking is not being very specific), he argues more thoroughly for the need for them. He establishes that "the need for practical ways of thinking in explaining intentional states is widely recognized" (p. 124) by quoting Heidegger on tools, such as a hammer: "The less we just stare at the hammer-Thing, and the more we seize hold of it and use it, the more primordial does our relationship to it become." This illuminating if less than lucid passage seems phenomenologically on track and consonant with recent research on motor control. In the course of action, while we subconsciously anticipate the expected experience of bringing about the envisaged result (the "efference copy," as psychologists say), we tend to focus on the envisaged result itself (the "distal effect," as they say).
However, this also suggests a possibility regarding the case of "sub-intentional" actions, such as simple, spontaneous reactions like brushing away a fly or scratching an itch, as well as the fine-grained components of "larger," intentional actions. In performing a sub-intentional action, one merely represents the bodily movement, not the fact that one is bringing it about in a certain way. Arguably, such a representation is inherently from the first-person perspective, not because it involves a representation of oneself but because it does not need to. Just as you don't have to think of your thoughts and feelings as your own as opposed to anyone else's, so in acting you don't have to think of your body and its movements as your own as opposed to anyone else's. Compare the case of a demonstrative thought, say, the thought that the cat in front of you is within arm's reach. You do not have to represent yourself in order to represent the cat as being within arm's reach of you. Representing it as within arm's reach, full stop, just is to represent it as within arm's reach of you. Perhaps something like this is true of our representations of envisaged bodily movements. So, for example, perhaps knowing how to point your right index finger doesn't require thinking of yourself pointing the finger but merely thinking in a practical way of its becoming extended in a certain direction. In effect, this suggestion combines the first-person way of thinking associated with the occurrence of PRO in a knows-how ascription with the practical way of thinking associated with the verb phrase describing the action.
Stanley's main claim in Chapter 5 is that knows-how ascriptions with infinitival complements ascribe propositional de re (as opposed to descriptive) knowledge, of a way of performing an action, thatone could perform it in that way. It imputes "knowledge of counterfactual success" (a phrase borrowed from Katherine Hawley 2003). Presumably a necessary condition for this success is that the agent have the resources (physical wherewithal, tools, materials, etc.), opportunity, and motivation (I'll call this the "ROM" for short), but knowing-how does not require actually being able to succeed in performing the action, since one might not actually have the ROM. So, we might say, knowing how to do something is the cognitive component of the ability to do it. However this knowledge gets put to work, it would help explain one's success if one were to try to perform the action when the ROM condition is met. But it is not clear that the counterfactual success condition is necessary, since one can know how to do something one has the ROM to do even though one may not succeed, as when shooting a free throw, or is even likely to fail, as when taking a three-point shot.
Perhaps the trick is to constrain the range of possible situations in which, according to the ascription, the agent could perform the action in question. Stanley contends that "natural interpretations" of knows-how ascriptions are somehow "fixed" by context (he doesn't explain how). He attributes this to the semantic context sensitivity of "how," and fails to consider that the locus of this sensitivity might be in the speaker's use of the act-description in the infinitival clause. If, following David Braun's (2006) advice, we distinguish an interrogative sentence from the question it semantically expresses, we can easily see that it can be used to ask a question more specific than the one it expresses. Similarly, the interrogative clause in a knows-how ascription can be used to attribute knowledge of how to do something more specific than the type of act semantically designated. Interrogatives, like declaratives, can be used loosely.
Before proceeding to the objections Stanley takes up in the last three chapters, I want to raise some questions about his account's central notion of ways of doing things. He says very little about what they are, either by way of explanation or illustration. Once or twice he indicates parenthetically that ways are methods, but that's about it. It would seem that whatever a way is, if you know a way of doing something and do it in that way, this knowledge explains your doing or at least trying to do it in that way (it doesn't explain your doing it rather than something else or nothing at all). But there are different cases to consider here, and each one raises an interesting question.
In many cases, performing a certain action involves performing various sub-actions, perhaps successively, perhaps simultaneously, perhaps in more complicated relationships in which sub-actions are intertwined (in a dance routine or in slalom skiing, for example, certain sub-actions are prepared by prior sub-actions, perhaps even begun before the prior one is completed). Take just the first case, in which performing a certain action consists in performing a sequence of sub-actions. Knowing how to do it consists, presumably, in knowing that one could do it by performing the sub-actions in that sequence and in knowing how to perform them. Obviously that involves more knowing-how.
Now consider actions that are not composed of sub-actions. Knowing how to perform a simple action cannot consist in knowing what sub-actions to perform and how to perform them. But a simple action may or may not be basic. A basic action is not performed by doing anything else. Action theorists generally take basic actions to be bodily movings, like extending a finger or curling one's tongue. Then knowing how to perform a simple but non-basic action is to know that one could do it by performing a certain basic action. But what about knowing how to perform the basic action? Say you want to ring a doorbell, and you have already extended your right index finger and made contact with the doorbell. You know that you could now ring the doorbell by pressing it with your finger, and you know you could do that by exerting a forward force with your finger. But what do you have to know in order to know how to do that? In the basic case, there is no way of acting, no method or means, that you have to connect to the type of action. Rather, it seems, you just have to think of the action itself, albeit in a practical way.
On the other end of the spectrum is the case of knowing how to engage in a complex, open-ended activity, like playing soccer, hiking in unfamiliar terrain, or raising kids. Does knowing how to engage in such an activity, especially at a high level, consist in knowing how to perform each of a very large but determinate set of actions, knowing which of them to perform in each of a vast variety of situations (this would require knowing a huge number of conditional propositions), and knowing how to identify the situation one is in? This is what Stanley's account suggests, but it seems that expertise requires being able to decide, perhaps right on the spot, what to do next, and that doing this goes beyond applying one's knowledge. Consider that in the course of performance one may need to catch and compensate for tendencies to go off course (literally, in the case of slalom skiing), to make mid-course corrections of subtle errors in execution, and to adjust for unexpected difficulties or obstacles. Partly cognitive skills like aiming, tracking, and timing can be required. These and other aspects of skilled performance involve a continuous flow of perceptual information in one direction and motor information in the other, and along the way this feedback process includes comparing, generally not consciously, the developing course of action with how it was envisaged. The cognitive aspects of such abilities do not seem to consist merely in being able to apply knowledge one already has; or, if they do, this knowledge cannot consist in knowing a vast number of conditionals. Success requires differential responses to situational variables, and it is hard to see how one's knowledge of how to engage in the activity determines precisely what one does in a given situation. Experience teaches, but it doesn't yield an algorithm for action.
It would have been instructive if Stanley had applied his account to these different cases by way of concrete examples. In several places he discusses the act of catching a fly ball, but he focuses solely on the subtask of judging the flight of the ball, indeed the limited case in which the ball comes directly toward the fielder and the decision is whether to move forwards or backwards or to stay put. This was the subject of a psychological study he cites that factored out tracking balls going in other directions and adjusting for sun, wind, and field conditions, not to mention the physical act of actually catching the ball. Catching the ball, as opposed to merely judging its flight, requires knowing how to approach it while maintaining sight of it (that's not always feasible), when to reach for it, how to extend one's arm and position one's glove, and, if necessary, how to jump or dive for the ball. All this requires a great deal of timing, footwork, and coordination. And since there are all sorts of different fly balls that outfielders (or infielders or catchers) know how to catch, there is no one bit of know-how that comprises knowing how to catch a fly ball. At one point Stanley writes, "The fact that a skilled outfielder has de re knowledge of a way of thinking of fielding the ball, and thinks of that way practically, explains why he is able to react fluidly to the occasional unusual fly ball" (p. 182). Evidently, this is not a matter of having conditional knowledge of what to do in every such situation for, as Stanley continues, "One can only have the right kind of propositional knowledge of a way of doing something if one's dispositional structure is sufficiently complex to accommodate novel situations." But how does one's knowledge-how underpin this dispositional structure?
In the last three chapters, Stanley responds to various objections to intellectualism. He begins Chapter 6, "Ascribing Knowledge How," by taking up the objection that his account exploits special features of English ascriptions of knowing-how and fails to apply to their counterparts in languages in which their complements "do not superficially take the form of embedded question constructions" (p. 132). The linguistic variation here is extensive, and Stanley gives examples from many languages, some exotic, that illustrate one or another of five variant forms. This comparative excursion is interesting and instructive, especially in regard to French, which uses the bare infinitive form, as in "savoir faire." Stanley analyzes the variant form in each case as having the same content as the corresponding knows-wh construction in English. So, he contends, "it is straightforward to give a semantics that assigns states of knowing how in my favored sense to all the different ways of ascribing knowing how" (p. 132). However, he doesn't mention alternative constructions in English for ascribing knowing-how.
In everyday speech, we can use "Michael knows a way to swim" just as well as "Michael knows how to swim" to ascribe the same know-how. The alternative form comes in handy for ascribing knowledge of multiple ways, as with "Michael knows four ways to swim." If we use the "knows-how" construction, we'd still have to mention ways: "Michael knows how to swim in four ways." Interestingly, there are no analogous constructions for knowing-when or knowing-where. Sentences like these are ungrammatical: "Michael knows when to fly to London at three times," and "Michael knows where to buy flippers in three places." In contrast, these sentences are perfectly fine: "Michael knows three times at which to fly to London," and "Michael knows three places at which to buy flippers." Notice that in these sentences the complement of "knows" is a (quantified) noun phrase.
This observation suggests that in at least some knows-how ascriptions with clausal complements, the embedded infinitival how-clauses are what linguists call "free relatives," clauses that look like interrogative clauses but behave more like noun phrases. That is, rather than express propositions about ways of doing things, they function as descriptions of ways of doing things. If this is right, that would support the "non-propositional intellectualism" recently proposed by John Bengson and Marc Moffett (2011b), according to which (this is my rough approximation) what one knows when one knows how to do something is a way of doing it so thought of. Now Stanley might reply that this is really propositional intellectualism in disguise, and argue that even when the infinitival how-clause is a free relative it expresses what linguists call a "concealed question." That seems to be what the noun phrase complement does in a sentence like "Otto knows the capital of North Dakota," true just in case Otto knows what the capital of North Dakota is. However, this reply neglects other verbs, such as "demonstrate," "practice," and "perfect," which also take infinitival how-clauses as complements. What you demonstrate, practice, or perfect is a way of doing it, not a fact about how to do it. Supposing that some how-clauses are free relatives suggests why it makes perfectly good sense to say that a person can know a lot about how to play golf, how to write a philosophy paper, or how to improvise at the keyboard.
The last two chapters respond to various objections, most of which either mistakenly associate the knowing-that/knowing-how distinction with other distinctions or else mistakenly attribute certain dubious implications to intellectualism. Chapter 7, "The Cognitive Science of Practical Knowledge," does not actually discuss substantive scientific accounts of cognitive states underlying action. Rather, it disposes of some difficulties for intellectualism that might seem to arise from certain developments in cognitive science, and it marshals some recent findings to dispose of other difficulties. For example, Stanley rebuts the objection that the distinction between declarative and procedural knowledge poses a problem for intellectualism, at least if it corresponds to the distinction between knowing-that and knowing-how. The worry is that declarative knowledge involves explicit representation of propositions but procedural knowledge does not. Stanley argues that procedural knowledge can be propositional even if its propositional contents are not explicitly represented. The mere fact that the procedural knowledge exercised in the performance of a task is not conscious or readily verbalized, and is realized in a domain-specific and informationally encapsulated mental module, does not show that it isn't propositional in content (not that this shows that it is). So it is no argument against intellectualism that people are often unable to articulate how they do what they know how to do, still less that performance is often impaired if they are required to monitor what they do in order to verbalize how they do it. Stanley also counters objections that one can know how to do something without knowing that one knows how to do it and without being justified in believing that one knows how to do it, by pointing out that knowing-that does not have such second-order requirements either. In a nutshell, such objections, like Ryle's regress arguments, overintellectualize intellectualism.
Chapter 8, "Knowledge Justified," aims to rebut objections to the effect that the psychological states involved in knowing-how, even if their contents are propositional, do not meet the requirements on knowledge. In answer to the worry that knowing-how does not admit of Gettier cases, for example, Stanley cites examples of knowing-that which do not admit of Gettier cases either. As for cases of intuitively true knowledge ascriptions that attribute something clearly weaker than knowledge, Stanley argues that though intuitively true they are in fact false. What happens in these cases is that the attributions merely seem true because they are made with the pragmatic aim of attributing true belief (p. 180). In ordinary conversation we are often more interested in the information a person has than in whether it qualifies as knowledge.
Stanley briefly discusses the relationship between knowledge, ability, and practice. Consider the difference between knowing how to perform an action fluidly and merely knowing how to perform it cumbersomely. Suppose, for example, that you know how to touch-type but want to do it with more speed and fewer errors. So you practice and get better. Stanley suggests that the benefit of practice is not to give you new knowledge but to enable you to apply your prior knowledge directly, without having "to engage in a distinct action of consulting the propositional knowledge" (p. 184). Practice yields so-called "muscle memory," as when you develop a "feel" for punching in your ATM number without having to think about how. You have the pattern of finger movements down pat but haven't learned anything new.
Yet surely we often do learn new things with practice and experience. This raises questions about the relationship between how well one can do something and how much one knows about how to do it. As you learn how to do something better (thanks to training and practice), are you learning a fact better and better (what could that amount to?), are you learning more and more facts about how to do it, or are you learning how to do more and more of what comprises doing it (if "it" is a complex activity)? If, as Stanley seems to suggest, you are learning how better to implement the knowledge you already have, what does that know-how consist in? This had better not lead to a Ryle-style regress problem. Stanley invokes Ryle's "multi-track" dispositions (p. 183), perhaps to avoid that problem.
To sum up, Stanley's indirect, linguistically based strategy goes only so far. His formulation of intellectualism is schematic, and his defense of it is generic. He makes a strong prima facie case for the general thesis that knowing how to do something is to know of a certain way that one could do it in that way, but he doesn't exclude the possibility that in some cases what one knows in knowing-how is a way of doing something rather than a fact about a way of doing it. Most importantly, he doesn't tell us much about what ways of doing things are or about how they might differ in kind, depending on whether what one knows is, say, how to wiggle a finger, how to concentrate, how to regain one's balance when one slips, how to pick up a glass, how to use chopsticks, how to shoot a free throw, how to shoot a jump shot, how to play basketball, how to give a sales pitch, or how to win friends and influence people. I have raised other questions provoked by Know How, but I wouldn't presume to construe them as decisive objections. For all I know they have answers consistent with intellectualism. So I'd rather bill them as loose ends and hope that Stanley ties them up in an equally fine sequel.
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I include a hyphen in locutions like "knowing-how" and "knowing-that" as a reminder that they are cropped phrases<|fim_middle|>ett's (2011a) recently published collection of essays on knowing-how.
"Intellectualism" is too crude a label for this thesis, since intellectualism need not be propositional. Indeed, Bengson and Moffett (2011b) have recently defended what they call "non-propositional intellectualism."
Presumably, then, your knowledge-wh is exhausted by your knowledge-that. That is, the totality of your knowledge-that provides answers to all the wh-questions to which you have answers. An interesting complication here is that the same proposition can be the answer (or an answer) to different questions. This suggests that knowing a propositional answer to a question requires thinking of the proposition as an answer to that question. See Schaffer (2007) and Bach (2005).
See, for example, Jeannerod (1997), Morsella et al (2009), and Ericsson et al (2006).
Stanley might have considered deferring much of this discussion to an appendix, where it would have been just as valuable without breaking the continuity of the book's discussion of knowing-how.
This oversimplifies, because according to the different formal accounts Stanley discusses, questions denote, alternatively, sets of propositions, sets of true propositions, or functions from possible worlds to propositions. However, none of these seem to be things of the sort that people want and know answers to (models should not be confused with what they model). Also, although we can gladly concede that knowing wh-Q is knowing a true answer to wh-Q, we should not so readily concede that in sentences of the form "S knows wh-Q," the verb "knows" relates the subject to an answer to wh-Q rather than to the question itself.
Stanley does not argue here for either lexical ambiguity, between arbitrary and controlled PRO, or structural ambiguity, in the form "S knows how PRO to A."
Stanley argues for construing the propositional contents of thoughts as more fine-grained than sets of possible worlds or structured, Russellian complexes of objects, properties, and relations. He evidently views propositions as amalgams of Russellian propositions and Fregean thoughts, with objects, properties, and relations paired off with ways of thinking (Fregean modes of presentation).
So this does not make one's thought non-propositional (compare the "predicational theory" of knowing-how that Stanley (pp. 75ff) rightly criticizes). Rather, it suggests that not every constituent of the propositional content of a thought has to be represented in order for the thought to have that content.
That is, it may suffice to represent the movement (e.g., a certain finger extending) without representing it as the result of an action (pointing that finger). This distinction figured in my version of the causal theory of action, which focused on the execution of action rather than its initiation (Bach 1978). At around the same time, Harry Frankfurt (1978) argued that standard causal theories mistakenly focus on the initiation of action instead of its guidance. Recently Randolph Clarke (2010) has revived this neglected argument.
If the way in question is a manner, such as knowing how to speak to a cop (answer: politely), what you know is how you should act. This is not a way of the relevant sort.
Performance error is, as Victor Kumar (2011) has argued, something that an adequate account of knowing-how must reckon with. He argues that knowing-how can't be just a matter of getting a certain fact right; because of its role in guiding action, it also has a "world-to-mind direction of fit." To contrast it with reasons and desires, which motivate rather than guide action, he characterizes knowing-how as a "non-motivational directive state."
This simplifies, in that a non-basic action can be related to a basic action via a "by-chain" of relatively more basic non-basic actions. The usual example is killing someone by shooting him by firing a gun (aimed at him) by pressing the trigger by moving one's right index finger in a certain way.
Stanley briefly mentions basic actions on the last page of the book (p. 190), where he suggests that for them the requisite propositional knowledge consists in having the right disposition when forming the intention to perform the action. But this can't be necessary, since basic actions are often not intentional.
This is what the psychologist David Rosenbaum (2002) calls the "degrees of freedom problem, and what the philosopher Wayne Wu (2011) calls the "many-many problem."
Schaffer et al. (2004) investigated how dogs catch Frisbees and found that dogs judge the flight of a Frisbee in much the same way as outfielders judge the flight of a ball.
It seems that an adequate account of knowing-how should square with the science of performance errors, notably substitution (or "capturing") errors like intending to do one thing and inadvertently or absentmindedly doing another, e.g., brushing one's teeth instead of taking an aspirin or typing "competent" instead of "computer." In such cases one is not matching a way of acting to an action: one does not think that taking an aspirin is a way of brushing one's teeth or that typing "competent" is a way of typing "computer."
As Ephraim Glick (2011) has pointed out, how one assesses intellectualism depends in part on how liberal one's conception of knowledge is. In Berit Brogaard's view, for example, some cases of knowing-how involve what she calls "ability states," by which she means "primitive knowledge states which are not belief-entailing" (2011, p. 150). | in need of clausal complements.
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During this succeeding week, I have made multiple modification to the refreshing drink, based on my research, analysis and evaluation of the three challenges for my drink, which are retaining freshness, flavor and aesthetics, reducing of price, and increasing lusciousness (not extremely sour, bland, sweet, etc.) of the drink. Therefore, the modifications I made this week towards the juice-making procedure range from two different blanching and freezing methods to substitution of fruits/ingredients. Firstly, the revision I made to the plan to tackle the challenge of drink freshness retention is through two different blanching and freezing methods, which produces to versions of my drink.
The first version begins with blanching the fresh fruits at home. This method is done through<|fim_middle|> multiple clients. At the end of the day, I received responses from two mediums, paper (Greenspan, Nico, Gino, Adrian) and e-mail (Harris, Sam, Darius), and each provided a substantial amount of information/evaluation for every part of the ACCESSFMM. After tedious evaluation of all the responses for each of the categories, I carefully compiled each and every result from all my clients using tally method to determine mode (frequency and similarity of answer), and these survey results could be seen in the section and website link included below.
2. What do you dislike about the drink's aesthetics, including the visual appeal and smell?
1. How does the drink impact you? What new things (if any) do you learn from it?
2. How do you react to the drink (both positively and negatively)?
2. What are the drink's weaknesses in terms of ergonomics? You can talk about effects on your energy and body, drinking convenience, refreshing aspect and more.
2. What do you think are the benefits and disadvantages of the drink in relation to health?
2. Is the drink's individual size proportionate to the portion?
What do you think is the function of the drink: consumed during appetizer, main course, dessert, and/or refreshments?
2. Do you think the drink matches the category that you mentioned? Why?
2. If you feel lethargic, dizzy and dehydrated, which drink do you think will give the most significant impact on your body's rejuvenation and refreshment? Why?
2. What are the disadvantages of the ingredients used to create this drink? You can talk about health, the environment, the creating process, and more.
2. What are the disadvantages of the drink's manufacturing process, according to you? You can talk about health, speed, and more. | putting the fruits (Oranges and lemons) into a pot of boiling water for 30 seconds, which is followed by a immediate dunk in freezing water, this method does not only help to preserve the fruits' aesthetics, flavor, and freshness, but it helps to maximize juice output from the fruits. After blanching the fruits at home, I directly froze them in the freezer and brought it to the Design class for juicing. After juicing and mixing the different juices in precise composition, a plastic cling wrap was used (to prevent cross-contamination), and the drink was frozen until the afternoon. The second version is very similar to the first one, but the only difference is that the fruits are brought to the Design Lab, and then they are blanched and blended at the lab, so no process is done at home.
Secondly, the subsequent challenge was reducing the price, as the cost of the product was very high (almost double the expected) in the previous drink made last three weeks. This week I reduced the price of the drink approximately twice as much compared to the last three week's drink. The modification I did to achieve this were to replace seasonal, expensive fruits to naturally abundant, inexpensive fruits. Such modification include modifying 209ml Orange into 222ml Jeruk Pontianak, as the imported Valencia oranges cost approximately thrice the cost per kilo compared to the locally produced Jeruk Pontianak. Secondly, I modified 198ml Apple à 198ml Papaya and this reduced the price of the drinks significantly as papaya is almost twice as cheap compared to apple. This is because papaya is a locally abundant fruit in this region, and grows well in the conditions of the Indonesian soil, while apples don't grow as well and are seasonal; hence they are mainly imported, which increases the price significantly due to taxation.
Thirdly, I modified 44ml Sunkist Lemon into 5ml Jeruk Lemon Lokal, which not only significantly decreased the price of the ingredient by half but also reduced the acidity. Fourthly, I maintained 115.5 ml Watermelon = 130.5ml Watermelon since watermelon is part of the locally produced fruits in Indonesia, thus they are inexpensive and does not need replacement. Fifthly, I modified 44ml Strawberry into 4.5ml Jeruk Lemon Lokal which reduced almost three times the price since strawberries are very expensive in Indonesia, they are extremely seasonal fruits, meaning they are inexpensive in a specific season (like Rambutan in rainy season), and when the season passes, the fruit needs to be imported, which increases its price exponentially.
Sixthly, I maintained 110ml Mineral Water = 116.5ml Mineral Water since the price of mineral water in Indonesia is inexpensive due to the ever present source in the Indonesian mountains and freshwater springs. Finally, I modified 12ml Imported Bee-honey into 12ml Madu Hutan, which not only reduced the price by two times but also increased the health factor, due to the Madu Hutan's numerous benefits since there are no preservatives and artificial flavors in them, and they are produced naturally by forest bees, which are considered to produce nutritious honey. Overall, when calculating the total price of the drink after deriving all of the ingredient's cost, I found out that I reduced more than 3 times the cost per cup, from Rp. 10,000/per cup to Rp. 3,000/per cup, which is a massive increase in efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Finally the last challenge that I solved in this week's juice making is the palatability (taste) of the drink. Three weeks ago, based on my client feedback, 6/7 clients did not like the extremely sour taste of my drink due to the imbalance in the flavor harmony of the different ingredients (fruits) used. Hence the significant modifications I made in this week's juice making is in substituting the ingredients. Such modifications include modifying 209ml Orange into 222ml Jeruk Pontianak, as the imported Valencia oranges are comparatively more acidic and citrusy than the locally produced Jeruk Pontianak. This is because the soil the Valencia Oranges are grown differ significantly in the minerals present, hence it produces a very strong sour taste, and to reduce the sourness I used Jeruk Pontianak, which is grown in higher pH soil (less acidic soil).
Secondly, I modified 198ml Apple into 198ml Papaya to balance the sour taste of the lemon Lokal and Jeruk Pontianak's sour taste, and sweet taste of the honey and watermelon. Papaya is a flavorless fruit; it naturally has no strong taste to it, and is used as a bland fruit to reduce the intensity of the ingredient's collective taste, such as sourness, sweetness, bitterness, saltiness, umami. Thirdly, I modified 44ml Sunkist Lemon into 5ml Jeruk Lemon Lokal to reduce the sourness/acidity since the sourness in the orange was already great, and increasing the lemon's acidity would create an imbalance in the drink's flavor harmony. Fourthly, I increased the watermelon quantity from 115.5 ml Watermelon into 130.5ml Watermelon; this is done to further maintain the harmony of different tastes, especially, sweetness, sourness and blandness. Plus, the watermelons I used are slightly sweet in taste, which exponentially advantageous to create harmony in the ingredients used, especially the citrus fruits.Fifthly, I modified 44ml Strawberry into 4.5ml Jeruk Lemon Lokal to reduce the sourness of the refreshing drink based on the clients feedback in the previous taste testing. Sixthly, I increased 110ml Mineral Water = 116.5ml Mineral Water to dilute the drink since there are already multiple fruits used in the drink, with various distinct flavor, and without the water's dilution, the drink would taste extremely strong and sharp, and after increasing the quantity of water, I was able to create an enhanced flavor harmony.
Final Products: Refreshing drinks using two methods: blanched and frozen at home (Up), blanched and frozen at school (Down).
Based on the client feedback towards the three challenges mentioned earlier, I have successfully solved all the challenges, and even enhanced the overall ACCESSFMM of the drink through the modification based on the challenges. Firstly, during the taste testing session I conducted, I did not only serve the two versions of refreshing drink to them, but also explained what is the difference between the two drinks and the one created three weeks ago, about juicing methods such as blanching and on effectiveness of the two blanching methods/versions of drink (blanch and freeze at home or at school). After the explanation and justification, 6/6 clients agreed that the method I was using for this week's juicing was "Quick and Effective", "Healthier", "Makes Juice Tastier for Longer Time" and the drink was cooler than the one made three weeks ago, which increases the palatability of the drink, as most of the clients loved their drinks at a moderately cool temperature.
Secondly, the challenges I solved in relation with the price of the drink's ingredients and container was successful based on 5/6 clients. Majority clients were delighted with the drink's overall aesthetics, safety, ergonomics, function, quality and quantity when compared to the drink made three weeks ago. Surprisingly, when surveying the clients for their feedback, they gave astonishing replies on the cost of the drink. When the clients tasted the drink juiced this week, they thought it was made using imported fruits, as the quality of the fruits were mouth-watering, and they were surprised to know that the ingredients used were completely locally-produced fruits. Therefore, my clients overvalued my drink's price at "Rp.5,000/cup", "Rp. 10,000/cup" and even one client mentioned it deserved to be "worth Rp. 15,000-20,000/cup", mainly because of the incredible aesthetics, palatability and overall lusciousness of the drink. On the other hand, the actual price of the drink was only Rp. 3,000 per cup, and this shows my drink was beyond distinction, that the clients themselves significantly overvalued the drink's price.
Thirdly, the final challenge I solved regarding the taste/palatability of the drink and its ingredients were successfully achieved as all 6/6 clients mentioned that the drink was not too sour compared to the drink produced three weeks ago, neither was the drink too sweet or bland, it was very ideal for the clients. 5/6 clients mentioned that the first version (blanched and frozen at home), tasted slightly sour, while second version (blanched and frozen at school) was perfect, as it was quite sweet compared to the first version. Also clients mentioned that, "The color is the same as Ver. 1. However, it has a lighter and sweeter taste.", "The orange color indicates that there must be a lot of flavor.", "The taste is thicker and creamier compared to Ver. 2, but less sweet," and "Both looks and smells Natural". These feedbacks show that although there isn't a massive distinguishing difference on both versions' taste, 5/6 clients could sense that version 1 was thicker, brighter and sourer than version 2.
What do you like about the drink's aesthetics, including the visual appeal and smell?
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: It looks bright and appealing. The orange color indicates that there must be a lot of flavor. The taste is thicker and creamier compared to Ver. 2, but less sweet.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 2: The color is the same as Ver. 1. However, it has a lighter and sweeter taste.
What do you dislike about the drink's aesthetics, including the visual appeal and smell?
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: It doesn't have that much smell. The cup is also too plain, and there is no decoration (such as fruit slices on the mouth of the cups).
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 2: The same.
How does the drink impact you? What new things (if any) do you learn from it?
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: I learned that juices made from mixed fruits, when combined in the right amount and with the right additional ingredients, taste amazing – more amazing than single-fruit juices!
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 2: I learned that slight differences in treatment of fruits (referring to blanching) could impact the taste greatly.
How do you react to the drink (both positively and negatively)?
Positively: I really like the taste.
Negatively: There are no decorations. And I want a bigger portion!
I like it. It's refreshing!
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 2: Same.
How much do you think the drink costs? Is it cheap or expensive?
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: Cheap. Probably Rp10,000 for one cup.
What are the drink's strengths in terms of ergonomics? You can talk about effects on your energy and body, drinking convenience, refreshing aspect and more.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: It hydrates and refreshes my body. The small cup is very portable. Because the drink isn't too thick, it does not leave stains on my face.
What are the drink's weaknesses in terms of ergonomics? You can talk about effects on your energy and body, drinking convenience, refreshing aspect and more.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: I wish that the juice were stored inside a small bottle, so that I can carry it around. Besides, the cup is just too small. I want more!
Is the drink safe to drink? Does it cause discomfort, and do you feel them?
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: Safe.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 2: Safe.
What do you think are the benefits and disadvantages of the drink in relation to health?
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: Well, you put in a lot of fruits, such as papayas, lemons, oranges, and watermelons. Each fruit has possesses its own health benefits and has its own set of vitamins, which is useful in maintaining health and proper body function. The natural sugars in fruits makes you feel happy, and their fiber content makes you full. The electrolyte content is useful in refueling after exercises.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 2: Same man.
Is the drink's individual size reasonable and does it make consumption convenient?
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: Although the size makes consumption convenient, it is too small for one person.
Is the drink's individual size proportionate to the portion?
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: Well, if you want to serve it in two cups, then I think the size of one cup is proportionate. It is small and allows room for the other cup.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 2: Same mate.
What do you think is the function of the drink: consumed during appetizer, main course, dessert, and refreshments?
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: Refreshments.
Do you think the drink matches the category that you mentioned? Why?
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: I don't think it will go well in appetizers, as its sweetness does not really tingle your taste buds (therefore not being appetizing). If it's served in the main course, it will be too filling. Also, it is too light for a dessert. It is better served as refreshment, considering the amount of natural sugars that cause you to feel happy.
Which drink do you think gives the most significant impact on your body's rejuvenation and refreshment? Why?
I think the Ver. 2 drink. It has a lighter, more refreshing texture, and is sweeter compared to the Ver. 1 drink. However, it does not win by much. I'm still fine with the Ver. 1 drink.
What are the advantages of the ingredients used to create this drink? You can talk about health, the environment, the creating process, and more.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: The inclusion of fruits adds a lot of vitamins, fiber, and natural sugars that keeps your body healthy. Fruits are also filling.
What are the disadvantages of the ingredients used to create this drink? You can talk about health, the environment, the creating process, and more.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: I think too much fiber causes you to go to the restroom quite often, as your digestive system flows smoothly. Also, you need to buy a lot of different fruits, which is quite troublesome.
What are the advantages of the drink's manufacturing process, according to you? You can talk about health, speed, and more.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: It is extremely healthy, as it only involves fruits and honey.
What are the disadvantages of the drink's manufacturing process, according to you? You can talk about health, speed, and more.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 1: You have to have a wide variety of fruits, and plenty of them, too. It's hard to get quality fruits that are sweet and that add sweetness to the overall juice. It also takes a long time. You need to cut the fruits, squeeze some, blend some, measure each liquid's volume, mix it all together with honey, and all of that. Don't forget blanching, too, which you have to do at home.
Mixed Fruit Juice Ver. 2: Same, with the addition that you have to blanch the fruits at school.
The first time I had created my product (refreshing mixed fruit juice drink) using the procedure I have established in the planning section, the result was a success. I was able to create my juice in less than an hour –to be precise approximately 30 minutes – and I also managed to create the other existing products (Teh Poci and Lemon Tea) in approximately 10 minutes each. This fulfills my plan and indicates that I have manufactured my products accordingly, and amazingly quicker than I have planned, which is very advantageous as I go to effectively use the remaining time in preparing and doing some final touches on the finished drinks.These final touches include the watermelon garnish on top of the rim of the plastic cup, which increased the aesthetics of the drink exponentially, as according to the customer feedback 6/7 clients noticed the garnish, and 5/7 mentioned in their comments that that the watermelon garnish was brilliant and effective in increasing the aesthetics as it is well-planned, since the prominent ingredient clients tasted was watermelon, and hence the actual watermelon garnish/decoration serves as a highlight to the prominent ingredient and an evidence to the organic and natural ingredients used in the drink. Also a client mentioned in their feedback that the watermelon garnish was suitable for decorating the drink, as when he consumed it, he loved the sweetness of the watermelon, which balanced the sourness of the citrus fruits in the drink.
Additionally, there are multiple other evidences that indicate that I have followed the plan I created, and the skills I used appropriately throughout the preparing, creating and finalizing. Firstly, I followed each and every step meticulously in my plan as I kept my laptop open when preparing, creating and finalizing the drinks. In the beginning (preparing process), I did preliminary research and a pre-informal survey to collect the client-preferred ingredients and their general likings, for creating a suitable drink for them, as they represent the majority of students in each of their grade level. Then I bought all the ingredients I have planned on purchasing (for creation process) and I used the skills, juicing, slicing, mixing, blending, measuring and squeezing as per the plan to produce three of my planned drinks in the respective times. Secondly, I utilized equipment such as refrigerator, juicer, orange and lemon squeezer, juicer and blender for creating each of the drinks, and this could be seen in the 75 photographic evidences provided in the link below (in Weebly). The consistency of correlation/connection between the planning process and the creation process was beneficial for creating a planned product.
Thirdly, I conducted a fair qualitative testing method, according to the "Tasting Tests" paper (shown in the previous pictures) as I planned, which shows that I followed my plan in obtaining fair testing results, and it indicates that I demonstrated the surveying/data collection skill that I have included in the finalizing section of my plan. Finally, the collection of the qualitative results as mentioned earlier shows that I have conducted a fair taste test, I controlled most physical factors, such as temperature, container type, size and quantity, and aesthetics (as how it originally should look) to obtain the maximum reliable result from my clients. The survey/questionnaire I provided my clients critically evaluates each and every aspect of the ACCESSFMM, each section having more than one question to get maximum detailed results, so I can understand the improvements/challenges I could consider and enhance. Plus, overall I got feedback from 7 clients, since initially I planned and targeted to receive a minimum of 5 responses of students in different grades and I called two other clients as back up.
In the testing event, fortunately every client came so I ended up with 7 clients in total. This is a great outcome as I got more responses, and in this situation the more the better, as the more responses I got, the more reliable and accurate results I can get. Plus I strategically planned to survey 7 clients –an odd number of clients – so I could easily determine the mode and median of the data I collected from | 4,136 |
Vince Del Monte 7 Figure Mastermind Review
Vince Del Monte helps health, nutrition, and fitness pros start and scale their own online business. His main offer these days is his 7 Figure Mastermind. Seven hundred students from fourteen different countries have enrolled already. Some of them are now hitting five, ten, twenty, fifty, a hundred, even two hundred thousand dollars a month. If you're not seeing those same type of results, either, one, you're making it too complicated; two, you're suffering in silence; or three, you're just not focused, Vince says. Scroll down for my full review.
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Vince is an OG in this space. "The Skinny Guy Savior" used to sell an eBook on ClickBank called No-Nonsense Muscle Building. He grew that into a multimillion dollar business and hasn't made less than seven figures a year since. That was more than a decade ago, by the way. Despite his early success selling a low ticket product, Vince slowly realized that high ticket coaching with recurring income was the key to bigger profits and sustainability.
Imagine waking up to a hundred thousand dollars, virtually guaranteed, on the first of every month. It's possible. Vince has it down to a science. He's mastered the systems, copy<|fim_middle|> How To Rent Out Small Simple Websites | writing, content creation, lead gen, salesmanship, and delivery aspects that are required to build a seven figure online fitness business. He's paid his dues, literally. Vince has personally invested hundreds of thousands of dollars into masterminds and coaches.
"And now I know what works best," Vince says. "Not three years ago, not three months ago, but right now, today. And it's these exact same skills that we teach our students inside the 7 Figure Mastermind. [That's why it's] the gold standard for online fitness pros; that make their business immutable, indestructible. Through the power of this mastermind we have helped people create long-term, stable, profitable businesses."
Some came in at twenty K per month and now they're doing one hundred K a month. Some were transitioning from brick and mortar to internet business. Vince has worked with every type of student at every level. This isn't some one size fits all coaching program. It's about giving you a custom plan, helping you build a strong foundation, arming you with the digital marketing strategies you'll need to hit your goal while still living a life you love.
No magic tricks or secret systems here. Leave that to the gurus. "The 7 Figure Mastermind does things very differently," Vince explains. "We have three components. The first is community with a capital C. Everyone inside is dedicated to reaching their goals, and when someone new like you joins, they're dedicated to helping you do the same. Another element is true expertise. Getting good at the timeless skills and systems. Finally, true individualization. This is why our success rate is so high."
No mention of how much the Vince Del Monte 7 Figure Mastermind costs, but I'm guessing it's not cheap. You'll have to book a call to see if you're a good fit and go over pricing, payment plans, et cetera. What I like about Vince is he walked the walk for years and years before he ever got into coaching. You've gotta give him that. How many course creators and mentors these days can say the same thing? Hardly any.
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Via della Ghiara, a Ferrara, ha origini medievali ed è precedente alla grande rivoluzione urbanistica dell'Addizione Erculea. Sino al XIV secolo il suo percorso corrispondeva a un antico ramo del Po di Primaro e il fiume prima percorreva anche la futura via XX Settembre. Entrambe le strade urbane furono per un certo periodo una sola entità ed ebbero il nome di via della Ghiaia, in riferimento ai ciottoli che il fiume aveva lasciato nel suo vecchio alveo. L'asse viario nacque con una delle prime addizioni cittadine, voluta da Borso d'Este.
Storia
Anticamente via della Ghiara (o della Ghiaia) comprendeva anche la futura via XX Settembre.
Origini del nome
Via della Ghiara o della Ghiaia fu il nome antico anche della recente via XX Set<|fim_middle|>ografia
Voci correlate
Palazzo Tassoni Estense
Giorgio Bassani
Cinque storie ferraresi
Altri progetti
Collegamenti esterni
Ghiara | tembre. Il tratto compreso tra via delle Chiodare e via Camaleonte fu chiamato strada del Salaro poiché in fondo alla via Camaleonte stava un deposito governativo di sale, sino all'inizio del XX secolo chiamato la Salara.
Via della Ghiara e Giorgio Bassani
Giorgio Bassani cita la via descrivendo in La passeggiata prima di cena la vita di Elia Corcos, medico israelita futuro primario dell'ospedale cittadino, iniziando dal suo incontro con Gemma Brondi. Secondo il suo stile narrativo lo scrittore sovrappone la fantasia alla realtà e nel racconto ricorda non solo via della Ghiara ma altri luoghi cittadini esistenti, come ad esempio la chiesa di Sant'Andrea. Scrive che subito dopo il matrimonio i due protagonisti vissero a lungo in via Vittoria nella casa del padre di lui, all'interno del ghetto, e che solo più tardi il dottore acquistò la sua nuova abitazione in via della Ghiara.
C'è anche un altro motivo che lega lo scrittore alla via. Qui stava la casa dei suoi nonni materni e in questo luogo visse parte dei suoi anni giovanili. Il mescolarsi tra invenzione poetica e realtà riguarda inoltre direttamente il nonno materno, Cesare Minerbi. In dottor Minerbi fu realmente primario dell'ospedale cittadino e alla sua morte venne sepolto nel cimitero ebraico di via delle Vigne.
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Al numero civico 38 si trova palazzo Tassoni Estense, l'edificio più significativo della via. Fu costruito nel XV secolo e in seguito venne donato dagli Este alla famiglia Tassoni quindi ristrutturato da Biagio Rossetti nel 1491. Dal 1855 divenne proprietà della provincia di Ferrara e utilizzato dall'ospedale Sant'Anna per ospitarvi, dal 1858, alcuni reparti destinati ai malati di mente. Durante gli anni della riforma psichiatrica Antonio Slavich e l'amministrazione locale vi produssero importanti iniziative e lo stesso Franco Basaglia vi fece visita nel 1977.
In tempi recenti è divenuto sede di facoltà universitaria intitolata a Biagio Rossetti, si presenta su due piani come una tipica costruzione rinascimentale e comprende un cortile interno con un piccolo loggiato.
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Who loves to read a good story?
The kind that lets you escape into someone else's world even if just for a little bit.
For the parents out there, what about sharing favorite stories with your kids?
Books have always been a very important part of life for our family. I fondly remember having "book parties" with all three of my kids.
We would grab a stack of books, find the most comfortable location and off we went.
Unfortunately there are other stories that are not so enjoyable. Those are the stories that we tell ourselves.
We are not good enough, pretty enough or smart enough. I know that there are so many more but these are just a few that can stop us from living the life we truly desire.
Society does not make it easy for us. Between what's on TV, magazine covers and social media, it's easy to feel that you are not good enough, pretty enough or smart enough.
Trust me, I have found myself there many times and it doesn't feel good!
Unless you plan on living the life of a hermit, you will need to find ways to accept yourself where you are and not comparing yourself to what you see around you.
Some might call it living from the inside out. Tapping into what brings you fulfillment in your life and letting the outside influences gradually start to fade away.
It's almost as if you are beginning to rewrite the stories that you have previously told yourself.
The only thing keeping you from getting what you want is the story you keep telling yourself about why you can't have it.
When I think of my own stories<|fim_middle|>!
When I start to tell myself this story, I remind myself what I saw when I was working out several weeks ago.
I was going about completing my workout when I saw a wheelchair beside one of the machines. Although this is not a common occurrence, I did not give it much thought.
That was not until I saw someone struggling to get from the machine to the wheelchair. Not only that, he took the effort to wheel over to grab a cloth to wipe off the machine that he just finished using. Many able-bodied gym members don't take the time to do that!
My guess is that he is not telling himself the story that he is unable to workout with a wheelchair being part of his everyday life.
I did not take the time to let him know how he inspired me but wish that I did.
So my question for you is where do you tell the stories in your life that hold you back from living a life you love?
We all have them and awareness is the first step in turning them around.
I would love to hear from you so feel free to comment below. Should you have any questions or want to connect, you can reach me at hello@anneeppley.com. | , one that comes to mind is telling myself the things that I can't do. Sometimes before even trying!
Examples would be thinking I am not good enough to write my blogs, figuring out all the technology that comes along with having my own business and trying something that I have never tried before.
It's just easier stopping before getting started sometimes.
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Eating is an art in Louisiana.
It's no wonder with the multitude of one-of-a-kind sandwiches, delectable one-pot concoctions and rich desserts.
And while Louisiana cuisine is most often associated with The Big Easy and Cajun country, Shreveport-Bossier is no stranger to its own culinary treasures.
The cities are home to the shrimp buster, taco and barbecue joints that rival those in Texas and homemade pies and hot doughnuts sure to knock your socks off.
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Arts Anne Murray wants you to know she's doing just fine
Canada's Song Bird sings a happy tune
Regrets, she has a few, but, all in all, life's good for Anne Murray, writes Cathal Kelly
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Cathal Kelly
Published August 3, 2017 Updated November 12, 2017
Though she hasn't performed in public in nearly a decade, people still stop Anne Murray in the grocery store to ask how her career's going.
These gentle interruptions have been part of Murray's life for years, but they take her by surprise now.
Murray is sitting in the living room of her Markham, Ont., home, miming her way through one of them, turning her head this way and that to indicate which character is carrying the conversation.
"They'll come up to me and say, 'Anne?' And I say, 'Yes. Do we know each other?' And they'll say, 'Well, no …' Then it occurs to me why they're speaking to me.
Although she's as humble as ever, Murray still understands how exceptional she is. "I know how good I am … There are people who know that. And those are the only people I'm concerned with." Robert C. Ragsdale
That I did that other thing for 40 years. That's the God's truth – I've forgotten that I was famous. I guess it's laughable."
Murray is one of those people who hold good manners as the highest level of human endeavour. Although she's 72 years old and her knees sometimes bother her, she still gets to her feet whenever a person enters a room.
"You know what? When someone does that for me, it makes me feel really good. It's like you're important."
She also takes notice of people who don't return that small kindness.
When Murray meets people in the grocery store, she's happy to stop and chat. They talk about tours she is no longer on and albums she is no longer recording. Most just want to know how she's doing, as if she were some high-school friend they'd lost touch with and had heard lived a complicated life.
Murray reassures them that everything's fine. That no, she doesn't miss touring and no, she doesn't want to record new music. The person who did those things has passed on.
"I suppose it's a compliment that they recognize me. I'm an older version of that person," she says, a bit warily. "I've always had a quiet career. I just went along. I was a workhorse."
You did sell 50 million albums.
"Well, that's true," Murray says, brightening. "I forgot about that, too."
'… It just sort of kept going'
Most of us have a mental picture of how we think we'll look when we reach our 70s. I suppose I'll resemble several half-filled potato sacks piled one atop the other.
How you want to turn out is like Anne Murray. Perhaps your base memory of her is from the 1980s – a pantsuit, that signature spray of short, blond hair. Mostly, you'll recall the smile, its width and warmth.
Here's happy news – none of that has changed. Murray is exactly as she was. Perhaps a touch more frail, but still spry and intense. She bounces into a room like Jack LaLanne turning up to bend steel bars on Johnny Carson.
She's had some people over earlier in the day. They've taken the couch apart and put it back together in a way she doesn't like. So Murray spends several long minutes wrestling with the cushions – "this damn thing" – until they are reassembled to her liking. Once done, she pops into the air and falls back onto the couch, fully embedded in a crease. She looks like a particularly pleased-with-herself eight-year-old.
"Ready," she announces.
Anne Murray, seen playing golf in 2011, can still be found on the links with friends. She swims a few times a week, practices yoga and works out with a trainer. 'I am very fit,' she proudly proclaims.
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She was always an athlete and remains one. Does yoga. Has a trainer in twice a week. Swims for an hour every other day with her daughter. You know she would still beat you at golf – she was once an 11-handicap – and suspect she would humiliate you.
"I am very fit," Murray says, extending a fist.
She had to move recently from the house she owned in Markham for 38 years. The stairs defeated her (those knees again). She's now living in a sprawling condo nearby – one of those impossibly immaculate and airy apartments you thought existed only to serve as a soundstage for some comedy set on the Upper East Side.
She managed to fit all her art in. Pride of place is given to an Alex Colville titled On a River. In it, a man, seen from behind, sits forlornly in a small boat looking out at the bend of a Maritime waterway at sunset. When the painting is mentioned, Murray jumps from her seat and hurries across the room to make sure the frame is straight, then stares at it, arms hanging at her side, for a long while.
It would not be correct to say Murray has reached the contemplative stage of her life, because she was always that way. She was conflicted from the very<|fim_middle|> with my contract with them. What a pile of bullshit that is."
A message begins to slowly scroll across the ticker board in your mind: "Anne Murray just swore."
At root, this is about the two children whose childhoods she missed while out on the road. Long before anyone was talking about women having it all – career and family – Murray had to make that choice.
"I don't believe it can be done," Murray says. "When my son was in his teens, he was a really fine drummer. He was asked in an interview if he would consider going into the business. And he said, 'Why would I ever go into the business that took my mother from me?'"
Murray pauses to replay the moment in her mind. She saw the interview on TV, she thinks. She's not sure. She only remembers what was said.
"Why would he do that? And, yeah, exactly. Why would you? But we've discussed it since and I didn't really have a choice. I was the breadwinner. That was my job. In this business, you either do it or you don't. You don't half do it."
So she did it. There was a time in this country when Anne Murray was so ubiquitous, she seemed as if she'd been written into existence by the Fathers of Confederation.
Murray performs at the Sony Centre in Toronto on April 25, 2008.
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A former business manager tried to push her out in front of a bid to buy the Toronto Maple Leafs, back when Harold Ballard was running the team into the ground. Murray wasn't interested in the deal and they didn't have the money. His only rationale was, "What Canadian would say no to Anne Murray?"
When Murray is asked to explain how she became so synonymous with her country, she has to think a while before coming up with her idea of a Canadian identity.
"What you saw was what you got. There was no difference from me on stage and me sitting here talking to you."
She was under constant pressure to go deeper into the United States – move to a bigger entertainment hub, expand the brand.
"That worried me early on in my career – that I would change. If I went to New York or Los Angeles that I would become somebody I wouldn't like. That person that gets a big head and starts thinking they're more special than anyone else. I never wanted to be that person."
Despite her hesitations, she cut a trail for others. Every contemporary young female solo star is, in one way or another, Murray's heir. She was an ingenue of crossover music when such a thing still had no label. Taylor Swift might be the closest comparison.
"[Swift] is a pretty smart cookie. She's got her head screwed on. She's got it together."
Along with social graces, "having it together" gets you tens across the board on the Murray scorecard.
"Not all of them do … this Katy Perry business. Somebody told me she's put out a 96-hour video?"
Close. Perry has just live-streamed her life for 72 straight hours as part of the promo for a new album, including a therapy session and frequent crying jags.
Murray shakes her head, eyes bulging. "I have no response to that."
Murray is about as likely to live-stream 10 minutes of her private life as she is to shave her head and join a cult. During those early days on the road, she wouldn't leave her hotel room. Her first band was a bit wild – "… a lot of drugs and stuff. Which I had to deal with, of course …"
Murray was in her mid-20s, doing 200 shows a year and unable to tell you from one night to the next which city she was in.
Murray, seen performing circa 1970, lists Bonnie Raitt, Harry Nilsson and Dusty Springfield as her favourite voices.
"It was horrible. It was very lonely," Murray says. "The show was great because at least there I got to sing. But I was alone."
She was raised in a tight, raucous, overwhelmingly masculine milieu. Five brothers. All of them pleasant ruffians, to hear Murray tell it.
"They beat me up, they beat each other up. Everybody got beaten up," she says brightly.
Eventually, her brother Bruce Murray joined her on the road as a backup singer and got her out of her room. Those were the salad days – family close by, a new band filled with grown-ups, and for a while there, rented jets and lavish hotels. She'd almost begun to like it, but then she had kids and it got hard again.
As for all the "Canada's Songbird" stuff, Murray waves it away: "It really had nothing to do with me. I couldn't take on that responsibility. If that's what people felt, then that was fine with me. But I had work to do."
So she did. For the better part of 40 years. She had said from the beginning that she would re-evaluate this whole singing thing from year to year. One year, she'd had it.
"Performing really lost its joy. I always loved the recording studio, but even that became a chore," Murray says.
She did one last tour in 2008 and that was it.
"It was a very good career, but it wasn't noisy. It was just … work. Just work. I wanted to go out quietly."
'I know how good I am'
Nobody wants to end up like Frank Sinatra – forgetting the lyrics to your own standards, telling the same stories twice at a show. But most of the bigs can't resist a few regular nights at Madison Square Garden or a Las Vegas residency. It's more about the crowd than the money.
Murray could still go the Billy Joel/Elton John route and do a few shows here and there. She's got another greatest-hits coming out soon. Maybe goose sales on that a bit.
"Yeah, I could," Murray says with a shrug. "But I was done. I really wanted this time. And boy, was it ever the right thing to do."
One suspects that were she to return now, it would prompt a reconsideration of her legacy. Many of her contemporaries – Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Gordon Lightfoot, Neil Young – have become icons in their dotage. Murray certainly occupies a distinct cultural niche, but gets perhaps too little credit for her craftsmanship.
Three pillars of Canadian music: Anne Murray, Gordon Lightfoot, and Stompin' Tom Connors at the 1973 Juno Awards.
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"I would rank her as the major player of the whole lot," says Lightfoot, who's known her since the sixties. "She sold a whole lot more albums than I did. She was … I don't want to use that word … is someone who truly mattered."
"That subtle, sexy rasp, in just the right place, was a real inspiration," says Bonnie Raitt, a singer whose long career arc has been very like Murray's. "Not overkill – not trying to sound like something she wasn't – just real and soulful … I also appreciate the classy way she always presented herself – focusing on picking great songs, never going for commercial gloss."
Where does Murray think she stands in the pantheon of great pop singers?
"I know I'm a really good singer, but I don't think I'd show up on a list anywhere. Somehow, I have not garnered the same respect that some other people have, with a higher profile and a … louder career."
Is that a regret?
"No," Murray says, for the first time sounding surprised at a question. "I know how good I am … There are people who know that. And those are the only people I'm concerned with."
Murray rates three disparate artists as her favourite voices – Raitt, seventies crooner Harry Nilsson and louche soul legend Dusty Springfield. Murray adds that she "could certainly hold my own" with any of them.
She still sings with her family – dinners at the condo, summers back in her hometown of Springhill, N.S.
Someone will pull out a guitar, her son plays a little piano, and together the family forms "a nice three-part harmony."
Anne Murray in June, 1978. Sherman Hines Photographic Ltd.
It's reminiscent of the early "girl bands" Murray used to form with her students when she taught school.
That's Murray's life now – play dates with her grandkids, golf with friends, singing for free and just because she wants to.
Hundreds of people still e-mail her out of the blue to tell her how much her voice meant to them in a tough time, or to ask her advice for a child's singing career. Murray's advice is this: "Don't."
Amid the order of her living room, only one thing is out of place – an open DVD copy of The Sound of Music tossed in front of the television. It's almost too perfect a touch.
Murray's been watching it with her three-year-old granddaughter. They sing along together. Murray starts listing off tunes and when she gets to one whose title she can't remember, she sings it instead: "Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens …"
It's not the voice you remember. The timbre of the lower end, the power of it, isn't quite there. But it is still so unmistakably Anne Murray that you fight the urge to close your eyes. But she stops very suddenly.
As inheritances go, voices are fickle. Of the six siblings in the Murray family, only two can sing very well. Murray's daughter has the gift, but not her son. Now she believes the three-year-old has it as well.
"She has that thing. Really talented," Murray says delightedly, then catches herself. "But you're not going to see her on television. I can tell you that for sure." | beginning, constantly talking in interviews about taking a break or quitting the business. Regrets? It's not a question of having a few. Murray's career was a long series of personal compromises, many of which still confound her.
She was not working-class (her father was a doctor, her mother a nurse), but she had that outlook. A slightly thwarted kid from what she calls "Hicksville, Nova Scotia," tough-minded, driven to work hard, though initially with little sense of mission.
She became a professional singer for prosaic reasons. In 1967, aged 22, she made $4,550 as a teacher (Murray recalls the precise amount). The next year, she made about 20 grand performing.
"That was pretty good money. So I said, 'I'll stick with this for a while.' And it just sort of kept going."
If you are a certain age, that "kept going" summons up a lot of memories – Singalong Jubilee, Snowbird, Christmas specials, a long series of firsts for a Canadian artist cracking the U.S. market, all those millions of units shifted.
Murray's main regret is that her career forced her to miss seeing her children grow up. CP PHOTO
Murray was in many ways this country's first booming cultural export.
She has happy memories, especially of those tenuous early days when she had to get her record producer's guitar out of hock and was meeting the first people who would mentor her toward success, including her former husband, Bill Langstroth. But a lot of what followed is a grinding blur of travel, performances, promo appearances, interviews and studio sessions.
Asked what things she would do exactly the same were she to do it all over, Murray steers the conversation back to the things she would change.
"For instance, there's one thing. I wouldn't release an album every 10 minutes like I did. I would just tell that record company to go …"
Murray comes up off the couch and begins to form the sound of an "f," but thinks better of it.
"That's something that I regret – that I allowed them to browbeat me into doing an album every year. Because when I took time out to have children I got behind in my albums. One year I had to do three in a row. The same year! Just to keep up | 492 |
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Round Table: Water companies and demand-side response
The attractiveness of demand-side response as an additional income stream for water companies is clear, but utilities need to overcome practical and cultural challenges before realising its potential
Participants at the round table discuss DSR opportunities
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Mike Woolgar, Water Strategy Director – Water, Energy & Industry, WSP (Chair)
Kirsten Abbott, DSR Lead, Southern Water
Robert Barker, Business Development Manager, Centrica
Matthew Burton, Energy Advisor / EICA Supervisor, South West Water
Steven Clarke, Global Product Development – Demand Side Response, Centrica
Matthew Crowhurst, Programme Manager, Wessex Water
Darren Hewerdine, MEI Chartered Energy Manager
Edward Knox, Energy Supply & Demand Specialist, Anglian Water
Julie McKinney, Energy Strategy, Policy and Regulation Specialist, Scottish Water
David Rose, Energy & Carbon Manager, South West Water
Bob Stear, Head of Innovation, Severn Trent
Rob Wild, Demand Side Response Manager, Severn Trent
by Katey Pigden
Water and wastewater companies are some of the largest consumers of energy in the UK, and with Ofwat increasing the pressure on firms to deliver more for customers with less, it is little wonder that water companies are keen to investigate demand-side response (DSR) as an additional revenue stream.
DSR – which sees large energy users amend their consumption or switch to their own generation in response to real-time demand - is about being flexible and intelligent with energy use, helping the grid strike the right balance and receiving payment in return. As a large consumer of energy with a great deal of its operational requirements not being time sensitive, the water sector is a particularly suitable contender for DSR technology.
Representatives from water companies across the UK gathered to discuss the topic at WWT's roundtable in London on November 23, which was held in association with Centrica Business Solutions.
While some companies have been embracing DSR for quite some time, others had only "dabbled" in it and some were still exploring options.
As well as the financial incentives, companies agreed that the benefits of DSR included boosting resilience – for their own operations and for the overall resilience of the grid – and helping to sharpen the focus on energy use data throughout their businesses.
But although companies recognise there are opportunities associated with DSR, they are also aware it can present several challenges for them.
Third-party aggregators have been the route several of the water companies have decided to take, especially for Firm Frequency Response (FFR) which, it was noted, is most suited to wastewater sites. The advancement of technology in this area means that water companies no longer have to manually turn off or down an asset, as equipment such as pumps or blowers are able to respond automatically.
Some companies admitted they "didn't know much" about the process around 18 months ago and despite there being a "lot of enthusiasm" surrounding the concept, people have needed reassurance and to "feel comfortable" as it involves operational data. Some participants said they had been selective with the sites they have introduced DSR at, typically concentrating on larger sites, to help the organisation learn about the process and make the highest proportionate gain.
Another popular scheme was the short-term operating reserve (STOR) where water companies offer an energy turndown or a switch to self-generation, in return for a price set through the capacity market. However participants mentioned two specific concerns about the scheme – first, that emissions regulations would soon mean switching to diesel generation would no longer be an option; and second, the onerous metering requirements involved.
One company won a capacity market contract with National Grid, only later to struggle with the metering requirements and it ended up transferring to an aggregator. Metering requirements also caused issues for a different water company, before it managed to complete the required upgrade in the nick of time.
Other challenges discussed included a lack of grid connection in rural areas, risks with contract lengths and potential political risks, IT security, as well as limited resources and site sizes. Cultural challenges were highlighted: some people within operational teams could be "sticklers" for how something has always been done, it was noted.
Many liked the idea of the savings to be had through DSR but had concerns about "messing around" with their current processes. However, being able to determine pre-set limits for the energy fluctuation of various assets has given peace of mind to several water companies on this point.
Others said that involvement in DSR schemes had helped their broader energy policy by building a relationship with the network operator.
One key theme which came up was the importance of understanding and the fear of the unknown. As with anything new, DSR can be a daunting prospect until you have sufficient understanding of how it works.
Participants questioned whether the benefits of DSR would be limited to<|fim_middle|>ET News news articles may be copied or forwarded for individual use only. No other reproduction or distribution is permitted without prior written consent.
Get the WWT newsletter | larger operational sites. Companies admitted the smaller sites are being "left to last" as larger sites offered more immediate profitability; those with many small sites expressed concern about there being a lack of suitable products suitable to meet their needs.
One participant suggested that an aggregator for smaller sites could be the solution. Getting small sites engaged in DSR was seen as important to realise the full potential of DSR in the sector: there are not many industries which cover the whole of the UK and so the water industry is in a good position to take advantage.
Steven Clarke, global product development, demand side response at Centrica, said that technology is advancing quickly in this area and that water companies could gain considerably - and not just in financial terms - by getting on board.
"The revenue is certainly interesting for companies, and it's mainly why people do it. But the next stage is the data and the insights you can get from it," said Clarke. "So often you don't know what you don't know. It's not until you shine a light on the energy that you are using across your business that you can realise the benefits."
SPEAKER QUOTES
"The business case at first for demand-side response was to make money out of existing assets. But the financial side is just the tip of the iceberg; there are more opportunities to unlock."
Robert Wild, demand side response manager, Severn Trent
"I can see us going straight to battery and skipping diesel generation, but we will need to find one to meet our resilience requirements." Julie McKinney, energy strategy, policy and regulation specialist, Scottish Water
"We have only dabbled in DSR so far. At Bournemouth Water we used an aggregator because of the size of the portfolio we run." David Rose, energy and carbon manager, South West Water
"It's important to understand the whole process to know what you can and can't do; that means having the right people in place." Bob Stear, head of innovation, Severn Trent
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Q: Install Samsung function key drivers in Windows 8 After recently upgrading to Windows 8, I realised my function keys were not working. (In function mode.)
I assume I need some drivers for them. I tried searching the Samsung website (I'm using a Samsung notebook), but found nothing.
How can I use my function keys?
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A: If you have the drivers of the previous version of Windows i.e. of Windows 7, then try installing it. To a certain extent it may help.
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*Rename the setup.exe to setup1.exe
*Install as admin and run in Win 7 Compatibility
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A: After installing SW Update there was an option to install 'Settings' which includes drivers for the Fn keys.
You can also install other stuff (I installed a touchpad driver) from here.
A: This is my experience with a Samsung laptop (NP270E4E-K06VE) and operating system Windows 7.
The solution to the problem "FN key for controlling the brightness and mute audio not functioning correctly":
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The White House has called on the<|fim_middle|> has a meeting scheduled Wednesday morning with the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus, though it's unclear who in the group has agreed to attend.
"The president will negotiate but, at this point, he's not going to negotiate with himself," Sanders said. "He's the only one that has a proposal on the table. Democrats have yet to put anything forward other than obstruction. | Democrats to put together a new proposal to end the Government shutdown.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Wednesday said that Democrats must be willing to put forward a fresh proposal to end a prolonged partial government shutdown as President Trump prepares for another round of talks with House lawmakers.
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History
The ground was home to Dundee Harp between 1884 and 1894, and the venue of their 35–0 win over Aberdeen Rovers on 12 September 1885 in the first round of the Scottish Cup. It was used to host the final of the Forfarshire Cup in 1887, 1889, 1890, 1891 and 1896, with the 5,000 spectators at the 1887 final possibly being the ground's record attendance.
When the newly formed Dundee Wanderers were elected to Division Two of the Scottish Football League in 1894, they began the 1894–95 season playing their home matches at East Dock Street rather than their Clepington Park ground. The first match was a 2–2 draw with Motherwell on 25 August 1894, and following matches against Port Glasgow Athletic on 15 September (a 9–0 win) and Airdrieonians on 20 October (a 2–1 defeat), Wanderers' final league match at the ground was on 10 November, a 6–0 defeat to Hibernian. The club then moved back to Clepington Park for the remainder of the season. The site is now part of an industrial estate.
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Home Departments Maintenance & Reliability A conversation with Burt Hurlock of Azima DLI
A conversation with Burt Hurlock of Azima DLI
Burt Hurlock, CEO of Azima DLI, has run several professional services organizations throughout his career, but he's new to the U.S. industrial service market. That hasn't stopped him from helping Azima DLI grow tenfold in five years. BIC Magazine recently visited with Hurlock to discuss the company's growth and direction.
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Machine Gun Kelly, Nathaniel Rateliff booked for first 'Saturday Night Live' shows of 2021
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Saturday Night Live has announced the performers for its first three shows of the new year: Machine Gun Kelly, Phoebe Bridgers and Nathaniel Rateliff.
The first show of 2021, on January 30, will feature MGK with host John Krasinski. The February 6 show will be hosted by Emmy-winning Schitt's Creek star/producer Dan Levy with Bridgers as the musical guest, and Rateliff will take the stage February 13 during the show hosted by actress and One Night In Miami director Regina King.
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Overhaulin' quickly became the most popular show in the automotive world, with legions of faithful fans tuning in every week. The success of the show was largely due to the talents of design legend Chip Foose and the easy going chemistry between Chip and Chris. Over the next 10 plus years and more than 100 episodes, Overhaulin' has become one of the most venerable shows in the genre.
The exposure Chris received from Overhaulin' opened many doors in the hosting world. Chris proved that he could host a variety of shows, including a 4 year run in the entertainment news world, where he served as a host and correspondent for The Insider and Entertainment Tonight from 2009-2012. He also has experience in radio, serving as a regular co-host for two years on the motorsports show SpeedFreaks.
Because of his popularity and familiarity on the network, Chris has become Discovery Channel's go-to host for special events. He lent his hosting skills to such specials as Discover Live: Into the Blue Hole, Chopper Live, Gold Rush Live, Klond<|fim_middle|> news host. Chris is an avid sports fan, especially teams from his hometown of Chicago, and has been honored to throw out the first pitch at Wrigley Field for his beloved Cubs. Chris likes to spend his downtime golfing, sporting a single digit handicap. | ike Live and the ratings record breaking Nik Wallenda specials Skywire Live and Skyscraper Live.
Chris is also the Host for the Barrett-Jackson Collector Car Auctions, seen 4 times a year on both Motor Trend and Discovery, and serves as host of Motor Trend Live at the annual SEMA convention in Las Vegas.
He also worked extensively for NFL Network, hosting several episodes of NFL AM and regularly contributing as an on-air | 87 |
<|fim_middle|>-bad any longer. Perhaps not anyone else's business any longer either.
Maybe it's the human dilemma factor. Our species does like to drag out laying blame, indefinitely if possible. Refusing forgiveness whenever holding on is thought more juicy and dramatic or just simply letting stuff go.
Dark night, brilliant sunset. Dormant hibernation reigns supreme, yet it holds the spark needed to rekindle new beginnings. | A line from a movie I watched recently keeps running through my brain. "I love my life, I regret my life, eventually all the lines blur into it's just my life". The character in "Match" is speaking to someone who wants him to face a big, life altering decision he made 30 years prior, admitting he's a major chump for taking that action then. I really like his response. 30 years ago is very much past tense, too long ago to drag that baggage any further or refresh it again. Does it mean the action was meaningless in the past? No. But for today, here and now, it has become "just my life", not really good | 142 |
I have been reading about all the uses with Elmer's Glue on this site, soooo I thought I would give it a try putting a patch on the knee of my hubby's jeans.
Well, thank you, thank you girls, that was the easiest patch I ever sewed on his jeans and it looked darn good.
Turned a 1/4 " under the patch and glued then glued it onto the<|fim_middle|>!!! All the stores have great prices on the school glue for the beginning of the school year.
I haven't used it to make the quilt sandwich yet, but will most likely never, ever do a binding again without it. It allows me to so perfectly place the binding that I am amazed!
Elmer's all purpose glue will hold patches without sewing. When DH was in the military, being a young wife and we were broke, he was having to change rank patches every few months. Those things then were impossible to hand sew. I used Elmer's All purpose glue when he had to have the new rank patch for the next day for a detail. Those patches stayed on through washing and drying and heavily starched ironing. I didn't know at the time that the patches had to be sewn. His never frayed to be noticeable they weren't. Thankfully he got high enough rank I could afford to have them sewn on like they should be. I don't know how the rank patches are now, I hope not as thick and hard as they use to be.
I love, love, LOVE Elmer's School Glue. I can't see ever going back to thread basting or pinning for anything!
I LOVE Elmer's, it's making me actually get to the quilting portion of my projects. I hated sandwiching so much I just had a big ol' stack of quilt tops.
I've been using Elmer's to baste for awhile now. I apply it in big loops and if I have any 'globs', I smooth them down with the back of a spoon. I also use titanium needles exclusively.
I haven't tried it yet, but as soon as I'm able to get out and about I plan on buying some to try, as it sounds like a great tool for quilting as well as sewing.
as long as it's "washable"
Is the CLEAR washable Elmer's the same as the white?
I use titanium coated needles, never buy any other kind. They stay sharp almost forever!
I have a slight problem. For years, my husband has accepted my days when I must spend time with John, Deere. He knows he comes second at times, it's just a fact of his life.
Now there is another. It works out nice, usually John, Deere has days in the summer, and Elmer has times when it's colder.
Wow, I just learned something new...I had no idea there was any such thing as titanium needles! Are they less prone to bending?
I have used Elmer's a good bit now and love it too! Although I don't like it as much for binding, I seem to do better without it for that step. It's great for sandwiching and for holding bias-cut pieces together so they don't stretch too much - I used it a lot on the last OBW quilt I did and it was really helpful.
I just have to watch it when I'm sandwiching...if I put it on too heavy for that initial layer it soaks through onto my floor! It's laminate so no harm done, I just have to remember to mop right away or I end up with weird spots of dog hair stuck to the floor. LOL! Fortunately it comes right off with just some warm water and a mop, but it was pretty funny figuring out why I had some sort of gross dog-hair art project going on all over my livingroom floor!
I have found that Elmer's Washable School Glue is available in Australia in two types.
Which is the one that most people here use? It's interesting that although both of the types linked are close in the price, one has almost double the quantity. | knee and zigzagged all it.
Elmer's School Glue is wonderful!
I am making my first quilt and basted the top, batting and back with Elmer's. This is not hard!!
I am addicted to Elmer's Washable Glue & use it for many of my sewing/quilting projects !
I'm also loving the washable glue stick for smaller projects.
I have four more scrappy hot pads to bind. I'm using Elmer's on them and it goes sooo much smoother!
Now is the time to stock up | 113 |
Breathe in, breathe out...you're on the<|fim_middle|> Competition can sometimes make it easy to forget that the primary objective is to have fun and enjoy playing with others who love the sport as much as you do. Remember, it's your first time in a tournament. Feel out the environment and focus on YOU. Nothing beats the green under a robin egg blue sky and an excited crowd. So go out there and do your best with a smile! | way to your first golf tournament and the butterflies are starting to flutter about in your belly. Have you prepared enough? Trained enough? What can you expect out there? Relax. You've signed up for the tournament, which is the first crucial step towards living your passion out on the golf course. These extra tips can help you feel prepared and confident- now get out there and have a blast!
It's important to get to know the golf course where the tournament will be held. Plan a visit before the big day and take some time to walk around and observe the entire course. Go one step further and practice on it. This will get you familiarized for when it's time to compete. If you really want some extra prep, turn to the good ol' internet. Watch videos on YouTube that feature course flyovers. Google Earth is a nifty tool to zoom in and study particular areas as well.
How to use tournament pressure to your advantage.
Don't let tournament pressure psyche you out. Instead, use it to your advantage. Mentally prep before a tournament and get focused on your goals using positive thinking. Visualize the course and your swing. Practice some breathing exercises to calm and relax the mind and body. Most importantly, get a good night's sleep the night before the tournament.
Don't forget why you are out on the golf course to begin with- golf is the sport you love! | 283 |
Witherle Memorial Library, the public library in the town of Castine, provides diverse informational, recreational, and educational resources for all people in the Castine environs. The library maintains a collection of print, non-print, and electronic resources, and it accesses such resources elsewhere as needed. Trained staff provides guidance in the use of all<|fim_middle|>rarian for Youth Services and two library assistants. The Librarian also works in collaboration with the Friends of the Library, who provide essential program funding and volunteer time (see Give and Join).
Click the icon to take the tour.
The tour was created and supported by the Castine History Partners, which include: Castine Historical Society, Maine Maritime Academy, the Town of Castine, Wilson Museum, and Friends of Witherle Memorial Library. | resources. The library actively seeks input from and provides outreach to its diverse constituents. Witherle Library cooperates with other agencies locally and statewide to increase the range and cost-effectiveness of library services. The library also offers a meeting place for community groups or library sponsored programs as appropriate.
The history of Witherle Memorial Library begins with the forming of a social library in 1801 (a private collection of books accessible only by paid subscription). The town of Castine took over this organization in 1827, and in 1855, became the first community in Maine to establish a public library. In 1901, the library moved its books to the town hall until the completion of a new building in 1913. The land and the foundation for this new building were donated by George and Mary Witherle, local ship chandlers – and it is from them that the Witherle Memorial Library received its name. The library is part of the historic district listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Today, the library contains over 13,000 volumes that circulate 20,000 times a year to almost 1,400 registered borrowers. With fully automated circulation, our collections include a wide variety of printed and digital sources.
The library is a part of the robust and thriving community of Castine, which includes a four-year college (Maine Maritime Academy), village merchants, and a range of cultural and arts-based organizations. To find out more about any of these, head to the Town of Castine website.
The library is governed by the Board of Trustees who are five Castine residents, elected by public ballot for 5-year terms, with a limit of two concurrent terms. The Board of Trustees is responsible for library finances, library policies, and library operations.
A professional Librarian oversees the day-to-day operations and services of the Witherle Memorial Library and supervises an Assistant Lib | 404 |
"Bermuda Links Condo -Superb location available Sept 1st only $1000. per mo annual. Water sewer and garbage included.
2 BEDROOM 2 BATHROOM WITH GREAT LOCATION AND VIEW WATER, SEWER AND GARBAGE ARE INCLUDED.. THIS IS AVAILABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST, GRAB IT WHILE THE GRABBING IS GOOD, WON'T<|fim_middle|> not enter property unless you have an appointment as Lisitng Agent must accompany.
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Lovely 2 Bedroom 2 Bathroom, spacious lakeview unit in gated community. Located on first floor with 1 detached garaage. Close to beaches. Close to shopping. Community pool, spa, clubhouse, tennis, bocce ball. Live like on vacation year round. Furnished in excellent taste. All you need are your clothes and toothbrush. Call today for appointment. Listing must be opened by listing agent or office.
Just east of I- 75 just north of Immokalee Road. Must have gate pass to enter. Please call listing agent Versie Vancleve at 239-980-8522.
THIS IS A NEW PROPERTY IN A NEW DEVELOPMENT. BEAUTIFUL WITH PLANTATION SHUTTERS THROUGHOUT THE HOME THIS IS THE PLACE FOR THE EXECUTIVE DISCRIMINATING TENANT CONVENIENTLY LOCATED JUST OFF LIVINGSTON SOUTH OF ORANGE BLOSSOM. CLOSE TO THE PHIL CLOSE TO UPSCALE SHOPPING AND DINING JUST 10 MINUTES TO THE BEACH CLOSE TO BOTH AIRPORTS NAPLES AND REGIONAL SOUTHWEST THIS IS A MUST SEE TOTAL AREA INCLUDING GARAGE AND LANAI APROX. 3500 SQUARE FEET……. ( 2257 UNDER AIR ) 3 BE3DROOM PLUS A DEN WITH 3 BATHROOMS.
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A resort-style atmosphere, with a 7,000 square foot community clubhouse. This club features a meeting room, club room with kitchen, state-of-the-art fitness center with a childs play area, game room, on-site management office, million dollar swimming pool with waterfall and spa. Click on our news link below to find out what our activities director has in store for this month!
Enjoy these outdoor amenities everyday…basketball courts, tennis courts, sand volleyball courts, pool volleyball, bocce ball courts, walking trails, ball fields, in-line skating rink, playground, and more.
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THIS NEW CONSTRUCTION HOME IN A GATED GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB RESORT COMMUNITY WITH PRICES STARTING AT $579,990.00 IN NAPLES FLORIDA, THIS 3 BEDROOM PLUS A DEN, 2 BATHROOM, 3 CAR GARAGE HOME IN COLLIER COUNTY, GOLF MEMBERSHIP IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE OF THE HOME!!!
New golf course community in Naples where your golf equity is included with your home purchase. Take advantage of five sets of tees on hand-mowed Tifeagle grass greens with wide and rolling fairways set amongst acres of natural preserves and crystal blue lakes. The course is complete with an aqua driving range and pro-shop.
Revel and delight in the facilities available. Play on one of the 7 lighted, manicured tennis courts with grand stand seating for tournament play, social or charity events. A pro-shop and on-site tennis professional will give you the resources you need to have fun and improve your skills. Members can make their experience competitive with league play or by participating in one of the many tennis mixers for members, their relatives and guests.
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SPACIOUS NEW CONSTRUCTION GATED GOLF AND COUNTRY CLUB RESORT COMMUNITY IN NAPLES FLORIDA PRICES STARTING AT $599,990.00, THIS 4 BEDROOM 3 BATH, 3 CAR GARAGE GATED COMMUNITY HOME IS LOCATED IN COLLIER COUNTY, GOLF MEMBERSHIP IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE!!!
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Exceptional oceanfront estate listed for $14,500,000. recently reduced to $12,000,000. This magnificent estate is unique as it may be sold in its entirety or may be sub-divided and sold for land value. This six acre estate has an exquisite home with beautiful pool and patio area for entertaining is located off of A1A South and Wyn Cove. Lush privacy of 6 tropical acres lends itself to the idyllic surroundings of this most unique residence and 2 guest houses and 4 bay garages. Upon entering a palm lined private road off of A1A, unfolds a very lush estate with 240 feet of shoreline. This valuable property if sub-divided is an ideal opportunity for custom builders to obtain the highest and best use of all the property. Highly distinguished in so many aspects, this is a grand estate unlike any other on Florida's Treasure Coast. This property will appeal to the most discriminating buyer.
This is a beautiful private estate with caretaker on premises. Do | 1,161 |
As a creative, resourceful entrepreneur, you bring many talents to the table. Some of these skills and gifts are innate, some come from experience, and many from life outside of business.
Busy people often engage in hobbies and weekend adventures as a way of blowing off steam, building endurance, and having fun. But there<|fim_middle|> Even when I'm in pain or exhausted I don't just say, "Hey, let's stop the game, I don't want to do this anymore." I always keep going. If your company is in financial stress or experiencing other stressful issues, it doesn't matter— you must keep going.
"I also love that it's not about individual accomplishment; it's about the team's accomplishment. In football a player and his fellow teammates sacrifice for each other for the common good of the team. Business is the same way. If you only focus on what you've done, then you've already failed. Teamwork and camaraderie are what drive success in business."
Execution and attitude win the match.
"I've been an avid tennis player and fan since I first picked up a racquet at age fourteen. What I love about the game is the perfect combination of physical stamina and mental agility. It's one part boxing and one part chess. And if you happen to be Roger Federer it's one part artistry (I do not score well in artistry).
In tennis, it's not always the player with the best strokes or hardest serve that wins. It's the competitor that knows how to execute against a strategy, stay mentally positive, and maintain belief even when they're behind in a set or match.
If you want to win in this form of mano-a-mano combat you have to be fully present, able to think on your feet, and change tactics if needed or you are going to get crushed. These same skills are necessary for running a successful business.
A tennis instructor once said, 'Either you are on a quest to continually improve your tennis game or you are getting worse, there is no staying the same.' I believe the same holds true for your career, business and life."
— Peter C. Diamond, executive coach and author of Amplify Your Career and Life: 4 Steps to Evaluate, Assess and Move Forward.
"Kite surfing is one of the hardest sports I have learned as you have to contend with four things simultaneously— the wind, the waves, the kite, and the board. You also encounter other kite surfers and obstacles that can impact you and make things more challenging. Kite surfing is no different from starting a business because without the necessary skills, you end up fighting against the various obstacles along the way. It can become very frustrating.
However, once you finally learn to slow down, remain calm, and allow the rhythm of the wind and ocean to guide you, kite surfing can be very exhilarating, just like running a business.
Another similarity between the two is timing; you have to wait for the right time to launch. When you're riding the waves, you must also be on a constant lookout for changes in the environment as it can get dangerous very quickly. But the thrill you experience when you're in control, leaning back, enjoying yourself and flying across the ocean, is amazing.
Kites surfing has taught me how to anticipate challenges, solve problems, and embrace the exciting life that comes with being a global entrepreneur."
— Scott Picken, founder and CEO of Wealth Migrate. | are other benefits: your hobbies and personal interests could enhance your entrepreneurial and leadership abilities. They may also make you more resilient to stress. What entrepreneur wouldn't like that?
Have you let your favorite personal pastimes fall to the wayside? Perhaps the findings of a study done by psychologists at San Francisco State University will encourage you to take time away from work and have a little fun.
The research confirms that hobbies help professionals conceive creative solutions for work-related problems. Those more engaged in creative activity often scored 15 to 30 percent higher on performance rankings than those who were less engaged. Kevin Eschleman, an assistant professor of psychology at San Francisco State University says, "We found that in general, the more you engage in creative activities, the better you'll do at work." It may also serve you well to encourage employees to engage in a hobby. Eschleman noted that no matter what the hobby study participants took part in, these people were more likely to go out of their way to help co-workers.
"One of my lifelong passions is football. My father, Hugo Hollas, played for the New Orleans Saints and the San Francisco 49ers in the early '70s and that really had a massive impact on me in childhood. His career in football inspired me to play football on a collegiate level for Colorado State and the University of Tulsa in the early '90s. It's an incredibly complicated sport and I love the combination of the physical and mental challenges it demands.
"I've found that football prepares me to deal with challenges in other aspects of my life, especially as an entrepreneur. It also taught me to remain focused and to think under pressure. | 341 |
Estee offers Team building events and cooking classes as well as motivating speaking and cooking demos. Class size may vary according to space and location.
Team building events are a great way to connect and to keep your employees engaged through a fun, nourishing activity. Learn healthy life-style skills in groups while people enjoy the atmosphere<|fim_middle|> Estee's classes are hands on, with lots of laughter and amazing food. She offers great classes for beginners as well as for advanced cooks. Estee is fun, easy-going, and knowledgable. Hear about her personal journey to a plant-based diet, with great tips and tricks, ideas for meal plans, and an exposure to new ingredients and techniques.
Estee will share her exiting journey and fascinating stories about going vegan and how it improved her well-being. Gain inspiration for a healthy, ethical lifestyle through a captivating and educational presentation.
Ask the questions about vegan cooking that you have always wanted to ask. Book signing at the end. | , the food, and the learning all at the same time.
Estee inspires new chefs in ways that people won't stop talking about for weeks.
Cooking classes are a hit. | 37 |
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mesmixmusic.com - Paint Color For House 3 Tips for Choosing Your House Color Consider your neighbors. Before you even begin looking at the endless array of paint swatches at your local paint or home improvement store, look around your neighborhood to see if there is a common palette.Choose paint colors with a color wheel. Picking out paint colors can be a confusing experience, leaving you<|fim_middle|> is the best! What's not to like about Colorhouse Paints. They are eco friendly, come in an amazing array of colors for any palette.They are a dream to work with.Their customer service is top notch and are more than happy to help.10 inspiring exterior house paint color ideas. From clean whites and pleasing neutrals to cool blues and vibrant reds, exterior paint colors are your home's calling card to the world. Calibrate the color right and you'll have a house exterior that welcomes visitors when they roll up to your home. | racked with indecision as you peruse swatches from paint companies intent on re-creating all of the 7 million colors distinguishable to the human eye.Paint for people and planet • colorhouse. Colorhouse | 42 |
Otis told you last week about how bummed he was that it wasn't going to be sunny, warm weekend – but it turns out he had a plenty good weekend anyway.
Former foster Baxter was a unique dog in that he really liked his space, which I wrote about once when I explained that I don't need a dog to be snuggly in order to fully appreciate them. Otis, however, is quite the opposite and loves invading your space – which means being on and around you at all times.
We don't normally allow our foster dogs on the furniture, but after a week of enforcing this rule it was clear that while Otis was obediently staying on his dog bed, he would be much happier spending the time he was alone in the house on the couch (pushovers, we know – but you have to choose your battles!). After equipping the couch with some protective linens, we let him on up.
It turns out it was a great decision for both him and me, because he is the snuggliest dog I have ever met and our evenings together on couch while I blog are so nice. He is even snuggly with people he's just met, like my best friend Sarah who came over to enjoy a rainy Sunday with us.
For more information on adopting Honey B<|fim_middle|> a "no dogs on the couch" rule – it is killing me! I love having couch snuggle time! Looks like Otis loves it too!
Havi us such a snuggler as well! Love Otie!
i know how you feel. nothing better than you dog laying with you while you watch tv and rub his cheek while you watch a movie on a rainy day. | unches of Otis, check out his adopt me page or email peacelovefoster@gmail.com.
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So cute! I spent my Saturday with adoptable Wiggles up here in NJ and she couldn't get enough snuggles!
I absolutely love it…….you are a hero to me!
We have always allowed our dogs on the couch, but since our new (to us) couch is actually pretty nice, we decided to install | 144 |
It's good to know how many calories you are consuming whether you<|fim_middle|> leads to overeating).
Click " Top 10 Exercises and Sports to Burn Calories" to get more information. | are on a diet or just making sure you eating enough to stay healthy. We've put together a list of common favorite foods and their calorie content. This way you can keep track of your caloric intake and if you're desperate for those morning pancakes (520 calories for two) you'll know where to compensate elsewhere or be more inspired to hit the gym later.
Also remember, there's a lot of great low calorie substitutes for high calorie foods such as a chicken burger (130 calories) versus a hamburger (250 calories).
Calories give you energy, which is needed to keep you and your body going throughout the day, but if you're not burning enough calories then that's where weight gain occurs. So it's important to make sure you're not eating food that's too high in calories, which will add to extra, unwanted weight gain.
The important thing to remember is to live a healthy style. The calorie content in food should play a role in your diet along with exercise and your scale will thank you.
Determine what type of physical activity best suits your lifestyle. You should work your way up to regular aerobic exercise, such as brisk walking, jogging or swimming, since it is a key factor in achieving permanent weight loss and improving health. Aerobic exercise works the body's large muscles, such as the heart, and should be moderately vigorous, but not exhausting, to be most effective. For maximum benefits, most health experts recommend exercising 30 minutes or more on most, preferably all, days of the week.
Exercise not only burns calories, it may increase the body's metabolic rate and actually decreases appetite for some people. Exercise also has psychological benefits. It improves your sense of well-being and decreases stress (which often | 354 |
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SA 'well positioned' for SKA work bids
19 March 2013 South African scientists, engineers, companies and institutions stand to benefit from the invitation for international consortia to bid for early-stage work on the Square Kilometre Array (SKA), an international effort to build the world's largest radio telescope, which will be co-hosted by South Africa and Australia. Last week, the International SKA Organisation issued an invitation for international consortia to bid for work packages in the pre-construction phase of the SKA, involving the design of the telescope architecture and sub-systems, including components such as antennas, receivers, signal processing systems, data transport and high performance computers. The overall aim of this phase, which is expected to run through to the end of 2016, is to deliver detailed designs and blueprints for the SKA facility to go out to tender for construction. SKA South Africa said in a statement on Friday that it was positioned to play a "prominent role" in responding to this request, both because of the expertise contained in the SKA South Africa project team, and because of the involvement of South African industry in the development and delivery of the SKA prototype MeerKAT telescope. "The MeerKAT engineering team and local industries have been in discussions with their international peers to form consortia that will respond to the request for proposals." SKA South Africa held an information session for local industry in February, and was now in the process of finalising a subsidy programme aimed at helping local companies and institutions to take part in the SKA pre-construction phase "on a shared risk basis, in order to develop the expertise, competency and know-how to be internationally competitive in bidding for SKA contracts when the telescope is built". Potential industry and institutional participants were encouraged to keep a check on www.ska.ac.za for information on the requests for proposals and related information. SAinfo reporter read more
SA leaders' tributes to 'father of the nation'
"His departure represents a very sad moment of grief for his family. But it also constitutes a personal loss for us because over many decades, he served both as our guide and one of our fathers. "President Mandela, Madiba, and his generation of freedom fighters walked their long walk and made enormous sacrifices which eventually led to our freedom in 1994. His passing signals the end of an historic era represented by the heroic deeds of his generation." A pall hangs over Parliament – National Assembly speaker Max Sisulu South Africa's flags will remain at half mast until after Mandela's funeral. Madiba taught us how to come together – Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu "Earlier tonight, my wife Zanele and I learnt with immense distress and profound sadness of the passing away of one of the greatest sons of our people, Esteemed Member of the Order of Mapungubwe and Nobel Peace laureate, Isithwalandwe President Nelson Mandela," Thabo Mbeki said in a statement late on Thursday night. We all have to learn from his example – Neren Rau, CEO of the SA Chamber of Business "Our nation has lost its greatest son. Our people have lost a father," South African President Jacob Zuma said when he announced news that Nelson Mandela, the country's beloved icon of reconciliation and peace, had died at his home<|fim_middle|> the images, the movies. It will live on in how we feel when we hear his name, the respect and love, the unity he inspired in us as a country, but particularly how we relate to one another." He embodied our hopes and dreams – Brand South Africa chairperson Chichi Maponya "Madiba embodied our hopes and the realisation of our dreams," Brand South Africa chairperson Chichi Maponya said. "We are in deep mourning following this loss of indescribable magnitude which is today reverberating across the world." Maponya said "one of the greatest gifts [Mandela] has bequeathed to this nation is the courage and strength to believe in a tomorrow that is better than today, a tomorrow in which our people live in dignity and prosperity". SAinfo reporter read more
Civil bodies in northeast oppose citizenship Bill
Civil society organisations across most of the northeastern States reunited after eight months to protest against the Centre's bid to introduce the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2006, ahead of Union Home Minister Amit Shah's visit to the region on October 5.Memorandum givenThe protests on Thursday were organised in Manipur, Meghalaya and Nagaland under the banner of the Northeast Forum for Indigenous People (NEFIP) comprising some 250 organisations. One of the forum's constituents, the Assam League of Aborigines Rights Movement, submitted a memorandum to Governor Jagdish Mukhi.In Nagaland capital Kohima, members of the NEFIP and the Joint Committee on Prevention of Illegal Immigration submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, urging him to dissuade the Centre on the controversial Bill.A joint forum of NGOs in Manipur submitted a similar memorandum to the office of Chief Minister Nongthombam Biren Singh."We have asked the Nagaland government to ensure that the Centre respects the sentiments of people of the northeast by withdrawing the Bill. It will help maintain peace and harmony in the region," NEFIP vice-president Theja Therieh said.Mr. Shah and Assam Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma had over the past few weeks said the Centre was committed to introducing the Citizenship Bill for passage in the Rajya Sabha by December. The Bill seeks to grant Indian citizenship to immigrants belonging to six allegedly persecuted non-Muslim communities who migrated from Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan till December 31, 2014."If the Bill is passed, the updated National Register of Citizens will become meaningless," said Bikram Hanse, convener of Assam League of Aborigines Rights Movement. read more
Meralco suspends Kelly Nabong
Photo by Tristan Tamayo/ INQUIRER.netKelly Nabong will not play for Meralco on Tuesday for Game 2 of its 2017 PBA Governors' Cup semifinals series against Star.Bolts team manager Paolo Trillo relayed that the fifth-year center has been indefinitely suspended by the team after his brush with assistant coach Jimmy Alapag late in Game 1 last Sunday.ADVERTISEMENT "Kelly Nabong is suspended indefinitely for conduct unbecoming of a PBA player and for conduct detrimental to the team," the executive shared in a statement.Nabong figured in an verbal spat against Alapag last Sunday. The two needed to separated in the Meralco bench.FEATURED STORIESSPORTSWATCH: Drones light up sky in final leg of SEA Games torch runSPORTSSEA Games: Philippines picks up 1st win in men's water poloSPORTSMalditas save PH from shutoutFrustrated, the bruiser was seen tearing his jersey as he sat at the far end of the bench at Alonte Sports Arena in Biñan, Laguna before quickly making his exit after the Bolts pulled off the 72-66 victory against the Hotshots.The Fil-Am center was also the first man out of the Meralco dugout. Brace for potentially devastating typhoon approaching PH – NDRRMC San Beda evades upset, ousts Perpetual Read Next LOOK: Loisa Andalio, Ronnie Alonte unwind in Amanpulo for 3rd anniversary MOST READ Makabayan bloc: Duterte suspension order on rice importation only a 'media stunt' PLAY LIST 02:46Makabayan bloc: Duterte suspension order on rice importation only a 'media stunt'00:50Trending Articles00:50Trending Articles01:37Protesters burn down Iran consulate in Najaf01:47Panelo casts doubts on Robredo's drug war 'discoveries'01:29Police teams find crossbows, bows in HK university01:35Panelo suggests discounted SEA Games tickets for students02:49Robredo: True leaders perform well despite having 'uninspiring' boss02:42PH underwater hockey team aims to make waves in SEA Games Frontrow holds fun run to raise funds for young cancer patients Typhoon Kammuri accelerates, gains strength en route to PH Nonong Araneta re-elected as PFF president View comments LATEST STORIES Fire hits houses in Mandaluyong City Fire hits houses in Mandaluyong City BSP sees higher prices in November, but expects stronger peso, low rice costs to put up fight The Bolts shoot for a 2-0 lead against Star later today at Sta. Rosa Multipurpose Complex in Sta. Rosa, Laguna. Don't miss out on the latest news and information. read more
Contribution to the 2013/2014 Sectoral Debate by State Minister, the Hon. Julian Robinson
The Vision 2030 Jamaica – National Development Plan sees the Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) sector as playing a central role in the transformation of Jamaica over the next two decades on the path toward making the transition to becoming a developed country.[Watch the presentation LIVE]ICTs have become engines for social and economic growth globally. Their appropriate utilization can improve the lives of all Jamaicans and the vision is for Jamaica to utilize ICTs to attain developed country status by 2030. This will involve growth of the ICT sector and the application of ICT in all sectors and at all levels to achieve rapid and sustained development.1) Facilitating ICT Investment in the Economy:This is a critical component of the ICT value-creation strategy, which specifically concerns the reversal of our high ICT consumption-to-production ratio and accelerate our positioning as net producers of ICT innovations, with the capacity to satisfy local demand, and supply the regional and, ultimately, global markets.Download State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, the Hon. Julian Robinson's Sectoral Debate presentation2) Improving the Efficiency and Effectiveness of Government through ICT:Targets the overall productivity, cost, and operational effectiveness of the Public sector with particular reference to the sectors responsiveness to the needs of citizens through the purposeful application of appropriate ICT solutions that are geared towards reducing unnecessary bureaucracy and increasing transparency.3) Stimulating Enhanced / New business opportunities in the local ICT sector: Ultimately, if the GOJ assisted in creating and exploiting opportunities for the ICT sector to participate in the aforementioned areas, the commercial incentive can lead to much needed capacity building, the development of the ICT skills of local developers and designers, and the emergence of new business models and entrepreneurial opportunities. We believe that the development of local ICT capacity and competencies must also seek to exploit the significant ICT business opportunities in off/near-shoring and business process outsourcing and seek to serve local and regional public and private sector ICT needs. Indeed, a focus on developing local ICT capacity will enhance the attractiveness of Jamaica as a near-shore ICT destination, given our other competitive geographical attributes…READ MOREDownload State Minister in the Ministry of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining, the Hon. Julian Robinson's Sectoral Debate presentation read more | in Houghton, Johannesburg on Thursday night. We should be inspired by his life – film maker Anant Singh "Sacci wishes to add its voice to calls from numerous quarters that South Africa should honour Mandela's life by reflecting his legacy of nation building and companionship across all walks of life," Rau said. "We all have to learn from his example to make this world better for all." "The pain of letting go just seems too great. But in the end, we have to stop thinking about ourselves. After this man gave us so much we have to let him rest." "Mandela will be remembered as a political visionary who remained concerned with the everyday issues of his fellow citizens," Neren Rau, chief executive of the SA Chamber of Commerce (Sacci), said on Friday. A "real pain chills all who work in [Parliament's] precinct", National Assembly Speaker Max Sisulu, the son of one of Mandela's best friends Walter Sisulu, said on Friday. "It is a pain we share with millions of people throughout our land, our continent Africa, and beyond. "Living in South Africa has been living with him inside all of us. And so it's so hard to say goodbye," Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille said. "I think we fooled ourselves into thinking that Madiba could live forever. We wanted him to stay alive for us. "After Mandela's release from prison in February 1990, he promised during his first address at the Cape Town City Hall to place the remaining years of his life in the hands of the people. "It was a promise he fulfilled in countless ways," Sisulu said. "It is a promise, to which we, the elected representatives of the people, must recommit ourselves, if our mourning today is not to be reduced to mere maudlin." "Over the past 24 years Madiba taught us how to come together and to believe in ourselves and each other. He was a unifier from the moment he walked out of prison," Tutu said in a statement. "The sun will rise tomorrow, and the next day, and the next. It may not appear as bright as yesterday, but life will carry on. As we enter the mourning period, as a nation, we do so with the greatest dignity and respect, because that is what we owe Madiba and ourselves." 6 December 2013 South Africa has lost its father, an exceptional human being and a hero to the world, film maker Anant Singh said. "There has never been anyone quite like him and there will never be. We should be inspired by his life and celebrate him with our love. We will all miss him dearly." Heroes never die – Zelda la Grange, Mandela's personal assistant Mandela's passing marks the end of a historic era – former president Thabo Mbeki Archbishop emeritus Desmond Tutu lauded his compatriot and fellow Nobel peace laureate Nelson Mandela on Friday as the man who taught a deeply divided nation how to come together. Sisulu said that a special joint sitting of both Houses of Parliament would be held soon to reflect on Mandela's life and legacy. It's so hard to say goodbye – Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille It would be wrong not to celebrate the life he lived – Fedusa general secretary Dennis George "Tata Madiba is undoubtedly the biggest icon ever to emerge from South Africa, and his contribution to South African history can never be sufficiently emphasised," Federation of Unions of SA (Fedusa) general secretary Dennis George said. "Although we are mourning the passing of Madiba, it would be wrong not to celebrate the life that he lived." "As sad as it makes me that I will never walk into a room again and see his generous infectious smile … I have come to terms with the fact that Madiba's legacy is not dependent on his presence," Zelda la Grange, Mandela's long-serving personal assistant, said in a statement. "His legacy will not only live on in everything that has been named after him, the books, | 837 |
The Counting House - this much loved and quaint little eighteenth century Toll House is perched on the bank of The Brecon and Monmouthshire Canal on the edge of the popular village of Talybont on Usk.
Slate and limestone used to be transported along the historic Brynoyre Tram Road from the mountain top to the canal - the Counting House was where all the transactions were carried out. Just across the lane are the lime kilns where the limestone was processed and from where it was transported away along the canal.
The cottage has superb views of the boats on the canal and right across the Usk Valley to the Black Mountains beyond. Enjoy a 3 minute evening stroll to the gastro-pub The Travellers Rest, or the local The Usk Inn, or an easy walk along the canal towpath to The White Hart or to The Star Inn with it's wide choice of real ales. The well stock village shop is further down the towpath with a popular cafe and post office.
As it is built into the side of the hill it is more convenient to have the bedrooms on the lower floor and the living area on the "road level" ground floor.
The kitchen has an electric cooker, fridge with a small freezer, microwave and a dishwasher. A door that leads out onto a raised wooden sun terrace - this is a wonderful place to sit and enjoy a cup of coffee in the morning taking in the lovely views across The Usk Valley.
The sitting room/dining room is comfortably furnished with sofa and chairs TV<|fim_middle|>, Ceri, Sophie, Ann, Andria, Edwina, Jo, Lucy or Jessica. | with Freeview & a DVD and a wood burning stove. There are some lovely features in this Grade II listed cottage with arched windows, the original oak beams and very thick stone walls. The views are magnificent.
The modern bathroom has corner shower, toilet and hand basin.
The bedrooms are DOWN some exceptionally STEEP NARROW STEPS - these are "listed" so cannot be changed and for anyone with mobility problems would, I think, be very awkward - going down backwards is recommended!!
Bedroom 1: A bedroom with a single bed - there are french doors from this room leading out to the terrace.
Bedroom 2: The double bedroom is reached through the single bedroom, these two rooms are linked by a pine arched door.
There is a footpath to the private area of canal bank below the Counting House and there is a small boat house - but again the footpath is steep and can be slippery in wet weather and visitors use it at their own risk.
Bedlinen provided. Towels providedElectricity and electric heaters inclusive. Woodburning stove with logs supplied. TV & DVD with FreeviewWifiRadio Terrace reached through the bedroom patio doors or down exterior steps. Off road parking outside the cottage for just one car. 2 pets welcome but there is no garden, just a gravelled terrace.Small welcome pack on arrival Not suitable for children due to the exceptionally steep drop down to the canal.
If you would like to speak to someone who has visited this property please ask for: Elizabeth, Carolyn | 308 |
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Willie Winkie has been translated into numerous different languages around the world. PIC: Creative Commons.
William Miller's poem of a wee boy running 'up stairs an' doon stairs in his nicht-gown' has helped children fall asleep around the world for more than 100 years.
But despite widespread recognition for his work, William Miller, who became known as the Laureate of the Nursery, died in poverty on this day, August 20, in 1872.
Memorial to William Miller in The Necropolis, Glasgow. PIC: Creative Commons.
Miller was a wood turner and cabinet maker in Glasgow and kept working his trade in order to support his family.
Ill health was to dog his later life with a public subscription launched to ease the burden on Miller, whose work in Scots was translated in numerous different languages, after he was forced to give up work.
Willie Winkie first appeared in book in Whistle Binkie, Stories for the Fireside, a collection of new Scottish lyrics, in 1841, with publisher David Robertston seeking a second opinion from his peers after receiving the poem.
The manuscript was sent to a regular contributor to the publication in Edinburgh for consideration.
"He returned it at one as being a first-class song, and likely to be the gem of the collection," one obituary recalled.
Miller was born in 1810 in Glasgow and raised in Parkhead, then a village.
He was an 'excellent workman' who was devoted to reading and depicting 'such pictures of humble life and feeling as were suggested to him but what he saw passing around him', according to accounts.
Miller contributed to local newspapers and periodicals with most of his work completed before the age of 36.
Miller's other poems included Gree Bairnies Gree and The Wonderful Wean with children providing the ultimate inspiration for the writer.
"Miller loved to write about kythesome cheery weans whom he met laffin and daftin' and there is no doubt they liked the poet, for he was blithesomse, too, and very gentle and kindly," one account said.
In the year before his death, Miller suffered from an ulcerated leg with his condition deteriorating over time.
He was nursed by an "affectionate wife" with the poet moving to live at<|fim_middle|>.
The story continued: "And the bard, besides feeling a genuine poet, has been all his day a decent hard working, God-fearing man, paying his way and even when old and laid aside by illness, asking nobody to help him - nay so independent in spirit that he begged his friends to make no appeal on his behalf.
Miller is buried in Tollcross, in a plot that does not bear his name, according to the Scottish Poetry Library.
There is a memorial to Miller in the Glasgow Necropolis, and in 2009 a plaque was placed on the wall of the Wellpark Brewery, the home of Tennent's Lager, which stands on the site of his former home in Dennistoun. | the home of his "dutiful son" at his home in Blantyre in the last months of his life.
Friends of the poet launched a public subscription to generate funds for the family.
An article in the Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette, on July 29 1872, said one 'handsome subscription' had been made by a supporter in London but that the merchants of Glasgow had yet to show their support for the writer.
One merchant had paid in 20 shillings and another a pound, the article said | 113 |
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History of HORIBA 1990s
A second inauguration and global operations
Start of the Mid-Long Term Management Plan (MLMAP).
The state-of-the-art research and development center, ACTIVE ZONE 21, is completed.
In response to the growing demand for environment measuring equipment in the United States, HORIBA transfers control of its U.S. operations to HORIBA Instruments Incorporated and plans for business
Crystal factory is completed in Arizona, USA.
Air pollution monitors and air pollution monitor cars are presented to the Academy of Science of China.
The manufacture of liquid crystal displays is transferred to Tempe Facility in Arizona, the United States.
FUN HOUSE, a pension-style training facility in Shiga Prefecture, is opened.
HORIBA begins installing a chassis dynamometer for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
HONEST, a PC network that analyzes data on acid rain, is commenced.
Atsushi HORIBA is elected<|fim_middle|> 17th World Calibration Center of Background Pollution Monitoring Network (BAPMoN), a part of World Meteorological Organization's Global Atmosphere Watch program.
HORIBA Europe GmbH opens an office in Sweden to strengthen HORIBA's presence in Northern European countries.
HORIBA begins selling the world's first cordless pH meter.
HORIBA becomes the first Japanese maker of measuring and analytical devices to receive ISO-9001 approval.
ISO-9001 approval receives from the British Standards Institute (BSI).
HORIBA develops the world's first X-ray microscope analyzer.
HORIBA announces a new international standard automobile emission analyzer developed jointly by the Company's operations in Japan, the United States, and Europe.
The Beijing Representative Office (China) is established.
HORIBA acquires the specialist blood cell counter maker ABX SA (presently HORIBA ABX SAS), from the Swiss pharmaceutical giant, F. Hoffmann-La Roche SA.
HORIBA launches its Internet home page, GAIAPRESS, which focusses on the theme of preserving the global environment.
HORIBA releases its Castany ACT D-20 series of measuring devices, which feature shock resistant electrodes, water resistant designs, and multi-parameter measuring functions.
Construction of a new five-story head office building is completed.
HORIBA INSTRUMENTS Pte. Ltd. (Singapore) is established.
HORIBA acquires France manufacturer, JOBIN YVON SA, one of the world's leading manufacturers of optical equipment.
Clean room for microsensor production is completed.
Inspection equipment for flat panel displays including liquid crystal displays and plasma displays is developed. It is capable of detecting contrast defects in dots and lines.
HORIBA is named as Registered Manufacturer by MITI. This system registers companies recognized as especially superior at quality control.
LC-270 CRP, the world's first blood cell and inflammation measurement equipment is announced.
Dioxin formation observation equipment PG-222 is announced. Dioxin is much in the news for its influence on the general public.
HORIBA aquires Atago Bussan Co., Ltd., a spectroscopic analysis equipment export-import and sales trading company.
HORIBA International is founded as a management company to coordinate the former HORIBA Instruments Inc. in North America.
HORIBA/STEC Inc. is founded to strengthen the HORIBA Group's North American semi-conductor business.
IT-550 series of handy type radial thermometers with narrow field of vision, water proofing and digital output are announced.
U-20 water quality monitoring system with many revolutionary functions such as taking thirteen measurements is announced.
Engine exhaust measurement lab is established in Ann Arbor, North America, where exhaust regulations are strict.
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HORIBA reaches an agreement with Nippon Roche K.K. to market blood cell counters.
CO2 and CH4 monitoring system delivere to the Meteorological Agency's Marcus Island observation station, which is the | 52 |
With the holiday season right around the corner, if we're already breaking out the hot chocolate<|fim_middle|> they received selfless gifts of love from someone who they'd never met, and positively influences them to be givers as well.
Almost every kid remembers waking up and running as fast as they can down the stairs and to the tree, where there are sure to be magical gifts from the man called "Santa." The feeling of joy that erupts in their hearts when they excitedly burst downstairs to find these loving gifts stays with them forever. Each time children feel this happiness, it plants the idea that the spirit of the holidays are for giving and love and though that idea can still be taught without the help of a magical man from the north, his essence makes the theme a little clearer to children.
When I asked some of my friends what their thoughts were about Santa, they responded pretty similarly, saying that the idea of him fosters the spirit of giving. One of my friends made a comment on how when Santa gave her presents, she realized how happy she was when she received those gifts and figured that other people would feel the same happiness if she gave them things as well. Kids aren't dumb – most of them can figure things like that out pretty quickly. If parents are trying to teach their kids to be giving, I think its working pretty well.
Even if it's not the express goal of our parents to teach us to be giving and they just want to put a little magic into our lives, in most circumstances I believe Santa really does help children to be more giving and kind. The spirit of giving surrounds the holiday season, but for children who can't yet see that, Santa is one of the best ways to show them. Just remember this holiday season; be as giving as your own Santa wants you to be. | and the candy canes we may as well bring up the man of the hour: Santa Claus! The idea of Santa has been around for as long as most of us can remember. That warm smile, that jolly laugh – we all have our own ideas about what the "big red man" looks and acts like. Even though we all have different perspectives, the one thing that continually seems to unite our visions of him is the kindness and willingness to give that embodies the idea of "Santa." This selfless giving nature, that kids are taught from a young age, plants that seed of giving in their minds and influences them to give throughout their lives in the same way that "Santa" did to them. The thought of Santa leaves a warm glow in the minds of children who remember how they felt each year when | 164 |
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VISION<|fim_middle|> the emotional/ social/ intellectual growth, education and development of children.
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Milestone is located a half hour's drive south of Regina on highway 6. We have a total of 34 teachers and support staff employed at Milestone School. While Milestone School is a single K-12 school of approx. 250 students, students are located in two buildings across the street from one another. The Kindergarten to grade four students are housed in the smaller building known as "The Cubhouse", and the grade five to grade twelve students attend the larger building. There are many advantages to having a Kindergarten to twelve school, the biggest benefit being that having so many different age groups together provides a more "family" atmosphere. Naturally, the older students act as role models to the younger students.
The school offers a variety of sports such as volleyball, basketball, badminton, curling, track and field, flag football and 6 person football. It also offers a variety of activities such as drama club, yearbook, art club, board games club and SLC. During the year, guest speakers, spirit days, cultural days and field trips make the experience more interesting for the students.
Milestone School displays leadership and determination. The staff and students of Milestone School are a strong bunch and are always up to a challenge, whether it is helping out around the community or being a "reading buddy" to a grade one student. We could not be more proud of our small school because we exemplify hard work, respect and enthusiasm.
The Milestone Youngstart preschool program has been running for over 20 years and offers classes for the little ones in your family.
The Youngstart program is managed by a three member board and taught by Mrs. Carleen Elliot.
Currently we run 3 & 4 year old together on Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9:30 am - 12:00pm.
We are very lucky to have it held in the basement of the United Church, 910 Praire Ave, here in Milestone.
Families from all of the surrounding communities are welcome to attend.
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An introduction to Rosa Luxemburg's The Mass Strike
Written by Alastair Stephens
Published in Marx 101
Marx 101 is a series of meetings to introduce the Marxist classics to activists in the twenty first century. Alastair Stephens continues the series with a look at Luxemburg's investigation of the mass strike
Marx and Engels realized that revolution was not only necessary to overthrow the old ruling classes, but was also needed to create the new order. Women and men would change themselves in the process of changing the world:
"…revolution is necessary, therefore, not only because the ruling class cannot be overthrown in any other way, but also because the class overthrowing it can only in a revolution succeed in ridding itself of all the muck of ages and become fitted to found society anew."
The German Ideology, 1845
But how does a workers' revolution happen? This was less clear. That's hardly surprising given the shortage of examples. These were not entirely lacking, for Marx and Engels lived in an age of revolutions, but they were revolutions of the rising capitalist class, the bourgeoisie, against old aristocracies: one possessing, exploiting class against another.
Marx and Engels set about their task of analyzing and understanding capitalism, which was then still a revolutionary new system that had started its transformation of the world. They continued to maintain the necessity of workers' revolution.
Those wanting to bring about social revolution were faced with a paradox. They had to reconcile two contradictory assertions. In The German Ideology (1845) Marx and Engels postulated that:
"The ideas of the ruling class are in every epoch the ruling ideas"
This had not prevented the French Revolution, or any other bourgeois revolution, from breaking out. The rising bourgeoisie had never doubted its superiority over the aristocracy. They never doubted their ability or right to rule. If the French aristocracy had the church, the bourgeoisie had Voltaire and Rousseau. No contest.
"The emancipation of the working class must be the act of the workers themselves."
Rules of the First International
How can the working class emancipate itself, and create the rule of the immense majority, when the ruling classes enjoy a monopoly on the main leavers of power, economic, political and ideological?
The system could not endure for long if it was not for the working class accepting so many ruling class ideas, such as that ordinary people are not fit or able to run society ("better leave it to those who at the top", like the numerous Old Etonians in the current cabinet).
Another key idea that our rulers teach is the separation of politics and economics. Central to this is the notion that the economy is governed by forces that are in some way natural. The market is governed by 'laws' such as that of 'supply and demand' which are like gravity: you defy them at your peril, apparently.
This is reflected even in resistance to the system. Trade unions and reformist parties, like the Labour party, both express an aspiration to improve the condition of the working class, but also accept most of the ideas of the system. Trade unions insist that they should not use their industrial power, i.e. strikes, to interfere in politics. The Labour party insists that it should remain 'neutral' in strikes, refusing in practice to back those in struggle.
Of course this is a completely false division. The state is intimately involved in the present economic structure of society. Bosses rely on the state to enforce their power both inside and outside the workplace.
It is the persistence of these ideas in workers' heads that is "the muck of ages" Marx and Engels said needs to be cleared away.
For some Social Democrats (as Marxists then called themselves until the First World War) and in particular in the German Social Democratic Party, the SPD, the struggle became about slowly working to convince people that socialism would be a superior system. They were known at the time as 'Opportunists' or 'Revisionists' (because they wanted to 'revise' Marxism into a non-revolutionary philosophy).
Ultimately they betrayed the aims of Social Democracy, but kept the brand, hence the very different meanings of the term then and now. It dawned on the radicals in the SPD that revisionism was experiencing continuing growth in the party. They wanted action to match the party's fine sounding words. The idea of the 'mass political strike' seemed to fit the bill.
In 1904 the Hamburg district of the SPD commissioned Rosa Luxemburg to write a pamphlet on the mass strike.
The First Russian Revolution
Fortunately, she was interrupted when a real revolution broke out in Russia in January 1905.
It was the first revolution of the modern era, the first to take place in an (at least partially) industrial society. It was also the first in which strike action by workers was not only present, but was the driving force of the revolutionary process<|fim_middle|> had given their consent to the movement or not. Whether they stand aside or endeavour to resist the movement, the result of their attitude will only be that the trade-union leaders, like the party leaders in the analogous case, will simply be swept aside by the rush of events, and the economic and the political struggles of the masses will be fought out without them…"
Chapter 8: The Need for United Action of Trade unions and Social Democracy
Luxemburg simply underestimated the grip of the trade union bureaucracy and the old Social Democratic leaders over the working class. Reformism, the ideas of moderate reform within the system, proved to have a powerful influence on the working class in the West. It was one that was in part derived from the lived experience of capitalism.
The spontaneous struggle of the masses, elemental and self organising, may be sufficient to paralyze the state, at least temporarily, but not to sweep away the influence of institutions which had been built for decades within the working class.
The solution to this would also be found in the Russian Revolution, in the revolutionary party. But that is the story of a different pamphlet.
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It was the description of this revolutionary process, and the lessons it had for the movement in Germany, which now became the subject of Luxemburg's pamphlet The Mass Strike, Party and Trade Unions.
The spark for revolution was the massacre of demonstrators in Russia's then capital, St Petersburg. In protest a general strike immediately paralyzed the city, then in the following weeks swept outwards across the country, as fast as the news could carry, in wave after wave of massive strikes.
The strikes would continue, making demands for both economic improvement and political change, for months. They reached their peak in October when a general strike forced the Tsar to promise political reform.
In December 1905 Luxemburg herself went to Russian-occupied Poland and became a direct participant in the Revolution. But she was no revolutionary tourist. As well as being a leader of the SPD, she was also a veteran leader of the Polish movement. In 1889 she had fled her native Poland, for exile first in Switzerland and then Germany, where she would spend most of the rest of her life.
For Rosa Luxemburg the experience of the revolution - an actual, real revolution driven by the mass struggles of a living, breathing industrial working class - solved the problem of how to push Social Democracy forward, how to banish the viper of reformism that nestled at its bosom.
But it also filled in some of the missing figures in the revolutionary equation written out by Marx and Engels a few decades previously. It solved the conundrum of how to make a working class revolution in a society dominated by ruling class ideas, for the working class to cleanse itself of the "muck of ages".
She was the first to really understand the role of the mass strike in working class struggle. Rather than being a mere technical means of achieving an objective, whether that be the ' overthrow' of capitalism (as the anarchists thought) or the achievement of some political reform (as many mainstream Social Democrats thought), she understood that:
"It is the living pulse-beat of the revolution and at the same time its most powerful driving wheel. In a word, the mass strike, as shown to us in the Russian Revolution, is not a crafty method discovered by subtle reasoning for the purpose of making the proletarian struggle more effective, but the method of motion of the proletarian mass, the phenomenal form of the proletarian struggle in the revolution."
Chapter 4: The Interaction of the Political and the Economic Struggle
The revolution was not just the altering of the structures of political power. It was the pulling away the props of the old society, its ideological power over the minds of the oppressed.
Chapter Three, The Development of the Mass Strike Movement in Russia, is the real heart of the pamphlet. In it Luxemburg describes the process of revolution through the year 1905, the centrality of mass strikes, and how they had their genesis in the struggles of the decade before. It is by far the best place to start for any new reader.
The mass strike not only drives the revolution, but transforms the working class:
"In the earlier bourgeois revolution where, on the one hand, the political training and the leadership of the revolutionary masses were undertaken by the bourgeois parties, and where, on the other hand, it was merely a question of overthrowing the old government, the brief battle at the barricades was the appropriate form of the revolutionary struggle. Today the working class must educate itself, marshal its forces, and direct itself in the course of the revolutionary struggle…"
Chapter 7: The Role of the Mass Strike in the Revolution
The bourgeoisie were ready to take power before their revolution. The working class must prepare itself to do so during revolution through the mass strike:
"the proletariat requires a high degree of political education, of class-consciousness and organisation. All these conditions cannot be fulfilled by pamphlets and leaflets, but only by the living political school, by the fight and in the fight, in the continuous course of the revolution."
Chapter 3: Development of the Mass Strike Movement in Russia
Before a revolution only a minority of workers will be convinced of the need to transform society through revolution, and even then they will not necessarily have faith in themselves to do it. Mass strike action not only paralyzes the state and disorganizes the forces of repression, it moulds millions of workers into a unit, a fighting force.
Once the movement has started it quickly gathers momentum. Workers previously seen as being marginal - the unskilled, day labourers, workers in small towns and out of the way places, women workers, minorities - all are swept up in the movement. As it goes from factory to factory, town to town, millions are mobilized, each encouraged and emboldened by the power of the class as whole. The tyranny of the workplace is challenged.
The workers' movement, breaking free from the constraints of normal, everyday life, pushes forward on all fronts.
"… the movement on the whole does not proceed from the economic to the political struggle, nor even the reverse. Every great political mass action, after it has attained its political highest point, breaks up into a mass of economic strikes. And that applies not only to each of the great mass strikes, but also to the revolution as a whole. With the spreading, clarifying and involution of the political struggle, the economic struggle not only does not recede, but extends, organises and becomes involved in equal measure. Between the two there is the most complete reciprocal action."
But for the workers they are not separate sets of demands - one to be made one day, another the next. They both become a seamless part of the fabric of revolution. The unity of politics and economics is restored.
So each victory encourages further endeavour, each improvement demands more. But the greatest improvements, the greatest victories, are won in workers' heads, the transformation of their understanding of their place in the world as an individual in a class, and a class in society. This is something that even defeats cannot easily reverse:
"The most precious, lasting, thing in the rapid ebb and flow of the wave is its mental sediment: the intellectual, cultural growth of the proletariat, which proceeds by fits and starts, and which offers an inviolable guarantee of their further irresistible progress in the economic as in the political struggle."
It is through struggle that the working class will become fit to rule, will complete its training and become ready to wield power.
An omission: The Soviet
The mass strike is not merely one of the greatest evocations of mass workers struggle in general. It is also a brilliant account of the revolution of 1905. But it is not without a few, at least with the benefit of hindsight, strange omissions, confusions and mistakes.
One of these is in connection with the organisation that is thrown up by workers in the struggle: the lack of any mention of soviets, with the exception of this single reference:
"The general council of workers delegates decided to achieve the eight-hour day in a revolutionary manner"
Luxemburg refers here to the Council of Workers' Deputies, known to history as the St Petersburg Soviet, and which was a product of the great general strike of October. Formed to coordinate action across the capital city it was made up of delegates elected by workers, and subject to recall, from amongst their number in their factories and workplaces. It was a very direct and immediate form of democracy.
Workers in other cities across Russia emulated the Soviet, but it was a short-lived experiment. In December they were repressed in a wave of mass arrests, including the arrest of the St Petersburg Soviet's young chairman. His name was Leon Trotsky.
It was the Soviet that emerged from the fusion of the political and economic struggles. In October 1905 it fought for political reform, in November it fought for the eight-hour day. Seeing no division between the two it united and led the working class in one struggle, the class struggle.
The Russian working class did not easily forget the lesson and in 1917 - with the fall of the Tsar in February - they immediately revived the Soviet on a far broader scale, and in the process created the basis of a new type of state: a workers state. It was this new Soviet state that Lenin was also to theorize in his book The State and Revolution and which would come to fruition in the October Revolution.
The Soviet was to provide the last couple of figures in the revolutionary equation. It provided the form of the new state, but it also gave the last thing the working class needed to get ready to govern (through its own self-created institution).
A weakness
Luxemburg's absolute faith in the ability of the working class through their struggle to demolish every barrier, to surmount any obstacle, was also - as history would show - the great weakness of the pamphlet. She believed that once in full flow the masses
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The White House Web site has been moved onto a Linux platform after its administrators managed to successfully side step an attack by the Code Red worm. Netcraft reports that Whitehouse<|fim_middle|> a Linux platform after its administrators managed to successfully side step an attack by the Code Red worm. Netcraft reports that Whitehouse.gov is now being hosted by peering firm AboveNet and that the site uses a Netscape-Enterprise/3.6 Web server on a Linux platform. Prior to its forced move, Netcraft suggests the site was run on a Sun server, but the data on this is far from conclusive.
As previously reported, one of the main features of the Code Red worm, which targets vulnerabilities in Microsoft IIS Web servers, was to attempt to flood the White House Web site via a co-ordinated distributed denial of service attack. | .gov is now being hosted by peering firm AboveNet and . . . The White House Web site has been moved onto | 24 |
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Qatar Red Crescent Society (QRCS) has stressed that it continues to pursue its humanitarian and development mission for the Qatari society with a view to improving living conditions at all levels.
Through its Humanitarian Services Fund, QRCS offers many forms of support to the vulnerable, promoting the values of solidarity among members of the society, the organisation has said in a statement.
The Fund has helped around 24,000 beneficiaries since the start of the year.
The assistance varied, ranging from regular assistance for low-income families to special assistance for those who have some emergency. Cash and in-kind assistance are given to needy families during certain times of the year such as the holy month of Ramadan, as well as to families whose homes are damaged.
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Last updated: October 11 2019 09:44 PM | "The Humanitarian Services Fund is a charitable programme aimed at helping the most vulnerable groups of society that cannot find a job, such as orphans, widows, older persons and persons with special needs," said Muna Fadel al-Sulaiti, executive director of Volunteering and Local Development at QRCS. "It also takes care of vulnerable families that cannot meet their basic needs, in order to keep them stable and protect them against the risks of poverty and homelessness.
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North Texas Pastor Travels To DC To Honor President Bush
By Robbie Owens December 5, 2018 at 6:30 pm
Filed Under:DC, George H.W. Bush, Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, pastor, Pastor Rachel Ba<|fim_middle|> carried himself after his term in office prompted her to travel to Washington, D.C. to pay her respects in person.
"We were there early," recalls Pastor Rachel Baughman. "It was so big and so beautiful your eyes begin to glance up and see just how majestic the rotunda is."
Pastor Rachel Baughman (CBS 11)
She said it was a moment crafted for quiet reflection, taking in the magnitude of the nation's farewell.
"The way that this president showed respect for others, showed kindness for others, the way that I want to be able to model that behavior. I think always you're looking for what it is, that you learn about yourself through the way a life was lived by someone else," said Pastor Baughman.
So what was there for a millennial to learn? One too young to recall the Bush presidency.
Pastor Baughman took her intern along on the trip and SMU Perkins School of Theology student Mara Morehouse said it is the former president's impact on the present, that made her pause.
"We get to come in in this moment and say, 'yes' and affirm this unity that we're seeing of all different sides come together and mourn an incredible person in our history regardless of whether you agree with him or not," says Morehouse. "I'm a millennial– I think we're hungry for that kind of leadership."
The kind that challenges people to live differently.
"Think about that person you don't agree with, the one who you struggle the most to love," says Baughman. "That's the way we are called to be a loving and welcoming community."
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Watched this episode last night..
I'm okay..tired and little grumpy..
I like it. Some of the stuff is a bit edgy for me, but overall it is entertaining.
Now I've been up all night and day ha.
I've been falling<|fim_middle|> themselves until they can recreate it by memory. A channeler with the knowledge of how to invert their weaves can hide them from the sight of others.
Have you actually read the wheel of time seer?
Not here to fight seer, but neither will I allow the slander of chaos. | asleep, often before 9pm, for weeks now. Up around 4:30-5am.
I can barely keep my eyes open at 8:30pm.
Weird question...for those of us who constantly feel and deal with the energies..have you noticed strange reactions to tomatoes?
They were known as the Devil's Fruit for sometime..
I don't like tomatoes ha?
Love tomatoes. Just wondering if anyone else has noticed a strange reaction with The Energy and tomatoes.
I like, Taveren. Makes sense of things. And why I 'see it' like 'wrenching the wheel' back from Chaos.
Female channelers can tell when other women are touching the Source; a white glowing aura appears around their body, only visible to those trained to touch saidar. The ability can also be sensed in any woman capable of channeling, be they wilders or Aes Sedai. In the testing to see if you can channel, a woman channels a simple weave and waits. Within five minutes if a woman has the spark, the woman tries to channel the flow, and the test is confirmed. It takes longer for those who only can learn. However, a woman who has the spark can be detected by another female channeler without being tested.
Saidar is described as gentle, but infinitely powerful; a force which will do what you wish it to, but requires patience and submission to properly channel it. Surrender is necessary to gain it, and women universally speak of it as "embracing" the Power. Weaving for a female channeler is described as "guiding" the Power to perform the desired task.
By contrast Saidin is often described as a "raging torrent" that must be "seized" and controlled in order to force it to submit. Because of this fundamental difference in channeling the Power, a man can never teach a woman to channel, and vice versa.
Just a pattern I've noticed over the years. Wondered if anyone else noticed a reaction between the Energy and tomatoes.
I did notice I was the only of the cousins that didn't have any wrinkles. I'm the oldest too. Kinda surprising.
Got my grays though. I earned every one.
A woman repeatedly channeling saidar over a longer time starts to "slow," meaning that she does not age in the same way as a woman without the ability. This also gives the woman a longer life and some have been known to live over four hundred years.
it has to be embraced rather than fought.
Goes against every working synapse in our wiring, until we understand that fighting it only makes it worse for us.
Make it yours. Make it work for you.
I'm closing in on 7 years of this, and nearly every day. Whether I embrace or resist, doesn't really matter.
It has become second nature to me.
I'm still trying to find the perfect balance.
"An Aes Sedai never lies, but the truth she speaks may not be the truth you think you hear."
In the Old Tongue, Aes Sedai means "servants of all," and the Aes Sedai of the Age of Legends lived up to this definition. They aided mankind as scientists, healers, and philosophers. Women used saidar and men saidin, although it is believed that channelers in the Age of Legends were much stronger, or at least more knowledgeable, in the Power than their modern equivalents; it is believed that they could fly, and things that would seem miraculous today were supposedly commonplace to them. Some of their lost Talents, such as Traveling and Dreaming, have only just been rediscovered.
One thing is clear, however; the greatest works were wrought by male and female channelers working together.
Traveling is the art of using the One Power to transport over vast distances nearly instantaneously through a portal called Gateway. Traveling is also related to Skimming, which is the simplest and a little less fast way to use this kind of Weaves to open Gateways. In the world of the Wheel of Time it is considered one of the most important and useful Weaves.
Traveling was considered a lost and forgotten skill since the Breaking of the World, documented only in some ancient book. It can be guessed that it was lost because almost all the Aes Sedai knowing this Weaves died during the Breaking and also because it was impossible to use it while the world surface was reshaped continuously by the mad male channelers.
Dreaming is the Talent of having dreams that foretell possible futures. During Egwene al'Vere's training among the Aiel Wise Ones, little information was given about this aspect of the talent. The only real information is that a dreamer must decipher and know the truth of their own dreams; no one else can teach or guide it.
This Talent is unconnected to the One Power.
Skimming is a specialized use of the One Power. It is the simplest form of Traveling, but while the ability to Travel is considered a Talent, the ability for Skimming is not and all channelers who know the weave can use it when the required strength is provided.
Skimming is performed by opening a gateway to a pitch dark area where the user creates a platform, gets on it, and moves in any direction he or she wishes. If anyone falls off that platform, that person will fall forever and die of starvation or sheer terror, unless he or she can channel another platform to stop the fall.
I had a strange dream a few nights back. I was in a hammock, way up in the air, and I was looking out a window that was there for some reason. There was a long stretch of water and an aircraft carrier sitting just in my view. While I was looking at it, I was marveling at its size, thinking I never knew they were so big.
Every time I moved a little to get a better look, the hammock would start to swing wildly, threatening to fall out. There was a woman behind me in a hammock, just above and she said, If you keep swinging the hammock, we're gonna fall out..
Weaves are those teachable abilities that can be performed with the One Power.
Theoretically, weaves of the One Power are similar to textile weaves, and weaving Saidar has been compared to folding silk. Once a weave has been created, the channeler can "hold" it to keep the effect ongoing, or knot the flows, a process called "tying the weave off". A weave that has been tied off persists even after the channeler has released the True Source or left the area.
A channeler of Saidin or Saidar is able to see the weaves created using the same half of the Power, but not the other. For this reason, a man cannot teach a woman how to create a weave and vice versa. Although a channeler can intuitively create a weave (such as when Rand wove Balefire for the first time), most channelers learn by watching others create the weave. Once it has been created, they then practice creating it | 1,453 |
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When you're not using your fireplace, it's good to know your backup heating options are operating efficiently. Have your furnace inspected routinely and make sure you change the filter each month. You should also invest in a smart thermostat. This technology allows you to set the temperature of your home for different times of the day so you can lower it when you're sleeping or away. The calendar option means you can program your home's temperatures ensuring you never waste energy.
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If you are planning to conduct business in the City of El Monte you must obtain a business license.
All contractors, consultants, and sub-contractors are required to obtain a business license; and, may be required to obtain additional<|fim_middle|> business license application and pay applicable fees. Existing business must submit a renewal form and pay annual fees. All business located within the City of El Monte must obtain a Business Occupancy Permit from the Planning Department.
Determine if your business activity requires a permit.
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Depending on the type of business you conduct, you may be required to interact with more than one City department to acquire a business license. For example, your business facility may require City water services, zoning, environmental or building code approval, or the services you provide may require special permit.
On September 19, 2012, Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 1186 ("SB 1186 inches) which requires California cities and counties to collect a State mandated fee of $1 from "any applicant for a local business license or equivalent instrument or permit, and from any applicant for the renewal of a business license or equivalent instrument and permit" beginning January 1, 2013. In 2018 the SB 1186 mandated fee has increased to the account of four dollars. Notice of SB 1886-Mandated Fee (PDF).
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Finding the best way to use their business experts is one of the toughest challenges for many companies. These are the people who know the processes and the systems inside out, but how can that knowledge best be used.
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It is clear that any project will benefit from having the experience of experts on board. After all, these are the people who know exactly what is needed to make the system work exactly as they want it to be.
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Your business experts have probably worked in the same environment for a number of years. This is great in the sense that they will have a lot of specific knowledge that you can draw upon to make the projects better.
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This should also give you a lot of added flexibility when it comes to moving around team members. Being able to call on business experts who also understand the project world<|fim_middle|>Moving business experts into the project area is one way of avoiding tension in this respect. This is a smart of letting the different teams get to know each other and trust one another.
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Perhaps the best way of summing up this issue is by saying that it is a way of keeping everyone in the business happier. Project team members will enjoy having business experts to call on, and they in turn will be pleased to be able contribute to the project.
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It is no secret that business teams and project teams can end up at loggerheads. While they each want what is best for the company, it is often the case that they have differing opinions on how best to achieve this.
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Cinema Thoughts
A comic-book adaptation with a difference, Kick-Ass gleefully subverts and pays homage to the super-hero genre.
The plot transfers Mark Millar's comic to the screen which involves a geeky teenager (Aaron Johnson) who decides to become a superhero named Kick-Ass, which brings him in to contact with a mob boss (Mark Strong) and his son (Christopher Mintz-Plasse); and a crime-fighting father (Nicholas Cage) and daughter (Chloe Moretz) who have revenge in mind.
After a decade of<|fim_middle|>-than-stellar tracking numbers and perhaps there is cause for concern at Kick-Ass HQ. But although it plays like an expensive cult film, in the long run I can see it having a long shelf life on DVD and TV.
Kick-Ass is tailor-made for geeky-fanboys, but then there are a lot of those about.
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← Christian Bale vs Tiger Woods → Dr Strangelove at The Barbican | superhero movies – and more sequels and reboots to come – this is something of a cheeky teenager of a film: foul-mouthed, sly, violent and yet strangely innocent.
Embracing the superhero mythos, it also simultaneously debunks it: 'Kick-Ass' himself has no powers and is simply a teenager in a funny costume, whilst the other characters who suit up are mostly played for blackly comic laughs.
Crammed to bursting with references to superhero films (I lost count of the visual nods towards the Spiderman, Superman and Batman films) it is aggressively aimed at comic book fans and those who take Comic Con a bit too seriously.
This isn't an entirely bad thing as it has a punchier attitude than most of the superhero adaptations made by the major studios and also spoofs the insatiable online consumption of comic book material.
Although when it opened a couple of weeks ago there was an expectation by some that it would be 'controversial', I don't think the comedy violence or the fact that a young girl swears really bothered anyone who actually saw the film.
A key scene is a fight sequence when Kick-Ass takes on some thugs outside a diner and a nearby teenager screams to a friend that it is 'awesome'. It almost embodies the film and its fans in microcosm.
Despite having some notable qualities, the film does have its drawbacks: it isn't quite as subversive or clever as its fans might claim (Mystery Men covered similar territory back in the late 90s) and Matthew Vaughn still has limitations as a director when it comes to shooting and plotting a film.
That said, there are aspects that intrigued me.
If you look at the credits you'll see that there are no less than four credited composers (John Murphy, Henry Jackman, Marius de Vries and Ilan Eshkeri) and what sounds like a lot of temp music which Vaughn got so attached to that he left in rather than use a freshly composed score. (Look out for sequences featuring what sounds like Murphy's music for 28 Days Later and Sunshine)
The other issue that leapt out was why the major studios turned this film down as it seems certain to nail the lucrative fanboy demographic they usually crave.
Obviously there would have been concerns about some of the swearing, violence and general air of political incorrectness.
But given that major studios have released fairly extreme fare for mainstream audiences like Hannibal (brains being eaten), Bruno (extreme sexual content) and Bad Boys 2 (insane violence), I'm surprised when they get all prudish.
Perhaps the larger question that crossed their minds was whether it would breakthrough to a mainstream audience.
This meant that Vaughn had to raise the budget independently outside the studio system before selling the distribution rights to various studios such as Universal in the UK and Lionsgate in the US.
Quite how he and his producers managed to raise the reported $28m budget (which is very high for an independent production) is another interesting question but in the long run I can't see this losing money.
When it opened in the UK a couple of weeks ago, it was overshadowed by Clash of the Titans and How To Train Your Dragon but has since earned a highly respectable £7m.
But how will it fare when it opens in the US this weekend?
On the plus side Lionsgate have a solid track record in marketing edgy fare like the Saw films to the masses.
On the downside, it is tricky to get mainstream awareness for a film like this, essentially a post-modern superhero comedy, and I suspect that some audiences outside New York and LA will find the swearing and comedy violence a little off putting.
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It's eye-openin' fun with Buck, featured male vocalist Kenny Parrot, female vocalist Miss Katie Lynn, Bruce Hoffman, Jonathan Black, Robbie Blackwood, and Randy McConnell, as they entertain you with a fast-paced, fun show.
It's hand-clappin', toe-tappin' entertainment with plenty of country music, bluegrass, gospel, and down-home humor!
When 2-time Country Music Association Instrumentalist of the Year Buck Trent says, "Oh Yeah", and gives his famous thumbs up, you'll say, "Un Huh!"
Fans know Buck from television shows like The Porter Wagoner Show, Hee Haw and from his famous award-winning records with Dolly Parton, Roy Clark, Porter Wagoner, Marty Stuart, and more.
Shows are at 10:00 am at the Branson Famous Theatre on Hwy 165. | !
Branson's Longest Running Morning Show, the Buck Trent Country Music Show has been one of Branson's most requested shows - especially for those looking for lots of laughs, plenty of variety | 39 |
Along with many other traditions this season, haunted houses and escape rooms are a popular activity among many people. Although, lots of people need to go longer distances out of town because many popular escape rooms aren't near our area. However, these problems are being resolved. Recently on Halloween, a couple opened up a new escape room in Kokomo.
Chris and Tabetha Hart created this great idea. They decided to open up a new, interesting escape room that doesn't require many residents of Kokomo to travel<|fim_middle|>. Bringing one here to Kokomo is definitely a good move. I hope to go there one day and your article really helps me picture what might be in store. Great article and keep up the good work!
Great article Katelyn! This is such a great idea, and I had no idea this was now available in Kokomo. I definitely want to go try it out. I like how you described the different rooms. Keep up the good writing.
This is awesome! I did not know that one had been made in Kokomo. I have done several and your description of why people like the rooms is accurate. They are a lot of fun. Great article! | outside of town. The escape room is called Stratagem Escape Rooms and is located at the former Twisted Darkness warehouse. The address of this location is 1024 S. Main Street. In an interview with Kokomo Tribune, the couple stated that the escape room has been a "great test" for their imaginations, and they've had a fun time putting it together as husband and wife.
Escape rooms are full of clues and riddles that a group of people need to solve in order to escape. They can have many different themes where some can be scarier than others. One of the things that makes the rooms even more exciting is the time limit. A clock displayed in the room tells how much time the group has left to solve all the clues and escape the room. These escape rooms really test everyone's knowledge and ability to think outside the box. Stratagem Escape Rooms is a combination of three different escape rooms.
One of the rooms is called "The Lost Treasure" and is a room based on pirates. The couple made their own prop that looks like a big pirate ship for this room. Another room is called "Asylum" and is based on a therapy session at an asylum with an experimental doctor. The third room is called "Kidnapped" and is considered the most difficult room. This room involves the group escaping a scary experience of being kidnapped and handcuffed. Each room has different types of clues based on its theme. The Harts only have three rooms at the time, but they are hoping to expand to maybe eight or ten different escape rooms. Also, they are hoping to add a room that can be booked for parties.
I definitely feel that this is a great move to bring an escape room to Kokomo. I like how you explained why people enjoy escape rooms in general. Great article!
I just recently went to an escape room all the way in Fort Wayne | 383 |
The British Society offers a program of social activities and welcomes all English speakers to its extensive range of events. Regular weekly sporting activity such as badminton and tennis with seasonal golf and sailing.
About: Beginners and regulars are<|fim_middle|> but not least, our spectacular Charity Christmas Ball and Boat trips. We have something to offer all ages and all tastes and we welcome members of any age, from young to ageing nicely, and remember you don't have to be British. | welcome to join us for some fast action Badminton. We have a regular booking on the first two courts each week and usually end the evening with drinks and snacks upstairs. We can supply shuttles and rackets if needed.
About: Ever picked up a racket? Then you'll be able to pick-up this Japanese version of lawn tennis (played outside if dry). The game uses a lighter ball and more spin than regular tennis.
The main criterion for Britsoc Golf is to be able to play to a standard that doesn't hold up play, English language based. There are a few lower handicappers, and others in the 20's.
Games are on the Hogedijk course (near the AMC), on either the Saturday or the Sunday of each weekend (usually alternates by weeks).
That course is home to the Olympus club, of which many BritSoc players are also members. (The club has a competition schedule and some Britsoc golfers join some competitions). We have a simple weekly process where an invitation mail goes to the mail list on Monday AM for golf the following weekend.
Start day/time (One of either Saturday or Sunday), Usually quite early, ranges from around 7:30am to 9:00am on different weeks.
Max number of people (usually 12 in Spring/Summer, based on 3 consecutive T times, e.g. 8:00, 8:10, 8:20).
Golfers who want to play reply to the mail by end of Wednesday, and the booking is confirmed by me to players and club on Thursday by email. If players are interested in signing up to the mailing list then contact golf@britsoc.nl. If players do sign up but need to cancel, they should inform the Hogedijk course directly, with 24 hours ahead, and cc the golf@britsoc.nl mail box.
Our British flavoured enjoyable events are one-off events that are run throughout the year, the most notable being our very popular Guy Fawkes Bonfire Night, Burns night and last, | 427 |
After months of hard work and late nights at the school for rehearsal, members of Ledyard Drama performed the classic French tale, "Les Miserables." Truly, they did an absolutely amazing job. From the chorus to the main cast, those who participated captured the hearts of everyone in<|fim_middle|> writer for the 2014-2015 Colonel. She participates in GSA, fencing, and the indoor soccer team.
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Chills spread down the spines of those in the audience, listening to the inspiring and beautiful music being performed for them. The scene for "One Day More" was the most powerful song, including nearly everyone involved in the play, telling the story of revolution and freedom. Not only was this a crowd favorite, but "Master of the House" also shined through as one of the show's biggest hits. Laughter echoed through the room whenever the actors showed up on stage, and they balanced out the overall depressing theme by bringing light-hearted fun.
Not only did they sing their hearts out, but the cast also showed their utmost strength and determination as they pulled off a double header on Saturday, after the Friday show was cancelled due to snow. If anyone thought Thursday's performance was exhausting, Saturday served to be a death sentence. However, despite the idea in people's heads of "Oh, they're going to be too tired to do well," this cast proved to be extraordinary, not to mention the crew, for helping and working just as hard. Even though the audience could not see the crew, they appreciated everything that they have done for the sake of this show. A big round of applause goes to Drama director Russell Hammond and all of those involved for performing such a masterpiece for the town to see; it was truly an experience.
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This fully-renovated home, on James Island, boasts craftsman-style features, a truly incredible location and plenty of undeniable appeal. From the charming ranch exterior with large majestic oaks to the thoughtful detailing found within, this gem--nestled on just over half of an acre--provides you with lots of space and gorgeous finishes. A stone path leads right to the front porch, which boasts a ceiling fan with light. Once inside, you enter a beautiful and bright living room with large picture window and plenty of room for an entertainment system. This abode comes with all new electrical, including led recessed lighting and new fans. Super sleek and on-trend sliding wooden barn doors add yet another modern feel to this upgraded home. The kitchen, with stainless steel fridge, top-ratedappliances, custom cabinetry, plenty of counter space and exposed shelving, is both functional and fashionable. A very current dining area, with painted white brick and artistic light fixture, is the perfect place to gather with friends for a celebratory meal or simply dine here to turn dinner into a memorable occasion! A large laundry room provides plenty of space for extra storage. You'll adore the dreamy open floor plan, porcelain tile floors with hardwood finish found throughout and vaulted ceilings, just a few features that make this space magazine worthy. The master bedroom could be right out of Architectural Digest. With cathedral ceilings, exposed wooden beams, lots of oversized windows and great closet space, this room is a definite sanctuary. The master bathroom features dual vanities, a large modern tub and a soothing vibe. A second bedroom is just as inviting as the master with gorgeous finishes. With new metal roof installed in 2014, new plumbing and new spray foam insulation, this dwelling is move-in-ready. Only 11 miles to beautiful Folly Beach and only a 5-minute drive to downtown Charleston, this home is ideally located. Pick up local produce at the Charleston Pour House's Sunday Brunch Farmers Market or check out a movie at the Terrace Theatre. Take in a reggae concert at James Island County Park. Amazing eateries are also right nearby. No HOA, means you have creative freedom to add any additional touches you desire. There's also plenty of room to park your boat. The backyard has lots of space, a storage shed and a great area to grill and socialize. Discover this one-of-a-kind property, today! Use preferred lender to buy this home and receive an incentive towards your closing costs!
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Knowledge-rich Information Extraction (IE) methods aspire towards combining classical IE with background knowledge obtained from<|fim_middle|> demonstrating the impact of the suggested methods on its own entity linking performance. | third-party resources. Linked Open Data repositories that encode billions of machine readable facts from sources such as Wikipedia play a pivotal role in this development. The recent growth of Linked Data adoption for Information Extraction tasks has shed light on many data quality issues in these data sources that seriously challenge their usefulness such as completeness, timeliness and semantic correctness. Information Extraction methods are, therefore, faced with problems such as name variance and type confusability. If multiple linked data sources are used in parallel, additional concerns regarding link stability and entity mappings emerge. This paper develops methods for integrating Linked Data into Named Entity Linking methods and addresses challenges in regard to mining knowledge from Linked Data, mitigating data quality issues, and adapting algorithms to leverage this knowledge. Finally, we apply these methods to Recognyze, a graph-based Named Entity Linking (NEL) system, and provide a comprehensive evaluation which compares its performance to other well-known NEL systems, | 187 |
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James<|fim_middle|> a true and lasting symbol of a grateful nation.
Travis is many things; veteran, husband, father, hero, but the one thing he is not, is a victim.
"I'm not a victim, and refuse to be portrayed that way. Case closed"
– Travis Mills
When the Travis Mills foundation came to James Hardie® for their exterior cladding needs, we were more than happy to help. We at James Hardie find Travis' story to be an inspiration and are proud to be a Titanium level Travis Mills Foundation sponsor having donated over $50,000 worth of material to support this tremendous cause. We strongly believe that because our siding is low maintenance and is durable enough to withstand Maine's harsh weather conditions, it is the perfect material to be used for this retreat center. Thank you Travis, for being a true American hero.
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http://www.travismills.org/donate/ | Hardie Helps Travis Mills Foundation build retreat center for wounded and disabled veterans
James Hardie provides sustainable siding to help support retreat center for veterans
CHICAGO (July 26, 2016) - Travis Mills has always been a patriot wanting to serve his country. It's with that sense of patriotism that Travis joined the Army and rose through the ranks to become a Staff Sergeant. On April 10, 2012, during his third tour of duty in Afghanistan, and while on a routine patrol, Travis set his backpack down and inadvertently detonated an IED (Improvised Explosive Device). Travis lost portions of both of his arms and both of his legs in that explosion. He recalls thinking he would not survive this horrific attack and telling the medics to "Get away from me", selflessly wanting them to focus on other survivors that needed medical attention.
With this strength, courage, the love and support of his family, and the amazing staff of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Travis was able to survive, though each day since has been a battle trying to overcome the odds. Travis does things that defy logic and is constantly pushing his limitations through his love of snowboarding, bike riding and even parachuting from planes with the U.S. Army Golden Knights parachute team. He does not let what happened to him hold him back, instead he uses it to motivate himself and others to do more.
Travis' inspirational story has been retold in an award winning documentary, "Travis: A Soldier's Story" and his autobiography, Tough As They Come, is a New York Times Best Seller. He even finds time to consult and speak at corporate events to inspire people to overcome their own personal adversities. In September 2013, he founded the Travis Mills Foundation which is a 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to helping wounded and disabled veterans and their families get a new chance at life.
During his recovery at Walter Reed, Travis discovered a passion for encouraging fellow wounded veterans when he traveled from room to room in the hospital and met others whose lives had been radically reshaped by the wars.
Today, Travis continues his mission by showing wounded veterans and their families that they can overcome their physical and emotional challenges and find purpose by staying the course through their recovery.
The Foundation is actively involved with several dynamic veteran's initiatives, in particular the newly-purchased former Maine Chance Lodge once owned by cosmetics pioneer, Elizabeth Arden (1878‐1966). Travis's dream is to turn the historic lodge into a retreat center for wounded and disabled veterans and their families.
Once renovated, the retreat will fill a vital role in the recovery, camaraderie, spousal support, reconnection, and relaxation of our military heroes. Travis hopes the center will become | 574 |
Hurricanes re-sign Teravainen to 5-year, $27 million extension
The talented winger, Carolina's second-leading scorer, was set to be a restricted free agent after this season
January 21, 2019 Cory Lavalette Sports
The Hurricanes re-signed pending restricted free agent Teuvo Teravainen to a five-year, $27 million extension on Monday. (Chris O'Meara / AP Photo)
RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes locked up one of their key players Monday, signing forward Teuvo Teravainen to a five-year, $27 million contract extension that will keep the Finnish winger in Raleigh through 2024, the team announced. The deal will cost $5.4 million annually against the salary cap.
Teravainen, who was set to be a restricted free agent at season's end, has 10 goals and 29 assists for 39 points through 48 games this season. Acquired from Chicago in June 2016, along with forward Bryan Bickell, in exchange for a second- and third-round draft picks, Teravainen has 65 goals and 189 points in 326 NHL games with the Blackhawks and Hurricanes.
"Teuvo has improved every year of his NHL career and has established himself as a cornerstone forward for the Hurricanes now and into the future," Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell said in a release. "He has shown that he is capable of adapting and expanding his role with our team, becoming a key penalty killer for (coach) Rod (Brind'Amour) this season. He's still just 24 years old and we believe he will only continue to grow as a player."
Teravainen emerged as the player Chicago thought they were getting with the 18th overall pick in the 2012 draft last season with the Hurricanes, notching career highs in goals (23), assists (41) and points (64) while frequently teaming up with countryman Sebastian Aho on Carolina's top line, and he has contributed at a similar pace this season.
Teravainen is also playing nearly a minute more (17:42) than he did last season, thanks in part to an expanded role as a penalty killer, again often coupled with Aho. Teravainen is in the final year of a two-year contract that paid him $2.86 million annually.
The five-year deal is similar to the one given to new Hurricanes winger Nino Niederreiter prior to last season by the Minnesota Wild. Niederreiter, also 24 when he signed his contract, received a five-year contract averaging $5.265 million annually. Niederreiter was acquired from the Wild last week in exchange for center Victor Rask.
The Hurricanes landed Teravainen from Chicago due to their willingness to take on Bickell and the final year of his cap-crunching contract. Bickell played just 11 games for the Hurricanes, having been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis that surely impacted his play while in Chicago.
While Bickell's story and inspirational return — in his final NHL game on April 9, he scored the shootout winner in Carolina's 4-3 win over the Flyers, earning applause from the Philadelphia crowd — has become part of Hurricanes' lore, the trade was always about acquiring Teravainen.
"It's not often a player who was a first-round draft pick like Teuvo, at his age and with his skill, becomes available in a deal," then-Hurricanes GM Ron Francis<|fim_middle|> a new contract that will surely make him the highest paid Hurricanes player.
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RALEIGH — The NHL trade deadline, set for Monday at 3 p.m. and for the first time in a long time the Carolina Hurricanes could be buyers in an effort to reach the postseason for […]
Hurricanes win for second straight night, re-enter playoff picture
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RALEIGH — The Carolina Hurricanes took a six-game losing streak into the NHL trade deadline, surely contributing to general manager Ron Francis' decision to stand pat and not add any firepower to the lineup. So […]
Duck and cover: Canes, Mrazek beaten in Anaheim
October 19, 2019 Brett Friedlander Article, NHL, Sports
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — When Carter Rowney's short-handed goal sailed into the Carolina net, the Anaheim Ducks had scored nine consecutive goals across two games against two of the best teams in the Eastern Conference. […] | said after the trade. "We think he will be a very good addition, skill-wise, to our team. He has a lot of upside."
Teravainen's re-signing could also be a step forward in getting Aho's new contract done. Aho entered Monday tied for 18th in the NHL in scoring with 54 points. In the final year of his entry-level contract, Aho is poised to cash in on | 91 |
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Attractive stocks have exceptional fundamentals. In the case of Agrios Global Holdings Ltd. (CNSX:AGRO), there's is a company with impressive financial health as well as a excellent future outlook. Below is a brief commentary on these key aspects. For those interested in understanding where the figures come from and want to see the analysis, take a look at the report on Agrios Global Holdings here.
AGRO is an attractive stock for growth-seeking investors, with an expected earnings growth of 91% in the upcoming year. The optimistic bottom-line growth is supported by a<|fim_middle|> more clarity.
Other Attractive Alternatives : Are there other well-rounded stocks you could be holding instead of AGRO? Explore our interactive list of stocks with large potential to get an idea of what else is out there you may be missing! | similarly outstanding revenue growth over the same time period, which indicates that earnings is driven by top-line activity rather than purely unsustainable cost-reduction initiatives. AGRO's strong financial health means that all of its upcoming liability payments are able to be met by its current cash and short-term investment holdings. This indicates that AGRO has sufficient cash flows and proper cash management in place, which is a crucial insight into the health of the company. With a debt-to-equity ratio of 19%, AGRO's debt level is reasonable. This indicates a good balance between taking advantage of low cost funding through debt financing, but having enough financial flexibility and headroom to grow debt in the future.
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Perhaps the foolish attempts break fears to say, I will give dreams heart. Boldly charging. Type, sing, dance to give opportunity a chance. Cough, clear your throat. Do whatever it takes. Just speak up. One day those slow moves stand on mountain tops because you chose to say hello.
Never live in the darkness of your doubts too long. This day where Freedom lands. This country, this city, this world, this person. Bring it. All your force that fires up a choice. This is your life: in all the storms, in all the glories there stands a line we draw in the sand.
Will you not let the breeze carry you? Feel the pounding that resounds the soul that glows. A smile creeps wide that joys letting go. Fingers spread with a lingering call to flutter on. Be off with you on this grand lovers loop.
I<|fim_middle|> sew love.
Perhaps we never truly grow up. I hope I am always kind and believe in the goodness of humanity. Let the innocent love of the world be the nature that remains pure. | hid in the tower away from the world, not wanting my failures to be clear.
The years passed and I decided I have to rebuild, to believe in love, to believe in fashion and to most importantly believe in the dream.
My one and only answer has always been to embrace beauty and | 58 |
Nostos presents a fresh, modern take on Greek culinary culture.
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Joy typically is not the first reaction a diner equates with Tysons Corner, home to giant malls and more chains than Gucci Mane, but a new place to eat from an established restaurateur is acting to change that.
It helps that Nostos is Greek, one of the sunniest of cuisines. It's also useful to know that the newcomer to Vienna is a spinoff of the tried-and-true Mykonos Grill in Rockville. Peter Pagonis opened the former in May and the latter 13 years ago, after a successful run (1990-2000) with his original Mykonos in Washington Nostos is a compromise Pagonis says he made with his wife, who wanted their latest venture to be in the city. As any restaurateur can tell you, Washington isn't swimming with the kind of intimate and affordable places that small-business operators such as Pagonis prefer.
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AS I ENTER<|fim_middle|>'s not the only one. Back at Meantime, Fleming also believes the next stage is "a battery of the senses". Although as I'm leaving he tells me that many marketing gurus believe the adult industry will ultimately decide whether or not VR takes off commercially. | Greenwich Meantime HQ, marketing manager Alec Fleming greets me a with a watermelon-slice smile. He's holding a large black briefcase – the kind you see handcuffed to henchmen's wrists in 1980s action movies – and after we shake hands he gives me a hi-vis jacket. "We take health and safety very seriously," he says. "And you are about to enter the brewery."
I've been promised a 'Virtual Reality Brewing Experience' but as Fleming unpacks the tech, and I loop my arms through the holes of my spangled garment, I can't help but feel like the new apprentice, sent out for stripy paint only to return to a cauldron of bantz.
Seconds later, kitted out with a Samsung GearVR headset and earphones with binaural sound, I'm the idiot in the corner, my mouth gaping open, ready to catch flies.
Like many '80s kids, I first encountered 'virtual reality' through children's adventure game show Knightmare ("Careful team"). In those days, virtual reality was the future – a fact regularly underlined by Peter Snow extolling the virtues of a pixelated universe on Tomorrow's World. It's nearly twenty years on and that world is now.
Unlike Knightmare, the Meantime Brewery virtual tour isn't built with graphics. This is live-action video and for the next five minutes I seamlessly fade from the bar to brew house to packing plant as the tour's host – the UK's youngest beer sommelier, Jethro Holman – leads me through a pint's journey, from grain to glass. It's a totally immersive 360º experience – at one point I even find myself playing chicken with a forklift.
"We have around 15,000 people a year come through the doors of the brewery and we find it's one of the best ways to show people how we work on a daily basis," Fleming says. "Obviously, we can't get everyone here so we decided to create a virtual tour so that even if you're in the middle of a desert you can still be in the Meantime Brewery."
You certainly can. After a successful soft launch at Taste of London 2014, Meantime took the tour – complete with keg-mounted spinning seats and beer flights – to this year's Wilderness festival. It was a resounding hit and plans are in the pipeline to visit more festivals next year.
Henry Stuart is the CEO of virtual reality specialists Visualise. This is the company behind Meantime's tour, and its team has previously worked with everyone from FIFA to Kasabian. Stuart says that from the point of view of wine, whisky and beer producers specifically, VR offers a great opportunity for brand communication.
"This is particularly impactful," he says. "Using the actual people involved in making the drink, and telling the story of the brand direct to camera and onsite, makes virtual reality a very personal experience – you really feel like someone is talking to you."
It's this open house ethos that makes the potential impact of VR on the food and drink industry unimaginable; from truffle hunters in Périgord to deep-sea fishermen, VR could provide proof of provenance in a way no other technology has ever done before.
While car companies use fast speeds around a track to showcase their brand, their food and drink counterparts could be lifting the bonnet and letting everyone see the engine And that's just the tip of the virtual iceberg.
At the recent Diageo World Class UK Bartender of the Year 2015 competition in Scotland, Benji Purslow of Keystone Crescent served 'Sipping in the San Donato Sunshine' as one of his signature cocktails. Purslow delivered his drink alongside an Oculus Rift and transported the judges to the Italian countryside, complete with Tuscan villa, pixelated fig trees and chirping birds.
Purslow is fascinated by the way the senses can alter our perceptions of taste – and as I wander the Tuscan villa while sitting on a couch in his members' bar in King's Cross, I'm rather amazed at how summery the vodka-based cocktail tastes. The crème de figue and apricot and basil purée in particular really seem to pack that extra zing.
Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised. Sight, touch and smell can hugely influence our eating and drinking experience: Dr Carl Philpott of the Smell and Taste clinic in Norwich believes 80% of flavour comes from smell; a 2012 study by Oxford University determined that the colour of a cup can change the perceived flavour of coffee; and a 2013 study into the influence of a multisensory environment on whisky drinking found that such an atmosphere can have an impact on people's enjoyment of a drink.
Imagine the possibilities if VR were to realise its potential: a bar where not only do you choose what to drink, but you also get to choose where you drink it ("A White Russian with a side order of moonscape, please").
Purslow, meanwhile, has his feet firmly on the ground. He hopes to have one or two headsets placed in the bar with a VR-only menu in near the future, although he admits he'd need a drinks brand to back him financially if he wanted to create his own 'patches' or virtual reality worlds. He's even designing a wing-back chair with a small heater at the front to distribute smells.
But despite his obvious passion for incorporating new tech into his bar, Purslow is skeptical about VR's commercial potential, at least at a front of house, consumerist level. "VR only has a finite point because drinking is a sociable thing. This isn't, particularly," he says wistfully, thumbing the headset.
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Hedera White Ivy plant is a clinging evergreen vine with attractive light green leaves, whose edges are margined with white colour. This good houseplant<|fim_middle|> mild skin irritation, so one needs to handle with care. White Ivy will look gorgeous in container pots and hanging baskets. This Ivy plant is sure to act as a decorative addition to your indoor garden or outdoors in a landscape garden. | is native to Europe, northern Africa and western Asia. Young Ivy plants can be used to hang over edges, hanging baskets, window boxes or patio pots.
Ivy plants are known for their rampant growth ideal for covering a north wall, fence or decorative ground cover to suppress weeds. Hedera White Ivy is a perfect choice for a low maintenance landscape garden. It grows long and lush foliage trailing up the trees and structures.
Provide shelter from cold dry winds and plant it in well-drained fertile soil. A monthly feed of low nitrogen fertilizer will ensure healthy growth but do not fertilize in winters, as the plant will be in dormant stage.
Hedera White Ivy bears yellow-green flowers that flourish in clusters in autumn. These flowers provide nectar to the bees and develop into blue-black berries that ripen only in late winters.
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Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan paces the sidelines as the Cincinnati Bengals go on a game winning drive in the final minutes of a NFL football game on Sunday, Sept 30, 2018, in Atlanta. The Bengals beat the Falcons 37-36. Curtis Compton/ccompton@ajc.com
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What Matt Ryan said after loss to Bengals
ON THE FALCONS BEAT
D. Orlando Ledbetter, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Here's what Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan said after the 37-36 loss to the Bengals on Sunday.
On watching from the sideline: "Yeah, disappointing for sure. You know, we did a lot of really good things throughout that game, and to not come away with a win is tough, but it comes back to the same story as last week, had opportunities to close that out and chances to put that game in the lead, create a better margin for it, and we didn't do that offensively. So it was disappointing. But we got to rebound and get back to it. We got a long road in front of us, and we<|fim_middle|> whether there is still time left on the season: "Absolutely. Oh, yeah. There's a lot of football to be played, and like I said, the margin of error for a win and a loss is very small. And so, we've been really close. We just hadn't been able to get it done. But we have to have the belief and confidence that we're going to continue to get it done and get it done as we move forward. But there's plenty of football in front of us."
On whether he feels any pressure on himself because of the struggles from the defense: "Try and keep the same mindset every week and that is to do whatever it takes to win. Some weeks that's going to be a lot of points, and some weeks it might be a bit fewer, but as a veteran, I've learned to have that mindset every game we go into. So I don't put any more pressure or any less pressure on myself. I just have that mindset that we have to get the job done, and we haven't been able to do that the last couple of weeks, so it's been disappointing."
On scoring 73 points without a turnover – on whether there is a part of him wondering if they can do any better: "I know we can. I look at the opportunity for us today. We had a couple of situations in the red area where we came away with field goals instead of touchdowns, one being on a short-field situation. And those are times where you have to come away with touchdowns. I know we can do better than we've done in the last couple of weeks. It's within us, and you know, it really isn't doing anything extraordinary. It's doing the ordinary things very well and consistently, regardless of the situation. That's the mindset that we have to have, is to execute consistently regardless of the situation."
On being a veteran and voicing it to the younger players that it's a long season and there is time left: "That's it. That message of there are 12 football games in front of us, a lot of football to be played, a lot of things we've done in the first four weeks have been solid. But we have to be better for it. We got to be better moving forward, and that will be the message. A little bit of momentum is a good thing, and we need to get that momentum going."
On how that last drive plays out watching it on the sideline – whether he is on the bench preparing to get back on the field or watching: "You're always thinking about the situation if we get the ball back, what do we have to do offensively, and that's kind of the mindset that I have, and as the clock continues to run, then you start to watch because you know there's going to be a shorter amount of time. I watched a little bit there at the end."
On being a team leader and what is his message to the rest of the team: "There's a lot of football in front of us. We have 12 games to go, and who we are going to be at the end of the season is going to be different than who we are right now. But the way to get there is to put in the work. And I know no other way to improve than to go out and work hard, and so tomorrow when we get back in the building we've got to evaluate what we did well today, what we didn't do well, and then when we get to work Wednesday and out on the practice field we have to apply that so that we're better for this moving forward. But it just takes one or two plays here or there to get that spark going and to create some momentum. And we need to make some of those plays."
On Mohamed Sanu getting the ball: "Yeah, Mohamed is huge for us. This week we had a good match up with him inside to create some explosive plays. How big he is, how physical he is, his catch radius and how good of hands he has allows for him to be a problem for defenses in the middle of the field. And he's fearless. He really is. He is fearless. He is not scared to go in there and mix it up and catch balls and make plays. He did an excellent job for us today."
On whether he is surprised by the connection he and Calvin Ridley have already: "Yeah. He's done an excellent job for us coming in, and the reason he's gotten those looks is because we got a pretty good other guy on the other side. And Julio [Jones] creates matchup problems for the defense and requires so much coverage that other guys get really good opportunities, and Calvin has taken advantage of those opportunities and done a really nice job." | got a good football team. And you got to learn from these experiences and hopefully the next time around they'll be better for it."
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In its inaugural EODB report, The 2112 Group delves into what makes a vendor easy to work with – the things suppliers do to create and ease friction with partners – and just what vendors stand to lose when their ease of doing business quotient is low.
Today's solution providers have a lot of options when it comes to choosing vendor partners. At a time when high-caliber technology solutions are plentiful, partners can afford to be more discerning.
So, what makes some vendors more attractive than others? In a phrase, their ease of doing business quotient. The dynamic between vendors and their partners has been sliced, diced, and scrutinized since the inception of the channel, but new research from 2112 shows that one of the most critical determinants of a vendor's wallet share with partners is how "frictionless" they can render those relationships.
It's time for vendors to stop focusing so much energy on building the perfect channel program,<|fim_middle|>, margins, and processes. The rule of the day: Keep it simple. | complete with labyrinthine rules on tiers | 7 |
Sometimes I wonder if we as a culture have moved into a technological version of "keeping up with the Joneses." I personally don't go whole hog when it comes to taking advantage of modern technology. Honestly, there is much of it that I can't fathom using in my daily life. But hey, I've certainly made some mighty big changes during the 21st century thus far. I<|fim_middle|>ing. Not everyone has to keep up with those technological Joneses. | now email and text. I have a smartphone. I am on Facebook. And I am actually quite savvy with a computer.
But that pretty much does it for me. I don't use apps on my phone. I am a twitter virgin. I write cursive in my journal with a pen. My new 2014 calendar is kept up-to-date with pencil and pen. I read books that require me to manually turn a page. And I recently purchased a record player because, well, I still have records.
That being said, I feel sure that, whenever the time comes for me to add a new "technologically advanced" element to my daily life, I will do it. For me, it's all about intention — having a good reason to add that something new. In the meantime, I find a joyful simplicity to my modern / old-fashioned lifestyle.
Knowing why you're adding that extra piece (or knowing why you're not) is key. The next time you're considering adding a tool or service to your routine, ask yourself why. If the answer is clear, onward! If not, it may be worth reconsider | 231 |
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This week on The Weekly Five we will be talking about our favorite moments here at SEGAbits. If you missed my last post, today is the fifth anniversary of SEGAbits so it's fitting that we give ourselves a whole episode to discuss some of our favorite things we have done in the last half decade.
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July 29, 2014 by Barry
This past weekend, SEGAbits writers Ben, Shigs, and Nuckles hit San Diego Comic Con and SEGA's game preview event located at the nearby Nerd HQ. While Comic Con isn't as game centric as E3, there was quite a bit of SEGA goodness to be found. We were able to check out the latest preview builds of Alien: Isolation and Sonic Boom: Rise of Lyric, as well as interview Archie Comics on the upcoming Sonic Boom comic book series. But the main event had to have been Sunday's Console Wars panel. The panel, which centered around the SEGA and Nintendo rivalry of the 90's, featured special guests Tom Kalinske (Sega of America), Al Nilsen (Sega of America), Bill White (Nintendo of America), and Perrin Kaplan (Nintendo of America), as well as Console Wars author Blake J. Harris and Julian Rosenberg, producer of the upcoming Console Wars documentary.
Thanks to Blake, Nuckles and Shigs were given the VIP treatment and secured some awesome seats – allowing us to film the panel and Q&A session and meet the SEGA and Nintendo legends! Check out the full panel above, and make sure to pick up your copy of Console Wars if you haven't already!
Want more Console Wars discussion? Check out our three part interview series with Tom Kalinske, Al Nilsen, and Blake J. Harris.
Console Wars panel announced for San Diego Comic Con on Sunday, July 27th
July 2, 2014 by Barry
The official site for the Console Wars book has officially announced that a Console Wars panel will be taking place at San Diego Comic Con featuring SEGA and Nintendo all-stars Tom Kalinske (Sega of America), Al Nilsen (Sega of America), Bill White (Nintendo of America), and Perrin Kaplan (Nintendo of America), as well as Julian Rosenberg, producer of the upcoming Console Wars documentary alongside Console Wars author Blake J. Harris. The panel will be in Room 23ABC at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, July 27th and Blake will be signing copies of the book in the autographing area, table AA09, from 4 – 5 p.m.
And guess what? SEGAbits just might be attending, as we've obtained press passes for the convention! We'll alert our readers on the social networks once we have our Comic Con plans finalized.
Swingin' Report Show #60: Console Wars with Al Nilsen, SEGA's Director of Marketing ('89-'93)
May 5, 2014 by Barry
The SEGAbits Swingin' Report Show is back, and boy do we have a special episode for you! Joining us for our 60th episode is Al Nilsen, SEGA of America's Director of Marketing from 1989 through 1993. Al and his team were behind everything from the early days of the SEGA Genesis, including promoting the famous "Genesis Does What Nintendon't" campaign, the creation of Sonic the Hedgehog, implementing the legendary "Sonic 2sday" worldwide launch of Sonic the Hedgehog 2 in 1992, and rolling out the "Welcome to the Next Level" campaign. Suffice to say, Al is a legend, so the opportunity to sit down and talk about the good ol' days for an hour and a half was a dream come true for us as SEGA fans.
Al's appearance is in anticipation of the release of "Console Wars: Sega, Nintendo, and the Battle that Defined a Generation" by author Blake J. Harris, which you can pre-order today from Amazon.com. "Console Wars" tells the story of SEGA vs. Nintendo during the early 90's, as told from the perspective of SEGA of America president Tom Kalinske. Based on over two hundred interviews with former SEGA and Nintendo employees, "Console Wars" is the underdog tale of how Kalinske miraculously turned an industry punchline into a market leader. It's the story of how a humble family man, with an extraordinary imagination and a gift for turning problems into competitive advantages, inspired a team of underdogs to slay a giant and, as a result, birth a $60 billion dollar industry.
Expect more "Console Wars" content throughout May, including a podcast with the author Blake J. Harris next week, and a podcast with Tom Kalinske himself the week after that! We also have some surprises, but in the meantime enjoy Al's interview!
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Back in early 2014 we shared the news that the Blake J. Harris book CONSOLE WARS: Sega, Nintendo and the Battle that Defined a Generation would be releasing as a documentary and then a movie, produced by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Since then, the book released and we not only reviewed it, but we also had the honor of interviewing former SEGA of America president Tom Kalinske, former director of marketing Al Nilsen and the book's author Blake J. Harris. We also covered the Console Wars Comic Con panel, providing exclusive video of the event. Suffice to say, we loved Console Wars.
Since then, however, Hollywood has been silent on the documentary and movie front… until now! Via Variety comes news that the book will no longer be adapted into a movie, but instead a limited series. Rogen and Goldberg will executive produce, and Jordan Vogt-Roberts (writer of Kong: Skull Island) will direct with Mike Rosolio set to write the pilot (the latter two will also serve as executive producers). We don't know where the series will air yet, but recent Rogen and Goldberg projects premiered on Hulu and Amazon Prime.
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This will be a guide for creating a y-split braided cable for the HD 650/660S/600/all other variants that use this connector. It can be, however, be used to create any braided Y split cable of your choosing, you would just change the connectors to be what you want.
In this particular example, I'm going to be doing a 4 strand braid cable. Before getting started, I would suggest learning a bit about the soldering process if you haven't already.
I choose to use Mogami w2893 for my cable builds. If you have a preferred wire already, by all means, use whatever kind you would like. If you use any wire larger than 26awg, you might have a hard time sleeving it through the 275 paracord.
I highly recommend these HD 650 connectors from eBay: Sennheiser HD650 Connectors. They make the process much simpler than the Cardas style connectors and provide a strain relief screw.
1. We're going to start off by measuring the length of cable that we want. In this picture, I'm measuring the Mogami wire against a wire that I've completed already, as I wanted them to be the same length. If you have an ideal length that you're aiming for, measure the Mogami against a measuring tape.
2. To cut this sheathing off, we need to drag a knife along it to cut it open. Keeping your thumb out of the way, use it to hold the wire down while cutting. You want to press hard enough for the sheathing to cut, but not so hard where you'll cut the copper wire underneath.
3. Start by cutting the end of one side, then flip the wire around to continue cutting the other way.
3. Once the whole wire has been cut into, pull the wire out of one of the ends and rip the sheathing open with it.
Here's what you'll be left with, a nice copper mess.
4. Unravel the copper from around the paper, don't try to pull it all off in one shot. You'll end up with a disaster of twisted copper. Instead, unravel it until it gets to be in your way, twist like shown in the picture, and cut it off. Keep doing this until the whole thing is off.
5. Do the same with the paper.
You'll see nylon strings under there, leave those for now. Just unravel the paper.
6. Now do the same with the strings.
8. Now we're left with just our wire, and two nylon strings in the middle.
9. Begin untwisting. You can kind of free-for-all this now, just don't break anything.
12. Now we're going<|fim_middle|> make the rest of our job much easier. If you want to, you can take it off when the cable is done and it will hold its shape.
32. So we're going to temporarily hold it together with some more heat shrink.
33. Do this for both sides.
34. Now is the last time that you can put your amp-side connector covers on. I use heat shrink, and then just the cover over it.
35. Note that because this side has the red wire, I'm using the right side Sennheiser connector. Orientation matters with these!
Helping hands are the best. If you chose to use the connectors I linked earlier, put the barrel on now. If you had excess paracord, trip it back, but not more than where the wire ends. If you cut back too much, you'll see the actual wires on the finished product.
Strip the ends of your wires, tin them, and solder them to your connectors. On Sennheiser connectors, the bigger pin is ground, and the smaller pin is positive.
37. Pull the barrel up to the connector, and tighten down both screws. The one in the side is a strain relief, which will help keep everything in place. If you want to really make sure everything stays, stick some hot glue in there.
38. Do the same with our left side.
39. Test each connection with a multimeter to our jack. The big pins should give a signal on only the sleeve, and the little pins should be only read on their respective connections (left little pin = tip, right little pin = ring). If everything lines up and you have no crossing connections, you're done!
40. Do a quick sound test. I like using this page to check for left and right, as well as polarity: AudioCheck. Also test with your favorite music, make sure it sounds the same!
If you have any questions for me, feel free to reach out on Reddit. | to measure our wire against the paracord. We're going to need 4 strands of paracord cut. Cut it slightly longer than the wire, because paracord likes to fray. We can always cut the excess away.
13. 2 strands of black, 2 strands of maroon.
14. Pull the strands out of the paracord, we don't need them.
15. Now start threading through as much of the wire as you can by just pushing the wire through. If you're going to be using two colors, I like to do ground wires in the darker color paracord, and positive wires in the lighter color. So in this case, I'll be putting the black and clear wires into the black paracord, and the red and blue wires into the red paracord.
16. When you get to the point where you can't just push the wire in anymore, we're going to do what I like to call the "snake and pinch", where you push the wire through while holding the paracord, then pulling the slack out from the back. This is gonna take a while, but we need to do it for all 4 strands.
17. Once you've done all 4 strands, it's time to start soldering. Since I'm using a 1/4 inch jack in this example, I'm going to solder the black and clear wires to the ground.
Make sure your connections aren't crossing anywhere. Check every possible combination with the multimeter – left to ground, right to left, etc.
19. At the end of this, we want all of the wires to be the same length. So here, I pushed through enough so the furthest up wire would end up the same length as our two grounds.
21. Did the same thing with our Tip connection (left positive).
22. And then our Ring connection (right positive). You want to do your best to make sure no connections are touching that shouldn't be.
23. Pull the paracord over the wire as far as it will go, and then clamp the strain relief down if you connector has one. Make it tight, we don't want the paracord slipping off the wire while we're braiding.
24. It's time to start the most annoying part of this: the braid. I used my dresser to hold the connector in place while straightening out all of the wires. To do our braid, I followed a text walkthrough I found on head-fi by user jmlpartners.
Take the leftmost wire and cross it OVER its TWO neighbors.
Take the rightmost wire and cross it OVER its ONE neighbor.
Take the leftmost wire and cross it UNDER its TWO neighbors.
Take the rightmost wire and cross it UNDER its ONE neighbor.
Repeat steps 1-4 until you get to the Y split.
25. It's very easy to lose your place, and if that happens, you need to start over again. The best advice I can give you is to really focus, and have some sort of phrase to say that helps keep your place. Mine was "Over two, over one. Under two, under one." This helped tremendously.
26. Keep going until you're ready to get to the Y split.
27. I like to leave about a foot of cable for the Y split, but it's up to you when you want it. Now take either red wire and twist it with either black wire. Then twist the remaining two. Hold them in place while you slip a piece of heat shrink on.
You can only mix grounds up when you're doing an unbalanced connection like a 1/4inch jack; If you're doing a balanced connection the ground wires you choose here matters!
28. The heat shrink isn't entirely necessary, as the braid will hold itself, but it will | 800 |
Dropbox is great but the notifications can be a bit much sometimes. Here's how to manage which notifications you see on your computer, your mobile device, and your email inbox. Let's get this all under control together.
Here you will see recent notifications, but what we're interested in are the settings, which you can<|fim_middle|> sure to check out our Dropbox overview for more tips like this. | find by clicking the gear icon at top-right. Click that followed by Preferences.
A window will open; click the Notifications tab.
From here you can disable specific kinds of notifications. I recommend turning off New files synced, because that, in particular, can get overwhelming quickly—it pings you every time any file changes. Feel free to experiment and find the settings that work just right for you.
Dropbox notifications on mobile aren't as overwhelming as the computer versions, but they can still be a bit much all the same.
Android users can turn certain kinds of notifications on and off, just like PC and Mac users. To get started, open the Dropbox app and tap the menu button at top-left. Tap Settings followed by Manage notifications.
You'll now see your notification settings, as shown above. Turn off anything that's not relevant to you.
On the iPhone and iPad things are a little different. Notifications are only supported for shared folder invitations and new shared links, and all you can do is turn those notifications on and off. Head to Settings on your device and find the Notifications section. Find Dropbox and you can disable or enable notifications from there.
Dropbox sends a lot of email notifications by default, but not all of it is going to matter to you. Happily, you can turn them off.
To get started, head to the Dropbox notification settings in your browser using this link. Alternatively, you can open Dropbox in your browser and click your profile image at top-right. Next, click Settings.
Head to the Notifications tab.
From here you can decide which email alerts you want to get. Turn off anything that's not useful, then enjoy the peace and quiet.
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Golf and Mayr Therapy – they go together perfectly. In fact, exercise out in the fresh air helps promote successful<|fim_middle|> and forests.
Golf & Landclub Ennstal-Weissenbach: This is the only golf course in Europe that also lies inside a "Natura 2000" European nature sanctuary. Here, golfers will find the 18 flattest fairways in the Alps. And the brand-new ninth hole is already regarded as one of the most spectacular Par 3s in Austria.
Bio-Golfplatz Kobaldhof: This 10-hole golf course is the first worldwide to be run according to organic principles, making it quite unique. This 3 ha facility is maintained exclusively according to the strict criteria required of organic agriculture. And with holes ranging between 90 and 200 m in length, this course is also ideal for rookies. | therapy in general. We will be happy to set up tee times for you, along with the therapies that ideally meet your needs.
GCC Dachstein-Tauern: This golf course, designed by Bernhard Langer, is a true sporting challenge that lives up to your every expectation. Even though the course is regarded as challenging, it is still able to promise players of all handicaps an absolutely marvelous round of golf. This club is a member of LEADING GOLF COURSES AUSTRIA.
GCC Schloss Pichlarn: The golf course at Schloss Pichlarn is one of the oldest in Austria and is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful golf resorts worldwide. Elegance and exclusivity raised to perfection underscore the idyllic setting of this 18-hole course in the heart of Ennstal. The golf course captivates with its natural blend of hills, valleys | 182 |
Katalog Messiera – katalog astronomiczny zawierający obiekty na niebie, którego pierwsza<|fim_middle|> po czym dodano 6 innych obiektów, odkrytych później przez Messiera i jego przyjaciela Pierre'a Méchaina. Ostatni obiekt zostało dodanych do listy w 1966.
Katalog zawiera 57 gromad gwiazd, 40 galaktyk, 1 pozostałość po supernowej (Mgławica Kraba), 4 mgławice planetarne, 7 mgławic rozmytych i 1 gwiazdę podwójną. Osiem z tych obiektów leży w Wielkiej Niedźwiedzicy. Każdy obiekt w katalogu jest oznaczony pierwszą literą nazwiska jego twórcy ("M") oraz kolejnym numerem. Jako, że wszystkie obserwacje Messier prowadził w Paryżu, katalog obejmuje obiekty położone nie dalej niż 40 stopni deklinacji południowej.
Od czasów Messiera odkryto dziesiątki tysięcy innych podobnych obiektów na niebie. Jednak obiekty Messiera są wśród nich najjaśniejsze i najlepiej widoczne dlatego, że zostały odkryte w XVIII wieku dysponując prymitywnym jak na dzisiejsze czasy teleskopem. Z tego powodu obiekty Messiera są bardzo często obserwowane przez amatorów astronomii używających tanich i łatwo dostępnych teleskopów lub lornetek. W kilku przypadkach obiekty można zaobserwować nieuzbrojonym okiem. Dlatego też katalog ten jest wciąż popularny i każdy zawarty w nim obiekt, chociaż może mieć współcześnie inną nazwę systematyczną, jest powszechnie określany numerem z katalogu Messiera.
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Messiera | wersja została opublikowana przez Charles'a Messiera w 1774. Pomysł skatalogowania obiektów nasunął się astronomowi podczas przygotowań do obserwacji powrotu komety Halleya w roku 1759. Messier natknął się przy tej okazji na Mgławicę Kraba (M1) i zauważył, że z wyglądu można ją pomylić z kometami. Wkrótce potem znalazł więcej mglistych obiektów (pełne zrozumienie ich właściwości nastąpiło dopiero w pierwszej połowie XX wieku). Ponumerował je, dodając z przodu literę M, co miało mu posłużyć do celów praktycznych. Ostateczna wersja Messiera wydana w 1784 zawierała 103 obiekty, | 214 |
A Hatha style of yoga which originates from Calcutta, India. The heat warms your muscles, prevents injuries and allows<|fim_middle|> it is so challenging but there are always beginners options if you're new. "
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A restorative class that targets the connective tissues, ligaments and joints in the body.
Designed to nurture and support you through your pregnancy journey. Safe to attend from 12 weeks to full term.
This class incorporates post-natal strengthening and stretching as well as baby yoga and massage.
Our Adelaide Yoga studio is located in Norwood, right next to the Adelaide CBD. With three yoga styles to choose from, our classes are designed for everyone from beginners to advanced and are led by passionate, knowledgeable, fully qualified and registered teachers.
We have a great community and gorgeous studio incorporating two practise rooms with specialised yoga flooring as well as showers for your convenience.
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English Literature: Victorians and Moderns
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Sleepless in adolescence: Prospective data on sleep deprivation, health and functioning
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The Impact of Incentives on Exercise Behavior: A Systemic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
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Introduction to Psychology -- 1st Canadian editor
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'The Boundless Political Science textbook is a college-level, introductory textbook that covers the rich and varied subject of Political Science. Boundless works with subject matter experts to select the best open educational resources available on the web, review the content for quality, and create introductory, college-level textbooks designed to meet the study needs of university students.This textbook covers:American Politics -- Forms of Government, Function of Government, Who is Americ
Since the advent of civilization, humans have had an impulse to form governments. It is an experiment thousands of years in the making.This course asks a lot of fundamental questions about the nature of government and society. Among them:What is the purpose of government?What types of governments are there? What is a democracy?Where is the center of governmental power? Is it national or local?Is America's government too big? Too small? Constantly shifting with the times?What are the rights and r
British Columbia in a Global Context
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More Astral Magic videos at YouTube!
These new videos are from the Electronic Vol. 4 album to<|fim_middle|> record some stuff to a few of my Astral Magic songs, can't wait to hear what he comes up with...
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New Astral Magic video on YouTube
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Custard Flux - Oxygen
Self-released (CFX002)
The third Custard Flux album Oxygen was released last September so I'm a bit late with my review, sorry about that! Anyway, Gregory Curvey (currently living in Detroit, Michigan, from the band The Luck of Eden Hall) continues with his acoustic psychedelic prog project in a style similar to the previous albums Echo and Helium. So the main instruments are ancient harmonium, acoustic guitars and acoustic drum set. There are also some electric guitar leads and some guests on sax and violin, for example. You might thing that this is some kind of folk music, but it is in fact still rock music, just played almost completely with acoustic instruments! This fact gives the music a rather fresh, original and interesting twist. Oxygen is one of those albums that were made during the great covid-19 lockdown of 2020 and you can see that for example on some of the songs like "Quarantyne".
Curvey uses lots of different time signatures which adds progressive vibe although the music is never TOO difficult or hard to follow, on the contrary very enjoyable and nice. There is a certain pop element in most of the songs, sort of like The Beatles had, as well. But there are also lots of unusual chord progressions and darker moments for sure. I also really like the dreamy, peaceful parts. Curvey has a great sense for melody and harmony and all the playing is top-notch. I like his unique and instantly recognizable singing voice but the instrumentals also work great. Oxygen was featured on several best of lists of 2020 and I can understand why since this really is a masterpiece. I think the two very limited vinyl editions might be pretty much sold-out everywhere but the CD should still be available. At least you can buy the digital download also including two extra tracks from the Bandcamp site! Curvey has also agreed to | 426 |
Sorry, y'all. I'm working on a really positive post (good news! So excited to share it with you. Might be mundane and meaningless to you, but for me– it's a pretty great thing and I'm excited to write about it and share it with you.) But I decided to write a post that would update you on my life and share some of my recent favourites!
Firstly, thank you so much to Kerri for the gorgeous layout. She runs Olive Kite, so if you need a layout– you won't do much better than Kerri. It's the right timing, and I know I only recently changed my layout, but with the new changes that have happened in my life… good timing to change the layout too, right?
Secondly, the cute little chibi blinky in the sidebar<|fim_middle|> love to hear it as an acapella arrangement. The beatboxing and the layered harmonies just lend it to acapella. I would (seriously) sleep with someone if they sang it to me. I would totally bang (to) this song.
What have you been up to? What are you listening to? Anything new in your life? | ? Thank you to Katsai. It's cute as fuq. ALRIGHT.
Anyway, onto the updates, and some Friday favourites!
The upcoming post will be waxing about letting go. I'm working on it, but safe to say– I've reached a place where I've accepted letting go someone that I care deeply about. It is a good thing. The relationship between us went sour a long time ago, but I was too stupid to walk away from something so toxic because I idealised him. Recognising and walking away from toxic people is extremely important. I feel like I can breathe again. It's something that I'm so proud of doing, despite how simple it might seem. It's difficult to let go or walk away from someone you love. However, when it's unhealthy like it was between myself and this person, you just need to cut it off. The constant distance, misunderstanding and miscommunication just did us in. I'll write about it in a later post when I can formulate my thoughts. Just know that I'm happy right now, and this person is no longer in my life. I still care deeply about him, but maybe it's better off this way.
I've been addicted to… Just Friends (Sunny)- Musiq: I know this song is really old, but I was recently creating a playlist based off the aforementioned relationship in the vein of R&B, Soul and Neo-Soul– and this song came up. I'm so addicted to the beatboxing, the sampling of the classic 'Sunny,' and how chill it seems. I absolutely adore this song and would love to hear it as an acapella arrangement. Seriously, I know it's old– but I'd | 350 |
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Why not socialize at the barn? Schedule a date and time with Chuck for your gathering.
Sign up for a<|fim_middle|> you have some important information that you would like included, please let Chuck know in plenty of time before mailing.
Hay Loft Lounge/Observation Room: Check out the room up in the hay loft that overlooks the riding arena. Chuck has provided comfortable seating, air-conditioning coffee pot, refrigerator, and microwave. Also provided is a television where you can check for any weather issues as well as watch a DVD. Several DVD's are available for you to view. If you find any snacks on the counter or in the refrigerator ... Chuck says these are for YOU to enjoy! This room is for all boarders to use.
Movie Night: Enjoy a fun evening with fellow boarders/family members watching a movie in the arena on the new HUGE screen! Movie nights will be announced.
Facebook: Boarders enjoy keeping in touch and informed through our two private facebook pages. | Riding Buddy for a safer, more enjoyable way to ride out on the roads or in the pasture.
Located southeast of the indoor arena. Use the rope containment that's mounted on a reel. Anytime you want to turn your horse loose and give them a treat, pull out the rope and let him/her munch! When you are finished, make sure to roll the rope back up.
Make sure you read the monthly newsletter that Chuck sends out. It's going to have all the pertinent information about the barn for the month. If | 106 |
Assignment for Benefit of Creditors legal definition of Assignment for Benefit of Creditors
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The voluntary transfer of all or most of a debtor's property to another person in trust so that he or she will collect any money that is owed to the debtor, sell the debtor's property, and apply the money received to the payment of the debts, returning any surplus to the debtor.
The debtor is the assignor, the transferor; and the person who takes legal title to the property is the assignee.
There are three types of assignments that are categorized according to the limitations imposed upon the arrangement. A general assignment is one involving the transfer of all the debtor's property for the benefit of all his or her creditors. A partial assignment is one in which only part of a debtor's property is transferred to benefit all the creditors. When property is assigned to benefit only designated creditors, it is a special assignment.
The assignment results in the property being beyond the control of the debtor. It is different from agency arrangements, pledges, or mortgages.
Unless otherwise expressly provided, trust law governs assignments for the benefit of creditors. The assignee is considered a trustee and his or her duties and responsibilities to the debtor's creditors are the same as a trustee's to the beneficiaries of a trust. The document that embodies the terms of the assignment authorizes the assignee to liquidate the debtor's property in satisfaction of the creditors' claims against the debtor as quickly as possible. Under Common Law, this was the assignee's chief function. Even if the assignment instrument does not expressly empower an assignee to sell the property, the assignee still has the power to do so in order to pay the creditors.
It is not necessary for a debtor to obtain the consent of creditors before making an assignment for their benefit. An owner of property has a right to transfer legal title to it by virtue of ownership. The limitation derived from common law that is placed upon its creation is that it cannot be done to dishonestly deprive a debtor's creditors of their rights to have property sold to repay debts. When an assignment for the benefit of creditors is intended by the debtor to place his or her property beyond the legal reach of creditors, it is called a Fraudulent Conveyance. This type of assignment is void, or legally ineffective, under statutes that prohibit such arrangements. An assignment by which the assignor-debtor retains any interest, benefit, or advantage from the conveyance, such as keeping the right to revoke the assignment, made to defraud creditors is also a fraudulent conveyance, as is an assignment by which the assignee is required to delay liquidation of the assets.
In some jurisdictions, a partial assignment is considered a fraudulent conveyance because the creditors are hindered and delayed in receiving payment if they must seek payment from the debtor after first being referred to the assignee. Other jurisdictions treat any assignment by a solvent debtor as fraudulent on the theory that such an arrangement prevents the immediate sale of the property so that creditors are delayed and hindered.
A debtor is still liable to pay his or her creditors if the proceeds from the sale of personal and real property pursuant to an assignment for the benefit of creditors are not sufficient to completely repay the debts. When, however, creditors agree to accept the proceeds in satisfaction of the debtor's obligations, such an agreement is called a Composition with Creditors. For this reason, assignments for the benefit of creditors are used by corporate, rather than individual, debtors.Since preferences are permissible under common law, a common-law assignment for the benefit of creditors that provides for preferential payments to designated creditors is not a fraudulent conveyance. Most courts have held that debtors cannot use preferences to obtain discharges from creditors by conditioning preferences on their release from unpaid portions of their debts. To do so is considered a fraudulent conveyance, since a creditor would have to accept virtually any condition that the debtor decided upon if the creditor were to receive any money from the assignee.
Legality of Assignments
Most states have enacted statutes that regulate assignments for the benefit of creditors. Some states require that an assignment must comply with statutory requirements or be invalid, while in others the debtor may make a common-law assignment, which is regulated by common law, or a statutory assignment, which is controlled by applicable statutes.
The state statutes require that the assignment be recorded, schedules of assets and liabilities be filed, notice be given to the creditors, the assignee be bonded, and the assignor be supervised by the court. Almost every jurisdiction prohibits the granting of a preference. All creditors except those with liens or statutorily created priorities are treated equally. Some statutes empower an assignee to set aside prior fraudulent conveyances, and others authorize the assignee to set aside preferences made before the assignment.
If a debtor has made substantial preferences, fraudulent conveyances, or allowed liens Voidable in Bankruptcy to attach to his or her property, then creditors might be able to force the debtor into bankruptcy if they decide that the assignment does not adequately protect their rights. An efficiently handled assignment for benefit of creditors is frequently more advantageous to creditors than bankruptcy because it usually brings about better liquidation prices and its less rigid and formal structure saves time and money.
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Kupetz, David S. 2001. "Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors: Exit Vehicle of Choice for Many Dot-Com, Technology, and Other Troubled Enterprises." Journal of Bankruptcy Law and Practice 11 (November-December): 71–82.
n. a method used for a debtor to work out a payment schedule to his/her creditors through a trustee who receives directly a portion of the debtor's income on a regular basis to pay the debtor's bills.
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Hope everyone is trying to stay cool! "Ah, but it's a dry heat", is the refrain you hear so often, even so we are so blessed by the weather we enjoy in Colorado! This Shabbat, June 16th at 10:30am we will welcome Jerry and Karen Ellard to Or Chaim for a wonderful morning of worship, praise and 'harp and bowl' time in the presence of The Lord. The Ellard's lived for several years in Jerusalem and have an anointing as Psalmists which is a gift to the<|fim_middle|> to encourage and bless one another! | body of Messiah! They will be ministering during our morning service, so come on out and lets soak in His presence together! We will NOT be having Oneg following the service this week. Several of our leadership couples are out of town this week but The Ruach will be there in power, and we are full of expectation that He will meet with us all in a special way!
Many exciting events coming up this summer, Dan and Patti Juster on July 14th, Paul Wilbur on the weekend of July 28th so we ask that you put these happenings in your calendars and be in prayer for them. Also, remember that we have mid-week home group at the McDowells' on Wednesday evenings, starting at 7pm. All are welcome!
Hope to see you on Shabbat, we all need | 172 |
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