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Why Millennials are Investing in Art
US Trust 's Insights on Wealth and Worth is an independent annual survey of High Net Worth investors—defined by having $3 million or more in investable assets—across the country.
07/18/2018 News and Film, Appraisal Services, Trusts and Estates
US Trust 's Insights on Wealth and Worth is an independent annual survey of High Net Worth investors—defined by having $3 million or more in investable assets—across the country. The survey asks respondents about their "approach to building wealth" as well as the extent to which they are using that wealth "to achieve their goals and support the causes they care about most." A key demographic surveyed were Millennials, those born between 1981 and 1997 (ages 21-37), and their responses provided some surprising insights, especially when compared to other age groups.When asked about their motivations for building wealth, 86% of Millennials said their primary intent was to help others through philanthropy, as opposed to just 72% of Baby Boomers (those born between 1946 and 1964). Millennials also ranked higher than all other age groups when it came to why they were building their wealth: 81% said they wanted to change the world. That sort of altruistic outlook appealed to only 37% of Baby Boomers surveyed. When it came to how they were investing, Millenials had shifted away from cash and towards stocks in the last year. In 2017, Millenials averaged 47% of their wealth in cash, with just 25% invested in stocks; this year, the numbers were virtually flipped, with 46% allocated for stocks, and only 21% in cash.These statistics are interesting on their own, but especially illuminating when coupled with the responses about the art collecting as it relates to wealth investment. According to US Trust 's study, Millennials are the fast growing segment of art collectors, with their ownership rising 8% since last year. The biggest takeaway? Millennials are twice as likely as any other age group to view art as a financial asset, with 32% of respondents viewing art as a safe investment in volatile markets, and 35% saying they enjoy being part of the art world.As prices for art rise, and the art market continues to expand, more HNW investors were found to be incorporating tangible assets such as art into their wealth planning, across all age groups. In 2017, 29% of respondents said they view art as a part of a comprehensive wealth management strategy; that rose to 42% this year. Interestingly, just 41% of Millennials reported they collect art for its inherent aesthetic value, while 62% of other age brackets did. Equal across all age groups was agreement with the statement, "Art is a universal language that can help bridge economic, cultural, and political differences among people." However, it was those under 50 who most strongly agreed that art "is an agitator that serves as a catalyst for change."And how these artworks are being acquired has also changed. In 2017, just 28% of respondents had purchased fine art online. In 2018, that number is now 40%, representing a 43% increase in online art purchases over the year before. Of the Millenials surveyed this year, 78% said they buy art online, with women representing the largest increase, 36% up from 16%.It 's important to talk with a wealth or art advisor before investing, or to consult with a knowledgeable Trusts & Estates professional if you 're thinking of selling part of your art collection.Want more Trusts & Estates and Appraisal news? Sign up for Freeman's monthly Business Bulletin and never miss a beat.


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Marcin Skromak
Professional career / biography
Marcin Skromak graduated from the Faculty of Law and Administration of the University of Gdańsk. Initially, he operated as a sole practitioner and then, since 2008, as a Partner of our Law Firm and since 2014 as Chief Managing Partner.
The primary areas of his expertise include providing legal consultancy at any stage of complex infrastructure and IT projects as well as projects co-financed from EU funds, investment-related disputes, and Environmental Protection and Waste laws.
Marcin Skromak has broad professional experience in serving Clients from the public sector.
He is a member of the Association of Consulting Engineers and Surveyors (SIDIR).
He speaks fluent English and Spanish.
The course of his professional career included, amongst others:
more than four years of experience as a legal consultant for the Environmental Protection Department of one of the Marshall's Offices,
performing the function of an arbiter (according to FIDIC ) many times in regard to infrastructure and waste disposal projects,
providing legal advice for a project involving the construction of a multisensor maritime traffic surveillance system in the Bay of Gdańsk, co-financed by the World Bank,
legal representation of a Polish maritime administration organ in administrative courts, in regard to s/s Rotterdam,
multiple legal representation before Groups of Arbiters, and then before the National Board of Asppeal and regional courts,
providing legal advice in regard to the fulfilment of a contract for the Conversion of the Main Breakwater in Gdynia; the total value of the contract was greater than PLN 140 million; the contracts were based on the Red Book of FIDIC; the performance of the contract was stopped during the course of the project and the works were completed by another contractor,
providing legal advice in regard to "the armouring of the section of the Baltic Sea shoreline, which is under the administration of the Maritime Office in Gdynia"; the value of the contract exceeded PLN 60 million,
providing legal advice for the project entitled "The Upgrading of the Entrance to the Inner Port in Gdańsk – the Conversion of the Eastern Breakwater", "The Upgrading of the Entrance to the Inner Port in Gdańsk – the Conversion of the Waterway Along Martwa Wisła (Dead Vistula) and Motława river; The Conversion of the Entrance to the Port of Elbląg; Port Północy (Northern Harbour) – the Upgrading of the Approach Channel and the Island Breakwater",
providing legal advice for the project entitled "The Upgrading of the Entrance to the Inner Port in Gdańsk – Stage II – the Conversion of the Waterway Along Martwa Wisła (Dead Vistula) and Motława river"; the value of the contract was greater than PLN 160 million,
providing legal advice for the project "The System of Disposal of Waste in Olsztyn. The Construction of the Municipal Waste Disposal Plant"; so called large-size EU project worth over Euro 50 million,
providing legal advice for the project "The National Maritime Safety System – Stage IIA" consisting of the construction of a computer communication bus along the coastline of the Republic of Poland,
providing legal advice for the project involving the construction of a multisensor maritime traffic surveillance system along the entire Polish coastline – The National Maritime Safety System – Stage I,
providing legal advice for the project entitled " The Upgrade and Development of the Integrated System of Public Transport in Olsztyn" involving, amongst others, of the construction of a traffic management system
and the introduction of the tram transport system in Olsztyn,
providing legal advice to a public finance sector unit for the purchase of a real estate property where the value was greater than PLN 150 million,
providing legal advice for a project of construction of coastline armouring structures in the Oksywie area,
providing legal advice to a leading European construction company in regard to the tendering procedures for hydro engineering contracts,

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A public event will be held on Saturday 18th November at the Subscription Rooms to allow the public to see a summary of the three bids for the Subscription Rooms.
The Stroud Subscription Rooms are up for sale. Will they remain in public hands or be sold to a private company?
People's Republic of Stroud have their election manifesto out on a chalk board.


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Mizzou Basketball
Missouri Basketball 17-18
Mizzou's rematch with Kentucky happens with the Wildcats on the upswing
Whether or not we get to see Michael Porter Jr, this is a tough game for the Tigers to pull out.
By Sam Snelling@SamTSnelling Feb 24, 2018, 7:09am CST
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Life isn't always roses when you're a blue blood. Sure you're going to be good every year which is nice. But when you're at the top, you get everyone's best each and every night.
This year in the SEC has proven long downtrodden programs bringing their best is much better than it used to be. Kentucky even being slightly down coupled with the rest of the league being on the upswing has left Kentucky in a six-way tie for third place at 8-7.
Coming into this season John Calipari had never lost more than six conference games. He also hasn't run into the kind of resistance in league as he has this year and Kentucky has struggled relative to expectations.
We've spent plenty of time in the preseason and previewing the last game talking about the young Wildcats. So I don't plan on doing as much today. If you want to know all about what to expect from Kentucky, read those pieces. In fact, here are ALL the links for Kentucky...
Kentucky is still the class of an improving SEC
A hyper-talented Kentucky team represents Mizzou's latest challenge
A simple and effective defensive game plan was the key for Missouri
The Watch: Kentucky is down, but likely not for long
Nelson Chenault-USA TODAY Sports
So a quick primer goes like this:
PROJECTED STARTERS
PG: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander vs Kassius Robertson
CG: Hamidou Diallo vs Cullen VanLeer
WING: Kevin Knox vs Jordan Barnett
CF: Wenyen Gabriel vs Kevin Puryear
POST: Nick Richards vs Jeremiah Tilmon
Kentucky is deep and talented, but they do struggle at times with having a guy they can go to for a bucket. Kevin Knox has become the defacto go to guy despite not being a good fit for it. He's been the leading scorer most of the year but he's prone to disappearing at times.
The toughest matchup for Mizzou the first time around was Gilgeous-Alexander, a natural combo guard who tortured Mizzou defenders with drives and rim attacks. Though he struggled from the floor, whoever gets this matchup has their hands full.
Mizzou succeeded in the last matchup by limiting UK's opportunities in the full court and making things really tough in the half court. And Kentucky bricked their way to a healthy road loss.
To win in Rupp, Mizzou is going to have to be even better defensively. Because it will be a lot easier for a 4-0 run to turn into a 10-0 run with the young Wildcats playing at home. They're going to need good performances from Kassius Robertson and Jordan Barnett. They're going to need a sense of urgency from Jontay Porter and Jeremiah Tilmon. This Tiger team can win in Rupp Arena, but they need to be the confident team we've seen take down Alabama and Tennessee, less the sloppy version who showed up against Ole Miss.
Moving on.
Jaime Valdez-USA TODAY Sports
The mess with College Basketball and FBI got a little more interesting yesterday with some reporting from YahooSports and ESPN. The first ball dropped from Yahoo:
Documents and bank records obtained in discovery during the federal investigation into the underbelly of college basketball detail in meticulous fashion the expenditures of prominent former NBA agent Andy Miller, his former associate Christian Dawkins and his agency, ASM Sports. They include expense reports and balance sheets that list cash advances, as well as entertainment and travel expenses for high school and college prospects and their families.
Yahoo Sports viewed hundreds of pages of documents from the years-long probe that had federal authorities monitoring multiple targets and intercepting more than 4,000 calls across 330 days, providing a clear-eyed view into the pervasive nature of the game's underground economy.
Yahoo had names, and some current ones. Dennis Smith Jr, Isaiah Whitehead, Bam Adebayo, Markelle Fultz, Wendell Carter, Eric Davis, Chimezie Metu, Collin Sexton, Kevin Knox, Eric Davis, Josh Jackson, Miles Bridges.
This is all crap you see. These are payments of mostly middling amounts of money that equate to meals and hotel stays for an agent to pay a visit to prospective clients. Dennis Smith Jr's salacious amount of $73,500 is roughly 1% of his rookie contract with the Mavs. Miles Bridges mom apparently got like $400. Tom Izzo makes over $4 million a season.
Seeing my old high school teammate and former Missouri Tiger Johnnie Parker mentioned in this for his mentorship of Chimezie Metu is another joke. The life of an AAU basketball coach, particularly one living in Southern California is not a lucrative one. They apparently received $2000.
Like, this money is nothing, and these numbers are coming from a wannabe sports agent. Sorry if I don't get too upset about anyone getting a few hundred dollars when the NCAA is a multi-billion dollar industry.
The ESPN story was a little different though:
FBI wiretaps intercepted telephone conversations between Arizona coach Sean Miller and Christian Dawkins, a key figure in the FBI's investigation into college basketball corruption, in which Miller discussed paying $100,000 to ensure star freshman Deandre Ayton signed with the Wildcats, sources familiar with the government's evidence told ESPN.
According to people with knowledge of the FBI investigation, Miller and Dawkins, a runner working for ASM Sports agent Andy Miller, had multiple conversations about Ayton. When Dawkins asked Miller if he should work with assistant coach Emanuel "Book" Richardson to finalize their agreement, Miller told Dawkins he should deal directly with him when it came to money, the sources said.
The telephone calls between Miller and Dawkins were among 3,000 hours of conversations intercepted from Dawkins' phone by the FBI.
Deandre Ayton is being forced by the NBA to choose either playing overseas or playing in college after high school. Being drafted isn't an option despite him being the likely #1 overall draft pick this upcoming draft. So Arizona getting him for $100,000 is a pretty damn good deal.
That Sean Miller was dumb enough to get caught actually making these phone calls... well, he obviously missed the memo on how it works. So dumb on him.
That said, if you think Miller was explaining how he was going to pay Ayton for 3,000 hours well... I've got a bridge to sell yada yada yada.
Three thousand hours of conversations is bad news for college coaches. And Miller is likely just the tip of the iceberg. I caught some flack from some Illinois fans for this tweet:
This isn't an extra benefits kind of thing, both Rameys and Cuonzo don't mess around like that.
More than likely, the Rameys surveyed the landscape and the Mizzou option looks better than it did in the fall.
— Sam Snelling (@SamTSnelling) February 23, 2018
Truth is, the flack might be deserved. We have no idea if Missouri is absolved (we have a pretty good idea Kim Anderson wasn't buying players but that's another point), we also have no idea if Illinois is involved. So literally every fan of a division 1 college basketball team should not be throwing stones right now.
If players from Wichita State, Murray State and Norfolks State were mentioned in all this, I feel safe saying nobody is absolved until we have all the information out in public. And even then everyone else is probably guilty too just because everything is bad.


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Hampton Court Palace – English Landmark – Malcolm Surridge – Artist – Landscape Paintings – Surrey Artists Gallery
Artist: Malcolm Surridge
Art Medium: Pen and Watercolour
Limited Edition Fine Art Prints available from £40
Pen Drawings from £120
Original Paintings from £250
Malcolm Surridge
Surbiton Art Studio: 10 Pyne Road, Surbiton, Surrey, KT6 7BN
Paintings in Pastels and Drawings
Email: malcolm.surridge@sky.com
Website: malcolmsurridge.co.uk
I specialise in creating bright, vibrant pastel paintings, using intense colour, lighting and atmospheric effects, which enable me to transform simple subjects into the magical. I focus on Italian, Mediterranean and English themes, from landscape to more close-up studies of windows, doorways, floral and still-life subjects. I also enjoy working in pen and wash
Born in 1952, I come from a long line of artists and can trace my ancestry back to Richard Wilson, the well-known 18th century English "romantic" painter. I studied at the City of London Polytechnic and the Wimbledon School of Art before embarking on a career as freelance artist and illustrator.
In addition to book-jacket illustration, I have produced work for television, films and museums, and have painted murals for commercial companies, and more recently, as a Lecturer in Art and Design.
My first love, however, has always been landscape painting. Capturing the effects of lighting and atmosphere, enables me to turn simple objects into the magical, always with the intention to convey the very essence of the subject, rather than just merely state the obvious.
Work has been exhibited in various galleries in London and the South East.
Solo Art Exhibitions
• 2016 – Arthouse Gallery Surbiton – Exhibition of pastels, watercolours and pen drawings
• 2014 and 2015 – The Greene Room, Cobham. Exhibition of local views
• 2012 – The Greene Room, Cobham. Exhibition of local scenes
• 2011 – The Greene Room, Cobham. Summer exhibition
• 2011 – Pastoral Centre, St Joseph's, New Malden. Exhibition of original paintings and prints
• 2007 and 2008 – Open Studio and exhibition
• 2006 – Open Studio and Exhibition, Artist Studio, London
• 2005 – Solo Exhibition, Surrey County Council, County Hall, upon Thames, Surrey
• 2005 – Open Studio and Exhibition, Artist's Studio, Surbiton, Surrey
• 2003 – Spring and Autumn Open Studio and Home Shows
• 2002 – Surrey County Council, County Hall, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
• 2001 – Spring Exhibition – New Paintings of Italy, John Arthur Art Gallery, Dorking, Surrey
• 2000 – Spring exhibition recent paintings of Italy, John Arthur Art Gallery, Dorking, Surrey
• 1997 – Aspects of Italy, Wimbledon Theatre, London SW19
Group Art Exhibitions
• On-going from 2009 – Arthouse Gallery, Surbiton. On-going exhibition of work
• 2010-2018 – Artists and prints at Arthouse Gallery Surbiton
• 2014 to date – Framers Gallery, Wareham. On-going exhibition of work with other gallery artists
• 2009 to date – Multiple commissions for private clients and commercial companies
• 2009 to date – The Greene Room, Cobham. On-going exhibition of work with other gallery artists
• 2012 – Mulberry Tree Gallery, Swanage, Dorset. Joint exhibition
• 2010 to 2011 – The Gentle Gallery, Dorking. Joint exhibition
• 2009 – John Arthur Gallery, Dorking. Joint exhibition
• 2009 – Knapp Gallery, Regent's Park, London. Joint exhibition
• 2008 – Surbiton Open Studios event
• 2008 – Llewellyn Alexander Gallery, London SE1. Joint exhibition
• 2007 – 2008 – Advocate Art Gallery, Wimbledon. Joint exhibition with other gallery artists
• 2007 – 8 Proprietary Orders for Open Edition Prints, Encore Art Group, Canada
• 2007 – 4 images for Open Edition Fine Art Prints, Encore Art Group, Vancouver
• 2006 – Open Edition fine art prints of 6 images, Canadian Art Prints, Vancouver
• 2006 – 6 greeting cards for fine art range, Sunrise Greetings, Indianapollis, USA
• 2006 – Sub-licensing of images for calendars and tableware, Gallerie La Facette, Canada
• 2005 – Greeting Cards, Paperhouse Group, Gloucester
• 2005 – Open Edition Fine Art Prints, Canadian Art Prints inc, Vancouver, Canada
• 2005 – Greeting Cards, Sunrise Greetings, Bloomington. Indianapolis, USA
• 2005 – Restaurant scene designs for coasters, Thirstystone, USA
• 2005 – Framed resin shadow boxes of restaurant scenes, New View Gifts, Philadelphia
• 2004 – Cover design and illustrations for wine catalogue, The Wine Society, Stevenage, Hertfordshire
• 2004 – Christmas Cards, Ling Design, Bath, Somerset
• 2004 – Open Edition Fine Art Prints, Canadian Art Prints, Vancouver, Canada
• 2003 – Fine Art Prints, Canadian Art Prints inc, Vancouver, Canada
Hampton Court Palace – Malcolm Surridge – Artist – Landscape Painting in Pastels – Surrey Artists Gallery
Art Medium: Pastel on Card
Skating At Hampton Court – Kim Page – Paintings in Watercolour and Oil – Surrey Art Gallery – England
Artist: Kim Page
Skating at Hampton Court
Kim Page
Paintings in Watercolour and Oil
Email: kimpageseven@gmail.com
I paint in a loose, impressionist style. I am influenced by artists like Ken Howard, John Singer-Sargent, Sorrella, the masters of Chiaroscuro, who emphasised light and dark tonal values almost to the detriment of colour.
Primarily, I am the pastor and teacher of a church in Woking, I have painted professionally for nearly 30 years, holding solo and joint exhibitions in the UK and across Europe. I regularly hold painting classes for students and I am often invited by various Art Societies to demonstrate, hold workshops and appraisals.
Recognition of my talent and ability date back to my early childhood, when Annigoni viewed my work and recommended to my parents that I should pursue my painting. At 12, I won a scholarship to junior art school.
Working in watercolour or oils, my choice of subject is wide-ranging and my faith inspires me. I paint what I see and feel – those things which exercise my mind and cause me to stop, look, think and imagine.
The Local Artists, Guildford Art Society, Woking Society of Art.
Hampton Court Palace – John Walsom – Contemporary and Architectural Artist – Buildings and Interiors in Oils, Acrylics and Watercolours – Surrey Art Gallery
Artist: John Walsom
Art Medium: Original Painting in Watercolour – Please contact the Artist
Fine Art Limited Edition Prints available, each signed and numbered by the artist
Price: £105+VAT
John Walsom
Contemporary and Architectural Artist
Buildings and Interiors in Oils, Watercolours and Acrylics
Studio: 38-42 Fife Road, Kingston, Surrey KT1 1SU
Email: mail@johnwalsom.co.uk
Website: www.johnwalsom.co.uk
John Walsom is a Surrey artist who's renowned for his paintings of architectural subjects. He has illustrated the buildings of some of the best-known companies and people in the world. He is represented in London by Burlington Paintings of Burlington Gardens, Mayfair.
John began in the 1970's by selling his paintings of local scenes from the railings of the Bayswater Road in London. Most of these early works are now scattered around the world, from the Americas to Japan. In the 1980's he worked at a much larger scale as a scenic artist, painting huge canvases and backdrops for live theatre.
Since 1990, John has specialised in painting architectural subjects, in oils, watercolour and acrylics. His success has been built on a sense of enjoyment and light in all his pictures and a thorough understanding of his subjects and his technique.
The demand for his work today, means that most of his time is filled with commissions for paintings and illustrations.
John has produced pictures for banks and property developers, magazines, advertising agencies, architects and designers.
His clients include: The Royal Bank of Scotland, The University of Cambridge, Historic Royal Palaces, Rolex Watch Co., Holmes Place, Land Securities, J Walter Thompson, McCann Erickson, Guardian Weekend Magazine, Berkeley Homes, Hammerson, Costain, Barratt, Building Design Partnership, Sheppard Robson, Chapman Taylor Partnership, Opera North and The Oxford University Press.
He has exhibited at the Royal Academy Summer Show and has recently completed a commission to produce the painting for the 2009 "Oxford Almanack" – an annual publication of the Oxford University Press. Previously commissioned artists include JMW Turner, John Piper, David Gentleman and Sir Hugh Casson.
John lives in Thames Ditton, Surrey with his family and works from his studio in Kingston Upon Thames. When he's not painting, he likes playing blues guitar, and/or drinking beer in the sun.
Architectural Portraits
Portraits of buildings, from private houses to modern office developments, can be commissioned in all sizes, from small watercolours to very large oil paintings. They can reflect pride in a new development, or affection for an old building.
The colours and design are inspirational, but the whole process is governed by a respect for the craft of painting. The finished paintings evoke the very specific atmosphere of each place, in the nature of a true portrait.
John Walsom wants his pictures to have a positive impact.
"I've always tried to paint pictures that people will want to look at for a long time, without getting bored. People are proud of their buildings. They love the way they look at certain times of day, in a certain season, and a reminder of that moment makes them happy. It's all about capturing a moment in the life of a place."
Wapping Group of Artists, Chelsea Art Society and an associate of the Royal Society of Marine Artists
Hampton Court Palace & Gardens – London Art Gallery – Artist John Healey – Byfleet Art Group
Artist: John V Healey
Hampton Court Palace and Gardens
Giclee Prints £50 + p&p
Image Size: 37cm x 24cm Plus mount
John V Healey
Water Colour Paintings and Architectural Visuals
Email: johnvhealey@talktalk.net
John studied at 'Bradford Regional College of Art' where after a pre diploma year, he went on to study and then work in the field of exhibition and interior design.
After a successful career as a designer, he has returned to one of his first loves - painting. The detailed architectural presentations that are one of the necessities of a professional designer are reflected in his work as an artist.
John works mostly in watercolour, with subjects ranging from landscapes of his native Yorkshire and his adopted county Surrey, to London scenes and steam railways.
His work can be regularly seen in the 'Room for Art' gallery in Chobham and other Surrey and London exhibitions.
Original paintings and good quality Giclee Art prints of his work are available.
Byfleet Art Group, Woking Society of Arts


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Q: Troubles in if-else statement in Rcpp With the following simplified code I wish to simulate from the N(0,1) distribution and return a list with the simulated values as well as a vector which depends on the simulated normals (see the code below). The problem is that the if-else statement is not working at all! Please, could somebody help me understand where is the problem?
#include <RcppArmadillo.h>
#include <Rcpp.h>
using namespace Rcpp;

//[[Rcpp::depends(RcppArmadillo)]]

//[[Rcpp::export]]

List cond(arma::vec epsilon, IntegerVector Nsim) {
int iNsim = Nsim[0];
arma::vec ans(1);
arma::vec epsil(epsilon);
arma::vec vans  = arma::zeros(iNsim);
arma::vec vcond = arma::zeros(iNsim);
LogicalVector cond;
RNGScope scope;

for (int i=0; i<iNsim; i++) {

  ans = Rcpp::rnorm(1, 0.0, 1.0);
  vans.row(i) = ans[0];
  cond = abs(ans) >= epsil;
  if (cond) {
    vcond.row(i) = 10;
  } else {
    vcond.row(i) = -10;
  }
}

return List::create(
    _["sim"] = vans,
    _["cond"] = vcond);
}

I run it in R by saving it to file.cpp and then by sourceCpp("file.cpp").

A: The original code is confused about where to use a vector, and where to use a scalar.
He is shorter and repaired version:
#include <Rcpp.h>

using namespace Rcpp;

//[[Rcpp::export]]
DataFrame cond(double epsil, int iNsim) {
  double ans;
  NumericVector vans(iNsim);
  NumericVector vcond(iNsim);
  RNGScope scope;

  for (int i=0; i<iNsim; i++) {
    ans = R::rnorm(0.0, 1.0);
    vans[i] = ans;
    if (fabs(ans) >= epsil) {
      vcond[i] = 10;
    } else {
      vcond[i] = -10;
    }
  }

  return DataFrame::create(_["sim"] = vans,
                           _["cond"] = vcond);
}

Besides using (and passing) scalars where scalars were meant to be used, it also corrects abs() to fabs() -- a common C/C++ problem. I also reverted to Rcpp vectors - as much as I like to use Armadillo, it wasn't needed here.
Here is example output given a random seed:
 R> sourceCpp("/tmp/erlis.cpp")
 R> set.seed(1)
 R> cond(1.0, 6)
         sim cond
 1 -0.626454  -10
 2  0.183643  -10
 3 -0.835629  -10
 4  1.595281   10
 5  0.329508  -10
 6 -0.820468  -10
 R>

A: Here is the solution:
#include <RcppArmadillo.h>
#include <Rcpp.h>
using namespace Rcpp;

//[[Rcpp::depends(RcppArmadillo)]]

//[[Rcpp::export]]

List cond(arma::vec epsilon, IntegerVector Nsim) {
int iNsim = Nsim[0];
arma::vec ans(1);
arma::vec epsil(epsilon);
arma::vec vans  = arma::zeros(iNsim);
arma::vec vcond = arma::zeros(iNsim);
LogicalVector cond;
RNGScope scope;

for (int i=0; i<iNsim; i++) {

  ans = Rcpp::rnorm(1, 0.0, 1.0);
  vans.row(i) = ans[0];
    bool go_ = true;
    for(int i = 0; i < ans.size(); i++)
        if(abs(ans[i]) < epsil[0])
            go_ = false;

  if (go_) {
    vcond.row(i) = 10;
  } else {
    vcond.row(i) = -10;
  }
}

return List::create(
    _["sim"] = vans,
    _["cond"] = vcond);
}

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Discover the aromatic plants native to the island and use them to make this traditional Ibizan drink.
The Fluxà family will show you the craft distilling process in a traditional distillery and you will be able to make your own Ibizan herb liqueur, the island's most highly valued liqueur.
In this workshop you will learn to identify fennel, thyme, rosemary, lemon verbena, lavender, rue, eucalyptus, chamomile, juniper, oregano and many other plants.
The workshop includes a tour of the botanic garden where you will see more than 20 types of aromatic herbs, more than 10 varieties of chili peppers and native fruit trees such as carob, cherry, plum and almond trees.
During this tour we will get acquainted with the 17 aromatic herbs needed to make Ibizan herb liqueur.
During the workshop we will learn how to pick the right herbs and all about the distilling process. We will mix the herbs we have picked and make our artisan herb liqueur.
At the end of the workshop, each participant will have made a bottle of artisan Ibizan herb liqueur to take home with them.
An Ibizan, Juan Fluxà, founded Can Fluxà, a family business, driven by a passion for the land, native plants and craft work, with the aim of promoting the wealth of the most traditional Ibizan products derived from the land and sea, like herbs and liqueurs, now clothed in modernity to excite all five senses.
Famers, craftspeople and entrepreneurs. Over two generations, the Fluxà family has learnt just how to translate their love for the island into a way of life. They grow the trees and herbs used to produce their star products in their own botanic gardens. Ibizan herb liqueur, fig liqueur and almond liqueur. They use these herbs to give flavour to their salt collection and they produce a delicious sweet chili jam.


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InstantThmbnails requires Microsoft .Net Framework 1.1 to run.


Abby Alpert, Mark Duggan , and Judith K. Hellerstein, Journal of Public Economics 108, 44-62, December 2013 .
Generic drugs comprise an increasing share of total prescriptions dispensed in the U.S., rising from nearly 50% in 1999 to 75% in 2009. The generic drug market has typically been viewed at the wholesale level as a competitive market with price approaching marginal costs. However, the large presence of third party payers as final purchasers may distort prices at the retail level relative to what a standard model of price competition would predict. In this paper, we investigate how generic drug producers compete in the presence of the procurement rules of the Medicaid program. Medicaid reimbursement to pharmacies, like that of other payers, is based on a benchmark price called the average wholesale price (AWP). The AWP is reported by generic producers themselves, and until recently has been subject to essentially no independent verification. As a result, generic producers have had an incentive to compete for pharmacy market share by reporting AWPs that exceed actual average wholesale prices, as this "spread" leads to larger pharmacy profits. In 2000, after a federal government audit of actual wholesale prices of generic products, states were advised to reduce Medicaid reimbursement by as much as 95% for about 400 generic and off-patent drug products. We use variation induced by the timing of this policy along with its differential impact on drug products' Medicaid reimbursement to estimate the impact of this exogenous price change on the market share of targeted products. Our findings indicate that pharmacies did respond to the perverse incentives of the Medicaid program by dispensing products with the highest AWPs. Overall, the Medicaid market share fell by about 45% for targeted drug products as a result of the policy.


Match date: 5 Mar 2019 | Basketball - Eurocup | Posted: 5 Mar 2019 at 16:55 GMT+3 | 523 views.
Alba Berlin against Unicaja, it's the Game 1 of the Eurocup QF.
IMO game in Berlin has all chances to finish with high score. I can say that I know both teams very well cause both were in previous stage in group with Serbian teams. Alba played with Partizan, Unicaja met with Crvena zvezda.
What's interesting is the fact Unicaja never lost Eurocup playoffs series. Furthermore, Alba was historically bad against Spanish sides. After all, Unicaja is 4-1 in five games in Berlin. That's something to think about if you like Alba here.
But, Unicaja has currently certain problems with injuries and their recent results, especially away from home were pretty modest. Still, Spanish ACB is the strongest league in Europe.
In any case, Unicaja was mainly involved in very high scoring games and I feel today's one is going to be another one such. Fact that Alba force very fast tempo and with lot of 3-pts shooting should be helpful for over bet. By the way, with 87.4 points per game, Alba is the highest scoring team in Eurocup this season.
Alba Berlin vs Unicaja betting preview represents the personal opinion of the author (FairPlayBet).


When we started Bruce Keith Real Estate Coaching & Seminars, we had been going strong in real estate sales for 10 years as a husband and wife team. We could have kept going. At that point, we had been consistently coming in with top sales for our brokerage, having closed more than 1000 deals.
But we realized our passion was not in our own success. It was in helping others get to where we were.
We noticed many real estate agents starting out and struggling. Once they graduate from their qualifying program, they approach the world of real estate with little to no sales skills. But without a strong toolset from which to begin your real estate sales journey, you might as well be shooting arrows in the dark. It's a talent that needs development, just like any other career. But many still don't realize that.
Bruce first entered the coaching world by working for three of the top real estate coaching companies on the market. He spent 11 years doing that before starting his own, boutique-style, real estate business coaching company.
We wanted to change the experience for struggling agents, or for the ones that had stagnated, and weren't sure why. We saw a lot of potential in these salespeople. It just wasn't being utilized or perfected by brokerages, or anyone else.
And that's expected; this industry is commission-based. Most of the time, it's the survival of the fittest out there. The fastest ones, the strongest ones and the naturally talented ones make it. But the ones who just need a little nudge often don't.
So how do you accelerate a person from '0 to 60 mph' in real estate? That's what we figured out. How? By having been there, and done that ourselves.
Sure, we had some background in sales and marketing working at IBM. But no one taught us what the plight would be like, transitioning from predictable salaries to commission-only incomes. No one taught us how to start a business from scratch. And certainly, no one taught us how to work efficiently – and successfully – as a husband and wife team in real estate (trust us, that took some work!).
We learned all of the above the hard way – by our 'feet on the street,' and through the 'daily grind.' We woke up every day mastering the art of getting over our failures fast. This was so we could make the climb to the next level without wasting time. We discovered how to stay strong, and how to keep learning, so we wouldn't get 'stale.' We took control of our future – we didn't let circumstances decide it.
Today, we teach those hard-learned lessons in our real estate training programs. The formula that took us years to perfect is now easily available through information products, seminars or personal, one-on-one real estate coaching services.
Our real estate coaching company has seen a lot of success in others, through what we've managed to put together as teachable material. Our clients have doubled, tripled or quadrupled their sales revenue. They constantly tell us how much our training has helped them, and how different it is than what's out there.
And to be honest, that makes us really happy, and proud. We wanted our real estate coaching company to be different at the outset. We just didn't believe that fancy marketing was the secret sauce to real estate sales. Nor were cookie-cutter manuals other coaches in the industry were (and are) using. You can't 'factory produce' promised results.
Sure, you can use those methods – but they don't explain everything. Like, why do they work for some and not others? Many have encountered that mystery, we believe.
Our training is different because it's not theory, and it's not about marketing investments. It's about the real, honest-to-goodness truth of waking up every day, and doing your 'homework.' We teach you what to do right now to make sales in real estate.
We also keep you accountable to your goals in a practical way. Bruce will actually get you to call him at 6 a.m. if that's your goal. And he's not joking about making sure you do.
Going above-and-beyond that, we also pay attention to what makes our clients unique. They each have strengths and situations they can utilize to their advantage. Situationally, farming a 2,000 home subdivision is not quite like selling commercial office space, or cottages near a ski resort. Personality-wise, our clients may not all be good at an approach like cold calling. But they do have something they can use to 'connect' with their leads.
We help real estate agents find their 'nugget.' And in doing so, we stay away from trying to change their weaknesses. That can be the wrong place to waste your time, if you're going to waste it in the first place.
We love doing what we do, because we get to watch, on a daily basis, how much real estate sales training makes a difference in people's lives. Watching the growth and maturation of a person in real estate sales is truly rewarding to us. We hope to continue going strong, with our amazing clients, for as many years as we can!


CommerceNet Singapore (CNSG) has embarked on a broad scale pilot project with assistance from multiple participating tertiary and research institutions, industry organisations, multi-national corporations and local enterprises - to document and produce a series of quality, targeted marketing plan research and industry financial analysis.
The project aims to analyse industry precise line of business and the specific market area currently not easily available. Findings will be available to both CNSG members and non-members. Being a not-for profit organisation, CNSG depends entirely on industries' participation and contributions to prepare the industry reports. The scope covers regional key industry segments in many ASEAN locations, starting from Singapore, Malaysia, Korea and Hong Kong. The first five key sectors for the pilot projects are already launched with a leading tertiary institution in Singapore.


Pensacola area's major events for the week of Feb. 4-10, 2018.
11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday to Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday to Saturday, Blue Morning Gallery, 21 Palafox Place. The Adorn Jewelry Show, running through Feb. 24, features artists Christine Chandler, Dave Williams, Delia Stone, Diane Rennie, Jan Kurtz, Joy Oxley, Karyn Spirson, Mara Viksnins, Martha Desposito and Melinda Giron. A variety of styles and materials makes this a jewelry show for everyone. More info: bluemorninggallery.com, 850-429-9100.
3 p.m. Sundays, 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, through Feb. 11, Pensacola Little Theatre, 400 S. Jefferson St. The famed musical with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Bible's Old Testament. $33. PLT will be accepting coat donations for Gulf Coast Kid's House applicable for a 10 percent discount on the purchase of full-price adult tickets. More info and ticket purchase: PensacolaLittleTheatre.com, 850-432-2042.
4:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 4, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. The Big Game will be shown on 15 TV screens, and five big-screen monitors in four rooms. Super Bowl trivia and prize giveaways. More info: www.sevillequarter.com, 850-434-6211.
6:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, Horizen Restaurant, 3103 E. Strong St. Featuring the House Band, Jazz Jam is strictly for fun, an opportunity to play jazz with other musicians. Admission is free for participating musicians, including high school and college students with student IDs. $10 for Jazz Pensacola members and guests, $12 for non-members, free for students with ID and military in uniform. Dinner and drinks available. More info: jazzpensacola.com, 850-433-8382.
7:30 to 9 p.m. Monday, Feb. 5, Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. The UWF Department of Music presents Dr. Sheila Dunn, Corey McKern and Blake Riley in concert with special guest Dr. Steven Brown, Dean of the College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities. The program will include art song, arias, musical theater and cabaret by composers such as Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Vaughan Williams, Finzi, Ricky Ian Gordon and William Bolcom. Free and open to the public but tickets are required. More info and reservations: 850-857-6285.
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday, The Art Gallery, Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. An exhibition of work by Michael J. Deas and Gregory B. Saunders. A gallery talk with both artists, followed by a reception, will be 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, at The Art Gallery. Deas is a New Orleans-based artist who works primarily in oils painted on wooden panel. Saunders, a Pensacola artist and UWF instructor, creates large-scale powdered graphite drawings through a unique process. More info: uwf.edu/tag, 850-474-2696.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 12 to 4 p.m. Sunday, through March 18, Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. "Katrina Andry: Depose and Dispose (of)" is an exhibition of work by Katrina Andry that invites the viewer to engage in collective empathy and to understand the tangible and societal consequences of loss through systemic brutality and its historical and contemporary implications. More info: pensacolamuseum.org, 850-432-6247.
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, 12 to 4 p.m. Sunday, through Feb. 18, Pensacola Museum of Art, 407 S. Jefferson St. The Pensacola Museum of Art, in partnership with Escambia County School District and the PMA Guild, presents the 64th annual "Youth Art Focus" in recognition of National Youth Art Month. The exhibition will highlight art students and art educators of Escambia County schools and serves as a celebration of the strong artistic achievements of K-12 students and their teachers. More info: pensacolamuseum.org, 850-432-6247.
1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, Hot Sands Glass, 15500 Perdido Key Drive. Meet and greet with glass artist Lyn Gentry. She uses various glass and processes, not only fusing glass but incorporating dichroic glass, glass created with a process that uses metallic oxides allowing for many colors to be seen within a piece depending on the light reflection. More info: hotsandsglass.com, 850-602-9279.
7:30 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. The UWF Department of Music presents Dr. Boyan Bonev, adjunct professor of cello, in a performance of works for solo cello by Johann Sebastian Bach and Zoltan Kodaly. Free and open to the public, but tickets are required. More info and reservations: 850-857-6285.
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, Saenger Theatre, 118 Palafox Place. "Buddy" tells the story of Buddy Holly through his short yet spectacular career, and features the classic songs, "That'll Be The Day," "Not Fade Away," Ritchie Valens' "La Bamba," The Big Bopper's "Chantilly Lace" and many more. $48 and up, plus taxes and fees. More info: pensacolasaenger.com, 850-595-3880.
11 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, Guy Thompson Community Center, 5629 Byrum St., Milton. The City of Milton's Senior Program presents Kari Lewis, community health educator with the Santa Rosa County Health Department, in a talk about fall-and-injury prevention. More info and to RSVP: 983-5466.
12 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, Old Christ Church, 405 S. Adams St. The UWF Department of Music presents an afternoon of chamber music, "Love Is in the Air and Music." Members of the Chamber Music class will perform a wide variety of chamber music repertoire featuring many different instruments and groups. Free and open to the public. More info: 850-474-2147.
4 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. The Pensacola Opera presents a 40-minute operatic version of "The Three Little Pigs" by John Davies. More info: 850-436-5060.
7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, Vinyl Music Hall, 2 Palafox Place. The raw and raucous trio The Devil Makes Three from Brattleboro, Vermont, perform. With The Huntress and Holder of Hands. $22.50 to $25, with $5 additional surcharge for younger than 21. More info: vinylmusichall.com, 850-607-6758.
7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 7, Music Hall at the Center for Fine and Performing Arts, Building 82, University of West Florida, 11000 University Parkway. The UWF Department of Music presents the Jazz Combo in concert. The combo will be joined by a number of special guests, a group of UWF alumni returning to perform. Free and open to the public, but tickets are required. More info and reservations: 850-857-6285.
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, Franco's, 523 E. Gregory St., downtown Pensacola. The Retired Officers Wives and Widows Association meeting and luncheon and social activities. More info and reservations: 850-686-1160.
6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, Skopelos at New World, 600 Palafox St. Chef de Cuisine Takara Smith and the Skopelos Culinary present the Vegan Wine Dinner. Over seven courses, experience the depth of vegan flavors with a specialty deconstructed pot pie, vegan cheese tasting, seitan en croute, and more, with each course meticulously paired with hand-selected wines. $75 per person, plus tax and gratuity. More info and reservations: 850-432-6565.
7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 8, Vinyl Music Hall, 2 Palafox Place. The legendary singer, songwriter and guitarist David Allan Coe in concert. $25 to $30, plus additional $5 surcharge at door for younger than 21. More info: vinylmusichall.com, 850-607-6758.
Beginning Feb. 9, Voices of Pensacola Building, 117 E. Government St. All of the Oscar-nominated short films in all three categories — animation, live action and documentary — will be shown, presented by Pensacola Cinema Art. More info: PensacolaCinemaArt.com.
9 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Anagama Kiln, 7507 Buckeye Drive (corner of State Road 87 and Buckeye Drive in Holley, 7 miles north of Navarre). The Gulf Coast Kiln Walk Society Inc. presents the 2018 Woodstoke Pottery and Kiln Festival. Two historical wood-fueled kilns will be unloaded during the festival unveiling creations for many different potters. Attendees may assist with the unloading. Potters will be exhibiting and selling their artwork. Free and open to the public. Food sampling, $10 per bowl. More info: kilnwalk.org, 939-2744.
10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Gulf Breeze Library, 1060 Shoreline Drive. The Friends of the Gulf Breeze Library annual meeting. Light seasonal bites and beverages will be served. Open to the public. More info: www.facebook.com/friendsofgblibrary.
12 to 1:45 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Studer Community Institute Plaza, 220 W. Garden St. Prior to the Pensacola Grand Mardi Gras Parade, meet the coach and members of the University of West Florida Argonauts football team, fresh from their participation in the NCAA Division II Championship Game. A live zydeco band provided by Stirling Properties will provide music in the Plaza. Coach Pete Shinnick and the team and staff will be Grand Marshals of the parade. Free and open to the public. More info: pensacolamardigras.com.
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, downtown Pensacola. The city's largest Mardi Gras parade will travel west on Garden Street from Spring Street, then turn north on Palafox Street to Wright Street before turning south down Palafox, ending at Main Street. Free and open to the public. More info: pensacolamardigras.com.
Following the Grand Mardi Gras Parade, Saturday, Feb. 10, Seville Quarter, 130 E. Government St. The Mardi Gras party continues at Seville Quarter after the parade is over with the largest post parade dance party in Pensacola at Phineas Phogg's. More info: www.sevillequarter.com, 850-434-6211.
2 p.m. Saturday, Feb 10, Pensacola Library, 239 N. Spring St. Teens and tweens who think cupid rhymes with stupid are invited to celebrate the "loathsome' holiday, making anti-Valentine's Day cards and cookies. More info: 850-436-5060.
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, Saenger Theatre, 118 Palafox Place. The Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Peter Rubardt present "All You Need is Love: A Beatles Tribute." Also performing, the tribute group "Jim Owen Presents: Classical Mystery Tour," featuring original members of the Broadway sensation "Beatlemania." $23 to $99. More info and ticket purchase: pensacolasymphony.com, 850-435-2533.
9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, 7 p.m. Sunday and Monday, Feb. 11 and 12, Swan Neck Meadery & Winery, 2115 W. Nine Mile Road, No. 9. A unique adaptation of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" presented by First City Shakespeare. Presented in "Boozy Bard" style, the play features a running time of less than an hour and a cast of but five, and a couple of dolls. Before each scene one of the performers will be chosen at random to down an alcoholic shot. $15. More info: setsco.org, 662-278-8383.
April 13, North Willing Street, Milton. The city of Milton is seeking nonprofit vendors for the annual Scratch Ankle Festival, a gathering of Milton residents to celebrate the city's historic and rich heritage. Nonprofit clubs, organizations, and groups home-based in the tri-county area (Santa Rosa, Escambia, and Okaloosa counties) are invited to participate and set up fundraisers for their organizations. Application fee includes a 10-by-10 foot area. Booth spaces with electricity, $35; with no electricity, $20. Food/beverage booth spaces, $45 with electricity; $30 with no electricity. Applications at Guy Thompson Community Center, 5629 Byrom St., Milton. More info: 850-983-5466.
April 28 and 29, downtown Pensacola. Historic St. Joseph Church's Blues & BARBQ is a two-day event of live music, food, fellowship and the opportunity to browse and buy great arts, crafts and curios. Event organizers are looking for vendors. More info: 850-932-8584.
March 16-18, Vince Whibbs Community Maritime Park in downtown Pensacola. Arts and crafts vendors are welcome to submit applications for the ninth annual Smokin in the Square, Sponsored by the Kansas City Barbecue Society. More info: smokininthesquare.com.


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Post-doctoral Fisheries Researcher Needed
Integrated Statistics is looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher (PR) to work with the NOAA Fisheries, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) Population Dynamics Branch in Woods Hole, MA. The Population Dynamics Branch assesses numerous fish and invertebrate stocks off the northeast coast of the United States and develops improved quantitative techniques for stock assessment, forecasting of resource trends, and ecosystem modeling.
As part of developing scientific decision support tools for operationalizing ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM), multi-species population models have become increasingly important as a tool to understand the effects of primary species on each other in marine ecosystems. Although a broad range of modeling approaches for EBFM have been suggested, multi-species assessment models that focus on ecologically or economically important stocks have the potential to provide tactical catch advice while accounting for species interactions and the effects of species composition on the productivity of commercially important stocks. Within the field of single-species population modeling, state-space approaches to inference have recently become more prominent and practical to implement. These models have separate components for stochastic processes related to the population changing over time and for the sampling that generates observations at particular points in time.
The PR will collaborate with scientists in the NEFSC Population Dynamics Branch and at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth on a research project to develop and evaluate a state-space, age-structured, multi-species assessment model. The PR will develop and apply computer programs to fit these models to survey, catch, and diet data for a set of species in Georges Bank, initially. Models will also be fit to simulated data to evaluate the statistical behavior and effects of model mis-specification on the estimates provided by the model, including the trade-offs among management objectives associated with projecting models under alternative fishing scenarios. The computer programs developed by the PR will provide a general framework that can be applied to other sets of species and/or large marine ecosystems. The PR will take a leading role in the creation and publication of reports, peer-reviewed papers, and presentations at scientific meetings on the results of this research.
· A completed (or nearly-completed), earned PhD degree in a relevant discipline, such as Fisheries Science, Statistics, Ecology, or other related field, that demonstrates a strong quantitative background.
· Experience fitting population dynamics models to data for fisheries stock assessment is preferred.
· Demonstrated experience of fluency in statistical/modeling programming languages (e.g. R, AD Model Builder, Template Model Builder).
· Strong written and oral communication skills, as evidenced preferably through publications in the peer-reviewed scientific literature and presentations to a variety of audiences
The position has an annual salary of $50K-55K and is eligible for the benefits described on the Integrated Statistics website (http://integratedstatistics.com). This position is full-time for two years, with the second year of funding conditional on the PR making satisfactory progress during the first year. Start date is flexible, and the successful candidate could begin as soon as possible.
The position will be located at NOAA Fisheries in Woods Hole, MA with some expectation for travel to scientific meetings and to meet with regional partners. Desk space will also be provided at the University of Massachusetts' School for Marine Science and Technology and the PR encouraged to interact with students and staff at both collaborating institutions. Opportunities exist for teaching, student mentoring, academic training, and participation in regional scientific advisory working groups dependent on PR interests and career goals. Further information on the NEFSC and UMass Dartmouth SMAST can be found via the institutions' websites (www.nefsc.noaa.gov; www.smast.umassd.edu).
Qualified applicants should submit a cover letter, CV and contact information for at least two professional references. Writing samples will be required once CVs are reviewed.
Integrated Statistics is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law. Consistent with its obligations under federal law, Integrated Statistics is committed to taking affirmative action to employ and advance in employment qualified women, minorities, disabled individuals, special disabled veterans, veterans of the Vietnam era, and other eligible veterans. For assistance with accessibility of applications, posters, forms, and/or documents, please email the Integrated Statistics office.


Robotic welding systems provide speed, accuracy, and repeatability in many fabrication and manufacturing applications. The opportunity for savings is a primary reason many companies make the investment in automation.
However, it takes more than just installing a system to have a profitable automated welding operation. Neglecting other important steps in the process — preventive maintenance, operator training, and the use of complementary equipment called peripherals, for example — can result in a system that is not performing as well as it should. A robotic welding system is only as strong as its weakest link; therefore, a less efficient process can lead to more expenses via rework and downtime in the long run.
On this link you can find some common myths about robotic welding systems that can keep a company from fully maximizing its return on investment (ROI) and advice to address those misconceptions.


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Chinese Leader Visits the Central City of Da Nang
Thursday, November 16, 2006 15:31
President Hu Jintao visits Matrix toy factory in the city's Hoa Khanh industrial park.
President of the People's Republic of China Hu Jintao and the first lady arrived in the central city of Da Nang on Wednesday, kicking off his official visit to Viet Nam for the 14th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting being held later this week.
Upon his arrival to the city of Da Nang, Chinese President Hu Jintao led a delegation of senior officials from the Chinese Communist Party to visit the Hong Kong-based Matrix toy company's factory in Da Nang's Hoa Khanh industrial park. There are currently eight Chinese-owned enterprises with factories or other infrastructural components in Da Nang worth over US$ 102.2 billion.
Later the same day, Mr. Jintao met with government officials and business leaders from Da Nang. He was also in attendance for a banquet in his honor that was hosted by local leaders at the Furama Resort.
Speaking at the meeting, Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Ba Thanh affirmed that the city of Da Nang would always work to accommodate Chinese enterprises interested in investing in, or setting up businesses in the city.
The Chinese president and his entourage will be led on a tour through the ancient town of Hoi An in the Quang Nam province today before leaving for Ha Noi to meet with more top Vietnamese leaders.
Early Wednesday, Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung appointed the Ministry of Planning and Investment to work more closely with the Chinese to add content to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the implementation of two industrial corridors in an effort to increase economic cooperation between the Vietnamese and Chinese governments.
The contents of this memorandum state: "Through a mutually beneficial agreement, China is supporting Viet Nam by investing in the construction of high quality railways and motorways in the industrial corridor. This is considered a significant step in achieving overall success in this cooperative effort."
According to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two countries' leaders will issue a joint statement including the framework for bilateral economic cooperation before the Chinese president wraps up his visit to Viet Nam.
Source: SGGP, TT – Compiled by Trong Khuong


text:
package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"net"
	"reflect"
	"time"

	c "github.com/flynn/flynn/Godeps/_workspace/src/github.com/flynn/go-check"
	"github.com/flynn/flynn/discoverd/client"
	"github.com/flynn/flynn/logaggregator/client"
)

type LogAggregatorSuite struct {
	Helper
}

var _ = c.Suite(&LogAggregatorSuite{})

func (s *LogAggregatorSuite) TestReplication(t *c.C) {
	app := s.newCliTestApp(t)
	app.flynn("scale", "ish=1")
	defer app.flynn("scale", "ish=0")
	defer app.cleanup()

	aggHost := "logaggregator.discoverd"
	waitForAggregator := func(wantUp bool) func() {
		ch := make(chan *discoverd.Event)
		stream, err := app.disc.Service("logaggregator").Watch(ch)
		t.Assert(err, c.IsNil)
		up := make(chan struct{})
		go func() {
			timeout := time.After(60 * time.Second)
			defer close(up)
			defer stream.Close()
			var current bool
			for {
				select {
				case <-timeout:
					t.Error("logaggregator did not come back within a minute")
					return
				case event := <-ch:
					switch {
					case event.Kind == discoverd.EventKindCurrent:
						current = true
					case !wantUp && current && event.Kind == discoverd.EventKindDown:
						return
					case wantUp && current && event.Kind == discoverd.EventKindUp:
						aggHost, _, _ = net.SplitHostPort(event.Instance.Addr)
						return
					}
				}
			}
		}()
		return func() {
			<-up
		}
	}

	wait := waitForAggregator(false)
	flynn(t, "/", "-a", "logaggregator", "scale", "app=1")
	wait()

	instances, err := app.disc.Instances(app.name, time.Second*100)
	t.Assert(err, c.IsNil)
	ish := instances[0]
	cc := s.controllerClient(t)

	readLines := func(expectedLines ...string) {
		lineCount := 10
		lc, _ := client.New("http://" + aggHost)
		out, err := lc.GetLog(app.id, &client.LogOpts{Follow: true, Lines: &lineCount})
		t.Assert(err, c.IsNil)

		done := make(chan struct{})
		var lines []string
		go func() {
			defer close(done)
			dec := json.NewDecoder(out)
			for {
				var msg client.Message
				if err := dec.Decode(&msg); err != nil {
					return
				}
				lines = append(lines, msg.Msg)
				if reflect.DeepEqual(lines, expectedLines) {
					return
				}
			}
		}()

		select {
		case <-time.After(60 * time.Second):
		case <-done:
		}
		out.Close()

		t.Assert(lines, c.DeepEquals, expectedLines)
	}

	runIshCommand(ish, "echo line1")
	runIshCommand(ish, "echo line2")
	readLines("line1", "line2")

	// kill logaggregator
	wait = waitForAggregator(true)
	jobs, err := cc.JobList("logaggregator")
	t.Assert(err, c.IsNil)
	for _, j := range jobs {
		if j.State == "up" {
			t.Assert(cc.DeleteJob(app.name, j.ID), c.IsNil)
		}
	}
	wait()

	// confirm that logs are replayed when it comes back
	runIshCommand(ish, "echo line3")
	readLines("line1", "line2", "line3")

	// start new logaggregator
	wait = waitForAggregator(true)
	flynn(t, "/", "-a", "logaggregator", "scale", "app=2")
	wait()

	// confirm that logs show up in the new aggregator
	runIshCommand(ish, "echo line4")
	readLines("line1", "line2", "line3", "line4")
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


text:
Hollywood History and Haunts Tour
HOLLYWOOD'S HISTORY & HAUNTS WALKING TOUR
In front of the
Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel,
7000 Hollywood Boulevard
HOLLYWOOD HISTORY & HAUNTS
Join Dearly Departed Tours' Brian Donnelly as he gathers bodies as the sun goes down… and Hollywood's dark side comes to LIFE!
Follow him as he leads the brave souls on foot down the Notorious Walk of Fame… and infamy! As only Brian can, he will recount over 100 Tragedy-Filled years that allow mourners to pay their respects to the history and eerie haunts of Hollywood. Creepy Crime Scenes and Foreboding Famous Landmarks. Not every Hollywood Story has a happy ending and sometimes greater fame is achieved in DEATH… than in life.
You'll see the scary sights, spooky sounds and stinky smells that define the Tantalizing Tarnished Star that is Tinseltown. The 1.5-hour Walking Tour covers a 1-mile bloody trail of bars, alleys, storefronts, theaters, and hotels.. many with a haunting story attached.
"Hollywood's dark side
comes to LIFE!"
Each guest on this intimate tour will have a personal headset (sanitized, of course) to make sure you don't miss a word of the weirdness! Brian is a well-known Hollywood historian and this close-up tour is a dream come true for him. He can show you the town he loves and calls home, and point out a lot of gross stuff too.
Dearly Departed Tours has been featured on Ghost Adventures, The History Channel's Haunted History, and the Syfy channel's Haunted Collector. We've also been featured in the books Haunted Hollywood and Ghosts of Hollywood I, II and III.


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Criterion Systems, Inc. to Provide Cybersecurity and IT Services to DOE NNSA Pantex Plant and Y-12 National Security Complex
VIENNA, Va., December 01, 2021--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Criterion Systems, Inc. (Criterion) announced today that it will be providing cybersecurity and IT services to the Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Pantex Plant and Y-12 National Security Complex, two of the six production facilities in the NNSA Nuclear Security Enterprise, as a subcontractor to Nuclear Production One, LLC (NPOne), a Fluor-led joint venture with Amentum. The program will be managed through Criterion's Nuclear Security Division, which has been supporting the NNSA mission for more than a decade.
"Criterion has supported the NNSA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) enterprise-wide cybersecurity program for six years, during which we have had the opportunity to work with NNSA leadership on a variety of strategic programs," stated Promod Sharma, Criterion President and CEO. "We are looking forward to applying our knowledge and expertise from this and other DOE NNSA programs to the Pantex Plant and Y-12 National Security Complex."
This win significantly expands the company's DOE work and will bring hundreds of new employees to Criterion. Sharma added, "This new business solidifies Criterion as a technology solutions leader in the nuclear security arena while supporting our continued trajectory of rapid revenue growth. It is a testament to the talent and mission-focused dedication of our employees."
Criterion's current work at the DOE includes providing comprehensive cybersecurity support services and management for major IT and cyber projects for the NNSA Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). The company also started supporting the NNSA Office of Secure Transportation (OST) in 2011.
With 162 years of combined service and experience, the NPOne team will carry out NNSA's mission to accomplish its production targets, build and modernize America's nuclear security manufacturing infrastructure, and lead the world in advanced production technology.
About Criterion Systems
Criterion Systems, Inc. (Criterion) is a cybersecurity and IT services company. Since 2005, Criterion has provided cybersecurity, IT infrastructure operations, cloud/data center management, and systems engineering for our nation's mission-critical environments across the Federal Government. Criterion is a trusted partner and proven prime contractor managing and executing enterprise-level IT service delivery across multiple departments/agencies. Our work leverages the expertise within our Cybersecurity and Cloud Centers of Excellence to identify best practices in the face of rapidly changing technology, emerging cybersecurity threats, and evolving industry/government standards, rules, and regulations while creating better, more efficient processes and methods for meeting complex challenges. Criterion has achieved Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)-DEV and CMMI-SVC Level 3 ratings and has been certified against ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management Systems, ISO/IEC 27001:2013 Information Security Management Systems, and ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018 Information Technology – Service Management Systems by G-CERTI Co., Ltd. Criterion is headquartered in Vienna, VA, with sites across the United States. More information can be found at criterion-sys.com.
Elizabeth Albrycht
Criterion Systems, Inc.
elizabeth.albrycht@criterion-sys.com
Democrats were picking up the pieces Thursday following the collapse of their top-priority voting rights legislation, with some shifting their focus to a narrower bipartisan effort to repair laws Donald Trump exploited in his bid to overturn the 2020 election. The nascent push is focused on the Electoral Count Act, an 1887 law that created the convoluted proces s for the certification of presidential election results by Congress. For more than 100 years, vulnerabilities in the law were an afterthought, until Trump's unrelenting, false claims that voter fraud cost him the 2020 election culminated in a mob of his supporters storming the Capitol.
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AUA Summit - Moses Swick, MD (1900 – 1985)
Moses Swick
Moses Swick, MD (1900 – 1985)
The rise of uroradiology pioneer Moses Swick, MD is one that moves through controversy and the anti-semitic attitudes of the early part of the 20th century.
Born in New York City at the turn of the century, Moses Goldstein was the son of Lithuanian emigrants who had left imperial Russia for the United States in 1894. Records from the 1920 census indicate that his father, who was not a naturalized resident of the United States at the time, was self-employed as a butcher. In 1928, his father, Alter Goldstein, became an American citizen.
He attended Columbia University from 1918 to 1922, where he received a bachelors of science degree and prepared for medical school. Medical schools at the time had quotas for Jewish students, and at some point during his time at Columbia, the younger Goldstein changed his name to Moses Swick. It is speculated that he underwent the name change to avoid being considered part of these quotas. He received his medical degree from Columbia Medical School in 1924, and continued post-graduate education in Germany at Hamburg University. Dr. Swick's early work in Germany would eventually pave the way for uroradiologic techniques such as intravenous pyelography.
Contrast imaging of the genitourinary tract was, at the time, in the earliest of stages. Based on intravenous instillation of sodium iodide, X-rays taken of the urinary system produced distinct but faint images. At the same time, urologists were treating urinary tract infections with iodated compounds. Professors Arthur Binz and Leopold Lichtwitz, both in Berlin were synthesizing compounds, such as Selectan-Neutral, to treat infections. It was during these studies that Dr. Swick recognized the value of the iodated compounds for imaging the urinary tract.
Swick worked to modify the structure of the compound, which at the time had proven side effects like vomiting, nausea and headache. He traveled to Berlin to work with Binz and Alexander von Lichtenberg to accomplish this goal.
By replacing the methyl radical in the compound with a sodium acetate radical, Dr. Swick was able to lower the toxicity of the compound. He increased the solubility to allow for more iodine content. The result was Uroselectan. Injected intravenously, the material cleared the body through the urinary tract and allowed for distinct images as X-rays were taken. He published his work in 1929 but von Lichtenberg presented the material at local meetings, first in Munich of that year, and then at the annual meeting of the AUA in 1930. Swick was not given any due credit by his former supervisor for the momentous discovery.
The discovery and development of Uroselectan ushered in a new era in urologic diagnostics. The excretory urogram, or intravenous pyelogram (IVP) allowed physicians to image stones, cysts and tumors with a reasonably non-toxic material. His achievements helped urge progress of numerous sub-specialty areas of urology including urologic oncology, pediatric urology and nephrolithiasis.
Swick returned to New York prior to Nazi ascension in Germany. He spent his entire academic life at Mt. Sinai Medical Center. He continued to be shunned by the national and international community until Professor VF Marshall's investigation led to Swick being awarded the Valentine Medal of the New York Academy of Medicine in 1966 after "30 unkind years of heartache and oblivion." For his research contributions, Dr. Swick received the Citation for Distinguished and Exceptional Service from the City of New York in 1978 and a citation from the Society of Urology in 1984. He also received an honorary doctorate from the Free University of Berlin in 1975. The American Congressional Record regards Swick's work as one of the five major contributions of an individual to medicine. He retired in 1981 and died in 1985 as a result of complications from a septic gallbladder illness.


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Topics:Biometrics, CBSE, facial recognition, privacy, Surveillance
CBSE rebuffs need for privacy policy of facial recognition tool: 'it's a simple face matching process'
Soumyarendra Barik
Government-run education board CBSE said its facial recognition system does not have a privacy policy because it is a "simple face matching process", the board said in an RTI filed by Delhi-based digital rights group SFLC.in.
CBSE or the Central Board of Secondary Education had rolled out a facial recognition system in October for students to download their academic documents for the 10th and 12th grade. More than 2,300 students had gone through the facial recognition tool, as of November 24, to download their documents, CBSE said in the RTI. MediaNama had earlier reported that CBSE's facial recognition system doesn't have enough safeguards, including a privacy policy.
There's a major gap in CBSE's response: It isn't clear what the organisation means by a "simple face matching process", and why that is enough of a reason to not have a privacy policy. Students' photographs, collected by the CBSE to issue board admit cards, form the basis of the facial dataset that underpins this facial recognition system, which means that the organisation will be dealing with sensitive personal data of children.
It also isn't clear if the CBSE's facial recognition tool uses the 1:1 or the 1:N protocol. The former verifies an image against another image, while the latter recognises an image from a large dataset. In either case, facial recognition technology, in general, isn't a simple technology to get right, and it appears that the central education board is trying to significantly downplay the capabilities of its facial recognition system.
CBSE, in the RTI response, also said that the facial recognition functionality is currently under a pilot phase and is "just a second factor facial matching verification service".
CBSE won't say if it carried out a privacy impact assessment: SFLC.in had also asked CBSE whether it had carried out a privacy impact assessment before rolling out the facial recognition tool, and CBSE did not directly address that question. Instead, it said that "no template consent form" was created.
No additional consent sought from students or guardians: CBSE also revealed that it has not sought any additional consent from students or their guardians for using the facial recognition tool because no additional data is needed by the system. "The system uses the admit card photographs already available on CBSE record to match the photograph of the student," it said.
However, we had earlier pointed out that it isn't clear whether CBSE had intimated students and guardians that the photographs they're submitting for their board certificates could someday be used as a facial dataset.
CBSE claims extremely high accuracy rates: CBSE also claimed that the accuracy of its "simple face matching" tool is 99% in "test conditions". This is a very high accuracy rate, and is only possible in the most ideal scenarios, where every component including the camera, and lighting is controlled. In real life scenario, a lot of students will actually be using the system using low quality webcams on laptops, which is bound to reduce the system's accuracy.'
'No private company involved': CBSE said that the system was developed in "technical collaboration" with the National e-Governance Division, under the IT Ministry. However, it did not specify what role NeGD played in the development of the platform, and whether any other entity was involved in its development. However, it did specify that no private company was involved in the development of this tool, or any of its features.
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Former FBI Director Robert Mueller was named special counsel in the Russia investigation in May 2017. We highlight a few of the milestones of the probe.
PHILADELPHIA — With the long-awaited special counsel's investigation done but its contents still shrouded in mystery, Americans waited for details, yawned with boredom or stayed fixed to their long-cemented positions on President Donald Trump, the man at the probe's center.
For all the expected splash of Robert Mueller's report, it arrived with more of a thud, thanks to the secrecy surrounding it. Few saw any reason to think it would sway many opinions in a divided republic but, across ideology, many expressed relief the investigation was finally over.
Dajah Harris, 21, a college senior at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Va., is a Democrat and no fan of Trump.
She saw the investigation as a distraction from more important things like the border wall, homelessness, college debt and welfare programs. The country should never have elected someone, she said, whose background raises such questions.
"I don't feel that where the country is right now that this is something we should even be discussing," she said.
Mueller worked in virtual silence as a stream of charges have flowed forth against 37 people and companies. From the start, with his appointment on May 17, 2017, some have framed his work as a battle of good and evil of biblical proportions.
And on the 675th day, Mueller finished his work, and he rested. But nothing changed for those who had watched and waited.
For Mark Itzen, 64, a social worker from Levittown, Pa., it was a frustrating reality.
For liberals who welcomed the investigation with gleeful shouts of "It's Mueller Time!" and anxiously awaited justice that aligns with their view of Trump as a nefarious force, it seemed the endless billows of smoke would surely produce evidence of fire.
whose search for retribution is as loopy as its policies, it seemed certain to bring exoneration to Trump and maybe even a road map for future victory by him and his party.
Jason Cox, 51, a farmer in Campbellsville, Ky., who voted for Trump in 2016 and plans to do so again next year, saw it the way Trump framed it — as a witch hunt.
me, the way Democrats wanted," he said.
Stan Pearson, 69, a retired math professor in Newport News, Va., was among Trump detractors who had high hopes for the report: The start of impeachment proceedings and charges of treason. He called Trump's election the "worst experiment ever in our history," and is not convinced Attorney General William Barr will release the full report.
"We may well have to settle for what we can salvage," Pearson said.
Barr was on pace to release his first summary of Mueller's findings Sunday, people familiar with the process said.
moderates who held their noses and voted for Trump despite lingering questions about his character.
Shaela and Cindy Buchanan were tackling chores Saturday at the Lost Sock Laundromat in Wichita, Kansas, when the topic of Mueller was raised.
"Which one is Mueller?" asked Cindy Buchanan, 51, a manager at a paint company.
She doesn't follow politics closely but liked Trump at first. The questions about Russia, though, caused her to reconsider.
Her wife, Shaela Buchanan, 48, who considers herself a political independent, sees Trump as "bought and paid for" while regular people live paycheck to paycheck.
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Linden joins opposition to proposed Pilgrim Pipeline
More than 30 municipalities have adopted resolutions against the Pilgrim Pipeline.
Federal hearings this week on the proposed PennEast Pipeline.
LINDEN – The city has joined 30 other New Jersey municipalities in opposition to the proposed Pilgrim Pipeline that would carry oil from upstate New York to a refinery here and then back to Albany.
The Linden City Council voted last week to adopt a resolution opposing the dual pipeline that would cross five New Jersey counties.
In passing the resolution, city council members expressed concerns over pipeline safety.
Paul Nathanson, a spokesperson for the project, said he is confident that once people learn more about the pipeline and safety measures, they will support the project.
The 178-mile Pilgrim Pipeline would carry 200,000 gallons of crude oil per day from Albany through the Hudson River valley to a refinery here. The pipeline then would transport 200,000 gallons of refined petroleum products, such as gasoline, diesel and home heating oil, to Albany.
The company has said the double pipeline, with diameters of 16 and 18 inches, would take the place of 1,200 barge trips a year on the Hudson River.
The company also has said that ice on the Hudson River disrupts winter barge traffic on the river. According to the United States Coast Guard, ice now is affecting navigation on the river north of the George Washington Bridge.
In Central Jersey, preliminary maps show the $820 million Pilgrim Pipeline would enter Watchung, the only Somerset County municipality affected by the project, near the Berkeley Heights border by Interstate 78 and exit near the intersection of Route 22 and Terrell Road. The route would follow an existing Public Service Electric and Gas Co. easement.
The pipeline then would continue southeast toward this city. Pilgrim Pipeline has estimated the route would affect 33 properties in Scotch Plains, 23 properties in Berkeley Heights, 14 in Fanwood, seven in New Providence and three in Westfield.
Madison Mayor Bob Conley and Chatham Borough Mayor Bruce Harris will host an informational meeting on the Pilgrim Pipeline at 7 p.m. Wednesday at Madison High School, 170 Ridgedale Ave., Madison.
Speakers will be discussing the pipeline's route and the state's regulatory process. Members of the New Jersey Legislature are to be in attendance. The State Assembly has passed a resolution opposing the pipeline.
Twenty-six of the 28 New Jersey municipalities on the proposed route have passed resolutions against the pipeline.
"The recent spills around the country show the dangers these pipelines pose to communities. If a spill were to happen here, the water supplies for New Jersey and New York would be in jeopardy," said Jeff Tittel, director of the N.J. Sierra Club. "Linden and other towns around the state understand the risk of this pipeline to their community and drinking water by passing resolutions."
The Pilgrim Pipeline is the second pipeline proposed for Central Jersey that is drawing opposition from elected officials and environmentalists.
The PennEast Pipeline, which daily would carry a billion cubic feet of natural gas from Hazleton, Pennsylvania to southeast of Lambertville, would enter Hunterdon County north of Milford, then continue parallel to the Delaware Valley, before connecting with another pipeline in Mercer County southeast of Lambertville.
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold public hearings on the PennEast proposal at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the West Trenton Ballroom, 40 W. Upper Ferry Road, West Trenton and 6 p.m. Thursday at The Grand Colonial, 86 Route 173, off Route 78.
Because the Pilgrim Pipeline will carry oil, not natural gas like the PennEast Pipeline, the federal government does not have jurisdiction over the project.
"These meetings are a critical part of the battle to protect the Delaware Valley from this damaging pipeline," Tittel said. "The PennEast Pipeline will not only create an ugly scar through our valley, but will destroy important habitats and pollute high quality streams, rivers, and cut across important waterways. This is a battle against not only fracking in Pennsylvania, but fracking in our valley. We need to come out and show them that they have to do their job by protecting our environment and water supply."


Aircel has introduced 2 new RateCutters offering the Lowest On Net Calling Tariffs & a Combo Message Packs for its customers in Gujarat telecom circle. Altough Aircel has On Net RateCutters & SMS RateCutters, but to offer more choice & benefits to its customers, it has launched these 2 new RateCutters.
Sony Mobile has today announced the launch of 2 new rugged smart phones to extend its Xperia line up, the Xperia Go & Xperia acro S. Both the smart phones are Water & Dust proof and comes with scratch resistant mineral glass displays.
Vodafone is the 6th largest Telecom Operator of Himachal Pradesh having a total subscriber base of about 4.7 lakhs customers as per the data available till 31st March, 2012. Interestingly Himachal Pradesh has a tele density of 120%, more than all other circles except Delhi & Mumbai.


Join in the fun on Dec. 16th from 9-12 for breakfast with Santa! There will be a knee-high buffet for kids 12 & under ($3.99 with adult breakfast purchase), cookie decorating, and candy canes! The Omaha Area Youth Orchestra will be performing at 10-12 as well!
Located by Pottery Barn Kids in Regency.
3:30 – 4:30 p.m.: Teen Food & Fun: Gingerbread Houses at W. Dale Clark (Main) Library, 215 S. 15th St.
10 a.m. – 1 p.m.: Gingerbread House Making at South Omaha Library, 2808 Q St.
10:30 – 11 a.m.: Santa Visits Storytime at Charles B. Washington Branch, 2868 Ames Ave.
2 – 4 p.m.: Ugly Holiday Sweaters at Willa Cather Branch, 1905 S. 44th St.
ParentSavvy and Fontenelle Forest are partnering together to provide fun educational, hands-on classes for pre-school age children and parents, offered FREE up to 3 times/year with registration. Register Here.
Free 30-minute performances for the community to enjoy by the Moylan Premier Figure Skating Club. Public skating will be temporarily closed during performances. Events are subject to change.
Friday, December 15th at 6:30 p.m.
Saturday, December 16th at 1 p.m.
Make a holiday craft, roast marshmallows and make s'mores over the fire. The day's main event is the Yule Log Quest. Gather your team for this fun scavenger hunt and use a series of clues to find the location of the yule log. (Yule log teams may register by calling Platte River State Park 402-234-2217. Limit of 20 teams). Park entry permit required. All Yule Log activities take place at the Walter Scott Jr. Lodge.
New event by the creators of Junkstock. Shop 70 indoor vintage vendors, makers, and artisans, Visit with Santa, see a light display, and more. Friday Sneakpeek is $10 for adults and kids 12 & under are free. Saturday or Sunday One Day Pass is $5 for adults and kids 12 & under are free.
Location: Sycamore Farms, 1150 River Road Waterloo, NE.
One of our favorite Christmas traditions is seeing the intricately designed Gingerbread Houses. They also have a fun Scavenger Hunt at each location with a picture option for the younger children.
The center closes at 3 p.m. on Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Eve, and New Year's Eve. The center will be closed on Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Location: 3215 State St., Omaha, NE & 222 E. Broadway, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Games, activities, crafts, and more.
Find many more Holiday Events here!


The amount of money that you will spend on a cruise to Alaska varies vastly depending on a number of things, including how far away from Alaska you plan on starting, how much alcohol and soda you plan to drink while on the ship, how many souvenirs you plan to take home, and what kind of berth you choose for your Alaska cruise. Although the price of a cruise might seem high at first keep in mind that this is an all-inclusive vacation. You'll not have to pay for travel expenses, hotel rooms, meals, or activities. A cruise can actually be the best bang for your buck as far as vacations go.
Your cruise will be much cheaper if you choose to fly to Alaska and to catch a cruise ship in an Alaskan port of call, or to do the same thing starting in Canada. It will cost you more to travel to Alaska from San Francisco, but the extra time at sea can be terrific, and the port of call can be much more convenient if you live further south. Compare the prices of flights to the money you save an the value of having the extra time at sea.
Remember, alcohol is not factored into the price of your cruise in most cases. While you might spend as little as $600 for a luxury cruise starting in Alaska with an inside room, your cost can soar if you like to drink. The cost of drinks on cruise ships are charged to your room, which can be convenient for you, but which can also cause you to lose track of how much you have spent. The price of drinks adds up fast, so be careful if you plan on drinking on the ship. In some cases, alcohol is included in the price, but then you will generally pay more for the ticket.
You also need to pay attention to what kind of room you are booking. You could easily save hundreds of dollars on your cruise by choosing an inside room, but keep in mind that this means no window. You will be in an interior room with no natural light source, no window, and the ability to immerse yourself in complete darkness in the middle of the day just by turning out the room light. This may be ideal for you, but if you prefer a suite with a balcony that overlooks the ocean, you can easily double the cost of the cruise.
It is a good rule of thumb to start by expecting about $1,000 per person for a weeklong cruise, and work from there to adjust things to your liking. If you'll be participating in more activities at ports, the price will go up. However, if you opt for the lesser room, the price will go down. Work with the cruise line or a travel agent to find the price that is perfect for you.