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Brian Sherota
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) directorate is a critical asset in the ICE mission, responsible for investigating a wide range of domestic and international activities arising from the illegal movement of people and goods into, within, and out of the United States. HSI is the principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Vision Statement: To secure the Homeland from transnational criminal threats. Mission Statement: To investigate, disrupt, and dismantle terrorist, transnational, and other criminal organizations that threaten or seek to exploit the customs and immigration laws of the United States. History: ICE was created in 2003 through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the former U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service. ICE now has more than 20,000 employees in more than 400 offices in the United States and 48 foreign countries. ICE promotes homeland security and public safety through broad criminal and administrative (civil) enforcement of approximately 400 federal laws governing border control, narcotics, customs, trade, transnational criminal gangs and immigration.
Operations Manager - HSI Domestic Operations Division
As a Domestic Operations Manager I was responsible for managing, directing, and coordinating all investigative activities for various ICE HSI domestic field offices to ensure the implementation of and adherence to national policies, procedures, guidelines, and directives governing investigative activities. In addition, I served as a subject matter expert providing senior leadership with prompt, real time information regarding ongoing sensitive HSI investigations and significant enforcement operations. I monitored that all investigative program directives were implemented in conformance with agency priorities while evaluating the productivity of HSI field offices by conducting assessments to determine office strengths and identifying areas that could be improved. Finally, I served as an advocate acting as an extension of each domestic office I had the pleasure of representing keeping the best interests of those offices in mind with regards to securing funding for investigative operations, travel and training. During my tenure as an Operations Manager I had the honor and distinction of representing HSI's largest and most productive Special Agent in Charge offices to include New York, Buffalo, Boston, New Orleans and Dallas.
Program Manager - HSI National Gang Unit
As a Program Manager for HSI's National Gang Unit (NGU) I oversaw four regional Operation Community Shield Task Forces based out of Special Agent in Charge offices located in St. Paul, MN; Baltimore, MD; Charlotte, NC; and Birmingham, AL. Operation Community Shield is an international law enforcement initiative that combines HSI's expansive statutory and civil enforcement authorities to combat the growth and proliferation of transnational street, prison and outlaw motorcycle gangs throughout the U.S. With assistance from state, local, tribal and foreign law enforcement partners, the initiative helps HSI locate, investigate, prosecute, and immediately remove gang members from the U.S. Under the auspices of Operation Community Shield, I provided support for local HSI office Gang Group Supervisors regarding case coordination and funding requests. I coordinated training and certified over 400 HSI and ERO personnel from over twenty-five offices on the ICEGangs database. In addition to training, I initiated a global information network comprised of approximately 100 HSI special agents and intelligence analysts used to disseminate current intelligence on outlaw motorcycle gang criminal activity. Further, I planned, strategized and executed various logistic and operational aspects for the NGU's 2012 Training Course and Symposium in Atlanta, GA attended by approximately 250 HSI special agents. Most significantly, I was a member of the team that received the 2012 ICE Director's Award for DHS Partnership for work on Operation Barbed Wire. Following the issuance of Presidential Executive Order 13581 entitled, "Protect the Financial System and Strategic Markets against Transnational Organized Crime", HSI partnered with the Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control to officially designate MS-13 as a Transnational Criminal Organization (TCO). This is the first time a street gang has been designated as a TCO.
ICE HSI Special Agents conduct transnational criminal investigations to protect the United States against terrorist and other criminal organizations that threaten public safety and national security and bring justice to those seeking to exploit our customs and immigration laws worldwide. HSI uses its legal authorities to investigate immigration and customs violations, including export enforcement, human rights violations, narcotics, weapons and contraband smuggling, financial crimes, cyber crimes, human trafficking and smuggling, child exploitation, intellectual property violations, transnational gangs, and immigration benefit fraud.
Douglas Nagel
Assistant Nuclear Weapons Safety Officer for Director, Strategic Systems Programs SP-31
Experienced Compliance Lead with a demonstrated history of working in the law enforcement industry. Skilled in Radiation Safety, Emergency Management, Physical Security, Test Writing, and Standards Compliance. Strong information technology professional with a Bachelor of Science (BS) focused in Workforce Development and Training from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
Kishore Khan
Reporting Analyst, US Postal Service, Financial Management Team/Sarbanes Oxley Compliance
Support USPS Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Postmaster General in attaining Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) compliance via the implementation of a structured Program Management Processes. Highlights include: Managing client relationship Creating and presenting targeted data reports to leadership weekly Developing automated scorecard used to track field compliance Validating systems requirements modifications Performing ad-hoc data analysis on data irregularities Detecting and mitigating data reporting gaps through analysis of field data and business processes Reviewing system modifications to identify potential areas conflicts Designing and deploying SharePoint system to collect and report field status
Michelle L. Brooks
Government Contractor
2017 Acquisition Professional Career Program (APCP) Graduate. FAC-C Level II Certified.
Kenney Staffing
Director, Information Sharing and Intelligence Enterprise Management Division
Specialties: Policy Analysis and Development, Strategic Planning and Analysis, Program Management, Systems Engineering, Enterprise Architecture Led strategic program planning and priorities development efforts to guide interagency homeland security information sharing and analysis, program management for multi-mission threat information sharing, program development of critical infrastructure threat information sharing to the private sector, and enterprise resource planning.
Katheryn Rizzo
Student Attorney
Represented stateless client in an asylum case. Coordinated efforts with UNHCR, and non-profit organizations involved in advocacy for stateless individuals.
International Human Rights Law Clinic
Jonathan Needle
Associate Legal Advisor
National Security Law Section, Homeland Security Investigations Law Division
Civil Division, Federal Programs Branch
Abu Saleh
Architect/ Region Lead
•	Lead role in strategic realignment of real property in large federal government agency •	Achievement in streamlining processes within large organizational framework •	Public sector expertise includes managing range of academic healthcare related projects such as in-patient areas, CT scanner installation, Linear Accelerator installation, "smart" classrooms and research laboratories including BSL-3 labs •	Experience in the private sector includes design and construction supervision of commercial buildings, apartment complexes and private residences •	Effective supervisory and management skills in dealing with a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders •	Master of Architecture (M. Arch) degree with emphasis on project design and management •	Winner of two architectural design competition citations
Bill Richard
Sr. Web Infrastructure Engineer
William Richard offers 20+ years of experience in multiple environments as a systems engineer. He has expertise in infrastructure enhancement across the enterprise. He has collaborated with cross-functional teams, diagnosed complex problems and improved system performance. While his experience is primarily in government requiring security clearance, his experience is not limited to that area. If you are looking for an IT professional who can analyze system requirements, create technology plans and oversee the complex implementation process to usher in a superior level of performance. Specialties: Active Directory Management, AWS Architecture, Data Center Migration, Server Deployment, Server Hardening, Web Hosting Infrastructure Support, DevOps Create Active Directory Group Policy Objects (GPOs) in accordance to industry standards while performing Active Directory user maintenance and overseeing server backup maintenance with Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery. Maintain up-to-date remote contingency environment combined with disaster recovery fallback for all mission critical systems and basic network support. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to provide physical and logical server and OS security and optimize system performance. Create and configure web sites and virtual directories. Respond to support calls and mid-tier infrastructure monitoring alert pages Deploy custom SharePoint solutions provided by a development team while maintaining systems and logical environment documentation Perform IIS directory security, adding and editing application mapping extensions, configuring Resin ISAPI filter for Java web applications, creating and configuring application pools, and managing web service extensions Utilize Net IQ monitoring software and Dell OpenManage software to resolve network, security, application, OS, and hardware related issues Creation, planning and maintenance of Storage Area Network (SAN) resources
Emily Sprouse
Management and Program Analyst - Contractor with USICE
Kelly Hyland
Kelly is a public interest attorney with 20 years of experience in social innovation through government, nonprofits and the private sector. She leverages her public policy, legal services, coalition building, management and advocacy skills to impact international human rights and workers rights, particularly human trafficking.
Senior Counsel & Policy Advisor, Office to Monitor & Combat Trafficking in Persons
J/TIP leads the United States' global engagement on human trafficking, responsible for bilateral and multilateral diplomacy, targeted foreign assistance, and federal interagency coordination. Best known for its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, J/TIP also awards grants that align with the report's recommendations, supports efforts to address forced labor in supply chains, and forges public/private partnerships.
Program Analyst
The President's Crime Prevention Council served as the primary vehicle for ensuring a coordinated federal approach to promoting comprehensive, community-based crime prevention efforts while also awarding grants for identified gaps in services. It was composed of the Attorney General; the Secretaries of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Interior, Labor, and Treasury; and the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy; and chaired by the Vice President.
The President's Crime Prevention Council
Stewart D. Smith, DHSc, MPH, MA, CCHP
Program Director, International Health Operations Policy
ICE Health Service Corps staff consists of more than 900 U.S. Public Health Service commissioned officers, federal civil servants and contract support staff. ICE Health Service Corps provides direct care to approximately 15,000 detainees treated at 21 Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) designated medical facilities throughout the nation. It oversees medical care provided to an additional 17,000 detainees housed at non-ICE Health Service Corps staffed detention centers across the country. When necessary, it authorizes and funds off-site specialty and emergency care, consultations and case management. In order to continually upgrade the quality of medical services delivered, ICE Health Service Corps actively seeks accreditation by the Joint Commission, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care and the American Correctional Association. It also complies with the Performance Based National Detention Standards. Principle advisor to the ASD (HA) for all international health operations policy concerns in direct support of operational activities and programs. Specific responsibilities include coordinating international force health protection matters with the Joint Staff, Services, and other DoD agencies on all North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) military medical standardization programs and policies issues; development and conflict resolution of DoD positions on proposed NATO Standard Agreements (STANAGs); OASD (Health Affairs) point of contact for reviewing, monitoring, analyzing, and developing policy on military medical international standardization actions involving U.S. Armed Forces and allied nations.
United States Department of Defense
Peter Mina
I am a proven leader of national legal program, resources and staff. Throughout my career, I have been a trusted counselor to senior agency officials and an advocate on federal personnel matters. I am an effective communicator and consensus builder as well as an agile manager of the internal and external political landscape.
Vincent G.
Senior Contract Specialist (Team Lead)
An innovative, customer-focused executive leader with an enterprise-wide, strategic approach to procurement. With Exceptional internal and external customer management skills, with the ability to inspire customer confidence through attentive service and efficient problem-solving. Possesses keen analytical skills dedicated to the development of quality business solutions that accomplish organizational goals. Served as a Contracting Officer with unlimited warrant authorized to solicit contractual proposals, negotiate, enter into, execute and administer/terminate the most complex and/or sensitive contracting projects for ICE. Directed the work of assigned staff and acted as a principal contracting advisor, and represented ICE as the principal contractual authority at conferences and meetings, with internal and external stakeholders.
Immigration Customs Enforcement
Amber Smith
Attorney Advisor, Office of the Commissioner
Specialties: Privacy Law and Policy, Data Protection, Public Policy, Government Affairs •	Attorney with extensive experience providing advice to top-level government executives on strategically integrating law and policy into organizational operations. •	Subject matter expert on privacy and data protection law and policy; additional experience in analysis and application of domestic and international tax law, ethics law, and labor law. •	Highly skilled in leading cross-functional teams to consensus and managing all aspects of complex projects. •	Excellent written and oral communicator experienced in public speaking, training, negotiations, and development/delivery of internal and external messaging.
Farrah Rajabi
Analyze complex issues related to immigration law enforcement and coordinate with internal ICE programs, other Homeland Security components, and external agencies to formulate policies and procedures Engage with senior ICE and DHS leadership regarding the development of new policies and programs Regularly draft policies, circulate them for review, and coordinate their issuance with personnel throughout the agency Work with Policy staff to review ICE's overall policy governance structure and determine how to adjust it to facilitate improvements in the policy development process
Pamela Ataii
Senior Advisor to the Principal Legal Advisor of the Office of the Principal Legal Advisor of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Sparks & Silber, LLP
Mortgage Lender / Loan Officer
First Financial Services, Inc.
Jordan Holz
Admissions Assistant
The George Washington University Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Jason Madrigal
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
Hawley, Pennsylvania
Rebecca Fantauzzi
I am currently an Assistant Chief Counsel with U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE) under the Department of Homeland Security. With ICE, I litigate cases, including asylum, cancellation of removal and other immigration claims, on behalf of the U.S. government. In addition, I write and submit briefs to the court advocating the government's position on a variety of motions. Previously, I was a LLM student at the George Washington University School of Law, studying National Security & US Foreign Relations, focusing on counterterrorism and counter-intelligence law. While completing that degree, I participated in field placements with US Immigration & Customs Enforcement and with the ABA Standing Committee on Law & National Security. I am licensed in the State of NY, District of Columbia, as well as before the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Researched Foreign Agents Registration Act to understand the requirements and standards of filing. Filed reports with the FEC in order to comply with regulations on behalf of clients. Prepared Advisory Opinions to be submitted to the FEC. Drafted memoranda on behalf of Principal Attorney to commence litigation.
DB Capitol Strategies
Vidhya Amirthalingam
Labor and Employee Relations Specialist
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (Department of Homeland Security)
Frank L.
Detention and Deportation Officer
Roger L. Aarons
Homeland Security Investigations Liaison to CBP
31 years of federal law enforcement experience in the Departments of Treasury and Homeland Security. Extensive experience in the management of personnel and budgets in multi-agency and multi-national coordination environments. Strong background in conducting and managing investigations targeting a wide range of criminal violations, to include money laundering, narcotics, commercial fraud, child exploitation, and the Internet. Interaction with DOD, intelligence community, and national security counsel on transnational organized crime threat. Experienced communicator in oral and written environments. Assigned to US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Headquarters to facilitate inter-agency coordination between HSI and CBP components on cross-agency matters, to include development and coordination of joint operational, training, and oversight initiatives. Interacted with CBP management to determine the level of cross-agency involvement in identified efforts, and provided HSI perspective as appropriate.
Michal Grygo
Senior Intelligence Research Specialist
Internationally accomplished executive with solid record of performance leading global development and integration of security strategies, to minimizes loses and liabilities. Experienced leader with proven track record leading ethnically and culturally diverse teams in challenging environments. Proficient in English, German, Russian, and Polish. Worked on six out of the seven continents. Specialties: Cybersecurity, Counterintelligence (Insider Threat), Law Enforcement Analysis, Critical Infrastructure Protection, Open Source Intelligence, Supply Chain Risk Management & Threat Analysis. - Skilled investigator, debriefer, interviewer, and negotiator with Active SCI clearance and counterintelligence polygraph. - Proficient in Windows, Mac and Linux Operating environments, various office suites, and specialized law enforcement and intelligence databases.


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Petros (pronounced pee-tross) is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Morgan County, Tennessee, United States, located on State Route 116. Its population was 583 as of the 2010 census. Petros has its own post office, with the ZIP code 37845.

Petros is historically a coal mining town and is also the home of (the now closed) Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary.  Some of the town and coal mine scenes for the movie October Sky were filmed there. Also home to  Petros Joyner  school

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Census-designated places in Morgan County, Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Tennessee
Census-designated places in Tennessee
Mining communities in Tennessee
Coal towns in Tennessee
Unincorporated communities in Morgan County, Tennessee

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Factors Quotations
Factors Quotes from:
Clive Beddoe
Martin Mackay
Adrian Anderson
Anthony Chan
Bonnie Liebman
Bruce Karatz
Chris Campbell
Christopher Haiman
Clay Johnson
D James
Daniel Hynes
Darrel Good
Dave Tippett
Denzil Douglas
E B White
Frederic Panizzutti
Garry Wiseman
American Author Quotes
The most influential of all educational factors is the conversation in a child's home.
Driven Quotes
Fiscal decentralisation does not lead to higher economic growth because economic growth is much more driven by factors other than taxes and spending, e.g. increases in technological progress and improved human capital.
Lars Feld
Countries Quotes
Most problems in poor countries are locally generated even though international factors do play a role.
Confine Quotes
Economists largely confine themselves to three key factors - capital, labor and productivity - when explaining how and why a country grows.
Fear is the main factor in Arab politics... There is no Arab who is not harmed by Jews' entry into Palestine.
Bothered Quotes
Many of the factors that we think will cause motivation, such as fair pay and a good manager, won't make you love your job. Even if you eliminate what makes you dissatisfied, that doesn't make you motivated. It doesn't make your work rewarding. You just are less bothered by things.
Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.
Develop Quotes
Video games are a special kind of play, but at root, they're about the same things as other games: embracing particular rules and restrictions in order to develop skills and experience rewards. When a game is well-designed, it's the balance between these factors that engages people on a fundamental level.
Tom Chatfield
Address Quotes
Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing factors must be tackled in parallel. Yes, education alone is unlikely to lead to employment without economic reform to address the demand side in much of the developing world.
Adam Braun
Create Quotes
A race driver needs to be quick, to be intelligent, to have good relationships and be in the right place at the right time. There are a lot of factors that would create a successful race driver.
Bruno Senna
Box Quotes
The box office has become global. I think that factors in to the question of how to portray different ethnicities and cultures.
Anytime Quotes
Anytime you have a difficult encounter with your child, there is a good chance that at least one of these factors is bringing out the worst in him or her: transitions, time pressure, competition for your attention, conflicting objectives.
Brings Quotes
Wine to me is something that brings people together. Wine does promote conversation and promote civility, but it's also fascinating. It's the greatest subject to study. No matter how much you learn, every vintage is going to come at you with different factors that make you have to think again.
Robert M. Parker, Jr.
Feels Quotes
You can see my decision as either a distinctive factor or as a limitation. I don't feel it is a limitation.
Drugs have played no significant factor in my life.
I'm proud to be involved with Simon Cowell and 'X Factor.
Shows Quotes
A lot of factors go into the longevity of a show.
Cultural Quotes
Cultural values are, in themselves, neutral as well as universal, and so much depends on how individuals or ethnic groups use them. Values are influenced by so many factors such as geography, climate, religion, the economy and technology.
F. Sionil Jose
Activity Quotes
Just as we acquaint ourselves with materials, and just as we must understand functions, we must become familiar with the psychological and spiritual factors of the day. No cultural activity is possible otherwise, for we are dependent on the spirit of our time.
Derive Quotes
We package everything as a product so we can derive income from it. Then we can occupy ourselves with higher-order psychological lifestyle things. This is a very new issue. Money still matters, but other factors have joined the status game - like how interesting, how meaningful your work is.
Defects Quotes
I think it's a combination of technical and social factors that leads to all the defects in deployed software.
Kent Beck
Coloring Quotes
Orange juice from concentrate is labeled. Food coloring Red #5 is labeled. Fish are labeled as to whether they've been previously frozen. To a consumer, there's no plausible reason why these factors should be on a food ingredient label while the presence of GMOs shouldn't be.
Affect Quotes
Many foreclosed homes are neglected or abandoned, as legal proceedings or other factors delay their resale. Deteriorating or vacant properties can, in turn, directly affect the quality of life in a neighborhood, for example, by leading to increases in vandalism or crime.
Aware Quotes
We perceive, we remember our experiences, we make judgments, we act - and in all of these endeavors, we are influenced by factors that we aren't aware of.
Leonard Mlodinow
Calculate Quotes
The hazards posed by Near-Earth Asteroids are assessed by Sentry, a computer system developed by the Near-Earth Objects Group at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif. The software factors together a cosmic rock's coordinates, distance, velocity, and gravitational influences to calculate its trajectory.
Brendan I. Koerner
Entire Quotes
You don't have to find out what someone's mechanical abilities are. All those factors are already a known commodity. I've seen teams win championships and have their entire team quit the next day because they weren't happy.
Democratic Quotes
The principal factors which influenced my life are 1) nonviolent tactics; 2) constitutional means; 3) democratic procedures; 4) respect for human personality; 5) a belief that all people are one.
Business Quotes
When companies are trying to find a state to locate a new business or factory, they look at a number of factors - including tax structure, employment base, infrastructure, education system, etc.
Ronnie Musgrove
Acute Quotes
Although this crisis in some ways started in the United States, it is a global crisis. We bear a substantial share of the responsibility for what has happened, but factors that made the crisis so acute and so difficult to contain lie in a broader set of global forces that built up in the years before the start of our current troubles.
Timothy Geithner
Begin Quotes
There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that history.
Wilma Mankiller
Almost Quotes
No matter what happens in a child's home, no matter what other social and economic factors may impede a child, there's no question in my mind that a first-rate school can transform almost everything.
Convincing Quotes
The pitch, timbre, volume, speed, and cadence of your voice, the speed with which you speak, and even the way you modulate pitch and loudness, are all hugely influential factors in how convincing you are and how people judge your state of mind and character.
There are so many factors to lead to a child becoming obese.
Anything that disturbs your comfort factor is good for you.
Tony La Russa
Career Quotes
Not a great deal is known about the factors in childhood that doubtless underlie a person's choice of career - I'm talking now about a career to which one is passionately committed, in contradistinction to a career chosen merely as a means of earning a living.
As a small business or startup, one of the factors you should always consider when looking at a potential partnership is the incremental potential reach. Note that wider reach doesn't always mean a better partnership opportunity. Instead of sheer scale, take a look at which communities your potential partner can open up for you.
Leah Busque
But I'm also a vegetarian so there's another factor I guess.
Additional Quotes
Any cut to Pell Grants means low-income must take out additional loans or work longer hours - risk factors that increase their odds of dropping out of school.
Both Quotes
In recurring episodes over the next couple of decades, the minority view gradually won. A profusion of factors differentiates each case from the others, including naked partisanship on both sides, but the trend has been clear.
Becomes Quotes
As an actor, there are many confusing factors that can make you take or not take a decision. It becomes difficult. Your first and last checkpoint should be the story. I always read a script as an audience.
Awarded Quotes
Election victories increasingly depend on factors other than who votes, or tries to vote, and for whom. In 2000, the presidency was awarded by the Supreme Court, pre-empting the count of thousands of Florida votes.
Mimi Kennedy
Knows Quotes
I never know what is going to have that 'X' factor and what isn't.
Cameron Mackintosh
Money to me is not a factor in my life.
Beyond Quotes
The first lesson my kids got about the ocean was to respect it. You can never turn your back on the ocean when you're dealing with tides and currents - factors beyond your control. You have to be the CEO of your family on the water. CEO stands for 'constant eyes on,' and it's something I never forget.
Summer Sanders
It's worth knowing more about the complicated environmental and genetic factors that could explain why traumatic brain injuries lead to long-term disabilities in some people and not in others.
Anne Wojcicki
Doctors Quotes
Allopathic doctors used to laugh condescendingly at those who posited that psychological, emotional and spiritual factors were important contributors to the sickness as well as healing of the body.
I get tweets every single day going, like, 'I'm so glad you weren't on 'The X Factor.''
Aspect Quotes
Eighty percent of my life is normal like any other mother. I worry about my children, if they're doing all right. I worry that my husband is doing well. The 20 percent is just the queen aspect that factors in. But for me, it's life as usual, and it's just taking care of my family.
Basket Quotes
We have done a lot of work on cost reduction, getting ourselves lean, reducing our breakeven, reducing our fixed cost and increasing exports. All of these factors help because our export basket is not just automotive but also includes industrial products, railways and others.
Baba Kalyani
When the external factors over which one has no control in a way start to become negative, it starts to affect our creative juices.
Accelerate Quotes
There are clear expectations that the pace of appreciation is going to accelerate and that's reassuring because it's one of the key factors in easing trade tensions with the U.S..
Julian Jessop
Believe Quotes
We still saw the green route as the superior route. We truly believe it will have the least impact on all the factors we have to consider, including property owners and environmental issues.
Erica Abbett
We spoke to Cisco last night, and we do not think there is any change in its business. We believe the factors impacting Intel's results are largely immaterial to Cisco. Cisco has a very modest exposure of revenues to Europe.
Michael Ching
Driving Quotes
When you step back and put it all together, it's nice timing. It's a New Year's reminder of the geo-political factors that are driving the market higher.
Mike Wittner
Capture Quotes
We're spending more time on our computers. Even though television viewing is up, there is still a percentage that they're losing. If they put programs on the Internet, they can capture more of the audience. That's one of the key factors driving the networks.
Phil Forest
Earnings Quotes
We're just winding down the year, ending the year with these sort of small, middling gains, which to me makes sense because you've had opposing factors this year. On the one hand you've had good earnings and a robust economy, but on the other hand, you've been fighting the Fed. The two canceled each other out.
Russ Koesterich
Build Quotes
Unfortunately, many of these factors continue to persist. In addition, several other factors have deteriorated further than our previous expectations, including lower North American automotive build rates and rapidly accelerating raw material and energy costs.
David Rayburn
Assignment Quotes
With the low fares that exist in the market today, load factors are higher than ever. As a result, customers value seat assignment more than they have in the past.
Kurt Ebenhoch
Added Quotes
We're extremely proud of what he's accomplished so far. If he were to get drafted that would just be added excitement to everything that he's accomplished. You just hope for the best. He played in one of the top conferences in the nation and was a starter. He's a very intelligent young man and works hard. He has all the factors of what it takes. I think he's also got an upside to him where he's continuing to develop. He definitely hasn't peaked with his potential. I think he has room to grow as a football player.
Jerry Dunlap
Certain Quotes
This suggests that while certain genetic factors place an individual at risk of developing pulmonary fibrosis, lung injury substantially contributes to the disease. That finding raises the possibility that an intrinsic inability to repair injured lung tissue may be the fundamental biologic defect that ultimately results in fibrosis and lung collapse.
Mark Steele
Accurate Quotes
With the NCP5603, ON Semiconductor is expanding its white LED driver portfolio, offering the first in a series of high efficiency charge pump-based solutions targeted at cell phone form factors that have critical space constraints. This series offers engineers high efficiency charge pump solutions with maximum flexibility in terms of output current control, short circuit protection, highly accurate current matching for backlighting and camera flash, while house in small, low profile DFN packages.
Coming Quotes
Ultimately we will see sterling coming under renewed pressure. There are few supportive factors which are just holding it in place at the moment, namely M&A activity.
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Cases Quotes
We're still looking into the determining factors of the outbreak. We used to only have 10 to 15 cases in one year.
Melaney Arnold
Dramatic Quotes
We're still looking at job growth, but not enough to prevent unemployment from rising. If there were no special factors explaining this, it would be a rather dramatic piece of news.
Bill Cheney
Committed Quotes
We're still committed to moving forward on the project. We're working on the timing and various factors with retailers.
Jim Graham
Across Quotes
We're seeing record highs across the state right now. It's primarily due to Hurricane Katrina, but previous factors like the rising cost of crude oil before this latest disaster and the fact that nation wide refineries are having things break down thereby creating less supply, were also factors.
Jeannie Chavez
We've got a very uncertain geopolitical environment, and we have an uncertain gasoline situation in the U.S., and all those factors are driving the energy market higher.
David Pursell
Conclusion Quotes
We've ultimately come to the conclusion with the help of Ennis Knupp, is that the factors that they used were incomplete and that the numbers were somewhat inflated,
Early Quotes
We have to find out if it's exposure to smoking during pregnancy, or early experiences, exposure to lead, these are all potential factors that we have some inkling of, but we don't know how they interact with genetic predispositions,
Belief Systems Quotes
The true determining factor of our belief system is not what we're saying, but how we are living.
Content Quotes
We'll be looking at a lot of factors in this test--especially cost--but I think by the fall we can do much more. And I'd like to think we can work with some of our other content partners to do that.
Albert Cheng
We are also in the process of defining how best to work together with food and other companies to address diet and physical activity factors in order to prevent chronic diseases.
The primary factor is proportions.
Moments Quotes
Money is not a motivating factor. I do what comes to me at that moment.
I like the show [Factor] because it's horny, but it's not skeevy. Where else are you going to get that nowadays?
Your private relationship with yourself is a spring that will feed every other factor.
One of the factors that still keeps me in the studio is that every so often I have to more or less start all over.
There are multiple factors influencing bond prices right now, not the least of which is the uncertainty about what the Fed is going to do going forward.
There are some immediate experiments to see if we can use the same cocktails of growth factors to expand cord blood cells or human stem cells.
Based Quotes
We're actually the original value-based comparison shopper. We pioneered the concept of helping shoppers evaluate merchants as well as products. We found out that people don't shop just based on price. We take all the factors that go into a purchase decision, replicate those, and lay them out for the consumer.
Brian Rolfe
Card Quotes
We're always looking for ways to interest people more in our card benefits, but it's very hard to get those distinguishing factors out.
Behavior Quotes
We've seen some indications that there may be some hoarding behavior, but there are many, many factors that influence oil prices, both with respect to the short run and over the medium term, ... But there's no question that -- as in any freely trading market -- there's a psychological element that enters in from time to time.
Dash Quotes
The expectations are prompting more expectations. The market is likely to stay solid for the time being because there are no factors to dash these hopes.
Nobuki Goto
Apply Quotes
The fact of the matter is that you can apply some discipline that gives you a range of success, but given the number of factors that ultimately contribute to success or failure of a movie, at best this model is only going to give you an idea.
Boyd Peterson
Good Quotes
There are a lot of good factors out there.
There are a lot of factors when it's been raining. You have to be a little cautious.
Travis Buck
Deal Quotes
There are a lot of factors we didn't deal with before. You can travel halfway around the world and come back in a week. Illnesses that may have taken months to work their way around the globe can now happen in weeks.
Susan Cuff
There are a lot of factors to that.
Beating Quotes
There are a lot of factors that go into evaluating a coach but conference finish and beating your rival have a strong presence.
Chris Ault
There are a lot of factors that already established suppliers would have to take into consideration.
Kimberly Johnson
Consumer Quotes
There are a lot of factors here, but more than anything else, we haven't had a full jobs recovery, and the consumer is waiting for that. These numbers reflect they're kind of running out of patience.
Ken Goldstein
Amount Quotes
There are a lot of factors for injuries. The evolution of the size and speed of players, the amount of training, the types of field can all be factors. The No. 1 think we're looking for is whether there are any red flags?
Analysis Quotes
There is a limit to the number of things you can look at. Technical analysis can help catch the myriad of other factors out there that one is not specifically monitoring.
Doubt Quotes
There is no doubt about the value of investigative reporting to the public interests in exposing corruption, malfeasance, misconduct, waste ... there are weighty considerations on law enforcement, on their point of view, and national security interests. All of those factors have to be taken into account.
Admission Quotes
We set the admission goal for new students at 340. Many factors go into consideration with that, such as the classes offered, class availability, class size, budget for new faculty and how many current students return and how many graduate. The number shouldn't be less than 340 but not higher than 355.
Nathan Dehne
The production increase is more than what traders were expecting. We are going to see some more output in non-OPEC countries such as Mexico and Norway, and the second quarter is typically a period of seasonal slower demand, so those all those factors will play into an easing in oil prices.
Jordan Horoschak
Motivation is the single most important factor in any sort of success.
Clouded Quotes
There are various negative factors which have clouded the upward trend of previous days.
Blossoming Quotes
There are various hidden uncertainties if we look at the main growth engines. Exports depend on external factors and it will be a big question as to whether China's exports can be a single flower blossoming if the world economy slows next year.
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Q: SQL Join multiple dismiss same values if one is false these are examples my tables:
Employees
id     | Name
1      | employee 1
2      | employee 2
3      | employee 3

Busy_Schedule
id     | start_date  | finish_date | employee_id
1      | 20-11-2017  | 22-11-2017  | 1
2      | 24-11-2017  | 28-11-2017  | 1
3      | 20-11-2017  | 22-11-2017  | 2
4      | 20-11-2017  | 22-11-2017  | 3

I want to choose available employees based on joining these two tables.
For example, I want to know who is available from 21-11-2017 to 23-11-2017.
If I use join, I am getting employee 1 as available because of the multiple entries, whereas he is not available between these two dates.
I am working with Mysql

A: You need to check if the dates ranges overlaps.
Determine Whether Two Date Ranges Overlap
So when you know what employees are busy on those days, just select the employees NOT IN that group.
  SELECT *
  FROM Employees
  WHERE id NOT IN (SELECT employee_id
                   FROM Busy_Schedule
                   WHERE start_date  <= '2017-11-23'
                     AND finish_date >= '2017-11-21')

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Home MMA News Rich Franklin says his next fight will be his last
Rich Franklin says his next fight will be his last
It's been a little over a year since former UFC middleweight champion Rich "Ace" Franklin (29-7 MMA, 14-6 UFC) last saw action inside the octagon.
Franklin's last fight served as the headlining bout of the UFC's debut in China and saw him pitted against former Strikeforce middleweight champion Cung Le. Unfortunately for "Ace," Le was able to land a devastating right hand in the opening round that sent Franklin flying face-first into the canvas.
The 39 year-old, Franklin, appeared on Friday night's (Nov. 22, 2013) episode of 'Inside MMA' on AXS Television where he spoke to hosts Kenny Rice and Bas Rutten about is future in mixed martial arts.
Here is what the former UFC middleweight champion had to say:
"You know, I lost my last fight, and that really kind of solidified my decision to make this my last fight coming up. I know that took me out of title contention and so for me to get back into the title hunt would be a couple years' worth of work and I know that. I'm 39, I'll be 40 next year and it's getting to the point where it's late in my life and it's really too late to have that title run so I started questioning, what am I really fighting for, if I can't make it to the title anymore? I know I'm not in title contention anymore and I realize that so, that's how it is."
Franklin's UFC career has spanned over a decade. Rich defeated Evan Tanner via TKO back at UFC 53 in 2005 to claim the UFC's middleweight title. He would go on to defend the belt twice, against opponents Nate Quarry and then David Loiseau, before eventually losing his strap to the great Anderson Silva at UFC 64 in Las Vegas.
Rich was always known as being an excellent company man. He took short notice fights on multiple occasions for the UFC, including battles against legends Wanderlei Silva and Chuck Liddell, both of whom he defeated.
With his next fight being his last, who would you like to see Rich Franklin end his storied career against? Let's hear it Penn Nation!
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After hearing about Source after moving to London it has been high on my list of places to try. So when my Aunt came to visit it seemed like the perfect time to visit! Source offers seasonal, locally sourced food so it has a small yet yummy menu which is constantly changing to reflect the best produce on offer. For starter I had grilled sardines with Isle of White tomato gazpacho, whipped feta, olives & oregano… I've never had a dish like this before; it was a light and refreshing and the gazpacho was wonderfully flavoured.
My Aunt had the Charcuterie Board – Cobble Lane (a british charcuterie maker from Islington) Charcuterie (Fennel Salami, Bresaola, Saucisson) and house cured ham. Served with Balthazar bread, pickled crab apples, smoked tomatoes and pickled beetroot. The meat was flavourful and she really enjoyed the tomatoes and beetroot with them. One happy Aunt.
Source is the place to go if you want real food. Not just real food but carefully thought through wholesome food packed full of seasonal, delicious food. With the ever changing menu I can't wait to go back to see what is on offer.


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package com.facebook.buck.cxx;

import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotEquals;

import com.facebook.buck.model.BuildTarget;
import com.facebook.buck.model.BuildTargetFactory;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.AbstractBuildRule;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.BuildRuleParams;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.BuildRuleParamsFactory;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.FakeRuleKeyBuilderFactory;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.RuleKey;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.RuleKeyBuilderFactory;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.SourcePath;
import com.facebook.buck.rules.TestSourcePath;
import com.facebook.buck.testutil.FakeFileHashCache;
import com.google.common.base.Strings;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;

import org.junit.Test;

import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;

public class CxxLinkTest {

  private static final Path DEFAULT_LINKER = Paths.get("ld");
  private static final Path DEFAULT_OUTPUT = Paths.get("test.exe");
  private static final ImmutableList<SourcePath> DEFAULT_INPUTS = ImmutableList.<SourcePath>of(
      new TestSourcePath("a.o"),
      new TestSourcePath("b.o"),
      new TestSourcePath("libc.a"));
  private static final ImmutableList<String> DEFAULT_ARGS = ImmutableList.of(
      "-rpath",
      "/lib",
      "libc.a");

  private RuleKey.Builder.RuleKeyPair generateRuleKey(
      RuleKeyBuilderFactory factory,
      AbstractBuildRule rule) {

    RuleKey.Builder builder = factory.newInstance(rule);
    rule.appendToRuleKey(builder);
    return builder.build();
  }

  @Test
  public void testThatInputChangesCauseRuleKeyChanges() {
    BuildTarget target = BuildTargetFactory.newInstance("//foo:bar");
    BuildRuleParams params = BuildRuleParamsFactory.createTrivialBuildRuleParams(target);
    RuleKeyBuilderFactory ruleKeyBuilderFactory =
        new FakeRuleKeyBuilderFactory(
            FakeFileHashCache.createFromStrings(
                ImmutableMap.of(
                    "ld", Strings.repeat("0", 40),
                    "a.o", Strings.repeat("a", 40),
                    "b.o", Strings.repeat("b", 40),
                    "libc.a", Strings.repeat("c", 40),
                    "different", Strings.repeat("d", 40))));

    // Generate a rule key for the defaults.
    RuleKey.Builder.RuleKeyPair defaultRuleKey = generateRuleKey(
        ruleKeyBuilderFactory,
        new CxxLink(
            params,
            DEFAULT_LINKER,
            DEFAULT_OUTPUT,
            DEFAULT_INPUTS,
            DEFAULT_ARGS));

    // Verify that changing the archiver causes a rulekey change.
    RuleKey.Builder.RuleKeyPair linkerChange = generateRuleKey(
        ruleKeyBuilderFactory,
        new CxxLink(
            params,
            Paths.get("different"),
            DEFAULT_OUTPUT,
            DEFAULT_INPUTS,
            DEFAULT_ARGS));
    assertNotEquals(defaultRuleKey, linkerChange);

    // Verify that changing the output path causes a rulekey change.
    RuleKey.Builder.RuleKeyPair outputChange = generateRuleKey(
        ruleKeyBuilderFactory,
        new CxxLink(
            params,
            DEFAULT_LINKER,
            Paths.get("different"),
            DEFAULT_INPUTS,
            DEFAULT_ARGS));
    assertNotEquals(defaultRuleKey, outputChange);

    // Verify that changing the inputs causes a rulekey change.
    RuleKey.Builder.RuleKeyPair inputChange = generateRuleKey(
        ruleKeyBuilderFactory,
        new CxxLink(
            params,
            DEFAULT_LINKER,
            DEFAULT_OUTPUT,
            ImmutableList.<SourcePath>of(new TestSourcePath("different")),
            DEFAULT_ARGS));
    assertNotEquals(defaultRuleKey, inputChange);

    // Verify that changing the flags causes a rulekey change.
    RuleKey.Builder.RuleKeyPair flagsChange = generateRuleKey(
        ruleKeyBuilderFactory,
        new CxxLink(
            params,
            DEFAULT_LINKER,
            DEFAULT_OUTPUT,
            DEFAULT_INPUTS,
            ImmutableList.of("-different")));
    assertNotEquals(defaultRuleKey, flagsChange);

  }

}

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EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT SUNDAY'S GAME AGAINST NOTTINGHAM
The Devils are back in pre-season action this weekend against the Nottingham Panthers.
The Devils head to Nottingham on Saturday then return to Viola Arena on Sunday in Cardiff at 6pm.
TICKETS: Click HERE to purchase tickets online or give us a call on 0800 0842 666 to book. Tickets are also available from the reception at The Viola Arena.
FACE OFF TIMES: Puck drop is at 6:00pm on Sunday with doors to the arena open from 5:00pm and the bar from 4:00pm.
THE OPPONENTS: This will be the first games for Nottingham's new Head Coach Tim Wallace who was with Milton Keynes last season. Wallace, with the help of Nottingham's new Director of Hockey & former Devils player Gui Doucet, has put together a new look Panthers side with 14 new names on the roster.
50/50: You know the deal. Half the money goes to you, half to the club. The more you buy - the bigger the prize.
SHIRT OFF MIKE'S BACK: You could be going home with new Devil Mike McNamee's game worn red jersey in our SOHB raffle. Get a ticket from one of the roaming sellers or sales desks on Sunday. You have to be in it, to win it.
CHUCK-A-PUCK: We thought last week's chuck-a-puck prize was pretty sweet so we're bringing it back. To win a puck sponsorship with your favourite Devil & a Merch pack, just get a foam puck from the sales desk and then at the end of the second period break, chuck that puck as close to centre ice as possible.
If throwing foam pucks aren't your strong suit, you can also just book a puck sponsorship with your favourite Devil for Sunday. Just give us a call on 0800 0842 666 or email [email protected].
SMILE TO THE CAMERA: We've been filming some exciting things with Matt Pritchard, BBC Wales & One Tribe TV. They'll be doing more filming on Sunday so if you see a camera, give them a wave and cheer as loud as you can.
PARKING: The Toys R Us carpark will be available on match nights for Devils fans. The carpark will be manned with security and will open at 4:30pm on Sunday and will close around 2 hours after the match. The cost to park here will be £3 for the night. There are nearly 300 spaces in this carpark.
Cardiff Council have asked us to remind our fans that if you park anywhere on grass or in the visitor carpark of the residential area next door at Cardiff Pointe, that you will be ticketed and/or towed.


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Marcia Gay Harden on 'HTGAWM': 'Arguing Is in My Blood'
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Annalise Keating's (Violas Davis) world in ABC's hit series, How to Get Away With Murder, just got a lot more complicated with the arrival of Hannah Keating, her late husband's sister played by Marcia Gay Harden.
Their 20-year history is complicated, to say the least. "They've never gotten along, they've always butted heads," Harden tells ETonline. "It's about -- for Hannah, I should say -- Annalise's initial breaking of the moral code, breaking up a marriage."
RECAP: OMG ! The Jaw-Dropping Moments from TGIT
The Oscar-winning actress, who was only seen briefly at the end of the winter premiere, made a clear impression on fans. As one of TV's go-to actors for guest arcs, Harden knows how to make the most of her screen time -- even opposite Davis, fellow Oscar winner and recent Golden Globe honoree.
In fact, Harden promises that the impending showdown between Hannah and Annalise will be "fantastic," but she doesn't stop there. ETonline jumped on the phone with Harden to chat about going head-to-head with Davis, joining Shonda Rimes' TGIT lineup, and becoming TV's favorite pinch-hitter.
ETonline: Your character, Hannah, is clearly at odds with Annalise. Can you tell us a little more about that dynamic?
Marcia Gay Harden: The behavior of the two ladies is remarkably different. Hannah is this open person who would rather being a warm and cozy person even though you don't really get to see her have that opportunity in this world. But that is more where she would be comfortable. She's a psychiatrist. She likes to think out in the open.
Annalise is very, very different. She's very masked, covered, brusque, and blunt. She's not charming. Annalise lacks a kind of a charm but she is a sensual general. But she doesn't charm or grace. She just says it like it is. I think that Hannah operates very differently and would find that bluntness and directness offensive. You know, we had to make it up.
What's it like to go head-to-head with Viola Davis?
It's fantastic. We do have a showdown at the end of tonight's episode. We improv'd a bit … Fortunately, the director and writers are very cool and that we could -- within the boundaries of what we knew -- try anything. There's definitely yelling and slamming tables.
I don't what they kept. I don't know what you'll see but I know the work and process was pretty exciting. And the scene ends with a shocking discovery and everything changes from then on for the ladies.
The show has become noted for pushing the boundaries of race and sexuality on TV. What's it like to be a part of that forward momentum?
I'm not really in those kinds of scenes but it's exciting to be a part of a show that is speaking to so many people. It feels like it's on the pulse of where we are today -- generationally, gay characters, characters of all different races, strong sensual relationships, and of course, you have the interracial relationship. To me, it's on the pulse of how we are, of how society really is. People are responding to it and it's fantastic as opposed to boycotting because it's not representing what certain people want to see but this is what people want to see. It tells us something better about ourselves as a country and that's good.
NEWS: 'HTGAWM' Star Jack Falahee Says Questions About His Sexuality Are 'Reductive'
You seem like the perfect actress for any of Shonda Rimes' series. How have we not seen you on Thursday nights before now?
[Laughs] Let me call Shonda, let me ask her!
You're something of a pinch-hitter when it comes to TV dramas. What's it like coming in for these special arcs on shows like Damages, Law & Order: SVU, and The Newsroom?
Well it's good and it's bad. Law & Order is a different structure because I'm a guest star. Each episode is a complete arc. On Newsroom, Rebecca's a part of the story as I am in Murder. So it's not like each episode I'm doing a showy little number and tap out of there. But the writers, like Aaron Sorkin [creator of The Newsroom] and Pete Nowalk [creator of HTGAWM], they are writing stuff for me. That feels like an incredible honor and I don't take it lightly if they say, "Marcia Gay can handle this. Let's throw this dialogue at her." Or "I thought of Marcia Gay for this." And that makes me go, "Awww, that feels great!" But that's what you want -- a writer to see what you can do or challenge you to do something you think you couldn't do or use a certain skillset that you might have. That's what you want, that's when acting becomes fun.
You've played an attorney or law official a number of times. Does that character run in your blood?
[Laughs] You're really asking if arguing runs in my blood, that's really what you're asking me.
WATCH: On Set with 'HTGAWM', TV's Sexiest Show
And does arguing run in your blood?
Of course it does! The investigation of right and wrong and the investigation of humanity -- that's what runs in my blood. That's why Hannah was so interesting because she has a very strong moral code and she's always looking down her nose at other people even though she doesn't mean to. Everyone has their flaws. Everyone has their Achilles' heel. Everyone has their soft spot. And that's always interesting to me.
Having spouted all that legal jargon for so many years, do you know what any of it means?
Oh hell no! No, no, I don't know -- at all. It's like medical jargon, you learn it and then you forget it.
Final question before we wrap: The First Wives Club is headed to the stage. Any chance you'll go see it?
I didn't even know it was happening! You're even more in the know than me. Let me pull my head out of the clouds for a minute. They're doing a musical of The First Wives Club? Come on! Of course, I'll try to see it. [Laughs]
How to Get Away With Murder airs Thursdays at 10 p.m. ET on ABC.


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Q: NullPointer Exception at $$$setupUI$$$ using IntelliJ IDEA GUI Designer I've been trying to use a GUI I made in IntelliJ IDEAS GUI Designer in an applet I'm working on. I've gotten the thing to run when I just have one label inside my root JPanel but for some reason when I add more components I get the following error:
java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.awt.Container.addImpl(Container.java:1095)
at java.awt.Container.add(Container.java:971)
at inputGui.$$$setupUI$$$(inputGui.java)
at inputGui.<init>(inputGui.java:25)
at HelloWorld.init(HelloWorld.java:11)
at sun.applet.AppletPanel.run(AppletPanel.java:435)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)

My class for the GUI inputGui.java is laid out like this:
(I will mark the line where it breaks with: //!BROKEN - Line 25!)
public class inputGui extends JFrame {
private JPanel rootNode;
private JTextField id_field;
private JTextField mi_field;
private JTextField lastName_field;
private JTextField address_field;
//more declorations...

public inputGui() {//initialize GUI
        super( "Hello World" );
        setContentPane( rootNode );//!BROKEN - Line 25!
        pack();
        setDefaultCloseOperation( JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE );
        setVisible( false );
    }
    public JPanel getRootNode() {
        return rootNode;
    }
    private void createUIComponents() {
        // TODO: place custom component creation code here
    }
}

And I call it from my Applets 'init()' function:
public class HelloWorld extends JApplet {
    //Called when this applet is loaded into the browser.
    public void init() {
        //Execute a job on the event-dispatching thread; creating this applet's GUI.
        inputGui frame =  new inputGui();//just here to get a clearer error
        try {
            SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(new Runnable() {
                public void run() {
                    Container content = getContentPane();
                    inputGui frame =  new inputGui();//init GUI
                    content.add(frame.getRootNode() );//add rootNode to JFRame

                }
            });
        } catch (Exception e) {
            System.err.println("createGUI didn't complete successfully");
        }
    }

}

I just cant figure out why adding components suddenly creates a null pointer!. If its any help my elements are nested like this:

A: Code from  inputGui.java
private void createUIComponents() {
   // TODO: place custom component creation code here
}

You selected option "Custom Create" on some component in UI designer. You should create that component by yourself, otherwise it will fail. Uncheck that option and everything should be fine.


5 (Information taken from "Records of Robert Fuller of Salem and Rehoboth and Some of his Descendants" by Clarence C. Fuller, Oxboro, Mass., and "A Record of Some of the Descendants of Rubert Fuller of Salem and Rehoboth," by James Fuller Spoerri.
In 1638, Robert Fuller came from Southampton, England, aboard the ship Bevis, and settled in Salem, Mass. According to land deeds, he bought or held land rights in Reheboth in 1645, but remained in Salem. He was a bricklayer for several years, but not the only one as indicated in some genealogy histories of Robert Fuller.
On June 28, 1653, he signed a treaty to settle differences of the town of Rehoboth with Capt. Myles Standish, and Thomas Willett and Josias Winslow, as found in the Bristol County, Mass., Plymouth County Deeds, v. 2, part 1, page 79.
In "Early Rehoboth, v 3 by Richard Bowen: In 1676, Robert's wife, Sarah and two sons, John and Samuel ("Robert Fuller of Salem ..." by Jean Muir, Dorsey, Urbana, Ill.), and son-in-law Nehemiah Sabin, were killed during an Indian attack on the town. His home and most of those in the town were destroyed in a raid during King Philips' War.
After the tragedy, Robert gave much of his property to his sons and grandchildren, and held some jointly with son Jonathan.
In 1677, he returned to Salem, and was admitted as Selectman of Salen.
Shortly after, he moved back to Rehoboth, where his sons Benjamin and Jonathan lived.
Robert divided his estate among his children before he died. No settlement of the estate has been found. He is buried three miles from Seekonk, per Rehoboth Town Records.
Census 1: 1658, Took Freeman's oath.
Census 2: 1653, Signed treaty to settle differences for Rehoboth with Capt. Miles Standish.
Census 3: 1673, Paid taxes for King Philip's War.
Fact 1: Brick layer in Salem; only one in New England?.
Fact 5: 1678, Married Margaret Felton Waller.
Fact 6: 1679, Admitted to First Church of Salem; assigned seat directly behind ministers.
Fact 7: Fuller Cemetery is in Seekonk, a part of Rehoboth.
Military service 1: 1638, Sailed to New England aboart Bevis Ship.
Military service 2: Settled in Salem, MA.
Occupation 1: bought land in Rheoboth, MA, but remained in Salem.
Occupation 2: 14 October 1676, Wife Sarah Bowen, 2 sons, son-in-law die in Indian attack on town.
Occupation 3: 1677, Returned to Salem, admitted by Selectmen as Inhabitant.
Marriage: Abt. 1640, Salem?, Mass.
#97 - John Brown to Mrs. Margaret Robson, Dec 23, 1829. Abr. Knight, J.P.
12 1900 Census of Woodbury, Sioux City, Iowa shows a Jude Brown, born April 1845 In Pennsylvania, whose parents were born in Pennsylvania and New York. His wife Mildred of 5 years, and daughters Flora and Cora, aged 3 and 9/12.
Johan Jacob "Wagonmaker" (Braun) Brown, born 1731 in Ruschberg, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, was the oldest son of Johan Stephen Christian Braun (1702-1762) and Maria Eva Hamen. His paternal grandparents were Johan Hans Jacob, blacksmith and farrier, and his wife Verena Agnes Braun; his maternal grandparents, Michael Hamen, court bailiff and his wife Anna Catherina Schneider Hamen.
Jacob, along with his parents and younger siblings, arrived 9 September 1738 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the ship, GLASGOW. The family settled in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and resided there until the 1750's, when they moved southward to Rowan County, North Carolina. After arriving in Rowan County, the family began spelling their name "BROWN". In 1760 and 1761, Jacob purchased two tracts of land on Crane Creek, Rowan County, from the Earl of Granville. A portion of this land adjoined that of Jacob's brother, Michael Brown (1732-1807).
Jacob was a wagonmaker, and performed patriotic service during the American Revolution by making and repairing wagons.
In 1796, Jacob moved from Rowan County, North Carolina to Washington County, Tennessee. Three of his sons, George, Jacob, Jr., and Abraham, had settled in Washington County several years earlier. Jacob purchased 235 acres of land on a branch of Little Limestone Creek from John Rimeal 17 July 1796. Later that year, he sold portions of this farm to his sons, Jacob, Jr. and David. As years passed the small stream that flows from east to west through the farm became known as the Brown Branch. This farm remained in the Brown family for nearly 150 years, with the last Brown owner selling out in the 1940's; it is presently owned by John W. Howze of Telford. Mr. John W. Hawze, passed away in 2009, I do not know who owns the property now. An old log cabin that was located on this farm was believed to have been Jacob's home; in January 1987, the cabin was dismantled by two descendants, James C. and James T.Dykes, and stored for future restoration.
After moving to Washington County, Jacob began to be referred to as "wagonmaker" in deeds and other legal documents in order to distinguish him from another, unrelated Jacob Brown, who lived near the Nolichucky River. Several of Jacob Brown's children attended Cherokee Baptist Church, a short distance south of the Brown farm; however, it is not known whether Jacob attended services there. Many of Jacob's children, grandchildren and other descendants were blacksmiths, wagonmakers, and wheelwrights.
James T. Robeson, guardian of Harriet and Jacob Robeson, orphans of Frederick Robeson. May 27, 1833. $100. Surety, Caleb Pendarvis.
John Brown, guardian of Stephen Robeson, orphan of Frederick Robeson, May 27, 1833. $130. Surety, Joseph Pendarvis.
50 Came to America in the "Ann" in 1623, aged about 13. See "Plymouth Colony, It's History and People 1620-1691".
On March 6, 1665/6 the court allowed Giles Rickard, Jr. ten shillings from Abraham Jackson concerning a controversy between them over a parcel of tar.


ATK are back to winning ways and are back in their home turf to face a reeling Delhi Dynamos FC side at the Vivekananda Yuvabharati Krirangan, Saltlake Stadium, Kolkata.
ATK got hold of the much needed momentum and have also got their scoring boots on since the last few matches. With the addition of veteran legend, Robbie Keane upfront and ex-East Bengal striker, Robin Singh ahead of young Hitesh Sharma has increased more goal bound action. Portuguese sensation, Zequinha has continued to keep the opposition defense troubled enough with his sudden pace doubled with some emaculate skills providing deadly crosses across the box and also have hit some powerful shots on target every now and then. He's been a menace out there increasing ATK's chances throughout the games.
New addition ex-EPL player, Ryan Taylor has introduced some sheer quality in midfield soon he joined the starting XI. ATK now look much more deadlier from set-pieces.
Introduction of Anwar Ali, Ashutosh Mehta at the back has bolstered the defensive line along with Thorpe and Das giving the much needed confidence & solidarity. Goalie Debjit Majumder put up a strong performance last game, making some crucial saves after having faced immense criticism after the first few games, thereby rewarding ATK it's much needed season's first win.
On the other hand DDFC would like to change their fortunes hereon as they have been losing a streak of games on their home turf back to back. This away game can prove to be a boon is such dismal times. They are now placed bottom in the league standings which makes them desperately hungry for a win as soon as possible. Striker Guyon Fernandes can prove to be a threat upfront. While in the midfield Paulinho Dias can stitch in some quality balls for the attacking line and would look to keep the likes of Taylor and Thomas busy in the middle. Delhi will miss out on the services of their promising goalkeeper, Albino Gomes who succumbed due to an injury. Even their coach, Miguel Angel Portugal will have to sit out of the technical area due to the red card suspension he recieved in the last game. Delhi Dynamos will have to put all these behind and come out with some strong teeth if they are likely to counter the in-form ATK side who just hit their strides last game only.
Sheringham and his side will look to pounce upon all three points and win their first game in the Yuvabharati Stadium having lost against Pune FC in their inaugural encounter here in this season. Fans will be out in numbers backing their side ahead of the Christmas eve in the city in all red outfits cheering and making it a fortress where the players will get a feel of what its like to be at home after having played 3 back to back away games on the trot and put forward their A game out there tonight providing the impetus ahead in the tournament.
ATK & DDFC both won a single match a piece. While 4 games have been played out to a Draw.


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1. Sign Systems Studies: Volume > 49 > Issue: 1/2
Lauri Linask, Inesa Sahakyan, Aleksei Semenenko Editorial: Anticipation and change
Morten Tonnessen Anticipating the societal transformation required to solve the environmental crisis in the 21st century
This article introduces an ecosemiotic approach to the two great challenges facing humanity in the 21st century: solving an escalating environmental crisis, while also safeguarding and further improving human living conditions. An ecosemiotic framework for the study of societal transformations is presented and political and other normative aspects of what I call transformative semiotics are discussed. This envelops socio-cultural and socio-ecological developments framed in terms of umwelt theory and Deep Ecology. In the long run, developments in human ecology as reflected in our changing relations to non-humans are expressed in the umwelt trajectory of humankind. The question of how the environmental crisis can best be solved is therefore tantamount to the question about what direction the human umwelt trajectory should take in this century. I outline different plausible umwelt scenarios for human ecology in the 21st century, focused on business-as-usual, ecomodernist and Deep Ecology scenarios. In a concluding discussion on technology and sustainability, the scenario development eventually includes a distinction between flexible and inflexible development paths.
Prisca Augustyn Solar energy discourse in the Sunshine State
This case study of a 2016 Florida constitutional amendment analyses the semiotic devices and mechanisms of shaping public opinion on solar energy and beliefs about energy distribution. After a nationwide rise in rooftop solar installations between 2014 and 2015, utilities in several US states were faced with challenges to their business models. Anticipating similar problems in Florida, utilities and energy corporations promoted constitutional amendments. This semiotic analysis follows the voter from the billboards and flyers to the text on the ballot. Starting from Peirce's phenomenological categories, this critical analysis of the campaign reveals how the goals of the amendment were shrouded in positive environmental and consumer protection narratives. Lakoff 's cognitive linguistics and Stibbe's ecolinguistics support a deeper analysis of the ballot text. This study shows that by leaving key concepts (especially net metering) out of the discourse, the ballot text successfully framed an anti-solar amendment as a pro-consumer measure, while hiding the direct legal implications concerning alternative energy distribution. In particular, this study explains the opposition to the sharing of surplus in the context of neoclassical economics as a key factor in shaping beliefs about alternative energy distribution.
Juha Ojala Music as a non-arbitrary avenue for exploration of the social
The article examines how music affords exploration of social aspects of semiosis: how music signifies the social, beyond the fact that music is an inherently participatory social process. Pentti Maattanen extends Peirce's notion of 'hard fact' to 'soft facts' to which we accommodate our behaviour in order to get along in society. As mutual beliefs, soft facts are continuously tested and updated in inquiry. Representation of oneself is also continuously correlated, thrown together, with that of the rest of the world, yielding positioning of self in ways we call emotions. In music, compositions of sound constitute hard facts that stand for other facts, soft or hard, by being their metaphors. Shaping and reshaping music allows for safe playing and testing of acts and events, anticipating upcoming situations and changes through virtual situations of the world, social and non-social. Music analysis examines how features of sound offer complex ways of constructing and interpreting metaphors, and how the narratives in music unfold through presentation of metaphors of subjects' existence, identity and relations, evoking dialogue, drama, tension, even crises to be resolved.
Katre Parn Towards the semiotics of the future: From anticipation to premediation
The paper aims to make a contribution to semiotic research on the future by bringing together various approaches that deal with the relationship humans have with the future. More specifically, the paper concentrates on anticipation viewed as an activity that is based on modelling the (un)desired future as suggested by Nikolai Bernstein. The model-based approach to anticipation allows drawing connections between the psychophysiological and semiotically mediated forms of anticipation on the one hand, and between individual and collective forms of anticipation on the other hand. With these aims in mind, the paper offers a sketch of a semiotic approach to the future that is based on the framework of semiotic modelling systems, i.e. views the future in terms of models of it and the semiotic resources and processes involved in the model-building. As the semiotically mediated models of the future circulating in a culture can become collectively shared means of cognizing and anticipating some futures, it is possible to talk about a collective anticipation, analogous to Juri Lotman's cultural semiotic notion of collective memory. Accordingly, premediation, a future-oriented media practice outlined by Richard Grusin, is viewed as an example of collective anticipation. In addition to tracing the mechanisms of anticipation from its individual organismic to semiotically mediated collective forms, the paper foregrounds also the two fundamental problems that run across the diverse theoretical perspectives brought together within the approach: the individual and collective agency in future-making and the affective dimension of anticipation.
Piotr Konderak Towards an integration of two aspects of semiosis – A cognitive semiotic perspective
Meaning-making processes, understood hierarchically, in line with the Semiotic Hierarchy framework, change on various timescales. To account for and predict these changes, one can take a cognitive view on semiosis. I adopt an interdisciplinary approach combining semiotic studies and cognitive studies in an attempt to account for meaning-making activity and to predict the course of semiosis. In this context, I consider meaning-making activity as shaped by both "external" (to a semiotic system) as well as "internal" factors. I also show how both the "external" and "internal" sources of the dynamicity of meaning-making should be framed in terms of studies on cognition. I start with a non-standard, 4e approach to meaning-making. According to this framework, meaning-making processes are constituted by (and not just dependent on) environmental and bodily factors. The dynamicity of semiosis can be accounted for in terms of an experiencing, embodied subject (agent) enacting her/his/its own domain of meaningful phenomena. As I argue, this perspective on meaning-making is the cognitive foundation of the first two levels of the Semiotic Hierarchy. In the following sections I present the Peircean view on signs and semiosis, according to which semiosis is a result of the very nature of a sign and a sign system. In this view, the dynamicity of semiosis has primarily "internal" sources: it stems from the unavoidable fallibility of interpretation and synechism of signs. As I show, this aspect of semiosis can be addressed by means of standard (cognitivist) cognitive science and by means of cognitive modelling. Ultimately, I sketch a proposal of an attempt to develop a uniform cognitive framework allowing for integration of the above-mentioned aspects of semiosis – a framework based on Rowlands' idea of the Amalgamated Mind.
Inesa Sahakyan Metaphor, induction and innovation: Getting outside the box
Today more than ever innovation seems vital for us to anticipate the future and adapt to our rapidly changing world. But what is innovation and how is it accomplished? How can the mind generate innovative ideas? To gain a better understanding of the mechanisms underlying the human capacity to innovate, the present study aims at answering two basic questions: first, 'what makes innovation possible?' and second, 'why are innovative ideas unusual?'. These questions are addressed within the framework of Peircean semiotics, in particular in the light of Peirce's conception of inference. Different types of inferences are studied to determine the mode of reasoning which is central to innovative thought. While creativity and innovation are often analysed through the prism of abduction, this study puts forward an alternative approach drawing a parallel between modes of inferences and types of hypoicons. It claims that what makes innovation possible is metaphoric reasoning underlying induction.
Sebastian Feil Trajectories of anticipation: Preconceptuality and the task of reading habit
The article characterizes Peirce's concept of habit as a major contribution to a Peircean concept of preconceptuality, first, in relation to its function in the sign process, and second, in relation to other concepts of preconceptuality in cultural studies. Hans-Georg Gadamer's notion of prejudice, Michel Foucault's notions of the preconceptual and the dispositif, and Hans Blumenberg's conception of metaphor all share certain key characteristics with Peirce's notion of habit. The same comparison also highlights the fact that certain elements are missing from the current discourse on Peirce's notion of habit: although any rendition of the concept of habit itself implicitly relies on a theory of historicity and of rule-association, these aspects only emerge explicitly in comparison with theories that more explicitly focus on such aspects. Another question raised in the context of such a comparison is the relevance of habit for theories of conceptuality. Peirce claims that descriptions of concepts are best realized through the description of the habits involved in them. A major part of a concept's coordinative power lies with the habits associated with the concept. However, no systematic inquiry into the possibility of rendering actual habits more definitive in comprehension has been undertaken. An attempt is therefore made to remedy that situation by elaborating on those aspects of Peirce's theory of habit relevant to a theory of "reading" habit, and to sketch an outline of such a theory.
Sara Lenninger Narratives and the semiotic freedom of children
Both adults' habits-of-thought and their understanding of children's stories shape how adults interpret children's participation in conversations. In the light of the requests on children's rights that follow from the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) this paper stresses the relevance of authorities having semiotically informed knowledge on children's meaning-making within conversations with adults. In Article 12, the CRC stipulates the right of children to participate in and to be heard about decisions that affect their everyday lives. According to the same Article, however, these rights can be restrained, based on the authority's judgements of the child's age and maturity. Sociological studies have highlighted the importance of adopting the child's perspective in judging matters that concern her. The present paper further suggests that narrow conceptualization of the sign can help one to observe different levels of meaning in adults' and children's conversations better. Although Paul Ricoeur did not investigate children's narratives per se, his theory of narratives and narrativity offers a phenomenological approach to development that allows for better theoretical discriminations of narrative as a semiotic resource, and can thus assist adults in truly listening to children.
10. Sign Systems Studies: Volume > 49 > Issue: 1/2
Donna E. West The dialogic nature of double consciousness and double stimulation: Implications from Peirce and Vygotsky
The objective in this paper is to demonstrate the indispensability of Peirce's double consciousness to foster abductive reasoning, so that internal/external dialogue inform the worthiness of hunches. These forms of dialogue establish a mental give-and-take forum in which novel meanings/effects are particularly highlighted and noticed. Such attentional shifts are compelled by surprising states of affairs within the beholder's internal, interpretive competencies, or from external factors (pictures, gestural or linguistic performatives). The dialogic nature of these signs pre-forms operations not possible non-dialogically; they command, interrogate, or suggest alterations to established conduct/beliefs in contexts in which propositional/argumentative conflicts are obviated. This inquiry proposes experimental methodologies to measure when double consciousness (via private/inner speech) mediates hypothesis-making. Vygotsky's conflict of motive at four distinct developmental stages constitutes the foundation for the proposed experiments. Designs draw upon Vygotsky's 'double stimulation' paradigms that force decision-making processes when conflicts of motive surface. Paradigms include forced imitation of one model while ignoring another (imitating bear, not dragon), and altering a visual array to depict logical sequencing accurately (the "Cycles Test"; "The Odd One Out"). These conflicts require children to change their conduct/beliefs to accommodate to atypical states of affairs.
11. Sign Systems Studies: Volume > 48 > Issue: 1
Paul Cobley, Adrian Pable, Johan Siebers Editorial: Signs and communicators
Charlotte Conrad Creating reality as a locally tailored interface – an integrational, pragmatic account of semiosis
Linguistics and semiotics traditionally assert the view that communication presupposes signs. Integrational linguistics challenges this notion by refuting the first-order ontological status of signs and semiological codes. Yet if communication does not depend on pre-established signs, then how does semiosis proceed? And what is the basis for the intuitively acceptable notion that codes do exist as socially carried structures among living beings? In this article I present an integrational account of semiosis based on the suggestion that sign-making is a perceptual activity. I draw on William James' concept of human experience to expound Roy Harris' claims for the radical indeterminacy of the sign, for contextualization, and for the process of integration. In closing, I consider the role that mental associations, for example, those between language sounds and concepts, play in communicative activity.
Peter Kastberg Modelling the reciprocal dynamics of dialogical communication: On the communication-philosophical undercurrent of radical constructivism and second-order cybernetics
Even though both Ernst von Glasersfeld, the founding father of radical constructivism, and his epistemological alter ego, Heinz von Foerster, one of the principal architects of second-order cybernetics, would both repeatedly stress the formative importance of communication, neither would ever model communication as a phenomenon per se. I will propose a first modelling of communication as seen through the stereoscopic lens of these two schools of thought. I will first present, discuss and evaluate how communication is traditionally modelled. This will serve as an informed backdrop when I proceed to integrate the common denominators pertaining to communication from relevant works of both scholars. In addition to the fact that both would willingly profess to the 'Linguolaxis' of Maturana and Varela, i.e., that humans exist suspended in communication, two basic assumptions have proven formative. Firstly, that communication is perceived as a flux, as an almost William-James-like 'stream of communication'. Secondly, and this is more in the vein of Heraclitus, that both communicators and communication alike undergo transformations in the process of immersion. This implies favouring a view of communication in which communication is a perpetual oscillation between ongoing reciprocal perturbations (Glasersfeld), that occur over time, and the endeavours to re-establish (cognitive) homeostasis (Foerster). The latter must not be reduced to either mere compliance, as it were, i.e., that the 'other' does as s/he is told, or to the mutual understanding of a dominance-free communication of a Habermasian persuasion, but rather in the pragmatic notion of 'compatibility' (Glasersfeld). For illustrative purposes I will end this paper by translating these notions into a model depicting what I have labelled co-actional communication, in effect forging an exemplar.
Cary Bazalgette Even a two-year-old can do it!: The early stages of learning to understand moving-image media
Film scholarship has consistently avoided discussing how we learn to understand the complex, multimodal systems of communication that moving-image media (referred to here as 'movies') have evolved into over the last 125 years. This article offers some reasons for this neglect: in particular, the popular assumption that movies are extremely easy to understand, and the relative lack of research on two-year-olds – the crucial phase in which this learning must take place. Drawing on a 20-month study of a pair of dizygotic twins, a vignette of their early viewing behaviour illustrates the features of focused attention which characterized their investment of energy in trying to make sense of movies. An analysis of this phenomenon, using concepts from embodied cognition, shows how instinctive responses relate to thought and reflection. Setting two-year-olds' movie-watching within the wider contexts of story-reading, play and the enjoyment of repetition, the article provides evidence that such learning does take place and can be seen as a significant aspect of two-year-olds' "entry into culture".
Dorthe Duncker Chatting with chatbots: Sign making in text-based human-computer interaction
This paper investigates the kind of sign making that goes on in text-based human–computer interaction, between human users and chatbots, from the point of view of integrational linguistics. A chatbot serves as a "conversational" user interface, allowing users to control computer programs in "natural language". From the user's perspective, the interaction is a case of semiologically integrated activity, but even if the textual traces of a chat may look like a written conversation between two humans the correspondence is not one-to-one. It is argued that chatbots cannot engage in communication processes, although they may display communicative behaviour. They presuppose a (second-order) language model, they can only communicate at the level of sentences, not utterances, and they implement communicational sequels by selecting from an inventory of executable skills. Instead of seeing them as interlocutors in silico, chatbots should be seen as powerful devices for humans to make signs with.
Chris Barnham Hegel and the Peircean 'object'
Peirce's semiotics is well known for advocating a triadic, rather than a dyadic, sign structure, but interpretations of how such a structure works in practice have varied considerably. This paper argues that the Peircean 'object' is central to understanding Peirce's philosophical intent and that this element should be construed as a mediating element within the sign rather than as an originating source of it. This interpretation resonates with the fundamentally anti-dualist character of Peirce's philosophy and it creates potential convergences with the medieval philosophy of Duns Scotus – which was so influential in Peirce's thinking. Moreover, construal of the 'object' as a mediating entity within the sign highlights important parallels with Hegelian thought and the role of the 'essence' in the latter's dialectics. It is argued, indeed, that Peirce's triadic template for the sign has strong Hegelian roots. This substantially repositions Peirce's semiotics; it becomes, as in Hegel's dialectics, an account of concept formation. The over-arching framework in which this takes place, however, retains an adherence to Peirce's empiricist background and so avoids the reliance on logic which is the defining characteristic of Hegel's dialectical method.
Adrian Pablé Integrating biosemiotics: From a semiological point of view
This paper is a study in the 'philosophy of semiotics'. It is centred on a critical approach to the Peircean sign conception, which underlies biosemiotics and the global perspective on signs. The present discussion tackles questions of ontological and epistemological interest, which it does by taking a distinctly semiological point of reference. The semiology which the present critique draws inspiration from is Roy Harris' integrationism, an approach to human communication which rejects Saussurean semiology – the common target of Peircean semiotics. Integrationism explains signs in relation to human activities. It shares with biosemiotics a view of reality as species-specific, but takes a skeptical position towards the investigation of non-human signs on the grounds that it implies a metalanguage impervious to the radical indeterminacy of the sign. Integrationists take this indeterminacy as the starting point for their reflections on human communication.
Johan Siebers Philosophy as communication theory
There has been comparatively little attention for the fundamental ontology of communication in recent philosophy. Nevertheless, from classical metaphysical accounts of relationality and communal being to the analysis of intersubjectivity in phenomenology and to concrete existence as understood by process philosophy, the communicative structure of the act of being has been, if not explicitly then implicitly, a perennial component of metaphysical reflection. Communication theory can be conceived in such a way that it takes this ontological dimension into account. The ramifications of connecting being to communication in this way are explored in discussion with the conceptualizations of communication in integrationism and biosemiotics. An interpretation of Gabriel Marcel's existential analysis of "my life" is used to show what philosophy as communication theory (in the strong sense of the notion elaborated here) might look like.
Paul Cobley "Who goes there?" Reflections on signs and personhood in Christopher Hutton's Integrationism and the Self
Cary Campbell, Alin Olteanu, Kalevi Kull Learning and knowing as semiosis: Extending the conceptual apparatus of semiotics
If all knowing comes from semiosis, more concepts should be added to the semiotic toolbox. However, semiotic concepts must be defined via other semiotic concepts. We observe an opportunity to advance the state-of-the-art in semiotics by defining concepts of cognitive processes and phenomena via semiotic terms. In particular, we focus on concepts of relevance for theory of knowledge, such as learning, knowing, affordance, scaffolding, resources, competence, memory, and a few others. For these, we provide preliminary definitions from a semiotic perspective, which also explicates their interrelatedness. Redefining these terms this way helps to avoid both physicalism and psychologism, showcasing the epistemological dimensions of environmental situatedness through the semiotic understanding of organisms' fittedness with their environments. Following our review and presentation of each concept, we briefly discuss the significance of our embedded redefinitions in contributing to a semiotic theory of knowing that has relevance to both the humanities and the life sciences, while not forgetting their relevance to education and psychology, but also social semiotic and multimodality studies.