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A gathering place for firearms enthusiasts, paranoid survivalists and those who worship at the Church of Chang.
It's the Festive season. Chestnuts on the fire, turkey in the oven, a massive amount of booze and plenty of guns and live ammunition.
Ho Ho Fucking Ho.
Disclaimer: This is the part of the Church that is the most no holds barred. None of it is intended with malice, and although it can on occasion seem a little bit fraught, it is banter rather than venom.
2,601 responses to "Burt Gummer's Rec Room- December 2010 Archive"
Jarv says : 28th December, 2010 at 10:34 pm
The Road is pompous wank. Night of the Comet is awesome!
ThereWolf says : 28th December, 2010 at 10:46 pm
Can't believe I'm back in work tomorrow. Shat that.
Watched 'Gamer'.
I know I've had a drink but I haven't got a clue what that was about. What the fuck was going on? I'm in a game, you've got to turn me loose so I can put a stop to all of this. Hah-haaa! You can't stop me I control you! Hah-haaa back at ya, coz for some unknown fuckin reason I control you now. Yer dead. The end.
Droid says : 28th December, 2010 at 11:15 pm
I quit Gamer after about 20 minutes. Unwatchable.
I'll swear it was made by people who, until the first day of shooting, had never even SEEN a camera before let alone operated one.
Not great then?
Watch Night of the Comet. That'll fix it.
Also- I'm not back in work for ages
Good film, Night Of The Comet. Got it on VHS, taped it off the telly years ago.
Also – NO ONE is back in work till 2011. Except for me. At leats it's only 10 – 4.30…
Xiphos0311 says : 28th December, 2010 at 11:34 pm
I've been working steadily. I worked over the weekend. I get this weekend off and next Monday.
Yeh, I'm off on Monday.
Are you at home this Christmas?
If by home home you mean North Carolina then yes.
ThereWolf says : 29th December, 2010 at 12:00 am
Yeh, home turf is what I meant.
Spent half the day watching the extras on the Alien blurays. Now watching Alien. Awesome.
I've watched the Alien 3 making-of. Haven't got around to the films yet. I've an idea to do a blu double bill of Alien & The Thing one night.
I watched the extras for 3 and Resurrection. Really interesting especially the different approach to the films from Fincher and Jeunet. Fincher was fucked from the get go and fought the studio on everything and they kept fucking him over. Amazing it turned out as good as it did. Jeunet essentially accepted whatever Fox wanted and in turn they let him do some of the stuff he wanted.
I won't bother with Resurrection again.
I find 3 fascinating – I much prefer the making-of to the film, which looks and sounds good but is otherwise a staggering mess.
As you say, I will grant Fincher that much – it IS amazing that he managed to get something approximating a movie on screen.
Johnson Gone.
Oh the humanity! He was a big notch that Johnson.
Jarv says : 29th December, 2010 at 12:00 am
It's been a formality for a while
Anyway I was just keeping Droid updated
Xiphos0311 says : 29th December, 2010 at 12:03 am
were has he gone to?
Hiding probably . Can't say I blame him. Australia have been a shambles
Johnson or Droid?
Both I guess. I was leaning more to the fallen batsman(I think) Johnson.
Ican sense the concern dripping off those posts
I'm a very caring person. All of god's children are special to me.
Never seen it before. I was surprised at how badass she was
Sorry I meant to fix something and erased the original post.
Night of The Comet! man I thought I was the only person that remembered that little gem and liked it. The movie rocks and Cathrine Mary Steward was a hot piece of ass. I wonder why she disappeared she had a bit of talent to back up the looks.
Quick perusal of IMDB reveals she has been entombed in the hell that is Canadien TV. She still looks good.
Yep both her and the chick that played the sister were believable. For a movie made on a shoe string budget, saddled with bad 80's synth music that was more or less ripping off Day of the Dead it had good tension in it and well staged fight scenes and good comet zombie make up.
I think it was because they took the time in the script to establish the girls as having weapons know how.
Also it was before Day of the dead
Really it was before DoD? I just always assumed it came after. Huh weird.
I think so. It was 84
Night of the Comet is better then DoD.
Fucking hate this feed. Indian TV blows
Fuck this is annoying. Get one of these cunts out.
Brush em back!
Thank the lord. Only one left
Continentalop says : 29th December, 2010 at 12:57 am
I didn't like Night of the Comet when I first saw it but it grew on me.
Wasn't Geoffrey Lewis in that?
Jarv says : 29th December, 2010 at 1:01 am
Not sure. I was laughing at the dork trek cunt.
Anyway Off to bed.
England won
Xiphos0311 says : 29th December, 2010 at 1:03 am
So The Ashes still belong to England?
yep he played the lead scientists.
Tom_Bando says : 29th December, 2010 at 2:04 am
There was a time in the 80's where I remember seeing Geoffrey Lewis' face all over TV-the A-Team, The Dukes of Hazzard (I think?), the Smothers Brothers reunion show, etc. He was funny when he needed to be, and made for a good effective hick baddie too.
Haven't thought of him in a bit, thanks for the name check.
Bo Hopkins time!
Continentalop says : 29th December, 2010 at 7:41 am
Yeah Tom, I always like Lewis, especially his work in Clint movies like Any Which Way But Loose or High Plains Drifter. And he was real good in Dillinger.
Tom_Bando says : 29th December, 2010 at 11:33 am
This is true–I have that there '73 Warren Oates flick! He was in that!
koutchboom says : 29th December, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Here you go Conti,
TV & Cinema: The 160 Most Appalling Cases Of Nepotism:
http://www.imdb.com/list/6Be1iPIKkJE/
Continentalop says : 29th December, 2010 at 9:28 pm
While I agree with many of the people on the list, the guy looses all credibility when he says Daniel Day Lewis and John Huston are overrated.
Yeah, Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre & Asphalt Jungle are overrated. Fucking idiot.
Just because someone benifited from nepotism doesn't mean they aren't talented. It just means they got an unfair advantage at getting opportunities (which is usually why they are better than other people: it's no surprise that the coach's kid gets better if he automatically makes the team and gets way more playing time than anyone else).
koutchboom says : 30th December, 2010 at 3:28 am
Yeah I know the dude was a little over the top about some people. Just thought it was funny/odd some of the people I never knew. What was something they didn't really point out, probably I'd say like 75% if not more of that list was more successful then their parents. Or bigger whatever. I'd like to see something like that comparing their career to their parents.
ALSO when did Clint Howard really get some unfair advantage for being who he is? If so I feel really bad for the guy who lost out a role to Clint Howard.
Is class of 1984 worth hunting down?
Echo the Bunnyman says : 29th December, 2010 at 2:49 pm
yea, it's pretty good koutch. it's dated yes, but it's a fine movie. I think you will like it.
See Black Swan yet?
Naw haven't gotten around to seeing Swan yet. Can't really be assed now. Probably wait for rental. More interested in seeing Tron in 2D, mainly to compare but also because I want to see it again. Also got Love Ranch lined up. Meant to do double feature with JFK and Love Ranch, but JFK ran about 3 hours too long. Plus my wife had no interest in either, so I had to find solo time to watch them. Though once I told her what JFK was about she was like…well why didn't you tell me that? I was like??? I fucking told you it was about the conspiracy behind the JFK murder? Like she somehow expected me to know all the juicy details from the movie before I saw it. So I was like, well I'll watch it again it was that good, and then she decided that it was still too long. Also the netflix was fucked up and I had to keep going to my computer to watch portions of it because the DVD player wouldn't play it. But for a 3 1/2 movie going back and forth like that wasn't that bad, but I think the third time I had to do I just finished it out on the computer. Also that whole final trial is one of those you can't look away scenes of a film and its about 40 minutes.
Ohh as for 1984 I was just looking into MJ Fox's career and saw that he was in it, never knew that.
lordbronco says : 29th December, 2010 at 4:05 pm
Ha Ha quote from good article-Makes me think of Gingertown-ha ha:
"6. Get a good review from Roger Ebert.
There are seven 'Roger Eberts' that can be found in the phone book in the Los Angeles area alone and one of them is bound to love your movie. Seriously, there are more outlets covering film today than films released in a year. No joke. If you can't get a decent review in a recognizable media outlet, there are plenty of unknown media outlets on the web just salivating over the prospect of being quoted on your movie poster. Just ask the major movie studios who use this technique all the time."
Planty McPlant syndrome explained! haw haw
This article for Xi and all the fellows:
http://www.popcrunch.com/10-most-incredible-sci-fi-movie-guns/?utm_source=scribol&utm_medium=exchange&utm_campaign=scribol
Soooooooo I saw Eat, Prey, Shit last night. And lets just say that yeah…..if you see that movie it really is going to change your life. So that you never watch shit like that again.
I figured the movie was going to be schmultzy and I knew that I had an outside chance of finding it at least somewhat enjoyable, more so then most people round these parts. But fuck me if even I couldn't find any redeaming qualities in it the rest of you are fucked the day your life partners want to sit down and watch a terrible travelog of the rest of the world.
While I've never been to India or Bali, the parts of the movie that take place there are kept pretty limited to only a few key areas and probably do semi justice to what life is like in those parts. But fuck me the part in Italy is where she does the most traveling and it looks like it was made by a person whose never been to italy and just made up shit about it.
The only thing I can say about the film, is if I was offered the gig to work on that movie I would've jumped at it, just because it was probably 100% more fun to make then to watch. Getting to travel round the world to work on what was probably a fairly easy film to make. It wasn't like you got to go to New Zealand then you had to bust your ass to make shit like LOTR or something. You just had to put up with Julia yammering on about fucking nothing.
just pillow talk says : 30th December, 2010 at 3:49 pm
And I laugh now because I'll probably end up seeing that shit at a later date. Fuck me.
Also watched Easy A last night. It was ok. Barely remember it now. Its like Mean Girls and Saved had a more annoying talkative little sister. Also what the fuck was up with potato face in that?
And I finally saw that How to Train a Dragon movie. My mom had gotten it for my daughter for Christmas, and it was a pretty entertaining movie. By far Gerard's best acting…
The animation was top-notch, and I was actually surprised they had the kid lose his foot.
Yeah I loved that film. Much better then that Toy Story 1-2 rehash.
Droid says : 30th December, 2010 at 5:10 pm
Watching Species. We HAVE to do this movie for Drunken Cinema. It's goddamn hilarious. The Whittaker character is fucking ridiculous. And Henstridge. Good lord, Henstridge!
Seriously considering a Species-a-thon tonight.
Whittakers sitting in her car after she's abandoned it when it ran out of gas, and his supernatural empath abilities tell him "She walked! She walked that way!"
You'll be Natasha Henstridge tonight.
Well Species is hilarious. Now it's time for Species II and drunk Madsen!
Oh yeah, thanks for clearing that up koutch.
Anyhoo, fucking hell Species II sucks. Just a terrible fucking movie. Saved only by a drunk Madsen delivering some hilarious dialogue…
"Listen pal, the last time I fought with that alien she-bitch I almost got myself killed."
"They could fuck the human race into extinction!"
"Welcome to the maternity ward from hell."
He saves it from getting a very nasty rating.
Frank Marmoset says : 30th December, 2010 at 8:22 pm
Hello, folks.
This is just a quick drive-by purge. Special lady friend keeps telling me "It's just a film!" and to let it go, but I am rarely this annoyed and have to get this out of my system, so I'm unloading it on you nice people. Think of it as a late Christmas present from me to you. A Christmas present made of HATE.
Anyway, we just watched The Lovely Bones. Started okay, then kind meandered about not really doing much except showing off boring fancy special effects, then became so irritating at the end I have not been able to shut up about it.
SPOILERS.
So I was thinking this poor dead girl would help her family cope with their grief, or maybe help the police solve the horrible crime that had taken place, or possibly even find some ghostly way to kill the asshole who killed her; but it turns out in the end that ALL SHE WANTS TO FUCKING DO IS KISS A GOD DAMN FUCKING BOY!!!
Jesus Horatio Christ, I have never been so angry at a fictional teenager. It's like Juno all over again, except Juno is dead this time.
And to make matters worse, so the audience can have some sense of 'justice' at the end of this garbage, Stanley Tucci TURNS INTO A FUCKING CARTOON CHARACTER AND FALLS OFF A GOD DAMN FUCKING CLIFF!!! That's it! That's the fucking ending!
MARKY FUCKING MARK GOT BEAT TO SHIT FOR NOTHING!!!
SPOILERS END.
So, yeah, I didn't really like this film The Lovely Bones. It annoyed me more than any other film I've seen this year. God damn you, Peter Jackson and whatever hack wrote the book this film was based on; unless the book ends with Marky Mark beating Stanley Tucci to death with a baseball bat, in which case I withdraw my damning of the author.
I hope you are all enjoying the Christmas season and whatnot. See you all next week.
Yours rantingly,
Book ends the same way. Bad guy gets the icicle of doom. The book fucking sucks and the movie is worse. Now THATS an orang candidate.
I'm watching Species III and its boring the living shit out of me. I don't give a fuck about T-Bag. Give me awesome space boobs, damn you!
Have a good new years mate.
koutchboom says : 1st January, 2011 at 12:41 am
There is only one way to rectify having watch The Lovely Bones…..
Make Chang proud this New Year Frank.
Christ. Species III was total crap. And even worse, fucking boring.
And of course I'm ploughing ahead with Species 4. Ben Cross is in this shit?
Fucking hell. Fast forwarded through a whole bunch of that shit. The first Species is officially the only entertaining one. Madsen tries to make 2 entertaining but overall it's shit. 3 and 4 are fucking awful.
lordbronco says : 30th December, 2010 at 11:42 pm
Also just popping in-No big rants-spent all day and night reading.
But-this just in…Val Kilmer owes IRS 500,000 dollars.
no Val Kilmer-they will put you in cell next to Wesley Snipes!
And Val is overweight-so probably can't even get a sell-out role in a kids movie to fix this issue.
Maybe he can be cell mates with Randy Quaid
ThereWolf says : 31st December, 2010 at 12:01 am
Last night, watched REC & REC2…
First look at the sequel; good stuff. Cannot for the life of me understand why they intercut a few credits with the action at the beginning. It just upsets the flow. Better not go into the plot in case there are folk here who have yet to see it…
Tonight I watched Avatar – the extended by 8 minutes version. The extra stuff was nice to see but pretty much unnecessary. Top film – I thought I might've changed me tune a bit by now but I like it just as much as I did at the cinema.
Think I placed it too high on my 'decade' list though…
Droid says : 31st December, 2010 at 12:09 am
The RECs are really good back to back because it's all essentially one movie anyway.
Unless you had Avatar at number one you placed it too LOW!!! hehe
Continentalop says : 31st December, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Well Happy New Year, Moonwolves. We seem to have survived another year. Hope each of you have a good time tonight.
Also Xi, if you stop by, heads up: UFC is holding a card on the 1st. The only reason I bring it up is because retired US Marine Captain Brian Stann is fighting against Chris Lieben. So if you want to do something besides bowl games, you got that.
MORBIUS says : 31st December, 2010 at 6:06 pm
* Feliz Año Nuevo * TO ALL YOU MOONWOLVES…
You know who you are.
AAAAAHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOO. . . . . . . .
Jarv says : 31st December, 2010 at 6:32 pm
Well, It's victory to me and I have finally defeated the Iphone.
Turns out, it was defective.
Anyhoo, I'll pop back in after midnight and will post the first new review of the year tomorrow, along with an Ashes thing.
First review: Street Fighter- The legend of chun li.
PS-
posted from my iphone.
Spud McSpud says : 31st December, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Happy New Year for tonight, fellow Moonwolves!! Soon 2011 shall be OURS – ALL OURS!!!
Xiphos0311 says : 31st December, 2010 at 7:31 pm
Early Happy New Year to everybody. I hope you, your families and friends have a year worthy of remembrance. May the best thing that happened to you in 2010 be the worst thing in 2011.
Hey everyone good job with the new year and good luck.
Frank Marmoset says : 1st January, 2011 at 1:11 am
It's 1:11 on 1.1.11.
Happy new year one and all!
All the best for a prosperous 2011.
Xiphos0311 says : 1st January, 2011 at 6:10 am
I'm pulling a Frank here, no not disappearing, but posting New Year greetings at 1:11 on 1.1.11.
Happy New Year and what not.
Jarv says : 1st January, 2011 at 11:16 am
Happy new year and all that.
ThereWolf says : 1st January, 2011 at 1:12 pm
Happy New Year to everybody.
You're all lovely, even at yer most obstreperousness!
lordbronco says : 1st January, 2011 at 1:43 pm
Happy new year, hombres. I partied the night before and just played it safe and hid out at home for the eve thing.
Droid says : 1st January, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Happy New Years ladies and germs. Now that the Church of Chang has enjoyed it first full year we can move onto phase two of the master plan.
redfishybluefishy says : 1st January, 2011 at 5:10 pm
Happy New Year, folks! Here's to more shenanigans in 2011. World domination is next on the list, right?
Jarv says : 1st January, 2011 at 5:29 pm
No- do you know how much admin is involved when you're running everything?
I hate admin
Continentalop says : 1st January, 2011 at 6:06 pm
I agree with Jarv. Let's be more like Dr. Mabuse than Fu Manchu.
Fu Manchu wanted to rule the world; Mabuse wanted to rule its ashes.
(And no, I don't mean the Ashes).
redfishybluefishy says : 2nd January, 2011 at 2:16 am
delegate, man, delegate! world domination allows that luxury, no?
Droid says : 1st January, 2011 at 10:13 pm
Right, almost watched all the 2010 films I wanted to see before posting my best of list. I've seen True Grit (good), The Fighter (meh), and Never Let Me Go (good). Seeing The Way Back tomorrow and 127 Hours comes out on the 5th. After that it's all systems go.
Xiphos0311 says : 1st January, 2011 at 10:50 pm
so we should see the best of 2010 some time in 2012 or is it TBA?
2012? A bit optimistic aren't we?
I'm a glass half full type of guy.
koutchboom says : 2nd January, 2011 at 6:15 am
AHHH YOU ARE SEEING THE WAY BACK SOON!!! COLOUR ME JEALOUS!!!
BUT FUCK TRUE GRIT!!! I gave it a mild review when I saw it, but I just saw the original today and I now say that its one of the most useless remakes of all time. Its fucking Psycho levels of uselessness bad. Like seriously I can't believe the Brothers Coen even got a screen play credit for adding NOTHING to the original film.
SPOILERS for the original film.
The only difference really is that Labuff never leaves. Thats the huge change. EVERYTHING ELSE IS THE FUCKING SAME. That and Briges plays rooster like he smells bad. Its sad how that the film is getting such passes as a good film. While these same critics that are putting it on the years end ten best, shit on redos that actually try something. It actually raises my opinion about the Karate Kid remake, because at least that was a completely new script and take on the basic outline of a plot. True Grit had MINOR FUCKING MINOR changes. I honestly couldn't believe my eyes when watching the original. Because like nothing was different. Even the fucking dialog that sounded very COEN like was in the original. All in all its just a a fucking worthless not needed remake. Bridges is much more involving in Tron and thats a much better film. WHILE keeping the tone and ideals of the first one without just being a copy. ALSO the score of the original True Grit shits on the new one.
I mean the remake is FINE….but its fucking useless. Adds nothing but a final failed five minutes and thats about it. The original ending is so much better. Like seriously, you guys know I really don't know shit about old westerns and fuck holes like Harry do and then they sit there and call True Grit the best film of 2011????? WHAT FUCKING FOR??? For just redoing the same fucking film with a few modern day touches? Its JUST SO fucking worthless that I can't believe no one has said shit. THAT are people really forgot about the original.
Even the funny aspect…its the same. Just that the Coen's film the jokes to hit a little better then the original, but its still just as funny. Its almost pathatic that this film isn't being called out more, i mean it copies shots even from the first one. I just kept waiting for the original to deviate in some manner from this remake and it never fucking did. HOW ever the Coen's conned there way into getting SCREENWRITING credit whilst only adding punch up levels of additions to the film its the true glory of this film. Only means more old forgotten films can be fucked with in the same manner.
D.Vader says : 1st January, 2011 at 10:30 pm
This has been a shitty year for movie-watching. I've only seen a handful of flicks in the theater:
Voyage of the Dawn Treader
And on DVD or OnDemand I caught:
I'm so damned behind. Finally seeing Inception tonight I hope.
Anyone see The Disappearance of Alice Creed? I'm curious how well the lovely Gemma Arterton acts when completely disrobed.
ThereWolf says : 1st January, 2011 at 11:02 pm
D.Vader. Answer: rather fetchingly.
Although her nude scenes generally involve a degree of violence and one shouldn't find that enticing. Good film, well worth a look.
Nice to see you around, D.
Thanks ThereWolf. Nice to see you too. Methinks I'll have to catch this one when the gf is away.
ThereWolf says : 2nd January, 2011 at 12:03 am
The nudity is fairly brief and near the beginning. It's safe for your gf. Gemma's in a tracksuit for most of the film.
D.Vader says : 2nd January, 2011 at 12:04 am
Well that's kinda disappointing.
Ah, c'mon, D – don't hold a crappy tracksuit against her. The kidnappers force her to wear it.
The fools!
I do like a good revenge flick starring a hot young starlet. Bad tracksuit or not.
yes, i thought it was quite good. played more like theatre than film. eddie marsan is great.
Jarv says : 1st January, 2011 at 11:17 pm
Watching The Box.
Complete and utter shit on every level
I wouldn't say its shit on every level. Kelly certainly does a good job building atmosphere and convincing you that all the creepy connections and coincidences mean something and are building to one crazy finale/revelation. It kept me hooked.
I liked that the early parts of the movie felt like an anti-Spielberg movie from the 70's.
I disagree with all of that.
I spent the film bored, mildly irritated and deeply confused.
Oh, Diaz was wretched as well.
You didn't like Donnie Darko either, did you?
Jarv says : 2nd January, 2011 at 12:11 am
I didn't dislike it, but. I do think it's massively overrated.
The Box, on the other hand, was dire. It was just a huge failure.
Weirdly, I do still really want to see Southland Tales- Stiffler riding to heaven in a magic ice cream van and Buffy as a porn star sounds brilliant.
I have been warned about it
"deeply confused". I think that was partly the intent.
Southland Tales is incomprehensible.
Kelly threatened to bring out a longer version on DVD. Never materialised. Wonder why…
I think I read Kelly is threatening to make an animated film based on the prequel comic series and also making a movie based on the script that The Rock is reading in the movie…
I still haven't seen the flick, but I read the script when I was interning in LA back on 04. The trailer looked completely different from what I had read.
What the hell is wrong with him?
Animated, really? I did read an interview with him stating there was an expanded version he would like to release – the theatrical cut was something like 140 minutes. And it's a mess, throwing more minutes at it isn't going to help.
Before seeing the film, the last thing I read was about it being a musical! Not quite…
Yeah I think I heard about the animated film bit during a story on an interview he gave on Kevin Smith's Smodcast or something. It was during a response Kelly had to a screening of Smith's "Red State", which he liked quite a bit. Of course.
Droid says : 2nd January, 2011 at 12:01 am
I wouldn't call it utter shit on every level, but its a bad film and that is all Kellys fault. Kelly is a one hit wonder.
Southland Tales fucking blows. Its a confusing collection of random scenes starring a bunch of actors all giving career worst performances. Its not an interesting mess either. Its fucking boring and feels like its 6 hours long.
The Box seemed to take 6 hours. Not to mention that I just didn't give a fuck about any of the characters. Langella was good, though. Except that Kelly felt a need to explain him. Which just made it more confusing and agonisingly dull.
IAmMrMonkey! says : 2nd January, 2011 at 3:52 am
Man, I had such high hopes for The Box. It started out so well and then turned into utter shit. It was like getting together with a fine-looking woman who, when she finally takes her clothes off, turns out to have these horrible snapping mouths with jagged teeth covering her body. And she wants to crap on your face.
Continentalop says : 2nd January, 2011 at 6:21 am
I don't know you IAmMrMonkey, but it seems we've dated the same girl.
Xiphos0311 says : 2nd January, 2011 at 6:31 am
Conti,
IamMrMonkey is an old regular from AICN that went AWOL for a year or so.
My apologies Mr. Monkey. Welcome.
Also, I don't know about you, but I found out she could give a pretty good hummer with those snapping jaws.
The only good part of Southland Tales was watching a hot for once Buffy from the TV show talking about anal sex.
I liked the special features where The Critic admits to not having any idea as to what the fuck the movie is about but trusting the screen writer of Domino had to say.
Also fellas I'm watching Withnail and I right now. I try to make new years resolutions I can follow through on. While last year I failed. I said I would watch longer movies and….. I only saw one film over 3 hours and that was JFK last fucking week.
SOOOO this year I'm going to listen to the recommendations of the people I respect. So I'm starting with Jarv's recommendation of With Nail and I. Hopefully Xiphos/Conti/Kloipy will help me out throughout the year.
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Dr. Alinaghi Mirmoayedi is currently working as Professor of Entomology at Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran. He completed his PhD in 1977 in Entomolgy at Toulouse University, France. His prior work experience includes Assistant Professor in Razi University in Kermanshah and College of Agriculture, Department of Agronomy and Associate Professor at same university. He has published 7 academic books in Farsi language, and also published 78 papers in international journals and also proceedings of congresses. He is interested to work on agricultural entomology of his country, Iran and also very interested to study fauna of neuropteran of Iran and adjacent countries as well. He was awarded four times as distinguished researcher in Razi University, and also supervised the thesis of 20 MSc students in the past and now he is supervisor of three Ph.D students in the field of Agricultural Entomology. As an editor for five journals belonging to Science Alert group, since 2012 till 2015 he has reviewed more than 65 manuscripts for those journals of Science Alert, Pakistan.
Rahimi, A., A. Mirmoayedi and M. Khanjani, 2014. Dispersion type of Varoa mite (Acari, Varroidae) among the bee hives in Kurdistan, Iran. Int. J. Farm. Allied Sci., 3: 225-259.
Shirazi, M., H.A. Vahedi, A. Mirmoayedi, M. Masoumi and K. Jallilvand, 2013. Scale insects recorded on ornamental plants in urban areas of Kermanshah, Iran. Afr. J. Agric. Res., 8: 1381-1383.
Rahimi, A. and A. Mirmoayedi, 2013. Evaluation of morphological characteristics of honey bee Apis mellifera meda (Hymenoptera: Apidae) in Mazandaran (North of Iran). Tech. J. Eng. Applied Sci., 3: 1280-1284.
Khanjani, M., A. Firuzfar and A. Mirmoayedi, 2013. Cheylostigmaeus mahvashae sp. nov., a new species of the family Stigmaeidae (Acari) from Kermanshah province, Iran. Syst. Applied Acarol., 18: 345-350.
Asadi, M. and A. Mirmoayedi, 2013. New records of neuropteran from Kermanshah province in West Iran. Proceedings of the International Conference on Insect Science, February 14-17, 2013, Banglore, India, pp: 93-.
Sziraki, G. and A. Mirmoayedi, 2012. An annotated checklist of iranian Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera). Folia Historico Naturalia Musei Matraensis, 36: 45-50.
Mirmoayedi, A., A. Zia and M.A. Rafi, 2012. New records of Mantispidflies (Mantispidae) from Pakistan. Pak. J. Zool., 40: 11712-11714.
Khanjani, M., S. Pishehvar, A. Mirmoayedi and M. Khanjani, 2012. Two new eyeless mite of genus Stigmaeus Koch (Acari, Stigmaeidae) from Western provinces of Iran and description of male Stigmaeus pilatus Kuznetsov. Int. J. Acarol., 38: 504-513.
Khanjani, M., A. Mirmoayedi, B.A. Fayz and T. Sharifian, 2012. Two new larval species of the genus Erythraeus (Erythraeus) (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Iran. Zootaxa, 3479: 52-68.
Mohammadi, S., M. Arbabi and A. Mirmoayedi, 2010. Study on host range and distribution of Parasitengona mite larvae in Kermanshah province of Iran. J. Entomol. Res., 2: 117-126.
Mirmoayedi, A., M. Maniee and A. Yaghutipour, 2010. Control of cotton spiny bollworm; Earias insulana Boisduval. Using three bio-insecticides, BT, spinosad and neem azal. J. Entomol., 7: 89-94.
Khanjani, M., A. Mirmoayedi, A.R. Nahad and B.A. Fayaz, 2010. Two new larval species of Erythraeus (Acari: Erythraeidae) from Western Iran. Zootaxa, 2537: 19-32.
Eradati, N., A. Mirmoayedi and H. Adldoost, 2010. Faunistic study of Myrmeleontidae and Ascalaphidae (Order Neuroptera) in west Azerbaijan province, Iran. Proceedings of the 19th Plant Protection of Iran, Iranian Research Institute of Plant Protection, July 31-August 3, 2010, Tehran, pp: 168-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2008. Morphological characteristics of larvae and imago of Myrmecaelurus trigrammus (Pallas, 1771) (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) reared in laboratory condition. Iran. J. Anim. Biosyst., Vol. 4. .
Mirmoayedi, A. and M. Maniee, 2008. Integrated control of podborer, Helicoverpa armigera (Hueb) (Lep. Noctuidae) releasing Chrysoperla lucasina (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) and treatment of insecticides. J. Entomol., 5: 322-327.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2007. Records of three species of ant-lions (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae), new for the fauna of Iran. Zool. Middle East, 41: 115-117.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2007. Checklist of the fauna of Iranian Antlions. Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Russian Ent. Soc., September 9-15, 2007, Krasnodar, Russia, pp: 229-230.
Mirmoayedi, A. and M. Maniee, 2007. Integrated control of spiny bollworm, Earias insulana (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) by the use of diazinon spraying and green lacewing Chrysoperla lucasina (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) release). Proceedings of the 13th Congress of the Russian Entomological Society, September 9-15, 2007, Krasnodar, Russia, pp: 134-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2006. Characteristics of larvae of antlion Myrmecealurus trigrammus (Pallas 1771) collected in Behesht Mustapha of Marivan (West Iran) and reared in laboratory condition. Proceedings of the 14th Iranian Biology Conference and the 2nd International Conference of Biology, August 29-31, 2006, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, pp: 213-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2005. Morphological details and life cycle of Chrysopa septempunctata Wesmael 1841, reared under laboratory condition. Proceedings of the 13th Iranian Biology Conference and the 1st International Conference of Biology, August 23-25, 2005, Rasht University, pp: 93-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2005. Food preference of green lacewing Chrysoperla mutatta in choosing two species of aphids; Schizaphis graminum and Aphis fabae (insecta, Neuroptera, Chrysopidae). Proceedings of the 13th Iranian Biology Conference and the 1st International Conference of Biology, August 23-25, 2005, Rasht University, pp: 90-.
Thierry, D., M. Canard and A. Mirmoayedi, 2004. Chrysoperla mtata (MacLachlan 1898): Looking at alive adult, description of it's larva and some bioecological remarks (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) Entomofauna, Zeitschrift fuer Entomologie. Band 25. Heft, 23: 345-356.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2003. Rearing the third stage larva of Cueta luteola Hoelzel, 1972 (Neuroptera: Myrmeleontidae) for the first time in Iran. J. Zool. Middle East, 29: 101-104.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2003. Description of the third stage larva of Cueta lineosa Rambur 1842 (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae) rearing for the first time in Iran. Khark. Ent. Soc. Gazett., 10: 122-123.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2002. New records of Neuroptera from Iran. Acta Zool. Acad. Sci. Hung., 48: 197-201.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2002. Forty years of studies by Iranian entomologists on the Chrysopidae fauna of Iran 1961-2000 (Insecta, Neuroptera). Zool. Middle East, 26: 157-162.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2002. First rearing of Cueta lineosa (Rambur 1842) from the third larval stage in Iran (Neuroptera, Myrmeleontidae). Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the Russian Entomological Society, August 19-24, 2002, St. Petersburg, pp: 238-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2002. First parasitism of flesh flies Blaesoxipha sp. (Dip. Sarcophagidae) on the grasshopper Saga (Dip.Tettigonidae) from Iran. Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the Russian Entomological Society, August 19-24, 2002, St. Petersburg, pp: 239-.
Mirmoayedi, A. and H. Malicky, 2002. An updated check-list of Caddisflies (Insecta, Trichoptera) from Iran, with new records. J. Zool. Middle East, 26: 163-168.
Mirmoayedi, A. and D.Thierry, 2002. First report on the seven species, including two undescribed species at the population of the Chrysoperla carnea complex in Iran (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae). Proceedings of the 12th Congress of the Russian Entomological Society, August 19-24, 2002, St. Petersburg, pp: 240-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2001. Species of Neuropterans collected during the years 1999-2000 in different locations of Iran. Proceedings of the 10th Iranian Biological Conference, September 3-5, 2001, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, pp: 50-57.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2001. Release of eggs and larvae of Chrysoperla carnea for control of eggs and nymphs of cotton's spiny bollworm (Earias insulana). Proceedings of the 2nd Irano-Russia Agricultural and natural Resources Conference, February 1-2, 2001, Moscow Timiryazev Agricultural Academy, Russia, pp: 4-8.
Marzbany, R., A.H. Bayat and A. Mirmoayedi, 2001. Comparative assessment of some biological characteristics of Indian meal moth Plodia interpunctella Hb. (Lep. Pyralidae) on pistachio, walnut in laboratory. J. Entomol. Soc., 20: 71-79.
Mirmoayedi, A., M. Sharifi and Z. Hemmati, 2000. Megachernes pavlovskyi (Redikorzev, 1949) species of pseudoscorpion, first record from Iran. Proceedings of the 9th Iranian Biological Conference, August 15-17, 2000, University of Teheran, Iran, pp: 108-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 2000. Neuropterans of different regions of Iran. Proceedings of the 14th Plant Protection Congress of Iran, September 5-8, 2000, Isfahan University of Technology, Isfahan, Iran, pp: 340-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 1999. New investigation on the fauna of Kermanshah and Kurdistan Province in Iran. Proceedings of the 8th Iranian Biological Conference, August 30-September 1, 1999, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran, pp: 234-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 1999. Investigation of the neuropteran fauna of Shiraz (Insecta, Neuroptera). Proceedings of the 8th Iranian Biological Conference, August 30-September 1, 1999, Razi University, Kermanshah, Iran, pp: 233-.
Yassayie, A. and A. Mirmoayedi, 1998. Collection and identification of Neuropteran fauna in Golestan National park. Proceedings of the 7th Iranian Biological Conference, August 22-24, 1998, Isfahan University, Isfahan, Iran, pp: 97-.
Mirmoayedi, A., A.V. Zakharenko, V.A. Krivokhatsky and A. Yassayie, 1998. K faune etchatokril (Insecta, Neuroptera) Nasionalnyie parka golestan-e-provinsi Kermanshakh (Iran)in Russian language with English summary. Izvestia Kharkovskogo Entomologiecheskoe Obshestva, 2: 53-56.
Mirmoayedi, A., 1998. New species of Iranian Neuroptera. Proceedings of the 13th Plant Protection Congress of Iran, August 23-27, 1998, Junir Agriculture College of Karadj, Karadj, Iran, pp: 250-345.
Marzbany, R., H.B. Assadi and A. Mirmoayedi, 1998. A survey of the distribution of Bacillus thuringiensis in the soils of Kermanshah Province. Proceedings of the 13th Plant Protection Congress of Iran, August 23-27, 1998, Junir Agriculture College of Karadj, Karadj, Iran, pp: 239-345.
Mirmoayedi., A., 1997. Chrysoperla carnea release for the biological control of safflower aphid (Euroleucon compositae) and safflower fly (Acanthiophilus helianthi). Proceedings of the 6th Iranian Biological Conference, August 25-September 27, 1997, Kerman University, Kerman, Iran, pp: 109-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 1995c. A checklist of certain Neuropteroidea of Hormozgan Province. Proceedings of the 12th Plant Protection Congress of Iran, September 2-7, 1995, Junir Agriculture College Karadj, Karadj, Iran, pp: 345-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 1995. Newly found distribution locations of the species of Neuropterans belonging to the Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae families in Iran (Class Insecta, order Neuroptera). Proceedings of the 4th Iranian Biological Conference, August 29-September 31, 1995, Gorgan University of Agricultural and Natural Resources, pp: 33-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 1995. New species of Neuropteroidea from Kermanshah Province. Proceedings of the 12th Plant Protection Congress of Iran, September 2-7, 1995, Junir Agricuture College of Karadj, Karadj, Iran, pp: 343-.
Marzbany, R. and A. Mirmoayedi, 1995. Evaluation of the effectiveness of three dried fruits; Pistachio, walnut and Almond on larval and pupal life duration and adult fertility in the Indian meal moth (Plodia interpunctella). Proceedings of the 6th Iranian Biological Conference, August 25-September 27, 1995, Kerman University, Kerman, Iran, pp: 117-.
Mirmoayedi, A., 1993. Collection and identification of Neuropteran species belonging to the families Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae captured in different regions of the state Kermanshah in Iran. Proceedings of the 11th Plant Protection Congress of Iran, August 28-September 2, 1993, University of Guilan, Rasht, pp: 268-.
Mirmoayedi, A. and A.K. Pakdel, 1993. Laboratory rearing of Chrysoperla carnea and Chrysopa septempunctata (Neuroptera, Chrysopidae). Proceedings of the 11th Plant Protection Congress of Iran, August 28-September 2, 1993, University of Guilan, Rasht, pp: 267-.


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Chinese travel agencies are reporting that the government has banned all foreign visitors to Tibet after two men set themselves on fire at Lhasa's Jokhang temple last week to protest Chinese rule. The two Tibetan protestors were taken away by paramilitary forces, and it is not known whether they lived. The Chinese National Tourist Office stopped issuing entry permits after the self-immolations, though Chinese nationals will still be allowed to travel freely. Travel agencies expect the ban to last at least through June and perhaps indefinitely. The lockdown comes as Tibetans begin the month-long Saga Dawa festival, which typically draws thousands of pilgrims and tourists. At least 34 Tibetans have self-immolated in protest since March 2011, but last week's protests were the first of their kind in the city of Lhasa.
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While I was watching the movie "Avatar" recently, I couldn't help thinking that Jesus was the ultimate avatar.
An avatar is a representation of a real person in an environment or world different from, but parallel to, their own. The avatar takes on the likeness of those in the parallel world, living with them and as they do, yet remains connected to and controlled by their real self. That real self remains invisible to the people of the other world and connects with them solely through the avatar.
In "Avatar", Jake Sully, though an invalid in his real world, is able to live a full and heroic physical life through his avatar in the world of Pandora. His avatar was able to do anything that Jake required of it by being controlled through Jake's thoughts and ambitious plans.
Jesus was God's avatar on earth, the parallel world he created. The only way God could save humankind was to come to earth as a human, live as a perfect human, pay the death penalty for humankind's sin as a human, and rise from the dead - the ultimate avatar in the world of humans.
It was clear, not only from what he said, but from what he did and how he did it, that Jesus was indeed God in avatar (human) form.
Paul reveals that "The Son is the image of the invisible God" (Colossians 1 : 15) and " in Christ all the fullness of the Deity lives in bodily form." (Colossians 2 : 9).
John, in introducing his gospel, said, "No one has ever seen God, but the one and only Son, who is himself God and is in closest relationship with the Father, has made him known." (John 1 : 18).
All of these echoed Jesus' own admissions that he and the Father were one (John 10 : 30) and that those who had seen him had seen the Father as well (John 14 : 9).
And so God lived with us in our world, doing for us what we couldn't do for ourselves, and thus created the gateway for all of his creation to eventually live in fellowship with him forever.
When I was much younger I learned "The Roman Road" as a tool for personal evangelism.
A small selection of verses from Romans was used to explain the gospel story to those who would listen. I had a small, black New Testament with these verses highlighted and my listener and I would read through them, discussing what they meant, in the hope that my listener "would be saved".
We would discuss the tragic state of the human race and our personal predicament before God.
I would then invite my listener to admit they were a sinner.
This verse opened discussion on the nature of death that was the consequence of our being sinners, and the sort of life God was providing as a free gift through Jesus.
I would help my listener see that they deserved death; but there was a way out of this by reaching out and accepting God's free gift of salvation, forgiveness, new life.
We would then discuss God's unconditional love for all of his creation and his plan to save and forgive us. Jesus' obedience to the Father and the significance of his death on the cross were discussed to demonstrate how these provided the solution to the world tragedy and our own predicament.
I would invite my listener to agree that it is God's love, demonstrated in Jesus on the cross, that saves us, and that nothing else does or can.
Having previously agreed with me that they were included in the sinners group, I now assured them that they are equally in the group that is qualified to call out to the Lord and be saved.
At this point I would usually check on my listener's understanding of all we had discussed and invite them to repent of their sin, confess Jesus as Lord and invite Jesus into their heart.... and so be saved and empowered to live this new life.
The conversation was usually a successful one. Listeners would be convinced of the Biblical facts and suitably disturbed by the consequences of continuing to live without forgiveness, and so make "a decision for Christ".
So what's happened to me and the Roman Road since those days? Lots really.
Since those days of using the Roman Road to "get people saved" in this way, I have enriched my understanding of some of these verses, discovered that Romans goes way beyond chapter 10, and also found other stopping places along the "old" part of the road that I hadn't noticed before.
For example, I had completely missed Romans 5 : 19.
Just about every mainstream Christian or church I know believes the first part of this verse and rejects the second. Amazingly they believe that Adam, the first "one man", made us all sinners; yet do not believe that Jesus, the second "one man", will make us all righteous. In other words, the mainstream believes that Adam was much more successful in producing the curse than Jesus was in providing the cure - that what Adam did affects all humankind, but what Jesus did affects only a small minority.
Apart from the fact that this position totally contradicts what the Bible says here, I can't believe that God, through Jesus Christ will be less effective than what Adam, his first human creation, was. The creature more effective and influential than the Creator seems untenable. The disobedient one more effective than the obedient One doesn't fit God's way of doing things.
If we are to believe Romans 5:19, as well as the other verses on the "old" road, we must also come to the conclusion that if everyone is to be made righteous, then everyone is going to have to repent, call out to the Lord and so be saved. And since we see that this doesn't happen to everyone while they are alive on this planet, we can only conclude that God will still be seeking and finding his lost sheep beyond life here, until the very last of them is found.
By the way, right next door to Romans 3 : 23 is another statement very similar to Romans 5 : 19 and 1 Cor 15 : 22. In fact verse 24 is the conclusion of the same sentence that verse 23 is a part of. Let's read the whole sentence.
The 'all' who sinned are the same 'all' who are freely justified. Isn't it amazing how we have become so adept at taking only a small part of a sentence to make our point, yet neglect other parts of the same sentence that don't support the point we wish to make.
Now what lies beyond our "old" Roman Road - beyond chapter 10?
God has arranged for all of us to be disobedient just so he can show his mercy and kindness and grace to every single person.
So, I have now discovered the road is much longer than I had previously thought and that there are other interesting stopping places along the roadside that I had not seen before.
These haven't changed my message of hope for a lost sinner so much, but rather enhanced it dramatically. I still hope to bring the message of salvation to those who will stop to listen to me now, but I also have the wider hope that everyone will come to this knowledge and position in Christ eventually.
And Paul must have had that hope too. He not only mentioned it in his letter to the Romans but also in his letter to the Corinthians, the Colossians and the Philippians. He must have been pretty sure of it to keep talking about it.
Overall, the Romans Road is a road of tremendous hope and one which everyone one of God's children will travel at some time in some way. This was, and still is, God's incredible plan and purpose that he conceived before the ages began and implemented through the death and resurrection of his son, Jesus Christ.


For reasons of aerodynamic and structural efficiency and ease of inspection the bridge deck would be split into two halves with a 25 ft. gap between them through which the towers protrude. The split in the dual mast towers reflects and extends the gap in the deck. Each deck would be supported by two planes of stays, one on each edge. Each pair of cable planes would visually enclose the space above its side of the deck, forming a three dimensional volume that would provide a striking visual experience for drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists.
The pedestrian/bicycle path would incorporate belvederes at the towers and at the ends of the cable-supported bridge that would provide captivating views of Corpus Christ's Downtown, the Harbor, and the Gulf of Mexico.
The aesthetic lighting proposal makes extensive use of programmable LED fixtures to light four main features of the bridge: the towers themselves, with particular emphasis on the slots between the tower halves, the four cable planes, with each plane programmable separately, and "necklace' lighting along the outer edges of the deck extending across the entire cable supported span. The system would allow different color combinations that could include, for example, traditional colors of different holidays, the colors of Corpus Christi's minor league baseball team or special colors for civic events. The system would also allow for dynamic affects, such as bands of different colors moving across the bridge.
The project includes extensive reconstruction of I-37, US-181 and Tx-286, the three main freeways in the Corpus Christi area as well as the I-37 entrance into Downtown. The teams organized this work into four corridors defined by the characteristics of their adjoining neighborhoods. Bridge details, retaining wall themes and landscaping plans were developed to fit into these neighborhoods.
The project will be built through a Design/Build/Operate agreement with the Texas Department of Transportation. Mr. Gottemoeller assisted the bridge architectural staff of HDR Engineering in developing the aesthetic concepts for the team's proposal and writing the team's Aesthetic Plan. The team's proposal was not chosen for construction.
Harbor Bridge: Length: 2820 ft. Width: 176 ft. Spans: 650 ft.,1520 ft., 650 ft.
Approach Viaduct Spans: Varies, 185 ft max.


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All in the Ohana
A Hawaiian journey 36 years in the making
For the launch of their first store in Hawaii, Uniqlo partnered with Stink Studios to create a campaign that celebrates the Ohanas (families or tight knit friend groups) of Honolulu.
Stink Studios brought the campaign to life through the lens of photographer Taishi Hirokawa, who in 1982 traveled throughout the Japanese countryside photographing everyday people styled in the latest high fashions from Tokyo. The result was the influential book Sonomama Sonomama. Together with Stink Studios, Hirokawa-san created a new Hawaiian interpretation of his iconic fashion project: All in the Ohana.
We produced a photography and documentary film campaign with Hirokawa-san, capturing real Hawaiian Ohanas and exploring the island through their eyes.
By producing both photo and film shoots simultaneously, we captured a suite of assets to support the launch of the store. These assets live in both local and global markets.
Hirokawa-san's photography honored some of Honolulu's most celebrated and influential families, at times capturing as many as four generations in a single image.
The campaign is anchored by our four-minute documentary, created entirely in-house, and extends into a series of vignettes around each Ohana. These bespoke cutdown edits from the film went live on social platforms, in-flight, and in-cinema.
The in-store vignettes launched with the grand opening of the Uniqlo flagship store, in Ala Moana, Honolulu on September 28, 2018.


Inspectors deal with a cat stuck in a tree, a disturbing case of animal neglect, and a black swan that has wandered far from home.
The inspectors at the Cape of Good Hope SPCA in South Africa have seen it all, from pit bulls to Egyptian geese, underground dogfight rings to rampaging baboons. Join these dedicated men and women as they fight for the welfare of abused, abandoned and endangered animals.
Hey, I want to find out how I can come into contact with Animal Cops, South Africa? I would like to persue a career in animal wellfare and would like to speak to someone. Don't know where to start. Can anybody please help me?
Hi there, maybe you can send an e-mail to nspca@nspca.co.za or training@nspca.co.za maybe they can help you.


It's true. I do still read print newspaper. It's not so much by effort as it is by convenience and simplicity. I receive a subscription to the Gwinnett Daily Post as free benefit of continuing to pay Charter Communications a small ransom each month for cable TV. The paper covers local news for the county I live in and picks up some AP stories for national news. What I like about it is it's small and something I can scan quickly for news of interest to me.
This past Saturday, they published a column article from Lisa McLeod entitled People don't like their job due to lack of connection. Lisa points out that statistically, many workers are disengaged from their workplace because they don't have the connection and meaning they want.
It was a timely article. Just this week I met with a co-worker on his last day on the job after he resigned two weeks earlier. Through the course of our conversation it became apparent that he didn't have a good connection to those above him in the organizational chart and he was not finding meaning within the organization. Now understand, he's a bright guy and a hard worker. But he wasn't fully connected to the where the organization is headed.
I believe the point of Lisa McLeod's article was spot-on target with what I observed from my co-worker. I don't blame him for feeling unconnected and disengaged as I think it's a dual responsibility between the manager and employee to find connection and meaning at work.
Since I've worked in IT and now marketing during my career, I have seen how business engagement works within the two organizations. In marketing and sales there emphasis is on company strategy, revenue, sales, and client resigns. In IT, the focus and business engagement is usually around systems, costs, and processes. This creates an opportunity for IT organizations. People value meaning in their work effort, and true business meaning comes with understanding how the work they are completing drives revenue, reduces cost, and enhances customer relationships.
Enhance their customer relationships across internet, phone, and client channels.
Enabling customer self-service web and phone channels by selling, servicing and managing company products and services.
Enabling clients to be more effective and efficient when making product and service choices on behalf of their customers.
Helping internal stakeholders to be relevant and credible to company clients by guiding, recommending, and enabling technology that produces customer interaction.
If you're a manager leading people, I'd be interested to know how you create connection and meaning with your employees. Is this something difficult or easy for you?


Punjab, also known as the land of five rivers, is a treasure trove for every tourist. A golden land with rapid growth in agriculture and industry; it is one of the richest states in India. India's first fully planned city - Chandigarh, designed by the architect Le Corbusier, is also in Punjab. Agriculture is the largest industry in Punjab. The state also has the lowest poverty rate among the states in India.
Takhat-i-akbari at Kalanaur, Masoleums of Ustad & Shagird at Nakodar, Serai Nurmahal near Nakodar, Tomb of Mir-i-Mran at Sirhind, Sabraon War Memorial at Jalawala are other tourist attractions in Punjab.


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Citroën SM var en sportscoupé Luksusbil bygget af den franske bilfabrikant Citroën mellem 1970 og 1975. Den blev i 1972 valgt som Årets Bil i USA. Bilen blev fremstillet i 12.920 eksemplarer.

Motoren blev bygget i Italien af Maserati - en lille 140 kg motor, der ydede 170 hestekræfter. Den strømlinjede SM kunne opnå 225 km/t fra fabrikken. Motoren var så lille på grund af fransk skattelovgivning - kaldet Puissance Fiscale.

SM var udstyret med alle Citroëns nyopfindelser - niveauregulerende affjedring, lygter, der drejede med rattet, og den nye hydrauliske variable servostyring, der gjorde det meget let at parkere, men rattet blev tungere ved fart.

SM var et meget gennemtænkt design - planlægningen begyndte i 1961, og Citroën investerede i denne bil som om den var en nye 4 dørs familiebil der skulle erstatte DS modellen.  Men så stort var markedet for luksus-coupéer ikke. Som sportsvogn var SM ualmindelig komfortabel, men som familiebil ikke særlig praktisk, med to små bagsæder.

Efter SM blev ulovlig i USA i 1973, dalede salgstallene stærkt. Produktion ophørte, da Citroën gik konkurs og solgte Maserati i 1975.

Motorsport

SM vandt sit første racerløb, det barske 1971 Rallye du Maroc. Citroën fortsatte med at køre SM i rallyløb, oven på den store succes de havde med Citroën DS.

SM World, en specialist i Los Angeles, Californien, fremstillede en turbo SM, som i 1987 kørte 325 km/t ved Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah, USA.

Hvem købte SM?

Der blev solgt 2 SM i Danmark fra ny - en meget dyr bil med danske afgifter.

De amerikanske og tyske markeder er den bedste chance for en bil af denne type, men Frankrig og Italien købte halvdelen af produktionen imellem dem.

SM var en speciel bil - dels fordi luksusbiler var noget nyt for Citroën; Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, og Jaguar sælger ikke noget som en Citroën 2CV ved siden af deres biler. Det var et spring ud i det blå at købe fra et 'nyt' luksusmærke, særligt på markeder, hvor Citroën DS ikke var særlig kendt.

Hvis den havde været udsøgt hurtig, som SM V8 med 260HK beviste den kunne blive, ville programmet have fundet flere kunder.

Ligesom Citroën DS, der talte den første mand i rummet og Paven som kunder, så havde SM også et varieret klientel. Diktatoren af Uganda, Idi Amin havde syv af dem, mens Kejser Haile Selassie fra Ethiopien, Shahen af Iran, og Lederen af Sovjetunionen, Leonid Brezhnev klarede sig med en hver.

Fodboldspilleren Johan Cruijff fra Holland, Rolling Stones medlem Charlie Watts, og de amerikanske komikere Cheech Marin, Thomas Chong, og Jay Leno kørte også SM,

Den bedste optrædelse af SM på film er med Burt Reynolds i 1974 The Longest Yard hvor han bliver fulgt af en hel flok politibiler, men undgår dem alle. Derefter købte han en SM til sig selv og en til hans veninde, skuespilleren Dinah Shore.

SM Varianter

I 1974, byggede Maserati en SM V8 - som prøve. Den havde 260HK, var meget hurtig, men også anvendelig - et tegn på hvad programmet kunne have ført til under andre omstændigheder.

Karosseribygger Henri Chapron fra Levallois-Perret producerede flere meget sjældne modeller baseret på SM.
 Présidentielle - 4-dørs model med kaleche - brugt af franske præsidenter fra Georges Pompidou til Jacques Chirac.
 Opéra - 4-dørs model med tag
 Mylord - 2-dørs model med kaleche - en 1975 model blev i 2014 solgt for EUR 548.320

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Eksterne henvisninger

SM
Forhjulstrukne biler
Biler introduceret i 1970
Biler fra 1970'erne

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Mr Paul Anastassiou QC has been appointed as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia and will commence in the Melbourne Registry on 1 February 2019.
Mr Anastassiou graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws (Honours) from the University of Melbourne in 1982. He was admitted as a practitioner of the Supreme Court of Victoria in 1985.
He began his career as a solicitor with Phillips Fox and Masel before being called to the Victorian Bar in 1987, and was appointed silk in 2002.
Mr Anastassiou has extensive experience in a wide range of complex commercial disputes, focusing on corporations' matters and class actions.
Mr Anastassiou has also served in many leadership roles over his 30 year career at the Victorian Bar, including as President in 2016.
On behalf of the Government, I congratulate Mr Anastassiou on his appointment and thank him for his willingness to serve the people of Australia as a judge of the Federal Court of Australia.


Ripple has recently seen an astronomical rise in price as the cryptocurrency more than quadrupled in value in the past week, rising from a low of $0.05 to over $0.22 at the time of writing. This price hike may be attributed to rumors that are surrounding the upcoming Consensus event hosted by Coindesk. It is speculated that Ripple's team will announce their lockup of millions worth of Ripple in an attempt to gain more trust from the community regarding the project.
The Ripple team has been hard at work securing partnerships with major clients, and it seems these efforts haven't gone by unnoticed. Two weeks ago, Ripple released a press statement announcing their partnership with ten major clients. Some of them include: BBVA, MUFG, Cambridge Global Payments, Star One Credit Union, SEB, and much more.
These are big names in the financial services industry and it no surprise the market reacted accordingly. In fact, MUFG is a cryptocurrency project backed by Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc, Japan's largest financial group. The fact that Ripple secured such high level clients speaks to the integrity and quality of the team behind the currency.
Well, over $4,000,000,000 (Four-Billion Dollars) was put into Ripple in the past week increasing the price from $0.05 to $0.14+. That is a lot of money to invest. If the amount of money that is in BitCoin (25,500,000,000 – Twenty-Five-Billion-Five-Hundred-Million) was in Ripple the value would be $0.67. (25,500,000,000 / 38,000,000,000 – Market Cap divided by Coin Supply).
If the amount of money flowing into Bitcoin was redirected to Ripple, then it could see another triple in value, sending it over 10x from its previous price floor of $0.05. While this analysis may be overly optimistic, keep in mind that an increasing amount of new money is flowing into cryptocurrency as a whole, so that scenario isn't unlikely.
I'm in disbelief that it's already moved up another decimal point, I didn't see that coming for a long time. And for some reason even though it's gotten very high very fast, for some reason it feels really strong, where as in the past it usually feels like it's about to do a 100% retrace dump at any second.
He goes on to point out that the weekly and daily RSI (Relative Strength Index) is maxed out across all timeframes. RSI measures the speed and change of price movements, it is considered overbought when over 70 and oversold when under 30. Currently Ripple's RSI is at maximum, meaning the crypto is overbought. The best strategy according to Oops_I_Charted, is to place some low buy orders and wait for a retrace.
As always trade with caution and only play with what you can afford to loose.
Dislaimer: This is not trading advice, the author of this article does not have stake in Ripple. This article is for educational purposes only. If you liked this article, follow us on Twitter @themerklenews and make sure to subscribe to our newsletter to receive the latest bitcoin, cryptocurrency, and technology news.


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Court hears peeping Tom accused shouted 'sexy ladies' when arrested in St John's Wood
Published: 11:16 AM April 21, 2016 Updated: 9:25 PM October 15, 2020
Abercon Place is in St John's Wood (pic: Google) - Credit: Archant
A man accused of ogling a woman in St John's Wood as she undressed in her bedroom exclaimed 'sexy ladies' when he was arrested, a court heard.
Abubakar Omar, 23, of Mary Green, St John's Wood, allegedly stood leering at Yasmin Brook as she disrobed in Abercorn Place.
Ms Brook claims she spotted Omar eyeing her up twice and called the police who arrested him near the scene.
Westminster Magistrates Court heard when asked what he had been up to, Omar is said to have replied: "Sexy ladies, sexy ladies."
Omar - who lives within a mile of Ms Brook - now admits he was nearby, but claims he did not see her and claims he was trying to ask police: "What ladies are you talking about?"
He listened to the case at through an interpreter after pleading not guilty to one count of harassment without violence on November 28 last year.
Nathan Miebai, prosecuting, said: "We say that the reference to 'sexy ladies' is a reference to what the defendant was doing prior to being arrested.
"It's a very straightforward case, the complainant says that she sees the defendant on two separate occasions on the same evening looking into her window as she is getting undressed.
"The defendant attended an identification procedure where she identified the defendant in relation to these acts."
Tom Beynon, defending, said: "One of the officers says he is saying the words 'sexy ladies'.
"Quite clearly the way they put it in the statement isn't accepted at all."
District Judge Quentin Purdy fixed a trial date for August 4 at City of London Magistrates' Court and granted a request for Ms Brooks to give evidence there from behind a screen.
Omar is barred from going to Abercorn Place while on conditional bail.


BenJamin Van Doren wins prestigious award!
There have been several discussions recently about how to get your children outside to enjoy the natural world and gain an appreciation for it's complex web. The notion is that this exposure would spark an interest that could provide the young adult the fundamentals for understanding man's place on this planet or even a path to more active work in the conservation or environmental fields.
It's not too often that one gets the pleasure of meeting an incredibly talented young person who is so into the study of birds that after a couple of years into birds, he made concerted efforts to elevate his studies way beyond basic birding skills. I have the pleasure of being acquainted with Benjamin Van Doren, and not only is he into birds, he is really (really) into the technology that will take ornithology in to the electronic future. He can capture calls from night flying migrants, record the calls and match them electronically to species and essentially sample the migration over a point source for a period of time. At the age 16 and 17 years, he took these skills and launched a scientific inquiry on migrant songbirds that added measurably to the scientific record.
So congratulations are in order. Benjamin Van Doren, 18, of White Plains NY, presented the results of his study and won fifth place in the prestigious National Intel Science competition awards that took place in Washington DC on March 14, 2012.
Benjamin Van Doren related that project set out to prove the assumption that birds migrating in autumn, get their bearings during the morning, and tend to fly into the wind. This project took over three years to accomplish and required many trial and error efforts.
Benjamin took the train down to Washington, DC, Thursday, March 8, 2012, to spend five days with the other 39 finalists of the Intel Science Talent Search. They stayed at the St. Regis hotel in DC, only two blocks from the White House.
The Judging was comprised of two parts, interviews and presentations. In the interviews, the judges asked questions about math and science–often unrelated to one's project says Benjamin. The interviews were tough but they were meant to promote and measure creative thinking and problem solving. On Sunday, each of the individuals set up their presentation displays at the National Geographic Society and presented their project to the judges and to the public.
The whole atmosphere was great–not competitive really, but friendly and supportive reported Benjamin. The other finalists were nice, interested, and interesting. Besides judging, there were many other activities and special opportunities. Brian Greene, a professor of physics and mathematics at Columbia University, spoke to the group, and each all had minor planets (asteroids) named after them. The finalist went bowling and met President Obama, and the NY students met both senators (many other students also met their representatives).
The awards gala took place in the Great Hall of the National Building Museum and was magnificent. Benjamin ended up winning 5th place, with a $30,000 award!
Keep your eye out for this young man. We do expect that interesting things will come from anything he decides to do in his adventures through life. I personally wish Benjamin well.
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Great post Mardi, I had the pleasure of being in the field with Ben a number of years ago during a Summer Bird Count, Ben was just becoming a teenager, you could feel and see it then, this young gentleman was just spectacular in the field. Best of luck Ben!
A big thanks to Mardi for staying on top and recognising these young phenoms and all the future naturalist/biologist/ornithinologist that are growing every day!


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Sing With Us!
We welcome new voices!
Audition Dates:
If you'd like to audition for the chorale please fill out our audition form by clicking below.
Audition Form
Here's what you need to know before auditioning:
Some vocal and/or choral experience is necessary.
There is a sliding scale ($75-$100) per-cycle fee (Fall and Spring) with additional cost of concert attire purchase.
Rehearsals are Tuesday nights from 6:30 to 9:00PM.
Each cycle is 13 weeks (Sep-Dec and Feb-May).
There will be additional rehearsals and sectionals.
Important rehearsal dates for Spring 2023:
Rehearsals every Tuesday from 6:30pm to 9:00pm
Rehearsals begin February 21, 2023
All day choir workshop (10am to 4pm)
Sectionals for altos (3:30pm) and sopranos (2:00pm)
Sectionals for tenors (2:00pm) and basses (3:30pm)
April 2, 2023
Additional rehearsals
May 15, 2023 (6:30pm - 9:30pm)
May 16, 2023, with orchestra (6:30pm - 9:30pm)
May 21, 2023 at 2:00pm
If you have any questions, contact the membership director at membership@sierramasterchorale.org or call the InConcert Sierra office at 530-273-3990.


The 2014 Pac 12 Basketball Tournament will get underway on Wednesday, March 12th. For the second time in Pac 12 basketball history, the tournament will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The championship game will be held on March 15th.
Under the current format, all 12 teams in the conference will participate in the tournament. The top four teams in the standings at the end of the regular season will get a bye into the quarterfinals. The winner of this year's event will receive an automatic bid to the NCAA basketball tournament.
The first tournament was held in 1987 when the conference was still known as the Pac 10. That year, Tournament Most Valuable Player Reggie Miller led the UCLA Bruins to a 76-64 victory over the Washington Huskies. The tournament only stuck around for a total of four years before it was dropped after the 1990 season.
The event was resurrected in 2002 and moved to the Staples Center in Los Angeles. The University of Arizona won both the last event in 1990 and the revived version in 2002. In fact, Arizona won the tournament four straight times in 1989, '90, '02 and '03. The Wildcats have also lost in the championship game three times. Arizona has an impressive 22-12 all-time record in the tournament. Arizona State enters the 2013 event a woeful 5-14 all-time.
UCLA, Oregon and Washington have each captured the tournament crown three times. In its first year as a member of the Pac 12, Colorado knocked off Arizona in overtime, 53-51, in 2012. The event marked the conference's first Pac 12 championship.
Arizona's Sean Elliott and Washington's Isaiah Thomas are the only players to win tournament MVP honors in back-to-back years. Others to take home the trophy include future NBA players Jud Buechler, Luke Walton, Luke Ridnour, Josh childress, Darren Collison and DeMar DeRozan.
Fans and hoop lovers can follow the action with a printable Pac 12 basketball bracket.


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Байесовская сеть (или байесова сеть, байесовская сеть доверия, ) — графовая вероятностная модель, представляющая собой множество переменных и их вероятностных зависимостей по Байесу. Например, байесовская сеть может быть использована для вычисления вероятности того, чем болен пациент, по наличию или отсутствию ряда симптомов, основываясь на данных о зависимости между симптомами и болезнями. Математический аппарат байесовых сетей создан американским учёным Джудой Перлом, лауреатом Премии Тьюринга (2011).

Формально, байесовская сеть — это ориентированный ациклический граф, каждой вершине которого соответствует случайная переменная, а дуги графа кодируют отношения условной независимости между этими переменными. Вершины могут представлять переменные любых типов, быть взвешенными параметрами, скрытыми переменными или гипотезами. Существуют эффективные методы, которые используются для вычислений и обучения байесовских сетей. Если переменные байесовской сети являются дискретными случайными величинами, то такая сеть называется дискретной байесовской сетью. Байесовские сети, которые моделируют последовательности переменных, называют динамическими байесовскими сетями. Байесовские сети, в которых могут присутствовать как дискретные переменные, так и непрерывные, называются гибридными байесовскими сетями. Байесовская сеть, в которой дуги помимо отношений условной независимости кодируют также отношения причинности, называют причинно-следственными байесовыми сетями ()).

Определения и принципы работы
Если из вершины  выходит дуга в вершину , то  называют родителем , а  называют потомком . Если из вершины  существует ориентированный путь в вершину , то  называется предком , а  называется потомком .

Множество вершин-родителей вершины  обозначим как .

Направленный ациклический граф  называется байесовской сетью для вероятностного распределения , заданного над множеством случайных переменных , если каждой вершине графа поставлена в соответствие случайная переменная из , а дуги в графе удовлетворяют условию (марковское условие): любая переменная  из  должна быть условно независима от всех вершин, не являющихся её потомками, если заданы (получили означивание, обусловлены) все её прямые родители  в графе , то есть

справедливо:

где  — значение ;  — конфигурация ;  — множество всех вершин, не являющихся потомками ;  — конфигурация .

Тогда полное совместное распределение значений в вершинах можно удобно записать в виде декомпозиции (произведения) локальных распределений:

Если у вершины  нет предков, то её локальное распределение вероятностей называют безусловным, иначе условным. Если вершина — случайная переменная получила означивание (например, в результате наблюдения), то такое означивание называют свидетельством (). Если значение переменной было установлено извне (а не наблюдалось), то такое означивание называется вмешательством () или интервенцией ().

Условная независимость в байесовской сети представлена графическим свойством d-разделённости.

d-разделённость
Путь  называют d-разделённым (), или блокированным () множеством вершин  тогда и только тогда, когда
  содержит цепь  или разветвление  такие, что  принадлежит , или
  содержит инвертированное разветвление (коллайдер) , такое, что  не принадлежит  и у вершины  нет потомков, которые принадлежат .
Пусть  — непересекающиеся подмножества вершин в ацикличном ориентированном графе . Говорят, что множество вершин  d-разделяет  и  тогда и только тогда, когда  блокирует все пути из любой вершины, принадлежащей  в любую вершину, принадлежащую , и обозначают . Под путём понимается последовательность следующих друг за другом рёбер (любого направления) в графе.

Теорема о d-разделённости
Для любых трёх непересекающихся подмножеств вершин  в ацикличном ориентированном графе  и для всех вероятностных распределений  справедливо:
 если , то , если  и  марковски совместимы, и
 если отношение условной независимости  выполняется для всех вероятностных распределений, Марковски-совместимых с , то из этого следует .
Другими словами, если вершины d-разделены, то они условно независимы; и если вершины условно-независимы во всех вероятностных распределениях, совместимых с графом , то они d-разделены.

( означает, что множества переменных  и  условно-независимы при заданном множестве .)

Свидетельства
Свидетельства — утверждения вида «событие в узле x произошло». Например: «компьютер не загружается».

Вероятностные запросы
Байесовская сеть позволяет получить ответы на следующие типы вероятностных запросов:
 нахождение вероятности свидетельства,
 определение априорных маргинальных вероятностей,
 определение апостериорных маргинальных вероятностей, включая:
 прогнозирование, или прямой вывод, — определение вероятности события при наблюдаемых причинах,
 диагностирование, или обратный вывод (абдукция), — определение вероятности причины при наблюдаемых следствиях,
 межпричинный (смешанный) вывод () или трансдукция, — определение вероятности одной из причин наступившего события при условии наступления одной или нескольких других причин этого события.
 вычисление наиболее вероятного объяснения наблюдаемого события (, MPE),
 вычисление апостериорного максимума ().

Пример

Предположим, что может быть две причины, по которым трава может стать мокрой (GRASS WET): сработала дождевальная установка, либо прошёл дождь. Также предположим, что дождь влияет на работу дождевальной машины (во время дождя установка не включается). Тогда ситуация может быть смоделирована проиллюстрированной байесовской сетью. Каждая из трёх переменных может принимать лишь одно из двух возможных значений: T (правда — true) и F (ложь — false), с вероятностями, указанными в таблицах на иллюстрации.

Совместная вероятность функции:

где имена трёх переменных означают G = Трава мокрая (Grass wet), S = Дождевальная установка (Sprinkler), и R = Дождь (Rain).

Модель может ответить на такие вопросы как «Какова вероятность того, что прошел дождь, если трава мокрая?» используя формулу условной вероятности и суммируя переменные:

Вероятностный вывод
В силу того, что байесовская сеть — это полная модель для переменных и их отношений, она может быть использована для того, чтобы давать ответы на вероятностные вопросы. Например, сеть можно использовать, чтобы получить новое знание о состоянии подмножества переменных, наблюдая за другими переменными (переменные-свидетельства). Это процесс вычисления апостериорного распределения переменных по переменным-свидетельствам называют вероятностным выводом.
Это следствие даёт нам универсальную оценку для приложений, где нужно выбрать значения подмножества переменных, которое минимизирует функцию потерь, например, вероятность ошибочного решения. Байесовская сеть может также считаться механизмом для автоматического построения расширения теоремы Байеса для более сложных задач.

Для проведения вероятностного вывода в байесовских сетях используются следующие алгоритмы:
 Точные:
 вывод методом грубой силы путём маргинализации полного совместного распределения;
 алгоритмы устранения переменных и символьные вычисления,
 кластеризация,
 алгоритмы пропагации (передача) сообщений между узлами сети,
 Приближённые на основе метода Монте-Карло:
 алгоритмы формирования выборок с исключением,
 метод оценки выборок с учётом правдоподобия,
 алгоритм МСМС () и др.

Приложения
Байесовские сети используются для моделирования в биоинформатике (генетические сети, структура белков), медицине, классификации документов, обработке изображений, обработке данных, машинном обучении и системах поддержки принятия решений.

Дополнительная информация
 Association for Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence: http://www.auai.org/
 Введение в байесовские сети: http://www.niedermayer.ca/papers/bayesian/bayes.html
 On-line Tutorial on Bayesian nets and probability: http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/%7Enorman/BBNs/BBNs.htm
 Сергей Николенко. Лекции № 8 , № 9  и № 10 , посвящённые байесовским сетям доверия. Курс «Самообучающиеся системы»

Бесплатные и свободные программные продукты
 OpenBayes https://github.com/abyssknight/OpenBayes-Fork (contains a patched build of OpenBayes from openbayes.org)
 RISO: http://sourceforge.net/projects/riso/  (distributed belief networks)
 BANSY3  — Freeware. From the Non Linear Dynamics Laboratory. Mathematics Department, Science School, UNAM.
 SamIam: http://reasoning.cs.ucla.edu/samiam

Коммерческие программные продукты
 AgenaRisk Bayesian network tool: http://www.agenarisk.com
 BayesFusion (GeNIe и SMILE): https://www.bayesfusion.com/
 Bayesian network application library: http://www.norsys.com/netlibrary/index.htm
 Bayesia: http://www.bayesia.com
 Hugin: http://www.hugin.com
 Netica: http://www.norsys.com
 BNet: http://www.cra.com/bnet
 Dezide: http://www.dezide.com
 MSBNx: a component-centric toolkit for modeling and inference with Bayesian Network (from Microsoft Research): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=52299
 Bayes Net Toolbox for Matlab: http://bnt.sourceforge.net/
 dVelox: http://www.apara.es/en/about-apara-predictive-analytics
 SIAM & Causeway: https://web.archive.org/web/20070221060515/http://www.inet.saic.com/

См. также
 Теорема Байеса
 Байесовская вероятность
 Байесовское программирование

Примечания

Ссылки

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