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A Brief History of Mensa's International Structure
by Vince Bonzagni, excerpted from the Mensa Book of Lists, written in 1997
Mensa was, for all intents and purposes, an exclusively British club from its beginnings in 1946 up until 1960. The establishment of a branch in America in the fall of 1960, with its subsequent rapid growth, brought forth the inevitable issue of co-existing national Mensa groups versus one international group (with many branches). Since Roland Berrill had felt that a formal constitution was unnecessary, Mensa had never had anything but the most rudimentary official structure. As Mensa grew, however, the adequacy of the informal governmental and organizational structure came under fire and discussions began on the adoption of a formal constitution. In 1961, a referendum was held to determine if a formal constitution should be written. That vote, in August 1961, failed (153 for, 418 against, 3 abstentions). For the next few years, almost all matters continued to be handled through the governing (British) board in London.
At the November 1963 Annual General Meeting in London, the membership approved a policy on the structuring of an "international" Mensa, and separation of the international board from the British board. This policy provided for the drafting and membership approval of a constitution, with subsequent elections to fill the posts created by it. The first "formal" international constitution was approved in June 1964 (2,206 for, 264 against); it provided for 8 officers (Chairman, General Secretary, Treasurer, Membership Officer, Developments Officer, Editorial Committee Chair, Research Committee Chair and Premises Committee Chair). It further provided for one representative from each of the recognized national Mensa groups (United Nations style - without regard to group size). In September 1964, the first election was held, with the Wilson/Serebriakoff panel receiving the most votes (by about 4 to 1). The "panel," or "slate" system of voting is still used in International Mensa elections today (although there had not been a contested international election in many years until recently).
Another provision of the 1964 constitution was the establishment of Mensa as a legal entity. After considerable work, Intermensa, Ltd. was incorporated as a "holding company" on May 7, 1965. Maurice Salzedo, a solicitor and active British Mensan, became Secretary of the Corporation. It is interesting to note that in 1965, the name "Mensa" was already in use in another corporate name and thus the preferred "Mensa International, Ltd." could not be used.
In late 1969, a major reshuffling of the International General Committee (IGC) took place, following which several substantial constitutional amendments were proposed, approved and enacted. Although the people and the "job titles" were in seemingly constant flux throughout the 1970's, the IGC nevertheless remained essentially intact. By 1980, however, the inequities of the U.N.-style system (from the large groups' perspective) had generated serious problems. The United States, with over 30,000 members (and a large financial obligation to International Mensa), had but one vote, the same as the Ivory Coast, which had only 10 members and virtually no financial obligation. Following a period of contentiousness, and several unsuccessful attempts to create acceptable drafts of a revised constitution, Hyman Brock (the Chairman of Mensa Canada at that time) brought the major players together in Miami and a compromise ("The Miami Pact") was hammered out on October 31, 1981.
The subsequently-approved constitutional changes and election dramatically altered the composition of the international governing body. Two boards were created: the IGC (International General Council), consisting of the International Chairman and the CEOs of all recognized national Mensas (with some qualifications). This body generally acts in an advisory capacity to the second board, the IBD (International Board of Directors). The IBD consists of the International Chairman, Director of Administration, Director of Development and Treasurer (the four elected International Officers), along with representatives ("Nat Reps") chosen by each recognized national Mensa meeting a specified minimum membership level. The number of votes allocated to each national Mensa is based on its membership, with no group carrying more than 40% of the votes and no Nat Rep carrying more than three votes. The IBD sets policy, giving consideration to IGC advice. Ongoing management decisions are made by the Executive Committee, consisting of the four elected officers plus the CEOs of American and British Mensa.
The vote approving the above changes took effect at the end of April 1982. The Society was officially without officers from May 1, 1982 until July 1, 1982, when the newly-elected officials took office. Nevertheless, for continuity purposes, the outgoing IGC voted to allow the incoming officers to assume their duties on an unofficial basis as of May 1, 1982.
In 1976, Mensa International, Ltd., another corporate entity, was incorporated in England. It co-existed with Intermensa, Ltd. from 1976 to 1985. Intermensa, Ltd. was dissolved in May 1985 in favor of MIL for legal reasons.
Finally, the requirements for voting representation on the IGC/IBD have been modified numerous times throughout the years. In the following sections, no attempt has been made to confirm that the individuals listed were actually entitled to vote at all times during their tenure. Moreover, appointed officers often had voting rights prior to 1982, but it has proven too difficult (so far) to determine which ones had voting rights during any specific meeting. Finally, no attempt has been made to compile a comprehensive history of each National Mensa; only basic information has been compiled, and even that has sometimes been based on less than iron-clad data.
As a general caveat to the reader, the information in this "International" section is not as reliable as the information in the American Mensa sections, even though I have spent over a thousand hours researching and compiling this information. My goal has been to make the data as reliable as possible, and most of it is reasonably accurate. The information should be useful for most purposes and for general enlightenment. With the reader's assistance in seeking out corrections and additions, I'm confident that future revisions will be more comprehensive, accurate, and reliable.


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2.- You can use images from several sources.
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Home Thoughts Opinions An Open Letter to The United States Congress
An Open Letter to The United States Congress
Nurit Greenger
Mon August 8, 2011
Dear Members of Congress,
When the American Nation is finally going to admit and declare that the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), the Palestinian Authority (PA), Fatah, the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades and Hamas are all the same, genocidal terrorist, organizations?
How can the United States insist and pressure another democratic state, a steadfast and dependable ally of this nation, to negotiate with these terrorists?
How can the United States embrace such abhorrent policy and at the same time think it can keep the light of Liberty bright and shiny in this world?
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Is there any other terrorist group that Israel should be negotiating with that perhaps we have missed on so there can be a better chance for "real peace"?
The sole purpose of the existence of the American Nation is to bring an end to the advancement of tyranny in the world. Terrorists do not tell us what to do and we do not deal with criminals. We tell them what to do and we give them the marching orders.
If the United States Congress, as a collective body, does not have the resolve to stand-up for the America Nation's Founding Fathers' purpose and noble cause, then the American People must show up in Washington and remain there until our demands are met:
Neither the United States nor the State of Israel are to negotiate with terrorists.
We, the People demand the end of this charade.
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I picked up my new Anchor Liberty system today. I will break it in at an informal function on Saturday to give it a test drive and post results here.
[email]jmt@turnermagic.com[/email]
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Haven't had time to post the followup... here you go.
I used an Anchor Liberty unit with a wireless mic on a stand and a cd-player. We were located outdoors in an open-sided pavilion at a park.
There were three people who had to use the system -- I performed magic, a woman sang, and then a minister gave a short talk. There was more than adequate amplification of everything including the music piped in from my cd-player.
The system is extremely convenient, and this version is a little heavy due to the heavy duty rechargeable batteries. But that allowed me to take it out to this park and work with no extension cords.
If I expected to do a lot of outdoor work, I would probably invest in the companion speaker unit to get even more sound, but this unit by itself provides more of a boost than I expect I will ever need.
Next week I will take it to Underground Atlanta to use in my street performing. I'm going to set it up outside but in front of a brick wall so that I don't lose half the sound as it goes behind me... I'll try to post a follow-up from that, too.
Bottom line -- this is a bulky but very versatile unit. There are smaller ones that provide adequate amplification for many situations, but I can use this for audiences from just a couple dozen folks all the way up to 1000 people in a banquet hall or auditorium.
Used it tonight at a gig... banquet show, but I was on a stage, with banquet tables set up on the floor level. Couldn't have been more than 100 people at this dinner.
Anyway, I used the system for music and speech and the amplification was superb. No problems with feedback or anything, even when I went down into the floor level a few times during the show.
The more I use it, the more I like it.
Andy Leviss
I do freelance work as an engineer/technicion for an audio company here in the Boston area that's an Anchor dealer. They also use the Liberty on their gigs all the time; we just did the really large commencement at Brandeis University, and had three of them running, one at the press area to provide a feed for the reporters, and two in a reception room to provide a feed of what was going on in the big arena.
They kept their paces with the massive system in the main arena beautifully (and we're talking a system that could easily have handled a small to mid-sized concert in addition to a commencement, if you just added a few subwoofers :o)
BTW, even the non-battery ones are a bit on the heavy side, FWIW.
P.S.-The feedback or lack thereof has nothing to do with the quality of the speakers, but the structure of the room or space you're in, the EQ of the sound system, etc. Even the best sound system in the world feeds back at some point, it just happens that the engineers go in and make sure it's set so it won't before the audience gets there (and boy, does it sound nasty when we are doing that setting ;o)
That said, the Liberty is still a terrific speaker, I just wanted to point out that the lack of feedback has nothing to do with that :o)
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Posted: Jun 1, 2002 07:01 am
Thanks. I am not an audio expert, obviously, but I do think I made a wise decision when I purchased this system.
As do I :o)
Alan Munro
Kentwood, Michigan, USA
I don't think that the Liberty is heavy. I use a Crate Limo amp, with a built-in battery, weighing in at 35 lbs. It's not bad for the price and the 50 watts of power.
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Hong Kong has been veiled in mist for a whole week. What a luck it was to run into an amazing scene like this! By the way, the photo exhibition at the Upper House Hotel runs from today to until roughly a week later. A cocktail party to celebrate the event will be on next week. I will be meeting some photographer-collaborators of the project and hopefully will learn a few tricks from them.
The other day I approached a kid with my camera and he asked, "What's so special about photography?" He is a 10 year old and his ability to point out the gist of the question should be admired.
So, what's so special about photography? And what actually are we learning in photography?
See the charming grinning face of a lady with a big oval eye, long eyelashes and straight hair going round her ear? This shot corresponds to the one featured last week.
(Leica D-Lux 5)Hush, approach in silence. She is spellbound by the goddess of sleepiness.This is Sunday. Why not take an afternoon nap?


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Undertitel: A Guide to Semiotic Theory and Practice
Marcel Danesi
Bandtyp: Häftad
Utgiven: 202005
Antal sidor: 272
Vikt i gram: 1
The Quest for Meaning
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Delbetala från 17 kr/mån
Titeln är ännu ej utkommen
Dating back to antiquity, semiotics is both a "technique" and a "science" that aims to understand the nature of meaning. An academic discipline in its own right, semiotics uses signs, such as words and symbols, to think, communicate, reflect, transmit, and preserve knowledge.Since the initial publication of The Quest for Meaning in 2007, the world has changed dramatically with the advent of online culture, new technologies, and new ways of making signs and symbols. Updated to reflect these many changes, the second edition includes a comprehensive chapter on the use of semiotics in the Internet age. Written in a student-friendly style, featuring examples from everyday life, the book explains what semiotics is all about and why it is so important for gaining insights into our elusive and mysterious human nature.
Mediaforskning
Ingår i följande bibliotekskategorier
Oaa - Socialpsykologi
O - Samhällsvetenskap och rättsvetenskap
Av författare:Marcel Danesi
Av förlag: University of Toronto Press


This past February, I was presented with the opportunity of a lifetime. But before I even get to the opportunity, let's rewind back to New Years eve and why this opportunity was so significant to me.
It was New Years eve and my best friend (and venture partner) and I were discussing goals that we will be holding each other responsible for in 2016. Our only goal was to travel and experience more. I'm in college, and based on the English language, there are 2 E's in the name, and I don't think that is by coincidence. In order thrive as a college student and graduate, you need two things: Education AND Experience.They go hand in hand in every aspect of college and the success stories of those who are thriving after graduating. So, one of our goals was to find a way to make it to the world-renowned SXSW festival and conference. Ticket prices were near $400 in January and we were scavenging through AirBnb postings to see if there were any potential openings. Push came to shove and reality that we'd actually make it to SXSW slowly dwindled away.
Fast forward to late February, after participating as a panelist in the CIAA Entrepreneurial Breakfast and Panel discussion, I received a phone call at 10:36am the following morning about an opportunity to attend the festival FOR FREE. Could this be REAL?! The only catch was I had to provide my own transportation to/from and lodging in Austin, TX. Only problem with that was, the way those airline tickets and hotel prices were set up? SXSW certainly was not catering to a college student's budget. But what's a collegiatepreneur to do?! The correct answer is: Turn their grind on, get to hustlin', and find a way out of no way because that's what we do.
Which brings me to my journey and guide in how I attended SXSW, thanks to GoFundMe.
I knew that in order for my outcome to succeed, I needed a game plan. A game plan that I could do analog as well digital, that way I left no stone unturned in finding actual donors.
Have you ever asked for money from your parents as a kid (or now, no judgment) and your plan takes a major plot twist when they ask "How much?". You spent a majority of your time figuring how to ask them without knowing how much you want and/or need to ask them for. If you don't know the amount you want/need, then your plan has failed miserably before it ever had then chance to succeed. The simplest and most common sense way to figure that out is to add up how much you will NEED first, then trickle in a suggested amount that can cover any additional wants. Because my badge for SXSW was already handled, that relieved me of $1500 extra that I did not have to worry about.
and the rate for 3 nights in Austin would cost me. I also knew that the costs would be inflate significantly because of how large the conference was (SN: Hotel rates are RIDICULOUSLY high in Downtown and close surrounding areas during SXSW). So as a total, I needed $2,550. Because I would be going overseas afterwards, I added $500 in my wants (half for Austin, half for overseas).
Once you've added-up your needed & wanted expenses, do NOT get overwhelmed. Just breathe. It's time to face the giant. You want to now strategically divide your ask. The best way to trick your mind into making the work is breaking it down in smaller increments. So instead of raising money for $3000, you can break it down into three (3) or separate asks for your needs for different amounts.
I've been fortunate to grown up with parents and grandparents who are not only well-known in their line of work, but have always exposed me to their networks as well. So from a very young childhood to present, I've kept in touch and kept good graces with my parents, grandparents, family members, and their friends. Whether I physically know 105 people or not, I know that I may only know 10 people, and if they know 10 people who know 10 people, I now have a reach of at least 210 people and I only need half to reach my goal (Don't worry, I took care of the math for you).
Example: I broke it down into relationship-status giving.
Couples: Couples typically do their giving together or discuss their finances, thereby more likely to agree to a $100 donation or $50.
In my opinion, this is the MOST important part of this entire process that you need to understand for yourself as well as for your potential donors.
Why is this important? Why is this important to YOU? Why is this important to THEM? Why does it matter? Why do you need the money? What do your potential donors get out of it? What is this experience's Value Proposition? What will do you do with this?
Answering these questions are crucial to you because it allows you to understand fully what it is you want to do as well as why it's important to you. As a college student, it's important to understand your worth especially as it relates to your passion and your future. Anyone who wants the best for you will contribute to it whether in a tangible or intangible way. You are investing in yourself and in your future. You need to know how to communicate that efficiently.
You also want to ensure that you use Recent, professional and clear photographs as well. The last thing you want to use are obvious selfies or an unclear or shaky video. So either grab a tripod or ask close friend/relative to record you in a well-lit room with either bright lights or natural lighting outside and in a quite area where noise will not interrupt your video. The more professional and clean the video, the absolute better response you'll get which means more MONEY!
Although your GoFundMe is online and we live in a digital world, I stand by the motion that Analog is best when it comes to relationships. There is nothing quite like a visit, personal phone call or handwritten letter from someone. It gives a more personable touch to your ask as well as gives the other person the ability to hear the passion in your voice when talking about whatever it is you're trying to raise the money for.
For social media, you have to connect your GoFundMe to your Facebook account in order for your fundraiser to be pull up in their search database, so you want to utilize their Facebook tools in sharing your campaign. Have your friends and family share the link as well. For your professional network, you can even opt to share it with your LinkedIn community especially since LinkedIn has their new app specifically for college students. Twitter is the same, just make sure to push it towards people who can relate or are in a similar field and understand whatever it is you're wishing is to do is an mutual passion. People will either invest in YOU, a mutual cause, or both. Be both.
Well then, now is where you get your answer on whether or not I reached my campaign goal. YES. I received funds outside of GoFundMe from direct deposits to direct coverage of my airfare and hotel to even physical checks which added up to a total of $2,985. I was humbled to realize how many people believed in me and wanted to see me prosper in such a great opportunity. You will be surprised at not only who's watching but is waiting to see you flourish, rise, and succeed in all that you put your mind into.
Summer is coming up which means it's perfect time to start raising funds and saving money for all the great events and conferences coming up in the fall. Experience is necessary in our journey for higher education. Make the most of it because your network can reflect your potential net worth. Keep your head up, in the books, and focused on your passion.
What conferences or summits do you want to attend? How will you market yourself, your passion, and your story? Have you raised money for such an occasion? Let me know and share all the details!


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I am not sure about how kong does it's magic, but for example nginx-ingress stays in it's own namespace and monitors each of the other namespaces. and when you configure an ingress in a namespaces it just applies the configuration (creates an ingress for that namespace) using whatever rules you set up for it. including domains.
Is the philosophy of an ingress controller is manage many domains doesn't it?
You can share it between environments.
In my personal opinion, but I want to remark that this is personal, I want to be able to change and test configurations without affecting production in any way. If you are sharing you cluster with some test/something environments and the production environment, I'd use separate Ingress controller for them.
That way you can make sure when you test some new Ingress config or something, it won't affect your production environment. And you can even reserve more cpu/mem for production pods and scale them differently.
@rata Great recommendations, thank you!
Have the ability to change and test configurations without affecting production is something that I would too definitively.
I am going to choose some approach in order to have one kong for production and other for the remaining environments, it is a great idea.
In my development deployment, I have installed kong-ingress-controller inside kong namespace and my app-service and ingress resource for that app-service inside the default namespace and the cert-manager inside the cert-manager namespace.
Never used Kong, but usually you specify a "class" annotation (was that the name?) and only that controller takes action on that resource.
Does that answer or I misunderstood the question?
Yes I supposse that it is the philosophy of an ingress-controller, takes action on any ingress resource without matter the namespace which they belong really?
But when I update some ingress-resource in any of the namespaces mentioned, the kong-ingress-controller which is pointing that ingress-resource take over of all ingress operations inside my cluster and redirect all requests to their respective database.
As a result of this behavior, currently I was working with production ingress controller and resource, and this take over monitoring my cluster and has caught the requests made to zcrm365dev.possibilit.nl domain too, and it suppose that these requests are managed by the development ingress controller and resource.
Finally, in my kong ingress controller production database, I have routes of the appservice development and the appservice production.
The first time when the ingress resource in development environment was created, the kong-ingress-controller in the development environment (namespace kong) take over this route and was saved it.
Let's have a look at the date in orange on April 3, 2019 and the route with cert-manager in red color.
The first time when the ingress resource in production environment was created, the kong-ingress-controller in the production environment (namespace kong-production) take over this route and was saved it.
I am not sure if maybe this could to have some influence or impact in the way of how these kong-ingress-controller in the different namespaces works because each one of them has registered the correct path according to request domain that correspond to each other, but, I think that the consequent route registers does not should be stored in the opposite database, I think that this kong-ingress-controller will receive some requests from any domain direction (zcm365dev or zcrm365prod) and kong-proxy will route the requests to their respective ingress resource and from there to their respective service pods in the different namespace and from there to their respective database.
Does sounds logic these affirmations? doesn't?
Does my ingress-controller have competition by taking over of the ingress operations inside my cluster?
Yeah, that is totally expected. The ingress controller is sometimes deployed to it's own namespace. So, in that cases is needs to do it. And, in a way, it makes sense at least not to be forced to deploy one Ingress resource per namespace, IMHO.
I really don't know about Kong, but usually when you deploy an Ingress controller, if you want to have more than one, you need to specify to which "class" each will take care of.
So, if you configure one Ingress controller to listen to class "kong-prod" and the others to "kong", then you specify the class in the Ingress resource and that should do the trick and avoid what happened to you.
Contour, another Ingress resource, has a parameter to the binary IIRC (maybe I don't, but it had some way to specify which class to react to).
They shouldn't if you configure them to listen to different class, IIUC.
How to can I configure my ingress resource to listen to different class? I am using this class kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "kong" which point to kong-ingress-controller, this is a standard annotation, I think so, but how to can I differentiate one kong instance of other?
So, in case for my dev environment, I could add --ingress-class dev-env to the Kong Ingress Controller's CLI flag.
I should add the kubernetes.io/ingress.class: "development"
Any name cane be defined for you the ingress-class and the name you use as this CLI flag, you should use the same for the kubernetes.io/ingress.class annotation.


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How and Why Utilities Are Shifting to Renewables
Last year, Minneapolis-based Xcel Energy became the first major US utility to commit to being carbon-free by 2050. Shortly afterward, Xcel competitor Platte River Power Authority, located in Colorado, announced it would end carbon emissions by 2030. In the wake of these moves, a wave of smaller utilities followed with plans to decarbonize on even shorter timelines.
It was a sign that for many operators, clean energy is no longer just an environmental or political prerogative; the incentive to decarbonize has increasingly become an economic one. The market is reaching a tipping point where wind and sun power are becoming cheaper than fossil fuels, and decentralization, demographic changes, and digitization are accelerating the transition.
Article Snapshot: Utilities have long thought of customers simply as ratepayers. Now, as they warm to the business potential of clean energy, they're using location intelligence to see customers in a more nuanced light.
Meanwhile, utilities are in the midst of a paradigm shift toward a more customer-centric model, built on rich data about where demand is and where it will be in the future. This calls for agile technologies that can provide real-time, highly detailed consumer updates. Increasingly, utilities are turning to a GIS, or geographic information system, to guide location-based decisions about everything from managing load on the grid to siting renewable energy infrastructure such as wind turbines and solar panels.
Another relevant application of GIS has been its ability to provide deeply nuanced portraits of customers based on neighborhood, profession, age, income, and other demographic variables. It's a perspective that recognizes the powerful new centrality of consumer choice, as well as the increasing diversity of energy consumers.
A New, Customer-Focused Model of Energy
Utilities once viewed customers as more or less anonymous ratepayers, broadly classified as residential, commercial, or industrial. Today, utility executives require a far sharper understanding of consumers, addressing questions about who is most likely to buy an electric vehicle (EV) or install solar panels, what neighborhoods will need charging stations, and where to offer incentive programs to manage load.
GIS-powered mapping applications can model customers and their usage habits with geographic accuracy to help answer these questions. Fast-growing groups like environmentally concerned Millennials and "prosumers" (adapters of green energy who themselves supply power), as well as other demographic trends, make incorporating GIS-based location intelligence into a business strategy even more advantageous.
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With growing demand from the public for access to clean energy, as well as studies that project long-term savings from sun and wind power, many utilities have moved beyond deciding whether or not to prioritize a switch to clean energy. They are now gauging how quickly and smartly the transition can be made.
Clean Energy's Economic Tipping Point
As the costs of green energy drop while its effectiveness increases, the economic argument for decarbonization has become difficult to ignore. According to one estimate, the total capacity of solar and wind generation in the US grew from 9.5 gigawatts in 2005 to 113 in 2017.
A study by renewables analysis firm Energy Innovation found that around three-quarters of US coal production is costlier than wind and solar energy in supplying households with electricity. When you account for subsidies, the megawatt-hour cost of electricity from wind power can fall as low as $14, according to investment firm Lazard's analysis. By comparison, running existing coal plants costs an average of $36 per megawatt-hour, while the cost of creating and operating new coal plants can be as high as $143.
Consumer choices reflect the new reality of green energy. In 2017, 3.1 million electric vehicles were in use worldwide—a 54 percent jump from the year before—according to the International Energy Agency's Global Electric Vehicle Outlook 2018.
Utilities' Road Map to Innovation
In the midst of these changes, utilities occupy a paradoxical position. As highly regulated, vertically integrated monopolies, they tend to be risk-averse and slow-moving. At the same time, they are extremely attuned to future trends.
"Most people think utilities aren't very forward thinking," said Kevin Prouty, group VP of energy and manufacturing insights at IDC, in a recent podcast interview. In fact, Prouty says, "they are probably the most forward-thinking industry in the world. They're looking 20, 30 years out." They can see the changes to the industry coming, even if they can't react as fast as private companies might.
Another factor that gives utilities an edge is that they are magnets for data, hoovering it up often faster than they can process or analyze it. Imagine a typical large utility with 2 million meters, Prouty suggests. If they're collecting data every 15 minutes, that's 8 million data points every hour for 24 hours a day.
Utilities need to make sense of all this data in a way that yields insight, ideas for best practices, and forecasts that align with long-term strategy. That's where GIS comes into play.
"I think everything a utility does is around location," Prouty says. "That's why, if you look at the utility space, every utility has some form of a geospatial system. They have to."
Austin Energy Drives EV Revolution
Lindsey McDougall, an electric vehicle program manager at Austin Energy in Austin, Texas, can remember a time when she had visited every single EV charging station in the city. "I can't do that anymore," she says. "There's just too many."
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Since 2013, McDougall has overseen operations for electric vehicle adoption, with a focus on incentive programs that offer rebates to EV drivers as they use charging stations around town. Six years after these programs were put into place, Austin Energy is experiencing growing pains as adoption levels for electric vehicles multiply. "They're coming on our network so fast," she says.
To help deal with the tide of customers and prepare for a future focused less on incentives and more on demand response, McDougall relies on GIS and the location intelligence it supplies about customers and their habits. "GIS really provides that knowledge for me to understand what's going on with our customers and prepare for the future."
In particular, McDougall uses GIS-driven demographic analysis to drill down into the specifics of where demand is coming from and where it might increase in the future. By classifying neighborhoods into dozens of consumer segments organized by ZIP code and socioeconomic data, GIS can provide utilities with insight into residents' lifestyle choices that relate to EVs as well as other forms of green energy.
By comparing the profiles of existing EV drivers to the entire customer base, Austin Energy can use targeted marketing to reach out to prospective customers about the electric vehicle programs in ways that will be most enticing.
"We can really classify them by address," McDougall says. "Through the [demographic] data, we see how they prefer to be reached out to, via mail or email or phone."
GIS has also had broader applications for Austin Energy in how it cooperates with the city's political leaders to meet transportation and sustainability goals. When the Austin City Council recently revisited its Imagine Austin road map for sustainability, McDougall used smart maps to explore ways to incentivize deployment of charging station infrastructure that will create a more connected city.
When Austin Energy's project leader presented to company executives on the deployment of DC charging stations, they did so with one of McDougall's maps in hand. That map emphasized the wide geographic distribution of the DC stations—an important feature in Austin where council members want to ensure that all communities, especially underserved ones, are being addressed.
"GIS is used for a lot of visualizations to help us really understand what's going on," McDougall says. "We have to see it visualized."
Green Energy Changes in Denmark
The shift toward renewable energy sources, and the need for agile map-based technology to help utilities accommodate it, is playing out at an accelerated rate across the Atlantic. Ørsted, based in Denmark, has become one of the world's largest offshore wind energy developers—a remarkable turnaround for what was just years ago a foundering energy company focused on coal-based power plants and petroleum.
Under chief executive Henrik Poulson, who came on in 2012, Ørsted sold off its oil and gas holdings and put its chips in offshore wind, an aggressive bid that has rocketed the organization to the global forefront of green energy. Today the Denmark company finds itself competing with prominent multinational companies for huge international markets, with its wind farms already established throughout northern Europe. In June, Ørsted announced an offshore wind energy project in New Jersey that will power half a million homes.
Making this shift has put Ørsted in the position of managing a broad base of customers and facilities. Jakob Mortensen, head of energy analytics and geo services at Ørsted, has been at the center of some of these changes. While Ørsted was an early adopter of GIS, employing the technology as far back as two decades ago, Mortensen says the demand for location intelligence has only grown, leading the company to require newer, richer, more detailed levels of data.
"We have to look at our customers in a completely new way compared to only a few years ago," Mortensen says. "Usually people had to buy all their electricity from one company, but now they have an option to choose their own vendor. At the same time, we also see a huge increase in the amount of solar panels on private households. We expect to see a huge increase in privately owned and company-owned batteries."
Mortensen relies on GIS as a tool to illuminate demographic change, to predict where solar panels will become more popular, and to determine how to apply the current potential of grid capacity.
In Denmark, there are limits on the level of detail utilities can acquire about individual consumers. But even by paying attention to location intelligence on a regional level, they can identify and forecast trends. Areas with dense concentrations of academics with high incomes, for example, signal a demographic that is more likely to purchase electric vehicles.
The other major area where GIS has proven essential for Ørsted is in guiding the placement of wind farm turbines—what is now "by far the largest business area in Ørsted," Mortensen says. Sister industries like Internet service providers are similarly relying on GIS to branch out into new regions. As Ørsted seeks to find good locations for offshore wind farms and where to lay down cables, location intelligence can also collate data relating to bird flight migration patterns, shipping lanes, and even unexploded bombs from World War II to aid placement. As Ørsted's presence expands internationally, reliance on GIS will likely come into even greater play.
For Mortensen, the central argument for using GIS comes down to a financial one. He recalls a quote that came up at an industry conference a few years back: "Why spend billions in copper when you can use millions in software?"
Having data with a geographic awareness at your fingertips means greater efficiency, less waste, and a more confident path into the future. "We can save a lot of money by knowing more about how our grid is configured and how it's loaded," Mortensen says. "It's all about knowing how to utilize your grid more efficiently."
Putting Consumer Choice First
Utilities may be relatively slow-moving, but they can be agents of innovation. As some of the most consequential players in the shift to clean energy, they are poised like few others to employ location intelligence to prepare the grid for the future.
The relevance of GIS to new infrastructure is clear, but how GIS can connect utilities to customers may prove even more essential in the long run. In a world where consumers have more choices in their energy sources, a deeper understanding of who the customer is and what they want will be a utility's defining competitive edge.
As the global industry director for utilities and AEC at Esri, Matt Piper leads the solutions teams for electric; gas; telecommunications; water; and architecture, engineering, and construction. Matt is an industry thought leader who helps to shape the role of location intelligence within organizations. He has worked extensively with global utilities to help them harness digital transformation and create enterprise-wide value through location intelligence. Matt holds a degree in electrical and electronic engineering and has worked for 20 years in the power industry, acquiring deep experience in asset management, GIS, and business intelligence.
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Canon announced that the company is currently developing the EOS R5 full-frame mirrorless camera—containing CMOS sensor, image processing, optical and other state-of-the-art technologies the company has cultivated through its long history of camera development. In line with this, Canon plans to release a total of 9 RF lenses currently in development over the course of 2020. Through the addition of competitive cameras and lenses to its lineup, Canon will continue to strengthen the EOS R System.
The EOS R System enables greater freedom in lens design thanks to a wider lens mount diameter, short back focus and high-speed system for transmitting data between the camera and lens, resulting in an imaging system that delivers higher image quality and greater ease-of-use.
The new full-frame mirrorless camera currently under development will fully leverage the advantages of the EOS R System to realize high-speed continuous shooting, 8K video recording and expanding the boundaries of visual expression. In addition, it can contribute to more efficient workflows thanks to improved transmission functionality, operability and reliability. These enhancements and more will help the new camera elevate the EOS Series concept of "Speed, Comfort and High image-quality" to a higher level.
Canon's EOS R5, the first of the next-generation full-frame mirrorless cameras in the company's EOS R System, will include a newly developed CMOS sensor that makes possible advanced features such as high-speed continuous shooting – up to approximately 20 frames per second (FPS) using an electronic shutter and up to approximately 12 FPS using a mechanical shutter – to facilitate shooting of athletes at sporting events and other fast-moving subjects. In addition, the camera's 8K video capture capability will enable users to extract high-resolution still images from video footage as well as process 8K video into higher-quality 4K videos, opening up new possibilities for visual expression. What's more, the EOS R5 will be the first Canon camera equipped with a high-performance coordinated Image Stabilization (IS) system that integrates the camera's in-body IS with IS systems on attached RF lenses. The camera will also feature dual media card slots and support automatic transfers of image files from the device to the image.canon cloud platform.
In line with customers' needs, Canon is also pleased to launch the RF24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM, the smallest and lightest RF zoom lens available to date and weighing only 395g with a length of 88.8mm. Reasonably priced and available as a kit lens for EOS R and EOS RP, the RF24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM offers an affordable option for users who wish to jump into the full-frame bandwagon by adopting the new EOS R system.
When utilized with the renowned RF mount, the RF24-105mm f/4-7.1 IS STM will deliver top-notch image quality. Coupled with Image Stabilization of up to five stops, capturing images in challenging lighting conditions will be a breeze.
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Alongside the EOS R5, Canon is also developing a total of 9 RF lenses scheduled for release during 2020, including the RF100-500mm f/4.5-7.1L IS USM, Extender RF 1.4x and Extender RF 2x.
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Emerald ash borer: Is it time to protect your ash trees?
Is it time to protect your ash trees from the emerald ash borer?
Is it time to cover your ash?
Based on emails I've received from tree-care services, I should be worried about the emerald ash borer and what it could do to the big ash tree in my front yard.
The companies recommend treating the tree with chemicals to keep it safe from the dreaded insect. An infestation is a death sentence for an ash and a sign of bad things to come for all other nearby ashes.
I do worry about the health of that tree, which has been a great source of shade and a favorite nesting place for robins and other birds for the more than 20 years we've lived in our house.
But I'm hesitant to add more chemicals to the environment. I also don't want to shell out a lot of money for something that isn't necessary.
I understand that it's probably only a matter of time before the emerald ash borer makes its way to Fort Collins. The question is: When?
The emerald ash borer is a little thing that is difficult to detect. It's an invasive species and has no natural predators in this part of world. It has killed millions of trees in the United States and Canada.
In Colorado, it has been detected only in Boulder County. It probably got there with a load of firewood.
So far, it has not been found in Larimer County. But the closer one is to Boulder County, the greater the risk to one's ash trees, said Dave Lentz, the county forester.
Lentz said ash owners in Fort Collins probably don't have to treat their trees for the insect at this time. Those living in the Berthoud area might give it some serious thought.
There are many factors to consider when weighing whether to treat an ash tree, said Ryan Lockwood, communications manager for the Colorado State Forest Service. In the end, it's a matter of personal preference.
Tree owners should consider the general health and value of an ash and weigh that against the cost of treatment, Lockwood said. Costs vary depending on the size of a tree and the manner of treatment.
Proximity is another consideration, Lockwood said. The borer spreads naturally, but it also gets moved when people move wood. There is no assurance it is only in Boulder County.
The city of Fort Collins Forestry Division does not recommend treating ash trees until the emerald ash borer is detected in Larimer County, according to the division's website.
But the division says tree owners should develop a plan for their trees. Aside from treatment, they should consider "shadow planting" other types of trees near existing ashes in case they are hit by the bug.
The Colorado Emerald Ash Borer Response Team, a coalition of state, federal and local agencies, advises tree owners to be cautious when dealing with tree-care companies offering to treat trees.
The team's advice is similar to what one would hear about paving a driveway or replacing a roof: Don't be pressured by door-to-door salespeople; ask for free estimates; get multiple quotes; make sure the company is licensed and insured; ask for references.
Check out www.eabcolorado.com for resources and information. The city's website is www.fcgov.com/forestry/emerald-ash-borer.
Every ash owner must decide whether to treat or not treat against the killer emerald ash borer. Be an informed consumer when making that call.


Forums / In game politics / MDOW -- REBORN!
Yes MDOW really does stand for Medieval Dogs Of War.
It's an ancient kingdom of glorious warriors and lust seeking mages. (as in lust for power, you perverts).
We take in every member who wishes to apply, except for infamous traitors and spammers.
However, don't send just a "let me in!" note. Give some info about yourself, location and timezone preferrably... A brief description of your love for beer and hate of enemies!
Don't exagerate with the beer, we've got just 1 brewery so far.
Now wish my beloved kingdom some luck!
Naerey! Good to see you mate and good luck:) As a former MDoW member, i hope you guys keep the tradition alive!
Any kingdom where Smiths played is my no means glorious.
Oh god, MDoW is back what should we do?
this was my first every KD! get in!
i dont like war. cant we all just farm? what about medieval dogs of farm [MDOF]?
We have built 2 more breweries!
Not getting too many members eh?
Be as it is, I will fight alone!!!
I remember MDOW ofc, welcome back Naerey.
With Mr. Naerey as leader.
Good luck with the restart of my first kingdom.
Naerey ... I would like for the future to sit a table and see what can go on. Your value is something to respect and honor!
Member of: Medieval Dogs Of War.
Welcome back Dogs, had a nice history with you guys, and made several friends from MDoW. Wish you the best of luck!


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September 2, Mark Miller presented "Mood as Predicting Momentum" as part of a symposium (with Jelle Bruineberg, Regina Fabry and Julian Kiverstein) Losing Our Grip: Psychopathology and Embodied Predictive Processing at the European Conference on Cognitive Science, Bochum DE.
September 8, Andy Clark presented, "Building a Human: Embodied Minds, Predictive Brains, Designer Worlds" Invited Talk to the Tongji University Philosophy Society, Shanghai, China
August 8, Andy Clark presented, "Cyborg Minds in Designer Worlds" Invited Keynote at the Digital Futures Conference, Shanghai, China
July 24, Interview with Andy appears in Nature Outlook: The Brain, under the title " A More Human Approach to Artificial Intelligence" https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-019-02213-3
July 17, George Deane presented "Dissolving the Self: Active Inference, Psychedelics, and Ego-dissolution" at Innovative Minds Predictive Processing, Embodiment and Conscious Experience Summer School.
July 16, George Deane Presented "The Self in Active Inference" at The Predictive Brain: From Perception to Awareness, the first annual Sensation Sussex conference, University of Sussex, UK.
July 6-7, Mark Miller organized and presented a 2-day workshop entitled "Entangled Prediction: Predictive Processing, Emotion and Embodied Cognition" at Tubingen University DE.
July 16, Andy Clark presented, "Bayesing Qualia" at "The Predictive Brain: From Perception to Awareness" Leverhulme Doctoral Scholarship Programme, 1st Annual Conference, University of Sussex, UK
June-July Mark Miller organized a 6-week online summer school entitled Predictive Processing, Embodiment and Consciousness. We had a great line up of presenters including, Kate Nave, Jelle Bruineberg, Julian Kiverstein, Sina Fazelpour, Madeline Ransom, George Deane, Max Jones and Abbey Tabor.
June 6, Interview with Andy appears on Edge's 'Conversations at the Edge', under the title "Perception as Controlled Hallucination". https://www.edge.org/memberbio/andy_clark
June 3, Kathryn Nave presented, "Predictive Processing: Helmholtzian or Enactivist?" at Innovative Minds Predictive Processing, Embodiment and Conscious Experience Summer School.
May 31, Kathryn Nave presented, "Visual Phenomenology and Predictive Processing: Disambiguating Two Notions of Determinacy" at Clark and His Critics, at University of Edinburgh, UK.
May 31, Andy Clark presented, "A World, Entangled: Putting Predictive Brains in their Place" Talk to the Andy Clark and His Critics Conference University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland
May 21, Mark Miller presented, "The Gripless Grip: A Predictive Processing Account of Awakening" at Pint of Science, Edinburgh UK.
May 9-10 Mark Miller presented, "Embodying Addiction: A Predictive Processing Account" at Beyond the Brain: Academic Conference on Reconceptualizing Mental Disorders, University of Edinburgh UK.
March 29, Andy Clark presented, "Expecting the World: How Hallucinating (?) Brains Turn Signals into Sense" Talk to the University of Sussex Philosophy Seminar Series
March 26, Andy Clark presented, "Computational Psychiatry and the Construction of Human Experience" Talk to the Cognitive Science Seminar Series, University of Sussex
March 25, Kathryn Nave presented, "Enactivist Approaches to the Problem of Consciousness" at Modelling Consciousness at Dorfgastein, Austria.
February 26, Andy Clark presented, "Being a YOUcology". Invited talk to the Google Lyra Project Summit, Google, Kings Cross, London.
February-April, Mark Miller will be teaching a graduate level course entitled "Embodied Predictive Processing" (part of the MS.c. program Advanced Topics in Mind, Language and Embodied Cognition) at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
February 20, Mark Miller will present "How Cognitive Science Can Make Your Life Better: Embodied Predictive Processing and Positive Psychology", at the Festival of Creative Learning, Edinburgh, UK
David Carmel presented "Recent visual experience determines the spatial extent of a predictive memory illusion", at 6th Israeli Conference on Cognition Research.
January 25, Andy Clark presented a talk "Bayesing Qualia. Consciousness as inference, not raw datum" at Predictive Processing, Consciousness and Self, Bochum, Germany.
Jan 25, Mark Miller presented a poster "Moods as Predictive Momentum: A Neurophenomenological Perspective", at Predictive Processing, Consciousness, and Self, Bochum, Germany.
January 23, Mark Miller presented "Still Happily Entangled: Emotion, Prediction and the Embodied Mind". Invited talk at the Philosophy, Psychology and Informatics Lecture Series, Edinburgh, UK.
January 23, Mark Miller presented "Predictive Processing and the Nature of Curiosity". Invited guest lecturer for the graduate class 'Cog Lab - Seminars in Cognitive Science', University of Edinburgh, UK.
David Carmel presented "Recent visual experience determines the spatial extent of a predictive memory illusion", at 8th Annual Meeting of the Australasian Cognitive Neuroscience Society.
David Carmel and colleagues presented "Different emotional expressions do not gain differential access to consciousness", at 22nd Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Krakow, Poland.
December 6, Andy Clark presented "Computational psychiatry and the construction of human experience", at the 1st Meeting of the Australasian Society for Philosophy and Psychology, Macquarie University, Sydney Australia.
December 2, Kate Nave presented "Visual Experience in the Predictive Brain: Indeterminate, but not Probabilistic", at MindGrad, Warwick.
November 22, Julian Kiverstein (joint work with Mark Miller) presented "Curiosity in an Ecological-Enactive Predictive Organism", a flash talk for the workshop Exploring Curiosity' Amsterdam, NL.
November 10, Kate Nave presented "We are Living in a Predictble World and I am a Predictable Girl: Voluntary Servitude Social Construction and Predictive Processing" (with Wilson Lee), at Oxford Graduate Philosophy Conference.
November 9, we held our SECOND Annual Workshop: 'Predictive Processing: State of the Art (and Just Beyond), at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
An interview with Andy Clark: https://spectrumnews.org/features/deep-dive/autism-may-stem-problems-prediction
November 9, Mark Miller presented "Gripped By Addiction: an Embodied Predictive Processing Account", at the Second Annual X-spect Workshop: 'Predictive Processing: State of the Art (and Just Beyond), Edinburgh UK.
November 8, George Deane presented "Interoception: Sensation and Embodied Awareness", at Durham University's workshop Interoception and the Predictive Brain.
November 7, Frank Schumann presented "The spur of the moment: a live exploration of jazz improvisation". Presented with Prof. Steve Torrance, Centre for Cognitive Science, University of Sussex, UK. at University of Edinburgh, Invited PPIG talk.
October 18, George Deane presented "Disself: (Dis)Embodied Perception of the Self and Other", at the University of Porto; Presentation: Lucid Dreaming through the lens of Predictive Processing.
October 17, Andy Clark presented "Predictive brains and the construction of human experience", at Special Lecture Series in the Division of Psychiatry at the University of Edinburgh.
October 10, Kate Nave presented "Visual Experience in the Predictive Brain", at Glasgow University Philosophy Society.
Andy Clark had a feature written on him for the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/04/02/the-mind-expanding-ideas-of-andy-clark
July 15, Kathryn Nave presented "Predicament and Predictability: Voluntary Servitude, Social Construction and Predictive Processing" (with Wilson Lee), at the 4E Cognition and Marxism Conference, Edinburgh UK.
July 4, Kathryn Nave presented "A Predictable Predicament: Voluntary Servitude, Looping and Predictive Processing" (with Wilson Lee), for the British Postgraduate Philosophy Conference.
June 26-29, Kathryn Nave presented "Perceptual determinacy in the Probabilistic Brain" at the ASSC 22 (Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness), in Krakow.
June 26-29, George Deane presented "Consciousness as Top-down Global Revision" at the ASSC 22 (Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness), in Krakow.
June 26-29, Frank Schumann presented a poster "Can prediction errors (not) be substituted? Contingency-mimetic sensory augmentation and a predictive coding account of sensory substitution and augmentation", at the ASSC 22 (Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness), in Krakow (WINNER OF PRIZE FOR BEST PHILOSOPHY POSTER)
June 26-29, David Carmel presented "Different emotional expressions do not gain differential access to consciousness", (co-authors: Lanfranco and Rabagliati) at the ASSC 22 (Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness), in Krakow.
June 26, Andy Clark was part of a symposium: "Psychiatry as a Window to Consciousness" (alongside Roy Salomon, Paul Fletcher & Philip Corlett) ASSC 22 (Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness), in Krakow.
June 20-22, George Deane presented "Consciousness as Top-down Global Revision", at the International Workshop on Predictive Processing, San Sebastian.
May 25-28, Andy Clark presented "Expecting Ourselves", at the How the Light Gets In Festival, Hay-On-Wye.
May 17, Andy Clark presented "Only Predict? On the Nature, Scope, and Limits of Predictive Processing". Invited talk to the Neuroscience Society at the Friedrich Miescher Institute, Basel, Switzerland
May 8, Andy Clark took part in a debate on "Does Hierarchical Predictive Coding Explain Perception?" (with David Heeger, Lucia Melloni, Michael Rescorla), at NYU Center for Mind, Brain and Consciousness.
April 20, Sam Wilkinson gave a response to a paper entitled "A Tactical Puzzle: The Free Energy Approach to Sensorimotor Enactivism" by María Jimena Clavel Vázquez (St Andrews/Stirling) at the Models of Mind workshop, Edinburgh UK. (https://modelsofthemind.wordpress.com/programme/)
April 17, Sam Wilkinson presented "Predicting Worlds and Words" (based on work with Andy Clark). at the Dynamic Syntax Conference (https://sites.google.com/site/seconddsconf/programme)
April 4, Andy Clark presented "Natural-Born Cyborgs? Reflections on Bodies, Minds, and Human Enhancement", at Beloit College, Crom Visiting Philosopher Keynote.
April 2, Andy Clark presented "Only Predict? On the Nature, Scope and Limits of Predictive Processing", at the MTS Talk Series, UC Merced, Cognitive Science.
March 31, Andy Clark spoke at the American Philosophical Association Pacific Division, Book Symposium on Susanna Siegel's The Rationality of Perception.
March 30, Kathryn Nave presented "Perceptual determinacy in the Probabilistic Brain" for the University of Edinburgh Work in Progress (WIP) group, UK.
March 29, Frank Schumann presented "A predictive processing account of sensory augmentation" at the Human Cognitive Neuroscience seminar in Edinburgh, UK.
February 12, Andy Clark presented "Only Predict: On the Nature, Scope and Limits of Predictive Processing" at the Neuroscience Society, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
January 26, David Carmel presented "Predictive processing and perceptual awareness" at the Psychology Department colloquium series, Durham University, UK.
January 11, Sam Wilkinson presented "On the explanatory power of the predictive processing framework". at the workshop "Predictive Processing: Reconstructing the Mind?", Cambridge UK.(http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/27368)
January 1, David Carmel presented "Predictive processing and perceptual awareness", at the Psychology Department seminar, Durham University, UK.
David Carmel & Andy Clark presented "Recent visual experience determines the spatial extent of a predictive memory illusion", at 21st Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness, Beijing, China.
David Carmel and colleagues presented "Working memory is not engaged without consciousness in a guessing paradigm", at 9th Krakow Cognitive Science Conference, Krakow, Poland.
Dec 14, 2017. Andy Clark was interviewed by Joe Gelonosi for the Australian ABC radio show 'The Philosopher's Zone'. The segment covered the extended mind and the predictive brain, and is due to appear early in 2018. http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/philosopherszone/
December 15, Andy Clark delivered a Graduate Student Masterclass on Predictive Processing, at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
December 11, Andy Clark presented "Only Predict: On the Nature, Scope and Limits of Predictive Processing". An invited keynote talk at the Workshop 'Predictive Engines: Andy Clark and Predictive Processing' at Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
December 8, Andy Clark presented "Expecting the World", a public lecture hosted by the Dept of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
December 1, Andy Clark was the guest blogger on The Neuroethics Blog, with a post entitled "Hallucinating Reality: Neuroethics and the Predictive Brain". (The Neuroethics Blog is hosted by the Center for Ethics and the Neuroethics Program at Emory University, and is a content partner with the Society for Neuroscience, the largest professional neuroscience society in the world. As a content partner, the Society for Neuroscience also features some of our posts on their NeurOnline site, bringing our blog to an even wider audience. The blog has also been cited in the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues and is read in 40 countries).
December, Andy Clark was interviewed for 3AM Magazine: http://www.3ammagazine.com/3am/poise-everything-surfing-uncertainty/
November 10, Our FIRST annual project workshop entitled Expecting Ourselves: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind. Held at the informatics Forum at the University of Edinburgh. There were 90 attendees, of whom more than half were graduate students and post-doctoral researchers. Speakers included: Karl Friston, Sarah Garfinkel, Marta Garnelo (DeepMind), Anil Seth, Jonny Smallwood and Wanja Wiese. The meeting included a public lecture by professor Daniel Dennett, and a performance by Baba Brinkman of his (peer-reviewed) Rapper's Guide to Consciousness. http://music.bababrinkman.com/album/the-rap-guide-to-consciousness
November 3, Kathryn Nave presented "Anticipation Phenomenology and Predictive Processing", at the Mind & Cognition Group, Edinburgh, UK.
October 2, George Deane presented "Consciousness as Global Revision in Predictive Processing", at the Mind and Cognition Group in Edinburgh, UK.
September 21-22, Andy Clark was an invited speaker at a workshop on Memory and Imagination in Humans and Machines, at Jesus College, Cambridge, hosted by DeepMind and the Science & Human Dimension Project (September 21-22) This opens the door to an ongoing dialogue between our project and the Google DeepMind group.
September 16, Sam Wilkinson presented "On Believing Badly (and the Bayesian Brain):, a public engagement event of the Early Career Mind Network in Birmingham.
September 5, Sam Wilkinson presented "Perception and Hallucination are More Similar than You Might Think", for a public engagement event at the British Science Festival in Brighton.
August 3, David Carmel presented "Predictive processing and perceptual awareness", at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand.
July 14, Sam Wilkinson presented "Predictive Processing and the Contents of Perceptual Experience", at the Joint Session of the Aristotelian Society and Mind Association, in Edinburgh, UK.
June 28, Andy Clark presented "Prediction, Perception and Imagination", at the Human Mind Conference, Cambridge.
June 22, XSPECT team hosted an Open Discussion Forum for graduate students and faculty on Predictive Processing, University of Edinburgh, UK.
June 15, David Carmel presented "Recent visual experience determines the spatial extent of a predictive memory illusion" (joint work with Doumas and Clark), at 21st Annual Meeting of the Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness in Beijing.
June 7, Sam Wilkinson presented "How to Make a Self-Knowing Mind", at a workshop on Belief, Self-Knowledge and Transparency, in Oviedo, Spain.
May 30, Andy Clark pre-recorded materials for the PBS (Public Broadcasting Company) series Closer to Truth. The show is broadcast weekly on over 200 PBS stations in the U.S. and Canada, and boasts a great website that features philosophers and scientists exploring fundamental questions: www.closertotruth.com
May 25, Andy Clark presented "Happily Entangled: Emotions, Cognition, and the Predictive Mind", at the international conference, Feeling Reasons: The Role of Emotions in Reasoning, Edinburgh, UK.
May 20, David Carmel gave a public engagement talk "Absence/Presence", as part of a Panel Discussion with Anneli Holmstrom. Summerhall, Edinburgh, UK.
May 17, David Carmel gave a public engagement talk "Zapping the Brain to Mess with the Mind", at the Pint of Science, City Café, Edinburgh, UK.
April 26, Sam Wilkinson presented "When Emotion Hijacks Perception: A Predictive Processing Perspective" at the University of Vienna.
April 25, Andy Clark presented "The Generation Game: Predictive Processing and the Construction of Conscious Experience". Invited talk to the Cognitive Science Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
April 24, Andy Clark presented "Busting Out: Two Takes on the Predictive Brain". Invited talk to the Dept of Philosophy, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
April 21, Andy Clark presented "The Generation Game: Predictive Processing and the Construction of Conscious Experience". Invited talk to the Center for Mind and Brain, University of California, Davis.
April, David Carmel presented "Predictive processing and perceptual awareness", at Psychology Department colloquium, University of Sussex, UK.
March 22, Andy Clark presented "The Generation Game: Predictive Processing and the Construction of Conscious Experience". Invited talk to the CONNEX seminar series at the Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
March 21, Andy Clark presented "Busting Out: Two Takes on the Predictive Brain". Invited talk to the Amsterdam Brain and Cognition (ABC) group, University of Amsterdam, NL.
March 1, Andy Clark presented "Busting Out: Two Takes on the Predictive Brain" to Philosophy Seminar, University of Glasgow
February 24, Andy Clark presented "The Generation Game: Prediction, Action, and the Construction of Conscious Experience". Invited talk to Cognitive Neuroscience/Department of Psychology, University of York.
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A severe, unusual reaction to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus
J. William Kelly, David P. Dooley, Charles P. Lattuada, Craig E. Smith
The clinical features of three patients with a life-threatening reaction to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMZ) are presented along with seven other cases from the literature. All patients developed sudden fever and hypotension immediately after the administration of TMP- SMZ; usually this reaction occurred within ˜2 weeks of completion of a previous course of the drug. All but one patient had a rash. Most patients were hypoxemic and developed diffuse pulmonary infiltrates. All patients responded rapidly to supportive care, while bacterial cultures remained negative. The presence, absence, or character of previous adverse reactions to TMP-SMZ did not predict subsequent severe reactions. Although its mechanism remains unclear, this reaction has features of both IgE-mediated anaphylaxis and cytokine (tumor necrosis factor) mediated effects. We advise extreme caution, with close observation, when this drug is first readministered to patients who have experienced any TMP-SMZ-associated toxicity within the previous 6-8 weeks.
https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/14-5-1034
10.1093/clinids/14-5-1034
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William Kelly, J., Dooley, D. P., Lattuada, C. P., & Smith, C. E. (1992). A severe, unusual reaction to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 14(5), 1034-1039. https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/14-5-1034
A severe, unusual reaction to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. / William Kelly, J.; Dooley, David P.; Lattuada, Charles P.; Smith, Craig E.
In: Clinical Infectious Diseases, Vol. 14, No. 5, 01.05.1992, p. 1034-1039.
William Kelly, J, Dooley, DP, Lattuada, CP & Smith, CE 1992, 'A severe, unusual reaction to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus', Clinical Infectious Diseases, vol. 14, no. 5, pp. 1034-1039. https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/14-5-1034
William Kelly J, Dooley DP, Lattuada CP, Smith CE. A severe, unusual reaction to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1992 May 1;14(5):1034-1039. https://doi.org/10.1093/clinids/14-5-1034
William Kelly, J. ; Dooley, David P. ; Lattuada, Charles P. ; Smith, Craig E. / A severe, unusual reaction to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus. In: Clinical Infectious Diseases. 1992 ; Vol. 14, No. 5. pp. 1034-1039.
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