The Government of Uganda holds all oil, gas and sub-soil mineral assets in trust for nation. It represents the Ugandan people in formulating policy and in negotiating contracts related to oil and gas exploration and development. Listed below are the main government departments tasked with discharging this duty.
The Office of the President provides policy research and implementation support to the President, Vice President and cabinet and also directly administers some departments such as the Media Centre. The Office of the Prime Minister has a coordinating role across government departments and is responsible for leading government affairs in parliament.
The Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development is tasked with developing policies and regulations to promote "the rational and sustainable exploitation of energy and mineral resources for social and economic development." It thus has major responsibilities both for expanding electric power generation (as in the Bujagali and Kiruma dams projects) and for overseeing exploration and extraction of petroleum and mineral resources. "Creating an enabling environment to attract investment" is an important theme of the Ministry's work in both areas. The current Minister is Irene Muloni, an electrical engineer who for many years headed the Uganda Electricity Distribution Company. Ms. Muloni entered parliament in 2011 as women's representative for Bulambuli District.
Over the last few years much of the Ministry's work on oil and gas has been delegated to a subsidiary authority, the Petroleum Exploration and Production Department (PEPD), staffed by specialists in petroleum engineering and related sciences. This Department's mandate is "to establish the petroleum potential of the country and promote it." PEPD is currently headed by Mr. Ernest Rubondo, a geophysicist who has worked in the Department since the early 1990s as part of the technical team struggling to demonstrate the Albertine Graben's petroleum potential.
The Petroleum (Exploration, Development and Production) Bill currently before parliament proposes the creation of a Petroleum Authority to serve as regulator of the oil and gas sector. It is possible, perhaps likely, that, the PEPD will be transformed into this Authority if and when the bill is enacted.
The Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development is responsible for setting the national budget but also for longer-term, strategic orientation of the economy. The current Minister is Maria Kiwanuka, an economist who worked for more than ten years with the World Bank and later as Managing Director of the Radio One and Radio Two stations, in which her family holds a majority interest.
The National Planning Authority (NPA), established in 2002, and charged with coordination of "decentralized development planning and management processes and production of comprehensive integrated National Development Plans." Current chair of the NPA is Dr. Wilberforce Kisamba Mugerwa, who gained a PhD in Agricultural Economics at Makerere University and later worked as a researcher for the International Food Policy Research Institute and visiting professor at Williams College MA, USA.
The Uganda Revenue Authority (URA), responsible for tax collection. The URA has already evied capital gains tax payments from international oil companies and will be the government recipient of future oil-tax revenues. It is currently headed by (Ms.) Allen Kagina, a psychology graduate of Makerere University who has worked in URA since 1992, steadily rising through its ranks.
The Bank of Uganda , Uganda's central bank, responsible for holding the nation's reserves, for issuing and managing the national currency, and for setting interest rates. The bank is wholly owned by the Government of Uganda. In accordance with the Bank of Uganda Act (2000), its Governor and Deputy Governor are appointed by the President, while between four and six of its Directors are appointed by the Minister of Finance. The current Governor is Dr. Emmanuel Tumusiime-Mutebile, a former university economics professor who also previously held several senior positions in the Ministry of Finance. The Petroleum Fund that the government plans to establish will be administered by the Bank of Uganda.
The Ministry of Water and the Environment has overall responsibility for setting national environmental policies and standards and for monitoring compliance with those standards. Current Minister in charge of this department is Maria Lubego Mutamgaba, a Makerere University economics graduate who previously served as a Director of the Bank of Uganda and Deputy Secretary General of the Democratic Party. Ms. Mutagamba was first appointed Minister of State for Water Resources in 2000 and retains the position today.
Under the ministry, the National Environment Management Authority (NEMA) is more specifically tasked with conducting environmental impact assessments and auditing, and for enforcement measures. NEMA also publishes 'sensitivity atlases.' Its 2010 Atlas, compiled with technical inputs from the Petroleum Exploration and Production Department and from international conservation organisations, considers the environmental challenges of oil production in the Albertine Graben.
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development is responsible for setting "policy direction, national standards and coordination of all matters concerning lands, housing and urban development" in Uganda. These broad responsibilities include land administration, surveying and valuation, overseeing and registering land transactions and resolving land disputes in Uganda's highly complex land market. The Ministry is thus an important player in compensation claims arising from compulsory purchase of leasehold and customary land for oil and gas exploration and development. It also plays a policy role in the urban planning of Uganda's oil boomtowns. The current Minister is Daudi Migereko, who has represented Butembe County (Jinja District) in parliament since 1996 and has previously served as Minister for Energy and Minister of Trade, Tourism and Industry.


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11 Health Benefits of Drinking Beetroot Juice
Beetroot juice is considered to be an extremely beneficial beverage for you and your body. This plant that comes from the coasts of Africa, Asia, and Europe, has been used as food and drink for millennia.
In ancient times it was consumed solely by its leaves, since it was believed that its best nutrients were there. It was not until ancient Rome that the greatest benefits were discovered in its form as juice.
A considerable amount of sugar can be extracted from the beet; this was known during the nineteenth century, thanks to Napoleon Bonaparte, which brought the beet to become a plant with commercial value. Even in our days, it is still very precious in its cultivation.
How often do you eat beets?
Many are the reasons why you should start drinking beetroot juice and even beet itself in your meals. They are an excellent source of vitamins and minerals, and they will make you feel well fed and taken care of as if nature wanted it.
With all these benefits, there are still people who do not consume as they should be this magnificent plant, but always in moderation, as a considerable source of carbohydrates, which can be detrimental to some people who are on a specific diet.
Know the benefits for yourself
The beets along with their sugar sources are a great bet for many benefits in your body that will thank them in a good state of health.
If you consume it with a salad will be good for you, but in the juice is where the highest contributions for your health, which made clear below:
You can dramatically reduce your blood pressure: it can only be in a matter of hours for that to happen. This is presumably given by the nitrates present in their composition. These nitrates will then become nitrate oxide in your body, which will dilate the blood vessels, making it easier to flow into the blood.
It gives a boost to your energy: recommended for athletes and people with a strong exercise routine. If you are weak to continue, you can take the juice to refill your stamina and carry out the next round of exercises.
Helps eliminate "bad cholesterol": well-taken beets do not allow LDL cholesterol to be lodged in the arteries, which is beneficial to your heart, preventing strokes and strokes.
Reduces inflammation: beets have a large amount of a solid called betaine, typical of beets. This solid helps to regenerate the internal organs, as it decreases homocysteine in the blood, a compound that has an influential preponderance of cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases.
Anti-cancer properties: Beetroot and its color, generated by phytonutrients, help fight many types of cancer. Also, the beet extracts taken do not allow cancerous tumors to form properly, so it is beneficial for cancers: pancreas, breasts, and prostate.
Very rich in fiber: beetroot juice stimulates your immune system with vitamin C, fiber and with potassium and manganese.
It detoxifies your body: beetroot substances and toxins (yes, it also has toxins) will attach to other toxins in your body to be expelled. It will also help you heal your blood by purifying it next to the liver.
Good for preventing osteoporosis: beets bring a good amount of mineral silica, which will help your body work better with its calcium incorporated. This is beneficial because calcium is one of the essential constituents of bones, so you will not have brittle bones and much less osteoporosis.
Help control diabetes: people who suffer from diabetes can satisfy their sweet cravings by adding a beetroot juice to their diets. Being a vegetable with a low glycemic index (which means that it releases sugar slowly in the blood), it helps to keep your blood sugar levels low while satisfying your sugar craving. Also, this vegetable is low in calories and free of fats, making it the perfect vegetable for diabetics.
Improve your health and sexual performance: also known as the "natural Viagra", beetroot juice has been commonly used in many ancient customs to improve one's sexual health. Because the plant is a rich source of nitrates, it helps release nitric oxide in the body, expanding blood vessels and increasing blood flow to the genitals – a mechanism that drugs like Viagra seek to replicate.
Perfect for you not to suffer from constipation: again thanks to high concentrations of fiber, beetroot juice is perfect to use as a laxative, softening the stool, cleaning the colon and thus easily expelling toxins and impurities from the stomach.
But beets can also be harmful.
But not everything is good news, because although we have listed many benefits, you also have to be aware that taking it very often, could cause some other problems to your health, but nothing as serious as the problems caused by definitively removing beets from your diet. Among these problems we can highlight:
It contributes to the appearance of kidney stones.
It exacerbates the symptoms of those individuals afflicted by stomach upset and diarrhea.
It produces the accumulation of iron and copper in our body, thus aggravating Wilson's Disease and Hemochromatosis.
It has a negative effect on fetal growth when consumed in high amounts.
It lowers blood pressure, good for some but harmful to others.
Not only in juice, but you can also try another form
We can conclude that beet juice brings more benefits than the side effects, but we must also be moderate in their consumption because man shall not live on bread alone, there are also other drinks that can be supplemented for better diet and health.
Besides it is not mandatory that it is only consumed as juice, because you can also eat the leaves of the beet alone, or also eat with salads with the vegetables that you frequently consume.
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Bega Valley Shire Council has today announced an exciting grant opportunity for Seniors Festival activities.
Local community groups and organisations are invited to apply for funding of up to $1,000 to assist in running events and activities aimed at engaging seniors in our community.
The NSW Seniors Festival runs from Wednesday 13 February until Sunday 24 February 2019 and its focus is to recognise and celebrate our senior citizens for the role they play and the positive contribution they make in our communities.
Council's Community Development Officer, Ange McKechnie, said the festival encourages seniors to be active, social and to look after their health.
"This is the perfect opportunity for seniors to get involved in their communities and to enjoy all the benefits that come from that participation.
"Community groups and organisations may wish to hold events or activities just for seniors or they could run an activity which brings the wider community together," she said.
NSW Seniors Festival is the largest festival for seniors in the Southern Hemisphere, reaching up to 500,000 seniors each year.
To be considered for a grant, applicants must be an incorporated association or the application must be auspiced by an incorporated association.
Seniors Festival grant applications close on Monday 19 November 2018.
For further information about the grants, please visit Council's website at www.begavalley.nsw.gov.au or contact Council's Community Development Officers, Ange McKechnie or Matt Simpson on 6499 2222.
Photograph: Joan Goldberg and Joyce Smith volunteering at Red Cross in Bega.


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Atari has accused Nestle of copyright infringement after a British Kit-Kat ad bore a suspicious resemblance to an old-yet-familiar game.
Anyone remember Breakout? Even if you don't remember the name, you'd likely recognize the game if you saw it. You control a paddle at the bottom of the screen, and you bounce a ball up into a series of bricks across the top of the screen.
Atari contends the Kit-Kat ad in question — in which actors play a version of the classic game where the bricks are replaced with Kit-Kat pieces — is banking on the company-owned title to sell candy.
And … yeah, I can kinda see their point.
Notice that's not actually a defense — just because the advert ran last year doesn't mean it's not blatant copyright infringement.


About 16,000 WordPress sites were hacked in 2016, are you secure enough ?
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Let me answer a different question 'Is X secure ?' (where X can be any CMS running outdated software).
WordPress can be extended using themes and plugins, if they are not coded in secure manner, you would find out, this is a rhetorical question.
WordPress runs on top of open source stack so securing WordPress installation may not be enough.
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For our fourth song of the month we covered "You Found Me" by the Fray. Its another one take wonder by Patrick and he put down a great vocal. I found this little blurb that supposedly is from the Fray's blog that explains the meaning of "You Found Me" but couldn't find it on the Fray's site so take it with a grain of salt.
I cant believe he did that in one take! Amazing voice. Sorry I didnt know of you when I lived in The Lou, but glad I found you on T61 today!
Love the new song, amazing vocal! Oh, and the new website look is awesome.


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The NASA spacecraft Curiosity, which investigates the surface of the Red Planet, has found structures that resemble mushrooms. announced the Journal of Astrobiology and Space Science.
The photos show that "mushrooms" grow in sand and rocks.
"In fact, 15 species were photographed by NASA, which grew on the ground in just three days," Dass said to the Express.
NASA has not yet commented on the study published in the journal.
2, after a complex landing operation classified by members, on the surface of the Red Planet of Mission and journalists as "seven minutes of terror".
In recent years, the Rover has successfully accomplished all the important tasks of the mission assigned to it, finding, among other things, traces of the existence of lakes and rivers with hot water on Mars discoveries.
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Back in June 2010 we first heard that Sticky Rice would be expanding next door to 1224 H Street, NE. I actually forgot all about it until I passed by on Saturday as the exterior space was getting painted. I wasn't able to look inside but looks nice on the outside. I can hardly believe Sticky Rice first opened in 2008.
What's the oldest "new" restaurant or bar on H Street, NE? Argonaut?


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Q: Can someone help me with my homework - Implementation of findMedian(…) Problem
I have a task that reads as follows:
Implement an IntegerList class with a Vector  list object attribute that contains a collection of integers. Implement the findMedian () method which, for a given object from o of the IntegerList class, returns a number m from the vector o.list such that there are at least half of the numbers less than or equal to m, and the numbers greater than or equal to m are also at least half:
For example, for [1, 4, 1, 3, 5, 7] it will be the number 4, and for [1, 1, 1, 2, 2] it will be the number 1 and only 1. If the vector is empty then the method is supposed to throw an IllegalArgumentException exception.
What I tried?
import java.util.Vector;
public class IntegerList {
    Vector<Integer> list =new Vector<Integer>();

    public int findMedian(Vector<Integer>list){
       if(list.size() ==0){
           throw new IllegalArgumentException();
       }
        int result =0;

    return result;
    }
}

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args){
        IntegerList v = new IntegerList();
        v.list.add(2);
        v.list.add(3);
        v.list.add(4);
        v.list.add(9);
        System.out.println(v.findMedian(v.list));

    }
}

My question:
Why this not working?
What would you change to even better solve this problem?

A: It is working, but only on empty list. To make it work: we should apply what we learned ..and little try.
Voila:
public int findMedian(Vector<Integer> list) {
   if (list == null || list.isEmpty()) {
       throw new IllegalArgumentException("'list' is null or empty");
   } // from here: list not null and list.size() > 0 ... :
   // sort the "list":
   java.util.Collections.sort(list); // if you may not modify the list: create a copy first! (the list remains sorted, also when leaving the method...
   // return "middle" element:
   return list.get(list.size()/2);
}

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Back to Meet the Team
Ed Williams, Account Director
E: ew@londoncommunications.co.uk
Edward joined the LCA team in August 2015 having previously spent seven years managing external and internal communications campaigns at NHS organisations in London and Manchester.
Edward works for a variety of different development clients on a number of high-profile across the capital including recently helping Argent Related secure planning permission for their major regeneration scheme in Tottenham Hale and supporting British Land's proposals for the redevelopment of Canada Water.
He puts his previous experience in the public sector to good use working with the NHS in south London on two estate regeneration projects and with the Metropolitan Police Property Service on their estate transformation programme. He also previously worked with Enfield Council to develop their new corporate plan setting out the Council's vision for the next four years.
His other clients take him all over London including working for Harlequins rugby club in Richmond, Dukeminster Ltd in Hackney and Frogmore Real Estate in Kensington and Chelsea.
Edward graduated from The University of Liverpool where he gained a degree in History and Politics, and then achieved the CIPR Advanced Certificate in Public Relations at Leeds Metropolitan University.
Edward tries to keep active whether playing football, squash, cycling or going running – and he now spends a lot of time chasing around after his young daughter!


As i already told before, everything in the task process output.
You can't control commands if you are not looking in output.
I get this error despite the fact that the slave can read & write to the folder on the server. I have created test text files in this folder from the slave and the server and they both read and write fine.
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.37 : SESSION #1: Starting on "kenneth-hpprobook"
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.39 : Finished error.
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.39 : Automatically retrying error task1 of 3.
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.39 : SESSION #2: Starting on "kenneth-hpprobook"
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.43 : Finished error.
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.43 : Automatically retrying error task2 of 3.
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.43 : SESSION #3: Starting on "kenneth-hpprobook"
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.47 : Finished error.
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.47 : kenneth-hpprobook - AVOIDING HOST !
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.47 : Automatically retrying error task3 of 3.
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.49 : SESSION #4: Starting on "rfserver"
Mon 08 Jan 19:52.53 : Finished success.
kenneth-hpprobook: 3 at Mon 08 Jan 19:52.47 - ! AVOIDING !
This is not a cgru-afanasy issue. Afanasy just run commands. Blender quits with an error. That is all.
Try to check this file existance from a machine that produce this error. Try to check permissions.
You should perform checking under the user that afrender service runs under.


What Kind of Business Idea Is Best for You?
When it comes to your career, you may find that your needs change as you get older. At first, when you're young, you're often quite happy to climb the corporate ladder. But then, as you start to think about motherhood, you don't always want to have to be away from your children. And this is something that mother's have been worrying about for years. But now, thanks to the ease of the internet and starting your own businesses, it's much easier than ever for you to be able to think about setting up business for yourself. Being a working mom is hard enough, so you want to make sure that you make the best choice for you. So let's take a look at some of the best kind of business for you.
First of all, you might like the idea of taking to blogging. This could be something that really does work out well for you. It's something that you can build in your own time, find your feet with, and then run with when everything feels right. As long as you pick a niche that you're happy with, and you have a passion for what you're writing about, this could become a very lucrative career path for you.
Or maybe you love the idea of making your own wares to sell? If you're crafty and you've always wanted to create your own products and have your own shop, then this could definitely be the best route for you.
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But then, there's the idea of multi-level marketing. Now, this isn't for everyone. But, if there is a certain brand or a type of product that you use and you really love, this could be perfect for you. Sure, each program will be different, but you should find that you can work in your free time and to a schedule that suits your lifestyle. And you're free to earn as much as you like - as long as you're willing to put the work in.
Or maybe you want to be a freelancer. Do you love your career and the job that you're already doing? Do you think it would be perfect for you to kind of keep doing what you're doing, but then also go ahead and work for yourself? Then you should definitely start freelancing. https://www.ryrob.com/why-freelance-while-working-full-time-and-how-to-do-it/ This is something that you can work on doing on the side before you leave your job. Or it can be something that you look to start up when you're a new Mom.


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Stephon Gilmore's life journey and Biography
Stephon Gilmore's Biography । Why was Stephon Gilmore released from Patriots?
The New England Patriots have traded one of the most talented defensive players in the NFL, Stephon Gilmore, to the Carolina Panthers.
ESPN first reported the news prior to the 31-year-old's announcement that he was leaving the Patriots. Gilmore tweeted, "We had so much fun together and you've been an amazing source of inspiration for my personal successes," Gilmore wrote. "... To the team's owner, Mr. Kraft and the coaches and the entire team, thank you for giving me this opportunity and for giving me the chance to be a part of something great. In particular, I would like to express my gratitude to my teammates who sat with me every Sunday with one purpose to achieve."
Stephon Gilmore was born on September 19th, 1990, in Rock Hill, South Carolina, in the United States. Stephon Stiles Gilmore is an American football cornerback for the National Football League (NFL). Gilmore played college level football for South Carolina.
Gilmore signed a 5-year contract with the New England Patriots in 2017.
Why Stephon Gilmore was released?
Gilmore, who was in the last year of his contract with the Patriots, hasn't played since recovering from a quad-related injury. Gilmore was due only $7 million, and there had been some disputes about the possibility of an extension or to pay Gilmore a greater amount. Gilmore was awarded Defensive Player of the Year for 2019, and Gilmore felt he deserved a pay raise.
However, Gilmore was released because the Patriots weren't keen on granting Gilmore a pay raise without having seen him in action. That's part of the reason that drove them to make the decision to release Gilmore, but it wasn't the sole factor.
Stephon Gilmore's high school career:-
Gilmore was a student at South Pointe High School in Rock Hill, South Carolina and played football, basketball and also ran track. In football, Stephon Gilmore was a two-way player. He played defensive back and quarterback, and helped the team achieve an unbeatable 15-0 record and led his team to win the SCHSL AAAA Division II. His teammates were DeVonte Holloman and Jadeveon Clowney. Gilmore played quarterback in the offensive mode. Stephon Gilmore was named Mr. Football for the state of South Carolina.
Gilmore competed as a sprinter in track and field. Gilmore set a record that was 11.41 seconds in 100 metres during the preliminary rounds of the Taco Bell Classic.
Awarded a four-star rating by Rivals.com, Gilmore was listed as the number two overall candidate in South Carolina in the class of 2009.
Gilmore's college career:-
Gilmore completed his graduation from South Pointe High School in December 2008.
Gilmore was the only genuine freshman to play as a cornerback in the Southeastern Conference in 2009. Gilmore had 52 tackles, five tackles for loss, two sacks, and nine pass defenses, earning him College Football News and Phil Steele Freshman All-American honors.
Personal life:-
Gilmore is the son of Steve and Linda Gilmore. On 12th of July 2014, Gilmore got married to his college friend, Gabrielle Glenn. They have 3 children.


Surfing GB (SGB), the National Governing Body designate for the sport of Surfing in Great Britain, and the International Surfing Association (ISA), the World Governing Authority for Surfing, Stand-up Paddle, and all other wave riding activities, are proud to unveil a pioneering product and service on offer to Surf Schools in the UK – the new dual-branded 2015 SGB & ISA Surf School Accreditation Program.
The dual-branded accreditation will be the first of its kind worldwide and is initially only being introduced to British Surf Schools as part of a pilot program for the first half of 2015 with a view for an international roll-out mid-year.
The launch of this accreditation program will create a national and international network of accredited Surf Schools, all of whom meet the demanding standards of quality and safety needed by such a popular sport.
This new accreditation program will build upon the strengths of the two organisations' existing accreditation programs and for the first year will be available, at no additional cost to Surf Schools who register with Surfing GB for 2015.
The principal functions of Surfing GB are: to provide membership services to individual surfers, surf clubs and Surf Schools and to provide structure and guidelines to ensure that Surfing is being practiced in a safe and fun environment and for everyone to enjoy.
"We strive to enhance our service to Surf Schools and develop the Surf School industry in the UK and we see this as a ground-breaking step forward and one which we believe will see more Surf Schools engage with its designated National Governing Body" says Kevin Cook, SGB's Surf School inspector.
Surfing GB & the International Surfing Association look forward to working with and supporting British Surf Schools in 2015.
Accreditation recognised by Beach operators and Local Authorities across the UK.
Inclusion in advertising and marketing through the SGB website and social networks.
Surfing GB have also just secured a new insurance option for Surf Schools, that sees their new provider guarantee a 10% discount and interest free payment options upon any Surf Schools business insurance renewal when they switch to our new provider, who will match any policy's contents. The insurance can also include the cover of SUP and Coasteering activities at a Surf School.
The updated individual Surfers insurance policy that comes with SGB's personal membership now also includes personal accident cover as well as 3rd party liability cover for all individual members of Surfing GB, an addition that Surfers have requested for over 20 years.


When we think about hot and warm weather the first thing that comes into our mind is beach waves. Everyone loves the look of loose beach waves. When it comes to this hairstyle many of you think that since its name is associated with the beach then you should definitely wear it only on the beach but this is an erroneous opinion because big waves can be worn everywhere. Well, you will be the hottest thing on the beach, party or anywhere else if you wear windblown beach waves. Want inspiration? Look below to find out the coolest and most glorious beachy waves ever.
There are several ways to get glorious beachy waves. Let's start from twists and flat iron. Yes, yes, you read right, twists! It is a hairstyle for 2 minutes and you will see that if you try it. So before starting you should have the following things: a wavy spray, hair straightener. Create two big twists like pigtails, very carefully flat iron, spray and your luscious beach waves are ready to rock the world.
Now let's see the next way of getting beach waves. For this option you need a small barrel curler. It will take from you not more than five minutes. If you want small, tight curls then you should opt for thin hair iron big curls require large barrel curling iron. These mind blowing waves are pretty easy to get. Such waves are incredible!
The time of curling is based on hair type too. Sometimes short locks may take more time because of being thick. One of the most traditional ways of getting beach waves is using a curling iron. It will take from you 7 minutes to create the most iconic waves. I am sure you know the technique. I assure you that these waves can be worn on the red carpet events as well. Due to modern technologies many hairstyles are available for all ladies.
The forth way of creating unforgettable beach waves is again connected with the magical flat iron but this time make sure that your iron is facing down to the floor rather than horizontally the way you usually do. According to hair dressers you will get shinier and more elegant beach waves.
Hair products are important part of the styling. They will add shine and texture to your locks. Beach waves will compliment all hair lengths and add a touch of femininity. You may even pull your beach waves back into a half updo or ponytail. If you have never worn beach waves then harry to get them!


After receiving a notice denying your unemployment claims, you can make an appeal and request for a hearing before an administrative law judge. Make sure that you prepare for the hearing even if you have not received a hearing date yet. Gather all the necessary documents to prove your claim ahead of time.
The procedure of the hearing will begin once the judge has everyone in person at the hearing or on the phone. The judge will ask questions to the employer or the representative and the ex-employee. The documents received from the employer and employee will be outlined by the judge. The judge will give you a chance to make additional comments and point out specific details that you feel was not covered during the testimony.
The chances of winning an appeal will be based on factors such as conduct during the hearing, documents sent to the judge and the testimony of the witnesses. The judge does not consider undocumented issues but on paper trail which includes verbal and written warnings. It is of vital importance to stick to the facts and do not make false statements. Take this opportunity to present your evidence and witnesses to support your case. Furthermore, you will also be given a chance to cross-examine your former boss and his or her witnesses.


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Distributed Intelligence
Heylighen, F. and Beigi, S. . mind outside brain: a radically non-dualist foundation for distributed cognition . Socially Extended Epistemology (Eds. Carter, Clark, Kallestrup, Palermos, Pritchard) . Oxford University Press . 2016
We approach the problem of the extended mind from a radically non-dualist perspective. The separation between mind and matter is an artefact of the outdated mechanistic worldview, which leaves no room for mental phenomena such as agency, intentionality, or experience. [DPB: the rationale behind this is the determinism argument: if everything is determined by the rules of physics (nature) then nothing can be avoided and the future is determined. There can be no agency because there is nothing to choose, there can be no intentionality because people's choices are determined by the rules of physics (it appears to be their intention but it is physics talking) and there can be no personal experience because which events a person encounters is indifferent from the existence of the (physical) person]. We propose to replace it by an action ontology, which conceives mind and matter as aspects of the same network of processes. By adopting the intentional stance, we interpret the catalysts of elementary reactions as agents exhibiting desires, intentions, and sensations. [DPB: I agree with the idea that mind and body are 'functions of the same processes'. The intentional stance implies the question: What would I desire, want, feel in his place in this circumstance, and hence what can I be expected to do?] Autopoietic networks of reactions constitute more complex superagents, which moreover exhibit memory, deliberation and sense-making. In the specific case of social networks, individual agents coordinate their actions via the propagation of challenges. [DPB: for the challenges model: see the article Evo mailed]. The distributed cognition that emerges from this interaction cannot be situated in any individual brain. [DPB: this is important and I have discussed this in the section about the Shell operator, who cannot physically be aware of the processes out of his own scope of professional activities]. This non-dualist, holistic view extends and operationalizes process metaphysics and Eastern philosophies. It is supported by both mindfulness experiences and mathematical models of action, self-organization, and cognition. [DPB: I must decide how to apply the concepts of individuation, virtual/real/present, process ontology and/or action ontology, distributed cognition and distributed intelligence (do I need that?), and computation/thinking/information processing in my arguments].
Socially extended knowledge is a part of the philosophical theory of the extended mind (Clark & Chalmers, 1998; Palermos & Pritchard, 2013; Pritchard, 2010): mental phenomena such as memory, knowledge and sensation extend outside the individual human brain, and into the material and social environment. DPB: this reminds of the Shell narrative. The idea is that human cognition is not confined to information processing within the brain, but depends on phenomena external to the brain: 'These include the body, cognitive tools such as notebooks and computers, the situation, the interactions between agent and environment, communications with other agents, and social systems. We will summarize this broad scale of "extensions" under the header of distributed cognition (Hutchins, 2000), as they all imply that cognitive content and processes are distributed across a variety of agents, objects and actions. Only some of those are located inside the human brain; yet all of them contribute to human decisions by providing part of the information necessary to make these decisions' [pp. 1-2]. The aim of this paper is to propose a radical resolution to this controversy (between processes such as belief, desire and intention are considered mental and other such as information transmission and processing, and storage as mechanical): we assume that mind is a ubiquitous property of all minimally active matter (Heylighen, 2011)' (emphasis DPB: this statement is similar to (analogous to?) the statement that all processes in nature are computational processes or that all processes are cognitive and individuating processes) [p 2].
From dualism to action ontology
Descartes argued that people are free to choose: therefore the human mind does not follow physical laws. But since all matter follows such laws, the mind cannot be material. Therefore the mind must be independent, belonging to a separate, non-material realm. This is illustrated by the narrative that the mind leaves the body when a person dies. But a paradox rises: if mind and matter are separate then how can one affect the other? Most scientists agree that the mind 'supervenes' on the matter of the brain and it cannot exist without it. But many still reserve some quality that is specific for the mind, thereby leaving the thinking dualist. An evolutionary worldview explains the increasing complexity: elements and systems are interconnected and the mind does not need to be explained as a separate entity, but as a '.. mind appears .. as a natural emanation of the way processes and networks self-organize into goal-directed, adaptive agents' [p 5], a conception known as process metaphysics. The thesis here is that the theory of the mind can be both non-dual AND analytic. To that end the vagueness of the process metaphysics is replaced with action ontology: 'That will allow us to "extend" the mind not just across notebooks and social systems, but across the whole of nature and society' [p 5].
Agents and the intentional stance
Action ontology is based on reactions as per COT. Probability is a factor and so determinism does not apply. Reactions or processes are the pivot in action ontology and states are secondary: 'States can be defined in terms of the reactions that are possible in that state (Heylighen, 2011; Turchin, 1993)' [p 7]. DPB: this reminds of the restrictions of Oudemans, the attractors and repellers that promote the probability that some states and restrict the probability that other states can follow from this particular one. In that sense it reminds also of the perception that systems can give to the observer that they are intentional. The list of actions that an agent can perform defines a dynamical system (Beer, 1995, 2000). The states that lead into an attractor define the attractor's basin and the process of attaining that position in phase-space is called equifinality: different initial states produce the same final state (Bertalanffy, 1973). The attractor, the place the system tends to move towards is its 'goal' and the trajectory towards it as it is chosen by the agent at each consecutive state is its 'course of action' in order to reach that 'goal'. The disturbances that might bring the agents off its course can be seen as challenges, which the agent does not control, but which the agent might be able to tackle by changing its course of action appropriately. To interpret the dynamics of a system as a goal-directed agent in an environment is the intentional stance (Dennett, 1989).
Panpsychism and the Theory of Mind
'The "sensations" we introduced previously can be seen as rudimentary "beliefs" that an agent has about the conditions it is experiencing' [p 10]. DPB: conversely beliefs can be seen as sensations in the sense of internalized I-O rules. 'The prediction (of the intentional stance DPB) is that the agent will perform those actions that are most likely to realize its desires given its beliefs about the situation it is in' [p 10]. DPB: and this is applicable to all kinds of systems. Indeed Dennett has designed different classes for physical systems, and I agree with the authors that there is no need for that, given that these systems are all considered to be agents (/ computational processes). Action ontology generalizes the application of the intentional stance to all conceivable systems and processes. To view non-human processes and systems in this way is in a sense 'animistic': all phenomena are sentient beings.
In the action ontology a network of coupled reactions can be modeled: the output of one reaction forms the input for the next and so on. In this way it can be shown that a new level of coherence emerges. If such a network produces its own components including the elements required for its own reproduction it is autopoietic. In spite of ever changing states, its organization remains invariant. The states are characterized by the current configurations of the system's elements, the states change as a consequence of the perturbations external to the system. Its organization lends the network system its (stable) identity despite the fact that it is in ongoing flux. The organization and its identity render it autonomous, namely independent of the uncertainties in its environment: 'Still, the autopoietic network A interacts with the environment, by producing the actions Y appropriate to deal with the external challenges X. This defines the autopoietic organism as a higher-order agent: A+X→A+Y. At the abstract level of this overall reaction, there is no difference between a complex agent, such as an animal or a human, and an elementary agent, such as a particle. The difference becomes clear when we zoom in and investigate the changing state of the network of reactions inside the agent' [p 14]. DPB: this is a kind of a definition of the emergence of organization of a multitude of elements into a larger body. This relates to my black-box / transparency narrative. This line of thought is further elaborated on in the COT, where closure and self-maintenance are introduced to explain the notion of autopoiesis in networks. Closure means that eventually no new elements are produced, self-maintenance means that eventually all the elements are produced again (nothing is lost), and together they imply that all the essential parts are eventually recycled. This leads to states on an attractor. Also see COT article Francis. //INTERESTING!! In simple agents the input is directly transformed into an action: there is no internal state and these agents are reactive. In complex networks an input affects the internal state, the agent keeps an internal memory of previous experiences. That memory is determined by the sequence of sensations the agent has undergone. This memory together with its present sensations (perceptions of the environment) constitutes the agent's belief system. A state is processed (to the next state) by the system's network of internal reactions, the design of which depends on its autopoietic organization. A signal may or may not be the result of this processing and hence this process can be seen as a 'deliberation' or 'sense-making'. Given the state of the environment, and given the memory of the system resulting from its previous experience, and given its propensity to maintain its autopoiesis, an input is processed (interpreted) to formulate an action to deal with the changed situation. If the action turns out to be appropriate then the action was justified and the rule leading up to it was true and the beliefs are knowledge: 'This is equivalent to the original argument that autopoiesis necessarily entails cognition (Maturana & Varela, 1980), since the autopoietic agent must "know" how to act on a potentially perturbing situation in order to safeguard its autopoiesis'. This is connected to the notion of "virtue reliabilism", that asserts that beliefs can be seen as knowledge when their reliability is evidenced by the cognitive capabilities ("virtues") they grant the agent (Palermos, 2015; Pritchard, 2010) [p 15]. UP TO HERE //.
Socially distributed cognition
'In our own approach to social systems, we conceive such processes as a propagation of challenges (Heylighen, 2014a). This can be seen as a generalization of Hutchins's analysis of socially distributed cognition taking place through the propagation of "state" (Hutchins, 1995, 2000): the state of some agent determines that agentś action or communication, which in turn affects the state of the next agent receiving that communication or undergoing that action. Since a state is a selection out of a variety of potential states, it carries information. Therefore, the propagation of state from agent to agent is equivalent to the transmission and processing of information. This is an adequate model of distributed cognition if cognition is conceived as merely complex information processing. But if we want to analyze cognition as the functioning of a mind or agency, then we need to also include that agent's desires, or more broadly its system of values and preferences. .. in how far does a state help to either help or hinder the agent in realizing its desires? This shifts our view of information from the traditional syntactic perspective of information theory (information as selection among possibilities) (Shannon & Weaver, 1963)) to a pragmatic perspective (information as trigger for goal-directed action (Gernert, 2006)' (emphasis of DPB) [pp. 17-8]. DPB: this is an important connection to my idea that not only people's minds process information, but the organization as such processes information also. This can explain how a multitude of people can be autonomous as an entity 'an sich'. Distributed cognition is the cognition of the whole thing and in that sense the wording is not good, because the focus is no longer the human individual but the multitude as a single entity; a better word would be 'integrated cognition'? It is propose to replace the terms "information" or "state" to "challenge": a challenge is defined as a situation (i.e. a conjunction of conditions sensed by some agent) that stimulated the agent to act. DPB: Heylighen suggests that acting on this challenge brings benefit to the agent, I think it is more prosaic than that. I am not sure that I need the concept of a challenge. Below is an illustration of my Shell example: an individual know that action A leads to result B, but no one knows that U →Y, but the employees together know this: the knowledge is not in one person, but in the whole (the organization): John : U →V, Ann : V→W, Barbara : W→X, Tom : X→Y. Each person recognizes the issue, does not know the (partial) answer, but knows (or finds out) who does; the persons are aware of their position in the organization and who else is there and (more or less) doing what. 'Together, the "mental properties" of these human and non-human agents will determine the overall course of action of he organization. This course of action moves towards a certain "attractor", which defines the collective desire or system of values of the organization' [p 21]. DPB: if I want to model the organization using COT then this above section can be a starting point. I'm not sure I do want to, because I find it impracticable to identify the mix of the ingredients that should enter the concoction that is the initial condition to evolve into the memeplex that is a firm. How many of 'get a job' per what amount of 'the shareholder is king' should be in it?
Experiencing non-duality
Using the intentional stance it is possible to conceptualize a variety of processes as mind-like agencies. The mind does not reside in the brain, it sits in all kinds of processes in a distributed way.
Geplaatst op 16 augustus 2018 Categorieën Communication, Complexe Adaptieve Systemen, Social SystemTags agent, autopoiesis, cognition, cultuur, distributed, intelligence, orde, proces, social system, systeem
Enacting – Structure and Agency
Lenartowicz, M. . How Social Forms Come Alive: The Enactive Workings of Discursive Positioning . Working Paper v.1. . 2017
This is an exploration of the possibility to conciliate the structure and agency dichotomy in social science through the use of positioning theory. The focus is on the structural-enactive aspect of discursive positioning: 'I argue that the positioning theory precisely identifies the social act which creates and sustains social forms' [p 1]. DPB: without having read the article yet, the phrase above reminds me of the action by which a Situation (a Bubble) emerges: And an utterance is performed, And an information is included, And a perception is performed, by the triple selection of which a communication comes into being (or it is replicated and hence becomes part of a sequence).
Traditional scientific disciplines are founded in traditional ontology, and hence attempts to address issues concerning traditional ontology do not usually originate in those same traditional sciences. The reason is that their differentiated existence would come into question. As a consequence the concepts used in such a field of research 'involve' in an ever more differentiated manner, without questioning the all too general ontological basis. Some of the ontological assumptions are wrong according to Van Langenhove (Van Langenhove L. Innovating the Social Sciences . Vienna: Passagen Verlag . 2007) and conserved by their perpetuation. In summary the problem of the common ontology is a Newtonian/Euclidean/Humean approach, in summary: thinking is performed by solid objects, fixed in space and time, deterministically influencing one another by cause and effect relations. The structuralist view on the world still dominates, because of the ontological problem with the phenomena (institutions, organizations, nations, communities &c.) around which the disciplines of the social sciences are organized. 'When explicitly discussing their formative mechanisms, social scientists now tend to point to language and its creations, such as texts, discourses, or stories. However, in order to do social science, they seem to have no other methodological choice but to enter and continue the language game themselves. The comprehension of the linguistic, symbolic composition of the social matter, thus, has not yet taken them far; it does not bear much consequence for their research methodologies, or, even more importantly, for their research questions (emphasis by the author)' [p 2]. The issue is that all social thinkers have presupposed the existence of language to, then, given language, think about the nature of society. The role of this paper is to research the fundamental constitutive function of language: 'I will address the need for a conceptual path to bridge the gap between the formative function of language and the shapes and forms that people perceive and interact with while participating in the social world' [p 3]. A methodology is required to account for these steps: human cognition > language > language use > social actions > social structures. 'Such paths must be sound enough to make sure that what appears at the other side of the spectrum is, indeed, the result of 're-assembling the social' (Latour 2007) not a projection' [p 3].
2. Typification of social forms
'Allowing people to forge and sustain representations of reality, language also allows us to name these representations. By the means of such naming, what initially was merely an entwinement of actions that happened to be observed as resonating and corresponding with one another – a frequently seen pattern, a repetitively performed chain of action, or a cluster of certain observable features – becomes a social form (entity, structure, system, institution, organization, network, rule, role, etc.). Alfred Schutz, Thoman Luckmann, and Peter L. Berger call that naming typification (Schutz 1967, Schutz & Luckmann 1973, Berger & Luckmann 1966). Typification is an assignment of a symbolic signifier to mark a social form, or, as Rom Harré (1975) calls it, a social icon' (emphasis by the author) [p 5]. DPB: 'When it has a name it is probably dangerous' Lenartowicz, private conversation]. Once some assemblage has individuated to the point that its repetitions become noticeable / perceptible it is ready to beget a name. A pattern of a sufficiently individuated assemblage is in this way typified and the typified thing is now a social form or a social icon. Once it is named or rather that its name has been repeated a couple of times it is a communication. The name through the communication reciprocally provides stability to the pattern also: now it clear what it is and what it does.
3. Discursive positioning (intentional, on purpose, purposeful, rational)
Through speech acts people can place themselves and be placed by others in a social world via the vehicle of their social persons. This is an effect of the perlocutionary force of an utterance (what social position does it point at), hidden behind the locutionary aspect (what is said) and the illocutionary aspect (what is it said for) [p 5]. The effect of these utterances in practical terms can be monitored using 1st and 2nd order cybernetics. DPB: this reminds me of the connotations: I can account for the locutionary aspect (1st order: information content) and illocutionary (2nd order: to charge the information / idea with a 'spin'); the perlocutionary is strictly speaking the social version of an illocutionary aspect and as such it is a 2nd order observation; it relates to the cognitive connotation, namely the perceived importance of the information / idea by the group. Perhaps this is a link between social systems and how memes are enacted in people's minds.
4. Form Mutability
'The positioning theory originally focuses on the manners in which speech acts are used to affect and shape social persons and confine them to a set of (rightly or not) assigned attributes and powers. In the triadic conceptualization of Harré and van Langenhove (1999) social actions/acts allocate people to positions, which are construed in relation to a relevant storyline. In my understanding, a storyline is what I referred to above as a social form: a symbolically marked typification of a different scrap of the overall social reality. As a result, while focusing on persons and their thus constructed situations, the theory precisely captures yet another perlocutionary consequence of speech acts. Positioning modifies not only the relative situations of persons but also the state of the social form to which the position is attributed' [p 6]. DPB: In this way the knife cuts both ways: the person is assigned a position and as her narrative, explaining the entitlement to that position, is in use harnessing her social position, the position it designates is also tested against the social reality the person – and her symbolic position – are in. 'If we realize that the 'fabric' from which a typification of any social form can be carved is nothing else than the totality of all social acts that are available to be observed, an inclusion of the acts performed by one particular person to that selected group of acts is admittedly equally as a phenomenological, interpretative operation as was our previous delineation. Nonetheless, there is one significant addition: the act of including – that is, the act of positioning. Because this is a social (speech) act as well, it is added to the totality of all acts that are available to be observed. The social fabric is expanded by another know, another twist. .. By the means of positioning, by the embedding of a reflection of a person in a form, a single social action can now change the state of that form dramatically – in just one sentence, one gesture, or one grimace' [p 7]. As all communication, positioning now has become alive and it has come to serve its own purposes: to connect the behavior of social systems and people as social beings through the dynamics of social forms: 'People who position themselves at the conference podium behave so similarly that the question arises: is it not the social form itself that is acting and affecting the world?'[p 8].
5. Enaction of social forms (I guess I would use the term enactment)
'Searle (1990) aptly claims the we-mode of speech – in which we socially act not simply as ourselves but as a part of a social arrangement – to be the very peculiarity of language that brings social ontology into existence' (emphasis by the author) [p 8]. DPB: tis I find an interesting thought: the reflection or projection onto language of a social construct that includes not just myself, but any form of social construction that includes others too. That word is the reflection of the whole of social systems and it forms the basis for social ontology. 'When our speech acts position us in a particular social locus, and especially if this happens by the self-positioning of the first order, perlocutionarily, we speak as apart of social entities – possibly almost indistinguishable in our agency from theirs. We speak 'for them', 'as them', and 'on behalf of them', driving what is to be done, why, and how from what the form is comped of already. The dynamic agency of social forms deployed in such a we-mode can no longer be considered merely phenomenologically. Another ontological status is needed' [p 8]. DPB: I like this as an example of ho someone can speak on behalf of a firm, in any case in the various roles that people associated with firms can have. What distinguishes this theory from others, is that it shows that people, for whatever reason, can actively pursue to manage their position in the group of people they are included in. And then the million dollar question: 'What is, then, the relationship between people and social forms? A good name for this seems to be enacting. People engage in performing actions, interactions with the world on behalf of a form, as if they were its components, when they are not. Thus, the psycho-social process of positioning and being positioned by others bears a structural consequence: a thus-enacted social form comes to be seen as acting itself' [p 9]. DPB: I have used this term enacting for the acting out of memes: when people are motivated (set in motion) to act as per the memes they are guided by at some point. But is is not necessarily in a social context, any meme goes. This theory complements the social systems theory by identifying by which mechanism one communication connects to another. In addition enaction is argued to be 1. the fundamental feature of cognition and 2. the formative mechanism that precedes the individuation of all cognizing entities, and hence: 'the state of being enacted opens up a path for the conceptualization of the emergence of an even stronger existence of social forms' (emphasis by the author) [p 9].
Geplaatst op 16 augustus 2018 Categorieën Communication, Social SystemTags agency, agent, cultuur, intention, structure, systeem
Turing Machines and Beyond
To put to bed the discussion about companies being the computer – and for me to finalize the invention of yet another existing wheel, find attached this document. The author surveys the latest in computational logic, in the process describing Natural Computation. This is apparently an existing name for the beast I described in the posts categorized under Turing Machines so far!
Networks are capable of processing information in parallel, while interacting dynamically with their changing environment, asynchronously if necessary (companies!). TM as defined here compute solutions for given problems using algorithms and as such are a special case for the general principle of Natural Computation.
SignificanceOfModelsOfComputation
Format AfbeeldingGeplaatst op 22 mei 2015 22 mei 2015 Categorieën Turing MachinesTags agent, cellulaire automaat, cellular automaton, co-adaptatie, informatie, information, organisation, organism, processing, turing machineLaat een reactie achter op Turing Machines and Beyond
Lane over de MAX Rule
Deze post is ook gebaseerd op het artikel 'Information Contagion: Is what is good for each best for all?' van David Lane, 1997, in SFI Proceedings The Economy as an Evolving Complex System. Dit is zo'n opmerkelijk onderdeel daaruit dat ik er een aparte post aan wijd. Lees verder Lane over de MAX Rule
Geplaatst op 31 maart 2015 3 april 2015 Categorieën Strategie > InductieTags agent, autonoom, bedrijf, geheugen, informatie, onderneming, orde, transmissieLaat een reactie achter op Lane over de MAX Rule
Lane over Individuele Keuzes en Marktaandeel
Deze post is gebaseerd op het artikel 'Information Contagion: Is what is good for each best for all?' van David Lane, 1997, in SFI Proceedings The Economy as an Evolving Complex System. De vraag is hoe keuzes van individuele kopers via hun interacties leiden tot een marktaandeel. Lees verder Lane over Individuele Keuzes en Marktaandeel
Geplaatst op 31 maart 2015 3 april 2015 Categorieën Strategie > InductieTags agent, bedrijf, informatie, marktaandeel, risico, risico aversie, sensitive dependence on initial conditions, wanordeLaat een reactie achter op Lane over Individuele Keuzes en Marktaandeel
Lane en Maxfield over Strategie in Complexe omstandigheden
Deze post gaat over strategieontwikkeling in complexe omstandigheden en is grotendeels gebaseerd op het artikel van David Lane en Robert Maxfield getiteld 'Foresight, Complexity and Strategy', 1996, opgenomen in SFI Proceedings: 'The Economy as an Evolving Complex System'. Lees verder Lane en Maxfield over Strategie in Complexe omstandigheden
Geplaatst op 25 maart 2015 3 april 2015 Categorieën Strategie > InductieTags agent, autonoom, bedrijf, bedrijfscultuur, co-adaptatie, cultuur, interactie, medewerkers, onderneming, systeem, transmissieLaat een reactie achter op Lane en Maxfield over Strategie in Complexe omstandigheden


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Meet Seven Clean Seas: On the road to recover 10,000,000 kg of ocean plastic
Posted on 1st December 2021 1st December 2021 by Haily Comet
Meet Seven Clean Seas, an organization based in Indonesia on a mission to preserve the marine environment by ridding the seas of plastic for good. So far, they've cleaned a whopping 242,800 kg of ocean plastic since they started in 2018.
We sat down with Tom Peacock-Nazil, one of the founders of Seven Clean Seas, to hear more of how they started and where they're heading in 2022.
If you want to start supporting Seven Clean Seas, you can do so here 🐟
In your own words, why do you think the organization started? What was that one moment where you realized, "Hey I want to make this impact?"
Tom: In 2013, when I moved to Singapore, I was fortunate enough to travel the region. I think most places, when you get out of those tourist hotspots, they're often unfortunately polluted by plastic.
There was one specific moment when I was with my wife on an island in Thailand called Ko Lipe. We're on this beautiful beach called Sunrise Beach. It was so nice we decided to go back the next day and when we went the next morning, it's like a horror scene from a plastic horror movie. We knew there had been a storm the night before but you can literally see these patches of garbage on the water and half of them were deposited on the beach. We basically sat there, went to the cafe and contemplated about life and what we've done to this world.
We then started with educational outreach and one thing led to another. We ended up growing, looking at it as a macro issue that we wanted to make an impact around. Fast forward to today and that's what we've been doing in the last three years.
What were the main challenges you faced as an organization? Did you struggle with raising funds? Did you face logistical or operational issues that hindered you from making the impact you wanted?
Tom: I funded the cleanups we were hosting myself for a long time. In Singapore we're very fortunate because we have a lot of people who care about sustainability. I think the actual organization of events went really well and fairly easy. There were only minimal financial requirements at that point for the logistics, etc. There wasn't too much of a requirement early on.
The organic growth of it took over. That's when companies started wanting to work with us, offering money for educational talks and beach cleanup activities and slowly but surely, we just built incrementally to where we are today.
One of the early difficulties we faced is that a lot of companies that we worked with still didn't really understand the issue why it's important or why they should go on board with us. There's a whole educational piece that needed to go along with it.
How have you been doing since then? (ex. Any new initiatives started, success with being featured and getting your company's story out there)
Tom: In the early days, it was a lot about the educative activities. We were active in Singapore, we started projects in Malaysia and also in Indonesia as well. This was all before Covid and when the pandemic hit, it stopped all of our activities overnight. We can no longer do beach cleanups.
This is where we locked our bigger, more ambitious plan to get people to essentially donate to help clean the oceans. Try to turn it into a transaction so everyone in the world can contribute. To do that, in Indonesia where we already have good relationships, we decided to hire some of the individuals who lost their jobs because of Covid-19 and start paying them to do environmental cleanup. We took that opportunity to get donors on board and really, again, it was just organic from that point. We were at the right place, at the right time.
Do you think the support you're getting from Handprint customers helped with your organization's mission? How has the contribution that you received helped on the organisational level, community level, and individual level?
Tom: It's fundamental, essentially. Everything we do, we're always trying to be ambitious and we're always trying to grow the project and increase the amount of plastic we can pull out on an annual basis.
You can only really do that when you get regular support from people. We can spend a bit of money here, we can spend a bit money there or hire a few more people. The nature of how Handprint works is just great for that. As partners, I see it as we grow, Handprint grows as well.
What's next for Seven Clean Seas? Do you have any upcoming projects or initiatives for 2022?
Tom: 2022 is our most exciting year yet by a long way. We're launching a river cleanup technology in a river in Thailand. Potentially in Vietnam as well. It's a high-volume, low-cost river cleanup technology for medium to large rivers. If you look at the scientific studies, they say that most of the plastic that goes to the oceans actually originate from the rivers. That's kind of the mode of transport so if we want to clean the oceans, the best place to start is on the rivers.
On top of that, we're also building more projects internationally, not just in Indonesia. We've got quite a bit of mandate now to go and do that. For us, it's just about finding out where we are today at the end of 2021 and really preparing for 2022. It's gonna be 100x bigger than what we've ever done before.
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A couple of weeks ago, I lauded the new book by Jean Dreze and Amartya Sen for its clear identification of a challenge book for India. I just finished reading the recent book by their "competitors," Jagdish Bhagwati and Arvind Panagariya, titled India's Tryst with Destiny: Debunking myths that undermine progress and addressing new challenges. To be chronologically correct, I should have read them in the reverse order, but I don't think it made much of a difference from a content perspective!
Bhagwati & Panagariya Have Strong Views….
As has been written extensively in the press, Bhagwati and Panagariya are emphatic that India's number one priority should be making all possible efforts to sustain economic growth. They argue that India's poor has benefited from sustained economic growth, and provide evidence that this holds true even for people from socially and economically disadvantaged groups. Though India has, thanks to the growth in the last two decades, more money to spend on the provision of social (health, education) services, they point out that we lack sufficient resources to provide the kind of welfare services that the UPA (more specifically, the NAC) wishes to. Even if we are to do much more for the poor, Bhagwati and Panagariya are completely against the government playing the role of provider. Instead, they prefer that the poor be assisted through cash transfers (for food security), insurance mechanisms (for health), and vouchers (for school education) on the grounds that these will be better aligned with market mechanisms, involve less corruption, and achieve better results.
A few things struck me while reading this book. One is the aggressive tone of the authors, combined with a knowledgeable air that suggests that these issues are so obvious that anyone who thinks otherwise must be living in a world of delusion. They are almost disrespectful to Dreze and Sen when they refer to arguments that the latter have made in the past which conflict with their own. This aggressive tone is related to the second feature of this book: a strong conservative ideological slant – small government, minimum regulation, and worship of the market. A combination of one and two results in their unapologetic air about the growing incidence of billionaires in India. Here, they unfortunately fail to differentiate between those who made their billions from knowledge-based companies, and those who did so thanks to privileged access to scarce resources.
I was surprised to find their endorsement of some unsustainable distortions in the education system. One of their findings is that private, unrecognized schools provide better education than government schools, even though the teachers in the former are paid several times less than the latter, because of better supervision and oversight. But, from all reports, teachers in such private schools are under-paid and over-exploited, and the schools themselves have poor infrastructure including no playing or recreational space. This may be an economically "efficient" solution, but surely it can't be the basis for building a modern productive workforce.
It must be obvious by now that I liked the Dreze-Sen book better! For one, it has a scholarly and more even-handed tone. Dreze & Sen don't dismiss growth (as Bhagwati and Panagariya might lead you to believe), they just suggest that it's a real shame that a country with our resources can't do better for its citizens. Dreze and Sen provide a broader perspective of development (not surprising considering that's Sen's forte) while Bhagwati and Panagariya take a mechanistic view and look at people with the lens of the "economic man." Perhaps Dreze and Sen are a tad more idealistic and romantic than Bhagwati and Panagariya, but surely a country with our history and potential needs to retain a dose of idealism. I liked Panagariya's earlier book (India: The Emerging Giant, 2008) but this one has an impatient, "angry man" air about it that detracts from its core arguments.
As I wrote in my earlier post, a particularly attractive dimension of the Dreze-Sen book is their openness to different models, and a willingness to learn from "bright spots." On the other hand, Bhagwati and Panagariya are dismissive of such bright spots that don't fit in with their ideology. This suggests to me that Bhagwati and Panagariya are much less open to innovation and trying out new things. In fact, they take a very explicit classical economics view of capitalism and labour as the main inputs to the production function, taking us back to a time before Solow when technological change was no more than a residual explanation of growth. I am glad that our government takes a more modern view of change, and is explicitly trying to encourage innovation to solve social problems (Both the National Innovation Council and the India Inclusive Innovation Fund have this focus).
But, to be fair, neither Dreze & Sen nor Bhagwati & Panagariya appear to have understood the tremendous potential of technology to reform health and education. Their discussion about both assumes standard, people-intensive solutions for which issues of accountability and control are obviously important. But, as is increasingly clear (see my posts on Massively Open Online Courses [MOOCs ] and new models for inclusive healthcare), new models are emerging which may make their ideological differences less relevant.
Creative use of MOOCs could allow us to achieve higher quality teaching with a far lower number of teachers. The role of the teacher would also change from being the source of knowledge to being a facilitator of learning. Organizational issues related to who is the employer therefore become less important. Similarly, initiatives like Sughavazhvu Health care show that with the use of improved technology, and a stronger preventive healthcare orientation, it is possible for alternately trained personnel to take care of primary health care. Here again it doesn't need to be a choice between poorly managed government-run public health centres (as Bhagwati and Panagariya would characterize them) and exploitative private doctors (as Dreze and Sen would call them).
Government's role and priorities would be different under such alternate paradigms. In education, the role of government would shift to making available low-cost, high speed broadband internet connections to students along with a low-cost access device, and in providing financial support for the creation of high quality content in regional languages. In healthcare, the government's role would be in re-establishing a focus on public health, setting standards for certification of medical health professionals who are not doctors and providing a communication backbone that would allow the low cost use of technology in primary health care.
In their eagerness to prove the superiority of their respective positions, leading economists are in danger of missing out on the power of innovation, the ability to bring fresh thinking to the solution of tough problems. Perhaps we need greater openness to new ideas, and a healthy pragmatism instead?


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Q: How to replace selected text in a textarea with Javascript? I have a textarea and a button which adds the following text to the textarea:

"  - List Item "

If there is some text which is selected in the textarea, I would rather the text added to appear as so:

"  - (selected text) "

So, the way to go about this would be to use an if function to see if there is text selected within the textarea and then if that is true, then receive the highlighted text so that it can be appended to the text in the textarea.
The appending part can simply be done by using document.getElementById(textarea).value += string but I'm unsure on checking if some of the text in the textarea is selected and receiving it.

A: For non IE browsers you can do something like this using selectionStart and SelectionEnd properties of textarea object:
function createListElement() {
    if(document.activeElement === textarea) {
        if(typeof textarea.selectionStart == 'number' && typeof textarea.selectionEnd == 'number') {
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            var selectedText = textarea.value.slice(start, end);
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            var text = before + '- ' + selectedText + after;
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}

But such a trivial manipulation is getting much harder for IE, you can find more here.
I hope this will help you :)


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Thuy Vu Married, Age, Family, Salary, Net Worth & Height
Quick Facts of Thuy Vu
Full NameThuy Vu
BirthplaceVietnam
Ethnicity Asian ancestry
Education Independence High School, University of California
Online PresenceTwitter
Vietnamese born journalist, Thuy Vu is currently working as a host at KQED. In the network, she hosted the show, "KQED Newsroom". She is also working at Business Rockstars as a host of the show, "Scale the Wall."
Similarly, Vu started her career in ABC7 as an anchor and a reporter. Moreover, she makes an amazing salary and net worth from a long span of her career.
Bio, Wiki (Family) Of Thuy Vu
Born in July in Vietnam, Thuy Vu is a journalist. Vu along with her family moved from Vietnam via boat after Saigon fell to the Communists at the end of the Vietnam war. Initially, she, with her family settled at two refugee camps and later settled in Duluth, Minnesota.
Moreover, Vu completed her education from Independence High School in San Jose, California in 1985. Later, she earned a bachelor's degree in rhetoric from the University of California.
Besides, Vu started her career in the field of journalism in July 2000 at ABC7 as an anchor and a reporter. Five years later, she served in the same position at KPIX CBS5 from December 2005 to December 2010.
Similarly, from January 2011 to January 2012, she worked at CBS Corporation as a host. For almost 8 years, she became the board member of Asian Pacific Fund and later served as a host in LinkAsia.
Women in politics-the victories & road map ahead w/ @AmandaRenteria of @EmergeAmerica and @annebmoses of @IGNITE_National. @KQEDNewsroom 7pm pic.twitter.com/NySVg5oicp
— Thuy Vu (@thuy) November 9, 2018
Moreover, Thuy also joined WFFConnect as an advisory board member in 2017. Since, 2014, she is severing as a member of International Women's Forum. She is also working at DocuSign as Advisory Board Member.
As of 2018, she is serving at Business Rockstars as a host and KQED as a host of "KQED Newsroom." Besides, Vu won several awards including Emmy Awards.
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How Much Is Thuy Vu's Net Worth and Salary?
Thuy Vu is active in the field for years and has worked at several networks from where she certainly makes a great net worth and salary. As of 2018, Vu makes the net worth of $million, but, the amount is still under review.
According to some sources, a KQED employee makes the salary of around $ 75k.
Thuy Vu's Personal Life
Like several journalists, Thuy Vu is also confidential when it comes to her personal life and relationships. Vu prefers to keep her life lowkey rather than sharing information to the public. She is hardworking and career-oriented which is the reason behind her giving the top priority to her career rather than being involved in a serious relationship.
Moreover, Vu might be married and might have already started her family with her husband. But she has not revealed anything about it yet. Besides, she is active on Twitter where often posts stuffs about her career.
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Thuy Vu's Body Measurement (Height and Age)
Thuy Vu stands at the good height but the information is still undisclosed. As her date of birth is still unknown so her age is unclear.
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In 2018, our Nepal Impact Marathon was named one of the 50 Greatest Races in the World. They noted our combination of stunning race routes with our ability to bring a new country to life and leave a lasting legacy through the power of running.
When Red Bull consider you one of the Top 10 Charity Challenges to do in only your second year of existence, you know you have created a truly special event! Our first ever Impact Marathon took place in Nepal, in 2016 and we pushed hard to make it not only a powerful race day, but an entire week that catalysed lasting change in our Nepali host village.
When Martin Yelling joined us on our recent Kenya Impact Marathon, it was his second time racing with us - and in this podcast he takes in a very different experience and interviews many of our Impact Runners after what was our most dramatic race so far.
You know how, when you are running, your conversations head off on tangents and incidentals and you open up in a way you wouldn't normally when first meeting another human being? Well, what if you bottled that moment into a podcast, recorded and shared it with the running universe? That's exactly what the chaps at A Running Commmentary have done and it makes for listening that is both compelling and entertaining. Check out Impact Founder, Nick Kershaw on a recent episode as they run around Finsbury Park!
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Cordyceps militaris is a species of fungus in the family Cordycipitaceae, and the type species of the genus Cordyceps. It was originally described by Carl Linnaeus in 1753 as Clavaria militaris.

Description

Macroscopic characteristics

The fungus forms 1–8 cm high, club-shaped and orange/red fruiting bodies, which grow out of dead underground pupae. The club is covered with the stroma, into which the actual fruit bodies, the perithecia, are inserted. The surface appears roughly punctured. The inner fungal tissue is whitish to pale orange.

Microscopic features

The spores are smooth, hyaline, long-filiform, and often septate. They decompose to maturity in 3–7 μm × 1–1.2 μm subpores. The asci are long and cylindrical. Sometimes an anamorphic state, which is Isaria, is found. Masses of white mycelia form around the parasitised insect; however, these may not be of the same species.

Ecology and dispersal
Cordyceps militaris is a entomopathogenic fungus, meaning it parasitizes insects. Many authors consider it quite common, spread throughout the northern hemisphere, and fruiting bodies appear in Europe from August to November.

Cultivation and use

C. militaris can be cultivated in a variety of media, including silkworm pupae, rice, and liquid nutrition. It is considered inedible or "probably edible" by North American field guides. In Asia the fruiting body is cooked as a mushroom in dishes like chicken soup, pork bone soup and hot pot.

C. militaris is a potential harbourer of bio-metabolites for herbal drugs and there is evidence from ancient times for its applications for revitalization of various systems of the body. In traditional Chinese medicine, this fungus can serve as a cheap substitute for Ophiocordyceps sinensis. Both contain cordycepin.

C. militaris contains a protein CMP18 which induces apoptosis in vitro via a mitochondrion-dependent pathway. It is thought that it might be toxic when eaten. Cooking destroys this protein.

Distribution area
In June 2019, researchers discovered Cordyceps militaris at an altitude of 2500m in Hoàng Liên National Park Sa Pa- Lao Cai, Vietnam.

Similar species
Cordyceps in the wild has more than 400 different species. Similar species include Cordyceps sobolifera, Elaphocordyceps capitata, and Elaphocordyceps ophioglossoides.

Chemistry
Bai & Sheu 2018 find a new protein causing apoptosis. Song et al., 2009 finds microwave-assisted extraction to be a good technique for polysaccharide extraction from this fungus.

Like other members of the Cordyceps genus, Cordyceps Militaris produces the pharmacologically active compound cordycepin. Cordycepin is a nucleoside analogue of adenosine-differing by only a single hydroxyl group. It has been shown to induce apoptosis, reduce inflammation, and inhibit RNA transcription in cells. For these reasons, it is under study for its anti-metastatic properties.

References

External links

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Taxa named by Carl Linnaeus

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Born Jacques Berman Webster II has a Carter that he's worked hard for and many envy. Not only had he baby'd the most successful Kardashian's, he also has one of the more successful tours in the world right now (with a full blown rollercoaster that rolls around over the crowed while he's riding it!!) but what you may not know is that this guy is all that he's cracked up to be. Super creative with psychedelic beats and switch backs that are more mature than most of his cult followers. Just take a look at some of his videos and you'll soon be transported into Astroworld (named after the defunct amusement park in Huston, TX) and hang on cuz legitimately creative. Sure, you can light one up if you like as well.
The kid from Huston, TX went to the University of Texas in San Antonio before leaving it to pursue his creative and music dreams. Travis was a producer on Kanye's Yeezus albumn in 2013 and had a Super Bowl showing this past year, the kid is for real. I am actually excited to see what he is able to create as his taste for music ferments.
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Lots of my clients put off purchasing organizing tools because they aren't sure what brand or style to get. Who wants to add to their pile of clutter with more stuff that doesn't work or fit or is otherwise not up to the job in some way?
File cabinets are a great item to purchase early in the organizing process because before you start sorting all your papers, you need to have a place for them to go. If that place will be file cabinets (and, as I've said before, I think everyone over 18 needs at least one two-drawer file cabinet) you have got to have them ready and waiting when you start organizing.
My favorite brand for file cabinets is HON, available at office supply stores and online. I have encountered many file cabinets in my work and the HON mid-range cabinet is excellent for the construction and appearance.
The main thing I look for in a file cabinet is smooth and solid opening and closing drawers action, which depends on a good suspension system. They need to glide evenly, close firmly and completely and have a counter-weight feature so that the cabinet won't tip over when the top drawer is completely open. Expect to pay $175-$200 for this caliber of file cabinet.
If possible, don't buy lateral file cabinets. Even though they sort of look more like furniture, which clients sometimes appreciate in a home office, they are a pain to work with because often you have to file from the side of the drawer. If you are already stuck with them, there are racks you can buy to hang your files facing front, but if you are buying new cabinets, go with the front loading style.
Don't go for the cheapest file cabinet just to finally get a file cabinet — even HON makes a cheapie that is flimsy and wears out quickly — you know, the kind that makes the horrible screeching noise when the drawers are opened and closed. It's a sound that will definitely deter filing and the goal is to make filing a breeze. If you can't afford the mid-range or high-end cabinets, buy the clear plastic file boxes by Iris or Staples that you can stack in the meantime while you save up to buy the better file cabinets.
Several of my clients have wanted cabinets in designer colors, but it is very difficult to find both good construction and attractive colors in one cabinet. I always suggest black, ivory or white. The cabinets I have sampled in decorator colors, such as olive, cranberry or robin's egg blue are either extremely flimsy or exorbitantly priced. For me, it's worth it to stick with a neutral.
If you have the extra cash, you could have a file cabinet powder-coated in a custom color. Martha Stewart did just that in her famous minty "Martha" green. The powder coating costs about $200 a cabinet.
You could also try spray painting them yourself, if you're handy at that sort of thing. I've seen some artist's file cabinets spray painted in tie-dye and graffiti-style and the effect is really cool. Just because it's a file cabinet doesn't mean it can't be beautiful — it just has to function beautifully first.


Beam Dental was founded in 2012 by three engineers who saw the opportunity to make dental services more accessible using technology. The beam brush, which launched the company, was one of the earliest examples of the 'Internet of Things', where everyday objects can enable incredible new understanding and capability. Today, Beam Dental has parlayed its industry passion into the fastest growing provider of dental insurance in the US, with a mission to offer businesses best in class dental coverage and close the gap on the over 100 million Americans who don't have dental insurance today.
A great Business Development Representative (BDR) is a key sales role at Beam, responsible for identifying as many potential brokerage partnerships as possible in a new territory, qualifying them and introducing them to their Market Development Executive. This involves implementing a high volume of outbound tactics (e.g. phone, email) in order to connect with key influencers and to help them understand Beam's differentiators in order to expand their business. From there, the BDR is responsible for coordinating and helping execute an introductory meeting with the territory rep.
What should be the fruit of your labor?
In short, you should help grow our revenue and our stature in the market. We sell the majority of our insurance policies through benefits brokers, so finding them, getting our product in front of them, getting them excited and passionate about selling to their clients, and then following through on our support/service in administering clients is critical to the company's health. You will be at Ground Zero, loading the top of the funnel and seeing business through to the finish line. Without your efforts, the team will be sitting on their hands, so the more you can handle, the faster the company grows!
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