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Art by Jorge González, Ron Blakey.
Speculative restorations of Perupithecus and Talahpithecus, with illustrations of their similar teeth.
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When Monkeys Surfed to South America
ByRiley Black
Long ago, about 36 million years before today, a raft of monkeys found themselves adrift in the Atlantic. They'd been blown out to sea by an intense storm that had ripped up the African coast, and now a mat of floating vegetation was the closest thing to land for miles in all directions. But luck was with them. Thanks to a favorable current, they were thrown onto the beach of a new continent – South America.
I'll admit that this scenario requires a little scientifically-informed imagination. No one has ever found a fossilized huddle of monkeys clinging to battered vegetation in ancient ocean sediments. But we know that such events must have happened in the past. Teeth tell the tale.
In the latest issue of Nature, paleontologist Mariano Bond and colleagues describe a handful of fossil teeth found in the rainforest of Peru. Some are mysteries, too incomplete to identify down to genus or species, but a set of three molars are clearly from a new species of early monkey.
Three teeth might not seem like much to name a new animal, but, fortunately for paleontologists, mammals have always had very distinct teeth that tend to get fossilized even when the rest of the body decays. From the cusps and ridges, Bond and coauthors were able to narrow down the identity of this animal to a monkey that was about the size of a modern day tamarin. They've named it Perupithecus ucayaliensis.
At about 36 million years old, Perupithecus pushes back the arrival of monkeys on South America 10 million years earlier than previously thought. And even better, the molars of Perupithecus closely resemble those of Talahpithecus – an early monkey that lived around the same time in northern Africa. This doesn't mean that Perupithecus was directly descended from Talahpithecus. Rather, it's a another strong sign that the ancestors of New World monkeys were accidental migrants from Africa.
Perupithecus, or its immediate ancestors, probably arrived on rafts of storm-tossed vegetation. There wasn't an overland route for the primates to make the same journey. Even though South America and Africa were once connected, they had drifted apart by 110 million years ago – long before the evolution of primates, much less monkeys. South America stayed an island continent from then until its collision with Panama about 3 million years ago. There was no other way from monkeys to get from Africa to South America except by sea. The monkeys that thrive in the Americas today, from tamarins to muriquis, are the descendants of prehistoric primates fortunate enough to survive the journey.
Bond, M., Tejedor, M., Campbell, K., Chornogubsky, L., Novo, N., Goin, F. 2015. Eocene primates of South America and the African origins of New World monkeys. Nature. doi: 10.1038/nature14120

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"What do you do for a living?" It is one of the most commonly asked questions in many cultures. We define each other in large measure by the work we do. God, however, defines us by his grace. So the work God has for us, the way he wants us to "make our living," so to speak, is by fully trusting in Jesus. This is the orientation point for each of our lives!
Lord God Almighty, Ruler of Heaven and earth, I believe, but help my unbelief. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.


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Q: Does there exist a bijective, continuous map from the irrationals onto the reals? Let $\mathbb{P}$ be the irrational numbers as a subspace of the real numbers. $\mathbb{P}$ is homeomorphic to $\mathbb{N}^\mathbb{N}$, which is also called the Baire space.
It is well known, and fairly easy to see, that there is a continuous map from $\mathbb{P}$ onto the reals, or that there is a closed subset $A$ of $\mathbb{P}$ and a bijective, continuous map from $A$ onto the reals.
But does there exist a bijective, continuous map from $\mathbb{P}$ onto the reals?
I'm sure this question has been asked already and the answer is well-known. But I couldn't find a reference. Nor could I prove or disprove it.

A: Theorem:$[\textbf{Classical Descriptive
Set Theory,Alexander S. Kechris,p-$40$,  Exercise $7.15$}]$
$X$ be a non empty polish space. Then $X$ is perfect iff there is a continuous bijection $f:\mathcal{N}\to X$
$\mathcal{N}=\mathcal{P}$ : set of all irrationals is a Baire space.
$X=\mathbb{R}$ : set of reals is a perfect Polish space.
Hence it is possible to find a continuous bijection from $\mathcal{P}$ onto $\mathbb{R}$

A: Yes, there is a continuous bijection from $\Bbb{N}^\Bbb{N}$ to $\Bbb R$. Quoting [1],

Waclaw Sierpinski proved in 1929 a remarkable theorem, which in its
modern general form reads: if $X$ is any nonempty perfect Polish
space, then there is a continuous bijection from $\Bbb{N}^\Bbb{N}$ to
$X$. (See [2, pp. 40, 357]. A Polish space is a topological
space which has a countable dense subset and which is complete with
respect to a metric generating the topology. A space is perfect if
it has no isolated points.) The spaces $\Bbb R^n$ and $I^n$ and the
Cantor set are examples of perfect Polish spaces. Therefore
$\Bbb{N}^\Bbb{N}$ can be mapped continuously and bijectively onto each
of these spaces.

Thus the original reference is [3], although I was not able to access to this paper yet. Interestingly, there is no continuous bijection from $\Bbb R^2$ to $\Bbb R$, nor from $\Bbb R$ to  $\Bbb R^2$, see for instance this answer.
[1] O. Deiser, A simple continuous bijection from natural sequences to dyadic sequences, Amer. Math. Monthly 116 (2009), no. 7, 643--646.
[2] A.S. Kechris, Classical descriptive set theory. Graduate Texts in Mathematics, 156. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1995. xviii + 402 pp.
[3] W. Sierpinski, Sur les images continues et biunivoques de l'ensemble de tous les nombres irrationnels, Mathematica 1 (1929) 18-21.

A: Here is a direct construction of a continuous bijection $f:\mathbb{N}^\mathbb{N}\to\mathbb{R}$.  First, partition $\mathbb{R}$ into infinitely many left-closed right-open intervals $(I_n)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$.  Then partition each $I_n$ into infinitely many left-closed right-open intervals $(I_{nm})_{m\in\mathbb{N}}$, such that there is no rightmost $I_{nm}$ (i.e., there is no $I_{nm}$ whose right endpoint is the right endpoint of $I_n$).  Continue this process recursively, defining for each finite sequence $s$ of natural numbers a left-closed right-open interval $I_s$ such that each $I_s$ is the disjoint union of all the intervals $I_{sn}$ and there is no rightmost $I_{sn}$.  Also arrange that the length of each $I_s$ is at most $1/n$ where $n$ is the length of the sequence $s$.
Now for $\sigma\in\mathbb{N}^\mathbb{N}$, define $f(\sigma)$ to be the unique element of the intersection $\bigcap_s I_s$ where $s$ ranges over all initial segments of $\sigma$.  Since the lengths of these $I_s$ go to $0$, it is clear there is at most one such point.  Since the right endpoint of $I_{sn}$ is always strictly less than the right endpoint of $I_s$, $\bigcap_s I_s$ is actually equal to $\bigcap_s\overline{I_s}$ (where the closure just adds in the right endpoint) and so is nonempty by compactness.  Thus $f$ is well-defined.  It is easy to see that $f$ is continuous, and $f$ is bijective since each $I_s$ is partitioned by the sets $I_{sn}$ so each real number is in a unique $I_s$ for each length of $s$ which combine to form an infinite sequence.

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Leros war der Deckname eines im Zweiten Weltkrieg eingesetzten "Funkmeßbeobachtungsgerätes" (authentische damalige Schreibweise mit "ß"), dessen eigentliche Kurzbezeichnung Fu MB 37 war, häufig als FuMB 37 geschrieben.

Als Namensstifterin diente, wie auch bei vielen anderen Funkmessbeobachtungsgeräten der Wehrmacht, wie beispielsweise FuMB 4 Samos oder FuMB 7 Naxos, eine griechische Insel.

Das FuMB 37 Leros basierte auf der Verwendung des FuMB 35 Athos, verzichtete jedoch auf dessen "Empfangskopf Athos" (zwei auf einem Teleskopmast montierte Gruppenantennen) und verwendete stattdessen die altbewährte und deutlich einfachere Bali-Antenne (Bild).

Anders als auf dem Foto, hier von der Kommandobrücke von U 505, und ebenfalls anders als bei U 249, wo die Athos-Antenne oben an einem Teleskopmast montiert war, der mitten auf dem Turm stand, montierte man die Bali-Antenne für Leros oben auf dem (bereits vorhandenen) Schnorchelmast. Der Frequenzbereich dieser Antenne wurde hierzu offenbar geeignet für 100 MHz bis 1,5 GHz angepasst.

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How One Indie Director Made Peace With the Content Wars
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Stranger Things Season 3: New Monsters, Romance, and More of What to Expect
The cast of Netflix's 80s-set sci-fi hit reveal five things we'll see when the show returns in July.
Paul Chi
By Matt Winkelmeyer / FilmMagic
Intense monsters, menacing rats, puberty, and awkward new romances are the latest troubles the teens of Hawkins, Indiana will face in Stranger Things 3, the third installment of Netflix's 80s throwback sci-fi hit. The new season begins in 1985, after school is out for the summer—and our young heroes are spending all their time at the town's brand new mall.
"Season three is the saddest season so far. You will be crying by the end of it like I did," said Millie Bobby Brown, who plays telekinetic Eleven, at the show's world premiere in Santa Monica, California, on Friday. "It definitely gets very deep and emotional. It's even scarier than the other seasons."
For the extravagant screening, Netflix transformed the premiere's venue, Santa Monica High School, into the fictional Hawkins High from the series—complete with a marching band, cheerleaders and hundreds of screaming fans waiting to get a glimpse of the cast and filmmakers. Following the screening, guests traveled to the Santa Monica Pier, which was converted into a retro Stranger Things fair. Guests were treated to unlimited rides on carnival attractions such as the rechristened Hawkins Ferris Wheel, and enjoyed free games and snacks.
Vanity Fair caught up with the stars at the premiere, where we learned five new important details about the new eight-episodes season—all dropping on July 4.
"Eleven has grown, and is finding out more about who she is as a human being," said Brown, 15. "She's trying to be more confident, and she starts learning what's it like to be a normal girl. Max [played by Sadie Sink] helps her a lot with that, especially with boys and fashion. Eleven goes shopping for the first time with Max. It was one of my favorite scenes to film. We see more of the girls having fun. It's so important to embody that girl power and friendship."
Romance is blossoming, but complicates the group's friendship
Eleven and Mike (Finn Wolfhard) are now officially dating. The two can't stop making out—but they experience some challenges while navigating their new relationship. "Fans will finally get to see Mike and Eleven as boyfriend and girlfriend," said Brown. "But, when they watch the show, one thing they may learn about Mike and Eleven's relationship is that being together might not be easy."
As for the gang's other main couple, Lucas (Caleb McLaughlin) and Max, the two are still dating as well. But their relationship status may be getting to Lucas's head. "Lucas was lucky enough to get Max as his girlfriend, and now he thinks he's the ladies man," said McLaughlin, 17. "He thinks he knows everything, but really he messes up a lot with her. He accidentally says not so nice things about her, and does the wrong things. He really likes her, though. He thinks he knows so much about girls that he's the advice-giver to Mike, which causes some trouble."
Meanwhile, Will Byers (Noah Schnapp) feels excluded from his friends. He wants to spend time playing Dungeons & Dragons like they once did together, rather than focusing on dating. "Will is sad, and feels like he is left behind. He's not ready to grow up," said Schnapp, 14. "Everyone else wants to talk about dating, and he has a hard time adjusting to that. I think what Will is going through is so relatable. The whole world goes through that when we grow up. It's true to many people, and he makes people not feel alone. I think that's cool. But, I feel like throughout the season, Will has gets more mature. He's more courageous and willing to do anything for his friends."
A menacing new monster threatens Hawkins
Season two ended with Eleven using her superpowers to force the spider-like evil entity called the Mind Flayer out of Hawkins and back into the Upside Down by closing the portal to the eerie alternate universe. This year, danger once again looms with the monster still lingering inside Will Byers. "There is a lot more gore and blood compared to the other seasons," said Wolfhard, 16. "It's not just a monster that's threatening everyone. It gets hold of Billy (Dacre Montgomery), who is the new host now. It's almost like Invasion of the Body Snatchers. It's scary."
Montgomery is front and center this season. In season two, he bullied his stepsister Max and her friends; now the Australian actor is playing a supernatural villain from the Upside Down. "Fans will get to see me in a much more sinister way," teased the 24-year-old. "It's going to be very dark, and I get to do some evil and intense things. My part this season is an emotional roller coaster. I'm all over the place, and I put everything I had into the role. It's been a great opportunity to play this thing that's happening to my character. I can't wait for people to see it."
But there's also more comic relief
The most unlikely friendship between Dustin (Gaten Matarazzo) and Steve Harrington (Joe Keery) established in the show's sophomore season continues to provide more laughs while building a stronger bond between the two pals in season three. "Their friendship grows even more by working together on solving a new discovery," said Matarazzo, 16. "They also work together with a new character named Robin [played by Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman's daughter Maya Hawke], and there's lots of jokes and funny moments with them all together."
Matarazzo stressed that the series delivers lots of humor to lighten its frightening moments. "Even though season three is really intense and scary, it's still really funny. I think it's the funniest season. Every character does something funny or has a funny joke. There's a good balance between the humor and the creepy stuff."
Eleven is growing more powerful
Brown also hinted that her character's superpowers will be stronger than ever this year. "I mean, you can never get more of Eleven's powers," said the actress. "She's stronger, and knows how handle her powers now. My favorite power of hers is that she can spy on people! I want that power in my life. I'd only use it for good."
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'Big open gouges': Dad Says Idaho College Murder Victim Kaylee Goncalves Had Substantial Wounds, Calls Police 'Cowards'
by Leigh Egan
The father of slain University of Idaho student Kaylee Goncalves called the Moscow Police Department "cowards" as the search for the killer who murdered his daughter and three other students continues.
"She says, sir, I don't think stabs is the right word; it was like tears, like this was a strong weapon, not like a stab," Goncalves told Fox News Digital, referring to what coroner Cathy Mabbutt told him.
"She said these were big open gouges. She said it was quick. These weren't something where you were going to be able to call 911. They were not going to slowly bleed out…It was a hell of a battle going on down there from what the coroner told us."
As CrimeOnline previously reported, Madison Mogen, 21; Kaylee, 21; Ethan Chapin, 20; and Xana Kernodle, 20, were murdered on November 13 in their off-campus rental off King Street in Moscow.
According to Moscow police, two of the victims were found on the second floor, and another two were found on the third floor of the house, which is built into a hill off campus.
Two roommates who were on the first floor were not attacked by the intruder, and police say they do not believe the surviving roommates had anything to do with the murders.
Madison Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves (left)Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle;/Instagram
Police said that the suspect, who has yet to be named or found, used a sharp-edged knife in the killings but have not shared many other details.
"They're just being cowards," Goncalves said about Moscow police. "There are girls walking around the street right now that deserve to know. They should be looking out for a sadistic male."
On Wednesday, police said they were "interested in speaking with the occupant(s)" of a white Hyundai Elantra that was reported in the area around the time the students were murdered.
A white Hyundai Elantra, similar to the one seen near the murder house on the morning of the murders/Moscow Police Department
They asked anyone who owns or knows of someone who owns a white Elantra — a 2011-2013 model — to send that information to the tip line at 208-883-7180, email to tipline@ci.moscow.id.us, or upload digital media at fbi.gov/moscowidaho.
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Q&A with Thomas Girst, Global Head of Cultural Engagement at the BMW Group
Art Dubai is delighted to welcome BMW as a first-time partner for its upcoming edition, and spoke to Dr. Thomas Girst, who has led BMW's impressive record of international cultural engagement since 2003.
Through our conversation, Dr. Girst shared insightful thoughts on his appreciation of art, supporting regional cultural events, and what he's looking forward to at Art Dubai this March.
1. As a top representative of BMW, one of the world's reputable automobile companies, you surprisingly have an educational background in art history. How did you develop such a strong appreciation for the arts?
Through my godmother whose library opened up the world to me. Though I did socialize, most of what I learned I learned through books, communicating with great minds throughout the centuries. I remember begging my mother to buy opulent books on Dalí for me at the age of 13 and travelling the Netherlands by myself when I was 16 to see every Vermeer in every museum there.
2. Are you personally engaged in collecting art?
I am, though I do not consider myself a collector. Just because people are taking showers they are not connected with one another as collectors seem to be. Collecting is a private affair. I will share that much: When I was twenty, I saved all the money I could as a student doing odd jobs on the side to buy Marcel Duchamp's urinal "Fountain" etching of 1963 from Ronny van de Velde in Antwerp. My girlfriend at the time was studying fashion design there, and every time I came by I brought a little money with me for Ronny. I had a copy of the etching onto which I drew a grid, crossing out little squares for every 100 Deutsche Marks I had delivered. Once all squares were marked, I picked up my artwork. It is now displayed in our restroom – where it should be!
3. As innovative products of craftsmanship, would you say that there is a relationship between automobiles and art?
There certainly is! Hundreds of them in fact, we don't even have to make this up. Since the inception of the automobile, artists have been fascinated with mobility and cars and speed. Think only of the Futurist manifesto of 1909, published on the front page of "Le Figaro", celebrating the car as the sculpture of modern times. In the pre-Socratic era, there was but one single word for great achievements in the arts as well as in technological innovations: techné. There is a common history, a shared thread and a great trajectory in terms of relating automobiles to art.
4. For almost five decades, BMW Group has pioneered an eventful history in cultural engagement, starting in Europe and branching internationally. How and why did this essential initiative begin?
We consider ourselves a cultured brand. We want to return something to the society we do successful business in. No strings attached. We are corporate citizens. We certainly want to make a difference in leading arts engagement from the business side. With hundreds of projects worldwide and our commitment in the past half century, we bring a vast network and lots of know-how to the table that our partners can tap into anytime. We never mess with content, which is important to us. That is for the partners to decide, from major museums to concert halls and opera houses.
5. You are the Head of Cultural Engagement at BMW Group, which will be sponsoring the 2018 edition of Art Dubai for the first time. Could you explain your role in supporting cultural events in the region?
Sponsorship is about a monetary transaction, yet we love to think of ourselves more as partners as what we engage in is more of an interaction. The UAE has evolved as a great market. Look at all the amazing projects and cultural scenes coming into being. I am aware of the competition and the city marketing involved in all of this. If it benefits the arts: all for the better! Culture must take roots in order to achieve longevity. It is not to be taken lightly. We want to contribute to this and really do something meaningful. Art Dubai for us is to explore and to discover. We are meant to stay!
6. What motivated BMW to sponsor this year's edition of the fair? Was there a certain element that made Art Dubai stand out?
Most things do not happen in a flash. Be assured that we have been engaged in talks with Art Dubai for quite some time while evaluating manifold possibilities of cultural engagement in the region. The time just felt right in 2018. We have enormous respect for the fair's organizers and participants to pull off Art Dubai, to improve, to be bold and audacious, to believe in this great opportunity and to develop it with us as a partner. We come along with great expertise, having been involved with what we call A-list art fairs around the globe for over a decade now.
7. What are your thoughts on the region's booming art scene and market, which are evidenced by the opening of museums and the promising growth of a competitive, contemporary art scene?
Art is not a marketing tool or at least should not be. Do not get carried away by megalomania and make sure your projects are deeply rooted in the region, its heritage, furthering young artists on the ground, reaching out, broadening the audience, creating an infrastructure – instead of creating a moveable feast of superstars flying in and out not even leaving a fleeting footprint in the sand. Never limit the freedom of the arts, never cease to censorship.
8. At the fair, you will be hosting an exciting talk 'Powerplay: Gallerist, Collector, Artist – Who is the most powerful?', taking place on 23 March. What can visitors expect from this conversation?
Talking heads are apt to be boring. So if all goes well, please expect some disagreement among the panelists, some critical thinking, some knowledge you will still ponder over once the fair has closed. That would be the aim to strive for! But we may fail at that – which could also be nice to take in. I just don't want to overpromise and underdeliver. Keep in mind that the audience is vital: so bring your friends and spread the word, and most importantly, get engaged: feel free to ask questions!
9. Finally, as you will be visiting the fair, what are you looking forward to?
I understand that fairs are a platform for people to meet, for exchange and most of all for looking at art. The most important thing is to pace yourself, to not feel rushed. To take your time. Fairs are not the most ideal way to be able to look at art, you are tempted to take it all in – which is a futile undertaking. I look forward to walking by myself, very slowly through the fair and engage in no more than a handful of artworks that speak to me.
Talk: Powerplay – Gallerist, Collector, Curator, Artist- Who is the most influential? (By invitation only)
https://www.artdubai.ae/vipevents/powerplay/


On March 11 at approximately 6:55 p.m. at Maury Correctional Institution, offender William Walls (#0422980) was assaulted and killed at the facility.
The Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice has named Sarah Cobb as the new Deputy Director for Auxiliary Services for the state prison system.
The State Highway Patrol has taken a suspect into custody after this morning's shooting in Orange County. Authorities from the SHP, Orange County S.O., Chapel Hill P.D. and Hillsboro P.D. joined forces to locate the suspect in a wooded area near Blackwood Mountain Rd after an exhaustive search.


"Music can be a blessing to all people. It is a universal language – with many dialects. It is practiced in every culture of the world. It's partly what defines us as human. It is my privilege to participate in sharing this with others. I have loved European Art Music all my life."
Coming from a European background and raised on western art music has nurtured within Gyula a love for people and love of sharing music. Conducting over 40 orchestras and 8 choirs during a period of almost 20 years has heightened his love for the sounds of great music, musicians and kindled a passion for excellence. This drives the desire to recognize potential and realize great performances. Skills developed include discerning player placement, molding sound, phrasing, articulation, dynamics and the honing of orchestral tone. With an interest in historically informed performance practice, study of many scores has brought integrity to my preparation. The expertise gained in advanced conducting technique comes from studying with the late Professor John Hopkins OAM OBE, in addition, studying with conductors such Nicholas Braithwaite, Denis Vaughan, Shalom Ronly-Riklis, Carl Crossin and Carlo Felice Cillario.
Conductors should serve the composers, players and the audiences. Inspiring orchestras produce better performances in ways previously thought impossible - beyond their best.
Advanced experienced as a string player, serving both as concertmaster and section leader has brought with it an advanced understanding of string technique. This has been enhanced by studying violin pedagogy for 18 months with the late Lyndall Hendrickson OAM and Kaj Ingerslev (Denmark); viola studies with Keith Crellin, Glynne Adams, John Gould and Nora Whitehead.


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Miss Kate Stenson is an NIHR Clinical Lecturer in Vascular Surgery at St George's
What got you interested in clinical academic surgery?
I never planned to be an academic surgeon. My aim was to become a consultant vascular surgeon and I reconciled myself to the fact that I would need to undertake a higher degree in order to be competitive at interview. I had some friends who'd successfully completed MDs and PhDs at St George's Vascular Institute and, of course, I was aware of the formidable reputation that the unit had, both clinically and academically.
When I started as a research fellow, I was almost immediately struck by the symbiosis between clinical practice and academia that exists in this unit. I was struck by the way the current vascular research was seemingly effortlessly and fluently infiltrated into everyday practice.
The senior figures I've worked with on both the clinical and academic fronts have been completely inspirational and I was made to feel a part of team straightaway. This made me realise just how important the world of research was to real-life vascular surgery and it made me determined to make myself a part of it.
What was your thesis about and how have you developed your Clinical Lectureship at St George's?
My thesis looked at a novel treatment for abdominal aortic aneurysm, called endovascular aneurysm sealing (EVAS). Traditional open surgical repair is a huge operation that inflicts a great physiological insult on patients, who are often elderly with multiple comorbidities. The advent of endovascular techniques to treat this condition in the 1990s opened the avenue of treatment to a great many more patients, who would otherwise not be treated. EVAS was developed as an alternative technique that was thought to be applicable to a wider range of patients and aortic morphologies.
My lectureship has both followed on from this work and developed other associated workstreams. The EVAS series has ongoing follow-up and therefore important results to be reported nationally and internationally. This has led to a great deal of presentations and publications internationally. I have now started looking at the range of treatments that may be used to treat aneurysmal disease of the visceral segment of the aorta, and comparing these techniques and how they affect our patients in terms of clinical and quality of life outcomes.
In addition to my research, I undertake teaching and supervision. I teach medical students at St George's, as well as junior doctors, nurses and allied health professionals. I have also spoken at events for school students from year one to 13. I have a supervisory role for our doctors on the Academic Foundation Programme and I have three PhD students.
How do you manage a work-life balance?
With difficulty! I don't think there's a generic right answer to this question. It's incredibly challenging to balance being a wife, mother, surgeon, trainee and researcher and feel that you're always doing a good job at each.
I have very supportive environments both at home and at work. My husband and I do our best to share childcare duties and we try hard to understand each other's working patterns. Most of my colleagues at work also have young children and so we all understand the pressures that go with this and we work together to ensure that some sort of balance is achieved! Being able to prioritise and compartmentalise time is essential; work time is for work and family time is for family.
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You may have studied ancient Roman history in school, but many of you may not be aware of the critical role played by the fast and effective Roman Chariots in conquering the UK and a large part of continental Europe. These chariots were not only used in battle, they also provided entertainment while being used in races. A reputed gaming software developer, WMS has built on this theme of Roman history and come up with an exciting new game. It has 4 sets of reels, with each of them having 5 reels. In addition, the reels can be supercharged. So go ahead and play free Roman Chariots casino slot machine if you simply want to have fun without making any deposit. You can also play for real money.
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Playing cards like 10, J, Q, K, and Ace are of low value. So the payout may not be very high but at least you will end up winning something. But you will get a good number of chances from the main icons, the special symbols like the Wild, Bonus and the spin symbols.
A breastplate which is a body armor made of gold.
A horse which gives the highest payout in this slot machine. If you see 5 horses in a row, your prize would be 400 coins. This would be more than twice the winning from any other symbol.
A charioteer who looks like a Roman Emperor. This offers the second highest payout of 150 coins.
A pair of crossed swords.
With the exception of the horse, a minimum of 3 symbols of each kind on an active pay line in a left to right direction is needed to make a winning on this slot machine. A Roman soldier on the back of a chariot is the Wild symbol in the Roman Chariots slots game. This is stacked on the 3 middle reels of the main screen, i.e. second, third and fourth reels. With the exception of bonus and spin symbols, all the others turn wild during free spins. The chariot wheel is the bonus symbol which is, in fact, the Scatter. It can be seen only on the first and fifth reels. If you see it on both the reels, the free spins round is activated. The fifth reel is of great value as it has a Spin symbol of green color and a Reset symbol of red color. Eight free spins can be activated and the cash prize would be twice the total wager. One of the best things about gambling on this slot machine would be the Super Charged Reels. All the symbols are lucky. So you are sure to win a prize when this feature comes into play. Above the main reels, you can see 3 sets of reels labeled A, B, and C. You can see a full wild on the second set of Reel A, the 3rd set of Reel B, and the 4th one of Reel C. Full wilds in the main game will make the reel sets charged. The green spin symbol brings you extra prizes.
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Five or So Questions on Potlach
I had a great interview with the creators of Potlach: A Game about East Coast Salish Economics! The researchers and creators of Potlach, The N.D.N. Players, are Jeanette Bushnell, PhD; Jonathan S. Tomhave, PhD; and Tylor Prather. We talked about the origins of the game and the meanings that are held in the cards and language of the game. Check out the interview below!
Picture of the Potlach cards on a table - lovely artwork!
Tell me a little about Potlach: A Card Game About Coast Salish Economics. What excites you about it?
Potlach: A Card Game About Coast Salish Economics is a strategic, educational card game based on indigenous philosophies. It is designed to meet K-12 educational standards for teaching about native history, economics, culture, and government. Potlatch was developed as a community effort with local elders and language experts. The game is written in both English and Lushootseed, an indigenous language of the Salish Sea region. Game mechanics are based on sharing resources to
meet other players' needs for food, materials, technology, and knowledge.
What excites me about our game is that as you play it, you get a shift in your thinking towards valuing sharing within a community rather than accumulating as an individual. Or, as one of our early game testers wrote, "A big change in thinking from other games. I started out thinking about what I was getting and by the end it was more important the way I was sharing."
Players at a table playing Potlach with great enthusiasm!
What was the impetus for making Potlach into a game?
The impetus to make a game based on indigenous philosophy came after a couple years of analyzing games for our podcasts. For indigenous scholars like ourselves who study systemic oppressions (and live them), analyzing and playing game after game that reproduced these oppression got tedious. One aspect in particular was individual accumulation – a concept often associated with capitalism. So, one night, Tylor said he'd always wanted to develop a board game and we started working on one that used concepts and values from indigenous economic systems rather than those from capitalism. Eventually we decided on looking at the very specific system local to us (Salish Sea region) that redistributed wealth.
The word potlatch comes from Nuu-chah-nulth who live in what is now British Columbia, Canada. The word was altered via the commerce language knows as Chinook Jargon that was used throughout Washington and British Columbia after Europeans settled in the area. Potlach is not a Lushootseed word but has become commonly used to describe events associated with wealth distribution actions.
The "above waterfall" card with the number 3 in a primary color at each corner, and the card name in English and Lushootseed. The style is really easily understood, which I love.
How do the basic mechanics work?
The deck has two types of cards – Resource Cards and House Cards.
Each player has one House Card that indicates the size of their extended family dwelling. Historically, the largest known house was Old Man House at Suquamish, WA. (Link to press release from 2014 about this dwelling.) Our House Cards are sized as having 3, 4, 5, or 6 fires that indicate the amount of resource needs for the people in the house.
Every player is dealt six resource cards of various types and sizes. Players take turns Gifting their Resources to meet the house needs of other players.
With the cards representing resources that are being given gifts, how do players understand the meaning and importance of those concepts - is it through language, symbols, or how the cards can be used, or something else?
Primarily our game is about a sharing-based economic system so what players tend to notice the most is that the play moves them to strategizing ways to insure that every players has all their needs met rather than one player accumulating more of anything.
The game can actually be played without understanding the meaning and concepts of the various cards. The cards are all color-coded and numbered to facilitate play. That said, each card has a picture and the name of the item in both English and Lushootseed (the local indigenous language).
Based on our own experiences of attending potlatches (or giveaways) in Washington, Alaska, and British Columbia we developed four types of giftable resources. Then we talked to some local elders and language experts and finalized the types of resources as: food, gathered materials, crafted technologies, and teachings.
Ideally, players will look at and read the cards while playing. We are working on a Teacher's Guide to facilitate more teaching about local resources. With the success of the Kickstarter Campaign, we will have some funds to make a podcast with a native Lushootseed speaker so players can hear what the Lushootseed words sound like.
The "clam" card with the number 4 in red at the corner, and the card name in English and Lushootseed.
What are the important parts of the gifting and, to me, ethical caring that are demonstrated in Potlach - to you and from your world perspective?
Our game is about an economic system that very pragmatically assures that all members of society respectfully have their needs met so that they can continue being active and valued participants. From our world perspective, in which all things are interconnected and impact each other in highly complex and nuanced ways, it would be illogical to do anything else. Keeping the system in balance is the ultimate goal.
Gifting is the word we use to represent the reciprocal distribution and redistribution of available resources. The societies that have used this system are highly complex and have many ancillary systems in place.
The N.D.N. Players logo!
Thank you so much to Jeanette, Jonathan, and Tylor for the interview! I hope you all liked the interview and that you'll check out Potlach: A Card Game About East Salish Economics on Kickstarter today!
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Webinar Recap: Findings from the First Survey of the Poor
On September 6 and 7, 2017, The GlobeScan Foundation hosted two webinars (for two different time zones) to explore initial findings from the Survey of the Poor - the world's first statistically meaningful survey of the poorest of the poor around the world.
The GlobeScan Foundation recently completed a pilot Survey of the Poor in India. Results demonstrate it is possible to survey the poorest of the poor, and also reveal provocative findings that will challenge those working to reduce poverty in India and beyond.
In our first webinar, hosted for an Asian time zone, GlobeScan Foundation President Doug Miller, along with our long-time research partner Yashwant Deshmukh, Founder/Director of Team CVoter in India, presented key findings and their implications for poverty-reduction policies and programs. Ranu Kayastha Bhogal, Director, Policy Research & Campaigns at Oxfam India joined to share her perspectives on these first findings.
If you missed this webinar live in person, you can download the presentation slides here, and/or watch the full recording below:
In our second webinar, hosted for an Americas/EMEA time zone, GlobeScan Foundation President Doug Miller and Executive Director Eric Whan, along with our long-time research partner Yashwant Deshmukh, Founder/Director of Team CVoter in India, presented key findings and their implications for poverty-reduction policies and programs. Anindya Chatterjee, Regional Director, Asia at the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) joined to share his perspectives and expertise.
The GlobeScan Foundation welcomes your comments and suggestions on how we can improve this initiative going forward. Please use the comment fields below to contribute your perspective or ideas.
Here are some questions you might want to address with your comments:
What did you find most interesting from our India results?
What topics did you find missing that you think are important?
What new lines of questioning would be most useful in your work?
What other research conclusions or policy/program implications come to your mind?
How about the sampling methods we have used? Any ideas on improving them?
Any ideas for better communicating the research findings to key audiences?
We will be commenting and responding to your questions and suggestions here, so check back in a week or so to read and contribute more comments. Join the collaboration!
Learn more about the Survey of the Poor:
Read the full report here. Download the infographic here.
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What India's Poor Have to Say about Poverty and Aid
Innovative Survey Gives Voice to the Poor
12 July 2017: Today the GlobeScan Foundation, in partnership with Oxfam, releases the first results from its initiative to conduct the first-ever survey of the poor across the world. Our pilot survey of 1,021 people living below the poverty line was conducted in-person and by mobile telephones in India during 2016. The results demonstrate it is possible to survey the poorest of the poor, and also reveal provocative findings that will challenge those working to reduce poverty in India and beyond.
One key finding relates to the Indian government's recent policy of requiring those receiving government assistance to have a bank account in which funds can be deposited. According to our survey, one-third (34%) of those living below the poverty line in India – 45 percent in rural areas – have yet to open a bank account. This suggests that this government policy, well-intentioned as it is for reducing corruption, could leave large numbers of India's poor without the assistance they so desperately need.
Another finding from the Survey of the Poor shows that Indians living in poverty give quite negative ratings to the role both the police and community leaders play in their lives. Majorities of the poorest-of-the-poor (54% and 51% respectively) say these two actors actually worsen their lives. This suggests that these two groups are important intervention points for initiatives to improve the lives of the poor.
A number of survey findings underscore the particularly challenging plight of women living in poverty. Sixty percent of women surveyed report living in temporary shelters or outside (without walls), compared to 31 percent of men. Over a third of women (36%) report never attending school versus only 6 percent of men, and those women who did attend school attended for an average of 2 fewer years than men. One-third of women (32%) have no privacy when they use the latrine. Clearly, more aid programs aimed at improving women's lives are urgently needed.
Another survey finding underscores the importance of improving the availability of potable water in poor Indian communities. One in two respondents (51%) report that their household has gone without adequate clean water in the past month, ahead of other necessities like food (38%) and cooking fuel (44%).
Perhaps most importantly, the survey's findings fully support the UN Development Program's determination that poverty is multi-dimensional, and is not simply a function of low income and expenditures. Statistical analysis by GlobeScan shows that factors including access to healthcare, information connectedness, trust in institutions, sense of personal safety, subjective well-being, and the extent to which daily household needs are being met (food, water, etc.), are all significant determinants of "poverty."
Finally, the survey also provides self-reported evidence that climate change is already negatively affecting the livelihoods of India's most vulnerable citizens. Half of respondents (50%) say the length, timing, or severity of the seasons has changed over the last decade, and 39 percent say the change in seasons has negatively affected their ability to feed their family. Among those who own arable land, these percentages are higher, at 86 percent and 45 percent, respectively. These findings show that mitigating the effects of climate change will be central to reducing poverty.
This pilot study in India is the first phase of the Survey of the Poor initiative with ambitions to regularly survey in the ten countries where 80 percent of the world's poor reside. The experience gained from this pilot study will be used to sharpen and improve all aspects of the project in preparation for the 2017–2018 global rollout of this initiative.
A total of 1,021 interviews were conducted in India with heads of poor households or their spouses from April to June 2016. Fifty-five percent of the interviews were conducted in urban settings, and 45 percent in rural settings. Full methodological details can be found in the detailed research report, referenced at the end of this release.
Nisha Agrawal, CEO of Oxfam India, said: "The Survey of the Poor gives some of the poorest and most disadvantaged people in India a voice. It gives them a rare opportunity to talk about their lives, the problems they face, and what needs to change. The Indian government must listen and act on their concerns. Women face a double burden of poverty and discrimination. The Indian government must create equal opportunities for women's leadership at all levels of decision-making – political, economic, and public life. It must undertake reforms to give women equal rights to economic resources and ensure effective implementation of laws to eliminate all forms of violence against all women and girls."
Eric Whan, Executive Director at the GlobeScan Foundation, says: "The Survey of the Poor will capture objective and subjective assessments of the quality of life of the poorest of the poor, their aspirations for the future, and provide a platform for feedback on aid programs, policy changes, and the implementation of government interventions over time. It will provide a forum for feedback from the individuals and communities that aid is intended to impact and influence, and as a result, provide a unique and powerful source of intelligence to the development community and policy makers alike."
Yashwant Deshmukh, Founder-Director at CVoter International, says: "As GlobeScan's long-time Indian research partner, it was our pleasure to pilot the Survey of the Poor study in India, particularly in implementing our methodological learnings from project VASE (Victims As Social Evaluators). This resulted in the greatest success in terms of completing quality interviews with ultra-poor respondents given increased trust levels and minimized language and dialect barriers."
The goals of the Survey of the Poor initiative are to develop a deep understanding of the life conditions, views, and needs of those living in poverty around the world, and to report those findings to the widest possible audience. This information will allow governments and organizations to focus their interventions against poverty and, when tracked over time, will also provide a strong tool for assessing the impact of those interventions.
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About the Survey of the Poor
The Survey of the Poor study in India is the pilot phase of the GlobeScan Foundation's broader Survey of the Poor initiative that will soon be conducted in ten countries around the world. This pilot study was aimed at assessing the literacy and numeracy constraints of the intended population, as well as the instrument's content, to evaluate different sampling and interviewing techniques.
While the pilot project certainly demonstrated our ability to successfully reach and interview both poor and ultra-poor* populations, it also demonstrated a need for further innovation and experimentation to reach a higher proportion of the ultra-poor in the sampling and in randomly selecting respondents at the point of interviewing. For example, while 100 percent of the sample reported incomes below the poverty line in India of 3,000 INR (rupees) a month, only about one-third of the sample was considered to be ultra-poor.
For the Indian survey, interviews were conducted in ten languages and dialects. A total of 1,021 interviews were conducted with heads of poor households or their spouses from April to June 2016. Fifty-five percent of the interviews were conducted in urban settings, and 45 percent in rural settings.
* The term "ultra-poor" was coined in 1986 by Michael Lipton of the University of Sussex. It is defined as "a group of people who eat below 80% of their energy requirements despite spending at least 80% of income on food."
About the GlobeScan Foundation
The GlobeScan Foundation is dedicated to helping achieve a more sustainable and just world for all. To accomplish this, we develop and apply a range of social science tools to give voice to global publics, help unlock collaboration and accelerate progress.
We build on the global research capabilities of GlobeScan Incorporated (founded in 1987), including well-established working relationships with research institutes around the world. GlobeScan is best known for conducting the 20-country BBC World Service Poll on topical issues (annually since 2005), for its annual syndicated Radar public opinion research service across G20 countries, for its respected thought leadership on corporate social responsibility and sustainability, and for its balanced client list that includes major global companies (Unilever, Disney, IKEA), civil society organizations (Gates Foundation, ICRC, Amnesty), and multilateral agencies (IMF, ADB, WHO).
Established in 2012, the GlobeScan Foundation is a federally incorporated not-for-profit private foundation based in Canada. Our president, Doug Miller, is a widely quoted global pollster (BBC, The Economist's "World in 2016"), and author of "Can the World Be Wrong? Where Global Public Opinion Says We're Headed" (Greenleaf 2016).
For more information, please visit: www.globescanfoundation.org
Survey of the Poor: Results of Pilot Study in India
Begun in 2015 in partnership with Oxfam International, the Survey of the Poor initiative of the GlobeScan Foundation has set out to conduct the world's first statistically meaningful survey of the poorest of the poor around the world, giving voice to this important global public and providing metrics to help governments and development aid organizations assess their impact and better target their efforts.
The goals of the Survey of the Poor initiative include deeply understanding and widely reporting the life conditions, views and needs of those living in poverty around the world, and to track over time the improved conditions that world governments have promised them. Without engaging with people living in poverty in this way, we cannot see how the Global Goal of eliminating poverty will ever be achieved.
In the early development of the Survey of the Poor, a series of qualitative focus group discussions were held in India during 2015 with people living in poverty and their advocates in both urban and rural settings.
This current report gives details of the methodology, findings and statistical analysis from our first quantitative survey of 1,021 Indian residents living in poverty, which was conducted from April to June 2016. Seen as the pilot phase of our initiative, this survey was aimed at piloting and testing both the sampling methodology and questionnaire. The learning from this phase of work will be applied to further developing all aspects for the 2017–2018 rollout of the initiative across five to ten countries..
Download this report or view highlight findings in our infographic.
Survey of the Poor Infographic
The Survey of the Poor in India has demonstrated that it is possible to randomly sample the poor and ultra-poor population and conduct quantitative research with them using a standard questionnaire. This infographic, based on our Indian sample of 1,021 people living in poverty, includes a graphical display of insights found in our complete report, available here.
GlobeScan Foundation recognized for contributing to efforts of the United Nations
Dr. David Nabarro, Special Advisor to the Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Climate Change, recently wrote a letter of appreciation for public opinion metrics the GlobeScan Foundation provided in support of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and for our Survey of the Poor initiative.
You can read a copy of the letter here.
Published in Global Public Opinion
Doug Miller recognized as The Economist's "World in 2016" most noteworthy predictor
In a contributed article to The Economist's annual The World in 2016 special edition, GlobeScan Foundation President, Doug Miller has been recognised for his public opinion pointers to the future.
Upon the latest release of The World in 2017, Daniel Franklin, Editor of the Economist's "Year in 2016", took to a recent podcast to name Doug as the most noteworthy predictor of any of the contributors to their "World in 2016" magazine:
"I would like to take my hat off to at least one person, who is Doug Miller of GlobeScan, who we had a little piece from him on what you could tell on the basis of opinion polling on the future, and one of the things he pointed to was the drastic decline in the level of trust in American politics and institutions. He likened this to environmental devastation and said as a result of this you're almost bound to get a big political shock in the year ahead – and sure enough that's what we got in Donald Trump."
Read Doug's full 2016 article on The Economist or on the GlobeScan Foundation website.
The Empty Crib: 19 Country Poll on Family Size for The Economist
Our poll of 19 countries for The Economist reveals a neglected global scourge: the number of would-be parents who have fewer children than they want—or none at all.
Read this article on The Economist
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GlobeScan's RADAR is an annual research and advisory program that has been tracking public opinion trends across 20 countries since 1997.
Each year, we conduct 20,000 in-person and telephone interviews with scientific samples of citizens on topics that are highly relevant to the strategic needs of civil society organizations and philanthropic foundations (please see page 2 for topics and countries covered).
For the first time in 2016, the GlobeScan Foundation is offering Civil Society RADAR – an interpretive strategic briefing package of RADAR insights and counsel tailored to the needs of global civil society organizations.
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Global Citizenship A Growing Sentiment Among Citizens Of Emerging Economies: Global Poll
LONDON - For the first time in 15 years of tracking by GlobeScan, findings indicate that nearly one in two people (49%) surveyed across 14 tracking countries see themselves more as global citizens than citizens of their country. This sentiment is being driven by citizens of large emerging economies, according to a new poll for the BBC World Service.
The poll, conducted by GlobeScan among more than 20,000 people worldwide between December 2015 and April 2016, is being released as part of the BBC World Service Identity Season—a Spring season of broadcasts on the World Service's 27 language services exploring stories about how people identify themselves around the world.
Among all 18 countries where this question was asked in 2016, the poll suggests more than half (51%) see themselves more as global citizens than citizens of their country, against 43 per cent who identify nationally. This is the first time since tracking began in 2001 that there is a global majority who leans this way, and the results in 2016 are driven by strong increases since 2015 in non-OECD countries including Nigeria (73%, up 13 points), China (71%, up 14 points), Peru (70%, up 27 points), and India (67%, up 13 points).
Looking at the 14 tracking countries that have been surveyed repeatedly since 2001, a growing divide appears on the topic of global citizenship between respondents from developing economies and those from industrialised countries. At the height of the financial crisis in 2009, views were fairly similar across the two country groupings, with 48 per cent in seven OECD countries seeing themselves more as global citizens than national, and 45 per cent in seven non-OECD countries. This sentiment has continued to grow at a strong pace since then among respondents in emerging economies to reach a high of 56 per cent in both 2015 and 2016. Conversely in seven OECD countries it has followed an opposite trajectory, dropping to a low of 39 per cent in 2011 and remaining at low levels since (now at 42%). This latter trend has been particularly pronounced in Germany where the poll suggests identification with global citizenship has dropped 13 points since 2009 to only 30 per cent today (the lowest since 2001).
The poll also asked about the level of approval for different demographic developments changing the population make-up of their country, and results indicate public opinion is generally quite supportive of a number of trends shaping global society. In the 19 countries surveyed for this series of questions, three quarters (75%) of respondents approve of intermarriage between different races or ethnic groups, and more than six in ten (63%) approve of immigration from other countries (with 31% disapproving). Similar degrees of openness are observed on accepting refugees, with 62 and 57 per cent respectively supporting their country admitting refugees fleeing conflict generally, and from Syria in particular. On all of these statements, German attitudes stand out due to the unusually high percentage of respondents choosing "neither agree nor disagree," or that it "depends." A majority of Germans (54%) nonetheless approves the acceptance of Syrian refugees.
GlobeScan Chairman Doug Miller commented: "The poll's finding that growing majorities of people in emerging economies identify as global citizens will challenge many people's (and organisations') ideas of what the future might look like."
An additional question on the poll gave respondents a broader range of options to reflect on how they consider their identity. Results reveal the complexity of the issue and show how people can identify in different ways.
When offered a choice between five distinct identities, more than one in two citizens (52%) across 19 countries define their most important identity as citizens of their country, outnumbering those who view themselves as being a world citizen (17%), a resident of their local community (11%), or who identify themselves primarily through their religion (9%), or their race or culture (8%). Out of 19 countries, majorities or strong pluralities in 16 countries describe being a national citizen as the most important feature of their identity. National citizenship is the strongest in Kenya (84%) and Ghana (81%), followed by Russia (70%), Nigeria (68%), and Chile (64%).
Three countries stand out in the way their populations think about self-identity. Spaniards are by far the most likely to identify with world citizenship (54%). For 56 per cent of Indonesians, belonging to their local community is the strongest defining identity. And for Pakistanis, a strong plurality (43%) identify first as a member of their religion.
The results are drawn from a telephone and in-person survey of 20,823 adult citizens across 21 participating countries in total. Not all questions were asked in all countries. The poll was conducted for the BBC World Service between December 2, 2015 and April 15, 2016 by the international opinion research and consultancy firm GlobeScan and its national research partners. Within-country results are considered accurate within +/- 2.8 to 3.7 per cent 19 times out of 20. Urban-only samples were used in Brazil, China, Indonesia, and Kenya.
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SAP Australia & New Zealand's Digital Transformation Office is currently looking for a Machine Learning Specialist in our Innovation Architect team.
The successful candidate has a history in presales/solutions architect working with Machine Learning technologies, and has the understanding and the skill to partner with our clients to assess and understand the value-add of our solutions in any organization. The candidate will be an active participant in the software sales cycle at SAP as a member of the account team.
Primary focus of the role is to work as an integral member of the sales team to drive revenue through deal support, demand generation and proof of concept engagements. In that role, the Innovation Architect will prototype, demonstrate and articulate the value of SAP technology as the digital transformation platform for our strategic customers and key opportunities. The ideal candidate passionate about today's technology, understands current and future technology trends and has a very firm grasp of cloud integration, security and architecture concepts.
Customer sales cycles, strategy sessions, value based product presentations or demonstrations, coordination and conducting Proof of Concept's or Technical Hands-On sessions, and mentoring. The candidate should be an evangelist and knowledge multiplier, with great presenting- and communication skills and experienced in presenting to a CxO audience.
Ensure delivery of simple, appealing, and compelling use cases of technology. Ability to present SAP's product and solutions strategy relevant integration to relevant SAP applications, align it with the IT strategy of the prospective customer and map in the business context, business processes and required user experience of the prospect. Reinforce the business value of SAP solutions through discovery, demonstrations and participation in proof of concept engagements.
Ability to build a strong working relationship with both the prospect, partners and the SAP Virtual Account Team. Excellent strategic communication skills including the ability to build relationships and effectively communicate and influence across all management and organizational levels both internally and externally.
Conduct discovery and scoping sessions with representatives from the prospective customer. A discovery session is an interview to identify and understand key pain points which will determine the value drivers and solution enablers for the presentation.
Stay up to date with SAP technology solutions and strategy as well as industry trends.
Maintain a close understanding and appreciation of competitive solutions.
Provide limited post-sale support to key customers primarily to the project/implementation team to ensure a smooth transition.
Able to lead as a Solution Captain when deals require complex solutions and require multiple participants to support a successful customer presentation or demo.
Ability to quickly learn new product and business concepts.
Communicate the business requirements to the project/implementation team after completion of sales to ensure a smooth transition from presales to implementation stages, warranting a continuous degree of customer satisfaction.


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The Colleges We Lied About Going To
by Zara Miller-Rosenberg
There is no doubt that safety is an issue for urban astronomers, though; particularly those who choose to observe from public-accessible sites where the very things that make the location attractive — fewer streetlights and the presence of wooded areas to block stray illumination — may cause genuine safety concerns…" – The Urban Astronomer's Guide
Where I grew up the light pollution was inescapable; the stars traded for a skyline. You can see Ellis Island, Manhattan and Queens from my roof. You can see the Chrysler building, the clock tower, and the Statue of Liberty- a green monopoly piece in the distance. You can see onto all of the other roofs in my neighborhood, other people hanging out or smoking. Plenty to see, but few stars. My mother explained the constellations to me when I was younger, and tried to show me how to find them. She told me about Orion and Orion's belt, but all I could remember was that it was three stars that connected. Anytime there were a few stars out, I looked for any three stars I could connect and thought I had found Orion's belt.
The first time I saw stars – really saw stars, so many that the sky looked like a dark sheet with millions of little pin pricks in it held against a bright light – was the first time I visited a school most of my friends from high school went to. Later I would end up visiting many times, staying with my friend Taylor in a little blue house with a yard three times the size. New Paltz is a liberal college town in upstate New York with a view of the mountains and no light pollution. On a Friday afternoon, there are murmurs in the library about who's going where that night, and who's throwing what party. Unaware of the reality and dangers that existed, on our first visit we embraced a sense of freedom we had not known yet.
I stared up at the stars and marveled. I staggered backwards, and leaned on my friend Lily. We were enjoying the view from the parking lot of a synagogue while we chugged our Four Lokos and Cayla peed in the corner.
The night was fuzzy: the volleyball house, the colleges we lied about going to, the boy we went to high school with who was cute, but drank too much ("half a bacaaaaaaardi" he stretched out the word, extending the vowel sounds). He followed us around for the night and commented his phone number on our Instagram posts. We tromped through sweaty Halloween parties that were a week too early and a beer soaked sports house where 19-year-old guys interrogated us on where we went to school (lies) how old we were (lies) and our favorite sex positions (no comment).
The floor of the volleyball house was covered in a thin layer of beer from the beer pong game underway, and the keg next to the bathroom sloppily filled plastic cups sold for five dollars each. Some people leaned against the kitchen counter or wall, others piled up on the couch. We sipped our beers, thin and watery, and talked to the older boys about the colleges we lied about going to. They didn't know how old we were, or how predatory their behaviors really were considering Sam, Cayla, and I were 15, 16, and 17 respectively. The coolest kinds of spies, we were underage. Under drinking age, under college age, under the age of consent. We took in everything around us and tried to behave appropriately for our surroundings. We didn't want to stand out, but we wanted to be noticed. We wanted someone to see how cool we looked.
"So do you guys go to New Paltz?" Plastic cup with foamy yellow beer sloshing toward us as he gestured with his drink. One boy who seemed to be the leader of his posse of three, sauntered up to us with the type of confidence you can only find in mediocre white male college athletes. They were all so average looking, their features almost blended together. Their outfits were all variations on the same theme. Polos, pale blue, green, and pink, paired with fashionably skinny jeans and new Nikes or Vans. So this is what cool looked like.
"No we're just visiting our friend." Sam, the youngest, was also the most outgoing; she managed to perk up when she met new people while still maintaining the sense of apathy that keeps you looking cool and unattached. She pointed over to Lily, who had migrated to a more secluded corner to fight with her boyfriend.
"Oh word? Are you guys friends from high school?"
"Yea, we graduated together, but all went to different schools." I explained. This was the part that didn't make any sense to me. Would three girls from different schools in various areas of the East Coast all really come visit their friend at school for a weekend? How did we all get here? None of us had cars, or knew how to drive, we grew up in New York City where cars were a hassle, not a necessity. Didn't they know that just by looking at us? Why couldn't we all just say we went to Purchase and make it more believable? Sam mentioned that people at New Paltz might know people at Purchase; they were only 30 minutes away from each other by car. And Cayla wanted to tell people she was studying speech therapy at Binghamton, and Sam wanted to look smart and fun, so she said she went to Lehigh, and I wanted to look cool and say I went to Hampshire, and took women's studies classes at Smith.
"Where do you all go?"
"Bing."
"I go to Hampshire."
"Lehigh."
"Lee High School? Are you in high school?"
My eyes widened. They had found us out. Sam, cool and sassy as ever responded, "Umm no… Lehigh University? It's in Pennsylvania." She furrowed her brow and pursed her lips and looked at them through the side of her eye, her feigned superiority was enough to convince them.
"Oh right, cool. I thought you guys were lying or something." We all laughed. This misunderstanding was funny. We were old enough for this conversation, of course, and the notion that we might not be was amusing.
We played beer pong with our new-found friends; Cayla watched the Yankee game, screaming at the TV when Derek Jeter hit a homerun. A shy girl at first glance, she was passionate about the things she loved, food, her two dogs, and baseball. She yelled even louder when Derek Jeter broke his left ankle. Holding a Rolling Rock in her right hand, she threw her arms up almost spilling the beer when he crumpled to the ground. It was the twelfth inning of the Detroit Tigers versus the Yankees in the American League Championship Series, and she was glued to the TV once she realized the game was on. She watched with a crowd of athletes, all of them jumping up and gesturing toward the TV screen in unison.
When the party ended we walked away from the small one-story beige house and into the town, the leaves on the ground making the most satisfying crunching sounds as we swished our feet through them. We walked backwards throwing our heads back to watch the sky on a clear night.
New Paltz was so much colder than New York City, especially at night, even though it was less than two hours north. Off of the island and away from pollution, it was usually 10 or 20 degrees colder. The cold seeped through our stockings and into our legs, but we didn't care. Unaware of the dangers around us and careless with ourselves, we were loving our unfettered freedom. We ran through a town, soaking in streets we would later know well. Through Church street and Main street and past Fat Bob's and B-Side and the bars, Pig's, and Cuddy's (that's where you go if you want to get fucked,) and Murphy's, and past where Taylor's little blue house is now and past where Rachel got raped in the bushes four years later, and past the Chase bank and its blue sign illuminating the corner, and back to the synagogue parking lot to look at the stars again. And when we lied down on the picnic table outside the dorm building at three in the morning we looked at the stars and the Big Dipper and basked in the bright white light from the moon. We felt the kind of pulling upward in your heart and soul and bewilderment of the sheer vastness of the universe and the typical sort of existentialism that people my age talk about a lot; the kind that doesn't make you question your life, but just humbles you a bit.
Now the stars only make me think of randomness. Now, whenever I see the big dipper, I think of Cosmos, the old TV show with Carl Sagan. The eighth episode, Journeys in Space and Time, features Carl Sagan illustrating thought experiments with retro-futuristic synth accompanying him. Sagan shows the constellations as we know them, first the Big Dipper, then Leo the lion, and Cetus the whale. He runs each through a computer program, showing how stars move, explode, and how new stars are born; all over the span of millions, even billions of years. We see stars as fixed, fate, destiny. "It's written in the stars." But Sagan corrects this notion, "Every constellation is a single frame in a cosmic movie, but because our lives are so short, because the star patterns change so slowly, we tend not to notice it's a movie." As he runs the cosmic movie back in time, we see the connected dots start to move at varying speeds, weaving through each other and spreading apart into different dimensions, creating arbitrary blue lines connecting to stars, some that have drifted off screen. The once recognizable constellation is now a jumble of blue lines that form a web of randomness, and Sagan explains that constellations are simply approximations of random points in a single frame of a cosmic movie that we will never live long enough to see.
Humans are constantly doing this, making patterns out of randomness. Pattern recognition as an evolutionary adaptation is quite useful, but it comes with false pattern recognition. We connect the stars and declare them constellations, drawn by the gods. We look for clouds that look like different animals or symbols. We search for meaningful signs in randomness. We look for meanings in our dreams and hope for signs from God or the universe or fate. And we find reason in acts without reason. How many times have we been told at a funeral or a wake or an uncle's Shiva by some woman with silver hair and pomegranates embroidered into her purse and tie-dye pants and Teva sandals with wool socks, "It's part of God's plan. It's all part of something bigger. Everything happens for a reason."
Sometimes it's what we need to do to organize a mass of unknown. Sometimes it's all we can do to grab the closest seeming factors and pull them together to provide some sort of explanation. She was too drunk, she's too nice to strangers, we got into a fight at Fat Bob's so she wandered off alone and it was 2 am. Aspects of a night we can never forget seem to align, and we connect the dots that in reality are just a single frame, of which we make random approximations, connecting meaningless details that have nothing to do with why it could have happened. Sometimes we see all of the stars point to us, point to our friends, point to anyone but the one person responsible for the attack. We have a knack for false pattern recognition, looking into the star speckled sky and connecting dots to find animals and objects that can't exist anywhere else in the universe.
Zara Miller-Rosenberg is a senior at Hamline University in St. Paul Minnesota.
Photo credit: Bala K via Flickr, All Creative Commons. Image is of the Orion constellation against a dark night sky.
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package org.apache.hadoop.util;

import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceAudience;
import org.apache.hadoop.classification.InterfaceStability;

import com.google.common.collect.Interner;
import com.google.common.collect.Interners;

/**
 * Provides string interning utility methods. For weak interning,
 * we use the standard String.intern() call, that performs very well
 * (no problems with PermGen overflowing, etc.) starting from JDK 7.
 */
@InterfaceAudience.Public
@InterfaceStability.Stable
public class StringInterner {

  /**
   * Retains a strong reference to each string instance it has interned.
   */
  private final static Interner<String> STRONG_INTERNER =
      Interners.newStrongInterner();

  /**
   * Interns and returns a reference to the representative instance
   * for any of a collection of string instances that are equal to each other.
   * Retains strong reference to the instance,
   * thus preventing it from being garbage-collected.
   *
   * @param sample string instance to be interned
   * @return strong reference to interned string instance
   */
  public static String strongIntern(String sample) {
    if (sample == null) {
      return null;
    }
    return STRONG_INTERNER.intern(sample);
  }

  /**
   * Interns and returns a reference to the representative instance
   * for any of a collection of string instances that are equal to each other.
   * Retains weak reference to the instance,
   * and so does not prevent it from being garbage-collected.
   *
   * @param sample string instance to be interned
   * @return weak reference to interned string instance
   */
  public static String weakIntern(String sample) {
    if (sample == null) {
      return null;
    }
    return sample.intern();
  }

  /**
   * Interns all the strings in the given array in place,
   * returning the same array.
   */
  public static String[] internStringsInArray(String[] strings) {
    for (int i = 0; i < strings.length; i++) {
      strings[i] = weakIntern(strings[i]);
    }
    return strings;
  }

}

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It is possible for DAI to compete against Tether as a stablecoin, but it is less likely to happen as of now. The main concern with DAI is that it lacks trading pairs as compared to a fiat currency. Most exchanges rely more on centralized institutions than decentralized systems. Support for DAI is growing as the coin continues to expand and influence crypto investors.


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struct MapCell {

    // the status
    // 0 == free, 1 == occupied, -1 == unknow
    int status;

    // the world coordinates  center of mass
    float xi;
    float yi;

    // the distance from a given point
    float dist;

    // the angle between (xi, yi) and a given point
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Q: Formik checkbox with Semantic-UI styling

Hi,
I've been trying to combine Semantic-UI (Semantic-UI React, to be specific) and Formik, but I keep running into problems. Currently I'm having a problem with checkboxes.
I'm trying to create a generic Formik-aware checkbox component with Semantic-UI styling. This is what I currently have:
const Checkbox = ({ name, title, toggle, fitted, inline }, context) => {
    const { formik } = context;
    const error = formik.errors[name];
    const value = formik.values[name];

    return (
        <Form.Checkbox
            inline={inline}
            fitted={fitted}
            label={title || (fitted ? null : name)}
            name={name}
            toggle={toggle}
            checked={value ? true : false}
            onChange={(e, { name, checked }) => formik.setFieldValue(name, !!checked)}
            />
    );
};

Checkbox.contextTypes = { formik: PropTypes.object }

This kind of works. The only problem I'm currently having is with nested values. For example:
<Checkbox name="sections.0.enabled"/>

My Checkbox implementation will use formik.values["sections.0.enabled"] as value, while a formik Field would correctly pick the value from formik.values["sections"][0]["enabled"].
Is there a better way to do this, or should I just flatten the input values?

A: You can achieve this using lodash.get (https://www.npmjs.com/package/lodash.get) or simply use a function which does the exact same job:
function get( object, keys, defaultVal ){
  keys = Array.isArray( keys )? keys : keys.split('.');
  object = object[keys[0]];
  if( object && keys.length>1 ){
    return get( object, keys.slice(1) );
  }
  return object === undefined? defaultVal : object;
}

Then,
...
const error = get(formik.errors, name);
const value = get(formik.values, name);
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Doctor's Hospital of Sarasota's Medical Director of the Emergency Department, Dr. Frank Biondolillo, said heart attacks are linked to obesity, and all around the country there is an increase in obesity among young females.
Obesity leads to diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol which sets a person up for a heart attack. And oftentimes when a woman is presenting signs of a heart attack, she is unaware that she is having one because it usually doesn't present itself in a way most people expect a heart attack would.
"They want to attribute their symptoms to something other than their heart.They may present with generalized weakness or dizziness. They may present with nausea and vomiting. They may not have prototypical chest pain, maybe their discomfort is epigastric or indigestion," said Dr. Biondolillo.
Doctors say it's important to go to the emergency room if you do present these symptoms, because not seeking medical help could be detrimental.
Dr. Biondolillo said taking a walk three or four days a week, eating a diet low in saturated fats, and not smoking can reduce your risk of having a heart attack.


Newcastle Falcons players are being recognised for their on-field and off-field contribution this season with a series of monthly awards, thanks to David Summerfield Jewellers and Citizen.
Falcons players vote at the end of every month in two categories, player of the month and attitude of the month, with the winner receiving a free Citizen watch of their choice from David Summerfield Jewellers.
The winners of December's awards, as voted by the players, will be revealed in Friday's official match programme at the home game against Bath.
Newcastle Falcons are keen to emphasise that every game is a team effort which extends way beyond the 23 players involved on a match day, and that squad culture has a key role to play in the ongoing improvement being seen at the club.


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Is Kevin Hart's marriage still afloat even after the SEX TAPE? Find out here
One of the funniest movie stars of our days has been having a rough year so far, since less than 10 months ago some sex tapes of him having sex with a stranger leaked, representing a big menace. We are talking about, of course, Kevin Hart.
Kevin Hart fills a place, at least in my mind, that's never out of place in any movie. He has that vibe of a whacky character, funny yet knowledgeable, that you know is bluffing about most of the things he talks about. If anything, I see him as family, like an uncle you don't get to see as often, but is always a welcoming surprise.
Now, it's only happiness I can express, seeing him still happily married, celebrating his son's birthday as if the accident nor the leaks ever happened.
In his instagram feed you can see Kevin Hart, his wife and little boy, clearly happy to be with each other, without taking any punches that the media may send their way.
"I am a different man now", confessed the actor in a video available on his Instagram feed as well.
He does not deny of being guilty, but he hasn't confirmed still if the video in fact was him having sex in that hotel, or if it was a look-alike. Even if he wasn't he has taken the "right thing to do" path of things, apologizing not only for the video, but to his whole now ancient lifestyle, and not only to his audience, but also to his family.
For the most part, his life seems to be recovering back to the way it used to be. Celebrating his son's birthday was the latest public attention the actor has gotten – no drunk related incidents, no calls from the police, no one has filed a harassment against the actor so far in the whole mess Hollywood has become these days. In fact, he looks pretty much at his best, celebrating his son's 13th birthday with dogs dressed as lions, with a theme of the Lion King.
One of the things to be cherished about this industry is that you don't only get to see their downward spirals, but sometimes, you get to see them rise up, even better than they were before: such is the case for Kevin Hart.
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Hjalmar Emil Grafström, född den 24 juli 1866 i Umeå landsförsamling, Västerbottens län, död den 12 november 1955 i Södertälje, var en svensk militär. Han var sonson till Anders Abraham Grafström, brorson till Frithiof Grafström samt far till Anders och Erik Grafström.

Grafström blev underlöjtnant vid Västerbottens fältjägarkår 1885, löjtnant där 1889, kapten vid samma förband (som då bytt namn till Västerbottens regemente) 1896, major där 1911 och överstelöjtnant vid regementet 1914. Han blev överste i reserven 1921. Grafström blev riddare av Svärdsorden 1905, av Vasaorden 1910 och av Carl XIII:s orden 1936.

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Q: ItemDecoration bottom spacing not updating on adding a new Item I have a SpacingDecoration for my recyclerview which will add some extra spacing after the last item in the list.
Here is my Spacing Decoration
    class SpacingDecoration(val context:Context):RecyclerView.ItemDecoration() {

    private val twelveDp=getPixelValue(12)
    private val seventyDp=getPixelValue(70)

    override fun getItemOffsets(
        outRect: Rect,
        view: View,
        parent: RecyclerView,
        state: RecyclerView.State
    ) {
        val dataCount=parent.adapter!!.itemCount
        val viewPosition=parent.getChildAdapterPosition(view)

        outRect.left=twelveDp
        outRect.right=twelveDp

        when(viewPosition){
            0->{
                outRect.top=twelveDp
                outRect.bottom=twelveDp/2
                return
            }

            dataCount-1 ->{
                outRect.top=twelveDp/2
                outRect.bottom=seventyDp
                return
            }

            else->{
                outRect.top=twelveDp/2
                outRect.bottom=twelveDp/2
            }
        }

    }

    private fun getPixelValue(Dp: Int): Int {

        return TypedValue.applyDimension(
            TypedValue.COMPLEX_UNIT_DIP,
            Dp.toFloat(),
            context.resources.displayMetrics
        ).toInt()

    }

}

This works nicely.
But the problem starts when a new item is added at the bottom of the list.
I am using DiffUtils to update the list.
When the list updates and adds a new item to the list, it adds the new item after the bottom spacing of seventy Dp.
Hope u understand my problem.
I want to add the last new item so that the spacing between the last item and the item before it reduces to twelveDp.
Please help as I am just a beginner

A: I found this answer helped: https://stackoverflow.com/a/62002161/9901599
Basically, call RecyclerView.invalidateItemDecorations() once you have refreshed your data. Since I was using ListAdapter, I found that I had to put this line in the callback after the list actually updates, like this:
myAdapter.submitList(newList) {
    // this callback runs when the list is updated
    myRecyclerView.invalidateItemDecorations()
}


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Contains mainly research notes and some related correspondence. Sound discs relating to hearing tests.
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