Evolutionary algorithms can be used to solve problems that would take humans forever to do, but they can also be used to see if a computer can match what a human can do. A great example of this is "The Mario Genome," a program developed by Oddball at the TIGSource forums. What it does is take a group of Marios with certain traits and uses evolution to navigate the course in as little time as possible.
This popped up at Reddit, apparently, but I have no memory of where I found it (sorry!). While I am sort of familiar with the idea of genetic algorithms, and many are cooler than what this does, I think the Mario Genome easily illustrates what the idea is all about to someone with little prior knowledge. The analogies to biological evolution are easily made here.
To use the program, click the links in the original post, download the files, unzip, and run either evoplat or tmg depending on the version you download. It basically runs itself after that point.
The premise is simple, a platformer with two controls, right and jump, and a population of 1,000 genetically controlled Marios. Each run the genetic codes attempt the level, and are given feedback on their success. The 500 least successful codes then die and the remaining 500 reproduce to bring the population back to 1,000. This lifecycle is repeated indefinitely, and every generation, as a whole, makes improvements over the last. In theory the Marios should keep improving until they can complete the level in the perfect time.
So how did they do? Well the first task was for them to complete the level, which they did in only 1935 generations. It actually surprised me how quickly they learnt how to get to the end. Next I played the level myself and decided that a good speedrun time was 452 ticks(1/60 second). The evolving Marios made the time at generation 3010. Finally I calculated the best time possible was 431 ticks and set them about the task of equaling it. This was much harder and took them a very long(several hours) time to do, but they did make it at generation 7705.
Playing with the population size should allow for drift to play a role but I don't know where to change that parameter. Luckily, however, the two different versions posted allow one to examine differences in population size with no coding knowledge needed.
Although there are some coding differences between the two versions posted, the major difference I see is population size. Version 1 has 1000 Marios and Version 2 has 1-10 Marios. While the coding of version 2 has the Marios reach the end more quickly than Version 1 (apparently), the problems of population size are easily detected.
There are basically 3 initial paths in the short level – high, medium, and low. High is optimal, but low is the easiest to enter first. The low path is what the Marios usually take, but it quickly becomes nearly impossible to navigate. Some of the randomized Marios can actually pull it off, but I cannot and the evolving Marios don't seem to be too good at it either.
Figure 1: Top third = evolving population, middle third = a control group with randomized traits, bottom third = a Mario you can control. Here, the Marios have taken the lower path which is immediately beneficial, but imposes severe limits.
Figure 2: The Marios make some progress along the lower path. I become worried that they will be stuck, or constrained, to this phenotype and not be able to escape.
This is where it gets interesting though: Once a Mario takes the low path, he gets a bit of space to run on flat ground (Figure 1). That distance brings him farther to the goal than if another Mario just makes the jump to the medium or high paths. The low path quickly fixes and the Marios are pretty much stuck – the path is too difficult to navigate (Figure 2). To escape, the Marios basically have to wait for a lucky mutant that can make the jump across on the medium or high paths AND then run some more. It's like a fitness peak! The population of Marios is stuck at the top of a low fitness peak but any descent is eliminated – instead a jump to another peak must be made. This problem does not happen to the 1000 Mario population due to sheer size.
Figure 3 shows the success of the lucky mutant compared to the low-path Marios. Once the Marios get to the high path, their success of reaching the goal is guaranteed.
A lucky mutant manages to take the high path and advance farther than those on the lower path. This highly beneficial mutation quickly fixes, eliminating those on the lower path.
The analogies to biological evolution are limited. There is a strong teleological bent to the program but introducing a moving goalpost could make the analogy stronger. Even if that change doesn't work, I think programs like these have some larger use – they show evolution in action with Mario!
I also think it also shows the power evolutionary algorithms have in solving problems. This problem is fairly simple, but a friend recently told me how a genetic algorithm was used to independently derive a formula for the integration of a pendulum's path using only addition and subtraction without the calculus theory.
For another example, check out the page linked to in the TIG forum post by Oddball, here, which uses a genetic algorithm to approximate the Mona Lisa. Really cool stuff!
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That was a fun program. My Marios "evolved" enough to make the winning jump and run combination after 342 generations. It was sad to see the first super jumpers, who took the high path at around 100 and 200 generations, get weeded out as anomalies.
So when does he evolve bigger size and the ability to throw fireballs?
Those require a dietary change, so I'd guess a famine would increase the likelihood.


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Buttermilk Biscuits, with a buttermilk substitution list.
Frequently used, this old-fashioned biscuit recipe holds a coveted spot in my kitchen drawer. These tender biscuits are a blank canvas for sweet or savory adaptations. Try adding garlic powder, onion powder, chives and parsley, or add something sweet like streusel topping kneaded in to make ribbons of cinnamon sugar. Of course you can always eat them plain with honey or jam as my family prefers.
Pre-heat oven to 450 degrees. Cover a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Put flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt into a food processor and process to mix. Add butter and pulse until crumbly with small pea sized butter pieces still in places. Add buttermilk and pulse just until the dough comes together.
Flour a surface, dump out dough, and then flour top of dough. Kneed a few times and roll out to about 1 inch thick. Cut out biscuits with a drinking glass or biscuit cutter. Continue to roll out dough and cut biscuits until dough is used up.
Because I don't always have buttermilk lying around, here are some buttermilk substitutes. Use one.
1. 3/4 cup plain yogurt or sour cream.
2. 2 teaspoons lemon juice or vinegar, plus enough milk to make 2/3 cup (3/4 is too much here). Set aside for 5 minutes before using.
3. 3/4 cup milk plus 1 1/4th tablespoons cream of tartar.
4. 3 tablespoons buttermilk powder and 3/4th cups water.
I never have buttermilk either, and I usually use the vinegar/milk substitution. Thanks for the tips on other ones too!
My favorite thing to put on them is apple butter.
Apple butter is a fantastic idea!
About how many does the recipe yeild?
It depends on the size. With extra large biscuits it's about 6 or 7. About double that for the next size down in the nested biscuit cutters if I'm remembering right.
Yay! I am happy to hear that. Thanks Lucy.
Does this recipe freeze well prior to baking?
p.s. I like the photos on this blog!
Thanks! And I don't know if the dough freezes well. I've never tried before. I bet it would at least in the short term.
I made these biscuits for breakfast today - made the dough (by hand - no food processor in our small apartment!), shaped the biscuits roughly by hand, and then put the whole tray in the freezer overnight. My roommate popped them in the oven when she woke up in the morning and we each ate two with honey. So yummy and fluffy!!
Thanks for the great recipe - I love biscuits *especially for breakfast* and these were easy and delicious!
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Clarence Edward Ferguson, Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical CollegeFollow
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There has been great controversy involving progesterone (P4) levels during early pregnancy in cattle. The objectives of these experiments were to determine the effect of an early low dose administration of P4 or altrenogest (ALT) on pregnancy rates in repeat breeder (RPB) females, if an increase in pregnancy rates could result from a direct effect of P4 on the embryo and if ALT could support pregnancy in the absence of a functional CL. Firstly, ALT was evaluated for use as a progestin in cattle by synchronizing estrus in beef heifers. There were no differences in the number of females displaying behavioral estrus or in pregnancy rates when synchronized with ALT or MGA. A second experiment was designed to determine the effect of P4 or ALT supplementation during days 3 to 5 on pregnancy rate in RPB cattle. It was determined that 15 mg of P4 or ALT during days 3 to 5 increased pregnancy rates compared with nontreated breeding periods. A third experiment was designed to determine if P4 exerted a direct effect on the embryo. In vitro produced (IVP) embryos were cultured in the absence of a co-culture system. At day 3, post-insemination, embryos were cultured in the presence of P4 and evaluated on days 6 to 9. On day 7 post-insemination, there were significantly more grade 1 blastocysts from the P4 group compared with other treatment groups. Also, embryo developmental rates were increased when cultured in the presence of P4 and more of these embryos developed to the hatched blastocyst stage compared with other treatment groups. After a direct effect of P4 on developing IVP bovine embryos existed, it was determined that these embryos did not possess P4 receptors. Finally, it was demonstrated that ALT could support pregnancy in the absence of a functional CL. These experiments demonstrated that ALT could serve as a progestin in cattle and when administered in low doses during early pregnancy could improve pregnancy rates in RPB cows. These results are likely due to a direct effect of P4 on the embryo; however, this mechanism is by means other than binding the PR.
Ferguson, Clarence Edward, "The use of altrenogest to control reproductive function in beef cattle" (2004). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 3957.
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"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature" was the slogan used by Chiffon margarine, manufactured and trademarked by Anderson, Clayton and Company in the 1970s. It's a catchphrase that is somewhat still indicative of the current market weakness in that China is meddling too much with its markets and currency.
Global risk assets are wrestling with the issue of "price discovery." China is in the headlines for fooling both with its stock market and its currency. To speak as the Federal Reserve, this is probably not a "transient" problem.
The bar chart below titled, "China's Stocks Still World's Most Expensive after Rout," indicates that the median Chinese stock is two to three times more expensive than other stocks globally. Such a large gap begs the question—are Chinese stocks worth it? Doubtful. China has a slowing economy, overvalued currency, overcapacity in many industries, and a lot of debt.
Last August, when we saw headlines such as "China meddling in stock market seen discouraging return of foreign funds" (Reuters – Aug 6, 2015), "China's market meddling could do more harm than good" (CNN Money – July 28, 2015), and "China's stocks keep falling because of government's inept meddling" (INVESTORS.com – August 26, 2015), some of us wondered if we had just seen a preview of the future.
This week's action seems to indicate, "yes." China closed its stock exchanges twice and injected money at least once this week did little. On January 7, China also lifted its restriction imposed last summer on sales of shares held by large institutions. Now, investors have no idea what Chinese equities are worth. Price discovery will likely take time there.
All of this, of course, leads us to sovereign bond markets around the world, most notably in the U.S., Europe and Japan. Central banks in these three developed economies have kept interest rates near zero for years now.
The European Central Bank appears increasingly willing to double down on this bet.
No doubt "fooling with Mother Nature" lurks in the minds of many investors. It is hard to fathom paying the government to save your money; but, that is exactly what German investors do when they purchase two-year German Treasury bonds at a -0.375% yield! Just think of all the retirees around that world that have been forced out of safe government bonds and bank certificate of deposits into higher-yielding riskier investments because they need income. There is a popular acronym for this forced behavior, TINA–There Is No Alternative.
To help quell this thought inside investor's minds, check out Five Answers for the Voices in Your Head.


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Ramon Vazquez: I Might Not Make the Team
By Charlie Wilmoth Mar 11, 2010, 1:11am EST
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Interesting piece on Ramon Vazquez in the P-G:
"They told me I'm not on the team right now," the Pirates' veteran utility infielder said, visibly displeased after a 3-2 loss to the Baltimore Orioles Wednesday night at McKechnie Field...
An MRI ordered by the team in September showed no surgical issues. But, after continuing pain, arthroscopic surgery was performed in November by the Pirates' physician, Dr. Patrick DeMeo, to repair a small tear in the knee's cartilage.
"We needed infielders, and they told me they needed me," Vazquez said. "I wish now I could have gotten that surgery done a lot earlier, so I could play winter ball and come here a lot better prepared to make this team."
Vazquez's decision to tough it out might make him a good team player, but that doesn't mean he's a good player for this team. I'm glad the Pirates have told him he's not a lock to make this team, because he shouldn't, and yet every indication before today was that he would. I was somewhat happy when the Pirates signed Vazquez last offseason, but it looks like the nice season he had in Texas in 2008 was a career year, and looking over his career numbers now, it looks like seasons like the one he had in 2009 are closer to the norm than 2008 was. Even if we grant that the knee contributed to his struggles, he's now a 33-year-old with a .678 career OPS. His comments also make it sound like the knee is going to continue to affect him. I'm not seeing much upside here.


IMVU started in 2004 where you could create your 3D avatars in a safe and fun virtual world. The best thing about it is that you can play it online for free, which makes it highly accessible for almost anyone.
You can meet other players and also customize your 3D avatar to look like you or create something completely different. There are numerous features for customization, and you have to spend the game currency to buy different stuff.
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Second Life is terrific IMVU online alternative that you can play for free as much as you can. Linden Lab created and developed this virtual world game that was online since 2003 for PC and MAC. There are numerous possibilities that you can enjoy and also able to make real money by selling their virtual currency.
The game is perfect for late teenagers and above and contains people from all over the world. You can easily interact with other players and users, and to explore a vast game world. There are lots of items that will provide you the possibility to earn real life money through trading products with other users.
There are lots of social elements such as clubs and activities that will help you meet other players. It resolves around Linden dollar which you can use to make any transaction in this universe. You can also convert it into US dollars, which is excellent if you want to have allowance and fun at the same time.
Touch is dance-oriented world simulation game which is considered as one of the most popular games like IMVU. You can create your pop music and take them to somebody else. It contains excellent graphics and fantastic customization features, so it is the perfect way to enjoy and try to enter the world of stardom.
Woozworld is a perfect game that works as a virtual world with the possibility to connect it to the social network. It was online since 2009, and most players are teens and tweens.
It works like any other game with virtual world features because you will have to create an avatar and customize it accordingly. It is very similar as IMVU, but what makes it different is that you will be able to develop your house, explore the game world and hang with friends.
Just like other freemium games, you will have a possibility to upgrade your account to get access to extra areas and to get a weekly allowance.
If you want to enjoy in unique chat rooms that will provide you with the possibility to engage in virtual social media similar to other games like IMVU, then you have to try Club Cooee. There are always thousands of users online, so you will never feel like you are alone.
It also contains numerous features as any other world simulation game such as the ability to create your chat rooms and to customize an avatar with huge options such as personality and other great deals. It runs on any desktop, and it is much more focused on the social moment where you chat with other players on display.
Habboo is the perfect place where you can enjoy in virtual social networking without any additional problem. The best thing about it is it contains vast user base. You just have to create your avatar and meet new people and make friends.
Habboo started its life in 2000 which makes it longest lasting game in this particular genre of games like IMVU. It focuses on providing you with a quality experience in furniture games, chat rooms, and other features.
Gaia Online is a perfect game that started as forum based experience where you can connect with other players, chat and play games that you enjoy.
It became available for users from the whole world in 2003, and since then it grew from a simple community to forum based website where you can enjoy in numerous games with other players and users.
You just have to create your own Gaia avatar (Gaian) and customize it with countless options and possibilities such as skin, hair, eyes, gender, clothing and much more. You can get additional pieces and customization features when you win games and earn more virtual currency money.
Onverse is a 3D world that you can explore without any additional problem. There are numerous optimization and customization options, so you will end up playing for hours. The best thing about it is that you can play on different operating systems such as Mac and Windows.
The best thing about it is endless customization options that you can choose. Other reasons for popularity is a possibility to chat with other people, create and explore the world. You can select different locations that are entirely fictional, and enjoy in unusual activities and additional features.
Active Worlds is impressive virtual world game that you can play on Windows, through any browser that you can use. Since 1997 it exists online, and since then it became the leader of this particular genre.
The inspiration was to create a web browser for all parts of AW has become the main idea of the game. The gameplay is similar to any other games like IMVU, where you can explore the 3D universe, create your content, browse the web and chat with other users. Most active users spend their time in building aspects which is similar to any other virtual world games.
This is an excellent mobile application that will give you the possibility to create a virtual life on both Android and iOS devices. It is one of the best alternatives to IMVO for Android because you can customize your avatar, house, apartment and meat different array of people on social locations.
As in any other game from this genre, you have to create an avatar at the very beginning, including race, gender, skin color, hair, mouth, eyes, face and all other additional things that you can do to customize it to look like you want.
Socializing – You can spend lots of time there and finding other players such as in bards, lounges, parks, and even beaches.
Clothing – You can earn and spend coins so that you could purchase new clothes and outfits for your avatar.
Housing – The best part of this fantastic game is that you can purchase and customize your personal space such as furniture. You can get premium items and compete in contests where you can earn more coins for further customization.
This particular social game started first as a multiplayer online gaming experience, but soon afterward they shifted into the 3D virtual match in 2006. It expands traditional features of world simulation genre because you can use it with the only browser, and there is also social networking built-in feature. These elements became widely popular because it is a great place to meet new people and find other exciting stuff to enjoy in a 3D environment.
You will get all features as any other games like IMVU, such as thorough customization of your 3D avatar and possibility to control the virtual home that you can decorate later. You will learn all buttons and features without any additional problem, and in a matter of moments, you will start enjoying.
The last one in the category of games like IMVU that is well-made for adults and provide them different fashionable dress sense. You come here as a stranger in the 3D environment and go home with several of friends for a lifetime. The game is happening in cities like Berlin, London, Singapore, and other major cities, due to the customization, you look impressive, make friends, and enjoy doing things more than you do in real life. The main bonus here is that you are allowed to upload your photo to the game. Later, you can do customizations, so the avatar exactly looks like your real face.
We have presented you 12 Games like IMVU where you can enjoy your utterly different life through the massive virtual world all around you. Play with people from across the globe, be a neighbor with someone from different continents.
At the very end, you have to know that these games don't have any purpose or finishing, but the main idea is to control your life as much as possible.


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Avengers: Age of Ultron Gets Prequel Manga In Japan
By Ishaan Sahdev June 28, 2015
Avengers: Age of Ultron will premiere in Japan on July 4th, and Kodansha are releasing an "Episode 0" one-shot manga that will serve as a prologue to the film. (Thanks, Anime News Network)
The Episode 0 one-shot will be published in Kodansha's Shonen Magazine. The magazine's 31st issue, which is set to ship on July 1st, will contain the story, which focuses on Tony Stark, who is trying to understand how best to protect the people he cares for.
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Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.


A police warning has been issued after what has been described as a 'spate' of public pooing.
Lutterworth Police has urged residents to be on the look out following a rise in the number of incidents.
In a post on the team's Facebook page, the officers said: "Lutterworth is suffering from a spate of someone pooing in public places. Not nice!
"This includes the church. We believe this is happening over night.
"If you see someone or know who it is tell us on 101."
The post had a mixed reaction with some branding it 'disgusting' and others suggesting the pooers may have had their reasons.
Some people suggested that the pooer may be homeless and have no other choice.
One Facebook user said: "Obviously need more public toilets.
"If you need to go you need to go. It's a natural human function that can't be avoided, it may be in an unsocial place but if there is not other choice."
Someone else disagreed with this point and said: "There's still the public toilet in George Street car park and there are plenty of pubs and a hotel where people can go to the toilet, there's no excuse for it really, homeless or not."
Another said: "I cannot believe some people think this is happening because there's no public toilets!!
"Seriously? There are toilets in supermarkets, pubs, homes etc etc.
"No matter how desperate you are, you just don't poo in a churchyard! Don't make excuses for these disgusting people."
The warning comes after excrement was smeared on a World War Two hero's headstone at a Lutterworth churchyard.
The clearly marked headstone on the grave of 24-year-old Royal Engineer Reg Granger was desecrated with faeces in St Mary's Churchyard in Lutterworth last month.


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Winning with digital innovation, with Kommunal Rapport and City Magazine
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Despite being some of the smaller companies at the Digital Innovators' Summit, representatives from Kommunal Rapport (Norway) and City Magazine (Finland) had some excellent insights to share on their stories of embracing digital and prioritising innovation - which larger organisations can certainly learn from.
First up was Ole Petter Pedersen, news editor at Kommunal Rapport, who began by explaining that the company's specificity was a wholly positive thing for development: "Our revenue seems small by international standards at around EUR 3.3 million, but our niche - covering local governance on a national scale - means we have a very strong readership in Norway."
This readership is made up mainly of local executives and politicians. Since its founding 30 years ago as a biweekly newspaper, Kommunal Rapport has grown to have a dominant digital presence, and in 2017 most of its digital products are impossible to replicate in print.
Digital content: a great source of income
Between 2010-2016, Ole said, digital business has increased by a staggering 396 per cent, and 38 per cent of total revenue is now digital. "We put all our resources into journalism - good quality journalism can be monetised," he said. As a result, Kommunal Rapport has won five major national awards for journalism in Norway.
They make use of big data to reveal what's happening in niche markets, and employ highly specialised journalists: "no one can be an all-rounder any more in this complex world," Ole said. "The devil and the story is often in the details - and detailed journalism done by intelligent reporters creates willingness to pay. Big data is not interesting unless someone can extract the story from it - that is what good journalists do."
One of the case studies Ole drew attention to was Kommunebarometeret, in which Kommunal Rapport used automation to rank all municipalities in Norway on a variety of factors and put the resulting data in the public domain. "Even those who are ranked in the low numbers want to use our products, because we provide an editorial stance and do a more rigorous analysis than their consultants," he emphasised. This is an ongoing model for Kommunal Rapport - their automated products create stories, and they can sell the data.
The future: new ideas, efficiency
Looking forward, Ole highlighted the company's desire for more huge data sets that provide overview and insight. "We want new ideas about how to use digital technologies in order to uncover the truth about public management and spending of public funds," he said.
In order to do this, specialist journalists are needed with data competencies: "There is little space in the newsroom for those who can't handle huge pieces of information and provide the reader or user with context and clarity," Ole said. "It's unlikely I'd hire anyone who doesn't have some kind of data skills."
Furthermore, Ole pointed out the advantage of having a niche: "It's much better for us to have as close to 100% readership as possible, than reaching as wide an audience as possible," he said.
And finally, he urged his audience not to talk down the journalistic project, and to embrace digital: "We do great work. We sell our content way too cheaply in this industry. We need to value journalism again. And we want to create more journalistic projects which are all digital - because we're not that traditional media company any more. We love digital."
City Magazine's Ilkka Lavas: "Fail fast: you need to know within six months if something will work or not"
After Ole's fascinating discussion, the young Ilkka Lavas took to the stage. A serial entrepreneur and publisher, he works with City Magazine, Improve Media, TableOnline, and EatAndTheCity and has been rewarded with explosive growth. Four years ago, Ilkka bought the 30-year-old legendary City Magazine Finland when it was close to bankruptcy. Impressively, he turned it around by focusing exclusively on digital and it is now worth over EUR 100 million.
Ilkka has worked in digital innovation from the beginning, when he was just 17: "We invented an online dictionary in Finland before Google translate existed," he said. But, he has also learned from previous failures: "If you want to be successful, you have to be the best."
Going digital-only
After shutting down the print business at City Magazine, Ilkka followed a "reset and rebuild" mantra: culture, sales models, revenue streams, everything had to change. "For example we don't do clickbait, we do quality content," he said.
His changes led to astonishing growth. A few years ago City Magazine was named by Deloitte one of the fastest-growing companies in Finland, and last year one of the fastest-growing in the whole of Europe.
This year, City Magazine will generate EUR six million in revenue across three countries, with revenue streams including its digital magazine, the monthly fee paid by restaurants to be featured, a percentage of the one million table reservations made through the magazine, and also advertising and native ads. "But we have bigger dreams! We have 20 years of vision forecast ahead, for all our businesses," said Ilkka. "We want to be in 500 cities around the world delivering EUR 700 million in revenue by 2037."
In order to replicate this success, he recommends media companies challenge their existing business model, try out new ideas, have an external focus, and learn quickly from mistakes. "Urbanisation, digitalisation, VR and AR all represent threats and opportunities for us," Ilkka said. "I advise people to test ideas early: don't wait for perfect. When you send your child to school, you don't expect them to be whole before they go. They go to school to learn and develop - it's the same with new ideas."
Be willing to listen and change
Ilkka listed five main pieces of advice to follow :
1. The customer is always number one.
2. Constantly listen, learn and improve: "Millennials expect us to constantly be improving, anyway," he said.
3. Never settle: "New business models can make you better than the old one ever could. Be prepared to give autonomy to your digital teams - this is really important."
4. Fail fast: "you need to know within six months if something will work or not," said Ilkka.
5. Never think you have all the answers: "Be humble, ask others. Leave your office, get out there."
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TOM KEIFER Performing in Agoura Hills 4/7 and Pasadena 4/8
Posted on March 23, 2016 by Tom Keifer
Best known as the singer/songwriter/guitarist of Cinderella, TOM KEIFER has solidified his mark on the music world as a solo artist with the 2013 release of his long-awaited, highly anticipated and critically acclaimed solo album, THE WAY LIFE GOES.
KEIFER and his bandmates (#keiferband: Tony Higbee/guitars and vocals, Billy Mercer/bass and vocals, Paul Simmons, drums and vocals, Paul Taylor/keyboards and vocals, Savannah Keifer/vocals, percussion and piano, Kendra Chantelle/vocals and percussion) have been touring in support of the album ever since its release and they're still not showing any signs of stopping.
The trek lands in Agoura Hills on Thursday, April 7 at the Canyon Club and in Pasadena on Friday, April 8 at The Rose.
Would you like to do a phone interview with TOM for a feature and/or preview item to advance the show(s)? Or attend for a live review or future coverage consideration?
THE WAY LIFE GOES is a collection of 14 new songs that range from intimate, organic, acoustic tracks to driving hard rock. It embraces the blues, rock and country roots that have always been present in his unique sound that has generated the sale of over 15 million records worldwide for Cinderella. It's a raw, introspective look at the roller coaster ride that has been KEIFER's life for the past 15 years. From being told that he would never sing again as a result of a partially paralyzed left vocal cord, to the emotional and personal battles that followed, his solo debut is a story of perseverance, a testament to the power of passion and will, when combined with a true love of music.
Now, as a "thank you" to his fans who have supported him and the long-awaited solo project for the past few years by attending one packed show after another, KEIFER and his bandmates will being entering a Nashville studio later this month to record with four-time Grammy® Award-winning producer/engineer Vance Powell (Elle King, Chris Stapleton, Jack White).
The new tracks will be featured as bonus material on an expanded, deluxe edition of KEIFER's critically acclaimed 2013 solo debut album, THE WAY LIFE GOES. Set for release later this year, the package will also include the original album that's currently being remastered by Richard Dodd (Kings of Leon, Jason Aldean, Lady Antebellum), a bonus DVD with video extras, a documentary about the creation of the bonus tracks, and exclusive interviews with the band filmed during the new recording sessions.
The as-yet-untitled deluxe set will be wrapped in an all new expanded art package designed by artist David Calcano (creator of the Fantoons comic strip series) with one-of-a-kind unique illustrations depicting each song. KEIFER credits a framed collage designed by Calcano of images depicting life, members of his band and songs from THE WAY LIFE GOES that was given to him by his tour manager, Gene Aldridge, as the inspiration to release the deluxe edition.
"That one gift," said KEIFER, "instantly made us think about all the incredible people, adventures and inspiration that had come into our lives over the last few years. The new deluxe edition is our way of celebrating the way life's gone since the initial release. It's been an amazing journey!"
The new package's bonus track song titles, release date and some other very special surprises will be announced in the coming weeks.
Rolling Stone praised THE WAY LIFE GOES as, "A collection of 14 blues howlers, Stones-y rock and, yes, big ballads, the album calls to mind Cinderella but with an even more rootsy undercurrent." While Vintage Guitar raved: "…14 songs that stay true to form – killer blues-rock playing and tones, hooks galore, and strong songwriting. If you're a fan of harder-edged rock and long to hear genuinely enjoyable new tunes, it may be just the thing; the opener, 'Solid Ground,' offers pure KEIFER guitar and vocals with a feel reminiscent the Stones' Exile On Main Street while the remaining tracks are, much like his life the last 15 years, an up-and-down ride."
And of his live show, Something Else Reviews hailed, "Coming from the glitzy performances of Cinderella, this was a different beast. It was more earthy, organic and personal than I've ever seen KEIFER before. No doubt, he still ruled the stage like a rock star playing to a crowd of 20,000, strutting with the style, swagger and air of a Jagger or Tyler, but he also offered fans a glimpse of an artist that they haven't seen before — a guy that's not an unapproachable rock star, but a someone who has had a lot of the same experiences they have and been inspired by them. KEIFER's voice sounded great. He hit the highs. He hit the lows, and he showed off a few things that we're not used to hearing from him. The band around him was rock solid. It was just a great all-around show."
For further info, please check out www.TomKeifer.com or www.facebook.com/TomKeiferOfficial. You can find the videos for "The Flower Song" and "Solid Ground" on his official YouTube page: https://www.youtube.com/user/tomkeifermusic.
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Grind the oats into a flour (I use a magic bullet). Then add the whey protein, cottage cheese, egg whites, and stevia packet. Blend again. It should be very thick. This is your batter. Then cut 1 double chocolate chunk quest bar into 8 pieces. Except you only need 7 so just eat the extra piece because you know you want to . Begin to heat an ebelskiver pan with a medium heat. If you don't have one, you can make these like pancakes I promise. Spray the heated ebelskiver pan with a nonstick spray, fill one hole half way with the pancake batter, place a quest bar piece inside, then cover with more pancake batter. Repeat for all 7 positions on the pan. Don't fill the holes too high because the batter rises and gets puffy! Once the bottoms are lightly brown, flip the pancake puff to cook the other side. Once lightly browned on the second side, remove!
THENNNN this is optional but definitely "completes" it, I made a cream for dipping. Make the cream dip by mixing the oat flour, plain Greek yogurt, vanilla whey protein, water, and stevia drops. Then serve!
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Liver Disease On The Rise, Especially Among Young Adults
By Beth Leipholtz 07/23/18
A new study found that cirrhosis-related deaths in the US increased 65% between 1999 and 2016.
According to a new study, alcohol is to blame for an increase in fatal cirrhosis cases in young adults in recent years.
Researchers at the University of Michigan discovered that between 2009 and 2016, those in the 25 to 34 age group saw greater than a 10% increase in deaths as a result of cirrhosis.
According to USA Today, cirrhosis is an "irreversible scarring of the liver." Researchers claim the cases were "driven entirely" by liver disease due to excessive alcohol consumption.
Additionally, the study found that overall cirrhosis-related deaths in the U.S. increased 65% between 1999 and 2016. Researchers came to this conclusion through examining public data on deaths from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Elliot Tapper, the study's lead author and a liver specialist at the University of Michigan, tells the Washington Post that those who consume multiple drinks per night or have numerous nights of binge drinking are more at risk for life-threatening cirrhosis. He also states that women tend to be more susceptible to liver damage.
Tapper adds that if those with an alcohol-related disease cease drinking, it's possible the liver could repair itself.
"Many other organs have the ability to regenerate to some degree, but none have the same capacity as the liver," he told the Post.
Jessica Mellinger, a clinical lecturer at the University of Michigan, tells the Post that the beginning stages of cirrhosis involve yellowing skin, jaundice and a swollen abdominal area. She adds that patients often say the symptoms came on "all of a sudden." Down the line, the disease can lead to brain injury, severe bleeding and kidney failure.
In addition to the rise in cirrhosis among younger age groups, the study also found that men are twice as likely as women to die from liver cancer.
Additionally, race and geographical location played a role. Researchers found that whites, Native Americans and Hispanic Americans are seeing increasing rates of cirrhosis, as are those in Kentucky, Arkansas and New Mexico.
Another report earlier this month is also in line with these findings. According to U.S. News, the CDC recently released a report stating that age-adjusted rates for cancer of the liver rose from 2000 through 2016 for men and women, and that it moved from the ninth leading cause of death in 2000, to the sixth in 2016.
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Up: IRAM Newsletter 36 (July Previous: New Preprints
We invite applications for the position of
'Station Manager'
at IRAM-Granada. This position will be open early in 1999.
The IRAM-Granada station comprises the Pico Veleta Observatory as well as the Granada offices and laboratories.
The Pico Veleta Observatory with its 30m-diameter mm-wavelength telescope, its complement of receivers, backends and computers is operated as a facility which is open to astronomers from France, Germany and Spain, and from the worldwide astronomical community, on a competitive basis.
The IRAM-Granada station has a total staff of 27, including astronomers, telescope operators, engineers and technicians, and a small administration.
The successful candidate should have several years of experience as an astronomer and strong technical interests.
The working language at IRAM-Granada is English. The interaction with the Spanish authorities does, however, require a good knowledge of the Spanish language. While this is not a necessary condition, it will be one of the criteria on which the selection will be made.
Applications, including a CV, a list of publications and references, should be addressed to the IRAM Headquarters at :
attn. M. Grewing
300, rue de la Piscine
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I love Florida and it isn't a surprise to me that the Sunshine State is one of the nation's top vacation destinations. Millions of visitors to Florida every year can't be wrong, right? Here are 10 things to love about Florida. You decide.
One of Florida's most important natural resources has always been its climate. After all, it is nicknamed the "Sunshine State." Its mild winters have drawn visitors seeking relief from the chilly north; and, warm summers lure visitors to Florida's coastal communities and beaches. I love Florida's weather! After all, it beats shoveling snow in the winter.
There are nothing as beautiful, magnificent and spectacular as Florida's sunsets! In two Florida communities, every sunset is reason to celebrate — Key West and Clearwater Beach. Night after night, crowds gather in a festive atmosphere a couple of hours before sunset... then, as twilight approaches everyone seems to pause to enjoy Mother Nature's show-stopping spectacle. Best of all, these sunset celebrations are free!
Some of the best Florida beach destinations for vacationers aren't necessarily those that earn national recognition as the best beaches. They may not have the best sand or the biggest waves, but what they do is cater to specific crowds that love them just the way they are.
There isn't much not to love about Disney World. When Disney World opened in 1971, it changed Central Florida forever. Now, as Florida's number one vacation destination, its four theme parks and numerous themed resort hotels provide hundreds of thousands of vacationing visitors a truly magical and memorable experience.
Florida's State and National Parks offer sites of historical significance and recreational opportunities that reflect the natural beauty of Florida; and, they are some of the best parks in the nation. I love Florida's parks because they provide visitors a respite from the concrete jungle of crowded roadways and the everyday stresses of life.
St. Augustine stands today as a tribute to its past. It has survived five centuries of history to stand as this nation's oldest city. Florida's ancient city was founded 42 years before the English colonized Jamestown and 55 years before the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. While its history began with exploration, it's your turn to explore its history — from the narrow brick streets of Old Town to the Castillo de San Marcos National Monument.
If you are an experienced camper, you may already know that Florida is a camping paradise. The Sunshine State's mild climate allows for year round camping and nearly unlimited outdoor activities. And, whether you consider yourself a "trees and trails" type or one that prefers "sand and surf," Florida's diverse offering of campgrounds can deliver. In addition, for those that have never camped, Florida presents some unique camping experiences that are sure to result in hooking you on camping for the rest of your life.
Bok Tower Gardens is one of the most beautiful places in Florida, and one of the few places that has been left untouched by the march of time and the unchecked growth of Central Florida. Set atop Central Florida's highest point, the singing bell tower and surrounding gardens were a gift to the people by Edward Bok, an accomplished and successful man that was a Pulitzer Prize-winning author and the editor of the Ladies Home Journal for over 30 years. I love that the gardens provide a much-needed respite from a too-busy life!
Whether you live in Florida, or are a visitor, you may not know that many of Florida's smaller towns are really interesting places. While most lay claim to some pretty notable history, others are home to out-of-the-way-but-worth-the-drive attractions and even more of them actually host some well-attended-but-not-widely-known small town annual festivals. I love exploring Florida's small towns... and I think you will too!
Although the Florida Keys are increasingly touristy and overdeveloped they remain a popular vacation destination for many. Outdoor enthusiasts and those interested in water sports — especially fishing, scuba diving and snorkeling — will find in the Keys a water wonderland. After all, the chain of islands is home to the continental United States' only living coral barrier reef.


The outlook for the Brazilian food sector is benign, due to an ongoing economic rebound and robust demand from China as largest food export market.
The 2018 outlook for the Brazilian food sector is benign, due to an ongoing economic rebound and robust demand from China as Brazil´s largest food export market. A very good harvest in 2017 has reduced prices of several food products (especially bread, rice, and cereals), leading to higher consumption. Domestically the return to economic growth and decreasing inflation has increased consumer purchasing power.
The meat segment is recovering from a difficult 2016, when prices for animal feed increased due to a severe drought. Additionally the meat processing industry was hit by a major meat scandal that seriously affected exports.
Dairy products consumption will continue to grow, driven by rising disposable incomes, population growth and the increased perception of dairy products as being healthy and nutritious. The sector is still very fragmented, however due to the trend towards premium products in the food industry it is rapidly consolidating, with all leading dairy businesses keen to increase their market share.
Exports of fruits, vegetables, cereals and soy beans increased further in 2017 due to higher than previously expected demand from China. In 2018 the outlook for further export growth looks promising.
Food retailers have been generally resilient during the recent economic downturn. However the continued high unemployment rate and ongoing economic difficulties in some regions could impact some local players.
The profit margins of Brazilian food businesses have increased in 2017, and further growth is expected in 2018. On average food companies are more highly geared than businesses in other Brazilian industries, mainly due to major business expansions before the 2014 economic downturn. As a consequence of the ongoing economic rebound banks have again become more willing to provide loans to food businesses, although still gradual and pursuing a prudent approach.
Within the food sector payment terms differ, depending on the subsector and a company's position in the value chain. While in the past farmers were generally paid up front, in some cases payment terms have been extended to 30 days. Payment terms in the meatpackers segment range from 60 to 90 days. In the dairy industry payment terms differ, depending on the position in the value chain (producer or retailer). We observe a maximum payment term of 90 days on average in the food industry.
After increasing in 2015 and 2016, payment delays in the sector have started to decrease in 2017 due to the improved economic outlook, and further decline is expected in 2018, coupled with less insolvencies. Therefore our underwriting stance for the food sector is generally open. However, we are still more cautious with regional food retailers active in certain federal states that still face economic difficulties. The same applies for the meat segment due to the repercussions of the recent meat scandal and the effects of high cereal prices of 2016.
Despite a rebound agrichemicals remains susceptible to sudden changes of exogenous factors like climate, market prices and exchange rate fluctuations.


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Statement from Assistant Attorney General Eric Dreiband Commemorating the Twentieth Anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Eric Dreiband issued the following statement today commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act:

Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Eric Dreiband issued the following statement today commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act:
Twenty years ago, on Oct. 28, 2000, Congress enacted the Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), condemning human trafficking as a "contemporary manifestation of slavery" that is "abhorrent" to our ideals of freedom, human dignity, and unalienable rights.
On Oct. 19, 2020, I was pleased to participate in the President's Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons. During that meeting, 20 agency officials across the federal government, including the Department of Justice, explained how the federal government is combatting the modern-day slavery of human trafficking.
Even after the Thirteenth Amendment abolished state-sanctioned slavery in 1865, many ostensibly free citizens endured racial violence, abuses of authority, and conditions of involuntary servitude that both perpetuated badges and incidents of slavery for generations to come and violated the Thirteenth Amendment.
Since its founding in 1957, the Civil Rights Division has fought to uphold guarantees of individual rights, freedom, and equality for all, including the prohibitions against involuntary servitude and slavery that the division vigorously enforced for decades before passage of the TVPA.
Accordingly, when the TVPA extended the reach of these involuntary servitude statutes and established vital victim protections and detection partnerships, the Civil Rights Division answered this call to action and led rapidly expanding nationwide anti-trafficking efforts.
Before the TVPA, the Civil Rights Division and U.S. Attorney's Offices charged, on average, fewer than four involuntary servitude cases a year, totaling 18 such cases over the five preceding years. The TVPA's expanded criminal prohibitions, victim protections, and proactive detection programs sparked a surge in trafficking cases that rapidly intensified the need for specialized anti-trafficking expertise to guide increasingly complex cases.
The Department of Justice again answered the call by creating its specialized Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit within the Criminal Section of the Civil Rights Division. The Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit is known as the "HTPU" and it consolidated the department's anti-trafficking expertise. The HTPU leads the department's nationwide enforcement efforts, guides the development of novel, complex, multi-jurisdictional, and international trafficking cases, and strengthened strategic partnerships.
Creation of this specialized Unit has proven vital to the department's unprecedented anti-trafficking achievements since passage of the TVPA. In the six years after HTPU's inception, trafficking cases involving forced labor, sex trafficking of adults, and transnational trafficking rose over 115 percent, as convictions in such cases rose 83 percent. Since HTPU's formation in 2007, HTPU and U.S. Attorney's Offices have brought 945 such cases against 2,048 defendants, securing 1,747 convictions. In the two decades since passage of the TVPA, the department has initiated 1,069 such cases against 2,408 defendants and secured 1,986 convictions, all in addition to impressive numbers of child sex trafficking cases brought by the Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney's Offices.
These cases have vindicated the rights of thousands of victims. A few examples illustrate the point: victims whose rights the department vindicated include a young West African girl held in domestic servitude for over sixteen years; an African-American man with an intellectual disability who was compelled into forced labor in a restaurant, without pay, through verbal abuse, racial epithets, and brutal assaults; and Guatemalan young men and boys who traffickers lured on false promises, then forced, under threats of harm to their families, to perform agricultural labor in grueling conditions for minimal pay. Our prosecutions also restored the lives of young women from large U.S. cities, small suburbs, rural communities, and tribal areas who criminal traffickers coerced into commercial sex by manipulating the victims' dependence on addictive drugs.
HTPU has launched groundbreaking interagency enforcement initiatives that produced dozens of complex, high-impact cases to dismantle notorious transnational trafficking enterprises.
The Anti-Trafficking Coordination Team (ACTeam) Initiative has markedly increased trafficking prosecutions in participating districts, while the U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Human Trafficking Enforcement Initiative has resulted in over 270 U.S. convictions, and dozens of related Mexican state and federal prosecutions, against brutal sex trafficking enterprises that compelled hundreds of vulnerable victims into prostitution.
HTPU has further accelerated nationwide anti-trafficking efforts by disseminating specialized expertise, training, and strategic guidance to thousands of anti-trafficking partners each year, strengthening victim-centered, trauma-informed strategies, chairing the INTERPOL Human Trafficking Experts Group, and advancing departmental anti-trafficking policy priorities.
While we proudly celebrate these achievements, we humbly redouble our resolve to tackle the challenges ahead. We are increasingly leveraging technology-enhanced, intelligence-driven targeting and analytics to combat trafficking threats involving encrypted communications, cryptocurrency, and dark web platforms. We are expanding cross-disciplinary partnerships with experts in countering related money laundering, transnational organized crime, narcotics, human rights, immigration, and labor violations. And we are increasingly incorporating the expertise of survivors themselves to make our anti-trafficking strategies more effective than ever before.
On this twentieth anniversary of the TVPA, we recommit to our mission of eradicating human trafficking and modern-day slavery, and we renew our unflagging resolve to work tirelessly to deliver on the promises of unalienable rights, fundamental freedoms, and human dignity for all.
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Will you be at the next P.A.S.S?
by Alexia Brown May 20, 2019
From left to right, Yusef Sudah, Andreé-Ashley Tarvin-Pyles, Ms. China Hudson, Big Keith Bowen, and Traci Jasper
Just under 2 years ago, Vegas was ranked 3rd in the nation for population gain. It's no secret! We're a growing community and we love it. The thing is, unlike more established cities such as New York or Los Angeles, we're still in our budding stages. Culturally at least.
The African American and African communities in Vegas are prominent yet it's hard to find our place in this city. In efforts to establish a bridge of togetherness, the Africa Love store - through Da'African Village, our sister company and a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Nevada - opens its doors through a bi-monthly forum called, "Pan-African Soul Sessions." (P.A.S.S) The focus of the forum is to build a bond between the African and African American communities in our city.
Hosted in Town Square, and coordinated by Dre'chir Whitfield, each session has one goal – uplift both Africans and African Americans through transparent conversations centered on positive dynamics and entrepreneurs in the community. The topics and panelists are intentionally selected to create an environment that allows the audience to participate in the conversation.
This Friday, May 17, the panelists (shown above) who are all active educators in the community, shared their passions for our youth with the audience. Mr. Yusef Sudah, known as a father to many and an elder in the community, passionately shared his mission to raise sons into honorable fathers.
Andreé-Ashley Tarvin Pyles, a UNLV professor, and lecturer, humbly expressed that "you must read on your own to be able to think on your own, which then allows you to behave on your own." Ms. China, co-founder of Sisters in Society Taking Action Girls Rite of Passage Program, encouraged us to allow our children to express themselves through music and dance. Big Keith, creator of Bully Busters had a strong presence with a cool demeanor and stressed the importance of meeting our children on their level. Finally, Ms. Traci Jasper openly discussed her experience with so-called "at-risk" children, and how emotional availability plays a huge role in their success.
The audience was just as knowledgeable and experienced, and included educators and parents who were passionately involved. At the end of the night, everyone continued the conversation in Africa Love. The energy was unified, one that calls you to action.
This isn't something you want to miss. Luckily if you missed it, you can watch it on Facebook. The next Pan-African Soul Session will be hosted in July. Mental Health will be the topic of discussion. This is something many of us have dealt with but not many of us openly speak about. Do you have any unanswered questions you'd like to ask? Any personal stories you need a safe space to share? If so, we encourage you to come and join the conversation.
Alexia B is a 24-year-old, down-to-earth, Capricorn, who is pursuing a degree in psychology at UNLV. She is also a freelance writer who has a passion for content creation.
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Besides her out-of-this world voice, Ariana Grande's other enduring talent is her out-of-this-world ponytail — and the latest bit from The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon plays that to full effect.
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Is It Cold Enough For You Yet?
Our part of the country is in the grip of the Polar Vortex just now, so I'd like to suggest a middle grade adventure - mystery that fits in perfectly - Troubles At Timber Ski Lodge.
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Troubles at Timber Ski Lodge
Author: Max Elliot Anderson
Audience: 8 – 12; especially boys
Sibling rivalry and a neighborhood bully are only two of the troubles Eric faced. Eric Baxter is twelve-years-old. His little brother, Shawn, drives him crazy with every opportunity. The Baxter family moved to the lodge two years ago because Eric's grandfather could no longer keep up with the place.
Unfortunately, it hadn't snowed enough in those two years for the lodge to turn a profit, and there had never been extra money so the Baxters could buy the snow-making equipment that would have made all the difference.
It didn't help matters to have Thunder Mountain Ski Lodge right next door. Vince Turner's father owned the place, and the Turners were filthy rich. Vince reminded Eric of that fact almost every day.
One afternoon, the village authorities learned that a gold shipment had been robbed. The reports said that a small airplane had been stolen around the same time. It's expected that the crooks might try to fly the stolen gold across the mountains.
What happens when the boys hear the drone of a small plane just as a fierce storm is moving in? And, will Eric be able to save Timber Ski Lodge before it's too late?
An avalanche, sibling rivalry, and being chased by gold thieves only add to Eric's troubles.
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We have been reading and watching hundreds of videos and articles about Women's Day since a few days and even more since today morning. Some of them are exceptional, some average and some very heart-warming. All has been said, done and explained, hence, here we are talking about small things we as women can do and tiny changes we can make in everyday life to keep ourselves safer, equal and relish the unmatchable liberating feeling freedom every moment of life.
1.) Self-Defence If you think that you are that Hindi film actress who will get into trouble and wait for her knight in shining armor to protect her from the goons, you are wrong. No one except you can protect you. So put aside everything, and take that class. There are numerous self-defence, Martial Arts, Karate classes in Jaipur which you might not even be aware about or have just been pushing it for another day. UrbanPro.com, Global Institute Of Self Defence & Martial Arts, Centre for Capoeira are a few examples of self-defense classes in pink city. Get up and learn to fight for yourself.
2.) Chuck the fairy tales – Read the real ones ICYMI, East India Comedy recently came out with a video 'Fairy Fails' and it's on the point. Fairy tales are beautiful and dreamy to listen/read to a child, but they come with a heavy cost. All the women power and equality that a girl talks about, is peripheral as deep inside she might feel as the same tiny little princess who is awaiting her 'Prince Charming' to rescue her. Change the tales. Read out the tales of women who made it big – like Maharani Gayatri Devi, Jodha Bai who broke the conventions and went on to shine on their own.
3.) Let go of the fear of travelling late at nights – Thanks to the special cabs & autos. We know that half of your life is judged by the time at which you get back home. But there is no need to fear if you are alert and a little bit smart in choosing your conveyance. Before entering an auto, check if it has a women's helpline number and if you want to travel by cab, prefer a Woman's Cab service like Sakha Cabs in Jaipur and always keep a pepper spray handy.
4.) Give that bus/train seat to a needier man One thing is for sure, if you want equality, you have to let go of a lot of privileges that you enjoy as a woman. One of them is to have that special seat on a train or bus even when there is perhaps a tired school boy, a man with his child in hand or an old man standing right in front of you. Give up that seat. It's going to be one step closer to achieving gender equality.
5.) Don't let the small town mindset drag you down If you look carefully at the right set of people, you will see your lovely pink city blooming with examples of women excelling in diverse genres and some of them are bolder than others. The female police of the city, women cab drivers, Apurvi Chandela, Chhavi Rajawat and a lot many examples prove that if you have it in you, nothing can stop you from reaching the sky.
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Q: Rsync with special character files not working between Mac and Linux I want to use rsync to backup my Ubuntu server with a disk residing on a Mac. But I do not get it to work properly, since every time I re-run the rsync operation after the initial time, the files with special characters are first deleted and then re-synced. It seems as if there is a problem with different character sets.
The preferred solution seems to be to use the --iconv option:

You can use rsync's --iconv option to convert between UTF-8 NFC & NFD,
  at least if you're on a Mac. There is a special utf-8-mac character
  set that stands for UTF-8 NFD. So to copy files from your Mac to your
  NAS, you'd need to run something like:
rsync -a --iconv=utf-8-mac,utf-8 localdir/ mynas:remotedir/
This will convert all the local filenames from UTF-8 NFD to UTF-8 NFC on the
  remote server. The files' contents won't be affected.

Thanks to @Jan, I updated my rsync version on my mac from 2.6.9. to 3.1.1. Still, I am still not quite there, since I now receive a further error:
iconv_open("UTF-8", "utf-8-mac") failed
rsync error: requested action not supported (code 4) at rsync.c(118) [sender=3.0.9]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [Receiver]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(226) [Receiver=3.1.1]

I am at loss to understand why "requested action not supported" since it seems that the rsync version on my Ubuntu (12.04) is post 3.x.x, and thus should support the --iconv option.
EDIT: Let me add that when I (on the Mac, nota bene) initiate a rsync FROM the Mac TO Linux, everything works splendidly:
rsync -av --delete --iconv=utf-8-mac,utf-8 localdir/ mynas:remotedir/

But going the other way' from the mac does not work. Strangely enough, testing to initiate the rsync from the linux machine renders this strange message:
rsync: on remote machine: --iconv=UTF-8-MAC: unknown option
rsync error: syntax or usage error (code 1) at /SourceCache/rsync/rsync-45/rsync/main.c(1333) [server=2.6.9]
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [sender]
rsync error: error in rsync protocol data stream (code 12) at io.c(605) [sender=3.0.9]

including the very strange claim [server=2.6.9], although I have updated to 3.1.1 on the Mac. For some reasons, it looks as my linux machine 'sees' only the original rsync version on the Mac.
Any suggestion on how to solve this?

A: I can confirm this works, I was having the same problem. In my case any file with an accented character was unreadable on the destination. I only spotted it by running a folder comparison on my Mac using the Compare Folders application:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/compare-folders/id816042486?mt=12
Added the above --iconv=utf-8-mac,utf-8 and BOOM! rsync replaced every accented file with a new one.
To add some information as it seems the above links no longer work, to upgrade rsync to 3.1.2, install Macports and run:
sudo port install rsync
The reason why you were seeing the remote server returning version 2.6.9 is because the old version is actually still there and the remote server is seeing that one instead of the new one.
Version 2.6.9 is located in /usr/bin

A: The solution was embarrassingly simple: Much due to a comment I read when researching the problem, I thought you were supposed to specify the character set in the order of transformation; but it seems as that is not the correct syntax. Rather, one should always use --iconv=utf-8-mac,utf-8 when initialising the rsync from the mac, and always use --iconv=utf-8,utf-8-mac when initialising the rsync from the linux machine, no matter if I want to sync files from the mac or linux machine.
Then it works like magic!
EDIT: Indeed, sometimes, checking the manual page closely is a good thing to do. Here it is, black on white:
--iconv=CONVERT_SPEC
              Rsync  can  convert  filenames between character sets using this
              option.  Using a CONVERT_SPEC of "." tells rsync to look up  the
              default  character-set via the locale setting.  Alternately, you
              can fully specify what conversion to do by giving a local and  a
              remote   charset   separated   by   a   comma   in   the   order
              --iconv=LOCAL,REMOTE, e.g.  --iconv=utf8,iso88591.   This  order
              ensures  that the option will stay the same whether you're push-
              ing  or  pulling  files.

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It's official: Piers and Susanna are set to battle it out at this year's Soccer Aid for Unicef!
The Good Morning Britain presenters will join Sam Allardyce and Harry Redknapp to try and bring football home for their respective teams in June.
Susanna will be managing an England XI alongside former Bolton and West Ham gaffer Big Sam, while Piers will be in the World XI dugout with ex-Tottenham Hotspur boss Harry.
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Re: Smyth "A Greek Grammar"
I'm a little despondent in that, even as out of date Robertson's grammar is, I have no optimism that there will be another grammar on its scope produced in my lifetime. Ditto for Smyth.
Stephen Carlson wrote: I'm a little despondent in that, even as out of date Robertson's grammar is, I have no optimism that there will be another grammar on its scope produced in my lifetime. Ditto for Smyth.
I wouldn't use the word "depondent," although I have no expectation of seeing either Smyth or ATR superseded in my (even shorter) remaining years; I'm grateful for the existence and accessibility of both of them. Dubious as I am of the adequacy of our traditional grammatical and linguistic descriptions of ancient Greek forms and usages, I am grateful for all that we share today of the harvest of generations of those who have labored to explain the hows and whys of the working of ancient Greek. I wouldn't want to be without BDF either, and I suppose that too was in Stephen's mind in this comment. It does sadden me, however, to think that the erudition of an A.T.Robertson or of an H.W. Smyth is something that does not appear often and seems less likely to appear again soon: the culture that can nurture such erudition does seem to have a rather precarious existence in this generation.
There's been much said about Rijksbaron of late in this forum; I think that his Syntax and Semantics of the Verb in Classical Greek may be as important and valuable as ATR and Smyth.
cwconrad wrote: I wouldn't use the word "depondent," although I have no expectation of seeing either Smyth or ATR superseded in my (even shorter) remaining years; I'm grateful for the existence and accessibility of both of them. Dubious as I am of the adequacy of our traditional grammatical and linguistic descriptions of ancient Greek forms and usages, I am grateful for all that we share today of the harvest of generations of those who have labored to explain the hows and whys of the working of ancient Greek. I wouldn't want to be without BDF either, and I suppose that too was in Stephen's mind in this comment. It does sadden me, however, to think that the erudition of an A.T.Robertson or of an H.W. Smyth is something that does not appear often and seems less likely to appear again soon: the culture that can nurture such erudition does seem to have a rather precarious existence in this generation.
I'm not sure ths "supersede" is the right word either. In a very real sense both Smyth and ATR are the first of their kind and cannot be superseded. There was no non-translation reference grammar (comprehensive or not) for Koine Greek before Robertson. Moulton wasn't complete and everything else was either a learning grammar or a translation from German or Latin. Likewise, there was no non-translation comprehensive reference grammar for Classical Greek either. The situation was slightly better. Between Goodwin's Syntax of the Moods and Tenses and Gildersleeve's Syntax of Classical Greek from Homer to Demosthenes, syntax was covered extremely well. But it existed independent of any discussion of morphology and paradigmatic structure. Smyth filled that gap while also providing an incredibly useful syntax along with it.
Do we really want to supercede that? I'm not so sure.
On another note: the amazing thing about Robertson is that someone could easily sit down and write an additional 1500 pages of commentary just on his grammatical description and we wouldn't get anywhere near covering everything he wrote.
From the preview pages shown, this seems to be simply a very nicely done scanning of Smyth. This is the 1920 version, though as noted in earlier posts, the 1920 and the 1956 versions are virtually the same.
As far as I can tell, it is only available in a Biblical Languages References package running at $250 pre-pub, $550 post-pub.
The biggest question would be whether or not it is searchable.
For an inexpensive version, you might consider printing the 1920 version pdf file. I printed an enlarged copy (about 2x) and bound it. I keep the Index separate in a comb binding. It works well for me and only cost me about $20. Directions for binding can be found many places, or I could describe how I went about it (send a private B-Greek message).
Just wondering, has anyone thought that we should host the pdf file for Smyth here together with Funk's Grammar, and any other freely available resources?
David Lim wrote: Just wondering, has anyone thought that we should host the pdf file for Smyth here together with Funk's Grammar, and any other freely available resources?
TextKit has Smyth as a PDF (containing images).
CCEL has started work on a Unicode version. I wonder why they don't just transform the Perseus version to a PDF? Looks like George Somsel is doing this work, if he wants help from B-Greek he should feel free to ask.
I was disappointed that Logos didn't include Smyth's Grammar in the free distribution of the Perseus Library (some other Greek and Latin grammars were included). I think that the PDF file of Smyth's grammar is unwieldy. The easiest format to use is the Perseus at UChicago; with table of contents sidebar that one can easily scroll down to find the relevant link and then click on it to open up the page(s) needed: (http://artflx.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/phil ... nographs.9). The only thing more that I could add would be a hyper-linked index to Smyth's grammar.
As for the Smyth at CCEL and George Somsel's digitization there, I think that's been in abeyance for quite some time now. I doubt it will go forward.
As for Logos software's "Biblical Languages Reference" package, I personally think it involves acquisition of space-consuming materials that one is never likely to use enough to justify the cost of acquisition.I'd love to have the Perseus/Philologic Smyth on my own computer, but with a good constant internet connection, online access is always available.
Looks like someone at Logos in the marketing dept had a bright idea. It makes no sense that the standard English classical school grammar would not be available as a stand alone product. They would make more money on it also. A new print version is about $45us. The digital version should be around that price.
Paul-Nitz wrote: For an inexpensive version, you might consider printing the 1920 version pdf file. I printed an enlarged copy (about 2x) and bound it. I keep the Index separate in a comb binding. It works well for me and only cost me about $20. Directions for binding can be found many places, or I could describe how I went about it (send a private B-Greek message).
You can probably save yourself the hassle and maybe even a little bit of money. If you need the enlarged print, what you mention sounds like a great way to go. Otherwise, Smyth is just about perpetually available on E-Bay and similar sources.
From time to time Logos unbundles the constituents of some of the collections. It is possible that they will do so at some time after the release of this collection. Should I happen to become aware that this occurs, I will report such.