The bassist of the heavy metal band Dio was arrested in Burbank Tuesday night on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after crashing into another vehicle, police said.
Bassist Jimmy Bain was making a left out of the Fry's Home Electronics store parking lot on to westbound Vanowen Street, near Hollywood Way, about 9 p.m. when he pulled his 1995 green Toyota Camry out in front another vehicle, causing the collision, Burbank Police Sgt. Darin Ryburn said.
Officers discovered Bain was also lacked a prescription for Vicodin pills on his possession, Ryburn said.
He was arrested on suspicion of DUI, possessing narcotic pills and the warrant, Ryburn said.
Bain played with Dio from 1983 to 1989, when they released their hits "Rainbow in the Dark" and "Holy Diver."


The two companies are no longer confused as to their strategy. Both appear to have decidedly shifted to horizontal companies. Providing their software on all devices.
Despite Google selling off Motorola and Microsoft's new CEO declare the horizontal strategy yesterday, Google still has Nexus and Nest. Microsoft still has Nokia. So confusion between horizontal vs vertically integrated will undoubtedly reappear.
All the while, Apple is firmly vertically integrated, will hints to expose some of their services to the android ecosystem.


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Caloptilia atomosella is a moth of the family Gracillariidae. It is known from the United States (the Atlantic States, New Mexico, Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas).

References

atomosella
Moths of North America
Moths described in 1873

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Former French President Nicolas Sarkozyconvicted of corruption
Date: 03 March 2021 Tags: Miscellaneous
A Paris court has found French former President Nicolas Sarkozy guilty of corruption and influence peddling and sentenced him to one year in prison and a two-year suspended sentence.
Sarkozy was president from 2007 to 2012 and was convicted for having tried to illegally obtain information from a senior magistrate in 2014 about a legal action in which he was involved.
Sarkozy withdrew from active politics after failing to be chosen as his conservative party's presidential candidate for France's 2017 election.
He remains very popular amid right-wing votersand plays a major role behind the scenes, including through maintaining a relationship with Macron.
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Paul Fussel's article essay
Paul Fussel's article outlines the significant trends and changes happening within literature during the war. The chapter provides an analysis of these developments and what were the primary reasons for these. In here, it can be sent that Fusel provided concrete examples that were manifested in prevalent writers during the period. Similarly, it seeks to signify the common themes that became part for the evolution and growth of these literary works.
One significant example of these situations revolves around the idea of transforming the relevance of war via the use of new literary techniques and choice of words that highlight its depth and ambiguity amidst the current conditions of the present environment. In here, the imagery generated then becomes an avenue for analyzing the outcome and situations of war – devastating and destructive. "The full exaggerated imagery of battlefield confrontation has been found indispensable by later generation which likes to think of itself as highly politicized, especially when question of literature comes into question" (Fussel, 2000, p.
108). At the same time, there are also significant elements distinct during the Great War period that Fussel tries to address and elaborate. On one aspect, the development of the war as a sign of brutality and hardships became prevalent in major literary works. On the other hand, there are also situations that sought to understand the concept of war itself and how it becomes manifested to an individual, groups, society and the world (Fussel, 2000). Lastly, the document also outlines how the concept of enemy has been personified in the concept of war and devastation.
In here, many major literary writers provided different symbols that sough to generate understanding of how it has evolved through the years and how it has changed its ideas depending on different factors such as preference, purpose, and significance. It is through such analogy that Fussel was able to make distinction and analysis of how this term is viewed and comprehended by readers. Reflecting on the concept of enemy portrayed in the story, it can be argued that the conflict and hurdle here revolves around the inner conflict of man – his struggle to fight and ward off irrationality and violence.
Interpretive analysis essay
George Orwell essay
The Relationship between Love and War essay
Suez crisis essay
Amidst the stability within the group, it is also this inner battle that continues to test the ability of an individual to become resilient and adaptive. Such theme is one aspect that war and the concept of 'enemy' can be deciphered. This modern and philosophical idea of the enemy provides a new way of interpreting how war can transcend to the inner workings of man. This story is just one of the many instances of the struggle toward sanity in the situation of conflict. This modern idea of coping and struggling to remain rational in thoughts and actions is one way that can introduce diversification of the concept.
Likewise, this idea brings about the necessary parameters wherein the view can be contemplated and pondered on. Applying the idea of enemies provided by Tim O'Brien, it can be seen that there are several relevant ideas that can be linked with Fussel's article. In here, O'Brien was able to make a favorable classification and distinction about the impact of conflict and war. Since the overall scene is situated during the tensioned Vietnam War, tit showcased how war can happen even within the boundaries of friends and allies.
This then results for some to have difficulty comprehending and deciding rationally over simple and complex issues. In its literary sense, this work of O'Brien clearly identifies the parameters of how war can transcend in the individual level. It highlights how violence can transcend over an environment of stability and uniformed goals and ideals. It is through this process that O'Brien was able to link his work with what Fussel mentions considering the viability of such actions.
Fussel, P. (2000) Adversary Proceedings in The Great War and Modern Memory. (UK; Oxford University Press) Retrieved July 13, 2009. 75-114


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"It's not multiple personality disorder, it's a theatre degree!"
"It's not multiple personality disorder, it's a theatre degree!" (also given as "I don't have a multiple personality disorder. It's a theater degree" and "No, I don't have multiple personality disorder. It's just a theater degree") is a jocular saying that has been printed on many images.
"It's not multiple personality disorder, it's a theater degree!" was posted on Twitter by Andy Richardson on June 30, 2012. "It's not multiple personality disorder, it's a theatre degree!" (shown on an ecard by SOmeecards) was posted on Facebook by Chorley Theatre on August 2, 2014. The saying probably originated with the ecard.
"Post-traumatic stress disorder" has nothing to do with drama, but there's a joke. "Those who graduate with a theater degree and can't find work often suffer post dramatic stress disorder" was posted on Twitter by M❍n❍t❍ne❍fBill™ on March 21, 2017.
Andy Richardson
@AMRichardson3
"It's not multiple personality disorder, it's a theater degree!"
7:41 PM · Jun 30, 2012
@lexpalm
"It's not a multiple personality disorder, it's a theater degree."
12:26 PM · Jul 2, 2012
Blessed Be The Fruit
@_RaymondRose_
It isn't multiple personality disorder. It's a theater degree. #PlayACTING
2:38 PM · Jul 4, 2012
Jazzy Olivo
@jazzyolivomusic
"Its not a multiple personality disorder, its a theater degree !"
12:24 AM · Jul 5, 2012
Alexis Allotta
@allottaalexis
"It's not multiple personality disorder, it's called a Theater Degree!"
12:50 PM · Jul 18, 2012
Woody Schultz #BlackLivesMatter
@UGottaWoody
"Ugh! It's not multiple personality disorder. It's a theater degree."
8:06 PM · May 3, 2013
USALT Official
@USALTofficial
It's not a multiple personality disorder, it's a theater degree. #ItsATheaterThing
Chorley Theatre
August 2, 2014 at 9:36 AM ·
(The following text is shown on an ecard by Someecards.—ed.)
"It's not multiple personality
disorder, it's a theatre
degree!"
Sara Reali
June 16, 2016 at 10:07 AM · Rome, Italy ·
"It's not multiple personality disorder, it's a theatre degree" 🎭
— at Teatro Hamlet.
M❍n❍t❍ne❍fBill™
@MonotoneofBill
Those who graduate with a theater degree and can't find work often suffer post dramatic stress disorder.
8:00 AM · Mar 21, 2017
Megh _kumaar
@Megh_Act
2 years of #shadow (children's play)
Played a lady character called a #sexylady in… https://instagram.com/p/CA7E2rhJ857/?igshid=1r99073wp7l0a
2:43 AM · Jun 2, 2020 from Mumbai, India
lizard queen
@haley_kat_
Having a theatre degree isn't just a lifestyle choice; it's also a personality disorder
5:08 PM · Nov 29, 2020
UWaterloo Theatre and Performance
@UWTheatrePerf
A Sunday laugh…
11:00 AM · Aug 1, 2021


For the last few months, Carl and I have really had some big financial hits which have been hard to take. This last week has been a continuation of those hits, but through it all the Lord is continuing to remind me that He is the one who always provides for everything we need. I have to keep reminding myself that He is over all things, in all things, and nothing comes into our lives which has not passed through His hands.
Less than 3 months ago, I wrote a blog about our Suburban which we loved. The engine died in it which put us in a position to make a huge decision as to whether or not to fix it. It was probably about a $10,000 loss for us not to mention the money we had to put towards getting another car.
We were informed this week that our daughter's car needed a new transmission due to a problem Toyota knows about but have decided to not recall yet. The cost of the transmission almost totals the value of the car again. This would be about a $5,000 loss.
I have to admit I was kind of a hot mess last week when I found out. I called Carl with lost of questions. As I asked him question after question, he just remained calm and reassured me, "There really is nothing we can do about it." He was right. It was a situation I did not like in the slightest, but what was I going to do other than to deal with it. I really had no other choice.
I love how the Duggers have a motto where they say, "Just do the next right thing." So, that is how we walked through this week. We just tried to do the next right thing when we came to a decision.
Our dishwasher has been leaking water onto our kitchen floor very intermittently for about a month. It began to do it every time we did a load this week. The dishwasher is original to the house, and Carl has always complained about how it was configured. We have hard wood floors in our kitchen so we knew we would have to get a new dishwasher asap.
Then, I had been hearing an intermittent clinking sound coming from my washing machine when it would go into the spin cycle. I wondered if a screw had gotten loose. I ended up running a load this weekend which didn't drain. Then, I ran another cycle to drain the water out. Even more water collected, and it didn't drain the second time either.
We had in the space of a week a possibly totalled car, a leaking dishwasher, and a washing machine full of standing water. I told Carl I couldn't handle any more financial hits. The truth was though I could handle it, but I just needed to trust God to provide for us. I needed to thank Him no matter what situation we were in.
It is comforting that I have been a Christian for long enough to look back to see that the Lord has always been faithful. There will be times when it will rain, but God is always there to provide the umbrella or the boat depending on if it is a sprinkling or if it is a flood. I know He is the Giver of all good things, and that is why I want to share today how He has provided even in this storm.
We decided to fix the transmission and then flip the car to be able to recoup any money we had spent on the transmission. Hopefully, we can make just a little bit of a profit. We had a number in mind of what we might be willing to front Madison for her to pay us back for another car. As only God can do, a friend of mine from church is going to be selling their car. The purchase price might be exactly where we need to be for another car. What a blessing!
Another friend came up to me at church on Sunday and asked what my shoe size was. I told her I wore a size 9. She had been to a clothing swap that weekend and had picked up a size 7 gray Converse shoe. She discovered when she got home that it was a men's size 7, not a woman's size 7. I can wear a men's size 7. In a twist that can only be God, I have passed up a pair of gray Converse shoes twice at the mall which I wanted over the last few months. Talk about a little blessing!
Carl and I went to get a new dishwasher this weekend. I said, "I can't take any more financial hits." I very quickly rephrased that sentence so it was actually true. "I don't want any more financial hits, but if God allows it to come into our lives, then we will face it as it comes with His help. He will provide." We were able to shop around and get a dishwasher with free installation and delivery which saved us $160 and got a $75 rebate which we will use to buy a new Blu-ray/DVD player. Ours has been on the fritz for almost a year. That was a unexpected blessing too!
Then, we got home and spent hours on the washing machine. We had to get all the clothes out of the washer first and rinse them in the bathtub. I had to wring them out to even be able to put them in the dryer, because they were so wet. Second, we had to get the water out of the washer using buckets and towels. We disconnected the drain hose thinking the drain hose was clogged, but it wasn't. We took the back panel off and watched some YouTube videos. One guy said he had heard a clinking sound before his washer wouldn't drain. It ended up being a quarter which had drained down into the drain pump. We watched some videos on how to disconnect everything and sure enough there was something in the drain pump. A metal tag from my swimsuit was in the drain pump! Carl fished it out with his finger. We put everything back together and now the washer works. That video probably saved us $200. Another huge blessing!
The tag from my swimsuit!
We can remain faithful even when trials come. He is Jehovah Jireh which means "the Lord will provide". God has not left us or forsaken us. True faith and character is revealed when the heat and pressure are on, not when things are going smoothly.
I don't like all of these financial hits, but I know my God is bigger than a dishwasher or a car. I will not be taking any car, any money, or any material possession with me when I go to Heaven. I am going to cast my eyes on the unseen rather than the seen (2 Corinthians 4:18).


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Brainspark bows to Italian offer
Updated: 19:00 EST, 30 December 2001
BRAINSPARK, the internet investment firm that was worth £164m at the height of the dotcom boom, today recommended a cash offer from AI Software valuing it at only £5.2m.
The 4.25p-a-share offer from the Italian healthcare and financial software company, which already owns 3.69% of Brainspark, has secured the irrevocable support of a further 46.01% of Brainspark's shareholders but has split the Brainspark board and is opposed by the company's single largest shareholder.
Brainspark said non-executive chairman Donald Caldwell and non-executive director Sheryl Daniels-Young, who represent American-based group Cross Atlantic's 28.6% holding in Brainspark, had decided not to accept the offer.
They have also refused to follow other Brainspark executives who will step down if the AI offer succeeds.


Hot Chicom sexuality distracts Yemeni mens' team during match against Indonesia.
Bikini-clad cheerleaders have been blamed by the Yemen beach volleyball team for their defeat during the Asian Games.
Yemen beach volleyballer Adeeb Mahfoudh has now accused the squads of being distracting, and partly to blame for their defeat to Indonesia.
"They had an effect on how we played," he said. "I think they had something to do with our losing the match.
These girls are very beautiful. With them here, more people will pay attention to beach volleyball," Mr Mahfoudh added.
"If I can, I hope to watch them perform at the next match.
Er, I think that demonstrates for sure why they Yemeni men are so distracted. So to assist in their training I've added some distracting images at the Moisture Farm to help desensitize them. But you Yemeni girls need to pick it up if there is any hope of improvement.
What did you want anyway?


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Q: How to get width and height of particular object using sceneform SDK and ARCore like Google Measure app? I want to get width and height of a live object such as water bottle, a notebook, keyboard, etc.. so my question is how to get width and height of a live object using ARCore and Sceneform SDK android.
Example:
Like Google measure app.

A: ARCore's coordinate system is using meters so you have to create two anchors and calculate the distance between them. Just use the world position of the Anchors, subtract them and the length of the resulting vector.

A: Here is the method by which you can get the distance between two anchors:
float getMetersBetweenAnchors(Anchor anchor1, Anchor anchor2) {
    float[] distance_vector = anchor1.getPose().inverse()
            .compose(anchor2.getPose()).getTranslation();
    float totalDistanceSquared = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < 3; ++i)
        totalDistanceSquared += distance_vector[i] * distance_vector[i];
    return (float) Math.sqrt(totalDistanceSquared);
}

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The T-Shirt Cut & Sew Factory
Varzea, Portugal Est. 2012
Employees 20 people
Average salary: 800 EUR/m
Work hours: 8h, starting 8am
Products: The T-shirt, The Long Sleeve T-shirt
Last visit: September 2019
The T-Shirt Factory was the very first factory to join our journey. Its owner, Paolo, is a young textile entrepreneur, who was excited to hear about our vision to rethink the way garments are developed, sized, produced and sold. Having grown up in a textile family, he knows the business inside and out. When starting this facility, he set out to build it on a combination heritage andexpertise as well as modern technology and processes. Back 2015, when we first started collaborating he employed around 20 people of which 15 were seamstresses. Since then Paolos business has expanded alongside our growth. He has built a second production floor and set up a seperate sewing factory located 30 minutes away for when volumes are high. This facility however remains the coordinator in the creation of The T-Shirt (and The Long Sleeve T-Shirt) while handling cutting and most of the sewing in-house.
THE T-SHIRT FACTORIES
Adáufe, Portugal
The T-Shirt Fabric Mill
Lousado, Portugal
The T-Shirt Dyeing Facility
Barcelos, Portugal
The T-Shirt Sewing Factory
The T-Shirt Laundry Facility
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Please see photos for exactly how item looks. The first two photos are scans from my printer. The others are HD photos from my iPhone. Please let me know if you have any questions.
The item "1924 $20 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle Gold Coin" is in sale since Thursday, September 13, 2018. This item is in the category "Coins & Paper Money\Coins\ US\Gold (Pre-1933)\$20, Double Eagle". The seller is "scifijunk" and is located in Apopka, Florida. This item can be shipped to United States.


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SEK International Schools offer education to more than 6,000 day and boarding students of more than 70 nationalities, from 4 months to 18 years of age, in their campuses of Spain (Madrid, Barcelona, Almería, Pontevedra), France (Les Alpes), Qatar (Doha), Ireland (Dublin) and Saudi Arabia.
SEK International Schools offer an international education which focusses on the individual student. They also offered the prestigious Baccalaureate Organisation Programmes PYP, MYP and Diploma.
Our aim at SEK International Schools is to provide a high quality international education through the development of our students' abilities to the highest level of their potential. Established in 1892, SEK International Schools are places where innovation and pedagogical leadership are combined with over 125 years of tradition and history to offer educational programmes unlike any others.
SEK is committed to a holistic education and the full development of each students' individual talents and interests. The core of the SEK profile is to prepare our students to guide their own future and become lifelong learners. Our students learn through the understanding that serving and caring for others brings the highest rewards in life, while ensuring that they become skilled and balanced 21st century productive and creative citizens.
SEK Schools Around the World
SEK Dublin International School, Dublin, Ireland
SEK International School Les Alpes, Les Alpes, France
SEK International School Qatar, Doha, Qatar
SEK International School Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Schools in Spain
SEK International School Atlántico, Pontevedra
SEK International School El Castillo, Madrid
SEK International School Ciudalcampo, Madrid
SEK International School Santa Isabel, Madrid
SEK International School Catalunya, La Garriga, Barcelona
SEK International School Alborán, El Ejido, Almería
Camilo José Cela University
"He who resists, always wins " Camilo José Cela. This famous quote by the Nobel Laureate that our university is named after, continues to inspire our path. Camilo José Cela University continues to develop its efforts in teaching and social commitment with an emphasis in flexibility and integrity. To prepare for the future the SEK Education Group sets its strategic axes upon research, innovation and entrepreneurship.
UCJC celebrated in 2020 its 20 years of existence as an educational community. It honours its past as heir to the legacy of its founder, and it looks to the future as a university of excellence and evolution. Camilo José Cela University, as part of SEK Education Group, will take on the future of education in the technological era with principles that continue to defend diversity, sustainability, critical thinking and a socially committed spirit.
More information about Camilo José Cela University


Washington DC doesn't have to be that way...! On his debut album, Dr. Dubenstein hits listeners with discourse dub with a conspiratorial touchdown - thus easily garnering themselves the accolade of being one of the most interesting acts of their genre in 2017. Cushioned by a thick blanket of conspiracy theories, Derrick Parker, aka Dr. Dubenstein, climbs up out of his misty cave into the dazzling daylight and entrances listeners with a dreamy, sure-handed mixture of roots, psychedelic spirit, and electronic tinkering that guides us unerringly to an altered state. It's almost like the soundtrack to a new world order - this is cinematic dub by people who really know what they're doing. The former employee of the legendary RAS Records Labels from Washington DC gathered up some high-carat collaborators to join him in his submarine. Formidable musicians from Steel Pulse, Dub Syndicate, and Roots Radics jam and conjure up heavily rolling rhythms - and rumor has it that there were even Wailers warhorses were involved in the project to add some melody. The complex balance between roots and discourse dub is an art that only few have mastered. The track "Flabba's I Pad" (which refers to Flabba Holt - bassist of the legendary Roots Radics) opens with promising beats and loops that have been given lavish mechanical treatment and which are a sheer joy to hear. In big, spacious arrangements, catchy stoned tunes come zipping around the corner and unite tradition and modernism. Dr. Dubenstein (whose studio is in Washington DC) has delivered a deeply impressive album that sounds like an infinite loop and is simultaneously fresh, new, and appealing. Features: Rootsy Nassir, Rebecca Waller, Nesta Lion, Solana Carrega, S Vidal Quintero, and Scott Paynter.


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using System.Collections.Generic;
using src_lib.Models;

namespace src_lib
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    public partial class DbMgr : IDbMgr
    {
        protected ISimInfoRepository SimInfos { get; set; }
        protected ISimEventRepository SimEvents { get; set; }
        protected IUnitOfWork UnitOfWork { get; set; }

        public DbMgr(IUnitOfWork unitOfWork, ISimInfoRepository simInfoRepository, ISimEventRepository simEventRepository)
        {
            UnitOfWork = unitOfWork;
            SimInfos = simInfoRepository;
            SimEvents = simEventRepository;
        }
    }
}

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President Duterte leads inauguration of seven newly-upgraded ports in Bohol
Posted by Kaye Fe on October 30, 2021
(Eagle News) — President Rodrigo Duterte led on Friday, Oct. 29, the inauguration of seven newly-modernized in Bohol, part of the government's infrastructure development thrust.
The rehabilitation and structure construction in the ports of Tagbilaran, Jagna, Ubay, Tapal, Talibon, Loon and Maribojoc, the President said, will "allow Bohol to accommodate more people and goods from neighboring provinces and contribute much the province's recovery from the pandemic."
"I am also confident that these ports will strengthen the capacity of Bohol as a catalyst of economic growth in Central Visayas. All these developments support this administration's vision to provide our people with improved mobility as well as other comfortable, productive, and dignified life for every Filipino," the President said.
DOTr Secretary Art Tugade, who was also in the inauguration, agreed, as he thanked the President for his leadership "na nagbigay ng suporta, inspirasyon, courage and endurance for us to be able to do this project."
"Itong inauguration ceremony ng pitong puerto ay magpapakita at magpapatotoo na kami ay tumutupad sa aming pangako to make the Filipino life convenient and comfortable," he said.
According to the DOTr, the seven newly-upgraded ports form part of the 472 commercial and social-tourism port projects completed by the DOTr and the Philippine Ports Authority since 2016.
"These developments will serve as the key drivers for economic, tourism, and commerce growth, as well as an impetus for income-generating activities," the DOTr said.


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Come enjoy FREE coffee and FREE mini donuts and FREE family photos before and after the Easter Service.


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Fukushima disaster spurs Japan to mass-produce its own drones
Japan has been a nonentity in drones, but proposed rules could unlock new technologies
Tim Hornyak (IDG News Service) 11 March, 2015 18:01
The Mini Surveyor, developed by a Chiba University spinoff, is the first mass-produced hexacopter drone in Japan. It will be used to help map radiation at the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant.
Japan has robot chops aplenty. Honda has the world's most sophisticated humanoid robot, Japanese industrial robot makers are among the best, and the country's space agency landed a robot probe on a speeding asteroid and returned samples to Earth.
But when it comes to drones, Japan is almost a nonentity in a rapidly growing market. The odd made-in-Japan drones show up at tech trade shows in Tokyo, but these are usually for research purposes and are exhibited by small startups or university groups.
The absence of drones is puzzling, given that Japan has the electronics know-how and vast camera and video markets, which drones have entered overseas. The earthquake and tsunami that destroyed the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant four years ago, however, are helping open a path for Japan to bring its technological expertise to drone innovation.
Deployed by Japan's atomic and space agencies, drones have been used as experimental sensors to measure radiation levels at the contaminated site. Drone enthusiasts have also captured stunning aerial views of the region. And Fukushima Prefecture is now slated to host the country's first mass production of hexacopter, or six-rotor, drones.
A spin-off of Chiba University, Autonomous Control Systems Laboratory, plans to mass produce the high-end hexacopter that will initially help cleanup crews by performing radiation surveys of the crippled complex.
Armed with a laser scanner to help navigate, the 90 centimeter-diameter drone has a top speed of 10 meters per second and can carry a payload of 6 kilograms including radiation detectors and a battery. The startup recently celebrated the machine's maiden flight in Fukushima, and plans to turn out 400 units in its first production run.
"These drones will be able to perform free autonomous flight in a non-GPS environment," said Kenzo Nonami, a Chiba University robotics professor heading the startup.
With a price between ¥2 million (US$16,500) and ¥3 million, the machines are far from being affordable consumer drones. But they will be targeted at companies doing aerial video and photography, one of the most popular consumer apps for drones, and could be a step toward a domestic consumer drone industry.
Large Japanese manufacturers such as Yamaha Motor, NEC and Fuji Heavy Industries, on the other hand, are developing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for industry, surveillance and research, but they've shown little interest in consumer drones. For decades, Yamaha has produced powerful gasoline-engine unmanned helicopters with 30kg payloads for agricultural use, but it has no plans for consumer applications, a company spokesman said.
One problem holding back drones is that Japan lacks laws that can apply to the recent drone boom. The only applicable regulations state that vehicles must fly under 150m and remain at least 9km from airports.
"The government is considering new regulations but it takes a long time," said Shinji Suzuki, director of the Center of Aviation Innovation Research at the University of Tokyo, which uses Yamaha's helicopters to survey the magnetic fields of volcanoes.
Suzuki's lab has been researching autonomous navigation abilities for drones, and the Fukushima disaster influenced how lab member Chris Raabe formulated his research.
"I was very much motivated to develop a sensor that would enable a drone to enter and explore a damaged facility," Raabe said via email. "However, I later found that typical digital cameras are easily affected by radiation."
Raabe has worked with colleagues at Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology and Boeing in the U.S. to develop a hexacopter system that navigates by computer vision instead of the common method of GPS and digital compass. The system orients by tracking landmarks in the environment, and while it has problems with moving objects and shadows, it could be configured to be 10 to 100 times more precise than systems using GPS, Raabe said.
To help drive new drone technology, Suzuki is serving as head of the Japan UAS Industrial Development Association (JUIDA), a group of about 100 companies and people focused on proposing regulations for the nonprofit use of drones in Japan.
With plans to publish draft rules this summer, it's coordinating with government ministries on issues such as pilot licensing and drone safety, manufacturing and radio transmissions. Regulations for commercial drones, such as those recently put forth by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration and Department of Transportation, are farther off.
Another reason that Japan is playing catch-up in drones is the state of its commercial aviation industry. In World War II, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Zero fighter was renowned for maneuverability in dogfighting. But aircraft production and training went into rapid decline under the postwar Allied Occupation, Suzuki noted.
This year, Mitsubishi, which has long made parts for Boeing jetliners, is slated to begin trial flights of a regional jet that will become the first full-scale Japanese commercial aircraft in about 40 years. Meanwhile, Honda Motor's HondaJet, a small business jet, is entering service in 2015.
This renaissance in Japanese aviation is giving domestic drones a shot in the arm. The government's Robot Revolution Realization Committee wants to overhaul laws that may hinder drone development. The state also wants to designate testing areas with little regulation to spur drone development. An international drone expo is also planned for May outside Tokyo.
"In Japan, it may be too late to enter the drone manufacturing industry as there are large manufacturers in the United States and China, but we are developing sensors and application software, so that's one possible way to find a market," Suzuki said.
Tim Hornyak covers Japan and emerging technologies for The IDG News Service. Follow Tim on Twitter at @robotopia.
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Is an Online Master's Degree in Human Resources Taken Seriously by Employers?
When students consider pursuing an online master's degree in human resources instead of a more traditional option on a college campus, they're often left wondering: Will employers even consider this a valid form of higher education? Though it might seem like an online degree program is so different that most employers wouldn't understand it or consider it a serious credential, that's just not the case. With the massive expansion in online education programs that has taken place over the past decade, and the entry of major regionally accredited schools into the marketplace, there's never been a better time to be an online student. As far as employers are concerned, there's never been a better time to hire graduates with any type of required credential, even if it was obtained via distance learning. An online student will find that employers care more about how well he or she did, rather than where the campus is. Here are a few key reasons for this.
An online degree requires a great deal of discipline for the student because there is no professor urging students to complete an assignment or reminding them of a deadline. The element of competition is less present because there is peer pressure in the classroom. Lectures do not happen at an assigned time. Students get out of a master's degree program exactly what they put into it when they study online. This requires a great deal of discipline in order to interact robustly, succeed consistently, and graduate with a degree that's useful for the workplace.
If a school requires students to get an internship, that requirement applies to both online and offline learners. If a school requires in-person interviews for admission, that requirement is likely universal as well. Online course formats don't preclude students from meeting traditional degree requirements, whether that means seeking an internship, passing comprehensive examinations, meeting state licensure requirements, or any number of other key metrics that measure student performance and long-term potential for success.
The most popular online master's degree programs in human resources are offered by schools that already have an outstanding reputation for great educational experiences in the classroom. Major state schools have long been stalwarts of online, graduate-level education. Numerous private schools have opened their doors to online students in recent years as well. These schools proudly market that the only difference in the online program is the method of delivery. Curriculum, standards, and graduation requirements remain uniform and therefore reassure employers that their new hire will be up to the task.
Online graduate education programs are increasingly popular because today's students are increasingly busy. In a climate that encourages students to be seasoned professionals, active students, and engaged members of a social circle, these online offerings are designed to be both accommodating and rigorous. For this reason, employers consider most online master's degree programs in human resources to be just as good as their more established, more traditional offline counterparts.


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Ivan Lorin George Sutherland
Biography of Ivan Lorin George Sutherland
Ivan Sutherland, PhD thesis 1924
Ivan Lorin George Sutherland graduated PhD from the University on 22 April 1924, making him the first international student to obtain a PhD at the University of Glasgow.
Sutherland was born in Masterton, New Zealand, the son of Robert, a machinist. He attended Victoria University College Wellington, graduating BA in Economics and Mental and Moral Philosophy in 1919, and MA in 1920. He was awarded the Jacob Joseph Scholarship with his thesis The Nature of Human Personality and Its Bearings on Some Modern Problems, and was also awarded a Post Graduate Travelling Fellowship in Arts, which offered him free passage to Europe.
The first leg of his trip brought him to the University of Glasgow in 1921 to complete a PhD within the department of Moral Philosophy, under the guidance of Sir Henry Jones. He took classes in (Hons) Moral Philosophy as well as (Hons) Political Philosophy. He remained at the University of Glasgow until September 1922 when he then transferred to continue as a research student at the University of London under Professor Hobhouse at Kings College. Ivan returned to New Zealand in December 1923, and completed his Doctoral Thesis, entitled A Critical Examination of Some Tendencies in Psychology in Relation to the Theory of Human Conduct in 1924, graduating in absentia from Glasgow University on the 22 April 1924.
Ivan was appointed lecturer in Psychology and Philosophy at Victoria University College in Wellington. It was around this time that he also became involved in researching the relationship between Maori and Pakeha, and he struck up a close bond with Sir Apiranta Ngata and the tribe Ngati Porou. In 1935 Ivan published The Maori Situation (Wellington, New Zealand: Harry H Tombs Ltd, 1935), outlining the Maori/Pakeha relations. It was in the year of 1937 that he was appointed Professor of Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Canterbury, Christchurch. In 1940, he edited The Maori People Today (London and New York: Oxford University Press, 1940).
Ivan's final piece of research, undertaken in 1951 documenting the education, housing, health and welfare of the Maori, was never concluded as he died on 11 February 1952.
Dictionary of New Zeland Biography
Papers of Ivan Lorin George Sutherland, 1897-1952, Moral Philosophy postgraduate, University of Glasgow, Scotland
R1/11/1 Graduation Albums PhD 1895-1965
Died 11 February 1952.
GU Degree: PhD, 1924; Arts,
University Link: Alumnus, Graduate, Researcher
English snippet: First international PhD graduate of the University of Glasgow
Record last updated: 29th Jul 2014
New Zealand, Masterton
New Zealand, Christchurch
First international student to obtain a PhD from the University (April 22 1924)


Page 4 of Ace Pilot is up! You can read it here on Studio NDR, and here on Patreon.
OR: Click ye here to see all pages posted thus far.
I will ALSO have copies of the brand new Valley of the Silk Sky minicomic: the remastered edition of "Medicine; Run" (which originally appeared in the Beyond Anthology), now in color and with several dialogue changes to make the thing more canon.
I will ALSO ALSO have a limited number of copies of Monster Journey, the all trans masc anthology with a brang new Valley of the Silk Sky story what has never been seen before by human eyes.
The thrilling autobio saga of Star Wars and my queer/asexual/trans identity continues!
Ace Pilot page 3 may be glimpsed here on Studio NDR and here on Patreon.
If you want to read all the pages that have been posted thus far, point your eyeballs this way.
But wait, you say. What's this about a podcast?
Yes indeed, I was recently interviewed by the FemiNerd Files podcast, wherein we discussed my comics and the making thereof. If you've always wanted to know how the heck I ended up writing a series about gay Republicans, or what fuels my imagination when I'm designing the world of Valley of the Silk Sky, give it a listen!
I'm excited to announce that We're Still Here, the all-trans comic anthology in which I have a short story, has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award! If you haven't already snagged a copy of this book, you can do so from Stacked Deck Press.
I realize I'm biased and all, but this really is an excellent collection of comics offering a multitude of perspectives of the trans experience.
I also just got my comps of the Monster Journey anthology, featuring monster-themed stories by trans masc creators. This is not yet generally available, but I will have a very (VERY) small number available for sale at DiNK in April. I have a brand new Valley of the Silk Sky short story in here, of which $1+ Patrons have gotten some work-in-progress peeks. Soon you'll be able to read the whole darn thing!
Meanwhile, I just got the rights back to my short story, Ace Pilot, that was originally published in the Dark Horse anthology Secret Loves of Geeks. So my next webcomic serialization will be that story. Starting Monday, March 11, $1+ Patrons will get early access to the comic, and it'll go up for the general public on Thursdays.
Finally, I'm still working on coloring my Valley of the Silk Sky short story, "Medicine; Run," that was originally published in the Beyond Anthology. $1+ Patrons have been getting sneak peeks at that work in progress as well, natch. I'm about 75% done, so still on track to release it as a minicomic in time for DiNK. I'll also be running it as a webcomic once Ace Pilot wraps up.
In other words, lots of comics coming your way!
Continuing with my efforts to add comics to my website that were originally published elsewhere, here's the piece I originally created for the 2018 Draw Out the Vote project from Oni Press. Cartoonists from each of the 50 states discussed political issues relevant to their state, and why voting is an important part of addressing those issues. My comic focused on LGBT issues in Colorado.
Anyhow, this is now posted to the here in the Autobio Comics section of good ol' Studio NDR.
But what of 2019, you ask?
I made a public Patreon post going into some detail regarding my comic makin' plans for this year.
The TL;DR: version is more Valley of the Silk Sky, including a new minicomic, a new issue of QAT Person, and further pun horrors with Taxonomically Unbound.
Anyway, I seem to be having yet more website issues, so I guess I'll drop everything and go troubleshoot that now. Cool!
This is, as I have probably mentioned before, a replacement for the VotSS tumblr website. While the tumblr one still exists, this new one is self-hosted and therefore less subject to the whims of content moderation algorithms.
It is also much easier to navigate, given that the underlying architecture is more conducive to separating comics from appendices from random art. Also the tagging is actually useful, since it's not mixed in with all the rest of tumblr's tags.
ANYway. I'll continue to post VotSS comic pages here on Studio NDR, but, as before, extra content like appendices, concept art, character portraits, and all that biz will live over there.
Meanwhile, I've been working away on the new Valley of the Silk Sky website, which is still not ready for your eyeballs, but it is definitely starting to take shape. Turns out I've created a fair amount of content for this series, and it's gonna take awhile to get it all put in place.


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import random

# http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrabble_letter_distributions#English
LETTERS = """\
AAAAAAAAAB\
BCCDDDDEEE\
EEEEEEEEEF\
FGGGHHIIII\
IIIIIJKLLL\
LMMNNNNNNO\
OOOOOOOPPQ\
RRRRRRSSSS\
TTTTTTUUUU\
VVWWXYYZ??\
"""

BLANK = "?"

def get_full_bag():
    """Returns a list of letters in the whole bag."""

    return list(LETTERS)

def generate_rack(rack, bag):
    """Given an existing rack (string) and a bag (list of letters), returns a new
    rack with a full 7 letters. The bag is modified in-place to remove the letters."""

    # Put random letters at the front.
    random.shuffle(bag)

    # Figure out how many letters we need.
    needed_letters = 7 - len(rack)

    # Fill up the rack.
    rack += "".join(bag[:needed_letters])

    # Remove from the bag.
    del bag[:needed_letters]

    print "Rack: %s" % rack

    return rack


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How Far Do You Have To Go for an Off-The-Beaten Path Experience?
Thursday, May 15, 2014 By Lina Eroh
Do you think our trip is insane? How about mundane?
Maybe you think it's just average.
Most of the emails we receive come from readers who think our trip has been pretty epic and want advice on replicating it. But there are others who reach out and say that our itineraries are too "touristy" and that our adventures too "been there, done that."
To them, I say, "Bah, humbug!"
I recently read a story about Alastair Humphreys, who's been traveling the world for several years doing things like walking across India and rowing the Atlantic. You know, the usual. A few years ago, Alastair was named National Geographics's Adventurer of the Year for his promotion of "microadventures."
Micro-what?
Alastair has done a lot of pretty awesome travel, but he realized that not everyone can take five years off and spend months exploring Iceland. What everyone can do, however, is take a few hours and explore somewhere near their home.
I agree with Alastair. We could all do with a healthy does of exploration at home. Even something as simple as taking a different route to and from work can open your eyes to a whole set of new experiences and perspective.
But I also believe in the importance of leaving your hometown and country and going somewhere that makes you just a tad (or a lot) uncomfortable.
The biggest reason Rob and I chose to spend the majority of one year in Asia is because the Asian culture and way of life is so different from what we have at home. That was appealing scary.
But to some adventure purists, our trip isn't impressive at all.
"Everyone goes to Bali," they say.
Or, "That itinerary is what every traveler does."
Every destination has its secrets.
Does every traveler to Bali walk outside Ubud's city center and stumble onto elaborate Balinese ceremonies?
Does every visitor to Luang Prabang tutor a monk reading the Steve Jobs autobiography?
Does every tourist in Borneo hitch a three hour car ride with a lovely Muslim couple?
Does every traveler get two flat tires while exploring the hidden temples of Angkor?
Does every tourist in Vietnam learn about the sad past of their Hmong guide in Sapa?
Does every traveler learn how to cook curry with a Bengali refugee in Malaysia?
Does every visitor to Thailand work on an organic farm run by a former monk who fell in love with a woman?
Does every traveler to Burma get invited inside people's houses to take photos next to their Obama and Hillary calendars?
Does every beach hopper in the Philippines have a conversation about the Catholic church's stance on birth control?
Does every traveler get invited to an Akha tribal wedding in rural Laos?
Does every trekker on Everest take the time to talk to the owner of the tea house and listen to him express fear for his son's life as a high altitude Sherpa?
Does every visitor to India survive a broken down tuk-tuk in the middle of nowhere?
Off-the-beaten path is what you make of it.
Sure, Paris is "done," London is "explored," Florence is "so last year."
But even in Paris, London, and Florence, there's a lot to discover that's not in the guidebook. You just have to let the magic of travel happen. Let yourself get lost, keep walking toward whatever interests you, make wrong turns.
The best way to discover a destination--not matter how discovered--is to give yourself time.
You could have the most incredible and unique experience in San Francisco if you go out and seek it. You could have the most whitewashed experience in India if you only stay in fancy hotels and never speak to locals.
Remember, there's nothing wrong with hitting the highlights. For each country we visited, we had a list of "must do's." But we also had a list of "might do's," many of which we skipped in favor of a conversation, a lingering meal, or a wrong turn.
You don't have to go far to have a unique experience.
Maybe you're not comfortable traveling to Asia, or at least to some of the places in Asia that we ended up visiting. But that doesn't mean that you can't go somewhere new, talk to someone you haven't talked to, eat food you haven't tasted.
Travel is a state of mind.
Let it happen, wherever you are. And don't let anyone tell you that what you're doing or seeing isn't worth it.
What kind of off-the-beaten path experiences have you had?
Did you have to travel far to find them? Share your thoughts by leaving a comment!
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Q: $L^1$ Regularization Let $J(w)$ be some cost function. By adding $L^1$ regularization we get
$$
\tilde{J}(w) = J(w) + \beta\sum_i|w_i|
$$
To study the effect of $L^1$ regularization on the optimum weights, we can approximate $J(w)$ with a quadratic function:
$$
\hat{J}(w) = J(w^*) + \frac{1}{2}(w-w^*)^T H(w^*)(w-w^*),
$$
where $w^*$ is the minimum of $J$ and so the gradient is zero.
According to the Deep Learning book (see pages 207-208) I'm reading, if we assume that $H = diag(\gamma_1,\ldots,\gamma_N)$, where each $\gamma_i>0$, then

the solution of the minimum of the $L^1$ regularized objective function decomposes into a system of equations of the form:
  $$
\tilde{J}(w) = \frac{1}{2}\gamma_i(w_i-w_i^*)^2 + \beta|w_i|.
$$
  It admits an optimal solution (for each dimension $i$), with the following form:
  $$
w_i = sign(w_i^*)\max(|w_i^*|-\frac{\beta}{\gamma_i},0).
$$

I don't understand the quoted part. This is my starting point:
$$
\tilde{J}(w) = J(w^*) + \frac{1}{2} \sum_i \gamma_i (w_i - w^*_i)^2 + \beta \sum_i |w_i|
$$
Shouldn't we look for points where the gradient is zero? From
$$
\frac{\partial\tilde{J}(w)}{\partial w_i} =
    \gamma_i (w_i - w^*_i) + \beta sign(w_i) = 0,
$$
I get
$$
w_i = w^*_i - \frac{\beta}{\gamma_i}sign(w_i).
$$
What am I doing wrong?

A: $w_i=w^*_i-\frac{\beta}{\gamma_i}sign(w_i)$ is correct for $w_i\ne 0$ (at zero the gradient is undefined)
Either $sign(w_i)=sign(w_i^*)$ ( which corresponds to $|w^*_i|>\frac{\beta}{\gamma_i}$)and there is a solution to the gradient=0 equation, or there is no solution to gradient =0.
Since $\tilde J(w)$ is continuous at 0 and the gradient at $0^+$ and $0^-$ changes sign when $|w^*_i|\le\frac{\beta}{\gamma_i}$, you have a minimum at 0 in that case, so put that all together and you get the answer in the text book.


Yvonne Orji's Molly is one of our favorite fictional besties.
If you're all caught up on season two of Insecure, you know that Lawrence and Tasha's situationship took a turn for the worst during Tasha's family cookout. Lawrence's nice-guy mask slipped a bit and now the world knows that he's no good.


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OK, let's prepare the test platform. As I explained in the part 1, I use Oracle VM VirtualBox (recently updated to version 3.2.10) as a host sandbox. This sandbox I can use as a virtual computer to install basically any operating system. For the drive-by antivirus test I choose Windows Vista Home Premium SP2 32-bit. The idea is to make my system vulnerable, so it could be poisoned. Therefore, I intentially do not install any updates. Additionally, I install Adobe Reader 8.1.1 and Java Runtime 1.5.0.9 — both have known security holes. At that point the test OS is finished and I create a copy of it, because once it is infected (I'm sure it will be), I will need a clean one.
I'm going to perform a test of Antivirus programs in the drive-by mode. That means I will consider I think the most frequent way of getting malware for a home user — via casual browsing in the internet. In my lab I will use a freshly installed system (not decided yet which one, most probably Windows XP or Windows 7 Windows Vista) without updates and some buggy software from Adobe (Acrobat Reader, Flash) and Java without latest patches of course. I will use Internet Explorer 7 (standard for Windows Vista) also popular browsers, but not too new again — FireFox 3x, etc. Where do I get old versions of software? Old Applications for Windows is a good site. To stay safe in any case, I will use VM VirtualBox v.3.2.8 from Oracle. VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software, i.e. also free to use.
Where am I going to get infected web-sites? Good question. I will use Malware Domain List (www.malwaredomainlist.com) for that purpose. [WARNING: All domains on this website should be considered dangerous. If you do not know what you are doing here, it is recommended you leave right away. This website is a resource for security professionals and enthusiasts.] No one wants to pay 1500$ (!) for the Eleonore Exploits pack. But I see now that the current listing is full of zeus v2 trojan variants!