Sound Improvements - Automotive Industries The expectations of both drivers and passengers for electronic entertainment, communications and information have escalated since the introduction of the pioneering first practical auto radio, the Motorola branded AM car radio introduced in the 1930s by Galvin Manufacturing (who later changed their name to Motorola).
An inside look at the new technologies that will shape the future of automotive entertainment.
The expectations of both drivers and passengers for electronic entertainment, communications and information have escalated since the introduction of the pioneering first practical auto radio, the Motorola branded AM car radio introduced in the 1930s by Galvin Manufacturing (who later changed their name to Motorola).
The latest cars, SUVs and trucks offer stock and premium entertainment packages beyond our wildest visions. DVD video with multiple fold fold-down LCD panel displays with fiber optic interconnection, navigation systems, Satellite/HD radio, mobile video and , THX surround sound.
Next generation electronic features and functionality will lend themselves to OEM equipped vehicles as designers struggle with size and weight reduction, long-term stability, environmental robustness, integration into larger assemblies and subsystems and the occasional request for cost down.
Interior space continues to get scarce and autosound aftermarket installers this year are confronted with a number of vehicles with none of the usual odd corners to install amplifiers, subwoofers and other electronic boxes. But while the OE interior engineers get to the scene first, the land grab is just as intense. While dashboard space is being eaten up by climate controls, air conditioning, air bags, navigation displays and so on, audio engineers are finding innovative technology in both audio electronics and speakers that provide significant space savings.
The Panasonic MXE CQ-C9800U CD receiver, 60W x 4 offers more real power in a space- and heat-saving package. By losing heat sinks, OEM�s can add better digital signal processors and bigger LCD monitors.
Until Panasonic introduced the first in-dash receiver utilizing highpower switching amplifiers this year (MXE CQ-C9800U CD receiver, 60Wx 4),, the commonmost head end units was were limited to fewer than 20 watts per channel (with Alpine�s V-Drive the former champion, at 26W x 4). Additional power and channels required amplifiers under the seat, built onto the speakers, or crammed into some other available space.
Higher power, in-dash head-end units have three significant implications for OEM designers. The Panasonic head unit offers more real power then many outboard amplifiers. A big impact is the space and heat savings. With the extra space created by getting rid of the heat sinks, OEMs can add better digital signal processors and bigger LCD monitors.
Switching amps allow for more channels in the head unit. Some OEMs are already looking at six channels for in-car-theater, but what about eight or 12 channels? With the horsepower in the DSP, active crossovers can be used to amplify each speaker driver separately while still fitting into a normal, single-DIN package.
The Panasonic uses the Tripath 60 W x 4-channel module, which features a built in DC-DC converter as well as Class T operation. �Class T� is Tripath�s name for their low distortion, full range sophisticated variation of Class D switching amplifier technology which is used by Panasonic and quite a few others, mostly in home theater and large screen TVs. Other vendors for switching amplifier ICs include Texas Instruments, and Apogee and ST.
Class AB amplifiers are by far the most common car amp design. Switching amplifiers (Class D) boast higher efficiency (some approaching 90 percent), produce less heat, and draw less current than traditional Class AB designs. Because they produce much less heat, Class D amplifiers can be housed in a much smaller chassis than a Class AB with the same power output.
For example, Tripath�s newest module is 4 x 100W and would be generating about 400W of heat if it were an AB amplifier. Adding the signal output power and the heat together, it�s pulling 800W from the battery. Changing to a switching amp, that same 800W from the battery can deliver 720W to the speakers, creating a 4 x 180W amplifier without pulling any more power, and only generating 80W of heat. Or in the case of the Tripath module, 400W of audio and about 40Wof heat.
As miniaturization and density increase, satellite radio, communication systems such as on-Star and equivalents, and the hands-free cellphones can be integrated into the head-end unit.
With the newfound space in the head unit we now have more room for signal processing. The most basic signal processing is already in the head-end unit and can take the form of tone controls like bass and treble, and other functions to balance the sound from front to back or side to side. More sophisticated spatial signal processing is offered from SRS Labs like their Focus, which can bring the sound from your ankles (where the car door speakers are) to in front of you. THX, who originally developed standards for movie theaters and expanded to home theater, now has standards for autosound surround sound. Surround sound makes sense for cars as most vehicles already have speakers positioned in the front, sides and rear.
One of the most promising new signal processing techniques is MaxxBass. MaxxBass can provide a �virtual� subwoofer without the extra amp and subwoofer.
MaxxBass is an algorithm that utilizes the psychoacoustic �Phenomenon of the Missing Fundamental� to extended perceived bass frequency response by up to 1.5 octaves. In auto sound, MaxxBass enables door-mounted woofers that typically drop off below 80-100 Hz to sound like they can play down to 40-50Hz, giving consumers a subwoofer sound without the cost, size, power and weight previously required. This bass processing delivers more perceived bass while simultaneously reducing the likelihood of damaging speakers and amplifiers as woofer excursion requirements are reduced. Reduced displacement in woofers cone for a given apparent volume also translates to reduced woofer depth.
MaxxBass can be implemented with an ASIC supplied by Waves or it can be implemented in software in existing audio DSPs. Waves licensed the MaxxBass algorithm already to two Tier 1 OEM suppliers.
Where something more tangible than a �virtual� subwoofer is desired, a super-thin subwoofer is called for. Aurasound has an inverted magnet neodymium woofers, which is about 3ft.3-in. deep for an 8-in. diameter speaker, about half the depth of a conventional woofer. Another unusual bass product from Aurasound is their �bass shaker� which enables the bass to be felt in the seats. This is the same technology offered as an option in the Microsoft X-Box sound system.
The AuraSound NSF-8 is a shallow 8-in. subwoofer � only 2.4 in. thick. The slim profile is achieved by mounting the motor in front of the cone. The NSF8 uses a patented, inherently shielded NRT magnetic structure and an integrated heat sink to handle 150W RMS/600 peak W.
Neodymium magnets have dropped the weight by half of conventional ferrite car speakers and in the aftermarket have gained acceptance. As OEM designers fight for further weight savings, Neodymium woofers and tweeters will become the norm in OEM specs.
Flat panel speakers, after some delays, are showing up in OEM designs. NXT has licensed their technology for years, yet only this model year are viable flat panel NXT technology speakers reaching the showrooms. The speakers needed to overcome the challenges of surviving door slams and speed bumps, as well as meeting sound quality targets for more bass, efficiency and acoustic output levels. NXT�s latest implementation is the AFR (audio full range) which combines aspects of both conventional and NXT�s DML flexing diaphragm technology.
Paper speaker cones and the suspensions of the cone; the foam surrounds on the outer edge of the cone; and the spider attached underneath the cone, have always been the Achilles� heal of the sound system. Wet strength of paper cones, the short life of polyester and polyether open cell foams for the surround, and the cottonimpregnated spider are an ongoing concern.
Car door speakers get splashed and rear deck speakers are exposed to UV. Specifications vary from vendor to vendor and characteristics vary over time. Now plastics from PPS non-cellulose pulps, newer stiff and lighter polypropylenes, and even aluminum are being introduced for cones while injection-molded Santoprene is being offered for the surround and spider. Overmolding the Santoprene � a TPV TPE thermoplastic rubber compound (used by automotive OEMs for gaskets and seals) � onto the cone enables unlimited operating life, high sensitivity, and stable operation.
Fiber optic control systems, used in a few premium vehicles for wiring harness weight reduction and installation simplicity, are now finding application in video distribution of the audio/video system from the head unit to the rear LCD display. Early field problems with terminations and the electronics interface have made the industry cautious in adopting fiber optics for OEM interface in video displays. While the trend is toward DVD mechanisms integrated into the fold-down display in the rear of the vehicle, interface with the front display (such as for the navigation system) may use Firewire or even a variant of Firewire over fiber optics.
Even the vehicle acoustics are benefiting from new materials technology to improve the listening environment. Monsanto has introduced a high noise immunity glass for car windows to keep road noise out, and was launched by Buick this model year. Materials Science introduced damped steel for the car industry for enhanced NVH. Two layers of steel are laminated with a thin plastic layer in-between. Rattles and buzzes are suppressed. Ford is aggressively featuring this technology in their new F150, as is Lexus.
Drivers and passengers expect new vehicles to offer more internal space with reduced external environment, with more features and functions, and a wider range of entertainment, communications and information, in lighter and better valued product offerings. These new materials and technologies are just the answer to those needs.


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При́иск — горнодобывающее предприятие, производящее разработку россыпных месторождений золота, платины, олова, драгоценных камней и других полезных ископаемых.

В начале XIX века прииском называли территорию, где группа старателей разрабатывала небольшое россыпное месторождение полезных ископаемых или его участок. В словаре  указано что прииск — то, что прии́скано, найдено, открыто, отыскано, или место, где что-либо приискивается, находится.

История
К концу 1830-х годов в России действовало несколько сотен приисков: государственных, частных и организованных группами старателей. По мере расширения масштабов горных работ и создания специальной техники происходило укрупнение приисков и преобразование их в горнодобывающие предприятия. Современные прииски обычно оснащены высокопроизводительным оборудованием (драгами, экскаваторами, бульдозерами, скреперами, промывочными установками) и перерабатывают ежегодно до нескольких десятков миллионов кубометров горной массы.

Классификация
Различают прииски с открытой, дражной, гидравлической и подземной добычей песков. Как правило, на приисках проводится разработка россыпных месторождений одновременно различными способами. По объёму горных работ прииски подразделяются на категории. Обычно в состав прииска входят несколько (иногда 5—6 и более) горно-эксплуатационных участков, а также геолого-разведочная, производственно-техническая, энергетическая, транспортная службы и др. На отдалённых участках обычно создают жилые посёлки, инфраструктуру, обеспечивающую возможность самостоятельной работы в течение длительного времени.

Функционирование
Особенности работы прииска предопределяются спецификой условий залегания и разработки россыпей. Ко времени организации прииска разведана бывает обычно только часть запасов в его горном отводе. Остальная (обычно бо́льшая) часть запасов разведуется уже в период работы прииска. Рассредоточенность добычных и геологоразведочных работ существенно затрудняет организацию производства на прииске. Большинство приисков расположены в районах с суровыми климатическими условиями, поэтому на них обычно применяется сезонная организация работ с круглогодовым режимом производства и выполнением различных видов работ в наиболее благоприятные периоды года.

Предприятия, разрабатывающие редкометалльные и янтарные россыпи, приисками, как правило, не называют.

См. также
 Горное дело
 Карьер
 Каменоломня

Примечания

Горное дело
Россыпи

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Japanese Knotweed puts off 78% of buyers
Recent research has indicated that over three-quarters of home movers would be put off purchasing a property if they discovered Japanese Knotweed was present.
The findings from YouGov and Environet revealed there was a high level of anxiety around the weed, with concerns including the difficulty of removal (69%), the cost involved with removal (56%), or the time needed to do so (57%).
Whilst the study indicated that there is awareness around Japanese Knotweed, the associated concerns suggest that many potential buyers are misinformed as to the impact of the weed and the available removal options.
Widely known for its aggressive effect on property, Japanese Knotweed is top of the Environment Agency's list of invasive plant species in the UK. During the summer months, the perennial plant can grow up almost 10-20cm per day and is able to push through drains, cracks in concrete and cavity walls, causing lasting damage in its wake.
In areas where the spread of the weed has been prominent, the survey showed that awareness levels were higher. Corresponding with higher numbers of Environet treatment records, 95% of Welsh respondents were aware of the plant, a region where the spread of knotweed has been prolific.
Whilst general awareness of the plant was high, respondent knowledge of the associated legal obligations was lower. Just under half (49%) of those asked were aware that it is the legal responsibility of the homeowner to prevent the plant spreading from their land. Where it does spread into a neighbour's garden, just 21% of respondents knew that an ASBO could be given to the homeowner.
However, removal methods are available, with some effective in just a few days. One option is to use a digging out method, removing all viable rhizome roots. Although this should ensure that the owner has no problems in selling the property, just 3% of respondents stated that they would not be deterred at all by the presence of the weed.
Commenting on the results of the study was Nic Seal. The MD and Founder of Environet stated:
"Homeowners are right to be concerned about the threat posed by Japanese knotweed. Attempting to deal with it by cutting it down repeatedly, burning it, burying it or using common weed killers simply won't work as the plant can lie dormant beneath the ground, only to strike again when people least expect it.
Yet for those wishing to buy or sell a property, it doesn't have to be a deal breaker. Japanese knotweed can be dealt with once and for all, within a matter of days from discovery, so there is hope for buyers who may have otherwise walked away from their dream home."
Expressing concern at the public's perception of the Japanese Knotweed was Philip Santo. The Charter Surveyor and Director at Philip Santo & Co highlighted that for many, the level of risk may be exaggerated.
"RICS shares concerns that many people believe Japanese Knotweed poses a much greater risk than it really does.
"Since RICS issued guidance in 2012 the situation for buyers and sellers has greatly improved. For most affected properties there is now access to mortgage finance once an approved Japanese Knotweed Management Plan is in place. DIY remedies can make matters worse and should not be attempted."
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Albares assures that Spain will continue to send remittances from Afghanistan to the last of its collaborators and their families
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, offers statements to the media on August 10, 2022 in Torrejón de Ardoz, Madrid (Spain). – Alejandro Martinez Velez – Europa Press
MADRID, August 11 (EUROPA PRESS) –
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albares, reported this Thursday that "on the spot" studies are being carried out to determine whether Algeria is "fully" complying with the liberalization of banking transactions with Spain.
The head of Spanish diplomacy made the same point in an interview on TVE collected by Europa Press when asked about relations with the Algerian country, after the Professional Association of Banks and Financial Institutions (Abef) of Algeria recently approved banking operations announced with Spain, more than 50 days after Algiers announced a freeze on all transactions with Spanish banks.
"A few days ago we learned of a new circular from the banking association that liberalizes commercial relations in the possibility of direct debit, and what we are doing is going on the spot and checking that this is happening in full," he explained.
In that sense, he pointed out that the executive would like to have "all the best relations" with neighboring countries and that these are based on "sovereign equality" and "non-interference".
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This reversal comes after 50 days of freezing direct debits from Algeria to Spain's foreign trade, which the Maghreb country suspended on March 9.
The Algerian authorities have criticized the Spaniards for the campaign undertaken to argue for a change in policy, which they say requires a "violation of the legal, moral and political obligations" of what remains "administrative power". the Western Sahara.
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Brief history of Acapulco (much more than a resort)
Discussion Starter • #1 • Feb 11, 2003 (Edited)
Acapulco was named by the Náhua tribe; the name means 'where the reeds stood' or 'place of giant reeds.' Archaeological finds show that when the Spaniards arrived, people had been living around the bay area for about 2000 years, and had moved from being a hunter-gatherer society to being an agricultural one. The Náhua were conquered by the Aztec empire about a hundred years before it in turn fell to the Spanish conquistadors.
By order of Hernán Cortés, Spanish sailors took the Bahía de Acapulco in 1521. Port and shipbuilding facilities were established here because of the substantial natural harbor, and it was the jumping-off point for further explorations and conquests, such as that of Perú. Acapulco became the only port in the New World authorized to receive Spanish galleons from the Philippines and China. It was therefore an important link in the trade route between Europe and the Orient, the longest and most profitable commercial route in the world, and remained so until the early 19th century. Goods transported through its port included spices, silks, ivory, jade, porcelain and slaves. During the annual Acapulco Fair, lasting three to eight weeks after the galleons arrived from Manila in spring, traders converged on Acapulco from Mexico City, Manila and Peru.
All this treasure was an invitation Dutch and English pirates could not resist, and by the 17th century their ships abounded in the Pacific and along the coastlines of México from California to Guatemala. To ward off the pirates, Fuerte de San Diego was built atop a low hill overlooking the bay.
Because of the sea port's strategic importance to the Spanish crown, Fuerte de San Diego became a focus of rebellion in 1812, when the discontented population rose up against their Spanish colonial rulers in the War of Independence. The royalists were besieged in the fort for four months before finally surrendering to the Mexican troops. Much of the city was subsequently destroyed, and as independent Mexico severed most of its trade links with Spain and Spain's colonies, Acapulco fell into decline for the next hundred years.
Its isolation from the rest of the world ended when a paved road was built in 1927 linking it with Mexico City. As the capital grew larger its citizens began flocking to the Pacific coast for vacations. A new international airport was built, and by the 1960s Acapulco was a booming resort, its reputation as a playground for the rich and famous set.
Today Acapulco is the favorite destination for tourists from the whole world, but mainly from Mexico City.
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Cryptocurrency's shady past concerns US
Washington's main concern about the rise of cryptocurrencies is to make sure they are not used for illicit activity, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin says as he urges nations to join the United States in regulating them.
"My number-one focus on cryptocurrencies, whether that be digital currencies or bitcoin or other things, is that we want to make sure that they're not used for illicit activities," he told the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland on Thursday.
"We encourage fintech and we encourage innovation, but we want to make sure all of our financial markets are safe," Mnuchin said. "We want to make sure that the rest of the world -- and many of the (Group of) 20 countries are already starting on this -- have the same regulations."
US-based platforms for bitcoin and other virtual currencies must comply with anti-money laundering rules, with around 100 such platforms registered with the US Treasury's Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.
Bitcoin soared more than 1,700 per cent last year to a record high, raising fears that the volatile emerging asset poses a risk to investors and the global financial system.
Regulators have also warned of risks that criminals may use the virtual currencies to store and transmit their ill-gotten gains, because they can be used anonymously.
Several countries including South Korea and China have tried to slow trading of cryptocurrencies, and fears of a wider clampdown pushed bitcoin down nearly 20 per cent last week.
Policymakers around the world are debating how to deal with the volatility of cryptocurrencies. A senior Bank of Japan official said on Thursday that imposing global, across-the-board regulations on their trading won't be easy.
Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund, said countries should take into account both the risks and benefits associated with the development of the cryptocurrencies in deciding whether and how to regulate the market.
Larry Fink, chief executive of BlackRock Inc, the world's biggest asset manager, told the forum that cryptocurrencies posed a systemic threat that needed to be dealt with globally.
No surprises as ECB keeps policy
Dow and S&P 500 reach records


SQL Anywhere and DisableBind=1, An Open Manhole Cover?
I posted this in the PowerBuilder Forum and posting it here to get more information from the SQL Anywhere Community and also to expose an issue which might unknowingly be affecting others.
I have been tracking down the issue of corruption of our Rich text in our PB 12.6 app and discovered via communications with PowerBuilder and SQL Anywhere Support that if you set DisableBind=1 in your connection, that SQL Anywhere will look for character string sequences inside varchar columns and translate them to special characters when storing them in the database.
So for example a \n anywhere in the string sent to the database via a datawindow column will be converted to a newline in the database. If you didn't want this to happen then you need to find and replace \n's with \\n's which is will translate to \n as stored.
We had seen this previously in our data occasionally, but assumed it was a data entry error, however it shows up most obviously with Rich Text stored in long varchars, because in PB 12.6 the Rich text Control sequences include some formatting instructions which have a \no... string in it - and the \n is replaced on the way to the database. When you re- retrieve the data you will see the characters owidctlpar preceding your text. This is a corruption of \nowidctlpar.
I have yet to discover what other character sequences can be corrupted - but its safe to say that you cannot trust the integrity of any varchar column inserted into the SQL Anywhere database (6 through 16) if your connection includes DisableBind=1.
Your options are pre parse the strings and replace the \n with \\n , Set DisableBind=0, or use a Blob.
So it looks like we are in store for some system wide re-engineering. I know we needed to DisableBind Variables as some point in our development history. Some of it may have had to do with the size of some of our SQL Queries. There is some light mention of Bind Variables in relationship to the datawindow in PowerBuilder, is there any robust documentation on the impact of Bind Variables or how a datawindow interacts with the database?
If bind variables aren't used, then what choice does the poor interface have, for a database column defined as long varchar? Probably just a 'quoted string literal value', and it is the syntax for quoted string literals that defines that funky \n thing.
Long binary may be a better choice for rich text values since they aren't really character strings.
Investigative testing is highly recommended, including tracing of the actual SQL commands being sent from PowerBuilder to SQL Anywhere.
Love the cartoon. I think I know someone who just got a job like that!
You are right - the transition from being a much appreciated Sybase customer (they sponsored us at the Computer World Honors) to being generally ignored by SAP and having our costs and administration effort skyrocket, has made me an unhappy camper - and my grumbling about that in the forum is probably inappropriately directed.
This escape problem is the first technical issue with SQL Anywhere that I felt was poorly addressed - for the most part I have been a Watcom /SQL Anywhere supporter back to the early 90's. I used to introduce it as part of my courses at UCLA.
We pay a fairly hefty partner fee every year, plus purchase licenses for hundreds of users, that doesn't put us up there with the biggies like intuit - but it's our largest annual technology cost.
-- BTW - No Joke - who have you found who actually reads and responds to letters? Please forward the name and address privately if you can.
I think our original problem with bind variables had something to do with inserts on very large (column wise) tables and overwhelming the SQL buffer... That's the area which is foremost in my mind when we address the effect of generally changing the use of Bind Variables. I am asking support for more information on that - and best ways to test and trap the issue.
Its interesting that there is a fair amount of comment in the MS SQL forum about the Rich text > Plain text translation issue with some exotic stored procedures. I can already tell you the current PB rich text format is different from the current one and Rich text doesn't export to excel very well - so we either need to come up with an "on-the-fly" database solution for reporting of rich text or simultaneously store plain text and rich text with the data.
I guess this should be its own forum topic.


A study published by researchers at the University of Southern California shows daily coffee intake leads to a reduced risk of death from heart disease, stroke, diabetes, cancer, kidney disease and respiratory illness.
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Londoner Laleh Shahravesh, 55, was arrested at a Dubai airport after flying there to attend her former husband's funeral.
She posted two comments in Farsi, including one that said: "I hope you go under the ground you idiot. Damn you. You left me for this horse".
The organisation said Ms Shahravesh's ex-husband's new wife, who lives in Dubai, reported the comments.


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Q: Steady distribution for the reflected random walk Let us consider the state space being $0,1,\dots,M$ for some $M\in \mathbb N$ and put there $N$ walkers:
$$
X = (X_1,\dots,X_N).
$$
Each of the walkers move independently, they can be in the same points of the state space at the same time and they reflect from the boundaries. More precisely,
$$
X_i(n+1) = \begin{cases}
1,&\text{ if }X_1(n) \leq 0
\\
M-1,&\text{ if }X_i(n) \geq M
\\
X_i(n)+\xi_i(n),&\text{ otherwise.}
\end{cases}
$$
Here $\xi_i(n)$ takes value $-1$ and $1$ with probability $\frac12$ and are all independent. I was asked to help to write an algorithm for Monte-Carlo simulation for this problem, which is quite an easy task and didn't take much time.
On the other hand I realized that these people are trying to simulate quantities which can be found analytically in a more handy way: namely as expectations with respect to the invariant distribution. I think that will make their life much easier, especially if the explicit formula is available.

The problem is that the correspondent Markov Chain has $(M+1)^N$ states and is irreducible: e.g. if $N=M=2$ and all the walkers start at $0$ then it is not possible that in some moment of time one of them will be at $0$ and one of them at $1$ because the sum of their states if always even.
Still the problem has a very simple description so I have a hope that a analytic characterization of irreducible classes as well as invariant distribution for each of them are already known.

I also wonder if for the case $\xi$ taking values $-1,0,1$ with probability $\frac13$ (which leads to the irreducible Markov Chain with $(M+1)^N$ states) the invariant distribution is known.

A: For one walker in your second case, it is fairly clear that $p(x)=\frac{1}{M}$ for $0 \lt x \lt M$ and $p(0)=p(M)=\frac{1}{2M}$ is invariant, since you typically have

*

*$p(x)=\frac{1}{3}p(x-1)+\frac{1}{3}p(x)+\frac{1}{3}p(x+1)$

but special cases such as

*

*$p(1)=\frac{2}{3}p(0)+\frac{1}{3}p(1)+\frac{1}{3}p(2)$ and

*$p(0)=\frac{1}{3}p(0)+\frac{1}{3}p(1)$

and similarly at the other end.  In a handwaving sense this distribution might also be thought to be invariant for your first case, though with the problems you point out.
So in general for your $N$ walkers and $(M+1)^N$ states the invariant distribution has a probability of each state of $\dfrac{1}{2^L M^N}$ where $L$ is the number of walkers at the extremes of $0$ and $M$.

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Despite earlier statements by European negotiators that the planned Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) would need time for fine-tuning, nations seem to accept a fast track movement now.
France would aim to present, during the EU Council meeting on competition policies 25-26 September, an integrated concept including a new plan for border controls that would update the border regulation currently in effect.
In addition to creating an observatory against counterfeiting and better cooperation and information exchange among EU governments – using also the European Anti-Fraud Office, ACTA is indispensable to realising global cooperation and the enforcement of IP rights, Chatel said.
A DG Trade spokesperson told Intellectual Property Watch, "If you have the G8 leaders and the EU presidency behind it, then clearly there is a lot of dynamism." The Commission is prepared to help move forward with the negotiations. DG Trade is preparing a public report on its consultation with stakeholders on 23 June attended by around one hundred participants from industry and civil society.
The European Parliament's Committee on International Trade also is working on the issue. International Trade Committee Member Daniel Caspary, European People's Party (EPP) member, told Intellectual Property Watch that he welcomes the approach of targeted global penal law sanctions.
"There are some questions with regard to civil rights," he said. But the Commission, which has been mandated to negotiate for the EU by the Council of Ministers, promised to take care of this issue.
Caspary said he is expecting amendments seeking safeguards for fundamental civil rights to a draft Parliament "Report on the impact of counterfeiting on international trade" prepared by liberal MEP Gianluca Susta.
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Caspary said it was clear to him that searches by border control authorities, for example in China, had to be backed by a judge's decision. "Anything else is impossible," he said, because otherwise one would open the gates for industrial espionage.
Caspary downplayed the fact that for an assessment of ACTA members of Parliament should at least have a look at the draft text. Other observers confirmed that during an update given to the Trade Committee by DG Trade officials there were requests for the document. But so far ACTA negotiations have been held behind closed doors.
The next meeting of negotiators is expected at the end of the month after a meeting planned for this week had to be postponed, sources said.
A more cautious approach in bilateral trade agreements with regard to fighting counterfeiting and piracy is recommended in a briefing paper requested by the International Trade Committee and prepared by Duncan Matthews of Queen Mary College, University of London.
Matthews asks in his summary that inclusion of IP enforcement in agreements had to be done on the basis of adequate evidence on the level of counterfeiting and piracy, recommends that the European Parliament should consider the need to balance flexibilities in the TRIPS agreement with the need for additional provisions in bilateral agreements and warns that "agreements that contain provisions on recourse to bilateral dispute settlement mechanisms risk weakening the multilateral dispute settlement system." TRIPS refers to the World Trade Organization Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights.
As IP rights are private rights, "the main responsibility for taking measures to protect and enforce intellectual property rights should lie with individual right holders," said Matthews. He recommended establishing a parliamentary forum or an inter-parliamentary observatory to monitor and assess the impact of bilateral agreements in the fight against counterfeiting and piracy.
Matthews' analysis might give some members of the EU Parliament second thoughts, yet so far it seems that Parliament will be kept outside of the negotiations. Parliament would be consulted, but as long as the Lisbon Treaty has not been signed there is no co-decision role for the Parliament on this, according to the DG Trade spokesman.
Representatives of several non-governmental organisations have begun digging into the question of whether this legal assessment is correct, given that there was no harmonisation with regard to penal law sanctions against IP violations in the European Union. This has been blocked so far by member states.
"Europe May Put ACTA Back On Faster Track" by Intellectual Property Watch is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.


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Seljony Gai (russ. Зелёный Гай) ist der Name folgender Orte in Russland:

 Seljony Gai (Kaliningrad), Siedlung in der Oblast Kaliningrad ((Groß) Drebnau, Kreis Fischhausen/Samland, Ostpreußen)
 Seljony Gai (Kursk, Dmitrijew-Lgowski), Siedlung im Rajon Dmitrijew-Lgowski, Oblast Kursk
 Seljony Gai (Kursk, Rylsk), Siedlung im Rajon Rylsk, Oblast Kursk
 Seljony Gai (Tambow), Siedlung in der Oblast Tambow
 Seljony Gai (Woronesch), Siedlung in der Oblast Woronesch

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Twistfuck
BANG goes the TV
TDNTav
REMiX of a REMiX
An extract from my masters dissertation…
REMiXiNG CULTURE: Creativity and The Internet
D. Nelligan (2014)
CHAPTER 1: iNTRODUCTiON TO REMiX
// Broader Definitions of 'Remix' (p. 17,18)
The term 'remix' originated in music recording terminology. But as it is used today, 'remix' could easily apply to the writing of a thesis. It is sensibly acknowledged that building on the work of others is as crucial in academia as it is in literature and journalism and all textual forms. We are undeniably influenced by the work of others. But consciously remixing that work does not necessarily mean cannibalising it. The well-written dissertation brings together the findings and thoughts of the author with supporting evidence from a variety of sources which illustrate the established thinking and newer trends in the relevant field(s) of study. Without quotation marks or citations of any kind, the dissertation would be rife with plagiarism. But with the proper referencing and annotation, the same dissertation is appreciated for the curation and editing of the "remixed" texts to support larger arguments. A successful remix has merit in its own right. It draws disparate elements together from various sources to create a coherent whole. The creative decisions involved in the editing and blending of these disparate elements with new original material constitute an assertion of authorship on the part of the remixer.
My REMiX of a REMiX video was an exercise in this kind of curative authorship. I took an 80 minute film and savagely edited it down to 20 minutes. Editing takes a lot of thoughtfulness, consideration and technical skill. My editorial objective was to encapsulate all the points from the movie that I would be discussing in this thesis, especially the points that were illustrated more concisely and demonstrated more fully than a textual form would allow. As Lawrence Lessig explained to Brett Gaylor in a scene from the video, you should be able to use multimedia content in journalism and documentary film-making as freely as any author can directly quote other authors in a text. If you attribute the quotation and cite the source, there should not be a problem.
Some Popular Songs From 1914
Arranged for Modern Sensibilities
and Recorded Using Modern Methods
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Most of GIVE ME A SINE was composed and arranged in a virtual space, utilising sound synthesis, sampling, and heavy processing.
Inanimate objects and abstract concepts become totemic symbols on a vision quest, as the disembodied artist searches for his humanity in the guts of the machine that has swallowed him, and all of us, whole.
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deriving the same formulas, over and over again.
by an outside force, he reminds us.
but I don't raise my hand.
and the less I care the more I hate the people who do.
The equations in my notes are insufferably smug.
"We can't explain the world to you," they seem to be saying.
But why not, you arrogant assholes? Why not?
but now I just wonder what's the matter with me.


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Annual Food Drive to help Community for Thanksgiving!!!!
UAFD held our 9th annual food drive at 2 local grocery stores. This food drive is to support Operation Wildcat and the Mechanicsburg School District.
Members worked at both Weis Market and Giant Foods to collect food items. A total of 48 boxes of food were collected and donated. This was one of the biggest amounts of food collected. Thank you Upper Allen Township residence that supports the Fire Department!
Thank you to the members that came out to collect and sort all the food.
During the food drive on Sunday, we collected 81 Turkeys. They were either frozen, fresh and certificates. It was awesome to see the support that we received! Nice Job UAFD!!!!
We donated them to Operation Wildcat (7), Bethesda Mission (57) and New Hope Ministries (17).
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Frankford is een plaats (town) in de Amerikaanse staat Delaware, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Sussex County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 714. In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 756, een stijging van 42 (5,9%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van 1,8 km², geheel bestaande uit land. Frankford ligt op ongeveer 4 m boven zeeniveau.

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 16 km rond Frankford.

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Plaats in Delaware


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Q: I need to open a local PDF using Adobe Reader app via an IBaction using a Button I have been searching for days for a solution to my problem and cant find exactly what I need. I have created an interactive PDF that needs to be viewed in Adobe Reader (the app is on the ipad). I have multiple view controllers I need to add a universal button to that will open Adobe Reader to show the pdf (via popover to the app or embedded, embedded preferred). Currently when i click my button, the screen just slightly dims, then goes back to normal after a second touch. Based on what im looking for, I am assuming this will be via an IBaction and I currently have the following:
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4 edition of James Van Allen found in the catalog.
James Van Allen
Abigail Foerstner
the first eight billion miles
by Abigail Foerstner
Published 2007 by University of Iowa Press in Iowa City, IA .
Statement Abigail Foerstner.
LC Classifications QB
Pagination xx, 322 p., [32] p. of plates :
James Alfred Van Allen (7. syyskuuta – 9. elokuuta ) oli yhdysvaltalainen avaruustutkija, joka Explorer 1-satelliitin mittausten perusteella löysi Maan säteilyvyöhykkeet.. Van Allen syntyi juristin poikana Iowassa.Hän valmistui ylioppilaaksi ja opiskeli fysiikkaa paikallisessa collegessa. Van Allen suoritti maisterin tutkinnon Iowan yliopistossa ja väitteli tohtoriksi Kansalaisuus: yhdysvaltalainen. Welcome to the James Allen Free Library. Our mission: The James Allen Free Library aspires to make all the works of inspirational writer James Allen () available online, to anyone, for free, in both English and Dutch. First of all, we thank everyone who helped us find copies of James Allen's writings.
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NASA is remembering pioneering astrophysicist James Van Allen, who died Aug. 9 at the age of "James Van Allen was one of the greatest and most accomplished American space scientists of our time and few researchers had such wide range of expertise in so many scientific disciplines," said NASA Administrator Michael Griffin. Dr. James Van Allen did not get all the scientific awards for discovering a "harmless field of radiation". The VABelt is deadly, huge ( km / mi), and takes over hours to get through at km/h or mph. He saved lives of astronauts who would have gone through it. Beyond the VAB astronauts get the full brunt of solar flares.
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Born inVan Allen was one of four children of James Alfred and Alma Olney Van Allen. He was raised in Mount Pleasant, Iowa, where he discovered a love for tinkering with machinery.
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My father read As a Man Thinketh by James Allen as he was entering adulthood. He recommended it highly to me and that is why I chose to read it. My father really took the following passage from this book to heart during his 34 year teaching career, "In the light of this truth, what, then, is the meaning of "fighting against circumstances?"Author: Appreciable.
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InPresident Ronald Reagan presented Dr. Van Allen with the National Medal of Science, the nation's highest honor for scientific achievement.
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Eurydice By sarah ruhl
Written by playwright Sarah Ruhl, Eurydice re-imagines the Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice from Eurydice's perspective. After dying on her wedding day, Ruhl tells of Eurydice's journey to the Underworld, reuniting with her father and rediscovering, piece by piece, her past life. Meanwhile, Orpheus comes closer and closer to finding his wife and bringing her home. Ruhl utilizes abstract imagery and wacky characters in the context of a classic myth to create a truly unique, beautiful story.
Come see the show! February 23rd, 2019 at 7 P.M. at the Williston Theatre: 18 Payson Avenue, Easthampton, MA, 01027
Maddie Elsea (Eurydice & Director)
Maddie's time with the Williston theater dates back to her seventh grade performance as "Lady 2" in Cinderella. A year later, she discovered her passion for directing when she filled the role of assistant director in the middle school's 2015 production of Romeo and Juliet. After moving into the high school, Maddie has continued to both perform in and assistant-direct shows including The Comedy of Errors, Peter and the Starcatcher, Our Town, Into the Woods, The Laramie Project, and Crazy for You. Maddie is beyond excited to be directing her first full-length play, and she can't wait for the audience to experience all of the love and beauty in Eurydice that caused her to fall in love with it in the first place.
Edward bergham (Orpheus)
Edward Bergham is a freshman and is enjoying his first year with the Williston theatre. His acting experience before Williston has ranged everywhere from small middle school plays to high school musical productions of Footloose and Beauty and the Beast. He was also in the recent Williston production of The Laramie Project. Edward was thrilled to receive the roll of Orpheus, especially considering this is the first Williston Scholars project that he has been invited to participate in. He hopes that everyone can try and realize the Orpheus inside of themselves and work to understand the positives and negatives of their little Orpheus.
CALEB STERN (NASTY INTERESTING MAN, LORD OF THE UNDERWORLD)
Caleb Stern began his entanglement with the theater in 5th grade, with a production of Twelfth Night. Since then, he has gone on to perform in such shows as Romeo and Juliet, In The Heights, Peter and the Starcatcher, Our Town, and Into The Woods. A six-year senior, Caleb is excited and honored to participate in Eurydice as the Nasty Interesting Man, a man who has been described as both nasty and interesting, and Lord of the Underworld.
ALEX MARWAHA (EURYDICE'S FATHER
Alex has been backstage in the theatre for five years now. He has worked constructing sets for eight shows and has been backstage in four. Recently he acted in The Laramie Project, a show with deep personal importance to him. Currently he is also the Stage Manager for Crazy For You. He appreciates the writing and the detailing of the characters in Eurydice and he is excited to be a part of another show, reminding him of what it is like to be an actor. Alex has the honor of playing Eurydice's father in the underworld.
SARAH MARKEY (LITTLE STONE)
Sarah Markey, a freshman from Northampton, Massachusetts, started at Williston in seventh grade. She enjoys making people laugh through theater and performing. Last spring she played Trinculo in the Tempest. Sarah is thankful for the experience she's gained from working along side the talented actors in Eurydice.
ALEXA KERR (BIG STONE)
Alexa is a sophomore here at Williston and started her theatre career playing Marigold in her fifth-grade production of "H.M.S Pinafore". Since then she has been a part of seven different shows including the most recent fall play, "The Laramie Project" and is so excited to be working on Eurydice. She has had such a great time working on this play with the rest of her cast and is so thankful to be part of it. She would like to thank her amazing director Maddie and her stage manager Margaret for being so patient. She hopes you enjoy the show!
NOE PERRY-GREENE (LOUD STONE)
Freshman Noe Perry-Greene has been a rather loud person her whole life, and somewhere along the line, this loudness translated itself into acting. When the opportunity to act in Eurydice came up, she was honored to be a part of it and excited for the journey ahead. Noe has acted in multiple Williston shows, including Our Town, The Tempest, and The Laramie Project, and will be returning to the Williston stage for their spring production of Crazy for You. Noe hopes that the audience will take away from Eurydice how important it is to remember.
MARGARET STRANGE (STAGE MANAGER)
Margaret is in her fifth year at Williston and has been working backstage since 8th grade. She has built the sets for numerous shows and in the past few years has stage managed several including Our Town and The Laramie Project. Margaret is very lucky to be able to stage manage this show as a part of her Williston Scholars project and has loved working with everyone. She hopes the audience enjoys Eurydice.
HANNAH CANNIZZO (COSTUME DESIGNER)
Hannah Cannizzo is a sophomore at Williston and this is her second year in costume shop. She has worked on productions such as last year's musical, Into the Woods, as well as Crazy for You, this year's spring production, plus the Williston Scholars projects of True West and Eurydice. She is very excited to part of such a wonderful cast and crew here at Williston, and especially in the student run projects. Hannah hopes the audience will enjoy the hard work and effort put into making this show become a reality.
To purchase tickets, visit williston.com/theater. To reach Maddie or any member of the cast/crew, send an email to melsea@williston.com. We will try to get back to you quickly!


Tomorrow is the 2nd anniversary of Becky Lynn Black's homegoing. Dave has been posting some testimonies on his web site. I never met Becky, so I can't relate personal experiences. But there is a way for me (and others) to learn from her.
I'm going to post my publisher's foreword to her book My Life Story. I rarely write a foreword to a book as a publisher, but I am always delighted to publish a book that gives someone's testimony. Theology is interesting. I consider Bible study to be of great importance. But sharing our experiences is, I think, of the greatest value.
A publisher's foreword is intended to tell you why I published this book and why you should read it. I'm going to skip that. I want to tell you why you should act on it.
Becky Lynn Black was not the sort of person normally recognized in an autobiography. She wasn't the head of a ministry. She didn't lead a church order. She wasn't a celebrity. But by the way God counts importance in His kingdom, she was extraordinary. She found the one thing that counts, her place as a servant. She said "yes" to Jesus Christ, and she knew that "yes" meant more than a ticket to heaven. It meant a life of service in answer to God's call.
Toward the end of her pilgrimage (and she knew she was a pilgrim!) here on earth, she took the time and energy to tell her story, the story of God working in and through her to change many lives all over the world. She gave her witness to her creator and redeemer. The psalmist challenges us not to hide God's great deeds from generations to come (Ps. 78:4), and Becky obeyed. I've spent a great deal of time reading and thinking about Hebrews 11, the honor roll of faith, as it's often called. If you read the stories of these people, you'll find they're quite a varied lot. But they have one thing in common: When God called, they answered. In the end, it could be said for that one reason that "[t]he world wasn't worthy of them" (Heb. 11:38).
Of course I want you to read this book. But what's most important is that you act on it. And when you have acted, bear witness, whether to one or to thousands.


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Die 36. DDR-Rundfahrt fand vom 7. bis zum 13. September 1988 statt. Sie führte mit einem Prolog und sieben Etappen über 964,9 km. Gesamtsieger der Rundfahrt wurde Uwe Raab.

Trikots
Bei dieser Rundfahrt wurden fünf Trikots vergeben: das Gelbe Trikot des Gesamtbesten, das Blaue der besten Mannschaft, das Violette des aktivsten Fahrers, das Weiß-rote des punktbesten Fahrers und das Weiße des besten Nachwuchsfahrers.

Etappen
Die Rundfahrt erstreckte sich mit einem Prolog und sieben Etappen über 964,9 km.

Prolog: Frankfurt (Oder) (Einzelzeitfahren), 3,1 km

1. Etappe: Rund um Frankfurt (Oder), 155 km

2. Etappe: Frankfurt (Oder) – Forst, 176 km

3. Etappe: Rund um Forst, 160 km

4. Etappe: Einzelzeitfahren in Forst, 40 km

5. Etappe: Forst – Görlsdorf, 118 km

6. Etappe:  Rund um den Kreis Luckau, 188 km

7. Etappe: Rund um Görlsdorf, 124,8 km

Gesamtwertungen

Gelbes Trikot (Einzelwertung)

Violettes Trikot (Aktivster Fahrer)

Anmerkung

Literatur

Radrennen 1988
1988


Everyone thinks she's crazy. And maybe she is. But Lauren Marriott knows her journey into Terratir happened. It was real, and she's writing it all down in frightening detail.
In order to escape Terratir, Lauren, Zach, and their newfound friends must complete the impossible quest for the Eye of Tanúb, a relic of immense power, which The Warlord has already stolen for himself.
I stayed close to the wall, my eyes wide, my heart racing in fright. Okay. This could not possibly be real. I was dreaming. I was in a coma or unconscious, just like I thought. Before us were beings I'd only seen on TV. Beings with green skin and others with horns, some with long, pointed ears. I called them "people" for lack of a better word, but they weren't people. They were monsters and elves, human-like animals who could talk, and aliens. Some were short and squat, dragging their hands on the ground. One monster had a large snout and black shaggy hair covering its entire body.
"What is that thing?" I asked, shrinking back behind Zach, hoping he could protect me.
"Him? He's a werewolf. He works in a pastry house. I remember him from the game. What's his name again?" Zach snapped his fingers, thinking.
M.E. Cunningham came from a land far, far away, and ended up on a little farm in northern Utah, living with numerous magical creatures: horses, chickens, dogs, cats, and a goat. Cunningham began writing quite by accident; the fall through the fabric of time dropped M.E. into the mysterious land of Terratir.
Terratir is not the first magical realm Cunningham has discovered, but it is the only one to be written about so far. Favorite topics include ghosts, monsters, dragons, and magic. Cunningham also likes TV, going to the movies, and camping in the mountains as long as there are no spiders, mosquitoes, or ticks.
Cunningham's first book, Reluctant Guardian, was published in August 2013. While always in search of the strange and unexplainable, this author will write each story as it is discovered. Be on the lookout!
There is an international tour-wide giveaway for the reader's choice of a Clean Teen Publishing eBook and a bookmark swag pack. Enter through the Rafflecopter form below.
Thank you - hoping to make this my next summer read. Awesome!
I love the cover of this book. It grabs your attention.
I love to read Science Fiction and Fantasy books.
Your book grabbed my attention. I want to read it. It sounds very interesting.


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EU court cites "constant surveillance," strikes down data collection law
Jeff Roberts Apr 8, 2014 - 7:09 AM CDT
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Europe's highest court declared on Tuesday that a directive requiring phone and internet companies to retain data for up to two years violated citizens' fundamental rights to privacy and to control personal data.
The ruling by the European Court of Justice means national governments will have to rewrite data collection laws that the EU requested after terrorist bombings in London and Madrid in 2006.
While noting that authorities had a genuine national interest in collecting the data, the court said the current rules exceed what is needed to fight crime, and leave citizens "feeling that their private lives are the subject of constant surveillance."
The now-invalid EU directive required phone and internet companies to retain traffic and location about their subscribers for six months to two years. In striking it down, the court complained about the law's lack of procedures to restrict access to the data, and its failure to inform citizens about who is holding their information.
The decision also complains that the law does not require data collected from phone and internet companies to remain in the EU — an apparent acknowledgment about ongoing concern over European countries sharing data with U.S. intelligence services.
The court decision represents a victory for privacy advocates in Germany and elsewhere, who have been vocal about surveillance issues, especially in light of ongoing leaks from Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who disclosed how the United States had co-opted phone and internet companies to participate in large-scale spying.
In the U.S., meanwhile, President Obama is reviewing the country's own data collection policies. Currently, phone companies are required to turn over their data to the NSA for five years, a process that Obama proposes to scale back.
Tuesday's court ruling came after the governments of Ireland and Austria filed a legal challenge asking the court to decide if the court complied with the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU. The outcome may lead to further lawsuits as privacy advocates challenge laws at the national level, although the ECJ is expected to suspend the decision to provide time for governments to revise their data collection rules.


A thought-provoking look at the future of innovation, work and careers, this latest SCDI Seminar examines the potential changes that will occur over the next twenty years. The technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and Second Machine Age will change how we work and live. Robotics, personalised medicine, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning as well as the ever-pervasive Digital Transformation will change everything. This means changing how we educate and what skills will be needed for future-proofing today's students. It also raises interesting questions on what kind of future we might see – Will future workers have multiple careers perhaps at the same time? Will 20th century concepts like an eight-hour, five-day working week still exist? Will retirement be a viable option for most people? How will fourth industrial revolution technologies affect what jobs will still exist and what new ones are yet to be created? And how does the wider world of innovation & entrepreneurial thinking and learning fit into this future??


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