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JUSTIN TINUCCI - Actor Interview
January 19, 2012 Anthony Cardno
Today's interview is with another young up-and-comer, actor Justin Tinucci.
Justin Tinucci
Justin Tinucci was born in Denver, Colorado. He relocated to the Los Angeles area (part time to start off) in June of 2009 to pursue his dream to become an actor. Since then, he has had the opportunity to work on some amazing films and television shows with some extremely talented cast and crew members. In addition to acting, Justin is a professional indoor skydiver. He and his sister Kayla have a wind tunnel team and are called "Team Future" they are widely recognized as the nation's youngest indoor skydiving team and compete in wind tunnels against skydivers worldwide.
ANTHONY: Hi, Justin! Thanks for taking the time to chat a bit with me.
JUSTIN: Hey Anthony! My Pleasure!
ANTHONY: Let's start out with your most recent project. You went to Georgia to film Goat Island. Tell me a bit about the movie and your role in it.
JUSTIN: In Goat Island with Val Kilmer and D.J. Caruso, I play a really fun character. His name in the movie is Butch. He's like a bully/twisted character who also has a soft side to him. I even had to die my hair blonde for it! The scenes that I'm in are really diverse. They have crying, kissing, dancing, bullying, everything! It was funny filming because everyone was surprised by how quickly I could go from regular guy to such a disturbed character.
ANTHONY: You also worked on The Muppets. How was that experience?
JUSTIN: Working on the Muppets was amazing. It was so much fun to work with Walter in my scene and it was fun how I got to dress up in a Halloween costume in the middle of August. It's crazy how for night scenes, they have to light up the set so much and it still looks dark. The way I actually got the job was in the audition, I went in with a Kermit the Frog t-shirt of him playing guitar!
ANTHONY: You've completed work on a new live-action pilot for Cartoon Network. What's the show about?
JUSTIN: I can't tell you the name of the show just yet but I can tell you that it's a sketch comedy show, but it's a whole new take on sketch comedy because it's single camera, so it has more of the tone of The Office or Modern Family. It also has a bunch of hidden camera pranks and other surprises and fun stuff too.
ANTHONY: How tough was the audition process, and how long did it take?
JUSTIN: The audition process started as a general call, and then about a month or two later, I got called back for a producer call for the pilot, and for the audition, I had to write and prepare a few sketch characters, so I made a sketch where I was at the ComicCon interviewing Russell Brand, Justin Beiber, Conan O'Brien, Steve Irwin, and one that was my secret weapon to booking the project, but I can't tell you exactly what is was, haha.
ANTHONY: Who else is in the cast?
JUSTIN: The executive producer was Nick Cannon, and I can't release the rest of the cast members' names just yet.
ANTHONY: When do you anticipate hearing about whether the series has been picked up or not?
JUSTIN: I have my fingers crossed, and I hope to hear in the next two months.
ANTHONY: You've done some stage work as well, right? Most recently at the 2011 Young Playwright's Festival?
JUSTIN: Yeah. The play that I was in was called living by numbers. The character that I was playing was diagnosed with cancer and predicted the exact time that he was going to die, and he was helping another patient and explained his coping process. It was great helping a young playwright have her piece come to life.
ANTHONY: And you've also done stand-up. Do you see yourself pursuing that seriously in the future?
JUSTIN: Of course. Many famous celebrities have had their start in stand up so i'd love to follow in their footsteps.
ANTHONY: A lot of young actors seem to concentrate on television and commercials and don't bother with live theater. How has working on stage affected the way you approach your screen work?
JUSTIN: It helps a lot with memorizing, energy, and awareness of your surroundings.
ANTHONY: How do you prepare for roles? Is your process in preparing for stagework different from television or movies?
JUSTIN: My theory was given to me by my awesome acting coach Amy Lyndon. I prepare my roles by reading in-between the lines. Once I can figure out the reason for what the character is really saying, the rest is just natural. I also never specifically try to memorize, because if I really know the point for what I'm saying, I should naturally have it memorized. I think the main premise for stage and film preparation is the same, but it's just small different things like energy level.
ANTHONY: When I talked to Sam Lant, we discussed the field of options for young actors on television. You've guested on a few shows, but you've also filled your resume with a lot of short film work. What's the upside to doing so much work that so few people ever get the chance to see?
JUSTIN: It gives you experience so that when it really counts when your working with big names, you're ready.
ANTHONY: You also play guitar for a band. Are you a classic "triple-threat" actor/singer/dancer like Justin Timberlake (only with red hair)? Or is the music more of a sideline to the acting?
JUSTIN: I am actually a horrible dancer and singer haha, but no I love playing guitar just as much as I love acting. My band Until Further Notice with Zach Callison (lead vocals), Hunter Craig (bass), and Gabe Feldman (drums) is actually working on a few original songs and we could have an album out some time this year. We love doing all genres of rock.
ANTHONY: So many young actors are committed to public service, setting a great example for their peers in terms of being involved with charities and the community. What causes are important to you, and what do you do to support them?
JUSTIN: I love helping many different charities. Susan G. Koman is a big one, I volunteer every Saturday morning at a food pantry called Help the Children, and me and some of my other friends are creating a new charity called YES (young example setters), so instead of saying no to bad things, we are being optimistic and encouraging people to say yes to good things.
ANTHONY: Now for my usual final question: What is your favorite book, and what would you say to someone who hasn't read it to convince them that they should?
JUSTIN: My favorite book is The Hunger Games, and I think to convince someone to read it, I would say that its not too long, and that there's a good mix of violence and romance so both genders would like it.
ANTHONY: Thanks again, Justin!
You can find Justin on Twitter as @justintinucci, check out his website, his Facebook fan page, his IMDb page, and his indoor sky-diving videos at www.team-future.net
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Welcome to our M25 motorway live traffic cameras webcams section. If you're planning to travel on the M25 motorway on a journey then check out many live M25 motorway traffic cameras to view the live traffic conditions on the very busy M25 motorway
The M25 motorway, or London Orbital, is a 117-mile (188 km) orbital motorway that almost encircles Greater London. The M25 is one of the world's longest orbital roads
Originally built as a dual three-lane motorway, much of the motorway has subsequently been widened to dual four-lanes in places and to a dual five-lane section between junctions 12 and 14 and a dual six-lane between junctions 14 and 15. Further widening in in progress with plans for managed motorways on other sections.
The M25 is not a continuous loop. To the east of London, the toll crossing of the Thames between Thurrock and Dartford is the lesser grade A282. The Dartford Crossing, which consists of two tunnels and the QE2 (Queen Elizabeth II) bridge, is named Canterbury Way. Passage across the bridge or through the tunnels is subject to a toll, depending on the kind of vehicle. Making this stretch a motorway would stop any traffic not permitted to use motorways from crossing the Thames east of the Woolwich Ferry.
At junction 5 near Sevenoaks, drivers continuing around the M25 in either direction must follow the slip roads. The anticlockwise carriageway continues eastward as the M26 (towards the M20); the clockwise carriageway continues towards the south coast as the A21.
The distance of the motorway from central London (taken as Charing Cross) varies from about 12 miles (19 km) near Potters Bar to 20 miles (32 km) near Byfleet. In some places (Enfield, Hillingdon and Havering) the Greater London boundary has been realigned to the M25 for minor stretches; while in others, most notably in Essex and Surrey, it is many miles distant. Major towns such as Epsom, Watford, and Loughton are within the M25. North Ockendon is the only settlement of Greater London situated outside the M25. In 2004, following an opinion poll, a move was mooted by the London Assembly to align the Greater London boundary with the M25.[3]
The three service areas are located in the central north (Junction 23 South Mimms), south east (Clacket Lane) and central east (Thurrock). A fourth, at Cobham, is due to open in 2012.[4]
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Live M25 motorway traffic weather camera junction 8 and junction 9
View the live traffic and weather conditions on the M25 motorway junction 8 and junctiion 9 by viewing this live M25 motorway travel and weather camera
This M25 junction 8 and junction 9 M25 motorway camera updates every 5 minutes
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M25 motorway live traffic camera overlooking junction 2 on the M25
Check out the live traffic on the M25 motorway by viewing this live travel weather camera overlooking junction 2 on the M25.
This junction 2 M25 motorway traffic web cam updates every 5 minutes
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Live M25 motorway traffic camera Junction 1A-Junction-1B
This live M25 motorway live traffic camera is overlooking Junction 1A and Junction 1B on the M25 motorway. Junction 1A clockwise exit is for Erith A206 and Swanscombe A206 for anti-clockwise the exit is for Swanscombe A206. The M25 junction 1B clockwise is for the A225 Dartford and there is no junction exit for the M25 1B anti-clockwise
This live traffic camera overlooking the M25 junction 1a and junction 1b updates every minute
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Demystifying the algorithm
By Clara Bird, Masters Student, OSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab
Hi everyone! My name is Clara Bird and I am the newest graduate student in the GEMM lab. For my master's thesis I will be using drone footage of gray whales to study their foraging ecology. I promise to talk about how cool gray whales in a following blog post, but for my first effort I am choosing to write about something that I have wanted to explain for a while: algorithms. As part of previous research projects, I developed a few semi-automated image analysis algorithms and I have always struggled with that jargon-filled phrase. I remember being intimidated by the term algorithm and thinking that I would never be able to develop one. So, for my first blog I thought that I would break down what goes into image analysis algorithms and demystify a term that is often thrown around but not well explained.
What is an algorithm?
The dictionary broadly defines an algorithm as "a step-by-step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing some end" (Merriam-Webster). Imagine an algorithm as a flow chart (Fig. 1), where each step is some process that is applied to the input(s) to get the desired output. In image analysis the output is usually isolated sections of the image that represent a specific feature; for example, isolating and counting the number of penguins in an image. Algorithm development involves figuring out which processes to use in order to consistently get desired results. I have conducted image analysis previously and these processes typically involve figuring out how to find a certain cutoff value. But, before I go too far down that road, let's break down an image and the characteristics that are important for image analysis.
Figure 1. An example of a basic algorithm flow chart. There are two inputs: variables A and B. The process is the calculation of the mean of the two variables.
What is an image?
Think of an image as a spread sheet, where each cell is a pixel and each pixel is assigned a value (Fig. 2). Each value is associated with a color and when the sheet is zoomed out and viewed as a whole, the image comes together. In color imagery, which is also referred to as RGB, each pixel is associated with the values of the three color bands (red, green, and blue) that make up that color. In a thermal image, each pixel's value is a temperature value. Thinking about an image as a grid of values is helpful to understand the challenge of translating the larger patterns we see into something the computer can interpret. In image analysis this process can involve using the values of the pixels themselves or the relationships between the values of neighboring pixels.
Figure 2. A diagram illustrating how pixels make up an image. Each pixel is a grid cell associated with certain values. Image Source: https://web.stanford.edu/class/cs101/image-1-introduction.html
Our brains take in the whole picture at once and we are good at identifying the objects and patterns in an image. Take Figure 3 for example: an astute human eye and brain can isolate and identify all the different markings and scars on the fluke. Yet, this process would be very time consuming. The trick to building an algorithm to conduct this work is figuring out what processes or tools are needed to get a computer to recognize what is marking and what is not. This iterative process is the algorithm development.
Figure 3. Photo ID image of a gray whale fluke.
An image analysis algorithm will typically involve some sort of thresholding. Thresholds are used to classify an image into groups of pixels that represent different characteristics. A threshold could be applied to the image in Figure 3 to separate the white color of the markings on the fluke from the darker colors in the rest of the image. However, this is an oversimplification, because while it would be pretty simple to examine the pixel values of this image and pick a threshold by hand, this threshold would not be applicable to other images. If a whale in another image is a lighter color or the image is brighter, the pixel values would be different enough from those in the previous image for the threshold to inaccurately classify the image. This problem is why a lot of image analysis algorithm development involves creating parameterized processes that can calculate the appropriate threshold for each image.
One successful method used to determine thresholds in images is to first calculate the frequency of color in each image, and then apply the appropriate threshold. Fletcher et al. (2009) developed a semiautomated algorithm to detect scars in seagrass beds from aerial imagery by applying an equation to a histogram of the values in each image to calculate the threshold. A histogram is a plot of the frequency of values binned into groups (Fig. 4). Essentially, it shows how many times each value appears in an image. This information can be used to define breaks between groups of values. If the image of the fluke were transformed to a gray scale, then the values of the marking pixels would be grouped around the value for white and the other pixels would group closer to black, similar to what is shown in Figure 4. An equation can be written that takes this frequency information and calculates where the break is between the groups. Since this method calculates an individualized threshold for each image, it's a more reliable method for image analysis. Other characteristics could also be used to further filter the image, such as shape or area.
However, that approach is not the only way to make an algorithm applicable to different images; semi-automation can also be helpful. Semi-automation involves some kind of user input. After uploading the image for analysis, the user could also provide the threshold, or the user could crop the image so that only the important components were maintained. Keeping with the fluke example, the user could crop the image so that it was only of the fluke. This would help reduce the variety of colors in the image and make it easier to distinguish between dark whale and light marking.
Figure 4. Example histogram of pixel values. Source: Moallem et al. 2012
Why algorithms are important
Algorithms are helpful because they make our lives easier. While it would be possible for an analyst to identify and digitize each individual marking from a picture of a gray whale, it would be extremely time consuming and tedious. Image analysis algorithms significantly reduce the time it takes to process imagery. A semi-automated algorithm that I developed to count penguins from still drone imagery can count all the penguins on a one km2 island in about 30 minutes, while it took me 24 long hours to count them by hand (Bird et al. in prep). Furthermore, the process can be repeated with different imagery and analysts as part of a time series without bias because the algorithm eliminates human error introduced by different analysts.
Whether it's a simple combination of a few processes or a complex series of equations, creating an algorithm requires breaking down a task to its most basic components. Development involves translating those components step by step into an automated process, which after many trials and errors, achieves the desired result. My first algorithm project took two years of revising, improving, and countless trials and errors. So, whether creating an algorithm or working to understand one, don't let the jargon nor the endless trials and errors stop you. Like most things in life, the key is to have patience and take it one step at a time.
Bird, C. N., Johnston, D.W., Dale, J. (in prep). Automated counting of Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) on Avian and Torgersen Island off the Western Antarctic Peninsula using Thermal and Multispectral Imagery. Manuscript in preparation
Fletcher, R. S., Pulich, W. ‡, & Hardegree, B. (2009). A Semiautomated Approach for Monitoring Landscape Changes in Texas Seagrass Beds from Aerial Photography. https://doi.org/10.2112/07-0882.1
Moallem, Payman & Razmjooy, Navid. (2012). Optimal Threshold Computing in Automatic Image Thresholding using Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization. Journal of Applied Research and Technology. 703.
Posted on October 8, 2019 October 8, 2019 Author Clara BirdCategories UncategorizedTags algorithms, analysis, analytical processes, GEMM Lab, geospatial analysis, Marine Mammals, marine megafauna, technologies, TechnologyLeave a comment on Demystifying the algorithm
Zooming in: A closer look at bottlenose dolphin distribution patterns off of San Diego, CA
By: Alexa Kownacki, Ph.D. Student, OSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab
Data analysis is often about parsing down data into manageable subsets. My project, which spans 34 years and six study sites along the California coast, requires significant data wrangling before full analysis. As part of a data analysis trial, I first refined my dataset to only the San Diego survey location. I chose this dataset for its standardization and large sample size; the bulk of my sightings, over 4,000 of the 6,136, are from the San Diego survey site where the transect methods were highly standardized. In the next step, I selected explanatory variable datasets that covered the sighting data at similar spatial and temporal resolutions. This small endeavor in analyzing my data was the first big leap into understanding what questions are feasible in terms of variable selection and analysis methods. I developed four major hypotheses for this San Diego site.
The study species: common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) seen along the California coastline in 2015. Image source: Alexa Kownacki.
Hypotheses:
H1: I predict that bottlenose dolphin sightings along the San Diego transect throughout the years 1981-2015 exhibit clustered distribution patterns as a result of the patchy distributions of both the species' preferred habitats, as well as the social nature of bottlenose dolphins.
H2: I predict there would be higher densities of bottlenose dolphin at higher latitudes spanning 1981-2015 due to prey distributions shifting northward and less human activities in the northerly sections of the transect.
H3: I predict that during warm (positive) El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) months, the dolphin sightings in San Diego would be distributed more northerly, predominantly with prey aggregations historically shifting northward into cooler waters, due to (secondarily) increasing sea surface temperatures.
H4: I predict that along the San Diego coastline, bottlenose dolphin sightings are clustered within two kilometers of the six major lagoons, with no specific preference for any lagoon, because the murky, nutrient-rich waters in the estuarine environments are ideal for prey protection and known for their higher densities of schooling fishes.
Data Description:
The common bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) sighting data spans 1981-2015 with a few gap years. Sightings cover all months, but not in all years sampled. The same transect in San Diego was surveyed in a small, rigid-hulled inflatable boat with approximately a two-kilometer observation area (one kilometer surveyed 90 degrees to starboard and port of the bow).
I wanted to see if there were changes in dolphin distribution by latitude and, if so, whether those changes had a relationship to ENSO cycles and/or distances to lagoons. For ENSO data, I used the NOAA database that provides positive, neutral, and negative indices (1, 0, and -1, respectively) by each month of each year. I matched these ENSO data to my month-date information of dolphin sighting data. Distance from each lagoon was calculated for each sighting.
Figure 1. Map representing the San Diego transect, represented with a light blue line inside of a one-kilometer buffered "sighting zone" in pale yellow. The dark pink shapes are dolphin sightings from 1981-2015, although some are stacked on each other and cannot be differentiated. The lagoons, ranging in size, are color-coded. The transect line runs from the breakwaters of Mission Bay, CA to Oceanside Harbor, CA.
H1: True, dolphins are clustered and do not have a uniform distribution across this area. Spatial analysis indicated a less than a 1% likelihood that this clustered pattern could be the result of random chance (Fig. 1, z-score = -127.16, p-value < 0.0001). It is well-known that schooling fishes have a patchy distribution, which could influence the clustered distribution of their dolphin predators. In addition, bottlenose dolphins are highly social and although pods change in composition of individuals, the dolphins do usually transit, feed, and socialize in small groups.
Figure 2. Summary from the Average Nearest Neighbor calculation in ArcMap 10.6 displaying that bottlenose dolphin sightings in San Diego are highly clustered. When the z-score, which corresponds to different colors on the graphic above, is strongly negative (< -2.58), in this case dark blue, it indicates clustering. Because the p-value is very small, in this case, much less than 0.01, these results of clustering are strongly significant.
H2: False, dolphins do not occur at higher densities in the higher latitudes of the San Diego study site. The sightings are more clumped towards the lower latitudes overall (p < 2e-16), possibly due to habitat preference. The sightings are closer to beaches with higher human densities and human-related activities near Mission Bay, CA. It should be noted, that just north of the San Diego transect is the Camp Pendleton Marine Base, which conducts frequent military exercises and could deter animals.
Figure 3. Histogram comparing the latitudes with the frequency of dolphin sightings in San Diego, CA. The x-axis represents the latitudinal difference from the most northern part of the transect to each dolphin sighting. Therefore, a small difference would translate to a sighting being in the northern transect areas whereas large differences would translate to sightings being more southerly. This could be read from left to right as most northern to most southern. The y-axis represents the frequency of which those differences are seen, that is, the number of sightings with that amount of latitudinal difference, or essentially location on the transect line. Therefore, you can see there is a peak in the number of sightings towards the southern part of the transect line.
H3: False, during warm (positive) El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) months, the dolphin sightings in San Diego were more southerly. In colder (negative) ENSO months, the dolphins were more northerly. The differences between sighting latitude and ENSO index was significant (p<0.005). Post-hoc analysis indicates that the north-south distribution of dolphin sightings was different during each ENSO state.
Figure 4. Boxplot visualizing distributions of dolphin sightings latitudinal differences and ENSO index, with -1,0, and 1 representing cold, neutral, and warm years, respectively.
H4: True, dolphins are clustered around particular lagoons. Figure 5 illustrates how dolphin sightings nearest to Lagoon 6 (the San Dieguito Lagoon) are always within 0.03 decimal degrees. Because of how these data are formatted, decimal degrees is the easiest way to measure change in distance (in this case, the difference in latitude). In comparison, dolphins at Lagoon 5 (Los Penasquitos Lagoon) are distributed across distances, with the most sightings further from the lagoon.
Figure 5. Bar plot displaying the different distances from dolphin sighting location to the nearest lagoon in San Diego in decimal degrees. Note: Lagoon 4 is south of the study site and therefore was never the nearest lagoon.
I found a significant difference between distance to nearest lagoon in different ENSO index categories (p < 2.55e-9): there is a significant difference in distance to nearest lagoon between neutral and negative values and positive and neutral years. Therefore, I hypothesize that in neutral ENSO months compared to positive and negative ENSO months, prey distributions are changing. This is one possible hypothesis for the significant difference in lagoon preference based on the monthly ENSO index. Using a violin plot (Fig. 6), it appears that Lagoon 5, Los Penasquitos Lagoon, has the widest variation of sighting distances in all ENSO index conditions. In neutral years, Lagoon 0, the Buena Vista Lagoon has multiple sightings, when in positive and negative years it had either no sightings or a single sighting. The Buena Vista Lagoon is the most northerly lagoon, which may indicate that in neutral ENSO months, dolphin pods are more northerly in their distribution.
Figure 6. Violin plot illustrating the distance from lagoons of dolphin sightings under different ENSO conditions. There are three major groups based on ENSO index: "-1" representing cold years, "0" representing neutral years, and "1" representing warm years. On the x-axis are lagoon IDs and on the y-axis is the distance to the nearest lagoon in decimal degrees. The wider the shapes, the more sightings, therefore Lagoon 6 has many sightings within a very small distance compared to Lagoon 5 where sightings are widely dispersed at greater distances.
Bottlenose dolphins foraging in a small group along the California coast in 2015. Image source: Alexa Kownacki.
Takeaways to science and management:
Bottlenose dolphins have a clustered distribution which seems to be related to ENSO monthly indices, and likely, their social structures. From these data, neutral ENSO months appear to have something different happening compared to positive and negative months, that is impacting the sighting distributions of bottlenose dolphins off the San Diego coastline. More research needs to be conducted to determine what is different about neutral months and how this may impact this dolphin population. On a finer scale, the six lagoons in San Diego appear to have a spatial relationship with dolphin sightings. These lagoons may provide critical habitat for bottlenose dolphins and/or for their preferred prey either by protecting the animals or by providing nutrients. Different lagoons may have different spans of impact, that is, some lagoons may have wider outflows that create larger nutrient plumes.
Other than the Marine Mammal Protection Act and small protected zones, there are no safeguards in place for these dolphins, whose population hovers around 500 individuals. Therefore, specific coastal areas surrounding lagoons that are more vulnerable to habitat loss, habitat degradation, and/or are more frequented by dolphins, may want greater protection added at a local, state, or federal level. For example, the Batiquitos and San Dieguito Lagoons already contain some Marine Conservation Areas with No-Take Zones within their reach. The city of San Diego and the state of California need better ways to assess the coastlines in their jurisdictions and how protecting the marine, estuarine, and terrestrial environments near and encompassing the coastlines impacts the greater ecosystem.
This dive into my data was an excellent lesson in spatial scaling with regards to parsing down my data to a single study site and in matching my existing data sets to other data that could help answer my hypotheses. Originally, I underestimated the robustness of my data. At first, I hesitated when considering reducing the dolphin sighting data to only include San Diego because I was concerned that I would not be able to do the statistical analyses. However, these concerns were unfounded. My results are strongly significant and provide great insight into my questions about my data. Now, I can further apply these preliminary results and explore both finer and broader scale resolutions, such as using the more precise ENSO index values and finding ways to compare offshore bottlenose dolphin sighting distributions.
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What REALLY is a Wildlife Biologist?
By Alexa Kownacki, Ph.D. Student, OSU Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, Geospatial Ecology of Marine Megafauna Lab
The first lecture slide. Source: Lecture1_Population Dynamics_Lou Botsford
This was the very first lecture slide in my population dynamics course at UC Davis. Population dynamics was infamous in our department for being an ultimate rite of passage due to its notoriously challenging curriculum. So, when Professor Lou Botsford pointed to his slide, all 120 of us Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology majors, didn't know how to react. Finally, he announced, "This [pointing to the slide] is all of you". The class laughed. Lou smirked. Lou knew.
Lou knew that there is more truth to this meme than words could express. I can't tell you how many times friends and acquaintances have asked me if I was going to be a park ranger. Incredibly, not all—or even most—wildlife biologists are park rangers. I'm sure that at one point, my parents had hoped I'd be holding a tiger cub as part of a conservation project—that has never happened. Society may think that all wildlife biologists want to walk in the footsteps of the famous Steven Irwin and say thinks like "Crikey!"—but I can't remember the last time I uttered that exclamation with the exception of doing a Steve Irwin impression. Hollywood may think we hug trees—and, don't get me wrong, I love a good tie-dyed shirt—but most of us believe in the principles of conservation and wise-use A.K.A. we know that some trees must be cut down to support our needs. Helicoptering into a remote location to dart and take samples from wild bear populations…HA. Good one. I tell myself this is what I do sometimes, and then the chopper crashes and I wake up from my dream. But, actually, a scientist staring at a computer with stacks of papers spread across every surface, is me and almost every wildlife biologist that I know.
The "dry lab" on the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer en route to Antarctica. This room full of technology is where the majority of the science takes place. Drake Passage, International Waters in August 2015. Source: Alexa Kownacki
There is an illusion that wildlife biologists are constantly in the field doing all the cool, science-y, outdoors-y things while being followed by a National Geographic photojournalist. Well, let me break it to you, we're not. Yes, we do have some incredible opportunities. For example, I happen to know that one lab member (eh-hem, Todd), has gotten up close and personal with wild polar bear cubs in the Arctic, and that all of us have taken part in some work that is worthy of a cover image on NatGeo. We love that stuff. For many of us, it's those few, memorable moments when we are out in the field, wearing pants that we haven't washed in days, and we finally see our study species AND gather the necessary data, that the stars align. Those are the shining lights in a dark sea of papers, grant-writing, teaching, data management, data analysis, and coding. I'm not saying that we don't find our desk work enjoyable; we jump for joy when our R script finally runs and we do a little dance when our paper is accepted and we definitely shed a tear of relief when funding comes through (or maybe that's just me).
A picturesque moment of being a wildlife biologist: Alexa and her coworker, Jim, surveying migrating gray whales. Piedras Blancas Light Station, San Simeon, CA in May 2017. Source: Alexa Kownacki.
What I'm trying to get at is that we accepted our fates as the "scientists in front of computers surrounded by papers" long ago and we embrace it. It's been almost five years since I was a senior in undergrad and saw this meme for the first time. Five years ago, I wanted to be that scientist surrounded by papers, because I knew that's where the difference is made. Most people have heard the quote by Mahatma Gandhi, "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." In my mind, it is that scientist combing through relevant, peer-reviewed scientific papers while writing a compelling and well-researched article, that has the potential to make positive changes. For me, that scientist at the desk is being the change that he/she wish to see in the world.
Scientists aboard the R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer using the time in between net tows to draft papers and analyze data…note the facial expressions. Antarctic Peninsula in August 2015. Source: Alexa Kownacki.
One of my favorite people to colloquially reference in the wildlife biology field is Milton Love, a research biologist at the University of California Santa Barbara, because he tells it how it is. In his oh-so-true-it-hurts website, he has a page titled, "So You Want To Be A Marine Biologist?" that highlights what he refers to as, "Three really, really bad reasons to want to be a marine biologist" and "Two really, really good reasons to want to be a marine biologist". I HIGHLY suggest you read them verbatim on his site, whether you think you want to be a marine biologist or not because they're downright hilarious. However, I will paraphrase if you just can't be bothered to open up a new tab and go down a laugh-filled wormhole.
Really, Really Bad Reasons to Want to be a Marine Biologist:
To talk to dolphins. Hint: They don't want to talk to you…and you probably like your face.
You like Jacques Cousteau. Hint: I like cheese…doesn't mean I want to be cheese.
Hint: Lack thereof.
Really, Really Good Reasons to Want to be a Marine Biologist:
Work attire/attitude. Hint: Dress for the job you want finally translates to board shorts and tank tops.
You like it. *BINGO*
Alexa with colleagues showing the "cool" part of the job is working the zooplankton net tows. This DOES have required attire: steel-toed boots, hard hat, and float coat. R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, Antarctic Peninsula in August 2015. Source: Alexa Kownacki.
In summary, as wildlife or marine biologists we've taken a vow of poverty, and in doing so, we've committed ourselves to fulfilling lives with incredible experiences and being the change we wish to see in the world. To those of you who want to pursue a career in wildlife or marine biology—even after reading this—then do it. And to those who don't, hopefully you have a better understanding of why wearing jeans is our version of "business formal".
A fieldwork version of a lab meeting with Leigh Torres, Tom Calvanese (Field Station Manager), Florence Sullivan, and Leila Lemos. Port Orford, OR in August 2017. Source: Alexa Kownacki.
Posted on January 15, 2018 September 24, 2019 Author Alexa KownackiCategories Bottlenose Dolphin Population Health, Outreach, UncategorizedTags Alexa Kownacki, analysis, Antarctica, career, computer programming, computers, conservation, conservation biology, data, Data Analysis, dolphins, Fieldwork, GEMM Lab, Graduate School, grant writing, Gray Whales, Jacques Cousteau, job, lab meeting, Lou Botsford, Mahatma Gandhi, marine biologist, Marine Mammals, meme, Milton Love, National Geographic, Oregon State University, Outreach, PhD, PhD student, Piedras Blancas, Population dynamics, Port Orford, R/V Nathaniel B. Palmer, Science, statistics, Steve Irwin, Todd Chandler, UC Davis, whales, wildlife, wildlife biologist, work attire, zooplanktonLeave a comment on What REALLY is a Wildlife Biologist?


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About Montgomery Gentry
Montgomery Gentry were a country music duo compromised of vocalists Eddie Montgomery and Troy Gentry, both hailing from Kentucky.
The duo have released six albums for Columbia Records' Nashville division: Tattoos & Scars (1999), Carrying On (2001), My Town (2002), You Do Your Thing (2004), Some People Change (2006), and Back When I Knew It All (2008) as well as a Greatest Hits album. Tattoos and Scars, My Town and You Do Your Thing are all certified platinum.
The duo have had more than 20 singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts (USA), including five #1 singles (If You Ever Stop Loving Me, Something To Be Proud Of, Lucky Man, Back When I Knew It All and Roll With Me).
Montgomery Gentry left Columbia Records in 2010 and signed to Average Joes Entertainment, a label co-owned by country rap singer Colt Ford. With this label, the duo released Rebels on the Run, their seventh album.
As of 2014, the duo are signed to Blaster Records, and released their eighth album, Folks Like Us, on June 9, 2015.
The duo won the 1999 AMA for Favorite New Artist – Country. They also won the CMA award for Duo of the Year in 2000, an award for which they were nominated every year between 1999-2009. Montgomery Gentry were nominated for a Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group for their song Lucky Man in 2008. The duo were inducted into the Grand Ole Opry in 2009. The duo were also nominated every year between 2001-2009 for the Academy of Country Music's Top Vocal Duo. On Sept 8-2017 Troy Gentry passed away in a helicopter crash in Medford Township, NJ
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Cum să conectați o priză online
Surprised, but the modular 8P8C connector, considered the benchmark of an Internet outlet, serves as the basis for creating computer circuits, primarily used by telephony. Meanwhile, the connection scheme of the Internet outlet will require knowledge of such basics. Cable cable disagree. Some are used for unidirectional modem connection, others are used to link two jobs. The number of contacts, the assembly technique, the cable crimping order by means of the crimper will vary. How to connect an Internet outlet, when there is so much information around - your head is spinning.
Internet sockets of modern personal computers
Abbreviation 8P8C, denoting modern Internet sockets, is formed by English 8 positions - 8 contacts. The connector is provided with a lock. Used to connect the individual components of the network, initially had no relation to the Internet sockets. In the original, the modular interface began to be used by the Federal Communications Commission in 1976 for organizing telecommunications. Then they began to call Registered Jack, notice the specific use of the Bell Systems group of companies. Internet outlets have become denoted by the letters RJ, followed by the specification number( 45).A letter sequence in the form of a suffix adds variations to the base type.
Internet socket
RJ48S in telecommunications is considered a subsystem of multimedia information transfer rules( voice, image) between devices by means of two twisted pairs. Contrasting with the RJ45S, where there are twice as many wires( not to be confused with the original 8P2C version).Number 48 has three modifications:
Litera S - 8P4C( 8 positions - 4 contacts) for DSX-1 lines.
Litera S - the same for DDS lines.
Litera X - the same, for DS lines the plug is shortened.
RJ11, RJ14, RJ25 are more often used by telephone lines for one-, two- and three-line service. If you take an informal terminology, RJ45S with a key, which is officially included in the list of plugs according to the standard, is used by telecommunications, incompatible with local networks that use an un-keyed RJ45 package. Once again, the indicated slang, it is impossible to read this in official standards. Mechanically, two types of modular connectors are incompatible. Therefore, directly connect the Internet cable to the television outlet for atypical use of a non-working idea.
To understand this, take a standard telephone set, see the connectors:
The handset is combined with the case with a 6P4C connector( 6 positions - 4 pins) of the RJ specification. A pair of wires for the speaker, microphone.
The phone casing sees the network as an RJ11 protocol, using the 6P2C connector.
Modern Internet outlet
As for computer Internet sockets, described by the TIA / EIA-568-B standard, are deprived of the key, this is noted above, incompatible with telecommunications. Call RJ45 only for external similarity. An important point when buying an Internet outlet Legrand RJ-45 may be the impression that it is for television companies. It is clear that in the Russian Federation it is difficult to confuse, be careful abroad. Moment bother to clarify. Is the RJ-45 prefix a simplified version of RJ-45S in the name of an Internet outlet, or is slang applied to computer networks with connectors via the TIA / EIA-568 interface? Easier to get the specification. Conduct a field test of the Internet outlet, find a piece of the power cord, equipped with a plug( dad).
Variety of standards for computer network sockets
The development of computer networks and Internet sockets has gone hand in hand with the growing need for high transmission speeds. The IEEE 802.3 standard was updated with new terms and concepts. In 1990, 10BASE-T was released, which serves as the basis for building an Ethernet network with a transmission rate of 10 Mbit / s. Five years later, the first 100BASE options were seen, which are still used to create computer networks. The difference between Internet sockets is limited by the number of active twisted pairs. Look at the picture, the dogma is illustrated clearly.
We can see: the 100BASE-TX standard Internet socket uses only 4 out of eight contacts. In practice, the term is called the wires that can carry 100 Mbit / s. Fast Ethernet Internet sockets. To create a patch can be 4 pairs. According to the scheme indicated by the layout of online outlets according to colors. The main thing is different! Standard T568 offers two options for the implementation of online outlets. Made to create cross-overs - cables, through which you can directly connect two personal computers. In the cords transmitters, receivers at opposite ends. On the one hand T568A, on the other - T568B.
Features of
connectors Developers of a standard for enterprises in the West recommend using only the first version of Internet sockets( probably, because A is considered to be a five-year-old in educational subjects).Wikipedia writes: some countries, showing lethargy, still use T568B.And now, attention, a question on Internet sockets! Guess which version is most widely used in Russia? Eureka!- Version of Internet sockets B. Therefore, when you are going to connect an Internet outlet, remember the annoying fact, avoid mistakes. Equipment of different standards can be mated cross-overs.
The US government in government contracts requires the use of T568A Internet sockets, due to its compatibility with early USOC( telecommunications) systems. Probably, by inertia, the Russian decided to do the opposite. Please note that we talked about Internet sockets for copper cables assembled with twisted pairs, with or without a screen. Beginning in 1998, fiber optic fiber( Fiber) became traditional for transmitting a gigabit network. Internet sockets are fed by a single-mode cable( spectral characteristic with one hump), developed in 1980, through which the signal travels in only one direction during a given period of time.
Optical connector is a bit like RJ-45, we see signs of a coaxial antenna interface of the TV.When searching by Yandex for the query "Internet socket Legrand", take the trouble to add the word "optical".Otherwise, the search engine will fail to issue the necessary. Fiber-optic communication is carried out in the light range through transparent channels. The frequency is large( 1000 times more radio waves), a lot of information can be encoded in a relatively narrow spectrum.
Internet outlet cables are often dual. In contrast to the splice, which is more likely to be the place of the inseparable joining of optical conductors, Ethernet connectors are designed for operational switching. Contrasting the chaos that prevails among twisted-pair copper wires, here( in fiber-optic networks) there is true chaos. Over 100 sizes - like? Before you connect a computer outlet, make sure that the type matches.
We give the actions of the provider. Transmit the driveway distribution boards of the light oscillations in the radio, so that they can use the Internet sockets. Then distribute the local grid through twisted pairs. Consequently? Consequently, the fiber optic cable will be seen only in the enterprise's Internet outlet. It is much more important to be able to connect the Internet sockets, guided by colors, rather than stick the fiber plug, assemble the splice. Strongly adhering to the opposite view, you need to know the above: there is a wide variety of standards. Take the trouble to select Internet sockets, plugs according to the equipment present on site.
Installation of the Internet distribution socket
It is easier than simple to connect a twisted pair cable to an Internet outlet. The pinout of the connector above was already given in colors, it remains to be correctly connected. The wire is cut, the outer insulation is removed, the screen of the thinnest foil is raised. The veins are unwound to the correct distance to the connector. On the back of the outlet connector with slotted contacts. If there - between two sharp knives - to push the wiring, insulation breaks through to the core, nothing more needs to be done.
The wall recessed socket is removable. On the product Legrand is fastened with a plastic screw-latch. In order not to confuse colors, the connector has a markup. You need to firmly know, we are mounting the T568A or T568B.In Legrand, the connector is removed, installed, then, when reversed, with the clamping screw( see above), the insulation is cut to the end. A reliable electrical connection is formed. The extra ends of the connector wires are simply cut off. Before installing the outlet, you can ping the connection reliability with a tester so as not to disassemble in case of unsuccessful installation.
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Then the connector with the housing is mounted to the standard socket, the struts are tightened, ensuring a secure fit. Please note that it is allowed to mount on four screws running along the perimeter, along the framing border of plastic. It is necessary to do as it is more convenient. Not all online sockets are like two drops of water. The company Lesard symmetrical connector - four wires coming from each side. On the sides there is a coloring of the sockets( for the convenience of switching).
The rest of the installation procedure is similar. The connector is held by plastic teeth, covered with a lid. Serves for tight wiring. The connector is removed, then opened, and the wires are sealed. Now you need to press down the lid, insert into place. A special screwdriver is usually used to press the cores into the connector. On the Internet, this is often referred to as a percussion device for terminating a twisted pair. Although strictly speaking, it is used everywhere, including telephony connectors. It is very convenient - you press down from the top until it clicks and it's about the hat.
A bare-handed or conventional screwdriver will not compare a seasoned twisted pair device to a connector. Usually such technologies will be found in distribution boxes and shields. Where are the pads, connectors. Greatly facilitates the work of the installer. As much as possible simplify the connection of a computer outlet. When choosing inventory in the store, we recommend that you navigate your own needs. Not all devices for termination are convenient, but they cost less. Small-sized sold without a pen and do not click - happy price.
For a modern Internet with a speed of 100 Mbit / s, four contacts are enough, according to the first column in our picture. If you wish, you can close up everything. The day is not far when technologies take a step forward, the entire Internet will be distributed at the speed measured by gigabits. We remind you that the green wire is sealed to the 6th contact according to the type T568B.Many will probably need to press the plug for the outlet. A special tool, the crimper, is usually used. Gizmos costs up to 20,000 rubles( not a typo), it is realistic to get it by paying fifty. Think about the quality.
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Maya Magic & Life Blog
Sebriano and The Dragon
Cenote Ik Kil is 150 feet deep, or so they say. It is one of the thousands of entrances to the vast underwater cave system that covers the Yucatan Peninsula. Its waters, though crystal clear, are dark as night because of its depth. This past week, I chose not to swim in its cool waters. I have been swimming there before, but I admit with some fear. Now, I may have my answer as to why I am afraid.
My friend, Maria, and I ventured deep into the Yucatan to go story hunting. There are legends of elemental beings all through the jungles and the best way to find first-hand accounts of encounters with these creatures of earth, air, fire, and water is to visit the remote villages and talk to the Maya people there. So, we drove four hours into the heart of the territory and stayed in an unassuming hotel across the street from Ik Kil, the fabulous and mystical cenote.
Early the next morning, after our visit to the sacred waters and Maria's swim (and my observation of her swim), we went to check out of the hotel. We paid for our room and chatted a bit with the man behind the desk. He had lived in the area all his life and had a few stories to tell. I asked him if he had any stories about the cenotes and he told me only this;
"There is a cenote not far from here that the tourists never visit. I was working near there for a while and sometimes, late a night, we could hear water rushing inside the cave. We would run and look down into the cenote, but the water was completely still."
He had no more information than that. But he did have information about an encounter a man in a nearby village had with the evil goddess Xtabay. So, we thanked him and went to see if we could find the man.
An hour later, we were sitting in plastic chairs on a broad porch with an almost blind, older gentleman named Sebriano. He was uncle to the man we were looking for. He said his nephew was working, but he had stories of his own to share with us. He talked of Xtabay and the aluxob (plural for alux--a small, childlike and unpredictable leprechaun). And then he told us a story he said he'd never told anyone. He even questioned why he was telling us. For forty years he'd held it's secret.
Sebriano leaned forward in his seat, his dark and clouded eyes sparkling despite his limited vision, "I have seen the serpent in the centoes," he began. "It's huge. Its head is the size of a queen-sized bed. It looks like a dragon, black as night. One night, about one o'clock in the morning, I was out near the cenote and I heard the sound of rushing water. I looked down into the cave and the water was swirling like a whirlpool. Then, suddenly, a dragon-creature with an enormous head flew up toward me and then turned around and dove back into the blackness. It disappeared and, almost instantly, the water was still again."
I was stunned. Sebriano did not know what the creature was called. He never saw it again and kept the encounter to himself. But, I had read a similar story of a dragon-like creature with the body of a snake and the head of a horse that lived in the extensive cave system under the Yucatan and only came out at night.
"I am sure other people must know about the creature," my new Maya friend continued. "That is why they use the nets."
"Nets?" I wasn't sure if I heard him correctly. Maria, whose Spanish is excellent, confirmed the translation. Yes, nets.
He continued. "The cenotes where the tourists go all have nets very deep down under the water. They are nailed into the walls of the caves so nothing can get past them. The cenotes that are out in the country where no tourists go don't have nets."
I wracked my brain to think of any reason "they" would take the time and effort to nail huge nets across the caves deep under water. It would not be an easy job and so, by rights, would only be done if it were very important. Installing a net 100 feet down would require scuba divers and repeated dives since the work would be difficult and would mean a lot of air consumption at a depth where divers can only stay a few minutes before needing to decompress. And anyway, a net 100 feet beneath the surface would not be any help at all to a tourist, unless of course they were to keep something from coming UP.
Maria and I thanked Sebriano for his time and his stories. He said to come back and visit. We said we would. His countenance was so bright and shiny, he was a true treasure to spend time with. And his fabulous story about the cenote dragon had me wondering about other mystical stories of entrances to the Maya Underworld and what treasures a cenote dragon might be guarding in the labyrinthine cave system where Heaven and Hell meet.
COOL-A-RAMA: Here is a link to a story written by someone who visited some secret and private cenotes. There are a couple VERY STRANGE photos including one that has something in the water that looks a bit like the Loch Ness Monster https://earthvagabonds.com/2015/12/22/secret-and-private-cenotes-near-tulum/
Off to see what more I can discover about the "nets"
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Diablo Canyon Power Plant returns to full power after planned outage
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reports that Unit 2 of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant is back to full power after a planned refueling and maintenance outage that began in September.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reports that Unit 2 of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant is back to full power after a planned refueling and maintenance outage that began in September.
PG&E brought in more than 900 temporary workers to help with the refueling and maintenance work.
Crews reportedly completed 12 major projects, including replacement of the Unit 2 stator, a key component of the generator that puts out 1,143 megawatts of electricity during regular operations. PG&E says other projects included replacing a portion of the reactor fuel, conducting maintenance, and testing systems and components that aren't accessible during regular plant operations.
Unit 1 remained operational during the Unit 2 outage. It's scheduled for a refueling outage next fall.


The RNCM asked year 5 to create posters and write letters from WW1. The Students used the children's ideas to run a workshop and created 3 uniquely beautiful songs accompanied, by an orchestra, and played it for them. This was to bring life and music alive from WW1 in Paris and Manchester.


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The European Commission is working to help investors and businesses seize the potential of crowdfunding and make it easier for platforms to offer their services EU-wide.
What the EU is doing and why
The EU market for crowdfunding is underdeveloped compared with other major world economies. For many years, one of the biggest hurdles faced by crowdfunding platforms seeking to offer their services across borders has been the lack of common rules and diverging licensing requirements across the European Union. This has resulted in high compliance and operational costs, which prevented crowdfunding platforms from efficiently scaling the provision of their services. As a result, small businesses had fewer financing opportunities available to them and investors had less choice and faced more uncertainty when investing cross-border.
The Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) for business ((EU) 2020/1503) lays down uniform rules across the EU for the provision of investment-based and lending-based crowdfunding services related to business financing. It allows platforms to apply for an EU passport based on a single set of rules, which makes it easier for them to offer their services across the EU with a single authorisation.
The new rules are expected to increase the availability of this innovative form of finance, which will help companies seeking alternatives to bank financing. Investors on crowdfunding platforms, meanwhile, will benefit from an aligned and enhanced investor protection framework, based on
clear rules on information disclosures for project owners and crowdfunding platforms
rules on governance and risk management for crowdfunding platforms
strong and harmonised supervisory powers for national authorities overseeing the functioning of crowdfunding platforms
Policy making timeline
NEXT STEP - Deadline for authorisation
Existing crowdfunding platforms with prior authorisation under national rules had to receive authorisation under the new regulatory framework by 10 November 2022. In order to accommodate a smooth transition into the new regime and ensure continuity of services, this transitional period has been extended to 10 November 2023 through the adoption of a Commission Delegated Act.
The rules set by the Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) for business entered into application, applying directly across the EU.
Adoption of the Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSP) for business.
Legislative proposal
Commission proposal for a regulation on European crowdfunding services providers.
The proposal will make it easier for crowdfunding platforms to offer their services across the EU.
The initiative was part of the European Commission's fintech action plan and the mid-term review of the capital markets union action plan.
Study on identifying market and regulatory obstacles to crowdfunding in the EU.
Report on dentifying market and regulatory obstacles to crossborder development of crowdfunding in the EU by the European Crowdfunding Network and Osborne Clarke Germany.
Inception impact assessment
Legislative proposal for an EU framework on crowd and peer to peer finance.
Report on assessing the potential for crowdfunding and other forms of alternative finance to support research and innovation by Directorate-General for Research and Innovation of the European Commission.
Report on crowdfunding in the EU capital markets union.
Crowdfunding: Mapping EU markets and events study.
Communication on crowdfunding.
Consultation on crowdfunding in the EU launched by the Commission to explore the added value of potential EU action.
End date: 31 December 2013.
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Summary of the legislation: European crowdfunding service providers for business
Legislative proposal for an EU framework on crowd and peer to peer finance
Original legislative proposal for the ECSP Regulation
Impact assessment accompanying the legislative proposal for the ECSP Regulation
Executive summary of the impact assessment accompanying the legislative proposal for the ECSP Regulation
Crowdfunding explained - A guide for small and medium enterprises on crowdfunding and how to use it


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Q: Returning sprite from coroutine I currently have 2 functions.
My first one is an IEnumerator, let's call it LoadImage, it handles downloading the image from a URL.
IEnumerator LoadImage()
{
    WWW www = new WWW("https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/myeyehouse/uimg/scimg/sc661120171130095837184/pano/thumb_Eyehouse.jpg");
    while (!www.isDone)
    {
        Debug.Log("Download image on progress" + www.progress);
        yield return null;
    }

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(www.error))
    {
        Debug.Log("Download failed");
    }
    else
    {
        Debug.Log("Download succes");
        Texture2D texture = new Texture2D(1, 1);
        www.LoadImageIntoTexture(texture);

        Sprite sprite = Sprite.Create(texture,
            new Rect(0, 0, texture.width, texture.height), Vector2.zero);
        return sprite;

    }
}

My second function needs to assign that LoadImage()'s output (which is a sprite) to my GameObject. I cant just put my GameObject and load it in the LoadImage() function. If possible, I need advice on how I can assign my the sprite from the LoadImage() function.

A: You can't return a value from coroutine. So you need to use delegate.
I would return the Texture and leave the Sprite creation out.
IEnumerator LoadImage(Action<Texture2D> callback)
{
    WWW www = new WWW("https://s3-ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com/myeyehouse/uimg/scimg/sc661120171130095837184/pano/thumb_Eyehouse.jpg");
    while (!www.isDone)
    {
        Debug.Log("Download image on progress" + www.progress);
        yield return null;
    }

    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(www.error))
    {
        Debug.Log("Download failed");
        callback(null);
    }
    else
    {
        Debug.Log("Download succes");
        Texture2D texture = new Texture2D(1, 1);
        www.LoadImageIntoTexture(texture);
        callback(texture);
    }
}

Then you call:
void Start()
{
    StartCoroutine(LoadImage(CreateSpriteFromTexture));
}
private CreateSpriteFromTexture(Texture2D texture)
{
        if(texture == null) { return;}
        Sprite sprite = Sprite.Create(texture,
            new Rect(0, 0, texture.width, texture.height), Vector2.zero);
        // Assign sprite to image
}

The whole challenge is to understand how delegate and action work.

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Q: BigCommerce API. How to create cart and how to search customers using wildcards I'm working on BigCommerce API for client's website, I have following questions:

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*Is there any way to create cart or add products to cart? So far I have learned that we have to maintain shopping cart on our system and once everything is done we can create Order on BigCommerce using API and post all products which are in our own shopping cart, is this right or I'm wrong?

*Is there any way to search/list customers or any other data using wildcards? I'm trying following but its not returning anything:
$filters = array('store_credit' => '>100'); // to get customers have more than 100 credits

// OR array('first_name' => 'ar'); // to search for customers having "ar" in their first name
$customers = Bigcommerce::getCustomers($filters);

Waiting for answers.

A: There are no shopping cart APIs yet. So, the first part is hard to do via API.
Regarding search/filtering, wildcards can't be used. The search looks for 'ar' first name if you are specifying that as a filter.


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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Diagnostics;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Resources;
using System.Xml.Linq;

namespace WPCordovaClassLib.CordovaLib
{
    class ConfigHandler
    {
        public class PluginConfig
        {
            public PluginConfig(string name, bool autoLoad = false)
            {
                Name = name;
                isAutoLoad = autoLoad;
            }
            public string Name;
            public bool isAutoLoad;
        }

        protected Dictionary<string, PluginConfig> AllowedPlugins;
        protected List<string> AllowedDomains;
        protected Dictionary<string, string> Preferences;

        public string ContentSrc { get; private set; }

        protected bool AllowAllDomains = false;
        protected bool AllowAllPlugins = false;

        public ConfigHandler()
        {
            AllowedPlugins = new Dictionary<string, PluginConfig>();
            AllowedDomains = new List<string>();
            Preferences = new Dictionary<string, string>();
        }

        public string GetPreference(string key)
        {
            return Preferences[key];
        }

        protected static string[] AllowedSchemes = {"http","https","ftp","ftps"};
        protected bool SchemeIsAllowed(string scheme)
        {
            return AllowedSchemes.Contains(scheme);
        }

        protected string PathAndQuery(Uri uri)
        {
            string result = uri.LocalPath;
            if (uri.Query.Length > 0)
            {
                result +=  uri.Query;
            }
            return result;
        }

        protected void AddWhiteListEntry(string origin, bool allowSubdomains)
        {

            if (origin == "*")
            {
                AllowAllDomains = true;
            }

            if (AllowAllDomains)
            {
                return;
            }

            string hostMatchingRegex = "";
            string hostName;

            try
            {

                Uri uri = new Uri(origin.Replace("*", "replaced-text"), UriKind.Absolute);

                string tempHostName = uri.Host.Replace("replaced-text", "*");
                //if (uri.HostNameType == UriHostNameType.Dns){}
                // starts with wildcard match - we make the first '.' optional (so '*.org.apache.cordova' will match 'org.apache.cordova')
                if (tempHostName.StartsWith("*."))
                {    //"(\\s{0}|*.)"
                    hostName = @"\w*.*" + tempHostName.Substring(2).Replace(".", @"\.").Replace("*", @"\w*");
                }
                else
                {
                    hostName = tempHostName.Replace(".", @"\.").Replace("*", @"\w*");
                }

                //  "^https?://"
                hostMatchingRegex = uri.Scheme + "://" + hostName + PathAndQuery(uri);
                //Debug.WriteLine("Adding regex :: " + hostMatchingRegex);
                AllowedDomains.Add(hostMatchingRegex);

            }
            catch (Exception)
            {
                Debug.WriteLine("Invalid Whitelist entry (probably missing the protocol):: " + origin);
            }

        }

        /**

         An access request is granted for a given URI if there exists an item inside the access-request list such that:

            - The URI's scheme component is the same as scheme; and
            - if subdomains is false or if the URI's host component is not a domain name (as defined in [RFC1034]), the URI's host component is the same as host; or
            - if subdomains is true, the URI's host component is either the same as host, or is a subdomain of host (as defined in [RFC1034]); and
            - the URI's port component is the same as port.

         **/

        public bool URLIsAllowed(string url)
        {
            // easy case first
            if (AllowAllDomains )
            {
                return true;
            }
            else
            {
                // start simple
                Uri uri = new Uri(url,UriKind.RelativeOrAbsolute);
                if (uri.IsAbsoluteUri)
                {
                    if (this.SchemeIsAllowed(uri.Scheme))
                    {
                        // additional test because our pattern will always have a trailing '/'
                        string matchUrl = url;
                        if (PathAndQuery(uri) == "/")
                        {
                            matchUrl = url + "/";
                        }
                        foreach (string pattern in AllowedDomains)
                        {
                            if (Regex.IsMatch(matchUrl, pattern))
                            {
                                // make sure it is at the start, and not part of the query string
                                // special case :: http://some.other.domain/page.html?x=1&g=http://build.apache.org/
                                if ( Regex.IsMatch(uri.Scheme + "://" +  uri.Host + "/", pattern) ||
                                     (!Regex.IsMatch(PathAndQuery(uri), pattern)))
                                {
                                    return true;
                                }
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
                else
                {
                    return true;
                }
            }
            return false;
        }

        public string[] AutoloadPlugins
        {
            get
            {
                // TODO:
                var res = from results in AllowedPlugins.TakeWhile(p => p.Value.isAutoLoad)
                          select results.Value.Name;

                return new string[] { "", "" };
            }
        }

        public bool IsPluginAllowed(string key)
        {
            return AllowAllPlugins || AllowedPlugins.Keys.Contains(key);
        }

        private void LoadPluginFeatures(XDocument document)
        {
            var features = document.Descendants("feature");

            foreach (var feature in features)
            {
                var name = feature.Attribute("name");
                var values = from results in feature.Descendants("param")
                             where ((string)results.Attribute("name") == "wp-package")
                             select results;

                var value = values.FirstOrDefault();
                if (value != null)
                {
                    string key = (string)value.Attribute("value");
                    Debug.WriteLine("Adding feature.value=" + key);
                    var onload = value.Attribute("onload");
                    PluginConfig pConfig = new PluginConfig(key, onload != null && onload.Value == "true");
                    AllowedPlugins[key] = pConfig;
                }
            }
        }

        public void LoadAppPackageConfig()
        {
            StreamResourceInfo streamInfo = Application.GetResourceStream(new Uri("config.xml", UriKind.Relative));

            if (streamInfo != null)
            {
                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(streamInfo.Stream);
                //This will Read Keys Collection for the xml file
                XDocument document = XDocument.Parse(sr.ReadToEnd());

                LoadPluginFeatures(document);

                var preferences = from results in document.Descendants("preference")
                                  select new
                                  {
                                      name = (string)results.Attribute("name"),
                                      value = (string)results.Attribute("value")
                                  };

                foreach (var pref in preferences)
                {
                    Preferences[pref.name] = pref.value;
                    Debug.WriteLine("pref" + pref.name + ", " + pref.value);
                }

                var accessList = from results in document.Descendants("access")
                                 select new
                                 {
                                     origin = (string)results.Attribute("origin"),
                                     subdomains = (string)results.Attribute("subdomains") == "true"
                                 };

                foreach (var accessElem in accessList)
                {
                    AddWhiteListEntry(accessElem.origin, accessElem.subdomains);
                }

                var contentsTag = document.Descendants("content").FirstOrDefault();
                if (contentsTag != null)
                {
                    var src = contentsTag.Attribute("src");
                    ContentSrc = (string)src.Value;
                }
            }
            else
            {
                // no config.xml, allow all
                AllowAllDomains = true;
                AllowAllPlugins = true;
            }
        }
    }
}

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Economist bashing – enough already?
Posted by Carl Gombrich - Personal Blog on Sep 28, 2011 in Economics, Education, Philosophy | 0 comments
I am one of those who has enjoyed taking a pop at many academic economists recently.
Informally and to friends, I have compared academic economists of today to medieval scholastics: both beavering away on something which is more or less completely disconnected from and irrelevant to what the public understands them to be doing. In medieval times you have cloistered and often privileged monks debating theological niceties while those outside are ravaged by hunger, disease and wars from which God shows little inclination to save them; today you have academic economists constructing mathematical models which seem to have no bearing on the economics of the lives of ordinary people. The work done by contemporary academic economists appears impotent to resolve any of the increasingly desperate issues which are now debated nightly on our TVs, issues which are widely understood to be economic issues.
If you had a bunch of people in a university doing something called 'physics' which purported to understand the laws of nature and yet which, when taken outside of a university, seemed to have nothing to say about these laws as they affected our understanding of space, time, matter, energy and the cosmos, you would feel pretty grumpy about it – rightly so.
But is this really fair on economists? I think it might be time for some reassessment.
Firstly, it is not true that academic economics has always been rubbish. At the macro level, the majority view is that Keynes (who was a superb mathematician) is largely responsible for getting the world out of recession in the early 20th century and for setting up many of the structures that led to decades of peace and prosperity. On the other side of the fence, whatever you think of him, Friedman and his followers proposed policies that allowed for boom years that gave millions a lifestyle they could previously only have dreamt of. Those who critique this situation say either that we are about to realise just how much we had to pay for these grand theories and years of boom (as the Western economic world falls apart), or that the theories only worked and the boom years only happened because other poorer nations took up the slack. But the fact is that my generation, in the West, have lived through perhaps the best time ever in history to be alive. You can't entirely sniff at that. There is no way to judge how it could really have been different and, taken purely at face value, millions in the West have had a remarkably good run for a remarkably long time. And a strong case can be made that this was due to good economic management, an understanding of monetary policy and banking based on deep and serious academic study. At the microeconomic level, too, during this time there have been innovations in insurance, pricing, accounting and so on which have benefitted firms and individuals – and many of these innovations have been devised by academic economists.
Secondly, apart from this positive view of the contribution of academic economics, there is the interesting philosophical question: is economics really so different from other branches of knowledge in having this crisis? No field is immune from getting large dollops of historical egg on its face, so is economics not just going through a rite of passage on its way to greater maturity?
Take physics. We now know that Newton was wrong. I'm with Hilary Putnam who says that Newton was not just 'a bit' wrong, as is sometimes said, but he was massively, conceptually and metaphysically wrong. Time does not flow equably. Time is a dimension in space-time, not exactly like space but much more like it than the picture of time as kept by an external clock, which Newton proposes. Relativity is not Galilean/Newtonian; it is Einsteinian. It is true that Newton's laws can still be used brilliantly for big chunks of engineering and mid-scale physics. But philosophically, metaphysically the laws are wrong. They just work well as tools.
Of course you could say Einstein's Relativity is wrong as well – or at least waiting to be proved wrong – and we could get into a discussion about physics vs metaphysics and a whole bunch of related stuff, but I don't wish to get into arguments about these issues here – that is not the point. The point is that we could say that classical economics also worked for a time, just as Newton's laws did, but that it is now in drastic need of revision. Ricardo's law worked well when you didn't have to worry about environmental issues and there was no global financial system. Becker's work on human capital made good predictions about the value of training when there were abundant jobs for skilled workers. Even Smith's 'invisible hand' of the market worked before the 'market' became a giant network of virtual wealth, fabricated by over-connected computers, and we began to realise that we could not just exploit anything at all in any old way in order to get rich. Sure, things have changed, and much of this economics no longer works. But things changed for physics too in the early 20th century and may well do again. Physics adapted, took a look at itself and worked out the implications for the – I guess I have to use this phrase – paradigm shift.
Similar cases could be made for biology and, of course, for religion – two other great fields of human endeavour.
I see no reason why economics and economists cannot adapt to the current intellectual shocks and come out better. Economists are often very smart people (though that sounds wrong for at least two reasons!). Many of them are not only superb mathematicians (which particular breed are generally acknowledged to be smart) but they are also able to model, to use their mathematics in creative ways. That is an impressive skill. The trouble is that at the moment they are at least putting junk into the models and so getting junk out; and maybe the sorts of models they are constructing need to change too.
So let us not think that economics is lost and that economists are a bunch of holy idiots. Yes, criticism and fiery debate is of the order now – just as it was when Newton was refuted and Darwin needed to be championed. But economics may come out much the better for this, 10-20 years down the line, provided economists are able to look one another in the eye, admit where the blunders are, and work out where to go next and how to do it.


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073 – Leadership, Mental Health and OT with Dr Virginia "Ginny" Stoffel
15 April, 2020 1:50:32
https://media.blubrry.com/occupiedot/p/content.blubrry.com/occupiedot/073-Leadership_Mental_Health_and_OT_with_Dr_Virginia_Ginny_Stoffel.mp3
Virginia "Ginny" Stoffel has played a large part in my career without her even being aware of it. Her co-authored textbook helped shape a large portion of my early mental health practice knowledge and I continue to use the latest edition of it with the students I teach today. I was super excited to talk to this phenomenal OT and garner her perspectives on life, MH and OT. Ginny was also the recipient of the 2020 AOTA OT Award of Merit. The OT Award of Merit (Est. 1950) is the highest Association honor recognizing an OT who has demonstrated extensive leadership through sustained and significant contributions to the profession.
We discussed her amazing story of finding the profession. Her growth with it and the amazing impact she has had on OT. Topics range from mental health to leadership, from technology to the future of the profession. One thing that really stood out to me is Ginnys unwavering priority to her family above all else. This was a conversation that was an absolute gift to me with someone who I very much admire.
From the AOTA website:
Dr Stoffel is an associate professor in the Department of Occupational Science & Technology at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee. She has also served as AOTA's vice president. In that role, she was responsible for the organization's strategic planning activities and chaired its Centennial Vision commission.
Stoffel served as AOTA president from 2013-2016. In her capacity as president, Stoffel chaired the Association's Board of Directors, serve as an ambassador for occupational therapy in the United States and internationally, and work to foster the development of the profession and its members.
An AOTA member since 1975, Stoffel earned a PhD in Leadership for the Advancement of Learning and Service from Cardinal Stritch University in 2007, an MS in Educational Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee in 1983, and a BA in Occupational Therapy from St. Catherine's in 1977.
Dr. Stoffel has worked on numerous leadership and service projects with AOTA and the American Occupational Therapy Foundation (AOTF). She has served on the AOTA Specialties Board establishing Board Certification in Mental Health. Among many publications, Stoffel co-authored the mental health text, Occupational Therapy in Mental Health: A Vision for Participation.
source: https://www.aota.org/Publications-News/ForTheMedia/Experts/Stoffel.aspx
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Chinese ships intruded into Malaysian waters 89 times in four years, report says
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Chinese coastguard and navy ships intruded into Malaysian waters in the disputed South China Sea 89 times between 2016 to 2019, and often remained in the area even after being turned away by the Malaysian navy, the government said in a report on Tuesday.
The report comes amid escalating tension between the United States and China over Beijing's claims to most of the resource-rich South China Sea, which is also a major trade route.
The Philippines, Brunei, Vietnam, Malaysia and Taiwan have their own claims that overlap in part with China's and, in some cases, with each other's.
Malaysia has sent six diplomatic protests to China over encroachment in its waters, including one in 2017 in response to a Chinese note asserting its claim to the South Luconia Shoals, a fishing ground off the Malaysian state of Sarawak, the National Audit Department said in the report.
Chinese coastguard and navy vessels trespassed in Malaysia's waters despite being turned away by its navy, it said.
"The reason for the ... appearances was to assert China's presence with regards to its claims on the South China Sea, particularly in the area of the South Luconia Shoals," the department said.
China's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
This year, a Chinese research ship spent a month surveying in Malaysia's exclusive economic zone, amid a standoff with a Malaysian oil exploration vessel near disputed waters.
On Monday, the United States rejected China's claims to offshore resources in most of the South China Sea, drawing criticism from China which said the U.S. position raised tension in the region, highlighting an increasingly testy relationship.
Reporting by Rozanna Latiff in Kuala Lumpur; Additional reporting by Judy Hua in Beijing; Editing by Robert Birsel