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Slashers & Serial Killers in Review: The Collection (2012)
The Collection follows the normal path of horror sequels. There's a lot more gore than there was in the original. New characters are introduced, usually to be killed off quickly. But there is something bizarre and exhilarating about The Collection; it feels like a last-ditch effort, but without the fetid air of desperation that normally surrounds such second slashers. It is as if writer/director Marcus Dunstan realized he wasn't going to be able to create a franchise based on his masked killer. He was lucky to get the sequel made. What if he just crammed every blood-drenched set-piece he could think of into one movie?
Beginning not long after the conclusion of the first film in the duology, The Collection follows Arkin (Josh Stewart). He was the final boy in The Collector, and he's healing from his physical wounds in the hospital. After he learns that a girl, Elena (Emma Fitzpatrick), has been kidnapped by the mysterious murderer known as The Collector, Arkin is pressed into service by Elena's rich family. A group of paramilitary specialists, led by enforcer Lucello (Lee Tergeson), is out to rescue Elena from the black-gloved clutches of The Collector, and only Arkin can lead them to the killer's lair.
That's a slightly dumbed-down version of the story, but no one is watching The Collection for the intricate plotline. This is a basic hunters-becoming-the-hunted tale, while Elena, the plucky victim, does her best to escape. The problem is that The Collector lives in a disgusting abandoned hotel which he has booby-trapped from hell to breakfast. There are tripwires, pressure plates, and spikes in the floor that activate larger, more deadly machinations.
The Collection isn't precisely a cat-and-mouse game. The first film clearly paints the killer's affinity with spiders. Both Elena and the rescue team find themselves in The Collector's web; a labyrinthine multi-leveled building, intimidating in its complexity, and difficult to navigate. If anyone finds themselves in the wrong place, they could encounter an inescapable trap or The Collector himself.
Saying this movie is gross is a wretched understatement. There are severed body parts and hunks of flesh everywhere in The Collector's dwelling. Arms, legs, tongues; it's like a meat market in there. It's hard not to think about how that place must smell. The traps are fiendish and brutal. Giant hooks, swinging blades, and even a modern iron maiden make appearances.
While The Collection is filled with grisly images that stick in the brain, the real showstopper sequence takes place within the first twenty minutes. It is a grand, ridiculous segment that makes keeping track of the body count an impossibility. Elena is the last survivor of a rave gone bad. The Collector has rigged an entire warehouse to function as a trap. He's the death of the party. Crowds of people are mown down, sliced with swords, and squashed with steel. It's a slaughter. The sequence is also complete bullshit, if one thinks about the logistics of that whole concept. The Collector could not have set all that up by himself or without being noticed. There's not an iota of realism in the whole thing. We also never see a single first responder or television reporter at the rave. Were there no consequences to the mechanized murder of a bunch of teenagers?
But there is a horrid exhilaration that comes with watching a couple hundred NPCs get pulverized. Blood comes in fine mists, bursts, and jets. Hunks of human fly through the air and stick to the walls. The sequence is an example where Dunstan made a brave decision and really went for it. It's dumb, to be sure, but it's sure fascinating to watch.
Having such a bloodbath in the first act proves to be problematic, though. Nothing that comes afterward can even come close. It's like being served the main course of a fine meal first, and then being given a raw sweet potato and a couple of peas. The script doesn't allow us to become invested enough in either Arkin or Elena to truly worry about their survival. We hope they make it out of the building, but we don't care if they do. The rest of The Collection feels incidental, anti-climactic.
The Collector is a fantastic character, and he did deserve a sequel. More than one would have been just fine. His mask is memorable and iconic, and the way his eyes shine like an insect's in a flashlight is remarkably creepy. But the killer gets lost in the killing. The traps are greater than the one who created them. This is because we get practically no back story for The Collector. He's a guy, he likes bugs, he has a decent understanding of engineering. That is all we get! We got to see Jigsaw's workshop in the Saw movies, for crying out loud, and Dunstan co-wrote some of those sequels.
The Collection mistakes excess for superiority. The traps are more complex, and the blood flows more freely than it does in the original, but that doesn't make for a better film. It only gives us a grosser one. That has merit in and of itself, but it isn't enough to propel a film, particularly a sequel, to greatness. The Collection is cool as hell. That's not the same thing as great. Fuzzy math means The Collection is a good movie and, when you're in the mood for showers of viscera, give it a look-see.
Jeffery X Martin is a pop culture journalist and horror author. His latest book, The Ridge, is available from Shadow Work Publishing through Amazon. Martin is a senior editor at the entertainment website, Biff Bam Pop, where his weekly article, Prime in the Dustbin, reveals the best things about the worst movies on Prime Video. His story, "Ready to Start," was included in the St. Rooster Press anthology, To Be One with You. Martin lives in the dark, verdant hills of Tennessee with his wife, artist Hannah Martin.
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LARRY KEENAN PHOTOS OF NEAL CASSADY AND KEN KESEY IN OAKLAND CA.
While waiting for Ken Kesey to arrive, Cassady kept a lookout for the cops. Kesey was a fugitive at the time. Cassady asked me, "What's the heat like around here, man?" Thinking he was talking about the weather, I said, "Pretty nice." He gave me the weirdest look, then I knew what he meant.
Fugitive Ken Kesey was giving a talk to some students at the California College of Arts and Crafts when I shot this picture. I sent Neal Cassady some prints. The FBI intercepted Cassady's mail, found this photograph and put it on a wanted poster. It was the only current profile they had of Kesey.
Gypsy was a Hell's Angel from Colorado, where he said he knew Dylan. Neal Cassady is lighting Gypsy's cigarette from his, in this photograph. Both of them were talking in 'con talk' most of the time. Neal asks Gypsy "Hey, have you got any animals, man?" Gypsy replies that he doesn't have any animals. Later, I asked Gypsy what Cassady asked him for and he said that Neal wanted some Camel cigarettes.


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An ode to gin - celebrating 7 years
When we established Masons Gin seven years ago, we started to discover a wealth of history around Britain's most popular spirit. Let us fill you in.
14th century – gin's not so humble beginning
During the Black Death pandemic, juniper was deemed an antidote to the fetid fumes which were considered to be how the disease spread.
In reality, the Black Death was spread by fleas, and juniper is an incredibly effective flea repellent.
So juniper began its rich history as a medicinal aid, and, later acquiring a favoured taste for Europeans.
18th Century - Fast forward 4 hundred years to gin's most famous moment
Bootleggers distilled any available receptacle - portable stills, bathtubs, barrels and buckets. Each distillation was kept small – making it possible to flee at a moment's notice with equipment in tow.
This was dubbed the 'Gin Craze.'; people drank in the streets, crime levels soared and babies were plied with gin to keep cries at bay.
The government soon recognised the detrimental threat to society and The Gin Act of 1751 put the final nail in the coffin of unlawful and dangerous distilling activities, halting small-batch distillations and giving the rights back to respectable distilleries who produced batches of 1,800 litres or more.
21st century – gin's comeback
So what happened to cause the recent gin boom?
In 2000, gin was out of popularity as drinks like vodka and wine had really taken off. Walk into a pub and you would see the same big-name suspects – Gordons and Beefeater – each holding its rightful place and occasionally being brought down from the shelf for the traditionalist gin drinker's G&T.
The Gin Act stood for almost 200 years until 2009, when, after more than 2 years' campaigning alongside other distillers, Sipsmith were granted the right to distil at a quantity of just under 300 litres per batch.
This was very significant and generated a surge in small batch distillers popping up, first in London and then spreading nationwide.
Because of gin's reputation as old-fashioned, the initial response was poor. It seemed that few people wanted to talk about or drink gin.
It took a few years for gin to gain momentum, and slowly bars and pubs were persuaded to stock 'craft' gins, and eventually, the media started picking up on this new wave of exciting products.
The original G&T was transformed by creatively-minded bartenders and millennials crafting up concoctions at home.
Goblets of alluringly presented G&Ts and gin cocktails continue to fill our magazines social feeds, and bar menus.
Today, the UK's gin boom continues, with flavoured & premium quality gins are growing in popularity, and consumers interested in brands with a genuine provenance and a 'real story to tell'.
Phoenix update – The Fire Fighters Charity
Celebrating Yorkshire Day

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sys.path.insert(1,"../../../")
import h2o
from tests import pyunit_utils

def get_modelGBM():

  prostate = h2o.import_file(path=pyunit_utils.locate("smalldata/logreg/prostate.csv"))
  prostate.describe()
  prostate[1] = prostate[1].asfactor()
  prostate_gbm = h2o.gbm(y=prostate[1], x=prostate[2:9], distribution="bernoulli")
  prostate_gbm.show()

  prostate_gbm.predict(prostate)
  model = h2o.get_model(prostate_gbm._id)
  model.show()

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    pyunit_utils.standalone_test(get_modelGBM)
else:
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Q: Creating Objects on the fly in Objective-C I'd like a critique of the following method I use to create objects:
In the interface file:
MyClass * _anObject;
...
@property (retain, nonatomic) MyClass * anObject;

In the implementation file:
@property anObject = _anObject

so far, so simple. Now let's override the default getter:
(MyClass *) anObject {
    if(_anObject == nil) {
        self.anObject = [[MyClass alloc] init];
        [_anObject dowWhateverInitAction];
    }
    return _anObject;
}

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My original question was about creating the object only (instead of the whole life-cycle), but I'm adding the following so that it doesn't through off anyone:
- (void) dealloc {
   self.anObject = nil;
}

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The main point of the exercise is that setter is used inside the getter. I've used it for all kind of objects (ViewController, myriad other types, etc.) The advantage I get is:

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*An object is created only when needed. It makes the app pretty fast
(for example, there are 6-7 views in an app, only one gets created in
the beginning).

*I don't have to worry about creating an object before it's used... it happens automatically.

*I don't have to worry about where the object will be needed the first time... I can just access the object as if it were already there and if it were not, it just gets created fresh.

Questions:

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*Does it happen to be an established pattern?

*Do you see any drawbacks of doing this?

A: This pattern is quite commonly used as a lazy-loading technique, whereby the object is only created when first requested.
There could be a drawback to this approach if the object being created lazily takes a fair amount of computation to create, and is requested in a time-critical situation (in which case, it doesn't make sense to use this technique). However I would say that this is a reasonable enough thing to do should the object be quick to create.

A: The only thing wrong with your implementation (assuming you're not using ARC yet) is that you've got a memory leak—using the setter means that your MyClass instance is getting over-retained. You should either release or autorelease _anObject after that initialization, or assign its value directly instead of calling the setter.
Aside from that, this is totally fine, and it's a good pattern to follow when the MyClass is an object that isn't necessarily needed right away and can be recreated easily: your response to memory warnings can include a self.anObject = nil to free up the instance's memory.

A: It looks like a decent lazy initialization. Philosophically, one can argue that the drawback is that a getter has a side effect. But the side effect is not visible outside and it is kind of an established pattern.

A: Lazy instantiation is an established pattern, and it is used by Apple in their (terrible) Core Data templates.
The main drawback is that it is overly complex and often unnecessary.  I've lost count of the number of times I've seen this where it would make more sense to simply instantiate the objects when the parent object is initialised.
If a simple solution is just as good, go with the simpler solution.  Is there are particular reason why you can't instantiate these objects when the parent object is initialised?  Perhaps the child objects take up a lot of memory and are only rarely accessed?  Does it take a significant amount of time to create the object and you are initialising your parent object in a time-sensitive section of your application?  Then feel free to use lazy instantiation.  But for the most part, you should prefer the simpler approach.
It's also not thread-safe.
Regarding your advantages:

An object is created only when needed. It makes the app pretty fast (for example, there are 6-7 views in an app, only one gets created in the beginning).

Are you referring to views or view controllers?  Your statement doesn't really make sense with views.  I don't normally find myself needing to store view controllers in instance variables/properties at all, I instantiate them when I need to switch to them and push them onto the navigation stack, then pop them off when I'm done.
Have you tried your app without using this pattern?  Conjecture about performance is often wrong.

I don't have to worry about creating an object before it's used... it happens automatically.

No, now you have to worry about writing a special getter instead.  This is more complex and prone to mistakes than simple instantiation.  It also makes your application logic and performance more difficult to understand and reason about.

I don't have to worry about where the object will be needed the first time... I can just access the object as if it were already there and if it were not, it just gets created fresh.

You don't have to worry about that when you instantiate it during your parent object's initialisation.

A: Yes this is an established pattern. I often use lazy instantiation like this as an alternative to cluttering up -init or -viewDidLoad with a bunch of setup code. I would assign the value to the instance variable instead of using the synthesized setter in the event that this object ends up being created as a result of something happening in -init.

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Q: If $2^\mu$ and $2^\lambda$ are isomorphic as boolean algebras, is it true that $\mu = \lambda$? The content of this question is:

Is what I am going to say correct?

It is well known that given two cardinals $\lambda < \mu$ it might be the case that $2^{\lambda} = 2^{\mu}$. Even stronger, the Easton theorem says that it is consistent with ZFC to force some of these equalities.
This means that there might be a bijection between the set $2^\lambda$ and the set $2^\mu$. On the other hand I claim that this correspondence cannot be a morphism of boolean algebras. In fact, the following seems to hold.
Lemma Let If $2^\mu$ and $2^\lambda$ are isomorphic as boolean algebras then $\mu = \lambda$.
By boolean algebra morphism I mean a function that preserve sups and inf.
The proof is very simple. Such a map $\phi$ would preserve completely join-irreducible elements. In a boolean algebra those correspond to the atoms of the boolean algebra. Thus $\phi$ restrict to a bijection of the atoms, which is the thesis.

A: Yes, this is correct.  More strongly, in fact, you can say that if $\lambda<\mu$, then there is no injective homomorphism of Boolean algebras $2^\mu\to 2^\lambda$, since such a homomorphism would have to send the atoms of $2^\mu$ to a collection of $\mu$ pairwise disjoint nonzero elements of $2^\lambda$, which is not possible if $\lambda<\mu$.
Another strengthening of your statement is that the category of Boolean algebras of the form $2^X$, with complete (i.e., preserving infinite joins) Boolean homomorphisms as morphisms, is equivalent to the opposite category of sets.  That is, any complete homomorphism $2^X\to 2^Y$ must be the map induced by a unique map $Y\to X$.  The proof is straightforward: just look at where each atom of $2^X$ gets sent, and use the fact that every element of $2^X$ is a join of atoms.  It follows that if $2^X$ and $2^Y$ are isomorphic in this category (i.e., isomorphic as Boolean algebras, since any isomorphism of Boolean algebras is complete), then $X$ and $Y$ are isomorphic as sets.


With the release of another video showing the beheading of American journalist Steven Sotloff, held hostage by the Islamic State (IS, also variously known as Isil, or Isis), IS's confrontation with the US has become a hot topic of discussion throughout the world.
However, what such discussions typically miss is the manner in which IS has not only found enemies in the US but also within the Muslim world and the jihadist circles that at some point supported it. In fact, these internal divisions are so deep that a former ally of IS, and the US's previous public enemy number one, al-Qaeda, too finds itself engaged in mortal combat with IS.
The United States has condemned a "horrifying" massacre by Islamic militants said to have killed hundreds of Iraqi soldiers as they advanced on Baghdad after seizing vast swathes of northern Iraq. The country experienced similar attacks over the last few weeks with the USA and Australia withdrawing their troops. For more analyses on the story we joined by Naeem Jenah who is the director for the Afro-Middle East Centre.


Measuring the success of modern leaders is about more than just productivity scores. Here's a guide to the new KPIs.
Over the last few years I've met many leaders and managers who have questioned their own measurement and understanding of success. How do you know if you're a good manager in today's ever-changing working environment?
A customer recently asked me to explain the term 'white collar productivity', but this immediately raised two further questions: first, is 'productivity' the right measurement for success today? Second, how do you measure the success of a company or leader?
This article will analyse why this approach has been adopted and how managers can embrace this new triple bottom line into daily work.
Modern leaders are increasingly evaluating their success and achievement on more than just financial results alone.
This bold and provocative statement was made by Jim Hagemann Snabe, Chairman for the board of directors at A. P. Møller-Mærsk. (A four-minute excerpt of his speech is available on YouTube) It's very much in line with Simon Sineck's assertion that "profit is always the result and not the goal or dream of a modern company".
The challenge is how to make this operational in the real world. Existing norms, behaviour and mechanisms cannot be replaced overnight. The shift towards this modern form of leadership is about understanding what the parameters are, how to use them and when.
This includes how we redefine and measure success. Yes, we should measure the outcome (i.e. what we do), but it has to be balanced equally with measuring our ability (i.e. how we do it). Both elements are important, but the sequence is crucial. Understanding of cause-and-effect has to be taken into account.
When addressing an individual's ability to either fulfill the company's purpose or to reach new maturity levels, the conversation quickly crystallizes into a handful of personal and interpersonal skills and behaviours.
Key behaviour indicator – what behaviour do you nurture, and why?
Key learning indicator – how often do you learn, and what?
Key value indicator – what functional, emotional, and societal value do you create?
Key relationship indicator – who do you have relationships with, and why?
I've seen each of these implemented with success in large organisations, where they've provided a breath of fresh air into the debate about how to measure growth and success.
However, it only works if the dialogue is focused on the reflection, and not on the nominal measurement alone. Qualitative dialogue is the goal here, not the quantitative number. Aim for gathering words, not numbers.
Measurements like this must be mutually defined and mutually agreed. Forcing measurements on employees or managers will backfire and only lead to short-term achievement, rather than long-lasting engagement and abilities.
Modern leaders are increasingly evaluating their success and achievement on more than just financial results alone. Of course, money, profit and revenue are still very important elements, but they always come third when debating success.
The two elements that come before it are people and value creation. Interestingly, by embracing this approach wholeheartedly, some companies have generated as much as 60% more revenue – thus illustrating the point that "profit is the result", rather than the goal. Clearly, there is money in this mechanism.
The success of today's leaders is defined not just by productivity (i.e. what they produce and how much of it). It must be balanced and augmented with an understanding of how they create it and how well they can master the required abilities of a modern, future-oriented organisation.


At the UPLOAD World Tour Kickoff this past Friday, patrons were treated to the special, unannounced demo debut of Nozon's revolutionary PresenZ technology, which brings interactive parallax to pre-rendered 360-degree videos. The company, based in Brussels, has been working in post production effects since 1998 so they have had plenty of collective experience in the computer graphics space. They have utilized that knowhow to produce PresenZ which may revolutionize the VR cinematic experience by existing in the territory between Hollywood production and game engine.
One of the current problems with even the best 3D cinematic experiences is that unless they are fully animated films, like VR Butts for example, positional head tracking simply does not exist. This is one of the reasons why many of even the most impressive VR Cinematic experience demos seem to fall short in ways where games succeed. No matter your opinion on CG's use in modern filmmaking, one would be remissed to dismiss CG as anything other than transformative for the entire film industry. If you have been to a movie during the summer at all during the last decade you have seen the spectacle that has been enabled by green screens and 3D, and honestly might be surprised with how much of today's filmmaking is done in the post production studio. By enabling a parallax 3D effect on these objects, Presenz allows the viewer to peer around the objects and lean in, just as you would in a VR game, the difference being that these are added to a 360-degree video environment that is pre rendered. The effect of this is so seamless that it may not seem as impactful on first viewing. It took me a second to realize I wasn't simply looking at another environment demo with some cool effects, but rather something completely new and potentially transformative.
The demo I was shown at UPLOAD was in two parts. In the first part, you are placed in a nicely adorned room, there is gold leaf outline on the walls and royal-looking chairs are scattered throughout the room. The best way I could describe the environment was that it looked like a room in Buckingham Palace. Seated on a fainting couch in front of you is a robot, chillin' like a villain, as a beaver (I was told the reason for the robot and beaver was they were assets they were able to reuse, thus showing off the ability of the platform to repurpose already created CG assets) jumps up and sits next to him. Shortly thereafter, the gravity in the room is shut off, and the chairs start floating off throughout the room. The beaver jumps from the couch to one of the floating chairs, getting quite close to the camera as it does, the level of detail in the CG is pretty apparent at this point in the demo and it is fantastic. In terms of pure rendered detail, this was likely the best demo I have seen outside of the Unreal Showdown demo on the Crescent Bay. As the chairs and beaver float around the room the robot stands up and walks close to the camera, the highlight here is that they manage to portray multiple layers of depth, which all work perfectly well with the positional tracking parallax effect. I was able to lean around the objects in the space similar to how I would in a well-done VR game (although as I said before, with greater detail).
The second part of the demo places you in a scanned version of their offices in Brussels. At first it appears to be a pretty standard 360 rendering, but on the instruction of the demoer I was told to try leaning around the statue in the center of the screen. As I did, I realized I could lean around the statue and peer over the railing, which was pretty cool. Then the demoer said to look over to my right, when I did I saw a model that had appeared rendered next to me, I was then further instructed to peer around him and to my astonishment was able to see another figure behind him. This subtle (or not too subtle depending on your perspective) difference in 3D films could make the difference in providing people with the same sense of presence they get from high quality VR games like AD1FT and Elite: Dangerous, in a cinematic experience.
So what separates PresenZ then from more traditional real time game engines, like Unity or Unreal? It's all about the computing power needed to create VR experiences. For complex experiences to be run in real time through a game engine, you need an incredibly powerful system, because the scene is being rendered (twice over) at a minimum of 75fps. This means that in order for an experience to run smoothly in real time, you need to either have massive amounts of computing power (which limits it to only the highest end PC gaming consumers) and even the most powerful home system is not equipped to run movie-quality CG in real time. However, using pre-rendered scenes and images, combined with PresenZ, you can create stunningly detailed, blockbuster quality, actively-passive experiences. Imagine bringing the wow factor of seeing the equivalent of the incredibly rendered cutscenes in Final Fantasy X (which were done on a PS2) in a modern VR experience, it would be pretty amazing. Does it still require a powerful computer? Yes, but because it is pre-rendered you can enable processor-intensive effects like global illumination, which make a world of difference in terms of realism; but would melt a computer playing a real time game at that graphical fidelity. The beaver scene for example, contained over 200 million polygons.
PresenZ also really helps bridge the necessary technology gap between high-end, early adopters of the tech and your average Joe consumer who doesn't have a beast with stacked 980s in his bedroom. The thing is, everyone who hears about VR wants to experience that cinematically real scenario, to tap into that same rush they get from a summer blockbuster film, but at an entirely new level. That is the promise of cinematic VR, and until PresenZ that wasn't quite a reality. Really looking forward to seeing what happens when some of the key players in the filmmaking industry get involved with this tech, it could be very exciting.
What would be your ultimate film experience with PresenZ?


Anthony Shepherd founded independent sheep consultancy Sheepmatters in 2006. Today, the business services 35 annual clients on-farm, plus a host of one-off clients and subscription clients nationally and around the world, via phone and email. He and his wife Helen also run 2,000 Merino wethers on their own property, cell grazing them in one mob across 257 hectares.
When he first began his business, Anthony, who grew up on a sheep property, used coloured tags and manual recording to record productivity on his clients' properties.
Anthony came across Gallagher's TSi and HR3 hand-held reader EID equipment in 2007, at a field day run by the Kondinin Group. In 2012, he also began using a Sheep Auto Drafter.
"I initially invested in the TSi and HR3 reader to value-add to my business, to offer my clients a better recording system. It really empowered me.
"I found the TSi very intuitive, easy to read with the big screen and big numbers. In the whole time I've had it, I've replaced one battery — that's how reliable it is. And I use it at least twice a week, every week.
Anthony sets benchmarks with his clients.
Anthony measures and records a raft of traits for clients, including fertility, maternal traits, weight gain, fleece weights, fleece value and, away from traits, product application.
"Take commercial ranking: some sheep do better than others in certain areas of performance. As an example, after subjectively classing the sheep, I collect fleece data and give it a value based off a three-year rolling average, then index them. I can then draft them through the Sheep Auto Drafter ranked on how valuable their wool is, identifying most valuable to least valuable in the mob. That helps us make solid decisions: if we need to offload sheep it won't be on age, it'll be on production.
"Before I had the TSi and HR3 reader, culling was done on age. Yet being able to see the actual data, it's amazing how we cull younger animals over older ones a lot of the time. Those sheep that aren't ticking the boxes, are dragging down the mob's average. They've got to earn their keep; if not, they're out — and the mob average improves quickly when you take out the true underperformers.
Anthony said using the TSi, HR3 hand-held reader and Sheep Auto Drafter in this way was very empowering and gave ownership to his clients about what their animals and systems were doing, to make it smarter.
He also uses the TSi, HR3 hand-held reader and Sheep Auto Drafter on his own wether mob.
Anthony said while some see technology as a threat, he uses it along side "old-style skills".
Anthony said he's also worked with sheep classers to empower them with objective information from the TSi.
He cites another example of the Auto Drafter being a very useful tool.
Anthony said rounding up mobs to put through the Sheep Auto Drafter needs just a dog and himself.
Anthony said the information recorded and stored in the TSi was very valuable in running both his own operation, and for his clients in running theirs.
"Also, a day's work can be saved on a USB stick, so that the information collected is not lost — that's smart.
"All the information on the TSi is like a resume; it has everything about the operation, which makes it easy to see which sheep are performing the best to keep, and the underperformers to cull.


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Forest Hills School District holds fifth annual chess tournament
Forest Hills School District holds fifth annual chess tournament Forest Hills School District holds fifth annual chess tournament Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/local/share/2019/03/01/forest-hills-school-district-holds-fifth-annual-chess-tournament/3027923002/
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Third grade Maddux student Elias Rechel contemplates his next move. (Photo: Provided)
The fifth annual Forest Hills Chess Tournament was held recently at Nagel Middle School. The tournament, for students in grades 3-12, aims to provide an opportunity for students to engage in friendly competition through the game of chess.
This year, the Swiss-style tournament — one where all players participate in all rounds — had participants from all nine Forest Hills schools. During breaks, players could visit the "Blitz-Challenge" and attempt to defeat the youngest Cincinnati champion, Turpin sophomore Justin Storn.
Scores are tallied after four rounds, and awards are given for first, second and third place. Additionally, first place winners had the opportunity to take on Storn in a blind simul.
Storn played all five competitors at the same time and was not permitted to look at any board during play. He defeated four challengers but fell to Joshua Yamaguchi, a sixth-grade student from Wilson Elementary.
The event was made possible due in part to Alan Hodge of Cincinnati Scholastic Chess. Hodge has been involved since the inception of the tournament, and each year, he supplies the chess boards, timers, computer equipment and software necessary for tournament play. Several volunteers and building representatives also offered their time and efforts to make the event possible.
First place winners by division:
Division 3: Gage Walker (Ayer Elementary)
Division 4: Caleb Anderson (Wilson Elementary)
Division 5: Solomon Mrochek (Summit Elementary)
Division 6: Joshua Yamaguchi (Wilson Elementary)
Division 7-12: Jacob Hunter (Nagel Middle School)
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Hungary failing to stop hate: Amnesty
Hungary is failing to crack down properly on hate crimes against Roma because its police lack the skills to recognise and investigate such crimes, Amnesty International said in a report.
Amnesty cited the case of six Roma who were killed by a group of serial offenders in nine attacks across the country last year. Two men with a history of extremist sympathies were finally arrested in the case in August but they have yet to be sentenced.
"Hungarian authorities failed to identify and respond effectively to violence against Roma in Hungary, including by not investigating possible racial motivation," Amnesty said.
"Although there are existing provisions to combat hate crimes they are not being properly implemented, including because the police lack capacity to recognize and investigate hate crimes and lack training."
Amnesty said Hungarian authorities were not collecting the data necessary to identify trends in hate crimes. It said the law also needed to be strengthened to ensure tougher punishments for crimes that were racially motivated.
The far-right Jobbik party, which has vilified the estimated 700,000 Roma living in the country, got into parliament for the first time in elections in April, grabbing 12 percent of parliamentary seats.
TV NZ
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NATIONALISTS AND OPPONENTS TO MARCH IN WARSAW ON INDEPENDENCE DAY (Poland)
Two conflicting marches will be on the streets of Warsaw on 11 November - one by extreme rightwing groups and one by their opponents - to mark Poland's Independence Day.
"The March of Independence", organized by the nationalist All-Polish Youth will be joined by the extreme-right National Radical Camp and will start from near the Old Town at 15.00 CET. They will be opposed by the anti-fascist Never Again NGO, who are also planning a demonstration. The organizers of the nationalist demonstration have appealed to Warsaw residents to take part in the event so as to manifest their "national pride and commitment to the sovereign Polish nation" and to express their will "to fight for a strong and great Poland," says a statement released to the media. In response, Never Again has issued a protest letter to city authorities against giving a green light to the demonstration, which "broke the law in previous years."
The association, along with the Anti-Nazi Group, have joined a coalition called the 11 November Agreement, which aims to actively oppose what they call "fascist demonstrations carried out with impunity," as the group writes in its communiqué. Representatives of up to 40 NGOs, along with journalists, artists and politicians will attend the protest. "We are demonstrating against utilising Independence Day by fascists for their own purposes. Fascism is not patriotism!" says Wiktor Marsza³ek, coordinator of the protest run by the Never Again association.
News from Poland
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HOMOSEXUALS BANNED FROM CROATIAN NATIONAL TEAM, SAYS FOOTBALL FEDERATION PRESIDENT
Croatian gay and lesbian associations have condemned Croatian Football Federation president Vlatko Markovic after he said there was no place for homosexuals on the national team. "While I'm the president of the Croatian Football Federation, there will be no homosexuals playing on the national team," Vlatko Markovic said in an interview with Croatian daily Vecernji List. Asked whether he has ever met a homosexual footballer, Markovic replied: "Luckily, only normal people play football." Gay and lesbian associations have informed Croatian media that they will sue the Football Federation President for discrimination. They also intend to report Vlatko Markovic to UEFA, European football's governing body. The Croatian national football team is in the top ten of the FIFA world ranking.
Croatian Times
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Players in scuffle after alleged racist remark (Wales, UK)
A football match was marred by a half-time brawl between the two teams after an alleged racist remark was made.
The match, between Aberbargoed Buds and Ton Pentre in the Welsh League Division Two, saw the two sets of players embroiled in a scuffle as the half-time whistle blew.
It is claimed the fight was triggered by a derogatory remark made in the ground by one unidentified person. The match, played at Aberbargoed's Recreation Ground in the Rhymney Valley, ended in a 2-2 draw.
Aberbargoed secretary Graham Owen rejected the claims, stating the club would "absolutely not tolerate" any player guilty of racial abuse.
After the match Ton Pentre claimed there had been an incident fuelled by a racist remark made during the game. Ton Pentre said their recent signing, Nana Baah, was racially abused while the team were leaving the field at half-time with the score at 2-2.
Ton Pentre's secretary Chris Jones said: "It was a fiery opening half, which sometimes happens in games like this. But when the players were leaving the field something was shouted at our black player, Nana Baah, which led to a scuffle among the players."
It was only the second game that Cardiff-based Baah had played for the Rhondda side.
Mr Jones said: "We have a good relationship with the Aberbargoed club. This was an isolated incident involving an individual."
Mr Owen said nobody was aware of any racial abuse and that the whole matter had been blown out of proportion.
He said: "This club has never had any problems with racial abuse, which is something we would absolutely not tolerate.
"We have played against many teams containing black players and there have never been any problems."
Mr Owen also said the referee had cited a Ton Pentre supporter for misconduct.
Ton Pentre AFC chairman Brian Bees said: "It is unwise for me to make a club comment until I have seen the referee's report."
South Wales Police said no complaints were made to them following the game.
Wales online
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Activists' children allowed to return home after break-in
A Calgary anti-racism activist was told by the province that his children can return home after the family's home was invaded by what he calls white supremacists.
Jason Devine and his friend were viciously beaten up in the southeast home Monday by a group of five men armed with hammers and bats.
His friend suffered a broken arm while Devine sported bruises up and down his back.
Devine's wife Bonnie, who ran unsuccessfully for mayor in last month's municipal election, and four children were asleep in a nearby bedroom but were unharmed.
Devine says his home was targeted as retaliation for posting anti-racist pamphlets near the home of a known neo-Nazi.
But Jason Devine says he felt he was revictimized when Alberta Children and Youth Services got involved two days after the attack because he says the department likened them to gang members or drug dealers.
"They said just as gang members and drug dealers put their kids in dangerous situations because they have drugs, our activism, no matter how worthy it is, is putting our children at risk," Devine says.
Calgary police say they had contacted Children and Youth Services about the case because of the degree of violence and the history of violence against the family.
The children had been staying with relatives since the attack but are now allowed to return home.
The department cannot comment on individual cases but says if contacted, they are obligated to assess the safety of the children. They said their aim is always to keep families together.
CTV.ca
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Introduction: According to Joint National Committee-7 (JNC-7) guidelines, a systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 120 to 139 mm Hg and/or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of 80 to 89 mm Hg is considered as pre-hypertension. Existing evidence suggest that the cardiovascular morbidities are increasing among pre-hypertensive individuals compared to normal.
Objective: To assess the magnitude and factors associated with pre-hypertension among young adults (20–30 years) in coastal villages of Udupi Taluk (an area of land with a city or town that serves as its administrative centre and usually a number of villages), Udupi District, Karnataka state, India.
Setting: 6 (out of total 14) coastal villages of Udupi Taluk, Karnataka state, India.
Method: A semi structured pre-tested questionnaire was used to elicit the details on socio-demographic variables, dietary habits, tobacco use, alcohol consumption, physical activity, family history of hypertension and stress levels. Anthropometric measurements and blood pressure were recorded according to standard protocols. Serum cholesterol was measured in a sub sample of the study population. Multivariate logistic regression was applied to identify the independent correlates of pre-hypertension among young adults (20–30 years).
Main Outcome Measures: Prevalence, Odds ratio (OR) and adjusted (adj) OR for pre-hypertension among young adults (20–30 years).
Results: The prevalence of pre-hypertension in the study population was 45.2% (95%CI: 42.4–48). Multivariate logistic regression analysis revealed that age group of 25–30 years (adj OR: 4.25, 95% CI: 2.99–6.05), white collared (adj OR: 2.29, 95% CI: 1.08–4.85) and skilled occupation (adj OR: 3.24, 95% CI: 1.64–6.42), students (adj OR: 2.46, 95% CI: 1.22–4.95), using refined cooking oil (adj OR: 0.53, 95% CI: 0.29–0.95), extra salt in meals (adj OR: 2.46, 95% CI: 1.52–3.99), salty food items (adj OR: 6.99, 95% CI: 3.63–13.48), pre-obese (adj OR: 1.66, 95% CI: 1.03–2.67) and obese (adj OR: 9.16, 95% CI: 2.54, 36.4) were the significant correlates of pre-hypertension.
Conclusion: In the study population, prevalence of pre-hypertension among young adults (20–30 years) was high (45.2%). Biological (age 25–30 years, pre-obesity and obesity) and behavioral (sedentary occupation, intake of extra salt in meals/salty food and not using refined cooking oil) factors were associated with pre-hypertension. Study emphasizes the need of community based screening of pre-hypertension under National Rural Health Mission. It also provides apt information for the evidence based designing of interventions for lifestyle modifications among high risk young adults in the study area.
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Hith Yoga is a yoga start-up with a mission is to guide people to live a healthy and happy life!
We truly believe in the science of Yoga and its ability to help us in solving the current lifestyle issues that hamper the personal growth-both professionally and personally. Yoga has tools which could be used in every aspect for personal as well as organizational development.
Hith Yoga aims to help its customers improve their life with customised and focused yogic solutions that are suited to current individual as well as organizational needs. Our approach has helped many improve their productivity, alter the state of mind, so as to create a conducive environment for internal growth and for aligning themselves with the organizational objectives.
Hitanshi Jain is an MBA and a Yoga Therapist with Masters of Science in Yoga Therapy and PG Diploma in Yoga and alternate therapies. With more than 10 years of experience in teaching Yoga; she is also personal trainer to the Honorable External Affairs Minister of India, Mrs Sushma Swaraj and has taken Yoga and relaxation session at the European Parliament. Hitanshi's change of guard from flashy corporate environment of a renowned Ad agency in Mumbai, to a simplicity based lifestyle was triggered, both by the Yoga's magic that cured her asthma as well as the solace that Yoga provided during those stress filled work environment.
A lively and pleasing persona with a zeal to spread the goodness of Yoga to many others, she co-founded Hith Yoga to help people who juggle and struggle between office and family life. An ardent believer of Yoga and its preaching, she feels that Yoga is the answer to many of the larger problems that our world is facing today. Hitanshi believes in traditional form of Yoga and makes the class interesting by bringing in relevance of the yogic practices to the current scenario.
An alumnus from Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay). Having worked with various MNCs and Startups in business consulting, engineering, retail, incubation space he co-founded Hith Yoga to help people become healthier both physically and mentally. Yoga Siromani from Sivananda Vendanta Centre, Kerala. He also closely follows learnings from Bihar School of Yoga, Munger and SVYASA, Bangalore. He keeps his classes light, interesting and fun filled. He has special interest in working on people's mindsets and emotions and thus combines his Hatha Yoga teachings impeccably with meditation practices, which are sometimes self-designed.
Gunjan has a penchant for creative ideas and is capable of developing creative content in no time. He realised his passion for designing while he was pursuing Architecture from MNIT, Jaipur and left his college in his third year to pursue his passion for graphic designing seriously. He is the face behind the creatives of Hith Yoga and we all swear by his eye for detail and his passion for creating aesthetically-appealing design material!


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Martha Reben (born Rebentisch, 1906-1964)  was a writer. She who wrote The Healing Woods (1952), The Way of the Wilderness (1954), and A Sharing of Joy (1963)  memoirs of her experiences camping on the shore of Weller Pond eight miles from Saranac Lake, New York in the Adirondacks in 1931 in an attempt to cure herself of tuberculosis.

Reben grew up in New York City; when she was six her mother died of tuberculosis.  When she, too, became ill she was sent to cure in Pennsylvania, the Catskills and finally, in 1927, to Saranac Lake, New York where Dr. Edward Livingston Trudeau was having considerable success treating the disease.  However, after three operations failed to cure her, she decided to follow her own desires, and hired a guide to take her camping in the wilderness. She spent six years living from the spring through the fall in a tent   on Weller Pond, and with her guide, Fred Rice, during the winter.  She later moved to a small cottage in Saranac Lake.  Her disease slowly improved, and she lived to age 58, cured of tuberculosis.  Her memoirs, written from her detailed daily journals, gained a considerable following.

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Women of Courage Profiles - Martha Reben
Historic Saranac Lake - Martha Reben

1906 births
1964 deaths
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People from Saranac Lake, New York

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Colas Limited have successfully completed a multi-million pound construction contract at RAF Mount Pleasant, in the Falkland Islands including the application of over 106,000m2 of the Addagrip 1000 System concrete pavement protection system. Running from March 2015 to April 2016, the contract with Interserve Defence Ltd was carried out in two phases avoiding work during the South Atlantic winter.
After receiving notification of the successful tender two days before Christmas 2014, Colas began a rapid mobilisation process of plant, equipment and materials including Colas Mobile asphalt plant and laboratory.
Phase one of the contract saw Colas repair a 40mm bump in the runway surface, install expansion joints and re-groove the runway. Phase one was completed in April 2015 and the client was delighted by the swift completion of the works.
In September 2015, Phase 2 equipment and materials were shipped the 5,382 miles to the Falkland Islands. This Phase required simultaneous construction of a taxiway strip and repair and reconfiguring areas of the main ASP.
To renovate the ASP, Colas teams removed 23,000m of existing joint sealant, repaired the pavement surface using epoxy mortar and installed new aircraft tie-down anchors on parking slots. In addition, Colas repaired drainage channel walls, removed and replaced drainage gratings and installed 930m of new concrete surrounds. Fuel resistant joint sealant was also used to seal 42,550m of joints on the ASP.
Addagrip 1000 System Resin was also applied to 106,000m2 of the ASP concrete pavement to protect, seal and prolong the life of the surface. The Addagrip 1000 System Resin which has been widely used for over 30 years is designed to penetrate and seal the existing concrete surface which is then covered with a fine aggregate applied to provide an anti-slip finish. Addagrip 1000 System Resin provides a durable and cost-effective solution for addressing the problem of frost damaged and spalled concrete pavements predominantly on airfields. The Addagrip 1000 System allowed Colas to effectively rejuvenate and seal the ASP concrete pavement surface quickly and efficiently, preventing loose aggregate from the concrete surface creating a FOD issue.
The Addagrip 1000 System Resin can be used to treat concrete surfaces on ASP's, taxiways, runway-ends and helipads to concrete runways.


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Half of Americans listen to music in languages besides English
Jamie BallardData Journalist
Arts & cultureLifestyleMediaRealTime Research
September 20, 2018, 2:00 PM UTC
Millennials are more likely than other generations to say that they think there should be more Hispanic artists in pop music
When it comes to music and pop culture, many Americans are welcoming of Spanish-language media, while roughly one-third say there should be more Hispanic people in pop music and TV, according to new data from YouGov Omnibus.
Overall, about half (49%) of Americans ever listen to music in languages other than English. When asked which other languages besides English are spoken or sang in the music they listen to, 52% chose Spanish. Among Hispanics living in the US, 85% said Spanish.
Though many people who listen to music in other languages do understand the lyrics, many say that they don't have to understand the words in order to enjoy the song. Half (50%) of Americans agreed that they can enjoy a song sung in a language they don't speak or understand, and 24% say rhythm is more important than lyrics in a song.
When it comes to TV, over one third (36%) of Americans watch TV shows broadcast in languages other than English. Of those who watch non-English shows, 47% said Spanish is spoken in the TV programs they watch. For Hispanics living in the US, the number was significantly higher: 79%.
Many Americans have generally positive thoughts about Latin media in the US. Close to half (46%) say that they think Latin music is fun, while a similar number (44%) think that Latin culture has had a positive influence on American pop music. Hispanics living in the US are especially likely to agree with these statements: 69% think Latin music is fun and 65% think Latin culture has positively influenced American pop music.
Millennials ages 18-34 are also more likely than the total population to say Latin music is fun (57%) and that Latin culture has has a positive influence on American pop music (48%).
When it comes to Hispanic representation in American media, many people think there should be more Hispanic artists and actors, though some aren't so sure.
Millennials are more likely than other generations to say that they think there should be more Hispanic artists in pop music. More than one-third (36%) of millennials said they believed this, compared to 27% of the total population. Over half (51%) of Hispanics living in the US also believed there should be more Hispanic artists in pop music. Overall, one in five (20%) people disagreed with this statement. Men (17%) were considerably more likely than women (10%) to say they "strongly disagreed," though the most popular response from both men (45%) and women (46%) was "neither agree nor disagree."
Millennials and Hispanics are also more likely to say there should be more Hispanic actors on popular American TV shows. Forty-two percent of Millennials and 53% of Hispanics agreed with this statement, compared with 32% of the total population. Another 20% of the total population disagreed with this statement, while 41% said they neither agreed nor disagreed.
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Kuggholma är en ö i Lemlands södra skärgård. Ön tillhör skärgårdshemmanet Stackskär. är en ö i Åland (Finland). Den ligger i Skärgårdshavet och i kommunen Lemland i Landskap i landskapet Åland, i den sydvästra delen av landet. Ön ligger omkring 12 kilometer sydöst om Mariehamn och omkring 270 kilometer väster om Helsingfors.

Öns area är  hektar och dess största längd är 1 kilometer i nord-sydlig riktning.

På Kuggholma fanns tidigare två gårdar vilka tillsammans ägde skärgårdshemmanet Stackskärs enstaka hemman bestående av 16 öar i Lemland.
Mildred Lindqvist var den sista fast bosatta på Kuggholma, hon flyttade till fasta Lemland 1998, i en ålder av 88 år.

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Dental appointments are so much more fun when you make it a family affair. Why not bring the whole family to the Vallejo, CA family dentist office of Dr. David Gordon for your next appointment? Here are some benefits of "supercharging" your dental visits by bringing your family along to the dentist for a group visit.
Many children develop an unnatural fear of the dentist (also called "dental phobia"), which stays with them well into adulthood. It prevents them from getting the care that they need when they need it most, which causes major oral health complications in the future. When young children see mommy and daddy getting their teeth cleaned in the dentist's chair, it teaches them how to trust going to the dentist.
It can be difficult to schedule numerous appointments for all of your family members—especially when you have a fairly large family. Setting up a time for your whole family to see the dentist at once is a genius plan. Just call Vallejo family dentist, Dr. Gordon's office well in advance so that his staff can set aside a day for everyone to be seen. You can then scratch that important "to-do" off the list for at least six months (until your next appointment).
If you've ever been in one room with all of your family members for a special event, you know how much fun it can be. Make going to the dentist one of those unforgettable affairs. While one family member is having their teeth cleaned, the rest can relax together in our comfortable waiting area. It's a great excuse to get together with your loved ones to talk, laugh, and catch up.
Dr. David Gordon is a highly rated Vallejo, CA family dentist who sees patients of all ages, so you can get your entire family the dental care that they need. Call today and make the appointment to give your whole family healthy smiles.


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9 Clouds Retreat 2018: Bonding + Beer + Bowling, Oh My!
If you're one of our clients, you probably received word a few weeks ago that we were hitting the road for our annual company retreat. If you aren't one of our clients, you probably saw evidence of our annual company retreat on social.
If you don't follow us on social (um, why not?), then let me be the first to tell you: we went on our annual company retreat to Minneapolis a few weeks ago.
We toured a brewery, bowled a little (some better than others), and, of course, bonded as a team, talking through challenges and opportunities for 9 Clouds in 2019.
On Thursday morning, we met at the office, split into two vehicles (one car was already in Minneapolis), and headed out!
Our first stop once we reached the Twin Cities was Surly Brewing Company. Of course, the brewery tour was excellent, and of course, we asked the guide some awesome questions (would you expect anything else from us?) — but when it came to playing a game of bean bags, well . . . we'll blame the wind for how badly some of those rounds went.
After leaving Surly, our team tackled a special challenge: our Airbnb canceled on us at the last minute. So instead of hanging out all in one place, the group was once again split into three. Coordinating team events when the entire group was so dispersed proved to be a special breed of challenge.
Well, anyway, we took our group pics and then headed to dinner at a fabulous Mexican fusion restaurant, Chino Latino, where there were flaming pineapple drinks, the queso of your daydreams, 😍 and primary-colored ambient lighting that made us feel like we were somehow teleported into an action movie.
Let's be honest, by the time we went bowling, we were all feeling pretty good about life. Which made some of us (mostly me) a little more confident than necessary . . . so our lower-than-normal bowling skill level was comical at best and curse-inducing at worst (🙋🏼♀).
Six of us ended the night by attending a drag show in an adjacent theater in the bowling alley, while the rest of the team opted to return to their respective Airbnbs.
On Friday morning, we convened in one of the Airbnbs to talk with life coach Lisa Kuzman about the book she assigned us to read before the retreat: Rising Strong by Brené Brown.
The conversation was definitely a fruitful one, with several of us admitting that it's hard to fully embrace the idea that maybe everyone is doing their best.
It was a conversation about being open and trusting each other. And an aptly timed one at that. It was my birthday (which automatically makes me feel vulnerable and reflective) — and, 11 days after the retreat, I moved 👉 700 miles away from our headquarters in South Dakota and now work remotely for 9 Clouds.
Jenny, our top-dog project manager, has stressed over and over again that, as a team, we have to ask for what we need. On our retreat, we saw that modeled in the aftermath of the Airbnb hoopla, our conversations with Lisa, and the company SWOT analysis we did later.
SWOT stands for Strengths (internal), Weaknesses (internal), Opportunities (external), and Threats (external). We individually wrote our thoughts on Post-it notes and put them on the corresponding board. Then, we split into teams and dissected that info to identify trends. We shared those findings with the rest of the team while we ate birthday cupcakes.
9 Clouds performs a SWOT analysis every year for a few reasons: it helps us shape our company goals for the next year, it gives a safe space to share our unfiltered thoughts, and it sparks fruitful conversations about where we are and where we're going.
Of course, all of that strategizing made us hungry, so we convened at Sarah Carnes' aunt and uncle's house for spaghetti and then hit the road back to Sioux Falls.
1⃣You know that feeling you get when you know you're working with cool people, but you're all so busy that you never get the opportunity to really connect? Retreats fix that. We literally hung out with each other for an entire day and laughed, bowled terribly, ate amazing food, and bonded. Which makes me feel more comfortable if I need to reach out to a coworker and ask for help or express concerns — because I already know that we're on good terms!
2⃣Working with Lisa is literally life-changing for our team. As an added perk, every 9 Clouds employee also gets one-on-one time with Lisa after the retreat to dissect what we learned from the book, the conversations, or the SWOT analysis. Learning how we can implement those lessons in our own lives is incredibly valuable.
If you'd like to learn from us, go ahead and request a free digital audit! We don't just hang out with each other; we also work really well together so we can share top-of-the-line digital knowledge with you. What are you waiting for? Let's work together!


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A: As @Mosh Feu said in comments, I call event.stopPropagation() before click event of canvas and it solved my problem.


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Q: Potential energy $= -GMm/r$ then how could potential energy ever be positive? Using the $U = -GMm/r$ where $r$ is a distance which would be positive how could potential energy ever be positive?
How could it be positive according to the equation $mgh$?

A: It does not need to be positive. In physics we only care about potential energy differences. The first formula the OP quotes already has a chosen reference at infinity. With such a reference point gravitational potential energy will always be negative.
The $mgh$ formula is only a reduced version where differences are approximated linearly for gravitational fields that do not vary too much within the heights of interest. There one is free to choose any useful reference such as the ground in problems of classical mechanics.

A: It could become zero as r tends to infinity , positive potential energy indicated system is not bounded which is not possible unless r tends to infinity

A: It couldn't.
Remember that potential energy is a value based on an arbitrary reference. The formula
$$U_g=-G \frac{mM}{r}$$
is based on a zero-level at inifinity. Thus the value will never be positive since we can't reach beyond that. The formula
$$U_g=mgh$$
is based on a zero level at ground level (or you could choose it differently). Thus the value can be positive if we reach a value higher than that.
Potential energies can be calculated for arbitrarily chosen references because only their differences matter. We shouldn't care about the value itself but only about the difference between the value in one scenario compared to the value in another scenario.