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Best-Selling Author, Digital Anthropologist, Futurist, and Global Innovation Evangelist at Salesforce
Named to Silicon Valley's "40 under 40" and called one of the "25 Twitter Accounts That Will Make You Smarter" by Mashable
Prolific author of The End of Business as Usual named a "Top 10 Business Book" by Publisher's Weekly
Speaks about many different topics including the future of business, innovation, social media, and disruptive technology
Helps organizations understand and embrace the dynamics defining the rise of social business
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Heralded as one of the 'top 10 people to know in Silicon Valley', and considered "one of the most important thought leaders of our time" and "one of the more creative and brilliant business minds of our time," Brian Solis shares his vision, research and experiences through keynotes at conferences and events worldwide to help people understand and embrace the dynamics defining the rise of digital transformation, innovation, connected consumerism and digital lifestyles. He is consistently ranked as one of the top speakers at some of the biggest events around the world.
Brian is indeed 'Mr. Futurist'. Not one to fly-by convention, Brian has personally influenced and shaped business and media through his work, lead numerous programs for Fortune 500 companies, notable celebrities, startups and is globally recognized as one of the most prominent thought leaders and published authors in new media. As a digital anthropologist, he humanizes technology trends to make sense to everyone at every level. His message simply resonates and that's why he's also followed by more than 700,000 people online and some of the most influential people in business, politics, entertainment, and other industries globally.
He's an eight-time, best-selling, and award-winning author and has published over 60 research reports on the future of business, work, digital transformation, innovation, and industries such as retail, healthcare, financial services, insurance, and public sector. Whether it's a technology or business event or an internal corporate summit, Brian brings a naturally engaging and entertaining message of clarity, meaning, and inspiration.
His blog, BrianSolis.com, is among the world's leading business online resources. Brian also contributes to FastCompany, ZDNet, Techonomy, CIO, ADWEEK, and Singularity University
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SPECIAL PANDEMIC TOPICS:
The Future of CX and Business Model Innovation: The Rise of 'Generation-Novel,' the Customer Segment Created by the Pandemic. Before COVID, customers were increasingly embracing digital rituals in every facet of their lives. Now, with shelter in place, general fear of getting sick, and concern over the state of the economy and world affairs, customers of all types and ages are only becoming more and more digital-first. This affects their behaviors, preferences, and expectations for COVID-era customer experiences. But it's not just about tech and the pandemic driving changes in consumer behaviors, the emotional and psychological effects of COVID-19 are resetting consumer values and opening their willingness to experiment with other brands, retailers, and services. In fact, McKinsey found that in the first 90 days of shelter-in-place, e-commerce adoption accelerated by 10 years. More so, 75% of consumers experimented with new brands, retailers, and websites with 60% of them expected to stick with new companies post-Pandemic.
In this session, Brian will...
Introduce Generation-N and their behaviors and characteristics changing the game for CX, business models, and products and services.
Humanize the new customer to inspire innovative strategies in CX, sales, service, and marketing, and business models.
Learn how human-centered design will help you build resilience as markets continue to shift and evolve in new directions.
Embracing a New Mindset for Leadership and Innovation. Welcome to the Novel Economy: Setting the Stage for a New Generation of Innovators. Welcome to the Novel Economy, a time without precedence or a playbook for navigating disrupted and uncharted paths forward. Novel means new and unusual and as such, we must reorganize for the next era of the economy and the role we want to play in it. The Novel Economy is ours to shape. This isn't a "new normal" nor are we actually striving to the "next normal." This is an interim normal. The distinction is important because this is an opportunity for reflection, change, and innovation. Focusing transformation toward a next normal can steer us toward mediocrity. This is a time to change the game in our favor by setting a new bar and the next standards for excellence in work, marketing, sales, and service. This is a once-in-a-lifetime event, our Ctrl-Alt-Del moment. Now's the time to create the future we've always dreamed of. The future is a blank canvas. This is a time to learn and unlearn.
In this inspiring session, Brian will...
Share how we each play a role in the future of our organization.
How customers and our teams can learn from one another to open new doors and create new value to survive and thrive in the #NovelEconomy.
Highlight market dynamics already taking place since March 2020.
Introduce the three phases that define the next 36 months and break down how to organize digital transformation and digital innovation initiatives to drive resilience, relevance, and growth.
Phase 1: Survive - Ensure business continuity.
Phase 2: Alive - Operationalize for transition while building for innovation.
Phase 3: Thrive - Iterating and innovating forward through agile, data-centric operational excellence and digital business model innovation.
Digital Darwinism. Leading and Winning the Business (R)evolution. What can we learn from some of the colossal mistakes we have seen a number of incumbent companies make? How do we survive and thrive in an era of digital Darwinism? And how did everything change so quickly?
Two major success factors are crystalized;
1. The rate and ability to embrace and enact digital transformation within the business, And
2. The development of leadership change-agents and influencers who champion innovation.
Brian presents this exciting and poignant keynote in a just-in-time session to ensure your business remains relevant in an ever-changing future. With a magnified focus on your specific industry, Brian will unpack:
The state and future of digital transformation and how it's changing businesses at the very core
How to identify, lead and empower business mavericks and change-makers within your organization and across your industry
How incumbent companies are making mistakes and what you can do to avoid sealing your own fate in the same way
What you can do personally to change things for the better in your career and for your company
X: The Experience when Business Meets Design. Innovation in Customer Experience. X marks the spot! Brian Solis knows what it takes to be innovative. As the principal analyst studying technology and its impact on and after numerous success stories at the forefront of Fortune 500 companies and the tech/startup world there is no speaker better than Brian to welcome you to a new era of business.
In this progressive and captivating keynote Brian explains why the future of business is experiential, sharing his insider knowledge on how to create meaningful experiences. Audiences will discover:
What's really at the heart of a great experience
How experiences become memories and how to connect to people's hearts and minds
From Brand Experience (BX) to Customer Experience (CX) to User Experience (US) X: How to design experiences that start at the top and change how companies work, sell, and serve
How to design customer experiences that matter in a time of what Brian calls, "accidental narcissism"
How micro-moments are reshaping the new customer journey in each of the four moments of truth
Building a Dynamic and Adaptive Organization. Breaking away from rigid processes and risk-averse cultures.
"But this is the way it's always been done." - Said no successful entrepreneur ever
An idea is just an idea until it's put into action and brought to life by people who share your vision and passion for changing the world. A world-changing idea has to not only be innovative; it has to disrupt the status quo. The challenge is to help people take their ideas shape them into something powerful. All too often though, organizations limit their ideas to that of iteration versus innovation. There's a difference…
Iteration – Doing old things better
Innovation – Doing new things that create new value
Disruption – Doing new things that make the old things obsolete.
In an entertaining, insightful and encouraging way Brian will:
Inspire the audience to shift perspective and learn to unlearn
Help the audience bring ideas to life that are innovative and maybe even disruptive
Teach and motivate people to believe in their own ideas and intuitions to challenge business as usual and unlock new opportunities
Hey Mr Futurist! WTF…? What's The Future of…
As one of the world's leading analysts and digital anthropologists, Brian studies how the evolution of technology, business, and culture impact specific industries. In this tailored keynote presentation Brian will specifically study your space and share his vision and experiences to help your organization understand and embrace the dynamics defining the rise of digital transformation, innovation, connected consumerism, digital lifestyles and important trends impacting your industry, including but certainly not limited to:
Business and Customer/Employee Experience - Brian ties together the latest trends and developments in Brand/Digital/Omni/Mobile and Social. Design marketing strategies and campaigns that matter in a real-time, 'always-on' world.
Tech, Innovation and Silicon Valley - What is it about Silicon Valley that drives innovation and disruption, what's the hot new tech and what's the next big thing?!
Retail and e-Commerce - Brian re-imagines the world of shopping, payments and retail/e-tail for a post-Pandemic world.
Leadership vs. Management - Learn how executives lead in roles from the top to bottom, to inspire a more passionate, loyal and profitable workforce.
Finance Services and Insurance - The future of banking, finance and insurance is so important. Learn from Brian's in-depth studies centered deeply on UX (user experience).
Travel – Learn about the future of tourism, travel and experiences.
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Support: what is it and why you need a customer support channel?
How many new fans did your customer support get today?
Learn how your customer service can help you promote your brand!
Much has been said about the Age of the Customer: a time when the market became diversified and developed in such a way that the supply of goods and services in a given niche is no longer restricted to a few suppliers, with rare exceptions.
This means that consumers, whether from the traditional or digital market, have reached an unprecedented level of empowerment, which guarantees their power to demand standards of excellence in their experience with a particular brand.
Why will I as a consumer, choose a brand that provides me with an average experience, while there are several others on the market willing to elevate my experience to a new level?
This consumer profile pervades all points of contact between consumers and the brand: from advertising campaigns to after sales. And at each of these points of contact, your audience is eager to get the most out of the experience.
This means that having the most effective campaign, being consolidated as the best product or achieving the most favorable cost-benefit for consumers is no longer enough to completely win them over.
It is within this context that a new support concept arises: a mechanism to transform the customer into an unconditional fan of your business, and that is what we are going to talk about in today's text.
The concept of support goes beyond the traditional concept of customer service and begins to lay the foundation for the relationship of a brand with its audience.
In other words, it isn't only a matter of answering questions and solving routine problems, but of building a relationship of trust and delight, which turns this new type of consumer into a defender and multiplier of your image in the market.
You have certainly heard about the importance of word of mouth marketing and the disastrous effect that a negative opinion can cause to conversions, right?
The logic here is similar!
Imagine the impact that fervent advocates of your product have on the purchasing decision of customers who are seeking for absolute excellence in what they are looking for.
In addition, consider that these searches are now available on the internet on highly publicized platforms, such as Yelp.
There! You notice how valuable it is to have your own business promoters, who have the legitimacy to opine and influence in potential customers' decision to buy, right?
So, support becomes central to the positioning of the brand in the market.
Having efficient copy, as well as generating value for customers or getting it right in the creation of their persona, structuring a support service that delights your customers is an essential variable to achieve excellence in your business.
This is because, in addition to providing customer service, the support team is now responsible for creating a relationship with your audience.
As we have seen, it is currently necessary to go beyond customer expectations when the subject is support, exceeding their expectations and generating a concrete value for consumers.
The results however, are not restricted only to cultivating a good reputation in the market.
Of course, this is very important, especially if you operate in the digital market, which is gradually developing and gaining people's trust.
But this relationship also has the potential of positively impacting your business in many other ways.
The purpose of creating a brand relationship rather than a mere customer service involves customer loyalty without necessarily using after-sales actions.
Customers who receive a satisfying and captivating customer service, will automatically attach feelings of acceptance and gratitude to the brand, which will support future interactions and even new purchases.
In addition, this scenario favors the consolidation of the brand in the market, being recognized by its empathy and solicitude through which it interacts with its public.
Another element that justifies the structuring of a support service in these formats is the possibility of collecting and systematizing feedback, insights and points of improvement in the service or product you offer.
In other words, at this point, support becomes a valuable evaluation database of your brand's content performance on the market, since it is the front line with the audience that consumes such content.
From this, you can thoroughly evaluate what people think about the products and services you provide, and which aspects should be optimized to achieve excellence.
The first one refers to the definition of the customer service channel or channels available to your customers.
In addition to the operating cost criterion of the channel options available in the market, it is very important to take into account the most interested party here: your buyer persona!
The customer service channel must be aligned with the characteristics of your business's buyer persona, as well as the elements that will facilitate his/her contact with your team.
If your buyer persona consists of people who are not used to the internet, it makes more sense to implement a customer service channel via phone.
On the other hand, if your persona is used to accessing digital tools, the use of a channel via email may be the best option.
This also applies to the language you will use in each of the customer service channels. In other words, the language should be an extension of the language you already use to talk to your audience on social media or in your campaigns.
As important as choosing the best channel and language to communicate with your audience that needs your help, is implementing a self-service tool.
This strategy aims to filter out the simpler and most frequent cases, giving greater fluidity to the customer service flow.
Self-service empowers your customers and allows them to solve problems with greater autonomy. But in order for this to work, information is key!
Customers will only be able to solve their problems if they have access to information that guides them towards the fastest direction of the solution.
A great way to do this is to implement Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ), which compiles the main reasons for support and the instructions on how the customer should proceed.
Therefore, it is necessary to educate your customer to always access the FAQ before contacting the customer service channel, since this is the fastest way for them to solve their requirement.
One way to do this is to provide your FAQ link in your communication channels and, within the FAQ, at the end of each instruction, inform the customer service channel for more complex questions.
Having a qualified support team is another prerequisite for structuring a customer support of excellence.
The customer support agents must have a thorough knowledge of your business, the company's main processes and flows and absolutely everything that is to know relative to the service.
The high level of knowledge of the support team is a determining variable so that the customer service is assertive, objective and agile.
So, strive in order for your team to be fully knowledgeable about key customer service cases as well as exceptions, always encouraging them towards creative and effective solutions to the various problems that arise as the entire business grows.
One way to facilitate this process is to structure the team by segmenting the customer service topics, from the simplest to the most complex.
This model generates the expertise necessary to scale the team's service potential and optimize the processes involved.
Finally, another important resource to be taken into account is to have a fluid interface between the customer service team and the monitoring of social media.
As the business grows, the brand's evidence on social media also increases, making it more susceptible to complaints and customer service requirements.
In this scenario, communication between customer service providers and those monitoring social media must be organic, always aiming to solve these requirements through the official customer service channel.
An example of this is Yelp, which is a social media that compiles complaints and demands that have not been solved effectively by the companies' customer support.
In this case, it makes a lot of sense to have an interface in the support that also absorbs these requirements and directs them to the conventional customer service channel.
Speaking of social media, this is a great opportunity to captivate your customers.
Those who access social media in search of support, traditionally have a higher level of urgency or dissatisfaction than average customers do.
This means that they are often tricky cases that will require a bit more energy from customer support to turn that person into a fan of the brand.
However, this is the perfect moment to carry out an action or campaign that captivates these customers, whether it is distributing a gift or even sending a letter expressing affection and acceptance.
You will be amazed at the dissemination potential of such actions in the engagement of people with your brand!
Which data should I track in order to manage my client relationship in the support channels?
When structuring a customer support service, whether in a large or small business, it is very important to systematically consider and analyze the metrics that point to the area's performance.
With this information, it is possible to establish strategies to optimize the service and manage the relationship with the customer assertively.
From the identification of bottlenecks, you will see opportunities to be closer to your audience as best as possible.
One of the main indicators is the volume of customer service received by your contact channel.
It is important to establish a constant time filter so that the analysis of this data can be compared.
If for your niche, it makes more sense to compare the volume of calls every month or every two weeks, it does not make that much difference. The important thing is to maintain the same time filter.
The volume of requests that your support service receives will determine the structure necessary to meet that amount. Here, it is necessary to establish how much flow your support team can provide to the service with the available inputs and channels.
If the gross volume of requests is greater than what your team can handle, you need to think about optimizing the support processes (implementing new tools or more agile processes, for example) or even increase the team.
Another possible analysis with this data is to take into account the variation of the volume of customer support within the time that you have established.
This variation in time is directly linked to the volume of business' conversions (which tends to increase customer support cases) and also indicates the emergence or the solution of possible bottlenecks in the purchasing process and the use of your product or service.
The first one means how long, on average, your customer has to wait to receive the initial customer service.
The more optimized your support process is, and the greater your team's ability to meet the gross volume of requests is, the shorter the waiting time will be.
The second indicator concerns the time a request takes to be solved from the moment the case reaches customer support.
Again, the more efficient the processes, the short this time tends to be. This indicator mainly measures the level of support assertiveness, in other words, the capacity to solve all customer inquiries objectively and quickly.
Relative to the time and assertiveness of the customer support service, there is another very important metric: the request reply rate.
If the assertiveness level of the support team is not high, the tendency of each request to generate a reply is quite high.
This means that the information that is passed on to customers is not complete or objective. This ends up generating more questions and automatically, the volume of requests will increase.
This cascading effect can be avoided by increasing the assertiveness of the solutions to the customer and consequently, reduce the rate of request replies.
In other words, if we can solve all of a customer's problems with one contact, the volume of service and the time spent by the team will be much lower.
All of these metrics are directly related to the quality of the customer service, which is perhaps the most important metric considering the moment that we are currently experiencing in the market.
Each of the above indicators has an immediate impact on the level of customer satisfaction, and in order to measure this, it is essential that for every customer service, a customer satisfaction survey be offered.
In addition, it is also interesting that this survey, in addition to contemplating objective satisfaction parameters, also involve subjective aspects. This means giving the customer a voice and providing a space so that he/she can describe his/her perception of the customer support experience.
Thus, unlike other metrics, customer service quality must also be analyzed qualitatively, so that the customer's perception can be accurately collected and also identify failures in the process or in the product or service that you offer.
Now that you have understood the importance of customer support, its main elements and how to measure the performance of this strategic area, shall we get to work and structure a customer service that effectively brings your customer closer to your brand?
Dealer at Hotmart's support and zodiac signs expert.


How much does it cost to get my product reviewed?
What standards do you use to review the products?
When do you do the review?
When will the review be published?
How do you promote the reviews?
How does a product get an "A" grade?
What do you with the product after you review?
What determines the listing order of products?
Anyone can submit a product for review. Keep in mind, though, that our staff reviews nearly 100 products per season, personally paddling, weighing, and measuring each one of them. And we do all that between August through February. That means lots of staff work/paddling hours, photography, copywriting, analysis, etc. To ensure the sustainability of the review program, we prioritize reviews of our sponsors' products, who help us pay for all those work-hours, then we move to non-sponsors' products. There is no guarantee of when/if non-sponsors products will be reviewed. To-date, our reviews include both sponsors and non-sponsors products, capturing a comprehensive picture of the standup paddle board landscape.
All products mailed to Supconnect must be written off as promotional material and WILL NOT be returned to sender. Supconnect may use them for promotional campaigns or other initiatives.
Getting your product reviewed is completely FREE. Do keep in mind though that to ensure the sustainability of the review program, we prioritize reviews of our sponsors' products, who help us pay for all those work-hours, then we move to non-sponsors' products. There is no guarantee of when/if non-sponsors products will be reviewed.
We review anything SUP-related. Boards, paddles, accessories you name it! If you are able to use it while paddle boarding we will review it. We plan to launch the paddles and accessories reviews in early 2018.
The Supconnect Editorial staff reviews all products. Supconnect's Publisher and founding President of the Stand Up Paddle Industry Association (SUPIA), Andre Niemeyer, along with Allie Beucler, Supconnect's Editor are the lead reviewers of the products, which ensures consistency and an expert assessment.
We use 24 consistent metrics to assess each one of the standup paddle boards. And each one of these metrics are weighted differently depending on the products' category. From these core objective metrics, we then build the foundation of the consumer-language assessments around i) Who is it for?, ii) First Impressions, iii) Features/Benefits, and iv) Similar Products. For instance, the most predictable stability metric is width, even though there are countless other features that can also determine stability, such as thickness, rocker, construction, rails, foil, deck, bottom, nose and tail width, etc. But since width tends to come with lots of the other features that make a board stable, we categorize stability as follows: under 26" (very unstable/advanced), 26'-28" (unstable/intermediate-advanced), 28"-30" (stable/intermediate), and 30"+ (very stable/beginner). We hope to release a publication with our full calculus coming up. Stay tuned!
The Supconnect Reviews are done in three stages throughout the year.
Reviews are done throughout the year and will be published in Q1 of the next year. If the product is already on the market it may be published sooner.
Supconnect promotes the reviews across all its channels i.e. social, editorial, newsletter, etc.
Products that get an "A" have been deemed best in their respective categories due to a variety of factors. Design, graphics, and add-ons are just a few of the factors that are brought into consideration when deeming a product an "A". For example, if your product uses a LiftSUP handle your product will get a higher grade due to the performance and convenience of the handle. Or, if your product comes equipped with a FCS II fin, no tools are needed, which makes taking your fin in and out that much quicker and more convenient. If your product looks appealing to the eye and feels nice under the feet these points will also be factored in when deciding which product receives an "A". If the product has amazing quality and value for it's price point it can also be deemed an "A". These factors plus many more are taken into consideration when choosing an "A" grade product.
What do you do with the product after you review?
Once your product has been reviewed the Supconnect staff may use them for promotional campaigns or other initiatives. All products mailed to the Supconnect office should be written off as promotional material and WILL NOT be returned.
"A" grade products are listed first, then all other products. Both the A and non-A grade categories organize products into sub-categories: all inflatables on top, then non-inflatables grouped by use from easier to more difficult: all-around, touring, yoga, fishing, race, surf, river. And in each one of these sub-categories, the products are organized alphabetically by model name.
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#ifndef AMGCL_RELAXATION_AS_PRECONDITIONER_HPP
#define AMGCL_RELAXATION_AS_PRECONDITIONER_HPP

/**
 * \file   amgcl/relaxation/as_preconditioner.hpp
 * \author Denis Demidov <dennis.demidov@gmail.com>
 * \brief  Use an amgcl smoother as a standalone preconditioner.
 */

#include <vector>
#include <memory>
#include <amgcl/backend/builtin.hpp>

namespace amgcl {
namespace relaxation {

/// Allows to use an amgcl smoother as standalone preconditioner.
template <class Backend, template <class> class Relax>
class as_preconditioner {
    public:
        typedef Backend backend_type;

        typedef Relax<Backend>            smoother;

        typedef typename Backend::matrix  matrix;
        typedef typename Backend::vector  vector;
        typedef typename smoother::params params;
        typedef typename Backend::params  backend_params;

        typedef typename Backend::value_type value_type;
        typedef typename Backend::col_type col_type;
        typedef typename Backend::ptr_type ptr_type;
        typedef typename backend::builtin<value_type, col_type, ptr_type>::matrix build_matrix;

        template <class Matrix>
        as_preconditioner(
                const Matrix &M,
                const params &prm = params(),
                const backend_params &bprm = backend_params()
                )
            : prm(prm)
        {
            init(std::make_shared<build_matrix>(M), bprm);
        }

        as_preconditioner(
                std::shared_ptr<build_matrix> M,
                const params &prm = params(),
                const backend_params &bprm = backend_params()
                )
            : prm(prm)
        {
            init(M, bprm);
        }

        template <class Vec1, class Vec2>
        void apply(const Vec1 &rhs, Vec2 &&x) const {
            S->apply(*A, rhs, x);
        }

        const matrix& system_matrix() const {
            return *A;
        }

        std::shared_ptr<matrix> system_matrix_ptr() const {
            return A;
        }

        size_t bytes() const {
            size_t b = 0;

            if (A) b += backend::bytes(*A);
            if (S) b += backend::bytes(*S);

            return b;
        }
    private:
        params prm;

        std::shared_ptr<matrix>   A;
        std::shared_ptr<smoother> S;

        void init(std::shared_ptr<build_matrix> M, const backend_params &bprm) {
            A = Backend::copy_matrix(M, bprm);
            S = std::make_shared<smoother>(*M, prm, bprm);
        }

        friend std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream &os, const as_preconditioner &p) {
            os << "Relaxation as preconditioner" << std::endl;
            os << "  Unknowns: " << backend::rows(p.system_matrix()) << std::endl;
            os << "  Nonzeros: " << backend::nonzeros(p.system_matrix()) << std::endl;
            os << "  Memory:   " << human_readable_memory(p.bytes()) << std::endl;

            return os;
        }
};

} // namespace relaxation
} // namespace amgcl

#endif

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Traditional Italian dances are hard to find in Italy in general. The top three are the tarantella from Puglia, the Sardinian ballu tundu (round dance) and the Neapolitan Saltarello. If you want to dance anywhere that's not a disco, you're best off looking for latin dancing, which is very popular all over Italy and there are plenty of places to learn or just dance the Tango, cha cha, Mumba etc. Also, ballroom dancing is very popular. In general you won't find much folk dancing in the bigger cities but in country towns, or in Southern Italy.


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Unwind in the Great Bear Rainforest with Nimmo Bay Resort and Sierra Club BC
Jeremy Koreski/Nimmo Bay Resort
With support from Nimmo Bay and Gabe Davis, Sierra Club BC would like to welcome you to an extraordinary experience in the Great Bear Rainforest.
You are invited to come stay with us at Nimmo Bay from Friday, October 7 to Sunday, October 9, 2022. Together, we will experience first-hand some of B.C.'s most spectacular old-growth environments, while enjoying the amenities of one of the most spectacular resorts in BC.
Come learn and share your insights with an intimate group of influencers, benefactors, and change makers. As one of our honoured guests, we will cover your meals, accommodations, some guided activities, facilitated discussions, and flights from Vancouver.
Guest Information + Dietary Restrictions
Prior to your arrival, Nimmo Bay asks that all guests fill out an online guest information form.
The form will take less than 5 minutes to complete and will provide the resort with information to make your stay the most comfortable, including dietary restrictions.
Please complete the form by Friday, September 30th.
All flights will depart/arrive at the downtown Vancouver Harbour Air terminal, 1055 Canada Pl, Vancouver
Please check-in 30 minutes prior to the flight
We ask that all passengers pack 35lbs or less luggage and use soft-sided bags (duffle bags)
Friday, October 7th, departing at 1:45pm with Harbour Air. The flight duration is approximately 2 hours, arrival at Nimmo Bay is expected to be 3:45pm.
Return Flight
Sunday, October 9th, departing flights will leave between 1:45pm-2:15pm with Harbour Air. The flight duration is approximately 2 hours, arrival at the Vancouver Harbour Air terminal is expected to be approximately 3:45pm-4:15pm.
Nimmo Bay is located on the BC mainland, 200 miles (320 kms) northwest of Vancouver. The nearest large community is Port Hardy on the northeast coast of Vancouver Island. Access to Nimmo Bay is by boat or float plant only; there is no road access into the resort.
The weather patterns at Nimmo Bay are similar to Vancouver but you can expect a slightly lower temperature and a little more rain or drizzle. Part of the beauty of British Columbia is the changeable weather so it's good to be prepared for a variety. Nights are cool and layering clothing (a jacket, vest and shirt) is suggested. In addition, Nimmo Bay does supply all weather gear for your adventure activities and comfort around the resort.
Cell Service/Wifi
There is no cell service at Nimmo Bay but there is limited wifi available throughout the lodge. As the resort is very remote, the wifi is limited and cannot handle too much activity. To prevent the system from crashing, all guests are asked to refrain from uploading or downloading big files, streaming videos or using video chat while at Nimmo Bay. Checking emails, regular browsing, texting and normal use of social media is fine.
Should guests need to make a phone call, they are welcome to use Nimmo Bay's satellite phone. Kindly notify a staff member and they will assist the phone.
Due to floatplane space and weight restrictions, everyone is encouraged to pack a duffle bag (no square, hardshell suitcases please) and to limit their baggage to no more than two pieces. The combined weight should not exceed 35 pounds (16kgs). To help you keep to this limit, please note that the resort does supply all adventure gear except what is outlined to bring in the packing list suggestions below and the cabins are well appointed with bath and body products. Your careful attention to this request is most appreciated.
Packing List Suggestions
Comfortable waterproof shoes
Fleece top and jacket for cool nights and mornings
Clothing that you can move in
Casual clothes for dinners and breakfasts (there is no dress code in the dining room)
Chargers and jacks
Gwawas Territory Participation Protocol
Community-directed Territory Visitation & Use Protocol
Speck Family & Heghums Village
Gilakas'la – Welcome to Gwawas, the territory of the Gwawa'enuxw People
Now – ka'salaxda'xw'la's! (Pay Attention!)
The strong community that stewards the lands, waters, and all life within Gwawas invites you to share this place but demands the respect of a reciprocal relationship. For too long settlers and visitors to this territory have taken without supporting the people and the environment that has sustained us since time immemorial. Without giving back, we will all lose what is most important.
Our community, along with our neighbours and friends from afar, work together, as one, supportive of each other and are always careful with our finite resources, if we take, we must give back. This deep rooted Traditional Knowledge and culture of stewardship is what unites our community and gives us strength in this place. While gwawas has seen over-extraction of its resources for far too long, Gwawas iga'nakwala (Gwawa'enuxw territory is healing).
For our visitors, it is important to take stock of some the key points below as you join us in Gwawa'enuxw Teritory:
The Community is responsible for Gwawas – for the territory, the lands, waters, and for all living beings within Gwawas. Decisions of land-use, law and regulations, and consumptive participation must be consulted on and approved by the community.
A'ekala– Do a good job! This means with your work, but also with your relationship to the people and this place.
Maya'xala– To respect all things. This includes yourself, all your relations and acquaintances, the land, the water, and all the life that this territory supports. We respect the land and the knowledge passed down from our ancestors and we protect this place for our great-grandchildren and their great-grandchildren.
Before you come, and especially before you leave, ask yourself these questions, and take pride in how you are representing yourself and your privilege to be in Gwawas.
Why are you in Gwawas? (What are you doing? Who do you represent?)
How are you coming to Gwawas? (What are your values? Are you bringing potentially damaging perspectives or ignorance?)
What are you leaving with the community? How will you engage in reciprocity?
What is your relationship to or have you been invited by the community?
About Sierra Club BC
Sierra Club BC is an environmental charity working to defend irreplaceable old-growth forests, protect habitat for at-risk species and advocate for meaningful climate action, while inviting people to build deeper relationships with the ecosystems that work so hard to sustain us all. To achieve its mission, we engage with and learns from diverse communities and knowledge systems, including communities most impacted by the ecological challenges we all face.
A healthy, life-sustaining planet, where humans respect the dignity and interdependence of all living beings.
To support people stewarding abundant ecosystems and a stable climate, while building resilient, equitable communities.
To learn more about Sierra Club BC and the work we do, we invite you to explore these resources:
Sierra Report Spring 2022
Sierra Report Fall 2021
About Dr. Suzanne Simard
Special guest and author of Finding the Mother Tree, Dr. Suzanne Simard will be joining us to personally guide guests through the surrounding old-growth forest and answer questions.
Suzanne is a Professor of Forest Ecology at the University of British Columbia. She is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence; and has been hailed as a scientist who conveys complex, technical ideas in a way that is dazzling and profound. Her work has influenced filmmakers (the Tree of Souls in James Cameron's Avatar; and a forthcoming biopic being produced by Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams); and her TED talks have been viewed by more than 10 million people worldwide.
Suzanne is known for her work on how trees interact and communicate using below-ground fungal networks, which has led to the recognition that forests have hub trees, or Mother Trees, which are large, highly connected trees that play an important role in the flow of information and resources in a forest. Her current research investigates how these complex relationships contribute to forest resiliency, adaptability and recovery and has far-reaching implications for how to manage and heal forests from human impacts, including climate change.
Suzanne has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles and presented at conferences around the world. She has communicated her work to a wide audience through interviews, documentary films and her TEDTalk "How trees talk to one another."
To learn more about Suzanne and her exciting work, please read this article published in National Geographic.
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Gothic drama set to thrill GCSE students
A theatre group is bringing to life the story of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for GCSE drama students, 200 years after the gothic novel was first published.
Popular amateur dramatic society The Company of Ten are staging an adaptation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein from 23 February to 3 March at Abbey Theatre in St Albans, with a dedicated performance and post-show talk for schools.
Actor Conor Gray & director Sinead Dunne. Credit Nick Clarke
This classic story of scientific discovery gone wrong features as a recommended 'Gothic' or 'Pre-Nineteenth Century' text on the majority of GCSE and A Level English specifications. With its programme of performances, talks and resources, The Company of Ten is aiming to consolidate students' understanding of the novel and celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of its first publication.
At the conclusion of one special performance, the audience are invited to stay in the auditorium for a chaired Q&A with the director, Sinead Dunne, cast and creative team, to learn about the process of adapting and interpreting the novel for the stage. The panel are also joined by Dr Samantha George, a senior lecturer in gothic literature and women's writing at the University of Hertfordshire.
Director: "power, horror and emotion" of novel is conveyed in drama
The Company of Ten is grateful to Patrick Sandford, the director/playwright of the stage production of Frankenstein at Southampton's Nuffield Theatre in 2004, for his support and encouragement in helping them to shape the play for the Abbey Theatre.
Commenting on the production and its appeal to students and teachers, director Sinead says, "Patrick's adaptation is taken directly from Mary Shelley's novel and captures the fundamental power, horror and emotion of her brilliant writing.
"It is wonderful to be involved in a production which brings the audience back to Shelley's vision, and I'm thrilled to be able to share our experience of bringing this incredible story to the stage with local schools."
To complement the production, The Company of Ten are releasing a teachers' resource pack and a series of behind-the-scenes videos on the creative process to assist students of Drama and Theatre Studies, who are asked to demonstrate an understanding of design, technical and performance elements as part of their course.
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The panel meter in my 332B was broken and unfortunately not repairable. API very helpfully quoted $495.00 for a replacement model 302 meter. Thanks, but no thanks. After a month or so one came up for a reasonable price on ebay - not a perfect match, however, since it was a -100μA - 0 - +100μA meter, whereas I needed 0 - 100μA. But close enough.
The meter itself could me modified easily. All that was needed was to adjust the pre-tension of the return spring to move the zero reading to the left. One slight annoyance was that in this position, the zero adjustment needed to offset by half an indentation. This was swiftly accomplished by careful application of super glue.
Now that the meter is effectively 0 - 200μA, the meter drive circuitry in the 332B needs modification as well.
Schematic of the meter drive circuitry.
The potentiometer R5 is used to adjust the full-scale deflection of the meter. But unfortunately, not in a wide enough range. The obvious solution would be to also decrease the value of R4 to get more current through the meter. But before we do that, some maths. Consider the following simplified circuit, where R4, R5 and the meter are combined into Rm and the divider resistors (R1-R2, R3-R4, R5-R7) and R3 are combined into RD.
From this, it can be calculated that It is not possible to find values for R6 and Rm that will allow 200μA through the meter for a full-scale reading. The closest that could be achieved would be 190μA with R6 = ∞ and Rm = 330Ω (the meter DC resistance). Hence, the only solution is to modify the divider resistors.
Modified voltage divider (on backplane).
As with any such modifications, the ratings of the resistors must be taken into consideration. In this case, normal 0.25W metal film resistors were used - that's fine in terms of power, but slightly dodgy in terms of voltage for the 1.2MΩ resistor. This might be a good excuse to get those nice kV-rated Megaohm resistors I've always been too cheap for.
These modifications worked as expected and the full-scale reading of the meter can still be fine-tuned through R5.
Similarly, the divider for the current range must also be modified. However, this task is much simpler than the voltage divider, as there is only a single 50mA current range. Add a 2.7kΩ resistor in parallel to R1 and 50mA on the output will translate into 200μA on the meter.
Again, everything worked perfectly after adjusting the full-scale reading with R2.


Over the last few days I decided it was time to tuck my license plate in. Rather than buy something from a member vendor I made my own version. It really is a pretty simple project to do as well. I made mine from a sheet of stainless steel I had on hand. I also added in a pair of LED marker lights, mounting them outboard of the plate illuminator light.


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\section{Introduction}
The physics of polarized nucleons has received increasing interest in the
past few years, as we had the opportunity to see during the
Workshop. Experimental progress in this field has been impressive,
and prospect for the next future are even more interesting. A description
of the present status of the field on the experimental side is given
in another chapter of these Proceedings;~\cite{Magnon} here I will concentrate
on the theoretical aspects.

The most important tool for studying the structure of polarized nucleons
is polarized deep-inelastic scattering, and most of the work presented
in our Workshop was devoted to the study of polarized structure functions;
I conclude this introduction recalling a few basics concepts in
this field. In Section~\ref{scaling},
I will discuss the problem of scaling violation
in polarized deep inelastic scattering, in the context of perturbation theory.
In Section~\ref{smallx} I will review the theoretical status
of the small $x$ behaviour
of polarized structure functions, and in Section~\ref{distrib}
I will discuss the extraction
of polarized parton densities. Finally, in Section~\ref{concl} I
present my conclusions.

The antisymmetric part of the hadronic tensor, relevant for polarized
deep inelastic lepton-nucleon scattering, is usually decomposed as
\begin{equation}
\label{wmunu}
W_{\mu\nu}^A(x,Q^2)=\frac{m}{p\cdot q}\epsilon_{\mu\nu\rho\sigma}q^\sigma
\left[s^\rho g_1(x,Q^2)+\left(s^\rho-\frac{q\cdot s}{p\cdot q}\,p^\rho\right)
g_2(x,Q^2)\right],
\end{equation}
where $m,s,p$ are the nucleon mass, spin and four-momentum respectively,
$q$ is the virtual photon momentum, $Q^2=-q^2$ and
$x=Q^2/(2p\cdot q)$. This parametrization applies to the case of neutral
lepton currents; for charged current scattering three more structure functions
must be introduced.~\cite{AnselminoBluemlein}
It is easy to see that, for longitudinal polarizations
$s$, $W_{\mu\nu}^A$ is dominated by the $g_1$ term in the Bjorken limit
of large $Q^2$ at fixed $x$.

The first moment of $g_1$,
\begin{equation}
\Gamma_1(Q^2)=\int_0^1 dx \,g_1(x,Q^2)
\end{equation}
is a quantity of great interest, because it is related to the nucleon
matrix element of the quark axial current $j^\mu_5=\sum_{i=1}^{n_f}
\bar{\psi}_i \gamma^\mu\gamma_5 \psi_i$
whose experimental determination allows
important tests of theoretical predictions of perturbative QCD, and possibly
provides hints about non-perturbative effects.
There are two main difficulties in extracting $\Gamma_1$ from measurements
of $g_1$ at different values of $x$ and $Q^2$. First, all data point must
be evolved to the same $Q^2$ before estimating the integral. Second, one
needs an extrapolation criterion to estimate the contribution to $\Gamma_1$
from unmeasured regions of the $x$ range. During the Workshop we have learned
how both difficulties can be overcome.

\section{Scale dependence}
\label{scaling}
In the parton model, improved by QCD radiative corrections, the structure
function $g_1$ has the following expression:
\begin{eqnarray}
\label{g1}
g_1(x,Q^2) & = & \frac{\langle e^2\rangle}{2}
        \int_x^1 \frac{dy}{y} \Bigl [
        C_q^{\rm S}(\frac{x}{y},\alpha_s(Q^2)) \Delta\Sigma(y,Q^2)
      \\
      & + & 2 n_f C_g(\frac{x}{y},\alpha_s(Q^2)) \Delta g(y,Q^2)
  + C_q^{\rm NS}({\frac{x}{y}},\alpha_s(Q^2)) \Delta q^{\rm NS}(y,Q^2) \Bigr],
\nonumber
\end{eqnarray}
where $\langle e^2\rangle = \sum_{k=1}^{n_f} e_k^2/n_f$, and
$\Delta\Sigma$ and $\Delta q^{\rm NS}$ are the singlet and non-singlet
polarized quark distributions
\begin{equation}
\Delta\Sigma(x,Q^2) =  \sum_{i=1}^{n_f} \Delta q_i(x,Q^2),
\qquad
\Delta q^{\rm NS}(x,Q^2)  =  \sum_{i=1}^{n_f}
                ( e_i^2/\langle e^2\rangle -1)\Delta q_i(x,Q^2).
\label{qcd:qsns}
\end{equation}
The coefficient functions $C_q^{\rm S,NS}$, $C_g$ have been computed
up to next-to-leading order~\cite{Kodaira} in QCD.
The polarized parton distributions are of non-perturbative nature, but
their scale dependence is determined in perturbation theory by polarized
Altarelli-Parisi equations.~\cite{AltarelliParisi}
A recent, important theoretical achievement in this context is the calculation
of the splitting functions at next-to-leading order in the polarized case,
performed independently by Mertig and van Neerven~\cite{Mertig}
and by Vogelsang~\cite{Vogelsang}. The calculation of next-to-leading order
Altarelli-Parisi kernels is particularly difficult in the polarized case,
because the presence of the $\gamma_5$ matrix requires great care in
the use of dimensional regularization. The existence of two independent
calculations, performed with two different techniques (the operator
product expansion in ref.~\cite{Mertig} and the parton model in the light-like
axial gauge for ref.~\cite{Vogelsang}) puts this important result on a firm
ground.

The problem of evolving $g_1$ data points to the same $Q^2$, which
has also been treated by methods based on the assumption
that the evolution of $g_1$ is approximately equal to that of
unpolarized structure functions~\cite{EllisKotikov}, can now
be consistently approached within next-to-leading order QCD.
This involves assigning parton distributions at an initial values of $Q^2$
in terms of a set of free parameters, using eq.~(\ref{g1}) and the
evolution equations to compute $g_1$ for values of $x$ and $Q^2$
corresponding to data points, and performing a fit of the initial
condition parameters.
Such an analysis has been carried out by different
groups;~\cite{GS,BFR,GRSV} details on the results
have been presented during the Workshop, and can be found
in~\cite{Stirling,Forte}. In section~\ref{distrib} I will discuss
some specific aspects of these results.

\section{Small-$x$ behaviour}
\label{smallx}
The problem of small (and large) $x$ extrapolation of $g_1$ is closely
related to that of $Q^2$ evolution. In the approach of
refs.~\cite{GS,BFR,GRSV},
after the fit parameters have been determined, the $x$ behaviour
of $g_1$ outside the measured range is completely fixed,
and the integral can be taken over the whole range from 0 to 1.
The associated uncertainty is controlled by the errors on the fit parameters
and implicitly by the functional form chosen for the parametrization.
This procedure allows to estimate the contribution
to $\Gamma_1$ from the unmeasured region taking into proper account the effect
of $Q^2$ evolution.
Such effects are not taken into account if, for example, the
small-$x$ contribution to the first moment is estimated by assuming
that in the small $x$ region $g_1$ is equal to the average of the last two
data points; in fact $Q^2$ evolution at a given value of $x=\bar{x}$ is
determined by convolution integrals, and therefore it
is affected by the value of the structure function at all values $x>\bar{x}$.

Evolution effects at small $x$ are particularly sensitive to higher
order perturbative corrections, which are enhanced by powers of
$\alpha_s \log^2 (1/x)$. It has been checked in ref.~\cite{BFR}
that this is not yet a problem in the $x$ range probed by present
experiments.
However, the resummation of these contributions~\cite{Ermolaev},
although unsupported by appropriate factorization theorems,
leads to a power-like rise of both the singlet and the non-singlet
components of $g_1$ as $x\to 0$. In the singlet case this rise
is so strong as to produce a divergent first moment of $g_1$.
The impact of these corrections on the evolution of
the next-to-leading order best-fit non-singlet parton
distributions~\cite{GS,BFR,GRSV},
which already display a strong power-like rise at small $x$, is rather
small~\cite{BluemleinSX}.
However it is important to bear in mind that in the unpolarized case,
where factorization theorems do exist, and the double logs are known
to cancel down to single logs, there still seems to be some disagreement
between the results expected theoretically from resummations and the
HERA data on $F_2$.

\section{Polarized parton distributions}
\label{distrib}
As mentioned in Section~\ref{scaling}, in refs.~\cite{GS,BFR,GRSV}
a next-to-leading order fit to deep inelastic scattering data has been
performed; this procedure requires the determination of polarized parton
densities in the nucleon.
Measurements of $g_1$ are not sensitive to the individual quark distributions,
but only to their sum, weighted by their squared charges; for this reason,
presently available data do not allow a satisfactory
determination of individual quark densities, and some {\it ad hoc} assumption
on the flavor structure has to be made; for example, in ref.~\cite{BFR}
all non-singlet quark distributions are assumed to have the same
$x$ dependence, while in ref.~\cite{GS} an SU(3)-symmetric structure of
antiquark distributions is assumed.
Future data on semi-inclusive deep inelastic scattering~\cite{Anselmino}
may help to disentangle the distributions of individual flavours.

The solution of the coupled Altarelli-Parisi equations
in the singlet sector involves the determination of the polarized gluon
density $\Delta g$, which is therefore measured indirectly through
scaling violation, just as in the unpolarized case.
On the other hand, the polarized gluon distribution, and in particular the
value of its first moment, is particularly important here,
because it affects the determination of the singlet axial charge.
It is therefore interesting to know to what extent present data allow
a determination of $\Delta g$. In fig.~\ref{gluons} I present six
different parametrizations of $\Delta g$, obtained~\cite{GS,BFR}
with the procedure outlined above using
available data on polarized deep inelastic scattering with proton
and deuteron targets.

\begin{figure}[htb]
\begin{center}
\mbox{\psfig{file=dg.eps,width=0.70\textwidth}}
\ccaption{}{\label{gluons}
Polarized gluon density in the proton in different parametrizations.
}
\end{center}
\end{figure}
The three parametrizations of ref.~\cite{BFR}, labelled by AB, OS and AR,
differ because they were obtained in different subtraction
(factorization) schemes
for collinear divergences; the curves labelled by GS-A, GS-B and GS-C,
instead, were all obtained in the $\overline{\rm MS}$ subtraction scheme,
and they differ because a different large$-x$ behaviour was chosen for
each of them.

The subtraction scheme dependence is particularly subtle in the polarized case
because of the extra ambiguity related to the way chiral symmetry
is broken by the regularization procedure (see ref.~\cite{Forte}
for a complete discussion of this point). This is reflected in an
ambiguity in the size of the first moment of the gluon coefficient
function $C_g$ (which starts at order $\alpha_s$).
In particular, the usual $\overline{\rm MS}$ prescription
in dimensional regularization must be supplemented
with suitable finite counterterms in order to recover non-singlet axial current
conservation. In this scheme, adopted in refs.~\cite{GS,GRSV},
the first moment of the gluon coefficient function $C_g^1$ vanishes.
In a different, widely-adopted class of schemes,
one fixes the finite counterterms in such a way that
the first moment of the polarized quark distribution
is scale independent, which implies $C_g^1=-{\alpha_s\over 4\pi}$.
In this class of schemes, the quark singlet distribution,
being conserved by evolution, can be interpreted in a natural way as the
total helicity carried by quarks.
The three factorization schemes used in ref.~\cite{BFR} belong to this class.
The quark distributions change by an amount proportional to $\Delta g$
when going from one class of schemes to the other; this
change is compensated by a corresponding modification of coefficient functions
and two-loop Altarelli-Parisi kernels, so that physical quantities like $g_1$
remain unaffected, up to next-to-next-to-leading order terms.

Because the
evolution equations imply that at leading order the first moment of
$\alpha_s \Delta g$ does not vanish at large $Q^2$,
this scheme dependence persists asymptotically and is potentially large
if the first moment of the gluon distribution is large.
On the other hand the gluon distribution,
and in particular its first moment, is not affected, at this order,
by the scheme change,
and therefore parametrizations of $\Delta g$ obtained
in different schemes, like those presented in fig.~\ref{gluons},
can be directly compared.
We see that five of the six parametrizations considered are quite close
with each other in shape; the sixth one, namely the GS-C parametrization,
was obtained by forcing a particular large-$x$ behaviour of the initial
conditions; the quality of the resulting fit is only slighlty worse than
for the others. This suggests that present data are not precise enough to
determine the exact behaviour of $\Delta g$ in the whole $x$ range. However,
I would like to stress that enormous progress has been made
in the determination of $\Delta g$, and in particular that the
situation has significantly improved since
deuteron data have become available.
Furthermore, it is interesting to observe that, using presently published
data, the first moment of
$\Delta g$ can be determined with an accuracy of about 50\%;
the result of ref.~\cite{BFR}, for example, is
\begin{equation}
\label{etagbfr}
\eta_g\equiv\int_0^1 dx \Delta g(x,1\;{\rm GeV}^2)=1.52\pm0.74,
\end{equation}
to be contrasted with the fact that proton data alone would even
be consistent~\cite{BFRa} with $\eta_g=0$. The fits of ref.~\cite{GS} are
consistent with the result in eq.~(\ref{etagbfr}).
The uncertainty quoted in eq.~(\ref{etagbfr}) will improve very much
in the near future, with the inclusion of recent deuteron data
from the SMC Collaboration, and particularly if polarized deep inelastic
scattering data will be collected at HERA. This possibility has been discussed
during our Workshop~\cite{Lichtenstadt}, and it has been concluded that
an accuracy of about 30\% for $\eta_g$
is achieavable at HERA, assuming a
luminosity of 200~pb$^{-1}$ in the polarized configuration.
The important point here is that HERA measurements
will help in determining $\eta_g$ because they will allow measurements
of $g_1$ in the same $x$-range as previous experiments, but at much
larger values of $Q^2$.

It is apparent from the above discussion that a direct
experimental determination of $\Delta g$ would be of great interst,
because it would provide an independent
check on the results obtained from scaling violation.
There are several proposals in this direction.
A direct measurements of the polarized gluon distribution can be performed
by studying two-jet production with polarized beams at HERA, a process
dominated by photon-gluon fusion~\cite{Mirkes} for relatively small $x$.
In ref.~\cite{Mirkes} the conclusion is reached that a good measurement
of $\Delta g$ for $x$ below 0.2 is achievable at HERA
in the polarized configuration, if the designed conditions
of energy and luminosity will be reached. This estimate is based on
leading order calculations, since a next-to-leading order
calculation of the cross section for polarized dijet production
is lacking.

A second possibility is the production of heavy quark pairs in
photon-proton collisions. This possibility is being consider by
the COMPASS collaboration in the deep-inelastic scattering
regime~\cite{VonHarrach}.
It has been recently pointed out~\cite{FrixioneVogelsang}
that charm asymmetries can be measured at HERA in the polarized
configuration, and that significant constraints on $\Delta g$ will
be put by this kind of measurements. Also in this case, a next-to-leading
order calculation is unfortunately not available.

\section{Conclusion and outlook}
\label{concl}
Important progress has been made in the study of the structure of
polarized nucleons in the recent past.
The structure function $g_1$ is the quantity which has undergone
the most detailed analyses, since it is relatively easily accessible
from the experimental point of view.
The perturbative study of $g_1$ has now reached a level of accuracy
which is comparable to the one we are used to in the case of unpolarized
structure functions,
since both coefficient functions and Altarelli-Parisi kernels are known
at next-to-leading order. The results of the different analyses performed
are consistent with each other, and indicate that the density of polarized
gluons in the nucleons is significantly different from zero.
Future data will considerably improve our
knowledge of polarized parton distributions; scaling violation will be studied
at a higher level of accuracy, and direct measurements of polarized asymmetries
are expected in the near future.

\section*{Acknowledgements}
I wish to thank Stefano Forte for his considerable help
in summarizing the results presented during the Workshop,
and Richard Ball for the pleasant and
fruitful work done together in the past two years.
I would also like to thank the Organizing Committee of DIS '96 for the
kind and efficient hospitality in Rome.

\section*{References}

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The Latin American Tracts collection contains pamphlets published in Latin America as well as pamphlets about Latin America published elsewhere. Do not class here pamphlets that are purely literary. Tracts are generally works of 100 pages or less, bound or unbound; however, the limitation of 100 pages is not rigid. Pamphlets elsewhere will not be reclassed unless handled for other reasons. The general cataloging policies for monographs are followed.
The following guidelines are used when marking volumes for Latin American Tracts.
Call numbers consist of "Lat Amer Tracts" at the head followed by a Cutter for the country of publication, or the country the tract is about from the Yale table of countries in one alphabet, the full date of publication, and a Cutter for the main entry (derived from C.A. Cutter's three-figure author table). Expand the number to four or even five digits if necessary to distinguish authors and to place them correctly in alphabetical sequence (e.g., Lat Amer Tracts H2 1819 R73).
If the pamphlet is about more than one country, class with either Central America (A13) or South America (A14).
Drop brackets, question marks, text (such as before, after, between), and ca. from the date.
If there is a conflict, either expand the cutter number or move up or down one number.
See also call numbers document.
Official publications are given an arbitrary "A" number from the table below instead of a Cutter for the main entry. Arrange alphabetically by subdivision, then by title.
El Vijia de la restauracion, 1842.
Cuba. Laws, etc. Reglamento para los interpretes de real hacienda en la isla de Cuba, 1850.
Personal, corporate and topical subjects are always assigned.
Make a Latin American chronology tracing.
For items published in Mexico before 1866, make a Mexican imprint tracing.


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Cargo Records was a Canadian independent record label and distributor, active in the 1980s and 1990s. Based in Montreal, the company both released albums directly as a label, and distributed albums on behalf of many other small independent labels, making it one of the largest and most influential Canadian record companies of the alternative rock era.

By the mid-1990s, the company was so powerful that its decline toward bankruptcy between 1995 and 1997 initially appeared destined to set off a cascading failure of the entire Canadian music industry; however, these early predictions of disaster were averted as affected labels sought out new distribution arrangements. This period of retrenchment, in turn, has been credited with stabilizing the industry and in turn paving the way for the Canadian indie rock boom of the early 2000s.

History
The label was originally formed in 1987 by Eric Goodis, Randy Boyd and Phillip Hill, three former staffers at Bonaparte Records, an independent record store in Montreal. Boyd was also formerly a partner in the short-lived punk label Psyche Industry Records.

Labels distributed in Canada by Cargo included both Canadian companies such as Mint Records, Murderecords and Sonic Unyon, and international labels such as Epitaph, Dischord, Taang!, Restless, Amphetamine Reptile, Alias, SST, Caroline, Ninja Tune and Sub Pop.

Artists signed directly to Cargo's label arm included Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, Dyoxen, Change of Heart, Lost Dakotas, The Smalls, Nomeansno, The Killjoys, Asexuals, SNFU and Grimskunk; through its distribution deals, Cargo also held the Canadian rights to acts such as Mudhoney, Archers of Loaf, The Offspring, NOFX and Rancid, as well as to the earlier, pre-breakthrough albums by bands such as Nirvana, Green Day and Soundgarden.

In 1993, the company signed an upstream distribution deal with MCA Records, giving it an expanded national distribution channel and in turn giving MCA access to buzz bands such as Sloan, Furnaceface, Me Mom and Morgentaler, The Snitches and The Hardship Post, who were signed to labels distributed by Cargo.

The company's power reached its peak in 1995, when its existing contract as the Canadian distributor for Epitaph made it a significant beneficiary of the breakout success of The Offspring and Rancid. In that year, the company held a 2.3 per cent share of the music market in Canada, making it the second largest Canadian-owned music company behind only Quality Records; nonetheless, Cargo was considered more influential than Quality, as the latter was no longer distributing albums by individual artists and instead owed its market share entirely to MuchMusic-branded compilation albums.

At its peak, the company also had distribution offices in San Diego, Chicago and London; these offices operated as labels and distributors within their own countries — artists who released material through Cargo's American division included Blink-182, Rocket from the Crypt, Drive Like Jehu and 7 Seconds — as well as providing new international distribution channels for artists signed to or distributed by the Canadian office.

Takeover and decline

The company's success also made it a desirable takeover target. Businessmen Allen Fox and Paul Allen bought out Boyd's share of the company in 1994, and acquired Goodis' and Hill's shares in 1995, becoming the sole owners of the company. Under Fox and Allen's management, the company moved to lavish new offices, underwent a rapid staffing expansion, and began offering incentives to independent labels to gain exclusive vendor lock-in privileges over those labels' manufacturing and distribution. Goodis and Hill later told Billboard that they sold their shares after several months of sharp disagreement with Fox and Allen about the direction of the company; both felt that Fox and Allen actually knew very little about the music business, but instead merely seemed to view owning a record company, particularly one flush with cash from a recent pair of smash hit albums, as a ticket to fast wealth.

The sale did not include the company's American or British offices; the American office became Cargo Music, a separate company headed by Goodis, while the British office became Cargo Records (UK), a separate company headed by Hill. Both of the spinoff companies were still in operation as of 2017.

However, financial irregularities quickly began cropping up in Cargo's business dealings under Fox and Allen's management: some labels began to report that Cargo was making its own decisions about how many copies of an album to press without reporting back to the labels, often leaving the labels unable to square their accounts because of discrepancies between the number of copies they had ordered and the number that were actually sold and/or returned; many labels reported unpaid bills from Cargo that in turn left them unable to pay their bands; and some retail chains, including HMV, entirely ceased business dealings with Cargo due to the company's frequent delays in properly fulfilling orders. Mint Records suffered the highest-profile setback during this period when it lost Gob, then its most lucrative act, to Nettwerk because of Cargo's failure to pay Mint for sales of the band's album Too Late... No Friends.

By the time it was clear that Cargo was likely headed toward bankruptcy, many labels began seeking out other arrangements. Sonic Unyon Records and Outside Music, notably, moved directly into distribution themselves, while other labels struck new distribution deals with Sonic Unyon, Outside, Koch International, Fusion III or other companies, in turn contributing to Cargo's decline; by 1997, the company had lost almost 75 per cent of its overall business. Fox and Allen attributed the company's decline to alternative rock's commercial "bust" in 1996 and 1997, with unsold returns from record stores in those years soaring to a record 49 per cent of the company's shipped product; however, the company's former subsidiary in the United States experienced a similar rate of product return in the same era, yet survived this period of difficulty in part by closing its distribution office in Chicago and consolidating its operations in the California office.

In 1996, Fox and Allen sought a deal which would have seen the company taken over by Tune 1000, a Quebec City-based music software company, but the deal fell through when Tune 1000's auditors discovered similar irregularities in Cargo's books.

The company ultimately filed for bankruptcy on December 19, 1997. Nearly 500 unsecured creditors were affected by the bankruptcy, including many independent labels and numerous bands. Companies affected included Epitaph (which was owed $511,000, making it the company's largest single unsecured creditor), Windsong, Caroline, Overground Trading, Om, Victory, Shock and Mushroom. Even Goodis and Hill were still owed over half a million dollars on their 1995 sale of the company. In total, the company had $3.77 million in unpaid debts by the time of its bankruptcy.

References

Canadian independent record labels
Record label distributors
Companies based in Montreal
Record labels established in 1987
Record labels disestablished in 1997
Quebec record labels
Defunct record labels of Canada

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Q: Why to use asp.net mvc with TDD? Why should I use ASP.NET MVC with TDD?
Which are the advantage of TDD? Why it is suitable for MVC to use this kind of approach?

A: ASP.NET MVC offers an alternative to traditional WebForms development. It gives a clear separation of concerns in the application which makes code easier to test. In contrast to WebForms, in ASP.NET MVC infrastructure classes such as HttpContext are abstracted and could be mocked in unit tests to simulate request handling. You also have much more control over the generated HTML which is a good thing in case you want to comply with standards.
Due to the separation TDD could be applied. In this iterative process, unit tests are written to validate the code against a list of specifications. In the first stages of development writing unit tests might seem to slow down the process but as the code grows its benefits become clearer as you no longer need manually test every aspect of the application once you modify or refactor something.

A: Testablity and TDD
Compared to ASP.NET testing (unit testing) is much, much easier.
Plus on a side note, I enjoy having full control over the HTML output to the users browser. Rather than the mess that ASP.NET auto generates for you.
ASP.NET MVC is a joy to use in comparison.

A: They are a natural combination :)
ASP.NET WebForms is not friendly to TDD. MVC makes it much easier.

A: Asp.net mvc with TDD:
This walkthrough shows you how to develop an ASP.NET MVC application in Visual Studio using the test-driven development (TDD) approach. MVC was designed to enable testability without requiring dependencies on a Web server (IIS), on a database, or on external classes. (This is in contrast to unit tests for Web Forms pages, which require a Web server.)
In this walkthrough, you will create tests for an MVC controller before you implement the controller functionality. You can write tests before you have a controller. The advantage is that compiler errors in your unit tests are then a first-level form of unit-test failure. The emphasis is on how to design the intent of the controller by writing unit tests before implementing the controller itself, which is an important aspect of the TDD philosophy.
Test-driven development:
Test-driven development (TDD) attempts to resolve this problem and produce higher quality, well-tested code by putting the cart before the horse and writing the tests before we write the code. One of the core practices of Extreme Programming (XP), TDD is acquiring a strong following in the Java community, but very little has been written about doing it in .NET
**one advantage according to my experience is that:

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*When You are refactoring code ..it will TDD help to find impact of change on other modules or Codes.

*Other advantage is if you are developing application with TDD with proper test methods application is more stable(stable means minimum bugs) than simple development.

A: SOLID is a set of design principles that we constantly think about and try to follow when writing good production code.
SOLID stands for (Single responsibility principle, Open-closed principle, Liskov substitution, Interface segregation and Dependency Injection).
What makes TDD great when writing an ASP.NET project (or any projects for that matter) is that by following TDD you automatically create code that follows the SOLID principles.
SOLID code will make your code easily changeable, less brittle, easy to maintain and flexible.  = Great code.

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