The province of British Columbia is in a state of emergency, as a result of more than 500 active forest fires across the region. The resulting poor air quality forced the cancellation of some high-profile races in Canada over the weekend. Notable events to suffer from the poor air quality included the Canadian National Triathlon Championships at the Kelowna Apple Triathlon, as well as Super League Triathlon Penticton in British Columbia.
The Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) levels skyrocketed to a 10+ rating (very high risk) on Friday evening and remained high throughout the weekend. While age group racing at Super League Triathlon Penticton in British Columbia was able to get under way during the early part of the August 17-19 race weekend, the deteriorating air quality forced the cancellation of much of the subsequent racing.
The Super League Triathlon Penticton team released a statement on the race's Facebook page, and Super League Triathlon (SLT) co-founders Michael D'hulst and Chris McCormack also released a video about the cancellation.
Due to the fact that the pros were unable to fully complete any Super League Triathlon format over the weekend, SLT has announced that those who completed the Individual Time Trial (ITT) on Friday, will be invited to the opening Championship Series race in Jersey. The prize money that would have been awarded at Penticton, will now be used to contribute to flights for the athletes to get to Jersey, where they can race against the other 20 pros who have already booked their places. The top five from the Penticton crew post-Jersey, will be offered the chance to continue the series.
Super League Canada was the first SLT event to visit North America and was designed to be the final chance for the pros to grab a 'Golden Ticket' – a lucrative contract for the Championship Series races.
Taking place on August 19-19, the event was the planned host of the Canadian National Triathlon Championships and a 2018 CAMTRI Continental Cup across the Super Sprint and Sprint distances. The Kelowna Apple Triathlon was an Official 2018 Age Group World Championship Qualifying Event for the 2019 ITU World Triathlon Grand Final in Lausanne, Switzerland.
Sadly, the poor Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) forced Kelowna Apple Triathlon and Triathlon Canada officials to cancel Sunday's scheduled age group and CAMTRI races.


I love weddings. I love going to them, I love planning them.... I love weddings!
Thankfully several of my friends are getting married this year, so I have some festivities to look forward to. There are also some out of state weddings that we won't be able to attend. *sigh* It's heartbreaking!
I wanted to share this lovely wedding invite that came in the mail. It has everything! If you're getting married and want to know what to include in your invite, here it is! My husband and I forgot to include where our reception was at...So you really should take a look at this list!


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So now that we finally have a good amount of snow on the ground. Are you looking for a place to go for sledding?
Jericho Hill is located at 496 Brigham Street in Marlborough. This was a cutting edge ski club in 1950s. There were tow ropes and it was illuminated with 20,000 watts for night skiing. Well, it is not that great now, but this is still a 550 feet slope and it is free!!! What else do kids need to have fun???
It's owned by the City of Marlborough now, but this was not always the case. James Naze, a former resident of Marlborough, used to live in the shadow of Jericho from 1968 to 1990, and he has a lot of memories about the place. It used to be "community" owned by the member families in the surrounding neighborhoods. Membership also meant every family member had to put some kind of work into the hill. Whether it be working the tows, grooming with the snow cat, working the snack bar or, as a kid, getting firewood for the fire. Jericho membership were some of the best years of his life. Best times were the winter festivals and the Irish band they brought in to perform upstairs.


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Adam Bell selects Fate Shifts Shapes by Nicholas Muellner, Anzhelina Polonskaya, Sasha Rudensky and Clemens von Wedemeyer from Spaces Corners as Book of the Week.
Like many books, Fate Shifts Shapes began as a show. In this case, a 2016 exhibition at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center curated by Nicholas Muellner that included his own work, as well as that by the poet Anzhelina Polonskaya, and the artists Sasha Rudensky and Clemens von Wedemeyer. Like most ambitious catalogs, the book does not simply transcribe or record the show, but instead reimagines it as a fascinating artist book. Eschewing captions or explanatory essays, the only text is interspersed fragments of poetry by Polonskaya. Weaving together the various artists' work (shot almost entirely in Russia, Ukraine, and the Russian-occupied Crimea), Fate Shifts Shapes is an evocative and mysterious book about the fragility and resilience of identity and personhood in the face of an authoritarian and conservative regime.
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It's hard to be the one left behind. Whether it's your office bestie, your work spouse, or just a colleague whose good work makes your life easier, it can be difficult to lose a great coworker. But it can also be hard to lose a not-so-great coworker, especially if their departure means their work is going to land squarely on your plate.
When a coworker resigns, it can feel personal, especially if you are close with the person leaving. It's okay to have feelings about losing a work friend or be worried about how a their departure might impact your day-to-day workload, but do your best to keep these concerns to yourself.
The best thing you can do when a coworker announces that they've given their notice is to offer up the sincerest congratulations you can muster. In all likelihood, your coworker is gaining something by leaving the company — more money, a better title, or a job at a dream employer. These are all great reasons for a person to leave, and they should be celebrated.
Occasionally, a coworker may quit for other reasons, like to travel or to deal with a personal situation. In those cases, too, congratulations are in order. It takes a lot of nerve to resign from a job without another job lined up, and encouragement from friends and colleagues can help a person feel more confident about their decision.
Office gossip can run rampant when someone resigns, especially if the reason for a colleague's departure is unclear. Don't join in the conversation. Instead, stay above the fray and concentrate on your own next steps.
If the person leaving is a team member, a superior, or a subordinate — in other words, if their role at the company is at all related to yours — it's a great idea to set up a meeting or a series of meetings to discuss how projects will be handled when they leave.
Having a formal handoff discussion when a coworker quits the company will help you get a handle on their current projects and deadlines, get status reports, and figure out how to distribute the work once they are gone.
You may not feel like kicking up your heels when a coworker quits the company, but they probably do. Help them celebrate their new opportunity by offering to organize a happy hour or a lunch.
Depending on the size of your company, you might invite everyone or just the person's close work friends and team members. If your company isn't footing the bill for the outing, be sure to choose a restaurant or bar that is moderately priced and will accommodate the dietary needs of everyone attending. If you have a vegetarian coming to the luncheon, it's best not to choose a steakhouse.
Parting is such sweet sorrow, but also the perfect time to add another recommendation to your LinkedIn profile. It isn't too opportunistic to seize the day and ask a departing colleague to write a quick recommendation for you. Your work is fresh in their mind; ask them to reflect on it before they're out the door and on to their next adventure.


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Close Encounters: 40th official for BD/4K, plus Baywatch, Kick-Ass, Warm Bodies, Jessica Jones, Daredevil & more
July 25, 2017 - 5:40 pm	| by	Bill Hunt
All right, we promised more release news today, and more release news we've got for you...
Starting with this: Sony Pictures is releasing Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind on Blu-ray and 4K Ultra HD on 9/19, in honor of the film's 40th anniversary and fully-remastered in 4K. The film is also being re-released into theaters on 9/1. We don't have details yet on any new extras (nor audio and HDR), but you can assume that all the previous Blu-ray extras will carry over. You can see the final cover artwork to the left and below, and both SKUs are now available for pre-order on Amazon.com by clicking here and here. There's also a deluxe 4K/BD edition that includes a 64-page book and packaging that lights up and plays the film's iconic theme.
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment will also release Jonathan Teplitzky's Churchill on Blu-ray and DVD on 10/3. The film stars Brian Cox, Miranda Richardson, and John Slattery. [Read on here…]
Paramount Pictures has officially announced Baywatch for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and 4K Ultra HD on 8/29, with the Digital HD release due on 8/15. Extras will include both the theatrical and extended versions of the films, 3 featurettes, and deleted and extended scenes. Audio on the 4K disc will be English Dolby Atmos.
While we're talking Paramount and 4K, the studio has just committed to employing both Dolby Atmos audio and Dolby Vision HDR on select upcoming 4K titles. More here at Home Media.
And CBS Home Entertainment and Paramount Home Media Distribution are releasing a wave of TV series Christmas specials on DVD on 10/10, including Frasier, The Brady Bunch, The Honeymooners, and Sabrina, The Teenage Witch.
Moving on, we've learned that Universal's 4K Ultra HD release of Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial will include DTS:X audio, HDR-10 high dynamic range, and the following extras on Blu-ray (carried over from the previous edition): The E.T. Journals, Steven Spielberg & E.T., The Music of E.T.: A Discussion with John Williams, Designs, Photographs and Marketing of E.T., E.T. Designs by Production Illustrator Ed Verreaux, E.T. Designs by Carlo Rambaldi, Spaceship Designs by Ralph McQuarrie, Designs by Production Illustrator Ed Verreaux, Production Photographs, Marketing E.T. A Look Back, The E.T. Reunion, The 20th Anniversary Premiere, Deleted Scenes, and the theatrical trailer.
Lionsgate has just set Warm Bodies for release on 4K Ultra HD Combo format on 10/3, with all the previous Blu-ray extras. The press release indicates that the 4K disc will include Dolby Vision HDR and Dolby Atmos audio. Also that day, look for Kick-Ass on 4K Ultra HD Combo, including the previous Blu-ray extras and Dolby Atmos audio (no mention of Dolby Vision HDR so assume HDR-10). The studio has also set The Last Face for release on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital HD on 9/5.
Disney, Marvel, and Netflix have just set Jessica Jones: The Complete First Season and Daredevil: The Complete Second Season for Blu-ray and DVD release on 8/22.
For U.K. readers, Eureka! has set Lubitsch in Berlin for release on Blu-ray on 9/18, including 6 early classic films by the German director, among them I Don't Want to Be a Man (1918), The Doll (1919), The Oyster Princess (1919), Sumurun (1920), Anna Boleyn (1920), and The Mountain Cat (1921).
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment has set American Horror Story: Roanoke for release on Blu-ray and DVD on 10/3, including The Paley Center for Media: Q&A with Cast and Creative Team and a collection of promos.
Fox has also set My Cousin Rachel on Blu-ray and DVD on 8/29.
Broadgreen Pictures has set Lucy Walker's Buena Vista Social Club: Adios for release on DVD and Digital HD on 9/12.
FUNimation is releasing Space Dandy: The Complete Series on Blu-ray on 10/24 (SRP $69.98).
Doppelganger Releasing has set Wes Craven's Summer of Fear for Blu-ray release on 9/26.
MPI Media Group will release It Stains the Sands Red on Blu-ray and DVD on 9/26.
And IndiePix Films will release A Blast on DVD and Digital HD on 9/22.
Here's a look at the cover artwork for a few of the titles mentioned above and more. Click on each to pre-order them on Amazon, if available...
- Bill Hunt
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Close Encounters of the Third Kind: 40th Anniversary 4K
Baywatch 4K
KickAss 4K
Warm Bodies 4K
Paramount supports Dolby Vision
ET The Extraterrestrial 4K
Jessica Jones: The Complete First Season
Daredevil: The Complete Second Season
Lubitsch in Berlin
American Horror Story: Roanoke
Buena Vista Social Club: Adios
Space Dandy: The Complete Series
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The Power of Green Alliances
By Norma Watenpaugh|2018-07-27T18:52:04+00:00May 20, 2009|
Attended an ASAP Green breakfast this morning and it was certainly eye opening even if the coffee arrived late.
Hal LaFlash, Dir Emerging Clean Technology Policyfrom PG&E -that's Pacific Gas and Electric for the non-Californians – spoke on the many alliances that PG&E has been cultivating in the interest of providing sustainable energy. While one is not used to thinking of utilities in terms of innovation, social responsibility, or even collaboration, PG&E certainly differentiates itself from its peers.
One reason came to light during the discussion. The State of California has decoupledenergy sales from earnings. Other utilities are trapped in a conundrum that in order to earn more, they need to sell more energy. The net is there is no incentive to encourage consumers to conserve energy or to explore external, alternate sources of energy.
The decoupling enables PG&E to operate in a model where there are incentives for efficiency and to encourage alternative sources of energy to supply to the grid.Alignment of goals and core values was described as a critical success factor for PG&E alliances. Their CEO is deeply commited to environmental responisbility. The company has adopted a Pryamid of Values which includes environmental responsibility. The resut is an amazing array of partnerships, both formal and informal to stimulate innnovation in energy.


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Chicago is a meat-and-potatoes town. We tend to favor big steaks, racks of ribs and deep-fried side dishes. In many favorite neighborhood spots, tofu is a four-letter word.
Yet despite our pedestrian culinary leanings, every now and then, an enterprising restaurateur will emerge, like a missionary from the land of good taste.
One currently popular gambit is to mix several types of cuisines under one roof, creating what's known as a "fusion" eatery. The expectation is that maybe a little bit of the new will be more palatable when combined with the familiar.
The problem, according to Chicago-based restaurant consultant Ron Paul, is that "most people don't have a clear understanding of what fusion is."
While diners in Chicago are undeniably becoming more sophisticated, the word "fusion" doesn't conjure up a clear image.
"Some people might crave ribs," says Mr. Paul. "But nobody craves 'fusion.' "
One of the higher-profile fusion attempts was Hat Dance, a now-shuttered River North establishment that mixed Mexican and Japanese foods -- in high-flying combos that frequently crashed. The restaurant never really caught on until the owners changed the menu to mostly Mexican fare.
A similar transformation is under way at Con Fusion, where the head chef recently departed. The trendy Bucktown spot originally crossed cuisines from around the globe. Now, while patrons continue to pack the place on weekends, the menu features more classic dishes -- salmon served with grilled vegetables, beef tenderloin and lamb chops. One exception is a popular fusion dessert: ginger pear wasabi sorbet.
Fusion has now spread to north suburban Highwood, where La Strada Ristorante recently opened one of the more creative mixes: an Italian sushi bar.
La Strada, an Italian eatery, still serves big plates of pasta and pesto in the dining room, but patrons can also select dishes off a fusion sushi menu. Among the Japanese-style rolls, specialties include raw tuna with sun-dried-tomato-flavored wasabi, chilled saffron risotto and leeks; salmon with white risotto and basil wasabi, and smoked salmon with tomato wasabi and avocado.
Will it go over in a meat-and-potatoes town?
Acceptance has been good, says La Strada owner Michael Mormando. "People still come in and say, 'Hey, this isn't an Italian restaurant.' . . . But it's an education process. We double-explain everything."


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Why Is Everyone Building Chatbots? And How Can They Help Me?
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You don't have to travel far in the tech world to find a platform embracing chatbots.
They were a big part of Facebook's F8 developer conference in April of this year, Google revived the idea with its own Assistant tool when it launched the Pixel phones, and they're also being rolled out across platforms like Skype and Slack.
Virtual workplace watercooler app Slack is a good barometer for the rise of the chatbot, with its parent company having invested $80 million in startups to help built software that integrates with Slack apps, particularly in the form of these automated bots that can respond to user commands.
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Take a look at Howdy, for example, which pings the other members of your team for you on Slack and tries to avoid scheduling conflicts. Or Statsbot, which puts website analytics and traffic information right inside your conversation threads. This is information that would otherwise require a trip to another app or an external website.
Meanwhile for Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, the beauty of chatbots is they offer a quick and easy way to interact with businesses and favorite apps, saving you the dreaded phone call to customer support, for instance.
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On stage at F8, Zuckerberg demoed a CNN chatbot that delivers the day's top stories in a conversation thread, or a flower ordering service that lets you pick and choose a bouquet with just a few commands inside Facebook Messenger.
The old alternatives are opening up the CNN website in your browser, or picking up the phone to order flowers, but chatbots make the process even easier and more convenient — there's only one app to install (Facebook Messenger), and no need to repeatedly enter your payment information each time.
Rather than working through web forms or browsing lengthy webpages, users can simply respond to questions (such as the type of flower to send or the recipient's name). Businesses get an easier way of connecting with customers, customers can be done in just a couple of taps, and Facebook gets to keep users inside its ecosystem.
Google Assistant, meanwhile, melds the idea of the chabot with the digital assistant technology we've seen in the likes of Google Now, Apple's Siri and Microsoft's Cortana.
It improves on these apps with an automated, human-like text interface: you can ask questions (on anything from the weather to local time zones), get recommendations about nearby venues, bring up photos, videos, and music, and even sent auto-generated messages back to your friends.
You can already do all of these tasks on a smartphone, of course, but it's significant that Google has now wrapped all this functionality in a friendly chatbot — it's no exaggeration to say that chatbots like the Google Assistant could well be the future of gadget interfaces. Google would like the Assistant to be your best friend, or at least one of them.
Take Google Home and its inspiration the Amazon Echo, for example: they ditch the screen to leave just voice input and output as the only method of interaction.
As on Slack and Facebook, developers are rushing to push out chatbot plug-ins for the Echo and its AI-powered assistant Alexa, plug-ins which in Amazon's case are called Skills.
Want Domino's to send you a pizza? Just ask your Echo for it. Need to know what the weather's going to be like? Just ask your Echo. Off out for the evening and need an Uber to your door? Again, with a simple voice command in the direction of your Echo you can have a cab on its way in minutes.
Whether you use your voice or tap away at a keyboard, these chatbots are all fulfilling similar types of needs — quick and easy integration with the services and businesses we use every day.
What users miss out on in terms of granular control they gain in convenience: it's the promise of easy, human-like interaction that's part of what makes the chatbot experience so appealing. You may already be used to asking Siri what the weather's like, and chatbots are just an extension of that (indeed with iOS 10 Apple is opening up Siri's capabilities to third-party developers as well).
After all, while doing some detailed research is all well and good on a desktop machine, if you're using a mobile phone on the go or are speaking to an Echo then you want something that's quick and easy rather than comprehensive.
These friendly bots are going to get smarter over time too, learning where you take your journeys to and from, what your favorite pizza is, the sports team you want most information on, and so on and so on. The AI behind our personal digital assistants is already impressively advanced and still has a lot of room to grow.
Ultimately our bot best friends might be able to take actions for us: ordering groceries when supplies are low in the fridge, booking cabs at the same time each week, calling a plumber when our heating is about to break… you get the idea.
From the business and developer side, it's an opportunity to build an efficient, customer-facing interface that doesn't require much in the way of maintenance — imagine an army of chatbots fielding thousands of tech support queries around the clock rather than an army of human employed to do the same job.
In some cases the human touch is still very much needed of course, but for ordering pizza or cancelling broadband then a bot is going to be a much simpler option.
There are potential problems to watch out for, though: the bots need to be well built and smart, otherwise users will get frustrated if they can't get their questions answered. And it's important that bots resist the temptation to needlessly spam users with new interactions they didn't ask for.
Ultimately though, chatbots have a bright future, whether it's making personalized restaurant recommendations and bookings through Google Assistant, or helping with clothes shopping through Facebook Messenger.
As the software and AI powering the bots becomes more advanced, and the hardware experience becomes more seamless (take a look at the new Sony Xperia Ear for example), we're likely to see bots replacing more and more website and app interactions. There's almost no limit to how far they can do.
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Firms raise 307 Million Euro in first half 2015
Irish technology companies raised €307m in the first half of 2015, 45% ahead of the same period last year, according to the Irish Venture Capital Association VenturePulse survey. €187.1m was raised in the second quarter according to the study which is sponsored by law firm, William Fry.
"This is a terrific result considering that the venture capital industry in Ireland is currently in fundraising mode," commented IVCA chairman, Brian Caulfield.
He said that a major explanation for the growth was the creation of a pool of venture capital for later stage development and expansion. "This is having a very positive impact on the SME funding landscape resulting in investment of €51m in the second quarter alone."
He added, "With continued strong support from international players growth/expansion funding was 96% of total funds raised in the second quarter. The Irish venture capital community continues to be the main source of funding for Irish innovative SMEs both through direct investment and as the local lead investor for international syndicates who invested €79m in the second quarter and a total of €142m in the first half of 2015. Most of the Irish companies that raised funds from international investors had initially raised capital from Irish VCs."
Regina Breheny, director general, IVCA (www.ivca.ie) said that the figures reflected positive international interest in the quality of Irish technology firms which, however, were highly mobile. "It is thus essential that the Government addresses in the next budget the major personal and capital tax imbalances between Ireland and the UK in terms of encouraging entrepreneurs and start ups."
The IVCA VenturePulse study also found that first round seed funding remained low at 4% of total funds raised in the second quarter. The report shows that the seed funds supported by the banking sector and Enterprise Ireland's Seed & Venture Capital Programme of 2006-2012 are close to being fully invested, with just €7.6m invested in Q2, the lowest quarterly activity since the creation of these funds.
"The Government has recognised that these funds need to be renewed if entrepreneurs are to be supported as actively as in the last five years and we are hopeful that new funding will come on stream in the second half of 2015," added Regina Breheny.
The report finds that since the onset of the credit crunch in 2008, in excess of 1,000 Irish SMEs raised venture capital of €2.3bn.
Regina Breheny commented, "These funds were raised almost exclusively by Irish venture capital fund managers who during this period supported the creation of up to 20,000 jobs; attracted over €900m of international capital into Ireland and geared up the State's investment through the Seed & Venture Capital Programme by almost seven times."
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И́нчупе () — железнодорожный остановочный пункт на линии Земитаны — Скулте, на территории Саулкрастского края. В Инчупе останавливаются все электропоезда, следующие маршрутами Рига — Саулкрасты и Рига — Скулте. Открыт в 1971 году. Расстояние от Риги — 43,4 км. Инчупе можно считать путевым постом, так как здесь осуществляется переход с однопутного участка Лиласте — Инчупе на двухпутный Инчупе — Саулкрасты, однако стрелка, разделяющая пути, принадлежит станции Саулкрасты.

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Остановочные пункты Латвии
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Железнодорожные станции, открытые в 1971 году

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The Institute for Humane Studies (IHS) is a non-profit organization that promotes the teaching and research of classical liberalism in higher education in the United States. IHS offers funding opportunities, programs, and events for faculty and graduate students seeking careers in academia as well as various fellowships.

Founded by F. A. "Baldy" Harper in 1961, the organization later began an association with George Mason University and in 1985 moved to Fairfax, Virginia. The institute is currently located at 3434 Washington Blvd. on the Arlington campus of George Mason University. It is partially funded by the Charles Koch Foundation.

History

The Institute for Humane Studies was founded in 1961 in Menlo Park, California, by F. A. Harper in order to promote peace, prosperity, and social harmony by fostering a greater understanding of human affairs and freedom. Initially serving as the secretary and treasurer, Harper became the institute's president in 1966, a position he held until his death in 1973. Murray Rothbard played a key role as speaker at IHS conferences in the 1970s, promoting Austrian economics. On May 18, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Nobel Prize-winning economist Friedrich A. Hayek, who had been "instrumental in helping F.A. "Baldy" Harper found the Institute in 1961", IHS staff and friends gathered to honor Hayek. Following Harper in the role of president were Louis M. Spadaro and Leonard Liggio, who served as president from 1980 to 1989. From 1998 to 2000 Stanford graduate David C. Nott, now with the Reason Foundation, led the organization as president. The current president and CEO, Emily Chamlee-Wright, served as provost and dean at Washington College from 2012 to 2016 and was previously the Elbert H. Neese Professor of Economics and associate dean at Beloit College. Her predecessor, Marty Zupan, served as president and CEO from 2001 to 2016 after serving as editor of Reason magazine.

After beginning an association with George Mason University, Liggio, Walter Grinder, and John Blundell moved the institute to Fairfax, Virginia in 1985. The organization is currently located on the George Mason University Arlington campus, along with sister organization the Mercatus Center.

Organization and funding

The institute's board of directors includes Scott Beaulier, Christopher Coyne, Tyler Cowen, David Humphreys, Charles G. Koch (Chairman Emeritus), Brian Hooks, Art Pope (Chairman), Chris Rufer, Virgil Storr, Ryan Stowers, and Todd Zywicki.

IHS has received funding from a number of foundations, including the Sarah Scaife Foundation, the John Templeton Foundation, the F.M. Kirby Foundation, the Marcus Foundation, the John William Pope Foundation, the Ed Uihlein Family Foundation, the Ralph Smeed Private Memorial Foundation, the Koch Family Foundations, the Searle Freedom Trust, the E.L. Craig Foundation, and the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation.

In March 2012, in the midst of a legal dispute between Charles Koch and the Cato Institute that caused renewed scrutiny of Koch's political philanthropy, IHS's chief financial officer told the New York Times that Koch is "a longtime and generous supporter of ours, but we're not involved as a political organization." Charles Koch donated a total of $12.4 million to the organization from 2008 to 2012. The John William Pope Foundation has donated $2.1 million to the Institute since 1986.

IHS fundraising appeals have been targeted to specific projects in the past. In 2011, Rand Paul signed a 10-page fundraising letter seeking gifts for the institute's Learn Liberty project, which IHS describes as a "resource for exploring the ideas of a free society." Learn Liberty was acquired by Students for Liberty in 2019.

Programs

Seminars

Each summer, IHS runs several free, weekend-long summer seminars for university students from around the world. Seminars are interdisciplinary and include lectures on history, economics, philosophy, law, and political science. Seminar themes include the value of property rights, limited government, peace, natural rights, free trade, individual autonomy, and free markets. There are introductory and advanced seminars. IHS also runs weekend on-campus seminars during the academic year. IHS and Liberty Fund co-sponsor the Advanced Topics in Liberty program, which is an invitation-only, discussion-based weekend conference series.

For graduate students pursuing academic careers, IHS sponsors an annual research colloquium, policy research seminars and invitation-only Career Development Seminars designed to help students "land a job in academia, gain tenure, and contribute to the academic and intellectual conversation."

Scholarships and grants

Each year IHS awards over $1 million in scholarships to students from universities around the world. Through its Humane Studies Fellowship program, IHS awards up to $15,000 in scholarships to graduate students embarking on "liberty-advancing careers in ideas." Each summer, through the Summer Graduate Research Fellowship, IHS gives $5,000 stipends to young academics "to refine and complete a publishable scholarly article or thesis chapter that engages ideas within the classical liberal tradition." The IHS PhD Scholarship awards $1,500 to "students dedicated to developing, teaching, and applying the principles of a free society." Other various grants are awarded to graduate students and junior faculty to aid in their ability to present research or interview at academic or professional conferences.

Online projects

In 2010, IHS launched LearnLiberty.org, a website producing educational videos on libertarian ideas. The site's stated goals are "to provide a starting point for conversations on important questions: What is the nature of man and society? What are the best ways to organize human society? What is the proper role for government?" Notable guest lecturers featured on Learn Liberty include David Schmidtz of the University of Arizona and Jeffrey Miron of Harvard University.

Internships

Each summer, for more than 20 years, IHS hosted the Charles G. Koch Summer Fellow Program. The program is now hosted by the Charles Koch Institute. The program ran for 10 weeks, and included a paid public policy internship with two career and policy seminars. Fellows were placed at one partner think tanks and policy organizations across the United States. IHS also ran a year-round journalism internship program that placed aspiring journalists at media companies and non-profit newsrooms, but both the journalism and policy internship programs have been discontinued.

In 2019, it was reported that John Elliott, who had directed IHS's journalism internship program from 2008 to 2013, had ties to the alt-right movement. IHS issued a statement which said "After careful review, we have uncovered no incident during his tenure at IHS in which Elliott exhibited anti-Semitic or bigoted views."

Alum award

Each year, IHS awards an alumnus of its programs with the Charles G. Koch Outstanding IHS Alum Award. The award is given in recognition of "significant contributions to advancing liberty." Past award winners include libertarian legal theorist and law professor Randy Barnett; Kris Mauren, co-founder of the Acton Institute; law professor Todd Zywicki; Kristina Kendall, executive producer for John Stossel; political science professor John Tomasi; Scott Bullock, senior attorney at the Institute for Justice; economist Peter Boettke; John Hood, president of the John Locke Foundation; and David Schmidtz, a professor of philosophy and economics.

References

Further reading

External links
 Institute for Humane Studies website
 Guide to the Institute for Humane Studies Miscellaneous Records and selected sound recordings online at the Hoover Institution Archives, Stanford University.

Organizations established in 1961
1961 establishments in Virginia
George Mason University
Libertarian organizations based in the United States
Libertarian think tanks
Non-profit organizations based in Arlington, Virginia
Classical liberalism
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Your joints, which link your bones together, are sensitive to heavy loads. Every pound on your frame puts 4 pounds of stress on your knees. It also strains your back, hips, and feet. That causes wear and tear that can lead to damage, aches, and pain. Being overweight also triggers inflammation. That can make all your joints, including in your hands, stiff, painful, and swollen.
'Texting thumb' is a real thing. Your tendons can get irritated and lock your thumb in a curled position. All that looking down at your phone is just as bad for your neck and shoulders, too. Every inch your head drops forward raises the load on your muscles. If you bend your neck so far that your chin touches your chest, it's as if your neck has to support the weight of 5 heads instead of just one.
They might look fab, but the higher they rise, the more your weight tips forward. Your thigh muscles have to work harder to keep your knee straight, which can cause pain. When heels go up, so does the twisting force in your knees. If you wear them every day, you boost your odds for osteoarthritis. That's when the bones and the cushioning between the bones break down.
Worn-out shoes don't support your feet and ankles enough. That'll throw your knees, hips, and back out of whack. Also, make sure your sneakers are right for your sport. High tops for basketball, for example, can protect your ankles from sprains. But don't go overboard. Too much cushion or arch support means your foot can't move naturally, which could keep you in a cycle of pain.
That satisfying pop comes from tiny bubbles bursting in the fluid around your joints. Or from ligaments snapping against bone. Despite what annoyed adults might have warned you, it doesn't cause arthritis. Still, it might be smart to stop. One study showed that this habit may cause your hands to swell and weaken your grip.
Whether it's a purse, backpack, or messenger bag, packing too much can cause neck and shoulder pain. Heavy weight on one shoulder throws off your balance and your walk. If you tend to carry things only on one side, the constant pull overstretches your muscles and tires out your joints. If you do that every day, your body's going to let you know loud and clear.
When you put too much load on little muscles, your joints pay the price. If you need to open a heavy door, push with your shoulder instead of your fingers. When you lift something off the floor, bend at your knees and push up with your strong leg muscles. When you carry something, hold it close to you in the palms of your hands instead of stressing your fingers.
It might help with snoring, but not so much with the rest of your body. Lying on your tummy pushes your head back, which compresses your spine. Your head also will face in one direction for longer stretches than if you sleep on your back. All that puts pressure on other joints and muscles.
You don't need to be a yogi, but regular stretching can help strengthen your muscles and tendons. It also can make them more flexible. That allows your joints to move more easily and helps the muscles around them work better. That's key to healthy and stable joints.
Once you turn 40, your bones start to get a little thinner and more likely to break. If you build muscle with strength training, it slows bone loss and triggers new growth. So you not only get stronger muscles, but denser bones, too. Together, they stabilize your joints so you're less likely to get hurt.
Here's another reason to quit: Your joints will thank you. Nicotine from cigarettes and chewing tobacco cuts down on blood flow to your bones and to the cushioning discs in your back. It limits how much bone-building calcium your body can take in. It also breaks down estrogen, a hormone you need for bone health. And it slows new growth that thickens bones. All that makes your joints weaker and your hips more likely to break.
You may wonder how poor sleep can affect your joints. One study found that people with arthritis felt more pain after restless nights. That made them take a closer look. One theory is that when you don't sleep well, it triggers inflammation in your body. That might lead to joint problems over time. More research is needed, but in the meantime, it sure won't hurt to get good shut-eye.
Your body's at its best when you work with it, not against it. That's why posture matters. When you slump in your chair, it puts more stress on your muscles and joints and tires them out. It's like always jamming on your car brakes when you could just ease down on the pedal instead. So keep your back straight and those shoulders back and down.
When you work out, you might think you just need to power through it. After all, no pain, no gain, right? It's true that some muscle soreness is OK. But not if it lasts for days or if your muscles are swollen or too sore to move or to touch. Joint pain isn't normal, so pay attention to it. If you think you overdid it, ease up on your exercises. If the pain won't go away, check with your doctor.
It can literally be a pain in your neck -- and your elbows, wrists, back, and shoulders. The problem isn't just bad posture, but that you hold it for too long. That overworks your muscles. It also puts pressure on the discs in your back. If you're in a soft chair, prop up your arms with cushions to take the load off your shoulders and your neck. Be sure to get up and move every hour.
When you run, bike, or play tennis, you use the same motions over and over. But if your form is bad, you'll stress your body in all the wrong places. If you overload your muscles, it puts more pressure on your joints, and you can end up with an injury like tennis elbow.


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Q: Commutator subgroup of a surface group Let $\Sigma_{g,n}$ denote a compact orientable genus $g$ surface with $n$ boundary components.  Assume that $g \geq 1$ and fix a basepoint $p \in \Sigma_{g,n}$.  Define $S \subset [\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p),\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p)]$ to be the set of all elements of $\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p)$ that can be realized by simple closed $p$-based curves $\gamma$ that separate $\Sigma_{g,n}$ into two components, one of which is homeomorphic to a one-holed torus with boundary component $\gamma$.  It is not hard to show that if $p$ is in the interior of $\Sigma_{g,n}$, then $S$ generates $[\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p),\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p)]$.  For instance, this is Lemma A.1 in my paper "Cutting and Pasting in the Torelli Group", though I'm sure that many other people have observed this over the years.
Assume now that $p$ lies on one of the boundary components of $\Sigma_{g,n}$.  Question : Does $S$ still generate $[\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p),\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p)]$?
The thing that makes this difficult is the following.  If $\gamma \in \pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p)$ can be realized by a simple closed curve and $p$ is in the interior of the surface, then all conjugates of $\gamma$ can also be realized by simple closed curves.  However, this is false if $p$ is on the boundary.
I suspect that the answer is no, so here is a more general question.  Continue to assume that $p$ lies on one of the boundary components of $\Sigma_{g,n}$.  The group $\text{Diff}(\Sigma_{g,n},p)$ acts on $\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p)$, and $S$ consists of a single orbit under this action.  Question : does there exist a finite subset $T$ of $[\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p),\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p)]$ such that the $\text{Diff}(\Sigma_{g,n},p)$-orbit of $T$ generates $[\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p),\pi_1(\Sigma_{g,n},p)]$?
Funny things might happen in the low-genus cases, so I should mention that I'm most interested in the case where $n=1$ and $g$ is large.
EDIT: I just got an up vote on this ancient unanswered question, so I thought I'd point out to anyone who is intrigued by it that my motivation for it was to find small generating sets for the Torelli group.  I still don't know the answer to the question, but I was able to find a hack to avoid needing one.  See my paper
Putman, Andrew,
Small generating sets for the Torelli group.
Geom. Topol. 16 (2012), no. 1, 111–125.
The weird arguments in Section 4 are designed to circumvent the issue identified by this question.  I could probably improve the bounds in the above paper if someone gave me a reasonable answer to this question, so please let me know if you find one!


Web Design and SEO Strategic Questions to Ask Before Getting Started!
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1. Who is Our Ideal Audience?
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Think about what kind of design elements or features will attract this audience to your site. The way your website design looks, the type of content you create, calls-to-action (CTAs) and sales funnels will all be influenced by who your site will be targeting.
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Choosing the right keywords can help inform your content creation plan and make sure you get on the right track with your site early on.
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Discovering who your top competitors are and finding out what they're doing to improve their sites can be incredibly insightful. There are some great SEO tools that can allow you to see what keywords competitors are ranking for and what their most popular pages are.
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5. How Can We Reveal Our Business Principles and Advantages?
Before building your site, it's important to think about all of the ways you can demonstrate to a customer or visitor what you have to offer them. There is more than one way to do this so you'll want to make sure you've considered all of the possibilities carefully.
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Measuring your results and then tweaking your site as you go along is essential if you want to make sure you're getting traffic to your website or converting customers most effectively and easily.
Great analytics tools such as Google Analytics can help you to track your results and ensure that you're getting the most out of your site.
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Stories: A. J. Snyder
That's when the Snyder brothers went back into the cement business, in a crude way. They could market whatever cement they produced but, by this time, they were broke. They had no more money in the bank and the banks wouldn't lend them any money. But they struggled along. Then, in quick succession, the two brothers died. Andrew, the hero of our story, at that time was twenty-one years of age. He wanted to continue in the cement business in the worst way. But the estate fell into the hands of his Aunt Minnie. Aunt Min was a businesswoman; she knew the cement business. Andrew's mother was a homebody; she didn't know anything about the cement business. All she was interested in was putting food on the table and keeping a good house. So Andrew went to Aunt Min and asked if he couldn't have the cement business. She said, "No! If the Consolidated Rosendale Cement Company couldn't make a go of it, how can you? It's a dead industry. We're going to sell out, pick up our marbles, and go elsewhere." Well, Aunt Min had a little difficulty in settling the estate and the only way she could solve that problem was to have an auction sale of the property on the courthouse steps. Andrew, by the way, had been given eleven thousand dollars, cash, from his father as a direct inheritance. The day of auction came along but Andrew, being on the outs with Aunt Min, couldn't go to the auction sale. So he prevailed on a newly-arrived immigrant, by the name of Sandy, to go to the auction sale to see if he could bid on the property. The auction sale started and everyone was surprised to see this stranger in town bidding on this pile of Rosendale cement rock. They thought he was a kook! But when he pulled out a big wad of ten dollar bills from his pocket they realized that they had someone to deal with. The bidding continued and he was the successful bidder. And no one was more upset than Aunt Min when she found out that, indeed, her nephew had bought the property.
So now Andrew was in the cement business. But, true to Aunt Min's word, the banks wouldn't lend Andrew a dime. He had to turn to farming to pay the taxes and keep food on the table. And he had a couple of neighbor farmers by the name of Struber to help him out in his crude manufacture of cement. But he had such great faith in Rosendale cement that every year he would send out a brochure to all the cement dealers in the country that he could get on his mailing list, extolling the virtues of Rosendale cement.
Forward by Marianne Williams
Samuel Coykendall
A. J. Snyder
Century Cement
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Q: Jupyter Notebook Input Cell Margin Issue using jupyter-themes I have a consistent issue using the jupyter-themes package for Jupyter notebooks, in which the input cell cuts off several pixels from the right margin. I have tried manipulating the cell width (-cellw) and the padding/border of the cell using Page Inspect to no avail. Here is a screenshot with the issue highlighted by the red box:
Jupyter Margin Issue
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

A: editing custom.css file in .jupyter/custom/custom.css helped me.
In div.CodeMirror-lines, set the padding-left parameter to smaller value or zero.
div.CodeMirror-lines {
 padding-bottom: .9em;
 padding-left: 0;
 padding-right: .5em;
 padding-top: .7em;
}

I found this solution here.


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Q: How can I communicate between an IFrameElement and Dart using JavaScript? I'm a noob to Flutter Web. I have a package that I'm trying to create support for in Flutter Web, but it uses a webview for some functions. Webviews aren't supported in Flutter Web so I'm using a IFrameElement and ui.platformViewRegistry.registerViewFactory() to act like a webview. I'm passing an HTML String to be loaded rather than a file.
I need to be able to run JS functions and get data from JS. I've tried a lot of different things with events and event listeners, also context.callMethod() and none of it has worked so far. Is there a simple way to accomplish this?
For reference, I am using the Summernote library and I can run something like \$('#summernote').summernote('reset'); to reset the Summernote editor. Sometimes I need to get data from JS so I am running var str = \$('#summernote').summernote('code'); console.log(str); which gives me the HTML code in the editor.
Thanks in advance!
Code for reference:
import 'dart:convert';

import 'package:file_picker/file_picker.dart';
import 'package:flutter/foundation.dart';
import 'package:flutter/gestures.dart';
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
import 'package:flutter_inappwebview/flutter_inappwebview.dart';
import 'package:html_editor_enhanced/html_editor.dart';
import 'package:html_editor_enhanced/utils/pick_image.dart';
import 'package:path/path.dart' as p;
import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
import 'dart:html' as html;
import 'dart:js' as js;
import 'dart:ui' as ui;

bool callbacksInitialized = false;
js.JsObject jsDocument;

class HtmlEditorWidgetWeb extends StatelessWidget {
  HtmlEditorWidgetWeb({
    Key key,
    this.value,
    this.height,
    this.useBottomSheet,
    this.imageWidth,
    this.showBottomToolbar,
    this.hint,
    this.callbacks,
    this.toolbar,
    this.darkMode
  }) : super(key: key);

  final String value;
  final double height;
  final bool useBottomSheet;
  final double imageWidth;
  final bool showBottomToolbar;
  final String hint;
  final UniqueKey webViewKey = UniqueKey();
  final Callbacks callbacks;
  final List<Toolbar> toolbar;
  final bool darkMode;
  final String createdViewId = 'html_editor_web';

  @override
  Widget build(BuildContext context) {
    String summernoteToolbar = "[\n";
    for (Toolbar t in toolbar) {
      summernoteToolbar = summernoteToolbar +
          "['${t.getGroupName()}', ${t.getButtons()}],\n";
    }
    summernoteToolbar = summernoteToolbar + "],";
    String darkCSS = "";
    if ((Theme.of(context).brightness == Brightness.dark || darkMode == true) && darkMode != false) {
      darkCSS = "<link href=\"packages/html_editor_enhanced/assets/summernote-lite-dark.css\" rel=\"stylesheet\">";
    }
    String htmlString = """

        <meta charset="UTF-8">
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0, maximum-scale=1.0, user-scalable=no" />
        <meta name="description" content="Flutter Summernote HTML Editor">
        <meta name="author" content="xrb21">
        <title>Summernote Text Editor HTML</title>

        <link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/summernote@0.8.18/dist/summernote-lite.min.css" rel="stylesheet">

        $darkCSS

    """;
    html.window.onMessage.forEach((element) {
      print('Event Received in callback: ${element.data}');
    });
    // todo use postmessage and concatenation to accomplish callbacks
    final html.IFrameElement iframe = html.IFrameElement()
      ..width = MediaQuery.of(context).size.width.toString() //'800'
      ..height = MediaQuery.of(context).size.height.toString() //'400'
      ..srcdoc = htmlString
      ..style.border = 'none'
      ..onLoad.listen((event) async {
        html.document.on['setFS'].listen((html.Event event) {
          print("HEY! I'M LISTENING!");
        });
html.document.dispatchEvent(html.Event("setFS"));
      });
    ui.platformViewRegistry.registerViewFactory(
        createdViewId, (int viewId) => iframe);
    return Column(
      children: <Widget>[
        Expanded(
          child: Directionality(
            textDirection: TextDirection.ltr,
            child: HtmlElementView(
              viewType: createdViewId,
            )
          )
        ),
      ],
    );
  }
}

A: A little bit hacky, but here's the solution I use:
Dart -> JS
In dart:
html.window.postMessage(//data to send here, "*");

and in the IframeElement HTML


Yet Isaiah came to the temple to worship God and it was in that context and through this experience that God proved to him that no matter how sad things were without their beloved King.... He was bigger and more awesome!
Frankly I don't think that Isaiah's mind was at all focused on Uzziah's death when he saw the angels and the Lord.... What do you think?
I think this is a great reminder for all of us. All of us have faced situations that have caused our heart to sink. Perhaps that's where you heart is today.
1st Even in the worst of times we need to continue to seek the Lord in worship.
reveal his glory always remembering that God is bigger than any problem we might have.
To ponder. What is on your heart and mind today. Are you willing to hand it over to the Lord and sing with the angels, Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God almighty.?
Yes it is Valentine's Day so happy Valentine's to all my friends and family!
It just happens to be that I'm blogging in the book of Ecclesiastes as I travel through the Bible. You all know that in Ecclesiastes 3 it says that there is a time for everything under heaven.
You would think that every time is a time for love, right? I mean is there ever a time to not love? And what is this time for hate or a time for war all about?
Personally I think it is because of the world that we live in. I sometimes pray, "Lord teach me to love those things that you love and to hate those things you hate." I think it is a good prayer?
Yes there are somethings that God hates. I think he especially hates when people harm children and lead them astray. But some might say, "But what about the saying that we are supposed to love the sinner and hate the sin." that's pretty good too... though it is very hard for us to do in practice.
I think about Jesus a lot. Sometimes I think about his... less than loving words he spewed out to the Pharisees and other religious leaders. Did he love the sinner? I think he did. I think that his harsh words were meant to get their attention! His anger was meant to stop them from their harmful actions. Yes he was angry.... but yes... he loved them and wanted them to repent and receive Him as Lord and Savior.
Jesus always knew what time it was and is!
Sometimes the most loving things we can do is to deal directly with a problem in life. Our motive is the key. If we are addressing a situation with the hope of eventual reconciliation, first with Christ and then among ourselves, we're probably on the right tract.
So out of Christ's Great love for you, How do you think Jesus might address you today? How would he address your faults and failings?
If you are interested and concerned that he might not be pleased... and if you are humble... Jesus knows that this is a time to extend to you love and grace.
So isn't it time that you fully embrace the one who loves you most. You're His Valentine. He offered his red heart of love to you on the cross.
Prayer: Thank you God for showing us what love is all about. Help me to love like you love even when I would rather turn away.
If I were to ask the question, "Hey kids, does anyone know what time it is?"
a certain generation would immediately yell out. "It's Howdy Doody time!" I by the way am not among that generation! but I do remember being riveted to the TV to watch the Mickey Mouse Club and yes I was one of the millions of boys to have a crush on Annette Funicello. I knew what time it was when that show was on.
But I don't think that our passage for today is talking about clowns or cute girls with bunny ears. But the question, "Does anyone know what time it is?" is an important one to ponder.
From our passage we learn that there are many times and many seasons. (Frankly I'm looking forward to the season of winter to be over...). I've read this passage many times and often at funerals to help to comfort loved ones of a deceased. Indeed there is a time when we will be gathered up with the Lord.
However, its equally important for us to look at the time in which we live right now. It seems to me that you might say that there are many "times" throughout our day. Now we all love the positive times of course. A time to be born, a time to plant, a time to heal, a time to build, a time to laugh, a time to dance, etc. Oh we love those times but the "negative" times are equally if not often more important.
The transitions necessary in life necessitate that we move forward and in the moving forward we often have to give up something. This is the nature of life. To get a new job we sometimes have to move away from friends we love. Sometimes to make way for a new building we have to tear down the old one. And when it comes to gardening you have to plow under the old each year to make room for the new. I hate to say this but eventually you have to throw away some of your favorite old shirts that can no longer be mended to make room for more. In my case my old shirts some how find there way into the "rag drawer". Shh... Don't tell my wife but I've been known to wash the old rags and wear them again from time to time. Well I guess my wife knows that.
I guess all of this goes in the category of change and change is not easy but it is necessary. God has made our world that way but along with this truth is the promise of verse 11 "He has made everything beautiful in its time.
To ponder: What changes and transitions is God doing or planning for your life? Can you give thanks to God through the changes knowing that if we trust the Lord he will make all things beautiful.


Walk-in Interviews for Professors, Asso. Professors, Asst. Professors, Dean-R&D, Manager-Training & Placements. | Admissions - 2019-2020. | GMRIT is ranked in the band of 151 to 200 at national level by NIRF, MHRD, New Delhi � April, 2017.
Welcome to GMR Institute of Technology (GMRIT). Established in the year 1997 by GMR Varalakshmi Foundation � the corporate social responsibility arm of GMR Group � GMRIT offers aspiring engineers high quality technical education.
1. Ranked 34th among the top 100 T-schools at National Level, and 22nd among the private colleges and 1st in A.P.(Source: Dataquest, June-2018).
2. Graded AAAA by Careers 360 magazine - April, 2018.
3. Rated 4-star among best engineering institutes 2018 in AP by Career Connect, April, 2018.
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5. Ranked 80th in Top Private Engineering Colleges at all India level and 54th in the South Zone by The Week Magazine ranking-2018.
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7. GMR Institute of Technology, has been awarded as Second Most Clean Campus in India. "AICTE-Clean Campus Award-2017"
8. GMRIT is ranked in the band of 151 to 200 at national level by NIRF, MHRD, New Delhi � April, 2017.
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A Two-Day National Level Workshop on VLSI and System Design for IoT & AI Applications (VIA-19) on 23rd & 24th March, 2019 is being organized by ECE Dept.
Fee concession for the students with EAMCET Ranks from 5000 to 15000.
First time in Andhra Pradesh.
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Erik Phillips was born in 1994 and grew up just outside of Fredericksburg, Virginia, where they learned how to use the Internet, bought a Modest Mouse CD from Wal-mart, and started recording music under the name Cat Be Damned (which they stole from the liner notes of the Modest Mouse album). In 2012 Erik moved to Richmond and stubbornly continued to self-record and self-release short collections of music as Cat Be Damned, culminating in 2016's Daydreams in a Roach Motel, released on cassette by Joy Void. By this point, Erik figured the name Cat Be Damned had run its course, and in 2017, it was retired in favor of Erik's legal name.
One, the first Erik Phillips album, was recorded over the course of two years, beginning as soon as Daydreams was finished in November of 2015. In that time, Erik graduated from college, paid for Ableton, got verified on Twitter, started working as a substitute teacher, lost verification on Twitter, and wrote songs while driving back to Fredericksburg to work a job as a roadside sign spinner on the weekends. It's unclear to what degree each of these factors impacted One, but it's Erik's softest sound so far, as well as their densest.
Although most of the album was played and recorded by Erik alone at their apartment in Richmond, a few friends were invited to join in on the recording process, too. Jeff Casazza plays slide guitar on "Wrong," and "Coming" features cellos played by Athylia Paremski along with backing vocals by Mathew Lee Cothran. Other than that, it's all Erik, recorded with some guitars, some pianos, some drums, a few microphones, an iPhone, a computer, and a Yamaha tape machine. The result is 10 songs about nameless characters, equal parts real and fictional, and things Erik has seen or imagined seeing over the last two years. Included is everything from tulips growing on the side of the road between Fredericksburg and Richmond to tractor trailer cabs burning a few miles north along the same road (which did happen on two separate occasions, by the way).


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Star Wars Technologies That Have Come to Be or Have They?
Its that time of the year and I for one am not going to make that age-old pun, instead, I'll just say 'a Happy May the 4th, wish I everyone'. Indeed it was 41 years ago this day when a seemingly young and assumingly tall George Lucas's five-year penance in his basement studio bore fruit. The result, of course, a generation of fans to rival the Tolkien universe. Some often refer to Star Wars as a religion, and they are probably right. Of course as old as the franchise is today, so are its original fans. Most of them are probably in their mid-50s. And I think it would be safe to assume that quite a few of them are software developers probably in various fields of technology.
For many in the 70s, Star Wars would have served as a reference point as to how the future would appear. So, after more than four decades, how much of the Star Wars Universe has come to life? Let's spend some time contemplating on that.
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These are not the Droids You're Looking For
When R2D2 and C3-PO were first introduced, they are trying to escape from Tantive V and by chance meet Luke Skywalker and the story begins. And then we are introduced to the iconic Jedi Mind Trick by Master Obi-Wan. From the beginning, both automatons' cognitive abilities are quite laudable considering that both of them have the ability to understand and respond in an almost human manner. Of course, R2D2 can only respond with bleeps and buzzing sounds. So fast forward to today, do we have robots that are capable of doing that? Surprisingly the answer is yes. While they are not as refined as the duo, we are getting there. Robotics has seen a lot of star wars style movement as well as designs based on the little dustbin shaped robot. The Robear and several such robots have been designed to perform similar functions as R2D2. Not to mention the AI robots that are eerily close to becoming reflections of ours.
Help Us Obi-Wan Kenobi! You're Our Only Hope
One of the most replicated scenes of all times in science fiction is Princess Leia's message projected by R2D2 as a hologram. Once considered a farfetched idea that could never be realized, holograms have become quite a common sight today at conventions and mass gatherings. They are still quite expensive, but the result far outweighs the cost.
Watch the Thrust. We're getting Out of here at Light Speed
One of the most humble and surprisingly effective modes of transportation in fiction after the Delorean, the Millennium Falcon is indeed a force to be reckoned with. Capable of blasting off into hyperspace, Han Solo's priced smuggling ship has been an inspiration to many an inventor. Besides the very idea of blasting off at the speed of light with a tall furry humanoid bear assistant pilot is quite enough for most of us to get to the drawing boards and pour in the hours to come up with something very close. While the speed of light is something that is physically impossible, the idea of large space crafts capable of carrying a huge cargo has inspired some good designs in recent years particularly with the likes of SpaceX trying to achieve largely impossible feats at zero gravity.
That's no Moon, It's a Space Station!
The Death Star is arguably one of the most impressive pieces of technology ever conceived, albeit in fiction. Imagine the idea of a giant moon-sized battle station with a force field, and a billion LASERs ready to shoot down anything and everything that approaches. In today's context, this makes more sense, considering all the threats and dangers we live in. But God forbid it should fall into the wrong hands as it did in the movies. With the amount of effort that is being put into the space programs for extraplanetary bases, it is quite possible that such a structure could be built in the distant if not the near future. Yet again this is something Elon Musk could consider as part of his SpaceX research efforts. Who knows, he probably already has and they are already building one at their secret base.
This is the Weapon of a Jedi Knight
Probably the most iconic item ever seen in the history of entertainment, the LightSaber is as impressive a weapon as the sound it makes as it cuts through even the toughest of substances in the Alderaan system or the universe even. Every child's fantasy till the prequel series and the latest sequel series started coming out, this is a weapon that as grown-ups we still feel the urge to fantasize about from time to time. Yet again this is a piece of technology that we have slowly started to develop over the past couple of decades. Directed Energy Weapons (DEVs) as they are called are in the works as you read this article. However, as easy as George Lucas made it seem in the back in the 70s, making DEVs is far from anything resembling any degree of ease. It is estimated that by mid-2020s these weapons will be available on a large scale and could redefine the art of war as we know it today. From short range LASERs to weapons capable of mass damage we have a lot of firepower or rather joules coming our way.
Difficult to See. Always in Motion, the Future is
All in all Star Wars has been quite influential both in entertainment as well as in real life. There are several instances where the franchise has brought about change on various levels. Technology in particularly is in a way indebted to George Lucas and his franchise, if not as a source of ideas at least as a source of inspiration to dream big and beyond the stars. Many from the generation 'x' probably moved out of their mother's basement after feeling the force and pursued their dreams. Although it is more likely that most of them got confined to their basements in the first place because of Star Wars. The impact nonetheless has been quite monumental.
Ofcourse all the new movies have taken a huge step back from the amazing atmosphere of imagination and mystery and delivered us to an era of Computer Generated Diarrhea. But Star Wars still takes us all back to the days of our childish wonders where our dreams had no bounds or as Yoda would put it 'Truly Wonderful the mind of a child is'. So Dream on and May the Force be With You.
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Grand Rapids, MI – Pro Imaging Expo announced Pro Imaging CONNECT, a new educational event bringing together portrait labs, volume photographers, photo retailers, photo labs, online retailers and more. This conference, April 12-13, 2019, at the Mission Hills Resort and Club, Howey-in-the-Hills, FL, is hosted by the Pro Imaging EXPO and is supported by industry-leading vendors and businesses.
The educational program will feature hot industry topics like an imaging industry overview, innovative retail concepts, mobile photography, legal issues faced by imagers and much more. The conference will also feature short vendor presentations from Lablogics, LexJet, Felix Schoeller North America, Softworks Systems, and PhotoLynx.
The event is adjacent to the long-running Pro Imaging Golf and FI Symposium, which takes place April 13-17 also at the Mission Hills Resort and Club.
Pro Imaging Expo features networking, education and golf events for the imaging industry.
Pro Imaging Golf, with more than 30 years in existence and now partnered with SGIA, hosts more than 144 industry attendees in North Orlando, FL, for three days of fun-filled activities including golf, parties, networking events, and educational events.
Pro Imaging, in conjunction with SGIA, hosts a networking event at the SGIA EXPO in Las Vegas in October. This event is open to all in the industry.
Pro Imaging Expo's newest event, Pro Imaging CONNECT, is aimed at education and networking for individuals in the pro lab, vertically integrated school/sports photography, and retail photography business.


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How to unlock your Twitter account without a phone number
By momoka
When you try to access your Twitter account
It is locked.
Desperately retry the password, but unfortunately, damage has occurred and cannot be undone.
When a user is locked out of their account, Twitter asks them to reconfirm their identity using a code. This is part of the 2-step verification process that helps determine if the person trying to unlock your account is really you.
Fortunately, there is a way to fix this. The easiest way to unlock your account is to request a confirmation code. Sounds easy enough. But what if you did not sign up with a phone number? How do I unlock my Twitter account without a phone number that can send an SMS with a confirmation code?
Why is my Twitter account locked?
There are many ways a person can be locked out of their Twitter account. In fact, even minor violations of the Terms of Service can be grounds for being locked out of an account (according to Twitter's standards). Posting spammy content (according to Twitter's standards), having an unusual follower following, or having multiple Twitter accounts can get you locked out of your account.
There are, of course, varying degrees of severity, but the three most common are
Locked accounts: Twitter actively logs accounts from all devices. This is usually the most common. This is usually done when Twitter detects suspicious account activity, such as repeated logins with incorrect passwords or more frequent account activity than usual.
Restricted/Restricted Accounts: You will continue to have access to restricted accounts with slightly less restrictive limits, but you will not be able to tweet, like, or re-share other tweets. This usually happens when Twitter suspects that your account is sending spam.
Suspended account: This means that you have been banned from Twitter. However, suspensions can be appealed and are usually punishment for accounts suspected of sharing fake news, spam, or harassment.
Again, there are many ways to restrict accounts. Therefore, we recommend that you review Twitter's Terms of Service and its rules and regulations to ensure that you are not violating them.
4 Ways to Unlock Your Twitter Account Without a Phone Number
Fortunately, there are ways to unlock a locked Twitter account without requiring an active phone number. Of course, they all require you to let Twitter unlock your account and re-access it. These methods include
Using a trusted VOIP such as Google Voice (which provides a virtual phone number)
Reset your password using your email (first option)
Fill out an account recovery form (time consuming, but worth it)
Contact Twitter Support directly
Use VOIP (but there are pitfalls)
VOIP ( Voice over Internet Protocol), also known as IP telephony, is a type of service that allows you to place calls to localized landlines over the Internet. This may sound very technical, but you are probably already using one; Skype and Google Voice are two of the most popular VoIP services available online. Most VoIP is free, but paid VoIP offers a few additional services, such as an available phone number and text messaging.
But there are pitfalls. Most, if not all, VoIPs are not recognized by Twitter and even Skype. With hackers and spammers constantly evolving their tactics, Twitter has had to ban most VoIP as well, citing a lack of security. However, Google Voice continues to be recognized by Twitter, usually with a Google Voice number at sign-up. This is because Google allows SMS to be sent to the generated Voice number. Needless to say, it is Google, one of the most trusted companies out there.
If you lose access to your account, try registering for a (free) Google Voice number and using it as your Twitter confirmation code. Usually this works, but some phone numbers generated by Google Voice are not recognized by Twitter (some people complain to Twitter about unsupported phone numbers), so you may have to try several times. However, if it does work, Google Voice will receive a confirmation SMS sent by Twitter and your account will be accessible again.
Reset your password using your email.
This is the first option when trying to access a locked Twitter account. Simply find the "Reset Password" button on the login page and click on it. If you do not have a cell phone number, enter your email to reset it (make sure it is the same one you used when signing up). Once completed, Twitter will send you an email with a temporary password that you can use to access your locked account. Once in, you can change this password to anything you like.
Fill out the Account Restoration Form (or contact Twitter Support)
The Account Restore Form is available to anyone who is trying to gain full access to a locked Twitter account. It can be requested from the Twitter Help section. The form will ask several questions to verify your identity as the original owner of the account, including your original login information.
This can take some time, as the form itself is quite long. It may also take a long time for a human operator to respond, as they verify each individual.
If all else fails, don't be afraid to contact Twitter directly. Their Twitter support page has a series of questions that will guide you through resetting your password and regaining access to your locked account. It is the same process as filling out an account recovery form, but may take a little longer.
How to avoid being locked out of your Twitter account
Twitter protects its users. If we sense that you are engaging in abusive, spammy, or unethical behavior online, we will lock you out. These rules are designed to protect your account and ensure the security of all users. If you violate their rules, you will be locked out.
Instead of stressing over a suspension, here are some ways to avoid being locked out of your Twitter account
Avoid creating multiple Twitter accounts. Unless you are part of a large organization with many different departments, it is recommended that you continue to use one Twitter account. If you are found to have multiple accounts, Twitter will suspend all related accounts.
Avoid posting the same content repeatedly. If you keep posting the same links, photos, or content over and over again, Twitter will assume that you are spamming your followers. Spam is Twitter's worst enemy. Therefore, if we believe you are spamming other users, you will be locked out. Paraphrasing posts will not help either. Instead, post a variety of content to your account.
Pay attention to your follower-to-following ratio; Twitter monitors how aggressive accounts are when following other accounts. With this in mind, avoid following or unfollowing hundreds of accounts in a day. For example, if you have 100 followers, do not follow 10,000 accounts.
Do not share links randomly; while Twitter is a great place to share links to content of interest, the platform is also designed to interact with followers. If you continue to post links to every post, you are more likely to be suspended. Please engage in conversation with other users, not just post links.
Avoid hashtag abuse. Adding a hashtag to a tweet indicates that it is part of a particular tweet group. However, the use of unrelated hashtags is considered abuse by Twitter and may lead to account suspension.
Please do not send automated DMs. Sending templated, canned, or automated direct messages may flag you as a spammer. If you send multiple DMs to followers, use Twitter's third-party automation services to send more personalized messages.
Avoid abusing trending topics Jumping on trending topics on Twitter is the smartest way to promote your account or organization. This is especially true if the tweets are related to the content of your profile. However, spammers abuse trending topics by tweeting irrelevant ideas. Unless you have something to talk about, avoid suspension by pausing the trending topic.
Be active on your Twitter account. If an account is inactive for 6 months, Twitter will suspend the account.
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Vizmatic – Computer Vision » Blog Archive » Can Computers See?
Do you think computers can see? One could answer that a camera allows to take photographs (images) and videos, and therefore computers can actually see. But is it that simple?
We must clarify the question before going further. The traditional definition of vision often implies that only living beings can see, for example by using the word "eye". In this case, the answer to our question is clearly no. However, we believe that this definition deserves to be extended. But how to extend it in a useful and logical way? In other words, what is common to all the known types of vision?
Let's take the human vision as a reference. It allows us to percieve the visible light rays, namely those of wavelength between 380 and 750 nm. They first go through the eye, before arriving on the retina which contains 130 millions of photoreceptive cells that convert light into neural impulses. Those impulses are transmitted by the optic nerve, and then interpreted in the visual cortex, which is in the posterior area of the brain.
A very large number of other living beings can see, at varying degrees of sophistication. At the most elementary degree, a lot of microbes and photosynthetic bacteria sense light using a photosensitive protein in their membrane and this may influence their movements and their biological rhythms. Some worms, starfishes, leeches and jellyfishes, possess a slightly more sophisticated capacity, they have photosensitive clusters of cells on their body. In the case of humans, we perceive colors using 3 types of photoreceptors. A lot of reptiles and birds, and some fishes and amphibians, can perceive ultra-violet.
Vision is therefore the capacity to understand, recognize, identify, analyze, detect or describe the environment using the perceived light. In more technical terms, we would say that it's the capacity to extract information about the environment with electromagnetic waves captured. In any case, vision implies a means to capture images, and a means to interpret them.
With the extended definition, we can answer the original question. The modern computers readily allow to capture images, and with several different devices. For the interpretation, computer vision allows to implement software that will perform a large number of different tasks. The answer is therefore yes, computers can see.
More and more people discover computer vision, and realize the possibilities it offers. Thanks to it, computer systems will be made more and more intelligent and useful. They will therefore better fulfill their original function, that is making our life easier and allowing us to enjoy it more.
How will you benefit from this state-of-the-art technology?