This section documents all cache.xml elements that you use to configure Geode clients. All elements are sub-elements of the <client-cache> element.
For Geode server configuration, see <cache> Element Reference.
Allows you to configure the PdxSerializer for this Geode member.
concurrency-level Gives an estimate of the maximum number of application threads that will concurrently access a region entry at one time. This attribute does not apply to partitioned regions. This attribute helps Geode optimize the use of system resources and reduce thread contention. This sets an initial parameter on the underlying java.util.ConcurrentHashMap used for storing region entries.
Specifies one or more gateway sender IDs to use for distributing region events to remote Geode sites. Specify multiple IDs as a comma-separated list.
You can configure the most common of these options with Geode's region shortccuts in RegionShortcut and ClientRegionShortcut.
statistics-enabled Boolean specifying whether to gather statistics on the region. Must be true to use expiration on the region. Geode provides a standard set of statistics for cached regions and region entries, which give you information for fine-tuning your distributed system. Unlike other Geode statistics, statistics for local and distributed regions are not archived and cannot be charted. They are kept in instances of org.apache.geode.cache.CacheStatistics and made available through the region and its entries through the Region.getStatistics and Region.Entry.getStatistics methods.
Applications that use a client-cache may want to disable concurrency checking in order to see all events for a region. Geode server members can continue using concurrency checks for the region, but they will pass all events to the client cache. This configuration ensures that the client sees all events, but it does not prevent the client cache from becoming out-of-sync with the server cache.
An event-handler plug-in that receives after-event notification of changes to the region and its entries. Any number of cache listeners can be defined for a region in any member. Geode offers several listener types with callbacks to handle data and process events. Depending on the data-policy and the interest-policy subscription attributes, a cache listener may receive only events that originate in the local cache, or it may receive those events along with events that originate remotely.
Specifies whether and how to control a region's size. Size is controlled by removing least recently used (LRU) entries to make space for new ones. This may be done through destroy or overflow actions. You can configure your region for lru-heap-percentage with an eviction action of local-destroy using Geode's stored region attributes.
Runs evictions when the Geode resource manager says to. The manager orders evictions when the total cache size is over the heap percentage limit specified in the manager configuration. You can declare a Java class that implements the ObjectSizer interface to measure the size of objects in the Region.
For every datasource that is bound to the JNDI tree, there should be one <jndi-binding> element. This element describes the property and the configuration of the datasource. Geode uses the attributes of the <jndi-binding> element for configuration. Use the <config-property> element to configure properties for the datasource.
jndi-name The jndi-name attribute is the key binding parameter. If the value of jndi-name is a DataSource, it is bound as java:/myDatabase, where myDatabase is the name you assign to your data source. If the data source cannot be bound to JNDI at runtime, Geode logs a warning.
XATransaction Select this option when you want to use aManagedConnection interface with a Java Transaction Manager to define transaction boundries. This option allows a ManagedDataSource to participate in a transaction with a Geode cache.
Allows you to configure the DataSerializer for this Geode member. It registers a custom class which extends DataSerializer to support custom serialization of non-modifiable object types inside Geode.
An Instantiator registers a custom class which implements the DataSerializable interface to support custom object serialization inside Geode.


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Historic Comeback, as K-State Rallies Past West Virginia, 71-69
K-State Athletics ReleaseJanuary 10, 2019
MANHATTAN, Kan. – Kansas State overcame its largest deficit ever when senior guard Barry Brown, Jr., laid in the go-ahead bucket with 29 seconds remaining to cap a 50-point second half by the Wildcats in a 71-69 defeat of West Virginia in front of 9,590 roaring fans at Bramlage Coliseum on Wednesday.
K-State (10-4, 1-2 Big 12) trailed by as many as 21 a little more than a minute into the second half before spouting off a 17-0 run to bring the margin to 42-38 with 13:07 left in the game. A 4-point play by junior Xavier Sneed gave the Wildcats their first lead with 2:30 remaining before the Mountaineers regained the advantage, 69-68, on a Lamont West free throw with 1:33 to play. In the final minute of play, Brown put the Wildcats ahead with a gutsy layup at 70-69 with 29 seconds remaining.
West Virginia (8-7, 0-3 Big 12) missed a shot in the paint with 5 seconds left and Sneed came down with the rebound and was sent to the line, where he hit one free throw. The Mountaineers were unable to get a final shot up before the buzzer sounded.
The victory snapped K-State's 4-game losing streak to West Virginia, while giving the Wildcats their first Big 12 victory of the season. It was just the second victory in the series against the Mountaineers since 2014 and the first since a 79-75 win at home on Jan. 21, 2017.
Brown led K-State behind a season-high 29 points on 9-of-14 from the field, paired with 6 steals to tie a career-high. It was his 18th career 20-point game, including his third this season, and has highest point total since scoring 34 points at Baylor on Jan. 22, 2018. In the process, he became the ninth Wildcat to eclipse 1,500 career points.
Brown was joined in double figures by a career night from sophomore Mike McGuirl, who scored a career-high 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting, including 4-of-6 from 3-point range, while senior Kamau Stokes and Sneed added 12 and 10 points, respectively.
K-State scored 25 points off 17 West Virginia turnovers, marking the sixth time scoring 20 or more points off of turnovers this season. In contrast, the Wildcats posted a season-low 6 turnovers.
Junior Lamont West led the way for the Mountaineers with 21 points off the bench on 6-of-13 shooting. The West Virginia bench played an influential role on Wednesday, scoring 44 points, which tied for the fifth-most allowed in a game in K-State history.
The Wildcats relied on their leading scorer to get things started on Wednesday, as Brown scored the team's first 3 points, including two steals in the first five minutes of play.
Meanwhile, the Mountaineers found an advantage from the 3-point line, where they connected on their first 3 of 6 to go on an 8-0 run to lead the Wildcats, 13-3 with 12:54 left in the first half.
The offensive struggles continued for the Wildcats early on in the game, as they scored on just 1 of their first 11 shots from the field, including a scoring drought that spanned 8:51 of play. The slow start offensively allowed the Mountaineers to obtain a 20-3 lead with 9:04 left in the first half behind a 15-0 run.
Things began looking up for the Wildcats at the 6:47 mark of the first half, when freshman Shaun Neal-Williams placed a lob pass to Sneed, who flushed it down for an alley-oop. The dunk brought the energy up for the Wildcats, as they closed to within 23-9.
K-State closed out the half by scoring on 4 of its last 7 from the field, as West Virginia led at the break, 36-21. The 15-point deficit marked the first time this season the Wildcats have allowed a double-digit scoring margin in the first half in consecutive games.
In the second half, the Wildcats improved on their shooting from beyond the arc, making 2 of their first 3 to start the half. After hitting their first 2-of-3 from long range, Brown led the Wildcats to cut the margin to single digits at 42-38 with 13:07 remaining, behind a 17-0 Wildcat run.
After being held scoreless for 6:11 during the K-State run, West Virginia brought its lead back to 10 by scoring on 6-of-7 from the field since the run, while also adding free throws, to lead 58-48 with 8:26 remaining.
Following the under-8 media timeout, the Wildcats drew back to within three, as McGuirl scored on consecutive 3-pointers to bring the score to 61-58 with 6:08 left. Of McGuirl's career-high 18 points, 15 came in the second-half.
The Wildcats took over the lead with 2:30 remaining, when Sneed connected on a 3-pointer from the corner while being fouled, later converting on the 4-point lead to give the Wildcats a lead at 68-66.
West Virginia would re-take the lead heading into the final minute before Brown scored a go-ahead layup with 27.5 seconds to give K-State a 70-69 lead.
With the game on the line, Derek Culver couldn't connect on a shot from the paint with 5 seconds left. Sneed came up with the rebound and was sent to the line, where he scored 1-of-2 to put the game away at 71-69.
K-State shot 47.2 percent (25-of-53) from the field in the game, including a 62.1 percent (18-of-29) mark in the second half. The Wildcats also outscored the Mountaineers 50-33 in the second-half, while only giving up 6 turnovers throughout the game's entirety.
Barry Brown Jr. – Brown secured a season-high 29 points on 9-of-14 from the field and 10-of-12 from the free-throw line, marking his 18th career 20-point game and his third this season. He also tied a career-high with his 6 steals, a feat he had accomplished twice in 2017 (Northern Arizona, Oklahoma State). Brown's 6 steals also tie for eighth-most in a game in school history and the second-most in a conference game.
21 – Kansas State overcame a school-record 21-point deficit on Wednesday night, behind a 50-point second half and a 17-0 scoring run in the second half.
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Оле́невые, или оле́ньи, или оле́ни , — семейство парнокопытных млекопитающих, содержащее 51 современный вид. Оленевые распространены в Евразии, Северной и Южной Америке, а также были завезены человеком в Австралию и Новую Зеландию.

Величина оленевых варьируется между величиной зайца (пуду) и лошади (лось). Характерны разветвлённые рога, которые имеются в наличии только у самцов. Исключениями являются только водяной олень, у которого вообще нет рогов, и северный олень, у которого рога носят оба пола. Рога сбрасываются каждый год и вырастают заново. У северных оленей самцы сбрасывают рога в ноябре-декабре, а самки — в мае-июне после отёла, что помогает важенкам зимой ограждать выкопанный в снегу ягель от более сильных, но безрогих самцов.

Первые олени появились в олигоцене в Азии. Из неё они распространились в Европу и в миоцене по существовавшему тогда естественному мосту в Северную Америку. В Южную Америку олени добрались лишь в геохронологически недавнем плейстоцене.

Олени имеют богатое символическое значение и являются в мифах различных культур и народов. Часто олицетворяют благородство, величие, красоту, грацию, быстроту. В христианской культуре символизируют отшельничество, благочестие и чистоту (в частности, образ «оленя душевного» использован в «Лествице»). Значение оленей в жизни народов отражается в их языке, например, в эвенкийском языке для обозначения оленей различного возраста, внешности и т. п. используется несколько десятков терминов.

Распространение
Естественный ареал оленевых охватывает большие части Евразии и Америки. В Африке они встречаются лишь в северо-западной части, а в регионах к югу от Сахары отсутствуют. Человек завёз их в некоторые регионы, в которых они раньше не существовали, в том числе в Австралию, Новую Зеландию, Новую Гвинею и на некоторые острова Карибского бассейна. Средой обитания оленевых могут быть разнообразные климатические и вегетационные зоны — пустыни, степи, болотистые местности, леса и арктическая тундра.

Поведение

Социальное поведение и размножение

Некоторые виды живут поодиночке, однако большинство видов живут в группах, стадах, величина которых варьируется в зависимости от вида и среды обитания. Часто это так называемые гаремные группы, в которых один самец возглавляет группу из нескольких самок и детёнышей, обороняя её от вторжения других соперников-самцов. В брачный период между самцами нередко доходит до поединков за право спаривания. В таких поединках оружием служат клыки, а также рога, ежегодный рост которых совпадает с брачным периодом. Для пометки ареала и общения с сородичами олени используют секреты, выделяемые железами на голове, ногах и в моче. В тропических регионах спаривание может проходить на протяжении всего года, в умеренных широтах оно приходится на осень или зиму. Длительность беременности составляет от шести до девяти месяцев. Исключение составляет европейская косуля, у которой спаривание проходит летом, а беременность удлиняется из-за того, что оплодотворённая яйцеклетка начинает развиваться не сразу. Количество детёнышей составляет от одного до двух, изредка до четырёх. У детёнышей окраска шерсти часто пятнистая.

Питание
Оленевые растительноядные животные, питающиеся различными частями растений, в том числе корой, листьями, травами, почками, ветвями и ягелем. По сравнению с полорогими они предпочитают более мягкую растительную пищу.

Использование человеком в качестве гужевого транспорта

В некоторых северных районах в качестве транспортных животных используются олени.

Классификация
В семействе оленевых 3 подсемейства с 19 современными родами и 51 видом.
 Подсемейство Hydropotinae
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   — вымер в 1938 г.
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   — поздний миоцен (9—7 млн лет назад), юго-западный Китай
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 Подсемейство Capreolinae
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Кроме того описано 46 ископаемых родов оленевых из разных подсемейств.

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At Lendahand, we view ourselves primarily as a social enterprise. As such, we compete with commercial entities for customers, employees, investments (money) and media attention. We do this because we want to impact the lives of people in developing countries by affording enterprising individuals (entrepreneurs) access to otherwise unavailable financial support. We believe that this initiative will lead to the creation of jobs as well as equal access to basic needs. Thus far our efforts have met with success and we often receive positive reactions and support for our initiatives. Still, like every fast growing company our ambitions have met with their own share of challenges. For the sake of transparency, we would like to share these challenges with you and likewise our thoughts on how we intend to address them.
Through our platform, businesses in developing countries receive capital to stimulate job creation that we hope will lead to further growth and development. Our success in this regard is generally very difficult to gauge. We're interested in knowing the following. Are our initiatives having any secondary effects that are impacting people and their environment in ways we hadn't anticipated? Have there been any unintended consequences that might deter our efforts and/or any positive impact we're making? Lendahand's efforts are socio-economic in nature, so not being able to properly assess the issues mentioned is a concern for us. To address these concerns, we brought on a PhD student who will help us conduct the research necessary to evaluate our impact. We are also initiating partnerships with third parties to gain even more insight into the projects we support with you.
Lendahand runs a very cost efficient operation. Our online platform requires a very small staff and we aren't encumbered by the costs associated with legacy IT systems. In contrast to this, those to whom we extend our services are paying an interest rate that we feel doesn't correlate to our mission standards. In spite of the fact that we are a small company with a projected high economic scale, the amounts of credit we extend through our platform are simply too small to have an actual impact on 'the price of money'. As a Fintech company, we find this issue troubling. However, we hope to find a solution through the use of developing technologies such as blockchain and psychometric credit analysis amongst others. We want capital to flow as seamlessly as possible from the investor to the entrepreneur, but until we appropriately address the issue we have with interest rates, it remains a thorn in our side.
Running concomitant with the Lendahand online platform is the Lendahand Foundation. This foundation was created for the sake of empowering the entrepreneurs through sound financial arrangements and training. Unfortunately, we aren't able to consistently provide the foundation with the support and nurturing it requires to function as effectively as we envisioned. This has to change, as we feel the foundation empowers our proposition: 'To improve the socio-economic status of our entrepreneurs.' The good news is that our investors can also contribute directly towards providing training for entrepreneurs via the Foundation's website.
The legendary Johan Cruyff once said: "Of all the unimportant things in life, football is the most important." In a business such as ours, effective prioritization is not easily achieved. Volatility and risk assessment sometimes lend themselves to misdirected focus. This is why at Lendahand we challenge ourselves to better understand when and where to focus our attention and efforts. We are a young company, so growing pains are inevitable, but because of our talented and diverse staff, we believe we have the skills necessary to meet this challenge.
One thing we all agree to: of all important things in life, money is the least important..
We are proud of our staff, but of the eight full-time employees we have; only one is female. While we assert that her talents count for two, we would like to further diversify our staff in this regard. Fortunately things are better on our platform. On average, a third of our investors are women and over half of the companies represented on our project website are led by women. We are equally proud of this fact as well.
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The suit concerns a possible biopic television series that would have detailed Selena's married life.
Late Tejano popstar Selena Quintanilla's father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., has filed a lawsuit against his daughter's husband, Chris Perez, over the production of a television series.
What does the suit allege?
Perez had previously written a book concerning his relationship with the slain singer in 2012, entitled "To Selena With Love," that discussed their married years. He recently joined forces with Endemol Shine Latino to create a television series based on the book. Unfortunately, production of the series may have been a breach of contract.
Abraham claims that his estate owns the likeness of his daughter and the legal right over her portrayal in media, including her name and voice. Added to that, the suit alleges that Perez had explicitly agreed in 1995 beforehand that he would not exploit Selena's image within "any manner or medium," which includes using her likeness in books or film.
It is currently unclear if the 2012 book in itself caused as break in the contract, as Perez had previously claimed in a released statement that it had been published with Abraham's permission and approval, although the book was reportedly written beforehand without the family's prior knowledge.
It is also currently believed that production on the potential television series, which was reportedly announced weeks before the suit had been filed, has been halted as well.
According to reports, Selena's family has worked this year to promote the late singer's image, such as a wax likeness at the Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, a MAC Cosmetics makeup line, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. A Corpus Christi native, the singer was also recently inducted into the Texas Women's Hall of Fame at Texas Woman's University this past October.
In 1997, a biopic was produced, titled "Selena," casting Jennifer Lopez in the lead. Perez had been portrayed by boxer-turned actor Jon Seda and the singer's father was played by Edward James Olmos. Actress Lupe Ontiveros played Yolanda Saldívar, Selena's killer and former fan-club president.


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The Saturday Read 'LIT UP: One Reporter, Three Schools. Twenty-Four Books That Can Change Lives.' by David Denby
If you believe that the humanities are as critical as STEM skills in the 21st century workplace, take a trip back to high school with David Denby and this week's Saturday Read, 'LIT UP': One Reporter. Three Schools. Twenty-Four Books That Can Change Lives.
We have this basic disconnect in our workplace today that is pitting generalists against specialists. The consequences are trickling down into our public education system.
If you're a parent considering where to invest in your child's college education, you're probably looking at 'vocational' programs that 'guarantee' a job at graduation. If you're that same parent, but now in the role of organization executive, you realize your recruiting efforts must consider 'cultural contribution'; potential in addition to skill set. If you're a student, you hear 'STEM good, humanities bad; or worse, a waste of time'.
Writing in The New Yorker in February, Mr. Denby addressed the challenge in advocating for the humanities in today's skill driven education/employer complex. He cited recent state government efforts to offer 'bonus premiums' in financial aid to students enrolled in STEM degree programs by cutting funding to students in the humanities.
"Lifetime readers know that reading literature can be transformative, but they can't prove it. If they tried, they would have to buck the metric prejudice, the American notion that assertions unsupported with statistics are virtually meaningless. What they know about literature and its effects is literally and spiritually immeasurable. They would have to buck common marketplace wisdom, too: in an economy demanding "skill sets"—defined narrowly as technical and business skills—that deep-reading stuff won't get you anywhere."
In 'LIT UP' David Denby is searching for the magic that transforms a young reader into a lifetime reader. "How do you establish reading pleasure in busy screen-loving teenagers – and in particular, pleasure in reading serious work? Is it still possible to raise teenagers who can't live without reading something good? Or is that idea absurd? And could the struggle to create such hunger have any effect on the character of boys and girls?"
He chooses to go back to school for the 2011-12 academic year at Beacon, a New York City magnet high school, at the time located on West 61st St, observing teacher Sean Leon's tenth grade English class.
"School was the place to find out. And students in the tenth grade, I thought, were the right kids to look at. Recent work by neuroscientists has established that adolescence, as well as early childhood, is a period of tremendous "neuroplasticity". At that age, the brain still has a genuine capacity to change."
The book is structured by months, and reading selections. Mr. Leon introduces each book with inventive assignments, questions and at one point, a 'digital fast'. Mr. Denby provides thumbnail plot sketches to shake the cobwebs from our 'required reading' memories. And we meet the students, by pseudonym, in their reactions to the literature.
At one point, the author gives the students a questionnaire to find out what books they read on their own, and their favorite authors. He finds three 'real readers' in a class of 32. "…unfairly or not, I was sorry that among Mr. Leon's students there were no mad enthusiasms, no crazy loves, no compulsive reading of every book by a single author…"
In writing the book, he was encouraged by colleagues to create a scalable review, contrary to his initial approach, resisting quantification, and observing "a single place where literary education seemed to be working."
He realized that you can't clone Beacon's Sean Leon. He wanted other teachers to learn from Leon's methods, but realized additional perspectives would add to his narrative.
"Typicality and comprehensiveness remained impossible to achieve, but variety was not. I delayed finishing the book, and, in the academic year 2013-14, I visited tenth-grade English classes in two other public schools – shuttling up many times during the year to James Hillhouse High School, an inner-city school in New Haven with a largely poor African American population; and five times in the spring to a school in a wealthy New York suburb, Mamaroneck, a "bedroom town" in the language of the fifties, where people sent their kids to good schools."
Mr. Denby's appendix includes the reading lists for each of the schools he visited and a 'where are they now?' college destination roster of the Beacon English Class of 2014. "There is, of course, no ideal reading list, no perfect syllabus, no perfect classroom manner, but only strategies that work or don't work. In a reading crisis, we are pragmatists as well as idealists."
"Teenagers, distracted, busy, self-obsessed, are not easy to engage – not by their teachers or by their parents. To keep them in the game, the teachers I watched experimented, altered the routine, changing the physical dimensions of the class. They kept the kids off balance in order to put them back in balance. They demanded more of students than the students expected to give."
This is a book for parents, parents who are business leaders; teachers and the politicians who minimize their value; and students. We're in a reading crisis and we need folks who have emotional intelligence, who can think, judge, make decisions and create a vision for an enterprise within a global world view.
"Teachers are the most maligned and ignored professionals in American life. In the humanities, the good ones are as central to our emotional and moral life as priests, ministers, rabbis, and imams. The good ones are not sheepish or silent in defense of literature and history and the rest. They can't be; the children's lives are right before them. In high-school English, if the teachers are shrewd and willing to take a few risks, they will try to reach the students where they live emotionally. They will engage, for instance, with "naïve" existential questions (what do I live for?) and also adolescent fascination with "dark" moods and the fear of being engulfed by adult society. Shakespeare, Mary Shelley, Poe, Hawthorne, Twain, Stevenson, Orwell, Vonnegut, and many others wrote about such things. And if teachers can make books important to kids—and forge the necessary link to pleasure and need—those kids may turn off the screens. At least for a few vital hours."
The week@work – A vacancy on the Supreme Court, the power of creative cross training, deciding to 'jump ship' and targeting teachers
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The headline story of the week@work came with the late Saturday evening announcement of the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia. The theme of transition was echoed in other stories this week, on creative cross-training and deciding when to make your next career move. If you are a teacher, you may be considering both, as educational reform efforts seem to be targeting those leading the classroom vs. students.
A few hours before the Republican candidates were to take the stage in their on-going interview process for the job of U.S. president, news broke that conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia had died. Within seconds, it seemed, politicians were redefining the rules on the naming of a successor. In terms of job openings, it's one of the most coveted appointments in government. The vacancy in the judicial branch will be added to the open position of President and 469 seats in Congress on November 8. It's enough to overwhelm your average Human Resources manager. Oh, wait, we are the human resources manager here. Time to start paying attention to resumes and experience.
Most of us hope to find meaning in our work, and make some impact on our community with our efforts. For Justice Scalia, his impact was described by Jeffrey Toobin for The New Yorker.
"The loss of Justice Antonin Scalia is immensely significant on two levels. First, Scalia himself ranks among the most influential Justices in American history, alongside such figures as John Marshall, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., and William Brennan. Second, Scalia was the linchpin of the Supreme Court's five-justice conservative majority. His departure gives President Obama—or a Democratic successor—the opportunity to reshape the ideological balance among the Justices.
When Scalia joined the court, in 1986, the leading school of constitutional interpretation was the "living Constitution"—the claim that the meaning of the document evolves with changes in American society. Scalia brought with him the concept of "originalism"—that the Constitution should be interpreted as its eighteenth-century framers understood it. In practical terms, originalism gives constitutional sanction to conservative politics.
In interpreting laws, he was the leading spokesperson for "textualism," the idea that, when interpreting laws, courts should look not to legislative history, or congressional "intent," but rather only to the words of the law itself. While originalism remains controversial within the legal community, textualism won support from nearly all his colleagues (all except Stephen Breyer). This means that the Justices will limit the reach of laws to their precise terms, expanding the court's power over Congress."
Srinivas Rao writes about 'The Power of Creative Cross Training: How Experimentation Creates Possibility'.
Although he is describing the careers of creative professionals, his suggestions to immerse yourself in tangential activities to broaden your thinking and portfolio, has broad application across career disciplines.
"For most creative professionals, we have a tendency to live within the limitations of our labels: copywriter, web designer, filmmaker, illustrator, and author. Those are the things we do and we get paid for.
The point of creative cross training is to immerse yourself for a short period of time in an art form that is not your primary one. For a writer that could mean designing or drawing something. For a visual artist, that could mean learning to write code."
An entrepreneur doesn't have the luxury of labels, and must continually cross train to develop a suite of skills in marketing, finance, customer relations and communication. If you have the mindset of an entrepreneur, creative cross training will become your mandatory daily ritual to stay competitive irrespective of profession.
Creative cross training allows you to take ownership of your career and be prepared for changes @work. Paul Sullivan explored the risks for folks who have 'jumped ship', leaving a stable career to pursue a passion.
"…a Gallup Poll in October found that when American workers make a career change, they almost always do so by leaving their employer instead of taking a new job within the company. Some 93 percent said they took a new role elsewhere. The survey found this was true whether the job change occurred 30 years ago or within the last year.
…consider the tale of DeJuan Stroud, a former Wall Street broker and compliance officer…he gave up his well-paid job and put their modest savings at risk to turn a hobby — floral design, which he had learned from his grandmother growing up in Alabama — into a business.
Now, two decades later, Mr. Stroud is one of the most sought-after floral and event designers in New York City.
His is a success story. But there are big risks in following a similar path — giving up a regular salary and losing your savings for one; throwing away the security of a career is another. For those who go forward, the payoff may be more psychic than monetary, and they need to feel comfortable that the chance of a more modest lifestyle is worth it."
For some reason, its become ok in our society to devalue the folks who inspire, encourage and transfer knowledge to each generation. Well, it's not ok and David Denby urges us to 'Stop Humiliating Teachers'.
"A necessary commonplace: Almost everyone we know has been turned around, or at least seriously shaken, by a teacher—in college, maybe, but often in high school, often by a man or a woman who drove home a point or two about physics, literature, or ethics, and looked at us sternly and said, in effect, You could be more than what you are. At their best, teachers are everyday gods, standing at the entryway to the world. If they are fair and good, they are possibly the most morally impressive adults that their students will ever know. For a while, they are the law, they are knowledge, they are justice.
Our view of American public education in general has been warped by our knowledge of these failing kids in inner-city and rural schools. In particular, the system as a whole has been described by "reformers" as approaching breakdown. But this is nonsense. There are actually many good schools in the United States—in cities, in suburbs, in rural areas. Pathologizing the system as a whole, reformers insist on drastic reorganization, on drastic methods of teacher accountability. In the past dozen or so years, we've seen the efforts, often led by billionaires and hedge-fund managers and supported by elected officials, to infuse K-12 education with models and methods derived from the business world—for instance, the drive to privatize education as much as possible with charter schools, which receive public money but are independently run and often financed by entrepreneurs. This drive is accompanied by a stream of venom aimed at unions, as if they were the problem in American education. (Most charter schools hire non-union teachers.) In the real world, however, highly unionized areas of the country, such as the Northeast, produce students with scores higher than the national average in standardized tests; the Deep South, where union teachers are more scarce, produces scores that are lower. So unions alone can hardly be the problem."
Many recent college graduates, and career changers consider teaching as a career. In reality, our society values the profession at 70% of what peers in other professions earn. Teachers may not be motivated by money, but that doesn't allow the rest of us to abdicate our responsibility. It's time to place a higher premium on those who significantly influence our future.
Two additional articles of interest to consider this week@work:
'Women in Company Leadership Tied to Stronger Profits, Study Says' by Daniel Victor "Having women in the highest corporate offices is correlated with increased profitability, according to a new study of nearly 22,000 publicly traded companies in 91 countries."
'Why do my co-workers keep confusing me with other people? Because I'm Asian.' by Iris Kuo "All my life I've been mistaken for other people of my race. It's a degrading and thoughtless error that boils away my identity and simplifies me as one thing: "that Asian."


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Taboo Or to Do: Is Christianity Complementary With Yoga, Martial Arts, Hallowe'en
by Ross Clifford, Philip Johnson
Paperback|Aug 2016
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The church today in its evangelical/missional desire to reach the "spiritual but not religious" and the "nones" is adapting spiritual practices that have their roots in East Asian religions or in disciplines that emerge from New Age/New Spirituality. This book sifts through some of these popular practices that some individual Christians and local churches are adapting but of which others are wary, and asks whether or not they should really be considered off-limits.
Today, some Christians - as part of their own personal growth - and some churches - as part of their desire to reach the 'spiritual but not religious' - are adapting spiritual practices that have their roots in East Asian religions or in disciplines that emerge from New Age and New Spirituality. Other voices within the Church are wary of, and in some cases condemn, involvement with such practices. This book sifts through some of the most popular practices and asks whether or not they should really be considered off-limits for Christians, or incompatible with the way of Jesus. Each chapter provides a brief history of the alternative practice in focus, followed by an assessment of its strengths and weaknesses within a Christian framework, and a case study of a church interacting with the practice. Taboo or To Do? includes a Foreword by John Drane.
Department Academic
Category Christian Worldview
Sub-Category Social Issues
Publisher Darton, Longman & Todd
Publication Date Aug 2016
Philip Johnson is an adjunct lecturer at Morling Theological College, Sydney, where he teaches New Spirituality and Missional Engagement. With Ross Clifford, Philip co-founded the Community of Hope which pioneered ministry into Mind.Body.Spirit lifestyle festivals. The pair have co-written a number of internationally published books on contemporary spirituality, including Jesus and the Gods of the New Age and The Cross is Not Enough: Living as Witnesses to the Resurrection.
Ross Clifford
Ross Clifford is a former lawyer and radio presenter, and is currently Principal of Morling Theological College in Sydney Australia (University of Divinity and Australian College of Theology), where he teaches on New Spirituality and Missional Engagement. Ross is past President of the Baptist Union of Australia and President of the Asia Pacific Baptist Federation. With Philip Johnson, Ross co-founded the Community of Hope which pioneered ministry into Mind.Body.Spirit lifestyle festivals. The pair have co-written a number of internationally published books on contemporary spirituality, including Jesus and the Gods of the New Age and The Cross is Not Enough: Living as Witnesses to the Resurrection.
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SOCIALISM IN AMERICA
Who doesn't like free stuff? The short answer is "no one." (By the way, is there a greater word in the English language than "stuff?" Very descriptive. It can mean whatever one wants it to.) Anyway, we all like freebies, especially if the other guy is paying for it.
That, my friends, is the essence of socialism. Share and share alike. You should not keep more than you really need, and you should give some to me. You're ambitious and work hard; I'm not and take it easy; and we both share in the proceeds. As Wikipedia puts it, individuals don't own property; everything is owned by the collective group, and the government controls production, distribution and virtually everything else. To me, it is akin to communism. (Think how things worked in the former Soviet Union.)
To take this point further, the philosophy is that any success you, as an individual, may have had is attributable, not to your hard work, intelligence, ingenuity, and determination, but to the government and the system. Remember President Obama's proclamation that "you didn't build it." (As many of you know, his odd statement became the inspiration for the title of my blog.) Under socialism, in essence, the "haves' pay for and support the "have nots." Paradoxically, despite ample evidence that socialism has never been successful in any country, ever, its popularity is spreading, even to the US. Ah, the lure of "freebies." More on that later.
The roots of socialism, with its basic tenant of common ownership of property, can be traced all the way back to ancient Greece and the philosophers Plato and Aristotle. Socialism in America can trace its lineage to the early 19th century and utopian experiments, such as the New Harmony, the Shakers, Brook Farm and the Oneida Community, among others. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the movement was influenced by the philosophy of such as Karl Marx, Lenin and Trotsky.
The Soviet Union was the biggest socialism/communism experiment. As those who follow history know, eventually, its economy imploded. More recently, socialism has failed in Cuba, Venezuela, and elsewhere. As we have seen time and again, inevitably a system that relies on common ownership and government controls while stifling free enterprise and individual incentives is doomed to failure. Inevitably the government runs out of money to pay for all the services it provides.
Additionally, the claim of share and share alike is bogus. In socialist countries a very small elite class always develops, which garners the lion's share of resources, and the vast majority of the people are plagued by severe shortages of food and other necessities. For example, according to Wikipedia, the food shortage in Venezuela is so acute that some 80% of the people claim they are unable to afford sufficient food to sustain themselves. Those who have been to Cuba will note the desperate living conditions of the non-privileged, especially those residing outside the areas normally seen by tourists.
Some people point to the Nordic countries of Norway, Sweden and Denmark as socialist success stories, but that is misleading and premature. Firstly, their open border policies have resulted in a flood of immigrants, which will, inevitably place a severe, and possibly fatal, burden on their social and economic structure and potentially bankrupt the government. Secondly, given the high volume of immigrants relative to the size of the native population of these countries there is a real concern that their traditional cultural and social identities will be drastically altered, and not for the better. There is ample evidence that this is already occurring, especially in Sweden, which is being plagued by increases in violent crimes, such as murder, rape and anti-Semitism. Thirdly, they spend very little on the military. Norway maintains armed forces of about 25,000; Sweden maintains around 20,000, including reserves; and Denmark only 5,000 when fully mobilized. They rely on the US and NATO for defense. Obviously, the US's military needs are considerably greater and more expensive.
Furthermore, most of Western Europe has been turning increasingly socialist, in varying degrees and with varying results, mostly bad. Those who have been following the news in France, Germany, Italy and the UK in recent years are cognizant of this. The empirical evidence of the negative impact of socialism and open borders in these countries is plain to see for anyone who cares to look. This is very instructive to Americans as the Democratic Party moves further to the left toward outright socialism and open borders. Bernie Sanders, who admits to being a Socialist, almost won the Democratic nomination in 2016 (and probably would have if the "fix" had not been in for Hillary). Don't be fooled by the term, "progressive." In this case it is a misnomer, a more acceptable description of the Dems' brand of socialism.
Do you doubt me? Listen to the parade of speakers at the recent Netroots Nation conclave in New Orleans. If you've never heard of Netroots, I suggest you research it. I think they are very radical and dangerous. They espouse programs like open borders, abolishing ICE, deposing President Trump (via impeachment or violence), universal free education pre-K through college, universal healthcare, and other similar nanny-state programs. Sounds good, but they have no conception of how to pay for these goodies. If you do the math you will quickly ascertain that there is no way to do so. They don't care. They aim to entice voters with the prospect of freebies, and there is evidence that it is working.
In 2015 a Gallop poll disclosed that 47% of Americans would support a socialist candidate for president. The movement seems to be particularly enticing to young people. A November 2017 YouGov poll disclosed that a majority of Americans aged 21-29 prefer socialism to capitalism and believe that capitalism works against them. I believe that many, if not most, of the Americans who support socialism don't have the foggiest notion of what it is, its track record, or what it would mean for America. But, their votes would still count.
If you think these people are a radical fringe outside the mainstream of the Democratic Party, think again. The speakers at the Netroots convention who supported these ideas included Elizabeth Warren, Cory Booker, Cynthia Nixon, and Alexandria Ocasio-Nixon, each of whom has expressed ambitions for political office, up to and including president. Moreover, many of these same programs have been supported, or at least not contradicted, by Dem leaders such as Nancy Pelosi, Bernie Sanders, Chuck Schumer, and Maxine Waters.
Not only has the Dem Party been moving sharply to the left, many of its leaders have been advocating violence against those who disagree with them. For example, Maxine Waters has been advocating confronting Trump supporters wherever you find them. People have been accosted in restaurants, movie theatres and at a Congressional softball game. Antifa thugs have routinely attacked speakers or peaceful demonstrators at rallies supporting moderate and conservative ideas. To me, this is excessive and dangerous. One Congressman has already been shot. Eventually, someone who is minding his own business is going to be killed. I understand that some people are unhappy with the direction of the country. However, the American way to seek change is at the polls, not through name-calling and violence.
The socialist new left no longer seems open to dialogue or debate. If you disagree with them you are branded as evil and racist, a misogynist, or a white supremist. The "Nazi" label has been used so routinely that it does a real disservice to those who were murdered in the Holocaust by real Nazis.
In my view, the fact that moderate, responsible Dem leaders, such as Nancy Pelosi and Chuck Schumer have not spoken out as voices of reason is most disconcerting. Do they support these ideas, or are they afraid of hurting their political standing, or perhaps, a little of both? Time for real leaders to stand up, guys.
Most of the media has chosen to ignore or downplay the aforementioned developments. Consequently, many voters are unaware of what is happening and the consequences. If left unchecked we could easily follow down the path of Western Europe.
Hopefully, these far left, socialist candidates will be roundly rejected at the polls. If not, the country will be heading for trouble.
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US HISTORY QUIZ
THE QUEEN OF SOUL


August. 2016. Sitting opposite me on the train to London, an old woman pulls out a copy of Silvina Ocampo's Thus Were Their Faces and begins to read. I wait for a while, a palpable itching in my palms. Then I speak. I reach out to her, indicate that I'm also an adherent of that obscure faith. That we share something. I ask her about Borges, and Bioy Casares. About Tlön, and fiction, and creation. About feminism before it had a name. About Angela Carter and Leonora Carrington, about Kirsty Logan. If it were a year later, we'd talk about Camilla Grudova too.
Books are a secret society with a handshake and a badge. They extend out of the immediate experience, and slip into our view of the world. We share books with friends, we recommend and extoll writers who move us, who make us think. The first thing I do (and if I know you IRL, then I've definitely done this, so take this as a confession) when entering someone's home is to subtly scour the bookshelves. I want to know what you read, what books you've kept, whether they're in hardback, or a tattered paperback that's been seen too many satchels and too many rainstorms. I judge people based on what they're reading right now. You have a copy of Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent on your desk? You're alright by me. You read comics? I'm looking at the publisher, and if it's an independent press, then you just won points.
Books are a communicable pathogen.
That's partly what makes my heart sink when I see a Kindle. Not the technology (about which I've written elsewhere and with some occasional spiky turns of phrase), but the hiddenness of the damn thing. I see a Kindle on the tube, or a train, and a little bit of my social spirit dies. I want to know what someone is reading. I want to smile when I see a book by an author I like. I want to grin when it's someone I know, or who deserves a wider audience. The Kindle denies me that. It buries the smile behind a plastic mask.
How do we make Ambient Literature a communicable pathogen?
We have word of mouth, of course. The marketer's friend. We can hope that each audience member finds something to like about it. Enough to share a link, a remark and a recommendation. But that doesn't address what I find so wonderful about the book as an object. The indefinable quality that makes me want to talk to someone because they're reading something I've read too. A need to share the experience of a text, to see it out in the wild and recognise something.
Ambient Literature aspires to be embedded in the fabric of the city, to fade into the background until it is noticed, until it is experienced and then it provides an insight into the way in which we see space, and place. How we relate to the world around us as storyable. As stories that we can tell each other.
an aside – my friend, John Clute, remarks that pure story is not a lesson, but the thing told1. He suggests that metaphor (when used to disguise and demean that which is honestly told) isn't always a necessary feature of story. Take that at face value and the experience of being within a story is pure story. Metaphor provides no respite from story in Ambient Literature.
Where does that leave us though? Where is the train journey wherein I encounter (fictionally. Sorry — it didn't happen exactly like that) a reader of the same obscure Argentine writer of whom I am enamoured? How do we recognise fellow adherents? Do we need to issue you all with a badge? Pinned surreptitiously inside a lapel and turned outward at the right moment? Poetically, we might wish for a clique of Ambient readers, all sporting the same, starry-eyed gaze when walking through a specific (or non-specific) locale.
Genuinely though, it's a problem to be addressed by the project as a whole. A frequent criticism of digital literature is that it will only ever be a niche pursuit, that it can't break into a mainstream. I don't have a huge problem with that2, and am broadly happy that we work to establish an interesting niche. Niches, after all, are where the interesting stuff happens. They're where we look for the new, the provocative, the wayfinders of form. A pathogen would be nice though.
Following up – I'm not exactly sure what that solves? We can track users of Ambient Lit pieces (not that we're going to – but it's a technological possibility) during their experience, and for It Must Have Been Dark by Then we'll know where they begin (geographically – it's a curated piece each time it runs). Is that what you're proposing?
If the concern here is about visibility, (or at least the opportunity to know what someone else is reading to spark conversation or promotion ) then I think we just need to think a little into the future. The problem with ebooks described seems a very 'now' issue to me.
We've already seen the application of geo technology to dating apps, ones that let you know who you've walked past. It would be very easy to imagine a similar sharing to a digital reading system, so you can see and share what you are currently reading. Jump a little bit further forward and we move into a world where AR is a commonplace, which would not only offer reading experiences that are really 'embedded in the fabric of the city' but also would allow for visual (or other forms) of sharing the work with passers by.
I can imagine all kind of things.. what about haptic response that changes the balance of your reading device the more people around are reading the same thing?
The terminology to describe 'It Must Have Been Dark by Then' might be hard to shape, but its actual form involves a physical book, and even with the added audio layers it uses the same sharing methods you describe from all books, you can see that someone is reading it. The challenge here I think is not it's invisibility, but instead isolation. The reader is also wearing headphones that cut them off from the world, and so also from the enquiries of 'fellow adherents'.
Audio as a true AR system is becoming possible ( https://www.wired.com/2016/04/doppler-here-review-superhuman-hearing/ ), combine this kind of thing with visual AR and we'll be getting somewhere.


Venue: 52km Bergville, Bencor Boerdery (Old Farmers Hall) / 21km Ladysmith Sport Centre.
• FINISH - Ladysmith Sport Centre.
• START 07:00 am - Ladysmith Sport Centre.
The race is run in accordance with the rules of IAAF, ASA and KZNA.
Free Bus transport will be available from Ladysmith to Bergville before the race.
• Race numbers must be displayed on the front of the vest and the 2014 licence number on the back of the vest. Age category tags must be displayed on the front and back to qualify for an age category prize. Proof of age must be produced by category winners on race day.
• Saturday, 12th April 2014 at the Bergville Farmer's Hall from 04h30 to 05h30.
• Saturday, 12th April 2014 from 06h00 to 06h:55 at the Ladysmith Sports Complex.
• Seconding is NOT permitted.
• There will be refreshment stations to take care of requirements of ALL runners (fast and social). In addition all normal (liquid) refreshments will be provided at the end of the race.
• 2014 licence numbers; age; category and walker tags MUST be displayed on the front and back of vests / crop-tops and MUST be clearly visible.
• Temporary Licence number must be displayed on the back. Temp licence runners to wear plain colour vests with NO advertising.
• Refreshments will be Provided and NO Seconding and Pacing Allowed.
• Athletes MUST Obey Race Officials, Marshalls and Traffic Officers.
• All LICENCED runners must wear their Club Kit.
• Three Hours or 10h00.
• Prizegiving for the N3TC Arthur Cresswell Memorial 52km Marathon will be at 13h00.
• Prizegiving for the N3TC 21km Half Marathon will be staggered throughout the morning.
• GOLD MEDALS to the first three (3) finishers and all category winners.
• SILVER MEDALS to runners who finish under 4 hours.
• BRONZE MEDALS to all athletes finishing within six hours and 30 minutes.
• Medals will be provided to all finishers of the N3TC Half Marathon and the Khanyisile Foundation Fun Run.
This race is run largely in open country. It is relatively easy but there is Child's Hill to negotiate between the 12-kilometre and 18-kilometre marks, which is quite a test of fitness. Once you are over this hill, at about 30 kilometres, cross the N3 and turn onto a sand road. This provides a welcome break from the visual monotony as you run through forest and farm areas. After the turn back onto the main Ladysmith Road you will find some testing pulls at about 45 kilometres. Here it is hot and hard, but the end is near. The run into Ladysmith is easy and mainly downhill.
In consideration of acceptance of my entry, I for myself, my executors, heirs, administrators and assigns, do hereby release and discharge the Arthur Cresswell Memorial Marathon, any and all sponsors, any and all volunteer groups, all medical personnel, and all local authorities from all claims for injuries, damage or property loss that I may suffer arising out of my participation in this event, including pre- and post activities. I am physically fit and sufficiently trained to participate in all the events that make up the Challenge and assume all risk for such participation. I accept all rules, conditions and regulation, which include the terms of payment of the entry fee and will comply with them. Also, I grant permission to the Arthur Cresswell Memorial Marathon and its authorised agents to use my name, photographs, video tapes, broadcast and telecast for advertising promotion or other account free of charge.


When I moved here, many moons ago, I never had to ask my brother why they call Montana Big Sky Country.
Back when I moved here, my brother and I would go to Sturgis, S.D., every year. One time on our way home we stopped to relieve ourselves. It was about 3 a.m. When I looked up, I had never seen so many stars. It was a major site.
Well, I didn't take a picture as cellphones weren't big then, but I will always remember that night.
The other morning I was having a smoke. This is what I saw.


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24 February 2016 / Arts & Entertainment
How Rude! 'Full House' Porn Parody 'Full Holes' Released Ahead Of Netflix Reboot
Just this morning, the AV Club quipped that new Netflix nostalgia reboot Fuller House had all the quality of "a porn parody" just "without the porn."
Well, as luck would have it, now there's an actual porn parody, released two days before the real thing drops. "Have Mercy!," as Thrillist observes, has never sounded any dirtier as a catch phrase.
Full Holes, which pillories the good-clean-fun humor of the sitcom, is the handiwork of PornHub.com and smut parody artists Woodrocket. Here is the link which is not safe for work (NSFW) as it is contains pornography.
Sadly, the non-sex-including version has been taken down, so here are just a few screengrabs.
What appears to work so well about the parody? The cheesiness of porn dialogue has a great bedfellow in the total whackness of sitcom dialogue.
And, get this line: "I'm no Uber driver, but I'd be glad to touch you."
Wow. That serves to establish the San Francisco setting better than any shot of the Golden Gate bridge could.
Previously: Video: 'Fuller House' Complete Trailer Is Here And It's Like The '90s Never Ended
Day Around The Bay: Carol Burnett Is Coming To Town!
Supervisor Jane Kim and other city leaders are crying foul after it appears that UCSF fired a group of subcontracted, Chinese-speaking janitors who had worked for the hospital for years after they organized
ISIS Threatens Mark Zuckerberg, Jack Dorsey
A video surfaced today that appears to show the faces of Jack Dorsey and Mark Zuckerberg, the CEOs of Twitter and Facebook respectively, riddled with bullet holes. The alleged group behind the threat?


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Alta Devices Breaks Solar-Cell Record
Silicon Valley startup gives details about its technology for making highly efficient yet inexpensive solar cells.
by Kevin Bullis
A startup that has been working in stealth mode for several years says it has achieved a record solar-cell efficiency of 28.2 percent, nearing the theoretical maximum of 33.5 percent. The mark is roughly 2 percentage points higher than a record set last year—a major advance in an industry that typically measures improvements in tenths of a percent. Alta Devices, founded in 2007 and based in Santa Clara, California, says its innovative techniques lend themselves to large-scale manufacturing.
Improving efficiency is essential if solar power is to be competitive with fossil fuels. Increasing the power output of individual solar cells reduces the number of cells needed per installation and also cuts the cost of things such as installation, wiring, and electronics for connecting the panels to the grid.
Alta Devices researchers worked with gallium arsenide to improve inherent properties that make it "almost an ideal solar-cell material," says Harry Atwater, a professor of applied physics at Caltech and cofounder of the company. When a solar cell absorbs sunlight, some of the energy in the sunlight generates electrons that are quickly extracted from the cell to make electricity. If the electrons are not extracted fast enough, they decay, releasing their energy as either heat or light. Losing the energy as heat reduces both the voltage and the amount of current the cell can make, reducing power output. But if the electron instead produces light, the light can be reabsorbed by the solar cell to generate another electron, providing another chance for the energy in sunlight to become electricity.
In gallium arsenide, almost all of the electrons produce light rather than heat. In the highest-quality examples of the material, the cycle of light production and reabsorption can happen 100 times per incoming photon, providing a high probability that an electron produced will eventually be extracted to generate electricity. To achieve its record solar-cell efficiency, Alta Devices researchers developed chemical treatments for cracks in the material, which otherwise have a tendency to trap electrons and cause them to release their energy as heat. They also worked to improve a surface at the back of the cell to ensure that photons generated are reflected back into the material, thereby increasing the probability that they will generate electricity.
Significantly, the researchers were able to achieve high efficiency with techniques that Atwater says could be used in inexpensive manufacturing. Gallium-arsenide solar cells have been expensive to produce because they are made of very high quality wafers of the semiconductor, similar to those used in computer chips. To cut costs, Alta Devices is using a technique called epitaxial liftoff, an early version of which was pioneered by Alta Devices cofounder Eli Yablonovitch in the 1980s. In the current version of the technique, the wafer is used as a template for growing very thin layers of crystalline material to form a solar cell. These layers are then freed from the wafer with chemical etching and lifted off, allowing the wafer to be used again.
Atwater says the company is working to improve epitaxial liftoff and to develop better ways to grow the crystalline layers on the wafer. The current method, called chemical vapor deposition, is too slow to make cheap solar cells.
The high-efficiency cells Alta Devices has produced are small, one-off devices. The company's larger solar modules have lower efficiency—about 21 percent. Typically as companies switch to high-throughput production, efficiencies drop by several points. Alta Devices also needs to demonstrate that the high-efficiency cells will last for decades when exposed to the elements without a significant degradation of their performance.
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Hogs: Football Notes for Feb. 11
FAYETTEVILLE — Arkansas coach Bret Bielema introduced new defensive coordinator Robb Smith on Monday morning.
But Bielema revealed something else that caught everyone's attention in response to a question near the end of the press conference.
Alex Collins, who topped the 1,000-yard rushing mark as a freshman last season, has been suspended from the team for a week. Bielema didn't reveal specific reasons for the suspension, but said Collins isn't participating in football-related activities.
"We'll evaluate where he's at a week from now," Bielema said. "I just basically told our guys we have zero tolerance. We're in this thing all together. … Alex will be out this week, see how he handles this week and get ourselves moving forward. You'll probably see that he is not going to be as active on Twitter and everything else as well. He's been removed from all social media until further notice."
Collins isn't the first player to be removed from the team for a week during the offseason. Bielema said last Wednesday that safety/running back Korliss Marshall was one of three players who also spent some time away from the program.
Bielema said Marshall and the two others — wide receiver Nathan Crouch and running back Bubba Jenkins — have returned to football activities.
"We're in an eight-week window of winter conditioning. Four weeks have gone by, and if you're not moving forward you're not helping us at all," Bielema said about the suspensions. "We need to see guys make physical gains, strength gains and then definitely in the academic area. And if somebody is lacking in those three areas, it's pretty easy for me to remove the football side of it until they figure it out, because that usually makes kids a little bit more accountable."
Collins will not participate in weight lifting or conditioning sessions with the team during his week-long suspension. He won't participate in any other football-related items as well until permitted to return to the team.
Bielema said Collins will receive other punishment, too, from one-on-one sessions with Arkansas strength and conditioning coach Ben Herbert.
"He's a tremendous young man that has to step up in certain areas to get where we want to be and I think he'll do that," Bielema said about Collins.