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The 427th Aircraft Sustainment Group is an inactive United States Air Force (USAF) organization. Its last assignment was with the 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, where it was inactivated in 2010.

The group was first activated during World War II as the 27th Air Transport Group at RAF Hendon in 1943 as a logistics support organization for Eighth Air Force.  The group provided intra-theater airlift services and ferried aircraft to combat units in the European Theater of Operations.  One of its squadrons conducted aeromedical evacuation using single engine Noorduyn C-64 Norseman aircraft.  The group moved from England to France in 1944.  A detachment of the group conducted special operations in Sweden and Norway from December 1944 until V-E Day.  The group was inactivated in France in October 1945.  The 27th group was disbanded while inactive on 8 October 1948.

In 1985, USAF reconstituted the group as the 427th Tactical Airlift Group, but it was never active under that designation.  It was activated in 2008 as the 427th Aircraft Sustainment Group and provided support for the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress.  In 2010, the group was inactivated as AFMC returned to its traditional use of staff offices, rather than military units, for logistics management.

History

World War II

The group was first activated in the spring of 1943 as the 27th Air Transport Group at RAF Hendon, England to provide air transportation for Eighth Air Force.  The group was activated to give a formal organization to several airlift operations that were already serving VIII Air Force Service Command.  The first was located at Prestwick Airport, acting as a center for the receipt of combat crews and aircraft arriving from the United States.  The second, located at Heathrow Airport provided communications support for command headquarters, and also operated a passenger and freight operation at RAF Hendon.  The third and fourth locations, RAF Warton and Portreath, were involved in receiving replacement aircraft and dispatching them to combat units.  After Operation Torch in November 1942, Warton also managed shipments of freight from England to the Mediterranean Theater of Operations.  When the group was activated, the Hendon operation became the 86th Transport Squadron and that at Warton became the 87th Transport Squadron. Prestwick operations fell under the 519th Service Squadron, while the 520th Service Squadron was activated at Portreath.

Five additional ferrying and transport squadrons were assigned to the group in the winter of 1943.  The 310th Ferrying Squadron was located at Warton and took over the ferrying mission formerly performed by the 87th Squadron.  The 87th then augmented the services of Air Transport Command in moving priority freight and passengers.  This mission occasionally involved the operation of Consolidated C-87 Liberator Express aircraft on flights across the Atlantic.  The 325th Ferrying Squadron at Heston operated a series of air traffic detachments at locations throughout the United Kingdom.

In the fall of 1944, the group was transferred to the 302d Transport Wing along with the 31st Transport Group of Ninth Air Force. It lost its group commander, Col. Arnold, and most of its staff to the new wing.  The group began to taper off its operations in the United Kingdom and transfer its operations to the continent of Europe, although the 325th squadron remained in the United Kingdom to operate its ferrying detachments.  The group's squadrons, which had been spread over several bases in the United Kingdom, assembled at RAF Grove and moved in sequence to Le Bourget Airport. near Paris. France, led by the 320th Transport Squadron. In November, one of the group's original squadrons, the 87th was transferred from the group to the Base Air Depot Area.  The 87th was heavily involved in transporting fuel to General Patton's rapidly advancing Third Army.

Despite their designation, three of the group's four ferrying squadrons did not operate as such.  The 310th was, in effect, an additional transport squadron, while the 311th and 312th began to operate a theater school to train radio operators in the fall of 1944. One of the group's transport units, the 320th Transport Squadron, was equipped with Noorduyn UC-64 Norseman aircraft for medical evacuation missions.

In November 1944, ten Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and their crews were withdrawn from the group and attached to the 302d wing for what was termed Project A.  They were further detached the next month to the European Division of Air Transport Command's 1409th AAF Base Unit, becoming Operating Location 1409-1J.  These aircraft moved to Luleå Airport in northern Sweden, near the Norwegian border.  The operation, under the command of Colonel Bernt Balchen, was also known as Operation Where and When.  For the remainder of the war, they supported Norwegian "police" units, transporting hospital equipment, paratroops and supplies for Norwegian resistance forces.

Air transportation was the only means of communication in the area because of the mountains.  Normally available sea transport to the area's fjords was prevented by German mining operations.  The C-47s airlifted over 1000 troops to Kirkenes Airport, Norway, a former Luftwaffe field, that had been occupied by Soviet forces.  Operations were typically flown under radio silence at low altitudes, using the mountainous terrain to shield the aircraft from detection.  As the Norwegian troops advanced, operations began to be flown to Banak.  Operations became easier following V-E Day, when the flights could operate openly, even receiving weather information from stations still being operated by the Luftwaffe.

The group remained in the theater after the end of the war and was inactivated at Villacoublay Airfield near Paris on 15 October 1945.

Logistic operations
In 1985 the group was reconstituted and redesignated the 427th Tactical Airlift Group. However, the group remained inactive until January 2008, when it was activated at Tinker Air Force Base as the 427th Aircraft Sustainment Group and assigned to the 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing.  Its mission was logistical support for the Rockwell B-1 Lancer bomber, acting as the Systems Program Office for the Lancer.  The group refurbished approximately thirteen Lancers a year and implemented programs to reduce the time the aircraft spent in depots and to improve the availability of engines for forward deployed expeditionary units. It also managed the installation of laser "sniper pods" on the B-1 to enable it to target and engage in real time and perform instant bomb damage assessment.

In 2010, Air Force Materiel Command returned to its traditional organizational structure and the group was inactivated and replaced by the B-1 Sustainment Division of Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center.  Its three squadrons became the division's Production Support, Logistics Support, and Modification Support Branches.

Lineage
 Constituted as the 27th Air Transport Group
 Activated on 15 April 1943
 Inactivated on 15 October 1945
 Disbanded on 8 October 1948
 Reconstituted on 31 July 1985 and redesignated 427th Tactical Airlift Group
 Redesignated 427th Aircraft Sustainment Group
 Activated on 11 January 2008
 Inactivated on 30 June 2010

Assignments
 VIII Air Force Service Command (later Air Service Command, United States Strategic Air Forces): 15 April 1943
 302d Transport Wing: 1 September 1944
 Unknown: 5 April 1945
 302d Transport Wing: 18 July 1945 – 15 October 1945
 327th Aircraft Sustainment Wing: 11 January 2008 – 30 June 2010

Components

 86th Transport Squadron, 15 April 1943 – 15 October 1945
 87th Transport Squadron, 15 April 1943 – November 1944
 310th Ferrying Squadron, 1943 – 11 November 1944
 311th Ferrying Squadron, 1 November 1943 – April 1945 (attached to First Tactical Air Force after c. October 1944)
 312th Ferrying Squadron, 1 November 1943 – c. 15 September 1945
 312th Station Complement Squadron, c. 1 September 1944 – 11 November 1944, December 1944 – 12 April 1945
 320th Transport Squadron (Cargo & Mail), 1 November 1943 – 18 July 1945
 321st Transport Squadron (Cargo & Mail), 1 November 1943 – 11 November 1944
 325th Ferrying Squadron, 9 December 1943 – 9 December 1943
 519th Service Squadron, 15 April 1943 – c. 1 September 1944
 520th Service Squadron, 15 April 1943 – c. 1 September 1944
 553d Aircraft Sustainment Squadron, 11 January 2008 – 30 June 2010
 554th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron, 11 January 2008 – 30 June 2010
 555th Aircraft Sustainment Squadron, 11 January 20098 – 30 June 2010

Stations

 RAF Hendon, 14 April 1943
 RAF Heston, January 1944
 RAF Grove, c. 6 September 1944
 Le Bourget Airport, France, November 1944
 Villacoublay Airfield, France, March 1945 – 15 October 1945
 Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, 11 January 2008 – 30 June 2010

Aircraft
 Douglas C-47 Skytrain, 1943–1945
 Noorduyn UC-64 Norseman, 1944–1945

Campaigns

See also
 List of Douglas C-47 Skytrain operators

References

Notes
 Explanatory note

 Footnotes

Bibliography

External links
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Military units and formations established in 1985
Groups of the United States Air Force
1985 establishments in the United States

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This Christmas we celebrated in Washington with my family!! Christmas in Seattle is pretty much never snowy, but it was actually a really beautiful out. Nana flew all the way up from Arizona so it was wonderful to see her and have her meet Braden. We did a south-western themed Christmas Eve dinner :) Mom asked me to help set the table so I got to put stuff together on the fly for the table settings! I think it turned out pretty nice if I do say so myself haha. I especially love the Christmas cactus with its makeshift ornaments.


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Q: Power Query List.Generate performance I have a list of items (project keys) over which I need to iterate and call an API to return JSON payload (squad names). These responses need to be stored in a table that also has the item from the list which generated it like this:

Project Key
Squad

ProjectA
Squad1

ProjectA
Squad2

ProjectB
Squad2

My current query runs DOG slow and looks like this:
let
    Source = Excel.CurrentWorkbook(){[Name="projectList"]}[Content],
    #"Promoted Headers" = Table.PromoteHeaders(Source, [PromoteAllScalars=true]),
    #"Changed Type" = Table.TransformColumnTypes(#"Promoted Headers",{{"Project Key", type text}, {"Found in Jira", type logical}}),
    #"Filtered Rows" = Table.SelectRows(#"Changed Type", each ([Found in Jira] = true)),
    #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows",{"Found in Jira"}),
    tableOfProjects = #"Removed Columns",
    listOfProjects = Table.ToList(tableOfProjects),

    GetSquadValues = (ProjectKey) =>
        let
            SquadSource = Json.Document(Web.Contents("http://localhost:3000/rest/api/2/issue/createmeta?projectKeys=" & ProjectKey & "&issuetypeNames=Epic&expand=projects.issuetypes.fields")),
            projects = SquadSource[projects],
            projects1 = projects{0},
            issuetypes = projects1[issuetypes],
            issuetypes1 = issuetypes{0},
            fields = issuetypes1[fields],
            #"Converted to Table" = Record.ToTable(fields),
            #"Filtered Rows1" = Table.SelectRows(#"Converted to Table", each ([Name] = "customfield_10293")),
            #"Removed Columns" = Table.RemoveColumns(#"Filtered Rows1",{"Name"}),
            #"Expanded Value" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Removed Columns", "Value", {"allowedValues"}, {"allowedValues"}),
            #"Expanded allowedValues" = Table.ExpandListColumn(#"Expanded Value", "allowedValues"),
            #"Expanded allowedValues1" = Table.ExpandRecordColumn(#"Expanded allowedValues", "allowedValues", {"value"}, {"allowedValues.value"}),
            #"Renamed Columns" = Table.RenameColumns(#"Expanded allowedValues1",{{"allowedValues.value", "allowedValues"}}),
            tableOfProjectSquads = Table.AddColumn(#"Renamed Columns", "Project Key", (row) => ProjectKey)
        in
            tableOfProjectSquads,

    listOfSquads = List.Generate(
        () => [i=-1, table=#table({},{})],  // initialize loop variables
        each [i] < List.Count(listOfProjects),
        each [
            i=[i]+1,
            table=GetSquadValues(listOfProjects{i})
        ],
        each [table]
    ),
    #"Converted to Table" = Table.FromList(listOfSquads, Splitter.SplitByNothing(), null, null, ExtraValues.Error),
    #"Expanded Column1" = Table.ExpandTableColumn(#"Converted to Table", "Column1", {"allowedValues", "Project Key"}, {"allowedValues", "Project Key"}),
    #"Reordered Columns" = Table.ReorderColumns(#"Expanded Column1",{"Project Key", "allowedValues"})
in
    #"Reordered Columns"

How can I improve the performance?

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Tenedos / Bozcaada
The first geographic treatise to include Tenedos, as well as the other Greek islands, is "Liber Insularum Archipelagi", a pioneering chartographic manuscript of the early 15h century. The work served as a model to later isolaria such as those by B. dalli Sonetti (1485) and Β. Bordone (1547). Sonetti couples his maps with sonnets while Bordone notes information on the climate and the history of the island and other data on his idiosyncratic maps. Like all similar works, the isolario of Antonio Millo (1582-91) is enriched by engravings already published in contemporary editions. Antonio marks perillous waters on the maps of his isolaria, and uses the place names found in contemporary portolani.
J. Maurand's travel chronicle (1544) includes a rare drawing of Tenedos done by hand. Towards the end of the 16th century the island appears in the isolario by G. Rosaccio (1598), which was inspired by an earlier similar work. Later travel chronicles such as the one by H. Beauvau (1615), also borrow subjects from Rosaccio's book. In Μ. Boschini's edition, small beautiful sample of Venetian engraving of the mid-17th century, the maps of Tenedos and other islands are accompanied by an explanatory text with historical and geographical information. The isolario of Fr. Piacenza (1688) includes superbly engraved maps and a wealth of material on the Aegean islands, Cyprus and the Peloponnese.
A map and a table of ancient coins of Tenedos are included in Ol. Dapper's edition (1688), a work distinguished for its highly elaborate engravings, which was based mainly on ancient Greek and Latin sources, portolani, isolaria, contemporary travel accounts and authoritative maps. The editions by J. Peeters in the late 17th century (1690) exalt the victories of the Holy League in the Ottoman-Venetian wars. The plates show cities, ports and other locations in Austria, southeastern Europe, the eastern Mediterranean and places in Asia all the way to India. The edition includes a map of the island.
The depiction of the city and castle is done in a different style in the work of B. Randolph (1687) and later on in the edition by J. Pitton de Tournefort, pioneering explorer of the Aegean islands (1717).
In the 19th century Tenedos appears in maps of the area, or is outlined against the horizon in many drawings and engravings of Troy and the Troad [W. Gell (1804), Ch.C.Frankland (1829), Et. Rey (1867)]. Impressive views of the castle and town are found in the monumental work by M.G.F.A. Choiseul-Gouffier (who expressed whe philhellenism and love for antiquity of his time in a new and original fashion, establishing the primacy of image over text in travel chronicles (late18th-early 19th century)), and in the exquisite work by Ig. Melling (1819) which highlights the fortress and several picturesque details of the port.
The Album of 1984 includes rare and very interesting wood engravings taken from the pioneering weekly review "The Illustrated London News" (1842-1885) and the similarly themed magazine "The Graphic" (1869-1885). The plates depict locations, people and events (political, social and military), from 1842 to 1885.

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Why is that significant? Because we have just passed the milestone of living 1/2 of our lives in Thailand! 27 years! We also just gave away our ages, but that's another story! The past year was both intense and momentous for us! Two sons were married. The APLC (Applied Practical Leadership Course) was launched. And we hosted the YWAM Together global event. In addition, we completed a very significant season of leadership. As the global YWAM movement flattens its structure, with prayer and counsel we felt it was also time to end my 9-year season as National Director, and Cindy's leadership role at the NRTC training center. Processing this with God and our leadership team, the Lord has led us all with great sense of peace. YWAM Thailand and YWAM Bangkok will continue to be led by a group of "elders", of which we will remain a part. This will enable us to focus more on leadership development in both Thailand and SE Asia, as well as be more available as "spiritual parents" to the many Thai and foreign missionaries we have around the country. In the past month, we have already tasted this as we visited various ministries in Cambodia, South Thailand and Northeast Thailand. (Check our Facebook for more details.) We are truly excited about this new season! At the same time, we recognize there are keys to transitioning well – to bring closure to the past season and make space for the new. So for us, this will include taking a short sabbatical – both for our own spiritual renewal and refreshment, as well as for the new leadership structure to be established. With that in mind, we will begin this sabbatical time with a 1-week debrief in April. Then we will spend one month in Spain, walking the 800 km El Camino (Way of St. James) pilgrimage. The El Camino pilgrimage has been walked by thousands of Christians for 1,200 years, as a way of reflecting on one's life and spending extended time in prayer. It's been on our "bucket list" for a few years now. This will be followed by a visit to Ireland where we have set aside time to focus on going deeper with God through study, reading and restoring our spirits. Thanks to our international YWAM friendships, we have accommodations arranged in Ireland to keep it affordable. After this retreat, we will head to the States to visit family, churches and supporters. We realize that most of our recent US trips have been a bit rushed and/or we haven't had opportunity to visit some churches who are vital to our ministry. So we hope to take more time to see as many as possible, and to share with you the wonderful things God is doing in Thailand and Asia!
We do need your prayers and support as we step out in faith towards these things.
Celebration and Sadness – A Very Full Year!
It's been a very full year indeed! And there's more to come. Here's a short recap of recent and upcoming events . . .
Less than a month after returning from Spain, we lost one of our Thai missionary staff to cancer. "Mot" had served in YWAM England for many years before returning to spend time with her non-Christian family. Within a year, she was gone. Her family members were deeply touched by all her Christian brothers and sisters at the memorial service.
Our YWAM Thailand national staff gathering was a wonderful time of celebrating our "Unity in Diversity". Staff from each region of Thailand took turns leading the day in their own style. And Alejandro Rodriguez, national leader of YWAM Argentina, inspired and challenged us with his special messages. Something about his Latin American style really resonated with our Thai staff. We also enjoyed fun together as a big YWAM Thailand family, including a 5km walk/run in the rain, and leading worship together with Derek.
Thailand has been chosen as the host for the global "YWAM Together" gathering in September 2018, with an expected 3,000-4,000 YWAM missionaries from around the world, but especially Asia. As part of the preparation, we hosted a 2-week Event Management Seminar to train staff in how to coordinate such a massive event. Thirty-six participants from 11 nations joined us for this valuable training.
The Event Management Seminar participants totally surprised Cindy & I with a special celebration event, honoring us for 25 years of service in Thailand. We were deeply touched by the words of encouragement!
The grand finale of the Event Management Seminar was a celebration of the payoff of our Nancy Ross Training Center facility – which had just been paid off 2 weeks before. Beginning with a Nehemiah-style worship parade, it was a rich time of testimonies of God's faithfulness, how young people are discipled at the NRTC, and honoring those who've sacrificially poured their hearts into making this dream a reality. Seventeen years ago, Cindy was the one person who believed God would some day give us this entire building, which we eventually purchased in 3 phases. We are now praying for God's leading as we seek to fulfill all of God's dreams for this ministry center.
Phil was recently in Yangon, Myanmar, joining 17 YWAM leaders from Philippines, Thailand and Myanmar. The purpose of ACT's (Area Circle Teams) is to foster ministry partnerships between nations and facilitate YWAM pioneering new ministries in unreached areas. The highlight of this time was joining YWAM Yangon in distributing fresh soy milk and a Bible cartoon to hundreds of slum children – which they do on a daily basis.
Our youngest son, Isaac, will be marrying his fiance, Leigha, this December 17 in Phoenix. We are thrilled, and proud of the way they have handled a 5-year relationship with integrity.
Because of the wedding, we are spending Nov. and Dec. in the States to catch up with family and a few churches/supporters whom we haven't seen in years. Cindy will also be visiting her sister, Shelia, who is now scheduled for release from prison, but must complete another 5 months of rehab/prep before actual release.
This is a very sad week for the people of Thailand. After a full year of mourning, the dreaded royal cremation of HM King Rama 9 is in some ways even more significant than the King's passing last year, as it represents the finality of it all. It is impossible to describe or understand the depth of grief and loss unless you are Thai. At least 250,000 people are expected to travel to Bangkok to witness the event. YWAM's Rak Teh ministry is hosting 4 days of 24-hour worship and prayer for Thailand at their center within walking distance of the ceremony. I will be leading the prayer/worship time at 7pm on Thursday, 26th, exactly the time of the cremation.
Pray for Father God to reveal Himself to Thais at this crucial time in history.
Pray for Cindy's visit with her sister, and for God's grace on Shelia to persevere until release, to transition well and to grow in her renewed faith.
Pray for financial provision for all the upcoming travel and wedding plans.
Pray for God's leading as we re-envision God's purposes for the NRTC and discipling young Thais.
Thank you for being on this journey with us! We are here (25 years and counting) because you are there supporting us!
We are less than 1 week away from leaving for Spain to attend the Leadership Development Course (LDC) in Malaga. Although 6 weeks in Spain sounds exotic and extravagant, we are going there to learn and grow and pray and make some important decisions. There will be LOTS of homework and soul-searching in the midst of the beauty and delicious food! Why? Because this is a year of "transition".
After 25 years of ministry in Thailand, our roles are changing once again. And as YWAM Thailand now exceeds 500 staff, there is a need for us to function more as elders or spiritual parents to many of the emerging leaders around the country. Being present and coming alongside those who are just starting out in leadership can be a powerful ministry. But it requires delegating certain things so that we can be available to travel and visit these younger leaders – even as we continue to oversee YWAM Thailand. In addition, we have increasing opportunities to provide leadership development beyond Thailand as well – in Burma, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, etc.
As we do this, we are praying for clarity. That the Father will show us what to put our hands to, what opportunities to take, and what to let go.
Will you join us in this prayer and continue to journey with us?
If you would like to invest in this season of transition, please see the info below.
As always, THANK YOU for your continued prayer and partnership! We serve an amazing God!
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After 25 years of serving in Thailand, it is time for us to "re-tool" a bit. We have been waiting for years to attend YWAM's 6-week Leadership Development Course (LDC), as so many others have reported how effective it was – especially for leaders who have been serving for years and are now in a new season, needing to review, be refreshed and equip themselves for the next season. In addition, our ministry is expanding more and more into the development of leaders in Thailand and Asia, so we feel the need to be further equipped for this task.
This year, we have a window of opportunity to attend the LDC that happens this April 24 – June 4 in Malaga, Spain. Yes, you may be wondering, "Why Spain?" But of the few LDC's in the world, this one fits our timing and has an outstanding reputation. We hear the olives are quite tasty as well!
The cost of the 6-week Leadership Development Course is $2,500. plus airfare.
Will you prayerfully consider a special donation as we plan for this unique opportunity? Our passion has always been "to facilitate others to reach their destiny in Christ." We truly believe that this will enhance our ability to minister and lead others. So your investment will bear fruit among many.


I've just posted a list of the 267 contemporary authors (born 1900 or after) who are most cited in the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Unsurprisingly, given the state of the discipline, the list is dominated by white men. How much so?
I count 27 women on the list: 10% of the total. There is only one woman in the top 50 (Martha Nussbaum, ranked 9th), and seven in the top 100 (Nussbaum, Korsgaard, Anscombe, Anderson, Annas, Thomson, and Young).
Impressionistically, it has seemed to me that female philosophers have been more likely to go into ethics, political philosophy, or history of philosophy than into metaphysics, epistemology, mind, logic, or language; and some of Josh Rust's and my data (from five U.S. states) partially support that generalization (28% of sampled ethicists were women, vs. 17% of non-ethicist philosophers). So I coded each philosopher as ethics/political/history or not, based on where their primary influence has so far been. (There were a few close calls, but mostly it was pretty clear.) My impression was strikingly confirmed: 16/27 (59%) of the women had their primary influence in ethics, political philosophy, or history of philosophy, compared to 77/240 (32%) of the men (Z = 2.7, p = .006).
I'm not sure what the explanation for this is, assuming that my analysis here is correct. I welcome your thoughts.
Top 267: 10% female, 3% minority.
I regard these data as broad confirmation of what we all already knew -- perhaps a little more systematic and depressingly specific. At the highest levels of visibility in contemporary mainstream Anglophone analytic philosophy (as measured by citation in the discipline's leading reference source), men vastly outnumber women, and ethnic minorities are virtually absent. The effect appears to be larger the greater the visibility. The effect might also be larger among our older and recently deceased contemporaries than it is in the younger generations, but even if that is so, it remains very large in all groups.
Richard Sorabji is in the top 100.
Thanks for that catch, Jeremy! I'll correct straightaway.
Would be nice (but difficult!) to see the numbers on the socio-economic status of cited philosophers as well.
Anon 11:15: Yes, information on socioeconomic backgroudn could be very interesting! Far beyond my capacity, though. I doubt such data are readily attainable for the majority of authors on the list.
I don't suppose there's any hope of an analysis like this to show the numbers of disabled philosophers, is there? Especially considering the fact that so many disabilities are invisible.
Richard: I agree that would be really interesting! But I don't think that information is readily available for most of the authors on this list, especially if you consider invisible disabilities. My guess would be the percentage of people on this list with serious disabilities would be lower than the incidence in the general population (perhaps with the exception of high-functioning autism-spectrum disorder and/or major depression).
I did a quick count of philosophers whose first language is not English and, according to my count, it's 2 in the top 50 (4%) and 6 in the top 100 (6%). With the exception of Kim (who was born in 1934) they were all born before 1930.
Interesting, Gabriele! One possibly relevant consideration is the early connection between Anglophone philosophy, Wittgenstein, and the Vienna Circle. It has always struck me as evidence of something askew that so few of the most highly visible recent contributors to the field are not native English speakers.
Reliance on intuition pumps is likely to exacerbate the problem.
Yes, interesting observations, Gabriele and Enzo. I'm inclined to agree that implicit bias is part of that. Part of the phenomenon of "seeming smart", I think, in this subculture, involves having a dialect or accent of a certain few privileged types. Not to mention that once it's taken as a given that philosophy of this style is to be conducted in English, anyone who isn't a native English speaker will have to master another language and overcome other sorts of social obstacles, some subtle, some not at all subtle.
I support Gabriele's and Enzo's comments and I would dare to add that Analytic-Anglo-Saxon philosophy tends to be extremely self-referential, to say the least. It may be that logic, epistemology and philosophy of language received much more attention in the analytic tradition, but how about ethics? There is a huge amount of ethics and a number of moral philosophers in the non-analytic tradition which had an enormous influence in the discipline and yet hardly appear on the list. Sartre appearing at position 133 is an example, Foucault not entering the list, as you noticed, another. Heidegger (a philosopher I totally disagree with, to be clear) is another, incredibly missing. I think ESL philosophers should think about a certain amount ot "provincialism" which affects them (as well as their French colleagues, to tell the truth). There was a time when European philosophy was a unitary and cross-national enterprise (think about XVIII century philosophy, with Kant reading Hume and Smith as much as Leibniz and Wolff). It is ironic (and sad) that in the era of internet communication and globalised culture, the dominant community of philosophers takes almost no account of philosophy made by non Anglo-Saxon authors. Please note that French, Germans, Spanish and Italians cannot be considered "ethnic minorities" in Europe. And that nowadays lots of philosophers from these countries publish in English in highly rated journals and for good publishers. The fact seems that ESL philosophers simply do not take them into account. Is it just because they are not WASPs? To put it crudely: do ESL philosophers think that only WASPs are entitled to count as philosophers?
1. What about numbers for people who are both women and ethnic minorities (or more specifically racialised as non-white)? Even if the answer is "none", let's acknowledge that, since representation in the data is as essential as it is in the field.
2. Seconding Rich's point, what about numbers for people who identify as disabled or chronically ill, from any group? Same point as above, and as much as issues around disclosure can render this complicated, it would be nice to see this category included even just to acknowledge the difficulties in speaking to numbers concretely.
3. Same again for queer-identifying or LGBTQIA.
All that aside, this is thought-provoking stuff. Many thanks for compiling and publishing.
Roberto: I agree with you, though I don't think most Anglophone philosophers are explicitly prejudiced against non-native speakers. It is a strange and regrettable institutional situation. For clarity, Heidegger was excluded from the analysis because he was born before 1900.
On 1: I think there might be one female ethnic minority, but I hesitate to name names because I'm not certain how she identifies.
On 2: Yes, maybe I should have raised that issue up front in the post. There really are very few highly visible philosophers who are widely known to be disabled or chronically ill, unless the disability or illness arose after they had already achieved prominence (esp. in old age).
On 3: I'm unsure about queer-identifying. Judith Butler and David Hull seem like pretty obvious cases, and Kwame Appiah is pretty out. I've heard tell of a few more from this list, though I'm not sure how out they are. Turing is of course a famous case, too, though by my methodology he doesn't quite make the list (19 entries), despite his spectacularly high visibility in philosophy of computation.
This might be too late to note but Ernest Gellner was disabled.
Thanks, Richard. Not too late! I want this post to be accurate so that people may refer back to it, and I might do an updated version in another few years. So I welcome your and others' continuing observations and corrections.
Gellner is not among the 267, but it is nice to have him as an example. Another prominent example not among the 267, but appearing in quite a few SEP entries, is Anita Silvers, the wonderful long-serving Secretary-Treasurer of the APA's Pacific Division.


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Cameron Brate
Tight End #84
Cameron Brate News
Not targeted in loss
Brate failed to record a single target in Sunday's 30-17 loss to the Falcons.
Analysis: Brate played the most offensive snaps of any Buccaneers tight end Sunday, but he was a complete non-factor in the contest. The veteran's 49 percent snap percentage was his highest since Week 12. Brate has just not been a major part of Tampa Bay's offensive game plan this season, as rookie Cade Otton has emerged as the top pass-catching option at tight end. The veteran will look to get more involved in the wild card round of the playoffs, as the Buccaneers will host the Cowboys on Monday night.
Healthy scratch Sunday
Brate (coach's decision) is inactive for Sunday's Week 17 clash against the Panthers, Greg Auman of FOXSports.com reports
Analysis: Brate had played just eight snaps in the Week 16 overtime win against the Cardinals and is now a relatively surprising healthy scratch Sunday. In his stead, rookie Cade Otton will serve as the clear top pass-catching option at tight end, while veteran Kyle Rudolph and fellow first-year pro Ko Kieft will rotate behind him, primarily as blocking options.
Jan 1, 2023 8:48 AM EST
Plays just eight snaps Sunday
Brate played just eight snaps from scrimmage and did not log a target in the Buccaneers' 19-16 overtime win over the Cardinals on Sunday night.
Analysis: Brate was outpaced by rookie position mate Cade Otton significantly in snaps, as the latter logged 60 more plays from scrimmage than the veteran. The disparity came abruptly considering Brate had just been in on 19 plays to Otton's 48 in Week 15 against the Bengals and recorded a pair of receptions on four targets. Little-used veteran Kyle Rudolph and rookie Ko Kieft were also active Sunday and saw 11 and 14 snaps, respectively, so perhaps Brate's reduced opportunity was simply the result of a one-week glut at tight end.
Productive with two catches
Brate brought in two of four targets for 25 yards in the Buccaneers' 34-23 loss to the Bengals on Sunday.
Analysis: The veteran tight end outpace rookie position mate Cade Otton by one reception, five yards and three targets, somewhat of a departure from recent trends. Brate still logged 19 fewer snaps than Otton's 48, however, so the numbers for each player could simply prove to be a bit of an outlier in the team's remaining games.
Dec 19, 2022 11:04 PM EST
Two catches in return
Brate brought in two of four targets for 12 yards in the Buccaneers' 35-7 loss to the 49ers in Week 14.
Analysis: Brate had missed the Week 13 win over the Saints with an illness, but he was back to his usual complementary role alongside rookie Cade Otton for Sunday's defeat. The veteran tight end has progressively ceded more pass-catching work to his younger teammate, who doubled him up in receptions, logged an additional target and recorded 45 snaps to Brate's 28. The arrangement is likely to persist in a Week 15 home interconference battle with the Chiefs.
Gets in full practice Wednesday
Brate (illness) practiced fully Wednesday.
Analysis: Brate sat out last Thursday and Friday due to an illness, but despite practicing in full Saturday he still was given a questionable designation for Monday's game against the Saints. Eventually, the Bucs included him among their inactives, resulting in his fifth absence of the season. Now that he's back to all activity to begin the week of prep, Brate seemingly is good to go as the team prepares for Sunday's visit to San Francisco.
Dec 7, 2022 1:48 PM EST
Sitting out Monday
Brate (illness) is listed as inactive Monday versus the Saints, Scott Smith of the Buccaneers' official site reports.
Analysis: Brate opened Week 13 prep with back-to-back absences as he dealt with an illness, but he managed a full session Saturday and went down as questionable to play Monday. This last point may have been a tell, though, as he'll miss his fifth game of the campaign. With Brate sidelined, Cade Otton, Ko Kieft and Kyle Rudolph will be Tampa Bay's available tight ends.
Full practice Saturday
Brate (illness) is listed as questionable for Monday's game against the Saints, someone reports.
Analysis: Brate failed to practice both Thursday and Friday, but the veteran tight end was available fully Saturday, which would seem to indicate he'd be able to play. In the event Brate is unavailable, rookie Cade Otton has essentially been the team's lone tight end, although a healthy Brate would likely mean both tight ends split snaps.
Not at practice
Brate (illness) didn't practice Friday.
Analysis: After missing back-to-back practices, Brate has one last chance Friday to join his teammates. He could play in Monday's game against the Saints even if he's out another day, as he's been with QB Tom Brady for three years now and with the Bucs for much longer. Rookie Cade Otton has typically handled a near-every-down role when Brate is out, while the two tend to split snaps when the veteran is healthy.
Sits out practice with illness
Brate didn't practice Thursday due to an illness.
Analysis: The severity of Brate's illness isn't known, but he'll have two more chances to practice this week before the Buccaneers determine if he's fit to play Monday against the Saints. In Tampa Bay's Week 12 overtime loss to Cleveland, Brate played two fewer snaps (35 to 33) than rookie Cade Otton, but the veteran was the more productive receiver of the team. Brate finished with two catches for 15 yards on five targets, while Otton failed to draw a look from quarterback Tom Brady.
Two grabs in Week 12 loss
Brate brought in two of five targets for 15 yards in the Buccaneers' 23-17 overtime loss to the Browns on Sunday.
Analysis: Brate logged just one fewer snap than position mate Cade Otton's 36 and finished third on the team in targets. However, the veteran hasn't exceed Sunday's yardage total in the last three games overall, however, so his upside remains nearly non-existent while Otton is healthy in front of him.
One catch in return to action
Brate (neck) brought in one of two targets for eight yards in the Buccaneers' 21-16 win over the Seahawks on Sunday.
Analysis: Brate was able to make his return following a three-game absence and logged a solid 34 snaps overall, but that was still 12 behind rookie teammate Cade Otton. Otton also finished with one more target and two more catches, and it appears his solid play of late has likely pushed him ahead of Brate as the top pass-catching option at tight end.
Nov 14, 2022 10:56 PM EST
Suiting up in Germany
Brate (neck) is active for Sunday's game against the Seahawks in Munich, Scott Smith of the Buccaneers' official site reports.
Analysis: Brate will dress for the first time since suffering the neck injury in the Buccaneers' Week 6 loss to the Steelers after he completed a regimen of three full practices from Wednesday through Friday. Though he's served as Tampa Bay's starting tight end when available this season, Brate could find himself in a timeshare with rookie Cade Otton in the former's first game back from injury. Otton has turned in an impressive 11-147-1 receiving line on 16 targets while Brate has been sidelined for the past three contests.
Nov 13, 2022 5:04 AM EST
Questionable for Munich game
The Buccaneers list Brate (neck) as questionable for Sunday's game against the Seahawks in Munich.
Analysis: Brate was a full participant in practice Wednesday through Friday, so he'll more than likely suit up in Germany and is likely just carrying a designation for precautionary reasons in the event of a setback leading up to Sunday's 9:30 a.m. ET kickoff. The veteran tight end has missed four of the Buccaneers' last five games with a concussion and a neck injury, so he could be eased back into the mix Week 10 with a smaller role than usual. Given that rookie Cade Otton has produced well in Brate's stead, the Buccaneers don't have reason to hand the latter a big snap count if he suits up Sunday.
Nov 11, 2022 10:35 AM EST
Puts in full practice Wednesday
Brate (neck) practiced fully Wednesday.
Analysis: After missing three of the last four contests due to first a concussion and then a neck injury, Brate appears to have gained medical clearance to return to action following Wednesday's uncapped session. His workload in the short term could be impacted, though, as rookie tight end Cade Otton has compiled a 13-170-1 line on 19 targets during the aforementioned four-game stretch.
Nov 9, 2022 2:29 PM EST
Out again
Brate (neck) has been ruled out for Sunday's game against the Rams, Greg Auman of The Athletic reports.
Analysis: Brate has missed four of the past five games, first suffering a concussion and now sitting out three in a row with a neck injury. He did return to limited practice participation this week, and thus could make it back for a Week 10 matchup with the Seahawks in London. Rookie Cade Otton has topped 80 percent snap share in each game Brate has missed this year, putting up receiving lines of 6-43-0 (seven targets), 4-64-0 (five targets) and 2-15-0 (five targets).
Nov 4, 2022 9:40 AM EST
Another limited practice
Brate (neck) was limited at practice Thursday.
Analysis: Stringing together back-to-back capped sessions generally would be a good sign for a player that's been sidelined for two games. However, Brate suffered a concussion and a neck injury in the span of three contests from Weeks 4 through 6, so the Buccaneers likely will continue to take a cautious approach with their No. 1 tight end. Friday's practice report may provide a glimpse into the team's plans for Brate in advance of Sunday's game against the Rams.
Limited in return to practice
Brate (neck) practiced on a limited basis Wednesday.
Analysis: This marks Brate's first noticeable on-field work since he suffered a neck injury Week 6 at Pittsburgh. The Buccaneers likely are exercising the utmost caution with the tight end after he sustained a concussion and the aforementioned health concern in the span of three games. In any case, with some activity under his belt this week, Brate's status bears watching as the week continues.
Ruled out for TNF
Coach Todd Bowles said Wednesday that Brate (neck) is ruled out for Thursday's game against the Ravens, Scott Smith of the Buccaneers' official site reports.
Analysis: Brate will miss his second straight game as he continues working his way back from a neck injury. In his stead, the Buccaneers will rely on Cade Otton, Kyle Rudolph and perhaps Ko Kieft (ankle) to hold down the fort at tight end versus Baltimore.
Oct 26, 2022 9:23 AM EST
Doesn't practice Tuesday
Brate (neck) didn't participate in Tuesday's walkthrough, Brianna Dix of the Buccaneers' official site reports.
Analysis: After sitting out Week 5 due to a concussion, Brate returned to action Week 6, only to suffer a neck injury in that contest. There's no telling when the tight end will gain clearance to return to action, but he seems in danger of logging a third DNP in four games. If he's unable to play Thursday versus the Ravens, Brate will yield reps at the position to Cade Otton, Kyle Rudolph and potentially Ko Kieft (ankle), the latter of whom was listed as limited on Tuesday's practice report after logging no activity Monday.
Oct 25, 2022 2:19 PM EST
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In my last exuberant posting about the quilt top being finished, I showed my choices for the back. Neither option included a no sew method. I decided to go with the 5 or so yards of light green and add to it. I can now boast that I did it, the King sized modern courthouse steps quilt back is finished. Let me show you how I went about doing it.
First I gathered all the scraps. I had tons of them. I had already sewn together enough strips for the binding so everything else was game.
Luckily I had actual squares that I had made incorrectly, way to go! They were 20.5" wide so that was the width of the first strip. I kept sewing half blocks, strips and even full blocks together.
The length of the quilt is 100" by 120" so I needed to make the back slightly bigger. I planned for a 110" by 130" back that I will load on the longarm with the right side on the top.
Here is the first finished strip. Aren't I lucky to have had so many good scraps? I also made a rectangle of the rest of the scraps.
I used a few extra strips to make a skinny strip. I knew I needed 42" added to the fabric I had on hand. With the chunk, the skinny strip and the 20 inch strip, I had enough.
I started piecing them to back pieces. I eventually had three large pieces. I kept measuring and would throw a strip in here and there as I sewed them together.
I know that sounds a bit random but I guess it was. Some of the strips were slightly longer or shorter and I evened them up with strips.
I ironed and ironed and then ironed some more. Big pieces of fabric are hard to keep unwrinkled. I loaded the back on the Garmmill with the help of my husband, it was just too much fabric for me to load by myself.
Cliff also helped me load the batting, also a monster sized project. Finally we got the top loaded and we were both elated but tired. What a great feeling to have it all on my Gladys.
I have already quilted over 20 inches, that's one sixth of the total. Go me! I have big chunky blocks so I am doing big chunky quilting.
All the remaining strips were sewn onto the binding I had already made. I am in the process of ironing that. In the meantime, I keep quilting.
I am thinking about what I will do with the tattered quilt, I want to rescue as much as I can. I also want new pillows on top of the bed. Lots of plans and sewing going on in my head.
Head sewing is my favorite!
The last time I made a king sized quilt, I hand quilted it. You can see a picture of me doing it here.


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Q: Is it possible to have a cv::Mat that contains pointers to scalars rather than scalars? I am attempting to bridge between VTK (3D visualization library) and OpenCV (image processing library).
Currently, I am doing the following:
vtkWindowToImageFilter converts vtkRenderWindow (scene) into vtkImageData (pixels of render window).
I then have to copy each pixel of vtkImageData into a cv::Mat for processing and display with OpenCV.
This process needs to run in real time, so the redundant copy (scene pixels into ImageData into Mat) severely impacts performance. I would like to map directly from scene pixels to cv::Mat.
As the scene changes, I would like the cv::Mat to automatically reference the scene. Essentially, I would like a cv::Mat<uchar *>, rather than a cv::Mat<uchar>. Does that make sense? Or am I overcomplicating it?

A: vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData> image = vtkSmartPointer<vtkImageData>::New();

int dims[3];
image->GetImageData()->GetDimensions(dims);
cv::Mat matImage(cv::Size(dims[0], dims[1]), CV_8UC3, image->GetImageData()->GetScalarPointer());`

I succeeded implementing vtkimagedata* directly into cv::Mat pointer array..
some functions such as
 cv::flip or matImage -= cv::Scalar(255,0,0)
directly working on vtkimagedata.
but functions like cv::resize or cv::Canny doesn't work.


The GHCA's Winter Convention and Trade Show will take place from January 22 to January 25, 2013 at the Renaissance Atlanta Waverly Hotel, Atlanta, GA. The convention promises to be the premier event for Georgia's leading long term and post-acute care professionals.
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Visit the 2013 GHCA Tradeshow in Hall C at the Cobb Galleria on January 23 and on January 24.
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Q: Unable to define an Azure function mapped on the root content path / My goal is to write an Azure function mapped directly to the root content path / with a custom response.
curl -v localhost:80
...
HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request

I'm using Azure functions in a container context, disabled the default page via an environment variable in the Dockerfile. Also the routerprefix is set to an empty string. So the default /api prefix for all endpoints is disabled. The entire code is here.
My function class looks like this:
namespace RootMappedProject
{
    public static class MyRootMappedFunction
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// curl -v 127.0.0.1/Simple
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>HTTP/1.1 200 OK</returns>
        [FunctionName("Simple")]
        public static async Task<IActionResult> Simple(
            [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "get", Route = null)] HttpRequest req,
            ILogger log)
        {
            log.LogInformation("Processing simple endpoint ...");
            return (ActionResult)new OkObjectResult("true");
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// curl -v 127.0.0.1 should return 400 Status code
        /// </summary>
        /// <returns>HTTP/1.1 204 No Content</returns>
        [FunctionName("Root")]
        public static async Task<IActionResult> Root(
            [HttpTrigger(AuthorizationLevel.Anonymous, "get", Route = "")] HttpRequest req,
            ILogger log)
        {
            log.LogInformation("Processing root endpoint, this is a bad request");
            return (ActionResult) new BadRequestObjectResult("false");
        }
    }
}

This causes the following NOT intended result:
curl -v localhost:80
...
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Is it possible to write a function mapping for the / path?
Because neither "", "/" nor null are possible values to set as function names.

A: You should be able to use proxies to achieve something like that --https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/azure-functions/functions-proxies
In your case, you could have a proxies.json in your function app root directory such that --
{
    "$schema": "http://json.schemastore.org/proxies",
    "proxies": {
        "proxy1": {
            "matchCondition": {
                "methods": [ "GET", "POST" ],
                "route": "/"
            },
            "backendUri": "http://localhost:<port>/Simple"
        }
    }
}

I haven't tested your code with this. But I am sure this would work. You may need to modify the "backendUri" to match what you are looking for and where you've hosted it.


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J.R.R. Tolkien Son and Heir Christopher Dies at 95
January 16, 2020 News Editor passages 0
Christopher Tolkien, son of J.R.R. Tolkien, has died at the age of 95. Tolkien was born in England in 1924. He died January 15, 2020.
Christopher John Reuel Tolkien was author J. R. R. Tolkien's third son. In addition to continuing his father's work, he drew the maps for the original The Lord of the Rings. He signed the maps C. J. R. T.
From CNN:
After his father's death, Christopher Tolkien began working on his father's manuscripts and helped publish "The Silmarillion," which chronicles the origins of Middle-earth and its people. He continued to edit other Tolkien tales as recently as 2018.
"Tolkien studies would never be what it is today without Christopher Tolkien's contribution," scholar Dimitra Fimi said in the Tolkien Society's statement. "From editing 'The Silmarillion' to the mammoth task of giving us the 'History of Middle-earth' series, he revealed his father's grand vision of a rich and complex mythology."
According to publisher HarperCollins, Tolkien edited or oversaw the publication of 24 editions of his father's works.
"Christopher was a devoted curator of his father's work and the timeless and ongoing popularity of the world that J.R.R. Tolkien created is a fitting testimony to the decades he spent bringing Middle-earth to generations of readers," said Charlie Redmayne, chief executive officer of Haper Collins UK. "The most charming of men, and a true gentleman, it was an honor and privilege to know and work with him and our thoughts are with his family at this time."
The statement said Christopher Tolkien began helping his father at age 5 by listening to bedtime tales and catching inconsistencies. His father also paid him for each mistake he found in "The Hobbit."
And while Christopher's contributions to his father's legacy are beyond calculation, he was not a fan of Peter Jackson's films. From TOR:
Tolkien was a staunch critic of Peter Jackson's adaptation of his father's trilogy, telling Le Monde in 2012 that "They gutted the book, making it an action movie for 15-25 year-olds, and it looks like The Hobbit will be the same." His death comes at a time when his father's books are more popular than ever, and as Amazon works to create a massive TV series based on the works that he himself helped bring to the public.
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Sugar Bowl 3 is a traditional, oval shape with a removable lid, it measures approximately 3.75" tall x 5.75" diameter. The inside bowl measures approximately 1.1" deep x 4.5" wide and it holds approximately 3/4 of a cup liquid measure. It has a food-safe finish of mineral oil/wax and is polished to a matte patina.


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Academic Studies of Human Consciousness
Consciousness Concepts of Antonio Damasio
Presenting the roots of consciousness as feelings allows one to glean an explanation for the sense of self, ... that is, how the owner of the movie in the brain emerges within the movie. ... the idea that human consciousness depends on feelings helps us confront the problem of creating conscious artifacts.
(Antonio Damasio, The Feeling of What Happens, Chapter 11)
Antonio R. Damasio in 2004
Antonio R. Damasio was born on 25 February 1944 in Lisbon, Portugal. He received a M.D. degree from the University of Lisbon Medical School in 1969. Subsequently, in 1974, he obtained a Ph. D. from the University of Lisbon. Until recently, Damasio was the Van Allen Professor of Neurology at the University of Iowa in Iowa City. He currently is the David Dornsife Professor of Neuroscience at the University of Southern California, where he also directs the Brain and Creativity Institute.
Dr. Damasio has published his views concerning human consciousness in a trilogy of best selling books as follows:
1) Descartes' Error (1994);
2) The Feeling of What Happens (1999); and
3) Looking for Spinoza (2003).
Damasio's Basic Views of Human Consciousness
Very briefly stated, these three books put forth Damasio's views concerning the mind-body problem and the nature of human consciousness as follows:.
In the 17th Century, the French philosopher Rene Descartes proposed his famous dualist theory that human beings were composed of material bodies and immaterial minds (philosophical dualism). A contemporary of Descartes, the Dutch philosopher Benedict de Spinoza, disagreed and argued that body and mind were composed of a single continuous substance (philosophical monism).
Descartes described the human mind as being essentially a reasoning machine devoid of emotion. Spinoza thought that this was completely wrong. The reasoning process, Spinoza insisted, contains many elements of emotion. Spinoza also claimed that thoughts and feelings are not primarily reactions to external events but are first and foremost about the body. In fact, Spinoza suggested that the mind, far from being independent of the body, exists purely to benefit the body and ensure its survival.
For the last three centuries, Descartes's views have dominated western philosophy. However, based upon recent neuroscientific research, Damasio believes that Spinoza may yet be proven correct. In the last 20 years, neuroscientists using brain scanning equipment have been gradually eroding the facade of the Cartesian Theatre. Human reasoning is no longer considered to occur in pristine detachment from the physical world. Also under attack is the now dominant Computational Theory of Mind (CMT), a model where the brain is considered to be like a digital computer composed of a huge number of parallel processors and consciousness is thought of as being merely an illusion produced by a group of complex software programs.
Damasio's Most Important Concepts of Consciousness
Of the three books cited above, The Feeling of What Happens is probably the most important in terms of describing Damasio's ideas concerning the true nature of human consciousness. Damasio regards the investigation of consciousness, emotion, and feeling as proper subjects for objective, scientific inquiry. In this he hearkens back to William James and the other founding fathers of psychology. While acknowledging the disappearance of such early efforts at the examination of consciousness, Damasio believes that this may primarily have been caused by a lack of proper scientific tools. Today, with our ever-increasing sophistication in brain scanning and brain surgery, serious analysis of the nature of consciousness is once again a proper area of scientific study.
My understanding of what I consider to be his most important concepts concerning consciousness are summarized in the following paragraphs:
1) Distinguishing Characteristic of Human Consciousness:
Damasio believes that there is no consciousness without a brain. He understands consciousness as a biologically determined process. Human beings not only are conscious of the passing events of life, but they also are richly aware of themselves as participants in life. Events don't just happen to us; we process them, we remember some of them, we have emotions both aware and unaware regarding them; and, at the pinnacle, we have rich conscious feelings about them. It is this "feeling of what happens," or, as Damasio phrases it, we view our life as a "movie within a movie," that is the distinguishing characteristic that separates humans from the lower animals.
2) Consciousness Includes Emotions and Feelings:
Damasio proposes that humans and other life forms on Earth have evolved consciousness systems that include emotions and feelings because they are critical to our survival and provide competitive advantage. When we think of evolutionary advantage, we usually think in terms of changes in physical attributes such as development of opposable thumbs and walking upright. However, we should realize that emotions, feelings, and the knowledge of those feelings may be just as important to our survival. Feelings allow us to react to our environment and also interact with it. We are able to plan our interactions based on a huge database that is both conscious and subconscious, and ultimately we are able to choose the direction of our lives.
3) Consciousness Is Multi-Layered:
Life forms on Earth have evolved multi-layered forms of consciousness. The greater the complexity of a given life form, the greater the number of layers in that life form's consciousness. Not surprisingly, humans are considered to possess a consciousness containing the most layers of complexity. The two layers of consciousness that are the primary topics of discussion are those of "core consciousness" and "extended consciousness."
Damasio defines core consciousness as the simple sense of self in the present, the self in the here and now. Core consciousness is not exclusive to humans. Damasio, in Chapter 1 of The Feeling of What Happens, further defines the sense of self in core consciousness as:
The sense of self which emerges in core consciousness is the core self, a transient entity, ceaselessly recreated for each and every object with which the brain interacts. Our traditional notion of self, however, is linked to the idea of identity and corresponds to a nontranscient collection of unique facts and ways which characterize a person. My term for that entity is the autobiographical self. ... the autobiographical self arises from the core self.
Extended consciousness, of which there are many levels and grades, provides an individual with a sense of self in historical time, with an awareness of both a past and a future with respect to oneself and the world environment. Extended consciousness may not be exclusive to humans, but does reach its highest development in modern humans. It is usually found in conjunction with complex language skills. In extended consciousness, emotional experience refers to a collection of responses to an event, many of which can be observed objectively and may even be subconscious. Conversely, feelings are reserved for the private, mental experience of an emotion.
The following table presents a rough picture of my understanding of Damasio's concept of multi-layered consciousness:
Name of Layer Chief Characteristics of Layer Typical Life Form
Higher Extended Consciousness Possession of Complex Language Skills, Strong Sense of both Past and Future, Strong Sense of Autobiographical Self and Memory, Conscience, Substantial Artistic and Scientific Creativity Modern Humans
Extended Consciousness Possession of some Language Skills, Limited Sense of Autobiographical Self and Memory, Limited Sense of both Past and Future Neanderthals, Chimpanzees, Dolphins
Core Consciousness Sense of Core Self, Conventional Long Term and Short Term Memory, Strong Sense of Being in the Present, No Ability to Use Complex Language Higher Mammals
Consciousness of Self and External Object Relationships Detects Changes in Self and Images of External Objects, Rudimentary Memory Fish, Reptiles, Primitive Mammals
Consciousness of Proto-Self Wakefulness, Image Making Ability, Minimal Attention, Detection of Object Significance Simple Animals


According to this predictive maintenance report from Market Research Future, the global predictive maintenance market is expected to grow to 6.3B by 2022.
As the research suggests, it seems that this growth is driven by the rising focus on reducing the operational costs and asset downtime.
While predictive maintenance boasts many benefits, barriers to entry such as high initial implementation costs and training requirements ensure that there is plenty of discussions that need to happen before any implementation.
If you were looking for a resource that will enable you to join that conversation, you've come to the right place.
1) What Is Predictive Maintenance (PdM)?
Predictive maintenance is a proactive maintenance strategy that tries to predict when a piece of equipment might fail so that maintenance work can be performed just before that happens. These predictions are based on the condition of the equipment that is evaluated based on the data gathered through the use of various condition monitoring sensors and techniques.
You might ask: How does this make it different from preventive maintenance? Well, the short answer is that, vast operational differences aside, predictive maintenance does everything more efficiently – at a cost.
If you are interested in the long answer, check out our side-by-side comparison of reactive vs preventive vs predictive maintenance.
2) How Does Predictive Maintenance Work?
Predictive maintenance (PdM) relies on condition-monitoring equipment to assess the performance of assets in real-time. By combining condition-based diagnostics with predictive formulas and with a little help from the Internet of Things (IoT), PdM creates an accurate tool for collecting and analyzing asset data. This data allows for the identification of any areas that need or will need attention.
Let's look at the major elements mentioned in the above paragraph to get a clear picture of how predictive maintenance works.
Under predictive maintenance, each asset is monitored using condition monitoring equipment we discuss in this article. Specifically, the machines are fitted with sensors that capture data about the equipment so as to enable evaluation of the asset's efficiency and track wear in real-time.
This step is essential because although physical inspections of equipment have traditionally been the major way through which maintenance personnel observe assets, there has been a critical shortcoming in that procedure – the most wear and tear happens "inside" the machines which means you need to take them apart to do a proper inspection.
However, by using condition-monitoring sensors and predictive maintenance, you can have an accurate representation of what's happening inside the asset without any kind of productivity disruptions.
These sensors measure different kinds of parameters depending on the type of machine. Most commonly, they measure vibration, noise, temperature, pressure, and oil levels, but you can go beyond that and even measure things like electrical currents and corrosion.
It is one thing to gather data, but quite another to be able to analyze and use the data for its intended purpose. By using the IoT technology, the different sensors mentioned earlier can collect and share data. PdM relies heavily on these sensors to connect the assets to a central system that stores the information coming in. These central hubs run using WLAN or LAN-based connectivity or cloud technology.
From there, the assets can communicate, work together, analyze data, and recommend remedial action or take action directly based on how the system is set up.
This exchange of information is at the core of predictive maintenance and allows maintenance techs to make sense of what's happening in the machines and identify any assets that (will) need attention.
This is where predictive maintenance goes beyond condition-based maintenance. The data collected previously is analyzed using predictive algorithms that identify trends with the aim of detecting when an asset will require repair, servicing, or replacement.
These algorithms follow a set of predetermined rules that compare the asset's current behavior against its expected behavior. Deviations are an indication of gradual deterioration that will lead to asset failure. Service technicians can then intervene as required to avoid breakdowns.
Over the years, CMMS – and other maintenance software – have played an active role in the continuous shift from manual processes and reactive maintenance to more proactive maintenance techniques – PdM included.
The information gathered over time regarding asset performance helps to form the starting point and the initial dataset before PdM implementation. Though they may be other sources, like hard copy maintenance records and soft copy files, CMMS will provide the most comprehensive and easy to access source of historical information.
With condition-monitoring sensor integration, a modern CMMS can automatically create an alert or generate a work order whenever the system detects that an asset is operating outside predefined conditions and parameters. These alerts prompt the maintenance team to take action and they help to significantly minimize unexpected downtime, increase overall efficiency, and lower repair costs.
Create a preventive maintenance work order after a machine has been running for a specific length of time or cycles.
Generate a "Fill Coolant" task when the level of coolant in the reservoir is getting too low.
Create an inspection task to check bearings in an air-conditioner's motor.
Create an inspection task to check belt condition in a fan.
In essence, even though PdM generates highly accurate asset data, that information will be limited in ease of application if it is not combined with a CMMS or other specialized software. On the other hand, CMMS on its own cannot measure or predict machine health. By incorporating both technologies, users get a tool that is indispensable for a modern maintenance management strategy.
For example, PdM will give the raw data from the machines but CMMS goes further to include information from other modules like asset history, inventory, spare parts management, workforce management, repair schedules and more – thereby helping the user make better-informed decisions.
Although PdM tools provide valuable insights about asset condition through vibration, lubricant, heat, oil analysis etc, the data generated is enormous and would be cumbersome for humans to manage manually.
With the right CMMS, users get easy to understand "snapshot" of the data that's coming in.
Laying the groundwork for PdM is essential for creating a system that will be sustainable for many years. The key is to start small and scale up as the organization adjusts to this new way of doing things.
Here is a very brief outline of the usual steps an organization needs to take when implementing a predictive maintenance program.
Start by identifying that critical equipment and systems to be included in the program. Assets with high repair/replacement costs that are critical to production are often the best candidates for a PdM program.
For the PdM program to be successful, another factor to consider is the presence of sufficient information that can offer actionable insights into machine behavior. Historical data for each pilot equipment will be available from sources like CMMS, hard copy files, enterprise software from other departments, maintenance records and charts, etc.
At this point, the organization will need to perform an analysis on the previously identified critical assets to establish their failure modes.
With the most critical assets and failure modes identified, the next step is designing the right modeling approach that will form the basis for failure predictions.
This is where predictive modeling is put to test and validated by deploying the technology to a selected group of pilot equipment.
If the process is executed properly, there will be significant improvements to the company's operations, even though noticeable impacts might take a few months to kick in, depending on the size and complexity of your organization.
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A report by McKinsey Global Institute estimates that the current interest in linking physical assets to the digital world may actually still be understating its full potential. They project that this connectivity could generate up to $11.1 trillion annually in economic value by the year 2025.
A striking feature of this report is that business-to-business (B2B) applications can create more value than strictly consumer uses. In fact, they project that B2B uses can generate up to 70 percent of the potential value enabled by IoT.
The benefits of the increased reliability that PdM offers is quite enticing and manufacturers are taking note. The same report mentioned above indicates that manufacturers' savings from using predictive maintenance could reach between $240 and $630bn globally by 2025. That's a considerable sum of money.
The everyday applications of predictive maintenance in manufacturing are numerous – ranging from managing equipment on the plant floor, to boosting operations and improving workers' safety. This trend is very likely to continue, especially as the cost of sensing technology continues to drop, largely due to the switch from wire-based sensors to wireless ones.
Connected cars are on the increase as brands produce vehicles equipped with sensors that gather data and relay information about the machine's performance. For businesses, fleet managers use this information to proactively plan for vehicle maintenance. While for consumers, alerts based on performance data are visible to the driver or goes to manufacturers and major car dealerships who then ask the car owners to take action.
Since then, PdM has evolved and is still used by aviation companies to reduce the costly effects of maintenance-related flight delays and cancellations. Predictive maintenance is also used in the industry to help airlines improve aircraft health and prevent devastating accidents.
In the next few years, it is expected that the usage of predictive technologies will increase as there is hardly any industry that cannot benefit from it.
On top of this list are the mining industry, oil and gas, manufacturing, construction, and aviation. Businesses operating in these sectors have a very high risk of exposure which predictive maintenance can help minimize.
Prescriptive maintenance looks to build upon predictive maintenance as PdM improved upon CBM and preventive maintenance.
In essence, prescriptive maintenance would not only let you know when something needs to be fixed but would also suggest a few scenarios of how you can deal with the predicted problem.
In the same post, he suggests that the acronym for prescriptive maintenance could be RxM and while we like it, it remains to be seen if it will catch on.
Even though the applicability of prescriptive maintenance seems to be tied to advancements in AI and machine learning, how things look today, we probably won't need to wait long until prescriptive maintenance becomes the next best thing in the maintenance industry.
And that wraps up our outlook on predictive maintenance. If you have something to add or ask, feel free to leave a comment below or get in touch with us via email.


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Enter the vampire underworld with a night of dark theatre and visual effects, hip hop and electro beats, secret vaults, interactive games and unexpected discoveries built in and around a 20th anniversary screening of Blade, all in the labyrinthine confines of the spectacular Leith Theatre.
Edinburgh International Film Festival in partnership with Hidden Door and in collaboration with New Media Scotland present a thrilling, interactive journey into the trailblazing film that paved the way for the Marvel Universe as it exists today, with amazing sets from DJ Nasty P and DJ EH-1.
'Tis the season for a little something delightfully Dickensian at Lauriston Castle. Alistair Sim stars in this acclaimed 1951 adaptation of Charles Dickens' novella 'A Christmas Carol', perhaps the finest transfer of the text to screen.
Look out for the Spirits of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come as you explore the dramatic interiors of the castle, resplendently decorated for the holidays. What did Tiny Tim say, Ebenezer?
Field recordist and sound artist Chris Watson reveals sounds from his sound installation "Inside the circle of fire: A Sheffield Sound Map", a project that describes the sound world of the city of his birth in dynamic multichannel sound. The installation reflects the boundary between man made sound and the sounds inherent in the landscape.
Celebrating 25 years since it's premiere, we present Merchant Ivory's elegant adaption of Kazuo Ishiguro's award-winning novel. Anthony Hopkins and Emma Thompson star in a below stairs tale of unrequited love.
Opening in the 1950s, a butler in a grand country house embarks on a journey to meet the former housekeeper that he first met in the 1930s. Experience this wonderfully evocative film in the splendour of Lauriston Castle.


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Drakengard 3 Connects To Nier, Will Have A Balance Between Darkness And Humor
By Matt Hawkins . October 11, 2013 . 11:10pm
After producer Takamasa Shiba demoed Drakengard 3, we talked about Zero, the game's anti-hero who is on a mission to kill her sisters. Siliconera also asked Shiba about editing content in previous Drakengard games and Valkyrie Profile.
I know you can't go into why Zero wants to kill her sisters at the moment, but it's clear that the story is quite dark. Can you please explain what goes into making a dark story that still engrossing, and without making it so dark and foreboding that it turns people off?
Takamasa Shiba, Producer: We have a good balance of darkness and humor… there's actually a good bit of the former, in the in-game dialogue for example. We don't want to turn it into a completely dark story. There are still scenes were you can laugh.
Speaking of story, can you talk more about how the story in Drakengard 3 connects to Drakengard 1, Drakengard 2, and Nier?
[Drakengard] 3 is actually a prequel to one. So part three happens first, then part one, then part two. There is relation, between the worlds of Drakengard 3 and Nier, but I can't talk about that right now.
In recent years, primarily in America, there has been a great deal of sensitivity towards how female characters are represented. Are you at all mindful of how Zero will be received in the West?
In terms of how we portray the protagonist, there won't be anything sexual. Instead of revealing or spoiling anything here… we wanted to let you know that, that sense of sexuality might mostly be conveyed via dialogue rather than her actions.
I also noticed that Zero's dragon's had the voice of a child.
Dragon companions are back in Drakengard 3. But one big difference is how it's very child like, hence the voice, whom Zero has to protect.
Care to elaborate on what you mean? Will it go out of control, like a child sometimes does?
No, the dragon will simply have child-like, characteristics, not behavior.
Drakengard has in the past dealt with sexually taboo subject matters, and it would appear that the latest continues down that path. Some details were removed in the past for Drakengard. Will Drakengard 3 be unaltered in the West?
The basic principle is this: we are not planning on making any changes. But, for the script, if there are areas in which it is absolutely necessary, we will make changes.
When you say the script, are we talking about bits of dialogue or actual scenes, like the cut scenes and the like?
Just the dialogue.
Will players be able to choose between English and Japanese voices?
We are considering it, because many users are interested in such a feature. Though Sony puts limitations on the size of games, so we have to take that into consideration as well.
When it comes to on the ground combat, Drakengard 3 has on the fly weapon switching. What other changes differentiate Drakengard 3 from other action RPGs?
Much like in Nier, we call our system "weapon story"… meaning, each weapon tells a different story. The more one powers up a weapon, the more story it ends up telling during gameplay.
Can you talk about the changes to the on dragon gameplay? Is there maneuverability?
It's a very different animal in Drakengard 3. We've put a lot of focus in improving the aerial gameplay. In the previous games, you couldn't even walk on the ground, while mounted on a dragon. Before, you just flew and shot fire, that's it. But here, you can charge up, you can lock onto enemies, you can walk on the ground… there's a lot more you can do that you couldn't before.
I know it might be too soon to ask, but any thoughts on a possible Drakengard 4?
It entirely depends on how well part three does. Though, if it does happen, it would more than likely be for next gen, the PlayStation 4.
OK, Shiba-san, you successfully got a new Drakengard game in development, and you worked on the original Valkyrie Profile too. Can you tell us anything about the Valkyrie Profile series, have you tried to start a new project within Square Enix.
Well, I really wasn't the main producer, just the assistant… so I can't really say. Do you think we should do another one?
Sure! Yes!
Then, I'll consider that!
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CHAMPIONS LEAGUE: Liverpool make life difficult for themselves
BELGRADE: Liverpool returned to the Champions League determined to make amends for their famous final failure against Real Madrid last season. The evidence from A 2-0 defeat by Red Star in Belgrade in what as Liverpool's 200th game in Europe's elite tournament is that they have, in the words of Jurgen Klopp, "lost our mojo."
The atmosphere in Marakana was intense but Liverpool's Kop inflicts similar pressure on visiting teams to Anfield so that was no excuse. This may have been an occasion when manager Klopp's rotation let him and his club down.
Xherdan Shaqiri had not travelled to avoid political provocations and Roberto Firmino was omitted from the starting line-up after appearing tired in recent games. That meant call-ups for Daniel Sturridge and Adam Lallana in attack plus Joel Matip in defence which disturbed Liverpool's balance.
Sturridge should have opened the scoring in the early exchanges but Red Star steadily grew into the game and took command with two goals in seven minutes from centre-forward Milan Pavkov who had been on the subs' bench in defeat at Anfield.
This was the first time Liverpool had conceded more than once in the first half of a Champions League game since trailing Real Madrid 3-0 at the interval in October 2014.
No visiting team have won in Belgrade since Arsenal in the Europa League in October 2017 and Red Star had conceded only one goal in five previous European home matches this season. Liverpool could not change those statistics despite the half-time introductions of Firmino and Joe Gomez. Thus progress to the knockout stage still hangs in the balance with this defeat following the 1:0 setback away to Napoli.
Klopp, asked to "put your finger on what went wrong," replied: "I only have 10 fingers."
He added: "They were aggressive. They were aggressive in the last game as well but then we did better. We made life a bit too easy for them. That was the main problem. They deserved it with the passion they showed. They gave everything. For us it was not clicking, it was not easy.
"We had the moments but when we had the ball in the box we could not really finish. I saw a few games like this already and it is really difficult to find your mojo back.
"I don't say it is already serious if we lose twice but we have to make sure it will not happen again otherwise it will be difficult. The next game is an away game at Paris Saint-Germain and the last one is a very difficult home game against Napoli."
Sunday's home game against struggling Fulham and then the international break offer Liverpool the opportunity to regroup before visiting awkward Watford then PSG.
Champions League on Tuesday:
Gp A: Monaco 0, Brugge 4; At. Madrid 2, B Dortmund 0.
Gp B: Inter 1, Barcelona 1; Tottenham 2, PSV 1.
Gp C: Red Star 2, Liverpool 0; Napoli 1, PSG 1.
Gp D: Porto 4, Lok Moscow 1; Schalke 2, Galatasaray 0.


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