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In a 1993 interview with The Paris Review about her writing practice, Toni Morrison spoke of how she achieved the literary feat that is her novel "Jazz."
"I thought of myself as like the jazz musician — someone who practices and practices and practices in order to be able to invent and to make his art look effortless and graceful," she told the literary magazine at the time.
Behind such masterpieces as "Jazz," "Beloved" and "The Bluest Eye" was a painstaking craft that Morrison honed over her decades-long career — one that is explored in an upcoming exhibition at Princeton University in New Jersey, where Morrison taught for 17 years.
"Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory," set to open on February 22, examines the creative methods of the celebrated author and Nobel laureate. Drawing from an extensive archive that includes manuscript drafts, speeches, writing plans and correspondence, the exhibition promises to offer new insight into Morrison's literary mind.
A handwritten manuscript page for Morrison's novel "The Bluest Eye," along with other papers from the author's archive. Credit: Princeton University Library
"The focus here really is on excavating the process behind these polished texts — what it looks like to imagine, to write in all of these different moments," said curator Autumn Womack, who is also an assistant professor of English and African American Studies.
The exhibition, which is divided into six sections, provides glimpses into Morrison's thought process and writing practice at various points in her career. Day planners from her time as an editor at Random House show how she made time to write her own novels in between her professional obligations, while yellow legal pads that she filled with notes and drafts shed light on her thinking as she was writing later novels such as "A Mercy."
Womack, a scholar of 19th and 20th century American literature, has worked extensively with Morrison's archives since she came to Princeton in 2017, making use of the materials in a course she taught on the author and reading practices. As she and her students parsed through the collection, Womack said she found that Morrison's writing practice was "infused with a kind of patience."
Autumn Womack, an assistant professor of English and African American Studies at Princeton, is the lead curator of the exhibition. Credit: Brandon Johnson
"As writers we often want to get to the finished product and know that we have cracked the code," she said. "But you see (Morrison) trying and over and over and over and over again, asking questions, looking at different objects, trying different research methods, trying different narrative voices."
The exhibition takes its title from Morrison's essay "The Site of Memory." In it, the author detailed a creative practice that began with an image in her mind, which then prompted questions that she set out to explore. As the meaning of the image became clear, she ultimately arrived at the text.
That process comes to life in the exhibit, Womack said. Viewers can see how Morrison drew inspiration from a newspaper account of Margaret Garner, an enslaved African American woman who killed her own daughter rather than allow her to return to a life of slavery, for the premise of "Beloved." They can trace how an image taken by photographer James Van Der Zee planted the initial seed for "Jazz."
"You see her continuing to ask the questions until she alights upon the story," Womack added.
When Womack began curating "Sites of Memory," she said it became clear to her that the exhibition should reflect the collaborative, multidisciplinary elements that were so evident in Morrison's work. That's why the archival exhibit is just one of a series of community events and initiatives that Princeton is holding around the author.
The exhibition features an array of materials from Morrison's archives, including this small notebook. Credit: Brandon Johnson
"Cycle of Creativity: Alison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers," an exhibition presented by the university's art museum that also opens in late February, will pair materials from Morrison's archive with the works of sculptor Alison Saar to explore how both artists illuminate aspects of the Black American experience.
In March, the university will hold a symposium that brings together writers, scholars and artists to consider Morrison's work and its impact on American culture, with a keynote by novelist Edwidge Danticat.
A spring lecture series and undergraduate courses on Morrison's work are also in store, according to a news release.
The exhibition "Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory" will be on view at Princeton University Library's Milberg Gallery in Princeton, New Jersey, from February 22 until June 4.
Top image: Toni Morrison attends the Carl Sandburg Literary Awards dinner in Chicago on October 20, 2010. (Photo by Daniel Boczarski/FilmMagic)
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Texas over Time: Pat Neff Hall, Baylor University, Waco
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Texas has changed quite a bit over the years, as is readily seen in our vast photograph collection. To help bring some of those changes to life, we've created a "Texas over Time" series of GIFs that will illustrate the construction and renovations of buildings, changing aerial views, and more. Our collections are especially strong on Waco and Baylor images, but look for some views beyond the Heart of Texas, too.
Pat Neff Hall construction, 1939
Pat Neff Hall was started in 1938 (with a Masonic cornerstone laying ceremony on December 7, 1938) and completed in 1939. The building was dedicated on Founders Day 1940.
President Neff received an offer from the General Educational Board of a $50,000 gift to the university if an administration building was built to free up classroom space.
The 46,000 sq. ft. building was built in the American Georgian style, by Waco architectural firm Birch D. Easterwood and Son, at a cost of around $250,000.
The original carillon (the Cullen F. Thomas Carillon) was initiated on December 21, 1939, but dedicated at the same time as the hall. The original carillon cost $15,000 and consisted of 25 bells. Chronic mechanical failures eventually led to its replacement by the McLane Carillion, named for the Drayton McLane family of Temple. Cast in France by the prestigious Paccard Bell Foundry, the 48 bell carillon cost $325,000, and was dedicated at Homecoming 1988. Read more about the McLane Carillon and its circuitous route to Baylor.
The dome was originally stainless steel, making it the second stainless steel roof in the country, until gold leafing was put on in 2000.
The tradition of green lights of Pat Neff after athletic wins was started in 1978.
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How the McLane Carillon Missed Its Stop (But Has Been Making Beautiful Music Ever Since)
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Did you listen for the bells this Homecoming weekend? So many Baylor alums talk about missing the beautiful hymns played on the McLane Carillon, or just the chiming of the time. From getting students to class on time to September 11 memorial recitals, the bells are an integral part of the Baylor experience. But did you know that on their way to Waco, they took an accidental trip to Mexico?
The smallest bell in the McLane Carillon weighs 29 pounds, and the largest weighs 4,370 pounds.
The 48 bells of the McLane Carillon were made by the Paccard Bell Foundry in Annecy, France, a company whose bells can be heard around the world. After they were finished in 1988, a freighter picked them up and was to unload them in Houston, and a trucking company would complete their journey to Waco.
The bells of the McLane Carillon took about a year to craft.
Yet the best laid plans can go astray—the ship failed to stop, and the bells went on their way to Mexico. Of course, the error was discovered, the freighter returned to Houston, and the bells made it to Baylor, just a few days later than planned.
But wait, you're thinking—weren't there bells ringing from Pat Neff before 1988? Yes! But unfortunately, the Cullen F. Thomas chimes had fallen into disrepair after 50 years of music, and the tower fell silent. Thanks to the generosity of the Drayton McLane family and the McLane Company, Inc., of Temple, Texas, Baylor was able to purchase a new carillon.
Yet the bells are a bit of a mystery—you can't really see them, after all. Did you know that they're played using both feet on the pedal board and closed fists on a keyboard? (The carillon is connected to a computer programmed to play the Westminster chimes and some songs, but yes, real people play the carillon too! Lynnette Geary is the current carillonneur, and she even teaches carillon classes.)
Inscribed quotes on the bells include wisdom from Baylor presidents up to the time the McLane Carillon was dedicated in 1988. (A quote from Herbert H. Reynolds is on the preceding page of the program.)
And Baylor's bells are inscribed with biblical and literary quotations. Selected by the McLane family, there is a quote from each of the Baylor presidents up to the 1980s, a bell dedicated to the faculty of Baylor University with a line by Geoffrey Chaucer ("And gladly wolde he lerne, and gladly teche"), and much more. The quotations can be seen on a plaque in the Pat Neff Hall entryway.
So next time you hear "Doxology" or "That Good Old Baylor Line" pealing across the campus, stop and listen a moment. The Baylor soundscape wouldn't be the same without them.
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Catharine Riggs lives and writes on California's central coast. Before her dive into thrillers, Riggs worked as a business banker, adjunct college instructor, and a nonprofit executive. Thomas & Mercer published her debut novel, What She Gave Away, in September of 2018. The loosely linked sequel, What She Never Said, launches in September of 2019. Get caught up on the progress of her Santa Barbara Suspense series by visiting the author online at www.catharineriggs.com.
Revenge is anything but sweet in What She Gave Away, a twisty thriller about two women with very different lives locked in the same deadly game. This debut novel of psychological suspense features an outsider with a dark past and a bitter grudge who moves to the wealthy community of Santa Barbara only to find herself enmeshed in the secrets of her boss and his hapless wife.


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Driverless vehicles are moving out of science fiction onto our roads. Various manufacturers have signalled intent to make them viable by 2021 meaning that we could be driven to work automatically sooner than we all anticipated.
Whilst driverless vehicles have long been a hot topic, significant progress has been made in their implementation after the Automated and Electric Vehicles Bill 2017-2019 received Royal assent on 19 July 2018 and is now the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018.
What are driverless vehicles?
Driverless cars are exactly that: cars with no driver. As opposed to a human controlling the car, passengers will be driven by an artificial intelligence which aims to get passengers safely from A to B. Manufacturers have claimed that the developing technology will make our roads safer than ever before as the biggest cause of accidents in the UK is largely attributed to human-error.
Automotive-heavyweights such as Ford, Google, Mercedes, Uber and Tesla are but a few of the names who are committed to forwarding the auto-car initiative with testing on roads having been underway since 2016-2017.
When being driven on public roads, the automated vehicles still require a person to monitor their proper orientation and "take over" when needed. This raises a significant number of questions when it comes to liability (particularly criminal liability) which will be examined in more detail later.
The technology appears to have progressed rapidly in recent years and Apple has increased the number of test vehicles to 45 as of March 2018 having started out with only 3.
To assess the progress of the A.I, it is useful to look at the average distance that the vehicles are being driven between "disengagements" (i.e. when the automated software is disabled in favour of human control). In 2017, Waymo vehicles drover over 352'000 miles and reported 63 instances where the human "supervisor" had to take control.This equates to around 5000 miles being driven before disengagement. In March 2017, it was reported that Uber vehicles required disengagement every 0.67 miles indicating the difference in success the manufacturers are experiencing.
What is clear however is that the race between these manufacturers is on as they all strive to get the finished product to market first.
How will driverless cars be used?
Automatic Trucks
An obvious use for driverless vehicles is within the haulage industry and several companies are said to be testing automated trucks . "Otto", a self-driving trucking company demonstrated their trucks on a highway before being bought by Uber in 2016. In 2017, "Embark" partnered with truck-maker Peterbilt to start testing and deploying the A.I technology in Peterbilts vehicles. Waymo is also said to be implementing the technology in trucks but as of yet, no timeline for mainstream implementation has been announced but "Starsky Robotics" became the first contender in the race to have their truck drive in fully automatic mode on a public road without a human supervisor in June 2018 so strides are being
Eventually, the A.I technology is intended to cover other kinds of transport such as busses, trains and boats as well as trucks. In 2015, the UK launched public trials of an automated pod in Milton Keynes and the City of London has been testing similar pods (effectively shuttle busses) around some parts of the city.
Potential Benefits of Driverless Cars
Safety experts predict that traffic collisions (and resulting deaths/injuries), caused by human error should be substantially reduced once the technology has been fully developed. In the USA, it has been estimated that the driverless technology could "eliminate 90% of all auto accidents….prevent up to $190 billion in damages and health-costs annually and save thousands of lives". "TheDrive.com" (operated by Time Magazine) reported in 2017 that none of the safety experts they contacted were able to rank driverless systems as having achieved a greater level of safety than hands-on, human driving. At this time, it is difficult to determine how these safety benefits will ultimately manifest over time. Concerns have frequently been raised however in respect of the software security and how bugs, flaws or even malicious hackers may be able to affect to affect the system and compromise safety.
Driverless cars may help reduce labour costs, relieve travelers from driving and other chores associated with it. Being driven everywhere would create more time for work and leisure during journeys and would likely reduce the number of instances where a driver is distracted, texting, intoxicated or otherwise impaired. By removing the steering wheel and any driver interface from the front of the vehicle, the interiors can be more ergonomic flexibility.
It has been suggested that driverless technology could allow for higher speed limit and increased capacity on the roads. The requirement for safety gaps and stopping distances between vehicles is based on the human ability to react. With an A.I in control, it has been claimed that these requirements will no longer be needed meaning we can fit more vehicles on our roads and travelling at higher speeds (which to us, sounds like a recipe for disaster). It is also claimed that the need for traffic police will be reduced as officers will not be required to react to any poor human-drivers.
The manufacturers of the technology are also hoping that the overall cost of vehicle insurance will be reduced with lower congestion, improved flow of traffic (resulting in better fuel efficiency) and a reduced number of accidents all contributing to lower premiums.
Manually driven vehicles are reported to be used only 4-5% time, and being parked and unused for the remaining 95-96% of the time. Autonomous vehicles could (theoretically) be used continuously after it has reached its destination. This could dramatically reduce the need for parking space. When combined with the potential reduced need for road space due to improved traffic flow, this could free up huge amounts of land in urban areas, which could then be used for parks, recreational areas, buildings, among other uses; making cities more liveable.
Other related effects
By reducing the labour costs of mobility as a service, driverless cars may help reduce the number of cars that are owned by individuals as they would be replaced by a taxi/pooling shared service. This would, in turn, reduce the size of the car manufacturing market which may help improve the environment. Depending on the cost of this service, the overall household expenditure could be reduced giving people more money in their pockets. A vehicle having an "increased awareness" could help police by reporting illegal passenger behaviour but this could lead to a much-expanded mass surveillance which may not be very well received by the public.
Potential Obstacles to Driverless Technology
The above benefits may be halted by foreseeable challenges such as disputes over liability. In the event of an accident, will the passenger be liable or the manufacturer of the software?
What if the someone is killed by the vehicle but it could have been avoided had the driver disengaged the A.I? But what if said driver was intoxicated?
In terms of ethics, what if the vehicle was faced with a scenario where it could collide with either one person or a crowd of people? Should it potentially be programmed to kill one person as opposed to potentially many?
There will inevitably be a period where human drivers share the roads with this A.I and this will likely be the time when most questions/obstacles materialise. Will humans even want to forfeit their ability to drive? Should they have to?
The legal framework and government regulations may also present a huge obstacle.
Other issues that may arise would include putting people with zero driving experience in a supervisory role over an automated vehicle. What if that person has to suddenly take control?
There are also concerns about making large numbers of people currently employed as drivers unemployed, the potential for more intrusive surveillance as a result of police and intelligence agency access to large data sets generated by sensors and pattern-recognition AI (making anonymous travel difficult), and possibly insufficient understanding of verbal sounds, gestures and nonverbal cues by police, other drivers or pedestrians.
This is all before we consider the possible technical problems that that driverless cars face which are:
Artificial Intelligence can still not function properly in chaotic inner-city environment
A car's A.I could be compromised, as could any communication system in place between vehicles
The car's sensing and navigation systems may be susceptible to different types of weather (such as snow) or deliberate interference
The cars must be able to avoid large animals and Volvo found that software cable of recognising deer and elk was unable to recognise kangaroos
Driverless cars will be reliant on maps that must be the highest of quality and accuracy in order to operate. What happens when a map may be out of date?
Road infrastructure may need to be changed for driverless cars to function effective
Companies working on the technology have faced problems with recruitment as the talent pool has not grown with demand.
Loss of Jobs
The UK currently has thousands of professional drivers who will effectively be made redundant by driverless technology within the transport industry. Professional drivers and their unions may resist its implementation as a result of job losses. Garages and repair stations may also effectively be put out of work as well as some aspects of the insurance industry as certain occupations become obsolete.
The vehicle's location and position may be integrated into an interface which other people can access. Automative hacking is also a huge concern as well as how the data collected from trips will be used. There has also been concerns raised about terrorist attacks. What would stop a driverless car being loaded with a bomb and sent to its destination?
Whilst the environment is often cited as a benefit of this technology, there is also a chance it could have a negative impact. If people no longer have to worry about a stressful commute and can benefit from more productive time spending during the journey in addition to the savings in travel time and cost which have been oft-cited as benefits of the technology, more may choose to live out of the city. Property/land is cheaper yet if they still work within the city, the travel distance is increased along with fuel consumption which is detrimental to our carbon footprint
As mentioned previously there is certainly an ethical question of attached to this technology. What action should the car take when faced with an unavoidable crash? Does it crash into a bus, potentially killing people inside; or swerve elsewhere, potentially killing its own passengers or nearby pedestrians? How capable will the A.I be at analysing risk? Whether an automated vehicle's capacity to correctly detect an upcoming risk, analyse the options or choose a 'good' option from among bad choices would be as good or better than a particular human's may be difficult to gauge.
The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 (AEV Act)
Now that driverless cars have been defined and the pros and cons have been looked at, what exactly is the legal position?
The Act is split into two parts: the first relates to liability of insurers where an accident is caused by an automated vehicle, and the second relates to issues around public charging or refuelling points for electric vehicles.
For the purposes of this piece we will deal solely with points from Part 1 of the Act. This applies to self-driving vehicles that 'may lawfully be put in self-drive mode on roads or other public places in Great Britain'.
The key provisions that came from the Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 (The Act) is that insurers are going to be liable for damage to people and/or property where:
An accident is caused by an automated vehicle
Is driving as an automated vehicle; and
Where the vehicle is insured at the time.
If the vehicle is in driverless mode when it is in a situation when it is inappropriate then the liability will fall on the individual.
In the event that the vehicle is being driven automatically, but in a situation when it is inappropriate to do so, the liability will fall on the individual and it is classed as negligence.
This was a concern during the Bill's passage through parliament and one that defence lawyers will likely be interested to see develop: when is it 'appropriate' to allow the vehicle to 'drive itself'? Without clear guidance on this specific point insurers will likely look to this section of the act for a defence to any claim whenever possible.
Would-be engineers or those who ignore software updates may also find yourself in hot water in the future. If any alterations have been made to the software which were prohibited by the policy, or if the insured person fails to install safety-critical updates then the insurance company will have an action against the individual in respect of any money paid out.
For software updates, the test to be applied is whether the insured knew or reasonably ought to have known that they were critical but what if they claim to have never received the notification? Will the onus be on the manufacturers to prove that the notification/push-message was sent?
There has been a significant level of publicity about the fact that The Act gives innocent victims a direct-right of action against the vehicle's insurance company. The idea is to enable victims to claim compensation quickly without prolonging the process with complicated product liability claims against the manufacturers or dealing with liability disputes between insurer and manufacturer.
This direct right against the insurer will only apply where an accident is caused by an automated vehicle "driving itself" which is clarified as 'operating in a mode which is not being controlled and does not need to be monitored by an individual'.
The Act however makes no mention to the fact that there are varying levels of automation at which the vehicle may be driven (i.e. parking only to entire journeys).
The Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) categorised the degree of automation in 5 levels. Level 1 is where the vehicle behaves like a conventional car whilst Level 5 is when there is no input or monitoring from the "driver" required.
During Parliamentary debate however the Government confirmed that the SAE levels lacked precision and it would seek to set its own safety standard via a technical committee operating under the United National Economic Commission for Europe. Once standards are defined, it is expected that vehicles will need to pass a type-approval process to demonstrate capability to safety drive on UK roads before they can be sold (similar to how current vehicles have to pass technical standards before going to market).
It was also confirmed in Parliament that legislation will be drafted regarding the level of automation so what exactly will be the level that is deemed lawful for the Act to apply?
The Act requires the Secretary of State to publish and update a list of all motor vehicles capable of safely driving themselves and which may lawfully be used in public. Within two years of the list's publication, the Secretary of State must prepare a report for Parliament on the impact/effectiveness of the regime and the extent to which the legislation has ensured that there is appropriate insurance in place for automated vehicles.
The Next Stage and Moving Forward with Driverless Cars
The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) has asked the Law Commission review the UK's legal framework for automated vehicles. The Commission will be considering a variety legal areas. These will include (but are not limited to):
road traffic legislation
offences and product liability
They will also examine the use of automated vehicles as part of modern public transport networks.
The review is not intended to determine whether driverless cars will ultimately be beneficial. Its function is to consider the legal framework within which driverless technology may be implemented.
Driverless vehicles do not fit into the current framework easily. Many of the legal requirements currently in force apply only to human drivers. For example:
How do automatic systems fit within safety assurance mechanisms such as MOTs?
Who is accountable in an accident or crime?
Who will decide on the safety of an automatic vehicle?
Our project will not cover drones or vehicles designed solely for use on pavements.
The review undertaken by the Commission is a three year project which started in 2018. The first year will effectively be an audit of the current law alongside an exercise to identify key issues. A paper with the results of the audit will be available before the end of 2018.
Following the review, we should have a clearer idea of how much change our legal framework needs.
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Landsec announces raft of new big-name store signings
Major retail landlord Landsec announced a raft of new signings from 17 brands covering 63,000 sq ft across its retail portfolio. Brands who have signed for space include Polo Ralph Lauren, H&M, Diesel, and Armani.
Armani to show with A/X Armani Exchange at Pitti Uomo in June
Pitti Uomo is hosting another top label as Giorgio Armani's younger, accessible line will star in the Florentine menswear show's June edition, with a dedicated section at the Sala della Scherma.
Giorgio Armani launches haute joaillerie line
The Italian brand has unveiled its first ever haute joaillerie collection in New York. Intended as an extension of its Armani Privé haute couture line, the collection will also be presented in Tokyo, Paris and Milan.
Giorgio Armani designs Italian national soccer team's formal uniforms
The Italian Soccer Federation has signed a four-year deal with Giorgio Armani to design the formal off-field uniforms of the Italian men's national soccer team, the women's national team and the national under-21 team.
Pitti Uomo looks back on 30 years of men's fashion with new exhibition
Pitti Uomo is looking back on its 30 years in the menswear industry with a new exhibition.
Giorgio Armani's general manager Livio Proli set to leave
The general manager of the Italian luxury group will step down on March 31, though he will remain on the board of directors, and will continue as president of Armani-owned Olimpia Milano basketball club.
Giorgio Armani to stage first cruise collection show in Tokyo
The Italian luxury label will unveil its next cruise collection with a show in Tokyo on May 24, a first for Armani, which will also celebrate its newly renovated flagship store in the city's Ginza district.
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Giorgio Armani will stage a Tadao Ando exhibition inside the Italian designer's contemporary show space Armani/Silos next month. And the designer has named the exposition The Challenge.
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Gavin Turk continually explores what it means to be an artist. His investigations subject avant-garde preoccupations with notions of authorship, authenticity and originality, to a rigorous and p... White Cube Duke Street
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Gavin Turk continually explores what it means to be an artist. His investigations subject avant-garde preoccupations with notions of authorship, authenticity and originality, to a rigorous and playful scrutiny. To this end, Turk makes frequent appearances in his own work, in a series of different and diverse guises.
In his video shown at White Cube, A Marvellous Force of Nature (1993), the artist takes centre stage as the prop for a magician who employs him in the performance of a 'floating artist' illusion. The video has the look of amateur footage: shot through a haze of cigarette smoke and the heads of onlookers, and accompanied by the occasional noise of shuffling feet and whispers. While the illusion itself may be one of the oldest tricks in the book, it is carried out with aplomb, as Turk taps into a vein of absurdist humour by resurrecting the long-faded glamour of variety shows and seedy dinner-club entertainers. As the act progresses, and Turk is seen levitating in mid-air, a suspense-building soundtrack joins with the magician's solemn, elaborate gestures, to conjure up a sense of occasion that gives the performance a real sense of ceremony.
In this work, Turk has turned himself into a prop: the artist as object, a device that reflects the theme of transformation, which is a persistent one in his work. In the past, he explored the potential of the artist's signature to assign value to blank canvases by converting them into artworks. In doing so, Turk paid his respects to the work of both Piero Manzoni and Marcel Duchamp, artists who famously explored the way in which a work of art is conferred iconic status. In Turk's work, combining art and magic encourages us to compare the mysterious 'aura' of the magician with that of the artist. It also focuses attention on the receptivity of the audience: both magic tricks and art require a leap of faith on the part of the viewer, that they collude with a 'performance' by momentarily suspending disbelief.
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The mechanisms and standards for controlling and regulating noise depend on the nature of the source, e.g., road traffic noise is controlled and assessed quite differently to factory noise or noise from a night club. Equally, construction noise, recreational noise and 'neighbour noise' may need to be assessed using different criteria and standards. Throughout industry, noise control measures are often required to protect the hearing of workers. On the other hand, environmental noise control generally gives priority to protecting Noise Sensitive Locations (NSLs) or noise sensitive receptors.
• The likely duration of the noise and the ability and/or willingness to control its impact.
The above list is by no means exhaustive and many social, psychological and economic factors will affect the sensitivity of an individual or a situation over time.
At some facilities the nature of the activities or the proximity of of NSLs may result in potential noise problems. In such cases, the key environmental noise issues (dominant sources, noisy production processes etc. and their impact on noise sensitive locations) need to be identified. At such facilities it is important to adopt a logical and systematic approach to noise management.
At some sites a combination of factors (e.g. inherently quiet plant, effective containment of noisy sources or remoteness of NSLs) ensures that environmental noise is a minor issue and significant noise impacts are unlikely to arise. However, some plants will require an ongoing programme of work to ensure an effective level of control over the facility's noise emissions. In some instances this is best achieved through a structured Noise Management Programme (or Noise Management Plan) based on a risk assessment approach.
The first step generally involves an assessment of any existing or planned noise sources and their relative contribution to ambient levels. This facilitates the establishment of target noise levels for the particular source and where necessary the degree of noise attenuation can be estimated. Having established the required reduction, the next stage is the application of noise control engineering principles. However, effective planning and management frequently involves the use of common sense and good practice as opposed to high tech engineering solutions.
Virtually all noise control problems can be represented by a simple energy flow diagram. This generally gives rise to two main options of control, i.e. to reduce the source strength or to impede the acoustic energy along its transmission path. In every situation the mechanisms by which a sound is generated and the exact part of the machinery/equipment responsible will largely dictate the treatment options.
With the exception of aerodynamic noise, noise is generally caused by a force causing a surface to vibrate. Surfaces or panels radiate sound most efficiently at or near any of their modal or resonant frequencies and some control measures involve the application of coatings or damping layers or mechanical stiffening devices which subdivide the panel so that the modal frequencies move upwards and become less problematical.
increase in damping – i.e., a process whereby vibrational energy is converted into heat through some form of frictional mechanism (e.g. constrained or unconstrained layer damping techniques).
Many noise sources such as industrial machinery have a fixed design which may be difficult to modify without reducing its performance or efficiency, however, noise is frequently caused by the turbulent flow of gases and fluids and these types of noise sources can be modified to reduce their noise output. Common examples of these include exhausts and blow-offs of air or steam which cause jet noise. Other common examples include turbulence caused by control valves in pipelines. In most systems the noise emission is directly proportional to the degree of turbulence and many control techniques aim to reduce the velocity and pressure of the fluids and smooth out the flow.


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Odensvi församling är en församling i Kustbygdens kontrakt i Linköpings stift inom Svenska kyrkan. Församlingen ingår i Norra Tjusts pastorat och ligger i Västerviks kommun i Kalmar län.

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Församlingen har medeltida ursprung.

Församlingen utgjorde till 1962 ett eget pastorat. Från 1962 var församlingen annexförsamling i pastoratet Gamleby och Odensvi som 1974 utökades med Lofta församling. Från 2007 ingår församlingen i Norra Tjusts pastorat.

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Odensvi socken

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The classic 50s series is getting an upgrade from the 'Get Out' director.
This version is pretty depressing.
The Sunken Place: Racism, Survival and Black Horror explores the history of anti-black racism in cinema.
Universal has submitted the blockbuster to the Golden Globes's Best Comedy category.
Black Klansman will tell the story of Ron Stallworth, a black detective who infiltrated the Ku Klux Klan and foiled the group's hate crimes.
Peele and J.J. Abrams are turning Lovecraft Country into an HBO horror series set in 50s Jim Crow America.


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Asus Zenfone AR vs OnePlus 5: Comparison Review – detailed specification
Aniruddha Paul Reviews Jun 18, 2017, 9:48 pm
Planning to buy the most advanced smartphone in the recent future? You will get two of the best affordable options in Asus Zenfone AR and OnePlus 5. The Asian companies, Asus and OnePlus are on a roll releasing their respective individual devices in the upcoming months.
Having high-end specs as per confirmed reports, both of these smartphones can give you a run for the money. The Zenfone AR provides you with their signature user interface, Asus ZenUI 3.0. On the other hand, the latest device of OnePlus is able enough to bring you a dual camera with DSLR-like quality. Let's find out about the mobiles in detail so that a choice with no regrets can be made.
Design and built
Asus Zenfone AR weighs about 170 grams, has a 9mm thickness, and is to be available only in black. It is supposed to be the world's slimmest Tango platform so far. Not many details of the OnePlus 5 are revealed this far, except that it has a 7mm thickness. Though the design might be put into question, the cofounder is confident enough to think otherwise, as expressed on Twitter. The three colors available for OnePlus 5 are soft gold, gunmetal, and midnight black.
The Zenfone AR is equipped with a super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, with 5.7 inches of the display screen, and Corning Gorilla Glass 4 protection. Sticking to their own user interface might have facilitated the designers of the Zenfone AR, making it interesting to observe market receival. OnePlus 5 includes optic AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, with 5.5 inches of screen size, and Corning Gorilla Glass 5 protection.
Processor and performance
The Asus model packs a Quad-core CPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 chip, and runs on the latest Android 7.0 (Nougat). The addition of the Tango platform of Google will present an extra edge to the performance of the Asus model. The OnePlus model packs an Octa-core CPU, Snapdragon 835 chip, and runs on Nougat 7.1.1.
Zenfone AR includes a 23mp front camera and an 8mp secondary camera, alongside the other updated features. As for OnePlus 5, it includes a Dual 16mp front and 8mp secondary camera. According to the recent reports, it is also to carry a DSLR-quality feature other features like one similar to the Portrait Mode of iPhone 7 Plus, and another with the slogan 'Focus On What Matters' is to spice up the photographic experience for the OnePlus users.
The users comfortable with the ZenUI are not going to face any issue handling the latest version (3.0) as in the Asus Zenfone AR. The OnePlus 5 is rumored to have the cyanogens mod 11 S that would unlock various hidden apps for super usage. This will provide the users with fiddling around in the device while exploring the apps to the fullest.
Both the mentioned mobile phones are having a non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery. Considering the provided respective platforms of these phones, multi-tasking of the users ranging from hooking into the social media to online work and surf, the battery life is expected to satisfy any long day.
Both the Asus Zenfone AR and the OnePlus 5 are to be available in the markets by the mid of July 2017. The price tags are well matched to the entire makeover of these smartphones, as each of them is ready to give you a world of technology right in your palm.
Get a detailed overview of Asus Zenfone AR and the OnePlus 5:
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Full-flavored and deep colored Organic Hard Red Wheat is ideal for bread making. Low in saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium, it's a source of high dietary fiber, which is good for digestion and weight management. It's rich in betaine, which possesses antioxidant properties and improves athletic performance. It's also an excellent source of iron, magnesium, phosphorus, zinc, copper, thiamin, niacin, vitamin B-6 and folate. Low fat diets rich in fiber-containing grain products, fruits, and vegetables may reduce the risk of some types of cancer, a disease associated with many factors.
Hard Red Wheat flour can be used for a variety of recipes and is best ground at the medium to coarsest setting on the Lee Household Flour Mill. All stone mills can have potential challenges with grinding gluten-rich grains at the finest setting due to the stone gumming up. To make flour, simply pour the grains into the hopper, select your desired coarseness and mill until the hopper is empty.
Bring four cups of water and one cup of hard red wheat berries to a boil. Reduce heat to a simmer and cover. Check tenderness after thirty minutes and every five minutes (up to 25 more) until done. Once done, drain any excess water and enjoy.
Flour made with Organic Hard Red Wheat is compatible with the Atkins diet, Low Carb diet, Macrobiotic diet and the Mediterranean diet.


Important note: common number, hit number or target number are only different names of the same number. So keep in mind always. All these are different for every day and for every teer.
So you just need to choose a fresh number every day. The number will be different for every teer.
For example, A common number for Shillong teer is not a common number for Khanapara teer.
What is a common number in teer?
These numbers are most favorite or hit numbers. People draw hit numbers on a daily basis these numbers depends on specific mathematical formulas and previous teer results.
Where to get common/hit number for Shillong teer?
Well, many youtube channels are working and provide hit numbers every day.
So just visit youtube and follow few channels which have a vast number of subscribers.
We also update common number daily on our website you can check them on this page.
How much useful these common numbers are?
Well, these numbers have a great chance at a winning point of view.
Because mathematical formulas are useful in this game. Old results also help.
So with a combination of these both, it is easy to generate winning numbers.
Which is most better between dream number and common number?
Well if you ask my personal suggestion.
I always prefer dream numbers If I watch an absolute dream at night and that clearly match with a dream number, I must buy that dream number.
But if usually, I don't see any specific dream every night. So I go for target numbers that day.
Are hit numbers same for khanapara teer, Shillong teer, and Juwai teer?
And khanapara is part of Assam, so they are entirely different.
Are Target numbers update daily or remains the same for all days?
Experts release Hit numbers daily. So you need to pick new numbers daily. You cannot use any specific number daily because a yesterday's number is not common or hit number for today.
What is a mathematical formula for Shillong teer and khanapara teer?
We don't know about formulas. We just receive these numbers from a few authentic experts and publish here.
If you are really interested in mathematical teer formulas, then we will suggest you visit youtube channels about teer.
No, it is just a kind of guess. Official teer associations have no connection with this kind of numbers.
Are target numbers also available on teer counters?
No, teer counters are official, so they don't release any hit number. But it can be a possibility that any teer counter suggests any number by its own. But teer association don't have any link with this kind of numbers or predictions.


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China jails dissident's brother-in-law for 11 years
June 10, 2013 by admin
A court in China has sentenced the brother-in-law of an imprisoned Chinese dissident to 11 years in jail on charges of fraud.
Liu Hui, the brother-in-law of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Liu Xiaobo, was found guilty by a Beijing court of defrauding a man called Zhang Bing of 3 million yuan ($490,000) along with another colleague.
The harsh sentence on Liu Hui was seen as an official retribution on the Liu family, Reuters reports. Mo Shaoping, the lawyer defending Liu, said the jail term was "out of all proportion" to the alleged offence, which should have been treated as a civil dispute and "not a criminal matter".
Critics say the Liu's sentence was aimed at intimidating other political activists and thwarting the increasing attention on the plight of Liu Xiaobo's wife, Liu Xia, who has remained under effective house arrest since her husband won the Nobel Prize in 2010. She was allowed to leave her house to attend her brother's court hearing, reports Wall Street Journal.
"I absolutely cannot accept this. This is simply persecution," a tearful Liu Xia told reporters. "This is completely an illegal verdict."
Liu Xiaobo was arrested soon after he was awarded the Nobel prize in 2010 and is currently serving 11 years in jail for 'inciting the subversion of state power'.
Tags: China, Chinese dissident Liu Xiabo, Liu Hui prison sentence, Liu Xia house arrest, Liu Xiaobo, Nobel Peace Prize laureate, poltical activists in China, subversion of state power
Nobel laureates petition for Liu Xiaobo's release
China bars dissident Hu Jia from marking Human Rights Day
Chinese Nobel winner stops short of supporting Liu's freedom
US lawmakers call for Liu Xiabo's release


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 Shaw and Crompton – città britannica (comunemente chiamata Shaw)
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Items where Subject is "Philosophy, Philosophy of Science and Religious Science > Munich Center for Mathematical Philosophy (MCMP) > Logic"
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Ciardelli, Ivano; Otto, Martin (2017): Bisimulation in Inquisitive Modal Logic. TARK 16, 24. - 26. Juli 2017, University of Liverpool, UK.
Leitgeb, Hannes (2017): The Stability of Belief. How Rational Belief Coheres with Probability. First edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Champollion, Lucas; Ciardelli, Ivano; Zhang, Linmin (2016): Breaking de Morgan's law in counterfactual antecedents. Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 12. - 15. Mai 2016, Austin.
Landes, Jürgen; Williamson, Jon (eds.) (2016): Special issue: Combining probability and logic. Vol. 14. Canterbury, United Kingdom: Elsevier.
Ciardelli, Ivano; Roelofsen, Floris (2015): Alternatives in Montague grammar. Sinn und Bedeutung, 2015, Göttingen.
Fischer, Martin (2015): Deflationism and Instrumentalism. In: Unifying the Philosophy of Truth. Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science, Springer.
Landes, Jürgen; Williamson, Jon (eds.) (2015): Maximum Entropy Applied to Inductive Logic and Reasoning. Vol. 17. Canterbury, UK: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute.
Ciardelli, Ivano (2014): Interrogative dependencies and the constructive content of inquisitive proofs. International Workshop on Logic, Language, Information, and Computation, 01. - 04. September 2014, Valparaíso, Chile.
Ciardelli, Ivano (2014): Modalities in the realm of questions: axiomatizing inquisitive epistemic logic. AiML 10, 5. - 8. August 2014, Groningen.
Kapsner, Andreas (2014): Logics and Falsifications. A New Perspective on Constructivist Semantics. Trends in Logic Series, Vol. 40. : Springer.
Liefke, Kristina (July 2014): Solving Partee's Temperature Puzzle in an EFL-Ontology. Second Workshop on Natural Language and Computer Science & First International Workshop on Natural Language Services for Reasoners, July 17-18, Vienna, Austria.
Leitgeb, Hannes (2013): Comments on Feng Ye, 'Introduction to a Naturalistic Philosophy of Mathematics'. Tsinghua Logic Conference, 2013, Beijing.
Liefke, Kristina (September 2013): A Single-Type Semantics for the PTQ*-Fragment. Sinn und Bedeutung 18, September 11-13, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Basque.
Hjortland, Ole T.; Novaes, Catarina D. (eds.) (October 2012): Insolubles and Consequences. Essays in Honour of Stephen Read. Tributes, Vol. 18. London: College Publications.
Hjortland, Ole T. (October 2012): Harmony and the Context of Deducibility. In: Hjortland, Ole T.; Novaes, Catarina D. (eds.) : Insolubles and Consequences: Essays in honour of Stephen Read. Tributes, Vol. 18. College Publications.
Liefke, Kristina (2012): A Single-Type Ontology for Natural Language. GAP.8, 17.–20. 9. 2012, Konstanz.
Sznajder, Marta (2012): Building a Corpus of Indefinite Uses Annotated with Fine-grained Semantic Functions. Eight International Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC'12), 21. - 27. Mai 2012, Istanbul.
Gabbay, Dov; Woods, John; Hartmann, Stephan (eds.) (2011): Inductive Logic. Handbook of The History of Logic, Vol. 10. Amsterdam: Elsevier/North-Holland.
Ciardelli, Ivano; Groenendijk, Jeroen; Roelofsen, Floris (2011): Towards a Logic of Information Exchange. International Tbilisi Symposium on Logic, Language, and Computation, 23. - 27. September 2011, Gudauri, Georgia.
Sagi, Gil (2011): Sher and Shapiro on Logical Terms. In: Peliš, Michal; Punčochář, Vit (eds.) : The Logica Yearbook 2010. London: College Publications.
Ciardelli, Ivano (2010): A first-order inquisitive semantics. 17th Amsterdam Colloquium, 16. - 18. Dezember 2009, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Ciardelli, Ivano; Groenendijk, Jeroen; Roelofsen, Floris (2010): Information, issues, and attention. In: Gutzmann, D.; Köpping, J.; Meier, C. (eds.) : Current Research in the Semantics Pragmatics-Interface (CRiSPI). Vol. 32.
Ciardelli, Ivano; Cornelisse, Irma; Groenendijk, Jeroen; Roelofsen, Floris (2009): Computing compliance. International workshop on logic, rationality and interaction, 08. - 11. Oktober 2009, Chongqing, China.
Ciardelli, Ivano; Groenendijk, Jeroen; Roelofsen, Floris (2009): Attention! 'Might' in inquisitive semantics. Semantics and Linguistic Theory, 03. - 05. April 2009, Ohio.
Ciardelli, Ivano; Roelofsen, Floris (2009): Generalized inquisitive logic: Completeness via intuitionistic Kripke models. 12th Conference on Theoretical Aspects of Rationality and Knowledge, 6. - 8. Juli 2009, Stanford, USA.
Hartmann, Stephan; Pigozzi, Gabriella (2007): Aggregation in Multi-Agent Systems and the Problem of Truth-Tracking. International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, May 14-18, Honolulu, Hawai'i.
Landes, Jürgen; Paris, Jeff B.; Vencovská, Alena (2007): Language Invariance and Spectrum Exchangeability in Inductive Logic. Symbolic and Quantitative Approaches to Reasoning with Uncertainty, October 31 - November 2, 2007, Hammamet, Tunisia.
Gratzl, Norbert (2005): Normative Argumente aus logischer Perspektive. In: Schweighofer, Erich; Liebwald, Doris (eds.) : Effizienz von e-Lösungen in Staat und Gesellschaft – Aktuelle Fragen der Rechtsinformatik. Internationales Rechtsinformatik-Symposion IRIS, Stuttgart: Richard Boorberg Verlag.
Leitgeb, Hannes (2005): How to Parry Goodman's "Seven Strictures on Similarity". VII. Internationale Kongress der Österreichischen Gesellschaft für Philosophie "Gerechtigkeit. Auf der Suche nach einem Gleichgewicht", 2005, Frankfurt.
Leitgeb, Hannes (2004): Inference on the Low Level. An Investigation into Deduction, Nonmonotonic Reasoning, and the Philosophy of Cognition. Applied Logic Series, Vol. 30. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands.
Leitgeb, Hannes (January 2001): New Results on the Network Semantics for Cumulative Systems of Nonmonotonic Reasoning.
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Q: Issue in forming RDD of vectors to pass to Pysparks Correlation function? I am trying to do pairwise correlation in Pyspark. I am reading the input file and then forming a dataframe out of it. Now to pass it to pysparks correlations function I need to convert it into an rdd of vectors. Here is my current code:
    input = sc.textFile('File1.csv')
    header = input.first()  # extract header
    data = input.filter(lambda x: x != header)
    parsedInput = data.map(lambda l: l.split(","))

    # define schema
    schemaString = "col1 col2 col3 col4 col5 col6 col7 col8 col9 col10 col11 col12"
    fields = [StructField(field_name, StringType(), True) for field_name in schemaString.split()]
    schema = StructType(fields)

    df_i = sqlContext.createDataFrame(parsedInput, schema)

Now as per pyspark document at this page this is the way to calculate correlations:
data = ... # an RDD of Vectors
print(Statistics.corr(data, method="pearson"))

How can I convert my dataframe df_i to form a RDD of vectors so that I can pass it to corr()?
Also if there a better way (than what I have so far now) to read input file and do a pairwise correlation on that file using pyspark then please do show me with an example.
UPDATE: Here is a sample input of my data:
col1,col2,col3,col4,col5,col6,col7,col8,col9,col10,col11,col12
Cameroon,15 - 24 years old,8,160,408,3387232,no,no,0,82.7,116,0.712931034
Cameroon,15 - 24 years old,8,90,408,3683931,no,yes,39,94.8,89,1.065168539
Cameroon,15 - 24 years old,8,104,408,3663917,no,no,0,183.6,133,1.380451128
Cameroon,15 - 24 years old,8,96,408,3292045,no,no,0,144,102,1.411764706
Cameroon,25 - 39 years old,8,126,408,3399798,yes,no,0,197.6,126,1.568253968
Cameroon,15 - 24 years old,8,146,408,3483581,no,no,0,109,69,1.579710145
Cameroon,15 - 24 years old,8,34,408,3396446,no,no,0,128.8,80,1.61
Cameroon,15 - 24 years old,8,93,408,3607246,no,yes,42,166.9,101,1.652475248
Cameroon,15 - 24 years old,8,42,408,3577060,no,no,0,146.3,84,1.741666667
Cameroon,15 - 24 years old,8,57,408,3573817,no,yes,39,213,115,1.852173913
Cameroon,15 - 24 years old,8,94,408,3444022,no,no,0,207,109,1.899082569

A: Just do
from pyspark.mllib.linalg import Vectors

result = df_i
 .rdd # converts DataFrame to RDD of Rows
 .map(lambda row : Vectors.dense([item for item in row])

where I've assumed every column value in your DataFrame is needed from each Row (hence the item for item in row call).
Relevant example of how an RDD of vectors looks like is here. Relevant documentation for .rdd is here.

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Thankfully, albeit a little later than most in the industry were hoping for, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has made good progress towards defining the regulation more clearly. The finalised guide 'The FCAs supervisory approach to financial promotions in social media', was published in March this year with the aim of clearing up the confusion around communicating online.
But despite the regulator providing some guidance on the matter, some asset managers are left in the dark when it comes to how to go about toeing the line. We run through the key rules and what to watch out for when looking at using social media for promotional content.
These should be considered the foundations for being compliant, and are about being balanced in all your promotions. Essentially, financial promotions on social media must contain warnings so everyone understands the risks associated with your products or services.
For example, if you are promoting a fund's performance then you must make it clear that past performance is not a guarantee of future returns.
While this sounds simple enough, there are many areas of previous regulation that have caused concern or confusion. These include questions over what type of communications fall inside the FCA's remit as well as sharing on social media, hashtags and character limits.
But, what is a financial promotion?
This may seem obvious but if your firm's communication invites or induces people to engage in financial activity then you are definitely in financial promotion territory – and you need to make sure these types of communications comply with the regulation to avoid falling foul of the regulator.
The FCA's rules do not just apply to the company social media accounts. If you are using your personal social media account but you are widely associated with your firm, take care to make sure all commercial communications from your account, or ones that could be interpreted as such, are compliant too. Otherwise you could find yourself in hot water.
One of the key areas for concern on social media is the lack of control you have over your content once it's posted.
However, the FCA is very clear that when your content is forwarded or shared, the responsibility lies with the communicator. This means that your firm is not responsible for someone else forwarding your content and that the responsibility lies with them.
Remember – breaches in the original content are still your responsibility!
If your firm retweets a customer's tweet which endorses a regulated service or product then this is a promotion by your firm and it is within the FCA's remit to take action.
With regards to Twitter, initially the FCA suggested that firms should mark financial promotions by using #Ad, so that customers can distinguish promotional content from non-promotional content.
After considering its original guidelines and feedback from the industry, the FCA has decided not to enforce using the #ad rule. It was decided that most financial promotions are obvious anyway and also that this was an inappropriate use of the hashtag functionality.
The FCA makes it clear that it does not believe hashtags are appropriate in financial content on social media. This is because complex content may end up in front of someone who was not searching for it – which paves the way for confusion – exactly what we want to avoid!
These guidelines seem to be based around Twitter and it is made clear that the 140 character limit is not an excuse for non-compliance. Firms are warned of the appropriateness of character limited media as a means of promoting complex products or services.
If you do decide to go down this route, then using graphics, links or videos in your promotions is one way to get around the word limits and include the necessary warnings and information in your promotions.
The FCA's guidance has been widely welcomed by the industry as it clears up some areas of confusion when it comes what we can and can't do on social media. It is seen as a positive step for the industry towards acknowledging the importance of the digital space and recognising that the way we are communicating is evolving.


States will now be required to provide assistance for mental health or substance abuse issues to Medicaid enrollees. Healthcare Finance News reports the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services established this rule to help benefit over 23 million enrolled in Medicaid including Medicaid alternative benefit plans, managed care organizations and the Children's Health Insurance Program. The new rule requires health plans to detail mental health or substance use benefits upon request and provide reason for any denial in payment for services.
Mortgages could be an affordable option for those who are in need of expensive drugs, according to Kaiser Health News. Two experts have proposed a plan to offer healthcare installment loans, financed by investors, to patients who cannot afford necessary medication. The loans would help create greater accessibility to expensive pharmaceutical drugs, but patients would need to pay back the loan with interest. If the patient were to relapse or die, the patient or family, would no longer need to continue making payments.
Starting April 1, nearly 800 hospitals will be accountable for all costs of hip and knee replacements for the first 90 days after an initial procedure. According to The Wall Street Journal, this new requirement from the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services could save the government program $343 million over the next five years. Hospitals prepared for this new initiative can save money if a patient is sent home earlier than 90 days; however, some experts worry ill-prepared hospitals and their bottom line will be impacted tremendously.


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07.30.10 | posted by Joe Hice |
OMG, did that analyst really just tell marketers to hang back and avoid innovation?
Those of you that know me also know I like to be first. First up in the morning, first in line at the race track, first to try something new and different, especially where marketing and public relations are concerned. Differentiating one's institution or business in this world that's full of fray is not easy. It's impossible if you don't stand out and being first is one of the best ways I know of to stand out.
Back in junior high my track coach taught me a valuable lesson. "Joe," he said, "the first one there is usually the winner." Thank you coach Patsy.
In marketing and communications, innovation is what takes a good campaign and makes it great. What takes a great sales promotion and makes it fantastic. What takes a stale, old brand, and gives it new life. First gains attention. First creates buzz. I know I'm over simplifying things here, but first is first!
When the guru's from Forrester Research told the PRSA magazine, Public Relations Tactics, that marketers shouldn't use Foursquare as a promotion tool because the research shows it's too new — no, too small — I almost fell on the floor.
I'll agree that you've got to get things right before you get things first, but it boggles the mind when an analyst from a well known and generally well respected research firm says don't be creative. They are basically recommending that we all play it safe. Let the other guy or girl try the new technology. Let the other college or institution try the unproven research techniques. Play it safe indeed.
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Newspapers continue their decline
A new study in Editor & Publisher reports that newspapers continue to be seen as less important at their primary job — being sources of information. The report was compiled by the University of Southern California and was prepared as part of the nine-year-old Digital Future Project from the USC Annenberg School for Communications and Journalism. Read about it here. http://miniurl.com/47752
As a former newspaper and magazine editor this comes as no surprise, but is disappointing. I still begin everyday with the local paper and a cup of coffee then move on to the Web and cable news shows. My generation, eh.
I grew up when most major cities had two newspapers. In Tampa, where I worked, we had the Tampa Tribune and Tampa Times and just across the bay was the St. Petersburg Times and Evening Independent. The Clearwater Sun was nearby and Florida Trend Magazine and Tampa Bay Business Journal set the trend for business publications throughout the nation. It was quite an area for journalism and many lifelong relationships were created there.
The USC study found that just 56% of Internet users ranked newspapers as important or very important sources of information for them, down from 60% in 2008 — and below the Internet (78%) and television (68%). You'll have to check out the study to find out more.
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Dr. Harms, Dean Bristol Participate in Forum Assessing North Carolina's Oil Spill Preparedness
Dr. Craig Harms and Dean David Bristol of NC State University's College of Veterinary Medicine are participating in a special forum that will assess North Carolina's preparedness to respond and recover from an oil spill event. Free and open to the public, the forum will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday, July 29, at the UNC Friday Center for Continuing Education in Chapel Hill.
The "One Health Forum on North Carolina Oil Spill Response, Recovery and Health Effects" includes speakers from state and federal agencies who have expertise in public health, marine science, emergency management, and natural resources. Discussion will focus on the state's strengths, the required coordination and collaboration among organizations, the training and use of volunteers, and areas that need additional coverage and management.
Dean Bristol and Dean Barbara Rimer of the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health will open the forum and welcome participants at 9 a.m. (more…)
Alumni giving at Trinity College explodes, powered by matching gift challenge
By AMANDA FALCONE, afalcone@courant.com
About a year ago, an anonymous donor offered Trinity College in Connecticut a $5 million endowment — with a catch.
To get the money, the college had to achieve a gift participation rate of at least 55 percent among its 20,000 living alumni.
After a yearlong campaign, Trinity is celebrating. More than 11,000, or 55.34 percent, of the college's alumni donated money last fiscal year, helping the school secure the challenge endowment and achieve a record $9 million in gifts for its annual fund. It was the largest number of alumni donors in the school's 187-year history.
The alumni gift participation rate was 47.41 percent in the 2008-09 fiscal year.
The endowment will help eight to 10 more students get financial aid from Trinity, said Ron Joyce, Trinity's vice president for college advancement. For those who qualify, the average financial aid package is $30,000 per student each year, Joyce said, explaining that Trinity's tuition, and room and board fees total about $50,000 per year. (more…)
Young Alumni feel they have already given enough
By Daniel de Vise/Washingtonpost.com
Young alumni of the nation's top universities are not particularly interested in opening their checkbooks for their alma mater, according to a new survey.
Interviews with alumni from the nation's top 100 universities, as defined by the U.S. News & World Report rankings, found that eight in 10 young alumni — those under 35 — feel they have already given enough in tuition payments and don't see the need for further donations.
Half of the young alumni believe their school doesn't especially need the money. Nearly half say their alma mater hasn't made enough of an effort to "connect with them" apart from asking for money, according to a release.
The survey was released Monday by Engagement Strategies Group, a research and consulting firm based in the District of Columbia. (more…)
Twitter awareness on the Rise
David Goldberg from KG Partners reports that Twitter is now almost as well known as Facebook. Given all the publicity around celebrity and corporate tweets, and "gotcha" columns and news stories about Twitter, that comes as no surprise to me. And if you buy into my mantra that "it's all about building a network," the popularity of Twitter makes even more sense.
Here's Goldberg's post from the Digital Buzz Blog. It's official: The awareness of Twitter in the United States has risen within one percent of the awareness of Facebook, according to a survey of 100 million unique users. See the numbers for yourself at the Digital Buzz Blog.
For starters, statistics like these confirm that the social media revolution is only getting stronger. Through social media, marketers are able to reach their audience in the exact places where they "hang out" with their friends online. Twitter, in particular, assists marketers in taking their products' voice and messages directly to where the crowd is — online inside their homes and on their hand-held mobile devices.
Most importantly, it's never been more essential to keep creating interactive content. Stand out and make your content relevant, conversational and more colorful, not hidden from the masses. (more…)
Flying ants plague London: cutline says it all
I'm not going to identify the media outlet this high up in the post in order to protect the innocent, but this cutline from London is one of the best I've seen in a while. Hilarious, disappointing, surprising, embarrassing. You name it. This one does it all. This is not a joke!
Flying ants are just like this one, but with wings
(Photo: Getty)
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/835511-flying-ants-plague-london
Having some fun with university communications
The communications group from BYU is obviously plugged into pop culture. How else could they come out with such a well executed spoof of the Old Spice television commercials so quickly.
http://www.youtube.com/user/oldspice?v=uLTIowBF0kE&feature=pyv&ad=5066092457&kw=funny&gclid=CNWt8fa18KICFYxU2godFRE8lg
Use the Library is the message, Old Spice Man-type guy is the messenger. Great work. Reminds me that a number of universities have used humor and pop culture to enhance their brands. Some of my favorites follow. I'm more familiar with some than others:-)
BYU New Spice Study Like a Scholar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ArIj236UHs
I'm a Gator. I'm a Buckeye: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5VyVLXKNdo
Hot, Hot, Hot: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVENWl8uBeg
The Rivalry Guys who produced the "I'm a Gator" spots were so popular that students ran several off the spoofs during the Gator Growl pep rally in Gainesville. The university also worked with the Rivalry Guys to create a new campus tour. You wanna have some fun in university communications, give creativity a whirl. You might like the results. (more…)
NC State Increases 2010-11 Tuition
North Carolina State University will increase tuition by an additional $750 for the 2010-11 academic year to help offset state budget cuts of almost $20 million.
The university had raised tuition by $150 for in-state undergraduate students and $200 for all other students. The total tuition increase will be $900 for in-state undergraduates and $950 for all other students.
"The need is immediate and the options are few," NC State Chancellor Randy Woodson said. "This is the second consecutive year of deep budget cuts. With generous state support, North Carolina universities have historically held their tuition as low as possible while providing a quality education. But low tuition without quality is no bargain and without this tuition increase, academic quality will continue to erode."
The new state budget takes $99 million from universities. In the last three years, the state's universities have taken a budget cut of $575 million. This year, the state legislature gave universities the option of raising tuition by as much as $750. Budget projections indicate NCState could lose up to 200 course sections and 6,500 classroom seats without the tuition increase.
"At some point, we have to stop the erosion or risk long-term damage to one of the state's greatest assets: its higher education system," Woodson said. "But even a tuition increase of this size is no silver bullet. NC State will still see about a $3 million shortfall." NC State will use the tuition increase to restore some of the classroom seats and course sections lost in recent budget cuts, and support faculty and research that have consistently contributed to North Carolina's economic development, the chancellor said. Consistent with its historical mission, NC State will set aside 20 percent of the tuition increase to support need-based financial aid.
"Our promise is to continue to protect the academic core and do all we can to ensure students have the opportunity to make steady progress toward graduation," Woodson said. (more…)
NCSL Report: Declining state revenues impacting Higher Education across the country
The recession has taken a brutal toll on state budgets and its impact has hit higher education particularly hard, says a new report from the National Conference of State Legislatures about state revenue shortfalls and how it has translated into further budget cuts in fiscal year (FY) 2009 and FY 2010.
Because states, unlike the federal government, are required to balance their budgets, state funding for higher education is heavily influenced by the states' fiscal situation, reflecting a cycle unique to higher education, the report said. Funding typically takes a disproportionate hit when state fiscal conditions are weak, but experiences more robust increases when state budgets recover.
"The rationale is simple: Colleges and universities can find other sources of income, such as tuition, to compensate for reduced state support. This is not an option available to other state services. As a result, fluctuations in state fiscal conditions often have a greater impact on higher education," the report said.
According to the report, financial woes brought on by global economic weakness have been especially hard on higher education institutions, which typically rely on three major funding streams: state appropriations, school endowments and tuition. In addition to declining appropriations, university endowments have received fewer gifts and experienced massive investment losses. With two of the three major funding sources down, many state policymakers turned to the only remaining source and raised tuition, thereby increasing the proportion that students and families pay for higher education.
According to research conducted by the State Higher Education Executive Officers (SHEEO), tuition increased 2 percent between FY 2008 and FY 2009 and is now more than 37 percent of total education revenue. In FY 1984, it was less than 25 percent.
Click here to view the full report.
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Apple Is Rushing To Fix The Telugu Bug As Arseholes Use It To 'Bomb' People's iPhones And Macs
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While many bugs are relatively benign, often getting patched before the user knows anything is wrong, the latest plague to hit Apple devices is already wreaking havoc on internet.
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The issue, which has become known as the Telugu bug, gives people the ability to crash a wide range of iPhone, Mac and iPad apps just by sending a single character from the third most spoken language in India.
To help address the situation, Apple says its already working on a patch that will fix the bug, which should arrive in the form of an intermediary update before iOS 11.3 (which is currently in beta) gets officially released.
However, in the meantime, some more mean-spirited users have taken to using the Telugu symbol to "bomb" other peoples' devices. Motherboard has reported that by adding the symbol to a user's Twitter name, you can crash the iOS Twitter app simply by liking someone's tweet. And while it's possible to address the issue by uninstalling and reinstalling the Twitter app, there isn't much stopping the same person from liking another tweet and causing the app to go haywire again.
Others have gotten even more devious, such as a security researcher who added the symbol to his Uber handle, which would crash the app anytime a driver with an iPhone tried to pick them up. And then there's Darren Martyn, who posted a video on Twitter where he crashes people's Mac networking app after he added the Telugu symbol to the name of a Wi-Fi network.
While this might sound as though people are just using the bug to have a bit of fun, it's still pretty shocking to see how a seemingly innocuous bug is having such a big effect on the millions of people with Apple devices. It's a good thing Apple recently decided to delay new features in iOS 12 to concentrate fixing bugs in iOS. Though at this point, you have to wonder if that decision hasn't come a bit too late.
[Motherboard]


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Cotton Comes To Harlem/Review
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A slick, con-man named Reverend Deke O'Malley (Calvin Lockhart) has plans to show his further "love" for the community of Harlem by organizing a "Back-to-Africa" rally which ends up going awry. After the shoot-out, a mysterious bail of cotton (With $87,000 stuffed inside) suddenly shows up and all hell seems to break loose when hardboiled dicks, "Coffin Ed" Johnson (Raymond St. Jacques) and "Gravedigger" Jones (Godfrey Cambridge) show up to solve the case. The cops already have a major grudge against O'Malley, but once they find out that The Syndicate is also involved with the scam, they find themselves over their heads. But have no fear. "Coffin Ed" and "Gravedigger" can sure as hell get a job like this done.
Despite the complicated plot, COTTON COMES TO HARLEM is surely a notable entry in the blaxploitation genre. It predates the landmark events of Sweet Sweetback's Baadassss Song and Shaft and was popular enough to be a big money-grosser. So it should go in the history books for those merits alone. I also love the characters and the acting of the main principles. Lockhart proves to be charismatic as hell and you don't ever doubt for a second that he could have the city's trust in his crooked hands. Cambridge was a versatile comedic actor and if you're unfamiliar with Raymond St. Jacques, just think of Austin Stoker in Assault on Precinct 13. And just to clarify, if you're one of those few who have seen Ossie Davis' other blaxploitation film, Gordon's War, you might not get the repeated action style of that one than with COTTON COMES TO HARLEM. Mostly due to the fact that there's more humor to be found in this one plus it's more dialogue-driven (It's based on a Chester Himes novel afterall)
I can't end this review without giving praise to the opening sequence of this movie. O'Malley's transport going through the city of Harlem set to the smooth, inspirational sounds of Melba Moore's "Ain't Now, But it's gonna be" is really one of my most favorite intros of all cinema.
Reviewed by Laydback
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In this age of partisan bickering in Washington, we're pleased to spotlight rays of bipartisan congressional cooperation on a national crisis: opioid abuse.
After months of hard work, much of it led by U.S. Rep. Michael Burgess, R-Pilot Point, and Texas GOP Sen. John Cornyn, a comprehensive bill to address the medical and social scourge of opioid addiction lacks only Donald Trump's signature to become law. The president, who declared opioid addiction a national emergency, is expected to sign the bill, providing new weapons to curtail an epidemic that has shattered families and communities.
The measure, which passed the House and Senate by overwhelming bipartisan margins, would make it easier for first responders to obtain naloxone, an anti-overdose treatment, and would increase research into non-opioid pain treatment as an alternative to legally prescribed but addictive opioids. The bill also offers greater support for treatment programs and drug courts, and steps up law enforcement resources to prevent fentanyl and other deadly synthetic drugs from coming into the United States.
Opioid addiction is such a widespread problem that congressional action is a strong first step but, unfortunately, not a complete solution. Opioid deaths are higher than the peak yearly death totals from car crashes or gun violence. Nationally, opioid-related overdoses occurred at 116 per day in 2016 — five times the rate in 1999, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Opioid abuse is a problem in our backyard, too. In Dallas County, at least 1,928 people have died of opioid or heroin overdoses since 2011, according to a Dallas Morning News review of autopsy records earlier this year. Federal law enforcement officials in North Texas have a nine-agency strike force, one of just a handful across the country, to focus on violent gangs that traffic in heroin and synthetic opioids from Mexico and China.
Congress needs to stay on top of opioid abuse and be prepared to tweak or expand strategies as the crisis evolves and to provide additional dollars in other budget cycles. The Congressional Budget Office estimates the bill could cost $8 billion over five years, a fraction of the tens of billions that addiction experts say is needed for treatment and other intervention. A landmark report from the surgeon general two years ago concluded that only about 28 percent of people with an opioid problem receive specialty treatment.
The good news is that Democrats and Republicans found common ground on many issues and didn't let the perfect be the enemy of the good. For now, we'll call that a big win.
200,000: U.S. deaths from prescription opioid overdoses from 1999 to 2016.
42,000: Opioid overdose deaths in 2016.
40: Percentage of overdose deaths involving a prescribed opioid.