All of my characters looove to roll their eyes and their stomachs drop a lot. Blerg.
This is GREAT advice about giving enough information...not too much but not too little. Awesome to remember!!
I'm not revising yet, but I'm sure gonna start watching for tics!
Robin- Don't even get me started on my characters' gastrointestinal issues! Thanks for the comment.
I love that made-up conversation :D So true, though — some backstory is always helpful for the reader!
My characters are an impassive bunch: they love to shrug. It's amazing they haven't shaken the planet out of orbit with all that shrugging.
They also sigh a lot. Poor, poor, exhausted characters. I make life so tough for them.
So I always know I'm going to have to go through and take out all the sighing and shrugging in revision.
I really laughed at your description of your tics. Yah, we all have them. One of mine is the qualifier -- "seemed like," "looked like" "sounded like" "felt like" -- as if I don't have the gumption to just call a thing exactly what it is. Invariably, all these empty phrases can be deleted.
I'm not revising...about the only thing I write is Facebook status updates, comments on random blogs and event details on the Google calendar for the youth group at church that no one but me ever reads (seriously, I've offered a free frosty to the first person who tells me they've read a certain comment...and I've never had to pay up). But I have learned some things recently.
I've learned that college kids love homemade cookies and people who love college kids love it when you send their college kids homemade cookies. Seriously. I organized a "cookie drop" for some college groups my church supports and you would have thought I was volunteering to pay off student loans. Who knew sending a few cookies would be so appreciated?
I've learned that no matter how many people at work you tell they shouldn't use those plots that don't have that one important line on them and they should use the NEW set of plots, the one that includes that important line that makes it all clear, some people will still dig up the old plots and come asking you why the things don't make any sense and it will take four times of telling them that they're misunderstanding things because they don't see the invisible line that's not on the plot but is on the new set of plots that you emailed them about earlier in the week, no really, they shouldn't have ignored that email.
I also learned that it's best to dress correctly for planned, spontaneous disaster drills...cause they will, almost certainly, happen on the one day in the past 8 months when it's been cool enough that you really do need a jacket to go hang out outside for 15 minutes with 12,000 of your closest coworkers. But we did get to watch a pretty airplane fly by, so that made it all worth it.
So, not so sure how any of this is useful in your revisions, but if it is, I'm glad to have helped.
I'm glad QM only shows up every now and then. If he was here all the time, I'd start to think he was stalking you.
I'm glad you decided that it was okay to let the reader in on the story. The reason I say that is because of a book I read written by Robin McKinley. Sunshine had a fantastic premise and I really liked the story. BUT, and that's a very big but. I felt like it was the middle book in a trilogy. There wasn't enough information about why the story was where it was. And, there wasn't enough resolution. I'm not saying she had to tie up everything in a nice, fancy bow or anything. I just wish I would've realized what was going on more and how the world would continue or cease to exist after this story. Does that make sense?
Anyway, when I read Echo, I didn't feel like you left anything pertinent out. Of course I wanted more, but that's because I think you're a phenomenal writer and I really liked the story. But, I do think erring on the side of giving too much information is a good side to be on.
Excellent tips! I find my character's tics can take over, too. Thank heaven for fresh eyes!
Danya- I know! Backstory isn't always bad. I need to get that through my noggin.
Brenda- Poor, poor characters. Ha ha!
Gail- With the way I use "seemed like" you'd think I'm selling a subscription to "I heart the word SEEMED" magazine or something. You're totally right!
a) I love homemade cookies too! Feel free to send me some.
b) Your work sounds way above my pay grade.
c)I never dress correctly. I wore pants to my Prom. Seriously. True story.
Jenni- Awww! Thanks, girlfriend. And I hate books with "big but"s. I try to avoid them.
What I have learned is that I'm no writer... But I have GREAT ideas!
I'm sad that QM is missing, but now you have Fictional Reviewer (FR) to keep us company?
Dorien- Here's your reminder: Bring me by some Good 'N Plenty please!
Robbie- Oh yeah! I wondered if Bree's mc had an aneurysm or something.
So here's a question for QM to use, if you've already answered it please just ignore me. It's that magical time of day between 3:30-5:30pm that my brain takes a nap.
Are you an outline sorta gal or a fly by the seat of your pants sorta gal?
I enjoy the act of writing but seriously my stuff is just stuff because I have no concrete ideas on where I'm taking this story. I think I need an outline but it's like pulling teeth, only not as much fun.
Debbie- You're right. Pulling teeth is very fun.
Excellent question about outlines! I will enter it in the Question-Maker and answer it on Monday. Capice?
Your deadline is in 16 days and I still have to wait over a year to read this book?!? Surely you can pull strings for family, right?
So I just started and then finished Huger Games today. It got me thinking about page turners. I have to tell you Brodi, that I would definitely list Echo in my top 10 of page turners. I'm excited for Everneath. Since you're such a reader - what are some other amazing page turners out there?
Heids- Thanks for the Echo love. And excellent question about page turners. They're really so rare, I think! Hmmm... Maybe I'll have to let the Question-Maker eat that question and see what he produces on Monday.
I'm excited and reluctant (is that possible???) to get my revision notes. I'm sure there will be many tics... One of my big ones is "looked (insert adverb)." She looked lonely. He looked overwhelmed. She looked constipated. Argh.
Jill- "looked" is my favorite shortcut. It's so much easier than explaining the intricate movements of the character's face!


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Q: What's a good way to store an array of integers (java) to MySQL database I've been looking at various solutions for my problem, but I can't find a definitive answer for my specific case, so wondered whether someone could advise me or point me in the right direction.
In my Android Studio app, I have a 2-dimensional array of ints (representing a grid of colours). Currently the maximum size of the grid is 250x250, but I may increase that in the future. I know the size of the grid in advance.
I want to store this array in a MySQL database.  I was imagining something like a comma-separated string ("1,2,3; 7,8,9", for instance), but then read about serialization and wondered whether that would be better. The more I read about it, though, the more I thought it might be overkill for what I'm doing.
I'll never need to access an individual element from the database - it will always be the entire grid loaded at once.
Any thoughts on what might be the most efficient approach?

A: If you want to go all in with performance and size, I suggest using the BLOB type for your database entry. Then retrieve it using the Blob class with the getBytes method, wrap it in a ByteBuffer, convert it to an IntBuffer and read it back into an int array :).
Blob b = (mysql stuff from JDBC);
byte[] bytes = b.getBytes(0, b.length());
ByteBuffer bbuffer = ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
IntBuffer ibuffer = ((ByteBuffer) bbuffer.rewind()).asIntBuffer();
int[] intArray = ibuffer.array();

Then access with:
intArray[y*gridWidth + x]

I'd post more links, but not enough reputation :( anyway, its all pretty straightforward if you google a bit.
Once again, this is only for if you want to be real efficient about it, and I'm sure smarter people than me can invent even crazier and faster solutions. You could even go further and store shorts or bytes instead of ints. But remember that Premature optimization is the root of all evil. You're best off picking the easiest solution now and change it only when it appears to be too slow, take too much data, etc.
EDIT: just saw I didn't explain how to actually store it, it's essentially the same process but backwards. I can add it to the answer if you want, just leave a comment.

A: It depends upon your use case. For extensible design,You can add a new table. This will give freedom of adding many entries in readable format in future.This way you take benefits of datatype constraints (for e.g. only integers allowed)  from DB, Add additional attribute (columns) to your table, in future And you would need less parsing logic while reading from DB.

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Bangladesh's Democratic Backsliding: Time to Act Before It's Too Late
Time to stop the executions of political opponents and restore the rule of law.
By Lord Carlile of Berriew CBE QC for The Diplomat
The news of a new round of violent attacks in Bangladesh underscores a deteriorating security risk the world can no longer ignore. Last week in Dhaka, groups of men stabbed two prominent secular publishers, leaving one dead and the other in critical condition. Western intelligence agencies have warned the government that terrorists linked to so-called Islamic State are targeting foreigners and are set upon bringing increasing terror to Bangladesh.
The ruling Awami League and religious extremists are fomenting civil war while the rest of the country—especially the legitimate political opposition—is caught in the middle of violence and oppression.
For those who have been watching Bangladesh closely, it is clear that Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has abandoned democracy as she continues to use the government and courts to eliminate political opponents and consolidate her grip on power. The so-called Parliamentary opposition is supine and ineffective.
Hasina's continued suppression of legitimate dissent only increases the likelihood of violence. Suppressing a real political process encourages extremists, whose rhetoric incites violence.
In the coming days, Bangladesh's current state of unrest will only grow worse if Hasina continues to abandon the rule of law by allowing the execution of two opposition leaders. She has long given up listening to the people of Bangladesh or respecting human rights. The British and US governments and the broader international community must immediately pressure her to stop these executions and reform the government of her country. She is dragging Bangladesh inexorably towards an unwelcome choice between authoritarian and mob rule.
The so-called International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) is at the heart of oppression and unrest in Bangladesh. Prime Minister Hasina uses the ICT to imprison and in some cases execute opposition party leaders instead of allowing the ICT to fulfill its purpose of prosecuting crimes from the 1971 war. As Amnesty International recently stated, the ICT fails to meet international standards for a fair trial.
The ICT is one of the fundamental reasons that Bangladesh is descending into violence. Decisions by the ICT have led to surges in violence at the announcement of verdicts and executions. The world cannot stand by and let this happen once again.
One of the prisoners facing execution, Salauddin Quader Chowdhury, is a leader in the opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party. During the ICT trial, Chowdhury was prevented from calling all the defense witnesses he was advised by his lawyers were necessary.
The ICT did not allow 26 crucial defense witnesses to testify or submit affidavits attesting that Chowdhury was in Pakistan during the war of independence in 1971 when his alleged crimes were committed in Bangladesh. The witnesses include a former Prime Minister of Pakistan and a former US ambassador. The Bangladesh Government must stop these executions and provide Chowdhury a fair and just trial.
To institute the rule of law in Bangladesh, Prime Minister Hasina must immediately take the following steps to turn the ICT into a court that is truly independent and international:
Convene a reconstituted, internationally sanctioned and supervised war crimes tribunal
Impose a moratorium on all executions ordered by the ICT
Allow a fully independent inquiry into all ICT judgments
Halt all current trials until the above policies are implemented
Nothing less will do. At present the opinion of the world's jurists condemns Bangladesh for ignoring internationally recognized rule of law values.
Prime Minister Hasina must now seek reconciliation with those values. Otherwise Bangladesh will continue down a path to one-party government, authoritarianism or mob rule.
Lord Carlile of Berriew, CBE, QC is a Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords. He was the British government's independent reviewer of terrorism legislation from 2001 until 2011
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Could Bangladesh Be Heading for One-Party Rule?
With the BNP's Khaleda Zia in jail and Islamic parties besieged, it's a probability more than just a possibility.
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I get up early and finish my morning routines. As it was a manager's bungalow, the facilities were excellent. I take an early morning walk in their kitchen garden and lawn. It was so beautiful and well maintained that I wished, in my younger days I also should have worked as a tea estate manager somewhere. I just asked myself, what is not there in this garden. From carrots, beans, ladies fingers to beetroots, tomatoes and chilies to lemons to oranges to mangoes to Indian breed cows to what not… You name it, and it was there. All were fresh and organic.
The Tyagis gift us a packet of their best tea powder. We gladly accept the same. After breakfast, we start our journey. We enter Digboi town and visit the Digboi Centenary Oil Museum. It is a well documented and maintained museum. It is constructed in a place where the very first oil well of Digboi was dug. From here we go to Digboi war cemetery. It was constructed in the memory of around 155 soldiers, who sacrificed their lives during the Second World War. The list included soldiers from various religions and nations.
We move on and notice that the tea estates slowly start disappearing. Then there were many coal mines, which we came across.
Next, we come across a board which announces the start of the famous Stilwell Road. We take some snaps and move on. Now the road which we are travelling is the beginning and part of the Stilwell Road. Of course, the old road had become part of NH38, and is in good condition.
Next we come across a junction called Jagun, where the road diverts in two directions. The driver takes the left one without inquiring, and after 8 km, we come across Assam-Arunachal Pradesh (AS-AR) Namchik Check Post. On enquiry, we were told that, for Stilwell Road, we must have taken the right turn at Jagun. So we return to Jagun, and then take the Stilwell road. After around 15 km, we reach Jairampur check post on AS-AR border. For our bad luck, this route was not mentioned, while getting the inner line permit. So the police refuse to let us move further. Vaibhav tells me that he thought that the Stilwell road was the one which also goes to Miao, Arunachal Pradesh our next destination. And that is why he had not mentioned this place while filling the Inner Line Permit (ILP). I beg with the police, and after greasing him, he lets us in but more was in store. After a km we come across a military check post. They also check our ILP, and we are directed to approach the ADC for a pass. We went to his office and request him, only to be rudely told that we might get it at the end of the day or next day. Unfortunately we didn't have that much time at our disposal. We request him but it falls on deaf ears. Now you know why it is so difficult to travel in Arunachal Pradesh. The Govt. officials are least bothered about improving tourism and other development work.
So with a broken heart, we came back to Namchik Check Post. In the process we wasted precious time and money.
Our next destination is Miao, the last village in this route. And how is the road? Don't call it as a road. It is just boulders. The Namdapha forest starts from here. It looks as if we are travelling in a reserve forest. Occasionally we come across some villages. Otherwise it is just green and green. And we reach Miao at 3 pm.
Miao is a much bigger town than what I thought of. It had an SBI branch, hotels, lots of shops selling all kind of merchandise, BSNL, Reliance and Airtel network, electronic repair shops etc. We take our lunch quickly. Then Vaivhav goes to forest department to get the necessary permits. I just move around the town roads. It becomes dark at 4 pm here and all the Govt. departments stop working by then. But here was a nice Govt. servant called Mallik, who worked till 5.30 pm and gave us the permits to enter and trek in the Namdapha Tiger Reserve. May his tribe increases.
We try for some accommodation at the Govt. lodges and manage to get one in a Circuit House. And settle for the night.


ITENE is a Spanish research institute located in Valencia and they are leading development of food packaging and food contact products. Their expectation: A 100% bio based packaging.
Borregaard is located in Norway, they make specialty cellulose such as Micro fibrillated Cellulose, MFC. Their aim is to evaluate the potential of MFC in packaging products. The MFC as mechanical properties can help to increase the trays strength (dry and wet), density, barrier properties and smoothness.
CHIMIGRAF is an ink producer located in Barcelona. They want to optimize bio based inkjet formulations and validation of the QR traceability system.
DuPont (Genencor, Netherlands) is an industrial bioscience company that makes for examples biopolymers from sugar (polysaccharides). Their products can be used as an additive in several applications in this project, for example print coatings, strength additive, barrier film/coating and moulded fibre applications.
IRIS is a company located in Barcelona. They develop software for Industry4.0 and their aim is to develop a new optical system for quality control. IRIS expectations is to acquire new knowledge about paper based packaging, develop new optical system for quality control of QR codes, full traceability solution for packaging and extend the network with the member of the BOAC.
Rottneros AB intention is to become a world leader in supplying specialty pulp to the moulded fibre industry. Rottneros AB already have over 10 years of experience of supplying pulp to moulded fibre applications. They will contribute to fulfill the aim of the project and enhance networking for future collaborations.
Rottneros Packaging AB aim is to develop the business and launch fully biodegradable trays to the market by developing the existing technology and process by gaining advantage of the Pulpacktion Project input.
Rise is a Swedish research and technology institute with extensive knowledge of pulp and paper unit operations. Innventias expectations of the project is to take part in the developmental process of sustainable viable packaging solutions, develop advanced technical packaging design, tools and methods to predict and design sensory qualities and develop material concepts suitable for advanced fibre moulding.
Novamont is a producer of biobased polymers and starches, located in Italy. They have over a thousand patents in this field. They can for instance make lifecycle assessments, biodegradable tests and material characterization. Novamonts expectation in the project is to present biopolymers to be incorporated into the wet moulded product. Validation of at least one formulation to produce coatings to enhance barrier or surface properties of the wet moulded materials or films for the production of lids for packages.
TECNARO GmbH develop, produce and market high quality bio-based and biodegradable materials. TECNARO as a compounder will implement on an industrial scale the production of the enhanced blends and composites.
Total -Corbion is the global market leader in lactic acid, lactic acid derivatives, and lactides. They will work both with new pulp formulations and new barrier concepts where their products and know-how will ensure success.


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Home » review » Album Review: The Squires of the Subterrain – Sandbox
Posted in review By Bill Kopp On April 19, 2012
Album Review: The Squires of the Subterrain – Sandbox
Imagine this: a Beach Boys pastiche that's also a concept album dealing with ecological devastation. Sandbox is that and more: it's a one-man-band affair by The Squires of the Subterrain, the nom de rock of Christopher Earl. And on Sandbox, Chris/Squires (heh) doesn't aim his sonic recreation/re-creation talents solely at the concept-friendly style of SMiLE-era Beach Boys: While there's a healthy doses of virtual Wrecking Crew here, many of the sounds on this album are those of surf-n-stock-era Beach Boys, right down to the twangy Fender guitar licks and Mike Love-ly nasal vocals.
Clever in-jokes abound, but they never distract form the musical good times. Chuck Berry-by-way-of-Carl Wilson guitar solo style is the order of the day on "Surfin' Indiana." The more expansive Pet Sounds vibe does make a brief appearance, but leave it to Earl's twisted take on the 60s to wed a sensitive melody and arrangement to a song with a bait-and-switch title: "(I Still) Mow Your Lawn." There's even something that sounds like a clavioline, or Theremin, or electrotheremin, or… something.
Another little in-joke that bridges the gap between the carefree beach vibe with environmental concerns is tidily summed up in the Phil Spectorian "Endless Winter." See what I mean? And clever lyrics are couched within the poppy tunes. To wit: "Guitar picks shaped like teardrops that I shed for you." On "Woodrow Wilson" another sly/oblique title, Earl hops right over the late 60s, aiming his talents at 70s style Beach Boys, complete with Moogy blobs of synth augmenting a piano-based melody. The most rock-oriented track on Sandbox is "Carbon Footprint," which bears some sonic similarities with the Blondie Chaplin/Rikki Fataar-era BB's. It too makes deft, effective use of happily-dated synth textures. But it's also essentially a surf instrumental, rooting its influences back in the 60s.
"Lisa's Tower" is Beach Boys twice-removed; it's redolent more of what Klaatu might have sounded like if the hype suggested they were instead Brian Wilson and his brothers and pals reunited. "Happy Farmers" evokes SMiLE's Van Dyke Parks Americana lyrical obsessions, and builds a melody around a banjo figure to hammer the point home for anyone who might have missed it.
All sorts of left-field sound effects and treated vocals make "Rising Water" a sort of Beach Boys-meet-"Revolution 9." But for the album closer, things revert back to the lovely and conventional "For Five Minutes There," which encapsulates much of what made the Beach Boys wonderful – "Wendy"-styled guitar, creamy vocal harmonies, and straight-ahead percussive punctuation – while still showing off the original talents of The Squires of the Subterrain.
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Bitterne ward is made up by the Thornhill estate, Bitterne, part of Sholing and the Eastpoint Centre.
While the area of Bitterne covers a huge area of Southampton, the electoral ward covers the far Eastern edge of the city. Today, however, the Bitterne can be seen as another business base in Southampton with the local Bitterne Market in the precinct and the newly built Eastpoint Centre as well as boasting many open spaces and play areas.
Each part of the ward has its own distinct character. Thornhill, Hightown, parts of Sholing, parts of Bitterne village and Thornhill Park are all part of this ward.
The Eastpoint Centre was formerly a school before John Denham joined a campaign in the 1980s to turn it into a community centre.
This mainly residential area has been represented by John Denham 30 years, having previously been a Councillor for the area before being elected as the local MP in 1992.


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I'd Like To Welcome Everybody To the "Waco" Bandwagon
Rear Admiral4/23/2020 2:07 AM
I think I was one of about 78 people who watched "Waco" when it debuted two years ago on the Paramount Network. The channel formerly known as Spike was getting a much-needed makeover and an overall upgrade featuring huge names in top-quality features. And "Waco" was going to be its first big eye-catcher just as the name changed.
Unfortunately, not everybody got the rebranding memo about the "Bar Rescue" channel so they missed the huge effort to make a statement that the Paramount Network would be providing high-end work. It's a shame, too, because as I wrote two years ago, "Waco" is excellent. This was Emmy-worthy stuff (three noms) that very few saw because it was on a newly-named old channel in a sea of streaming options.
So I'm glad to see it finally hit Netflix because it deserves way more love. Taylor Kitsch has never been better. Michael Shannon always brings it. John Leguizamo goes against type (you don't want to punch his character in the face).
Oh, and it's a true story about some major fuck-ups.
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Your first step into Parkview will show you what we mean by wellness; it's who we are. You'll see it in the eyes and on the faces of residents. You'll hear it in the laughter of people enjoying time together. You'll taste it in the variety and freshness of the food served. You'll smell it in the aromatherapy fragrances. You'll touch it when you're welcomed with a firm handshake.


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Hummingbirds of West Texas
A Quick reference guide to status and distribution by Kelly B. Bryan
To learn more about birding in West Texas, visit www.westtexasavianresearch.org
With the unexpected addition of Buff-bellied Hummingbird found in the Christmas Mountains of Brewster County in the fall of 2012, West Texas can now boast 17 of the 18 species that regularly occur in Texas today. Only Green-breasted Mango has not been documented from this region. However, this list includes 18 species because one species, Cinnamon Hummingbird, did occur in the region but not within Texas itself (details listed below). With the highest diversity of any region in Texas and one rivaling that of southeastern Arizona, West Texas is the place to go for hummingbird watching. Late summer and early fall can provide unforgettable experiences especially in places like the Davis Mountains. It is just a matter of time before a new species is added to the state list from this region. Plain-capped Starthroat would be a prime candidate for that inclusion.
Mexican Violet-Ear
Mexican Violet-ear* – {Normally below 6,000 feet} Four records for the region; immature birds present in upper Limpia Canyon of the Davis Mountains 1-8 July 2003, and at the same location and periodically from 16 May through 3 July 2006. Both of these birds were documented with photographs and/or recordings. More recently, a possible adult was observed and photographed two miles west of the above location from 4-19 September 2015; then an adult bird occurring at the same location (same bird?) from 24 July through 31 August 2016.
Magnificent – {Usually above 6,000 feet} Spring, Summer and Fall: Uncommon to rare in the higher elevations of the Davis and Guadalupe mountains. Very rare in the Chisos Mountains. Four records from El Paso. Conspicuously most abundant in the Davis Mountains where it breeds annually and lingers well into November. Winter: Two records including mid-December records from the Davis Mountains and from El Paso. During the extreme drought of 2011 many individuals wandered out of the mountains to lower elevation locations. Also, the recent drought affected the abundance status of this species making it less common at most locations.
Blue Throated Hummingbird
Blue-throated – {Normally above 6,000 feet} Spring, Summer and Fall: Uncommon summer resident and breeding species in the higher elevations of the Chisos Mountains in Big Bend National Park. Increasingly less common in the Davis (where breeding has not been confirmed) and rare to accidental in the Guadalupe Mountains. Has lingered until mid-November in fall in the Davis Mountains. Providing a second documented record for El Paso County was a nice male well photographed in the upper valley 20-27 October 2015. Several birds were observed in the Davis Mountains in the spring of 2011, including a female captured and banded on 11 May. That banded bird was last observed in mid-August. Providing rare documented records from the lower desert, an adult male was photographed making a brief stop at the Christmas Mountains Oasis on 8 May 2011, and a second adult male was captured, banded and photographed near Willow Mountain just east of Terlingua on 10 July 2011. The extreme drought of 2011 was likely responsible for these vagrant records due to a lack of food and nectar resources in the upper portions of the Chisos Mountains. Most years do not expect this species to be found at lower elevations or any other location out of the Chisos Mountains. Winter: Providing a first record for the region and only the third documented winter record for Texas, a male was found and photographed at Lajitas, Brewster County on 17 December 2013. He was captured and banded on 8 January 2014 and was last observed on 14 January. Three old records from El Paso were judged hypothetical due to lack of documentation; however, the species was finally confirmed when an adult female was found and photographed in the upper valley 29 October 2014 and stayed through April 2015, providing the second winter record for the region. She returned to the same location in the fall of 2015, again overwintering until early spring 2016. Providing a second confirmed record for El Paso, a juvenile male was observed and well photographed in the upper valley 20-27 October 2015.
Amethyst-throated Hummingbird
Amethyst-throated – {endemic to mountains of Mexico and Central America} First US and Texas record obtained on 14 October 2016 in upper Limpia Canyon of the Davis Mountains west of Fort Davis. The bird, a juvenile male, was photographed and captured on video as it appeared on the live hummer cam installed the previous year at the location by the Cornell University Bird Cams Program. The bird was seen briefly the following morning but was not relocated thereafter. Details will appear in the journal North American Birds in the near future.
Lucifer's Hummingbird
Lucifer – {Usually below 7,000 feet} Spring, Summer and Fall: Uncommon breeding species in the canyons and foothills of the Chisos Mountains of Big Bend National Park and adjacent suitable desert habitat especially the Christmas Mountains of Terlingua Ranch. Probable isolated breeding populations in the Glass Mountains, Chinati Mountains, Sierra Vieja, southern Presidio County (Big Bend Ranch State Park), and Davis Mountains. Also, recent spring and summer records exist from the lower canyons of the Rio Grande and along the Pecos River just south of Sheffield, Texas. Only three records from El Paso, two from July and one from October of 2011 (during the extreme drought). Arrives by early March in spring and can breed as late as mid-October depending on climatic patterns and the abundance of food resources; some individuals can linger at feeders into early November. Winter: two records, an adult male trapped, banded and photographed at Study Butte, Brewster County, on 9 December 2013, and another banded adult male lingering from fall until 12 December 2015, 3 miles northeast of Study Butte (recaptured and examined on 2 December). These records also represent the only winter occurrence for the US.
Ruby Throated Hummingbird
Ruby-throated – {Usually below 6,000 feet} Spring: Accidental to very rare throughout central portions of the region from mid-April through mid-May; however, not yet recorded in spring west of the Davis Mountains. First known spring record obtained 25 April 1999 in Fort Davis. Likely more common in eastern portions of the region along the Pecos River corridor and in Del Rio. One unprecedented early spring record, a sub-adult male in arrested molt was captured, banded and photographed at the Christmas Mountains Oasis on 30 March 2012; Fall: Common to rare, mid-August through mid-October, primarily in the eastern one-half of the region. Banding data suggests the species is very regular in fall. Late fall records include; a female photographed in upper Limpia Canyon the last week of October 1998; an adult female banded in Alpine on 31 October 2009; and a juvenile male banded in Lajitas on 13 Nov 2012. During the fall of 2009 an unprecedented 101 birds were captured and banded 10 August through 31 October, including 32 individuals on a single day (4 September) in Terlingua Ranch. Only four records from El Paso, all in September (1994 and 2009) and October (2009 and 2011). Winter: three documented records; single females banded in Fort Davis during the winters of 2005-06 and 2007-08, and an adult male photographed in Presidio County on 12 December 2009.
Black-chinned – {All elevations} Spring, Summer and Fall: Abundant throughout the region in most all habitats; during wetter years, less abundant than Broad-tailed Hummingbird at the highest elevations of the major mountains; during drier years more abundant at the higher elevations. Arrives mid to late March in spring; in fall individuals typically leave by early October. Winter: first documented winter records obtained in 2010 with adult females in Marathon and the Davis Mountains in mid-December. Four additional documented records, two from the winter of 2012-13 with single birds in Terlingua Ranch on 17 January and the Davis Mountains on 3 February, and an adult male captured and banded at Study Butte on 10 January 2014. Finally, an adult female was banded at Lajitas during the winter of 2014-15 and recaptured at that same location on 7 January 2016.
Anna's – {Usually below 6,000 feet} Spring: Accidental, primarily in March (over-wintering birds and/or birds moving west); however, the first Texas nesting record was obtained from Musquiz Canyon, Jeff Davis County, in April of 1976. Two additional nesting records have now occurred in El Paso, one in late-February/early March 2000 and the other in mid-March of 2007. One documented late spring record of an adult female photographed at the Christmas Mountains Oasis on 24 May 2011; Fall: normally arrives in mid-September (single birds occasionally in late August), becoming uncommon by mid-November especially in the Davis Mountains and lower Big Bend region; Winter: Rare to uncommon in winter through at least early February primarily in the Big Bend area, Davis Mountains and El Paso. An unprecedented invasion of the Davis Mountains occurred in the late fall and winter of 2016/17. Summer: a single bird in El Paso 30 June to 1 July 2006; an adult female lingering in the Davis Mountains, June to August 2007; one to two birds at the same location in July of 2008; an adult female at another location in the Davis Mountains from 12 July to 28 August 2013; sub-adult males in the Davis Mountains in August of 2013 and July of 2014 (the latter three birds were all captured and banded); and a banded adult male documented with a screen shot on the Davis Mountains hummingbird cam on 18 July 2016.
Costa's* – {Below 5,000 feet} 25 of 32 accepted Texas records are from this region, 7 of which are from El Paso. Recorded there in March in spring; September through November in fall; and in December and January (in 1995, up to 7 birds present). Only Jeff Davis County record obtained in 2001, an adult male present in Limpia Crossing from 10 June through 1 September (this individual also represented the first and only Texas summer record). More recently an adult male returned for three consecutive years (2008 to 2010) to the same feeder in the fall in Alpine, Brewster County. Single birds were captured and banded in the Christmas Mountains on 19 October 2008 and 31 October 2009. The latter bird, an adult female wintered in 2009-2010, then returned for a second winter on 17 October 2010 and stayed until 15 February 2011. Two birds were present during the winter of 2012-13, a sub-adult male in the Christmas Mountains 6-17 November, and an adult female in Study Butte 14-19 January. The latest record was a sub-adult male in the Christmas Mountains 22 November to 4 December 2013.
Broad-tailed – {Breeds above 5,500 feet; migrants at all elevations} Spring, Summer and Fall: Common to abundant during migration in the mountains. Uncommon to occasional in urban habitats and at lower elevations. Breeding confined to pinyon-juniper and pine-oak habitats found at the higher elevations of the major mountain ranges. Can arrive in spring in late February; in fall can linger into early December but has wintered in the Davis Mountains since 2005 (although rare since the drought of 2011). Two winter records from El Paso. Migrants can occur in small numbers in all types of habitats and at any elevation outside of the three major mountains ranges.
Rufous – {All elevations} Spring: Rare but consistent reports of individuals passing through the region in March and early April. Observations of this species in spring undoubtedly involve individuals that winter east of the region and are returning to their breeding ranges in the west. Not documented as occurring in spring after mid-April; Fall: the first fall migrants (always adult males) can appear as early as the last week of June. Common to abundant throughout, arriving the second week of July. Common through September. Less common in October and November; Winter: Regularly overwinters through February and early March at many locations.
Allen's – {All elevations} Removed from the Texas Review List in 2004 primarily due to the efforts of hummingbird banders who have encountered this species with regularity especially along the Texas Gulf Coast. Rare but regular fall migrant from mid-July through November in the region. Peak numbers occur in August and September. Rare in winter—three birds present in the winter of 2011-12 in Alpine and Marathon, and three to five birds in the Terlingua Ranch/Lajitas area in the winter of 2012-13 and again in 2013-14. One Hundred sixteen individuals have been captured and banded in the region since August 2007. One adult male captured and banded in Alpine on 31 October 2009, was recaptured in the Davis Mountains the following year on 30 July, then returned a month later to the neighborhood in Alpine where it was originally banded and stayed until November. An adult male banded in Fort Davis on 7 August 2009 lingered through November then returned to the same feeder on 13 August 2010, lingering until 10 December. He did not return in 2011. One bird, banded as a juvenile in Alpine on 11 October 2010 returned as an adult on 11 August 2012 to the same location.
Calliope – {Migrants occur at all elevations; most abundant above 5,000 feet} Spring: Accidental throughout the region; Fall: Common to rare, arriving in early July. Adult males are normally south of the region by early September while juveniles and females are still passing through. Unprecedented late fall invasion occurred in the Davis Mts. in 1995 and again in 2010, with many females/juveniles lingering through the end of October. One other late fall record from El Paso on 30 November 2000. Winter: at least four records all from El Paso, 22 December 1995, the winter of 2000-01, the winter of 2001-02 and the winter of 2012-13.
Broad-billed – {Below 7,000 feet} Through 2003, when this species was removed from the Texas Review List, over half of the accepted records for the state occurred in the West Texas region. Spring: Rare but regular visitor to the region beginning as early as March; Summer: reported nesting along the Rio Grande in the mid-1930s; however, the presence and documentation of multiple males, females and newly fledged juveniles in the Davis Mountains in 2008 and 2010 has finally confirmed the species nesting in Texas; Fall: normally much rarer than in spring; Winter: accidental, primarily in the El Paso area; first winter record for the Big Bend area obtained in 2014 with a female observed and photographed on 1 January, captured and banded on 8 January, and last observed on 18 January. First winter record for the Davis Mountains occurred during the winter of 2015-16. An adult male was photographed and banded six miles west of Fort Davis in the Limpia Crossing subdivision. A female wintered in the central Davis Mountains the following winter. Very scarce during the drought of 2011/2012.
Berylline* – {Above 6,000 feet} Five accepted records for Texas all from this region. One accepted sight record from BBNP in Boot Canyon prior to August 1997; first fully documented Texas record was a bird present 17 August through 4 September 1997 in upper Limpia Canyon of the Davis Mountains; and the third and fourth records were obtained in 1999 and 2000 at the same location. Finally, a single bird was observed and photographed two miles west of the above location in the heart of the Davis Mountains from 25-28 August 2007.
Buff-bellied – {normally below 5,000 feet} A tropical species normally found along the Texas coast. In an unexpected and astonishing event a juvenile female of this species managed to wander across hundreds of miles of desert to find the Christmas Mountains Oasis in south-central Brewster County 19-20 October 2012. It was discovered and photographed on the evening of 19 October and recognized as an Amazilia species. The next morning it was trapped and banded confirming the species identification, age and sex; it stayed at that location through early evening but was not relocated the next day. This encounter represents the first record of the species in the Trans-Pecos Region and the western most record for the US.
Cinnamon Hummingbird
Cinnamon – {A tropical species found along the Pacific Coast and the Yucatan region of Mexico} "Oh so close". A single individual present and photographed 18-21 September 1993, in Santa Teresa, New Mexico was within a couple of miles of the Rio Grande and the Texas border in the northwestern El Paso area. This individual represented only the second record for the US.
Violet-crowned* – {Below 6,000 feet} – Now 19 accepted Texas records, sixteen of which are from the region; 2-14 December 1987 from El Paso; 31 October 1996 at Lake Amistad, 30-31 March 1996, along the Rio Grande in Big Bend National Park; a single individual wintered in El Paso from 6 November 2001 through January 2002; a single bird was observed at the Clay Miller Ranch west of Valentine 24 May through 6 June 2002; and a bird found in northeast El Paso on 30 October 2010. Eleven records all occurring from 2007-2011 in the Alpine, Fort Davis and Fort Stockton areas including five more winter records 1) a bird that succumbed to freezing weather in Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County on 2 January 2008; 2) a bird that wintered in Fort Stockton, Pecos County from mid-November 2008 through early January 2009; 3) a bird in Fort Davis from 13 January through 13 February 2009; 4) a juvenile male was captured and banded in the Davis Mountains and was present from 8 November through 21 December, 2010; and finally, 5) a probable juvenile bird photographed at the Christmas Mountains Oasis from 30 November to 6 December, 2011. No records in the region or the State since.
White-eared Hummingbird
White-eared* – {Above 6,000 feet} 23 of the 26 Texas records come from this region covering the period April through October; only two records from the El Paso area including a bird present 12-20 October 1994 and a bird found in the nearby Franklin Mountains on 30 June 2002. One record from the Guadalupe Mountains on 31 May 1996. All other records are from the Chisos and Davis Mountains. The first record of multiple individuals (three birds) obtained from the Davis Mountains in June 1993. No known records from 1998-2001; but multiple records have occurred since including an unprecedented 11 birds in 2005 and 15-20 individuals in 2007 in upper Limpia Canyon of the Davis Mountains. A gravid female captured and banded there on 29 May 2009 provided the first conclusive evidence of nesting in Texas; a sub-adult male banded in August of 2007 was recaptured as an adult male on 3 July 2009. Additional evidence of nesting obtained in the fall of 2009; just fledged juvenile males in fresh plumage with fleshy gapes were captured and banded 9 August and 8 September. Extreme drought and fires resulted in only two brief sightings of this species in 2011, none in 2012 and only one in June of 2013. Providing some evidence of recovery, a second-year female and an adult male retuned to the Davis Mountains in late May and June of 2014, and a second (different) male present at the same location in August of 2014. By 2015 several individuals were found in the Davis Mountains including a juvenile male that was captured and banded on 30 June and an adult male banded the previous year recaptured on 25 June. 2015 birds lingered until late September. To date only one sighting in 2016, the banded adult male was observed from 27 May through 4 June, then appeared again on single days in July (28th) and August (9th).
*Texas review species requiring written details and/or documentation for acceptance. All other species listed for U.S./Mexico have not been recorded in this region. If you find a species not listed above in West Texas please attempt to photograph the bird and share your discovery with the birding community.
Many thanks to the El Paso/Trans-Pecos Audubon Society (Jim Paton, John Sproul and Barry Zimmer) for details on records obtained in El Paso and Hudspeth counties.
All photos by Michael Gray
© Kelly B. Bryan, kelly.b.bryan@gmail.com; to follow the progress of our hummingbird banding project in west Texas go to: www.westtexashummingbirds.com; to support this and other bird research projects in the west Texas region go to: www.westtexasavianresearch.org.


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Shoppers' appetite for the interactive campaigns, that featured on 50 EXCITE screens across Australia's busiest shopping centres, has exceeded expectations, according to Retail Media experts and leading Out Of Home company oOh!media's Commercial Director of Retail, Blair Hamilford.
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oOh!'s EXCITE network is part of its growing shopping centre portfolio that provides access to more than 540 shopping centres across Australia and a wide range of media opportunities including classic ShopaLite panels and over 1,500 digital screens.
The Outdoor Media Association awarded oOh!'s EXCITE network the Creative Collection 2016 Award for the Best Use of Technology/Innovation.


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The three friends behind Yumi Zouma are from New Zealand, and now are split between New York and Paris. This distance isn't reflected in the music, which holds onto the intimacy and ease of their friendship. Instead, the songs manage to feel like all three places at once: New York's disco heyday, Paris' romantic timelessness and New Zealand's island scenery. There are few things I welcome more than hearing disco's influence in new music. Last year brought us Rhye's sultry, soft pop record, and Yumi Zouma's EP takes the best grooves from Woman and lays a sunny shimmer over them. This dreamy disco pop will wash away the stresses of your day, as you take a mental break on a faraway beach with a citrusy cocktail (maybe even adorned with a mini umbrella) in hand. At a little under 15 minutes, Yumi Zouma's debut is a tropical taste of what's to come, with hopefully more tunes (fingers crossed for an LP) set to release near summertime. Until then, I'm going to harbor hair envy for their easy, breezy, beautiful cover girl.
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NWF View: No Escape
Mark Van Putten
Many of us take vacations to escape, albeit briefly, reality. But for those who love wildlife and wild places, it´s hard to escape the reality of a world in peril.
I was reminded of this recently when, after the NWF Annual Meeting, I vacationed with my family near Stuart, Florida, on the Indian River Lagoon. Although tired, I left home invigorated by the volunteer leaders from across America who attended the meeting to debate conservation-policy resolutions, to elect NWF´s board of directors, and to attend workshops on lobbying, media training and other important skills for the dedicated citizen activist. I left for Florida inspired by the power of individuals who join forces and find common cause through organizations like NWF to make a difference.
When I arrived I found a river and a community under siege. The dumping of polluted fresh water from an overfull Lake Okeechobee into the saline Indian River Lagoon had apparently triggered an outbreak of a toxic microorganism related to Pfiesteria, which wreaked havoc last summer in the Chesapeake Bay and before that in North Carolina´s Pamlico and Neuse Rivers. The lagoon, stretching 155 miles along Florida´s eastern coast as part of the intracoastal waterway, is hardly pristine. It has suffered from an explosion of development driven by "snow birds" like me, but I´ve been fishing and canoeing the lagoon near Stuart for more than 25 years during regular visits and have grown to love the beauty and mysteries of its mangrove-lined waters and tidal flats.
The degradation of the Indian River Lagoon reached a crisis point this year. Local residents were up in arms over the pollution, including my friends at the local tackle shop and the fishing guide with whom I´ve fished over the years. So, I joined hundreds of concerned citizens in packing an elementary school auditorium seeking answers and immediate action from state and local officials. We got neither.
As is so often the case, the cause-and-effect link between the pollution and its impacts was as murky as the once-clear waters of the lagoon´s inlet. Calls for immediate action to stop the pollution foundered on the bureaucratic realities of studies, plans, budgets, timetables and competing interests. All we were left with by the end of the meeting was our outrage.
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More On the Sudden Closing of Mama's Food Shop
By DANIEL MAURER
Melvin Felix
The Local spoke to Jeremiah Clancy today as he took down the photos of patrons' mothers that decorate Mama's Food Shop. He said his own mother happened to be in town, which made the closing of the restaurant bitter-sweet.
"It's all in the lawyers' hands at this point," said Mr. Clancy. "I'm cleaning out the space today and tomorrow, the keys will be handed to my lawyer, he'll send them to [the landlord's] lawyer and he'll take possession."
Elaborating on a statement that he sent to the The Local earlier today, Mr. Clancy pointed to some specific reasons that he decided to call it quits well before the expiration of his lease in October of 2013. During the time that he owned the restaurant, he said, "my property tax went up something ridiculous – like 380 percent."
In 2007, shortly after he took over the business, he was hit with a back rent and property tax bill of approximately $30,000, he said: "We had to get legal teams involved and come to a good place, and basically ever since then the landlord has been kind of squeezing me with water bills, gas bills, electric bills."
Mr. Clancy said he had had to pour money into upkeep of his space, patching up the floor and fixing plumbing issues. "The building is falling apart and I can't keep up with all the maintenance," he said. "Everything's breaking all the time."
"It's at the point now where we're in our third negotiation for property taxes which get folded into rent," he said, "and those are combined with the money I put into the space, which is not my own – it's not my property."
At the same time, said Mr. Clancy, the restaurant's formerly robust lunch and weekday business dwindled due to the neighborhood's increasingly professional demographic. "Anyone who can afford to live here or anyone who's holding on to the last vestiges of what the East Village used to be like, say, when I was in college – they're working stiffs," he said, adding that residential tenants increasingly have to work till 9 p.m. to be able to afford their rents.
Meanwhile, he said, fickle foodies have mostly moved on from the restaurant, in part because New York magazine, for one, has showed favoritism to another comfort-food joint in the neighborhood Mr. Clancy said was "basically the same exact thing as Mama's – fried chicken and a side – but it's served to you by some hipster dude who has long hair and is 27 and has Steely Dan on the radio."
"I'm very confused with the food movement because I think in many regards its such a wonderful thing," he said, "but in other regards it's like, who's the most popular kid in the cafeteria? And it's a racket now."
On The Local's Facebook page, reaction was swift. "I've noticed the slump in the East Village area and the shuttering of lots of businesses," wrote George Tsiolis. "This has become a big problem and rather depressing as an East Village/Alphabet City resident…"
"I'm sorry to hear this," wrote Trisha Cluck. "I ate here more times that I can count and I lived just near it."
Mama's Bar, which is separately owned, will remain open.
We've left a message asking Mr. Clancy's landlord for comment, and will update this post if and when we hear back.
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Now that's a proud partner! Following Lady Gaga's unexpected win at the 2016 Golden Globes on Sunday, January 10, her fiancé, Taylor Kinney, was fully supportive of the American Horror Story: Hotel actress in an exclusive interview with Us.
"Are you kidding?" the Chicago Fire star, 34, gushed to Us of her win at NBCUniversal's afterparty on the Beverly Hilton rooftop. "I'm so proud! Proud of my girl."
Gaga took home the Globe at the 73rd annual show for Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series or TV Motion Picture for her role as the Countess in AHS: Hotel. For her first major acting victory, the "Just Dance" singer, 29, beat out tough competitors in her category including Felicity Huffman (American Crime), Kirsten Dunst (Fargo), Queen Latifah (Bessie) and Sarah Hay (Flesh and Bone).
"I feel like Cher in that John Patrick Shanley film Moonstruck right now," said Gaga, who also went viral after bumping into a reactive Leonardo DiCaprio on her way up to the stage. "This is one of the greatest moments of my life."
While she thanked AHS creator Ryan Murphy in her speech, the shocked star completely omitted her fiancé of nearly one year, Kinney.
After the surprise subsided, she made up for the blunder hours later on Instagram. Posting a photo of herself holding the Globe, the star wrote: "I am so grateful to the Hollywood Foreign Press. Thank you Taylor for being right there for me the whole way through. Monsters, never lose hope in yourself. This is for my brilliant manager @wanaynay Staying in the fight is the true test. Never give up on your dreams."
The couple got engaged on Valentine's Day 2015. Watch her speech in the video above!


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Walking around the village, the locals would graciously invite me into their shops and carry on a conversation. After the typical bit about myself with some things always lost in translation, I would always revert to the same question, "Do you like the dam?". Immediately they knew what I was talking about and would start a rant. However, this rant needs to be heard. The first thing said is always a loud, head shaking "no" followed by silence. Then I would just ask "why?". Here's is their answer: The people in the area depend on us, mzungeus, to support their families with the whitewater tourism money we bring. My favorite and most heart breaking meeting was when two other students and I went in to buy a chicken for lunch. As our new friend was filleting up our bird we asked him about his thoughts on the dam. He dropped everything and turned to us with pure hatred in his eyes. He looked to us and said, in very broken English "If there is no river, then you will not come to my place. If you don't come, who will buy my chickens? How will I survive?" That is when it hit me, we are the reason for the success of this small village and why it exists. Without the dam the people that live there are happy, but once the flow stops the people will be forced to get by living on any tourism they can get.
This last February was the last time in history to run the Silverback section of the White Nile. Paddling those rapids was equal parts thrill and remorse. The Silverback has been slowly "improved" by the dam process. By restricting the flow to less channels, Silverback and Headbanger, a new high water rapid¬– Jungle Book has been created. The Silverback moves from a massive football field long tongue to a crashing wave train where you can throw a huge air kick-flip.
After all of the improvements it was time that the destruction began. On the morning of the last day, February 28, the workers were out throwing huge boulders into the river left side of the rapid. As two of our coaches were running the rapid the day before one got out to film and was almost arrested for being a journalist. The police were constantly patrolling the dam site keeping an eye out for terrorists and journalists.
On the 28th the whole river was swarmed by raft companies, kayakers and locals bidding a due to the magical river. There is nothing that can compare to being present for those ceremonies on the last day. Sadly, no one ever will again.


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In geometry, the elongated square cupola is one of the Johnson solids (). As the name suggests, it can be constructed by elongating a square cupola () by attaching an octagonal prism to its base. The solid can be seen as a rhombicuboctahedron with its "lid" (another square cupola) removed.

Formulae
The following formulae for volume, surface area and circumradius can be used if all faces are regular, with edge length a:

Dual polyhedron

The dual of the elongated square cupola has 20 faces: 8 isosceles triangles, 4 kites, 8 quadrilaterals.

Related polyhedra and honeycombs

The elongated square cupola forms space-filling honeycombs with tetrahedra and cubes; with cubes and cuboctahedra; and with tetrahedra, elongated square pyramids, and elongated square bipyramids. (The latter two units can be decomposed into cubes and square pyramids.)

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On January 8, CNNC once again won the Grand Prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award (only two winners in the country) after 20 years. It is 1997 when CNNC was awarded this special prize for the first time.
At the National Science and Technology Awards Conference this year, the most striking news is that the amount of bonus for state's highest science and technology awards is raised by 60%, which is from 5 million yuan to 8 million yuan (even higher than that of the 2018 Nobel Prize), and more excitingly, the winners are free to control the bonus. This is the first adjustment of the amount and structure of the award since the establishment of the National Science and Technology Awards in 1999.
To motivate incentive resources to be significantly flow to the main business and core talents. It is necessary for top experts to get the highest wages in the group, and actively attract top talents from external.
For basic researchers, the evaluation cycle will be lengthened, once every two to three years, and keep their salary stable at a higher level in the industry.
Appropriate recognition is given for research that is conducted in accordance with the established direction but has proved to be in the wrong direction or has not achieved the expected results.
Scientific and technological achievements are to be amply rewarded. And if scientific and technological achievements are transformed and net income is generated, the portion of scientific research personnel shall be honored in full and on time.
All research institutes must allow to challenge academic authority and tolerate failure, creating an atmosphere of respect and dependence on scientific research talents.
Each "Hualong No. 1" unit, developed by the research team represented by Xing Ji, can directly drive more than 20 billion yuan of equipment exports and more than 10 billion yuan of service exports.
At present, various preferential conditions are being developed in various parts of the country to fight for top talents. CNNC's salary reform will open a window for its scientific and technological innovation, and as for whether its scientific research ecology can be formed, let us wait and see.
NβN tip: Leading scientists and scientific teams have a very strong lead and drive for technological innovation and industrial development in each country.


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How do I decide between a current job and a new job? There are positive and negative things about both. So I'm stuck. Help!
At some point in your career, you've been there.
Or maybe you're the person who sent me this question, and you are there.
If so, you're not alone. According to Gallup's recent State of the American Workplace Report, 51% of US workers are either actively searching for new jobs or watching for openings.
Plus, from my conversations with my coaching clients in the UK, Australia, and Canada, this number seems to be reasonably on track there as well.
So, how do you decide between a current job and a new job?
Here are the three questions you need to answer first. Get ready–they may surprise you.
Once you know these answers, you'll know what to do.
Question 1: Am I honestly clear about who I am and what I want in my life at work?
We're looking hard at the other company.
We're exploring its people and processes.
We're learning about its pay, benefits, and other perks.
You need to shift your focus to "in here." It's what's inside you that matters most.
Can you clearly articulate what you DO want in your next opportunity, and how it moves you forward in the direction you want for your life?
Do you know what's right for you, based on who YOU are today, and what you really want–not what you think you should want?
This knowledge is the secret sauce.
If you've been feeling stuck or going around in circles, I can tell you with 100% certainty is that it's because you still need to do the homework to get clear on who you are & what you want today, and into the future.
Once you have this data, it's a magic decision-helper.
Stop focusing on what's out there, and start getting clear on what's in you. Knowing yourself is the foundation for all of your career decision-making, today and tomorrow.
Question 2: Have I completely explored and exhausted what's available right where I am?
If we're not happy at work, we've been taught that there are only two acceptable paths.
PATH A: I should look for a new job.
PATH B: I should stay put and be grateful I have a job.
There's actually another, often simpler and more rewarding path that you can take after you answer Question 1 above and know who you are and what you want.
PATH C: I should explore how I can get more of what I want right where I am.
With apologies to Frost, this is truly the road not taken.
Which is a shame. In my work with my private clients and students in my online programs, I am constantly finding that they're assuming nothing can change with their current job or employer.
And that seems a little silly, given that we all know that change is happening every day in our organizations. Why couldn't it happen for YOU?
But it won't happen by magic.
You need to do three things.
Be clear on what you want (see question #1).
Note that those three actions DO NOT involve waiting for your manager to hand you a promotion, or for an opportunity to suddenly pop up on your company's career website. If you assume those are the only paths to changing something right where you are, you'll end up missing out on creating something that may be perfect both for you and the organization today.
If you need to decide between a current job and a new job, make sure that you've done the work to find out all that may be possible in your own backyard.
It's okay to pass up a new job that doesn't seem quite right in order to explore what you might change right where you are.
For more details and scripts to put this into action in your company, read How to Find a New Job in a Surprising Place: Your Company.
Question 3: If there were no consequences, which would I choose?
If you're clear about who you are and what you want, and you've completely explored what might be possible right where you are, and you're STILL finding it hard to decide between your current job and a new job, then it's time to shut up.
Stop talking, and start feeling.
Oh, I know–"feelings" seem squishy, la-la and unprofessional when we're talking about something as BIG as making a career move.
But the neuroscience is clear.
Our gut is our second brain. And in many cases, it's more trustworthy than our info-overwhelmed head.
If there were no consequences, which would I choose?
Then, listen. Don't judge the answer or talk back to it.
The removal of consequences helps us zero in on what we really want. It also opens up possibilities that those things we assume are consequences may not weigh as much as we think they do.
But the job doubled her commute at a time when she was committed to her focus on her family, health, and creating community in her town.
She quickly came to the conclusion that the loss of her time and freedom was worse than continuing to manage her current situation.
She also realized that the new job won't be the last job she'll ever find. She trusted herself that it was better for now to stay and keep exploring than change just because her friends thought it made sense.
Our doubts are often wrapped up with other's thoughts and expectations. Asking "what if there were no consequences" can open up the truth about what you think, feel, and most importantly, what you should do next.
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