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Wellred Books is proud to announce the release of an important new title: The Revolutionary Legacy of Rosa Luxemburg. This great revolutionary martyr has often been misrepresented as an opponent of the October Revolution, and as standing for some sort of 'softer', 'anti-authoritarian' Marxism as against that of Lenin and the Bolsheviks.
In this book, Marie Frederiksen sets the record straight. Examining her ideas on the basis of what she actually wrote, the book reclaims Rosa Luxemburg as the revolutionary she was.
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Marie Frederiksen
Marie Frederiksen is a member of the International Marxist Tendency and an editor of the Danish Marxist paper Revolution (marxist.dk). Her book was originally published in Danish in 2019, and has now been translated into English.
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A particularly persistent myth is that Luxemburg was against Lenin and 'Bolshevism'. While it is true that Luxemburg did have disagreements with Lenin, these were comradely disagreements between two revolutionaries. She enthusiastically supported the Bolshevik-led seizure of power by the soviets in October 1917.
Specifically addressing the common myths surrounding Luxemburg's views on the Bolsheviks, the following article was written for the IMT's In Defence of Marxism magazine, which was based on several chapters from Frederiksen's book: marxist.com/rosa-luxemburg-and-the-bolsheviks-dispelling-the-myths.htm
The full issue of this magazine – which also features articles on 'Marxism versus Libertarianism' and 'The Young Lenin' – is available on print and digital formats at: marxist.com/magazine

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Elizabeth Warren Hires Lobbyist One Day After Releasing Plan Calling Lobbying 'Legalized Bribery'
Andrew Kerr Investigative Reporter
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Elizabeth Warren hired a Planned Parenthood lobbyist to a key role in her presidential campaign Tuesday, just one day after Warren announced a plan that would "end lobbying as we know it."
Warren unveiled an anti-corruption plan Monday that would introduce a "cooling off" period for lobbyists before they can serve in government roles and would prohibit active lobbyists from donating to political campaigns, a practice Warren called "legalized bribery."
"The fundamental promise of our democracy is that every voice matters," Warren's plan states. "But when lobbyists and big corporations can buy influence from politicians, that promise is broken. The first thing to do to fix it is to end lobbying as we know it."
The next day, Kimberly Diaz Scott, who registered as a lobbyist for the Florida Alliance of Planned Parenthood Affiliates as recently as January 2019, announced that she was leaving the organization to head up Warren's campaign in Florida.
"I won't be far from the movement, as I'm humbled and proud to announce my transition as the Florida State Director for Warren for President, assuring that we will continue to fight like hell to elect a brilliant leader who will work to protect the health, safety and future of ALL people," Diaz wrote, the Miami Herald reported. "2020 is not for the rich or selfish, 2020 is for us."
HAMPTON FALLS, NH – SEPTEMBER 02: Senator and Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren greets attendees in the rain after speaking at a Labor Day house party on September 2, 2019 in Hampton Falls, New Hampshire. (Scott Eisen/Getty Images)
Diaz first registered as a lobbyist for Planned Parenthood in 2015, according to Florida's Lobbyist Registration Office.
Warren's plan said lobbyists were effectively bribing politicians by donating to politicians, but her own political campaigns have received at least $95,000 from lobbyists between 2012 and 2018, CNBC reported. (RELATED: Warren Boasts Of 'Biggest Anti-Corruption Plan Since Watergate' Ahead Of Her New York City Speech)
The plan would also enact a "cooling off" period for lobbyists, such as Diaz, from entering government jobs to ensure they're hired for their expertise, not their connections.
"Under my proposal, current lobbyists won't be able to take government jobs for 2 years after lobbying, with limited exceptions for when the hiring is in the national interest," Warren's plan states. "Corporate lobbyists will have to wait at least 6 years — no exceptions, and no waivers."
The restrictions proposed by Warren would apply to "all lobbyists," meaning that they would presumably apply to Diaz.
The Warren campaign did not immediately return an inquiry from the Daily Caller News Foundation asking if her proposed lobbying restrictions would apply to Diaz.
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Knights of Labor
The Knights of Labor was founded as a secret society of tailors in Philadelphia in 1869. It grew in size and prominence in the early days of the American labor movement from the mid-to-late-1800s and played a key role in the Great Railroad Strike of 1877.
Uriah Stevens, Knights of Labor Founder
Uriah S. Stephens, a descendant of early Quaker settlers in New Jersey, founded the Knights of Labor on Thanksgiving Day 1869 in Philadelphia. When Stephens' family lost everything during the economic panic and depression of the late 1830s, he became an indentured worker, obligated to work without pay in exchange for being trained as an apprentice mechanic.
Stephens' experiences as a worker-led him to believe that massive changes in society were necessary. It wasn't just enough for a group of workers at one company to strike for higher wages, he believed. Instead, all wage-earners had to be brought together into a single organization, which could then fight for the interests of them all.
When the local garment cutters union disbanded after failing to get better wages from local clothing companies, Stephens saw his chance. He called a meeting at his home, and six garment cutters showed up. Stephens explained to them his vision for an organization, "The Noble and Holy Order of the Knights of Labor," whose members would be sworn to secrecy, and follow rituals comparable to Masonry.
Knights of Labor Expands Under Terrence Powderly
Over the decade that followed, though, the Knights expanded across the nation, attracting a range of workers in different industries, from blacksmiths and boilermakers to bricklayers and carpet weavers. The only occupations they excluded were bankers, lawyers, gamblers and saloon keepers.
In 1879, Stephens stepped down, and Terrence V. Powderly, a machinist of Catholic Irish ancestry from Carbondale, Pennsylvania, was elected to take his place. Under Powderly's leadership, in 1881 the Knights declared that women would be accepted as members and have equal rights in the organization as men did. At the time it was seen as a radical stance.
Joseph Buchanan Leads Strikes Against Railroad Companies
At the height of the Knights' influence in the mid-1880s, the organization claimed a membership of 700,000. At the apex of their power, the Knights achieved some major successes. In 1884, when the Union Pacific Railroad cut workers' wages by 10 percent, the Knights quickly organized a strike. Led by organizer Joseph Buchanan, the Knights shut down every railroad shop from Omaha Nebraska to Ogden, Utah, as well as all the branch lines.
As Matthew Hild recounts in Greenbackers, Knights of Labor and Populists, it only took four days for the railroad bosses to rescind the pay reduction. When the railroad tried the same move three months later, the Knights launched another strike and forced the company to concede defeat in just five days and restore workers' pay. Shortly afterward, the Knights waged even bigger successful strikes in 1884-85 against the Wabash Railroad and Southwest railroad system controlled by financier Jay Gould.
But it wasn't just better wages that the Knights campaigned for. The organization championed broad-ranging social and economic reform, including an eight-hour workday, health and safety laws to protect workers, and a system that would provide for them if they were injured on the job—an early version of workers compensation insurance.
Ending Child Labor and Lobbying for a Graduated Income Tax
The Knights also advocated an end to child and convict labor, equal pay for women, and laws requiring that employers participate in arbitration to resolve differences with workers. They also advocated nationalization of the railroads and telephone networks, and a graduated federal income tax (similar to the one eventually established in 1913).
Even more radically, the Knights supported cooperatively-run workshops—a forerunner of today's employee-owned companies—as well as cooperative stores.
The Knights also opened up their organization to Black workers, and Black people eventually formed the majority of Knights membership in the South, according to Charles Postel's book Equality: An American Dilemma, 1866-1896.
Attacks on Chinese Workers
But not every position that the organization took was progressive. The Knights saw asian immigrants as competition that employers would use to keep down their wages. They supported the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 and the Alien Contract Labor Law of 1885, which barred companies from bringing unskilled laborers into the United States to work under contract.
Even after the laws were passed, the Knights' members weren't satisfied. In the Pacific Northwest, they attacked Chinese laborers and even burned down the barracks where Chinese coal miners lived.
In 1886, the Knights suffered a couple of serious setbacks that started their decline. In March, the Knights mounted a second strike against Gould's Southwest railroad system in Texas, led by former machinist named Martin Irons. The Great Southwest Strike, as it became known, soon spread to other states, and led to violent clashes between strikers and police. This time, though, Gould hung tough, and after public opinion started to shift against the Knights, they were forced to give up the strike in May.
In the end, the strikers got none of what they wanted, and many were blacklisted by Gould's railroad as well, according to Postel. "Across Gould's railroad empire, the Knights of Labor was effectively destroyed as an organization," he wrote.
Haymarket Square Riot
Around that time, the Knights also were struck another body blow when a labor demonstration in Chicago's Haymarket Square, whose organizers included Knights of Labor members, morphed into a riot that took the lives of seven policemen and four workers. Police responded with crackdowns on labor groups in Chicago and elsewhere across the nation. Though the Knights weren't responsible for the violence, they were blamed for it, and membership began to plummet.
Though the Knights continued to exist as an organization for decades afterward, their numbers and clout declined, as workers began to defect to organizations such as the American Federation of Labor. The last remaining holdout in the once-mighty Knights finally disbanded in 1949. Nevertheless, many of the reforms advocated by the Knights, such as laws restricting child labor and the eight-hour workday, were eventually achieved.
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/knights-of-labor
Knights Templar Defend Holy Land
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Haymarket Riot
The Haymarket Riot (also known as the "Haymarket Incident" and "Haymarket Affair") occurred on May 4, 1886, when a labor protest rally near Chicago's Haymarket Square turned into a riot after someone threw a bomb at police. At least eight people died as a result of the violence ...read more
The Knights Templar was a large organization of devout Christians during the medieval era who carried out an important mission: to protect European travelers visiting sites in the Holy Land while also carrying out military operations. A wealthy, powerful and mysterious order ...read more
Why Labor Unions Declined in the 1920s
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10 Major Labor Strikes Throughout US History
Since colonial times, when fishermen, bakers, refuse collectors and tailors tried to get more money or fairer treatment by refusing to perform their jobs, going on strike has been an important tactic of American labor. Strikes figured prominently in the rise of the organized ...read more
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Helping Employees Find Financial Security after COVID-19
By Robert Davis on January 27, 2021
Robert is a writer and journalist based in Colorado. He covers law, public works, homelessness, and food. Robert spent nearly 12 years in the restaura... continue
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As a part of the company's $200 million Main Street Pledge, DoorDash launched a one-of-its-kind banking solutions platform for its delivery drivers that represents a new way for businesses to support their employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Known as DasherDirect, the platform offers drivers no-fee daily deposits of their DoorDash earnings, convenient digital banking functionality, and cash-back rewards. The transactions are issued through Stride Bank and the software is powered by Payfare.
To DoorDash, the platform is a way for the company to offer drivers greater economic freedom, security, and financial opportunity—something workers in all industries have been searching for since the pandemic began. DasherDirect is available in select regions across the East Coast, with a full nationwide rollout planned for early 2021.
"Over seven million households in the U.S. are without a checking or savings account, and with the support of our partners we're proud to provide financial resources to more Americans looking for flexible earnings opportunities," Tony Xu, CEO, and Co-founder of DoorDash, said in a statement. "This is a major step forward in introducing new tools to empower Dashers who count on DoorDash for reliable, independent and flexible work."
Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, workers in the restaurant and hospitality industry have experienced unemployment in far greater numbers than workers in other industries. In April, the industry experienced a 32.5 % unemployment rate which has since declined to just over 16%, according to the US Department of Labor.
Meanwhile, research by the Pew Research Center found the industry's historic unemployment overwhelmingly impacted young workers in entry-level roles. "Among the 19.3 million workers ages 16 to 24 in the economy overall, 9.2 million, or nearly half, are employed in service-sector establishments," one study concludes.
For restaurant owners, providing employees with financial security is always a goal. Since the pandemic began, it is now an imperative. Research by global consulting firm McKinsey & Company found the pandemic has left employees needing varied types of support from employers. Some examples include trusting relationships and help to build their financial knowledge.
While achieving all of these measures may be tough for many restaurant owners, there are a few simple ways that can be incorporated into almost any organization. Here are a few examples.
What is Financial Security?
According to Smart Asset, financial security means different things to different people. But, a few similarities remain. Namely having enough money to pay all of one's bills and save for retirement. Others may see financial security as the number of zeros on their paycheck.
For business owners, understanding the different ways your employees interpret financial security is the first step to understanding how to help them achieve their goals.
Offer Employer Benefits
Benefits like 401(k)'s, IRAs, and similar vehicles are a great way for employers to show their employees they have their wellbeing in mind. Offering employer match benefits are a great way to maximize this benefit for your employees. However, retirement benefits require employees to be making enough money to save some portion of their income, which is not always the case.
However, just offering these benefits isn't enough. Employers should teach their employees about the decisions they're making and how it can impact their financial future in the short-and-long-term.
Other off-the-books benefits can include offering employees who show initiative overtime hours. While the pay will still be taxed, giving employees opportunities to make a little extra money will pay off in the long run.
Flexible Schedules and Time Off
Business owners like standardized schedules for accounting purposes. However, the COVID-19 pandemic has shown how important flexible scheduling is for restaurants.
Flexible scheduling requires managers to staff shifts based on customer demand rather than gut feeling. It requires business owners and managers to keep the books up-to-date and stay on top of customer trends.
For employees, especially tipped employees, standardized scheduling allows for a more predictable schedule as well. Many employees know Friday and Saturday nights are the money nights and can plan around the expected income of a set schedule.
On the other side, flexible scheduling offers employees more opportunities to find side-gigs that can help them make money. It also provides an opportunity for an employee to define their own work-life balance.
Daily Cash-Out Options
What makes DasherDirect so revolutionary is that it allows employees to cash-out their earnings when they're done working rather than waiting weeks for a paycheck. For restaurants, implementing this model could help reduce employee turnover and increase loyalty but it comes with operational challenges.
"We are committed to providing innovative solutions for gig workers that drive financial inclusion, which is why we are thrilled to partner with DoorDash and announce this major initiative. Since the inception of Payfare, we have quickly become a name synonymous with digital banking and instant payout solutions for the on-demand gig economy," Marco Margiotta, CEO of Payfare, said in a statement.
Family meal is a common practice in the hospitality industry to ensure employees are fed on long shifts. Especially during difficult economic times, this meal can be a very important benefit for your employees guaranteeing them at least one good meal each workday. Ensuring this meal is healthy and balanced is a small way you can invest in your team.
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CEVA opens pharma hub in Singapore to serve Asia Pacific
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CEVA Logistics has opened a pharma airfreight facility near Singapore's Changi International Airport, which will serve as its "strategic healthcare logistics hub" in the Asia Pacific region.
The hub is located in the Free Trade Zone within the airport's logistics park, facilitating "seamless regional distribution" and "quick turnaround times" for connecting to global markets.
The facility's proximity to local seaports, combined with reefer container options, also enables customers to access more environmentally friendly ocean freight transportation.
Features of the new facility include two temperature-controlled areas, capable of storing goods between 15 to 25 degrees Celsius and 2 to 8 degrees Celsius.
Additional solutions such as Controlant — an automated control tower workflow tool — and Validaide, a risk assessment tool on lane validations, will also be available for customers to ensure reliability and compliance.
CEVA said the opening of its Singapore healthcare hub is part of its plan to invest in and open 40 global pharma stations by the end of this year, ultimately bolstering its Temperature Sensitive Solution.
Its healthcare hubs in Atlanta, Chicago, Frankfurt, Madrid, Budapest and Mumbai are scheduled to open in the coming months.
"In all, the stations will allow CEVA to not only service major healthcare gateways in regional markets, like Asia Pacific, but also to supply more than 1,450 healthcare trade lanes globally," the company said.
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CEVA's investment in its pharma capabilities come as the global rollout of coronavirus vaccines continues.
CEVA's ForPatients suite of healthcare logistics is comprised of: temperature sensitive solutions, pharma and biopharma, medical devices, consumer health, hospital and home care, as well as diagnostic and laboratory services.
Elaine Low, managing director for Southeast Asia and Pacific at CEVA Logistics, commented: "As CEVA's first airfreight cold chain facility in Singapore, this is a timely investment for healthcare logistics. This air hub is now capable of supporting the regional distribution of vaccines and other pharmaceutical supplies that are critically needed in Southeast Asia at the moment. In addition, our healthcare customers will benefit from the range of value-added services, such as dry ice, relabelling and cross-stocking within the free trade zone."
Niels van Namen, executive vice president of global healthcare at CEVA Logistics, added: "Our ForPatients commitment is driving our investment in healthcare logistics. These airfreight cold chain stations are just one more example of how we put the patient first, even in the supply chain. We have the expertise and now another facility to continue supporting customers who require stringent temperature management within their global supply chains to ensure the integrity of their patients' products."
CEVA serves more than 500 healthcare and life science companies globally, more than 50 healthcare contract logistics operations worldwide and 20 of the top 30 medical device supply chains.
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Genetic variability of dairy cattle breeds in Lithuania
Romualdas Lapickis
Loreta Griciuvienė
Asta Aleksandravičienė
Indrė Lipatova
Algimantas Paulauskas
Keywords: genetic variability, microsatellite, cattle
Large numbers of different scientific studies are conducted to preserve the breeds and improve the existing ones by introducing the variability of the plate genes, which best shows the phenotypic characteristics that can improve the health of dairy cattle and the quality of their production. The main purpose of this study was to perform an analysis of genetic variability of Lithuanian cattle breeds. Three subpopulation groups were studied: Lithuanian Black and White (95 individuals), Lithuanian Red (49), and Lithuanian White and Red (48). Bovine genetic material was genotyped using a total of 11 fluorescent microsatellite primers to estimate genetic variability. All loci presented a high degree of polymorphism and a total of 292 different alleles (Na) were detected. Thirty-two private alleles were detected in all evaluated subpopulations. After completing pairwise population assignment, which is based on the distribution of allelic frequencies, three populations showed the tendency to group into three separate clusters. However, the performed Principal Coordinates Analysis (PCoA), which is based on genetic distances, showed no anticipated clear grouping. Bayesian structure analysis revealed three genetic clusters. Analysis of FST (0.001–0.027) and Nei genetic distance (0.029–0.084) revealed that the genetic diversity of inter subpopulation in cattle groups was estimated to be lower than the genetic diversity of intra subpopulation.


A lazy, purely functional variant of ML designed by Thomas Johnson and Lennart Augustsson at the Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1984. LML is implemented on the G-machine, and was used to implement the first Haskell B compiler. There is a compiler (lmlc) and interpreter.
Adds to Lazy ML a data type of "theories" whose objects represent logic programs.
["Logic Programming within a Functional Framework", A. Brogi et al, in Programming Language Implementation and Logic Programming, P. Deransart et al eds, LNCS 456, Springer 1990].


Rick joined the Neuger Communications Group team in 2009, and is responsible for developing creative and strategic communications solutions for clients in a wide range of industries. With a natural eye for design, color and typography, and a knack for creative writing, Rick has made a career of understanding clients' needs and developing thoughtful, engaging solutions.
Rick began his communications career as the director of advertising for the Northfield News where, among many things, he was charged with establishing and meeting sales goals, developing specialty publications and generating advertising.
After a successful tenure with the newspaper, Rick launched his own business, Esse Advertising, where across a span of 15 years he counseled clients in developing results-driven advertising campaigns and print communications solutions. Altogether Rick brings more than 30 years of communications experience to his role at Neuger Communications Group.
A graduate of St. Olaf College, Rick holds a bachelor's degree in sociology and philosophy. He has also received significant training in the visual arts – experience that has further developed his "jack-of-all-trades" character.
Rick lives in Northfield, Minnesota, with his wife, Pam. Rick and Pam have an adult son, Alex, and a dog named Churchill. Rick is active in Rotary and enjoys reading, golfing, cheering for the Twins and the Vikings, and working on the occasional home improvement project.
I cheer for: I cheer for the Minnesota Vikings without fail. It's a disease.
Favorite office tradition: Our birthday celebrations. We're each responsible for bringing treats for someone's birthday. Most bring one of their homemade specialties. Others (like me) shop. As you would expect, we have some very creative chefs.
Every year I look forward to: The changing seasons. I like all six of them: spring, summer, autumn, early winter, winter and late winter.
Integrity speaks for itself. If you have to talk about it, you probably ain't got any.
Our work is often done behind the scenes, and success can be difficult to measure. Yet, our clients know when we've helped them reach their goals. They tell us so. And when they're successful, we share in it – behind the scenes.


It's been a while since I was out diving and snorkelling in the Great Barrier Reef. This time I went with the superb liveaboard "Spoilsport" of the Mike Ball Dive Expeditions during the best time of the year to see minke whales underwater. The weather was amazing with only 10-15 knot winds and about 20-30 whales around the boat mainly at Lighthouse Bommie. Water visibility was a bit challenging for photography but workable. It's a wonderful experience being back on the minke line and I can't recommend it enough to everyone to try it even once in their life.
While hanging on the line I was focusing on a minke face to hopefully get a closeup of the head when the whale let go a bubble blast. So I got a sequence of 9 images of the bubble blast which I turned into an animated GIF.
We motored overnight from Cairns to be in the Ribbon Reefs by the morning. Our first dive site was the spectacular reef of Challenger Bay, one of our favourite dive site in the GBR. We were 185 kilometres away from Cairns and it was blowing 30 knots in the Ribbon Reef with waters a chilly 24℃ (75℉). My thick 5mm wetsuit plus hood-vest plus sharkskin thermals were my constant in-water attire. Only when I was warm and toasty underwater could I spend three straight hours with these amazing creatures!
There was no down time, it seemed. Everyday we had minke whales, as we were there at the peak of minke season in early July. With wonderfully prepared meals in between our water activities, the week was all about eating, diving, eating, snorkelling, eating, and snorkelling some more and more eating. Early morning sunrise wake-up calls before breakfast started with "Wakey-wakey! It's time for diving!" But however wonderful the coral reefs and diving were, we were there for the whales. And every day we would see an average of 8 to 10 minkes. And the wonderful thing was, there was always one that was more curious than others.
We had this one beauty – a young female about 6 metres long, she made continuous passes at everyone on the line. She constantly swam around the boat and back to the snorkelers for two straight hours. She came closer and closer every time until I could see the hairs on her chin! She gave everyone hanging very still on the line a personal scrutiny that was too fantastic for words. Throughout the encounter I tried my best not to move, following the code of conduct briefing to the letter! We were all very still hanging on the line and drifting in the wind with the boat in the blue. It was obvious the whale was in control of these encounters. She looked as if she enjoyed the strong waves caused by the winds too! It was truly remarkable.
Minke coming up for a breather and to check us out.
Minke whale looking at me.
Playful, frisky and bite mark studded minke whale.
It's a whale of a tale and a tail of a whale!
Another picture that I took many years ago that won me Nature's Best Windland Smith Rice Award for the Ocean's Category was onboard the wonderful Undersea Explorer now Eye to Eye Marine Encounters. Meet the star that she is – Pavlova, the pirouetting minke whale!
The phenomenal Pavlova, the prima ballerina minke of 2006.


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Today was an awake day. Not a "woke" day. An awake day. As in, I woke up at 8 am, went to physical therapy, spent most of the day on my computer doing actual work with a clear mind and now, at 9 pm, I am still awake. And writing!
Six weeks ago, I earned membership in a club I never wanted to join.


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Touch the little crystal icon, try to find the same crystal icon which you can link them by straight line, but it should less then 3 pieces of line, then the link crystal icon will blow up, like "bang", disappear.
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Q: Discrete gradient ascent cycles I am wondering what can be inferred when a discrete
gradient ascent algorithm gets stuck in a cycle.
Here is the situation.
A function $f(x,y)$ is defined over a range $[0,n]^2$,
and the algorithm walks on integer lattice points.
The algorithm is simple: from $p$ it looks at the $f$-value at the three
adjacent lattice points, excluding the lattice point from
which it arrived at $p$.  If one is uniquely highest in $f$-value,
it steps to that point.  If there is a tie for highest, it chooses, say,
the clockwise-most option.
Here are the assumptions on $f$:
(a) $f$ has a unique maximum in the interior of the search range;
(b) $\nabla f$ is positive everywhere (pointing up), except it is zero at the maximum;
(c) The level curves $f(x,y) = c$ are strictly convex,
strictly meaning there are no flat (zero-curvature) sections of a level curve.
Under these circumstances, I think the following holds:

*

*If the ascent walk falls into a cycle, it is a $1 \times 1$ cycle,
around the boundary of a square cell of the lattice.

*The maximum of $f$ must lie either in the same row as this cell
or the same column of this cell.

Perhaps the figure below helps explain these conclusions.

The ascent path is $(p,a,b,c,d)$.
When first at $a$, $f(b)=f(d)$ and the algorithm chooses the cw point $b$.
The maximum lies in the same "row" as the red cell.

Question 1. Are the two conclusions above correct?

If not, please ignore the 2nd question!

Question 2. Generalizing to $f$ defined on a $d$-dimensional
  region, with the algorithm step comparing $f$ at $2d -1$ adjacent lattice points ($\pm$
  in every coordinate, excluding the arrival direction),
  are there analogous claims about the shape of the possible cycles and
  implications on where the maximum could lie?

Thanks for insights!

A: Can we assume that the algorithm terminates when all directions other than back go downhill?
Can we also change the properties of the function to this:
For every $z$, the set where $f(x, y) \ge z$ is a strictly convex closed set and the set
where $f(x, y) = z$ is its boundary?
I think this is a weaker condition, mainly because it doesn't require differentiability, but I have not really checked.
Then I think your conclusions can be justified. First, from the termination condition it
follows that f must be constant on that cycle,
which by the properties of the function means that they must be on the boundary
of some strictly convex set, and the maximum must be in the interior of that set.
Furthermore, since movement is horizontally or vertically, the only shapes meeting the convexity requirement are rectangles, and because of the strict convexity, no three
points can be colinear, which means the rectangle cannot be larger than a single cell.
However, since going back is expressly disallowed, it cannot be smaller either, hence
your conclusion 1.
The second conclusion can be reached in at least two ways. One is that since the points
in the cycle are boundary points of a strictly convex set they cannot be in the convex
hull of other points in the set, in particular the convex hull of the other points in the
cycle and the maximum. Another way is that no lattice point adjacent to a point in the
cycle can be in the convex hull of all the points in the cycle and the maximum, for such a point would have a higher value of $f$ and this would break the cycle.
Judging by your sketch, this is pretty much what you had in mind.
Most of this generalizes easily to higher dimensions, but probably not in a useful way.
We can still conclude that the cycle must be contained in a single cell. We can also
conclude that it must be at least a square. However, suppose it is just a square.
Then the maximum can be placed anywhere in the space, provided that the pyramid it
forms with the square manages to avoid a few points adjacent to the square. An educated
guess says that that is at least half the space.

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The United States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) thinks Amazon.com should be on the hook for unauthorized purchases made by children while using apps on their smartphones, tablets, and even computers. In a recent complaint filed in a U.S. court, the FTC says parents whose children made unauthorized purchases should receive refunds from Amazon.
The problem surrounds free-to-play games that are easily downloaded onto mobile devices; such games typically start out with a basic character and story, but then require players to make expensive (though easy to complete) 'purchases' in order to see the game's more elaborate items and environments.
Most free-to-play games make real-world in-app purchases very easy, allowing a child to rack up huge bills for their parents in just a few hours. Furthermore, many of games are directly marketed at children, but don't require a child to acquire adult consent before completing an in-app purchase. The FTC feels that many of the games offered through Amazon blur the line between real-world and fantasy purchases, meaning that even adults could be fooled into buying something online without knowing it.
Is Amazon partly responsible for in-app purchases made by children? Or is this simply a case of "buyer beware"? How should Amazon deal with the developers behind games that deceive people about in-app purchases? Do you think the FTC should be involved in cases such as this? Have you played free-to-play games before and do you find the in-app purchase process to be deceptive?
being a businessman with 45 years of experience, i can say that the purpose of any stockholder company is to make a profit to satisfy the stockholders(retirees, unions,banks,individuals,etc.). however, in all my years of business, I never "snuck" in a fee or charge that the customer wasn't aware of BEFORE the charge was added. these apps DO make charges without the user's awareness. some of the games are very good about indicating the cost of the in-app purchase. but that doesn't excuse them from selling these purchases to minor children who ARE NOT the ultimate payors of the fees/charges. a truly above-board operation would ask the user who is agreeing to the charge to acknowledge the codes or numbers on the credit card used. it isn't ONLY Amazon that does this - Google also requires a credit card to be on file as do virtually EVERY on-line provider of apps. the stated reason is to "make it convenient for the customer", but anyone with common-sense knows it is because they can make the charge NO MATTER WHO is using the equipment, including the 5 year-old or 6 year-old or 11 year-old kid who picks it up and plays Angry Birds. these companies are sneaky and under-handed and YES the FTC should sue them.
Amazon is not the only business model that creates this environment! Apple Store and Google Play use the exact same business model. I played ONE game with this business model and I won't do it again! Not realizing the money spent, I racked up over $125 for a simple online game that would have cost me $20-$60 with the old business model. THIS IS CRAZY!!! It's yet another business model created by CEOs to pull more money out of our pockets as quickly as possible!
Don't give your kid a phone if they are not responsible.
sue yourselves for not understanding what you are doing.
There's a simple check box at in game purchases "do not ask me again".
The lazy and/or ignorant check that box and allow these things to happen.
My 4 yr old plays games with in app purchase popups all the time.
I don't lose any money because I have it set to require password for each and every purchase.
But hey, it's OK to remain ignorant and uneducated, blame and sue others because you do not have the capacity or are to lazy to take a few minutes to learn about the things you buy.
You can always sue, 'cause, 'merica.


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Thanks to the efforts of Lotek Style, we were able to receive materials that are among the oldest we have. Old German Atari cracker Arthur Dent from the group Copy Service Stuttgart (founded in 1983-84!) has kept these five stickers for over 30 years. They show that as early as in the mid-1980s, cracking groups were into clever "culture jamming" and appropriated well-known trademarks with a pinch of humour.
We're back from a long hiatus – with some spectacular material! In another instalment of scans from the archive of legendary Dutch C64 coder Honey of the 1001 Crew, we present you with letters that were written to him by a equally legendary scene protagonist: Mr. Z, the founder of the famous Swedish C64 cracking group Triad. Written throughout the year of 1987, these eight long letters are a treasure trove in various aspects. If you are a veteran cracker yourself, or simply someone who is interested in copy protection, you will enjoy reading a top cracker discussing protection methods and their circumvention – especially since in one of the later letters, Mr. Z offers to write the copy protection for Honey's first commercial game. And this is another aspect of interest for those who are into home computing and scene history: Here, we can observe a generation of elite sceners making their first steps from the subculture into the industry – while still being basically schoolkids, discussing sophisticated code and their first business deals alongside the latest pranks and scene gossip. Finally, the letters document Mr. Z's pullout from Triad and from the scene altogether – with school and "real life" taking hold over someone whose group was adored by tens of thousands computer kids worldwide.


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Q: IIS7: How to handle application pools which uses too much memory or CPU? How to handle application pools which uses too much memory or CPU? I would like to have possibility to select for how much time application pool is using certain amount of memory or cpu (or both) before it will be recycled. Any idea how to achieve this? IIS7 allows to kill app pool when it reaches some level of CPU usage but I'm interested in recycling it.
Thanks

A: Have you tried setting the Recycling Conditions for your app pool?
You can configure IIS to recycle the app pool at fixed intervals, fixed number of requests, at specific time or at certain memory thresholds.

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*Run inetmgr

*In the Connections pane, expand the server name, and then click Application Pools

*Select desired application pool

*In the Actions pane, click Recycling

This will not recycle based on cpu usage though, but at least you can have the app pool recycled at certain intervals.
That said, I don't think that you should need to recycle the app pool under normal circumstances. If you need to do this very often, I'd say you either have a "bad" application or you need to give the application more resources.

A: Windows Server Resource Manager is recommended while installing IIS. It's included with some Windows Server editions - check out your Features list to see if it's there.
This utility is application pool aware, and lets you limit CPU and working set for application pools.
This is less destructive than a CPU consumption-based recycle trigger, but needs careful setup. It typically only makes a difference when one app pool is overconsuming, which sounds like your situation; it might be worth checking out.


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Not to take you away from your walk down memory lane, but I think Aaliyah said it best with her classic hit, "Age Ain't Nothin But A Number." Today, women are taking this exact point of view when dating men outside of their age bracket. As a matter of fact, most surveys will show that many women in their mid-20s or early 30s prefer dating men who are considerably older. Now nothing is wrong with this concept by any means, but it does speak to the notion that younger men must be lacking some quality that their older male counterparts possess.
I have never been one to judge another couple's relationship. Like most people, I try to operate my life in whatever makes the most sense for me and my lifestyle. Like the old saying goes, "Everythang ain't for everybody." And while this popular saying can be attached to numerous topics surrounding those in relationships, I feel that for those that choose to quote unquote "shack up" would have to agree that this would be the perfect comeback for naysayer's that frown upon this notion.
In this forever changing society we live in today, the lines have become quite murky in terms of what a traditional relationship should look like. We have the couple who goes through their just dating phase. Then we have the couple who finally takes their relationship to the next level, making it exclusive to just one another. But now in this new day and age, we have the couple who has decided to change the rules of engagement all together and make their relationship an open one.
So you meet the guy. He's tall, handsome, has an amazing personality, beautiful smile and overall just an all-around nice guy. You go out on a few dates and really get to know each better, then somewhere in the conversation he finds the courage to tell you he has a beautiful baby girl or boy. However, the downside to that is he has an insanely crazy baby mama! What do you do? Do you run straight for the hills or do you sit down and weigh out the pro's and con's of the situation?


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She Should Run joins our Affiliate Network
Lone Star Parity Project is pleased to announce our collaboration with She Should Run, a nonpartisan nonprofit promoting leadership and encouraging women from all walks of life to run for office.
What is She Should Run?
She Should Run is a nonpartisan nonprofit promoting leadership and encouraging women from all walks of life to run for office. We are driven by a vision of seeing 250,000 women run for office by 2030. She Should Run programs provide an approachable starting place and network for women leaders considering a future run by providing community, resources, and growth opportunities. We believe that women of all political leanings, ethnicities, and backgrounds should have an equal opportunity to lead in elected office and that our democracy will benefit from the varied perspectives and experiences that women bring to leadership.
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Lone Star Parity Project is pleased to announce our partnership with Moms Running, a champion of redefining motherhood in politics.
What is Moms Running?
Moms Running is a champion of redefining motherhood in politics. We foster an educational and empowering community of moms seeking entry into the political arena. We are dedicated to increasing the political engagement of moms at every level of the political landscape, from campaign staff to Congressional candidate. Moms Running is reframing the conversation surrounding motherhood and constructing a variety of resources for moms to both internalize and externalize their own motherhood as an asset when running for office. We pull from the heroes of the past to help lift up the everyday heroes who will lead us in the future.
Founded by two former mom-candidates, Danielle Davies and Rielly Karsh, Moms Running provides free resources as well as multiple skill level trainings both online and in person, and one-on-one coaching opportunities. The trainings offered by Moms Running differ from and enhance other well-known political trainings. While other trainings focus on the nuts and bolts of a campaign, ours focuses first on translating motherhood-oriented skills to the political playing field, giving you the confidence and skills to hit the ground running, even if you're pushing a stroller.
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What is Chicas de Chuco?
Chicas De Chuco is an online, social media based organization that is committed to providing resources for El Paso women interested in careers in politics. We strive to uplift El Paso women with the intention of helping them become effective agents of change in the community, state, and in the nation. It is through our platform that we hope to shed light on volunteer opportunities, job opportunities, internships, and other experiences available for women in the community to partake in.
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The en(gender)ed Podcast shares stories that explore the systems, practices & policies that enable gender-based violence & oppression and the solutions to end it. This past month, in honor of October being Domestic Violence Awareness month, the en(gender)ed Podcast partnered with the Lone Star Parity Project on a series dedicated to the policy changemakers in Texas working to prevent domestic violence. As part of our series, the en(gender)ed podcast sat down with Councilwoman Jennifer Staubach Gates to discuss domestic violence prevalence, the City of Dallas Domestic Violence Task Force, and goals for the future.
Check out the podcast here: https://engendered.us/episode-27-councilmember-jennifer-gates-on-the-dallas-domestic-violence-task-force/
She Votes joins our Affiliate Network
Lone Star Parity Project is pleased to announce our newest addition to the Affiliate Network: She Votes.
What is She Votes?
She Votes is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that promotes habits of lifelong voting for women of all backgrounds. She Votes' primary purpose is voter education for women via online sources, primarily through social media platforms. She Votes emphasizes the importance of voting for women of all political parties, socioeconomic backgrounds, and religious affiliations.
A major effort of She Votes is their ambassadorship program. So far, She Votes has 25 ambassadors nationwide and 2 internationally. These ambassadors act as liaisons between She Votes and their respective communities to spread information to women voters. Ambassadors also make a pledge to register a certain amount of previously unregistered women to vote.
Within the next year, She Votes hopes to establish a fellowship program which will sponsor young women in pursuing otherwise unpaid government internship opportunities.
What is She Votes' story?
She Votes was established by founder Shannon Lynch in early 2018. With a background in working on campaigns and running for office herself, Shannon saw a shortage of voter education resources on social media that were targeted specifically at women. Shortly thereafter, She Votes was born. Since then, She Votes has grown into a community of thousands of women across the US and world committed to making their voices heard through the power of the vote.
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RepresentWomen joins our Affiliate Network
Lone Star Parity Project is pleased to announce our newest addition to the Affiliate Network: RepresentWomen.
What is RepresentWomen?
RepresentWomen is a nonprofit organization committed to achieving gender parity for women in appointed and elected office in the United States. They advocate for data-driven reforms to break down the institutional barriers women face as candidates and in elected office.
What is RepresentWomen's story?
RepresentWomen was founded in 2014, under the name Representation2020, by Cynthia Richie Terrell, to work for rules and systems strategies to advance representation and leadership for women across the ideological, racial, and geographic spectrum in the United States.
Currently, the United States ranks behind 102 countries for women's representation in national parliaments. Many of those nations, and a growing number of jurisdictions in the US, have recruitment rules and voting systems that even the playing field for women running for elected office.
RepresentWomen serves as a resource hub for tools to build a movement towards gender parity in government. They produce research on rules, and systems changes to increase women's representation, bring together thought-leaders to develop innovative strategies to break barriers for women in politics, and build a network of gender parity advocates making change in their communities.
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Have the Audacity joins our Affiliate Network
Lone Star Parity Project is pleased to announce our newest addition to the Affiliate Network: Have the Audacity.
What is Have the Audacity?
Have the Audacity is dedicated to supporting and empowering women and girls to run for office through research and leadership development.
What is Have the Audacity's story?
Have the Audacity is a nonpartisan organization, founded in 2018, with the mission to increase the number of women in politics. Have the Audacity believes that young girls and women should Have the Audacity to run, win, and lead. We focus our efforts on two main objectives, research and leadership development.
Have the Audacity conducts academic research to uncover the root of the political ambition gap with a focus on young girls and gender socialization. In addition, Have the Audacity in partnership with existing training organizations conducts program evaluations by combining theory with practice.
Have the Audacity offers leadership training for young girls with an emphasis on self-efficacy and political ambition. Have the Audacity also offers personal development and leadership training for women in politics and women aspiring to political office.
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New Partnership: Together Texas
Lone Star Parity Project is pleased to announce our partnership with Together Texas, a progressive political entity centered in Dallas County. Lone Star Parity Project has partnered with Together Texas because of their initiative to help more women become elected to office in North Texas.
What is Together Texas?
Together Texas is committed to supporting the election of progressive candidates through direct civic advocacy, the encouragement of increased collaborate between community organizations, and the development of innovate electoral strategies.
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New Partnership: Young & BosSHE
Lone Star Parity Project is pleased to announce our collaboration with Young & BosSHE, an online campaign dedicated to sharing the stories of powerful SHEs of all identities. Lone Star Parity Project has partnered with Young & BosSHE because of their dedication to inspiring women of all intersectional identities.
What is Young & BosSHE?
Young&BosSHE, LLC. empowers young, professional self-identifying SHEs of all races, religions, ethnicities, sexualities, sizes, classes, and abilities to be self-champions in their leadership journey through the power of shared experience! At Young&BosSHE, we strive to create a world where young professional SHEs to feel supported, respected, and valued in all phases of their leadership journeys.
What is Young & BosSHE's story?
Young&BosSHE, LLC. was created by young professionals SHEs who met during graduate school and quickly realized that, despite being in separate industries and separate phases of their leadership journey, they had tons of shared experiences as young SHEs in the workplace.
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New Partnership: Yes She Can Campaign
Lone Star Parity Project is pleased to announce our partnership with Yes She Can Campaign, a national organization dedicated to spotlighting young women in high school in college who are challenging their communities to change. Lone Star Parity Project has partnered with Yes She Can Campaign because of their efforts to spotlight powerful women leaders across the country seeking higher education - some of which hold political aspirations.
What is Yes She Can Campaign?
Yes She Can Campaign is a youth-led, 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that empowers, inspires and shares the stories of women who are overcoming obstacles while striving to complete high school and college.
What is Yes She Can Campaign's story?
The campaign was founded in December 2016 by Zaniya Lewis, during her first year of college. She started Yes She Can Campaign because she believed the stories of women overcoming obstacles to complete their education were often overlooked. She wanted to ensure that women had a platform to share their inspiring stories.
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ReadUP is University of Portland's annual celebration of literature in which the entire local campus community—students, faculty, and staff—are invited to read "one book together." Free copies of each year's selection are distributed by the Clark Library, and book discussion groups are formed in the residence halls and at brown bag lunches. The campaign culminates with a public lecture and discussion by the book's author, as part of the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers Series. The author's visit to the UP campus—and the efforts to get each year's riveting selection into the hands, heads and hearts of UP students, faculty and staff—is sponsored by the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series, the Office of the Provost, Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life & American Culture, Clark Library, Office of Residence Life, the Office of University Relations, and the Office of Marketing and Communications.
2020-2021 - How To Be An Antiracist - Ibram X. Kendi
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"How to Be an Antiracist gives us a clear and compelling way to approach, as Kendi puts it in his introduction, 'the basic struggle we're all in, the struggle to be fully human and to see that others are fully human.'" ~ from NPR
Ibram X. Kendi is one of America's foremost historians and leading antiracist scholars. He is a National Book Award-winning and #1 New York Times bestselling author... In 2020, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. ~ from ibramxkendi.com
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More than ever, the 2021 ReadUP selection is a collaboration by all members of the UP community. The extraordinary staff in the Office of International Education, Diversity and Inclusion will facilitate multiple discussion groups and is making several resources available for readers to get the most possible from Kendi's book. Click here to view those resources and to register for UP faculty/staff online discussion sessions.
ReadUP Reading Guide
Our rockstar librarians at the Clark Library have also put together an online ReadUP reading guide with links to learn more about How to be an Antiracist, the topics it confronts, and author Ibram X. Kendi.
E-book copies of How to be an Antiracist are now available. E-books can be accessed through this link by members of the UP community; sign in with your UP credentials.
A limited number of print books will also be available, with priority for on-campus students, faculty & staff. Watch for an email with a sign-up link the week of January 25th. Because of the limited number of books, sign-ups are on a first-come, first-served basis.
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Ignition interlock device effectiveness | Press release
DES MOINES, IA - In light of newly published study findings, ignition interlock devices still remain one of the few interventions today that are having a direct impact on the number of fatalities related to drinking and driving.
Despite being a viable alternative to driving drunk, data from the recent study published by the American Journal of Epidemiology shows Uber to have little to no impact on alcohol-related fatalities in cities where the ride-sharing app operates.
Researchers looked at drunk driving statistics in the 100 most populated metro areas in the U.S. from 2009 through 2014 and found the rise of Uber did not correspond to any decrease in drunk driving deaths, overall or during peak drinking times such as weekend nights.
On the flip side, state laws that require drivers who've been convicted of drunk driving to pass a breathalyzer-type test before starting their cars, saved an estimated 915 lives between 2004 and 2013, according to a study published in the American Journal of Public Health by researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. The findings represent a 15 percent reduction in drunk driving-related deaths compared to states without legislation requiring DUI offenders to use "mandatory ignition interlock."
According to executives at Intoxalock, a leading ignition interlock device provider, the underutilization of solutions like Uber comes down to consumer choice.
"It's not that there aren't laws to govern the safe consumption of alcohol or an array of transportation alternatives available to those who drink. The reality is, some choose not to take part in either," said Leslie Gibbs, Intoxalock Chief Marketing Officer. "They are choosing to drink and then get behind the wheel. That is unacceptable. Intoxalock is working to effectively stop those people who choose to drink and drive from harming themselves and others in the future.
"We know that consumers are using Uber as a means to avoiding a DUI when drunk. Unfortunately, from our perspective, those people are largely the same group that were already calling a friend, hiring a taxi or waiting until they were sober to drive," Gibbs said.
Intoxalock applauds everyone who has joined the fight against drinking and driving, but contends ignition interlock devices are the only solution that actually stops a person from driving after they've consumed alcohol.
States with mandatory interlock laws saw a 0.8 decrease in deaths for every 100,000 people each year – which is comparable to lives shown to have been saved from mandatory airbag laws and the 21-year minimum legal drinking age combined (0.9 and 0.2 lives saved per 100,000 people, respectively).1
Car crashes involving alcohol make up 30 percent of vehicular fatalities, resulting in 11,000 deaths each year. The National Highway Traffic and Safety Administration estimates that for each of the million drunk driving convictions each year, there are 88 previous instances of drunk driving.
Uber insists its service can help decrease drunk driving and researchers aren't ruling out the idea that ride-hailing companies could have an impact in the future. Gibbs adds she hopes that ends up being the case and says that Intoxalock welcomes the opportunity to partner with Uber to keep the roads safer. "We support Uber's efforts to grow drunk driving awareness and support anything that helps provide an alternative to drunk driving."
About Intoxalock: Headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, Intoxalock (http://www.Intoxalock.com) developed its state-of-the-art ignition interlock device (IID) in conjunction with researchers from Iowa State University. Recently celebrating their 23rd anniversary in the alcohol monitoring business, Intoxalock currently services clients that are legally required to install an IID or home alcohol monitoring unit in 41 states across the nation, in addition to voluntary clients in all other states. In the last ten years, the ignition interlock industry has grown three-fold and is expected to continue as drunk driving legislation strengthens.
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Better management reduces data loss risk
The impact of data loss can be staggering for research. Nathan Westgarth argues the case for better data management
The loss of scientific data can have a devastating impact on careers. After moving all his data home to write up, biologist Billy Hinchen returned one afternoon to find that his laptop and all his back-up hard drives had been stolen. All that remained was a disparate collection of data, spread around numerous small flash drives, email attachments and scribbled drawings that were difficult to piece together once the main bulk of information had been lost.
The knock-on effect was disastrous. As Billy put it: 'I was focussed on creating high-resolution, 3D time-lapse videos of developing crustacean embryos, so all of my work was digital-based. When I lost my laptop and backups, I lost 400GB of data and close to four years of work. As a direct result of this I ended up getting an MPhil rather than the PhD I'd been working towards. I was hoping to have an illustrious career in science and for a time it seemed like everything would be stopped in its tracks.'
The importance of data management
While this is an extreme case of data loss, it does highlight how important it is to consider how scientific data is managed. From the surveys and interviews we've held with the academic community, we've heard a common theme: researchers seem to have difficulty managing and accessing their data. Furthermore, it appears to be an ongoing problem for research scientists, at any stage of their careers.
Former PhD student and subsequent founder of the Figshare platform, Mark Hahnel, typified a common challenge: 'During my PhD I was never good at managing my research data. I had so many different file names for my data that I always struggled to find the correct file quickly and easily when it was requested. My former PI was so horrified upon seeing the state of my data organisation that she held an emergency lab book meeting with the rest of my group when l was leaving'.
Research data management is becoming one of the most pressing issues facing the scientific community, not just for university management teams, but also for every individual researcher. Our investigations have revealed a concerning picture of the effect that poor data management is having on the quality and reliability of scientific outputs.
More data, more complexity
The amount of research data being generated is currently increasing by 30 per cent annually. This data is not being effectively managed, stored, and made easily accessible. One study found that the odds of sourcing datasets decline by 17 per cent each year and that a huge 80 per cent of scientific data is lost within two decades.
The information that remains is often poorly reported. In a second review, researchers found that 54 per cent of the resources used to perform experiments across 238 published studies could not be identified, making verification impossible. This means that much of the $1.5 trillion per year estimated total global spend on research and development is wasted.
As well as the financial consequences, poor data management can have a significant impact on time and other resources. For example, since the year 2000, more than 80,000 patients have taken part in clinical trials based on research that was later retracted because of error or fraud. Meanwhile, the number of peer-reviewed paper retractions due to error has grown over fivefold since 1990. At best, that's a lot of wasted time and effort, but, at worse, drug discovery is halted and careers are severely affected.
Given the above, it is perhaps unsurprising that as many as 34 developed countries have signed up to the Declaration on Access to Research Data from Public Funding. In addition, key funding bodies such as the NIH, MRC and Wellcome Trust now request that data-management plans be part of applications.
Looking after your data
The time has come to start better protecting our scientific data. The starting point is to make the capturing of research data more efficient through the better use of technology.
There are a host of generic tools available that can be used to fit into existing research workflows. Some such tools proving popular are Evernote, cloud storage services like Google Drive and Dropbox, and code hosting sites like GitHub. While many offer a range of benefits, these tools haven't been designed with the scientific community in mind.
For this reason, tools specifically for academics are starting to be developed to suit their needs. For example, Digital Science's Figshare tool is a cloud-based repository where researchers can store their data outputs privately, share them with colleagues, or make them publicly available and citable with a permanent DOI. Figshare is increasingly being used by institutions to host and manage all file types of research data, securely in the cloud. Institutions can also use it to promote collaboration internally and facilitate backup and organisation, without having to share data with the wider world until researchers are ready to publish.
Digital Science has also recently developed Projects, an application that lets researchers safely manage and organise their research data on the desktop. It provides a visual timeline to make finding files easy, backup functionality to help seamlessly recover previous versions of files, annotation features and a structured hierarchy to encourage users to organise their files.
In the future, we hope to see data management taken more seriously by everyone involved in making science happen, from individual researchers through to institutions and governments. While all are clearly dedicated to improving human existence through exploration and discovery, more energy must be put in to safeguarding this data for the future benefit of science.
Nathan Westgarth is a product manager for research tools at Digital Science. He manages Projects, which aims to help scientific researchers organise their data in a safe, simple and structured way.
Meeting the research data management challenge
Jisc's Rachel Bruce describes some of the changes required to ensure that managing research data is a high priority for research institutions
With the drive for open data and the expansion in terms of the size, variety and complexity of data that researchers and institutions are handling, the need to manage these datasets effectively has never been more pertinent.
Managing research data is not simply a concern for higher-education research managers or information professionals, but is a cross-institutional issue. It is an area that institutions are increasingly taking the lead in when it comes to establishing research data policies. However, there is, of course, still room for improvement. Many factors are driving this improvement and bringing about a cultural change when it comes to curating, retaining and storing vital research data.
EPSRC (the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) sent a clear message on compliance by stating that institutions that receive its funding for research must have developed a roadmap in 2011 outlining support for researchers in implementing responsible and sustainable reuse of their data. Furthermore it stated that institutions must be compliant with these roadmaps by 2015. Arguably, this has been a key driver for institutions, but there are many other factors influencing the development of research data management.
Why is data management crucial for the research community?
In addition to compliance obligations, institutions want and need to demonstrate research excellence. By making their studies and data discoverable, the hope is that it will drive new and exciting research efforts. If an academic from one university has created useful datasets on a particular area, it would be much more efficient for other researchers working on that or similar areas to access these findings and build on the study rather than starting from scratch. Having robust policies and infrastructures in place to organise data will improve efficiencies by reducing duplication and pushing research to the next level.
Research funders including research councils now expect institutions to have procedures and resources in place to ensure the accurate and efficient collection of data. This is largely to improve transparency, so they also guarantee that there will be a wider impact and development to the research they are financing.
This trend has been spurred on by a growing understanding that the research paper or journal is not the only output of research; the findings, survey and experimental data are arguably more important in developing a body of knowledge around subjects and supporting verification of findings. Data therefore needs to be managed effectively and made available to relevant parties. Accessible data can drive more creative collaborations with other researchers nationally and internationally.
What are the key challenges?
While effective data management will ultimately reduce the administrative burden and improve research, institutions inevitably experience some difficulties in putting a policy in place.
Understandably, there also still exists some resistance from researchers. While some researchers may be proprietary over their work, many might find sharing the various outcomes from an experimental study intimating as perhaps it leaves them open to criticism. Others believe it is only a small group of experts that will need access to their data and that will understand it.
For other researchers, there is perhaps a lack of understanding about which data to share and at what point. Researchers and information professionals don't always have the necessary skills to curate data effectively. It can be hard enough to define data; it could be a collection of images, digitised notebooks, a collection of environmental temperatures or observations. Curating this plethora of diverse material and making it discoverable is another mountain to climb.
Another challenge that has to be overcome to ensure research data management runs smoothly is making it a cross-institutional and departmental concern. Libraries, researchers, senior leadership and IT teams will need to work together in order to achieve a coordinated approach to gathering and maintaining the integrity of data. The University of Bristol is a great example of a university that overcame that barrier in order to really improve research data management across the institution. It was one of the first universities in the UK to put together a university-wide policy on managing research data and, as a result, it has managed to make a business case to put in place for a long-term commitment from the university to support research data management.
What support is available?
The number of resources and tools available to support data management has steadily increased around the compliance agenda.
The Digital Curation Centre created the first online data-management planning tool, which is used by the researcher at the point of application and throughout the research project. The checklist asks questions such as 'what type of data will you be producing?' and 'when do you expect to publish findings?'. In addition, there are tools such as Figshare, which enables researchers to share their data in the cloud but retain control over who has access to it. Software such as CKAN, an open-source data portal platform, can be used to make data accessible as well as streamlined to the processes of publishing, sharing and finding data. To help researchers when it comes to citing data and being credited, DataCite is a useful standard as it ensures that datasets have a digital object identifier, which increases the ability to track data and reuse it.
Another exciting development which will help to realise the benefits of research data management is the fact that Jisc has received funding to develop a UK-wide service which will pull together local data catalogues and data registries. This will be the first shared resource of this kind for all the universities in the country and it aims to help make data discoverable and therefore more easily re-used.
This is a global challenge and there is still room for further advances in university policy and support services, and of course in shared services. Indeed, managing research data is a crucial contributor to fulfilling research funder requirements, which will ultimately help achieve research excellence.
Rachel Bruce is director of technology innovation at Jisc