Dr Kevin Smith is one of this year's three recipients of SCI's Distinguished Service Awards (DSA). He joined SCI in 1989 and is a committee member of SCI's Lipids group. Here, Kevin describes his involvement and experiences at SCI.
When and why did you become a member of SCI?
In 1989, following encouragement from my manager at the time, I joined SCI to widen my network of contacts and to learn from those who had more experience of working in the same area as me.
Having experienced meetings organised by the Oils & Fats Group – as it was then – and having got to know many already on the committee, I was invited to join them in 2003. I felt that this was an opportunity both to give back to the organisation that had helped me and to inspire others.
What has driven your continued involvement with SCI?
SCI is in a pretty unique position between industry and academia. I share the desire to bridge that gap and SCI provides an important means of doing so.
Being part of SCI allowed me to build a strong and broad network that inspired and informed my research, both early in my career and later. The scope of the network that I had grown had a great bearing on my decision to become a consultant.
How do your SCI activities reflect your personal and professional interests?
Science rarely progresses in isolation. Rather, it is the collaboration of, and interaction between, people of diverse interest who share the same curiosity and desire for knowledge. SCI provides an important focus to working together. In addition, it provides a means of educating, training and mentoring young scientists.
I was somewhat bemused by the nomination since I hadn't considered that I had contributed much – I was simply doing what I enjoyed doing! However, it is extremely nice to know that my friends and colleagues at SCI, and on the Lipids Group committee, consider me worthy of such an award. I am very grateful for their support. I will certainly continue to 'serve' the SCI!


Do you get nervous in a crowd? What about in front of a crowd? How do you feel talking one on one with a stranger?
Many people feel anxiety in social situations. It's a common obstacle to the life of your dreams. Nothing in life is perfectly asocial. If you want to get anywhere, you have to interact with people.
It doesn't have to be a problem, though.
The anonymity and asymmetric nature of the internet create worlds of options. You can interact over the phone, through email, via your website or some other technology. It's common to build relationships with people – enough to sell them high-end goods – without any real-time interaction.
That gets around the issue of social interaction.
But what if you want to resolve it?
We are different around people than we are alone. In company, we activate different parts of the brain. People read, mirror and anticipate each other. It's a whole new set of neurology at play.
Few people are truly themselves around others, despite good intentions. We are like crystals that reflect what we see, both externally and bouncing around the geometric interior. Crystals have unique shapes, even though those shapes follow set rules.
One of the rules that shape your mind is your unconscious protector. Some important part of your mind wants to keep you safe.
If you see a car careening towards you, this protector floods your system with adrenaline and makes you jump to the side.
When you touch something hot, it recoils your hand before you're aware of the pain.
If someone tries to scam you, your protector gives you a bad feeling about them.
It is wise and powerful. That doesn't stop your protector getting confused, though.
Sometimes it tells you to avoid things that are safe… or even beneficial. That's what anxiety is – it's a trigger for avoidance behaviour. This same avoidance behaviour keeps you safe. It's a great thing that sometimes gets misapplied.
The good news is that you can change. Once your unconscious protector knows that socialising is safe, rewarding and rich with experiences, it will make you crave the company of others. More than that, it will unlock resources like courage and charisma. Your unconscious mind controls everything outside your awareness, including the recipe for your best self. When it knows it's safe to do so, nothing will stop it from expressing this to others.
How can you teach your unconscious protector? It's always learning. It's always monitoring your environment and assessing your reaction. Change your environment and change your reaction, and these changes will reflect inwards.
Well, the best way to reach your unconscious mind is through hypnosis and meditation. Enter a trance state – the state for optimal change – and use it to create a new paradigm. Make it clear to yourself that you want to change. Seek those things that enrich your life and do not fear them.
Your protector will get the message.
The Awakened Thought page has hypnotic guided meditations that focus on relationships. Spend time teaching your protector what you want it to know. It will reward you for it.


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While I write main characters that nearly live within my own experiences, a novel full of people like that is blind to the world as it is. Furthermore, this is fiction! If I can't portray Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream of integrated communities here, then what's the point? But writing a diverse cast is full of pitfalls, such as stereotyping, tokenism, blindness, and appropriation, not to mention that there's bound to be some conflict around privilege between my characters if I've written them authentically. Here are some practical tips to help you write a diverse cast.
Creating supporting characters makes me unueasy, because if they aren't contributing to the plot or the main character's development, I am going to cut them before the final draft. They have to be useful, and I feel guilty about that. Throw in diverse characters, and that's how we end up with tropes like the Black character always dying first in horror films.
Once I've listed the characters necessary for the plot (by function, not personality), I check the demographics of my chosen setting. For example, my latest manuscript is set in Milwaukee, which according to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2010, was 44% White, 40% Black, and 17% Hispanic or Latino. Therefore, my cast is split pretty evenly between Black and White characters, with a smaller percentage of Hispanic or Latino characters. I avoided any other race or ethnicity, because the percentage would amount to one character, if that. Having just one character of any demographic increases the chance of stereotyping and/or tokenism.
Demographics do not typically report on the gender spectrum or sexual orientation, so another method must suffice. For gender, the majority are male or female (so most novels should be split almost 50-50), but other genders should also be represented, in multiples, if possible. There are exceptions to the gender division, based on your setting or plot, but if you don't have a good reason why the novel is not representative, reconsider your breakdown.
While the vast majority of people report as heterosexual, populating a setting with only heterosexuals perpetuates a reality that never existed–except in select novels and media. Again, populate your cast to fit real demographics. If you're writing fantasy, we'll discuss how demographics apply in my post in two weeks, though the standard rule of going for multiples still applies.
Setting is important in other areas as well. For example, if your novel is set in Boston and none of your characters are Catholic, know that you are telling a minority narrative. Do your homework!
Of course, filling a quota or "coloring in" your cast isn't enough. If you want to write characters of color, you must read authors of color. If you want to write women, you must read women. If you want to write LGBTQIA, you must read authors who are LGBTQIA . If you want to write neurodiversity and ability, you must read neurodiverse authors and authors with disabilities. If you want to write Muslim characters, you must read Muslim authors. If you want to write working-class, you must read working-class authors.
And I don't just mean one book.
And I don't just mean fiction.
There are tons of great resources for finding titles in any genre. My favorites are We Need Diverse Books for children's, middle grade, and young adult books, and Read Diverse Books for adult books. Use them.
Now that you've chosen some demographics, will the characters act basically the same as originally planned? If the answer is yes, this is blindness, and you need to read more.
Do you have beta readers in mind that share some demographics with your characters? If not, make some new friends or save up to hire cultural sensitivity readers when the book is completed.
Can the reading you've done sufficiently replace first-hand experience? In other words, is this your story to tell? Sometimes our supporting characters and their plots can overshadow the main plot of a work-in-progress. If you're getting the sense that the story would be better told by one of the supporting cast members, then it may not be your story to tell.
Writing a diverse cast takes a fine hand, because many stereotypes have some grounding in reality. If they're abandoned completely, readers criticize the writing as inauthentic. If they're upheld, readers criticize the writing as stereotyping and therefore inauthentic. In short, damned if you do, damned if you don't.
That's why I advocate having multiple people from the same demographic. For example, in my manuscript, there is a family characters who are Mexican or Mexican-American, depending on the generation. I've put in bold where each character departs from stereotype.
A wise, matriarchal abuela who runs a taqueria, but is also a passionate entrepreneur who doesn't put up with any crap.
A mama who looks out for her children and has power in her tears.
A male love interest who is sensitive, overweight, and works in the trucking industry.
A widely respected female professor who excels in potion work and is confident.
Most of theses characters are a mix, and that's the goal. If a reader tries to build an argument that I haven't done my homework or that I'm being disrespectful, they'll have to deal with the entire demographic in my book. Of course, all of these characters are also essential to the story. They weren't created just to fulfill some quota. The rule that all characters must serve the story and/or the main character's journey still stands.
That's the difference between authenticity and stereotyping–authenticity celebrates positives; stereotyping remembers negatives. Blending well known positives with additional details that counter or challenge makes for well-rounded characters. This is something that should be done for all characters. While not airing negatives may feel inauthentic, I would argue that those are well known to the point of cliche. I'll talk about this more in next week's post on diverse settings.
When describing your characters, Writing with Color is the go-to resource for describing people of color in ways that do not reduce them to fetishes or inanimate objects. They've also expanded their offerings to discuss gender, sexuality, socioeconomic status, religion, neurodiversity, and ability as well.
As you write and revise, don't forget to write woke. You've populated your novel with diverse characters, and that means that privilege will come up. Watch how your characters with privilege treat other characters in the book. You need to know when, where, and why they are and aren't oblivious to their own privilege, because your diverse characters certainly will.
I'd love to hear to hear your thoughts! Contact me or find me on Twitter.


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Chinese authorities have sentenced university professor Liu Pengfei to two years in prison for hosting a blog and a forum on WeChat for users to discuss current affairs, Chinese media recently confirmed.
Liu was sentenced by a district court in Chongqing City in southwestern China sometime in June.
Liu was the creator and administrator of a popular WeChat forum named "Global Report," in which he and others shared news and commentaries, mostly from websites based outside China that were published in the Chinese language.
Liu's "Global Report," first established as a WeChat forum in 2014, aimed to share "different voices" from overseas with Chinese internet users, according to Chinese media.
As of 2017, the WeChat forum has reposted more than 20,000 articles on current affairs, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA).
Many touched upon topics deemed "politically sensitive" by Beijing, such as uncensored news and international governments' criticisms of the Chinese regime.
Despite numerous attempts by the regime to shut down "Global Report" over the years, Liu's forum managed to survive by branching into different chatrooms, amassing a following in the thousands. The blog also changed its website address repeatedly immediately upon being censored.
The following day after the arrest, China's top internet censorship authority, the Cyberspace Administration of China, issued new regulations, stipulating that creators of online forums and group chats would be held accountable if there are "inappropriate" comments made by users.
WeChat Group Owner Gets Arrested For…
Web administrators like Liu have since been punished, including with account closures, verbal warnings from local police, or arrests and detentions.
Messages sent between individuals, especially ones shared in popular chat groups, have come under extensive monitoring by China's internet police since the regulations were put in place.
Pay attention, here are 9 types of prohibited information:
Sensitive political topics
Pornographic, drug-related or violent information
News about Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan which hasn't been issued by the authorities.
Military information
Documents related to state secrets
Unidentified / seemingly fake videos suspected of defaming or insulting the police
Other information that breaches relevant laws and regulations
According to Internet Group Information Service Management Provisions, issued by Cyberspace Administration of China on September 7, 2017, the following regulations are vital to WeChat group admin:
Article 9: The founders and managers of internet groups shall perform group management responsibilities, to regulate the group's online conduct and publication of information in accordance with laws, regulations, user agreements, and platform agreements, building a civilized and orderly space for online groups.
When internet group members participate in group information exchanges, they shall comply with laws and regulations, interact civilly, and express themselves rationally.
Internet group information service providers should provide necessary functions and privileges to group founders and managers conducting group management.
Article 10: Internet group information service providers and users must not use Internet group information services to publish or transmit informational content prohibited by laws, regulations, and relevant State provisions.
Article 11: Internet group information service providers shall employ management measures for dealing with internet groups that violate laws, regulations, and relevant state provisions, such as correction warnings, suspension of publication, and closing groups, in accordance with laws and agreements; and shall store relevant records and report to the relevant competent departments.
Internet group information service providers shall employ management measures for dealing with the founders and managers of internet groups that violate laws, regulations, and relevant state provisions, such as lowering credit levels, suspension of publication, and revoking group establishment credentials in accordance with laws and agreements; and shall store relevant records and report to the relevant competent departments.
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Davis wins appeal and appeals court overturns outdated rule to be an "original source"
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Today, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in favor of whistleblower Michael Davis and overturned the limitation of that Court's decision in United States ex rel. Findley v. FPC-Boron Employees' Club, 105 F.3d 675 (D.C. Cir. 1997). In Findley, the Court held that to be an "original source" for a qui tam claim under the False Claims Act (FCA), a whistleblower must make his or her disclosure to the government before there is any public disclosure of the same allegation. Today, the Court recognizes that this holding is inconsistent with the Supreme Court's holding in Rockwell International Corp. v. United States, 549 U.S. 457 (2007). It also recognizes that the Findley holding "bars productive suits." Even where there has been some public disclosure of the alleged fraud against the government, a whistleblower could still come forward with original information that would help the government prove that fraud. Accordingly, it is in the public interest to allow that whistleblower to recover the qui tam award so that other whistleblowers will be encouraged to come forward even after a public disclosure.
Michael Davis used to be an accountant for the District of Columbia. While he was preparing the District's Medicaid claim for special education services rendered in 1998, the District changed accountants. Davis nevertheless completed the claim. He had all the required supporting documentation. However, the District actually submitted a claim prepared by the new accountant without the required documentation. The District collected $10.3 million on that claim. In 2002, the District's Auditor reported that the District had to repay $15 million for three years of overpayments. In 2004, Davis informed the federal government of the District's lack of documentation. The Court recognized that Davis was an original source for the information he disclosed in 2004. However, the Court also held that since the District actually provided the special education services that the Medicaid program paid for, there were no actual damages to the government. Sill, Davis can recover statutory damages for the false certifications about the supporting documentation.
The case is United States ex rel. Davis v. District of Columbia, No. 11-7039 (D.C. Cir. 5-15-2012). Congratulations to Michael Davis and his attorneys Frederick A. Douglas, Curtis A. Boykin and Alex M. Chintella.
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MidPoint organizers announce today a second group of festival artists, including OK Go, who will be the Saturday night headliner in Washington Park. Tickets for the thirteenth annual event, September 25–27, are on sale here at MPMF.com.
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MidPoint will announce the full lineup and schedule in the next few weeks.


Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. was born in Buffalo, N.Y., on January 27, 1955, and grew up in Indiana. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Harvard and clerked for Justice William Rehnquist. He worked in the Reagan and G.H.W. Bush administrations and was in private practice in D.C. for a time. President George W. Bush appointed him to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in 2003, and two years later he nominated him as Chief Justice. He took his seat on September 29, 2005.


Whether you'd noticed or not, I haven't posted since August! Was the cause of this some catastrophic illness, or injury, or that I'd given up running altogether to find myself in some Buddhist yoga retreat? Nope, just regular ol' boring "I got busy".
To delve a bit further – I'd been working 4 days a week as a Product Manager at a small tech company, running my entire sewing pattern business from one day a week. In reality, this meant I was writing blog posts and social media content every single lunchtime, doing product development nearly every evening and all weekend long, and Fridays were spent doing all the boring accounting and email answering that keeps a business alive. And I was exhausted. So in August I quit my office job to once again focus on my business. I thought it'd only be a few months' full time to reinvigorate it and get a few more patterns ready to develop, but I found that as soon as I created some space in my life, the opportunities just poured in, and I had to grab them.
As a result, 2017 is going to be epic for the business, and my running forecast doesn't look too bad, either: I'm running Cambridge Half marathon again (this time with the new single loop course!), London marathon for the third time (with my deferred GFA place I was too ill to use in 2016), and I'm representing Great Britain at the World Transplant Games again at the end of June, this time in the hot and sunny (eugh) climes of Malaga, Spain!
Looking back at 2016, there were definitely some highlights, but through no fault of my own, it was a bit of an "off year". I started the year with an awful illness (or, at the doctors' best guess, a series of illnesses alongside some EBV reactivation, giving me glandular fever/mono on top of everything else), which laid me low from January through to the beginning of April, causing me to DNS the Cardiff Half, something I don't do very often (or ever? This might be my first DNS). I travelled along to cheer since it was my birthday weekend, but I was only able to stand for 10 minutes at a time, and the weather was atrocious that day, so maybe it was for the best.
As I mentioned earlier, I had to defer my London marathon place, since I only started to feel better about 3 weeks before the race, and I finally got to experience Run dem Crew's crazy Mile 21 cheering station from the other side of the tape, which was super fun.
No sooner had I recovered from Transylvania (and the overnight cycling rite-of-passage, the Dunwich Dynamo!) than I had to start thinking about the British Transplant Games, and, to be perfectly honest, this was the least prepared I had ever been for the Games. I had just come off long, slow trail running and had zero strength or speed sessions, and only set foot on a track the week before. So I was the most surprised of all to see that I could still do fairly well even without the specific training – even though it took me far longer to recover from these track events than it did the 6.5hr Bear Race! The Games this year also held one of my highlights – being asked to release some doves as the first female in the Mini Marathon (3km)!
The weekend after the Games, I'd signed up to run a 10km race around my local park with a good friend. He'd only just started running a few months earlier, but with the enthusiasm of a new runner, signed up to run the Beat the Blerch 10km all the way over in Seattle! When I found this out I insisted he should get at least one race under his belt before flying halfway around the world, so I paced him through the four laps of Battersea Park, chatting most of the way and gradually getting faster until I had him sprinting across the finish line. This was my first " target="out">Run Through race, and I was super impressed with the organisation and atmosphere – it's really difficult to make a race welcoming to both first-timers and seasoned racers (of which this had both, and everything in between), and the custom medal made it overall excellent value, too.
For my own records, we finished in 52:17, wholly respectable for Meltie's first ever race.
My final race of the year was the Cabbage Patch 10 (miler), which I'd signed up to ages back as it's a pretty iconic club-focused race that's been going longer than the London marathon. The name has nothing to do with the 1980s dolls – it's named for the Cabbage Patch pub in Twickenham that's hosted it since the early 80s! It'd been ages since I've run a 10 miler and I'd been feeling rundown for the past fortnight so I opted to just run it comfortable, sticking to around 5min/km (8min/mi) pace, rather than try and race it. The first few miles were through dull suburban streets, but it picked up once we ran along the river and we even saw a few swans! I picked up my pace around 8 1/2mi in, grabbed a beer from the beer station(!!) at mile 9, and then ran with it for the last mile, keeping my arm steady and my pace hard. I got more cheers in the last mile than the whole race combined – turns out loads of runners missed the beer entirely and everyone loves a lady running with a beer! The post-race goodies were great, the long sleeved(!!) tech tee is one I actually wear instead of chopping up for refashioning, and my finish line photo was so good I actually bought it.
I was hoping to finish in under 1hr30 & I ended up in 1:23:22 so I was pretty chuffed with that.
So all in all, a pretty light year on racing, but I've spent the last few months going back and doing all the base building work with my coach that I should've done at the start of the year. Lots of core work, glute strength, and frequent, low mileage running to get me ready for both London marathon, but also Malaga later in the year.
I don't necessarily wish for more medals in 2017, but instead I just wish for good health. What I do with that health is entirely up to me.


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Our new Twitter friend @jarhead tipped us off this morning about the upcoming Smithsonian Magazine Museum Day, a day every year when admission is free to all Smithsonian affiliate museums, as well as a bunch of other museums that choose to participate. Around Nashville, that includes the Country Music Hall of Fame, Frist Center, Historic Mansker's Station, The Hermitage (not the hotel) and Tennessee State Museum. And it's this Saturday, so get ready! You'll have to fill out some personal information to print out the admission card, but it's good for two people, and did we mention that it's free? We love free.


Kerala has high literacy, high life expectancy and other indicators of socioeconomic progress including access to state of the art medical care for those who can afford it. One would expect a lower prevalence of heart disease and diabetes. Kerala Paradox refers to the unexpectedly and paradoxically high prevalence of lifestyle diseases ─ heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, and obesity resulting in very high mortality and morbidity from CAD (coronary artery disease) (see Kerala Heart Disease).
Coconut is used throughout India as God's food (offering to God) but as a universal ingredient for cooking in Kerala. Total fat intake in Kerala is 30% of the energy with 70% of that (20% of daily energy) coming from saturated fat.
Special efforts are needed to educate the medical community and the general public about the culturally relevant ways of reducing energy from saturated fat in the form of palm oil, coconut oil, coconut meat, coconut milk, as well as full-fat dairy products to bring cholesterol levels at least to that of the remainder of India. See Indian Diet, Saturated fat, Trans fat and Contaminated Vegetarianism.
1. Thankappan K R, Shah B, Mathur P, et al. Risk factor profile for chronic non-communicable diseases: results of a community-based study in Kerala, India. Indian J Med Res. Jan 2010;131:53-63.
2. Shah B, Mathur P. Surveillance of cardiovascular disease risk factors in India: the need & scope. Indian J Med Res. Nov 2010;132(5):634-642.
3. Soman C. R, Kutty VR, Safraj S, Vijayakumar K, Rajamohanan K, Ajayan K. All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Mortality in Kerala State of India: Results From a 5-Year Follow-up of 161 942 Rural Community Dwelling Adults. Asia Pac J Public Health. May 10 2010.
4. Soman CR, Shahulhameed S, Ramankutty V, et al. Cohort Profile: The PROLIFE study in Kerala, India. Int J Epidemiol. Sep 8 2009.
5. Joseph A, Kutty VR, Soman CR. High risk for coronary heart disease in Thiruvananthapuram City: A study of serum lipids and other risk factors. Indian Heart J. 2000;52(1):29-35.
6. Gupta R, Misra A, Pais P, Rastogi P, Gupta VP. Correlation of regional cardiovascular disease mortality in India with lifestyle and nutritional factors. Int J Cardiol. Apr 14 2006;108(3):291-300.
7. Sugathan TN, Soman CR, Sankaranarayanan K. Behavioural risk factors for non communicable diseases among adults in Kerala, India. Indian J Med Res. Jun 2008;127(6):555-563.
8. Kaur P, Rao T. Prevalence of cardiovacular trisk factors in an urban industrial population in South india. JAPI. 2007;55:771-776.
9. Mohan V, Deepa M, Farooq S, Prabhakaran D, Reddy KS. Surveillance for risk factors of cardiovascular disease among an industrial population in southern India. Natl Med J India. Jan-Feb 2008;21(1):8-13.


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2D Or Not 2D, That Is The Question.
June 24th, 2009 by xeroxeroxero
I've said before that games are constrained and often defined by their technological limitations, but I think its clear that the steps in gaming visuals over the last 51 years has been absolutely astounding! From Tennis for Two with it's green on black on an oscilloscope display, through to the bleeding-edge visuals of Metal Gear Solid 4 on Sony's latest Playstation; when comparing it to other entertainment mediums, videogames have perhaps shown the highest increase in fidelity over the shortest amount of time. Through just 7 generations of hardware we've come from crude monotone squares to fully realised three dimensional worlds in 1080p, but with all of this increase in visual splendour; the competition to model the most realistic environments, convincing facial animations and biggest explosions, are we missing the point entirely?
Around 1996, when Tomb Raider and Super Mario 64 were beginning to show how 3D games could realise a convincing, consistent play environment, the phrase 'realtime 3D world' was being bandied about, seemingly attaching itself limpet-like to any title using the 3D processing power of the various platforms at the time. Fast forward a decade or so, and now that statement is obsolete, suddenly games without a Z Axis are seen as extra-ordinary and against the grain of modern game design. The exact moment we, as a group of game players, collectively decided that sprites were no longer the norm and that polygons were the way forward, is impossible to pin down exactly, but it was most likely the late 90's, with the implementation of dedicated internal 3D chips within modern consoles, and the PC community embracing 3D cards as essential additions to their gaming rigs.
Regardless, my question is this; why is there a resistance from larger developers to create 2D titles for the monolith like slabs of high tech equipment sitting under our television screens? Why has the paradigm shifted from creating something that is visually appealing, to something that is visually accurate?
Perhaps we as a community have a skewed perception of what is 'next-gen'. Take for example Street Fighter, a series wherein it's entire ethos and play mechanics are firmly rooted in the flat, and yet the latest iteration has suddenly made the jump to 3D. Why? It certainly wasn't a move to please the fans, die-hard Street Fighter players were up in arms on Capcom's official forums over the added plane of perspective. But from a business point of view, it must have seemed the smartest move to entice the more casual market into buying what is essentially now an incredibly niche title, the promotional campaign very much aimed at showing off this next generation title's added sheen for an older generation of gamers wanting a trip down memory lane. Would it have played less well in 2D? Probably not. Will it age any better than it's earlier releases? I doubt it. Even with the cel-shading-lite style of it's ink effects (a graphical technique ironically attempting to make it seem more two dimensional) its impossible not to imagine vastly better looking 3D models in a fighting game a few months from now, let alone several years down the line, and yet our want for the latest visual thrill demands that the game be that little bit sharper, that little bit edgier, that little bit more modern.
But perhaps it is the publishers that are to blame, after all how many publishers are willing to take the risk on actually releasing a 2D title? A little known fact that seems to have been quietly quashed by Sony PR was that around the earlier years of the Playstation 2, Sony's policy was to release 2D games at a significantly lower price than those of 3D in an attempt to force developers to create games that showcased the hardware capabilities of the PS2. Perhaps Sony were fearful of the Playstation brand going the way of the Dreamcast, a console already teetering dangerously close to the edge of irrelevance, collapsing under the weight of a high price point, and altogether too focused on 2D arcade fighting games with little mass market appeal. This policy remains, with the outfits owning the hardware demanding developers use their advanced graphics cards or face a budget entry.
The industry and gamers alike probably all played their part in this obsession with 3D, but maybe now, as we approach a plateau in graphical fidelity, with a steady increase in interest laid upon relatively underpowered mobile gaming devices, such as the iPhone and DS, and indie developers looking to make names for themselves in a market looking for the next fresh idea, may we start to see 2D, or 2D influenced titles begin to re-emerge. Perhaps, we may see a renaissance for 2D design, picked as an artistic choice, as opposed to a budgeting constraint.
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By Myself, But Not Alone Matt Merlin Speaks to Performing Solo and the Power of the Music Community There's something to be said for pushing forward under your own steam and flying solo. Just ask Matt Merlin – a veritable six-string wizard who performs as part of the legendary local rock band Envy and has recently expanded his own repertoire to include solo performances. Read More
Timothy J
An Insight into Inspiration Talking Songwriting and Creativity with Timothy J Inspiration's a funny thing. Sometimes, it can feel almost unavoidable – as if a thought, idea, or notion chooses you, chases you down, and doesn't let up until it's been given shape as a story, a song, or some other tangible form of labour or expression. Other times, though, it can feel like the exact opposite is true: that you're the one doing the chasing, doggedly pursuing something, anything that... READ MORE
Drew Gregory
Big Country from Small-town Alberta Finding a Good Place to Start with Drew Gregory Throughout all the years I've spent listening to and writing about music, one thing that never fails to impress me is the power a few simple chords can have. Music possesses this unique ability to bring people together in song and dance. It creates communities, stirs passions, and lift spirits. Read More
A Rock Legend Comes to Langdon If you're not someone who regularly takes deep dives into artists, bands, and musicians, you might not know right away who John Corabi is. We'll be that you're pretty familiar with a little band called Mötley Crüe, though – and if you've heard of them, you've heard of Corabi. In 1994, Mötley Crüe released their mould-breaking self-titled album, fronted by none other than John Corabi himself.... Read More
Emre Cords
If you've ever had the pleasure of seeing Emre Cords live – or even simply the good fortune of viewing a video of him onstage – you're immediately hit with the sense that this is an artist who sees things differently. Cords' unique approach to music and performance is the first thing I asked him about when I had the chance to sit down and chat with him, and his answer was illuminating.
High Steppin' Daddy
While High Steppin' Daddy might be playing for Real People, they themselves are anything but. Having performed together for more than half a decade at huge gigs like the Big Valley Jamboree, Craven Country Jamboree, the Grey Cup Festival, Carnaval de Québec, and more, High Steppin' Daddy have played in nearly every province in Canada – in addition to performing all the way across the Atlantic, in France!
Gil Tougas
There are two things that make Gil Tougas so notable. First, it's his incredible talent and mastery of music. When Tougas takes the stage and starts singing, it's impossible not to take notice. His voice is undeniably fantastic – and I don't mean that in the gritty, rock n roll sense.
Sarah Beth Keely
With two full-length albums under her belt, SBK has also opened for and played alongside acts such as Rascal Flatts, Big & Rich, Gretchen Wilson, and more. Following one particularly fantastic set, country music legend Neal McCoy took some time before starting his show to give a shout-out to Keeley, letting everyone know how impressed he was with her performance, and that she was definitely an artist worth paying attention to.
"It wasn't just the band's talent (which clearly runs deep), or their set list (which was fantastic). If I had to pin it down, I would tell you that I saw one thing that brought everybody rushing to the stage – fun. Seeing Junk perform live is an undeniably, raucously fun time."
Watching Envy perform is like grabbing a live wire with your bare hands. Their stage presence is thrilling, their chemistry is a tangible element in the air, their talent level is off the charts, and their energy is contagious. Playing a mix of modern hits, some classic/80's rock, and a few original tunes peppered throughout to keep things fresh, Envy brings a wide range of musical variety to the stage during each and every set.
A ragtag group of musicians with an uncharacteristic look and talent for days. Why Blind Box? "Because you never what you're going to get" quips Alim when asked, and it's true, considering they play a huge range of music varying from heavy metal to rock n' roll to pretty much anything else you could think of.
New Soul Duo
They're crowd-pleasers. With a focus on playing weddings, events, and corporate gigs like the Bahrain show, New Soul Duo caters to a unique market – one that is hungry for great-sounding live music played by talented artists, but isn't interested in the egos or pretensions that typical rock bands carry around with them.
Hurricane Lisa
If you haven't yet encountered Lisa Schroeder onstage and in front of a mic, it's hard to do justice to the unique timbre of her voice. Her take on it? "I sound like I just went and drank a bottle of whiskey…but I feel like I get away with it!" Think Melissa Etheridge or Janis Joplin: raspy, soulful, and enrapturing.
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Where does that energy and drive come from? In a moment of introspection, Hangslong takes a moment to break it down for me: "We're kind of the last of a breed of real rock bands – the hard-working, the still-hungry. We're not doing it to be mega-rock-stars, we already know that.
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Canadian Folk Rock duo The Karpinka Brothers Announce New Album + Single!
Meet Saskatoon's finest — The Karpinka Brothers. If you're not familiar, The Karpinka Brothers are Canada's prolific folk-rock duo known for their extensive catalog of nostalgic and pastiche songwriting. They are making their return with the first single, "You're Worth It", from their upcoming fourth LP, Talk is Cheap.
Check out their premiere now on Exclaim!
Produced and recorded by Grammy nominee Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire, Leonard Cohen, Vic Chestnutt) at his legendary Hotel2Tango in Montréal, Talk Is Cheap is the most realized and expansive Karpinka Brothers album to date. Their eloquent blend of timeless folk and 60s pop songs are complimented by an impressive list of contributing musicians including Mathieu Charbonneau (Timber Timbre) on piano and keys, Jamie Thompson (Unicorns/Islands) on drums and percussion, Sophie Trudeau (Godspeed You! Black Emperor) on violin, Joel Kerr (Sara Slean) on bass, and backing vocals by Krista Muir.
The Karpinka Brothers will be touring North America in support of Talk Is Cheap. Dates have started to roll out including performances at Folk Alliance International in Kansas City, MO.


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CNS Liaoning Carrier Fleet Exercise Has Ended, Could It Be a Threat to Taiwan?
byFrank Johnson - 12 January
CNS Liaoning Carrier Fleet
International Military - In early May, the People's Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) dispatched an eight-ship carrier group to conduct exercises. Led by the aircraft carrier CNS Liaoning (16), the other ships, accompanied by five destroyers and a frigate and a filler ship, headed for the Pacific Ocean via the Miyako Strait transit. This marks the first time since December 2021 that the operator has operated in the area.
Reporting from news.usni.org, the Joint Staff Office (JSO) of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF) issued a release about the group's journey. The release was also accompanied along with photos of the ships in the group, identifying them by class and ensign number. Apart from the Liaoning, the ships in the group are:
Type 055 destroyer CNS Nanchang (101)
Type 052D destroyer CNS Xining (117)
Ships CNS Urumqi (118) and CNS Chengdu (120)
Type 052C CNS Zhengzhou destroyer (151)
Type Frigate 054A CNS Xiangtan (531)
Type 901 fast combat support ship CNS Hulunhu (901).
Chinese navy spokesman Gao Xiucheng said the Liaoning group was conducting training in the western Pacific Ocean. He claimed it was a routine training organized by the Chinese navy, according to its annual plan. It is also claimed to be in line with relevant international law and international practice.
In December last year, the Liaoning together with other PLAN vessels carried out flight operations around the islands of Kita Daito and Oki Daito in the Pacific Ocean. By now, the Liaoning and the rest of the ships had completed the three-week training. The carrier will begin a significant maintenance break and its crew will begin a rest cycle. China's naval movements are closely tracked.
Reporting from 19fortyfive.com, the exercise which recently ended was apparently meant as a "warning" for Taiwan. Shi Yi, a spokesman for the People's Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command, said on Wednesday that the joint naval and air combat readiness exercise involving an aircraft carrier strike group was a "serious warning against the recent collusion between the United States and Taiwan." ."
As is known, Taiwan is indeed assisted by the US in fighting China. This can be proven by the number of US ships that have come to the Taiwan Strait to monitor China's movements.
Reporting from Reuters, the Chinese military even warned of this. China's military said in early May that it had monitored and alerted a US warship that had sailed through the sensitive Taiwan Strait, a mission that came shortly after China carried out exercises near the island.
The US Navy's 7th Fleet said the guided-missile cruiser USS Port Royal made "routine" transits of the Taiwan Strait through international waters "in accordance with international law".
The United States has made such a voyage about once a month. This infuriated China, which saw them as a sign of support for Taiwan. The People's Liberation Army Eastern Theater Command said in a statement that its forces had been monitoring the ship throughout and had "warned" it. "The United States often stage such dramas and provoke trouble, send the wrong signal to Taiwan independence forces, and deliberately increase tensions in the Taiwan Strait," he added.
"Theatrical troops maintain high vigilance at all times, resolutely resist all threats and provocations, and resolutely defend national sovereignty and territorial integrity."
The US Navy said the ship was "transiting through a corridor in the Strait that is outside the territorial sea of any coastal State". Although, it is true that the US has often interfered in the Taiwan-China conflict that has been going on for a long time.
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package com.asakusafw.integration.core;

import static com.asakusafw.integration.core.Util.*;
import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;

import java.util.Optional;

import org.junit.BeforeClass;
import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;

import com.asakusafw.integration.AsakusaConfigurator;
import com.asakusafw.integration.AsakusaProject;
import com.asakusafw.integration.AsakusaProjectProvider;
import com.asakusafw.integration.PlatformUtil;
import com.asakusafw.utils.gradle.Bundle;
import com.asakusafw.utils.gradle.ContentsConfigurator;

/**
 * Test for {@code $ASAKUSA_HOME/yaess}.
 * Please see {@code src/integration-test/data/yaess/README.md} on this project.
 */
public class YaessTest {

    /**
     * Skip this test class for Windows platform.
     */
    @BeforeClass
    public static void checkCkass() {
        PlatformUtil.skipIfWindows();
    }

    /**
     * project provider.
     */
    @Rule
    public final AsakusaProjectProvider provider = new AsakusaProjectProvider()
            .withProject(ContentsConfigurator.copy(data("yaess")))
            .withProject(AsakusaConfigurator.hadoop(AsakusaConfigurator.Action.UNSET_ALWAYS))
            .withProject(AsakusaConfigurator.projectHome());

    /**
     * {@code yaess-batch.sh}.
     */
    @Test
    public void batch() {
        AsakusaProject project = provider.newInstance("yss");
        project.gradle("installAsakusafw");

        Bundle framework = project.getFramework();
        assertThat(
                framework.launch("yaess/bin/yaess-batch.sh", "testing"),
                is(0));

        Bundle contents = project.getContents();
        assertThat(contents.find("prepare.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("import.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("main.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("export.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("finalize.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
    }

    /**
     * {@code yaess-flow.sh}.
     */
    @Test
    public void flow() {
        AsakusaProject project = provider.newInstance("yss");
        project.gradle("installAsakusafw");

        Bundle framework = project.getFramework();
        assertThat(
                framework.launch("yaess/bin/yaess-flow.sh", "testing", "work", "E"),
                is(0));

        Bundle contents = project.getContents();
        assertThat(contents.find("prepare.txt"), is(Optional.empty()));
        assertThat(contents.find("import.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("main.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("export.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("finalize.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
    }

    /**
     * {@code yaess-flow.sh}.
     */
    @Test
    public void flow_generate_id() {
        AsakusaProject project = provider.newInstance("yss");
        project.gradle("installAsakusafw");

        Bundle framework = project.getFramework();
        assertThat(
                framework.launch("yaess/bin/yaess-flow.sh", "testing", "work", "<generate>"),
                is(0));

        Bundle contents = project.getContents();
        assertThat(contents.find("prepare.txt"), is(Optional.empty()));
        assertThat(contents.find("import.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("main.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("export.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("finalize.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
    }

    /**
     * {@code yaess-phase.sh}.
     */
    @Test
    public void phase() {
        AsakusaProject project = provider.newInstance("yss");
        project.gradle("installAsakusafw");

        Bundle framework = project.getFramework();
        assertThat(
                framework.launch("yaess/bin/yaess-phase.sh", "testing", "work", "main", "E"),
                is(0));

        Bundle contents = project.getContents();
        assertThat(contents.find("prepare.txt"), is(Optional.empty()));
        assertThat(contents.find("import.txt"), is(Optional.empty()));
        assertThat(contents.find("main.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("export.txt"), is(Optional.empty()));
        assertThat(contents.find("finalize.txt"), is(Optional.empty()));
    }

    /**
     * script includes hadoop command, and use system hadoop.
     */
    @Test
    public void hadoop_system() {
        doHadoop(provider.newInstance("yss")
                .with(AsakusaConfigurator.hadoop(AsakusaConfigurator.Action.SKIP_IF_UNDEFINED)));
    }

    /**
     * script includes hadoop command, and use embedded hadoop.
     */
    @Test
    public void hadoop_embed() {
        doHadoop(provider.newInstance("yss")
                .with(AsakusaConfigurator.hadoop(AsakusaConfigurator.Action.UNSET_ALWAYS)));
    }

    private static void doHadoop(AsakusaProject project) {
        project.gradle("installAsakusafw");
        Bundle framework = project.getFramework();
        assertThat(
                framework.launch("yaess/bin/yaess-batch.sh", "whadoop"),
                is(0));
        Bundle contents = project.getContents();
        assertThat(contents.find("hadoop.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
        assertThat(contents.find("cleanup.txt"), is(not(Optional.empty())));
    }
}

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That hard drive you use to store all your important documents won't last forever. Neither will the servers holding those family photos you uploaded to the cloud. If properly stored, paper documents can last for centuries, but they can also be easily destroyed by mold or fire.
But scientists in Switzerland think they've come up with a method that could theoretically store "all of civilization's knowledge… within a few cubic meters" for an almost unlimited amount of time.
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i'm awake very early and I'm scheduled for 2nd interview today with vision animation and wau animation 2moro at cyberjaya. I have no idea why i am even going but i prefer to have something to do at moment than rotting at home.
anyway, I am leaving the house around 9 30 am to PJ and will have to return to subang later around 3 30 pm if i can make it to meet with whitecliff college. other updates is I have finallized the trailer drawing for possession.
after several revisions i decided this is the final revised idea and i will stick with it, next stage i decided will be followed by concept art for each character and the environments, I will still continue writing the full story. i just hope that the art stages will look good as the story progress.
brainsotrming a story alone is relly hectic because i myself find it hard to develop a story i need to get help from other people and some small oppinions. So at the moment, this project is currently solo until later anyone decides they wish to take part in it.
latest updates, I have an offer from backbone entertaiment as animator when i was planning to apply for modeling position, i think right now it's better to meet the requirements/needs for my industry and not be stubborn.
the managing director interviewed me 2nd time and offered me a job letter and contract with 6months probation as see how it goes from there. so for now, i am accepting it and do what i do best, in the meantime I must also think about playing with rigs and plan for future again. since it's not predictable and keeps changing.
my working day starts on 1st october and i will just hope someone will be there to show me how things work around there in their studio. i met 2 supervisors, one indonesian and 1 m'sian used to be from go academy.
recently i was busy helping in the family bussiness of education in nz, my cousin asked for me to help photograph the event for 3 days, 3 different locations and 3 different times.
i also applied for places for 3d artist in different places, and thinking about whether consider a future in media design school as student again on find work.


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Srbův mlýn (též Žáčkův mlýn) je vodní mlýn na řece Blanici v obci Ctiboř.

Historie
V roce 1930 byl majitelem mlýna Antonín Srb. Působení mlynáře Žáčka není časově vymezeno.

V roce 1975 byla v areálu mlýna zbudována lávka přes řeku Blanici.

Architektura
Mlýnice a obytná část jsou spojeny v jednom objektu – zděné jednopatrové historizující budově. Spolu s dalšími hospodářskými budovami vytvářejí podlouhlý dvůr otevřený směrem k řece Blanici. Dvůr byl původně průjezdný, aktuálně (2021) je ale mlýn pro veřejnost uzavřen a turistická značka jej obchází.

V roce 2012 v době opravy silnice Divišov – Ctiboř – Vlašim byl areál dvora dočasně zprůjezdněn jako součást objížďky pro osobní vozidla.

V areálu mlýna je zbudována malá vodní elektrárna.

Reference

Vodní mlýny v okrese Benešov
Povodí Blanice (přítok Sázavy)
Ctiboř (okres Benešov)

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Q: Convert a JSON (output of ADF activity) to a Dataframe for next activity
In Azure Data Factory, I have 2 Databricks notebooks.
The result of sample1 is a pandas dataframe. I use the below code for converting to JSON and send it to output.
processing_result = normalized_features.to_json(orient="index")
dbutils.notebook.exit(processing_result)

The output is:
 "runOutput": {
        "0": {
            "mean": 1.124771,
            "max": 6.0006,
            "min": 0.054,
            "std": 0.9000992859,
            "median": 0.8932,
            "L1": 112.4771,
            "MAD": 0.64386804,
            "percent_above_mean": 0.38,
            "variation_from_mean": 0.64386804
        }
    },

In the databricks sample2, I want to use the output of sample1 and I need to convert JSON to a dataframe. How can I do it?

mean
max
min
std
median
L1
MAD
percent_above_mean
variation_from_mean

1.12
6.00
0.05
0.9
0.89
112
0.64
0.38
0.643

A: I solve this problem with the below code and json_normalize
message_input = dbutils.widgets.get("input")
message_json = json.loads(message_input)
normalized_features = json_normalize(message_json['0'])

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Bill Cosby asks Pennsylvania high court to review conviction
by: MARYCLAIRE DALE, Associated Press
Posted: Jan 9, 2020 / 11:25 AM CST / Updated: Jan 9, 2020 / 12:24 PM CST
FILE – In this Sept. 24, 2018 file photo, Bill Cosby arrives for his sentencing hearing at the Montgomery County Courthouse, in Norristown, Pa. Cosby has appealed a court decision last month that upheld his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home. He filed his latest appeal Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020, with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which does not have to take the case. Cosby is serving a three- to 10-year prison term at a maximum-security state prison in Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Comedian Bill Cosby filed an appeal Thursday of a court decision last month that upheld his conviction for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home.
The latest appeal — filed with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, which does not have to take the case — focuses on four key trial issues, including the judge's decision to let five other accusers testify and to send Cosby to trial despite what he called a binding agreement with an earlier prosecutor that he would not be charged in the case.
Cosby, 82, is serving a three- to 10-year prison term at a maximum-security state prison in Pennsylvania. His lawyers called the 2004 encounter consensual, but a jury found otherwise in April 2018, convicting him on all three felony counts in the first celebrity trial of the #MeToo era.
The appeal was filed as jury selection gets underway this week in the case that launched that national movement of people coming forward with accounts of sexual assault or harassment. Movie mogul Harvey Weinstein has been charged in New York with raping one woman sexually assaulting another. Several other women are expected to testify about similar experiences with Weinstein.
Cosby had been a mentor to the accuser whose allegations formed the basis of the case against him. Andrea Constand at the time was on the staff of the women's basketball team at his alma mater, Temple University.
In the filing, Cosby's lawyers said the rulings upheld by the state Superior Court last month would have "far-reaching consequences for all future criminal proceedings, including those that proceed outside the national spotlight."
They include the judge's decision to let jurors hear portions of Cosby's deposition testimony in a related civil suit Constand filed. In the deposition, Cosby acknowledged giving Constand three pills before the sexual encounter and spoke of giving quaaludes in the 1970s to another accuser before engaging in sex with her.
Given the current cultural context, lawyer Brian W. Perry wrote that allowing other accusers to testify in a sex assault case "flips constitutional jurisprudence on its head, and the 'presumption of guilt,' rather than the presumption of innocence, becomes the premise."
Cosby's lawyers, in the appeal, also challenge his classification as a sexually violent predator subject to lifetime supervision when he leaves prison.
Cosby, asserting his innocence, has said he will never express remorse to the parole board and therefore expects to serve the entire 10-year sentence.
The Associated Press typically does not name people who say they have been victims of sexual assault without their permission, which Constand has granted.


Very briefly, can someone take up the task of creating a proper player profile page (at least of those who have played competitive match for AC Milan) in the Current Players and Staff thread we have for them?
Would be really nice to have all the interesting information and data on them in one place.
Can't wait till you do them.


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