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How does AI impact self-driving cars?
December 22, 2021 · 4 minute read
John Patrick Hinek
Deep learning is the driving force behind self-driving cars. Once reserved for only research, is now being deployed onto streets everywhere.
Self-driving cars were once thought to be a distant dream for the future. Take a look at any street in San Francisco, and you'll see the future is already here. Whether it be Tesla's autopilot feature or Waymo's driverless taxis, atmosphere vehicles appear to be the cutting edge of innovation.
The first self-driving car was created in 1989 at Carnegie Mellon University. The project,
ALVINN
(Autonomous Land Vehicle In a Neural Network), was led by PhD student, Dean Pomerleau, and used neural networks to drive by detecting lines on the road, segmenting its environment, and navigating itself through streets. ALVINN reached top speeds of 3.5mph in the late 1980s but surged to 70mph in the early 90s. Despite its early success, using neural networks in autonomous vehicles took an impossible large amount of data; so much so that enough data would never be collected to ensure safe deployment.
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The predominant algorithm used in self-driving cars today is deep learning, a subset of A.I. and M.L. Deep learning allows us to autonomously shift through large amounts of data to pick out patterns. Vision and decision-making are the most important skills to learn when operating a vehicle. Deep learning replicates vision by taking in millions of images and classifying and learning their different properties. These algorithms are then able to recognize new input values based on unique classifying features of the image. In autonomous cars, cameras are placed around the vehicle, which are constantly processing thousands of input images a second. These camera sensors first detect where that object is on the road, then use deep learning to discover what that object is. Other sensors are used to measure distance and velocity of objects around the car. Results from each sensor are then combined to develop an understanding of a vehicle's environment.
Tesla has built its business on technological integration, some even calling Tesla vehicles computers on wheels. Tesla uses deep learning to power their autonomous driving and is assisted by 8 cameras surrounding the car. To process the large amount of data necessary for autonomous driving, Tesla equips their cars with 2 computers which work independently of each other. When functioning properly, these cameras process data independently and then check each other before making a decision. The extra computer also ensures that the vehicle will still operate if one malfunctions.
As discussed above, deep learning thrives on millions of pieces of input data. Tesla has been able to achieve such an abundance of data by crowdsourcing data from its drivers. While drivers have the option to opt out of giving data back to Tesla, the more data the company has ensures for a safer autonomous driving experience. In 2020, Tesla's head of AI reported that the company had logged over 3 billion miles on autopilot.
Formerly Google's self-driving car project, Waymo is a self-driving taxi service currently being deployed in a few cities around the US. Waymo's cars use 18 cameras which the company calls its drivers to navigate the car through the streets. Like Tesla, Waymo also uses deep learning to scan images of its surroundings. Its cameras have a 360 degree view of what is happening around the car with a distance of 3 football fields away. Waymo started its driver testing in Phoenix, Arizona and has since expanded its trail to San Francisco.
Hesitancy to adopt autonomous vehicles is one of the biggest roadblocks to widespread adoption. In a 2020 poll conducted by
, 71% of people reported feeling afraid to ride in a fully self-driving car. Car accidents involving self-driving cars over the past few years have only propelled these fears. Many people's lack of understanding of the mechanisms behind self-driving cars is also causing fears. VP of Automotive Services at AAA
"This new survey reveals that the public's trepidation would be eased by knowing how the technology works, and knowing that they can take control of the vehicle back at any time." While tech companies are pouring billions in autonomous driving, consumer confidence will be just as important as the technology in autonomous cars going mainstream.
The past few years have shown a rapid increase in the innovation of autonomous driving. Data collection is no longer an issue in deploying more autonomous vehicles, as current technology is racking up billions of miles in autopilot. As Tesla sees more competition in the autonomous car market and Waymo competes with Uber and Lyft for the first widely deployed driverless Taxis, we are guaranteed to experience an increase in the capabilities of self-driving vehicles.
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#ifndef ALIEMCALTRIGGERSTURAWSTREAM_H
#define ALIEMCALTRIGGERSTURAWSTREAM_H

//________________________________________________
/// \class AliEMCALTriggerSTURawStream
/// \ingroup EMCALbase
/// \brief provides access to EMCAL/DCAL STU DDL raw data.
///
/// This class provides access to EMCAL/DCAL STU DDL raw data.
///
/// \author: Hiroki Yokoyama, <hiroki.yokoyama@cern.ch>, (Univ. of TSUKUBA / Univ. of Grenoble)
//________________________________________________

#ifndef ROOT_TObject
#  include "TObject.h"
#endif

class AliRawReader;

class AliEMCALTriggerSTURawStream: public TObject
{

public:

  AliEMCALTriggerSTURawStream();
  AliEMCALTriggerSTURawStream(AliRawReader* rawReader);
  virtual ~AliEMCALTriggerSTURawStream();

  virtual void    SetDetector(int det) { fDetector = static_cast<fDetType>(det) ; }
  virtual Int_t   GetDetector()        { return static_cast<Int_t>(fDetector)   ; }

  virtual void    Reset();
  virtual Bool_t  ReadPayLoad();

  virtual void    DumpPayLoad(const Option_t *option = "ALL") const;

  virtual void    GetADC(           Int_t iTRU, UInt_t ADC[]            );
  virtual void    GetPHOSSubregion(             UInt_t PHOSSubregion[]  );
  virtual UInt_t  GetL1JetThreshold(  const int i)  const { return fL1JetThreshold  [i] ; }
  virtual UInt_t  GetL1GammaThreshold(const int i)  const { return fL1GammaThreshold[i] ; }

  virtual Int_t   GetNL0GammaPatch()                const { return fNL0GammaPatch       ; }
  virtual Int_t   GetNL1GammaPatch(   const int i)  const { return fNL1GammaPatch[i]    ; }
  virtual Int_t   GetNL1JetPatch(     const int i)  const { return fNL1JetPatch  [i]    ; }

  virtual Bool_t  GetL0GammaPatch(const Int_t i,                Int_t& x, Int_t& y          ) const;
  virtual Bool_t  GetL1GammaPatch(const Int_t i, const Int_t j, Int_t& x, Int_t& y, Int_t& z) const;
  virtual Bool_t  GetL1JetPatch(  const Int_t i, const Int_t j, Int_t& x, Int_t& y          ) const;

  virtual UInt_t  GetV0A()            const { return fV0A           ; }
  virtual UInt_t  GetV0C()            const { return fV0C           ; }
  virtual UInt_t  GetG(int i, int j)  const { return fG[i][j]       ; }//[ABC][high/low]
  virtual UInt_t  GetJ(int i, int j)  const { return fJ[i][j]       ; }//[ABC][high/low]
  virtual UInt_t  GetPHOSScale(int i) const { return fS[i]          ; }
  virtual UInt_t  GetRho()            const { return fRho           ; }
  virtual UInt_t  GetRegionEnable()   const { return fRegionEnable  ; }
  virtual UInt_t  GetFrameReceived()  const { return fFrameReceived ; }
  virtual UInt_t  GetFwVersion()      const { return fFwVersion     ; }
  virtual UInt_t  GetPatchSize()      const { return fPatchSize     ; }
  virtual Int_t   GetRawData()        const { return fGetRawData    ; }
  virtual Int_t   GetnTRU()           const { return (fDetector==kEMCAL)?nTRUEMCAL:(fDetector==kDCAL)?nTRUDCAL:0 ; }

private:

  AliEMCALTriggerSTURawStream             (const AliEMCALTriggerSTURawStream& rhs);
  AliEMCALTriggerSTURawStream& operator = (const AliEMCALTriggerSTURawStream& rhs);

  UShort_t GetThreshold(Short_t a, Short_t b, Short_t c, UShort_t v0A, UShort_t v0C) const;

  AliRawReader* fRawReader;   ///< Object for reading the raw data

  enum fDetType
  {
    kEMCAL  = 0,
    kDCAL   = 1
  };

  enum fPayloadType
  {
    v0          =   0 ,
    v0Raw       =   1 ,
    v1          =   2 ,
    v1Raw       =   3 ,
    v12         =   8 ,
    v12Raw      =   9 ,

    v2EMCAL     =   4 ,
    v2EMCALRaw  =   5 ,
    v2DCAL      =   6 ,
    v2DCALRaw   =   7 ,
    def         =   8
  };

  fDetType      fDetector   ; ///< Set by function
  Int_t         fGetRawData ; ///< Set by word size
  fPayloadType  fPayload    ; ///< Set by word size

  static const Int_t kPayLoadSizeV0          = 236  ;
  static const Int_t kPayLoadSizeV0Raw       = 1536 ;
  static const Int_t kPayLoadSizeV1          = 245  ;
  static const Int_t kPayLoadSizeV1Raw       = 1536 ;
  //XXX
  static const Int_t kPayLoadSizeV12         = 390  ;
  static const Int_t kPayLoadSizeV12Raw      = 1536 ;

  static const Int_t kPayLoadSizeV2EMCAL     = 391  ; ///< 17+11+11+96+128+128
  static const Int_t kPayLoadSizeV2EMCALRaw  = 1536 ; ///< 96*32/2
  static const Int_t kPayLoadSizeV2DCAL      = 197  ; ///< 21+11+11+42+ 56+ 56
  static const Int_t kPayLoadSizeV2DCALRaw   = 708  ; ///< 96*14/2 +36

  static const Int_t maxpayloadSize          = 1937 ;

  static const Int_t maxL0GammaPatchIndex    = 3100 ; ///< (48-1)*(64-1)  = 2961  (EMCAL)
                                                      ///< (48-1)*(40-1)  = 1833  (DCAL)
  static const Int_t maxL1Gamma              =    2 ; ///< L1Gamma_low,high       (EMCAL)
  static const Int_t maxL1GammaPatchIndex    = 3100 ; ///< (48-1)*(64-1)  = 2961  (EMCAL)
                                                      ///< (48-1)*(40-1)  = 1833  (DCAL)
  static const Int_t maxL1Jet                =    2 ; ///< L1Jet_low,high         (EMCAL,DCAL)
  static const Int_t maxL1JetPatchIndex      =  200 ; ///< (12-1)*(16-1)  = 165   (EMCAL)
                                                      ///< (12-1)*(10-1)  =  99   (DCAL)

  static const Int_t maxnTRU                 =   32 ; ///< 32  (EMCAL)
                                                      ///< 14  (DCAL)
  static const Int_t maxnmoduleInTRU         =   96 ; ///< 96  (EMCAL)
                                                      ///< 96  (DCAL)

  static const Int_t nTRUEMCAL               = 32   ;
  static const Int_t nTRUDCAL                = 14   ;

  static const Int_t nModEMCAL               = 96   ;
  static const Int_t nModDCAL                = 96   ;

  static const Int_t nSubregionEtaEMCAL      = 12   ;
  static const Int_t nSubregionPhiEMCAL      = 16   ;

  static const Int_t nSubregionEtaDCAL       = 12   ;
  static const Int_t nSubregionPhiDCAL       = 10   ;

  Int_t     fNL0GammaPatch                                      ; ///< N L0 Gamma Patch
  UShort_t  fL0GammaPatchIndex[maxL0GammaPatchIndex]            ; ///< L0 Gamma Patch Index

  Int_t     fNL1GammaPatch                          [maxL1Gamma]; ///< N L1 Gamma Patch
  UInt_t    fG                                   [3][maxL1Gamma]; ///< Gamma threshold parameter:A,B,C
  UInt_t    fL1GammaThreshold                       [maxL1Gamma]; ///< L1 Gamma Threshold
  UShort_t  fL1GammaPatchIndex[maxL1GammaPatchIndex][maxL1Gamma]; ///< L1 Gamma Patch Index

  Int_t     fNL1JetPatch                        [maxL1Jet]      ; ///< N L1 Jet Patch
  UInt_t    fJ                               [3][maxL1Jet]      ; ///< Jet threshold parameter:A,B,C
  UInt_t    fL1JetThreshold                     [maxL1Jet]      ; ///< L1 Jet Threshold
  UShort_t  fL1JetPatchIndex[maxL1JetPatchIndex][maxL1Jet]      ; ///< L1 Jet Patch Index

  UInt_t    fADC[maxnTRU][maxnmoduleInTRU]; ///< ADCs
  UInt_t    fPHOSSubregion[36];             ///< PHOS subregions

  UInt_t    fV0A        ;      ///< V0A
  UInt_t    fV0C        ;      ///< V0C
  UInt_t    fS[4]       ;      ///< PHOS Scale parameter
  UInt_t    fRho        ;      ///< Background Rho
  UInt_t    fPatchSize  ;      ///< Jet patch size

  UInt_t    fRegionEnable   ;  ///< Region Enable
  UInt_t    fFrameReceived  ;  ///< Frame Received
  UInt_t    fFwVersion      ;  ///< Firmware Version

  Int_t     GetnMod() const                     {
    return  (fDetector == kEMCAL)? nModEMCAL :
    (fDetector == kDCAL )? nModDCAL  :
    0 ;                                         }

  virtual void    DecodeL1JetPatchIndexes(  const int i, UInt_t *word32, const int offset);
  virtual void    DecodeL1GammaPatchIndexes(const int i, UInt_t *word32, const int offset);
  virtual void    DecodeL0GammaPatchIndexes(             UInt_t *word32, const int offset);
  virtual void    DecodeTRUADC(                          UInt_t *word32, const int offset);
  virtual void    DecodePHOSSubregion(                   UInt_t *word32, const int offset);

  /// \cond CLASSIMP
  ClassDef(AliEMCALTriggerSTURawStream,2) ;
  /// \endcond

};

#endif //ALIEMCALTRIGGERSTURAWSTREAM_H

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Oracle and SSIS both have the ability to handle dates which SQL server's DateTime type won't accept.
Add a script component to your data flow, in transform mode.Open the editor for the script componentUnder Input Columns, select all the date columns you want to repair, and set their usage type to READ/WRITE (this is vital, else the script will break).Under Script, click the edit script buttonSelect and delete all textPaste the C# code from hereClose the source code window, click OK to dismass the script editor.Run the data flow. The script will efficiently detect date with bad years and attempt to correct them to something which SQL finds palettable.
Building Business Intelligence using the Microsoft BI stack in an organization that has an Oracle based transactional system is not uncommon, and here I'll outline a couple of tips and tricks that should ease the building of SSIS packages in that type of environment.
Attunity offer several nice solutions for getitng data out of Oracle and into SQL - one of which is their CDC (Change Data Capture) offering. If you don't have the budget or stomach for setting up CDC in an oracle environment, then your next best bet is to use the free Attunity oracle connectors for SSIS, which demonstrate a measurable performance boost.


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North Ballarat City plays off for back-to-back grand final appearances when it takes on Sunbury in the Ballarat Football Netball League A grade netball preliminary final on Saturday. It will be the second meeting in three weeks between the two teams which met in the first semi-final. North Ballarat won the last encounter, but there will be no double chances for the reigning premier should it fall to the top-seeded Lions at the City Oval. North Ballarat coach Annie McCartin anticipates the clash to be the toughest of the season. "I reckon it will be, both teams are going to be desperate, and both teams will have to play consistent, contested netball, and it's going to be full-on because both teams have the ability to make each other pay off the slightest of mistakes," she said. "I can see this being a highly contested game." North will enter the game confident even though it was unable to overcome East Point in the second semi-final, while the Lions re-grouped in an impressive showing against Lake Wendouree. This clash will be significant in more ways than one for North, which has its sights set on a premiership repeat. Sunbury will be desperate to avoid a second straight preliminary final knock-out after claiming the minor premiership for the second year in a row. McCartin expects the game to be one and lost in the centre. "We have to try really hard through the mid-court to try and force turnovers," she said. "That's easier said than done because they can move the ball quickly or be patient. "It's going to come down to valuing the ball and scoring off every chance. "We match-up well all over the court but it's in their goal circle we have to capitalise on," McCartin said. City will be without the services of key defender Brianna Gregory, who is away. She will be replaced as goalkeeper by Laura McDonald, who returns from holidays. Gregory was a standout performer against Sunbury, which boasts a prolific goal shooting combination of Amanda Cusack, Ruth Smith and Shelby Holter. Despite losing Gregory, McCartin said her team would take confidence in the knowledge it had beaten Sunbury recently.
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North Ballarat to face Sunbury in do-or-die encounter
SHE IS BACK: North Ballarat City will be boosted by the return of premiership hero Laura McDonald against Sunbury on Saturday. Picture: Kate Healy
North Ballarat City plays off for back-to-back grand final appearances when it takes on Sunbury in the Ballarat Football Netball League A grade netball preliminary final on Saturday.
It will be the second meeting in three weeks between the two teams which met in the first semi-final.
North Ballarat won the last encounter, but there will be no double chances for the reigning premier should it fall to the top-seeded Lions at the City Oval. North Ballarat coach Annie McCartin anticipates the clash to be the toughest of the season.
"I reckon it will be, both teams are going to be desperate, and both teams will have to play consistent, contested netball, and it's going to be full-on because both teams have the ability to make each other pay off the slightest of mistakes," she said.
"I can see this being a highly contested game."
North will enter the game confident even though it was unable to overcome East Point in the second semi-final, while the Lions re-grouped in an impressive showing against Lake Wendouree.
This clash will be significant in more ways than one for North, which has its sights set on a premiership repeat.
Sunbury will be desperate to avoid a second straight preliminary final knock-out after claiming the minor premiership for the second year in a row.
McCartin expects the game to be one and lost in the centre.
"We have to try really hard through the mid-court to try and force turnovers," she said.
"That's easier said than done because they can move the ball quickly or be patient.
"It's going to come down to valuing the ball and scoring off every chance.
"We match-up well all over the court but it's in their goal circle we have to capitalise on," McCartin said.
City will be without the services of key defender Brianna Gregory, who is away.
She will be replaced as goalkeeper by Laura McDonald, who returns from holidays.
Gregory was a standout performer against Sunbury, which boasts a prolific goal shooting combination of Amanda Cusack, Ruth Smith and Shelby Holter.
Despite losing Gregory, McCartin said her team would take confidence in the knowledge it had beaten Sunbury recently.
A GRADE: North Ballarat Cityv Sunbury, 2.30pm
B GRADE: East Point v Lake Wendouree, 1.15pm
C GRADE: East Point v Sunbury, noon
D GRADE: Lake Wendouree v Bacchus Marsh, 11am
E GRADE: East Point v Melton, 10am
19/UNDER: Sunbury v North Ballarat City, 9am

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Crystal Dunn's play on pitch brings weight to actions off it
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NHL, players' union announce plan to resume play on Aug. 1
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Nanowires make flexible circuits
By Eric Smalley, Technology Research News
Electronics have been made from silicon chips since vacuum tubes began fading into history in the '60s. Nanotechnology could be the key to the next big shift.
Chip-making processes use light and chemicals to etch microscopic components into wafers of semiconductors like silicon. The next wave of electronics is likely to feature microscopic circuits built on or into all manner of materials. These new circuits could be constructed from nanoscale components made en mass via quick, relatively cheap chemical self-assembly.
Researchers from Nanosys, Inc. have found a way to assemble large arrays of nanowires made from silicon or other semiconductors into a densely-packed thin film, then process the assembly to produce relatively efficient transistors on a variety of surfaces.
The technology may eventually enable very large flat-panel displays, tiny radio frequency identification devices, and disposable computing and storage electronics, said Xiangfeng Duan, an advanced technology scientist at Nanosys.
The process that attaches the arrays to a surface can be carried out at room temperature, which makes it possible to put transistors on a wide array of cheap and useful surfaces, including glass, textiles, plastic and even paper, said Duan. Making the semiconductor nanowires, which requires high temperatures, is carried out before the components are applied to the surface.
The researchers attached the 20- or 40-nanometer-diameter silicon nanowires by suspending them in a liquid and then flowing the liquid across a surface. This causes the nanowires to align in one direction and form a thin film. The researchers then use conventional photolithography to put electrodes on the nanowire film, forming arrays of transistors.
The process promises to enable electronics that can be spread cheaply over large areas. It can be used to apply virtually any semiconductor material to virtually any substrate, said Duan. The nanowire thin film could eventually be spread on surfaces using low-cost techniques like inkjet printing, he said.
The Nanosys researchers aim is to use nanoscale electronic components to construct cheaper large-scale electronics, said Duan. "From the outset, we have [exploited] nano materials not for electronic miniaturization, but for better and cheaper electronics over large areas," he said.
The researchers produced a prototype of thin film transistors on a plastic substrate and showed that it was relatively efficient, according to Duan. Each transistor is made up of a group of nanowires that channels electric current, and titanium-gold electrodes that brings current into and out of the device.
Transistors carry out the logic of computing. They can be switched on or off and so can carry a signal or no signal. The presence of an electrical signal can represent a 1 and the absence of a signal a 0.
Regular transistors are etched into the surfaces of relatively expensive crystalline silicon wafers. Thin film transistors, which can be mounted on various surfaces, are usually made from amorphous silicon, polycrystalline silicon or organic materials.
The atoms of crystalline silicon are arranged in an orderly lattice structure. Polycrystalline silicon is an aggregation of tiny silicon crystals. Crystalline silicon conducts electricity more efficiently than polycrystalline silicon because there are no crystal grain boundaries to slow electrons. The atoms of amorphous silicon are unordered, which makes it a relatively poor conductor. Similarly, electrons travel across the molecules of organic materials less efficiently than across the atoms of a crystal.
Though the researchers' thin film is not crystalline, the nanowires themselves are. "Nanowire thin film transistors have a perfect conducting channel formed by multiple single-crystal nanowire paths -- like a log bridge -- in parallel," said Duan.
The researchers prototype had a carrier mobility of 119 centimeters squared per volt second, which is similar to the highest reported performance for polycrystalline silicon electronics, according to Duan. Amorphous silicon and organic electronics typically have carrier mobilities of less than 1 cm per volt second, he said. Mobility is a measure of the velocity of charge carriers in a device, and determines the size of transistor current and the switching speed of the device.
The researchers also demonstrated that cadmium sulfide nanoribbons can also be used to produce thin film transistors. "Our concept of using nanowires or nanoribbons for macro electronics [is appropriate] for a broad range of materials," said Duan.
The researchers' process "can be implemented in production scale with currently available or foreseeable technologies," said Duan.
Duan's research colleagues were Chunming Niu, Vijendra Sahi, Jian Chen, J. Wallace Parce, Stephen Empedocies and J. L. Goldman from Nanosys. The work appeared in the September 18, 2003 issue of Nature. The research was funded by Nanosys.
Funding: Corporate
TRN Categories: Materials Science and Engineering; Nanotechnology
Related Elements: Technical paper, "High-performance Thin-Film Transistors Using Semiconductor Nanowires and Nanoribbons," Nature, September 18, 2003
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Paul Auster Novel 'In The Country Of Last Things' Gets Movie Adapt With Director Alejandro Chomski, Shoot Underway
Sierra/Affinity Tunes Up Brady Corbet's 'Vox Lux' With Rooney Mara Starring – Berlin
EXCLUSIVE: Nick Meyer's Sierra/Affinity has come aboard Vox Lux, the sophomore feature directing effort from Brady Corbet. The company will introduce the project to international buyers at next week's EFM in Berlin. Rooney Mara heads the cast that also includes Stacy Martin. Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum selling artist Sia will compose a complete soundtrack with original music for the film.
Sierra/Affinity
Bold Films is fully financing. Bold's Michel Litvak and Gary Michael Walters are producing along with Christine Vachon and David Hinojosa of Killer Films, and Brian Young of Three Six Zero Entertainment. WME Global arranged financing for the project and is repping North American rights.
Vox Lux, which Corbet also wrote, centers on Celeste (Mara), who becomes one of the world's pop superstars after surviving a life-changing event. Her 15-year journey of success and travails embodies and reflects upon key contemporary events.
A veteran actor, Corbet made his helming debut with 2015's The Childhood Of A Leader which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and scooped the Best Director prize in the Horizons section as well as the Luigi De Laurentiis Award for best first film.
According to Litvak, "Corbet is an incredibly talented and interesting young director, and Rooney Mara is perfectly suited for this unique and provocative role."
Shooting starts this summer. Bold's Svetlana Metkina, and Sia are exec producers.
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American ingenuity and engineering at its finest is displayed in these arcade style gaming devices using off-the-shelf Tonka Toys as their primary component. The equipment above is comprised of 12 Tonka model #3907 Mighty Bulldozers. The "Tonka" decal helps date the dozer to around 1980. Had this equipment been used in Las Vegas, it may have been used to push quarters. Likely however, the dozers were used to push various toys and trinkets into a tray, for kids of all ages, at county fairs and boardwalks from the east coast to the west.
The dragline, commonly referred to as a "digger", may have been part of a bank of draglines found in arcades across America or as featured center above, in a stand alone cabinet. After a coin was inserted, the dragline operator would utilize a series of controls to pick up and drop a "prize" into a chute the operator could access. No electricity was required to operate the dragline. In today's world, newer technology for similar operating games can be found at pizza establishments popular with kids.


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Портсмут () је град у Уједињеном Краљевству у Енглеској у историјској грофовији Хемпшир. Према процени из 2007. у граду је живело 197.471 становника. Основан је 1180 године, а од 1926 има статус града. Налази се око и на острву Портси. У новије време број становника града прилично осцилирао, тако да је 1951. године било 233.545 особа, а након тога је, све до 1991. године, број опадао.

У граду се налази Универзитет Портсмут. Главне привредне делатности везане су уз луку (бродоградња, транспорт, рибарство), а значајан део становништва ради и у трговини и туризму.

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Fantasy sports, sex offender internet access on state Supreme Court docket
By Rebecca Anzel Capitol News Illinois — September 23, 2019
The Illinois Supreme Court holds a rare hearing outside of Springfield as it traveled Wednesday to the campus of Lewis and Clark Community College, in the Metro East town of Godfrey, where it heard oral arguments in two internet-related cases. (Photo by Peter Hancock/Capitol News Illinois)
GODFREY — Illinois' highest court heard oral arguments Sept. 18 for two cases which delve into the relationship between existing laws and technology's increasing role in society.
One case questions whether a statute dating back to the early 1800s can be applied to daily fantasy sports betting. The other asks whether government can ban someone's access to social media websites, even if that person is on probation.
The oral arguments took place at Lewis & Clark Community College in Godfrey to "raise the profile of the judicial branch," Chief Justice Lloyd Karmeier said before the event. It is the second consecutive year such an event was held in his judicial district.
A $100 bet
Colin Dew-Becker and Andrew Wu competed in a fantasy sports contest in April 2016 through the website FanDuel. They paid $109 each — a $100 wager and $9 fee to the company. Wu's NBA fantasy team scored almost double the points Dew-Becker's team did, making him the winner.
Three days later, Dew-Becker filed a lawsuit to recover his bet. Under a centuries-old Illinois law known as the Loss Recovery Act, those on the losing end of an illegal wager have a legal avenue to get their money back.
The question before the Supreme Court, in this case, is whether that avenue exists when gambling is conducted through a third-party digital fantasy sports website such as FanDuel.
Benton Ring, Dew-Becker's representative before the court, argued the Loss Recovery Act has no exclusions for such websites. Members of the General Assembly would have added them if that was their intent, he said in a court document.
"That the legislature chose not to do so is plain evidence that it intended for sites such as FanDuel to be included, or at least not excluded," he wrote.
Such websites act, in a modern sense, like poker houses, Ring said, converting money into a digital currency Illinoisans can use to place bets on the outcome of their fantasy sports teams.
And when a new law expanding gambling takes effect next year, it does not appear it will prevent residents from recovering lost bets under this act, he added.
But William Gantz, Wu's representative before the court, told the justices that this straight reading of the act — not taking into account its authors could not have imagined the invention of such technology — "could result in millions of cases."
"This test case seeks a green light for a cottage industry in Illinois — lodging hundreds of thousands of claims against unsuspecting citizens who have been engaging in online (daily fantasy sports) contests in Illinois for at least over a decade," he wrote in a court document.
The Loss Recovery Act dates back to 1819, according to court documents, one year after Illinois became a state and 40 years before the Civil War. Gantz added it was meant to apply only to bettors who knew each other directly and who were located physically in Illinois.
Justice Anne Burke asked Ring about that argument.
"If we look to the legislative intent for the Illinois Loss Recovery Act, I mean, that was a pre-Civil War statute. I don't think the parties or the legislature could have happened to have thought about the internet," she said. "They presumed, I'm sure, that the gambling would be between two people who knew each other."
Ring said the law is "fluid" and "should adjust to make those adjustments for how the society is run."
Gantz urged the court not to get distracted by issues such as whether bettors know each other or whether fantasy sports qualify as gambling — he contests it is a matter of skill, as with chess or scrabble.
Ring concluded by pointing out there have not been many lawsuits under this act and he does not anticipate many more being filed if the justices decide in his client's favor.
Barred from social media
The other case the Supreme Court heard Wednesday pertains to a convicted sex offender and his access to the internet.
Conrad Allen Morger was convicted of sexually abusing a minor and sentenced to four years of probation by a court in McLean County. That came with a mandatory condition he not use specific internet sites.
His representative in oral arguments, Zachary Rosen, said that ban on social networks — Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn, for example — is a violation of the U.S. Constitution's First Amendment fundamental right to freedom of speech.
In a court document, Morger's attorneys called barring access to the internet "draconian."
The attorney general's office says those on probation have limited liberties, and those limits last only as long as their sentence.
Joshua Schneider, the state's representative, said legislators added the mandatory probation condition because the state has an interest in protecting the public from sex offenders who are reintegrating into society.
"Certainly the General Assembly need not make probation available as a sentencing option," he said, adding they could alter the law to make jail time the mandatory sentence instead.
Rebecca Glenberg, senior staff attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, submitted a brief to the court in support of Morger's case. In a phone interview earlier this week, she said those on probation cannot reintegrate into society without social media. Such websites serve as a hub for spaces to discuss current events, culture, religion and family, she added.
"Probation is meant to give a person who has been convicted of an offense the opportunity to reintegrate into society and to live a productive and law-abiding life," Glenberg said earlier this week. "It is almost impossible to do that in today's world without access to social media."
Morger did not use the internet to perpetrate his crime. Karmeier asked Schneider why a ban on access to social media was a fitting probation condition in his case and others like it.
Schneider said because the possibility exists for sex offenders to use social networking sites to effectuate in-person crimes, lawmakers had an interest in blocking their access to such tools.
If the court finds the probation condition applied to Morger does not violate the U.S. Constitution, Glenberg said, it can have far-ranging implications.
It would "muddy the waters of Constitutional protection and open the door for lawmakers in this state to test what other classes of individuals may have their rights so restricted," she wrote in the brief. "… Over time, Illinoisans might find that when the line protecting First Amendment rights is deemed negotiable, the rights to speech and the free exchange of ideas become debatable in previously unthinkable ways."
Justice Thomas Kilbride was not present for the arguments — he was attending the funeral of a close family friend. Karmeier said the justice would watch a video of the proceedings so he could issue an opinion with the rest of the court.
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Q: How can i control when somebody press exit button How can i control when somebody press exit button on firefox, chrome, IE, safari or control when the presh the fan close button and then delete them from the database, actually i know that. The only problem i got is how to catch that button press.
I got some code but it doesn't seem to work. the code i got looks like this
on my default.aspx.cs
public partial class _Default : System.Web.UI.Page, System.Web.UI.ICallbackEventHandler

string callBackReference = Page.ClientScript.GetCallbackEventReference(this, "arg", "LogOutUser", "");
        string logOutUserCallBackScript = "function LogOutUserCallBack(arg, context) { " + callBackReference + "; }";
        Page.ClientScript.RegisterClientScriptBlock(this.GetType(), "LogOutUserCallBack", logOutUserCallBackScript, true);

void System.Web.UI.ICallbackEventHandler.RaiseCallbackEvent(string eventArgument)

     _callBackStatus = "failed";

     // log out the user by deleting from the LoggedInUser table
     DataClassesDataContext db = new DataClassesDataContext();

     var loggedInUser = (from l in db.BrugerOnlines
                         where l.BrugerId == Convert.ToInt32(Session["ChatUserID"])
                         && l.RumId == lb
                         select l).SingleOrDefault();

     db.BrugerOnlines.DeleteOnSubmit(loggedInUser);
     db.SubmitChanges();

     var besvarer = (from p in db.Rums where p.FK_Bruger == Session["SupportAdd"].ToString() select p).SingleOrDefault();
     db.Rums.DeleteOnSubmit(besvarer);
     db.SubmitChanges();
     // insert a message that this user has logged out
     this.sendbesked("Bruger har lukket siden " + DateTime.Now.ToString());

     _callBackStatus = "success";
 }
string  System.Web.UI.ICallbackEventHandler.GetCallbackResult()
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     return _callBackStatus;
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and on my default.aspx it looks like this.
in the javascript on the top of the page it looks like this
function LogOutUser(result, context) {
        // don't do anything here
    }

    function LogMeOut() {
        LogOutUserCallBack();
    }

<div onload="SetScrollPosition()" onunload="LogMeOut()">
</div>

and the library i use is http://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jqueryui/1/jquery-ui.js
and i have no idea with this code is a part of it
 $(function () {
    var timeout = 60000;
    $(document).bind("idle.idleTimer", function () {
        // function you want to fire when the user goes idle
        $.timeoutDialog({ timeout: 1, countdown: 60, logout_redirect_url: 'http://www.aspdotnet-suresh.com', restart_on_yes: true });
    });
    $(document).bind("active.idleTimer", function () {
        // function you want to fire when the user becomes active again
    });
    $.idleTimer(timeout);
});

A: Call Your Method on onBeforeUnload of Page's Body

A: If all you want is to do some action when the user closes their browser.
I don't see any reason to catch button event.
pressing the X button will lead to Session_End
just handle global.aspx Session_End
like in this example:
How to handle session end in global.asax?
NOTE: this won't happen the same instant when user quits but when seesion timeouts

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*The jQuery idleTimer plugin that you are using is for detecting idle time for the page & based on timeout you are redirecting user.

*You can use: jQuery unload Event:
The unload event is sent to the window element when the user navigates away from the page. This could mean one of many things. The user could have clicked on a link to leave the page, or typed in a new URL in the address bar. The forward and back buttons will trigger the event. Closing the browser window will cause the event to be triggered. Even a page reload will first create an unload event.

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Q: How do I install Skype or Viber on Ubuntu Touch? How do I install Skype or Viber on Ubuntu Touch?
My platform: Google Nexus 4, Ubuntu Touch stable

A: First, contact the Skype or Viber vendors (Microsoft, in the case of Skype) and ask them if they provide packages for Ubuntu on phones.


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Friday Fantasy Football Foretelling Week 5: Raiders vs. Texans
By Tyler J. Smith@RaiderDamus Oct 6, 2011, 9:29pm PDT
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Ahoy, Raider fans! It is I, RaiderDamus, the count of clairvoyance, the potentate of projection, the foremost amongst foreseers, and the World's Freshest Man. It's time once again for my weekly fantasy football rundown of this week's Raiders vs. Texans game! Check after the jump to see what you should do with the real-life players on your make-believe team.
The big story this week is that Mr. Everything, the World's Greatest Wide Receiver, Andre Johnson will not play. This implies a few things. First, that Matt Schaub is not going to be worth starting. Secondly, that Arian Foster may be tops in RB rankings for the week. The Texans have other receivers, but none of them are very good, so they'll try to play like the Raiders do and grind it out on the ground. Let's go through this player by player.
Matt Schaub- Bench if you have a better option. Schaub was drafted as a QB1 in most leagues and he's earned that, but without Johnson he is a mere mortal. I predict 215 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT.
Arian Foster- Start. Foster is the reigning rushing champion and is finally healthy. He is the best rushing option in all of football this week. 180 yards, 2 TD, 30 rec yds.
Jacoby Jones- Johnson's backup. You don't own him and nobody else does either. 80 rec yds.
Kevin Walter- If you have him, you have made a grave error. He's a good player but Johnson hogs all the passes. 70 rec yds.
Owen Daniels- Start him. He's a good play this week. 60 rec yds, 1 TD.
Texans defense- You can probably start them. They have given up VERY few points in the first half this season. Mario Williams is a beast and their linebackers are really good.
On to the Raiders!
Jason Campbell- A good play this week. Last week showed that if Jason has to air it out, he can be successful shredding a defense with his mobility and accuracy. He may take a couple sacks this week because Mario Williams and J.J. Watt are very good, but all in all he and the line have done a masterful job keeping his jersey clean this year. The Texans are 10th in the NFL against the pass, giving up over 214 yards per game through the air. Campbell will do better than that. I predict 270 yards, two TDs, one pick.
Darren McFadden- A good play every week, but let's go back to the Saints game for a minute. The Saints only rushed the ball 22 times and gained exactly 100 yards, some of that a 17-yard TD scamper by Mark Ingram. Darren McFadden is the best runningback they have faced or will face this year. The Texans have played NOBODY who can run this year- Jacksonville is awful, the Colts are awful, the Saints never run because they don't have to, and the Steelers run game is trending downward. The Texans are eighteenth against the run at just over 100 yards given up per game on the ground and I GUARANTEE you this team can be run against and they will be run against with success on Sunday. McFadden gets 210 yards, 2 TDs, 1 rec TD. McFadden will prove that he should have been selected higher than Foster in your draft.
Michael Bush- You know the drill. 40 yards and a cloud of dust, maybe one short-yardage TD. It's hard to predict those.
Darrius Heyward-Bey- This game will be a good one for DHB, even though he isn't and shouldn't be owned in virtually any leagues at all. 120 rec yds, 1 TD.
Jacoby Ford- Will have a quiet game, trying to get worked back into the offensive scheme. 60 rec yds.
Kevin Boss- You probably have someone better than him, but if not, you could do worse. He and Campbell are developing a good chemistry and the more time that passes, the better a play Boss will be. 50 rec yds.
Raiders defense- Don't start them. Foster is an animal and we are not great against the run. This game may be another shootout. The only way this squad gets points is if we score a TD on a kickoff or punt return.
So, Raider Nation- how is your fantasy team doing? Who have been your best picks and who have been your worst duds? Share your fantasy war stories here!


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Home Sports High School Football Cedar Hill Kicker, Jadon Cardell, Is Prepared For Championship Moment
Cedar Hill Kicker, Jadon Cardell, Is Prepared For Championship Moment
Michael Sudhalter
Will The Game Be On The Line, Waiting For The Kicker To Win It?
(CEDAR HILL, TEXAS) Jadon Cardell runs the scenario through his mind on a regular basis.
The Longhorns are tied, or trailing by a point or two, and it's fourth down at the homefield of the Dallas Cowboys.
There are five seconds or less in the game, and the only thing standing between the Cedar Hill High School Football Team's fourth state championship is a field goal sailing through the uprights.
"I embrace it," said Cardell, a senior kicker/punter. "I definitely think about it every game, how this may be the game where I'm put in the situation to win it. The pressure is there, but I try to block out the pressure and focus on making the field goal."
Cedar Hill (12-1) will face Katy (13-1) in the UIL Class 6A Division II State Championship Game at 1 p.m. Saturday at AT&T Stadium in Arlington.
The last time the Longhorns and Tigers met in the State Championship Game (2014), it was Brooks Ralph's field goal that lifted Cedar Hill to a 23-20 victory and the program's third State Championship.
With an All-American quarterback Kaidon Salter, a University of Tennessee signee, leading a dynamic offense this season, there hasn't been much of a need for field goals, or even punts.
But as the playoffs progress, the competition becomes more challenging and the games are closer. The frequency of field goal attempts and punts both increase.
"Jadon is a guy who does his job," Cedar Hill head football coach Carlo Lynn said. "People doing their job makes life easier for everybody."
Cardell has made five of seven field goal attempts this season, including four of five in the postseason.
His Teammates Believe In Him
His 36-yard field goal in a 45-0 second round playoff victory over Tyler Legacy tied his career-long, which he kicked as a freshman in a 2017 win over South Grand Prairie.
He's never found himself in that "dream" situation where the game was on the line, but his teammates would beg to differ with regards to last Saturday's 27-17 State Semifinal victory over Denton Guyer.
In that game, the 5-foot-11, 180-pound senior supplied the Longhorns' only points of the second half on field goals of 33 and 23 yards, respectively. It was the first time in his career that he made multiple field goals in a game.
"My teammates were really excited, and they were cheering me on," Cardell said. "I didn't call it a game winner, but they did."
Cedar Hill led Guyer 27-17 as the Wildcats set out on their final scoring drive. Cardell's two successful field goals changed the calculus of that Guyer drive.
Without those points, the Longhorns would have held a 21-17 advantage, and Guyer would have needed just one touchdown, rather than 10 points.
LONGHORN BEGINNINGS
Cardell is a lifelong Longhorn who started Kindergarten at High Pointe Elementary in August 2008. He was a scholar at High Pointe and West Intermediate scholar when Cedar Hill made three consecutive trips to the State Championship Game, between 2012-2014.
"I followed the team and was a huge Longhorn fan," Cardell said. "I looked up to those guys like they were in the NFL to me. I would go to the games every weekend."
Having the opportunity to play on the same field (AT&T Stadium) against the same opponent (Katy) as those Longhorn Legends is "surreal", said Cardell.
"It's a true once in a lifetime experience knowing I would watch them every Friday night and now that I get to be part of that is just an amazing feeling," Cardell said.
Cardell played football (he was a defensive back) as an eighth grader at Bessie Coleman, when the coach asked if anyone could be a kicker.
Cardell, having grown up playing soccer, raised his hand and became the kicker for Bessie Coleman.
Playing high school football, however, was still a question mark.
Cardell enrolled at Collegiate High School and wasn't sure if he wanted to balance college-level classwork with a varsity sport.
"At first, it presented a challenge, but then I got used to it and had to remember to put a lot of effort into both school and football," Cardell said.
Cardell started the season as the kicker for the Longhorns freshman team in 2017. A handful of games into Lynn's first season as head coach, he called upon Cardell to become the varsity kicker.
"It was a surprise," Cardell said. "I wasn't expecting it. There were a lot of emotions at once. I Didn't know if I should be nervous, excited or ready to go, but I had to be ready. I stepped up to the plate and did what I had to do."
Cardell is the only current Longhorn to have been a member of that 2017 varsity team. That squad missed the playoffs, but the foundation was set for a bright future.
While many players have the experience to hone their skills at the freshman or junior varsity levels, or play as a backup (and learn from a starter whose ahead of them on the depth chart), Cardell never had that luxury. His learning curve was much steeper.
"Being a kicker is more of a 1-on-1 thing," Cardell said. "There's a lot of self-motivation and emphasis on making sure you're hitting on every aspect. Coach Lynn is a special coach. He does more than coach, and he builds us up as a team. He prepares us for life and for the future."
At Cedar Hill football practices, Cardell practices on his own because the Longhorns don't have a kicking coach. Instead, he works with two private kicking/punting coaches outside of school.
"Those coaches put me through game-winning situations," Cardell said. "I have to make sure I remain calm, go out there and do my job. Kickers have a lot of extra pressure. It's a part of the job."
When it comes to punting, Cardell is averaging approximately 40 yards per punt. While punting may not have the theatrics of a game-winning field goal attempt, it is still every bit as important.
"I'm always focusing on doing my job to put our team in the place to win," Cardell said.
"I want to provide great starting field position for the defense."
Cardell, who turns 18 next month, is considering playing college football as a punter. Baylor and Southern Methodist, among other colleges, have expressed interest in Cardell as a punter.
It's possible that the day when Cardell raised his hand at Bessie Coleman Middle School four years ago could eventually lead to a spot on an NFL roster one day.
But regardless of whether Cardell's last football game is this Saturday or two decades from now, he has big plans for the future.
This spring, he will earn an Associates of Science from Dallas College Cedar Valley Campus and have enough college credits to enroll in a four-year university as a second semester sophomore.
"Jadon is a proud product of Collegiate High School," Collegiate Dean Benjamin Hairgrove said. "He is always up for a philosophical debate with his peers and professors. He's great at thinking outside the box while also being successful at his studies. He is also the brother to one of our alumni, so he has been part of the College family since before becoming a Collegiate scholar."
Cardell plans to study Computer Engineering in college.
"I'm very into technology, computers and all of the technology," Cardell said. "I'm thinking about working in programming and developing for the aerospace industry."'
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Rafflesia is a rare flower that is endemic to the country, with a number of species found all over the archipelago.
A Makiling encounter with the elusive rafflesia made this mountaineer see beyond scenic views
When most nature trippers look for scenic views and most hikers seek the summit, how much of our forests do they really see? A chance encounter with one of the world's biggest flowers opens a mountaineer's eyes
Gideon Lasco | Apr 07 2019
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Rafflesia are fascinating, not just because they're some of the world's largest flowers but because of their botanical properties: they have no stems, leaves or roots. Instead, they act as parasites, latching on vines and insinuating a structure called haustorium to absorb water and nutrients. Only the flower is visible — and what a flower! The red, saucer-like blooms have captured the popular imagination, finding their way in anime as Pokemon incarnations (Vileplume! Venosaur!) and in science textbooks as exemplars of the world's biodiversity.
Despite the widespread awareness of the rafflesia, however, many Filipinos do not know that this rare flower can be found in the Philippines — and they're actually endemic to the country, with a number of species found all over the archipelago — from the gigantic Rafflesia schadenbergianain Mindanao that reaches close to a meter to the various species found in Sierra Madre.
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Why is it this case? Perhaps because, despite the growing popularity of outdoor recreation over the past decade, and despite the efforts of our conservationists, most Filipinos don't really have a personal relationship with the environment, and natural beauty is not something we value in its detail - i.e. the flora and fauna, not just the overall view. Even hikers mostly seek the summit, losing sight of the wonders on the trail. The fact that the rafflesia is extremely rare and its blooms last for only a few days add to its elusive nature.
Rafflesia flowers act as parasites, latching on vines and insinuating a structure called haustorium to absorb water and nutrients.
In Malaysia, Indonesia, and Thailand — the three other countries where rafflesia are found — the flowers are just as rare, but what has made a difference are the ways in which their government officials have elevated it as a national or local symbol, contributing to its prominence, rendering it visible in their public consciousness. People's familiarity with the flower has been boosted by parks that showcase the flower while allowing scientists to do research on its biology.
After missing it in Mt. Labo in Camarines Norte, I was very fortunate to see a rafflesia in Mt. Napulak, Igbaras, Iloilo a few years ago, one the size of a large plate. After that sighting, my next hope was to see one in Mt. Makiling, because, despite having climbed It countless times since I was a kid, I've actually never spotted the local rafflesia (Rafflesia panchoana), relatively small but no less fascinating species, in Makiling.
Thus I consider myself really lucky to spot not just one or two, but several, of the elusive flower when I climbed Mt. Makiling in March 31 this year. I was doing a traverse from Sto. Tomas to Los Baños —my favored route as it passes through rock formations on the Sto. Tomas side before reaching the two highest peaks in the mountain. Normally, on the descent to Los Baños my thoughts would dwell on where to have lunch among LB's restaurants, but this time the rafflesia would captivate our minds.
Some of them were right along the trail, others were just a few meters away. Despite their salad bowl size and supposedly strong odor (hence the local name, malaboo, which literally means 'like the smell of rotten flesh'), rafflesia are not easy to detect if you're not looking for it, which makes me wonder: What else am I not seeing, orsensing, when I am climbing the mountain? Birds, insects, rare plants, mushrooms — all of them can be seen, heard, or even smelled on the trail, and once we pay attention to them, the mountains become even more alive.
I hope many people come to recognize the beauty that lies within our mountains beyond the scenic views, and that it leads to appreciation, which in turn leads to awareness and advocacy. I also hope that the government will invest more effort in rendering our native flora visible —not just the rafflesia but the pitcher plants, and even the more common but no less taken-for-granted blossoms of the narra and the molave — to say nothing of our endangered, equally fascinating fauna. They add another layer to the beauty of our forests, hopefully making (more) people realise what's at stake in environmental protection.
Of course, beyond its implications to conservation, it's also fascinating — at a personal level — to see rare flowers (Just don't touch, let alone take them, in keeping with the Leave No Trace principles). Not all of us can be botanists or forest scientists but in the mountains we can still live out our exploratory fantasies and our animé dreams. I do not know when I'll see the rafflesia again —but I will keep climbing mountains with my eyes wide open — and my senses fully engaged to whatever lies ahead of me on our country's beautiful trails.
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The role of education in the Entrepreneurial Journey | By Teri Richter
Education and the pursuit of academic excellence are at the core of the Foundations entrepreneurial journey. The Foundation believes that a strong founding and exemplary performance in academics and secondary and tertiary education form the building blocks of the journey for the high impact entrepreneur. The current write up aims to contextualise the empirical argument for this relationship and then define academic excellence in the words of the Allan Gray Beneficiaries.
In the words of academics:
The proposition of formal education contributing positively towards entrepreneurship is well supported by the academic literature. As suggested by the 5 key findings of the 2008 meta-analysis by Van der Sluis, Van Praag and Vijverberg (p795):
Education does not influence the likelihood of an individual self-selecting entrepreneurship as a career,
The effect of education on entrepreneurship performance is positive and significant
The return to a marginal year of schooling is 6.1% for an entrepreneur
The effect of education on earnings is smaller for entrepreneurs than for employees in Europe, but larger in the USA
The returns to schooling in entrepreneurship are higher in the USA than in Europe, higher for females than for males, and lower for non-whites or immigrants
Further studies in a developing country context support the notion that an added year of education can raise entrepreneurial profits by on average 5.5% (Kolstad and Wiig, 2015). The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) study conducted by Herrington and Kew in 2010 suggests that specifically in the South African context there is a positive correlation between opportunity-driven entrepreneurship and levels of education. Lastly, the link between secondary and tertiary education and formal entrepreneurship is suggested by Jiminez et al (2015), as being an enabler for entrepreneurship through increasing self-confidence, lowering the perceived risk of starting a business and developing human capital.
In this regard, the Foundation has been collecting outcome level data from our beneficiaries over the past three years to build a comprehensive definition of academic excellence according to our own beneficiaries.
In the words of Allan Gray Scholars and Candidate Fellows:
Defining academic excellence:
This work has resulted in the following definition developed through Scholar and Candidate Fellow feedback. The Allan Gray Scholars and Candidate Fellows describe academic excellence as
Doing your best,
Understanding your work and applying your knowledge
Continually improving
Setting targets and achieving them for themselves.
"Doing well is performing to the best of your ability and not comparing yourself." Grade 8 Scholar, Gauteng
"I just think that doing well means that you're improving in what you did last time, even if it's by 1%, 2% you're still like … you're nearly there and you're nearly reaching your goals, so it's one step closer." Grade 10 Scholar, Western Cape
"I would really say it's making knowledge your own and understanding things. Einstein said that if you can explain something to a child then you truly understand it. So I try that – can I really explain this to someone in a way that they can understand. So I thinking of learning as you should really understand it, it's not just about cramming." Year Engage, Gauteng, University of Pretoria
Most of the responses highlighted that academic excellence and achievement is about performing to the best of your ability continuously. Beneficiaries noted it is important not to compare yourself to others.
Barriers and enablers
During the pursuit of academic excellence, there are many barriers that beneficiaries must conquer, the most important barriers noted by Allan Gray beneficiaries in the pursuit of academic excellence include:
Prioritisation of tasks, activities and deliverables
Dealing with pressure to perform
Learning to overcome a fear of failure
Optimal access to resources
Identifying these barriers is essential for programme development and ensuring beneficiaries receive the optimal support to learn appropriate coping mechanisms and tools to address these barriers. In addition to barriers, beneficiaries also noted the key enablers to their academic performance and mentioned the following:
Receiving support from parents, teachers and the funding partner – the Foundation
Approaching each task with a positive attitude
Being motivated to succeed
An optimal amount of competition between peers – but mostly themselves.
Being passionate about what you are doing
"Love what you do. You cannot possibly try to be amazing at something that you hate. It's going to be an upward battle and you're not enjoying any of it" . Year Explore, Western Cape, University of Western Cape
Academics and entrepreneurship
From the definitions of our own beneficiaries, it suggests that through the outcome of pursuing and achieving academic excellence, individuals learn how to overcome failure, deal with pressure, set goals and meet them, continually improve and do their best. The literature further suggests that secondary and tertiary education further develop an individual's self-confidence, lower their perception of the risk of entrepreneurship and enhance their ability to develop human capital. These abilities and traits link to those we see in successful entrepreneurs and support the notion that the academic journey can positively contribute to the preparation and equipping of individuals in their entrepreneurial process.
Jiménez, A., Palmero-Cámara, C., González-Santos, M.J., González-Bernal, J., Jiménez-Eguizábal, J.A., 2015. The impact of educational levels on formal and informal entrepreneurship. Business Research Quarterly Vol 18:3, pg 204-2012.
Kolstad, I., and Wiig, A., 2015. Education and entrepreneurial success. Small Business Economics, Vol 44:4, pg 783-796.
Van der Sluis, J., Van Praag, M., and Vijverberg, W., 2008. Education and entrepreneurship selection and performance: A review of the empirical literature. Journal of Economic Surveys, Vol 22:5, pg 795 – 841.
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Staten Island, NY (December 31, 2018) – Five people were reported to have suffered injuries following a motor vehicle accident on Monday afternoon, December 31. The crash involving two vehicles took place at around 1:20 p.m. at the intersection of Hatfield Place and Heberton Avenue.
Police stated that the crash occurred between a Chevrolet Malibu and a Mercedes SUV when the driver of the SUV failed to stop at a stop sign. A surveillance video shows the SUV run through the stop sign and crash into the passenger side door of the Malibu. Several nearby pedestrians are seen fleeing from the crash to avoid injury.
Emergency medical responders arrived along with police at the scene where the door of the Malibu had to be removed. Five individuals were quickly transported to Richmond University Medical Center in West Brighton. Their exact conditions have not been stated at this time.
The driver of the SUV said that his brakes failed to function properly at the intersection. The passenger side of the Malibu and the front-end of the SUV suffered serious damage in the collision. Police are investigating the incident.
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Maria Teresa Cruz
Maria Teresa Cruz teaches at the Communication Sciences Department of NOVA University of Lisbon (UNL), Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, in the fields Media Aesthetics, Contemporary Art and Image Theory. She is affiliated to the Research Center of Communication and Language that she directed between 2012 and 2015 and where she also coordinated the research line on «Art and Communication» between 2007-2012. She created and directed the Journal Interact – Art, Culture and Technology (2000-2006) and was also the director of the academic journal Revista de Comunicação e Linguagens (2010-2013) . Her present research interests focus upon cultural techniques, contemporary art and post-media aesthetics, in particular the expanded forms of the moving image.
Her most recent research projects focus on media arts and cultural heritage: she coordinated the Communication design of the Interpretative Center Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles, Sir Geoffrey Jellicoe award winner 2013 (Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon, 2013); the Museological Communication Design of the Côa Museum of Palelolithic Art – World Heritage, Portugal (2008-2010) ; the Section «Technological Arts in Portugal» of the project «Trends of Portuguese Netculture», together with José Gomes Pinto (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, 2006); and the Media Arts Festival «Lisbon Interactivities», organized with the Lisbon township, where she also curated, with Isabel Carlos, the media arts exhibition «Mediations» (Palácio Galveias, Lisbon, 1997).
She has organised several seminars and conferences in the field of new media : «Cultural Technologies and Media Arts», together with José Gomes Pinto (speakers: Bernahard Siegert, Sybille Krämer, Peter Weibel, Goethe-Institute in Portugal, November 2013-January 2014); «New Media_New Practices» (speakers: Peter Weibel, Friedrich Kittler and Eric Alliez, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, 2005); «Representation in the XXIst Century» (speaker: Lev Manovich , Centro Cultural de Belém, 2006).
Oliver Grau
Oliver Grau was appointed first Chair Professor for Image Science in the German speaking countries at the Center of Image Science at Danube University in 2005. More than 280 lectures and keynotes at conferences worldwide, including the Olympic Games culture program and the G-20 Summit. Grau's book Virtual Art. From Illusion to Immersion, MIT Press 2003 (Book of the Month Scientific American) is with approx. 850 citations internationally among the most quoted art history monography of the last decade (H-Index) and received more than 90 reviews. It offered for the first time a historic comparison and evolution in image-viewer theory of immersion and a systematic analysis of the triad of artist, artwork and beholder under the conditions of digital art.
Grau has received several awards and his publications are translated in 14 languages. His main research is in the history of media art, immersive images, emotion and immersion, the history of telepresence and artificial life and digital humanities. Grau was founding director of the MediaArtHistories Conference Series, (Banff 2005, Berlin07, Melbourne09, Liverpool11, Riga13, Montreal15). The volume MediaArtHistories, MIT Press 2007, received more than 50 international reviews. His volume "Imagery in the 21st Century", MIT-Press 2011 expanded the context of Image Science. He conceived new scientific tools for image science and directed the project "Immersive Art" of the German Research Foundation (DFG) developing the first international archive for digital art (ADA, since 1999). Since 2005 Grau is also head of the database of Goettweig's Graphic Print Collection, Austria's largest private collection with 30.000 works, from Duerer to Klimt.
Grau is reviewer for international foundations (DFG, NSF, ARC, SNF, MPI, DAAD) and editorial board member of international journals. Grau was among the first elected members of the Young Academy of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Science & Leopoldina, 2014 he received a doctor h.c.
Denis Pellerin
Denis Pellerin is a self-taught photo-historian with a passion for stereo photography. He was bitten by the 3-D bug while visiting a relative and chancing upon a stack of what seemed like two identical images stuck on a piece of cardboard. When he put one of these photos into a crossbow-like instrument he literally stepped into one of the rooms of the Tuileries Palace in Paris, over a century after it was burnt to the ground. For a few intense seconds Denis Pellerin felt actually transported into space and time, in a three-dimensional world. He borrowed the photos and the instrument, a stereoscope and, the next day, bought his first stereoscopic cards. He soon realised that there was next to no literature on the subject and decided to make it his specialty.
Denis Pellerin has been researching and learning about the history of stereo photography for over 25 years and has written several articles and books on the subject, both in French and in English. During his thirtieth year as a teacher, Denis Pellerin had the good fortune to meet and work with Dr. Brian May before being hired by the latter as the curator of his extensive photographic collection. Brian May and Denis Pellerin have now co-authored three books (including La Photographie Stéréoscopique sous le Seconde Empire and Diableries. Stereoscopic Adventures in Hell) and are currently working on a couple more publications while being also deeply involved in the various activities of the London Stereoscopic Society, re-created by Brian May in 2008.
Emília Tavares
Emilia Tavares was born in Lisbon (1964), where she lives and works. She is a senior curator (photography and new media) at the National Museum of Contemporary Art- Museu do Chiado, Lisbon, as well as a researcher and art critic. MA in Art History (Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities at the University Nova of Lisbon). She was published several studies about Portuguese photography and visual culture, and as curator have presented several exhibitions, including the Portuguese representation at Photo España Festival (2009 and 2010). She publishes regularly in specialized newspapers, magazines and catalogues, and frequently gives lectures in cultural and educational institutions.
Thomas Weynants cancelled
Specialist in Early & Popular Visual Media. Author of the website 'Early Visual Media Archaeology.'
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The bored look will get you nowhere - or will it?
At Thursday night's Tango Encanto milonga I was intrigued to watch a tall, good-looking girl with great legs, move around the floor with her head awkwardly on one side, her eyes wandering all over the room and one of the most bored expressions I have seen in a long time.She didn't just do this with one partner - with whom she could quite possibly have been bored - she danced most of the night and she did it with every man she danced with - many of whom were experienced dancers.. She was clearly a beginner, but this is no excuse to look as if she would rather be anywhere but on the dance floor. She was moving in time to the music, so maybe she was concentrating on following. However I think one needs to be aware that the look on your face can be a real turnoff.


A Mothers Ramblings: Just a few Random things!
We went to London Zoo with Vosene and they gave us a great time as a family doing lots of Family type things in order to launch their Vosene Families website with a cool competition to find the Vosene Family of the year. It's fantastically cool and they took a great family photo of us and so I am now all very pleased and proud of my lovely family unit.
Sainsbury's and British Gas have teamed up to make Sainsbury's Energy and after they had treated BB and I to lunch at a restaurant in London they offered me a Home Energy Report. I thought it would be interesting to find out what more we could be doing, but I think I sort of stole the chaps thunder who did our review as we have almost everything you can think of to reduce the amount of energy that we use... from turning off plug sockets, not using the kettle, not putting the heating on, having individual radiator valves having both the walls and loft insulated and everything else you can think of.
In the end he made two suggestions and that was to turn the TV off instead of leaving it in Standby and to buy a monitor thingy that he could sell me right there and then. Was a bit disappointed in the review especially when thinking that if I had paid £50 for the energy review it was just a big selling exercise and also that he didn't know that because my TV is a special clever modern one when it is on standby it doesn't have a light on and so actually only costs something like 87p a year if it isn't on.
So there you go, a few little things caught up on and now I am off to clean my bathroom.... it's looking a little green!
Okay so in full disclosure mode, I got free tissues, free chocolate, a free day at London Zoo (with some really lovely Gluten free food) a free energy report and love from my sister for the chocolate I gave her!


Abigails Hotel is a hotel located in Victoria. Historic charm that defines romance elegance and comfort.
Located in romantic downtown Victoria British Columbia Abigails is a boutique bed-and-breakfast hotel that offers a distinctive and charming experience.
It is an adult-oriented intimate 23 room property that is housed in a 1930s heritage Tudor mansion. Its special atmosphere blends the romance and charm of the past with the comfort and convenience of modern accommodation. Known internationally for its cozy ambiance-dynamic three-course breakfasts and personalized- professional and courteous service interwoven with elegantly appointed guest rooms.
Ideally situated for couples getaways-uninterrupted business travel or an exciting Victoria outdoor weekend Abigails is in close proximity to all the best that Victoria has to offer-located just three blocks from the downtown inner harbour.
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Positives: Room was quiet. bed was comfortable.
Negatives: Unfriendly, indifferent, unhelpful hotel staff.
Comments: Abigail's did not live up to our expectations in most ways. The location was not close to downtown inner harbor. The room was smaller than the photo on their website would you believe. The love seat was just a few inches from the fireplace, not much use if the fireplace was actually lit. We had a nice view of someone being arrested on the street beneath our balcony early one morning, otherwise their was no view from our room The hotel staff could not have been more cold, indifferent and unhelpful. They actually gave us misinformation regarding transport to Buchard's Gardens, and were sarcastic as well. The breakfast, while well served, stressed presentation over the food itself. Overall, not a good value for the money spent. We would not wish to return.
Positives: Jacuzzi tubs, nice bedding, very accommodating staff.
Comments: Very wonderful hotel. A bit pricey, but the rates may be the same for other hotels in the area.
Positives: Very serene and comfortable. The staff were most helpful in making reservations and suggestions.
Each room at Abigail's Hotel has its own special atmosphere... quiet, romantic and very comfortable. All rooms have private ensuite bathrooms. From the bouquets of fresh flowers to the incredible gourmet breakfast, every effort is made to ensure that you have an unforgettable experience.
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24-hour front desk. 24-hour security. Accessible facilities. Air conditioning. Children not allowed. Children's play area. Complimentary coffee in lobby. Complimentary full american breakfast. Free parking. Full service housekeeping. Gift/News stand. Golf. Hotel does not provide pornographic films/TV. Housekeeping - daily. Interior corridors. Jogging track. Massage services. Non-smoking rooms (generic). Playground. Safe deposit box. Security. Spa. Wireless internet connection in public areas.
Yyj- Victoria International Airport (YYJ) 15.00 Mile S. Yvr- Vancouver International Airport (YVR) 30.00 Mile SW.
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