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Openreach builds back better and greener with more than 5,000 new jobs and an all-Electric Vehicle fleet to upgrade the nation's broadband
2,500 new roles at Openreach and an estimated 2,800 with partners, supporting £12bn broadband project.
Commitment to upgrade the UK's second largest commercial fleet to electric vehicles by 2030.
Record Full Fibre network build rate - reaching 40,000 homes per week.
Openreach today bucked the prevailing economic trend by creating 5,300[1] new UK-based engineering jobs, to be filled during 2021.
The new roles, located in communities throughout the country, will enable the company to continue improving service levels across its existing networks, whilst building and connecting customers to its new, ultrafast, ultra-reliable 'Full Fibre' broadband network at a record pace.
The expansion includes more than 2,500 full-time jobs in its service and network build divisions, as well as an estimated 2,800 positions in its UK supply chain, through partners such as Instalcom, John Henry Group, Kelly Group, Kier, KN, MJ Quinn, Morrison Telecom Services, NMCN and Telent.
The UK's largest digital infrastructure firm has separately made a commitment to upgrade all 27,000 Openreach vehicles[2] - the second largest commercial fleet in the UK - to electric by 2030.
The announcement comes as the firm hit a record build rate for its Full Fibre broadband programme – which aims to reach 20 million homes and businesses by the mid-to-late 2020s - on the assumption we obtain the required critical enablers. Openreach engineers are now delivering faster, more reliable connectivity to another 40,000 homes and businesses every week, or the equivalent of a home every 15 seconds.
The Centre for Economics and Business Research (Cebr) have found that a nationwide Full Fibre broadband network would boost UK productivity by £59 billion by 2025 – and updated modelling suggests it could enable nearly one million more people to access employment including more than 300,000 carers, nearly 250,000 older workers and 400,000 parents.
The pandemic has accelerated changes in working patterns and, with Full Fibre, nearly two million more people than previously estimated could also choose to work from home in the long term, reducing transport and housing pressures in big cities and boosting local and rural economies across the country.
Chancellor Rishi Sunak said: "Throughout this crisis I've been clear that our number one economic priority is to protect jobs so I'm delighted to welcome this announcement of 5,000 new skilled roles.
"We're investing billions of pounds across the UK as part of our Plan for Jobs to ensure nobody is left without hope or opportunity."
Digital Secretary Oliver Dowden said: "I welcome this tremendous investment by Openreach. It will help us build back better from the pandemic and create thousands of new, high skilled jobs delivering faster broadband to people across the UK."The plans are a huge step forward in our national mission to level up Britain's digital infrastructure and, alongside the government's £5 billion investment, will make sure even the hardest-to-reach areas get a lightning fast gigabit broadband connection."
Openreach CEO, Clive Selley, said: "As a major employer and infrastructure builder, we believe Openreach can play a leading role in helping the UK to build back better and greener. Our Full Fibre network build is going faster than ever and we're now looking for thousands more people to build a career with Openreach and help us upgrade broadband connections and continue improving service levels. We're also investing in our supply chain, which will support the creation of thousands of jobs based all over the UK.
"We know the network we're building can deliver a host of green benefits – from consuming less power to enabling more home working and fewer commuting trips - and we're going to take that a step further, by committing to build and maintain that network using state of the art electric vehicles across our 27,000-strong fleet. We'll have completely transitioned to EVs by 2030."
Vince Bowler, Managing Director at Instalcom Ltd said: "Instalcom are thrilled to be supporting Openreach in the continued and future development of the UK Full Fibre Network Build. As a strategic supply chain partner this level of planned investment affords our business the optimum platform to develop our people and actively support the creation of the UK's next generation of engineers aligning with Openreach in challenging the current status of gender disparity."
Jonny Wilson, Programme Director at John Henry Group said: "Here at John Henry Group, we are extremely excited about partnering with Openreach through this eagerly anticipated network expansion. This will not only provide stability for the current JHG employees and contractors, but will allow us to invest and develop the next generation of operatives, supervision and project management teams"
Simon Burckhardt, Chief Operating Officer at Kelly Group said: "Kelly Group is delighted to be an Openreach partner and warmly welcomes this initiative. As we take up the challenge of providing Full Fibre to UK homes in order to deliver the vision of a Gigabit Britain, we recognise the challenge of recruiting and training the skilled workforce for that build. Kelly Group is delighted to announce significant additional investment in training new engineers in 2021, launching a comprehensive recruitment campaign supporting local communities to build back better. These new skilled jobs will provide long term career opportunities for those who have been affected by the economic consequences of the pandemic, whilst also securing a more productive and competitive future for the UK"
Barry McNicholas, group managing director of Kier Utilities, states: "The telecoms sector has an important role to play in levelling up the connectivity of communities across the UK. Through our partnership with Openreach, we are actively recruiting new talent to join us and help to deliver vital new infrastructure in the south of England. We are proud to be creating a diverse and resilient workforce that is equipped with the skills and expertise to transform the broadband network."
Conor Foley, MD for KN Circet UK, said; "We are delighted to have been chosen by Openreach to assist with the Full Fibre Project in the UK. Our footprint across the UK has given us an ideal platform to deliver a quality product in a timely and safe manner.
"As we support Openreach with one of the largest infrastructure projects in the UK presently, we have invested in our training facilities and are committed to expanding our highly-skilled telecoms workforce. We will to continue to engage with local talent to support our delivery profile."
Alan O'Prey, Managing Director at MJ Quinn said: "It is a fantastic accolade for MJ Quinn to be playing such a vital part in building fibre networks for the future. Most recently we have witnessed the vital importance of having access to reliable and robust networks. MJ Quinn are passionate advocates of local jobs for local people and our in-house Recruitment Team will be working tirelessly over the next few months to recruit, train and deploy the next generation of engineers. We are committed to working with our local communities to plug skills gaps and provide work experience to those who need it most. Through our partnership with Openreach, our team will support generations of people in gaining access to technologies, enhancing their professional and personal lives, leaving a legacy for many, many years to come."
Pat Carolan, Managing Director of Morrison Telecom Services commented: "We are now mobilising to commence works on the delivery of full-fibre broadband to homes and businesses in Scotland, Lancashire, Yorkshire, Essex, West Sussex and Kent over the coming months. Our investment has included the recruitment of 70 trainees to support our survey and design activities, as well as the establishment of training facilities in Risby, Leyland and Blantyre for the onboarding of further recruits for our new civils, cabling and fibre splicing teams. Our short-term objective is to work with local communities on the recruitment of up to 500 people to support our delivery of this critical infrastructure build programme and we will be looking to expand our involvement across the UK as the programme evolves."
John Maloney, Managing Director of Telecoms at NMCN, said: "We're delighted to be supporting Openreach's ambition in helping the UK to build back better, enabling the company to continue improving service levels whilst building and connecting customers to its new, Ultrafast Full Fibre broadband network.
"The need for reliable and fast broadband speeds has never been greater, this year more than ever, we have seen how important it is to have online connectivity, whether it's to support home working, access digital services such as health and education or to simply to keep in touch with family and friends.
"To support this prestigious contract, we'll be providing a wealth of career opportunities across all levels in the midlands, as well as rolling out bespoke training to support the programme of works, including upskilling our current teams in order to deliver this vital digital infrastructure and address the future skills challenge.
"We look forward to working on behalf of Openreach to deliver significant economic, social and environmental benefits."
Ric Welsby, Managing Director of Telent's Infrastructure Services division, said: "Telent are very proud of the role we are playing in building a more effective and efficient telecoms infrastructure in partnership with Openreach, bringing ultrafast broadband to millions of homes. We are expanding our workforce across the country and helping to train new entrants to our fast growing industry."
More than 3.5 million premises can now order a gigabit capable Full Fibre broadband service from a range of competing service providers using Openreach's new network, and the company is on track to reach its target of upgrading 20 million homes and businesses by the mid-to-late 2020s – assuming the right investment conditions exist.
Openreach already employs more than 34,500 people, including more than 25,000 engineers who build, maintain and connect customers to its nationwide broadband network.
Over the last two years, Openreach has created more than 6,500 trainee engineering roles to support its build programme and to deliver improved customers service.
The new trainee apprenticeship roles will be filled during 2021 and come with a starting salary of £21,845 and recruits can be earning up to £28,353 following 12 months of specialist training to achieve an NVQ level 2, in one of Openreach's world class training centres.
This year, Openreach placed 15th in The Sunday Times '25 Best Big Companies To Work For'.
To find out more about becoming an Openreach engineer please visit our website at www.openreach.co.uk/te
[1] 5,300 jobs: Direct Labour; 2,552 plus 2,800 subcontractor roles - of which 1600 are in Service Delivery, 700 Chief Engineering, and 500 in Fibre Network & Delivery
[2] Not including specialist vehicles and equipment (e.g. hoists/cherry-pickers, ditch witches etc)
Openreach Limited is the UK's digital network business.
We're 35,000 people, working in every community to connect homes, schools, shops, banks, hospitals, libraries, mobile phone masts, broadcasters, governments and businesses – large and small – to the world.
Our mission is to build the best possible network, with the highest quality service, making sure that everyone in the UK can be connected.
We work on behalf of more than 660 communications providers like SKY, TalkTalk, Vodafone, BT and Zen, and our broadband network is the biggest in the UK, passing more than 31.8m UK premises.
Over the last decade we've invested more than £14 billion into our network and, at more than 185 million kilometres, it's now long enough to wrap around the world 4,617 times.
Today we're building an even faster, more reliable and future-proof broadband network which will be the UK's digital platform for decades to come.
We're making progress towards our FTTP target to reach 20m premises by mid-to-late 2020s. We've also hired more than 3,000 trainee engineers this past financial year to help us build that network and deliver better service across the country. Openreach is a highly regulated, wholly owned, and independently governed unit of the BT Group. More than 90 per cent of our revenues come from services that are regulated by Ofcom and any company can access our products under equivalent prices, terms and conditions.
For the year ended 31 March 2020, we reported revenue of £5bn.
For more information, visit www.openreach.co.uk.


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Ahead of Third Execution, Church Leaders Urged Clemency or Delay
Pictured in this composite photo are the heads of Iowa's Catholic dioceses: Archbishop Michael O. Jackels of Dubuque; Bishop Thomas R. Zinkula of Davenport; Bishop William M. Joensen of Des Moines; and Bishop R. Walker Nickless of Sioux City. (Photo: CNS composite/photos by Paul Haring; The Catholic Messenger; Archdiocese of Dubuque; Jerry L. Mennenga, Catholic Globe)
By Carol Zimmerman
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Prior to the July 17 execution of Dustin Honken, a 52-year-old man from Iowa, Catholic leaders, including the bishops of Iowa, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin of Newark, New Jersey, and the Benedictine priest who had been Honken's spiritual adviser for 10 years, pleaded for a lesser sentence or at least a delay.
Iowa's Catholic bishops wrote a July 1 letter to President Donald Trump, requesting clemency for Honken and three other men facing federal executions this summer; two of these inmates were since killed by lethal injection at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, the week of July 12.
Honken, a meth kingpin, was killed by lethal injection July 17 at 4:36 EDT. He was convicted in 2004 for the murder of five people in 1993, including two children, in an effort to thwart his prosecution for drug trafficking. He is the first Iowa defendant to be put to death since 1963.
Anti-death penalty activists gathered on the side of the road about a mile from the Indiana prison to pray for Honken and express their displeasure with the country's use of the death penalty.
Group members wore shirts with anti-death penalty messages and held signs with messages such as: "Stop state killing" and "Stop the violence start the healing."
Group members took turns speaking, then tolling a bell, but near 4 p.m. EDT, the time of Honken's scheduled execution, they waited in silence. Some cars honked to show support, others yelled out less supportive jeers.
During the vigil, Sister Paula Damiano of the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods near Terre Haute, asked for God's grace to fill everyone at the prison so they would "understand that life comes from you, and only you can take away life. We pray for the executioners. We pray for the victims of violence. We pray for all who are on death row. And especially, we pray for Dustin Honken."
As part of the protest of Honken's execution, Cardinal Tobin, in a July 9 letter to Trump, said Honken was convicted of "heinous" crimes but killing him "will do nothing to restore justice or heal those still burdened by these crimes. Instead, his execution will reduce the government of the United States to the level of a murderer and serve to perpetuate a climate of violence which brutalizes our society in so many ways."
The cardinal urged the president to grant Honken's pleas for clemency and said that by "commuting this death sentence, you would help stem the tide of anger and revenge that threatens our country."
The Newark archbishop got to know Honken when he was archbishop of Indianapolis, from 2012 to 2017, and would visit inmates four to five times a year at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.
In his letter, Cardinal Tobin said that if Honken's sentence is commuted, the inmate would spend the rest of his days in prison. He also said that Benedictine Father Mark O'Keefe, Honken's spiritual adviser, had confirmed Honken's "spiritual growth in faith and compassion, which I had witnessed in our meetings some years ago, continues to this day. He is serene about the future and tries to show solace for his companions on death row."
Father O'Keefe, a moral theology professor at St. Meinrad Seminary in St. Meinrad, Indiana, has been a minister to Honken for the past 10 years. On July 7, the priest and another spiritual adviser to a federal death-row inmate filed a lawsuit seeking a delay of the federal executions out of concern over exposure to COVID-19 by going to the prison to attend the executions.
In his appeal for a postponed execution, the priest said Honken "has been a sincere, practicing Catholic for more than 10 years. He attends Catholic Mass and receives Communion regularly; he receives Catholic ministry regularly; and he believes sincerely in the Catholic faith."
In a July 16 order issued without comment or dissent, the Supreme Court rejected the arguments from the spiritual advisers.
Last year, the Justice Department announced it was resuming federal executions that had been put on hold for the past 17 years. The first execution, July 14, was of Daniel Lewis Lee, a 47-year-old who was convicted of being an accomplice in killing three family members in 1996.
The second execution was of 68-year-old Wesley Purkey, convicted of raping and murdering a 16-year-old in 2003, on July 16. His attorneys said he suffered from Alzheimer's disease, schizophrenia and brain damage and that his mental incompetency made him unable to comprehend his punishment, making it unconstitutional.
The Supreme Court in the first two cases, filled with last-minute court filings, allowed the death sentence to proceed with 5-4 votes in the early morning hours. There were no specific challenges to Honken's execution, other than his joining with Lee in challenging the method used in federal executions — one lethal injections instead of a three-drug protocol used in many state executions. The death-row inmates claimed the one drug would cause "extreme pain and needless suffering."
The court said Lee and three others in federal prison appealing the manner of their death sentence, had "not established that they are likely to succeed on the merits of their Eighth Amendment claim" in their dispute about the specific drug protocol to be used in the executions. They also, without opinion, rejected claims by Purkey's attorneys seeking a delay in his execution date due to his mental condition.
Several Catholic bishops joined more than 1,000 religious leaders urging Trump and Attorney General William Barr July 7 to stop these executions and one scheduled Aug. 28.
"As our country grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, an economic crisis, and systemic racism in the criminal legal system, we should be focused on protecting and preserving life, not carrying out executions," the letter said.
Contributing to this report was Natalie Hoefer, a staff writer at The Criterion, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
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Reviewing Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 : Hands on at CES with the shapeshifting PC marvel
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The Dell XPS 13 was already an excellent laptop, one of the best Windows machines on the market. At CES 2017 the company unveiled a 2-in-1 touchscreen version in a stunningly small shell. Here's our Dell XPS 13 2-in-1 hands on review.
DELL XPS 13 2-IN-1 REVIEW
Dell is no stranger to peaks and troughs when it comes to being in fashion. Luckily, it is a brand that is in the ascension once more, helped by a subtle rebranding and excellent products to match.
This rise has been greatly helped by the excellent XPS 13, one of the best if not the best Windows laptop in the world. At CES 2017, the company lifted the lid on an impressive update to the line in the XPS 13 2-in-1, a convertible touchscreen version. It continues to help Dell blur the lines of its target market,with tablet functionality and the option to use the Dell Active Pen. Here our hands on review of the Dell XPS 13 2-in-1.
DELL XPS 13 2-IN-1 REVIEW: UK PRICE AND AVAILABILITY
Dell is good for customising your PC at point of purchases, so for improved processor power and additional RAM, expect to pay slightly more.The XPS 2-in-1 will be available late January the UK via Dell starting at £1,349.
DELL XPS 13 2-IN-1 REVIEW: DESIGN AND BUILD
The design is stunningly thin yet the right side of substantial, with metallic frame and plastic detailing in all the right places.The XPS 2-in-1 is simply one of those tech products that begs to be touched, mauled and used.
The 13.3in display is Dell's InfinityEdge variety, which basically means incredibly thin bezels. It might take you a while to get used to not seeing thick black bezels surrounding the screen, but Dell has done it right. It claims the unit is actually when closed the size of an 11in laptop. This is a bit of a stretch but it's certainly one of the most compact 13in models outs there, measuring 199 x 304 x 13.7mm.
The whole thing when closed has an elegant taper to it, with a professional blend of silver and black colours. The presence of the soft finish of the body when opened also helps to add to the premium look and feel of the laptop.The chassis also houses a micro SD slot, 2 USB-C ports that share charging, data transfer and display port duties, a lock slot and a headphone jack.
Unlike the new 13in MacBook Pro, the Dell keeps traditional scissor mechanism buttons on its full size keyboard. But you need not use the keyboard under some circumstances, with two hinges that allow you to spin the screen around and use the unit as a tablet. As the dimensions of the screen are laptop-size, you probably won't find yourself using it portrait way up, but in landscape mode you can take advantage of the touchscreen and Dell Active Pen .
You may not use it as a full on tablet, but the fact the option is there along with pen input is all the more attractive when Dell has achieved it without compromising the usability of the device as a traditional laptop.
DELL XPS 13 2-IN-1 REVIEW: FEATURES AND SPECS
As mentioned, Dell's laptops are extremely flexible when it comes to specs and customisation, but the base, cheapest model of the XPS 13 2-in-1 ships with a 7th gen Kaby Lake Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM and 128GB solid state storage. It's good to see the latest gen of Intel's chips inside, but remember these are the low-voltage versions that mean the XPS runs silently and without a fan.
This can be upgraded up to Core i7, 16GB RAM and 256GB storage if required, but all models have the same excellent Full HD display that packs incredible detail into the 1920 x 1080 resolution.
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Bar the still debatably annoying lack of a USB-A port or full size SD slot, this laptop won't disappoint with the functionality on show compared with other barer ultrabooks on the market.
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The XPS 13 2-in-1 will ship with Windows 10 Home, and this is an operating system that works pretty well in tablet mode but is exceptional in laptop mode. Windows has refined it in the latest Anniversary Update. Paired with the XPS 13 2-in-1, we found it to be an easy match for the MacBook/macOS Sierra combination as well as any other PC out there running Windows 10.
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Top Causes of Wrongful Death By Hardin Ramey on April 13, 2020
Wrongful death refers to a situation in which the reckless or negligent actions of another person or party leads to a person's death. Wrongful deaths are particularly devastating for surviving loved ones, because they have to live with the fact that the death could have been prevented.
When a wrongful death occurs, surviving family members can file a lawsuit to seek financial compensation for resulting losses. Wrongful death lawyer Hardin Ramey has handled many wrongful death cases in Dallas, TX, and surrounding areas. Here, we go over some of the top causes of wrongful death.
Automobile accidents are a leading cause of wrongful death in the United States. Any accident has the potential to result in serious injury, and many cause catastrophic injuries that have a lifelong impact. Unfortunately, many automobile accidents result in death.
In data released by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for the year 2016, it was reported that 37,461 people were killed in automobile accidents that year. They further breakdown this statistic to show that an average of 102 people were killed in automobile accidents in the United States each day, which amounted to an automobile accident death every 14 minutes.
Society relies on doctors and other medical personnel to treat their ailments, but neglectful medical care is not uncommon. If a medical professional makes a mistake or is negligent when providing care, there can be catastrophic consequences, including wrongful death. Cases of medical malpractice that are most likely to result in death include surgical errors, anesthesia errors, prescription errors, adverse drug interactions, and misdiagnosis or delayed diagnosis.
When people use a product, whether it be a vehicle, an appliance, or toy, they don't expect it to injure them, let alone kill them. Unfortunately, defective products are a top cause of wrongful death lawsuits. If a product causes injury or death when being used as intended, victims have the right to sue for compensation for damages. Parties that may be held liable in wrongful death cases involving defective products include designers, manufacturers, distributors, and retailers.
Work accidents are another common cause of wrongful deaths. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration, or OSHA, reports that 5,250 workers died on the job in 2018. While any field of work could have accidents that result in death, one of the most dangerous is construction. In 2018, OSHA reports that just over 21 percent of worker fatalities in the private industry were in the field of construction.
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Q: What is the gradient of a matrix product AB? The sixth page of this http://cs231n.stanford.edu/vecDerivs.pdf says that the gradient of $dYi, / dXi, = W$ but https://www.deeplearningbook.org/contents/mlp.html says it is $GB^T$ on page 212, I am sure there is a gap in my understanding somewhere.  I understand how we get the first derivative but then what is $GB^T$, is that also the derivative (sorry if I'm using the words gradient and derivative interchangeably still trying to get a grasp on this subject).

A: $
\def\d{\delta}\def\o{{\tt1}}\def\p{\partial}
\def\L{\left}\def\R{\right}\def\LR#1{\L(#1\R)}
\def\trace#1{\operatorname{Tr}\LR{#1}}
\def\qiq{\quad\implies\quad}
\def\grad#1#2{\frac{\p #1}{\p #2}}
$Renaming the variables from the first reference from $(Y,X,W)\to(C,A,B)$ makes it comparable to the second reference, i.e. the basic relationship is
$$C=AB$$
In the second reference, there is a scalar cost function $z$ which is assumed to be a function of $C$. Not only that, but the gradient wrt $C$ is given by the following matrix
$$G=\grad{z}{C}$$
Then it proposes using the chain rule is to calculate the gradient wrt $A$.
However, it is easier to write the differential, then change the independent variable from $C\to A$
$$\eqalign{
dz &= G:dC \\
  &= G:\LR{dA\;B} \\
  &= GB^T:dA \\
\grad{z}{A} &= GB^T \\
}$$
where $(:)$ denotes the matrix inner product, i.e.
$$\eqalign{
X:Y &= \sum_{i=1}^m\sum_{j=1}^n X_{ij}Y_{ij} \;=\; \trace{X^TY} \\
X:X &= \big\|X\big\|^2_F \\
}$$
The properties of the underlying trace function allow the terms
in such a product to be rearranged in many different but
equivalent ways, e.g.
$$\eqalign{
X:Y &= Y:X \\
X:Y &= X^T:Y^T \\
W:XY &= WY^T:X = X^TW:Y \\\\
}$$

Now back to the first reference. It is describing how to calculate something much more complicated $-$ the matrix-by-matrix gradient $\,\grad{C}{A}$
Once again, this can be calculated most easily using differentials
$$\eqalign{
C &= AB \\
C_{ij} &= \sum_{p=\o}^D A_{ip}\,B_{pj} \\
dC_{ij} &= \sum_{p=\o}^D dA_{ip}\,B_{pj} \\
\grad{C_{ij}}{A_{\ell k}}
 &= \sum_{p=\o}^D \grad{A_{ip}}{A_{\ell k}}\;B_{pj} \\
 &= \sum_{p=\o}^D \d_{i\ell}\,\d_{pk}\,B_{pj} \\
 &= \d_{i\ell}\,B_{kj} \\
}$$
The PDF then sets $\ell=i$ to evaluate the remaining Kronecker delta symbol as $\o$, however leaving the delta symbol intact yields a more general (and useful) result.
As you read more, you will discover that the field of Machine Learning uses a hodge-podge of mathematical notations.  Every book or article uses a different approach $-$ and most of them are terrible.

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The 24-hour relay at Fernandez Park, 595 Tennent Ave., supports society research and support programs.
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Northeast Indiana entrepreneur, Stacey Holifield, shares that compassion is one of the most important leadership qualities. Understanding others and being sympathetic is essential to being an effective leader.
Stacey Holifield's morning routine is that she has no morning routine—being a mom, each morning is different for her and armed with a different set of variables she adapts to on the fly. After waking up, she ideally checks her email, catches up on LinkedIn, and gets to the office early, however, the order and time that each of these things actually occur is up to chance.
Asking about morning routines often comes with a semi-predictable outcome—there's usually coffee involved, maybe a newspaper, and then a practiced departure to work. I discovered throughout our hour-long meeting that Stacey is a differentiator in this sense and in a multitude of others.
I initially met Stacey at Parkview Foundation's 2018 "Cookin' Men" event—my booth happened to be right next to the booth she was helping at and we found a minute to chat before the event got going. I figured that would be the last I'd hear from Stacey Holifield, President and Founder of Levitate.
However, when the Insider Influence series took off, I realized what I needed was the unfiltered voice of a motivated, determined female entrepreneur. Being one such driven entrepreneur, Stacey was kind enough to meet me at Fortezza for an after-work coffee to discuss her views.
"Vision" and "Culture" were both words that surfaced consistently throughout our meeting. Stacey's culture-centric mindset comes from her agency background. The Bostonian agency she spent the majority of her early career with had a leadership style that "cultivated passion in their employees and brought everyone to a common goal," according to Stacey. She also noted that even after the agency grew to a force of 200 people, the company never lost sight of their identity and values.
Levitate is my baby. When you feel that way about a project, you have to find people who feel that too. They have to want to be my baby's coolest, favorite, committed aunt or uncle. It's that kind of passion and dedication that drives us forward together.
How does Stacey carve a path for Levitate and her employees? "We are always talking about our vision and what we are doing with our clients," she explained. Stacey prides Levitate's approach of being direct internally and externally to promote transparency to her team and the clients they serve.
"Leaders should be determined to a fault. You will encounter so many barriers and you have to be determined to get through all of them," Stacey explained. In the next breath, she added, "...But a leader must also have compassion. It's vital to recognize what's going on in your employees' lives." The topic of compassion endured for some time during our coffee outing as we both recognized its importance in an office setting. Taking time to understand your team, their motivations, and their dreams is integral to running a successful business with fulfilled, happy employees.
Lack of compassion is where you can fail as a leader.
As before any interview, I had questions prepared prior to arriving at Fortezza for our meeting. However, we traversed a variety of topics without the need for them at all. Stacey is a remarkable, unique individual made even more unique by her chosen career—female entrepreneurs are unfortunately a minority in the world of business, particularly in northeast Indiana. The distinctive perspective Stacey offers was a perfect fit for this series on my search for answers on what makes a great leader.
She's absolutely right—what she does can only be defined as leadership.
Bonus Insight: Stacey's advice for new leaders? Humility is a real learning curve. "Being a leader, people have to feel, learn, and understand leadership qualities. Just because you take a management position doesn't make you a leader. Have confidence and humility," she advises.


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The Stones were too old for me!
YaY! Thank you! 🙂 Happy Mother's Day!
Thank you very much, Virginia! 🙂 Happy Mother's Day to you!
"Those were the days, my friend…" ❤ Have a great day!
What marvelous memories of your mother. I loved this very much. May I share mine?
Thank you kindly, Janis! 🙂 Happy Mother's Day to you!
How sweet, Barbara! Lots of lovely memories in that fine poem.
Thank you for sharing! 🙂 Happy Mother's Day!
What a wonderful tribute to your dear Mom Uncle Tree. Such nice memories. I love black and white photos and I'm guessing this is your parents on their wedding day? The photos in the neighborhood have an unusual sky – was a storm brewing here? Love the line about the Stones … ha, ha – I think the Stones were born old, but they're still kickin'.
Thank you, Linda! 🙂 Glad you liked.
Yes! Those are my grandparent and my parents on their wedding day in 1953.
I had to sneak that one in there just to pay tribute, and give me some peace of mind.
The other pictures are a view you don't often see — out our front door.
The sun was setting, and the light was glorious; more so than the shots show.
was by the "STOP!" sign, but of course, "NO PARKING!" allowed there. Go figure.
The poem is from 2009, and as much as I try knot to repeat myself.
I "re-posted" it, and only changed two words. Glad you liked it.
My mom's been comatose for the last 6 months, so it's been a tough week.
In my mind's spiritual eye, she's already with Dad and the whole of my ancestors.
My parents were married in 1953 as well.
I have often said that the camera was one of the best inventions ever made, because, without it, how would we ever hope to know our ancestors, or see our kin who were around long before our time? We tend to think of our parents as always being the same age, never as newlyweds, or any other way, except how we remember them as we know them.
In digitizing my photo album last year, I looked at every single photo, and recalled stories about people, places and things – I could never have sorted those images out in my mind alone … I had to have photographs to do so.
The light is really unusual in that picture and I thought it was a storm brewing, but now I know it was just the sun getting ready to set and some incredible lighting.
It's okay to repeat yourself sometimes – it is your mom after all. We have commented to one another in the past that sometimes you write a post and it sticks in your mind and you want to share it again and again, whether its funny or just a special memory about a special someone.
I'm very sorry to hear about your mom and that is really tough to get through. You are right to picture your Mom in a better place, with Dad and the rest of your ancestors, and not as you see her now.
That is how I try to picture my mom because she left me rather quickly … she had been confined to bed the last four months, then the pain in her side made me call for an ambulance – against her wishes, but she not lucid when I called and did not recognize me. That hurt as I know it hurts you now.
I share your pain from afar … you only have one mother. She gave you life. You owe her the world.
You've made me mist up a little.
and thank you for understanding. It seems so unfair.
"Lord, have mercy. Finality for one would help finality for all." Amen.
It is unfair – you have my sympathies. I hope she is not in pain. My friend Evelyn's mother had a brain aneurysm in November 2016 — one minute she was healthy and living in an assisted living facility (by her own choosing … she sold her house after her husband died and moved her belongings there). She enjoyed her friends that lived there, had hobbies and socialized with them (it was a huge place), then she had the aneurysm. She lingered for weeks in a coma, and then finally her family abided by the DNR order in place and let her go as there was no hope for recovery and there would be brain damage. I likewise abided by my mom's DNR order – Marge accompanied me to the E.R. as she was not just a friend, but our (my mom/me) medical power of attorney (as is my boss, but Marge was second in place in his absence). We needed this since there were no family members for us – (we had to have a proxy in case we were in an accident together). I was told my mom only had hours to live as she had sepsis, unless I permitted surgery after a massive dose of antibiotics, and then she would likely only live a week. I did not opt for surgery and it wasn't advised. Life deals dirty tricks sometimes.
I'd say you did the right thing, and the most humane thing, Linda.
My mom's name is Evelyn. Weird, huh? Not a very popular name anymore.
She has a DNR order in place. I guess, one needs a separate order for "no brain activity", if there is such a thing. I've done neither, myself, although, I know I probably should.
Perhaps, Kevorkian had the right idea after all. I mean, trying to maintain some semblance of dignity at the end of one's story ought to be a human right. Seriously, I wouldn't want my kids and family to see me, or remember me like that.
My mom is down in Sedalia, Mo. I haven't been down there since this happened. Neither, have my two brothers. We're just waiting for the dirty trick to be over. Shame is a dirty word, but I don't see how it applies in our case.
My parents got divorced in 1998. Long story…and not appropriate here, but another dirty word, "resentment", definitely comes into play, to be honest.
You're right Keith .. Evelyn is not a common name. My godmother's name was Evelyn – I've never met her and I don't know if she is alive anymore, but she was a childhood friend of my mom's and was chosen to raise me if something happened to my parents.
I never went to see my mom when they removed her from the E.R. to a hospital room. Marge went up to see her and kissed her forehead. I could not go. Everything happened rather fast … sometimes I regret not going there to say goodbye, but then I have reconciled in my mind that I don't want to remember my mom all hooked up to machines. The last nine months of her life were h*llish enough and I was there to witness the decline, the pain. It is better you remember your mom as you last saw her – not this way and no apologies are needed by you or your two brothers for not going there.
I think I told you about my parents' divorce before … father ran off with all the money in the bank and annuities and fled the country when she was 58. I was still living at home and just stayed there and supported us both until she could collect social security. Not a nice story and I have been in touch with a genealogist in the past few months to track him down – he is 91, living in Germany, probably healthy. I wanted peace of mind that he was gone, but I have to wait longer for that. The fact that I never mention him in my conversations with people, nor my blog speaks volumes of how I feel toward him.
We had our medical directives done after my father left. Our attorney was to act on our behalf for everything (medical, power of attorney) should we have perished together. Our attorney was appointed to be a district court judge and could not have private practice anymore and his files were given to another attorney in a different office. That attorney said our paperwork had to be redone in lieu of the recent (at that time) Terry Schiavo case (she languished 15 years after lapsing into a coma after falling on the floor in 1990 – her parents/family did not want her removed from life support; husband did and 15 years later, and after a long court battle, she was removed from life support). We had our paperwork redone – hopefully it encompasses everything. I have to find a second person if my boss is not available … it is not something you ask someone to do casually – Marge was a little reluctant to be 2nd contact person and to have to make a life/death decision but did so as we had no other family members. Robb is 9 years older than me … I kind of have a dilemma as well, but, like you, will sort it out someday. In the meantime, I'll be like Scarlett O'Hara and think about it tomorrow.
I believed in Dr. Kevorkian – I believe it is your life, and your wishes should be respected and you should not have to be like Brittany Maynard, the woman with the brain tumor who went to live in another state to be allowed to choose her time of death and eliminate her pain and suffering. Dr. Kevorkian should never have spent time in jail – those people knew what they wanted, so they went to him.
Spilling is therapeutic … you listen to me as well.
Informative and supportive thoughts, my friend.
Thank you for sharing the love and grimaces!
You're so welcome Uncle Tree. The weather is looking better starting tomorrow – we had our last day of rain. They said we had 5 inches of rain since Friday, rain every day for 7 days. Enough of this soggy weather!
I just love the old black and white images .. I have a glory box full of them. How I love hauling them out and gazing at yesteryear and wondering. This image of your parents is so special. What lovely memories you have. Thank you so much for sharing ..
You're welcome, Julie. 🙂 Thank you so much for liking!
Glory boxes? LoL 🙂 I didn't know they had a special name.
Of course, I have one, and then I inherited my parents.
For the most part, I don't think anyone would be interested in them.
Sounds like a familiar refrain! Little Roger on the piano practicing, with little brother Walter, hanging his teeth on baby grand. Those little teeth marks the spot, where Mom can in to say, "Please don't eat my piano"…just talked that little kid now 35, who taught himself how to play guitar, and gave me chords, to create a song…and that was long ago…with Great and Marvelous ideas of how to enjoy kids…Thank you!
Glad to have refreshed the best of memories for you.


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Uttar Pradesh Technical University was established by the Government of Uttar Pradesh on 8th May 2000 vide Act No. 1248(2)XVII-V-I-I-19-2000 Uttar Pradesh Adhiniyam Sankhya 23 of 2000. Under the University Act, 'Technical Education' includes programmes of education, research and training in Engineering, Technology, Architecture, Town Planning, Pharmacy, Applied Arts & Crafts and such other programmes and areas that the central Government may in consultation with All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) by notification in Gazette declare. The University is affiliating in nature and its jurisdiction spans the entire state of U.P. in affiliating B.Tech., M.B.A., M.C.A., B.Arch., B. Pharma., B.H.M.C.T., M.Tech. and Ph.D. programmes in 238 colleges/institutions imparting graduate, postgraduate and doctoral level training in all government and private institutions located all over U.P. in engineering, technology, architecture, pharmacy, hotel management and catering technology as well as M.B.A. and M.C.A. programmes. UPTU is currently located in I.E.T. Campus at Sitapur Road in the Capital of U.P. at Lucknow but is in the process of having its own Headquarter building in its vicinity. Its NOIDA Centre and the Regional office is nearing completion to facilitate closer academic and industrial interaction around that zone where a prominent cluster of private affiliated colleges exists.
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My husband and I were married in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater by a Maasai Shaman. There were 200 villagers, 20 friends, and 10 cape buffalo present.
This series is therefore very close to my heart. These people bared witness to my marriage, exemplify our adventurous spirit and future, and reveal my own fascination with visual culture.


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Intelligent Transport for Malaysia's Smart City Vision
Malaysia boasts the 3rd highest level of car ownership globally - 93% of Malaysian households own and utilise at least 1 car, turning to single-occupant personal vehicles as a dominant mode of transportation. A recent BCG survey revealed that 83% respondents intend to buy a car in the next 5 years in the capital city, Kuala Lumpur (KL).
This, coupled with the rise in population growth, makes for heavily congested roads and bad traffic conditions - especially in highly dense urban cities like KL, where majority choose to travel by car.
KL-ites Spend 53 Minutes Stuck in Traffic Jams Everyday
Sources: Straits Times; BCG
World Bank estimated that road congestion in and around KL reduced Malaysia's GDP by 1-2% per year. In 2017, road accident per vehicle in KL was 66.5%.
Dense population worsens the congestion by increasing levels of environmental degradation and reducing the efficiency and convenience of public transport services.
Smart City - The 11th Malaysia Plan
Digitalization can have a profound impact on transportation services and may provide an avenue to relieve jams and congestion. Utilising and integration of multiple technologies can ease vehicle-to-vehicle information coordination, improve operational efficiency and passenger satisfaction.
Since the introduction of Smart Cities Initiatives as part of the 11th Malaysia Plan (2016-2020), Malaysia has started deploying an intelligent IoT network in cities like KL, Iskandar, Selangor and Putrajaya. These projects incorporated IoT, cloud computing, big data analytics and spatial geographic information integration in their smart city planning, construction, management and services.
With smart mobility being a key aspect of its Smart Cities vision, Malaysia launched its Intelligent Transport System Blueprint 2017-2022 to upgrade its current transportation system, with big data analytics forming the core of the system. Data gathered from ICT infrastructure is analysed to gain insights and provide alternative choices for efficient operations. Support systems such as mobile apps will help consumers make more informed transportation choices.
According to the MD of Cyberview, tests have been carried out in Cyberjaya (the SV of Malaysia). Held in collaboration with a subsidiary of Telekom Malaysia Berhad, the test comprised of IoT networks, cameras with analytics capabilities and a central traffic management command centre. The blueprint for 2017-2022 will guide the continued implementation and improvements of these systems in other states.
In 2018, the Malaysia City Brain project was launched - a partnership between Malaysian Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC), Kuala Lumpur City Hall, and Alibaba to optimise traffic, parking, and better manage energy.
The Malaysia City Brain project sets precedence to the potential amalgamation of 5G, IoT and AI in the future traffic network. Billions of connected devices - cars, street lights, cameras, utilities, buildings - could be regulated to communicate 10-100x faster than today with ultra-ultra-low latency and massive capacity. When completed, the project will include an ecosystem of businesses, private organisations and government agencies installing the use of large-scale computing engines, Asparam to optimise traffic flow and generate structured summaries of data, such as traffic volume and speed in particular lanes.
MDEC also signed an MOU with ride-hailing company Grab. Grab was previously involved in the 2017 SEA Games in Malaysia and had proven its capability to mitigate traffic congestion. Under this partnership, Grab's real-time anonymised traffic data for popular KL routes will be shared from Grab's GPS data streams to Malaysia's traffic management agencies and city planners. Grab influences travel decisions of 2.5 mil Southeast Asians daily and is a key source for efficient and accurate data to reflect real drivers and city dwellers in everyday conditions.
Penang is also on their way to Smart City Roadmap 2030. One of the recent projects includes collaboration with a local telco infrastructure services company edotco Group to run a "Smart Bus Stop" POC. Two bus stops with high bus ridership will have USB charging pods, CCTVs, panic buttons, WiFi facility, digital directory and digital advertising signage installed to enhance convenience and safety. The POC is expected to run till April before evaluating the results of public transport users increase and satisfaction.
Learning from Global Cities
Enabling innovation in mobility, public safety and sustainability, the City Brain technology was first used in Hangzhou, China. Its ability to predict traffic flow, detect accidents and provide instant feedback has resulted in significant decrease in congestion. Traffic efficiency has been increased by 15%, saving on average 3 minutes on traffic per vehicle. Hangzhou's landed at the 57th position in China's list of 'The Worst Congested Cities', previously being the 5th.
Not only did City Brain shortened commutes, in the case of medical emergencies, it is also able to change traffic lights and make way for ambulances and fire trucks to head to their destinations 49% faster. The technology does so by gathering digital data via videos from intersection cameras, GPS data on locations of vehicles, and coordinating over 1000 road signals.
In Taiwan, the successful implementation of ITS technologies to achieve "seamless shift" from the original "time-based charge" to mileage-based charge" has gathered much compliments in its effectiveness of relieving congestions.
99.7% vehicle detection accuracy was recorded and 99.3% of 14 mil daily transactions is automatically processed.
The city of Amsterdam won the Smart City award with its open data programme. This open data programme is built around the premise that the city shares its data and businesses develop apps using it. Charging points and public transport (trams and buses) – all free available.
As part of its mobility concept 2.0, Car2go, an innovative electric car sharing scheme has made Amsterdam cleaner, quieter and energy-efficient.
In India, traffic congestion during peak hours in cities costs about US$110,000 per annum, which led to Modi government's decision to develop a fully integrated public transport system and to discover the potential of new technologies including smart parking. In 2018, Maharashtra adapted a new urban bus scheme incorporating automated announcements, fare collection systems and an online network that manages vehicles and stocks to increase the efficiency of transport systems.
Can Traffic Woes Become a Thing of the Past?
At the upcoming Asia IoT Business Platform Malaysia on April 23 - 24, the above topic will be discussed as part of the Smart & Connected City focus session.
YB Jagdeep Singh Deo A/L Karpal Singh, State Executive Councilor, Local Government, Housing, and Urban and Country Planning, Penang, Malaysia
Wen-Yuh Leu, Deputy Chief Engineer, Freeway Bureau, Ministry of Transportation and Communications, Taiwan
Frans-Anton Vermast, Strategy Advisor & International Smart City Ambassador, Amsterdam Smart City, the Netherlands
Mohd Najib Ibrahim, Managing Director, Cyberview
Ir. Dr. Karl Ng, Director of Data Economy, Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC)
Maz Mirza, Head of Information Technology, Mass Rapid Transit Corporation
The discussions will tackle challenges faced to develop a fully integrated public transportation system, discuss progress of the currently implemented initiatives, discover potential of emerging technologies like smart parking, and explore ways to alleviate traffic congestions. Download brochure here.
Drop me a note if you would like to contribute to the discussions.
This article is adapted from Asia IoT Business Platform blogpost here.
By Sue Yuin Ho | March 8th, 2019


— Will any of NM's Military Bases be on the next BRAC list and why?
— Education in NM…we are in the middle for payment per student, but at the bottom for education achievement…what really is the problem?
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GMO Supporters Have a Fit as Cargill Offers Non-GMO Products
May 12, 2017 3:31AM EDT Home
When grain processing giant Cargill recently tweeted that it was working closely with the Non-GMO Project about verifying the company's ingredients, GMO [genetically modified organism] supporters had a Twitter fit.
Canadian farmer Chris Allam called the company's work with the Non-GMO Project, "a slap in the face." "I have a problem with Cargill dealing with someone who is staunchly against it," he wrote.
Monsanto's director of millennial engagement (interesting title!) Vance Crow wrote, "In case you missed it @Cargill is now proudly talking about working closely with the non-GMO verified project-the fear mongers themselves."
"Careful what you tweet … especially if you're a company kicking your suppliers in the face," chimed in @farmdaughterusa (Amanda Zaluckyj).
The media followed with articles like Cargill Link to Anti-GMO Group Spurs Criticism From Farmers by Bloomberg and How a moment that looked like PR win for Cargill turned into a kerfuffle by the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.
Cargill defended its work with the Non-GMO Project in a statement:
"Cargill is working with the Non-GMO Project to verify several of our non-GMO ingredients because of consumer demand for non-GMO foods, and the Non-GMO Project is the most-requested third party certification among our food and beverage customers."
Just a few months earlier, Cargill CEO David MacLennan told the Wall Street Journal: "There's a growing group of people who don't want GMO ingredients. So let's develop a supply chain for that, rather than say, 'You're wrong if you don't want GMOs.' Our mind-set is we're going to empathize and understand the consumer on what they want in their food."
And Cargill built that non-GMO supply chain to help their food manufacturing customers provide consumers with non-GMO food options. Other major grain processors such as Bunge and Ingredion have also introduced Non-GMO Project Verified ingredients.
This is Business 101, meaning give the customer what they want, a no-brainer. Cargill, Bunge and Ingredion understand that, but GMO proponents don't seem to get it.
John Phipps, a farmer and contributor to AgWeb, also understands that the customer is right. In a blog, Phipps wrote: "This grumbling at Cargill then violates my #1 marketing rule: Do not go to war with your customer. The Non-GMO Project has established itself with both grudging suppliers and skeptical users as the gold standard for GMO verification."
Attacks on big companies like Cargill when they announce non-GMO plans are not new. In 2015, GMO supporters went ballistic when Chipotle announced they had removed GMOs from the ingredients served in their restaurants. The same thing happened to yogurt-maker Dannon in 2016 when they committed to using non-GMO ingredients and animal feed.
I think there is an underlying factor that caused the backlash against Chipotle, Dannon and now Cargill—fear. Supporters of genetically modified foods see Cargill's non-GMO moves as a threat to GMO technology and its billion dollar industry.
Megan Westgate, executive director of the Non-GMO Project, expressed that in an interview with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Monsanto's hometown newspaper.
"I can understand why this feels threatening," she said. "There's a big paradigm shift happening. The largest food companies in the world are looking for non-GMO ingredients and that's really changing the supply chain."
GMO proponents hate that large companies like Chipotle, Dannon, Del Monte, Nestlé, General Mills, Post, Hershey's, Cargill and others are developing non-GMO products. It threatens their worldview that GMOs are going to feed the world, reduce pesticide use and make food more nutritious, along with other unsubstantiated claims. So, they react with anger and a Twitter fit: "How dare Cargill align with 'fear mongers?'"
The simple reason is that more and more people don't want foods containing GMOs. If GMO technology is so great maybe proponents should proudly feature it on food labels instead of trying to hide it and attacking companies and people that don't want to use or eat the technology's dubious fruits.
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The Focusrite Group has appointed Avid stalwart Tim Carroll to the role of group chief executive officer. Carroll will take over from Dave Froker (who also worked for Avid in the 1990s) when he retires at the end of this year.
In his most recent position, based in Berkeley, California, Carroll was a VP with global responsibility for Audio Products at Avid. Carroll has extensive management and sales experience – he was a key member of the team behind the launch of the S6 control surface – and is familiar with many of Focusrite's existing customers, products and sales channels. He is a professional musician by background, having attended the New England Conservatory of Music, and having recorded and toured for nearly twenty years as a keyboard player, before joining Avid.
On taking up the role on 3 January 2017, Carroll will relocate to the UK and operate out of Focusrite's High Wycombe headquarters.
Commenting on the appointment, executive chairman Phil Dudderidge said: "I have known Tim for many years, and my colleagues and I are delighted to welcome him to Focusrite.
The appointment of Carroll is a big win for Focusrite as the company continues to expand its portfolio of interface devices. After the Anaheim NAMM show in January 2016, Froker and Carroll revealed that their then respective companies (Focusrite and Avid) were already in "in deep discussions" over renewing a collaborative effort, some 15 years after first creating an agreement producing devices such as the Mbox interface and Control 24 surface.
Carroll leaves Avid in a year when the company has had to, once again, cut jobs and close offices in order to make savings.
In other news, Avid announced the appointment of Brian E. Agle as its company's senior VP andCFO, effective December 12, 2016. Before joining Avid, Mr. Agle served as an operating advisor at private equity firm Francisco Partners.


WE@EU consortium has prepared an edit version to disseminate the content and scope of WE@EU Joint Action plan, the document that represents the roadmap for innovation based in regional clusters as a result of this project.
The Joint Action Plan (JAP) aims to enhance collaborative actions for high quality R&D&I in water efficiency (along the water maangement value chain), based on the strengths and regional characteristics for an increased competitiveness of European Businesse and regions.
The JAP includes a selection of best practices that have contributed to enrich innovation ecosystems and awareness raising for water efficiency, core elements to tackle water challenges at the regional level. See the whole document at the corresponding section on this website.


At the turn of the last century collecting porcelain animal figures was the height of vogue throughout Europe. The bird models of this collection are figures which were designed by Theodor Kärner between 1910 and 1916. In addition to their unique aesthetic beauty, the main feature of the figures is how extraordinarily true to life they are. The models are made of biscuit porcelain (unglazed porcelain). This material is particularly good for highlighting the excellent sculptural qualities of the Nymphenburg animals. The black coloration of the material makes the animal figures especially rich in detail.
5.9" x 1.6" x 3.1"


The Staurozoa are a Class in the phylum Cnidaria. It includes the stalked jellyfish. It was an order within the Class Scyphozoa, but recent genetic work has shown it to be a class of its own. This is a small class of about 50 species, mostly inshore and quite small. The recent discovery of some Staurozoa near deep sea hydrothermal vents was a surprise, and makes it clear that there is much more to learn about them.
The Staurozoa are unique in not having an alternation of polyp and medusa life cycle phases. They have an attached medusa stage, with a life style looking rather like polypoid forms.
Members of this class are commonly found in relatively cold waters, close to the shoreline. After the larvae crawl across the sea floor and find a suitable place, they attach themselves to rocks or algae.
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I always thought that the discussions in the comment section of the blog were very valuable as they allowed us to debate, discuss and consider new ideas. However, a very small minority of comments are simply geared at being mean, venting or proving that I am a moron and are of no value towards the process of making investment decisions.
If you are in a bad mood, your spouse pissed you off, you woke up on the wrong side of the bed or lost money than I feel for you. But please do not take it out in the comment section of the blog. If you think I am a moron than you can have your money back and not read the blog. All comments of a mean spirited nature will be deleted from now on.
Thank you Tsachy for taking a hard stance on all the negative and useless posts whose only purpose is to vent their frustrations. Bet you anything they are the ones losing money! Thanks for your always informative and intelligent posts. I have a learned a lot about the markets following your commentary.
Yeah good job. But I'm just glad America doesn't act like you. Freedom of speech! Go live in China. Communist.
To the 2nd Anon - if you don't like what the blogger have to see then don't come here. Being outright rude is to abuse the freedom of speech.
Tsachy, thanks for your blog and your efforts. I totally agree with your decision to delete mean-spirited comments!
Keep up the good work, Tsachy, and don't waste your time and emotional energy engaging the trolls. Just delete their posts and remember that many smart people are extremely grateful for your work.


S. Cosgun, I.Y. Ozbek, "Age group classification and gender detection based on forced expiratory spirometry", Proceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS, vol. 2015-November, pp. 550-553, 2015.


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SOCHI INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL IRIDA-2018 COMPETITION PROGRAMME PRESENTED IN LONDON
The Film Festival will take place at the resort from the 11th to the 16th of December. SIFFA President Lubov Balagova commented that the deadline for the applications is November 10th, but so far, they selected only ten films out of the 800 ones that have been actually proposed.
Among them there are "Not Strangers" by Vera Glagoleva (Russia), "Boogie Man" by Andy Morahan (UK), "In Silence" by Ardak Amirkulov (Kazakhstan), "Wanderers of Patience" by Vladimir Alenikov (Russia),"Deep Rivers" by Vladimir Bitokov (Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia),"Interesting Life" by Anna Yanovskaya (Russia),"Rain Borders" by Vlastimir Sudar (Serbia/Bosnia and Herzegovina/Montenegro/Sweden/UK),"St. Catherine of Sinai" by Michael Redwood (UK), "Horizon" by Tinatin Kajrishvili (Georgia/Germany), "Brothers" by Omur Ataya (Turkey).
In total, the Festival competition program will include twelve full-length feature films, seven short films, and seven documentaries.
Sochi international film festival "Irida" main competition jury this year will be co-chaired by film director Mohi Kandur (UK), and People's artist of Russia and film director Elena Tsyplakova. Along with them the fiction films evaluation will be conducted by Honored Artist of Russia, singer Oksana Stashenko, film director and writer Elizabeth Blake-Thomas (the USA), and film producer Katerina Mikhailova.
Out of competition there will be a special presentation of a short documentary "In Memory of Dmitry Hvorostovsky And Elena Obraztsova" by Pavel Soro. Its first world run was successfully held on April 29 at London's Cadogan Hall, accompanied by The British Imperial orchestra conducted by Graham Jones. The soloist was The Honored Artist of Russia Larisa Rudakova (soprano), who will also perform in Sochi. The Russian presentation of the film will be accompanied by the Sochi Symphony Orchestra conducted by the Chief Conductor and Laureate of The Russian Government Prize Oleg Soldatov.
The signature moment of the coming international film festival in Sochi will be a new non-competing program "The Region in Focus", presenting the films shot in the North Caucasus.
In 2018, the festival, the emblem of which since its foundation has been graced with the image of the mythical sky bridge creator, the ancient Greek goddess of rainbow Irida, will be held under the auspices of the International Women's Movement.
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Notes: Only serves adults age 60 or over who are not receiving Temporary Assistance and/or SNAP benefits. This location does not provide assistance with Cooling or Clean and Tune applications. You must contact the Monroe County Department of Social Services directly for these benefits..
Notes: Telephone call-center for non-Temporary Assistance SNAP recipients only. No walk-ins seen. This location does not provide assistance with Cooling or Clean and Tune applications. You must contact the Monroe County Department of Social Services directly for these benefits.


Community detection is a fundamental problem in network analysis. In practice, it often occurs that the communities overlap, which makes the problem more challenging. Here we propose a general, flexible, and interpretable generative model for overlapping communities, which can be thought of as a generalization of the degree-corrected stochastic block model. We develop an efficient spectral algorithm for estimating the community memberships, which deals with the overlaps by employing the K-medians algorithm rather than the usual K-means for clustering in the spectral domain. We show that the algorithm is asymptotically consistent when networks are not too sparse and the overlaps between communities not too large. Numerical experiments on both simulated networks and many real social networks demonstrate that our method performs very well compared to a number of benchmark methods for overlapping community detection.