On our Silk Road website, http://silkroad.pacificu.edu/, we mentioned that we wanted to expand the conversation of the Yi people after publishing the poetry of Aku Wuwu of the Yi in Vol. 5.1. In the first of three posts in this blogging series we will begin with a photo dialog of Aku Wuwu and the Yi.
The Yi, indigenous to the mountain regions in Southwest China, are seeing their language fade as technology pervades their villages and young people leave to start lives in big cities. While many older Yi people are bilingual, their children are not. They speak Chinese as their first language, and if they are to learn a second language, it will most likely be English.
Aku Wuwu says, "The Yi spirituality, lifestyle and ways of thinking are becoming irrelevant. If we cannot overcome this, we will die out of history." He lives in what he describes as a state of "persistence in vanishing." His Yi self and Chinese self each offer him different ways of seeing and succeeding, and he wishes to retain both. By writing poetry in his mother tongue, as he describes it, he is not only holding on to his Yi self. He is calling for a spiritual rebirth.
The Yi's way of life, austere on the surface, is imaginatively rich and imbued with their animistic faith system. They worship the landscape within which they live: mountains, rocks, trees, water, sky, wind, animals and forests are all spirits. The Yi embrace magic as a means to heal and right one's relationships with those spirits. Their calendar, like their language, is one of the oldest in continuous use on the planet. It is divided into five seasons represented by the five elements of earth, copper, fire, water and wood. Their written language, remnants of which date back to 6000 BCE, was formalized in the 13th century. It records in detail their beliefs. Aged religious leaders can sometimes still be seen along the village streets consulting their visually elegant texts. The written word is sacred. The spiritual world, inextricable from their land or the words they use, has always been part of the Yi.


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Women's Swimming & Diving at UW-Stevens Points Invite
Jan 18 at midnight to Jan 19 at 11:59 p.m.
Day 1 Results | Day 1 Recap
TimeJan 18 at midnight to Jan 19 at 11:59 p.m.
LocationStevens Point, Wis.
The Gustavus swimming & diving team competes at the UW-Stevens Ponts Invite on Jan. 18-19.
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PostedApr 17, 2019
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Advanced Systems Format (dříve nazývaný Advanced Streaming Format, Active Streaming Format) je proprietární formát kontejneru pro digitální audio/digitální video, zvláště určený pro streamování médií od společnosti Microsoft. ASF je součástí Media Foundation framework.

Přehled a vlastnosti
ASF je založen na principu serializovaných objektů , které jsou  identifikovány pomocí GUID značky.

Formát nespecifikuje, jakým způsobem (jakým kodekem) je video nebo zvuk kódován; určuje pouze strukturu video/audio streamu. Funguje podobně jako kontejnery formátů QuickTime, AVI, nebo Ogg. Jedním z cílů ASF byla podpora přehrávání ze streamů, HTTP serverů a místních úložných zařízeních, jako jsou pevné disky.

Nejčastější media obsažené v ASF souborů jsou Windows Media Audio (WMA) a Windows Media Video (WMV). Nejčastější soubor rozšíření pro soubory ASF jsou rozšíření .WMA (audio soubory pouze pomocí Windows Media Audio, s MIME typem audio/x-ms-wma) a .WMV (soubory obsahující video pomocí Windows Media Audio a Video kodeky, s typ MIME video/x-ms-asf). Tyto soubory jsou stejné staré .ASF soubory, ale pro jejich rozšíření a MIME-type různých rozšíření se používají, aby bylo snazší identifikovat obsah multimediálního souboru.

ASF soubory mohou také obsahovat objekty představující metadata, například jméno interpreta, název skladby, název alba, žánr, nebo autora video stopy, stejně jako ID3 tagy z MP3 souborů.

Specifikace je ke stažení z webu společnosti Microsoft, a formát může být realizován v rámci licence od společnosti Microsoft, který však neumožňuje distribuci zdrojů a není kompatibilní s open source licencí. Autor projektu svobodného software VirtualDub oznámil, že ho zaměstnanec společnosti Microsoft informoval s tím, že jeho software, porušil patent Microsoftu týkající se ASF přehrávání.Některé opravy chyb techniky související s ASF jsou patentovány v usa (United States Patent 6,041,345 Levi, et al. 21. března 2000) společností Microsoft.

Odkazy

Reference

Související články
 Audio Video Interleave (AVI)
 Advanced Stream Redirector (ASX)
 Srovnání kontejner formátů

Externí odkazy
 Přehled Advanced Systems Format
 Přehled ASF Formátu
 Knihovna Kongresu analýza ASF formátu udržitelnosti
 ASF Kontejnerového Formátu - v2.0 (zdarma k dispozici, ale nepoužitý) a v1.0 (rekonstruované)
 MSDN, Jak Vložit Windows Media Player v HTML Webové Stránky (Pro Webmastery)
 Vytvoření Aplikace Windows Media Vlastní Zkušenosti (Pro Webmastery)

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Spider-Man 3 (2007) Full Movie
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Peter Parker has finally managed to piece together the once-broken parts of his life, maintaining a balance between his relationship with Mary-Jane and his responsibility as Spider-Man. But more challenges arise for our young hero. Peter's old friend Harry Obsourne has set out for revenge against Peter; taking up the mantle of his late father's persona as The New Goblin, and Peter must also capture Uncle Ben's real killer, Flint Marko, who has been transformed into his toughest foe yet, the Sandman. All hope seems lost when suddenly Peter's suit turns jet-black and greatly amplifies his powers. But it also begins to greatly amplify the much darker qualities of Peter's personality that he begins to lose himself to. Peter has to reach deep inside himself to free the compassionate hero he used to be if he is to ever conquer the darkness within and face not only his greatest enemies, but also...himself. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0413300/
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Your escape pod just landed on an alien planet and the reasons for how you got there, and why your alone, will only be achieved through experiencing the journey that you will take as Haughx-Suh, hope for the lower class on his home planet of Kwela-Ge, and now the last hope for humanity.
What we have here is merely the introduction to an interactive science fiction story about a stranded space traveller, limited to some choices and some dead ends. At the time at which I am writing this review, the game (or rather introduction to a game) was posted one and a half years ago without being continued, so I may assume that the author has lost interest in this project, or there are other reasons for abandoning it. I do not mind unfinished games being online, but there should be more than some screens of text.
Nevertheless the beginning is really not that bad. The writing is decent and the way the choices are given reminds me of the old fighting fantasy game books that I loved a lot when I was younger. It is a pity that this game will probably remain unfinished. It is not a game in its current state.


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The Tempur-Pedic® /NASA Story
A decade dedicated to the study of a remarkable NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) program experiment, resulted in the ultimate in comfort technology – TEMPUR® material – the amazing space age mattress material
In the 1970s, the NASA R & D Program was experimenting with a material that would conform to the exact body weight and shape of any astronaut. The material, if successful, would significantly reduce the effects of the enormous G-forces and vibrations experienced by astronauts during lift off, flight and descent into the earth's atmosphere. The project was highly promising, but the material proved to be difficult and expensive to manufacture and susceptible to durability problems.
NASA released this raw material formula to the industrial world in the early 1980s. Fagerdala World Foams seized the opportunity to refine this highly promising product, realizing the tremendous potential of this unique pressure relieving material. Fagerdala experimented with the product for almost a decade and perfected its composition and durability.
The result: An open-celled, viscoelastic, temperature sensitive material that adjusts to the body weight and temperature of the user and absorbs most vibrations for unsurpassed comfort and support. The revolutionary TEMPUR material reduces the pressure points that may contribute to poor sleep; tossing and turning; and aches and pains. A true space-age body support material was born. The open cell was a challenging strategic goal and necessary to help air flow through the mattress, which is a helpful feature and may assist with dissipating body heat and vapor. TEMPUR material consistently meets this demanding performance standard, a unique achievement.
Fagerdala went on to create a mattress that is "Changing the way the world sleeps!"®- The Tempur-Pedic Swedish Mattresses and Pillows™. Think about it – a mattress that is clinically proven to significantly reduce pressure points! Pressure points lead to tossing and turning as well as discomfort. Most people experience less tossing and turning while sleeping on a Tempur-Pedic mattress compared to sleeping on a 'top-of-line' innerspring mattress. All these performance features of the Tempur-Pedic® mattress, helps real people experience a deeper sleep that helps them feel more refreshed and energetic.
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In May of 1998, NASA invited Tempur-Pedic, Inc. to attend a press conference in their honor. Tempur-Pedic, Inc. was awarded with a plaque of recognition from NASA. In return, Tempur-Pedic, Inc. presented NASA administrator Daniel Goldin with it's one-millionth pillow. NASA's recognition continues to reinforce our conviction that Tempur-Pedic® products are truly a revolution in the way the world sleeps and views comfort! Copyright © 1998 by Tempur-Pedic, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
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You've spent dozens of hours and hundreds of dollars on building (or paying someone else to build) a new website, multi-platform advertising and product design. People are noticing. They're visiting your site. They want to get in touch.
When you think of your business that way, web forms become arguably the most important element of your website design. They facilitate a critical moment when a visitor decides they want something from you.
A smooth, digestible web form can increase conversion rates, make user interaction with your site easier and seamlessly capture contact information from your audience.
Web forms, really, are the connective tissue that bonds you with your most engaged audience. A well-designed form can reassure viewers that your brand is reliable and responsive.
That said, few people give forms the attention they deserve. To make things easier on you, we're going to lay out the keys to successful website forms.
Keep your forms as short as possible by only asking for the most important information.
This serves two purposes: first, it makes the filling-out process as straightforward as possible; second, it gives confidence to users. If my postal code isn't relevant, why should I offer it? You'll find forms have a significantly higher conversion rate when they're simplified, attractive and concise.
Spotify's sign up form is a great example. They use white space for clarity and specific colors to guide users toward other login options (a big blue Facebook CTA, or Spotify's green hyperlink text for pre-existing users). There's also a clear opt-in for anyone who wants to make their information available to Spotify's partners, implying your information will otherwise be kept securely within Spotify's own database. The font is clean and the spacing is comfortable.
Since when did asterisks become universal symbols for "required information?" Most computer-literate users will know what an asterisk indicates, but don't assume everyone will.
If something is required, write it out, or indicate clearly at the top that asterisks denote required fields. If you require passwords to have at least one uppercase letter, one lowercase letter and one number, don't let users find that out after they've typed it in—tell them upfront.
Burger King's customer satisfaction survey is clear, on brand and fun to use, with dropdowns and a fluid character count that explains exactly how many characters you have to write out your comment.
One problem there: the asterisk clarification is written below the first asterisk. When I was filling it out to use as an example, I actually skipped the star rating to fill out the required parts, and only later got a red error message that I hadn't given them a star ranking. That kind of illogical flow disrupts an otherwise smooth experience.
There's an adage among web designers that forms should always be single columns. This is a good rule of thumb, but it's worth noting that sometimes you can break that rule—related fields such as address, city and postal code could be laid out laterally, for example. But in those exceptional instances, the information should still flow intuitively.
But with the constant rise in mobile users, single columns remain the best option, particularly because introducing a second column might only confuse things. Would you read left-to-right across a row, or finish reading down one column and then move onto the next?
Consider this example, from Canadian videogame retailer EB Games.
While aspects of this form work well—they spell out their password requirements at the bottom, and the mandatory fields are marked by a disclaimer at the top—one would be forgiven for completing the left column before moving on to the right. There isn't a clear flow, which clutters the screen and makes things possibly confusing.
Another aspect that trips up the flow is simply copy editing. Web designers have done the research, and found that using title casing—Making Every Word Start Capitalized—actually slows readers down. This works for article headlines, but you don't want users tripping over your forms.
Worse still, as in the above EB Games example, is inconsistent grammar and spelling ("E-Mail address" right beside "Repeat Email Address"). It would be easier to have written "Email address," or even simply "Email," since the word "address" is implied here. Why bog down your own form?
People are concerned about privacy, and for good reason. You can stand out from your competition by reassuring visitors about why you're asking for certain sensitive information, and emphasizing your security measures—or linking to a page that does.
On Spotify's signup form above, they clarify that users have the option to opt in to partner marketing emails. That creates an implicit sense of security. If you're asking for credit card information, it's worth adding a line to reassure customers what they're in for.
This old form from MobileMe (a precursor to iCloud) offers a few reassuring words before asking for specific credit card information.
Question: If you're color blind, how would you know if a font turns red?
Answer: It's a trick question; you shouldn't be relying on one subtle change to inform users of an error. Consider using bold font, highlights or outlines in addition to classic bright red error.
As the folks at the Nielsen Norman Group have written, "The guidelines for creating effective error messages have been the same for 20 years." Web form error messages should be unmistakably clear, instantly understandable, polite and constructive. People want to immediately want to know what they did wrong and how to fix it. The worst feeling is filling out a survey form for 10 minutes, only to realize that one answer is wrong and you now have to find where it is. Make it obvious.
If you can, do as much work for the user as possible. If their chosen password has no numbers and needs at least one, it's far better to write "Your password must include at least one number" rather than "Your password does not comply with our guidelines" and make them guess why.
Web forms have come so far (and are so easy to create) that bad design is no longer an excuse. If anyone wants to get in touch with you—or pay you, or fill out a survey of yours, or anything—they should be able to as easily as possible, so you can focus on working off those leads as efficiently as possible.


In the vibrant seacoast city of Qingdao, China, a diverse population of over 8 million people shares space and resources with rapidly growing industry. The pressing need for a larger municipal water supply led government leaders to commission a seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) water treatment plant. In choosing Abengoa Water, which has built huge reverse osmosis (RO) plants on other continents, the Municipality of Qingdao sought the expertise of a company that knows how to design and build massive water treatment plants that bring huge quantities of drinking water to urban populations.
Abengoa Water knew from its RO work on several continents that recovering and recycling energy was paramount to keeping water affordable, a consideration especially important given the huge flow capacity needed at Qingdao. Because Energy Recovery's technological solutions have minimized the cost and energy footprints of their six other mega-projects, Abengoa Water wanted Energy Recovery's PX Pressure Exchanger® technology to make processing more productive, profitable, and environmentally cleaner.
The PX supplied Qingdao's RO plant with the potential of saving 96 million kWh per year and of cutting 56,000 tons of CO2 emissions with Energy Recovery's industry-leading technology that recaptures the reusable energy from fluid flows and pressure cycles. The Qingdao processing plant will bring fresh water to up to 500,000 residents of Qingdao. Energy Recovery's PX trains make desalination more affordable and sustainable by harnessing reusable energy at high efficiency with no downtime.


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It would not be a children's festival without some dress-up play and theatre. SandCastle Theatre is back with their costumes and drama!
School's Out For The Summer – Come play with the professionals. Meet the Simcoe County Elementary Teacher's Federation, the Simcoe County Elementary Occasional Teachers and the Simcoe County Designated Early Childhood Educators. Make Your Own Buttons, do some water sponge printing and discover all you need to know about school.
Speaking of school, what would your school bus look like? Paint the bus with First Student!
Stay sharp this summer and with brain games brought to you by Dragonfly Outreach Services.
You're In the Army Now – Play with the Army Cadets and see what Base Borden brought in. Try your skills in the inflatable obstacle course.
If an obstacle course seems to challenging, try out the inflatable slides sponsored by the Old Mill House Pub.
Check out the Wee-Line Zipline Adventure Station. Ride on!
Take a stroll through our Wishing Tree Forest. Make a wish and tie it to a branch. Dream and be inspired!
Princess Emilee is back this year. Visit her kingdom for some play, song and dance.
Visit Creemore's own, Darci Que for some balloon fun.
Take a trip to Toddler Town with Miss Margie of the Ontario Early Years Centre.
Wasaga Beach Library's Mini-Con! presented by the Wasaga Beach Library and Jack's on Queen.
Creemore Library's Cooling and Rest Area. Introduce yourself to a very special guest, a real, live tropical Owl!
Pet the Ponies and learn all about miniature horses with Wendy Eagle from Wellspring Equine.
Learn about Clearview Community Theatre's latest production. Here's a hint, pirates will be serving up some snow-cones and popcorn!
Try your hand at Mega Jenga, Kerplunk and even a Mini Ninja Course with Clearview Community Church.
Meet Lionel, the Boston Pizza mascot and play with some real dough!
How unique we all are! Make your own handprints with Samantha from Knowledge First Financial.
Learn to fish with our guests from the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry.
Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters with the invasive species outreach program.
Get up close and personal with some hardback friends. Discover Kids for Turtles Environmental Education programs.
Build a gigantic cardboard village at Cardboard Castles Children's Emporium.
Be a baker and create your own cupcake masterpiece at Affairs Bakery and Café. Adult supervision is required for this one!
Hit the runway with Edenvale Classic Aircraft Foundation's Pedal car airplanes and ezy rollers.
Bay School of Art After School Program at the Mill Street Studio.
Our festival wouldn't be the same without some water play with the Cleaview Firefighters. Can you aim to put out the flames?
Hit the nail on the head and practice your construction skills with the crew at Creemore Home Hardware.
Storytime and craft from 10am-1pm with Carolyn Morris and then 1pm-3pm with Ashley Green at Curiosity House Books and Gallery.
Drop by and create with the Bay School of Art at the Mill Street Studio.
Get to know Teddy Bears Picnic.
Hug-a-Tree and Survive presented by Adventure Smart. Programs run on the hour, every hour.
Be sure to check out The Children's Maker Marketplace.
Keep an eye out for some special guests roaming the streets.
Venture down Caroline Street East to visit the Clearview Public Library, Creemore's Historic Log Cabin and North America's Smallest Jail for quieter play and a cooling centre. Introduce yourself to a very special guest, a real, live, tropical Owl!
Join the women from MILDBAGSunlimited at Creemore's Historic Log Cabin. They will be demonstrating and providing a hands-on opportunity on how to make milk bag mattresses.
Hug-a-Tree and Survive is an AdventureSmart program that helps lost children survive in the woods. It teaches children how not to become lost in the woods, and what to do should they become lost. Visit the local Georgian Bay Search and Rescue Team in front of the Library throughout the day.
Bank Café – Join them for cinnamon buns in the morning and burgers in the afternoon, along with lemonade and coffee.
Pizza by the slice served up by our friends from Life's A Slice.


This statistic represents Nordex SE's annual revenue between the fiscal year of 2008 and the fiscal year of 2018. In the fiscal year of 2018, the Germany-based wind turbine manufacturer generated around 2.36 billion euros (or about 2.7 billion U.S. dollars) in revenue.
* Figures prior 2017 are taken from previous annual reports.
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Aaron Rodgers, Davante Adams and Jay Alexander have the "X Factor...
EA recently announced that Davante Adams, quarterback Aaron Rogers and cornerback Jay Alexander from the Green Bay Packers have "Madden NFL 21" X factor" ability. Now there is less than a month before the release of Madden NFL 21. For the promotion of your team, it is the best time to accumulate Madden 21 Coins early in the release.
There are a small number of players with the "X factor" function in the game, which Madden calls a "game-changing system. Packers have some star powers in the virtual world."
About the X-factor capabilities of the Green Bay Packers. Adams has a "Double me" X factor. Once activated, Adams can increase the success rate of active catches for single insurance. Rodgers has a "gambler" X factor. Once activated, Rodgers cannot be intercepted by AI defenders. Alexander has a "shutdown" X factor. Once activated, Alexander's coverage will be tighter and will generate more interceptions on disputed catches.
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Russell Wilson will have the "Assault Radar X-Factor" feature, which will highlight more assaulters. It can be activated by three battles of more than 10 yards, and if he takes two sacks, it will be deleted. It feels a little weird, because even though it has something to do with Wilson's ability to compete, I feel that bystanders like Tom Brady and Drew Blaise also have a pretty good sense of surprise. Brady's mobility is zero, but it is sufficient to identify defenses.
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EA Sports's iconic video game released its first round of ratings in recent weeks, but only went on sale after about a month (August 25). The Detroit Lions reported to the practice facility for the first time in several months on Tuesday. Let's check Madden 21's view on the roster. If you are a new player, then let us first MUT Coins, it is the main currency of MUT.Buy Madden Coins is very useful. You can exchange packages, player items and contract coins with other Madden players.
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Madden 21 ratings: Analyzing the Ravens defense
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After Michael Pierce left, the position was hit. Pierce is Madden's darling and has maintained an overall rating at the highest level in the 1980s or lowest level in the 1990s for the past two seasons.
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The biggest addition to the Ravens this offseason is that they now have the highest scoring player in Madden on both sides of the ball, and that is Calais Campbell. Campbell has been one of Madden's top defensive players for several years in a row, this time with a total of 95 points, which is the same again.
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15-year-old media personality Brilyn Hollyhand receives John Lewis Youth Leadership Award
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Last week, Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill presented the National Secretaries of State Association's John Lewis Youth Leadership Award to 15-year-old conservative media personality Brilyn Hollyhand.
Hollyhand is the editor-in-chief of The Truth Gazette, a conservative news service he launched at the age of 11.
Dubbed a "conservative crusader" by The Daily Beast, Hollyhand founded his news service in an effort to combat what he views as false narratives promoted by the mainstream media. He grew The Truth Gazette from a small email newsletter to thousands of subscribers.
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"Dinner Party of Discourse Owners": China's Intellectual Scene Today
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This article assesses the Chinese intellectual scene through sketching four groups of Chinese intellectuals state strategists, the (politically) scandalous, professionals, and the weibo (microblogging) opinion leaders. The Chinese intellectual scene today is filled with excitement and sensationalism, a carnivalesque dinner party of festivity enjoyed by academics, media practitioners, and other cultural workers — the "discourse owners" of China's global "cultural soft power" or "discourse power," to use the new buzzwords. Missing, however, are well-grounded and seriously thought-out responses to the fundamental questions and dilemmas that China faces today: the absence of social consensus and coherent social values that provide not only cohesiveness to an increasingly diverse and fragmented society in rapid transformation but also clues to the world community as to the future orientations of a rising China. The GDP fetish and economic developmentalism have been the backbone of the pragmatic policies of the Chinese Communist Party since reform, but three decades of economic achievement have not bolstered the leadership's political selfconfidence, let alone their vision and courage for the inevitable reforms in political and ideological realms. The continued and omnipresent censorship and self-censorship in China's intellectual arena, as well as the corrosive effects of corruption, fraud, and the temptations of material benefits in the academic and media sectors, contribute to further divisions among Chinese intellectuals, whose identity as such has already transformed beyond recognition. China's global soft power and discourse power campaign may ultimately turn out to be a self- celebratory extravaganza bereft of real substance.


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Software Wars is a 70 minute documentary about the ongoing battle between proprietary versus free and open-source software. The more we share scientific information, the faster we can solve the challenges of the future. It also discusses biology and the space elevator.
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We're at a fascinating point in the discourse around artificial intelligence (AI) and all things "smart". At one level, we may be reaching "peak hype", with breathless claims and counter claims about potential society impacts of disruptive technologies. Everywhere we look, there's earnest discussion of AI and its exponentially advancing sisters – blockchain, sensors, the Internet of Things (IoT), big data, cloud computing, 3D / 4D printing, and hyperconnectivity. At another level, for many, it is worrying to hear politicians and business leaders talking with confidence about the transformative potential and societal benefits of these technologies in application ranging from smart homes and cities to intelligent energy and transport infrastructures.
Why the concern? Well, these same leaders seem helpless to deal with any kind of adverse weather incident, ground 70,000 passengers worldwide with no communication because someone flicked the wrong switch, and rush between Brexit crisis meetings while pretending they have a coherent strategy. Hence, there's growing concern that we'll see genuine stupidity in the choices made about how we deploy ever more powerful smart technologies across our infrastructure for society's benefit. So, what intelligent choices could ensure that intelligent tools genuinely serve humanity's best future interests.
Firstly, we are becoming a society of connected things with appalling connectivity. Literally every street lamp, road sign, car component, object we own, and item of clothing we wear could be carrying a sensor in the next five to ten years. With a trillion plus connected objects throwing off a continuous stream of information – we are talking about a shift from big to humungous data. The challenge is how we'll transport that information? For Britain to realise its smart nation goals and attract the industries of tomorrow in the post-Brexit world, it seems imperative that we have broadband speeds that puts us amongst the five fastest nations on the planet. This doesn't appear to be part of the current plan.
The second issue is governance of smart infrastructure. If we want to be driverless pioneers, then we need to lead on thinking around the ethical frameworks that govern autonomous vehicle decision making. This means defining clear rules around liability and choice making on who to hit in accident. Facial recognition technology allows identification of most potential victims and vehicles could calculate instantly our current and potential societal contribution. The information is available, what will we choose to do with it? Similarly, when smart traffic infrastructures know who is driving, and drones can allow individualised navigation, how will we use their information in traffic management choices? In a traffic jam, who will be allowed onto the hard shoulder? Will we prioritise doctors on emergency calls, executives of major employers, or school teachers educating our young?
At the physical level, globally we see experiments with innovations such as solar roadways, and self-monitoring, self-repairing surfaces. We can of course wait until these technologies are proven, commercialised, and expensive. Or, we can recognise the market opportunity of piloting such innovations, accelerate the development of the ventures that are commercialising them, deliver genuinely smarter infrastructure in advance, of many competitor nations, and create leadership opportunities in these new global markets.
The final issue I'd like to highlight is that of speed. Global construction firms are delivering 57 storey buildings in 19 days and completing roadways in China and Dubai at three to four times the speed of the UK. The capabilities exist, the potential for exponential cost and time savings are evident. We can continue to find genuinely stupid reasons not to innovate or give ourselves permission to experiment with these new techniques. Again, the results would be enhanced infrastructure provision to UK society whilst at the same creating globally exportable capabilities.
As we look to the future, it will become increasingly apparent that the payoff from smart infrastructure will be even more dependent on the intelligence of our decision making than on the applications and technologies we deploy.
Rohit Talwar is a global futurist, award-winning keynote speaker, author, and the CEO of Fast Future. His prime focus is on helping clients understand and shape the emerging future by putting people at the center of the agenda. Rohit is the co-author of Designing Your Future, lead editor and a contributing author for The Future of Business, and editor of Technology vs. Humanity. He is a co-editor and contributor for the recently published Beyond Genuine Stupidity – Ensuring AI Serves Humanity and The Future Reinvented – Reimagining Life, Society, and Business, and two forthcoming books — Unleashing Human Potential – The Future of AI in Business, and 50:50 – Scenarios for the Next 50 Years.
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Popular films like "Her" and series such as "Black Mirror" depict a future of intimate relationships in a high-tech world: Man falls in love with operating system, woman loves person she meets in virtual reality. The rise of technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) may play a huge role in the future of our interpersonal relationships. Hardware, such as robots we could touch and feel, are one example of what this AI could look like; another would be software, or algorithms that take on a persona like Alexa or Siri and can seemingly interact with us.
Beyond overused sci-fi clichés, there's great potential for AI to increase the authenticity and value of real human relationships. Below are some impressions of how AI might enhance the quality of friendship, romantic and professional relationships.
Men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but AI can be programmed to translate, helping circumvent missteps in love. Algorithms as key matchmakers in the future of dating might provide the support and information people need beyond the first date. For example, an AI personal assistant may give insights on how to approach someone for a second date, based on information culled from the first meeting, the internet and various digital databases. Soon, one's tweets, likes and Facebook circle of friends could be used to build our dating profile and then a fool-proof guide to dating the other person.
Imagine a Netflix for dates, informing you of the right restaurants to suggest for a certain someone (based on their biological profiles, DNA tests or other obtainable digital data about them) or narrowing down your choice of bars and cafes based on the probability of meeting singles with a certain Myers-Briggs profile. Whilst on a date, our AI assistant could be interpreting micro-facial expressions, and suggesting underlying meanings and desires in what the other person is saying. The technology could also relay real-time video to our inner circle of friends — collating and prioritising advice from them and dating guides across the web. We need never be lost for words or misinterpret a cue again.
Robots used in caring for the elderly is a no-brainer in places like Japan where the population is aging rapidly and there is a shortage of caregivers. However, it is possible that AI will one day help us communicate and relate better with our elderly friends, relatives and neighbours. Hearing and speech enhancement is a major area that AI will impact—in fact, teaching robots to listen and respond to human speech is an essential aspect of moving AI into our homes and workplaces. Facial recognition and reading body language are among some of the cutting-edge capabilities of AI that could enhance elder care. It is possible that future AI programs will help us not just care for the older people in our lives in a superficial way; today we are familiar with the ability to harness technology for medication reminders, virtual doctor visits and obtaining information used for at-home care. In the near future, AI might keep older people company in the absence of a caring adult or help caregivers understand illness and injury with more empathy. In a more distant future, the ability to upload memories to the cloud could make the impacts of Alzheimer's obsolete—AI could help patients recall past events and make sense of the present. Combined with VR (virtual reality) and AR (augmented reality), we may reach breakthroughs with AI when it comes to understanding the aging experience and avoiding its pitfalls, such as loneliness, communication problems and memory loss.
In the age of social media one can have hundreds of online connections with no real friends in sight in the 'real world'. Loneliness is an epidemic, and surveys have reported that people believe the number of flesh-and-blood 'friends' they can count on in times of need is decreasing, compared to past samples. Technology does not have to alienate us from each other, though, and at Fast Future we emphasize the role of technology in enhancing humanity, not diminishing it. So how could AI help us in our friendships? First of all, guarding special relationships takes the tact and care that can be difficult for some people and at certain times during life. Various uses of AI, like voice detection, could help us learn how to treat a friend who calls to casually 'say hi', but whose voice holds fear or anxiety undetectable to the human ear. Friendships might be less private, but more authentic with such a technology. On the other hand, the art of the 'little white lie' could be perfected by some device which could let us know when bending the truth might preserve a relationship. Conversely, how many friendships would survive a lie detector enabled on every conversation?
Could AI help you ask for a raise one day? It's possible our digital twins, our futuristic personal assistants that mirror our thoughts, actions and activities, might make appropriate suggestions along our career paths which help us get ahead. Digital twins might look out for us by comparing salary data in our fields, for example, providing both moral and evidential support to the big ask. Furthermore, AI-powered services could suggest, provide and track professional development training to help instil confidence and overcome weaknesses. As a job coach, AI might provide valuable assistance to jobseekers as well as support people on the job to maintain credentials. Competition in the job market will be fierce once automation takes hold of a range of white-collar jobs. AI working to advance humanity in the workplace would be a win-win for organisations and employees alike. Career support is one application for technology that would enhance the human role in the workplace, while positioning AI in a manner which is not overpowering or threatening.
Ultimately the role of AI in the future of society is still to be determined. Whilst futurists and other early adopters are busy talking up the benefits of AI, new risks are exposed every day. Self-driving cars could reduce the number of lives lost in car accidents, but could they cause the demise of repair garages and auto insurance firms? Algorithms that can predict start-up success rates are handy, but could they ultimately quash innovation? It's fascinating to see the artwork created by a robot, but what about human creativity—and preserving those qualities that make us human? Given the profit motive, AI is already out of the bag. But how we use it, and whether it is harnessed to enhance human potential are ultimately choices that we as humans have to make.
The authors are futurists with Fast Future who specialise in studying and advising on the impacts of emerging change. Fast Future also publishes books from future thinkers around the world exploring how developments such as AI, robotics and disruptive thinking could impact individuals, society and business and create new trillion-dollar sectors. Fast Future has a particular focus on ensuring these advances are harnessed to unleash individual potential and enable a very human future. See: www.fastfuture.com
Rohit Talwar is a global futurist, keynote speaker, author, and CEO of Fast Future where he helps clients develop and deliver transformative visions of the future. He is the editor and contributing author for The Future of Business, editor of Technology vs. Humanity
Steve Wells is the COO of Fast Future and an experienced Strategist, Futures Analyst, and Partnership Working Practitioner. He is a co-editor of The Future of Business, Technology vs. Humanity, and a forthcoming book on Unleashing Human Potential–The Future of AI in Business.
April Koury is a foresight researcher, writer, and publishing director at Fast Future. She is a contributor to The Future of Business, and a co-editor of Technology vs. Humanity, and a forthcoming book on 50:50–Scenarios for the Next 50 Years.
Alexandra Whittington is the foresight director at Fast Future, a futurist, writer, and faculty member on the Futures programme at the University of Houston. She is a contributor to The Future of Business and a co-editor for forthcoming books on Unleashing Human Potential–The Future of AI in Business and 50:50–Scenarios for the Next 50 Years.
Maria Romero is a recent graduate from the University of Houston Master in Foresight, a futurist, and researcher. As a student, she worked with Dr Andy Hines developing new tools for the Framework Foresight method and scanning process. She has worked on projects for consultants, NGOs, for-profit organizations, and government. She is currently working on a study of AI in business.
Robo-Retail vs. Humanity at a Price? Two Possible Futures for Retail
Posted by Alexandra Whittington in cyborgs, employment, robotics/AITagged robotics/AI | Leave a Comment on Robo-Retail vs. Humanity at a Price? Two Possible Futures for Retail
By Rohit Talwar, Steve Wells, April Koury, and Alexandra Whittington
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Can human roles in retail survive the relentless march of the robots? Much of the current debate on automation focuses on the possible demise of existing jobs and the spread of automation into service and white-collar sectors – and retail is certainly one industry poised to follow this automation path in pursuit of the next driver of profits. From the advent of the steam engine and mechanisation of farming, through to the introduction of personal computing — jobs have always been automated through the use of technology. However, as new technologies have come to market, human ingenuity and the ability to create new products and services have increased the scope for employment and fulfilment. Retail has enjoyed enormous benefits from technology tools, but has the time come when automation poses a threat to jobs? Here we present two possible scenarios for retail 2020–2025: one where automation eliminates the majority of retail jobs and a second which sees the emergence of new paid roles in retail.
Scenario One: Robo-Retail Rules
By 2020, in-store robots walk the aisles to guide customers, help order from another branch, and bring goods to the checkout, or your car. Artificial intelligence (AI) personal assistants like Siri and Alexa have become personal shoppers, with perfect knowledge of customers' tastes and preferences. This allows for development of retail algorithms to recommend the perfect item before shoppers even know they want it. The algorithms offer recommendations drawing on databases of consumer preferences (i.e. Amazon recommendations), social media, friends' recent purchases, and analysis of emerging trends – with our AI assistants providing our profiles to help filter and select the appropriate offers.
By 2022, many stores try to retain humans in key service roles for customers who want the personal touch, but most customers prefer to shop online – even if they still browse in-store. Mobile and pop-up digital stores and malls – where customers view products digitally – display selected items as touchable and sniffable holograms personalised to you. Wealthier customers can book a personal visit by an autonomous vehicle, robot or drone which can then perform the holographic display in the comfort of your own home or garden – giving birth to the next wave of home shopping parties. TV and retail are fully integrated — the majority of films and TV shows offer the ability to click on an item in the show, view it in more detail, see how we would look wearing it or how it might look in our home and then make an instant purchase. In all these formats, shoppers 'click to buy' virtual items, which are shipped instantly by autonomous vehicle or drone.
By 2025 The physical stores that continue to attract customers do so with high-tech in-store experiential services. In-store 3D/4D printing and spray-on manufacture of items to your design are commonplace. Experiences include multi-sensory immersive fashion displays, mirrors showing customers wearing an item of clothing under different lighting, in different colours and sizes and robot tailors customising clothing to our requirements while we wait. The sharing economy is well advanced by now so that, at the point of purchase for many items, we already have a community who will share the ownership and cost of purchase with us.
Scenario Two: Humanity at a Price
By 2020, retailers use AI to determine who typically shops and when, and change displays so that eye-catching items are offered to relevant customers walking through at the time of day they typically visit. This would work particularly well in train stations and airports when you have a sense of which high spending passenger groups are coming through. In-store robots and drones could continuously change displays, alleviating the repetitive, physically exhausting work of retail jobs. Employees would therefore be more relaxed, thus placing more attention on the customer. Local stores might use AI apps to track the preferences of their customers, make recommendations, and deliver items at the perfect time – so shopping is completely seamless and tailored to specific customer needs. This is the edge by which small brick-and-mortar shops are able to compete with online retailers and bigger chains.
By 2022, people are willing to pay a premium to access a live purchasing advisor, someone who is an expert in a certain line of retail. This exclusivity leads to super elite retail boutiques. Part of what these shops offer would be a service where shoppers connect with fashion bloggers, Instagram idols, or YouTube artists whose fashion sense they admire. Customer service is anything but free, but well worth the cost to these shoppers. Creativity, self-expression and individuality are major retail offerings in this future. For example, 3D print stores could help shoppers design an item, print it while they lunch, for them to collect on departure. The value-add of retail work would be the personal touch and connection in creating and selecting personalised products. In this future, services and guides become increasingly important in shopping experiences especially in destination shopping centres and malls, keeping retail jobs in demand.
By 2025 automation's impact may support retail growth: products could become so cheap, thanks to extremely low-cost, highly-productive robotic labour, that the value comes in the form of an evolved 'Personal Shopper'. Automation and robotics would support the actual purchase and delivery, but a Personal Shopper provides emotional support and companionship on the shopping experience: "That suits you so well" … "Why not cook prawns as a starter if chicken is your main course?" In a future where the majority of people are involved in online schooling and remote working, this Personal Shopper service could meet cravings for personal contact.
Two Retail Futures
There is little debate that robots will take jobs — hence both scenarios assume that the future leads to the automation of current retail roles. Companies must avoid the temptation to plug in technology fixes where human solutions are needed, and this is especially true for retail. The value of a good, authentic conversational style or a sense of humour is something that even today puts certain retail workers at an advantage. Public-facing jobs are a test of social skills, which seem to be safely in the domain of people, not robots, for now.
Rohit Talwar is a global futurist, keynote speaker, author, and CEO of Fast Future where he helps clients develop and deliver transformative visions of the future. He is the editor and contributing author for The Future of Business, editor of Technology vs. Humanity, and co-editor of a forthcoming book on Unleashing Human Potential–The Future of AI in Business.
Alexandra Whittington is the foresight director at Fast Future. She is a futurist, writer, and faculty member on the Futures programme at the University of Houston. She is a contributor to The Future of Business and a co-editor for forthcoming books on Unleashing Human Potential–The Future of AI in Business and 50:50–Scenarios for the Next 50 Years.
The Recurring Parable of the AWOL Android
Posted by Reno J. Tibke in cybercrime/malcode, defense, ethics, media & arts, military, robotics/AITagged anthrobotic, anthrobotic.com, cybercrime/malcode, defense, ethics, media & arts, military, reno j. tibke, robotics/AI | 2 Comments on The Recurring Parable of the AWOL Android
Greetings to the Lifeboat Foundation community and blog readers! I'm Reno J. Tibke, creator of Anthrobotic.com and new advisory board member. This is my inaugural post, and I'm honored to be here and grateful for the opportunity to contribute a somewhat… different voice to technology coverage and commentary. Thanks for reading.
This Here Battle Droid's Gone Haywire
There's a new semi-indy sci-fi web series up: DR0NE. After one episode, it's looking pretty clear that the series is most likely going to explore shenanigans that invariably crop up when we start using semi-autonomous drones/robots to do some serious destruction & murdering. Episode 1 is pretty and well made, and stars 237, the android pictured above looking a lot like Abe Sapien's battle exoskeleton. Active duty drones here in realityland are not yet humanoid, but now that militaries, law enforcement, the USDA, private companies, and even citizens are seriously ramping up drone usage by land, air, and sea, the subject is timely and watching this fiction is totally recommended.
(Update: DR0NE, Episode 2 now available)
It would be nice to hope for some originality, and while DR0NE is visually and means-of-productionally and distributionally novel, it's looking like yet another angle on a psychology & set of issues that fiction has thoroughly drilled — like, for centuries.
Higher-Def Old Hat?
Okay, so the modern versions go like this: one day an android or otherwise humanlike machine is damaged or reprogrammed or traumatized or touched by Jesus or whatever, and it miraculously "wakes up," or its neural network remembers a previous life, or what have you. Generally the machine becomes severely bi-polar about its place in the universe; while it often struggles with the guilt of all the murderdeathkilling it did at others' behest, it simultaneously develops some serious self-preservation instinct and has little compunction about laying waste to its pursuers, i.e., former teammates & commanders who'd done the behesting.
Admittedly, DR0NE's episode 2 has yet to be released, but it's not too hard to see where this is going; the trailer shows 237 delivering some vegetablizing kung-fu to it's human pursuers, and dude, come on — if a human is punched in the head hard enough to throw them across a room and into a wall or is uppercut into a spasticating backflip, they're probably just going to embolize and die where they land. Clearly 237 already has the stereotypical post-revelatory per-the-plot justifiable body count.
Where have we seen this pattern before? Without Googling, from the top of one robot dork's head, we've got: Archetype, Robocop, iRobot (film), Iron Giant, Short Circuit, Blade Runner, Rossum's Universal Robots, and going way, way, way back, the golem.
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I am not sure why we have a code compliance anymore. When we moved to this neighborhood 22 years ago, people genuinely cared about their property and respected other. Now we have illegal fences up junk stored on driveways and inoperable vehicles sitting for months or years now without moving. We had a neighbor who's son had a wreck and the car was in the drive a month before the insurance was settled. The family was told to move the car or it would be towed. So they pushed it into their garage. Now we have all kinds of boats commercial trucks, commercial tractor and trailers, wreckers parking all over the neighborhood making ir look in some areas like a junk yard. I know ther are several violations here that no one has ever addressed. So what does code compliance really do.. Next topic is the pool. We have discontinued our membership since the pool hours only seem to fit the schedules of those who run it. Why do we need set hours except for hours when we need life guard. The rest of the time the pool should be for open swim with adult supervision. I used to come home from work at 7 and wanted to go for a swim but the pool was closed and the code to the gate was a big secret. No matter how much we upgrade our property, there are neighbors who don't discipline their dog, control thief cats, and kids with loud music at 2 am in the morning. Where is code compliance then or is there a code for such items. I would like to see a copy of the code published sometime in the sunburst. Maybe one day we will consider rejoining the association when there is some control again.


While few would dispute the overall idyllic, tranquility that is Tuscany, perhaps one of the more picturesque places in the region is Panzano. Quiet streets, amazing merchants, and precocious butchers create the allure and the landscape. And of course, there are some of the most exciting wine estates you'll come across. Fontodi, Castello dei Rampolla, Villa Cafaggio, and Il Molino di Grace all call Panzano home. Now you can add Montebernardi to the list.
Located in Panzano, the Montebernardi Estate extends over 53 hectares, approximately 10 of which are devoted to vines. Although the estate has documented roots as far back as 1085, wine production didn't take place until 1992. Prior to that time, the grapes were sold off in bulk locally. In 2003, the Schmelzer family purchased the estate and set about revitalizing it. Investments were made in the winery, cellars, vineyards and the villa on the property and in the exceedingly short span of 10-13 years, these investments have yielded astounding dividends.
The vineyards on the estate range from 10-40 years of age and are situated in Southern Panzano at 350 meters above sea level. The soil ranges from galestro to alberese and the vines enjoy south and southwesterly exposure. In addition to the owned acreage, since 2011, the family also holds lease contracts on an additional 5 hectares of vineyards.
Our estate wines are made only from our grapes; sourced from the vineyards we farm. We have great affection for Sangiovese, Chianti Classico and the distinctness of Panzano. Every decision we make is with the aim of creating wines which are true to our land. We farm our vines biodynamically which allows for the greatest expression of terroir, ultimate quality, and harmony between our vineyards and the environment.
This is the first in a series of articles we've got planned on Montebernardi. Michael was gracious enough to sit down and give Tuscan Vines some time and we thank him in advance for that. Today, we're focusing on his estate's flagship Sangiovese, Sa'etta.
Sa'etta means "Thunderbolt" and takes it's name from the single vineyard of the same name on the Montebernardi Estate. The wine is denoted as a Chianti Classico Riserva and is 100% Sangiovese from the strictest selections of fruit. Fermented and aged in large oak casks – interestingly of German and Austrian origin, the wine rests 24 months in oak and 12 months in bottle prior to release.
The 2011 Montebernardi Sa'etta is drop dead gorgeous. This wine walks a fine line between exuberant ripeness and complex aristocracy and does so with perfection. The color is a gorgeous deep ruby with nary a lightening at the rim of the bowl.
Aromas rise from the glass. Rich, ripe crushed cherry are backed by sweet pipe tobacco, crushed dried herbs, vanilla, and freshly cut lilies. On the palate, the wine is juicy, fresh and round with ripe flavors of red plum and cherry, fresh sage, toasted coffee and wonderful mineral accents. Balanced well with fresh acidity and very well integrated tannins. The ripeness of the vintage I think is characterized in this wine, but as I said, it successfully walks a very fine line. Great Sangiovese. 94 points. Disclosure: This bottle was a producer provided sample.
Stay tuned for more from this exciting estate. Salute!


I love new music. I just bought tickets for the Matchbox 20/Goo Goo Dolls concert and this lovely lady is opening so I thought I'd check her out. Turns out I like it!
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