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Acta Oeconomica
Digitalisation-induced performance improvement: Don't take it for granted!
Andrea Szalavetz
Andrea SzalavetzInstitute of World Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Tóth Kálmán u. 4, Budapest, H-1097 Hungary
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szalavetz.andrea@krtk.huhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7655-6994
operational inefficiencies; complementary resources; digital technology adoption barriers; task-technology fit; technology acceptance
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In a context of rapid technological change, digital manufacturing technologies bear the promise of enabling significant improvement in operational efficiency. However, evidence indicates that investing in smart digital solutions, per se, does not guarantee performance improvement. Smart factory projects may be derailed, failing to realise the expected operational benefits. This study addresses the gap between academic propositions regarding the unequivocally positive impact of digitalisation and the actual evidence.
It draws on data obtained from 18 interviews with technology providers, managers and front-line workers at 12 Hungarian manufacturing companies. We use the concepts of resource complementarity, task–technology misfit, and technology acceptance as a theoretical lens to categorise the seemingly idiosyncratic and context-specific operational problems.
We find that digital technology implementation produces inferior-to-expectations outcomes unless companies invest in and upgrade their complementary intangible resources. Four distinct, albeit strongly interrelated types of complementarities are identified: managerial, organisational, skill-related and technical complementarities. Managerial capabilities to adjust the organisational structure, improve workflows and develop a strategy to address technical problems are found to be paramount to eliminate task-technology misfit and enhance technology acceptance.
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When we view situations as 'competitions', we are assuming that participants have some vaguely equal opportunity at the outset.
equity – everyone getting a go everyday..
But we are also assuming that they are striving for maximum inequality at the conclusion. To demand 'competitiveness' is to demand that people prove themselves relative to one other.
Why would it be remotely surprising, to discover that a society in which competitiveness was a supreme moral and cultural virtue, should also be one which generates increasing levels of inequality?
For Friedrich Hayek in London, the ordoliberals in Freiburg and Henry Simons in Chicago, competition wasn't just one feature of a market amongst many. It was the fundamental reason why markets were politically desirable, because it conserved the uncertainty of the future. What united all forms of totalitarianism and planning, according to Hayek, was that they refused to tolerate competition. And hence a neoliberal state would be defined first and foremost as one which used its sovereign powers to defend competitive processes, using anti-trust law and other instruments.
By studying these intellectual traditions, it becomes possible to see how an entire moral and philosophical worldview has developed, which assumes that inequalities are both a fair and an exciting outcome of a capitalist process which is overseen by political authorities. ….we need to understand how competition, competitiveness and, ultimately, inequality are rendered justifiable and acceptable – otherwise their sustained presence in public and private life appears simply inexplicable.
For several years, we have operated with a cultural and moral worldview which finds value only in 'winners'.
Our cities must be 'world-leading' to matter. Universities must be 'excellent', or else they dwindle. This is a philosophy which condemns the majority of spaces, people and organizations to the status of 'losers'.
It also seems entirely unable to live up to its own meritocratic ideal any longer. The discovery that, if you cut a 'winner' enough slack, eventually they'll try to close down the game once and for all, should throw our obsession with competitiveness into question. And then we can consider ..
how else to find value in things, other than their being 'better' than something else.
Most systems are now run by competitive organizations. Competition creates redundancy, is slow and wastes resources on idea protection, advertisement, and more. Competition also requires secrecy which blocks progress and auditing and causes lost opportunities and ideas. Patents and copyrights further limit speed and the potential for mass input of ideas.
is that not what is happening in the world because we have never fond out what is our true vocation.. we are only being conditioned by society, by a particular culture, to accept certain forms of vocations which breed competition and hatred between a man and man..
the one vocation for man is to find out what is real..
if i and you are finding out what is truth, which is our true vocation, then in the search of that we will not be in competition.. as long as we do not find out that true vocation of man, we must be in competition w each other..
Competitiveness pertains to the ability and performance of a firm, sub-sector or country to sell and supply goods and services in a given market, in relation to the ability and performance of other firms, sub-sectors or countries in the same market.


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Robert J. "Bobby" Brennan, Sr. 62, of Pottsville died Wednesday at Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest, Allentown.
He was born September 11, 1955 a son of the late William and Kathryn Yourey Brennan.
He was a 1973 graduate of Nativity BVM High School Pottsville.
Prior to retiring Bobby was employed by Pespi Co until 1989, and later the Greater Pottsville Sewer Authority until 2017. He was also a funeral attendant for 31 years at the James E. Humphrey Funeral Home, Pottsville.
Bobby was a member of St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville, where he served as lector; Ancient Order of Hibernians JFK Division #2,a social member of West End Hose Co. Pottsville and a life long member of Good Intent Fire Co. Pottsville, where he was past chief engineer.
Surviving are his wife of 43 years Kathleen "Kathy" Conway Brennan, Pottsville; 2 daughters, Erin Wintrup and her husband Bill, Bear, Del; Megan Brennan, Pottsville; Robert J. "Bobby" Brennan, Jr., and his wife Jessica, Pottsville; 5 grandchildren, Logan, Ava, and Mckenna Wintrup and Ryland and Callen Brennan; 2 cousins, Kathy Maxwell, and Joe Weschules; nieces and nephews.
Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 11:30AM. from St. Patrick Roman Church, Pottsville. Family and friends are invited to a visitation from 9-11:30A.M. at the church. The family would prefer remembrances in the form of contributions made to St. Patrick Memorial Fund, 319 Mahantongo St., Pottsville PA, 17901 or Good Intent Fire Co, 7 N. 2nd St. Pottsville PA, 17901. Interment will follow at Calvary Cemetery, Pottsville. Arrangements are under the care of James E. Humphrey Funeral Home, Pottsville.


This is one of the hardest things I've had to deal with in my life, as I'm usually good at logical decision making, but for some reason this is the first time I don't know what to do. I figured I needed to get this off my chest somewhere and talk about this a bit more openly, as there's no one I know that can help me with my situation and this seems to be an accepting community and I really need the advice. I signed up using an alias and a spam email I made a long time ago, solely for the reason of trying to hide any possible identity to myself (and the possibility of being hacked). As it stands, I currently am in love with my first-cousin, but I'm struggling with our currently relationship- but I think I should try to explain the the whole story for a better understanding as to why I'm struggling, and I want to explain my cousin's situation.
My cousin has lived and grown up in Hawaii, while I live in Canada. We don't get to see each other often, in-fact throughout most of our lives there was a big gap that we never saw each other. The only time I have ever been able to see my cousin is during holidays, specifically Christmas. When we were kids (around the age of 7 or 8) [my brother and] I met her for the first time, well we did meet when we were younger but we had no memory of it as we were like 3. Anyways, my cousin grew up with an alcoholic and abusive mother, with her father leaving for another woman. Eventually at the age of thirteen she was taken away from her mother as she was too dangerous and reckless, but her father didn't want her to become a foster (don't get it wrong, he didn't REALLY want her, he only did it so other people wouldn't judge him for leaving his daughter), so he took her in with his new wife. From the stories I hear from my cousin the family is her father, his wife, and their daughter (currently age 11 or 12, she was around 5 or 6 maybe when she moved in, I "think"), but it doesn't get any better here. The wife was the decision maker of the family and was power-driven, meaning that she had full control and that the husband (her father) was more passive and let her make all the decisions. She had full influence, and she took a grudge against my cousin as she was the daughter of another woman, only making it a horrible situation for her and favoring their daughter a lot more. Because of this she never got to experience a real life, she was always blamed on things she didn't do, she was yelled at, she was constantly grounded, never had her own privileges and access to her own things (such as her bank account), and was never allowed to leave the house except for school (and her job when she got one later on), but they would always praise their daughter and let her do whatever she wanted.
Summing up this back-story, the people she lived with never really cared for her and hated her, but were forced to have her, because of this they discovered the great idea of flying her away for a few weeks so that they could have a vacation of their own without her. To do this they did it during holidays so it seemed natural, which typically was Christmas. Because of this I began to see my cousin every Christmas ever since she was thirteen, which made me really happy, but that was the only time I was ever able to see her.
The first Christmas we met it was somewhat awkward, but it was an ice breaker. We found ourselves able to get along really well. In our Christmas visits most of our relatives were in there 20's, meaning my cousin, brother, and myself were the only ones around our age group. My cousin was a year younger than me, while my brother was two years younger than me, but we grew up together and we were always around each other (although my brother didn't like me very much though). During that first visit it was hard to get used to having a female around constantly, and both me and my brother were in our hormonal stages, so it was a given on how we saw the situation. My brother and I never felt a romantic love or connection of the sort with the cousin at the time, but just natural want for a female affection in general that we couldn't control, and we didn't see any problem with it at the time (this was before we knew how the western-culture was with romance between relatives). Unfortunately that first Christmas my cousin got much closer to my brother than me, as she would always try to be around him and would whisper with him all night long when we would all sleep together in the same room, there was even a few occasions where she would try to sit near my brother so she could fall asleep on him. It made me extremely jealous, it's not that I was quiet or awkward, but my cousin or brother would always try to push me away when I tried to get involved with their conversations.
The second time we met it was still somewhat awkward for the first half of the visit, but after that we grew very found of each other. This visit turned out a lot better, as half of it was because my brother got into a stage of being constantly grumpy and rude, meaning my cousin was uncomfortable around him and his attitude. Because of this my cousin came to me a lot more in this visit, eventually she began to whisper and talk to me all night, and we began pushing my brother away with his moody attitude. It was the same scenario as before, except my brother and I reversed our roles. In the last few days of my visit my cousin got especially close with me, although I don't think she really mean to, but I think she just got more comfortable around me. During the last few days she would be more touchy-feely with me, we never held hands or anything, but she would often make things up to make a physical interaction with me, which was mainly just trying to tickle me because she was "bored". During this visit there was a moment when we were both alone eating lunch (being alone with my family during the holidays is extremely rare, so this was a first) but she brought up a conversation in which she had asked when I would "finally get a girlfriend", which was followed by a small story about how she just got into a relationship. I had just happened to get into a relationship just a few weeks before her visit too (Remember, at this point in time I didn't have any affectionate feelings for my cousin, just a natural want for female attention like any other boy, but nothing special) so I told her about that, which made me comfortable as I never had anyone I could really talk to about my romantic relationships (as my friends hadn't really gotten to that level and family were out of the question as they didn't want me to date at my age). We were sad when she had to leave back home, but we often talked to each other almost every day constantly for a few months.
On her third visit it was probably the most quiet of the most, but I never thought anything of it at the time. She wasn't very touchy this visit and she didn't go out of her way to do things with my brother and I, she still did things- but she wasn't willing to drag me around. My cousin and I never talked about our relationships this time around, but I had recently been going over a break-up so any kind of romance was nonexistent in my head for most of her visit. I snapped out of it on the second half of her visit and started wanting to be around her a lot for a reason I didn't know why and I couldn't explain at the time. I tried to get close to her but she seemed to distance herself a bit during the visit, near the end she opened up, but it wasn't nearly as much as last year.
On her fourth visit she came during the summer for my sisters wedding, during this visit she was a lot better, she was in a better mood overall and she was back to her normal self. She was touchy and fun again and we did our usual shenanigans of hanging out together and talking all night. She never got super close to my brother and I, but she was very open with us. It wasn't until this visit that I began to notice my feelings for my cousin, as I always wanted to be around her and I was always happy when I was with her. I didn't want to accept my feelings for her as I knew they were wrong, but I began to get that typical awkwardness and embarrassment when you're in love with someone, and I only got it with her. Near the end of the trip was when I accepted it, as I understood that it was similar and even much stronger than the feelings I had felt in my previous two relationships. In the end of her visit I tried to get close to her, but she kept her range when it came to certain activities and things, and she tried to not stay alone with me or my brother. We still had the same sadness when she left, but it hurt my more as I had to watch someone I just fell in love leave.
Fast forward over a year till her next visit during Christmas, just this recent Christmas actually. This visit was her longest, as she was here for almost a whole month, at this point in time I am nineteen and she is eighteen. At this point I have moved in with my uncle and aunt while I start my first year of university, while she is just getting through the end of her last high school year. This visit was our closest, as she came a few days before the rest of the family, so we spent a few days together alone- we got very close to each other quickly, it was almost like we had just picked up from the last place we left it off. I had tried to make a promise with myself to not see our time together as a way of trying to make it "more" and tried to not see her as someone I had affections for. I did well in the first few days, but the time we spent alone in the first few days broke me and I couldn't help it. During her whole visit we stuck together like glue, rarely ever being away from each other. My cousin got extremely touchy with me quickly this time, trying to tickle, bump and lean on me almost every hour. I thought that maybe this was my moment and that possibly she had the same feelings as I did, as I had never seen her so open, friendly, inviting, and happy towards me. All of this shattered when I discovered she had a boyfriend, which I found out because she would face-time him for hours almost every night for the first week she was here, which eventually died down, but she still face-timed him every once in awhile. We followed each other on social media and she would sometimes post things about her boyfriend there, but I would always try to ignore her personal life as it would only make me more attracted to her, which I had set against before she visited. This made me extremely sad and to be honest I would've stopped myself there and would've held my feelings back and not be in this dilema- I would've kept my emotions bottled up inside never to tell anyone, but the rest of the trip made that impossible. I was prepared to be the "best friend", also known as the title of ultimate rejection when loving someone, and I was guaranteed that I would only be seen like this ever since I found out about her boyfriend. As the trip went on we got extremely close, we always sat beside each other, chilled in a sauna alone together, watched movies together while sometimes she leaned on me, and after a few days we slept together in my bed (as it was very big and was warmer than the bed she was given, as she was always very cold- and no, we didn't "sleep" together sexually). It was because of all this that I decided to keep going for it, even though I knew she had a boyfriend, I still felt like I had a chance. This was most definitely without a doubt the closest I've ever been with her in my life, and she wasn't trying to keep herself away from me even though she had a boyfriend this time (she had one before a few years back, but that relationship only lasted 2 months, while this one has been going on for over a year). Looking back I feel foolish for trying to "beat" her boyfriend, especially when they had been dating for a year and a half, but i couldn't control myself.
In the last week she was here she began to play with my hair one night, and that's when I truly thought there was some sort of chance, as the last thing I remembered from that night was passing out on her in that bed. The next day she said I had to repay her by playing with her hair, which ended up happening while we watched a movie. She had her head relaxed and on me for almost two hours, sure my hands were dead at the end of it, but she really enjoyed it. The following day was completely unplanned as we managed to get our hands on some liquor and pot, yes I know we shouldn't have been doing it but we weren't able to celebrate New Year's due to travelling, so we wanted a way to make up for it. We got lightly drunk, but we got very high that night. We had planned to get "smashed" because we missed our New Years, only to find out my mom (the last of my family besides my cousin that was still visiting) was too tired to leave that night and decided to stay over, which was a major problem. We lost most control of ourselves that night, but we couldn't let our mom know what we did so we were confined to my room. All we ended up doing was laying together in that bed. We originally had plans to go in the sauna again that night together while we lightly drunk, but my family didn't approve of it for obvious reasons as they found out we were drinking earlier, so we were a bit bummed out about that. Because I was high I got the munchies, so I was constantly leaving the room for food, but I remember one time I came back to the room to find my cousin had switched her clothing. She had switched her long pants for these extremely small shorts that exposed half of her backside, which could've been mistaken for underwear, and she was lying under the covers with them. This was unusual as she was from Hawaii so she wasn't used to our Canadian winters, and even a room set at 30 degrees Celsius was still cold for her, so for her to change her clothes into something more free and cool didn't add up. I remember I was flirting with her all night and I couldn't hold myself back, there were points where points where she would lightly flirt as well. Whenever it got to points that it seemed obvious I was making a move on her she would just comment saying I was stupid or ridiculous in a funny and somewhat sarcastic and embarrassed tone (I don't know how to explain, but you've all heard it before). There was one point that night where she took off my glasses and said I was a lot better looking without them off and put them to the side- and of course after saying that I didn't put them back on for the rest of the night, and shortly after got me to lay my head on her as we were lying down. Later on my aunt walked into the room and told us that my mom had apparently been over hearing some of the things we were saying in the next door room and was uncomfortable that we were alone in a room saying these things after knowing we had some drinks (she didn't know we were high though). Once we found this out I told my cousin I had to hangout with my mom in the other room to reassure her we weren't doing anything weird, but she didn't come with me as her eyes were bloodshot red from being so high. After this she stopped flirting with me, and when I came back later to tell her my mom had went to bed she said she was too tired to do anything and immediately crashed, she even refused to do any of our random shenanigans (like a light tickle, poke, or head rest) that night- she also changed her clothes back to before. I was extremely confused by this, as she was flirting with me and seemed like she was in an affectionate state earlier, only to be the complete opposite now. I just assumed she had possibly tried to get close to me but got a little too close and didn't notice it as the drinks and all that made it easy for her to go with whatever, and that alert from my aunt was a call for her to draw back and stop. I remember waking up in the middle of the night with my arm on her chest. I was still high at the time so I didn't see it as a problem, I then tried to do some sort of poking as a joke only to find that she was out cold, naturally as a guy I got somewhat curious and poked away for a bit, I began to get touchy but my cousin was still out cold and I felt it was a bit too much at that point, so I just went back to sleep.
The next day was her last, for most of the day we watched movies and she made me play with her hair again, except it was for over three hours straight- sure my arms and hands were dead but it was worth it to see her in such a relaxed state, as even in my past relationships I had never felt that feeling of relaxing someone on your lap/chest while they close their eyes and enjoy it- it's almost as if you can feel it too. When we went to bed that night she begged me to play with her hair even more that night, but she got extremely comfortable as we were lieing down. She wrapped her arms around me and held me as she lay her head on my chest and fell asleep on me as I rubbed her head and neck and played with her hair. She woke up an hour later and we talked for a bit, she said she had a bad dream and I consoled her and told her it would be okay and all that. She then proceeded to say that it was my turn to relax and encouraged me to lay on her. I wrapped my arms and held onto her this time as I laid my head on her chest, I had never been so happy and relaxed in my life. It was hard for me to enjoy the hair massage because my heart was beating so fast, but she talked to me all night and I calmed down and we had a very close talk. I told my cousin that I had poked her inappropriately the night before when she was out cold and how guilty I felt about it, I apologized to her and told her I shouldn't had violated her body even as a joke. I explained that I was high so I couldn't control myself and I took it too far, but I felt guilty about it even though she had no clue about it. She took what I said lightly and didn't get angry, in fact she almost seemed happy I was honest with her and forgave me. Honestly, that moment was the one where I have ever been so close and open to someone before, I don't think any other time in my life can compare. I passed out on her, but only for around 10 minutes, as my alarm sounded shortly afterwards. We had to get up extremely early to get my cousin to an airport so she could get on her flight. We spent some time together at the airport talking, but she could tell I was depressed that she was leaving, as well as still feeling bad for what I had did to her before. When she left we hugged and all that, but it was short and sweet- she never turned around or waved us goodbye from afar after we said our goodbyes. She still had to wait a few hours to actually board her flight as she was travelling internationally, but she had to go ahead to an area that we couldn't get to as we didn't have tickets. Soon after we left she instantly texted me, we talked back and forth, we messaged each other nonstop until she was finally able to board her flight, and when she landed she messaged me immediately and we still messaged each other quite a bit. It's been a few days since then and we haven't been talking as much, only sending a few messages a day, I try to talk to her as much as possible but she doesn't answer very often. I know she's busy with studies like me but she's also dealing with a job and I know she has a boyfriend back home. I'm beginning to think she's distancing me again now that she is physically able to be with her boyfriend again, but I can't really tell.
When she left I was super depressed, I felt empty inside. I didn't start classes for three more days, but during those days I almost didn't do a single thing. On the first day I took it slow and relaxed because I knew I would feel this way, but on the second day I tried to ignore it by doing other things such as cleaning up the leftover mess from the holidays and I also cleaned myself up a bit. I still felt depressed no matter what I did, I couldn't distract myself no matter what I did. I tried watching movies, playing games, talking and hanging out with friends and family (was extremely hard because I didn't want to interact with anybody), sleeping, and just doing any of my usual hobbies. On the third day I was surprised I still felt the way I did, that's when I knew it was genuine and I wasn't just making my feelings up in the moment. The depression I got afterwards hit me like a massive brick and it has been a reminder of how deep my affection for my cousin has grown, especially over this Christmas holiday- but it only took her to leave until I finally noticed how much I love her. I don't know what to do with these feelings or how to deal with them, I haven't told my cousin how I feel but now I'm seriously debating it because of the strong emotions I'm feeling. I've fell in love before and been in relationships, I have asked girls out and been rejected, so don't mistake my feelings as "my first time blindly falling for someone", I've also been rejected- so please don't think I'm afraid of that. I don't know if I should tell her how I feel or not, I just don't want to ruin our relationship and I'm afraid that if I tell her we may never be as close again. Honestly I would've told her how I felt just the other day after recovering a bit, but the fact that she has a boyfriend she loves scares me too much to have done it. She was so close to me when she was here even though she had a boyfriend, but I know she still has strong feelings for him as she would always bring up things they would do together or how they would move together and do things together in the future- it hurt when I heard it but she always opened herself up to me still- I'm so confused about the whole situation I don't know what to do or say. Normally I'd feel like she's giving me an upper hand over her boyfriend and that possibly she likes me more but when I look at all her social media all I see is just pictures of her and her boyfriend, both recent and old- and always constantly with each other. They constantly were messaging when she was here and there isn't a moment that seemed like she wasn't in communication with him besides when she was in bed with me. If it wasn't for her boyfriend I would've thought she had fallen for me or something, but I'm not sure anymore. I don't know what I should do, should I risk our current relationship and tell her how I feel about her even though she has a boyfriend? Or should I wait it off a bit even though it seems almost impossible to live on without her.. I know looking at it realistically I have almost nothing to gain here, logically I don't stand a chance- I can really only lose from this situation- but I'm still at a lose as to what to do.
Some advice and/or help would be greatly appreciated!
So, when you are trying to decide what to do in a situation, it's helpful to think about the pros and cons. What happens if you do tell her how you feel, best case scenario? What is the worst case scenario if you tell her? And best/worst if you don't?
So, what do you hope will happen if you tell her? I did read your entire post, but not all in one sitting, so just to clarify: you see her for a couple of weeks once a year. You are in Canada, she is in Hawaii I believe?
Assuming I got the basic facts right: best case scenario, you tell her how you feel, and she feels the same. What happens then? She leaves her boyfriend, obviously. Are either of you in a position to visit the other until next year? If yes, would one of you eventually move to be with the other? If not, you would be in a long distance relationship. Is that what you want?
If she rejects you, she's still your cousin. I'm going to assume you will still be in a position to see her every Christmas. How would you feel about that?
My advice with cousin relationships is always to take it slow, be careful what you commit to, and if you commit to it, be ready for what that means.
You can never change the fact that she is your cousin. You two could decide to have a relationship, and then break up, and she'd still be your cousin, and always part of your life. I believe that you are currently nineteen, and she is currently eighteen. That's pretty young to commit to anything serious. Not that it doesn't happen, but it doesn't happen often and turn out well. And I would say, if you don't want to commit to her long term, and think about having children with her (or not), and think about all of the implications of that, you may not want to complicate a good friendship now for something that probably won't last.
And I know you feel strongly about her, and I know you are in a tough place right now. My advice though is to wait a few years. See who you are five years from now. See who she is. And if you've missed being with her every second you haven't been with her for those five years, and you think she might feel the same, say something then. Cousin relationships are never simple, and they are never easy. Make sure, if you get yourself into that, it's worth doing.
I would say she's just as attracted to you as you are to her. I'd take it slow, sure, but don't just stay quiet. Don't wait until both of you are in your 20s and possibly near marrying someone else. I'm sure she feels like you do... that it's wrong, because our society says it is. So if you talk to her and realize she has feelings for you, too, for sure, you can start the conversation by introducing her to some facts about cousin marriages and cousin couples or that you looked some stuff up. I'm with my cousin now, but I was not ready at all to even think about it at 18, although I had a crush on him, for sure. I think he liked me too but we were both in denial. Our past failed relationships in adulthood really make us appreciate our connection. It would have been good if we'd kept in touch as we grew up a bit and then maybe we would have been together even longer.


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CHEVY NTT INDYCAR SERIES HARVEST GP INDY: TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE WITH QUOTES
TEAM CHEVY ADVANCE
HARVEST GP
INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY ROAD COURSE
RACE #12 & 13 OF 2020 NTT INDYCAR SERIES:
New event, but a very familiar venue! The inaugural Harvest GP will be the final doubleheader event of the 2020 NTT INDYCAR Series season and will run October 1-3 on the very familiar Road Course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
The first race at the track inside "The Track" was May, 2014. A Chevrolet 2.2liter V6 powered driver has won five of the seven races run on the 2.439-mile/14 turn road course.
This is the second and third time INDYCAR has raced on the IMS Road Course, the first this year was the historic race in conjunction with the NASCAR Xfinity Series in July.
FAN VIEWING AND LISTENING
NBC Sports Gold livestreaming: Thursday's NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice session and qualifying session for Race 1 will stream live on INDYCAR Pass on NBC Sports Gold, NBC Sports' direct-to-consumer livestreaming product.Pennzoil INDYCAR Radio Network broadcasts: All NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice, qualifying and races are broadcast live on Pennzoil INDYCAR Radio Network affiliates, Sirius 211, XM 205, IndyCar.com and on the INDYCAR Mobile app powered by NTT DATA.
AT-TRACK SCHEDULE (ALL TIMES LOCAL)
2:25 p.m.-noon: NTT INDYCAR SERIES practice, NBC Sports Gold (live) and INDYCAR Radio
6:20 p.m.: Qualifying for the NTT P1 Award – Race 1 (Two groups), NBC Sports Gold (live) INDYCAR Radio
3:30 p.m:. Race One Harvest GP– 85-laps Live on USA TV Network, INDYCAR Radio Network
10:20 a.m.: Qualifying for the NTT P1 Award – Race 2 (Two groups), NBC Sports Gold (Live) and INDYCAR Radio Network
2:15 p.m.: Race Two Harvest GP—75 laps — Live on NBC and INDYCAR Radio Network
BOWTIE BULLETS:
Chevrolet has won five of seven races held at the IMS Road Course
Josef Newgarden is second in points, 72 points behind leader; Pato O'Ward is third in points, 118 points behind leader; Will Power is fifth in the standings and Simon Pagenaud is eighth in the standings
Helio Castroneves will take the wheel of the No. 7 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet while Oliver Askew recovers; Sebastien Bourdais will be in the No. 14 AJ Foyt Racing Chevrolet, and Sage Karam will return to competition in the No. 24 Dryer and Reinbold Chevrolet
Power is the second all-time INDYCAR pole winner with 60 (behind only Mario Andretti with 67).\
Since returning to INDYCAR manufacturer competition in 2012, Chevrolet has amassed 86 wins in 146 races along with six Manufacturer Championships and six driver championships. Bowtie drivers have earned 96 poles and started in the No. 1 position on the INDYCAR grid 101 times
QUOTABLE QUOTES:
ROB BUCKNER, CHEVROLET RACING ENGINEERING PROGRAM MANAGER FOR THE NTT INDYCAR SERIES: "The Road Course at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway has been an exceptional track for our Team Chevy drivers. Will Power and Simon Pagenaud have led the Chevy charge at the Indy Road Course, but as we have seen on other road courses this year, our young guns are making their way toward the front of the field. With Oliver Askew sidelined with an injury, Arrow McLaren SP is bringing in perennial INDYCAR favorite Helio Castroneves to drive the No. 7 Chevrolet, multi-time champion Sebastien Bourdais on the No. 14 Chevy from AJ Foyt Racing, and we are looking forward to having Sage Karam back to the Chevy INDYCAR contingent. With only three races left title contenders Josef Newgarden and Pato O'Ward are looking to score maximum points at Indy. We are looking forward to the final doubleheader weekend of the season in Indy with fans!."
FROM THE COCKPIT: JOSEF NEWGARDEN, NO. 1 HITACHI TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET: "It's a really important weekend for us at Indianapolis. We're running second in championship points and have some ground to make up to Scott (Dixon), so every point is really going to count. With this being a doubleheader weekend, the pressure is on to perform at our best in the Hitachi Chevy and really maximize the points that we get. With two opportunities to race this weekend, we still feel we have a good shot at the title since my entire team has been working so hard and have a really great plan put together. Execution will be key, especially since doubleheader weekends can be so intense and anything could happen. As a sport, we are probably most excited to have fans there this weekend. That's going to be great, so we want to put on a good show and give them a good battle up until the end."
CHARLIE KIMBALL, NO. 4 TRESIBA AJ FOYT RACING CHEVROLET: "Any time you get to race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, it's a good time. And getting both a doubleheader on the Indianapolis road course plus the fall weather that has descended on Indy means that it will live up to its Harvest Grand Prix name. Partnering with both Dalton Kellett and Sebastien Bourdais means we're all focused on a great result for AJ Foyt Racing this weekend."
PATO O'WARD, NO. 5 ARROW MCLAREN SP CHEVROLET: "It's crazy to think that the year is almost over. The entire team and I know that if there's a time to push, it's now, so we are all very motivated to build on what we have accomplished so far this season and keep racking up championship points. We are in the fight so that's what we will be pushing for. I know that the No. 5 Arrow McLaren SP Chevrolet will be good, so if we execute, we will have a couple of good races."
HELIO CASTRONEVES, NO. 7 ARROW MCLAREN SP CHEVROLET: "First and foremost, we want to make sure that Oliver gets better. He's a young man with a bright future ahead of him.
"For me, I'm coming off of a big win at Mid-Ohio in IMSA and carrying momentum into this weekend at Indianapolis. It's great to be back in a place where I have so many memories. It's even more exciting this time, coming back with a new team and getting new experiences. I already have a taste of the great group of people at Arrow McLaren SP and I'm looking forward to this weekend. Hopefully I can add a little bit of my experience to a great team and brand.
"I also want to thank Roger Penske and Tim Cindric for allowing me to race this weekend for a different team. My biggest fear is to not enter the wrong garage after 20 years! I'm looking forward to a good race."
WILL POWER, NO. 12 VERIZON TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET: "Everything about Indianapolis is so special and the road course is no different. My Verizon Chevy team and I have had some success there, so we're trying to pull from our experience to perform well. We didn't run as well as we wanted to there back in July but we feel we have a strong plan going into this race weekend. We're pretty much out of contention for the championship, so we're really racing for wins. With it being a doubleheader it's great to have two chances to win but it won't be easy. I'm happy we'll have fans back at Indianapolis with us. I can't wait to see them back in the grandstands there because they bring such a great energy. It's going to be an exciting weekend."
SEBASTIEN BOURDAIS, NO. 14 AJ FOYT RACING CHEVROLET: "It's time finally to get that 2020 INDYCAR season started for us. It's been a long time coming but really happy to finally get this show on the road and see what we've got. Obviously, there was a lot of anticipation at the beginning of the year, and many months have gone by and many races, so we're not taking it the easy way by getting in the seat at the tail end of the season. There's a lot of things to learn for me with the team, the team to validate a few things that they think they need answers on for this season and, more importantly, the next. I'm very much looking forward to the Indy GP. It's a track that I've had good success on and very much enjoyed the layout, but it's not going to be easy because we're jumping straight into the thick of it: one practice, then qualify, race, qualify, race. Hopefully, we hit the ground running with a happy setup and can have a good weekend. If that's not the case, we'll dig deep and learn a few things and see what we get results-wise."
CONOR DALY, NO. 20 U.S. AIR FORCE ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET: "We had a great qualifying performance last time we were at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course. I am really excited about being back for the Harvest GP since we already have experience together as a team at this track. We can look back on what we learned in July, build on that and progress from there. Hopefully, we will qualify again very strong and have an even better race this time!"
RINUS VEEKAY, NO. 21 SONAX ED CARPENTER RACING CHEVROLET:"I am very excited to get going again after a few weeks off! The Indianapolis Motor Speedway road course was great for me earlier this year. Having two more races here makes me twice as happy! And fans this time for the Harvest Grand Prix will make it even better!"
SIMON PAGENAUD, NO. 22 DXC TECHNOLOGY TEAM PENSKE CHEVROLET: "Indianapolis is such a special place to me. It's meant so much for my career between the road course and Indy 500 success we've had there. We are going to approach the end of the season aiming to race hard for more wins. I will proudly represent DXC Technology and Chevy in the usual black/white/ chrome paint scheme. We will be facing a very demanding race weekend that's a doubleheader. It will be very physical and these format requires a different approach on the technical decisions also. The 22 team is up for the challenge. I look forward to seeing race fans back in Indianapolis the heart of INDYCAR racing!"
SAGE KAMAM, NO. 24 DREYER & REINBOLD RACING OIL2SOIL CHEVROLET: "This weekend at the Harvest GP will be special since we get to return to the greatest race track in the world. Usually we are only there in May. In this strange 2020, we will be at IMS in July, August and October. So that is quite a treat for all of the drivers and teams. For DRR, we are anxious to get back to the IMS road course too. In July, it was the team's first road race in seven years. So we had a lot to learn in trying to catch up with the other teams. Plus the heat was a factor. That won't be the case this weekend. We did get our setups going in the right direction. We were sixth in warmup and I think we had a top-ten race lap too. Now, we have a good starting point when we hit the track this Thursday. We don't have much time on track, so we want to be ready to go."
DALTON KELLETT, NO.41 K-LINE USA AJ FOYT CHEVROLET: "It's come down to the last race of the season (for me anyway)! This first year in INDYCAR has been fast-paced and full of unknowns, so I am looking forward to returning to a track that I have experience at. Compared to the heat of July, the cooler temps this weekend will be refreshing. Who knows? It might even get a little chilly in the car! We made good strides at Mid-Ohio, and the car had better pace than our results showed. If we continue on that path and put everything together, we will have a good shot at a solid finish for the #41 K-Line Insulators USA Chevy. That's the approach to this event. I'm also looking forward to the chance to work with Sebastien (Bourdais). His experience and insight will be a great asset to the program."
MAX CHILTON, NO. 59 GALLAGHER CARLIN CHEVROLET: "I'm excited to get back on track this weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in the No. 59 Gallagher Carlin Chevrolet especially for a new event like the Harvest Grand Prix. There's nowhere like the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, so the fact that we get to go back now for our third race weekend of the season at IMS is great. We had a strong qualifying on the IMS road course back at the beginning of the season in early July, so I'm hoping we can build on that momentum and start and finish even stronger this weekend."
Chevrolet INDYCAR Series Statistics
Chevrolet has recorded six NTT IndyCar Series Manufacturer Championships since returning to manufacturer competition in 2012.
Chevrolet earned six consecutive CART Manufacturers' Cup championships from 1988-93.
Chevrolet has recorded 12 driver championships, including four in the past five years and six total since returning to INDYCAR competition in 2012 with the2.2 liter V6 twin turbocharged direct injected engine
Chevrolet has recorded 196 wins in Indy-style racing, including USAC, CART, Indy Racing League and IndyCar Series since 1965.
Chevrolet's initial win, under USAC sanction, was by Al Unser in the Pikes Peak Auto Hill Climb on July 4, 1965.
Chevrolet has 86 wins in 146 in IndyCar Series races since returning to manufacturer competition in 2012.
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The "Exile" photo journal was initially conceived by Tenzin N. Tethong and award-winning photojournalist Jim Daniels as a book to commemorate the fifty years in exile of His Holiness the Dalai Lama and the 150,000 Tibetans who today live outside Tibet.
Published by University Press of New England in May 2018, "Blessings from Beijing: Inside China's Soft-Power War on Tibet" by Greg Bruno untangles the chains that tie Tibetans to China and examines the political, social, and economic pressures that are threatening to destroy Tibet's refugee communities.
Published in August 2017 by Kehrer Verlag, "One Voice: Portraits of the Tibetan Diaspora" is a book of portrait photographs by New York based David Zimmerman.
Published in May 2016 by I.B.Tauris, "Tibetan Democracy: Governance, Leadership and Conflict in Exile" by Trine Brox is an exploration into how democracy is viewed and practised amongst Tibetans in exile.


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Hezb-e-Islami party to support Taliban government
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar
KABUL: The Hezb-e-Islami party will support the new government that will be formed by the Taliban even if it does not take part in the administration, its leader said Tuesday.
"We do not have any conditions to participate in the government other than the assignment of competent persons," said veteran Afghan mujahideen leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar.
Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Hekmatyar evaluated the latest situation in Afghanistan.
Stating that they do not have absolute goals of taking part in the government, Hekmatyar  said: We are not very willing to be a partner in the new government. [But] we support the Taliban in whatever way they form a government, unconditionally."
He argued that they do not believe in the benefit of coalition governments because they have always failed, adding, "We are brothers with the Taliban, and there is a consensus between us."
Strong ties between Turkey and Afghanistan
Hekmatyar noted that Turkey is one of Afghanistan's best friends, adding it has always stood by the Afghan people and supported them in every field.
Asked whether there is a Pashtun nationalist agenda in Afghanistan, he said "nationalism and discrimination have no place in Islam" and "nationalism will not find a place" in the new government.
He said if the world does not allow the establishment of a new administration in Afghanistan and tries to bring an administration close to them, this may lead to war.
"We now want the will of the Afghans to be respected," he said, suggesting that many countries would recognize this if a government that complies with the wishes of Afghans is formed.
Daesh/ISIS presence in Afghanistan
Asked how dangerous the Daesh/ISIS terrorist group is for Afghanistan, he said it does not pose a threat anymore.
"There was also false propaganda about al-Qaeda and other foreign fighters in Afghanistan. Their numbers were very few in the past and even less today. It is impossible to consider them as a threat at all."
Who is Hekmatyar?
Hekmatyar founded the Hezb-e-Islami party in 1977 and stood out as one of the figures that resisted the Soviet Union's invasion of Afghanistan.
He served as prime minister for a short time during the civil war, which began after the end of the occupation. He was accused of some crimes against civilians during the civil war. Hekmatyar, who is of Pashtun origin, left after the Taliban took over Kabul in 1996.
He carried out resistance activities against the US military, which occupied Afghanistan after the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the US and was among those who the US government sought.
The leader returned to Kabul in May 2017 with a law enacted by the administration for internal reconciliation in Afghanistan. He was removed from the UN sanctions list in February that year.-AA
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Paul Nicklen On The α7R IV: "We have arrived at an exciting place in photography."
Prior to its introduction, Sony Artisan Paul Nicklen took the new Sony α7R IV to Tofino, British Columbia, where he photographed a wide variety of wildlife. See some of the images he captured and read what he had to say about using Sony's newest mirrorless.
"If someone had told me a year ago that I could shoot 60+ megapixel images at 10 frames a second on super sharp lenses, I wouldn't have believed it." – Paul Nicklen on the Sony α7R IV
"I have had the pleasure of testing the new Sony α7R IV, Sony 600mm f/4 G Master and the Sony 200-600mm f/5.6-6.3 G lenses," says Nicklen. "What better place to test this combination than Tofino, British Columbia, where we found bears, seals, sea otters, dolphins, whales, sea lions, and my friends' really cool wolf/dog Cyper. I have never been a gear head when it comes to photographic equipment. I just care about the results. I want to shoot powerful imagery that will connect the world to the places and species that I hold dear."
"If someone had told me a year ago that I could shoot 60+ megapixel images at 10 frames a second on super sharp lenses, I wouldn't have believed it. As a wildlife photographer, the most important thing is for people to look into the eyes of animals, feel a connection and care. Well, this little powerhouse camera has an animal eye-tracking feature, and it did a marvelous job of locking onto their eyes so I could focus on composition. We have arrived at an exciting place in photography, and I feel privileged to be on this journey with all of you."
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Masoud Irannezhad, Hamid Moradkhani, and Bjørn Kløve, "Spatiotemporal Variability and Trends in Extreme Temperature Events in Finland over the Recent Decades: Influence of Northern Hemisphere Teleconnection Patterns," Advances in Meteorology, vol. 2018, Article ID 7169840, 17 pages, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/7169840.
Fifteen temperature indices recommended by the ETCCDI (Expert Team on Climate Change Detection and Indices) were applied to evaluate spatiotemporal variability and trends in annual intensity, frequency, and duration of extreme temperature statistics in Finland during 1961–2011. Statistically significant relationships between these high-resolution (10 km) temperature indices and seven influential Northern Hemisphere teleconnection patterns (NHTPs) for the interannual climate variability were also identified. During the study period (1961–2011), warming trends in extreme temperatures were generally manifested by statistically significant increases in cold temperature extremes rather than in the warm temperature extremes. As expected, warm days and nights became more frequent, while fewer cold days and nights occurred. The frequency of frost and icing days also decreased. Finland experienced more (less) frequent warm (cold) temperature extremes over the past few decades. Interestingly, significant lengthening in cold spells was observed over the upper part of northern Finland, while no clear changes are found in warm spells. Interannual variations in the temperature indices were significantly associated with a number of NHTPs. In general, warm temperature extremes show significant correlations with the East Atlantic and the Scandinavia patterns and cold temperature extremes with the Arctic Oscillation and the North Atlantic Oscillation patterns.
The research presented in this paper was financially supported by Maa-Ja Vesitekniikan Tuki R.Y. and the Finnish Cultural Foundation.
Copyright © 2018 Masoud Irannezhad et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.


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Q: How to filter an array of dictionaries in Swift I have chosen to populate an NSTableview by using a mutable array of dictionary objects where the dictionary key is the column identifier and the value is the column value. I populate the array like this:
var compArray: NSMutableArray = []

let dict = ["idCompany": id, "company": companyName, "compType":
companyType] as [String : Any]
            compArray.add(dict)

id, company and compType come from an SQlite query.
I use compArray as the tableView data source. This works great. There is no array controller involved.
Table is loaded as follows using CDM which is an instance of the class that delivers the compArray
//Define the function that will get the data for each cell for each
//row.
func tableView(_ tableView: NSTableView, objectValueFor tableColumn: NSTableColumn?, row: Int) -> Any? {

    //Define constant dict as an NSDictionary and set to the DM
    //instance of the DataModel class at the row being loaded into the
    //table. DM needs to be cast as an NSDictionary. row is passed in as a
    //parameter by the OS
    let tdict:NSDictionary = CDM.compArray[row] as! NSDictionary

    //Define strKey as the column identifier for the column being
    //loaded. Column being loaded is passed in as a parameter by the OS
    let strKey = (tableColumn?.identifier)!

    //method will return the value from dict (which is loaded from
    //CDM.compArray) for the key that is equal to the column identifier
    //which was loaded to strKey
    return tdict.value(forKey: strKey.rawValue)
}

What I would like to do is introduce an NSSearch field to search all the columns of the tableview.
I added the searchfield as an action and I also added code to store compArray into a copy called backupCompArray.
I defined an isSearching variable:
//The variable is set to true when searching
var isSearching = false {
    //This will be fired if the state of isSearching changes ie false
    //to true or true to false
    didSet {

        //Test to see whether isSearching now has a new value and if
        //so we do the housekeeping
        if isSearching != oldValue {

            //If isSearching is now true then it must have previously
            //been false and we now need to back up the original array
            if isSearching {
                //Back up the original array
                backUpCompArray = compArray
            } else{
                //It is now turning from true to false so need to
//restore
                compArray = backUpCompArray
            }
        }
    }
}

I want to be able to filter compArray based on the .stringValue of the searchfield.
I have put the following in the @IBAction of the searchfield:
@IBAction func searchField(_ sender: NSSearchFieldCell) {
    if sender.stringValue.isEmpty {
        //If stringValue is empty then cant be searching and this can
        //trigger the restore of the original array
        isSearching = false
    } else {

        //If stringValue is not empty then must be searching. When the
        //search starts need to backup the original array
        isSearching = true

        //?????????????
        }
    }

    tableView.reloadData()
}

I need to replace the ? with code that can set compArray by applying a filter to backupCompArray returning any rows to compArray where the dictionary values for keys "company" and "compType" contains the searchfield.Stringvalue. I can then use the modified compArray to load the table with only filtered rows.
So I tried your code and got two errors that I tried to fix as follows:
//Can use the .filter method it will iterate each value in the array
        CDM.compArray = backupCompArray.filter(using: {
            // this is where you determine whether to include the
specific element, $0
            $0["company"]!.contains(sender.stringValue) &&
            $0["compType"]!.contains(sender.stringValue)
            // or whatever search method you're using instead
        })
    }

That is inserting 'using' and changing searchString to sender.Stringvalue.
But I now get:
against the line that ends with &&

A: You can do this with Swift 4's Array.filter(). It takes a function where you can do your computation. You actually shouldn't need to back up your compArray, unless you need to keep it around later for something else.
compArray = compArray.filter({
    // this is where you determine whether to include the specific element, $0
    $0["company"]!.contains(searchString) &&
    $0["compType"]!.contains(searchString)
    // or whatever search method you're using instead
})

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Kelly Slater On Turning 45 (Today!)
"I'll invite Bill Murray and hope he shows."
news // Feb 12, 2017
Words by stab
Kelly Slater, as an article written by a woman named Emily Mendell put it, is entering the eye of life's storm. Today, Mr Slater turns 45. The man's insatiable appetite for life, waves and the world surrounding him has kept him youthful, spirited, and in realistic grasp of an unfathomable 12th world title. We could talk about the year he's had, what he's accomplished, his politics, biz ventures, or the fact that the only thing that shows his age is the lack of hair on his head. But instead of aggrandising the GOAT, we're just here to wish him a happy birthday.
"I've learned to be more patient with myself and other people," Kelly tells Stab on the most valuable thing he's gained this year.
And, as a man who lives in perfect balance, Kelly also reveals to Stab that, interestingly, his proudest accomplishment in life is this: "Not getting caught up in the drug scene, and honouring my mother in that way." It's no secret that drugs are (and always have been) deeply embedded in surf culture, so it's unsurprising that Kelly's proud to have weathered the fame and fortune that has been the undoing of so many.
So to breeze into his 45th year, and being the wildly talented golfer that he is, Kelly says he'll "play the Pebble Beach Pro Am tournament, and then have a mellow dinner party with some friends. I'll invite Bill Murray and hope he shows."


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I've been looking for a SVN repo of EFW sources, as far as I understand Endian is obligated by GPL licenses on IPCOP and SMOOTHWALL (and all the libraries, binaries, and even linux kernel used and modified by them) to publish in the right way the sources and the modifications done by them to the original sources.
I've found so far a bug issue report since 2008 without a concrete answer on the problem, this forum that doesn't even look like the "official" one and some incomplete SRPMS that are quite different from the source code.
To me this seems like a GPL recurring violation and on the benefit of the doubt and probably a misunderstanding I was wondering if there really is a SVN repo accessible from the outside like the one IPCOP has?
Endian Team is aware of this problem?
By any chance the rightful sources of the software covered by the GPl licences is accessible anyway?
Thanks in advance, and I hope to read an official response soon and the proper actions to be taken.
I agree. I don't see any links on the Endian website to download the original source code.
Try that on Mantis bugtracker.
This is not an official forum and I don't see an admin response here.... EVER!!!