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English tourists seriously injured in Australia shark attack
The pair were in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital
Published: October 29, 2019 09:25 AFP
Photo for illustrative purposes only Image Credit: Pixabay
Sydney: An English tourist had his foot bitten off by a shark while another was bitten during the attack in the Whitsunday Islands near Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Tuesday, officials said.
In the latest in a string of shark attacks in the tourist area, a 28-year-old man's right foot was bitten off while a 22-year-old man suffered serious lacerations to his lower left leg, according to Mackay Base Hospital.
The pair were in a "serious but stable" condition in hospital after being airlifted from the resort town of Airlie Beach, an official told AFP.
They had been on a boat tour of the Whitsundays Islands when they were attacked while swimming in Hook Passage, according to the RACQ Central Queensland Rescue, which operated the helicopter flight.
They were "wrestling in the water" at the popular snorkelling spot when the attack occurred, an RACQ spokesperson told AFP.
"One of the patients was attacked first and the shark was believed to (have) come back" to attack the second, Queensland ambulance service operations manager Tracey Eastwick told reporters in Mackay.
Two foreign paramedics were on board the boat and provided initial first aid as the men were rushed back to the shore, Eastwick said.
In the past year there have been several reported shark attacks in waters around the Whitsundays, which had been considered safe for swimming.
A woman and child were believed to have been mauled by a shark in January, while a man died of his injuries and a 12-year-old girl lost a leg in two separate attacks last year.
Despite tens of millions of visits to the beach in Australia annually, shark attacks remain rare.
There were 27 shark attacks in the country's waters in 2018, according to data compiled by Sydney's Taronga Zoo.
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Saltus duriusculus (lat. "etwas harter Sprung") ist eine musikalische Figur bei Christoph Bernhard und bezeichnet einen ungewöhnlichen, meist verminderten Sprung der Melodie abwärts. Dieser kann über eine Sexte, Septime, oder ein vermindertes (z. B. in einen Tritonus), bzw. übermäßiges Intervall erfolgen und wurde zur Darstellung der Falschheit verwendet. Die Figur ist eng verwandt mit dem Passus duriusculus und kann auch kombiniert mit diesem erscheinen, z. B. in der Arie "Buß und Reu" in der Matthäuspassion von Johann Sebastian Bach.

Siehe auch
 Cadentia duriuscula

Quelle
 Christoph Bernhard: Tractatus compositionis augmentatus. Ms. (Online-Edition Bernhard Lang).

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Old Parrish High looked at for Head Start, adult ed
Dr. Suzanne Snow, left, and Donna Kilgore of the Jasper Area Family Service Center talk in a work session Thursday with the Parrish Town Council about the idea of using the old Parrish High School building for Head Start and adult education classes.
Daily Mountain Eagle - Ed Howell
Donna Kilgore of the Jasper Area Family Service Center temporarily takes off her mask and maintains social distance while discussing the center's Head Start and adult education plans for the old Parrish High School Thursday with the Parrish Town Council.
Posted Thursday, July 23, 2020 7:00 am
By ED HOWELL
ed.howell@mountaineagle.com
PARRISH - The Jasper Area Family Services Center wants to put in a Head Start and adult education program at the old Parrish High School, delighting city leaders.
Donna Kilgore, executive director of the Jasper Area Family Services Center, spoke to the Parrish Town Council on Thursday night during a work session held before its formal meeting.
Kilgore said she had talked to Mayor La'Tisha Oliver and looked at the old school, calling it "a great location" for the plans, which involve bringing resources to the community.
"The goal is to pretty much make that a community hub," said Dr. Suzanne Snow, who Kilgore introduced as a co-worker.
"The center plans to apply for Head Start money when it opens," she said. "We are very interested in that first wing in the front of the high school." Officials identified that area as once being Miss James' class and the old math and science classroom, on a newer L-shaped section.
While using two or three classrooms for Head Start, a learning center for adults could also be offered connected with adult education. "We do a lot of different things," from parenting to literacy, Kilgore said.
Some preliminary plans have already been discussed in the form of a draft, which includes space and costs, including shared costs of utilities. She said if the council was interested, officials could wait for funding to come through, and then they could come up with a final draft of plans.
"We would have someone to maintain and clean that space," Kilgore said, noting access would also be needed to the small kitchen in the old home economics area. "We would also like some access to the gym and then we would work on having the appropriate playground place in the back that has to be fenced in.
Children up to ages 2 or 3 would be served in two or three classrooms with Head Start, Kilgore said.
Snow indicated she is also familiar with the old Parrish school.
"Our goal is to obviously work with the children and make a difference with every one of them, and educate the parents at the same time. It is to work with those parents and with Bevill State (Community College) if they don't have a GED" as a part of adult education. That could also lead to career tech if they want to follow a new career.
Snow noted she is a former principal in Jasper "and literacy is my passion." She is working as a school readiness coordinator for the county. She wants a site used in the day to help parents who are having difficulty reading.
"Children who are leaving school and are below grade level, then they can come there, and we can get them on grade level," Snow said. "My vision is to have the University of Alabama, Samford, Bevill, North Alabama - some university or college to partner with us and have their interns come and work with the students so they have innovative ways."
She said to change the direction of local students and parents "will improve Parrish and Walker County as a whole."
Snow said instruction would be offered to parents on how to work with children at home, noting that with the COVID-19 pandemic more homeschooling and virtual education are expected in the near future. "We will work with the parents of these young children," he said.
Oliver said she would check on any potential problems with the building, including heating and cooling and any after effects from a 2018 fire there. This month the facility was used as a polling place for the first time since the fire. Kilgore said she feels the center can use some grant money to do things such as paint and polish floors.
The mayor said officials had been disappointed when the school was closed down. However, introducing these educational programs would make the facility active again for some of the purposes for which it was constructed.
"Me and the council, we are all about the kids," Oliver said, saying they want to do "anything we can do to help benefit the children of the families."
Council members also indicated they would be in favor of the idea. District 1 Councilman William Smith said he was interested in also reopening the library at the school if possible, which Snow said that could assist with literacy efforts.
As for whether the town would be paid for space, Kilgore said some agreement could be worked out, possibly including actions such as cost share and rent. An insurance certificate of coverage could be given to the town. Those working at the school for the center's programs would be under their direction and would undergo background checks. Kilgore said they could add to the security camera coverage.
During the formal meeting later, Oliver said the center is "more good news" for the town and the school building. "It has been my goal, ever since I came on the council, to do something with our school that is school-related because it is a school," she said.
"We are excited about utilizing our school for what it was originally intended for, and that is a school," she said, saying it would be a good thing for the town, as she didn't want "a mini-mall" in the facility. She said the community could come together for the project.
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Donors and Groups on the Left (and Leftish) in a Period of Reconfiguration
"Folk Art Flag," El Cajon Yacht Club
October 7, 2017; New York Times
An article in yesterday's New York Times tells us that all is not rainbows and highly cooperative unicorns within what is loosely termed "the resistance." We are certainly not surprised to see the struggle for eminence in the opportunity posed by Trump's excesses and the breakdown of the Republican Party. Some have long held the sentiment that the Democratic Party has become so centrist that it now stands for nothing, while others believe they need to save it from veering too far to the left. The article then goes on to detail the internecine conflicts playing out among those who would see themselves anointed leaders, some of which border on the absurd. One of these, according to this report, involves the Center for American Progress, which maybe for a minute lost sight of the common goal:
The think tank, known as CAP, has engendered resentment from others on the left for casting itself as a leader of the anti-Trump movement and raising money off the resistance nomenclature. Within a few weeks of the election, CAP's sister organization, the Center for American Progress Action Fund, was offering T-shirts emblazoned with the word "Resist" in exchange for donations of $40 or more. The campaign raised about $450,000 for ThinkProgress, the journalism arm of the action fund, which had its lawyers look into trademarking the iconography.
Still, writes Vogel, this does appear to be a moment when, as progressive groups reorganize themselves, many funders are hedging their bets, making grants to a variety of groups ranging from established liberal bastions to new entities like Indivisible. Quentin James, who helped found one of the newer or reconfigured groups, the Collective PAC to support African-American candidates, says the old guard "spent so much money based on a bad strategy in this last cycle that they should step aside and let others lead in this moment."
Gara LaMarche, former president of Atlantic Philanthropies and current president of the Democracy Alliance, a collection of wealthy donors giving at least $200,000 a year to groups recommended by the DA, says, "We're in a disruptive period, and when we get through it, the progressive infrastructure landscape may look different. There may be groups that have been around that don't rise to the challenge, and there may be some new groups that do rise to the challenge, while others fade away." The Alliance, Vogel writes, has eased its usual intensive grant vetting to allow for additional groups to come forward, even distributing a "resistance map" to its donors this past summer.
As a result of this philanthropic willingness to wander outside of the traditional institutional left, money appears to have been flowing generously in the direction of Indivisible from multiple donors. George Soros is considering giving to the group, even though he has, according to Vogel, "already donated to a host of nonprofit groups playing key roles in the anti-Trump movement, including the Center for Community Change, Color of Change and Local Progress." Indivisible, however, says that it must remain conscious of to whom it is primarily accountable and resist overdependence on major donor money. One of Indivisible's taglines is, "We're not the leaders of this movement. You are."
In an op-ed written for Politico in February, Leah Hunt-Hendrix, executive director of Solidaire, "a community of individual donors and foundation allies committed to funding progressive social movements," writes of the need to diverge from the "neoliberal wing of the Democratic Party," complete with its "broken tactics" and agenda "more focused on defeating the right than on creating an economy and society that lifts up all people." For this, she writes, we need new leaders.
Dmitri Mehlhorn, a political adviser to Reid Hoffman, the billionaire founder of LinkedIn who is funding a wide array of groups on the left, says there is little to lose. "The Democratic Party has been fractured," Mehlhorn says. "We believe that by investing in different people and groups to try different techniques, good ideas will emerge."—Ruth McCambridge
Ruth is Editor in Chief of the Nonprofit Quarterly. Her background includes forty-five years of experience in nonprofits, primarily in organizations that mix grassroots community work with policy change. Beginning in the mid-1980s, Ruth spent a decade at the Boston Foundation, developing and implementing capacity building programs and advocating for grantmaking attention to constituent involvement.
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Remember when the British invaded America?
I watched a few programmes on TV last night about the British rock bands that invaded America in the 1960's and since. The onslaught was led by the Beatles and then the 'ugly' band; the Rolling Stones. That was a great export and Sweden took on the world with Abba too. America used Hollywood to take on the world with movies. Now the Chinese have taken on the world with consumer goods, maybe we need a new cultural revolution in both Britain and America.
I get more local readers at weekends because my blog posts are featured on 'the yamyam'. There appears to be more and more local bloggers now and they are writing good posts. Anyway, in case any local reader is wondering, today's picture is of King's Hill Park, just outside Darlaston.
When I look at town centre shops, I see charity shops, pawn brokers and pay day loans. Then there are discount stores like Poundland. I also see some signs of wealth in this photo, some posh shops and expensive take-away food. I also see a pedestrian area that must have cost a fortune to lay out. The blue signs of the local council are evident everywhere. The top council officers and the top councillors probably don't use the charity shops. Do they?


Learn about how you can support and attract pollinators, butterflies, insects, birds, and other wildlife to your home landscape, as well as how to reduce your carbon footprint, protect water resources, and help kids better connect with the natural world. Resources for obtaining flowers, grasses, and trees that are native to our area will be shared, as well as opportunities for you to learn more and get involved.
Constance McCarthy is president of the Rock River Valley chapter of Wild Ones, a national nonprofit organization that supports the use of native plants in home and business landscapes. She is also a University of Illinois Master Gardener and Master Composter in Winnebago county.


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CD review REVOLUTION SAINTS "Revolution Saints"
Veröffentlicht am 20. Februar 2015 von Markus W. in Revolution Saints, Hardrock, Melodic Metal, Classic Rock, Rock, CD Review, News
(7/10) It seems that Frontiers took up the cause of initiating projects/bands by combining an excellent singer with a great guitarist. Something that worked already very well with Sweet & Lynch finds now its continuation with Revolution Saints.
This time it is Doug Aldrich, known from Dio and Whitesnake, that teamed-up with Jack Blades from Night Ranger. Adding Deen Castronovo to the band the line-up is completed. Supported by guest musicians like Neal Schon, Arnel Pineda and Alessandre del Vecchio the band recorded twelve songs that all found their way on the debut.
The music of Revolution Saints is somewhere to place between AOR and melodic rock. Thinking about a hybrid out of Whitesnake, Night Ranger and Journey gives you a pretty good idea on what you can expect.
The melodies are in focus in each of the tracks. The guys have a great sense for big soundscapes that stick immediately in your mind.
The beginning is very rocking. "Back on my trail" comes with a dense sound and finds the right level between melodic and hard. What I'm surprised about are the lead vocals that are done by Deen Castronovo for quite some tracks on the album. This guy can really sing and not 'only' playing the drums.
It's only two songs with Jack Blades standing behind the mic. And there is the romantic "You're not alone" feat. Journey's Arnel Pineda. This number is a pure AOR song with a dominant keyboard base and a high level of catchiness.
Tunes that became a bit harder are e.g. "Locked out of paradise" and "Dream on". Esp. the last mentioned one is also belonging to the faster tracks on "Revolution Saints" and allows Aldrich to put his guitar sound a bit more into focus.
Talking about Aldrich, he plays excellent solos and leads on the album but I like it more when he get's the chance to play harder. AOR hasn't the heaviest guitar sound, of course, and that's also the case with "Revolution Saints". I more appreciated his heavy riffs when he played with Dio and Whitesnake.
All in all the debut of Revolution Saints became a good one. Great musicians are performing well composed AOR anthems that convince with big hooks. The only thing that I have to criticise is that there aren't many really surprising moments. The songs are a bit too much predictable after a while.
However, a well-crafted melodic rock disc for a car ride into the sunset.
Back on my trail
You're not alone (feat. Arnel Pineda)
Locked out of paradise
Way to the sun (feat. Neal Schon)
Don't walk away
Here forever
Strangers to this life
To mend a broken heart
In the name of the father
Genre: Heavy Rock
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Agli inizi del XIX secolo esplorò l'Australia ed al termine di quel viaggio pubblicò (1810) l'opera Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandie et Insule Van Diemen, in cui cataloga e descrive oltre  specie vegetali da lui scoperte.

È famoso soprattutto per aver dato il nome al cosiddetto moto browniano. Nel 1827 infatti, mentre esaminava al microscopio alcuni granelli di polline in sospensione nell'acqua, Brown vide piccolissime particelle all'interno dei vacuoli nei granelli eseguire un moto continuo e frenetico. Notò in seguito lo stesso movimento nelle particelle di polvere, giungendo quindi a sfatare l'ipotesi che quel movimento fosse dovuto al fatto che il polline fosse vivo. Sebbene egli non abbia mai fornito una spiegazione sulla natura di tale moto e Jan Ingenhousz l'avesse già descritto usando particelle di carbone in pubblicazioni tedesche e francesi del 1784 e 1785, il fenomeno è tuttora noto come moto browniano, in suo onore.

Altra importante scoperta di Robert Brown è il nucleo cellulare. Fu osservato da Robert Brown in cellule vegetali nel 1831, come è noto da una relazione orale tenuta alla Linnean Society of London e da un articolo pubblicato nel 1833. La scoperta fu fondamentale per l'affermazione della teoria cellulare. Brown, tuttavia, non ipotizzò che il nucleo fosse una struttura presente in tutte le cellule, ma ritenne che fosse una struttura tipica delle sole Monocotiledoni.

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Have you ever heard of the tiny islands dotted along Germany's North Sea coast? They are known as the East Frisian islands, with all of them providing the idyllic location for a stress-free holiday. I've been a huge fan of them for more than 20 years and have been fortunate enough to have visited most of the islands.
Whenever I spend my holiday by the North Sea, I'm always relaxed. It really doesn't matter what time of year I go as every season has its own special atmosphere. Today, I'd like to take you on a journey to the island of Juist. You might have seen some recent pictures and videos on my Facebook, Instagram or Twitter timeline but I'd also like to give you some more information in this blog.
Saying goodbye to our hectic lives – Töwerland here I come!
Our holiday always begins as we arrive at Norddeich Mole to catch the ferry across to the island. And once we've parked the car, bought our tickets (currently 33€ return for adults, 11€ return for dogs) and loaded our luggage onto the containers – I'm in full holiday-mode! I can literally feel the tension leaving my body as I make my way to the top deck and breathe in the fresh sea air.
There are normally one or two ferries a day, depending on the tide and weather. The journey usually takes around an hour and a half – certainly enough time to enjoy the slower pace. Juist also has its own small airport, which is served by FLN Frisia Luftverkehr GmbH from Norddeich Airport. It's a great experience to fly across to the island in a small Cessna or one of the Britten-Norman island planes. We've done it once and we'll certainly be doing it again one day.
However, our usual mode of transport is the ferry – and I have to say, just as impressive. As soon as we arrive at the little harbour, we grab our suitcase and make our way to our accommodation on foot. The other option would be to jump in one of the horse taxis as there aren't any cars on the island. It certainly makes a nice change to hear the click clacking of hooves rather than the roar of traffic. Only then do I know that I'm on 'my' island, which is also known as Töwerland – literally meaning wonderland!
As soon as you set foot on the island, you can feel the tension drift away. It's almost as if the clocks on the island run differently to everywhere else! Children have the space and freedom to run around and do what kids love doing. The stunning scenery and the wide sandy beaches make it the perfect destination for families and outdoor enthusiasts. In the summer, you'll always see families discovering the island either by bike or on foot – or even just relaxing the time away by the sea on one of the colourful beach chairs. Children will enjoy just being by the sea, building sandcastles, flying a kite or playing football. It's not always possible to take your own bikes to the island due to space limitations but you'll find plenty of places to hire out bikes (or trailers if you have little ones). Pedal go-karting is also another activity popular with families. When the weather isn't so good, visitors to the island can have an hour and a half free use of the public swimming pool with their island guest card (Töwercard). Located in the same building is a recently refurbished wellness area, which includes saunas, a steam bath, a relaxation area with a fantastic view and a bistro. Another option for those rainy days is the very interesting Wadden Sea National Park museum or the small local museum, which shows the history of the island and the importance of the Wadden Sea.
I'm sure my nose can smell the delicious aroma of freshly baked raisin bread long before I arrive at the Domäne Bill café. This family-run café, on the west side of the island, will make you feel welcome and seriously offers the best raison bread in the world. After a long walk or cycle ride, there's nothing better than diving into a thick slice of it! I know I always do!
One New Year's Eve we took a rare child-free break to the island and stayed at the amazing Hotel Pabst. We were truly spoilt with the hotel's top-class cuisine. To our delight, the hotel offered extended breakfast times on New Year's Day – giving us the luxury of a much-needed lie-in! We also enjoyed the very special atmosphere at this time of year on the island. After Christmas and a few days into the New Year, most of the hotels, shops, cafés and restaurants are open and the island gets quite busy. The very impressive winter sun and the island's natural beauty are absolutely fascinating and I can highly recommend visiting this time of year. We usually go for long walks along the coast, absorbing the refreshing sea air before treating ourselves to lunch or a hot drink in one of the typical East Frisian style cafés like Lütje Teehaus or Loogster Stuv. Having been lucky enough to have stayed in a 4-Star hotel, the afternoon was often spent relaxing in the wellness area or treating myself to a beauty or wellness treatment.
Food is always a big part of anyone's holiday – and we are no exception. There's nothing better than relaxing over a meal while taking in an impressive view. Juist Island has an amazing choice of restaurants and cafés, all serving fresh, regional cuisine. One of our favourite restaurants is Hohe Düne, which has a fantastic view over the sea. The interior is well-designed and the food is simply divine. There are also some more traditional places, serving incredible fresh fish and typical regional meals.
While I was on Juist Island at the end of May 2017, I attended a fascinating lecture by the Deputy Mayor, Thomas Vodde, who is also responsible for tourism. The lecture, entitled 'Courage and Sustainability', addressed the issues around sustainability. Thomas Vodde explained how Juist's local government, the tourist board as well as residents and tourists all work together to ensure that the island's natural beauty is protected. In a nutshell, the island has committed itself to having a net zero carbon footprint by 2030. This isn't an easy task as it involves so many aspects from protecting the environment to looking at how best to develop the island's infrastructure.
In fact, many British resorts are facing the same challenges. For example, Cornwall is a very popular region for holiday homes and is therefore so important to find the right balance between local residents and the tourists who come to the area.
I'm convinced Juist is going the right way in terms of its approach to sustainability. It's even made me start thinking about my own habits. Maybe next time we could take the train to the port instead of the car? It's certainly well-connected to most major towns, so there really isn't any excuse.
To really understand the special atmosphere and feel of this tiny island, you really need to experience it for yourself. It's not surprising that the island gets so many repeaters – some families carry on this tradition over generations. I can only say that we, as a family, are addicted to it and love coming back to this wonderful retreat that offers an antidote to our hectic lives. I've always found that being around nature helps me to relax as well as giving me the perfect opportunity to bond with my family. We'll be definitely coming back to this wonderland! Next time, I'll take you on a journey to the island of Norderney, which is very different in comparison to Juist but just as beautiful. So, stay tuned!


Sydney is known for nightlife, trails, beaches, parks, and museums. Your plan includes some of its best attractions: take in nature's colorful creations at Royal Botanic Garden Sydney, wander the streets of The Rocks, stroll through Bondi Beach, and snap pictures at Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to Sydney is an approximately 11-hour flight. The time zone changes from Malaysia Time (MYT) to Australian Eastern Standard Time (New South Wales) (AEST), which is usually a 2 hour difference. Prepare for little chillier weather when traveling from Kuala Lumpur in April: high temperatures in Sydney hover around 26°C and lows are around 17°C. Finish your sightseeing early on the 27th (Sat) so you can travel to Melbourne.
Melbourne is known for museums, shopping, parks, nightlife, and zoos & aquariums. Your plan includes some of its best attractions: get the lay of the land with Royal Botanic Gardens, take in panoramic vistas at Eureka Skydeck 88, get to know the resident critters at Melbourne Zoo, and make a trip to Flinders Street Station.
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Fly from Sydney to Melbourne in 3.5 hours. Alternatively, you can do a combination of flight and shuttle; or drive. Traveling from Sydney in April, expect Melbourne to be little chillier, temps between 23°C and 11°C. On the 30th (Tue), wrap the sightseeing up by early afternoon so you can travel back home.


Lisa Gade reviews the early 2019 edition of the Dell XPS 13, model 9380. This refresh moves the webcam from the bottom to the top of the display bezel area (no more chin-cam!) and updates to Intel 8th gen Whiskey Lake Core i3, i5 and i7 CPUs. As ever, the Dell XPS 13 is one of the more compact premium 13" Ultrabooks on the market. It has a fast NVMe SSD, full HD and 4K display options, a Microsoft Precision Trackpad and Thunderbolt 3 ports. Pricing starts at $899 (for a very low end config).


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GPX restructuring distribution network
MALDEN, Mass. (Feb. 12, 2009)—GPX International Tire Corp. is restructuring its distribution network throughout the U.S. and Canada as part of a companywide initiative to improve productivity and customer service.
The most visible change of the initiative will be the closing of the Hayward, Calif., distribution facility, set for March 1. GPX will service pneumatic tire customers from its Houston branch, while solid tire customers will be serviced from a new, smaller facility to be located in or near Santa Fe Springs, Calif., according to Glenn Booth, who oversees supply and logistics for GPX.
GPX said it is reviewing its distribution network because of "unprecedented economic pressures in the market."
In addition, Booth said, GPX's product mix changed last year after the International Trade Commission's antidumping ruling against certain Chinese off-the-road tire makers affected GPX's supply of OTR tires.


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The thing that Steger does better than almost anyone that I have ever met (with the exception of my wife) is say yes. Not to everything, but to the things he believes to be important.
One of our clients is also approaching 70. He was describing how when he was in his early 50s and first came to us, he would check his 401(k) balance twice a day dreaming of when he was 65 and could retire from his corporate job. We instead reviewed what he and his wife needed for cash flow and persuaded him that he could take a pay cut to move to academia. When we were talking with them about their current portfolio, he said that the best decision he ever made was saying yes to the career change.
Saying yes is not about being reckless, it is about honestly looking at your resources and saying, "This is what I really want for myself." It may be doing something bigger than you thought possible, but it may also mean something smaller.
One of our clients was feeling tremendous financial pressure from decisions that they made that were not consistent with their capabilities. When times were good for their business, they built a house that they could barely afford. Times are no longer good. Each month they are digging a deeper hole for themselves. While they could eventually get bailed out, in the meantime their financial struggles impact everything — their marriage, their parenting, and their confidence. In order to move on, they have to say yes to their current situation and change it. Yes is accepting that they are in trouble. Change would not be easy because they would have to sell their house and switch their children's schools. But saying yes acknowledges that they can move past the temporary social embarrassment caused by the changes and redefine their priorities.
Saying yes is living the Stockdale Paradox that Jim Collins describes in his book, "Good to Great." Adm. Jim Stockdale was a prisoner of war at the Hanoi Hilton, and he described how to survive that horrible experience: "You must never confuse faith that you will prevail in the end — which you can never afford to lose — with the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be."
Rather than trying to escape where you currently are, say yes to it. And then look at things that you need to change in order to get where you wish to be. If money becomes your distraction for the other things in your life that you are avoiding, then it won't hold its proper place for you.
While I didn't head out on a 20-mile trek that Sunday, in the coffee shop I worked to figure out where I wanted to say yes.
Spend your life wisely.
Ross Levin is the founding principal of Accredited Investors Inc. in Edina. His Gains & Losses column appears on the last Sunday of the month. His e-mail is ross@accredited.com.
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In April, Brazil's federal police stormed the helipad of a seaside hotel in Rio de Janeiro state, where they busted two men and a woman loading a chopper with 7 million reais ($1.3 million) in neatly packed bills.
In April, Brazil's federal police stormed the helipad of a boutique seaside hotel in Rio de Janeiro state, where they busted two men and a woman loading a chopper with 7 million reais ($1.3 million) in neatly packed bills.
Food banks across the country are experiencing a critical shortage of volunteers as the omicron variant frightens people away from their usual shifts, and companies and schools that regularly supply large groups of volunteers are canceling their participation over virus fears.
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Kenchreai Archaeological Field School 2014
March 5, 2014 January 28, 2014 by sunoikisis
Archaeology, History, and Culture in Greece — 2014
The Center for Hellenic Studies is collaborating with Sunoikisis to offer scholarships for 2 Harvard students and 1 Sunoikisis student for the archaeological school at Kenchreai, the port of Corinth in Greece. The scholarship will cover the cost of the program and will provide each student with a $1500.00 stipend to offset the costs of travel and incidentals.
DATES: May 27-June 22, 2014
During the Roman Empire, Kenchreai, the port of the great city of Corinth on the Aegean Sea, was one of the busiest harbors in southeastern Europe. Frequent ships arrived from distant lands bringing travelers of diverse backgrounds and a bountiful cargo of wine, spices, marble, and exotic wares. Kenchreai flourished as a port where Greeks, Romans, and eastern immigrants lived together in prosperity. Their deities came from all over the ancient world. The community possessed not only one of the most famous mystery-cults of the Egyptian goddess Isis but also one of the oldest Christian congregations in Greece, nurtured by St. Paul. Roman Kenchreai was thus a place of vibrant pluralism: native and foreign, rich and poor, pagan and Christian.
This four-week summer program introduces students to the archaeology, history and culture of Greece through participation in a field school and accompanying seminars and excursions. The Kenchreai Excavations, directed by Professor Joe Rife and Professor Jorge Bravo, provide a unique opportunity to learn about the past first-hand at one of Greece's most spectacular seaside archaeological sites.
During the 2014 season participants will learn about data analysis, artifact processing, and conservation, in addition to on-site exploration, architectural survey and stratigraphic documentation, all important components in archaeological fieldwork. Students will also attend a series of seminars by leading experts in several fields, from ancient religion to ceramic analysis, the digital humanities, and biological anthropology, and they will join excursions to major sites and museums in the region, such as Corinth, Perachora, Mycenae, Nemea, Epidauros, and Nafplion. The excavation team stays at a family-run boarding house in Archaia Korinthos, on the site of ancient Corinth, where we enjoy the natural beauty of the countryside and the easy rhythms of a traditional village community.
Students interested in applying should
fill out the online application, and
include in the application contact information for two recommenders*, and
include a PDF attachment of his/her transcript.**
include a PDF attachment of his/her résumé.
*We ask that you provide us with the contact information for two faculty members who can speak to your academic work and evaluate your plans for participating in the internship program. If you cannot supply the contact information for two faculty members, please provide information for high school teachers, employers, or mentors who know you well. We will contact them directly about their recommendations.
**Application attachments MUST be in PDF format or they will not go through the system.
The deadline for applications is Friday, March 1, 2014.
Currently the CHS is collaborating with Sunoikisis in support of the archaeological fieldwork in Kenchreai.
Concentrators from any field may apply. The only requirements are intellectual curiosity and a readiness to engage directly with other cultures. Knowledge of either ancient or modern Greek is welcome but not required. Only current undergraduates are eligible to apply and participate.
Students who have participated in CHS and Sunoikisis programs in the past are still eligible to apply. However, students who have never participated in a CHS or Sunoikisis program will have priority.
If you have any questions about the program or the application process, please contact us via Contact page.
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One of the main challenges restaurant chains face in our era is customer acquisition and retention. Within an increasingly competitive landscape and high customer standards, it's proving to be as hard to keep customers than it is to get them in first place. It is for this reason that restaurants are turning to differentiating technology to help them gain an edge over the competition and distinguish themselves from the other players in the industry.
Currently, guest Wi-Fi is probably the most important technology addition when it comes to meeting customer expectations. This fact becomes plainly obvious when you look at the growing number of monthly google searches for "restaurant with free Wi-Fi". This being said, there is more to Wi-Fi than just guest Wi-Fi. Today, we'll take a look at Wi-Fi beyond a commodity. More specifically, we'll explore how top brands and restaurant chains incorporate Wi-Fi marketing into their day to day business to drive growth and recurring business.
Plain and simple: Wi-Fi marketing is the process of collecting visitor data and using it to drive personalized engagement campaigns through Wi-Fi technology.
Whether the purpose is customer acquisition, building loyalty or improving staff productivity, there are many marketing tactics restaurants can leverage to get the most out of their Wi-Fi investment. Let's look at the latest trends and priorities in 2019.
When accessing a Wi-Fi network, visitors usually go through a login process that we call a Captive portal. This is the page where they can accept terms and conditions, submit personal information such as email in exchange for the free Wi-Fi. The first and basic marketing step is to integrate in-store advertising into the portal, that might support a specific promotion or an upcoming event.
No matter what you would like to advertise, marketers know that the best moments to advertise something is right after a meaningful interaction happens with the prospect. The captive portal is the go-to spot where restaurants like McDonalds, Starbucks and Tim Hortons leverage customer receptivity to further solidify their brand positioning and promote important marketing communications.
With 40% of diners who admit to choosing a restaurant based a friend's social media post or a positive review online, this is clearly free marketing that you can't afford to neglect. And Wi-Fi is a great tool to help you capitalize on this trend. An important, yet simple engagement tactic is sending follow-up communications via email requesting feedback.
Leveraging social sharing in exchange for a coupon on the next visit or simply asking for a social media share is a great way to attract more customers, as is using their feedback on your social platforms to gain even more visibility. More important than attracting customers is converting those happy ones into brand ambassadors – this will go a long way to growing your business.
This aspect might be the most underestimated of all. Customer recognition works when you can identify the mac address of recurring visitors (those who previously connected to your Wi-Fi), in order to help personalize their on-site experience. Everybody in the hospitality business knows how using the customer's name makes them feel valued. Starbucks is a perfect example of a chain that has very effectively integrated this concept into their service process.
There is tremendous value in being able to recognize specific customers when they come back, track their activity through different locations and engage them with personalized discounts and loyalty freebies to thank them for their business.
According to the 2018 restaurant technology study performed by Hospitality tech, improving digital customer engagement and analytics is the leading priority for restaurant chains. This being said, 33% of executives say that seamless orders are a top priority for them. This is of particular importance since 42% of diners say restaurant technology enhances their customer experience.
Wi-Fi makes everything wireless simple and integrated, thereby guaranteeing that you don't miss out on this opportunity. A secure wireless network will support app downloads (that you can promote on the captive portal), and transactions for wireless mobile orders.
When the data you collect is integrated into your CRM and/POS, magic can happen. You can set up email campaigns to target customers who visited your venue twice in the last 60 days, or target those who haven't visited your store in the last couple of months. This helps build loyalty and drive recurring business, with simple budget-friendly marketing campaigns.
There is so much marketers can do to transform guest Wi-Fi into a growth-generating machine. Building a solid email subscriber list, collecting and analyzing valuable data on your customers, improving operational efficiency and leveraging other digital platforms for growth are all tactics that bring real value to restaurant chains when done right.


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Jim Cramer's tackling this week's first earnings.
Real Money Stock of the Day Citigroup (C - Get Report) posted better-than-expected results for the first quarter as a steep cut in the U.S. bank's effective corporate tax rate helped to offset a fall in stock-trading revenue, wrote TheStreet's Bradley Keoun.
Net income climbed by 2% from a year earlier to $4.71 billion, the New York-based bank said Monday in a press release. Earnings per share were $1.87, beating Wall Street analysts' average estimate of $1.80.
Goldman Sachs (GS - Get Report) said first-quarter profit fell less than expected, as fees from advising on mergers and acquisitions helped to mitigate an abysmal performance from the Wall Street bank's juggernaut trading business, wrote Keoun.
Huawei, which is the world's largest manufacturer of networking gadgets, is a leader in 5G or so-called fifth generation smartphone technology, wrote TheStreet's Simon Constable.


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Canadian mining, oil and gas companies have been implicated in well-documented cases of human rights violations and environmental disasters, worldwide. Yet the Government of Canada facilitates extractive investments overseas, often in the absence of public assurances that projects will respect both the environment and human rights. Public support comes in the form of political assistance, such as through embassies and trade commissioners. Significant financial backing is also provided through public agencies such as Export Development Canada (EDC) and the multilateral development banks, such as the World Bank's private sector lending arm, the International Finance Corporation.
In 2005, a subcommittee of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Trade (SCFAIT) held hearings on the activities of Canadian mining companies in developing countries. Its fourteenth report to the Government of Canada calls for significant policy and law reform to improve the social and environmental performance of Canadian companies when they operate overseas. In 2006, the Canadian government hosted a comprehensive consultation process on Corporate Social Responsibility and the Canadian Extractive Industry in Developing Countries. The consultations culminated in 2007 with the release of a consensus-based, multi-stakeholder final report that contains a series of policy reform recommendations. In 2009, the government finally responded to the findings of the report, rejecting almost all of the recommendations.
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There have been 5 new probable cases and 5 new deaths among the probable cases of EVD since the last report (currently 49 cases, including 39 deaths). In addition, 55 cases (34 deaths) are classified as suspected cases.
The numbers of cases and contacts remain subject to change due to consolidation of case, contact and laboratory data, enhanced surveillance activities and contact tracing activities. The recent introduction of ebolavirus serology to test PCR negative clinical cases is also likely to change the final number of laboratory confirmed cases.
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People or Machines — Who do YOU trust with your Ballot?
One of the things Democrats and Republicans can all agree on is that Georgia's voting machines need to be replaced. They were purchased in 2002 and use a Windows 2000 operating system. Windows 2000 is so old, Microsoft doesn't support it any more! What's more, these old clunkers don't even provide a paper trail for recounts and audits.
But what has become a partisan issue is the tools we use to assist in casting and counting our votes. Democrats want hand-marked ballots. Republicans want machine-marked ballots.
As a new Senator, I have heard from many of my constituents in Senate 40 that voting integrity is a key issue. So, I requested and was appointed to serve on the Senate Ethics Committee, which handles voting legislation.
I now find myself in the crossfire of cyber security experts, vendor lobbyists, the Office of the Secretary of State, and voting integrity advocates. All of these groups are trying to influence a $150 million dollar decision on which tools we will use to vote for at least the next decade.
At the center of the debate is HB316, a 41 page bill that combines both Republican and Democrat initiatives. In addition to voting machines, it addresses many of the failures of the 2018 elections: voters being purged from the rolls; absentee ballots being thrown out for "mismatched" signatures; voters turned away because the spelling of names didn't exactly match official records; polling places that were suspiciously closed with little notice; and too few machines in certain areas, leading to long lines to vote.
HB316 contains some real improvements; it also enables the Secretary of State's office to purchase what they see as "cutting edge" voting technology. You'd think that the new technology would be the most accurate and reliable, right?
Not always.
I've heard from many experts on this issue who say we can't guarantee that your vote will be accurately recorded if machines are used.
HB316 is said to be one of the most important pieces of legislation for consideration this year. So, in an effort to do my homework on the bill, I spent my weekend educating myself on voting machine systems. It wasn't the most exciting way to spend a weekend, but I've learned a great deal.
The new systems have what Georgia voters want — a printed, paper ballot that contains the names of all of the people and measures that you selected. This paper ballot becomes the official ballot, securely stored and used in random audits. Sounds great, right?
Except, there's a pretty significant loophole…a scanner reads a barcode at the top of your ballot instead of the names you just checked. In other words, your votes are embedded in a barcode that you can't read.
Though that's the most egregious flaw, the more I researched, the more I found aspects of electronic voting that I found concerning.
Paper ballots are only summary representations — not the complete ballot. The thermal paper ballots that the machines print fades over time. Some electronic systems are not federally certified. Some machines have complicated ballot layouts that require huge, 32-inch screens. And some counting devices (scanners) are built in to the voting machines, which cyber security experts say poses a threat to security.
My takeaway is we won't fix our election system if we spend $150 million on what's described as the "latest and greatest" technology. And as expense goes up, security goes down.
On the other hand, on-demand ballot printers and scanners for hand-marked ballots look pretty effective and provide a primary source paper trail for use in audits. Initial estimates for hand-marked ballots come in cheaper, around $30 – 60 million. Interestingly, the Secretary of State estimates more than $200 million for paper ballots, but their numbers include huge printing overages that can be eliminated by on-demand printing.
The reality is this: We are going to get the more expensive system because that's what Governor Kemp wants.
I co-sponsored SB196, which calls for hand-marked ballots, but it hasn't yet gotten a committee hearing and we are running of out of time in this legislative session.
Ironically, as a member of the Ethics Committee voting on this legislation, even I, a member of the minority party, got asked out to dinner by one of the voting machine vendors. Unlike many of my peers across the aisle, I turned the invitation down.
I have my work cut out for me during the next few weeks as this debate rages on. I will do my homework and ask the hard questions. I will agitate. I will point out falsehoods. But in the end, I will also work to make HB316 a little better, even if I don't support it in the end.
I won't let Georgia's legislators forget that elections are about people. Elections are the sacred guardians of the people's choice. And no matter how amazing technology is, machines can't replace people in ensuring free and fair elections.
March 7, 2019 /by Sally Harrell
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De Eerste Slag bij Rappahannock Station vond plaats tussen 22 en 25 augustus 1862 in Culpeper County en Fauquier County, Virginia tijdens de Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog. Het maakt deel uit van de Veldtocht in Noord-Virginia en is ook bekend onder de namen Waterloo Bridge, White Sulphur Springs, Lee Springs of Freeman's Ford.

In de eerste dagen van augustus had generaal Robert E. Lee tot zijn opluchting vastgesteld dat het Army of the Potomac van generaal-majoor George B. McClellan geen dreiging meer vormde voor de Zuidelijke hoofdstad Richmond. McClellans leger werd overgeplaatst om generaal-majoor John Pope te assisteren. Lee stuurde generaal-majoor James Longstreet vanuit Richmond naar Thomas Jackson om zijn vleugel bij Gordonsville te versterken. Op 15 augustus nam Lee zelf het bevel op zich. Op 20 en 21 augustus trok Pope zich terug naar een defensieve linie bij de Rappahannockrivier. Op 23 augustus voerde generaal-majoor J.E.B. Stuarts cavalerie een raid uit op het hoofdkwartier van Pope bij Catlett Station. Hieruit bleek dat de Noordelijke rechterflank zeer kwetsbaar was. De volgende dagen, van 22 tot 25 augustus vochten beide legers langs de rivier een reeks van schermutselingen uit waaronder Waterloo Bridge, Lee Springs, Freeman's Ford en Sulphur Springs. Hierbij vielen er verschillende honderden slachtoffers. Popes leger werd langs de rivier geduwd terwijl Jackson een grote omtrekkende beweging maakte via de Thoroughfare Gap. Hierbij veroverde Jackson Bristoe Station en het Noordelijk depot van Manassas Junction ver in de achterhoede van Popes leger.

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Q: couldn't format partition in SSD so.. I get the stupid error when I format my SSD. when I try to install Windows 7/8/8.1 I get this error:
Windows couldn't format a partition on disk 0. The error occured while preparing the partition selected for installation.  Error code 0x80070057
when searched out the forums, blogs and etc. but my problem not solved. The 'same' error with other OS installation (for example: Ubuntu, Linux)
I bought SSD 2 months ago. My SSD model is: AMD Radeon R7 Series 480GB 2.5-Inch SATA III
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Last year, you may remember the Maisons-Laffitte cooking club. An international group of ladies getting together to share favourite recipes by cooking and eating lunch together. Well, it is time for the cooking club of 2017 to begin.
And what a start. We started with Vinh in Vietnam (we wished we could actually have flown to Vietnam as France was doing its best at impersonating the Arctic). We were initiated into the art of spring rolls, Vietnamese style. They were amazing.
We made two kinds of spring roll with sauces to go with each – Fried Spring Rolls with Nuoc mam charn dipping sauce and Fresh Spring Rolls with a Hoisin Sauce (which be in Part 2 – people don't like blog posts to be too long).
It was interesting for me to get hands on with South East Asian cuisine after my recent article on taste and writing about umami, the most recent addition to our set of tastes. Vietnamese cuisine have understood that important element of taste for a long time and ingredients in these recipes are perfect examples -fish sauce, soy sauce and dried dark mushrooms are all rich in umami. These ingrdients have been a huge part of Asian cuisine for centuries.
I was reminded of the pungent scent of Fish Sauce, really important in Vietnamese and Thai cuisine particularly, and how once added to a recipe there is no trace of that fishiness – just a real depth of flavour.
These crispy fried rice pancake rolls are filled with a tasty pork based filling however cooked mashed pumpkin or mashed beans could be used for a vegetarian alternative. It is worth making loads, there is a lot of preparation so this is a recipe for a day when you can indulge in an afternoon of cooking – they are so yummy that they are worth the effort and won't go to waste. They can be frozen so make loads so you can have a quick meal another day.
The sugar was dissolved in hot water so that it just dissolved. Then the very pungent fish sauce was added, hard to believe that the final sauce was not in the least bit fishy – just so delicious! Then lemon juice, garlic and chilli if you want a bit of fire. That was it. And it tasted amazing. The secret is balancing the sour, umami and sweet which Vinh had to a fine art. Very definitely done 'au pif' as you would say in French.
The Fried Spring Rolls themselves – to make lots!
The mushrooms were soaked in boiling water until they were hydrated – this could be done overnight but half and hour or so should be enough. Then we soaked the mung bean noodles for 2-3 minutes.
In a very big bowl we mixed together the ground pork, finely grated carrots and onion, finely chopped garlic, the mushrooms (which ma y need chopped a little more), the fish sauce, sugar, black pepper, oil, 2 eggs and the noodles (which have also been chopped). Mix it all together. The best way to do it is get your hands in the bowl.
If you want to taste the mixture for seasoning then take a small spoonful of the mixture and put it in the microwave for 20-30 seconds. Once happy with the taste it is time for mass production.
Each rice pancake was dipped into hot water until it was pliable and then laid on a plate. A spoonful of mixture was put on the pancake close to the edge towards the person rolling. The pancake edge was pulled across the filling and then the sides were folded in. Then the pancake was rolled firmly.
It has to be said that there was a mixture of rolling quality. The key was not to put too much mixture into the rice pancake so that the pancake was able to be double thickness all round so that it didn't burst in the pan. Not that it mattered to the taste – the ugly ones were just as tasty.
To eat properly they should be wrapped in a lettuce leaf with some fresh herbs, dipped into the sauce and enjoy. It has to be said they were delicious.
Just as delicious were the fresh spring rolls but you will have to wait for the next post….


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TIBCO NOW 2021 Showcases Limitless Power of Data
Speakers, Customers, and New Product Enhancements Demonstrate Importance of the Data-Driven Society
PALO ALTO, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–TIBCO Software Inc., a global leader in enterprise data, empowers its customers to connect, unify, and confidently predict business outcomes, solving the world's most complex data-driven challenges. Today, TIBCO announced an impressive roster of speakers and customers to take the virtual center stage at TIBCO NOW 2021, September 27-30, 2021. This year's digital experience will include a free, two-day, core event; a jampacked agenda of keynote speakers; three premium one-day tracks; and a host of certification opportunities.
TIBCO customers continue to demonstrate the limitless power of insights when embracing data as the fuel for innovation. This year's theme, "Limitless," showcases how advancements in data continue to accelerate, with original content targeted to business executives, data analysts, data scientists, business intelligence experts, and anyone in an organization affected by or using data.
"Every modern organization now runs on data, and our ability to deliver deep insights from real-time data is truly limitless," said Dan Streetman, chief executive officer, TIBCO. "At TIBCO NOW, we are excited to share how leading organizations around the globe are connecting, structuring, and using data to fuel innovation and make faster, smarter decisions."
TIBCO NOW will host industry thought leaders from around the world, representing a range of industries, including:
Dr. Jennifer Doudna, a biochemist at the University of California, Berkeley, and Nobel Prize-Winning co-inventor of CRISPR Technology, who will speak about the role of data in medical science and how her CRISPR-Cas9 genome technology forever changed human and agricultural research;
Michael Lewis, a financial journalist, New York Times best-selling author, and leading social commentator, who will offer perspectives on the ever-changing value systems that drive economic markets, political landscapes, and cultural norms;
Dr. Jill Seubert, an interplanetary navigator and leading expert on astrodynamics, estimation theory, and deep space navigation, who will walk attendees through technology advancements that support the next generation of deep space exploration;
Associate Professor Ngiam Kee Yuan, group chief technology officer at National University Health System, who will share insights around artificial intelligence research and its implications for the future of healthcare.
The event will host 20 customer speaking sessions from respected companies such as New Balance, GM Financial, Autostrade per l'Italia, and Change Healthcare.
In addition, TIBCO executives will spearhead discussions on data's role at the center of the digital debate – how it's driving customer experiences and reshaping the face of all industries. Speakers include Dan Streetman, chief executive officer; Rani Johnson, chief information officer; Matt Quinn, chief operating officer; Nelson Petracek, chief technology officer; and Fred Studer, chief marketing officer.
TIBCO NOW offers a free, two-day, core virtual event, with three product-focused premium tracks: Connect, Unify, and Predict. These tracks speak to the importance of integration and API management, events and messaging, master data management, visual analytics, and the future of the data-driven enterprise.
Register today and follow @TIBCO on Twitter and on our Facebook, Instagram, and LinkedIn pages to hear the latest news and updates from #TIBCONOW on September 27-30, 2021.
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Google team rises to 2014 visual recognition challenge
by Nancy Owano , Tech Xplore
Google's Christian Szegedy, software engineer, blogged Friday about GoogleNet's entry into a visual recognition challenge, the results of which indicate improvements in the state of machine vision technology. The Large Scale Visual Recognition Challenge is the largest academic challenge in computer vision, held annually to test state-of-the-art technology in image understanding—in recognizing objects in images and locating where they are. The competition tracks are classification, classification with localization, and detection. Szegedy detailed the tracks: "The classification track measures an algorithm's ability to assign correct labels to an image. The classification with localization track is designed to assess how well an algorithm models both the labels of an image and the location of the underlying objects. Finally, the detection challenge is similar, but uses much stricter evaluation criteria."
How did GoogleNet do? GoogLeNet placed first in the classification and detection (with extra training data) tasks, he said.
The test is no piece of cake. Commenting on the significance of this challenge, John Markoff wrote in The New York Times how "a machine's ability to see the world around it is gaining the benefits of bigger computers and more accurate mathematical calculations, an advance that is visible in the contest results. Markoff quoted Fei-Fei Li, the director of the Stanford Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. He was one of the creators of a set of labeled digital images serving as the basis for the contest. Li said he considered this year as a historical year for the challenge. "What really excites us is that performance has taken a huge leap."
One of the features in this challenge is being presented with a lot of images with tiny objects that are hard to recognize. Superior performance in the detection challenge requires pushing beyond annotating an image with a "bag of labels," Szegedy said. "A model must be able to describe a complex scene by accurately locating and identifying many objects in it."
How they did it: Thank something called the DistBelief Infrastructure, This is a software framework that makes it possible to train neural networks in a distributed manner and rapidly iterate. It is "a radically redesigned convolutional network architecture," commented Szegedy.
The architecture involved leads to over 10 times reduction in the number of parameters if compared with most state of the art vision networks. The advances enable better image understanding and the progress is directly transferable to Google products such as photo and image searches, YouTube, self-driving cars, "and any place where it is useful to understand what is in an image as well as where things are."
At Google, Szegedy works on machine learning, computer vision via deep learning and AI. The team included two PhD students who are in the intern program at Google.
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The Oliver Community Arts Council along with Oliver Tourism and Downtown Businesses is proud to present the Wine Capital Art Walk as part of the Okanagan Spring Wine Festival! The main event occurs on the evening of Thursday May 10 from 6 – 8 p.m. Artists in a variety of media display and demonstrate their best work, sharing space with downtown businesses in the 6200 block of Main Street (between School and Bank Avenues). The art walk also includes wine tastings, live music, draws, children's art activities, food vendors, and live art demonstrations.
One of the main attractions at the Wine Capital Art Walk is the Wine Barrel Art demonstration and silent auction, running Monday May 7 – Thursday May 10. The live art event features up to 15 skilled artists who transform wine barrels into cherished works of art. They work daily from 10 – 4 p.m. on Main Street. Their activity is entertaining, educational and also promotes the art walk later in the week. Silent auction bids are accepted on site all week long, until 7:45 p.m. on Thursday May 10. The finished barrels are sold to the highest bidders on the Thursday evening.


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Disaster Management programme seeks to develop the knowledge and skills required for middle to senior managers from a broad range of organisations such as government agencies, national and international industries, emergency and medical services, academia, small to medium sized industries, faith based and local community organisations, with current or future responsibility for disaster management. The education and training of disaster management is in its infancy in many countries. As a consequence many graduates of overseas universities seek a postgraduate qualification in countries where the study of disaster management and the development of crisis management and emergency management professionals is more advanced.
The Disaster Management modules are delivered over 5 days. Each module would be delivered as workshops at times to be arranged during the indicated timescale. Each module can be taken as individual for the corporate training or even in combination of two or all three modules, depending on the requirement of the organisation.
All participants will be receiving the Bournemouth University Certificate of Completion.


You might find this irreverent. That's okay. But hardly a day goes by that I don't appreciate the decision to ditch TV. Today the royal funeral for George H.W. Bush must be ever-present, along with adoring commentary rivaling the most extreme religious fanaticism. We rejected royalty in 1776.
I'm sure if I met George Bush in the checkout line at Fareway we'd have a pleasant conversation and I'd go on to brag about this brush with greatness. But Mr. Bush's relationship with the people of Iraq was different. A border dispute with Kuwait meant that Bush's most powerful nation on earth would rain hell on those people. They posed no threat to us, just to an oil cartel. A heroic act, it was not. A gentleman at Fareway does not make him a gentleman to the world.
Major Hugh Thompson, Jr. was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam. He and his two man crew were on a mission to clear remaining Viet Cong from the hamlet of My Lai. As they flew over the area something didn't seem right. There were bodies strewn about. There was a wounded young woman and they marked her with green smoke to identify her as needing medical care. They watched from the chopper as Captain Ernest Medina of C Company walked over and finished her off.
The chopper continued to fly over the scene and they noticed a group of civilians running toward an earthen bunker. They were being chased by C Company personnel. Thompson and his crew landed the chopper between the soldiers and the people and he told the Americans that if they fired on the civilians or himself, his crew would return fire. He motioned the people out of the bunker and arranged for them to be evacuated by other choppers. C Company held their fire.
A combination of leadership failure, faulty intelligence, miscommunication, inexperience, and grief over fallen comrades had led to the deaths of three to five hundred, mostly women, elderly, and children. Of the dead, 210 of them were 12 years old and younger, and 50 of them were three years old and younger.
People who save lives are more deserving of hero status than those who destroy lives. But in this, like any tragedy, there are lessons to learn. It is not disrespect of the military to wish they were not put in harm's way or sent to do harm needlessly, it is reverence and respect for sovereign individuals.
Perpetual war was not in the original idea of this country. And contrary to the propaganda of the war profiteers, it is not a necessary evil. "Our freedoms" have not been threatened by an invading force since Pearl Harbor. Our freedoms are more likely threatened by the domestic forces entrusted with protecting them.
The reason war has not been declared by Congress since WWII is that there has been no legitimate threat. If a war was necessary to protect us, it should be declared and fought to win. It was the "pulled punches" aspect of the Vietnam War that produced the abuse our soldiers there endured (and still do). It was a pulled punches war because the safety of our citizens was not on the line.
Religious squabbles and civil wars on the other side of the world should be left to those directly affected by the complaints of their adversaries. Our borders are there for a reason. It is because, no matter how wealthy capitalism might make a country, the money will run out if the people served are not the people who pay.


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CIHT's Presidential Team consists of the President and Vice-Presidents. These are all members of the Board of Trustees, which also comprises the Immediate Past President, Honorary Treasurer and up to eight Council Members (usually including the Chairs of the Strategic Boards).
As Trustees, the Board must ensure that the affairs of the Institution are kept in good order and that legal and statutory obligations are fulfilled. They are responsible for controlling the management and administration of the Institution and, if negligent, are personally liable. Trustees are also responsible for ensuring that the Institution fulfils its legal obligations as a Charity, including carrying out its purposes for the public benefit and producing and submitting statutory documents and accounts to the required deadlines.
If you would like to contact any member of the Presidential Team, please contact CIHT's Chief Executive's office on:
t: +44 (0)20 7336 1550 e: presidentialteam@ciht.org.uk
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CIHT President
Martin Tugwell is the Programme Director at England's Economic Heartland (EEH), which brings political and business leaders together in a strategic collaborative partnership committed to realising the economic potential of the Heartland, including the Oxford – Milton Keynes – Cambridge Arc.
Stretching from Swindon to Cambridgshire and Northamptonshire to Hertfordshire, EEH provides leadership on strategic infrastructure issues, in particular those relating to transport, digital connectivity and utilities. As the region's Sub-national Transport Body, EEH is producing an over-arching Transport Strategy - a 30 year strategic vision for the transport system that puts the needs of businesses and individuals at the forefront of investment decisions.
Martin Tugwell
Martin is a Chartered Engineer, a Fellow of the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transport (CIHT) and a Member of the Institution of Civil Engineers. He is President of the CIHT for 2019/20, having previously chaired the Institution's Learned Society and Technical Board. He is a past Chairman of the Transport Planning Society and a Council member for the National Infrastructure Planning Association.
CIHT Senior Vice President
Chartered Engineer with over 25 years' experience in Road Safety Engineering, Highway Design, Asset Management and Maintenance. Deborah is now a Senior Lecturer in the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Greenwich at Medway. Her teaching includes Project Management & Appraisal, Engineering Professional Skills, Construction Management & Technology, and Highway Engineering. She is also the Admissions Tutor, Placements Officer, and a member of the Department's Industrial Advisory Board.
Deborah Sims
Deborah is a STEM Ambassador and recently chaired the Careers Guidance Steering Group for the CIHT, developing a pack of materials for use in schools to encourage young people to consider careers in the built environment. Deborah is a Professional Reviewer and has reviewed over 70 CEng or IEng candidates. She is a Trustee of Chatham Maritime Trust and of CIHT.
Deborah lives with her family in north Kent and enjoys walking with her boxer dog Harley.
Neil Johnstone has over 40 years of experience having worked in contracting, local government and consultancy. For 25 years Neil worked throughout UK for Halcrow/CH2M, becoming managing director of its activities in continental Europe where he oversaw work in a range of sectors including transport, energy and water.
He studied civil engineering at Edinburgh University and went on the achieve a Masters at Glasgow University while working for Lothian Regional Council.
Neil Johnstone
More recently Neil was a director at SYSTRA where he led the integration of the acquisitions of JMP and SIAS. In July 2017 he has launched his own venture (CONSULT-NJ LTD) offering services in transportation and business change.
Neil is a Fellow of CIHT, chartered engineer, member of ICE, as well as the Institute of Directors. He chaired the Central and Scotland Branch in 1998-99 and has served the local committee since, primarily through leadership of the Scottish Policy Forum. He became a trustee of CIHT in 2018 and chaired the Board of Appian. Neil has represented CIHT on the National Transport Strategy (NTS2) Partnership Review Group and has co-chaired the Thematic Working Group on Safety and Resilience. In his consultancy role he is currently seconded to Transport Scotland where he has led the procurement of the Strategic Transport Project Review (STPR2).
His career has embraced various dimensions of transportation from design work on the Edinburgh City Bypass, road maintenance, traffic management and planning, to expert witness at the Edinburgh Congestion Charge Inquiry. He has experience in development planning, feasibility studies and appraisal of all modes including rail, road, busways, harbours and ferries. He was closely involved with seminal studies on rural roads in Scotland such as Fitting Roads, and prepared traffic forecasts for Skye Bridge.
Neil also served on National Council (2000 – 2003) and was Vice-chair of the Procurement and Network Management Boards. He was proud of his time with the inaugural Procurement Board when he helped to produce a guidance manual about procurement for younger members.
CIHT Immediate Past President
Matthew Lugg OBE is Director of Public Services at WSP in the UK, which is part of the 2,000-strong transport and infrastructure business. He is a former local authority surveyor, Head of Service and Director with over 30 years' experience working in county councils including: Leicestershire County Council; Cambridgeshire County Council; Lincolnshire County Council, Nottinghamshire County Council and North Yorkshire County Council. He is the architect of several regional initiatives.
Matthew Lugg
Matthew was recognised for his outstanding contribution to local transport at the National Transport Awards in 2009. In 2011 he was seconded to the Department for Transport to help lead the Highways Maintenance Efficiency Programme on behalf of the Department for Transport.
He received an OBE for services to local government in 2013.
Matthew has led numerous national associations and highway programmes including: HMEP Advocate Department for Transport; Director of Environment and Transport, Leicestershire County Council; Chairman, National Improvement and Efficiency Partnership for Highways; Chairman, Midland Highway Alliance; President, ADEPT; Chair, UK Roads Board. Matthew is probably best known for his work encouraging highway authorities to embrace asset management and make winter service more resilient.
Matthew became Director of Public Services, Mouchel Limited in 2013 leading business development and providing advice to local authorities going through change. WSP acquired Mouchel in 2016.
Matthew graduated from Cardiff University with a BEng in Civil Engineering. In the early years of his career, he worked as a trainee engineer with the Department for Transport's Midland Road Construction Unit in Matlock. He worked with the South East RCU in Guildford, Surrey. He won a position as a Graduate Trainee Engineer at Lincolnshire County Council where he stayed for five years before joining North Yorkshire County Council as an Assistant Divisional Surveyor. In 1987 he joined Nottinghamshire County Council as an Assistant Area Surveyor. Promoted to Senior Engineer, he oversaw six highway district agency agreements and was transferred to Trent Bridge House in Nottingham.
Prior to leaving Nottinghamshire County Council, he enrolled on a part-time Diploma in Management Studies at Nottingham Trent University. He returned to Lincolnshire as the County Roads Maintenance Manager continuing his diploma. He became involved in two new fields: asset management and proactive maintenance. He established a road safety partnership between Lincolnshire's highway authority, police and ambulance services. Matthew was presented with an IHT Award at the CIHT1990 annual luncheon in recognition of his achievements. He became Head of Service for Lincolnshire County Council in 1991.
In 2001 Matthew moved to Cambridgeshire County Council as Assistant Director of Highways. Over four year he received accolades and was named the Institution of Civil Engineers' Municipal Engineer of the Year. In 2005 he joined Leicestershire County Council as Director of Environment and Transport. Over eight years he helped set up the 'Three Counties Partnership' (3CAP) which later became known as the Midland Highway Alliance.
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I parchi nazionali della Grecia sono venticinque, di cui due parchi nazionali marini.

Nella lingua greca il termine εθνικός δρυμός (traslitterato ethnikòs drumòs, letteralmente: foresta nazionale) viene storicamente utilizzato dalla legislazione greca per indicare quell'area protetta che a livello internazionale è conosciuta come "Parco Nazionale" (che rientra cioè nella categoria IUCN-II della classificazione internazionale delle aree protette), perché la maggior parte di tali aree sono appunto ricoperte da foreste. Il termine εθνικό πάρκο (traslitterato ethinikò pàrco, anch'esso traducibile in "parco/giardino nazionale") indica invece altre aree naturali protette istituite più recentemente. Tuttavia, le due aree marine protette greche IUCN-II sono denominate εθνικό Θαλάσσιο πάρκο (ethinikò thalàssio pàrco, trad. parco marino nazionale).

Storia
La diversità biologica e climatica che caratterizza la Grecia, unitamente alla ricca flora e fauna che vivono in essa, ha generato la necessità di creare parchi nazionali fin dal 1937, quando il governo di Ioannis Metaxas  emanò per primo una legge che delineava la normativa dei parchi nazionali in Grecia. Nel 1938 venne ufficialmente istituito il primo parco nazionale greco, il parco nazionale del Monte Olimpo, seguito dall'immediata creazione del Parco nazionale del Parnaso.

Da allora il numero dei parchi nazionali della Grecia è aumentato fino al numero attuale di dodici.

Paesaggio
La Grecia è caratterizzata da un paesaggio estremamente frammentato e aspro, che ospita una grande varietà di ecosistemi e un'eccezionale biodiversità. Quasi il 5% del suo ampio litorale è costituito da ecologicamente sensibili zone umide. Due terzi della popolazione totale vive non oltre 2 km dalla costa e la maggior parte delle importanti centri urbani sono costiera, mentre quasi tutte le infrastrutture turistiche è diviso tra isole e la terraferma costiera.

Clima
Il clima della Grecia si divide in tre tipologie: il clima mediterraneo offre inverni miti e umidi ed estati calde e secche. Le temperature raramente raggiungono estremi, anche se le nevicate si verificano di tanto in tanto anche ad Atene, nelle Cyclades o a Crete durante l'inverno. Il clima alpino si trova principalmente in Grecia occidentale (Epiro, Grecia centrale, Tessaglia, Macedonia occidentale, così come le parti centrali del Peloponneso come Acaia, Arcadia e parti della Laconia). Il clima temperato si trova nella Macedonia centrale e orientale, in Tracia in luoghi come Komotini, Xanthi e l'Evros settentrionale, con inverni freddi ed umidi ed estati calde e secche.

Caratteristiche
Ogni parco nazionale è costituito da un nucleo e un'area circostante. Secondo la legge greca il nucleo non può essere inferiore a 1.500 ettari, con l'eccezione dei parchi nazionali marini. L'area circostante deve essere maggiore o almeno uguale alla dimensione del nucleo.

Nel nucleo del parco nazionale sono consentite solo ricerche scientifiche, piccole attività ricreative e l'acquisizione di informazioni ambientali. La creazione di serragli e allevamenti ittici, la costruzione di strade, immobili, infrastrutture per campeggio ed escursionismo, taglio della legna e pascolo sono consentiti nell'area circostante del parco nazionale.

Lista dei Parchi nazionali

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Liste di aree protette


Italic is yet another new addition to Bree Street and I can't be more excited! I think Bree Street is going to get to the point where you could eat out every night for a month and never eat at the same place!
The new addition is a gorgeous little Italian spot right next door to Orinoco! The best part about the arse end of Bree Street? There is always parking right outside the front door!
Italic is run by two Italians straight out of Italy. One Italian for the kitchen and one Italian for the front of house. The Italian in the Kitchen makes all his sauces and pastas fresh every single day and the Italian in the front of house is charming and beautiful and makes you feel like she's offering dinner at her home. From the first five minutes of being at Italic I knew I loved it already!
We loved the incredible fresh and soft mozzarella with the sweet sundried tomatoes on the fresh focaccia. The Scamorza was light and smoked and reminded me of the cheeses we ate in Poland. The Mortadella was lovely and sweet a little like a fine shaved gypsy ham. And the cured veggies were a delicious addition!
All the pasta is made from fresh every morning – and it really makes such a difference! It was wonderful to spot the fresh pasta all over their open plan kitchen.
We had the homemade tagliatelle with sausage and mushrooms for R95. The pasta was incredible and cooked perfectly! The mushrooms were wonderfully fresh and packed with flavour. I thought the sausage in the pasta had too much fennel and I found it a little overpowering. But the boyfriend loved it – so it might just be that I'm a little sensitive to fennel.
The star of the night was the amazing homemade gnocchi with gorgonzola, pear and cognac for R100. This dish was pure decadence! The gnocci was like soft butter and the sauce was creamy and rich! This is without a doubt the very best gnocchi dish I've ever had! I will be back very soon for more of this!
Dessert was a wonderful twist on an Italian dessert classics! This is the Salame Chocolate served with mascarpone for R40. This was a truly unique dessert and so delicious! The mascarpone dish was made like the mascarpone in tiramisu which was incredibly light and slightly sweet and very creamy. We shared dessert between the two of us and we were bickering like children over the bowl of the mascarpone and scraping every corner to get any run away mascarpone. The Salame chocolate was a little like a decadent fridge cake which was packed with biscuits and held together by dense chocolate – YUM! When you have dinner at Italic make sure to save space for this wonderful dessert.
Overall we had an incredible truly Italian dinner at Italic. I would highly recommend a visit! It is worth noting that they have a pretty limited wine list and I would suggest bringing your own wine.
Opening times: Mon: 7:00-19:00, Tues-Fri: 7:00-22:00, Sat: 18:00-23:00 and closed on Sundays.


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A's designate pitcher Jharel Cotton for assignment, select Daulton Jefferies
The Oakland Athletics select Daulton Jefferies, DFA Jharel Cotton
Pitcher Daulton Jefferies, who was selected by the A's in first round of the 2016 draft.
By Shayna Rubin |
The Oakland Athletics selected right-handed pitcher Daulton Jefferies' contract from Double-A Midland and designated right-handed pitcher Jharel Cotton, the team announced on Wednesday.
Adding Jefferies, 24, to the 40-man protects him from this season's Rule 5 draft, and he certainly would have been meat on the market.
The Cal alum, the A's fifth pick in the 2016 draft, made major strides after undergoing Tommy John surgery in 2017, a procedure that capped a total of nine innings of professional work. With Double-A Midland and Single-A Stockton last season, Jefferies recorded a 10.3 strikeout-to-walk ratio — 93 strikeouts with just 11 walks in 79 innings. He had a 2-2 record and a 3.42 ERA in 26 games, which included 15 starts.
There had to be a 40-man sacrifice, though. And Cotton was the victim.
Cotton, once considered a potential anchor to the A's rotation, struggled with injuries throughout his A's career.
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Cotton, 27, went 11-10 with a 4.95 ERA in 29 career starts with the A's. He was acquired from the Dodgers in the deal that shipped Josh Reddick and Rich Hill to Los Angeles. Cotton quickly became a fan favorite when he went 2-0 with a 2.15 ERA over five starts as a rookie in 2016.
But he was inconsistent in 2017, posting a 5.58 ERA then missed all of 2018 after undergoing Tommy John surgery. This season at Triple-A and Class A, he was 1-3 with a 7.16 ERA in 27 2/3 innings, mired again by a hamstring injury that required surgery.
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Q: Codepipeline with remote ECR source Is it possible to use a remote ECR Repository as a source in CodePipeline?
I get the following error:
The repository with name '12345.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ecrrepo' does not exist in the registry with id '67890'
(Account IDs have been intentionally changed)
However the remote repository definitely exists.
Whole picture: I have 2 accounts, dev and test. Now that I have a pipeline built and running in dev account, I would like to do the same deployment in test account, but using the same ECR repository.
Just additional info: I am able to deploy to the ECS cluster of test account manually using the dev account's repository.
CodeBuild definitely supports cross account ECR image access, doesn't CodePipeline?
Any hints for solution or workaround? (I can think of Lambda)

A: At the moment in CodePipeline source stage when ECR is selected you only have option to provide ECR from the current AWS account.
Workaround would be to have a CodeBuild stage in the pipeline which can retrieve cross account ECR source:
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/devops/how-to-use-cross-account-ecr-images-in-aws-codebuild-for-your-build-environment/
Your pipeline can still be started by CloudWatch Events when the ECR source changes in the other account:
CW Event Bus: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/events/CloudWatchEvents-CrossAccountEventDelivery.html


Rambling By RV Through Alaska and Yukon Territory is not your "typical" Travel Log on driving to Alaska and Yukon Territory. Instead you will travel along with Nyla and her husband Lorrin as we hit the highway north. Between these covers, you will find: Adventures, Hints, Stories, History, Recipes, Sketches, Prose and a few Laughs as you read about their adventures. You just might fall in love with traveling the bumpy highways of this Great Land. For everyone who has ever gone to Alaska, wants to go, or just enjoys armchair traveling. This ebook is for you!
The author, Nyla Walsh has worked on cruise ships in Alaska and around the World. As a tour director she has also guided guests throughout Alaska and Yukon Territory, sharing with them this unique destination. She has traveled via motorhome with her husband throughout this Great Land. Nyla has rolled her 20 years of experience into a treasure trove of knowledge about where to go, what to do and how to prepare for travel in the remote lands of the Last Frontier.