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Susan Crean
WRITER – CULTURAL CRITIC – ACTIVIST
FINDING MR. WONG
THE LAUGHING ONE
OPPOSITE CONTRARIES
WHO'S AFRAID OF CANADIAN CULTURE?
TWO NATIONS
NEWSWORTHY: THE LIVES OF MEDIA WOMEN
GRACE HARTMAN: A WOMAN FOR HER TIME
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHERS
ON CANADIAN ARTS & CULTURE
ON DIVERSITY
CHUCK WONG'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THESES ON CHINESE CANADIANS
CHIN MUIN HAHOW, BENEFACTOR OF A HUNDRED AND SOME PEOPLE by Howe Chan 陳厚基
陳文厚, 施恩無數 撰文:陳厚基
INTERVIEW WITH JOHN RALSTON SAUL
June 9, 2019	Article, Writing
"FINDING MR. WONG: A TALE FROM CANADA'S EXCLUSION ERA" IN NEW CANADIAN MEDIA
Article featured in New Canadian Media, June 1, 2019
The story of Chinese immigration to Canada is best known for two things. First, the arrival of Chinese labourers in large numbers in the late 1800s to build the crucial last link of the Canadian Pacific Railway—the most difficult and dangerous section which required crossing the Rocky Mountains....
Read the full article Finding Mr. Wong: A Tale From Canada's Exclusion Era here.
September 10, 2016	Article, Writing
"CANADIANS MUST ACKNOWLEDGE INDIGENOUS HISTORY" IN THIS MAGAZINE
Article featured in This Magazine Sept-Oct 2016
"The theme of remembering runs through the 94 recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC). It is behind the suggestion that Indigenous curricula be mandatory and in Justice Murray Sinclair's insistence that non-Indigenous Canadians learn about residential schools and Indigenous history. In the context of reconciliation, how do we do this?"
Read Susan Crean's article "Canadians must acknowledge Indigenous history," online here....
December 8, 2012	Article, Writing
"WRITING MR. WONG" IN THIS MAGAZINE
Article featured in This Magazine, Nov-Dec, 2012. This is the backstory to Finding Mr. Wong, the book on the life of Mr. Wong and why it has been possible for me to write it. In the first instance, this is because of the help and openness of Chinese Canadians who made the search not just doable but successful beyond any expectation. The changes in Canadian society since Mr. Wong's death in 1970 has meant that the close, familial association across race we had is no longer so unusual; it's become a commonplace experience. Canadians have taken...
May 10, 2011	Article, Writing
"SUSAN CREAN ON ABORIGINAL THEATRE COMPANY NATIVE EARTH PERFORMING ARTS" IN THIS MAGAZINE
Article featured in This Magazine, May-June 2011.
"I joined the board of Native Earth Performing Arts, in Toronto's Distillery District, several years ago, and quickly discovered the best perk of the office is watching a performance evolve through rehearsal. Seeing the actors figuring out their moves together, adjusting dialogue, and dissecting the meaning of the play, and then witnessing opening night when they fire the creation into life…is magic."
Read the article "Susan Crean on Aboriginal theatre company Native Earth Performing Arts" online...
January 8, 2011	Article, Writing
"NATIONAL ARCHIVES BLUES" IN LITERARY REVIEW OF CANADA
Article featured in Literary Review of Canada January-February, 2011.
"It does not take long to discover the great truth about archival work, which is, appearances to the contrary, that it is utterly absorbing."
This piece grew out of several visits to the National Archives of Canada in 2010. I was very troubled to discover archivists at their wits' end and heading for the door, unable to assist researchers as they have in the past. New management has flat-lined the budgets for acquiring of private (non-governmental) papers, cut back on service, and embraced...
July 9, 2010	Article, Writing
"MILTON AND MICHEL" IN GEIST 77
Article featured inGeist 77, Summer 2010.
"Milton was a wordsmith of flair and stamina. A great poet, but also a great prose stylist, a sharp political analyst and a speaker of Homeric proportions. It took just one experience—of the poet reading his own work, or the revolutionary reading the Riot Act—to appreciate the erudition behind the argument, and the spell of the imagery."
Michel Lambeth's photo of Milton Acorn brings back memories of dancing, love poetry and a revolution. Read Susan Crean's article Milton and...
April 8, 2008	Article, Writing
"RIEL'S PROPHECY – THE NEW CONFIDENCE OF ABORIGINAL THEATRE"
Article featured in The Walrus, April, 2008. In The Walrus, April, 2008.
"My people will sleep for one hundred years. When they awake, it will be the artists that give them back their spirit." — Louis Riel.
I spent ten fabulous years on the board of directors of Native Earth Performing Arts, the country's oldest professional Indigenous performing arts company. During that time I saw the creative process at work and close-up, and witnessed the evolution of many plays and performances from gleam in the eye to full scale production. This...
August 10, 1989	Article, Writing
"IN THE NAME OF EQUALITY" IN BROADSIDE
Article featured in Broadside, Volume 10 Number 5 1989
It seemed like a good idea at the time, equality did. Equal pay, equal opportunity, equality before the law; all perfectly self explanatory and obviously legitimate demands for women to make, though naturally easier to claim than to effect.
"In The Name of Equality" can be read online via Broadside's digital archives....
August 9, 1987	Article, Writing
"THE EROTIC NATIONALISM OF JOYCE WIELAND" IN THIS MAGAZINE
Articled featured in This Magazine 21.
"Hers is not museum art, in format, size or feel; and you don't have to come equipped with a theory in order to understand it. The images, stories and symbols she uses are the stuff of daily life and everyone's history: airplanes and sailboats, hearts and flowers, flags and beavers, Laura Secord and Nellie McClung."
"Forbidden Fruit: The Erotic Nationalism of Joyce Wieland," appeared in This Magazine in the August/September issue in 1987....
"LABOUR WORKING WITH ART" IN FUSE MAGAZINE
Article featured in Fuse, Volume 34, Number 3; Summer 2011.
"The first critique of cultural policy that tends to emerge, then, is a class analysis expressed in terms of the twin issues of accessibility and portrayal (or the right of working people to see themselves reflected and respected in the media)."
I wrote this piece to document the extensive work being done by a handful of activist visual artists who were busy making connections and common cause with unions, in many instances working with groups like the Steelworkers on cultural projects. They often were active organizing artists...
About Susan Crean
Susan Crean is a cultural critic, author, and activist. A writer for over 30 years, Crean's expertise is in Canadian history, art and culture, topics on which she has written extensively. She has been a pioneer of creative non-fiction in Canada, and is the author of seven books, the first, Who's Afraid of Canadian Culture, appearing in 1976. Her next major work, The Laughing One – A Journey to Emily Carr, was nominated for a Governor General's award and won a BC Book Prize in 2001. Crean published her memoir, Finding Mr Wong, in 2018, a work that recreates the life of her family's cook, Wong Dong Wong, beginning with his journey from China to Vancouver, following his work as a domestic servant in Toronto to his eventual citizenship and retirement. Crean spent a number of years researching Wong's story, visiting China in search of Mr. Wong's home village, to better understanding of where Wong came from, what his prospects were as an orphan, and what his journey to Canada was like. Finding Mr Wong recently reached the top 10 list of Best Canadian History books by Canada`s History magazine. READ MORE
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At the Wongs' Association Annual Christmas Banquet
"THE DINNER PARTY: INDIGESTION FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT," IN INSIDE BROADSIDE
"SOURCE CODE: THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO HAVE CHANGED OUR WORLD," IN LITERARY REVIEW OF CANADA
AT THE WONGS' ASSOCIATION BANQUET
ASIAN CANADIAN HERITAGE MONTH EVENT: Q & A WITH SUSAN CREAN
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3-D Secure 2.0 has bridged the gap between secure payments and customer experience. Learn more about how this updated protocol facilitates frictionless payments with increased speed and security for digital transactions that happen in browsers, mobile apps, and connected devices.
Digital commerce is accelerating at a seemingly impossible pace. As the Internet of Things (IoT) continues to grow, payment options expand exponentially as well. There were 8.4 billion connected devices in 2017, a number projected to grow to 20.4 billion by 2020, according to analyst firm Gartner.
Consumers are making more card-not-present (CNP) payments than ever, making it increasingly challenging to verify the identity of the consumer and the validity of the transaction. This is especially true in the post-EMV era, where mass elimination of point-of-sale (POS) fraud has pushed fraudsters to the CNP channel. CNP fraud is slated to more than double the volume from 2015, jumping from $3.1 billion in 2015 to $6.4 billion this year(2). Add to that the problem of false positives, where more than half of declined transactions are actually legitimate(3), and merchants stand to lose a lot.
It stands to show that new ways to prevent fraud are more critical than ever. The key is in finding effective fraud prevention mechanisms that do not add friction to the customer experience. Online payments should be fast, convenient, and secure for consumers. This is where 3-D Secure 2.0 comes in.
The first 3-D Secure (Three Domain Secure) authentication has been around for years as an additional security layer for card-not-present (CNP) transactions. At its most basic definition, it serves as a messaging mechanism between the three domains involved in these transactions: financial institutions, online merchants, and the payment processing technology/networks. Originally meant to boost consumer confidence in online transactions, the first version caused unnecessary friction and false positives, leading to increased purchase abandonments.
The holy grail for every merchant is to facilitate as many legitimate transactions as possible without letting fraud through. The shortcomings of the original version have been addressed in the release of the newer version of the protocol, which facilitates secure, real-time information-sharing mechanism. The 2.0 version enables merchants to share a high number of transaction attributes with issuers to help authenticate customers more efficiently and effectively.
Version 1 is still available as an option for merchants. That said, merchants are behooved to adopt the newer version, which enables token-based and biometric authentication over static passwords. This newer version — sometimes referred to as EMV® 3DS or 3DS2 — supports the transmission of rich data in transactions, allowing for risk-based decisions on whether or not to authenticate a transaction. 3-D Secure 2.0 will use token-based and biometric authentication, eliminating the need for initial enrollment and no longer requiring customers to remember static passwords.
By supporting additional data during transactions, risk-based decisions will be possible on whether to authenticate or not. The end result should be an enhanced and simplified customer experience resulting in fewer abandoned transactions and a more frictionless experience for consumers.
The new version also supports a "frictionless flow", faciltated by the replacement of the Merchant Server Plug-in (MPI) by the 3DS Server, which is included in the "3DS Requestor Environment" (aka the collective components in the merchant's domain). Essentially, the issuer has the ability to approve a transaction via risk-based authentication on the Access Control Server (ACS) rather than through cardholder interaction.
This risk-based authentication also gives the merchant more control, presiding over the final fate of the transaction. The 2.0 protocol allows merchants to share a high volume of rich information (device ID historical payments, location, regisered users, etc.) with the issuer, which also has a lot of data and can vouch for its cardholders. The marriage of these two data epicenters and the ability for merchants to share information with issuers gives merchants more sway than previously afforded in the previous 3DS version.
Finally, 3-D Secure 2.0 shifts the liability from the merchant to the issuer in the case of disputes and chargebacks. So long as a transaction is authenticated (or attempted authentication occurs), the merchant is not liable for disputes or chargebacks.
With the newer version of 3DS, authentication is done through more secure methods than a static password, such as biometric authentication via face or voice recognition. There are several benefits here. First, it removes the burden on the customer to remember a static password. It also takes easy-to-guess passwords out of the mix altogether, eliminating the potential theft by fraudsters. Perhaps most importantly, it removes a degree of friction from the customer experience, decreasing purchase abandonments by frustrated consumers who have been asked to jump through one too many hoops.
In addition to removing the need for customers to remember static passwords, the new protocol also eliminates the initial enrollment process during shopping. Less interruptions means less reasons for a customer to jump ship and abandon the purchase. What's more, merchants have greater ability to provide a cohesive look and feel to the user interface across devices, removing the annoying pop-up box of the past. The newer version is certainly more customer-centric.
The new version also facilitates a framework for authentication across digital devices. That means the 3-D Secure protocol can run via both browsers and applications as well as on mobile and other connected devices.
This also expands the types of authentication enabled by the protocol beyond just card-based payments. That means mobile payments, digital wallet payments, and in-app payments can all be supported by 3-D Secure 2.0.
The bottom line is that the new 3-D Secure 2.0 protocol empowers merchants and issuers with rich data-backed authentication, so they can use their knowledge of customer behavior to make intelligent authentication decisions. This is beneficial for all parties – the legitimate cardholder is able to make frictionless purchases, and the merchant and issuer can prevent fraud without inhibiting legitimate sales. This results in higher revenue, lower operational costs, and decreases fraud-related losses. In short, merchants and issuers put a stop to fraud without putting a stop to legitimate transactions.
It's also worth noting that the inherent multi-factor authentication (MFA) of 3-D Secure 2.0 makes it a compelling tool for the European market, which operates under the revised Payments Service Directive (PSD2), by which MFA is mandated for all transactions. Merchants that don't enable or facilitate multi-factor authentication are liable in cases of fraud, making 3D-Secure 2.0 an ideal solution to help merchants reduce liability.
Early adoption of this technology has already started and Visa rules for merchant-attempted 3-D Secure transactions will be pushed to 3-D Secure 2.0 as of April 2019. This gives merchants time to test and refine their implementations. The overall impact should be decreased fraud and abandonments for merchants and a better, more frictionless experience for consumers.


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Die Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe (VIG) zählt zu den größten Versicherungskonzernen in Europa und zu einer der führenden Versicherungsgruppen in Österreich sowie Zentral- und Osteuropa. Das österreichische Unternehmen ging aus der 1824 gegründeten Wechselseitigen k.k. privaten Brandschaden-Versicherungs-Anstalt hervor. Ihren Konzernsitz hat die Vienna Insurance Group im Ringturm, dem im Jahr 1955 erbauten ersten Bürohochhaus Wiens. Die VIG ist auf die CEE-Region fokussiert und verfolgt als eine der wenigen internationalen Versicherungsgruppen eine lokale Mehrmarkenstrategie.

Geschichte
Die Geschichte des Unternehmens geht bis in das Jahr 1824 auf die Gründung der Wechselseitigen k.k. privaten Brandschaden-Versicherungs-Anstalt zurück.

Beginnend mit der Gründung der Kooperativa in der damaligen Tschechoslowakei Ende der 1980er Jahre begann der Konzern seine Expansion nach Zentral- und Osteuropa. Nachdem das Unternehmen im Jahr 1994 in eine Aktiengesellschaft umgewandelt worden war, wurden elf Prozent des Grundkapitals in Form von Vorzugsaktien an die Wiener Börse gebracht. Im Jahr 2005 nahm die Vienna Insurance Group die bislang größten Akquisitionen in Zentral- und Osteuropa vor – in Polen, in der Tschechischen Republik, Rumänien, der Ukraine und Kroatien. Im selben Jahr wandelte das Unternehmen seine Vorzugs- in Stammaktien um und führte überdies eine Kapitalerhöhung durch.

Im Zuge der Internationalisierung im Jahr 2006 wurde die Dachmarke Vienna Insurance Group eingeführt. Der Name bzw. die Marke der Konzerngesellschaften in Zentral- und Osteuropa setzen sich aus dem lokalen Namen und dem Zusatz Vienna Insurance Group zusammen.

Im Jahr 2008 erfolgte eine weitere Kapitalerhöhung zur Finanzierung der Übernahme der s Versicherung, der Versicherungssparte der Erste Group Bank AG, wodurch die Vienna Insurance Group zum Marktführer in Zentral- und Osteuropa wurde. Damit einhergehend wurde eine langjährige Vertriebsvereinbarung mit der Erste Group Bank unterzeichnet. Die Kooperation zwischen den beiden Unternehmen ist ein wichtiger Teil ihrer Expansionsstrategie in Mittel- und Osteuropa. Im Mai 2018 wurde der Kooperationsvertrag zwischen der Erste Group Bank AG und der Vienna Insurance Group vorzeitig bis 2033 verlängert.

Im Jahr 2010 wurde in der Hauptversammlung beschlossen, den Versicherungsbetrieb in Österreich in eine 100-prozentige Tochtergesellschaft abzuspalten. Diese Gesellschaft heißt Wiener Städtische Versicherung AG Vienna Insurance Group und betreibt als größte Einzelgesellschaft der VIG das operative Versicherungsgeschäft in Österreich. Die börsennotierte Konzernholding trägt den Namen Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe und übt länderübergreifend wesentliche Steuerungsaufgaben aus. Nach der behördlichen Genehmigung gibt es die neue Konzernstruktur seit 3. August 2010.

Management
Seit 1. Jänner 2016 ist Elisabeth Stadler Vorstandsvorsitzende des Konzerns. In den Jahren 2018 und 2020 gab es weitere Veränderungen im Vorstand. Liane Hirner und Peter Thirring sind seit 2018 Teil des Vorstands der VIG. Zum 1. Jänner 2020 wurden Gerhard Lahner, Gábor Lehel und Harald Riener in den Vorstand bestellt.

Der Vorstand der Vienna Insurance Group besteht aktuell aus sieben Mitgliedern:
 Generaldirektorin Elisabeth Stadler (Vorstandsvorsitzende und CEO)
 Vorstandsdirektor Hartwig Löger (Generaldirektor-Stellvertreter, Stellvertreter der Vorstandsvorsitzenden)
 Vorstandsdirektorin Liane Hirner (CRFO)
 Vorstandsdirektor Peter Höfinger
 Vorstandsdirektor Gerhard Lahner (COO)
 Vorstandsdirektor Gábor Lehel (CIO)
 Vorstandsdirektor Harald Riener
 Vorstandsdirektor Peter Thirring (CTO)

Der Aufsichtsrat besteht aus elf Mitgliedern und wird von Günter Geyer geleitet.

Der Wiener Altbürgermeister Helmut Zilk war ehemals Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates des "Wiener Städtischen Versicherungsvereins", dem Hauptaktionär der VIG.

Im November 2022 wurde Hartwig Löger vom Aufsichtsrat zum Nachfolger von Elisabeth Stadler ab dem 1. Juli 2023 bestellt.

Konzern- und Aktionärsstruktur
In der Hauptversammlung im Jahr 2010 wurde eine Umstrukturierung des Unternehmens beschlossen. Das operative Versicherungsgeschäft in Österreich wurde von der VIG gelöst und in die bisher größte Tochtergesellschaft "Wiener Städtische" abgespalten.
Die somit entstandene Holding "Vienna Insurance Group AG Wiener Versicherung Gruppe" hat vor allem länderübergreifende Steuerungs- und Infrastrukturaufgaben inne.

Der Wiener Städtische Versicherungsverein ist mit einem Anteil von rund 70 % Hauptaktionär der Vienna Insurance Group und befasst sich mit strategischen Grundsatzfragen des Konzerns sowie der Förderung kultureller und sozialer Aktivitäten. Rund 30 % der VIG-Aktien befinden sich in Streubesitz.

Märkte und Beteiligungen

Die Vienna Insurance Group ist in 30 Ländern in der Region Österreich, Zentral- und Osteuropa vertreten. Insgesamt erwirtschaftet der Konzern mehr als die Hälfte der Prämien in den CEE-Staaten.

Die Märkte der Vienna Insurance Group lauten wie folgt: Österreich, Tschechische Republik, Slowakei, Polen, Rumänien, Bulgarien, Ungarn, Serbien, Kroatien, Montenegro, Moldau, Nordmazedonien, Albanien, Kosovo Türkei, Estland, Lettland, Litauen, Ukraine, Belarus, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Georgien sowie Deutschland und Liechtenstein. In Italien und Slowenien gibt es Zweigniederlassungen der Wiener Städtische Versicherung.

Börsennotierung
Die VIG verfügt über ein "A+"-Rating mit stabilem Ausblick der international anerkannten Ratingagentur Standard & Poor's und damit unverändert über das beste Rating aller Unternehmen im ATX, dem Leitindex der Wiener Börse. Der Konzern notiert im Prime Market der Wiener Börse und ist im Leitindex ATX sowie im CEETX erfasst. Seit 2008 notiert die Aktie der Vienna Insurance Group auch an der Prager Börse.

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Finanzdienstleister (Wien)
Unternehmen im ATX
Unternehmen im CTX
Unternehmen im CEETX
Unternehmen im ATX-Prime


What is life all about; is there meaning & purpose to existence?
Why are we here? Where did we come from? Where are we going?
Is there a god? If so, why is there so much pain, suffering, and evil in the world?
What is the source and nature of evil, if any?
Classes will begin Sunday at 12:30 AM on October 16th and each class thereafter will be on the first and third (and fifth) Sunday of every month unless announced otherwise. Lunch Learning at its finest!
This first session will explore the roots of THEOSOPHY. Even a basic understanding of the three fundamental propositions—without any additional consideration of the volumes of commentary on them—provides even the casual inquirer with the premier synopsis of the nature of the universe, god, and human beings. Join us as we discover for ourselves the plan, the meaning, and the purpose of EXISTENCE.
The first ten participants will receive at no charge a 3-ring binder with supplies, a notebook, and the book Theosophy by Dr. Robert Elwood; asking only that you plan on attending most sessions. If planning on attending and will be there for the first session, contact Peggy Heubel at (510) 638-4687 or through this email and your name will be added to a binder for your use.
Tea and light refreshments will be served. Feel free to bring your own snacks or lunch.


No that's wrong... The tuning relationship between all the strings of the guitar is determined by the overall length of each string from where the strings leave the nut until they hit the bridge - and this mutual tonal distance is kept all the way up no matter where you put a barre. Your index finger in a barre chord produces an exact copy of the nut tonewise except in different keys.
All that is fixed by properly stretching the strings from the beginning, though.
I don't believe that's what iiipopes is talking about. He's referring to fretted notes sounding out of tune due to deflection, especially on first position chords (being that they're close to the nut).
Hey, iiipopes, what do these individual nut shims look like? I've never heard of doing that before.
He does round off the math. In a "correct" mathematical placement of 2^1/12, the better approximation is 1.0495631, and round the final numbers to the nearest thousandth. Otherwise you get "creep" and are off a few thou by the time you reach the end of the fretboard.
Again, all strings have different cores and wraps. So when you compensate a nut, it has to be for a specific brand, model and gauge of string. Change, and you risk having to change the compensation.
Again, I was not directly responding to you when I wrote that post.
I actually think that istalling a Buzz feiten system is a bit of over reacting. A pro set up - which means correct placement of the nut, correct distance from the strings to the fingerboard (very important) next to the nut and - of course - correct adjustent of the intonation at the bridge will bring any quality guitar so much in tune that most people can't hear anything wrong. A Rickenbacker - and most quality guitars as well - set up like that won't need Buzz Feiten.


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Adam Whitney Savage, född 15 juli 1967 i New York, är en amerikansk programledare, samt verksam inom specialeffektsindustrin.

Han var en av programledarna för Discovery Channels Mythbusters. Savage är även verksam inom specialeffektsindustrin och har jobbat på projekt som exempelvis Star Wars Episod I och II. Innan han blev programledare för Mythbusters hade han tillbringat mer än 10 år med att konstruera specialeffekter.

Han har också varit animatör, grafisk designer, snickare och leksaksdesigner.

Han föddes i New York men växte upp i Sleepy Hollow norr om New York. Han bor idag i San Francisco och är far till två tvillingsöner.

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Rebiotix and McMaster Children's Hospital Announce First Patient Treated in Largest Randomized Clinical Trial of Fecal Microbial Transplant (FMT) for Pediatric Ulcerative
Findings of this pilot study to inform development of a multicenter trial of FMT in pediatric ulcerative colitis
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ROSEVILLE, MN and HAMILTON, ON (December 14, 2015) — Rebiotix Inc. and McMaster Children's Hospital announced the first patient treated in the PediFETCh (Pediatric FEcal microbial Transplant for ulcerative Colitis) trial. This is the largest randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to date evaluating fecal microbial transplant (FMT) in children with ulcerative colitis (UC).
UC is an often debilitating gastroenterological condition that affects approximately 500,000 people in North America.1 Ulcerative colitis is characterized by chronic inflammation in the large intestine. In children, this condition can have profound effects on growth and development, and quality of life is affected by flares of abdominal pain, bloody diarrhea and treatments that may cause significant toxicity, lymphoma and serious infections.2
The PediFETCh trial is being conducted through McMaster Children's Hospital's Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, in collaboration with Rebiotix Inc., a clinical stage biotechnology company. RBX2660 is the company's lead drug platform for microbial restoration therapy, containing live microbes collected from screened human donors.
"We are excited to launch this study using RBX2660, to help understand the role of intestinal bacteria in the treatment of pediatric ulcerative colitis," said Nikhil Pai, MD FAAP FRCPC, the study's principal investigator who is a Pediatric Gastroenterologist at McMaster Children's Hospital and Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at McMaster University's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine. "By delivering a series of enemas containing live human bacteria into the intestines of children with UC, we may be able to alter the immune disruption that characterizes a disease that can be debilitating for children and their families."
"Our collaboration with McMaster Children's Hospital exemplifies the passion and commitment of Rebiotix to apply our microbial restoration therapy platform to a range of challenging diseases such as ulcerative colitis," said Rebiotix CEO Lee Jones, "We remain focused on realizing the potential of the human microbiome to treat challenging gastrointestinal diseases."
The results of this pilot trial will help inform the design of a future, multicenter pediatric study that will evaluate fecal microbial transplant as a potential treatment option for inflammatory bowel disease.
Dr. Robert Issenman, (Division Chief of Pediatric Gastroenterology, McMaster Children's Hospital and Professor of Pediatrics at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster) has generously provided support and mentorship for the PediFETCh Trial. The study involves the expertise of co-investigators Dr. Christine Lee (Medical Director, Infection Prevention and Control, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton and Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster), Dr. Paul Moayyedi (Chair of Gastroenterology, Hamilton Health Sciences and Professor of Medicine at the Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster) and study coordinator, Ms. Jelena Popov, BSc (McMaster University).3
About Rebiotix Inc.
Rebiotix Inc. is a results-oriented biotechnology company focused on the treatment of challenging diseases by harnessing the power of the human microbiome. The Roseville, Minn. based company is pioneering Microbiota Restoration Therapy (MRT) for delivering live microbes into a sick patient's intestinal tract to treat disease. Rebiotix's lead candidate RBX2660 was granted Orphan Drug status, Fast Track status and Breakthrough Therapy Designation from the FDA for its potential that it may treat recurrent C. diff. infection. For more information, visit www.Rebiotix.com.
About McMaster Children's Hospital
McMaster Children's Hospital is a dedicated pediatric academic health sciences center, providing care to 2.3 million children across South Central Ontario and beyond. It is the regional centre for children and teens requiring emergency care, inpatient and outpatient subspecialty services, and is home to the largest neonatal intensive care unit in Ontario. McMaster Children's Hospital is closely affiliated with the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute of McMaster University, a world-renowned multidisciplinary intestinal disease research facility, focused on the role of the gut microbiome in chronical intestinal disease. The Hospital's Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology maintains strong clinical and basic science collaborations with the Farncombe Institute, exploring the frontiers of inflammatory, functional, and diet-induced pediatric gastrointestinal disorders. For more information, visit www.mcmasterchildrenshospital.ca.
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Talley NJ, Abreu MT, Achkar JP, Bernstein CN, Dubinsky MC, Hanauer SB, Kane SV, Sandborn WJ, Ullman TA, Moayyedi P. An evidence-based systematic review on medical therapies in inflammatory bowel disease. Am J Gastroenterol 2011: 106 supp 1: S2-S25.
Moayyedi P, Surette MG, Kim PT, et al. Fecal Microbiota Transplantation Induces Remission in Patients With Active Ulcerative Colitis in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Gastroenterology. 2015;149(1):102-109.e6.
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Q: JAGS model to PyMC I'm trying to translate a code that I have written in JAGS to PyMC but I'm getting stuck due to the recursion in the JAGS code that I can't figure out how to pass it to PyMC.
The model in JAGS is defined as:
model {
  # Priors
  a ~ dnorm(0, 0.0001);
  b ~ dnorm(0, 0.0001);
  tau ~ dgamma(0.01, 0.0001);
  X0 ~ dnorm(0, 0.001)
  x[1] ~ dnorm(a + b * X0, tau)

  # Likelihood
  for(i in 2:N) {
    v[i] <- a + b * x[i-1]
    x[i] ~ dnorm(v[i], tau)
  }
}

and in PyMC I have:
from pymc import Gamma, Model, Normal, sample

with Model() as one_factor:
    tau = Gamma("tau", alpha=10**-1, beta=10**-4)
    a = Normal("a", 0, sigma=10**-4)
    b = Normal("b", 0, sigma=10**-4)

    x0 = Normal(0, 10**-3)

which is missing the x[1] part and the for, but I couldn't fine anywhere an example of how to do it.

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A Fort Lauderdale murder suspect lost his bid to get his case tossed because a sample of his alleged victim's blood was discarded by the medical examiner's office before it could be tested by the defendant's experts.
Ronald Melnik, 43, is charged with second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of his friend, Reza Payan, during an argument at a 2011 New Year's Eve Party.
Payan's wife, who witnessed her husband's death, said Friday she's greatly relieved by Broward Circuit Judge Andrew Siegel's order signed Oct. 27 denying dismissal of Melnik's murder charge.
"I was losing faith in our judicial system and I got some of it back," Heather Miller said Friday. "Hopefully we can now start the trial and move past this as best as we can."
The discarded sample of Payan's blood had already been tested during his autopsy. But Melnik's attorney, David Bogenschutz, wanted the sample independently tested by experts hired by the defense.
"I'm disappointed that the motion wasn't granted. I think it had merit to it," Bogenschutz said. The judge "spent a great deal of thought in dealing with this and that's about the only thing you can hope for," he said.
At the New Year's Eve gathering, Payan noticed Melnik was drunk and offered to drive him home, police said. The argument escalated and ended with Melnik shooting and killing Payan, according to detectives.
Before the blood was tossed as part of an effort to free up storage space, the Broward County Medical Examiner's Office ran toxicology tests they say showed no foreign substances. Bogenschutz argued he didn't trust the medical examiner's results because they were in conflict with statements from witnesses who claimed his client and Payan had both consumed marijuana and alcohol at the New Year's Eve party.
He argued if Payan's toxicology results showed he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol, it would bolster Melnik's claim that he had killed Payan in self defense after being attacked. Bogenschutz said his client was being denied his due process.
Additionally, because of massive blood loss and attempts to save his life, Payan's blood included donor blood from transfusions and IV fluids, making it unclear what amount was Payan's or donors', the judge wrote in the order.
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Check out Radcliffe as GTA's creator and Paxton as its bedeviler from set of BBC show
By Brian Crecente@crecenteb Jul 10, 2015, 1:30pm EDT
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The BBC's documentary about Grand Theft Auto, RockStar Games and — to some degree — Jack Thompson is in post-production after a relatively quick shoot in Cape Town, South Africa.
We came across a few shots from the set on Twitter and a bit more information about who will be portrayed in the TV movie in the cast list.
In April, the BBC confirmed that the "factual drama," entitled Game Changer, would star Daniel Radcliffe as Rockstar co-founder Sam Houser and Bill Paxton as anti-gaming zealot Jack Thompson.
Conceived for an adult audience, this special 90-minute drama tells the story of the controversy surrounding the computer game Grand Theft Auto — arguably the greatest British coding success story since Bletchley Park.
Its triumph was down to a bunch of British gaming geniuses who had known each other since their school days, and at the heart of it all was GTA's creative mastermind, Sam Houser. In autumn 2013 its latest iteration — GTA:V — earned $1bn in its first three days, becoming the fastest selling entertainment product in history.
Grand Theft Auto offers gamers the chance to step into a fantasy world where they can behave like criminals, gun down rival gangsters and cops, hijack cars and venture deeper into an imaginary American underworld.
But the violent gameplay coupled with its outstanding commercial success leads to fierce opposition: from parents worried about children immersing themselves in such a violent world; from politicians, alarmed at the values they say it encourages; and above all from moral campaigners, who fight passionately to keep it out of the hands of children. At the vanguard of this crusade is the formidable campaigning lawyer Jack Thompson, a man determined to do whatever he can to stop the relentless rise of Grand Theft Auto.
Game Changer (w/t) tells the story of an extraordinary chapter in the history of this iconic game, and reveals the major impact it has had on our cultural landscape.
According to IMDB, along with Thompson and both Houser brothers, other people portrayed in the show will include the at-the-time head of the Entertainment Software Association Doug Lowenstein, Jack Thompson's son Johnny Thompson and Rockstar co-founder Terry Donovan,
It looks like the show may deal quite a bit with the 2003 Devin Moore murders of three Alabama policemen and the ensuing trial. In that case, Moore killed two police and a dispatcher after being arrested for stealing a car. Just prior to the police station shootings, according to the Associated Press, Moore grabbed a gun and said "Life is a video game. You've got to die sometime."
The family of slain officer Arnold Strickland, including his brother Steve, filed a suit against Sony with the help of Jack Thompson. Thompson's license to practice in Alabama was later revoked by Judge James Moore.
Actors are listed for Devin Moore, Arnold and Steve Strickland and Judge Moore. There's also a listing for an actor to portray "Hillary Clinton's PA." Clinton was, at one time, an outspoken opponent of video games and the ESRB rating system.
Most of the shots from the set simply show Radcliffe and Paxton hanging out. But one does show a protestor's sign featuring Radcliffe's head with devil's horns on it and the words "Game Over" emblazoned across his face.
It's unclear how much the show will delve into Thompson's rocky, some would say unstable, relationship with both the media and the legal system. Over the years, Thompson has verbally attacked and slandered a number of high-profile judges and attorneys. He also often sent threatening or confusing letters to those in the media that covered him.
In 2007, after I wrote an analysis of some of the typical faulty evidence Thompson often rolled out during television appearances about school shootings, Thompson sued both me and Kotaku, the site I was running at the time. He also tried to file criminal complaints against me for harassment with local police in several jurisdictions and the FBI.
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What are the pros and cons of being a choreographer?
Published by Jinali Shah on October 21, 2022 October 21, 2022
"If spirit is the seed, dance is the water of its evolution." ― Shah Asad Rizvi
An artist who choreographs dances examines musical rhythmically and focuses on form and motion.
They work with professionals to perfect new dance moves for a certain song or piece of music and instruct novice dancers on how to become experts.
They frequently work on films, TV series, corporate shows, and other projects as well. As enjoyable and beneficial as this profession may sound, there are some drawbacks as well.
Read on for our guide to the highs and lows of a dance choreography career:
The Advantages of Choosing a Career in Choreography
Professions in choreography are too dissimilar from typical 9–6 jobs that demand sitting down in front of a computer.
For instance, a person who works a typical 9 to 5 job spends the entire day at a desk, drinking up to two or three cups of coffee.
Such a way of living might occasionally leave you feeling detached from reality, which has a significant negative impact on your health. Keep in mind that spending 8 to 9 hours in front of a computer screen depletes your physical strength.
As a result, you gain weight and begin to store all the unhealthy calories, which can seriously impair your health and quality of life while also making you look and feel unattractive.
Pro – Interest, and Profession
The first thing to understand about pursuing a career in dance choreography is that it is a personal decision.
Because most people are under tremendous pressure to become doctors, engineers, or architects, a creative career can only be someone's personal choice; thus, they have a passion for it.
The pressure to pursue a prestigious career comes from society or our parents. Those who choose to be choreographers, on the other hand, demonstrate that this pressure does not affect them.
A prestigious career is a myth, as you should follow your passion, whether it's tailoring, painting, dancing, or choreography.
So, if you want to make a career out of dance choreography, you must work hard. Then it can be as financially and socially advantageous as a supposedly prestigious job.
And one of the most significant advantages of having a job that is your passion is that it is no longer a job for you. It's almost as if you're getting paid to do something you enjoy.
Con – Excessive Stress
Yes, a choreographer who enjoys dancing would enjoy their job, but the stress involved in perfecting the routine cannot be overlooked.
The choreography section accounts for the majority of the budget for most major film, television, or streaming projects. As a result, expectations are skyrocketing. Such high standards lead to a lot of stress.
Pro – Maintaining Good Health
Dance choreographers must be physically fit. Dance choreographers also receive an immediate reward for their hard work throughout the day or week, in contrast to corporate employees.
You stay active while working as a choreographer, which sustains your energy levels. You'll never get tired or sidetracked doing it.
Con – Excessive movement can be dangerous.
An occupation in dance choreography keeps you active all day long. Even while regular exercise is good for you, anything in excess can be harmful, including activity.
Not every dance involves perfect movement. An intense strain from a dancing move can occasionally prevent you from engaging in normal exercise and perhaps cause you to feel excruciating agony.
Additionally, as a choreographer or dancer, you never know which portion of your body a new move may stress.
Pro – Take Charge
You have a choice in who you work for, and you can even choose to be your own boss. You have a wide range of clientele from which to choose.
You might work for a corporation if you prefer a regular work schedule and routine, but if you prefer flexible hours, you can start working as a freelancer.
A freelance choreographer can also bill by the hour, which is a huge advantage.
Keep in mind that you do not need to hold a permanent position in a company or industry to be a dance choreographer. You may always start working for yourself.
Being a freelancer has a lot of advantages. You can set your own working hours, change them whenever you choose, and bill an hourly rate.
Con – Constant Change in Freelance Work
Lack of a job in an organization has the disadvantage of uneven workflow. Therefore, it means that you might not be able to get work when you need it, which could ultimately result in financial instability.
Pro – Consistent Clientele
Having a steady clientele is necessary for a career in dance choreography. Naturally, when we say this, we're referring to those who work for a dancing company, school, or studio.
Jobs in choreography fall within the category of temporary work and can require contract extensions.
Depending on the terms of your contract, you might also need to renew it when you complete a project or after a certain amount of time.
Con – Not all contracts are renewed.
Similar to a vendor contract, contractual positions are frequently hotly fought, and decision-makers will always look into less expensive options at the time of renewal.
It carries a risk as a result, and people are more worried about not getting a new contract. The main factor behind melancholy, anxiety and even suicidal thoughts around the world is job uncertainty, right?
This is a major drawback of a job as a dance choreographer. And it holds true even if you have a lot of qualifications.
Pro: Working as A Traveling Choreographer
Traveling is another benefit of selecting a profession in choreography. Due to the fact that kids spend so much time away from home, some people may see it negatively.
But for the majority of individuals, being able to visit locations they otherwise wouldn't have while working a regular job is a tremendous plus.
Additionally, working as a choreographer entitles you to benefits like free travel to tourist destinations paid for by the employer or client.
Con – Non-Stop Travel
On the other hand, some businesses need too much travel from its choreographers. For instance, a team of choreographers follows as Hollywood movies are shot in numerous locales. Months or even years may pass on this voyage. Keep in mind that choreographers also plan combat scenes, keeping them tethered to the crew as they move from location to location during the entire filming process.
Traveling has its perks, and there is nothing more enjoyable and thrilling than seeing amazing locations, but can you imagine coming back from a trip and having to pack another bag?
Yes, you understand now. It is draining.
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Vitalik Buterin, creator of the Ethereum blockchain, will be honored with Liberty Science Center's Genius Award at a gala on May 11.
Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin was selected to be among the four distinguished scientists to receive Liberty Science Center's (LSC) 2018 Genius Awards, Thursday.
Twenty-four year old Buterin will be honored for his contribution towards creating Ethereum, the world's second most valuable cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin.
Among the other honorees are Sara Seager, Laurie Santos, and George Church, a genomics inventor and entrepreneur who is using Blockchain to sequence an individual's genome for less than $1,000 so that individuals can securely retain permanent ownership of their DNA.
"Our 2018 Genius Award winners are four visionary women and men of science, ages 24 to 63, who are busting paradigms. Each personifies what it means to be a genius; each is using his or her exceptional intellectual and creative abilities to disrupt and innovate both in their respective fields and for the betterment of humanity."
Liberty Science Center's 2018 Genius Award is the highest honor bestowed by the Center. The quartet will be honored at a creative black-tie gala held at the Center in Jersey City, NJ on Friday, May 11.
The 2018 Genius Gala brings together more than 700 industry leaders and philanthropists and is chaired by prominent executives working for top corporations and institutions such as Exxon Mobil, EY, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Johns Hopkins University.


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Virginia Tech Answers Questions in "Hacking Summon 2.0 the Elegant Way"
Libraries have long been adding content and customizations to vendor-provided web-based search interfaces, including discovery systems such as ProQuest's Summon®. Customers are allowed to control and override any feature of the existing user interface to customize Summon, but complex and extensive customizations requires modification to the underlying technology upon which Summon 2.0 was built. Summon 2.0 uses AngularJS, a modern model-view-controller framework, which has drastically changed the way in which such web applications are built, and thus how they must be expanded and customized.
Associates from Virginia Tech developed a successful solution and shared their work in their paper, "Hacking Summon 2.0 The Elegant Way," published in Code4Lib Journal. In an effort to help other customers in customizing Summon, authors, Godmar Back, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech and Annette Bailey, Assistant Director for Electronic Resources and Emerging Technology Services for the Jean Russell Quible Department of Collections and Technical Services at Virginia Tech, agreed to answer some questions about their paper and what they've accomplished.
What initially inspired Virginia Tech to inject its own JavaScript into the Summon interface and what were you trying to accomplish with the customization?
The key motivation was the need to record click-throughs in real time for our visualization project, LibFX. We also want to add services by improving the Summon display with live status information about resources. Beyond that, there were a number of smaller cosmetic changes we wanted to make that could not be accomplished using the administrative tools for Summon.
What steps did you need to take internally to get consensus to work on this goal?
Our library leadership has long been open to investing resources in improving our users' experience with the systems we purchase. They recognize the potential benefit of being on the leading edge of technology development in this area.
Can you describe specifically what you have done in order to customize Summon for your library?
We implemented click-through recording and a number of cosmetic fixes, such as changing the labels the user sees. We are also testing a way to bring in electronic resource notes to inform users when there are restrictions on access or unscheduled downtime.
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What types of technical skills are required to perform the customizations that you have performed?
The level of technical sophistication for the reverse engineering is, unfortunately, very high and it took several days. Once we realized this, we decided to submit a proposal to Code4Lib journal to write down what we had learned, so that others may benefit and can learn from our experience, without having to invest the same amount of effort. Our hope is that as AngularJS increases in popularity and the number of JavaScript programmers who are familiar with it increases, the technical skills required will become more reasonable.
How often do you need to make updates or tweaks to your customizations and are they easy to maintain?
As with any front-end modification that is done without consultation from the developing team, there is a risk that our code will break. However, our code did not break at all when the Summon team changed the way in which their application loads by switching to LabJS, whereas a number of alternative approaches started to fail at this point.
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Study our paper, and share what you have learned. We ourselves have learned from other institutions and the customizations they have made.
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SAP Business ByDesign - alive and kicking
By Den Howlett October 22, 2014
SAP Business ByDesign is back from the dead. How much has changed and what happens next? We provide some answers.
When I scanned my agenda for SAP TechEd && de-code, I noticed time set aside to spend with Rainer Zinow, SVP SAP. Zinow and I have a long history and so while I mentally noted the appointment time. I gave no thought to what he might wish to discuss. For me, SAP Business ByDesign (BYD) was an embarrassing but closed book. Last July I said:
Business ByDesign, the red headed bastard child of former exec Peter Zencke's imagination which, by any measure, has been a disaster.
[Frank] Scavo notes that the language used by CEO Bill McDermott is ambiguous but leads to the conclusion that ByDesign is no longer part of SAP's core strategy. He says (quoting McDermott and then adding color):
ByDesign is still part of our product portfolio and we now have ByDesign on SAP HANA, which is absolutely a game changer because everything is faster and better on HANA as you know. [Emphasis mine.]
McDermott is a careful speaker, and his use of the word "still" is revealing. He wouldn't dream of saying, "The Business Suite is still part of our product portfolio," or "SAP HANA is still part of our product portfolio." The word "still," therefore, indicates that ByDesign is not part of SAP's core strategy.
It turns out that commentary was only partially correct because of some misdirection by SAP but also because we were not fully aware of what was going on internally. SAP chose not to disavow me or others of our opinion and BYD promptly fell off all RFP lists. Fast forward to today and what do we have?
In the intervening period the following facts have emerged:
SAP had a clear out of 'friends and family' accounts running on BYD. These were accounts SAP concluded that BYD was not appropriate. Nor was that group financially viable for SAP. That chopped the customer count by some 25%.
Since then, the customer count has increased back to its 2013 levels including over 100 new customers in China.
The number of users added to BYD implementations grew 40% and is now in low six figures.
BYD is now running on HANA and has seen some performance improvements but not as much as customers expected. This is because prior to implementing HANA, BYD was routing all SELECT statements to the TREX secondary in memory columnar store persistency. TREX was a key antecedent to HANA so already bore some of the speed characteristics that HANA brings to the table.
BYD is now fully localised for 19 countries with Belgium being the latest. Parters have provided or are working upon localizations for 32 other countries including places like Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.
Professional services is by far the most popular market segment with 44% of all sales, high technology takes another 10%. BYD supports a further 22 industry verticals.
SAP is pursuing a 'two-tier strategy for selling BYD, mostly into existing accounts.
SAP continues to develop functionality and has a detailed roadmap running well into 2015. Functional enhancements have picked up since the HANA migration was completed in mid-2014.
All new customers are on HANA, existing are being migrated to HANA at a modest pace.
BYD has been repositioned to meet the sweet spot of 50-500 users. Pricing remains largely as it was before 2013, i.e. $149/user/month for suite users and $12/user/month for occasional access users.
SAP recently won a multi-million deal with a large high tech company.
Customers like Shell, Lufthansa and Hilti continue to increase their BYD investments. Hilti has deployed BYD in 17 countries.
BYD has not been given a UI makeover and SAP continues to optimise performance. Some aspects are clunky. So for example there is no one click button for starting a clock and one click to stop the clock in time and expenses for professional services.
SAP needs BYD to succeed so that it can continue to contribute to the company's cloud numbers. The fact it is a marginal contributor is of less relevance than its potential impact on numbers the leadership can discuss in future earnings calls.
BYD's fate up to present has been littered with major errors in marketing and design. Configurations are still complicated and SAP is still in what I would call 'marketing beta.'
The SAP brand took a beating internal to its customer portfolio when BYD was put on mute. Some customers were understandably furious, imploring SAP to continue development. In the general market, other solutions have continued to gain ground. Zach Nelson, CEO NetSuite recently told me that he expects to maintain bookings guidance for the current year at something like $540 million and counts some 20,000 entities. That makes NetSuite by far and away the leading provider in the mid-market.
SAP will likely continue with its two-tier sales strategy since this is an easy way to acquire customers. How it goes to the wider market remains to be seen but there will need to be some creative and clever marketing in order to make a dent in the mid-market to which it aspires. Whatever happens, SAP must not fall into the trap of doing the 'biggest, widest, shiniest' kind of marketing that doesn't work for this market segment.
SAP needs ISVs/SIs but those same partners will likely already have the more mature All-in-One solution in their kitbag. AiO is much more mature and is a natural selection for the companies at which SAP is positioning BYD.
There needs to be clarity around benefits HANA brings for the development of add on modules by partners.
SAP has devoted sensible internal R&D resource to BYD but I suspect it will need to ramp efforts in order to ensure the solution remains relevant and modern.
There is a lot to do and while Zinow and I had a frank and robust discussion, I am pleased to see BYD come back into market since I was one of the very first to put time into understanding the solution and saw its potential as a player in its chosen space. I still believe there is a place for BYD.
Competitors might wish to remember that SAP still holds considerable sway among a very large number of customers and that will help SAP in deals.
As always, the growth proof will come via the customer conversations which I have urged SAP to bring into the public domain., coupled with SAP's ability to execute on multiple fronts.
The video below provides further insights into what Zinow is thinking. As a personal aside, it was good to hear Zinow's obvious enthusiasm for a solution into which he has dedicated many years of his professional career.
Disclosure: SAP is a premier partner at time of writing.
Image credit - via author and SAP.
Disclosure - SAP is a diginomica premier partner at time of writing and paid for the author's travel costs to attend TechEd.
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In 1981, Dundalk's Tommy Byrne was on the crest of a wave. He was rapidly becoming known as one of the fastest drivers in the business and looked set for a career in F1. He returned to Mondello Park, where he started racing initially, with his works FF2000 Van Diemen RF81 and backing from Irish Oil company Ola. According to Tommy, first gear stripped on the warm up lap, hence the quick conversation with Ralph Firman on the grid, but once up and running, he was in a class of his own. The rest, as the saying goes, is history. And if you have not read his book Crashed and Byrned, do so immediately!
While Tommy drove the works FF2000 Van Diemen, Ayrton Senna drove the FF1600 car for the same team. At the end of '81, Senna had gone back to Brazil, apparently disinterested in motor racing. The team put the Irishman into Senna's car for the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch, often referred to as the World Cup for F1600. Far from struggling to acclimatise himself with the slower car, Tommy won the event, adding to his rapidly increasing status. The following year, Tommy graduated to British F3 and won the championship, immediately attracting the interest of several Formula 1 teams.
Incredibly, he competed in a few Grands Prix with the uncompetitive Theodore team the same year, before earning himself a McLaren test at Silverstone, along with Stefan Johannson and Thierry Boutsen. Not only was he quickest on the day, he also set one of the quickest non turbo laps ever- even eclipsing the time set by the team's star driver Niki Lauda. this fuelled the story that team boss Ron Dennis approached the car as Tommy came into the pits and said "You're quicker than Niki!", with folklore suggesting that Tommy responded "Niki Who?"
Having had a chat with, Tommy he confirms this never happened, in fact Dennis was not even at the test. He does say however, that he was so frustrated with the performance of his Theodore, that at the Las Vegas season closer,he eventually told the team boss to stick his drive and to "Come see me in the McLaren at Silverstone, I'll show you how fast I am!" True to his word, Tommy stopped the clocks at 1:10.9, quicker than both of McLaren's drivers had managed in qualifying for the British Grand Prix at the same venue. Both Joey Greenan and John Uprichard, present on the day of the test are convinced that Tommy was in the 1:09 bracket on at least three occasions but McLaren refused to confirm those times or give them to Tommy. Years later, Tommy met a McLaren mechanic, Tony Vandungen, who told him that he had, under orders, adjusted the car so Tommy did not have full throttle on the day. Regardless of the last two stories, one thing is sure- Tommy Byrne was proper quick.
Eddie Jordan: "Forget Senna and Schumacher- Tommy Byrne was the man…."
Here is some decidedly ropey footage of the famous McLaren test- but even from this you can see he was on it- he certainly doesn't look like an F3 driver finding his feet.
As a good aside to this story, Tommy was home for the release of his book a few years ago and I ended up having a pint with him. My better half happened to ring and asked me where I was. I said I was having a pint with Tommy Byrne. Obviously, Jenny didn't believe me so I put Tommy on the phone. He spoke to her for about 5 minutes, winking and making other unprintable gestures in my general direction. A week later a parcel arrived in the door. I opened it and it was a copy of Crashed And Byrned. Odd, I thought, as I already had a copy (and had already read it twice!). I opened it and scrawled across the inside page was "It looks like I know your bird better than you thought- best of luck, Tommy Byrne!"
Thanks Tommy and Jenny. I think……
Main image from Con Connolly.
Ayrton Senna, F1 Test, FF2000, McLaren, Mondello Park, Ola Oils, PJ Fallon, Tommy Byrne, Van Diemen


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REVIEW: Sarasota Orchestra at its best
By Gayle Williams , Herald-Tribune
/ Saturday, February 20, 2010
Some orchestras have a style in which they particularly excel. It's a tough call for Leif Bjaland's Sarasota Orchestra when one considers the kick of energy displayed in a tight performance of Three Dance Episodes from "On the Town" by the young Leonard Bernstein. You know it; think of sailors Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra in New York on film. This was the show-stopping, jazzy, athletic and infinitely evocative theater/dance music of a Broadway-obsessed classical music prodigy. Bjaland led it like a showman and the bright colors, neat syncopation and even the foggy cool of a muted trumpet took us all on a fun ride.
This is the Sarasota Orchestra at its best. Or is it? A very intelligent account of Samuel Barber's Violin Concerto, Op. 14 was equally captivating, or at least the first two movements were. Soloist Elena Urioste makes a striking figure on stage and even more so with her rich tone and thoughtful, lyrical performance of this dramatic score. Interestingly, the program notes perpetuated a story that has in recent years been proved a fiction: the violinist for whom the piece was commissioned in 1939 never pronounced the last movement "unplayable," but rather it was simple in comparison with the depth of the first two movements. Thus we heard it. Urioste played an infinite number of notes at lightning speed, as did the orchestra strings, but why other than to toss them off for show?
What truly made sense was the concert's conclusion with the supple and charming Camile Saint-Saëns Symphony No.3 in C minor, Op. 78 with organ. The orchestra in full bloom, and only a second or two of misalignment, shared what is considered Saint-Saëns' crowning achievement. Uplifting, triumphant and glorious, all sections of the orchestra gave every measure of excitement. When the organ joined them, the deep vibration of the low pedal tones was amazing, as well as the full throttle thrill of loud chords from those pipes.
MASTERWORKS IV. Sarasota Orchestra. Leif Bjaland, conductor; Elena Urioste, violin. Reviewed Feb. 19 at Neel Auditorium. Additional performances at 8 p.m. today and 2:30 p.m. Sunday at the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, 777 N. Tamiami Trail, Sarasota. Tickets range from $29-$82. 953-3434; www.SarasotaOrchestra.org.
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How to Study for AMC 8 2022
What is the AMC 8 test?
The AMC 8 is a 25-question, 40-minute, multiple-choice American Mathematics Competition (AMC) for students in Grade 8 and below. According to the Mathematical Association of America (MAA), the exam "provides an opportunity for middle school students to develop positive attitudes towards analytical thinking and mathematics that can assist in future careers. Students apply classroom skills to unique problem-solving challenges in a low-stress and friendly environment."
What are the topics covered in AMC 8?
The AMC 8 covers a range of mathematical concepts from a typical middle school curriculum. Questions may include but are not limited to:
Counting and probability
Proportional reasoning
Spatial visualization
Everyday application
Reading and interpreting graphs and tables
Some advanced questions may involve:
Linear or quadratic functions and equations
Other concepts from beginning algebra
When is the AMC 8 exam?
The 2022 AMC 8 exam will run from January 18, 2022, at 8:00 AM ET through January 24, 2022, at 11:59 PM ET.
How do students register for AMC 8?
Since Fall 2020, the AMC-8 has been offered in both online and paper options. Competitions are administered by a competition manager, which is typically a middle school, college, university, learning center, or math circle. The MAA encourages students to take the competition for greater ease and convenience. The online option also gives students the freedom to register with any competition manager that will accept their enrollment. Students taking the test online can choose to be proctored by a parent or guardian if allowed by the competition manager administering the test.
In 2022, The Study Huddle is offering the online option to administer the competitions. If you would like to register for the competition through us, Contact us.
AMC 8 competition managers are in constant communication with MAA members and Art of Problem Solving (AoPS) competition platform teams to conduct these tests fairly by understanding and enforcing the rules of the competition within the new, virtual environment.
How can students study for AMC 8 2022?
Practice with sample AMC 8 problems
Sample problems from previous AMC 8 tests are a great way for students to get a feel for the exam. Find sample AMC 8 practice problems below.
Students should also familiarize themselves with the mathematical concepts listed above. The test is designed to include material covered in a typical middle school curriculum. We encourage students to immerse themselves in the mathematical patterns in the world around us, explore the connections between algebra and geometry, and understand the power of primes, factors, and numerical patterns.
Practice taking the AMC 8 test
One of the most important things students can do is learn essential test-taking skills. Knowing how to solve complex problems and manage time effectively can go a long way.
Many times, students struggle with comprehension of the problem and miss out on clues that may lead them to form a strategy. The more they can make sense of these problems, the more successful they will be on the test. Students should be sure to have a step-by-step strategy for dealing with difficult problems.
Students should also understand the progression of problems and allocate time wisely. The problems get progressively harder and more time-consuming towards the end. It is better to plan roughly 20 minutes for the last 10 problems and the other 20 minutes for the first 15.
We recommend that students complete anywhere from three to five AMC 8 practice tests per week using a 40-minute countdown timer. This helps students get into a rhythm. Additionally, students taking the test online may have to draw diagrams by hand, so they should practice drawing diagrams with roughly accurate dimensions.
Finally, it is crucial to know the rules of the competition and have the proper tools. Writing utensils, blank scratch paper, rulers, and erasers are permitted. Other tools, including calculators, smartwatches, phones, computing devices, compasses, protractors, and graph paper are prohibited.
Learn and practice with a group
We encourage students to join a math club or regularly connect with other math enthusiasts. Learning with a group in a comfortable space allows students to exchange ideas without inhibitions.
How can The Study Huddle help?
Our Academic Competitions programs give students an edge over their peers taking the AMC 8, Mathcounts, and other academic competitions. We offer AMC 8 Competition prep classes designed to introduce students to the problem-solving strategies required to succeed in math competitions at the school, chapter, state, and national levels. Our effective lesson plans, small discussion groups, problem-solving sessions, and math jams give students an in-depth understanding of concepts used in the test, including pre-algebra, algebra, geometry, probability, and number theory. Practice sessions allow them to deliver on their knowledge with speed and accuracy in preparation for the competition.
Our programs provide a learning environment where students feel at home and are empowered to express and debate their solutions. As a result, they're comfortable challenging and appreciating each other's ideas while learning the many ways of solving a problem and finding the elegance behind the solutions.
How can students find their AMC 8 score?
The MAA AMC office is expected to email official scores in February for the 2022 AMC 8 competition in January. Processing tests and reporting scores take approximately three to four weeks.
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If you are interested in learning more about AMC 8 prep and similar academic competitions, The Study Huddle offers dedicated, live online prep courses for AMC 8 at beginner, intermediate, and advanced levels. Contact us to schedule a free consultation and find out which session is right for you.
The Study Huddle has been helping students in the greater Chicago area prepare for AMC 8 from our Naperville location for several years. In 2022, we are administering the competition online. Contact us to register for the AMC 8 competition through The Study Huddle.
Sample AMC 8 problems
Problem #1:
If 3p + 34 = 90, 2r + 44=76, and 53 + 6s = 1421, what is the product of p, r, and s?
(E) 90
Problem #2
A 1 × 2 rectangle is inscribed in a semicircle with the longer side on the diameter. What is the area of the semicircle?
(A) π / 2
(B) 2π / 3
(C) π
(D) 4π / 3
(E) 5π / 3
Toothpicks are used to make a grid that is 60 toothpicks long and 32 toothpicks high. How many toothpicks are used altogether?
(E) 3932
Angle ABC of △ABC is a right angle. The sides of △ABC are the diameters of semicircles as shown. The area of the semicircle on AB equals 8π, and the arc of the semicircle on AC has length 8.5π. What is the radius of the semicircle on BC ?
(E) 9
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Q: Converting "in place" a column of cells from minutes to hours and minutes in Excel I have several columns of data in an Excel 2010 worksheet that are values in minutes and I want to convert them to hours and minutes (the data source will only generate an Excel workbook using minutes).
How can I convert these values in place to a text string that is hours and minutes.
For example, if I have a cell F1 containing a value 300 and drop this formula into into the same cell I get a circular reference error:
=INT(F1/60)&" h "&MOD(F1,60)&" m"

I could hide the cells containing the raw values and have a second column that has the formula that does the conversion, but it means an awkward extra step for five long columns of numbers.
Is there a way to do this without creating extra cells to hold the calculated value?

A: I agree with Excellll; you're going to need VBA to convert the values in place to a string value.
This method won't result to text strings; but it might help you get the format you need.
Let's say these were my minutes:

*

*Type 1440 into any blank cell. Select this cell and press Ctrl + C.

*Select the range that contains the minutes.

*Paste Special > Values > Divide

*Click OK. Result:

*Select the range of number again and press Ctrl + 1.

*Go to Number > Custom

*Type the format:
[h] "h" mm "m"
Result:

If you'd like to change them back to minutes:

*

*Type 1440 into any blank cell. Select this cell and press Ctrl + C.

*Select the range that contains your hours/times.

*Paste Special > Values > Multiply.

*Press Ctrl + 1. Set the number format back to General.

*You may get rid of the 1440 cell when you're done.

To get the number of hours in decimal form, use 60 instead of 1440. So for 330 (mins), you'll get 5.5 (hours).

A: The circular reference is because you are trying to run the formula on the cell the data is in. You need to place the formula in a different cell so it can calculate the results. If you don't want to see the first cell (total minutes), you can hide the column. I tested this with 300 in F1 and placing your formula in F2 and it works properly.


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'No Proof' That India is Fuelling Pro-Monarchy Unrest, Says Ex-Advisor to Nepal's PM
Under the monarchy, which was abolished in 2008, Nepal was the only country in the world to have Hinduism as a state religion. Recent protests by Hindu groups... 08.12.2020, Sputnik International
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Under the monarchy, which was abolished in 2008, Nepal was the only country in the world to have Hinduism as a state religion. Recent protests by Hindu groups in the country calling for the return of monarchy have raised alarm bells among the elected government headed by Communist leader KP Sharma Oli.
Even though there is a "growing perception" in Nepal that India is backing the pro-monarchy Hindu protestors who have been calling for return to a Hindu state in the Himalayan country, a former foreign policy advisor to Prime Minister KP Sharma told Sputnik that there was "no proof" yet of New Delhi's involvement.
"Democracy in Nepal is in India's interest. Going back to the days of Hindu monarchy will marginalise a large section of the Nepalese population," reckons Dinesh Bhattarai, who has also served as Nepal's Permanent Representative to the United Nations and served in country's foreign missions in Italy, India and the US, among others.
"People-to-people ties form a strong component of bilateral ties between the two countries," highlights the ex-diplomat, noting that visa-free movement between people from two countries has contributed significantly to bolstering understanding between the citizens.
Bhattarai says that Kathmandu expected "unequivocal" backing from India as the ruling Nepal Communist Party (NCP) faces one of its most "formidable challenges" since coming to power in 2018.
Bhattarai was commenting on weekend protests in Nepal, calling for the reinstating of the monarchy in the Himalayan country as well as the setting up of a Hindu state. The demonstrations, which are said to have rocked large parts of Nepal, are reportedly backed by the Rashtriya Prajatantra Party and several royalist groups.
Even as Nepal's Home Ministry has authorised security agencies in all 77 districts to use force to suppress the demonstrations, the Hindu groups have warned that they would ratchet up their movement in the coming weeks, as per a report in Nikkei Asian Review.
'Blame' the Ruling Party for these Protests
Bhattarai explains that the pro-monarchy demonstrations, the second this year, have been in the making for some time because of PM Oli's policies which have led to the "marginalisation" of certain groups within the country.
"Then, there is the factionalism within the ruling party. Both the factions within the ruling party have no ideological commitment whatsoever. It is just a fight for chairs (in the legislature)," remarks the expert.
Oli merged his Communist Party of Nepal (UML) with another outfit, the Communist Party of Nepal (Maoist Centre) in 2018 and formed the Nepal Communist Party. However, factionalism in the newly created party has been an open secret, as per reports in the local media.
Pushpa Kumar Prachanda, the leader of the CPN (Maoist Centre), is known to not get along well with the Prime Minister. In a unique power sharing agreement, both Prachanda and Oli are chairmen of the Nepal Communist Party.
Bhattarai highlights that the efforts by the Chinese Ambassador to Kathmandu to forge a united front within the ruling Communists had also failed to reap any dividend. "China has been wanting that both Oli and Prachanda bury their differences. But, clearly that hasn't been happening," he remarks.
China's Intervention
Hou Yanqi, China's ambassador to Nepal, held a series of meetings with warring factions of the Nepal Communist Party earlier this year in what has been viewed as Beijing's intervention in the brewing crisis in the ruling party. "While there were meetings between the Chinese envoy and the Communist politicians, we really don't know the give and take involved," notes Bhattarai.
"By trying to negotiate peace between the Communist factions, China is in a position which India found itself in three to four years back," recalls the foreign policy veteran, noting New Delhi's past efforts in helping Kathmandu tide over its previous crisis.
He, however, concedes that the "timing" of these meetings has raised concerns in New Delhi, as they took place when India and Nepal have been embroiled in a border dispute triggered after India inaugurated a road that Nepal claimed passed through its territory.
The Nepalese Parliament approved a new map in May this year, showing all the disputed territories as part of Nepal. India dubbed the parliamentary vote as "cartographic assertion".
Bhattarai said that Beijing had ramped up its "presence" in Nepal in the last four years. "China topped the list of countries investing in Nepal last year. Our ties have been on the upswing, which is in tune with our national interest to have good relations with our neighbours," he said.
The pro-monarchy protests in Nepal have surfaced after two significant visits by Indian and Chinese delegates to the country last month. Indian Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla's maiden trip to Nepal was closely followed by a one-day visit to Kathmandu by Chinese Defence Minister General Wen Fenghe.