What is Behavior Adjustment Training?
In the past week we discussed Leslie McDevitt's LAT (Look at that), Dr. Jesus Rosales-Ruiz and Kellie Snider's CAT(Constructional Aggression Treatment), today we'll instead discuss BAT (Behavior Adjustment Training). In the case of BAT, you'll have to thank dog trainer, author and founder of Ahimsa Dog Training, Grisha Stewart CPDT-KA.
What is BAT exactly? BAT is a systematic desensitization protocol used mainly for reactivity but can be virtually applied to many other behavior problems in dogs. It rewards good behavior and helps dogs make good choices. The dog is basically exposed to a known trigger sub-threshold and is rewarded for offering cut-off signals by increasing distance. However, unlike CAT where the trigger moves away, in this case the dog is the one moving away. Confused? The following paragraph will show a real-case case study I have helped by using BAT.
BAT requires good observational skills.
This is a real case study I was called to work about a while back. The owner's name and dog's name are fictional to respect privacy.
Bob called me on the phone quite frantic. His Mastiff called Cora continued to bark and chase cars, trucks and even the average child walking down the road. He explained to me that the dog was not aggressive and did not have a bite history, just she had this strong desire to chase, but being a mastiff the people in town were concerned and some children were obviously frightened. The main issue was that his yard was unfenced, so Cora got to rehearse the unwanted behavior over and over.
When I showed up in their property, Cora immediately greeted me. Her tail was wagging and she accompanied me towards her owners. I immediately sensed this was not going to be an easy case, since the yard was un-fenced and I wasn't sure if they were really willing to put up a fence. I had the impression that they were expecting me to give a miracle solution a la Cesar Millan style.
I asked them to put her on a long line and keep it loose, so I could observe her natural behavior. A truck passed by and she was getting ready to chase, but perhaps the line inhibited her a bit so she had a startle response and then was easily re-directed. I did get an idea of her behavior and that she preferred to chase the truck once it was past her rather than upon seeing it. If she saw the truck as an invasive trigger, her chasing was reinforced as it felt as if she was successful in chasing it away. We had to put this behavior to a stop before something bad happened. I thought I would give BAT a try.
So we looked for a distance where she acknowledged the trucks, but wasn't too aroused to chase them. This was quite a distance at first. As soon as she saw a truck I would click my clicker or say yes, then jog the opposite way and give her treat. By doing this Cora was rewarded in two ways: 1) by removing her from the situation, (functional reward) and by giving the treat .
We then progressed to step 2: in this case, when she acknowledged the trigger, I would wait for her to offer an alternate behavior to barking and chasing. This alternate behavior was often sniffing the ground or turning the head the other way, the moment she gave this signal I would click or say yes and then jog away and give the treat or a toy to play with.
In stage 3, we weaned the dog off treats and relied solely on the functional reward. So as soon as she acknowledged the trigger I would wait again for an alternate behavior. The moment it happened, I would say "yes" and jog away.
The more we practiced this the better. I often relied on set-ups for BAT by using decoy dogs or volunteers to act as the trigger, depending on what the trigger was. Since Cora wanted to chase our SUV, I had my hubby drive back and forth repeatedly that day. We also asked for some children to walk by and exposed the dog to a few joggers at a distance. The owner was impressed and I was happy to see they decided to follow my advice of using a long line when the dog was out to prevent rehearsal of unwanted behaviors. After several sessions, Cora was reliable enough to offer alternate behaviors even without the long line on and at closer distances. It's all about watching engage/disengage behaviors and rewarding them promptly.
Wanted dog behaviors are marked and rewarded, so they're reinforced and likely to happen again.
Training progresses quickly as the dog is naturally drawn to want to avoid certain situations after he's shown how.
Treats are not necessary (in the later stages) since the functional reward can replace them.
Requires the assistance of a professional. Good timing and understanding of dog body language is important.
The dog is put "under some pressure" through negative reinforcement. In other words, in order to work, the dog must feel somewhat stressed by the presence of the trigger so to feel relieved when he leaves after displaying the alternate behavior.
It may be difficult at times to create proper set-ups so to ensure proper desensitization and avoid the dog from going over threshold.
Changing Dog Behavior Through LAT "Look at That"
What is Constructional Aggression Treatment and how does it work? Learn more about pros and cons of this behavior modification method.
Look up Grisha Stewart, she's the trainer who invented BAT. Her website, books and website offer a goldmine of info. I also wrote an article on LAT not too long ago, which is also another great method. Thanks for stopping by~!
Wow! This was a very well written and complete article! I had never heard of this method of training before, but I an eager to try it with my dogs. They are both great dogs, but they do have some behaviors I would like to change. Thanks for the great advice!
I am happy you enjoyed my articles on dog behavior modification techniques, thank you for stopping by!
Very interesting! I enjoyed it very much!
Thanks Eiddwen for the votes up!
Cats are cool, they can be trained but it's sort of on their terms if you find the right motivation. Thanks for stopping by!
Another great hub and voted up.
this seems like a great program for dogs..I have two cats and they would no more listen...I just kind of laughed as I compared. Thanks for writing this.


Record Release Saturday 27th October from15:00 to 17:00 hrs.
Performance Salon Saturday 3rd November from 15:00 to 17:00 hrs.
Performance Salon 10th November from 15:00 to 17:00 hrs.
C&H gallery is proud to present Cello Girls by Emily Kocken. In the course of the exhibition various performances and events will take place in the gallery.
With Cello Girls Emily Kocken aims to create a work that unfolds its discursive qualities over time, like the movements of a symphony or the chapters of a novel. Cello Girls is a project, vinyl record, spatial installation, and a series of events.
In essence, the installation functions as a hub to embrace sound, image, thought, memories, grief, emotions, ceremonial playfulness.
Staged in a circle Cello Girls strives to evoke an intimate threefold relationship between the female body, the audience, and the cello that the artist welcomed back in her life after an absence of many years. By unraveling musical structures (playing the Solo Suites for Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach backwards for instance) she decodes compositions considered to be pillars of our collective memory.
In this work Kocken reconnects with the cello in homage to the spirit of avant-garde cellist Charlotte Moorman. Through her performances, Kocken aims to share her emotion through the medium of the cello with a live audience, revering break-through avant-garde compositions by Nam June Paik and John Cage, constructing personal performances and new works on paper – based on codes she detected from documentation about Moorman through analysing political references of being an American in the sixties and beyond.
Born in the early sixties Kocken was an infant when Charlotte Moorman was active as an artist, a provocative force of nature in the highly conventional art world, making way for sexuality as a meaningful tool in the field of modern art. She was famous for her happenings, involving a multitude of artists. A pioneer in taking the female body seriously by not taking it too seriously, she stopped wearing clothes during her live performances.
Emily Kocken lives and works in Amsterdam. Her work is shown in international shows, and is part of private collections. As a writer she is represented by the Dutch publishing house Querido. Her debut novel Witte Vlag was nominated for the Academia Literature Price in 2014. She received a grant from the Dutch Foundation for Literature for her third novel Lala landing (will be published in 2020). Solo shows include Come-Go-Stay at West, The Hague (2015), about semiotics and finding closeness to the poodle of Gertrude Stein.
She performed the prelude of the solosuite for cello by J.S. Bach backwards for the first time (entitled Anna-O-Anna) at the Van Abbemuseum in 2016.


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Oyo/Osun Customs command generates N20bn, makes 72 seizures
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The Oyo/Osun Area Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) said it generated N20 billion and made 72 seizures between January and April.
The Comptroller in charge of the command, Mrs Uche Ngozi, disclosed this in Ibadan while briefing newsmen on the achievements recorded in the first quarter of 2020.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the seized items included 3,465 bags of 50kg foreign rice, 180 bales of second hand clothings, 13 kg of 25 litres each of vegetable oil, 44 gallons of four litres of vegetable oil, 20 units of used tyres as well as cars and trucks.
The comptroller further said that 63 persons were arrested in connection with the smuggled goods.
She said that the command also intercepted 310 drums and 180 kegs of 25 litres of petrol at different points and axis of the command.
The seized petrol, she said, would be auctioned and the proceeds remitted accordingly.
"We are aware that NCS is very strategic in the sustenance of the nation's economy at this critical stage of economic down turn, hence maximum revenue generation is paramount in the heart of the NCS Comptroller General, retired Col. Hameed Ali.
"It is a fact that the fight against smuggling of prohibited items is so essential in reducing the menace of insecurity and saving our nation's industries.
"As a service, we are concerned about the general well-being of the nation at large and as such regret the current health crisis of coronavirus pandemic
" NCS has worked tirelessly through these difficult months of dealing with COVID-19 and ensured that borders are secured and smuggling activities reduced to the barest minimum," she said.
The comptroller said the command would continue to sharpen its intelligence and enforcement capabilities to fight smuggling and enforce compliance with extant laws and procedures.
She commended traditional rulers, community leaders and other stakeholders for providing an enabling environment for the officers to function properly.

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Home » Entertainment » Miss Universe Demi-Leigh and Tim Tebow are dating
Miss Universe Demi-Leigh and Tim Tebow are dating
July 19, 2018 | Filed under: Entertainment | Posted by: Rafael Bandayrel
Miss Universe 2017 Demi-Leigh Nel-Peters of South Africa and baseball player Tim Tebow are dating.
Multiple news reports say that Tebow made the revelation in an interview with ESPN.
"She is really a special girl and I am very lucky and blessed for her coming into my life," the former National Football League athlete-turned-baseball player was quoted as saying.
Tebow dated Miss Universe 2012 Olivia Culpo, prior.
In a recent interview with People Magazine, Tebow, 30, said he is ready to settle down but that he has not found the right girl yet.
"I'm looking, but I just can't seem to find anyone. I don't want to be single; I'm ready to settle down and start a family. I want to have kids. I have so many things I want. No one will be happier than me when I finally find the right person," the athlete says.
Tebow says he is looking for a girl with a strong faith and a good heart.
"I'm just looking for someone who has a good heart. They have to be kind, and they have to care about people who can't do anything for them in return;"
"They have to really love God. My faith is important to me – it's the most important thing – and I need to be with someone who also shares that faith;"
"It really has to go deeper than what they look like on the outside. Of course it's important to be attracted to someone, but it really needs to be about who they are on the inside," says Tebow who was named one of the Sexiest Men Alive by the same entertainment magazine.
Nel-Peters has a bachelor's degree in business management from North-West University in South Africa.
At the Miss Universe pageant, Nel-Peters says that she hopes to conduct self-defense workshops to women after she was carjacked when she was Miss South Africa. The beauty queen says she escaped after she punched one of them in the throat. (Robert R. Requintina)


For the third time in the past month and a half, a pedestrian crossing a street in New Ulm has been hit by a car. This accident happened at First North and Garden Street near Harman Park at about 7:28 a.m. Tuesday. Paulette Schmeling was struck as she walked along North Garden Street, and suffered severe injuries. She is being treated at Hennepin County Medical Center.
The first two accidents were along Broadway, and both victims died from their injuries.
This is happening far too often. It is essential that motorists be aware of pedestrians, especially in the early morning hours when it may still be dark, or the sun may be shining at a low angle in their eyes. State law says you must stop to let pedestrians cross.
Pedestrians, too, must be careful about when they cross streets. Yes, state traffic law gives pedestrians the right of way when they are in a crosswalk, but that won't protect you if the oncoming driver is distracted or can't see you.
A good suggestion is for pedestrians is to try to make eye contact with the driver, to make sure you are seen before starting to crosss. Please be safe.


There are a number of factors that one should consider before actually choosing a hairstyle. The result of a hairstyle may look good with one individual but give contradictive results with another. It is therefore advisable that you contact your hairstylist on the hairstyle that would best fit you. Among the hairstyles, there are the short hairstyles. These hairstyles are being adopted by many due to the fact that they fit a wide variety of people.
Before choosing a hairstyle, you should consider the shape of the face. A particular hairstyle will work out well with a particular face. There are various short hairstyles for round faces. The side sweep bangs is one of them. This hairstyle is rather easy to pull out, and you can do it by yourself without necessarily visiting a salon or hairstylist. You need to blow dry the hair. You can then use your fingers or a large big brush to work them in. if necessary, you smooth them with flat iron. You can apply pomade or wax to aid in holding the style. This hairstyle is great in that you will use only a little amount of hair products on it. Medium to thick density hair is the hair type that best pulls out this style. You could die the hair to a color of your choice just to improve on the result of the hairstyle. Maintaining this hairstyle is a lot easier than the long hairstyles.
Another perfect hairstyle for round faces is the flirty bob. In this hairstyle, there are flippy layers of hair that are brought around the face and the side sweep bangs. The flippy layers tend to divert the attention that would otherwise be drawn to the jaws of a person with a round face. The eyes are on the other hand framed well by the side swept bangs, making the individual look awesome. Pulling out this look is simpler than you could imagine. You should blow your hair dry using a large round brush. You should however ensure that you apply a heat protection spray on the hair while it is still damp. A flat iron should be used in flipping some of the layers out. This is especially important if you wish to counter balance the roundness of the face. Another thing that makes this hairstyle a must do is the fact that its maintenance cost is relatively low.
The black braided hairstyles are also an option. These hairstyles last longer and will give you enough time to think of another hairstyle. The braided hairstyles give space for creativity and will allow one to choose from a wide variety of hairstyles. They are the best option for a person who has little time to spend in a salon as they last longer.
On Betrendsetter.com you can find lots of hairstyle ideas, be it for long, short, curly or medium hair. So, check it out and be a trendy woman.


This article describes how to use BLOB caching in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Products for WAN environments.
The role of server configuration on client caching.
Controlling the size of items that are transmitted over the network from the server to the client.
The BLOB cache is a mechanism that is available only with SharePoint Server 2010 publishing features. This makes it an ideal candidate for corporate portal sites that are based on the Collaboration Portal site template and Internet-facing sites that are based on the Publishing Portal site template. The BLOB cache enables you to configure caching directives that are associated with items served from publishing site lists, for example, the Pages library and Site Collection Images. When the browser on the client computer encounters a caching directive, it detects that the item it is retrieving can be saved locally and does not need to be requested again until the caching directive expires. In a geographically distributed environment, this is important because it reduces the number of items requested and sent over the network.
When the BLOB cache in SharePoint Server 2010 is turned on, two different things occur. First, every time that a cacheable item is requested, SharePoint Server 2010 searches the hard disk drive of the Web server that received the request to see whether a copy exists locally. If it does, the file is streamed directly from the local disk to the user. If it is not on the local disk, a copy of the item is made from the SQL database where it is stored, and then the item is sent to the user making the request. Afterward, all requests for the item will be served directly from the Web server until the item's cacheability value indicates that it has expired. This results in better performance in the server farm by reducing contention on the database server.
The other thing turning on BLOB cache does is append a cacheability header to the item when the item is sent to the client. This header instructs the browser how long the item should be cached. For example, if a picture had a cacheability value of three days, the browser uses the copy of the image it has in its local cache if the picture is requested again within the next three days; it does not request it from the server again.
When testing your site to see what items are cached and how items are being cached, you can use a free debugging application called Fiddler (http://www.fiddlertool.com). The following screen shot shows a Fiddler capture on a simple SharePoint site that is used for publishing. The site was created by using the default Collaboration Portal site template. Some additional text content was added to the page, and several images were added to the master page.
There are several important pieces of information contained in the Fiddler application.
The # column on the left indicates that there were a total of 44 HTTP requests made from the browser to the server to render the page.
The Result column shows the HTTP result code that was returned from the request for the item; a 200 result means the item was successfully retrieved.
The URL column indicates what specific item was being requested.
The Body column indicates the size of each item.
The Caching column shows the caching directive that was associated with each item. The data in the Caching column shows that several items have a caching directive associated with them; that is, they have a max-age attribute that is greater than 0. Caching directives are expressed in seconds. This mean that for the page illustrated several items are configured to be cached for 365 days (60 seconds in a minute, 60 minutes in an hour, 24 hours in a day = 60x60x24 = 86,400x365 = 31,536,000).
Notice that the items with that cache directive all reside in the _layouts directory. The reason they have this cache setting is because of the way the _layouts/images virtual directory is configured in IIS. When you create a new Web application, SharePoint Server 2010 automatically creates several virtual directories that map to folders on the Web server physical disks. When it creates the _layouts/images virtual directory, it adds a caching directive that applies to the whole directory. The following screen shot shows the configuration for the directory in IIS Manager snap-in.
Because these items all have a non-zero caching directive associated with them, the next time that the page is requested, the browser uses the copy of the item from its local browser cache instead of requesting it from the server again. The following screen shot shows a snapshot of Fiddler when the page is requested a second time.
As the Fiddler data shows, the number of items requested has reduced significantly—from 44 to 11. An important point to note is that the number of requests made may vary depending on how the page is requested. If you use the Refresh button in the browser, all of the items will likely be requested again, whether a local cached version of the item exists or not. Conversely, if the page is requested by going to it by using a link or shortcut, only the uncached items are requested.
The other thing shown in the Fiddler data is that the browser is making a request to the server for the other images on the master page that it already has in its local cache; the 304 response code indicates this. It means that the browser has made a conditional request for an item. The 304 response means that the version on the server has not been modified from the version on the client so that it does not have to be downloaded again. Even though the file is not downloaded over the network, it still has generated a roundtrip to the server to determine whether the local copy is current. In a geographically dispersed environment, server round trips are costly. So, the goal is to reduce these as much as possible. This can be achieved by adding a non-zero caching directive to each of the remaining items (other than the page, which is always returned by the server). The BLOB cache feature adds this caching directive.
location Refers to the location on the Web server hard disk drive where cached items will be stored.
path A regex expression of the kinds of files that should be cached.
maxSize ** **The size, in GB, that the cache can use.
enabled Set to true to enable the BLOB cache.
max-age The time in seconds that items should be cached on the client computer.
Note that this change to the Web.config file has to be made on every Web server in the farm. In most cases, the BLOB cache will start to work immediately, but it is safest to use the iisreset command when you implement the changes. The following screen shot shows Fiddler data for the same page request shown previously, only with the BLOB cache enabled as described.
Notice that all of the items in the /SiteCollectionImages library now have an HTTP status code of 200, which indicates that they have been successfully downloaded. In addition, they all now have a Caching directive associated with them that specifies they will not expire for one day (86,400 seconds). If the page is requested again, Fiddler shows that none of the images are requested again; the total number of requests to service that page has therefore gone from 44 down to three, and two of the remaining three requests are merely the NTLM authentication negotiation that occurs between the Web server and client application. The following figure shows Fiddler data when the page is requested again.
It requires some additional effort to configure because you have to update the Web.config file on each Web server. However, the benefits are worth the effort.
Survey your site contents and determine whether there are any other file types that should also be served from cache. A good example is .htc files. Because .htc files are used in most publishing sites, you should add that file type to the list of file types being cached.
The BLOB cache only works on items that are stored in SharePoint libraries; it cannot be used to cache content from other sources.
There are two other configuration options to be aware of when you are working with the BLOB cache. The first relates to clearing out the BLOB cache. If the cache has to be cleared out for particular site, browse to that site collection and then click the Site Actions…Site Settings…Modify All Site Settings menu. In the list of Site Collection Administration tasks. click the Site collection object cache link. In the Disk Based Cache Reset section, select the Force this server to reset its disk-based cache check box and then click OK.


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You Are Here: Mumbles Memories > The Two Flies
You can hear them out on Green Grounds
Objects falling from above
The Cutting at Mumbles Head
A Langland Bay Fatality, Sept 1892
Oystermouth Tithe Map
The Demise of the Back Street Shop
The Tar-Men are Coming
Bonfire Night »
Summer Months 1939 »
Banzai! »
Spud Murphy
Dolly Chugg and the Executioner
Come to the Old tonight
Vote, vote, vote!
The Home Guard »
The new wristwatch
Auntie Minnie
Reluctant Heroes
The Mumbles Phoenix
Mumbles Marconis
Mumbles Nicknames
Christmas between the wars in Mumbles
A Mumbles Christmas
The Origin of Mumbles Names
The Two Flies
Saturday Morning Haircut
The writing on the Vic' wall
Secret Life of Merkin Noot
Bryn Balsdon and HMS Repulse
The Night 'They' Came
Cliff - the Welsh Icarus
The Tuppenny Book
Mumbles School Days
Amnon and Yaffa
Mumbles Burns
Eerie Story
Chicanery on the Mumbles Pier
Unbroken Darkness
Salute to Mumbles Homeguard 1940
Stories from Old Mumbles - The Two Flies
Grafton Maggs continues with a story from his childhood in Mumbles
before World War II
That hot summer's afternoon in Mr. Gibbs' Class.
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A true story
1937 was a momentous year in a momentous century but the machinations of kings, presidents and dictators, during that period of turmoil, were certainly not uppermost in the minds of those scholars, sitting in a Mumbles classroom on a hot summer's afternoon. This classroom was that seat of learning (using the term loosely), occupied by the top class of Oystermouth Council School and was under the sole supervision of Senior Master, Mr. Gibbs. This gentleman was a patient, reconciled teacher who had in his charge a large class of boys, ranging in age from twelve to fourteen.
Oystermouth School with the Castle on the hill
Until this last tier had been reached, the entire academic journey through the School had been a co-educational one, but now that the dangerous age of eleven-plus had been reached, those in Council power had decided that there must be segregation. So, the boys were corralled under the control of Mr. Gibbs and, in an adjoining classroom, the girls were placed under the hawk-eyed supervision of the rapier-tongued, Miss "Fanny" Owen. Miss Owen was the only person I have ever encountered whose steel rimmed spectacles had the power to glisten with suspicion.
Mazawattee tea
Who knows what dreadful crimes of passion were frustrated by this partitioning? Town Councillors, on the Education Committee, sniggered into their chipped, stained mugs of Mazawattee tea as they remembered, so well, those hot summer afternoons when their own earthy schoolday passions were unbearably inflamed by two ounces of wine gums, a stick of liquorice and a glimpse of a bare ankle. This justified their stringent action and ensured that the morals of our children were protected between the hours of 9.30 am and 4.30 pm, Monday to Friday inclusive, except for that period of 12.30pm and 2.00pm when it was hoped that they would be too busy eating, to sin.
This summer term was to be my last in that happiest of schools. At 10.15, on Wednesday, September 15th 1937, I was scheduled to become a pupil in Dynevor School and start the frightening journey into higher education. Sadly, only six boys would have this privilege and those left behind would be forced to vegetate until the age of fourteen when they would be thrust out into a world, where unemployment was rife.
Transcendental torpor
On that glorious July afternoon, Mr. Gibbs valiantly strove to stir his reluctant pupils from a state of transcendental torpor into one of mental activity which, at the best of times, was barely perceptible. There was much against him. After the excitement of the Coronation celebrations and the approach of the end of term, there was a general feeling of "flatness", of ennui. This coupled with the confinement of healthy lads in a hot, dusty classroom on such a day, was a recipe for overwhelming apathy.
However, he tried, and he tried hard, he was that sort of man.
Instructions were given to class monitors, Norman ("Henry") Jenkins and Percy Thomas (whose nickname is unprintable).
"Percy! Pull the roller screen down in front of the blackboard, please! And you, Norman, draw the blinds, please!"
Three minute task
With much shuffling, coughing (and worse), the monitors did as they were bid, creating as much noise and disorder as they possibly could and, in the process, inflicting upon their fellow pupils as much discomfort and distress as was humanly possible. What normally should have been a simple, quiet three minute task, was accomplished with maximum ineptness and, inconvenience to all and sundry, and took the best part of a quarter of an hour, during the process of which, Percy lost one of his shoes. After intervention from Mr. Gibbs, order was restored and Percy put his shoe back on, to the relief of all those who were within ten feet of him
An atlas with its page opened to a map of Africa was slid under the glaring white light of the epidiascope and a picture of the continent was thrown upon the roller screen. In those cash-strapped days, there were no projectors and the shared school epidiascope did sterling work by being able to project a picture from an open book on to a screen, thus negating the need for expensive slides.
Forbidden sweets
Legs were stretched out under the iron and wooden desks as boys prepared to slouch unseen in the gloom, and escape into a woolly black, dream world of their own. In the semi-darkness, forbidden sweets, from Mr. George's shop, were foraged from sticky, grubby pockets and inserted into mouths with sticky, grubby fingers. Soon, jaws were moving in sinful, cariogenic enjoyment. .
The resolute Mr. Gibbs started,
" Africa! Known as the Dark Continent. To this day, parts of Central Africa have yet to be penetrated by the white man…."
As he droned on, my attention strayed to the narrow shafts of light that penetrated gaps between curtain and wall. They shone diagonally across the corner of the room and picked out motes of dust dancing and floating on unseen, capricious thermals. Almost mesmeric. It was so warm, and so sultry! The lazy buzzing of a cruising blue bottle seemed to add to the heavy somnolence of the afternoon.
Sitting next to me was best friend, Jackie Timothy, he whispered,
"Look at the sun, Graf! It's just about high tide now, down off the bowling green steps. We could be slipping off into the cool sea and swimming out to the nets!"
He groaned and stretched. "Who the heck cares about Africa, anyway?"
"Tarzan", I wittily replied.
There was no answer to Jackie's riposte,
"He's only there because he's got Jane and can swing on ropes all day".
Mr. Gibbs, valiantly fought to hold the attention of his captive audience,
"…..disease is still rampant in the Congo Basin……."
As he named places, so he would indicate them on the projected map with a long, billiard cue thing.
It was getting even warmer in the stuffy classroom and heads were drooping. The languor was almost palpable.
Suddenly! There was a sharp dig in the ribs from Jack's bony elbow and I jerked up.
"Look at the map!"
There on a line, approximating that of the equator, were two flies. They had obviously got access to the atlas page in the epidiascope. They were slowly approaching each other from opposite ends, one was in Nairobi and the other was in Libreville. A ripple of interest undulated across the room and heads began to lift, to monitor this most welcome distraction. Chewing jaws were stilled. Lollipops left unsucked.
Mr. Gibbs blandly proceeded, totally ignorant of the fact that where he had failed, two flies had succeeded. The class was now avid with interest. He continued unaware of this rival distraction as the two flies continued to approach each other,
"….. Cecil Rhodes had a dream of a railway that would extend from Capetown to Cairo passing entirely through British Territory…."
By now, one fly, having crossed Kenya, was cooling off in Lake Victoria, and its homing-in friend was enjoying the haut cuisine of French Equatorial Africa. There did not appear to be any passport or language difficulties.
"……the German presence in Africa was dramatically and traumatically brought to a close, after defeat in the Great War. They lost all their colonies…….."
The two flies continued to near one another, crossing opposite borders of the Belgian Congo, simultaneously, thanks to their built in Sat-Navs. There was a slight pause here, no doubt to spruce up for the coming rendezvous, after all it had been a long journey.
"…….France possesses enormous tracts in West Africa extending to the Mediterranean…."
Then! Just to the East of Stanleyville, in the exact middle of the vast Belgian Congo, there was a great and emotional moment (a sort of fly-world "From Here to Eternity" beach scene).
The two flies met!
From the back of the classroom, delivered in sophisticated Woodville Road tones, came the drawling voice of Norman "Henry" Jenkins,
"Doctor Livingstone, I presume?"
(Standard 7 erupted)
Lest we forget:
Norman Jenkins ("Henry"), throughout his life, was renowned for his dry, sophisticated wit. A member of the highly respected Mumbles, Jenkins Clan, he left school in 1937, at the age of fourteen, to enter office employment in Swansea. In 1941 he enlisted in the RAF and served his country well, until demobilisation in 1946. He immediately returned to the Mumbles scene and became a regular, bow-tied commuter on the Mumbles Train. He gladly spent the rest of his life here but, sadly, died at a relatively young age. Mumbles lost a great character and with him, a little sparkle from the local scene.
Percy George Thomas, was a member of another old, and respected, Mumbles family and lived in John Street. He, too, left school in 1937 and by the outbreak of World War 2, was just old enough to enlist in the Merchant Navy, signing on at the tender age of sixteen. Percy was lost at sea, on 27th November 1940, one of the many thousands of Merchant Seamen who laid down their lives, running the gauntlet of the Atlantic U Boats. Again, Mumbles was a lesser place for the loss of this thoroughly decent lad.


What's in a Name?... Well, everything!
Are any of you are literary geeks? Do you know from whence that phrase came? It is one of the more popular phrases of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet. It's a good question though. "What's in a name?" If you called a rose a pineapple, it wouldn't change the aroma that it gives off, would it? It would still have the same fragrance.
Shakespeare was trying to make a point. He was trying to communicate that what you call something doesn't really matter. What matters is what it is.
But Shakespeare is dead wrong. Biblically speaking, of course. Language IS important. The way you speak about something gets at the essence of something. Or at least gives the impression of what you think the essence of a thing is.
What do I mean? Well, let me read this Scripture passage again. "And the people of Israel did what was EVIL in the sight of the Lord." You'll notice that it did not say, "And the people of Israel had a slip up in the sight of the Lord." It doesn't say that the people of Israel goofed or made a miss judgment. It says that they did EVIL in the sight of the Lord.
What's in a name? I would suggest to you that everything is in a name! This passage is giving us the divine perspective on Israel's rebellion. God doesn't see us as making blunders or mistakes. When we sin we do EVIL in the sight of the Lord.
Unfortunately we like to pad it and pretty it up. When it comes to our rebellious acts, we don't put the same emphasis on it or attribute the same degree of heinousness to it. We'll rename it and call it a foible, a bad habit, or (maybe if we are really holy) we'll say we did something wrong. But typically we don't want to admit that we do things that are evil.
Would a sin by any other name still smell so foul? Yes, at least to God. But we change what we call it because want to change the nature of it. We don't want to tone it down and relieve some of its abhorrence. We don't want to think that the things we do are as gross and vile as they really are. Do we really want to admit that our sins are so foul that they may be termed evil in the sight of God?
But if we want to be right with God, we must. The only way we can escape the wrath of God is through repentance. And repentance means having a true sense of our sin. It means owning up to the severity of our offenses and recognizing something of how truly revolting our acts have been.
Imagine your little girl coming in and holding up a big bouquet of green flowers she found while she was outside. She's so proud and you know you are supposed to take them, make a big deal out of it and put them in a pot. But as she holds them up to you you can't bring yourself to take hold of it. And you say to her, "Honey, that's poison ivy." Once that girl comes to that realization, what's she going to do? She's going to drop it and scream.
Well that's what God wants us to do. He wants us to face up to the truth of our depravity. He wants us to see it as he does, so that we might cast them off and flee from them. And that is what we are going to do right now. Please join me in prayer.
You are the one who dwells in heaven, where perfection, purity and holiness exist in all their splendid brilliance. We are of the earth and cannot even attempt to ascend that height. For our deeds are evil. Our ways have been fraught with corruption. And we wish to confess that to you now. We grieve the way we make light of our sin. We joke about it and carry on like it is nothing. Instead of being filled with a holy revulsion at them, we frolic in them and enjoy them as if they were toys and flavorful delicacies. And that only compounds the loathsomeness of our actions. But we recognize now that, while in the sight of man they may be pleasantries and objects of adoration, in your sight they are contemptible and full of evil. They are crimes against the Most High God.
And we confess that to you now and declare our desire to turn away from them. And as we come to you we plead for your mercy, asking that you would blot out these iniquities and not count our vile acts against us. Moreover we pray that we would be washed by your Holy Spirit and so cleanse of them that we would not return to them. We desire that we would be given a new mind so that we would not even think of sin lightly any longer.
We remember the cross of Christ, O God. And there we behold the true nature of our sin. But we also behold the beauty of your grace in the sacrifice of your Son. And we come to you now only by virtue of his life and death, asking for the deliverance promised therein.


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Nepal's Hydropower For Poverty Alleviation And Reduce Trade Deficit : Minister Bhusal
As soon as she was appointed as a minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation 14 months ago, the first declaration of MinisterPAMPHA BHUSAL was to reduce the use of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG), petroleum products encouraging electricity in kitchens and vehicles. She also announced to the provision of free electricity to poor and marginal people. With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the prices of petroleum products went almost 100 percent higher, and her agenda of electric cooking and electric vehicles took pace. With a big surplus of electricity at hand, electric vehicles and electric cooking have received a high priority and Nepal has even started to export a huge volume of surplus electricity to India, which some Nepalis always describe as a myth and impossible agenda. Minister Bhusal, who has engineering, spoke to KESHAB POUDEL at her residence in Minister Quarter on the issue of energy transition in Nepal. Excerpts of the interview:
Keshab Poudel
Sept. 3, 2022, 8:57 a.m. Published in Magazine Issue: VOL. 16, No. 04, Sep.09,2022 (Bhadra 24. 2079) Publisher and Editor: Keshab Prasad Poudel Online Register Number: DOI 584/074-75
Since you take the portfolio of ministry, you have been stressing the need to replace LPG by electric cooking and petrol based vehicle by electric vehicle. Don't you think Nepal is in energy transition?
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine, there is a global energy crisis putting pressure on the country like Nepal to search other sources of energy like hydropower. At a time when there is no sign of reducing the prices of petroleum products, we don't have any options other than to use our hydropower.
How do you see your 14th months of performance as a minister of Energy, Water Resources and Irrigation?
Well, I am sixth minister from Maoist Center in continuity to take the portfolio of Energy Ministry. Once I have appointed as a minister,I started my tenure fixing few agenda for the ministry. Although I am not an energy expert, I kept few things in mind. Firstly, my vision is to use Nepal's electricity to alleviate poverty. With still over 18 percent of people below the poverty line, energy can help to end the poverty in the country. Despite completing the political revolution, we are yet to make changes in social and economic life. This is the reason a segment of people are critical of political leaders, bureaucrats, entrepreneurs and the business community. Thus, I have decided to make certain contributions to address the issues of people below the poverty line. I have directed NEA to study how much poor people consumeelectricity in a month. Studies have shown that a family below the poverty line consumes 20 units of electricity in a month. I took a decision immediately to provide free electricity to those who use 20 units a month. This decision benefited almost 2.5 million populations, in the one-year period the consumption of electricity has gone up. Now only 1.8 million populationsconsume 20 units.
What decision you have made directing to poverty alleviation?
For poverty alleviation, I have decided to give a subsidy to the electricity used in irrigation. Nepal is basically an agro-based country and large numbers of people are involved in it. Only through increasing the productivity of agriculture, we can uplift the lives of people living below the poverty line. Increasing the production, there requires irrigation. Electricity is a key component of irrigation. Out experiences with earthquakes and Covid-19 have shown that agriculture is a major sector that required constant support from the government. What we have learned is that providing irrigation to the land can change the poverty scenario. By providing irrigation, we can double the current productivity and production. Of course, there also require fertilizers and high-value seeds but there are other ministries looking at them.
What is your slogan in irrigation sector?
Under a slogan of irrigation to arable land, the ministry has been formulating the policies. Currently all national priority irrigation projects are confined to Terai because it contributed immensely to Nepal's food production. However, mid hill and valleys have also large section of fertile land. If we provide irrigation to those areas, we can double the current level of production there. Increasing production will reduce the imports of food product saving millions of foreign currency and also support poverty alleviation. Only through increasing productivity of agriculture we can stop migration and generate the employment back home.
How about the use of hydro-electricity?
My second priority is to use hydroelectricity as energy to reduce the use of petroleum products. This energy should be consumed internally first. As there are several layers of consumers and tariff, the pricing was based on the consumptions pattern. Those who consumed more electricity, they paid more. Less consumption, less charges, According to economy, more you produce less you pay, less you produce higher price to pay.
How do you fix the prices?
We have eight layers of pricing based on the consumers. I have reduced the prices from Rs.1 to 70 and fifty paisa per unit at the different levels of consumers. For that middle level that used LPG and firewood, I
also reduced the prices. In rural parts of Nepal, women have been suffering severe crises caused by the smoke generated from firewood in the kitchen. My other target was to replace LPG using electric cooking. We are importing Rs.60 billion equivalents LPG annually. If we reduce the import of LPG, we can save huge foreign currency. I have reduced the prices of domestic electricity keeping all these issue.
What plan do you have to increase internal consumption?
To increase the internal consumption, I have decided to provide the electricity to the industries as per their demand. I have also demanded charges and prices of electricity used by the farmers run storage, dairy, cold storage and drinking water. In the irrigation, I have reduced the 75 percent tariff. Big surface irrigation projects are alone enough to irrigate large areas of land and we also need groundwater in terai and lift irrigation in mid hills. Cheaper electricity can bring a drastic change in irrigation helping to increasing production. This is the reason I reduced the price it also contributed to displacing the diesel and petroleum pump sets.
What about converting petrol-based transport to electricity?
One of my majortargets is to convert the petrol based transports. We have now 3.2 million vehicles which have been consuming petroleum products worth of Rs.3000 billion annually. Converting the vehicles into electricity can save foreign currency and reduce Nepal's trade deficit as well. We are encouraging electric vehicles establishing charging stations and providing meters at home. Similarly, we are giving consent to the private parties which want to establish charging stations. We have been providing transformers, electric line. When I joined the ministry, NEA used to provide free Transformers with capacity of 25 kV. I have changed the regulations and now NEA is supplying free transformer up to 100 kV for domestic consumption, industry, cold storage, dairy, irrigation and cooperatives. We have also decided to provide up to 200 kV. My aim is to promote the use of electricity. It makes me happy to know that the use of electricity has increased up to 22 percent at household level. The per-capita of electricity increased from 325 to 351 units.
What about the export of electricity?
Another important work is to start the export of surplus electricity to India. Due to RoR projects, we have a huge surplus of energy in rainy season. Last year, large volume of surplus energy wasted. However, we have started the import of surplus electricity from this year to neighboring India. With the efforts from political, diplomatic and other channel, we were able to convince India to purchase our electricity. This is a major breakthrough.We have started the export from 39 MW last year and 364 MW this year. We have requested India to provide us additional quota for export. This breakthrough was possible during the visit of Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba's visit to India and his talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
How do you see foreign investment?
In terms of the foreign investment, Nepal has made a big jump. Following the visit of PrimeMinister Sher Bahadur to India, a number of Indian companies have started to invest in Nepal in joint ventures. Satlaj and NEA have already signed agreement to develop Arun IV projects and India's government company NHRPC has signed agreement to develop West Seti and other project. We have already exported close to Rs.4 billion equivalent electricity to India. This is a major breakthrough
How do you see the use of induction now at household level?
Although it is not our areas to distribute induction, what I can say that the number of household using induction has drastically increased. As NEA has supplying quality and uninterrupted electricity enhancing the distribution system, the number of households has increased. Although some people still demands free induction, it is not NEA to provide it. What our ministry can do is to improve the capacity of distributions centers, establishing infrastructures and supply quality and uninterrupted electricity. Our Ministry has been doing that. The work to provide free induction is the job of Ministry of Supply. In collaboration with different agencies, I have been working to distribute free induction to small marginalized and poor graduate students living in urban areas through the Alternative Energy Promotion Center (AEPC). In other areas, we have been working to distribute the free induction collaborating with local governments. We also have also received certain fund from Green Energy Program to freely distribute 500,000 inductions. We have been working to distribute that induction in this fiscal year.
How easy is to transform use of energy?
It is not easy transforms from one system to others. Despite paying high prices for LPG and LPG stoves, it is a bit difficult to convince the people to switch to electric cooking. People easily pay high prices for LPG. However, they expect free induction to use cheaper electricity. From firewood, kerosene and LPG, now we are heading for clean electric cooking. This is a major revolutionary shift and there need to have broken in the mindset.
What is the significant of export to electricity to India?
First of all beginning of export of big volume of electricity to India has proved wrong and old mindset of those who have been saying that Nepal cannot export its electricity. This is a big achievement. For instances, Nepal has already exported over Rs.4 billion equivalent of surplus electricity to India in just a matter of three months. This is a fact. This will also assure Nepali investors that their investment in the hydropower sector is safe. We will expect to export up to Rs.8 billion. After this, two major India's state-owned companies Satlaj to Arun IV and Indian government-owned company NHPC Limited developed the 750 MW West Seti and 450 MW Seti River-6 hydroelectricity projects.
How about the supply of electricity in the country and what is the priority export or domestic consumption
Our first priority is to use electricity for the domestic use. We have been taking all kind of effort to increase the domestic consumption. However, we cannot waste or dump the surplus electricity. We are exporting only surplus electricity. We have been making effort to provide electricity to all Nepalese within two years. NEA has already planned for this. If Nepal consumes all the electricity generated in Nepal, there is no question to export. In case of high demand, we may also require to import additional electricity as well. We are selling surplus electricity bringing foreign currency and helping to reduce our trade deficit. This is a positive decision.
How private sector investment contributed to state and local level? For instance, Nepal receives free energy from West Seti, Arun and Arun IV and Upper Karnali, what the state of Nepal has been receiving from IPPs investments except for nominal license fees?
I always admires Nepal's private sector for their investment in hydropower sector. Independent Power Producers (IPPs) have contributed immensely to turn Nepal from net importer to net exporter. They have also contributed to ending decade-old load-shedding. Except public equity of small amount, people have also invested in large scale in hydropower sector. Banks have invested a large sum of money. This way all the IPP's projects are also people's project. We need to thank private sector for all these works. However, all IPP projects are Run-of-the river projects generating huge electricity in wet session and very nominal in winter. I think the time has come for them to invest in storage and picking projects as well. This is the reason NEA has surplus in rainy season and huge deficit in winter.
Given a situation when Indian investors like Satlaj is providing 200 MW of free electricity from Arun III and and NHPC also agree to provide 21.9 percent of free electricity from West Seti, what IPP's is providing except the license charge?
IPP's are Nepali investors and they will hand over their entire ownership to Nepal after 30 years. Beside they have helped us saving Nepalese money from importing the electricity. Similarly, IPPs are also paying other royalties to the local governments and issuing share to local people. All these are good sign. I would like to thank them for initiatives.
There is growing concerns over the bad practices of trading Hydropower license. Don't you think to contain this kind of bag practices of trading hydropower project license?
I would like to thank those who have been generating electricity and constructing the projects. However, there is a bad practice to get the license and trade it to others. The past practice like Kola Ma Jhola (River in the Bag) continues to exist. Out of 6500 MW PPA signed, the companies with the capacity of 1600 MW are yet to start the construction. Had they constructed the projects, Nepal would have exported more electricity to India. I don't have any complains with private sector investors. However, it is they should fulfill their obligations completing the projects in time and don't indulge in practices of license trading. There is no such a sector hydropower to provide hundred percent safeties for the investment. As per the Power Purchasing Agreement, NEA pays money once they start generation. Under the take and pay agreement, NEA will pay revenue for the electricity generated by them. IPPs will receive the money for 30 years connecting their power to NEA's transmission. Whether there is an earthquake, covid-19 and anything else, a hydropower project is like a mulching cow. It is very safe and secure.
How do you see the role of IPPs?
Along with their contributions, they are also benefited a lot from the projects. As per present day calculations, a project return the investment in 10 years, it will provide benefits for another 20 years. As this may be the reasons, frequency of transfer of the project is very high. The license is issued to one company, PPA signs with other and finally construction of company and generation start by third or fourth. You cannot find an investor more than a decade and their movement is fast. This is attractive sector. This is the resources of the state and it should be return to the state in 30 years as it was. The projects reportedly to have over 100 years life. My concerned now is investor should hand over the project for state in running conditions in 30 years.
What is the state of negotiations with Asian Development Bank on Dudh Koshi storage and with The World Bank for the upper Arun Project?
Our negotiation with the World Bank on Upper Arun Project is almost final stage. Under the leg of the World Bank, many other international financial institutions will join it. On Nepal's part, we have to contribute Rs. 60 to 65 billion. We had already organized a meeting of different local investor to generate the investment. Under the led Citizens Investment Board, we had a meeting with all major investor of Nepal including banks, Employment Provident Fund. I am hopeful that the financial closer of Upper Arun will complete within this fiscal year. It will start within two years. So far as Dudhkoshi is concerned, we have negotiating with ADB for financial thing and the project is now in the process of land acquisition. Dudhkoshi is storage project and it is highly important for us. Despite PROR in nature, Upper Arun is also going to be a game changer. Upper Tamakoshi has shown that how important contributions PRORcan make to the country.
As Nepal is pushing electric cooking and electric vehicles, how ministry is working for legislation including regulations and guidelines and local governments?
As federal structures, we always prefer to work in close collaboration with local governments. Whether it is in the electric cooking or electric vehicles, the ministry will involve provincial and local governments in this move. We are now in the process of developing regulations and guidelines. We have already developed some guidelines for charging stations and reduction of the prices to promote electric cooking.
What is the state of Budhigandaki Hydropower projects?
One of the major achievements of my tenure is to finally push the Budhigandaki project in construction phase. Stalled for 20 over the investment issues, finally the government of Nepal has decided to form a Budhi Gandaki Company under Ministry of energy to construct the project. We are final stage of registration of company and it will start soon. Similarly, the process of bringing all the resources collected for the project will be transferred to the company. Close to the load center, this multi-purpose cost of the project will be around Rs.200 billion and it will require annually Rs.35 billion. It will complete in 8 years. As the 400 kV transmission line constructed under MCA Nepal is also close to the project, evacuation of electricity from this project will not be a major issue. The pond of the project is said to be 15 times larger than Phewa Lake.
Since you have been talking about the issue of hydropower projects, the delaying in the completion of transmission line like 400 kV Hetauda-Dhalkebar and Inaruwa project has already delayed for 8 years. How can you solve the problems related to transmission line?
The problem lies on the nature of land ownership. In Nepal land owned by individual due to this they always knock the door of court whenever issue of contributing the land is concerned. The recent verdict deliver by the court on transmission lines like 200 kV Bharatpur-New Butwal and 400 kV Dhalkebar-Inaruwa has paved the way to complete both the projects. 200 kV Bharatpur-Butwal transmission line has already charged and the erection of tower in Siraha has already started. Due to delay in the court, the country has suffered a huge loss of revenue. We are now also pushing the construction of 132 kV transmission line to connect Kohalpur with Surkhet, Butwal Lamahi, Lamahi Chinju. We are also planning to cross border points.
What about energy transition?
We have been talking about the words like zero-emission, clean energy and green energy. Although there are other sources like solar and wind also there, hydropower is major and viable green energy sources of Nepal. I would like to request all international community to support us to develop hydropower projects. Our hydroelectricity is green and clean. For the zero-emission level by 2045, we need to promote hydropower. As Nepal has been paying prices for climate disasters without doing any harm, global community should compensate to Nepal investing in hydropower sector.
How do you have plan for small landholders?
Our policy has clearly identified problems faced by small landholders. In collaboration with local level and international organizations, we are planning to invest resources to build small irrigation projects. As I have already told you that the NEA has already announced up to 75 percent of rebel in the electricity consumed by farmers to live the water.
Poudel is the editor of New Spotlight Magazine.
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Aspects of the life history of the Pacific electric ray, Torpedo californica (Ayres),
Neer, Cailliet
Evidence of stability in a chondrichthyan population,
Results presented here provide evidence of an exception to the generalization that all chondrichthyan populations are especially vulnerable to exploitation to the extent that they remain at low abundance for a protracted or indefinite duration even after exploitation rates are reduced. Delta log-normal generalized linear models (GLM) and cluster analysis of fishery-independent catch-per-unit-effort (CPUE) data from 1977 to 2006 indicated the presence of at least two distinct stocks of spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei off the U.S. West Coast. CPUE of the continental slope and northern continental shelf and upper slope populations did not vary between 1977 and 1995 and increased from 1995 to 2006. On the basis of the timing of these changes, it is likely that both fishing and climate influenced these trends. Sex and size-specific differences in bathymetric distribution, along with the identification of nursery sites, indicate that fishery by-catch could have a significant effect on population growth. These aggregative behaviours, combined with low fecundity, indicate that H. colliei may be vulnerable to irreversible population depletion by fisheries mortality. Temporal abundance trends indicated, however, that their population size has increased significantly within the last decade, a demonstration of population stability. A literature review indicated that there is also evidence for population stability in other chondrichthyans. The paradigm that all chondrichthyan populations fail to rebuild in response to exploitation, therefore, may not be as broadly applicable as previously thought. Thus, it is not necessarily sufficient to make generalizations regarding the vulnerability of chondrichthyans across higher taxonomic scales. © 2012 The Authors. Journal of Fish Biology © 2012 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles., Cited By (since 1996):1, Fish and Fisheries, CODEN: JFIBA, ,
Barnett, Ebert, Cailliet
Preliminary studies on the age and growth of blue (Prionace glauca), common thresher (Alopias vulpinus), and shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) sharks from California waters
Two methods of enhancing growth bands on vertebral centra-silver nitrate impregnation and X -radiography have proven to be successful when used on centra from 130 blue, Prionace glauca, 143 common thresher, Alopias vulpinus, and 44 shortfin maim, Isurus oxyrinchus, sharks. Bands were counted and measured, and these data were used to construct growth curves based on the von Bertalanffy and logistic growth models. The problems of verification of these counts, and validation of the periodicity of band formation, have been identified and are discussed in relation to the growth curves generated for each of these three species. Our results and other available information indicate that these elasmobranchs grow relatively slowly, reaching their asymptotic lengths at 20 yr of age for blue sharks, and between 45 and 50 yr for shortfin mako and common thresher sharks. They have a large size but relatively early age of ilrst reproductive maturity, and low fecundities. This combination of traits could make them susceptible to overfishing.
Cailliet, Martin, Harvey, Kusher, Welden, Prince, Pulos
The artisanal elasmobranch fishery on the east coast of Baja California, Mexico: Characteristics and management considerations,
The Mexican elasmobranch fishery ranks among the most important in the world, but details associated with fishing effort and species composition are generally unavailable, particularly for the extensive artisanal fishery. Seasonal surveys were conducted during 1998-1999 in the state of Baja California to determine the extent and activities of the artisanal elasmobranch fishery along its Gulf of California coast. Artisanal fishermen were highly opportunistic, and temporally switched targets depending on the local abundance of teleost, invertebrate, and elasmobranch fisheries resources. At least 17 species of shark, 13 species of ray, and 2 species of skate were identified among the 4495 specimens observed. Small, coastal sharks and rays were typically landed with bottom set gillnets during all surveyed seasons (spring-autumn) and large sharks were targeted with surface set (drift) gillnets during summer and autumn. Sharks and rays contributed similarly to elasmobranch landings, comprising 50.9% and 48.3%, respectively, of the total recorded catch. Overall landings were dominated by mustelid sharks (Mustelus henlei, Mustelus spp.) and the shovelnose guitarfish (Rhinobatos productus), with Alopias pelagicus, Gymnura spp., Heterodontus mexicanus, Mobula munkiana, Myliobatis californica, and Squatina californica also representing important components of the landings. Alopias vulpinus had previously been unreported for the Gulf of California and a new maximum size record was documented for Myliobatis longirostris. Catch rates (mean elasmobranchs/vessel/trip ± standard error) were lowest during autumn (17.4 ± 3.9) and highest in spring (35.3 ± 14.1). Adult, commonly gravid, A. pelagicus, Carcharhinus falciformis, and R. productus females comprised a disproportionately greater component of the landings than did their male counterparts. Given the decades of largely unrestricted exploitation of elasmobranchs in Mexican waters, population declines and shifts in size structure are likely to have occurred among those species with the lowest fecundity and latest ages at maturity., Cited By (since 1996):13, Fish and Fisheries, La pesca artesanal de elasmobranquios en la costa oriental de Baja California, México: Características y consideraciones de manejo, ,
Smith, Bizzarro, Cailliet
Comparative age and growth of the Aleutian skate, Bathyraja aleutica, from the eastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska
The Aleutian skate (Bathyraja aleutica) is a large deep-water species that commonly occurs in bycatch of Alaskan trawl and longline fisheries. Although prominent in the skate biomass of the eastern Bering Sea (EBS) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) ecosystems, minimal biological information exists. To increase our understanding of this potentially vulnerable species, and address the possibility of two separate populations in Alaskan waters, the age and growth of B. aleutica was studied. Vertebral centra were examined for age determination, and multiple growth models were evaluated to determine growth characteristics. Skates from the EBS attained maximum ages of 17 and 16 years for females and males, respectively, and the two-parameter von Bertalanffy growth functions generated estimates of k = 0.13 yr.-1 and L∞ = 162.1 cm for females, with similar results for males. Skates from the GOA reached 19 years in females and 18 years in males. Growth parameters of female skates from the GOA were estimated as k = 0.11 yr.-1 and L∞ = 160.0 cm, whereas males grew faster, with estimates of k = 0.15 yr.-1 and L∞ = 138.2 cm. The results of this study may indicate the presence of distinct populations of B. aleutica in the eastern North Pacific.
Haas, Ebert, Cailliet
Long-term trends in catch composition from elasmobranch derbies in Elkhorn Slough, California,
Long-term trends in the elasmobranch assemblage of Elkhorn Slough, Monterey Bay, California, were analyzed by documenting species composition and catch per unit effort (CPUE) from 55 sport fishing derbies that occurred during May, June, and July, from 1951 until 1995. The most abundant species (bat ray, Myliobatis californica; shovelnose guitarfish, Rhinobatos productus; and leopard shark, Triakis setnifasciata) were also analyzed for size-weight relationships, trends in size class distribution, stage of maturity, and sex ratios. Changes in species composition over the course of the derbies included the near complete disappearance of shovelnose guitarfish by the 1970's and a slight increase in the abundance of minor species (mainly smoothhounds, Mustelus spp., and thornback, Platyrhinoidis triseriata) starting in the mid 1960's. The relative abundance of bat rays in the catch steadily increased over the years while the relative abundance of leopard sharks declined during the last two decades. However the average number of bat rays and leopard sharks caught per derby declined during the last two decades. Fishing effort appeared to increase over the course of the derbies. There were no dramatic shifts in the size class distribution data for bat rays, leopard sharks, or shovelnose guitarfish. The catch of bat rays and leopard sharks was consistently dominated by immature individuals, while the catch of shovelnose guitarfish was heavily dominated by adults. There was evidence of sexual segregation in either immature or mature fish in all the species. Female bat rays and shovelnose guitarfish were larger than their male counterparts and outnumbered males nearly 2:1. Female and male leopard sharks were more nearly equal in size and sex ratio. Changes in species composition are likely due to fishing pressure, shifts in the prevailing oceanographic conditions, and habitat alteration in Elkhorn Slough. The sex ratios, stage of maturity, and size class distributions provide further evidence for the theory that Elkhorn Slough functions as a nursery habitat for bat rays and leopard sharks., Cited By (since 1996):3, Fish and Fisheries, ,
Carlisle, King, Cailliet, Brennan
Feeding habits of two bristlemouth fishes, Cyclothone acclinidens and C. signata (Gonostomatidae),
DeWitt, Jr., Cailliet
Assessment of the dorsal fin spine for chimaeroid (Holocephali: Chimaeriformes) age estimation,
Previous attempts to age chimaeroids have not rigorously tested assumptions of dorsal fin spine growth dynamics. Here, novel imaging and data-analysis techniques revealed that the dorsal fin spine of the spotted ratfish Hydrolagus colliei is an unreliable structure for age estimation. Variation among individuals in the relationship between spine width and distance from the spine tip indicated that the technique of transverse sectioning may impart imprecision and bias to age estimates. The number of growth-band pairs observed by light microscopy in the inner dentine layer was not a good predictor of body size. Mineral density gradients, indicative of growth zones, were absent in the dorsal fin spine of H. colliei, decreasing the likelihood that the bands observed by light microscopy represent a record of growth with consistent periodicity. These results indicate that the hypothesis of aseasonal growth remains plausible and it should not be assumed that chimaeroid age is quantifiable by standard techniques. © 2009 The Fisheries Society of the British Isles., Cited By (since 1996):2, Fish and Fisheries, CODEN: JFIBA, ,
A review of the methods and problems of quantitative assessment of Loligo opalescens,
An examination of the knowledge about sampling Loligo opalescens populations leads to two general conclusions regarding the assessment of their abundance. First, it is suggested that studies concentrate on spawning ground organisms, since they aggregate during spawning, are commercially fished at this time, and their numbers can be assessed using a combination of data from market catch, adult and egg case densities, acoustic sensing, and perhaps larval densities. Second, it is suggested that large-scale acoustic surveys coupled with large midwater trawling activities be used to qualitatively assess adult organisms off the spawning grounds., , ,
Cailliet, Vaughan
Age and growth characteristics of the Starry Skate, Raja stellulata, with a description of life history and habitat trends of the central California, U.S.A., skate assemblage
Skates are prevalent in fisheries worldwide, but rarely are they identified to species. This is of conservation and management concern since skates exhibit a broad range of life history characteristics. The present study investigated the age and growth of the Starry Skate, Raja stellulata, and compared it to other regional skates inhabiting the U.S. West Coast. Age and growth parameters were determined using two vertebral preparation techniques: gross sectioning and histological sectioning. Gross section age estimates ranged from zero to 11 years and growth was described by the two parameter von Bertalanffy growth function (2 VBGF; L ∞ = 915 mm total length (TL) and k = 0.13 year-1; n = 189). Histological section age estimates ranged from zero to 15 years and growth was also described by the 2 VBGF (L ∞ = 1092 mm TL, k = 0.06 year-1; n = 68). Histological section results reflect a more conservative life history, specifically a lower von Bertalanffy growth coefficient, but had slightly biased results and a smaller sample size than the gross section results. An age and depth trend was found within the central California skate assemblage, in which habitat depth and maximum age were positively correlated. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht., Fish and Fisheries
James, Ebert, Natanson, Cailliet
Age and growth of the roughtail skate Bathyraja trachura (Gilbert 1892) from the eastern North Pacific,
This study provides the first published age estimates for the roughtail skate, Bathyraja trachura. Age and growth characteristics of B. trachura, a poorly-known deepwater species, were determined from samples collected along the continental slope of the contiguous western United States. A new maximum size was established at 91.0 cm TL. Age was determined using a traditional structure (vertebral thin sections) with widespread application on multiple skate species and a non-lethal structure (caudal thorns) recently used for age analysis on skate species. Caudal thorns were determined not to be a useful ageing structure for this species based on poor precision and significantly lower age estimates when compared to age estimates from vertebral thin sections. The best model for describing growth of B. trachura was the two parameter VBGF, assuming annual vertebral band deposition and using length-at-age data. Although females grew slower and reached a larger maximum size than males, their growth was not statistically different (ARSS; P = 0.90); therefore, data were pooled (L ∞ = 99.38, k = 0.09). Annual band deposition was found to be a reasonable assumption for this species, but has yet to be validated. The maximum age estimated for B. trachura was 20 years for males and 17 years for females using vertebral thin sections. © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., Cited By (since 1996):9, Fish and Fisheries, CODEN: EBFID, ,
Davis, Cailliet, Ebert
Radiometric age confirmation and growth of a deep-water marine fish species: The bank rockfish, Sebastes rufus,
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Watters, Kline, Coale, Cailliet
Comparative age‑determination techniques for white sturgeon in California
We compared growth patterns of clavicles, cleithra, opercles, medial nuchals, dorsal scutes, and pectoral fin ray sections from white sturgeon Acipenser transmontanus in California. The legibility and interpretability of growth patterns, ease of collection and processing, and relative precision of age estimates were evaluated for each structure with data collected on skeletal structures and morphometric measurements of 147 individuals ranging in size from 31 to 224 cm total length. Various methods were used to elucidate growth zones (thin-sectioning, oil and water clearing, staining, and X-ray radiography) to determine the most useful ageing technique for each structure. All calcified structures contained concentric growth zones that increased in number with the size of the fish and were interpreted as annual events. There was a direct linear relationship between size of the structures and size of the fish. Pectoral fin sections were the most practical ageing structure in terms of ease of collection, processing, legibility, and precision of interpretation. Age estimates from other structures resulted in poor precision between readers but relatively good intrareader precision. This suggests possible corroborative use with the development of better interpretive criteria and elucidation techniques. The von Bertalanffy, growth curve calculated from age estimates based on pectoral fin sections for all samples produced a growth model for white sturgeon that compared favorably with those from previous studies.
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We always think that people are thinking, talking and laughing behind our backs when we think of our mistakes or when something goes wrong in our lives. In fact, this is not true most of the times!
Observe your thoughts for the moment and recall the type of thoughts you had today… you were thinking about your life, your problems or the person you love, right?
That's what everyone is doing! We are all thinking of our own problems, our insecurities, our loved people.
Our brains work in the same way although we have unique thoughts.
But, sometimes thinking of the mistakes we made, the times we thought people were laughing at us, is toxic and damaging to our lives because such thinking translates into self destructive behavior.
How can we eliminate this way of thinking?
If you find yourself thinking that someone is judging or laughing at you for something that you did, you can use these two techniques to stop such thoughts.
Every time you become conscious that the thought you are thinking or what you are saying is judgmental to you or someone else, interrupt your thinking process. You can do this by asking yourself a simple question: Was that behavior really that bad?
Or, when you are judging yourself or someone else, think of the reasons and causes that made you or the other person behave in a certain way.
When judging or criticizing someone else, stop for a moment and compare yourself to that person in different aspects. Find the good qualities in that person and the reasons why you are judging her/him. Such technique will help you see the other side of the medal and become more empathic.
You have to know that when judging others you are using the same judging model that you use for yourself, a model that most of the times we don't even know it exists.


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IndyStar Call for Action makes $600K splash resolving disputed swimming pool repair bill
Tim Evans
IndyStar
It was a little more than a year ago when I spoke to a Kiwanis club on the Northside about IndyStar Call for Action.
As part of my dog-and-pony show about the free consumer help project we launched in January 2016, I hand out flyers and cards with the hotline number and hours.
Richard Andersen of Indianapolis didn't have a problem at the time, but he took one of the flyers.
A year later, that flyer came in handy when Andersen and his wife found themselves in a dispute over the cost of a swimming pool repair project. The bill came in more than $1,700 over the agreed-to price, but the Andersens had no luck getting it reduced.
"My husband had taken one of the flyers when you spoke to his Kiwanis club," Esther Andersen told me Friday.
"I had saved it and, when we couldn't get anywhere with the company, I thought 'I'm going to give it a try. This is my only hope. And praise the Lord, it worked.'"
The Andersens' call for help on April 12 was answered by Paul, one of the volunteers on our Wednesday team. He contacted the company and learned there had been a misunderstanding over the cost for the work, which was more extensive than originally thought. The company owner said the additional charge was legitimate and merited. But she agreed to waive it and settle for the amount of the original estimate, which the Andersens had already paid.
This case helped IndyStar Call for Action hit another milestone. It pushed the total our volunteers have saved or recovered for Hoosiers to more than $600,000. More than $42,800 of that total has been secured since May 1.
"I can't say thank you enough for the help," Esther Andersen said. "I told Paul our story and he took it from there. I'm just thrilled to death."
So is Paul, as well as our other volunteers, who know that hitting the milestone means I'll be bringing in treats this week.
There are a couple of morals to this particular story:
One, there is value in my trips to speak to service organizations, church groups and anyone else who will have me (Hint: I'm always looking for more opportunities to spread the word and my contact information is at the bottom of this column).
Two, if you see one of our flyers or cards, pick it up – even if you don't have a need for it now – because you never know when you may want our help.
Or you can clip or print out this column. The hotline number is (317) 444-6800. Volunteers take calls from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Monday through Friday. You also may submit an online request for help any time at indystar.com/callforaction.
Tim Evans is IndyStar's consumer advocate. Contact him at tim.evans@indystar.com or (317) 444-2602. Follow him on Twitter: @starwatchtim


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Quiz: How well do you know the TV show, Silicon Valley?: Zoo
How well do you know the TV show, Silicon Valley?
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HBO's "Silicon Valley" is the perfect satire for an era of technological innovation and obsession. Whether you're an amateur brogrammer, a seasoned C++ veteran or simply a fan of the show, this trivia quiz is for you!
What is Pied Piper?
A lossless compression software.
A scary story.
A woman.
A song.
In layman's terms, lossless compression means that a file is made smaller - or compressed - without losing any material. Because the files are smaller, they can be moved around and searched through faster, without any compromise on quality.
Gavin Belson originally offered how much to buy Pied Piper?
Gavin raised the amount to $10 million when Richard continually hesitated on smaller offers, but Richard turned him down. In season 3, the Pied Piper team learned that their company could be worth $250 million.
At TechCrunch Disrupt, Jared was on what drug?
Adderall is typically used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy. Side effects can include: rapid or irregular heartbeat, panic, dry mouth, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, heart failure, delirium and psychosis. The medication's negative effects were clear in Jared's case. He ended up being detained by the police for his erratic Adderall-induced behavior.
What bank chain was Carver notorious for hacking in the past?
1st Source Bank
Carver is just a screen name. The character's name is actually Kevin, and he never hacked into Bank of America, but he was hired to work on a project for them. BoA didn't want people to know they hired someone who destroyed their system.
How did Erlich originally come to own 10% of Pied Piper?
Erlich came up with the idea for Pied Piper.
In exchange for rent-free lodging at Erlich's incubator, Richard agreed to give him 10% of Pied Piper.
He tricked Richard into giving it to him.
He bought it outright.
Erlich ran an incubator, where, in exchange for providing free housing, he was granted the rights to a certain percentage of tenants' companies, but tenants were responsible for their own food. Most Silicon Valley incubators aren't live-in like Erlich's, but help tech companies get up and running during the work day.
People often incorrectly believe Jared has what type of health issue?
A wasting disease.
An eating disorder.
A thyroid disorder.
A substance use disorder.
Because of his slender frame and pale complexion, Jared says that people always want to diagnose him with a wasting disease. Wasting diseases are characterized by the gradual deterioration of a person's strength, muscle mass and sometimes appetite.
Gilfoyle was an undocumented immigrant from what country?
Gilfoyle actually walked across the border into the United States after his car broke down along the way. Fun fact: In 2012, Canada's top-selling grocery item was Kraft Dinner, which is called Kraft Mac and Cheese in the United States. They consumed 55% more of it than the United States.
Where did Richard first meet Peter Gregory?
At Hooli.
At a coffee shop.
At a tech start-up competition.
Outside a TED talk.
TED stands for Technology, Education, Design. It's a nonprofit organization committed to facilitating the spread of ideas through hosting short lectures - or "talks" - that are 18 minutes in length or less.
Gilfoyle subscribes to what religion?
Christianity.
Satanism.
He's Agnostic.
Scientology.
Gilfoyle is a self-proclaimed "LaVeyan Satanist with theistic tendencies." Gilfoyle and his girlfriend, Tara, took Dinesh and Erlich to a Satanic baptism in season 1, episode 6.
Who was cut from the original Pied Piper Cap Table?
Gilfoyle
"Cap Table" is short for Capitalization Table, which is a breakdown of stakeholders' percentages of ownership and equity. Jared helped Richard create a Cap Table to present to Peter, in order to secure Pied Piper's initial $200,000 in funding.
What is the name of the test that measures the performance of lossless compression software?
The Compressor
The tester
Weissman Score
TechCrunch Test
The Weissman Score is not a real test, but a fictional performance indicator. It was created specifically for the show.
Gavin said he hired which famous singer to preform at TechCrunch?
Shakira didn't actually appear on the show, but they played one of her songs. Shakira is a Colombian singer, and her full name is Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll.
How did Peter Gregory die?
A hippo attacked him.
He collapsed and died from physical exertion.
A friend accidentally shot him.
He was poisoned.
The actor who played Peter Gregory, Christopher Evan Welch, died of lung cancer halfway through production of the first season. Consequently, the show had to find a way to write off his character. He was 48 at the time of his death.
What was in Erlich's garage when the police showed up to address neighbors' complaints about the obscene mural on the garage door?
A huge party
A lawnmower
A couple of cars
Marijuana plants
Unfortunately for Erlich, the police took his plants. The actor who plays Erlich Bachman, TJ Miller, self-admittedly smokes way more weed in his daily life than Erlich does.
How much did Erlich agree to pay Chey for the mural?
Chey's first mural design was as obscene as his second one, despite Erlich asking him to tone things down a bit. Pied Piper couldn't use the mural, so Chey took it and was later approached by Gavin Belson, who bought it from him for $500,000. Gavin took Pied Piper's obscene garage door mural and put it on display at Hooli headquarters in view of his office.
AOL offered Russ Hanneman $1.2 billion for what?
An Android app
At the age of 22, Russ Hanneman was worth $1.2 billion. 20 years later, and he was worth $1.4 billion. Russ is obsessed with his billionaire status and he's willing to do anything to maintain it.
What kind of implant does Russ Hanneman have?
Calf implants do not impact the function of the leg, but are intended to augment the calf's physical appearance. Monica cited Hanneman's implants as just one of many reasons why Pied Piper should not do business with him.
Big Head was promoted to what position in season 2?
Co-Head Dreamer of Hooli XYZ
He was later was made Sole-Head Dreamer before eventually being let go from Hooli. During his time in XYZ, his greatest accomplishment was managing the creation of a potato gun that didn't work.
What is Jared's real name?
Jared was born with the name Donald, but during his time working at Hooli, Gavin Belson called him Jared and everyone else followed suit. Later in the show, the Pied Piper team renamed Jared, yet again, to OJ - Other Jared - because they were considering hiring another person named Jared.
What language does Jared speak in his sleep?
Richard discovered Jared's secret talent after he invited Jared, who was experiencing housing issues, to room with him. After falling asleep, Jared would start talking and yelling in German, but when Richard asked him about it, Jared said that he doesn't speak German.
It's illegal to have what type of pet in California?
It's against California Fish and Game Code 2116-2126 to own ferrets. Ferrets are also not welcome in Washington, D.C., New York City, or Hawaii. Erlich's neighbor, Noah, kept a large number of ferrets in his back yard, and Richard and Erlich used the illegality of this to blackmail Noah into not reporting their zoning violations.
What was Erlich's nickname in college?
Double A, a man who knew Erlich in college, said that they used to call him Kool-Aid because whenever they were hanging out without him, he would come crashing thru the walls like the Kool-Aid man. Kool-Aid began airing the Kool-Aid Man commercials in the mid-1970s.
Which middle-out compression company tricked Pied Piper into revealing their algorithms?
Hooli
Endframe
The fictional company End Frame has its own website. According to the website, the company's CEO, Marc Wallace, "founded Endframe from his now ex-father-in-law's garage in late 2013."
Richard interviewed for a CTO position at what company?
Flutterbeam
Flutterbeam is a fictional company. Many believe the company is loosely based on Snapchat. Richard believed he could improve Flutterbeam's video platform, but when he interviewed with the company, he didn't like what he saw.
How much severance did Hooli offer Big Head?
In the season 3 premiere, Gavin finally fired Big Head, but gave him a huge severance, which he promptly wasted with some help from Erlich. The two threw a party that cost $1,000,000.
In what episode of season 3 was Jack fired as CEO of Pied Piper?
Maleant Data Systems Solutions
Two in the Box
The Uptick
Laurie fired Jack after he went too far in a board meeting. He said (about Laurie): "There's not a goddamn thing she can do about it," in reference to her ability to vote on whether or not Maleant Data Systems Solutions would be granted complete control of the box's programming, including the compression software. Well, she did do something about it - she fired Jack.
Which venture capital firm was Pied Piper's main funder in seasons 1-3?
Cambrian Ventures
Raviga
Clarium Capital
Greylock Partners
Raviga Capital Management is a fictional firm with its own website. According to the website, the firm seeks "to disrupt the very concept of disruption itself."
Where is Monica from?
Baltimore is home to the first ever dental school and the first U.S. umbrella factory. Laurie asked Monica where she's from, right before admitting she was wrong to remove Richard as CEO and that she shouldn't have replaced him with Jack Barker.
Who did Richard choose to replace Erlich on Pied Piper's board?
Erlich sold his shares to Laurie, so Richard replaced him on the board with Jared. Jared was only able to attend one board meeting, which was also the last board meeting. They voted on selling Pied Piper to the highest bidder, which turned out to be Big Head and Erlich.
After Pied Piper's seemingly successful launch, Richard and Erlich participated in an interview with what TV news network?
The interviewer pointed out that Erlich owned 5% of Pied Piper, which wasn't exactly true. At this point, Richard still believed Erlich owned 10% of Pied Piper, but he had already sold his shares to Raviga.
How much money did Gavin burn through on the Nucleus and End Frame projects?
About $750 million
In season 3 episode 8,"Bachman's Earning's Over-Ride," the Hooli board fired Gavin because of his recent string of humiliating failures. However, by the end of the season, Gavin weaseled his way back in to the Chief Innovation Officer position at Hooli.
Where were Jack Barker and Gavin Belson both headed, when they crossed paths while preparing to board their respective private jets?
Jackson Hole, Wyoming, seems to be an arbitrary reference at first, but it's used in the show multiple times. There's some debate over what it could mean, but it looks like Jackson Hole could be an upcoming tech hub that rich CEOs like Barker and Belson are gentrifying.
Richard offered Erlich what position after learning Erlich had been forced to sell all of his shares of Pied Piper?
Chief PR Officer
With this new position, Erlich believes he should be called the Chief Evangelism Officer, which abbreviates to CEO. Chief Evangelists are responsible for creating cult marketing dynamics that essentially lead consumers into becoming unpaid brand advocates.
In a promotional video, Pied Piper was compared to what type of furniture?
"Tables are for people to be together and share, and that is why tables are like Pied Piper." The promo features a compilation of scenes with people around different tables, doing different things.
Laurie threw a party to celebrate what milestone number of Pied Piper installs?
While Laurie and almost everyone else were celebrating, Richard was freaking out, along with Monica and Jared. The three of them knew something no one else did: that Pied Piper's daily active users were so low that the company would not pick up any funding in the next round.
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Q: Powershell results as source for SSRS/SQL As part of my job, to produce reports, I have many PowerShell scripts that I run, output to CSV, then manipulate the data into a report structure.  I would much rather be able to use this data as a source in SSRS or SQL so that I could more easily change reports, run historical reports, and let others be able to use the same data for their purposes (so I don't have to create the custom report for them.)
I have had two ideas of how to do this.  One idea, which I sure doesn't exist, would be an SSRS source (via ODBC/OLEDB/whatever will work) that can execute the PowerShell script in real time, wait for the results, and return them for the report in a table format.  This would guaranty accurate and up-to-date results.  But, like I already mentioned, I am sure this mechanism doesn't exist.
Second, run the PowerShell scripts on a regular basis, via scheduled tasks or SQL Agent, and have the script update/insert the results in a SQL table, that would then be the SSRS source.  Downside is that the results would not be real-time, but upside is that it is completely possible to do (although some examples of how to iterate through the results, with inserts or updates would help.)

A: By conincidence, I came across the link below just yesterday. It details using SQL as data store for monitoring scripts and SSRS for producing reports.
https://github.com/PowerShellOrg/ebooks/tree/master/Reporting

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