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Poul Frederik Joensen (Sumba, 18 de novembre de 1898 - Froðba, 27 de juny de 1970) va ser un poeta i escriptor feroès.

És conegut sobretot pels seus poemes, tant els satírics com els seus poemes d'amor. Va treballar com a professor d'escola durant alguns anys, però la major part de la seva vida va treballar com a ramader d'ovelles i com a jornaler.

L'obra de Poul F. inclou poemes traduïts de Heinrich Heine i Robert Burns. El seu primer recull de poemes Gaman og álvara (Novetat i severitat) es va publicar el 1924; va ser el segon recull de poesia d'un poeta feroès publicat a les Illes Fèroe. Va ser publicat a Felagið Varðin per Richard Long. El primer recull de poemes en llengua feroesa es va publicar el 1914, aquests poemes van ser escrits per Janus Djurhuus, el títol era Yrkingar que significa "poemes". Va ser guardonat amb el Premi de Literatura Feroesa el 1963.

Biografia
Poul F. Joensen era fill de Daniel Jacob Joensen i d'Anna Sofia, nascuda Langaard, tots dos procedents del poble de Sumba. Més tard el seu pare es va casar amb Julia Mortensen de Froðba.

Quan Poul F. tenia 14 anys, va intentar convertir-se en mariner, igual que molts dels seus amics. Va ser pescador durant un any. Volia continuar amb la vida al mar i tenia plans d'anar a pescar a bord del pesquer Robert Miller, però els seus pares no li ho van permetre. En lloc d'això, el van enviar a Tórshavn, per estudiar per ser professor a les escoles públiques. La decisió dels seus pares va resultar que ser premonitòria ja que el Robert Miller no va tornar mai d'aquell viatge; el vaixell es va enfonsar i tots els homes que anaven a bord van perdre la vida. Poul F. Joensen es va graduar com a mestre d'escola el 1917. Va ensenyar entre 1919-1927 a Froðba i de nou de 1947-49 a Lopra; els dos pobles es troben a Suðuroy. Després de vuit anys fent de professor, va decidir deixar d'ensenyar i viure com a escriptor, ramader d'ovelles i treballant en diverses feines.

Obra
 Gaman og álvara; poemes (1924)
 Millum heims og heljar; poemes (1942)
 Lívsins kvæði; poemes (1955)
 Seggjasøgur úr Sumba I; històries folklorístiques (1963)
 Ramar risti hann rúnirnar; poemes (1967)
 Heilsan Pól F., recull dels quatre reculls de poemes de Poul F. Joensen, 556 pàgines. Recollit i editat per Jonhard Mikkelsen, publicat per Sprotin (una editorial feroesa) el 2012. El llibre inclou la part d'un diàleg gravat entre Poul F. Joensen i Tórður Jóansson, realitzat el 70è aniversari de Poul F. el 1968. La conversa és una autobiografia.

Poemes musicats de Poul F.
El cantant i compositor feroès Hanus G. Johansen ha publicat dos discos amb poemes de Poul F. Joensen. El primer àlbum, Gaman og álvara, es va publicar el 1988, el segon el 2012. Gaman og álvara es va publicar per primera vegada com a LP de vinil i casset, però alguns anys més tard el 2008 es va publicar en CD.

 Gaman og álvara - Hanus syngur Poul F. (Àlbum publicat el 1988 per Hanus G. Johansen, que va compondre melodies per a 14 poemes de Poul F. Joensen)

 Hypnosan, 1990. Casset amb cançons de diversos poemes, almenys un dels poemes es de Poul F. Joensen: Kvæðið um Hargabrøður. Va ser la cançó de l'equip de futbol de Sumba, que va ascendir a la divisió d'honor aquell any per primera vegada. Georg eystan Á va arreglar les cançons. Hargabrøður significa "Els germans de Hørg", Hørg és el nom del lloc poble Sumba, on va créixer Poul F. El poema explica històries sobre com n'eren de forts i atrevits (9 versos).

 Hørpuspælarin - (llançat el 19 de novembre de 2010)- Poemes de Poul F. Joensen i traduïts per Poul F., compost i cantat per Hanus G. Johansen.

 Á fold eru túsund gudar - Poemes de Poul F. Joensen, compost i cantat per Hanus G. Johansen. Estrenat el 18 de novembre de 2012, l'aniversari de Poul F.

Premis
 1963 - Premi de Literatura Feroesa

Pedra commemorativa

El 17 de juny de 2007 l'associació Lions Club Suðuroy va erigir una pedra commemorativa a Froðba, prop de casa seva. La pedra es va extreure d'un turó a Sumba, el poble on va néixer i va créixer. A la pedra s'hi va col·locar un retrat de Poul F. Joensen en metall fet per Nordisk Metalkunst de Kalsing a Dinamarca. Árni Ziska va fer el text i va col·locar la placa al seu lloc. Trúgvi Gudmundarson va fer la base de pedra que suporta la pedra commemorativa.

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The Braves had been on a 3-game losing streak coming into tonight, which isn't exactly Mariners material, but is extremely worrisome when you're holding onto some hope of a pennant win and the Phillies are physically incapable of losing a single game. Anyway, tonight started off badly again as Tommy Hanson gave up three runs in his first two innings of work. My dad decided to get out of his chair and stop watching the game for a moment, and the Braves immediately responded with five straight hitters reaching base in the bottom of the 3rd inning, tying the game.
No more runs would score for another 16 innings.
Over the course of 19 innings of very frustrating baseball, I had plenty of time to test out my own superstitions, so here's a play-by-play journal of my thoughts on how I was really the one affecting the Braves' play.
I simply lay on the couch and mope about the game's progress. I manage to make it an extremely long time without even thinking of shifting to a new position to change the Braves' luck.
Nate McLouth and Fredi Gonzalez are ejected by Jerry Meals, a home plate umpire calling a terrible game thus far. McLouth had previously struck out via two low strike calls, and was given yet another low strike call on this at bat, eventually resulting in another strikeout. The Braves proceed to do nothing in the inning, and I decide that this is my fault for staying on the couch.
I decide to move to Mom's armchair for this half-inning. Scott Linebrink and George Sherrill work a nervy inning but give up no runs. Unfortunately, Brian McCann also suffers a strained oblique injury throwing to second base on a stolen base attempt that will sideline him for several weeks. A new seat is definitely in order.
I know that Dad's armchair is bad luck based on his earlier experimentation. Therefore, I decide to sit in Mom's other chair at her computer desk, with a terrible side view of the television. This seat starts off with promise as Freddie Freeman singles with a sharp grounder the Pirates second baseman can't handle. Then Dan Uggla does his thing by striking out and Alex Gonzalez does his thing by grounding into a double play. New seat needed.
Cristhian Martinez comes in to pitch for the Braves and also has a very difficult first name. I am now sitting on the floor directly in front of the television. This strategy finally pays off as Martinez quickly disposes of the Pirates hitters.
I stay on the floor, what with its demonstrated success 'n' all. Heyward pops out, but Lugo singles, so this seat still has some success. Then a pitch hits Jordan Schafer on his semi-injured wrist and hand. In retrospect, the floor seat may have saved his wrist from real injury, as he continues to play out the rest of the game. I decide to remain on the floor and Martin Prado wastes an opportunity to win the game by grounding out.
Still on the floor, because it is the only thing allowing Martinez to pitch clean innings. It pays off again, 1-2-3 inning for Martinez.
The floor is a NO RUNZ ZONE so I move to Dad's seat, in spite of the risks. David Ross walks! Freddie Freeman singles!! Dan Uggla hits a SHARP LINER RIGHT OOOOOooooh no, right at the third baseman. Then Alex Gonzalez manages to only produce one out, but his above average production is all for naught as Julio Lugo grounds out to end the inning. Dad's chair fails to drive in the runners.
Back on the floor for Martinez to keep his performance up. Then Alex Gonzalez (he who apparently needs not hit due to his stellar/amazing/historic defensive capabilities) boots a grounder by Andrew McCutchen, letting him reach base with no outs. But I trust the floor to let Martinez battle it out, and this decision works out, as Martinez gets the next three hitters without issue.
I am now sitting in the rocking chair in the living room. Schafer strikes out, but then Martinez singles, more hopeful offensive play. Prado pops out. Ugh. Ross walks, though! Runner in scoring position for Freddie Freeman!!!!!!!! AND he strikes out swinging.
Can't give up the floor for pitching. Martinez takes about 15 pitches to retire the Pirates' backup catcher, but I'm unfazed. I have confidence in the feng shui of my criss-cross applesauce indian style seat just out of eye-ruining distance of the TV. Besides one single, Martinez upholds his great pitching.
Good God, why do I even try? Surely I can never succeed in managing the Braves via seat position. There are no seats left to try, so I sit in the hallway, on the floor, still theoretically in view of the television. My Beagle/Jack Russell Terrier mix dog, Tracie, takes this as a sign that I am ready to pet her and walks basically on top of me. Therefore I also decide that petting her throughout the whole half inning may help the team. It doesn't. 1-2-3 inning.
Back to the old floor spot. 1-2-3 inning, yay, I guess.
Maybe it's time to try the couch again? I'm at a loss. Jordan Schafer singles and is moved to second on a bunt, but Prado again fails to drive in the run from second and the inning is over.
My floor spot still cleans up the hitters, no issue.
I move into the dining room out of view of the TV, but where I can still hear it. I make a serious effort to focus on something besides the ballgame to change the karma. Doesn't really work.
I sit in the floor for the NO RUNZ to continue, but now Scott Proctor is in for Cristhian Martinez, which seems to signal that the Braves have given up. He walks the leadoff batter, true to form, but thanks to my seating strategy, gets out of the inning unscathed.
I've got nothing, so I try Mom's armchair again. A Julio Lugo single comes to nothing yet again. There were only two extra-base hits in this game, by the way, a triple and home run by the Pirates in the first two innings. This in a game with 28 hits given up. May be a record of some kind, I dunno.
Back in the floor spot, but now intentionally not looking at the TV. I pulled an old Bill James book off the back shelf and stuck my head in it, reading about the sad Braves teams of the '80s. Scott Proctor gives up a leadoff hit, yet is saved by great defense by Freddie Freeman and my successful superstition.
Still reading the Bill James book, now thirty pages in, and still not looking at the TV. I decide to keep in the same floor spot but face away from the television, in order to reverse its NO RUNZ effect. Alex Gonzalez spoils these plans with an inning-ending groundout.
I put the book down in frustration and keep in my NO RUNZ position, facing the correct way. Somehow, Proctor works another clean inning. He has never done this before, I swear.
Dad comes back into the living room, sits in his chair, and I return to my couch. We're desperate and ready for the game to end anyway. Lugo walks, Schafer singles, Scott Proctor gets a game-winning RBI on an inexplicably terrible call at home plate. Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat well I guess we just had to return the feng shui to its original terrible state for some dumb reason okay now time for bed.


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Q: Python: reduce (list of strings) -> string >>> import functools as ft
>>> bk = ft.reduce(lambda x, y: x[0] + "." + y[0], ['alfa', 'bravo', 'charlie', 'delta'])
>>> bk
'a.d'
>>> km = ft.reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, [1, 2, 3, 4])
>>> km
10
>>> bk = ft.reduce(lambda x, y: x[0] + y[0], ['alfa', 'bravo', 'charlie', 'delta'])
>>> bk
'ad'
>>>

I expected something like 'a.b.c.d' or 'abcd'. Somehow, can't explain the results. There are similar questions here, but not quite like this one.

A: If you want to use the reduce the most elegant way would be to do:
from functools import reduce
from operator import add

reduce(add, ['a', 'b', 'c']) # abc

Otherwise I think you better use the string.join interface:
''.join(['a', 'b', 'c']) # abc
'.'.join(['a', 'b', 'c']) # a.b.c

A: The result of executing the function passed as the first parameter, will be the first parameter to that function in the next iteration. So, your code works like this
lambda x, y: x[0] + "." + y[0]

*

*When x, y are 'alfa' and 'bravo' respectively, a.b.

*Now, x will be a.b and y will be 'charlie', so result will be a.c

*Now, x will be a.c and y will be 'delta', so result will be a.d
That is why the result is a.d
To get what you wanted, take all the first characters from all the strings to form a list and join all the elements together with ., like this
print(".".join([item[0] for item in data]))
# a.b.c.d

Note: I won't prefer this way, but for the sake of completeness, you can do it with reduce, like this
data = ['alfa', 'bravo', 'charlie', 'delta']
print(ft.reduce(lambda x, y: x + ("." if x else "") + y[0], data, ""))
# a.b.c.d

Now, the last empty string will be the first value for x in the first iteration. And we use . only if x is not an empty string otherwise we use an empty string, so that the concatenation would give the result you wanted.

A: you could also use a list of the first characters and add the elements to get the same result
here's an example using map:
list1 = ['alfa', 'bravo', 'charlie', 'delta']
from functools import reduce
print(reduce(lambda x,y:x+y,map(lambda x:x[0],list1)))

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Earlier this month, in the briefest of press releases, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) announced that it had initiated a criminal investigation into security companies G4S and Serco, following allegations that they had overcharged on electronic monitoring contracts. A few months earlier both companies had pulled out of bidding for the next generation of electronic monitoring contracts.
Today the National Audit Office (NAO) has published a report on the Ministry of Justice's electronic monitoring contracts
According to the NAO report, the Ministry first identified anomalies in data provided by G4S earlier this year, as part of preparations to retender the electronic monitoring contracts. Not satisfied with the G4S explanation the Ministry called in accountants PwC to conduct a forensic audit of the G4S contract.
PwC began its work in May 2013, subsequently expanding it to cover the Serco contract in addition to the G4S one.
The audit identified three charging practices that are at the heart of the dispute between the Ministry on the one hand and G4S and Serco on the other.
1. Charging based on orders vs charging based on subjects
One individual (the subject) can have more than one order imposed upon them. Even though each subject is monitored only once, Serco and G4S appear to have charged for each order, something the Ministry argues they should not have done. For example, Serco monitored one subject with four separate orders, charging for each order being monitored, rather than just for the subject.
2. Charging a fee after electronic monitoring has ceased
Serco and G4S were continuing to charge a monitoring fee when individuals were no longer being monitored. Examples cited in the report include:
An individual sentenced to two years' imprisonment for breach of curfew conditions in September 2011. G4S removed the monitoring equipment in the same month. However, by May 2013 it was still charging a monitoring fee, at the cumulative cost of around £3,000.
In another case Serco charged monitoring fees for over two and a half years after equipment had been removed following a breach of bail conditions.
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One of the most striking paragraphs in the report covers the different, and rather arcane, matter of determining end dates in relation to bail orders:
'Although Serco and G4S used different management information systems, our understanding is that both systems required an end date for an order to be entered so that those systems could function properly. As bail orders typically did not have specified end dates that could be entered both providers chose arbitrary end dates as standard, on the basis that otherwise there was a risk that orders might have been closed down before an appropriate authority requested that this occur. In the case of G4S this was set as being the year 2020, and in the case of Serco the year 3000. This meant that charges on individual cases could have continued until an end date was formally notified by an appropriate authority.'
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Miriam Alvarado is investigating the mechanisms through which sugar sweetened beverage tax policies operate, how these vary by design and contextual factors, and which policy designs in which contexts have the biggest impacts on health.
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Miriam has a background in Economics and International Development Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of Public Health (MPH) focused on health metrics from the University of Washington, Seattle. Miriam was a Post-Bachelor Fellow at the Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation, and worked on the Global Burden of Disease 2010 as well as social determinants of health. Miriam was a Fulbright Scholar and conducted research on gendered physical activity in Barbados. Prior to joining CEDAR, Miriam was working with the University of the West Indies on physical activity promotion, regional health inequalities and chronic disease prevention.
In 2020 she completed a Gates Cambridge funded PhD with the Population Health Interventions programme. Her research focus was an evaluation of the sugar-sweetened beverage tax implemented in Barbados in 2015, supervised by Dr Jean Adams and Professor Nigel Unwin. Following her PhD she worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Exeter.
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Istana Bogor is one of the six Presidential Palace of the Republic of Indonesia which has its own uniqueness. The uniqueness is due to the historical aspects, culture and fauna are outstanding. One of them is the existence of deer – the beautiful deer imported directly from Nepal and stay awake from the first until now. We have already become a trend Bogor and its surrounding residents every Saturday, Sunday and other holidays walk with the Bogor Palace diseputaran feed the deer that live in the beautiful yard with a carrot Bogor Palace from traditional farmers Bogor residents are always ready to peddle these carrots every day off. As the name suggests, this palace is located in Bogor, West Java. Although many state activities are not done anymore, the public is allowed to visit as a group, with the previously requested permission to the Secretary of State, cq Presidential Steward.
Bogor Palace formerly Buitenzorg or Sans Souci, which means "no worries". Since 1870 until 1942, Bogor Palace was the official residence of Governor General of 38 Dutch and one British Governor-General. In 1744 the Governor-General Baron Gustaaf Willem Van Imhoff mesmerized for peace a small village in Bogor (New Village), a former Royal Pajajaran region located in the upper Batavia. Van Imhoff has a plan to build the region as an agricultural area and resting place for the Governor General. Bogor Palace was built in August 1744 and the shape of the three, was originally a guest house, which he made sketches and build from year 1745-1750, the example architecture Blehheim Palace, residence of the Duke Malborough, near the city of Oxford in England. Fade gradually, over time the changes made during the initial construction period of the Governor General of Dutch and English (Herman Willem Daendels and Sir Stamford Raffles), Bogor Palace building form has undergone many changes. so that was a vacation home turned into a building with a spacious court yard Paladian reach 28.4 hectares and building area of 14,892 m². However, the disaster came on October 10, 1834 earthquake hit the eruption of Mount Salak result that the palace was heavily damaged.
In 1850, Bogor Palace was rebuilt, but did not rise again because it adapted to local situations that often earthquake. In the reign of Governor-General Albertus van Twist Duijmayer Jacob (1851-1856) while the remaining buildings were demolished and the earthquake was built by taking European architecture of the 19th century. In 1870, Buitenzorg Palace made the official residence of Governor General of Dutch East Indies. Buitenzorg Palace last occupants were the Governor General Tjarda van Starkenborg Stachourwer forced to leave the palace to the General Imamura, pemeritah Japanese occupation. In 1950, after the independence, Bogor Presidential Palace began to be used by the Indonesian government, and officially became one of the Indonesian Presidential Palace. In 1968 the Bogor Palace was officially opened for public visit on the blessing of President Suharto. Flow of visitors from outside and within the country annually to reach about 10 thousand people. On 15 November 1994, Bogor Palace became the annual meeting of economic ministers of APEC (Asia-Pacific Economy Cooperation), and there diterbitkanlah Bogor Declaration.  This declaration is a commitment 18 APEC member countries to hold free and perdangangan investment before the year 2020. On August 16, 2002, under the government of President Megawati, held the "splendor of Independence" to commemorate the anniversary of the RI-57, and enlivened by the appearance of Twilite Orchestra with conductor Addie MS On July 9, 2005 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono married his son, Agus Yudhoyono by Anisa Pohan at Bogor Palace. November 20, 2006 President of the United States George W. Bush to establish a state visit to Bogor Palace and met with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. This short visit lasted for six hours.
Previously Bogor Palace is furnished with a large garden, which is known as the Bogor Botanical Gardens, but according to the needs of science center will be a tropical plant, Bogor Botanical Gardens is released from the shade of the palace in 1817. Bogor Palace has a main building with the left and right wing. The entire palace complex area of 1.5 hectares to reach.
The main building works for the court held a formal state, meetings, and ceremonies.
The left wing of the building which has six bedrooms are used to entertain foreign guests.
The right wing of the building with four bedrooms is only intended for heads of state who come to visit.
In the year 1964 was specially constructed building known as the space Bayurini Dyah president and his family vacation, this building includes five separate pavilions.
Lotus space as a wing of the reception state guests.
Many original items are hereditary in the presidential palace in Bogor damaged, destroyed, or lost during World War II. Therefore, the entire works of classical art and furniture in the presidential palace in Bogor starts from the beginning of 1950. Collections of art and international decorations gifts were from foreign countries, which provide luxurious accents in Bogor Palace. One is a buffer-style Bohemian cristal candles and rare Persian carpet that covers the floor of the main room at the Bogor Palace, West Java.
Composition of luxury ceramic floor spreading in the palace. One of the ceramic collection of the most impressive, come from Russia, the contribution of the Prime Minister Khrushchev in 1960.
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Q: X³ = 0.5 Can I find X with ln or exp? Pow is not available in the application I have to use. Is there a way to find the equivalent of pow(0.5, 1/3) with a call to ln or exp ?
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A: \begin{align*}
x^3 &= 0.5\\
\ln\left(x^3\right) &= \ln (0.5)\\
3 \ln x &= \ln(0.5)\\
\ln x &= \frac{\ln(0.5)}3\\
x &= \exp\left(\frac{\ln(0.5)}3\right)
\end{align*}

A: pow$ (0.5,\frac {1}{3})=e^{\frac13\ln (0.5)} $.

A: Hint: $a^b = e^{\log a^b} = e^{b\log a}$


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Australian-born lumber executive John A. Campbell was said to have introduced surfing on the Cornwall coast of England?
Caryl Churchill's play Mad Forest, developed partly in Bucharest in collaboration with Romanian and English drama students, was in production less than six months after the Romanian Revolution of 1989?
German rugby club SC 1880 Frankfurt adopted a red and black strip after a set of friendlies in 1894 against the English club Blackheath F.C., who also played in those colours?
Egyptian poet Farouk Shousha has described the decline in the quality of Arabic in Egypt as "an issue of national security"?
poet Robert Hass, a two-term American Poet Laureate, is a neighbor of Nobel laureate Czesław Miłosz?
British Conservative politician Sir John Loveridge published poetry and exhibited paintings and sculpture after serving 13 years as a member of Parliament?
Andrew Carroll went on a 1998 nationwide tour sponsored by the Academy of American Poets, distributing 100,000 free poetry books at truck stops, hospital waiting rooms and train stations?
Charles Wilfred Orr wrote more settings of A. E. Housman's poetry than any other composer?
Thomas Bancroft's Times out of Tune (1658) includes verses against whoring, gluttony, alcoholism, hedonism, lying, pride in clothing, betrayal, ambition, cowardice, and the abuse of poetry?
Tomás Rivera, a Chicano author, poet, and educator, was the first Mexican American chancellor of the University of California system?
Urdu literature is dominated by poetry, often of the ghazal form?
Western Ganga literature included Kannada poetry and prose written by royalty, on topics ranging from religion to elephant management?
a cento is a poetic work composed entirely of verses taken from other authors?
physicists Herbert Anderson, Eugene Booth, G. N. Glasoe, John Dunning, Francis Slack and Enrico Fermi worked on splitting atoms in the basement of Pupin Hall, Columbia University in 1939?
Zen Buddhist scholar Philip Yampolsky was the grandson of Franz Boas, the founder of Columbia University's anthropology department?
Cas Myslinski worked in a foundry before attending high school, and turned down a scholarship offer from Columbia University in order to attend West Point?
Variation and Evolution in Plants is one of the four canonical texts of the modern evolutionary synthesis and that all four texts were compiled following the authors' presentation of the Jesup Lectures at Columbia University?
American mathematician and classical pianist Leonard Gillman received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1953, a decade after completing the required coursework?
psychiatrist Herbert Spiegel, whose work established hypnosis as a legitimate medical therapy, used "Sybil" as a demonstration case for his hypnosis classes at Columbia University?
the campus of Columbia University occupies a former lunatic asylum?


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I was expecting a call from the supervisor of the transit company after Tuesday's call. What I was not expecting was for the supervisor to ask me yet again to give the driver another chance. Nor was I expecting to be told that getting a new driver could take "months and months".
Frankly, I'm calling bulls**t on both those points.
First of all, the request to give the driver another chance tells me that this supervisor's approach to "fixing" the problem is to wait and hope I'll get tired of driving Alex myself. It also tells me that they don't take her violations seriously.
Second of all, I know for a fact that there are 4 other students going to Alex's school via special transit, all within a few blocks of our house. There are empty spaces in the two other vans, so there is no immediately obvious barrier to transitioning Alex to one of those vans.
When I pointed that out to the supervisor, he was surprised and backpedaled, saying someone else was in charge of the schedules and routes. Which told me that he had not even bothered to check on availability.
The phone call yesterday represents their last opportunity to handle this quietly within the system. At this point, I am no longer inclined to be understanding and cooperative. My son is entitled to transit and he is entitled to have a driver who is both competent and trustworthy.
I've had people suggest that I should threaten a lawsuit or media attention to get the company to give me what I want. Here's the thing: I don't like threatening people into doing the right thing. If I feel I need the reinforcement of a lawsuit or media, then there is a greater endemic problem which needs to be addressed. Those are things which should not be used as a threat but as a way to bring attention to those endemic problems.


At Firestarters the other day I was very keen to talk about the trust we need to place in the people at our agencies. If we we want to be able to innovate and remain valuable we need to trust in the people who nurture the relationships with each other, other agencies and our clients.
This shouldn't be merely one-way traffic of course. With the rights of empowerment come greater responsibility – to try to be better, to be persistently curious (and curiously persistent as Simon has it), to have the appetite to catalyse change as opposed to wait for it to be handed down.
In short, to be firestarters within your own organisation.
These are the sort of people who will create the future agency OS.
They are the sort of people who will try and learn rather than fear getting it wrong.
The sort that ask for forgiveness, not for permission.
These are the people who can make a good agency great.
They are self-starters, self-learners, and inspired by everything.
I imagine they write, talk, tweet, discuss and debate on all manner of topics, both during and outside their working hours.
They bring themselves to work and find themselves in the work.
Alright, so the last (and long) sentence is ever said out loud, but I suspect it's the subtext.
I do understand this, but a little part of me feels very sad when I see/hear it.
I think we need to disclaim the disclaimer.
It's a small point, but I meant to mention it on Tuesday night.
Your views ARE the agency's views. The agency's view is constituted precisely of your views and those of the people you work with.
The values of your agency are generated and sustained by the 'wisdom and inventiveness' of the people who create the agency's work, as much as by the people who started and run the business.
The culture of your agency is being endlessly re-made, now, by you.
It is not something you merely inherit and are empowered by, but something you are responsible for defining and protecting.
As Martin said on Tuesday, good luck!
As Yosemite Sam might have said: I'mma disclaiming.
You know what, Rob, you're dead right.
Nearly as shameful as the length of time it took me to acknowledge your comment.


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Arif Bacchus Email @abacjourn May 14th, 2018 in Latest news
About two weeks ago, Microsoft quietly added a new Surface Pro with 8GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD to the lineup on the Microsoft Store online. It was then listed at the same $999 price as a Core i5 model with 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD, which is a model that is now removed from the Microsoft Store online (via Neowin.)
The removal of the Core i5 Surface Pro with 4GB of RAM and a 128GB SSD now only leaves a single model with 4GB of RAM— the entry-level Core m3 Surface Pro. This is a move that would make sense, as the Intel Core i5 Surface Pro with 4GB RAM and a 128GB SSD was sold out for weeks, with Microsoft even cutting the price down to $799.
Most modern computing and web browsing often require more than 4GB of RAM, so this all adds up for consumers looking to spend $1,000 on a new "Pro" tablet. You can check out all models of the Surface Pro here on the Microsoft Store online.
Further reading: Microsoft, Microsoft Store, Surface, Surface Pro


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Remembering not to be forgotten
Remembrance Day Parade. Riverside Branch 255 Windsor, Ont.
By Bernard de Vaal. 2017.11.06
Rememberance Day parade - by Bernard de Vaal
"T. Murray, Pat Phillips, Joe Prier, Charlie Johnston…"
The names of fallen comrades. Young cadets with stony faces avert their gaze in sympathy with veterans of wars long since forgotten. Long serving veterans, in military dress adorned with accoutrements. Their weakening fists clenched to keep the emotions stealthy.
The is parade led by the Scottish Society Pipe Band's "Lament." In their drag, humble vigil sentries of flag bearers, legion cadets and Scouts Canada.
In previous years the Remembrance Day Parade passed down Wayndotte Avenue. This year a no-less emotional procession marches down a parking terrain.
The Royal Canadian Legion, Riverside Branch 255 hosted the Remembrance Day Parade at the Cenotaph at the old Riverside Arena on the eleventh day, of the eleventh month.
Wreaths were placed by various civic societies at the foot of the empty tomb in remembrance for those whose remains still reside in countries they never called home.
Ronald Ewing, 93, joined the militia at age thirteen in step with family tradition.
"There were nine of us, in my family, in the service. And my father was in the service. Both wars."
Ewing guarded 700 Italian and German soldiers onboard the Queen Mary, giddily recalling his fortunate deployment.
"The Queen Mary was well equipped and we served way North. It traveled the way north so there were no submarines."
This was not the fortune for all the members of his enlisted family.
"I lost a brother in the air force. He's buried over there. I had a brother wounded in Italy. We all came back except the one who got wounded in the air force."
For Raymond Silvius, a Korean War veteran, the day is a stark reminder of realities they will never manage to outlive. His eyes have red rings around them and his voice is quivering.
"Some of them are still there. Some of them are still there."
Despite its aging members and diminishing involvement of younger generations, Branch 255 of the Legion offers comradery and a social platform for every veteran says Branch President, Tim Copland.
"We have programs set up for our veterans that come over and we do anything we can to help them. From hospital care, mental care – we continue to do that – but we do need young people to come into the legion to carry this on for us".
Scott Flynn, the training coordinator for branch 255's cadet core, has lasting empathy for these aging warriors. A sense of personal significance that got infused in his family life.
"My father was a veteran of World War II. Blinded in Byron so, it has a lot of significance for me too. My mother used to tell me that my dad, during a thunderstorm, would jump from his bed thinking it's shells."
Not everyone is destined to serve on the front line. For those who do, being forgotten is non-negotiable according to Silvius.
"We've got to remember the ones who didn't come back. There's no way that we could forget. No way."
At 93, Ewing reiterates the value of the price soldiers pay.
"We have a free country and we should try to keep it that way."
Wearing the red poppy is one way to show gratitude says Flynn. Another way…
"Say thank you. You know a lot of these guys…people walk by them like they're nothing. Like they don't exist. People just need to say thank you."
Student rally takes on Canada's biggest restaurant chain
NDP believe franchisees are being directed by the parent company, which it denies.
By Bernard de Vaal. Jan. 19, 2018
Angela Hzu, and activist with the NDP of UWindsor chanting in front of Lisa Gretzky's office in Windsor, Ont. Photo by Bernard de Vaal.
An NDP of UWindosr pin on co-president, Kiera Royle's jacket. Photo by Bernard de Vaal.
Lisa Gretzky, NDP MPP for Windsor West at her offices during the minimum wage rally. Photo by Bernard de Vaal.
NDP of UofWindsor minimum wage rally - by Bernard de vaal
A student group is calling out big corporations that they believe are using loopholes in labour laws to offset profit losses as a result of the minimum wage hike to $14/hour.
The New Democrats of UWindsor on Friday rallied against a number of Tim Hortons franchises they say cut employees' benefits and working hours. They gathered at Lisa Gretzky's offices, the New Democratic Party MPP for Windsor West.
Jocelyn Gates, the rally organizer, said she knows people in various industries who have suffered similar fates.
"A lot of my friends have had their hours cut if they're full time. I know a manager who worked 44 hours and now she works 26 hours."
Gates said if a worker works less than a certain number of hours, the company doesn't have to provide benefits.
In a media release, Tim Hortons head office attributes these cuts to "a reckless few" and called this "rogue group" out for their actions. But the New Democrats said something isn't right.
"Right now some head corporations at Tim Hortons are claiming that it is just the rogue franchises that are acting in this way, but what we're not seeing is them taking any action," said Angela Hzu, an activist with the New Democrats of UWindsor.
Gretzky said she has sympathy for workers and franchise owners, and she believes they are victims of corporate directives.
"Many of them will actually end up taking home less money than before they got the wage increase," said Gretzky.
The rally organisers want laws that will prevent corporations from taking advantage of employees.
"Employers must provide benefits to employees, a certain level, as well as making sure there is stable work schedules," said Kiera Royle, co-president of New Democrats of UWindsor.
Gretzky said the NDP tabled amendments to the current Employment Standards Act which could have prevented this. The proposals were shot down by the Liberals and the Conservatives abstained from voting.
"Card check certification which means that they would be able to unionize easier. First contract arbitration, so when they had unionized, it would be easier for them to get their first contract," she said.
The new Fair Workplaces and Better Jobs Act saw the provincial government provide several incentives. It cut the tax levy for businesses from 4.5 to 3.5 per cent. Further, it's planning to hire 175 more employment standard officers, start education and training programs and publish the names online of employers who don't comply with the law.
Gretzky advises local workers who feel they have been unfairly treated to speak up.
"Reach out to the local labour force here in Windsor to see what can be done to organize them to unionize, so that they have stronger protection," she said.
Royal says that the next step for New Democrats of UWindsor is looking into the effect the minimum wage increase has had on migrant workers.
Canadian's data also stolen in Cambridge Analytica data breach
"Malicious actors could have scraped your public profile information," Facebook CEO and founder, Mark Zuckerberg
By Bernard de Vaal. April 6, 2018
Graphic by Bernard de Vaal
Aiden Varju (left) and Matt Reddy, both St. Clair College students, said they hardly use Facebook. Photo by Bernard de Vaal.
Facebook will add a new tool for its more than 2 billion users this Monday: people will be able to see if their private information was stolen.
On March 27, Canadian Christopher Wylie, co-founder of Cambridge Analytica, blew the whistle on the data privacy breach. He testified before the British parliamentary media committee that public and private data of around 50 million people world-wide might have been used to influence, among several prominent campaigns, the 2016 general US elections and the Brexit vote in the UK.
Yesterday, Facebook released new data saying the number of users implicated has increased to 87 million. The company is now doing damage control by drastically upgrading user security along with offering the functionality for users to see what data they shared with which third party applications.
In a Facebook press release on Wednesday, the company said that as many as 620,000 Canadians were compromised in this data breach. The number is still growing.
Facebook stocks have taken a major plunge, having lost as much as US$5 billion in value on Thursday.
But what will users in Windsor do come Monday, if they find they might have fallen victim?
Aidan Varju, a St. Clair College student said, he doesn't care. "Well come Monday, I probably won't care too much. I don't use Facebook all that often. I would just say it's something of the past. All these new social media apps coming out are so much better," he said.
Fellow student Matt Reddy agreed.
"I don't really put anything out there that people don't already know, so I don't really care," said Reddy.
Yvonne Pilon, an instructor at St. Clair College, said it won't affect her much either. "I will definitely check and I think it will be an eye opener," she said. "Is it going to change the way I use social media? Probably not, but it will make me more aware of the importance of pushing social media platforms like Facebook to be more responsible."
A personality quiz application developed by academic researcher Aleksandr Kogan allowed Cambridge Analytica access to users' public and private data such as location check-ins and even personal messages. From this data, psychological profiles were carefully constructed enabling the company to advertise to users by focusing on their vulnerabilities.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologised in a March 21 Facebook status, saying the company did not react to knowledge of the privacy breach when they first realized it back in 2014.
Canada's privacy watchdog has launched an investigation to find out if any Canadian privacy laws have been broken.
Windsor's ailing bicycle route infrastructure
The City of Windsor has secured $1.7 million in funding for the city's disjointed cycling network.
By Bernard de Vaal. Dec. 18, 2017
Lori Newton from Windsor Bike wants to see and integrated cycling network for commuters in Windsor, Ont.
Windsor's ailing bicycle infrastructure set to receive an upgrade after a $1.7 million grant.
Dwayne Dawson, executive manager of operations in Windsor recognizes the challenges faced by commuters.
Whether you prefer riding with the breeze in your hair on the Riverside Drive waterfront trail or just love the sound of leaves rustling while pedaling on the Ganatchio Trail, Windsor's leisure bike routes are a feast for bike lovers. Cycling to work however, is a completely different type of adventure.
The City of Windsor applied to the Ontario Municipal Cycling Infrastructure Program with what it calls 13 "shovel ready" projects. It successfully secured $1.7 million in much needed funding for the city's disjointed cycling network.
There is little agreement on where this money should be spent.
The funds were made available by the province from carbon emission taxes. The projects that municipalities submitted, had to go towards raising their green footprint.
"The proposal was done in conjunction with Windsor Bicycling Committee who gave us some of their suggestions and also council added a couple from their list as well," says Dwayne Dawson, executive manager of operations in Windsor.
Despite the broad community participation, the projects will not offer "a visible and connected cycling network that is easily accessible, safe and actively used by all types of cyclists," as indicated in a summary of the city's Bicycle Use Masterplan Network (BUMP).
The city has done a lot for cycling. It launched several successful initiatives such as the Windsor police bicycle registry, bicycle maintenance stations and the bike and bus transport facilities.
In spite of these concessions, current census data shows that only 1.1 per cent of Windsorites commute to work on bicycles.
Lori Newton, executive director of Bike Windsor Essex says they surveyed almost 1000 residents on what they thought "cycle commuter dollars" should be spent on.
"Well we don't have an integrated cycling network," Newton said. "What we have is a lot of disjointed unconnected cycling infrastructure that residents speak about frequently and complain about how difficult it is getting around the city on a bicycle."
She further says that the central reason most respondents cited for not commuting to work on bicycles, are safety concerns.
One flash point topic has been the Dougall death trap. A 2013 council proposal to have the very dangerous 1 kilometer bottleneck restructured, was never undertaken. It was due to the costs as well as parts of the land not belonging to the city, but to Canadian Pacific Railway.
"Because I drove through the Dougall death trap for many many years and it was never fun or an enjoyable experience," said Oliver Swainson, a local cyclist who commutes to work. "I'd definitely like to see something done there."
Dwayne Dawson, executive manager of operations in Windsor is frank about why projects like these are still lying dormant.
"We have a high range of projects that we can spread the money over, but obviously we have much more need than we have funding for right now," he said.
To understand what the needs of the community are and what the projects are that the city have given the green light to, one needs to look at a map.
Bike Windsor Essex created an interactive online map showing existing and proposed cycling infrastructure.
Multi-use paths are marked in green and city street commuting routes in red.
The projects the city will implement show a notable fractured connectivity.
The ideal pink routes, which will allow cyclists to commute safely on continuous bike paths, will remain pipe dreams for very practical reasons.
"The existing roads are only so wide so, you have to deal with existing parking considerations and a lot of times it doesn't leave room with the parked cars for proper cycling facilities," said Dawson.
Newton understands the issues.
"These however are very large projects that need environmental assessments and would probably not be appropriate for this sort of funding," she said. "Whichever way the $1.7 million is spent, it will make headway towards a vision of integrated transport."
In pink are connections proposed by the commuters surveyed by Bike Windsor Essex.
The programs proposed by Windsor Public Works are indicated in black.
Windsor wants integrated bicycle network - by Bernard de Vaal
"From ancient Greece, they have the golden ratio. The golden rule," said Walden. "The golden rule applies to everything. They apply to the human body. Proportionally. They apply to buildings. They apply to every single thing that appears in our lives.
The Chinese hieroglyphics also has the golden ratio inside. Like the Greek's ancient buildings."
As a second-career student, her goals are clear.
"I really need to refresh my mind. To come out. To communicate with this world," said Walden.
On the right, Ada Walman's work "Golden Section Rectangle." It draws correlations in the universal 1.618 ratio present in natural and aesthetic designs. Photo by Bernard de Vaal. March 22, 2018
UWill Discover brings humanities back into the fold
"Instead of putting out a call for abstracts, we put out a call for submissions," said Phillipe Wernette, UWill Discover conference chair.
By Bernard de Vaal. March 23, 2018
Ada Walman in front of her charcoal installation at the UWill Discover Conference at the University of Windsor. Photo by Bernard de Vaal.
In Ada Walman's work, "Golden Ratio," she draws correlations between eastern and western design principles. Photo by Bernard de Vaal.
Phillipe Wernette is the UWill Discover conference chair for this first time in the event's four year existence. Photo by Bernard de Vaal.
It's rare that pregraduate students are offered a platform to showcase their research in a conference setting. The UWill Discover Conference! at the University of Windsor changed this for more than 140 student authors.
The 2018 UWill Discover! Conference is a collaborative effort from a host of University of Windsor offices to highlight achievement and discovery in the Windsor-Essex region.
Their aim is to develop student curiosity for research across all disciplines by providing the same presentation and networking opportunities a conventional conference would.
They had three previous conferences dominated by submissions from scientific research efforts. A concerted effort was made this year to draw research from the humanities on a pregrad level by broadening the definition of what defines research.
"Instead of putting out a call for abstracts, we put out a call for submissions," said Phillipe Wernette, UWill Discover conference chair. "Discovery can take many different forms. It's not restricted to working one-on-one with the faculty. It can take place in the classroom. It can take place outside of the class room."
A first for the conference is a unique charcoal arts installation from Ada Walman, a pregrad visual arts student at the university.
Walman completed a three-year course in animation at St.Clair College, but found her passion for working in conventional mediums much more enticing.
Her aesthetic and understanding of Western culture was informed by accessibility to popular culture television and magazines available in China where she was raised.
"The way that I understand the Westerner word (language) is from your movies," said Walman.
She also draws correlations between the two cultures in one of her works, Golden Section Rectangle.
Austin Di Pietro is a final year live jazz student major who presented his research on the effect the Detroit Jazz scene had on developing and influencing the local scene.
"A lot of people don't really know that Windsor has this jazz scene or this history and it's really rooted in Detroit," said Di Pietro. "Some interviews I did really showed that Detroit was a huge influence on Windsor's music scene."
Pi Dietro noted a startling revelation in his research was that several local jazz clubs in the 40s and 50s advertised solely to American clientele to bring in customers.
Austin Di Pietro presented research on the effect the Detroit Jazz scene played in developing Windsor's.
Photo by Bernard de Vaal. March 22, 2018.
"I didn't find that the other way around," said Di Pietro. "The Detroit jazz bars were doing this but not the Windsor ones. There was such a large American clientele because it was considered an American art form.
Using an interactive map, Di Pietro shows the locations of jazz clubs on both sides of the border in the 1940's and 50s. Strong cultural assimilation took place, because jazz lovers were in walking distance of world-class modern jazz music in Detroit.
Di Pietro feels his research is contributing to the broader Canada-U.S. discourse.
"It's just incredible to show that this really important cultural scene influenced Canada's cultural scene and Windsor too," said Di Pietro.
Wernette felt there still wasn't a broad enough representation in some fields of study. He aims to address this by extending future conferences to a four-day program.
"We want to highlight undergraduate research, but add a graduateur as well so you have that graduate/undergraduate mentorship possibility," said Wernette.
If you want to find out more about the event or would like to make a submission for next year's conference, visit their website.
Walkerville Holiday Extravaganza, 2017
Adding the spice of care at Walkerville Brewery help s benefit local charity.
By Bernard de Vaal. Dec. 4, 2017
The Spiced Mocha Porter is a limited edition from Walkerville Brewery. One Dollar of each unit sold will got to the charity, Street Help
Walkerville Brewery Spiced Mocha - by Bernard de Vaal
Walkerville Brewery is spicing up the holidays with two sentimental favorites – coffee and beer – combined into one limited series drink they like to call Spiced Mocha Porter.
The brewery uncapped its new brew in support of Street Help this past Saturday, Dec. 2, during its annual Holiday Extravaganza.
The Spiced Mocha Porter is a collaborative effort with Anchor Coffee, another Walkerville business.
"We got a lot of great response this evening from it. One person said the beer doesn't overpower the coffee, the coffee doesn't overpower the beer," said Mike Brkovich, co-owner of Walkerville Brewery. "We're really happy selling it over the holiday season."
A capacity crowd was entertained with arts and crafts, live music including carolers, food, beer and, of course, the big man himself, Kris Kringle.
Dartis Willis, co-owner of the Windsor Express, was in the crowd. He sees himself as a beer aficionado and he approves of the spicy coffee-beer blend.
"I'm a big beer drinker so I'm pretty critical. They've done a fantastic job of putting both love as well as flavor into a beer and it shows," said Willis.
Ryan Nantais, a barista from Anchor Coffee shared the secret of how to fix that perfect cup of holiday 'joe.'
"Get fresh roasted coffee and grind it fresh, right before you brew that coffee."
The brewery will give one dollar of each unit sold to Street Help.
Anthony Nelson, a volunteer at the charity who prepares food for the homeless, was on hand to tell people about its projects.
"We want to make sure that people come by Street Help. Donate someone a sleeping bag. Donate some clothes. A cash donation," he said. "We just want people to recognize what Street Help is about. We are here to help the homeless."
The Spiced Mocha Porter has limited stock, so if you're interested, get over to Walkerville Brewery soon. And they'd love it if you would support a great cause too.
Windsor's own Mini Maker Faire - by Bernard de Vaal
Windsor's massive Mini Maker Faire brings out the kid in everyone
Robotics exhibits draw youths from all ages towards a competitive industry
By Bernard de Vaal. Feb. 28, 2018
A stilt walking performer preparing for his appearance at the Mini Maker Faire in Windsor, Ont. Feb. 24, 2018. Photo by Bernard de Vaal.
It's called the greatest show-and-tell on earth and Windsor launched its own version of the world-renowned Maker Faire for the first time last Saturday.
The original Maker Faire started back in 2006 in San Fransisco. It provides a platform for anyone from scientists to hobbyists to show off their experimental projects and share what they have learned.
"This one brings all the different crafts and makers together all in one space, so there is a huge variety," said Cathy Mombourquette, program manager of the EPIC Genesis Centre, which hosted the faire. "It exposes everybody, from children to adults, to something that they won't normally see."
CO2 laser engraving at the Mini Maker Faire. Photo by Bernard De Vaal.
On show were automated embroidering, CO2 laser engraving and cutting, 3D printing and robots. Lots and lots of robots. The bonus: an interactive environment.
School robotics programs were vying strongly to grab hold of youngsters' attention for the opportunity to guide them towards mastery of robotics.
These prospective engineers were able to first hone their building skills at Hetherington Public School's Maker Space stall, where nuts, bolts and brackets were available to style a "mechanimal."
Villanova Secondary School WiredCats Robotic team's, "build your own bristle bot." Photo by Bernard De Vaal.
After mastering the basics, it was off to Villanova Secondary School WiredCats Robotics team's stall for their first robot. A "bristle bot."
"To make a bristle bot, you need a motor, a toothbrush and a battery. To complete the circuit, connect the red wire to the positive side of the battery and the blue wire to the negative side of the battery," said Erica Rossi, a Grade 11 student.
The vibrations of the motor cause the brush head to start moving. It's the pipe cleaner design that determines how successful the robot will navigate their racecourse.
Animal hybrids seemed to work best.
Once the child's interest in the motorized components had been sparked, the next step: Lego.
From the age of six, students can join the Junior Lego League where they are guided by mentors in the three main components of robotics. Kouthar Waled, a Grade 12 student from Sandwich High School and member of Sabre Bytes team 772 acts as such a mentor.
"(The Junior Lego League) sparks their interest for mechanical, electrical and programming because there are wires they need to connect motors to," said Waled.
"There are small motors they need to assemble to wheels and to other mechanisms to move. Then there is a program that is block based. Very visual and simple and easy to wrap your mind around."
The code gets uploaded on the brain of the robot called the brick.
Junior Lego League robot. Photo by Bernard De Vaal.
Angela Bi, team coordinator of team 772 with Sabre Byte's competition robot. Photo by Bernard De Vaal.
"It sends signals to the motor in the order that they programmed in the code, which makes the motors move," said Waled.
Things can get tricky when sensors that react to colour or temperature are introduced into the mix.
After a concrete understanding had been developed of compiling these basic building blocks of robotics, they can graduate to competitive building.
A student can join the high school program without any previous knowledge of robotics. FIRST, a non-profit educational organization sets a game challenge for teams in January. They have six weeks to build the robot. Typically, teams will meet three months in advance to learn basic skills and strategize.
"The student will gain hands on experience by touching the robot, programming it, wiring it and designing, whatever it is that they're interested in," said Angela Bi, team coordinator of team 772.
This year's game is called "Power-up" where robots must climb and stack cubes.
In the program, students are introduced to the real-world applications of their machines that they put into practice in competitions.
To guide students towards career opportunities in the field, the CAD/CAM and industrial programs at St. Clair College offer mentoring services to help them design and build components for their robots.
Daniele DeFranceschi, CAD/CAM and industrial coordinator at St.Clair College shows off a industrial design. Photo by Bernard De Vaal.
"We'll go out to the high schools," said Daniele DeFranceschi, CAD/CAM and industrial coordinator at St.Clair College. "We'll say yes, this is a CAD/CAM project, a CNC project, this is a 3D printable. Come over to the college. We'll help you manufacture those components for your robots."
To DeFranceschi, the pay-off of involvement in student's projects is immeasurable when they work with the manufacturing components.
"It's usually, 'Wow, it's so cool. I can't wait to run one of these myself. I'd love to have one of these in my garage.'"
To Mombourquette, the success of the faire came as a bit of a surprise.
"To be honest I didn't think it was going to be this popular," she confessed. "Maybe it's the weather outside or maybe people really are interested in something like this and we're just thrilled that it's been this successful and the intent is to do it every year."
Surface flooding a possible headache for Windsor
The rising temperatures and forecast rain could test the city's storm sewers yet again.
An example of surface flooding on Partington Ave. in Windsor, Ont. on Feb. 15, 2018. Picture by Bernard de Vaal
Melting snow could cause flooding in Windsor - by Bernard de Vaal
On many residential roads, catch basins are blocked by mounds of snow left behind by plowing, especially around parked cars.
"Sometimes people wouldn't, couldn't move their cars," said City of Windsor engineer Mark Winterton. "When the plows came down, they pushed that large amount of snow and it didn't push it right off the road but just onto the top of a catch basin."
He added said people were notified to remove their vehicles off the roads during snow plowing and were even provided free parking at municipal lots.
This piled up snow leads to surface ponding especially in low lying areas. Rapid melting places strain on the city's storm sewerage system.
This isn't the city's first rodeo — it has tracked 311 calls on the incidence of flooding spanning 18 years.
The map in Winterton's office indicates high instances of surface and basement flooding in the Riverside area over a period of 18 years. Windsor, Ont. Feb. 15, 2018
And a map in Winterton's office shows every call of significant surface or basement flooding.
"What this does is it helps us to game-plan. If we see a pattern that has developed we will then use that towards our capital plan and when we're designing major infrastructure upgrades," said Winterton.
Riverside Drive, for example, shows a pattern of high concentrations of overland issues. Areas like that are included in an eight-point plan that includes the master plan for upgrading the sewers.
"We're already actively planning on doing some upgrades to the infrastructure as result of the August 29 event," said Winterton, referring to last summer's massive rainfall that resulted in thousands of flooded basements.
Winterton advises property owners to make sure that down spouts are cleared and directed away from the home and towards catch basins.
He is also asking for the community's help.
"If there is a catch basin in front of your house and you're able, dig it out. That will allow the water in your neighbourhood to get away and help in the public safety."
Another major concern of surface ponding is hydroplaning where drivers lose control.
"Make sure when you're driving, you can see the road. When the water is to a depth where you can't see the pavement, we don't recommend you drive through it," Winterton cautioned.
Winterton said the city's sewer system and pumps have ample capacity for regular conditions but are put to the test in extreme weather.
"We're hoping that we don't get a significant rainfall and that it's strictly a melt event," says Winterton. "Our sewers should be able to handle that adequately, depending on how much rain comes. We are well prepared both from a pollution control and sewer point of view."


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#include <rtthread.h>
#include <drivers/usb_host.h>

#define USB_HOST_CONTROLLER_NAME      "usbh"

#if defined(RT_USBH_HID_KEYBOARD) || defined(RT_USBH_HID_MOUSE)
#include <hid.h>
#endif

/**
 * This function will initialize the usb host stack, all the usb class driver and
 * host controller driver are also be initialized here.
 *
 * @return none.
 */
rt_err_t rt_usb_host_init(void)
{
    ucd_t drv;
    rt_device_t uhc;
#ifdef RT_USBH_HID
    uprotocal_t protocal;
#endif

    uhc = rt_device_find(USB_HOST_CONTROLLER_NAME);
    if(uhc == RT_NULL)
    {
        rt_kprintf("can't find usb host controller %s\n", USB_HOST_CONTROLLER_NAME);
        return -RT_ERROR;
    }

    /* initialize usb hub */
    rt_usbh_hub_init();

    /* initialize class driver */
    rt_usbh_class_driver_init();

#ifdef RT_USBH_MSTORAGE
    /* register mass storage class driver */
    drv = rt_usbh_class_driver_storage();
    rt_usbh_class_driver_register(drv);
#endif

#ifdef RT_USBH_HID
    /* register hid class driver */
    drv = rt_usbh_class_driver_hid();
    rt_usbh_class_driver_register(drv);

#ifdef RT_USBH_HID_KEYBOARD
    /* register hid keyboard protocal */
    protocal = rt_usbh_hid_protocal_kbd();
    rt_usbh_hid_protocal_register(protocal);
#endif

#ifdef RT_USBH_HID_MOUSE
    /* register hid mouse protocal */
    protocal = rt_usbh_hid_protocal_mouse();
    rt_usbh_hid_protocal_register(protocal);
#endif
#endif

#ifdef RT_USBH_ADK
    /* register adk class driver */
    drv = rt_usbh_class_driver_adk();
    rt_usbh_class_driver_register(drv);
#endif

    /* register hub class driver */
    drv = rt_usbh_class_driver_hub();
    rt_usbh_class_driver_register(drv);

    /* initialize usb host controller */
    rt_device_init(uhc);

    return RT_EOK;
}


Reports of a devastating famine in Malawi first surfaced as rumors coming from rural areas of the country around October 2001. Malawians in the cities, including government officials in Lilongwe, the capital, were slow to believe, or act on, the persistent accounts. Even when well-known advocacy groups like the Malawi Economic Justice Network (MEJN) and the Catholic Commission for Justice and Peace presented data to back up the reports, they were dismissed as lacking credibility. But incredible as it may have seemed, Malawi - hardly a desert state, but a densely-populated country in a lush region - really was facing catastrophic food shortages in the wake of a combination of flooding and a regional drought, and after over a decade of "structural adjustment Structural Adjustment Economic policies imposed by the IMF in exchange of new loans or the rescheduling of old loans.
The crisis in rural Malawi finally hit the headlines on February 22, 2002, when MEJN succeeded in attracting attention to its call for government and donor action. It dewmanded that "the Government should acknowledge that there is hunger in Malawi; make the holding of maize a crime, subsidize the price of maize in Malawi; government and civil society should provide food supplies to vulnerable groups." At this point, the mainstream international media started broadcasting reports of a famine emergency, desperation and critical food shortages.
An intensively agricultural country like Malawi should, with adequate planning, have been able to endure a year of localized flooding (2000-2001) followed by a year of drought. Nobel Prize-winning economist Amartya Sen has made his reputation by showing that killer famines do not occur simply because of weather or natural disasters, but arise from a combination of factors which usually includes the subordination of common sense planning to political distortions, ranging from war or military occupation to corruption. Sen's most famous corollary to this observation is that democracies do not suffer famines, since the government must be responsive to the population.
The context for the crisis in Malawi is the IMF's (and the World Bank's) continuing quest to privatize every portion of the economy that can conceivably be wrested from the government. This mission is by no means limited to Malawi; it is fast becoming the new modus operandi for the institutions everywhere they operate. More and more, observers are coming to fear that near-wholesale privatization of developing country governments is the agenda for the IMF and World Bank after 20 years of devastating their capacity through structural adjustment programs.
The IMF has prioritized the privatization of the agencies that have provided support for farmers and food security, the Agricultural Development and Marketing Corporation (ADMARC) and the National Food Reserve Agency (NFRA).
There appears to be enough blame for both the government and the IMF to share ample portions. The ActionAid report isolates one important factor - the failure of macro-economic and structural policy to safeguard against the famine in Malawi. At the same time, the report states: "We remain conscious of the myriad of complex variables, both causal and correlative, often associated with famine situations." It does not claim that economic policy was the sole culprit, but rather a major contributing factor, and one that could have been changed.
For Malawi's farmers, 1998/99 and 1999/00 were good production years. Localized flooding reduced the 2000/01 maize harvest, leaving a shortfall estimated at 237,000 metric tons. By the end of 2001, as drought persisted, the maize shortfall had almost tripled. Predictions were made, however, that a bumper harvest of cassava and others root and tuber crops would partially offset the deficit. The prediction resulted in what ActionAid terms "misplaced complacency," since it turned out to be incorrect.
Signals of the impending food crisis were missed, and the government accepted the IMF's insistence that the Strategic Grain Reserve should be reduced.
The grain reserve was at near-capacity for three years. The costs of maintaining it, in addition to the rapidly-growing debt from the loans, made the donors nervous. Additionally, with no cash on hand, the NFRA had no way to pay its employees. The IMF and the World Bank agreed that the NFRA should sell some of its grain stock. However, the price of maize in Malawi at that time was low, and the sales were made at heavy losses.
In fact, it appears that the government went further than the IMF suggested. The IMF reports it recommended reducing the reserve from 165,000 to 60,000 metric tons by selling it outside the country, so as to avoid further depressing maize prices for Malawian farmers. The NFRA initially sold 30,000 tons to Kenya and 5,000 tons to Mozambique. But it then seems to sold almost all of the remaining reserve, much of it on local markets. There is some evidence that much of it was sold to local traders, who stockpiled it and profiteered from hunger.
When food shortages arose after an unexpectedly poor harvest, the government tried to purchase food from other countries. Not only had prices shot up, but a series of logistical problems caused fatal delays and added to the pressure on retail prices, which soon exceeded affordable levels. In a tragic irony, donors, who suspected corruption had soaked up the proceeds of the grain reserve, responded by suspending aid to the government.
The IMF's report from last month stated "the parastatal sector will continue to pose risks to the successful implementation of the 2002/03 budget. Government interventions in the food and other agricultural markets ultimately led to the NFRA and the ADMARC taking heavy recourse to budgetary financing, crowding out more productive spending." It all depends, of course, on what is considered more "productive": dollars or human lives.
List of the 42 Heavily Indebted Poor Countries: Angola, Benin, Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoro Islands, Congo, Ivory Coast, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Honduras, Kenya, Laos, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicaragua, Niger, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia. program (see article on HIPC in this issue). Despite the crisis, NFRA continues to be viewed by the IMF only as a drain on budgetary resources and emphasis continues to be placed on lowering operating expenses and to generating sufficient funds to pay off outstanding debts.
ActionAid reports that IMF documents confirm that the government of Malawi has been reluctant to implement aspects of the IMF's agricultural liberalization program.
The consequences of the removal of subsidy programs for farmers are clear. The number of farmers growing tobacco, Malawi's largest export crop, has, says the IMF, increased, as has their productivity. But, as the IMF also acknowledges, farmers' income has actually declined 25%, largely due to having to pay increased prices for fertilizers, seeds, and credit.
ActionAid concludes by pointing to the fact that the IMF is not simply a power that must be reckoned with on its own terms, but a public institution which must take responsibility and be held accountable for its advice, conditionality and lending practices. In light of a famine caused, or at least exacerbated, by economic liberalization, it should no longer be possible to insist on a rigorous liberalization program at all costs, or to brush off demands for acceptance of a government's right to provide agricultural subsidies, develop greater regulatory state capacity of the market and prioritize preservation of essential food-crops.
1. Institute an urgent moratorium on structural reforms so that food security objectives can be formulated, set and met by the government, civil society, and donors.
2. Tolerate governmental regulation of various forms of financial manipulation.
3. Determine who may have benefited from the sell-off of the Strategic Grain Reserve and the reduction of regulatory capacity.
Source: 50 Years Is Enough Network.


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——, "A Devil," Selected Poems.
——, "A Nail in the Sky," The Collected Poems (Ecco, 2007).
——, "A Portrait at the End of the Century," Epilog burzy (Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 1998).
——, "A Russian Tale," Selected Poems.
——, "A Small Heart," The Collected Poems.
——, "A Tale," Selected Poems.
——, "About Mr. Cogito's Two Legs," Mr. Cogito (Ecco, 1993).
——, "About Troy," Elegy for the Departure.
——, "Achilles. Penthesilea," Rovigo (Wydawnictwo Dolnośląskie, 1992).
——, "Apollo and Marsyas," Selected Poems.
——, "Attempt at a Description," Selected Poems.
——, "Emperor," Selected Poems.
——, "Episode," Selected Poems.
——, "Episode in a Library," Selected Poems.
——, "Farewell," The Collected Poems.
——, "Farewell to the City," Elegy for the Departure.
——, "Five Men," Selected Poems.
——, "Fragment of a Greek Vase," Elegy for the Departure.
——, "From Mythology," Selected Poems.
——, "From the End," Elegy for the Departure.
——, "From the Technology of Tears," Selected Poems.
——, "From the Top of the Stairs," Report from the Besieged City (Ecco, 1985).
——, "Hen," Selected Poems.
——, "Hermes, Dog, and Star," Selected Poems (Oxford University Press, 1977).
——, "History of the Minotaur," Mr. Cogito.
——, "I Would Like to Describe," Selected Poems.
——, "Inner Voice," Selected Poems.
——, "Lament," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "Meditations of Mr. Cogito on Redemption," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Moon," The Collected Poems.
——, "Mother," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito and a Poet of a Certain Age," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito and Longevity," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "Mr. Cogito and the Imagination," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "Mr. Cogito and the Movement of Thoughts," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito and the Pearl," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito and Pop," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito and Pure Thought," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito. Ars Longa," Epilog burzy.
——, "Mr. Cogito Comes Across a Statuette of the Great Mother in the Louvre," The Collected Poems.
——, "Mr. Cogito Considers the Difference between the Human Voice and the Voice of Nature," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito Laments the Pettiness of Dreams," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito Looks at a Deceased Friend," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito Meditates on Suffering," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito on a Set Theme: 'Friends Depart'," Rovigo.
——, "Mr. Cogito on the Need for Precision," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "Mr. Cogito on Upright Attitudes," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito Reads the Newspaper," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito Tells About the Temptation of Spinoza," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito—the Return," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "Mr. Cogito Thinks About Blood," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "Mr. Cogito Thinks of Returning to the City Where He Was Born," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito Seeks Advice," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito's Alienations," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Mr. Cogito's Heraldic Meditations," The Collected Poems.
——, "Mr. Cogito's Soul," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "Nike Who Hesitates," Selected Poems.
——, "Nothing Special," Selected Poems.
——, "Oath," Rovigo.
——, "Objects," Selected Poems.
——, "On Translating Poetry," The Collected Poems.
——, "Ordinariness of the Soul," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Our Fear," Selected Poems.
——, "Pebble," Selected Poems.
——, "Report from Paradise," Selected Poems.
——, "Report from the Besieged City," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "Sense of Identity," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Shame," The Collected Poems.
——, "Sometimes Mr. Cogito Receives Strange Letters," Mr. Cogito.
——, "Suicide," The Collected Poems.
——, "The Abyss of Mr. Cogito," Mr. Cogito.
——, "The Ardennes Forest," Elegy for the Departure.
——, "The Emperor's Dream," Postwar Polish Poetry (University of California Press, 1983).
——, "The Envoy of Mr. Cogito," Selected Poems (1977).
——, "The Lyrical Zone," Epilog burzy.
——, "The Monster of Mr. Cogito," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "The Rain," Selected Poems.
——, "The Seventh Angel," Selected Poems.
——, "The Wind and the Rose," Selected Poems.
——, "Three Studies on the Subject of Realism," Selected Poems.
——, "To the River," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "Two Drops," Selected Poems.
——, "Wagon," Elegy for the Departure.
——, "[What will happen]," The Collected Poems.
——, "What I Saw," Report from the Besieged City.
——, "What Mr. Cogito Thinks About Hell," Mr. Cogito.
——, "What Our Dead Do," Elegy for the Departure.
——, "Why the Classics," Selected Poems.


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Three Big Reasons To Watch The World Wars On History Tonight
Jessica Rawden
The History Channel gets a bad rap for airing alien-based programs and reality programs during a good chunk of the network's primetime schedule. However, when History opts to produce an event series, the cable station often puts together interesting and relevant content geared to numerous age groups. Tonight, it will begin airing The World Wars, a brand new six-hour event series that will take a look at the life and times of seven of the well-known political figures living and working during World War II. It should prove to be must-see TV at its finest, but if you're still skeptical about tuning in to catch the documentary, here's three big reasons why you should add The World Wars to your schedule this evening.
It Traces The Lives Of WWII's Major Figures
Hitler. Stalin. Roosevelt. Churchill. Mussolini. These men are instigators and defenders, dictators and champions of democracy, and they are names taught to every child over the age of ten in school systems around the world. They are the men that made headlines during WWII and the men that made many of the big decisions that had a major impact on the then-burgeoning modern world. Instead of focusing on the acts that changed lives during WWII, writer David C. White, Director John Ealer and the show's long list of producers opted to create a narrative following the timelines of the individuals pulling the strings during World War II.
The World Wars will follow the roots of the young men as they live through World War I, but will focus on the years between 1941 and 1944, as these prominent political figures have aged and become more powerful. It's a perspective similar to the one used in The Men Who Built America, and it should go a long way to explain how these important figures came to think and interconnect during the historical time period (unsurprisingly, The World Wars and The Men Who Built America share a production company). Along with the aforementioned names, U.S. Generals Douglas MacArthur and George Patton will also feature prominently.
Jeremy Renner Is Narrating
We think of Jeremy Renner as a fine actor and an action hero, thanks to his appearance in the Jason Bourne franchise film The Bourne Legacy. However, he might very well have a career in voice work, thanks to The World Wars. The three-part miniseries is Renner's first stab at narrating a documentary, but it's a pretty high-profile documentary, also populated by the likes of Dick Cheney, John McCain and more. We're not saying he's going to be able to compete with Morgan Freeman, but you could be seeing a new prominent narrator in the making tonight.
Not only will Renner get the chance to prove he can cobble together a second career from The World Wars, but President Barack Obama is also stepping in to take a gander at TV work for The History Channel documentary. He's already recorded an introduction for tonight's miniseries, and if you tune in at 9 p.m. on the dot, you should catch the politician offering some insightful thoughts on the men who came before him. There's something a little poetic about that.
It's Memorial Day
Most of us have spent the day lounging, barbecuing or spending time with our family outside. By evening time, most of us will be exhausted and in our pajamas, ready to catch up on some TV. Seriously, though, save the DVRed episodes of The Americans and Mad Men for another evening and tune in for History's The World Wars. It's Memorial Day, and it won't kill you to spend a couple of hours commemorating the holiday.
Many of us have not spent time this Monday thinking about the parents, grandparents and neighbors who fought for our right to wake up late on Monday and spend some safe and free time with our own families. Many of us have not attended a church service or taken a veteran out for breakfast. No one should feel admonished for not thinking about Memorial Day as it was initially conceived, but if you do have a few free hours this evening to think about the holiday, maybe you could spend it watching a documentary about the recent past and the history that has shaped the United States today. If The World Wars proves to be even half as compelling as its precurser, you shouldn't regret it.
History's The World Wars premieres tonight at 9 p.m. ET. Catch the trailer before the big premiere.
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Meet The Future: Justin Barron
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Justin Barron of the Halifax Mooseheads is a smooth skating two-way defenceman ranked 16th despite playing in just 34 games during his third QMJHL season.
Meet the Future is a video series presented by Kubota Canada that highlights many of the Canadian Hockey League's top prospects ahead of the 2020 NHL Draft.