Holidays at Bet Alef are a special occasion to explore Jewish Spirituality in the seasonal rhythms of our lunar calendar. With High Holidays in the autumn, Chanukah in winter, Purim & Passover in the Spring, and many other opportunities, Bet Alef provides many opportunities to grow in understanding of our sacred celebrations.
Rabbi Olivier brings a unique voice to the traditional Jewish celebrations of our most sacred days. High Holy Day services at Bet Alef are dedicated to spiritual immersion – from the preparation of Selichot and workshops to deepen the experience to the final tones of the shofar at the conclusion of Neilah on Yom Kippur. Rabbi Olivier BenHaim invites, inspires and instructs individuals to integrate mind, body and spirit in self, community and world. He teaches how Jewish rituals, celebrations, and texts are doorways to deeper meaning, connection, community and joy.
Chanukah at Bet Alef is a joyful celebration of light and the commemoration of an ancient miracle. It is a time for us to reflect on the light that we bring into the world and focus on the miracles of life around us.
For Tu BiShvat, we celebrate the Birthday of the Trees together, normally in some service activity that promotes the well-being of our planet.
Purim is our community's annual musical celebration of the story of Esther, Mordecai, and Haman. Each year we choose a different way to retell the story, invite our community to participate with us, and eat many hamantaschen as a reminder of the good that one person can do.
Along with High Holy Days, Passover stands as one of Judaism's most fundamental remembrances. As we set aside 8 days together, we remember our people's deliverance from slavery in Egypt. We share a special meal called a Seder together on the 2nd night, in which we re-enact through story-telling the tale of our journey from slavery into freedom.


Victoria - Australia new LOLA member!
During the international LOLA-Congress in New Zealand november last, the Australian Victoria region was elected to become a co-opted member of the Linked Organisation of Local Authorities (LOLA). The presence of the Municipal Association of Victoria Technology (MAVT), formerly LGICT-Local Government Information and Communications Technology Group, gave an interesting presentation on how the Australian Local Government takes on the digitalization of the services and with which partners they cooperate and realize their plans.
The co-option was confirmed in January 2015 by the board of MAV Technology whereby their membership within the npo LOLA is a fact. Lola-President Eddy Van der Stock welcomes the new membership with open arms-"it is amazing to see how little the automation within local authorities 'down under' and the way organisations deal with these, differs from the situation with us in Flanders, and this both in terms of structure as well as in terms of topics that shape the daily discussions. We hope to be able to even enlarge the network. ICT is a global matter, we learn a lot from each other every day, this enables us to even better serve our citizens".
MAV Technology - formerly the Local Government Information communication technology (LGICT) Group - is an independent local government funded group of IT specialists within the local authorities who, like V-ICT-OR, work together to improve automation within the municipalities. MAV Technology works smoothly along with their regional and federal representatives of the Government, to maximize the opportunities and the success of ICT projects and to implement them within all "policy areas" of the local authorities.
The group consists of IT managers and chief information officers from 75 Victorian councils. These are mainly the people who are directly responsible for the implementation of technological solutions within the local government sector. The Nillumbik Shire Council's current President is Trish Spiteri, and the current vice President is Michael Smyth of City of Greater Bendigo and their CEO is Lisa Benetto. They were elected in October 2014 after nomination by the members of the MAV Technology Executive Committee.
The MAV Technology congress is organized every year in August. It is a two-day event that gathers hundreds of local authorities, their "senior executives", IT-coordinators and suppliers. Participants share their ICT challenges, knowledge, products and experience. During the Congress of 2014 in Yarra Ranges public Wi-Fi, open data, large ICT projects and their role to improving the services for the Victorian municipalities were top of the agenda. MAV Technology organizes also forums and workshops throughout the year in the regional and metropolitan locations. They provide through a private Yammer-network a platform to diffuse information and ideas on effective ICT delivery in local government. By sharing information, knowledge and experiences, the MAV Technology members are able to set up better, more cost effective and innovative IT services for their councils and local communities.


I do like how important you mentioned IP can be for business people as it would be essential for them to start thinking about it even while they are still developing their product. That sounds like a firm strategy to follow when handling IP since it does seem like a bad time when someone else would take it from you. I'll be sure to learn more patent strategies as I might make use of this knowledge in the future too. Thanks!


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Colin Kroll, Co-Founder Of Vine And HQ Trivia, Dies At 34 Of Reported Overdose
By Geoff Weiss
Colin Kroll, the co-founder of industry-advancing video apps like Vine and HQ Trivia, was found dead in his New York City apartment yesterday of an apparent drug overdose.
Kroll — who was recently installed as the CEO of HQ Trivia amid "a contentious boardroom battle" involving his co-founder Rus Yusupov (who also co-founded Vine with Kroll) — was 34 years old.
The New York Police Department was conducting a wellness check on Kroll, reports USA Today, and he was pronounced dead on arrival early Sunday morning. On Twitter, both Yusupov and the flagship HQ Trivia account expressed their condolences. "My thoughts and prayers go out to his loved ones," Yusupov wrote. "I will forever remember him for his kind soul and big heart. He made the world and internet a better place."
Kroll's death arrives amid a pivotal moment for HQ Trivia — a livestreaming game show that enables players to win hefty cash prizes. Amid flagging usership, the company has launched another game to diversify its portfolio, a Wheel Of Fortune-style title called Words. Kroll was picked by the board to take the CEO helm from Yusupov in order to further this push, though an employee filed a complaint to HR about his aggressive management style before he became CEO in August — though the company said that an internal investigation ultimately yielded no serious concerns. Kroll also faced similar allegations at Vine, where he was fired for poor management 18 months after Twitter acquired the micro video platform.
HQ Trivia host Scott Rogowsky delivered a eulogy of sorts for Kroll in the app yesterday evening in lieu of last night's regularly scheduled game. "Colin, or CK as we called him, was a true visionary who changed the game twice." Rogowsky added that yesterday evening's $25,000 cash prize had been donated The Humane Society in Kroll's honor given that he was a noted animal lover. Tomorrow's HQ Trivia cast will resume as scheduled.
Scott Rogowsky said a few words about the passing of Colin Kroll in the @hqtrivia app tonight pic.twitter.com/D8j575L88a
— HQ Trivia Fans (@hqtriviafans) December 17, 2018
HQ Trivia Is Bleeding Users, Weathering CEO Drama Ahead Of Follow-Up Game Launch (Report)

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Filter: Creator Name of Pauli, C. J.
Darlington (1)
Fort Atkinson (1)
cities and towns (18)
human settlements (18)
intellectual life (18)
Map or Atlas
La Crosse Bird's-Eye Map
Bird's-eye view of La Crosse.
Ashland, Lake Superior, Wisconsin
Bird's-eye map of Ashland, viewed from Lake Superior, with insets of Prentice Park and Fishery. Population 16,000. Increase in Ten Years, 11,000.
Wausau Looking North
Bird's-eye map of Wausau, looking north with ninety-eight businesses, industries, churches, schools, and civic buildings identified in location key below i...
Bird's-eye map of Berlin.
Columbus, Wis. Looking West
Bird's-eye map of Columbus.
Bird's-Eye View of Darlington
Bird's-eye map of Darlington. Area bordered by Washington and North Streets, upper left hand corner, the fairgrounds, upper right corner, River Street, bot...
Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
Bird's-eye map of Fond du Lac, looking north west, with two insets of the P.H. Stamm residence, and the Proposed Lakeside Park. thirty-five locations ident...
Ft. Atkinson, Wis.
This photocopy of a bird's-eye-view map shows illustrated houses and various buildings. Streets and the Rock River are labeled. An index to points of inter...
Bird's-Eye Map of Green Bay and Fort Howard, Looking South
Bird's-eye map of Green Bay and Fort Howard, looking south. Ninety-four locations identified below image; extends to Grignon Street at top left corner, Wi...
Jefferson, Wisconsin, Looking North
Bird's-eye map of Jefferson, looking north. Crayfish River at left and center, Rock River from upper center to bottom center, joins at left of center; thir...
Kewaunee, Wisconsin, Looking West
Bird's-eye map of Kewaunee, with inset of The Kewaunee and Frankfort Car Ferry Line.
Marshfield, Wisconsin, Looking North
Bird's-eye map of Marshfield, looking north, with six vignettes of east and west side of Central Ave, between 3rd and 4th, 2nd and 3rd, and Railroad and 2n...
Princeton, Wisconsin, Looking North
Bird's-eye map of Princeton, with an inset of the Residence of F.T. Yahr. Fox River loops to left of center, with one bridge; thirty-six businesses, reside...
Stevens Point, Wisconsin, Looking East
Bird's-eye map of Stevens Point, looking east, with an inset of the Water Works. Wisconsin River in foreground with fifty-three business locations identifi...
Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, Looking Northeast
Bird's-eye map of Sturgeon Bay, looking Northeast. Area bordered by Church Street in top left corner, leather & Smith Bridge in bottom left corner, Lawrenc...
Bird's-Eye View of West Bend
Bird's-eye view of West Bend, looking west. Milwaukee River flows across image just below center, with fairgrounds at bottom right and Maple street at top...
Platteville, Wis.
Bird's-eye map of Platteville with twenty-two locations identified below image. Town square to left of center, behind Main Street. Area bordered by Lancast...
Bird's-Eye View of Depere
Bird's-eye view of Depere looking North. Includes illustrations and an index to points of interest.


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St. Pauli Nacht ist ein Episodenfilm von Sönke Wortmann aus dem Jahre 1998.

Handlung

Der Hamburger Kiezganove Johnny erlebt seinen ersten Tag in Freiheit seit einem Aufenthalt im Gefängnis. Durch einen Anruf wird er abends auf die Reeperbahn gelockt und dort durch die Verkettung mehrerer unglücklicher Umstände vom betrunkenen Postboten Manfred erschossen.

In mehreren miteinander verwobenen Episoden erzählt der Film den Vortag aus der Perspektive der beteiligten Personen, so unter anderem eines Taxifahrers, eines Kleinkriminellen, einer transsexuellen Prostituierten und zweier Jugendlicher.

Zum Schluss stellt sich heraus, dass der Anruf, der Johnny auf den Hamburger Kiez gelockt hatte, ein als Telefonstreich gemeinter fingierter Anruf zweier Jugendlicher war.

Auszeichnungen

Für seine Rolle in St. Pauli Nacht erhielt Florian Lukas den Bayerischen Filmpreis als Bester Nachwuchsdarsteller.

Frank Göhre wurde für das Drehbuch zum Film mit dem Deutschen Drehbuchpreis ausgezeichnet.

Kritiken

 kino.de: Ein attraktiv besetzter, inszenatorischer und atmosphärischer Kontrast zum oft von [Wortmann] beschrittenen Komödienterritorium.

 Cinema: "Die episodische Struktur des Romans in ein variantenreiches Spiel mit überlappenden Zeitebenen und Handlungssträngen übertragend, entwickelt der Film ein vielschichtiges Stimmungsbild vom Lieben und Sterben in der großen, grauen Stadt."

Siehe auch
 Liste von Filmen mit Bezug zu Hamburg

Weblinks

  im Dirk Jasper FilmLexikon (gesammelte Kritiken)

Einzelnachweise

Filmtitel 1999
Deutscher Film
Episodenfilm
Filmdrama
Sönke Wortmann

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Konica Minolta receives 2011 BERTL's Best Production Line of the Year
The Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories Inc. (BERTL) has awarded Konica Minolta with the title of 2011 BERTL's Best Production Line of the Year for its bizhub PRESS C8000, bizhub PRESS C7000 and bizhub PRO B1200 devices. BERTL is an independent testing laboratory whose purpose is to provide objective, independent product evaluation reports and comparative analyses on imaging devices and software solutions.
Since 1995, the "BERTL's Best" award has recognised the best device, software and product lines in the digital imaging marketplace launched over each year. The categories are based on desktop, workgroup, departmental and production work environments. BERTL's analysts review them to identify the select group of devices and software that stand apart from the others.
Keeping with the times and the demands of its end users, BERTL left behind the simple speed and feed productivity, artificial reliability tests and theoretical SRP pricing lists and focused on the user and the business dynamics when putting together the "Best of the Best".
"In the Fall 2011 voting session, BERTL's expert analysts were tremendously impressed with how Konica Minolta's production print systems performed during testing," says Art Wynne, President, BERTL. "The bizhub PRESS series continues to impress us, earning Konica Minolta the Best Production Line of the Year distinction."
According to Leon Minnie, product manager: production systems at Konica Minolta South Africa, a Bidvest company, this is the fourth time in 2011 that Konica Minolta has received accolades from BERTL on behalf of its award-winning production print portfolio. "Earlier this year, BERTL also awarded multiple Spring 2011 BERTL's Best awards to Konica Minolta, including the 'Best Color Production System' for the bizhub PRESS C8000; 'Best Color Light Production System' for the bizhub PRESS C7000; and 'Best Monochrome Production System' for the bizhub PRO B1200.
"It is also remarkable that the bizhub PRESS range has impressed other institutions such as EDP (European Digital Print Association) and IDEAlliance. In fact, Konica Minolta's bizhub PRESS C8000 is the first digital press to receive the G7 Digital Press Certification from the IDEAlliance. G7 is IDEAlliance's industry-leading set of best practices for achieving gray balance and is the driving force for achieving visual similarity across all print processes."
To read more about this certification, go to http://www.idealliance.org/specifications/g7.)
"The BERTL's Best and others awards are a validation to Konica Minolta's ongoing innovation and market-leading technologies, and earning these most recent awards highlights how our customers can count on Konica Minolta to keep them at the forefront of digital press technology," Minnie adds.
About BERTL
The Business Equipment Research and Test Laboratories Inc., (BERTL) is an independent testing laboratory whose purpose is to provide objective, independent product evaluation reports and comparative analyses on imaging devices and software solutions. BERTL prohibits any manufacturer control over its product evaluations, and bases its opinions, ratings and awards on a combination of rigorous analysis and worldwide customer satisfaction research.
At all times, BERTL's primary focus is the end user. BERTL's evaluation reports, customer satisfaction research, awards and product ratings are undertaken entirely at BERTL's expense for the benefit of its worldwide subscriber base. Covering all major digital imaging manufacturers, BERTL publishes the world's most extensive Web site of evaluation reports, comparisons data, vertical market research, news and more on copiers, printers, MFPs, production and workgroup scanners, fax machines, color and production equipment and wide format devices. BERTL reports, research and other industry informative services are available in a range of specialized subscription services. To learn more about BERTL, visit www.BERTL.com


Many people in the community have tried to mark the revival of the custom coachbuilt Ferrari, but what they don't realize is that it never faded away. Just look at the FX, or any of the wild one-ofs made by Chinetti.
Instead, the internet craze makes these unique Ferraris more apparent, relevant and exciting. As and example, look at the proposed 2008 Vandenbrink 599 GTO – it's one of the best we've seen.
Over the past few years, Michiel van den Brink has been building his reputation around impressive Ferrari designs and a mastery of Photoshop. The most recent of these depict a pair of highly modified images that are the 599 GTO. They were so well received on Ferrarichat.com that the project has now become reality and three cars are being made.
If all goes as planned, we hope to be at the launch of the Vandenbrink GTO.
To celebrate the occasion we also review the 1962 Ferrari 250 GTO, one of the most sought after and most expensive cars of our time.


Deposition Author(s): Heo, Y.-S., Kim, Y.K., Sung, B.-J., Lee, H.S., Lee, J.I., Seo, C.I., Park, S.-Y., Kim, J.H., Hyun, Y.-L., Jeon, Y.H., Ro, S., Lee, T.G., Cho, J.M., Hwang, K.Y., Yang, C.-H.
Heo, Y.-S., Kim, S.K., Seo, C.I., Kim, Y.K., Sung, B.-J., Lee, H.S., Lee, J.I., Park, S.-Y., Kim, J.H., Hwang, K.Y., Hyun, Y.-L., Jeon, Y.H., Ro, S., Cho, J.M., Lee, T.G., Yang, C.-H.
The c-jun N-terminal kinase (JNK) signaling pathway is regulated by JNK-interacting protein-1 (JIP1), which is a scaffolding protein assembling the components of the JNK cascade. Overexpression of JIP1 deactivates the JNK pathway selectively by cytoplasmic retention of JNK and thereby inhibits gene expression mediated by JNK, which occurs in the nucleus. Here, we report the crystal structure of human JNK1 complexed with pepJIP1, the peptide fragment of JIP1, revealing its selectivity for JNK1 over other MAPKs and the allosteric inhibition mechanism. The van der Waals contacts by the three residues (Pro157, Leu160, and Leu162) of pepJIP1 and the hydrogen bonding between Glu329 of JNK1 and Arg156 of pepJIP1 are critical for the selective binding. Binding of the peptide also induces a hinge motion between the N- and C-terminal domains of JNK1 and distorts the ATP-binding cleft, reducing the affinity of the kinase for ATP. In addition, we also determined the ternary complex structure of pepJIP1-bound JNK1 complexed with SP600125, an ATP-competitive inhibitor of JNK, providing the basis for the JNK specificity of the compound.
The Division of Drug Discovery, CrystalGenomics, Inc., Daeduk Biocommunity, Jeonmin-dong, Daejon, Korea.


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10 Technologies That Help Buildings Resist Earthquakes
by William Harris
Shape Memory Alloys
Ryo Ota, a group manager for the Olympus Optical Company in Japan, holds a shape memory alloy tube. Engineers think these smart materials could prove handy in preventing earthquake damage to buildings. © TWPhoto/Corbis
As we discussed earlier in the countdown, the plasticity of materials presents a major challenge to engineers trying to build earthquake-resistant structures. Plasticity describes the deformation that occurs in any material when forces are applied to it. If the forces are strong enough, the material's shape can be altered permanently, which compromises its ability to function properly. Steel can experience plastic deformation, but so can concrete. And yet both of these materials are widely used in almost all commercial construction projects.
Enter the shape memory alloy, which can endure heavy strains and still return to its original shape. Many engineers are experimenting with these so-called smart materials as replacements for traditional steel-and-concrete construction. One promising alloy is nickel titanium, or nitinol, which offers 10 to 30 percent more elasticity than steel [source: Raffiee]. In one 2012 study, researchers at the University of Nevada, Reno, compared the seismic performance of bridge columns made of steel and concrete with columns made of nitinol and concrete. The shape memory alloy outperformed the traditional materials on all levels and experienced far less damage [source: Raffiee].
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Q: TableSort Plugin Problems asp.net Ok... let's start: I've this simple table in an asp page

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I've this link to the css file and to the jquery tablesort plugin on the site.master:
       <link href="content/style.css"          rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" />

This is the css file downloaded from the official site of the plugin:
    table.tablesorter {
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    table.tablesorter th {
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    table.tablesorter td {
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   table.tablesorter .headerSortUp {
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The plugin call:
$('#provasort').tablesorter()

and now my problems:
1) The plugin doesn't sort my table. I click on the column,but nothing happens. The console don't return any error.
2) The css seems to work except for the background-image on the header.
Thanks a lot

A: try this..

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Outlandish (UK)
Outlandish is a London based digital agency working on "technology that makes the world a fairer, better place". CECOP visited their offices on a warm afternoon in June, and spent a couple of hours with its co-founder Harry Robins to understand the operation of this successful worker cooperative.
Harry founded Outlandish in 2010 with a simple ambition: "to build useful web products that make people's lives easier": from web apps, data dashboards and monitoring tools that aid the discovery of new insights from complex data, to mass-impact campaigns and websites that help campaigning organisations strive for social justice.
"We start every project with the whole team mapping out how the world will be better once the project is finished", explains Harry. "This outcomes mapping process is often known as a "theory of change" – it's a silly name, but it's about having a hypothesis about how you're going to bring about the change you want. It's a great process because it means that the developers know they are not trying to "build a form" – they are trying to "make it easier for administrators at Charity X get all the information they need about a client so that they can make a potentially life-changing intervention."
The Outlanders, as they call themselves, also took on working out the theory of change for the whole organisation, resulting with this statement: "Outlandish lives and shares a transformative approach to tech business that brings about social change, balanced with the importance of a positive working environment."
"Outlandish lives and shares a transformative approach to tech business that brings about social change, balanced with the importance of a positive working environment."
"We are committed to our vision", adds Harry. "We're a worker cooperative, we're owned by our members, and the profits we generate are invested in prototyping and developing new projects for social change."
Outlandish started as a LLP, or Limited liability partnership, and formally became a worker coop in December 2015: "We were already largely conforming to the seven cooperative principles that are widely held to be the core of what coops are all about. We made some notes on the cooperative code and generally felt that while there was plenty of room for improvement and clarification of Outlandish's processes, we didn't score badly on the coop scale."
The cooperative model eventually became an obvious choice: "Cooperatives have hundreds of years of experience creating effective governance structures. Creating radically different organisations is difficult, as we have found with Outlandish 2.0 and 3.0 (which had employees). Outlandish 1.0 was basically a very simple worker co-op and worked pretty well."
"Once organisations begin to grow they need to adopt more complicated structures that take into account people's different roles and experience. A classic approach is to have a managing director at the top, a board of directors, and employees who get bossed around by the directors. Outlandish has always tried to do things differently but creating the appropriate system of checks and balances from scratch is a full time job in itself and would leave no time for making beautiful, useful digital stuff as is our wont."
Another reason for becoming a cooperative "is the solidarity that it brings with other coops. There are around 6,000 cooperatives in the UK, all of which are committed to the same values as Outlandish – providing needed services and decent jobs in a fair and democratic way. There is a great spirit of solidarity between coops – we're already working with Calverts, Footprint, AltGen, Co-operatives UK, CBC, Agile, and others in the few months we've started investigating coops. Having a pool of people who have experience running democratic organisations is invaluable – while learning by experience is fun, there are a lot of hard lessons that other people have already learnt."
Outlandish is also a co-founder of CoTech, the UK's first network of cooperatively owned tech firms. Its 32 member-businesses have around 300 workers between them, with trades that range from web development to broadband infrastructure and augmented reality. The magazine WIRED recently wrote an article about CoTech.
Last but the not least, by becoming a cooperative it "helps make it clearer to our potential clients and collaborators what we are all about and how they can work with us. Outlandish is an unusual organisation and I think it's fair to say well-liked by workers and clients alike."
Concretely, Outlandish decided to adopt a structure "with a core group of coop members Outlanders who take responsibility for stewarding and running the cooperative, and a wider group of freelance Outlanders who take a lesser degree of responsibility (…).The aim is to make the two roles different but equal. We've learnt over the past few years that people want and need different things from work. Some people thrive with responsibility and some people hate it. That does not mean that those that like responsibility should take decisions without involving those that don't, or that they should exploit them. However, as the proverbial pigs at the Ham and Eggs restaurant, they are committed, whereas the chickens are only involved. They invest more of their labour and energy in making the cooperative work and take more risk and so ultimate decision-making responsibility must lie with them."
Regarding decision-making, Outlandish "has always been a very democratic, non-hierarchical company but this we took it to the next level by adopting sociocracy – a consent-based decision making method invented by the Quakers and perfected by the Dutch".
"Although a system in which everyone has to agree in order to make a decision sounds problematic, the evidence is that it's an extremely powerful and even liberating method of governance. Sociocratic organisations have been shown to grow faster, weather problems better and be nicer places to work. Our move towards sociocracy is part of our programme to make sure we encapsulate and preserve all the things that were great about Outlandish when it was small."
In the strategic paper on "The Future of Work", CICOPA, the international organization of cooperatives in industry and services, writes:
"The world is undoubtedly undergoing one of the most profound and radical waves of technological change it has ever known, particularly in the fields of IT and robotics, with profound applications in industrial automation, the delivery of goods and services through online platforms, and an organization of work and production in which individual workers, producers and users are often more disseminated in space. Even though technological change leaves many components of the world of work unresolved, especially as far as the social dimension of work is concerned, it can also favour more genuine forms of collaborative work, such as cooperation among producers, freelancers and SMEs through cooperatives, as well as among cooperatives themselves.
On the other hand, many cooperatives are presently dealing with technological change, and the more they cooperate among themselves in generating economies of scale through networks and groups, the more they tend to be successful with this transformation. Technological change can bring about a positive impact on industrial and service cooperatives not only in terms of production automation, but also in the fields of administration, book-keeping, and marketing. Working time can thus be freed for the cooperatives to concentrate on more entrepreneurial aspects requiring creativity. In addition, although the spatial dissemination of worker-members or producer-members of cooperatives provides an additional difficulty to the practice of democratic control which is so important to the cooperative logic, technological change may offer solutions to improve democracy within the enterprise (on line consultations, electronic voting etc.)."


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Willful modulation of brain activity in disorders of consciousness
N Engl J Med. 2010 Feb 18;362(7):579-89. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0905370. Epub 2010 Feb 3.
Martin M Monti 1 , Audrey Vanhaudenhuyse, Martin R Coleman, Melanie Boly, John D Pickard, Luaba Tshibanda, Adrian M Owen, Steven Laureys
1 Medical Research Council Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa0905370
Background: The differential diagnosis of disorders of consciousness is challenging. The rate of misdiagnosis is approximately 40%, and new methods are required to complement bedside testing, particularly if the patient's capacity to show behavioral signs of awareness is diminished.
Methods: At two major referral centers in Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Liege, Belgium, we performed a study involving 54 patients with disorders of consciousness. We used functional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to assess each patient's ability to generate willful, neuroanatomically specific, blood-oxygenation-level-dependent responses during two established mental-imagery tasks. A technique was then developed to determine whether such tasks could be used to communicate yes-or-no answers to simple questions.
Results: Of the 54 patients enrolled in the study, 5 were able to willfully modulate their brain activity. In three of these patients, additional bedside testing revealed some sign of awareness, but in the other two patients, no voluntary behavior could be detected by means of clinical assessment. One patient was able to use our technique to answer yes or no to questions during functional MRI; however, it remained impossible to establish any form of communication at the bedside.
Conclusions: These results show that a small proportion of patients in a vegetative or minimally conscious state have brain activation reflecting some awareness and cognition. Careful clinical examination will result in reclassification of the state of consciousness in some of these patients. This technique may be useful in establishing basic communication with patients who appear to be unresponsive.
2010 Massachusetts Medical Society
Awareness*
Brain / metabolism*
Communication*
Imagination*
Persistent Vegetative State / diagnosis
Persistent Vegetative State / metabolism
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Here's a great TEDxTalk video by the Director and Co-Founder of the California Innocence Project (CIP), Justin Brooks. In this succinct and entertaining talk you'll get a quick history of Clemency in the legal system, you'll learn a bit about the work that CIP does, and you'll see that for the eight remaining wrongfully convicted of the #FreeTheCA12 (Those who have not yet been exonerated) the only remedy remaining to them is to be granted clemency by the governor of California (currently that is Jerry Brown).
There are many cases, unfortunately, where a person seeking to prove his or her innocence simply runs out of legal options once they've exhausted all the various appeals, both direct and collateral, habeas claims and otherwise. Some people think (due in part to the seemingly "endless" amounts of time cases take to be adjudicated) that defendants can appeal their convictions as many times as they want to. This is simply not true. The amount of opportunities given to a defendant is very finite, and (from a defendant's perspective) quite limited. The eight innocent people that are remaining of the CA12 are in this most dismal situation: they have run out of legal options- they've used up all their appeals. But there is still hope. There is always hope!
That's where clemency comes in. Watch the video. See what you think.
Here's one of the eight: Dolores Macias. Read her story here.


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MacMurray Releases Disposition Guide of Assets, Inventory Plans
By Benjamin Cox on May 18, 2020 at 6:07pm
MacMurray College has begun making plans to inventory historical items, and has made a guide in the disposition of MacMurray's many assets, including its campus. Newly elected Board of Trustees chairman John Nicolay has outlined four priorities for the board in the coming months: successful closure of the college, establishment of an alumni foundation, completion of bank negotiations, and settlement of all debt including sale of assets.
Nicolay and President Dr. Beverly Rodgers outlined in a press release to alumni over the weekend that the board would like to sell the college's 60-acre campus in its entirety. Rodgers has been responding to numerous requests from prospective buyers, some of whom have interest in maintaining an educational institution on the site. A leading commercial realty brokerage is preparing a proposal for the Board and will guide the sale or auction of the campus, expected to occur over the summer. More information is expected later next month.
At the request of the Board, President Rodgers' has agreed to remain in her current role through September 30th. MacMurray's faculty will end its service to the college May 20th; most staff will end their service on May 26th. Approximately one dozen staff members in key roles have agreed to extend their work through June 30th.
Henry Pfeiffer Library Director Adam Cassell is working toward a goal of finding new homes for MacMurray's book and historical collections. He serves on a special Board task force to oversee the protection and preservation of all MacMurray historical material. Library faculty and staff have been cataloging all the school's historical items. Books will find new homes through donations, partnerships with other educational institutions, non-profits, for-profits and other local libraries. Subscription services will continue to be available through June at the library. The university art collection, which includes numerous paintings by the renowned Nellie Knopf, was catalogued several years ago and is currently being appraised by Hindman Chicago, a unit of Sotheby's. The MacMurray College archive contains the permanent records of the college. The eventual goal is to have the archive located at the Jacksonville Area Museum. The Library also is arranging for transfer of its Methodist archive back to the Illinois Great Rivers Conference. Rev. Dr. Beth Fender, a MacMurray trustee and alumnus who works at IGRC, is coordinating where this collection will reside. The collection contains a vast amount of the region's church histories and a large amount of information on the Rev. Peter Cartwright, including the sermons given in his honor every year, and hymnals dating back to 1813.
An alumni association is currently being organized and details are currently being worked out by current and former members of the alumni board. MacMurray's Board has retained a specialized accounting firm to manage financial due diligence and to guide the steps necessary to produce a clear report on the college's remaining endowment. Some of the accounts on the endowment are more than 100 years old and will be reviewed and released at a later time.
The Class of 2020 is hoping that they can celebrate a possible graduation-style ceremony on Founders' Day of the college on October 20th. MacMurray announced its permanent closure on March 27th.
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Lex Machina Announces Updated COVID-19 Tracking Tools
Jay W. Belle Isle — October 9, 2020
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Nearly 4,000 cases have been filed in federal district court due to COVID-19 since January 1st; Insurance, contracts, and employment are the most prevalent practice areas.
Lex Machina, a LexisNexis company, announces updated tracking tools for litigation related to COVID-19, allowing users to gauge and understand the effect of the pandemic. The company has been publishing research on the impacts of COVID-19 on litigation with its COVID-19 Impact Analyzer App ("COVID App") and blog posts. As activity increases in federal court and more information becomes available, Lex Machina has updated its systems with new tools to track the impacts of COVID-19 on litigation. It has three new tools:
The COVID-19 Case Tag
Lex Machina created a case tag that allows users to view and analyze cases with claims that are directly caused by, or are significantly impacted by, the coronavirus health crisis or related societal changes. The Lex Machina team of legal experts reviewed cases with complaints mentioning COVID-19 keywords and verified whether the case was filed as a result of the COVID-19 crisis. This allows users to track cases in their practice area or district that are filed as a direct result of COVID-19. For example, practitioners can easily track contracts cases to find out if a judge rules on a force majeure clause.
Nearly 4,000 cases have been filed in federal district court due to COVID-19 since January 1, 2020. These case filings peaked in May and then leveled off in the last few months.
The top practice areas with cases caused by COVID-19 are insurance (698 cases), contracts (696 cases) and employment (198 cases). Outside of the Lex Machina practice areas, many cases are civil rights matters.
COVID-19 Impact Analyzer App Updates
Lex Machina updated its COVID App to include wider date ranges. Users can now see how COVID-19 has impacted various metrics by weekly, monthly, or year-to-date increments. The app is available to the public and analyzes case filings, court activity, and cases caused by COVID-19 in federal district court.
Looking at January 1st through September 6th, there were a large number of product liability cases filed this year causing an overall increase in case filings for 2020. However excluding product liability cases, overall filings are down 11% from 2019. While most practice areas have fewer cases in 2020 than 2019, case filings are up in 2020 from 2019 in the practice areas of contracts, insurance, patent, product liability, and securities.
One way to measure court activity is looking at the number of cases with a finding (i.e., court-enforceable determination). There were fewer cases with findings at all stages of trial, from default judgments to trials. Looking at cases within the Lex Machina practice areas, default judgments are down 13% compared to 2019, while trials are down 51%.
The Business Interruption Case Tag
Insurance cases are a particular area of interest as many businesses are waiting to see if losses due to COVID-19 shutdowns are covered. Lex Machina developed a Business Interruption case tag so that users can review cases with a claim to recover lost income or extra expenses incurred in the event that business is interrupted due to loss or damage to the property.
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These cases were not particularly prevalent before the pandemic with only between about 300 and 500 business interruption cases filed per year, but they have increased considerably in 2020 with 684 business interruption cases filed in the first half of 2020 alone. By tracking these cases throughout the Lex Machina system, users can review analytics specific to these cases. For example, they can find out whether a judge has ruled on the issue previously or see damages relating to these claims.
"These tools are a big step in working to quantify, track, and analyze the impacts of COVID-19 on the federal court system," said Rachel Bailey, Data Relations Manager at Lex Machina. "With practitioners facing unprecedented challenges, it is especially important to be able to quickly and easily research and understand activity in specific courts, what cases are working their way through the system, and how current activity compares to previous trends."
Lex Machina plans to continue to publish updated blog posts explaining the analytics trends with practice-area-specific insights. An update on cases caused by COVID-19 is planned for September 30th. To view Lex Machina's blog posts related to COVID-19, click here.
To view the COVID-19 Impact Analyzer App, click here.
About LexisNexis Legal & Professional
LexisNexis Legal & Professional is a leading global provider of legal, regulatory and business information and analytics that help customers increase productivity, improve decision-making and outcomes, and advance the rule of law around the world. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. LexisNexis Legal & Professional, which serves customers in more than 150 countries with 10,600 employees worldwide, is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
About Lex Machina
Now celebrating the 10th anniversary of Legal Analytics, the Lex Machina platform fundamentally changes how companies and law firms compete in the business and practice of law. The company provides strategic insights on judges, lawyers, law firms, parties, and other critical information across 16 federal practice areas and select state courts. Lex Machina allows law firms and companies to predict the behaviors and outcomes that different legal strategies will produce, enabling them to win cases and close business.
Legal Analytics was named "Best Decision Management Solution" (AI Breakthrough Awards, 2019) and "Disruptor of the Year" (Changing Lawyer Awards, 2019). Based in Silicon Valley, Lex Machina is part of LexisNexis, a leading global provider of legal, regulatory, and business information and analytics. For more information, please visit http://www.lexmachina.com.
About Jay W. Belle Isle
Before becoming LegalReader's Editor-in-Chief, Jay W. Belle Isle worked as a freelance copywriter with clients on four continents. Jay has a degree in Business Administration from Cleary University and a Juris Doctor from Thomas M. Cooley Law School. Jay has also worked as a contracts administrator for a DOD contractor specializing in vehicle armor.
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What Happens If You're Caught Violating Mass's New Hands-Free Law
Andy Austin Published: November 20, 2019
Massachusetts has joined the list of states with a distracted driving law. But what really happens if you're pulled over?
Wednesday, November 20th, 2019 will go down as a historical day in Massachusetts. The Bay State officially joined the growing number of states with a distracted driving law. Maine recently became the most recent state to adopt what close to half the United States already implemented. Usually a nationwide leader in legislation, the state of Massachusetts uncharacteristically lagged behind in this facet of lawmaking. No longer. According to NBC 10 Boston, the Senate voted 38-1 in favor of the bill Wednesday. Previously, the House approved it on a 153-1 vote. Serious question; who was the one person who voted it down? The legislation now heads to Republican Gov. Charlie Baker for his signature.
So, what happens if issued a citation on this offense? First time around, it will net you a $100 fine. If this doesn't grab your attention, it's $250 for a second offense. Then, $500 for a third. Also, on the third, they'll ding your insurance.
Moral of the story, put the phone down.
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Newfield baseball veterans sharpening claws for success
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by Desirée Keegan - March 25, 2015
Kyle Johnson takes a cut during batting practice. Photo by Bill Landon
The Newfield baseball team is on the hunt for a postseason spot this year, and with several returning players from last years' varsity squad, key seniors among them are shortstop Joseph Pepe and pitching ace Brandon Alberto, they may be able to do it.
Pepe, a returning All-League player, will likely fill the role of lead-off hitter as he did last season, and Newfield head coach Paul Pedersen expects him to be in the conversation of top player in League IV.
"This year we have better leadership; people are stepping up — we're a stronger team," Pepe said. "We open up against Half Hollow Hills West with three in a row, so that'll set the tone of the season."
Bobby Vath tosses the ball. Photo by Bill Landon
Alberto, a four-year varsity player earning academic All-League honors last season, is one of the dominating pitchers in the league.
"He is a strike machine who can throw middle 80's with multiple pitches for strikes, and is one of the most competitive personalities I have ever coached," Pedersen said. Alberto will be attending the New York Institute of Technology on a baseball scholarship next year.
Alberto said that he was pleased with the dedication of the players; how hard they're all working this early in the season. Alberto said Half Hollow Hills West is the team to beat in the league.
"They have a good pitching staff, good defense, good hitting," he said. "So they're the top dog."
J.J. Lindgren, a senior outfielder and pitcher and returning All-League player, has a nice combination of power and speed, and according to Pedersen, will be one of the best players in a league that is stacked with talent. He will be playing at SUNY Old Westbury next year.
Pedersen also sees this years' Wolverines team as being a tighter group of kids who have been working hard from the first day of practice, with two freshmen, Bobby Vath and Kyle Johnson, earning a spot on the varsity roster. Vath shows confidence on the mound with command of his pitching.
"He throws multiple pitches for strikes and understands the importance of hitting spots, changing speeds and getting ahead of batters," the head coach said. "I think he is going to prove to be an asset to the program as he clearly shows that he knows what he's doing on the mound."
Brandon Alberto hurls a pitch during practice. Photo by Bill Landon
Pedersen expects sophomore third baseman and pitcher Tom Desena to serve as a power bat in the lineup and added that juniors Kyle Wappaus and Frank Diantonio both show a solid skill set behind the plate with the ability to hit the ball in big spots.
With a roster 18 players strong, including nine seniors, six juniors, one sophomore and two freshmen, the team has the senior leadership and veteran potential to improve on last season's 7-13 overall record.
Pedersen said he has several notable returning players, including senior pitcher and infielder Justin Barnhill; senior outfielder and catcher Danny Towne; senior catcher and pitcher Jared Prevete; senior pitcher, first baseman and outfielder Jared Consiglio; senior infielder and pitcher Joe North; and senior outfielder Michael Ruggiero; all will be looking to contribute both offensively and defensively to the program.
"I think the biggest difference this year is the kids seem to be doing all the right things in the gym and there really doesn't seem to be the 'me first' attitude," Pedersen said. "There are definitely players that are more talented than others on the team, but every player will compete for a spot and earn their playing time."
Newfield opens the season with two nonleague games against Miller Place, before beginning league play against Half Hollow Hills West on Tuesday, April 7.


But I want Hinterland to have it all!
Why even bother using lights in caves when you can see like day ?
I play on PC, and sometimes caves are "bright" enough not to use lighting, but mostly are too dark. I actually was wondering if there's some sort of feature I'm triggering (or not), because I'd rather just not use any lighting features if I don't have to. I have been in and out of various mines, with them being too dark, then too light, and it has nothing to do with the time of day. The brighter option has a sort of green tint about it... guess I ought to take a screen shot next time I encounter one, instead of just thanking the RNG.
I know I got in a convo about this with someone, though it was probably on reddit. And I don't see any requests here based of a *very* simple search... Why can't I have my challenge records at least posted to my own account? I mean, I'd like to epeen and show off my [mostly sad] attempts, but the only option I have is taking a screenshot when I complete one and finding some outlet to post it to... and then, the problem is, if I chose not to take that screenshot, I can't even find the data to tell someone else. (I want to say I posted this here, but I suspect this "gripe" was posted elsewhere, and now I cannot find it.) If anything, I'd really like the achievements to show the lowest time any challenge was completed. Alsø alsø, previous attempts and scores would be really cool to see. I would love to play all the ones I've completed again, and try to beat the time. But I haven't saved all the times for them all, so there's a little bit of replayability lost.
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That is gorgeous. I don't often see the majority of the rainbow spectrum represented. I finally finished my first Archivist run today. I blame the "slowness" on standing outside, taking copious amounts of screenshots instead of finding computers to look at.
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Everything in this room is edible. Even I'm edible. But, that would be called cannibalism. It is looked down upon in most societies.
I am curious about why the "windless environment" is the only +1° boost? I mean I understand the boost, but I think it could easily apply to sprinting. If you don't unzip/de-layer, you're building up all that moisture yes... which also comes with heat... if you accomplish that much heat with all that exercise. I did not expect to reach running levels of that though with my suggestion. I have easily done short "sprints" even in normal clothing. The worst risk was losing footing on the icy path, which I did mention. Sprinting in-game would never really reach that sweating level unless you're packing the best of gear, which then comes with so much extra weight you're not really going to be sprinting anywhere without a casualty. That was my idea. Just add a bit of warmth for sprints. Increase chances of sprained ankles or whatnot with higher weight of clothing.
Where is this stat at?
I've been trying to get the 24-hour survival achievement for interloper, but I keep spawning in the worst places in Forlorn Muskeg. I was starting to assume all interloper options spawned there. My last attempt, I actually spawned near the NE cave entrance (just NW of the northern tower) and I ran in for shelter during the horrid weather. I ended up dying since I had no tools, and finally tried a do-or-die run for the low blind, which I reached, but the weather went to all hell hates me. I too wonder how interloper isn't challenging enough?!
I've noticed lanterns warming me, but never any plus while sprinting. If that is the case, then I rescind my request, but I'd like to see the feature be more prominent.
It was one of my first failed attempts at interloper survival. Honestly, I had no idea where I was.
I found one similar to that. It reminded me of that 80's van with "free candy" spray painted on the side. I'd just started my run (at cooking 1 or whatever you start with without perks) and chose to leave it be. I also died shortly thereafter, and sort of wish I'd tried.


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Juan Carlos Viale Rigo De Ossa (Aragua, Venezuela, 14 de agosto de 1999) más conocido como Juan Viale Rigo, es un escritor juvenil y columnista para diversos medios de comunicación venezolanos. Ha sido colaborador del medio internacional Panam Post. Actualmente es columnista para el medio de comunicación El Pitazo y lleva tres novelas escritas: «Último Año» (2018), «Laurent: el hombre de la suerte» (2022) e «Influencer» (2023).

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Novelas
 2018: Último Año.
 2022: Laurent: el hombre de la suerte.
 2023: Influencer.

Ensayos

 2019: Las redes sociales y la extinción del pensamiento crítico.

Premios y reconocimientos

 2015 - Premio municipal 58 años de la conquista de la democracia otorgado por la alcaldía de Mario Briceño Iragorry.
 2018 - Bienal Arturo Uslar Pietri

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