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Doesn't Make Any Sense! Rant
Discussion in 'PlayStation Discussion' started by gingerpubes2300, Aug 24, 2021.
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Completely baffles me as to how people on this forum are backing DTG their job is very simple…
When they created the core update they had to update all the routes to work with the new core. Why is it so hard to push an update for the routes affected? They clearly have the updated versions available otherwise players on other consoles and pc would be affected. Very harsh to compare the 2 but say for example rockstar games released an update for GTA V and players opened the game to find there was no cars at all. Players would be kicking off left right an center without a doubt and their situation would most likely be fixed within a day. A lot of players here on this forums have spent hundreds of pounds/dollars/euros on something they expect to have access to and work. So why is there people slating those who are angry if you had brought a car online and it turnt up with only 2 wheels and half an engine would you be as laid back and go it's okay I've gotta other things to focus on? Now don't get me wrong I have other things to focus on but at the end of a long day it's nice to sit down and play some TSW (when it works)… so please DTG explain to us as to how this is Sony's fault and not a fault of your own and as to why we are now on the 5th day of waiting.
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gingerpubes2300, Aug 24, 2021
gingerpubes2300 said: ↑
When they created the core update they had to update all the routes to work with the new core. Why is it so hard to push an update for the routes affected?
Why is it so hard for people posting rants to state the true complexity of what it is they're ranting about
It's not as simple as an update to the routes, or even as simple as an update to everything.
What you're ranting about it a company that has updated the engine of seven versions of a game they make based on a core engine with over twenty DLC spanning seven platforms or release processes, all of which needed to update properly and IN SEQUENCE to avoid the issues that they're having
Unfortunately the people delivering this process are NOT DTG and possibly haven't tested how DTG did their release so whilst it's not acceptable that it has failed as hard as it has, it's also hardly surprising
That's not to say that DTG got it right (or anywhere near it) but given it's failed on one specific platform harder than any of the other six, that would lead me to believe the issue may well be with the platform or the store facilitating it AS MUCH AS DTG themselves where there's obviously been a failure all along.
ARuscoe, Aug 24, 2021
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Given the complexity of the task of updating 7 versions of the game and releasing new content all at the same time, a professional company might have staggered some of these things so that they could check that problems weren't being caused.
AGoodJudge2, Aug 24, 2021
So what your saying is Sony are at fault for DTG's failure to test thoroughly before releasing an update?
AGoodJudge2 said: ↑
Would that have made a difference in this instance given only one has been "majorly affected" ie over 24 hours?
Two if you count xbox users. The list of bugs present in the core game now which weren't present before the last update is also growing.
I am not convinced that it is only one company's failure.
I am sure Sony are experienced at rolling out complete core and DLC updates over multiple platforms given how much they charge both companies and users for the pleasure of playing their games via their platforms.
And we also know DTG have a history of their updates going wrong (look at the license issues between TSW2020 and TSW2 as an example where disc owners weren't initially covered)
So no, I am not saying "Sony are to blame" because that's overly simplistic
I haven't kept track of what's happened to xbox users, but I understood there was a fix or bypass within 24 hours. If that's wrong then I will go have a look
Hence my rant this is not DTG's first [removed by Protagonist - watch the language] up so you'd think they'd take more time to smooth out bugs and make sure everything works properly before releasing everything. All they are achieving here is loosing existing players and maybe future players too which will halt the progress of the game moving forward
so you'd think they'd take more time to smooth out bugs and make sure everything works properly before releasing everything.
Just how do you want them to test that their release system will work via Sony's portal?
Their system worked on PS4 in house, but they likely use an SDK delivery system which is not the same
The other various release systems worked (almost) fine so this is specific to that store
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As for the brown nosed players on this forum please go ahead debate with me as to why we shouldn't be angry
I agree with some points you've made but look at the red dead online 1.21 fiasco last year. It took a company the size of rockstar like 4 days to rollback the patch update that left the game unplayable. As it stands now with dtg the update has mainly only affected ps4 users and it doesn't matter who's to blame. I completely agree people should be angry about it because you can't access stuff you've paid for. But they definitely deserve a bit more respect from the community. They can't do anymore than they're doing. They're obviously trying to fix it. But they can only give out news about it when it's ready. And maybe their job isn't as simple as you think. But I do agree 5 days isn't great but just be patient.
DANtheWALLY, Aug 24, 2021
borg#1850 Well-Known Member
I suggest we now all wait to see what is said tonight
Do we know what time UK this will start?
borg#1850, Aug 24, 2021
photonmonkey Active Member
As it stands I think it will be more Q than Q + A for the PS4 DLC issues. The most we have had is 'we are making progress' which is ever so slightly better than 'we are working on it'! I appreciate DTG don't have to tell us any detail but at the moment we don't know if this will take hours, days or even weeks to fix.
photonmonkey, Aug 24, 2021
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borg#1850 said: ↑
They usually start about 20:00 UK time
twiggy#9635, Aug 24, 2021
twiggy#9635 said: ↑
I will try to be there for the start, for once i am very interested in what is going to be said.

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To Grandmother's House
March 8, 2013 by floridaborne
Have you ever experienced one of those days where you're 2 notches (or maybe one notch) above comatose? Well, at least I'm typing.
Why, you might ask, would my state of mind be in such shambles?
The short answer is: For the happiest of all reasons.
Here's the longer answer:
Most people who make it through high school have the obligatory photo shoot. Anyone who had a high school photo taken can relate to the one I use on my blog. To call it dreadful is kind. To say that high school represented 3 of the worst years of my life is reality. That's one of the reasons I love the picture so much, it reminds me that being 17 wasn't all that great.
Ditto for 30. I was a widow at 33 with 2 small children. That has to be a blog all its own.
The saying that went around like a plague when I was approaching my 4th decade was, "Life begins at 40." I took that advice to heart, spiraling into a mid-life crises that lasted until I was about 44. At the time, I looked 10 years younger and actually had a butt. At 42, I would exercise by putting my 130-pound husband on my hips (piggy-back) and running down the walkways by Braes Bayou, a main thoroughfare in southwest Houston. With all the squeaking brakes it was fortunate there weren't any fender benders. I was 110 pounds of happy at the time—for all of 2 years.
Back to 40 again. When my mid-life crisis hit, it was full force–complete with waking up in bed with a guy I barely remembered meeting at a bar. Wow! I was on fire (and almost fired from my job)! At 42, I married a man 17 years younger (piggy-back guy). Only 3 years later, when that divorce was final and the smoke cleared, the crisis of flesh was over and my attention turned to the crisis of spirit.
Fast forward to the age of 50 when I had retinal detachment surgeries (due to being coke-bottle glasses low-vision half-blind nearsighted). That was the moment I created a new saying, "Life begins at 40, but the warrantee runs out at 50."
And now? My parents had one of those 3-foot by 2-foot "portraits" taken when they were in their late 50's. At the time I'd wondered, "Why would anyone want to take a picture when they look like that?" In my 20-year-old mind, they were indistinguishable from any other gray haired wrinkly old person. Every decade their pictures looked younger. A few months ago I was walking toward the bathroom door and, for an instant, saw my mother staring back at me. I thought, "Damn, she looks older than her picture."
One day, I'm really going to have to remove that mirror.
My BAID (My, but alas, I digress). Why am I 2 notches away from comatose? My exceptionally brilliant, beautiful, active, talkative granddaughter traveled from the city to the countryside with my son for a visit. We played, watched Disney on Youtube until I was too much a part of Ariel's world, listened to her play with McD's happy meal Barbie ballet dolls, and followed her around playgrounds to push swings, provide balance for see saws, and serve as spotter while she climbed.
During one of the many someday-my-prince-will-come videos, specifically Sleeping Beauty, my son said to her, "o terceiro presente ia ser o dom da inteligência … nunca o recebeu, o qual é uma lástima porque se não por isso então estas história nunca tinha tido de acontecer."
Since he speaks English, Portuguese and Spanish fluently, (and my claim to fame is being able to ask, in 4 languages, "where's the bathroom") he was forced to translate…or suffer with a bad case of unremitting incessant non-stop mother-nagging (If you see a certain redundancy inherent in this sentence, you should hear me nag. You'll wonder why I didn't use more words to describe the horror of it.).
He said he asks her, "Would you follow a big green ball of light?"
My granddaughter laughs and says, "No, daddy."
Then he tells her, "The third gift was the gift of intelligence … she never received it, which is a shame because if not for that then this story would never have had to happen."
You may wonder why that conversation is relevant. It helps you understand the answer to the following question: What was the happiest moment of her visit?
She was playing with her Barbie ballerina dolls singing, "Snow White, Cinderella, everything's great in dumb-dumb world."
When I recuperate from 3 days of happy, I'll let you know.
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dj blue on March 8, 2013 at 10:33 pm said:
Having met this young lady during her visit I have to wonder why she was watching videos for other people her age. She is far more mature than that and very intelligent. However…I can't think of any video that would fit her. She is still very much a child and one that any grandparent can be proud of…So your message is not just a grandmother brag, it is accurate.
Blog us again this time next year and see how she matures.
floridaborne on March 9, 2013 at 2:13 am said:
You're correct. I had to wonder why she was watching that dribble, too. She takes ballet. One of the videos she watched multiple times was a 24 minute presentation at Disney land/world that contained ballet. I'll have to send you the video of her at class. Her grace had to be inherited from her mother's side of the family because neither of my children, nor I, have her ability.
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This is how my dad recently described the ume plum vinegar-based dressing my family has been consuming on a regular basis. This was also the third time in the span of 24 hours that someone in my family had raved about the vinegar.
"When I get to the bottom of the container, I literally drink it," added my brother, the originator of the household craze. "It's too good!"
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Also known as ume su, ume plum vinegar is the liquid brine left over from pickling ume plums, an Asian fruit similar to the apricot. The full process involves harvesting the plums, washing and soaking them in cold water for 24 hours to remove any bitterness, then placing them in large vats with alternating layers of sea salt. The lid is weighed down with heavy stones to let the pressure and salt squeeze the juice out of the plums. It takes about a month for the plums to naturally ferment, at which point they're removed from their vats and placed outside to sun dry for about four days. Shiso leaves, also known as beefsteak leaves, are added to the pickling liquid to turn give it its deep, ruby red color.
But wait, we're not done yet! The plums are placed back in the kegs for four to five days and removed one more time—that remaining lightly filtered liquid becomes the ume plum vinegar my family loves, their favorite of which is made by Eden Foods. Once I investigated a bottle for myself, I immediately fell in love with the tangy vinegar. The smell made me think of eating a piece of stone fruit at the beach—a rich, tart sweetness paired with salt.
It's a delicious addition to roasted, sautéed, or steamed vegetables like cabbage, broccoli, and kale. A flavorful ingredient for pickling your own produce. Or, in the case of my family's obsession, a wow-factor for salad dressings. My brother adds it to a blender with olive oil, fresh herbs, and an entire onion. The shiso leaves require no additional seasoning. Then, as was the case when I tasted the concoction for myself, you'll want to pour it over everything to experience the incredible ride of flavors.
On a recent trip to visit my family, I brought the vinegar out for all sorts of experimentation. Used simply with extra virgin olive oil, it tempered the bitterness of an arugula salad. I texted my friend about it, as you do, and he told me about some recipes in the cookbook Street Vegan that called for the ingredient, which led me to making a lemony, tofu-based tartar sauce used for dipping. Trust me: one bottle of this vinegar will take you on an unforgettable condiment journey.
Ume plum vinegar is the liquid brine left over from pickling ume plums—and it'll transform any salad dressing.


What's around us can inspire us, enlighten us and empower us. Yet thanks to technology, the media and a greater awareness of the world, we find our first-time, overwhelming experiences of the world to be fewer and fewer.
Can you imagine what it is David is thinking about as he proclaims this bold statement? Most theologians believe this chapter was inserted towards the end of David's life where he reflected on the events over his time on earth.
David knew of God's awe and wonder and what a magnificent position he must have been in to see each moment throughout his life. When we look outwards and look upwards, we can do the same and connect with our spirit.
This week, consider; why do we sometimes miss moments of awe and wonder? What can we do to realign ourselves so we can see the awe and wonder God has placed in the world?


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Neuro linguistic programming ("nlp") is an approach to explaining human experience. It studies the way we humans map and perceive the world through our senses, as well as the way we filter our outside world for adaptation to our individual interpretations.
Nlp also represents an avenue to mind evolution through the investigation, identification and modification of patterns that structure our subjective or inner experience; i.e., repetitive models that shape our beliefs, skills and behaviors. Nlp investigates the difference that makes a difference.
Rather than a collection of techniques, nlp helps foster an attitude for learning how to learn. It is also a way of thinking and a way to perceive the world through a curious, exploratory and amusing mind.
Nlp relies on a model and a set of elements that support the identification of the best forms of human operation and performance in day to day life. Accordingly, it constitutes a "rich" and "different" method of reflection about ideas and persons.
The purpose of nlp is to model human excellence; in other words, replicate the best models, attain self-knowledge and the best version of one self, and gain self-awareness of how and for what we function the way we do. Modeling is more than copying. It means to acquire the same beliefs, way of thinking and motivation of a person who has been modeled. Generally, we model certain, but not all, the aspects of a person.
Nlp emerged in the seventies as the fruit from two young curious minds. Richard bandler, an it engineer, and john grinder, a linguist, conducted steady observations and investigations about the methods applied by highly effective therapists, including, without limitation, fritz perls, father of the gestalt therapy, virginia satir, a family therapist, and milton erickson, a hypnotist-therapist. Through their observations, bandler and grinder identified common patterns of verbal and non-verbal communication, as applied by the aforementioned excellent professionals to treat their patients. Based on these investigations, bandler and grinder developed and structured a number of models for change, on the understanding that these models could be learned by other persons in the future.
The training on nlp includes a small theoretical component, but most of the learning process is based on personal experience. The trainee experiences what it is like to talk in a certain fashion, what it is like to create his desired living conditions for the future, what it is like to communicate with his peers in a manner that differs from his past ways, and what it is like to adopt forms of behavior, other than those shown up to now. All in all, the training is about expanding a person's abilities and causing his beliefs about the world and his own self to relax.
Interestingly, a broad range of possibilities and abilities become available to the trainee's mind. As a result, the trainee is able to modify his beliefs dramatically. Those beliefs are memory traces and perfectly structured programs that operate automatically and beyond our conscious mind's control. The belief change is approached from five distinct forms of intervention, as discussed below. "p" refers to the process of organizing the components of a system in order to meet specific goals; this case alludes to our internal programs: "how do i structure myself?" "n" refers to the way our body reflects all these programs. Neuro, from the greek term "neuron," meaning "nerve," underpins the basic doctrine that every behavior is the result of nerve processes: "how do i function?" and "l" refers to the way we communicate and express ourselves linguistically. Stemming from the latin term "lingua," meaning "language", "l" indicates that each nerve process is represented, arranged and sequenced in language-and-communication system models and strategies: "how do i express myself?" After completion of this training, the person "stops being" the same as before.
Nlp emphasizes the observation of the phenomenological communication: images, sounds, feelings and experience-based evidence, over the interpretation of such a communication.
Nlp relies on a number of facilitating ideas and thoughts, as well as basic ecological claims and assumptions on the road to evolution. These concepts have been modeled from the experiences of successful individuals, and excellent researchers and communicators from various disciplines and sciences, as discussed below. Nlp has created its own structure by modeling the most useful features of these disciplines and sciences. Its most common assumption is, "the map is not the territory;" in other words, the way you approach the world is not the same as other persons. These ideas help us think more flexibly and make us open to consider and respect other ways of thinking.
General semantics – Alfred Korzybski
Alfred korzybski, a polish-born and nationalized american linguist, developed the concept of general semantics between 1920 and 1933. Korzybski's work culminated in the founding of a discipline that he called general semantics ("gs"). As korzybski explicitly said, gs should not be confused with semantics, a different subject. The basic principles of general semantics, which include time-binding, are outlined in science and sanity, published in 1933. In 1938 korzybski founded the institute of general semantics and directed it until his death.
Korzybski's work held a view that human beings are limited in what they know by (1) the structure of their nervous systems, and (2) the structure of their languages. Human beings cannot experience the world directly, but only through their "abstractions" (nonverbal impressions or "gleanings" derived from the nervous system, and verbal indicators expressed and derived from language). Sometimes our perceptions and our languages actually mislead us as to the "facts" with which we must deal. Our understanding of what is going on sometimes lacks similarity of structure with what is actually going on. He stressed training in awareness of abstracting, using techniques that he had derived from his study of mathematics and science. He called this awareness, this goal of his system, "consciousness of abstracting". His system included modifying the way we approach the world.
Korzybski's work influenced gestalt therapy, rational emotive behavior therapy ("rebt"), and neuro-linguistic programming. As reported in the third edition of science and sanity, the u.s. army in world war ii used his system to treat battle fatigue in europe under the supervision of dr. Douglas m. Kelley, who also became the psychiatrist in charge of the nazi prisoners at nuremberg.
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Generative or transformational grammar – Noam Chomsky
"the seed of generative grammar was first planted in 1957, when noam chomsky published his work "syntactic structures." In his book, chomsky claims that a grammar of immediate components is not fully valid to explain the mechanism through which the natives of a language can produce and understand their sentences. The concept of grammar can be defined as a set of grammatical sentences. Chomsky argues the existence of an infinite number of sentences in each language; therefore, it must be assumed that humans are equipped with finite knowledge mechanism that helps them build and interpret an infinite number of sentences. This finite system of principles is known as the "internal grammar of language." Chomsky claims that a large portion of the internal grammar is innate; accordingly, humans have a genetic mechanism that allows them to learn languages.
One may agree or disagree with chomsky's theories; nevertheless, his postulates are not disregarded by any scholar.
Source: miguel ángel aguilar alconchel – digital journal "investigación y educación". Issn 1696-7208 – ed 7, vol. 3, march 2004
Systems theory – Gregory Bateson
"for bateson, every communication is determined by its context. In other words, every communication requires a context. In the absence of a context, there can be no meaning or a differential value that generates information (and information is the difference that makes a difference…). Bateson recreated a systemic and interdisciplinary vision of communicational processes. The meta-communication or the meta-message is the knowledge envelope that contextualizes, classifies and adds meaning to the communication or message. In fact, the meta-communication can establish links or structures of dialogue with other contexts. Bateson views the communicational processes as circular and evolutionary, where feedback plays a critical role.
In 1956, bateson became a founding member of the palo alto group, california, where important research projects are conducted on the systems theory, as applied to family studies.
He was also a pioneer in the research on the etiology of schizophrenia, from the perspective of the conscious and unconscious patterns of communication between a schizophrenic patient and his family. In conjunction with other researchers, he postulated the double bind theory.
His richest legacy lies in the way he posed his questions by freely associating and disassociating ideas. The bateson's doctrine covers anthropology, cybernetics, communications, etiology and ecology.
In his own definition, bateson is interested in the natural history of ideas, or as he later put it, the ecology of the mind.
Gregory bateson sought to lay down the foundations for the complex construction of a reflective approach that may account for the complexities involved in the thinking, reflecting and devising processes. He sought to explain the configuration of these allegedly "superior" mental processes that are only available to humans: our superior consciousness, self-awareness, auto-biographic mind. At the same time, bateson tried to show that the (meta self) reflection that leads us to think about our minds (superior conscience), in spite of the apparent aesthetics and simplicity of both the meta self-reflective action and the "object" observed through this action, is not a simple matter. For bateson, the meta self-reflection on our reflective approaches has important implications for the way "we feel (in) the world."
What is an idea? How can ideas be (formed) shaped from our ideas? What connects us to them?
By relying on his concept of meta self-reflection, bateson tried to add complexity to a matter that is actually quite complex. His entire work, and in fact, his core theme and "obsession," was to add complexity to complexity.
For bateson, our (accepted) notion of "reality" is not as simple as to claim that "reality" is "depicted" or "represented" in our minds. The notion of "ideas," understood as internal reflections of a "reality," understood as a world external to us, is unacceptable for bateson.
In his view, "reality" is a highly complex web of relations and processes, as well as a strange and paradoxical interconnection of different layers, levels and components, among which we are also included. Definitely, our "mind" is not a "mirror" that can reflect an outside world that exists separately from us. For bateson, "reality" is denser than just an "extended object" out there beyond us. And the understanding of this notion deeply and on the basis of experience has radical implications for the "way we feel (in) the world."
His entire work is characterized by trans-disciplinary observations and approaches. Hence, it is difficult to assign him to any specific discipline.
Exercising absolute liberty and fully aware of his subversive onslaught, bateson challenged the basic assumptions and methods of different scientific disciplines. He tried to build a descriptive platform that may help explain and show the cognitive principles that underpin the different forms of thinking. In sum, he tried to expose and shake the foundations (cognitive paradigms) that have historically shaped the western scientific knowledge.
Bateson sought to position himself as an open, broad, holistic, macro, meta and encompassing thinker in respect of both the "object" of a reflection and the link between that object and the totality. In bateson's work, text and context merge to confusion. In bateson's "mind," just like in the uroborus, the snake swallows its own tail, and he is trying to trigger similar processes.
Bateson does not observe isolated "objects." His eyes are cast in their interrelations, and from there, he establishes new connections among his observations. It is always about building new bridges. These newly established relations are his "connecting patterns." His particular approach departs from the usual standards in order to pose a radical challenge to the western logic under which we have grown used to inductive and/or deductive methods, and in the process, he is creating bonds or relations. It is about building (other) "formal analogies" among the phenomena he is observing. His reflective "abduction" method consolidates the necessary creativity that characterizes every reflective process with the necessary analytical precision of "academic" reflection. What's more, bateson tried to merge intellectual precision with creativity and games."
Source: alicia engler and jacqueline altamirano – fundación evolución sistémica – buenos aires – argentina – november 2008
Cybernetics – William Ross Ashby
"william ross ashby (london, 1903-1972) was an english neurologist who contributed decisively to the enhancement of modern cybernetics. He also invented the homeostat (1951), a feedback-regulated electronic device.
By relying on his knowledge of neurology and psychiatry, ashby described the reproductive structure and operating mechanisms of the human brain in his books "design for a brain" (1952) and "an introduction to cybernetics" (1956).
In his book "an introduction to cybernetics," ashby carries out a thorough mathematical-logical analysis, supported by many solved exercises, of basic control and feedback structures. For this purpose, he developed such concepts as state representation matrices, feedback and state transitions,
Ashby's law of requisite variety: only variety can destroy variety.
This rule means that a complex system must contain a certain level of internal variety (here is another form to describe complexity) to be able to function within and adapt to its environment.
In other words, any simplification of the information received by a system from its environment must be subject to care. Failure to exercise care will dangerously reduce the system's capacity to react to external disturbances.
Pragmatism – William James
William james was an american philosopher who had a long and proud career at harvard university, where he taught psychology. He was the founder of functional psychology and played an influential role in the dissemination of the philosophy of pragmatism.
An enthusiastic researcher of subliminal processes of the mind and paranormal phenomena, james shocked the scientific community of his time when he defended the mind-healers' free practice and the mind-cure therapies.
In his 1904 work, "does the consciousness exist?," james tried to show that the traditional subject-object dualism represented a barrier to a solid epistemological conception and argued in favor of disregarding self-awareness as an entity opposed to the material world.
In 1907, james launched the philosophy of pragmatism; i.e., a new name for old ways of thinking. He noted that pragmatism is a method for appeasing otherwise endless metaphysical disputes. Is the world one or multiple? Is it free or determined? Is it material or spiritual? In these cases, his pragmatic method tries to interpret each notion by outlining its respective practical consequences. What would be the practical difference for anyone if one notion, rather than its opposing notion, was true? If no practical difference can be outlined, then the two choices mean the same thing in practice; hence, any dispute is futile. James was careful enough to define pragmatism as a method. Therefore, his book leads to no specific result; rather, it represents a way to approach the world.
For james, the truth is not a property inherent and immutable to the idea; instead, the truth is an event within the idea, subject to its verifiability.
In his view, verifiability is a pleasant feeling of harmony and progress in a succession of ideas and events; in other words, by having such ideas, they follow one another and adapt to every event in the reality being experienced.
These true ideas play a critical role: they are useful tools for the individual, as they guide him in his choices to approach reality in a satisfactory and non-detrimental fashion. Its possession is a practical good. Far from being an end, it is a means for the satisfaction of other vital needs.
"edmund husserl is the founder of transcendental phenomenology; i.e., a project designed to upgrade philosophy into a strict science and a collective endeavor. As a form of understanding philosophy, phenomenology sets out to describe the meaning of the world to us before we engage in philosophy. In order to meet this goal, phenomenology relies on a method and a research program. Its method applies transcendental and eidetic reduction, as well as intentional analysis, to explain the meaning of the world, inasmuch the world (or the being inasmuch as being), and the things in it, and to propose basic laws that are inherent to our awareness of the world. In most of his works, husserl consistently describes his program, including his ultimate justification for empirical sciences (or factual sciences, such as biology) and eidetic sciences (or essential sciences, such as geometry), as well as clarifications of his concepts.
Many concepts and theories of transcendental phenomenology can only be understood after completing a transcendental reduction and striving to comprehend their meaning in the context of personal experience. This is one of the meanings of going about the objects, rather than restricting to mere word constructions and castles in the air. One of the core concepts of transcendental phenomenology is "intentionality," a term borrowed from the scholastic tradition, and ultimately, the aristotelian concept of "logos." Another basic concept developed by husserl is evidence or intuition; i.e., an expanded concept of perception that refers to a truth more original than the propositional truth; in other words, the truth stems from what appears.
In transcendental phenomenology, the contradiction between empirism and rationalism disappears. To the extent that transcendental phenomenology calls for the clarification of all the questions pertaining to the ultimate truth of the things in our evident experiences, it can be regarded as a radical form of empirism. However, to the extent that transcendental phenomenology assumes that the world's rational order is derived from intentional experience, it can also be regarded as form of rationalism.
Logical positivism – Bertrand Russell
"logical positivism is a method, and not a result. A philosopher can be labeled as logical positivist if he holds the view that no specific way to gain knowledge is attributable to philosophy; instead, matters of fact can only be determined by science empirical methods, while the matters that can be determined without resorting to experience fall in the realms of mathematics and linguistics. More than one member of this school of thought briefly described their position as a resolve to reject "metaphysics," but this term is so vague that such a description lacks accurate meaning. I prefer to claim that the matters of fact cannot be determined without resorting to observation. For instance, the 17th century mainland philosophers held the view that the soul had to immortal, because the soul is substance, and substances are indestructible. A logical positivist would reject this claim, but he would not necessarily hold that the soul is mortal, since one may be led to think that mental investigation supplies empirical evidence of survivability.
These positions, however, do not tell the logical positivists from the old empirists. The former are characterized by their emphasis on mathematics and logics and their stress on the linguistic aspects of the traditional philosophical problems. The british empirists, from locke to john stuart mill, were not so much influenced by mathematics; however, they did show certain hostility toward the prospects generated by mathematics. By contrast, the mainland philosophers, such as kant, regarded mathematics as a model example to be emulated by other forms of knowledge. They even thought that pure mathematics or a similar form of reasoning, could offer knowledge of the real world.
Minutes of the 1st national congress on philosophy (mendoza 1949); national university of cuyo, buenos aires, 1950, volume ii, pp 1205-1232.
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"the neurosciences constitute a set of scientific disciplines concerned with the structure, operation, bio-chemical composition, pharmacological development and pathology of the nerve system, as well as the interaction among its components, which represent the biological foundations of behavior.
The biological study of the brain is a multidisciplinary field that covers many areas of research: from the purely molecular to the specifically behavioral and cognitive, including the cellular level (individual neurons), the small grids of neurons (such as the cortical columns) and the large grids (such as those of the visual perception), including systems, such as the brain cortex; and of course, the highest level of the nerve system.
At their highest level, the neurosciences have joined psychology to give rise to cognitive neuroscience, a discipline that was originally dominated by cognitive psychologists. At present, the cognitive neuroscience represents a new tool to understand the brain and mind. It is based on a scientific study that combines such disciplines as neurobiology, psycho-biology and cognitive psychology. These developments will certainly change the current notions about the mental processes involved in behavior and their scientific foundations.
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Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP Continuing Fund at BCF grants $25,000 for education programming
BALTIMORE (10/21/15) - Today, the Baltimore Community Foundation announced $25,000 in grants to fund important education work from the Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP Continuing Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation.
In 2012, Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP (RMG) established the Rosenberg Martin Greenberg LLP Continuing Fund of the Baltimore Community Foundation in celebration of its 25th anniversary. It supports organizations committed to education reform in Baltimore City. It is named a "continuing fund" because it will be a permanent charitable endowment at the Baltimore Community Foundation, continuing to grow and distribute grants for generations to come.
The grant recipients for funding in 2015 were Playworks and The Baltimore Community Foundation's Fund for Education.
The $12,500 grant from the RMG fund to the Baltimore Community Foundation Fund for Education supports BCF's mission to identify, train and support Baltimore City principals so that they can serve as the exceptional leaders that schools urgently need to give students the future they deserve.
Barry C. Greenberg, RMG Managing Partner, stated: "The firm supported The Baltimore Community Foundation's Fund for Education with a grant in 2014 to fund the research necessary to create a program which efficiently and effectively identifies qualified candidates for the role of principals within our school system. This year, we decided to continue to support that program with another grant, in hopes that the focus on identifying capable individuals who choose to take on the challenge of running a school will continue to benefit Baltimore and its student population."
Playworks operates in Baltimore City Schools and provides play-based activities which improve the educational climate for every student. The organization received $12,500 from the fund and will use this to execute and integrated strategy and influence school administration to establish play as a key lever to improve academic outcomes in elementary school.
"Playworks was an easy choice for this year's grant recipient," said Benjamin Rosenberg, RMG Chairman. "The concept of enhancing students' experiences in the school system starting at a young age by implementing structure at recess time, through both play and physical activity, serves to further our fund's mission to reform education in our community. We think Playworks is a great asset to Baltimore schools and that its impact will positively affect our city's youth for generations to come."
BCF President and CEO Tom Wilcox said, "We salute Rosenberg Martin Greenberg for this commitment to Baltimore. They are setting an example for other businesses that are ready to step into the role of civic leader, who want to give back to the community where they have flourished."
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Bromid hlinitý (AlBr3) je chemická sloučenina, patří mezi halogenidy. Nejobvyklejší formou je dimer (Al2Br6), který je za normálních podmínek hygroskopická krystalická pevná látka.

Je mírně toxický, LD50 je 1 598 mg/kg.

Výroba

Bromid hlinitý se vyrábí několika způsoby, například:

6/n "[AlBr]n" → Al2Br6 + 4 Al nebo

2 Al + 6 HBr → Al2Br6 + 3 H2, také přímou reakcí hliníku s bromem:

2 Al + 3 Br2 → Al2Br6.

Reakce

Bromid hlinitý reaguje s tetrachlormethanem při teplotě asi 100 °C, přitom vzniká tetrabrommethan:

4 AlBr3 + 3 CCl4 → 4 AlCl3 + 3 CBr4.

S fosgenem reaguje za vzniku karbonylbromidu a chlorobromidu hlinitého:

AlBr3 + COCl2 → COBr2 + AlCl2Br.

Použití
Bezvodá forma se používá jako katalyzátor při Friedel-Craftově alkylaci (používá se i bezvodý chlorid hlinitý).

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Literatura

Externí odkazy

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Jesus knew how to take timely breaks to replenish his soul. He was the master at balance. He purposefully took time off, not based upon the calendar but for the condition of his soul.
From the above passages in the Book of Luke I see a pattern of health for the Christian believer.
Withdraw…in Preparation for…in the Process of…and Prior to!
First, notice the context in which Jesus withdrew in preparation for ministry to people (Luke 4:42). This happened to be a time when his popularity was growing and his name was catching on. People wanted to be around Jesus – therefore he knew the value of first being with his Father.
Secondly, see how Jesus got away in the process of intense ministry (Luke 5:16). Crowds, sick people, and draining ministry situations are all reasons to step back and quietly connect with God. What are the pressing issues that you are facing right now? Before going any further – go be with God! It will make all the difference.
Lastly: Jesus took extra time with his Father prior to making a large decision (Luke 6:12). Before he chose the twelve disciples he went away for an extended time to get the "mind of God" on that significant issue. He ended up spending the entire night in prayer. Do you have a large decision to make? If so, follow the model of Jesus by getting away to pray prior to making that decision.
I encourage you to take some time to carve out a solitary place with the Lord. It is a great way to prepare you for a season of ministry or hard work to come in the future. If you've been in the middle of a trying time, then perhaps a time away to pray and be refreshed is in order. Or maybe you have a large decision that needs to be made and you need wisdom from the Lord…find a solitary place to get his heart for your next steps.
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Q: Mvvmcross for Universal Windows - why do I have to delete LoadState and SaveState Referring to this document:
https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/wiki/Tip-Calc-A-Universal-Windows-App-UI-Project
Why do I have to delete those functions?
How should I manage state saving and loading without them?

A: Generally you would use the SaveState and ReloadState methods on your ViewModel. This is the cross-platform way of maintaining state.
See https://github.com/MvvmCross/MvvmCross/wiki/View-Model-Lifecycle
I use platform specific Save/Load State methods for saving UI specific data like scroll position or current tab, etc.

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Softbank Launches $108B Fund for AI Investments
This article was originally published on ETFTrends.com.
Japanese Holdings Company Softbank announced that it will launch a fund that will allocate $108 billion towards artificial intelligence (AI) investing in companies that are developing the technology around the globe.
On its own behalf, Softbank is allocating $38 billion while the rest of the invested funds will come from other partners. Companies expected to take part in the fund include names like Apple, Microsoft, iPhone assembler Foxconn, Standard Chartered Bank, Japanese financial giants Mizuho Bank, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation and MUFG Bank.
"The power to predict the future is about to emerge," SoftBank Chief Executive Masayoshi Son said. "The amount of data will grow by a million times over the next 30 years."
The latest news comes after software giant Microsoft recently opened its wallet and gave OpenAI, a startup co-founded by Elon Musk, to support the goal of developing AI technology that can outdo human brain functioning. This generous investment could certainly put AI-focused exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in focus for investors looking to capitalize on the growing space of disruptive technologies.
"The creation of AGI will be the most important technological development in human history, with the potential to shape the trajectory of humanity," says Sam Altman, CEO, OpenAI. "Our mission is to ensure that AGI technology benefits all of humanity, and we're working with Microsoft to build the supercomputing foundation on which we'll build AGI. We believe it's crucial that AGI is deployed safely and securely and that its economic benefits are widely distributed. We are excited about how deeply Microsoft shares this vision."
AI ETFs to Consider
In the investment space, AI is increasingly gaining widespread attention for its ability to be a disruptive technology that spans across a variety of sectors, which makes it a viable alternative for exchange-traded funds (ETFs) opportunities. For one ETF, the AI-Powered International Equity ETF (AIIQ) , it's been a year since inception and has already bested its benchmark by 7 percent.
Under the hood, the fund runs on the EquBot Model: a proprietary algorithm with the use of IBM's Watson. The model analyzes and compares a multitude of data points and international companies on a daily basis to find and optimize portfolio exposures.
AI continues to disrupt the investment management space, prompting many asset managers and investors to rethink the way they invest, research and develop portfolio construction methodologies. EquBot recognized this need for advancement and broke the mold by pioneering a new method combining AI with ETFs.
Another ETF to consider is the ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) . ARKK is an actively-managed fund that invests in domestic and foreign equity securities of companies that are relevant to the fund's investment theme of disruptive innovation.
AGI has the "potential to shape the trajectory of humanity," said Altman. "Our mission is to ensure that AGI technology benefits all of humanity, and we're working with Microsoft to build the supercomputing foundation on which we'll build AGI. We believe it's crucial that AGI is deployed safely and securely and that its economic benefits are widely distributed. We are excited about how deeply Microsoft shares this vision."
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Tesla, Bitcoin More Likely To Halve Than Double Value In 2021: Deutsche Bank Survey
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Bitcoin (BTC) are more likely to see their values halved than doubled over the period of next 12 months, according to the majority of respondents in a Deutsche Bank survey published Tuesday.What Happened: Deutsche Bank surveyed 627 market professionals last week, with 89% of respondents saying they find some financial markets to be in the bubble territory, as first reported by CNBC."When asked specifically about the 12 month fate of Bitcoin and Tesla -- a stock emblematic of a potential tech bubble -- a majority of readers think that they are more likely to halve than double from these levels with Tesla more vulnerable according to readers," Deutsche Bank said, as per CNBC.The survey respondents rated Bitcoin 10 out of 10 on the bubble scale while U.S. tech stocks overall got a score of 7.9.Nevertheless, Deutsche Bank noted that survey respondents see "easy monetary situations" as likely to continue through 2021 with the Federal Reserve unlikely to tighten monetary policy before the year is out.Why It Matters: Bitcoin's spectacular rally saw it hit an all-time high of $41,429.38 on Jan. 8 from trading below the $10,000 level in July last year.The apex cryptocurrency has since cooled-off, trading at around $35,962 at press time.According to JPMorgan analysts, Bitcoin could cross the $40,000 mark again in the coming weeks if investor interest in Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (OTC: GBTC) remains high. If that fails to happen, the cryptocurrency risks further crash.Tesla too has seen a massive 700% over the trailing one-year period, with Elon Musk becoming the world's richest person -- overtaking Amazon.com Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AMZN) Jeff Bezos. Nevertheless, the EV maker continues to inspire optimistic price targets from analysts, with Wedbush's Daniel Ives giving a bull case target of $1,250.See Also: Chasing Tesla, Major Tech Companies Team With Automakers To Enter EV SpacePrice Action: Tesla stock closed 2.23% higher at $844.55 on Tuesday, and traded about 0.15% lower in the after-hours.See more from Benzinga * Click here for options trades from Benzinga * JPMorgan Sees Bitcoin Crossing K Again In Coming Weeks, If This Key Condition Is Met * Bitcoin Rally Pause Gives DeFi, Smart Contract Cryptos The Time To Shine(C) 2021 Benzinga.com. Benzinga does not provide investment advice. All rights reserved.
AMC shares soar more than 30%
Shares of AMC Entertainment (AMC) soared more than 30% during Tuesday's session after announcing a secured debt deal to give the struggling theater company a liquidity boost.
An unprecedented rally in "green" hydrogen stocks looks set to extend as investors flock to companies which promise to produce the gas without using fossil fuels, expecting the technology to scale up over the next 10 years to justify rocketing valuations. Hydrogen is earth's most abundant element but is mostly extracted from fossil fuels, emitting carbon dioxide in the process. "Green" or clean hydrogen requires using electrolysis to split water into its components of hydrogen and oxygen and doing so cheaply is often described as the holy grail of green energy transition.
2 Big Dividend Stocks Yielding at Least 10%; Here's What You Need to Know
Stock markets are up and holding near record high levels, a condition that would usually make life difficult for dividend investors. High market values normally lead to lower dividend yields – but even in today's climate, it's still possible to find a high-yielding dividend payer. You need to look carefully, however. The market story of the past year has been unusual, to say the least. Last winter saw the steepest and deepest recession in market history – but it was followed by a fast recovery that is only now slowing. Many companies pulled back on their dividends at the height of the corona panic, but now they are finding that yields are too low to attract investors, and are looking to start increasing payments again. In short, the valuation balance of the stock market is out of whack, and equities are still trying to regain it. It's leaving a murky picture for investors as they try to navigate these muddy waters. Wall Street's analysts and the TipRanks database together can bring some sense to the seemingly patternless situation. The analysts review the stocks, and explain how they are fitting in; the TipRanks data provides an objective context, and you can decide if these 10% dividend yields are right for your portfolio. Ready Capital Corporation (RC) We will start with a real estate investment trust (REIT) that focuses on the commercial market segment. Ready Capital buys up commercial real estate loans, and securities backed by them, as well as originating, financing, and managing such loans. The company's portfolio also includes multi-family dwellings. Ready Capital reported solid results in its last quarterly statement, for 3Q20. Earnings came in at 63 cents per share. This result beat expectations by 75% and grew 133% year-over-year. The company finished Q3 with over $221 million in available cash and liquidity. During the fourth quarter of 2020, Ready Capital closed loans totaling $225 million for projects in 11 states. The projects include refinancing, redevelopment, and renovations. Fourth quarter full results will be reported in March. The extent of Ready Capital's confidence can be seen in the company's recent announcement that it will merge with Anworth Mortgage in a deal that will create a $1 billion combined entity. In the meantime, investors should note that Ready Capital announced its 4Q20 dividend, and the payment was increased for the second time in a row. The company had slashed the dividend in the second quarter, when COVID hit, as a precaution against depressed earnings, but has been raising the payment as the pandemic fears begin to ease. The current dividend of 35 cents per share will be paid out at the end of this month; it annualizes to $1.40 and gives a sky-high yield of 12%. Covering the stock from Raymond James, 5-star analyst Stephen Laws writes, "Recent results have benefited from non-interest income and strength in the loan origination segment, and we expect elevated contributions to continue near-term. This outlook gives us increased confidence around dividend sustainability, which we believe warrants a higher valuation multiple." Laws sees the company's merger with Anworth as a net-positive, and referring to the combination, says, "[We] expect RC to redeploy capital currently invested in the ANH portfolio into new investments in RC's targeted asset classes." In line with his comments, Laws rates RC shares an Outperform (i.e. Buy), and sets a $14.25 price target. His target implies an upside of 23% over the next 12 months. (To watch Laws' track record, click here) There are two recent reviews of Ready Capital and both are Buys, giving the stock a Moderate Buy consensus rating. Shares in this REIT are selling for $11.57 while the average price target stands at $13.63, indicating room for ~18% upside growth in the coming year. (See RC stock analysis on TipRanks) Nustar Energy LP (NS) The energy and liquid chemical markets may not seem like natural partners, but they do see a lot of overlap. Crude oil and natural gas are highly hazardous to transport and store, an important attribute they share with industrial chemicals and products like ammonia and asphalt. Nustar Energy is an important midstream player in the oil industry, with more than 10,000 miles of pipeline, along 73 terminal and storage facilities. The relatively low oil prices of the past two years have cut into the top and bottom lines of the energy sector – and that is without accounting for the COVID pandemic's hit to the demand side. These factors are visible in Nustar's revenues, which fell off in the first half of 2019 and have remained low since. The 3Q20 number, at $362 million, stands near the median value of the last six quarters. Through all of this, Nustar has maintained its commitment to a solid dividend payout for investors. In a nod to the pandemic troubles, the company reduced its dividend earlier this year by one-third, citing the need to keep the payment sustainable. The current payment, last sent out in November, is 40 cents per share. At that rate, it annualizes to $1.60 and gives a yield of 10%. Barclays analyst Theresa Chen sees Nustar as a solid portfolio addition, writing, "We think NS offers unique offensive and defensive characteristics that position the stock well vs. midstream peers. NS benefits from a resilient refined products footprint, exposure to core acreage in the Permian basin, a foothold in the burgeoning renewable fuels value chain, as well as strategic Corpus Christi export assets… we think NS is a compelling investment idea over the next 12 months." Chen sets a $20 price target on the stock, backing her Overweight (i.e. Buy) rating and suggesting ~27% upside for the year. (To watch Chen's track record, click here) Interestingly, in contrast to Chen's bullish stance, the Street is lukewarm at present regarding the midstream company's prospects. Based on 6 analysts tracked by TipRanks in the last 3 months, 2 rate NS a Buy, 3 suggest Hold, and one recommends Sell. The 12-month average price target stands at $16.40, marking ~5% upside from current levels. (See NS stock analysis on TipRanks) To find good ideas for dividend stocks trading at attractive valuations, visit TipRanks' Best Stocks to Buy, a newly launched tool that unites all of TipRanks' equity insights. Disclaimer: The opinions expressed in this article are solely those of the featured analysts. The content is intended to be used for informational purposes only. It is very important to do your own analysis before making any investment.
(Bloomberg) -- Wealthy investors rushed to offload stock in Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. after China began an investigation into alleged monopolistic practices at billionaire Jack Ma's internet giant, according to Citigroup Inc.'s private bank."A large number" of the bank's ultra-rich clients from the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region cut or exited their holdings in China's largest e-commerce firm in December, after reports of the probe emerged, Citi Private Bank's Lab for Family Offices said in a report released Tuesday. China's stock market previously attracted significant inflows from the firm's wealthiest customers in the second half of the year, according to the report.Once hailed as drivers of economic prosperity and symbols of the country's technological prowess, Alibaba and rivals including Tencent Holdings Ltd. face increasing pressure from regulators after amassing hundreds of millions of users and gaining influence over almost every aspect of daily life in China. The $35 billion initial public offering of Alibaba's affiliate payments firm -- Ant Group Co. -- was abruptly halted last year, helping send Alibaba's American depositary receipts down more than a fifth since late October.Read more: China Halts Ant Group's IPO, Throwing Ma Empire Into TurmoilChina's central bank said last week that Ant Group is working on a timetable to overhaul its business while ensuring operations continue, underscoring the determination to rein in Ma's business and offering little clue on how far the firm needs to go to assuage Beijing. Ant Group makes up more than a quarter of Ma's $52.9 billion fortune, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.Alibaba shares jumped as much as 11% in Hong Kong trading on Wednesday as Ma resurfaced for the first time since early November, when he went quiet amid the government's probes into Ant and Alibaba. He addressed teachers via livestream during an annual event he hosts for rural educators, people familiar with the matter said, helping quell rumors about his fate.(Updates to add details in second paragraph and stock move in last)For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
No-Name Clean Tech Firms Are Turning Into Billion-Dollar Bets
(Bloomberg) -- Fuelcell Energy Inc., a clean-energy developer that hasn't reported an annual profit in 20 years, is hardly a household name. But thanks to the mania for green stocks, the company's market value has soared 800% in recent months to reach $5.6 billion.It's not alone. Since November, a wave of once-obscure clean-energy companies have seen their valuations skyrocket into the billions -- despite generating little or no net income. Some of them are riding Tesla Inc.'s coattails after the industry giant's own market capitalization reached a record $834 billion this month, topping that of Facebook Inc. Others have struck potentially lucrative partnerships or are simply surging on Wall Street's confidence in a green transition under President-Elect Joe Biden."A relatively small portion of these gains have come from actual increases in earnings or cash flow," said Pavel Molchanov, an energy analyst at Raymond James. "It's really coming more from lofty expectations of growth in the future, and in some cases the distant future."Here's a look at some of the companies whose stocks have rallied the most in recent months.FuelCellFuelCell Energy Inc., founded in 1969, was a pioneer in commercializing devices that generate electricity through an electro-chemical process. But it hasn't recorded an annual profit since 1997 and was nearly insolvent 19 months ago. The shares began rising sharply in mid-November as interest in hydrogen and fuel cells in general was surging. The company's value has increased seven-fold since and now exceeds $5 billion even as its third-quarter revenue fell 18% from a year earlier. FuelCell didn't respond to a request for comment.BlinkBlink, which sells and operates electric car charging stations, has never booked an annual profit and posted revenue of $905,000 for the three months ended in September 2020. The company's shares began jumping in mid-November and have climbed nearly four-fold since, pushing its market value to $1.9 billion. Several short sellers have raised questions about the size of Blink's charging network. Earlier this month, its chairman and chief executive officer, Michael D. Farkas, sold $22.1 million in shares, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission."There have been and always will be naysayers," Farkas said in a statement. "The stock has performed well as investors have gained increased confidence about the universal shift to electric vehicles that is beginning to occur." The company previously called the short-seller reports "false and defamatory."PlugPlug Power, Inc., founded in 1997, has spent decades struggling to turn a profit as it tries to carve out niche for hydrogen fuel cells that can produce electricity without greenhouse gas emissions. Now, as interest in hydrogen booms and Plug has announced a series of deals, its market cap has jumped from less than $1 billion in 2019 to more than $30 billion today. The stock began climbing in June, when Plug jumped into the business of producing and distributing hydrogen -- in addition to building fuel cells -- through two acquisitions. The shares took off in earnest earlier this month, after Plug announced a $1.5 billion investment from South Korea's SK Group to promote the technology across Asia."The increase in stock value is a strong indication of the global transition to a clean economy and hydrogen," said Plug Chief Executive Andy Marsh.QuantumScapeElectric-car battery developer QuantumScape Corp. saw its stock more than triple after it merged in late November with a blank-check company. That pushed its market valuation to a high of nearly $50 billion last month, even though the company isn't expected to begin production of its solid-state lithium-metal batteries until the second half of 2024. Since then, the shares have dipped, falling more than 60% from the record high. The company is backed by Volkswagen AG, as well as Bill Gates and Khosla Ventures. QuantumScape didn't respond to a request for comment.EosEos Energy Enterprises Inc., founded in 2008, makes grid-scale batteries based on zinc, challenging the lithium-ion chemistry that now dominates the battery market. It went public via a special purpose acquisition company in November, and its valuation has skyrocketed from about $240 million to a high of $1.5 billion, though it has yet to turn a profit. The shares tumbled last week after a report from short-seller Iceberg Research questioned some of Eos's customers and their ability to pay.The company declined to comment on the report. "Eos continues to execute on its long-term strategy to build a world class energy storage company," it said in a statement.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.


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Well-Being// December 1, 2016
We're People Who Need People
Relationships make us who we are.
Georgina Cannon, Author, regression and relationship coach and hypnotist with more than 20 years working with clients. Lecturer at the University of Toronto
When Jule Styne and Bob Merrill wrote the song "People" for the Broadway musical Funny Girl starring Barbra Streisand, little did they know that the the song would be such a huge hit. Whether it was Barbra's voice or the way the song touches a deep inner need for everyone is a moot point. The whole idea of people needing people has become big business — mostly focused on romantic relationships. Books, workshops, specialty therapists, cruises, holiday resorts even massage therapists who cater to romantic couples with couples massage rooms.
But what about all the other relationships in life? Family? Friends? Work colleagues? In-laws? Professional relationships? Our must-do relationships like the dentist or doctor? A boss who daily adds nothing to the EQ level of the workplace? Or even good old uncle Charlie, who is a pain the butt but shows up at every holiday ready to drive you nuts? What about your relationship with him — one of the un-loved ones in your life? And then there's the love- him-hate- her relationships, when your friends choose a partner you can't stand.?There's not been much help out there to manage these relationships. Up to now, we've muddled through to make them work the best way we can. There's been no map or guide out there to help us through the relationships we find ourselves in, and relationships can be messy — really messy!
Through working with clients over many years, I believe I've found the answer. I realized one day working with a client, that all relationships — even the one with the cashier at the grocery store — have a contract. Albeit an unspoken contract of expectations of what I expect from you, and what you expect from me. This unspoken contract makes the Third Circle — the combining of you, me and the relationship. The Third Circle is the expectations we don't talk about but automatically react to. What we expect from our partner, our in-laws, our teenager, our hairdresser, our boss and even the person at the gas station. The other person has expectations from us also. And no one talks about that expectation — that contract we have together. You, right now reading this, and I. We have a contract. You expect to learn something useful from this article and I have the expectation that you will read it (hopefully to the end) and learn something from it that you can use in your life.
Eight years ago at my clinic, I coached a young man who had inherited his parents' business. With the business came the bookkeeper, Joanne, who had been there from the start of the company, and known him since he was 4 years old. Unfortunately the Joanne was still treating him that way. She had taken a mental snapshot of Barry and from her point of view, he was always 4 years old, just bigger. It became very clear during the coaching sessions we had to create a new paradigm for that relationship — he wanted to keep her and his sanity! So a third 'being' was created, Barry, Joanne and the relationship itself as a third entity. We worked on what that new relationship would consist of, its values and priorities, the needs and wants of each person, and what each were prepared to give to this new 'being' . Their relationship. That was the start of a new protocol in my client practice. The Third Circle Protocol.
The concept worked so well, I now use it with teens and parents, couples, in-laws, employees and employers, warring siblings and other areas where relationships matter. And they always matter!
A recent Harvard study culminated after more than 50 years with many notable findings around the issues of relationships and the importance of people in our lives. Dr. Waldinger lead researcher acknowledged that by following the subjects for many decades and comparing the state of their health and their relationships early on, he was fairly confident that strong social bonds are a causal role in long-term health and well-being."Our study has shown that the people who fared the best were the people who leaned into relationships with family, with friends and with community."
Relationships confirm who we are. We act and react to the people around us all the time— so it's critical to learn how to engage with everyone; our work colleagues, our siblings, parents with teens and even the unloved one's in life Interestingly enough, we always want people to accept us the way we are, but are reluctant to accept them the way they are. The way to connect with those we love, like and love less, is, I believe, through searching for shared values or life priorities. We don't have to 'like' the person to get along with them. We just need to find out the best way to harmonize and allow a healthy relationship to happen. Although sometimes it might seem impossible, it isn't.
The key to it all, is to have a healthy relationship with yourself first. Be comfortable in your skin, know your values, priorities, needs, wants and what you're prepared to give to yourself. More on that next time.
Until soon, live kindly.
— Published on December 1, 2016
Relationships,
Georgina Cannon MscD is an author and award-winning board certified clinical hypnotist,NLP and CBT trainer and clinician and lecturer at the School for Continuing Studies University of Toronto. She has her doctorate in Metaphysical Counseling and is recognized as the "public face" of hypnosis in Canada and a respected member of the mainstream health community. Georgina is a frequent media guest, and her work and views have gained her prominence as a frequent source for news and feature articles on hypnosis and alternative therapies; including a CBC series on Past Life Regression. She has participated in Grand Rounds at Toronto hospitals, where she lectured to psychiatrists, physicians, nurses and social workers in the healing powers of hypnosis and regression therapies. Her third book, Return Again published by Red Wheel Weiser is focused on the power of past and inter-life journeys. Her latest book, The Third Circle Protocol published by Findhorn Press, Britain is about the power of relationships, past, present and future and how to make them pleasurable and life affirming for everyone.
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Maria Contreras-Sweet, who came to the U.S. from Mexico when she was five years old without speaking a word of English, became the newest member of President Obama's Cabinet. The California-based banker and former California Cabinet Secretary will head the Small Business Administration.
"My journey from Guadalajara to this house today (White House) can only happen in America," said Contreras-Sweet after she was sworn in by Vice President Biden. "We didn't have much, but we had an abundance of hope," she added.
Contreras-Sweet founded and has served as chairwoman of ProAmérica Bank, a community bank that primarily serves small- to medium-size Latino businesses in Los Angeles. In 1999, she became California's first Latina Cabinet secretary, heading the Department of Business, Transportation and Housing under former Gray Davis. She was also the co-founder of a private equity fund and a company executive.
"I nominated Maria because she knows firsthand the challenge small businesses go through and has a proven track record of making them succeed," said President Obama at the ceremony.
Vice President Biden said Contreras-Sweet "never forgot to look back" as she succeeded in the private and public sector. He added that Hispanics start businesses at three times the rate of any other group and that the 3.2 million Latino-owned businesses have contributed almost half a trillion dollars to the economy in recent years.
Two out every three new jobs in the U.S. come from small business, said Contreras-Sweet, saying she is "determined" to get more loans on the hands of entrepreneurs including women, African Americans, Asians and Hispanics. She also said "immigrants are twice as likely to file patents and start new enterprises.
Contreras-Sweet said the SBA would increase entrepreneurial education and counseling and make the agency more "nimble and agile" to anticipate the changes in how Americans access money and do banking.
Contreras-Sweet is the second Hispanic in the President's current Cabinet. She joins Labor Secretary Tom Perez.
Both Vice President Biden and Contreras-Sweet mentioned an anecdote about her Mexican grandmother, who told the new Cabinet secretary when she was a child that if she studied hard she could someday work in an office as a secretary.
"I don't think this is what she had in mind," said Vice President Biden.


In a country where we expect free Wi-Fi with our coffee, why shouldn't we have it in our schools? Why wouldn't we have it available for our children's education?
Mobile learning involves taking advantage of the any time, any place capabilities of mobile devices, not immobilizing them in a classroom. This means various kinds of situated learning. For example, augmented reality can enhance the experience and learning at a particular place. As Dr. Dede describes, augmented reality is like the Terminator robot with magical vision that sees not only the real world but different kinds of overlays of information about its environment.
Why is it important to learning?
The 2010 National Education Technology plan sketched a vision of learning that was different from the traditional classroom experience. The focus was on learning any time, any place. On extending learning beyond the walls of the classroom (and even the home) and the hours of the school day. Only mobile devices can effectively serve this purpose.
Today, so many people personalize their mobile devices and effectively think of them as extensions of the self. If they are taken as extensions of people's learning, not just work or entertainment or social activity, but learning, they become empowering tools that let students take charge and take ownership.
Situated learning can look like augmented reality where students can learn to see a pond or an ecology through the eyes of an expert. It can look like historical information and actions played out in the places where they originally took place. It can look like an augmented marketplace where students can see goods, money, inventory, and everything needed to understand the inner workings of the local commerce.
What are concerns about mobile learning?
It is important to recognize the limitations of mobile learning and to not mistake the affordances of mobile devices with those of laptops or other devices. Mobile devices are unique in their usefulness for situated learning, but don't have the power of a laptop and shouldn't be confused with one.


I'm quite proud to announce my rantings and ravings over the past year(s) about sports medicine, nutrition, rehab and health in general have rung a bell with the folks at HealthcareColleges.net. We were picked as one of the top 35 Sports Medicine Blogs on the internet.
Nice to know someone else reads them besides mom & dad.