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Last month, Isaia celebrated its 60th anniversary with the presentation of the house's spring/summer 2018-19 collection in Milan. The two-day event coincided with Milan Menswear Week, taking place at the Apollo Club at Via Giosuè Borsi.
The celebration included a film screening, dinner, and even acrobats from the brand's 2017 advertising campaign. The film kicked off the evening, directed by Gianluca Migliarotti, paid homage to the late Enrico Isaia, former head of Isaia. Later, a dinner full of Mediterranean flavors was enjoyed by guests, along with Neapolitan music and dancing into the night. Guests also got to meet Isaia's recently created mascot, Corallino, a new comic icon.
The new collection is filled with vibrant suits that range from casual to more formal. The season's melton fabric is also celebratory of the anniversary, decorated with a pattern of small 60s. It was presented alongside the book A Napoli Se Parla Cu' 'E mmane, published by Electa, unveiled at the Mondadori store on Piazza Duomo.
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In a series of emails between the two in 2012 Louis C.K. pines for the chef, telling her in one March note that, "My brain has thoughts about you in it. Somewhere between 27 and 93 ¹/₂."
The emails were part of a trove of documents provided to The Post that included sexual text messages between Melngailis and her high-powered defense attorney Jeffrey Lichtman.
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The chef emailed him on June 17 regarding a previous email outburst, stating that she was "upset and freaked out."
Louis C.K. responded: "hey. I understand you're upset. This kind of s–t is tough. I never swore that I was clean. I told you I may or may not have given this to you. I'm sorry if I did. If you gave it to me, it's okay. We all share the current human bloodstream, which includes this kind of stuff. I should have worn a condom, you should have made me, we should have a lot of things. we are human," he wrote.
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#32558 new task
clarify what happens to email when we retire a user
anarcat
Internal Services/Tor Sysadmin Team
As part of improving the offboarding process (#32519), we should especially look at how email works.
Right now, when we retire a user, their account is first "locked" which means their access to various services is disabled. But their email still works for 186 days (~6 months). After that date, in theory, their email aliases start completely dropping email (needs to be onfirmed).
It's unclear if that's the right policy to follow. Some people feel that an email alias should stay around forever, as it is an inalienable human right.
Others feel that certain administrative roles should be forwarded when a person leave. If, say, "Alice" (fictive name) was doing fundraising but was using alice@torproject.org for that work. When they leave, should we forward alice@ to fundraising@torproject.org?
But then what if Alice was using their work email for private correspondance either? Maybe the fundraising team shouldn't be able to see *those* communications.
One proposal could be that the default policy is this:
email @torproject.org is "function" email and is destined only for torproject.org related work
when a person leave their position, that email gets deactivated after a 6 months delay
in extreme cases, some forward may be *temporarily* enabled to reset accesses or re-establish contacts with a provider or third-party
It is also possible that there could be *two* policies, one for TPI employees and one for other TPO people.
comment:1 follow-up: 2 Changed 8 weeks ago by arma
First and foremost, I think we need to communicate a policy to people when they get their @tpo email forward. That is, they should know the expected way that we will handle their email address when they move on from Tor.
Part of the problem we have now is that we haven't been clear to people in the past, so I imagine people have a variety of expectations. We're going to keep surprising people until we have a policy and we've communicated it.
One of the culture clashes here is between a free software community project, where email addresses are tied to a person who is contributing, and a company, where email addresses are 'owned' by the company and of course you shouldn't expect any email privacy or even to control who gets your email now and in the future. And some people are on both sides of the line: for example, I became arma@tpo back when it was a free software community project, and now I'm an employee and officer.
One reason this matters is because people will quite reasonably use their email addresses in different ways depending on the expected persistence. If I knew that we planned to possibly redirect my tpo mail to somebody else, or if I knew that our policy is that my tpo email address will be unreliable at getting email to me in the future, I would switch to using a domain that I know I'll continue to control.
Ok, with all this in mind, let me try to talk through some concrete options.
Option one, we decide our policy is that soon after you stop being an employee or stop being a core contributor, by default your email address goes away. I think this would be a poor choice. It would mean that folks who take a break from working on Tor will see a disruption in their contact address -- the email address they used, and likely also the one they used in their git commits -- and they will feel less wanted when considering whether to return. If this is our policy, I would get new business cards with some other domain, and probably change my git commit addresses. People would ask why my Tor card has a freehaven.net email address, and it would be embarrassing, both to me and to Tor, when I explain why.
Option two, when we are adding a new email forward, we decide whether it's in the "company" or "hacker" category, and we make it clear to the person getting it. If it's in the company category, then they know that it will go away after they leave, possibly get redirected, and all the things that company people expect to happen to their email addresses. If it's the hacker category, we'll plan by default to leave it in place unless special circumstances make us need to do something else. I think this approach would be a fine choice. There are some details still to be worked out, like how to handle the existing addresses (I think we could go through and categorize them), and how to recognize when a person has shifted category, but I think they're solvable.
Option three is like option two except the division is "are they a core contributor or not". That is, in this policy, if you have been voted in as a core contributor, you are like the "hacker" category above. Whereas if you have an email address but you didn't get it by being voted in as a core contributor, then you're like the "company" category above. I'd be fine with this approach too. In many ways it's cleaner than option two.
I also don't have any need to force a permanent email address on people who didn't expect it. I'd be fine with an approach for the hacker side where, when they become less active, we ask them if they plan to make use of the address in the future, and then they can say yes or no.
And there will definitely be exceptions where we choose to disassociate ourselves from a person, e.g. after we fire them or after the community council kicks them out of the community. I am talking here about our default policy, and exceptional circumstances can and should produce rare exceptions.
Yet another complexity comes from the conflict in how to handle company vs hacker for folks who fit into both categories. But if, when people switch from the hacker category to the company category, they give up the expectation of having a reliable email address for the future, we should make that clear to them as a tradeoff they are choosing.
comment:2 in reply to: 1 Changed 8 weeks ago by gk
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Replying to arma:
Option one, we decide our policy is that soon after you stop being an employee or stop being a core contributor, by default your email address goes away. I think this would be a poor choice. It would mean that folks who take a break from working on Tor will see a disruption in their contact address -- the email address they used, and likely also the one they used in their git commits -- and they will feel less wanted when considering whether to return.
Yes, We really should avoid that scenario if possible. From a project's perspective it's important to realize that contributors that come to us and want to work with us up to the point that they get a tpo address are a very scarce resource (if you don't believe me just look at, say, the last couple of years and count how many new people we got during that time). Thus, I would not want to alienate any of them with that option.
I think option three is a good idea to explore, in particular as it incorporates the core contributor idea, which we worked hard to establish, as the central category for our community part.
comment:3 Changed 8 weeks ago by anarcat
wow that's a lot of text. :) if i may, here's a summary of the three options arma proposed:
deactivation delay. when a person leaves (either stops contributing to TPO or is not part of TPI), email stops working after a delay
two systems, with grand-father clause. like the two systems case below, but with a "grand-father" clause that give a "TPO" (or "hacker") access (ie. it doesn't get closed) to the email if they were already core before joining TPI
two systems: hacker and corporate. the hacker group is: if you are part of "core", your email keeps working when you leave, and never gets redirected. the corporate group includes people who did *not* get the email by being admitted in the "core" group, those emails are disabled or redirected when they leave.
I hope that's a good summary, please correct any misconceptions I might have carried.
That said, I'm not sure I see the distinction between option 2 and 3 above, nor what that distinction would bring in the first place. Maybe it tries to fix the "some details still to be worked out" problem, but I find those two confusing.
Furthermore, I think it misses a key idea that should be formally proposed:
email is private, forwards for function. ie. with exceptions, emails keep working when we grant people access to @torproject.org. this includes "corporate" people that were not admitted to "core". emails are not forwarded ever, except in rare cases where accounts legitimitaly belonging to TPI/TPO should be reset and are associated with a personal email address. all "function-level" communications should happen through official channels ("fundraisigin@", "accounting@", "torproject-admin@", etc)
I understand there are strong feelings, especially in TPI, that we *need* to be able to forward people's emails when they leave. I would argue that is a sign of a problem in our communications more than a policy that we should adopt formally.
If people contact anarcat@ instead of torproject-admin@, that's a problem which we need to fix, for example. If only because it's possible that I eventually leave the organisation, or more likely go on a long vacation, during which time it's absolutely irrelevant to write me directly for help about TPA. I constantly remind people of this, and it generally works. If we do *not* institute that policy correctly, we will have a lot of trouble keeping track of those roles in the first place - using forwards is not really going to help us anyways.
Besides, it seems to me we are trying two different and somewhat unrelated problems:
A. what happens when someone leaves: do they keep their forward?
B. can we read other people's mail: specifically, when A happens, do we, can we, should we forward their emails to some one else?
The four proposals on the table can be formatted in this matrix, from what I understand:
Proposal A. Expiry B. Forward Notes
1. deactivation delay yes maybe? policy on forwards not clarified
2. two systems with grand-father if TPI if TPI depends on how the user got the account originally
3. two systems if TPI if TPI emails can expire and redirect if not core
4. private no no emails don't expire at all and do not forward, with exceptions
I will end by mentioning that proposal 1 is the current status quo. The retire-a-user procedure I have now *does* deactivate users accounts and emails after a delay, and has been applied to people already. I have only *recently* made a note in that procude that people *might* need to keep their email, but that's definitely unclear.
So we definitely need more clarity on this procedure, otherwise mistakes like the one I did last week will keep on happening.


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This Petition for Review from the May 5, 1995 Finding and Dismissal of the Commissioner acting for the Fifth District was heard January 10, 1997 before a Compensation Review Board panel consisting of Commissioners James J. Metro, Angelo L. dos Santos, and Amado J. Vargas.
JAMES J. METRO, COMMISSIONER. The pro se claimant has petitioned for review from the May 5, 1995 Finding and Dismissal of the Commissioner acting for the Fifth District. He argues on appeal that the commissioner erred by dismissing his claim for a dependency allowance. We affirm the trial commissioner's decision.
The claimant sustained a compensable injury to his right master wrist on August 15, 1986, which was accepted by voluntary agreement. At that time, § 31-308b C.G.S. provided that a totally disabled employee shall receive weekly "a dependency allowance of ten dollars for each of such employee's children or stepchildren who, (1) at the time of injury for which such compensation is being paid, were being wholly or mainly supported by such employee and who . . . are under eighteen years of age . . . ." The claimant did not allege that he had fathered or legally adopted minor children of his own. Rather, he claimed entitlement to a dependency allowance based on his responsibility for each of two nephews who resided in Ghana, Africa. The claimant contends that an unwritten Ghanaian tribal custom made him the caretaker of these children when his sister, their mother, died in April 1986.
The commissioner found that the claimant produced the following as evidence of guardianship: a December 27, 1989 letter from the Ghanaian embassy certifying that he was the legal guardian of his deceased sister's nephews; a Statutory Declaration from a surviving sister made in a Ghanaian court, stating that the claimant was responsible for caring for one of his nephews; a certification from a Ghanaian Administrative Secretary authenticating the seal on the Statutory Declaration; and a January 23, 1995 letter from the Ghanaian Consulate-General in New York confirming the existence of a "matrilineal inheritance system" in the Akhan tribe, and stating that "the children of one's sisters could be a direct responsibility." (Emphasis added by commissioner.) He also offered into evidence a number of registered mail receipts, money transfer orders and checks that he alleged were for support for his nephews. He introduced a certificate of insurance listing one nephew as a dependent, and a February 1, 1995 notarized statement from a local college professor corroborating his claim that he was providing support to his nephews at the time of his injury.
The trier observed that most of the documents substantiating guardianship and financial support were prepared or issued after the date of the claimant's compensable injury. Some of the traveler's checks and wire transfers were sent to unidentified third parties in Germany and South Africa, and the claimant produced no evidence that his nephews had actually received the money, nor that his alleged support of his nephews constituted their primary support. She concluded that the claimant had not shown that his late sister's children were his "children or stepchildren" within the meaning of § 31-308b. He had no evidence that a competent court had named him their legal guardian, nor did he show that the tribal custom allegedly creating his responsibility would make his nephews equivalent to a child or stepchild under § 31-308b. Further, he had produced inadequate evidence of actual support of his nephews. Thus, the trier held that he had failed to prove that he was entitled to a dependency allowance for his two nephews. The claimant has appealed that decision.
Part of what the claimant is arguing on appeal is that the trial commissioner should not have looked for the legal indicia of "guardianship" as a barometer of his relationship with his nephews. He contends that the term "guardianship" first became intertwined with this case when the word was selected as the closest approximation to the nature of the relationship that Ghanaian custom creates in this situation. However, he argues that attempting to determine whether he fits the American definition of a legal guardian is inappropriate in this case, because his tribal custom would not require the formal filing of documents in a Ghanaian court of law. Instead, the tribal custom automatically made him responsible for the children as soon as his sister passed away, just as if they were his own biological children. He argues that this custom makes these children akin to his "stepchildren" under § 31-308b.
This distinction may be important, but it also presents a problem for the claimant in this case. Regardless of the effect that the country of Ghana would give to Akhan tribal customs, the claimant must prove that he satisfies the conditions created by the laws of the state of Connecticut before he can collect workers' compensation here, including dependency allowances for specified individuals. One of those conditions is that the dependent in question be a "child" or a "stepchild" of the employee. Rather than looking at the laws and customs of any other state, tribe, or country, we must interpret our own laws "according to the commonly approved usage of the language, and technical words and phrases, and such as have acquired a peculiar and appropriate meaning in the law." Crook v. Academy Drywall Co., 8 Conn. Workers' Comp. Rev. Op. 154, 155, 848 CRD-4-89-4 (Sept. 21, 1990).
A person's "child" is defined by Black's Law Dictionary as their "progeny; offspring of parentage." It may include or apply to adopted, after-born, or illegitimate children, as well as stepchildren and "issue." A "stepchild" is defined by Black's as "the child by one of the spouses by a former marriage," or a child "who has a parent by his natural parent's second marriage and has not been adopted by that parent." "Adoption," in turn, entails "legal process pursuant to state statute in which a child's legal rights and duties toward his natural parents are terminated and duties toward his adoptive parents are substituted." It is emphasized that the adoptive process is completely statutory, and has no basis in the common law.
A look at these definitions shows that, absent a biological parent-child relationship with either the claimant or the claimant's spouse, only a child adopted through statutory process could possibly fall within the term "children or stepchildren" in § 31-308b. The Ghanaian tribal custom alleged by the claimant may be a noble and long-recognized practice in his native tribe, and may be a perfectly desirable means of ensuring that children are cared for if something unfortunate happens to their parents. However, this custom is not based on a statutory adoption process, either in Ghana or in Connecticut. In the eyes of the law of this state, there is no legal obligation tying the claimant to his nephews as anything other than their uncle. Consistent with that fact, there is no language in § 31-308b that contemplates the recognition of any individual other than a "child" or a "stepchild" as a dependent for whom benefits may be claimed. Quite simply, § 31-308b was not built to take into account familial relationships such as the one adduced by the claimant in this case. We therefore need proceed no further in this matter; the claimant has not alleged sufficient facts to satisfy that statute.
Commissioners Angelo L. dos Santos and Amado J. Vargas concur.


If you aren't careful, getting through security – depending on how busy the airport is – can tack some serious time on getting to your gate. If you get flagged by the TSA for something careless you can be questions and searched and that is time you really don't have when you need to catch a flight.
First, pretty much everyone knows not to make a bomb joke…but this also includes talking about weapons or explosives at all.
Even if you are talking with your friend about a movie or that time you went to the shooting range…This can get you pulled out of line and questioned. Keep it zipped!
Another thing that is pretty obvious because there are about a million signs and even officers telling you as you line up…Take your liquids and gels out of your bag. If you don't, you will get pulled to the side and have your bag searched which of course takes time.
And if you are traveling with kids, don't forget to check their bags one last time before going through security. Things like toy guns are a NO NO and could get you pulled to the side and the item confiscated.
You should also take out any unusual items that might look dangerous going through the scanner. Someone I know was traveling with a toy metal Yo Yo in their backpack…it was a stocking stuffer…and it caused a big issue at TSA and he was pulled to the side and all the items were carefully pulled out of his bag and inspected. This was all because they didn't know what it was.
Things that are harmless but might look weird in the X-ray machine should be pulled out and put in the tray. Think staplers, a harmonica or any other metal object that isn't easily recognizable.
Another item that is totally harmless but can cause you trouble is traveling with coffee beans or ground coffee. Apparently this has been used in the past by smugglers to throw drug sniffing dogs off the scent so it's best to pack this in your checked luggage.
You also want to refrain from getting out of line. Don't attempt to switch lines either. TSA agents are watching you and this looks suspicious.
And finally, although going through security and the airport is a stressful experience you don't want to let that stress show. If you look uptight and agitated, it seems like you are hiding something which could cause you to have your bags searched and even worse cause you to be questioned at length.
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When I got this job as outreach librarian, I emailed a mentor and asked for ideas in getting started. The best pieces of advice she gave me were 1. talk to everybody and 2. don't work in your office. Great advice, but a wee bit daunting, especially if you are new to an organization. And especially if you are concerned that folks will think you aren't actually doing any tangible work. If we are to promote and help users make best use of our resources and services, we need to spend the time cultivating these relationships. Which might be a no-brainer. What's not always clear is who to talk to. And about what. The groundwork laid in relationships pays off in ways large and small, immediately and for the long-term. We get to know student assignments, curriculum, perceptions of us, student and faculty skill-sets and aptitudes, and so much more. Who are these people and what do we need to talk about?
Admissions office: do they info on incoming classes? Is the library part of campus tours and if so, is the information accurate? If they do run tours, find the point person and offer to do trainings, send them regular emails about changes in the library.
Adult Education: got an Adult Ed population? They have distinct needs. What are they? Can the library help meet those through class visits, specialized trainings for faculty and students, embedded librarians, special office hours? Host an Adult Ed welcome night and make it FUN, let them bring their kids to it. Are there mailing lists for faculty and students you can send emails to? Adult Ed faculty and students tend to be harder to reach, but I found being available even one night a week is appreciated and used.
Alumni office: do we have any published authors among our alumni who might do a visit for their alma mater? What are our user policies for alumni and do they meet their needs? Interested in following the University of Alberta's example and assessing students' information literacy skills after graduation? Got display cases to fill? The Alumni Office could be a great connection for doing programs you might not have thought about.
Athletics: half-time trivia contest using library resources! Student athlete office hours, away game chat office hours. Let their coaches know about all of the stuff athletes can still access while traveling. One Wisconsin library hosted a Fantasy World Cup that had students use library resources to make brackets and then sponsored weekly contests that students had to use library resources to win. Do a special library presentation to student athletes connecting their game research and prep process to scholarly research. Show how library resources can provide real-life benefit (um, anyone interested in seeing latest research on preventing/treating injuries? On overcoming mental blocks in performance?) Get athletes to be your library "spokespeople" in videos, posters or ads in the student paper.
Bookstore: good partners for author events. They also might donate prizes for your programs. Potential partner for book club, too.
Career Services: they are just like us! They are purveyors of information that most students need but don't come get. They use databases, print materials and digital collections to help students. They try to partner with faculty to get students to use their resources. Students need research skills to use their services effectively. They provide tons of great resources and services that so many students don't use or know about. Most students go to them at the last minute! We are spiritual twins! Partner with them! How cool would a co-partnered event be for business students: library teaches you how to research for your business plan and career services teaches you where and how to hawk it. Or for theatre students wanting to start their own company. Or for art students…well, you get the picture.
College Relations: these people are invaluable! Find out who the PR people are. Maybe you are doing cool programs or have resources the community can use; PR can help you promote. Maybe they know people or organizations in the community with whom you can partner. I found out Jelly Belly partners with my college and I worked with College Relations to obtain candy for my Harry Potter event. (Probably a good idea to let your supervisor know if you decide to contact these people.) These are the people who know what's happening on campus and off.
Counseling Center: if you have one, this could be an interesting partnership. Perhaps host stress-beating sessions during finals time in the library together. Or offer to provide their print resources in the library.
major in common: engaging students. Meeting with DOS staff has been my best move yet. I worked with the Leadership Director to put on a mystery in the library for a group of students who do a Big Brothers/Big Sisters program with kids in our community. They had to use library resources to solve clues leading to a culprit who stole cookies. We've discussed dorm lounge library office hours, putting on floor programs, and I beg RAs to remind their students librarians are uber-helpful. They made attendance to my first year students CarnINFOval mandatory (don't feel bad for the students, I had to kick football players out of the craft room when the night ended.) They are invaluable and FUN partners.
Department heads: when do the departments meet? Can you come introduce yourself? Find out their objectives and desired outcomes for student research and learning. Are they up for an embedded librarian, do they have capstone/theses for seniors, do they have a research methods class for majors/minors? Department heads can be a good place to start getting to know faculty, curriculum and developing those valuable relationships we want. Also, they could point you to where faculty tend to congregate, so you can stake out their lunch and coffee breaks.
Division and college heads: see Department heads. Tend to be busier and overloaded; you might have to go through formal channels (an assistant) to get on their calendar. Also, might want to bounce this idea off of your supervisor, depending on your school's take on hierarchy.
Facilities: meet these people. Bring them cookies. You need them to do your job. Send them random thank you notes with more cookies.
Faculty committees: you can get this info from the Provost or Dean. Faculty committees are a great way to connect with faculty and find out what they are working on, especially if you are not a tenure-track librarian and already serving on committees. Perhaps you could host a professional development workshop for them, or attend theirs. Find the Undergrad research and curriculum committees. Status of Women on campus committee: you could help put on a resource fair or do book displays or host events in the library for International Women's Day. Joining committees, if you are permitted, is even better for getting to know faculty and convincing them of our value.
Frats/sororities: I love them! And yet I hated them when I was actually in college! Offer to do office hours for them or library presentations. Do they have established study hours? Offer to visit during them. Host a trivia contest between Houses in which they have to use library resources. Or a scavenger hunt. Get to know them; it's key to getting more students using the library and librarians, especially the ones we lament don't come in.
Health services: like counseling services, you can do cool stuff with them. One of my mentors, Rudi Leon of the University of Illinois' Undergrad Library works with them to distribute Finals Week survival kits in the library (granola bars, toothbrush, stress relief balls, the like). My ALA Student Chapter in library school worked with them on their Sexual Health Fair: we ran a sexual health reference desk complete with books to read and we would find reliable sources of information for any question.
honestly Lizz, I don't understand how you're not totally exhausted! I wish I had your energy..! thanks as always for a thoughtful & inspiring post.
Oh, Lizz, you are awesome.


caries on Flickr" href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/dblstripe/7317523492/"> Homebrewers, especially new ones, are overrun with various acronyms and confusing ideas. One of the more mysterious is the Lovibond scale, as well as SRM and EBC equivalents. When we buy grain, it is quantified as being a certain number L or Lovibond. Beers are often referred to with an SRM designation. All this takes a certain amount of study to get used to.
The Lovibond scale, named after Joseph Williams Lovibond, is a scale we use in the US mainly for categorizing different colors of grain. It was originally developed as one characteristic to measure when assessing quality of beer brewed. In short, if the color is way off, chances are something about the recipe or process changed, and you got a different beer as a result.
Mr. Lovibond was inspired to make a gauge to measure beer color after visiting church and looking at the stained glass windows. His first beer colorimeter was a set of pieces of stained glass used to compare the beer to. There are limitations to this method, however. For instance, if you have a large sample of beer it can look darker than a small sample.Think about this like comparing a pint of beer to a shot glass of beer. The sample with less depth will generally look lighter. It also depends highly on a person's vision and imagination. Medium-colored honey blondes might be easy to rate but as you get toward the darker and lighter ends of the spectrum, rating beers by color in this way gets a bit more difficult.
Eventually this method was discarded for beer but was kept on for categorizing different malts. You may see various malts at your homebrew store labeled 40° L, for example, and sometimes the L or the degree mark is left off entirely because brewers know what the number means. The way this scale works is the lower the number, the lighter the grain. So 40 L crystal malt is lighter than 60 L, mainly due to the length of roasting.
What? You don't own a spectrophotometer or a bunch of pieces of stained glass? That's okay. You are not dead in the water if you want to record your beer's color. The BJCP is issuing color guides to its official judges, and you might be able to get one from them as well. Of course, if you are this interested in beer color, you should probably sign up to be a judge anyway. You can also purchase a beer color guide from BeerColor.com in a couple different formats, including a wallet-size one. That will be my Christmas present to myself this year, I reckon.
Beer Color Wheel by dblstripe, on Flickr.
on Flickr" target="_blank"> This homebrew recipe comes straight from the White House. Hail to the Chief!
In a 6 qt pot, add grains to 2.25 qts of 168? water. Mix well to bring temp down to 155?. Steep on stovetop at 155? for 45 minutes. Meanwhile, bring 2 gallons of water to 165? in a 12 qt pot. Place strainer over, then pour and spoon all the grains and liquid in. Rinse with 2 gallons of 165? water. Let liquid drain through. Discard the grains and bring the liquid to a boil. Set aside.
Place 2 gallons of chilled water into the primary fermenter and add the hot wort into it. Top with more water to total 5 gallons if necessary. Place into an ice bath to cool down to 70-80?.
Activate dry yeast in 1 cup of sterilized water at 75-90? for fifteen minutes. Pitch yeast into the fermenter. Fill airlock halfway with water. Ferment at room temp (64-68?) for 3-4 days.
To bottle, make a priming syrup on the stove with 1 cup sterile water and 3/4 cup priming sugar, bring to a boil for five minutes. Pour the mixture into an empty bottling bucket. Siphon the beer from the fermenter over it.
Distribute priming sugar evenly. Siphon into bottles and cap. Let sit for 1-2 weeks at 75?.


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The Hunt for Tiburcio Vasquez: A Chase Through a Californio's L.A.
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"Oppression, by its very nature, creates the power that crushes it. A champion arises --a champion of the oppressed-- whether it be a Cromwell or someone unrecorded, will be there. He is born." The Mark of Zorro (1920 film)
Since his creation in 1919 by pulp writer Johnson McCulley, the character Zorro has become internationally known as a benevolent outlaw thanks to his appearance in countless movies, books, and television shows. What is not well known is that one of the real-life inspirations for the character was a 19th century outlaw named Tiburcio Vasquez, who was hunted down and eventually captured in Los Angeles. At the time, Los Angeles was in the midst of evolving from a Mexican village to an American city and Vasquez served as a symbol of resistance to that change.
Tiburcio Vasquez was a bandit who was active throughout California during the 1850s, '60s, and '70s. Vasquez was born in 1835 in Monterey, California, in what was at the time, Mexico. He became famous for committing numerous burglaries, cattle thefts and highway robberies. He participated in several prison breaks. He was also implicated in several murders, though he denied ever killing anyone.
But Vasquez was no ordinary outlaw. He was a gentleman bandit - personable, charming, handsome, well-dressed, and educated. He was fluent in both Spanish and English. He was a ladies man who loved to demonstrate his chivalry. Unfortunately, his penchant for sleeping with multiple women, some of whom were his friends' wives, made him some enemies.
Vasquez acknowledged much of his criminal activity, but claimed that his acts were justified because of the injustices perpetrated against the Californios (native born, Spanish speaking Californians) in connection with the American takeover of California. During the mid-nineteenth century, Americans, who had been flowing into the state in growing numbers, were seen as unwanted invaders by much of the native Californio population. Americans, on the other hand, believed that the conquest of California was part of their manifest destiny. And in 1847 Americans took over California by force under questionable authority. Under American control, many Californios lost portions of their land through legal and illegal means. As Americans seized the state's political affairs, Californios also lost their political influence. Along with the loss of political and economic power, many Californios felt they were mistreated and discriminated against by the newly arrived Americans. In the midst of this volatile climate, Vasquez portrayed himself as a defender of the Californio.
Vasquez's criminal exploits earned him such a notorious reputation throughout the state that the Governor of California put up a reward for his capture: $3,000 alive or $2,000 dead. The state legislature then set aside money to form a posse to capture the bandit, led by the state's foremost manhunter, Sheriff Harry Morse. And thus began the hunt for the great bandit Tiburcio Vasquez.
The hunt for Vasquez provides insight into L.A.'s transformation from a Mexican village to an American city. As American posses chased Vasquez through Los Angeles, they also symbolically chased the spirit of the rebellious Californio who refused to submit to American control.
Vasquez took protection in the landscape that had until 1847, when California was forcibly acquired by the U.S. from Mexico.Image courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library.
Greek George's House
Melrose Place, West Hollywood and Eagle Rock at 5499 Eagle Rock View Drive, Los Angeles 1
In 1874, Vasquez was hiding out in the home of a man named Greek George, a former camel driver for the U.S. Army. Greek George's house was located in a rural portion of Rancho La Brea and was an ideal hideout. It was surrounded on three sides by dense shrubbery standing five to seven feet high and looking south, Vasquez had a clear view across the plain that stretched towards Los Angeles. Being the most hunted man in California did not stop Vasquez from continuing his criminal endeavors. Vasquez heard that a wealthy Italian sheep rancher named Alessandro Repetto had sold his wool crop and had a lot of cash on hand, so he set out with his men towards Repetto's house. On their way, Vasquez and his men camped out in one of the caves at Piedra Gorda (Fat Rock), which is now called Eagle Rock.
Alessandro Repetto's House
South Garfield Avenue near El Repetto Drive, Monterey Park
Repetto's house stood on a hilltop above a ranch where he raised sheep and goats. Vasquez entered Repetto's house by claiming that he was a sheep shearer. But Vasquez's fine clothes and un-calloused hands showed that he was no sheep shearer. Repetto called him out on his ruse and Vasquez admitted that he was a robber. Vasquez demanded $10,000 and his men tied Repetto to a tree and threatened to hang him unless he came up with the money. Unfortunately for Vasquez, Repetto did not keep his money at home; instead he had it safely deposited at the Temple and Workman Bank, in the heart of the commercial district in downtown Los Angeles. Faced with this problem, they decided that Repetto would write a check, and his nephew would go to the bank to retrieve the cash.
Temple and Workman Bank
Main and Temple Streets, Los Angeles
When Repetto's nephew arrived at the bank, he was so nervous that the banker, Francis Temple, became suspicious and contacted the Sheriff. Upon further questioning the nephew broke down and tearfully revealed the whole story. The Sheriff immediately started assembling a posse to capture Vasquez. At this point, the nephew became worried that the Sheriff's involvement might result in his uncle's death. He managed to convince the banker to give him 500 dollars in gold, and returned to Repetto's house, before the posse, to give the money to Vasquez. When the Sheriff's posse approached Repetto's house, Vasquez and his men mounted up and started racing north towards present day Pasadena.
Brookside Park
360 North Arroyo Blvd., Pasadena and Devil's Gate Dam at 123 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena
With the Sheriff's posse behind them, they travelled up the Arroyo Seco (a seasonal river and watershed) through the Devil's Gate (named for a rock formation that looks like a devil) and escaped into the mountains. Vasquez even managed to rob a few people near present day Brookside Park (by the Rosebowl) during their escape.
Vasquez Rocks, located between Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valley, was once a favorite hiding spot for Vasquez. Photo courtesy of Los Angeles Public Library.
Mission San Fernando
15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd., Mission Hills) and Vasquez Rocks (10700 Escondido Canyon Road, Agua Dulce
Needing a place to stay, Vasquez, who enjoyed the support of many local Californios, travelled to the home of General Andres Pico, the old Californio soldier and hero of the Mexican-American War. Pico's house, which was next to Mission San Fernando, was one of the major social centers in the San Fernando Valley. Vasquez spent a few days at Pico's home while the posse that had been chasing him turned back to Los Angeles. Vasquez utilized multiple hideouts throughout California including the Vasquez Rocks, in between Santa Clarita and the Antelope Valley.
Would Vasquez Attack Los Angeles?
The manhunt for Vasquez started getting coverage in newspapers throughout California. Whites in Los Angeles started to fear that Vasquez might actually stage an attack on Los Angeles. A California State Senator wrote the governor a letter stating:
"[a] large proportion of our people are Spanish, who are nearly all in sympathy with him. They furnish him all the information he requires, and they have such confidence in him as a leader, because of his daring and successful operations, that he could raise a body of two or three hundred men any time in this part of the state ... He could send his men ... into this part of the city and by a bold dash rob all of our banks and get away before a sufficient force of citizens could be gotten together to prevent it."
While such fears were overblown, they were not completely unwarranted. Vasquez later bragged to a reporter that "[g]iven $60,000 I would be able to recruit enough arms and men to revolutionize Southern California." More realistically, Vasquez later admitted that he had conceived of a plan to rob one of the two banks in Los Angeles. While working on this plan, Vasquez was again holed up at Greek George's house. During this time, the manhunter hired by the state, Sheriff Morse, was relentlessly searching for Vasquez. But after six long weeks of hunting for Vasquez and failing to capture him, Sheriff Morse decided to head back north.
Vasquez's Downfall
In the end it was not a criminal act that led to Vasquez's capture, it was his womanizing. Vasquez caused a scandal when he had a child with his niece, Felicita Vasquez. Felicita's mother was furious with Vasquez and made her feelings known to her extended family, which included Jose Jesus Lopez, who described Vasquez as "a man of no principle at all." And Lopez's cousin, Cornelia Lopez, just happened to be Greek George's wife. Lopez's sister, Modesta, with whom Vasquez also had a sexual relationship, became furious when she learned that Felicita had borne Vasquez's child. Her anger grew when newspapers reported that Vasquez had visited a known prostitute. It is not clear exactly who did it, but some member of the Lopez family notified the authorities that Vasquez was hiding out at Greek George's house. The tip eventually made its way to Los Angeles County Sheriff William Rowland.
Many law officials had attempted to trap Vasquez for years, but finally it was the posse of Sheriff Rowland that captured him. Photo courtesy of
Forming the Posse
Spring and Fifth Streets, Los Angeles
Sheriff Rowland assembled a posse and arranged for them to meet at a corral located near Spring and Fifth Streets in downtown Los Angeles. At 2:00 a.m. the posse quietly headed out of town towards the home of Greek George. Sheriff Rowland stayed in Los Angeles so as not to arouse the suspicion of any Vasquez informants. The men approached Greek George's in the back of a wagon, which routinely travelled by the house (so as not to alert the bandit), and just before they reached the house, jumped out and laid themselves flat on the ground. When they approached the house on foot, they saw Vasquez sitting at a table being waited upon by a woman. When the woman noticed someone outside, she tried to close the door, but one of the men shoved his gun against the door and forced it open. Vasquez immediately made a break for the window but was shot in the left arm. Vasquez jumped through the window and made a run towards his horse. Another member of the posse fired and Vasquez was struck by two buck shots - one lodged in the back of his head and the other in his right arm. When another member of the posse leveled his rifle directly at him, Vasquez threw up his hands and exclaimed: "Don't shoot! I give up!" The great bandit had finally been captured.
While a wagon and mule were being procured to take the prisoner back to town, one of the posse members offered Vasquez a drink of whiskey from his flask. Vasquez accepted saying: "I like to drink with brave men, and you are all brave, like myself."
The Jail
Grand Park, between Broadway and Spring Street, Los Angeles
News of Vasquez's capture spread like wildfire. By the time the lawmen and their prisoners got back to town and arrived at the jail they were met with a large crowd of onlookers. After Vasquez's wounds had been treated, one of the posse members produced a bottle of whiskey and offered him a drink. Vasquez cheerfully accepted and gave a toast to the President of the United States.
The capture was covered in newspapers throughout the country. Crowds flocked to the jail to see the famous outlaw. Women lined up with bouquets of flowers and fawned over the bandit. Vasquez was polite and met with his visitors and freely discussed his criminal exploits. But he denied ever killing anyone. While in custody, Vasquez also agreed to pose for a photographer.
The Merced Theater
420 N. Main St., Los Angeles
A playwright from the nearby Merced Theater (adjacent to the Plaza) quickly wrote a short play titled, "The Capture of Vasquez." Vasquez was flattered and agreed to lend the lead actors his clothes and allowed the actor to study his personality and voice so as to better impersonate him on stage. Some say that Vasquez even offered to join the cast and play himself in the play but the Sheriff refused to allow him out of his jail cell.
When Vasquez had recovered sufficiently to travel, he was taken by train to San Pedro and then onto a boat headed to San Francisco. Vasquez was subsequently tried, convicted of murder and sentenced to death. His last word before he was hanged was "pronto."
The hanging of Vasquez was a very public affair that generated much media attention.| Photo courtesy of True West Magazine
A Dual Legacy
Vasquez's fame grew after his death. Stories about Vazquez were featured in numerous books, magazine articles and newspapers. Mexican balladeers sang songs about his exploits, and he took his place among other outlaw folk heroes such as Joaquin Murrieta (another inspiration for Zorro).
And the differences of opinion regarding his legacy persist. Was he an opportunist who manipulated the grievances of native Californios to further his own criminal gains or a Robin Hood-type defender of the oppressed? Was he a thief and murderer who got what he deserved when he was hanged or a heroic symbol of resistance who refused to submit to the American conquest of California? Or a little bit of both. Even today, it depends on who you ask.
In 2013, a school district in California caused a great deal of controversy when they named an elementary school after Vasquez. Some thought: "why name an elementary school after a criminal who was hanged for murder." But as a retired teacher who was on the naming committee, Francisco Estrada, said: "The community does not see Tiburcio as a thief or a murderer ... we see him as a fighter for social justice of the Mexican-Californio whose rights have been deprived."
Even today, 170 years later, the scars from the American takeover of California can be seen. And the legend of Tiburcio Vasquez has grown to represent, for some, the struggle against oppression for Californians of Mexican decent.
On paper, the American conquest of California was already complete, but Vasquez represented the possibility of revolt or a challenge to the new American order. Americans needed to capture Vasquez so they could symbolically crush the rebellious Californio spirit and any idea of rebellion or a return to L.A.'s Mexican village past.
And when we compare the fiction of Zorro with the real life Vasquez, we see how California's Spanish and Mexican past becomes re-imagined. For example, in the most recent Zorro movie, The Legend of Zorro (starring Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones), California enters the United States by way of a referendum. Zorro and California's Mexican population are seen cheering the advent of California statehood in 1850. This re-imagined narrative distorts the fact that Americans took California by force from Mexico. Rather than cheering California's statehood, many native Californios actually took up arms against the Americans. But these historical facts apparently do not make for good movies.
The movie "The Legend of Zorro" premiered in 2005 at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Los Angeles, blocks away from where Vasquez sat in a jail cell after his capture and where the first Vasquez-inspired play was performed. As the legend of Zorro continues to live on in the movies, let us also remember Tiburcio Vasquez, the real life Zorro whose career as an outlaw came to an end in Los Angeles and whose capture represented an important transitional period in the making of our city.
Tomb of Tiburcio Vasquez still attracts visitors and sympathizers to the cause of the dispossessed.
1 Historians have identified the present day location of Greek George's house in several different locations: The intersection of Kings Road and Fountain Avenue (Will H. Thrall, John W. Robinson, Ralph Rambo); Melrose Place, West Hollywood (John Boessenecker); and Laurel Canyon and Hollywood Boulevard (Jack Jones).
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Among all the biped living organisms on this planet, we humans are always the special kind. Being called as the 'habitual' bipeds, we are still one of the slowest bipeds among the primates. Ruling out the other primates, how fast do you think we humans can run with those two legs?
Well, records apart. Let's consider a normal human and explore the factors that would limit his/her speed.
Take a walk around the park. Let's say it takes ten minutes, in an average. Now you might think that when you decide to run the same distance, you'll require the same amount of energy. This is a misconception, as our body metabolic rates are quite higher, when we are moving faster. This is because at faster speeds you have to deal with more factors like high muscle forces and air resistance than when you move at slower speeds. This heat up your body and you perspire to expel the heat. Which also means that you consume more oxygen as you run, and would gasp for more air. You'll spend more energy aerobically and soon you'll start producing energy anaerobically. Finally, at the expense of energy you'll cover the distance soon.
Karen Steudel, a zoology professor at Wisconsin and her team members tested both male and female runners, whilst measuring their oxygen intake. As expected, each runner had different levels of fitness and oxygen use but there were ideal speeds for each runner that required the least amount of energy. The optimal speeds were about 13.36kph (about 4.43 min/km) for males and 10.46 km/h (5.64 min/km) for females. The most interesting finding is that at slower speeds, about 7.24 km/h (8 min/km), the metabolic efficiency was at its lowest.
So it is clear that energy plays a key role in determining our speed.
Force is what helps us to run. The speed depends on the force you exert on the ground. Researchers believe that our human body can handle running speeds up to 40miles/hour. Jim Usherwood, a Zoologist of the Royal Veterinary College in London says, "The current best guess as to why we can't run any faster is it's something to do with the maximum force that our legs can impose or experience". Our legs can exert only a little amount of force when they hit the ground. That is, while running, there is only a very little amount of time available to apply enough force to the ground. This is called the foot-ground contact time. It is common that, the foot-ground contact times are less than one-tenth of a second, and major forces are exerted within the one-twentieth of that second of the first instant of foot-ground contact. Also, most of the force is used to keep you from falling down and only a few amount of force is used to propel you forward.
The above two factors could be understood with a simple theory.
In order to run faster, you are applying more force on the ground and push forward to compete the distance. Which in turn makes you to breathe faster, there by transferring your stored energy by doing some work, in this case, running. So it might be clear to you now that you will be spend more energy and exerting more force as you run fast.
The next factor that limits the speed of running is the extent to which our muscle fibers contract. The sprinters were also asked to hop on the treadmill, to find out the total force exerted on a single leg. The results showed that one leg could withstand 30 percent or more of the force while hopping, at top speeds, when compared to the bipedal running at the same speed. Obviously, it makes sense, as the leg has to withstand the whole body weigh besides pushing it forward.
It is clear that the speed of a human being is indeed limited by the capacity of the muscle to exert force.
How fast a human can run?
Though the theoretical limit spans up to 65 km/h, considering the practical factors that limit our speed, the fastest speed a human had ever achieved would be 44.72 km/h. With all the human transcendence ahead of us, we might actually able to beat the theoretical limit and go beyond the 65 km/h mark very soon.
This post was first published on October 12, 2014.
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Broadmarsh Centre
Cinema owner urges Nottingham City Council to 'take control' of Broadmarsh
'We would love to see a revised, mixed use scheme emerge that added value to the city'
Ben ReidDigital News Correspondent
A view of the Broadmarsh site in Nottingham City Centre.
The owner of a new cinema complex destined for the closed Broadmarsh shopping centre said he hopes Nottingham City Council "seize the opportunity to take control" following intu's administration.
Broadmarsh and Victoria Centre owner intu announced it had collapsed into administration and appointed KPMG in a bid to protect itself from lenders over £4.5billion of debt.
The announcement sent shockwaves throughout the retail world and threw into doubt the future of the half-demolished Broadmarsh Centre.
Rather than purely having a focus on retail - as had largely been the case with the Broadmarsh Shopping Centre previously - intu announced plans for the redevelopment of centre to include more leisure options, including a bowling alley run by Hollywood Bowl, more eateries and a multi-screen cinema ran by The Light.
The Light Cinema is an independent cinema chain with venues across the country.
Following intu's administration, Keith Pullinger, deputy chairman and founder of The Light Cinema told Nottinghamshire Live: "We were obviously very disappointed to hear that the Broadmarsh development had been cancelled and the subsequent demise of Intu.
"The Broadmarsh location is a key gateway site to the city and remains of interest to The Light.
"We would love to see a revised, mixed use scheme emerge that added value to the city by bringing forward new and innovative offers.
"I'm hopeful that Nottingham City Council will seize the opportunity to take control of the site and realise the development potential."
A further nail in the coffin for the mall came on Thursday, July 2 when the main walkway through the centre into the heart of Nottingham was closed - leaving commuters angry and Nottingham City Council threatening potential legal action.
intu Broadmarsh is closed to pedestrians (Image: Nottingham Post/Ben Reid)
Throughout its redevelopment, walkers have been able to head through the half-demolished Broadmarsh Centre, giving them direct access from Collin Street to Lister Gate and vice versa.
But a sign has now been placed on both entrances simply stating: "Unfortunately, this entrance is now closed. Please use alternative route."
It is deemed a public right of way and the city council has called for "urgent clarification" on the decision to shut it or it may take legal action.
Intu, which owns 17 centres across the UK, says the closure has been taken as a precautionary safety measure.
The intu Broadmarsh development is one of a number of developments in the area which form part of a £2 billion redevelopment of the south side of the city.
The Nottingham City Council scheme to rebuild the Broadmarsh car park and bus station is still under construction.
City Council Leader, Councillor David Mellen, previously said: "The company [intu] took the decision to pause construction work at the start of the pandemic.
"Since then, the council has been in ongoing dialogue with intu about the future of the development and what could happen next in different scenarios under the terms of the comprehensive development agreement in place for the project.
"We will now continue those discussions with the administrator to ensure the interests of the city and the council are foremost and continue to be protected.
"We want to see this prime city centre site is developed in a way that will benefit the whole city, providing employment opportunities and enhancing our wider plans to regenerate the city's Southside.
"The city, Government and private investors have shown confidence in our £2bn Southside plans and the Broadmarsh site forms a key part of that and we have been working on alternative plans while discussions have been ongoing.
"We are actively looking at options to put together an innovative, sustainable, affordable and achievable plan and will work with the business community, public sector partners and Government to achieve that."
Nottingham City Centre


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Bottle-Shaped Vase with Flaring Mouth, Qing dynasty (1644-1911)
Bottle-Shaped Vase with Flaring Mouth, Qing dynasty (1644-1911). Porcelain with turquoise glaze. H. 23.9 cm (9 7/16 in.); diam. 13.7 cm (5 3/8 in.). Bequest of Henry C. Schwab, 1941.666. Art Institute of Chicago ©2015 The Art Institute of Chicago.
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Circular Covered Box with Floral and Lingzhi Mushroom Scrolls, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century
Circular Covered Box with Floral and Lingzhi Mushroom Scrolls, Ming dynasty (1368–1644), 16th century. Fahua-type ware; porcelain with underglaze incised decoration. H. 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.); diam. 15.8 cm (6 1/4 in.). Bequest of Grace Brown Palmer, 1967.111a-b. Art Institute of Chicago ©2015 The Art Institute of Chicago.
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Corne à poudre, Inde, 17e siècle
Corne à poudre, Inde, 17e siècle, émeraude, fil d'or, jade, rubis, turquoise. Paris, musée du Louvre, R436. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
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Corne à poudre, Inde, 17e siècle, émeraude, fil d'or, jade, rubis. Paris, musée du Louvre, R437. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
Dish with Clouds, Bats, Gourds, Flowers, and Jui Mushroom, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736-1795)
Dish with Clouds, Bats, Gourds, Flowers, and Jui Mushroom, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Qianlong reign mark and period (1736-1795). Celadon-glazed porcelain with underglaze molded decoration. H. 2.5 cm (1 in.); diam. 11.0 cm (4 5/16 in.). Lucy Maud Buckingham Collection, 1928.804. Art Institute of Chicago ©2015 The Art Institute of Chicago
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Dish with Waves, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723-1735)
Dish with Waves, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723-1735). Porcelain with underglaze molded decoration.H. 3.1 cm (1 1/4 in.); diam. 16.4 cm (6 7/16 in.). Bequest of Henry C. Schwab, 1941.511.2. Art Institute of Chicago ©2015 The Art Institute of Chicago
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Manche de canne ou de Gupti (ou zafar takieh), Inde, 17e siècle
Manche de canne ou de Gupti (ou zafar takieh), Inde, 17e siècle, émeraude, jade. Paris, musée du Louvre, R455. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Jean-Gilles Berizzi
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Coupelle et tasse, Inde, 18e siècle
Coupelle et tasse, Inde, 18e siècle, émeraude, jade, or, rubis. Paris, musée du Louvre, R331R332. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Franck Raux
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Tripod Censer in the Shape of an Ancient Bronze Vessel, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 18th century
Tripod Censer in the Shape of an Ancient Bronze Vessel, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), 18th century. Porcelain with underglaze molded decoration. H. 25.1 cm (9 7/8 in.); diam. 16.5 cm (6 1/2 in.). Bequest of Henry C. Schwab, 1941.531. Art Institute of Chicago ©2015 The Art Institute of Chicago
Tags : 18th century, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), tripod censer
Vase with Animal Handles, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723-35)
Vase with Animal Handles, Qing dynasty (1644-1911), Yongzheng reign mark and period (1723-35). Porcelain with tea dust glaze. H. 20.7 cm (8 1/8 in.); diam. 16.7 cm (6 9/16 in.). Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel M. Nickerson, 1900.1420. Art Institute of Chicago ©2015 The Art Institute of Chicago
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Taylor Burrise became a professional musician at 11, started his first fashion company at 15, and now sells luxury homes in the Sacramento area. He's always been passionate about business. He hasn't always been passionate about practicing.
As a member of the Xperience Real Estate team, Burrise has quickly learned that truly committing to practicing his listing presentations and being held accountable by his team has led to newfound confidence, conversions, and sales.
Xperience Director of Expansion Katie Benson recently interviewed Burrise to talk about his decision and the results he's achieving.
Fast forward to 2018 and Burrise is working with a regional director, Rashel Adragna, who holds him accountable to uploading a listing presentation video every Sunday so they can review and track progress.


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Data Lake Implementation for Efficient Big Data Processing and Visualization
Accelerated data-driven decisions and improved KPIs.
Find an efficient approach to data gathering, analyzing, processing, visualization
BI solution to enable real-time monitoring of workflows across an organization
Apache NiFi, Cloudera CDH, Apache Oozie, Apache Spark, HDFS (raw, parquet), Apache Kudu, Apache Impala
The Client is a UK-based management consulting services company that assists different industry representatives in managing their business data. The Client's solution is an AI-driven platform allowing end users to employ the analytics engine to extract value from raw business data. This platform assists in building creative business relationships and uncovering new business opportunities.
Challenge: find an efficient approach to data gathering, analyzing, processing, visualization
Since operating in various domains, including finance, health, management, consulting, etc., the Client inevitably faced the challenge of managing large volumes of unstructured raw data and turned to InData Labs with the need to build data lakes and deliver a BI solution for more efficient data processing. The Client needed a solution to facilitate such processes as data gathering, analysis, and visualization.
Solution: Business intelligence solution to enable real-time monitoring of workflows across an organization
One of the Client's domains is banking & finance. Business owners in this industry are continually on the lookout for a reliable and consistent approach to manage data. Such an approach underpins all the processes related to managing legal documents, corporate documents, client agreements, etc., to eliminate errors and build consumers trust.
Businesses cooperate with the Client to be able to leverage an AI-powered solution for answering key business questions. A data-driven solution requires the involvement of data scientists to bring in their experience and expertise in working with big data.
When stored in a data lake, data provided by end users becomes available to AI and can be exploited to provide end users with valuable insight on various queries related to risk management, teamwork, project status, working schedule, downtimes, accident management, and more.
A streamlined and optimized way of processing data is the kernel of an AI-powered solution. InData Labs was challenged to provide data science services to enhance the performance and efficiency of the Client's solution.
The InData Labs' team started step-by-step development process to solve the Client's challenge and deliver a robust solution.
1. UK financial organizations have adopted a document supply chain, encompassing the following stages:
Document gathering
Accumulation of documents
Documents come from multiple sources and in different formats. The chaotic nature of gathered documents and the lack of common repository prevente extracting value from big data for further important uses.
2. The InData Labs' team worked with unstructured data from different sources, such as some listed below:
Inspection Data
Hazard Data
It was needed to provide the solution to turn raw big data into meaningful insight.
3. InData Labs developed data lakes to aggregate raw data in different formats and store data in files. We used the following open-source services to make the data available for analysis and visualization:
Apache NiFi for data ingestion
Cloudera CDH as a data management platform
Apache Oozie for data processing workflow
Apache Spark as a data processing engine
HDFS (raw and parquet) for data storage
Apache Kudu for data analytics
Apache Impala for data analytics
The data lake implementation helped structure business data, which then allowed using open-source components to deliver a BI solution to meet the Client's needs.
4. Since end users require smooth access to data in visually appealing forms, the Client's solution provides a user-friendly interface. The processed and classified data becomes available via easy-to-interact dashboards. These dashboards utilize data from the data lakes to enable comprehensive insights. As a result, the solution facilitates real-time monitoring of business workflows across an organization and provides visual insight for better decision making.
Result: improved KPIs and impetus to data-driven business development
The Client provided the InData Labs team with raw data to be used for developing a BI solution. Based on the data, presented by the Client, and by using open-source components, InData Labs tailored and delivered an MVP to address core needs of end users while working with databases and the needs of consumers of the Client's services in an efficient BI solution.
The data lake solution empowers both employees and managers working in the industry to make accelerated data-driven decisions, stay abreast of market trends, achieve better KPIs, pinpoint new sources of revenue and business opportunities.
Our team provided ready-to-use data services to help end users solve business-critical issues and foster continuous business processes improvement.