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The optimisation of science and practice relating to tuberculosis (TB) – the world's oldest and deadliest pandemic – through collaboration, translation research and local solutions is the goal of a new group formed in Melbourne.
The Melbourne TB Community (MTBC) will promote collaboration among researchers, practitioners and community to strengthen local capacity and develop a coordinated and critical mass of research.
Founding committee member, Doherty Institute Principal Research Fellow, Associate Professor Sarah Dunstan said the MTBC aims to capitalise on the breadth of Melbourne's world-class TB-related expertise.
"The MTBC is open to all involved in TB-related science and practice around Melbourne
spanning research, public health, clinical care and community involvement," Associate Professor Dunstan said.
Fellow committee member, Burnet Institute Deputy Program Director for Health Security, Dr Suman Majumdar said: "Melbourne is home to world-class research institutes and the MTBC gives us a new way to connect our work on TB."
"This includes those in the public health response, laboratories, communication experts and the people affected by TB that we aim to serve."
MTBC committee member, Dr Anna Coussens, Lab Head at The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, said the MTBC was inspired in part by the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We realised through COVID how productive and how many solutions can be found to an enormous problem when people work together and share their knowledge from different disciplines and different angles, centred around the local community," Dr Coussens said.
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"It's vital that the scientists, engineers and researchers have access to the data however they need it," says Alex Green, Senior Systems Architect, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder.
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In the world of academic research, gigantic data sets require extraordinary storage solutions.
Take the University of Colorado Boulder's Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP), for example. Researchers there study everything from climate change to solar physics, gathering raw telemetry from near-Earth spacecraft and far-flung sources such as the Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) spacecraft.
"We collect, process and archive terabytes of data a month," says LASP Senior Systems Architect Alex Green. To handle that massive data store, the lab recently upgraded to a suite of NetApp solutions.
LASP is not alone. Across academia, research institutions are seeking out robust systems to help them collect, manage, store and distribute their oversized data tracts. The right solutions offer automation, ease of management and the extreme performance of all-flash storage, says Chris Wessells, senior higher education strategist at Dell Technologies.
From Siloed to Streamlined Research Data
At LASP, the huge scale of space-based research creates a range of challenges. It's not just the size of the data, although that is not a trivial matter. It's also the variety.
The organization works on numerous research grants and missions supported by multiple external partners. "That led to a lot of siloed solutions. We might have 10 to 15 active missions at a time," each with its own storage solution, says Green. "We end up with a wide range of different technologies from different vendors that we need to manage and maintain."
In seeking a more robust storage solution, the team sought to consolidate 60 to 80 percent of existing systems. That meant finding a fix that could accommodate all those heterogenous parts.
"Part of the appeal of the NetApp approach was that we could do what I would call 'Lego blocks,' putting together multiple nodes in order to scale out," Green says.
The components include NetApp's all-flash arrays; StorageGRID, a software-defined object storage suite; and ONTAP FabricPool, a feature that automatically moves data between a high-performance local tier and a cloud tier based on access patterns.
It's vital that the scientists, engineers and researchers have access to the data however they need it."
Alex Green Senior Systems Architect, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado Boulder
"In our primary cluster, we have three all-flash or AFF NetApps, and those are our primary storage. We also wanted a slower, cheaper tier, and the StorageGRID cluster gives us that, with direct S3 on-premises storage," says Green.
FabricPool delivers the auto-tiering, a key capability for managing the expense around massive data storage.
"If data is not actively being used on all-flash, it automatically goes to the slower S3 storage. Then, if you start using it again, it pulls it back into the flash," Green says. "That was a key requirement, to have all-flash for active workloads along with some cheaper storage to drive down that cost."
The NetApp solution fulfills another key need: It offers multiple storage protocols.
"We have a wide variety of people who access the data, so we need to be able to provide their data in S3 or CIFS or NFS. Whatever they want, we can do," Green says. "It's vital that the scientists, engineers and researchers have access to the data however they need it. That multiple protocol support — and how it handles permissions between all those different systems — is critical."
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While LASP draws its data from the skies, other researchers work closer to home. Bryan Pijanowski, director of the Discovery Park Center for Global Soundscapes at Purdue University, is gathering the diverse sounds of our planet, from the creak of a glacier to the croak of a frog.
His project, Record the Earth, involves a study of the soundscapes of every major biome in the world. "There are 32 of them, and I've done 27 so far," he says. "In terms of data, I'm in the petabyte range right now, somewhere around 4 to 5 million recordings."
In addition to struggling with the size of the data, Pijanowski's previous storage solutions were fragmented and cumbersome. He needed a place to consolidate field data so he could perform analysis and calculations.
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"We had the best of the best, all the different pieces we needed, but they were not well integrated," he says. "The hardware solutions, the software solutions, the people solutions were all siloed. As a result, we were getting stuck all the time."
For a solution, Pijanowski turned to Hewlett Packard Enterprise. With Edgeline Converged Systems and ProLiant servers on the front end of the process, HPE helped the center build an environment to usher the data from ingestion to visualization via HPE Apollo systems. Files are loaded onto a server and distributed using a combination of Apache Hadoop, Spark and Kafka before landing in a MongoDB distributed database. As a final step, files move to Tableau for data visualization.
Organizations need to decide on a strategy first, one that takes into account the data needed to make your most important decisions or deliver your primary products."
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Integration was the key to success — and the unifying factor that drives the usability of the data.
"I need the hardware, the software and the people to all work together," says Pijanowski. "When I think about storage, I also have to think of the analysis and the outcomes. How do I get the research done?"
With a process that spans multiple disciplines, he says, "I need a system that works together."
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HPE's contributions to the project included the necessary technology and skill set as well as a collaborative mindset, says Pijanowski.
"It became a partnership between Purdue and HPE — the data scientists, my graduate students and postdocs — all working together to make sure that what we're developing has the needed scalability," Pijanowski says.
The new solution gives researchers more than a place to warehouse all the ambient sounds of the planet; it gives them a way to put that data to work.
"I'm now beginning to think about a world where I'm able to get the data off the sensor by streaming it back to my lab in real time," says Pijanowski. "I can ask, 'Are certain birds gone? Have insects stopped singing?' These are important to managing our natural resources.
A Thoughtful Strategy and Design Behind Data Storage
As institutions boost data storage capabilities, a carefully designed approach is essential, says Rick Merrick, CIO at TCS Education System. Based in Chicago, the nonprofit serves more than 10,000 students at five partner schools across the country.
"Organizations need to decide on a strategy first, one that takes into account the data needed to make your most important decisions or deliver your primary products," Merrick says. "That strategy will include the architecture needed for the data collection, which will drive to the proper solutions."
Future-proofing matters too, says Dell's Wessells. "New storage solutions must have scale-out capabilities to address future growth in the data environments managed by campus IT and research teams," he says.
Finally, it makes sense to find solutions that minimize updating work for IT teams, Green notes. In his case, having a common NetApp platform has significantly streamlined the upkeep effort.
"When we have our quarterly updates, we're applying the same patch level across all of them," he says. "That means that we're not trying to patch multiple systems multiple times."
EDITOR'S NOTE: An earlier version of this article incorrectly stated the number of students the TCS Education System serves. EdTech regrets the error.
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She is survived by her husband Clem; her children Debbie, Dianne (Tim), Brent (Charissa); grandchildren, Terri (Bryan), Greg, Ashlie (Bryan), Adam (Natasha); great-grandchildren, Rowen, Lily and Paige.
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Cousins, you are in my thoughts and prayers, and thinking dearly of uncle Clément.
J'ai une bonne pensée pour vous et vos enfants oncle Clément.Je vous souhaite courage et force pour traverser cette épreuve.
I'm so very sorry for your loss. Mrs. Lacasse (that's how I've always known her) was a very kind person. She always made the kids in the neighborhood feel very welcome. My thoughts are with you.
Nos plus sincères condoléances oncle Clément pour vous et votre famille.
Nous pensons à vous tous en cette période difficile.
Clem, Debbie, Dianne and Tim, Brent and Charissa, and all the grandchildren. We were so sorry to hear of Vivian's passing and we know that she will be missed. She was always such a gracious lady. Our sympathies to all of the family.


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The first of a series of common technical standards for delivering high and standard definition television programmes in the UK has been published and includes basic guidelines for audio, writes Kevin Hilton. The document covers tape-based operations and has been drawn up by the Digital Production Partnership (DPP), a collaborative industry body financed and headed by the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. Further guidelines will appear during this year for file-based HD delivery and metadata, along with a Producers' Guide, which will detail "best practice acquisition and post-production techniques". This will form the basis of a contractual relationship between broadcasters and producers relating to all new programme commissions, laying down technical specifications and picture and sound quality requirements for programmes being transmitted on the BBC, C4, Channel 5, ITV, S4C and BSkyB. The aim of the guidelines is to allow the UK TV sector to "maximise the potential of digital production" and is the first time UK broadcasters have agreed on common, achievable technical standards. Kevin Burrows (pictured), chief technical officer for broadcast and distribution at C4, is chair of the DPP technical standards working group. He comments that having a single set of standards for HD delivery in UK TV will "rationalise delivery processes" and save on costs for independent producers. "It's a very welcome development," he says. The audio aspects of the first guidelines are based on the basic track lay-out of tape configurations. Burrows says that from this starting point they will become more detailed for file and data operations. Stereo is the basis but the aim is to encourage people to use 5.1 where possible and if budgets allow. "Most programming from the US is now in surround sound but it is up to each broadcaster what they want," Burrows comments. "It's unlikely that we'll see 5.1 for everything for a while but there is a place for it at peak times on main channels like the BBC, C4 and ITV." Loudness has also been addressed but with the EBU R128 recommendations only recently published Burrows says it is "a bit early" to include specifications on this in the DPP guidelines. He confirmed, however, that R128 would form the basis of any DPP standards. www.digitalproductionpartnership.co.uk
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Here's Why Robert Scoble And The Rest Of The Pundits Are Wrong: Windows Phone Will Be A Success
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You know Microsoft did SOMETHING right when everyone seems to be talking about the Windows Phone platform. But most people are still pessimistic it's going to work for Microsoft.
Robert Scoble, for example, dismisses any study that predicts the success of Windows Phone and its eventual triumph over iOS in market share. "It is missing 450,000 apps" is Scoble's primary argument. That and, "None of my friends are talking about it."
To Robert and all the other Skeptics who think Microsoft missed the boat and cannot get away from its Windows Mobile reputation, let's break this down to what a mobile OS needs to succeed, then we can talk about Windows Phone and its chances of success.
I will of course ignore the fact that the majority of the tech press is already rooting for Windows Phone, especially after CES.
Apps: Yes, in today's mobile world, the name of the game is apps, no question about it. Windows Phone has 50,000 compared to iOS' 500,000 and Android's 400,000. Except, that comparison is ridiculous! Windows Phone has been around for one year only and it reached the 50k milestone faster than both iOS and Android. "It's a different market now then it was back then"? OK, then take 2011 as your measuring stick. Distimo's end of the year report showed that Windows Phone Marketplace was the fastest growing app store with over 400% growth.
Developers: Well apps don't grow on trees. Any successful mobile ecosystem needs a serious developer community and guess what? Microsoft has it but it also has all the tools in place to enlarge that community. Last month, I judged an app competition at Microsoft in which iOS and Android developers spent a week porting their apps over to Windows Phone. Some of them were large companies and others were small developers. The one thing they all agreed on was that the development tools/environment of Windows Phone is easier and more efficient than Android by leaps and bounds.
Global Reach: While everyone is busy talking about US market share of iOS vs Android, Nokia is busy selling a million devices a day in places people have never even heard of the iPhone, let alone have the means to afford one. Microsoft joining forces with Nokia, the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones will enable this platform to penetrate markets Apple and Google have not even started to think about. Oh, and in many of these emerging markets, consumers use their mobile phones as their primary computing device, so Nokia has a nice loyal audience over there. Oh, and that very same model of selling mobile phones in volume at a small margin? Yeah, Nokia and Microsoft are bringing that model to the U.S market now.
Hardware: Yes, I know, hardware is so 2010 and all anyone cares about are apps. Except, if that were true, Apple would not have spent all that money developing the hardware and material used in the iPhone. Hardware still matters to some extent and while you can say a lot of things about Nokia and their poor attempt at mobile software, no one makes a phone like Nokia does. The Lumia 900 and its siblings just set the bar for mobile hardware extremely high. Good luck, Samsung.
UI: Let's be honest, the UI of a mobile OS might be one of the most important factors in its success. Windows Phone, while it still has some bugs to work out and might not have ALL the cool apps just yet, has the most unique UI of any mobile OS since the first iPhone was introduced. The live tiles give you quick access to your information, and the whole Metro UI just works. I believe it was Gruber who said on last month's On the Verge that if you would go back in time to a decade ago and give someone the choice of iOS, Android, or Windows Phone, many more people would choose the latter than what the market would have you believe. And that is coming from Mr. Apple himself.
The truth is, this is just a partial list and other things Microsoft has going for it include developer incentives in place, a low price point for entry into the US market, and some other goodies like full Office and Xbox support. Not to mention some of the brilliant marketing skills Microsoft is displaying lately.
The bottom line is this. We like to think of this tech and mobile industry as a "Game over" situation with Android and iOS as the clear winners but the truth is, this space is in its diapers and what the market looks like now will in no way resemble the mobile market of 2015, so lets not declare Windows Phone dead just yet.
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Nick Jonas knows he and his wife, Priyanka Chopra's relationship moved quickly. But, that didn't stop him from proposing after just a few months of dating. As it turns out, the Jonas Brother and actress knew each other for a couple of years before they started dating. Here's how Nick Jonas knew Priyanka Chopra was the one, plus more insight into their whirlwind romance and relationship.
The Jonas Brother and Actress first met in 2016. Nick Jonas and their mutual friend, Graham Rogers were allegedly "gushing" over the actress, so he did what lots of millennials do and sent her a direct message on Twitter. According to reports, Priyanka Chopra didn't leave Nick Jonas hanging — she responded to his message on the same day and told him to send her a text instead. Thus began their budding friendship (and eventually relationship).
While they initially "met" over the internet and got to know each other through texting, the future Mr. and Mrs. didn't actually meet face-to-face for the first time until 2017, as the Vanity Fair Oscars. Nick Jonas knew she was the one long before they actually started dating. Apparently, he even went down on one knee when he saw the actress and said "You're real. Where have you been all my life?" in front of a bunch of people. Unfortunately, his dream girl didn't have much time to engage (no pun intended) and only had a few minutes to talk, as she had to catch a flight to India that night.
The two were later invited by Ralph Lauren to the Met Gala and, by that time, were flirting through text messages for a few months. They even met up the week before to hang out. According to the lovebirds, who explained their story to Vogue, they had drinks at the Carlyle in New York City and Priyanka invited her new beau to her apartment. They didn't kiss at the end of the night, but sparks were definitely flying.
True love does exist! Nick Jonas fell for Priyanka Chopra fast and, after their first date, was already thinking about spending the rest of his life with her. "I told [my brothers] a week after our first date, 'I'm going to propose later this year.' I said September, it was May at the time, it ended up being June when I proposed," he told SiriusXM.


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After re-reading everyone's comments and looking over the code a few times, I realize that my question was aimed in the wrong direction. I
Would I replace the the two lines with simple assembly instructions? Or would I have to do something like asm(). I guess this is where I'm confused. Once I know this, I think I take it from there.
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I didn't realize I omitted this from the post. Obviously the most important part, thank you Oli for pointing it out.
The goal is to replace the two lines of code inside the for loop in the attached program with inline assembly code.  You must get the same output from your inline assembly code. (perform the same results, with the same number of loops)
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#include "time.h"

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    int num2 = 27;
    int sum = 0;
    int cases = 0;
    int loose = 0;
    float time1 = 0;
    float time2 = 0;
    float time = 0;
    int i = 0;

    sum = num1 + num2;

    asm("xor %%eax,%%eax;"
        "mov %1,%%eax;"
        "add %2,%%eax;"
        "mov %%eax,%0;"
        :"=r"(sum)                   /* outputs */
        :"r"(num1),"r"(num2)         /* input   */
        :"%eax");                    /*clobber list*/

    printf("The sum is %d \n",sum);

    time1 = clock();
    for (i = 0; i<1000000000; i++)
    {

        cases = i/num1;
        loose = i%num1;

    }
    printf("The number of cases are %d \n",cases);
    printf("The number of loose items are %d \n",loose);

    time2 = clock();

    time = (time2 - time1) / CLOCKS_PER_SEC;

    printf("The elapsed time is %f seconds \n", time);

    system("pause");
    return 0;
}

Assembly :
.file   "inlineAsm.c"
.def    ___main;    .scl    2;  .type   32; .endef
.section .rdata,"dr"

LC1:
    .ascii "The sum is %d \12\0"
LC2:
    .ascii "The number of cases are %d \12\0"
    .align 4
LC3:
    .ascii "The number of loose items are %d \12\0"
    .align 4
LC5:
    .ascii "The elapsed time is %f seconds \12\0"
LC6:
    .ascii "pause\0"
    .align 4
LC4:
    .long   1148846080
    .text
.globl _main
    .def    _main;  .scl    2;  .type   32; .endef

_main:
    pushl   %ebp
    movl    %esp, %ebp
    subl    $56, %esp
    andl    $-16, %esp
    movl    $0, %eax
    addl    $15, %eax
    addl    $15, %eax
    shrl    $4, %eax
    sall    $4, %eax
    movl    %eax, -40(%ebp)
    movl    -40(%ebp), %eax
    call    __alloca
    call    ___main
    movl    $10, -4(%ebp)
    movl    $27, -8(%ebp)
    movl    $0, -12(%ebp)
    movl    $0, -16(%ebp)
    movl    $0, -20(%ebp)
    movl    $0x00000000, %eax
    movl    %eax, -24(%ebp)
    movl    $0x00000000, %eax
    movl    %eax, -28(%ebp)
    movl    $0x00000000, %eax
    movl    %eax, -32(%ebp)
    movl    $0, -36(%ebp)
    movl    -8(%ebp), %eax
    addl    -4(%ebp), %eax
    movl    %eax, -12(%ebp)
    movl    -4(%ebp), %ecx
    movl    -8(%ebp), %edx
/APP
    xor %eax,%eax;mov %ecx,%eax;add %edx,%eax;mov %eax,%edx;
/NO_APP
    movl    %edx, %eax
    movl    %eax, -12(%ebp)
    movl    -12(%ebp), %eax
    movl    %eax, 4(%esp)
    movl    $LC1, (%esp)
    call    _printf
    call    _clock
    pushl   %eax
    fildl   (%esp)
    leal    4(%esp), %esp
    fstps   -24(%ebp)
    movl    $0, -36(%ebp)
L2:
    cmpl    $999999999, -36(%ebp)
    jg  L3
    movl    -36(%ebp), %edx
    leal    -4(%ebp), %ecx
    movl    %ecx, -40(%ebp)
    movl    %edx, %eax
    movl    -40(%ebp), %ecx
    cltd
    idivl   (%ecx)
    movl    %eax, -40(%ebp)
    movl    -40(%ebp), %eax
    movl    %eax, -16(%ebp)
    movl    -36(%ebp), %edx
    leal    -4(%ebp), %ecx
    movl    %ecx, -40(%ebp)
    movl    %edx, %eax
    movl    -40(%ebp), %ecx
    cltd
    idivl   (%ecx)
    movl    %edx, -20(%ebp)
    leal    -36(%ebp), %eax
    incl    (%eax)
    jmp L2
L3:
    movl    -16(%ebp), %eax
    movl    %eax, 4(%esp)
    movl    $LC2, (%esp)
    call    _printf
    movl    -20(%ebp), %eax
    movl    %eax, 4(%esp)
    movl    $LC3, (%esp)
    call    _printf
    call    _clock
    pushl   %eax
    fildl   (%esp)
    leal    4(%esp), %esp
    fstps   -28(%ebp)
    flds    -28(%ebp)
    fsubs   -24(%ebp)
    flds    LC4
    fdivrp  %st, %st(1)
    fstps   -32(%ebp)
    flds    -32(%ebp)
    fstpl   4(%esp)
    movl    $LC5, (%esp)
    call    _printf
    movl    $LC6, (%esp)
    call    _system
    movl    $0, %eax
    leave
    ret
    .def    _system     ;.scl   3;  .type   32; .endef
    .def    _clock      ;.scl   3;  .type   32; .endef
    .def    _printf     ;.scl   3;  .type   32; .endef

Output :
/*
The sum is 37
The number of cases are 99999999
The number of loose items are 9
The elapsed time is 9.359000 seconds
Press any key to continue . . .
*/

A: It looks like the best optimization for your program is to simply remove all of the inline assembly, as it does the same thing as the statement sum = num1 + num2; just above - and as a bonus, your program will become more portable, too!

A: Based on the info you added in the recent edit, you need to modify the code inside the loop to make the program faster.
It looks to me like the reason the program is slow is because it's looping 1000000000 times for no reason.
Obviously, the best thing to do would be to eliminate the loop altogether.  However, if you're restricted to modifying only the code inside the loop, could you perhaps make the loop do NOOP on every iteration except the final one?
Note: This is a strange enough question that I still think there may be some misunderstanding about the parameters of the assignment.
Edit: Let's look at the inline assembly:
asm("xor %%eax,%%eax;"
    "mov %1,%%eax;"
    "add %2,%%eax;"
    "mov %%eax,%0;"
    :"=r"(sum)                   /* outputs */
    :"r"(num1),"r"(num2)         /* input   */
    :"%eax");                    /*clobber list*/

For the purposes of optimization, the most important thing you need to know about this is that it only runs once.  Not only that, but it's doing an extremely simple and fast operation that could be just as simple and fast if it was written in C.  There is no point in having this inline assembly except to make the program more complex, which is another reason I think there is something strange about this assignment.  It seems to be full of red herrings.
Let's look at the assembler line by line.
The first line is a shorthand way of zeroing out the %eax register.  If you xor something with itself, the result is always zero.  (I do not know why this needs to be here, since you are overwriting the contents of %eax in the next line.)
The second line loads %eax with variable 1, which is the first input (num1).
The third line adds variable 2 (num2) to %eax.
The fourth line copies the result, which is loaded in %eax, to your output variable (sum).
The remaining lines define the variables we just referred to, in order (0, 1, 2) and also tells the compiler that you just used the %eax register so it will have to clear it before using it next.
You could just as easily replace all of that assembler with simple addition in C and it would not be any slower.  The compiler is very smart.
Basically, the only case you should need to use inline assembler is inside a loop that represents the bulk of the processing time for your program, in code that you know the compiler is optimizing poorly.  This inline assembler does not qualify on either count.  Especially since it does literally the exact same thing as the C line directly above it!  You could delete the asm() call entirely and not change the output of your program at all.
If you are tasked with making your program noticeably faster but restricted to editing only that inline assembler, you are on a fool's errand.

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This work is devoted to prove the exponential decay for the energy of solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation in a bounded interval with a localized damping term. Following the method in Menzala (2002) which combines energy estimates, multipliers and compactness arguments the problem is reduced to prove the unique continuation of weak solutions. In Menzala (2002) the case where solutions vanish on a neighborhood of both extremes of the bounded interval where equation holds was solved combining the smoothing results by T. Kato (1983) and earlier results on unique continuation of smooth solutions by J.C. Saut and B. Scheurer (1987). In this article we address the general case and prove the unique continuation property in two steps. We first prove, using multiplier techniques, that solutions vanishing on any subinterval are necessarily smooth. We then apply the existing results on unique continuation of smooth solutions.
Key words: Unique continuation / decay / stabilization / KdV equation / localized damping.


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The project is an initiative that combines hardware, software and digital media to transform the education sector in Ghana from analogue to a more accessible digital one. It uses electronic reading devices backed by internet systems to offer digital books, audiobooks, video tutorials and interactive educational materials.
It is being undertaken in an effort to support the Government of Ghana's free education policy by providing quality education materials readily accessible to every student in the country, irrespective of their status, geographical location or infrastructural limitations.
The Digital Education system or Digital Classroom is designed to make education accessible to all Ghanaians from the urban areas to the very remote rural areas.
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It enables students to carry and access an entire library of books from nursery to university on a single device that can fit into their pockets. It also provides teachers with the ability to send lectures and notes to students all over the country.
This initiative is being introduced to further enhance education in the country by addressing the challenges associated with accessing quality education materials and engaging students in extracurricular activities while they are at home.
Through the Digital classroom, students can access unlimited education materials and research, it also provides 'Out of Classroom' learning using interactive virtual lessons to enable students to learn outside the classroom at their own pace and preference.
The system expands the limits of the classroom and traditional teaching by enabling teachers to create lessons and lectures that can be accessed remotely by thousands of students nationwide, expanding the learning experience beyond the scope of the classroom.
The initiative also introduces localised vocational and industrial training modules to train not just the formally educated but also the informally educated using audiovisual tutorials created in the various local dialects to train the workforce needed for Ghana's National Industrialization agenda.
As part of its implementation, a pilot study is to be undertaken in five districts to test the feasibility of the system in a typical Ghanaian classroom before full-scale nationwide implementation. This is to adapt the system's core technologies, reading devices, web systems and content distribution platforms to the local infrastructure.
The pilot test is to demonstrate the system as a non-distracting classroom tool while assessing students and teachers the ability to utilise the system effectively. All aimed at identifying and addressing obstacles and evaluating the Socio-economic impact of the Digital Classroom to advise its national rollout by the Education Ministry.
The Digital education system is an initiative spearheaded by Real Studios Limited, a wholly owned Ghanaian Information Technology Research and Development company building world-class technologies for Africa.
In an interview with the CEO of Real Studios, Muni I. Reindorf, he outlined the roadmap for implementing the Digital Classroom.
One highlight is to build a factory in Ghana to assemble the electronic reading devices and accessories needed to sustain the project after implementation as part of the national industrialisation agenda under the 1D1F initiative.
The factory will use locally sourced materials to build devices designed to withstand the harsh usage requirement of the typical Ghanaian classroom.
He also stated the fact that Real Studios is undertaking this initiative together with the Ministry of Education in an effort to address the constraints faced by the current analog education model by introducing a digital education system, intended to; provide unlimited access to quality learning materials, address the theory based curriculum with practical training using video lessons, and improving information dissemination between the Ministry of Education, Schools, Teachers, Students and other stakeholders.
All aimed at making quality education accessible in every school, in every district nationwide.


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// Author:      tim
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// Copyright in the whole and every part of this source file belongs to
// Cilogi (the Author) and may not be used, sold, licenced,
// transferred, copied or reproduced in whole or in part in
// any manner or form or in or on any media to any person other than
// in accordance with the terms of The Author's agreement
// or otherwise without the prior written consent of The Author.  All
// information contained in this source file is confidential information
// belonging to The Author and as such may not be disclosed other
// than in accordance with the terms of The Author's agreement, or
// otherwise, without the prior written consent of The Author.  As
// confidential information this source file must be kept fully and
// effectively secure at all times.
//

package com.cilogi.lid.util;

import com.github.mustachejava.DefaultMustacheFactory;
import com.github.mustachejava.Mustache;
import com.github.mustachejava.MustacheFactory;
import lombok.NonNull;
import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
import org.slf4j.Logger;
import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.StringReader;
import java.io.StringWriter;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Render a mustache template stored as a resource
 */
public class RenderMustache {
    @SuppressWarnings("unused")
    static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RenderMustache.class);

    private RenderMustache() {}

    public static String render(@NonNull String resourceName, @NonNull Map<String,?> map) throws IOException {
        MustacheFactory mf = new DefaultMustacheFactory();
        StringReader sr = new StringReader(IOUtils.toString(RenderMustache.class.getResourceAsStream(resourceName)));
        Mustache mustache = mf.compile(sr, "test");
        StringWriter sw = new StringWriter();
        mustache.execute(sw, map);
        return sw.toString();
    }
}

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Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. announced its second-year partnership with International Talent Support (ITS), a global platform and competition for young emerging creative talent, as well as this year's Samsung Galaxy Award featuring the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge. Samsung and ITS are recognizing young talent and forces of fashion with creative vision, encouraging them to explore their creative ideas, and ultimately create a product or art piece that unites technology and fashion for a chance to receive the Samsung Galaxy Award. As a global innovator in mobile technology, Samsung is devoted to uniting the worlds of fashion and technology by leading the way in the development of tech products and user-experiences that seamlessly combine style with substance.
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"Samsung recognizes young designers and talent as critical forces of fashion that have the potential to create the next big thing in fashion-forward tech devices and accessories," says Younghee Lee, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing, IT & Mobile Division at Samsung Electronics. "We are proud to support this innovative group and look forward to seeing the many ways that fashion and technology can unite to better improve our lives."
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Abbey House Museum in Kirkstall, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is housed in the gatehouse of the ruined 12th-century Kirkstall Abbey, and is a Grade II* listed building. The house is  north west of Leeds city centre on the A65 road. It is part of the Leeds Museums & Galleries group.

History
The museum opened in July 1927. The ground floor is set out as an area of Victorian streets, illustrating a range of shops and services and including original shop fittings etc. The first street, Abbey Fold, opened in July 1954.  Harewood Square opened in 1955 and Stephen Harding Gate in 1958. The museum was refurbished between 1998 and 2001 funded by National Lottery Heritage Fund.

Upstairs, the galleries feature childhood collections, community-curated displays and temporary exhibitions.

The paranormal TV programme Most Haunted visited the Abbey House Museum in the first episode of Series 19. The crew experienced apparent paranormal incidents which included knocking and a piano playing by itself.

See also
 Grade II* listed buildings in Leeds
 Listed buildings in Leeds (Kirkstall Ward)
 Violet Crowther
 Emily Wardman

References

External links

 BBC: Abbey House Museum tour

 Abbey House Museum on Leeds daily photo
Leeds Museums & Galleries: Three Women: a plesiosaurus, a mistaken identity, and a hat.

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Fowlerville man sentenced for trying to strangle woman
Lisa Roose-Church
A Fowlerville man was sentenced to at least 50 months in prison for trying to strangle a woman.
On Thursday, the prosecution described Dexter Kermit Jones Jr., 26, as a man who poses a "serious risk" to the community, but his attorney asked the court to consider Jones' mental health issues when fashioning a sentence.
Livingston County Circuit Judge Michael P. Hatty did not follow the probation office's recommendation of five years in prison because he said "a few months grace" should be given since Jones admitted to the offense and spared the complainant from testifying.
Instead, Hatty sentenced Jones to 50 months to 15 years in prison for assault by strangulation and to four years to seven-and-half years for third-offense domestic violence.
Assistant Prosecutor Scott Ehlfeldt told the court that Jones' behavior has "escalated over time" and that it was a culmination of prior domestic violence acts that resulted in the current offenses.
Jones threatened the woman during a domestic dispute in July, saying, "I'm going to kill you (expletive)," according to a police report.
"That statement is designed to cause her substantial fear and anxiety during the course of this offense," the assistant prosecutor said.
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Ehlfeldt said Jones has received a variety of services from the courts, including mental health and probation.
"Everything that can be done has been offered to this defendant, and it hasn't worked," he said. "The only option left is incarceration."
Defense attorney Carolyn Henry said both parties in the case "present with significant mental health issues" and it is clear Jones and the complainant are "a couple that (should) not be together."
She noted that her client and the complainant have children together and have received assistance from the state's Department of Health and Human Services and its Child Protection Services unit.
"Mr. Jones recognizes that," Henry said. "He said he was very sorry for what he did."
Contact Livingston Daily justice reporter Lisa Roose-Church at 517-552-2846 or lrchurch@gannett.com. Follow her on Twitter @LisaRooseChurch.


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Promised to the Light. Hunted by the Dark.
Two things happen the night Elidi Brant is attacked. She learns she's not human, and she is saved by the impressive and, also definitely not human, Kol Valco. Kol tells her something big and world-breaking is after her, but he promises to protect her until she "ascends."
Elidi doesn't know what ascending means or how to access the abilities Kol insists she has, but she trusts him. The claws and fur he can sprout at will make her feel safe. However, safety is a fragile thing and the force after her is more powerful than Elidi can imagine.
With the clock on Elidi's mortality ticking, she must find a way to access her gifts or kill them both in the process.
The Starlight Duology
Be very afraid of the Shadows.
I know what I'm not. Human.
I can't remember my life before Earth, but I've grown up hearing the stories of a planet ravaged by war and a people in need of a leader who will bring them out of the darkness. I'm supposed to be their light.
My future terrifies me.
But I'm done waiting to have a real life. If I ever want a chance to live free of the Shadows, I'll need to fight for it because freedom is never free. No matter what galaxy you call home.
Tragic Ink
Tattoo artist Gwen Facharro prefers working alone in her Havenwood Falls shop. Coworkers want to be friends, and friends ask too many questions. The last thing Gwen wants to do is answer them. Especially when her inked images tend to take on lives of their own—and not everyone uses the fae magic for good. If the Court finds out, she'll be tossed in jail. Or worse, banished from town forever.
Although they grew up together, Seelie warrior Rhys Graywalk has been very careful to keep Gwen at a distance. Between the secrets he keeps for her and the ones he keeps from her, his plate is already full. Romance isn't on the menu. It can't be. He has his orders.
But when the people around her start turning up dead, Gwen's fears become reality. Someone has discovered her secret. Someone who wants Gwen's talents for themselves. And they won't stop until they get it.
To separate the truth from the lies she's been told about her fae heritage, Gwen is forced to work with the only friend she's ever really known. She's just not sure she can handle rejection a second time.
The Havenwood Falls shared world is a collaborative effort by multiple authors across multiple series all in the paranormal fantasy genre, allowing readers to discover new authors and stories to fall in love with. Each author brings a stand-alone plotline, so they can be read in any order, but there are many crossovers among the stories.
Heart Lines Series
Set in the world of Dirty Blood, this series can be read on its own OR before/after my bestselling Dirty Blood series. NOTE: this is NEW ADULT, so it gets pretty sexy. Also, there are sexual innuendos, F-bombs, and boobs–unlike my Dirty Blood series which is young adult. You've been warned.
She's the cure that could save him. If only she could remember how.
Two years ago, 20 year-old Samantha Knight experienced a life-altering trauma. Unfortunately, she can't remember what it was. Previously outgoing, fun, and carefree—it's as if someone flipped a switch on Sam's insides. Now, she's afraid of everything, socially awkward, and convinced she's going crazy. As Beyonce would say, she woke up like this. Sam tries her best to juggle college classes, work, and the nosiest roommate ever, but behind the curtain, Sam's life is all about keeping a firm grip on her own mind. And life is kicking her ass.
Alex Channing has only one enemy in this world: werewolves. Born and raised to fight in the supernatural military, he has become an expert at hunting and killing rabid werewolves. But when Alex is bitten and infected, he finds himself racing against a ticking clock for his own survival.
Alex's search for a cure leads him finally to an oracle in a seaside town in California. And she gives him the reading of a lifetime. The key to his cure is a girl who forgets things, cries spontaneously, and might just be insane. And the only way she can save him is to do the one thing Alex knows is impossible: she has to remember.
O Face (#MeetCute Books)
I have a confession.
I've never had an orgasm.
Not for lack of trying. Hell, I even experimented once in college with a girlfriend, but nothing. Nada. Zilch.
I'm pretty sure I'm broken.
That is, until Liam Porter waltzes back into my life.
Cassie Franklin is untouchable. And she wears it well.
Heir to a fortune and heart of fucking stone—I've never, not once in the years I've known her—seen her smile.
Not that I've lost sleep over her while I've been rolling in the sheets with every other beautiful girl this town has to offer. Not to mention the women I had during my tour of duty. I'm not exactly pining. Still, Cassie's always gotten under my skin—all that cool beauty set into a cold stare.
So when her best friend begs me to find out what Cassie's hiding, I'm more than happy to comply. In fact, this is one covert takedown I'll actually enjoy.
So why is it that the more I learn about the real Cassie Franklin, the more positive I am—there's only one expression I want to see grace her features: Her O Face.
And I never back down from a challenge.
This is part of the #MeetCute Book Series. 12 authors. 12 standalone stories. ALL with an unforgettable "meet cute." Learn more here.
Alpha Undercover
Wolf shifter, Gage Wilson, isn't the guy you call to borrow a cup of sugar. But when Hardy Gilbert asks for a favor, you don't say no. Now, Gage is putting his ex-military skills to use, going undercover in a corrupt shifter town in Montana to expose the crime boss and his gang of thugs selling silver bullets to the highest bidder. Only problem, he's falling hard for the boss's daughter.
Leopard shifter, Angie Cattaneo, is sick of this life. It's taken everything from her and now, she's determined to hold her father accountable for everyone he has hurt and to find a way out on her own. Gage Wilson, criminal for hire, is only a temptation. A distraction that threatens to prolong her escape. But is he a temptation she can resist? Or is she doomed to a life of crime only to avoid her own heartbreak?
Gage isn't who she thinks. He's the biggest, baddest wolf she's ever seen–and he's come to clean house. Will Angie's heart be left intact when he's done?
STANDALONE Shifter Romance with a HEA!
Guarded By The Alpha
"Great snarky dialogue and an excellent twist! I definitely recommend Guarded by The Alpha!" –Georgette St. Clair, NYT Bestselling Shifter Romance Author
Puma shifter, Del Santoni, has lived her entire life as the heir to a decades' old feud with the Armsford family—a struggle that ended in the death of her own father years ago. Since then, both sides have done nothing but fight and grapple for social power—and Del's sick of it. She's willing to do anything to end the war—even if it means dethroning her own family.
Del begins a secret mission to recover the Maker's Mark. If legend is true, its symbols will reveal the name of the one true ruling family. When the statue is found and someone threatens Del's life in order to steal it, Del is forced to accept the help and protection of her greatest enemy. He is the most stubborn, infuriating werewolf she's ever laid eyes on. He also happens to be her fated mate. Throw in a sassy human car thief who won't leave her alone, a marriage hoax, and tattooed coyote shifters trying to kill her at every rest stop…if she survives the week, it'll be a miracle.
Wolf shifter Zak Armsford has never been accused of being a good guy – but being good doesn't get the job done. Mislabeled and misunderstood, he left Fort Jericho years ago and joined the military to put his bad rep to good use. Now that he's a free man, he's not exactly white collar material. So when his friend from Shifters, Inc calls with a protection detail, Zak is just hungry enough for some action to say yes.
Turns out his assignment offers plenty of action. Zak discovers he's been hired to protect the Princess of Fort Jericho herself. Del Santoni—his greatest enemy and his childhood crush all in one. Zak can't walk away a second time. To keep Del alive and the statue safe, he'll ruthlessly use his supernatural strength, his connections, and Del's own secrets against her.
On the run, Del struggles with the truth. Is Zak her Fated Mate – or her mortal enemy? Because it's not just Del's heart that's at risk – it's her life.
young adult sci-fi trilogy
Everyone is exactly like me. There is no one like me.
Ven, a clone of wealthy eighteen-year-old, Raven Rogen, knows everything about the girl she was created to serve: the clothes she wears, the boys she loves, the friends she loves to hate. Yet she's never met the Authentic Raven face-to-face. Imitations like Ven only get to leave the lab when they're needed—to replace a dead Authentic, donate an organ, or complete a specific mission. And Raven has never needed Ven . . . until now.
Will Ven survive her mission–even if her orders are to die?
Imitation (book 1) is now available in paperback!
The Bitterroot Trilogy
young adult paranormal romance
Two sisters forced to compete for alpha. The winner will be forced to marry the vampire prince. One girl wants him dead, the other has fallen for him.
Can the sisters survive their rivalry AND forbidden love?
Dirty Blood Series
I killed a girl last night. I did it with my bare hands and an old piece of pipe I found lying next to the dumpster. But that's not the part that got me. The part that scared me, the part I can't seem to wrap my head around and still has me reeling, was that when she charged me, her body shifted–and then she was a wolf. All snapping teeth and extended claws. But by the time I stood over her lifeless body, she was a girl again. That's about the time I went into shock. And that was the moment he showed up.
Now, all I can do is accept the truths that are staring me in the face. One, Werewolves do exist. And two, I was born to kill them.
A Risk Worth Taking
New Adult Contemporary Romance
When 22-year-old Summer Stafford's parents split halfway through her senior year at college, Summer's world is rocked. Everything she thought she knew—heck, everything she thought she wanted for her own life—feels like a lie. The truth is love is a risk.
Reeling from the divorce, Summer derails her own future by giving up her lifelong plans for a big-city career. She moves back home, business degree in hand. Dad needs her to fill the gaps her mother left behind; Summer needs to find who she is outside of the cookie-cutter life that failed so miserably for her parents.
Ford O'Neal's future involves one person: himself. He doesn't have a permanent address and he definitely doesn't commit. To a place or a person. Raised by hippies, he plans just far enough ahead to secure his next stop, this one landing him at a work-study program at Heritage Plantation where he can grow his own herbal and medicinal creations.
Summer is gorgeous and smart and fun to be with, the perfect way to pass five months. It won't be love—Ford's got too many things to accomplish, too many places to go, before he settles down. Yet Summer pulls him in, challenging him to rethink his own philosophy.
When Ford's five months are up, each of them must decide if love is really worth the risk.
A Bet Worth Making
Who bets on their own failure in love?
Jordan DeWalter has her future mapped out—build the most impressive architectural design portfolio in all of New England, and use it to one day open her own firm. But when her father unexpectedly passes away, her plans, and her heart, are broken. Now, if she wants the money once promised to her, she'll have to return to the town that threw her family out over twenty years ago in order to get it.
If there's one thing Jordan despises more than small towns, it's small town people.
Casey Luck has spent his life skating by on charm and a devil-may-care attitude. Never one to take life too seriously, he's kept secret his dream of building custom dirt bikes. Instead, he fills the role his family expects: tractor mechanic, farm handyman, comedic relief. But, deep down, Casey's restless for something more.
Then he meets his new roommate: Jordan.
Their attraction is instant, but Jordan's not fooled by the chemistry between them. When the summer is over, she's out of here no matter what. In fact, she's willing to bet on it.
Will their undeniable connection be the push they both need to break free of their pasts, or will Jordan's wager on their failure ruin the future for them both?
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EVEN IF THERE IS A REALM BEYOND MORTALITY, WOULD FINDING IT IMPROVE OUR LIVES ON EARTH? What use is Spirit to a troubled world? Do prayer and meditation work? As a young man in search of love and a purpose to live for, the author could not fit within the world he found. Longing to be useful but unwilling to conform, he went out to South America. It wasn't so easy. Alone on a mountainside one day, an inner voice said, 'To make whole, be whole'. This was a turning point. He realised that, before being able to help others, he first had to work on himself. Once back in England, he looked for and found a method of meditation.
Love of nature led him to become one of the first organic farmers but, when asked what he really wanted in life, he answered 'God'. He'd been schooled in Christian faith but was not, at this time, attracted to the Church. Meditation proved an ideal accompaniment as further adventures took him to Africa and, in particular, the desert. Later, at low ebb in the USA, he 'met' Jesus, which brought his practice of meditation and Christianity together. At the age of 51, he re-entered university to study Russian prior to visiting his mother's homeland for the first time in 1991. This led to several years living in Russia, where he realised the similarity between his own practice and traditional Orthodox 'prayer of the heart'.
The book is based on notes of the author's unfolding spiritual experience, which taught him that the wholeness he sought is actually – Spirit. How is it attained? By many encouraging examples he shows how, with patient perseverance, the grip of the ego with all the restrictive unhappiness it brings, can be released. Being then more open to the influence of Grace, we may come to discover the Kingdom of God – our original, spiritual and perfect home.
Is life complete – surpassing bliss.
Where all is right and nothing wrong".
That's how it happens. I first read about it as a young man but now I don't need anyone to tell me. It rises of itself from my own experience. And that's how I write my books.
The world, the flesh and ego will deny it but, letting go un-natural restriction, naturally opens up the Spirit that I am. Here, now, I sit and realise it. Spirit, being absolute completion, includes all things as aspects of One Self. It is the fulfilment to which we all instinctively aspire.
My story is only one more witness to the same eternal destiny of all who seek and find. Through many trials, errors and layers of limitation, it describes how I gradually come to realise more fully what I am, and how to be of use. Sufficient to say, this greatest of adventures thrills me now as it did when I first started. It has become my life's work and can only continue after death.
While every journey is unique, it can be described and bring encouragement to others. So, I have published my two books.
John Butler 'Discovering Stillness – Part 1' Interview by Iain McNay.
Author of 'Wonders Of Spiritual Unfoldment' and Mystic Approaches.' His loves were farming and meditation. Tells his story of spiritual unfoldment and how he discovered stillness. It was not always an easy path for him and he went through periods of depressions and hopelessness.
'From worldliness the absolute completion of Pure Being can seem out of touch, more theoretical than real. How can it be relevant to need? Once known however any return to ordinary worldly ways only seem to emphasise its loss.
Previous "What is the Soul?" ~ Jason Gregory Next Eckhart Tolle Tv – Why did this awareness happen to you?


I thought I'd share a couple of examples of what conversations are like with my boys… both of these examples happened just this morning.
While watching cartoons, Cameron saw an episode where the kids wanted to be the parents and the parents had to be the kids. As you can expect, it didn't go so well. However, this idea intrigued Cameron enough for him to want to try it… his top priority, video game time!
Conversation #2 – Which colour is your favourite?
Tyler wanted to play trains with me after Cameron got on the bus, so he got a train he wanted and then wanted to be the big helper by getting me a train as well. Holding the blue train in his hand, he looks over at me….
Tyler turns to the trains, gives it a quick glance and then comes back to me.
Ash is getting into that developmental stage where he's beginning to realize that the rules for grown-ups and the rules for kids don't always seem to match up fairly, and he isn't very appreciative. Unfortunately, he's not yet developmentally ready to grasp that just because he's figured it out doesn't mean it's all going to change, or to grasp explanations as to why this is the case.
Maybe it's just me, but I think you were mess'n with Tyler….
LOL, I didn't intend to. The way he was holding that blue train, I knew he wanted it so I kept naming which ever other colour he gave me for a choice.
I thought for sure he'd eventually name a colour that was actually in there but he never did!


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August 27, 2013 / Press Release
Porter Wright adds antitrust litigator, bolsters D.C. presence
Porter Wright welcomes antitrust litigator, Jay L. Levine, as a partner in the firm's Litigation Department. Levine will serve clients from Porter Wright's Washington, D.C., office.
"We are excited to add Jay's extensive experience in complex litigation, particularly with antitrust and consumer protection matters, to our experienced D.C. team," said Rich McHugh, partner-in-charge of the firm's Washington office.
Levine brings to Porter Wright more than 20 years of experience in litigation and antitrust counseling, including advising clients on the full range of antitrust and consumer-protection issues. He regularly represents clients before the Federal Trade Commission, the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice and States Attorneys General in connection with the merger review process and other conduct-related investigations. Levine advises clients in Lanham Act, unfair competition, deceptive advertising and related proceedings in courts and before federal and state regulatory authorities. He has extensive litigation experience in a variety of industries, particularly health care, agriculture, pharmaceuticals and consumer products.
"Porter Wright's expanding antitrust practice, as well as its strength in litigation and stellar reputation, is a natural fit for my practice," said Levine. "I look forward to growing with the firm."
Active in the American Bar Association's Section on Antitrust Law, Levine has served as Vice Chair of its Joint Conduct Committee and as a member of the editorial board for the annual updates to Antitrust Law Developments. He is also active in the Antitrust Practice group of the American health Lawyers Association. Levine has written and spoken extensively about antitrust issues, particularly as they relate to the health care industry, intellectual property, and mergers and acquisitions.
Levine received a J.D. cum laude from Fordham University School of Law and a B.A. from University of Maryland.
Levine is the second litigator to move to Porter Wright's Washington office in the last few months. Steven Taub, also a partner practicing in complex litigation, joined the firm this past spring.
"We have taken advantage of several opportunities to grow our litigation presence in Washington this year, and we look forward to bringing this additional experience to our clients immediately," said McHugh.
Jay L. Levine


First of, every client is given 100% confidentiality upon engagement.
This means that we do not put our logo on your website, hide secret code in your templates, or in any way ever disclose that we work for you.
We have had 2 clients in the past decade decline this confidentiality but all other clients have willingly seen this as a benefit.
If your competition doesn't know HOW you are getting ahead of them - that's great for your business. We don't want them to know you are doing SEO so we leave no signature to be traced.
Ever wondered how the big agencies handle multiple clients in the same industry... How does Sensis take on 5 plumbers in Cairns - which one will they favour this month?
We simply don't do it.
Once you are onboard with us as an SEO client, that "position" is locked out for anyone else. We simply say "I'm sorry, but we already have a client in that industry". We do not reveal WHO that client is of course.
Furthermore, we have a 90 day cooling off period where if a client decides to stop workign with us, we guarantee them that we will not take on a replacement client for 90 days. This cooling off period allows the original client to decide if they want to come back, or indeed cease work for good.
Of course, if we do take on a new client - we would never reveal who our previous client was in any way - that confidentiality lasts forever.
Search Engine Optimistion (SEO) is a systematic approach or, methodology, on how to gain visibility for a website for target search terms.
Nobody, not even Google, nor the world's best SEO company, can guarantee you or anyone else any rankings, let alone a first page or first place ranking for your website. This is impossible, and Google partners are expressly prohibited from making such claims.
In today's society, it is very common for marketing companies to sell illusions - it's what they do - they market and advertise.
SEO companies also do this, they guarantee and sell you the illusion that YOU will be number one.
This is an illogical promise though, because, there are thousands of SEO people all trying to get their clients to number 1. How could it be possible that all of them keep their "promise". Someone has to be number 1, someone has to be number 2, number 3, etc etc.
THE SEO SHOP does not make any promises, instead, we make a pledge.
This pledge is designed to remove any illusions and make sure that you understand the realities of what we are "selling" you.
We pledge to use our understanding, experience, and methodologies to get your website ranking as high as possible, for your desired search terms.
It's that simple - we will coach you (train you) in the best known methods using the latest SEO understandings to let you then "win the race". No promises though - it's up to you to win the race.
Think of a marathon with 10,000 competitors.
You have engaged us as your personal trainer, and as such we will make you run circuits, give you advice about healthy eating, help you pick the right shoes, make sure you stay hydrated, etc.
But YOU have to RUN and WIN the race. It's in our interests and hope that you do - but you may not. You may come second, third, fourth or even last.
The thing about SEO is that the Marathon has no ending, so as long as you keep trying, you will slowly but surely gain some ground.
It might take you 3 weeks, 3 months or 3 years - but using our training will give you a huge advantage over those who are not training.
We're also a small local agency based in Cairns, so that means you can get all the benefits of hiring an expensive agency, without the price tag.


A futuristic all silver colourway for the Nikes Air Presto Premium Metallic Silver. A silver micromesh upper is detailed with a tonal Nike swoosh above the toes. The padded neoprene sock liner fits snugly to your foot and ankle providing cushioning and support throughout. A metallic toecap, lacing and heel system add a silver sheen to the shoe. The sculpted midsole has an embossed white swoosh on the left and on the the right the lacing system extends into the arch, with an embossed silver swoosh.
Super light and comfortable, the Nike Air Presto Premium Shoes - Metallic Silver / Pure Platinum would team well with some jogger pants.
Metallic support cage and toe cap.


A PBN was recently invited to attend the 5th Annual Biomedical Engineering Industry Alliance networking event on 11th November 2016 held in the Shaw Foundation Alumni House in the National University of Singapore. There to welcome us was Dr. Dieter Trau, the original founder of BME IA. He introduced us to the current chairman of the organization, Dr. Michael J.A. Girard, with whom Dr. Trau still co-chairs.
Also in attendance were many professors, researchers, industry leaders, media, entrepreneurs and students. The event started at 5 p.m., served with a cocktail reception where the guests are offered a variety of refreshments and drinks, and a spread of Western cocktail food whilst a percussion quartet subtly played their calming melodies in the background.
In this event, BME professors and researchers gathered to meet with industries for potential research collaborations or investment opportunities. There we saw four emerging start-up companies originating from the NUS BME Department. Representatives for these start-ups, in turn, passionately explained their work and product to attendees in their respective booths. Dr. Dieter Trau started two of these start-ups, namely: AYOXXA Biosystems and Tip Biosystems.
AYOXXA Biosystems is an international proteomics company founded on 2010. It has developed LUNARIS©, a proprietary technology platform for multip lex protein analysis of precious, small-volume specimens. Its bead-based chip technology allows industry and university users to realize the full potential of proteomics reliably, including the efficient allocation of its resources and costs. Now AYOXXA has more than 30 employees based in Germany, Boston and Singapore, with a venture capital of more than S$30 million.
Tip Biosystems began in 2014, growing currently with 10 employees. The company developed a personal handheld photometric device "Photopette®", for life science/biomedical research. It produces faster photometric measurements with the convenience of not needing sample transfer into a cuvette. The "Photopette®" will be launched in early 2017.
ROCESO Technologies, a Singapore-based medical device company, was also showcasing their soft robotic wearable device, EsoGlove, at the networking event. Founded by Dr. Raye Yeow, Yap Hong Kai and Jane Wong, ROCESO Technologies offer soft robotic solutions to patients with limb motor function impairments. EsoGlove is their first proof-of-concept medical device, which is at least 5 times lighter than current rehabilitation and assistive devices. By wearing the EsoGlove, stroke patients, for example, would be able to move their hands more efficiently, such as gripping, in order to carry out daily activities. It is with the hope that this device would also motivate them to do more rehabilitation exercises.
With 78 members up to date, BME IA's main purpose is to foster industry links with BME; including students to receive exposure on real-world scenarios in the biomedical/life science industry.
Among the total number of 68 attendees from both industry and academia, 40 of them were industry guests while 28 were from NUS. The event lasted until 8 p.m.
Another BME event will come up in May 2017, where undergraduate and graduate students can showcase their research work through poster presentation to industry executives. Through this interaction, students are given first-hand opportunities to meet with potential employers or secure prospective internship positions.
More information about BME IA can be found on their website at http://bioeng.nus.edu.sg/bmeia/.
Hey Buddy!, I found this information for you: "Biomedical Engineering Industry Alliance (BME IA): Working in Favour of the Industry's Stakeholders". Here is the website link: http://tipbiosystems.com/biomedical-engineering-industry-alliance-bme-ia-working-in-favour-of-the-industrys-stakeholders/. Thank you.


There is often the need to generate a +ve/-ve power supply from a single power supply input such as a battery or a plug-pack. The PSU-11 will generate a -12V rail from a +12VDC input supply.
For example, the PSU-11b running at maximum -12V loading with a 5A supply will deliver approximately +12V @ 2.5A and -12V @ 2.5A. If you only draw, for example, 1A off the -12V rail then you an draw up to 4A from the +12V rail.
This small unit is suitable for mounting directly inside the system to be powered but can also be mounted in a small enclosure for use as a small stand-alone supply.


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Library > EASYProcess Reference Manual > Processes > Services > EvaluatorWorkshop > Replace
Replace Overview
Replace is a service that allows the user to choose a character or a set of characters in an expression and replace those with a new character or set of characters. The Replace service will take three inputs. The first being the InputString, which is the sentence or expression that will get parts of it replaced. The other two inputs are OldValue and NewValue, which denote which "old" character/s are going to be replaced with which "new" character/s.
Replace could be used when there is a company wide name change for a product or process. This way all the database entries can be changed and updated as required. If the phrase to be replaced is not present in the original string then the input remains untouched.
Another common use for Replace in EASYProcess is to replace the space character with an empty string. This removes all space characters from the input string.
Important: Keep in mind the replace service is case sensitive. This means if the OldValue is in lower case, then only the lower case instances of OldValue will be replaced in the InputString.
Replace Use Examples
Workshop: EvaluatorWorkshop
Service: Replace
InputString The InputString is the original expression or sentence that contains the OldValue which need to be replaced by the NewValues. This is the main string that is going to be modified to create the output string.
OldValue This is the original value, that will be replaced inside the InputString. Any instance of the OldValue in the original string will have been replaced by the end of this operation.
NewValue This is the new value that will be inserted into the InputString in the place of the OldValue. There will be multiple instances of this NewValue in the output depending on the number of instances of the OldValue present.
OutputString The OutputString will be similar to the InputString barring the fact that all the places where OldValue was found will now be replaced by whatever was defined in the NewValue.
Replace Use Example
Basic Use Example
Replace is a fairly simple service to understand and use. In the example given below, we simply create three textboxes. One for each of the inputs that we are going to provide the service.
Once we press the "Replace" button, it simply takes the inputs from the fields and runs the Replace service as per the logic specified. It replaces all the instances of 'is' in the InputString with the characters 'as'. Then in the logs it will generate an OutputString with can be used by a later service to set the value of the last field.
Notice in the output there were 4 old values replaced with the new value. If the user only wished to replace the word "is" and not the letters "i-s" within other words, the input value could have been padded in space characters: " is ".
Using Replace to Format Currency Values
Often times when currency is displayed on a webpage, it is formatted for the user. It will have dollar signs and commas or decimals. These will have to be removed if we want the currency value to be saved as an integer in a database or passed into a function which requires the integer data type.
In this example, a page called "Proceed To Pay" takes some currency values from the page and inputs them into another function which will proceed to pay the invoices the user has selected. Two of these values are the TotalAmount and OpenAmount. Below you can see part of the process canvas.
Two Replace services are being used to format the numbers by removing the commas out of larger numbers. It is replacing the comma with a blank value, or an empty string.
This blank values was created by clicking into the NewValue parameter, then looking under the "Recommended Values" in the right panel.