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Published on December 23, 2016 in Music News by Louis Raphael
There cannot be a mention of the rich musical history of San Francisco without a mention of the Summer of Love. There was a gathering of nearly 100,000 hippies in the Haight and Ashbury neighborhood of San Francisco during the summer of 1967. This was a movement in search of personal freedom in terms of being able to wear what they wanted and to express themselves the way they wanted. It was like a rebellion against the established norms of the society with intent to create a 'free society'. The Summer of Love thus gave birth to a new kind of music in the San Francisco music scene called acid rock. The likes of artists Janis Joplin, the members of Jefferson Airplane, Grace Slick, and Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead came to the forefront and took the world of music by storm.
The other notable thing that can be counted in the San Francisco music scene is 'The Fillmore'. This entertainment district seen today as the heart and soul of the city dates back a hundred years. The Fillmore became a hotbed of music in San Francisco during the 1960s and to this date is dotted with theaters, dance halls, nightclubs and other such music venues.
The enormous influx and the rise of the hippie culture and free society and thereby free music meant that the scene of live music in San Francisco changed forever. It resulted in a lot of music festivals being held here. The Trips Festival of '66, the San Francisco Pop Fest of '68, the Fantasy Fair and Magic Mountain Music Festival and the Monterey Pop Music Festival of Northern California are a few prominent ones to name a few that are closely linked to the rich musical history of San Francisco. Over 30 bands performed at the Fantasy Fair including the Doors, Jefferson Airplane, the Byrds, and Dionne Warwick. There was a mixture of genres of music on offer here much like what we see in today's music festivals. In the Monterey Pop Music Festival however, they strived to bring recognition to rock, soul and pop music at a time when only jazz thrived. The Board of Governors included Big stars like Mick Jagger, Smokey Robinson, and Paul McCartney and they ensured around 30 acts were performed. Both these music festivals were a delight for the music loving crowds who swayed in abandon to change the music scene of San Francisco forever.
The various genres
The North beach was the bohemian area of the San Francisco, where jazz lovers used to hang out. Gary Snyder, Philip Whalen, Lew Welch, and Kirby Doyle formed the core of the Beat Generation that became synonymous with jazz and the San Francisco music scene during the 1950s. This was followed by the revolution of the 1960s and various genres came into being. In the 1970s, the punk music emerged with the likes of the band Dead Kennedys. Slowly a lot more bands followed, they either started here or settled here making sure that San Francisco remained a hotbed of music genres.
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Ukrainian singer Max Barskih joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Ukrainian singer and musician Max Barskih announced on Instagram that he had joined the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
"Well, friends, hello everyone. From tomorrow, I start my training. Who would have thought. A month ago the only thing I had in my hands was a microphone, time is changing," the singer said.

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I recently read an article from the Washington Post which stated, "If you don't want to run out of money in retirement, follow this rule of thumb." So, of course I clicked into the article to see what kind of advice they had to give.
This article particularly was referring to the 4% rule. I didn't know what the 4% rule was, so I did some research. The rule says you will not run out of money in retirement if you only withdraw 4% from your retirement savings every year. So, if you have $300,000 saved in your retirement account, you will only be able to draw $12,000 annually. The rule itself seems sound, but, it may be somewhat unrealistic for the majority of Americans.
If your goal is to replace 80% of your $50,000 annual salary, you will need have $40,000 in annual income during retirement.
For the first example, let's assume you don't have any pension income and receive 20% of your income from Social Security ($10,000 annually). So, you will need to replace $30,000 in annual income through your retirement savings in this scenario.
To show the amount needed in savings to achieve the income needed for the 4% rule, we need to divide income needed by 4% (30,000 / 4%). The amount needed in this scenario is $750,000.
There's are some problems with assuming someone will be able to save those kinds of assets. Most Americans are unable to save enough and may not even have a way to save through their employer. According to census research data compiled in this Bloomberg article, 79% of Americans work at a place that sponsors a 401(k) type retirement plan. That's great news on the surface; however, the data also shows only 14% of employers offer a 401(k). So, what does this mean? I believe it indicates that smaller employers do not have the ability to provide a 401(k) plan.
Only 14% of employers offer a 401k.
An employer offering a plan is only half of the battle. The other half of the battle is getting individuals to participate and save in the plan. The truth is, people are not saving. According to a 2013 study by the National Institute on Retirement Security, the average investment account balance for Americans between age 55 and 64 with a retirement plan provided by their employer was $100,000. Also, the average investment account balance for the same age group without a retirement plan from their employer was only $12,000. So, the 4% rule is starting to look somewhat unrealistic for those who only have a retirement savings account.
The average investment account balance for [Americans age 55 to 64] without a retirement plan from their employer was only $12,000.
This is why all Americans should have access to secure monthly income through a defined benefit plan. Defined benefit plans provide modest monthly benefits that will continue until the member passes away. The benefits are consistent, measurable and predictable. A person participating in LAGERS can quickly and easliy calculate what to expect through a monthly benefit. Below is an example of the impact a defined benefit plan can have on your ability to achieve financial security in retirement.
If someone worked for a LAGERS employer for 20 years under the L-7 (1.50%) program, they will receive 30% of their average salary for life.
Using an estimated Average Salary, the benefit would be $14,411 per year. In this example, you will still be receiving an estimated $10,000 per year from Social Security plus $14,411 from LAGERS.
So, they will need to have $15,589 in annual income provided by their investment account to replace 80% of their pre-retirement income.
If we use the same mathematics from above and divide the annual income needed by 4%, instead of needing $750,000, you would need $389,725 in your retirement account at retirement. Still a large number, but not insurmountable.
With a pension plan, financial security becomes attainable for all Americans. Saving money is still necessary to achieve financial security, even with a pension. But, with a pension plan and stable savings, employees have the ability to leave the workforce with dignity and security. Which, of course, is what we all deserve.


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Q: Which design pattern should I use if I have to go through a series of predefined steps and there are different options available in each step? I have a Spring Boot application and I want to decide which path to take in the code based on the request data. In the request are e.g. attributes like business process, which I always want to query and based on that I decide what kind of response will be built later.

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*I thought about using a Strategy pattern in combination with a Builder pattern.

*On the other hand, a Chain of Responsibility with a Strategy Pattern would also make sense in my eyes.

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What is web design? Is it about color, fonts and logos? Is it about where the words and pictures go?
Should I have a web designer make all my updates or should I do it myself? Can I do it myself?
My web designer uses terms I don't understand like URL, DNS and CSS. If I don't understand completely, what are the consequences?
I have a Facebook page and Twitter account. Can I incorporate those with my website and make them all work together?
I have an idea what I want my website to look like, but I'm not sure I know everything that is available to make my site better. Where can I find out that kind of information?
My site is okay, but I'm not getting the leads and customers from it that I think I should be getting. What can I do to change that?
I've been burned by web designers who didn't listen to me, didn't return my phone calls, didn't do what they said they would do. What should I do to avoid being burned again?
Once I have launched my website, who is going to look at it? Who do I want to look at it? How will I know who looks at it?
If you have ever asked yourself any of these questions, be sure to come to the Arkansas Small Business and Technology Development Center Class – Website Strategy and Planning. We will answer these questions and more in a casual and relaxed setting (no tests!). Each participant will receive a workbook with lots of resource information and practical information you can actually use!
Remember back in the old days when almost all websites were static and you paid a developer not only to create the site but for all changes made to the site as well? Businesses were tied to their web designer/developer at the hip and often were at the designer's mercy. Well those days are gone. At least, in most cases. Sure there are times when a static website is all that is needed, but not very often.
Enter, the Content Management System (CMS). CMS is designed to allow website owners to easily change and maintain their site without knowledge of any programming language. Changes can be made from any computer with an internet connection and a web browser. Making changes in most cases is as easy as making changes to a Word document. There is no need to call or pay a web developer to make changes or maintain your site.
However, setting up a CMS can be a bit complicated up front so you will probably want to hire someone to do the initial setup and this is where things could get tricky. Some developers create proprietary CMS so you can still make changes easily, but you are also still tied to the developer for any updates to the CMS or any additional functionality such as shopping carts, forms or social media integration.
Don't worry though, there is another option. Open source CMS is available and there are some really great open source options. The top three open source options are Drupal, Joomla and WordPress. What are some advantages to using an open source CMS?
No licensing fee – open source options are available to download for free.
You can contract with any open source CMS developer to create your site and if, for some reason, something happens to them someone else can easily take over without having to learn a proprietary system.
Open source CMS makes it easy to implement social media and other web 2.0 integration.
SEO is enhanced because the coding is clean and adding content is easy.
The wider the distribution of an open source CMS means a larger user base and user community. The community of people work on the software, patch bugs, create add-ons for greater functionality, create new and better versions and more. And, the best part is you get all that benefit for free!
So what are some of the disadvantages of open source CMS?
Open source CMS requires more specific hosting. WordPress, Joomla and Drupal work best in an Apache environment and require PHP and MySQL.
Initial implementation costs may be higher. While open source CMS is free to download, the initial setup and configuration is more complicated than static HTML. However, in most cases, the savings of being able to update and maintain your site will more than make up for the initial setup cost.
While there are a lot of great open CMS options available, for now, you might want to stick to those top three – Joomla, Drupal and WordPress. They all have strong communities built around them. They all make regular updates to add greater functionality and all have extensive plugin/extension/add-on libraries.
Those old days are long gone and the future looks more exciting than ever for business using the powerful reach of the internet to attract new customers and grow their business!
Being Held Hostage by Your Web Designer?
Their web designer doesn't answer and doesn't return their phone calls.
The web designer agrees to do the work but months later the changes still are not made.
The web designer makes the changes and charges an exorbitant fee.
The business owner is left wishing he could just make the changes himself and call it a day. However, when he tries to get access to the site to make the changes, he finds out he doesn't have access and in many cases, can't get it!
That means that you have access to everything and that you can kick your web designer to the curb if you aren't happy.
Own your domain name and make sure it is registered in your name and that you have the administrative username and password. Any reputable web designer will be happy for you to do this.
Own your hosting. Make sure you have a user name and password that enables you access to all of the files and programming that make up your site.
Unless other contractual arrangements are made beforehand, you will not be receiving any source code or files containing code of any kind from us other than what is stipulated here: You can request a CD or ZIP file containing and limited to: ".swf", "html", files for purposes of backing up your site. Unless specific arrangements are made these files cannot be altered, adjusted, decompiled or changed in any way. If you remove and edit or otherwise obtain files not given to you by us you are in direct copyright and contractual violation.
Why would anyone agree to such terms? They probably didn't understand that by agreeing to such crazy terms, they were completely handing over control of their website to someone else.
Also, insist that your designer use industry standard programming. Proprietary programming is going to be difficult for another designer or you, as the business owner, to take over and, quite frankly, sometimes it is designed that way for just that purpose.
Don't "ask" for access to your site – demand it. READ your contract before you sign. Pay your hosting, domain and design fees on time so none of them lapse. If you are not comfortable making changes to your site, make sure you understand what the charges will be for your designer to make changes for you.
Keep in mind that if you use a "do-it-yourself" template design, you will most likely NOT have access to the code of your website, so if you wish to change to another system or host, etc. you will have to start from scratch. Often these types of systems only allow limited access to meta tags such as title tags and descriptions as well.
Your business website can be one of your most valuable assets. Don't give someone else complete control over that much of your business!
According to market research firm IDC, vendors shipped 54.5 million smartphone devices in the fourth quarter of 2009, an increase of 39% compared to the same period in 2008.
With the ever increasing use of smartphones, businesses must be prepared. Gone are the days when people would pull out a phone book and look for the name and address of a restaurant, an auto repair shop, a clothing store. Now, as they are out and about, they can pull out their smartphone and find a restaurant, read the menu, make reservations and get a map with directions from where they are to the restaurant of their choice. They can even ask their social media friends for recommendations.
Combining a mobile friendly site with social media power can put your business in a perfect position to take advantage of this growing opportunity. Loading speed is even more important than ever in the smartphone world. Google has even mentioned trying to make loading speed a factor in their ranking algorithm. You may or may not need a separate .mobi site for use by smartphones, but at the very least, you need a site with clean, uncluttered code and all your pictures should be optimized for the fastest possible loading time.
The social media aspect is just as important. When someone asks their social media friends for a recommendation, will your name come up? Make your presence known on the social media sites and offer great information. However, the most important part of this equation is focusing on delivering excellence once your customer finds you. Even if a restaurant is found on a smartphone and offers a great menu, if you don't focus on delivering excellence, you will not likely be recommended in the social media world.
Marketing in this lightening fast world is a challenge but it is the businesses that meet the challenge that will rise to the top.
Okay, it is the end of the year. Let's see what pet peeves people have about websites!
Websites that automatically start playing music or a video. People don't seem to object to music or video being on a site, they just want the option of playing them or not.
Slow loading pages. This one has visitors leaving sites in droves!
Clicking on a menu item and a .pdf starts opening. Again, they don't really mind a .pdf if they know it's coming. .pdfs can be slow to load at times and they just want a little warning!
No clear contact information. Okay, they are at your site, they like what you've got, now, how do they contact you? Especially, when people are ordering online, they would like to see a phone number to call if there is a problem and they need to actually talk to a real live person.
Out of date sites. They have been looking all over the web for exactly what they found on your page and then find out that you no longer carry that product or the great sale that is advertised on the site was over 2 years ago.
Under construction pages. It is just frustrating to think you have found what you are looking for, just to find out that the page is "under construction." Why not just finish the construction and then post the page?
Anything flashing. Hey, they are trying to read here, will you get rid of that annoying, distracting flashing thing on the page?
Splash intro pages. Okay, these are for designers to show off what they can do – they do nothing for your business. How often do you you click on "skip intro" on pages like that?
Unclear navigation. If you want me to click on something, you better put the link where I can find it and move around easily. Links all over the page just confuse me.
Dead links. People really hate clicking on a link and getting a 404 – page not found error.
Okay, these are a few of our pet peeves. What about yours?
I had someone design my website for me and now I can't get it back, what do I do?
I lost my website, what do I do?
Own your own domain. It is okay if you have your designer arrange the purchase of the domain, but, make sure that it is in your name and that you have all the account information. If your designer will not agree to do this, don't use them!
Get a copy of your files from your designer. Your website is a set of files. If you are using a do-it-yourself template system, you may not be able to get these files. If you are using a website design company, you should be able to get these files on a disk. If your web designer doesn't want to give you this, you may need to work with another designer.
Avoid using do-it-yourself template systems. These are great places to start if you need a website in a couple of hours, but not for long term in most cases. Remember, also, that if you use images from a template system, they aren't yours and you can't take them with you. If you want to move your web site somewhere else, or if you don't pay your bill, or if your company goes out of business, you don't have a web site. You don't have the files on your computer because you just filled out an online form. The only thing you have is your domain name – if you paid for it personally – not the template company.
Keep track of all your website information. We already discussed the domain name, but you also need to know account information about the web host as well. Keep the domain information, host information and a copy of your website files in a safe place.
Don't lose control of your website! It is too valuable an asset!
Visitors to your website should be able to find information easily and without a lot of extra clicks. Navigation should be easy to understand and easy to use.
People who come to your website are looking for information. A great website is informative. It tells about you and your business. It makes what you do clear and uncomplicated. Take the time to make your content informative and easy to understand.
Have you ever found exactly what you were looking for on the internet and then found out that the company website has not been updated in years and what you found is no longer available? How about websites that have "under construction" on pages for years. Lose the "under construction" signs. If you have a page that isn't ready then just don't publish it.
One of the best ways to keep your site up to date and fresh is to have a blog. Of course, if you have a blog, you need to keep it updated and fresh as well.
Don't just guess about keywords. Do some research. Find out if people are actually searching for your keywords. Use your keywords (or phrases) wisely. Don't go black hat and just repeat your words over and over. Make your content keyword rich and informative. Some time spent getting this element right is well worth the effort.
Make sure all of your graphics and pictures are optimized to load fast. People just won't wait around for your site to load, so don't make them. Back to the visually appealing aspect, if you don't overload on the pictures, and the pictures you use are optimized, you are doing it right!
Don't make your visitors wonder what you want them to do. Make it easy to contact you or call you or whatever it is you want them to do. Once someone makes up their mind to do business with you, don't make them go searching for a way to contact you. Make it really clear and really easy.
These are just some of the elements that make up a great website. Your website is an important tool in your marketing arsenal. Make it the best it can be!
Facebook, Twitter, Linked In, What's Next?
Okay, so you understand that blogging and social media are great tools to grow your business. You have personas all over the internet. How do you pull it all together?
The best suggestion I have seen is to have a home base for all of your "personalities" to land. A website is a great landing spot for your home base. You can have links and feeds from all of your online personas in one spot!
Picture it. You have a site that has your blog feed, your Twitter feed, your Fadebook feed all in one place, along with information about your business, about you and what you do. Your feeds back up what you are saying on your site and what you say on your site backs up what you are saying in your blog and at all those social media sites.
Now, you are not only reaching others who are participating in social media, but, those that are not as well. Believe it or not, there are still some of those people out there. There are also a lot of people who have joined social media sites, but, only go there once a month or less. Who is reaching them?
Pulling it all together with a website home base is a great solution.
Are You Targeting Your Landing Pages?
A "landing page" is the first page a visitor to your site sees. Almost all of your pages have the potential to be a landing page, so design them as such. Whether or not that visitor remains on your site is determined in large part by what she sees on that first page, that landing page. If she sees what she is looking for (i.e. the search term she typed), she is likely to remain; if not, she will most likely leave.
What this means for websites is that the more targeted the landing pages, the more likely the website is to attract and keep visitors. A "targeted" landing page is a page built around one or two keywords or key phrases. When a person comes to your website from a search engine, she is more likely to remain on your site if your landing page contains, and is built around, her search word or phrase.
For best results, use your keyword or phrase in your page title, headings and content.
Ever Use Your Own Website?
How often do you visit your own website? If you are like me, not often enough. Now, I'll use the excuse that we are so busy working on other people's websites that we don't get around to ours enough, and, while this is true, it isn't good enough. That being said, we are working on updating and redoing a lot of things on our site, even as I write this post.
So, what about you? When people look at your site, what do they see. Is it what you want them to see? Do all of the links work (one of my personal pet peeves)? Does it load quickly? Is it up do date?


How the Brain Synchronizes to Musical Sequences #MusicMonday « Adafruit Industries – Makers, hackers, artists, designers and engineers!
Brain rhythms arise when large groups of neurons fire together. Previous studies have shown that listening to someone talk can elicit such activity. Now research reveals that brain rhythms also synchronize with musical sequences. And musical training can enhance this ability. The study is in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences [Keith B. Doelling and David Poeppel, Cortical entrainment to music and its modulation by expertise].


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CEO Readiness
BetterBoards Admin on September 1, 2022
CEO appointments are an important responsibility of Boards.
CEO appointments are an important responsibility of Boards. Accordingly, Boards need to ensure they have adequate qualified internal and external candidates for successful CEO selection processes. Creating CEO readiness for internal candidates is as important as working with external search advisors.
In this podcast, Dr Sabine Dembkowski, Founder and Managing Partner of Better Boards discusses CEO readiness with Dr Wayne B. Nelson, Senior Partner at Deloitte Consulting and Strategy Consulting Leader Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Monitor Deloitte. He is also Head and Founding Dean of the Deloitte Executive Leadership Institute. The institute offers a readiness program for next-generation CEOs. He was previously a Partner at the Monitor Group and Managing Director of its German and Swiss operations. Wayne holds degrees from Georgetown University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has his Ph.D. from Cranfield University. He is also an Honorary Visiting Fellow at the Bayes School of Business, City, University of London and a Visiting Fellow at Cranfield School of Management.
"Nature and nurture both play a role in the development of leaders"
Wayne starts by explaining that, of course, both nature and nurture play a role in the development of leaders. The Deloitte Global CEO Program starts with executives who have already distinguished themselves as leaders in their careers and then focuses on the learning aspects of the 'last mile' to the CEO role.
He describes how the programme has held more than 500 transition Labs, which are workshops for newly appointed CEOs, during which they can reflect on the first 100 days and plan the next 300 days. They analysed the data from this sample of leaders and found that roughly 30% are what he refers to as 'accidental CEOs.' These leaders stumbled into the CEO role by being in the right place at the right time, with the required skills and experiences. The candidates, however, had no plans and no intention to become CEO.
Most CEOs intentionally sought out the CEO role in their own organisations or externally. Wayne feels this suggests that leaders can do intentional, deliberate things to increase their readiness and chances of moving into a CEO role.
This is why CEO readiness work focuses on talent that has already proven their potential, and typically leaders who are 3-5 years away from their first significant CEO roles. Their experience shows that there is still much improvement potential on this 'last mile', and Wayne describes how participants benefit from reflecting on the requirements of the role by processing 360-degree feedback, identifying opportunities to fill any last remaining experience gaps, and honing their interview stories
"The CEO role is a very challenging one that comes with huge personal sacrifices"
Wayne suggests that the CEO role often brings isolation and loneliness, and requires a thick skin and an ability to be resilient. Candidates need to realise this and be sure they really want the job and are willing to make the sacrifices. He also believes they need to understand stakeholder perspectives on the specific challenges facing the organisation and the prospects for future change and transformation. They also need to be able to articulate a succinct vision and explain why they are the right person to take the company to the next level. To do this, Wayne suggests they need to recognise their strengths and weaknesses and create a personal brand to communicate their motivation and the value-add they would provide authentically.
"We're seeing a whole new generation of executives"
Wayne explains that company products have well-defined attributes and values, communicated with great care to ensure clarity and consistency. Executives in the market for a CEO role also need to define a brand for themselves – simple, relevant, and authentic. They need to communicate this consistently, over and over again, and new social media channels are ideal for this. He points out that, in particular, LinkedIn is used by CEOs to post, communicate, build and reinforce their brands. In his experience, many next-generation executives are busy focusing on managing their functions, business units, and regions. They also need to take the time to create their brand and deliberately convey this through their posts, not just by posting business news from their companies.
Wayne notes that some executives resist, but PR agencies that deal with executive transition actively advise executives to do this, supporting them in the process. He knows many CEOs who spend an hour a day on social media.
"The best CEO hires are fit for circumstance"
Wayne explains that 'fit for circumstance' means that the best CEO hires can explicitly connect the company's circumstances with an attractive future vision – and then connect these to their own experiences, capabilities, potential, and motivation. The four key elements defining fit for circumstance are (1) The situation, expectations and vision for the company. (2) The type of leader the company needs. (3) The candidate's capabilities, experiences, and potential. (4) The candidate's motivation and authentic self. The best CEO hires fulfil all four.
"Board members need to think about what type of leader the company needs explicitly"
Wayne has seen that very experienced board members have categories of CEO types in their minds that they can easily match with the current situation of the company. This needs to be discussed early on, however, not in the heat of the moment and not during recruitment when a selection is being made. He believes that succession planning needs to be done early, and thus for a CEO role, internal candidates should be developed, not necessarily always looking externally via search agencies.
The best CEO candidates can articulate their "fit for circumstance" and make a real effort to hone their "story."
Board members can use the "fit for circumstance" concept to guide their CEO candidate evaluations and selections.
Boards benefit from having a broad slate of viable internal and external candidates. It makes sense to build CEO readiness of internal candidates deliberately.
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Literary Souvenir / Cabinet of Modern Art
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LitS, Stanzas (Yes, I have loved to hear the minstrel-strain), 340 - 340, Volume 1, Nov 1824, Harriet Martineau, possib., Signed M. First published in the New Monthly Magazine in 1819. Other items signed "M" in the Literary Souvenir are by Harriet Martineau. [verse] (10/17)
LitS, Sonnet (Wearied with play, and sighing for repose), 203 - 203, Volume 4, Nov 1827, Harriet Martineau, Signed M. Republished in the Monthly Repository (1828) by Martineau; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 414. [verse] (10/17)
LitS, The Forsaken Nest, 311 - 313, Volume 4, Nov 1827, Harriet Martineau, Signed M. Republished in the Monthly Repository (1830) by Martineau; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 415. [verse] (10/17)
LitS, Some Passages in the History of Sarah Curran, 331 - 346, Volume 7, Nov 1830, Harriet Martineau, prob., Signed M. Martineau had previously used the signature "M" in the Literary Souvenir; she was familiar with Sarah Curran's history: see Deborah Logan, Victorian Imperialism and the Civilizing Mission (2010): 56. (10/17)
MRep, Negro Slavery, 4 - 9, Volume 4, Jan 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. [review] (03/18)
MRep, Doddridge's Correspondence and Diary, 15 - 26, Volume 4, Jan 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. [review] (03/18)
MRep, Critical Notices Nos. 14-15, 62 - 62, Volume 4, Jan 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. [review] (03/18)
MRep, Calamy's Life, 89 - 100, Volume 4, Feb 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. [review] (03/18)
MRep, The Hope of the Hebrew, 101 - 108, Volume 4, Feb 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. (03/18)
MRep, Critical Notices Nos. 1, 2, 4, 7 [Letters and Journals of Lord Byron by Thomas Moore], 115 - 128, Volume 4, Feb 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. [review] (03/18)
MRep, Crombie's Natural Theology, 145 - 154, Volume 4, Mar 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. [review] (03/18)
MRep, Critical Notices Nos. 2, 3, 6, 182 - 187, Volume 4, Mar 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. [review] (03/18)
MRep, Faith and Hope. A Parable, 222 - 223, Volume 4, Apr 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. (03/18)
MRep, Crombie's Natural Theology (continued), 223 - 230, Volume 4, Apr 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. [review] (03/18)
MRep, The Flower of the Desert, 253 - 253, Volume 4, Apr 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. [verse] (03/18)
MRep, Critical Notices Nos. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 254 - 262, Volume 4, Apr 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. [review] (03/18)
MRep, The Education of the Human Race, 300 - 306, Volume 4, May 1830, Harriet Martineau, Signed D.F. From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. (03/18)
MRep, True Worshippers: a Tale, 307 - 315, Volume 4, May 1830, Harriet Martineau, From marked file in British Library; see Mineka, The Dissidence of Dissent (1944): 400-425. (03/18)
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Philanthropist Doris Buffett no longer lives in Fredericksburg, but the woman known as the "Sunshine Lady" will continue making admission to the city's pool free to its residents.
Her Sunshine Lady Foundation's board of directors has selected The Community Foundation of the Rappahannock River Region to manage a new $1 million designated charitable fund. It will be used to continue covering city residents' user fees for the Doris E. Buffett Pool, which was renamed in her honor in 2016.
"The Sunshine Lady Foundation has been remarkably generous over many years. We are honored that the board selected The Community Foundation to carry out Ms. Buffett's best intentions for our community for years to come," Christine Repp, president of The Community Foundation's board of governors, said in a news release.
Fredericksburg's Parks, Recreation & Events Department had planned to charge city residents a fee each time they used what was originally called the Dixon Park Pool when it opened in 2006. Then Buffett stepped in, donating $61,000 to cover what the city estimated it would have collected that summer had the fees remained in place for city residents.
Fredericksburg's youngsters and seniors would have been charged $3 and adults $5 each time they used the facility. Some had feared that would put the pool out of reach for low-income families.
"As a grandmother, I just can't imagine children on one side of the street listening to the splashing and laughter on the other side and not taking part because they can't afford it," Buffett was quoted as saying in an article that ran that summer in The Free Lance–Star.
She continued to cover those user fees for the pool year after year.
A percentage of the proceeds from the new fund will be used each year to pay the daily entrance fees to the Doris E. Buffett Pool for city residents. Last year, the foundation donated $48,868, which covered 12,812 visits by city residents, according to the Parks, Recreation & Events Department.
To date, Buffett has contributed $578,159 for use of the pool. This has provided for 139,018 visits by city residents, or 79 percent of admissions to the pool, it said.
"We are very excited about the endowment," said Jane Shelhorse, the department's director.


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Astros GM James Click: No Ownership Mandate To Stay Below Luxury Tax Threshold
July 8, 2021 by MLB Trade Rumors Leave a Comment
Throughout the offseason, the Astros constructed their roster with the luxury tax threshold in mind. That was most apparent in the club's signing of right-hander Jake Odorizzi to a two-year guarantee that came with an extremely low-priced 2023 player option the veteran righty will almost certainly reject.
The obvious purpose was to spread out the contract's average annual value — a club's luxury tax balance is calculated by summing the AAV's of the team's financial commitments, not their actual payroll in any given season. Because player options are treated as guaranteed seasons for luxury tax purposes, Odorizzi's deal is tabulated as a three-year contract with a $7.83MM AAV even though the most likely outcome is that he departs after collecting a total of $20.25MM for two years of work. That creative accounting allowed the Astros to enter the season with a luxury tax balance just under $207MM, in the estimation of Cot's Baseball Contracts, a little more than $3MM shy of the $210MM first tax threshold.
Houston's proximity to the tax threshold would seemingly limit their options for making midseason acquisitions, but Astros general manager James Click suggested the organization could exceed the threshold to accommodate a trade. In an appearance on The Sean Salisbury Show, Click said owner Jim Crane "has been very clear" to the front office that the $210MM mark "is not a hard line" the organization cannot go past.
That's not to say the Astros will certainly go out and acquire one or more players on high-priced contracts. Click promptly cautioned that whether to exceed the threshold "is something we have to factor into our decision-making process" based on the ancillary penalties that come with doing so, particularly with regards to qualifying offers.
Under the terms of the collective bargaining agreement, a team that goes over the threshold and loses a player who had rejected a qualifying offer in free agency receives a compensatory pick after the fourth round of the upcoming draft. A team that neither receives revenue sharing (the Astros don't) nor exceeded the luxury tax would receive a compensatory pick after Competitive Balance Round B, which directly follows the second round. Ultimately, exceeding the tax would knock the Astros' compensation for losing qualified free agents from a pick in the 70-80 overall range to a pick in the 125-140 range. Paying the tax would also carry increased draft and international signing bonus penalties were they to sign a qualified free agent from another club.
The Astros, who lost their first and second round draft picks in both 2020 and 2021 as punishment for the sign stealing operation, are virtually certain to offer a QO to Carlos Correa and could plausibly issue one to Justin Verlander as well. Given their recent lack of high picks, the potential ability to stockpile selections in 2022 could carry extra import to the organization.
Houston exceeded the threshold last season. Were they to do so again, they'd be subject to a 30-percent tax on any overages between $210MM and $230MM because they're a tax payor for the second consecutive year. (They'd be subject to higher tax rates in the unlikely event they pushed their CBT ledger north of $230MM this season). That'd also set them up for potential higher penalties were they to exceed the threshold a third consecutive time in 2022, assuming the current system remains in the next collective bargaining agreement.
That's not to say there'd be no justification for the Astros going past the $210MM mark this season. At 53-33, they're 4.5 games up on the A's in the AL West. Houston has the best record in the American League and the top run differential in MLB. This team looks the part of a legitimate World Series contender, so there's certainly merit to the idea of giving them the best chance to win in 2021.
However, the system disincentivizes teams (particularly so in the Astros' case) from barely exceeding the threshold to make marginal upgrades. As Click explained to Salisbury, "the worst thing we can do is go over by $1. If we're going to go over, we're going to go way over. … If we have an opportunity to bring in somebody that we feel like dramatically improves our chances to win the World Series (whose contract would exceed the threshold), that's something Jim Crane has shown he's willing to do for this franchise."
It remains to be seen if the Astros find an upgrade significant enough for ownership and the front office to deem that worthwhile. With the offense having been far and away the league's best and the rotation performing well, fortifying a rather young bullpen would seem to be the priority for the Houston front office in the coming weeks.
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2019 may very well be marked as a turning point. For the first time in five years same-store sales are stable (versus declining), break-out e-commerce brands continue solidify their positions of growth by opening physical stores, and as retailers turn to their previously under-capitalized fleet of stores (after-all, they were investing in the big growth of ecommerce when 90%+ of their sales still happen in stores).
Success stories like Target, which invested $7BN in 2017 into capital improvements, are encouraging other retailers like Ulta, Home Depot, and more to follow suit. (For any haters/mathematicians, while the absolute square footage of retail closures is still closing at a notable pace because of big brands like Bon Ton, Toys"R"Us, and others shuttering their doors – it's the continued results of a consumer flight to quality).
But the reality should be, well, different. When considering deploying retail technology your team's decisions should center around one singular ideology: human interactions have to come first, and technology should come second. And that technology, by the way, should beautifully integrate into authentic store experiences. Consumer expectations are still out-pacing a lot of the retail experience of today.
The retail market itself is on the cusp of massive change as it sprints to meet these demands. In this white paper, discover ways to thoughtfully execute retail-technology solutions that enable experiences that delight customers, empower associates, provide unprecedented analytics, and measurable sales growth.
Are You Ready for 20-30% Lift Ticket?
Scottsdale, AZ (October 2, 2018) – World-class kiosk manufacturer ZIVELO (best known for providing kiosks to McDonald's across North America) is proud to announce the completion of a Distribution Partnership with BlueStar to streamline the company's ability to meet increasing demand.
Founded in 1929 with a network of over 12,000 value added resellers, Bluestar is a leading global technology distributor of a variety of solutions, including Point-of-Sale, ADC, RFID, Digital Signage, kiosks, and more.
ZIVELO, a public computing technology company that offers self-service kiosks and digital signage solutions to multiple key industries, is poised to leverage this best-in-class partnership to meet the needs of the Channel.
"With rapidly growing demand for ZIVELO from the Channel, we are pleased to announce our strategic distribution partnership with BlueStar. Channel partners will now be able to leverage BlueStar's best-in-class distribution capabilities to provide ZIVELO's full-service turn-key solutions to their clients" says Ryan Lagace, ZIVELO's VP of Strategic Partnerships.
With BlueStar's strong purchasing power and global distribution capabilities, ZIVELO looks to improve efficiencies and meet demand in their robust QSR and Retail verticals, while expanding verticals such as banking, healthcare, hospitality, many more with our new Value Added Reseller (VAR) partners.
For more information about ZIVELO, visit www.zivelo.com.
ZIVELO's mission is to revolutionize the way brands use technology to interact with their consumers on-premise and in the physical world. Founded in 2008, ZIVELO has rapidly grown to become the leading self-service technology brand offering a sleek and sophisticated product design, intuitive user experience, and cutting-edge modular hardware solutions. In 2018, ZIVELO acquired Oak Labs, the creators of OakOS – the world's first operating system for public computing experiences. Through the acquisition, ZIVELO now provides brands with an end-to-end solution for the roll-out of kiosks and digital signage, including hardware, sortware, services, and financing. ZIVELO is headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ, with offices in San Francisco, CA and Seattle, WA. For more information, please visit http://www.zivelo.com/.
BlueStar is the leading global distributor of solutions-based Digital Identification, Mobility, Point-of-Sale, RFID, Digital Signage, and Security technology. BlueStar works exclusively with value-added resellers, providing them with complete solutions, business development and marketing support. The company brings unequaled expertise to the market, offers award-winning technical support and is an authorized service center for a growing number of manufacturers. BlueStar is the exclusive distributor for the In-a-Box Solutions Series, delivering hardware, software and critical accessories in one bundle with technology solutions across all verticals. For more information, please contact BlueStar at 1-800-354-9776 or visit www.bluestarinc.com.
This article reprinted with permission from ZIVELO. Click here for complete article.
If you are considering implementing kiosk or digital signage options in your business, the number of details and logistics to navigate and manage can be overwhelming. Large Scale Deployment Considerations. Hiring internally to manage these processes would be time-consuming and expensive, and other manufacturers don't offer world-class customer service and account management from discovery to post-deployment like ZIVELO does. We pride ourselves on our consultative approach, and the experience we bring to the table, having successfully deployed thousands of kiosks at a time to notable brands around the country. ZIVELO is more than a kiosk manufacturer. With software, hardware, and services options, we're truly a one-stop-kiosk shop.
WHAT GOES INTO A LARGE-SCALE KIOSK DEPLOYMENT?
Account Management: ZIVELO's Account Managers are subject matter experts on the product as a whole including product support, production, and processes necessary to institute a successful kiosk deployment. We take point for all aspects of deployment, ushering your company through each and every step of the kiosk design, ordering, deployment, and integration process.
Software: Compelling user experiences are driven by software working in harmony with hardware, and we understand the best practices that go into successful software creation for every unique use case. Whether our clients have their own software solution, want to work with a third party software developer, want our software team to develop a platform for them, or want to build their kiosk software on OakOS, we plan and strategize with them every step of the way.
Innovation Lab: ZIVELO's Innovation Laboratory consists of in-house experts who are responsible for conceptual design and monitoring of our products to align with current and anticipated kiosk industry standards such as ADA regulations, ergonomics, and overall ease-of-use.
Hardware: Choosing the right hardware to go inside and run your kiosk is extremely important. ZIVELO maintains relationships with many hardware partners so we can always source the best component for your use case for the best commercial price available. Learn more about what makes our kiosks so different here.
Engineering: Each product release from Engineering is thoughtfully designed, boasting key modular features to allow for ease of serviceability and component upgradability for years to come. We specifically engineer each kiosk chassis to house universal bracketry for major components which allows for integration of components of various form factors without modification to the enclosure. The ZIVELO engineering team works closely with nationally accredited safety certification labs to incorporate key design elements and engineer our kiosks to be compliant with these safety standards. We primarily certify our units to comply with UL 60950-1 and CSA 22.2 standards which cover both the United States and Canada.
Manufacturing: While in manufacturing phase, the product truly comes to life through both initial production level prototypes as well as final production or large-scale product deployment. Through ZIVELO's refined manufacturing process, we employ robotic welding, laser cutting, turret punching and component integration, and rigorous quality assurance and validation testing. Plus, learn more about how our multi-phased approach to manufacturing reduces risk here.
ZIVELO'S SIMPLE, SINGLE-SOLUTION HANDLES ALL OF THIS FOR YOU! READY TO GET STARTED? CALL 877.243.9519 TODAY!
ZIVELO Wins 2 Awards at ICX Summit for Achievement in Interactive Customer Experiences.
Dallas, TX – June 13, 2018 – ZIVELO, the leader in interactive self-service kiosk and digital signage solutions in the QSR arena, has been appointed to receive two prestigious awards at the ICX Summit in Dallas on Wednesday, June 13, 2018. The Elevate Awards honor the individuals and organizations that are pacesetters in using technology to elevate customer experience.
ZIVELO will receive Best ICX Deployment: Restaurant and Best ICX Deployment: Financial Services at this year's ICX Association Elevate Awards for providing nearly 10,000 kiosks to one of the top three QSR's in North America, and for their groundbreaking virtual banking expert kiosks deployed at a top US-based financial institution.
ZIVELO produces award-winning, self-service kiosk and digital signage solutions for a portfolio of global companies. This includes the top three fast food chains in the nation, as well as top brands across the retail, banking, healthcare, restaurant, and hospitality industries. Their newly launched software product, OakOS, allows ZIVELO's customers and third-party developers to rapidly build and deploy applications with the only developer kit designed for kiosks. Clients can now develop fully-functional applications within days, by using OakOS' comprehensive web-based frameworks and SDK. Backed by ZIVELO's network of support technicians, this comprehensive offering removes previous common barriers in the industry.
ZIVELO's mission is to revolutionize the way brands use technology to interact with their consumers on-premise and in the physical world. Founded in 2008, ZIVELO has rapidly grown to become the leading self-service technology brand offering a sleek and sophisticated product design, intuitive user experience, and cutting-edge modular hardware solutions. In 2018, ZIVELO acquired Oak Labs, the creators of OakOS – the world's first operating system for public computing experiences. Through the acquisition, ZIVELO now provides brands with an end-to-end solution for the roll-out of kiosks and digital signage. For more information, please visit http://www.zivelo.com/.
Many restaurants in the industry begin their self-service technology journey with a pole-mounted tablet solution.
However, these solutions don't significantly disrupt consumer behaviors to increase ticket size and ROI. Additionally, they break down easily, the entire unit has to be replaced when this happens, and this solution is often scrapped in order to deploy a new product set at significant additional cost. Below we have outlined just a few of the benefits of our large-screen solutions, with durable commercial-grade components, the ability to update and repair individual units thanks to our modular design, and more. Plus, all of our product footprints can be adjusted to fit any size and space while still leading to greater ROI than other smaller screen solutions. It's time to discover the ZIVELO difference, and rely on our experience successfully deploying thousands of kiosks to the top QSR's in the nation. Are you ready to work with the best?
San Francisco, CA and Scottsdale, AZ – May 15, 2018 – ZIVELO, the Scottsdale-based public computing technology company that offers self-service kiosk and digital signage solutions, today announced it has acquired Oak Labs, Inc., the San Francisco-based software company best known for its interactive retail technology, powered by OakOS.
This acquisition positions ZIVELO as the first interactive experience provider to now offer a comprehensive suite of powerful software development tools on top of its proven hardware product line and services offering. Healey Cypher, co-founder & CEO of Oak Labs, will be the new CEO of ZIVELO and Ziver Birg, founder & CEO of ZIVELO, will serve as Executive Chairman.
ZIVELO will continue to produce its award-winning, self-service kiosk and digital signage solutions for a portfolio of global companies. This includes 3 of the 5 largest QSR's in the nation, and top brands across the retail, banking, healthcare, restaurants and hospitality industries. With OakOS, ZIVELO's customers and third party developers will now be able to rapidly build and deploy applications using the only developer kit designed specifically for kiosks. Within days, clients can develop fully-functional applications using common web-based frameworks and a comprehensive SDK. Backed by ZIVELO's network of support technicians, this comprehensive offering aims to remove the barriers that have previously challenged mass adoption of these technologies by brands and developers alike.
Credence Research recently reported that the kiosk market is a $6B+ industry, and is poised to grow past $30B by 2025 as self-service technology adoption continues to grow across key verticals globally. Well documented business cases tie kiosks to 30% basket-lift, increased efficiency, enhanced data collection, and higher productivity per associates.
ZIVELO's mission is to revolutionize the way brands use technology to interact with their consumers on-premise and in the physical world. Founded in 2008, ZIVELO has rapidly grown to become the leading self-service technology brand offering a sleek and sophisticated product design, intuitive user experience, and cutting edge modular hardware solutions. In 2018, ZIVELO acquired Oak Labs, the creators of OakOS – the world's first operating system for public computing experiences. Through the acquisition, ZIVELO now provides brands with an end-to-end solution for the roll-out of kiosks and digital signage. For more information, please visit http://www.zivelo.com/.
PHOENIX (April 06) – ZIVELO designs, manufactures and supplies Virtual Banking Expert kiosks to some of the largest banking and financial institutions in the country. These kiosks provide business solutions such as connecting customers with Virtual Banking Experts that can handle complex financial services during and outside of branch hours, regardless of location and peak loads in branch traffic.
These specially designed kiosks offer a way for financial institutions to connect with customers and provide services that may not otherwise be available within individual branch locations. Alternatively, some branches may have underutilized or over-extended staff depending on demand and day to day traffic. When kiosks are placed in high traffic areas they encourage interaction, and they can also be placed in dedicated, card accessed rooms that can be utilized by customers outside of regular business hours extending the bank's hours via kiosk-based interactive remote banking staff.
The technology behind the Virtual Banking Expert kiosks can be custom designed with touchscreen displays, HD cameras, motion detection, speakers, card readers, microphones, and more. ZIVELO's unique patented modular design solutions make maintaining and updating kiosks with new technology low-cost and efficient, without having to ship or replace entire units. Segregated data paths are used to facilitate compliance with strict banking data security standards so that customer data is never compromised, even when wirelessly instigating videoconferencing capabilities.
For more information on ZIVELO, and to learn how to pilot test Virtual Banking Expert systems, visithttp://www.zivelo.com/vbesm/.


The Surdel Academy is open to all players U6-U16.
This Academy program is geared to those players who are interested in a competitive and tiered development program.
The Academy philosophy is to place like-minded and like-skilled players together, allowing players to train and develop in an environment suitable to their current ability with professional coaching and feedback.
Training sessions focus on skill development, teamwork and age-appropriate tactical play.
The programs are led by Club Head Coach Mark Pennington and his professional coaching staff in 3 separate phases: Fall, Winter and Spring.
The Academy is a supplementary training program and does not replace our regular season play.


In terms of the workplace, then a risk assessment is an important evaluation of things that could be a hazard to those that you work with as well as the public or anyone that you care for or have under your supervision.
One of the things that you need to take into consideration during the planning stages of an Educational Visit, is a Risk Assessment For School Trips. This involves looking at the various elements involved in the trip and seeing what the potential risks involved would be.
1) Identify Hazards – the first stage is to identify what any hazards might be. Walk around the place where your school trip will be, pick out potential risks that are clear; as well as considering the age group of the children that will be under your supervision as younger children will be at risk from different things compared to older ones.
2) Establish Who Might Be Harmed And How – when you are organising a school trip it is not just your class that can be at risk but other teachers as well. Different activities; attractions and accommodation will have different potential risks. Consider whether anyone in the party is pregnant or has a serious condition or injury.
3) Evaluate the Risks and Decide on Precautions – when you have identified the hazards during your school trip risk assessment; then you need to decide what you can do to stop them causing harm to your party. The law states that you need to do everything 'reasonably practicable' to protect people from harm. If you can't remove the hazard altogether then look at ways of minimising the risk that it presents.
4) Record Your Findings then Implement Them – Once you know where the risks are; then you need to record these findings and share them with your staff. In smaller establishments (five staff or fewer you don't need to write anything down). Make all your team aware of potential dangers and how to avoid these..
5) Review and Update If Necessary – if you have the same school trip yearly, things can change and as such it is important that you review your findings and anything that needs to be updated is updated.
The Importance Of School Trip Risk Assessment is that pupils are young and vulnerable and therefore as a teacher you need to ensure their safety. By undertaking a thorough risk assessment then you can ensure that a trip goes smoothly; as well as ensuring that you are operating within the law which is essential.


Caroline - Hampden : Sports Yoga coach in Massachusetts with experience teaching physical and emotional wellness.
Sports Yoga coach in Massachusetts with experience teaching physical and emotional wellness.
My teaching method is to listen to what individuals need/desire first, then cater specifically. I am respectful, compassionate and enthusiastic. Teaching goal driven practice assisting others achieve realistically and efficiently. Passionate about individuality and body acceptance, reassuring personal, unique benefits.
I have been teaching yoga for one year to a diverse population, gaining stress relief, weight management and improved sleep.
NESTA Certified Sports Yoga Instructor. Independent Contractor through a physical therapy office in Western Mass, teaching sports yoga for physical and emotional benefit, primarily spinal integrity and core health.


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Engineering = Abstinence
TOW AWAY. NO PARKING.
NO PARKING.
Originally uploaded by the earthling.
On Flickr's Guess Where SF group, "the earthling" posted this grea Tow Away picture.
Flickr now has Guess Where NYC, Guess Where LA, Guess Where London, Guess Where SF, and even a group I started, Guess Where Berkeley.
I love these groups. People submit pictures they've taken of local unusual and recognizable places; the other members then try to guess where the pictures were taken.
Following the SF group, and occasionally posting a picture or a correct guess, has made me pay more attention to the city. Now, when I walk down a street, I'm looking for interesting images and also for places that someone might have posted to the group. I notice the details and colors of buildings and alleys.
Just an ordinary BART commuter
Atypical commuter
Originally uploaded by ptufts.
I took this picture a few months ago on BART on one of the trains out of San Francisco. This guy was asleep and had an electric lawnmower. He must have gotten on before San Francisco, maybe in one of the stations south of the city. I can't imagine him pushing this mower into the Powell St or Montgomery stations.
The car was beautiful.
They say that AJAX is in great demand
AJAX is in demand
AJAX is the hot programming buzzword right now. It's a good way to create a responsive application without putting too much burden on either the client or the server.
In the tech world, the term AJAX is used so heavily, I'm sometimes surprised to see it in other contexts.
Clawing at my ears
So this seems innocuous enough. But then, go to the mp3s
and listen to her cover of AC/DC's "Back in Black" (mp3)
Google map, analysis and discussion.
US Tech Productivity to drop precipitously
Amazon now lists a 212 DVD set of every Star Trek movie and TV show ever made released on DVD (no Star Trek Animated Series for you). It goes on sale Nov 15.
For people who call in sick for a 24-hr marathon or a convention, this release is going to be a serious blow to their accumulated personal days. Amazon doesn't list the total number of hours, but it's got to be over 100hrs of Star Trek goodness (and badness, lest we forget Star Trek V).
FEMA director emails during New Orleans crisis (pdf)
A congressman published some of former FEMA-director Michael Brown's emails during the crisis. Here's an exchange between Brown and one of his people on the ground (pdf):
From: Marty Bahamonde
Date: Wed Aug 31
Sir, I know that you know the situation is past critical. Here some (sic) things you might not know.
Hotels are kicking people out, thousands gathering in the streets with no food and water, Hundreds still being rescued from their homes....we are out of food and running out of water at the dome ...
Brown's response? "Thanks for the update. Anything specific I need to do or tweak?"
Full email here: brown.emails.pdf (pdf)
Free the Dictionary
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the Wikipedia spoke at UC Berkeley this afternoon. Wikipedia is now the largest encyclopedia. In terms of number of entries and number of words, it is larger than the Encyclopedia Britannica and Microsoft Encarta combined, and has more readers than the web sites for the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC, the LA Times, combined.
The Wikipedia runs on 120 servers across multiple data centers. The main one is in Florida, with the others in the Netherlands, France, and South Korea.
All of the hardware is managed by volunteers, with no formal schedule and no hierarchy. All coordination is done via IRC -- whoever's on takes part. In an emergency, the admins have each other's phone numbers.
Like most open-source projects, there's a core set of users who do most of the work. 615 users (0.7%) account for 50% of the edits. I believe 0.7% means of all editors. Anonymous users account for 18% of all edits.
Wales says that one of the key features of the Wikipedia is real-time peer review. The recent changes page is watched by hundreds of people daily, and users have created tools to monitor these feeds and automatically detect likely problem edits.
He then talked about the decision-making process, pointing to the Votes for Deletion page. While users "vote" for whether or not to delete a page, the vote is actually a dialog where they come to an understanding of whether the page has merit or not. The vote isn't automated or formally counted -- there's no 2/3rds majority rule -- instead the process is flexible and reasonable.
Wales says that almost every programmer who sees this wants to automate it, but doing that would lose the human dialog and community while at the same time making the process easier to game.
The photo so nice, they had to print it twice
Alan Greenspan is so photogenic, not only does he makes the covers of Smart Money and The Economist, but it's the same photo.
I can hear the editors doing the "D'Oh!" smack now.
FEMA director emails during New Orleans crisis (pd...


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Box Office Experiences Worst Super Bowl Weekend In 19 Years
(Photo by TIMOTHY A. CLARY / AFP/Getty Images)
David Hookstead Smoke Room Editor-in-Chief
The weekend box office numbers were atrocious this past weekend, and the Super Bowl was probably the main reason why.
The Hollywood Reporter reported the following Sunday:
'Miss Bala' — the only new wide release daring to open opposite the big game — came in third behind 'Glass' and 'The Upside' with $6.7 million.
The Super Bowl is always a challenge for the U.S. box office, but this year was a complete blowout.
Overall, domestic ticket sales for the frame plummeted to an estimated $68 million-$70 million — the worst showing for Super Bowl weekend in 19 years, and among the top 20 slowest weekends for any time of the year since 1997. It's also the rare instance where no movie made more than $10 million (dismal weather in California didn't help).
Not a single movie made more than $10 million! Are you kidding me? That's horrendous. It really doesn't get much worse than that at all.
Look, I get the fact it was the Super Bowl, but having the worst weekend for the event in 19 years is downright embarrassing. Now, Matthew McConaughey's movie "Serenity" being trash and a disgrace to America also probably didn't help. (RELATED: Matthew McConaughey's New Movie 'Serenity' Earns Only $4.8 Million At The Box Office)
Generally speaking, his movies have legs on them that can carry them for several weeks and pump up the numbers. Clearly, that didn't happen and "Serenity" has made virtually no cash.
I guess this is just the latest example that football reigns supreme in this country. If given the choice between going to the movies or watching the big game, football is the clear option.
It's simply mind-boggling that the numbers were so bad.
We'll have to see if the numbers bounce back next weekend, but the industry might start to panic if they remain this bad. That's a fact, my friends.
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Preheat the oven to 200C dice the potatoes and tip into a roasting tin. Toss in the oil and salt and pepper. Roast for about 30 - 40 minutes or until fork tender. Remove and stir often to prevent sticking and add more oil if they are sticking too much. Remove from the oven and set aside while you make the dressing.
For the dressing simply whisk everything together. Tip the warm potatoes into a large bowl and scrape over the dressing, toss well then refrigerate until cold.
2 spring onions, finely chopped - green parts too!
Scrub the potatoes then boil whole in salted water for about 20 minutes or until just fork tender. Drain and rinse under cold water then plunge into a bowl of ice water. Leave until they feel hand cool. Remove and pat dry. Dice the potatoes and place in a large bowl. If the skins are already falling off then I go ahead and peel them, if not, I leave them on.
For the dressing, simply whisk everything but the spring onion together. Scrape over the potatoes and fold in with a rubber spatula. Fold in the spring onions, then cover and chill in the fridge for at least a few hours. Once it is cool, check the seasoning and add more salt or pepper if needed.
As well as those we had vegan soda bread, vitalite, sourdough and a selection of wines. It was all beautiful, can't wait to make this spread again with the new salads - Cinnamon kissed Carrot and the Roasted Potato Salad :-) Many thanks to my Auntie for taking a picture!!
What a lovely assortment of goodies! Yummy!


Belgian neo conceptual artist Wim Delvoye is widely known for contemporary art that cleverly combines philosophical ideas, a fresh use of materials and a love for craftsmanship. Blurring the boundary between the art of the past and the digital realm of current art practice, he makes aerodynamic, mathematically perfect, intricate sculptures that take both art and design to new levels of invention, laying down a lucid and amused glance at contemporary society. He explores art history, Gothic cathedrals and sculptures of the 19th century from Bosch and Brueghel to Warhol, simultaneously revealing the beauty of daily objects. With a Baroque gesture between homage and irreverence, he appropriates and deforms the motifs that inspire him. Delvoye's latest pieces will be on show in Moscow's Gary Tatintsian Gallery until 9 February.
I believe I walk a thin line between exploring artistic styles of the past and monumentality by highlighting the medieval Gothic, interpreting it with contemporary themes and industrial techniques, I aim to create a new form of contemporary architecture. The works made of a laser cut corten steel plates reproduce neo Gothic tracery and the ornaments on the works are not so much used as decorative quotations but as patterns of value and permanence in the modern era.
What inspired your Maserati sculpture?
It's my take on a new flying carpet. I acquired the body of a late 1950s' Maserati 450S and embossed the aluminum carapace with elaborate Middle Eastern designs. I recently added a new object to this assortment of assisted ready mades: an embossed automobiletailpipe, which within the context of this show comically seems as though it might have fallen off the car.


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package renesca.json

import renesca.parameter.{ArrayParameterValue, PropertyMap}
import renesca.graph
import renesca.table

import renesca.json

case class Response(
  commit: Option[String] = None,
  results: List[Result] = Nil,
  transaction: Option[Transaction] = None,
  errors: List[Error] = Nil
)

case class Transaction(expires: String)

case class Error(code: String, message: String)

case class Data(row: Option[ArrayParameterValue] = None, graph: Option[Graph] = None)

case class Result(columns: List[String], data: List[Data])

case class Relationship(
  id: String,
  `type`: String,
  startNode: String,
  endNode: String,
  properties: PropertyMap = Map.empty
)

case class Node(id: String, labels: List[String] = Nil, properties: PropertyMap = Map.empty)

case class Graph(nodes: List[Node] = Nil, relationships: List[Relationship] = Nil)

object GraphFactory {
  def apply(jsonGraph: json.Graph): graph.Graph = {
    val nodes: List[graph.Node] = jsonGraph.nodes.map {
      case json.Node(id, labels, properties) =>
        graph.Node(graph.Id(id.toLong), labels.map(graph.Label.apply), properties)
    }

    val idToNode: Map[String, graph.Node] = nodes.flatMap(node => node.origin match {
      case graph.Id(id) => Map(id.toString -> node)
      case _ => Map.empty[String, graph.Node]
    }).toMap

    val relations: List[graph.Relation] = jsonGraph.relationships.map {
      case json.Relationship(id, relationshipType, startNode, endNode, properties) =>
        graph.Relation(
          graph.Id(id.toLong),
          idToNode(startNode),
          idToNode(endNode),
          graph.RelationType(relationshipType),
          properties
        )
    }

    graph.Graph(nodes, relations)
  }
}

object TableFactory {
  def apply(result: json.Result): table.Table = {
    val data = result.data.flatMap { _.row.map(_.value) }
    table.Table(result.columns, data)
  }
}