We hope you are doing well and enjoying this beautiful winter - or summer depending on which part of the world you're reading this from! Just a quick update regarding the shipping of the Omega2 rewards and info on getting started with your Omega2.
For the items that we have shipped out, we have also sent out tracking numbers for the package to your email.
For items that we are in the process of shipping out, we will be sending out the tracking number up to 48 hours after your package has been processed.
For orders that contain items that we are not yet shipping, sit tight, you'll get your tracking number when we start shipping your batch according to the table above!
My Order should have shipped by now but I didn't get a tracking number!
The email might have landed in your spam folder, please check your spam to see if it is there!
You may have not filled out your survey yet! If that's the case, please do so ASAP, and we will ship out your packages in the next batch.
You may have filled out your survey, but your credit card information might have changed, so we have not been able to charge the shipping cost. Please go back to the survey and update your credit card information!
But I was charged for shipping back in October, and I still haven't received my tracking number!
A few of you have reached out saying that your credit card records show that you were charged for shipping back in October, but you still haven't received your tracking number. If that's the case, chances are that you opted to pay for shipping/extra items using PayPal instead of directly with your credit card. PayPal didn't offer an option to do pre-authorized payments (where you authorize the payment when you complete your survey, and we charge you only when we are ready to ship out). Your tracking number will be sent out 48 hours after we ship out your package according to the table above, sit tight!
Some of you mentioned that the documentation available on our Wiki is content written for the first generation Omega. And you're right!
We'll be rolling out new articles and content on a continuous basis, so stay tuned!
Boken and the Onion Team.
Bui Duc Tho, Felipe Guilherme Sabino, and 56 more people like this update.
Backer 7,265, got Maker Kit, but have not received any notifications since this latest one (Dec 14, 2016).
hello, yesterday I received an Omega2 + Dock + Expansion + 1 Onion sticker, but no other stickers.... Why? Also package itself was a bit "interesting" it reminds me a pizza box, not a box suitable for posting electronics... But yeah, it arrived visually undamaged.
Hi. Anyone in UK got their delivery yet? The tracking system fails but says it's with Royal Mail from the 3 Jan. The tracking number doesn't work on the Royal Mail website.
Any update to the shipping status table? We've passed a couple of the dates so it needs updating. Thanks.
Hi, i don t receive my omega can you help me?
I received my Kickstarter package, but it is missing one of the docking stations. I ordered 2 of the $24 kits with an Omega 2 plus and the choice of one docking station. I selected that both docking stations be the expansion docks, but I only received one in the package. Thank you for any help you are able to provide in getting this sorted out.
No updates, just failed charges with no resolve.
Still no any tracking info, can you please check?
I received an email on 23 dec 2016 about unchargeable shipping cost because of credit card information has been changed. Then I made a payment through paypal on 27 dec 2016.
Today I received an email again from onion said that shipping cost still unchargeable.
No shipping update or tracking number and I keep getting messages that my card couldn't be charged. It was successfully charged on 8/23 and I paid for extras and shipping after that with PayPal. Though I don't actually recall buying extras and I have no record of my survey responses, so I guess there's that.
Got mine for new year ! Thanks Onion Team :) Keep up the good work !
I got mine, but where was the link to the stretch goal ebook? Or is that the getting started guide linked to here?
I didn't received any shipping info for an Omega2 Plus only but i've been charged for the shipping on 7th Dec. I'm sure i filled the survey. There some update?
Can you please investigate why I have not received any shipping or tracking information for my device? I did fill out the survey two days after Nov 20th so can you please see maybe it was forgotten about?
Item still not receive and none contacfable from your end. Advise.
Twas the day before Christmas and finally got a shipping status on my Omega2s and docks. In process, expected shipping date Dec 27. Tracking information to follow.
I'm backer 857. I ordered Omega2 + Docks. Have not received a tracking number.
Mee too: I was charged for shipping on Dec 7th but until know didn't receive any tracking number (Pledge: Omega2 Plus + Dock + Expansion) so maybe these are in progress?
I never got any shipping information for Onion 2 + Docks but I have a receipt from December 6th.
credit card charged 7th Dec.
Hi, I was charged on 6-Dec and have not received shipping details.
Can you provide an update? I can provide backer number if needed separately.
me neither, I don't have shipping info.
Backer for Onion2+Dock, no shipping info.
Backer for Onion2+Dock+Expansion. Credit card was charged shipping costs, but I still haven't received shipping details. Please advise!
Same here; one more backer waiting for an Onion2 + Dock who has been charged and hasn't received shipping info.
Would it be feasible for you, Onion to send out emails to your backers with status? There are loads of comments from backers waiting for tracking numbers. I am too. it would mean a lot and lessen the negative pr if you sent personal updates to those who wait. 30 minutes of coding a script to save days of work for your helpdesk..
Got answer after 6 days on helpdesk. Somehow my Omega 2 and Omega 2 Plus boards will be send in batch 3(wtf is batch3?) So, the status "Stickers, Omega 2, Omega 2 Plus only -> SHIPPED!" Is a lie!
Usually I don't like 'me too' posts but to gain visibility I think it is appropriate: here's one more backer waiting for an Onion2 + Dock who has been charged and hasn't received shipping info.
I'm backer 3853 and I've received no communication about this project.
Oops. I thought I had completed my survey but I realized I hadn't completed the payment. But it looks like my stuff would not have shipped yet, so I am not worried.
This is what a successful kickstarter project looks like, everyone. We get up to date information and in a timely fashion. There have been other projects I have backed where the owners just did not keep us informed at all. Yes, we all understand unforeseen delays or issues with shipping, customs, et al. But if you don't communicate then we think something is seriously wrong. And even if you have a great project, it may never see anything past the first version or make you a successful company if you lose the respect and interest of backers.
This is a group who worked very well on the first iteration and is keeping the pace with this next one. I wish much success for the Onion crew in 2017!
Thanks for docs, same here no tk number but np.
Anyone have documentation in pdf file or similar? Thanks!
Judging by the comments here I am also among one of many backers who are charged for their Omegas but haven't received a tracking number or any-information regarding the same. I have been waiting for the omegas for a while now. Please update us on what is going on. Its almost 2 weeks since the charges showed up on my card.
I completed the survey with an additional Omega Plus and shipping.
Both amounts were charged to the card.
But I've not received any mail regarding the shipping.
I'd love to hear an estimated Arrival date (or month even) vs shipping dates. I don't care when it ships, I care when I will get it. I have a tracking number but it's shipped from China and gives no indication of estimated delivery date. I'm really frustrated because when I pledged it said "Estimated Delivery: Nov 2016" but clearly that was never the plan - they planned to SHIP in Nov. That is way different than delivering in Nov. Feels deceptive to me. Shipping does not equal delivered. I expected when I backed this that it might slip past Christmas but it would be nice to know for sure if it will or not so I can make other arrangements. At this point, despite having a tracking number, I have no idea when to expect this at all. All I know is it was in Shanghai 2 weeks ago, which is not super helpful to me. I really just want to know, will it come this month? next month? longer than that?
Xplatforms: I have also created a ticket on freshdesk as requested, had survey, been charged, but no tracking, and I have had no contact whatsoever either.
The automated email that came back from freshdesk said 7-10 business days for a response!
ONION -This is NOT acceptable. You are not communicating with your backers, there are hundreds, if not more, people who have been charged for shipping and have had NO tracking number. Get your act together and COMMUNICATE. People will not mind if there is a delay, but be honest and just tell us what is going on.
"Onion: For issues that are specific to your order - no survey link or tracking number received - we would be happy to help you through our support system, please file a ticket at https://onion.freshdesk.com"
I've created a ticket a day ago and still no answer. Not here,not on freshdesk... @Onion, Why are You ignores me?
Great... now I have just spent hours in the docs... and nothing to test out.
@ Onion, my order should have shipped but I have heard nothing? Backer number 14,816 I have been charged shipping on 5 December, but no confirmation received and the email is not in my spam folder. Please help!


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TWO IDEAS I PINCHED OFF GEORGE LOIS
Posted on August 31, 2010 by Dave Trott
When I was at art school in New York, George Lois was one of my heroes.
I didn't always like his ads.
Half of them seemed a bit crude and corny to me.
But half of them were inspiring.
The sheer energy and power that came off them.
And not just the ads themselves.
But the way he got them made against all objections.
The way he turned any hurdle into another opportunity.
That's real creativity.
So, although it was a lot of money at the time, I spent fifty quid on George Lois's book 'The Art Of Advertising'.
Back in London, while everyone else was poring over D&AD annuals, I was reading every word of that book.
I learned a lot from the stories about how he did the ads.
One particular story was about the NY Herald Tribune.
In the early sixties, newspaper sales were falling.
People got their daily update from the 11pm TV news instead.
So Lois had a really daring idea.
Beat television at its own game.
TV news was immediate, but it wasn't thorough.
Newspapers are seen as late with the news, because they're printed the previous day.
Lois decided to turn that to an advantage.
He got the newspaper immediately it was printed at 10pm.
Then he wrote the ads in the cab on the way to the studio.
And shot the ads, and broadcast them immediately before the 11pm News.
The VO said, "These are the stories you're going to be hearing about in this news programme. But there's a lot more to these stories than you'll get on TV. So for the full stories, get tomorrow's NY Herald Tribune."
Many years later we did a pitch for The Daily Express.
We heard the editor thought ad agencies were slow and lazy.
While he could put an entire paper together in a day, it took agencies weeks to do an ad.
We thought we'd show him we could make an ad faster than he could make a newspaper.
The pitch was 9.00 on Monday morning.
So on Sunday night we went and got copies of the next day's paper.
Then overnight we wrote the ads.
We filmed them, and edited them at 8.00 Monday morning.
Then, in the pitch, on we showed the editor a commercial featuring his newspaper that was just hitting the newsstand.
And we won the pitch.
Thanks to George Lois's book.
Another lesson I learned from that book was about TV censorship.
When he did the advertising for Xerox photocopiers, his commercial featured a young girl at her dad's office.
To demonstrate how easy Xerox was to use, Lois had the little girl make some copies for her dad.
The ad was a very successful, but Xerox's competitors objected.
They said no photocopier could be that simple.
And the US censorship authority made him pull the ads off air.
The story ran in all the papers.
So George Lois offered to prove it was true.
He said he'd reshoot the whole commercial in front of the censors and the papers.
When they showed up to watch, he waited until the cameras started rolling.
Then he sent on a chimpanzee instead of the little girl.
The chimpanzee did a perfect job.
This time the censors couldn't object and the ad ran with the chimpanzee.
Because of the newspaper stories everyone knew what had happened.
And the new ad generated even more free publicity for days afterwards.
When we had Knirps umbrellas as a client. I followed his example.
We had a commercial where a man demonstrated that no rain storm can break a Knirps umbrella.
To prove it, we wanted to shoot a man using it in a carwash.
The ITCA, the equivalent of Clearcast, wouldn't believe it was true.
So they turned it down.
Following Lois's example, we offered to let them come to the shoot to prove it would.
They did. It did. And the commercial ran.
Another time a young writer at our agency, Little Jim, had written an anti Third World Debt commercial.
It featured a white English toddler drinking out of a toilet.
Making the comparison with black children lacking sanitation in deprived countries.
Little Jim said he wanted Bob Hoskins to do the voice over.
I said good idea.
Little Jim said, because we had no money, the account men and the producers wouldn't approach Bob Hoskins' agent to ask.
So I gave him George Lois's book.
I said, "Read that Jim, see what George Lois would do."
Jim took the book home that night and read it.
Next day he came in and found Bob Hoskins' agent's number.
He then persuaded the agent to let him talk to Bob Hoskins.
And he talked him into doing the voice over, for free.
That commercial got a D&AD award.
And those are just a few of the things I got from that book.
There are many more.
I still read it from time to time.
And I still learn things from it.
In fact it may be the best fifty quid I ever spent.

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Alex Jankovic Dec 09, 2013
Top 10 Worst Album Covers of 2013
You shouldn't judge a book by its cover, but should you judge an album on its cover? So grab a vomit bag, and lets get started! Remember... CLICK IMAGES TO ENLARGE (If you dare)
10: Miley Cyrus, "Bangerz"
Miley Cyrus' third studio album, despite having to endure through much criticism from her controversial performances, was not helped by it's "iOS 7 meets Neo-noir" cover. The image, which looks like it was created by Cyrus herself, incorporates a handful of beginner photoshop tutorials and roughly 'lassos' Cyrus into the frame. The cover, which neither matches the artist's 'fun personality' on stage or white colour scheme in her music videos, feels out of place and just plain awful.
9: Justin Timberlake, "The 20/20 Experience"
Ok I'm going to be a little lenient on this one considering the standard edition of the album (the first image) is actually pretty alright. However, with the addition of gradients on the deluxe editions and inverting the colours for the repackaged version, the cover does gradually earn itself a position on this list. I'm so sorry, but was it such a strain to use another image, or at least leave the original image alone?
8: Sky Ferreira, "Night Time, My Time"
After various push backs from her record label and poor sales from her lead singles, it was only time for the struggling alternative artist to take a leaf out of Miley Cyrus' book and use controversy to her advantage. The result? A Top 50 album and a moronic cover by a desperate artist. The cover, which Ferreira described as herself "looking demented in the shower while 'showing off' her left nipple" no question earns itself a position on this list.
7: Justin Bieber, "Music Mondays"
In October of this year, Justin Bieber decided to start a "Music Monday" campaign, where he would release a single every monday for ten weeks. The result? Ten dreadful covers and dare I say, ten dreadful songs. Although some covers, were decent, many were overly simplistic, and looked like they were drawn by a three year old.
5: James Blake, "Overgrown"
While searching for horrible album covers on the internet, their were many reoccurring covers, one of them being James Blake's newest album, "Overgrown". The cover, which features the British singer crossing his arms behind a waterfall has experienced criticism, with some saying that he looks like he's throwing a tantrum. The cover itself has been parodyed many times throughout the year.
6: Alunageorge, "Body Music"
So you have the bands lead singer, trapped into what looks like a giant kaleidoscope, and the other band member looking frustrated in the background. Also the person who photoshopped the image made her right foot very disproportionate to the rest of her body; it looks humungous!
4: David Bowie, "The Next Day"
The cover which features the singer's 1977 album over, "Heroes," but with the title scribbled out and the singer's face covered by a white box. Jonathan Barnbrook, the designer behind the cover, stated that "obscuring the "Heroes" cover with the white square represents the spirit of great pop or rock music which is 'of the moment', forgetting or obliterating the past." For me, the cover represents utter laziness.
3: Ke$ha, "Warrior"
Ok, so I'm a little cheating on this one, the album came out in late November last year, all well, close enough. Like Cyrus and Timberlake, Kesha's second album, was ruined by the idiot behind the photoshopping. The actual image was not even cropped properly in the frame, the sky was roughly cut out and oddly filled with solid green, the grass coloured purple and a stupid preset lens flare was added to the mountains. Sorry, but are these artists photoshopping their own images?
2: Action Bronson, "SAAAB Stories"
Despite critical acclaim, Bronton's newest EP was disgraced by its very unusual cover. In the cover, one woman is what looks to be vomiting in the toilet, while another is grabbing toilet paper in the bath. Still, you've probably never heard of the american rapper since now, so perhaps the joke is on us?
1: Jan Driver, "Thunderbill Vol. 1"
I don't even know where to begin for this one.
Ahh...
At least its 100%.
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Home / Technology Policy & Ethics / July 2018 / The Role of Education and Information Technology for a Fair and Sustainable Development
The Role of Education and Information Technology for a Fair and Sustainable Development
By Marco Pellegrini and Massimo Mozzon
Marco Pellegrini (corresponding author): marcopellegrini75@yahoo.it
Massimo Mozzon: m.mozzon@staff.univpm.it
The world's population peaked to 7.6 billion by mid-2017, approximately adding a billion inhabitants since 2005. The Population Division at the Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) United Nations (UN), predicts that global population will increase by 1.1% each year reaching 11.2 billion by 2100 [1]. Sixty per cent of the world's people live in Asia and 17% in Africa, while the remaining 23% live across Europe, America and Oceania. China and India are the two most populous countries of the world comprising 19% and 18% of global total, respectively. Based on UN/DESA projected growth of global population until 2100, it is estimated that Asia and Africa will still remain the two most populous regions of the world, comprising about 83% of global population. Therefore, the majority population growth is expected to take place in developing and least developed countries (LDCs) [2].
Population is at the centre of the UN 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development [1]. Two of the seventeen sustainable development goals (SDGs) aim at ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition for all, and promoting sustainable industrialization (SDG 2 and 9).
Agriculture will have to face multiple challenges such as producing more food for a growing population with a smaller rural labour force, contribute to overall development in agriculture-dependent developing countries, adopt more efficient and sustainable production methods and adapt to climate change [3]. Projections from UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) show that feeding 9.8 billion people in 2050 would require raising overall food production by 70% and in developing countries production would need to almost double. Ending hunger and food insecurity, therefore, will require continued and focused efforts, especially in Asia and Africa [4]. However, there is general consensus that agriculture alone will not be sufficient to meet food-related SDGs. For economic growth to be sustainable in the long-run, investments in agriculture have to be accompanied by investments and government spending in infrastructure, institutions and ultimately in the manufacturing and service sectors [3]. The question that now arises is: in which areas do we need to invest for achieving such an ambitious goal? In this work we focus on education and information and communication technologies (ICTs) for food processing and distribution industry.
First, education is one of the most powerful instruments for reducing poverty and inequality and lays a foundation for sustainable economic growth [5]; nevertheless, many children in LDCs still lack access to quality education. This knowledge gap is increased by their limited or no access to ICTs, essential in the developing world because information is seen as one of the major drivers of economic and social development and ICT makes access to information on an unprecedented scale. Despite the progress made, the digital divide still remains between and within countries, in particular between urban, rural and underserved areas [6,7].
Secondly, as recognized by World Telecommunication Development Conference (WTDC-17) convened in October 2017 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ICTs play a significant role in pivotal areas such as agriculture, education and health, particularly in LDCs. However, innovative opportunities provided by ICTs should be accompanied by ambitious decision-making and measures aimed at reducing poverty and inequalities [6]. ICTs form the backbone of digital economy and have enormous potential to fast forward progress on the SDGs and improve people's lives in fundamental ways [8]. In particular, to feed a growing population and improve food security and traceability at the same time, agri-food sector is increasingly knowledge-intensive [9]. As an example, ICTs can help delivering more efficient and reliable data to comply with international traceability standards [10].
Many definitions such as e-agriculture [10], m-farming [11] and smart farming [12] have been proposed for the use of ICTs in agriculture in its broadest sense. Generally speaking, ICTs for agri-food sector may include devices, networks, services and applications. These can range from cutting edge sensors and technologies such as Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI) and Big Data analytics, to consolidated technologies such as radio, fixed and mobile phone services and satellites.
Recent data from International Telecommunication Union (ITU), the UN specialized agency for ICTs, show that ICT development is currently driven by the spread of mobile-broadband services. Mobile broadband penetration has indeed largely outpaced that of fixed broadband, while average mobile-broadband prices have halved since 2013. In particular, the steepest decrease occurred in LDCs, where mobile-broadband prices fell from 32.4 to 14.1% of gross national income (GNI) per capita [13]. ITU data also show that 70% of the world's youth (ages 15-24) are online. These factors have resulted in about half of the world's population getting online. Internet bandwidth grew worldwide by 32% in 2015–2016 and Africa experienced the highest increase during this period (72%). Even though developing countries are home to 83% of the global population, they currently generate only 39% of the world's telecommunication revenues.
Reported trends mean that demand for food, education and ICTs would continue to grow. Therefore, public investment, private investment, as well as public-private partnerships need to be strengthened, especially in the developing world, for the expansion of broadband infrastructure, ICT services and applications in order to bridge the digital divide and foster an inclusive and sustainable economic growth. At the same time educational, training and skill development policies need to be enhanced by promoting technology and knowledge transfer between developed and developing countries as well as among developing countries.
The concept of education for sustainable development (ESD) was born from the need for education to address the growing environmental challenges facing the planet [14]. Key themes in ESD are biodiversity, sustainable production and consumption, global justice, disaster risk reduction, poverty reduction, and last but not least, climate change, the environmental challenge of this generation. Education is strongly related to SDG targets and in particular to Goal 13 for which education is key to mass understanding of the impact of climate change and to adaptation and mitigation, particularly at the local level.
As stated by UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), all institutions ranging from preschool to tertiary education should consider it their responsibility to foster the development of key cross-cutting competencies related to sustainability. The development of these competencies is an essential contribution to efforts to achieve the SDGs. As an example, the Eco-Schools programme [15], an international initiative established in 1994 by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE) in Europe, is currently operational in over 51000 schools in sixty-seven countries worldwide. Eco-Schools programme aims at promoting environmental awareness, community involvement and global citizenship. In order to scale-up ESD actions at all levels and in all areas of education, training and learning, an international network of national operators promoting and spreading the Eco-Schools programme within their countries has been established. The programme has achieved significant impacts [14] providing schools a flexible approach for implementing environmental management systems and environmental learning, while encouraging students to participate through positive actions.
Since the SDGs can only be achieved with involvement of the private sector working alongside Governments and the UN system [16], the interest stimulated by the 2030 Agenda provides many collaboration and business opportunities for both telecommunications and food industries. In developing as well as in developed countries, advanced technologies and tools are indeed needed to monitor food and perishable goods during processing, storage and transportation. As an example, by September 2018 each and every domestic or foreign food facility working in the U.S. must comply with the requirements established by the Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Food and mandated by the 2011 Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) [17]. Such rule requires food facilities to have a food safety plan in place that includes an analysis of hazards and risk-based preventive controls to minimize or prevent the identified hazards; the rule also focuses on record keeping and verification of preventative controls.
Continuous monitoring of environmental parameters is a fundamental preventative control and it can be accomplished by wireless technologies for IoT. A wide range of industrial IoT applications have been developed in recent years by leveraging the growing ubiquity of radio-frequency identification (RFID), and wireless, mobile, and sensor devices [18]. However, IoT is a very complicated heterogeneous network platform so future efforts are needed to address research challenges such as technology, standardization, security and privacy.
We believe that future investments in food safety should be directed towards service-oriented architecture (SOA)-based IoT solutions as the principles of service-orientation are independent of any vendor, product or communication technology. Such an approach could be affordable also for emerging economies, by using existing telecommunications infrastructures and thus fostering their growth and updating.
1. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division, "World Population Prospects: The 2017 Revision, Key Findings and Advance Tables, Working paper ESA/P/WP/248," Internet: https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/Publications/Files/WPP2017_KeyFindings.pdf [Nov. 23, 2017].
2. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Development Policy & Analysis Division, "Least Developed Countries (LDCS)," Internet: https://www.un.org/development/desa/dpad/least-developed-country-category.html [Nov. 23, 2017].
3. United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, "Outcome of the High-Level Expert Forum on How to Feed the World in 2050," Internet: http://www.fao.org/3/a-k6631e.pdf, Nov. 2009 [Nov. 23, 2017].
4. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Division for Sustainable Development, "Sustainable Development Knowledge Platform," Internet: https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org [Nov. 23, 2017].
5. B. Burns, A. Mingat and R. Rakotomalala, Achieving universal primary education by 2015: a chance for every child. Washington DC (USA): World Bank, 2003.
6. International Telecommunication Union, "Buenos Aires Declaration of World Telecommunication Development Conference 2017 (WTDC-17)," Internet: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Conferences/WTDC/WTDC17/Pages/default.aspx [Nov. 23, 2017].
7. Close the Gap, "The role of ICT in the UN Sustainable Development Goals," Internet: http://close-the-gap.org/the-role-of-ict-in-the-un-sustainable-development-goals [Nov. 23, 2017].
8. International Telecommunication Union, "ICTs for a Sustainable World #ICT4SDG," Internet: http://www.itu.int/ICT4SDG [Nov. 23, 2017].
9. International Telecommunication Union, "Goal 2. Hunger & food security," Internet: http://www.itu.int/en/sustainable-world/Pages/goal2.aspx [Nov. 23, 2017].
10. United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization and International Telecommunication Union, "E-Agriculture Strategy Guide. A summary," Internet: http://www.fao.org/3/a-i6909e.pdf [Nov. 23, 2017].
11. International Telecommunication Union, "Innovating with Fatoumata: How m-farming can feed the next 2.4 billion people," Internet: http://itu150.org/story/february [Nov. 23, 2017].
12. S. Wolfert, L. Ge, C. Verdouw and M.-J. Bogaardt, "Big Data in Smart Farming – A review," Agricultural Systems, vol. 153, pp. 69–80, 2017.
13. International Telecommunication Union, "ICT Facts and Figures 2017," Internet: http://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Statistics/Documents/facts/ICTFactsFigures2017.pdf [Nov. 23, 2017].
14. United Nations, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, "Issues and trends in Education for Sustainable Development," Internet: http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0026/002614/261445e.pdf [Jul. 6, 2018].
15. Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), "Eco Schools," Internet: http://www.ecoschools.global [Jul. 6, 2018].
16. United Nations, Global Compact Office and KPMG International, "SDG Industry Matrix – Food, Beverage and Consumer Goods," Feb. 2016, Internet: https://www.unglobalcompact.org/docs/issues_doc/development/SDGMatrix-ConsumerGoods.pdf [Dec. 5, 2017].
17. U.S. Food & Drug Administration, Department of Health and Human Services, "Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Final Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Food," Internet: https://www.fda.gov/Food/GuidanceRegulation/FSMA/ucm334115.htm [Dec. 13, 2017].
18. L. D. Xu, W. He and S. Li, "Internet of Things in Industries: A Survey," IEEE Trans. on Industrial Informatics, vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 2233-2243, Nov. 2014.
Marco Pellegrini (M'14) received his M.Sc. in Telecommunications Engineering from University of Florence, Italy, in 2001, and his Ph.D. in Methods and Technologies for Environmental Monitoring from University of Basilicata, Italy, in 2006. Since 2007, he has been with Lif srl, Italy, where he currently serves as Senior ICT Engineer. Since 2011, he also served as Lecturer in Telecommunications at the Information Engineering Department, Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy. He is adjunct Professor of Physics (at Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences) and Remote Sensing (at Department of Life and Environmental Sciences), both at Università Politecnica delle Marche. His current research interests include wireless sensor networks and embedded systems development.
Massimo Mozzon got his M.Sc. in Food Science and Technology from University of Udine in 1992 and his Ph.D. in Nutrition Physiology from Università Politecnica delle Marche in 1999. In the same year he won an open competition for a position of Researcher (Scientific Sector AGR/15, Food Science and Technology) at the Department of Agricultural, Food and Environmental Sciences – Università Politecnica delle Marche and eventually, in 2011, he got his current position (Associate Professor) at the same Dept. Research activities of Massimo Mozzon are mainly focused on relationships between technology and chemical aspects of food quality, resulting in more than 70 scientific publications (48 journal papers, 3 book chapters, 1 book) and conference proceedings.
Dr. Mohammad Saud Khan is a Lecturer in the area of Strategic Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Before taking up this role, he was positioned as a Postdoctoral researcher at the University of Southern Denmark. Having a background in Mechatronics (Robotics & Automation) Engineering, he worked as a field engineer in the oil and gas industry with Schlumberger Oilfield Services in Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and United Kingdom. In addition to his involvement in several consulting assignments, his corporate experience includes a project on "Open Innovation" with Agfa Gevaert, Belgium.
Saud's research work has largely been focused on investigating entrepreneurial teams within high-tech business incubators. His work has been presented and published at renowned international conferences and management journals.
He is a frequent reviewer for prestigious academic conferences and journals such as Academy of Management Annual Meeting, European Academy of Management, Management Decision, International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour and Research, Journal of Managerial Psychology and Creativity and Innovation Management.
Entrepreneurship (especially High-Tech Entrepreneurship).
Innovation Management (especially Implications of 3D printing and Big Data).
Uncertainty management with respect to people, organization and technology


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YouTube shuts, Google sniffs, Twitter slims in this year's April Fool gags
YouTube is shutting down, Twitter users have to pay for the use of vowels, and the new Google Nose search engine will bring a whiff of wet dog or daisies right to your computer or smartphone. Smells fishy? These Internet giants went all-out to try and bamboozle their users with April Fool's gags on the most mischievous day of the year. YouTube, the world's largest video sharing site, revealed it had merely been an eight-year contest to find the best video and would be closing to review all the entries. The winner would be announced in 2023.
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YouTube is shutting down, Twitter users have to pay for the use of vowels, and the new Google Nose search engine will bring a whiff of wet dog or daisies right to your computer or smartphone.
Smells fishy? These internet giants went all-out to try and bamboozle their users with April Fool's gags on the most mischievous day of the year.
YouTube, the world's largest video sharing site, revealed it had merely been an eight-year contest to find the best video and would be closing to review all entries. The winner would be announced in 2023.
"We are so close to the end. Tonight at midnight, youtube.com will no longer be accepting entries. After eight amazing years, it is finally time to review everything that has been uploaded to our site and begin the process of selecting a winner,"
said Tim Liston, named as "competition director."
YouTube CEO Salar Kamangar said that "we started YouTube in 2005 as a contest with a simple goal: to find the best video in the world."
In keeping with its prankster reputation, Google also unveiled a complex search engine thatwould offer "the sharpest olfactory experience available."
The search engine claims to have a database of smells from all over the world. Users can search for "new car smell", or "Egyptian tomb", sniff their screen and even share it with a friend.
Google's "Android Ambient Odor Detection" also allows you to collect smells on your phone.
Meanwhile micro-blogging site Twitter said it had decided to shave off even more characters by providing a new vowel-free service to users.
"Trd th nw Twttr yt? Mr tm fr mr twts" (Translation: "Tried the new Twttr yet? More time for more tweets") the site announced. Of course, vowels would still be available but only to premium users willing to pay five dollars a month.
Several recent newsmakers were targeted in other pranks on April Fool's Day with North Korea cropping up twice.
South Africa's Daily Maverick newspaper carried a story headlined " Exclusive: Oscar Pistorius signs up for North Korea's inaugural Friendship Run."
The paper said the double-amputee paralympian sprint star who is charged with killing his model girlfriend, will lead SA's team in Kim Jong-Un's bid to build bridges between less-understood world regimes and less-understood global figures.
"Just days after being allowed to travel while on bail, Oscar Pistorius has received an unexpected honour: A personal invitation from North Korea's newly-minted and beloved leader, Kim Jong-Un, to join the many worthy celebrities participating in his Friendship Run, a 10km race through the exquisitely manicured streets of Pyongyang.
When he heard of the invitation, Pistorius said: "I'll take it."
On hearing that the race was not going to be his favourite 400m sprint, but 25 times longer at 10km, Pistorius curtly replied: "I'll be fine."
Meanwhile German news website Tagesschau.de reported that television actor David Hasselhoff, known for roles in Baywatch and Knight Rider, had been asked by the US State Department to mediate in North Korea.
"Until now, diplomatic efforts have gotten us nowhere, as have resolutions and sanctions. Why not try less controversial methods for once?" the newspaper cited State Department spokeswoman Victorie Nuland as saying.
Hasselhoff is very popular in Germany where he had a number one hit with his song "Looking for Freedom" which he sang in front of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
He recently sang the song to massive crowds in the German capital protesting the removal of a part of the wall for a construction project.
The Huffington Post news website reported the wealthy Qatari backers of London's new Shard skyscraper were building the "Shlide", a heartstopping thrill ride curving all the way down the 72-floor building.
Providing an image of the slide, the site quotes Project Co-Ordinator, "Dizzy" Lizzy McGovern who said there had been some teething problems in the project.
"We wish Brian, the initial tester, a speedy recovery after the operation to replace both his knees."
April Fool's 2013: Stories that probably 'gotcha' today
Google says to shut down YouTube in early April Fools' gag
Breaking News: Hens' Chocolate Flavoured Eggs Will Be Available For Consumption By Next Easter!
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FRIGHTENING FLIX BY KBATZ: Poe Excursions!
January 14, 2019 by Kristin Battestella	in review and tagged bela lugosi, black and white, boris karloff, british, edgar allan poe, forties, horror, Horror film, kbatz, kristin battestella, movie, seventies, vampire, vampires, victorian	| Leave a comment
An Excursion in Poe
by Kristin Battestella
A little bit of Edgar can be found in anywhere – if you know where to look.
Edgar Allan Poe's The Oval Portrait – Stormy nights, carriages, red velvet, and antiques accent this loose 1972 adaptation alongside candles, staircases, ominous housekeepers, late relatives, and ghostly piano playing. The titular painting, apparitions, and haunted house atmosphere come early with eerie music, lovelorn letters, and fainting ladies. However the inaccurate Civil War costumes, shabby uniforms, off kilter voices, and dark print make it difficult to tell who's Union or Confederate. The echoing overlays, visions of past couples, and angry artist can't overcome the lookalike characters, soap opera stylings, and rip off plots. Sure Poe's tale is thin, but here the new wife shocks everyone by coming down the stairs in Rebecca's clothes – and yes that's the late subject's name. More people keep arriving, but the ghostly possessions are put on hold for flashbacks with rally calls, cavalry, and a soldier on the lamb that look borrowed from another picture. If this scandal is where the story starts, why not begin there? Of course, there's also confusion between this movie and another with the same cast called One Minute Before Death, and the bookends make it seem like the two movies are combined into one on top of weak scripting, fly by night production, and jumpy flash cuts between the back and forth that never lets the forbidden love build. The muddled dialogue and stalling gothic romance feel like part of the story is missing – compromising the illicit, funerals, and grave robbing before more hysterics, wills, and tacked on ghosts. Though watchable – bemusing even thanks to the overlong, nonsensical dancing with the corpse finale that's probably followed by some good old fashioned necrophilia – this could have been a better, faithful adaptation of Poe's story instead of some kind of two for the price of one messy that doesn't go together.
The Fall of the House of Usher – There's not a lot of information available on this elusive 1949 British adaptation of Poe's famously flawed siblings. The opening here is weird, with Brit pimps in their boys club chatting up their Poe favorites. When the story moves into the tale itself, however, solid dialogue from the book, lovely period décor, and bizarre designs put on the right demented atmosphere. Piano interludes, candlelight, unique photography, and one very creepy crazy mama add to the fun. Yes, today's audiences may feel the plot meanders a bit with seeming slow or quiet scenes. Fortunately, the fade-in editing, ticking clocks, and slow-burning wicks encapsulate the tomb-like mood. This actually does what an adaptation should do- I want to go read the source again! It's a bit dry, but this one is worth the Poe study or classroom comparison for the scares and macabre it gets right.
The Raven – He's hamming it up and quoting death as his talisman – Bela Lugosi is creepy as ever behind his doctor's mask and a suave god complex for this 1935 Poe based hour. The bearded, raspy, demented looking Boris Karloff (also of the unrelated 1963 mash-up of the same name with Vincent Price and Peter Lorre) is trying to reform his criminal ways, but Lugosi's twisted doctoring wrenches that! This quick plot wastes no time thanks to car accidents, desperate medicine, titular quotes, mad love, and torture gear. Though not a full-on, proper adaptation of the famed poem, great shadows, interiors, organ music, furs, fedoras, and screams accent the obsessed with Poe layers and madcap style. A large ensemble can make it tough to tell who is who, and we don't see much of the Poe-esque devices or their violence compared to the torture porn we expect today. However, the time here is steeped in an entertaining interwar gothic atmosphere – the wild contraptions are fun yet there are poignant moments and comeuppance amid the haunted house attraction mayhem. Edgar aficionados and fans of the cast will enjoy the uncanny charm here.
Spirits of the Dead – I'm not really a Jane Fonda fan, but she looks superb in this colorful 1968 Italian anthology with designs from Edgar Allan Poe. Perfect locales, music, horses, castles, and foggy coasts set an ethereal, dreamy mood for the first tale here. The period costumes and sixties fusion might be a bit too Barbarella, and some will be put off by the spoken French and reading subtitles. Yet Fonda fans will enjoy the suggested kinky and ménage taunts- even if it's her brother Peter (Easy Rider) sparking the obsessions. 'Metzengerstein' is more sauce than scares, but it might have made a nice fantasy movie by itself. By contrast, 'William Wilson' adds Italian occupation and religious motifs for the second installment. Iffy kid acting, look a likes, and flashbacks can be confusing to start and some of the butchery won't be for everyone. However great fashions, sweet cadavers, autopsy educations, and historical brutalities are scary good- not to mention a dark-haired, poker playing Brigitte Bardot (And God Created Woman) to keep the questions on one's conscious and duality from getting too dry. Terrence Stamp (Billy Budd) is a wonderful drunkard in the almost too trippy 'Toby Dammit' finale, but cool Roman amusement, bizarre locations, and weird play within a play production keep the plot from being too nonsensical. Though the final ten minutes get tough, the well-edited and intense driving scenes make for a fitting overall conclusion. Not all will enjoy the near-psychedelic period and foreign sensibilities, but this is some twisted fun for fans of the players and all involved.
Tale of a Vampire – A delicious Julian Sands (Warlock, people, Warlock) leads this 1992 brooding character study brimming with "Annabel Lee" and Poe references to match the bleak back alleys, dark morgues, abandoned blue buildings, and dreary British mood. Despite the underlying urge to bite, predatory love, black cats, creepy vampire beds, and sucking on some bloody fingers, this isn't a gorefest thanks to multilayered social awkwardness, melancholy, loss, and conflict. This lovelorn vampire spends his time in the rare books section of a sweet old library – you use that card catalog! The plot is unfortunately very slow, the isolated characters have no sounding board, and confusing flashbacks of lookalike women and lost bliss don't explain much. The centuries ago golden patinas are well shot, however the uneven pacing and flawed constructs interfere with the storytelling. We should have seen the past to start, using that previous to accent the current torment and slightly unreal, demented fairy tale tone. Why is the audience more sad than creeped by this thirsty stalker? Fine performances carry the drama once the characters actually interact by quoting history and poets in insightful two-handers. "'Tis better to have loved and lost" and all that. Lighting and shadow schemes add to the mysterious rivals, for good love or ill pain possibilities, and strange seductions. Can it really be love if a vampire's idea of romance is to consume the life of his lover? It's oddly pleasing to see this kind of twisted vampire bite symbolism rather than teenage moon eyes, and this simmer builds to a fine finale with some interesting surprises. While not scary, the Gothic romanticism and Victorian waxing on forever and death not being the end of love provide a solid helping of morbid and memento mori.
FRIGHTENING FLIX Horror Holiday Gift Guide Video
December 16, 2018 by Kristin Battestella	in horror, News, review, short video, YouTube and tagged Alien, bela lugosi, boris karloff, Dracula, hammer, Hammer horror, horror, Horror film, kbatz, kristin battestella, Tales From the Crypt, tales from the darkside, Universal horror, vampire, vampires	| Leave a comment
Kristin Battestella aka Kbatz discusses what type of affordable, family friendly, or full on scary Frightening Flix to give this Holiday season included Bela Lugosi and Universal Horror, Tales from the Crypt versus Tales from the Darkside, and more!
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Kbatz: Horror Documentaries
September 30, 2014 by Kristin Battestella	in News and tagged author, bela lugosi, boris karloff, horror, Horror film, kbatz, kristin battestella, macabre, vampire, writers	| 3 Comments
A Macabre Documentary or Two
Looking for some non-fiction programming to spice up this festive, macabre season? Here's a round up of informative and spooky documentaries, biographies, and shows for demented minds young and old!
Anne Rice: Biography – This 2000 television hour focusing on the Interview with a Vampire author is nothing new. Ironically, it is actually dated and somewhat inaccurate thanks to Rice's more recent life and literary changes and thus this feels somewhat incomplete. A one-minute add-on to encompass the new millennium doesn't cut it. That aside, it's still great to see photos from Rice's early life, hear friends and family recount her childhood and road to publication greatness, and listen to Rice herself talk of religion and the personal tragedies that inspired her writing. In fact, Anne's familial losses and literary struggles may even be more poignant thanks to the conversations with her late husband, the poet Stan Rice. I'd like to see A&E revisit Rice with an updated two-hour special, but until then, scholarly studies and Rice aficionados can always enjoy this quick profile.
A Cemetery Special – PBS's 2005 hour-long spotlight doesn't have enough time to explore this exhaustive subject matter- and it bemusing admits that along with a respectful dedication to those buried in the featured cemeteries. From Pittsburgh to Vermont and Key West to Alaska, lovely footage of graveyards and gardens accents the bent but thought provoking discussion on death, remembrance, art, and the monuments we leave behind. Perhaps lesser-known graveyards are featured, but interesting tales from the Civil War and sleeping place origins are recounted in an almost heartwarming manner. This is the perfect little video for classrooms studying the specific locations and history or macabre scholars researching burial customs. I wish there had been a whole series like this!
Flesh and Blood: Hammer Heritage of Horror – It took forever for this elusive 1994 documentary to arrive from Netflix! Nonetheless, this hour and forty minutes narrated by Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing is chock full of great photos, retro posters, archive footage, and film trailers illustrating the behind the scenes stories and production highs and lows of the famed Hammer Film Studios. Lovely reflections by Michael Carreras and Anthony Hinds help recount the earliest Hammer films- from struggles in the thirties and World War II to The Quatermass Xperiment and budding science fiction success. Interviewees such as Hazel Court, Freddie Francis, Ingrid Pitt, Caroline Munroe, Joe Dante, Rachel Welch, and our dear narrators seemingly touch upon nearly every Hammer picture- the Frankenstein series, assorted gothic monsters, the Dracula disagreements, blood, bosoms, and the studio's eventual seventies downfall. Understandably, some of the footage is lower in quality, the sound remixing is tough, and there's an obviously dry, British style to the presentation. This documentary also shouldn't be confused with The Horror of Hammer trailer compilation companion or several other similarly themed documentaries. However, this treat is essential for die-hard Hammer fans, horror enthusiasts, and film historians.
His Name Was Jason – Everything you'd ever want to know about the Friday the 13th series, with clips from all the films and extensive behind the scenes interviews with every one who was ever involved with Jason-plus his or her grandma!
In Search of Dracula – Christopher Lee hosts this old school look at the history of Dracula and vampire lore. Young folks might not like the old styles and footage, but vintage vampire fans will delight. You don't catch classics like this on television anymore!
Karloff: The Gentle Monster – This 2006 38 minute documentary is not the hour long Biography episode of the same name but rather a lovely little retrospective found on the Frankenstein blu-ray releases. Although the beginning briefly mentions Karloff's pre-Universal film appearances, the focus here is with the subtle, silent sympathy of Karloff's monstrous characters and his long lasting horror appeal. From Frankenstein to later stage work beyond horror such as Arsenic and Old Lace, film scholars and historians discuss early comparisons to Lon Chaney, difficulties with horror make up's infancy, and more scary film glory with classics such as The Mummy and The Black Cat. Attention is given to Karloff's quiet success as a character actor thanks to his physicality and ability to be both frightening and sensual at the same time along with his spooky television series and his tireless work across mediums and generations. This is the voice of How the Grinch Stole Christmas, people! It's also interesting to see movie buffs theorizing on the over reaching and decreasing quality of the studio's Frankenstein series, beating it into the ground as the franchises, sequels, and remakes do today. Boris fans and horror lovers can eat up the clips and nostalgia here, for sure.
Lon Chaney: Behind the Mask – Rare, unseen silent film footage, vintage photos and clips, charming family home movies, and archive interviews with co-stars and crew anchor this 76 minute 1995 documentary illuminating the Man of a Thousand Faces. From early bit parts to his iconic horror heights, the pain, emotion, and melodramatic catharsis of his tragic portrayals is examined against Chaney's stanch need for privacy amid the fame orchestrated Hollywood system. Collaborations with director Tod Browning are highlighted, and quotes on the craft from the man himself are smartly reiterated – wisdoms on how to utilize makeup or character flaws to accentuate the performance and create redemption in villainous roles. Of course, the presentation focuses on The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera but ends somewhat suddenly with Chaney's death rather than any retrospective summation or legacy. Fortunately, there are lots of behind the scenes snippets, photographs, and factoids, for it's really quite sad to realize how much of Chaney's work is gone – over 30% of his films have vanished. 56 lost pictures – that's more movies than some people today make in their entire lifetimes! The dated nineties design, uneven editing, jumping back and forth timeline, and a very dry narration don't quite hit home here. However, this informative presentation remains classroom ready and will delight new film enthusiasts, longtime Chaney fans, and horror historians.
Lugosi: The Dark Prince – Like Karloff, Bela Lugosi's early life and acting career before Dracula go unnoticed in this 36 minute documentary accompanying the 1931 Dracula blu-ray video. Interviews with genre directors Joe Dante, Jimmy Sangster, and other film scholars and authors instead spend the majority of time here on Lugosi's quintessential appearance in the budding horror cinema and discuss how his phonetic learning of lines accentuated his hypnotic, handsome, somewhat scandalous and always sensual acting style. This masterful paranormal charisma of course unfortunately typecast him, but clips and analysis on Murders in the Rue Morgue, White Zombie, Son of Frankenstein, and The Raven will be a treat for those interested in the irony of Lugosi's long lasting iconography but relatively short-lived success and underatedness as an actor. Even if the talk isn't about the man's personal life per se, there are great insights into the craft here, making for a lovely little bittersweet study on the quick rise and fall of a horror icon.
Nightmares in Red, White, and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film – In covering a hundred years of scary cinema, this 2009 documentary was bound to miss a few things. However, this hour and half also provides extensive clips from early silent films, Universal monsters, the Roger Corman era, seventies zombies, eighties slashers, and more. Interviewees like George Romero, John Carpenter, and more experts on the genre examine how the social and political statements onscreen, both overt and veiled, influenced film making and audiences thru the decades. Horror has gone from early B-movie child's play to red scare allusions and now a blockbuster industry- who knew? Some of the more recent conversation and post 9/11 thoughts are perhaps nothing new or could have been dealt with more deeply, for today's viewer is familiar with these sociopolitical cinema influences, after all. But seeing the paces of vintage horror film thru the years is a real treat for both new and veteran fans. This one's a great starter for younger folks just getting into horror films or a good accompaniment to a sociology discussion.
Tales from the Crypt: Comics to Television – Very insightful special about the ups and downs of the naughty in naughty comic books and how the guts and glory survived in serial television. Maybe not for mainstream fans, but horror and comic enthusiasts will love this.
1930's Horror Flicks!
June 22, 2011 by Emerian Rich	in News and tagged bela lugosi, boris karloff, Dracula, flick, horror, movie, the ghoul	| 5 Comments
The Ghoul is a 1933 British Horror film starring Boris Karloff as THE GHOUL!
What's interesting is that after it's release, it disappeared and was considered to be a lost film. The current copy that we all watched was found in the early 1980's, in a forgotten film vault at Shepperton Studios. The vault was cleared and inside — the dormant nitrate camera negative in perfect condition. The film was kinda like The Ghoul in the film, kept in a sarcophagi, until after death, when it awoke! The film didn't kill anyone that we know about, but the image of The Ghoul will stay with anyone who watches it.
This is one of those classic tales— the Egyptian curse, those that don't believe, those that do and suddenly… the monster rises from the tomb to attack everyone! What I loved most about the movie was the huge mansion all dark and looming with Egyptian carvings casting interesting shapes on the walls. It really gave it a spooky sense of appeal.
Another movie of the era, Dracula, had the same sort of foreboding sets. Dracula is my all time favorite horror classic.
Here's what David had to say about it:
Dracula was released on February 14th 1931 and was directed by Tod Browning and starred Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Edward Van Sloan as Van Helsing, and Dwight Frye as Renfield.
The story begins with a stage coach riding through the Carpathian Mountains in Eastern Europe, carrying Renfield to Castle Dracula to meet with the count to talk about property he is buying in England. Dracula feeds on Renfield and turns him into a slave and then heads off on a ship to London where he meets Lucy Weston and turns her into a vampire. Dracula then turns his sights on Mina, but before he can turn her Dr. Van Helsing and Mina's fiancé, John Harker, discover that he is a vampire and try to stop him before it's too late.
Dracula is not one of the best movies of all time but Bela Lugosi gives a great performance that makes this movie a classic.
What do you think about these two films? What is your favorite 1930's horror flick?


I appreciate many of the observations in Michael Sanchez's essay titled "2011" [Summer 2013]—particularly his observation that the rhythms of the art world have recently shifted due to the widespread use of iPhones and the introduction of Web feeds and aggregators such as Contemporary Art Daily.
Clearly, the shift in the rhythm of the art world is symptomatic of a culture of speculative investment. It is, as Sanchez notes, an attention economy—one that bypasses critical judgment and careful analysis and instead rewards those who know and control what's now and what's next.


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Adrian Neculau (n. 30 august 1938, Ungureni, județul Botoșani – d. 20 decembrie 2012, Iași) a fost un psiholog, inițiator de școală în psihologia socială, profesor emerit al Universității "Alexandru Ioan Cuza" din Iași.

Biografie
Adrian Neculau a urmat școala primară și gimnaziul în comuna natală și apoi cursurile liceale la Liceul "August Treboniu Laurian" din Botoșani obținând bacalaureatul în 1956. Urmează cursurile Facultății de Litere și Filosofie a Universității din Iași, obținând licența în 1962 și doctoratul în 1974 cu teza Liderii în dinamica grupurilor elaborată sub îndrumarea profesorului Vasile Pavelcu.

În perioada 1962-1969 a lucrat ca profesor în învățământul mediu și ca psiholog la Laboratorul de psihologie al Întreprinderii Regionale de Transporturi Auto (IRTA). Cariera universitară a început-o în 1969 ca asistent al Universității ieșene, devenind lector în 1972, conferențiar în 1979 și profesor în 1990. A condus Catedra de psihologie între anii 1990-1997 și, ulterior, după 2007.

Adrian Neculau a fost nepotul pedagogului Eugen Neculau.

Activitatea profesională
Adrian Neculau a fost interesat de diverse domenii ale psihologiei precum psihologia socială, memoria socială și dinamica grupului. A fondat Laboratorul "Psihologia câmpului social" de la Universitatea din Iași și a făcut parte din echipe de cercetare europene studiind reprezentarea socială a sărăciei, puterii sau minorităților.

Membru în colectivele de redacție ale unor reviste științifice
 Buletinul Cabinetului Pedagogic al Universității "Al.I. Cuza", din 1985, redactor șef
 Analele științifice ale Universității "Al.I. Cuza" Iași, Seria Psihologie, redactor șef din 1990
 Revista de psihologie, editată de Editura Academiei, redactor șef adjunct din 1990
 Membru în comitetul de redacție:
Revista de pedagogie, Institutul de Științe le Educației, București
Revista de pedagogie și psihologie, Chișinău
Revista de cercetări sociale, București
Psihologia, București
Cahiers internationnaux de psychologie sociale, Liège, Belgia
Psychologie et société

Membru în asociații profesionale
 Asociația Psihologilor din România, vicepreședinte
 Asociația Psihologilor din Moldova, președinte
 European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, membru
 Association Internationale de Psychologie du Travail de Langue Française (AIPTLF), membru
 Association pour la Difussion de la Recherche Internationale en Psychologie sociale, membru
 Observatoire Européen des Répresentations Sociales, membru fondator

Lucrări publicate
 Liderii în dinamica grupurilor, 1977.
 Memoria pierdută, Polirom, 1999.
 Urmele timpului. Iluzii românești, confirmări europene (dialog cu Serge Moscovici), Polirom, 2002.
 Educația adulților, Polirom, 2004.
 Viața cotidiană în comunism, Polirom, 2004.
 Dinamica grupului și a echipei, Polirom, 2007.
 Un psiholog în Agora, Polirom, 2007.
 Psihologia servituții voluntare, Polirom, 2011.

Vezi și

 Eugen Neculau

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Legături externe

 Nicolae Turtureanu, "Adrian - ultima imagine", Ziarul de Iași, 22 decembrie 2012.
 Ioana Ivan, A murit profesorul universitar Adrian Neculau , pagină pe situl Income. Pagină accesată la 22 decembrie 2010.

Nașteri în 1938
Nașteri pe 30 august
Decese în 2012
Decese pe 21 decembrie
Cadre didactice universitare ale Universității Alexandru Ioan Cuza din Iași
Profesori universitari români
Psihologi români

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The Student Government (SG) Senate voted Tuesday night to approve a joint resolution calling for the university to divest from companies it deems complicit in human rights violations.
The vote to approve "In Support of Student Voices" passed 32-12 with four abstentions after a lively presentation and question-and-answer session.
The resolution, written by senators Muhammad Imam and Hala Alkattan, comes as a result of a petition from spring 2014 that collected over 10,000 student signatures and called for divestment, or the selling off of investments, from certain companies and a referendum taken prior to the petition. It claims the university invests in companies that support tobacco products, fossil fuel use and the Israeli army in anti-Palestinian issues.
The resolution asks three things of the board of the USF Foundation: the formation of a committee that will publish quarterly reports about investments and investment policy in order to create transparency, the creation of a policy to ensure student endowment is invested with regards to human rights and environmental welfare, and divestment from companies complicit in human rights violations against the Palestinian people.
"Let it be finally resolved, that (SG) asks the Board of Trustees (BOT) of the USF Foundation to honor the voices of the student body, in accordance with their fiduciary duty at such time and such manner as they may determine, by fulfilling the requests made by the petition, appended," the resolution stated.
However, senators opposed to the resolution expressed concern about the possible illegality of such a movement with a statute currently being discussed in the Florida Legislature. A movement to table the resolution for a week in order to consult with legal counsel was defeated.
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Was going to do a lovely Christmas post today but things change. Like having your hot water tank blow the day before Christmas. The good news? Plumbers are still working today so we don't have to pay extra. And we get to put a bigger tank in.
Have a wonderful, blessed Christmas. I know we will.
once cake has fully cooled, cut into squares or the traditional Starbucks triangles.
I post this picture every year; it is one of my favorites!
Today is mine and Jim's 19th wedding anniversary 19 years; wow. Time sure flies; how has it been that long already? And I love him more now than I did on that day long ago.
How is it only a week until Christmas?? Sadly, I am still working. I had hoped to wrap everything up on the the 14th but some quilts just took longer than expected. Thankfully I should be finished with only 2 more days of work. Than it's time to sit back and relax!
I found some fabulous charm squares earlier this fall and knew they would make the cutest teachers presents. I can't decided which line I like more.
I did two in this line.
I love the prints in this line. And the fabrics!
I kept it simple(and fast lol) and meandered all 4 runners. Now I have to get going and get the binding done on the last 3 so I can drop them off tomorrow!
Last night I started addressing all our Christmas cards(it would have been more successful if I had realized before I went to craft night that I had packed my address book lol). I soon discovered that I was short 11 cards. So I had to decide to either cut 11 people off my list or make 11 more cards.
At least they will all be in the mail in the morning.
I thought I had posted this earlier today, sorry!
Not a lot of sewing going on here right now. I still have 3 gifts to finish piecing; actually, I have to start them to finish them ;) I am hoping to accomplish that on Wednesday.
I pieced this quiltie a few weeks ago. With all the straight lines, I knew I wanted it quilted with something circular so I actually had mom quilt it for me using her CircleLord boards.
I really love the way the circles soften the harsh lines of the blocks.
I was really hoping to have the binding finished before I posted it on my blog but I fell asleep last night working on it lol.
This week is my final week of work before Christmas. Today I did not accomplish as much as I had hoped too; I hope it's not a sign to come!
This was a crazy, crazy week. Started off on Monday with this cute quilt by Judy. She wanted the quilt customed. All she requested was a freehand loopy star in the borders like I had done for her on a similar quilt last Christmas.
And this hot air balloon block.
Tuesday brought me Teresa's quilts. Teresa leaves Saturday for Tanzania and needed these done asap.
The pattern looks great on her fabrics.
Wednesday brought Renae with a beautiful modern baby quilt. Renae is due with baby on the 16th and now she has some binding to do before baby arrives.
Check out the beautiful lace in the quilt.
Denita brought in these two beautiful sampler quilts.
Now I really get to enjoy Friday off! 6 more days of work and 9 more quilts to finish before Christmas.
This is my favorite card from the Christmas card class I took last week. I love this chevron embossing folder!
And the pretty sparkly paper. Love!
Now to start getting some envelopes addressed!
Why yes, it is another table runner!
Gizmo really likes it too.
I'm still working on a wavy stitch; I think I almost have the hang of it.
told you he likes it. I couldn't keep him off to take a picture!
I wasn't sure about these colours at first. They are leftover fat quarters from a previous project and thought I would take the chance that they would work for this. I think that the one fabric is variegated makes it work. Now if I ever get my stuff together, this will get listed in my empty Etsy shop lol.
I feel like I've lost a week here. Things have become crazy busy; the Christmas rush at work has hit full throttle. The work weeks of 3 days/week are gone. Jim and I are in our church Christmas production. Between our practices and the one that boy#4 are in, we are at church every day of the week except for Fridays. And did I mention that last week we got a Japanese exchange student for two weeks?
As a result, I hardly posted last week. Did ya notice? lol. I have been busy though. I took a Christmas card class last week; loved it. I had so much fun!! And have almost all the Christmas cards I need for this year.
See that pile of quilts? The bottom one belongs to my sister in law. For her birthday last week. It's at least quilted. And the binding is made. I just have to get it sewn on. And mail it.
I did get a start on my second Christmas giftie. And I love where it is going.
Fingers crossed I get the borders on this week!!


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Fani Kayode made this assertion in a series of tweets he made this morning via his official twitter timeline.
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Unusually for him, Judge Embert Wimple had woken with a weary sigh. He was well aware of the reason for his lassitude. The conflicting pressures of duty and inclination were becoming too much. Also, this was mid-March, the rump of another trying winter. The judge was on the verge of a conclusion. He did not want to shuffle off the mortal coil without having made every effort to understand life, the universe and everything. That would be inexcusable. His increasingly frequent glimpses of the infinite and the infinitesimal were becoming ever-more tantalising. Could the depths be plumbed? Perhaps, but not while his honour was benchbound. Once again, the elder statesman of lawgiving was torn – but not for long, he thought.
There was nothing in the Wimple household that impelled the judge to extend his long period of trying to dispense justice. After years of mild tension, breakfast was once more a pleasant occasion for swapping ideas with Esmeralda, who had found her long-sought niche and was now spending as much time encouraging others as improving her own fine work, in addition to which she had 'definitely, finally' abandoned all other artistic aspirations. She was also concerned that the judge should indulge himself by following his true interests. The Wimples were more at one than ever before. Well, the judge thought, if one accomplished nothing else in life, that was perhaps achievement enough.
"Thank you, Your Honour. We are dealing here with what, if it were not so serious, might be called a Whitehall farce. My clients, Mrs Duckworth and Mrs Thompson and the defendants, Mr Duckworth and Mr Thompson are married couples and live in maisonettes, one above the other, in a housing estate about four miles from the centre of this city. Until the incident, which occurred on the ninth of December last year, the two couples had been not only long-time neighbours, but also friends. The defendants were in the habit of spending one evening a week at their local public house, leaving the ladies to pass the time together, which they did in one or other of the two dwellings.
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Special to the Pahrump Valley Times On March 16, Nye County Sheriff's Office deputies and detectives, were assisted by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office's Hasty Rescue Mine Recovery team. Investigators eventually located several blood-stained items of clothing in the mine, along with the body of Tonopah resident James Dean Remster, 62, according to a news release.
Special to the Pahrump Valley Times Tonopah resident Jeremy Burch, 46, was arrested in Amarillo Texas on Sunday, March 17.
As stated in a sheriff's office news release, authorities in Texas arrested James Dean Remster's son-in-law, identified as Tonopah resident Jeremy Burch, 46.
Remster, 62, was first reported missing on Dec, 19.
Local authorities, according to the release, said detectives received additional information after they initially interviewed Burch on Dec. 21, 2018.
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On March 16, Nye County Sheriff's Office deputies and detectives, assisted by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office Hasty Rescue Mine Recovery team, located several blood-stained items of clothing in the mine, and the body of Mr. Remster," the release noted.
Burch is facing charges of open murder, burglary, obtaining money under false pretenses, using a credit card without the owner's consent and destruction of evidence, the Nye County Sheriff's Office reported.
Remster's stepdaughter, Susie Taylor-Hibbs, of Bend, Oregon, said she's thankful that authorities were able to eventually locate and arrest the suspect while noting that her half-sister, who is Burch's wife, and Remster all lived together in Tonopah.


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Dancing On Ice fans were excited when they thought they might have spotted Wes Nelson and Vanessa Bauer share a 'sneaky kiss' mid-routine.
The Love Island star and his professional skating partner appeared to move in for a smooch as they glided across the ice while dressed as pirates to Treasure by Bruno Mars - but because they had their backs turned to the cameras viewers couldn't see.
One viewer remarked they might have teased what appeared to be a kiss following his split from Megan Barton-Hanson.
The pair, who met on last summer's series of ITV2 dating show Love Island, reportedly split over Megan's jealousy about his partnership with Vanessa on the ITV skating show.
"Vanessa and Wes obviously made it look like they kissed just to get Megan mad LOL," remarked the DOI viewer.
"Did Vanessa n Wes just kiss loool ???" wondered another.
"Was it me or did wes and his dance partner have a sneaky kiss on the ice?" asked another fan.
Last month Megan appeared to take inspiration from Gwyneth Paltrow's famous 'consciously uncoupling' statement when she announced their split last month.
She announced on Instagram that they were no longer a couple and said they would continue to 'co-parent' their pet hamster.
"It is with hearts full of sadness that we have decided to separate," Megan wrote in her statement.
"We have been working hard for well under a year, some of it together, some of it separated, to see what might have been possible, and we have come to the conclusion that while we love each other very much, we will remain separate."
Megan previously took to Instagram to criticise Vanessa for announcing she had split from her boyfriend Louis Nathaniel on the night of her first performance on the show with Wes.
The reality TV personality had beef with Vanessa for "not reaching out" to her over her partnership with Wes, who Megan met on Love Island last summer.
And she was upset that Vanessa hadn't invited her to watch them training for the ITV1 skating contest.
Model Megan, an ambassador for Manchester fashion brand PrettyLittleThing, recently told the Loose Women panel: "As a woman she should have reached out and introduced herself."