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New Memories at Blue Waters, Antigua
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Helen Tabois | 8 Dec, 2017
Having recently returned from Antigua, we asked our Caribbean Product Manager, Helen Tabois, for her take on the new improvements at the luxurious Blue Waters hotel…
When a hotel is long-established and you've had the pleasure of visiting it several times over the years, there's always the danger that you start to assume you know what it's all about. Despite regular training sessions, despite gazing longingly at new photography and despite reading all the updates, your best efforts to read, mark, learn and inwardly digest are often still overridden by that best learning tool of all - memory!
I remember being told that the hierarchy of learning is words, pictures, emotions - in ascending order. So it stands to reason that if you've visited a resort, eaten a delectable meal there, slept peacefully, relaxed on the beach, swum in the pool and so on, then those thoughts are conjured forth when you're asked to describe that resort. It's one of the reasons we ensure that our Inspiring Travel Specialists travel regularly, so they can share personal memories and experiences to help you to find your perfect destination and resort.
So although I knew all about the programme of enhancements that much-loved Blue Waters in Antigua had been through over the last few years, it wasn't until I visited a few days after their re-opening in September that I really "got it".
My last visit had been four years previously and from the moment I set foot in the re-imagined entrance this time I was wowed by one enhancement after another. The open-air lobby, all clean lines and contemporary styling with dashes of bright colour, allows a tantalising glimpse through to the tropical gardens and intense blue of the Caribbean Sea beyond and invites you into the Pelican Bar; scene of many a pre-dinner rum punch to the gentle strains of a solo piano or easy-listening duet.
Dining options abound, so you're spoilt for choice, and all have been upgraded over the course of the last couple of years. Bartley's features air-conditioning, a welcome change on occasion, and in its new clothes is every inch a fine dining restaurant. If al fresco is more your style, The Cove has never looked better and serves food befitting its status as one of Antigua's destination dining experiences; it speaks volumes that even this early in the season with several hotels yet to re-open, there was barely a free table the night I dined there.
If lazy days by the sea, either on the beach or at the beach pool, are your style, then you don't have to move far for lunch with Carolyn's Beach Bar and Restaurant serving light bites - although for those with hearty appetites there's still the option of repairing to The Palm Restaurant. The beach pool itself is another of the enhancements of note; it's so close to the beach that your toes are almost in the sand, featuring unencumbered views of the sea through stylish glass walls. Definitely the best of both worlds if you're a pool lover rather than a beach babe.
And speaking about spots in which to relax, you really are spoilt for choice at Blue Waters. If you want a change of scenery from the beach pool, head up to the adults' pool for a serene couple of hours, or curl up on one of the comfy chairs or lounger that are dotted about the resort in quiet nooks and crannies. The resort uses its space so well that even when it's running at full occupancy, it doesn't feel overly busy.
When you've had enough of taking it easy, or you feel you need to work off a few of those extra calories that you're bound to have consumed regardless of whether you chose the bed and breakfast or all-inclusive meal plan option, you can head to the gym, play tennis or sample the variety of non-motorised watersports. My exercise of choice was in the gym, and (rather surprisingly in my experience) I wasn't the only one, as plenty of other guests were taking advantage of this well-equipped, air-conditioned facility too. Of course if you work out hard, nothing beats a good massage to ease aching limbs and here again the "new" Blue Waters scored a hit with a small but perfectly formed spa facility situated in a quiet corner of the resort.
As for the accommodation, once again you'll feel spoilt for choice. Overall the décor blends the classical and traditional Caribbean, with stylishly refurbished Superior Hillside and Deluxe Beachfront rooms, located close to the heart of the resort, really looking the part.
If it's a little more space and privacy that you seek, the Cove Suites will fit the bill perfectly. Each of the four, three storey blocks offers one, two or three bedroom suite configurations - including a three bedroom Penthouse on the top floor of each - in a contemporary style, with the added special bonus of a pool that only residents of that block can access.
Alternatively, for larger families who want a "home from home" feel and their own space, there's Turtle Cottage and Pelican House. The former has four bedrooms, whereas the latter is cleverly designed so that it can either be a six-bedroom villa or two separate three-bedroom villas. If you take the whole of Pelican House the only point to note is that the two halves don't connect internally, only externally via the pool and garden, but the benefit of that design is that if you're taking the three-bedroom configuration you do feel private - no worries about unwanted noise seeping through inter-connecting doors! I can certainly vouch for that last point; I was fortunate enough to stay in one half of Pelican House and I didn't hear a peep out of my "neighbours"! Our shared pool area at Pelican House was a popular spot in which to relax during the day, unsurprisingly given the beautiful sea views and location just above one of the resort's three beaches, and an equally attractive spot for sundowners. In fact, the only challenge was dragging myself away to experience other aspects of the resort!
Both Pelican House and Turtle Cottage provide the feeling of an oasis of living space within touching distance of the main resort facilities, which for me was the perfect combination. If, however, you truly want to feel secluded, Rock Cottage is the one for you. Situated on a private peninsula that no other guests are permitted to access, you'll forget that you're staying in a resort and feel as though you're simply at home; albeit a home with superb 270 degree views of the myriad blues of the sea, with the warmth of a tropical sun to sit and read your book in, an infinity pool to take a cooling dip in and with a concierge service to ensure your every need is taken care of.
All too soon it was time for me to say my farewells but I left with a whole new set of Blue Waters memories to cherish and share. If you have the chance, I urge you to head over to Antigua and create some of your own.
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Check out and cruise to Sukau jetty where you will continue to Danum Valley - world's most biodiverse ecosystems. Stay amongst the rainforest at the most exclusive lodge in Asia, where your neighbours include wild Orangutan, elephants, red leaf monkeys, clouded leopard and a vast variety of birds, insects and reptiles! A truly incredible place to spend the next few days.
Your Danum Valley experience is extended from the usual 2 night escape, to a 3 night stay which we will is a must for those looking to both relax and explore. You have the chance to trek nature trails, travel by 4WD on night safaris and enjoy pampering at the Rainforest Lodge spa.
Depart Danum Valley today and travel through the rainforest back to Lahad Datu for your flight to Kota Kinabalu. Here you can head to the Shangri La Rasa Ria for a beach break or travel to Gaya Island for a hideaway experience. The rest of the day is spent relaxing.
A full day to enjoy relaxation in your sumptuous accommodation.
This morning enjoy one of your trip highlights - a helicopter ride of Kota Kinabalu, taking in views of the famous Mount Kinabalu and surrounding ancient rainforests. Afterwards visit a tranquil spa for a rejuvinating treatment in preparation for your departure tomorrow. The afternoon is spent relaxing on the beach.
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At my university, I'll be using the ELENCO S-1325 oscilloscope for a instrumentation lab. Since I'm a mechanical engineering student and not an electrical engineering one, I don't know exactly how to use all the functions though I am familiar with the basic use and operation of it. However, I want to know how to use some of the more complex functions of the oscilloscope.
On an oscilloscope, why would anyone move the variable knobs off their "calibrated" positions? the variable knobs (red VAR knob) for voltage measurements? the small gray "var sweep" knob for the time base?
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It's less common to use the horizontal variable adjust, maybe it could be used for measuring duty cycle.

A: Sometimes the relative positions or phases of the signals are more important than the absolute values. E.g. in the photo in your question, you can see that the two traces (i.e. channel 1 and 2) are in phase with each other. If you don't need to know the voltage or exact frequency of the signals, their's no need for exact calibration.
Also, @starblue's answer is spot-on.
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A: There are many reasons why you might want to leave the calibrated setting : StarBlue touched on one, here's another.
Imagine you need to do a quick check on the frequency response of an amplifier with a gain of 3. That's usually defined at the -3dB point (amplitude=0.7) It's much easier to see differences between input and output signals if they look the same in the first place, so set up the signal generator on Channel 1 so that the input channel covers 10 of those calibration marks (on the crosshair, i.e. 2 divisions). Now set up the Channel 2 on the output ... the oscilloscope gain is fixed, and none of the calibration settings give you exactly 2 divisions, so use the next largest one and de-calibrate the gain until you have 10 calibration marks.
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Qualification format
The following are eligible to participate:
 The three best teams from the subzone of East Asia, the two best teams from the subzone of West Asia and the Winners from the subzones of Central Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Persian Gulf.
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I need to get a lighter green and use the dull tan and not white! But quite happy with my first attempt.
Will put up a post on a model forum (kits) to see if I can get multicam colours in hum roll/ Vallejo paints .
If you try another item maybe take afew pics while you do it ??
I have the right colour for the light ivory/tan but I got too keen and masked the primer and didn't use it!!
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Sorry i didn't reply I've moved up a Level on my elevation mask so it's making me even more tired after doing my run's and stuff!
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Confessions of a Comics Shop Junkie, No. 44
Written by David Allen Jones• December 2, 2010• Books, Comics Reviews
In case you were keeping score, you're right, I skipped last week thanks to a very busy Thanksgiving week in which I just plain old didn't have time to read much of anything. I'm fairly certain you guys would prefer that I read these things before I review them, so…Thanksgiving skip week! Hope you all had a good holiday, if you celebrate. So now, I'm back in the saddle with another week's edition of CoaCSJ, in which I take a look at select comic book and/or graphic novel releases of recent vintage, presumably on sale somewhere within your reach.
THE LITTLEST PIRATE KING
Script: Pierre Mac Orlen, Art: David B.
Fantagraphics, $16.99
Zombies. Not just zombies, but pirate zombies. Of course, there's more to this than that, but that's what it deals with in a nutshell, and any Pirates of the Caribbean comparisons are uncalled for. I had not taken the opportunity to check out David B.'s previous work such as Epileptic, which has wowed critics for the last few years, before I decided to take a look at this, prompted by Joe McCullogh's typically erudite and perceptive preview/review a week or so ago. Basically an account, based on a story written in the 20's by Mr. Mac Orlen, of the crew of a Flying Dutchman-like ship, damned to life without death and doomed to sail the seven seas in search of final release. After so many years of this, they desire nothing more than the death of the living, out of hatred and jealousy if nothing else, and proceed to board other ships while they're not trying to crash on reefs and rocks. Eventually, after killing one crew, they discover an infant boy survivor, who they bring on board to raise in hopes of perhaps currying the favor of the Almighty by this act of "kindness". Of course, as they so often do, complications ensue. It's an engrossing story which is marred somewhat by another of those inconclusive endings which please some but only irritate me. The story's not really the show here anyway, though there is a lot of intellectual grist to mill in it- the quest to know and understand the whims and whys and wherefores of the divine being but one example. B's art is really something to see here; while cartoonish in a superficial sense, he displays a masterful command of composition and visual whimsy and many pages and panels adopt an expressionistic, almost Escher-like, complexity which thankfully does not hinder reading comprehension but rather enhances and illuminates, like all "good" art should do. While I do wish it had a more definitive conclusion, this is still a visual treat and well worth checking out. I think I'm going to have to get a copy of Epileptic one of these days, too. Reviewed from a PDF provided by the publisher, go here for a downloadable preview.
DICK BRIEFER'S FRANKENSTEIN
by Craig Yoe; Reprint Story/Art: Dick Briefer
IDW, $21.99
I had heard about Dick Briefer's Frankenstein comics for several years before I actually got to read any of them; the occasional mention in publications like The Monster Times made them sound awfully interesting, if a bit schizo. Beginning in the late 40s as the classic character in new horror/adventure type stories (a similar approach was taken by Marv Wolfman, Len Wein, and Mike Kaluta in the short-lived Spawn of Frankenstein back feature that DC ran in the 70s in the back of the Phantom Stranger comic), Briefer decided at some point to go in a humorous route with the character. Then, when straight horror comics became all the rage in the 50s, it was decided to revert the character back to its ghastly roots, with an even harder edge. The most remarkable thing about this is that all three approaches were very well done, which makes Briefer into one of those unheralded geniuses that we've all heard so much about. The early stories are a bit overripe and a bit on-the-nose as comics of that time tended to be; still, they're not dull and Briefer's art even then had a crude sort of vitality. I suppose the most interesting of these periods is the lighthearted period; when he went whole-hog into whimsy, he fell into an almost Basil Wolverton-esque approach. While not as witty as Wolverton could be, the stories from that period reproduced here are still amusing and often clever, even if Briefer does little more than introduce the setup, wander around in it a bit, then has Franky close out the events by dropping a boulder on it, literally in one case (a visually striking but somewhat bland Island of Dr. Moreau homage that must have seemed like a good idea at the time). You can tell Briefer was an Eisner/Iger assistant in another tale of a weird siren-like woman who can hypnotize men with her voice; he draws her with the lush lips and lascivious curves of any of the Spirit's femme fatales. This story was (in my opinion) the best of the humor-era presented in the collection; Franky also, though some truly convoluted circumstances, gets frozen in ice wearing a Viking costume and defeats the siren almost without even trying. Less attractive is "Frankenstein's Wife", in which a salesgirl with a horrible overbite falls in love with our hero but soon ruins everything trying to change him into a social climber, but the story is fun. Eventually, he went back to horror and changed his style quite a bit; gone are the Hirschfeld-like loosely rendered figures, replaced by a tighter and cruder look, powerful and effective in its way, especially in the volume-closer, a tale of a tree which Frankenstein's monster feels like he must protect at all costs. Based on the evidence presented here, Briefer's Frankenstein certainly deserved all the buzz it's had for the last few decades, and Yoe's compilation is a great place to get a taste. I hope more gets reprinted down the line; this is but volume one in a series of horror comics reprints from the cartoonist/archivist. Reviewed from a copy I won- yes, that's right- from the great Frankensteinia blog, your one-stop source for all things Frank.
BATMAN, INC. #1
Script: Grant Morrison; Art: Yanick Paquette, Michel Lacombe; $3.99
Script: Scott Snyder; Art: Jock, Francisco Francavilla; $3.99
BATWOMAN #0
Script: J.H. Williams III, W. Haden Blackman; Art: Williams, Amy Reeder, Richard Friend; $2.99
DC Comics, who else?
Here we have three of the latest iterations of DC's Batman franchise. Say what you will about DC, they're at least trying to keep things stirred up with what is arguably their most recognizable and popular stable of characters. Batman, Inc. is Grant Morrison's continuation of what he's apparently been trying to establish since Final Crisis; a not unreasonable notion that has the newly returned Bruce Wayne publicly declaring that his Foundation will officially bankroll the crimefighting activities of not only the Batman, but all the iterations of Robin and Batgirl and all the other auxiliary Bat-people. Morrison himself scripts Inc., and it's pretty much everything that his scripts have not been since he first took over the Batman proper comic three years ago- tightly plotted, without the annoying sequential gaps and disjointed dialogue that have plagued his efforts so far. Bruce and Selina (Catwoman) Kyle travel to Japan (following up on the Batmen of the World conceit he's reintroduced into continuity) to recruit a promising Nipponese Batman candidate; unfortunately, none other than Lord Death Man of Bat-Manga fame, has already dealt with him and targets his Robin analogue next. Bruce and Selina wind up searching for him, but will they find him in time? Morrison's script is piano-wire tight, and the banter between Batman and Catwoman is excellent; it's been a long time since I've seen him write like that. As good as Moz is in this opening chapter, though, I have to save my biggest props for Paquette, an artist who's always been capable in his Dodson/Hughes-like style, but has never looked this good, at least to my eyes, before. I credit inker Necomte; he lays down a thick black line that gives Paquette's pencils some funk, looking like J.P. Leon here or Kevin Nowlan there.
Detective now brings us a new writer/artist team: Scott Snyder, he of American Vampire renown, and Jock, whose gritty style has enlivened The Losers, the recent Green Arrow: Year One miniseries, and a ton of covers. It also continues the Inc. connecting thread. Here, we have Dick Grayson as Batman and Commissioner Gordon interacting as Wayne Enterprises is now providing a crime lab for the Gotham police's unlimited use; of course most of the force is too proud to take advantage but longtime friend Gordon, when confronted with a case in which a young boy has been infected with a similar mutagen that created Killer Croc, and all signs point to the parents being the doser, thanks to one of the Mad Hatter's psychoactive patches, which points to someone in the GCPD passing along evidence…well, of course there's more to the investigation than meets the eye, and we'll find out more about that, I'm sure, in subsequent issues. Snyder, despite tripping on some of the pharmaceuticalspeak, is otherwise sure-footed and solid, doing a fine job of balancing not-overly-dramatic narration with real-ish dialogue. So far, with me, he's two-for-two counting Vampire, in which he outdid Stephen King in my book. Jock, well, he's Jock- still owing a debt to Bill Sinkiewicz, but still dynamic and kinetic. Many of his trademark scowls to go around, which makes him the perfect Bat-artist, I'd think. There's a great little interrogation scene towards the end which showcases his ability to do darkish humor, too, and I got a smile out of it. Francisco Francavilla illustrates the back-up, also written by Snyder, which stars Commissioner Gordon in an unrelated storyline that shows Gordon dealing with what seems to be a person that he thought was dead, but now seems to be just the opposite. I'm not familiar with the character, casual Batbook reader that I am. It's nicely done in Francavilla's heavy style; makes me wish they still put out Gotham Central, just so he could have filled in for Mike Lark and Steve Gaudiano. Someone should get him on a Noir comic like Criminal, tout suite.
Batwoman #0 is a 16-page trailer of sorts for the long-delayed first issue of the character's own book- co-written by illustrator par excellence J.H Williams III (who also did co-scripting honors, with the AWOL D. Curtis Johnson- he prefers collaborators with initial, then middle and last names in their bylines apparently- on the late, lamented late-90's Chase; I'd love to see that character pop up at some point in the future if Williams stays on), with someone named W. Haden Blackman. Half the art, illustrating a story in which Batman secretly observes Batwoman in action and in civilian life, is done by Williams in his remarkable style; he doesn't really pull any wow-provoking moves this time out, but he's no less excellent. The other half, which mostly deals with alter ego Kate Kane, is done by the team of Amy Reeder, late of Madame Xanadu and inker Richard Friend- Reeder curbs her manga tendencies here, and almost holds her own, doing some nice sequences…but she's not in Williams' league, and if the braintrust at DC is giving her to us to get us used to her before Williams' eventual departure (or delays caused by his methodical working speed), well, she still has a way to go- and while I do like her work, I won't buy the comic for her, simple as that. We shall see what we shall see. That said, while in my case they're preaching to the converted, I think this does a good job (if you don't consider the $2.99 price point for such a content-light package) of piquing interest in the character and her book, and I hope any fence sitters are persuaded by what they see here.
The All Purpose Hey-I-Want-to-Write-About-Music-Too, Popdose Handy-Dandy Review Writing Music List: Rolling Stones- Voodoo Lounge (better than I remembered, but too long by about five tracks); Nick Drake- Bryter Layter; Badfinger- No Dice; Cat Stevens- Foreigner; Flo & Eddie- The Phlorescent Leech and Eddie; Nilsson Schmilsson.
Coming eventually, my Best of 2010 list- and I haven't forgotten about The Unsinkable Walker Bean, either. As always, thanks for reading and commenting, and see you next time.
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As long as there has been man, there has been some form of communication. Communication can range from a very limited exchange of information to communication for the masses. The advent of speech revolutionized years ago. Symbols were developed about 30,000 years ago, and writing about 7,000 years ago.
Speech transmits information and knowledge to not just those listening, but to future generations as well. Oral rhetoric allows man to adapt to new environments—or adapt the environment to them. Technological progress and the development of complex, abstract concepts such as science and religion put humans at the top of the food chain.
It turns out that speech is not perfect. The human voice carries only so far. Further, oral communication relies on human memory, another flawed tool: Memory can be corrupted or lost over time, and there is a limit to how much one can remember. In olden times, with the accidental death of a tribal elder a pre-literate tribe could lose generations of knowledge.
The oldest known symbols created for communication are cave paintings. Just as a child first learns to draw before mastering more multifaceted forms of communication, so began Homo sapiens' first attempt at preserving information in the form of painting. The oldest known painting, from around 30,000 B.C., is at the Chauvet Cave.
It is conceivable that the humans of the time used some other methods of communication as well—specially arranged stones, tattoos, symbols carved in wood; however, because few examples survived, this speculation is based largely on our observation of existing "hunter-gatherer" cultures.
In the earliest of timelines, petroglyphs and pictograms—drawings or carvings on a rock surface—appear next. Pictograms evolved into ideograms, graphical symbols that represent an idea. For example, an ideogram of two sticks can mean not only "legs" but also "to walk." Ideograms were the precursors to Chinese characters and Egyptian hieroglyphs.
The invention of the first writing systems began during the Bronze Age. Writing began with a system of clay tokens used to represent goods or commodities. Essentially, it was a method of recording numbers and keeping records using a round-shaped stylus impressed into soft clay at different angles. Gradually, pictographic writing was used, with the first pure alphabets emerging around 2000 B.C. in ancient Egypt.
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PAX East Unveils 2019 Panel Schedule & Exhibitors
PAX East 2019, taking place March 28-31 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, has unveiled its exhibitors lineup and panel schedule, both of which are now available via the official PAX Guidebook app.
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, PAX East will host tens of thousands of attendees for an unforgettable four-day celebration of gaming culture.
On the show floor, Sony Interactive Entertainment America, Microsoft, Ubisoft, Bandai Namco, Wizards of the Coast, and THQ Nordic, will be present alongside more than 300 other exhibitors showcasing many of the hottest upcoming titles. A sprawling tabletop gaming section, the PAX Arena esports stage, a LAN section with hundreds of PCs, and a console freeplay area featuring recent releases and classics, ensure there will always be something new to play and see every day.
PAX East 2019 will also offer a lineup of amazing autograph session and panels featuring world class developers such as Obsidian Entertainment (The Outer Worlds) and SNK (Samurai Shodown); and popular content creators including Jacksepticeye, Outside Xbox, and WWE superstar Xavier Woods' UpUpDownDown show "Rollout." PAX East 2019 will also debut a new event, Stream Stars, a competitive gaming showcase headlined by a collection of popular content creators from the worlds of YouTube, Twitch, and Mixer.
The full schedule of events can also be found on the PAX East 2019 website.
A limited number of single-day badges (Thursday, Friday, and Sunday) are still currently available for purchase for $57 apiece. Exclusive PAX East 2019 merchandise is also being sold online and will ship to customers prior to the show. These include the limited-edition Level Up PAX East Dice Stand + Dice ($75), the PAX East 2019 Office Set ($55), which includes a pen cup, stapler, tape dispenser, tray, and three pens, and the PAX East 2019 Zipper Bag ($20).
"It's hard to believe this is our tenth PAX East," said Jerry Holkins, co-founder of PAX and Penny Arcade. "The BCEC has always been a great home for the show, and we can't wait to pack every floor of it with the games, panels, and live events people expect."
The international PAX series of shows (West, East, South, Australia, and Unplugged), produced by ReedPOP in conjunction with Penny Arcade, comprise some of the world's largest gaming festivals. PAX events connect the industry's greatest creative minds from across the worlds of video and tabletop gaming, directly to passionate audiences.
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The Heard Museum presents a panel of American Indian artists and leading lawyers to discuss the ways Indian Identity, artist vision can shape and challenge American Indian identity while also having legal implications and community impact.
"A Conversation at the Intersection of Art, Law & Indian Identity" will be held in the Steele Auditorium, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9, at the museum, 2301 N. Central Ave. in Phoenix.
The program, presented in recognition of Indigenous Peoples Day, will be preceded by a reception at 3:30 p.m. in the auditorium foyer, according to a press release.
Matika Wilbur (Swinomish/ Tulalip) artist and social documentarian in Indian Country and founder of Project 562, which explores Native identity and experience through a dedication to photographing contemporary Native America.
The discussion will be preceded by the showing of the short documentary, The Last American Indian on Earth.
The event is hosted in partnership with Native American Rights Fund, Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. Admission is free, but RSVP is required at http://heard.org/event-tickets.
The Heard continues the commemoration the next day, Monday, Oct. 10, which is Indigenous Peoples Day.
Kevin Dakota Duncan (San Carlos Apache/Mandan/Arikara/Hidatsa) will perform hoop dance at 12:30 p.m. At 12:40 the Heard will present a screening of the short documentary, The Last American Indian on Earth, followed by a short discussion led by Heard Museum staff.
At 1:15, Matika Wilbur (Swinomish/Tulalip) will lecture, the release stated.


No matter how large or multi-disciplined your creative department, business demand almost always tends to outstrip supply. And of course, if they are overstretched, it becomes impossible to provide a great service to stakeholders. Prioritisation of workflow is key. Here are our tips on how to get it right.
Simple workflow management tools such as Trello are ideal for this. Tasks from all departments need to be fed into the same workflow. But just be aware that this type of system can quickly fall apart if people try to bypass it! Tempting as it might be to email a particular designer with a "5 minute job", make it clear to all stakeholders that they always need to go through the central feed.
HR needs an update to its onboarding presentation deck. The HR manager decides – for no particular reason – that she would like this on her desk by next week. This is despite the fact that the new starters are not due to arrive for at least a couple of months.
If deadlines are simply plucked from the air, it can skew the whole system – and can mean that genuinely urgent work gets delayed. The person submitting the work should always be able to justify their deadline.
There will be times when multiple departments are in competition for the time and attention of your creatives. So which department wins?
As a general rule, you should prioritise work based on what carries the highest value to your business. Usually , this will mean stipulating that client-facing projects take precedence over internal work.
Do you really need a Web designer for your banner ad? Isn't it possible to produce a print display without the input of an expert?
You can encourage stakeholders to take a more sensible approach to work requests. You can also rationalise your workflow to help ensure that nothing gets overlooked. But with all of this, you are in danger of merely tinkering around the edges of the problem. You are not addressing the fundamental issue: the demand for expert input exceeds supply.
Outsourcing the work is one possible answer. Trouble is, faced with market uncertainty and pressure to rein in budgets, few CEOs would relish the prospect of spending lots of extra cash on agency fees.
So here's the sensible alternative: equip your non-specialist staff to produce more of their own work, without the need for expert input.
For social media posts, print materials, email campaigns, presentation decks - and even animation: organisations with extremely busy creative departments need to be looking at Intelligent Templates. With these, it becomes possible for non-technical staff to produce flawless assets - and even entire multimedia campaigns - with no specialist skills required.
Alongside this, firms need to embrace centralised Digital Asset Management. Get it right, and you can use DAM to store, retrieve, share and re-use your marketing assets, streamlining the production process - while still keeping you in control of the brand message.
By changing your approach to prioritisation and kitting out your wider team to unlock their creativity, you can go a long way to reduce the burden on your technical staff.


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The KLF are back - but are they any closer to answering that burning million pound question?
Annebella Pollen
Centre for Design History
Centre for Memory, Narrative and Histories
Annebella Pollen's invited article to The Conversation considers the activities of the bestselling rock band KLF who, as the K Foundation, controversially burned a million pounds in cash on a remote Scottish island in 1994. The K Foundation were unable to explain why they had burned the money - which amounted to all the profits they had made from their years in the music business - and declared a 23 year moratorium on the subject. The 23 years expired on 23 August 2017, when Pollen took part in a public hearing in Liverpool, alongside an economist, artists and journalists, in pursuit of the answer. The article provides a short history of the band, an account of the 2017 event, and personal reflections on Pollen's winning proposition.
The Conversation Trust, UK
This article was originally published on https://theconversation.com/the-klf-are-back-but-are-they-any-closer-to-answering-that-burning-million-pound-question-83168
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After the climb we visited the Aboriginal Cultural Centre and then to the sunset viewing area. We joined in a large collection of cars, campers and people with their cameras ready. This was more than a sunset; this was an event! The evening sun illuminated the rock in a deep orange colour which then became a series of deep reds. As the sun set over the horizon behind us, it transformed again into a faded brown colour and the sky filled with different colours behind it. It was an majestic and truly unforgettable sight.
We stayed at a campground about 20km from the rock so that we could return for sunrise in the morning. We nearly missed it because of a flat battery but just made it after some frantic asking around and nifty work with some jumper leads. The early morning sun creates similar colour patterns to the evening, but in reverse order and on the opposite side. There was another crowd there to witness the new day dawning and after getting our photos we had breakfast and prepared for the 10km base walk.
The hike around the base of the rock offered great views of its contoured surface, Aboriginal artwork and culturally significant sites such as caves. It was even more impressive in the knowledge that about two-thirds of the rock is believed to be lying under the sand! It took about two hours to complete the 10km walk but a couple of people nursing a hangover decided that sleeping in the car was a better option! At mid-morning we left for Kata-Tjuta (The Olgas) - one of the few drives that we actually completed in under an hour!
The Olgas are a striking group of domed rocks huddled together to form deep valleys and steep-sided gorges. There are two walks at the Olgas so after quickly doing the 2.6km Walpa Gorge Trail, I then hiked the longer 7.5km Valley of the Winds. There are a couple of lookout points that offered wonderful views and some great photo opportunities of the unique landscape. It was only towards the end that I realised walking 20km in the desert after drinking cask wine till 3am is not that easy!
That was the final stop of our tour and we set an immediate course back to Alice Springs. Our original plan was to camp somewhere along the way but the general opinion was that everyone was just too tired and wanted a real bed! So I drove a quiet, but very content little group the 450km back to our hostel where a hot shower and restaurant meal was oh so good!
It's funny the way distances can be deceiving. Somehow, I imagined that once we arrived at Alice Springs, Ayers Rock (Uluru), The Olgas and Kings Canyon would be within easy reach. It doesn't look far on the map, but our exploration of these amazing places would mean another 1,500km of travel! It'd take three days but what a great three days it was!
Our travelling group was enlarged by one the night before we left after meeting a friend from Cairns at the hostel here. Travel offers these little quirks of fate and we were all happy to make space for her. There wasn't a lot to spare though because we only had an eight-seat car. However, with some careful packing we managed to fit the tents, sleeping bags, camping gear, food and the alcohol we needed and hit the road again.
For this trip our chariot was christened (I've been through the desert on a) 'Horse With No Name' and we arrived at Kings Canyon late afternoon. There are a couple of walks to do so we chose the shorter one that goes along the base to an area called the Garden of Eden. It's not as idyllic as it sounds but it had a large pool of water which was nicely shaded by the surrounding trees. The water wasn't exactly pristine but we enjoyed a swim anyway after a hot day travelling.
The next morning I did the 6km Canyon Rim Walk that firstly ascends and then follows around the edge of the canyon. It was spectacularly beautiful and many travellers rate it as a highlight of their trip to the area. The best views were at the far end where you can see right back to where the canyon opens. All along the track though there were fascinating rock formations and desert plants. It took about two hours to complete the circuit before joining the others and leaving for Uluru.
We stopped along the way to photograph a group of feral camels and it wasn't long before a huge monolith appeared on the horizon. Our initial thought was that it must be Uluru but it had a unique table-topped shape that is different from the distinctive curves we'd all seen in photos. What we were actually looking at was Mount Connor and we received even better views of it from the lookout just before turning onto the Lasseter Highway. Once we made the turn the majestic Uluru was waiting and looming ever larger as we approached.
Uluru is undoubtedly an awesome sight. It has a powerful presence and I could see immediately why it is sacred and so revered by the traditional Aboriginal owners. Through the day, it seems to have different moods that are represented by its changing colours. The mid-afternoon sun had turned the rock a ochre-brown colour and for the boys it was our immediate mission to climb it. The girls decided it was either too challenging or preferred to abide by the plea not to climb out of cultural respect.
350 metres above the desert!
Personally, I thought the climb was an awesome experience and didn't feel any sense of being culturally disrespectful. The first part is very steep and requires the help of a chain to pull yourself up. Once that initial section was negotiated, it became easier as we continued on to the summit which is some 350m above the car park. There wasn't a cloud in the sky so we got amazing 360 degree views over the outback. In one direction was Mount Connor we'd seen earlier and in the other was the distinctive shape of The Olgas.
The second day took us across to a place called Cloncurry which is famous for a couple of reasons. Firstly, is that it holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in Australia - 53.1C back in 1889. It's also the first place that a flying doctor flight departed from. We stayed just outside the town because the camper was completely self-sufficient and didn't need to be at a camp ground. The only thing we missed out on was not being able to use the TV/DVD player and microwave.
The morning of the third day I decided to leave before the van and run for an hour or so. By the time they filled up with fuel and water I'd run about 24km through the desert heat. Then I was the one that had to be filled with fuel and water! I enjoyed the experience and even had a group of about 20 cattle jogging along with me on the other side of the fence for a couple of kilometres. From where they picked me up, it was only a short drive to the mining town of Mount Isa. It's best at sunset but we took in a quick panoramic view of the town from the City Lookout before pushing on.
We aimed to get to Three Ways for our third night. This is the aptly named point where the Barkly and Stuart Highways meet. From here, it's north to Darwin, south to Alice Springs and east back to Townsville. However, distances are vast and we ended up staying in a rest area about 150km short of our target. It gave us the opportunity through to enjoy a silent, starry night and a beautiful sunrise early the next morning. We then saddled up and started driving because it'd be a long day with nearly 700km to cover.
We had breakfast in the Northern Territory town of Tennant Creek which was established as a result of a small gold rush in the 1930's. Today about half the population is of Aboriginal descent and it services a vast region of cattle stations and indigenous communities. Many travellers have little choice to stop here because it's the only town between Katherine, 680km to the north and Alice Springs, 511km to the south. Convenient maybe, but it is also dusty and rather unattractive so we didn't stay long.
The landscape changed again down the Stuart Highway. At the Queensland/Northern Territory state line the land was flat and stretched as far as the eye could see. Closer to Alice Springs, the landscape became more undulating and the horizon was punctuated with brown hills and rocky outcrops. We stopped at Barrow Creek, which has a historic telegraph station and the most authentic outback pub you could imagine. We had a beer and enjoyed the local ambience for a while before continuing on our way.
Our last stop before Alice Springs was at the gigantic and precariously balanced boulders called the Devils Marbles. For the Aboriginal people, they are known as Karlu Karlu and the rocks are believed to be from the Rainbow Serpent. The 'marbles' are actually the rounded remains for a granite layer that has eroded over aeons. Either way, the phenomenon of huge boulders seemingly balancing on each other is an extraordinary sight and we all enjoyed getting some photos before doing the final 400km down the road to our final destination.
By September, the dry season in Cairns was coming to an end. It was the perfect time to continue the journey and my next destination would be some 2,500km southwest across the Australian outback. Amid the vast surroundings of the red desert, I was headed for Alice Springs and I was delighted to have five friends that I'd be sharing the overland adventure with.
Our transport for this epic journey was a six-berth campervan that a hire company needed to relocate from Cairns. The arrangement was that we only paid $25 a day and in return we had three and a half days to complete the distance. We christened the campervan "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert" and she drove like a dream. It was like an apartment on wheels complete with shower, toilet, cooking facilities, microwave and DVD player.
The scenery on the five hour drive down the north Queensland coast to Townsville would be in stark contrast to what we'd see for most of the journey. At various times we had mountain ranges on one side the Pacific Ocean on the ocean. There was lush green rainforest and fields of sugar cane. The first town we passed through was Innisfail which is rich in art deco buildings of the 1930's. Aside from sugar cane, this is banana country and there are plenty of plantations in the area.
Not far south is the town of Tully is the sugar-mill town of Tully. The big golden gumboot at the town entrance proudly boasts that it is the wettest place in Australia. The upside to this is that it's a great place to experience white water rafting in the nearby Tully River. It's also just a short drive to beautiful Mission Beach where the World Heritage rainforest meets the Coral Sea in a 14km stretch of palm-fringed inlets and beaches. Aside from hiking and various water sports, it's also one of the closest access points to the Great Barrier Reef.
So we'd love to have stayed a day or two but we were on a schedule and had to keep moving. The city of Townsville would be the ideal place to stop for lunch and more fuel. We decided it would be a great idea to eat our sandwiches on the landscaped waterfront esplanade. It'd be the last that we'd see of the ocean for quite some time!
The landscape changed as we drove inland. Lush green rainforest, banana plantations and cane fields were replaced by tussock-like grass, gum trees, rocks and earth which became a distinctly red colour as we moved toward the Northern Territory. We were in the awesome frontier of the Australian outback. It's harsh country that also has a unique beauty to it. This would be a road trip like no other I'd ever done and we all had a sense of excitement about what we were experiencing.
We stayed the first night in a truck stop at the dusty town of Charters Towers. There's really nothing of interest here other than the impressive road trains with four trailers that were also parked up there for the night. The next day we'd cross the Great Dividing Range and truly appreciate the sheer size of the country we were traversing. The dusty opened wide and the sky above even wider. As far as the eye could see, the sun was beating down on the ancient landscape in a relentless but almost mesmerising way.


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Medical Selection Program launches in UAE
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A new Medical Selection Program (MSP) developed to meet the needs of medical and health sciences colleges in the Middle East and North Africa has launched in Dubai. ACER Deputy CEO Ralph Saubern reports.
The launch of the Medical Selection Program in at the Emirates Tower Hotel in Dubai on Thursday 21 February marked a new chapter in the development of medical and health sciences education in the UAE. An audience of faculty members and admissions staff from key universities and colleges across the UAE and special guests, Mr Ian Halliday, Australia's Consul-General to Dubai, and Mr Gerard Seeber, Commissioner for Victoria to the Middle East, Africa and Turkey, attended the event to hear from international experts on university admissions and find out more about the program.
The new Medical Selection Program (MSP) has been developed by the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) with the needs of medical and health sciences colleges in the Middle East and North Africa in mind. The MSP is a high quality but flexible and targeted selection program. Universities and colleges decide which and how many tests will be administered to their candidates and make decisions about how to use the results. It uses state-of-the-art technology to register prospective candidates and deliver assessments online under supervised conditions. Universities can administer the MSP locally on campus or through ACER testing centres in the region and around the world.
Dr Paul Garrud, Principal Research Fellow in the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham, and Mr Neville Chiavaroli, Senior Lecturer in the Department of Medical Education at the University of Melbourne, spoke in detail at the launch about the purpose and goals of selection testing, the necessary qualities of selection tools and processes for development, and use of selection testing in medical and health sciences admissions.
'Selection tests provide a common academic measure for applicants from different school systems or universities,' Mr Chiavaroli said. 'They promote fairness and transparency, assist in ranking high performing students who may have similar academic results and can assess particular skills not captured by school results such as critical thinking, problem solving and higher order reasoning.'
'Participating in an international quality, independent and transparent selection program not only ensures higher quality candidates but helps raise the profile and reputation of the university itself, leading to increased numbers and quality of applicants,' Mr Halliday said. 'ACER has built an impeccable international reputation in this field and is an ideal partner for universities and colleges in the UAE.'
Attending institutions included Dubai Medical College for Girls, Khawarizmi International College, Dubai Pharmacy College for Girls and UAE University College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Al Ain.
ACER has been working in the UAE for more than 15 years, primarily in support of school education. The organisation is now seeking partner universities and medical colleges in the region interested in participating in a high quality, fully customised program that meets local recruitment and selection requirements.
ACER has also worked for many years with leading medical and health sciences universities and colleges in Australia, the UK, New Zealand, the US, Europe and Asia. Universities use ACER selection programs for entry into medicine, pharmacy, nursing, physiotherapy, occupation therapy, emergency medicine and other medical education programs.
To learn more about how the MSP helps universities attract more, and higher quality, applicants by raising the quality, efficiency and integrity of their selection processes, see the MSP website.
For further information about the program, contact Mr Alan Egbert of ACER UAE through the ACER UAE website.
Read more about ACER's work in medical selection here: https://rd.acer.org/article/improving-confidence-in-expert-judgements-in-medical-specialty-examinations ■
Ralph Saubern is ACER Deputy CEO – Professional Resources.
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Annual Day in Psychoanalysis - FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE: The Rigid Neurotic Patient; Mourning Idealized Ideas, Concepts, Theories and Teachers
Presenters: Eric R. Marcus, MD and Arnold Rothstein, MD | Discussants: Norman Doidge, MD and Charles Hanly, PhD
presented by tps&i - Toronto Psychoanalytic Society & Institute
The Rigid Neurotic Patient
Presenter: Eric R. Marcus, MD
Discussant: Norman Doidge, MD
Rigid neurotic character structure is a problem often seen in psychoanalytic treatments. It presents the problem of failure to change and is one cause of mid-phase stalemates. This talk will explore the differential diagnosis, functional structure of the defenses, requirements of technique, and transference – counter transference problems in the treatment of these patients.
Mourning Idealized Ideas, Concepts, Theories and Teachers
Presenter: Arnold Rothstein, MD
Discussant: Charles Hanly, PhD
In this paper I suggest that mourning idealizations is an important aspect of analysts' development. More specifically, such mourning processes facilitate the development of independent thinking, as well as more satisfying clinical work and professional careers.
At the end of the session participants will be able:
• Understand rigid neurotic character structures.
• Manage treatment impasses more effectively.
• Mourn idealized ideas, concepts, theories, and teachers.
• Refine their own views on psychoanalytic theory, concepts, and technique.
8:00 am – Registration and continental breakfast
9:00 am – Introduction
9:15 am – Eric R. Marcus: The Rigid Neurotic Patient
Discussant: Norman Doidge
10:45 am – Break
11:00 am – Open discussion for audience and panel
Noon – Hart House gourmet lunch, included in fee
1:00 pm – Arnold Rothstein: Mourning Idealized Ideas, Concepts, Theories and Teachers
Discussant: Charles Hanly
2:45 pm – Break
3:00 pm – Open discussion for audience and panel
Annual Day Committee
Les Fleischer, PhD, RSW, FIPA, Chair
Madhu Vallabhaneni, MD, FRCPC, Co-Chair
Cyril Levitt, PhD, RP
Sarah Usher, PhD, CPsych
Irwin Kleinman, MD, FRCPC
Eric R. Marcus, MD
Eric R. Marcus, MD is a Training and Supervising Analyst at the Columbia University Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research, where he was the director for ten years. He is a professor of clinical psychiatry at the Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.
He is a Distinguished Life Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. He is a Fellow of the New York Academy of Medicine, the American College of Psychoanalysts, The New York Psychiatric Society, The American Board of Psychoanalysis and the Center for Advanced Psychoanalytic Studies.
He is a past president of the New York County district branch of the American Psychiatric Association and currently on their executive committee. He is a past president of the Association for Psychoanalytic Medicine. He was a counselor-at-large to the executive committee and chair of the University and Medical Education Committee of the American Psychoanalytic Association. He now chairs discussion groups there on modern ego psychology and also on the psychodynamic treatment of the very ill psychiatric patient.
For twenty-seven years he was director of medical student education for the department of psychiatry of Columbia University. During that time, he studied the stages of development of medical student empathic capacity by looking at their dreams about medical school and residency training. The study applied psychodynamic techniques to social science research. His teaching awards include the Columbia University President's Teaching Award, the first Roeske teaching award of the American Psychiatric Association, the first Shabshin teaching award of the American Psychoanalytic Association, the regional teaching award of the Association for Academic Psychiatry, and numerous College of Physician's and Surgeons teaching awards including Commencement Speaker.
His research is in modern ego psychology, studying symbolic processes in affect representations. He is especially interested in symbolic alterations of reality: their phenomenology, psychic structure, uses, and neurophysiology.
His latest book is Psychosis and Near Psychosis: Ego Function, Symbol Structure, Treatment, revised third edition, 2017, Routledge. The first edition won The Hartmann Prize of The New York Psychoanalytic Institute.
Arnold Rothstein, MD
Arnold Rothstein, MD is a practicing analyst from New York City. He is the author of The Narcissistic Pursuit of Perfection; The Structural Hypothesis: An Evolutionary Perspective; Psychoanalytic Technique and the Creation of Analytic Patients; and Making Freud More Freudian. He was the founding editor of the Workshop Series of the American Psychoanalytic Association, Editor of the Moscow Lectures on Psychoanalysis, and Co-Editor (with Theodore Jacobs) of On Beginning an Analysis. Dr. Rothstein is Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York City, a Training and Supervising Analyst at the New York Psychoanalytic Society and Institute, and a member of the faculty and past Director of the Institute for Psychoanalytic Education affiliated with the NYU School of Medicine. Dr. Rothstein was the Program Chair of the American Psychoanalytic Association, as well as Program Chair for North America of the International Psychoanalytic Association.
Norman Doidge, MD
Norman Doidge, MD is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst, essayist, and poet, on faculty at the Departments of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto and, Columbia University, Center for Psychoanalytic Training and Research. He is a Training and Supervising Analyst in the Canadian Institute for Psychoanalysis, and the TIP. He has written over 170 scientific and popular articles. His early writing was on trauma, the schizoid character, and the diagnosis of patients in psychoanalysis. He served as head of the Assessment Clinic, and the Psychotherapy Centre, at the Clarke Institute of Psychiatry in the 1990s. He is a winner of the Sigourney Prize. His book, The Brain That Changes Itself, is available in over 100 countries and was chosen by Cerebrum, as the best general book on the brain. He has lectured at conferences sponsored by Harvard, MIT and Yale, presented his research on patients in psychoanalysis at the White House, and other research at the United Nations, the London School of Economics, Royal Society of Arts London, Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience, Dublin, Peking University, and the Library of Congress National Book Festival among others.
Charles Hanly, PhD
Charles Hanly, PhD is a psychoanalyst in private practice, a Training Analyst at the Toronto Institute of Psychoanalysis and a Professor Emeritus (philosophy) at the University of Toronto. Professor Hanly is the author of four books, and more than 100 clinical, theoretical and applied papers. His recent research has been on problems of pluralism and the restoration of mainstream theory, an epistemology for psychoanalysis and narcissism. Hanly developed and administered a plan for the admission of U.S. groups into the International Psychoanalytic Society and, as the first chair of International New Groups, facilitated the formation of new psychoanalytic groups and the revival of psychoanalysis in Central and Eastern Europe, Asia and India. He was elected to several terms on the Executive Council of the IPA and then on the Board. He was elected President of the IPA from 2009 – 2013.
website: https://torontopsychoanalysis.com/scientific-program/annual-day-in-psychoanalysis-2019/
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Q: How can I access AIML predicates while using aiml-high in Node.js I am building a chatbot in Node.js and have been using aiml-high. I am trying to access the predicates of the AIML so that I can store them in variables which I will use later on. I know that in Python there is a way to get the predicates like so:
name = kernel.getPredicate("name", sessionId)

So, here is my question in more detail. Below is a category from my AIML file.
<category>
    <pattern>DO YOU SPEAK <set name="language">*</set></pattern>
    <condition name="language">

Yes. I do speak <get name="language"/>.

Yes. I do speak <get name="language"/>.

Sorry. I don't speak <get name="language"/>. Maybe one day I will learn though.

    </condition>
  </category>

If the user says "Do you speak French", the language, which in this case is "French", is stored here:
<set name="language:>*</set>

Now, the language is remembered and can respond accordingly.

Sorry. I don't speak <get name="language"/>. Maybe one day I will learn though.

...replacing the <get name="language"/> with the language that the user had input. I would like to access that language predicate in my JavaScript so I can use it later. So, I was wondering if anyone has built a chatbot in Node.js and would have insight as to how I would save these predicates.

A: So, since posting this question I have continued to look through the code for the aiml-high node package. I ended up finding out where the user generated variables are stored and added two new methods to aiml-high.js in the aiml-high node package.
The first method I added is one that returns all of the stored variables:
this.getStoredVariables = function() {
  return storedVariableValues;
}

This next method allows you to single out which stored variable that you want returned instead of the entire object.
this.getSpecificStoredVariable = function(v) {
  return storedVariableValues[v];
}

So, even though these two methods are simple and most developers would be able to do what I did by just looking through the aiml-high code itself, I hope that someone looking for a similar answer in the future comes across this answer so they don't have to look through the code themselves.
Also, I added a third method to get the bot's attributes.
this.getAttributes = function() {
   return botAttributes;
}


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Q: OpenCV - Ellipse not showing at all I wanna make an ellipse mask for cropping an image so only the contents inside of the ellipse will be shown.
Could you inspect my code?
public static Mat cropImage(Mat imageOrig, MatOfPoint contour){
    Rect rect = Imgproc.boundingRect(contour);

    MatOfPoint2f contour2f = new MatOfPoint2f(contour.toArray());
    RotatedRect boundElps = Imgproc.fitEllipse(contour2f);

    Mat out = imageOrig.submat(rect);

    // the line function is working
    Imgproc.line(out, new Point(0,0), new Point(out.width(), out.height()), new Scalar(0,0,255), 5);

    // but not this one
    Imgproc.ellipse(out, boundElps, new Scalar(255, 0, 0), 99);

    return out;
}//cropImage

It seems like it's not working at all. Though you can see the line function I've done to test if it is working on the right image and I can see a line but there's no ellipse.
Here's a sample output of my cropImage function.

TIA

A: You're retrieving the ellipse coordinates in the imageOrig coordinates system, but you're showing it on the cropped out image.
If you want to show the ellipse on the crop, you need to translate the ellipse center to account for the translation introduced by the crop (top-left coordinates of rect), something like:
boundElps.center().x -= rect.x; boundElps.center().y -= rect.y;

A: You can try this out:
RotatedRect rRect = Imgproc.minAreaRect(contour2f);
Imgproc.ellipse(out, rRect , new Scalar(255, 0, 0), 3);

A: You should check for the minimum requirements for using the fitEllipse as shown in this post.
The function fitEllipse requires atleast 5 points.
Note: Although the reference I mention is for Python, I hope you can do the same for Java.
for cnt in contours:
    area = cv2.contourArea(cnt)
    # Probably this can help but not required
    if area < 2000 or area > 4000:
         continue
    # This is the check I'm referring to
    if len(cnt) < 5:
         continue
    ellipse = cv2.fitEllipse(cnt)
    cv2.ellipse(roi, ellipse, (0, 255, 0), 2)

Hope it helps!


Scrolling through my Facebook News Feed the other day I discovered that (once again) I was judging other people's posts.
I find that I am critical about the content...judging whether or not the information should actually be shared publicly (there's nothing I hate more then to be scrolling through and stumble onto a post by someone who feels compelled to tell the world their kid was puking all night long...or they were up puking all night). I have been known to criticize women who have taken selfies from a position that obviously indicates they are desperately in need of boosting their self-image. Even-less-than-stellar are the moments when I am casually flipping through and see an entry that immediately makes me think, "There he goes again, posting his kid's accomplishment for the millionth time...it's like he needs pat-on-the-back for his parenting, give me a break."
Did I just describe you? Could you be like me and find yourself judging others (whether through social media posts or otherwise)?
Or maybe you are the person taking the selfie, sharing the story about lice invading your home, or posting a kudos for yourself because your son got accepted into the college of your dreams?
Though it's tempting to play high and mighty the reality is I have been on both sides of the judgment fence MANY times.
I am completely guilty of sharing information and pictures others could care less about. I have totally shared images of myself when I thought, "Damn girl you look pretty good for nearing 50!" AND...I have definitely posted some things about my kids that might lead you to believe they are angels ALL THE TIME, indicating I am the Mother Teresa of parenting.
Why do we do this? Why do we judge other people about their life and shares when we are [or, at least I am] JUST AS GUILTY of doing the same thing?!
If I said it was human nature to judge others would that excuse the behavior?
I honestly don't believe human beings are capable of completely throwing all judgment out the window...BUT, I do believe I can do better at releasing the negative commentary that sometimes runs through my brain and I have decided it's my new years goal to work on this.
Is lightening up on judging others something you'd like to work on this year as well?
ASK. I will find the courage to ask myself (with curiosity)each time I notice myself judging, what am I getting out of being critical of another person in this moment? Does it make me feel better about myself to put others down? If so, why? Am I jealous? If so, why? Am I lonely? Why? Figure it out. Self-reflection goes a long way toward shifting habits and behavior!
REDIRECT. Once I have uncovered the why behind the judgment, I will redirect myself into more positive behavior. I can turn away from social media at that time, I can find a positive counter point to my negativity about the particular post ("she actually does look pretty stink'n good for her age"), I will ask myself if this behavior is really who I want to be in the world.
MOVE ON WITH GRACE. Like I said, I don't think human beings can ever completely negate all judgment, so when it does happen I will go through the steps above and then forgive myself. I will remind myself being less "judgy," like so many other behaviors in life, is a practice.
It's easy to judge; it's harder to expect more from yourself and to raise your level of consciousness to include an open-minded, well-intentioned view of others. Judge if you must, but do so tenderly knowing there is always more to the story than what you see right in front of you.
and it begins with me.
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First Tigger, then Piglet. Eeyore's gotta be feeling just a little nervous right now.
Caught the King Kong trailer last night. You know, I don't get the whole King Kong thing. It's one of those movies that certain people--mostly guys--seem to fall insanely in love with. The original King Kong inspired both Ray Harryhausen and Peter Jackson, decades apart, to become legendary filmmakers. And my dad absolutely adores it as well. I remember him showing it to me when I was a kid, and he kept going on about the beauty of the film, and the heartbreak in the gorilla's eyes, and I was like, "Whatever, it's a big monkey." There must be something there that I'm just not getting.
So when Peter Jackson said his first post-Rings project was going to be another Kong remake, I was not exactly jumping up and down. I am, however, extremely interested, because it seems like Kong is sort of a guy thing, but this time Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are doing the screenplay, and I can't wait to see how it comes out. I get the sense from both of them in interviews that they sort of share my "whatever" attitude about Kong and are humoring Pete a bit in all this. I'm really hoping that under their influence I might actually *get* the King Kong thing for the first time.
And the trailer, I gotta say, looked pretty cool. Very mythical and exciting. Sort of like Lord of the Rings set in the 1930s. Only with giant monkeys and dinosaurs instead of orcs and trolls. Sweet!
Then John Walton, a Wal-Mart heir! They always go in threes.
So true. Guess Eeyore can breathe a little easier.
Re: the King Kong trailer. Maybe it's the whole Jack Black thing that I'm not really down with, but I was expecting more. Or maybe it's because I'm so interested in Peter Jackson's next project and when I think of Pete, I think of big and beautiful sweeping epics. I thought it looked pretty interesting for the most part (and I'm so glad that Ringo was smart enough to record it for me). And who can resist Adrien Brody?
Would you be interested in seeing the LOTRs exhibit again? I want to head down there, likely after you and Mr. Sus have come back from CA, to check it out. Let me know. If not, it's cool. I'll drag The Kid.
No, I'll totally go again. I've been meaning to go back at some point, when I could look at everything without the munchkin constantly telling me how bored she was.
Cool. Maybe the first weekend in August, if y'all are free.


Shoemaking the traditional way means you decide the look and design of the shoe before you start. You make patterns and stick to them. But this can stifle creativity. It means working with fabric, leather and sewing the parts together. There is not much room for surprise, and wondering what can be. Shoe design Free Style is working with materials that are unusual and different. It can also mean working with the characteristics of the materials you want to use. It is like moulage on a last. We work with a shoemodel that fits your initial idea. This can mean we make a innershoe, or just an insole. We work with a last, because we still make a shoe. Though comfort is probably overrated when it comes to design, we still make wearable shoes. Free style shoedesign is an advanced footwear course, for (fashin)designers, students, shoemakers and shoedesigners.