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Lloyds Emotion Experience
What matters to you in a career?
The Lloyds Emotion Experience is a visitor experience designed for Lloyds Banking Group in collaboration with the design agency Experience Events Ltd. The target audience were prospective employees of the bank. I was responsible for all wearable tech and related UI coding for this project. A galvanic skin response sensor was used to measure the amplitude of visitor's emotional reaction to stimuli. The stimuli consisted of various career related short clips, icons and keywords and was shown for 90 sec on an immersive video headset featuring 55 degree field of view, equivalent to a 125" screen.
Careers worth discovering
The 90 sec was broken into sections, each one showing stimuli representing one of eight features of a career at Lloyds:
Individuality,
Making your choices,
Being challenged,
Developing skills of a lifetime,
Collaborative culture,
Transforming the world,
Making an impact,
Giving back.
The Lloyds Emotion Experience at various venues across the UK
At the end of the 90 sec stimuli, a graph was plotted with the visitor's GSR data broken into the eight sections across the timeline. As well, the three highest GSR points that fall into three different sections were highlighted.
This gave the facilitator an opportunity to initiate a discussion around those points with the prospective employee seeing that it is likely that if the experience took place in a controlled environment designed for a GSR test, the highlighted points could be what matters to the individual in a career the most. The purpose of this particular experience was to showcase Lloyds' commitment to its employees' growth and its investment into cutting edge technology. Therefore, it was used as a discussion initiator, with the GSR as customised conversation tool, more so than a scientific experiment.
*This project is still on tour during the coming months.
Emotion Experience in Edinburgh
The user interface runs on two kernels and uses two separate Wolfram Mathematica (programming platform) notebooks: "Plot_Only" and "Main_Interface". The GSR sensor used was Neulog Galvanic Skin Response Sensor. The Plot_Only notebook connects to the GSR sensor using HTTP protocol and saves the GSR data to a .txt file with timestamp. At the same time the Plot_Only plots the GSR data as a live graph. This live graph is displayed as a full screen window throughout the entire duration of the visitor experience.
Programming using Wolfram Mathematica
The "Main_Interface" notebook contains code for the main user interface from which to launch the experience anew for each visitor and display their GSR results. As can be seen below, there is a "WATCH VIDEO" button that launches the 90 sec stimuli video. The video plays on an external monitor (Vizux headset) using the player specified in the code. The button also runs a code that tells the program to 1. mark this start time, and 2. count down to 0 from 90 in seconds and display the remaining seconds as text on the main interface as a counter. The counter informs the event facilitator how much time is left before the stimuli finishes showing on the external monitor (the headset).
There is also a "YOUR RESULTS" button that when clicked plots 90 seconds worth of GSR data from the time that was marked when "WATCH VIDEO" was clicked. The plot function displays the GSR data as broken into eight sections across the timeline of the video, while highlighting the three highest GSR points that fall into three different sections.
GSR.txt file always updating with live data
Plot_Only live GSR graph window
Main interface
There are three windows in total: main interface window, live graph window and results graph window. All three have an exit button (X) at the top right corner which closes the windows.
The main interface and live graph windows are always on. The facilitator is able to switch back and forth between these two windows by using the shortcut S+Alt specified in the code. This piece of code uses the Auto Hot Key software (open-source custom scripting language) to run. In addition, a LIVE button in the bottom right corner of the main interface takes the facilitator to the live graph window and a MAIN button on the live graph window takes them back to the main interface window.
The LIVE window also shows real-time date and time at the top of the live graph to indicate to passersby that the graph is responding to live input. Lastly, the counter on the MAIN window appears only when WATCH VIDEO has been clicked, and once it finishes counting down to 0, it disappears, to wait for the next click. This way the interface design is kept clean and minimal.
Plotted GSR graph, duration: 90 sec


Industry-leading retailer of aftermarket parts and accessories for off-road vehicles, 4 Wheel Parts, is scheduled to sponsor the 2013 Mint 400 Off-Road Vehicle Parade on March 20. The inaugural parade in Las Vegas celebrates General Tire's Mint 400 presented by Polaris. For the first time in history off-road vehicles will be showcased cruising down Las Vegas Boulevard.
The rich tradition of past Fremont Street processions is being rekindled and updated by 4 Wheel Parts. "I was honored to take part in the Fremont Street parades years ago and Team 4 Wheel Parts is extremely proud to be involved in this new inaugural parade," says Jeepspeed racer Eric Heiden. Heiden started racing the Mint 400 in the mid-80s and says it's great to see the parade tradition resurrected.
The 4 Wheel Parts Mint 400 Off-Road Vehicle Parade kicks off at Circus Circus Las Vegas Hotel & Casino on Wednesday, March 20 at 3:15 p.m. local time. The route travels three miles south and winds up at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino. Participants in the event are a segment of the 250+ entries competing Saturday, March 23rd at The Great American Off-Road Race. The Mint 400 has garnered a reputation as the greatest off-road desert race in North America and after a 20 year hiatus it was re-imagined in 2008.


Farstadstranda in South and West Norway is an exposed beach and reef break. Offshore winds are from the east southeast. The ideal swell angle is from the west northwest. The beach break offers both left and right hand waves as well as left and right hand reef breaks. An uncrowded break, even when it is working. Beware of - Rocks - Localism.
At Molde lufthavn/Årø Airport, 27 km from Farstadstranda.
The two graphs above are also combined in the single Farstadstranda surf consistency graph.
Also see Farstadstranda surf quality by season and Farstadstranda surf quality by month.
Compare Farstadstranda with another surf break.
The closest passenger airport to Farstadstranda is Aro (Molde) Airport (MOL) in Norway, 27 km (17 miles) away (directly).
The second nearest airport to Farstadstranda is Kristiansund Kvernberget Airport (KSU), also in Norway, 37 km (23 miles) away.
Third is Vigra (Alesund) Airport (AES) in Norway, 71 km (44 miles) away.
Orland Airport (OLA) in Norway is 146 km (91 miles) away.
Floro Airport (FRO), also in Norway is the fifth nearest airport to Farstadstranda and is 191 km (119 miles) away.
Questa è la pagina Surf-Previsione per Farstadstranda, South and West. Utilizzare la scheda di navigazione in alto per visualizzare Farstadstrandatemperatura del mare,Farstadstranda fotografie,Farstadstranda dettagliate previsioni onde, il vento e le previsioni meteo,Farstadstranda webcam, vento corrente daSouth and West stazioni meteo e Farstadstranda previsioni marea. il link Norway mappe maree apre l'immagine grande, che mostra Norway e dei mari circostanti. Queste mappe possono essere animate per mostrare le diverse componenti del moto ondoso, energia delle onde, periodo d'onda, altezza delle onde, insieme con le previsioni del vento e meteo, meteo corrente e osservazioni sullo stato del mare dal Norway onda-boe, le navi passanti e stazioni meteo costiere . Ciascuna delle pagine di previsioni per questo surf break rappresenta uno strumento di wavefinder globale e regionale per individuare le migliori condizioni di surf nella zona intornoFarstadstranda.


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Govt to get 35.8% in debt-ridden Vi against dues liability
New Delhi, 12-January-2022 By IBW Team
Debt-ridden telco Vodafone Idea (VIL) has decided to opt for converting about Rs 16,000 crore interest dues liability payable to the Indian government into equity, which will amount to around 35.8 per cent stake in the company, as per a regulatory filing on Tuesday.
If the plan goes through, the government will become the biggest shareholder in the company, which is reeling under a debt burden of about Rs 1.95 lakh crore. VodafoneIdea is the Indian joint venture of British telco Vodafone, PTI reported from New Delhi.
"…the board of directors, at its meeting held on 10th January 2022, has approved the conversion of the full amount of such interest related to spectrum auction instalments and AGR dues into equity. The Net Present Value (NPV) of this interest is expected to be about Rs 16,000 crore as per the company's best estimates, subject to confirmation by the DoT," Vodafone Idea said in a regulatory filing.
The government has given telecom operators an option of paying interest for the four years of deferment on the deferred spectrum instalments and adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues by way of conversion into equity of the NPV of such interest amount.
The company's total gross debt, excluding lease liabilities and including interest accrued but not due, as of September 30, 2021 stood at Rs 1,94,780 crore. The amount comprises deferred spectrum payment obligations of Rs 1,08,610 crore, AGR liability of Rs 63,400 crore that are due to the government and debt from banks and financial institutions of Rs 22,770 crore.
VIL said that since the average price of the company's shares at the relevant date of August 14, 2021 was below par value, the equity shares will be issued to the government at par value of Rs 10 per share, subject to final confirmation by the Telecom Department.
"The conversion will therefore result in dilution to all the existing shareholders of the company, including the Promoters. Following conversion, it is expected that the government will hold around 35.8 per cent of the total outstanding shares of the company, and that the Promoter shareholders would hold around 28.5 per cent (Vodafone Group) and around 17.8 per cent (Aditya Birla Group), respectively," the BSE filing said.
The shares will be issued to the government on a preferential basis and the relevant date for pricing would be August 14, 2021, the filing said.
"Government, at its sole discretion, may convert any part of such loan to preference shares instead of equity shares and such preference shares may be optionally or compulsorily convertible and/or redeemable and/or participating in nature. The shares may be held through the statutory undertaking of the Unit Trust of India on behalf of the Government of India or by any trustee-type or other suitable arrangement," VIL said.
The company is governed by shareholders who hold at least 21 per cent stake in the entity as per the shareholders agreement.
However, VIL will now amend shareholders' agreement in light of the conversion of interest into equity to reduce the threshold level for governing rights to 13 per cent from 21 per cent.

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Fallen leaves in a stream in the Kennebec Highlands caught in the current and spinning in circles. Kind of like our government.
Ripples and rocks in the stream below Moxie Falls produced this almost abstract painterly effect.


David Ellenbogen has studied and performed music in over a dozen countries including India, Mali, Cuba and Brazil. He has expanded the audience for world music through his radio broadcasts on WKCR, his podcast, NYC Radio Live, and ambitious live productions like the Ragas Live Festival, a 24 hour, 60 musician, experience held at the Rubin Museum of Art and Pioneer Works.
David Ellenbogen is a musician, producer, educator and a New York City radio host. As a guitarist and vocalist he has performed in The Kingdom of Tonga, Ghana, Australia, Thailand, India, and at home in New York. With an open mind and approach, he incorporates world music styles that span continents and centuries.
After earning a Masters degree in education from Columbia University, David began producing concerts and lectures for the Columbia's Center for Jazz Studies. The success of these events caught the eye of legendary producer George Wein, whose achievements include creating the Newport Jazz and Folk and Festivals (in 1954) and The New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. David was soon hired by Wein and he helped produce dozens of festivals internationally, eventually becoming the Associate Producer of several JVC jazz festivals.
For over a decade, David has been sharing his love of music by producing and hosting radio shows. He has been on the air at several stations, including a four month stint as a DJ in Ghana, West Africa – with a listening audience of millions. In the past few years, his programs on WKCR 89.9 FM-NY have gathered their own momentum. He created a show, "Ragas Live," where the greatest names in Indian Classical Music have come to perform live in the studio. Once that show was underway, David expanded his reach to present musicians from all around the world. Scores of Grammy winners have come to speak or play on his shows and his guests have ranged from Walter Becker, founder of Steely Dan, to McCoy Tyner, pianist in John Coltrane's classic quartet. In June of 2012, "Ragas Live" became a 24 hour live festival. Over 40 world class artists came together to perform 24 different ragas, all live in the studio. The success of this festival led to an invitation to speak at the TEDx conference in East Hampton and 4 years later the festival outgrew the studio and became a live event and broadcast held at venues such as Rubin Museum of Art and Pioneer Works. All 6 years of the festival and highlights of David's radio shows are available his NYC Radio Live podcast.
David's interest in raga and sound healing led to the creation of the Acoustic Mandala Project with Bansuri maestro Joshua Geisler. This music has been used world wide for meditation and healing. Josh and David are always surprised to hear the impact the record has had: The great singer Morley has used their tracks for guided visualizations with members of rival gangs in Capetown, South Africa. Dulas have reported using it during childbirth!


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Saudi Arabia Resumes Partial International Flight Operations
International flights resumed in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday following the decision of the Saudi authorities to exempt certain categories of Saudis and expatriates from the temporary travel ban imposed since March as part of precautionary measures to stem the spread of coronavirus.
All the international airports in the Kingdom are geared up to operate flights during this phase in coordination with the Ministry of Health and other government agencies, the General Authority of Civil Aviation said in a statement.
The GACA said that all the passengers returning to the Kingdom shall remain in home quarantine for three days and they should undergo another PCR test 48 hours after entering the Kingdom to prove that they are not infected with the coronavirus. The authority said that it would update the guidelines for passengers in line with the approved health protocols.
In a circular sent to travel agencies and airline companies in the Kingdom on Tuesday, the GACA informed that the airlines are permitted to transport GCC citizens as well as non-Saudi passengers holding a valid visa, including exit and reentry, residency permit (iqama), and visit visas to and from the Kingdom.
The authority has instructed that the passengers are not allowed to board the flight unless they provide a coronavirus negative medical (PCR) test result from an authorized laboratory in their respective country carried out not later than 48 hours before their arrival in the Kingdom. The entry and exit of the passengers in the Kingdom shall be in accordance with the COVID-19 health precautionary measures and preventive protocols issued by the Ministry of Health.
It was stated in the circular that passengers shall not violate any conditions or requirements related to banning or restrictions on travel for reasons that are not pertaining to preventing the spread of the pandemic. It is also clarified that these concessions for travel do not apply to countries to where travel suspension would continue as a result of the gravity of the coronavirus situation, a decision about which would be taken by the competent authorities in the Kingdom.
The GACA warned that penalties will be imposed in accordance with Article 163 of the Civil Aviation Law against those who fail to comply with the regulations. The specific date for the total lifting of the travel suspension for international flights will be announced 30 days before Jan. 1, 2021, the authority added.
Applying through Absher
In a related development, the General Directorate of Passports (Jawazat) clarified that the categories of Saudi citizens who wish to travel abroad as well as GCC citizens and expatriates with a valid visa have to complete the travel procedures through entering the Absher service portal at the website of the Ministry of Interior, and this procedure will not be available on the mobile application.
After entering the portal, the procedures include click on Khidmati (My Services), then click on Jawazat (Passports) and then choose icon of Message Center of Passports and enter the data. The users need to choose the General Directorate of Passports, then the exceptional travel permit service and attach the confirmed documents for the reason for travel, then submit the application and send it.
Electrifying impact on travel sector
Travel agencies and airline companies in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states as well as many other countries, which send the largest number of their national workforce into the Kingdom, have swung into action to resume flight services to and from the Kingdom following the government's decision to ease travel restrictions effective from Tuesday.
Travel agencies in the Kingdom and many countries where thousands of expatriates are stranded following the Kingdom's suspension of international flights in March this year are receiving a flurry of queries with regard to facilitating their travel back to the Kingdom.
Speaking to the Saudi Gazette, Yasser Mundodan, the regional manager of Al-Hind Tours and Travels, Kozhikode in the southern Indian state of Kerala, said that their staff are receiving hundreds of calls from expatriates who hold a valid visa to return to the Kingdom.
"We are now chartering flights to transport employees of the Saudi Ministry of Health and Ministry of Education and there are three flights from New Delhi, Mumbai and Cochin to Jeddah on Sept. 20," he said adding that they are waiting for further clarifications from the Saudi authorities with regard to the return of visa holders.
"In recent days, we have received information from the Saudi agencies about facilitating the return of the private hospital workers and the Ministry of Education staff to the Kingdom," he said.
Mundodan said that Saudi Arabia's announcement on the partial lifting of travel restrictions has produced an electrifying impact on India's travel and tourism sector that was reeling from the impact of the pandemic. More than half of the 2.6 million Indian nationals residing in Saudi Arabia are from Kerala.
On his part, Mohammed Saeed, the manager of the Jeddah branch of Akbar Gulf Travels of India, said that they have received the GACA circular this morning and are awaiting the details of the procedures. "There has been a large number of queries from expatriates of various countries and their relatives with regard to the specific procedures related to their return to the Kingdom.
Our officials are negotiating with various airline companies about making available reasonable fares while operating chartered flights to Saudi Arabia," he said noting that Akbar Gulf Travels has taken the lead in operating more than 30 chartered flights from Jeddah to various destinations of India as of Tuesday.
Saeed said they have received a detailed advisory from Saudi Arabian Airlines with regard to the travel of the exempted categories of citizens and expatriates to and from the Kingdom effective from Tuesday morning.
Saudi Arabia announced on Sunday that it would lift totally the restrictions on citizens for leaving and returning to the Kingdom, with opening all land, sea, and airports starting from Jan. 1 in line with the coronavirus-related precautionary measures and protocols.
The ministry announced exemptions for the entry and exit from the Kingdom before Jan. 1, for some categories of citizens and expatriates effective from Sept. 15 and that is in strict compliance of the coronavirus precautionary measures and preventive protocols.
The citizens include government staff assigned to official duties abroad as well as those working in diplomatic missions and their families, in addition to employees working abroad and some categories of businessmen, students, and patients.
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This article by Robert K. Forman, of The Forge Institute, summarizes a recent and important conference on neuroscience, consciousness, and spirituality. Its purpose was "to explore methodologies of inner experience, and explore consciousness, not only from the neuroscientific point of view but from all points of view, including the transpersonal and the nondogmatic." Many presenters addressed questions that resonate with those raised by the excerpt from His Holiness the Dalai Lama's book in our prior post. For example--- in the context of quantum physics---the previous post asks if the 'apparatus' or what it detects is more real! In the future, we hope to post about some of the work described in the summary of the conference. The article was originally published by the JOURNAL OF CONSCIOUSNESS STUDIES, 15, No. 8, 2008, pp. 110–15. Reprinted with permission of the author.
Frieburg (Germany) was far away from my home near New York City, and I was dreading going. I had heard by way of the grapevine that there would be a number of materialistic reductionists there; as the token religionist, I wasn't looking forward to being bludgeoned or even worse, ignored. But there we were, happily ensconced in our pleasantly courtyarded Freiburg hotel, 30 of us, mostly men, mostly scientists, and mostly non-reductionists. And all open minded about the connections between spirituality, neurophysiology and consciousness.
I was to speak last to this 'Meeting of Experts'. I was glad, for my planned remarks were aimed primarily at the 'materialists' who were not there; I would have been preaching to the choir. So going last encouraged me to listen well throughout and speak to what I was hearing. And I was glad because what I was hearing was as profound, as new, and as inspiring as it was coherent. I was indeed inspired enough to offer an summary of the surprising, exciting consensus I heard over the two days.
We humanists don't often offer hypotheses, certainly not to august bodies of scientists. But I felt emboldened. After all, the purpose of the conference was to address the questions, 'Can a modern day neuroscientific, functionalist or emergentist model of consciousness accommodate spiritual experiences? … What would a model of consciousness have to look like that is both true to our modern scientific knowledge and phenomena reported by spiritual traditions?' As Harold Walach, our kindly and well organized chairman, put it, we were there to explore methodologies of inner experience, and explore consciousness, not only from the neuroscientific point of view but from all points of view, including the transpersonal and the nondogmatic. Or as youthful Antoine Lutz put it, we were there to 'take subjectivity seriously.' So that made me, someone who studies spiritual experiences, in as good a position to hypothesize as the next fellow.
So, being welcomed and being last, I offered the following as the emerging consensus I was hearing in the group. Since it was quite well received, I offer it here as a summary of what went on. We make no claims about universality. All positions about consciousness were not represented in the room. We were all folks who are interested in and open minded about spirituality; and God knows not everyone is. So I offer it here more modestly, as an hypothesis perhaps. Or, as clear eyed Jonathan Schooler put it, as a 'bold thesis for us to consider'.
1. Consciousness is fundamental element of reality, like an additional dimension.
_ Jonathan Schooler, Harold Walach and many folks in private conversations suggested that consciousness may exist in itself.
_ It is outside of time, pre-linguistic, yet somehow witness to time. Pim van Lommel, the belle of the ball, studies Near Death Experiences. He described his meticulous research which found that near death experiences (NDEs) are experienced as outside of time. Ernst Pöppel suggested that consciousness forms impressions that build towards language within a 3 second window; I offered that mystical experiences are experienced as outside of time.
_ As a fundamental element of reality, consciousness is non local or spread out. It is experienced by mystics as just that, non local or spread out. NDEs are experienced as interdeterminately beyond our human body; one experiences oneself as rising beyond the body. Brian Lancaster, in a fetching discussion of the connections between neurophysiology and Kabbalah, suggested that we can move from the personal to the divine indexing system.
_ The field of consciousness is parallel in some way to the quantum vacuum field. The theory of consciousness we were developing as an independent field out of time may connects with the quantum field in some way. Perhaps the connection is on the level of ions flowing in and out of the membranes in the brain, suggested Henry Stapp in a demanding talk on the role of physics in Quantum Collapse. There was no agreement in the room on how consciousness may connect with or parallel the quantum vacuum field.
_ Jonathan Schooler, in what was probably the most creative offering of the conference, showed a video of consciousness as like wave moving through time, and suggested that mystical experiences are like 'riding a tidal wave of consciousness.' From what I know of mystical experiences, however, consciousness is experienced by such people as more like a field than a wave. Both Schooler and myself suggest that consciousness is whole and undivided; that for which there is movement.
2. Consciousness is mediated by the brain, not excreted by it.
_ Throughout the conference we heard phrases suggesting that consciousness is a 'transducer' or like a 'radio receiver' or a 'relay station'.
_ Matthais Braeunig, a youthful member of our hosting team, said 'consciousness takes place with the help of the brain, but is not within it. Brains', he added, 'are transducing consciousness'.
_ Hartmann Romer was ill; in his presentation, his alter ego suggested that there is a 'non local correlation between consciousness and the brain'.
_ Mario Beauregard suggested that there is no one sub organ like the thalamus that is active in the spiritual process, but rather there is a complex multi dimensional process. That's why, suggested Antoine Lutz, that in meditation we see greater coherence across large brain areas, and high 'amplitude gamma synchronicity'. This implies that the whole brain may be involved in some way in the transducing process.
_ Most so called anomalous experiences, often ignored or ridiculed by the scientific community, point to the possibility that consciousness is independent of the brain. Distant viewing and predictive (future) viewing, were mentioned.
_ Pim's research on Near Death Experiences, which are sometimes veridical, clearly suggests that people can have experiences even when there is effectively no brain activity.
_ Thomas Metzinger described his creative studies on Out of Body Experiences (OBEs); they suggest that human beings can have experiences beyond the body.
_ Mystical experiences sometimes carry the sense of being non local or spread out beyond the body. There is brain activity during them, as Mario Beauregard effectively described, but this sense may reinforce the claim that awareness is not limited to our bodies. As Walach suggested, mystics can be aware of themselves and of the infinite, even simultaneously, which reinforces the hypothesis that consciousness is not limited to brain or egoic processes.
4. Our ability to connect with that which is larger may be a normal state of human beings.
_ In one of the most stimulating talks of the gathering, Matt Rossano took us back to the earliest days of hominid life, when Shamans brought people to health by having them focus their attention around the fire. In effect, he said, our ability to connect with that which is larger may have been one of the distinguishing capacities of human beings, as on of the original capacities that gave early human beings an advantage over other species.
_ Over time this ability to focus on that which is beyond led to our ability to hyper-focus.
_ In this hyper focus, we lost sense of the whole as we developed more and more automatized and culturally trained cognitive patterns. Thus enculturation may have overwhelmed our early ability to open to what is larger.
Astonishingly enough, I found myself thinking, even surrounded by those hard headed scientists, in religious terms. Brahman, the non dual, panentheistic principle that is one core notion of Hinduism, is said to exist independently of the cosmos and of the person. Like our theory of consciousness, it is its own kind of stuff, a kind of dimension all its own. But, like consciousness, it forms itself into form, and comes to be 'formed Brahman,' much as consciousness comes to be formed as an individual. Thus formless Brahman, like the consciousness in this hypothesis, exists simultaneously and hidden within its formed aspect. The 'formless within form.' Finally our consciousness, which Hinduism calls Atman, can come to experience its true nature as Brahman; much as one might experience the independent domain of consciousness in certain anomalous experiences.
- How might the body transduce consciousness?
- Can consciousness exist verifiably outside of brain/person? If so in what sense?
- Where does the domain of consciousness come from?
Yet the feeling in the final go round was, I felt, one of sincere satisfaction. We had found a community, many said, always a gratifying sense. We had heard a cascade of excellent talks. One said 'I did not have a single moment of boredom.' But even more important, several mentioned that we seemed to be part of a larger movement that may lead to a paradigm shift, one which may lead to a new and fascinating approach to science and our larger worldview. We were encountering the possibility of a science that might take seriously the full range of experiences and in a non-dualistic way.
Whether or not that group turns out to be that important, the gathering was for many of us the first in which a group articulated a fascinating, bold and possibly true new approach that could tie together East and West, spirituality and science, brain and inner experience and could begin to account for anomalous experiences. I was honoured to be part of it.
Excellent report! I am so sorry to have missed this conference of so many bright minds - however all of them succumbing to that ancient and unidentified cover-noumenon of the odd 'consciousness' - applied by many identified according to the needs of his actual theory.
"Response to information" extended beyond the mentally functional(?) i.e. 'living' (animate??) in any way it occurs and pointed in the generally used mental sense to the 'brain' as a tool of doing it.
'information' as the acknowledged relations.
The main issue is in recognizing what causes the consciousness phenomenon. In this regard, there is an emerging consensus is, brain is not the cause of consciousness.
In this regard, I would like to bring to the notice that there is an Indian spiritual discipline, Raja Yoga, which teaches that, consciousness is caused by an infinitesimal point of non physical energy source. Their claim is, such source cant be measured.
Because its based on energy source, it will be emitting some waves or vibrations, which the brain's network of cells translate into actions or whatever.
From their view, the best analogy to explain the current scientific explorations of the mind is: looking for an understanding of two people on a telephone conversation, by looking at the signals of their conversation in the telephone network.


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Over the past nine months, I have managed to avoid the B word in this blog. It's been a tough one because it potentially affects tens of millions of us living and working in the European Union (the UK included).
But today, I can no longer ignore the elephant in the room. The formal process for the UK to leave the EU has now begun. The UK is due to exit the European Union two years from now.
While some readers may be celebrating, I am not. As much as I try to be an impartial observer, this issue has really perplexed me. It has divided not just towns and cities across the UK but friends and families – mine included. And our differing opinions on this are as entrenched now as they were in the run up to the referendum back in June 2016.
Of course, I have a vested interest in all this because my husband, children and I are enjoying freedom of movement. We moved to Copenhagen in 2013 and to Berlin at the beginning of 2017. So where does Brexit leave us? Who really knows? Like the other million or so Brits currently living in the EU along with the three million or so Europeans in the UK, we are in the hands of the politicians. The script is unwritten.
As much as I am an optimist, I worry about my home country. I am not convinced that we really understand what we've done – politically, economically or socially. As a journalist it's fascinating to watch, particularly from Berlin. But as a Brit enjoying the freedoms of the EU, I am not enjoying this one bit.


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As the last person on earth to write about Caroline Kennedy, I too am pretty strongly against handing her a Senate seat. Nothing personal -- but I'm anti-dynasty, and feel that a Senate appointment requires at least some minimum threshold of experience and engagement.
It's worth emphasizing though how unseemly the whole thing is, particularly in the age of Blago. The Blago pay-for-play raises some interesting line-drawing challenges. Legislators seek favors all the time -- that's a huge part of what legislating is. But where is the line?
The key I think is to focus one the purpose of the benefit sought. If it's for some plausibly public benefit, then fine. If it's for private benefit, then that's where things start getting smelly. If Blago, for instance, had said "I demand that you push for universal health care. If you do, I'll appoint your preferred candidate." That's pay-for-play in a sense -- it's demanding a "payment" of sorts -- but that's perfectly acceptable in our current system.
Apparently, Publius has decided that Caroline Kennedy is George Rod Blagojevich in drag.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...
Long-time readers of this blog know that I have a certain...affinity for the Kennedys. It comes from having been acquaintances, I suppose. People of the same age on the Upper East Side tended to gravitate to one another, especially in the clubs and boites that served us.
But even ignoring that for a moment, Publius, if I'm reading this semi-literate drivel correctly, is saying that a Kennedy, offering to serve out the two years mandated by state law of Hillary Clinton's term, is somehow the same thing as Jesse Jackson, Jr. being held up for ransom.
Unseemly? To say it's insulting is an understatement. Let's deconstruct this for a moment.
Caroline Kennedy has shown across the course of her life-- adult and child-- nothing but good judgement. She has served admirably in any number of compassionate, charitable roles and offices. Indeed, I often wondered why she allowed her brother John to serve as the political face of the JFK legacy. She was clearly the brains of the outfit.
Again, I can make that comment based on immediate observations, not Publius' sackcloth-and-ashes assumptions. Boots on the ground, as it were.
And it's not like Caroline was sitting at the kiddies' table for the past thirty Thanksgivings at Hyannisport. I wager she learned quite a bit about politics and legislating from Uncles Teddy and Sargent, and Cousins Ahnuld, Patrick, Bobby Jr, Andrew Cuomo...not to mention the assorted lieutenant governors and state legislators.
Caroline chose a path that saw her be a full-time mother and a part-time activist, and yet Publius, who I'm presuming is a man and perhaps has a certain bias towards the glass ceiling, holds her lack of notoriety and "achievement" against her.
This is much like claiming Hillary Clinton did nothing for children all her life, despite the fact that she served as an organizing advisor to the Children's Defense Fund and raised Chelsea.
Indeed, Caroline Kennedy has been what Barack Obama ran as and what Sarah Palin and John McCain and the other rapacious Republican reptiles mocked: a community organizer. After all, she serves on the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, helped create the Profiles In Courage award, worked as director of the Office of Strategic Partnerships for the the New York City Department of Education, vice-chair of the board of directors of The Fund for Public Schools. Hell, she's got better education creds than the jackass Obama nominated at Secretary of Education!
Et tu, Publius? Es vos iunctio lacerta?
The bit that got under my skin, however, was the "dynasty" comment. How idiotic do you have to be to think that dynasties have not been, are not, and will not be the primary means of achieving political office in America for the future? Seriously!
Barack Obama and John McCain ALONE spent nearly $1 billion dollars to in this past election cycle, and all candidates in total spent nearly two billion. Two years ago, I had written that we might be looking at the first election cycle where candidates in total spent over a billion, primaries and general.
So, Pubby, you may not like it, but deal with it: you aren't going to get campaign finance reform that levels the playing field anytime soon and apart from Barack Obama, it's unlikely that enough people will coalesce around enough different candidates that the playing field will tilt away from dynasties.
In fact, how many years will it be before Michelle Obama runs for office? I'm surprised her name hasn't been touted for the open seat in Illinois! All Obama has done is add one more family to the aristocracy of this nation that began with Adamses, then Harrisons, then Roosevelts, then Bushes, Kennedys, Clintons, Bidens, Gores, et al!
WAKE UP, PUBLIUS! THEY'RE HERE ALREADY!
So if we're going to have to allow for dynasties, and we have a perfectly useful dynasty in the Kennedys, one that has a track record of putting the people first, then why not slip one more into the Senate?


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Due to long term mining of oil shale, the ground water problems in Ida-Viru County are the worst in Estonia.
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Mallidou, AA; Converse, M; Randhawa, GK; Atherton, P; MacPhee, M; Bryant, L-A; Redekopp, M; Mickelson, G; Borycki, E; Young, L; Hamilton, S; Frisch, N
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Background: Research competencies across nurses' career stages have not been adequately explored. Yet, research skills to appraise, synthesize, and implement research findings are required for evidence-based practice. Purpose: To explore the literature on registered nurse research competencies; to identify core competencies (i.e., knowledge, skills, and attitudes), research capacity-building activities, strategies and recommendations to strengthen nurses' research capacity; and to propose a conceptual developmental framework of nurse research competencies. Methods: As part of a larger project titled "Health Services Researcher Pathway", with the consultation of a health sciences librarian, we conducted an integrative literature review drawing on relevant publications. The PubMed (Medline), CINAHL, Web of Science and ProQuest Dissertations and Theses databases were searched from 2000 to 2012. From the revealed publications (n=1012), only 22 articles were relevant to nurse research competencies. Findings: The key themes cited in the literature reviewed include models and partnerships for building and developing competencies for research production (rather than utilization), and educational strategies and recommendations for interventions to provide confidence in evidence-based practice including research utilization and in clinical decisionmaking. According to the five-step evidence-based practice model (i.e., formation of answerable research questions, literature search and retrieval of the best available evidence, critical appraisal of the evidence, application of research findings into practice, and evaluation of performance based on the outcomes), we propose a framework for a nurse researcher pathway that may contribute to two research competency streams: for research users and research producers. The important area of research users is open for further research, since scarce literature exists. Conclusions: The proposed conceptual developmental framework for a nurse researcher pathway includes essential steps toward evidence-based practice in healthcare that have implications at the micro-level (nurse), mesolevel (organization), and macro-level (society). Our work continues to pilot and refine a nurse researcher pathway and its associated competencies.
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PORTLAND, Oregon (October 14, 2013)–
NW Alpine, manufacturer of American-made climbing apparel introduced today the Fast/Light Jacket, a men's soft shell jacket for alpine climbing.
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Protesters in King's Lynn fight against mental health service cuts
27th April 201627th April 2016
Sophie Biddle
Protesters took to the streets of King's Lynn to voice their anger at what they described as "continuous" cutbacks to mental health services in west Norfolk.
Mental health cuts protest
A protest march against cuts to mental health services and the Fermoy Unit at the QEH took place in King's Lynn town centre. Picture: Matthew Usher.
More than 100 campaigners marched from The Walks through the town centre before finishing outside the Majestic Cinema.
Peter Smith, former parliamentary candidate for south-west Norfolk said: "We are in the fight of our lives here."
The protest was triggered by the Fermoy Unit, an in-patient NHS facility in Lynn for mental health, which campaigners say faces an uncertain future. The unit was briefly closed to new admissions earlier this month, but reopened last week, albeit with fewer beds.
Mr Smith said: "In my lifetime we have never had to fight like this, but what is the alternative?"
But Debbie White, director of operations for Norfolk at the Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust, said there were now no plans to axe the Fermoy Unit.
She added: "It is right that mental health services should be valued and funded on the same level as acute health services, and it is understandable people feel passionate about the Fermoy Unit remaining open."
Labour party activist Jo Rust insisted the issue would not disappear. She said: "They have been talking about closing it for a long time. We will fight and we will not let them do that."
Beth Anthony, 18 of Dersingham, said: "We are here to protest against the continuous cuts to the mental health service, we think it's unacceptable. My younger brother suffers from poor mental health and has to travel to London... That is to the detriment of my family because we have to pay for him to go down by train every single month."
Do you have a health story? Email nicholas.carding@archant.co.uk
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After a lot of traveling and the usual hustle-and-bustle of the holidays, my family is feeling a bit under the weather. My 3-year-old daughter and husband have a cough and a cold, and I am feeling a tickle in my throat on the verge of acquiring the virus they likely have. Luckily, Louisa, my 3 month old, is happy and healthy thanks to trusty mama's milk.
I have long-lived by the philosophy, "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food." While herbal tinctures and nutritional supplements are effective, I prefer to start with food as medicine at the beginning of an illness and then add in appropriate natural therapies if needed.
This soup is full of vital nutrients that support a healthy immune system. The lemon juice provides vitamin C and aids in the absorption of Iron from the green leafy vegetable, kale. Ginger, garlic, and onion are all anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory, which will help fight off the pathogen and decrease the resulting inflammation. I add the garlic at the end (as opposed to sauteeing it in the beginning with the onion) because its anti-microbial effects are most potent when raw. In addition to ginger, garlic, and onions, turmeric is also a potent anti-inflammatory herb. Mushrooms, specifically shitake, have many medicinal properties such as modulating the immune system. The coconut oil contains lauric acid, which is then converted to monolaurin in the human body. Monolaurin has the ability to destroy lipid-coated viruses, such as the flu virus. Miso is a fermented soybean paste that is rich in probiotics, or the "good" bacteria that will help fight infection. It is added at the end to prevent the beneficial bacteria from dying off in the high heat of the soup.
So here is my immune-strengthening soup recipe that is on the menu for tonight. It's easy and very nourishing!
1. In a large soup pot, saute the onion in the coconut oil on medium heat for approx. 3-5 minutes.
2. Add the vegetable broth and bring to a boil. Add the remaining ingredients, except for the garlic and miso, and reduce heat to simmer. Cook for 20 minutes.
3. Add the minced garlic and simmer on low heat for 5-10 minutes.
4. Whisk the miso paste and the water together in a separate bowl. Add to soup pot.


Hello everyone, in recent years, the domestic mobile phone industry has entered the era of the appearance of the fuselage, not only in the appearance of the fuselage, but also in the aspect of the mobile phone screen, research and development, the overwhelming variety of "full screen" mobile phone Consumers show the popularity of high-screen mobile phones. At present, there are three-sided micro-border full-screen mobile phones, as well as full-screen mobile phones with positive bangs and a full-screen mobile phone with a positive "beauty" style. Recently, OPPO also showed its new F9 mobile phone, which is also adopted by the "beauty tip shape".
The OPPO F9 phone's "beautiful tip" shape is different from other "beautiful tip" styles. The top of the screen is a beautiful triangle with an inverted triangle. The sharp shape of the beauty has a transition with the surrounding screen, and it won't make a separate "beauty tip". The shape is too abrupt. The F9 mobile phone has a high screen ratio, and the mobile phone fingerprint recognition is placed on the back of the fuselage. The F9 mobile phone has a combination of sunrise red and dusk blue.
In terms of hardware configuration, the front of the F9 mobile phone is a 6.3-inch IPS screen with a 19.5:9 resolution of 2280×1080, and the screen ratio is 90.8%. The processor is equipped with MediaTek P60 processor, which is the main push-end processor of MediaTek this year. The P60 is an eight-core processor based on 12nm process technology, with a maximum frequency of 2.0GHz. The storage side is equipped with 6GB of running memory and 64GB of starting space storage space. F9 mobile phone rear dual 16 million pixel dual camera combination, front 25 million pixel camera, support beauty self-timer. The phone has a built-in 3400mAh battery and supports VOOC flash charging.
For today's various "comprehensive screen" mobile phones, many people like it, and many people are not very acceptable. They always feel a bit awkward and a bit ugly. What do you think? Welcome to leave a comment and exchange, and welcome you to pay attention to me, I will continue to release more technology digital good text!
Oppo just uploaded a teaser video of the F9 Pro showing off the unconventional display design, which they call it "Waterdrop Screen" and the gradient back design. We also have the unspecified dual rear cameras on the back and the fingerprint reader. In addition, Oppo has previously hinted at superb selfie capabilities, which could only mean a selfie-centric phone just like the regular F9.
And last but not least, the clip shows one of the iconic feature for most mid-range to high-end Oppo handsets – the VOOC Flash charge tech. The video says 5-minute charge should be enough for 2-hour talk time. Anyway, without further ado, just watch the video below and see for yourself.


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10 Books...You Should Read Before They Hit the Big Screen This Year
DUFFS, whips, a hunchbacked Daniel Radcliffe and Captain Hook and Peter Pan teaming up to defeat the notorious Blackbeard, 2015 is set to be a great year for book to film adaptations. Here are a few we're especially excited about.
1. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James – Friday 13 February
When innocent literature student Anastasia Steele interviews the rich, powerful and dominant Christian Grey, they embark upon a passionate and exploratory affair. Many hundreds of pages of sex and BDSM ensue with just a little plot on the side, but there has been so much hype surrounding this film adaptation, it's bound to be a success. We've already reserved our cinema seats in fact – can we get an "oh my"? It's not quite as raunchy as the book according to reports, so you might want to buy a copy before February 13 to get the full E.L. James experience. Watch the trailer. If you'd like to win a copy of the novel, we have a couple up for grabs here.
2. Still Alice by Lisa Genova – Friday 6 March
When Alice – played by the brilliant Julianne Moore in the film – finds herself in the rapidly downward spiral of Alzheimer's Disease she is just fifty years old. A university professor, wife, and mother of three, she still has so much more to do – books to write, places to see, grandchildren to meet. But when she can't remember how to make her famous Christmas pudding and then gets lost in her own garden, she comes up with a plan. Watch the trailer.
3. Insurgent by Veronica Roth – Friday 20 March
In Insurgent, the second book in Veronica Roth's Divergent series, Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family, but she has paid a terrible price. Wracked by grief and guilt, she becomes ever more reckless as she struggles to accept her new future. With a March release date, there's still time to read both book one and two before the film hits cinemas. We devoured them in a single weekend. Watch the trailer.
4. The DUFF by Kody Keplinger – Friday 10 April (February 20 in the USA)
Remember the rom-com She's All That from 1999? Yes, the Freddie Prinze Jr. masterpiece from SIXTEEN years ago. The Duff is like the modern version, and we're pretty excited about it. Seventeen-year-old Bianca Piper is smart, cynical, loyal – and well aware that she's not the hot one in her group of friends. But when high-school jock and all round moron Wesley Rush tells her she's a DUFF – a Designated, Ugly Fat Friend – Bianca does not the see funny side. Seriously. Who says that, Wesley? C'mon. She may not be a beauty but she'd never stoop so low as to go anywhere near the likes of you ... or would she? Watch the trailer.
5. The Longest Ride by Nicholas Sparks – Friday 10 April
Ira and Ruth. Sophia and Luke. Two couples, separated by years and experience, whose lives are about to converge in the most unexpected – and shocking – of ways. If you're a fan of Nicholas Sparks adaptations, this is set to be a lovely one. When Cressida reviewed the book back in November 2013, she called it "a dual love story of epic proportions", which had her reaching for the tissues on several occasions. Check out the trailer and say hello to Clint Eastwood's hot son. Aye yai yai.
6. Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy – Friday 1 May.
A Thomas Hardy classic, Far from the Madding Crowd is about an independent woman who attracts three very different suitors: a shepherd, a sergeant, and a rich bachelor. Watch the trailer.
7. Paper Towns by John Green – Friday 19 June
Quentin has always loved Margo, who is something of a legend at their high school. So when she one day climbs through his window and summons him on an all-night road trip of revenge he cannot help but follow. But the next day Margo doesn't come to school and a week later she is still missing. Q soon learns that there are clues in her disappearance ... and they are for him. We haven't read this yet, but after the success of The Fault in Our Stars, it's definitely on our radar.
8. Peter Pan (Pan) by J.M Barrie – Friday 17 July
Admittedly, we weren't sure about Pan at first. An update on J.M Barrie's classic, this origin story sees an orphan named Peter spirited away to the magical world of Neverland, where he becomes the savior of the natives and leads a rebellion against evil pirates. Directed by Joe Wright (Anna Karenina, Atonement and Pride & Prejudice), it was hard to picture until we saw the awesome, awesome trailer. Not only does Hugh Jackman cut a fine Blackbeard, but it has made us long to re-read one of childhood favourites with the kids in our lives.
9. Frankenstein (Victor Frankenstein) by Mary Shelley – Friday 2 October
Daniel Radcliffe did a fantastic job as Arthur Kipps in the 2012 adaptation of The Woman in Black so we're incredibly excited to see how he does as Igor, Victor Frankenstein's hunchbacked young assistant. Just in time for Halloween, too!
10. Mockingjay (Part 2) by Suzanne Collins – Friday 20 November
The last book of the Hunger Games series, Mockingjay is the completion of Katniss Everdeen's rebellion against the Capital and her fight to bring President Snow down. Alas, this means the series is nearly over. Sadness.
What book to film adaptations are you most looking forward to this year?
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Warning sign: Tech companies of all sizes and ages are starting to have layoffs
Alexei Oreskovic
Oct. 18, 2015, 9:10 PM
Andrew Winning/Reuters
What do Twitter, Microsoft, and Snapchat all have in common?
They have all had layoffs in recent months.
The reasons for the layoffs are as varied as the companies' products, but the job cuts provide an interesting counterpoint to the parade of mega-funding and billion-dollar startup announcements that have dominated headlines all year.
Even as the tech industry appears to be thriving (and, some argue, at or nearing dangerous bubble levels), tech companies are cutting costs and handing out pink slips.
The question is whether the layoffs are a healthy sign, reflecting disciplined businesses taking measures precisely to avoid overextending themselves, or the first early-warning signals of a changing market.
"There is a general sentiment that the tech-financing market is getting tougher at every stage," says Chi-Hua Chien, cofounder of the venture capital firm Goodwater Capital.
He notes that recent layoffs at Twitter and at the startup Flipagram are most likely different. But he says: "Smart boards are looking ahead to tighten up fixed costs and trim the fat in their organizations. We'll probably see more of this in the next few quarters."
Old guard versus vanguard
The tech industry giants Hewlett-Packard and Microsoft have already slashed thousands of jobs this year. Those companies are old-guard firms scrambling to retrench and restructure aging businesses.
Some of the internet companies that have recently cut jobs are also in the troubled category, such as Groupon and Living Social.
But layoffs are starting to hit the younger mobile and social apps that are the vanguard of today's tech industry.
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.
Consider just the past week:
Flipagram, a photo-storytelling app backed by the marquee investors Sequoia Capital and Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, cut 20% of its staff, as Business Insider's Biz Carson reported.
Zomato, the $1 billion India-based restaurant-discovery startup that took over Urban Spoon, is reportedly cutting 300 workers from its staff, many in the US.
Snapchat shuttered a group developing original content and reportedly will lay off the dozen or so members of the group (though the company noted that some may be assigned to different roles).
And then there's Twitter, which announced on Tuesday that it would cut 336 jobs, or 8% of its workforce.
Twitter's struggles aren't new. But Twitter's biggest problem is not its spending, but rather its inability to grow its number of users. The company has been losing money for years, and that has never bothered investors before. So Twitter's decision to slash its headcount, rather than redeploying staffers on new growth initiatives, is worth paying attention to.
Twitter isn't just any company either. It is one of the flagship startups of the recovery from the 2008 financial crisis. The company had a banner IPO in 2013 and is the anchor tenant of San Francisco's new stature as the country's tech capital.
Fasten your seat belts
With Twitter now looking shaky and hundreds of its workers packing their boxes, don't be surprised to see reverberations across a spectrum of sharing-economy startups, restaurants, and real estate, all interconnected and dependent upon a growing supply of free-spending techies.
Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg via Getty Images
Layoffs are only one symptom of a souring market — rising burn rates, bulging accounts receivables, and bankruptcy filings will all come together when the bubble bursts. And initial public offerings will flop.
Which brings us back to Twitter. The paperwork for the tech industry's most highly anticipated IPO was filed last week by Square. The San Francisco-based digital-payments company shares the same CEO as Twitter: Jack Dorsey.
Square has lost hundreds of millions of dollars in the past three years and shows no signs of reversing the trend.
As Business Insider's Jay Yarow wrote, one person who tracks the performance of startups closely, Danielle Morrill of Mattermark, thinks Square is looking to raise money in the public markets because it could not do so at a price it was happy with in the private markets.
That sounds a lot like the "greater fool" theory that led to the 2000 dot-com crash, and it doesn't bode well for the health of the industry.
The Square IPO may end up being another blockbuster, as Twitter's was back in 2013. But if the Square IPO flops, get ready for more layoffs.
Get the latest Snap stock price here.
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There are many problems encountered in commercial operations, such as leaking pump room, overheating machine room operations, overheated clubhouses, poor air quality in the lobby, and overheated restaurant refrigerators. However, the facilities management team is usually understaffed. They are mainly responsible for security and facility maintenance. Instead of monitoring individual rooms and facilities, especially at night shifts, only basic personnel are on duty. Therefore, the Internet of Things is an integral part of effective facility management.
Effectively and seamlessly monitor the temperature readings of foods from the factory to retail shops to ensure providing the best quality of foods to consumers.
Our IoT sensors are suitable for different environments and help you monitor food temperature changes at each stage. ecMonitor IoT Cloud Platform automatically records all temperature readings to help you understand abnormal changes at any stage.
Real-time monitoring of temperature, humidity, water immersion, door open status, staff movement, etc. are very important to facility room managers or engineers. However, unlike data centers, facility rooms may not have pre-configured communication cables and power supply sockets to set up apparatus for monitoring different areas. Therefore, the IoT (Internet of Things) can provide the best choice for facility rooms management.
ecMonitor People Tracking Solution mainly applies to long-term projects, such as the construction of commercial buildings, tunnels, etc. It helps to improve workplace safety, reduce operational bottlenecks, and improve accountability and visibility.
To ensure efficient and reliable container terminal operation, the IoT solution with GPS system helps to avoid the repeated operation process of the port. As many tractors and equipment are operating, any delay will affect the efficiency of the entire port. Therefore, the IoT solution with GPS system is an integral part of container terminal operation.
A growing number of cities around the globe apply the waste management and recycling solution to increase resources utilization and reduce operating costs to keep cities clean.
The waste management industry has implemented IoT solutions to improve operational efficiency. From waste containers with RFID and waste trucks with RFID reader, GPS & scale system, all waste data and their location can be updated to the Cloud in real-time. Applying the big data management and real-time tracking systems, the industry is shifting to a cleaner, more efficient modern life.


The Wairarapa has plenty of beautiful camping spots from the mountains to the sea - whether you're pitching a tent or parking a campervan.
Every major town in the Wairarapa has a campground. Talk about handy!
Featherston is the first stop over the Rimutaka Hill Road from Wellington and the Featherston campground is right there on State Highway 2.
Martinborough campground is a short walk from the Martinborough wine village and many vineyards.
Greytown campground is just west of the main street and very walkable back to the excellent boutique shopping strip.
Masterton is the largest town in Wairarapa and the campground is right there in the middle on the river.
Checkout our many motorhome-friendly sites too.
Brilliant sunrises and sunsets, walks, swimming and fishing make it well worth the trip out to the rugged Wairarapa coast. Check out the famous lighthouses at Castlepoint and Cape Palliser.
Lake Ferry campground has wonderful views across Palliser Bay and is an easy drive to the Putangirua Pinnacles, Ngawi and Cape Palliser Lighthouse.
Castlepoint campground provides easy access to the Castlepoint lighthouse and surrounding walkways.
Ngawi campground is located on the coastal side of Cape Palliser Road, opposite Ngawi settlement. Here is a map to Ngawi campground.
Tora have two campgrounds, one at the northern end and one at the southern end of the beach. Here is a map to north Tora camping and a map for southern Tora camping.
Te Awaiti Camping Area – Between Te Awaiti Road and Oterei River. Follow this map to Te Awaiti camping.
Camping is also welcomed on Department of Conservation land at the Putangirua Pinnacles and the Corner Creek campsite. Corner Creek is only 5 minutes walk from Palliser Bay along Ocean Beach road, 45 minutes from Featherston. If you're thinking of camping in the South Wairarapa you can grab a copy of local guidelines here.
Ocean Beach down Western Lake Road from Featherston is a rough road and really only recommended for 4WD vehicles. The scenic rewards are worth the effort.
There are three great camping spots at the foot of the Tararua Ranges - they're all family-friendly with easy access to walks.
Kiriwhakapapa in the northern reaches of the Tararua Ranges is a small and quiet camping area and start to easy access to the mountains.
Mount Holdsworth is the most popular camping area in the Tararua Ranges and is a fun atmosphere with other families often camped there.
The Department of Conservation offers camping at Waiohine Gorge about 20 minutes from Carterton and at Bucks Road by the Tauherenikau River, just 15 minutes from Featherston.


In the morning hours of September 22, 2016, Sheriff Lance Bonds and investigators responded to Angler's White River Resort regarding a commercial burglary of the business.
The Sheriff states that entry to the business was gained through the front glass doors. The suspect(s) stole several items from the business, which includes cash, cigarettes and Angler's apparel.
Sheriff Bonds says that his agency along with the Arkansas State Police Criminal Investigation Division is searching for the person or persons responsible. The Sheriff is asking the public for any assistance in solving the case. All tips will be kept confidential.
A $500.00 dollar reward is being offered for information that leads to an arrest or arrests in this case.


"It's a cliché that Manhattan's live-and-let-live attitude countenances the most unspeakable crimes. What everybody forgets is that in Manhattan, one is also sometimes left alone in public to do the right thing. Which almost never happens in small towns."


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by Gary Braver
If you have read my reviews before, than it is no secret to you that I am a Gary Braver fan. Braver, along with Lincoln Child and Douglas Preston (writing as the Child/Preston team or solo), are, in my opinion, the heirs apparent to the Michael Crichton reign as best-of-the-best thriller writer(s). They never fail to provide exciting story lines, well-drawn characters, and captivating action. Where Preston and Child excel at archaeological-based thrill rides, Braver is a standout medical suspense writer. He takes controversial, of-the-minute topics, researches the heck out of them, and then asks the billion-dollar question: "What if?" The answer is a bold, edge-of-your-seat page-turner with the underlying message, "Be careful what you wish for."
Like Braver's earlier works, GRAY MATTER and ELIXIR, his latest fiction FLASHBACK focuses on a compelling issue in the forefront of medical news: this time, a cure for Alzheimer's disease. And, like his previous novels, it walks a thin (and thinning) line between fiction and fact.
In FLASHBACK, restaurant owner/planner Jack Koryan, raised by his aunt and uncle, makes a pilgrimage to the Massachusetts beach house he knows more from family stories than from actual memory to think about the parents he never really knew. A freak attack by a bloom of rare jellyfish leaves Jack comatose for three years. When he finally awakens, his previous life, including his marriage, is over, and startling new recollections from his youth begin to haunt him.
Meanwhile, Rene Ballard, a particularly meticulous pharmacologist, becomes involved in a series of trials for a new drug touted as achieving miraculous reversals in Alzheimer's patients. Seniors taking GemTech's test medication show remarkable lucidity, much to the delight of their families --- and GemTech.
As Rene's research proceeds, however, she discovers not only patients whose names aren't registered on the trials, but folks who are experiencing disturbing memory episodes…flashbacks to troubling times in their lives that the brain had defensively repressed for decades. Patients who have long forgotten childhood sexual abuse, incest and war now find themselves reliving the horrors in drug-induced fugues. The recollections become increasingly more frightening and ultimately manifest themselves in very real violence, to patients and others.
Rene's probing leads her to Jack, whose psychological symptoms resemble those of the elderly patients in the drug trials. As the company pushes for a speedy approval of a drug with obvious disastrous side effects, Rene and Jack become fatefully entwined in a decades-old murder mystery and a race to stop the use of the questionable medication. Along the way they unveil a dark, disturbing history that links Jack directly to the research.
Braver more than liberally sprinkles his timely tales with thorough research and a plausibility that makes one pause. In FLASHBACK, he delivers once again what we have come to rely on from him: hallmark intelligence, eerie believability, and fear.
Reviewed by Roberta O'Hara on January 22, 2011
Genres: Fiction, Thriller
Gary Braver


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Homemade triple chocolate brownies served warm with vanilla ice cream topped with chocolate syrup and whipped cream.
Decadent chocolate cheesecake baked sky high and served dusted with powdered sugar and whipped cream.
A sweet homemade treat. A chocolate bar wrapped in a flour tortilla and deep fried to a golden brown with gooey center and served with ice cream topped with chocolate syrup and whipped cream.