This stylish lodge is located on a hilltop overlooking the plains in the far north of the Serengeti. From June to October each year this region is the scene of the migation with vast numbers of wildebeest and zebras massing to brave the crossing of the Mara River. The game viewing is good at other times of year, too, and game drives in customised 4x4 vehicles provide plenty of excitement. Walking safaris are also available if booked in advance. Balloon rides can also be arranged.
The lodge's main areas include a large lounge tent with comfy sofas, a selection of reading material and games including chess, and a dining tent. Both open on to a wide deck, ideal for wildlife watching and al fresco dining. You can relax with a swim in the rim-flow pool or maybe treat yourself to a soothing massage at Melengali Spa, just what you need after a busy safari.
The 15 tented suites are superbly sited anong the rocky outcrops, with full length glass doors letting you enjoy the views as you relax within. Slide the doors open and you can walk out on the deck where there's seating and an inviting plunge pool. Each suite has a lounge area and a bathroom with 24 hour running water, a bath, shower and flush toilet. There is internet access in guest suites and throughout the lodge.
Open: Kuria Hills Lodge is open from June to March each year.
Location: The lodge is in the Wogakurya Hills near the Mara River in the northern Serengeti not far from the Kenyan border. The nearest airstrip is Kogatende about a 45 minute drive away. Lamai airstrip is about a 2 hour drive from the lodge.
Rooms: The 15 tented suites are made up of twin, double and triple rooms. The lodge's maximum guest capacity is 35. All have plate glass sliding doors at the front that open on to a terrace with a table and chairs and a plunge pool with views of the hills. Each suite has a lounge and a private bathroom with running hot and cold water, a bath, shower and toilet. There is full electricity. Guest tents are positioned well apart from each other for privacy.
Activities: Twice daily 4x4 game drives, with guided walks available if booked in advance. The annual wildebeest migration passes through between June and October, for added excitement. Balloon rides are available at extra cost.
Facilities: The large lounge tent has several sofas and tables. Books and board gamesa are available. There's a dining tent and bar. The third communal tent houses the reception and gift shop. Outdoors there are decks, one with sun loungers and an infinity pool. A walkway leads off to one side to the firepit. Staff at the Melengali Spa provide massages and manicures. There is a laundry service.
Dining: You can dine inside the tent or outside on the shaded deck or in the bush.
Children: Children aged 6 years and over are welcome. Some rooms can accommodate 2 adults and a child.
Communication: There is free Wi-Fi access.
"I already want to go back! I fell in love with the northern Serengeti, and this tented lodge is a really comfortable, luxury place to base yourself if you want to see this area. Staff are so friendly, the rooms are stunning and our guides were just superb. "
"This was an amazing place to stay. Rich and Tansy were extremely welcoming as were all the staff. The accommodation was sublime. Extremely comfortable with wonderful views over the Serengeti. We were able to drink the water and we were given refillable water bottles to use and to keep. The food was delicious and plentiful but never too much and served on a balcony overlooking the Serengeti. The early morning game drives were exciting and the picnic breakfasts and lunches were delicious and it was wonderful sitting amongst the trees watching the elephants wonder by. The migration was far beyond what we imagined. The number of wildebeest was unbelievable. We were waved off on every Game Drive and welcomed back with cool wet flannels. A truly memorable Lodge which we were sad to leave."


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56 Nevertheless, organizers worked without a master plan and improvised key decisions. 57 Wintour and the executive council would have to come to terms with British "natives" along the way and make certain compromises with their old gods; what emerged was less a straight track laid through the jungles of postwar Britain than an exhibition resembling a patchwork of competing interests of colonies, dominions, imperial societies, commercial firms, and private organizations. " Wintour and the executive council did not want to replace republican values with food and spectacles but to infuse democracy with imperialism by creating an exhibition more serious in tone than either the "mass culture" of the twenties or the privately organized exhibitions of the Edwardian period, which had contained carnival rides and Barnum-and-Bailey style entertainments.
Hoffenberg emphasizes that before 1914 "visitors [to public exhibitions] exercised agency by participating in a variety of ways . . Men, women, and children also turned the cranks on machines, consumed and inspected new colonial products . . 75 The millions that thronged the British Empire Exhibition were participants in public rituals linking Victorian and Edwardian traditions of exhibiting with the 1920s. Visitors could interpret the fairground on their own terms, confirming, altering, subverting, or ignoring the exhibition's specific ideological projects.
31 According to Wembley's advocates for "empire development," British technological and scientific prowess could transform the colonial empire into charms with powers to cure British unemployment, secure the domestic standard of living, and halt the bullets of labor unrest, feminism, "national decline," and socialism. The exhibition was even portrayed as a bulwark against communism. For example, according to the lead editorialist at The Spectator, By Wembley our generation must be judged . . The only answer to the Communist is such an answer as Wembley gives, an answer of hope and life .


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L'établissement littoral antique et médiéval de Saint-Martin-le-Bas, est un lieu situé à l'extrémité sud de L'Ile de Saint-Martin, site de fouilles archéologiques depuis 2011, sur la commune de Gruissan dans l'Aude.

Historique

Le site a été occupé dès le , vers la fin du règne d'Auguste. Il fait partie du complexe portuaire de la Narbonne Antique.

Les Romains ont commencé à construire un vaste complexe à cour centrale. Cette cour mesure 380  et est équipée de trois portiques. Un bâtiment public construit en grand appareil occupe le côté sud de la Cour. Ce vaste complexe était également équipé de deux thermes. Au sud du complexe, près du rivage antique de l'étang, une éminence rocheuse accueille au Haut-Empire, une tour qui a pu s'élever à une vingtaine de mètre. Cette tour a pu servir de phare ou d'amer. Près du rivage, au pied de la tour, deux grandes citernes alimentés par un aqueduc constituait des réserves d'eau potable importantes.

Le site devait occuper une superficie de 1 hectare.

Le site dépérit progressivement à partir du , il est démantelé pour récupérer les matériaux de construction.
Le site est réoccupé à l'époque médiévale, au moment de la construction du château de Gruissan.

Des fouilles ont lieu chaque année, depuis 2011.

Notes et références

Voir aussi

Bibliographie

 Boccard, Revue archéologique de Narbonnaise, Volumes 33 à 34, 2001.
 Guillaume Duperron, S. Mauné, L'établissement littoral de Saint-Martin-le-Bas à Gruissan (Aude) : contribution à la connaissance du système portuaire de Narbonne, de Sanchez C. et Jéeégou M.-P. (dir.), Les ports dans l'espace méditerranéen antique. Narbonne et les systèmes portuaires fluvio-maritimes, Actes du colloque international de Montpellier, 22-, suppl. 44 à la RAN, Montpellier-Lattes, 2016, p. 43-58.
 Guillaume Duperron, Fabrice Bigot, Aline Doniga, Maxime Scrinzi et Christophe Vaschalde, « Gruissan (Aude). Saint-Martin-le-Bas » [notice archéologique], Archéologie médiévale, 47 | 2017, mis en ligne le , consulté le . (lire en ligne)
 Guillaume Duperron, Fabrice Bigot, Maxime Scrinzi, Gruissan (Aude) : Saint-Martin-le-Bas. Archéologie du Midi Médiéval, Association Centre d'Archéologie Médiévale du Languedoc (C.A.M.L.), 2016. (lire en ligne)
 Guillaume Duperron, L'établissement littoral Antique et médiéval de Saint-Martin-le-Bas À Gruissan (lire en ligne)
 E. Leroux, Carte archéologique de la Gaule romaine, Numéro 12, Académie des inscriptions & belles-lettres (France), 1959, p. 109.
 Sanchez Corinne, Dellong E., Guerre J., Loppe Frédéric, Moulis Dominique, Un établissement littoral antique, l'île Saint-Martin à Gruissan (Aude), In: Revue archéologique de Narbonnaise, tome 33, 2000. pp. 309-349. (lire en ligne)

Articles connexes
 Gruissan
 Narbonne

Liens externes
 Ville de Gruissan, Site romain de l'Île Saint Martin.
 Office du Tourisme de Gruissan, Site Archéologique de l'Ile Saint-Martin.
 Ports antiques de Narbonne. L'établissement littoral antique de Saint Martin à Gruissan.

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Of interest to historical mystery enthusiasts
Books I'm watching for in 2008
Can we retire this stock photo, please?
Salman Rushdie's new historical novel
A number of new deals
Three novels by Catherine Jinks
Looking back on 2007...
The first two reviews were published previously, in very slightly different form, in the Historical Novels Review, in 2000 and 2001 respectively. The last one is brand new, and original.
Since the review for The Inquisitor was published, the novel appeared in an American edition (which was, unfortunately, released to little fanfare). It's out of print now, but you can find it on http://www.abebooks.com/. Should you wish to order any of them from Australia, I recommend the Australian Online Bookshop.
THE INQUISITOR
Catherine Jinks, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2000, AU$22.95 , 393pp, pb, 0-330-36194-5 / St. Martin's Minotaur, 2002, 393pp, hb, 0-312-30815-9, out of print
Brother Bernard Peyre of Prouille, of the city of Lazet in the French Pyrenees, is surprisingly tolerant for a member of his profession. An inquisitor of heretical depravity in the year 1318, he is one of the few who does not believe that the sins of the fathers -- heretical belief in the Cathar faith, in other words -- are necessarily visited upon the sons. When fifty-year-old registers go missing, and his superior, Father Augustin Duese (a voracious persecutor of potential Cathars and agnostics), is murdered in unusual fashion, under instant suspicion are descendants of heretics accused and convicted years before. Other potential murderers are a group of seemingly questionable women living in a nearby mountain village. Brother Bernard attempts to look past superstition in order to ferret out the truth. But in attempting to protect the innocence of others, his very actions become a source of contention amongst his fellow members of the Holy Office. He soon finds that he, once the accuser, is now the accused who must defend himself against heretical charges.
Half historical mystery and half thriller with unexpected elements of romance, The Inquisitor quickly immerses us in a world of mistrust, fear, and suspicion. Few explanatory details are provided, and readers unused to medieval locales may feel a bit unsettled. Yet those who wish to feel the cold stone monastery walls, smell the blood and corruption, or simply visit a unique setting not often seen in historical fiction, there will be much here worth discovering. The mystery, as well, is wonderfully articulated, and the perpetrator (or is it perpetrators?) of the gruesome deeds are well hidden until the very end.
THE NOTARY
Catherine Jinks, Pan Macmillan Australia, 2001, AU$19.95, 561pp, pb, 0-330-36253-4
Raymond Maillot's passable skills as a notary have always taken second place to the pleasures of the flesh. However, when the sober Dominican monk called Father Amiel asks for his assistance with a high-level investigation into sorcery and murder, Raymond can hardly refuse. As the pair's scrutiny into this case continues, it's hard to say what challenges Raymond the most: finding a motive for a ghastly murder in which the victim's private parts were severed; his unforeseen desire to improve his carefree life by joining the church; or the agreement he makes with Father Amiel to stay celibate until their work is finished.
Fourteenth-century Avignon comes alive in full color under Jinks's pen. No stone is left unturned in her very human portrayal of Raymond, trying so hard to be worthy of Father Amiel's regard but barely able to keep his lustful nature under control. His adventures, as written, are at once lewd, literate, and laugh-out-loud funny. As with The Inquisitor, the author's previous medieval thriller, this novel assures a thumping good read. The murder mystery within the book is absorbing in itself, but the real crime here is that Jinks's novels are not published outside Australia.
THE SECRET FAMILIAR: Confessions of an Inquisitor's Spy
Catherine Jinks, Allen & Unwin, 2006, AU$29.95, pb, 308pp, 1-74175-050-4
It is 1321 in southwestern France, and for the past few years Helié Bernier has worked as a parchment-maker in Narbonne, living quietly under an alias. He had hoped to forget his past life as a spy for his former master, famous inquisitor Bernard Gui, but a chance meeting and false accusation brings him to the Holy Office's attention once more. Displeased to have lost track of his "secret familiar," Father Bernard orders him to infiltrate the Beguin sect, a heretical group of spiritual Franciscans who observe strict poverty and disdain the worldly "Carnal Church." Helié's mission: to discover what happened to Jacques Bonet, a previous spy who disappeared after being assigned a similar task. Tracing Bonet's path to a Beguin household yet unable to learn his whereabouts, Helié attempts to ferret out the truth: did Jacques successfully manage to elude his master, as Helié once did? Did he, as a former heretic, return to his old ways? Or was he murdered by the Beguins after his cover was blown? Either way, Helié faces the same danger as his predecessor, especially as he tries to keep borrowed heretical texts -- necessary for research purposes -- secret from his loyal, curious young apprentice.
In terms of tone, The Secret Familiar feels like an amalgam of the two previous novels: The Inquisitor was suspenseful and sobering, while The Notary lent a light, bawdy touch to an atmosphere of medieval depravity. This volume reads deceptively quickly, despite the grim subject; that and the dashes of humor give the initial impression of an easy, undemanding read. Don't be fooled, for Jinks drops clues in very subtly, and those who choose to skim will overlook them completely. She never hand-holds readers through medieval history, which may make readers scurry to an encyclopedia, and I suspect a second, closer reading would uncover additional details.
In his investigation, Helié encounters or hears mention of many heretics, some of whom appear only briefly or not at all on the page, which makes following the chain of possible betrayers a challenge. Yet Jinks is clearly at home in this dark, uncertain world of religious persecution -- the atmosphere certainly feels authentic -- and the novel works well as a fast-paced historical thriller. It also poses difficult questions on morality: What does it mean to be a good person? In deciding between two different evils, which one should you betray? And does the end justify the means? To see how Helié ultimately answers these questions, you'll have to read the book.
I hope Ms. Jinks sent you a "Thank You" letter! Especially for that last sentence in "The Notary" piece.
These are wonderfully written reviews. You should be doing this for a living!
What's amusing is that I made a similar comment about Tobsha Learner's The Witch of Cologne, another Australian book I reviewed years ago. And last year, Tor released an American edition. Which seems to have done fairly well. I think it's more coincidence than anything, though it would be flattering to believe otherwise!
Jinks has had a number of her YA novels released in the USA since, and they seem to have found their audience, unlike The Inquisitor which was released mainly for the library market.
You've used that phrase before, "library market." Aren't all mainstream novels available to libraries as well as stores? Do some publishers make that distinction, and if so, why?
This is a complex issue, and someone who works for a book distributor or bookstore may wish to expand upon this (or correct me). However...
Bookstores and libraries can both order, theoretically, any book that's in print. But there are some publishers that focus primarily on library sales. Five Star (US) is one, and Robert Hale (UK) is another. They sell direct to libraries via standing orders, and their books are available through wholesalers (like Baker & Taylor) which many libraries use to purchase new materials. (Bookstores use B&T also, for special orders.) It costs money for publishers to get their books stocked on bookstore shelves... they work with distributors who send their sales reps to visit stores, etc.
There are some publishers, also, that are selective about which titles of theirs will be marketed to bookstores. For example, there are many hardcover historical fiction titles (of which The Inquisitor was one) that I have never seen in a major chain bookstore, ever. They are, however, reviewed in library periodicals, and I've seen them on the shelves in the indie store near Champaign - meaning the indie went to the trouble of ordering it even though it wasn't being actively marketed to them.
Books released for the library market tend to be hardcover only, for obvious reasons.
Michelle Moran 8:54 PM
Wow, I never knew that. Thanks for the explanation, Sarah!
I never knew that, either! Thanks for clarifying.
The libraries must have great confidence in these publishers if they are buying books on standing order, sight unseen presumably.
Sarah Johnson 10:24 AM
That, plus they generally receive a good discount if they do.
Publishers who focus on library sales also price their books higher... Severn House is another such, and their hardcovers are in the range of $27.95-$28.95.
kmg 10:38 AM
I never realized that some publishers concentrated on library sales. Very interesting. I have seen several books from time to time that were published by Robert Hale however and look for it specifically when I am trying to find something to read. I read "The Witch of Cologne" enjoyed it and have seen the Catherine Jinks books when searching historical fiction. I will be sure to read them now. I enjoy your blog!
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When I went to London maybe 7-8 years ago, I spent hours in bookstores (mainly on Charing Cross) looking for a few brand new novels from Hale. I knew they were recently published, and it puzzled me that they were nowhere to be found. I didn't realize then that bookstores don't regularly stock them. (Presumably, not unless the author's doing a signing.)
It does annoy me that not only are their books hard to get, but they're also expensive. Book Depository often doesn't stock them either, meaning you have to pay $$$ in postage from Amazon UK, too.
Good explanation! There are many people who don't realize this. I often have to explain it to library patrons, particularly when they want to know why we in the public library don't always have a title the same day it hits the bookstores.

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September 25, 2018 WCE Editor
Written by Carl Rosenberg; copy edited by Maggie Clark
On Saturday, September 29, Editors BC presents Jessica Somers' seminar on tax and finance for freelancers. This six-hour seminar will give an introduction to basic tax and finance issues for freelancers, including GST/HST registration, bookkeeping and record retention, and building financial stability without a salary. For editors new to freelancing, the seminar covers the basic essentials. And veteran freelancers will learn tips and tricks, have their questions answered, and clarify the details. See the registration page for more details.
Jessica Somers is a chartered professional accountant (CPA, CGA) with over 10 years of experience advising freelancers, entrepreneurs, and small businesses in Vancouver on tax, accounting, and business process. She is the founder of Cordova Street Consulting, a new firm in Gastown, which focuses on knowledge sharing, outreach, and taking the stress and mystery out of tax. Jessica is a facilitator and session leader at the CPA Western School of Business, where she teaches the next generation of Vancouver accountants and tax advisors.
Carl Rosenberg, a volunteer on Editors BC's communications and social media committee, spoke to Jessica about her work on tax and finance issues for freelancers.
Hello, Jessica! Thank you for taking the time to chat with us. How did you come to your career as an accountant and teacher on finance and business?
Thanks, Carl! I'm looking forward to working with Editors BC again—such a passionate group of people!
I grew up around artists and language teachers, so my math-y skillset was a novelty. I'm proud to be a chartered professional accountant and a certified general accountant who works with arts-based businesses, non-profits, and passionate business owners. It's such a pleasure to be able to help people using my accounting and tax background.
Becoming an accountant was an easy choice given my love of numbers. What's been a real surprise and pleasure is how much of a people-intensive business it is. Over the years, working with passionate people has become what I really love about what I do!
What is the main financial challenge facing freelancers?
For freelancers, the biggest challenge is having to be an expert in everything! Invoicing, collecting from clients, taxes, savings, and investments—suddenly and immediately you're responsible for everything. Many freelancers get overwhelmed in the early years and make small mistakes that can be costly. Seek help and advice. You'll learn more and more over time, but the early years are the hardest!
(Also, be aware that at $30,000, you have to register to collect GST—an often overlooked expensive mistake!)
How can freelancers make the most of their situation?
Financially, I would say that freelancing allows you to reap the benefits of your hard work. If you love what you do and you put the time in, freelancing will be lucrative for you. That said, there are many risks facing freelancers—for many, it is a fragile and stressful position to be in. Charging appropriate rates, having savings, and maintaining other safety nets are very important for freelancers.
On a lighter note, what are some of your favourite books and publications—finance- and business-related or otherwise?
I have to admit that the last year has been very work-focused for me, and I haven't been reading novels in the way that I would normally. I'm a subscriber to Room Magazine, so I have taken to reading short stories and other forms of fiction that require less commitment. A short story or poem can sit with you in an impactful way. I love that!
Jessica, thank you very much for sharing your experience and expertise. We're looking forward to your seminar on September 29.
Carl Rosenberg edited "Outlook: Canada's Progressive Jewish Magazine" from 1998 to 2016. He has a diploma in Latin American studies from Vancouver Community College and a bachelor of arts in Spanish language and literature from UBC. He has recently begun volunteering with the communications and social media and committee of Editors BC.
Maggie Clark is a professional writer who enjoys editing work and creating digital art on the side. Throughout her career, she has worked hard to accumulate knowledge about the many different aspects of communication. Part of this work included earning a professional writing diploma from Douglas College, a bachelor of arts in professional communication degree from Royal Roads University, and an editing certificate from SFU. Currently, she enjoys using her years of experience and education to manage Editors BC's blog.
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2019's Frostbite will be held in Dearborn, Michigan on February 22nd to the 24th. The main events this time are none other than singles and doubles for Super Smash Bros. Ultimate and Rivals of Aether, but that isn't all: a cosplay contest and events for trading card games, such as the Pokémon Trading Card Game, will also be available at Frostbite 2019. It will also feature special guests TierZoo, Jacob "Alpharad" Rabon IV and Akairiot. Registration for this event must be done online and in advance, as there is no on-site registration. There are also early bird price reductions for registering early. You can register right here, and trailer can be watched below.
Full Bloom 5 will occur on March 23rd to 24th in Bloomington, Indiana, featuring singles and doubles events for both Super Smash Bros. Melee and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. The Melee events will have UCF, and as with Frostbite 2019, all sign-ups have to be done online. There are also discounts for registering early, however it's even more important to sign up early for Full Bloom 5 as the events have caps. Melee singles has a 352 entrant cap, Melee doubles has a 64 team cap, Smash Ultimate singles has a 128 person cap, and Smash Ultimate doubles is limited to 32 teams, although these are all subject to change. You can register on the smash.gg page, and the trailer is just below.
Author's Note: Planning to go to either Frostbite 2019 or Full Bloom 5? Let us know in the comments!
It will not be held in Ann Arbor. It's going to be in Dearborn again.
Wait.... they have UCF at tournaments? Is it possible to have UCF with a gamecube setup?
I would love to attend both, but I certainly am hype about watching them next year!
The trailer for Frostbite was fire! (or frosty?) Excited to see what both events brings to the table.
I know the comment section isn't for questions, but I'm wondering if someone could tell me how upscale of a tournament FB5 would be? I want to enter into singles badly but I'm a major novice who doesn't want to be embarrassed in an environment of skilled pro players. Maybe I should just play friendlies and spectate.
Thank you! That was a really dumb mistake on my part, my bad.
Honestly though I'm really upset that I managed to not catch that, I have no idea how I didn't notice that mistake before I published it. Now I'm going to stop double checking and start triple or quadruple checking everything haha.
I know the current version of 20XXTE has it and you can get memory cards with 20XXTE installed that run on both the Wii and Gamecube, so I think so, although they seem to be out of stock at the moment. But yeah, I do have to wonder how you'd mod it yourself without buying/having the card for the Gamecube, for the Wii it's pretty easy to get it because of homebrew, but I have no idea if there's a easy way to mod the gamecube to have it.
I don't see many names I recognize yet but I'd expect some top level professionals to be there, Full Bloom 4 had players like Mang0, Hbox, Leffen, etc for Melee and it had some players like Anti, DarkShad, Samsora, etc for Smash 4. Either way though, I'm sure the level of play there is going to be really high, but I don't think you should worry about it, they've got amateur and novice brackets (For both Ultimate and Melee) if you get eliminated early and if you're new chances are that the skill gap between you and most players at even smaller events like locals would be large, it's normal and it's really nothing to be embarrassed about. Although yeah, if the thought of losing in bracket makes you feel uncomfortable there's nothing wrong with just playing friendlies, and from my experience playing friendlies can be really good for learning and improving at the game. Also don't worry, you can ask questions whenever, it's fine to ask them in the comments.
Have you ever been to Full Bloom? I don't know how to enter amateur or novice brackets. It seems you need to enter standard singles to even be allowed to enter, but I'm not sure. Do you know?
Nah, I haven't been to any Full Bloom (although I'm thinking about going to this one). Anyway, I looked into it and for the amateur + novice brackets at Full Bloom 5, you'd have to play in singles and get close to getting out of your pool, people who get 5th and 7th place in their pools go into the amateur and novice brackets respectively. I always thought it was for people who went 0-2 or 1-2 because I never got into them, but it turns out the two regional tournaments that I went to and thought had amateur brackets actually never had any amateur brackets lol. So yeah, it's not as much of a security net as I thought it was because you'll likely need to beat a couple people to get into it (unless the pools are really small for some reason), although I'd still recommend trying out singles even if it's your first tournament or major. It's your choice though, please don't feel pressured into entering singles if you don't want too.
I can't wait to see TierZoo play Pokemon cards.
If that is the case, I would take some time to think because whether it is melee or ultimate that you are playing, it is you versus the best of the best. Being a premier tournament as well, it is a huge investment of time and money. Since it is in March however, you will have plenty of time to think and if you decide to go, prepare by attending locals. If you have any questions feel free to ask me I am going to be one of the TOs at the event!
Sorry for the late reply. I'm already prepared to get destroyed, so this is more for exposure (also, it'll be one of the few large tournaments I may ever get to go to, because most tournaments are just a little too far). I'm definitely playing Ultimate, because I've actually never gotten to have a chance to play Melee, and there are weeklies near me I'm planning on entering consistently to train. Since you're a TO, I was wondering if you could briefly explain exactly how amateur and novice brackets operate. I've asked a lot of people, but I still don't have a clear understanding of how to enter it (other than that you must compete in Singles first) in FB5.
I am actually a first year TO and have limited info, but go to Smash.GG/FB5 and contact one of the Head TOs.


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I'm posting on BSJ 's recommendation (so blame her, not me ).
A couple of weeks ago I played with my rockabilly & country band at a restaurant right on the shores of the Rio de la Plata. The attendance was really meager, there were just 11 or 12 people, and together with the restaurant manager and two waitresses that made 14 or 15. That was all of our audience.
However, the show came out pretty well, other than for a few mistakes by the singer during the first songs. Our little audience was extatic, they all got up and danced to the big rockabilly hits, clapped, sang and cheered like mad, and they kept asking us for more and more songs to the point that we ran out of encores and had to improvise with songs we had never rehearsed before (of course at that point a few mistakes and lack of coordination was allowed).
The only guy who didn't stand up and dance was a man in his 60s who had difficulties walking. In spite of this he seemed to enjoy the show a lot. When we finally finished he ordered a few bottles of champagne for him, his friends and us, and raised a toast to the band. He congratulated us all one by one and said he hadn't enjoyed so much a live show since a long time ago. Wow! Then it came out he was a big executive from BBVA.
When I joined the band I was hoping for dozens of attractive young ladies jumping on me as soon as I finished playing (or even when I was playing). A fat bald man in his 60s isn't exactly the kind of groupie I was hoping for, but hey, at least we have a groupie!
That's great Helmut83 it looks like the band and audience were having a great time, stick at it I'm sure the female groupies are just around the corner.
Brilliant! Looks like great fun.
You think so? I gotta keep on putting my effort into it then!
What Mr Modest Harmonica Man is not telling us is that the groupie is mostly his. This man clapped for and encouraged Helmut all night!
Besides your own brilliant peformance, of course, I really liked the lady singer at the end, she was properly going for it. It must have felt fantastic to have such great feedback too after all your rehearsals paid off.
He told me he was particularly keen on harmonicas and that songs with harmonicas had something special for him, and yeah, he shouted things and made funny gestures of praise when I finished playing solos. He also requested me for a couple of songs and I convinced the guys to play them, maybe that's why he was cheering on me. It was fun.
Anyway, if I have financial troubles I've got a door to knock now.
Thanks, Uno! Well, we got immediately re-hired for April 6th. The manager promised he would promote the event this time so he gets more public, hope he delivers. Maybe he didn't have faith in us the first time or it was just a test. To be honest I didn't have much faith in the band either. The way we performed onstage was a complete revelation to me, a pleasant one of course.
Yeah, the backing singer girl killed it. The funny thing is that she was a replacement because our usual backing singer was on holidays in Uruguay. We'll have to think about the chance of getting her as a permanent member.
Helmut83 I love it !!! I didn't know you played the harmonica. How did I miss this?
Thanks, eloneen and elophile ! We are representing part of the folklore of your country in ours.
elophile : just imagine all of the other hidden talents I have that you don't know about! Like... like... uhmmm... walking backwards in slippers? Yeah, I've been playing harmonica since my teenage years. Ask vlogdance and Buttler , they have had to bear it in every single recording we've made.
Ask vlogdance and Buttler , they have had to bear it in every single recording we've made.
Yes! Now that you mention it I can remember hearing a harmonica in the recordings!
I doubt that if we don't admit her in the band she will be too keen on any of us... unless if I act like I want to have her in the band and blame the others for kicking her out so I'm the good guy.


All the online fundraising solicitations of End Citizens United are flowing through ActBlue. This is a web hub. It has been designed in a way that makes it easier for Democrats as well as liberal groups to raise money online. Once anyone tries to contribute to this PAC, the donor is taken to an ActBlue page. Here the person can decide to make the gift a recurring contribution or a one-time pledge.
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In addition, ActBlue will clearly alert the donors in case they sign up for a recurring contribution as soon as they have completes their donation. This helps to alert those donors who may have unintentionally signed up for this type of monthly gift so that they can cancel this option at any point down the line.
End Citizens United would want that people should stay engaged to it. But still, it would like to give absolute power to its donors so that they can stop donating whenever they want.
Out of the collection, End Citizens United has the biggest aggregate expense of $1.7 million. That has been paid to rent email lists from various liberal organizations that include Change.org, besides Care2 as well as Ready for Hillary PAC, along with several progressive media outlets like The Nation, and The American Prospect as well as AlterNet. In addition, this PAC has donated $458,500 to the candidates endorsed by it besides various other Democratic Party committees. In this way, it intends to promote its campaign.
In fact, End Citizens United has already committed that it would like to lower the amount of funds of the group that is going to consultants. It should be close to 30 percent so that a larger amount can be directed to candidates and for supporting them.
The PAC also clarified that they have started almost a year ago from zero. Hence they had to invest in infrastructure, and in bringing in people to the table. This will definitely go down in the future.
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Quanta Services Announces Preliminary Third Quarter Results
Updates Guidance for the Third and Fourth Quarters of 2015
Quanta Services, Inc.
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HOUSTON, Oct. 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Quanta Services, Inc. (NYSE: PWR) announced today that after an initial review of its third quarter operating results, the company now expects revenues slightly below the midpoint of its previously announced range of $1.9 billion to $2.0 billion and expects diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $0.22 to $0.24. This compares to the company's previous expectation that diluted earnings per share from continuing operations would range between $0.34 and $0.40. In addition, Quanta expects several of the factors which adversely impacted the company's third quarter results to continue and adversely impact the company's fourth quarter results versus prior expectations. Quanta's actual third quarter 2015 results and an update to its full year financial guidance will be provided on November 5, 2015, and the company will hold its third quarter 2015 earnings conference call on the same day.
"While we are disappointed in our performance, we consider 2015 to be a transition year and are committed to achieving segment operating margins consistent with our previous expectations," said Jim O'Neil, president and chief executive officer of Quanta Services. "We continue to have confidence in our multi-year outlook as the end market drivers in the electric power and oil and gas infrastructure markets remain strong, evidenced by our expectation for several major project announcements before year-end."
Although a contributing factor to the company's revised estimates are Electric Power Infrastructure Services segment revenues for the third quarter at the lower end of Quanta's previously expected range, the revised estimates are largely due to operating margins below the company's previous expectations. As previously discussed, larger electric transmission projects across the industry have experienced significant delays. This has led to an increasingly competitive smaller transmission market, as competitors more aggressively pursue work volume to absorb fixed costs. A greater mix of smaller transmission work also negatively impacts margins due to the inefficiency of transitions between smaller projects versus the continuous production on larger work. Quanta believes that the delay in larger transmission projects is temporary, as a number of large projects are awaiting permitting and other approvals. As such, Quanta has maintained a portion of its workforce and equipment in an underutilized capacity to ensure the company is strategically positioned to deliver on larger, more complicated electric transmission projects as they move forward.
Third quarter revenues for the Oil and Gas Infrastructure Services segment are anticipated to be slightly greater than the company's prior expectations; however, this segment's operating margins are expected to be lower than previously forecasted. This is primarily due to higher than expected costs on two related projects, as well as delay on a mainline pipe project that will now not move to construction until 2016. The negative impact on revenue from the mainline pipe project delay in the third quarter was offset by an increase in revenues for other services that typically carry lower margins.
For the fourth quarter of 2015, we anticipate that consolidated revenues could be in the range of $200 million less than previously expected, due largely to the continued competitive environment in small and medium scale electric transmission and delays of certain mainline pipe projects, which have been pushed from the fourth quarter into 2016. These lower revenues, as well as many of the factors that impacted the third quarter 2015 operating margins, are expected to negatively impact operating results in the fourth quarter.
Stock Repurchases
On August 5, 2015, Quanta announced a new $1.25 billion stock repurchase program inclusive of a $750 million accelerated stock repurchase arrangement (ASR). On August 11, 2015, we received an initial delivery under the ASR of approximately 25.7 million shares, which represented approximately 80% of the total shares expected to be repurchased pursuant to the ASR. Separately, through September 30, 2015, Quanta repurchased an additional 15.6 million shares of its common stock in open market transactions for approximately $373 million. As a result, Quanta estimates its weighted average fully diluted share count to be approximately 189 million shares for the third quarter of 2015 and approximately 166 million shares for the fourth quarter of 2015, without taking into consideration any additional stock repurchases that could occur during the remainder of the year.
THIRD QUARTER 2015 EARNINGS CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION
Quanta Services has scheduled a conference call for November 5, 2015, at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time to review its third quarter 2015 financial results. To participate in the call, dial 1-913-312-0862 at least 10 minutes before the conference call begins and provide the conference call ID 4687052 or ask for the Quanta Services Third Quarter 2015 Conference Call. Investors, analysts and the general public will also have the opportunity to listen to the conference call over the Internet by visiting the company's website at www.quantaservices.com. To listen to the call live on the Internet, please visit the Quanta Services website at least 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary audio software. For those who cannot listen to the live event, an archive will be available shortly after the call on the company's website. A replay will also be available until 12:30 p.m. Eastern time on November 12, 2015, and may be accessed at 1-719-457-0820, using the conference call ID 4687052. For more information, please contact Kip Rupp, Vice President - Investor Relations at Quanta Services, by calling 713-341-7260 or emailing [email protected].
GET THE QUANTA SERVICES IR APP
The Quanta investor relations app for iPhone, iPad and Android mobile devices is available for free at Apple's App Store for the iPhone and iPad and at Google Play for Android mobile devices. The Quanta investor relations app allows users to navigate the company's investor relations materials including the latest press releases, SEC filings, presentations, videos, audio cast conference calls and stock price information. Sharing functionality via email, Twitter and Facebook is available, as well as the ability for investors to be notified when new information is posted to Quanta's IR app.
ABOUT QUANTA SERVICES
Quanta Services is a leading specialized contracting services company, delivering infrastructure solutions for the electric power and oil and gas industries. Quanta's comprehensive services include designing, installing, repairing and maintaining energy infrastructure. With operations throughout the United States, Canada and Australia and in select other international markets, Quanta has the manpower, resources and expertise to safely complete projects that are local, regional, national or international in scope. For more information, visit www.quantaservices.com.
This press release (and oral statements regarding the subject matter of this press release, including those made on the conference call and webcast announced herein) contains forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the "safe harbor" from liability established by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to projected revenues, earnings per share, margins, capital expenditures, and other projections of operating or financial results; expectations regarding the business outlook, growth or opportunities in particular markets; future capital allocation initiatives, including the amount, timing, availability, and strategy with respect to any future stock repurchases; the ability to deliver increased value and return capital to shareholders; the strategic use of Quanta's balance sheet; matters relating to the ASR arrangement; the expected value of contracts or intended contracts with customers; the scope, services, term and results of any projects awarded or expected to be awarded for services to be provided by Quanta; the anticipated commencement and completion dates for any projects awarded; the development of oil and natural gas mainline pipe projects and their impact on Quanta's business or the demand for Quanta's services; the level of oil, natural gas and natural gas liquids prices and their impact on Quanta's business or demand for Quanta's services; the impact of renewable energy initiatives, including mandated state renewable portfolio standards, the economic stimulus package and other existing or potential energy legislation; potential opportunities that may be indicated by bidding activity or similar discussions with customers; the potential benefits from acquisitions; the business plans or financial condition of Quanta's customers; Quanta's plans and strategies; and the current economic and regulatory conditions and trends in the industries Quanta serves, as well as statements reflecting expectations, intentions, assumptions or beliefs about future events, and other statements that do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. Although Quanta's management believes that the expectations reflected in such forward-looking statements are reasonable, it can give no assurance that such expectations will prove to be correct. These statements can be affected by inaccurate assumptions and by known and unknown risks and uncertainties that are difficult to predict or beyond Quanta's control, including, among others, market conditions; the effects of industry, economic or political conditions outside of the control of Quanta; quarterly variations in operating results; adverse economic and financial conditions, including weakness in the capital markets; trends and growth opportunities in relevant markets; delays, reductions in scope or cancellations of anticipated, pending or existing projects, including as a result of weather, regulatory or environmental processes, project performance issues, or customers' capital constraints; the successful negotiation, execution, performance and completion of anticipated, pending and existing contracts, including the ability to obtain awards of projects on which Quanta bids or is otherwise discussing with customers; the ability to attract skilled labor and retain key personnel and qualified employees; potential shortage of skilled employees; dependence on fixed price contracts and the potential to incur losses with respect to these contracts; estimates relating to the use of percentage-of-completion accounting; adverse impacts from weather; the ability to generate internal growth; competition in Quanta's business, including the ability to effectively compete for new projects and market share; potential failure of renewable energy initiatives, the economic stimulus package or other existing or potential legislative actions to result in increased demand for Quanta's services; liabilities associated with multi-employer pension plans, including underfunding of liabilities and termination or withdrawal liabilities; the possibility of further increases in the liability associated with Quanta's withdrawal from a multi-employer pension plan; liabilities for claims that are self-insured or not insured; unexpected costs or liabilities that may arise from lawsuits or indemnity claims asserted against Quanta; the outcome of pending or threatened litigation; risks relating to the potential unavailability or cancellation of third party insurance, the exclusion of coverage for certain losses, and potential increases in premiums for coverage deemed beneficial to Quanta; cancellation provisions within contracts and the risk that contracts expire and are not renewed or are replaced on less favorable terms; loss of customers with whom Quanta has long-standing or significant relationships; the potential that participation in joint ventures exposes Quanta to liability and/or harm to its reputation for acts or omissions by partners; Quanta's inability or failure to comply with the terms of its contracts, which may result in unexcused delays, warranty claims, failure to meet performance guarantees, damages or contract terminations; the effect of natural gas, natural gas liquids and oil prices on Quanta's operations and growth opportunities; Quanta's customers' capital programs and the resulting impact on demand for Quanta's services; the future development of natural resources in shale formations; the inability of customers to pay for services; the failure to recover on payment claims against project owners or to obtain adequate compensation for customer-requested change orders; the failure of Quanta's customers to comply with regulatory requirements applicable to their projects, including those related to awards of stimulus funds, which may result in project delays and cancellations; budgetary or other constraints that may reduce or eliminate tax incentives for or government funding of projects, including stimulus projects, which may result in project delays or cancellations; estimates and assumptions in determining financial results and backlog; the ability to realize backlog; risks associated with operating in international markets, including instability of foreign governments, currency fluctuations, tax and investment strategies and compliance with the laws of foreign jurisdictions as well as the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and other applicable anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws; the ability to successfully identify, complete, integrate and realize synergies from acquisitions; the potential adverse impact resulting from uncertainty surrounding acquisitions, including the ability to retain key personnel from the acquired businesses and the potential increase in risks already existing in Quanta's operations; the adverse impact of impairments of goodwill, receivables and other intangible assets or investments; growth outpacing Quanta's decentralized management and infrastructure; requirements relating to governmental regulation and changes thereto; inability to enforce Quanta's intellectual property rights or the obsolescence of such rights; risks related to the implementation of an information technology solution; the impact of a unionized workforce on operations, including labor stoppages or interruptions due to strikes or lockouts; potential liabilities relating to occupational health and safety matters; Quanta's dependence on suppliers, subcontractors and equipment manufacturers; beliefs and assumptions about the collectability of receivables; the cost of borrowing, availability of credit and cash, fluctuations in the price and volume of Quanta's common stock, debt covenant compliance, interest rate fluctuations and other factors affecting financing and investing activities; the ability to access sufficient funding to finance desired growth and operations; the ability to obtain performance bonds; potential exposure to environmental liabilities; the ability to continue to meet the requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002; rapid technological and structural changes that could reduce the demand for Quanta's services; the impact of increased healthcare costs arising from healthcare reform legislation; the impact of regulatory changes on labor costs; the impact of significant fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates; the business, accounting or other effects from the sale of Quanta's fiber optic licensing operations; the potential for claims or damages associated with the sale of Quanta's fiber optic licensing operations, including as a result of indemnity claims; the terms of the ASR arrangement and factors affecting the final number and price of shares to be purchased thereunder, including the volume-weighted average share price of common stock, actions by the ASR counterparty; events and transactions that result in termination of the ASR arrangement or adjustments of shares purchased or amounts paid under the ASR arrangement, ; and other risks and uncertainties detailed in Quanta's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended Dec. 31, 2014, Quanta's Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended Mar. 31, 2015 and June 30, 2015 and any other documents that Quanta files with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). For a discussion of these risks, uncertainties and assumptions, investors are urged to refer to Quanta's documents filed with the SEC that are available through the company's website at www.quantaservices.com or through the SEC's Electronic Data Gathering and Analysis Retrieval System (EDGAR) at www.sec.gov. Should one or more of these risks materialize, or should underlying assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements. Investors are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which are current only as of this date. Quanta does not undertake and expressly disclaims any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. Quanta further expressly disclaims any written or oral statements made by any third party regarding the subject matter of this press release.
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Collection of Pacific Enterprises, Pacific Enterprise Corporation.
Collection of Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle.
Collection of Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, museum purchase funded by the Caroline Wiess Law Accessions Endowment Fund.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Caroline Wiess Law Building, Three Decades of West Coast Ceramics, 1956–1986, 22 February-29 June 2013.
The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Beyond Craft: Decorative Arts from the Leatrice S. and Melvin B. Eagle Collection, 23 February 2014-26 May 2014. Travels to the Mint Museum Uptown, Charlotte, North Carolina, 6 September 2014-22 February 2015 and the Canton Museum of Art, Canton, Ohio, 27 August-25 October 2015. Catalogue/book, pp.136, 152, checklist no. 159, ill. pp. 136, 152.
The Art Collection of Pacific Enterprises, 1991, p. 241.


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I prefer not to go up the parentNode chain till I find it is an SVG node.
Thanks.

A: The SVGElement interface exposes an ownerSVGElement property that will expose just that information:

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Any WearOS apps for tracking watch usage?
Hi, I'm new to AndroidWear / Wear OS. I recently ordered the Verizon Wear24 as a starter watch. I'm big into tracking things (life logging is actually a big factor in why I want a smart watch) & use apps for tracking my usage on computer & phone. I was wondering if there was anything similar to ManicTime or RescueTime for smart watches, where I can export spreadsheets of usage of my smart watch (time I'm spending in certain apps, times unlocked, etc.) Preferably free, but definitely want to be able to export the data to be analyzed in Excel later on.
Any recommendations are strongly appreciated. Thanks.
If you have Wear OS 9, you might be able to use Google's Digital Wellbeing app?
Thanks for the response. I've looked into these apps, but don't think they'll work for me at this time. Exporting raw data is definitely an important feature to me. I know you said Moment doesn't support it. I looked into Google's Digital Wellbeing & it looks like a really nice app. I didn't see it list exporting as a feature, but if it does, I'll definitely consider this to replace what I currently use for my phone (App Usage Tracker).
My phone is on Oreo 8.1.0, so it's not supported by Digital Wellbeing right now. My watch is version 8.20.13.25.
Perhaps this app could be helpful?
We have released the first quantified-self app for the Android smartwatches. It includes a "prediction" that notifies the user about changes in battery discharge routine or fitness activities. The app is completely free and NO in app purchase is required.
Since it tracks battery usage etc, it might capture the usage in more ways.
Thanks. It looks useful, so I gave it a download. As far as I can tell, It doesn't seem to have an export feature though.


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Shepherding the Family through Social Media
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by MaryAnn McKibben Dana
"Mommy, can I have an Instagram account?" my daughter asked from the back seat of the van. We were on our way home from a retreat I'd led for a church in South Carolina. I'd decided to bring the family with me—the retreat was in Myrtle Beach; enough said—and they'd had a great time. The kids met all kinds of new friends and made plans to keep in touch. Apparently Instagram was the preferred method.
Unfortunately, my daughter is 11, and the Instagram terms of service specify a minimum age of 13.
What's a rule-following mother to do? I don't want to give her the impression that it's OK to bend the rules, even in a trivial matter. And maybe this matter isn't so trivial. Does an 11 year old need an Instagram account yet? I'd love to nurture these fledgling friendships, but can't I keep her young and social-media sheltered for just a little while longer? Whom is she likely to encounter on these sites? Friends, of course, just like I happily do. But what about people who might do her harm?
I am confronted with these questions even as I work on my next book, Spirituality in the Smartphone Age, which is an attempt to examine this digital culture we all swim in. As I write, I'm trying to discern some spiritually faithful patterns and practices for engaging with technology. How much is too much? What does it mean to be "authentic" online? How can we be mindful of personal boundaries? What does meaningful community look like?
One of the challenges in writing the book is defining what I mean by spirituality, as opposed to the psychology or sociology of digital culture. Other authors have explored quite thoroughly the ways the Internet has changed the way we work, play, and relate with one another. What I'm after is something simultaneously deeper and broader: a holistic approach that integrates body, mind, spirit, and community.
But the other challenge in writing the book is that I'm so very confused and ambivalent myself about our technological age and how it is changing us.
I am a deep user and fond appreciator of new technology in general (I love my laptop and iPhone) and social media in particular, from Facebook and Twitter to Goodreads and Pinterest. As for our children, we don't typically "do screens" during the week, but on the weekends, it's not unusual to see the kids playing a game, reading a Kindle book, or listening to music on an iPad. (They also ride bikes, build with Legos, do household chores, and sit around.)
I love the animated chatter from my kids as they work together to build a whole world together in Minecraft. (I'm not as fond of the howls of protest when the baby brother sets fire to a newly completed mansion.) Recently when my daughter was home sick and had "nothing to read," I was able to download a book for her in an instant.
I could list many more benefits of technology, but I'm assuming that most people reading a website about family practices understand the way these gadgets and gizmos enrich our lives.
But then there's the other side, which I imagine parents will be equally familiar with. The glazed-over look my six-year-old gets when he's played video games for too long. The needling requests for screen time, even on school days, when we've made it clear that iPads are (generally) for weekends. The careful litigations of my children, trying to argue for acceptable activities:
Well, can't I just listen to Pandora?
I'm doing a group project. Can I check my Google Docs to see if I've gotten the rough draft yet?
The answers to these last two questions seem clearly Yes and Yes. But I know from personal experience how easy it is for a quick check-in to turn into another hour of mindless clicks on YouTube. And how easy it is to start up a video game while sitting and listening to music. These aren't single-use devices, after all… which is what makes them so useful. But our brains are single-task organs. We are meant to do one thing at a time, and to do it mindfully.
I recently surveyed friends and acquaintances about their attitudes toward social media and the Internet. When asked what they would change about their online habits, more than half of those surveyed reported that they were on these sites more often than they'd like, and found it hard to disengage. And one in three respondents admitted that their Internet use had negatively impacted their attention spans.
As the saying goes, I know just enough about brain development to be dangerous. No, not dangerous—fearful. How are my children's developing brains affected by all these shiny objects? And if I clamp down on their use, will they lose out on the educational and social benefits, and the ability to learn to self-regulate? What effect will my deep ambivalence and mixed messages have on them? (Yes, please experience, play and explore… No! Too much! Turn it off!)
I have no answers to these questions. I comb through our sacred texts, ruminate on the Christian tradition, and yes, pray for guidance in shepherding my children through what Jon Kabat-Zinn has called the technological "guinea-pig generation." For now, it is enough to remember the refrain that reverberates through the scripture: Be not afraid. God is with us in the fire and the flood. Maybe I can trust that God is also with me in my ambivalence. And surely God is present in Facebook post, in tweet, and in Instagram too.
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A wrapper for pacman and PKGBUILDer.
PBWrapper (also known as just pb) is a wrapper for pacman and PKGBUILDer, i.e. an application which handles checking if a package is in the official repos or in the AUR and installs them according to that information.
It is a part of PKGBUILDer and is included since version 2.1.4.0 of PKGBUILDer.
Notice: Running PKGBUILDer and/or PBWrapper as root can deal catastrophic damage to your system. Run it as a regular user, you will be prompted for the root password when one will be required (i.e. to run pacman).
All operations and options from pacman and PKGBUILDer work. Operations other than -S, –sync are passed as-is to pacman. The -S, –sync switch activates a check for other parameters. If one of -syu (–search –refresh –sysupgrade) is present, the requests are passed to pacman and PKGBUILDer, in that order, with arguments that apply to the manager and nothing else. If any other operations are present (including -i, –info), the targets provided are checked for presence in the AUR. If a package is in the AUR, it is addded to the queue that will be passed to PKGBUILDer, otherwise it is added to a pacman queue. Please note that brand new options will not work until the next PKGBUILDer/PBWrapper release.
The –debug option enables additional debug information from PBWrapper.
An additional option is –unlock, which unlocks the pacman database.
Installs the Python interpreter from the repos (which is already on your system, especially if you have installed PKGBUILDer/PBWrapper) and GNU Hello from the AUR. Note that, if you used pkgbuilder instead of pb, the Python package would be fetched from ASP (instead of the repositories) and built locally.
Shows information for the python and hello packages.
Checks for repo and AUR updates (in that order) and offers installing them.
You can visit the git repo at <https://github.com/Kwpolska/pkgbuilder> or the documentation at <https://pkgbuilder.readthedocs.org> for more info.
Bugs should be reported at the GitHub page (<https://github.com/Kwpolska/pkgbuilder/issues>). You can also send mail to <chris@chriswarrick.com>.


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SBD member company granted US Patent for Hostile Vehicle Mitigation bollard
Yorkshire security manufacturer and Secured by Design (SBD) member company Heald Ltd has been granted a US Patent for its rising bollard, known as the Evo.
The US patent for the Evo is the latest patent granted for the innovative Hornsea-based firm which was in 2018 named in the Sunday Times Maserati Top 100 as one of the greatest British innovators.
With installs across the globe, the Evo is unique. Compared to other rising bollards on the market, there is no central cylinder within the bollard contributing to its strength and durability, which has been evidenced through crash testing the product to international standard, IWA. During the crash test, it halted a 7.2-tonne truck travelling at 64 kph (40 mph) and continued to function following the impact.
The US patent follows Heald previously securing GB and International Patents on the product in line with their business strategy of designing and manufacturing innovative hostile vehicle mitigation products to support their growth ambitions. Heald's patents have led to their products being specified into several international projects. They have also listed in the Metis Partners IP100 listing for the past four years, ranking within the Top 10 across all categories.
The Evo, which also has GB and International Patents, can be operated by a variety of methods including manual, battery drill, electro-mechanical or hydraulically providing the customer with an install method to meet their needs. Requiring an install depth of 1100mm it provides an effective and efficient perimeter security solution.
Commenting on the patent grant, Managing Director Debbie Heald MBE said: "We are extremely proud of Heald's track record in bringing innovative products to the market. Being granted a patent for the Evo in the US further adds to the credibility of our products in protecting high profile locations and pedestrians for the risk of hostile vehicle attacks. Following the success of our Matador and Raptor products in the US, we look forward to expanding our footprint in the region with installs of the Evo".
Heald started in 1987 as an agricultural engineering business before launching its first line of security barriers. Today, Heald manufactures and installs a range of innovative hostile vehicle mitigation systems and traffic control solutions and its award-winning roadblockers, barriers and bollards play a leading role in the defence of vulnerable properties worldwide.
Clients include military sites, presidential buildings, palaces, embassies, border controls, airports, oil refineries, stadia, banks, shopping malls and government buildings.
Heald is one of the largest manufacturers of security equipment in the UK and has been a member of Secured by Design, the national police crime prevention initiative, for many years.
You can find out full details of Heald's extensive range of SBD accredited products here: https://www.securedbydesign.com/member-companies/sbd-members?view=companydetail&account=0011i00000JpvlaAAB


Australian Plants Society NSW - Kunzea "Badja Carpet"
Kunzea "Badja Carpet" is a mounded ground cover with a spread of several metres. The dark green leaves are small and aromatic. New stems are dark red. Small clusters of white flowers are carried on the ends of branches. Early summer is the main flowering period when plants become covered in blooms. Tip pruning will improve foliage density and increase flowering.
"Badja Carpet" could be grown on embankments or trailing over walls.
K. "Badja Carpet" is probably a form of K. badjaensis, a species named in 2016. "Badja Carpet" is found on Big Badja Hill in Deua National Park, southern NSW.
Propagate from cuttings that readily produce roots.


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WEAI Author Q&A: Juhn Ahn's "Buddhas and Ancestors"
We are excited to announce a new title in the Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute book series: Buddhas and Ancestors: Religion and Wealth in Fourteenth-Century Korea, published by the University of Washington Press and included in its Korean Studies of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies series. The book's author is Juhn Ahn, an Associate Professor of Buddhist and Korean Studies at the University of Michigan.
Two issues central to the transition from the Koryo to the Choson dynasty in fourteenth-century Korea were social differences in ruling elites and the decline of Buddhism, which had been the state religion. In this revisionist history, Juhn Ahn challenges the long-accepted Confucian critique that Buddhism had become so powerful and corrupt that the state had to suppress it. When newly rising elites (many with strong ties to the Mongols) used lavish donations to Buddhist institutions to enhance their status, older elites defended their own adherence to this time-honored system by arguing that their donations were linked to virtue. This emphasis on virtue and the consequent separation of religion from wealth facilitated the Confucianization of Korea and the relegation of Buddhism to the margins of public authority during the Choson dynasty.
"A finely nuanced treatment of the changing relationship between social elites and Buddhism throughout the Koryo period. Ahn provides us with a new understanding of how certain Neo-Confucian values found favor among the late Koryo elite and how Buddhism became separated from the state during the transition from Koryo to Choson."
– John B. Duncan, UCLA
We thank Dr. Ahn for taking the time to discuss his book with us. Please read the following Q&A to learn more about the research and questions that drove his project.
You have noted that this book grew out of an "accidental discovery." What was that discovery and how did it inspire you to undertake this book project?
Many years ago, the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco held a special exhibit titled "Goryeo Dynasty: Korea's Age of Enlightenment, 918 to 1392" (Oct. 2003 – Jan. 2004). On my way back from the exhibit I made sure to pick up a copy of the catalog, but it ended up collecting dust on my bookshelf for a few years. I was preoccupied with a different research project on Chan/Zen Buddhism at the time. A few years later, while looking for an image to use for a course poster, I caught sight of the old catalog and decided it was time to give it a good read. In its explanation of an exquisite Amitābha triad painting on loan from the Tokyo National Museum I noticed a brief reference to "merit temples," wealthy and powerful families, and their desire to continue wealth and prosperity into the next life. I was already familiar with these aspects of Korean religion and well-established claims about the corruption of Buddhism during the late Koryŏ period, but I found myself wanting to probe deeper into the connection between merit temples and the corruption of religion, wealth in afterlife, social distinction, and taste. This, no doubt, had something to do with the timing of the rediscovery of the catalog: I began this research on wealth, social identity, and religion during the global financial crisis of 2008.
What are some of the larger questions that have driven your research and thinking about religion in East Asia and how does this book relate to them?
In the study of East Asian religions, there are conceptual associations that are, for one reason or another, ignored, avoided, or criticized. The religious experiences of Zen masters are not usually associated with their reading habits or their perception of the economy. Violence and moral responsibility are most typically regarded as opposites or, at least, incompatible aspects of humanity. The mixing of religion and wealth is also commonly regarded as something that must be shunned and criticized. In my research I have tried to show that such associations are possible and, at one point in history, they were even treated as necessary. My book explains how religion and wealth went their separate conceptual ways during the Koryŏ dynasty. It was the separation, rather than the mixing of religion and wealth, that made it possible to speak of corruption and link the aristocracy with the "tasteful" and the parvenu or the powerful with the "vulgar."
This book challenges the widely held narrative that the Confucianization of Korea took place in the Koryŏ and Chosŏn dynasties because Buddhism, which had been the state religion, had grown increasingly corrupt. What, instead, do you argue led to the decline of Buddhism and the rise of Confucianism in the Korean state?
Protestant assumptions have led scholars of Korean religion to misleadingly argue that gilded icons and wealthy temples are signs of corruption and moral decay. There is no denying the wealth of the Buddhist establishment during the Koryŏ dynasty. Monasteries and temples had moveable wealth, sizable landholdings, and large numbers of slaves. But for centuries this was regarded as natural, necessary, and justifiable. Monasteries and temples were regarded as necessary in establishing elite credentials (for families) and public authority (for the throne and the state). Citing corruption, reform-minded officials did, however, begin to voice their vociferous opposition to Buddhism during the late Koryŏ period. This has commonly been attributed to the Confucianization of Korea, but in my book I argue that the conceptual separation of religion and wealth may have played a far more significant role in bringing about this radical shift in the Koryŏ officialdom's attitude toward Buddhism. Once it became possible to see wealth and religion as incommensurables, the argument could be made that donations would simply result in the privatization of taxable and alienable resources, making them inaccessible to the fiscally troubled state. The economy was the state's to control. Buddhism thus had to be pushed into the margins of public authority.
What kinds of sources and archives did you use to help support your explanation for Confucianism's ascent in Korea?
I relied mainly on tomb epitaphs, collections of scholar officials and monks' writings, geographical surveys, dynastic histories, and monastic stele inscriptions. Compared to the subsequent Chosŏn dynasty, sources that survive from the Koryŏ period are limited in number and variety. This of course means that some aspects of Koryŏ history are lost to history, but it also means that surviving sources will receive closer scrutiny. Tomb epitaphs and temple stele inscriptions must be treated not only as repositories of information and facts about the people and temples described therein but also as objects of inherent value to the people who commissioned and used them. It is therefore necessary to ask why their production and consumption mattered to the Koryŏ elite, which is precisely what I do in my book.
What challenges did you encounter during your research and writing?
The late Koryŏ period has received much scholarly attention. The Koryŏ and Chosŏn were two relatively long dynasties that occupied the same physical space, but there has been a tendency to see them as being radically different. One was a Buddhist dynasty dominated by an aristocratic elite whereas the other was a Confucian dynasty run by scholar-officials. Framed this way as a story of class and ideological conflict, the Koryŏ-Chosŏn transition seemed to favor and perhaps even warrant social, political, and ideological analysis. Few deemed it necessary to focus on the religious dimension of this transition, which was largely assumed to be inconsequential. This was probably the greatest challenge of writing a history of religion and wealth in Koryŏ period Korea.
What findings especially surprised you during the course of your research?
The brashness of the writers from the Koryŏ period was perhaps the most surprising discovery I made during the research for this book. In the tomb epitaphs (embellished and stylized prose biographies and verse inscriptions written on behalf of the dead) and temple stele inscriptions that they prepared for their friends and colleagues late Koryŏ scholar-officials often voiced their frank criticism of the deceased and his or her family. Some problems seem to have been too obvious to ignore.
Quite unexpectedly, my research also led me to a recent legal battle that erupted over a gravesite near the border with North Korea. In 1991, members of the Ch'ŏngju Han descent group, who had been caring for two graves located on this ancestral gravesite, noticed that the graves had been desecrated. Inside the desecrated graves they saw beautiful murals, so they contacted the national museum and requested assistance. The museum soon dispatched an excavation team to examine the graves. Much to the chagrin of the Ch'ŏngju Han, the team discovered that one of the graves actually housed the remains of a man named Kwŏn Chun whose death opens my book. The Ch'ŏngju Han filed a lawsuit against the excavation team's report and the rightful owner of the grave had to be determined in court. Key to determining ownership was Kwŏn's tomb epitaph. The legal battle over Kwŏn's grave was a helpful and unexpected reminder that graves, like their owners, have lives and tomb epitaphs were and apparently still are (!)—as they were intended to be—critical to writing their stories.
Could you tell us briefly about your current research project(s)?
I am currently engaged in a few research projects. The first project I hope to complete is a book manuscript on the history of reading habits and the development of new soteriological techniques in Song dynasty Chan Buddhism. I am also currently preparing a chapter on the economic history of the Koryŏ dynasty for the Cambridge History of Korea. In addition to these two projects, I plan to turn my ongoing research on the cultural history of wealth and weather and monastic economy during the Chosŏn period into a book.


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Cybersecurity taps machine learning to do what humans cannot
26/07/20185 Minute Read
Researchers are rapidly advancing AI's ability to deliver the always-on, proactive watchfulness needed for today's complex threat environment.
Michael Keller, March 13, 2018
For digital-security consultant Allen Kent, artificial intelligence can't come up to speed soon enough.
Working with industrial-services company NAES Corporation, he helps electricity producers fortify their networks to better withstand cyber attacks so they can meet rigorous government compliance standards. And with cybercriminals and state-sanctioned hackers launching increasingly elaborate and destructive campaigns, making a business network safe demands ever-higher levels of planning and vigilance.
Today's information-security managers must deploy the right mix of cyber tools and ensure that they are configured correctly. These pros must also stay up-to-date on the constantly evolving threats coming from the internet and monitor their networks moment by moment for any signs of intrusion.
That's why Kent wishes there were a single product he could recommend that a client could plug in and trust to handle all of those cybersecurity operations. This dream product would monitor the network, continually learn about new threats as they emerge and squash attacks before they start.
"An AI box that monitors everything and stops threats automatically as they manifest — that would be the best solution," Kent says. "But right now, we don't have a proper tool that you can set and forget. Things need to be constantly monitored by a human."
That gap may soon be closed, however. Computer scientists and engineers around the world are making rapid advances in developing machine learning, the code fed into computers that enables them to analyse data to uncover patterns and make decisions about that information without being specifically programmed to do so. The research is producing abundant insights that are leading the way to more robust artificial intelligence in a number of fields.
Too much data for humans to sift
In the cybersecurity realm, machine learning is quickly reshaping the landscape. It can automate work, detect vulnerabilities on networks and spot subtle trends in network traffic while ingesting enormous amounts of data that would boggle the minds of human analysts.
Jason O'Keeffe, an HP Print Security Advisor, says the volume of data being generated to monitor today's tangled business networks demands more scrutiny than human teams can provide. That's partly what's driving cybersecurity experts' embrace of machine learning.
"The problem is, industries have too much data that they don't know what to do with," O'Keeffe says. "They don't know what to look at to trigger an investigation. Nobody is looking at the data closely enough to detect if there's something abnormal going on. I think AI will help with that. Over the next five years, you'll see more security intelligence being built into devices. You're going to see more cleverness in detecting security breaches."
In addition to this 24-7 watchfulness, machine-learning systems are gaining the ability to quarantine compromised computers and devices to contain attacks before they can spread damage throughout the network.
A dearth of skilled eyes and ears
Another driver of the effort to quickly ramp up machine learning and other cybersecurity automation tools is a human skills gap that threatens to leave many network-guardian posts unmanned at the same time the threat environment is intensifying. One report forecasts that by 2021, more than 3.5 million cybersecurity jobs globally will go unfilled — a deficit that will have major repercussions for organizations entrusted with securing sensitive data or critical infrastructure.
Mike Ahern, the director of corporate and professional education at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, develops cybersecurity training programs for critical industries like power generation. He says companies in that space are being probed and attacked multiple times a day. "They need people who look for patterns and watch for alarms," he says. "There aren't enough qualified workers, and that gap is widening, so it's natural that some of those patterns and alarms are going to be missed."
Ahern sees big potential for machine learning to detect anomalies in data from programs monitoring perimeter defense, access authorization and data transfer across and out of networks.
The imperative to stay ahead
The bad news: Bad guys will also be using these advanced tools. Cybersecurity firm McAfee's 2018 Threats Predictions Report expects cybercriminals to use machine learning to devise new and better ways to invade networks and identify and defeat defensive machine-learning programs.
The firm predicts that this year, researchers dissecting a cyber attack will find that it was driven by machine-learning algorithms. As ominous as that sounds, McAfee sees reason for optimism. "Our job is to advance [machine] capabilities faster than the attackers, and to protect our models from discovery and disruption," the report's authors conclude. "Working together, human-machine teaming shows great potential to swing the advantage back to the defenders."
Jonathan Griffin, a senior security researcher for HP, says it's important to remember that machine-learning and AI are also available to the attacker. For that reason, technology manufacturers and cyber security professionals must constantly ensure that they're not underestimating how creative bad actors will be in using these tools. For example, AI may enable attackers to cheaply develop sophisticated spear-phishing emails that are very difficult for ordinary users to differentiate from legitimate ones. Such advanced attacks have heretofore only been directed at high-profile targets like politicians and business leaders.
Griffin says HP is vigorously pushing to stay ahead of the most technically advanced attackers. "We're starting to get value out of machine learning and the security intelligence we're building into our hardware," he says. "We're just at the beginning of these very exciting technologies. One thing we know: This part of security research has an awful lot of very interesting questions to answer."
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New tracks include: • Industrial Facilities. • Large Buildings: Mission Critical Facilities and Applications. • Hospital Design and Codes.
ASHRAE recently issued a call for papers for its 2015 Winter Conference, to be held Jan. 24-28 in Chicago.
"With the conference being held in the big city of Chicago, the technical program itself is going big with a focus on big projects, the big picture, and big impacts," Doug Cochrane, conference chair, said.
Systems and Equipment, which covers considerations for a properly functioning HVAC system.
Fundamentals and Applications, which covers a broad array of pertinent information.
Industrial Facilities, which will explore HVAC design and practices for industrial buildings.
Large Buildings: Mission Critical Facilities and Applications, which will look at requirements for data-center applications.
Energy Efficiency, which covers an array of considerations for achieving net-zero energy.
Life Safety, which covers egress, sprinklers, alarms, emergency lighting, smoke barriers, and special hazard protection.
Design of Energy and Water Efficient Systems, which will look at what does and does not work in efforts to attain efficient systems for green sustainable buildings.
Hospital Design and Codes, which will explore health-care design and code requirements intended to ensure patient comfort.
Conference papers, which have an eight-single-spaced-page maximum length, are submitted in PDF format, and undergo a single-blind review. Abstracts are due March 24. Accepted papers will be due July 7.
Full technical papers, which undergo a double-blind review and can be a maximum of 30 double-spaced pages. The deadline for these papers is April 14.
For more information and to submit a conference-paper abstract or a full technical paper, go to www.ashrae.org/chicago.
Held in conjunction with the 2015 ASHRAE Winter Conference will be the ASHRAE co-sponsored International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo), which will be held Jan. 26-28.