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Q: How do you know when you are 90% sure or 99% sure? The problem is a follow up to my previous one, so a lot of contextual data can be found at:
how to find 10th, 50th, 90th percentile of a uniformly distributed data for all cases?
But this is a very different question, so I'm asking in a separate post.
So basically we have a population that's consuming food at certain rate, and the population also decays and rises in a certain rate.
Now we have a factory that produces rice between 3-7 lbs every week. We can open up another factory to double our production capacity.
The question is:
In the next 10 months, do we need a 2nd factory? If so, when do we need 2nd factory to start producing in order to be 90% sure that we will not have a shortage in the next 10 months? What about 99% sure?
My additional questions are:
Again, I'm not sure if this asking for confidence interval? Am I on the right track? But even confidence interval of 90% doesn't mean 90% sure right? How can I be 90% sure?
Below are the data/context from my other/previous post:
Here are some key data to use for calculation:

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*initial population is 100, and average food consumption per person is 5lbs of rice each week

*1~2% of population dies off every month

*20~40 is added to population every month

*average rice consumption per person increases by 0~2.5% weekly

Assumptions:

*

*assume all random variables are independent

*assume all variables are uniformly distributed across the given range.

A: Here is my simulation repeated 3000 times of how much rice consumption we can expect for the whole population for a given week. At week 0 we initialize the population, the simulation starts from week 1 to week 40 (10 months).
set.seed(420)
res=vector("list",3000)
for (i in 1:3000) {
  pop=100
  con=rep(5,100)
  for (j in seq(1,10*4)) {
    pop=round(pop-runif(1,0.01,0.02)/4*pop+runif(1,20,40)/4)
    con=c(con+con*runif(length(con),0,0.025),rep(5,pop-length(con)))
    res[[i]]=list(res[[i]],list(sum(con)))
  }
}
res2=do.call(rbind,lapply(res,unlist))

res3=apply(res2,2,quantile,c(0.9,0.99))
colnames(res3)=seq(1,10*4)

           1        2        3       4        5        6        7        8        9       10       11
90% 551.3355 598.1253 644.6377 688.529 733.2504 780.8840 826.3126 872.5555 920.7182 968.0577 1015.654
99% 556.2059 603.9017 654.8735 702.890 748.3345 797.2045 846.8235 895.3333 943.0971 994.0324 1042.126
          12       13       14       15       16       17       18       19       20       21       22
90% 1063.278 1111.997 1161.249 1210.404 1260.630 1309.732 1361.216 1412.829 1464.738 1517.037 1569.328
99% 1090.642 1139.992 1189.153 1243.520 1293.424 1344.706 1395.561 1448.679 1502.453 1557.094 1610.741
          23       24       25       26       27       28       29       30       31       32       33
90% 1622.136 1676.272 1729.321 1785.044 1840.421 1895.693 1951.390 2009.389 2065.540 2123.635 2183.095
99% 1664.700 1718.072 1774.654 1829.158 1883.617 1939.543 1997.133 2056.717 2115.025 2173.715 2236.004
          34       35       36       37       38       39       40
90% 2242.781 2302.051 2364.158 2424.867 2486.894 2549.348 2611.736
99% 2293.333 2354.147 2416.016 2476.878 2538.198 2603.070 2665.921

These are the 90 and 99 % values for weekly rice consumption for the whole population. What remains unclear is how much rice do you produce now (per week). Based on that you can figure out where your production falls below the 90 or 99 % value for which week.


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§ Lord WALLACE of COSLANY rose to move, That the Counter-Inflation (Price Code) Order 1978, laid before the House on 31st July, be approved. The noble Lord said: My Lords, it is some five years since this House first considered an order to establish a Price Code. In the years since then we have seen the code with each annual revision become more complex and elaborate. The order we are considering today is a very different matter. One need only compare the single sheet of paper before us with the lengthy provisions of any previous code to appreciate that it has little but its title in common with them. The present measure has a very limited and entirely technical significance. It will not, I trust, be contentious. The significance of the measure may not, however, be immediately apparent, and I will therefore endeavour to explain as briefly as possible the necessity for this order and the form it takes.
§ The Counter-Inflation Act 1973 established a Price Commission. The Act further provided that the Government should prepare a Price Code for the guidance of the Commission in performing their functions under the Act. The most important function of the Commission was indeed to ensure that the provisions of the code were implemented, and to this end the Commission was given wide-ranging powers of enforcement. The main principle of the Price Code as originally established was to limit allowable price increases by reference to allowable costs. This cost-based control was reinforced by overriding profit controls. 841 Between 1973 and 1977 a Price Code of this type was the basis of the Price Commission's work. The code laid down precise rules for permissible price increases. The Commission's task was to implement the code fairly and effectively but with little scope for flexibility. The code itself became increasingly detailed and complex, as it was found necessary to modify the original simple rules to take account of special cases and changing circumstances.
§ By 1977 it had become clear that the code was no longer an adequate and effective basis for prices policy. The Government therefore introduced a radically different approach. With the 1977 Price Commission Act, the functions of the Price Commission were radically revised. In place of the detailed Price Code, the Commission was to be guided by a set of comprehensive general criteria laid down in the Act itself. The Commission was to apply these criteria in the investigation of prices and profit margins of individual firms selected by the Commission itself and in the examination of questions referred to it by the Secretary of State. On the basis of its findings, the Commission was to make recommendations to the Secretary of State.
§ The Commission, newly constituted, embarked on these challenging tasks in August 1977. The transition from the earlier system of price control was, however, not effected overnight. It was decided that while the Commission gathered experience in the operation of its new and more flexible powers, a Price Code should continue in force for at least a year. The Price Code which was thus retained on a temporary basis was more limited in scope than earlier codes, in that it no longer made provision for control of prices by relation to costs, but was confined to a control on profit margins; it was, nevertheless, the duty of the Commission to enforce it rigorously, as before.
§ It was never intended that the enforcement of a Price Code should continue indefinitely in parallel with the Commission's new powers of investigation. The Price Commission Act therefore provided that the Commission's powers of enforcement should expire at the end of July this year. The Price Code itself, however, was not to expire automatically. The first purpose of the present order is therefore to revoke the 1977 order, which 842 has now become quite irrelevant. I do not think it will be seriously suggested that it would be desirable to retain nominally in force a detailed system of profit margin controls now that the Commission no longer has either the power or responsibility to enforce them. Were the 1977 code to remain in force, there would, moreover, be a considerable danger of confusion and misunderstanding. The code is addressed not only to the Commission but to all those who are concerned in decisions on prices and charges; principally, of course, to industry, commerce and the distributive trades. It is not the Government's intention that industry should continue to observe the detailed system of margin controls on a voluntary basis. To avoid all possibility of confusion on that score, it is necessary to revoke the 1977 code.
§ Having revoked the existing code, however—and it is this which may give rise to some puzzlement over the present order—the Government are still under an obligation to continue with a Price Code in some form. Although the main function of the Price Commission under the Counter-Inflation Act has now been terminated, there remain some subsidiary matters to which the Price Code is relevant. The Government are under a continuing statutory obligation, under Section 2 of the Counter-Inflation Act, to produce a code for the guidance of the Commission in performing its remaining functions under the Act, however limited these may be. The remaining functions are in fact reduced to two: the publication of information and advice, and the continuous review of questions relating to prices and charges referred to the Commission by the Secretary of State.
§ These functions are of relatively minor practical importance, as compared with the Commission's functions under the Price Commission Act, but in principle they are of a very general, wide-ranging nature. In performing these functions it is therefore appropriate for the Commission to be guided by general principles relevant to the control of inflation, rather than any more detailed provisions. Such a statement of principles in fact already exists in Section 2 of the Price Commission Act, which guides the Commission in performing its more important functions. It is unnecessary to go beyond 843 these guidelines, which have already proved appropriate in the wide range of circumstances to which the Commission has applied them. The new Price Code therefore provides quite simply that the Commission should have regard to these general principles in performing its remaining functions under the Counter-Inflation Act. The Commission will therefore be subject to a single set of guidelines covering all its major activities. This approach has the advantage of simplicity and consistency.
§ I think it will be apparent from this explanation that the order we are considering today in no way represents a departure from the existing policy which has been approved by Parliament. It may be regarded as the last step in the process initiated by last year's legislation. It completes the transition to the system embodied in that legislation in the simplest possible way. I will readily concede that it might have been preferable to have provided for this transition in advance through the primary legislation. The legislation on prices is undeniably already very complex, and it is perhaps unfortunate that we should be required to continue with a measure to be known as a Price Code although in practice it has little or nothing in common with previous measures under that name. Certainly at some stage consideration will be given to a simplification of the relevant primary legislation. In the meantime, however, I hope it will be agreed that the present order is the simplest and most satisfactory means of discharging the statutory obligation to provide the Commission with guidance in the form of a Price Code. My Lords, I beg to move.
My Lords, I am sure that the whole House is very grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Coslany, for his customary detailed explanation of orders of this kind, particularly this one. As he pointed out, the order is brief enough, but I wish to suggest that it is not quite as innocuous as its length would indicate. At the outset of his comments, 844 the noble Lord mentioned that legislation on prices was complex, although the Government are attempting to simplify much of it, and I believe that all of us in the House will applaud that. It is interesting to note the remarks of my noble colleague Lord Gowrie, who exactly a year ago was in the same position as I am in now. When my noble colleague replied to the moving of the 1977 Price Code Order—by, I think, the noble Lord, Lord Oram—he said that he thought that there was an element of retrospection, in that it took two and a half months to approve the order. It would be unjust of me to belabour the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, in this regard. It is certainly not his fault, nor indeed the fault of his Department or the Government. I am sure that there must be an adequate reason for the arrival in your Lordships' House of an order which took effect on 1st August 1978; and I expect that the noble Lord will be able to indicate a valid reason. He will find me very easy to satisfy on that point, but I should be interested to know.
My noble friend Lord Mottistone will have something to say after I have spoken, and therefore I shall not try to pre-empt anything which we may want to raise. However, I think it right to mention one or two points which cause me some concern in regard to both the Price Commission itself and the powers, be they investigatory or otherwise. I wonder whether the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, would accept that many sectors of business are a little anxious, not so much at the existence of the Commission, but more at the varying and, it seems, wide interpretation of its powers. Admittedly this particular order—especially the Explanatory Note—makes it very clear that the Commission has fewer and fewer functions under the Counter-Inflation Act 1973, and that the Commission does not have power to enforce any controls on prices or profit margins. However, there is still the worry that the Commission will investigate as a result of having fairly wide powers to do so as, according to a wide interpretation, such powers are in the public interest.
Here I should like to give one example. It concerns a company which might be familiar to the noble Lord, Lord Wallace; it is the Royal Doulton China and Table ware Company. I believe that recently 845 this company wished to raise the prices of its goods by a little over 9 per cent. I would not believe that a manufacturer of fine china would cause the Retail Price Index to jump several points by seeking to maintain its profit margins. Yet this proposed increase was the subject of an inquiry by the Commission. The report was duly published, and the whole increase was granted; in other words, everything which was in contention was agreed. Originally 7.5 per cent. was allowed under the existing threshold safeguards of the Commission, but there was an entire inquiry over an extra 2 per cent. It appears that now an inquiry into the whole china and tableware sector is likely to be carried out.
I hope that the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, will permit me to allude to our debate yesterday during which we had a little peep into QUANGO-land. I am sure that the Price Commission is investigating these price rises to see whether or not they are justified, but certainly in this case—and probably in one or two others —I am tempted to compare the Commission to a large and possibly lordly, predator in that misty land of QUANGOs, and similar bodies, between Parliament and the public. The Commission certainly is akin to something that is toothed and clawed, and which probably has a sharp tail in the QUANGO world.
So far as we have heard this afternoon, some of these powers, the teeth of this beast, are decayed or are otherwise out of use, but it seems that as one set of weapons comes out of use the claws and the tail appear to be as strong as ever. It does not seem that they are defined, and the investigating powers are very strong. Can the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, indicate that the apparent self-justification for the Commission in all its aspects—we would accept it in many cases, and probably in the majority—might be subject to control? I take the view, as my noble friend Lady Young did yesterday, that QUANGOs and the Price Commission are not matters for Party points, and as the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, pointed out, the whole of the Price Commission was set up under a 1973 Conservative Act. I am sure that the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, will accept that there are reasons for my raising this matter. Interpretation of the powers of the Commission can—I do not say that it 846 does—in a minority of cases give grounds for disquiet. I am sure that the noble Lord, Lord Wallace, will accept this point. We for our part accept that the order is necessary.
My Lords, we on these Benches also accept that this order is necessary, and we welcome the simplification that it embodies. The amount of detail and the reference to historical standards that was embodied in previous regulations is something which we are very glad to see removed. However, my Lords, this order is, after all, headed "Counter-Inflation", and control over prices, of which this is an instrument, is or ought to be, in our view, only one part of a counter-inflation programme. We very much regret the tendency on the part of the Government to put all the burden of controlling inflation on the control of prices, while apparently abandoning, in practice and in legal enforcement, any attempt to exercise control over pay.
To call this a counter-inflation measure and to leave all the emphasis in the area of prices is, we think, a very inadequate approach to this whole issue; and we very much hope that when it comes to the enforcement of price controls, with counter-inflation in mind, the Government are not going to take either the line which was advocated by the TUC —that all the controls should be exercised through holding down prices, which is in our view a totally impractical way of approaching the matter—or the line that employers are to be very seriously penalised in their ability to raise prices if they have, under great pressure, given way to pay increases. We fully recognise—and we take a strong line on this, in some ways even stronger than that taken by any other Party—the importance of seeing that pay levels are not exceeded; but where the Government are apparently unable to take any stand to enforce pay control on those who are claiming pay increases, it is in our view quite improper that employers who have been unable to resist such claims should then be penalised through the price system.
In particular, I very much hope, and my Party very much hopes, that we shall 847 not continue the system whereby, without any legal backing for control over pay, companies are going to be penalised, although there is no legal basis for so doing, where they have in fact exceeded the pay level laid down, but not enforced in law, by the Government. The inconsistency which lies behind this document, when it is called "Counter-Inflation" and is concerned only with prices, is something which we very much deplore.
My Lords, the two speeches which we have heard point from a direction which I deplore. They were really calculated merely to criticise price control, when we now know that it would obviously have been nicer and much better if we could have devised a context in which wages and other incomes, as well as prices, came under a certain amount of supervision, which the market no longer affords. But it was not to be. However, I should like to use this opportunity to re-affirm once more my firm belief that we shall have to have both permanent price control and permanent incomes direction. In what way that should be arranged—whether we can do it voluntarily, or not —is a very different question.
Since our debate on the economic situation only a few days ago two very important events have taken place, and I should like to reflect on them because I think they influence our situation very much. There was the seminal speech of the Prime Minister, which buried for once and all the myth that this country receives fair treatment in its membership of the EEC and which took a robust attitude towards the additional shackles implied in the Franco-German proposals for a European Monetary System. The other event was the refusal by the TUC, on a minority vote, to accept the accord with the Government negotiated by its Economic Committee. While one can have different and, indeed, contrary views about the practical significance of this, it must be admitted that it discloses an ominous, indeed menacing, psychology.
In my view, one of the most distressing aspects of our present situation is without doubt the growing exacerbation of the relationship between occupation and 848 occupation, between occupations and the community and between the individual and the vested interests. What we are witnessing today is a deterioration of that relaxed feeling which had made this country the pleasantest among large industrial territories in which to live and, even more perhaps, to work. In a recent debate, I spelt out the meaning of what is written as free collective bargaining and in practice acted on as licentious sectional blackmail. Considering the news of a 15 per cent. rate of increase in earnings while prices in the comparable period, assisted by legislation, have risen only about 7.8 per cent., one wonders how a 6 to 7 per cent. increase in real wages was possible when national output rose only 3 per cent.
It was possible, my Lords, because we have used (and if the Treasury forecasts of the balance of payments for 1979 are correct, we shall continue to use) the massive accretion of some £4 billion, rising to about £6 billion or more next year, from our oil and gas to boost unearned consumption. We have been here before. In the period 1951 to 1955 we had a favourable turn in our terms of trade. The country gained about £1.3 billion per annum by this turn. Did we reconstruct our industries? No. What did we do with this enormous accretion of funds? We increased consumption, mainly of foreign goods; and we continue to do so. Our current investment, despite the woeful shortage of capital equipment, is expected to decline. The brave words about the use of oil to repay debt and reorganise industry have been honoured by total disregard, though the Government did their best. Free collective drop—that is what we are engaged in.
I do not single out the trade unions for blame. They are doing what all vested interests (including those who have sworn the Hippocratic Oath) are doing: they are extracting the maximum from an unhappy, bewildered community. The CBI is against taxes and price control; wage, salary and professional earners are for increases in their earnings. I cannot repeat too often that the one inescapable conclusion from our sad experience is that a social contract is essential if we are to combine stability and full employment, and that full employment is essential if 849 we are to increase investment and productivity, not merely because our work-force must be backed by adequate equipment but because innovation and productivity, which create unemployment, will be resisted by the work-force if alternative work is not available.
We have been here before. This is the sixth or seventh time that we contemplate the ruin of incomes policy when everyone with a little common sense must by now know that by leapfrogging we shall land in the abyss of "stagflation". I venture to say that a restrictive monetary policy and increased taxation is hardly a help. We have tried that tack before, and we came to grief. After each bout of deflation, inflation reappeared; and each time we were weaker than before and more exposed and more vulnerable to foreign competition.
I admire the Prime Minister's and the Chancellor's stand on pay limits, and I wish them well; but I would respectfully submit that a much more intensive educational effort is necessary to secure a national consensus on these matters and, more especially, on the need for a permanent incomes policy buttressed by an independent assessment of national prospects. It is here that the leaders have not had the impact that the importance of the task so urgently demands. We can only hope that common sense and enlightenment, which seem to have been so singularly failing in strength, will in the British tradition once more triumph.
My Lords, perhaps I might bring us back to the order under debate rather than the orders that the noble Lord, Lord Balogh, and the noble Baroness, Lady Seear, think we ought to be debating instead. I would agree with my noble friend Lord Lyell and with the noble Lord, Lord Wallace of Coslany, that this is a simpler and, in that respect, perhaps, a better code than we have been used to; but if I could suggest to the Government—and that they relay it to the Price Commission—my great concern about this order is that it really leaves the whole thing in the hands of the Price Commission. Section 2(1)(b) says; … having regard to matters mentioned in the following section as far as the Commission consider them relevant … 850 and Section 2(1) (a) says: … have regard to all matters which appear to the Commission … Giving a semi-public body—and I am not going back to QUANGOs—this sort of sense of being its own judge and jury, so to speak, may serve to increase its sense of self-importance; and all the reports that I have had of the operations of the Price Commission so far are that it is rather excessively self-important already. I think that one of the things which needs to be brought to its attention is Section 2(2)(b) which reads: The desirability of encouraging reductions in costs by improvements in the use of resources …". A large company investigated will have increased costs in terms of senior staff time, and people that they have to hire for the occasion, in the order of five figures —just to cope with an investigation which, in the end, more often than not (and particularly in the competitive part of industry) reveals that the price that they applied for is a perfectly reasonable one. The Price Commission could well more rigorously apply to itself the kind of criteria set out in Section 2 rather than perhaps they are applying at present.
Another feature which perhaps could be brought to their attention is that there is a sort of mixed (I do not know quite how to put it without referring to medical terms) approach. The Price Commission say that they rigorously try to listen to the firms they are investigating and that they are consulting with them at every turn before taking any action of any importance. This is not always the case. There are many cases where there has been somewhat unilateral action by the Price Commission in the way in which it has conducted its inquiries which does not serve to make a good relationship with the company and, therefore, does not serve to ensure that the truth it is seeking comes through as fully as it should. I think the main point is that this order will give more power, in a sense, to the Price Commission, and the Price Commission must use that power much more responsibly than hitherto they have used the power that they have already.
My Lords, I would thank noble Lords and the noble Baroness for the contributions 851 they have made to the debate. Quite a number of important points have been made. I think that I will disregard the QUANGO exposition of the noble Lord, Lord Lyell, because I think the Opposition has a little QUANGO complex at the moment. This Commission, while it is not perfect (and there are faults in all organisations) is doing a good public service. If there is anything receiving public support and opinion, it is the need to control inflation not only by controlling prices but in some sensible reaction to the level of pay increases. If there is anything that the public support today it is that particular issue and those particular points; and there is no argument about it.
The noble Lord, Lord Lyell, made a number of points. He referred to the retrospective approach of the order. This order was linked with the notification order which came into effect on 1st August. Industry and the trade unions had to be given time for consultation, as there has been consultation over this. Both orders were laid at the earliest possible date but the Summer Recess prevented an earlier debate. I think that we are all in favour of Recesses. I am looking forward to the next one which, I believe, is at Christmas.
The Royal Doulton case, of course, is not strictly relevant to this particular order but the noble Lord is right to raise specific cases. It was an investigation under the 1977 Act. The Commission had recommended a sectoral examination of the retailing margins in chinaware, not duplicating Royal Doulton. The Secretary of State is considering this, but many other candidates for examination have also been suggested.
Coming on to the speech of the noble Baroness, Lady Seear, it is true that while the Government policy is a 5 per cent. pay norm, it is also true that so far there has been no general acceptance or agreement except in the general body of public opinions; although there are some cases already of settlements within that norm. But as far as prices are concerned, I think that the noble Baroness and the House will accept that pay increases must have some relation to price increases and the Price Commission's ability to scrutinise the effects of pay settlements will not be affected in any way by the present measure.
852 On the broaderissue of the Commission's role in general, the Commission's chairman has already made it clear that under its existing powers the Commission is entitled to consider the effects of pay increases on prices—and that is acceptable —and, in particular, the scope for the absorption of cost increases through a more efficient use of resources. That, again, is reasonable. Therefore, one must relate pay increases; and if they are exceptional pay increase this must give cause for concern in regard to the effect on prices. As the public interest is involved in price increases the Commission is quite right to take it into account and will have to see what happens when these cases are under investigation.
With reference to the speech of my noble friend Lord Balogh, we accept that he is giving a general outline which I generally agree with. My noble friend did not deal with this order but, on the other hand, he made a valuable contribution which is always worth receiving from him. We shall be considering that in due course and I commend the House to read Hansard when it comes out—subject to the usual clause that we might have an industrial dispute. We cross our fingers.
With reference to the speech of the noble Lord, Lord Mottistone, I am grateful to him. We had a hurried conversation in which he indicated to me, generally speaking, his approach. He is con cerned—and I can see the point—about the cost to companies of investigations. One knows what happens when the audit takes place and there is an intensive audit. The whole industry and departments get gloriously mixed up and their routine is affected.
My Lords, we recognise that the Commission's work involves some administrative cost to industry. This is inevitable with any system of investigation. I have referred to audits. We believe the benefits far outweigh the costs. Industry itself is a major beneficiary of the decline in the rate of inflation to which the Price Commission's work has contributed—and are not we all! Nevertheless, both the Government and the Commission recognise the need to reduce the administrative cost to companies as far as possible. The very fact that the investigation system is selective as compared with earlier methods of price control greatly reduces the burden 853 of the Price Commission's activities for the majority of firms. Moreover, as recently as August this year, the Government further reduced the information requirements on industry by amending the Notification and Information Order. So far as individual investigations are concerned, the Commission is well aware of the need to minimise the inconvenience caused to companies. It is true that in the early days of the new system there was some criticism justified on this score, but the Commission have always been ready to learn from experience.
While no doubt there is always room for further improvement, the Government have reason to believe that at present there is no other cause for concern. If there are individual cases which give noble Lords concern, we will contact the Commission and bring forward cases, or individual noble Lords can make their own representations. If its only right that we should do so because although the Price Commission generally aims to do its job efficiently, as with all other organisations—including this noble House—sometimes we make mistakes. If there are any other points which I have not covered I will contact the noble Lord and the noble Baroness and give them any information they require.


To be honest, I was excited to listen to my classmates social topic presentations. The presentations were the highlight of my week because I was interested to see what my peers were passionate about since I don't know a lot about my classmates. It was really nice seeing students let their guard down and speak up on things that are personal to them. Students social topics varied from Environmental Racism to Exploitation of Student Athletes to Teen Depression.
 As everyone was presenting, the audience received feedback forms. In those forms, we had to write down a basic or social need that we thought was being compromised with the student's social topic, positive words that could be used to bring awareness, and a zine cover idea. Although listening to the presentations were interesting, filling out the feedback forms were a little tricky in my opinion. The only tricky part about the feedback forms was drawing a zine cover that related to their social topic. I was struggling with coming up with an idea for a zine cover, and when I would have an idea in mind, I wouldn't know how to draw my idea because my drawing skills are very bad. The best part about listening to students present was seeing how they were all passionate about the topic they chose. Some students put in great effort into their presentations and that reflected on how passionate they were about the topic. My classmates presentations were all very informative and each person taught me something that I had not known before.


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My work focuses on the vulnerability and interconnectedness of the Earth's diverse life forms and ecosystems. It explores natural conditions of development such as birth, maturation, procreation and death and unnatural conditions caused by human impact such as global warming, pollution and loss of habitat.
Growing up on a tiny island in Canada, I witnessed the transformation of our lake's crystalline waters changing with obvious signs of pollution. Later on while living in the South Pacific, I saw clear evidence of invasive species and witnessed the awesome beauty of life in the coral reefs that are now affected by coral bleaching. Profoundly saddened, I developed a passionate regard for the planet and its life forms. As a result, I wanted to find an art material that could conceptually evoke fragility and breakage. I wanted something that looked like glass but offered many creative possibilities.
In the late 90's I began working with recycled plexiglas and polycarbonate and found that these substances perform with amazing versatility. For example, I am able to cut this material into hundreds of units that are shaped with heat and are chemically bonded together to create large two and three dimensional works for the wall, floor and ceiling. Many of the suspended forms rotate with the slightest air currents due their light weight. The acrylic can receive a variety of media that is applied to the front and back of the forms. The painted surfaces are translucent and provide possibilities for greater depth and luminosity.
While Plexiglas offers diverse applications for my practice, it also offers compelling conceptual strengths that underscore my core concerns regarding the fragile balance of life on our planet. The glass-like appearance implies the possibility of breakage and shattering. It is a powerful metaphor for the tenuous existence of all life.
Born: Toronto, Canada
Education: B.F.A. in Painting, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio
2018 The Grace Museum, "Inherit the Earth", Abilene, TX
2017 Camiba Art Gallery, "Speechless", Austin, TX
2017 Kingwood Gallery, Lone Star College, "In Silence", Kingwood, TX
2017 Beeville Art Museum, "In Silence", Beeville, TX
2016 Manifest Gallery, "Vital", Cincinnati, OH
2016 Pearl Fincher Museum of Fine Arts, "Vital", Spring, TX
2016 The Gallery at Penn College, Penn State, "Full Circle", Williamsport, PA
2016 Galveston Arts Center, "Vital Signs", Galveston, TX
2016 Maria V. Howard Fine Arts Center Imperial Centre for Arts and Science, "Against All Odds", Rocky Mount, NC
2015 College of the Mainland, "In Motion", Texas City, TX
2015 Bosque Gallery at Lone Star College CyFair, "Life Lines," Cypress Fairbanks, TX
2014 Lawndale Art Center, "Pulse," Houston, TX
2011 Buchanan Gallery, "Open Endings," Galveston, TX
2009 Buchanan Gallery, "A Clear Choice," Galveston, TX
2009 University of Houston - Clear Lake, Houston, TX
2006 Buchanan Gallery, Galveston, TX
2004 Galveston Art Center, Galveston, TX
2001 Art Center at Clear Lake, Clear Lake, TX
1999 Yukiko Lunday Gallery, Houston, TX
1995 Dakota Gallery, Houston, TX
1995 North Harris College Gallery, Houston, TX
1995 C. G. Jung Educational Center, Houston, TX
1993 Visual & Performing Arts Gallery, UT Health Science Center, Houston, TX
1992 Martin Museum of Art, Baylor University, Waco, TX
1991 South Texas College of Law, Houston, TX
1988 Goethe Institute Gallery, Houston, TX
1986 University of Houston-Clear Lake, TX
1985 University of Houston, O'Kane Gallery, Houston, TX
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS
2017 Spartanburg Museum of Art, "Is Art Work?", Spartanburg, SC
2016 CamibaArt, "Night & Day", Two-Person Exhibition, Oz Interiors, Houston, TX
2016 Valdosta State University, "Material Transformations", Three-Person Exhibition, Valdosta, GA
2015 Camiba Art, "Truly Imagined", December 2015 - January 2016, Austin, TX
2015 Camiba Art, Gallery Artist Exhibition, December, Austin, TX
2015 Devin Borden Gallery, "Inherent Palette", September - October, Houston, TX
2015 Camiba Art, "Cycles of Life", Two Person Exhibition, Austin, TX
2015 Lincoln Center Art Gallery, "The Nature of Things," Fort Collins, CO
2014 Assistance League of Houston, "Celebrates Texas Art," Houston, TX
2013 Devin Borden Gallery, "Winter Garden," Houston, TX
2010 Pearl Fincher Museum of Art, "Here and Now," Runge/Howard Collection, The Woodlands, TX
2009 Buchanan Gallery, Holiday Exhibition, Galveston, TX
2009 Buchanan Gallery, 20th Anniversary Exhibition, Houston, TX
2008 Buchanan Gallery, Summer Group exhibit, Galveston, TX
2003 Matthew Travis Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition, Houston, TX
2002 Lawndale Art Center, "Big Show," Houston, TX
2000 2000 Critic's Choice, Dallas Visual Arts Center, Dallas, TX
1999 Yukiko Lunday Gallery, "Surfaces," Group exhibition, Houston, TX
1998 Museum of Southeast Texas, "Oil Patch Dreams," El Paso Museum, Midland Art Center, Austin Museum, Wichita Falls Art Center
1997 McNair Gallery, Three Peron Exhibit, Telluride, CO
1997 Yukiko Lunday Gallery, Group exhibition, Houston, TX
1997 New Gallery, "Women on Women," Houston, TX
1996 Cullen Center, "Texas Art '96," Houston, TX
1995 New Gallery, "Body Works," Houston, TX
1995 Dakota Gallery, "Two Person Exhibition," Houston, TX
1994 "Small Works From Houston to Russia," Moscow and St. Petersburg
1994 Houston Area Open Competition, Art League of Houston, TX
1993 Brazos Valley Arts Gallery, College Station, TX
1992 Blaffer Gallery, "Houston Area Exhibition," University of Houston, TX
1992 Abilene Art Center, 2nd Award, Abilene, TX
1991 G.V.G. Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition, Houston, TX
1989 Edith Baker Gallery, Group exhibition, Dallas, TX
1988 Transco Tower, "Internal Order," Houston, TX
1988 Judy Youens Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition, Houston, TX
1988 Edith Baker Gallery, Three-Person Exhibition, Dallas, TX
1987 Alternate Gallery, Two Person Exhibition, Dallas, TX
1987 Dallas City Hall, "Women Artists of Three States," Merit Award, TX
1987 Art League of Houston, "Competition '87," Merit Award, Houston, TX
1987 A&M University Gallery, "Visual Articulations," College Station, TX
1986 Art Museum of Miami University, "Alumni Juried Exhibition," Oxford, OH
1986 Two Houston Center, "Artist Directors," Houston, TX
1986 University of Texas, Tyler, "Works on Paper," Tyler, TX
1986 Abilene Art Center, Juried Exhibition, 2nd Award, Abilene, TX
1985 Two Houston Center, Competition '85, Assistance League, Houston, TX
1985 Square One Gallery, Group Exhibition, Houston, TX
1985 Southern California Gallery for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
1984 Design Center, "State Citation Exhibition," Austin, TX
1984 Design Center, "Austin Citation Exhibition," Merit Award, Austin, TX
1984 Drawing Room Gallery, "Drawing Conclusions," Houston, TX
1983 O'Kane Gallery, Two-Person Exhibition, University of Houston, TX
1983 Midtown Art Center, "Tribute to Houston Artists," Houston, TX
1983 Lawndale Art Center, "East End Show," Houston TX
1983 University of St. Thomas, Group Exhibition, Houston, TX
1982 Art League of Houston, "Houston Area Competition," 2nd Award,TX
1980 Texas Commerce Tower, "Dimension Houston," Art League of Texas, TX
2016 2016 Venison Magazine, Winter issue, "Margaret Smithers-Crump" featured
2016 Vanessa Holt, "Houston Artist Uses Recycled Materials," Community Impact Newspaper, Houston, TX
2016 Dean Poling, "Material Transformations," Valdosta Daily Times, GA
2016 Carolina Arts, March 2016 issue, "Imperial Centre in Rocky Mount N.C features work by Margaret Smithers-Crump, p.27
2015 Molly Glentzer, "Fresh Takes" featuring "Pulse at Lawndale Art Center, Houston Chronicle
2014 Studio Visit Vol. 27: A Juried Selection of International Visual Artists, The Open Studio Press, pp. 192-193useum


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Q: Why vexing parse in an if condition? Consider the code:
#include <iostream>

struct Foo
{
    Foo(int){}
    operator bool() const
    {
        return true;
    }
};

int main()
{
    if(Foo foo{42})
    {
        std::cout << "ok\n";
    }
}

It compiles fine under gcc5. However, if I replace the line if(Foo foo{42}) with
if(Foo foo(42))

I get a compile-time error:

error: expected primary-expression before 'foo'

What's going on here? There is no vexing parse imo, so why using braces work?

A: The syntax for a condition does not include classic constructor invocation.

C++11 §6.4/1:

condition:
      expression
      attribute-specifier-seqopt decl-specifier-seq declarator = initializer-clause
      attribute-specifier-seqopt decl-specifier-seq declarator braced-init-list

This is used in if, switch, while and do. I was surprised to now discover that it's used in switch. I never thought of that as a condition.

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5 Things You Must...
5 Things You Must Do At Mardi Gras
New Orleans, Louisiana · About Local Events
New Orleans is home to one of the world's greatest parties.
Like other Carnival celebrations, Mardi Gras grew from the Christian practice of feasting and celebrating on 'Mardi Gras' – which means 'Fat' Tuesday - on Shrove Tuesday, just before the solemn fasting of the 40-day pre-Easter season of Lent.
The actual dates differ every year. Shrove Tuesday can happen during February or early March, and Carnival season begins immediately after the 12th day of Christmas, continuing up to the Eve of Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins.
Other places in the world celebrate pre-Lent, too; you've probably heard of famous Carnivals in Venice, the Caribbean, in Rio and elsewhere. But New Orleans' Mardi Gras has its own unique character. The city's French-Creole heritage and culture and cuisine, steamy Southern climate - and oh, that famous local jazz! - make Mardi Gras one-of-a-kind.
Thousands of people from North America and around the world flock to Mardi Gras. Here's how to celebrate in true N'awlins style:
Feast on Fat Tuesday Food
Fat Tuesday is the one day of the year when eating fried foods is a virtue. No dieting on Mardi Gras! Sink your teeth into some of the best Creole dishes New Orleans offers. To get that local flavor, order anything on the menu with crawfish – a classic crawfish boil, crawfish bisque, or the iconic crawfish etouffee, which means 'smothered', with the local crustacean coated in a rich creamy Louisiana-seasoned sauce served over rice.
Iconic Creole stews gumbo or jumbalaya are a must while you are in Louisiana. For feasting on the run, a local muffuletta sandwich is the best best on the menu: where the special ingredient, olive salad, binds cured meats and cheeses in sesame dinner rolls.
Indulge your sweet tooth with the local version of beignet – or as you might call it: a traditional-recipe donut.
A Mardi Gras special sweet treat is King Cakes, often a brioche/raisin bread type ring topped in official Mardi Gras colors of green, gold and purple, and with a hidden bean or even baby Jesus statue inside. Whoever gets the bean, becomes the next Mardi Gras 'king', or party host.
Have a Ball
Krewes are social clubs of New Orleans' residents that date back to the 19th century, established to organize the famous Carnival parades and masked balls. Most major krewes follow the same parades schedule and route annually. These days parades are too oversized to take place inside the famous French Quarter. But they still rouse up enthusiastic spectators and toss trinkets into the crowds, including 'doubloons' – replica coins often stamped with a krewe logo – and of course beads, the symbol of New Orleans Mardi Gras decadence.
Play Dress Up
There is no Mardi Gras without the costumes. This is not a time for subtlety. Sparkles and matching headgear and masks are the order of the day, especially in Mardi Gras' traditional colors of purple, gold and green. New Orleans Mardi Gras may lack the baroque elegance of Venice or the throbbing sensuality of bikinis and samba in Rio, but dress up you must. Mardi Gras costumes span everything from black tie at private balls, to mutant octopus costumes and Elvis impersonators, jokers and mythological figures in a surreal whirlwind of excitement.
And Dress Down
It's easy to blame the current younger generation and TV shows featuring bad behavior for the decadence of topless party-goers at Mardi Gras. But semi-nudity and even cross-dressing have a long history with the Carnival in New Orleans, at least back to the 19th century. Women flashing from balconies in the French Quarter have long been documented crowd stoppers. The beads-for-baring-them motif is all part of the unrestrained party ambiance of Mardi Gras.
Any time of the year, New Orleans is one of the greatest music capitals of the world, the birthplace and home of jazz. Mardi Gras takes music to another level in the city, and even more than usual to the streets, where jazz music and brass instruments are joined by the latest beats and rhythms. You won't be able to resist dancing in the streets, at parties, in hotel lobbies, at of course at any ball you are lucky enough to be invited to attend.
5 Adventures in Antwerp
Ultra-Luxury Hospitality Returns to the US Virgin Islands with the Re-opening of the Ritz-Carlton St. Thomas


Thirteen years old, this Asian cuisine restaurant stands head over heels above the rest. Located in Essex County, New Jersey, in the coziest of all settings, sits a well-honored, authentic Southeast Asian restaurant. Written up in local and regional newspapers and in dining magazines year after year, this restaurant boasts thousands of followers on Facebook. Reputation and easy access to major roads in Essex County bring diners from counties away. Available as a turnkey operation, a seasoned chef makes it all possible; however, the owner will stay on as desired.
For more information on this listing- copy and paste this link into your browser /lid-32011 for instant access to this business information.


Washington County was established in 1777 by the North Carolina legislature. Jonesborough, the county seat, is one of Tennessee's oldest and most historic settlements. The county is home to East Tennessee State University and the Veterans Administration at Mountain Home's complex that was one of the first National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. For more information regarding Washington County, please go to the Tennessee Encyclopedia of History & Culture website.


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A Blogger's Game of TAG!
The Pink Pagoda has tagged me in a blogger's game.... I have been asked to answer 11 questions and then tag an additional 11 blogs I love.... Check out more below....
1. Where in the world would you most like to live?
In a lovely coastal town, preferably with my family near by.
2. Who is your favorite artist?
This is easy.... My husband, Jim Ferguson
3. What is your favorite architecture style?
I have a soft spot for classic colonials and historic homes from having grown up in Connecticut
4. Where did you travel on the trip you've most enjoyed?
5. What was your most and least favorite academic subject in school?
Most Favorite: Art History Classes
Least Favorite: Science/Math
6. What accomplishment outside of family, would make you most proud?
To lead an enriched & successful life in my chosen profession
7. Is there a design trend you love? One you don't?
Love: Craft Mixed With Contemporary
Don't Love: 80s Inspiration
8. Whom would you most like to meet?
Dorothy Rodgers
9. What is your dream job?
I think what I'm doing now (buying & selling vintage home furnishings) comes pretty close!
10. What's your favorite book?
Hardcover on period design with lots of great pictures!
11. Who is your favorite interior designer? Why?
Too Hard to Pick Just One.... I Admire Barrie Benson, Nancy Braithwaite, Terence Conran, Mary Emmerling, Albert Hadley, and David Netto -- All have a very clear design point of view and command a seemingly effortless style
Barrie Benson
OK.... I am tagging the following blogs to keep the game going!!
Brilliant Chic
Dayka Robinson Designs
Jenny Castle Design
Kelly Market
Martine Louise Design
Noble House Designs
Piewacket
The Loft on Broome
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Hambledon is located on the South Downs in Hampshire and is England's oldest commercial vineyard, originally established by Major General Sir Guy Salisbury-Jones in 1952.
Following a multi-million pound regeneration of the estate by Ian Kellett and his family, who bought the property in 1999. Intrigued by the properties winemaking heritage Ian undertook extensive research which convinced him that sparkling wines were the future and in 2005 Ian planted a 10-acre 'test bed' of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Meunier to see which of the 27 different combinations of vine clones and rootstocks gave the best results.
Today the Hambledon estate comprises 50 acres of vineyards and a new gravity-fed, state-of-the-art winery - the only one of its kind in the UK.


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The International Vedanta Society (or IVS) is a spiritual organization in India focused on Advaita Vedanta. It is based in Birati, West Bengal, India, and was founded in 1989 by Sri Bhagavan.

See also
 Ramakrishna Mission
 Vedanta Society

References

External links
 International Vedanta Society Official website

Advaita Vedanta
Hindu organizations
Religious organisations based in India
Organisations based in West Bengal
North 24 Parganas district
Religious organizations established in 1989
1989 establishments in West Bengal

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'Akin to war': US troops are in Iqaluit, Nunavut, and Petawawa
"They've invaded; I mean certainly if it's not war, it's akin to war." – Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, CBC's Power and Politics broadcast, March 3, 2014
Who's on first? "Capt Rob Cuthie, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, points out the brigade's battle plan with WO Dan Covert, 2 Combat Engineer Regiment, and Capt Reed Preece. Pennsylvania Army National Guard, during Exercise UNIFIED RESOLVE 2014." | MCpl Faye Worthy © 2013 DND-MDN Canada
THE following releases issued by the Government of Canada's Department of National Defence illustrate how foreign troops are carrying out military exercises on Canadian territory on virtually a non-stop basis throughout the year. All the exercises are carried out under the Pentagon's Northern Command (NORTHCOM), which simultaneously includes the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security.
The annexed Harper government is a war government and the annexed territory of Canada forms the largest U.S. military base in the world. No more fitting expression than that used by the invaded foreign minister could be found, namely, that the country has been invaded. The Harper concept of "sovereignty" and "territorial integrity" exists under the barrel of U.S. guns; these "sovereigns" handed over the nation – lock, stock and barrel, which they then justify as a "sovereign" decision, while it is US imperialism that holds the mortgage on the territory. It is clear that this is not a bad government but a treasonous government. All the members of the parliament, the so-called democrats and liberals included, will be accomplices in this crime if they continue to "grapple" with annexation, if they continue "to waste words where they should use their power."
GUERRIER NORDIQUE
News release from the Canadian Army:
QUEBEC, Feb. 28, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ – Nearly one hundred and sixty reservists comprised of the 35 Canadian Brigade Group (35 CBG), the 1st Canadian Ranger Patrol Group (1 CRPG), and the American National Guard will take part in a military training exercise from March 1st to 9th 2014 in the surrounding Iqaluit area of Nunavut.
The military personnel will conduct several types of training that includes itinerary reconnaissance patrols, search and rescue, and the arctic survival techniques.
The exercise will confirm the expertise acquired by the members 35 CBG's Arctic Response Company Group and Domestic Response Company through the support of 1 CRPG. Be advised that twenty snowmobiles will be circulating in the surrounding Iqaluit.
All the necessary measures have been taken in order to minimize the impact on the local population and environment. The military personnel will only be using blank rounds and smoke grenades, no live rounds nor will any other type of pyrotechnics be used during the exercise.
NOTE: Under the overall command of United States Northern Command (NORTHCOM)
US National Guard in Petawawa "to prepare for a High Readiness Task Force"
Capt Reed Preece, Pennsylvania Army National Guard, and Cpl Nathan Richey, Royal Canadian Dragoons, work on the brigades battle plans during Exercise UNIFIED RESOLVE 2014 at CFB Petawawa. They are reading computer "exif date" – "a record of the settings a camera used to take a photo or video. This information is embedded into the files the camera saves, and we read and display it here."| MCpl Faye Worthy
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On February 25, the Canadian Forces completed a U.S.-assisted, computer-assisted exercise in Petawawa, a large military base near Ottawa, which will help prepare them for potential future missions, according to a news release from the Department of National Defence (DND). The exercise is the first of two parts, with the larger exercise to take place this spring in Wainright, Alberta. According to Brigadier-General Omer Lavoie, Commander of 4th Canadian Division, "Exercise UNIFIED RESOLVE 2014 is a critical part of the progressive training for elements of 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group in order to prepare for a High Readiness Task Force. This is achieved by exercising operational planning and command and control during challenging and changing operations."
More from the DND press release:
Exercise UNIFIED RESOLVE (UR 14) began on February 11th included members from 2 Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (2 CMBG) as well as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force and the Pennsylvania Army National Guard. Ex UR 14′s objective was to test the overall planning, command and control capabilities of two task forces in anticipation of the largest Canadian Army readiness exercise of the year, Exercise MAPLE RESOLVE 2014, which is scheduled for later this spring in Wainwright, Alberta.
During the two-week exercise, participants reacted to computer-generated scenarios which simulated an army brigade response to a realistic and complex situation. It allowed soldiers to practise full spectrum operations, including deliberate attacks, mobile defence and assistance to non-governmental organizations.
– Ex UR 14 is the first part of a two-exercise series. The second training event, Ex MAPLE RESOLVE*, will validate a task force's readiness for deployment as directed by the Government of Canada.
– Approximately 630 participants took part in Ex UR 14. These included 280 Petawawa-based soldiers from 2 CMBG, as well as members of the Royal Canadian Air Force and 14 soldiers from the Pennsylvania Army National Guard.
*About Exercise Maple Resolve, annual month-long exercise
– In 2013, nearly 3,000 soldiers from across Canada; including the next high-readiness Task Force took part from May 16 to June 13. "This exercise showcases the best of the Canadian Armed Forces – with a robust contribution from the Royal Canadian Air Force, Canadian Forces Health Services, governmental organizations and a significant contribution from allied American troops (U.S. Army – TS). This exercise is designed to refine and hone military skill sets on a variety of levels and elements, through one single, immersive training event." – News release from the CF.
True North, Strong, Proud and Ready (sic): Canadian, U.S. and Polish armies train in Arctic exercises
"As Canadians we emphasize our very strong support — and we emphasize this to all the countries in the region — our very strong support for the territorial integrity and the respect of the territorial integrity of Ukraine." – Prime Minister Stephen Harper at an event on February 27, 2014 in Toronto, as two U.S. warships were in the Black Sea
"It is no exaggeration to say that the need to assert our sovereignty and protect our territorial integrity in the North on our terms have never been more urgent." – Prime Minister Stephen Harper, July, 2007. This was stated three years before U.S. marines entered the Canadian Arctic in 2010 on annual basis "to help protect Canadian sovereignty in the Arctic" (U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, Halifax International Security Forum, November 20, 2009, press conference with Defence Minister Peter MacKay, announcing the arrangement) – a peculiar concept of sovereignty.
OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwired – Feb. 19, 2014) – Department of National Defence
U.S. Consul General Peter O'Donohue travelled to Chisasibi with Colonel Jean-Marc Lanthier, Commander of the 5th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group, to observe annual winter warfare training, EXERCISE GUERRIER NORDIQUE 2011, by Canadian Forces first hand. Local Canadian troops were joined by U.S. Army and Polish Land Forces at La Grande, in Northern Quebec. The training exercise, led by Lieutenant-Colonel Jean-François Bertrand, brought together some 500 soldiers from the 35 Canadian Brigade Group based in Valcartier, U.S. National Guard soldiers from states bordering Canada (Maine and Minnesota), and a dozen Polish Land Forces.
Approximately 2,350 Canadian soldiers from across the country are taking part in several Arctic training exercises over the next two months. These exercises aim to maintain and refine both the Canadian Army's operational capabilities and soldiers' ability to operate in the Arctic's austere conditions.
During these exercises, soldiers will have the opportunity to refine skills that enable them to operate in some of the most isolated and challenging areas of Canada. They will execute a wide range of tactics, techniques and procedures including: Arctic survival; search and rescue; live fire; Arctic patrols; and quick response to a simulated threat or hazard in Canada's North.
The training is focused on the integrating Canadian Army soldiers (Regular and Reserve Force) with the Canadian Rangers, who are the eyes and ears of the military in sparsely settled and isolated northern regions. The Canadian Army has also invited soldiers from the United States Army National Guard and the Polish Armed Forces to take part in the training, strengthening interoperability between Canada and these nations. (emphasis added)
The list of Arctic training exercises is as follows:
NORTHERN SOJOURN
Location: Happy Valley-Goose Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador
Dates: February 3-March 9, 2014
Size: Approximately 1 200 soldiers (including approximately 30 soldiers from the U.S. Army National Guard and approximately eight soldiers from the Polish 6th Airborne Brigade)
Lead: 5th Canadian Division
ARCTIC RAM
Location: Kugaaruk, Nunavut
Size: Approximately 500 soldiers
Lead: 3rd Canadian Division
TRILLIUM RESPONSE
Location: Rankin Inlet, Nunavut
Location: Iqaluit, Nunavut
Dates: March 1-9, 2014
Lead: 2nd Canadian Division
SABRE GLACÉ
Location: Resolute Bay, Nunavut
Dates: March 20-April 1, 2014
RAFALE BLANCHE
Location: Chaudière-Appalaches region of Quebec
Dates: January 28-February 5, 2014
Size: Approximately 2,500 soldiers, 700 vehicles from Valcartier, the Quebec-based 5th Canadian Mechanized Brigade Group (5 CMBG), and a platoon of 20 paratroopers from the Polish Army's 6th Airborne Brigade, based in Krakow, Poland.
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U.S. army has a video of a simulated prisoner extraction exercise, part of Ex Rafale Blanche:
Canadian Soldiers of 3rd Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment during a simulated raid on Mont Radar while on Exercise RAFALE BLANCHE in Saint-Sylvestre, Québec …
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EAGLEAIRES TO SING SUNDAY
DELRAY BEACH — Student singers from Atlantic High School in Delray Beach will perform at a nearby church on Sunday.
The Eagleaires will sing at 3 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 33 Gleason St., west of State Road A1A, south of Atlantic Avenue.
Under the direction of Jacquelyn Staples, choral director at Atlantic High, the students will perform songs from popular musicals written by such Broadway legends as George Gershwin and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
For information, call the church at 276-6338.


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Есть скрипт, который поворачивает картинку на -6 градусов и обратно на -2 градуса.
Но при старте страницы картинки стоят на 0 градусов.
Что нужно дописать в этом скрипте(Jquery), чтобы при загрузке страницы картинки стояли не на 0 градусов а на -2 градуса.
Пробовал через СSS задать исходное положение картинки на -2 градуса но результат мне не понравился.

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Gabrielle Union Joins VH1's Dear Mama: A Love Letter To Moms Special
VH1 today announced today that Gabrielle Union will honor her mother at its annual "Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms" special.
She joins previously announced participant Colin Kaepernick, as well as Emmy and Golden Globe nominee Anthony Anderson and VH1 fan favorite, actress, and New York Times best-selling author La La Anthony, who will return as this year's hosts. "Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms" will take place at The Theatre at Ace Hotel in downtown Los Angeles, California and will premiere on Monday, May 7th at 9 PM ET/PT.
One of today's hottest stars, Gabrielle Union, continues to shine. Union is currently the star of BET's Being Mary Jane. She plays 'Mary Jane Paul,' a successful talk show host while balancing her professional and private life. Gabrielle was also recently seen on the big screen in Think Like a Man, Think Like a Man Too and Top Five. Recently, Union released her memoir, We're Going to Need More Wine: Stories That Are Funny, Complicated and True. which features series of essays, personal stories and reflections on a range of topics that continue to define the contemporary landscape: sexuality, womanhood, friendship, race, marriage and beauty. Up next, Union can be seen in James McTeigue's home-invasion drama Breaking In, which is scheduled to be released on May 11th by Universal Pictures, where she also serves as an executive producer.
Gabrielle's film credits include Good Deeds, critically acclaimed Cadillac Records, The Perfect Holiday, Tyler Perry's Daddy's Little Girls, Running With Scissors, Bad Boys II, Universal's cult hit Bring It On, Love & Basketball, Ten Things I Hate About You, and She's All That, just to name a few.
On the small screen, Gabrielle made her debut in UPN's hit comedy Moesha, and then went on to guest-star on such hit shows as ER, Dave's World and The Steve Harvey Show. Shortly thereafter, Gabrielle had a recurring role on two WB hit shows, Sister, Sister and 7th Heaven. Gabrielle stirred things up when she guest starred as a love interest to both 'Joey' (Matt LeBlanc) and 'Ross' (David Schwimmer) on Friends. With this role, Gabrielle marked the first African-American love interest on the series.
"Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms" honors mothers with celebrity guests paying tribute to the women who have shaped their success. Past A-listers who have saluted the leading women in their lives include Alicia Keys, Will Smith, Halle Berry, Queen Latifah, Mary J. Blige, Ludacris, DJ Khaled, Kelly Rowland, Robin Thicke, Chris Paul and Maxwell.
Official sponsors of "Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms" include Baby Dove and Honey Nut Cheerios.
"Dear Mama: A Love Letter to Moms" is being produced by Flavor Unit and Jesse Collins Entertainment. Shakim Compere, Queen Latifah, Jesse Collins, and Jeannae Rouzan-Clay are Executive Producers. For VH1, Amy Doyle, Garrett English, Elena Diaz and Andria Parides are Executive Producers, and Joe Buoye is Executive in Charge of Production.
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A remarkable young Muslim man passed away earlier this week after suffering from cancer for three years. He was just 32 years old.

Ali Banat was initially told he had only seven months to live, but eventually survived for more than two years longer than the doctors predicted. He passed away on May 29, but the philanthropist and former businessman has spent the last few years raising money for underprivileged Muslims around the world, while also battling his terminal illness.

Ali Banat was born in Greenacre, New South Wales, on February 16 1982. He made a fortune from a security and electrical company and lived a luxurious life filled with fast cars, expensive clothing and countless other material possessions, but once he learned he had cancer, he said he realized he had been chasing the wrong dreams.

In a short documentary uploaded on YouTube, Ali describes his illness as a “gift”.

When questioned on his choice of language, he said:

It’s a gift because Allah has given me a chance to change.

Upon receiving his diagnosis, Banat immediately sold his business and travelled to Togo, Africa, a country in which approximately 55 per cent of the population lives below the poverty line. Things have, however, improved since 2008, when UNICEF reported 80 per cent living in poverty.

The country also has a large Muslim population - statistics vary, but it’s estimated that between 12 and 20 per cent of the population identify as Muslim. Moved by his journey, Benat quickly decided to use his money to build a Masjid as well as a school for local children.

He then expanded his scope and established a project, Muslims Around The World (MATW). The project has numerous other aims: a new village to house 200 widows, a mini medical centre and a series of businesses intended to support the local community.

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Sigfox announced an alliance with Amadeus for luggage tracking. It also said it has improved geolocation.
Singapore — Sigfox announced an alliance with travel industry firm Amadeus for luggage tracking and beyond. Separately, it announced improved geolocation accuracy using GPS and WiFi. The big announcement was the launch of its new private area network (PAN) offer, which the company says presents customers with a choice between a private or global service, dependent on budget and business needs.
Sigfox described a PAN as a private network sitting on the Sigfox public network. While the official reason is that it gives customers the option of accounting for their network connectivity as either capex or opex, Sigfox executives also indicated that it gives some customers the extra assurance that they have their own dedicated network, with the associated assurances about data privacy and security.
Sigfox will first test this new PAN with selected customers in France during Q1 2020, and then other countries later in the year.
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Ludovic Le Moan, CEO and co-founder of Sigfox, said, "Sigfox's PAN offer will benefit from the existing ecosystem around the Sigfox wide area network (WAN). The possibility of using all the components on the market, combined with the use of extremely low transmission power to support objects without the need for batteries, gives Sigfox's PAN offer huge potential." He said that smart-home or smart-city solution providers will be among the first to benefit from PANs.
In 2020, Sigfox said it will complete its WAN coverage as a result of its partnership with Eutelsat, which will be launching a constellation of nanosatellites. This satellite constellation will deliver connectivity across the entire globe, bolstering coverage already provided by Sigfox's network.
More accurate GPS and WiFi geolocation
Sigfox announced two complementary new offers to enhance accuracy of its geolocation services: Atlas Native and Atlas WiFi.
Launched in January 2017, Atlas Native was the first Sigfox geolocation service solely based on the Sigfox network, available for every device equipped with the simplest Sigfox module — without the need for GPS or other additional hardware/software components. Now, solution makers with GPS-devices will be able to use the Atlas Native Complimentary service free of charge in exchange for data processing rights. Using this GPS location data and comparing with the Sigfox network fingerprints, the machine learning algorithms used to compute Atlas can reduce the uncertainty of the "real" location of the asset and improve geolocation accuracy, down to 800 meters.
The second geolocation announcement is the completion of the global rollout of Sigfox's Atlas WiFi service in partnership with Here Technologies, creating a global location service opening up new opportunities for IoT applications, particularly in supply chain and logistics. Atlas WiFi takes advantage of Here Technologies' global database of WiFi access points, which can now be queried by Sigfox WiFi trackers and, by reporting the unique MAC addresses to the cloud, generating a more accurate asset position, and a seamless outdoor and indoor geolocation service. As determining WiFi-based location consumes less battery than using GPS, Atlas WiFi can also help enhance the life from battery-based IoT tracking solutions.
Luggage tracking alliance and gas meters in Japan
Every year, airports and airlines handle billions of pieces of luggage and packages which are often lost, damaged or delayed, leading to financial losses for the whole value chain, a lack of operational efficiency, and increasing dissatisfaction for travelers. Meanwhile, existing tracking technologies require expensive infrastructure updates (such as gates and readers), and provide limited interoperability and geolocation capabilities. In parallel, regulation like the new IATA Resolution 753 on luggage tracking will impose stricter tracking and increased visibility requirements to reduce luggage loss rates.
With this in mind, Sigfox and Amadeus, a provider of travel and tourism industry IT solutions, announced a new strategic partnership to develop a portfolio of solutions to meet the need for efficient asset tracking solutions, as well as reduce operational challenges for airports and airlines.
One such solution is PinPoint, an end-to-end tracking solution for the air transportation industry, initially targeting airports and airlines with trackers optimally designed, connected and communicating through the Sigfox global network. Through reusable tags placed on luggage, proximity sensors installed across airports and Sigfox global coverage, airlines will be able to monitor luggage, accurately tracking its location and detecting anomalies. For high-value assets, airlines will be able to use the technology to collect data that will help report movement and loss of those assets.
Meanwhile, Sigfox also talked about its Bubble technology, a beaconing solution enabling proximity detection, to be developed and deployed in collaboration with new partner Alps Alpine, an electronics components manufacturer. By managing the emission power, Sigfox cloud adapts the range of the Bubble, from less than one meter to a few tens of meters, improving the accuracy of the device's location. When entering a Bubble cell, Sigfox devices and associated assets share their identification to the cloud providing a highly accurate location for each asset.
A retrofitted network controlling unit (NCU) will make 850,000 gas meters in Japan 'smart' (Source: Sigfox)
In Japan, 850,000 Nippon Gas ("Nicigas") gas meters across the country will be made 'smart' by the end of FY2020 using a retrofitted gas meter reader called Space Hotaru developed by UnaBiz and Soracom. Sigfox said the project marks one of the largest deployments of smart utilities solutions to date. The network controlling unit (NCU) collects and transmits gas consumption data to Nicigas' IoT data platform, "Nicigas Stream", via Sigfox's Japan-wide wireless network allowing the gas valve to be controlled remotely. The NCU is energy-efficient and is expected to last more than 10 years on internal batteries. In addition, the NCU also reports on meter related incidents. In the event of an earthquake, the gas valve is programmed to auto-close, bringing convenience and real-time security to the properties. The solution runs on the network operated by Kyocera Communication Systems, a subsidiary of Kyocera Corp.
New asset tracking modules
Two new modules were also announced by SeongJi Industrial, a wireless connectivity module manufacturer that merged the Wisol IoT business earlier this year. Its modules, SRM100A and SRM200A Sigfox Monarch modules, provide a unique radio recognition service enabling devices to manage the radio frequency changes without any additional hardware such as GPS or WiFi chipsets, according to Sigfox. This service enables devices to run seamlessly in all parts of the world, by automatically recognizing and adapting to the local radio-frequency standards. It unlocks use cases in logistics and supply chain, in the consumer industry, and in automated maintenance for the shipping, aircraft and railway industries
The SRM100A is a Monarch+BLE5.0 module that integrates STMicroelectronics' Bluetooth LE BlueNRG-2 SoC and S2-LP ultra-low-power radio transceiver. It claims to be the smallest Monarch module (21.5mm x 19.5mm x 2.5mm) in the world and enables quick customer designs because of the half thru-hole SMD type and FOTA service from BLE5.0. The SRM200A is a state-of-art module integrating STMicroelectronics' BlueNRG-2 and S2-LP devices, alongside BLE5.0, WiFi, GPS, and accelerometer, and it is used for applications like indoor and outdoor tracking as well as global logistics and asset tracking. Its size is 29.0mm x 21.0mm x2.3mm, and it supports BLE FOTA and NFC-tag feature for wake-up on field and touch to-pair capabilities.
Marco Veneri, low-power RF business unit manager, STMicroelectronics, said, "ST has been a strong believer in the Sigfox technology since its early adoption within our industrial-ready wireless portfolio, now fully supporting out-of-the-box Sigfox global connectivity with the S2-LP device, the industry's most optimized and ultra-low-power ISM-band RF solution. The SeongJi SRM100A and SRM200A modules greatly simplify the adoption of the Sigfox networking technology for global asset-tracking and logistics markets."
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