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Filmmaker Chloé Zhao and Producer Spears Talk Adapting "Nomadland" to the Screen at the New York Film Festival
"Nomadland" director, writer, producer, and editor Chloé Zhao and producer Peter Spears spoke with New York Film Festival Director of Programming Dennis Lim at a press conference to discuss their NYFF58 Centerpiece selection.
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Nomadland director, writer, producer, and editor Chloé Zhao and producer Peter Spears spoke with New York Film Festival Director of Programming Dennis Lim at a press conference to discuss their NYFF58 Centerpiece selection.
Zhao is a film director, screenwriter, editor, and producer known for her work on her debut feature film, Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Her second feature film, The Rider (2017), received several accolades including nominations for Independent Spirit Award for Best Film and Best Director. Zhao directed the upcoming Marvel Studios release Eternals, set for release in 2021 by Walt Disney Studios. Peter Spears produced Call Me By Your Name.
Zhao adapted Nomadland from journalist Jessica Bruder's 2017 non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century following Frances McDormand and producer Peter Spears' acquisition of the literary adaptation rights shortly after publication. The film follows Fern (McDormand), a woman who, after the economic collapse of a company town in rural Nevada, packs her van and sets off on the road exploring a life outside of conventional society as a modern-day nomad. The film features real nomads Linda May, Swankie, and Bob Wells as Fern's mentors and comrades in her exploration through the vast landscape of the American West.
The process of translating this nonfiction book into a narrative film.
Peter Spears recounted that his husband, talent agent Brian Swardstorm who represents Frances McDormand, brought the project to him. "At first we thought it would be something as an adapted screenplay situation—something that Frances would play Linda May herself."
Once Zhao was brought onto the project, this initial idea changed. They discussed that immediately Zhao thought the adaptation would not be just turning Linda May's life into a cinematic treatment but that Zhao wanted to explore something even deeper and larger in the landscape of that.
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Lim remarked that in Zhao's three films she worked with nonprofessional actors who brought something of themselves to the role. "For Chloe, maybe it was not such a stretch in this film because she's made narrative films in the past with strong nonfiction elements."
Zhao stated: "I remember meeting Linda May, Swanky, and Bob Wells for the first time. It was exciting—they had sparks in their eyes and stories in their lives. From the beginning, I thought: How do we create a narrative and a fictional character and a journey for her that we can incorporate organically and all these incredible characters that [book author] Jessica met through her research."
Creating the character of Fern played by Frances McDormand
Zhao, Spears and Lim discussed how much is drawn on Frances McDormand and how the name "Fern" suggests there's an affinity there.
Zhao: "I think so much is a collaboration with Fran—everything from the plates (that are a significant symbol in the film, given to McDormand by her father) to the photographs—are from Fran's real life."
The Screenplay
Overall, the film's dialogue is minimal and the visual storytelling—the sparse and breathtaking landscapes, the observational moments with Fern alone and her interaction with others—enable the viewer to step into Fern's world.
Zhao: "The script allowed enough breathing spaces for surprises. The structure was there that when surprises occurred it often led us into new directions."
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In Mallorca, Spain, very dry whether and strong sunshine sometimes cause a forest fire during the summer season. When I visited a mountain, I encountered a black forest because of the forest fire which happened few weeks ago. It was a death forest…where the smell of soot filled, black skinned trees lost all leaves stand, and even the ground was burnt. I cut one of the branch and realize that only skin is the black and the inside is still beige. However, once the tree skin was burnt, they can't survive anymore.
In this island, there is a traditional fishery boat, but those are abandoned nowadays. Instead of that, big yachts and cruisers are more obvious.
I sympathized with the burnt trees which have unfortunately got a fatal accident. If the fire was not happen, they might have grown bigger and bigger, became a boat and sailed. I made a boat using burnt branches. The boat is in the interlude of putting out to the sea or decaying to return to the earth.


I love the Chinese Dry Fried Green Beans I get at my local Sichuan restaurant. They are super garlicky and studded with bits of ground pork. When I make this dish at home, though, I like to use bacon. Because, well, obviously …. bacon. I like my green beans pretty spicy, but you can cut down or eliminate the chili paste if you want a milder dish.
Heat a large, heavy skillet over medium-high heat. Add the bacon and cook, stirring, until browned and crisp. Transfer the bacon to a paper towel-lined plate and drain off the excess bacon grease (leave just enough to coat the bottom of the pan).
Add the green beans and salt to the pan and cook, stirring, until they begin to blister and brown, 6 to 8 minutes.
Add the sesame oil and toss the green beans to distribute it throughout the pan (which by now is probably dry.) Add the garlic and ginger and return the bacon to the pan. Cook, stirring, for about 1 minute. Add the chili paste and soy sauce and stir for about 30 seconds more, until well combined. Remove from the heat and transfer the beans to a serving platter. Serve hot.


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Salvia hispanica, nahuatl: tzotzolxochitl, i visse dele af verden kendt som chia, er en én- eller flerårig blomsterplante af slægten salvie, hjemmehørende i Mexico og Guatemala. Den har blå til hvide blomster i endestillede aks, og den danner olieholdige frø, de såkaldte "chiafrø". Planten dyrkes på grund af det procentvis høje indhold af omega 3-fedtsyrer, der har en gavnlig virkning på forskellige kredsløbssygdomme.

Etymologi
Den efterstillede artsbetegnelse, hispanica, betyder "spansk", og den blev brugt fejlagtigt af Linné, da planten ganske vist blev dyrket i Spanien, mens den i realiteten var importeret fra Mexico. Det spanske ord chía stammer fra nahuatl-ordet (chian eller chien), der betyder "olierig".

Navnet bruges også om andre arter, der leverer tilsvarende frø, som f.eks. Salvia columbariae, Salvia polystachya og "Sangura" (Hyptis suaveolens) m.fl.<ref>Juan Manuel Garcia Andrade og Eulogio De la Cruz: Las Chías de México  . Bemærk, at her tales der om flere slags "chia": "huazontle" (Chenopodium berlandieri subsp. nuttalliae), "alegria" ("Amaranthus hypochondriacus), og "chia de agua" (Salvia hispanica)</ref>

Denne art må ikke forveksles med en anden, Salvia lavandulifolia, der kaldes "spansk salvie", og som nutildags bliver betragtet som en varietet af Lægesalvie: Salvia officinalis subsp. lavandulifolia).

 Historie
Cirka 2600 f.Kr. begyndte folk i Mellemamerika at dyrke planten. Der findes tekster fra det 16. århundrede der indikerer at planten blev dyrket af Aztekerne; det siges at den var en vigtig afgrøde. Den bruges stadig i Mexico, Guatemala, Argentina, Paraguay og Bolivia, hvor kernene undertiden males, andre gange anvendes de hele i nærende drikke eller som fødekilde. I egnen omkring Pátzcuarosøen i Mexico dyrkes hovedsagelig tre lokale varianter af chia: rød, hvid og brun chia. Navnene henviser til frøenes farve. Frøene var sammen med amarantfrø, majs og bønne befolkningens basale føde, men da spanierne kom til Mellemamerika forbød de dyrkning af planten. Derefter blev den kun dyrket på afsides steder. Området omkring Pátzcuarosøen er endnu i dag hjemsted for den oprindelige variant af chiafrø, men allerede før vor tidsregning var chiafrø et af aztekernes og toltekernes basale fødemidler.

 Beskrivelse af planten
Arten er som regel enårig, men den kan blive flerårig under gunstige forhold. Stænglen er firkantet i tværsnit, håret og kun svagt forgrenet. Bladene sidder korsvist modsat, og de er ægfomede med savtakket rand. Oversiden er hårløs og græsgrøn, mens undersiden er lysegrøn og fint behåret. Arten er en kortdagsplante, så blomstringen foregår i juli-august (på det oprindelige voksested), hvor man finder blomsterne samlet i endestillede aks. De enkelte blomster er 5-tallige og regelmæssige med én symmetriakse. Kronbladene er blåviolette, lyseblå eller hvide. Frøene er spaltefrugter, der deler sig ved modning. De er sorte, brune, grå eller hvide.

Planten bliver op til 1,75 m høj, men kun ca. 0,50 m bred.

Rodnettet består af en dybtgående hovedrod og mange, trævlede siderødder.

 Hjemsted
Arten var oprindeligt udbredt i området fra det sydlige Mexico (Michoacán) til Ecuador. Midt i delstaten Veracruz ligger floddalen Barranca de Monte Obscuro. Klimaet er mildt tropisk, og den oprindelige vegetation består (bestod) af lav, løvfældende skov. Her findes arten sammen med bl.a. Agave angustifolia og Agave pendula (arter af slægten agave), Aphelandra scabra, Brahea dulcis, Bøffelhornsakacie, Cigarkassetræ, Croton niveus (en art af kroton), Dioscorea floribunda (en art af yams), Echeveria lurida (en art af roset), Elefantfodyucca, Erythrina americana (en art af slægten erythrina), Fløjlsbønne, Mammillaria eriacantha, (en art af vortekaktus), Nopalea dejecta (en art af slægten nopalea), Opuntia decumbens (en art af figenkaktus), Passionsfrugt, Quercus oleoides (en art af eg),Valeriana scandens (en art af baldrian), Rød frangipani, Søvnig hawaiiblomst samt Tillandsia polystachya og Tillandsia variabilis'' (arter af slægten tillandsia)

Chiafrøenes næringsindhold

Chiafrø indeholder mange proteiner, kostfibre, vitaminer, mineraler, planteolier og antioxidanter.

I frøene findes ca. 40 % af nyttige planteolier og op mod 20 % proteiner. I frøene findes også magnesium, kalcium, jern og zink. Desuden findes vitaminerne A, B1, B2 og B3. Det menes, at sammen med vitaminerne og de andre fedtstoffer er det indholdet af den umættede fedtsyre, omega-3, der gør frøene særligt værdifulde.

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Home | Business | DIAL introduces Green Transportation Program
DIAL introduces Green Transportation Program
On the occasion of the World Environment Day, Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL), has announced the implementation of the Green Transportation Program in the airport and its vicinity.
The World Environment Day is celebrated every year on June 5. It is the largest global platform for environmental public outreach and is celebrated by millions of people across the world.
The Green Transportation Program aims at enabling DIAL the swift transition to green mobility, thereby significantly reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and enabling Delhi Airport to become a "Net Zero Carbon Emission Airport" (NZCEA) by 2030.
As part of the Green Transportation Program, DIAL has decided to introduce electric vehicles (EVs) on the airside in a phased manner. In the first phase, DIAL will launch 62 electric vehicles for its airside operations, which would help in reducing approximately 1,000 tonnes of GHG emissions annually. These vehicles would be inducted within 3-4 months.
DIAL will also install high voltage and fast-charging stations at strategic locations to meet the requirements of these vehicles and other airport stakeholders.
Under this program, DIAL has worked with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) to make necessary changes in the EVs to install airport-specific equipment and is working closely with the airport stakeholders for EV adoption at the airport.
Speaking on the development, CEO-DIAL, Videh Kumar Jaipuriar said, "DIAL has set a target to make Delhi Airport a Net Zero Carbon Emission Airport by 2030, and is continuously working to achieve this goal. We are planning to eliminate all the light vehicles of petrol and diesel in a phased manner from Delhi Airport and use electric vehicles instead. The adoption of electric vehicles for managing airport operations is a step forward. It is a first-of-its-kind initiative by any Indian airport to ensure a clean transportation environment. The electric mobility, when packaged with appropriate ground support technology and infrastructure, presents a viable alternative in reducing vehicular emissions at the airport."
He further added, "DIAL is also planning to source 100% of its electricity from renewable sources. This will ensure that the electricity used for the charging of these vehicles is also emission-free."
Currently, DIAL has facilitated the use of electric buses for transportation of passengers from Terminal 3 to the Passenger Transport Centre (PTC) building. These buses ferry passengers at a regular interval of 20 minutes between these two locations.
Other initiatives adopted by DIAL to become a "Net Zero Carbon Emission Airport" (NZCEA) by 2030 include energy efficiency and energy conservation, green buildings and infrastructure, use of renewable energy, and operational excellence programs with airlines and stakeholders.
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Hitchcock's Tower: Windmill of the Mind or Source of Power | Headspace to Cityscape |
Hitchcock's Vertigo takes quite a peek into the ever complex relationship between (wo)man and the city, more specifically the way in which the depths of the mind erupt the self to extend beyond one's imposed limit(ation)s and onto the environment that encircles it, that gives it its liveliness. It shows us a glimpse of how the sensible (memory and imagination among others) is distributed and materialized through the layered city (which is what gives it its layers). We can then understand the tower in the film as an architecture that is as much spatial as it is temporal; as hard of an object as it may be a constructed abstraction (history, too) of the psyche. More than an architecture it is that (mental) character of the everyday we've grown to inhabit quite elusively. A hightened everydayness that is both cyclical and linear — heights that we might describe as oscillations between the windmills of our mind and sources of power — an acrophobic cyclone between headspace and cityscape.
What then becomes (of) the gravity of a(ny) constructed reality?
In order to start thinking about what this question might mean, or how to go about answering it, let's first take a look at how the complexity of Hitchcock's Vertigo has been attempted — either to graze, grasp or unpack it — by filmmakers, critics, fans and others over 60 years, among whom I'd like to emphasize Chris Marker and focus on his take of H's film as narrated in one of his most notable essay-films Sans Soleil. Vertigo was one of Marker's favorite films and we see many of its themes present in his work.
And beneath each of these faces a memory. And in place of what we were told had been forged into a collective memory, a thousand memories of men who parade their personal laceration in the great wound of history. — Chris Marker, Sans Soleil
Headspace to Cityscape: Perception, Imagination, Memory
in Hitchcock's Vertigo as narrated in Marker's Sans Soleil
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"I'm writing you all this from another world, a world of appearances. In a way the two worlds communicate with each other. Memory is to one what history is to the other: an impossibility.
"Legends are born out of the need to decipher the indecipherable. Memories must make do with their delirium, with their drift. A moment stopped would burn like a frame of film blocked before the furnace of the projector. Madness protects, as fever does.
"[O]nly one film had been capable of portraying impossible memory—insane memory: Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo. In the spiral of the titles he saw time covering a field ever wider as it moved away, a cyclone whose present moment contains motionless the eye.
"It seems to be a question of trailing, of enigma, of murder, but in truth it's a question of power and freedom, of melancholy and dazzlement, so carefully coded within the spiral that you could miss it, and not discover immediately that this vertigo of space in reality stands for the vertigo of time.
"Hitchcock had invented nothing, it was all there.
"From this fake tower—the only thing that Hitchcock had added—he imagined Scotty as time's fool […], finding it impossible to live with memory without falsifying it. Inventing a double for Madeline in another dimension of time, a zone that would belong only to him and from which he could decipher the indecipherable story […] when he had saved her from death before casting her back to death. Or was it the other way around?"
Here then are a few exercises to think through this film and the many complexities it reveals, complexities and contradictions of any design — the necessary consciousness and cognitive abilities and tools — to construct a reality.
Exercise One
Let's consider a different scenario — where the character of Madeline is both an extension of the city and its protagonist. As in H's other film, Rear Window, made four years prior in 1954, the city is very much present, an omnipresence that enables and capacitates liveliness (life + love), both as source and height of it. Albeit at a different scale (the neighborhood block in RW and city-wide in V), the city is portrayed as an everyday totality. It is both context and character — a character which contextualizes and a context which characterizes. It is the physical space-time where psychopathologies play out and where phobias and philias (fetishes, even) are heightened and transposed. If in RW, we experience the block through voyeurism (a philia), the city in V disorients elliptically (through acrophobia). Inversely, we could also say that these philias and phobias are experienced or lived in and through the city. Though both psychopathologies emerge from a condition of damage or isolation, the main (and male) character's passive-aggressiveness finds a way to channel his repression through the character of the woman. In both films, she is the one taking risks and for a moment she constructs her own reality (or does she?). By heightening her strength and independence as such, H is actually constructing the imaginary reality of the protagonist, his perceived power, as to anticipate the demolition of both at the end. Reality constructed by one's repressed lines of control (H's too) and punishment becomes one of gaze here — it is the "cyclone whose present moment contains motionless the eye." It consists of falsifying the differences and nuances between perception, imagination, and memory of both man and woman — and more importantly those of the power and freedom between them. The haunt of one's past hunts the reality of the other. Madeline's strength and independence makes her a sacrificial offering. Her reality constructed in such a way puts her in a double-bind.
What then is her gravity here? It is through (per H).
Woman as a sacrificial offering is not new. The Albanian tale of Rozafa, the woman who was walled in order for the castle to stand, can be thought of as another example where a woman was literally holding a heavy load on her shoulders, the height and mass of a tower. Hitchock's tower in Vertigo can be understood as both the context of the city and the character of the imagined or false reality of the protagonist. It can be thought of as an architecture of reality — a tool that heightens a(ny) reality (drawing its limits) and height as a weapon of a(ny) construction to (temporarily or permanently) suspend one's reality, hence the violence of gravity (psychopathology).
Now, let's go back and reread the above excerpts with this scenario in mind as a way to understand the film through the double-bind reality of Madeline — both the city and the imagined reality (psychopathology) of the protagonist, as (designers of) her reality.
Exercise Two
"a psyche ... desperately searching for an object on which to concentrate its repressed energy"
For more approaches to Hitchcock's Vertigo — the film and its director; the physical experience and the psychological condition (acrophobia); the elusiveness of the word, figure and image of vertigo in general; as well as how it materializes in the city and how the city itself creates it — let's repeat Exercise One with other texts (mostly reviews) found here. That way we can grasp gravity as and through a multitude of things, characters, activities and contexts, in order to be able to ask the question and challenge the gaze upon which today's reality is constructed.
Exercise Three
This is more of a reflexive exercise, to sort of step back and see if at some point here you thought: what if there is no other character, other than the protagonist of course, which may be either man or woman, both or neither, and all this has been playing out in the character's (one's) head — that s/he has invented (falsified) a reality in order to confront and capture one's fear of loosing control of one's actual reality — which may or may not be real — but in doing so, one discovers the obsession s/he has accumulated in order to build up one's own real insecurities — which, in a way, may be the true culprit of this whole endeavor. What is the gravity of insecurity? How does one stand up straight? What is it to crawl?
But, I may very well be overthinking it, so let's move on. On the other hand though, I am specifically pointing towards a protagonist that may or may not be an individual, human, or natural — for example the state, corporations, capital, the public, AI, and so on.
What then is our gravity, our fulcrum? How would we know how high to reach without becoming something else? What else could we become?
Exercise Four
This last exercise asks the question: What makes some of these recurring themes on or around acrophobia still relevant today; and, how are they played out in the city, your city? How might (spatial + temporal) vertigo shape your reality? Let's think of reality as the everydayness of both our livelihood and liveliness.
How would you describe the acrophobia of your everyday?
The concept of the everlasting illuminates the past. […] The character of the everyday has always been repetitive and veiled by obsession and fear. In the study of the everyday we discover the great problem of repetition, one of the most difficult problems facing us. The everyday is situated at the intersection of two modes of repetition: the cyclical, which dominates in nature, and the linear, which dominates in processes known as "rational." The everyday implies on the one hand cycles, nights and days, seasons and harvests, activity and rest, hunger and satisfaction, desire and its fulfillment, life and death, and it implies on the other hand the repetitive gestures of work and consumption.
In modern life the repetitive gestures tend to mask and to crush the cycles. The everyday imposes its monotony. It is the invariable constant of the variations it envelops. The days follow one after another and resemble one another, and yet–here lies the contradiction at the heart of everdayness–everything changes. But the change is programmed: obsolescence is planned. Production anticipates reproduction; production produces change in such a way as to superimpose the impression of speed onto that of monotony. Some people cry out against the acceleration of time, others cry out against stagnation. They're both right. — Henri Lefebvre, The Everyday and Everydayness
Vertigo as a temporal dimension of constructing a(ny) reality might be as important as its spatial effects in the city and within us. How then are power and freedom negotiated at this dimension, and how do they challenge or accelerate the architecture of our reality as design agents?
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Deep Depth Prediction - The Next Revolution?
As introduced in our techniques for generating 3D information blog, weРђЎre going to talk a bit more in depth (pun intended) about depth prediction using fancy deep neural networks.
ARKit/ARCore have similar problems detecting planes without distinctive features, as you can see on the right.
This is a known computer vision hurdle that many researchers are trying to approach and solve. How do you understand where you are in a room and what the room looks like if everything looks exactly the same? Just imagine staying in a completely uniformly coloured room. I like this example of a featureless room from Chris & Jack video.
Well, to be fair, the problem is slightly different.
We use our amazing brain and our really wide field of view, close to 210 degrees, to infer that things with uniform colour should belong to some structure. WeРђЎre also able to infer the right shape (for example plane for a planar wall) by checking how the floor or wall junction looks. Besides, our vision system is really good, and we can detect slight light patterns and imperfections even in very uniform surfaces. Unfortunately algorithms canРђЎt do that yet.
But letРђЎs keep on topic..
Why not? Everyone is using it!Рђд That would be the easy answer.
In reality the availability of very large datasets, especially those that include colour images and depth images generated by depth sensors, able to measure depth also on featureless regions, enable naturally the use of Deep Networks to learn 3D structure. In fact, when a suitable deep depth estimation architecture is fed with thousands and thousands of data examples, they surprisingly start exhibiting some of our abilities, such as perception of depth from monocular views (one eye closed) and depth estimation on featureless regions.
But why is that? What makes Deep Learning suitable for the task?
ThatРђЎs a difficult question to answer and researchers are still trying to investigate why it is performing so well, but the general belief is that convolutional architectures (picture below) are suitable for image data, capturing spatial relations among neighbouring pixels. Stacking layers with non-linear activation functions helps learning increasingly more abstract features, which improve the expressive power of the model.
There are a lot of very good tutorials and books to learn about Deep Networks (Deep Learning Book and cs231n just to name a few), but very briefly, they consist of multiple layers trained to minimise a loss function, which measures how close we are to РђюtrueРђЮ labels, on the training dataset. The objective function varies with the problem and the choice made by the designer of the network. In the case of depth prediction, usually considered a regression problem, a loss function which measures the difference between the predicted depth and the true one is used.
It is perhaps surprising that we can make these complex behaviours emerge just through a single cost function, without any modeling assumption on how to handle featureless walls or else, which highlights the power (and mystery) of Deep Learning.
Recent and past research has focused on trying to predict depth from just a single view. This is an Рђюill-posedРђЮ problem, in fact there could be an infinite number of scene geometries that generate the same image. For example, think about gradually РђюenlargingРђЮ an object while moving away from it; its dimension at different times will look exactly the same.
Many interesting methods have been proposed for monocular depth prediction, for example FCRN, Eigen et al., DORN. Even though deeper architectures (as ResNet-50 in FCRN) generally perform very well on external benchmark datasets (NYUD, SceneNN) and overall generate satisfactorily accurate depth maps, our tests with these architectures show that current state of the art is not able to achieve the accuracy and robustness we need (see figures below). One of the possible reasons may be that these deep architectures suffer from poor generalization performance. If training is performed on specific dataset, such as NYUD, and the network is tested on completely different one - different in terms of environments, field of view, context in the image and/or lighting - the network may not generalize well and thus perform poorly in different situations. Generalization performance is also correlated to how well and robustly the network approximates the function we want. Deep networks are mainly black boxes trained end to end, which donРђЎt let us peek easily into what is being learnt, making interpretation of their results a rather challenging task.
As we can see from the pictures above, there are also issues in constraining depth estimation on featureless walls. Even though the network surprisingly understands that there is some correlation between pixels on the white wall, it fails to understand that it is a planar surface and thus generates a smooth wobbly surface. A possible mitigation of these issues could be retraining on the rooms we are collecting, which is something worth investigating in the future.
As I mentioned earlier, our fantastic brain actually sorts many things out by letting us explore the world and observe it from multiple points of view, while in the background a РђюmodelРђЮ of the world is continuously built and updated. This, in computer vision or robotics terms, has a the name of РђюSLAMРђЮ - simultaneous localization and mapping.
While there exist a variety of algorithms that have been developed for various sensors, a reliable and fast monocular (one camera is cheaper) dense SLAM is still hard to achieve. Notably, a few methods perform quite well (DTAM and Remode), but require big GPUs, modeling assumptions and approximations to solve complex optimization problems.
What if we combined Deep Learning with SLAM? That is at the basis of many recent works (CNN-SLAM and CodeSLAM to mention a few) and they obtain very good results, combining traditional geometric methods and deep learning.
Initial tests fusing independent depths coming from deep monocular depth estimates did not seem to result in more accurate point-clouds (figure above). Even though this method seems on the right track to build full 3D point-clouds, we believe that more coherent and consistent depth maps will make this fusion process converge more easily to the correct depth. It seems that for now the accuracy we need is beyond what monocular approaches can offer.
As usual in these research fields, not a long time passes before people come up with new ideas. Stereo, as explained in our previous blog post, is the traditional way to infer depth and has way less degrees of freedom than monocular depth prediction. In fact, if we have perfect correspondences and knowledge of the cameras, we can recover the scene up to a single scaling factor. If we formalize the problem in a less Рђюill-posedРђЮ way compared to monocular depth prediction, there is a higher chance that we will be able to learn how to predict depth in a more robust way, provided we have enough training data and the architecture is suitable.
Many recent research works (GC-Net , MVDepthNet, DeepTAM) try to use single or multiple pairs of stereo images to infer depth. Different formulations exist, but what is common in all of the approaches is the combination of classic РђюgeometricРђЮ concepts with techniques that can learn from large amount of data. One of the main problems is understanding which features or points in one image correspond to the same points in another image. In particular, a formulation that I found interesting recently used built-in depth volumes, similar to DTAM, where evidence from disparities of each pair of pixels was accumulated in the volume. Then the function that weРђЎre trying to learn is the mapping between this cost volume and the depth. Combining everything in our mapping pipeline, described briefly in our previous blog post, is then fairly straightforward.
Our tests on a few of our rooms show that using deep learning stereo shows significant improvements if compared to our previous monocular depth predictor, with increased quality of the point clouds that show more more accurate depth even in areas with fewer features.
Deep learning, whether we like it or not, is shaking up the foundations of many fields, including 3D Computer Vision. WeРђЎre seeing many promising methods popping up, which suggests that this field is moving quite quickly, maybe also thanks to Deep Learning.
At DigitalBridge we value research and are always interested in state of the art methods that can benefit our products.
The problem is still far from being solved and we hope to contribute to research in this field with new methods or applications, altogether pushing the boundaries of what is possible.
In the meantime, we will try to get even better point clouds by combining what we learnt from these approaches and combining it with additional insights, such as structural constraints for featureless areas.
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Date 12/01/22
Keith Rabbitts passed away yesterday, 8 January 2022, after a very short illness.
He retired in 1997 as DS of the District Crime Unit at Radstock, but was better known for his many years as PS 2863 at Shepton Mallet & Glastonbury.
He leaves a widow Sharon and 2 daughters. The funeral is to be strictly family only, with a thanksgiving service at some point in the future.
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Faced with the realization that adding another user name and password was not a convenient option for most of our customers, we determined that we needed to build a custom DotNetNuke membership provider that could authenticate against the Parallels Business Automation control panel software that we use.
As we started investigating this, we noticed an interesting use case that we were going to need to solve for. You see, the way that our control panel works is that you have a Customer (for example, "SmithCo"). Users are attached to that customer (Bob Smith and Jane Smith). When Jane logs in with her username and password, she see's all of SmithCo's information and has virtually identical user interface and overall experience as Bob Smith does when he logs in. We felt that it was important that we be able to maintain this consistency of experience for the monitoring tool as well. We came up with a creative way to do it.
On the membership provider, there is a method called "login" that takes a username and password and it returns either a User (if login successful) or "null" (if unsuccessful). This is where we got a little clever.
When a login request comes in, we take the email address and password and we verify them against our Control Panel. If successful, the system identifies the account that the user belongs to and we create a separate, distinct user identity for that account inside of DotNetNuke. Then, the login is executed against this distinct, generic, and secure username and password–not the user name and password specific to the actual user logging in. And since this generic assess is internal and not associated with an individual user, no one has to manage another account or set of credentials. Deleting an authorized account user denies them access to the monitoring interface.
This is basically a layered, custom, single-sign-on provider.
This may seem a little complicated, but it accomplishes the goal by allowing each individual user to log in with their own credentials, but their experience is consistent across the board when using the new advanced monitoring service because the specific user log in functions as an account-side log in in for all authorized users. It is secure, efficient, consistent, and intuitive from the customer's perspective and it gives them a good experience (which is what counts the most).
In part 3 of this series we discussed the Windows Server bug related to SNMP use across multiple IP addresses. Microsoft fixed the bug and gave us a preliminary build. And on January 9, 2013, they published that fix to the world. You can read the related Microsoft KB article for more information. So not only did we build a custom Advanced Server Monitoring service for our DotNetNuke customers that really works well, but the process added, in a small way, to the advancement of the Windows Server OS. That feels pretty good.
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United States Pushes For 'Strongest Possible' UN Sanctions Against North Korea
The United States on Monday launched a bid at the UN Security Council to quickly slap the "strongest possible measures" on North Korea in response to its sixth and most powerful nuclear test, but China and Russia argued that diplomatic talks were needed to address the crisis.
US Ambassador, Nikki Haley, said Washington will present a new sanctions resolution to the council to be negotiated in the coming days, with a view of voting on it next Monday.
"Only the strongest sanctions will enable us to resolve this problem through diplomacy," Haley told an emergency council meeting called by the United States, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea.
North Korea on Sunday triggered global alarm when it detonated what it described as a hydrogen bomb designed for a long-range missile.
The underground blast had a yield of between 50 and 100 kilotons, or on average more than five times more powerful than the bomb detonated over Hiroshima, UN political affairs chief Jeffrey Feltman told the council.
Declaring that "enough is enough," Haley said incremental sanctions imposed on Pyongyang since 2006 had failed and accused North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un of "begging for war."
"War is never something the United States wants. We don't want it now. But our country's patience is not unlimited," she declared.
"North Korea has basically slapped everyone in the face in the international community that has asked them to stop."
Haley did not spell out what measures Washington was seeking, but diplomats said they could target oil supplies to North Korea — potentially dealing a major blow to the economy.
New sanctions could also seek to curb tourism to North Korea and ban North Korean laborers sent abroad, mostly to Russia and China, to earn hard currency for the regime, diplomats said.
The draft text was expected to be presented to the 14 other council members on Tuesday as the United States sought to respond quickly to reports that North Korea was preparing another missile launch.
– 'Insulting' –
South Korea's defense ministry said Pyongyang may be preparing a missile launch to follow its two tests in July of intercontinental ballistic missiles that apparently brought much of the US mainland into range.
At the UN, China's ambassador Liu Jieyi warned that the crisis was worsening and emphasized the need for dialogue and a diplomatic solution.
"China will never allow chaos and war on the (Korean) peninsula," he asserted.
Liu urged the parties to agree to a Chinese-Russian plan calling for the North to freeze its missile and nuclear tests and the United States and South Korea to suspend joint military exercises.
Haley rejected the proposal as "insulting."
"When a rogue regime has a nuclear weapon and an ICBM pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard. No one would do that. We certainly won't," she declared.
Russia said it would study the new US proposals for sanctions, but again stressed those measures alone would not resolve the crisis.
"This is not the way to get parties to the table to seek a political solution," said Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia.
The council has imposed seven sets of sanctions on North Korea since it first tested a nuclear device in 2006, but Pyongyang has repeatedly found ways to circumvent the measures.
The most recent resolutions, however, have zeroed in on the economy, targeting key exports sectors such as coal that are a source of hard currency for the regime.
Haley reiterated US threats to impose sanctions on countries that conduct trade with North Korea, saying these nations will be seen as "giving aid to their reckless and dangerous nuclear intentions."
That could have major reverberations: China is the largest trading partner of both the North and the United States.
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Having recently recovered from my amateur stunt man escapades I thought I'd pen a short note on the recent court sanctioned debt restructuring by IMO Carwash.
What do corporate bond spreads and Usain Bolt have in common?
The rally in corporate bonds this year is reminiscent of Usain Bolt in full flight in the 100m dash at the Beijing Olympics. Historic. Unprecedented. Fast. So just how far have corporate bond spreads rallied?
Bank bailout schemes – are they really working?


Repeatedly phoning our office phone but hanging up when answered, been going on for weeks.
The same is happening to me but to my mobile. I can't find out who they are.
It's definitely not aneed automatically generated call because I heard the caller coughing just now!


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Live Review: Chameleons Vox - Münster 2015
Written by Daniela Vorndran
Gleis 22, Münster, Germany
Chameleons Vox & MindSlide
The melancholy rock guitar wave of the CHAMELEONS is mentioned as one of today's biggest influences next to the sound of bands like JOY DIVISION, ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN and THE SOUND by current new wave / post punk bands like INTERPOL and THE SOFT MOON. CHAMELEONS' singer Mark Burgess dedicated himself for the last time to the greatest hits of the band with his new band THE CHAMELEONS VOX in the Gleis 22 where the "We are all Chameleons Farewell Tour" had one of its last dates. Bielefeld based MINDSLIDE were opening the evening.
MindSlide
Bielefeld based band MINDSLIDE came into being in October 2012 when the four members decided to form a band, even though all guys are not new in music business, playing in other bands of making music for many years already. First concerts followed in 2013 as well as their first, self-titled EP, out in September 2013. The debut album is planned for September/ October 2015. Musically, MINDSLIDE offers a mix of Wave, Indie, Post-Punk and Shoegaze whereas the voice of singer Steve is very remarkable. The band loves and is influenced by the music of the end-80s and from bands like PLACEBO, THE CURE, CHAMELEONS or JOY DIVISION. MINDSLIDE is Steve Bates (vocals, guitar), Mirco Rappsilber (guitar), Ingo Kaufmann (bass guitar) and Marcel Strathmann (drums). http://mindslide.bandcamp.com / https://www.facebook.com/MindSlideMusic1
For me, like for many other people in the room, this Bielefeld based band was totally unknown. The more I was – positively – surprised when the quartet started playing. MINDSLIDE layer melodic guitar sounds to enthralling Indie Rock where bass and drums form the musical base. Finally, Steve's vocals are the highlight of the songs being sometimes relaxed and spherical, sometimes demanding and rocking. Soon after the start, people came closer to the stage since they obviously liked what they heard. Even though it was really, really cramped on the small stage where already the CHAMELEONS' drum kit was built as well, the four guys delivered a charming show, presenting some of their songs being already released on EP but also a few new ones from the upcoming album. Well done! Convinced me and many other people. To quote on of the visitors: "The evening was already worth it, they were really good!"
02. Scars
03. Sublime
04. Tomorrow
05. She was my God
07. Slowdiving
Music: 8
Performance: 8
Light: 5
Total: 7.5 / 10
History starts with THE CHAMELEONS getting formed in 1981. They're standing in line with bands such as JOY DIVISION or ECHO & THE BUNNYMEN, however never even getting close to the mentioned band's successes. Nevertheless, their first album 'Script Of The Bridge' is considered one of the most important records in Post-Punk today, and also the following little list of albums found not a little list of appreciators today. Due to death of manager and friend Tony Fletcher, the band disbanded in 1987. A reunion took place but never reached the class of early times again. The voice of THE CHAMELEONS, Mark Burgess, started anew with the CHAMELEONS VOX, incorporating besides him original drummer John Lever and adding two new guitarists and a bassist to the line-up. Currently, the band plays in following constellation: Mark Burgess (vocals, bass), John Lever (drums), Dave Fielding (guitar, keyboard) and Reg Smithies (guitar). http://www.chameleonsv.com / https://www.facebook.com/Chameleonsvox
It is not very long ago when CHAMELEONS VOX played last time in Münster. Back then, I was really sick and had to skip the show. And so, even though I just returned 3 hours before from a very cold open air festival with nearly 40 bands, I had to see them this time. When CHAMELEONS VOX entered the stage to start their set with 'Swamp Thing', the club was really crowded towards the very back. And from the first moment, the mood was extremely good with people singing along and clapping as well as a band performing full of dedication. With their melancholic songs, an intricate multi-layered guitar section and the piercing vocals of Mr Burgess the band convinced from the very moment. The atmosphere of their songs is always special and the presentation in Münster was no exception and the charismatic live presence of Mark Burgess adds the missing bit to make it a celebration of good old times.
As usual, the band extended the actual songs with a few instrumental sections. This is when you feel like drowning in a sea of sound and, as I put this once before, in a certain feeling of nostalgia that you're not getting particularly often these days. One of my favourites followed right away as second song, 'A Person Isn't Save Anywhere These Days' off the legendary 'Script Of The Bridge' album. Another great moment for me was 'Monkeyland', a song that has not been played at one of the last performances I had seen. It is great which dynamics this song develops on stage. Final song of the main set was audience favourite 'Second Skin', being rewarded with huge applause. Of course, several more songs were played as encores to satisfy the demanding audience. Wonderful concert and worth the exertions after a ling festival weekend.
01. Swamp Thing
02. A Person Isn't Safe Anywhere These Days
03. Here Today
04. Perfume Garden
05. One Flesh
06. As High As You Can Go
07. Caution
08. Monkeyland
09. In Answer
10. Soul in Isolation
11. Singing Rule Britannia (While the Walls Close In)
12. Second Skin
Encores
All pictures by Daniela Vorndran (http://www.vorndranphotography.com / http://www.facebook.com/blackcatnet)
+1 #4 dani 2015-05-20 10:22
Oh, and great posting a comment twice with different name but same IP... fearing to say your real name?
Maybe my ears are wrong, but it seems you probably saw another concert?
Check also out:
http://www.black-cat-net.de/images/stories/fotos_musik_live/chameleonsvox_muenster_gleis22_20150517/_D3S8231_klein.jpg
0 #2 Helge 2015-05-18 23:28
Was the author really at the concert??? Or did she copy the setlist only from other Websites? At this Tour "Swamp song" was often the opening song of the concert - but in Münster it wasn't! It was the first encore. Sorry for my words, but this review seems to be crap!
-1 #1 Michael 2015-05-18 23:23
Was the author really at the concert? Or did she copy the setlist only from other Websites? On the current Tour Swamp song was often the first song in the setlist, but in Münster it wasn't. Swamp song was the first encore song. Sorry for my words - but this review seems to be crap.
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16th and 17th century English lyric poetry; manuscript poetry of early modern England; early modern English Catholicism and religious controversy
(with Steven W. May) an edition of are or unique poems in early modern English manuscripts
Ph.D. The Johns Hopkins University (1965)
Distinguished Visiting Scholar, UCLA Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, November, 2013.
National Endowment for the Humanities (9-month) Fellowships, 2000 and 2005-6
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship, 1975-76
Grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (U.S. Dept.of Education) ($210,000) for Faculty and Student Exchange with two Brazilian Universities (2002-2007)—Co-P.I. with Renata Wasserman
"Complementary" Grant from the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (U.S. Dept. of Education) ($50,000) for Faculty and Student Exchange with three Brazilian universities (2007-9)—Co-P.I. with Renata Wasserman
Wayne State University Distinguished Graduate Faculty Award, 2000
Charles Gershenson Distinguished Faculty Fellowship, Wayne State U., 1995-97
Wayne State Board of Governors' Faculty Recognition Awards, 1988, 1996, 2006
Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Johns Hopkins Humanities Center, 1970-71
Scholarly monographs:
The Circulation of Poetry in Manuscript in Early Modern England (New York and London: Routledge, 2021).
(with Steven W. May) Ink, Stink Bait, Revenge, and Queen Elizabeth: A Yorkshire
Yeoman's Household Book (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2014)
Religious Ideology and Cultural Fantasy: Catholic and Anti-Catholic Discourses in Early Modern England (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2005).
Manuscript, Print, and the English Renaissance Lyric (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 1995).
John Donne, Coterie Poet (Madison and London: University of Wisconsin Press, 1986) (reprinted with new Preface, Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2008).
(with Steven W. May) Ink, Stink Bait, Revenge, and Queen Elizabeth: A Yorkshire Yeoman's Household Book (Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press, 2014)
Edited and co-edited books:
(Editor) New Ways of Looking at Old Texts VI (Tempe, AZ: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies for the Renaissance English Text Society, 2018).
(Co-edited with Chanita Goodblatt) Religious Diversity in Early Modern English Texts:Catholic, Judaic, Feminist, and Secular Dimensions (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 2013)
(Co-edited with Ken Jackson) Shakespeare and Religion: Early Modern and Postmodern Perspectives (Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press, 2011).
(Co-edited with Ronald Corthell, Frances Dolan and Christopher Highley) Catholic Culture in Early Modern England (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 2007).
(Co-edited with Michael Bristol) Print, Manuscript, and Performance: The Changing Relations of the Media in Early Modern England (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 2000)
Catholicism and Anti-Catholicism in Early Modern English Texts (Basingstoke, Hampshire: Macmillan Publishers and New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999).
(Co-edited with Cedric C. Brown) Texts and Cultural Change in Early Modern England (Macmillan/St. Martins Press, 1997).
Critical Essays on John Donne (New York: G.K. Hall,1994).
(Co-edited with Renata R. Mautner Wasserman, Jo Dulan, and Suchitra Mathur) Reading with a Difference: Gender, Race, and Cultural Identit (Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press,1993).
Selected articles and book chapters (2002-present):
"Poetry outside the Literary Canon: The Rare or Unique Verse by Minor or Little known Authors in Early-Modern English Manuscripts," in Early Modern Manuscripts: Hands, Texts, and Readers, ed. Guillaume Coatalen, Études Anglaises 73.3 (July-September 2020): 347-68.
"Approaching Unedited Texts," A Handbook of Editing Early Modern Texts, ed. Harriet Phillips and Claire Loffman (London and New York: Routledge, 2017), 96-99.
(with Steven W. May) "Manuscript Culture: Circulation and Transmission," in A Companion to Renaissance Poetry, ed. Catherine Bates (Chichester, UK and Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Blackwell, 2018), 78-102.
"Approaching Unedited Texts," A Handbook of Editing Early Modern Texts, ed. Harriet Phillips and Claire Loffman (Abington, U.K. and New York: Routledge, 2017), 96-99.
(with Ken Jackson) "Religion, Secularity and Shakespeare," in Shakespeare and the World, ed. Robert Ormsby and Jill Levenson (Abington, U.K. and New York: Routledge, 2017), 542-56.
"The Verse Nobody Knows: Rare or Unique Poems in Early Modern English Manuscripts," Huntington Library Quarterly 80.2 (Spring 2017): 201-21.
(with Steven W. May), "A New Manuscript Copy of a Poem by Queen Elizabeth: Texts and Contexts," English Literary Renaissance 47.1 (Winter 2017): 1-20.
"Christ Church, Oxford and Beyond: Folger MS V.a.345 and its Manuscript and Print Sources," Studies in Philology 113.4 (Fall 2016): 850-78.
"Literary Coteries, Communities, and Networks: The Circulation of Verse at the Inns of Court and in London in Early Stuart England," in Re- evaluating the Literary Coterie 1580-1830: From Sidney to Blackwood's, ed. Will Bowers and Hanna Crummé (London: Palgrave/Macmillan, 2016), 53-73.
"Saintly Idiocy and Contemplative Empowerment: The Case of Dame Gertrude More," in Sara S. Poor and Nigel Smith (eds.), Mysticism and Reform 1400-1750 (Reformations: Medieval and Early Modern, ed. David Aers, Sarah Beckwith, and James Simpson) (Notre Dame, In: University of Notre Dame Press, 2015), 151-76.
"'Rolling Archetypes': Christ Church, Oxford Poetry Collections, and the Proliferation of Manuscript Verse Anthologies in Caroline England, English Literary Renaissance 44.3 (Fall 2014): 486-523.
"In Defense of Idolatry: Residual Catholic Culture and the Protestant Assault on the Sensuous in Early Modern England," in Redrawing the Map of Early Modern Catholicism (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2012), 27-51.
"Rare or Unique Poems in British Library MS Sloane 1446," in In the Prayse of Writing, Early Modern Manuscript Studies: Essays in Honor of Peter Beal, ed. S. P. Cerasano and Steven W. May (London: British Library Publications, 2012), 236-65.
(with Laura Estill) "Manuscript Circulation," in The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012) 53-70.
(with Steven W. May) "Two Lost Ballads of the Armada Thanksgiving Celebration [with texts and illustration]," English Literary Renaissance 41.1 (Winter 2011): 36-68.
"Chaloner Chute's Poetical Anthology (British Library Additional MS 33998) as a Cosmopolitan Collection," English Manuscript Studies 1100-1700 16 (2010): 112-40.
"Neighborhood, Social Networks, and the Making of a Family's Manuscript Poetry Collection: The Case of British Library Additional MS 25707," in Material Readings of Early Modern Culture, 1580-1700, ed. James Daybell and Peter Hinds (Houndsmill, U.K: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010), 185-207.
"The Intolerability of Catholics in Early Modern England," in Religion and Writing in England, 1558-1689, ed. Roger Sell and Anthony Johnson (Aldershot, U.K.: Ashgate Publishing, 2009), 47-69.
"Humphrey Coningsby and the Personal Anthologizing of Verse in Elizabethan England," in New Ways of Looking at Old Texts IV, ed. Michael Denbo and W. Speed Hill (Tempe, AZ: Renaissance English Text Society and Medieval and Renaissance Texts and Studies in 2008), 71-102.
"What Counts as Early Modern English Catholic Writing?" in Tradition, Heterodoxy and Religious Culture: Judaism and Christianity, ed. Chanita Goodblatt (Beersheva, Israel: Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Press, 2007), 1-16.
"Print, Manuscripts, and Miscellanies," in Early Modern English Poetry: A Critical Companion, ed. Patrick Cheney, Andrew Hadfield, and Garrett A. Sullivan, Jr. (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007), 15-26.
"Shakespeare's Sonnets and the Manuscript Circulation of Texts in Early Modern England," Blackwell's Companion to Shakespeare's Sonnets, ed. Michael Schoenfeldt (Oxford: Blackwell's, 2006), 185-203.
"The Social Context and Nature of Donne's Writing: Occasional Verse and Letters," in The Cambridge Companion to John Donne, ed. Achsah Guibbory (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006), 35-48.
(with Ken Jackson) "The Turn to Religion in Early Modern English Studies," Criticism 46.1 (Winter 2004): 167-90.
"Shakespeare and Catholicism," in Theatre and Religion: Lancastrian Shakespeare, ed. Richard Dutton, Alison Gail Findlay, and Richard Wilson (Manchester and New York: Manchester University Press, 2003), 218-41.
(with Harold Love) "Manuscript Transmission and Circulation," Chapter 2 of the Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature, ed. David Loewenstein and Janel Mueller (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press 2002), 55-80.
(with Steven W. May, Joshua Eckhardt, and Jessica Edmondes) An edition of Rare or Unique Poetry found in 16th and 17th century English manuscripts.


Now that summer is underway, I've been looking for ways to jumpstart healthy habits to achieve my goal of moving more and staying fit. I know I want to make smarter food choices and commit to exercise, but sometimes just getting going with a healthy routine feels nearly impossible.
Through reading books, doing some research, and talking with friends, I discovered some simple ways to help me focus on what really matters when it comes to my health. Without feeling overwhelmed or guilty all the time, these simple lifestyle changes have really helped me feel better and get fit.
Here are six of my favorite hacks that are slowly becoming habits, helping me live healthfully and eat mindfully.
On Monday, my husband and I hosted a housewarming party and there was leftover cake. We left the cake sitting out on our counter. Do you know what happened at 10 a.m. on Tuesday? I had a slice of cake.
"'In sight. In stomach.' We eat what we see, not what we don't," writes Brian Wansink, author of Slim by Design and director of Cornell University's Food and Brand Lab. Through his research, Wansink discovered that he could roughly predict someone's weight based on the food that was sitting out on their counter. "The average woman who kept potato chips on the counter weighed eight pounds more than her neighbor who didn't," he explains. Wansink advises keeping all food out of sight in the kitchen, except for fruit.
The same principle applies at the dinner table. Although it may be proper to serve food from the dining room table, Wansink discovered that "people who served from the stove or counter ate 19 percent less total food compared to those serving themselves right off the table." If you're anything like me, you may finish your food before your dining companions. If the food is on the table, it's easy to have an extra serving, even if you're full. When the food is off the table, it's more work to indulge in that extra serving.
You know the saying that when you fail to plan, you plan to fail? It rings true with our exercise goals too. Simply allotting short breaks in your day to walk can be helpful.
If you work from home, Bertke says that setting up a small home gym with resistance bands, small weights, and an exercise ball makes for good midday breaks. If you're a parent, you can move by playing with your children, inside and outside. You can even slip in some activity while watching TV in the evening.
Bertke recommends finding an accountability partner with similar priorities. "If you can find someone who is trying to work on the same goals like going for a walk at work or packing healthy lunches, it can move both of you forward," she says.
Have you ever arrived home from the grocery store and realized you only picked up a bag of lettuce and three apples swimming in a sea of random snacks? We've all been there, whether it's because we didn't shop with a list or we got distracted by other items at the store.
Wansink recommends that when shopping at a grocery store, shoppers divide their carts in half and make sure to fill half the cart with fresh produce.
Although I don't strictly observe the half cart rule, I keep all my produce at the front of my cart so I can accurately assess how much I'm purchasing. If the fruits and veggies pile is meager, I'll add some more peppers and berries to make sure we have healthy options for our week.
A simple notebook and pen don't seem like key tools in making healthier choices. But science tells us otherwise.
"When researchers studied the eating behaviors of female dieters they found that two of the most important tools linked to successful weight loss were a pen and notebook," explains Salyn Boyles of WebMD. "Women who kept food journals and consistently wrote down the foods they ate lost more weight than women who didn't…. Women who consistently filled out the food journals lost about six pounds more than those who didn't." By writing down what you eat, you give yourself a form of accountability to track your health goals.
Sometimes, making wiser food choices that meet your unique nutritional needs is a matter of simply eating less and knowing how much is enough.
When it comes to foods we're tempted to indulge in, it's important to approach them with confidence instead of fear. Bertke advises that the best way to manage our indulgences is by limiting portions and frequency. "If things are made 100 percent off limits, it is much more challenging to adhere to healthy habits in the long run," she explains.
I don't open a bottle of wine if I'll be the only one drinking. I only have desserts with friends. Fruit and vegetables are the snacks I eat between meals if I'm hungry. I don't add sweetener to my coffee or tea, and sip on water instead of juice. There are occasions when I'll break these rules, but they keep me grounded in making good choices daily.
"With habits, we don't make decisions, we don't use self-control, we just do the thing we want ourselves to do—or that we don't want to do," Rubin writes. Through these hacks, I take the hard work out of making decisions that will benefit my health and lifestyle in the short and long run. And I know I'll be able to enjoy the indulgences of summer all the more with these good habits under my belt.


Those two sets of Galilean brothers take to the road with Jesus, and follow him as he tells about the good news of God's reign, feeds and heals people. That's what Isaiah calls shining light on those who have lived in darkness.
What has brought healing and light to this congregation? I don't know many of the details, but at some point you decided that fishing nets with instructions only in English weren't terribly effective any more. You left those nets behind, or at least some of them, and picked up some new ones, with instructions in Spanish. You noticed that the kinds of fish had changed, and that different methods were required.
Jesus asks us to let go of the old tools and pick up new ones along the way. We're supposed to go out there and discover people who need good news and light in the midst of darkness, not just wait here for fish to swim within reach of our nets.
The word we heard this morning is filled with images of water and light – the water of baptism, the waters of fishing, and the seaside highway that Isaiah insists is going to be glorious. Light drives out the darkness, forces the retreat of gloom for those in anguish, and sends Jesus to Capernaum by the sea, bringing light to the coastlands.
Where else do we hear about light and darkness, waters of various kinds but in the beginning of creation, when God creates light and separates waters. All of these images are about new creation – the new thing God is doing in the midst of building a beloved community of those who fish for people, bringing good news, and healing.
Baptism is about new creation and being children of light. It's an active, involved, ongoing creation in which we take part. It involves change and movement and travel, both getting out of our own way and encountering the vast diversity of God's creation. Follow Jesus, and see the world! Follow Jesus, and truly see where the darkness is, where light and healing are needed! Following Jesus is about new birth and bringing into the light.
If you were a fisherman, what kinds of net would you need to catch light? Think about plants – they're designed to harvest light and turn it into carbohydrates. That's basically where all our food comes from. We would soon starve without the light of the sun and plants to transform the light. Those light-harvesting plants also give us lumber and paper, and they're the source of the coal and oil and natural gas that let us put the sun's energy to work in other ways: housing, transportation, literature – clothing, too – and the energy to run computers, and airplanes, cell phones and organs. Raw material for guitars and food for dancers. What did Jesus mean when he said he was the light of the world? It has something to do with light being the life of the world.
Jesus goes to Capernaum by the sea in order to bring light into the lives of those who dwell in darkness. He calls those four brothers to follow him, to share in his work of lighting the world. Our baptism means the same thing – time to join the body of light-bringers, giving life to the world. When Jesus says, "repent, the kingdom of heaven has come near" it doesn't mean to be sad or depressed. It's an invitation to turn around and face the light. We're meant to be like sunflowers, that face the sun all during the day, continually turning to face it directly so they can take full advantage of the sunlight. During the night they turn some more, so that at the first rays of dawn, they're oriented directly toward the rising sun. We're supposed to do the same, leaning toward the source of life, depending on the holy one at work in our midst, and when the night seems darkest, to keep turning in expectation of the dawn.
We're being invited to become transformers of light, rather than just light sinks, so that the light of Christ can heal and light up the world.


United Cakedom: Dishes are the Worst Household Chore ... Ever!
For my birthday I asked for a new vacuum cleaner. The one I was using was completely useless and was so loud I used to get a headache from it. No one gave me a vacuum cleaner. I was actually disappointed.
I'm not against getting useful things as presents. I love useless, self-involved presents as well, but practical gifts are always appreciated! Anyway our dishwasher went kaput a few months ago. It leaked water everywhere and the floor needed to be replaced.
I could not hand wash all the dishes a family of four produce, forever. Two or three meals a day times a family of four, plus the dishes added from my baking obsession equals a lot of dishes. They just take so much time and it's never ending. Honestly dishes are the worst household chore ever.
I actually asked Santa for one, but just like my birthday and the vacuum cleaner one never appeared.
After the new tiles were laid and doing some research I started to think about what I wanted in a dishwasher, considering my husband refused to take the role, I finally decided on a Bosch dishwasher. I found mine at Argos online here.
It had everything I was after A+ energy rating, child locks (because kids of all ages love buttons), full size (which allows me to fit a days worth of dishes in), overflow protection (ahem), and it is affordable.
Now after a big baking/cooking session I can just throw (not literally) the dishes into the dishwasher and push a few buttons and they are done! Now this year for my birthday I am free to ask for useless self-involved presents! Or a new bed set?
notes: In association with Argos; for more information please see my contact/policy page.
I feel for you! I cannot live without mine!!


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A new booklet has been developed by the IPNI South Asia Program in cooperation with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT). It is a 50-page field guide (8 1/2 x 11 in. size, wire-o bound) designed to describe the underlying causes of nutrient deficiencies in maize, wheat, rice, sorghum, pearl millet, and barley, with tips on how they might be prevented or remedied. Hundreds of excellent deficiency photographs provided by the authors and IPNI will allow the user of this field guide to understand the development of nutrient deficiency symptoms through the growth stages of the crop.
Be Your Own Corn Doctor offers growers and their advisers a practical resource showing color illustrations of typical symptoms of nutrient deficiencies, toxicities, diseases, and other disorders in crop production. While these publications do not substitute for diagnostic tools such as plant tissue analysis and soil testing, they can help distinguish and identify various field problems.
Be Your Own Cotton Doctor offers growers and their advisers a practical resource showing color illustrations of typical symptoms of nutrient deficiencies, toxicities, diseases, and other disorders in crop production. While these publications do not substitute for diagnostic tools such as plant tissue analysis and soil testing, they can help distinguish and identify various field problems.
Be Your Own Soybean Doctor offers growers and their advisers a practical resource showing color illustrations of typical symptoms of nutrient deficiencies, toxicities, diseases, and other disorders in crop production. While these publications do not substitute for diagnostic tools such as plant tissue analysis and soil testing, they can help distinguish and identify various field problems.
Lawns and other turf areas provide many benefits to humans. There are several factors and practices that go into the establishment and maintenance of a quality lawn, including appropriate and adequate nutrition through application of BMPs and the principles of the 4Rs - right source, at the right rate, right time, and right place.
Few publications available today can claim the longevity of Better Crops with Plant Food (BC), the quarterly publication of IPNI. The magazine originated in 1923. It's not easy to describe this unique magazine. With an identity somewhere between an agronomic research journal and a marketing information series, BC provides a steady vehicle for reporting news from research related to nutrient management. While constantly evolving to serve its target audiences, the magazine also serves as a mirror of the agronomic research and education programs of the Institute.
Following a similar style as our popular quarterly publication, Better Crops with Plant Food, this new publication (formerly Better Crops India) is the result of considerable effort by the IPNI South Asia Programme Staff: Dr. K. Majumdar and Dr. T. Satyanarayana. In these pages, you will learn of the many challenges and opportunities as well as the notable progress related to crop production, more balanced fertilization, and best/beneficial management practices related to nutrient use in South Asia.
ARCHIVE - DISCONTINUED. Better Crops International (BCI) was published two times each year from 1996-2003 by the Predecessor of IPNI, the Potash & Phosphate Institute of Canada (PPIC) and the Potash & Phosphate Institute (PPI). BCI was intended primarily for agricultural leaders and scientists working in agronomy and related sciences outside North America.
Catalog of educational materials from the International Plant Nutrition Institute. The catalog is complete with order forms and instructions on ordering from IPNI.
This manual contains the topics covered in the North American version, as well as additional information on tropical crops and soils. Rates, yields and other units of measure are presented in metrics. This 114-page, 10-chapter publication is GBC-bound. It is a practical and useful publication discussing the major, secondary and micronutrients, along with soil testing, plant analysis, diagnostic techniques and more.
This publication emphasizes modern concepts of soil fertility and mineral nutrition in banana production, particularly diagnostic procedures which allow for the development of practical fertilizer recommendations for high yields. It summarizes information generated from more than 15 years of work conducted by the Costa Rican Banana Growers Association. It is presented from a perspective of efficient and economic use of mineral fertilizers and an objective evaluation of organic amendments and their contribution to the susceptibility of the banana production system. The manual is available both in English and Spanish, popular with a range of readers including farm managers, researchers, technicians, students, and others. 54 pages 8.5 x 11 in.
The goal of this manual is to teach individuals, whether students or working professionals, how to propose, test, and implement innovative strategies that increase productivity while also protecting the environment. The ability to integrate mathematics and technological advances into decisions requires a basic understanding of the scientific method, and understanding of how to develop and test conceptual and mathematical models. This manual is loaded with sample questions and exercises. 200+ pages, 8/5 x 11 in. spiral bound.
A Guide to Converting Biologically-Based Data into Economically and Scientifically-Based Practical Solutions The overall goal of this manual is to teach individuals - whether students or working professionals - how to propose, test, and implement innovative strategies that increase productivity while also protecting the environment.
Handbook for personnel in charge of plantation development. Includes guidelines on land preparation for planting (surveying, land clearing, platform construction, legume cover) and procedures for immature maintenance (weeding, nutrient management and census activities).
Handbook for personnel in charge of operations in mature plantings. Topics cover harvesting and delivery efficiency, weeding, nutrient management, mulching with empty fruit bunches, canopy management and pruning, and to a lesser extend pest and diseases.
Handbook for personnel in charge of nursery management. Includes specific instructions and information on site selection and preparation, irrigation, transplanting, monitoring seedling performance and deficiency symptoms.
This pocket-sized edition of the Immature Handbook contains all relevant information needed by field staff to implement best management practices related to land preparation for planting and procedures for immature maintenance.
This pocket-sized edition of the Immature Handbook contains all relevant information needed by field staff to implement best management practices in mature plantings.
This pocket-sized edition of the Nursery Handbook contains all relevant information needed by field staff to implement best management practices in oil palm nurseries.
Poster with pictures for the identification of nutrient deficiency symptoms in oil palm including brief descriptions of likely environments in which they occur.
The advent of precision agriculture and new oil palm planting materials have made it necessary to provide planters with the latest information on oil palm management. This book provides an in-depth discussion on every aspect of oil palm management — from botany to nutritional needs, from managing the canopy to precision management using GIS.
Pocket guide providing essential and up-to-date information on leaf sampling, quantitative surveys on deficiency symptoms, and other important guidelines related to nutrient management. Includes a large annex with pictures of nutrient deficiency symptoms.
This download contains a pdf of the report, a PowerPoint of most figures, and Excel worksheets.
As part of an expanding series, this book provides readers with a valuable diagnostic tool through its unique collection of photographs documenting nutrient deficiency symptoms in broccoli. Once the underlying deficiency is known, strategies can be developed that help avoid losses in crop yield or quality. This book begins by providing generalized information on plant nutrient deficiency, which is followed by hundreds of images with accompanying text descriptions documenting deficiency symptoms for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, boron, copper, iron, and zinc.
This series of four presentations discuss mining, production, and related technology required for making fertilizers. Each presentation includes extensive speaker notes to supplement the slides. Each presentation has 40 to 50 slides (171 slides total).
This download contains PowerPoint presentations for all 10 chapters of the International Soil Fertility Manual. Approximately 320 slides.
This download contains a PowerPoint presentation (30 slides with speaker's notes). The presentation is designed as a supplementary resource for the booklet.
The Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) Exam is based on performance objectives which can be thought of as areas of expertise that a CCA should possess. This manual is an excellent study guide for use while preparing for the International CCA Exam. 157 pages. 8.5 x 11 inches.
Since its first introduction in 2002, this Practical Guide became the standard referece for developing site-specific nutrient management (SSNM) recommendations in irrigated and favorable rainfed rice. The SSNM approach has been successfully evaluated in a wide range of farmers' fields in Asia and is now promoted by national agencies in many Asian countries. The Guide includes a large annex with pictures of nutrient deficiency symptoms.
On soils where acidity limits crop yields, identification and correction of soil acidity constitutes an important part of best management practices to achieve sustainability. This booklet provides a concise review of key concepts related to soil acidity, its evaluation and control through various management options. 30 pages, 8 1/2 x 11 in., wire-o bound.
Deforestation, resulting soil erosion, and poor crop management are the major causes of land degradation. Soil is the farmer's basic resource, and thus, soil fertility is a key determinant in human development. This book presents the important concepts of soil fertility management in an easy-to-understand format. Full-color photographs, tables and charts are used throughout the book so that readers can quickly grasp the underlying principles of soil fertility.
The Soil Fertility Manual was first published in 1978. Since then, agriculture has seen many changes, such as adoption of conservation tillage, biotechnology, precision farming, and others. But the basic principles of soil fertility and agronomy have not changed. The underlying concepts of efficient nutrient management remain the same. The purpose of this manual is to help fertilizer dealers, crop advisers, Extension workers, consultants, teachers, and agronomists give farmers sound agronomic advice. The manual provides the reader with a working knowledge of essential soil-plant relationships, principles of nutrient management and the use of aglime, and a discussion of the unique balance of agriculture and the environment. It provides answers to common questions, and studied carefully, will motivate the reader to further learning and understanding about the fundamentals of crop production. The manual is useful as a self-study guide and can provide the basis for short courses or soil fertility workshops. It acts as a supplement to university textbooks and is an excellent resource for those preparing for the International Certified Crop Adviser (CCA) exams. 200 plus pages, 8.5 x 11 spiral bound.
The 2015 Summary Update provides interpretive analysis of the results of the most recent survey of soil test levels for North America. This summary is a supplemental resource for the survey's new web-based data access system found at http://soiltest.ipni.net. This website provides new opportunities to view, compare, and contrast soil fertility data over the four most recent surveys (2001, 2005, 2010 and 2015). The site also provides full access to a range of charts, maps, and tabular data sets.
View the latest information on recent activities of the Southeast Asia Program.
Southern Forages was first introduced in 1991 and has since gained wide recognition as a practical and reliable source of information on modern forage crop management. The Fifth Edition of Southern Forages, released in February, 2015, is an even more valuable book, with extensive chapter revisions, topic updates, and other improvements.
The more we searched for information on coffee quality, the more we realized that a superb cup of coffee depends on a complex of processes along the supply chain that allows little margin for error at any stage. Furthermore, as so often occurs when personal preferences and tastes are involved in defining quality, the process of producing magnificent coffees is as much an art as a science. Consequently, as we developed this book, we tried to combine hard science with art and put it into a business context: the result is a book with a wide range of styles. This book is neither a blueprint nor a recipe for specialty coffee production. Our intention is to provide information and ideas that stimulate and support creative thinking that can provide the basis for developing and adjusting the myriad processes and details of the specialty coffee supply chains that produce a multitude of coffees with distinctive traits from a diverse range of origins.
This field book is intended to provide a guide to identification of essential and functional plant nutrient disorders in sugarcane. It is directed toward the sugarcane farmer, research scientist, Extension specialist, student, and consultant. Printed on synthetic paper, this book is moisture and mildew resistant. It is spiral bound for use in the field.
A practical guide to forage production that provides a focus on information of interest to wildlife enthusiasts. The guide is packed with useful facts and reference lists related to plant characteristics, fertilizer and nutrients, stand establishment, animal requirements, grazing, and forage quality, including hay and silage. It was developed by the authors of the book, Southern Forages. 44 pages 3.5 x 6 in.


Blessed Homemaking: Surprise, Surprise, Surprise! Look What Happened!
Surprise, Surprise, Surprise! Look What Happened!
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Playing Fair
Campbell-Shaw Incorporated Multimedia has been involved in the design and installation of the Pomona Fairplex project, which has included an assortment of Community R-Series loudspeakers in various locations.LOS ANGELES, CA-From its rural beginnings in 1922 as the L.A. County Fairgrounds, the Pomona Fairplex has grown to become the fourth largest fairgrounds in North America. The Fairplex grounds are home to more than 325,000 square feet of indoor exhibit space, 12 acres of carnival grounds, numerous parks, plazas, picnic areas, a historic train exhibit, a Sheraton Hotel, and a KOA recreational vehicle park. Also calling the Fairplex home is Pomona Raceway, the Wally Parks NHRA Motor Sports Museum, and the Fairplex Park horse racing facility. Both racetracks also host numerous concerts and performance events.
Not surprisingly for a facility of its size, the Fairplex is more or less constantly evolving, growing, and modernizing its infrastructure, most recently including a high-end revamping of the complex's audio systems. Woodland Hills-based Campbell-Shaw Incorporated Multimedia (CSI) has been involved in the design and installation of project, which has included an assortment of Community R-Series loudspeakers in various locations.
"We were originally approached to offer a proof-of-concept demonstration for one of the nine exhibition buildings," said CSI president Rick Shaw. "We set up three Community R.5 speakers at one end of the hall, powered by an MC2 amplifier, and it outperformed the 30 or so horns they had been using for the same space. Once they'd heard the R.5s, they immediately asked us to do the racetrack and grandstands as well. Then we got to talking about the trams, and it's been onward and upward from there. We're implementing a system to provide wireless updated announcements for the trams. Each of the 13 trams is using Tramtracker a GPS tram tracking and location triggered MP3 announcement system designed by CSI Multimedia. The trams are sporting four Community I/0 5 speakers each powered by JL Audio Marine Amplifiers."
Convention Hall 9, the first building to be completed, is covered by 80 R.5-94TZ two-way full-range loudspeakers, with low end enhanced by six R.5SUB 12-inch subwoofers. Outside there are 16 R.25-94TZs and 5 R.5s with five more channels of amplification. The next slated project is the largest building at the Fairplex: at 105,500 square feet, Building 4 covers more area than the next two buildings combined, and will receive 135 R.25s and 14 R.5SUBs early in 2008. Convention Halls 5, 6, 7, and 8 are projected to receive a total of 320 R2.5-94TZ units and 36 R.5SUBs over the next few years. Another 86 R.25-94TZs and 20 R.5s will cover the outdoor areas between buildings. MC2 amplifiers power all the distributed systems.
The racetrack and grandstands at the Pomona Fairplex are slated to receive 26 Community R-1 units, with eight more in auxiliary areas.
"We knew the R-Series would be a good choice in terms of their power and range, but I think the client was mainly impressed with their voicing," observed CSI engineer Terry Galati. "The sound is very consistent across the entire range, both up close and far afield, and they have a really pleasant voicing that people pick up on. Very few systems can deliver both intelligibility and musicality equally well, but the Community R-Series does it."
The racetrack and grandstands are slated to receive 26 R-1 units, with eight more in the auxiliary areas. As Shaw explains, ultimately each area's system will be designed as a separate entity, with the entire complex tied together via fiber to provide for a park-wide announcement system. The racetrack will be getting a dedicated satellite uplink as well, for worldwide broadcasting of horse racing events.


Dispersion polymerization of styrene has been performed in CO2-expanded ethanol at ≤9 MPa and 70 °C using PVP as stabilizer. The polymerizations proceeded with good colloidal stability, resulting in spherical particles of diameters of ∼2 μm. Pressurization with CO2 leads to an increase in particle size (∼1 μm in the corresponding CO2-free system), and a decrease in both polymerization rate and molecular weight. The main effect of CO2 is proposed to be its influence on the partitioning of monomer between the continuous and the particle phase–the results indicate that CO2-pressurization causes a reduction in monomer concentration in the particles. Overall, the results are consistent with literature data on the effects of the polarity of the continuous phase in dispersion polymerization of styrene in alcohols and alcohol/water mixtures.


Orphan Annie, found wounded near Glenwood, Minn., has recovered enough to go to a foster home. Many hope to adopt her.
A golden retriever shot twice and left for dead has made a remarkable recovery and is headed home for Christmas.
Orphan Annie, as members of the nonprofit Retrieve a Golden of Minnesota named the 2-year-old dog, will be released from the intensive care unit at the University of Minnesota Veterinary Hospital at 11 a.m. today, said Joan Barnes, a volunteer with the organization.
Annie's release does not mean her medical issues are over. She still has pneumonia and may need a blood transfusion later. But for now the swelling in her legs has gone down, wounds from the two bullets that passed through her body are healing and she has a healthy appetite.
She also has lots of well-wishers pulling for her full recovery, including several people who have contributed money to pay her medical bills, which could exceed $15,000, Barnes said.
Annie's tale began Dec. 15, when a man driving near Glenwood in Pope County spotted the retriever lying in a snowbank at the end of a driveway. The dog had been shot. One bullet passed through her stomach. It fractured a rib and punctured her diaphragm before exiting her chest. A second bullet entered her neck and passed through her esophagus.
The good Samaritan brought Annie to a local animal shelter. The dog was transferred to the University of Minnesota, where she underwent a complicated operation that included removing 20 percent of her stomach because of damage and infection.
For days, Annie struggled to survive, but she's now off oxygen and tubes have been removed. She's wagging her tail and is eating hamburger for dinner.
When Annie is released, she will go to a foster home for several months as she recovers. After that, there is a growing list of people who want to adopt her, Barnes said.


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Vladimir Pozner spoke at Yale University (video)
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On September 27, 2018, Yale's Program in Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies, and the Poynter Fellowship for Journalism hosted Vladimir Pozner, the acclaimed Russian-American journalist and broadcaster.
Pozner spoke on the impact of US foreign policy towards Russia after the Soviet Union has been disbanded, and shared his opinions on a range of issues raised by the audience, from the alleged Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential elections, to Skripal poisoning, to the state of independent media in Russia and the US.