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The Ultimate Restaurant Guide
The food consumption culture has become extremely diverse in its nature and caters to the demands of million worldwide. There are around thousands of different cuisines that to satisfy the appetites of hard-core foodies. Restaurant the customers want portray a variety of ambiences and are located in different places provide relaxing and unique dining experiences along with filling the stomach. Families and co-workers both have an increased focus towards dining out, in various places fulfilling their current physiological needs. Since physiological needs form the basic and most necessary aspect of human desire they need to be catered to adequately with concentrations on the minutest details.
During the Ancient Rome period small restaurant the bars provided visitors with food and drinks, in the absence of a kitchen facility. The service range however, was limited. These periods were characterized by a need to visit restaurants for socialization, as is the case in the world we know today. Official restaurants first came into existence in the 11th Century, during the first half of the Song Dynasty in China. Kaifeng in China incorporated tea bars and restaurants the individual wanted to cater to habits of individuals like gambling and prostitution, making the experience even more satisfying. These small scale restaurants progressed to become industrialized units catering to more complex consumption demands of the consumers. Various revolutions in different parts around the globe, namely the French revolution led to the establishments of restaurant the consumers are ecstatic about worldwide. Nowadays, these restaurants can be categorized into fast food chains, a la carte dining, informal cafes, bars and even food parlors.
A majority of internet-based companies provide customers with complete online databases, divided according to territorial boundaries. One of such companies is Eat Out, which provides a complete guide that lists over 3000 restaurants worldwide, along with latest news on visitor views and changes in the restaurant policies. In addition to the website this renowned company also releases an annual magazine, a weekly newsletter, iPhone application and even a pocket guide. This company has also created pages on Facebook, along with an official account on twitter, updating details regarding restaurant the customers would be attracted towards. However, they are known as to maintain a policy of credibility and provide up to date rates, where restaurant names can be sorted into alphabetical and lowest charges orders. Zagat is another online based company which initially began as a hobby in 1979, and is not the leading provider of consumer survey based information regarding restaurant the individual would prefer to revisit. This company covers more than a hundred countries worldwide, along with a facility of customized search, where the customer can input any information like type of cuisine, location and price range etc.
The ultimate guide doesn't have to be a fixed part of an online website; it can be an article in any independent magazine, or even a documentary on popular TV Channels like Discovery Channel and National Geographic. It should be noted that new channels created specifically for restaurant advertisement purposes comprise of Food Network and BBC Food also. Restaurant the customers choose can also be influenced through the ultimate guides shown on these forms of mass media too.
By Anushay Q., published at 02/25/2012
Rating: 4/5 (10 votes)
The Ultimate Restaurant Guide. 4 of 5 based on 10 votes.
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New Report Shows That An Alarming Number Of Children Are Being Poisoned By Opioids
By Rhitu Chatterjee
Published December 20, 2019 at 4:48 PM EST
An alarming number of children are being poisoned by opioids. That's according to a new report out today in the scientific journal Clinical Toxicology. While the opioid epidemic has mostly affected young and middle-aged people, the new findings highlight the toll that prescription and illicit opioids are taking on children and adolescents. NPR's Rhitu Chatterjee has more.
RHITU CHATTERJEE, BYLINE: The first time Megan Land encountered a child poisoned by an opioid was about three years ago. She had recently started working in the pediatric ICU at Emory University, where she's a critical care fellow.
MEGAN LAND: This child had severe respiratory distress as a result of consuming a fentanyl patch.
CHATTERJEE: She has since treated more kids for opioid poisonings. The experience led her to do this new study, where she and her colleagues looked at records of calls made to poison control centers around the country between 2005 and 2018. Of the more than million cases of opioid poisonings spanning all age groups, Land says...
LAND: About 24% of them were children, which was surprising to me.
CHATTERJEE: While the overall number of children poisoned by opioids has declined since 2010, Land says a greater percentage of them have ended up in pediatric ICUs in recent years.
LAND: So the children that are being admitted to the hospitals seem to have more severe effects.
CHATTERJEE: Requiring more serious lifesaving interventions - the study also found that 90% of these poisonings happen in the children's homes, and the youngest of children, up to age 4, and the oldest, 15 to 19, were the most affected.
JULIE GAITHER: There hasn't been a lot of attention paid to children and adolescents just because they've been overshadowed for the most part by the sheer number of deaths in the adult population.
CHATTERJEE: That's Julie Gaither at the Yale School of Medicine. Her own past research has shown that not only are children getting hospitalized due to opioid poisonings, many are dying as a result. Between 1999 and 2016, nearly 9,000 children and adolescents died from taking opioids. And Gaither says, the risk from opioids isn't going away anytime soon.
GAITHER: They're still going to remain in our home and that we all have a role to play in terms of storing opioids and making sure that kids and teens don't have access to them.
CHATTERJEE: Rhitu Chatterjee, NPR News.
Rhitu Chatterjee
Rhitu Chatterjee is a health correspondent with NPR, with a focus on mental health. In addition to writing about the latest developments in psychology and psychiatry, she reports on the prevalence of different mental illnesses and new developments in treatments.
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East Harlem, February 20, 2007. Brian Ghaw gently wipes the glass where his delicious cakes and pastries are displayed. As owner of the recently opened Savoy Bakery, Brian wants to ensure his business covey's a sense of warmth. Something which he accomplishes with both the look of the bakery and with his easy going manner. The bakery is both warm and welcoming. Owner Brian Ghaw choose the current East Harlem location after a friend of his made him aware of the community. Mr. Ghaw said he was "looking for growing community" What he found was "the last neighborhood in Manhattan". Meaning, he was looking for a place with a sense of community.
The very first impression one gets of the Savoy Bakery is the neat and clean look from outside looking inside. The bakery has a golden light hue. And the smell of freshly baked goods hits you upon opening the doors. Everything is presented well. The cakes are absolutely gorgeous to look at. It is almost a shame to cut into them. They look like works of art. The cookies and bread are also very tempting. All are baked fresh daily. And it gets better. Taste any of the baked goods and you will not be disappointed.
All of the baked goods at the Savoy Bakery are made with butter and no trans fats. So they contain less cholesterol than you may expect from baked goods. Can this get any better? Well yes, prices are very reasonable! (see photo).
The Savoy Bakery opened December 12, 2007 and is located at 170 East 110th Street (not too far from the Aguilar Library). The bakery is opened from 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM on weekdays and from 8:00 AM to 6:00 PM on Weekends. You may have to wait a little in the mornings as that is the time a lot of community residents choose to buy their coffee and pastry. Soup is also available for lunch. They will delivery certain items so be sure to call 212-828-8896 to learn more. Also you can visit their website at www.savoybakery.com.
Mr. Ghaw has done well in opening the Savoy in our community. East Harlem deserves it! It feels good to buy a great product at a great looking place, served by local residents (and some from the Bronx). The service is quick and courteous, the baked goods are light airy and contain no trans fats. And boy do they taste good! Whatever you do, Enjoy.


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An archaic term that refers to the legal status of a married woman.
At Common Law, coverture was the protection and control of a woman by her husband that gave rise to various rights and obligations. Upon marriage, a Husband and Wife were said to have acquired unity of person that resulted in the husband having numerous rights over the property of his wife and in the wife being deprived of her power to enter into contracts or to bring lawsuits as an independent person. These restrictions were abolished by various statutes.
During coverture means within the duration of the marriage.
formerly, the condition or status of a married woman considered as being under the protection and influence of her husband.
COVERTURE. The state or condition of a married woman.
2. During coverture, the being of the wife is civilly merged, for many purposes, into that of her husband; she can, therefore, in general, make no contracts without his consent, express or implied. Com. Dig. Baron and Feme, W; Pleader, 2 A 1; 1 Ch. Pl. 19, 45; Litt. s. 28; Chit. Contr. 39; 1 Bouv. Inst. n. 276.
3. To this rule there are some exceptions: she may contract, when it is for her benefit, as to save her from starvation. Chit. Contr. 40.
4. In some cases, when coercion has been used by the husband to induce her to commit crime, she is exempted from punishment. 1 Ha1e, P. C. 516; 1 Russ. Cr. 16.


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Each year, PCRC organizes a training for a group of young Bosnians from around the country. The five-day training camp consists of a series of interactive workshops and practical work sessions that focus on increasing participants' understanding of the causes and manifestations of intolerance and discrimination between divided groups, the difference between freedom of expression and hate speech, the work of relevant authorities, and the role of citizen media in response. In addition, correspondent training sessions also focus on cultivating participants' skills in investigative and citizen journalism techniques, including basic report writing skills, basic photography and film techniques, conducting interviews, how to identify and verify sources, and how to work in a safe, responsible and ethical manner. Following the training, participants receive a one-year mentorship provided by PCRC staff members and media professionals. Since 2014, PCRC has trained 63 Bosnian youth correspondents from 30 regional cities.
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Malang is famous for its beaches. Many beaches are managed well while some of them are still unexplored.
There are some beaches that are famous in Malang, for example: Sendang Biru, Sempu Island and Balekambang. Sendang Biru means Blue (Biru) Water spring (Sendang). It has beautiful sight seeings because of its blue water. Most fish in Malang comes from Sendang Biru because the beach is also famous for its fish auction. Unlike the other beaches that faces Indonesia Ocean, Sendang Biru has small waves. People will be amazed by its blue sea water.
Not so far from Sendang Biru Beach, there is Sempu Island. This is the island that blocks the big waves from Indonesia Ocean so the waves in Sendang Biru are small. To get Sempu Island, people need to ride a motor boat and to get permission from the authorities because the island is a conservation area. Beside enjoying the beautiful views, people can explore underwater area by diving, or just fish from the island.
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At the New Hampshire Lottery Commission, not only are we building the Lean bench by adding 2 Green Belts and 12 Yellow Belts, we are also piloting our own grassroots mentoring program for supervisors. The NH Bureau of Education and Training is a great partner in training and it's up to us as an agency to follow up with discussions about what we've learned and how to put what we've learned into practice.
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After years of planning, BrandsMart USA, the Southeast Florida CE, majaps and housewares discounter, opened its first mega-store outside the Sunshine State earlier this month, setting the stage for what could become a bruising battle for market share in Atlanta (see sidebar, below).
The new, 130,000-square-foot emporium is located here, on a busy highway intersection just minutes from Buckhead, on an otherwise vacant 17-acre property that previously held a General Motors parts distribution center. BrandsMart may lease the extra acreage to restaurants to help drive traffic and further establish the zone as a destination site.
The mega-store is the first of at least three planned units that will circle the city, all to be supported by a 200,000-square-foot regional warehouse that is expandable to 1 million square feet. The second BrandsMart is scheduled to open in one year, executive VP Larry Sinewitz said.
The store retains BrandsMart's signature multitiered circular design, but with several unique changes. Most obvious is a ceiling-height conveyor belt that carries merchandise from the back room over the selling floor and down a two-story corkscrew slide to the center of the store. The concept, borrowed from the United States Postal Service, has reduced off-load time from hours to 20 minutes per trailer, Sinewitz said, and may be retrofitted into at least one of BrandsMart's five Florida stores.
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United Response fundraisers take on the Great North Run
Emma Reeves
This Sunday, 9th September, United Response has two brilliant fundraisers taking part in the Great North Run to raise money for United Response.
Paul Houghton and Danielle Bond will be pounding the streets of Newcastle and South Shields to complete the event, the largest half marathon in the world. Here Paul and Danielle tell us why they decided to take part in the event and chose to raise funds for United Response.
"I have seen nothing but determination to champion the rights of the people we support"
Paul works as a Health and Safety Advisor for United Response and says:
"Since starting work for United Response in January 2018 I have been immediately moved by the level of care and dedication of every staff member, the continual strive for equality of rights, and the care for the people we support: I have seen nothing but determination to champion the rights of people living with disabilities and improve their lives in a real and meaningful way. I have seen many of the centres, supported living houses and support buildings, and have been struck by how hard everyone is working.". It is these visits that have inspired Paul to fundraise for United Response: "The joy that activities, trips and support to work bring to the people we support is a real privilege to witness, but I also know how much more we could achieve with better funding and resources.".
"I have witnessed first hand the wonderful work United Response does in York"
Danielle is equally impressed by United Response and is a frequent visitor to Cafe West in York, one of United Response's Supported Employment initiatives. Here people with learning disabilities, mental health needs and physical disabilities are given the opportunity to learn new skills in a safe but fully working cafe environment, all while delivering delicious food to the many visitors. Danielle calls the work here "amazing", and has so far manged to raise almost £500 to help us to continue providing brilliant services like Cafe West. "I'm very pleased to have raised money for a wonderful charity that does a lot of good work locally" says Danielle.
Both Paul and Danielle are continually grateful for any donations you can make to their fundraising pages.
Donate to Paul's fundraising page
Donate to Danielle's fundraising page
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Everyone at United Response will be rooting for Paul and Danielle on Sunday - best of luck both of you!
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Cell: The basic structural and functional unit in people and all living things. Each cell is a small container of chemicals and water wrapped in a membrane.
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There are notable exceptions including the egg and sperm cells (each of which have only 23 chromosomes containing half the usual amount of DNA) and mature red blood cells (which no longer have a nucleus and so lack chromosomes and DNA).


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Alice Paul (seated, far right) and members of the National Woman's Party strategize over tea, c. 1923.
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The next task we'll see how is it possible to make the corrections on the scanned already contours and change their colors, see how to create different textures (textile's for example) applying different filters of the program, different pictures, create also a magic sphere and giving a shining effect to the surfaces.
Open in a new window the scanned contours of the picture we want to process next: File ? Open (ctrl+o).
Copy the layer just to make the work possible by moving it on the new layer's icon in the Layers window. The first layer should be erased applying the other button in the same window. Decolorize the layer: Image ? Adjustments ? Desaturate (shift+ctrl+u) and correct the brightness and the contrast of the picture, making use of the next selection: Image ? Adjustments ? Curves (ctrl+m).
Erase now the marked zone, using the Delete button on the keyboard. Move off the markings: Select ? Deselect (ctrl+d). We have to create a new layer now under the layer with the contours, just not to lose the last layer. Paint it in a neutral color (I choose white color) applying the Paint Bucket Tool. Get back to the layer containing the contours and change their color in the Blending Options window also.
Paint the given picture with the basic colors now. I recommend you to place each color on a new layer to make easier after that placing the shadows and if that is possible to change the color easily then. Use the Brush Tool of Hard Round type to make this operation.
I like starting picturing with details, that is why represent at the beginning the magic sphere in the girl's hands. Use on a new layer above the circle's coloring Filter ? Render ? Clouds, making sure that you have chosen preliminary the black and white colors.
Minimize the layer's size until it covers the sphere only, making use of the next command: Edit ? Free Transform (ctrl+t). Group this layer with that one containing the sphere's coloring: Layer ? Create Clipping Mask (ctrl+g), but the layer shouldn't get outside its contours.
Apply by turn now two filters. First – Filter ? Artistic ? Plastic Wrap, then Filter ? Stylize ? Glowing Edges.
Represent a flare now on the sphere, selecting Filter ? Render ?Lens Flare.
Change the layer's type on Color Burn and change the color selecting Image ? Adjustments ? Hue/Saturation(ctrl+u).
Combine this layer with the previous one: Layer ? Merge Down (ctrl+e). Copy the new layer after that several times and place the copies on the buttons' place, using Edit ? Free Transform (ctrl+t). Combine now all the layers containing the buttons on the clothes (ctrl+e) and make them look in contrast, using next selection: Image ? Adjustments ? Curves (ctrl+m).
Start working with the eyes now. Mark first the light and the shadow with the usual Brush Tool.
Then smudge all the lines (Smudge Tool) and decolorize a little the lowest part of the iris using the Dodge Tool.
Create now a new layer and group it with the layer containing the eye's coloring. Insert more volume on it, selecting the Gradient Tool.
Insert on the new layer, above the contours' layer several flares of different sizes. Combine now the layers with the eyes' coloring and change a little their colors (ctrl+u).
Copy this layer (ctrl+j), then apply to the copied layer next options: Filter ? Artistic ? Film Grain. Change now the Blending Mode of the copy-layer on Soft Light and merge down the layers containing the eyes (ctrl+e).
Apply on the layer with the hair's fillets the filter too (Filter – Render ? Clouds), correct the sizes (ctrl+t), group the layers (ctrl+g) and select the filters with the same adjustments we used for the sphere: Filter ? Artistic ? Plastic Wrap, then Filter ? Stylize ? Glowing Edges.
Select the Dodge Tool now and give more luminescence to the brighter parts of the hair's fillets.
Above the layer with the dress should be inserted a texture with some ornaments. Open it in a new window (ctrl+o), mark it out with Rectangular Marquee Tool and make a copy of it: Edit ? Copy (ctrl+c). Get back now to our picture's window and insert it on the necessary layer: Edit ? Paste (ctrl+v).
Make the corrections on the size (ctrl+t), group the layers (ctrl+g) and decolorize the texture's layer (shift+ctrl+u). Change the layer's Blending Mode on Color Burn.
Then create a mask out of this layer: Layer ? Add Layer Mask ? Reveal All. Select now the black color and the Gradient Tool to erase the texture's visibility on the dress's bottom part.
Combine now the layers with the dress (ctrl+e) and select the Burn Tool to add the shadows.
Make a copy of this layer and apply the filter that is given: Filter ? Artistic ? Dry Brush.
Change the layer's type on Multiply, merge down all the layers and correct a little the brightness and the contrast, using this operation: Image ? Adjustments ? Levels (ctrl+l).
Set the Hardness on 0% and choose also a brush of big size to picture the blushes on a new layer too.
Choose a Brush Tool of Hard Round type to dark out the hair near the contours.
Select now a brush with smooth edges and mark out the place of the flares to be.
Using the Smudge Tool, represent the flares on the hair's locks, with zigzag motions.
Choose the Gradient Tool now and brushes with smooth edges to add more light on the hair and on the girl's figure. Do it on the layer with the flares situated above the contours.
Change its color selecting Image ? Adjustments ? Selective Color.
Select the next command: Layer ? Remove Layer Mask ? Apply and give a nuance to this layer, using next combination: Image ? Adjustments ? Hue/Saturation (ctrl+u).
Change the layer's type on Hard Light and you may insert the picture in a frame by selecting the Crop Tool and Rectangular Tool.


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Q: How to get hibernate to return entity even if entity doesn't exist in database Ok, im not sure how to put this. But here goes.
say i have a database with the tables movie and user_movie, movie holds information on any given movie, and user_movie holds information on the users relationship to the movie.
So, when a user sets the value "watched" on a given movie, then this results in a table record in user_movie. however, if a user doesn't set any movies as watched, then this would mean that the no movies have been watched and no records are set. so there is this logic already in place. (Now i could always have just created a default record for each and every user times the number of movies. but this wouldn't be very effective.)
so when i try to create a query like, fetch me all movies that the user hasn't watched. that should return me a list of ALL the movies in the database. however, since user_media doesn't contain any records, it would actually give me an empty list.
so is there a solution i could use here?
Is it possible to get hibernate to return a "default" entity in the event that the entity doesn't exist? or in the event of a "left join" and the joined value is NULL can i return a default value?
my current backend is mysql. maybe i could create a custom function to deal with this problem?
EDIT
user_media can also hold values like acquired (true,false), wishlisted (true,false), emotion (LOVE,HATE,NULL)
A requirement for my solution is that i get a list of user_media joined with movie. Therefore user_media can't be NULL.

A: This query in MySQL will return you the list of movies user 1 hasn't watched:
SELECT  *
FROM    movie
WHERE   id NOT IN
        (
        SELECT  movie_id
        FROM    user_movie
        WHERE   user_id = 1
                AND watched = 1
        )

Create a UNIQUE index (or, better, a PRIMARY KEY) on user_movie (user_id, movie_id) for this to work fast.
A test case:
CREATE TABLE movie (id INT NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY, name TEXT);

CREATE TABLE user_movie (user_id INT NOT NULL, movie_id INT NOT NULL, watched BOOL, PRIMARY KEY (user_id, movie_id));

INSERT
INTO    movie
VALUES
        (1, 'Titanic'),
        (2, 'Office Space'),
        (3, 'Surf Nazis Must Die');

INSERT
INTO    user_movie
VALUES  (1, 1, FALSE),
        (1, 2, TRUE);

SELECT  *
FROM    movie
WHERE   id NOT IN
        (
        SELECT  movie_id
        FROM    user_movie
        WHERE   user_id = 1
                AND watched = 1
        );

This will return
1, 'Titanic'
3, 'Surf Nazis Must Die'

Titanic is returned because the user explicitly told he didn't watch it, Surf Nazis Must Die is returned because the user didn't insert a record for it.

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Does Saddam Have 9 Lives?
The latest intelligence from the U.S. and Britain says Saddam may have lived through two bunker bombs. "This is a man who has spent a lifetime trying to avoid and evade assassins and military coups," says Richard Clarke, who was a national security adviser at the White House until recently. "There's really no explanation anyone has to this moment about how he survived." After the recent restaurant bombing, "American covert agents or special forces saw him get out of the car and go into the restaurant or the house next to it," says Clarke. "Apparently someone saw what looked like Saddam Hussein being taken out of the restaurant by his bodyguards."
It's now thought that Saddam and his ministers may have escaped to his hometown of Tikrit or to Syria, where we now know that many members of his family are staying. "We're getting intelligence saying Syria's been cooperative in moving people out of Iraq to Syria," says Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. "They are moving from Syria to still other places."
"He is always looking for his bolt hole," says Vince Cannistraro, a former senior intelligence officer. "Whatever action he takes, he's always looking the next step ahead: 'What if something happens here. Where do I go next?'"
After the second Saddam bombing, leadership communication signals disappeared, which is a sign that Saddam's son Qusay, who was in charge of the defense of Baghdad, had been killed. "There's been no sign he's been active since that Monday evening bombing," says Cannistraro.
Russian officials deny that Saddam took exile in their embassy in Baghdad, although he was trying to negotiate such a deal. The Russian ambassador to Iraq, Vladimir Titorenko, returned unexpectedly to Baghdad after leaving on Saturday. This was shortly after a visit to Moscow by U.S. National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice. "This type of statement is not in any way true," says Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Yakovenko. "This is another attempt to place our embassy in Baghdad under threat."
Russian media reported that CIA teams have failed to find the archives of the Saddam regime, which are believed to have been transferred to the Russian embassy in Baghdad. Iraqi intelligence agents have seized documents in several foreign capitals, to prevent them from falling into coalition hands.
Saddam's biographer Com Coughlin says he would want to make his final stand in Tikrit. He says, "It is in Tikrit that he has his tribesman. He has proper support. People will conceal him; they won't betray him. I think Saddam will stay in Tikrit, even if he means he dies in Tikrit."
Mohammed Al Douri, Iraqi envoy to the United Nations, says, "The game is over."
Whether he has 9 lives or not, Saddam will soon find himself part of the afterlife.
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Neil is the Managing Director of a highly successful business, project managing state-of-the-art, kitchen design and build. He tasked us with creating a full set of marketing recommendations to successfully promote his new business, both online and offline.
The first step on this project was to come up with a company name and logo design which reflected the high-quality service that Neil provides.
The logo had to be simple, instantly recognisable with a timeless, classic design. We felt that a black and white logo would provide a professional and sophisticated image that Neil could be confident with promoting to his clientele.
This corporate identity needed to be supported with a clean, informative and image-led website, showcasing the quality of workmanship offered.
The website was designed and built to promote the three main services that the company has to offer – kitchens, interiors and build. Each section highlighted the quality of projects undertaken with the use of striking imagery.
The mobile version of this site was extremely important as 90% of potential customers will use mobile or tablet when searching for a company to undertake a project of this magnitude.
A full range of stationery was designed and printed to reflect the quality of the products and services available.
The brand was also incorporated into several company vehicles with full-colour vinyl graphics applied, allowing No. 8 Design to be seen on the road, 24/7.
Key to the success of the business, was designing a top quality brochure to reflect the projects undertaken by No. 8 Design, using high quality paper, high-end finishes, including matt lamination and spot UV. Each insert was designed to help a customer to understand the process that No. 8 and their client would go through from project start to finish, including design and build.
The key element to successfully promote No. 8 Design was to make sure that the photography across all marketing channels was of the highest quality. This business is very image-led and without professional photography by Stone Create, we wouldn't be able to portray the sheer quality provided by No. 8 Design.


A stochastic model is a model which takes uncertainties of input parameters into account. Therefore stochastic models replace uncertain parameters with random variables or stochastic processes.
Stochastic optimisations often formulate two-stage or multi-stage decision problems. The solution of the model consists of a sequence of decisions. During the first stage the decisions are made under uncertainty, i.e. without knowledge about how the possible realisations of the uncertain parameters will develop. In the second stage new information are added, i.e. in the second decision realisations of the uncertain parameters can be included. The number of stages and the number of scenarios looked at per stage are curcial for the calculating time of the model.
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Yasuji (seen written as 安治, 安二 and 安治1 and also known as Yasujirō 安治郎, his given name at birth) was Kobayashi Kiyochika's (1847-1915) only true disciple. He was born in 1864 as the son of a dry-goods merchant in Asakusa, and is said to have begun as an apprentice in the atelier of the famous print artist Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839-1892). The story goes that Yasuji encountered Kiyochika one snowy day – probably in the winter of 1878-79 – sketching a Sumida River landscape. After watching the artist for some two hours in silence, Yasuji struck up a conversation and in short order asked Kiyochika to take him on as a disciple.
By the time Kiyochika gave up Western-style landscapes in 1881, Yasuji had designed only eight prints in his own name, but he perpetuated his master's style over the next three years, particularly in the format of small postcard-size prints, reaching a total of 134 by 1884, with his best known series of small prints being titled Tokyo meisho (Famous Views of Tokyo). He also created prints that were nearly identical to those of Kiyochika's as in the example below.
Like his master, Yasuji would produce several versions of the same print, for instance, one at daylight and one at night. Yasuji's landscape work has a greater clarity than that of his teacher, and tends to be less dramatic or sentimental. In 1884, however, he completely abandoned this style and turned to conventional nishiki-e triptychs depicting the sights and events of the day in the traditional heroic style, working under the name of Tankei 探景, which the publisher Matsuki Heikichi bestowed on him in 1884. His death1 on September 14, 1889, at the age of twenty-five, is said to have greatly distressed Kiyochika.
2 I have read in a blog that his death was caused by heart failure.
3 A Dictionary of Japanese Artists: Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics, Prints, Lacquer, Laurance P. Roberts, Weatherhill, 1976, p. 198.
A retrospective of his work was recently held at the Tokyo Gas Museum.


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Siegwerk joins Cologne alliance MIT FRAUEN IN FÜHRUNG, setting an example for diversity and gender parity
As a new member of the MIT FRAUEN IN FÜHRUNG initiative, Siegwerk joins an alliance of Cologne-based companies committed to greater diversity at management levels. The focus is on career advancement for women and thus the creation of a gender-oriented corporate culture.
Siegwerk, one of the world's leading suppliers of printing inks and coatings for packaging applications and labels, yesterday announced its membership in the Cologne-based alliance MIT FRAUEN IN FÜHRUNG (With Women in Leadership). The local initiative specifically promotes gender parity and career advancement for women and offers companies in and around Cologne a unique platform for exchanging experiences on gender-oriented management. Siegwerk's formal acceptance into the alliance took place during the ceremony "FRAUEN EMPOWERMENT - Fakten schaffen!" at Sparkasse Köln Bonn. Ulrich Voigt, Chairman of the Board and new patron of the alliance, and Christine Kronenberg, initiator of the initiative welcomed Siegwerk as another family-owned company and the first manufacturing company in the Cologne alliance.
"Diversity, equality and inclusion are the drivers of successful and satisfied teams. Colorfully mixed teams bring together the most diverse perspectives, enabling disruptive thinking and breaking out of old patterns," explains Dr. Nicolas Wiedmann, Chief Executive Officer of Siegwerk. "Expertise knows no gender, background or personal orientation. And as a company in a classically male-dominated industry, I can only say we need more diversity and urgently more women, at all levels."
As part of its new sustainability agenda, Siegwerk has set itself the goal, among other things, of doubling the proportion of women at management level by 2025. Joining the Cologne-based corporate alliance FRAUEN IN FÜHRUNG (Women in Leadership) once again underscores this commitment and is intended to specifically help improve structures and the working environment and ultimately thus attract more women to management positions at the Siegburg headquarters. "We are pleased to be part of this unique initiative and to exchange ideas with other companies on gender-oriented management and measures for the systematic advancement of women," adds Wiedmann. "For me, diversity is a clear leadership issue and for this reason I have also made it my personal mission to sensitize managers to the relevance of diversity and to consistently raise awareness within the company. In this unique network, we are therefore very happy to exchange ideas and learn from each other." Siegwerk sees itself as a pioneer in its industry and is ready to actively tackle change, put its own structures to the test and adapt the organization accordingly.
The Cologne Alliance WITH WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP was founded in 2016 by Female Resources, a management consultancy in the field of gender management, to specifically promote development opportunities for women in companies in the region. With a network of 15 different companies from the Cologne area, the alliance represents a unique platform for local business to exchange ideas across industries about gender-oriented HR policies and the advancement of women in particular, and to further drive change in society.
"We are pleased to include Siegwerk, another leading company in the region, in our circle that is committed to actively improving the proportion of women in management positions," says Christine Kronenberg, founder of Female Resources and initiator of the alliance WITH WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP. "I am particularly pleased with Dr. Wiedmann's personal commitment to working for more gender fairness, diversity and equal opportunities in the company. This commitment from the top of the company is exactly what is needed for sustainable change."
Siegwerk recognizes that diversity, in combination with equality and inclusion, can make a valuable contribution to the success of individuals and the company as a whole. Diverse teams have been shown to increase individual productivity and creativity. Based on their different skills and different perspectives, employees of diverse teams are enabled to jointly develop new approaches to solutions and sustainable innovations. For example, scientific studies show that companies with more diverse leadership teams bring more innovative products and services to market than those with homogeneous leadership teams. At the same time, diverse leadership teams statistically achieve above-average business success. "In this context, a diverse workforce and supportive work environment are not only important aspects for retaining employees, but above all for becoming a company that is attractive to women and to potential applicants," Wiedmann adds. A diverse workforce is important to the majority of those looking for a new job when deciding on their new employer.
The company wants to reposition itself in the medium term in order to further increase its attractiveness as an employer, especially for female specialists and managers, and to make greater use of the potential of diverse teams. To achieve this, Siegwerk is focusing on education within the company to create awareness of everyone's collective responsibility. Among other things, this includes reviewing current promotion and hiring processes, conducting training on unconscious bias, or defining new personnel-related key figures and reporting them transparently. In this regard, managers in particular are called upon to personally contribute to making the organization a diverse and inclusive workplace.
By participating in this local initiative, Siegwerk hopes to gain targeted, practice-oriented insights into strategies and measures for implementing successful gender management and, consequently, for creating an attractive working environment in which all those who want to make a career can do so. You can find out more about the Cologne Alliance WITH WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP here: https://mitfraueninfuehrung.de/.
You can find out more about Siegwerk's sustainability agenda HorizonNOW here.
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2018 Mercedes-Benz CLS spotted testing
India, March 10 -- After completing the E-Class range, Mercedes-Benz has started working on the third generation of CLS. The new-gen 'four-door coupe' has already been spotted testing in the northern Scandinavia. The current generation Mercedes-Benz CLS was introduced in 2012 and received a minor update in 2015. 2018 Mercedes-Benz CLS spotted testing Already touted as a stiff rival to the Audi A7 and BMW 6 Series Gran Coupe, the new Mercedes car will retain the CLS moniker, as opposed to the rumours of christening it 'CLE' owing to its E-Class roots. The new generation CLS will be based on the same MRA platform as the Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan, albeit with a longer wheelbase to make way for more cabin space. Under the camouflage, there are prominent changes in the headlight design, and the sleeker LED taillights get new horizontal lighting signature. The new-gen CLS will now resemble the new Mercedes-Benz family design. The interiors will also be scrounged from the new E-Class range. Under the hood, the new CLS will replace the V6 engines with a 3.0-litre in-line six units. A frugal 2.0-litre unit from the E-Class will also be available. Since it's based on the E-Class, the plug-in hybrid powertrain will be also offered in the CLS for the first time. An AMG variant shall follow as well. 2018 Mercedes-Benz CLS spotted testing It is uncertain whether Mercedes-Benz will introduce the CLS Shooting Brake variant, since the current CLS estate didn't really set the sales on fire, despite its gorgeous looks. The new gen CLS is expected to be revealed later this year as a 2018 model year.
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Massachusetts 4th Congressional primary…
Massachusetts 4th Congressional primary fallout: Franklin town clerk resigns
Thousands of ballots were discovered after the primary
FILE – In this May 27, 2020 file photo, a worker processes mail-in ballots at the Bucks County Board of Elections office prior to the primary election in Doylestown, Pa. Deep-pocketed and often anonymous donors are pouring over $100 million into an intensifying dispute about whether it should be easier to vote by mail, a fight that could determine President Donald Trump's fate in the November election. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
By Rick Sobey | rick.sobey@bostonherald.com | Boston Herald
A Massachusetts town clerk has resigned after officials in the 4th Congressional District community lost track of thousands of ballots in the primary earlier this month.
Franklin Town Clerk Teresa Burr on Friday stepped down to "re-establish confidence with the voters of this community in their elections," she wrote in her resignation letter.
Two days after the Sept. 1 primary, thousands of uncounted ballots surfaced in Franklin as the 4th Congressional District remained too close to call. The newly discovered 3,000 uncounted ballots were mail-in votes that appeared to have never made it to polling locations on Election Day.
Poll workers ended up counting the 3,000 ballots late into the night two days after the primary. Jake Auchincloss eventually won the Democratic primary.
In Burr's resignation letter, she noted that this election season has been "the most challenging election cycle in my career."
"I want to assure every resident that my performance over the past few months for this election was not intentional, nor have I ever conspired to deprive any voter of their ability to cast a ballot and have that ballot counted as part of an election," Burr wrote.
"Any oversights that I made during this election cycle are due to the many challenges this election has brought upon myself," she added. "I believe it is in the best interest of the community to have a new leadership team in place."
Officials in three 4th Congressional District communities — Franklin, Newton and Wellesley — two days after the primary restarted counting primary ballots following Secretary of the Commonwealth William Galvin filing a court order to authorize local poll workers to continue counting ballots that were received on time and had not been tallied by the end of primary night.
The chair of the Franklin Town Council thanked Burr for her "many successful years of dedicated service to the town."
"I want to assure the voters of Franklin that our current Town Clerk office staff, in conjunction with assistance from the Secretary of the Commonwealth's team, will conduct a flawless election in November and beyond," Franklin Town Council Chair Thomas Mercer wrote.
"While the events of the past two weeks have certainly caused some concern in town, I am confident in the ability of the Town Clerk office staff, our election workers, and collective town staff to support them as they work tirelessly toward November," he added.
Galvin is advising every voter who has not already submitted a Vote by Mail application to keep an eye on their mailbox in the coming days.
"We are not mailing applications to voters who have already applied, so there is no need to worry if you do not receive one in the mail this time," Galvin said in a statement.
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Expanded in-person voting will also be available this year, from Oct. 17 to 30. Four days of weekend voting will be held in every community during that period. Those planning to vote in person do not need to submit their Vote by Mail applications.
Jake Auchincloss
Rick Sobey
Rick Sobey is a multimedia, general assignment reporter -- covering breaking news, politics and more across the region. He was most recently a reporter at The Lowell Sun. Rick is a Massachusetts native and graduated from Boston University. While not reporting, he enjoys long-distance running.
rick.sobey@bostonherald.com
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The Walrus offers some of the best live music in the region, right in the heart of Downtown Columbus, Friday & Saturday with no cover charge! Also, join us for Sporcle Trivia every Tuesday at 7pm & 8pm, and Karaoke every Wednesday 9pm-1am! Click here to access our FULL EVENTS CALENDAR or on one of the buttons below to navigate through our site!


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01. FANTASTIC MR FOX - Pascal's Chorus (feat. Alby Daniels)
02. FANTASTIC MR FOX - Speak Nuh
03. FANTASTIC MR FOX - San'en (feat. Alby Daniels)
04. FANTASTIC MR FOX - Yesterday's Fall (feat. Alby Daniels)
FANTASTIC MR FOX
San'en EP
ACRE 035EP ACRE 035EP
Repressed. This is the long-awaited return of Black Acre's big gun, and this time he's enlisted the assistance of Alby Daniels. "Pascal's Chorus" opens the door with a strong dose of melancholic house, the pulsing 4x4 and scattershot percussion. "Speak Nuh" delivers a grime-inflected riddim accompanied by ghostly voices. "San'en" features a brave vocal that loiters about woozy drag house groove with skewed pop sensibilities. Finally, "Yesterday's Fall" caps off the EP with soothing melodies that wash over Alby in rude form.
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The Clear Choices Campaign (CCC) invites you to attend a luncheon briefing on key issues related to the health insurance exchanges for the 2016 open enrollment period. The Affordable Care Act's online insurance exchanges are tasked with providing consumers with the information and tools they need to make informed plan choices. How this plan information is presented plays a major role in whether consumers choose to enroll in coverage and in what plan choices they make. Although the federal and state governments have made considerable progress with the exchange websites since the initial 2014 rollout, there is still substantial room for improvement.
The briefing will explore the consumer-facing features of the 2016 insurance exchange websites and make policy recommendations to improve the online plan enrollment experience. The briefing will also provide an opportunity to discuss the CCC White Paper on policy recommendations to improve consumer choices through the insurance exchanges.
Kristen O'Neill, Legislative Assistant, Chairman Gene Green.
Access a PDF copy of this invitation here.


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Artists in Schools & Communities
Art for State Buildings
Congressional Art Competition
South Dakota Governor's Student Art Competition
Touring Artists
APPLY FOR ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE GRANTS THROUGH MARCH 10
PIERRE – The South Dakota Arts Council (SDAC) is now accepting sponsor applications for its Artists in Schools and Communities (AISC) program, which provides matching grants to schools, arts councils, health and service organizations, and other nonprofit organizations to host artists-in-residence between July 1, 2023-June 30, 2024.
View the full press release [linked here]
Applying for an AISC Residency
Before you apply for an Artists in Schools and Communities grant, you'll want to put together the below information. Filling in the online form should only take a few minutes, and once you click submit, it will be completed and sent directly to the South Dakota Arts Council AISC program director.
Items of importance:
ALL APPLICANTS must have a Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) from the System for Award Management (SAM) to apply. Should a grant be made, organizations must maintain an active SAM registration throughout the grant cycle (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024). The Unique Entity ID is a 12-character alphanumeric ID assigned to an entity by SAM.gov. [https://sam.gov/content/duns-uei] (instructions linked here)(PDF Instructions).
Contact information provided on this form is what will be used to schedule your residency. It is extremely important to provide up-to-date information, as well as back-up information in case the original contact leaves the organization.
Only artists who have made successful application to our Artists in Schools and Communities teaching-artist roster are eligible to teach residencies at your organization through this granting program. You can review our roster of artists to learn about each artist and make your selections.
Please review the AISC grant guidelines and the AISC Residency Planning Manual prior to application to ensure your understanding of this program. Please note, One Week Residency total cost is $1,600. $800 from school/community and $800 SDAC match.
Dual/Multi Artist One Week Residency total cost is $2600. $1,300 school/community cost and $1,300 SDAC match.
What you will need to complete the online application:
Sponsoring organization and contact information
Unique Entity Identifier (UEI) from the System for Award Management (SAM)
Project Director with email and two phone number contacts
Alternate contact person with email and phone number
Artist choices – 1 preferred and 2 alternates
Ideas for residency dates (these are not concrete and will be discussed with artists)
Identified core group of students (explained on page 7 of the AISC Residency Planning Manual linked above).
APPLY FOR A RESIDENCY ( link to the online form )
South Dakota Arts Council
711 E Wells Ave
Pierre, SD 57501


The basic aerothermodynamic equations of turbomachine flow expressed with respect to nonorthogonal curvilinear coordinates and corresponding nonorthogonal velocity components are used to solve the compressible flow S1 surface in a turbomachine blade row with splitter vanes or tandem blades. The equation of stream function is solved by matrix technique, and the mass flow ratio and outlet flow angle are determined by applying the Kutta-Joukowsky condition to the trailing edges of the main blade and the splitter vane. Typical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the present method.
Wu C, Wang B. Matrix Solution of Compressible Flow on S1 Surface Through a Turbomachine Blade Row With Splitter Vanes or Tandem Blades. ASME. J. Eng. Gas Turbines Power. 1984;106(2):449-454. doi:10.1115/1.3239587.


Matches a date string and converts it to a specified output format. This supersedes module:br/parsing/DateParser, which although it does provide localisation, is not completely reliable.
LocalisedDateParser is typically used with Presenter, but can be invoked programmatically. It can make use of Moment.js localized formats for input and output.
It uses Moment.js locale configuration to parse localized dates.
See module:br/formatting/LocalisedDateFormatter for the complementary formatter.


Rachel A. Ankeny and Heather J. Bray (2018), "Scourge or Savior? The Complex Relationship between Food and Science," In K. LeBesco & P. Naccarato (Eds.), The Bloomsbury Handbook of Food and Popular Culture (pp. 260-273). London: Bloomsbury.
Heather J. Bray and Rachel A. Ankeny (2017), "Ferals or food? Does hunting have a role in ethical food consumption in Australia?" In N. Carr & J. Young (Eds.), Wild Animals and Leisure: Rights and Welfare. Routledge.
Rachel A. Ankeny and Heather J. Bray (2017), "Genetically-modified food: fostering better dialogue about what counts as 'good' food," In A. Barnhill, M. B. Budolfson & T. Doggett (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Food Ethics.
Tania Cammarano and Rachel A. Ankeny (2017), "Leggo's not-so-Autentico: Invention and Authenticity in 20th Century Italo-Australian Foodways," In P. Naccarato, Z. Nowak & E. K. Eckert (Eds.), Representing Italy through Food. London: Bloomsbury.
Jessica Loyer (2016), "Communicating Superfoods: A Case Study of Maca Packaging," in Mark McWilliams (ed.), Food & Communication: Proceedings of the Oxford Sumposium on Food and Cookery 2015. London: Prospect Books, 236-246.
Heather J. Bray and Rachel A. Ankeny (2015), "What Do Food Labels Teach People about Food Ethics?" in Elaine Swan and Rick Flowers (eds.), Food Pedagogies. London: Ashgate, 185-200.
Melissa Nursey-Bray, Eleanor Parnell, Rachel A. Ankeny, Heather J. Bray, and Dianne Rudd (2014), "Community Gardens as Pathways to Community Resilience? Reflections on a Pilot Study in Adelaide, South Australia," South Australian Geographical Journal 112, 69-86.
Rachel A. Ankeny (2008), "The Moral Economy of Red Meat in Australia," in Susan Friedland, ed., Food and Morality: Proceedings of the Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 2007. Blackawton, Totnes: Prospect Books, 20–28.


Planters Tropical Fruit & Nut Trail Mix is a fruity, nutty and sweet mixture of six different snacks including roasted peanuts, banana chips, raisins, yogurt covered raisins, pineapple and cashews. - Go Tropical! - Grab your 19 oz. resealable bag of Tropical Fruit & Nut Mix and head out to the nearest beach. No sunshine in sight? Enjoy your trail mix in the comfort of your home and let the flavors remind you of summer fun.
Serving size 3 Tbsp (30g).


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Welcome to the Management Accounting Section
MAS strives to improve the teaching, researching and practice of accounting that assists in the effective and efficient management of entities.
MAS Home
The Section presents the 2014 Lifetime Contribution to Management Accounting Award to Professor Stanley Baiman.
Recipients of the 2013 Best Management Accounting Paper—Annual Meeting are Joseph G Fisher, Indiana University; W Timothy Mitchell, Georgia State University; Sean A Peffer, University of Kentucky; Alan Webb, University of Waterloo, for their paper "Detecting Misreporting in Subordinates' Budgets"
The winner of the 2013 Jim Bulloch Award for Innovations in Mgt. Accounting Education is Anne M. Farrell, Miami University, for her submission titled "Development of a Business Proposal as a Framework for Applying Management Accounting Concepts –A Field Research Project."
David Erkens, University of Southern California wins the 2013 Best Early-Career Researcher in Management Accounting Award (sponsored by the AICPA and CIMA).
First place for the 2013 MAS Dissertation Award goes to Henry L. Friedman, University of Pennsylvania, for "ENDOGENOUS-QUALITY REPORTING SYSTEMS AND MANAGERIAL POWER IN A CEO-CFO SETTING" (Chair: Prof. Richard Lambert). Second place goes to Martin Holzhacker, WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management, for "Yardstick Competition and Managerial Accounting Practice: Evidence from Social Security Service Providers" (Chair: Prof. Jürgen Weber).
The 2013 Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award goes to Joan Luft and Michael D. Shields, for their paper titled "Psychology models of management accounting," 2009, Foundations and Trends in Accounting, vol. 4, pp. 199-345.
The recipient of the 2013 Best Case at the Midyear Meeting Award is "The Business of Battlefield," by Nicholas J. Fessler, Central Missouri State University.
The winner of the 2013 Midyear Meeting Outstanding Paper Award goes to "Deferred Compensation Plan Characteristics and Voluntary Employee Turnover," by Marshall D. Vance, University of Southern California.
Harry Evans (Pittsburgh), Kyonghee Kim (University of Illinois Chicago), Nandu Nagarajan (Pittsburgh), and Sukesh Patro (Kansas State University) win the 2012 Journal of Management Accounting Research Best Paper Award for "Nonfinancial Performance Measures and Physician Compensation," JMAR vol. 22, December 2010.
The 2013 Impact on Managerial Accounting Practice Award goes to "Product costs as decision aids: An analysis of alternative approaches (Parts 1 and 2)," by Ramji Balakrishnan (Iowa), Eva Labro (UNC), and Shiva Sivaramakrishnan (Texas A&M), published in Accounting Horizons, March 2012.
Ken Merchant (USC) is the 2013 Lifetime Contribution Award winner.
MAS Founding Member and Past-President William "Bill" Ferrara
Recipients of the 2012 Best Management Accounting Paper—Annual Meeting are John Harry Evans III, Donald V. Moser, Andrew H Newman, Bryan R Stikeleather (all from University of Pittsburgh) for their paper entitled: "Discouraging Honor Among Thieves to Limit Collusion."
The winners of the 2012 IMA Jim Bulloch Award for Innovations in Mgt. Accounting Education are Terry Campbell (Indiana University), Paul Goldwater (University Central Florida), and David E. Stout (Youngstown State University) for their Monte Carlo Simulation tool.
Jasmijn C. Bol of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign wins the 2012 Best Early-Career Researcher in Management Accounting Award (sponsored by the AICPA, CIMA, and CMA-Canada).
First place for the 2012 MAS Dissertation Award (sponsored by the IMA) goes to Dimitris Vrettos, for his dissertation entitled, "Are relative performance measures in CEO incentive contracts used to improve risk sharing and/or influence strategic interaction?" (Michigan State, Karen Sedatole Chair). Second place goes to David Huelsbeck, for his dissertation entitled, "Financial constraint and firms' propensity to accept contractual risk" (USC, Ken Merchant Chair).
The 2012 Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award goes to "An Empirical Examination of Goals and Performance-to-Goal Following the Introduction of an Incentive Bonus Plan with Participative Goal Setting" (Management Science 2010). The authors are Shannon W. Anderson, Rice University (now at University of California-Davis), and University of Melbourn, Henri C. Dekker, University Amsterdam, and Karen L. Sedatole, Michigan State University.
The recipients of the 2011 Journal of Management Accounting Research Best Paper Award are Shane S. Dikolli, Christian Hofmann, and Susan l. Kulp, for "Interrelated Performance Measures, Interactive Effort, and Incentive Weights," published in Journal of Management Accounting Research, Volume 21 (2009).
The winners of the 2012 Midyear Meeting Outstanding Paper Award are Isabella Grabner and Frank Moers for "Managers' Choices of Evaluation Criteria in Promotion Decisions: An Analysis of Alternative Job Assignments."
The 2012 Midyear Meeting Outstanding Case Award goes to Dan Swenson, Arizona State University, and Patricia Everaert, Ghent University.
Two papers share the 2012 Greatest Impact on Practice: One by Alexander Bruggen, Ranjani Krishnan, and Karen Sedatole (CAR Vol. 28, No. 1, Spring 2011), and the second by Scott Jackson (TAR Vol. 83, No. 2, 2008).
Rob Chenhall of Monash University wins the 2012 Lifetime Contribution Award
Gavin Cassar of the Wharton School wins the 2011 AICPA-sponsored Best Early-Career Researcher in Management Accounting Award
Eva Labro of the University of North Carolina and Mario Vanhoucke of Ghent University win the 2011 Notable Contribution to Management Accounting Literature Award
Sofia M. Lourenço from Harvard Business School and Timothy M. Keune from the University of Wisconsin-Madison win the 2011 IMA-sponsored Management Accounting Section Dissertation Award<
Bob van den Brand, Eddy Cardinaels and Ivo van Amelsfoort from Tilburg University win the 2011 IMA-sponsored Jim Bulloch Award
Joel Demski awarded 2011 Management Accounting Section Lifetime Contribution Award


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Funding doubled to help communities protect themselves against hate-motivated crimes
From: Public Safety Canada
Today at the Petah Tikva Anshe Castilla Congregation, the Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness highlighted the Government of Canada's doubling of investments to help communities at risk protect themselves from hate-motivated crimes.
Budget 2017 committed additional funding of $5 million over five years in support of the Communities at Risk: Security Infrastructure Program (SIP). SIP supports communities to enhance security infrastructure against hate-motivated crimes.
When combined with existing funding, SIP will invest up to $10 million over the next five years. Each year, $2 million will be available to help support not-for-profit organizations make much needed security improvements. This investment builds on recent work to broaden access to the program.
"Recent incidents are a jarring reminder that the inclusive and generous Canada we all want is now, and ever will be, a precious and delicate work-in-progress that we dare not take for granted.
The Security Infrastructure Program is an important initiative to help protect all Canadians' right to be free to practice their faith and culture without fear. There is no social licence for hate, not in Canada."
- The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
"The Government of Canada is determined to do more to address the climate of fear confronting at-risk communities across the country. It is ever important for those who have been victimized or who worry they may be next, to feel safe and secure in their community centres, schools and places of worship. The Security Infrastructure Program is pivotal to protecting these communities, in particular, the families, children and seniors that frequent these institutions."
- Michael Levitt, Member of Parliament for York Centre
"The federal government's security infrastructure program is necessary in making it possible for non-profit institutions to secure their premises as best they can, helping to keep their community members as safe as possible."
- Amira Elghawaby, Communications Director, National Council of Canadian Muslims
"I applaud the Federal Government for taking important steps towards strengthening protections for our LGBTQ communities. With this announcement, we are collectively stating that hate has no place in the communities of our nation."
- Dr. Kristopher Wells, Institute for Sexual Minority Studies & Services, University of Alberta
As of December 1st, 2016, important improvements have been made to make the program more responsive to the needs of communities. This includes a wider range of costs considered for SIP funding allowing communities to implement security measures both inside and outside of their facilities, and all not-for-profit organizations linked to a community at risk to apply for funding. Additionally, changes to the application process ensure that funding decisions are provided to applicants within four months of the close of each call for proposal.
Interested organizations representing places of worship, provincially and territorially recognized schools, and community centers can apply annually from December 1st to January 31st and from June 1st to July 31st through Public Safety Canada's website, to obtain the application kit and related information.
The Petah Tikva Anshe Castilla Congregation was approved for a contribution of up to $18,266.00 through SIP to invest in security improvements, including a closed circuit television surveillance system and perimeter fencing.
Communities at Risk: Security Infrastructure Program Web page
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For more information, please visit the website www.publicsafety.gc.ca.
Scott Bardsley
Office of the Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness
Public Safety Canada
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Between Art and AI
NFTs, AI, XR, Blockchain, web3, Metaverse. It seems that the art space is constantly overwhelmed with novelties, and it is transforming constantly. So, we decided to talk about all these transformations with Elizabeth Strickler who is an art collector, but also a Director of Media Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the Creative Media Industries Institute at Georgia State University. She teaches Media Innovation and works with major labels and cultural icons to build web3, blockchain and innovation strategies.
Elizabeth Strickler organized a series of lectures at the Creative Media Industries Institute with leading voices on topic such as VR, Metaverse, Blockchain, or NFTs. You can watch the series here:
TVA: When I started to know you better, it was during the NFT hype – you had a presentation, and you were positive about NFTs – as I was too at that time. It was something new and we all thought it is a solution for artists. I wanted to ask you, with all that it's happening right now in the NFT and art space, if something has changed; how do you see it now the NFT space evolving?
Elizabeth Strickler: I got started and first I learned about NFT's through Crypto Kitties – and it was like a new discovery; it was fun, exciting, and interesting! And then, that actually got me into cryptocurrency, and got to understand blockchain.
Then I invested and I saw the boom and bust in 2017 – 2018, but, when people started really embracing the NFT in 2021, I was incredibly excited. It seems to be a solution to digital art ownership and for artists to keep control of their data and get royalties. So I was very invested in this.
But, then I had Bored Ape stolen. And I am sort of as experienced and expert as one can be – because in this space, we are all learning.
But, then I began to see, that this is a very new and wild space, and one must be cautious. So, this happened to me.
And then, also when you see the over-exuberance going on, when you get started and you are very excited, but then you see the whole world get excited, without fully understanding, you start to get a feeling of "oh my goodness, something, something feels wrong".
So the crypto winter was something that I understand – we had an over-exuberance and it was a correction. And it felt similar to the internet because my career started with helping create web hosting, I was an engineer during that time, and I saw the boom and the bust. It feels similar. But from what happened recently that I am just completely confused is, of course, the FTX fraud – I still consider that we will recover from it.
But the ability to circumvent royalties was another kind of difficulty in the NFT space. And honestly, the thing that's got me the most perplexed at the moment, is the simple ease of creating digital art with AI.
April 2021 TEDx talk, considered canonical viewing for those entering the nft/metaverse space
TVA: Indeed, everybody is now enthusiastic, it's like we are in another boom. And it is also simple, you don't need to know how to code with Midjourney. But, it is also that as if the art world is split in two: some agree that AI art helps to create artworks very easily, while, others are saying that the way the AI is learning is just copying other artists and art made with AI is not art. And then, there are a lot of discussions related to copyright, while some are arguing that in the same way artists get inspiration from other artists, why not can an AI get inspired? So what is your take on this?
Elizabeth Strickler: One interesting thing is the comparison with photography. At that time, when photography entered the world, painters just thought that painting was overwhelming because now the camera could replicate any image.
We know now that is not what happened and then photography is an art form that is equally impactful as painting and neither of them has gone away. And photography is a whole new art form, it's completely different from painting.
We could look at AI content creation as being kind of a new art form.
I think it's going to be much more sophisticated and much more interactive, so I'm excited about that.
Where I get confused is on the ownership and the copyright in the monetizing which is what NFT did so nicely.
NFT was not about art creation, it was about ownership, monetizing, and verifying. AI is upsetting all of that part because you can generate an image every time you want a new image as opposed to owning one. If you can just generate something, why do I need to to buy a really cool generated art that I can maybe even reverse engineer the prompt from your image?
So, AI is creating, constantly creating. So that's one take on it.
Related to your question who owns it, and how it was created.
The way that I learned about these models, is that when the AI model is created, it scrapes the internet with every image and also it's conducted metadata. And AI algorithms and model creators and trainers use something called 'clip' which goes into each image and says "this is building, this is eye, this is nose" so on. So, the model will scrape data and copyrighted data, but it's still bringing it into parts.
Creating the model with copyrighted material is a little less problematic to me, compared with a prompt when you say to create an image of Pikachu stopping New York City, in the style of Beeple. Because then you're directly referencing a living artist who's trying to make a living off of that. But I'm not sure if it will be possible to regulate this, and it's proliferating so much that I'm not really sure what's going to happen…
TVA: yes, completely true, and at the same time, as you said, when photography appeared, painters started to rethink painting, and then Matisse came, with impressionism, and then Picasso with cubism. And lots of artists started to create in that style. So, in a way 'copied' or 'got inspired'. But with AI, you can copy more quickly and more easily. I see also, sometimes, in Midjourney, some are just scaling up my images and then i say, hey wait, that was my prompt….
Elizabeth Strickler: : Well… art is like a conversation, right? I mean, we're having a conversation, you're bringing up an idea I'm riffing on the idea that I bring an idea you've got on the idea and this is the conversation that we're having. We're not really putting too much ownership on each of the things that we're saying. You're gonna produce this article and you're gonna probably say I talked with Elizabeth, but it's in the form of trying to learn and grow and know more about human existence. The problem is when we try to own and monetize, and I believe that people need to make a living if they spent a lot of time on something. But I just don't know how that's going to work…. Maybe, the better world would be if we all share and keep building and growing, right? So even at the beginning, of the whole NFT boom, I always had a question in my mind about why am I trying to own everything, and what it is worth owning, and what is worth just giving away for free. That has always been a question in my mind, and with AI, it's bringing that question to the front. that question.
TVA: if you put it that way, I also had this question, but maybe it is human nature to want to own something, it feels special…
Elizabeth Strickler: I think there is a human nature of like, I'm a different entity than you are. Right?
If we merge together then that would be very confusing. So, there's something in that, and it's beyond like commerce. and beyond economics.
It's something to do with human nature, but I still don't understand it…
TVA: Because you teach a lot about immersive environments, and then we have AI, interactivity, and NFTs. And how do you see that this whole thing will evolve?
Elizabeth Strickler: So the next semester, I'm teaching a class called "Self and Community in the Metaverse", it is sort of technology and ethics class.
While I'm teaching this class, when students create an avatar, they're reflecting on what is self and what is self-representation. And then when they're starting to create space, they will reflect on:
What is private space?
What is public space?
What is your space and where do you want your avatar to live?
Does your avatar need a break from being in the community world?
We're going to talk about what is community and what makes a good community, a good collaboration. And then together we're going to co-create an ideal learning space, with constitution, laws, and all of that.
I'm planning on learning during this class, this is the class to learn with the students. But we're going to use AI tools at each of these intersections as the AI tools come about.
So we can kind of figure out what is co-creation and how are we going to co-create with these machines, and how are we going to co-create together and how are we going to create a community and I hope to learn more because at the moment, I have more questions than answers and that might just be the way we live for a while.
…And… I'm teaching the class because I think that a lot of really difficult decisions and rules or regulations are going to arise. The more reflective and thoughtful we can be as we start to basically play God by building all of these worlds, the better it will be. But will we replicate human failure? Yes, because we are flawed beings, and so we're going to create a flawed world. But look at how we've organized the global physical world, we have countries that have laws that function, for the most part, better than terrible. But, as we build these worlds, we're going to try not to replicate problems. But, we will…
TVA: For me, a lot of worlds in the metaverse are just replicating our physical world. I mean, it's a little bit crazy that technically you have infinite space and you can do anything that you cannot do in the physical world; but, you are just doing the same and same buildings and the same type of garments. Even the same type of art, you could have art that is moving, but we like the framed ones hanging on walls; and we have the same type of museums.
Elizabeth Strickler: That's actually one of the inspirations for this. Because people were telling me put the university put on the metaverse and you can have a Metaverse University. And then they were taking a brick building with white columns and green grass and I was like' oh, no'. But I don't want to be the only one that makes those decisions.
So with the class and with reflection, we want to create a learning space and I don't want to call it a school or a campus because it might be something completely random.
Through all of this changes, people need something familiar enough, but enticing and exciting and different enough at the same time.
As such, people will want it to look familiar, to look somehow similar to the real world, but as you said, there's so much opportunity to be as creative and interesting as possible.
But I think that will happen slowly.
TVA: ChatGPT has entered the world, i guess you have tried it already, what is your experience so far?
Elizabeth Strickler: After using it for a while, i notice it's a rather boring writer. It's good at mashing up ideas well though. It might put very mediocre writers out of a job. It's a great tool – just like the text-to-image generators for art.
Some people consider this shouldn't be released to the public because it changes the world too quickly and we aren't ready for it – one of the biggest concerns is the college essay…
TVA: And how do you see the future of art? Because every time when something new appeared, like NFT, artists asked: what is art; now with the AI, again you have the questions: what is art? And, I see it kind of tension, between traditional art (painting, sculpture, etc) and the digital/immersive/AI art. Will we have a kind of reconciliation or digital artist will found their own spaces? Because also if you look at the art history, you see that like the more classical paintings, they have their own museum and then there is the modern ar, and then the post-war contemporary art came with its places, and maybe digital art will need to have its own space or it can be integrated into the others?
Elizabeth Strickler: I mean it's great, all kinds of different types of art and different communities that gather around different aesthetics, just like you mentioned Cubism. There were groups of people that gathered around cubism but there were other people who rejected it and were doing other things. And I think that they will continue to be like that. Probably it might also be a huge backlash where people will only do things by hand with raw materials and super-physical art.
This would be great because, too, because to me, art is trying to make sense of the world and understand our world and people are trying to understand different problems or different issues. And, that's a good thing.
It never sits well with me when somebody wants to be called an artist and not call somebody else an artist.
I think we're all born to create and self-express, but some people spend a long time creating and really putting into it their thoughts.
You can review NFTs with Twobadour, one of the investor in Beeple's artworks, HERE
As we have become accustomed at the end of the interview, TECHVANGART asked some Crazy Questions
TVA: Who is your Favorite artist?
Elizabeth Strickler: I really like Lance Weiler, he is also known as a cultural hacker. And I'm fascinated with people and his constant like commentary. I follow also XCopy and many others. I collect art, but I don't have a specific artist that I follow. It's more of an aesthetic.
TVA: Let's imagine that the world is ending, but, you have a chance to save yourself to gland you can take with you only three things. What would you take?
Elizabeth Strickler: I have to say a computer, phone, can I take a person? My husband? If I can't take my husband, can I take my cat? 🙂.
TVA: Three books that inspired you.
Elizabeth Strickler: I'm going to say recent ones, because it's just kind of where I am.
I am totally interested and blown away by The Network State: How to Build a country by Balaji Sreenivasan.
And it's also an evolving book. So he's updated constantly. So that's really, really interesting. Virtual Society by Herman Narula . It is really interesting because it's much more about what is virtual worlds and spirituality and religion and how we tell stories, and he relates building the metaverse more to building the pyramids or building things that don't really have a real use but have a spiritual kind of use or mental use. Imaginable – Jane McGonigal
It is interesting because it's all about simply trying to think about the future and simulating the future, and just sort of simulating what ifs scenarios
TVA: And if you would have all the power and you could change something in the immersive world, what would be that?
Elizabeth Strickler: It would be amazing if we could somehow figure out how to recognize truly intentionally bad behavior. But try to figure out how we can build the virtual world without just so much scam, fraud, bots, crime, porn (of course, like there's porn, which is fine, but then there's porn that's harmful to other people, intentionally harmful). But I don't think that we will, because I think we're flawed. I feel safe in my city, so would be great to make safe environments that are online so that you're not going to get scammed every time you enter.
TVA: If you could interview or talk with a person – artist or any other personality – with whom you would talk, and what would you ask her/him?
Elizabeth Strickler: Right now, I'm really fascinated with Emad Mostaque (co-founder of StabilityAI) amd he is the one that chose to make AI free and open to the public, and that's why we've been seeing the proliferation because the other companies were trying to hold back slowly, and only released it because they felt like it was too strong of technology and that they needed to be the keepers on that. But Emad Mostaque sees AI like fire, and no one can control fire, and should be available to everybody to do what with it.
So I would like to continue having conversations about the power of AI, and all the questions that you've been asking me, but to ask them Emad Mostaque…
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National Championship in Sri Lanka: Chinthana adjudged best weightlifter
The Olympian, Chinthana Vidanage emerged the best lifter at the National Weightlifting Championships which saw three weight lifters lowering national records at the Kelaniya University Gymnasium. The championship was worked off on Dec. 17 and 18.
Vidanage was adjudged the best lifter of the Championship as he lowered the former Sri Lanka record when he lifted a weight of 166 kgs in clean and jerk.
Performing in 69 kgs category, Vidanage broke his own record of 165 kgs which he lifted at the Beijing Olympics. However, his attempt to establish a new record in the total weight in his weight category proved futile as he totaled a weight of 289 kgs which was four kgs lower than his Olympic performance.
Kamala Bandara established two records in 56kg category. Bandara's lift of 136kgs in clean jerk and his total of 231 kgs lifted in his weight category became national records. He shattered the records held by G.C.M. Gamage of Polonnaruwa.
In the over 105 kg category, Manjula Wijeratne lifted a weight of 137 kgs in snatch (broke his own record 134kgs) and totaled a weight of 300 kgs to establish new national record and that helped shatter the record held by Ransilu Jayathilaka.