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Dustin Diamond Admits Stabbing Man in Bar Fight, Claims Self Defense
by Free Britney at December 29, 2014 2:34 pm . Updated at December 16, 2021 9:39 am .
Dustin Diamond is still in custody following his arrest for stabbing a man at a bar in Port Washington, Wisconsin, which he allegedly claims was in self defense.
After cops say Dustin Diamond stabbed a man, he was charged with recklessly endangering safety, disorderly conduct and carrying a concealed weapon.
Diamond, who was interviewed after he left the Grand Avenue Saloon, told law enforcement officers he was defending his 27-year-old fiancée Amanda Schutz.
Wait ... someone is engaged to marry Screech!?
In all seriousness, Diamond is claiming self-defense and reportedly seeking private counsel. He was set to appear in court a second time on Monday.
According to a criminal complaint, the former Saved By the Bell cast member declined to shake the hand of a woman who was bumping into his girlfriend.
Soon after, Dustin said, a man confronted him.
He said in the criminal complaint that he decided to pay, get their coats and leave before a "brawl" erupted. Only that's exactly what happened before he left.
While going to pay and/or get their coats, he says he heard his girlfriend scream, and turned to see Amanda bleeding and two men holding her by the hair.
Then a bar patron grabbed him, and "I moved his arm up and around, and I had the knife in my hand, or the, ah, pen in my hand," he said in the complaint.
Eventually, Schutz was released, and they left.
During the interview, an officer observed:
"Twice during his conversation with Diamond, as [he] was talking about having a pen in his hand he referred to it as a knife, and then corrected himself saying it was a pen."
Diamond was confronted with a video from the bar and told that cops had found a knife, possibly with blood on it. He then admitted he had a knife, the complaint states:
"Diamond stated that he did not intentionally stab the individual, but that chaos broke out and people were grabbing at him and that he swung his arms to break free."
Shortly Diamond and Schutz left the bar, they were pulled over in his white SUV by the police, and he was taken into custody after the weapon was found.
During a search of the vehicle, cops discovered a "stiletto folding knife with a 3.75-inch blade, which uses a thumb stud and assisted opening mechanism."
The alleged stabbing victim, identified only as "Casey," was also interviewed and told police that he saw Diamond "being negative and fighting with people."
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He said he approached Diamond and "had pushed him on one or two occasions." Casey said that at one point, Diamond reached toward him and then left.
He said he didn't see the knife and initially didn't realize he had been cut. He suffered a half-inch, non-life threatening puncture stab wound under his right armpit.
Witnesses say a woman, identified as Marie B., was looking at her phone when Schutz shoved her, "stating something to the effect of, 'that's enough pictures.'"
A fight between them ensued after that. Schutz was charged with disorderly conduct for her role in the melee, but unlike Diamond was released without bond.
Another witness said she saw a knife in Diamond's hands and heard him exclaim, "get them off my wife" but didn't see anyone attacking her and told him to leave.
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Chinhoyi High School (formerly Sinoia High School) is a Government high school located in Chinhoyi, Mashonaland West province, Zimbabwe. The school was established in 1960. The school is located 2 km north of Chinhoyi town centre on the A1 road to Karoi and Kariba. The school is about 122 km north-west of Harare.

It is co-educational, with approximately 1000 students in 6 forms: Form one, Form two, Form three, Form four, Lower sixth, and Upper sixth. About 600 of the students are boarders with the remaining 400 being day students.

There are six boarding hostels each called after a British Royal house. The three girls' boarding houses are called Tudor, Windsor and Angevin. The three boys houses are called Stuart, Norman and Hanover. For inter-house sports, day scholars (non-boarders) compete for Dendera and Rukodzi). The motto of the school is Pietas which means "service to the community".

Notable alumni

Rozalla Miller, singer

See also

 List of schools in Zimbabwe
 List of boarding schools

References

External links
 Official incomplete website developed in 2010
 Facebook group for Chinhoyi High School

Chinhoyi
High schools in Zimbabwe
Boarding schools in Zimbabwe
Buildings and structures in Mashonaland West Province
Education in Mashonaland West Province
Educational institutions established in 1960
1960 establishments in Southern Rhodesia

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S Bird & Sons was established in 1923 and still serves the Nunney community as the SPAR village shop.
As these archive photos show, the original shop was located on the corner of Castle Street and Castle Green.
The building is currently in use as Castle Kitchen, but is still owned by a member of the Bird family.
The current shop in the Market Place stands on the site of the former Social Club, run by Owen Hillier's father.
In previous centuries, Nunney's weekly market – established by royal charter in 1260 – was the place to trade fresh, local produce. Nunney's market was said to rival that in Frome, leading to a medieval court case. Some local producers also walked to Frome market to sell eggs and such.
In the 18th and 19th century Nunney had numerous shops. Selling local produce was often not done from a formal shop as we know it, but from a front room in the butcher's or baker's house – of which there were once many.
Other shops in Nunney included Coleman's in Church Street.
There were three butchers in the middle of the last century, one called Rabbits, two grocers, and a druggist. Much of the food was still local produce.
The Second World War brought new challenges, even in the village shop. In 1944 a married woman pleaded guilty to stealing 2.5 pounds of butter from a box on the counter of the shop while the shopkeeper had left to get a part of her order.
Bizarrely, she was caught red-handed by a police constable who had concealed him behind the counter. She asked Frome Police Court to take into account a similar case of stealing one half-pound of butter.
Although she was a well-respected, married women with plenty of money, butter was something that money could not buy under the rationing rules.
She could give no explanation for her behaviour, other than that it had been "a sudden temptation".
When a freezer arrived in the village shop in the 1950s it was a major innovation, with reports that vegetables could now be bought "as fresh as any you will find in the London markets".


"William Jones timber yard 1890"
Pwllheli was truly an international port, as well as the main hub for the Llyn Peninsula. Below we take a glimpse at the movement of shipping between 1836 and 1869, when the town was at its busiest.
Northumbrian, Capt Matthias, with timber from Poitou, New Brunswick.
Hawk, Capt Jones with slates from Porthmadog.
Henrietta, Capt Williams; Betsy, Capt Evans, with timber, from Barmouth.
British Queen, Capt Morris, Peggy, Capt Prichard, with coal from Mostyn.
Richard and Mary, Capt Jones, Eliza, Capt Jones, with sundries.
Speedwell, Capt Griffiths, with limestones from Carnarvon.
Spigot, Capt Roberts, from Abersoch.
Stag from Aberdaron in ballast.
Priscilla, Capt Evans. For Llanelli. Lively Capt Francis, Hawk, Capt Jones, for Porthmadog.
Otter, Capt Roberts for Llanbedrog, in ballast.
Stag, Capt Lewis, for Aberdaron.
Spigot, Capt Robert Abersoch with timber.
Fairy Queen, Capt Williams, for Barmouth, with sundries.
Speedwell, Capt Griffiths for Dwyfor with limestones.
Ann, Capt Evans, from Quebec, with timber.
Ceres, Capt Ellis; Eliza Ann, Capt Roberts, with sundries from Liverpool.
Defiance, Capt Jones, with sundries, for Barmouth.
Rose, Capt Cloveley, for Bristol.
Providence, Capt Davies, for Lymington.
New Expedition, Capt Jones for Southampton, with slates.
Mermaid, Capt Evans, for Aberdovey.
British Queen, Capt Morris, for Porthmadog in ballast.
Arrived on the 9th instant, the brig Aratus, Fowls, master, from Quebec, with a splendid cargo of fine Canadian timber, for Mr. David Evans, timber merchant, of this town.
The weather in this locality has been most delightful, there having been all the week light, breezes from the eastward. The brig Martha, Captain Roe, after a thirty days' passage from Quebec, anchored in the Bay, off the Gimblet, on the 7th inst. Her cargo is of timber for David Evans, Esq., Mount Pleasant.
Gimlet, Pwllheli Packet, Catherine, and Bardsey, for Liverpool.
Baton, Mary and Jane, from Runcorn.
Mary Elizabeth, Little Martin, Sisters, Orion, Andes, for Porthmadog.
Ellen and Ann, for Aberdovey.
Fossile, from Neath with Culm.
Ann and Elizabeth, from Neath.
Jane and Catherine, from Cork.
Eliza Ann and Ellen, from Aberavon.
Ann Prichard, Catherine and Providence, from Liverpool.
Jane and Catherine and Daniel Morris, for Porthmadog.
Quarry Maid, Eliza and Jane, Mary and Ann, Eliza Ann and Ellen, and Two Brothers, all for Porthmadog.
Swallow; Mary Ann, from Porthmadog.
(August 15,1857) Pwllheli. The brig Thompson, Capt Burton, and the Cameron, Capt Hewitt, arrived from Quebec during the week, with prime cargoes of timber. Both vessels are consigned to David Evans, Esq, timber merchant, Pwllheli. It will be noticed that all four vessels arrived at Pwllheli in early August, a time of year, leaving Canada a month or so earlier, when fair weather could be reasonably expected. The brigs Ann and Northumbrian, as we have seen, were not so fortunate and many shipments of timber to Pwllheli involved winter passages.
(December 14, 1861) Pwllheli. Arrival of Timber. On Saturday last, after a passage of thirty nine days, the barque Currency, of Whitehaven, Gibson, master, arrived at St Tudwal's Roads from Quebec, with a cargo of prime timber consigned to Mr. David Evans, timber merchant, of this town. Master and crew all well.
(July 24, 1869) Arrival of Timber. On Tuesday last, the brig Derwent, Capt Temple, arrived here from Quebec with a cargo of prime timber consigned to Mr. David Evans, merchant, of this town.


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Q: Quais os motivos para escolher entre camelCase e PascalCase em nomes de métodos? Primeiro, não estou querendo saber o que você gosta mais ou o que usa na sua linguagem, quero saber a motivação para escolher um ou outro padrão em uma linguagem hipotética.
Segundo, isto é um pouco estilo de codificação, que na verdade você deve seguir o padrão que a linguagem adotou, mas principalmente sobre porque uma linguagem adotaria assim. Não é sobre uma linguagem existente, vou as citar para exemplificar o que quero.
Um exemplo bem típico é o Java ter adotado camelCase e o C# adotou o PascalCase. Eu tenho um bias hoje para o PascalCase, não sei bem porque mas assim que vi o PascalCase fez muito sentido pra mim, mesmo tendo adotado camelCase antes em outras linguagens. Mas meio que só C# o adotou. Eu olho aquilo e sinto que está melhor padronizado, parece algo da estrutura do código e diferencia da variável que faz parte do algoritmo.
Meio que todo mundo adotou o PascalCase para nomes de tipos e até de namespaces. Em C# não diferencia nada para o método, mas são contextos diferentes, o IDE coloca cor adequada. Java, JS, e outras preferiram deixar claro que é um método de uma forma diferente, ao mesmo tempo que confunde com nomes de variáveis, exceto pelos parenteses que quase sempre é usado, mas não em todos casos. No começo Java nunca tinha essa confusão, hoje tem, JS tinha como confundir, mas não foi uma linguagem bem pensada (PHP tem um pouco das duas coisas, não confundia no começo e não foi bem pensada, ela nem respeita sempre isso). C# nasceu sabendo que isto poderia ser confuso.
Eu gosto da ideia do camelCase, mas parece feio (é bem subjetivo mesmo). Considero isto um aspecto da UX do programador e por isso considerando o design de linguagem, porque escolher o estilo padrão não deixa de fazer parte desta disciplina, então queria entender a motivação de uso de cada um.

A: Primeiro um pouco de história
Essa resposta é baseada nesse excelente artigo do Celso Kitamura https://celsokitamura.com.br/pascal-case-e-camel-case/
Em 1813 Jacob Berzelius, químico, sugeriu uma convenção para formaliza a forma de escrever as fórmulas químicas. Ele propôs indicar cada elemento químico por um símbolo de uma ou duas letras, sendo a primeira em maiúscula. Veja o Exemplo abaixo:

No exemplo da fórmula NaCl teríamos SódioCloro = Cloreto de sódio, mesmo naquela época não havia um conceito único para escrever fórmulas químicas, e essa proposta foi adotada para normalizar a escrita, e posteriormente acabou virou regra. Foi algo que facilitou a vida do usuário, pois gera menos erros e é de fácil compreensão e utilização na hora de escrever fórmulas e elementos.
Essa é a convenção adotada na tabela periódica, e que posteriormente foi aplicada em outros meios como na programação.

Os pontos cardeais por sua vez utilizam de outra convenção por exemplo.

Ainda entre as décadas de 70 e 80 não existia bem um padrão, por N motivos, vou tentar aborda-los em outro momento. Mas o que se viu foi o Camel Case ou Pascal Case serem adotados culturalmente, e apesar de não ser regra são incentivados.

No caso do .NET, a Microsoft recomenda:

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*Usar Pascal Case para todos os nomes de membros, tipos e namespace públicos que consistem em várias palavras.
PropertyDescriptor
HtmlTag

*Usar Camel Case para nomes de parâmetros.
propertyDescriptor
htmlTag

Aqui tem uma lista com o Naming_Convention de vária linguagens, para refletir no que elas têm em comum, prós e contras, etc. (C e C++, Java, JavaScript, .NET, PHP, Python, Ruby, etc.): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naming_convention_(programming)

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*Fornecer informações adicionais (ou seja, metadados) sobre o uso para o qual um identificador é colocado;

*Ajudar a formalizar expectativas e promover consistência dentro de uma equipe de desenvolvimento;

*Permitir o uso de ferramentas automatizadas de refatoração ou pesquisa e substituição com potencial mínimo de erro;

*Aumentar a clareza em casos de potencial ambiguidade;

*Para melhorar a aparência estética e profissional do produto de trabalho (por exemplo, desaprovando nomes excessivamente longos, nomes - Cômicos ou "fofinhos" ou abreviações);

*Para ajudar a evitar "colisões de nomenclatura" que podem ocorrer quando o produto de trabalho de diferentes organizações é combinado (consulte também: namespaces);

*Fornecer dados significativos para serem usados em transferências de projetos que requeiram o envio do código-fonte do programa e toda a documentação relevante;

*Para fornecer melhor entendimento em caso de reutilização de código após um longo intervalo de tempo.

Uma palavra é uma chave

Repare como a variação de altura da linha ascendente entre maiúscula é minúscula cria um pattern visual, que pode ser usado para reconhecer facilmente as palavras. Esse variação na frequência das letras ajuda o olho a reconhecer padrões e palavras de forma mais rápida. Já quando esta tudo em CAIXA ALTA, a linha não varia, fica reta, e para reconhecermos a palavra precisamos realmente ler com mais atenção.
var UmaChaveUtil //(3 variações de Case)
var umaChaveUtil //(2 variações de Case)

Uma "chave" com mais variações de "segredo" pode ser mais útil e melhor para o reconhecimento de maneira geral... (falarei mais disso abaixo)

Além das convenções - Aspectos tipográficos e de UX
Independente da linguagem outros pontos devem ser levados em consideração. Por exemplo, qual a dificuldade de se escrever PalavrasLongasEmCamelCase? Qual a leiturabilidade disso? Em um mundo de palavras é mais fácil reconhecer UmaPalavra ou umaPalavra. A escaneabilidade é muito importante na hora de identificar palavras específicas no meio de outras. E nesse artigo do NNGroup existem boas pistas das práticas que você pode adotar e que vão apresentar uma melhor UX https://www.nngroup.com/articles/glanceable-fonts/.
Independente de ser adotado Camel ou Pascal o sistema é case sensitive? Usar essas regras vão resultar em mais erros ou menos erros, é mais fácil de escrever ou de ler? Para um sistema que ainda não existe, considere fazer um Teste A/B. As palavras reservadas pode seguir uma convenção, já as classes que são nome próprio podem ter outra... Então até mesmo uma Pesquisa Qualitativa pode ser interessante nessa faze, algo que é muito comum de se fazer em UX e Design Thinking.

4° Lei da heurística: Os usuários não devem se perguntar se palavras, situações ou ações diferentes significam a mesma coisa.

Quando se fala em heurística o principal fator talvez seja a consistência, então ter regras claras evita erros e deixa o usuário mais confortável. Então ao definir uma regra, evite deixar que coisas como essa sejam válidas, pois além de não ter coerência, pode ser ambíguo e confundir o usuário.
Fonte: https://www.nngroup.com/articles/ten-usability-heuristics/

Repare novamente na imagem acima. Será que o usuário poderia entende "Calendário" de forma diferente que "calendário"? Não posso afirmar, mas pode ser que as pessoas entendam isso de forma diferente, um calendário pode ser um calendário qualquer, já o Calendário, pode ser o App de Calendário.
Proeminência Visual

Repare na imagem acima, veja como um título com Cases variados parece se destacar mais do que o outro só com a letra inicial maiúscula.
Fonte: https://medium.com/@jsaito/making-a-case-for-letter-case-19d09f653c98
Um pouco de opinião

Quando você pensa em sistemas, as palavras reservadas ou palavras padrão da linguagem, ou que se repetem a todo o momento e são iguais para todos, poderiam ser "mais discretas", já as variáveis ou classes (como no CSS), que são palavras que o usuário "inventa" (e que cada um pode escrever de um jeito), você poderia definir regras claras. Pois como são palavras concebidas  pelo próprio usuário regras poderiam ser melhor que boas práticas. Essa seria uma maneira de normalizar a escrita independente de quem escreve. No CSS .classe é diferente de .Classe, mas os dois funcionam... Isso é bom ou ruim? Logicamente depende, mas se só fosse permitido uma das formas poderia ser melhor para o usuário. O usuário gosta de seguir padrões, e o olho aprende a achar padrões... E o Pascal Case pode ser um padrão mais fácil para o usuário identificar palavras não originais da linguagem (palavras que são definidas por outros usuários). Mas como falei, mais pesquisas e testes devem ser feitos.
Exemplo de tabela com regras claras:

Gestalt
Quando se fala em "reconhecimento de padrão" lembre-se que nem tudo que vemos estamos na verdade lendo. Um dos princípios da Gestalt é o reconhecimento de formas. O olho humano e o cérebro sempre tendem e reconhecer formas e padrões. E isso pode ser fundamental para a escaneabilidade do código. É como um artifício que pode auxiliar a reconhecer rapidamente palavras no meio do texto.

Como nosso cérebro utiliza parâmetros de leitura visual, ao enxergarmos um composto de elementos (sejam eles objetos, pessoas, paisagens, animais ou textos), a tendência é agrupar características que sejam semelhantes, de forma que sua interpretação seja a mais rápida possível.

Fonte: https://whitecom.com.br/8-principios-da-gestalt/
Wiki da Gestalt: https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gestalt

Embora seja sabido há algum tempo que o texto de tamanho maior é mais legível, este estudo mostrou que o peso e o processo também são importantes. As letras minúsculas exigiam 26% mais tempo para leitura precisa do que letras maiúsculas, e o texto condensado exigia 11,2% mais tempo do que o normal. Também houve efeitos significativos de interação entre o caso e o tamanho, sugerindo que os efeitos negativos das letras minúsculas são exacerbados com pequenos tamanhos de fonte.

Antigamente as IDEs, Terminais e Prompts não eram tão customizáveis, eles tinham um font-size padrão assim como um font-family padrão, e cor. Tudo foi pensado para o usuário ter uma melhor experiencia. Então as escolhes tipográfica também estão ligadas a forma como você vai escrever. Já é comprovado que textos longos não devem ser escritos todo em maiúsculo, assim como fontes mais "condensadas" são mais difíceis de serem lidas.

Repare no formato dos "shapes" veja como o UpperCase é mais difícil de identificar o caractere, principalmente pela "falta" de contraste por não ter descendentes (p) e ascendentes (d) na base-line e caps-line.

Veja como uma fonte com a "Altura de X" pequena é mais difícil de perceber a diferença entre Upper e Lower case (a primeira fonte tem o X Height menor).

Auto regulamentação
Mas quando a linguagem é livre o que se vê é o surgimento de convenções, seja de escrita ou de organização, como é o caso do CSS e suas metodologias de nomenclatura como OOCSS, SMACSS, BEM, DRY. Site com alguns exemplos e definições https://tableless.com.br/oocss-smacss-bem-dry-css-afinal-como-escrever-css/ vale dizer que para cada uma delas existem prós e contras, mas escolhendo um padrão regras devem ser seguidas, mesmo em uma "linguagem" que não tem regras :)

E no Mobile?
Já pensou como pode ser cansativo escrever variando entre maiúsculas em minúsculas em um dispositivo Mobile? Ainda mais com o corretor ortográfico tentando transforma o camelCase toda hora? Esse é um ambiente que certamente teria que ser estudado para avaliar o que seria mais fácil e produtivo para o usuário trabalhar. Não achei dada que se refira ao assunto, mas talvez o kebab-case (palavras com hifenização) sejam mais fácil de digitar no celular.

Então todas essas escolhas podem influenciar na UX e na escolha do que adotar...
Livro recomendado Design-Time Web Usability Evaluation with Guideliner: https://site-109191.mozfiles.com/files/109191/2228-7961-1-SM.pdf
OBS 1: O artigo do NNGroup citado acima feito com palavras "avulsas" e não em textos corridos. Ele não aborda especificadamente Camel Case ou Pascal Case, e inclusive sugere que se façam mais estudos.
OBS 2: Não abordei no assunto, mas pense também qual dos dois estilos seria mais interessantes para os Dislexos. Pensando em acessibilidade e inclusão seria legal ter mais informações e levar em conta como uma pessoa com dislexia ou TDAH interagem com esses tipos.

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The Challenge. Three out of four Startups fail in the first 5 years. In fact, a full 90% in the Tech sector don't survive. The startups that become successful typically require exceptional leadership — and a little luck.
What? In a recent "thread", users answered the question, "What separates the top startup CEOs from the rest?" A lot of people replied to share some or their thoughts. We'll look at some of the key Leadership Traits here.
1. Is good at both Hiring & Firing. Whenever you find a really great CEO you find someone who has a knack for hiring. That means selling other people on your dream or your business. Especially when it seems very risky. I used to work for a CEO who was awesome at hiring, but couldn't fire anyone. Weeding out those that don't fit increases your effectiveness & promotes good morale.
2. Builds a Culture, not just a Company. The best CEOs build a culture that get everyone to buy into the mission & vision and inspire them to be more creative & productive.
3. Listens, then Acts. Many CEOs want to tell you what they are doing, but the best ones listen to feedback, and do something with that feedback. The best CEOs give credit back to the originator in front of the other employees – which provides recognition & motivates others to contribute.
4. Is Persistent. AirBnB took 1,000 days for its business to start working. Imagine if they gave up on day 999? The best CEOs find a way to dig in and keep going – even when it seems everything is going against them. They keep there eyes on the long-term goals. In fact, they . . .
5. Have a Vision. If you have the Vision to build a product that matters, then no one will forget your company. Does it make a contribution, change the world? Is it "Better, Faster, Cheaper". Then it will get a lot of attention and a good market share.
6. Stays Focused. A friend who worked for Steve Jobs told me that what really made him different is that Jobs wouldn't let teams stray from their tasks until they were completely finished with them.
7. Speaks persuasively. A great CEO is clear, crisp, concise. Even quotable. Good CEOS can tell a story in a way that's easy to remember. The best are awesome at this. Since it's the CEO's job to tell the company's story, it's extremely important that this person be able to clearly tell a story about the company and the product.
8. Is a Customer Advocate. The best CEOs understand deeply what customers want and tries to give it to them. If they cant as is, they negotiate with the customer, until both are satisfied.
9. Is good at Convincing other people. CEOs have to deal with conflicting interest groups. Customers often want something investors don't. So, a good CEO is really great at convincing other people to get on board, even at changing people's opinions – when they need to.
10. Pays "Attention to detail". Someone in charge of an early stage business needs to be :hands-on" in every aspect of the business, from the fun design side, to the boring financial side.
11. Is skilled at Adapting to change. The best entrepreneurs are able to adjust their product & business model to unexpected changes in the market and consumer demand.
12. Can make Decisions quickly. Executives of corporations often have the benefits of time & extensive analysis before making a business decision. But entrepreneurs need to deal with a flood of choices every day.
14. Is Courageous. Every entrepreneur needs to have at least some significant amount of courage to start a business, but the best ones are brave enough to stand out, make enemies (if they have to), and make unpopular decisions.
15. Doesn't Micro-manage. While great entrepreneurs influence every aspect of their companies, they find ways to build delegate & build systems that can deliver results without them constantly there.
16. Never strays from the Vision. Startup CEOs shouldn't trust that others will stay true to their vision without their constant influence, at least for the company's first few years.
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Gerd WEYHING is a German Composer and Musician in the area of Progressive Rock, Ambient, Drone,Soundscapes and Electronic Music. he lives and works in a small quiet village in the Palatinate Forest / Germany. From early childhood he played various instruments including Accordion, Clarinet and Organ. He picked up the Guitar at the age of 14 and stayed with it until today. Recently he started to play with a 12-string tapping guitar similar to the Chapman Stick, he also started to play the drums. His inspirations include the Beatles, Mike Oldfield, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Genesis, Magma, Hedningarna, Klaus Schulze, Steve Reich and Nik Bärtsch's Ronin.
He started to compose long, complex pieces with unusual rhythms and meters at the age of 18, one of them is Sutherland, consisting of 4 parts; the recording of it has been started in 2013. While staying in the Scottish Highlands, he met Morris PERT who also lived there, and had a few great sessions (sadly never recorded). In the 1990s he was guitarist, singer and writer in the progessive band BRIGHTNESS FALLS, named after a song of Robert FRIPP and David SYLVIAN. The band dissolved after a few years; its remnants contined as B4 SUNRISE, comprising of Reinhold Krämer, Wolfgang BECHTLUFT and Michael BRÜCKNER etc. Having tried to find a convincing way of making solo live music for many years, he discovered the software Ableton Live, and for the last few years he has played guitar with a few effects devices (loops, delays etc.) alongside with what the software has to offer, managing the art of blending the Guitar World and the Electronics World increasingly better.
With this concept he started to play live much more often, beginning in 2012, on numerous Museum Nights throughout Germany, as well as Electronic Music events like the Schallwende Grillfest in Essen and the Dinosaurier Treffen No. 3 in Bocholt in 2013. His CD THE HIDDEN SYMMETRY, recorded live in December 2011, was received well, e.g. in Eclipsed Magazine 02/2014 (8/10), on Babyblaue Seiten and Musikreviews.de. The new Double CD JOURNEYS TO IMPOSIBLE PLACES consisting of the best live recordings of 2013 was reviewed on Babyblaue Seiten (12/15), Eclipsed Magazine (8/10) and Gaesteliste.de.
In the Schallwelle Award Elections 2013 reached 3rd place in the category NEW DISCOVERY 2013. In 2018 the Prog-Rock-Album SUBTERRAMACHINEA was released. At the moment he is working on a complex live-looping setup, a 67-minute instrumental long tr...Gerd WEYHING is a German Composer and Musician in the area of Progressive Rock, Ambient, Drone,Soundscapes and Electronic Music. he lives and works in a small quiet village in the Palatinate Forest / Germany. From early childhood he played various instruments including Accordion, Clarinet and Organ. He picked up the Guitar at the age of 14 and stayed with it until today. Recently he started to play with a 12-string tapping guitar similar to the Chapman Stick, he also started to play the drums. His inspirations include the Beatles, Mike Oldfield, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Genesis, Magma, Hedningarna, Klaus Schulze, Steve Reich and Nik Bärtsch's Ronin.
In the Schallwelle Award Elections 2013 reached 3rd place in the category NEW DISCOVERY 2013. In 2018 the Prog-Rock-Album SUBTERRAMACHINEA was released. At the moment he is working on a complex live-looping setup, a 67-minute instrumental long track, and some Progressive-Rock-Songs with extended vocals, as well as recording SUTHERLAND and composing new music in the areas of Minimal, Electronics and Progressive Rock. A few other musicians have engaged in collaborations with him, making sure that he will not die of boredom.
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Nessie Books: Plesiosaurs, Plagiarism and Prägnanz
Back in March 2012, I constructed a bibliography of the Loch Ness Monster detailing all the publications I was aware of on Nessie. That total came to fifty four books and booklets but since then I have picked up on more books of varying character which I would like to bring to your attention.
1. The Mysterious Monsters of Loch Ness
Harmsworth, Tony
Precision Press, 1980
This title is a slight variation on the 1934 booklet "The Mysterious Monster of Loch Ness". I thought I had covered the bases on older publications on the Loch Ness Monster, but one should never be presumptuous on this mysterious subject. Tony Harmsworth was curator of the Official Loch Ness Monster Exhibition back in the 1980s and they produced several publications. This 32-page item was one of the introductory booklets to the subject aimed mainly at the tourist trade.
Tony has gone over to the sceptical side of the debate now and in an effort to erase his past, he even reviewed his own book on amazon.com with this comment:
I wrote this 30 years before my new book Loch Ness, Nessie and Me. At the time I was working with very little material and it was all pro-monster. My learning curve over the next few years was dramatic to say the least. If you buy this it might be a bit of fun, but don't expect it to help you understand the mystery at Loch Ness, even in the slightest. My apologies to anyone who ever bought it. LOL. Collector's item possibly though.
One did not need to wait 30 years to discern Tony's changing stance as his 1985 booklet "Loch Ness - The Monster" demonstrated a more measured tone with such stories as Richard Frere telling Tony that he had personally witnessed Lachlan Stuart setting up his famous three humps photograph with hay bales and tarpaulin.
Having recently purchased the 1980 booklet and read it myself, I think Tony is being too critical of his own work. But then again, I continue to hold that some of the evidence he puts forward is still valid. But it warms the cockles of your heart to read Tony being "totally committed to the animals' reality" and putting the case strongly for a modified plesiosaur which he reckons is "very near to the truth indeed".
Well, the Loch Ness Monster may be a modified plesiosaur but those evolutionary changes would have to be quite a lot. But I'll leave that for another day and another article.
While we are on the subject of Tony's books, I would point out that his 2010 book, "Loch Ness, Nessie and Me" has been republished this September as "Loch Ness Understood" though Tony tells me this is to satisfy distributors and any changes in the book are more of a grammatical nature.
2. Loch Ness: An Explanation
Seniscal, Ben
Privately Published, 1982
This book, despite being listed on Amazon, is one of those Nessie books that has completely vanished from the face of the Earth (well, I am sure someone has a copy somewhere). Fortunately, the booklet is reprinted in his 1993 autobiography, "On the Road to Anywhere".
Ben Seniscal worked for the Forestry Commission in the 1950s and 1960s but was forced to retire on medical grounds in 1969 due to coming into contact with the pesticide chemical dioxin. He is pictured below in this photograph of forestry students at Benmore Forester Training School in 1959. He is seated to the far left on the front row (original link here).
I was curious to see whether his forestry work in Scotland crossed paths with two men I have discussed elsewhere - Lachlan Stuart and Richard Frere. As it turns out, I found no mention of them, to which I conclude he never met them or had nothing to say about them despite devoting two chapters to Loch Ness.
The first chapter on Loch Ness concentrates on his attempts to get his booklet published. With a private print run of several hundred copies, he was not particularly successful in getting his argument across to publishers. This would explain the extreme rarity of the booklet.
The next chapter is the reprint of the booklet and essentially it is similar to Maurice Burton's Vegetable Mat theory. Using his experience of forestry, he crafts a persuadable theory about how various aggregations of organic materials from forests can sink, decompose and then rise on methane gases to the surface of Loch Ness to form a hump like display. Add a protruding branch to the mass and you have your legendary head and neck. We even get the bonus explanation of gases ejecting horizontally to move the object forward!
However, practise contradicted theory in subsequent studies which showed that Loch Ness was generally not a suitable place for such scenarios due to conditions which slowed down decomposition rates. To this day, records of such organic eruptions are rare indeed and at best can only explain a small fraction of claimed sightings.
Nevertheless, in my opinion, he puts across the theory better than anyone and I hope to use his thoughts as a basis for a future article on this particular subject.
3. Gestalt Forms of Loch Ness
Byrne, Gerard
JRP Ringier, November 2011
I haven't purchased this book yet, but there is an abstract from another website:
In this book, Gerard Byrne brings together the culmination of ten years of research into the Loch Ness Monster, the myth fuelled in the 1930s by the popular press in order to sell newspapers. Appropriating formal conventions from the history of Land art that position landscape as the "other," Byrne has compiled a series of images that deploy Loch Ness as a signifier for the enigmatic, the unreadable. Using both the populist literature spawned by the Loch Ness myth and the photographic material his own expeditions have yielded as "found material," Byrne has developed a project both humorous and melancholic, that ultimately reflects a crisis of belief in the photographic image that has surfaced since the last heyday of Loch Ness interest in the 1970s.
At this point, I suspect the book is not only a personal voyage in pictures but a look at how everyday objects can deceive. The word "gestalt" is interesting in that it may refer to Gestalt Psychology which, according to Wikipedia:
is a theory of mind and brain of the Berlin School; the operational principle of gestalt psychology is that the brain is holistic, parallel, and analog, with self-organizing tendencies. The principle maintains that the human eye sees objects in their entirety before perceiving their individual parts. Gestalt psychologists stipulate that perception is the product of complex interactions among various stimuli.
The "Prägnanz" in the title is described thusly by Wikipedia:
The fundamental principle of gestalt perception is the law of prägnanz (in the German language, pithiness) which says that we tend to order our experience in a manner that is regular, orderly, symmetric, and simple.
Now, this may chime with a theory mentioned in previous posts which deals with the so-called "Nessie Effect" where witnesses see more than is actually there because their brains "interpret" the visual signals through various filters including an alleged "I Want To See Nessie" filter for want of a better phrase.
An interesting theory which resonates with a postmodern interpretation of cryptids suggesting "Nessie is whatever you want it to be". However, the theory's force is in inverse proportion to the clarity of the sighting. No one should seriously suggest this theory has any credence when the creature's proximity increases.
4. Loch Ness Monster in Popular Culture
5. Loch Ness Monster
Russell, Jesse and Cohn, Ronald
2012, Bookvika Publishing
Here we have a couple of books that seem worthy of a Christmas purchase, but this is a recommendation NOT to buy these books. It turns out you may well be wasting your money as previous buyers of books from Bookvika Publishing complain that the titles are just cut and paste jobs of various Wikipedia articles, etc. Actually, the product descriptions at amazon.co.uk says this:
"High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Loch Ness Monster is well known throughout Scotland and the rest of the world and has entered into popular culture."
Which is probably a clue to the buyer. The two authors may or may not exist but they have "authored" numerous books on diverse subjects such as Lee Remick, Diazepam and Syriac Literature which suggests they probably known little about the subject matter of their books.
But if you like Internet content packaged up into a book then this might be for you, but don't expect anything new. One could even argue that the web content might be gone or changed significantly in a few years and books like this have some function as pure and simple Internet snapshots. I think I remain to be convinced on that, but sites such as archive.org already do a pretty good job of archiving web pages.
The word "plagiarism" from this article title alliterates well but is probably not so applicable since these people are not making any claims to originality. I am also curious to know if any other material from the Internet (such as this blog) has ended up in their books because at 116 pages, it is hard to believe that Wikipedia alone could supply all that material. I may buy it just to find out, but in general, don't waste your money.
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Николай Георгиевич Егоров (февраль 1893 — 3 июля 1937) — комбриг РККА, начальник 1-й Советской объединённой военной школы имени ВЦИК с июля 1932 года.

Биография

Первая мировая и Гражданская войны
Родился в Москве в семье рабочего полотёра. Русский. Окончил в 1906 году городское училище, работал на фабриках и мелких предприятиях Москвы и Санкт-Петербурга в качестве полотёра и истопника. В рядах Русской императорской армии с ноября 1913 года, окончил учебную команду. Участвовал в Первой мировой войне, служил канониром (рядовым) артиллерии на острове Эзель и в гирле Дуная. В феврале 1917 года произведён в прапорщики, был командиром взвода 3-й батареи отдельного морского Балтийского артиллерийского дивизиона.

После Февральской революции участвовал в демократизации армии, член РКП(б) с июня 1917 года. Октябрьскую революцию встретил в Измаиле, назначен комиссаром речных сил Дуная; с ноября 1917 года в Красной гвардии. Участник боёв в Бессарабии против румынских войск, с января 1918 года исполнял обязанности военного комиссара мобилизационного отдела Военно-революционного штаба 6-й армии в Одессе, а также был членом армейского комитета 6-й армии. Был ранен.

С апреля 1918 года — в рядах РККА. Участник боёв против гайдамаков в Бессарабии, против войск генерала Каледина под Таганрогом, войск генерала Деникина и других войск Белого движения. Инструктор по организации артиллерийских частей при военном комиссариате Москвы с апреля 1918 года, заведующий складом оружия маршевого батальона при том же военкомате с мая 1918 года, командир маршевого батальона с июня по сентябрь 1918 года. Командир батальона 21-го Московского сводного полка с сентября 1918 по март 1919 годов, помощник командира 123-го стрелкового полка с марта по апрель 1919 года, командир 121-го стрелкового полка с мая по сентябрь 1919 года, командир 41-й бригады 14-й стрелковой дивизии с сентября 1920 года. Трижды ранен в боях, участник подавления восстания имама Гоцинского в Дагестане.

Послевоенные годы
С сентября 1921 года Егоров — командир 4-й отдельной Кавказской стрелковой бригады. Участник подавления восстания в Ленкоранском уезде Азербайджана. Согласно аттестации на Егорова, подписанной командующим  А. И. Геккером, Егоров характеризовался как «живой, решительный, храбрый, энергичный начальник, отличный боевой командир». В июне 1922 года стал командиром 1-го Кавказского стрелкового полка, с ноября 1922 по август 1924 годов — слушатель Высшей тактическо-стрелковой школы командного состава «Выстрел» (отделение старшего комсостава), во время учёбы исполнял обязанности ответственного секретаря ячейки ВКП(б) в школе.

В сентябре 1924 года назначен помощником командира 1-й Кавказской стрелковой дивизии, с октября того же года командир (также военный комиссар с июня 1925 года) 1-го Кавказского стрелкового полка имени ЦИК Аджаристана; кандидат в члены Закавказского и Аджарского ЦИК в 1925—1926 годах. В 1926—1929 годах был слушателем основного факультета Военной академии имени М. В. Фрунзе, в июне 1929 года — начальник учебного отдела Объединенной военной школы имени ВЦИК, с апреля 1931 года — исполняющий должность начальника школы, утверждён её начальником в июле 1932 года.

Награжден орденом Красного Знамени приказом РВСР № 201 от 12 июня 1921 года с формулировкой «за то, что в бою 25 и 26 января 1921 г. под аулом Гергебиль он, под действительным огнем противника, лично руководил боевой работой вверенных ему частей и своей храбростью, мужеством и крайним упорством заставил врага сдаться». Проживал в Москве, в Доме правительства (улица Серафимовича, дом 2), квартира 129.

Репрессии
3 апреля 1937 года комбриг Егоров был арестован. 3 июля 1937 года Военная коллегия Верховного суда СССР признала его виновным в участии в военно-террористическом заговоре и приговорила к высшей мере наказания — расстрелу. Приговор приведён в исполнение в тот же день. Егоров был похоронен на Донском кладбище в Москве в могиле 1. 17 ноября 1956 года определением Военной коллегии от 17 ноября 1956 года посмертно реабилитирован.

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Начальники Московского высшего военного командного училища
Выпускники Военной академии имени М. В. Фрунзе
Артиллеристы Первой мировой войны (Россия)
Политработники РККА в годы Гражданской войны
Военачальники, репрессированные в СССР
Реабилитированные в СССР
Расстрелянные в СССР
Выпускники курсов «Выстрел»
Члены ВКП(б)
Царские офицеры на службе в РККА
Похороненные в общих могилах Донского кладбища


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January 16, 2017 January 16, 2017 The Ribbon Editorial, Richard Forbes
Trudeau's cross-country tour looks to shore up red wave
Featured image via Adrian Wyld, CP.
Making a stop in Bewdley, Ontario for breakfast, the prime minister descended by motorcade upon the small town of six hundred. Trudeau, forming the epicenter of a small, adulating circus, would make his way through the enchanted crowds lining the salted path; wearing his usual armour for these visits: a brand-appropriate red snow jacket, a becollared pullover and most crucial of all, his winsome smile.
Perhaps sensing misfortune in his midst that Friday the thirteenth, he declined an invite from the local ice fishermen; electing instead to spend time at Rhino's Roadhouse. There he answered questions, stood for pictures and accepted a Rhino's t-shirt to much fanfare.
The prime minister's visit to Bewdley was not simply an accident, his motorcade hadn't found itself banked in the snow outside of Port Hope; rather, it was another stop in his new cross-country tour that had begun just the day prior outside of Ottawa. A tour being simultaneously adored by flocks of curious attendees, while lampooned by the cynics and journalists among us as a vain exercise in publicity: an attempt to revive Trudeau's image among the Tim Hortons circuit; demonstrating his engagement and his connection to 'regular Canadians' outside the so-called 'Ottawa bubble' in a political climate where 'populists' like Trump and Leitch have actively sowed hate and distrust for 'elites.'
(My apologies for the overuse of scare quotes, but you know how it is these days.)
Rhino's Roadhouse reopened last year after a devastating fire.
Many have questioned the value behind this cross-country tour since public consultations in a modern democracy are not done by town halls but rather, polls and focus groups and other more scientific means. From a publicity sense, the image of the tour as engaging with average Canadians has predictably been countered by media outlets, seizing the opportunity to dog Trudeau for his private and potentially illegal use of a helicopter during a family vacation in the Bahamas, while depicting the tour itself, through soundbites of sour taxpayers, as a train ride that was derailed before it began.
In turn, Trudeau supporters have used the enthusiasm of the crowds to defend the cross-country tour, but today's liberals would hardly be the first to mistake enthusiastic crowds with electoral strength.
Christina McCall's gorgeous Grits recounts the time then prime minister Pierre Elliot Trudeau pulled a journalist aside in his East Block office to point to the crowds of onlookers out his window. "They are not disappointed," Trudeau reportedly said as he scolded him, "it's only cynics like you who are." Not long after that, Pierre Elliot Trudeau would survive re-election only narrowly, coming within two seats of defeat, having been perilously unaware of just how disappointed Canadians – not just the hacks and cynics in the press gallery but regular folks – had been with his own bungling government.
Crowds prove little in the way of popularity in a national sense.
Both the previous election – by all accounts, a joyous coronation – and its ruinous sequel had seen Pierre engage Canadians in meandering campaigns, taking part in 'Conversations with Canadians,' not all that unlike his son's own cross-country tour. Answering topical questions with rambling, listless spiels that were wholly and inexplicably undeserving of the spontaneous rapture they seemed to inspire at rallies, Trudeau failed in that first campaign to learn or appreciate the art of campaigning.
Woefully unprepared for the diverging of his political support from his enduring celebrity and naively indifferent to politics, Justin Trudeau's father learnt the hard way that it took more than crowds and Q & As to win re-election, he had disappointed Canadians that had trusted him to bring about real change – and there's only so much you can say to answer for that. Certainly, Justin Trudeau and his team are far more prepared and far more experienced in politics, but there is little precedent for the kind of political celebrity that Justin Trudeau, and his father before him, have cultivated. All of us – the PMO, the media, the opposition – are just making this thing up as we go along.
The PM speaking in Belleville, Ontario in the Bay of Quinte for a town forum. (Photo: Kristen Everson, CBC.)
To that end, Trudeau's cross-country tour seems less like such a desperate exercise in damage control – countering impressions of him as 'out of touch' (as its been portrayed by the media)– than it does, a strategic series of pre-campaign stops across the country.
Journalists, caught up in talking points left over from Trump's win, have framed the tour as some sort of populist-slaying meet-and-greet, partly because Trudeau's own birthright makes him vulnerable to such accusations of elitism. Just as Peter MacKay, a conservative, was criticized for being airlifted from his fishing expedition at the expense of taxpayers, Justin Trudeau, can be expected to be attacked for demonstrations of private wealth because the media frames its stories in ways that match our expectations: the not-so-spendthrift conservative, the entitled liberal. Acts of caricature, all of it.
While the PMO has been slow to share details of where the cross-country tour is scheduled to visit next, the pattern that's emerging suggests there's a fairly calculated sense behind the choice of stops: they're mostly bellwethers, battlegrounds and freshly Liberal ridings.¹ Journalists have been paying so much attention to what the prime minister has and has not been saying in his talking points, what's been overlooked is the choice of venue: a physical road-map for Team Trudeau, showing their hand as it were, revealing where its priorities lie. A preview of the upcoming 2019 federal election.
Trudeau began his tour leaving Ottawa through the only Ottawa riding that stayed conservative (albeit on its outskirts) last election: Pierre Poilievre's riding. He also visited Gord Brown's riding, the Tory whip involved in Elbowgate, at which the Liberals saw its best results last election since the days of the Jordan dynasty in the 90s – the first time a son had directly succeeded a father federally in the same constituency. Trudeau also spoke at Kingston, a longtime liberal gem on the shores of Eastern Ontario before proceeding to visit a very peculiar pocket of political geography in cottage country: Peterborough, a competitive bellwether riding and three neighboring ridings caught in the red wave last election, amalgamations of former conservative safe-seats that netted surprise wins like Mike Bossio's slim victory (with just 225 votes) for Trudeau's Liberals.
The only Ottawa riding to stay conservative. MP Pierre Poilievre's own margin of victory, 1,949 votes, was dramatically down from 2013, when he won by 23,000 votes.
Leeds-Grenville-Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes
A neighboring conservative stronghold.
Kingston and the Islands
A historically 'safe seat' for the Liberals.
Hastings–Lennox and Addington
One of Ontario's most competitive ridings, the Liberals won this riding, an amalgamation of old tory ridings, by the skin of their teeth: just 225 votes!
Bay of Quinte
Another riding formed from previously tory ridings that yielded a surprising Liberal landslide in 2015.
Northumberland—Peterborough South
Darlings of 'Harperland' gave birth to this surprising Liberal win after the latest electoral redistribution.
Peterborough–Kawartha
A notable 'bellwether' riding whose MPs have included cabinet ministers, Maryam Monsef, Dean Del Mastro and Hugh Faulkner.
Spadina – Fort York
A downtown battleground riding fought between Liberals and the NDP, containing the Toronto Islands. Often associated with its former MP, Olivia Chow.
While a feature in Harper's majority, London North Centre kindly returned to the Liberals during the last federal election with a healthy margin.
If you take this cross-country tour out of its media context – changing the date from 2017 to 2019 – what we have here would casually be called, 'the campaign trial.' The routing so far suggests the Trudeau Liberals are keen to hold ridings they've upended in last election's red wave, reward the party faithful and target holdovers from the Harper years, incumbents past their expiry date. Preventing a conservative resurgence means making inroads in the hinterland, a route not dissimilar to Trudeau's own warpath.
As the cross-country tour continues, expect Trudeau to stick to this formula in carving a route through a lot of Ontario's cottage country, vineyards, steeltowns, and the nickelbelt: Hamilton, Niagra, Barrie, Muskoka, Perry Sound and Kenora. He appears determined not to make the same mistake as his father had made in assuming his re-election was a forgone conclusion. Certain victory for Trudeau and his party means keeping its foothold on regions of Canada once held by Harper's conservatives especially in Ontario.
But although it's worth not getting lost in this current political context and forgetting the electioneering, the strategy behind the cross-country tour as Trudeau prepares for the next election, it would, however, be cruelly cynical to simply paint the cross-country tour as just cheap vote-getting; its unintentional value has been the portrait it's painted of the Canadian psyche. In the questions posed to the prime minister, we see, not an overwhelming concern for the topical policy discussions (cannabis, electoral reform, cash-for-access and political finances) among Ottawa's press gallery, but rather a common story, a story as old as the state itself: a story of vulnerable people crushed by the rules, the haplessness and inhumanity of the bureaucracy servicing them, whether the subject be veterans or seniors, First Nations or patients or transprisoners.
It also seems Canadians attending these visits believe in climate change; indeed, many aren't as keen on the oilsands as the press themselves. However, their concerns lie in the cost of living and the burden that the middle class will pay for Canada's green shift.
In this respect, the federal government would be wise to listen. Meeting his promises from his election platform would not go without praise but the public seems to have taken Trudeau's mantra of 'real change' and 'supporting the middle class' far less literally than the press. Not disappointing voters come next election for Trudeau will mean reinvigorating Canada's delivery of public services and support more generally to be more responsive, more compassionate and flexible. In doing so, helping to eliminate the stories of neglect that disappoint and embarrass Canadians.
For the Liberals, preventing new grievances will have to mean, not simply attaching more money to areas of interest but modernizing the whole supply chain delivering care, security and support. Trudeau will also have to work on communicating his carbon pricing plan and responding to any extraneous costs it places on consumers. He would be wise to follow up on any problems with carbon pricing closely, even those arising within the confines of a single provincial scheme; any excess inflation could taint the national impression of climate change measures altogether, fueling non-confidence for his agenda.
What's incredible about Canadians is when given the chance like this cross-country tour to speak with their prime minister, the head of their government, the thing they're mostly like to voice is a concern they have for someone else's well-being. It's yet another example of the genuine compassion of Canada, regardless of the constituency; we're a kind people and in turn, we deserve a kind leadership.
When asked what 'one does exactly' with said degree, he laughs and politely declines to answer. A perfect night for him involves a cup of Lady Grey, writing and a re-run of Yes Minister.
¹ Three of the ridings visited so far even appeared on the Ribbon's list of the top 25 constituencies-worth-voting-strategically-in. (We'll have to get a better name for that…)
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Heard on the Hill: Suited to Lead
By Emily Heil and Elizabeth Brotherton
Posted February 2, 2010 at 6:12pm
What's the secret to a powerful woman's success? Confidence, maybe, or diligence? Nope. According to one Member of Congress, it's a red suit.
[IMGCAP(1)]Rep. Kay Granger (R-Texas) reveals in the new book, "Secrets of Powerful Women," that she once got an important lesson in fashion (and life) when she showed up at an event with former Texas Gov. Ann Richards. Granger, who was then the mayor of Fort Worth, wore a navy suit that she thought was "tasteful and powerful."
But the legendarily bold Richards warned her to never wear the drab outfit again and prodded her to look around at the roomful of men in navy suits. Women in bold colors command attention, she advised.
Granger writes that the next time she saw Richards, at a Washington ball, "She was wearing an orange dress with sparkles. The cameras were all on her. I haven't owned a blue suit since."
The essay is one of 25 collected in the tome, out on Tuesday, by Lifetime Networks and VOICE, a female-focused imprint of Hyperion books. Other Congressional contributors sharing their tips meant to inspire women to become leaders include Reps. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Shelley Moore Capito (R-
W.Va.), Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), Loretta Sanchez (D-Calif.) and Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.).
HOH hears that at least a few of those contributors will be on hand for the bash that Lifetime and Hyperion are throwing Tuesday at the swanky W hotel.
Dress code: no navy suits, of course.
I Wanna Go Fast. As the great philosopher/fictional NASCAR driver Ricky Bobby said, "If you ain't first, you're last" — and Rep. Kendrick Meek is using those words of wisdom to help his Senate bid.
The Florida Democrat will sponsor NASCAR driver Mike Wallace's car at the Nationwide Series race in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Feb. 13, and in a unique fundraising move, donors to his campaign could win a chance to join the Meek family on the pit road come race day.
Supporters can sign up on Meek's campaign Web site for the chance to nab a pit pass to visit Wallace and his team. Technically, no donation is necessary to enter, but HOH notes the online entry form is conveniently located next to an area on the Web site to give to the campaign.
In a press release, Meek said he's a longtime NASCAR fan. "I'm running for the Senate to get Florida's economy working again for the NASCAR Nation and all families throughout this state," he said.
The Student Becomes the Master? Rep. Mike Honda is aiming to bring one of his former staffers back to Capitol Hill — but this time, as a colleague in Congress.
The California Democrat will host a meet-and-greet for New Jersey Congressional candidate Ed Potosnak at Democratic National Committee headquarters tonight.
Potosnak, who is running for New Jersey's 7th district seat, is a former high school chemistry teacher who spent more than two years in Honda's office. Potosnak came to Honda's office after nabbing the Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellowship Award, which sent him to Capitol Hill to assist the Congressman on education, appropriations and environmental issues.
And it appears Potosnak earned top marks in Honda's class.
"A teacher like me, it was clear that Ed, who started our office as a whip-smart Einstein fellow, was fast filling my educator shoes at an impressive rate," Honda said. "Knowing that Ed will legislate like he educates, New Jersey's 7th will be one lucky district."
So what was the No. 1 lesson that Potosnak learned from Honda?
"The Honda office had a lot of teamwork, mutual respect," Potosnak said. "Folks really worked together to put forward positive policy and really help people."
Looks like Potosnak has already learned a thing or two about speaking like a political professional.
Winning the Day. The Indianapolis Colts will test their might against the New Orleans Saints in the Super Bowl on Sunday — but should the Colts claim victory, they'll be following in the footsteps of another (admittedly slightly lower-profile) squad from the Hoosier State.
The Bayh Partisans defeated Team Kent Conrad 33-22 in a thrilling, come-from-behind win to capture the first-ever Senate Flag Football Championship over the weekend. Made up of staffers from the office of Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), the Partisans had to overcome a 15-7 deficit and make a key stop on the 2-yard line to get back into the game, quarterback Peter True told HOH.
"We were down early, actually, pretty big," True said. "But we rallied and played really well on our defense and came back to win."
While winning the first-ever "Senate Super Bowl" is an honor, the victory was especially meaningful because Bayh's office also put forth a championship-caliber softball team last year, True said. The team made the final four in the Senate Softball League tournament, only to fall short to team Hawk & Dove.
And True and his squad now predict their victory is "a good harbinger of things to come" for the Colts.
Overheard on the Hill. "I'm all for full disclosure, but not the full monty."
— Sen. Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), telling HOH that he will not follow the lead of Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R-Mass.) and pose nude in Cosmopolitan magazine. A Cosmo editor told the blog PopEater that if Brown won't agree to reprise his 1982 spread, they'd love to get Bayh to pose.
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Our Sun Is Moving More Slowly Than Thought
By Charles Q. Choi 2012-05-10T18:02:19Z Science & Astronomy
The heliosphere is the region of space dominated by the Sun that cocoons Earth and the other planets.
(Image: © Southwest Research Institute)
The sun is zipping through interstellar space more slowly than once thought, suggesting the giant shock wave long suspected of existing in front of the sun is not actually there, researchers say.
These new findings may influence what scientists know about high-energy cosmic rays that can endanger astronauts, they added.
The sun and its planets are cocooned within a bubble of charged particles and magnetic fields known as the heliosphere. The edge of the heliosphere, where it collides with interstellar gas and dust, is called the heliopause, and marks the outer limit of the solar system.
For about a quarter century, researchers had thought the sun was moving fast enough in space for our heliosphere to generate a shock wave known as a bow shock as it plowed through interstellar matter.
"The sonic boom made by a jet breaking the sound barrier is an earthly example of a bow shock," said study lead author Dave McComas, a space scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in San Antonio, Texas. "As the jet reaches supersonic speeds, the air ahead of it can't get out of the way fast enough. Once the aircraft hits the speed of sound, the interaction changes instantaneously, resulting in a shock wave."
Astronomers have seen these bow shocks of plasma before in space, with counterparts of the sun's heliosphere around distant stars known as astrospheres. [Amazing Sun Photos from Space]
"By studying our heliosphere in detail, we can learn more about the whole picture of how astrospheres work around stars," McComas said.
Bow shocks exist around other astrospheres, as seen in these images taken by multiple telescopes.
(Image credit: Southwest Research Institute)
Our slower sun
New observations now show that our sun is traveling slower than before thought. As such, it moves too slowly to generate a bow shock.
"We've now discovered our sun doesn't have a bow shock — it's surprising, and slightly shocking, and much work needs to be redone now," McComas told SPACE.com. "The astronomical community spent the last two or three decades studying something that doesn't exist."
The heliosphere helps prevent charged particles from entering our solar system, protecting life from potentially dangerous galactic cosmic rays.
Data from NASA's Interstellar Boundary Explorer (IBEX), a small spacecraft remotely imaging the nature of particle interactions at the edge of our solar system, reveals our sun is zipping through the local interstellar cloud at about 52,000 miles per hour (83,700 kph). This is roughly 7,000 mph (11,250 kph) slower than previously thought — a dip in speed that by itself would drop the pressure the heliosphere experiences by about one-quarter, enough to keep a bow shock from developing.
"The instruments we have to directly observe our motion with respect to the local interstellar medium are more modern, for more precise measurements," McComas explained.
IBEX data and earlier observations from NASA's two Voyager probes also show that the interstellar medium's magnetic field is stronger than previously believed. This means the sun would have had to move even faster than previously thought in order to generate a bow shock. Altogether, this suggests that a bow shock upstream of the sun is highly unlikely.
"While bow shocks certainly exist ahead of many other stars, we're finding that our sun's interaction doesn't reach the critical threshold to form a shock, so a wave is a more accurate depiction of what's happening ahead of our heliosphere, much like the wave made by the bow of a boat as it glides through the water," said McComas, principal investigator of the IBEX mission.
The heliosphere creates a bow "wave" as it travels through space.
Heliosphere unmasked
A better understanding of the heliosphere could shed light on how it protects us against dangerous high-energy cosmic rays emerging from deep in outer space.
"The heliosphere screens out about 90 percent of cosmic rays," McComas said. "If not for the heliosphere, cosmic rays could affect things like human space travel and even potentially things on Earth. It's interesting to consider that maybe astrospheres are needed as a prerequisite for life around stars, to protect systems from galactic cosmic radiation."
The fact that our solar system lacks a bow shock could actually mean we are slightly more protected from cosmic rays than before thought.
"The slower speed the sun is traveling at with respect to the local interstellar medium means that at the moment, there is less compression of the heliosphere, so there's a larger region to deflect cosmic rays," McComas said. "However, in the distant past, as the sun goes in its orbit around the galaxy, it surely went through dense clouds, so maybe the heliosphere got squeezed then, and we were more affected by galactic radiation. Surely that will happen again in the distant future."
The scientists detailed their findings online May 10 in the journal Science.
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Home » Resources » FE News archive » New State of the Arts Vocational Centre opens in Ellesmere Port
New State of the Arts Vocational Centre opens in Ellesmere Port
West Cheshire College will be starting the New Year term in the brand new £10 million Ellesmere Port campus. The campus will be home to the Hair and Beauty, Performing Arts, Art, Design and Media, Sports Studies and Public Services departments and new state-of-the-art facilities bring the College into the 21st Century to ensure that it is able to continue to provide first class vocational education.
For example, the hairdressing and beauty therapy departments boast professional salons with the latest nail tables and beauty suites, which will be open to the public, as well as a new sauna and steam room.
Music and music technology areas have the latest equipment and facilities and performing arts students will be moving into a refurbished theatre and a new studio theatre.
There will also be first class facilities for Sports Studies and Information Technology, including Interactive Games Technology, where students will have access to flat-screen computers and smart boards in seminar rooms. Outside there will also be an all weather five-a-side pitch and tennis courts.
The redeveloped campus also includes a brand new Welcome Centre and reception area, the "Port Café" "" a bright, modern refreshment area and Nescafe bar and new art and design facilities, which were opened by Ivan Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Skills and Vocational Education, in April 2003. A brand new ABC Neighbourhood Nursery, which was opened in March by Bob the Builder, also brings benefits to students and local residents.
College Principal Sara Mogel said: "We are very proud of our new facilities and we hope that the development will help us attract learners who had not thought lifelong learning was for them, improving the skills level in the community and increasing the employment prospects of young people.
"This was an ambitious project, but after three years of hard work, the people of Ellesmere Port now have the facilities they deserve.
"We are now looking forward to pressing our plans for the Chester campus to ensure that we can provide first class accommodation across both our campuses."
Full-time courses due to start in the new building from January include the Childcare Cadet scheme, Interactive Games Technology, Multimedia, Introduction to Access to Higher Education and Access to Higher Education.
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The Upright Thinkers
War of the Worldviews
The Drunkard's Walk
A Briefer History of Time
Feynman's Rainbow
Euclid's Window
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"The Upright Thinkers playfully tracks the evolution of man's understanding of the world over millions of years. . . . An accessible and engaging read that brings science's brilliant minds to life." —Financial Times (London)
"Powerful. . . . Breath[es] new life into science history. [Mlodinow] frames narratives of great thinkers with serial scenes of his father's great courage and curiosity." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"[An] amazingly compact yet satisfying history. . . . [Mlodinow] is a whiz of a popular-science writer. . . . Amateur science mavens couldn't ask for a better brief, introductory text." —Ray Olson, Booklist
"How did we move so rapidly from caves to cars, from the Savannah to skyscrapers, from walking on two legs to bounding on the Moon? Follow Mlodinow on an astonishing tour of our species' journey; with each new stop, you'll discover how our unceasing progress is driven by something very special about human brains: our unslakable thirst for knowledge." —David Eagleman, PhD, Neuroscientist, New York Times bestselling author of Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
"[A] bracing work of scientific history. . . . Don't worry if quantum physics and the theory of relativity leave you quaking. . . . Mlodinow knows how to talk to the science-challenged." —Library Journal
"Endlessly fascinating . . . consistently thought-provoking. . . . A selective, guided tour of the human accumulation of knowledge . . . [and] the striking characters who pioneered scientific discoveries. . . . A breathtaking survey." —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
"Mlodinow vividly traces the revolutions in thought and culture that define our civilization and, as a bonus, presents a stimulating overview of the history and majestic sweep of modern science." —V. S. Ramachandran, author of The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human
How did a near-extinct species, eking out a meager existence with stone axes, become the dominant power on earth, able to harness a knowledge of nature ranging from tiny atoms to the vast structures of the universe? Leonard Mlodinow takes us on a passionate and inspiring tour through the exciting history of human progress and the key events in the development of science. In the process, he presents a fascinating new look at the unique characteristics of our species and our society that helped propel us from stone tools to written language and through the birth of chemistry, biology, and modern physics to today's technological world.
People often think that science advances through the application of tight logical analysis conducted by scientists who set out to accomplish a goal, understand what they are doing, and proceed to do it. But Mlodinow shows us the reality of science, which advances through convoluted, messy, and confused jumps, the true significance of which are usually appreciated only long after the fact.
Mlodinow also explores the cultural conditions that influenced scientific thought through the ages and the colorful personalities of some of the great philosophers, scientists, and thinkers: Galileo, who preferred painting and poetry to medicine and dropped out of university; Isaac Newton, who stuck needlelike bodkins into his eyes to better understand changes in light and color; and Antoine Lavoisier, who drank nothing but milk for two weeks to examine its effects on his body. Charles Darwin, Albert Einstein, Werner Heisenberg, and many lesser-known but equally brilliant minds also populate these pages, each of their stories showing how much of human achievement can be attributed to the stubborn pursuit of simple questions (why? how?), bravely asked.
The Upright Thinkers is a book for science lovers and for anyone interested in creative thinking and in our ongoing quest to understand our world. At once deeply informed, accessible, and infused with the author's trademark wit, this insightful work is a stunning tribute to humanity's intellectual curiosity.
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NAA Announces Winners of Inaugural Top 30 Under 30 Awards
By Lindsey Loving April 18, 2016
Lindsey Loving
Manager, Communications
lindsey@newsmediaalliance.org
Winners Formally Recognized at NAA mediaXchange 2016
Arlington, Va. – The Newspaper Association of America (NAA) today announced the recipients of its first-ever Top 30 Under 30 Awards at NAA mediaXchange 2016, being held this week at the Marriott Marquis in Washington, DC. The newly-created awards program honors young leaders working in every aspect of the news media who are contributing to the future success of the industry.
The Top 30 Under 30 Awards program provides an opportunity to showcase the unique energy and knowledge that young professionals bring to news media companies. From journalists to advertising executives to photographers and social media experts, the Top 30 Under 30 winners give off an excitement for what is to come – and it is their ideas that continue to push the industry forward.
"So much positive change is currently taking place in the news media industry, and it is because of people like our Top 30 under 30 that I am more confident than ever in the future success of our industry," stated NAA president and CEO David Chavern. "Thanks to them, news media are adapting and improving our products and offerings – from new technologies to innovative partnerships to increased reach and influence – so that we can continue to play a central role in the dissemination of important information."
The below individuals were selected from an impressive group of nominees as the recipients of this year's Top 30 Under 30 Awards. Each nominee was judged by an NAA/American Press Institute committee on the value of the nominee's contributions to his or her company and to the industry as a whole. NAA looks forward to highlighting the work of these exceptional individuals on its website over the next several months.
2016 NAA Top 30 Under 30 Awards Winners:
David Beniot, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Ashley Bethard, Digital Manager, Cox Media Group Ohio
Rafael Carranza, Digital Producer and Reporter, La Voz
Brittany Coale, Automotive & Grocery Manager, The Kansas City Star
Christina Contreras, Circulation Marketing Manager, The Arizona Republic
Anna Costello, Director of Business Development, Adpay, Inc.
Adam Fitzgerald, Business Development Manager, NANDO Media Company
Shannon Green, Senior Multimedia Producer, USA TODAY
Babak Hagh, Marketing and Multimedia Manager, The News & Observer
Saundra Hooper, Media Manager, USA TODAY
Ashley Howard, Circulation Digital Audience Development, The Oklahoman Media Company
Hannah Hunsinger, Staff Photographer, The Sanford Herald Newspaper
Elizabeth Jespersen, Content Initiatives Coordinator, GateHouse Media
Nathan Kelly, Video Planning Editor, The Arizona Republic
Nina Mandell, For The Win Managing Editor, USA TODAY Sports Media Group
Joe Martin, Editor-in-Chief, Houston Business Journal
Michael Matthews, Circulation Marketing Manager, The News & Advance
Clare McMahon, Client Strategy Manager, Democrat and Chronicle Media
Mark Pan, Partnership Strategist, Newsela
Clifford Parody, Reporter, The Ledger
Joshua Peterson, Publisher, Manchester Times
Allison Petty, Reporter, Herald & Review
Adam Playford, Director of Data/Digital Enterprise, Tampa Bay Times
Arielle Ray, Video Journalist, The Wall Street Journal
Joshua Robinson, Reporter, The Wall Street Journal
Lauren Rolls, Reporter, The Albuquerque Journal
Richard Romeo, Senior Account Executive, Cox Media Group – Austin American Statesman
Allison Sebelius, Marketing and Event Coordinator, The World Company
Chris Segal, Managing Editor, The Daily News (Jacksonville, NC)
Elizabeth Varin, Web Producer, American News
Eric Webb, Social Media & Engagement Editor, Austin American Statesman
About NAA mediaXchange 2016
NAA mediaXchange 2016 will take place from April 17-20, 2016, at the Marriott Marquis Washington, DC. The conference is designed to inspire and provide valuable ideas to help newspaper professionals grow audience and revenue for their print and digital products. The theme of the conference is "local" — the importance of newspapers in providing localized knowledge and information, engaging and improving the lives of their local communities. Previous Washington conferences featured speeches from the top presidential candidates. We hope to add the leading 2016 candidates to the event, making it a particularly noteworthy affair for all attendees. For more information, visit www.newsmediaalliance.org/mediaXchange
About NAA
The Newspaper Association of America is a nonprofit organization representing nearly 2,000 news organizations and their multiplatform businesses in the United States and Canada. Alliance members include print, digital and mobile publishers of original news content. Headquartered near Washington, D.C., in Arlington, Va., the association focuses on ensuring the future of new media through communication, research, advocacy and innovation. Information about the association and the industry also may be found at www.newsmedia.com.
Lindsey is the Communications Director for the News Media Alliance. Prior to joining the Alliance, she led communications for a food and nutrition nonprofit in Washington, D.C. for over eight years.
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It didn't take too long to come back but the first few frames were as bad as some I took my very first time at the track a little over 7 years ago. I'm glad those pics aren't on-line anymore. LOL!
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Algae-covered Walls To Heat Building
Jake Richardson
An apartment building in an up and coming section of Hamburg, Germany will attempt to employ the use of millions of microalgae in order to generate some heat. The microalage do this when fed a mixture of liquid nutrients, CO2 and sunlight. The building will not get all of its heat from the microalgae, however. It will have solar and be linked to a bio-methane plant and a network of similar energy-generating buildings.
Image Credit: Image Credit: IBA Hamburg, Martin Kunze
Called the Bio Intelligence Quotient (BIQ) house, the building will have fifteen separate apartments. Upon hearing that algae will be covering parts of the exterior, it may sound offputting, but they are microscopic and can be attached in a way so they much more resemble green paint than something you see in a pond. These microalgae can produce five times more biomass than land-based plants in addition to the heat they generate. This extra plant matter would have to be collected and converted to biogas away from the residential building though.
Bio Intelligence Quotient (BIQ) house is also part of an overall urban design to reclaim former industrial sites and convert them into spaces for people to live in and enjoy. Another fifteen innovate buildings are slated for construction in the center of Wilhelmsburg.
The BIQ house will be green due to the living exterior that generates heat, and in design due to the people who took the time to conceive, create and implement it. One might call this sustainable approach functional aesthetics because there is beauty in integrating natural systems with human housing.
In this article:brownfields, Germany, microalgae, urban design
Written By Jake Richardson
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