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Open Call 2 archive
You are looking at the archived information of the second open call.
For the info on the latest CREW open call, go here.
[last and final update - October 4, 2012]
The second open call was closed on October 3, 2012 . It is not longer possible to submit open call proposals.
The initial information was distributed at the Future Network and MobileSummit in Berlin, July 4 2012. This information and the overview presentation is now also available from this website.
External experimenters are able to use the CREW infrastructure for their experiments in the field of cognitive radio and/or cognitive networking. For these experiments, funding is available. Note that to use the CREW facilities, applying for funding is not necessarily a requirement: (unfunded) use of the infrastructure, for smaller projects or exploratory use, may also be possible if the testbed owner is able to support your request (in function of availability and type of experiment).
If you are interested in receiving funding, please find the information for the first open call below. A (growing) list of frequently asked questions is available on this page as well.
Budget available in the second open call
EUR 440k Commission funding is available. For those proposals that get selected, a maximum funding (EU contribution) of EUR 120k applies. The minimum budget per (accepted) proposal is EUR 50k.
Number of experiments
The CREW project will offer funding to 4 to 8 experiments.
Number of partners per proposal
The target number of partners per proposal is 1 or 2.
Duration of the experiment
The maximum duration of an experiment is 12 months. The experiments are expected to start in February 2013.
Types of experiments
We are looking for experiments in the field of cognitive radio and cognitive networks, that make use of the existing CREW infrastructure.
Yes, I'm interested!
All information needed to submit a proposal to the second CREW open call, can be found in following two documents:
Guide for applicants
Open call announcement document
The guide for applicants (which includes templates for submission) is also available in .doc format.
CREW open call 2 was officially announced at the Future Network and Mobile Summit in Berlin on July 4, 2012. The overview presentation is available below:
Overview of CREW and CREW open call 2
The presentations below were originally presented at the second FIRE open call day in Brussels on September 15th, 2011 to promote the first open call. The information is still relevant to get a quick view on what is available, but more complete and up-to-date information on the CREW infrastructures and cognitive components is available via CREW portal.
TWIST testbed
w-iLab.t testbed
LTE/LTE advanced testbed
Iris / Iris testbed
Imec sensing agent
Thales XCVR API
Q: Can you review my proposal before submission?
A: We do not have sufficient time to read through all proposals during the submission phase. To guarantee a fair chance for all submitters, no proposals are reviewed. If, however, you have targetted questions regarding the technical feasibility of your proposal, of course you can contact the contact persons for the different parts of the CREW facility.
Q: What is the page limit for the proposals?
A: There is no strict page limit. However, during the second FIRE open call day, a total proposal length of 20 to 25 pages was given as a guideline (see this presentation).
Q: Can I develop new solutions using the open call budget?
A: The open call budget is meant specifically to USE the CREW infrastructure for experimentation/validation. This means that, for example, developing a new algorithm cannot be done using CREW funding. However, the implementation of your solution(s) can be done using CREW funding. To summarize, CREW-payed manpower can be used to (1) implement your cognitive solution on the CREW facilities and (2) do the experiments, (3) analyze the results from your experiments and (4) provide feedback to the CREW consortium on the experiments and the use of the CREW platform.
Q: Can I access the infrastructure remotely or do I need to travel?
A: Some parts of the CREW infrastructure can be operated remotely, for other experiments, you will need to travel. Please check the CREW portal for information on how to access/use the different testbeds and cognitive components. In any case, even if a testbed can be operated remotely, you should probably reserve a part of your open call budget for travel, allowing you to meet the people behind the infrastructures and cognitive components, and to actually visit/see the infrastructures/cognitive components you will use.
Q: How do you define a sustainable result?
A: Let us start by describing a proposal that is not useful for us: suppose an experimenter uses the CREW facility for an unknown reason, e.g. developing unknown algorithms, and gives no feedback about how the infrastructure was used, what results were achieved, what part of the CREW infrastructure he/she (dis)liked,... In this case, from our perspective, an experimenter is just consuming funding without added value for the CREW consortium.
What we are looking for are experiments that help us to improve the CREW facilities: to put it sharply: the primary interest of CREW is not knowing how good your solution is or e.g. to get your source code. We are interested how you used the CREW facilities to reach your goals, and how this can help us in the future. For example, sustainability means leaving behind methodologies, tools, feedback, demonstrations (screencasts, videos,...), use cases, interfaces, scripts, experimentation scenarios, useful metrics,...
Q: How do I get access to the CREW facilities?
A: Please consult the CREW portal.
Q: When can the experiments that are part of the open call start officially?
A: The experiments that are accepted as result of the second open call are expected to start in February 2013. However, a later starting date is possible, e.g. in case manpower is not yet available next January. Please note that the starting date cannot be shifted more than a few months, as otherwise we cannot guarantee the support to your experiments.
Q: The open call document mentions that "one or more federation functionalities" need to be included in the experiments. Are experiments that use more functionalities more likely to be selected?
A: Please note that it is not the CREW consortium that can decide on ranking: external and independent reviewers are responsible for judging the quality of the proposals. However, it is important to know that we included this statement to exclude experiments that would have been possible on top of a single CREW component/infrastructure, without making use of the federation. As such, in our view, defining an experiment is not about including as many functionalities as possible: when a single 'functionality' is used in a good way, this is perfect and a lot better than including 5 functionalities in an experiment that does not make sense at all.
Q: Can I submit multiple proposals (on different topics)?
A: Yes, but at most one proposal can be funded.
Q: Can I move hardware available at one location to another location for my experiment? Can I move hardware from a CREW testbed to my own lab?
A: The CREW consortium has no view on the content of the proposals that will be submitted. As such, to guarantee the availability of the offered hardware to all experimenters that are accepted as part of the open call (and to the owners of the facilities), moving hardware is not allowed. However, in the past, we did move some of the hardware between the different CREW sites for short periods of time (e.g. during work meetings of the consortium). It is likely that these work meetings will continue once the new partners join as part of the open call- so moving hardware for a short period of time could, exceptionally, be possible. Table 1 of the CREW open call document lists the hardware/components that are available at the different sites.
Q: When will I receive a confirmation of my submission?
A: The confirmations will be sent out shortly after submission. If you do not receive a confirmation but you were expecting one, please contact us (see "contact" section).
CREW_Open_call 2-Guide_for_applicants_Final.pdf 287.63 KB
CREW_Announcement_Open_Call 2_v1.8.pdf 1010.31 KB
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I will figure out the giveaway soon, but I'm bogged down in some school stuff, kind of ever since I made the last post about Teresa's book. So, so tired. I can't even think straight.
In addition to the Giveaway, I've got a brief Rhinebeck report and finishing work on a few patterns. I was so close! And now it's going to take me at least a day, once I get past the stuff I'm working on, to get my head back in that zone. Sigh.
Plus, today is Nick's and my anniversary.
I will be back. Soon. And I will share my (benign) ghost story. Promise!


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Q: Does Javascript finish executing async function even after the rest of the code has finished executing? This is what I tried -
async func1(){
 // do asynchronous calls with await
 console.log("call finished");
}

func2(){
 func1(); // without await
 console.log("func2 finished");
 return;
}

func2();

The output was - func2 finished call finished.
So even after the parent function completed execution, the async function still completed what it was intended for.
Will this work in case of an API where we are returning something to an external service?
Like cloud functions -
async func1(){
 // do asynchronous calls - post db using await
 console.log("call finished");
}

func2(){
 func1(); // without await
 return response.status(200).send("");
}

func2();

Will the database call complete even if the response.send is executed first provided I don't await for the first function to finish execution?

A: Yes, the Promise returned by an async function is only a handle that lets you chain logic onto the asynchronous value or timing provided by the function. You don't have to do anything with it. If you don't use .then or await to chain off of it, the async function still runs and goes through all its code - it's just that the Promise it returns doesn't get used elsewhere.
That said, dangling promises are usually a bad idea - in most cases, you probably should chain a .then or .catch onto a promise.

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Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., sued his neighbor Rene Boucher for damages after he attacked the senator in his front yard as he was mowing his lawn in November, breaking five of his ribs and bruising his lungs. File Photo by Kevin Dietsch/UPI | License Photo
By Daniel Uria, UPI
Sen. Rand Paul filed a civil lawsuit against a neighbor who attacked him in his front yard last year.
The Republican from Kentucky filed the lawsuit in Warren Circuit Court against his neighbor, Rene Boucher, 60, on Friday. Paul seeks damages to compensate for "physical pain and mental suffering" that resulted from the attack that left Paul with five broken ribs and bruised lungs.
"Dr. Boucher issued a sincere and heartfelt apology at the sentencing," Boucher's attorney, Matt Baker, said. "Apparently that apology has not and will not be accepted. Instead, the senator has decided to file this lawsuit."
The lawsuit contends Boucher's actions were "unnecessarily cruel, malicious, willful, wanton" and showed reckless disregard for Paul's "rights, life and liberties."
The lawsuit also seeks a restraining order against Boucher, barring him from contacting Paul and his family, as it contends Boucher will continue a pattern of "stalking and harassment."
Baker said Boucher is "absolutely not a threat to Senator Paul and his family."
The suit comes a week after Boucher was sentenced to 30 days in prison for the attack in a criminal case. He was also ordered to pay a $10,000 fine.
Boucher pleaded guilty to one felony count of assaulting a member of Congress resulting in personal injury in March for tackling Paul as he was mowing his lawn in November.
U.S. - U.S. Daily News: Rand Paul sues neighbor for front yard attack
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Поверхностная яркость или видимая поверхностная яркость объекта  (интенсивность) — энергия, излучаемая объектом в единицу времени внутри единичного телесного угла элементом поверхности, проекция которого на перпендикулярную выбранному направлению плоскость имеет единичную площадь. Термин применяется в поверхностной фотометрии — области астрономии, связанной с измерением распределения яркости по поверхности протяженных объектов.

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"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMRL-14S : accessed 25 January 2019), Devereaux Jennings in household of Henry Dinwoody, Precinct 42 Salt Lake City Ward 4, Salt Lake, Utah, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 43, sheet 11B, family 235, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,684.
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8Z1-T28 : 8 December 2017), Joseph D Jennings and Cleo C Wells, 04 Jul 1914; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,114.
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL42-QMY : 8 December 2017), Joseph D Jennings and Cleo C Wells, 04 Jul 1914; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 1,033,253.
"United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZVN-RD3 : 13 March 2018), Joseph Deverux Jennings, 1917-1918; citing Los Angeles City no 15, California, United States, NARA microfilm publication M1509 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,530,904.
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHQX-VCQ : accessed 25 January 2019), Joseph D Jennings, Los Angeles Assembly District 63, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing ED 147, sheet 6A, line 42, family 160, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 106; FHL microfilm 1,820,106.
"California, County Marriages, 1850-1952," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8N8-M87 : 8 December 2017), Joseph Debereux Jennings and Adele Davis, 06 Jun 1925; citing Los Angeles, California, United States, county courthouses, California; FHL microfilm 2,074,518.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C8-ZZ5 : 14 March 2018), Jos D Jennings, Councilmanic District 13, Los Angeles, Los Angeles Township, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 60-1064, sheet 3B, line 78, family 91, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 396.
"United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V4DW-GKV : 8 November 2017), Joseph Devereux Jennings, 1942; citing NARA microfilm publication M1936, M1937, M1939, M1951, M1962, M1964, M1986, M2090, and M2097 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGTR-74KK : 22 August 2018), Joseph Devereux Jennings, 1952.
"California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLJ-LKHP : 22 August 2018), Joseph Devereux Jennings, 1952.
"California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VP7F-W5X : 26 November 2014), Joseph Devereux Jennings, 12 Mar 1952; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
"BillionGraves Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV3M-B35G : 24 June 2015), JOSEPH DEVEREUX JENNINGS, died 1952; citing BillionGraves (http://www.billiongraves.com : 2012), Burial at Salt Lake City Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States.
"Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVP9-WY1G : 13 December 2015), Joseph Devereux Jennings, 1952; Burial, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States of America, Salt Lake City Cemetery; citing record ID 130582107, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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Department International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, First Year International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Second Year International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Third Year International Master's Program in Asia-Pacific Studies, Fourth Year
Course Name The History of Taiwan after World War II
Instructor LI FU-CHUNG
1)The Change of the Governor: From a colony of Japanese Empire to a province of the Republic of China. Required Reading: Textbook(1)
2)The Massacre of the "228 Incident": How it happened, and what consequence it made. Required Reading: Textbook(2)
3)Chiang Kai-shek's Authoritarian Regime: A state under the martial law. Required Reading: Textbook(8)
4)The War between CKS and Mao Zedong: The two Taiwan Strait military crises and the battles in the United Nations. Required Reading: Textbook(6)
5)Taiwan and the United States: From Harry Truman to Richard Nixon. Required Reading: Textbook(6)
6)The Age of Chiang Ching-kuo: A general survey to the political evolution from 1970s to 1980s. Required Reading: Textbook(3)
7)The Light of Taiwan's Cinema: From 1950s to 1980s.
8)The Light of Taiwan's Cinema: New Wave Movement from 1983 to 2000.
9)Taiwan's Cinematic Perspective in 21st Century.
10)Lee Teng-hui and the Democratization of Taiwan. Required Reading: Textbook(8)
11)Rehabilitation and the Challenges of Transitional Justice: Taiwan in the Age of Post-Authoritarianism. Required Reading: Textbook(4)
12)Lee Teng-hui and Jiang Zemin: The China policies of the government of ROC and the new Taiwan Strait military crisis in 1995 and 1996. Required Reading: Textbook(7)
13)A Dire Strait: The critical changes of the relations between ROC and PRC from 1990s to 2000s. Required Reading: Textbook(7)
14)Chen Shui-bian and the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP): The political competition between the "green camp" and "blue camp." Required Reading: Textbook(5)
15) Assessment of Ma Ying-jeou and his Administration. Required Reading: Textbook(8)
16) Identity and Identification: How Taiwanese think themselves? Required Reading: Textbook(9)
no class assistant
Class attendance and performance 20%
(1) Ralph N. Clough, Island China. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1978.
(2) George H. Kerr, Formosa Betrayed, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1965.
(3) Jay Taylor, The Generalissimo's Son. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2000.
(4) Shelley Rigger, Politics in Taiwan: Voting for democracy. New York: Routledge, 1999.
(5) Shelley Rigger, From Opposition to Power: Taiwan's Democratic Progressive Party. Boulder, Colorado: Lynne Rienner, 2001.
(6) Nancy B. Tucker, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and the United States, 1945-1992. New York: Twayne Publishers, 1994.
(7) Richard C. Bush, At Cross Purposes: U.S.-Taiwan Relations Since 1942, Armonk, New York: M. E. Sharpe, 2004.
(8)J. Bruce Jacobs, Democratizing Taiwan. Leiden: Brill, 2012.
(9) Shelley Rigger, Taiwan's Rising Rationalism: Generations, Politics, and "Taiwanese Nationalism," Washingtom D.C.: East-West Center, 2006.


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Publication Opportunities
FORE International Conference on Frugal Approach to Innovation
Venue: FORE School of Management, New Delhi
FORE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
FORE International Conference on "Frugal approach to Innovation" 2019 is the eighth conference of the annual international conference series hosted by FORE School of Management at New Delhi, India. This conference, a first of its kind in India, has the vision to present India's competence around the frugal approach to innovation. Situated in New Delhi, this conference is well poised to symbolically represent India's soft power. The conference acknowledges the fact that frugal innovation may not be discussed unless we bring together the practitioners (who are presently doing it, as well as, those who may be inspired to do it), policymakers (who can provide impetus for developing the required ecosystem) and academicians (who will study and disseminate the knowledge around this approach). Thus we have two parallel academic and practitioner tracks so that practice can inform theory as well as vice versa. We also provide a platform where the policymakers, practitioners, and academicians would have a meaningful and systematic dialogue through a panel discussion. Thus, this conference is an effort to look for answers and push forward the research in the field of frugal innovation.
Taxonomical interpretations of "frugal innovation" are being discussed (Bhatti, 2012; Brem & Wolfram, 2014; Hossain, 2018; Weyrauch & Herstatt, 2017) in order to distinguish it from and also relate it to "reverse innovation" (Lee & McNamee, 2014), "jugaad innovation" (Radjou, Prabhu, & Ahuja, 2012), "constraint-based innovation" (Agarwal, Grottke, Mishra, & Brem, 2016) etc. Particularly, in the resource-constrained environment (Liu & Wei, 2018), the term is often related to doing more and better with less (Radjou & Euchner, 2016) for many (Bhatti, 2014). Thus researchers note the cultural roots of frugal approach to innovation in emerging economies, especially in India (Grover, Caulfield, & Roehrich, 2014). Particularly in the case of frugal innovation, researchers have emphasized the inclusiveness dimension (Prabhu & Jain, 2015). Thus this term is often used in the context of people at "Bottom of Pyramid" (BoP) (Chliova & Ringov, 2017).
However, over time the usage of this approach is cutting across boundaries of geographies (Zeschky, Widenmayer, & Gassmann, 2011), or industries (Prabhu, 2017). It also transcends the dichotomies of developed-developing nations (Tiwari, Fischer, & Kalogerakis, 2017), top-down or bottom-up approach (Leliveld & Knorringa, 2018), or intentional-unintentional application (van Beers, Knorringa, & Leliveld, 2012). The reason for this could be evident in the economic conditions of the markets. As price increasingly becomes a differentiator for firms, the suppliers end up being under pressure to be more frugal (Fishman, 2006). Similarly, in emerging markets, affordability is an important new product requirement by customers (Agarwal, Brem, & Grottke, 2018). Such conditions may create a cycle of miserliness. As a result, the firms may try to cut down the cost on some employee amenities (Cascio, 2006). These quick-fix approaches, however, may not be sustainable in the long run. Thus firms are realizing the need for alternatives by embedding the frugal approach in employee mindset, organizational processes, outcomes, or business models (Soni & T. Krishnan, 2014).
As the natural resources are depleting at a fast pace, organisations (like Unilever, TATA, GE, Nokia, etc) are already taking up "frugal innovation" as a challenge and employing "cutting edge technologies" (George, Schillebeeckx, & Liak, 2015; Rao, 2013) in order to contribute towards these SDGs. Thus, the frugal approach to innovation can act as an impetus for developing novel dynamic capabilities for organizations (Grover et al., 2014). Another reason for increased attention towards frugal innovation may be because of its perceived relevance towards the United Nation's sustainable development goals (SDGs) 2030. However, a systematic review of research on these two fields points to the need for better "understanding of challenges, barriers and strategies" for embedding a frugal approach to innovation to contribute to SDGs (Rosca, Reedy, & Bendul, 2018).
Although India is supposed to be a key benefactor of the frugal approach to innovation, not much has been done to study it systematically. For instance, promotion and consumption of innovation in India have contextual challenges that need to be studied through a cultural lens (Nair, Guldiken, Fainshmidt, & Pezeshkan, 2015). However, the route to systematization would involve bridging the formal and informal dichotomy (Kumar & Bhaduri, 2014). As pointed out by Kaur (2016), frugal innovation needs to be studied as socio-economic mobility of aam aadmi (common man) through the use of technology. This way researchers may study the diffusion of changing trends in population with the rapid developments in digital technologies (Leliveld & Knorringa, 2018).
In a country that is full of challenges, frugal innovation may hold the key to issues like rapid urbanization, slow industrial growth, the pressure on healthcare and educational infrastructure, as well as poor access to basic amenities like drinking water, clean air, and sanitation. However, there are polarizing views on use of frugal innovation to achieve development (Knorringa, Peša, Leliveld, & Van Beers, 2016). There are open questions that need to be explored, like, how can India harvest its "native knowledge and ingenuity" (Soni & T. Krishnan, 2014) to create frugal solutions? Can we attempt to unravel the process of frugal innovation (as by Rao, 2013) further by taking novel cases? Can frugal innovations propel the economic growth ("Frugal innovations seminar | DWIH.IN," n.d.)? How can we set the pace for a frugal economy with cohesive application across sectors (Prabhu, 2017) and identify its drivers and consequences (Liu & Wei, 2018)? Can the digital platform based frugal solutions (Ahuja & Chan, 2016) provide emerging economies with an opportunity to play on its strengths? How can frugal innovations strengthen the "circular economy" movement (Agarwal & Brem, 2017)? How can frugality be embedded into policymaking (Bhaduri, Sinha, & Knorringa, 2018) for social inclusion (Tiwari & De Waal, 2018) and larger good? As an outcome, can frugal approach to innovation help us find solutions to the vexing problems and set a tone for a sustainable future of this planet?
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Agarwal, N., & Brem, A. (2017). Frugal innovation-past, present, and future. IEEE Engineering Management Review, 45(3), 37–41.
Agarwal, N., Brem, A., & Grottke, M. (2018). Towards a higher socio-economic impact through shared understanding of product requirements in emerging markets: The case of the Indian healthcare innovations. Technological Forecasting and Social Change, 135, 91–98.
Agarwal, N., Grottke, M., Mishra, S., & Brem, A. (2016). A systematic literature review of constraint-based innovations: State of the art and future perspectives. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management, 64(1), 3–15.
Ahuja, S., & Chan, Y. E. (2016). Digital Platforms For Innovation In Frugal Ecosystems. 2016, 17007. Academy of Management Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510.
Bhaduri, S., Sinha, K. M., & Knorringa, P. (2018). Frugality and cross-sectoral policymaking for food security. NJAS-Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences, 84, 72–79.
Bhatti, Y. A. (2012). Towards a Theory of Frugal Innovation: What is frugal, what is innovation? 2012, 10794. Academy of Management Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510.
Bhatti, Y. A. (2014). Frugal innovation: social entrepreneurs' perceptions of innovation under institutional voids, resource scarcity and affordability constraints.
Brem, A., & Wolfram, P. (2014). Research and development from the bottom up-introduction of terminologies for new product development in emerging markets. Journal of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 3(1), 9.
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E.E. Cummings: The Complete Poems 1904-1962
Unique Full Leather Binding by Richard Tuttle
Published by Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York in 1994
Binding Details: As with all of Richard Tuttle's pieces, this is a one of a kind binding that captures the spirit of the book and returns us to a time when books were beautiful to display as well as read. In a world of mediocrity and mass produced books, he believes important literary works are special and should be treasured and passed on to future generations.
The book has been rebound by Richard Tuttle in lamb skin over boards that feature a contemporary black-and-white motif with inlaid white leather on the front and rear boards. The motif extends to the page end treatment with the page ends dyed black with white strips on the side that match the inlaid leather treatment. The book is housed in a custom clamshell box. Richard Tuttle's symbol signature and the binding date appear on the half title page. The binding was done in 2012.
The book measures 9.5" x 7" x 2.5"
Book Details: This is the revised, corrected, and expanded edition containing all the published poetry of E.E. Cummings published by Liveright Publishing Corporation, New York in 1994. E.E. Cummings wrote some of the most beautiful lyric poems written in the English language and is considered one of the most inventive American poets of the twentieth century. The internals of the book are in FINE condition.
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About the Artist: Richard Tuttle is a painter, writer, graphic designer, carpenter, bookbinder and lover of literature. For the past 20 years, he has combined his many interests to create one of a kind works of art that merge the written word with fine leather, paper, paint, wood and veneer. These original book bindings have been exhibited in numerous galleries and were featured in a PBS documentary on the Chicago Art beat. Richard describes his work as follows: "I make literary artifacts. They are designed to pull books down off the shelf and display them in the salon, gallery or home as if they were works of art, which, of course, they are. Whether binding books with leather, paper, paint, wood, and found artifacts or building sculptures to encase the volumes, I seek to find a perspective that shouts out a piece of the essence of the literary work. I try to put myself in the author's or character's mind to say something about the time it was written in; the attitude that is explored and expressed; the magic that makes it a work of art. While I obviously respect and admire the books I work on, the humor, wit and raw energy I find so attractive in their works leads me to places that some might call disrespectful, but are, for me, essential parts of these literary works. Motivated by Marcel Duchamp's attempts to elevate the object into art and William Blake's efforts to remake his world and James Joyce's efforts to include all culture and all action in one whole: Motivated by the ongoing conversation of Jazz musicians between its earliest practitioners and its most avante garde practitioners: Motivated by the great world library of "what we are" as extolled by Jorge Luis Borges: Motivated by the desire to live in a world that is conscious of itself and conscious of its ability to create itself: I create these art objects out of books in order be surrounded by a physical environment that reflects the world of ideas I want to live in."
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A man has been charged with a string of offences after leading police on a wild pursuit along the Pacific Highway on Friday, May 29. At around 8:30pm, highway patrol officers from Manning-Great Lakes Police District spotted a silver Holden Commodore allegedly travelling at 170km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Highway at Nabiac. Officers pursued the vehicle and attempted to pull it over, but the driver refused to stop. The pursuit continued northbound along the Pacific Highway before the driver attempted to turn right onto Godfrey Hill Road, Koorainghat and lost control. The vehicle came to a stop on the median strip and police arrested the 39-year-old driver. He was breath tested at the scene and returned a positive result. He then underwent a subsequent breath analysis at Taree Police Station and returned a reading in the special range category. You may also like: Local showgrounds receive funding to improve infrastructure and support jobs The man was charged with a range of offences, including police pursuit - speed dangerous, driving while disqualified, special range PCA, drive unregistered vehicle, use uninsured vehicle, use unauthorised plates, and goods in custody. He was also charged with an outstanding warrant. He was refused bail and was scheduled to appear in Taree Local Court on Saturday, May 30. Thank you for valuing local journalism with your subscription. While you're with us, you can also receive updates straight to your inbox from the Great Lakes Advocate. To make sure you're up to date with all the news, sign up here.
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A man has been charged with a string of offences after leading police on a wild pursuit along the Pacific Highway on Friday, May 29.
At around 8:30pm, highway patrol officers from Manning-Great Lakes Police District spotted a silver Holden Commodore allegedly travelling at 170km/h in a 100km/h zone on the Pacific Highway at Nabiac.
Officers pursued the vehicle and attempted to pull it over, but the driver refused to stop.
The pursuit continued northbound along the Pacific Highway before the driver attempted to turn right onto Godfrey Hill Road, Koorainghat and lost control.
The vehicle came to a stop on the median strip and police arrested the 39-year-old driver.
He was breath tested at the scene and returned a positive result.
He then underwent a subsequent breath analysis at Taree Police Station and returned a reading in the special range category.
You may also like: Local showgrounds receive funding to improve infrastructure and support jobs
The man was charged with a range of offences, including police pursuit - speed dangerous, driving while disqualified, special range PCA, drive unregistered vehicle, use uninsured vehicle, use unauthorised plates, and goods in custody.
He was also charged with an outstanding warrant.
He was refused bail and was scheduled to appear in Taree Local Court on Saturday, May 30.
Thank you for valuing local journalism with your subscription. While you're with us, you can also receive updates straight to your inbox from the Great Lakes Advocate. To make sure you're up to date with all the news, sign up here.


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The Future of Natural Gas, Sub-Saharan Africa, South & SE Asia
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Mark Thurber is a Fellow at the Energy for Growth Hub where he leads on issues related to natural gas. Mark is Associate Director of the Program on Energy and Sustainable Development at Stanford University and affiliated with the Precourt Institute for Energy and the Stanford Natural Gas Initiative. Mark's research focuses on how energy services can more effectively be delivered to low-income populations. Previously, Mark worked in the high-tech industry, focusing on manufacturing operations in Mexico, China, and Malaysia. He is the editor of Oil and Governance: State-owned Enterprises and the World Energy Supply and The Global Coal Market. Mark holds a PhD from Stanford University in Mechanical Engineering (Thermosciences) and a B.S.E. from Princeton University in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering with a certificate from the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.
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Assessing Opportunities for Solar Lanterns to Improve Educational Outcomes in Rural Off-Grid Regions: Challenges and Lessons from a Randomized Controlled Trial. SSRN. December 15, 2018.
Gas-fired generation in a high-renewables world, June 2018, The costs of fossil-free development, March 2017, & Why Isn't Natural Gas in India's Climate Strategy? September 2016. Natural Gas Briefs, Stanford Natural Gas Initiative.
The Policy Tightrope in Gas-Producing Countries: Stimulating Domestic Demand Without Discouraging Supply. Pacific Energy Summit. February 2011.
Untangling 'Stranded Assets' and 'Carbon Lock-In'
By Katie Auth, Jacob Kincer, Mark Thurber
What are the risks associated with new gas-fired power in developing economies, and how can we mitigate them? In the face of intensifying climate change impacts, we must shift decisively away from unabated fossil fuels.
Should lower-income countries build open cycle or combined cycle gas turbines?
By Mark Thurber, Olu Verheijen
Over the last two decades, the combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) has become the dominant technology for gas-fired power due to its high efficiency, low operating costs, and low emissions.
Energy-poor countries face a special challenge: vertical energy transitions
By Murefu Barasa, Mark Thurber
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to all seven countries with electrification rates lower than 20%: Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Niger, and South Sudan.1 Many others have basic electrification but fall far short of the Modern Energy Minimum needed to power job-creating enterprises.2 Concerns about climate change and rapidly declining costs of renewable energy sources like solar and wind have led to calls for low-income countries to "leapfrog" fossil fuels in their energy development pathways.3 What is a vertical energy transition? The shift to renewable energy in countries facing rapidly growing electricity demand but starting from a low base threshold of energy infrastructure represents a "vertical transition" (Figure 1).
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A coal renaissance is not coming to Africa
By Jacob Kincer, Todd Moss, Mark Thurber
Published in World Development Perspectives, Vol. 25, March 2022. As the US and much of Europe pursue aggressive plans to decarbonize, in part by replacing coal-fired power stations with cleaner sources, the global focus has shifted to coal in emerging economies.
Wind and solar in Africa need grids to match
By Mark Thurber, Murefu Barasa, Rose Mutiso, Beryl Ajwang
From Electricity Journal (June 2021) Falling costs of wind and solar have encouraged development agencies and multilateral lenders to restrict financing for new fossil fuel developments.
Gas markets usually start with industrial applications
By Mark Thurber
The challenge of anchoring nascent gas markets in the power sector Gas-fired power may seem like an attractive option for developing countries trying to expand their electricity supply, especially if they possess domestic gas resources.
Raising Global Energy Ambitions: The 1,000 kWh Modern Energy Minimum
By Todd Moss, Morgan Bazilian, Moussa Blimpo, Lauren Culver, Jacob Kincer, Meera Mahadevan, Vijay Modi, Rose Mutiso, Varun Sivaram, Jay Taneja, Mark Thurber, Johannes Urpelainen, Michael Webber, Bob Muhwezi
Energy is fundamental to modern living and any competitive prosperous economy. SDG7 calls for modern energy for all, but the indicator for tracking progress against this goal is meeting a very low level of residential electricity consumption.
12 reasons why natural gas should be part of Africa's clean energy future
By Mark Thurber, Todd Moss
Originally appeared in a World Economic Forum (WEF) post, July 23, 2020. Several high-profile financiers of emerging markets infrastructure, such as the UK government, are actively considering a blanket ban on fossil fuels that would preclude any new projects involving natural gas.
Could natural gas help India exit coal?
Context: Energy demand in India is forecast to double between now and 2040 as the country strives to improve living standards for its population of over 1.3 billion.
Power-to-gas for long-term energy storage
Summary High penetration of variable renewables requires short-term and seasonal storage A promising option is to use excess renewable power to produce hydrogen or "synthetic natural gas" which can be stored for later usage. Power-to-gas needs much of the same infrastructure as gas-to-power, thus limiting risks of climate stranded assets.
For wind and solar, big is (usually) better
Dramatic cost reductions in wind and especially solar power seem to promise a distributed energy future. Grid-connected rooftop solar lets any home or industrial facility become a "prosumer" that produces electricity as well as consuming it.
Gas Flaring: Why does it happen and what can stop it?
When natural gas is brought to the surface but cannot easily be used, it is burned for disposal or "flared." Flaring mainly happens when gas is produced as a byproduct of oil extraction.
Gas-to-Power Value Chain
Many countries have vast gas resources, but too often they are squandered or simply exported rather than used domestically. Our gas lead, Mark Thurber, describes what is necessary to fix the gas-to-power value chain.


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Thoughts on ROAD TO KINGDOM - Part II: Evaluating The Boyz & Pentagon Stage Performances
Continuing our discussion of the Road to Kingdom show from Mnet, I and Alessandra are now ready to look at some samples from the shows. Again as before the texts are copyrighted to Kyu Hyun Kim and Alessandra Kim and cannot be cited without explicit permission from both authors. All screenshots are copyrighted to Mnet/CJ E&M and used under the fair use rule pertaining to the US copyright laws.
Q: Let's talk about their stage performances individually, then, shall we? First up is The Boyz's creative adaptation of Taemin's Danger, uploaded on May 14, 2020, the video of which is currently pulling approximately 2.83 million views (as of August 23. 2020: the full performance version is at appx. 2.1 million views).
A: This is an ambitious reinterpretation, as the original is done solo by Taemin, with back dancers.
Q: The intro is superb. It is mysterious and pulls the viewers right in, along with the visually arresting imagery of a pocket watch swinging like a pendulum, and the members striking poses like mannequins, hiding their faces.
A: I feel that the idea of "phantom thieves" is much more clearly articulated here than in Taemin's original MV.
Q: They seem to deploy the references to "Western" cultural tropes very well too.
A: The Boyz has some excellent English speakers among its members. However, linguistic fluency is not the same thing as cultural fluency.
Q: So true.
A: Kevin Moon (and also Jacob Bae) among the members is originally from Canada, and he contributes much to the English- or American-culture-inflected staging done by The Boyz.
Q: I wonder how much they had the control over the camera angles and movements?
A: I am sure the latter had been pre-coordinated with the choreography. No matter how elaborate and ingenious the choreography is, if the dance is seen only from the front, it could get boring.
Q: Would you say that certain aspects of their choreography, such as use of hand gestures, are distinct from those of other boy groups?
A: Their choreography is certainly not like that of girl groups, who usually put a lot of delicate movements into their hand gestures (the opening of Twice's Feel Special, or the ending part of IZ*ONE's Secret Story of the Swan, for instance). Nonetheless, they make use out of most of their body parts in precise and intricate patterns. Their dances could get insanely complex, but their synchronized symmetrical formations somehow never strike one as chaotic or confusing.
Q: Do you think The Boyz present the narrative or theme of their stage presentations well?
A: They were really the group with a consistent theme that ran through all of their presentations. Their performances of Danger, Reveal, and their final stage, Checkmate, were, for example, threaded through by the themes of the loss of kingship, its retrieval and new challenges to it.
Q: I think they understand the essential point, or core message, of the myth they are taking on much better than other teams. Verivery's reinterpretation of Mamamoo's Gogobebe was well done, but its evocation of Aladdin and his magic lamp was really based on the Disney film, not the story of Aladdin himself in The Arabian Nights (which, according to some sources, was apparently a later addition to the collection with no evidence that an authentic Arabic text of the story had existed, not to mention that Aladdin was originally supposed to be a Chinese!).
Q: Let us then look more closely into Pentagon's performance of Monsta X's Follow, uploaded in June 11, 2020, and currently (as of August 23, 2020) registering just under one million views (the full-length version records approximately 752 thousand views). I happen to really like Monsta X's original, and the changes Pentagon have made to both the music and choreography are intriguing. The tempo has been slowed down considerably, which suits Pentagon's current style. Hui also as usual showcases his great range as a vocalist not to mention virtuosity as a music producer-arranger. Do you think perhaps he is too much of a dominant figure?
A: I think Hui adds a lot as a leader and a musical talent to the team's identity. It is in a way inevitable that he sometimes overshadows individual members, given his strong personality and emotional power he projects.
Q: Some leaders are like orchestra conductors, more concerned with how each member does with his or her instruments (vocals, dances, rap, etc.) and bringing them into a total harmony than his or her own performance, but Hui is definitely more of a lead singer of a band.
A: Yes, but it is also true that without him Pentagon would probably not retain its distinctive color.
Q: How about the choreography?
A: Some of the set pieces they put together for the Follow performance are quite terrific. The spreading-multiple-hands routine is actually very difficult to pull off. I feel, though, that it and other set pieces are not as organically linked to one another as they could have been.
Q: Was there any concern about cultural misrepresentation or appropriation among international fans about the stage's "Egyptian" motif, as much as Verivery's Gogobebe adaptation generated?
A: I honestly do not know. In the show, Hui and Yuto disclose a funny exchange about how the latter misheard "Follow" and "Pharaoh" and inspired the former to come up with this Egyptian motif, but I don't know if that's entirely true. Perhaps the original song's "Middle Eastern" flavor has possibly inspired Hui to go to that direction. There is also good use of camera direction that appropriately highlight some members doing rap interludes and Hui's high-note vocal performance.
Q: It is interesting at least for me to observe that Pentagon's performance is as masculine and aggressive as Monsta X, yet somehow feels different in flavor. I mean, different types of masculinity and aggressiveness.
A: Pentagon's is darker.
Q: Interesting you say that. What would be a good word to describe Pentagon's darker orientation? Resentment? (Laughter) Maybe the French concept ressentiment, which was my choice for the translation of the Korean word han.
A: How about angst?
Q: Wow, that's really perfect. (Laughter)
A: You have previously talked about Stray Kids in their songs like 19 and Chronosaurus the young people's anxiety and trepidation as they are forced to grow up and become responsible social members. I think Pentagon's songs and performances might project a similar but perhaps more distilled and focused sense of angst that resonate with many of their fans.
Q: I find interesting that Woo-suk, not Hui, sits on the throne at the end of the performance. Is there a hidden message that he is the future king?
A: Perhaps. I still feel that this was a very direct transition, from point A to point B, compared to what The Boyz have done throughout all of their performances, connecting all of them through a grand narrative of the kingship stolen and recovered.
Q: Any final thoughts on Pentagon's Follow presentation?
A: I think they presented a solid performance. Their fans would be very pleased, but perhaps it has more of a cult appeal than something that could reach out to and convert non-fans into their devotees.
Q: Let's then talk about The Boyz's adaptation of VIXX's Quasi una fantasia, also uploaded in June 11, 2020 (viewed approximately 1.4 million times as of August 23, 2020, while the full performance version records approximately 1.6 million views). It is not as flamboyant as their version of Danger, but it is equally impressive in the sophistication of design and harmonious presentation with every member participating fully.
A: Really wonderful.
Q: Would you consider their version "feminine," with the striking visual set piece in which each member transforms into a flower petal.
A: Hmm, I don't think they are quite "feminine" in the traditional sense, although for sure their dance moves are sinuous, fluid and beautiful. The Chinese traditional dances and the Korean fan dance come to mind as I look at them. Truth be told, Ateez and The Boyz, among other K-pop groups, have always embraced a wide range of sexuality in their MVs and stage performances.
Q: So have Monsta X, but the absence of, or perhaps more accurately, deviation from the Western sense of masculinity does not seem to affect their aggressivity.
A: True. In any case, the formations are exquisitely worked out, without any enforced sense of rigidity, as in a military formation.
Q: The use of props, as usual, is ingenious.
A: Yes, the flowers gradually blooming, expressed through a dolly movement of camera over the group members dancing with different versions of a tree branch, for one. This is my choice for the most beautiful performance put together throughout the whole Road to Kingdom show of this season.
Q: I almost wish that The Boyz could put up a stage musical, or even a musical film that simply takes the old and new kings and the "growth" motifs they had deployed throughout the show and fleshes them out into a straight narrative.
A: That would be legit fabulous.
Q: Well, thank you so much for this highly entertaining and educational conversation. I hope we can come back for more discussions of various aspects of the contemporary K-pop, visual, performative and musical, the whole pizza, crust, cheese, toppings and all.
A: You are most welcome, Professor!
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Texas Supreme Court Allows School Mask Mandates to Stand
As lawmakers fail to act, courts decide whether to extend power to school boards over parents.
Erin Anderson | August 20, 2021
Texas schools can continue forcing kids to wear face coverings for now, thanks to a ruling by the state's high court that thwarts both Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's executive order banning mask mandates, as well as parents' right to choose what's best for their children.
Earlier this week, a Travis County court granted three temporary restraining orders that halt enforcement of Abbott's order, allowing school districts across Texas to mandate masks.
In a ruling issued late Thursday, the Texas Supreme Court denied a request by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to put those TROs on hold while the courts consider whether to permanently block or allow mask mandates issued in violation of Abbott's July 29 executive order.
Executive Order GA-38 (Abbott's 31st COVID-related order since declaring the Chinese coronavirus a public health disaster in March 2020) prohibits most government officials and entities, including school districts, from mandating face coverings, leaving the decision to individuals.
Thursday's ruling is just the latest in a series of conflicting orders, lawsuits, and countersuits involving state and local officials as well as parents who say forced masking is harmful to kids and violates parental choice.
Conservative author Charles C.W. Cooke agrees, writing in National Review that governors who ban mask mandates in schools are not banning voluntary mask-wearing in classrooms.
"Rather, they have all elected to leave the decision to mask children with parents rather than school boards," he said, adding that across Europe "no child under the age of twelve is obliged to wear a mask, on the eminently sensible grounds that masks are ineffective and may adversely affect children's development."
Hearings are set for next week for the Travis County court to decide if the three temporary orders will be extended until trial next year, giving power to school boards over parents in the meantime. An extension of the orders could be appealed through ordinary legal processes.
The Texas Education Agency said in a new Public Health Guidance document issued Thursday that "mask provisions of GA-38 are not being enforced as the result of ongoing litigation," adding that further guidance "will be made available after the court issues are resolved."
Texas lawmakers chose not to address mask mandates earlier this year in the regular legislative session and failed to curtail the governor's unilateral disaster powers, which Abbott used to mandate masks last year.
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Singer Demi Lovato has released her eighth studio album, Holy Fvck, in which she returns to rock, although she uses other styles as well.
In an Aug. 19 statement when she released the album, Lovato said it "has given her the freedom to express herself in ways she didn't know were possible, and she's found a joy she'd been missing while making music." ".
"It's cathartic and down-to-earth, yet intoxicating and very good fun. I don't know where I'll be in a year, five or 10, but this album reflects exactly where I am right now and I'm very proud of it. I hope let everyone who listens to it experience it too," she adds.
Demi Lovato admits she was inspired to change her style by Kelly Clarkson and her song "Since You've Been Gone."
According to many music critics, the best songs on the album are "29" and "Happy Ending". "29" is about Demi Lovato's relationship with her ex-boyfriend, actor Wilmer Valderrama, and their 12-year gap. Valderrama was 29 when they started dating.
Demi Lovato described "29" on Twitter as "a song about the wisdom that comes with age," BTA reports.
According to Insider, "Happy Ending" and "Eat Me" are in second and third place, and "4ever4me" is the weakest.
Sp. Billboard tops "Happy Ending," which is about recovering from a traumatic experience. In second place is "Eat Me" and in third is "Come Together", which is about sexuality and what it's like to defy convention.
The other represented styles in the album are pop-punk (Substance), grunge rock (Skin Of My Teeth), biblical references (Heaven).
Demi Lovato became famous for Disney movies. He released his first album in 2008 – "Don't Forget". It is in the style of pop rock. The next "Here We Go Again" from 2009 topped the US chart upon its release. In his third album "Unbroken" from 2011, he experimented with pop and R&B. For his fifth studio album "Confident" he received a nomination for a "Grammy" award (2015). In it and the next "Tell Me You Love Me" (2017) moves to soul. After taking a hiatus from addiction treatment following a near-fatal overdose in 2018, she released Dancing with the Devil… the Art of Starting Over in 2021. That same year, Demi Lovato announced on Twitter that she was non-binary – does not identify as male or female and states that he will now use the pronouns they/them.
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Army veteran Isaiah Brock, a freshman at Oakland University, has been ruled eligible to play basketball by the NCAA. Photo: slamonline.com
The NCAA should do the right thing when it comes to declaring former Army member Isaiah Brock ineligible to play. This young man served his country honorably as a mortuary affairs specialist. When he graduated from high school he was 6' feet tall and did not grow to his 6' 8" frame until he joined the Army. His job was to go out into the battlefield and retrieve soldiers that had died in action. He and his troops would process their remains, search their belongings, search through their body, and annotate all their wounds and everything that happened up until their death.
While stationed in Kuwait, a group of college basketball coaches went over to coach the troops for a week to allow them some time away from the war zone. That's when he met Coach Kampe from Oakland University. In a conversation, Isaiah told Coach Kampe that he wanted to attend college with his GI Bill once he finished his enlistment. The coach told him he would be more than happy to allow him to be part of his program once he returned to the states.
Shortly after the coach left, Isaiah took a Psychology and Math class through the University of Maryland while in Afghanistan. He then took the ACT qualifying test for college and made a qualifying score for acceptance into Oakland University. When he arrived at Oakland University in the summer he took two more courses and received two B's in those courses.
When he arrived in the summer he was technically a nonqualifier to get financial assistance for him to be able to practice and for him to be able to compete. The waiver that the school applied for on his behalf with the NCAA was based in totality of his circumstances, his life story, that he warranted relief from the typical NCAA legislation. This was due to his military service, and due to his performance in a high school environment that wasn't conducive to college preparedness. Also the fact that he had already completed 12 credits of college coursework.
Oakland expected the NCAA to understand and they did not. They reverted back to his high school transcript and declared him ineligible. Of course, Oakland University is going to appeal this travesty in hopes that the NCAA would use some common sense in the matter. Why on Earth the NCAA would go back in time five years and use his high school transcript to make their justification is beyond me. Especially sense he has a qualifying ACT score and a 3.0 or better grade point average with the four college courses he has already taken. They say it's because that is the last official transcript available. I am sure the two universities he attended could produce a transcript to show his academic progress. Please wake up and allow common sense to prevail when you receive his appeal.
By Dr. Bret Simmermacher
Dr. Simmermacher is the Chair of Sports Coaching at the United States Sports Academy, and can be reached at bsimmer@ussa.edu
Isaiah Brock
Oakland University
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Blank: 'I think it's very natural for our players to celebrate'
Arthur Blank is good with the new rules that give NFL players more leeway to celebrate.
The Atlanta Falcons' owner thinks players should be allowed to demonstrate joy, as creatively they can within reason, after a score or a game-winning play.
'Frankly, our players are going to be, in my opinion, very creative because they are creative'
"From my perspective, I'm a fan like all the rest of the fans … I think the NFL, the No Fun League, I think that's been overplayed a little bit and I think allowing the players … to celebrate in appropriate ways after something great happens — a touchdown, a field goal, winning the game, whatever the event may be — is natural," Blank told Bruce Murray and Brady Quinn on the SiriusXM Blitz. "Go back to your childhood when you're playing any sport, whenever you did something that was really good and you won, you were successful, you had a fist-pump. You did whatever was appropriate, but you did celebrate.
"I think it's very natural for our players to celebrate. Our fans want to see (celebrations). Frankly, our players are going to be, in my opinion, very creative because they are creative. They love to dance, they love music and they know how to do it. I certainly expect to see a lot more of that. And I think I'm looking forward to that next year, personally. I think our fans will as well."
'It's not that ties are the end of the world, but you don't want to really encourage them'
Blank believes the reduction of overtime from 15 to 10 minutes will enhance the NFL's efforts to make the game safer for players while reducing the likelihood of ties.
"It's not that ties are the end of the world, but you don't want to really encourage them. So in my opinion … the opinion of the league and the ownership, that during that 10-minute period of time, we should get final results, if you will, a winner and a loser," he said. "And they took us through all of the fourth-quarter stats, the length of time that drives usually take, etc. With a pretty high degree of predictability, these games should have closure.
'Those extra five minutes at the wrong time of the year can create more of an atmosphere or an environment, if you will, for injuries'
"The reason it's gone from 15 to 10 minutes is not so much in games one, two, three or four. But when you get to games 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, etc. Players are tired, teams are tired. I mean, they get out there and they play again great and they commit themselves and they get into the flow of the game, but those extra five minutes at the wrong time of the year can create more of an atmosphere or an environment, if you will, for injuries.
"It'll be tested, we'll see how it works and go from there. But at the end of the season, obviously, when you get into playoffs, those rules have not changed and we will play until there's a winner."


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title: Watir 6.1 Released!
date: 2017-01-04
author: Titus Fortner
author_url: http://watirtight.com/
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Watir 6.1 is now available on RubyGems! In addition to Ruby 2.4 support
we've added a couple new features and bug fixes.

***To install:***

{% highlight ruby %}
gem install watir
{% endhighlight %}

***or in your Gemfile:***

{% highlight ruby %}
gem "watir", "~> 6.1"
{% endhighlight %}

### Polling Intervals for Waits

With the switch to keywords we can add new ones where needed. The polling
interval is the length of time between retrying the command in the wait block.
Up until now it has been hard coded at 0.1 seconds. If you are waiting for something
that is going to take longer than a second, it could make sense to increase
this value to reduce the unnecessary pinging of your server, etc.

Use the keyword parameter just like you would for `timeout` and `message`:
{% highlight ruby %}
browser.div(id: 'first').wait_until(interval: 0.5, &:present?)
{% endhighlight %}

### Visible Locator for Collections

Watir 6.0 introduced the `visible` locator to find the first matching element
that is or is not hidden. You can now get a collection of all elements that are
hidden or visible.

For example:
{% highlight ruby %}
browser.divs(class: 'shy', visible: true)
{% endhighlight %}

See the [Changelog](https://github.com/watir/watir/blob/master/CHANGES.md)
for the complete history of updates.


Sharing a sympathy card that I made using My Creative Time – My Thoughts Are With You Stamp and My Creative Time – Just Because.
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Coloured in the flowers with Tim Holtz Distress Ranger Ink and watercolour brush.
Die cut the frame with My Creative Time – Stitched Squares Inside and Out. Outlined cut with Sharpie – Gold Medium Point – Water Based Paint.
Sentiment – My Creative Time – Inspire Die Cut and My Thoughts Are With You Stamp.
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Jean Shepherd's America - Season 1
"...THE END OF AN ERA - RIDING THE 'CITY OF LOS ANGELES' ON ITS LAST JOURNEY ACROSS THE AMERICAN WEST" Jean Shepherd took a train recently. But they made him put it back. Fortunately, you can see the whole caper on JEAN SHEPHERD'S AMERICA. Shepherd has been scouring America to find out what makes it America. And he finds every-day life, things too commonplace for anyone else's television show. Things like houseboats, turnpikes, pizzas, county fairs - and trains. The train odyssey is pure Shepherd, a ramble through the vast freight yards of life. He remembers the last train ride he ever took, back in World War II, with K Company. It was a troop train, heading off froin Boot Camp with thousands of soldiers. And Jean Shepherd pulled KP. On a troop train. Now this isn't exactly the way most people would go about fitting trains into the American scene. In fact, Shepherd never comes to any serious conclusions at all. He's too busy having a good time. If you've ever heard a train whistle in the night, felt lonely, and wanted to be on that train - if you mourn for the passing of this part of American life." then you'll know what Jean Shepherd is all about.
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In this episode's opening off-screen monologue Jean strongly states his personal beliefs: "Got to get away!" "We're migratory!" "We've gotta go!" "Got to find a new way-to live!" Jean finds a perfect venue to promote these ideas as he heads west on the last run of Union Pacific's passenger train between Chicago and Los Angeles in 1970. As -the train rolls through the American wilderness there's another classic story to be told. It's an Army tale of newly drafted Shepherd pulling KP duty(oatmeal server) on a troop train barreling through the Ozarks. After the Hellish detail is over, Shep relates how a soldier named Ernie ended up disappearing from the train in the wilds of Arkansas because of a quest for beer.-This prompts Shep's poetic (but ultimately not truthful) statement at the finale of the episode "We are all part of a crowd of shadowy Ernie's who miss every train in the night of the American soul."
Music played during the show: "Orange Blossom Special" Johnny Cash "Wabash Cannonball" Carter Family (?)
Production Information:
Studio / Network: WGBH - Snow Pond Productions
Director: Fred Barzyk
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Producer: Olivia Tappan, Leigh Brown
Related Plots and Story Lines Used
• Trains and Railroads - General Topics
• Army - General Topics
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Jean Shepherd's America - Trains


Just asking… Which NYC Italian chef recently threw a brick? I don't mean to say that she told a bad joke. I mean to say that her lasagna ai carciofi was dense and dry like a brick. The Romans could have used it to build aqueducts. Still, we hear that… it flies out the door for $27 per serving. (Yes, for pasta.) Only in New York, kids, only in New York.
I won't name names. Everyone is entitled to throw the occasional brick. I didn't complain. I didn't call Page Six. I ate it. I took note. And then I went home and made a better lasagna. My total cost $20 (for 6 servings).
Only in New York kids. And then only in my kitchen (and now in yours).
In a large sauce pan over medium heat, melt the butter and add the flour. Mix well with a whisk to prevent lumps from forming. Add the milk slowly and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and cook for about 5 minutes until the sauce thickens, but remains liquid. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg. Keep warm.
Fill a large bowl with cold water and squeeze in the lemon juice. Rinse the artichokes under cold water. Remove the tough outer leaves until the soft internal leaves are reached. Cut off the stem. Place the artichoke on its side and cut off the tops of the remaining leaves. Cut the artichokes in half, length-wise, use a sharp knife to remove the fuzzy choke, and cut each side into thin pieces - depending on size, this will result in 4-6 slices per half. Place the pieces in the lemon water to prevent discoloration.
In a medium skillet over medium heat, saute the garlic in the olive oil. Add the artichokes and mix well so that they absorb the oil. Cook for 5 minutes, then add the wine, and salt and pepper to taste. Cook until the wine is absorbed. (Not that if you are using fresh artichokes, you will need to cook for an additional 15 minutes until they are tender. You may need to add some water along the way to prevent burning.) Set Aside.
Cook the pasta: Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Cook 2-3 pasta strips at a time for 1 minute each, removing them with a skimmer and laying on paper towel so they do not stick together. When all of the pasta is cooked, assemble the lasagna.
In a 9x12 inch pan, spread 2 large spoonfuls of Béchamel evenly around the bottom. Place the first layer of lasagna, cover with a spoonful of béchamel, then add some artichokes and top with some mozzarella and sprinkle with Parmigiano. Ration the ingredients so that each layer is the same, except that the top layer should be only pasta with the remaining béchamel and a generous sprinkling of Parmigiano.
Bake for about 30 minutes, with the last 5 minutes on the top shelf under the broiler until golden brown.
Looking forward to making this recipe with lasagna pasta imported from Naples. I manage La Rosa Azzura-LRA IMPORT FB page and regularly share your Sunday Pasta Recipes posts on our FB page.
What is your favorite cut of pasta? Would love to send you some packages of the pasta we import.
great!! i love short pasta!@ rigatoni! penne! but also spaghetti!