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Carriers claim financial benefit of putting up drivers in hotels
Dave Wickenhauser on Wed, April 17, 2019
Last Updated: Tue, April 16, 2019
A number of trucking companies lately are reaping the financial benefits of putting their drivers up in hotels overnight rather than having them spend the night in sleeper cabs.
Financial benefits?
Surprisingly, yes.
Benefits to trucking companies
Companies that have made the switch to day cabs and overnight stays at motels for their drivers tell of benefits almost across the board; including:
Better-rested, happier drivers
An excellent recruitment tool
Much higher retention
Day cabs being cheaper to purchase than sleepers
Fuel saving because of no idling
Less wear and tear on tractors
Longer times for new tractors under warranty
The ability to carry heavier cargo for day cabs compared to sleepers
An intangible, but nevertheless real benefit is that drivers feel a deeper connection and are more loyal to a company that treats them so well
"The benefits speak for themselves: better sleep, no parking problems and drivers are treated as all other mainstream people at work are, rather than being pushed aside," Steve Rush, owner of Carbon Express out of New Jersey, told Transport Topics recently.
"We do not have a turnover problem here, especially with our road drivers," he said. "We believe this attracts a better caliber of driver — one who cares about himself or herself. We don't have turnover. Our road guys are in heaven."
Rush's fleet of 75 day cabs transports liquid bulk products in tankers across the United States and into Canada. He established the company in 1983, and made the move to day-cab-only and hotel stays for drivers in 2009.
In Rush's own words from the Carbon Express website:
"We eliminated sleeper cabs from our fleet in 2009. The internal debate among my staff was intense and impassioned." Steve chuckles as he continues, "Half of them agreed with me and half thought I was off my rocker."
He said the decision resulted in a win-win for Carbon Express.
"I truly believe Safety is our number one priority. By eliminating the sleepers and having our layover drivers staying and sleeping in motel rooms we have a more rested and alert group of drivers. That translates to safer drivers both for the Company and for the general public. Our safety record was good in 2009 and now in 2014 it's excellent. I know in my heart it's because our drivers are better rested and better prepared for the rigors of driving in today's conditions more so than most."
Steve also said he believes the second win in moving to all day cabs is that Carbon Express can haul more freight than its competitors.
"The fact that we can haul more weight means a lot to our customers. We haul as much as 21 percent more weight than a lot of our completion. In addition to the benefit to the customers we believe are fulfilling our corporate responsibility to protect the environment. The greater utility we provide means less trucks needed to complete the jobs less fuel consumed and less emissions into the atmosphere.
"The improvement in efficiency is there and always has been, but it has been ignored by this industry in favor of keeping the driver in the sleeper," Rush said.
Hotel stays for these Carbon Express drivers do come with a cost … averaging in the mid $30,000 to the high $40,000 range every month. And that's for only about one-fourth of the total of Carbon Express drivers who actually need to be out overnight. But Rush said the increased productivity and other financial benefits of running only day cabs offsets that hotel bill.
Julie Delp, president of the Lincoln, Nebraska-based Nationwide Auto Transport, told Transport Topics her company made the switch to hotel stays for about one-fourth of its fleet about two years ago.
But she added that they are in the process of ordering new day-cab tractors that will have them at 80 percent day cabs and 20 percent sleepers. Right now, the company gives lodging to all day cab operators, and to drivers in sleeper tractors every third night.
"I think sometimes the drivers feel like they're forgotten about because they're out there in a truck with no interaction with anybody," she said. "It gives them a chance to relax in their room and watch TV."
The big incentive for Nationwide is the fuel savings from not idling during an entire 10-hour break. She said so far they have experienced a 40-percent drop in idle hours. In addition, they have found there to be a decrease in equipment damage.
"When the guys are in those trucks and idling full time, it uses nearly as much fuel as it does to put them in a motel costwise," Delp told Transport Topics, adding that reducing idle time also helps with warranties. "The idle hours have a direct correlation to the warranty. A lot of people miss that."
Nationwide Auto Transport set a limit of $80 a night for a room, which drivers can enter into their app. They can also search via the ZIP code and specify the need for truck parking, Delp said.
"The nice part of the program we use is they're guaranteed 24 hours no matter when they check in," she said. "If they didn't get in until midnight, they don't get kicked out at 11 a.m. They have the whole day to rest."
Holland, a regional LTL carrier based in Michigan, is 100 percent day cab and puts its drivers up in hotels. Steve Bramble, director of talent acquisition for Holland, told Transport Topics he believes this policy helps with recruiting. Of its 6,000 drivers almost 2,000 of them are over-the-road, and stay overnight in hotels.
Benefits to drivers
Benefits to the carriers are what drives the hotel-stay policy, but there are obvious benefits for the drivers. Many drivers take advantage of free breakfasts provided at just about every hotel in America these days. Some hotels even offer free fingerfood and other treats in the evening.
Drivers get to keep their hotel points; which can be used by family members to take hotel stays that are paid for.
There is also the benefit of restroom privacy, nightly showers, and the ability to spread out to do paperwork or work on hobbies.
Staying in hotels also solves a problem of special concern to female drivers, especially those who are in a training situation with someone of the opposite sex.
There are resources available for drivers seeking truck-friendly hotels for overnight stays.
Allstays.com has a state-by-state list of hotels that that provide truck parking.
And at hotels4drivers.com, truckers can download a phone app that will guide them to trucker-friendly hotels. In addition, discounts of 15-20 percent are offered for a free membership in the app.
Sources: Transport Topics, Carbon Express, Holland Regional, Hotels4Truckers, AllStays
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import os
import unittest

from attributes.unit_test.discoverer import get_test_discoverer
from tests import get_lsloc, REPOS_PATH

class RubyTestDiscovererTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
    def setUp(self):
        self.discoverer = get_test_discoverer('Ruby')

    @unittest.skipIf(not os.path.exists(REPOS_PATH), 'setup.sh not run.')
    def test_discover(self):
        # Test: Project using RSpec
        path = os.path.join(REPOS_PATH, 'squib')
        proportion = self.discoverer.discover(path)
        self.assertLess(0, proportion)

        # Test: Project with no unit tests (when these tests were written)
        path = os.path.join(REPOS_PATH, 'shenzhen')
        proportion = self.discoverer.discover(path)
        self.assertEqual(0, proportion)

        # Test: Project in C to simulate a project with no Ruby source code
        path = os.path.join(REPOS_PATH, 'gnome-vfs')
        proportion = self.discoverer.discover(path)
        self.assertEqual(0, proportion)

    @unittest.skipIf(not os.path.exists(REPOS_PATH), 'setup.sh not run.')
    def test_minitest(self):
        # Test: Project using Minitest
        path = os.path.join(REPOS_PATH, 'linguist')
        proportion = self.discoverer.__minitest__(
            path, get_lsloc(path, self.discoverer.languages)
        )
        self.assertLess(0, proportion)

        path = os.path.join(REPOS_PATH, 'docurium')
        proportion = self.discoverer.__minitest__(
            path, get_lsloc(path, self.discoverer.languages)
        )
        self.assertLess(0, proportion)

        # Test: Project not using Minitest
        path = os.path.join(REPOS_PATH, 'ruby-git')
        proportion = self.discoverer.__minitest__(
            path, get_lsloc(path, self.discoverer.languages)
        )
        self.assertEqual(0, proportion)

    @unittest.skipIf(not os.path.exists(REPOS_PATH), 'setup.sh not run.')
    def test_rspec(self):
        # Test: Project using RSpec
        path = os.path.join(REPOS_PATH, 'squib')
        proportion = self.discoverer.__rspec__(
            path, get_lsloc(path, self.discoverer.languages)
        )
        self.assertLess(0, proportion)

        # Test: Project not using RSpec
        path = os.path.join(REPOS_PATH, 'ruby-git')
        proportion = self.discoverer.__rspec__(
            path, get_lsloc(path, self.discoverer.languages)
        )
        self.assertEqual(0, proportion)

    @unittest.skipIf(not os.path.exists(REPOS_PATH), 'setup.sh not run.')
    def test_ruby_unit_testing(self):
        # Test: Project using Ruby Unit Testing
        path = os.path.join(REPOS_PATH, 'janky')
        proportion = self.discoverer.__ruby_unit_testing__(
            path, get_lsloc(path, self.discoverer.languages)
        )
        self.assertLess(0, proportion)

        # Test: Project not using Ruby Unit Testing
        path = os.path.join(REPOS_PATH, 'squib')
        proportion = self.discoverer.__ruby_unit_testing__(
            path, get_lsloc(path, self.discoverer.languages)
        )
        self.assertEqual(0, proportion)

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Unfortunately I was not able to update my blog during the stay in Tibet this time. Blogspot is for some reason not available in China. I managed to post pictures in Picasa, so you can enjoy a slideshow from the first week in Tibet below. Lots of pictures from the trip will be posted on my Flickr photo-page.


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Parties get back to election campaigning, as weary Britain moves on from Manchester ordeal
Britain's politicians resume campaigning in earnest on Friday with national security thrust into the spotlight as police scramble to bust a Libya-linked jihadist network thought to be behind the Manchester terror attack
Britain's politicians resume campaigning in earnest on Friday with national security thrust into the spotlight as police scramble to bust a Libya-linked jihadist network thought to be behind the Manchester terror attack.
Prime minister Theresa May and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had suspended campaigning after Monday's suicide bombing at a Manchester pop concert, which killed 22 people, including many teenagers, and wounded dozens more.
Eight suspects are currently in detention on UK in connection with the blast, for which the Islamic State has claimed responsibility, while police in Libya have detained the father and brother of 22-year-old suicide bomber Salman Abedi.
File image of Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn. Reuters
Police said a man was arrested in the Moss Side area of Manchester in the early hours of Friday and another man held earlier was released without charge.
Washington's top diplomat Rex Tillerson is due to visit London later on Friday in an expression of solidarity, after Britain reacted furiously to leaks of sensitive details about the investigation to US media.
US president Donald Trump threatened to prosecute those responsible for the "deeply troubling" security breach, which has strained the close relationship between Washington and London.
At a summit of NATO allies in Brussels on Thursday, May confronted Trump over the issue, saying shared intelligence "should be kept secure".
Monday's bombing at a pop concert was the latest in a series of IS-claimed attacks in Europe that have coincided with an offensive on the jihadist group in Syria and Iraq by US, British and other Western forces.
Britain's terror threat assessment has been hiked to "critical", the highest level, meaning an attack is considered imminent.
Troops have also been sent to guard sensitive sites, an unusual sight in mainland Britain, while armed police are now patrolling the country's trains for the first time.
The issue of security, which was not widely discussed in the election campaign before the attack, is now expected to feature highly.
At the launch of the UK Independence Party's manifesto on Thursday, deputy leader Suzanne Evans said that May, a former interior minister, "must bear some responsibility" for the terror attack in Manchester this week due to policing budget cuts.
Opposition leader Corbyn in a speech in London later on Friday is also expected to say it is the "responsibility" of governments to minimise the risk of terror by giving police the funding they need.
Corbyn, a veteran peace campaigner, is also set to link British foreign policy to domestic terrorism, saying that Labour would "change the way we do things abroad" if it wins power.
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A YouGov poll published in Friday's edition of The Times put the Conservatives on 43 percent compared to Labour on 38 percent, far better for Labour than the double-digit margin that had previously separated it from the ruling party.
However, the poll also suggested that 41 percent of respondents believe the Conservatives would handle defence and security best, compared to 18 percent who said the same of Labour. YouGov polled 2,052 people on Wednesday and Thursday.
Former Manchester United striker Dimitar Berbatov appointed attacking coach of Bulgarian team Etar
Club president Deyan Kuzdov said that 39-year-old Berbatov, former Manchester United striker and Bulgaria's all-time top scorer, will begin working with Etar's forwards in the coming days as they attempt to escape relegation from Bulgaria's top division.
Alex Ferguson encouraged Manchester United's Marcus Rashford to take on UK government
Rashford said Thursday that legendary United manager Alex Ferguson encouraged him to continue taking on the government over its help for disadvantaged children during the pandemic.
City Football Group announce partnership with Bolivian team Club Bolivar
The agreement will enable Bolivia's most successful club to tap into the City Football Group's (CFG's) expertise including in the areas of scouting and coaching.
Two days after extradition win, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange denied bail by London court
A UK judge had rejected an American request on Monday to send Assange to the US to face espionage charges over WikiLeaks' publication of secret military documents a decade ago
Premier League: COVID-19 pandemic, Brexit tame clubs' spending as teams struggle financially
Premier League clubs shrugged off the coronavirus crisis to splash out £1.2 billion ($1.6 billion) in the summer transfer window but reality is expected to bite in a depressed market this month.
League Cup: Paul Pogba says Manchester United improving but must learn from semi-final defeat to City
Unlike last season, though, United are mounting a Premier League title challenge. They are level on points with Liverpool at the top of the table with a game in hand.
FA Cup Draw: Manchester United face Liverpool in fourth round; Manchester City take on League Two side Cheltenham
National League North side Chorley's reward for their victory over a depleted Derby was a home tie with Premier League Wolves.
Premier League: Leicester City defender Jonny Evans agrees to extend contract till 2022-23 season
The Northern Ireland player has been a mainstay on Leicester's backline since arriving in June 2018 from West Bromwich Albion.

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The movie is about Phil Connors, a Pittsburgh TV weatherman. For the fourth year in a row he's having to cover the annual Groundhog Day festivities in Punxsutawney. So beneath his dignity is this assignment that he flaunts his distaste for the story and wants to escape this 'hick town' as soon as possible. But a blizzard thwarts his plans, shutting down the highway. He and his crew have no choice but to spend the night and that's when his real nightmare begins.
At precisely 6:00 in the morning he is awakened by the clock radio only to have to re-live Groundhog Day and this happens over and over again. Each day he would see the same people doing the same things at the exact same moment. At first it was a novelty that he exploits to its fullest. He comes to realize that he is doomed to spend the rest of eternity locked in this seemingly hopeless cycle.
Finally he chooses to take advantage of his situation. It is only after his heart changes and he matures from evaluating everything based on its usefulness to himself and chooses to give his heart to another that the cycle is broken.
This I found fascinating. The movie, which broke into our consciousness in 1993, has been the basis of innumerable messages, sermons and homilies by Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Buddhist and even leaders of twelve step programs each holding it up as a clear reflection their own views on the meaning of life and salvation. What is so important in this movie that it has become such an icon is that it demonstrates the need to see what living in the world is all about. The experience changes a hopeless, manipulative cynic into human being able to give himself away in love.
The Apostle Paul begins his letter to the Corinthians by telling them that though torn apart by partisan quarrels and divisions there was not one essential gift they lacked to be the church in the world. But what they had missed was the fact that they we relying on worldly wisdom. But of course, why wouldn't they? It's like an accountant who had spent years working in the for profit world and then trying to understand the values, goals and standards of a not for profit organization.
In the first chapter of 1st Corinthians Paul confronts two things: the adulation of knowledge and its fancy forms, and the obsession with power. This attack of Paul's is not on the value of being wise; he is, in fact, appealing to a new profound wisdom. His attack is on the abuse of knowledge and its forms as power. When knowing more is a way of winning it is abusive. Such 'wisdom' must be subverted. To Paul, God has always sought to undo such pretensions. So we have the words, "I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning I will thwart." And then they and us are forced to face the bloodied figure on the cross. A mutilated human body impaled on the arms of a Roman cross to normal human sensibilities is a repulsive sight. But, of course, we've gotten used to it. We've dressed it up. We've coated it in gold, made it 'nice', turned it into jewelry.
Paul points out that 'the Jews' were looking for signs, especially miracles as proofs of God's support. They will be winners because God, the winner, the magician is on their side. Paul is not against miracles and would have been had far less difficulty with the notion of miracle than most of us today. But he refused to make such miracles the foundation for his theology, which would be to make a power-model the framework for this thinking about God. Against this he sets the powerlessness of the cross.
He says "the Greeks', that is the sophisticated and proud, are looking for wisdom, probably impressive displays of knowledge. Against those who made the sensational central, or who made knowledge power central Paul affirms the contradiction of the cross. Power matters, as does wisdom. But for Paul it is the power and wisdom evident in the cross. Real greatness is the life poured out in love. That is also the heart of the real God. God's kind of foolishness is wiser and God's kind of powerlessness more powerful than these other schemes. Paul later bolsters his argument by noting that the people who have really grasped this are more often the simple people, people without great claims to wisdom and lacking the skills of the great orators. Such people expose the emptiness of those who climb the rankings of power in the usual ways.
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The MilkPEP people have decided that chocolate milk is the official drink of Halloween. Good idea. It needed something wholesome and nutritious.
The month-long promotion in October encourages consumers to buy this healthy treat and offers retailers a chance to boost their sales during this fun and popular holiday. Each mass merchandiser, convenience store, drug store and supermarket that registers for the promotion will receive a point-of-sale kit that includes a banner, wobblers and static clings. In addition, stores will receive prizes for featuring flavored milk in their advertising during October. Retailers can pick either a larger quantity of lower value prizes or a smaller quantity of higher value prizes. Prizes, which include DVD systems, MP3 players and CD players, can be used for in-store giveaways, employee incentives or any other way the retailer chooses. Early prize shipping is available for qualified stores.
The sign-up deadline is July 24. Processors and American Dairy Association Key Account representatives can find sell sheets, order forms and account lists in the Halloween section of www.milkpep.org or by calling the milk hotline at 1-800-945-MILK (6455).


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Tauranga Arts Festival Launches A Web-based Arts Initiative For The Lockdown
By: Tauranga Arts Festival
Published: Thu 2 Apr 2020 04:33 PM
Ria HallThe Stroppy Women panel from Escape! 2018, from left, Tracey Slaughter, Sue Bradford and Mary Dillon. Credit: Brydie Photography
Tauranga Arts Festival has taken the difficult decision to cancel the Escape! Festival at Queen's Birthday weekend – but has seized a new opportunity to deliver 'arts at home', a web-based project, for the lockdown.
The festival website's launch post on Wednesday, April 1 featured festival director and award-winning musician Ria Hall performing 'Aotearoa' with Stan Walker, Troy Kingi and Maisey Rika, all of whom have Bay of Plenty connections.
"The video came out in 2014 for Māori-language Week," Ms Hall says, "but it has such wairua (spirit) and aroha (love) for our country that we thought it was a fitting way to start our online project."
Audio recordings from the 2018 Escape! will be posted at midday on Wednesdays and Fridays with the first – Stroppy Women featuring award-winning writer Tracey Slaughter, former Green MP Sue Bradford and former Tauranga City councillor Mary Dillon – posted on Friday, April 3. Other arts-focused items will also be posted regularly
"The conversations that take place at Escape! are profound, funny and full of soul," Ms Hall says. "We have had some of this country's best thinkers take the stage so we're thrilled to be able to showcase them all over again.
"We'll also be catching up with what some of our past guests are up to and are asking members of our festival whānau to supply items of interest. We have quite a bit that is being produced locally through the lockdown and are so pleased that people are responding in imaginative ways to support our project."
Ms Hall says as soon as the first Covid-19 cases were diagnosed in New Zealand, the festival trust board and staff were clear Escape! had to be cancelled.
"We had a first-class programme in place so that caused us some sadness for a moment or two but it was clear it couldn't go ahead. We all took a deep breath and then we were away working on how we might try and bring some positivity into life in lockdown."
See more at www.taurangafestival.co.nz , the festival's Facebook page, on Twitter @tgafestival and Instagram. Look for the hashtag #artsathome.
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Q: scp fails with "protocol error: filename does not match request" I have a script that uses SCP to pull a file from a remote Linux host on AWS.  After running the same code nightly for about 6 months without issue, it started failing today with protocol error: filename does not match request.  I reproduced the issue on some simpler filenames below:
$ scp -i $IDENT $HOST_AND_DIR/"foobar" .
# the file is copied successfully

$ scp -i $IDENT $HOST_AND_DIR/"'foobar'" .
protocol error: filename does not match request
# used to work, i swear...

$ scp -i $IDENT $HOST_AND_DIR/"'foobarbaz'" .
scp: /home/user_redacted/foobarbaz: No such file or directory
# less surprising...

The reason for my single quotes was that I was grabbing a file with spaces in the name originally.  To deal with the spaces, I had done $HOST_AND_DIR/"'foo bar'" for many months, but starting today, it would only accept $HOST_AND_DIR/"foo\ bar".  So, my issue is fixed, but I'm still curious about what's going on.
I Googled the error message, but I don't see any real mentions of it, which surprises me.
Both hosts involved have OpenSSL 1.0.2g in the output of ssh -v localhost, and bash --version says GNU bash, version 4.3.48(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Any ideas?

A: I ended up having a look through the source code and found the commit where this error is thrown:
GitHub Commit

remote->local directory copies satisfy the wildcard specified by the
  user.
This checking provides some protection against a malicious server
  sending unexpected filenames, but it comes at a risk of rejecting
  wanted files due to differences between client and server wildcard
  expansion rules.
For this reason, this also adds a new -T flag to disable the check.

They have added a new flag -T that will ignore this new check they've added so it is backwards compatible. However, I suppose we should look and find out why the filenames we're using are flagged as restricted.

A: In my case, I had [] characters in the filename that needed to be escaped using one of the options listed here. for example:
scp USERNAME@IP_ADDR:"/tmp/foo\[bar\].txt" /tmp

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New York to name gate after exonerated Central Park Five
by: Julia Mueller, The Hill via Nexstar Media Wire
(The Hill) — New York is designating an entrance in its famed Central Park in honor of the five teenagers wrongfully convicted of a brutal 1989 beating and rape.
The "Gate of the Exonerated" design was reportedly approved by the city's Public Design Commission on Monday and is set to go up at the northern entrance of the 843-acre Manhattan park.
The gate is so named in reference to the Central Park Five, who spent time in prison for allegedly assaulting a young woman jogging in the park before they were exonerated by a confession from convicted murderer Matias Reyes and subsequent DNA evidence testing.
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The young woman, then-28-year-old Trisha Meili, was in a coma for 12 days after the attack, which surged into the national spotlight in 1989, interpreted as emblematic of New York's issues dealing with crime.
Former President Donald Trump famously took out full-page ads in local papers to call for the death penalty for the five.
"The Gate of the Exonerated symbolizes the resiliency of the Exonerated Five and all those who have been wrongfully convicted and serves as a lasting reminder of the grave miscarriage of justice that took place more than three decades ago," New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said in a statement to The Associated Press on Monday.
The initiative was helmed by the Central Park Conservancy.
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A new partnership led by the University of York, Screen Yorkshire and the BFI has been named by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) last month as one of nine successful bids to grow the screen economy in the region and boost its contribution to the UK's creative sector.
The Creative Media Labs: Innovation in Screen Storytelling in the Age of Interactivity and Immersion programme will enable Yorkshire and Humber to capitalise on its growth in the creative sector and establish the region as a leader in digital storytelling by investing in R&D in experimentation, re-skilling, innovation and commercialisation of ideas and content.
The programme will be led by Professor Damian Murphy, from the University of York's Department of Electronic Engineering AudioLab, working with Professor Andrew Higson from the Department of Theatre Film and Television, and Digital Creativity Labs co-director Professor Marian Ursu, also from the Department of Theatre Film and Television, together with independent consultant Kate O'Connor, Hugo Heppell from Screen Yorkshire and Dr Paul Gerhardt from BFI.
"The UK film, TV and games industries are world-leaders and a significant part of the country's creative economy, but on-demand services such as Netflix, YouTube, gaming and virtual reality are changing how we create and consume this content," says Professor Murphy. "These developments present both challenges and opportunities for our creative screen industries.
"The AHRC support for the programme is an exciting opportunity to build on an already impressive reputation at York. We are delighted to be working with Screen Yorkshire and BFI on this project, and are looking forward to developing partnerships with film, TV and games companies from across our region, as well as nationally and internationally, to co-create leading programmes of activity in digital storytelling, with researchers from the University of York and our other connected Yorkshire universities.
Yorkshire and the Humber is the UK's largest region and home to a vibrant, diverse and highly active screen industries sector with the fastest rate of screen industry growth in the UK and developments across its major cities – Leeds, Sheffield, Bradford, Hull and York. It also has a TV production centre in Leeds; leading film and television production companies such as True North and Warp Films; one of the world's largest and most successful games developers, Rockstar; and a wealth of creative, SMEs and micro screen industry businesses in film, television, games and other digital media.
The AHRC's investment in the Yorkshire programme forms part of the Creative Industries Cluster Research and Development Programme, a core pillar in the Government's Industrial Strategy. It also builds on three initiatives which have stimulated creativity and infrastructure development in the region: Screen Yorkshire's five year growth plan; the BFI's National Lottery support through the BFI's Creative Clusters Challenge Fund; and the University of York's major investment in creativity for the screen industries.


The Brooklyn Nets have cut ties with Kenneth Faried. Now, The Manimal is headed to Houston to team up with James Harden.
Per Adrian Wojnarowski, center Kenneth Faried's time in Brooklyn has come to an end.
Faried was acquired in a summer deal with the Denver Nuggets. In exchange for Isaiah Whitehead, Brooklyn acquired the rights to Darrell Arthur, a 2019 first-round pick, a 2020 second-round pick, and Faried's semi-albatross contract. (In hindsight, this already sounds like another steal for Sean Marks).
Now, Faried and his remaining $13.7 million salary are expected to clear waivers on Monday. Per Woj, the Manimal has already found a new home and is likely to join the Houston Rockets.
Faried, a tremendous offensive rebounder and energizer on the court, has seen the league pass him. His talents are a bit outdated in today's league, as offensive rebounding is a skill that is less valuable than ever.
In his prime, Faried was an integral part of the seldom-discussed 2012-13 Denver Nuggets. That season, Faried started 80 games for Denver, averaging 28.1 minutes per game while posting 11.5 points and 9.2 rebounds.
The high-flying Faried and the Denver Nuggets surprised many that season, finishing at the three-seed in the Western Conference (ahead of the Lob City Clippers and the Grit-and-Grind Grizzlies). Many people (myself included) had Denver as a stealth finals contender.
Faried and the Nuggets would not see this type of success in the upcoming years. As time progressed, Faried began to see his minutes slip as opposing defenses prepared for his Energizer Bunny-like burst.
Faried has never been a good shooter. He's a career 12 percent three-point shooter and a 65.4 percent shooter from the stripe.
As the league got smaller, Faried's lack of shooting pushed him from power forward to center on offense.
At that same time that Faried overwent a positional change, the Nuggets lucked into drafting not one, but two excellent centers. Denver selected Jusuf Nurkic, Portland's current starting center, in the late first-round. In that very same draft, Denver also stole Nikola Jokic in the second round.
With an overflow of talent at the center position, Faried was quickly pushed to the end of the rotation. On mulitiple occasions, he expressed frustration with the franchise for his lack of playing time.
Sadly for Faried, after a change of scenery, things didn't go much better in Brooklyn. For a majority of this season, Kenneth Faried has been given DNPs. Of the 47 total games, Faried only played in 12 of them.
Faried's biggest issue in Brooklyn was that he was fairly redundant on their roster. Brooklyn already has Ed Davis who, similarly, is an energizer that scoops up every available offensive rebound as his life depends on it. Davis is simply better at fulfilling this role. He's also a better defender.
There's no need to have two of the same, specialized player on a 12-man roster.
Now, Faried is headed to Houston to boost the Rockets' wounded front-court. With Clint Capela out with injury, Faried may be given immediate minutes; something that he's been yearning for.
His ability to generate second-chance opportunities could be immense for Houston's James Harden-centric offense. Best of luck to you, Kenneth. I hope you enjoy being Harden's glorified ball-boy for his 17 attempted threes per game.


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MEC Resources (ASX:MMR)
With NSW in a gas shortage predicament that is significantly raising the price of this necessary resource, one $6.5 million capped company may have a solution.
Today's company is making its mark by investing into exploration companies targeting potentially large energy and mineral resources.
Having recently opened a Share Purchase Plan, this company's ambition is to be one of the only gas players to look offshore NSW.
To do so it has secured a vessel to start a seismic program to assist target drilling for natural gas.
The target is adjacent to Australia's most populous region and the petroleum licence has the potential to hold 944 million barrels of oil equivalent as Prospective Resources of Natural Gas.
Also of interest to investors is this company's diversification strategy: it is hedging its bets on two very different sectors – energy, and biotech.
This company has stakes in a biotechnology player developing a pre-clinical model that can influence the development of liver cancer and has also taken a position in a technology that could assist anaesthetists to ensure patients remain properly sedated…
That's a lot to think about, but at this stage it is the energy play which is this company's main focus.
Can this company ease the looming gas burden in NSW…?
Can this ASX Micro Cap Reshape NSW Gas Supply with Looming Offshore Exploration Campaign?
Sydney may not be immediately aware, but the price of gas is about to start its upward journey. The rise is occurring because LNG plants in Queensland are sucking up all the gas and selling it to Asia.
The Oil Junior Set to Unlock Multi-Million Barrel Value in WA's Prolific Browse Basin


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Q: How to understand Dedupe library? Two questions:

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*How to interpret the 'confidence score' when there is cluster with 3 rows and 3 confidence scores (0.98, 0.45, 0.45). Where this confidence scores come from? From logistic regression or somehow from hierarchical clustering?

*10 000 of my 16 millions is labeled as duplicates, should I put this all as trening data? or only 10 positive and 10 negative will be enough? what number will be better for quality and time of execution?

A: the confidence score is 1 - square root of the average squared distance between the record and the other records in the cluster, where distance is 1 - predicted probability that a pair of records are coreferent
See https://docs.dedupe.io/en/latest/API-documentation.html#dedupe.Dedupe.cluster for more details


I Cannot Think Of A Better Time To Bless The Lord!
The Hebrew word for "bless" literally means to "kneel" or to "show adoration." In all honesty, most of us reserve this type of behavior for worship on Sunday or during our devotion time in our homes.
But David declared, "I will bless the Lord at all times…" David made a decision that he was not going to be selective with his adoration and praise toward God. He was not going to wait until he arrived at the designated place for worship before he gave God praise and adoration.
David decided that he could not think of a better time to bless the Lord!
All the time is the right time!
For those of you who have ever attended one of my choir rehearsals, you already know what goes on: Worship, Praise, and Church! I do not believe in waiting until the actual Sunday morning service to bless the Lord. I tell people all the time: "I'm not waiting until Sunday to bless the Lord; I might be dead by then!" People do not like to hear me say that, but it is the truth. Tomorrow is not promised to any of us; so while I have breath in my body, I will use it to bless the Lord!
So my friends, what are you waiting for?
I know you do not feel well, but I dare you to bless the Lord anyhow!
I know you are at work, but bless Him anyhow!
I know you have bills that are due and no money in view, but let us bless Him anyhow!
I know you have been in the wilderness a long, long time, but let us bless the Lord anyhow!
Let His praises continually be in your mouth! You will be surprised how praising the Lord will lift your spirit and keep you going on!


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Gasland é um documentário de 2010 dirigido por Josh Fox e produzido por Trish Adlesic. Como reconhecimento, foi nomeado ao Oscar 2011 na categoria de Melhor Documentário em Longa-metragem.

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The long-distance carrier is asking a Delaware state regulator to force Verizon to pay fees owed under existing agreements between the two companies.
AT&T is asking a Delaware state regulator to force Verizon Communications to pay fees owed under existing agreements between the two companies, AT&T announced Monday.
The long-distance carrier filed a petition with Public Service Commission of Delaware (PSC) saying that Verizon owes it more than $2 million in interconnection fees accumulated over three years.
Under terms of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, a phone company must pay a fee for using a competitor's network to complete a local call, a process called reciprocal compensation.
"The interconnection agreement signed by AT&T and Verizon requires each company to pay the other for completing its calls," said Mark Keffer, AT&T's chief regulatory counsel, in a statement. "Verizon has blatantly ignored this agreement."
Verizon spokesman Ells Edwards said the company has not yet seen the petition and could not comment on its substance, but did remark that the timing of the complaint was "interesting," since it comes soon after Verizon told the Delaware PSC on Feb. 1 that it intends to file for approval with the Federal Communications Commission to offer long-distance phone service in the state.
"This seems to be AT&T's modus operandi. Whenever a Verizon company files for long-distance, AT&T starts slinging mud and hopes that some of it will stick," Edwards said. "In other states where Verizon has filed for approval, like New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, AT&T has tried to create a media circus in an attempt to either delay or defeat the proposal."
AT&T spokesman Jeff Roberts said that AT&T has opposed Verizon's efforts in those four states, but adds that the main point of contention was over competition issues in local phone markets.
"When it comes to opposing Verizon, it has always been the case of the local market not being open enough to competition because Verizon has been sitting on them," said Roberts.
The dispute is not the first battle over reciprocal compensation fees. California regulators directed Verizon to pay $4 million in fees to Pac-West Telecom last month.
Baby Bell operating companies have balked at the fees in the past and tried to persuade federal regulators and politicians to revamp the rules.
AT&T has locked horns with the Bells in the past as well. The company participated in a campaign to split the wholesale and retail operations of each Baby Bell company, arguing that they have an unfair advantage over competitors who want to use the Bells' networks.


A view of the building before its renovation.
The Parazin Building is a four-story stone building in the High Falls District. It was the first to be built at Brown's Race. It was originally only two stories and was occupied by the Selye Fire Engine Company, which made pump-style firefighting vehicles.
In 2006 developer Ben Kendig purchased the Parazin Building from the city for $1 and converted it to lofts and office space.


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Maverick è un film del 1994 diretto da Richard Donner e interpretato da Mel Gibson e Jodie Foster e ambientato nel Far West.

Il film è basato sulla serie televisiva statunitense Maverick, uscita tra il 1957 e il 1961 e creata dallo sceneggiatore e produttore Roy Huggins. La serie aveva in James Garner il protagonista, che interpretò per le prime tre stagioni il ruolo del giocatore di poker Bret Maverick, qui interpretato da Mel Gibson.

Trama
Bret Maverick è un abile giocatore di poker che decide di partecipare ad un torneo per vincere 500.000 $. Non avendo a disposizione tutti i 25.000 $ necessari a pagare la quota di iscrizione, decide di andare a cercare una serie di amici suoi debitori, inseguito dal pistolero/giocatore Angel (detto lo Spagnolo), ma la sua strada si incrocia con quella di un'altra giocatrice di poker, Annabelle Bransford, una donna irresistibile che sfrutta il proprio fascino per ingannare gli uomini e derubarli di tutti i loro averi.

Nel loro viaggio verso il luogo in cui si terrà il torneo vengono affiancati dallo sceriffo Zane Cooper, che fin dall'inizio mostra antipatia per Maverick ed è stato assoldato dal Commodoro Duvall, anfitrione e partecipante del torneo, per garantire la sicurezza e la correttezza dei giocatori. Lungo la strada Maverick ne passa di cotte e di crude, diligenze prive di conducente, attacchi di indiani, un nobile russo che vuole fare la caccia all'uomo e così via, per non parlare dei suoi debitori che per un motivo o un altro non possono o vogliono pagarlo. Alla fine però riuscirà per il rotto della cuffia a recuperare gli ultimi 3.000 dollari più altri 5.000 per la signora Bransford, anche lei a corto di soldi. Entrambi si iscrivono al torneo e salgono a bordo del battello a vapore del Commodoro, che ospiterà il torneo.

Durante il torneo, a cui partecipa anche lo Spagnolo, Cooper sequestra in anticipo le pistole di tutti e vigila costantemente sullo svolgimento delle partite. Alla fine, i 4 finalisti sono proprio Maverick, la Bransford, Angel lo Spagnolo e il Commodoro Duval. La sera prima della finale, la porta di Bret viene bloccata per tenerlo lontano dal tavolo, ma il giocatore riesce a uscire dalla finestra e si presenta all'ultimo istante. Dopo ore dall'inizio, il primo concorrente a uscire dalla gara è Annabelle Bransford, che non riesce a nascondere del tutto i segni e i gesti che indicano quanto sia favorevole la sua mano. Tocca poi al Commodoro, che scommette tutto su un'ultima mano poiché sta già perdendo.

Restano Maverick e Angel. Maverick sportivamente paga la quota del Commodoro per farlo partecipare ad un'altra mano, poi chiede un nuovo mazzo perché ha notato che il croupier bara prendendo le carte da sotto il mazzo. Cooper ferma il cambio del mazzo dato che non è previsto, ma concede che sia qualcun altro a dare la carta per Maverick, e questi sceglie lo Spagnolo: alla fine, il commodoro Duvall ha un poker, lo Spagnolo una scala reale media e Maverick una scala reale massima. Furioso, Angel lo accusa di barare ed estrae una pistola nascosta, ma Cooper sventa il tentativo e Maverick ricambia uccidendo uno scagnozzo di Angel con la seconda pistola di Cooper. Poco dopo a sorpresa lo stesso Cooper ruba la vincita e si allontana sulla sola scialuppa rimasta; quando il Commodoro tenta di sparargli, Maverick glielo impedisce, preferendo lasciar perdere.

Qualche notte dopo il Commodoro raggiunge lo sceriffo Cooper, accampato nella boscaglia; Duvall ha organizzato la messinscena per dividere a metà il mezzo milione, ed ha assoldato lo Spagnolo affinché tenesse Maverick lontano; ora vuol tradire anche lo sceriffo, ma viene fermato da Maverick. Il giocatore ha capito tutto e lo ha seguito, ed ora si prende i soldi e li lascia a regolare i loro conti; i due compari lottano per il possesso di una pistola, e Duvall vince, ma all'atto di sparare a Cooper la pistola si rivela scarica. Nella colluttazione che segue ha la meglio Cooper, che lascia in vita Duvall e si mette sulle tracce di Maverick.

A New Orleans Cooper ritrova Maverick in un bagno pubblico, e qui si scopre che in realtà lo sceriffo è Bret Maverick senior; i due sono padre e figlio e hanno fregato tutti. Tutti meno Annabelle Bransford, che riappare e si prende il cesto con i soldi mentre i due sono disarmati in vasca da bagno. Però Maverick ha nascosto metà del malloppo nei propri stivali, facendo in modo che Annabelle, di cui immaginava la visita, rubasse solo metà denaro, col fine di avere una motivazione per rincorrerla e recuperare la metà rubata.

Produzione
Il regista Richard Donner e Mel Gibson avevano già lavorato insieme nei primi film della serie Arma letale (il quarto film della saga è del 1997). Proprio per celebrare questo lungo sodalizio, e per fare un tributo alla propria collaborazione, in Maverick c'è anche un breve cameo di Danny Glover (che in Arma Letale interpretava il compagno di Gibson, Roger Murtaugh). Glover interpreta la parte di un rapinatore di banche che alla vista di Gibson rimane per un attimo interdetto; i due si scrutano come se si conoscessero (il parallelo è sottolineato anche dal sottofondo musicale, che fa anche parte della colonna sonora di Arma Letale), poi la scena finisce con la fuga di Glover, che ripete una delle più celebri battute di Arma letale:

James Garner, che era stato coprotagonista della serie televisiva Maverick per quattro stagioni, recita la parte di Bret Maverick senior.
Inizialmente il ruolo del padre di Maverick doveva essere interpretato da Paul Newman. Lo sceneggiatore William Goldman dichiarò successivamente che gli studios non accettarono di pagare il compenso richiesto dal leggendario attore, e per questo Paul Newman fu costretto a rifiutare il ruolo.

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Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig KT GCB OM GCVO KCIE ADC (born in Edinburgh, Scotland on 19 June 1861, died in London on 29 January 1928) was the senior BritiArmy commander in World War I.
He was charge of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF), from 1915, to the end of the First World War. Most notably, he was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Third Battle of Ypres and the Hundred Days Offensive, which led to the German surrender, in 1918 .
A popular commander during the immediate post-war years, his funeral became a day of national mourning.
Later, Haig became an object of criticism. After his death, he was increasingly criticised for issuing orders which led to a lot of casualties of British troops, earning him the nickname 'Butcher of the Somme'. Haig's critics included the wartime Prime Minister Lloyd George and many younger officers who served in the First World War.
Alan Clark's book The Donkeys (1961) popularised the controversial phrase 'lions led by donkeys', used to describe the British Army leadership. Clark attributed this remark to a German general but, before his death, admitted he lied about the phrase.
All the same, some veterans, and academic historians have continued to praise Haig's leadership.
↑ Travers, Tim 1987. The killing ground: the British Army, the Western Front and the emergence of modern war 1900–1918. Allen & Unwin, London.
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1998 Christianity Today Book Awards
CT 98 Book Awards
Once again we attempt the momentous task of discerning the year's best books. Here is how we did it. More than 200 books published in 1997 were nominated by publishers. Ballots were then sent to about 150 pastors, scholars, writers, and other church leaders, whose votes determined our "Top 25" list.
Billy Graham's long-awaited autobiography, Just As I Am, is a fitting choice for ct's Book of the Year. Graham emphasized the impact of books—and book reviews—in his vision statement for a new magazine that he presented to evangelical leaders in 1955. A year later, CHRISTIANITY TODAY was launched.
Indeed, anyone who wants to understand the history and current challenges of evangelicalism, its strengths and its weaknesses, would do well to work through the books listed here, beginning with Graham's account of more than 50 years of ministry.
Strengths? First, a continuing emphasis on evangelism and an unwavering commitment to the centrality of Jesus Christ. Second, a rich harvest of mature Christian scholarship in history (George Marsden, Joel Carpenter, and Mark Noll constitute quite a triumvirate) and New Testament studies. Third, a productive reckoning with evangelicalism's fundamentalist strain, evident both in Carpenter's Revive Us Again and in Philip Yancey's What's So Amazing About Grace?, a book that was prominently displayed—and bought—not only in Christian venues but in the secular superstores, reaching a new audience. Fourth, an ecumenism rooted in orthodoxy, variously attested by Donald Bloesch's work, the Ancient Christian Commentary Series, edited by Tom Oden (the first volume, on Mark, is just about to appear), the ongoing ECT conversation, and, on a smaller scale, by the presence on this list of William F. Buckley's "autobiography of faith," steeped in Catholic piety.
Weaknesses? There is not much notice here of the work being done by Ron Sider and others who preach the holistic gospel, including the parts about the poor and the widows and the prisoners. And where is the Old Testament? With the notable exception of Leap Over a Wall, Eugene Peterson's meditation on the life of David, this list reflects the evangelical tendency to ignore a huge chunk of the Scriptures. Some of the most important work being done in theology today is beginning to redress this imbalance. (In the process, many scholars are taking up the question of "Jewish-Christian relations" in a new way.) As the book review editor, I don't get to vote, but I hope that among the books recognized in the 1999 CT Book Awards will be Christopher Seitz's Word Without End: The Old Testament As Abiding Theological Witness (Eerdmans).
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By John Wilson, Book Review Editor.
1998 BOOK of the YEAR
In the Bible, an evangelist is a person sent by God to announce the Gospel, the Good News; he or she has a spiritual gift that has never been withdrawn from the Church. Methods differ, but the central truth remains: an evangelist is a person who has been called and especially equipped by God to declare the Good News to those who have not yet accepted it, with the goal of challenging them to turn to Christ in repentance and faith and to follow Him in obedience to His will. The evangelist is not called to do everything in the church or in the world that God wants done. On the contrary, the calling of the evangelist is very specific.
1. JUST AS I AM, by Billy Graham; HarperSanFrancisco/Zondervan
2.THE OUTRAGEOUS IDEA OF CHRISTIAN SCHOLARSHIP, by George M. Marsden;
3.REVIVE US AGAIN: THE REAWAKENING OF AMERICAN FUNDAMENTALISM,
by Joel A. Carpenter; Oxford University Press
4.WHAT'S SO AMAZING ABOUT GRACE? by Philip Yancey; Zondervan
5.DEFEATING DARWINISM BY OPENING MINDS, by Phillip E. Johnson;
6.DICTIONARY OF THE LATER NEW TESTAMENT AND ITS DEVELOPMENTS,
edited by Ralph P. Martin and Peter H. Davids; InterVarsity
6.JESUS CHRIST, by Donald G. Bloesch; InterVarsity
7.NEARER, MY GOD: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FAITH, by William F. Buckley, Jr.;
8.TURNING POINTS: DECISIVE MOMENTS IN THE HISTORY OF CHRISTIANITY,
by Mark A. Noll; Baker
9. THE OXFORD DICTIONARY OF THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, 3RD ED.,
edited by F. L. Cross and E. A. Livingstone; Oxford University Press
9.THEIR BLOOD CRIES OUT, by Paul Marshall with Lela Gilbert; Word
10.A HISTORY OF HEAVEN, by Jeffrey Burton Russell; Princeton University Press
10. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE NEW TESTAMENT, by Raymond E. Brown;
11.THE COMPLETE BOOK OF EVERYDAY CHRISTIANITY, edited by Robert Banks
and R. Paul Stevens; InterVarsity
11.THE GOSPEL OF LUKE, by Joel B. Green; Eerdmans
11.THE MORAL QUEST: FOUNDATIONS OF CHRISTIAN ETHICS, by Stanley J. Grenz;
12.MALCOLM MUGGERIDGE, by Gregory Wolfe; Eerdmans
12.THE UNIVERSE NEXT DOOR: A BASIC WORLDVIEW CATALOG, by James W. Sire;
12.WRITTEN ON THE HEART: THE CASE FOR NATURAL LAW, by J. Budziszewski;
13.THE FABRIC OF FAITHFULNESS, by Steven Garber; InterVarsity
13.LEAP OVER A WALL: EARTHY SPIRITUALITY FOR EVERYDAY CHRISTIANS,
by Eugene H. Peterson; HarperSanFrancisco
14.HOW WIDE THE DIVIDE? A MORMON AND AN EVANGELICAL IN CONVERSATION, by Craig L. Blomberg and Stephen E. Robinson; InterVarsity
14.SUBVERSIVE SPIRITUALITY, by Eugene H. Peterson; Eerdmans
15.THE HOLINESS-PENTECOSTAL TRADITION, by Vinson Synan; Eerdmans
15.THE ONE AND THE MANY: AMERICA'S STRUGGLE FOR THE COMMON GOOD,
by Martin E. Marty; Harvard University Press
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Destroyer and Azita @ Old Town School of Folk Music
By Julian Ramirez
Dan Bejar is as eclectic as he is talented. Whether he's performing with one of the multiple bands he is a part of (indie super groups The New Pornographers, Swan Lake, or as the duo Hello, Blue Rose), Bejar has shown that there is no end to his unparalleled songwriting. His voice is strange, hypnotizing, and instantly recognizable; consistently bringing an exciting and eccentric energy wherever he plays. This Thursday he will be performing at Old Town School of Folk Music under his moniker Destroyer, which he has used to release ten albums and four EPs. Saying he is prolific would be a serious understatement. His latest EP, Five Spanish Songs, is comprised of songs written by Spanish musician Antonio Luque and will be out Nov. 25.
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James Fenimore Cooper was America's first successful popular novelist. Son of the prominent federalist William Cooper, founder of the Cooperstown settlement, James was educated at Yale in preparation for a genteel life as a federalist gentleman. After his father's death in an 1809 duel, Cooper quickly squandered his inheritance, and at thirty was on the verge of bankruptcy. He decided to try his hand at writing as a career, carefully modeling his work after Sir Walter Scott's successful Waverley Novels. His first novel, Precaution (1820), a domestic comedy set in England, lost money, but Cooper had discovered his vocation.
Cooper established his reputation after his second novel, The Spy, and in his third book, the autobiographical Pioneers (1823), Cooper introduced the character of Natty Bumppo, a uniquely American personification of rugged individualism and the pioneer spirit. Emerson called Pioneers "our first national novel." A second book featuring Bumppo, The Last of the Mohicans (1826), quickly became the most widely read work of the day, solidifying Cooper's popularity in the U.S. and in Europe.
Set during the French and Indian War, The Last of the Mohicans chronicles the massacre of the colonial garrison at Fort William Henry and a fictional kidnaping of two pioneer sisters. Cooper knew few Native Americans, so he drew on a Moravian missionary's account of two opposing tribes; the Delawares and the "Mingos." Although this characterization was filled with inaccuracies, the dual image of the opposing tribes allowed Cooper to create a lasting image of the "Indian" that became a part of the American consciousness for almost two centuries. His public was simultaneously touched romantically at the doomed Indians' fate and justified in abetting their extermination. Readers were thrilled by the rapacious Magua, who fit Gothic convention and was associated with Milton's Satan. The hero Natty Bumppo was incredibly popular; a rebel heroically opposed to industrial society, he was a hero who never married or changed his ideals.
Cooper was a prolific writer, publishing 32 novels, 12 works of nonfiction, a play and numerous pamphlets and articles. His most lasting contributions to American literature were his five books about Natty Bumppo, varying in genre from implausible romantic adventure to realistic narrative. Later anthologized as The Leatherstocking Tales, they are best read in the order written: The Pioneers (1823), The Last of the Mohicans (1826), The Prairie (1827), The Pathfinder (1840), and The Deerslayer (1841). Cooper's popularity declined in his later years as he entered into the nationalistic and partisan disputes of the Jacksonian era, becoming increasingly contentious toward reviewers and the public. His Leatherstocking series, however, retained their preeminence throughout the century until somewhat deflated by Mark Twain's scathing, iconoclastic review of the tales in 1895. The stories, however, continue to maintain a cultural significance in the American literary canon that goes far beyond their literary merit.
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Good morning: CTV is getting more connected
Imagine contextual advertising within the programs themselves.
Chris Wood on December 3, 2021 at 9:21 am
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Good morning, Marketers, the dividing lines are shifting in digital marketing strategy, and especially in advertising. Some lines are vanishing.
It used to be that DTC brands were heavy on digital, and big CPG brands unloaded their budgets on television. Now consumers are streaming TV everywhere, and companies of all sizes can test social commerce functions on major social platforms to catch high-intent customers closer to the sale. After all, the customer could be viewing the content while in line at a brick-and-mortar checkout, or waiting for their partner who's in a fitting room.
Just this summer, I was discussing DTC strategy with Extreme Reach CMO Melinda McLaughlin. It made sense when she told me that DTC brands like to optimize campaigns in real-time, and might stay clear of CTV. But what if CTV got more connected with brands and contextual ads within the programs? Then, a classic movie fan watching E.T. the Extraterrestrial on-demand would be just another real-time lever in the omnichannel campaign for a DTC nostalgia shop or second-hand clothes store, or for a marketer on the Reese's Pieces team.
Chris Wood,
Chris Wood draws on over 15 years of reporting experience as a B2B editor and journalist. At DMN, he served as associate editor, offering original analysis on the evolving marketing tech landscape. He has interviewed leaders in tech and policy, from Canva CEO Melanie Perkins, to former Cisco CEO John Chambers, and Vivek Kundra, appointed by Barack Obama as the country's first federal CIO. He is especially interested in how new technologies, including voice and blockchain, are disrupting the marketing world as we know it. In 2019, he moderated a panel on "innovation theater" at Fintech Inn, in Vilnius. In addition to his marketing-focused reporting in industry trades like Robotics Trends, Modern Brewery Age and AdNation News, Wood has also written for KIRKUS, and contributes fiction, criticism and poetry to several leading book blogs. He studied English at Fairfield University, and was born in Springfield, Massachusetts. He lives in New York.
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