Leaders that Inspire: Get the oars in the water!
At its worst about 7 years ago the results suggested that as many as 68% of employees were in this category. By 'employees' we are not talking just about the unwashed masses but a significant number of supervisory/managerial types as well. Is it any wonder that so many organizations are simply spinning their wheels and consistently under-performing their best in class competitors?
If you do not count yourself amongst this group then you are exceptional...or exceptionally naïve.
To be certain, the reasons that create this environment vary from company to company. But the root of the problems can generally be traced back to a fundamental lack of leadership. We train individuals in the skill sets necessary to perform a function but there is a decided lack of training in how to motivate others. Often times our leaders do not even know what motivates others and thus have nowhere to even begin.
Leadership is not for the weak of heart any more than it is for the courageous.
The consequences of a disengaged workforce are difficult to fully quantify. However, let me use this analogy.
Assume that you have a boat with 10 people and 10 oars. If our statistics are even close to accurate then a maximum of 6 individuals - perhaps as few as 3 or 4 - have their oars in the water and are pulling towards the desired destination. The others are mostly dead weight. Or worse...their oars are in the water pulling in the opposite direction. How's that for productivity??????
If you do not make it a priority to have advanced leadership qualities at ALL levels of your organization, even the best strategies will fail.
People drive success! It`s not objectives, not key indicators; not strategic plans, not even good intentions. Failure is almost always linked to underperforming leadership. Improvement will not happen overnight. We need to move the needle so that we grow from management to 'manageship' to 'leaderment' to leadership.
If this problem resonates with you, do something. If you feel lost, get professional advice or find a mentor. It's time to get all the oars in the water and pulling together! Remember, effective leadership must become a habit, not an act but the dividends are worth the effort.


YRKKH: Kartik takes Naira to the hospital for tests. He reminds her tantrums thrown last time. She tells him that she has learnt to trick her mind to control the fears. She thinks of her happy family and also holds dreams for her baby. Doctor tells Kartik that Naira is completely fine. Kartik gets elated knowing the test results. He rushes to inform the family. Naksh gets a good surprise seeing Kirti. She tells him that she came up to surprise him, and got emotional seeing him. They share each other's worth in their lives. Manish informs the family that Naira is absolutely fine. Goenkas get happy. Samarth finds Gayu's work and compliments her. Samarth tells her that she is very talented. Gayu shares her designs with him. Dadi gets glad to watch them share the appreciation.
Kartik happily hugs Naira and informs her that everything is fine. Doctor tells them that they can plan a baby now, since everything is fine. Kartik goes for an urgency. Naira meets a woman, and learns about the woman's similar health condition. Naira gets worried knowing the sad story. Naira thinks she should plan the baby soon before the clot recurs. She plans to share her worries with Kartik.
Kartik reaches Naira. She tells him that they should plan the baby as soon as possible, so that they don't regret later for missing the chance knowingly. Kartik proves his love by agreeing to her wish. He doesn't want to compromise to his health. It turns out to be her day dreaming. Naira seems upset to the family, which worries everyone. Kirti meets Naira after a long time. They share a talk.
Naira prays that she gets a baby soon. She shares about her dilemma. Dadi wants Samarth to get married. Samarth laughs off saying he is too young to get married. Dadi tells him that he should get married soon. Kartik gets a cute puppy home, but elders don't allow it. Naira and kids request the elder to keep the puppy home. Dadi tells Manish that she has to support her grandchildren, instead her sons. She asks Manish to be happy with the children's happiness.


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Led Zeppelin reunion: watch O2 live clips now
View footage from the Ahmet Ertegun concert
By NME
Led Zeppelin played a 16 song set at their first UK show in 19 years last night (December 10) at the O2 Arena in London.
The long awaited performance was the headline slot at a tribute show for Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun.
Highlights from the 16 song set can be seen online now.
Watch 'Stairway To Heaven' by clicking below.
Did you go to the gig? If so send your pictures, reviews and stories to ledzep@nme.com, be sure to include your name and where you come from and we'll publish the best.
Now read NME.COM Led Zeppelin review filed straight from the the O2 Arena tonight.
Meanwhile check out our special song by song blog and first review live from inside the concert.
Plus read NME.COM's brief history of Led Zeppelin, check out Ahmet Ertegun's story and look at our special Led Zeppelin picture gallery.
Stay tuned to NME.COM for all the action, plus check out our sister site Uncut.co.uk for more.

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Bradley Saunders (ur. 4 lutego 1986 w Stockton on Tees) – brytyjski bokser, medalista mistrzostw świata (Chicago 2007) oraz mistrz Unii Europejskiej (Odense 2009)

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Alex Salmond Inquiry: Why has no one resigned yet? – Kenny MacAskill MP
The biggest unanswered question from the Salmond Inquiry is why there have been no resignations.
By Kenny MacAskill
Thursday, 7th January 2021, 7:00 am
A committee of MSPs is looking into the Scottish government's handling of complaints made against Alex Salmond (Picture: Jane Barlow/PA Wire)
Or so far, as I'm certain there'll be casualties and likely far more extensive than if prompt and appropriate action had been taken at the time. Instead contracts were extended, salaries increased and centralised control expanded.
It's a position that some might well come to regret, as the conflagration widens and more are burned, along with some existing but already tarnished reputations. Time will tell but things ain't looking good as further evidence sessions are due to begin and some witnesses even face recall.
For the appearance of some participants, so far, has been more redolent of an episode from the TV comedy The Office than the workings of senior ranks of governance in the land.
Nicola Sturgeon 'bulletproof' despite trust in SNP leader taking hit due to Alex...
Meetings so far have seen episode upon episode of forgetfulness, incompetence or even downright deceit. Ricky Gervais couldn't have written it. Yet this stellar cast has forgotten their lines, required to clarify their evidence, or set the record straight more like.
Even their ever-erudite star law officer has been reduced to mumbling obfuscation. Worse could follow, as it may even be shown that some have either failed to tell the truth or adhere to a court order.
Giving evidence before a committee can be stressful. But when you're a senior officer or a post holder then it's expected. It's part of the job and senior civil servants have done it all before, whether appearing individually or in briefing and supporting ministers. Party officials likewise are used to being held to account, and grilled even, by elected members or other organisations that they account to.
These are also not stupid people, all have abilities that got them there. Some may have been promoted beyond their capabilities or have remained in situ long past their sell-by date. But this farce isn't coming about because of who they are. Rather, it's the result of the script they're trying to remember.
Most witnesses would be warned about prevarication never mind the requirement to tell the truth or face the consequences of not doing so. Similarly, a court order to produce documents isn't an optional matter that you can pick and choose whether and what you release. Instead no matter how senior you are, you do what it says or it's contempt of court.
But in this show nothing, no resignations, no one has fallen on their sword, been suspended or even just pushed surreptitiously out of the door. On the contrary, to paraphrase the Permanent Secretary, the battle may have been lost but the war continued. Even that's now all but over and it's a complete rout.
After the debacle of the civil case, she could have resigned quietly and much would have been forgotten or not gone much further. Likewise the SNP CEO could have called it quits and allowed others to take over. But no, so now we face many more being drawn into the mire. Hell mend them I say.
Kenny MacAskill is the SNP MP for East Lothian
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The new MRV Platform for Agriculture houses tools, approaches, & case studies to support accounting for emissions and mitigation in the livestock sector.
Accounting for greenhouse gas emissions and emission reductions correctly is essential to achieve climate change mitigation.
The MRV Platform for Agriculture provides information to guide measurement, reporting and verification (MRV) systems for agricultural emissions and mitigation, such as for Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs).
The Platform houses a wide range of tools, approaches, and case studies about how to design and implement MRV of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigation actions in the livestock sector. The Platform will expand to include other agriculture sectors over the next year.
A recent review of current MRV practices in the livestock sector found that a lack of examples of approaches and methods used in MRV at different levels (national, sub-national, and project) that are applicable for developing country systems. The MRV Platform aims to fill this gap.
The MRV Platform summarizes evidence-based approaches to practicing MRV. Andreas Wilkes, a scientist with UNIQUE land use and forestry GmbH, authored over 30 case studies now housed on the platform.
This MRV Platform for Agriculture is an initiative of the Global Research Alliance for Agricultural Greenhouse Gases (GRA) and the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS), implemented in partnership with UNIQUE forestry and land use GmbH and the New Zealand Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Research Centre (NZAGRC). Web design is by Clutch Creative. Funding was provided by the New Zealand Government as an activity of the GRA.
Sadie Shelton is a student assistant for CCAFS and a senior undergraduate at the Rubenstein School for Environment and Natural Resources (RSENR) at the University of Vermont. She has been instrumental in the creation of the MRV Platform.


I was born in Canchungo, in the northwestern part of Guinea-Bissau. Images of a beautiful canvas of green landscape crisscrossed by abundant waterways, thick forest, vast expanses of mangroves, pristine islands and coastlines, teeming with rich marine life, remain etched in my memory. Today, erratic weather conditions, declining rainfall, rising sea levels and other phenomena are changing the landscape, threatening the livelihood of fishermen and farmers, and calling into question the future of much of my country.
With close to 80 small islands stretching along its coastline, Guinea Bissau is one of six Small Island Developing States (SIDS) in Africa – along with Cape Verde and São Tomé and Principe in the Atlantic Ocean; and Comoros, Mauritius and Seychelles in the Indian Ocean. African SIDS tend to be overlooked, and yet they are effectively 'subsidizing' the global cost of managing climate change. Although they account for less than 1% of global carbon emissions, the costs they bear are hugely disproportionate.
Often referred to as an undifferentiated group, African SIDS are in reality quite diverse. In economic terms, Cape Verde, Mauritius and Seychelles, classified as middle-income countries, fare better than Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, São Tomé and Principe, which rank among the Least Developed Countries (LDCs). Nonetheless, they share similar vulnerabilities to external shocks because of their heavy reliance on energy and food imports, the limited diversification of their economies, and their large public and external deficits. Given these constraints, how can they effectively combat climate change and mitigate its effects?
The good news is that African SIDS are at the frontline of efforts aimed at finding innovative solutions to address the challenges brought about by climate change. They are taking steps to harness and unleash the potential of their marine and coastal resources. They are shifting to cleaner, smarter and sustainable technologies and solutions. In other words, they are the pioneers of the 'Blue Economy', a concept that is turning climate challenges into opportunities.
 The Cabeólica wind power project in Cape Verde was set up in 2009 in an effort to reduce the country's energy import bill. Today, its four wind farms generate 18% of total electricity production, making Cape Verde a world leader in wind power and a model for public-private partnership.
 The photovoltaic plant in La Feme, Mauritius, which began operations in February 2014, was set up in response to growing energy demands. The plant is expected to produce about 24 GW hours of clean energy while saving 15,000 tons of CO2 emissions every year.
 The aquaculture sector is taking off in Seychelles, with the financial support of the Government to increase the production of tuna fish - 70% of which is exported. Seychelles is also boosting its tourism industry by developing cruise-ship tourism and maritime archaeological tourism as new and environment-friendly niches. In June 2013 it launched its first wind farm on reclaimed land in Port Victoria, which is now supplying more than 2,100 homes with electricity and saving 1.6 million litres of fuel per year. The project, implemented in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates, is a model of South-South partnership.
As we celebrate these success stories, we need to redouble efforts to help African and the rest of the world's 52 SIDS sustain their fight to combat climate change, build their adaptive capacities, and promote the use of existing and new knowledge and innovations. Amidst a rapidly transforming development landscape, African SIDS need to find new ways to galvanize their push for a 'Blue Economy', including by tapping into the African financial markets.
As you read this, I will be in Apia, Samoa, attending the Third International Conference on Small Islands and Developing States. I intend to share African SIDS stories and to make the case for high level of international support to their efforts. I will also be actively engaged in a high level dialogue, to be held on the sidelines of the Climate Summit in New York in early September, where we plan to help African SIDS chisel their specific concerns into robust positions in the lead up to climate change negotiations in Lima, in December.
Make no mistake. The threats of climate change are very real for SIDS. Tuvalu, a small coral atoll nation in the Pacific, could disappear in a matter of decades unless urgent actions are taken to stem rising sea levels. A similar fate awaits a large number of the 115 islands in the Seychelles, and countless other small islands around Africa and elsewhere.
Missed opportunities can signal a downward spiral of poverty, disease and multiple vulnerabilities. Africa's fishers, farmers and pastoralists cannot stand by as climate impacts continue to wash away their dreams and erode their confidence, values and livelihoods. They are waiting with bated breath for real solutions. A new UNICEF study predicts that by the turn of the century nearly half the world's children under 18 will be African. A good number of these children will live in small island developing countries. We must act now to shape the lives of present and future generations.


From Monday 15 until Thursday 18 October 2018, the eighth annual NISIS Autumn School will take place at the University of Groningen. This year's Autumn School is organised by NISIS and the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies of the University of Groningen in cooperation with the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The theme of this year's Autumn School is "Travelling Muslims". Islam and Muslims have a rich history of travelling. Whether motivated first and foremost by religion, as in pilgrimage and journeys to seek knowledge, or for economic reasons or simply seeking pleasure, travel has an impact on one's world view and habits. In this Autumn School, we investigate how various kinds of travel have informed Muslims religious views, practices, and different senses of belonging. In particular, we will look into three, often interrelated kinds of travel: pilgrimage, migration, and 'holidaying'.
PhD candidates, research master students and advanced MA students, whose research focuses on the study of Muslims, Muslim societies and Islam in the broadest sense of the word, are invited to apply for participation. Successful applicants will be granted participation in the full programme, but must cover their own expenses. Applicants who are not affiliated to a university in The Netherlands will be charged a fee of 100 euro to participate in the programme.
To apply for participation, applications must be sent to Dr Petra de Bruijn (nisis@hum.leidenuniv.nl) Deadline for application: Monday 10 September 2018, 09.00 hrs (CET). Applications submitted after this date will not be taken into consideration.
*If your application is successful these will be used in the programme booklet.
1. NISIS junior members automatically qualify for participation, but DO need to apply by sending in a title, an abstract and a short biography (see requirements above).
2. The number of people who are to be admitted to the NISIS Autumn School is limited.
3. Successful applicants affiliated to Dutch universities must cover their own expenses, and are responsible for arranging travel and accommodation (if applicable) themselves. Lunches and a conference dinner will be included in the programme for this group of applicants.
4. Applicants who are not affiliated to a university in the Netherlands will be charged a fee of 100 euros to cover the costs for lunches, the conference dinner and additional conference costs.
- give a presentation in one of the workshops and act as discussant for the presentation of one of the other participants.
- write a paper in which your own research is related to the theme of the Autumn School.
Please see the course description for more information and the requirements for the writing assignments.
For more information please visit the NISIS website.


Superstar Mahesh Babu is an extremely fluent speaker of Tamil. He was born and brought up in Tamil Nadu and he knows the language like a mother tongue.
This skill is now coming in handy for Mahesh as he is working with Murugadoss for a bilingual project. The presence of a large number of Tamil technicians on the set would have caused problems for other stars. But because of Mahesh's familiarity with the language, he is even translating for actors who don't understand Tamil.
The movie is gearing up for a summer release. Rakul Preet Singh is the heroine in this movie.


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Tom Kilps
Texas Ballet Theater 2003-2015 | Freelance Teacher | Dance Jox Founder
Tom is a native of Madison, Wisconsin where he began his training with Studio One, Monona Academy of Dance, Ballet Madison and Madison Ballet. He continued his training with Pittsburgh Ballet Theater School, The Rock School, and Houston Ballet's Ben Stevenson Academy before joining Texas Ballet Theater in 2003.
During his gratifying time with TBT Tom has enjoyed countless roles in Ben Stevenson's ballets, some of which include "Ptolemy" in Cleopatra, "Renfield" in Dracula, "White Rabbit" in Alice in Wonderland, "Mercutio" in Romeo and Juliet, "Amour" in Don Quixote, and "Jester" in Cinderella.
After retiring from TBT in 2015 and returning to Madison in 2016, Tom has been enjoying teaching ballet and running his dancewear company Dance Jox, which serves male performing artists.
Rhys Hudson
Ballet Met 2
Rhys Hudson was raised in Houston, Texas and began his training at a young age with Houston Ballet where he performed in many company productions. During High School, he trained at Vitacca Dance Project under the direction of Kelly Anne Vitacca and Phillip Broomhead. In 2017, Mr. Hudson received a scholarship to train at Boston Ballet under the guidance of Peter Stark in which he trained for 3 seasons and performed in various Boston Ballet productions such as Mikko Nissenen's The Nutcracker, Sir Frederick Ashton's Cinderella, George Balanchine's Coppélia, Petipa's Giselle, and Boston Ballet School's Next Generation performances. Over the summers, Mr. Hudson trained at some of the most prestigious ballet schools including The Royal Ballet School, European School of Ballet, San Francisco Ballet School, Pacific Northwest Ballet, and many more. He has been awarded scholarships and competitive accolades from organizations such as The Royal Ballet School, Boston Ballet School, American Dance Competition, and Youth American Grand Prix. Mr. Hudson will be dancing with Ballet Met 2 for the 2020-2021 season and is very excited to be a Dance Jox Ambassador.
Bailey Shaw
Oregon Ballet Theatre, Apprentice
Bailey Shaw is from Raleigh, North Carolina. He began his ballet training at Wake Forest Civic Ballet at the age of 14. Upon graduating high school, Bailey trained under Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux at Charlotte Ballet Academy (2015). He also studied at Miami City Ballet School. He then spent two seasons dancing in BalletMet's second company (2017-2019) under the direction of Edwaard Liang prior to joining OBT as an apprentice. Some standout performances he has had to opportunity to dance include the following: Edwaard Liang's Wunderland, Alonzo King's Chants, and George Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux, and Valse Fantaisie.
Zach Marshall
Zach Marshall is a 17 year old dancer in Salt Lake City Utah. He has been dancing for about 4 years now and favors modern, contemporary and hip hop.
Alejandro Prieto
Houston Ballet Academy
Alejandro Prieto is a 16 year old from Colombia, pursuing his dream of becoming a professional dancer at Houston Ballet Academy. He found his love for dancing at 8 years old, and has been dancing ever since. He moved to the US at age 12 to train at Cary Ballet Conservatory and is now currently training at Houston Ballet on full scholarship in their professional division as a Pro 2. Since being at the academy, Alejandro has been able to perform in the companies "The Nutcracker", "The Sleeping Beauty", and several other academy performances.
Isaiah Harvey
The Ailey School
Began his early dance training at InnerVisions Theater Arts Center under the direction of Nailah Flake-Brown and Andrea Blackwell. After high school, he attended Montclair State University, where he earned his Bachelor's in Fine Arts in Dance Performance in May 2018. Upon graduation from MSU, Isaiah went on to train at The Ailey School. Throughout his dance training he has performed works by Alvin Ailey, Fredrick Earl Mosley, Troy Powell, Camille A. Brown, Rennie Harris, Shapiro & Smith, and Ronald K. Brown. Isaiah has previously trained at the Dance Theatre of Harlem Summer Intensive, Earl Mosley Institute of the Arts and Manhattan Youth Ballet Summer Intensive. He has performed with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater during its 2018 and 2019 New York Seasons. Isaiah is currently in his second year as a scholarship student.
Le'Tiger Walker
Garth Fagan Dance
Le'Tiger Walker found a passion for dance at the young age of six and began his training at The Dancers' Workshop, home of Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre, where he was a pre-professional company member. Throughout his training he attended summer intensives on scholarship at Baton Rouge Ballet Theatre, Debbie Allen Dance Academy, and Garth Fagan Dance Summer Movement Institute. He is a graduate of Baton Rouge Magnet High School with performing arts honors in Ballet, under the direction of Sharon Mathews and Rebecca Acosta.
Le'Tiger currently dances with Garth Fagan Dance in Rochester, NY. After attending the Garth Fagan Dance Summer Movement Institute in July 2015 Mr. Garth Fagan, Tony Award winner for Best Choreography for Walt Disney's The Lion King, invited Le'Tiger to audition for and later join his company in September 2015. As the youngest company member with Garth Fagan Dance, Le'Tiger has performed in the Rochester Fringe Festival, the historic Joyce Theatre, Garth Fagan Dance's 45th Anniversary home season at Nazareth College, and multiple performances near upstate New York and Los Angeles, California.
Liam Hill
Freelance Dance Artist
Liam Hill is a freelance dance artist and model, based in London, England. After graduating from Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance in 2019, Liam has danced and modelled for major campaigns such as ASDA/Walmart, Mura Masa and Asics, and now will continue to do so with the "support" of Dance Jox.
Tre Booker
Winston Salem, North Carolina
Javontre "Tre" Booker is a dancer born and raised in Charlotte, NC. Tre attended Northwest School of the Arts where he trained heavily in musical theater, contemporary dance, and jazz. After graduating from Northwest, Tre continued his studies at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts. There, he trained with artists like Susan Jaffe, and performed in works choreographed by world renowned artists like Juel D. Lane, Larry Keigwin, & Alexi Kremnev. After leaving UNCSA, Tre moved to NYC where he began training at the Ailey School as a full-time scholarship student. In his time at Ailey, Tre was able to perform with the Ailey Company as a student in their New York City Center season of 2018. A few more of his performance credits include AIDA at John W. Engeman Theatre, and performing as the first black Tarzan on the Disney Wonder. Tre's biggest passion is advocating for people of color in the arts.
Robbie Hébert
Choreographer | Musical Theatre Performing Artist
Robbie Hébert is a Vancouver-based actor, choreographer, and musical theatre performer. He grew up in Calgary, Alberta where he began learning music as a toddler and then started studying voice at the age of six. Despite his musical training, Robbie didn't start to foster a real passion for performing until he reached Junior High and was able to participate in his first musical. After that, he performed in all his school's shows until he graduated. He began to train in latin dance when he was fourteen and, within a few years, had been asked to help teach a class on Ballroom and Latin Styles. He has since worked as a choreographer and as a ballroom instructor for several productions in Vancouver. Robbie is a former member of the Young Canadians of the Calgary Stampede and was lucky enough to perform with them in the TransAlta Grandstand Show in 2015. Upon graduating high school, Robbie moved to Vancouver to train in Musical Theatre at Capilano University. Since finishing university, he has performed in a wide variety of projects and has continued to work as a choreographer for plays and musical theatre in Vancouver. In the spring of 2021, he will be moving to England to begin his Master of Arts in Musical Theatre Performance.
Boyd Burch
Lone Star Ballet, Company Member
Boyd has danced for Lone Star Ballet (LSB) under the direction of Vicki McLean, Artistic Director, since 2006. During his tenure at LSB he has performed in over seventy-five of their main stage and specialty event productions. Additionally, Boyd has been a member of Lone Star Ballet's professional company, Circle of Excellence, for the past three years. His position within the professional company has allowed him to work side by side A.D. Vicki McLean as the company's Ballet Master, and Rehearsal Assistant.
While dancing with LSB, Boyd has been attending West Texas A&M University working toward a B.F.A. in Dance. While at WTAMU, he has been under the instruction of Department Head Crystal D. Bertrand, professors Edward R. Truitt and Leslie Williams, adjunct faculty Mark Lanham, Staci Hall, and Sandra Miller.
Mark-David Bloodgood
St. Louis Ballet, Company Member
Mark David Bloodgood, originally from Seattle, WA, trained on scholarship for 12 years at Pacific Northwest Ballet School under the direction of Francia Russell, followed by Peter Boal.
Mr. Bloodgood is currently a dancer with Saint Louis and ARC Dance Productions, as well as a guest artist with Seattle Opera. He has also performed with BalletMet, Milwaukee Ballet, Columbia City Ballet, Huntsville Ballet Company, Columbus Opera, and Ballet Concerto.
Jason Fuchs
Freelance Dancing Artist
Born in Abilene, Texas, I was raised in Australia, having trained at several professional dance institutions. I began my dance training at Ev & Bow Dance Studios in 2008, graduating with a Certificate IV in Performing Arts. Furthering my training, I attended Tanya Pearson's Classical Coaching and Alegria Ballet Studios, before studying at the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and Jason Winter's elite Contemporary Classical technique. In 2014, I completed my studies at Sydney Dance Company's Pre Professional Year, graduating with a Certificate IV in Dance. In 2009, I performed in the grand finale of So You Think You Can Dance Australia, choreographed by Kelly Abbey, along with choreography by Shannon Holtzapffel for Wes Carr's performance. I have also performed with Expression's Dance Company in Natalie Weirs' R&J. In 2014, I was featured in such works as Sydney Dance Company's director Rafael Bonachela's 'Project Rameau', and Tanja Liedtke's 'To My Suite'. I spent sometime ' in Los Angeles , dancing with Millenium Dance Complex and Edge Performing Arts and am currently living in Queensland, Australia as a freelance dancer.
Jordan Guerrero
Harlem School of the Arts
Jordan Guerrero is a 17 year old from The Bronx in New York City. His love of dance skyrocketed at the age of 10, but he did not begin his formal training until the age of 14 at the Martha Graham School Of Contemporary Dance. He currently trains at the Harlem School Of The Arts under the direction of Leyland Simmons, Jordan has attended various summer intensives on full scholarship such as Ballet Hispánico, Dancewave, Manhattan Youth Ballet, and Earl Mosley's Institute Of The Arts. Jordan has also had the opportunity to perform at City Center for the re-staging of Martha Graham's Panorama and at numerous other events such as the dance against cancer benefit, contemporary dance at Bryant park, summerstage, the African American day parade, NBC's Harlem Renaissance segment, and many more. He is super excited to join the Dance Jox team and to inspire young boys to pursue their dreams!
Akeem Edwards
Akeem Edwards is a 27 year old professional multi-media artist from Jacksonville,
FL. He is currently a company member of Garth Fagan Dance and has worked in the
commercial dance realm (Netflix, Coca-Cola, Anthony Burrell, Anthony Brown,
Vivian Green, HeroTheBand, and many more) as well. Aside from being a classically
trained and commercial artist, he is also a model, choreographer and photographer
specializing in capturing moments and telling stories from his point of view.
Through all of his efforts, Akeem is grooming himself to be the Creative Director of
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Special improvement district planned for downtown area
The funds could be used for sidewalk sweeping, litter or graffiti removal, landscaping, leaf pickup.
The district boundaries could be Ohio 16, railroad tracks, First Street and Sixth Street.
NEWARK – Downtown property owners will be asked to support the creation of a Special Improvement District, which uses property assessments to pay for services for the area.
The Newark Development Partners, a public-private community improvement corporation involved in numerous projects the last few years, listened to an expert on Special Improvement Districts during Thursday's meeting.
Shannon Fergus, project manager with Designing Local, a Columbus-based planning and design firm, explained how an improvement district could work in Newark. Fergus is a city planner who worked for the downtown Columbus SID for three years.
"Property owners assess themselves, usually based on tax valuation, normally 5 to 10 percent," Fergus said. "The economic benefits of a SID are if you enhance the public area around your property, you'll enhance the value of your property."
The money could be used for sidewalk sweeping, litter and graffiti removal, landscape maintenance, leaf pickup, coordination with police, and as ambassadors to visitors.
The board discussed possibly defining the district boundaries as Ohio 16, the railroad tracks south of Walnut Street, First Street and Sixth Street. An inner circle within the district could be identified to receive greater services in exchange for a larger assessment.
"You don't collect taxes, but collect assessments," Fergus said. "Government buildings and churches are exempt, but could opt in. Non-profits are in. The only thing a SID can't do is replace city services."
Property owners must petition city council to create a district. The petition must be signed by the owners of 60 percent of the road/alley frontage or 75 percent of the land area in the district. A SID lasts a maximum of 10 years, but property owners can circulate and sign another petition.
"It's a modest assessment to meet the needs of the downtown," NDP Chairman Dan DeLawder said.
The state legislature authorized the districts in 1994. Two years later, a local group that included Gib Reese, Howard LeFevre, Dave Longaberger, Jerry McClain, Park National Bank and the City of Newark discussed ways to improve the downtown, including forming a special improvement district. A 1999 study by Main Street Connections recommended a Special Improvement District.
The SID never happened until about 2010 or 2011, when a SID raised about $8,000 a year to clean sidewalks and gutters on the north, south and west sides of the Square. It lasted three years.
Steve Layman, partner with Anderson Layman Company, and NDP board member, said, "It worked for those three years. I think everybody felt like they got their money's worth out of it."
Layman said Columbus uses SID money to put people on bicycles, easily visible to the public, to serve as a safety patrol, provide information and help people find their way.
"It has been very effective in Columbus," Layman said. "Done right, I hope it has support here. I'm positive some variation of the theme will happen. It's yet to be determined what that is."
Linnet Lowe, owner of Linnet's Flowers on North Park Place, said, "I think I would support it. You just can't find a prettier downtown area. I can understand why it'd be a concern (to some), but I'd hope people would support that."
Fred Ernest, NDP director, said it's premature to say what services will be provided until the survey of property owners is complete, but services could include litter removal, safety patrol, ambassadors to visitors, special projects, and marketing for downtown.


Lansing — Michigan's Republican-led Senate on Wednesday approved legislation designed to facilitate a deal between the state and Enbridge Inc. to move a controversial oil and propane pipeline into a planned tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac.
The proposal would create a new Mackinac Utility Corridor Authority to oversee the tunnel — which would be drilled 100 feet beneath the lake bed — instead of the existing Mackinac Bridge Authority.
Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder, who is working to finalize the deal before he leaves office at the end of the year, would appoint all three members of the new authority, which could include no more than two Republicans. Members would serve six-year terms.
"We want to make sure that energy is affordable, reliable and accessible," said Sen. Wayne Schmidt, R-Traverse City, noting the pipeline carries propane to the Upper Peninsula and some oil produced in the Lower Peninsula. "The No. 1 goal is protecting the Great Lakes, and ... a tunnel is the absolute safest way to do that."
Snyder had proposed using the Mackinac Bridge Authority to oversee the tunnel, but lawmakers balked amid opposition from former members wary of expanding the bridge authority's scope. Enbridge has agreed to finance the tunnel construction project, which could take 10 years to complete and cost up to $500 million.
The new authority would not have the power to seize land for the project using eminent domain.
If Snyder finalizes state agreements with Enbridge, the legislation specifies that the new authority would be required to enter into enabling agreements by Dec. 31, the governor's last day in office.
Republicans hope to quickly wrap up tunnel plans to avoid looming road blocks next session. Democratic Gov.-elect Gretchen Whitmer and Attorney General-elect Dana Nessel have both vowed to decommission Line 5 by attempting to revoke the easement that allows it to run through the Straits.
The legislation specifies that if the attorney general declines to represent the tunnel authority in a legal proceeding, including a claim that the tunnel agreement is invalid, Nessel or a successor would have to provide for the costs of outside legal counsel.
Environmental groups, who have long warned about the risk of a major oil spill in the Great Lakes, continue to oppose the tunnel plan.
It would keep the 1953 pipeline "in operation for another decade or more, prolonging the risk of a disastrous oil spill in our Great Lakes," Lisa Wozniak, executive director at Michigan League of Conservation Voters, said in a statement.
Sen. Adam Hollier of Detroit was the lone Democrat to vote for the bill — and the lone lawmaker to speak on the legislation from the floor prior to the vote. The measure passed in a 25-13 vote. Republican Sens. Joe Hune of Hamburg Township, Rick Jones of Grand Ledge and Tonya Schuitmaker of Lawton voted against the plan.
Hollier noted the tunnel construction project would create a years-long job opportunity for laborers and said he was sympathetic with propane needs in the Upper Peninsula. Line 5 delivers a majority of the propane used in the region to heat homes.
While Enbridge is paying for the tunnel, Snyder is proposing a $4.5 million state appropriation for oversight purposes in the current fiscal year.
"If Enbridge would have paid for it, the first thing that would have happened is people would come out saying that they're paying for oversight and they're going to try to get away with something," said Sen. Tom Casperson, an Escanaba Republican who sponsored the tunnel legislation.
The revised bill specifies that neither the state nor the authority can enter into an agreement to accept any liability for the planned tunnel.
"We are not on the hook for anything," Casperson said. "Enbridge takes on all liability here, and they've agreed to that. It's going into statute."
The tunnel authority would have a "joint defense agreement" with Enbridge to cover a variety of potential legal cases, said Ed Golder, a spokesman for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources. But the authority would not have any direct costs in lawsuits because the state attorney general would have to provide defense or cover costs.
The tunnel plan now heads to the House for consideration next week. Rep. Lee Chatfield, a Levering Republican poised to become House Speaker next year, has voiced support.
"We're doing all we can to place a solution on Gov. Snyder's desk that enables the construction of an underground infrastructure corridor with the proper oversight to hold all parties accountable," Chatfield said Tuesday.
The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality announced this week it issued Enbridge a permit to install an additional 48 anchor support structures into the lake bed to further secure the aging Line 5 dual pipelines.


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Published on August 26 2020 by Catherine Toulsaly
As regards the world in general, both physical and mental, everything that we know of its intrinsic character is derived from the mental side, and almost everything that we know of its causal laws is derived from the physical side. But from the standpoint of philosophy, the distinction between physical and mental is superficial and unreal.
The Analysis of matter, Bertrand Russell
I am taking a break from the physical side of things at least for this post and the following. Writing has unraveled an unstoppable train of thoughts and ideas in a state of chaos and conflict. This blog is not a realm for certitudes. It is for doubts and backtrackings. I have tried hard, though, to free my intuition from the weight of my reason and remain intimately convinced that there is more to our story than just our physicality. With time and in the years to come, will I find what I seek?
...we know so little about how consciousness arises from matter in our own case and that of the animals in which we can identify it that it would be dogmatic to assume that it does not exist in other complex systems, or even in systems the size of a galaxy
Mortal Questions, Thomas Nagel
I feel as if I had a bit of an awakening. My unsettling dreams can only be explained by the fact that I ask so many questions that words and concepts circle around in my sleep. I need to rest my soul and review what others have said about the mental side of things. I would define cosmic consciousness as a unified umbrella of consciousness. It is anima mundi. It is a matter of belief, a choice to carry, in oneself, the awareness of the Universe's "mentality". Gustav Fechtner imagined what death feels like. Will we receive at the moment of death the "consciousness of all"?
Panpsychism, taken literally, is the doctrine that everything has a mind. In practice, people who call themselves panpsychists are not committed to as strong a doctrine. They are not committed to the thesis that the number two has a mind, or that the Eiffel tower has a mind, or that the city of Canberra has a mind, even if they believe in the existence of numbers, towers, and cities.
David J. Chalmers, Panpsychism and Panprotopsychism
Some would rather use the word 'panpsychism' instead of the term 'consciousness' because of the confusion with metacognition. But poets approach words from a different angle. They choose them for their musicality. My natural preference remains unchanged especially since my primary focus is the subject of "cosmic consciousness". I would define 'panpsychism' like this: 'where there's flow, there's a soul'. Poets give a soul to whatever they please and lean on their intuition to see the Universe. When sculptors blow the 'breath of the Void' into their sculptures, the stone is gifted with a soul in the palm of their hand.
The philosophy of six thousand years has not searched the chambers and magazines of the soul. In its experiments there has always remained, in the last analysis, a residuum it could not resolve. Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence. The most exact calculator has no prescience that somewhat incalculable may not balk the very next moment. I am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine.
As with events, so is it with thoughts. When I watch that flowing river, which, out of regions I see not, pours for a season its streams into me, I see that I am a pensioner; not a cause, but a surprised spectator of this ethereal water; that I desire and look up, and put myself in the attitude of reception, but from some alien energy the visions come.
The Over-soul, Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Panpsychism is multilevel and multiform. It describes a universe of proto-conscious entities. It carries the view, Thomas Nagel writes, that "the basic physical constituents of the universe have mental properties, whether or not they are parts of living organisms". The concept of "constitutive panpsychism" implies that the properties of any complex system derive from the properties of its constituents and that there are means by which properties combine with each other to form others. In doing so, they bring into the mix "totally different forms of experience".
Feelings - Consciousness and the Universe
Silver linings (Ollie Taylor, ESA) The pursuit of writing begs the question "why?". I feel a constant need to better grasp all the ramifications within the framework of my own intent. No meaningful
http://www.consciousnessanduniverse.com/2020/07/feelings-8.html
Every level of consciousness from the Universe to the parts of an atom act as if they were a set of hollow nesting dolls placed inside each other: the human consciousness into the Earth's consciousness which, itself, is part of the cosmic consciousness through the agency of the Sun, the Milky Way and so forth. In a universal landscape where the largest nesting doll is the conscious Universe, the infinite series of increasingly smaller dolls experience their own feelings. What is at stake is whether the nature of consciousness is ultimately subjective or whether its true nature is universal in the way that "drops of experience" feel the same across species and entities.
Flowering spurge
Most of us seem to believe in a privacy agreement signed between the parts of a whole that would not allow the disclosure of species-specific experience to outsiders. Do we sadly live in a Universe where I could not tell how it feels to be a bee in a local ecosystem of redbuds and white oaks and the Moon could not tell either how I feel? The Universe would be a lonely place if the only thing that we could say is how it feels related to ourselves. In the case of humans and the Earth, shouldn't we know how she feels?
If constitutive panpsychism allows macroexperience to inherit causal relevance from microexperience, how do micro-conscious entities combine into a higher-level macro-consciousness? Tam Hunt and Jonathan Schooler write that synchronization, harmonization, vibrations, or simply resonance in its most general sense, seems to have an integral relationship with consciousness itself. Whether mental properties of one specific type of entities could be communicated, understood, or transmitted to another type remains an open debate, but I would imagine that there is a shared resonance and that all the conscious bits of our surroundings resonate in the depth of each and every one.
Oxeye
It seems that an emergence stage precedes the constitutive stage of consciousness and when "the many become one, and are increased by one", the constituted one takes the lead and holds the key. Let's say that the electron is conscious, we could imagine that the constitutive parts add greater consciousness over time. If the principle of continuity that we witness in the physical realm holds for consciousness and mirrors what happens in the mental realm, the experiential reality could be ubiquitous.
Horse needle
Our inadequacies in feeling and accessing those ubiquitous throbs of experience do not allow us to comprehend how and when such a process takes place. Furthermore, it may not be that an across-the-board connection with the Universe doesn't exist but that we paint it with the same brush we paint our own experiential reality. In the organized manifestation of the life of feelings, there is a difference of form, and also of content. A suprahuman form of consciousness could possess, Josiah Royce suggests, "a depth of meaning, a completeness of expression, a wealth of facts, a clearness of vision, a successful embodiment of purpose which, in view of the narrowness of our form of consciousness, do not belong to us".
Pasture thistle
Alfred North Whitehead, Process and Reality
Patrick Spät, Panpsychism, the Big Bang Argument, and the Dignity of life, Mind that Abides
Panpsychism in the New Millennium
Gustav Theodor Fechner, The Little Book of Life After Death
Thomas Nagel, Mortal Questions
Josiah Royce, Selected Writings
Galen Strawson, Mental Reality
White wood aster
On the terrible doubt of appearances - Consciousness and the Universe
Of the terrible doubt of appearances, Of the uncertainty after all, that we may be deluded, That may-be reliance and hope are but speculations after all, That may-be identity beyond the grave is a ...
http://www.consciousnessanduniverse.com/2020/05/on-the-terrible-doubt-of-appearances.html


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Buying property in Silver Coast Portugal is currently popular with Europeans, but as of yet, not so much with the British property buyers. This is because properties are relatively inexpensive and transport links to/from the UK are getting better and cheaper to the Silver Coast.
Buying property in Silver Coast Portugal offers superb beach holiday facilities with a great summer climate, great culture, architecture and history. Also, the Silver Coast is tipped to see significant capital property value rises in the coming years.
Portugal is an evergreen in the overseas property market. Build quality is high, property prices have grown a steady 10-15% per annum since the Millennium, and there is a broad choice of property across the price range and country. The price grow within the Silver Coast in the following years will reach possibly the 25 to 35%.
Buying property in Silver Coast Portugal offers good prospects for rental from both the local market and from holidaymakers, and with the potential of significant property price rises on the Silver Coast Portugal, this could be the ideal place to invest in a holiday home.
Portugal still has great appeal as it has a benign tax system which allows avoidance of the worst effects of capital gains and inheritance tax and can put you in a lower tax band.
Property experts have been advising clients to look beyond the Algarve, with its pockets of overgrowing, and invest instead in homes 45 minutes drive from Lisbon on Portugals Silver Coast.
According to international property specialists the Silver Coast is now the up-and-coming area in Portugal. Many Brits are selling up in the Algarve and moving up to the Oeste Region, which is located just north of Lisbon. This area is still very Portuguese, with farming the main source of income for the locals. It does not die in the winter because most of the locals are Portuguese. The cost of properties is so much cheaper than on the Algarve, so there is still room to make money in this area.
What of the place itself?
The Silver Coast stretches from Porto down to Portugals capital Lisbon and hugs the North Atlantic coastline; it is home to beautiful beaches, amazing cliffs, quaint fishing villages, lush rolling countryside and some of the most fascinating historic sites in Portugal. Here you can discover pretty villages and a real Portuguese way of life.
The Silver Coast is a particularly good bet for those with holiday lets in mind, thanks to the new A8 motorway which has cut journey times from Lisbon to the Silver Coast considerably, opening the atmospheric towns of Caldas da Rainha and Turcifal, and pretty villages, such as Peniche, up to tourists and investors.
There is a wide range of property available on the Silver Coast. You can find traditional farmhouses in need of renovation, but there has also been a fair amount of developments popping up and luxury villas with pools and apartments in complexes are easy to find.
All of this is now less than an hour drive from Lisbon International airport along the new A8 motorway, linking the vibrant capital of Portugal with historic Oporto in the North. This little known region is opening its doors to the outside world.
Exploring the tranquil towns, villages and countryside of this beautiful region will confirm to you that here is a place that genuinely has the best of both worlds. Whilst offering a life of rural calm amidst the spectacular scenery, at the same time it is perfectly equipped with access to all the modern facilities of transport, healthcare, education and leisure that make life a pleasure for all generations.
The Western Region enjoys entertainments and events throughout the year: concerts, art exhibitions, the Torres carnival - the most Portuguese event in Portugal, the Caldas da Rainha ceramics and fruit fairs, the Bombarral wine festival, Peniches Festas da Nuestra Senhora da Boa Viagem, the Montejunto popular festival (Cadaval), Alenquers Feira da Ascensao, festivals in Sobral, Monte Agraco and Arruda dos Vinhos, Feiras da Cebola e das Tasquinhas and hundreds more fairs, festivals and popular gatherings.
The region has many hotels with superb facilities and innumerable restaurants, bars and lively venues which ensure that one's first visit to the Western region is never the last.
For golf enthusiasts the Western Region is the new destination in Portugal. Golf Courses at Praia del Rey (18 holes)and Rio Maior (18 holes) are complemented by 9-hole courses at Consolacao and Porto Novo. The Bom Sucesso and Perola da Lagoa 18-hole courses are actually already under construction and the brand new project of the 18-hole course of Foz do Arelho, which will be the hugest should begin within the year 2008.
The natural abundance of the area is enhanced by beautiful fine-sanded beaches, where the sands shimmer like silver, at Santa Cruz, Porto Novo, Areia Branca, Sao Bernardino, Consolacao, Peniche, Baleal, Foz do Arelho and Salir do Porto. Local crafts can be found in Peniche, which is notable for its lace, and in Caldas da Rainha, which is one of the most important centres for ceramics in Portugal.
The new Peniche recreation centre is a base for water sports, with a haven of fishing and scuba-diving in Berlenga. Santa Cruz and Peniche (Supertubos beach and Lagide beach) are the places for surf lovers. The Obidos lake has sailing, rowing and windsurfing. Montejunto, Serrado Socorro and Santa Rita beach are the main locations for paragliding and hang-gliding. The Santa Cruz aerodrome, with its flying school, offers flights in light aircraft and gliders.
There are equestrian centres in the Hotel Golf Mar, in Marquiteira (Lourinha), in Atouguia da Baleia - at the Quinta das Tripas and the Quintas de Bom Sucesso - Lourinha, S. Sebastido - Arruda dos Vinhos, Quinta da Ferraria and Cortisada - Rio Maior.
Healthcare facilities are modern and efficient and offer a good range of public and private services for all your requirements. In addition the region offers several thermal baths: Vimeiro (digestive system, circulatory system, respiratory system and skin), Cucos (metabolic and endocrine systems, rheumatics, muscular and skeletal systems) and Torres Vedras and Caldas da Rainha - the oldest in Europe (respiratory system, rheumatics, muscular and skeletal systems).
Gastronomy in the region is rich and varied: there are many delicious pork dishes, oven baked kid, stewed rabbit with rice, celebrated fish stews, baked or boiled sea bream and rock bass from Peniche, eels and cockles from the Obidos lake and shellfish from the beds at Porto de Barcas (lagosta suada - sweating lobster - is a delicacy which can only be found in the Western Region).
The Western region is also one of the largest wine growing areas in Portugal and indeed the world. The area boasts full-bodied, aromatic red wines with excellent alcoholic content: the wines of the south (castas Camarate, Periquita and Tinto Miudo) are lively when young, intense yet well balanced and with an exquisite bouquet when aged.
The white wines of the north are deliciously fruity (castas Arinto, Fernao Pires, Vital). Out of this diversity, the wine-growing areas of Obidos and Alenquer, Arruda dos Vinhos and Torres Vedras were born in 1989. The region is also known for its light wines with lower alcohol content, and for the only DOC (controlled standard of origin) classified brandy in Portugal - Aguardente Vinica from Lourinha.
Hope to meet you soon in the Silver Coast of Portugal.


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Q: Reading file as array I have a cvs file which has three columns of numbers up to three digits each:
1 0 0
2 0 0
3 0 0
4 0 0
5 0 0
6 0 0
7 0 0
8 0 0
9 0 0
10 0 0
11 0 0

I want to read the columns separately and be able to use them as arrays with:
data = np.loadtxt('file.csv')
x = data[:, 0]
y = data[:, 1]

But I'm getting:
X = np.array(X, dtype)
ValueError: setting an array element with a sequence.

If instead I use the line x,y = np.loadtxt('Beamprofile.txt', usecols=(0,1), unpack=True) the error disappears but x and y don't seem to be read correctly in further operations.

A: Simplest solution to this could be to use pandas module in python, it gives the freedom to use column values as numpy array, which you can convert to list easily.
    import pandas as pd

    df = pd.read_csv(open("name_of_the_csv.csv"))
    # For one column, lets say the 1st one
    column_1_list = df[df.columns[0]].values

If you want to access all the columns you can use for loop and do it like shown below:
    df = pd.read_csv(open("name_of_the_csv.csv"))
    for i in xrange(len(df.columns)):
        column_list = df[df.columns[i]].values

A: With your sample:
In [1]: data=np.loadtxt('stack39174768.txt')
In [2]: data
Out[2]:
array([[  1.,   0.,   0.],
       [  2.,   0.,   0.],
       [  3.,   0.,   0.],
       [  4.,   0.,   0.],
       [  5.,   0.,   0.],
       [  6.,   0.,   0.],
       [  7.,   0.,   0.],
       [  8.,   0.,   0.],
       [  9.,   0.,   0.],
       [ 10.,   0.,   0.],
       [ 11.,   0.,   0.]])
In [3]: x=data[:,0]
In [4]: y=data[:,1]
In [5]: x
Out[5]: array([  1.,   2.,   3.,   4.,   5.,   6.,   7.,   8.,   9.,  10.,  11.])
In [6]: y
Out[6]: array([ 0.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  0.,  0.])

Where's the problem?  Is there's something about the file that we're not seeing in the clip?
In [8]: x,y = np.loadtxt('stack39174768.txt', usecols=(0,1), unpack=True)

produces the same x and y.
I asked about shape and dtype
In [11]: data.shape
Out[11]: (11, 3)
In [12]: data.dtype
Out[12]: dtype('float64')

I like np.genfromtxt a little better, but in this case it produces the same data.

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iBall Andi Sprinter 4G comes with universal remote functionality
November 4, 2015 A. Singh News, TopNews
iBall has finally launched the Andi Sprinter 4G LTE smartphone some months after it first unveiled the Cobalt Solus 4G. The New Delhi indigenous smartphone maker offers the device out at Rs. 7,099.
The iBall Andi Sprinter smartphone key feature is the incorporation of the Universal IR Remote application which allows users control other electronic devices such as Televisions, DVD players and more, in short, the Universak IR Remote application makes the smartphone not just a phone but also a remote device for controlling other setup systems using the embedded IR transmitter.
Andi Sprinter 4G supports a dual-SIM function and runs on an Android 5.1 Lollipop OS with a 5-inch (480×854 pixels) FWVGA IPS display boasting of a pixel density of around 195.9ppi and powered by a 64-bit Quad-core processor clocked at a speed of 1GHz and coupled a rather low with 1GB Of RAM an Mali-T720 GPU.
The smartphone has an 8MP autofocus primary rear-facing camera with LED for lighting and a 3.2MP front facing camera on the front panel all backed up on the 8GB of storage memory of which only 4.40GB is accessible to user and can be further expanded up to 32GB using a microSD card.
The Andi Sprinter 4G is said to support up to 9 regional languages and is preloaded with about 21 languages to support keyboard functions. For connectivity, th smartphone offers Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, A-GPS, micro-USB and Bluetooth powered by the smartphone's 2100mAh battery. The device is available in Special Gold and Wine colours with a free protective cover in the box and has some preloaded Applications on it including Privacy Guard, Backup and Restore, BlackBox, Citrus Cube, Clean Master, Hungama Music, and others.


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Doing the right thing: it's a love/hate relationship with progress.
Has there ever been a more loaded sentence to describe the goal of User Experience design? I've been rehashing former process documents to present something new and interesting to interviewers. Shooting from hip isn't working. They want to hear something clear, concise and… compelling?
After nearly 15 years of UX design leadership I find that in each situation I have adapted my process to fit the circumstances.
At Internet Travel Network (ITN), I had a robust development team that was engaged and had good critical skills. We were trying our hardest to create the thing that would make us the travel reservations industry leader.
At Cornell University, I had to build the team from the bottom up. The process was more pure, but the resources were harder to come by–if we wanted a content management system, we had to build a simple one or convince tight purse strings to loosen and purchase it.
At Western Union, I had a small team and was stood up against a huge, matrixed, Borg of a development team. When I walked in the door I was told that the design for the product was due the next day.
Each one of these situations required a subtly different process. At ITN we had evolved a sort of proto-Agile work method and focused on small features and big opportunity. At Cornell we created things that were effective, sustainable and made the case for us to take on bigger and bigger projects. At Western Union, we did our best to integrate with the matrixed units while delivering designs that would add true value to the companies efforts. For each situation we were trying to deliver the right solution.
Each word in this goal is loaded with sticky implications.
Deliver – the idea of delivering a solution is too final. Done. Check the checkbox. Move forward with other things. Aren't we really kickstarting the engine that will move the project forward? If we create and deliver an over-determined solution, was that the right solution?
The – can we say that only one solution is the right solution? No way. There may even be an infinite number of right solutions. Perhaps a is a better article. Of the possible sets of correct solutions, this is one.
Right – even if the solution is the best thing for the user, if it is not sustainable, executable, or even possible for the team that will bring it to life, was it right? So, how do we determine that a solution is the right solution? Was it the right one for the CEO's timeline? Was it the right one for the development team's expertise? Was it the right one for the users currently understood to be our targets? What if we pivot tomorrow?
Solution – this term is so far down the road from the design phase. Yes, the design phase is bringing a solution to a challenge. But it sounds so final. The UX process must dovetail with the other parallel processes. It must react to the needs of the teams involved. It must listen and react to the evolution of standards. Of course, it must elicit and search for user insights.
Is there a good model for a process? Does it look like a waterfall or a series of cycles? Does it look like not much at all?
Is it possible to adapt too much to the teams that surround us? Yes, but I think the process we need to bring along with us is more of a sketch than a recipe. If you have two weeks to deliver a design and your process takes three, what is the best approach? Squeeze it all in? Prioritize the most relevant steps? Say no to the project?
Okay, this was the introduction to the cup is half empty discussion of UX process. Next, I'll lay out the process that I'll present to people over the next few weeks. Stay tuned.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina Facts
Bosnia and Herzegovina, often referred to as Bosnia only, the state of the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe; 51 130 km2, 3.3 million residents (2019).Bosnia and Herzegovina, which borders on Serbia in the east, in the southeast to Montenegro and in the west and north to Croatia, consists of the historical landscapes of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Bosnia and Herzegovina was declared an independent state in 1992, and in the same year civil war broke out in the country. The capital is Sarajevo (300 900 residents, 2012).
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Republic of Bosnia in Herzegovina / Bosnia and Herzegovina
Country abbreviation: BA
Area: 51 130 km2
Population (2019): 3.3 million residents
Capital: Sarajevo
Main language: Bosnian
State: Republic
Head of State: Rotating (Presidential Council President)
Head of Government: Zoran Tegeltija
Per capita GDP (2018): US $ 5,951
GNI per capita (2018): US $ 5,690
Currency unit: 1 convertible mark = 100 coins
Currency code: BAM
Country number (telephony): 387
Internet domain name: ba
Time difference compared to Sweden: 0
National Day: November 25 (Constitution Day, 1943)
Independence Day: March 1, 1992
Land use: forest (43%), agricultural land (42%), other (15%)
Highest mountain: Maglić (2,386 m asl)
Population density (2019): 64 residents per km2
Natural population growth (2019): –0.2%; birth rate 9 ‰, death rate 11 ‰
Age structure (2019): 0-14 years (14%), 15-64 (70%), 65- (16%)
Life expectancy (2019): men 74 years, women 79 years
Infant mortality (2019): 6 per 1,000 live births
Population forecast 2050: 3 million residents
HDI (2017): 0.768 (place 77 of 189)
Urbanization rate (2019): 48%
Most populous cities (2012): Sarajevo (300 900 residents), Banja Luka (238 400)
Industry's contribution to GDP (2017): agriculture (7%), industry (29%), service (64%)
Exports (2017): US $ 5,205 million
Main export goods: metals, clothing, wood products
Main exporting countries: Germany, Croatia, Italy
Imports (2017): US $ 9,547 million
Main import products: machinery, chemicals, fuel
Main importing countries: Germany, Italy, Serbia
Railway network (2014): 965 km
Bosnia and Herzegovina is mountainous, especially in the western parts of the Dinaric Alps. Extensive plateaus lie between the mountain ranges. Only the area west of the Dinar Alps has a Mediterranean climate. The rest of the country has a continental climate.
It is an independent state consisting of two entities based on ethnic criteria: the Bosnian-Croat Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the Serbian Republic (Republika Srpska) and the district of Brčko. The constitution of two units means that there is president, parliament and government at both national level and in the two units. The country was declared an independent state in 1992, and the same year a civil war broke out. In 1994, Bosniaks and Croats formed a federation, which was confirmed in 1995 in the Dayton Agreement.
Before the civil war, the country's economy was dominated by agriculture and some industry, but much of the industrial activity was destroyed during the civil war. The rebuilding of the country's economy has been slow, but during the 1990s there was some growth in both industry and the service industries. However, growth was slowed by the international financial crisis of 2008–09, and in 2012 the country was forced into an IMF emergency loan of just over EUR 400 million.
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