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Home Around the province Historical construction equipment comes to life at Simcoe County Museum's Last Blast
Barrie/Simcoe County
Historical construction equipment comes to life at Simcoe County Museum's Last Blast
By Robin MacLennan
Ontario Construction New staff writer
The Last Blast will bring vintage construction equipment, tractors, classic trucks, steam-powered rollers, shovels, and road-building equipment to life at the Simcoe County Museum on Oct. 19.
One of the museum's most popular events of the year, Last Blast is held in conjunction with the Historical Construction Equipment Association (HCEA) of Canada from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The Simcoe County Museum is located at 1151 Hwy. 26 in Minesing – just north of Barrie. HCEA Canada collects and restores historical construction equipment and shows them at the Simcoe County Museum located in Minesing, Ont. Items in the collection are donated to the association.
At several events throughout the year, the association displays its collection alongside equipment owned by members and machines owned by the museum. At these events, such as the Wheels and Tracks in June, nearly 100 pieces ranging in age up to more than 100 years old are on display.
The displays, as well as the association, have seen dramatic growth and interest from the public, with more than 1,800 people attending the spring show – a new record for the show. As well, the association has grown from 20 members when it started in 1996 to over 350 members today.
The number of machines on display grows every year, too.
In 2017, HCEA Canada obtained several antique machines from the estate of a long-time member, Charles Matthews from Thornhill. All were in working order, including a 1950s Insley shovel, an I-H TD9 crawler loader and a small Cletrac crawler loader. Other recent donations include a Cletrac BD dozer and a '50s-era Leyland tandem truck that was part of the Weller Tree Service fleet."
The association has partnered with the Simcoe County Museum since 2002, allowing members to store their machines on the outdoor property behind the main building, just north of Barrie.
Featured among the historic buildings are smaller displays including steam-powered wood-splitting machines, various "hit and miss" single stroke engines and pumps, rock crushers and more, as well as a food vendor and large sandpit with toy construction equipment.
There are machine sheds that house toy collectibles of historic equipment and other heavy equipment paraphernalia, and the Corral – which features three historic excavators, including a 1950s Little Giant cable hoe restored by an HCEA Canada member in 2000 and a 1939 Dominion shovel, which was manufactured in Montreal.
There are also static displays of historic tractors, trucks and other equipment or the tractor-pulled people mover transports visitors to the first pit, which features, among other working equipment displays, the museum's popular 1923 Erie steam shovel and the Sandy crusher, which was designed by an Ontario mechanic and manufactured in Goderich.
A second pit features dozers, motor graders and scrapers, such as the 1950s-era LeTourneau model D with electric motors (for scraper cable functions) and electric steering.
As part of the association's ongoing mandate to make history real, it works with the museum to provide information that will be used to produce detailed educational signs that supports the equipment on display. Along with the make and model information, usage and ownership history (when possible) as well as the manufacturer and restoration information is included.
The association is also developing an onsite library located at the museum that will contain more than 1,500 documents, manuals and artifacts for HCEA members to explore and research.
Named in memory of Bill Mitchell, a founding member who gifted many of the documents, the accessible collection will consist of service and parts manuals along with sales literature of the major manufacturers from 1930 onward.
All HCEA Canada members have access to this library and can access artifacts as a perk of membership. Volunteers are always in need to help in this area.
In addition to the events held at the museum, HCEA Canada attends other off-site events such as Steam Era, the International Plowing Match and displays at the National Heavy Equipment Show in Toronto.
All HCEA Canada artifacts are donated. The restoration and maintenance is carried out at the SCM and at private residences of our membership. Supplies are most often donated & all labour is donated. Transportation of machinery during initial recovery and moving of machinery to events is achieved through donation of services wherever possible.
The club has a weekly "Work Party" on Tuesdays beginning at 10 a.m. until dark. Several days are spent each spring and fall to prepare for service and winterize the fleet.
"It's a big job to preserve the largest fleet of it's kind in Canada," said
Last Blast is one of the largest displays of working historical construction equipment in Canada.
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Norton provides science edge for XL Catlin
Scott Neil, Assistant Business Editor
Updated: Feb 14, 2018 09:03 AM
Hurricanes and earthquakes could be described as the bread and butter of catastrophe insurance and reinsurance.
So having someone on the team with a deep knowledge of the mechanics of earthquakes and how climatic conditions can shift in devastating ways, has clear advantages.
That is what XL Catlin has with Fielding Norton, who has been promoted to the role of group chief enterprise risk officer. He has a long-time interest in the workings of the world that predates his entry into the insurance industry some 20 years ago.
Working in the insurance field was not on his mind when he studied for a degree in science, followed by a master's in physics and later a PhD in Earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University.
He initially became a teacher of science and maths at a high school near his home town of Kansas City. He had an aptitude for the profession and successfully paid for his last two years at university by teaching on the side.
"I never intended to be part of the insurance industry, that was fortuitous and by accident almost. I've always had a heavy interest and curiosity in the sciences and the maths. I've done those for ever, and I started as a science teacher," he said.
However, his deep learning in applied physics and understanding the world's climate system proved helpful in his transition into the field of insurance. The first step happened in Bermuda when Mr Norton joined the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences in 1995 as it set up the Risk Prediction Initiative, a science and business partnership.
"At the time, my background was useful and relevant because the focus of the risk prediction initiative was to look at these disaster models.," he said.
"Some of the new Bermuda reinsurers were the sponsors, and they were saying 'help us understand these models; are they worth anything, are they replicating hurricanes, are they too often or too severe or not severe enough?' They were asking basic questions that intersected directly with my science background. So in the early days of my career the models were brand new and my background was completely relevant to assess those."
Unsurprisingly, some of the insurance and reinsurance companies sponsoring the initiative were keen to have Mr Norton, with his extensive knowledge of the subject, part of their in-house team. Offers came his way, and he eventually chose to join Employers Re, a subsidiary of General Electric. The job took him back to Kansas City.
He returned to Bermuda in 2007, as chief risk officer with Ironshore Insurance, and three years later joined XL Bermuda. At the start of the year he succeeded the retiring Jacob Rosengarten as group chief enterprise risk officer; previously he had filled the deputy role.
When asked what a chief enterprise risk officer does, Mr Norton said they help protect a firm to be resilient against any kind of disaster. Just as insurers and reinsurers help clients to weather and recover from man-made and natural catastrophes and threats, so the companies themselves must be in a position "to weather any kind disaster, both in operations, but also in having enough capital and liquidity".
Mr Norton said: "Our role specifically is to work across the firm to make sure that we don't have too much exposure to any one thing, whether it is a certain type of event, hurricane or 'quake, or a man-made disaster; a terrorist attack or cyberattack.
"It is making sure we are aware of our risk and helping management to take risk knowingly — with eyes open — that's one of the key functions of risk management."
During the past 20 years the role of risk management has changed.
"When I started there were these brand new catastrophe models that came to light post Hurricane Andrew in 1992, and post Northridge [earthquake] in 1994. Those US wind and quake models at the time were relatively new, now they are more mature and more tested.
"Today, there are many more models and they are still being developed, not just for natural disasters but also for threats we were not talking about ten years ago, such as big cyberattacks. There's also new technology from a modelling perspective."
Quantifying the unknown, particularly future man-made perils, "the next asbestos" as Mr Norton describes them, "is something both clients and the industry want to understand; that we can be prepared for it and not be over exposed to it. And also be paid fairly for taking risks like that".
Mr Norton said: "Twenty years ago there were not really models for that sort of thing, it was more 'what if' — our imaginations were pretty limited.
"One of our big themes in enterprise risk management and XL Catlin is to avoid those failures of imagination. We do that partly through partnering with universities and research groups around the world, but also licencing new risk models before they are fully mature or tested and helping to stress them and develop them to see if we can uncover concentrations of risk that maybe more than we would want to the next asbestos, or whatever that is. There will be one, we just don't know what, how it will manifest and when it will manifest."
As his career has grown and his portfolio of activities broadened, "day-to-day science" has become less applicable to his role. However, his knowledge of Earth and planetary science still comes in useful and he has maintained his interest and curiosity in the subject.
"It is amazing how many times I find it useful to have that background, such as when people ask questions about climate and whether is the risk growing or changing. The biggest reason I find my background helpful is beyond what I studied, it is more about when to be satisfied with a simple answer and when it makes sense to dig deeper and say the simple answer is not enough."
Eight years into his career with XL Catlin, Mr Norton said he was initially attracted to the company by its brand reputation, global footprint and the diversity and complexity of its client base and operations, and those distinctions have continued. He likes that even though it has a global footprint it has retained an "entrepreneurial, smallish cultural feel" where people anywhere in the company can talk to anyone else.
Mr Norton is managing director of XL Leadership Council and also a member of the management committee of the Insurance Development Forum, which is focused on closing the protection gap between insured losses and economic losses from natural hazards around the world.
Assessing risks: Fielding Norton, the new group chief enterprise risk officer at XL Catlin, has an extensive background in Earth and planetary science, and that has proven useful in his insurance industry career (Photograph by Blaire Simmons)

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An encoded version of a ReStructuredText docstring.  The contents of
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      Split this docstring into its body and its fields.

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      Translate this docstring to HTML.

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      Translate this docstring to LaTeX.

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      Translate this docstring to plaintext.

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      list of ParsedDocstring

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Inherited from ParsedDocstring:
      __add__,
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      docutils.nodes.document

        _document

      A ReStructuredText document, encoding the docstring.

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(Constructor)

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  Split this docstring into its body and its fields.

Returns: (ParsedDocstring, list of Field)

A tuple (body, fields), where body is the main body of this docstring,
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          for the body.

Overrides:
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(inherited documentation)

summary(self)

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Returns: (ParsedDocstring, bool)

A pair consisting of a short summary of this docstring and a
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          in addition to the summary. Typically, the summary consists of
          the first sentence of the docstring.

Overrides:
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(inherited documentation)

to_html(self,
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  Translate this docstring to HTML.

Returns: string

An HTML fragment that encodes this docstring.

Overrides:
      ParsedDocstring.to_html

(inherited documentation)

to_latex(self,
        docstring_linker,
        **options)

  	source code

  Translate this docstring to LaTeX.

Returns: string

A LaTeX fragment that encodes this docstring.

Overrides:
      ParsedDocstring.to_latex

(inherited documentation)

to_plaintext(self,
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        **options)

  	source code

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  Translate this docstring to plaintext.

Returns: string

A plaintext fragment that encodes this docstring.

Overrides:
      ParsedDocstring.to_plaintext

(inherited documentation)

index_terms(self)

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Unique life stories of people who represent cultures in the Central Coast of California. These biographies come to life through their video and time lapse portrait painting.
Filter: Chumash
Gabrielino-Tongva
Mexican American
Peace Activist
SB Museum Natural History
Katherine Bradford
Chumash, Anthropology, History, Language, Santa Ynez
Mike Lopez & Kathleen Marshall
Samala Chumash Siblings, Santa Ynez Valley
"Now we can give back."
Portrait of Mike Lopez, oil on canvas, 36x36
Portrait of Kathleen Marshall, oil on canvas, 36x36
"In our native language, we are called Samala." The Santa Ynez Valley is home to the Samala people, historically known as the Ineseño Chumash. Siblings Kathleen Marshall and Mike Lopez are leaders in the Samala community. In their personal stories, we can glimpse the development of the modern Samala in terms of economic prosperity and cultural renewal. Kathleen is a gaming commissioner and a credentialed teacher of the Samala language -- she carries the stories and traditions that are central to Samala history and identity. Her brother Mike serves as a business committee member.
Their family has always been part of the Santa Ynez Valley. Their ancestral villages include Kalawshaq, which was located near the current reservation, and Soxtonokmu, on Figueroa Mountain. Their great-great-great-great grandmother was Maria Solares, who worked with anthropologist J.P. Harrington to record the Samala language, including many stories and the names of village sites.
The stories many of us tell may be meaningful to our friends, and perhaps to our children. It is inspiring to think that the stories and language of Maria Solares, recorded so long ago, continue to resonate in the community of her descendents.
Kathleen and Mike have warm memories of visiting their grandfather's house on the Santa Ynez Chumash reservation. "We were here all the time; we'd play in the riverbed and eat meals together." They participated in many cultural events at the old tribal hall and made frequent field trips to Zaca Lake, a place that is central to many Chumash stories.
"Our house was built next to my grandfather's house." Kathleen and Mike were raised on the reservation during the 1970s. Their memories include challenges as well. Like other families on the reservation, they experienced poverty and racial discrimination.
During the course of the 19th and 20th centuries, the Samala language was nearly lost. Natives were told to assimilate, to fit in, not only by outsiders but often by their own family members. Many natives were sent to boarding schools where they were forbidden speak their own languages. With cultural renewal movements in the 1960s to regain tribal rights, many Indian communities made inroads into improving conditions for their communities. In today's generation, appreciation of cultural diversity continues to increase, but there is still a lot of education that needs to take place.
For the Samala people, economic conditions improved with the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act of 1988, which recognized tribal sovereignty and allowed gaming on federally recognized reservations. The Chumash Casino was established in 1994, and expanded into a new facility with an entertainment complex in 2003. Resort operations also include the Hotel Corque and several restaurants. Revenue generated from the casino and related enterprises has helped the Samala people grow their business interests, and in turn they are also able to give back to the community.
"We're an economic leader; we give to places that helped us, now we help them," Mike observes. The tribe supports dozens of causes in the community including Cottage Hospital and the Unity Shoppe. Gaming revenue also helps to support education efforts, including Kathleen's work to sustain traditional culture.
Kathleen has studied the Samala language and is now credentialed to teach the language. "A group of us began working with linguist Dr. Richard Applegate several years ago. He helped us to learn our language." In turn, Kathleen is bringing the language and traditions to a new generation, and uses Samala with her own children at meals.
"We also have Camp Kalawshaq which is held every summer for tribal children. The tribe holds language and culture classes for their youth twice a week." Kathleen enjoys teaching non-native kids too, "Some of them think we live in teepees." She also serves on the museum advisory committee. The tribe is in the process of designing a museum to share their culture.
Cultural pride extends to community events and ceremonies. The tribe sponsors an inter-tribal pow-wow each year, which is attended by Indians and others from all over the country, and Chumash Culture Days, which provides an opportunity for Santa Barbara area neighbors to become more familiar with the Chumash and other California natives. Among the highlights of the year are preparations for the tomol crossing; the rowing of a traditional plank canoe to Santa Cruz Island.
"We're a big family; some people are involved in education, business, investments…," shares Mike. There is also an environmental and sustainability council. When asked what is unique about their community, Kathleen and Mike both mention the land. Zanja de Cota Creek runs through the middle of the reservation and is a constant reminder of their connection to the land. At the head of the creek is a spring near which the old village was located; it is called Kasaqunpeq'en (where it stops).
Chumash heritage today includes the legacies that people like Kathleen and Mike are building, from the classroom to the boardroom. Kathleen and Mike are representative of the modern Samala. They are each working hard to ensure the economic vitality of their community and the continuity of Samala traditions.
Tagged: Mike Lopez, Kathleen Marshall
California Missions, Chumash, History, UCSB, Anthropology, SB Museum Natural History
"I was curious."
Dr. John Johnson began his career as an archaeologist working for the U.S. Forest Service, doing surveys in the hills and canyons of the Santa Barbara backcountry. It was while doing this work that he came across ancient sites—ceremonial areas, rock art sites, and abandoned villages. "I wondered, who lived here?" This question has been the key to unlocking many of the doors that have been opened by this anthropologist over four decades.
Tagged: Dr. John Johnson
Chumash, History, California Missions
Anapamu, Malibu, Sisquoc, Sespe, Point Mugu -- these Chumash names are familiar to many of us on the Central Coast—we are not only surrounded by Chumash history here but we also have many neighbors who share Chumash heritage. Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests that Chumash ancestors were among the earliest peoples in the New World, settling on the Central Coast and Channel Islands as early as 13,000 years ago.
Tagged: Ernestine De Soto
Holli Harmon
Chumash, Santa Ynez
Tagged: Mike Lopez
Chumash, Santa Ynez, Language
Tagged: Kathleen Marshall


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INDIA BLACK
Full Name: India Black
Organization: Prime Minister
Creator: Carol K. Carr
India Black is an agent for the British Prime Minister.
Not all the time. And not willingly at the beginning. And not officially - definitely not officially. The Prime Minister, Benjamin Disraeli, in London of the 1870s, has enough trouble with a very vocal press and his arch-rival Gladstone, all clamoring for him to be thrown from office because they do not like his politics or his decisions or his manner of dress. If it became known that a person of Black's profession was working for him, it would not go well.
When not performing a job for the PM, Black sits at her place of work, the Lotus House, running the show as she has since founding the establishment several years before. Black is a madam. The Lotus House is a brothel.
She would be earnest in her protests that her place is respectable (-ish) and her girls are clean and decent (-ish). She sells a service that lots and lots of men obviously pay good money for and for the most part the peelers (police) have not come knocking on the door but it is a house of ill repute and totally against the law so running it is a criminal act. She knows this and acts accordingly but she is not ashamed of her chosen line of work and she takes pride in her accomplishments. It just would not go well for the Prime Minister if her connection became known. And business would suffer as well.
Still, running the House does get tedious at times. Customers are always trying to get discounts and freebies. The girls are persistently lazy and catty and would rather hit the sauce than do the laundry. Her cook and housemaid is a woman more prone to guzzling the cooking sherry than using it in a meal. And her friend and biggest rival down the street is another woman who constantly tries to seduce Black or steal her best girls.
Which is partly why when an unfortunate incident took place in her House at the beginning of the series and the dominoes fell such that she was pressured into helping a man named French in a wild and dangerous escapade, she was miffed about it and when it was over, she found she missed the excitement. And that is why she is not at all too unhappy, despite her protests to the contrary, when a gentleman knocking at the door is someone asking for her help, not her pleasures.
1 India Black
Written by Carol K. Carr
Sir Archibald died in the arms of one of India Black's ladies. Getting rid of his body was a challenge but no where as difficult as dealing with the missing briefcase he had with him. The Prime Minister's personal agent wants it and forces Black into helping find and recover it.
2 India Black and the Widow of Windsor
A fill-in medium for Queen Victoria convinces her to spend Christmas at her Scottish home in Balmoral. The Prime Minister is certain it is a plot to kill her by Scottish separatists and he orders his agents French and India Black to prevent the assassination.
3 India Black and the Shadows of Anarchy
It is not seen as proper to kill the upper nobilities of Europe but some group is doing just that. The Prime Minister is worried about the English peerage getting hit so he asks India Black to infiltrate the group he suspects behind it all.
4 India Black and the Gentleman Thief
When a Colonel sends to India Black what looks like a simple shopping list, she is confused. When three thugs show up to grab it and attack she and French, it gets her quite riled. Then she gets busy.
NOVELLAS AND SHORT STORIES
1 India Black and the Rajah's Ruby
"Drawn into intrigue by her lover Philip Barrett, India finds herself being used as a pawn to help him steal a valuable jewel. Turning the tables, she proves that India Black answers to no man, no matter how attractive he may be…"
2 India Black in the City of Light
"India and the handsome British spy, French, are ordered to escort a Russian agent to Paris where he will be exchanged for one of Her Majesty's operatives. The task seems straightforward and India looks forward to enjoying the delights of the city—and the delights of French."
I was not sure what to expect from the series when I started it and so as is not uncommon for me, I held off starting it for a good six months. Big mistake on my part. I was grabbed by the sassy and irreverent India Black from the first page and that independent lass did not let me go until the third book was done. There is a fourth book now for me to read but other than that and two novellas, it seems the series is ended. That is a pity.
India Black is a hoot. She is sharp but not always. She is resourceful but can mess up. She is wise to the ways of the world but still would not mind being surprised once in a while. She is fun to follow. Black likes adventure more than she is happy to admit but she does not like the countryside, hates the cold, would rather not have to deal with people pointing weapons at her, and do not even get her started about the infuriating French. Sure, he opened the door to excitement and she found she loved it but the man can be so ... male!
Should the author decide to bring her back, I will gladly buy the next book in a second.
My Grade: A-


Stockbridge Companies is a Richmond-based real estate development and project advisory group specializing in infill development and project management, value creation strategies and entitlement services.
Our team works in various capacities with private and institutional land owners to assess, manage and add value to our clients' and partners' real estate holdings.
Stockbridge Companies was formed in 2014 by Keith Whipple, a real estate and design professional with a breadth of experience in site and real estate development. Throughout his career, Keith has worked in the construction, development, design and brokerage industries serving public and private sector clients on projects ranging from residential infill and conservation developments to institutional campuses and municipal parks.
Drawing on such experience, Keith brings a unique client-centered perspective to our projects, effectively working with and among the various consultants, regulators and trades involved in bringing a concept to reality.
Keith not only serves as Managing Partner of Stockbridge Companies, but also as a Principal with Waterstreet Studio , a multi-disciplinary environmental design firm, and as a consulting realtor with One South Realty Group. He holds an MBA from William and Mary's Mason School of Business and a Master's in Urban and Regional Planning from Virginia Commonwealth University.


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Q: How to add the necessary libraries to this specific Makefile? I am trying to run some code which requires openCV. The issue is that to compile this code and add the specific openCV features I need, I have to add those libraries to the given Makefile. I know that when compiling my openCV code via the command line I can just do
g++ opencv.cpp -lopencv_core -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_highgui  -o opencv
(Or some slight variant as well)
Now that I have this Makefile, I am a bit lost about where exactly I need to add
-lopencv_core -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_highgui

My guess is that some of those three might already be linked, but not all three of them.
Could somebody help me out?
The Makefile in question: http://paste.ubuntu.com/25192259/ Or should I modify the original CMakeLists.txt file?
source: https://github.com/patrikhuber/eos
Thanks!
EDIT:
Actually for some reason it doesn't find those libs. When I compile my code I get a bunch of linking errors "undefined reference xyz". Because I need to add those 3 libs somehow. Whenever I write openCV code for another project I always compile it from the command line and add all the depencencies/libs/... manually.
So far I've also tried modifying CMakeCache.txt using:
cmake -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-lopencv_core -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_highgui" ../eos
result:
yalishanda@yalishanda-thinkpad-x200:~/Desktop/John/1/2/software/computerVision/myTests/2/build$ cmake -DCMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS="-lopencv_core -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_highgui" ../eos
cmake: /home/yalishanda/anaconda2/lib/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by cmake)
-- Options:
-- EOS_BUILD_EXAMPLES: ON
-- EOS_BUILD_CERES_EXAMPLE: OFF
-- EOS_BUILD_UTILS: OFF
-- EOS_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION: OFF
-- EOS_GENERATE_PYTHON_BINDINGS: OFF
-- EOS_GENERATE_MATLAB_BINDINGS: OFF
-- Found OpenCV: /usr/local (found version "3.2.0") found components:  core
-- Boost version: 1.58.0
-- Found the following Boost libraries:
--   system
-- Boost found at /usr/include
-- Eigen3 found: TRUE, version: 3.3.3
-- Eigen3 include dir found at /home/yalishanda/Desktop/John/1/2/software/computerVision/myTests/2/eos/3rdparty/eigen
-- OpenCV 3.x detected - including imgcodecs for compatibility
-- Found OpenCV: /usr/local (found suitable version "3.2.0", minimum required is "3") found components:  core imgproc imgcodecs
-- Boost version: 1.58.0
-- Found the following Boost libraries:
--   system
--   filesystem
--   program_options
-- Boost found at /usr/include
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/yalishanda/Desktop/John/1/2/software/computerVision/myTests/2/build
yalishanda@yalishanda-thinkpad-x200:~/Desktop/John/1/2/software/computerVision/myTests/2/build$ make
/usr/bin/cmake: /home/yalishanda/anaconda2/lib/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /usr/bin/cmake)
/usr/bin/cmake: /home/yalishanda/anaconda2/lib/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /usr/bin/cmake)
/usr/bin/cmake: /home/yalishanda/anaconda2/lib/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /usr/bin/cmake)
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myFaceFit.cpp:(.text+0x20da): undefined reference to `cv::imshow(cv::String const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
myFaceFit.cpp:(.text+0x2102): undefined reference to `cv::waitKey(int)'
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and
CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS as well:
$ cmake -DCMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS="-lopencv_core -lopencv_imgproc -lopencv_highgui" ../eos
cmake: /home/john/anaconda2/lib/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by cmake)
-- Options:
-- EOS_BUILD_EXAMPLES: ON
-- EOS_BUILD_CERES_EXAMPLE: OFF
-- EOS_BUILD_UTILS: OFF
-- EOS_BUILD_DOCUMENTATION: OFF
-- EOS_GENERATE_PYTHON_BINDINGS: OFF
-- EOS_GENERATE_MATLAB_BINDINGS: OFF
-- Found OpenCV: /usr/local (found version "3.2.0") found components:  core
-- Boost version: 1.58.0
-- Found the following Boost libraries:
--   system
-- Boost found at /usr/include
-- Eigen3 found: TRUE, version: 3.3.3
-- Eigen3 include dir found at /home/yalishanda/Desktop/john/1/2/software/computerVision/myTests/2/eos/3rdparty/eigen
-- OpenCV 3.x detected - including imgcodecs for compatibility
-- Found OpenCV: /usr/local (found suitable version "3.2.0", minimum required is "3") found components:  core imgproc imgcodecs
-- Boost version: 1.58.0
-- Found the following Boost libraries:
--   system
--   filesystem
--   program_options
-- Boost found at /usr/include
-- Configuring done
-- Generating done
-- Build files have been written to: /home/yalishanda/Desktop/john/1/2/software/computerVision/myTests/2/build
yalishanda@yalishanda-thinkpad-x200:~/Desktop/john/1/2/software/computerVision/myTests/2/build$ make
/usr/bin/cmake: /home/yalishanda/anaconda2/lib/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /usr/bin/cmake)
/usr/bin/cmake: /home/yalishanda/anaconda2/lib/libcurl.so.4: no version information available (required by /usr/bin/cmake)
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CMakeFiles/myFaceFit.dir/myFaceFit.cpp.o: In function `main':
myFaceFit.cpp:(.text+0x20da): undefined reference to `cv::imshow(cv::String const&, cv::_InputArray const&)'
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Rate coefficients of the Cl + CH3C(O)OCH3→ HCl + CH3C(O)OCH2reaction at different temperatures calculated by transition-state theory with ab initio and density functional theory reaction paths
Ronald Chow, Maggie Ng, Kam Wah Mok, Edmond P F Lee, John M. Dyke
The complex relationship of computed rate coefficients (k's) with different ab initio/DFT and TST levels was studied. The MEPs, gradients, and Hessians of the title reaction were computed using the MP2 and DFT methods. Electronic energies were improved to the UCCSD(T)-F12x/CBS level, and k's were calculated at the TST, CVT, and ICVT levels with various tunnelling corrections. Although computed microcanonical and tunnelling effects are small, computed kTSTvalues are larger than computed kTST/ZCTand kTST/SCTvalues by 3 orders of magnitude at low temperatures, because computed κ(TST/CAG)values are as small as 6 × 10-4. In some cases, the maximum of the ΔG/s curves at a certain T is far away from the MEP maximum. This raises the question of the range of s to be considered in a VTST calculation and, of a possible scenario, where no maximum on the ΔG curve can be located and hence a breakdown of VTST occurs. For dual-level direct dynamics calculations, different entropic contributions from different lower levels can lead to computed k's, which differ by more than 1 order of magnitude. Matching computed and experimental k values leads to an empirical barrier of 1.34 kcal mol-1for the title reaction.
https://doi.org/10.1021/jp5000864
10.1021/jp5000864
Chow, R., Ng, M., Mok, K. W., Lee, E. P. F., & Dyke, J. M. (2014). Rate coefficients of the Cl + CH3C(O)OCH3→ HCl + CH3C(O)OCH2reaction at different temperatures calculated by transition-state theory with ab initio and density functional theory reaction paths. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 118(11), 2040-2055. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp5000864
Chow, Ronald ; Ng, Maggie ; Mok, Kam Wah ; Lee, Edmond P F ; Dyke, John M. / Rate coefficients of the Cl + CH3C(O)OCH3→ HCl + CH3C(O)OCH2reaction at different temperatures calculated by transition-state theory with ab initio and density functional theory reaction paths. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2014 ; Vol. 118, No. 11. pp. 2040-2055.
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In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A, Vol. 118, No. 11, 20.03.2014, p. 2040-2055.
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Chow R, Ng M, Mok KW, Lee EPF, Dyke JM. Rate coefficients of the Cl + CH3C(O)OCH3→ HCl + CH3C(O)OCH2reaction at different temperatures calculated by transition-state theory with ab initio and density functional theory reaction paths. Journal of Physical Chemistry A. 2014 Mar 20;118(11):2040-2055. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp5000864


The man in the metro: It was all videotaped by a hidden camera. He was a young white man injeans, T-shirt and a Washington nationals baseball cap. He positioned himself by a trash basket at a metro station in Washington D.C. and started to play the violin for passing pedestrians. He played six Bach pieces during the rush hour as thousands of people filed through the station, most of them on their way to work. After the first four minutes went by, a man briefly leaned against the wall to listen but then looked at his watch and started to walk again, clearly late for work. A little later the violinist received a dollar tip from a woman who tossed the money in his open violin case, but without stopping. Others flipped in quarters, nickels or pennies on the run. The ones who paid the most attention were the children. The Washington Post reported, "every single time a child walked past, he or she tried to stop and watch and every single time, a parent scooted the kid away." In the 45 minutes the musician played, only six people stopped and stayed for a while. Others who were on their cell phones spoke louder as they passed the violinist, so their voices could be heard over the music. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed and no one applauded. No one knew that the violinist was actually Joshua Bell, the internationally acclaimed virtuoso. That day in the metro he played one of the greatest pieces of music ever written—Bach's Partita No. 2–On a Stradivarius worth $3.5 million. Just two days before, he had sold out a theater in Boston where the tickets averaged $100 each. Life's music is everywhere and all around us. If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing some of the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?
We cancer patients receive a unique gift. Yes, we know what its like to come close to death, but we also know what it's like to be reborn. I remember vividly the day I first stepped outside the hospital—released at last from weeks of undergoing a bone marrow transplant. Oh, if that wonderful rush of the senses could be bottles, it would be worth a thousand times its weight in gold.
It was a beautiful summer day, but beautiful is inadequate. The colors that day were turned up, as if I had been seeing with poor reception before. The scents in the air were almost overpowering. I could smell fresh cut grass, growing flowers, traffic, food—I could smell the time of day. Morning smells different than evening or midday.
The sounds rushed at me. Voices, no longer filtered or contained by hospital walls, had a different ring outside. I heard a dog bark, a horn honk, a child yell, shoes hitting pavement, and multiple conversations going on all around me. And the feeling—there was a slight breeze and I could feel my skin. It was almost as if the air itself had texture as it touched my face and arms. The sun, it warmed me from the outside in. Even walking felt different then it had in hospital corridors.
Had the world always been like this, this alive? I vowed to always look at life this way, to never forget this moment.


During the last eight months, I have been working on a research project focused on the future of voice and communications. If there was one crystal clear finding thus far, it is that people loathe the idea of their voice being recorded -- particularly when they cannot opt out of it (e.g., customer service calls), delete it later or, worse yet, when they're unaware that it's even happening.
When it comes to privacy, people feel that their voice is a line in the sand. It's one thing to take my metadata, but leave my voice the (insert expletive here) alone.
So why is it that Siri, the star of the Apple Watch, is allowed to record me unannounced? Search Apple's terms of service, and you won't find details on the practice. Furthermore, Siri's FAQs fail to speak to voice recording at all. Thanks to Wired magazine, a reporter last year substantiated that Apple retains the recorded voice records for six months and then de-identifies the recordings and retains for another 18 months, purportedly for research purposes.
Although I cannot say what exactly "de-identifies" means, I can say this: Rest assured, your voice is being recorded and used to benefit Apple.
The violation here is subtle in interface, huge in practice. It sets a precedent for recording our words without the usual safeguards.
Part of the problem is that Apple and other Over The Top (OTT) players -- meaning companies that deliver audio, video, and other media over the Internet without the involvement of a traditional distributor (e.g., Multi-System Operator or MSO) -- lump voice into the general data bucket. But voice is not data. Voice is a part of our identity in a way that text can never claim. It feels to us like the most personal of our Personally Identifiable Information (PII).
Now you may love to hate your local telecom provider, but safeguarding voice is a near religion for insiders with roots in the phone business. In the US, there is a long history of various telecoms vigorously appealing warrants to keep consumer voice private. In Germany, which has the strictest privacy laws globally, Deutsche Telekom was ranked as the country's most trusted brand among Internet providers and mobile providers.
We have laws in the US designed to protect consumers from unannounced recordings, and far stricter ones in the EU. So, how exactly is this unannounced recording possible?
Voice interfaces are new, and we don't necessarily recognize the difference of talking to rather than through a device. Talking to a device feels like talking to a person. Since the vast majority of our human-to-human conversations are ephemeral, we tend to think of this new conversational model the same way. And yet, it is not. Siri is not a person, of course, so it's not covered under laws related to conversations. We should be treating "her" like a recording device. This is where our humanness bites us. It's way too easy to anthropomorphize her, particularly when she answers our knock-knock jokes.
The way Apple benefits from our recorded voice has me worried about other boundaries the Apple Watch might cross. It has access to our vitals too. One particular vital gives me real pause: Heart Rate Variability (HRV). HRV is not only as unique as a fingerprint, but changes in it can signal elevated anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome (PTSD), and, a pending heart attack.
Thinking back to my mother, the Apple Watch could be far more helpful than the Lifeline in preventing a catastrophic outcome by calling 911 long before she realizes she is in danger. This would be a massive leap forward for healthcare and telemedicine, which I am eager to embrace. And yet, it also means that our most personal health data is being transmitted from our watch to our iPhone over Bluetooth. And sadly, far too few people understand just how hackable Bluetooth is.
With the speed of technological change fast approaching a blur, legislation cannot possibly stay in sync. As individuals, we need to make our concerns known and demand transparency around privacy practices. Given the asymmetrical power relationship between Apple and other OTT players (I'm looking at you, Google) and its end users, providing clear and well-summarized privacy policies and Terms of Service is the very least they can do.
Although the situation may feel overwhelming, let's not pretend we are powerless. Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) has been a wakeup call as to the power of the end user. Continuing this theme, the emergence of Bring Your Own Identity (BYOID) holds a good deal of promise. BYOID started with some enterprises allowing users to log into their corporate networks with external credentials provided by LinkedIn, Facebook, even an external email account. This provides the end user with the relative ease of single sign-on and frees up the corporate helpdesk from password resets. By allowing users to take control of their credentials, this nascent trend has the potential to recalibrate the power asymmetry and eventually allow us to reclaim our identities. Or, on a less optimistic note, allow a handful of social network providers to be the arbiters of our identities. (Hello, Facebook.) Personally, I'm rooting for the former.
So while we start searching for tools (e.g., Duck Duck Go, Bitcoin) and techniques (Incognito mode on the Chrome browser) to help us reclaim some control over our identities, we need to put pressure on our legislators to catch up with the necessary regulations and laws. Many of the top OTT players are US corporations and can be compelled to take voice, at very least, as seriously as telecom companies have.
Before I end this rant, please don't confuse me with some random anti-Apple hater. Not only do I live and work in an almost exclusively Apple environment, I'm a shareholder. I believe that Apple continues to set the bar on user experience and deserves credit for the concept of "user delight" being part of our common vocabulary. Thanks to their efforts, many product designers see this emotional state as the ultimate goal. We cannot ask for anything more than to be delighted as users, right?
This newly emboldened end user wants more than delight. I want liberty. And while we are at it, stop calling me a "user." I'm not addicted to your products. I am, and for the time remain, your customer.
Apple is a past master at Consuming Consumer Data .
If one looks at all those Revelations from the likes of Jacob Applebaum,Edward Snowden,Jonathan Zdiarski (and many more) closely you can easily identify the Obvious .
Every Single iPhone on the Planet ships Data first to the NSA and from there to the GCHQ(and other Components of the Five Eyes Network).
What Liberty are you talking about?
Why the Fake Sense of Outrage?
You think the Secret Service were crazy to deny Obama his Beloved iPhone once he became President?
You think the Russians and Chinese are mad to Ban all Government Officials from using Apple Devices?
Its an open Secret Globally (even NSA Employees Joke about it)-Any User Buying an Apple Device is basically telling the NSA that you can use all My Information Happily.
Definitely Not An Apple User.
Have to Agree wholeheartedly here.
You remember that Scene from the Transformers 3?
Where that Robot,transformed into a Watch which attached itself to Shia Le Bouf's hand and would'nt let go of him(it could sense every single thing he said,Felt and Did) till its Function was Accomplished?
That's where I fear all these Wearables are taking us today(and Also why I will very proudly be a late,Very Late Adopter in this area).
Being Hep and super-cool can definitely take a back seat as far as I am concerned.
I wish I could be optimistic about the privacy implications of wearables. But privacy is the exception in the tech industry rather than the rule. I don't see that changing any time soon.
"The country should welcome innovative health devices but should also make sure that they do not becomes tools to invade individual privacy."


For most animals, there are few things as important as reproduction and the survival of their offspring. Likewise, selecting safe nesting sites is an important matter for birds, as it is directly related to the survival of their eggs and chicks, and it would be logical for birds to choose nest sites with a reduced rate of exposure to predators. It may therefore surprise you to know that the nest survival rates of the black-chinned hummingbird, also known as the Archilochus alexandri, are higher when nests are built closer to the nests of the northern goshawk, the Accipiter gentilis, or to those of Cooper's hawk, the Accipiter cooperii. At first glance, this makes no sense; after all, hawks are one of the most formidable predators in the avian world, and hummingbirds would hardly be expected to come into their proximity, much less become their neighbors. However, predator-prey relationships are rarely so simple, and when a mesopredator — a predator at the middle level of the food chain — is involved, the presence of a hawk may in fact prove to be beneficial for hummingbirds and their nests.
In this case, the Mexican jay, the Aphelocoma wollweberi, is the mesopredator, and while Mexican jays are known to devour hummingbird eggs and chicks, they are also preyed upon by other predators such as hawks. Hummingbirds, however, are too small to serve as a food source for hawks, and face no risk of predation from them. Hawks swoop down from perches in horizontal or descending chases to hunt, meaning that Mexican jays must stay at least as high above ground as hawks in order to avoid predation. This behavior creates a cone-shaped space surrounding active hawk nests which jays generally avoid, creating a relatively safe area for nesting hummingbirds.
As seen in the Mexican jay's case, high-level predators can cause behavioral or numerical — or both, in some cases — changes in middle-level species, subsequently affecting lower-level species. Such indirect effects are known as trophic cascades, with 'trophic' referring to the trophic level (the position an organism occupies in a food chain). For example, in a three-level system consisting of carnivores, herbivores, and plants, carnivores could indirectly benefit plants by killing and therefore reducing the number of herbivores. This is classified as density-mediated indirect interactions, as it is mediated by changing herbivore populations or density. On the other hand, the mere presence of carnivores could also impact herbivore density and behavior. Herbivores wanting to avoid contact may exhibit predator-avoidance behavior such as dispersal or reducing foraging activity to increase vigilance. This is referred to as trait-mediated indirection interactions (TMII), as it is induced by affecting prey traits instead of their actual numbers or density.
In the case of TMII, populations consist of individuals that vary in size, age, and physiological condition even within the same species, and these differences may affect individual choices concerning foraging gains versus the risk of predation. If reducing feeding to avoid exposure to predators results in a complete failure to mature in a small individual, it would be natural for the individual to increase foraging behavior despite the fact that it may increase the risk of predation. An experiment conducted by Ovadia and Schmitz in 2002 using "nursery web" spiders, known scientifically as Pisaurina mira, red-legged grasshoppers, or Melanoplus femurrubrum, and grasses and herbs provided an answer for how this individuality would impact the indirect effect of predators on plants. Individual grasshoppers were sorted into three groups depending on body size; large individuals were those in the upper 15% in size, small individuals were those in the lowest 15%, while average individuals were from the middle portion of the grasshopper samples. The three groups of grasshoppers were then each further divided into two groups where spiders were either present or absent, resulting in a total of six groups. The size of the remaining grasshoppers were measured by the end the end of the experiment. It turned out that the grasshopper belonging to the small group suffered from higher mortality rates but exhibited higher growth rates than the grasshoppers in the middle and large classes. It can be assumed that this higher rate of growth and mortality was achieved by higher foraging activity, which compensated for the lower number and density of the grasshoppers. Therefore, it may be acceptable in some cases not to take individual trait variations into account when studying such indirect effects, although it remains largely unclear due to a shortage of evidence.
There exists an abundance of questions, and in turn, hypotheses, regarding trophic cascades. It is yet uncertain whether DMII's or TMII's have a greater impact on ecosystems; many experiments demonstrating TMII's have been conducted over short periods of time, but experiments drawing comparisons between the effectiveness of respective indirect interactions are yet to be done. Ideas suggest that differences in predator species, size of habitat domains, and prey hunting modes may elicit different antipredator behavior in prey, therefore resulting in variations of the strength or even nature (whether it is DMII or TMII) of trophic cascades. Overall, an understanding of trophic cascades is becoming more and more relevant as they are increasingly applied to the control, management, and conservation of various ecosystems, and I hope to see further efforts to elucidate this phenomenon that once again reminds us of the depth and complexity of nature.


Lesson tuition is billed in equal amounts for the school year term (August through May), and will be $148.00 per month for a 90-minute weekly session, or $115.00 per month for a 60-minute weekly session, effective August 1, 2018. Students starting after that date will have their monthly tuition pro-rated based on the number of lessons remaining in the school year. I will quote you an exact monthly tuition at your complimentary interview in my studio.
Will piano lessons be FUN for my child?
I will do my best to keep lesson time fun in my studio each week. Learning is a process, though, not an event. A big part of my job is helping them to struggle through the hard bits, teach them to be independent learners, and then celebrate their success!
I believe that the two most important things in determining "readiness" for lessons are your child's interest in learning to play, and your willingness to schedule consistent home practice, and sit with them during practice if they are younger than 8. Parents do not need to read music yourself -- just be there to read their assignment to them, and be encouraging.
Do I need to have a piano in my home?
You will need to have at least a keyboard available for home practice. During your initial lesson interview, we will discuss the differences between electronic keyboards, digital keyboards, and (acoustic) pianos. You will need to be willing to purchase a full-sized (88-key) instrument by the end of your child's first year of study.
How much should my child practice between lessons?
Help your child get off to a great start by going with them to the piano once a day. Sit with them a bit and just enjoy making sounds at the keyboard, so that they develop a habit of making their own music. There is no need to set a clock to "time" their practice -- just encourage them to work through the goals that we chose together during their lesson . They will be written out on their assignment sheet for that week, and may often be found on post-it notes on their music. It's great to encourage them to explore and "doodle" a bit, as well!
Do I need to be present during my child's lesson?
I only require parents to be present during lessons when the child is 6 years old or younger. Because you will be your child's "practice partner" each week, it is important that you understand what was taught during that lesson, and that you have an opportunity to ask questions.
Will my child be required to play in recitals?
I prepare all students to play in my (two) Studio Recitals each year, which are in December and May. You'll have these dates well in advance, so please do put them on your calendar. Prior to these events, your child will have had the opportunity to play in at least one Group Lesson in my studio, in front of other students. I do not require that recital pieces be memorized, and have found that almost all students learn quickly to view public performance as a means of sharing what they have learned -- not a test of their abilities.


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Good News, Bad News on GM Doubling 'Volt' Production
By Mark Graban	 On Oct 11, 2011 Last updated Jan 4, 2013
I don't often go back to write about GM, the first company I worked for out of college. Thanks to my dad who sent this article from the Detroit paper: "GM delays 2nd shift at Detroit-Hamtramck." You might think, as a shareholder (directly or through the U.S. government's holdings), that it's bad news, that sales aren't increasing.
The article tells the rest of the story — that GM still plans to produce more. Hopefully, this is because the vehicles will be sales to end customers (not "overproduction" that's pushed on dealers). The good news, as a shareholder, is that GM is able to double production without adding the full second shift as originally planned. They followed the Lean mindset of "creativity before capital," it seems. But this is bad for the Detroit area and the country because there are fewer jobs?
GM had said in May it would add a total of 2,500 workers on two shifts at Detroit-Hamtramck, with the first of those shifts to start this fall. But during a four-week shutdown this summer, GM made its production line and body shop more efficient, allowing the company to make twice as many Volts in the same amount of time, the company said Friday. That will allow the factory to meet scheduled Volt production by adding only 300 workers by January.
As the GM spokesperson says, this is good for the company – they are saving money on labor and energy costs from only having to run the plant one shift. I guess there's a "green" benefit for a green vehicle.
Good for GM, bad for the UAW. It's an interesting dynamic, to say the least, since the UAW has an ownership stake in GM, post-bailout. The current administration certainly wants more jobs, but they also want GM to be successful as a business.
Dr. W. Edwards Deming famously said the role of a company is to provide jobs, looking at #1 of his 14 points:
Create constancy of purpose for continual improvement of products and service to society, allocating resources to provide for long range needs rather than only short term profitability, with a plan to become competitive, to stay in business, and to provide jobs.
I agree that it's an important function of any organization to provide jobs in the community, for the betterment of all. That's one reason I think manufacturers need to take a long hard look at outsourcing and offshoring jobs. Chasing the cheapest labor possible might bring short-term profits, but what's the impact on the community and country if people here aren't making enough money to buy GM products? Think back to Henry Ford and the famous $5 workday – by boosting pay, he was also creating demand for his cars. As Ford historians look back, he was building a strong middle class. Many companies have been gutting the middle class as manufacturing jobs move overseas.
So, I'm in favor of creating jobs, but they can't be "make work" jobs like the infamous "jobs bank" that the Detroit Three had, where unneeded workers were typically paid to sit and read the paper (as was the case when I worked there in the mid 1990s). But, sometimes, the best thing to do is to find other solutions than adding more people. For example, I know some hospital labs where they have been able to take on 50% more workload without adding people – thanks to the Lean improvement process. They are meeting patient needs while helping keep healthcare costs down… that's as much of a good thing as "creating jobs" might have been.
I cringed when I read former President Clinton say the following, in FORTUNE Magazine:
If you're in the private sector, your first obligation to your investors, to your customers, and to your employees is to provide a product or a service at a sufficient profit to keep the enterprise going. But when a company does have extra money, I think it's a good idea to invest in the community, because I think it's not only the morally right thing to do, it's good for the companies involved.
He doesn't elaborate on the points of what "extra" means and how hiring people when they aren't needed would be good for the companies involved.
Jobs aren't charity. If we look at the Deming chain reaction cycle, the best way to create jobs is to have a successful business, for the long-term:
"… improved quality leads to lower costs and improved productivity, allowing companies to capture the market, stay in business, and provide 'jobs and more jobs.'
Factories provide jobs. Hospitals provide jobs. But we have to keep in mind that, without happy customers, none of those jobs exist. Instead of "creating jobs," maybe we need to think more about "creating value." Where is the President's council on customer value?
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Chuck Hoffman says 8 years ago
I happen to agree with what Clinton said. But it is beyond the scope of LEAN, which doesn't address moral responsibility to other people in the world, unless perhaps they happen to be our customers.
Actually, Chuck, I think the Toyota "respect for people" philosophy is a very strong statement of caring for employees, customers, suppliers, the community, etc.
Can you elaborate on your thoughts on Clinton's point? I think the former president speaks like a guy who always worked in government. What would you do exactly with these "extra" people you hire? Build products people don't want? Use up more of our earth's resources?
Who decides what money is "extra" and that it shouldn't be used or invested in other ways?
I'd say it's immoral to hire "extra" people if they have nothing constructive to do and if that extra cost jeopardizes the jobs of others.
Andy Wagner says 8 years ago
The CEO of Barry-Wehmiller has expressed this well. It's a stool with three legs: People, purpose, and performance. If the financial performance of the business isn't adequate, there won't be any employees and there will be no ability to meet the organizations purpose (to deliver fuel efficient transportation).
Similarly, GM, in recent history, did a poor job of meeting it's purpose: it didn't give people the transportation they wanted. Toyota et al gained market share, GM's financial performance suffered and its people ultimately suffered layoffs and bankruptcy.
I think Deming would be pleased by this story in that GM is delivery a product that people are demanding–it's purpose, in a way that acheives its financial goals–performance, while respecting the employees already on the job.
If they are pumping out cars to dealers without any end customers, they are violating their purpose and their people and performance will ultimately suffer.
-Andy
Steve Harper says 8 years ago
Deming's not talking about jobs for jobs' sake. The jobs he's talking about are the result of long-term thinking. It's more about ensuring that jobs exist by doing good business rather than doing business at the expense of jobs (e.g. layoffs to improve short term profits). He's talking about "cathedral building" and not "laying bricks", if you know that analogy. The jobs banks did not respect people, and they did not add value. Now, it seems that GM may have finally seen the value of utilizing people's brains when there's less work to do, and leveraging that to improve flow, but this could still be the old GM that found a way to cut costs and push more product into the market (they call it sales) at the same time. In contrast to your last Deming quote, I did not see a mention of quality in GM's statement, just a focus on output and costs. To steal from Andy: What's GM's purpose?
Henry Ford's $5 a day did show some understanding that we seem to lack today that there is a reciprocal relationship between domestic wages, domestic sales and national prosperity. We can't tax and cut our way out of this hole we're in, we need to rebuild the middle class.
I agree it's not jobs for jobs sake… it's about creating value (through quality and happy customers).
GM seems more like the type of company whose purpose is to make money – hence it's run by professional managers and finance people who aren't car guys.
I wonder how things would be different with a Bob Lutz in charge? He was more the "Steve Jobs of the auto industry" but was never able to have the power and control that Jobs had over the product.
Richard Chapman says 8 years ago
There will be 2 types of customers – those who just want a competitively priced car that meets their needs – and those who want an "All-American" car. The latter might only be a minority or niche, and if GM wants to survive on only that demand, you would not need the 'Big GM' we've known for so many years.
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2018 Political Ad Spend Grows, But Digital Media Dips
by Wayne Friedman , April 24, 2018
Amid overall political advertising midterm estimates, digital media will drop, according to one report.
Borrell Associates is raising its overall political advertising projections by 3.8% -- or $321 million -- to $8.8 billion, with radio, cable, newspapers and outdoor estimates higher.
Broadcast TV will still command the biggest share, at $3.4 billion -- 38.8% of all political advertising dollars. Cable TV will be next at $1.1 billion, 12.6% of the market.
During the last midterm elections -- 2014 -- The Cook Political Report said $2.8 billion was spent on total TV advertising.
However, digital media will go lower, largely due to social media -- a 12.4% decline "based on negative press about Facebook, as well as a drop in political spending on social media in Q1."
Digital media will still tally $1.8 billion -- for a 20.1% share.
Radio will be at $683 million, (a 7.7% share), with newspapers at $619 million, (7%); telemarketing, $498 million (5.6% ); out-of-home $400 million (4.5%); direct mail, $223 million (2.5%); and other print, $97 million (1.1%).
The report also notes that direct mail will see a decline.
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require 'metriks/time_tracker'
require 'logger'
require 'signalfx'
require_relative 'base_reporter'

module MetriksAddons
  class SignalFxReporter < BaseReporter
    attr_accessor :client, :prefix, :source, :data, :tags, :logger

    def initialize(token, tags, options = {})
      super(options)
      @x_sf_token = token
      @tags = tags

      @prefix = options[:prefix]
      @source = options[:source]

      @batch_size   = options[:batch_size] || 50

      @client = SignalFx.new @x_sf_token, batch_size: @batch_size
    end

    def submit(datapoints)
      return if datapoints.empty?

      log "debug", "Datapoints for SignalFx: #{datapoints.inspect}"
      response = @client.send(counters: datapoints[:counters], gauges: datapoints[:gauges])
      log "debug", "Sent #{datapoints.size} metrics to SignalFX"
      log "debug", "Response is: #{response}"
    end

    def get_datapoints
      time = @time_tracker.now_floored

      datapoints = {}
      counter = []
      gauge = []
      log "debug", "Resgistry: #{@registry}"
      @registry.each do |name, metric|
        next if name.nil? || name.empty?
        name = name.to_s.gsub(/ +/, '_')
        if @prefix
          name = "#{@prefix}.#{name}"
        end

        case metric
        when Metriks::Meter
          counter |= create_datapoints name, metric, time, [
            :count
          ]
        when Metriks::Counter
          counter |= create_datapoints name, metric, time, [
            :count
          ]
        when Metriks::Gauge
          gauge |= create_datapoints name, metric, time, [
            :value
          ]
        when Metriks::Timer
          counter |= create_datapoints name, metric, time, [
            :count
          ]
          gauge |= create_datapoints name, metric, time, [
            :min, :max, :mean
          ]
        end
      end

      datapoints[:counters] = counter if counter.any?
      datapoints[:gauges] = gauge if gauge.any?
      datapoints
    end

    def create_datapoints(base_name, metric, time, keys, snapshot_keys = [])
      datapoints = []
      keys.flatten.each do |key|
        name = key.to_s.gsub(/^get_/, '')
        datapoints << {
          :metric => "#{base_name}.#{name}",
          :timestamp => time*1000,
          :value => metric.send(key),
          :dimensions => @tags
        }
      end

      unless snapshot_keys.empty?
        snapshot = metric.snapshot
        snapshot_keys.flatten.each do |key|
          name = key.to_s.gsub(/^get_/, '')
          datapoints << {
            :metric => "#{base_name}.#{name}",
            :timestamp => time*1000,
            :value => snapshot.send(key),
            :dimensions => @tags
          }
        end
      end
      datapoints
    end
  end
end


Newlyweds Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux have jetted off to Bora Bora on honeymoon after staging a top secret wedding at the home they share in Bel Air on Wednesday.
The couple reportedly fooled friends and the media by inviting guests to a "surprise" birthday party for Theroux, who turns 44 on Monday and then quickly staged a low-key ceremony with outdoor furniture and wedding party fixtures they had stored in the garden of a vacant house nearby.
And as news broke about the nuptials on Thursday, Aniston and her new husband were spotted boarding a private jet at Van Nuys Airport in California.
Multiple reports suggest the plane was bound for the private island in French Polynesia.


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I sell proPAIN
I'll admit, I was skeptical about the Naval missions, but really they became one of my favorite parts of Assassin's Creed. Though I doubt we'll see more in DLC, but that combat had me so hooked, I'd love to see more a future Assassin's Creed or completely new IP dedicated to sailing the high seas! I've always wanted a great, fun, challenging pirate adventure game, we almost had it in Pirates of the Caribbean but unfortunately that was canceled. Whoever the team was that made these missions should really look into making a full game out of it! Thank you!
BATISTABUS
I think everyone was pleasantly surprised. They took a pretty big risk, but the final result was fantastic. Hopefully they expand upon this in the next installment with more exploration, added features, and a stronger narrative (which was the weakest part of the naval portions of AC3).
clerg
How awesome would it be if they had Online Naval Multiplayer...
Very awesome in my opinion, but there would need to be a number of changes to the system. At the very least, certain things would need to be considered.
-How would the "Press X/Square for Cover" prompt work? Would the damage reduction work the same?
-Would boarding the enemies ship still be allowed? Would they have to create a multiplayer fighting system, or would it all be one-shot kills like in regular multiplayer?
-On teams, would members of the same team control separate ships or a single vessel?
- If teams shared a ship, would it be three to a ship? One for sailing, one for large cannons, and one for swivel cannons?
-If teams didn't share a ship, would all ships be the same size? Would leveling up allow you to unlock larger ships?
-Would there be a free-roam aspect to this like Red Dead Redemption, or would it be contained battles?
Although this would take a lot of work, it could potentially be a gamer's dream come true.
kriegerdesgottes
I'm kinda neutral when it comes to Naval missions. I don't love em, I don't hate em. I wouldn't mind if they make it into the next game but if Ubisoft took them out I don't think I'd care that much. It would be better if you could free roam and enemies randomly appear to blow up after beating the game.
i really liked Naval ,i havent played nothing similar . :)


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