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GOOD BYE, SULTAN QABOOS MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
There was a time when there were multiple Sultanates in this world, most of which have disappeared or become ornamental, such as Sultan of Ternate or Sultan of Yogyakarta..Only two sultanates remained one a forward looking Sultan who wanted to take his people into the 21st century and the other wanting to take his people into darkness of 15th century
Qaboos of Oman is the enlightened one
Hassanul Bolkiah of Brunei the other.
The enlightened one passed away last Friday. I consider myself fortunate that I was in Oman on Thursday and could feel the admiration the people had for Sultan Qaboos.
Everybody hailed him as a visionary and he was a true peacemaker taking no sides. He invited both sides to the Yemeni conflicts to his palace and was instrumental in the Barack Obama- Iran reconciliation. Israeli prime ministers have visited him in Muscat and Benjamin Netanyahu will be attending his funeral in Muscat.
What a great Arab statesman! who brought his country out of darkness and made it a modern state. Followed a most tolerant form of Isalm, Abadi, neither Sunni nor Shia and mediated the disputes between the giants on either side. He embraced his former subjects from the island of Zanzibar and the Omani territories in Gwador and Baluchistan.
I have watched how the Sultanate of Brunei slipping back into the medieval darkness under their Sultan and how progressive was the Sultan of Qaboos. I am glad to have known both sultanates, and I will be returning again to Oman under the new Sultan Haitham.
I had a nice visit to Oman this past week
I thank the Omani people and of course pray for the soul of Sultan Qaboos and wish the new sultan good days ahead as a just ruler of the Omani people and continue to the enlightenment of Sultan Qaboos
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WHAT ALL HAS HAPPENED IN ONE WEEK . 4TH JAN IN MALA KERALA TO 11TH JANUARY IN MIAMI USA
Today is a Saturday, 11.1.2020 and the morning is lovely and tender here in Miami.
I arrived here yesterday evening after a long and tedious flight on American Airlines (on USA based airlines do not expect any service or too much of any comfort, they will get you from place to place safely, a lot to be said about that these days of mistaken identities).
The flight to Paris on Oman Air was pleasant. I was happy to have met Abdul Aziz from Muscat who was attending my side of the plane under the supervision of Cabin senior Modesta from Lithuania.
I had three wonderful days of stays in Muscat at the Hilton Garden Inn and it was lovely to talk to the staff from so many countries and of course all of them share my own enthusiasm about Oman being the best Arab country in the region.
I admire the hard working to please mentality of these young men and women from towns and villages from diverse environments: Himachal Pradesh to Northern Philippines to Kumasi in Ghana ...
I had wonderful experiences in Muscat, meeting the taxi driver Kamal who gifted me a scarf that Omanis wear, to the Omanis on the street who were eager to know where I was from, placing me as usual from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India (I like this when that happens!)
I was in my room 629 at Hilton Garden Inn when I listened to President Trump answering the attack on the American Airforce Base in Baghdad and was so relieved that he was not impulsively starting to bomb Iran and start great damage to the area. But that joy was soon taken away when a friend from Teheran wrote to say that an airliner had been downed, now we know unintentionally by Iranian Revolutionary Guards.
It was a pleasure to walk around the area, take a walk to the Mall (nothing special about the mall, except that lots of Omanis work that in contrast to similar malls in Doha or Dubai). There were hundreds of eateries from all nationalities: just in one street close to the hotel, I counted Turkish, Omani, Kuwaiti, Lebanese, Kerala, among other cuisines being offered. Most of the restaurants were empty. The largely working/expatriate population perhaps patronize these places on their days off. I was surprised that the food was relatively inexpensive. I had a rava masala dosai at Aarya vegetarian restaurant at 1.3 OMR very similar to the price I would pay at a restaurant in Fort Cochin in India. I know Oman is a liberal muslim country but I did not see anywhere alcohol being sold or consumed. At the Oman Air Lounges at Muscat Airport, all sorts of food and wine and drinks were on the offer.
at the Oman Air Lounge at Muscat International Airport, a sumptuous feed indeed.
I felt very comfortable knowing that I was only a stone's throw away from Iran and that I could communicate with my friends there who were on similar time zones. How I wish I could invite them over to spend a few days at the Hilton Garden Inn, of course...
I had been in Cochin since 29/12, in the company of my good friends, all workers at the Old Light House Hotel by the Arabian Sea. From the manager down to the housekeeping staff are warm and friendly towards me and they make sure that I am well fed, my wine glasses full and invited to all the celebrations in the hotel during the joyous season. Special thanks to Rajesh Rajan the GM. Like the hotel in Muscat, the hotels in Cochin and Kerala in general are staffed by migrant/expatriate workers from Bihar, Bengal and parts north. I look forward to my visits there.
The highlight of the visit to Fort Cochin exactly one week ago was the participation at the 65th anniversary of the accord between the Jews of Mala near Cochin who en masse emigrated to Israel and the Panchayat to preserve the Jewish monuments and the colossal task of Prof Karmachandran in achieving it. Only in India one finds such religious and personal tolerance, even though the politicians like every where try to fan anti-muslim sentiments. I had the pleasure of seeing my good friend Biju Thomas, an erudite historian of the area and he introduced me to many of the teachers fo the colleges who were in attendance: Swapna, Sarita, Parvathy, Neethu, Sreelima.. it was indeed a pleasure. On my next visit I plan to visit the college where Swapna and Sarita work to give them an introduction to the contemporary history especially about the Cuban presence in the world.
Yesterday after arriving in Miami, I was so saddened to hear about the death of Sultan Qaboos the benevolent sultan of Oman (so different and so much more tolerant than the other Malay sultan of Brunei). He will be missed in the geopolitics of the region. He was open to Israel and just few months ago had Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel visit him in Muscat, as had Shimon Peres and Itzhak Rubin.
So this is the life of a wandering, humanitarian medical doctor and anthropologist. I have difficulty explaining to people about what I do with my life. They all expect you to fall into a very definable lifestyle and preoccupation. Where is your offie? Where is your home?
One week with the Native people of Florida who have lived here long long before the europeans arrived in search of Fountain of Youth (Ponce de Leon) and then back to an exciting return to La Habana where my heart is always safe..
A NEW FAVOURITE HOTEL TO COME BACK TO : HILTON GARDEN INN IN MUSCAT, OMAN
The sultanate of Oman is without doubt my favourite Muslim country, the friendliest Arab country that I have visited. The Omani people are just friendly open humble and very hospitable. It is very easy to hear a Salaam Aleikum or Inshallah or Peace with be with you from strangers in Oman.
so when you are a guest worker here: majority of whom are from Pakistan, Bangladesh, Philippines and India, you cannot be arrogant or unfriendly..
and on my first stay at the Hilton Garden Inn, a property only about one year old, every single person was personification of Oman plus their country of origin.
I was checked in by Christine from Philippines. I had lost my credit card at the security check in at an Indian airport on my way over to Muscat and I had no hopes of retrieving them easily but they understood that my stay has been paid for and i had no further problems.
At the reception I was able to befriend Lily from Indonesia, Idrees from Pakistan, Rana from Himachal Pradesh, Abdul Aziz from Ghana. I was given a nice room.
The next morning arriving for Breakfast, I was greeted with a warm welcome by Palas from Calcutta who had worked in the cruise ship industry out of Miami and his ebullience perhaps embellished by that experience. The breakfast was a slow , 2 hour experience for me, as I was reading a book on Mindulness by Thich Nhat Hanh, the vietnamese monk , being aware of each morsel of food and the surroundings. the mindfulness enhanced my contact with Mikka and Nina from Philippines, Kajal from Bombay and Vivek from Kottayam and other friendly serving staff and chef..
Housekeeping was at your beck and call and I had everything I needed: Jedd from Philippines, Mohammed from Bangladesh
All in all, a very pleasant stay.
For visitors, two pointers:
download OTaxi app, and go outside the hotel and request a taxi with your app. The regular taxis are expensive, even by Omani standards.
Within walking distance of the hotel are a wide variety of restaurants: indian, turkish, kuwaiti, omani, lebanese and the restaurants are reasonably priced.
Muttrah Souq is only a 3 OMR ride away.
I look forward to a return stay at Muscat and hopefully a friend from Iran would join me.
OMAN AIR LOUNGE AT MUSCAT AND YET ANOTHER SURPRISE
Lots of nice things have happened to me in Oman during my various visits and this visit (today I leave for Paris on my way to Miami and then Havana) was no exception.
I arrive at the airport well in time to enjoy the lounge and i walk up to the lady at the reception. and I was surprised to hear her say: Are you not the blogger who wrote about the lounge?
I looked at her name tag: Myla and I recognized her immediately even though it was 3 1/2 years ago that I had met her at the old Oman Air Lounge!
hundreds of people would have passed through the lounge, the newer lounge is spacious and one could easily miss one of the many staff at the lounge.
I looked at her face and there was no doubt, it was Myla from the Philippines.
Thank you OMAN, thank you OMAN AIR and staff like Myla at the Lounge and the various people from
India, Indonesia, Ghana, Pakistan, Bangladesh that I met at the Hilton Garden Inn and not to mention the OMANI people who greeted me and wanted to talk to me as I walked along the corniche at Muttrah.
OMAN THE NICEST FRIENDLIEST COUNTRY IN WEST ASIA
I wanted to say that OMAN is the friendliest Muslim country that I have ever visited, but then I realized that the friendly nature of the Omanis have very little to do with their religion. It is deeply rooted in their long history of ocean faring and the incorporation of other nationalities into the national fibre: Baluchi, Gwador, Zanzibari,Yemeni, Jabali to name a few.
Malaysia would be less friendly if you take the Indians out as they are the friendliest people in the country, take the Chinese out of Indonesia and you can see how quickly that country will change. Bangladesh or Pakistan or Iraq or Afghanistan are not in the horizon of people who want to visit friendly countries. I have had very good reports from visitors to Iran but unfortunately their government does not reflect the open mindedness and tolerance of the population. I have visited Qatar, Dubai, Abu Dhabi and in none of those countries I could say the natives are as friendly as the Omanis.
When you meet an Omani in the street, he would smile at you and would want to start a conversation with you. That is what happened to me when I was walking along the Muttrah Souq and corniche yesterday afternoon.
I bet you are from Sri Lanka said a bulky omani and then we had a lovely conversation. My own admiration for Omanis and their sultan, HE Qaboos is expressed freely and I find great comfort in talking to the Omani people of all persuasion.
Sultan Qaboos is on the path of omanization of the country in which the Omanis despite their oil income would work and contribute at all levels, from bell boys at hotels to pilots at the national airlines. All taxi services are allotted to Omanis, so you wouldnt see a Mohammed from Kerala driving you around here as you would in Dubai or Doha.
Oman has a ride sharing service but it is very strictly controlled. O Taxi app will bring a taxi driver to you at half the price of a regular taxi, but they are forbidden to pick up or let off passengers at the airport or luxury hotels.
Yesterday I walked just a few meters from the Hilton Hotel and requested a ride to the Muttrah Souq in the old part of Muscat and within about 5 minutes Kamal comes with his car and we begin our journey to the centre of town. Kamal is Omani and from a town 100 km from here, near Nizwa. We begin a nice conversation, about Oman, Salalah, Zanzibar etc. Within about 12 minutes we were downtown and he lets me off. I pay him the fare and thanked him. He said, wait a minute and gets out of his car, opens the boot of the car and takes out something.
It is a black embroidered scarf the kind omanis wear on top of their white long dresses.
I dont' have anything to give you, but please accept this gift from me, said Kamal, the omani driver.
I have had good experiences from drivers all around the world but this time I was just overwhelmed. I put it around my neck and had to find a place to sit down on the steps of a shop.
Why are they so kind? I kept on asking overwhelmed by emotions.
such a refreshing experience. I had not told him that I was a doctor but as we were talking he said, he will not be working tomorrow because his uncle was coming from the countryside to see a physician about his diabetic foot ulcer. I told him that if he wants me to, I am quite willing to go to his house and see his uncle and talk about Diabetes and Ulcers and how to look after them. He said he would call me ..
ARRIVING IN MUSCAT OMAN A VERY NICE WELCOME FEELING
Oman has always a special place in my heart. I came to Salalah in Southern Oman in search of Cheng Ho/ Zheng He the great navigator and my first visit to Oman was on my way to London from a visit to Zanzibar.. and learn about the interesting history of Zanzibar and Oman and the kind sultans who ruled over both for hundreds of years.
I left India with a mixture of emotions. I am always sad to leave a place, even after short stays which is the case with me, somehow or another, a transition to another place, another mentality and another personality ..
Leaving INDIA behind..
breakfast on board Oman Airways to Muscat Oman
rugged mountain edges and tranquil sea on the approach to Muscat
the portuguese might have sailed up the african coast to witness these lands as there was a portugese presence in the trucial coast
suddenly the city began to appear underneath. concrete amidst the desert with a certain order which seemed not pleasant because of the lack of trees. Deserts present harsh faces of the earth and here it is no different, this land which juts into Rub al Khalil . the empty quarter unknown to mankind until recently
The airport is modern and quiet, the main traffic is to India and the gulf states. Nice to see Omani citizens at work at the airport. The arrival process was painless and I was given a visa on arrival and I made my way up to the arrival lounge to have a shower and freshen myself up for the journey into town
while at the lounge I did have a little snack and some sparkling water, knowing that soon I will have to search for these things
Oman has always been about protecting the rights and welfare of its citizens under the magnanimity of Sultan Qaboos.
The taxi drivers licence are given only to Omani citizens which is so different from other gulf states where the chance that your driver would be called Mohammed and would be from Kerala.
Omani men wear their traditional dress and within a very short time I was at the Hilton Garden Inn in the suburb within the sight of the ocean.
Welcome to Oman.
the Cuban ambassador to Oman is resident in Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and when I talked to him, I expressed my good feelings about Oman and its people and hope that we can have a project similar to the one we have in Qatar..
GOOD BYE, SULTAN QABOOS MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE...
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Heat a really wide shallow non-stick pan on a medium heat. Chop your bacon into small pieces and fry for 2 to 3 minutes so that the fat starts to render out.
While that's happening, chop up your sausage, brisket and salami into cubes, and add to the pan as you go. Do the same with the onions, carrots, potatoes and herbs.
Keep stirring to make sure nothing catches, using your spoon to scrape all the goodness from the bottom of the pan. Turn the heat down if you think it's cooking too fast.
Have a taste to check the seasoning; the salt in the smoked meats will probably be enough, but add a pinch of salt and a good pinch of pepper if you think it needs it.
Keep stirring as it cooks and after about 20 minutes, once the potatoes and carrots have softened and everything looks delicious, make your dressing by putting all the dressing ingredients into a jar (reserving the dill flowers if you have them).
Pour the dressing into the pan – the acidity will be fantastic with all that rich meat.
Carefully separate the egg whites from their yolks and put them to one side.
If you want to, leave the yolks in their shells so everyone can tip their own egg yolk into their dish and stir it through. That will give the dish a bit of a theatrical edge.
Divide your pytt y panna between the plates. Make a well in the top and add a yolk (or eggshell with a yolk in it) to each one.
Load up a side plate with dill pickles, and roughly chop your dill flowers and scatter them over.


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5 Questions with Versium: Kevin Marcus
Kevin Marcus, Co-Founder and CTO at Versium, joins our interview series with thought leaders in marketing and advertising to dig into the current state of data.
Kevin Marcus, co-founder and CTO at Versium joins the conversation in our interview series 5 Questions with Versium: The State of Data in Martech.
Q1: How does Versium uniquely unlock the value of data?
Kevin: Before Versium, I worked in the background check industry. It occurred to me there were uses of the data from this industry beyond the data itself. Realizing applications built on top of data had this implicit value multiplier was fascinating. Some industries seemed to understand this already such as finance (news, research/analyst reports) and insurance (how to price premiums or build new insurance products) – but many others were in retrograde, drowning in their own data problems.
Q2: What experiences started you down a path to solve data usability issues?
Kevin: My first professional job was working in the security space with Symantec and Norton AntiVirus. I created tools that would analyze viruses and propose detection and removal methods, all in an automated, person-free way. Around this time, I already created one of the world's first email directories, "OKRA" while at the University of California, Riverside. Both of these were heavily data oriented and required scalable solutions that didn't need lots of people to operate and maintain.
Q3: What is the driving passion for you? Issues surrounding identity or issues on how to make data more consequential?
Kevin: The concept of 'identity' is a very dominant topic of discussion these days. At Intelius, we saw that people would buy reports on themselves, simply to know what others would find if they were the subject of a search. So, there was still an angle of privacy as well as curiosity, but much less about how information might be used.
Ultimately, there should be good, meaningful uses on top of data, and there should be ways to link it that are cool, clever, that allow you to create new value, new products, or new things that sit on top of it. We like to start with a question and then use data to help us answer it. The inverse – starting with data – simply yields more questions!
We see this a lot today – consider COVID vaccination data. If you start with the question "Are vaccines effective at preventing sickness", you quickly realize you need data about how many people are vaccinated vs not, and what their outcomes after exposure are. That is, the question tells you the data you need. On the other hand, if you start with data ("xyz of unvaccinated people had outcome abc"), you are left wondering about, literally, infinite possibilities of things surrounding that data and start formulating your own questions which that data might not be answering. For example, it doesn't tell you about outcomes of vaccinated people or whether there is a gradient of outcomes. What other factors might influence those outcomes? Is there consistency in the data reporting? Now you're questioning the data, rather than using the data to answer the question!
Q4: Tell me about the name of the company.
Kevin: It's an amalgamation of Latin roots. 'Ver' means 'to see' or 'to have knowledge'. Actually, even in Spanish, V-E-R is a verb, which also means to see. The' ium' suffix, typically is used in representing 'strength.' The idea is to recognize strength in knowledge. The more you know and understand, through information, results in being stronger and better prepared.
Q5: What has surprised you the most, after working in data for over 10 years?
Kevin: I was surprised to learn how much data naivety exists. People who are generating data in a non-automated format is incredibly antiquated. And we saw, first hand, the variety of error, incompleteness which exists in some enterprise systems. How is it possible to not know certain things that could be so easily tracked and contained? We assume there's a database, but a lot of times there isn't. Or it's many little databases maintained by different houses, or different cities, or states, or passport offices, or whatever. So, there's no central repository of truth and accuracy that's constantly updated and so, always correct. Instead, it's dispersed and has been collected without a clear and refined process.
Q6: Given the issues companies have managing complex and expensive data systems, how is Versium going to help solve these problems?
Kevin: One of the things we are developing is a product that could provide non-technical, non-engineering people solutions to the sort of data mess problem that we have discussed. Essentially the tools are ready, we simply need to put a UI on top of them, which allows anyone, irrespective of talent or expertise, to go in and clean their data.
The aspirin or the supreme utility is when you can sit in front of everybody's database, everybody's CRM, everybody's system. You're in front of Oracle, you're in front of (pick your favorite system of the day), and you just always are forcing everything into these schemas. This is not an imminent proposition, but I think we can start nipping away at this problem by essentially providing tools and infrastructure to help people start working towards better types of consistent, clean, and reliable data.
Q7: What are you most proud of after 10 years of doing this, running this company?
Kevin: My co-founder, Chris Matty, and I agree that we have done so much with so little. From OEM partnerships with mega-tech companies like Microsoft, to newfound startups, we have found our solutions are valued up and down the food chain. While there is immense gratification in knowing we are solving problems for people, we know that our employees are the crown jewel. Our team has done a fantastic job making tools that are easy to use and extract value quickly!
Versium Named Best Account-Based Marketing Company in the 2022 MarTech Breakthrough Awards
Versium Selected as 2022 Winner MarTech Breakthrough Awards Program for Best Account-Based Marketing Company.
Versium Named Product of the Year in the 2022 Sammy Awards
Versium Selected as 2022 Winner by Sales and Marketing Technology Awards Program for its Industry-Leading Identity Resolution and Insights Engine, Versium REACH
REACH OUT: A Look Back and a Look Ahead
As we near the halfway mark for the year 2022, Dillana Lim, CEO of Versium pens thoughts on where Versium (and the industry as a whole) has been and where it's headed.

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Auburn Hills Mich., USA - May 24, 2005 - Dassault Systèmes (Nasdaq: DASTY: Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), today announced the latest version of its DELMIA PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) solution for the V5 Manufacturing Desktop.
The new DELMIA version is part of Dassault Systèmes' Version 5, release 15 (V5R15) PLM solutions, also announced today. DELMIA V5R15 delivers key enhancements in process-centric applications to further advance the collaborative workspace environment, thereby breaking down the barriers between the design engineering and manufacturing disciplines. DELMIA V5R15 introduces a common change management mechanism that enables design engineers to alert manufacturing engineers of design changes as well as impact analysis tools that allow manufacturing process planners to determine which parts have been modified and highlight the process plans that are impacted. Manufacturing process planners can proactively evaluate how design changes may impact manufacturing process plans, thereby identifying and eliminating potential errors early in the process for increased quality and efficiency.
DELMIA V5R15 further expands connectivity of the collaborative workspace with a new rapid deployment manufacturing process planning package. This new offering provides an enterprise with a complete "ready-to-go" manufacturing process planning environment that includes a pre-defined database solution, which is uniquely suited for companies in the Consumers Goods, Aerospace and Automotive parts supplier industries. Companies will be able to quickly establish a digital planning environment to collaborate during their process planning and detailing activities, with tools to share and establish libraries for capturing enterprise knowledge, facility layouts, manufacturing concepts, and cost analysis.
DELMIA V5R15 delivers new process-centric technologies for robotic applications and off-line programming that will give engineers the competitive advantage needed to rapidly develop and validate their robotic manufacturing processes. DELMIA's new robotics solutions include the very latest capabilities of today's industrial robot manufacturers, providing "realistic robotic simulation" tools to "connect" with robot controllers for the purpose of producing the most accurate robotic paths, trajectories, speeds, and cycle time. Additionally, DELMIA V5R15 robotics solutions provide simulation-based reporting capabilities that allow engineers to evaluate product flow and resource utilization statistics for the manufacturing line. This new capability will help planners better determine how to deploy their limited capital resources to achieve the optimal line configuration.
DELMIA V5R15 extends the ability to openly collaborate with the support of Dassault Systèmes' 3D XML (Extensible Markup Language) format. 3D XML is a universal, lightweight XML-based format that enables users to capture and share live, accurate 3D data quickly and easily. DELMIA users will have the capability to share 3D visualization of product data and 3D models with the non-engineering communities of an enterprise for collaborative reviews, technical publication, and other office communications.


AMERICAN GRACE – NOW IN PAPERBACK!
NEW IN THE PAPERBACK EDITION – In this new edition, Putnam and Campbell bring new data to bear on the ever-changing religious and political landscape in America–the Great Recession, the rise of the Tea Party, and the increasing prominence of anti-religious voices. Having interviewed thousands of Americans for the first edition of the book, they have now re-interviewed the same people five years later, in order to find out what has changed and what has stayed the same.
AMERICAN GRACE WINS BEST POLITICAL SCIENCE BOOK OF 2010-2011.
Robert D. Putnam (Harvard) and David E. Campbell (Univ. of Notre Dame) have been awarded the Woodrow Wilson Foundation Award for American Grace: How Religion Divides and Unites Us (Simon and Schuster). The Wilson Award of the American Political Science Assocation (APSA) recognizes the "best book published in the U.S. during the previous calendar year on government, politics, or international affairs".
American Grace is a major achievement, a fascinating look at religion in today's America. Unique among nations, America is deeply religious, religiously diverse and remarkably tolerant. But in recent decades, the nation's religious landscape has been reshaped.
American Grace is based on two of the most comprehensive surveys ever conducted on religion and public life in America. It includes a dozen in-depth profiles of diverse congregations across the country, which illuminate the trends described by Putnam and Campbell in the lives of real Americans.
American Grace promises to be the most important book in decades about American religious life, and an essential book for understanding our nation today.


This is the best spicy pickled okra we've ever had! Vibrant, fresh, firm, crunchy... and never, ever slimy.
We love to eat them straight from the jar, or serve them on a platter at a party. When we're feeling really adventurous, we do as Pacific Pickle Works does: batter them up and deep fry them for some fried pickled okra – Southern style! With some spicy hot sauce infused aioli.
So branch out from cucumbers, people! Your snack time possibilities are about to get way more interesting.
These are great right out of the jar but the appetizer possibilities are endless. Try wrapping one in ham then slicing in rounds. Pile a few on your cheese plate. Garnish a Bloody Mary or add some extra heat and tang to your martini. And don't forget to save the brine and marinate your brisket!
Ingredients: Okra, water, distilled vinegar, jalapeño pepper, onion, garlic, kosher salt, organic raw sugar, spices. Comes in a 16 ounce jar.


In an episode of the Ideaweek Podcast, presented by MOI Global, Jeremy Deal discusses how to spot risky dividend stocks.
Jeremy founded JDP in 2011. The fund's strategy is sector agnostic and focuses on undervalued companies that are often in transition, or out of favor. The approach combines company-specific research with a multiple-year time horizon for each investment. Prior to founding JDP, Jeremy was a fundless private equity sponsor focused industrial-related corporate divestitures sourced from distressed public companies. From 2003 – 2007 Jeremy managed the non-US business and strategy for Secure Wireless Inc., a designer and manufacturer of electronic home security equipment that was sold to a subsidiary of Thomas H. Lee Partners in 2006.


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When Users = Funders
If there's a bug in EpiSurveyor, our paying users will email us until it's fixed, sometimes several times. Or more.
A few months ago, I met Joel Selanikio, founder of DataDyne, a non-profit "social business" that creates mobile data and communication tools, primarily for public health. Joel is a practicing pediatrician and former CDC epidemiologist who has seen the power of good data in improving health and saving lives. Yet poor data collection leaves huge gaps in health care, especially in developing countries. Instead of just accepting these gaps as a fact of life, Joel did what entrepreneurs do: he set out to do something about it.
Like many social entrepreneurs, Joel has had his challenges with funding from fickle foundations. Though DataDyne's basic product is free to promote wide dissemination, Joel was forced to introduce fees for higher-end tools to help cover costs. Datadyne has generated some revenue from these premium tools, but maybe even more important has been the customer feedback the company is now getting.
I asked Joel to describe the unexpected outcome of his fees, and here is what he told me:
From Joel Selanikio, CEO of DataDyne
At DataDyne, we create software to support public health and international development. Our mobile data collection product, EpiSurveyor, is the most widely used such software in international development, with users in more than 170 countries.
Making them pay
We got this far with funding from great organizations like the United Nations Foundation and the Vodafone Foundation, but at a certain point we realized that we needed to diversity our funding in order to make sure we were truly sustainable (it can be pretty precarious depending on one or two grants to survive!). After much thought, about a year ago we decided to start using the "freemium" pay model, where you give away a basic version of the software and charge for a higher-end version.
This approach is controversial in international development: many foundations only fund tech projects if the software is given away for free – even though the mobile phone, the most successful technology of all time in poor countries, is itself sold to the poorest people on earth, not given away. And even though many organizations using our technology have millions of dollars in funding.
Our results are promising: within 2-3 years our sales revenue will be enough to sustain us completely. After that, we'll be able to provide excellent and affordable mobile data collection software to every single organization in the world that wants it (EpiSurveyor is a web application, so it scales really well). Without more grants.
Revenue and sustainability turn out to be only part of the benefits of the charge-the-user model: since we started charging some of our users, our user feedback has increased tremendously. It turns out that if someone is paying for something, they feel they have the right to criticize (and we agree).
If there's a feature they want, we hear about that, too. And because we get more and more of our revenue from users, rather than foundations, our very survival as an organization is now dependent on responding to the needs of those users. As they say in business: "if you don't please the customer, someone else will."
The bad proxy
This is all very different from being supported by grants, because when your money comes from a foundation your survival depends on pleasing the foundation – not necessarily the users. And people at foundations, who are as motivated and well meaning as I like to think I am, are nonetheless a poor proxy for what health workers on the ground in sub-Saharan Africa want or need (for example). The organizations that are now our customers, and that use EpiSurveyor to collect their critical data, are likely to be a better proxy because they're our users and funders, not just our funders. Not a perfect proxy, but better: they use the software themselves, and they know when it needs improvement.
The educated-consumer model
As our funding model changes, and we take our marching orders directly from users, it's made me think about how the source of funding can affect the quality of a development project. Foundation grants surely have a role to play: we never would have gotten to the revenue-from-users stage without seed grant money. Long-term, though, I believe it is better for sustainability and quality if at least a subset of the users pay for the services provided.
After all, that is exactly what the mobile phone companies are doing – in what may be the most important new technological rollout since the invention of the printing press – and the competition for customers' money is forcing tremendous innovation and price reductions. Maybe we could use some of that in international development, too.
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Q: The given id must not be null!; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException i'm creating a simple crud with spring boot. All function well but I have a little problem with the method findOne(Long id)
in postman when i put this url : http://localhost:8080/api/user/id/?id=13 , i get this exception :
"error": "Internal Server Error",
 "exception": "org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException",
 "message": "The given id must not be null!; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: The given id must not be null!",
here is my code :
Repository
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
@Repository
public interface UserRepository extends JpaRepository<Utilisateur, Long> {
}

Service
public interface UserService {

    Utilisateur save(Utilisateur utilisateur);
    List<Utilisateur> findAll();
    Utilisateur findOne(Long id);
}

ServiceImpl
@Service
public class UserServiceImpl implements UserService{
    @Autowired
    UserRepository userRepository;

    public UserServiceImpl() {
    }

    public UserServiceImpl(UserRepository userRepository) {
        this.userRepository = userRepository;
    }

    @Override
    public Utilisateur save(Utilisateur utilisateur) {
        return userRepository.save(utilisateur);
    }

    @Override
    public List<Utilisateur> findAll() {
        return userRepository.findAll();
    }

    public Utilisateur findOne(Long id) {
        return userRepository.findOne(id);
    }
}

Controller
@RestController
@RequestMapping("/api")
@CrossOrigin(origins="http://localhost:4200",allowedHeaders="*")
public class UserController {
    @Autowired
    private UserService userService;

    public UserController(UserService userService) {
        this.userService = userService;
    }

    public UserController() {
        super();
        // TODO Auto-generated constructor stub
    }

    @GetMapping("/users")
    public List<Utilisateur> getUsers() {
        return userService.findAll();
    }

    @GetMapping("/user/id/{id}")
    public ResponseEntity<Utilisateur> getUser(@PathVariable Long id) {
        Utilisateur utilisateur = userService.findOne(id);
        return ResponseEntity.ok().body(utilisateur);
    }

    /*
    @DeleteMapping("/user/{id}")
    public Boolean deleteUser(@PathVariable Long id) {
         userRepository.delete(id);
         return true;
    } */
    @PostMapping("/user")
    public ResponseEntity<Utilisateur> saveUser(@RequestBody Utilisateur utilisateur) throws URISyntaxException {
        Utilisateur result = userService.save(utilisateur);
        return ResponseEntity.created(new URI("/api/user/" + result.getId()))
                .body(result);
    }

    @PutMapping("/user")
    public ResponseEntity<Utilisateur> updateUser(@RequestBody Utilisateur utilisateur) throws URISyntaxException  {
        Utilisateur result = userService.save(utilisateur);
        return ResponseEntity.ok().body(result);
    }
}

A: You have your mapping set as a URL path variable
@GetMapping("/user/id/{id}")

but the URL you tried has a query parameter: ?id=13
Try using: http://localhost:8080/api/user/id/13
Here is a good comparison of the two on stackoverflow

A: The URL is incorrect. You have set it up as a path variable in your code. In which case, instead of hitting localhost:8080/api/user/id/?id=13 in postman, you should hit localhost:8080/api/user/id/3 instead,
But if you were following REST standards, a better URL would look like this (no need to have the "id" in the URL). localhost:8080/api/user/3

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Judd's gets top votes for gingebread house display
Judd's draws most votes for gingerbread display
Judd's gets top votes for gingebread house display Judd's draws most votes for gingerbread display Check out this story on thespectrum.com: http://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/local/2014/12/13/judds-gets-top-votes-gingebread-house-display/20375849/
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ST. GEORGE – The Thomas Judd's General Store on West Tabernacle Street received the most votes in a people's choice contest during the 2014 Gingerbread Tour and Art on Main event that concluded Friday, Melynda Thorpe of Emceesquare Media & Events announced.
Thorpe said Judd's received 259 votes, LearnKey came in second with 245 votes and Main Street Antiques finished third with 235 votes from the public.
Judd's received a trophy that will be on display for a year.
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Morning Coffee: Timid compliance-type misses giant windfall while cunning bankers cash-in. How McKinsey & Co amplifies compensation
Pity poor Hector Sants. He may be on a rumoured £3m-a-year package as head of compliance at Barclays, but he could probably have done with a little extra all the same. Unfortunately, poor Hector has lost out.
The Times reports that Sants made himself a paper profit of only £52.50 after purchasing 60 Barclays shares in the bank's rights issue this week. Hector can now treat himself to a new kettle or three quarters of a tank of petrol. By comparison, some of his senior banking colleagues are in a position to purchase second homes or third yachts. Skip McGee, the head of Barclays in the US, has made a notional profit of £358k on his purchase of shares in the rights issue. And Antony Jenkins, the grey-seeming chief executive of Barclays Group, has made himself an extra £500k+ through his show of support for the bank. Sants looks a bit silly. He must be kicking himself for being so restrained.
Separately, the New Yorker ran an interesting story yesterday which suggested people working in banking could have people working in strategy consulting to thank for some of their huge pay packages in the past.
Examining the demise of failed US law firm Dewey & LeBoeuf, the New Yorker said unsustainably huge pay packages offered to star legal 'rainmakers' were partly to blame. At one point, for example, a top lawyer at D&L received a sign-on bonus of $16m. Dewey & LeBoeuf's crazed generosity was reportedly encouraged by strategy consulting firm McKinsey, which advised in 2007 that it ought to pay its senior staff more handsomely because they were bringing in all the money. Banks like RBS have also been known to consult McKinsey. Did RBS receive similar advice, we wonder?
Bonus clawbacks could contravene human rights. (Financial Times)
High speed trading is no longer it. (Financial News)
Once, banks achieved a 20% ROE. Now, Wells Fargo reached a 14% ROE in the first half, while JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs posted 13% and 12%, respectively. Citigroup, Morgan Stanley and Bank of America were all below 9%. (Bloomberg)
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Professional video camera
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High-end camera for creating electronic moving images
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Modern digital television camera with a DIGI SUPER 86II xs lens from Canon
A professional video camera (often called a television camera even though its use has spread beyond television) is a high-end device for creating electronic moving images (as opposed to a movie camera, that earlier recorded the images on film). Originally developed for use in television studios or with outside broadcast trucks, they are now also used for music videos, direct-to-video movies, corporate and educational videos, wedding videos, among other uses. Since the 2000s, most professional video cameras are digital (instead of analog) professional video cameras.
The distinction between professional video cameras and movie cameras became much smaller as HD digital video cameras with sensors the same size as 35mm movie cameras - plus dynamic range (exposure latitude) and color rendition approaching film quality - were introduced in the late 2010s. Nowadays, HDTV cameras designed for broadcast television, news, sports, events and other works such as reality TV are termed as professional video cameras. A digital movie camera is designed for movies or scripted television to record files that are then color corrected during post-production. The video signal from a professional video camera can be broadcast live, or is meant to be edited quickly with little or no color or exposure adjustments needed.
1.1 Chronology
2 Usage types
2.1 Studio cameras
2.2 ENG cameras
2.3 EFP cameras
4.1 Bibliography
The earliest video cameras were mechanical flying-spot scanners which were in use in the 1920s and 1930s during the period of mechanical television. Improvements in video camera tubes in the 1930s ushered in the era of electronic television. Earlier, cameras were very large devices, almost always in two sections. The camera section held the lens and tube pre-amplifiers and other necessary electronics, and was connected to a large diameter multicore cable to the remainder of the camera electronics, usually mounted in a separate room in the studio, or a remote truck. The camera head could not generate a video picture signal on its own. The video signal was output to the studio for switching and transmission. By the fifties, electronic miniaturization had progressed to the point where some monochrome cameras could operate standalone and even be handheld. But the studio configuration remained, with the large cable bundle transmitting the signals back to the camera control unit (CCU). The CCU in turn was used to align and operate the camera's functions, such as exposure, system timing, video and black levels.
This 1954 RCA TK-41C, shown here mounted on a dolly, weighed 310 lbs.
The first color cameras (1950s in the US, early 1960s in Europe), notably the RCA TK-40/41 series, were much more complex with their three (and in some models four) pickup tubes, and their size and weight drastically increased. Handheld color cameras did not come into general use until the early 1970s - the first generation of cameras were split into a camera head unit (the body of the camera, containing the lens and pickup tubes, and held on the shoulder or a body brace in front of the operator) connected via a cable bundle to a backpack CCU.
A 1973 Ikegami HL-33 ENG
The Ikegami HL-33,[1] the RCA TKP45[2] and the Thomson Microcam[3] were portable two piece color cameras introduced in the early 1970s. For field work a separate VTR was still required to record the camera's video output. Typically this was either a portable 1" reel to reel VTR, or a portable 3/4" U-matic VCR. Typically, the two camera units would be carried by the camera operator, while a tape operator would carry the portable recorder. With the introduction of the RCA TK76 in 1976, camera operators were finally able to carry on their shoulders a one piece camera containing all the electronics to output a broadcast quality composite video signal. A separate videotape recording unit was still required.
Electronic news-gathering (ENG) cameras replaced the 16mm film cameras for TV news production from the 1970s onwards because the cost of shooting on film was significantly more than shooting on a reusable tape. Portable video tape production also enabled much faster turnaround time for the quick completion of news stories, compared to the need to chemically process film before it could be shown or edited. However some news feature stories for weekly news magazine shows continued to use 16mm film cameras until the 1990s.
At first all these cameras used tube-based sensors, but charge-coupled device (CCD) imagers came on the scene in the mid-80s, bringing numerous benefits. Early CCD cameras could not match the colour or resolution of their tube counterparts, but the benefits of CCD technology, such as introducing smaller and lightweight cameras, a better and more stable image (that was not prone to image burn in or lag) and no need for registration meant development on CCD imagers quickly took off and, once rivaling and offering a superior image to a tube sensor, began displacing tube-based cameras - the latter of which were all but disused by the early 1990s. Eventually, cameras with the recorder permanently mated to the camera head became the norm for ENG. In studio cameras, the camera electronics shrank, and CCD imagers replaced the pickup tubes. The thick multi-core cables connecting the camera head to the CCU were replaced in the late seventies with triax connections, a slender video cable that carried multiple video signals, intercom audio, and control circuits, and could be run for a mile or more. As the camera innards shrunk, the electronics no longer dictated the size of the enclosure, however the box shape remained, as it is necessary to hold the large studio lenses, teleprompters, electronic viewfinder (EVF), and other paraphernalia needed for studio and sports production. Electronic Field Production cameras were often mounted in studio configurations inside a mounting cage. This cage supported the additional studio accessories.
In the late 1990s, as HDTV broadcasting commenced, HDTV cameras suitable for news and general purpose work were introduced. Though they delivered much better image quality, their overall operation was identical to their standard definition predecessors. New methods of recording for cameras were introduced to supplant video tape, tapeless cameras. Ikegami and Avid introduced EditCam in 1996, based on interchangeable hard drives. Panasonic introduced P2 cameras. These recorded a DVCPro signal on interchangeable flash memory media. Several other data storage device recording systems were introduced, notably XDCAM from Sony. Sony also introduced SxS (S-by-S), a flash memory standard compliant to the Sony and Sandisk-created ExpressCard standard. Eventually flash storage largely supplanted other forms of recording media.
In 2000s, major manufacturers like Sony, Philips introduced the digital professional video cameras. These cameras used CCD sensors and recorded video digitally on flash storage. These were followed by digital HDTV cameras. As digital technology improved and also due to digital television transition, digital professional video cameras have become dominant in television studios, ENG, EFP and even in other areas since 2010s. CCD sensors were eventually replaced by CMOS sensors.
Chronology[edit]
Sony HDC-series camera on an outside broadcast
1926 to 1933 "cameras" were a type of flying spot scanner using mechanical disk.
1936 saw the arrival of RCA's iconoscope camera.
1946 RCA's TK-10 studio camera used a 3" IO – Image Orthicon tube with a 4 lens turret. The RCA TK-30 (1946) was widely used as a field camera. A TK-30 is simply a TK-10 with a portable camera control unit.
The 1948 Dumont Marconi MK IV was an Image Orthicon camera. Marconi's first camera was shown in 1938.[4] EMI cameras from the UK were used in the US in the early 1960s, like the EMI 203/4.[5] Later in the 60s the EMI 2000 and EMI 2001.
In 1950 the arrival of the Vidicon camera tube made smaller cameras possible. 1952 saw the first Walkie-Lookie "portable cameras". Image Orthicon tubes were still used till the arrival of the Plumbicon.
The RCA TK-40 is considered to be the first color television camera for broadcasts in 1953. RCA continued its lead in the high-end camera market till the (1978) TK-47, last of the high-end tube cameras from RCA.[6]
1954 RCA's TK-11 studio camera used a 3" IO – Image Orthicon tube with a four-lens turret. The RCA TK-31 (1954) was widely used as a field camera. A TK-31 is simply a TK-11 with a portable camera control unit. There is some commonality between the TK-11/TK-31 and the earlier TK-10/TK-30.
Ikegami introduced the first truly portable hand-held TV camera in 1962.
Philips' line of Norelco cameras were also very popular with models such as PC-60 (1965), PC-70 (1967) and PCP-90 (1968 Handheld). Major US broadcaster CBS was a notable early customer of the PC-60 and PC-70 units. Philips/BTS-Broadcast Television Systems Inc. later came out with an LDK line of camera, like its last high end tube camera the LDK 6 (1982). Philips invented the Plumbicon pick up video camera tube in 1965, that gave tube cameras a cleaner picture. BTS introduced its first handHeld Frame transfer CCD- Charge-coupled device-CCD camera the LDK90 in 1987.
Bosch Fernseh marketed a line of high end cameras (KCU, KCN, KCP, KCK) in the US ending with the tube camera KCK-40 (1978). Image Transform (in Universal City, California) used specially modified 24 frame KCK-40 for their "Image Vision" system. This had a 10 MHz bandwidth, almost twice NTSC bandwidth. This was a custom pre HDTV video System. At its peak this system was used to make "Monty Python Live at the Hollywood Bowl" in 1982. This was the first major high-definition analog wideband videotape-to-film post production using a film recorder for film out.
In the 2000s, major manufacturers like Sony, Philips introduced the flash storage based digital television cameras. Since the 2010s, these digital cameras have become most widely used of all other systems.
Usage types[edit]
Most professional cameras utilize an optical prism block directly behind the lens. This prism block (a trichroic assembly comprising two dichroic prisms) separates the image into the three primary colors, red, green, and blue, directing each color into a separate charge-coupled device (CCD) or Active pixel sensor (CMOS image sensor) mounted to the face of each prism. Some high-end consumer cameras also do this, producing a higher-resolution image, with better color fidelity than is normally possible with just a single video pickup.
In both single sensor and triple sensor designs, the weak signal created by the sensors is amplified before being encoded into analog signals for use by the viewfinder and also encoded into digital signals for transmission and recording. The analog outputs were normally in the form of either a composite video signal, which combined the color and luminance information to a single output; or an R-Y B-Y Y component video output through three separate connectors.
Studio cameras[edit]
Studio camera with teleprompter (left side)
Most television studio cameras stand on the floor, usually with pneumatic or hydraulic mechanisms called pedestals to adjust the height and position in the studio. The cameras in a multiple-camera setup are controlled by a device known as a camera control unit (CCU), to which they are connected via a triax, fibre optic or the almost obsolete multicore cable. The CCU, along with genlock and other equipment, is installed in the central apparatus room (CAR) of the television studio. A remote control panel in the production control room (PCR) for each camera is then used by the vision engineer(s) to balance the pictures.
When used outside a formal television studio in outside broadcasting (OB), they are often on tripods that may or may not have wheels (depending on the model of the tripod). Initial models used analog technology, but are now obsolete, supplanted by digital models.
Studio cameras are light and small enough to be taken off the pedestal and the lens changed to a smaller size to be used handheld on a camera operator's shoulder, but they still have no recorder of their own and are cable-bound. Cameras can also be mounted on a tripod, a dolly or a crane, thus making the cameras much more versatile than previous generations of studio cameras. These cameras have a tally light, a small signal-lamp used that indicates, for the benefit of those being filmed as well as the camera operator, that the camera is 'live' – i.e. its signal is being used for the 'main program' at that moment.
ENG cameras[edit]
Sony camera head with Betacam SP dock recorder
ENG (electronic news gathering) video cameras were originally designed for use by news camera operators. While they have some similarities to the smaller consumer camcorder, they differ in several regards:
ENG cameras are larger and heavier (helps dampen small movements), and usually supported by a camera shoulder support or shoulder stock on the camera operator's shoulder, taking the weight off the hand, which is freed to operate the zoom lens control.
The camera mounts on tripods with Fluid heads and other supports with a quick release plate.
3 CCDs or CMOS active pixel sensors are used, one for each of the primary colors
They have interchangeable lenses.
The lens is focused manually and directly, without intermediate servo controls. However the lens zoom and focus can be operated with remote controls with a television studio configuration operated by a camera control unit (CCU).
A rotating behind-the-lens filter wheel, for selecting an 85A and neutral density filters.
Controls that need quick access are on hard physical switches, all in the same general place on the camera, irrespective of the camera manufacturer, such as Gain Select, White/Black balance, color bar select, and record start controls and not in menu selection.
All settings, white balance, focus, and iris can be manually adjusted, and automatics can be completely disabled.
Professional BNC connectors for video out and genlock in.
Can operate an electronic viewfinder (EVF) or external CRT viewfinder.
At least two XLR input connectors for audio are included.
Direct slot-in for portable wireless microphones.
Audio is adjusted manually, with easily accessed physical knobs.
A complete time code section is available, allowing time presets; multiple-camera setups can be time code-synchronized or jam synced to a master clock.
"Bars and tone" are available in-camera (the SMPTE color bars (Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers) Bars, a reference signal that simplifies calibration of monitors and setting levels when duplicating and transmitting the picture. )
Recording is to a professional medium like some variant of Betacam or DVCPRO or Direct to disk recording or flash memory. If as in the latter two, it's a data recording, much higher data rates (or less video compression) are used than in consumer devices.
EFP cameras[edit]
EFP camera operator at a baseball game
Electronic field production cameras are similar to studio cameras in that they are used primarily in multiple camera switched configurations, but outside the studio environment, for concerts, sports and live news coverage of special events. These versatile cameras can be carried on the shoulder, or mounted on camera pedestals and cranes, with the large, very long focal length zoom lenses made for studio camera mounting. These cameras have no recording ability on their own, and transmit their signals back to the broadcast truck through a fiber optic, triax, radio frequency or the virtually obsolete multicore cable.
Others[edit]
A remote-controlled camera mounted on a miniature cable car for mobility
Remote cameras are typically very small camera heads designed to be operated by remote control. Despite their small size, they are often capable of performance close to that of the larger ENG and EFP types.
Block cameras are so called because the camera head is a small block, often smaller than the lens itself. Some block cameras are completely self-contained, while others only contain the sensor block and its pre-amps, thus requiring connection to a separate camera control unit in order to operate. All the functions of the camera can be controlled from a distance, and often there is a facility for controlling the lens focus and zoom as well. These cameras are mounted on pan and tilt heads, and may be placed in a stationary position, such as atop a pole or tower, in a corner of a broadcast booth, or behind a basketball hoop. They can also be placed on robotic dollies, at the end of camera booms and cranes, or "flown" in a cable supported harness, as shown in the illustration.
Lipstick cameras are so called because the lens and sensor block combined are similar in size and appearance to a lipstick container. These are either hard mounted in a small location, such as a race car, or on the end of a boom pole. The sensor block and lens are separated from the rest of the camera electronics by a long thin multi conductor cable. The camera settings are manipulated from this box, while the lens settings are normally set when the camera is mounted in place.
John Logie Baird
Betacam
Broadcast Television Systems Inc. LDK Norelco- line of cameras
Digital cinematography cameras
Allen B. DuMont
Link Electronics Ltd
Fernseh KC- line of cameras
Grass Valley (company) LDK - line of cameras
Hitachi SK- line of cameras
Ikegami HL and HK -line of cameras
Marconi Company EMI - line of cameras
Multiple-camera setup
Norelco PC line of cameras
Philips KD - line of cameras
RCA TK- line of cameras
Video camera tube
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I clutched the handle of my black suitcase and tried to navigate my way through airport security. Took off my shoes and placed them in a plastic bin and slid them along the conveyor belt. As I stepped through the metal detector the TSA agent barked at me to hold my hands slightly above my head, and asked if I had anything metal on me. As the machine scanned, I could see a couple through the opaque glass. The woman was around 25 and crying; her boyfriend, I assumed, was around the same age and crying as well. They kept kissing; I got out of the metal detector and began to put my shoes back on. They kissed one last time before slowly parting; one on their way to a terminal, the other back to the car.
I couldn't shake the image of them throughout the flight, couldn't stop thinking of their tears as my plane landed in New Jersey from Florida to begin a new life. I told everyone I was following my heart by uprooting myself, yet I couldn't stop wondering what that really meant. I couldn't help but feel like I'd told a dirty lie to secure my flight here. Clearly the couple at the airport did understand what it meant to follow their hearts. They were separating even though it was challenging; they were feeling the cold isolation of making the right choice even though emotionally it hurt.
I don't know what it means to follow my heart. I don't know how to respond when people tell me to do so. As I've written previously, I have OCD. And no, not all OCD equates to someone counting out how many times they have to open up the refrigerator door. Like any mental illness, there is a spectrum. Mine boils down to being so wrapped up in the "what-ifs" of life that I can't really enjoy the moment. Every instance of my youth slipping through my fingers as I try and navigate through it. Every life choice seriously calculated—every risk and potential outcome carefully taken into measure.
When people say, "follow my heart," I feel a sting of indignation. "You're so foolish, don't you realize how much there is to plan?" I know my anger isn't justified, and should be able to feel past what might happen in six months if I lose my job even if in the moment it's going well. I should be able to enjoy a few beers out with friends.
So let's consider what following your heart really means. Do you translate that into being wildly reckless and free? I like to think it means staying in your pajamas all day watching Gossip Girl and eating Ben & Jerry's because you feel like it. I think it means kissing someone in the rain. I think it means knowing all the calculated risks, and pushing them aside.
How can I follow my heart when I don't know how to listen to it? I've tried yoga, I've tried drinking chamomile tea while sitting on my couch alone. I struggle with how worriers like me can set aside all their planning and just live in the moment. How do I experience things in the now when I can't stop thinking about the past or the future? How can we kiss someone at the airport and feel how much we'll miss them while also knowing it is time to move on?
Maybe I'll never be the type of person to throw caution away. Maybe I'll always doubt my love for someone, or talk myself out of it, but I'm listening. I'm listening every single day I lay on the floor with all my lights shut off, my phone unplugged. I'm listening when I've turned off my music and try to push away all that has haunted me throughout the day, hoping to hear anything other than the soft pattering of my pulse and the silence of uncertainty.


In this list are some great economists who inspired us to discover microeconomics. What follows is a — perhaps slightly eccentric — list of inspiring and challenging thinkers. But they're just the tip of a huge iceberg.
The approach to microeconomics that is the mainstream approach for the profession is sometimes called marginalism, and much of it is due to Alfred Marshall. He started as a mathematician before switching to philosophy — this was before economics became a discipline in its own right. That change led him to look again at the work of the utilitarian philosophers and develop a theory based on their work that could improve the lives of the working classes.
Among his greatest achievements Marshall wrote Principles of Economics, which was a standard textbook for around 70 years, made economics a discipline in its own right at Cambridge, and invented the supply and demand graphs that economists know and love today.
Born in Triesch, in what's now the Czech Republic but was then part of Hapsburg Austria, Joseph Schumpeter made many great contributions to microeconomics, though not all were appreciated during his lifetime. He began his studies as a law student, but moved on into economics, eventually serving on the board of two private banks (both of which eventually ran into the ground) before moving to America to lecture at Harvard. There Schumpeter finally began to build the reputation that he has today.
Among Schumpeter's many contributions to economics was the idea of creative destruction. This applies theories of evolution to reasoning about the way firms innovate — over time. Old ideas, products, and firms may be destroyed by the way newer rivals create new ideas and businesses.
In his great book Capitalism, Socialism, and Democracy (1942), he provided an account of how capitalism itself would come to an end, largely through its own successes — successful companies in capitalist societies would come to exert influence on politics, leading to demands for socialist policies and a falling rate of innovation instead of the revolutionary crises foreseen by Karl Marx.
If you've seen articles in the popular press applying economic reasoning to all kinds of things — such as marriage, discrimination, or the political system — you've come across the work of Gary Becker, who held a chair at the famous department of Economics at the University of Chicago. He applied his rigorous understanding of the consumer behavior to all kinds of issues — generally things studied in sociology departments rather than economics ones.
Becker is famous, among other things, for his ground-breaking study of discrimination against minority groups. His analysis showed that the costs of discrimination tend also to fall upon people or firms who discriminate, meaning that they tend to incur higher production costs: Therefore, discrimination isn't really in the economic interests of a majority group.
Becker points out that utility maximization itself isn't necessarily selfish. If you place value on acting altruistically, it maximizes your utility to help others, and so criticisms of the utility model are misplaced and have more to do with framing than with reality.
Ronald Coase was a British economist who spent much of his career as a professor at the University of Chicago, where he was practicing economics. He published his final book at the age of 102, long after most people have retired. Although Coase's career covered many areas of microeconomics, he's probably most famous for his analyses of law — he edited the famous Journal of Law and Economics.
Any list of great scholars in the academy is likely to be dominated by men. In fact, historically, economics as a discipline has a male bias (don't worry, microeconomists are already studying why, of course). But of all the recent winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics, perhaps one of the most important is Elinor Ostrom, the only woman to win the prize so far.
Ostrom was a professor at Indiana University, working on public choice economics — the area that studies how people and institutions interact. On field trips to Africa and Himalayan Asia she codified an approach to dealing with the problems of looking after things that no one owns — what microeconomists call common pool or property resources, such as the ecosystem of the plains of the Serengeti.
By looking at how indigenous peoples did things, she advanced a strong criticism of many of the approaches people used to deal with the Tragedy of the Commons. She pointed out that as long as people can agree on certain principles, indigenous societies are perfectly capable of managing the commons without ecological collapse. This result challenges most traditional schools of economic or political analysis.
Canadian economist William Vickrey was posthumously awarded the Nobel Prize in 1996, largely for his work applying game theory and incentive theory to situations with asymmetric information. He was a professor at Columbia University for much of his career, and in that role he turned out a stunning amount of work, stretching over many areas of economics.
Vickrey's most famous paper was his study of stamp collector auctions in 1961, where he rediscovered and worked out the logic behind the traditional use of a second-price winner in auctions. He then showed how to use this insight to prevent winner's curse problems.
George Akerlof, currently a professor at Georgetown University, won his Nobel Prize in 2001 (together with Joseph Stigliz and Michael Spence) for his research on information problems or imperfect information in market trades. His famous "Market for Lemons" is a fine example and a classic paper to many microeconomists.
Akerlof's work on information problems extended to his work on signaling in labor markets. He points out that paying higher wages may not be sub-optimal if the threat of losing a wage premium when going to a rival company is enough to keep worker productivity higher in the higher-paying company. He co-wrote this paper with his substantially more famous wife, Janet Yellen, who's currently the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.
More recently, Akerlof looked at how psychology is central to decision making, exploring how people's sense of identity affects their decisions. People don't just have preferences on which they act, they also have to respect certain types of social norm, which conditions how markets behave in reality.
Joe Stiglitz, a professor at Columbia University, is considered to be one of the most influential economists alive — in 2011, Time magazine named him one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Stiglitz's most famous work is on how markets work under imperfect and asymmetric information for which he shared the Nobel Prize in 2001 with George Akerlof and Michael Spence.
His research calls into question the efficiency of markets when information is imperfect and there is uninsured risk. Stiglitz makes the case for government intervention in the market much stronger and the case for the "invisible hand" much weaker. The policy debate today, informed by Stiglitz's research, is about finding the right balance between the market and government.
A professor of economics at New York University, William Baumol is one of the most prolific authors in the field of microeconomics. Perhaps his most important contribution is looking at entrepreneurship, bringing Joseph Schumpeter's insights into mainstream economics and coming up with ways of dealing with one of the most important gaps in the traditional microeconomic literature.
Microeconomics' problems in understanding innovation are many. Baumol drew on the Schumpeterian tradition by providing an account of what entrepreneurs do to begin new companies and how they make new kinds of business work.
Baumol has also written about macroeconomics, the tendency of costs in service industries to rise without corresponding rises in productivity — often called Baumol's cost disease — and how the threat of entry can keep monopolies from raising their prices.
British economist Arthur Cecil Pigou was Alfred Marshall's successor as Professor of Political Economy at Cambridge University, and a friend — though you wouldn't believe it from their arguments — of John Maynard Keynes.
Pigou wrote about many subjects, including contributions on which modern labor economics is built. But perhaps his most enduring and best remembered work is on welfare — his 1920 book The Economics of Welfare introduced the concept of externality to economics. He came up with the idea of using what are now called Pigovian taxes to remedy some of the social costs of private actions. His influence is still felt to this day in the existence of the Pigou Club, an informal and nonparty-aligned group of economists who want to see carbon taxes implemented.
A conscientious objector in the First World War, he spent his vacations from Cambridge serving with the Friends Ambulance Unit on the front line — volunteering for the most dangerous rescue and recovery missions.


Enjoying good cuisine is not only one of the most pleasant moments of the day, it is the principle of well-being.
For this reason, our chefs and nutritionists work together to offer wholesome, balanced food. Even those who have a sweet tooth have nothing to worry about, thanks to artisan confectionery and our homemade jams.
The ingredients chosen are seasonal, organic and local: all the PDO (Protected Designation of Origin) flavors of the Euganean Hills can be found in one place, our Plaza Hotel.
We kindly ask you to inform us at the time of booking, in order to better meet your needs. Our chefs pay special attention in the preparation of dishes for those who have special dietary needs, allergies or food intolerances, such as celiac, vegetarian and vegan individuals.
The Atmosphere Restaurant is a bright, signature restaurant, where you can enjoy Mediterranean flavors on fish and meat dishes from the area and the famous first courses from Venetian cuisine and various Italian regions.
At the beginning and end of dinner, you can choose from a rich buffets of appetizers, salads, cooked vegetables, artisan desserts made by our in-house confectioner, and fresh seasonal fruit.
At lunch from 12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.
At dinner from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Waking up just couldn't be sweeter with the thought of the breakfast awaiting you: the staff of the cafeteria will welcome you with a wonderful buffet that combines artisan pastries -also filled with our home-made jams - and savory snacks.
And if you are looking for fresh flavors, you can choose between freshly prepared fruit juices and freshly baked cakes. Everything is accompanied by typical Italian cafeteria refreshments: from fresh milk to top-quality roasted coffee.
Together with our nutritionist, we have chosen to use only micro-filtered Italian organic milk and Arabica blend espresso coffee.
Discover what you will find when you wake up.
Mini egg menu with freshly prepared sausages and bacon and show cooking for the preparation of delicious crepes.
Near the reception you will find a room that will surprise you with its themed transformations. Here you can get suggestions from our bartenders at any time: national and foreign liquor labels, rum, carefully chosen and selected whiskeys, national and international cocktails and mixed drinks, alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks, blends of Italian coffee, teas, herbal teas, and beverages. We love our local businesses and we have established a direct relationship with several wineries and small producers that we are pleased to introduce to you through their wide range of wines.
The best drinks and beverages are accompanied during Happy Hour by a tasting of our confectionery or a chef's sandwich, while in the evening, if you love entertainment, then you can enjoy company and fun with our dance evenings and musical events, before returning comfortably to your room.
Panoramic Café is open every day from 10 a.m. to midnight.
A new, cool and trendy environment: Plaza Bistrò is a redesigned idea of the Pool Bar in the wellness area. It's the ideal venue where you can treat yourself to a tasty break with a view of the new Sensory Pool.
At Plaza Bistrò you can combine relaxation and flavors, poolside: you can also take a seat there while wearing your robe, both at lunch and at dinner, to enjoy gourmet dishes, aperitifs, fruit juices, and organic beverages or long drinks.
The setting is bright and welcoming, and features a modern, elegant and essential design.
Giving into temptations is much more enjoyable when we know we can unconditionally trust the food we are about to eat: every day our confectioner creates little moments of pleasure for the palate using only fresh, quality ingredients. Butter, flour, and organic fresh cream, seasonal fruit and selected chocolate to ensure healthy, irresistible treats.
The open confectionery display offers a selection of desserts every day for lunch and dinner, and on Saturday, there is a grand dessert buffet prepared by our confectioner.
You can also reach the thermal swimming pools from a quiet, secluded garden, where you can take a stroll among the many aromatic plants and fragrances. Close your eyes and try to recognize the plants, or sit among the colored leaves and enjoy the heady, unmistakable fragrance of fresh basil.
Some of the plants that we grow on this small sensory island are used in the restaurant kitchen to ensure that our dishes are always as fresh as possible.


Our rooms are modern and stylishly furnished. You can choose from single/double rooms with or without sea view, or opt for a family room. An extensive breakfast buffet is included in the price of your room.
Single or double room with front sea view, TV, telephone, safe, mini fridge, free WiFi, bathroom with bath/shower, wash basin and toilet.
Single or double room, TV, telephone, safe, mini fridge, free WiFi, bathroom with bath/shower, wash basin and toilet.
Room for up to 4 persons with double bed and sofabed or bunk beds, TV, telephone, safe, mini fridge, free WiFi, bathroom with bath/shower, wash basin and toilet.
Large room with front sea view, lounge area, TV, telephone, safe, small fridge, free WiFi, bathroom with bath, shower, 2 wash basins and toilet. It is possible to convert the lounge area into a sleeping area for 2 children.
Single or double room with front sea view, TV, telephone, safe, mini fridge, free WiFi, bathroom with shower, wash basin and toilet.
Single or double room, TV, telephone, safe, mini fridge, free WiFi, bathroom with shower, wash basin and toilet.
Chambre pour 4 personnes pourvue d'un lit double et d'un canapé-lit ou de lits superposés. Télévision, téléphone, coffre, petit frigo, Wi-Fi gratuit, salle de bains avec douche, lavabo et toilette.


The Dodgers are headed to the NLCS for a third consecutive season. They won the NLDS three games to one after winning 6-2 in Atlanta on Monday night.
Dodgers 6, Braves 2: They re Back: Dodgers Stop Braves to Reach Third Straight N.L.C.S.


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Penn State Extension offering online courses to train landscaping employees
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Penn State Extension is offering a suite of online courses — developed with the support of the Pennsylvania Landscape and Nursery Association — designed to help landscape companies educate new and seasonal employees and help more experienced employees move into leadership roles.
Penn State Extension offers 50% discount on online courses through January
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — During the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Penn State Extension has offered discounts on its online programs to support customers during a difficult year. For the month of January, extension will continue that support by offering a 50% discount on online course enrollment.
In response to COVID-19, Penn State Berkey Creamery revamps outreach model
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — One of the silver linings — or scoops, so to speak — of the coronavirus pandemic for the Penn State Berkey Creamery has been its growing outreach to the University community through virtual speaking engagements, team-building events and membership drives.
Live town hall, webinars highlight Penn State programs for virtual Pa. Farm Show
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — An online, town-hall-style event featuring the dean of Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences and the secretary of the state Department of Agriculture will highlight Penn State programming during the 2021 Pennsylvania Farm Show, which will be held virtually Jan. 9-16.
Researchers investigate an at-home 'scratch-and-sniff' test for COVID-19
Researchers will evaluate the results of two self-administered, scratch-and-sniff smell tests for COVID-19. The first involves asking users to identify odors such as smoke, strawberry, chocolate and onions, while the second is designed to reveal a participant's sensitivity to different concentrations of the same odor.
At-home DIY smell tests could catch Covid-19 cases By John E. Hayes and Cara Exten, Penn State
Smell loss -- called anosmia -- is a common symptom of Covid-19. For the past nine months, the two of us -- a sensory scientist and an infectious disease epidemiologist -- have applied our respective expertise to develop smell-based screening and testing programs as part of a response to the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Bradley J. Cardinale, professor and director of the Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research in the School for Environment and Sustainability at the University of Michigan, has been named head of Penn State's Department of Ecosystem Science and Management, effective Jan. 4, 2021.
Adele Turzillo to lead Penn State Department of Animal Science
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — Adele Turzillo, most recently the vice president for animal agriculture systems at the World Wildlife Fund, has been named head of the Department of Animal Science in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences, effective Nov. 2.
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